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 Well, thank you so much, Al, and to everyone who's participated in our service thus far.

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 Folks, great to have you with us this morning.

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 Let me encourage you to have those verses in Ephesians chapter 5 and 6 open in front of you.

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 And let me just begin by telling you about a mate that I had in halls at uni.

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 His name is Dave.

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 We call him Army Dave, right?

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 Differentiate him from all the other Daves that were in the halls, right?

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 We call him Army Dave.

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 And you can probably guess from that what the defining feature of Dave's life was, right?

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 He was almost a poster boy of the OTC, right?

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 So the Officer's Training Corps, which is kind of like the student branch of the Army.

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 Dave is a poster boy of the OTC, and Dave loved it, right?

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 Loved it.

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 If I remember being out one day playing football with my mates in the park,

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 and seeing, spotting the OTC in another part of the park doing their thing.

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 Now, I say I spotted them.

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 Before I spotted them, I heard them.

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 Heard them.

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 I remember looking, and there was a man in the middle with a whistle, which was strange.

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 But what was even more strange is that these people were doing exactly what he was telling them to do, right?

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 He would say jump, and they'd jump.

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 He would say march, and they'd march.

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 He would say drop, and what was it?

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 Give me 20, and down they'd go.

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 And I remember looking at these guys, thinking to myself,

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 wooft, that's pretty hardcore, isn't it?

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 Here's the thing.

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 To sign up to follow Jesus,

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 to be his disciple,

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 is to sign up for something way more hardcore than that.

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 To be a disciple is to sign your entire life over to Christ calling the shots.

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 And not just over part of your life,

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 all of your life.

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 And not just on one day of the week,

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 but every day of the week.

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 All of it.

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 To have Christ call the shots.

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 And that's true individually,

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 and it's true corporately for the church.

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 And for us as a local church,

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 as local believers,

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 called to, in our lives together,

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 express and show

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 the lordship of Jesus

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 over every area of our lives.

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 And we're going to see today,

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 including those

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 most personal of our relationships,

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 that Jesus is king.

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 Now, if you track back with me in the letter,

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 to chapter 1, verse 10.

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 This is kind of the theme sentence, if you like,

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 that runs over the book of Ephesians.

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 What God is doing in the world.

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 His chapter 1, verse 10,

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 his plan for the future,

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 to unite everything in heaven and on earth,

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 in Jesus Christ,

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 and Jesus as his risen king,

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 the plan is to have everything under his lordship.

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 That's the plan for the fullness of time.

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 It's where the future's going.

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 And as the church today,

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 the call for us

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 is to be a community

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 where in our relationships with one another,

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 we submit to Jesus Christ

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 as he rules us through his words.

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 Have Christ call the shots

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 in our community.

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 And so with Army Dave

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 and all his wee hardcore mates

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 in your minds,

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 come with me to verse 21 of chapter 5,

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 which is the headline verse

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 containing the headline verb

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 of this whole little section.

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 You ready for this?

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 Come with me.

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 Submitting to one another

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 out of reverence for Christ.

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 Now you catch that?

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 What's the verb submitting?

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 Right?

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 And sometimes our headings in our Bibles,

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 remember they're not inspired,

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 the word is.

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 Those headings are sometimes in the wrong place.

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 This might be one of those examples

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 where the divisions don't help us

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 because that word submitting

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 goes with the section just before.

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 Now the Greek word there

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 means to voluntarily put yourself

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 under the control of another.

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 Right?

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 That's what it means to submit.

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 And do you see how

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 that is the fruit

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 of being filled with the Spirit?

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 Now do you see how

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 it's the last of the four verbs

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 at verse 18

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 which Paul pulls out

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 as being the hallmarks

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 of a Spirit-filled community?

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 Addressing one another

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 in Psalms and hymns

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 and spiritual songs.

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 Here's number one.

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 Addressing.

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 Singing and making melody

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 to the Lord with your heart

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 is number two.

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 Giving thanks.

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 Here's number three

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 and here's number four.

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 Submitting to one another

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 out of reverence for Christ.

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 So to submit

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 is to be somebody

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 who is filled with the Spirit.

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 I love that.

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 It's not in ecstatic things.

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 It's in the nitty-gritty details

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 of your life.

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 Filled with the Spirit.

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 So to submit to Jesus

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 is to allow Him

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 to recalibrate

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 how we think

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 in terms of our relationships

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 with one another.

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 Right?

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 So this is what

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 we're going to see today.

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 To have Jesus

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 as the Lord of your life.

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 To have Him

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 calling the shots.

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 He's going to call you

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 to be a different kind of wife.

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 And He's going to call you

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 to be a different kind of husband.

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 And a different kind of young person.

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 And a different kind of parent.

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 And a different kind of slave.

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 And a different kind of master.

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 Now remember,

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 all these relationships

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 are going on

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 in the one church.

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 But most likely,

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 all of these relationships

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 might be going on

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 in the one home.

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 And it's as if Jesus is,

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 Paul is getting into picture,

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 He's,

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 Jesus is walking up

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 to the door of your home.

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 And He's ringing the doorbell.

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 Ding dong, ding dong.

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 And the call is to open the door

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 and let Him walk into your family life.

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 Walk into your home.

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 Let Christ call the shots

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 in your lives.

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 Now,

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 let me just deal with Dumbo.

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 Okay?

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 Who is the elephant

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 in the room

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 of this section.

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 Right?

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 Always good to deal with Dumbo.

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 And to acknowledge

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 that this couldn't be

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 any more

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 counter-cultural.

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 You don't need me

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 to tell you that.

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 But we're just dealing with Dumbo.

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 This couldn't be any more

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 counter-cultural.

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 In our day,

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 this stuff about

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 husbands and wives

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 and family and work,

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 it runs so deeply

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 against the grain

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 of how our society

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 thinks and operates.

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 But here's the thing

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 that we need to appreciate.

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 That what Paul writes here

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 is equally as

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 counter-cultural

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 in his day.

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 In fact,

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 I would go so far

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 as to say that

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 this is revolutionary

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 at the time of when

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 he's writing.

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 But we need to appreciate

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 that the cultural

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 pendulum,

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 generally speaking,

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 is on the other side.

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 Right?

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 To the one that we

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 maybe find ourselves

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 in today.

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 So this Greco-Roman

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 first century culture

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 where this letter

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 is written,

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 the individuals

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 who were considered

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 lowest down

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 the social ladder,

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 women,

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 children,

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 and slaves.

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 So notice with me

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 who,

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 when he addresses

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 these three relationships,

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 notice who he addresses

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 first.

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 Wives,

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 children,

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 and slaves.

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 Do you see it?

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 Do you see it?

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 How counter-cultural

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 that is.

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 I've got

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 lots of friends

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 who've worked for

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 big companies

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 in their lives.

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 Right?

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 Kind of Amazons,

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 your direct line

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 call centers,

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 that kind of thing.

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 And what they always

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 said to me

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 at the time was,

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 you know,

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 when it comes to

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 my work there,

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 just a number.

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 I'm just a number.

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 No one's asking me.

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 No one cares

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 if I'm there.

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 No one's looking

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 at what I'm doing.

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 I'm just kind of

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 caught up

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 in the collective.

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 Right?

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 Nobody cares.

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 I love how

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 Paul

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 addresses

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 wives,

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 children,

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 and slaves

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 as individuals.

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 Right?

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 It's almost as if

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 he was here,

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 if he was walking

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 around this church,

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 these churches,

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 he would be

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 addressing them

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 by name.

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 Right?

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 To you,

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 this is what it says.

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 To you,

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 this is what this says.

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 See what it's saying.

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 But do you see

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 how Paul is,

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 in doing this,

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 he's bestowing

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 on these individuals

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 a real counter-cultural

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 dignity.

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 And he's massaging

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 home the truth

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 that we saw

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 earlier in this letter,

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 that they are all

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 part of Jesus'

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 one body,

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 and together

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 in the way

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 that they relate

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 to one another,

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 they are called

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 to live in such

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 a way that

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 demonstrates to

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 Ephesus

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 that Jesus

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 is Lord here.

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 So,

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 let's get into this,

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 shall we?

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 And first up,

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 friends,

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 we have got

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 a Valentine's Day

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 special.

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 How about this?

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 Look what he says,

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 first of all.

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 He goes for the marriage.

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 See it?

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 Let Christ call the shots

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 in your marriage.

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 Come with me

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 to verse 32.

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 I think this is key

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 for us to see

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 if we're to grasp

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 what he's saying

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 and we don't lapse

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 into moralism.

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 Okay?

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 We need to see

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 that as he talks

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 and addresses

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 and thinks about

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 husbands and wives

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 that Paul has got

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 the ultimate

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 marriage in mind.

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 Okay?

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 The marriage

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 between Christ

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 the groom

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 and the church,

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 his bride.

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 Now,

00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:19.639
 do you see that?

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 It's not

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 our marriages

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 down here

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 that the reality

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 and that's a useful

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 metaphor to call upon.

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 It is completely

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 the other way around.

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 And this has always

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 been God's

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 created intention.

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 I think that is

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 why he quotes

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 from Genesis 2 there.

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 So,

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 this is God's design.

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 This is what it's

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 been all about.

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 About Christ

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 and the church.

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 There's a much bigger

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 game that you're

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 playing in.

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 And so,

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 the way husbands

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 and wives,

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 the way I'm praying,

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 the way I want you

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 to live,

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 relate to one another,

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 love one another,

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 you have to do it

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 in such a way

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 that spotlights

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 and showcases

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 and reflects

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 the ultimate marriage.

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 The one that's

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 eternal,

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 the one that's

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 permanent,

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 the one that's

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 glorious.

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 And so,

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 to the married

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 woman in this

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 church,

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 he says,

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 in the same way

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 that the church

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 submits to Christ,

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 I urge you

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 to reflect that

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 by choosing

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 to submit

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 to your husband.

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 Now,

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 let me just clarify

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 before we get on to

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 what that does mean.

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 Let me just clarify

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 what it doesn't mean.

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 Okay?

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 It's good.

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 Grandpa used to use

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 this phrase,

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 hee-haw,

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 right?

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 Meaning nothing.

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 Hee-haw to do

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 with a wife's

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 inferiority,

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 right?

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 And you,

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 the people have

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 horribly abused this

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 over the years.

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 Nothing to do

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 with that.

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 And that's clear

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 if you want an

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 example of this.

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 If you look at

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 the life of Jesus,

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 I love how he is

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 almost the model

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 for both the wife

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 and the husband here.

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 The one fully

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 and equally with God,

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 and yet what do we

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 see him doing

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 in John's Gospel

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 in the Garden of

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 Gethsemane?

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 What are the words

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 from his mouth?

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 Not my will,

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 Father,

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 not my will,

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 but yours be done.

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 Submits himself

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 to the will of his

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 father.

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 And equally,

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 it's nothing to do

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 with the husband's

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 superiority,

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 right?

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 And Paul's going

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 to make that

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 crystal clear

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 about what he says

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 next.

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 What this is,

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 is husbands and

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 wives both equally

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 and wonderfully

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 made in God's

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 image and called

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 to play their

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 distinctive and

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 complementary parts

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 in showcasing

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 the ultimate

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 marriage.

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 And so Paul says,

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 this one does mean,

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 I think,

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 wives bring all

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 your gifts and

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 abilities that God

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 has given you

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 to your marriage.

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 And in the same

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 way that the church

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 submits to Christ,

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 I want you to

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 choose to submit

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 to affirm

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 and support

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 and encourage

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 and look to

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 and respect

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 the loving

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 and sacrificial

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 leadership

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 of your husbands.

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 And I love this,

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 it was Elizabeth

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 Elliott who,

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 I love this quote,

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 right?

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 She said,

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 the fact that I'm

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 a woman does

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 not make me a

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 different kind of

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 Christian.

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 But the fact that

00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:02.100
 I'm a Christian,

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 it does make me a

00:13:04.139 --> 00:13:04.620
 different kind of

00:13:04.620 --> 00:13:04.879
 woman.

00:13:07.500 --> 00:13:08.019
 And Paul's calling

00:13:08.019 --> 00:13:08.600
 Christian husbands

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 to be equally as

00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:10.059
 radical here.

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 Okay?

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 Husbands in this

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 time,

00:13:12.579 --> 00:13:13.220
 you read around in

00:13:13.220 --> 00:13:13.480
 this,

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 household codes of

00:13:14.980 --> 00:13:15.299
 the day,

00:13:15.579 --> 00:13:16.019
 husbands would

00:13:16.019 --> 00:13:17.019
 never have expected

00:13:17.019 --> 00:13:17.639
 to be addressed

00:13:17.639 --> 00:13:17.960
 here.

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 and certainly

00:13:19.379 --> 00:13:19.700
 wouldn't have

00:13:19.700 --> 00:13:20.220
 been asked,

00:13:20.540 --> 00:13:20.759
 wouldn't have

00:13:20.759 --> 00:13:21.400
 expected to be

00:13:21.400 --> 00:13:21.920
 asked to do

00:13:21.920 --> 00:13:22.800
 what Paul tells

00:13:22.800 --> 00:13:23.379
 them to do.

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 It's probably why

00:13:24.180 --> 00:13:24.620
 they get a bit

00:13:24.620 --> 00:13:25.240
 more air time

00:13:25.240 --> 00:13:26.019
 in this section.

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 Because husbands,

00:13:27.980 --> 00:13:28.680
 the command,

00:13:29.680 --> 00:13:30.460
 what he writes,

00:13:31.040 --> 00:13:31.960
 is to love

00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:32.639
 your wives.

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 And it's in the

00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:36.840
 same way that

00:13:36.840 --> 00:13:37.460
 Christ

00:13:37.460 --> 00:13:39.540
 sacrificially

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 loved

00:13:40.400 --> 00:13:42.080
 and shed

00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:42.620
 his blood

00:13:42.620 --> 00:13:43.580
 on the cross

00:13:43.580 --> 00:13:44.980
 to win,

00:13:45.180 --> 00:13:46.000
 to redeem,

00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:47.539
 to buy for

00:13:47.539 --> 00:13:48.340
 himself his

00:13:48.340 --> 00:13:48.740
 bride.

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 That's how

00:13:49.779 --> 00:13:50.220
 you're to do

00:13:50.220 --> 00:13:50.419
 it.

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 Wow.

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 Wow.

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 And I take it

00:13:56.039 --> 00:13:56.279
 if you're a

00:13:56.279 --> 00:13:57.799
 husband listening

00:13:57.799 --> 00:13:58.320
 in today,

00:13:58.399 --> 00:13:58.620
 friends,

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 all of us,

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 we need to

00:14:00.259 --> 00:14:01.179
 feel the beauty

00:14:01.179 --> 00:14:03.299
 and the weight

00:14:03.299 --> 00:14:04.740
 of what he

00:14:04.740 --> 00:14:05.299
 calls us to

00:14:05.299 --> 00:14:05.539
 do.

00:14:06.659 --> 00:14:06.840
 Now,

00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:07.159
 we don't have

00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:08.940
 time to do

00:14:08.940 --> 00:14:09.559
 justice to

00:14:09.559 --> 00:14:09.980
 kind of every

00:14:09.980 --> 00:14:11.080
 glorious detail

00:14:11.080 --> 00:14:11.639
 and image there.

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 You do that

00:14:12.100 --> 00:14:12.500
 in your own

00:14:12.500 --> 00:14:12.779
 time.

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 But let me

00:14:13.059 --> 00:14:13.620
 just pick out

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 one.

00:14:14.519 --> 00:14:14.700
 Okay?

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 Verse 28 and

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 29.

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 In the same

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 way,

00:14:18.379 --> 00:14:18.919
 husbands should

00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:19.639
 love their

00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:20.299
 wives as

00:14:20.299 --> 00:14:20.919
 their own

00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:21.579
 bodies.

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 Flowing into

00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:23.439
 verse 29.

00:14:23.579 --> 00:14:24.000
 For no one

00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:24.480
 ever hated

00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:24.879
 his own

00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:25.340
 flesh,

00:14:25.740 --> 00:14:26.120
 but he

00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:26.620
 nourishes

00:14:26.620 --> 00:14:27.019
 it and

00:14:27.019 --> 00:14:27.500
 cherishes

00:14:27.500 --> 00:14:27.799
 it.

00:14:28.100 --> 00:14:28.199
 Now,

00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:28.439
 husbands,

00:14:28.579 --> 00:14:28.939
 think about

00:14:28.939 --> 00:14:29.279
 how you

00:14:29.279 --> 00:14:29.659
 love your

00:14:29.659 --> 00:14:30.179
 own body.

00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:31.699
 Right?

00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:32.279
 Doing it

00:14:32.279 --> 00:14:32.480
 on the

00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:32.819
 car on

00:14:32.819 --> 00:14:33.100
 the way

00:14:33.100 --> 00:14:33.799
 in today.

00:14:33.899 --> 00:14:34.120
 Doing a

00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:34.620
 wee health

00:14:34.620 --> 00:14:35.360
 checklist of

00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:35.600
 how I've

00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:35.939
 got on

00:14:35.939 --> 00:14:36.159
 over the

00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:36.720
 last 24

00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:37.159
 hours.

00:14:37.419 --> 00:14:37.579
 Right?

00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:39.240
 Good sleep?

00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:39.740
 Tick.

00:14:41.100 --> 00:14:41.539
 Hearty

00:14:41.539 --> 00:14:42.019
 breakfast?

00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:42.539
 Tick.

00:14:42.819 --> 00:14:43.439
 Hair done?

00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:44.299
 Tick.

00:14:44.500 --> 00:14:45.059
 Teeth done?

00:14:45.059 --> 00:14:45.539
 Tick.

00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:46.179
 Banana just

00:14:46.179 --> 00:14:46.579
 before I

00:14:46.579 --> 00:14:47.119
 left for that

00:14:47.119 --> 00:14:47.919
 little bit of

00:14:47.919 --> 00:14:48.500
 added energy?

00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:48.959
 Tick.

00:14:49.619 --> 00:14:50.299
 Run this

00:14:50.299 --> 00:14:50.559
 week?

00:14:50.719 --> 00:14:51.039
 Tick.

00:14:51.459 --> 00:14:51.739
 Tick,

00:14:51.799 --> 00:14:51.879
 tick,

00:14:51.959 --> 00:14:52.079
 tick,

00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:52.279
 tick,

00:14:52.359 --> 00:14:52.519
 tick.

00:14:52.579 --> 00:14:52.839
 Friends,

00:14:52.959 --> 00:14:53.759
 looking after my

00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:54.399
 own body comes

00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:55.139
 very naturally

00:14:55.139 --> 00:14:55.719
 to me and I'm

00:14:55.719 --> 00:14:56.639
 sure I'm not

00:14:56.639 --> 00:14:57.359
 the only one.

00:14:57.360 --> 00:15:00.399
 Paul says that's

00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:00.899
 how a Christian

00:15:00.899 --> 00:15:01.539
 husband should

00:15:01.539 --> 00:15:02.200
 love his wife.

00:15:03.680 --> 00:15:04.180
 Which means,

00:15:04.300 --> 00:15:04.399
 friends,

00:15:04.500 --> 00:15:05.500
 husbands,

00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:06.440
 listen to this.

00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:07.440
 We stop what

00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:08.240
 we're doing and

00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:09.240
 we sacrifice

00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:10.460
 time to listen

00:15:10.460 --> 00:15:11.320
 to our wives.

00:15:11.700 --> 00:15:12.600
 We stop what

00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:13.000
 we're doing,

00:15:13.060 --> 00:15:14.060
 we listen well.

00:15:14.139 --> 00:15:14.680
 We stop what

00:15:14.680 --> 00:15:15.039
 we're doing,

00:15:15.100 --> 00:15:15.639
 we go out of

00:15:15.639 --> 00:15:16.200
 our way to

00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:17.399
 encourage her.

00:15:18.539 --> 00:15:19.000
 We go the

00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:20.300
 extra mile to

00:15:20.300 --> 00:15:21.420
 care for her

00:15:21.420 --> 00:15:22.580
 and we make it

00:15:22.580 --> 00:15:23.399
 our job to

00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:24.399
 lead in such

00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:25.139
 a way that

00:15:25.139 --> 00:15:26.220
 we see her

00:15:26.220 --> 00:15:27.699
 flourish in

00:15:27.699 --> 00:15:28.579
 terms of being

00:15:28.579 --> 00:15:29.480
 the person

00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:30.220
 that God

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 has made her

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 to be.

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 This is a call

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 to sacrifice

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 for the life

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 of your wife.

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 Husbands,

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 love her like

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 you do your

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 own body.

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 You know,

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 I played a little

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 game this week.

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 It's called

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 the Vanity

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 Challenge.

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 What I tried

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 to do is every

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 minute I spent

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 looking in the

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 mirror,

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 I would try and

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 spend a minute

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 listening to

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 and trying to

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 act this out

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 with Alex.

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 And do you

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 know what,

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 friends?

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 I failed

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 miserably.

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 Here is the

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 call for the

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 Christian husband

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 to love

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 your wife.

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 And do you

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 see how Paul

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 is saying,

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 husband and

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 wife,

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 as you do

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 this together,

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 you are

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 displaying the

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 ultimate

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 marriage,

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 the ultimate

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 marriage.

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 And it's so

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 important that

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 we've got that

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 ultimate marriage

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 in mind because

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 if we look for

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 satisfaction,

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 whoever we are

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 watching this

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 today,

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 we look for

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 satisfaction in a

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 marriage relationship,

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 then we're in

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 for a massive

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 fall.

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 Now, one of

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 the most popular

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 Christmas films of

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 the last 20

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 years, and some

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 of you love

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 this, it's

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 called Love

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 Actually,

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 and it contains

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 one of the

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 most cheesy

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 rom-com lines,

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 and Hollywood

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 loves it.

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 And it's when the

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 character played

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 by Andrew

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 Lincoln, some

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 of you will

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 know this scene,

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 he's there,

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 he's standing

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 in the freezing

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 cold, he's

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 pretending to be

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 a carol singer,

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 he's at the

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 door, and the

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 character played

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 by Keira Knightley

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 is looking at

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 him, and he's

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 holding up signs,

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 right?

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 And one of the

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 signs he holds

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 up, and this is

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 the scene, and it

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 says, to me, you

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 are perfect.

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 There's the sign.

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 Now, let me just

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 give you five

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 seconds to have a

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 little moment

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 thinking about that,

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 and enjoying that,

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 and then let me

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 burst the bubble.

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 Friends, do not

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 buy the lie that

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 any person can

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 complete you.

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 Okay, it's

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 absolute nonsense.

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 You know, I'm so

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 conscious that for

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 some of us watching

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 this today, your

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 experience of

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 marriage will have

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 been so painfully

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 the opposite of

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 what Paul outlines

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 here.

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 And maybe you're

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 watching this, and

00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:39.360
 maybe you're

00:17:39.360 --> 00:17:40.540
 struggling in your

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 marriage, or you're

00:17:42.320 --> 00:17:43.200
 struggling thinking,

00:17:43.400 --> 00:17:44.840
 will I ever be

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 married?

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 And do you know

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 what?

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 Perhaps lockdown

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 has just brought

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 all those things,

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 all those feelings,

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 to light again.

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 But let me

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 encourage us to

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 see, as we think

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 about that scene

00:17:56.259 --> 00:17:56.980
 in Love Actually,

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 that the role of

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 the perfect spouse

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 has already been

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 taken.

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 And newsflash,

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 it ain't me,

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 and it ain't you.

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 Friends, we need

00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:09.639
 to look to Jesus

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 Christ.

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 Whoever you are

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 here today, if

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 your trust is in

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 him, would you

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 know that you are

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 in on, and will

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 one day be gloriously

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 and fully part

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 of the ultimate

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 marriage.

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 And I love, this

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 is one of the

00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:25.380
 things that drew

00:18:25.380 --> 00:18:26.800
 me to Jesus when

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 I read about him

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 in the gospel,

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 for the first time

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 when I was young,

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 that I looked at

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 him, not a romantic

00:18:31.940 --> 00:18:33.500
 relationship in sight,

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 right?

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 It doesn't matter

00:18:34.320 --> 00:18:34.940
 what the Da Vinci

00:18:34.940 --> 00:18:35.660
 Code or the like

00:18:35.660 --> 00:18:36.600
 says, nothing like

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 that going on, and

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 yet here is a man

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 who is living life

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 to the full.

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 Here is a man who

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 is full of joy as

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 he basks in knowing

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 the glory of his

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 father.

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 And it was C.T.

00:18:51.379 --> 00:18:52.559
 Stud to encourage

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 his wife to say a

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 little poem to

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 herself every day.

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 Dear Lord Jesus,

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 you are to me

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 dearer than Charlie

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 ever could be.

00:19:02.299 --> 00:19:02.939
 You see, friends,

00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:04.779
 let Christ call the

00:19:04.779 --> 00:19:05.480
 shots in your

00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:05.859
 marriage.

00:19:06.339 --> 00:19:06.759
 And let him, and

00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:07.919
 these last two

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 points will be

00:19:08.339 --> 00:19:09.599
 quicker, let him

00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:10.740
 call the shots in

00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:11.379
 your family.

00:19:12.399 --> 00:19:12.559
 Right?

00:19:12.659 --> 00:19:13.159
 Verse 1 of

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 chapter 6, here is

00:19:14.099 --> 00:19:14.939
 Paul's plea to the

00:19:14.939 --> 00:19:15.759
 family children.

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 He goes, first of

00:19:16.579 --> 00:19:17.279
 all, again, thinking

00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:17.799
 what we thought of

00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:19.119
 earlier, children, and

00:19:19.119 --> 00:19:19.619
 I think we're to

00:19:19.619 --> 00:19:20.879
 picture children living

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 at home and following

00:19:22.579 --> 00:19:23.819
 Jesus for themselves.

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 What does he say?

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 He says, obey your

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 parents.

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 And he roots it in

00:19:28.819 --> 00:19:30.279
 the fifth commandment

00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:32.459
 as a way of life that

00:19:32.459 --> 00:19:33.699
 he has orchestrated,

00:19:33.980 --> 00:19:34.779
 which will see them

00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:35.639
 flourish and please

00:19:35.639 --> 00:19:36.299
 us as the Lord.

00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:38.539
 So young people, if

00:19:38.539 --> 00:19:39.519
 you're watching this,

00:19:39.719 --> 00:19:41.659
 know that you can

00:19:41.659 --> 00:19:43.319
 worship Jesus, you can

00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:45.779
 honor him simply by

00:19:45.779 --> 00:19:46.980
 the way that you

00:19:46.980 --> 00:19:47.759
 love and you obey

00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:48.579
 your parents.

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 Isn't that amazing?

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 You can do that

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 whoever you are.

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 And fathers, verse

00:19:54.139 --> 00:19:55.200
 4, I take it speaking

00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:56.319
 to them as the one

00:19:56.319 --> 00:19:57.720
 that he wants to

00:19:57.720 --> 00:19:58.619
 take the sacrificial

00:19:58.619 --> 00:19:59.460
 and loving lead in

00:19:59.460 --> 00:20:00.279
 the home because if

00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:00.899
 you read around in

00:20:00.899 --> 00:20:01.599
 this one, men in

00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:02.399
 this culture have a

00:20:02.399 --> 00:20:03.099
 habit of being

00:20:03.099 --> 00:20:03.839
 domineering.

00:20:05.179 --> 00:20:06.079
 Paul says, do not

00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:06.599
 provoke your

00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:08.799
 children or

00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:09.559
 discourage them

00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:10.159
 because you've put

00:20:10.159 --> 00:20:11.599
 heavy burdens and

00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:12.899
 expectations on them.

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 But rather encourage

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 and love and

00:20:17.119 --> 00:20:18.139
 nurture and

00:20:18.139 --> 00:20:19.259
 instruct and

00:20:19.259 --> 00:20:20.279
 pray for and

00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:21.379
 invest in and

00:20:21.379 --> 00:20:22.179
 get to know

00:20:22.179 --> 00:20:23.679
 your children.

00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:25.819
 And the challenge

00:20:25.819 --> 00:20:26.740
 is, parents

00:20:26.740 --> 00:20:27.359
 watching this

00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:28.099
 today, do we

00:20:28.099 --> 00:20:29.159
 love our children

00:20:29.159 --> 00:20:29.939
 like this?

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 I'll tell you the

00:20:31.099 --> 00:20:31.700
 little challenge in

00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:32.559
 my heart over the

00:20:32.559 --> 00:20:33.220
 last season.

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:35.000
 And it's to do with

00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:36.299
 the comparison game.

00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.339
 You know, I don't

00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:38.179
 know who started

00:20:38.179 --> 00:20:38.899
 these things, but

00:20:38.899 --> 00:20:39.379
 you know how every

00:20:39.379 --> 00:20:40.919
 year you get those

00:20:40.920 --> 00:20:42.080
 family newsletters

00:20:42.080 --> 00:20:42.860
 through the post or

00:20:42.860 --> 00:20:43.720
 you get them online.

00:20:43.840 --> 00:20:45.279
 I love reading all

00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:46.820
 of them, but you

00:20:46.820 --> 00:20:47.500
 read some of them

00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:48.060
 and you think to

00:20:48.060 --> 00:20:48.740
 yourself, that is

00:20:48.740 --> 00:20:50.440
 just a brag about

00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:50.980
 your children.

00:20:52.120 --> 00:20:52.320
 Right?

00:20:52.420 --> 00:20:53.039
 You know the kind

00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:53.380
 of thing.

00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:54.640
 Julie's doing

00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:55.360
 classics at

00:20:55.360 --> 00:20:57.140
 Cambridge and Mark

00:20:57.140 --> 00:20:57.600
 has been made

00:20:57.600 --> 00:20:58.180
 captain of the

00:20:58.180 --> 00:20:59.460
 football team and

00:20:59.460 --> 00:21:00.500
 baby Dave spoke

00:21:00.500 --> 00:21:02.360
 his first word last

00:21:02.360 --> 00:21:03.080
 month and that word

00:21:03.080 --> 00:21:04.300
 had 16 syllables in

00:21:04.300 --> 00:21:04.400
 it.

00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:04.880
 You know that kind

00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:05.200
 of thing.

00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:08.080
 And I find my

00:21:08.080 --> 00:21:08.819
 heart can be so

00:21:08.819 --> 00:21:10.259
 easily dragged away

00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:11.319
 from my primary

00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:12.460
 calling as a

00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:13.279
 Christian parent.

00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:14.100
 Then all of a

00:21:14.100 --> 00:21:14.680
 sudden my little

00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:15.519
 girl goes to play

00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:16.519
 her first ever

00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:18.500
 tennis lesson and

00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:19.180
 in my head I'm

00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:19.860
 thinking her first

00:21:19.860 --> 00:21:20.539
 shot, why is she

00:21:20.539 --> 00:21:21.019
 not Serena

00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:21.460
 Williams?

00:21:21.580 --> 00:21:22.039
 Come on!

00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:25.220
 How my heart can

00:21:25.220 --> 00:21:25.920
 get dragged away

00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:26.700
 from something as

00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:27.840
 simple as a photo

00:21:27.840 --> 00:21:28.900
 on Facebook.

00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:29.980
 Do you see the

00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:30.620
 call here,

00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.160
 friends, as

00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:32.819
 Christian parents

00:21:32.819 --> 00:21:34.559
 that our primary

00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:36.159
 objective, our

00:21:36.159 --> 00:21:37.720
 primary desire for

00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:39.279
 our children should

00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:40.099
 be that they come

00:21:40.099 --> 00:21:40.879
 to know Jesus,

00:21:41.679 --> 00:21:42.659
 that they love

00:21:42.659 --> 00:21:43.819
 him, that they

00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:44.639
 know him.

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.839
 And flowing from

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:48.460
 that, my job as a

00:21:48.460 --> 00:21:49.539
 parent is to put

00:21:49.539 --> 00:21:51.079
 all the Jesus

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 shaped kindling

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 around the fire

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 that I can of

00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:55.379
 their hearts and

00:21:55.379 --> 00:21:56.700
 live out in front

00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.519
 of them a vibrant

00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:59.000
 love for and need

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 for the Lord

00:22:00.399 --> 00:22:02.299
 Jesus saying sorry

00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:03.599
 to my children when

00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:04.539
 I've got it wrong

00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:06.119
 and praying that

00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:07.079
 the Holy Spirit

00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:08.319
 would take the

00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:09.420
 kindling around the

00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:10.000
 fire and

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 ignite it.

00:22:12.659 --> 00:22:13.599
 That's our desire

00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:14.299
 for our children.

00:22:15.099 --> 00:22:15.579
 You know, I love

00:22:15.579 --> 00:22:16.799
 John Wesley who

00:22:16.799 --> 00:22:17.720
 famously said about

00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:18.319
 his mum,

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:18.960
 Susanna,

00:22:20.139 --> 00:22:21.019
 he said about her

00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:21.899
 looking back on his

00:22:21.899 --> 00:22:22.420
 life that he

00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:23.659
 meant he learned

00:22:23.659 --> 00:22:24.700
 more about

00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:25.879
 Christianity from

00:22:25.879 --> 00:22:27.259
 her than he did

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:28.159
 from all the

00:22:28.159 --> 00:22:29.639
 theologians in

00:22:29.639 --> 00:22:29.960
 England.

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 Let Christ call

00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.700
 the shots in your

00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:34.299
 family.

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:36.059
 And lastly, let

00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:37.000
 Christ call the

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.740
 shots in your

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 work.

00:22:39.420 --> 00:22:39.880
 As you see in

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 verse 5, he

00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:42.740
 speaks to slaves.

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 And you can

00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:44.839
 understand that

00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:45.339
 that's kind of a

00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:46.180
 broad term that's

00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:47.519
 describing, can

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:48.539
 describe any person

00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:49.240
 who's under the

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 authority of

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 another.

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 And I guess in

00:22:51.620 --> 00:22:52.180
 this culture it's

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:52.759
 important for us

00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.500
 maybe to discern

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:54.059
 that this is a

00:22:54.059 --> 00:22:54.900
 different thing

00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:55.799
 from what we'd

00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:56.900
 imagine and we

00:22:56.900 --> 00:22:57.980
 see in scenes like

00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:59.299
 12 years a slave

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 or Selma.

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 it's a different

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 thing.

00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:02.740
 You've got a

00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:03.400
 whole economy

00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:04.539
 here built on

00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:05.740
 the kind of

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:06.379
 master-slave

00:23:06.379 --> 00:23:07.000
 relationship.

00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:07.539
 You have up

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:08.240
 to, it's

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:08.980
 estimated up

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.779
 to two-thirds

00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:10.299
 of a Roman

00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:12.000
 empire were

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:12.619
 slaves.

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.339
 And slaves

00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:15.420
 could be well

00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:16.579
 educated professionals

00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:17.139
 that could be

00:23:17.139 --> 00:23:18.220
 trained individuals.

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:19.099
 You've bankers

00:23:19.099 --> 00:23:19.740
 are slaves.

00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:20.240
 You've got

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:20.859
 doctors who

00:23:20.859 --> 00:23:21.500
 are slaves.

00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:22.839
 So though it's

00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:23.799
 not identical,

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.720
 I think we can

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.539
 draw a lot of

00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.839
 parallels to our

00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:29.139
 employee-employer

00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:30.020
 relationships that

00:23:30.020 --> 00:23:30.820
 we have today.

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:32.840
 And look what he

00:23:32.840 --> 00:23:33.800
 writes to slaves

00:23:33.800 --> 00:23:34.620
 and see that this

00:23:34.620 --> 00:23:35.520
 is a heart thing.

00:23:36.020 --> 00:23:36.640
 It's a heart thing.

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.520
 Verse 5, what does

00:23:37.520 --> 00:23:37.780
 he write?

00:23:37.860 --> 00:23:38.480
 He says, obey.

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 Obey your

00:23:39.840 --> 00:23:40.259
 masters.

00:23:41.340 --> 00:23:42.000
 Work well.

00:23:43.060 --> 00:23:43.640
 Be known for

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:44.440
 your reliability.

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.400
 Be known for

00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:47.060
 your integrity.

00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:48.700
 Be known for

00:23:48.700 --> 00:23:49.300
 your diligence.

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.000
 And his

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:51.480
 wording, gain a

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:52.320
 good reputation

00:23:52.320 --> 00:23:53.040
 in the eyes of

00:23:53.040 --> 00:23:53.560
 your master.

00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:54.380
 Be working,

00:23:55.020 --> 00:23:55.759
 not just when

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.520
 they are watching,

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:58.220
 but be working

00:23:58.220 --> 00:23:59.040
 all the time.

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 All the time.

00:24:01.860 --> 00:24:02.300
 And if you do

00:24:02.300 --> 00:24:02.640
 this, you're

00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:03.000
 going to show

00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.860
 to the world

00:24:03.860 --> 00:24:05.340
 that you serve

00:24:05.340 --> 00:24:06.280
 a greater

00:24:06.280 --> 00:24:08.780
 master, Christ,

00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:10.080
 who has claimed

00:24:10.080 --> 00:24:11.180
 you and

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:12.580
 changed you.

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:14.759
 Knowing that

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.380
 from him you

00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:16.060
 will receive

00:24:16.060 --> 00:24:17.460
 the ultimate

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.500
 inheritance when

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:20.420
 he comes back.

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:21.580
 A question to

00:24:21.580 --> 00:24:22.100
 ask at this

00:24:22.100 --> 00:24:22.560
 point, isn't

00:24:22.560 --> 00:24:22.800
 it, is,

00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:23.240
 friends, if we

00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:23.700
 think about

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:25.400
 our jobs,

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:25.940
 what it is we

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.460
 do with our

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:27.780
 lives, those

00:24:27.780 --> 00:24:28.840
 kind of employee-employer

00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:29.319
 relationships,

00:24:29.459 --> 00:24:29.779
 wherever you

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.299
 happen to

00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:30.899
 fall in that.

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:32.879
 Do people at

00:24:32.879 --> 00:24:33.740
 work know and

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.359
 do they see it

00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:35.159
 in us that we

00:24:35.159 --> 00:24:36.939
 serve a higher

00:24:36.939 --> 00:24:37.439
 master?

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:39.519
 You know, I

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:41.099
 love, I was

00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:41.480
 reading with my

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:41.819
 kids the other

00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:42.319
 day about

00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:43.399
 Johann Sebastian

00:24:43.399 --> 00:24:45.039
 Bach and how

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:46.059
 he signed off

00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:46.879
 every bit of

00:24:46.879 --> 00:24:47.459
 music that he

00:24:47.459 --> 00:24:48.859
 wrote with the

00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:50.319
 letters SDG,

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:50.939
 sold the

00:24:50.939 --> 00:24:51.539
 Gloria, to

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:52.099
 God be the

00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:52.500
 glory.

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.339
 That's why he

00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:53.779
 was working,

00:24:53.879 --> 00:24:55.240
 not for pay,

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:56.099
 not for the

00:24:56.099 --> 00:24:56.779
 plaudits, he

00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:57.559
 was writing,

00:24:57.900 --> 00:24:59.319
 composing for

00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:00.059
 the glory of

00:25:00.059 --> 00:25:00.440
 God.

00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:01.259
 Take that with

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.779
 you this week,

00:25:01.880 --> 00:25:03.440
 SDG, SDG.

00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:04.799
 Right, as you

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.519
 send that email

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:06.160
 that nobody will

00:25:06.160 --> 00:25:07.400
 see, SDG.

00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:08.779
 Right, as you're

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:09.880
 in the hospital,

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:11.339
 SDG, you know,

00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:12.400
 all these things,

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:13.140
 to God be the

00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:13.500
 glory.

00:25:14.120 --> 00:25:14.779
 Christ has

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.720
 changed how you

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.599
 understand what

00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:18.359
 you do in your

00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:18.839
 work.

00:25:20.120 --> 00:25:20.420
 Right, into

00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:21.339
 masters, he

00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:22.099
 says, verse 9,

00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:22.759
 he says, remember

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.759
 that Christ is

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.359
 your master

00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:25.839
 too, and you

00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:26.579
 need to treat

00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.500
 your slaves

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.660
 well.

00:25:30.140 --> 00:25:30.379
 You know, I

00:25:30.379 --> 00:25:30.720
 love it, back

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:32.019
 in 2015, the

00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:32.920
 online magazine

00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:34.240
 24-7 Wall

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:35.900
 Street, it

00:25:35.900 --> 00:25:36.359
 published a

00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:37.200
 list of the

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:37.900
 top ten

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:38.559
 companies in

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:39.180
 America to

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:40.059
 work for, and

00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:40.339
 the only

00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:41.059
 restaurant that

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:41.579
 made it in

00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:42.599
 there was

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.480
 Chick-fil-A.

00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:44.920
 Right, many of

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:45.339
 you might know

00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:45.819
 that that's a

00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:47.720
 restaurant run

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.720
 by evangelical

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:49.460
 Christians, and

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:49.799
 they've got a

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:51.500
 reputation for

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.740
 paying well for

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.740
 listening to

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.039
 what their

00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:54.720
 employees are

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.380
 saying, to

00:25:55.380 --> 00:25:55.799
 have a bit

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:56.420
 of flexibility

00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:57.400
 in terms of

00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:58.319
 work-life

00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:59.079
 balance, and

00:25:59.079 --> 00:25:59.660
 because of

00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:00.120
 that, people

00:26:00.120 --> 00:26:00.779
 love working

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.120
 there.

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:02.819
 They love

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.440
 working there.

00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.019
 So, friends,

00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:06.720
 let Christ

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.160
 call the

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:08.880
 shots in

00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:09.519
 your work.

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.079
 And how

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.759
 different,

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:12.460
 friends, this

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:13.180
 community then

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.640
 that Paul is

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:14.220
 describing, how

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:15.140
 different then

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:15.579
 it's going to

00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:17.259
 look to the

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:17.960
 watching world.

00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:19.559
 This is a

00:26:19.559 --> 00:26:20.640
 place where

00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:21.740
 Jesus rules,

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:23.099
 and this is

00:26:23.099 --> 00:26:23.640
 a place where

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:24.460
 he is transforming

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:25.400
 our relationships

00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:26.180
 and the whole

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:26.880
 goal of our

00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:28.420
 relationships is

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:29.740
 to glorify him.

00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:31.859
 Just as we

00:26:31.859 --> 00:26:32.380
 close, let me

00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:32.839
 just give you

00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:33.460
 two thoughts

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:33.740
 that have been

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.500
 in my mind as

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:34.740
 I've been

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.380
 praying about

00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:36.079
 this this

00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:36.380
 week.

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.839
 Two thoughts

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.319
 for you, and

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:38.640
 I'll give you

00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:39.539
 two song lyrics

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:40.099
 as well.

00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:42.180
 Here's thought

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:42.740
 number one,

00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:44.039
 and song

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:44.599
 number one.

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.400
 It's a song

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:46.819
 that I used to

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:47.460
 listen to a lot

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:47.759
 when I was

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.160
 growing up.

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:48.720
 My dad used

00:26:48.720 --> 00:26:49.240
 to love it on

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.680
 the radio,

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.259
 and it was

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:50.440
 called

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:51.100
 Oolalab

00:26:51.100 --> 00:26:51.320
 of the

00:26:51.320 --> 00:26:51.779
 Faces.

00:26:52.340 --> 00:26:52.779
 Some of you

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.100
 won't have a

00:26:53.100 --> 00:26:53.560
 clue what I'm

00:26:53.560 --> 00:26:54.000
 talking about,

00:26:54.080 --> 00:26:54.519
 some of you

00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:55.080
 will love it.

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.140
 You can Google

00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:56.680
 it afterwards.

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.259
 The chorus

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:58.600
 went, I wish

00:26:58.600 --> 00:26:59.480
 that I knew

00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:00.380
 what I know

00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:01.640
 now when I

00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:02.220
 was younger.

00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:04.120
 I wish

00:27:04.120 --> 00:27:05.700
 that I knew

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.299
 what I know

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:06.960
 now when I

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.400
 was younger.

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.019
 Here's what I

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.500
 know now.

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.220
 Having done

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:11.700
 this work

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.420
 thing, marriage

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.080
 thing, parenting

00:27:13.080 --> 00:27:13.720
 thing for a

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.180
 little season

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:14.759
 of my life

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.680
 now, nothing

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:16.340
 has revealed

00:27:16.340 --> 00:27:17.100
 my own sinful

00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:19.199
 heart and

00:27:19.199 --> 00:27:19.699
 my need

00:27:19.699 --> 00:27:20.279
 for God's

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.799
 gracious

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:23.059
 help, quite

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:24.699
 like marriage,

00:27:25.699 --> 00:27:26.279
 parenthood,

00:27:26.899 --> 00:27:27.539
 and work.

00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:30.719
 I take it,

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.119
 friends, all

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.439
 of us are

00:27:31.439 --> 00:27:31.939
 going to respond

00:27:31.939 --> 00:27:32.480
 to this like

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.659
 that, just

00:27:33.659 --> 00:27:35.379
 feeling, wow,

00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:36.059
 as we look

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.459
 at this.

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:38.259
 This isn't

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:38.719
 easy.

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:40.719
 The question

00:27:40.719 --> 00:27:40.939
 that you're

00:27:40.939 --> 00:27:41.579
 probably asking

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:42.240
 is how do

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.980
 we do this?

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 The answer

00:27:44.699 --> 00:27:45.259
 here is not

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:45.839
 to roll up

00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:46.539
 our sleeves.

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 That might

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.299
 work for a

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:48.799
 day or two,

00:27:48.879 --> 00:27:49.159
 but it's

00:27:49.159 --> 00:27:49.919
 certainly not

00:27:49.919 --> 00:27:50.759
 going to

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.719
 last long.

00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:52.279
 It's not

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.519
 going to

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:54.199
 result in

00:27:54.199 --> 00:27:54.779
 transformative

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.939
 change.

00:27:56.619 --> 00:27:57.139
 The answer

00:27:57.139 --> 00:27:57.419
 is not

00:27:57.419 --> 00:27:57.679
 to roll

00:27:57.679 --> 00:27:58.019
 up our

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.480
 sleeves.

00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:59.099
 The answer

00:27:59.099 --> 00:27:59.839
 is to get

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.219
 on our

00:28:00.219 --> 00:28:00.599
 knees.

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:03.000
 And remember

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.879
 that this

00:28:03.879 --> 00:28:05.500
 word submitting

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:07.679
 is the work

00:28:07.679 --> 00:28:08.500
 of the Holy

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.480
 Spirit in

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:10.980
 our lives.

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.759
 This is the

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.659
 fruit of

00:28:13.659 --> 00:28:15.279
 his work.

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:16.279
 God's

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:19.940
 God's

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.819
 children.

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:21.559
 The Spirit

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:22.079
 who is

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:22.980
 called the

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.440
 helper.

00:28:23.639 --> 00:28:23.980
 Friends, I

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.559
 take it if we

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:25.119
 want to see

00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:26.799
 light in

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.680
 our marriages,

00:28:27.899 --> 00:28:28.359
 in our

00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:28.899
 families,

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:29.480
 in our

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:31.000
 work, we

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.519
 see the

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.240
 light as we

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:33.139
 come closer

00:28:33.139 --> 00:28:33.599
 to the

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:34.160
 flame of

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:34.480
 Jesus

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:35.200
 Christ.

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:37.379
 He's given

00:28:37.379 --> 00:28:37.720
 us the

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.539
 Holy Spirit

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:39.099
 and he's

00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:39.619
 given us

00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:40.160
 one another

00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:41.019
 to help.

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:42.720
 friends, if

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.400
 you've got

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:44.079
 questions about

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.680
 anything that's

00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:45.379
 been said this

00:28:45.379 --> 00:28:46.000
 morning or

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:46.579
 anything that

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:47.359
 you've read,

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:49.139
 get in touch.

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:50.180
 As a community

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.799
 we do this

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.180
 together.

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:52.160
 We help one

00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:53.460
 another and it

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:53.680
 would be our

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.279
 joy to be able

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.960
 to do that.

00:28:56.420 --> 00:28:56.759
 Here's the

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.240
 second thought

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:57.639
 then and with

00:28:57.639 --> 00:28:58.339
 this we close.

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.180
 And I want to

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:00.539
 take you back

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:01.259
 to Army Dave.

00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:03.019
 Remember Army

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.519
 Dave and his

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.240
 OTC buddies?

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:05.500
 The thing that

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.059
 struck me about

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:06.720
 Army Dave

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:08.019
 every time I saw

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:09.299
 him was that

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:10.139
 he loved the

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:10.540
 OTC.

00:29:11.840 --> 00:29:12.500
 And I mean

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.759
 loved the

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.280
 OTC.

00:29:16.360 --> 00:29:16.900
 Friends, as we

00:29:16.900 --> 00:29:17.759
 see this, as we

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.300
 think about

00:29:18.300 --> 00:29:19.140
 Christ as our

00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:19.920
 master, as we

00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:20.480
 think about

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:21.360
 submitting and

00:29:21.360 --> 00:29:21.860
 letting his

00:29:21.860 --> 00:29:23.480
 word rule over

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:25.460
 us, I want

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:26.940
 to remind us

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:27.360
 just at the

00:29:27.360 --> 00:29:28.080
 close of the

00:29:28.080 --> 00:29:29.080
 goodness of

00:29:29.080 --> 00:29:29.920
 this.

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.680
 And to see

00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:33.180
 the goodness

00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:33.880
 in this.

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.300
 But then to

00:29:35.300 --> 00:29:36.020
 see beyond

00:29:36.020 --> 00:29:37.800
 that and see

00:29:37.800 --> 00:29:38.620
 the beauty

00:29:38.620 --> 00:29:40.040
 of the

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:41.319
 Christ who

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:42.119
 is our

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:43.279
 master.

00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:44.700
 And here's

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:45.139
 the second

00:29:45.139 --> 00:29:45.799
 lyrics and

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.500
 with this we

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:46.879
 close.

00:29:47.899 --> 00:29:48.920
 There's joy in

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.680
 serving Jesus.

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:50.619
 The words of

00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:51.139
 the old hymn,

00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:52.420
 as I journey

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:53.139
 on my way,

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:54.440
 joy that

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:54.980
 fills my

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.440
 heart with

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:56.399
 praises every

00:29:56.399 --> 00:29:56.859
 hour and

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:57.480
 every day.

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.180
 There is

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:59.680
 joy, joy,

00:29:59.879 --> 00:30:00.519
 joy in

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:01.339
 serving Jesus.

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.639
 Joy that

00:30:02.639 --> 00:30:03.279
 throbs within

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:04.220
 my heart every

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:05.059
 moment, every

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:06.319
 hour as I

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:07.200
 draw upon his

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:07.619
 power.

00:30:07.619 --> 00:30:08.479
 There is

00:30:08.479 --> 00:30:09.959
 joy, joy,

00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:11.199
 joy that

00:30:11.199 --> 00:30:11.899
 shall never

00:30:11.899 --> 00:30:12.679
 depart.

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:13.479
 Friends, there

00:30:13.479 --> 00:30:14.179
 is joy in

00:30:14.179 --> 00:30:14.839
 serving Jesus.

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:16.979
 Let me pray

00:30:16.979 --> 00:30:17.559
 as we close.

00:30:22.159 --> 00:30:22.839
 Oh, Heavenly

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:23.599
 Father, all of

00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:25.599
 us here will

00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:26.339
 feel the weight

00:30:26.339 --> 00:30:26.839
 of what we've

00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:27.239
 read this

00:30:27.239 --> 00:30:27.539
 morning.

00:30:28.659 --> 00:30:29.339
 We'll see

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:29.839
 both its

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:31.539
 glory and

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.219
 its weight.

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.279
 And so,

00:30:33.459 --> 00:30:34.119
 Father, I pray

00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:35.199
 for whoever is

00:30:35.199 --> 00:30:36.079
 watching this and

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:36.699
 whatever is

00:30:36.699 --> 00:30:37.259
 going on in

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:37.799
 their lives.

00:30:37.939 --> 00:30:39.000
 Some of the

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.779
 questions and

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.179
 some of the

00:30:40.179 --> 00:30:41.539
 pains that

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:42.159
 will be wrapped

00:30:42.159 --> 00:30:42.839
 up in all of

00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:43.460
 this stuff.

00:30:44.159 --> 00:30:44.839
 Father, I pray

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:45.599
 that your spirit

00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:46.119
 would be at

00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:46.819
 work in each

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:48.059
 of our hearts

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:49.279
 and in each

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.639
 of our

00:30:49.639 --> 00:30:50.480
 situations.

00:30:51.919 --> 00:30:52.500
 Lord, that you

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:53.480
 would help us

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:55.399
 submit our

00:30:55.399 --> 00:30:57.079
 lives to the

00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:57.740
 lordship of

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.039
 Jesus.

00:30:59.359 --> 00:31:00.000
 And we thank

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.419
 you, Father,

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:00.980
 that there is

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:01.919
 none like him.

00:31:03.419 --> 00:31:03.699
 And so,

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:04.259
 Father, we pray

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.759
 for your help

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.319
 this week as

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:05.779
 we seek to

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:06.740
 put this into

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.099
 action.

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.319
 In Jesus'

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.160
 precious name

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.599
 we pray.

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:10.500
 Amen.