WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:07.000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:13.000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:11.746 --> 00:00:14.663 (soft synth music) 4 00:00:31.230 --> 00:00:32.063 - The light 5 00:00:36.460 --> 00:00:38.633 shines in the darkness. 6 00:00:40.190 --> 00:00:41.340 And the darkness 7 00:00:43.490 --> 00:00:44.973 cannot overcome it. 8 00:00:47.090 --> 00:00:47.923 Yet 9 00:00:48.860 --> 00:00:50.113 what if we turn away? 10 00:00:52.430 --> 00:00:53.700 What if 11 00:00:53.700 --> 00:00:55.603 we reject the light? 12 00:00:57.607 --> 00:01:00.110 (man blowing) 13 00:01:00.110 --> 00:01:01.853 Shadow rains on us. 14 00:01:02.892 --> 00:01:05.725 (dramatic music) 15 00:01:07.007 --> 00:01:10.090 (solemn piano music) 16 00:02:52.470 --> 00:02:54.250 - [Kim] Just get a gallon. 17 00:02:54.250 --> 00:02:55.240 We'll need it. 18 00:02:55.240 --> 00:02:56.496 - Okay, Mom. 19 00:02:56.496 --> 00:02:57.329 - Okay. 20 00:02:58.229 --> 00:02:59.062 What the? 21 00:03:00.140 --> 00:03:01.723 Where's your dad? 22 00:03:01.723 --> 00:03:02.743 - I have no idea. 23 00:03:04.013 --> 00:03:04.846 - Okay. 24 00:03:10.090 --> 00:03:10.923 Jack! 25 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:12.943 Jack! 26 00:03:14.317 --> 00:03:16.900 (box thudding) 27 00:03:18.002 --> 00:03:18.918 (Kim sighing) 28 00:03:18.918 --> 00:03:21.608 - Ugh, so much for my nap. 29 00:03:21.608 --> 00:03:24.180 - Can you please get up and help me? 30 00:03:24.180 --> 00:03:25.180 - Yeah, in a minute. 31 00:03:28.960 --> 00:03:31.002 - Where's the rest of the tree? 32 00:03:31.002 --> 00:03:32.992 - Uh. 33 00:03:32.992 --> 00:03:33.825 I don't know. 34 00:03:33.825 --> 00:03:35.520 I couldn't find the other box. 35 00:03:35.520 --> 00:03:37.010 - Did you check downstairs? 36 00:03:37.010 --> 00:03:38.630 Yes, hon. 37 00:03:38.630 --> 00:03:40.833 That's where I found the first half. 38 00:03:44.010 --> 00:03:46.460 Must've thrown it away when the basement flooded. 39 00:03:47.460 --> 00:03:49.300 - Can you just get this stuff cleaned up? 40 00:03:49.300 --> 00:03:51.360 - Yeah, in a minute. 41 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:52.330 - Now! 42 00:03:52.330 --> 00:03:53.490 I've got enough stuff to do. 43 00:03:53.490 --> 00:03:55.550 Please get up off your butt and help. 44 00:03:55.550 --> 00:03:56.930 - Fine. 45 00:03:56.930 --> 00:03:58.740 What's the hurry? 46 00:03:58.740 --> 00:03:59.573 - I told you. 47 00:03:59.573 --> 00:04:00.740 My parents are coming over for dinner 48 00:04:00.740 --> 00:04:02.010 and you need to take Nate to karate. 49 00:04:02.010 --> 00:04:03.690 - Right, I forgot. 50 00:04:03.690 --> 00:04:05.460 - Oh, come on. 51 00:04:05.460 --> 00:04:06.623 Wake up, Jack. 52 00:04:10.540 --> 00:04:11.373 - Parents. 53 00:04:12.430 --> 00:04:13.980 At least yours are still alive. 54 00:04:17.018 --> 00:04:20.018 (ladder clattering) 55 00:04:25.462 --> 00:04:28.629 (staple gun clicking) 56 00:04:38.100 --> 00:04:39.850 - Nate, will you stop that, please? 57 00:04:44.690 --> 00:04:45.550 Nate! 58 00:04:45.550 --> 00:04:46.520 - [Nate] What? 59 00:04:46.520 --> 00:04:47.370 - Stop foolin' around. 60 00:04:47.370 --> 00:04:49.120 Go inside and get ready for karate. 61 00:04:53.296 --> 00:04:58.296 (nail gun clicking) (air hissing) 62 00:05:01.074 --> 00:05:02.157 Unbelievable. 63 00:05:05.182 --> 00:05:07.849 (food sizzling) 64 00:05:10.153 --> 00:05:13.153 (suspenseful music) 65 00:05:17.420 --> 00:05:19.593 - You need to get your "gee" on. 66 00:05:19.593 --> 00:05:21.083 It's gi, Mom. 67 00:05:24.050 --> 00:05:27.270 - Child, what are you doing? 68 00:05:27.270 --> 00:05:29.320 - Gotta catch this huge snapper. 69 00:05:29.320 --> 00:05:31.700 - Stop playing Coyote Peterson and get your gi on. 70 00:05:31.700 --> 00:05:34.133 Dad's taking you to karate soon. 71 00:05:38.270 --> 00:05:39.800 Nathan James! 72 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:41.333 And get ready for karate! 73 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:44.910 (Kim sighing) 74 00:05:44.910 --> 00:05:46.303 Oh, that child. 75 00:05:48.072 --> 00:05:50.016 (Kim sighing) 76 00:05:50.016 --> 00:05:50.849 (nail gun clicking) 77 00:05:50.849 --> 00:05:52.170 - Hey, Dad. 78 00:05:52.170 --> 00:05:53.930 - Oh, hey Olivia. 79 00:05:53.930 --> 00:05:54.797 How's it lookin'? 80 00:05:57.200 --> 00:05:58.033 - Um. 81 00:06:00.820 --> 00:06:01.853 Yeah, it looks good. 82 00:06:03.095 --> 00:06:05.120 - So how was the movie last night? 83 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:06.763 - Oh, um, I ended up not going. 84 00:06:07.890 --> 00:06:10.680 Topher didn't show up again. 85 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:13.190 - Seems like that's becoming a thing with him. 86 00:06:13.190 --> 00:06:14.140 - Tell me about it. 87 00:06:16.240 --> 00:06:17.700 Whatever. 88 00:06:17.700 --> 00:06:20.650 It's just that everybody's been so fake lately. 89 00:06:20.650 --> 00:06:22.200 And I asked Stacey if she still wanted 90 00:06:22.200 --> 00:06:23.850 to go to the movies with me, but. 91 00:06:24.870 --> 00:06:26.520 - Well, a bunch of flakes, right? 92 00:06:27.640 --> 00:06:29.430 So you got any other plans tonight? 93 00:06:29.430 --> 00:06:31.310 Heard something about a secret Santa. 94 00:06:31.310 --> 00:06:32.143 - No. 95 00:06:32.143 --> 00:06:33.980 An ornament exchange. 96 00:06:33.980 --> 00:06:36.370 But I spent all morning making mine for nothing. 97 00:06:36.370 --> 00:06:37.203 - What? 98 00:06:38.160 --> 00:06:39.390 - It's canceled. 99 00:06:39.390 --> 00:06:40.670 - Really? 100 00:06:40.670 --> 00:06:43.570 - Yeah, Stacey said no one was coming, so she canceled it. 101 00:06:44.670 --> 00:06:45.780 - Ah, shoot. 102 00:06:45.780 --> 00:06:46.613 - What? 103 00:06:46.613 --> 00:06:48.280 - Oh, I cut myself. 104 00:06:48.280 --> 00:06:50.170 - Come here, let me see it. 105 00:06:50.170 --> 00:06:51.003 Oh gosh. 106 00:06:51.003 --> 00:06:52.863 Yeah, come on, we need to get that cleaned up. 107 00:06:56.050 --> 00:06:56.920 (door slamming) 108 00:06:56.920 --> 00:06:58.753 - Olivia, did you bring the milk? 109 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:00.993 - Uh, hang on. 110 00:07:00.993 --> 00:07:02.150 Dad cut himself. 111 00:07:13.797 --> 00:07:14.719 - Let me. 112 00:07:14.719 --> 00:07:17.460 Can you go and stir the potatoes. 113 00:07:17.460 --> 00:07:18.293 Let me see. 114 00:07:20.009 --> 00:07:21.480 - Ah, not so hard. 115 00:07:22.830 --> 00:07:24.520 - I asked you to clean up. 116 00:07:24.520 --> 00:07:26.750 Why were you out there putting up lights? 117 00:07:26.750 --> 00:07:28.060 Dad always had lights on the house. 118 00:07:28.060 --> 00:07:29.610 He would've enjoyed seeing them up. 119 00:07:29.610 --> 00:07:32.420 - You've had all week to go out and do it. 120 00:07:32.420 --> 00:07:33.253 Now this. 121 00:07:33.253 --> 00:07:34.440 - I know, I wanted lights up. 122 00:07:34.440 --> 00:07:35.740 I'm terrible. 123 00:07:35.740 --> 00:07:37.760 - There's a Christmas crap strewn all over the place. 124 00:07:37.760 --> 00:07:39.400 None of it put up or away. 125 00:07:39.400 --> 00:07:40.950 My mom and dad will be here in three hours 126 00:07:40.950 --> 00:07:42.260 and we have half a damn Christmas tree 127 00:07:42.260 --> 00:07:43.093 sitting in our living room. 128 00:07:43.093 --> 00:07:43.960 - Yeah, I know. 129 00:07:43.960 --> 00:07:46.040 - No, no, you don't, Jack. 130 00:07:46.040 --> 00:07:48.240 'Cause if you cared, you'd be helping get our house 131 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:51.140 in order instead of sulking around about your dead father. 132 00:07:56.110 --> 00:07:58.513 - Ew, keep your nasty hands off the cake. 133 00:08:01.380 --> 00:08:02.430 I'm telling Mom. 134 00:08:02.430 --> 00:08:03.263 Mom! 135 00:08:04.394 --> 00:08:05.879 (icing splattering) 136 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:07.343 I'm gonna throat punch you! 137 00:08:11.652 --> 00:08:14.117 (Christmas decorations clattering) 138 00:08:14.117 --> 00:08:16.617 (Kim sighing) 139 00:08:20.650 --> 00:08:22.390 - What on earth do you think you're doing? 140 00:08:22.390 --> 00:08:23.500 - She was chasing me. 141 00:08:23.500 --> 00:08:24.730 - After you threw icing! 142 00:08:24.730 --> 00:08:25.563 - Oh, enough! 143 00:08:26.410 --> 00:08:28.860 - Oh, I'm sick of living with that troll! 144 00:08:33.700 --> 00:08:35.500 - Do you want to say anything, Jack? 145 00:08:36.690 --> 00:08:37.814 - Nate, come on. 146 00:08:37.814 --> 00:08:38.647 We've gotta go to karate. 147 00:08:38.647 --> 00:08:40.400 - I'm not going. 148 00:08:40.400 --> 00:08:42.403 - Are you gonna stay here and clean all this up then? 149 00:08:43.984 --> 00:08:45.984 - That's what I thought. 150 00:08:48.590 --> 00:08:50.600 - You're going to leave me with this mess? 151 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:51.843 - Yeah, I gotta go. 152 00:08:55.060 --> 00:08:57.120 - Where are you going? 153 00:08:57.120 --> 00:08:58.120 - I don't know. 154 00:08:58.120 --> 00:09:00.043 Get a coffee and leave this crazy. 155 00:09:06.149 --> 00:09:06.982 - Ah. 156 00:09:07.996 --> 00:09:10.496 (Kim sighing) 157 00:09:13.023 --> 00:09:16.083 (door slamming) 158 00:09:16.083 --> 00:09:19.083 (milk jug slamming) 159 00:09:26.125 --> 00:09:28.270 (Kim sighing) 160 00:09:28.270 --> 00:09:30.030 (Christmas decorations clattering) 161 00:09:30.030 --> 00:09:30.863 Perfect. 162 00:09:32.631 --> 00:09:35.298 (food sizzling) 163 00:09:36.487 --> 00:09:39.654 (smoke alarm beeping) 164 00:09:41.055 --> 00:09:43.305 No, no, no, no, no, no, no! 165 00:09:44.927 --> 00:09:46.490 Oh! 166 00:09:46.490 --> 00:09:47.323 Ooh. 167 00:09:56.339 --> 00:09:59.089 Well, there goes Mom of the Year. 168 00:09:59.991 --> 00:10:03.158 (smoke alarm beeping) 169 00:10:08.182 --> 00:10:09.099 Okay. Okay. 170 00:10:10.574 --> 00:10:11.491 I got this. 171 00:10:12.554 --> 00:10:13.490 I got this. 172 00:10:13.490 --> 00:10:16.374 (milk thudding) 173 00:10:18.211 --> 00:10:20.628 (Mom crying) 174 00:10:24.178 --> 00:10:27.345 (smoke alarm beeping) 175 00:10:49.759 --> 00:10:54.759 (broom thudding) (smoke alarm clattering) 176 00:11:01.356 --> 00:11:03.934 (doorbell ringing) 177 00:11:03.934 --> 00:11:04.767 What now? 178 00:11:14.760 --> 00:11:16.160 - [Man] Good day, ma'am. 179 00:11:16.160 --> 00:11:16.993 - Hi. 180 00:11:16.993 --> 00:11:18.360 - I'm sorry to trouble you, 181 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:21.490 but I heard an alarm as I was walking by. 182 00:11:21.490 --> 00:11:22.920 Is everything okay? 183 00:11:22.920 --> 00:11:23.753 - Yes, it's fine. 184 00:11:23.753 --> 00:11:24.820 Just burning my dinner. 185 00:11:26.030 --> 00:11:28.700 Oh, the house is a mess, but thank you. 186 00:11:28.700 --> 00:11:30.490 Everything is okay. 187 00:11:30.490 --> 00:11:32.963 - Well, perfect doesn't come easy. 188 00:11:35.050 --> 00:11:36.950 - I've got a lot of things to do to get ready. 189 00:11:36.950 --> 00:11:38.330 Thank you for checking. 190 00:11:38.330 --> 00:11:39.323 - Oh, hold on. 191 00:11:40.980 --> 00:11:43.080 I did have something I'd like to give you. 192 00:11:47.020 --> 00:11:47.980 - What is that? 193 00:11:49.350 --> 00:11:53.363 - Just a little Christmas gift from neighbor to neighbor. 194 00:11:56.230 --> 00:11:57.063 - Thank you. 195 00:11:59.090 --> 00:12:02.003 - Oh, I'd say it's nothing, but it's more than that. 196 00:12:06.377 --> 00:12:07.877 - Have a nice day. 197 00:12:31.046 --> 00:12:34.129 (dramatic whooshing) 198 00:12:37.138 --> 00:12:42.138 (crickets chirping) (flames crackling) 199 00:12:57.600 --> 00:12:59.560 - Come close. 200 00:12:59.560 --> 00:13:00.963 The night is cold. 201 00:13:06.169 --> 00:13:07.410 Please. 202 00:13:07.410 --> 00:13:08.253 Rest. 203 00:13:17.800 --> 00:13:18.720 - Where am I? 204 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:19.720 What is? 205 00:13:19.720 --> 00:13:21.170 - I know what it is you want, 206 00:13:22.840 --> 00:13:23.840 what you're chasing. 207 00:13:25.410 --> 00:13:27.150 - I don't know what is going on. 208 00:13:27.150 --> 00:13:30.620 - Please, let us speak quietly. 209 00:13:30.620 --> 00:13:32.223 Adam has been working so hard. 210 00:13:35.550 --> 00:13:38.703 Growing life from dirt is not easy. 211 00:13:41.567 --> 00:13:44.180 - Is that your husband? 212 00:13:44.180 --> 00:13:45.660 - Yes. 213 00:13:45.660 --> 00:13:48.734 - So you are? 214 00:13:48.734 --> 00:13:49.567 - Eve. 215 00:13:51.180 --> 00:13:52.383 Crafted from dust. 216 00:13:53.380 --> 00:13:55.543 God's mere breath giving us life. 217 00:13:56.700 --> 00:13:58.733 He made us beautiful and wonderful. 218 00:14:00.250 --> 00:14:01.083 Perfect. 219 00:14:02.156 --> 00:14:02.989 But then. 220 00:14:04.510 --> 00:14:06.040 - I know the story. 221 00:14:06.040 --> 00:14:06.873 - No. 222 00:14:08.850 --> 00:14:09.903 You know a story. 223 00:14:12.081 --> 00:14:13.998 But to be there in Eden, 224 00:14:15.033 --> 00:14:17.973 to feel the cool grass under your feet, 225 00:14:19.350 --> 00:14:22.963 smell the delicate scent of endless flowers in bloom, 226 00:14:24.540 --> 00:14:27.601 and sweetness of berries that have been warmed 227 00:14:27.601 --> 00:14:28.768 under the sun, 228 00:14:30.581 --> 00:14:32.131 walking in the presence of God. 229 00:14:34.640 --> 00:14:35.803 What we lost, 230 00:14:38.216 --> 00:14:39.366 words are not adequate. 231 00:14:42.091 --> 00:14:43.650 - Wow. 232 00:14:43.650 --> 00:14:45.220 That sounds perfect. 233 00:14:47.355 --> 00:14:48.188 - It was. 234 00:14:51.030 --> 00:14:51.863 - I'm so sorry. 235 00:14:53.550 --> 00:14:56.013 - Six times I've tried to make this satchel. 236 00:14:56.950 --> 00:14:57.993 Never right. 237 00:14:58.980 --> 00:15:01.323 It looks like it'll carry the load, 238 00:15:01.323 --> 00:15:02.773 but it always breaks. 239 00:15:03.720 --> 00:15:06.290 It seems that I am destined to keep trying 240 00:15:06.290 --> 00:15:08.763 and destined to keep failing. 241 00:15:10.070 --> 00:15:11.340 But I realized 242 00:15:12.310 --> 00:15:13.813 no thing lasts forever. 243 00:15:14.830 --> 00:15:18.343 We have tried and we have failed on our own for many years, 244 00:15:19.503 --> 00:15:23.010 but in all of that pain and all of that struggle 245 00:15:23.010 --> 00:15:25.870 I know now that it isn't the thing of importance. 246 00:15:27.649 --> 00:15:28.482 It is him. 247 00:15:30.397 --> 00:15:33.223 The joy we share, the laughter, 248 00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:35.313 the goodness. 249 00:15:36.490 --> 00:15:38.953 Despite our imperfections, 250 00:15:39.827 --> 00:15:41.233 hardships will come. 251 00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:43.680 Don't let them sink you. 252 00:15:45.170 --> 00:15:46.070 - Too late. 253 00:15:47.419 --> 00:15:49.752 Things are a lot harder now. 254 00:15:52.940 --> 00:15:56.810 Life has become more complex, more pressure, 255 00:15:56.810 --> 00:15:58.760 more expectation. 256 00:15:58.760 --> 00:16:00.050 - Kim, 257 00:16:00.050 --> 00:16:03.823 I know what it is like to not live up to expectations. 258 00:16:06.931 --> 00:16:09.133 - I never expected my life to be like this. 259 00:16:12.620 --> 00:16:15.450 Every day I couldn't wait for Jack to come home. 260 00:16:15.450 --> 00:16:18.193 I got excited hearing the garage door open. 261 00:16:20.630 --> 00:16:22.243 We used to laugh so much. 262 00:16:27.336 --> 00:16:29.836 But then the laughter stopped. 263 00:16:31.937 --> 00:16:34.596 I don't know what happened. 264 00:16:34.596 --> 00:16:35.513 - You know. 265 00:16:41.962 --> 00:16:42.795 You know. 266 00:16:45.670 --> 00:16:48.963 - He reminds me so much of my dad. 267 00:16:53.760 --> 00:16:56.563 Growing up my dad had a temper you couldn't believe. 268 00:17:00.130 --> 00:17:01.283 We were all scared. 269 00:17:03.650 --> 00:17:04.850 My brother Michael, Mom. 270 00:17:09.340 --> 00:17:12.093 Time after time she tried to defend us. 271 00:17:13.339 --> 00:17:15.563 I can still hear the glass shattering, 272 00:17:17.010 --> 00:17:18.143 the door slamming. 273 00:17:20.800 --> 00:17:22.650 Holding Michael tight in my room 274 00:17:22.650 --> 00:17:26.293 covering his ears so he wouldn't hear the screaming. 275 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:30.893 - There is such great pain in this world. 276 00:17:32.689 --> 00:17:34.470 And it wasn't always supposed to be this way, 277 00:17:34.470 --> 00:17:38.173 but I promise you it will get better. 278 00:17:41.260 --> 00:17:42.093 - It did. 279 00:17:44.310 --> 00:17:45.310 My dad changed. 280 00:17:45.310 --> 00:17:49.150 He's a different person now. 281 00:17:49.150 --> 00:17:51.540 He's become an amazing grandpa. 282 00:17:51.540 --> 00:17:53.293 And my kids can't wait to see him. 283 00:17:58.225 --> 00:17:59.058 But 284 00:18:00.280 --> 00:18:03.783 I'm afraid I never got over the way he treated us. 285 00:18:06.060 --> 00:18:08.373 Now I see the same thing happening in Jack. 286 00:18:10.350 --> 00:18:13.633 The anger, the laziness, the drinking. 287 00:18:15.130 --> 00:18:17.377 I'm trying to make things perfect for him. 288 00:18:18.836 --> 00:18:20.130 - Kim, 289 00:18:20.130 --> 00:18:21.353 I know what perfect is. 290 00:18:22.702 --> 00:18:24.323 And we left that behind in Eden. 291 00:18:25.390 --> 00:18:27.410 God made perfect. 292 00:18:27.410 --> 00:18:28.463 We cannot. 293 00:18:29.681 --> 00:18:30.970 But the struggles, they shape us, 294 00:18:30.970 --> 00:18:34.855 and they make us better, but we keep going. 295 00:18:36.780 --> 00:18:38.233 - I can't do this alone. 296 00:18:40.140 --> 00:18:40.973 I'm lost. 297 00:18:42.800 --> 00:18:44.573 - Adam and I are not perfect. 298 00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:47.886 I'm not the same woman that I once was, 299 00:18:47.886 --> 00:18:50.943 and he's not the same man that he used to be. 300 00:18:52.370 --> 00:18:55.420 - Jack and I are very different now. 301 00:18:57.555 --> 00:18:59.263 - The life we left behind, 302 00:19:00.600 --> 00:19:03.910 it was full of endless joy 303 00:19:03.910 --> 00:19:06.033 and oneness with God. 304 00:19:07.745 --> 00:19:11.224 But the world, your world, it is, 305 00:19:11.224 --> 00:19:15.430 it is full of darkness, and it's because of us. 306 00:19:17.070 --> 00:19:19.230 - I want to be in love, 307 00:19:19.230 --> 00:19:23.003 not nitpicking and arguing over such stupid things. 308 00:19:26.810 --> 00:19:27.643 We have drifted 309 00:19:30.040 --> 00:19:32.423 more than I ever wanted to. 310 00:19:36.139 --> 00:19:38.840 - Hold on to the memories. 311 00:19:38.840 --> 00:19:41.143 Remember the husband of your youth. 312 00:19:42.010 --> 00:19:45.780 You know, we, we change, but we change together. 313 00:19:45.780 --> 00:19:47.580 And through those hardships we grow. 314 00:19:48.511 --> 00:19:50.843 - But how can we restore our marriage? 315 00:19:54.092 --> 00:19:56.560 - You need a rescuer. 316 00:19:56.560 --> 00:19:58.080 We all do. 317 00:19:58.080 --> 00:20:00.506 You know, someone to show us the way. 318 00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:09.410 To be reunified with God and to walk in his presence 319 00:20:09.410 --> 00:20:10.607 as we once did. 320 00:20:12.250 --> 00:20:15.693 My heart cries for sin that I have done. 321 00:20:18.050 --> 00:20:20.670 If you seek a relationship with God, 322 00:20:20.670 --> 00:20:24.383 and then with your husband, will you have restoration. 323 00:20:27.140 --> 00:20:29.623 When we first left the garden, 324 00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:33.800 Adam and I, we couldn't find peace. 325 00:20:33.800 --> 00:20:36.637 We blamed each other for what had happened 326 00:20:36.637 --> 00:20:38.330 and we bickered about everything 327 00:20:38.330 --> 00:20:40.603 and we couldn't reconcile. 328 00:20:43.820 --> 00:20:45.500 Adam found this in the stream. 329 00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:48.037 He gave it to me and he said, 330 00:20:48.037 --> 00:20:51.957 "As beautiful as it may be, I am more." 331 00:20:53.881 --> 00:20:58.253 And in that moment I encountered forgiveness. 332 00:21:00.030 --> 00:21:02.670 I have carried this through every hardship 333 00:21:03.600 --> 00:21:06.870 and in all that time every chip on this rock, 334 00:21:06.870 --> 00:21:08.723 every crack in this stone, 335 00:21:10.340 --> 00:21:12.470 it doesn't matter 336 00:21:12.470 --> 00:21:16.080 because it is the meaning that is more important 337 00:21:16.080 --> 00:21:17.373 than the thing itself. 338 00:21:19.020 --> 00:21:21.523 It's a rock. (chuckling) 339 00:21:22.900 --> 00:21:24.993 You will never attain perfect, 340 00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:28.393 but you can share perfect moments. 341 00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:34.753 Go. 342 00:21:36.194 --> 00:21:37.273 Thrive. 343 00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:39.713 And walk closely with God. 344 00:21:42.343 --> 00:21:43.176 - I will. 345 00:21:53.664 --> 00:21:56.414 (girls laughing) 346 00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:59.203 - Are you serious? 347 00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:02.870 Stacey, what happened to wrapping gifts with your mom? 348 00:22:02.870 --> 00:22:04.053 - Sorry. 349 00:22:08.270 --> 00:22:10.150 - Hey, why are you acting so weird? 350 00:22:10.150 --> 00:22:12.090 - We didn't want you around. 351 00:22:12.090 --> 00:22:13.580 You've been ditching on us. 352 00:22:13.580 --> 00:22:15.980 - I set this exchange up. 353 00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:17.780 How could you not tell me? 354 00:22:17.780 --> 00:22:20.800 - You're going to college in LA. 355 00:22:20.800 --> 00:22:21.993 Gotta make new friends. 356 00:22:26.275 --> 00:22:27.108 (frustrated groan) 357 00:22:29.750 --> 00:22:30.890 Hey, Holly. 358 00:22:30.890 --> 00:22:31.780 - Hey. 359 00:22:31.780 --> 00:22:32.613 The usual? 360 00:22:33.600 --> 00:22:34.840 - Whatever. 361 00:22:34.840 --> 00:22:37.600 - So hot chocolate with a shot of espresso? 362 00:22:37.600 --> 00:22:39.690 - Put two shots in today. 363 00:22:39.690 --> 00:22:40.723 - So, a mocha? 364 00:22:41.830 --> 00:22:43.540 - And lots of chocolate. 365 00:22:43.540 --> 00:22:45.356 - Goin' for the hard stuff today, huh? 366 00:22:45.356 --> 00:22:46.189 - Yeah. 367 00:22:49.660 --> 00:22:52.843 Oh, and put one of those double chocolate brownies in there. 368 00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.833 Don't judge. 369 00:22:58.270 --> 00:23:01.315 (Olivia sighing) 370 00:23:21.750 --> 00:23:25.050 (Olivia crying) 371 00:23:25.050 --> 00:23:25.883 - You all right? 372 00:23:27.950 --> 00:23:29.570 - I'm fine. 373 00:23:29.570 --> 00:23:30.670 - They didn't show up. 374 00:23:31.550 --> 00:23:32.820 - What? 375 00:23:32.820 --> 00:23:33.653 - Your friends. 376 00:23:34.620 --> 00:23:35.890 - Yeah. 377 00:23:35.890 --> 00:23:37.590 - Don't you usually hang out here? 378 00:23:38.760 --> 00:23:41.690 - Yeah, um, they're no-shows. 379 00:23:41.690 --> 00:23:42.713 - What happened? 380 00:23:43.794 --> 00:23:45.160 - I don't know. 381 00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:46.410 We were supposed to meet. 382 00:23:47.310 --> 00:23:49.943 And it's only like our last Christmas together. 383 00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:53.000 - That's gotta be tough. 384 00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:54.470 Is someone moving? 385 00:23:54.470 --> 00:23:56.320 - Uh, graduating. 386 00:23:56.320 --> 00:23:57.290 - Oh. 387 00:23:57.290 --> 00:23:59.610 - It's just a stupid gift exchange anyway. 388 00:23:59.610 --> 00:24:01.430 - Oh, gifts aren't stupid. 389 00:24:01.430 --> 00:24:03.140 - Yeah, well, my friends are. 390 00:24:03.140 --> 00:24:04.813 - Are they really friends, though? 391 00:24:06.880 --> 00:24:08.440 - I guess not. 392 00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:11.403 - Well, since you're not exchanging gifts with them. 393 00:24:16.320 --> 00:24:17.900 Here. 394 00:24:17.900 --> 00:24:18.733 - What is that? 395 00:24:19.670 --> 00:24:20.503 - A gift. 396 00:24:23.990 --> 00:24:24.823 Open it. 397 00:24:29.635 --> 00:24:32.718 (dramatic whooshing) 398 00:24:36.768 --> 00:24:39.435 (boat creaking) 399 00:24:51.653 --> 00:24:54.486 (horse whinnying) 400 00:25:02.020 --> 00:25:02.853 - [Olivia] Wow. 401 00:25:04.050 --> 00:25:05.683 - She's beautiful, right? 402 00:25:06.710 --> 00:25:08.600 There was a time when she was free 403 00:25:08.600 --> 00:25:11.993 and able to roam as she wanted, but not now. 404 00:25:19.870 --> 00:25:22.430 - Okay, wait, is that water outside? 405 00:25:22.430 --> 00:25:23.263 - Yes. 406 00:25:24.630 --> 00:25:26.980 - So we're on a boat? 407 00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.813 - An ark. 408 00:25:29.070 --> 00:25:33.120 - So there's animals and water and an ark? 409 00:25:33.120 --> 00:25:34.033 Are we on? 410 00:25:35.016 --> 00:25:37.680 (woman chuckling) 411 00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:39.830 Wow, I really need to lay off the espresso. 412 00:25:42.080 --> 00:25:43.880 - No, you're seeing clearly, Olivia. 413 00:25:45.040 --> 00:25:45.873 - Who are you? 414 00:25:46.853 --> 00:25:49.520 - My husband Shem and I are helping my father-in-law. 415 00:25:49.520 --> 00:25:50.950 - Noah? 416 00:25:50.950 --> 00:25:51.783 - Yes. 417 00:25:53.600 --> 00:25:54.473 - What happened? 418 00:25:55.890 --> 00:25:59.080 - God asked Noah to build this ark for our family. 419 00:25:59.080 --> 00:26:01.080 He said that there is evil in the world 420 00:26:01.080 --> 00:26:02.990 and there would be a new start. 421 00:26:02.990 --> 00:26:04.393 - What about everybody else? 422 00:26:06.620 --> 00:26:08.640 - Cleansed from the earth. 423 00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:12.143 God the Creator judged the world of their unspeakable sins. 424 00:26:13.130 --> 00:26:14.303 - He killed everybody? 425 00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:17.580 How could God do something so awful? 426 00:26:17.580 --> 00:26:20.210 - You didn't see how far humanity had gone. 427 00:26:20.210 --> 00:26:21.043 I did. 428 00:26:22.090 --> 00:26:25.993 Every thought and intention of man was of evil, continually. 429 00:26:27.020 --> 00:26:29.323 There was no salvation but through death. 430 00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:32.653 It grieved God to his heart. 431 00:26:34.510 --> 00:26:36.023 - Well, how did you get saved? 432 00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:39.840 - Noah found favor with God. 433 00:26:39.840 --> 00:26:41.340 Blameless, he walked with God. 434 00:26:42.898 --> 00:26:45.481 (ark creaking) 435 00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:47.630 - Wow. 436 00:26:47.630 --> 00:26:48.463 It's beautiful. 437 00:26:49.525 --> 00:26:52.600 But it sure does reek. (laughing) 438 00:26:52.600 --> 00:26:54.320 - We spent years building it 439 00:26:54.320 --> 00:26:56.683 and telling everyone what God's plan was. 440 00:26:58.090 --> 00:27:01.343 We were mocked and outcasted from society. 441 00:27:02.370 --> 00:27:05.890 People thought we were either weird or crazy. 442 00:27:05.890 --> 00:27:06.863 Maybe both. 443 00:27:09.663 --> 00:27:10.963 - I know what that's like. 444 00:27:12.860 --> 00:27:14.633 - This won't last forever, Olivia. 445 00:27:15.850 --> 00:27:17.330 Things may be different now, 446 00:27:17.330 --> 00:27:20.510 but there is so much to look forward to. 447 00:27:20.510 --> 00:27:22.770 - It's just that everything I look forward to 448 00:27:22.770 --> 00:27:25.280 just ends in disappointment. 449 00:27:25.280 --> 00:27:27.223 - You're not looking far enough ahead. 450 00:27:28.360 --> 00:27:32.350 Yes, the next day will look similar to last. 451 00:27:32.350 --> 00:27:34.847 The animals will still need food 452 00:27:34.847 --> 00:27:37.047 and the stink will still need to be cleaned. 453 00:27:39.060 --> 00:27:42.163 And who we call our friends will reveal their true colors. 454 00:27:44.210 --> 00:27:46.193 I choose to see beyond the immediate. 455 00:27:47.750 --> 00:27:51.370 When these waters recede, everything will be different. 456 00:27:51.370 --> 00:27:55.080 You will move on, you will have a fresh start. 457 00:27:55.080 --> 00:27:58.930 When these doors open a new land awaits, 458 00:27:58.930 --> 00:28:01.433 full of promise and opportunity. 459 00:28:03.800 --> 00:28:06.023 Look beyond these walls you are in now. 460 00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:09.663 - College. 461 00:28:11.570 --> 00:28:14.800 - I'm looking forward to starting a family with Shem. 462 00:28:14.800 --> 00:28:16.460 - That's a long way away for me. 463 00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.810 - In time. 464 00:28:17.810 --> 00:28:19.820 - Seriously, have you met my brother? 465 00:28:19.820 --> 00:28:22.550 Kids are the last thing on my mind. 466 00:28:22.550 --> 00:28:24.150 - We can't control others. 467 00:28:24.150 --> 00:28:25.903 We can only control ourselves. 468 00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:30.050 Don't drift away into sin like so many others. 469 00:28:30.050 --> 00:28:31.810 Run from it. 470 00:28:31.810 --> 00:28:34.010 - It's just that he's such a little sh- 471 00:28:34.010 --> 00:28:36.360 - Forgiveness, Olivia. 472 00:28:36.360 --> 00:28:37.453 Be better than he. 473 00:28:39.490 --> 00:28:41.410 You are not being judged with water, 474 00:28:41.410 --> 00:28:44.413 but judgment comes for us all. 475 00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:46.480 Someone is coming. 476 00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:51.480 I don't know who, but I do know God's boundless love for us. 477 00:28:51.690 --> 00:28:54.210 He saved our bodies in this ark. 478 00:28:54.210 --> 00:28:57.350 One day he will come to save our souls. 479 00:28:57.350 --> 00:28:58.743 Salvation is ahead. 480 00:28:59.752 --> 00:29:01.740 (Olivia chuckling) 481 00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:03.290 Here. 482 00:29:03.290 --> 00:29:08.230 I made this to remind myself of my bind to God's way. 483 00:29:08.230 --> 00:29:10.303 So that way his promise is near. 484 00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:13.113 Here, take this. 485 00:29:14.490 --> 00:29:16.920 That way you can look beyond these walls 486 00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:19.503 and see the hope ahead. 487 00:29:19.503 --> 00:29:22.086 (ark creaking) 488 00:29:34.827 --> 00:29:36.160 - Take this off. 489 00:29:38.198 --> 00:29:39.448 - Can you stay and watch? 490 00:29:40.454 --> 00:29:41.870 - I just had it out with Mom. 491 00:29:41.870 --> 00:29:43.530 I need some me time. 492 00:29:43.530 --> 00:29:44.985 I'll be over at the end. 493 00:29:44.985 --> 00:29:46.120 - You never watch. 494 00:29:46.120 --> 00:29:46.970 - It's not true. 495 00:29:46.970 --> 00:29:49.810 I was there two weeks ago when you leveled up. 496 00:29:49.810 --> 00:29:51.370 - You mean October? 497 00:29:51.370 --> 00:29:52.730 - Give me 30 minutes. 498 00:29:52.730 --> 00:29:53.930 I'll be over at the end. 499 00:30:02.100 --> 00:30:03.150 - We're too early. 500 00:30:03.150 --> 00:30:04.660 No one's here. 501 00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:06.370 - People are just running late. 502 00:30:06.370 --> 00:30:07.203 Go warm up. 503 00:30:07.203 --> 00:30:08.036 I'll be next door. 504 00:30:09.540 --> 00:30:10.640 - Go get your me time. 505 00:30:17.750 --> 00:30:20.333 (bag thudding) 506 00:30:25.250 --> 00:30:26.394 - Hey, Nate. 507 00:30:26.394 --> 00:30:27.642 Didn't you get the message? 508 00:30:27.642 --> 00:30:28.520 - What message? 509 00:30:28.520 --> 00:30:30.350 - Most of the group were on vacation. 510 00:30:30.350 --> 00:30:31.840 Figured everybody can get some time with their family. 511 00:30:31.840 --> 00:30:33.670 So I went and called today off. 512 00:30:33.670 --> 00:30:35.810 - No, my dad didn't get the message. 513 00:30:35.810 --> 00:30:37.010 - Wait, before you go, 514 00:30:37.010 --> 00:30:38.980 can you help me move these presents into this bin? 515 00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:40.544 I got a lot of inventory. 516 00:30:40.544 --> 00:30:42.130 - My dad. 517 00:30:42.130 --> 00:30:42.963 Yeah. 518 00:30:42.963 --> 00:30:43.796 - Awesome, pal. 519 00:30:43.796 --> 00:30:44.629 Thank you so much. 520 00:30:44.629 --> 00:30:45.546 Hey, whenever you're done, 521 00:30:45.546 --> 00:30:46.379 just let me know when you're ready, okay? 522 00:30:46.379 --> 00:30:47.546 - [Nate] Okay. 523 00:31:16.283 --> 00:31:19.120 - I don't think that belongs to you. 524 00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:20.450 - Uh, it's okay. 525 00:31:20.450 --> 00:31:21.900 Sensei said I could have one. 526 00:31:22.780 --> 00:31:23.613 - Right. 527 00:31:24.650 --> 00:31:25.483 - Honest. 528 00:31:25.483 --> 00:31:27.120 He said this one's mine. 529 00:31:27.120 --> 00:31:28.243 - You're a bright boy. 530 00:31:29.170 --> 00:31:31.760 Shame to waste it on lies. 531 00:31:31.760 --> 00:31:32.593 - Who are you? 532 00:31:34.139 --> 00:31:35.039 - I'm a messenger. 533 00:31:36.280 --> 00:31:39.060 - So what's the message? 534 00:31:39.060 --> 00:31:41.470 - That ball you have is a gift 535 00:31:41.470 --> 00:31:43.890 for some little boy or girl in need. 536 00:31:43.890 --> 00:31:45.023 - But I need it. 537 00:31:46.181 --> 00:31:47.431 - It wasn't given to you. 538 00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:51.463 - A gift is given, 539 00:31:53.710 --> 00:31:54.543 not stolen. 540 00:31:55.950 --> 00:31:57.883 Otherwise it's value would be nil. 541 00:32:00.110 --> 00:32:00.960 It means nothing. 542 00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:04.750 But as it is, everyone receives a gift. 543 00:32:10.840 --> 00:32:12.460 Life. 544 00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:14.250 - This doesn't look like a ball. 545 00:32:14.250 --> 00:32:16.033 Yeah, but it could be. 546 00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:18.403 - Yeah, a golf ball. 547 00:32:20.699 --> 00:32:23.782 (dramatic whooshing) 548 00:32:26.891 --> 00:32:29.474 (wind howling) 549 00:32:42.315 --> 00:32:43.148 - Ow! 550 00:32:44.063 --> 00:32:45.063 - Watch out! 551 00:32:50.312 --> 00:32:52.062 Hold this, all right? 552 00:32:53.012 --> 00:32:54.200 I told you to watch out. 553 00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:57.210 - How was I supposed to know a cactus was there? 554 00:32:57.210 --> 00:32:58.473 Where am I? 555 00:33:00.010 --> 00:33:00.843 - The desert. 556 00:33:02.510 --> 00:33:03.343 - Aw! 557 00:33:04.950 --> 00:33:06.290 The desert? 558 00:33:06.290 --> 00:33:07.410 - Yeah. 559 00:33:07.410 --> 00:33:08.870 Everybody's in the desert. 560 00:33:10.070 --> 00:33:11.650 - Well, what are you doing? 561 00:33:11.650 --> 00:33:14.370 - My father sent me here to gather manna. 562 00:33:14.370 --> 00:33:15.203 - Manna? 563 00:33:16.170 --> 00:33:19.519 - Manna, the food God provides. 564 00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:20.352 Here. 565 00:33:21.643 --> 00:33:23.007 This. 566 00:33:23.007 --> 00:33:23.840 Have some. 567 00:33:26.504 --> 00:33:28.155 - Dang, that's good. 568 00:33:28.155 --> 00:33:29.570 Like Nilla Wafers. 569 00:33:29.570 --> 00:33:30.792 - Yeah. 570 00:33:30.792 --> 00:33:32.642 Try eating it every day for five years. 571 00:33:33.750 --> 00:33:35.370 - True. 572 00:33:35.370 --> 00:33:37.970 So, what are you doing in the desert? 573 00:33:37.970 --> 00:33:39.610 - My father, 574 00:33:39.610 --> 00:33:41.923 he made a huge mistake. 575 00:33:43.560 --> 00:33:44.793 Really everyone did. 576 00:33:45.820 --> 00:33:47.763 We didn't obey God. 577 00:33:49.320 --> 00:33:50.270 - What do you mean? 578 00:33:51.540 --> 00:33:53.490 - This isn't the land we were promised. 579 00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:56.680 There's a greater land waiting for us, 580 00:33:56.680 --> 00:34:01.030 one where you can grow plants, raise animals, 581 00:34:01.030 --> 00:34:04.650 a place you can call home. 582 00:34:04.650 --> 00:34:08.880 But we're stuck here gathering food from the ground. 583 00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:10.003 - When can you leave? 584 00:34:12.430 --> 00:34:14.270 - Many years. 585 00:34:14.270 --> 00:34:18.083 After my father's gone, I'll be a man in the promised land. 586 00:34:24.181 --> 00:34:26.250 (boy sighing) 587 00:34:26.250 --> 00:34:27.795 - This sucks. 588 00:34:27.795 --> 00:34:28.628 - Yeah. 589 00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:34.143 Nathan, look where we are. 590 00:34:35.590 --> 00:34:39.200 We're in a desert because we didn't listen. 591 00:34:39.200 --> 00:34:41.660 The Lord gave us specific instructions, 592 00:34:41.660 --> 00:34:46.430 instructions my father and other fathers decided to ignore. 593 00:34:46.430 --> 00:34:47.443 - Rules are unfair. 594 00:34:49.029 --> 00:34:51.893 - That is your thinking, but God's thinking... 595 00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:56.403 My father once spoke of refining metal for the tabernacle. 596 00:34:57.780 --> 00:35:00.630 The ore has many impurities, 597 00:35:00.630 --> 00:35:04.030 but only through forge, 598 00:35:04.030 --> 00:35:06.830 fire, and time, patience, 599 00:35:06.830 --> 00:35:09.477 do we get a pure ore. 600 00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:13.120 - I don't get it. 601 00:35:13.120 --> 00:35:14.360 - Okay. 602 00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:16.690 Sin is our impurity. 603 00:35:16.690 --> 00:35:21.023 We're being tested as fire is tested to purify gold. 604 00:35:22.250 --> 00:35:25.680 And if we want to be pure in spirit 605 00:35:25.680 --> 00:35:27.223 we must go through a crucible. 606 00:35:28.200 --> 00:35:29.173 - A crucible? 607 00:35:30.070 --> 00:35:31.620 - That's not anything I can do. 608 00:35:33.460 --> 00:35:34.650 - I've heard whispers 609 00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:37.780 of one who will come 610 00:35:37.780 --> 00:35:40.993 greater than Abraham, greater than Moses. 611 00:35:42.130 --> 00:35:44.590 We sacrifice the lamb to God, 612 00:35:44.590 --> 00:35:46.620 an offering of our sins. 613 00:35:46.620 --> 00:35:47.773 But one day, 614 00:35:49.030 --> 00:35:52.660 God will give us the ultimate sacrifice, 615 00:35:52.660 --> 00:35:55.880 purer than the youngest lamb. 616 00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:58.510 - I haven't done anything that needs sacrifice. 617 00:35:58.510 --> 00:35:59.800 - Take heed. 618 00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:02.670 Do not live your life in disobedience, 619 00:36:02.670 --> 00:36:05.533 breaking the rules, doing whatever you want. 620 00:36:06.547 --> 00:36:10.195 I don't understand why sometimes, 621 00:36:10.195 --> 00:36:13.800 but that's okay because I trust 622 00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:18.260 because I know you're going through a lot of pain right now. 623 00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:20.840 - No, I'm not. 624 00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:22.450 - Nathan. 625 00:36:22.450 --> 00:36:24.740 Your dad, he's, he's made many mistakes, 626 00:36:24.740 --> 00:36:27.540 but he's still your father. 627 00:36:27.540 --> 00:36:28.910 - You don't understand. 628 00:36:28.910 --> 00:36:30.630 He only cares about himself. 629 00:36:30.630 --> 00:36:31.653 His me time. 630 00:36:33.141 --> 00:36:35.833 I wish we could just hang out, play ball, 631 00:36:36.830 --> 00:36:37.743 like we used to. 632 00:36:42.310 --> 00:36:44.510 - Hey, look at this. 633 00:36:44.510 --> 00:36:48.130 There is a specific way to weave this. 634 00:36:48.130 --> 00:36:50.493 And if you do not do it right, 635 00:36:51.726 --> 00:36:53.830 it will all fall apart. 636 00:36:53.830 --> 00:36:56.727 Instructions to build it strong. 637 00:36:58.200 --> 00:37:00.563 God commands us to honor our fathers. 638 00:37:01.610 --> 00:37:03.160 - Why should I? 639 00:37:03.160 --> 00:37:04.343 It's all his fault. 640 00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:07.283 - Listen, I was angry, too. 641 00:37:08.510 --> 00:37:09.370 Know this. 642 00:37:09.370 --> 00:37:13.190 If you hang on to that anger towards your dad 643 00:37:13.190 --> 00:37:16.743 because of what he's done or not done, 644 00:37:18.050 --> 00:37:19.313 you'll never have peace. 645 00:37:23.030 --> 00:37:26.000 Listen to instructions. 646 00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:27.833 Your father, he's not perfect. 647 00:37:29.606 --> 00:37:31.633 But honor your dad. 648 00:37:32.770 --> 00:37:34.913 Don't let yourself be pushed here. 649 00:37:36.870 --> 00:37:38.120 It's where you're headed. 650 00:37:39.270 --> 00:37:40.823 The forge burns hot, Nate. 651 00:37:41.690 --> 00:37:43.703 Discipline, it's rough. 652 00:37:44.690 --> 00:37:46.000 But the reward is 653 00:37:47.810 --> 00:37:48.943 so much more. 654 00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:54.150 Stop living in the desert. 655 00:37:57.526 --> 00:38:00.276 (Nathan sighing) 656 00:38:03.941 --> 00:38:06.691 (soft whooshing) 657 00:38:10.160 --> 00:38:11.700 - Thanks Klaus. 658 00:38:11.700 --> 00:38:12.698 See ya tomorrow. 659 00:38:12.698 --> 00:38:15.674 - Yea you have a good one. 660 00:38:15.674 --> 00:38:17.007 Hey, Jack. - Hey. 661 00:38:18.541 --> 00:38:19.374 - Karate? 662 00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:21.545 - Yeah. 663 00:38:21.545 --> 00:38:22.860 Let me get the high country honey. 664 00:38:22.860 --> 00:38:24.773 Oh, you goin' for that red today. 665 00:38:26.470 --> 00:38:28.510 - No, I just need something, 666 00:38:28.510 --> 00:38:29.510 something different. 667 00:38:35.140 --> 00:38:36.296 That's good. 668 00:38:36.296 --> 00:38:38.917 I like it, in a malty kind of way. 669 00:38:39.761 --> 00:38:40.861 - I got that new sour. 670 00:38:42.141 --> 00:38:43.743 - I'll take that after I'm done with this. 671 00:38:44.620 --> 00:38:46.660 - Everything okay with you, Jack? 672 00:38:46.660 --> 00:38:47.750 - No, it's not. 673 00:38:47.750 --> 00:38:51.040 First this happens, and then I have it out with the wife. 674 00:38:51.040 --> 00:38:54.618 - If I had a dollar for every time somebody told me that. 675 00:38:54.618 --> 00:38:55.468 - Yeah, whatever. 676 00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:58.300 Tell you what, give me a whiskey neat. 677 00:39:11.489 --> 00:39:13.820 - What are you doing? 678 00:39:13.820 --> 00:39:14.653 - Sorry. What? 679 00:39:15.590 --> 00:39:18.953 - Your son is in the dojo next door. 680 00:39:20.510 --> 00:39:21.343 - Yeah, I'm sorry. 681 00:39:21.343 --> 00:39:22.390 Have we met? 682 00:39:22.390 --> 00:39:23.940 - No. 683 00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:25.090 Not officially. 684 00:39:25.090 --> 00:39:27.600 - Why are you asking about my son? 685 00:39:27.600 --> 00:39:28.723 - I have a son, too. 686 00:39:30.900 --> 00:39:32.220 - Okay. 687 00:39:32.220 --> 00:39:34.333 - I'm very proud of my son. - Yeah, cool. 688 00:39:35.560 --> 00:39:37.460 - Are you not proud of your son, Jack? 689 00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:39.657 - I mean, he's all right. 690 00:39:39.657 --> 00:39:41.990 Can be a bit annoying at times. 691 00:39:41.990 --> 00:39:45.223 - Well, you know, absent fathers breed mayhem. 692 00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:48.770 - What are you trying to say? 693 00:39:49.890 --> 00:39:51.100 - I'm trying to understand. 694 00:39:51.100 --> 00:39:52.263 - And what is that? 695 00:39:53.970 --> 00:39:55.770 - A father delights in his children. 696 00:39:56.800 --> 00:39:57.633 - What the heck is this? 697 00:39:57.633 --> 00:39:58.466 Who are you? 698 00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:05.020 - I don't, I don't understand. 699 00:40:05.020 --> 00:40:06.013 - Look inside. 700 00:40:11.198 --> 00:40:14.281 (dramatic whooshing) 701 00:40:17.238 --> 00:40:20.071 (hammer pounding) 702 00:40:25.962 --> 00:40:27.430 - [Joseph] You're not alone. 703 00:40:27.430 --> 00:40:28.263 - What? 704 00:40:30.070 --> 00:40:31.170 - Feeling overwhelmed? 705 00:40:32.370 --> 00:40:34.520 You think you know how life is going to be. 706 00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:36.503 I had plans. 707 00:40:38.150 --> 00:40:40.029 Then miracles happened. 708 00:40:40.029 --> 00:40:41.320 (child laughing) 709 00:40:41.320 --> 00:40:42.153 - [Mary] Joseph! 710 00:40:43.204 --> 00:40:45.704 (child cooing) 711 00:40:47.740 --> 00:40:49.270 - I wanted to run. 712 00:40:49.270 --> 00:40:52.020 They told me to break it off. 713 00:40:52.020 --> 00:40:54.620 No one would blame you, they said. 714 00:40:54.620 --> 00:40:56.993 I could only see what was right in front of me. 715 00:40:58.400 --> 00:40:59.750 There was something greater 716 00:41:00.810 --> 00:41:03.120 out there just beyond the horizon, 717 00:41:03.120 --> 00:41:04.943 beyond what I could see. 718 00:41:06.477 --> 00:41:09.292 Was I going to give away the blessing before me? 719 00:41:09.292 --> 00:41:11.683 - What, what blessing is that? 720 00:41:12.620 --> 00:41:14.610 - Leading your family, Jack. 721 00:41:14.610 --> 00:41:15.970 Are you leading your family? 722 00:41:15.970 --> 00:41:18.631 - Yeah, I mean, I work. 723 00:41:18.631 --> 00:41:19.780 I provide. 724 00:41:19.780 --> 00:41:21.790 - But your mind is elsewhere. 725 00:41:21.790 --> 00:41:26.380 Present is not just physical, but in emotion and in spirit. 726 00:41:26.380 --> 00:41:27.480 - This is ridiculous. 727 00:41:27.480 --> 00:41:29.390 This is, I, I must be dreaming. 728 00:41:29.390 --> 00:41:30.670 - Time to wake up, Jack. 729 00:41:30.670 --> 00:41:31.503 - Yeah, you think? 730 00:41:31.503 --> 00:41:32.336 Wake up? 731 00:41:32.336 --> 00:41:33.169 This isn't real. 732 00:41:33.169 --> 00:41:34.002 You're not real! 733 00:41:34.002 --> 00:41:35.240 None of this is real! 734 00:41:43.089 --> 00:41:44.933 (Jack spitting) 735 00:41:44.933 --> 00:41:47.600 (Jack coughing) 736 00:41:49.026 --> 00:41:51.035 - Taste real enough? 737 00:41:55.800 --> 00:41:57.810 This is a gift, Jack. 738 00:41:57.810 --> 00:42:00.320 The past has many lessons for us, 739 00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:02.303 We just need to open our ears. 740 00:42:03.623 --> 00:42:06.290 - And so what are you doing out here? 741 00:42:06.290 --> 00:42:09.240 - My wife and I, going to Egypt. 742 00:42:09.240 --> 00:42:14.070 The King of Judea wants to find and murder our son. 743 00:42:14.070 --> 00:42:15.250 - Why? 744 00:42:15.250 --> 00:42:16.750 - Because he fears him. 745 00:42:16.750 --> 00:42:18.560 - Well, why fear a- 746 00:42:18.560 --> 00:42:19.920 I mean, how old is he? 747 00:42:19.920 --> 00:42:20.987 - Only a child. 748 00:42:20.987 --> 00:42:22.283 - Why fear a kid? 749 00:42:23.613 --> 00:42:26.400 - A king fears a more powerful king. 750 00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:27.480 - Jesus. 751 00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:28.313 - Exactly. 752 00:42:29.380 --> 00:42:31.880 It would have been easier if we stayed where we were. 753 00:42:31.880 --> 00:42:34.270 - Yeah, but, you couldn't. 754 00:42:34.270 --> 00:42:35.370 - No? 755 00:42:35.370 --> 00:42:37.993 Our adversary is prowling like a lion. 756 00:42:39.820 --> 00:42:42.000 If we had just stayed in place where we were, 757 00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:46.663 not going forward, we'd be hunted, much like you. 758 00:42:47.640 --> 00:42:48.940 Hunted by the enemy. 759 00:42:48.940 --> 00:42:50.500 - I don't have any enemies. 760 00:42:50.500 --> 00:42:51.730 - Oh, but you do. 761 00:42:51.730 --> 00:42:52.700 You must understand. 762 00:42:52.700 --> 00:42:56.123 You have no physical enemies, but spiritual. 763 00:42:57.070 --> 00:42:57.903 Apathy, 764 00:42:58.960 --> 00:42:59.973 idolatry, 765 00:43:02.170 --> 00:43:03.003 addiction. 766 00:43:04.110 --> 00:43:05.490 Evil, Jack. 767 00:43:05.490 --> 00:43:07.710 These are enemies of the spirit. 768 00:43:07.710 --> 00:43:10.850 And as surely as a murderous king would, 769 00:43:10.850 --> 00:43:13.688 they will rip you, your children, 770 00:43:13.688 --> 00:43:15.730 and your marriage to shreds. 771 00:43:15.730 --> 00:43:18.676 - No, I'm not gonna let that happen. 772 00:43:18.676 --> 00:43:19.700 - It's already happening. 773 00:43:19.700 --> 00:43:20.550 - No, it's fine. 774 00:43:20.550 --> 00:43:22.010 Look, we're fine. 775 00:43:22.010 --> 00:43:23.323 Kim and I, we're fine. 776 00:43:24.460 --> 00:43:25.880 - She's dying inside. 777 00:43:25.880 --> 00:43:26.770 Yeah, how would you know? 778 00:43:26.770 --> 00:43:27.610 You're not there. 779 00:43:27.610 --> 00:43:28.510 - Neither are you. 780 00:43:31.070 --> 00:43:32.820 Nate is unruly. 781 00:43:32.820 --> 00:43:34.560 Olivia is neglected. 782 00:43:34.560 --> 00:43:35.393 And Kim? 783 00:43:36.480 --> 00:43:37.443 She feels unloved. 784 00:43:39.388 --> 00:43:40.260 - All right. 785 00:43:40.260 --> 00:43:41.260 How do I fight this? 786 00:43:42.660 --> 00:43:45.410 - There, there is a warrior in you. 787 00:43:45.410 --> 00:43:46.800 Guard your heart 788 00:43:48.120 --> 00:43:51.930 and seek the wisdom that comes only from God. 789 00:43:51.930 --> 00:43:53.060 - God? 790 00:43:53.060 --> 00:43:53.893 God? 791 00:43:54.740 --> 00:43:55.800 I don't hear from God. 792 00:43:55.800 --> 00:43:57.260 It's nothing but silence. 793 00:43:57.260 --> 00:44:00.320 - The silence is about to be broken. 794 00:44:00.320 --> 00:44:03.640 The King of Kings is here with us. 795 00:44:03.640 --> 00:44:06.230 Now with you. 796 00:44:06.230 --> 00:44:08.903 - God doesn't want to hear from me. 797 00:44:08.903 --> 00:44:10.290 - Would your father want to hear from you? 798 00:44:10.290 --> 00:44:11.610 - Don't. 799 00:44:11.610 --> 00:44:14.260 - Would you not call out to your father if you could? 800 00:44:14.260 --> 00:44:15.093 - Stop it! 801 00:44:15.093 --> 00:44:18.503 - A child longs for their father, Jack. 802 00:44:19.410 --> 00:44:23.550 To be held close, embraced with warmth. 803 00:44:23.550 --> 00:44:25.993 Loved, protected. 804 00:44:27.720 --> 00:44:29.010 Don't you long for yours? 805 00:44:29.010 --> 00:44:32.550 - I would give anything, anything to have my dad back. 806 00:44:34.070 --> 00:44:35.320 - So would your children. 807 00:44:38.807 --> 00:44:39.857 - I failed my family. 808 00:44:43.640 --> 00:44:48.327 - Failure would suggest that it is over, my brother. 809 00:44:48.327 --> 00:44:50.143 And it is far from over. 810 00:44:57.200 --> 00:44:59.950 It's time to put a stake in the ground for your family. 811 00:45:20.052 --> 00:45:21.900 - I don't know what to do. 812 00:45:21.900 --> 00:45:22.733 - You do. 813 00:45:23.790 --> 00:45:24.773 It's there. 814 00:45:25.660 --> 00:45:27.393 Right there. 815 00:45:29.610 --> 00:45:33.303 Love is putting others before yourself. 816 00:45:34.360 --> 00:45:36.200 Sacrifice. 817 00:45:36.200 --> 00:45:38.510 Serve your family, Jack, 818 00:45:38.510 --> 00:45:39.863 and you will lead them. 819 00:45:45.550 --> 00:45:46.383 Jack. 820 00:45:50.548 --> 00:45:51.940 - Is this for me? 821 00:45:51.940 --> 00:45:52.840 - For your family. 822 00:45:54.380 --> 00:45:57.353 I was going to bring it, but it's your responsibility now. 823 00:46:00.160 --> 00:46:02.600 Go and lead. 824 00:46:02.600 --> 00:46:03.433 - Thank you. 825 00:46:12.060 --> 00:46:13.060 - Oh, sorry, Nate. 826 00:46:13.060 --> 00:46:14.600 - Thanks, Dad. 827 00:46:14.600 --> 00:46:16.340 - Is karate already done? 828 00:46:16.340 --> 00:46:17.670 - Dad, it didn't happen. 829 00:46:17.670 --> 00:46:18.503 Do you know why? 830 00:46:18.503 --> 00:46:19.490 - No. 831 00:46:19.490 --> 00:46:20.323 - Of course not. 832 00:46:20.323 --> 00:46:21.950 There wasn't a meet today. 833 00:46:21.950 --> 00:46:23.000 - I'm sorry, Nate. 834 00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:24.170 I messed up. 835 00:46:24.170 --> 00:46:25.003 - It's okay. 836 00:46:25.003 --> 00:46:26.080 I didn't even want to go. 837 00:46:26.080 --> 00:46:28.040 - Nate, look, I'm sorry. 838 00:46:28.040 --> 00:46:29.780 I know you're upset. 839 00:46:29.780 --> 00:46:30.653 I'm trying. 840 00:46:31.652 --> 00:46:33.263 Things have just been hard lately. 841 00:46:34.380 --> 00:46:36.030 I'm trying to keep up with everything. 842 00:46:36.030 --> 00:46:39.083 I've let you, your mom, Olivia, I've let you all down. 843 00:46:40.040 --> 00:46:41.290 Let me make it up to you. 844 00:46:43.290 --> 00:46:44.223 - What is that? 845 00:46:45.060 --> 00:46:47.258 - Honestly, I don't know. 846 00:46:47.258 --> 00:46:49.190 - I think it could change things. 847 00:46:49.190 --> 00:46:50.586 - Yeah. 848 00:46:50.586 --> 00:46:52.553 - Well come on, let's go help Mom at home. 849 00:46:53.820 --> 00:46:55.660 - [Nate] Dad, do I have to eat dinner tonight? 850 00:46:55.660 --> 00:46:57.010 - Saying you don't like Mom's cooking? 851 00:46:57.010 --> 00:46:58.320 - [Nate] Sort of. 852 00:46:58.320 --> 00:46:59.160 - Things could be worse. 853 00:46:59.160 --> 00:47:01.239 You could be living in the desert, eating bugs. 854 00:47:01.239 --> 00:47:02.072 - [Nate] What? 855 00:47:02.072 --> 00:47:03.510 - You know, living in the desert? 856 00:47:03.510 --> 00:47:04.370 Eating bugs? 857 00:47:04.370 --> 00:47:05.310 Like Bear Grylls? 858 00:47:05.310 --> 00:47:07.070 - [Nate] It's Coyote Peterson, Dad. 859 00:47:07.070 --> 00:47:08.670 He doesn't eat bugs. 860 00:47:08.670 --> 00:47:10.520 - [Jack] No, he just gets bit by 'em. 861 00:47:13.697 --> 00:47:15.606 (knuckles rapping) 862 00:47:19.197 --> 00:47:20.560 - Hi. - Hi. 863 00:47:20.560 --> 00:47:21.680 - Thank you. - You're welcome. 864 00:47:21.680 --> 00:47:23.380 - You are real life saver. 865 00:47:23.380 --> 00:47:24.213 - Merry Christmas. 866 00:47:24.213 --> 00:47:25.046 - Bye. 867 00:47:42.115 --> 00:47:44.300 (front door opens and closes) 868 00:47:44.300 --> 00:47:45.133 Hey, hon. 869 00:47:47.570 --> 00:47:48.693 Everything okay? 870 00:47:50.190 --> 00:47:51.583 - Yeah, I think so. 871 00:47:53.210 --> 00:47:55.390 I found out Stacey ditched me. 872 00:47:55.390 --> 00:47:57.150 - Aww. 873 00:47:57.150 --> 00:48:02.083 - And the thing is, is I should care, but I just don't. 874 00:48:03.970 --> 00:48:08.970 - Well, sometimes people show you their true colors. 875 00:48:09.200 --> 00:48:10.233 Listen to them. 876 00:48:12.890 --> 00:48:15.273 - Graduation can't come soon enough. 877 00:48:17.225 --> 00:48:22.225 - Yeah. 878 00:48:24.733 --> 00:48:26.233 You're home early. 879 00:48:28.057 --> 00:48:30.253 - Yeah, I messed up. 880 00:48:31.400 --> 00:48:33.300 They moved class till after Christmas. 881 00:48:35.700 --> 00:48:36.533 - Well. 882 00:48:38.173 --> 00:48:39.840 What are we doing? 883 00:48:39.840 --> 00:48:41.540 - I met someone while we were out. 884 00:48:43.453 --> 00:48:44.803 I'm not entirely sure what- 885 00:48:47.380 --> 00:48:48.213 Look. 886 00:48:51.373 --> 00:48:53.273 Things are starting to get more clear. 887 00:48:55.400 --> 00:48:57.180 Ever since Grandpa died, 888 00:48:57.180 --> 00:48:59.963 I've- been struggling. 889 00:49:03.520 --> 00:49:04.970 I realized for the first time 890 00:49:08.022 --> 00:49:11.950 that we- or I, haven't been doing things right. 891 00:49:18.451 --> 00:49:20.784 I need for it to make sense. 892 00:49:23.930 --> 00:49:24.763 - Is that a- 893 00:49:24.763 --> 00:49:25.613 - A gift. 894 00:49:26.850 --> 00:49:27.800 It was given to me. 895 00:49:28.840 --> 00:49:30.440 I want to share with all of you. 896 00:49:31.850 --> 00:49:33.930 I don't know how to explain it, but- 897 00:49:33.930 --> 00:49:35.390 - I don't think you can. 898 00:49:35.390 --> 00:49:36.913 - Somebody gave that to you? 899 00:49:38.128 --> 00:49:39.866 - Yeah, but it's not for one of us. 900 00:49:39.866 --> 00:49:41.460 It's for everyone. 901 00:49:41.460 --> 00:49:43.013 - Well, let's open it. 902 00:49:44.732 --> 00:49:47.732 (suspenseful music) 903 00:49:54.380 --> 00:49:57.430 - [Jesus] You won't find me in there. 904 00:49:57.430 --> 00:49:58.263 I don't fit. 905 00:50:00.840 --> 00:50:02.370 - Dad? 906 00:50:02.370 --> 00:50:04.010 Is that? 907 00:50:04.010 --> 00:50:04.843 - I know you. 908 00:50:06.310 --> 00:50:07.710 This is Jesus. 909 00:50:07.710 --> 00:50:09.660 - You did at one time. 910 00:50:09.660 --> 00:50:12.513 But now I do not know you. 911 00:50:13.770 --> 00:50:16.210 - [Eve] We need a savior. 912 00:50:16.210 --> 00:50:19.890 - [Shem's Wife] A day will come when he will save our souls. 913 00:50:19.890 --> 00:50:23.073 - [Desert Boy] An ultimate sacrifice, the purest lamb. 914 00:50:24.040 --> 00:50:29.040 - [Joseph] The King of Kings is here now with us. 915 00:50:29.300 --> 00:50:33.283 - I sent my spirit ahead to prepare you for what's to come. 916 00:50:34.500 --> 00:50:35.333 - What's coming? 917 00:50:36.300 --> 00:50:38.600 - The kingdom of God is at hand. 918 00:50:38.600 --> 00:50:41.140 Sin is dwelling in your hearts. 919 00:50:41.140 --> 00:50:44.610 Festering, boiling, consuming. 920 00:50:44.610 --> 00:50:47.920 Truly I say to you, the wages of sin 921 00:50:49.750 --> 00:50:50.683 are death. 922 00:50:53.860 --> 00:50:55.523 Your sin has come to bear. 923 00:50:56.800 --> 00:51:01.350 Addiction, filling a hole in your heart 924 00:51:01.350 --> 00:51:04.983 with an earthly substance that only I can fill, 925 00:51:06.260 --> 00:51:10.033 a substance that is here today, gone tomorrow. 926 00:51:11.600 --> 00:51:14.353 Selfishness has left your family without a husband, 927 00:51:15.680 --> 00:51:17.323 your children fatherless. 928 00:51:19.900 --> 00:51:23.420 Your family entrusted to you is now adrift, 929 00:51:24.750 --> 00:51:26.663 a ship in a storm without a rudder. 930 00:51:28.940 --> 00:51:30.940 This is only a glimpse of what will come 931 00:51:32.270 --> 00:51:33.263 if you do not turn. 932 00:51:38.730 --> 00:51:40.173 I do not come with a misery. 933 00:51:41.050 --> 00:51:42.810 I come with truth. 934 00:51:42.810 --> 00:51:46.321 There is a deep memory of Eden in each of you, 935 00:51:46.321 --> 00:51:49.533 a distant longing to be reunited with God the Father. 936 00:51:50.580 --> 00:51:53.810 But in your pride you have shed yourself 937 00:51:53.810 --> 00:51:55.223 of God's presence. 938 00:51:56.060 --> 00:51:57.611 Hear me now. 939 00:51:57.611 --> 00:51:59.690 You gave up paradise. 940 00:51:59.690 --> 00:52:01.800 You gave up perfection. 941 00:52:01.800 --> 00:52:06.170 Your eyes have been opened to the horror of sin and death. 942 00:52:06.170 --> 00:52:07.520 Fueled by your rebellion, 943 00:52:07.520 --> 00:52:09.850 you did not heed the word of God 944 00:52:09.850 --> 00:52:11.903 and have embraced depravity. 945 00:52:13.800 --> 00:52:16.470 Death has consumed you. 946 00:52:16.470 --> 00:52:18.900 Perfection has eluded you. 947 00:52:18.900 --> 00:52:21.800 From the beginning of creation to the end of age, 948 00:52:21.800 --> 00:52:24.500 you have chased after the darkness, 949 00:52:24.500 --> 00:52:27.840 desiring it with a wicked heart. 950 00:52:27.840 --> 00:52:29.827 But I am the light. 951 00:52:31.290 --> 00:52:34.250 I knew you even before you were born. 952 00:52:34.250 --> 00:52:36.290 You were created in God's image 953 00:52:36.290 --> 00:52:39.163 and there is still a spark of the divine in you. 954 00:52:40.250 --> 00:52:41.890 Come clean. 955 00:52:41.890 --> 00:52:44.663 Confesses in the sins you so foolishly bathed in. 956 00:52:45.620 --> 00:52:48.610 I have come to make all things new. 957 00:52:48.610 --> 00:52:50.170 Hear me. 958 00:52:50.170 --> 00:52:52.750 Every tear shall be washed from your eye. 959 00:52:52.750 --> 00:52:54.420 No more pain and anguish. 960 00:52:54.420 --> 00:52:55.833 Death a distant memory. 961 00:52:57.450 --> 00:53:00.570 Step forward into the light 962 00:53:00.570 --> 00:53:04.040 and receive the living water that I offer you. 963 00:53:04.040 --> 00:53:07.260 But first turn away from your sin. 964 00:53:07.260 --> 00:53:09.833 Cast the wickedness into the pit where it dwells. 965 00:53:10.750 --> 00:53:12.740 Do not aim your heart to this earth, 966 00:53:12.740 --> 00:53:14.533 but point it to heaven. 967 00:53:15.660 --> 00:53:18.610 Come and receive the gift that I offer. 968 00:53:19.662 --> 00:53:21.973 The gift of salvation. 969 00:53:22.830 --> 00:53:24.490 My arms are open. 970 00:53:24.490 --> 00:53:27.990 If you but hear me and do as I command, 971 00:53:27.990 --> 00:53:31.743 you shall surely walk with me in paradise! 972 00:53:32.950 --> 00:53:35.150 If you profess with your lips 973 00:53:35.150 --> 00:53:36.600 and believe with your heart 974 00:53:37.560 --> 00:53:40.493 that God raised me from the dead, 975 00:53:41.930 --> 00:53:43.723 you will be saved. 976 00:53:47.522 --> 00:53:49.605 Confess faith in me. 977 00:53:50.450 --> 00:53:52.883 Turn from death to life. 978 00:53:53.780 --> 00:53:56.043 Darkness to light. 979 00:53:56.930 --> 00:54:00.707 If you reject me, you reject the father. 980 00:54:01.713 --> 00:54:03.063 Without the father, 981 00:54:04.560 --> 00:54:06.233 darkness reigns. 982 00:54:07.480 --> 00:54:08.323 Choose light. 983 00:54:09.240 --> 00:54:10.533 Choose life. 984 00:54:12.114 --> 00:54:13.780 Now go 985 00:54:13.780 --> 00:54:15.333 and sin no more. 986 00:54:23.020 --> 00:54:25.960 - And so we heard the words of Jesus 987 00:54:25.960 --> 00:54:29.230 that he's calling us to turn from darkness to light. 988 00:54:29.230 --> 00:54:32.820 He's calling us to turn from brokenness to healing 989 00:54:32.820 --> 00:54:36.520 by believing and professing in Jesus Christ. 990 00:54:36.520 --> 00:54:38.333 Why do we celebrate Christmas? 991 00:54:38.333 --> 00:54:40.190 Have you ever wondered that? 992 00:54:40.190 --> 00:54:41.980 Are you wondering it still? 993 00:54:41.980 --> 00:54:43.970 The angel of the Lord came to Joseph 994 00:54:43.970 --> 00:54:46.160 who was engaged to Mary, 995 00:54:46.160 --> 00:54:48.637 and the angel said to Joseph, 996 00:54:48.637 --> 00:54:51.470 "Don't be afraid to take Mary as your wife, 997 00:54:51.470 --> 00:54:54.820 for she is of the child of the Holy Spirit. 998 00:54:54.820 --> 00:54:58.710 She will give birth to a son and you're to call him Jesus, 999 00:54:58.710 --> 00:55:03.140 for he will save his people from their sins." 1000 00:55:03.140 --> 00:55:06.520 You see, Christmas assumes two things 1001 00:55:06.520 --> 00:55:07.620 that are really powerful 1002 00:55:07.620 --> 00:55:09.720 that you've already heard in the movie. 1003 00:55:09.720 --> 00:55:12.260 One is we were born in paradise. 1004 00:55:12.260 --> 00:55:16.090 We were meant for an eternal relationship with God. 1005 00:55:16.090 --> 00:55:17.810 But when we sinned and rebelled, 1006 00:55:17.810 --> 00:55:20.290 we fell out of that relationship. 1007 00:55:20.290 --> 00:55:25.270 And because of sin, we went from immortality to mortality. 1008 00:55:25.270 --> 00:55:29.010 Don't you know that's why when a child dies prematurely, 1009 00:55:29.010 --> 00:55:31.820 a teenager dies in a car accident, 1010 00:55:31.820 --> 00:55:34.700 a young mother of two children gets cancer and dies, 1011 00:55:34.700 --> 00:55:37.730 something inside of us cries out, this is not right. 1012 00:55:37.730 --> 00:55:38.960 Well, you know why? 1013 00:55:38.960 --> 00:55:40.760 Because it's not right. 1014 00:55:40.760 --> 00:55:44.340 God designed us and created us to live with him forever. 1015 00:55:44.340 --> 00:55:47.810 And so therefore we have to cry out within us and say 1016 00:55:47.810 --> 00:55:49.500 what is God's will for my life? 1017 00:55:49.500 --> 00:55:51.140 What is God's purpose? 1018 00:55:51.140 --> 00:55:53.540 God's will is that you would have a relationship 1019 00:55:53.540 --> 00:55:54.790 with God forever. 1020 00:55:54.790 --> 00:55:58.280 You and I were created for heaven, not for this earth. 1021 00:55:58.280 --> 00:56:00.943 And the way to heaven is through Jesus Christ. 1022 00:56:02.040 --> 00:56:04.200 We visited the power of the creation. 1023 00:56:04.200 --> 00:56:06.230 We were made in the image of God. 1024 00:56:06.230 --> 00:56:09.610 We also visited the story of Noah and the ark 1025 00:56:09.610 --> 00:56:12.900 and how the people in Noah's time rebelled and sinned. 1026 00:56:12.900 --> 00:56:16.430 Remember how the door of the ark was closed? 1027 00:56:16.430 --> 00:56:19.680 People made fun of Noah when he was building the ark. 1028 00:56:19.680 --> 00:56:22.340 That door was wide open the whole time, 1029 00:56:22.340 --> 00:56:24.493 but there came a time when the rain fell, 1030 00:56:25.370 --> 00:56:27.930 and people could have still made it into the ark, 1031 00:56:27.930 --> 00:56:29.210 but they chose not to. 1032 00:56:29.210 --> 00:56:30.700 They still made fun of Noah. 1033 00:56:30.700 --> 00:56:33.550 They laughed and remained in their sin. 1034 00:56:33.550 --> 00:56:35.810 But when the waters came up to a certain level, 1035 00:56:35.810 --> 00:56:38.380 the Bible says God closed the ark 1036 00:56:38.380 --> 00:56:41.200 and it was closed and no man could open it. 1037 00:56:41.200 --> 00:56:44.020 Noah couldn't even open it to try to make a way 1038 00:56:44.020 --> 00:56:46.330 for people outside the door. 1039 00:56:46.330 --> 00:56:48.793 Right now the arms of Jesus are wide open. 1040 00:56:49.720 --> 00:56:53.268 Heaven is wide open, ready and willing and wanting you 1041 00:56:53.268 --> 00:56:57.650 and me to enter in through the gift of salvation. 1042 00:56:57.650 --> 00:57:01.360 But one day, just like God closed the door on the ark, 1043 00:57:01.360 --> 00:57:04.230 one day the door of heaven will be shut. 1044 00:57:04.230 --> 00:57:05.590 It'll be closed. 1045 00:57:05.590 --> 00:57:07.670 That'll be called the Judgment Day. 1046 00:57:07.670 --> 00:57:10.680 But right now the arms of Christ are wide open 1047 00:57:10.680 --> 00:57:12.280 for you and for me. 1048 00:57:12.280 --> 00:57:14.970 You see, salvation is a gift. 1049 00:57:14.970 --> 00:57:16.503 It even has your name on it. 1050 00:57:18.040 --> 00:57:19.840 But here's the deal. 1051 00:57:19.840 --> 00:57:22.770 You have to receive the gift, claim it as your own, 1052 00:57:22.770 --> 00:57:27.770 and then open the gift and enjoy the wonders of God's grace, 1053 00:57:28.120 --> 00:57:31.300 how he helps the old person in us to die 1054 00:57:31.300 --> 00:57:33.520 and the new person can be born. 1055 00:57:33.520 --> 00:57:36.390 A person of hope, a person of joy, 1056 00:57:36.390 --> 00:57:40.020 a person who leaves behind the sin and brokenness 1057 00:57:40.020 --> 00:57:44.660 of the past, moves into healing and the joy of the present. 1058 00:57:44.660 --> 00:57:47.010 The gift of salvation has your name on it. 1059 00:57:47.010 --> 00:57:48.960 Have you received that gift? 1060 00:57:48.960 --> 00:57:50.653 Have you said yes to Christ? 1061 00:57:51.870 --> 00:57:53.440 Maybe you did, 1062 00:57:53.440 --> 00:57:56.300 but maybe like in the story of several of our characters, 1063 00:57:56.300 --> 00:57:59.600 you wondered and you've wondered maybe for years. 1064 00:57:59.600 --> 00:58:03.270 Don't you think it's time to come back home to God 1065 00:58:03.270 --> 00:58:06.060 and reclaim the gift of salvation? 1066 00:58:06.060 --> 00:58:08.750 Whether you're receiving it for the first time today 1067 00:58:08.750 --> 00:58:11.810 or reclaiming it, I want to lead you in a prayer. 1068 00:58:11.810 --> 00:58:14.220 Would you bow your head and pray this prayer with me 1069 00:58:14.220 --> 00:58:16.420 in the silence of your heart? 1070 00:58:16.420 --> 00:58:19.913 Lord God, thank you for taking the first step. 1071 00:58:20.750 --> 00:58:22.113 Thank you for loving me. 1072 00:58:23.550 --> 00:58:26.693 Lord, it's hard to conceive unconditional love, 1073 00:58:27.560 --> 00:58:29.653 that you love me even on my worst day, 1074 00:58:31.240 --> 00:58:32.453 but I believe you do. 1075 00:58:33.490 --> 00:58:36.820 And I ask you to forgive me of my sins. 1076 00:58:36.820 --> 00:58:37.943 Cleanse me, God. 1077 00:58:38.980 --> 00:58:41.203 I receive this gift of salvation. 1078 00:58:42.120 --> 00:58:44.640 I want you to come into my heart, 1079 00:58:44.640 --> 00:58:46.880 fill me with your Holy Spirit, 1080 00:58:46.880 --> 00:58:48.063 fill me with your love, 1081 00:58:49.550 --> 00:58:53.543 so from this day forward I can truly follow you. 1082 00:58:53.543 --> 00:58:56.010 Now, if you prayed that prayer to receive Christ 1083 00:58:56.010 --> 00:58:59.830 or say yes to Jesus all over again, 1084 00:58:59.830 --> 00:59:02.960 would you go to ChristNC.com? 1085 00:59:02.960 --> 00:59:04.900 We would love to send you a gift. 1086 00:59:04.900 --> 00:59:07.770 And I would love to send you a personal letter. 1087 00:59:07.770 --> 00:59:10.110 The next step, and when you say yes to Christ, 1088 00:59:10.110 --> 00:59:14.040 or you say yes again is to be involved in a faith community. 1089 00:59:14.040 --> 00:59:15.870 Go to church this coming weekend. 1090 00:59:15.870 --> 00:59:17.910 And we'd love to have you at Christ Church, 1091 00:59:17.910 --> 00:59:21.130 whether you join us online at ChristNC.com, 1092 00:59:21.130 --> 00:59:23.710 or one of our six physical locations, 1093 00:59:23.710 --> 00:59:25.360 but it's important that you go to church. 1094 00:59:25.360 --> 00:59:29.683 So please go to church someplace this coming weekend. 1095 00:59:30.980 --> 00:59:33.380 And I want to say to you Merry Christmas 1096 00:59:33.380 --> 00:59:35.330 from the bottom of my heart. 1097 00:59:35.330 --> 00:59:40.330 What a wonderful season to celebrate the joy of salvation 1098 00:59:40.350 --> 00:59:43.600 through Jesus Christ at the birth of Christ. 1099 00:59:43.600 --> 00:59:46.330 And now let's see what others have done 1100 00:59:46.330 --> 00:59:48.343 in response to the gift of salvation. 1101 00:59:51.564 --> 00:59:54.481 (ukulele strumming) 1102 00:59:56.160 --> 00:59:58.150 - So you were in Noah's ark? 1103 00:59:58.150 --> 00:59:59.302 - Yeah. 1104 00:59:59.302 --> 01:00:00.740 - Were their lizards? 1105 01:00:00.740 --> 01:00:01.846 Snakes? 1106 01:00:01.846 --> 01:00:03.350 - Ew. 1107 01:00:03.350 --> 01:00:04.183 Gross. 1108 01:00:04.183 --> 01:00:05.100 - Did you pick them up? 1109 01:00:05.100 --> 01:00:06.080 - No. 1110 01:00:06.080 --> 01:00:07.583 What is with you and vermin? 1111 01:00:11.520 --> 01:00:14.767 - So, was it the Garden of Eden? 1112 01:00:14.767 --> 01:00:16.445 - No, she was wearing clothes. 1113 01:00:16.445 --> 01:00:17.278 - Ah. 1114 01:00:17.278 --> 01:00:18.111 - Oh, stop it. 1115 01:00:19.949 --> 01:00:21.360 - You know that thing I was saying about 1116 01:00:21.360 --> 01:00:22.810 things making sense, 1117 01:00:22.810 --> 01:00:25.264 I think they're starting to make sense. 1118 01:00:25.264 --> 01:00:26.300 It's like I've been shaken from a dream 1119 01:00:26.300 --> 01:00:28.660 that I didn't know I was having. 1120 01:00:28.660 --> 01:00:31.088 - We've all been shaken today. 1121 01:00:31.088 --> 01:00:33.140 - No, I think it's time for change. 1122 01:00:33.140 --> 01:00:34.723 I think we should go back to church. 1123 01:00:36.319 --> 01:00:37.570 - I'm with you. 1124 01:00:37.570 --> 01:00:39.170 - More than Christmas or Easter. 1125 01:00:41.745 --> 01:00:44.840 - You know, I'm sorry for what I said earlier 1126 01:00:44.840 --> 01:00:45.923 about your dad. 1127 01:00:47.100 --> 01:00:48.370 I shouldn't have. 1128 01:00:48.370 --> 01:00:50.100 I crossed a line. 1129 01:00:50.100 --> 01:00:51.200 - That's okay. 1130 01:00:51.200 --> 01:00:52.170 Things got heated. 1131 01:00:52.170 --> 01:00:53.650 No one's perfect. 1132 01:00:55.220 --> 01:00:57.650 - I'm okay with not being perfect. 1133 01:00:57.650 --> 01:00:58.850 - You're perfect for me. 1134 01:00:59.810 --> 01:01:00.660 - For each other. 1135 01:01:02.460 --> 01:01:04.560 - [Olivia] Hey, where's the other half of the tree? 1136 01:01:06.397 --> 01:01:10.150 Uh, I threw it away when the basement flooded. 1137 01:01:10.150 --> 01:01:11.300 - [Nate] What are we gonna do? 1138 01:01:12.410 --> 01:01:13.243 - Come on. 1139 01:01:13.243 --> 01:01:14.971 Let's work with what we have. 1140 01:01:14.971 --> 01:01:15.900 - I call the tinsel. 1141 01:01:15.900 --> 01:01:17.450 - And I call hiding the pickle. 1142 01:01:19.965 --> 01:01:21.039 - Oh, hang on, hang on, 1143 01:01:21.039 --> 01:01:22.539 We gotta get the lights first. 1144 01:01:25.930 --> 01:01:28.847 (soft piano music) 1145 01:01:30.200 --> 01:01:31.780 - Well? 1146 01:01:31.780 --> 01:01:33.300 It's not perfect. 1147 01:01:33.300 --> 01:01:34.390 - No. 1148 01:01:34.390 --> 01:01:35.797 Perfectly imperfect. 1149 01:01:37.824 --> 01:01:41.157 (warm enchanting music) 1150 01:01:43.674 --> 01:01:46.591 (doorbell ringing) 1151 01:01:51.461 --> 01:01:52.504 - [Nate] Grandma! Grandpa! 1152 01:01:52.504 --> 01:01:53.337 - [Grandma] Merry Christmas! 1153 01:01:53.337 --> 01:01:55.351 - [Grandpa] Merry Christmas, how are you guys? 1154 01:01:55.351 --> 01:01:56.184 - [Kim] Hi, guys, Merry Christmas. 1155 01:01:56.184 --> 01:01:57.182 - [Grandma] How are you? 1156 01:01:57.182 --> 01:01:58.810 - [Grandpa] Oh, everything looks great here. 1157 01:01:58.810 --> 01:02:00.016 - [Grandma] It's so beautiful. 1158 01:02:00.016 --> 01:02:01.625 - [Kim] We're having chinese for dinner. 1159 01:02:01.625 --> 01:02:03.019 - [Grandma] That sounds yummy. 1160 01:02:03.019 --> 01:02:04.957 - [Grandpa] Oh, that's our favorite! 1161 01:02:04.957 --> 01:02:08.290 (warm enchanting music)