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<v Speaker 1>Today on Daily Hope with Pastor Rick Warren, we continue

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<v Speaker 1>in our riveting journey through the series The Invisible War.

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<v Speaker 1>In it will explore the unseen world of good and

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<v Speaker 1>evil and see how it impacts our day to day existence.

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<v Speaker 1>Join us for eye opening biblical insights into the spiritual

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<v Speaker 1>dimensions that influence our lives in ways we never imagined.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, here's Pastor Rick Warren with part one of

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<v Speaker 1>a message called why is life in this world so hard?

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<v Speaker 2>Now? We spent about four weeks looking at the battle

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<v Speaker 2>inside Why do I struggle with what's inside me? Why

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<v Speaker 2>do I do the things I don't want to do

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<v Speaker 2>and don't do the things that I want to do?

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<v Speaker 2>And why don't I do the stuff that's good for me?

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<v Speaker 2>And why is it such a battle inside me? Now

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to move to the second phase, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>very excited about this as we look at how do

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<v Speaker 2>I live in a broken world? Before we can look

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<v Speaker 2>at God's strategy for you to succeeding, survive and actually

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<v Speaker 2>be fulfilled in a broken world, we need to look

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<v Speaker 2>at what happened first. So if you have a message notes,

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<v Speaker 2>if you'll take them out, I want us to deal

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<v Speaker 2>with this question this weekend, Why is it so hard?

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<v Speaker 2>Why is life so hard? In this world? Everything seems

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<v Speaker 2>to be a battle. Nothing is easy, And the fact

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<v Speaker 2>is life is difficult. Would everybody agree with that? It's

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<v Speaker 2>not easy. Life is difficult. It just doesn't come handed

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<v Speaker 2>to you on a plattern. And so we asked this question,

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<v Speaker 2>why is life so hard? Why is there suffering in

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<v Speaker 2>the world? Now, friends, that's one of the most important

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<v Speaker 2>questions you'll ever ask in life. It's been asked by

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<v Speaker 2>thousands millions of people, and has actually asked thousands of

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<v Speaker 2>years ago by a guy named Job in Job chapter seven,

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<v Speaker 2>verse one, he says this, why is life so hard? Why?

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<v Speaker 2>Why is life so hard? And why do we suffer?

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<v Speaker 2>This weekend, I want us to look at the reason,

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<v Speaker 2>the results, and the right response to the difficulties you

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<v Speaker 2>face in life. Now. I want to begin by first

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<v Speaker 2>looking at the cause, the reason, why is it so

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<v Speaker 2>difficult to live on this planet? You might write this down.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says, rebellion against God broke everything. Rebellion against

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<v Speaker 2>God has broken literally everything in life. Now. It all

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<v Speaker 2>started back with the first couple, Adam and Eve in

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<v Speaker 2>the Garden of Eden. When God created the world, everything

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<v Speaker 2>was perfect. It was paradise, and Adam and Eve had

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<v Speaker 2>no problems, no pain, no sorrow, suffering, sadness, sickness, no trials, temptations, troubles,

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<v Speaker 2>no defeats, distractions, discouragements, despair, depression. None of this was

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<v Speaker 2>in the garden of Eden. It was all perfect. It

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<v Speaker 2>was paradise. But one day Adam and Eve decided that

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<v Speaker 2>they wanted to do what they wanted to do. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>God had said, you can do everything you want to

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<v Speaker 2>do in paradise, but just one thing. That's the minimum

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<v Speaker 2>temptation possible. He said, you can do anything you want

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<v Speaker 2>to in this paradise except one thing. What does man

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<v Speaker 2>and woman do? Immediately do the one thing God says,

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<v Speaker 2>don't do? Now, why did he even give him a choice,

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<v Speaker 2>because without a choice, they can't choose to love God

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<v Speaker 2>if you have to, if you're forced to love God.

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<v Speaker 2>If you have no choice, then it's not real love.

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<v Speaker 2>Adam and Eve said, we know better, we know what

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<v Speaker 2>will make us happy. We're going to do what we

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<v Speaker 2>want to do. We want to be God's and they

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<v Speaker 2>chose to do the one thing God said don't do,

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<v Speaker 2>and the Bible says this Romans chapter five. Sin came

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<v Speaker 2>into the world because of what one man did, and

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<v Speaker 2>with sin came death. Before there was no death in

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<v Speaker 2>the world, there was no sadness in the world. There

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<v Speaker 2>was no sorrow, there was no difficulty in the world.

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<v Speaker 2>People would not die. Adam and Eve could have lived

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<v Speaker 2>forever as long as it was a perfect environment. It

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<v Speaker 2>is only when everything got broken that sin had brought

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<v Speaker 2>death into the world. Now, not only did Adam and

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<v Speaker 2>Eve make that choice, I've made it, and you've made it,

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<v Speaker 2>and everybody else in the world has made it. We

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<v Speaker 2>have all said I don't want to do the right thing.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to do the easy thing. We've all said

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to say the truth. I want to

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<v Speaker 2>say what's convenient. We've all said I don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>be what God wants to me be. I want to

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<v Speaker 2>my own boss. I think I know what will make

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<v Speaker 2>me happy more than God does. We've all done this,

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<v Speaker 2>and the Bible says in Isaiah chapter fifty three, all

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<v Speaker 2>of us, all of us have strayed away like sheep.

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<v Speaker 2>You know you don't have to teach a sheep to stray.

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<v Speaker 2>It's natural, it's in their nature. They just naturally are

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<v Speaker 2>prone to wander. And it says like sheep, all of

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<v Speaker 2>us have straight away. We have left God's path to

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<v Speaker 2>follow our own paths, and that means we've all done

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<v Speaker 2>our own thing. We've all said many times in our lives, God,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna do what I want to do, even though

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<v Speaker 2>I know what you said to do is the right thing.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to do the right thing. I want

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<v Speaker 2>to do what I want to do. The Bible says

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<v Speaker 2>in Proverbs twenty verse nine. In the next verse, no

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<v Speaker 2>one can say I'm innocent. I've never done anything wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>So we've all broken God's laws. We've all done wrong things.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't measure up to our standards, much less God's,

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<v Speaker 2>and we have all not done what God told us

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<v Speaker 2>to do. The Bible calls that rebellion. Anytime God tells

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<v Speaker 2>you to do something you don't do it, you're actually

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<v Speaker 2>in a war with God because God created you to

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<v Speaker 2>do certain things. When you say no, I don't think so,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think so, it's like a little kid's sun

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<v Speaker 2>in those I don't think so, I'm going to do

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<v Speaker 2>what I do. I know Mommy told me to do this.

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<v Speaker 2>I know Dabby told me that. I don't think so

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<v Speaker 2>that's called rebellion. Now, I don't want to go too

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<v Speaker 2>detailed into this, but there are three kinds of rebellion.

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<v Speaker 2>And you need to know this. So you know these

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<v Speaker 2>terms because one of them is real familiar, but the

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<v Speaker 2>other two aren't familiar to you. There are three kinds

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<v Speaker 2>of ways that we rebel against God. Would you write

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<v Speaker 2>these down? The first one, you know this one. It's

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<v Speaker 2>called sin. Sin. Now, that's a very common term sin.

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<v Speaker 2>What's the middle letter of the word sin? And that's

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<v Speaker 2>what sin is all about. I want what I want,

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<v Speaker 2>and I want it now, and I'm going to be

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<v Speaker 2>the center of my own life. I am in charge.

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<v Speaker 2>Sin is all about I, me, myself and I. But

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<v Speaker 2>actually the word sin means to fall short, It means

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<v Speaker 2>to miss the mark. It's actually an archery term. It

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<v Speaker 2>comes from like shooting a bow and arrow. Sin is

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<v Speaker 2>actually an archery term. If you were to set up

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<v Speaker 2>a bullseye here on this stage, and you had a

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<v Speaker 2>bow and arrow, and you were to aim for the

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<v Speaker 2>bulls eye, and you shoot the arrow, and if that

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<v Speaker 2>arrow didn't have enough energy, and it fell short. In archery,

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<v Speaker 2>that's called a sin. It means you missed the mark.

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<v Speaker 2>It means you fell short. It means you didn't reach

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<v Speaker 2>the goal. And sin means I don't measure up to

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<v Speaker 2>God's perfect goal. For me, I missed the mark. I

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<v Speaker 2>fall short. I don't quite make it. I'm not perfect.

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<v Speaker 2>I am inadequate to make perfection in my life. I

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<v Speaker 2>fall short. Yesterday afternoon, I was watching one of my

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<v Speaker 2>favorite shows on TV, the old Robin Hood reruns, and

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<v Speaker 2>I've watched him a dozen times, and there's one episode

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<v Speaker 2>where the Sheriff of not to Hand decides he's going

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<v Speaker 2>to smoke out Robinhood to capture him by planning a

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<v Speaker 2>archery competition because he knows Robinhood's the best archer in

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<v Speaker 2>the land and he cannot not show up at a competition,

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<v Speaker 2>so he plans this competition. Robin Hood shows up dressed

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<v Speaker 2>in disguise. Of course, everybody knows who Robinhood is except

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<v Speaker 2>the king, who's kind of blind. And Robinhood gets up

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<v Speaker 2>and he starts shooting, and he pulls his bow and

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<v Speaker 2>arrow and he shoots and it hits the target bullseye

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<v Speaker 2>dead on. Then he pulls out another arrow, and he

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<v Speaker 2>shoots it again, and that arrow splits the arrow in

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<v Speaker 2>the bullseye. Nice story, but you've never done that with

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<v Speaker 2>your life, and neither have I. We all fall short

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<v Speaker 2>and we don't make it to the standard of perfection.

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<v Speaker 2>Now that's called sin. Now there's a second word that

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<v Speaker 2>you're probably not familiar with, but it's just as important,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's called transgression. Would you write that word down? Transgression? Now,

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<v Speaker 2>transgression is the exact opposite of a sin. It doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>mean you fall short. It means you go too far.

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<v Speaker 2>It means you go past the boundary, you break the law.

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<v Speaker 2>It is an intentional, deliberate disobedience. And it can be

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<v Speaker 2>I just didn't measure up. I wasn't good enough, I

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't perfect. But transgression means I intentionally break the law.

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<v Speaker 2>I go past the boundary. If I'm driving down the

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<v Speaker 2>freeway and the speed limit says fifty five miles an

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<v Speaker 2>hour and I'm going eighty five, that is not a sin.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a transgression because I'm breaking the law intentionally. You

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<v Speaker 2>see what I'm saying. It's not like I'm not measuring up,

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<v Speaker 2>not that I fall short. It's that I'm breaking the law.

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<v Speaker 2>I go. I know it's the law, but I'm still

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<v Speaker 2>gonna go eighty five. Anyway, that's called a transgression. And

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<v Speaker 2>you go deliberate disobedience, willful defiance, breaking God's laws. Now

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<v Speaker 2>there's a third word, and I want you to get

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<v Speaker 2>this one, and it's called iniquity. Iniquity. Now this one's

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<v Speaker 2>not used at all in English today, but iniquity means

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<v Speaker 2>intention to hurt, intention to hurt somebody, intention to damage,

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<v Speaker 2>intention to do evil. Maybe because you're mad, or you're jealous,

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<v Speaker 2>or you're envious, or you're bitter, or you're prideful, or

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<v Speaker 2>somebody's offended you, you want to hurt them back. That's

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<v Speaker 2>not a sin. That's not a transgression. That's an iniquity.

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<v Speaker 2>It is an intentional desire to hurt somebody else. When

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<v Speaker 2>Hitler and the Nazis killed six million Jewish people in

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<v Speaker 2>the death camps, that was not a sin, that was

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<v Speaker 2>not a transgression. That was an iniquity. They intended intentionally

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<v Speaker 2>to hurt those people. They wanted to kill them, They

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to eradicate that entire race, and that was evil.

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<v Speaker 2>That was iniquity. It wasn't measuring not in just measuring enough.

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<v Speaker 2>It was it was intentionally meant to hurt, caused by anger, resentment,

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<v Speaker 2>and be hatred, bitiness whatever. Let me explain these three

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<v Speaker 2>in football terms. If I'm in football and I want

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<v Speaker 2>to know the difference between a sin, a transgression, and

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<v Speaker 2>an iniqolity. A sin would be kicking a field goal

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<v Speaker 2>and it misses, it falls short, or it hits the

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<v Speaker 2>goal post and it goes over to the side. That

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<v Speaker 2>is a sin would be I have missed the mark.

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<v Speaker 2>I fell short. Kicking a goal and I don't make

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<v Speaker 2>the field goal. That's I've missed the mark. A transgression

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<v Speaker 2>would be off sides if I jump off sides before

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<v Speaker 2>the snap is taken. In football, I intentionally was going

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<v Speaker 2>after to get you and I'm out of bounds, I'm offside.

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<v Speaker 2>If I go out of bounds with the ball and

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<v Speaker 2>I step out of bounds, that's not a sin. That's

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<v Speaker 2>a transgression. Does that make sense, I've gone out of bounds.

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<v Speaker 2>I've broken The law says you stay within these boundaries

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<v Speaker 2>if you're playing football. But I'm going to go out

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<v Speaker 2>of bounds, and that's called a transgression. Now, if I

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<v Speaker 2>come up and I head butt you, and I kick

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<v Speaker 2>personal foul, that's an iniquity. I want to intentionally hurt you.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to take you out of the Jesus once

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<v Speaker 2>told three stories in Luke chapter fifteen, the Parable, the

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<v Speaker 2>Story of the Lost Sheep, the Story of the Lost Coin,

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<v Speaker 2>of rebellion, sin, transgression, iniquity. Now David in Psalm thirty

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<v Speaker 2>two talks about all three of them. In fact, here's

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<v Speaker 2>I did not cover up my iniquity circle that, and

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<v Speaker 2>I confessed my transgressions circle back, and you forgave my guilt,

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<v Speaker 2>he said. You know, really, it didn't matter which one

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<v Speaker 2>intend fly meant to hurt somebody. You're still going to

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<v Speaker 2>forgive me if I confess it to you. If I

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<v Speaker 2>confess it to you, now, let me just summ up

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<v Speaker 2>what I'm trying to say in this introduction, we all

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<v Speaker 2>have broken God's laws. We have all rebelled by sins,

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<v Speaker 2>transgressions of nicolays. We've all done it, all three of them.

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<v Speaker 2>We break God's laws, and then sin has broken the world.

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<v Speaker 2>sin broke everything. Now, what I want to do this

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<v Speaker 2>you will never again have to ask the question why

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<v Speaker 2>is this happening? Or why is this happening to me?

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<v Speaker 2>Those questions are questions that reveal you don't understand what

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<v Speaker 2>When you understand why life in the world is so hard,

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<v Speaker 2>of life. The difficulties of life much much easier. So

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<v Speaker 2>why is life so hard? Now? Why do we suffer?

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<v Speaker 2>Why is everything a battle? Well, the answer is rebellion

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<v Speaker 2>against God broke everything. That's the reason. Now what's the result.

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<v Speaker 2>it's in every single area of your life. You might

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<v Speaker 2>write this down. Nothing works perfectly because I have made

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<v Speaker 2>poor choices. You have made poor choices. The entire human

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<v Speaker 2>this planet works perfectly. Sin has damaged everything. Sin has

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<v Speaker 2>ruined everything. Sin has destroyed everything. Sin has corrupted and

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<v Speaker 2>mentions six dimensions of your life where sin has damaged

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<v Speaker 2>stuff in your life and it's not perfect, and if

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<v Speaker 2>severely disappointed. These six areas or dimensions of your life

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<v Speaker 2>are talked about intensively in a book called Ecclesiastes. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>Solomon was the wisest man who ever lived. He was

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<v Speaker 2>three Books of Wisdom, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Songs of Solomon.

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<v Speaker 2>They're in the middle of the Bible. But in Ecclesiastes,

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<v Speaker 2>one of these books, he mentions six dimensions of life

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<v Speaker 2>that are damaged on our broken planet. Let's look at

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<v Speaker 2>them real quickly. The first result, the first damage is

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<v Speaker 2>not because that's what God wants, because that's what sin

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<v Speaker 2>It's not perfect anymore. We're not living in Eden anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>As John Milton wrote a very famous poem, Paradise was lost.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't live in Paradise. We live on a broken planet.

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<v Speaker 2>And as a result, we have hurricanes and typhoons and

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, it's amazing to me that insurance calls

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<v Speaker 2>God does not want these things happening in the world.

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<v Speaker 2>The world was broken when sin damaged everything, and so

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<v Speaker 2>now we have all of these natural disasters happening all

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<v Speaker 2>around us, and God is as upset by him as

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<v Speaker 2>we are. The Bible says in Romans eight twenty creation

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<v Speaker 2>was condemned to lose its purpose. Everything on this planet

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<v Speaker 2>has lost its original purpose, and that's why we have

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<v Speaker 2>to get it back. It has to be restored. In

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<v Speaker 2>the CEV version, it says creation is confused. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>that's confusing, and you go, what was God thinking there?

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<v Speaker 2>That wasn't what God wanted. That's what God never planned.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the result because everything in the world is damaged,

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<v Speaker 2>including your DNA, your parents' DNA, their parents' DNA, and

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<v Speaker 2>everything else. Have you figured this out? Your body doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>work right, doesn't If everybody's body work pritically, there would

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<v Speaker 2>and disabilities in animals and in people. There are emotional disabilities,

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<v Speaker 2>of us have defective parts of our mind, our bodies,

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<v Speaker 2>and our spirits because sin has broken everything. Creation is confused,

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<v Speaker 2>and you go, why do animals do that? Because creation

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<v Speaker 2>is confused? And why is there that kind of deformity

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<v Speaker 2>to the fact? Because creation is confused. Romans eight twenty

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<v Speaker 2>two says, all of creation groans with pain. You know

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<v Speaker 2>what that means. It means that the earth needs salvation,

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<v Speaker 2>not just people. The environment needs to be saved, not

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. We're so happy

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<v Speaker 1>you've chosen to study along with us today. Why is

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<v Speaker 1>everything in life so hard? Why does the right thing

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<v Speaker 1>often feel like a battle. It's because every day there's

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<v Speaker 1>a spiritual war raging all around you. Here's Pastor Rick

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<v Speaker 1>to tell you more.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, we all face temptations every day. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>spiritual battle that takes place inside us, and it makes

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<v Speaker 2>us vulnerable, particularly if we don't know how to fight it.

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<v Speaker 2>To overcome temptation is absolutely essential that you know the

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<v Speaker 2>tactics that Satan uses to trip us up and it's

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<v Speaker 2>vital to learn the biblical defenses that God gives us.

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<v Speaker 2>He has told us in his Word how to handle

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<v Speaker 2>and how to manage the attacks of Satan. In order

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<v Speaker 2>to help you learn how to respond to the predictable

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<v Speaker 2>patterns that Satan uses to tempt you, I've created a

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<v Speaker 2>study kit called The Invisible War Winning the Battle of Temptation.

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<v Speaker 2>This kit, The Invisible War Winning the Battle of Temptation,

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<v Speaker 2>includes a DVD with seven different sessions and a simple

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<v Speaker 2>booklet that will help you learn how to overcome and

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<v Speaker 2>defeat temptation in your life. You really need this. In

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<v Speaker 2>the series, I will teach you the three kinds of temptation,

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<v Speaker 2>God's antidote to temptation, and even how to avoid temptation

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<v Speaker 2>in the first place. It is a steady guide that

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<v Speaker 2>you can use by yourself, but you'll actually get more

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