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 Please take your Bibles and open them up this morning to the book of Colossians.

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 We're nearing the end of our series in Colossians this week and Lord willing next week we will wrap up this letter from Paul to the church in Colossae.

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 And we have over the past several weeks been seeing how the gospel of Jesus Christ transforms our mind, how it transforms our way of life and this pursuit of holiness that we're called to in the Lord.

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 And this week we see how the gospel transforms all of our relationships, whether in the home or in the workplace or in the world.

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 So let's take a look. Colossians chapter 3 verse 18 all the way through chapter 4 verse 1 is our passage this morning.

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 Colossians 3 verse 18 through 4 verse 1.

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 If you don't have a Bible, that's okay. We should have one nearby and seat back in front of you.

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 But when you found that, let's stand in honor of the reading of God's word this morning.

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 Paul says,

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 Wives, submit to your husbands as is fitting in the Lord.

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 Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

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 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

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 Fathers, do not provoke your children lest they become discouraged.

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 Bond servants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye service as people pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

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 Whatever you do, work heartily as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward.

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 You are serving the Lord Christ.

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 For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.

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 Masters, treat your bond servants justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a master in heaven.

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 The grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of the Lord endures forever.

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 Father, Father, we pray, God, that our relationships would be a reflection of your grace at work in our lives.

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 We pray that we would not be conformed to the patterns of this world and our relationships, but that we would be transformed by the renewal of our mind according to your word, by the power of your spirit.

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 We pray, God, would you use the preaching of your word this morning to that end?

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 We ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 When I was in elementary school, we used to play a game called King of the Mountain.

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 You may know it as King of the Hill, and I'm pretty sure it's been outlawed now, but they weren't as concerned with safety back then.

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 And so the game was played on a jungle gym, this mound of steel.

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 And the goal was that at the end of the day, at the end of the recess period, you would be the one left standing on top of the jungle gym.

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 And so the bell rings to let everyone out for recess, and everyone rushes out to the playground.

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 And like a pack of rabid, wild animals, we wrestle our way up to the top.

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 If somebody is above you, then you grab their legs and you pull them down.

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 And if you happen to be on the top, well, then you kick and you push and you make sure that you do whatever it takes to stay there.

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 And if you survive until the bell rings or the teacher calls quits or the ambulance arrives, then you are the king of the mountain.

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 The sad truth is that this type of grappling for a place at the top is not restricted to the elementary school playground, is it?

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 In fact, this is the way that we tend to operate in many of our relationships in the real world.

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 Ever since the Garden of Eden, all of mankind has this distorted relationship with authority.

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 We all want to be the king of the mountain.

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 And if we happen to be in positions of authority, well, then we can misuse our authority and we can harm those under our care.

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 We see this at every level of every relationship that we're in.

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 Husbands and wives, parents and children, workers and bosses.

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 If we are under authority, our sinful inclination is to rebel.

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 And if we are in authority, then our sinful inclination is to be harsh.

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 And all of this is the obvious impact of sin in the world.

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 But here in Colossians chapter 3, Paul steps in here to all of this confusion to say,

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 Church, God has something different in mind for you.

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 God has placed each and every one of us, both in and under authority, for our good.

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 And as reborn, spirit-indwelt followers of Jesus Christ,

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 each and every one of us is called to submit ourselves to God's good design

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 for our relationships at home, at work, and in the world.

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 Let's take a look here to Colossians chapter 3,

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 and we're going to see three relationships transformed by the gospel of Christ.

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 This will be our outline this morning.

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 If you're taking notes, three relationships transformed by the gospel.

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 And the first is the relationship between husband and wife.

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 The gospel transforms the relationship between husband and wife.

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 Look there with me, starting in verse 18.

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 And here, before I even get into this,

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 I want to go ahead and correct the natural impulse

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 that each and every one of us has in the room here, okay?

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 You know what it is.

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 Husbands, you are going to hear this command of Paul,

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 wives, submit to your husbands,

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 and you're going to think of all the many ways

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 that you wish your wives would obey that command.

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 And wives, when we get to the instructions to husbands

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 to love your wives and to not be harsh with them,

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 you're going to think of all the ways you wish your husband

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 would do better and be more obedient to God's command.

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 Here's what I want you to do.

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 I want you to not think of what God has called your spouse to do.

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 You take ownership of what God has called you to do.

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 Your spouse's obedience to the Lord is not within your control.

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 So together, you look at this passage together and you say,

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 this is not, my intention is not to control what you do,

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 but my intention is to see what has God called me to do,

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 and then by the power of his spirit to go and do it.

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 And here's the hard part,

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 whether or not your spouse ever does what God calls them to do,

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 you continue to obey the commands of the Lord.

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 So first, let's speak to the wives as Paul does first.

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 Wives, you are called to submit to your husband

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 as is fitting in the Lord.

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 And if there was ever a more unpopular verse in the Bible,

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 I'm not sure what it is.

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 The rise of feminism, especially in the 1960s,

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 and then what became called evangelical feminism,

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 in the 1970s has made this whole topic of submission

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 just very dangerous ground.

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 And their claim is that there is essentially

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 no distinction between men and women,

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 that a text like this is culturally rooted.

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 And so we shouldn't take this as a prescription

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 to be followed in our modern society

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 where women have finally gained ground up on the men.

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 And so what you see is a breaking down

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 of what is called traditional gender roles,

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 both in the home and in the church.

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 But church, the fact is,

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 there is a fundamental difference between men and women.

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 God has made us beautifully distinct from one another.

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 We are not interchangeable.

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 We are designed to complement one another.

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 And this design is not culturally defined.

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 This difference, it began all the way back

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 in the Garden of Eden when God first made man

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 and gave him the task of keeping the garden

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 and then made woman and brought her to the man

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 to be his helper in the task.

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 So that together in their complementary roles

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 with Adam as the lead and Eve as his helper,

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 together they would fill the earth with the image of God

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 and rule over his creation.

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 Both Adam and Eve are equally made in the image of God.

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 Both Adam and Eve are equally worthy of dignity

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 and honor and respect.

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 And Adam and Eve were created differently

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 with different tasks in the garden.

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 Different roles in the relationship.

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 These roles were in place in God's good design,

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 not after the fall, but before sin ever entered into the world,

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 not as a result of sin.

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 The result of sin is that these roles became something

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 that we resent instead of something that we embrace.

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 Do you remember how the Lord told Eve in Genesis chapter 3,

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 after the fall, your desire will be for your husband,

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 not in a good way.

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 This is the same language that we see later

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 in chapter 4 of Genesis where he tells Cain,

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 your desire will be for you, sin's desire will be for you,

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 but you must rule over it.

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 It says this desire to usurp authority.

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 Your desire shall be for your husband,

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 but he shall rule over you,

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 not in a loving way, but in an oppressive way.

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 This is the result of sin.

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 This is a power struggle in the jungle gym of marriage.

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 The wife will desire the place at the top.

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 She'll want to pull her way up.

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 Meanwhile, the husband will rule over his wife

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 in a harsh and overbearing way,

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 or if not that, then he'll do exactly what Adam did

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 and just lazily step aside to avoid the conflict.

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 But in a gospel-shaped marriage,

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 we are called to put to death the influence of sin

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 and return to God's good design.

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 This is what he means by saying that all of this

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 is fitting in the Lord.

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 This is God's good design.

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 This is right in his eyes.

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 So again, wives, you are called to submit to your husbands,

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 not to every man, by no means.

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 Women are not ever called to submit to men,

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 nowhere in scripture.

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 You, wife, are called to submit to your own husband.

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 What does that look like?

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 I'll give you a few observations here.

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 I think it looks like a posture of deference.

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 It doesn't mean that you have no voice far from it.

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 It means that you have a disposition

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 to support your husband's leadership.

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 You put aside the desire to have the leading voice

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 in the relationship,

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 and you defer to your husband's leadership.

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 I think it looks like also

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 an embrace of dignified support.

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 An embrace of dignified support.

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 Dignified because God has called you to it.

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 And support because your husband needs your help.

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 Amen?

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 God has tasked you and your husband together

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 with this same sort of call

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 to fill the earth with image bearers,

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 not just by having children,

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 but by making disciples,

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 and to tend the garden where he has planted you.

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 Your husband takes the lead here,

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 but you are called to gladly and joyfully come alongside

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 to support and to help

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 in whatever ways God has gifted you.

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 It looks like an affirmation

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 of his God-giving authority.

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 The fact is,

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 you may be smarter than your husband.

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 Don't say amen.

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 You may be more skilled

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 in a number of ways than your husband.

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 You may be spiritually farther along

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 than your husband.

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 But the fact remains,

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 God has given him the role of leadership

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 in your marriage.

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 So you are called to affirm him in that role,

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 to support him in that role,

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 to help him in that role,

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 and to encourage him in that role.

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 One more.

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 It looks like,

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 ultimately,

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 submission to the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And this is key.

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 And this is true for all

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 of the realms of authority in our lives

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 and all of our relationships.

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 We submit to our earthly authorities

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 under Christ.

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 Christ is the Lord.

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 Christ is the ultimate authority.

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 And so if any earthly authority,

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 husbands included,

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 were to ever lead us

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 to do something

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 that Christ has forbidden

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 or forbids us to do something

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 Christ has commanded,

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 well, now we have an issue,

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 don't we?

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 Well, now in as respectful

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 and affirming a way

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 as the wife can do

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 and sharing how desperately

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 she wants to be able

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 to follow her husband's lead,

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 now she must say,

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 no, I will follow Christ.

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 She must submit, ultimately,

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 to the Lord Jesus.

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 So the call on wives

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 is to submit to your own husbands.

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 Husbands,

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 you are called to love your wives.

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 Love your wives.

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 Now what does this look like?

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 To borrow a phrase from Boston,

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 it is more than a feeling.

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 There are feelings of love

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 and adoration and affection,

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 of course,

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 that should be pursued

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 and should be kindled

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 in a healthy marriage,

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 but anybody who's been married

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 for any length of time

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 knows that those feelings

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 are not always there,

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 are they?

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 I mean, it's great

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 when they are there.

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 We should want to feel

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 those feelings of love,

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 but true love shows up

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 even when you don't feel like it.

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 And what does it look like

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 to love your wife, husbands?

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 1 Corinthians 13 tells us

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 love is patient

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 and kind.

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 Love does not envy

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 or boast.

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 It is not arrogant

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 or rude.

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 It does not insist

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 on its own way.

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 It is not irritable

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 or resentful.

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 It does not rejoice

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 at wrongdoing,

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 but rejoices

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 with the truth.

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 Love bears all things,

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 believes all things,

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 hopes all things,

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 endures all things.

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 Love never ends.

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 The call for a Christian husband

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 is not to rule over your wife

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 in an overbearing way

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 or to make sure

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 that she submits to you

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 or to be harsh

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 or to be rude

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 or to be condescending

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 or to be self-serving.

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 Your call, husband,

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 is to love your wife.

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 In fact,

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 it is to love your wife

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 as Christ loved the church.

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 This is what Paul says

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 in Ephesians chapter 5.

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 I remember

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 when I was in college,

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 my pastor was doing

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 some premarital counseling

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 for a non-believing,

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 a non-Christian couple,

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 and he took them

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 through this passage,

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 and so they read

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 Ephesians 5

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 where it says,

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 wives,

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 submit to your husbands

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 as to the Lord.

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 For the husband

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 is the head of the wife

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 even as Christ

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 is the head of the church,

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 his body,

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 and is himself its Savior.

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 Now as the church

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 submits to Christ,

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 so also wives

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 should submit in everything

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 to their husbands.

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 They heard this

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 and they bowed up

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 and got defensive.

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 What do you mean

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 the wife is supposed

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 to submit to the husband?

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 That is old-fashioned.

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 That's crazy, pastor.

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 But then they kept reading

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 and they saw the call

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 on the husband.

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 Husbands,

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 love your wives

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 as Christ loved the church.

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 How did he love the church?

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 He gave himself up for her

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 that he might sanctify her,

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 having cleansed her

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 by the washing of water

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 with the word,

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 so that he might present

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 the church to himself

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 in splendor,

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 without spot,

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 or wrinkle,

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 or any such thing,

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 that she might be holy

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 and without blemish.

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 A healthy Christian marriage

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 is a reflection

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 of the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 So we see

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 the gospel transforms

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 the relationship

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 between husband and wife.

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 Second,

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 we see also

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 the gospel transforms

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 the relationship

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 between children

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 and parents.

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 This is another

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 relationship of authority

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 that each of us

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 has been in

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 at one point or another.

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 And we see this

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 in verses 20 and 21.

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 Paul says,

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 Children,

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 obey your parents

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 in everything,

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 for this pleases the Lord.

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 Fathers,

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 do not provoke

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 your children

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 lest they become discouraged.

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 And again,

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 as we look at Ephesians,

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 we see some more context

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 from the parallel passage

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 in Ephesians,

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 chapter 6.

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 Paul says,

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 Children,

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 obey your parents

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 and the Lord,

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 for this is right.

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 Honor your father

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 and your mother.

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 He quotes

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 from the Ten Commandments.

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 This is the first commandment

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 with a promise

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 that it may go well

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 with you

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 and that you may live

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 long in the land.

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 Fathers,

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 do not provoke

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 your children to anger,

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 but bring them up

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 in the discipline

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 and the instruction

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 of the lures.

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 Let's start again.

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 Let's start with the kids.

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 It's important,

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 parents,

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 that we teach

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 our kids

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 that God

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 calls them

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 to obey.

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 That children

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 are called

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 by the Lord

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 to obey

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 their parents

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 in everything,

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 it says.

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 Why?

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 For ultimately,

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 this pleases

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 not just mom and dad,

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 but ultimately,

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 this pleases

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 the Lord.

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 This is not

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 optional.

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 How many times?

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 I can't tell you

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 how many times

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 I've been around

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 other parents

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 and they try

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 and correct

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 their disobedient child

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 and maybe they try

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 a second time,

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 maybe they try

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 a third time

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 and the child

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 continues to disobey

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 and they say,

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 well,

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 he doesn't want

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 to listen.

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 Parents should expect

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 prompt obedience

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 from their children

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 and again,

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 while we affirm

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 children

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 are just as

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 worthy of respect,

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 they are equally made

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 in the image of God

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 as the parents,

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 they are worthy

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 of worth

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 and dignity

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 and they are valuable

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 in the eyes of God

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 and yet,

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 we also affirm

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 there is a distinction

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 in role

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 in the relationship

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 in the household.

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 Parents are called

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 to lead

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 and disciple

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 their children.

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 Children are called

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 to obey

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 and to honor

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 their parents

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 in the Lord

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 and I will tell you

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 from experience,

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 this is hard work,

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 parents.

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 It is much easier

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 to not expect

00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:23.720
 obedience

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 from your kids.

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 It is much easier

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 to give in

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 to demands

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 or to put a screen

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 in front of them

00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:32.180
 just to keep them

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 happy and quiet.

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 It is much easier

00:19:35.140 --> 00:19:36.240
 to let disobedience

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 slide so that you

00:19:37.080 --> 00:19:37.880
 don't have to do

00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:38.740
 the hard work

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 of correction

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 and discipline.

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 All of that

00:19:41.840 --> 00:19:42.340
 is easier

00:19:42.340 --> 00:19:42.819
 than it is

00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:43.440
 to expect

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 your children

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 to obey

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 but again,

00:19:45.560 --> 00:19:46.400
 what we have

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 to remember

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 is that this

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 is not ultimately

00:19:48.940 --> 00:19:50.120
 about us

00:19:50.120 --> 00:19:52.520
 and our pride

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 and obedience

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 to us.

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 This is again

00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:56.660
 ultimately about

00:19:56.660 --> 00:19:57.300
 their obedience

00:19:57.300 --> 00:19:58.400
 to the Lord.

00:19:58.820 --> 00:20:00.140
 God calls

00:20:00.140 --> 00:20:01.080
 children to

00:20:01.080 --> 00:20:02.480
 obey their parents

00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:04.780
 and the Lord

00:20:04.780 --> 00:20:05.360
 takes this

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 seriously.

00:20:07.280 --> 00:20:07.980
 It is right here

00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:08.860
 in the Ten Commandments

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 this foundational

00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:11.180
 summary of the law

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 for the people

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 of Israel.

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 Honor your father

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 and your mother

00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:15.200
 that it may go

00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:16.160
 well with you

00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:16.620
 that you may

00:20:16.620 --> 00:20:17.599
 live long

00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:18.220
 in the land.

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 There is this

00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:19.460
 blessing

00:20:19.460 --> 00:20:20.940
 and prosperity

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 and longevity

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 that is associated

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 with listening

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 to mom and dad.

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 And on the other

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 hand

00:20:28.599 --> 00:20:30.299
 in the pages

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 of the New Testament

00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:32.200
 disobedience

00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:32.819
 to parents

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 is grouped

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 alongside

00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:36.140
 other serious

00:20:36.140 --> 00:20:36.680
 offenses

00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:37.440
 to the Lord.

00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:38.059
 Paul warns

00:20:38.059 --> 00:20:38.440
 Timothy

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 in 2 Timothy

00:20:39.339 --> 00:20:39.960
 chapter 3

00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:41.579
 he says

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 understand this

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 that in the last

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 days there will

00:20:43.900 --> 00:20:44.580
 come times

00:20:44.580 --> 00:20:45.360
 of difficulty

00:20:45.360 --> 00:20:46.680
 for people

00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:47.300
 will be lovers

00:20:47.300 --> 00:20:48.019
 of self

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 lovers of money

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 proud

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 arrogant

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 abusive

00:20:51.800 --> 00:20:52.960
 disobedient

00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:53.820
 to their parents

00:20:53.820 --> 00:20:54.600
 does that sound

00:20:54.600 --> 00:20:55.140
 out of place?

00:20:56.620 --> 00:20:57.160
 Ungrateful

00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:57.860
 unholy

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 heartless

00:20:58.480 --> 00:20:59.280
 unappeasable

00:20:59.280 --> 00:21:00.060
 slanderous

00:21:00.060 --> 00:21:00.620
 without self

00:21:00.620 --> 00:21:01.040
 control

00:21:01.040 --> 00:21:01.540
 brutal

00:21:01.540 --> 00:21:02.160
 not loving

00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:02.519
 good

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 treacherous

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 reckless

00:21:03.620 --> 00:21:04.019
 swollen

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.740
 with conceit

00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:05.860
 lovers of pleasure

00:21:05.860 --> 00:21:06.320
 rather than

00:21:06.320 --> 00:21:07.120
 lovers of God

00:21:07.120 --> 00:21:08.160
 all of this

00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:08.780
 is alongside

00:21:08.780 --> 00:21:09.900
 disobedient

00:21:09.900 --> 00:21:10.680
 to their parents

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 Romans 1

00:21:13.560 --> 00:21:13.960
 Paul says

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 something similar

00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:16.519
 of those

00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:17.660
 whom God

00:21:17.660 --> 00:21:18.240
 gave over

00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:18.600
 to their

00:21:18.600 --> 00:21:19.360
 sinful passions

00:21:19.360 --> 00:21:19.780
 he says

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 they were

00:21:20.140 --> 00:21:21.000
 filled with

00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:21.620
 all manner

00:21:21.620 --> 00:21:22.960
 of unrighteousness

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:23.460
 evil

00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:24.620
 covetousness

00:21:24.620 --> 00:21:25.200
 malice

00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:25.500
 they are

00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:26.120
 full of

00:21:26.120 --> 00:21:26.700
 envy

00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:27.640
 murder

00:21:27.640 --> 00:21:28.640
 strife

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 deceit

00:21:29.300 --> 00:21:30.240
 maliciousness

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 they are

00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.259
 gossip

00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:32.220
 slanderers

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 haters of God

00:21:33.300 --> 00:21:34.000
 insolent

00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:34.540
 haughty

00:21:34.540 --> 00:21:35.080
 boastful

00:21:35.080 --> 00:21:35.640
 inventors

00:21:35.640 --> 00:21:36.120
 of evil

00:21:36.120 --> 00:21:37.540
 disobedient

00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:38.480
 to their

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:38.940
 parents

00:21:38.940 --> 00:21:42.680
 when children

00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:43.139
 run the

00:21:43.139 --> 00:21:43.720
 household

00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:44.859
 as they do

00:21:44.859 --> 00:21:45.379
 in so many

00:21:45.379 --> 00:21:45.940
 families

00:21:45.940 --> 00:21:46.559
 the result

00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:47.639
 in the

00:21:47.639 --> 00:21:47.960
 home

00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:48.579
 and eventually

00:21:48.579 --> 00:21:49.299
 the result

00:21:49.299 --> 00:21:49.599
 in the

00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:50.139
 society

00:21:50.139 --> 00:21:52.420
 is absolute

00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:53.279
 chaos

00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:55.359
 because as

00:21:55.359 --> 00:21:55.940
 you know

00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:57.359
 untrained

00:21:57.359 --> 00:21:58.240
 children grow up

00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:58.859
 to be untrained

00:21:58.859 --> 00:21:59.379
 adults

00:21:59.379 --> 00:22:04.279
 parents are

00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:04.859
 called to

00:22:04.859 --> 00:22:06.899
 do the hard

00:22:06.899 --> 00:22:07.180
 work

00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:07.940
 discipling

00:22:07.940 --> 00:22:08.120
 their

00:22:08.120 --> 00:22:08.539
 children

00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:09.080
 in the

00:22:09.080 --> 00:22:09.420
 Lord

00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:11.380
 and expecting

00:22:11.380 --> 00:22:12.039
 obedience

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.820
 so long as

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 they are

00:22:13.060 --> 00:22:13.740
 in their

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:14.279
 own home

00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:14.640
 but they

00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:15.680
 must do

00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:16.140
 so

00:22:16.140 --> 00:22:16.759
 they must

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 do so

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 according to

00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:18.600
 verse 21

00:22:18.600 --> 00:22:19.840
 without

00:22:19.840 --> 00:22:20.920
 provoking

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 them

00:22:21.360 --> 00:22:22.000
 it says

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:24.019
 lest they

00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:24.539
 become

00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:25.400
 discouraged

00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:27.200
 some

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:27.720
 translations

00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:28.060
 say

00:22:28.060 --> 00:22:28.420
 without

00:22:28.420 --> 00:22:29.580
 angering

00:22:29.580 --> 00:22:29.900
 them

00:22:29.900 --> 00:22:30.140
 or

00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:30.880
 without

00:22:30.880 --> 00:22:31.779
 discouraging

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 them

00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:32.820
 now this

00:22:32.820 --> 00:22:33.400
 is a

00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:33.799
 difficult

00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:34.360
 balance

00:22:34.360 --> 00:22:35.000
 to strike

00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:37.559
 parents are

00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:37.980
 called to

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.440
 train

00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:38.680
 their

00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:39.160
 children

00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:39.680
 and to

00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:40.440
 raise

00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:40.759
 them in

00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:40.900
 the

00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:41.259
 Lord

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:42.140
 to expect

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 obedience

00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.940
 to discipline

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.940
 disobedience

00:22:44.940 --> 00:22:45.460
 to teach

00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:45.839
 them the

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.160
 word

00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:46.759
 to teach

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 them how

00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:47.519
 to function

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:47.819
 in a

00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:48.079
 God

00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:48.380
 honoring

00:22:48.380 --> 00:22:48.680
 way

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:48.960
 in the

00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:49.279
 world

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 all while

00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:50.539
 making

00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:51.019
 sure

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.920
 not to

00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:52.200
 push

00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:52.740
 them so

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.119
 hard

00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:53.420
 that they

00:22:53.420 --> 00:22:53.640
 get

00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:54.220
 discouraged

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:54.859
 we need

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:55.420
 grace

00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:55.700
 here

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.259
 parents

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:57.359
 we need

00:22:57.359 --> 00:22:57.799
 much

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.440
 grace

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 and I

00:23:00.140 --> 00:23:00.420
 say

00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:01.000
 parents

00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:01.220
 because

00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:01.539
 both

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:01.700
 are

00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:02.059
 involved

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.240
 but

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:02.380
 would

00:23:02.380 --> 00:23:02.480
 you

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:02.880
 notice

00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:03.100
 here

00:23:03.100 --> 00:23:03.400
 again

00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:03.880
 Paul

00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:04.580
 specifically

00:23:04.580 --> 00:23:05.180
 addresses

00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:05.440
 the

00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:06.019
 dads

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:07.600
 fathers

00:23:07.600 --> 00:23:08.640
 do

00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:08.960
 not

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.400
 provoke

00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:09.660
 your

00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:10.160
 children

00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:11.740
 fathers

00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.759
 do

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.039
 not

00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:13.779
 discourage

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.460
 your

00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:14.900
 children

00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:15.299
 why

00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:17.299
 it's

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:17.600
 because

00:23:17.600 --> 00:23:17.860
 in

00:23:17.860 --> 00:23:18.299
 God's

00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:18.720
 design

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:18.980
 there

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.140
 is

00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:19.320
 a

00:23:19.320 --> 00:23:19.840
 special

00:23:19.840 --> 00:23:20.700
 responsibility

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.600
 given

00:23:21.600 --> 00:23:21.880
 to

00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:22.519
 dad

00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:23.480
 as

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:23.660
 the

00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:23.940
 head

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.059
 of

00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:24.200
 the

00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:24.640
 home

00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:26.220
 that's

00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:26.340
 not

00:23:26.340 --> 00:23:26.580
 to say

00:23:26.580 --> 00:23:26.920
 mom

00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:27.259
 is not

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:27.700
 involved

00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:27.920
 here

00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:28.180
 of

00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:28.680
 course

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:28.940
 not

00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:29.220
 in

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:29.460
 fact

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:30.019
 especially

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:30.340
 if

00:23:30.340 --> 00:23:31.000
 mom

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.319
 stays

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:31.680
 home

00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:31.860
 and

00:23:31.860 --> 00:23:32.279
 dad

00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:32.559
 goes

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:32.740
 out

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:32.900
 to

00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:33.160
 work

00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:33.779
 mom

00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:33.920
 is

00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:34.059
 going

00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:34.160
 to

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:34.279
 be

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:34.720
 busy

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.059
 all

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:35.299
 day

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:35.680
 long

00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:36.220
 correcting

00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:36.600
 and

00:23:36.600 --> 00:23:37.519
 disciplining

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:38.140
 often

00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:38.460
 during

00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:38.640
 the

00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:38.960
 day

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.779
 mom

00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:39.940
 is

00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:40.059
 going

00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:40.160
 to

00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:40.299
 be

00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:40.700
 teaching

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:41.080
 and

00:23:41.080 --> 00:23:42.080
 instructing

00:23:42.080 --> 00:23:42.420
 she

00:23:42.420 --> 00:23:42.620
 will

00:23:42.620 --> 00:23:42.880
 have

00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:43.279
 plenty

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:43.460
 of

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:43.920
 opportunity

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.160
 to

00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:44.420
 either

00:23:44.420 --> 00:23:44.880
 encourage

00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:45.200
 or

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:45.380
 to

00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:45.920
 discourage

00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:46.080
 her

00:23:46.080 --> 00:23:46.539
 kids

00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:49.080
 but

00:23:49.080 --> 00:23:49.220
 the

00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:49.580
 father

00:23:49.580 --> 00:23:50.920
 in

00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:51.440
 particular

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:53.420
 bears

00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:53.700
 the

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:54.259
 responsibility

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:54.680
 to

00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:55.360
 lead

00:23:55.360 --> 00:23:55.799
 in

00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.160
 setting

00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:56.400
 the

00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:57.200
 expectations

00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:57.819
 for the

00:23:57.819 --> 00:23:58.180
 home

00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:58.740
 and to

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.100
 lead

00:23:59.100 --> 00:23:59.480
 in such

00:23:59.480 --> 00:23:59.940
 a way

00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:00.500
 that

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.279
 encourages

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:01.680
 his

00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:02.160
 children

00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:03.059
 rather than

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:04.100
 discourages

00:24:04.100 --> 00:24:04.819
 his

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.240
 children

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:07.980
 the fact is

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:09.220
 children are going to get angry

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:10.460
 with you occasionally

00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:11.559
 if you're actually parenting

00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:12.380
 them because

00:24:12.380 --> 00:24:14.480
 parenting requires you to say no

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:14.500
!

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:16.440
 and to say yes

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:17.720
 and do this

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.619
 and don't do that

00:24:18.619 --> 00:24:19.400
 it requires

00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:20.180
 discipline

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:20.940
 it requires

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:21.819
 correction

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:23.059
 but you can

00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:23.900
 do so

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.539
 dads

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:25.960
 in such

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.460
 a way

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:28.400
 that you are not

00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:29.559
 driving your children

00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.299
 to anger

00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:30.880
 by your

00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:31.740
 harshness

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:33.079
 by your

00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:33.940
 overbearing

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.559
 attitude

00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:36.000
 by your

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.500
 constant

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:37.359
 criticism

00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:38.680
 by your

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:39.359
 unrealistic

00:24:39.359 --> 00:24:40.440
 expectations

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:40.799
 situations

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:42.940
 you can

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.299
 with the

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:43.779
 help of

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:44.259
 God

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.820
 parent

00:24:44.820 --> 00:24:45.299
 in such

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:45.640
 a way

00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:45.840
 that

00:24:45.840 --> 00:24:46.160
 seeks

00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:46.420
 their

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:47.080
 good

00:24:47.080 --> 00:24:47.720
 not

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:48.059
 just

00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:48.320
 their

00:24:48.320 --> 00:24:49.299
 compliance

00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:51.960
 do you

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.200
 parent

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.519
 with

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:52.960
 law

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.700
 or do you

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:53.960
 parent

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.259
 with

00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:54.700
 grace

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:57.559
 do your

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:57.840
 children

00:24:57.840 --> 00:24:58.380
 expect

00:24:58.380 --> 00:24:59.400
 to hear

00:24:59.400 --> 00:24:59.960
 criticisms

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.779
 from you

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.059
 when you

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.480
 open up

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:01.860
 your mouth

00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:02.420
 to address

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:02.759
 them

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.059
 or do

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:03.240
 they

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.880
 expect

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:04.240
 to be

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:04.559
 told

00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:04.799
 with

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.259
 grace

00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:05.700
 that

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:05.880
 you

00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:06.440
 love

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:06.779
 them

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:07.480
 that

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:07.980
 God

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.399
 loves

00:25:08.399 --> 00:25:08.779
 them

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:09.240
 that

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:09.379
 we

00:25:09.379 --> 00:25:09.519
 are

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:09.859
 called

00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:10.099
 to

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:10.839
 honor

00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.339
 him

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:11.579
 and

00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:12.259
 obey

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.879
 him

00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:13.039
 and

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:13.799
 dad

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.339
 and mom

00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:15.099
 and kids

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:15.960
 and this

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:16.399
 is why

00:25:16.399 --> 00:25:16.819
 we're called

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.599
 not to lie

00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:18.200
 and cover up

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:18.599
 a wrong

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:19.399
 this is why

00:25:19.399 --> 00:25:19.740
 we're called

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.279
 to be kind

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:20.579
 to one

00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:20.920
 another

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:22.180
 this is why

00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:22.619
 we're called

00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:23.139
 to obey

00:25:23.139 --> 00:25:23.920
 it's not

00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:24.559
 just because

00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:25.160
 I want you

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:25.759
 to obey

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:26.160
 me

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:26.819
 it's because

00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:27.559
 this is for

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.480
 your spiritual

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:29.099
 good

00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:29.599
 and the honor

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:29.879
 of the

00:25:29.879 --> 00:25:30.099
 Lord

00:25:30.099 --> 00:25:30.500
 Jesus

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:34.779
 what kids

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.240
 need more

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.779
 than anything

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.139
 is

00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:37.100
 a mom

00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:37.640
 and a dad

00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:38.120
 who love

00:25:38.120 --> 00:25:38.440
 them

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:39.360
 who lead

00:25:39.360 --> 00:25:39.720
 them by

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.100
 the word

00:25:40.100 --> 00:25:40.580
 of God

00:25:40.580 --> 00:25:41.480
 who hold

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:42.180
 the line

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:43.060
 and expect

00:25:43.060 --> 00:25:43.640
 obedience

00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:44.820
 and encourage

00:25:44.820 --> 00:25:45.840
 them along

00:25:45.840 --> 00:25:46.400
 the way

00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:47.440
 this is a

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:48.020
 hard

00:25:48.020 --> 00:25:48.560
 task

00:25:48.560 --> 00:25:49.040
 parents

00:25:49.040 --> 00:25:51.800
 but God

00:25:51.800 --> 00:25:52.800
 will empower

00:25:52.800 --> 00:25:53.480
 you for

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.100
 the task

00:25:54.100 --> 00:25:56.360
 and as an

00:25:56.360 --> 00:25:56.780
 imperfect

00:25:56.780 --> 00:25:57.320
 father

00:25:57.320 --> 00:25:57.720
 and an

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.120
 imperfect

00:25:58.120 --> 00:25:58.759
 husband

00:25:58.759 --> 00:25:59.440
 raising

00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:01.160
 so many

00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:01.820
 beautiful

00:26:01.820 --> 00:26:02.500
 but imperfect

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:03.060
 children

00:26:03.060 --> 00:26:04.480
 I can tell

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:04.880
 you there

00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:05.480
 is grace

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:06.140
 available

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:06.839
 for you

00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:07.380
 dad

00:26:07.380 --> 00:26:08.759
 and mom

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:10.620
 so we

00:26:10.620 --> 00:26:11.079
 see the

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.559
 relationship

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:12.039
 of husband

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.599
 and wife

00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:13.440
 is transformed

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:14.440
 the relationship

00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:15.120
 of parent

00:26:15.120 --> 00:26:16.019
 and child

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.779
 is transformed

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.200
 and third

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:17.660
 we see one

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:18.500
 final relationship

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:18.940
 here

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:19.819
 we see the

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.860
 gospel transforms

00:26:20.860 --> 00:26:21.700
 the relationship

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.980
 between servant

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:24.720
 and master

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.120
 look there

00:26:25.120 --> 00:26:26.759
 starting in verse 22

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:28.279
 through chapter 4

00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:28.920
 verse 1

00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:29.420
 he says

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:30.559
 bond servants

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:31.900
 obey in everything

00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:32.680
 those who are

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.160
 your earthly

00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:33.759
 masters

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:35.340
 not by way

00:26:35.340 --> 00:26:36.160
 of eye service

00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:36.640
 as people

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:37.160
 pleasers

00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:38.280
 but with

00:26:38.280 --> 00:26:38.820
 sincerity

00:26:38.820 --> 00:26:39.580
 of heart

00:26:39.580 --> 00:26:40.259
 fearing the

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:40.560
 lord

00:26:40.560 --> 00:26:42.080
 whatever you

00:26:42.080 --> 00:26:42.380
 do

00:26:42.380 --> 00:26:43.280
 work heartily

00:26:43.280 --> 00:26:43.960
 as for the

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.180
 lord

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:44.560
 and not

00:26:44.560 --> 00:26:45.000
 for men

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.860
 knowing that

00:26:45.860 --> 00:26:46.340
 from the

00:26:46.340 --> 00:26:46.660
 lord

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:47.440
 you will

00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:47.980
 receive the

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.440
 inheritance

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:49.120
 as your

00:26:49.120 --> 00:26:49.580
 reward

00:26:49.580 --> 00:26:50.880
 you are

00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:51.480
 serving the

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:51.820
 lord

00:26:51.820 --> 00:26:52.440
 christ

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:53.240
 for the

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.860
 wrongdoer

00:26:53.860 --> 00:26:54.160
 will be

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:54.759
 paid back

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.080
 for the

00:26:55.080 --> 00:26:55.380
 wrong

00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:55.800
 he has

00:26:55.800 --> 00:26:56.200
 done

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:56.440
 and there

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:56.960
 is no

00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:58.400
 partiality

00:26:58.400 --> 00:26:59.580
 masters

00:26:59.580 --> 00:27:00.019
 treat your

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.500
 bond servants

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.180
 justly

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:01.680
 and fairly

00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:02.160
 knowing that

00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:02.780
 you also

00:27:02.780 --> 00:27:03.259
 have a

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.680
 master

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:05.080
 in heaven

00:27:05.080 --> 00:27:05.400
 now

00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:07.600
 right away

00:27:07.600 --> 00:27:08.060
 we need to

00:27:08.060 --> 00:27:08.640
 acknowledge the

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:09.080
 fact

00:27:09.080 --> 00:27:10.580
 that the

00:27:10.580 --> 00:27:11.460
 bible speaks

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:11.860
 to the

00:27:11.860 --> 00:27:12.420
 relationship

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.660
 of slave

00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:14.600
 or servant

00:27:14.600 --> 00:27:15.960
 and master

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:18.040
 and what it

00:27:18.040 --> 00:27:18.680
 does not

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.120
 do

00:27:19.120 --> 00:27:20.540
 is approve

00:27:20.540 --> 00:27:21.060
 of the

00:27:21.060 --> 00:27:21.660
 institution

00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:22.340
 of slavery

00:27:22.340 --> 00:27:24.580
 this is not

00:27:24.580 --> 00:27:25.280
 an approval

00:27:25.280 --> 00:27:25.640
 of the

00:27:25.640 --> 00:27:26.140
 institution

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.700
 of slavery

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.040
 but it

00:27:27.040 --> 00:27:27.680
 does speak

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:28.340
 to this

00:27:28.340 --> 00:27:28.940
 relationship

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.539
 of bond

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:29.920
 servant

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:30.680
 and master

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.320
 and we

00:27:31.320 --> 00:27:31.680
 shouldn't be

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.440
 surprised that

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:33.120
 Paul speaks

00:27:33.120 --> 00:27:33.580
 to this

00:27:33.580 --> 00:27:34.039
 because in

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.680
 the context

00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:35.039
 here in

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.700
 Colossae

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.420
 you could

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:37.100
 expect that

00:27:37.100 --> 00:27:38.279
 many households

00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:38.660
 there in

00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:39.160
 Colossae

00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:39.840
 had this

00:27:39.840 --> 00:27:40.440
 relationship

00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:41.000
 within the

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.720
 family unit

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.880
 and so for

00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:43.340
 those who

00:27:43.340 --> 00:27:43.940
 are in

00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:44.920
 that situation

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:45.420
 of life

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:46.160
 they would

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:46.500
 want to

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.220
 know how

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:47.980
 do I

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.700
 live as a

00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:49.200
 Christian

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:50.220
 in the

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:50.640
 circumstance

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:51.180
 of life

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.820
 that I'm

00:27:51.820 --> 00:27:52.080
 in

00:27:52.080 --> 00:27:52.820
 how do I

00:27:52.820 --> 00:27:53.460
 live both

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:53.980
 in and

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.380
 under

00:27:54.380 --> 00:27:55.340
 authority

00:27:55.340 --> 00:27:56.039
 we should

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.640
 also be

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:57.039
 careful

00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:58.420
 not to

00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:59.619
 read our

00:27:59.619 --> 00:28:00.399
 culture's

00:28:00.399 --> 00:28:00.940
 experience

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:01.819
 with American

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:02.480
 slavery

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:03.899
 back into

00:28:03.899 --> 00:28:04.839
 this context

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.279
 all the way

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:05.759
 back here

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.480
 in Colossae

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:08.519
 some of

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.039
 these bond

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.399
 servants

00:28:09.399 --> 00:28:10.339
 were working

00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:10.960
 off a

00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:11.420
 debt

00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:12.159
 others

00:28:12.159 --> 00:28:13.180
 voluntarily

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:14.039
 chose to

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:14.460
 stay

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:15.200
 and to

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.779
 work for

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.279
 their master

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:16.680
 because of

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.259
 the strong

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.940
 relationship

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:18.299
 that they

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:18.960
 had formed

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:20.359
 often they

00:28:20.359 --> 00:28:20.920
 were live

00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:21.659
 in workers

00:28:21.659 --> 00:28:22.000
 in the

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.299
 house

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:22.599
 they were

00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:22.960
 in many

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.480
 ways a

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:23.720
 part of

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:24.139
 the family

00:28:24.139 --> 00:28:24.559
 unit

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:24.919
 which is

00:28:24.919 --> 00:28:25.519
 why Paul

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.299
 addresses

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:26.980
 them here

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.440
 alongside

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:28.200
 husband and

00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:28.619
 wife

00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:29.519
 parents and

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:29.919
 children

00:28:29.919 --> 00:28:31.240
 but even

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:31.779
 so we

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.240
 have to

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.720
 recognize

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:33.259
 and affirm

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:34.740
 the very

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.679
 idea

00:28:35.679 --> 00:28:37.000
 of ownership

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.700
 of another

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.740
 human being

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:39.379
 made in the

00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:39.740
 image of

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.059
 God

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:41.240
 is disgusting

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:42.019
 and offensive

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.500
 to the

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:42.720
 Lord

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.159
 the Bible

00:28:43.159 --> 00:28:43.940
 in no

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.579
 way

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.619
 affirms

00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:46.119
 the idea

00:28:46.119 --> 00:28:46.700
 of forced

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.079
 human

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:47.559
 slavery

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:49.619
 so what

00:28:49.619 --> 00:28:49.879
 does it

00:28:49.879 --> 00:28:50.099
 say

00:28:50.099 --> 00:28:52.119
 for the

00:28:52.119 --> 00:28:52.399
 bond

00:28:52.399 --> 00:28:52.779
 servant

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:54.500
 they are

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.099
 expected

00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:56.379
 to obey

00:28:56.379 --> 00:28:57.359
 their

00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:57.859
 masters

00:28:57.859 --> 00:29:00.299
 they are

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:00.799
 under

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.480
 their

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:02.439
 authority

00:29:02.439 --> 00:29:04.379
 and not

00:29:04.379 --> 00:29:04.659
 just to

00:29:04.659 --> 00:29:04.899
 make their

00:29:04.899 --> 00:29:05.179
 master

00:29:05.179 --> 00:29:05.919
 think that

00:29:05.919 --> 00:29:06.099
 they're

00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:06.399
 working

00:29:06.399 --> 00:29:06.779
 hard

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.240
 but to

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.799
 truly

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.179
 and

00:29:08.179 --> 00:29:09.000
 genuinely

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.619
 work

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:09.919
 hard

00:29:09.919 --> 00:29:10.279
 to give

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:10.779
 their best

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.240
 effort

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.599
 in their

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:11.879
 work

00:29:11.879 --> 00:29:12.419
 they're

00:29:12.419 --> 00:29:12.959
 to serve

00:29:12.959 --> 00:29:13.359
 to the

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:13.639
 best

00:29:13.639 --> 00:29:14.019
 of their

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.519
 ability

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.059
 why

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.699
 because

00:29:15.699 --> 00:29:16.099
 again

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:16.859
 ultimately

00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:17.759
 as believers

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.579
 there is a

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:19.219
 hierarchy

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:20.100
 of authority

00:29:20.100 --> 00:29:20.500
 here

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.460
 and ultimately

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:21.920
 they are

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:22.500
 serving a

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.000
 higher

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.620
 authority

00:29:23.620 --> 00:29:24.039
 they are

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.539
 serving

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.460
 the Lord

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:25.960
 Jesus

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.640
 Christ

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:28.160
 so yes

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:28.559
 they have

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:28.960
 a human

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:29.420
 authority

00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:30.100
 over them

00:29:30.100 --> 00:29:30.360
 yes

00:29:30.360 --> 00:29:30.740
 they have

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.360
 an earthly

00:29:31.360 --> 00:29:31.860
 master

00:29:31.860 --> 00:29:32.160
 yes

00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:32.380
 they're

00:29:32.380 --> 00:29:32.759
 serving

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.160
 him

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:33.600
 but

00:29:33.600 --> 00:29:34.360
 ultimately

00:29:34.360 --> 00:29:35.200
 there is

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:36.180
 a higher

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:36.720
 master

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.100
 that they

00:29:37.100 --> 00:29:37.420
 serve

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:37.680
 with their

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:38.100
 labors

00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:39.940
 and this

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:40.440
 master

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:42.039
 cannot

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.799
 be fooled

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:44.920
 this

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.420
 master

00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:45.920
 sees

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:46.519
 the effort

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:47.240
 that you

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.740
 put in

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.180
 all the way

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:48.500
 down to

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:48.980
 the attitude

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.380
 of your

00:29:49.380 --> 00:29:49.680
 heart

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:49.960
 this

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:50.360
 master

00:29:50.360 --> 00:29:51.140
 knows

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:51.380
 whether

00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:51.980
 you're

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.140
 just

00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:52.440
 working

00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:52.579
 to

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:52.839
 clock

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:53.140
 in

00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:53.319
 and

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:53.819
 clock

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.160
 out

00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:54.299
 or

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:54.500
 whether

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:54.700
 you're

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.019
 truly

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.819
 sincerely

00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:56.900
 laboring

00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:57.920
 with all

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.140
 of your

00:29:58.140 --> 00:29:58.519
 heart

00:29:58.519 --> 00:30:00.220
 and what a

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:00.599
 comfort to

00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:00.819
 know

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.559
 this master

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:02.079
 will call

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:02.940
 into account

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.539
 every

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:04.380
 injustice

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:04.839
 in the

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:05.240
 workplace

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:06.640
 and will

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.200
 reward

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:08.039
 his faithful

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:08.519
 servants

00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:08.860
 with an

00:30:08.860 --> 00:30:09.440
 eternal

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:10.299
 inheritance

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:10.720
 I mean

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.079
 talk about

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.640
 a motivation

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:12.000
 to work

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.360
 hard

00:30:12.360 --> 00:30:15.059
 but just

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.319
 as he's

00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:15.500
 done

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:15.759
 throughout

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.160
 the rest

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.559
 of these

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.660
 relationships

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:18.340
 Paul not

00:30:18.340 --> 00:30:19.060
 only addresses

00:30:19.060 --> 00:30:19.940
 those under

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.500
 authority

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.019
 he also

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.860
 speaks to

00:30:21.860 --> 00:30:22.940
 those in

00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:23.940
 authority

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:24.540
 he says

00:30:24.540 --> 00:30:26.180
 you masters

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:28.700
 although you are

00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:29.800
 higher up

00:30:29.800 --> 00:30:30.120
 than the

00:30:30.120 --> 00:30:30.940
 servants working

00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:31.820
 under your

00:30:31.820 --> 00:30:32.620
 charge in this

00:30:32.620 --> 00:30:33.640
 working relationship

00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:34.220
 guess what

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:35.180
 you too

00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:35.640
 have a

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:36.060
 master

00:30:36.060 --> 00:30:38.320
 in fact

00:30:38.320 --> 00:30:39.000
 here's the

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.660
 equalizer

00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:40.440
 you both

00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:40.880
 serve the

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.140
 same

00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:41.620
 master

00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:43.259
 you are

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.719
 fellow

00:30:43.719 --> 00:30:44.500
 servants

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:45.159
 together

00:30:45.159 --> 00:30:46.179
 in your

00:30:46.179 --> 00:30:46.579
 various

00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:47.079
 roles

00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:47.459
 and so

00:30:47.459 --> 00:30:48.059
 you are

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:48.279
 called

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:48.559
 to be

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:49.039
 fair

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.679
 and to

00:30:49.679 --> 00:30:49.839
 be

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.259
 just

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:50.519
 because

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.179
 you also

00:30:51.179 --> 00:30:51.779
 have a

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.179
 master

00:30:52.179 --> 00:30:52.779
 in heaven

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.139
 it's the

00:30:53.139 --> 00:30:53.599
 same one

00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:53.859
 as the

00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:54.059
 Lord

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:54.319
 Jesus

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:54.879
 Christ

00:30:54.879 --> 00:30:57.419
 now of

00:30:57.419 --> 00:30:57.699
 course I

00:30:57.699 --> 00:30:58.459
 am thankful

00:30:58.459 --> 00:30:59.019
 that we

00:30:59.019 --> 00:30:59.759
 don't have

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.399
 this working

00:31:00.399 --> 00:31:01.019
 relationship

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:01.879
 today but

00:31:01.879 --> 00:31:02.259
 the closest

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:02.699
 equivalent

00:31:02.699 --> 00:31:03.279
 for us

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:03.899
 church is

00:31:03.899 --> 00:31:04.459
 in our

00:31:04.459 --> 00:31:05.000
 context

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.739
 it is the

00:31:05.739 --> 00:31:06.339
 employee

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:07.399
 boss

00:31:07.399 --> 00:31:08.839
 relationship

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:10.799
 that when

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.259
 you

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:12.819
 as a

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:13.240
 Christian

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:15.259
 are employed

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.879
 to do

00:31:15.879 --> 00:31:16.439
 a job

00:31:16.439 --> 00:31:16.839
 it really

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:17.240
 doesn't matter

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.619
 what the

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:18.339
 job is

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:18.759
 you could be

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.639
 hired to

00:31:19.639 --> 00:31:19.899
 pick up

00:31:19.899 --> 00:31:20.379
 trash on

00:31:20.379 --> 00:31:20.699
 the side

00:31:20.699 --> 00:31:21.019
 of highway

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.839
 17 or

00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:22.119
 you could

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:22.500
 be the

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:22.859
 president

00:31:22.859 --> 00:31:23.179
 of the

00:31:23.179 --> 00:31:23.439
 United

00:31:23.439 --> 00:31:23.839
 States

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.159
 whatever

00:31:24.159 --> 00:31:24.980
 it is

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.279
 that you

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:25.759
 are called

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.319
 to do

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:26.959
 you are

00:31:26.959 --> 00:31:27.319
 called

00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:27.819
 to do

00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:28.179
 it with

00:31:28.179 --> 00:31:28.859
 sincerity

00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:30.179
 of heart

00:31:30.179 --> 00:31:32.679
 and to

00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:33.639
 work hard

00:31:33.639 --> 00:31:35.279
 for the

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.799
 glory of

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.199
 God

00:31:36.199 --> 00:31:36.899
 yes to

00:31:36.899 --> 00:31:37.279
 make your

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.639
 boss

00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:38.179
 happy

00:31:38.179 --> 00:31:38.720
 whoever that

00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:39.220
 may be

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:40.019
 but ultimately

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:41.059
 you work

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.480
 for the

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:41.720
 Lord

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.059
 Jesus

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.700
 Christ

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:44.680
 you labor

00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:45.519
 for him

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:47.299
 you serve

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:48.160
 him as

00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:48.680
 your master

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:49.299
 whatever work

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:49.680
 he's called

00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:50.120
 you to do

00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:50.779
 you do

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:51.620
 with eagerness

00:31:51.620 --> 00:31:52.120
 and with

00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:52.680
 honesty

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:53.400
 and with

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:53.920
 zeal

00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:54.680
 for him

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:55.339
 Christians

00:31:55.339 --> 00:31:55.880
 ought to

00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:56.299
 be the

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:56.880
 best

00:31:56.880 --> 00:31:57.460
 employees

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:57.700
 in the

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.200
 workplace

00:31:58.200 --> 00:32:00.940
 and when

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.319
 you as

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:01.759
 a Christian

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.380
 have others

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:02.940
 under your

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:03.440
 charge

00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:04.000
 may no

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:04.420
 one be

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:04.720
 able to

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.079
 say of

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:05.220
 you

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:05.920
 my boss

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.279
 is a

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:06.600
 lazy

00:32:06.600 --> 00:32:07.000
 man

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:08.940
 a

00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:09.640
 dishonest

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:10.000
 woman

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:11.460
 an

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:12.079
 unfair

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.599
 master

00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:12.880
 a

00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:13.359
 harsh

00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:13.900
 critic

00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:14.339
 may

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:14.579
 they

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:14.819
 be

00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:15.220
 so

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:15.799
 impressed

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:16.140
 by the

00:32:16.140 --> 00:32:16.299
 way

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.480
 that

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:16.660
 you

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:17.099
 serve

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:17.599
 them

00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:18.240
 as

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.400
 you

00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:18.700
 work

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:19.000
 and as

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.140
 you

00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:19.400
 lead

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:19.579
 with

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:20.140
 fairness

00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:20.480
 and

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:20.619
 with

00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:21.259
 uprightness

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.599
 that

00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:21.779
 then

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.119
 you

00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:22.319
 are

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:22.579
 able

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:22.740
 to

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:22.900
 say

00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:23.039
 to

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.200
 them

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:23.339
 well

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:23.519
 guess

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:23.700
 what

00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:23.960
 I'm

00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:24.259
 serving

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.400
 a

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:24.599
 boss

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:24.839
 too

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:29.099
 church

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:29.379
 do you

00:32:29.379 --> 00:32:29.699
 find

00:32:29.699 --> 00:32:30.220
 yourself

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:31.199
 playing

00:32:31.199 --> 00:32:31.519
 king

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:31.759
 of the

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.000
 mountain

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:33.279
 with

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:33.419
 your

00:32:33.419 --> 00:32:34.119
 relationships

00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:36.799
 when

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.000
 you're

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.419
 under

00:32:37.419 --> 00:32:38.240
 authority

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.679
 that God

00:32:38.679 --> 00:32:39.079
 has placed

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:39.319
 in your

00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:39.579
 life

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:40.019
 do you

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:41.059
 find

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:41.259
 that

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:41.559
 you're

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:42.319
 inclined

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:43.019
 to reach

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:44.079
 and to

00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:44.720
 grapple

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:46.099
 to try

00:32:46.099 --> 00:32:46.419
 and pull

00:32:46.419 --> 00:32:47.019
 your way

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.639
 up to

00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:48.139
 the top

00:32:48.139 --> 00:32:50.319
 do you

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:50.659
 feel the

00:32:50.659 --> 00:32:51.119
 desire

00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:52.259
 wives

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:53.019
 to grapple

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.959
 with your

00:32:53.959 --> 00:32:54.399
 husband

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:55.500
 for

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:55.900
 leadership

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.200
 in

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:56.320
 your

00:32:56.320 --> 00:32:56.580
 home

00:32:56.580 --> 00:32:59.060
 children

00:32:59.060 --> 00:32:59.680
 do you

00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:00.700
 listen

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:01.180
 and obey

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:01.380
 your

00:33:01.380 --> 00:33:01.880
 parents

00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:02.920
 employees

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:03.440
 do you

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:03.680
 cut

00:33:03.680 --> 00:33:04.040
 corners

00:33:04.040 --> 00:33:04.380
 and

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:05.100
 serve

00:33:05.100 --> 00:33:05.300
 your

00:33:05.300 --> 00:33:05.540
 own

00:33:05.540 --> 00:33:06.120
 interests

00:33:06.120 --> 00:33:07.920
 and

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.019
 if

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:08.200
 God

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:08.340
 has

00:33:08.340 --> 00:33:08.600
 placed

00:33:08.600 --> 00:33:08.800
 you

00:33:08.800 --> 00:33:09.200
 in

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:09.759
 authority

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.420
 do

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:10.620
 you

00:33:10.620 --> 00:33:11.060
 push

00:33:11.060 --> 00:33:11.240
 and

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:11.360
 do

00:33:11.360 --> 00:33:11.540
 you

00:33:11.540 --> 00:33:11.880
 kick

00:33:11.880 --> 00:33:12.040
 do

00:33:12.040 --> 00:33:12.180
 you

00:33:12.180 --> 00:33:12.400
 treat

00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:12.759
 others

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:13.340
 harshly

00:33:13.340 --> 00:33:13.720
 husbands

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:13.960
 do

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.160
 you

00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:14.759
 wrestle

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.019
 with

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.660
 passivity

00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:16.000
 in

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.180
 your

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:16.540
 role

00:33:16.540 --> 00:33:16.720
 or

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:16.880
 are

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:17.019
 you

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:17.620
 harsh

00:33:17.620 --> 00:33:17.800
 and

00:33:17.800 --> 00:33:18.540
 overbearing

00:33:18.540 --> 00:33:19.019
 fathers

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.220
 do

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:19.380
 you

00:33:19.380 --> 00:33:19.880
 parent

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:20.080
 your

00:33:20.080 --> 00:33:20.380
 children

00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:20.640
 with

00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:21.100
 grace

00:33:21.100 --> 00:33:21.560
 bosses

00:33:21.560 --> 00:33:22.019
 do

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.140
 you

00:33:22.140 --> 00:33:22.400
 treat

00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:22.540
 your

00:33:22.540 --> 00:33:22.980
 employees

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.180
 with

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:23.720
 respect

00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:24.039
 and with

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:24.480
 dignity

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:28.100
 John Calvin

00:33:28.100 --> 00:33:28.559
 says

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:29.559
 it is not

00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:30.019
 enough

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:30.500
 for men

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:30.799
 to be

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:31.319
 reformed

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:31.539
 in their

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:32.120
 minds

00:33:32.120 --> 00:33:32.740
 and to

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:32.900
 have

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:33.059
 their

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:33.380
 hearts

00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:34.079
 changed

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:34.819
 unless

00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:35.220
 this

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:35.779
 regeneration

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:36.579
 appears

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:37.319
 also in

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:37.500
 their

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:37.920
 outward

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:38.519
 life

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:38.900
 and

00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:39.460
 especially

00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:39.819
 in

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:39.960
 their

00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:40.380
 mutual

00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:41.039
 actions

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:41.299
 and

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:42.059
 relationships

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:42.460
 with

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:42.740
 one

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.299
 another

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:46.000
 Spurgeon

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.900
 says

00:33:46.900 --> 00:33:47.079
 our

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:47.720
 relationships

00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:48.119
 are

00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:48.259
 the

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:48.720
 true

00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:49.380
 mirrors

00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:50.099
 of

00:33:50.099 --> 00:33:50.240
 our

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.680
 religion

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:53.079
 and

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:53.200
 the

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:53.579
 gospel

00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:53.819
 is

00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:54.000
 meant

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.180
 to

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.599
 transform

00:33:54.599 --> 00:33:54.880
 your

00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:55.380
 home

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:56.299
 it's

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:56.420
 meant

00:33:56.420 --> 00:33:56.579
 to

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:57.079
 transform

00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:57.279
 your

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:57.799
 workplace

00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:58.180
 it's

00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:58.339
 meant

00:33:58.339 --> 00:33:58.480
 to

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:58.980
 transform

00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.240
 your

00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:00.180
 conversations

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.460
 with

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:00.619
 your

00:34:00.619 --> 00:34:01.019
 neighbors

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.440
 and

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.079
 your

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:02.599
 friends

00:34:02.599 --> 00:34:02.759
 your

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:03.279
 relationships

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:03.579
 here

00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:03.819
 in the

00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:04.200
 church

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:04.920
 every

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:05.900
 relationship

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.299
 you

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:06.740
 have

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:07.099
 is

00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:07.240
 an

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:07.799
 opportunity

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.099
 for

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.219
 the

00:34:08.219 --> 00:34:08.800
 transforming

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.199
 work

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:09.360
 of

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:09.900
 Christ

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.280
 to

00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:10.500
 play

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 itself

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 out

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 in

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 real

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 time

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 God

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 has

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 placed

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 each

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 and

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 every

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 one

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 of

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 us

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 both

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 in

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 and

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 under

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 authority

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 and

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 he

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 has

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 done

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 it

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 for

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 our

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 good

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 for

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 those

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 who

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 believe

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 in

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 the

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 gospel

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 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 God

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 is

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 at

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 work

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 in

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 you

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 sanctifying

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 you

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 calling

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 you

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 to

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 honor

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 him

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 in

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 every

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 realm

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 of

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 your

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 life

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 at

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 home

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 at

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 work

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 and

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 everywhere

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 and

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 ultimately

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 church

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 he

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 is

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 transforming

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 you

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 into

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 the

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 image

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 of

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 his

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 son

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 who

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 though

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 he

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 is

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 the

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 eternal

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 son

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 of

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 God

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 equal

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 in

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 glory

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 with

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 the

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 father

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 yet

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 gladly

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 obeys

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 and

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 submits

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 to

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 the

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 eternal

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 plan

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 of

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 redemption

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!

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 Christ

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 who

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 though

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 he

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 was

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 in

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 the

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 form

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 of

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 God

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 did

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 not

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 count

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 equality

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 with

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 God

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 a

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 thing

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 to

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 be

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 grasped

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 but

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 emptied

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 himself

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 by

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 taking

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 the

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 form

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 of

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 a

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 servant

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 being

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 born

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 in

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 the

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 likeness

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 of

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 men

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 and

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 being

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 found

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 in

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 human

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 form

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 he

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 humbled

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 himself

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 by

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 becoming

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 obedient

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 to

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 the

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 point

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 of

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 death

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 even

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 death

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 on

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 a

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 cross

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 so

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 that

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 he

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 might

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 purchase

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 for

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 himself

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 a

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 bride

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 to

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 love

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 and

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 to

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 lead

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 and

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 to

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 enjoy

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 for

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 the

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 rest

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 of

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 eternity

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 the

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 obedient

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 son

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 of

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 God

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 submitted

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 himself

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 to

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 imperfect

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 earthly

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 parents

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 the

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 one

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 who

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 created

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 all

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 things

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 learned

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 to

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 trade

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 and

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 worked

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 hard

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 with

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 his

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 hands

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 and

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 ultimately

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 he

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 submitted

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 himself

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 to

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 those

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 who

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 would

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 put

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 him

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 to

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 death

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 Jesus

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 submitted

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 himself

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 to

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 earthly

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 authorities

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 he

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 was

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 like

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 we

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 are

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 both

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 in

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 and

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 under

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 authority

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 and

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 now

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 as

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 the

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 risen

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 he

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 is

00:35:54.720 --> 00:35:54.880
 the

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 one

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 who

00:35:55.640 --> 00:35:55.980
 has

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.760
 all

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 authority

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 as

00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:57.940
 he

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:58.200
 says

00:35:58.200 --> 00:35:58.360
 in

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 Matthew

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 28

00:35:59.099 --> 00:35:59.640
 all

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 authority

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:00.440
 and

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:00.579
 in

00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:00.840
 heaven

00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:01.079
 and

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:01.300
 on

00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:01.599
 earth

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 has

00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:01.960
 been

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.260
 given

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 to

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:02.960
 me

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:07.220
 if

00:36:07.220 --> 00:36:07.340
 you

00:36:07.340 --> 00:36:07.740
 find

00:36:07.740 --> 00:36:07.920
 that

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.019
 you

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:08.139
 are

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:08.500
 trying

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:08.720
 to

00:36:08.720 --> 00:36:08.980
 kick

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 him

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:09.740
 off

00:36:09.740 --> 00:36:09.880
 of

00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:10.019
 the

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.380
 throne

00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:12.440
 friend

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 the

00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:12.940
 call

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.280
 for

00:36:13.280 --> 00:36:13.460
 you

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:13.639
 this

00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:13.880
 morning

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:14.059
 is

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:14.240
 to

00:36:14.240 --> 00:36:14.500
 submit

00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:14.920
 yourself

00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:15.119
 to

00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:15.340
 King

00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:15.800
 Jesus

00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:17.900
 and

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:18.159
 then to

00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:18.400
 live

00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:18.559
 in

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:19.099
 glad

00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:19.980
 submission

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.579
 to

00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:20.960
 his

00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:21.579
 design

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:21.820
 for

00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:22.019
 your

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.460
 good

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:23.240
 and

00:36:23.240 --> 00:36:23.440
 for

00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:23.639
 his

00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:24.039
 glory

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:24.539
 let's

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:24.780
 pray

00:36:24.780 --> 00:36:27.640
 father

00:36:27.640 --> 00:36:27.900
 god

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.080
 we

00:36:28.080 --> 00:36:28.480
 thank

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:28.660
 you

00:36:28.660 --> 00:36:28.860
 that

00:36:28.860 --> 00:36:29.040
 you

00:36:29.040 --> 00:36:29.340
 do

00:36:29.340 --> 00:36:29.660
 have

00:36:29.660 --> 00:36:29.840
 a

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:30.400
 design

00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:31.019
 for

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:31.480
 us

00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:33.960
 and

00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:34.080
 we

00:36:34.080 --> 00:36:34.460
 confess

00:36:34.460 --> 00:36:34.700
 how

00:36:34.700 --> 00:36:35.000
 easy

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:35.200
 it

00:36:35.200 --> 00:36:35.380
 is

00:36:35.380 --> 00:36:35.519
 for

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:35.700
 us

00:36:35.700 --> 00:36:35.900
 to

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:36.380
 reject

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:37.140
 your

00:36:37.140 --> 00:36:37.600
 design

00:36:37.600 --> 00:36:37.800
 how

00:36:37.800 --> 00:36:38.060
 easy

00:36:38.060 --> 00:36:38.200
 it

00:36:38.200 --> 00:36:38.440
 is

00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:39.220
 for

00:36:39.220 --> 00:36:39.380
 us

00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:39.519
 to

00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:39.900
 conform

00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:40.320
 ourselves

00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:40.500
 to

00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:40.640
 the

00:36:40.640 --> 00:36:40.980
 patterns

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:41.140
 of

00:36:41.140 --> 00:36:41.300
 this

00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:41.760
 world

00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:43.120
 but

00:36:43.120 --> 00:36:43.340
 father

00:36:43.340 --> 00:36:43.560
 we

00:36:43.560 --> 00:36:43.800
 do

00:36:43.800 --> 00:36:44.180
 pray

00:36:44.180 --> 00:36:44.580
 would

00:36:44.580 --> 00:36:44.780
 we

00:36:44.780 --> 00:36:45.260
 follow

00:36:45.260 --> 00:36:45.640
 your

00:36:45.640 --> 00:36:45.940
 good

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:46.340
 design

00:36:46.340 --> 00:36:46.540
 for

00:36:46.540 --> 00:36:46.720
 our

00:36:46.720 --> 00:36:47.120
 homes

00:36:47.120 --> 00:36:47.300
 would

00:36:47.300 --> 00:36:47.440
 our

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:47.940
 marriages

00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:48.280
 here

00:36:48.280 --> 00:36:48.380
 in

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 this

00:36:48.540 --> 00:36:48.780
 church

00:36:48.780 --> 00:36:49.560
 flourish

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 would

00:36:51.220 --> 00:36:51.360
 our

00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:51.780
 children

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 be

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 raised

00:36:52.460 --> 00:36:52.880
 up

00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:53.000
 in

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.460
 obedience

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:53.820
 to

00:36:53.820 --> 00:36:54.160
 you

00:36:54.160 --> 00:36:54.280
 and

00:36:54.780 --> 00:36:55.660
 would

00:36:55.660 --> 00:36:55.780
 we

00:36:55.780 --> 00:36:56.040
 be

00:36:56.040 --> 00:36:56.720
 gospel

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 witnesses

00:36:57.220 --> 00:36:57.560
 at the

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 workplace

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 by our

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 work

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 ethic

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 and our

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 desire

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 to honor

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 you

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 above

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 all

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 else

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 we

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 pray

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 god

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 would

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 you

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 work

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 this

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 grace

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 in

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 our

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 lives

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 we

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 pray

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 in

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 Jesus

00:37:06.720 --> 00:37:07.100
 name

00:37:07.100 --> 00:37:08.480
 amen