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 Okay, I'm going to talk tonight about the last topic.

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 A man is a ruling leader.

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 A man is a ruling leader.

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 And I'm going to quote a lot of passages tonight, but I'm not going to ask you to turn to them.

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 But I am going to ask you to turn to this one.

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 This is Isaiah chapter 3.

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 So you're going to turn to Isaiah chapter 3, if you have a Bible.

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 We're going to read this together.

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 Isaiah chapter 3, starting in verse 1.

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 We're going to read up through verse 12.

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 Okay, Isaiah chapter 3, starting in verse 1.

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 For behold, the Lord God of hosts is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah support and supply.

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 All support of bread and all support of water.

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 The mighty man and the soldier.

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 The judge and the prophet.

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 The diviner and the elder.

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 The captain of 50 and the man of rank.

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 The counselor and the skillful magician.

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 And the expert in charms.

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 And I will make boys their princes.

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 And infants shall rule over them.

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 And the people will oppress one another.

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 Everyone his fellow.

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 And everyone his neighbor.

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 And the youth will be insolent to the elder.

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 And the despised to the honorable.

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 For a man will take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying,

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 You have a cloak.

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 You shall be our leader.

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 And this heap of ruins will be under your rule.

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 And that day he will speak out, saying,

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 I will not be a healer.

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 In my house there is neither bread nor cloak.

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 You shall not make me a leader of the people.

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 For Jerusalem has stumbled.

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 And Judah has fallen.

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 Because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord.

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 Defying his glorious presence.

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 For the look on their faces bears witness against them.

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 They proclaim their sin like Sodom.

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 They do not hide it.

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 Woe to them.

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 For they have brought evil on themselves.

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 Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them.

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 For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

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 Woe to the wicked.

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 It shall be ill with him.

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 For what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.

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 My people.

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 Infants are their oppressors.

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 And women rule over them.

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 Oh, my people.

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 Your guides mislead you.

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 And they have swallowed up the course of your paths.

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 So there's a lot in that thing.

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 But I think there's a few prominent themes.

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 This is why I chose this for the opening.

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 And one is that it illustrates that male leadership is God's normative.

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 Okay?

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 It's God's normative design.

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 And when the people turned away from God and they rejected his rule, the judgment he sent on them is that women and children and rebellious youth would be their masters.

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 Okay?

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 And that's today.

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 This is our entire society.

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 This unfortunately has now even crept into the church.

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 It's homes.

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 And what it has to do, it's evidence of God's judgment.

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 Okay?

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 Male, godly male leadership from the beginning is God's normative design for ensuring his sovereign, healthy, safe rule over people.

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 Okay?

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 And the consequence is that when we reject God, the order gets flipped.

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 And you think, you know, like, why is, you know, women ruling over them?

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 Why is this a judgment?

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 Like, women are supposed to be nicer than guys.

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 You know?

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 They're just nicer.

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 That's the problem.

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 Okay?

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 The niceness of women, the immaturity of the youth, these are not protective attributes.

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 Okay?

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 God institutes male leadership for a reason.

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 Yeah, I'm going to talk about that more here.

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 But this is part of why I titled this message, Ruling Male Leadership.

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 We were debating whether to call a man as a leader or a man as a ruler.

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 Because really, people, everybody can lead.

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 Okay?

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 Women lead.

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 There's ways that women lead.

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 Children can lead.

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 So, like, we can lead by example.

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 You might have a gift of leadership.

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 You don't have any real responsibility for leading.

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 But people follow you because they like you and you set a good example.

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 And you can lead people without having any responsibility for them.

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 But that's different than what we're talking about.

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 Ruling leadership has to do with responsibility.

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 Okay?

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 So, the Oxford definition.

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 I looked this up on Google and it says the Oxford definition.

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 So, I believe them.

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 For leader.

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 We'll give the definition for leader first.

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 A leader is the person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country.

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 And a ruler is a person exercising government or dominion.

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 So, again, like leading, you know, these could be synonyms.

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 We can use them as synonyms.

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 But when you say leader, you know, we think a lot today of, like, servant leader or someone who just, you know, leads by example, like I was saying.

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 But I want to hone in on the ruling aspect because, you know, leading can be by example without authority or responsibility.

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 Ruling includes command, authority, and responsibility for outcomes of the thing that is within your charge.

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 And I think this is really what we're trying to communicate here.

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 When we're talking about man as a leader, it's this responsibility-based leadership that involves authority.

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 Michael Foster says responsibility and authority are inextricably linked.

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 Authority without responsibility is tyranny.

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 Responsibility without authority is slavery.

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 There is no responsibility to lead without authority to back it up.

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 Okay?

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 And God has given each one of us a charge that we have a responsibility for, and therefore we have authority to rule over it.

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 Okay?

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 Man was created as a ruling leader.

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 And this is, you know, this is all throughout the Bible.

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 And this is everything.

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 The difficulty with this sermon, I spent most of my time just trying to pull things out so I could get it into, like, a time slot here.

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 So this is everywhere.

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 The parable of the minas in Luke 19, 11 through 27, there's a great illustration of this.

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 You have a king.

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 He leads.

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 His people hate him.

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 And he delegates rule to servants.

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 And they have a certain amount of responsibility allocated to each one.

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 And when he comes back, he requires an accounting of it.

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 And there were guys who were faithful with it, and they were given much.

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 And there was a guy who was unfaithful with it.

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 And his end was the same as the people who hated him.

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 Okay?

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 Just an example.

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 So where do we see this principle in the Bible?

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 Ruling male leadership in the Bible.

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 Number one, it came with the created order.

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 Man was created first.

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 1 Timothy 2, 13 says,

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 David Pawson says on the commentary on this verse from the book Leadership is Male.

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 Woman was made after man.

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 His priority in time has other implications.

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 The firstborn carries responsibility for and authority over later rivals, as Paul indicates.

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 So, man was made first.

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 And Paul derives an implication from this fact.

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 And it has to do with authority.

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 He said, woman should not have authority over a man because the man was created first.

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 There's a lot more.

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 Number two, God made man for dominion with man leading and woman helping.

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 We get this from Genesis 1, 26.

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 Man was created for dominion.

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 This has to do with our creative purpose as mankind.

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 Okay?

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 So, this is mankind he's speaking of.

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 Genesis 1, 26.

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 Then God said,

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 Let us make man in our image after our likeness.

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 And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens

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 and over the livestock and over all the earth

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 and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.

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 So, mankind was made for dominion.

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 And then woman was created as helper for the man from man.

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 Genesis 2, 18 says,

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 Then the Lord God said,

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 It is not good that the man should be alone.

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 I will make him a helper fit for him.

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 And Genesis 2, 23 says,

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 Then the man said, after he made Eve out of his rib,

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 He says,

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 This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.

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 She shall be called woman because she was taken out of man.

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 And then in 1 Corinthians 11, 7-9 says,

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 For a man ought not cover his head since he is the image and glory of God,

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 but woman is the glory of man.

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 For man was not made from woman, but woman from man.

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 Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.

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 So, David Pawson continues in his commentary on this theme.

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 He said,

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 Woman is made for man, and the reverse is not true.

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 Her primary function is in relation to him.

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 His was already established without reference to her.

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 So, mankind was given a dominion mandate.

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 The man's responsibility is to lead in accomplishing that.

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 And the woman's responsibility, her orientation,

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 is towards helping him accomplish that.

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 So, we have a responsibility, men and women, to go take dominion.

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 How are we supposed to do it?

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 Man is supposed to lead.

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 Woman is supposed to help.

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 This is our created purpose.

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 Number three, God made man as a head.

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 When the Bible uses the word head,

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 some have said it means source.

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 I think the more accepted traditional interpretation of it is

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 supreme, chief, prominent, authority.

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 Okay, like the head of a nation is top dog.

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 Okay?

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 1 Corinthians 11, 3 says,

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 But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ,

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 and the head of the woman is the man,

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 and the head of Christ is God.

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 So, we see here that there is a,

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 there is a creational headship here.

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 Okay?

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 This has to do with like mankind and our created purpose.

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 Christ is the head of man.

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 Ontologically, man is the head of woman.

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 And we see here this, this, you know,

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 this divine order.

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 Ephesians 5, 22 through 23 says,

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 So now we see it zoomed in more.

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 Husband-wife relationship.

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 This has to do with a,

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 like two actual people in space time.

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 A man and his wife.

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 Okay?

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 This is not just,

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 this is not big picture anymore.

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 This is, you know, this is details.

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 You know, this is me and my wife.

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 Okay?

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 What's my relation to my wife?

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 I am her head.

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 Okay?

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 And she's my body.

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 She's part of me.

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 Amen.

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 You know, no man ever hates his body,

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 but nourishes and cherishes it,

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 just like Christ does the church.

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 So we're one.

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 But we have a unique,

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 we're not one as sort of like asexual,

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 you know, role swapping.

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 You know, you do the leading one day

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 and I'll do the leading the other day.

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 No, no, no.

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 We have a very clear,

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 like divinely ordained orientation

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 and way of thinking about ourselves.

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 The man's the head.

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 He leads.

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 The woman's the body.

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 She helps.

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 Doug Wilson calls this

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 inescapable headship.

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 And he says,

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 if you are a husband,

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 you are a head.

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 You may be a poor one,

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 but there is no escaping the position.

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 Scriptures never tell husbands

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 to become the head.

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 The Bible tells us

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 that the husband is a head.

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 Like it or not,

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 whether you steward the position

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 ably or poorly,

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 the fact of headship

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 is unable to be destroyed

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 or removed.

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 It just is.

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 So,

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 by being a man,

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 you are that.

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 You can do a bad job at it

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 or you can do a good job at it.

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 You cannot escape

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 the consequences of your actions.

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 It just will happen.

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 Okay?

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 This has to do with society.

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 It has to do with families.

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 So, number four,

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 headship includes

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 a responsibility to rule.

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 So, what are the implications

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 of this truth?

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 That starts in the home.

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 The Bible says in Ephesians 5,

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 22 through 24,

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 it says,

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 we've read this already,

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 wives,

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 submit to your own husbands

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 as to the Lord,

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 for the husband is the head of the wife,

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 even as Christ is the head of the church,

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 his body,

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 and is himself its Savior.

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 Now,

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 as the church submits to Christ,

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 so also wives

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 should submit

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 in everything

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 to their husbands.

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 so there's an implication

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 of headship.

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 What is it?

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 Submission.

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 How much?

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 Well,

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 how much does the church

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 obey Christ?

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 He just says it.

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 Now,

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 as the church submits to Christ,

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 so also wives

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 should submit

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 in everything

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 to their husbands.

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 Genesis 3,

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 16,

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 this goes back to the curse,

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 to the woman,

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 he said,

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 I will surely multiply

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 your pain and childbearing,

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 and pain you shall bring forth children.

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 Your desire shall be contrary

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 to your husband,

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 but he shall rule over you.

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 Now,

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 I've heard some people say that,

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 okay,

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 the whole male headship thing,

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 the husband having authority

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 with the wife,

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 that was a result

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 of the fall.

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 But that's not actually true.

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 This instituted,

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 you know,

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 this whole headship thing

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 was instituted

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 at the beginning.

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 The difference is,

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 now she has desires

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 that are contrary

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 to the husband.

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 Okay?

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 Sin came in,

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 and now where there was

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 marital unity,

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 agreement,

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 felicity,

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 now there is

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 tension.

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 Now there's struggle.

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 But it doesn't change

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 God's divine ordinance

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 that because the man's the head,

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 she has to submit to him.

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 1 Timothy 4,

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 1 Timothy 3,

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 verses 4 through 5,

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 says an elder,

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 speaking of an elder,

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 qualifications of elder,

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 he must be one

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 who rules his own house well,

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 having his children

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 in submission

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 with all reverence

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 for if a man does not know

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 how to rule his own house,

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 how we take care

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 of the church of God.

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 So we see here,

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 it starts in the home.

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 There's a biblical priority

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 for the home.

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 You can't be a leader

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 in the church

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 if you don't know

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 how to do it

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 in your family

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 because you just,

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 whatever you do,

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 that's what you do.

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 You know,

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 wherever you go,

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 there you are.

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 How you lead your family

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 is how you would lead

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 the church.

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 And so,

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 you know,

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 do that job first

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 is essentially

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 what he's saying.

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 Old Testament law,

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 there's a couple

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 of interesting things

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 in Numbers 30.

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 Speaking of this authority

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 in verses 3 through 5

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 in verse 16

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 speaks of,

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 I'm not going to read

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 the whole passage,

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 but basically,

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 it speaks of this dynamic

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 where if a daughter

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 who's unmarried,

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 who's living

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 in her father's home,

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 makes a rash vow,

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 and you know,

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 the vows are taken

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 very seriously,

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 it's a vow to the Lord,

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 and the father

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 hears about it,

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 he can overrule it,

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 and it says,

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 God will forgive her.

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 Which is just amazing.

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 She made this vow

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 as an individual

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 who has agency

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 and responsibility

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 for a living God,

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 and this man

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 overrules it,

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 and God says,

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 okay,

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 yes,

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 I'll forgive her.

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 She's cleared

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 of her responsibility.

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 And not only is it

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 for the daughter,

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 it's for the wife too.

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 It says,

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 it goes on to speak

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 of a situation

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 where if the wife

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 makes a rash vow

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 and the husband

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 hears of it,

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 and he overrules it,

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 God will forgive her.

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 But if he hears about it

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 and he doesn't do

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 anything about it,

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 she'll be held responsible.

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 So the agency

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 is in the person

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 who's head,

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 which is the man.

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 So,

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 I mean,

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 basically,

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 it boils down to

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 the first principle

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 is the husband

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 has ruling

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 leadership responsibility

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 in the home

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 and God backs it up.

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 Even when

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 the woman

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 in the situation

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 makes a vow

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 directly

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 before God,

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 which is very interesting.

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 Two,

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 second category,

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 the church,

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 1 Corinthians 14,

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 verse 34 through 35,

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 says,

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 the women should keep silent

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 in the churches,

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 for they are not permitted

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 to speak,

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 but should be in submission,

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 as the law also says.

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 If there is anything

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 they desire to learn,

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 let them ask their husbands

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 at home,

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 for it is shameful

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 for a woman

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 to speak in church.

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 1 Timothy 2, 13,

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 we already read this,

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 we'll read it again.

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 I do not permit a woman

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 to teach

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 or to exercise authority

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 over a man,

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 rather she is to remain quiet,

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 for Adam is formed first

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 and then Eve,

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 and then Titus 1,

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 verses 5 through 6.

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 For this reason,

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 I left you in Crete

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 that you would set in order

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 what remains

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 and appoint elders

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 in every city

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 as I directed you.

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 Namely,

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 if any man

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 is above reproach,

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 the husband of one wife,

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 having children who believe,

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 not accused of dissipation

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 or rebellion.

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 So we have two things here.

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 One is,

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 women are not allowed

00:17:53.180 --> 00:17:53.960
 to lead in the church,

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 and two,

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 a man must lead in the church.

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 It's very simple.

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 God has ordained men

00:17:58.799 --> 00:18:01.539
 to the office of eldership

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 in a ruling,

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 leading capacity

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 in the church.

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 There's,

00:18:05.740 --> 00:18:05.879
 you know,

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 if we look at the Old Testament,

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 this principle is upheld

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 all the way through

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 the Old Testament.

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 Elders,

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 priests,

00:18:12.020 --> 00:18:12.760
 authors of Scripture,

00:18:13.020 --> 00:18:13.400
 all men.

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 In the New Testament,

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 elders,

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 apostles,

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 the 12 disciples,

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 even the seven table ministers

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 in the Book of Acts,

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 you know,

00:18:20.420 --> 00:18:20.680
 who are,

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 they just have the job

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 of just taking care

00:18:22.840 --> 00:18:23.260
 of the widows

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 and dispensing food.

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 What were the requirements?

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 Men,

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 full of the Holy Spirit.

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 And then all the authors

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 of the Scripture,

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 every single author

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 of the Scripture,

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 Old Testament,

00:18:35.900 --> 00:18:36.380
 New Testament.

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 We do have a prophecy

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 in Proverbs 31

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 that King Lemuel's mother

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 taught him,

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 but he still had

00:18:45.860 --> 00:18:46.440
 the responsibility

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 of being the one

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 who wrote it down

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 and put it in the canon.

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 So,

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 this principle is all the way

00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:52.880
 throughout Scripture.

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 What do we take away?

00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:55.960
 Men rule in the church.

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 God has ordained men

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 to rule and exercise

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 leadership in the church.

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 Last one,

00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:03.459
 society.

00:19:03.919 --> 00:19:04.879
 Isaiah 3,

00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:05.839
 verses 1 through 12,

00:19:05.899 --> 00:19:06.639
 we already read that.

00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:08.000
 This principle is more

00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:08.619
 illustrative,

00:19:09.539 --> 00:19:09.779
 okay,

00:19:10.339 --> 00:19:11.779
 but that God's normative

00:19:11.779 --> 00:19:12.959
 order is male rule

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 over a nation,

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 with women and children

00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:16.379
 rule being evidence

00:19:16.379 --> 00:19:16.939
 of judgment

00:19:16.939 --> 00:19:18.199
 for rebellion against God.

00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:20.019
 2 Chronicles 7,

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 18 says,

00:19:21.379 --> 00:19:22.379
 this is,

00:19:22.459 --> 00:19:23.439
 he's speaking to Solomon,

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 then I will establish

00:19:24.360 --> 00:19:25.299
 your royal throne

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 as I covenanted

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 with your father David,

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 saying,

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 you shall not lack

00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:30.680
 a man to be ruler

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 in Israel.

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 This,

00:19:33.059 --> 00:19:35.140
 this principle is upheld

00:19:35.140 --> 00:19:35.700
 all throughout

00:19:35.700 --> 00:19:36.320
 the Old Testament.

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 And when we have these,

00:19:38.059 --> 00:19:38.340
 you know,

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 these priest kings

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 and we have,

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 you know,

00:19:40.539 --> 00:19:41.680
 God choosing rulers,

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 the normative example

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 is,

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 you know,

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 the patriarchs,

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 12 tribes,

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 you know,

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 the leaders of the 12 tribes,

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 judges,

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 except for Deborah,

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 which notably,

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 she refused to go

00:19:51.859 --> 00:19:52.279
 into battle.

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 She wanted Baruch to go

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 and he refused.

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 He chickened out.

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 He's like,

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 you have to go with me.

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 She's like,

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 all right,

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 that honor's not going

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 to be for you though.

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 She was deferring.

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 This is a very feminine way

00:20:02.539 --> 00:20:03.259
 of holding leadership

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 is out of respect

00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:05.759
 and the fear of God

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 and the office

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 that he has ordained

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 for his glory,

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 I'm not going to go

00:20:10.419 --> 00:20:11.039
 do that job.

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 You had to have a guy

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 who's a coward

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 to kind of make her do it,

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 you know.

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 So,

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 you know,

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 this is an exception

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 that proves the rule.

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 Kings,

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 all the kings,

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 okay,

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 good ones and bad ones

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 and the only queen

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 who ruled

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 was the evil queen,

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 Athaliah,

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 okay,

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 all the elders,

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 all men.

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 So,

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 this illustrative principle,

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 God's ordained norm

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 is male leadership.

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 So,

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 I just want to make

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 a quick note

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 on complementarianism.

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 I pulled this

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 from Josh's notes

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 on this topic.

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 He said,

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 complementarianism says

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 that men and women

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 are equal in value

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 and have distinct roles

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 only in the home

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 and the church.

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 Not sure how familiar

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 you guys are

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 with that term.

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 We are complementarianism,

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 but we are complementarian.

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 We're not complementarianism.

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 We believe in complementarianism.

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 But we do,

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 we do have some refinements

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 as we're speaking of here.

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 It says that

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 they are equal in value

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 and have distinct roles

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 only in the home

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 and the church.

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 Outside of church

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 and home,

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 a man and woman

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 are equal in role as well.

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 That's what complementarianism says.

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 Okay?

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 He continues,

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 complementarianism

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 doesn't go far enough

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 and it's intellectually inconsistent.

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 If gender roles

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 are rooted in creation,

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 then it makes no sense

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 to limit them

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 to church and home.

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 Since gender roles

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 are rooted in creation

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 and the very nature

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 of men and women,

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 they apply everywhere,

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 not just in church and home.

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 Zachary Geras says,

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 the attempt to limit gender roles

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 to the home and the church

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 is dualistic

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 in that it pits the religious

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 against the secular.

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 But God designed men

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 to be men in all of life

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 and he's designed women

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 to be women in all of life

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 in the home

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 and church

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 and in society.

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 Women do not get to act like,

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 women do not get to act like men

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 just because they stepped

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 outside of the home

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 into broader society.

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 A woman takes her womanly nature

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 with her

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 wherever she goes

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 and a man takes his manly nature

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 with him

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 wherever he goes.

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 End quote.

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 So,

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 the point being,

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 Genesis teaches that men and women

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 are equal in value

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 and have distinct nature

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 and roles

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 everywhere.

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 Okay?

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 This is more than just Genesis.

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 This is the story arc

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 of the Bible.

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 Okay?

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 You just are

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 a thing

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 that is you.

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 Okay?

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 If you're a man,

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 you're a man.

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 And you're always a man.

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 You're a man.

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 Whatever you do,

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 there you are,

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 you're a man.

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 Well,

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 it's the same with women.

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 If you're a woman,

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 you carry your womanly,

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 God-given,

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 unique attributes with you

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 wherever you go.

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 So,

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 we hold to what the Bible teaches

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 on this

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 and we do use the term

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 complementarianism

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 to emphasize

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 the interdependence

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 and indispensability

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 of both sexes.

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 You see this in 1 Corinthians

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 11,

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 verse 11,

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 11,

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 verse 11 and 12

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 when it speaks of

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 the man is not separate

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 from the woman

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 in the Lord.

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 Okay?

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 Because the woman,

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 the man comes from the woman

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 and the woman from the man.

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 And there's this interdependence,

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 equal value,

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 distinct roles,

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 and distinct nature.

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 When I'm speaking here,

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 the point is,

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 man,

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 as part of his distinct nature,

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 has with it

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 an inherent responsibility

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 to exercise authority and rule

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 over the sphere of responsibility

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 that God has given him

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 that he will give an account for

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 on the day of judgment.

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 And he who is faithful with little

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 will be faithful with much.

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 He who is unfaithful with little

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 will be unfaithful with much.

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 But he's calling us to be faithful.

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 last one.

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 Number five,

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 this Bible speaks of the sober weight

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 of leadership responsibility.

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 Hebrews 13, 17 says,

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 Obey those who rule over you

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 and be submissive,

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 for they watch out for your souls

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 as those who must give account.

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 Going to give an account to God.

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 Let them do so with joy

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 and not with grief,

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 for that would be unprofitable for you.

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 And again,

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 Paul says in 1 Corinthians 4,

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 verses 1 through 2,

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 Let a man regard us in this manner

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 as servants of Christ

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 and stewards of the mysteries of God.

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 In this case, moreover,

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 it is required of stewards

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 that one be found trustworthy.

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 So, this might sound just kind of like a hoorah,

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 a man rule,

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 you know,

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 just, you know,

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 super macho,

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.920
 do whatever I want.

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 We're going to give an account to God.

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 The litmus test is Jesus Christ.

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 He is the ruler.

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 And the plumb line is Jesus Christ himself.

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 Okay?

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:34.579
 The man says he's in Christ.

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 He ought to walk as Jesus walked.

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 And we're going to give an account.

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 Okay, so we'll give some reasons.

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 16 reasons why men abdicate their responsibility

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 to lead and rule.

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 This is by no means comprehensive.

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 These are just the things I can think of.

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 Number one is ignorance.

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 You don't know.

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:53.079
 Okay?

00:24:53.619 --> 00:24:54.460
 You don't know the Bible.

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 Maybe you had a bad example.

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 Maybe you didn't have a dad who led very well.

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 Maybe you had pastors who didn't lead well.

00:25:02.439 --> 00:25:02.740
 Okay?

00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.460
 You just don't know.

00:25:04.619 --> 00:25:06.039
 Or maybe you had bad teaching.

00:25:06.139 --> 00:25:07.099
 Maybe people taught the Bible,

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:07.960
 but they, you know,

00:25:08.619 --> 00:25:09.379
 diced it all up

00:25:09.379 --> 00:25:11.399
 and did some gymnastics with these verses.

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 You know,

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:13.500
 these kind of more on-the-nose verses

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:17.879
 and just kind of undermined the truth

00:25:17.879 --> 00:25:19.500
 that you're required to leave.

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:20.519
 You're a guy and you're required to leave.

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:22.480
 So, maybe you're just ignorant.

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 Number two,

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.360
 rebelling to God's word.

00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:27.079
 Maybe you do know what the Bible says

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 and you just don't want to do it.

00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:28.799
 Okay?

00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:30.160
 Maybe you're rebelling against God.

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.519
 A lot of people do that.

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 Number three,

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 selfish love of comfort.

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 I think this is a huge one.

00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:37.339
 You know,

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:39.259
 you don't want to rebel against God's word,

00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:41.940
 but you kind of don't want to have a hard time more.

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:43.400
 And you know

00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:44.819
 that if you do what's right,

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:47.660
 you're going to have a less comfortable life.

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 Number four,

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 related to this,

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:52.059
 is fear of conflict.

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 This is a whole like,

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:53.880
 happy wife,

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:55.099
 happy life sort of deal.

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 You know,

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 appeasing your kids.

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.019
 You know,

00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:59.019
 they're throwing a fit,

00:25:59.120 --> 00:25:59.700
 give them some candy.

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:00.740
 You know,

00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.220
 your wife,

00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:01.599
 you know,

00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:02.380
 you know that it,

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:04.620
 I know we shouldn't do that.

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 She really wants to do that.

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:06.940
 But,

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:08.819
 happy wife.

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:09.660
 You know,

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:12.079
 fear of conflict.

00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:13.140
 Number five,

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 waiting for consensus.

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 I think this is a huge one.

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.619
 You know what you got to do.

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.839
 You try to move people towards it,

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:20.839
 but you're going to wait until everybody agrees.

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:24.700
 Jesus is the example.

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:25.539
 Like,

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:26.299
 go through the Bible,

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 look at the number of times Jesus waited for consensus.

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.680
 Number six,

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:34.700
 this is also related to the waiting for consensus thing,

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:36.580
 is sometimes we want to,

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:39.240
 we want leading by example to be enough.

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 If I just do the right thing,

00:26:42.620 --> 00:26:43.120
 surely,

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:43.819
 you know,

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:45.140
 look at the end,

00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:45.740
 right?

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.259
 It's not enough.

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:48.799
 Adam,

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:51.360
 I think Adam was a good example of how this is not enough.

00:26:51.580 --> 00:26:52.140
 He led,

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:54.360
 you could argue that he led by example in the garden.

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:56.039
 He wasn't eating it.

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 Until she did,

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.440
 and then she handed it to him,

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:02.720
 because he was right there watching her,

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:04.099
 had this conversation with the devil,

00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:05.839
 and leading by example.

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.740
 It's not enough.

00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:09.740
 Number seven,

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:13.700
 they think that servant leadership is more Christ-like

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:15.619
 than exercising godly authority.

00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:16.399
 Okay,

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:18.599
 there's a lot that's been said about servant leadership.

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.819
 It comes from the Bible.

00:27:20.359 --> 00:27:20.500
 Okay,

00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:23.440
 Jesus is the one who came up with servant leadership.

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:24.960
 And it's good.

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.680
 But,

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:29.079
 there's a twisted version of servant leadership

00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:30.639
 that says you lead by serving.

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.839
 That is not true.

00:27:33.619 --> 00:27:33.799
 Okay,

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:34.619
 that's just not true.

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:37.819
 You serve by leading.

00:27:38.879 --> 00:27:39.159
 Okay,

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:41.460
 you serve by leading.

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:44.000
 Part of leading is getting in there

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:46.019
 and doing the unpleasant things

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:47.200
 that no one wants to do.

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:47.899
 Amen.

00:27:48.399 --> 00:27:49.000
 Serve away.

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:51.099
 Send an example to people.

00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:52.879
 But,

00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:55.920
 the modern version of servant leadership

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:58.279
 that's so commonly taught in the church

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:59.120
 is,

00:27:59.120 --> 00:28:00.220
 is under,

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:00.940
 it's basically,

00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:01.500
 it hates,

00:28:01.560 --> 00:28:02.200
 it hates authority.

00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:03.519
 It hates standing up and saying,

00:28:03.620 --> 00:28:03.740
 no,

00:28:03.800 --> 00:28:04.580
 so the Bible says,

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:05.380
 I'm sorry,

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:05.920
 you know,

00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:06.500
 like Joshua,

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.980
 as for me and my house,

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:08.940
 we will serve the Lord.

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:10.380
 We are going this direction.

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:13.400
 That is true servant leadership.

00:28:13.580 --> 00:28:14.340
 It's unpleasant.

00:28:14.560 --> 00:28:16.380
 You're taking an unpleasant stance

00:28:16.380 --> 00:28:17.560
 because God said so.

00:28:18.520 --> 00:28:18.740
 Anyway,

00:28:19.820 --> 00:28:20.260
 number eight,

00:28:20.340 --> 00:28:22.020
 fear of being seen as a toxic male.

00:28:22.540 --> 00:28:22.800
 Okay?

00:28:23.520 --> 00:28:26.960
 If I start doing what God calls me to do,

00:28:27.060 --> 00:28:27.220
 you know,

00:28:27.260 --> 00:28:28.700
 people are going to start calling me a toxic male.

00:28:29.040 --> 00:28:29.220
 You know,

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:29.539
 well,

00:28:29.900 --> 00:28:31.839
 Paul says in Galatians 1.10,

00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:32.600
 if I seek to,

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:34.900
 if I seek the approval of men,

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:38.039
 I cannot be a servant of Christ.

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:40.019
 Where's their orientation?

00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:42.660
 They're oriented towards what people think.

00:28:43.360 --> 00:28:45.480
 They're not oriented towards what God thinks.

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.319
 Number nine,

00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:50.400
 fear of abusing authority.

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:51.700
 I think this is a legitimate fear.

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.100
 Okay?

00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:52.219
 Okay?

00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:54.740
 I'm a sinner.

00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:56.939
 I'm going to screw it up.

00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:58.439
 Okay?

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.679
 That's a legitimate fear.

00:28:59.899 --> 00:29:00.439
 And there's,

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:01.839
 there's answers for this,

00:29:01.959 --> 00:29:03.159
 but I'm just going to keep moving through this list.

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:04.059
 Lack of confidence.

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:05.199
 I don't have what it takes.

00:29:06.219 --> 00:29:06.539
 Passivity.

00:29:06.719 --> 00:29:07.199
 I don't care.

00:29:08.219 --> 00:29:08.519
 Yeah,

00:29:08.639 --> 00:29:09.099
 but you know,

00:29:09.139 --> 00:29:09.359
 whatever.

00:29:09.659 --> 00:29:10.099
 I don't care.

00:29:11.179 --> 00:29:11.539
 Deception.

00:29:11.899 --> 00:29:13.559
 Maybe you bought into the lie of feminism

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:16.319
 that equal value before God

00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:17.980
 means equal roles

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:18.799
 and equal nature.

00:29:18.939 --> 00:29:19.779
 It does not.

00:29:20.219 --> 00:29:21.000
 It does not.

00:29:22.859 --> 00:29:23.919
 Lack of the fear of God.

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:25.319
 We already kind of talked about that.

00:29:25.819 --> 00:29:26.419
 Acts 5,

00:29:26.459 --> 00:29:26.859
 29,

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:27.879
 the disciples said,

00:29:27.939 --> 00:29:29.579
 we should please God,

00:29:29.679 --> 00:29:30.240
 not men.

00:29:30.899 --> 00:29:31.939
 And if we fear God,

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:33.559
 it's going to help us

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:36.619
 take some of these truths in the Bible

00:29:36.619 --> 00:29:37.500
 just kind of straight up.

00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:38.039
 No chaser.

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:39.539
 I'm just going to believe what it says.

00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:41.159
 Not operating like that.

00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:42.419
 But we have to fear God.

00:29:42.699 --> 00:29:43.659
 You can't fear what people think.

00:29:43.699 --> 00:29:44.279
 We have to fear God.

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:46.599
 Maybe you're compromised by sin.

00:29:46.659 --> 00:29:47.299
 Number 14,

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.599
 Proverbs 31,

00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:50.839
 3 speaks of giving your strength to women.

00:29:51.959 --> 00:29:52.079
 Okay?

00:29:52.939 --> 00:29:54.459
 And there's a couple different ways

00:29:54.459 --> 00:29:55.579
 you can take that.

00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:57.379
 But one is just essentially

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:58.699
 you're compromised by sin.

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.759
 If you're compromised by sin,

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:01.159
 you're not going to have the confidence to leave you.

00:30:01.699 --> 00:30:03.000
 Sin saps your confidence.

00:30:03.159 --> 00:30:03.819
 It yanks it right out.

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:04.559
 It leaves you insecure.

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:07.980
 Number 15,

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.119
 again,

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:11.039
 reasons why men abdicate the responsibility

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:11.719
 to lead and rule.

00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:14.079
 No concern for the welfare of the sheep.

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:16.319
 Jesus said about the hired hands

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:17.059
 in John 10

00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:18.200
 that they flee

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:19.500
 when they see the wolf coming.

00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:21.899
 Because they're in it

00:30:21.899 --> 00:30:23.659
 for themselves.

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:25.299
 They don't really care about the sheep.

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.679
 He says the good shepherd

00:30:26.679 --> 00:30:27.919
 lays down his life for the sheep.

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:29.500
 He defends against the wolves.

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:31.179
 He's willing to sacrifice himself

00:30:31.179 --> 00:30:32.899
 for the good

00:30:32.899 --> 00:30:33.839
 of the sheep

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:34.639
 who have been entrusted

00:30:34.639 --> 00:30:35.159
 to his care.

00:30:35.160 --> 00:30:36.600
 because he actually loves them.

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:38.220
 He's not in it

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:39.320
 to save his own skin.

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:40.620
 He loves those sheep.

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.480
 He doesn't care

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:44.420
 how aggressive it comes off

00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:45.600
 if he's chasing this wolf off

00:30:45.600 --> 00:30:47.320
 because he loves the sheep.

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.100
 And the last one,

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.800
 number 16,

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:51.320
 because you've avoided

00:30:51.320 --> 00:30:53.040
 submitting to authority yourself.

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.019
 Okay.

00:30:54.860 --> 00:30:55.700
 You can't lead

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.779
 if you won't be led.

00:30:57.660 --> 00:30:59.940
 There's a Roman centurion

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.960
 when he came up to Jesus,

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:01.580
 and I can't remember

00:31:01.580 --> 00:31:02.040
 where this was,

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:03.319
 but he came up to Jesus,

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:04.960
 and he basically said,

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:06.319
 I'm a man under authority.

00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:08.659
 And I say to such a one,

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:08.960
 go,

00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:09.779
 and they go.

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.639
 And Jesus is like,

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.000
 man,

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:12.379
 I've never seen faith like this.

00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:13.259
 And the whole point was,

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:13.599
 he's like,

00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:14.859
 you don't need to come with me

00:31:14.859 --> 00:31:15.700
 to go heal this person.

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:16.720
 You can just say it,

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.339
 and it'll happen.

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:18.779
 Because he understood

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:20.180
 divine authority.

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.859
 He's a man under authority.

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:22.740
 Therefore,

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.899
 those under him

00:31:23.899 --> 00:31:25.579
 have to do what he says

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:27.240
 because he's submitted to authority.

00:31:28.139 --> 00:31:28.299
 Okay.

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.559
 They're obeying

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:31.420
 not his authority as a man.

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:32.920
 They're obeying the authority

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.700
 that's above him,

00:31:33.840 --> 00:31:34.120
 Caesar.

00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:36.840
 That's why they obey him.

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.220
 He's not a rogue.

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:39.820
 He's under authority.

00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:40.500
 Therefore,

00:31:41.100 --> 00:31:42.720
 he has delegated authority.

00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:43.400
 It works the same.

00:31:44.080 --> 00:31:44.220
 Okay.

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:45.460
 So,

00:31:45.560 --> 00:31:46.039
 if we can't submit

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.920
 to authority ourselves,

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:48.279
 we're in no place

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:49.120
 to exercise authority,

00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:49.380
 really,

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:50.259
 in any area of our life.

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:51.180
 It'll be sacked.

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.880
 It's yanked out.

00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:52.759
 We're trying to stand

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.640
 on our own authority

00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:55.320
 rather than God's authority.

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:56.319
 Okay.

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:57.879
 So,

00:31:58.179 --> 00:31:59.119
 those are some reasons

00:31:59.119 --> 00:32:00.039
 why men abdicate

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.839
 the responsibility

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.659
 to lead and rule.

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:02.539
 So,

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.359
 now I'm going to give

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:04.539
 just some exhortations.

00:32:04.939 --> 00:32:05.039
 Okay.

00:32:05.099 --> 00:32:06.179
 These are just some practicals.

00:32:06.659 --> 00:32:07.980
 We want to do this.

00:32:09.179 --> 00:32:09.819
 Let's just

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:11.519
 start off with

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.240
 number one.

00:32:13.379 --> 00:32:14.279
 We need to start

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:15.259
 by calling

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:16.240
 our

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:18.919
 attitude

00:32:18.919 --> 00:32:20.139
 towards avoiding

00:32:20.139 --> 00:32:20.879
 responsibility,

00:32:21.159 --> 00:32:21.240
 Sid.

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:22.240
 We just need to call it Sid.

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:23.539
 That's what it is.

00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:24.019
 It's sin.

00:32:25.120 --> 00:32:26.120
 He man says,

00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:26.599
 what is it?

00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:27.880
 James 4, 17 says,

00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.200
 therefore,

00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:29.579
 to one who knows

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:30.460
 the right thing to do

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:31.200
 and does not do it

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.799
 to him it's sin.

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:32.700
 I hope,

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.319
 like,

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:34.059
 just at least

00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:35.440
 some of these verses

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:36.299
 have communicated

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:37.480
 that this is the right thing.

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:39.259
 God wants this thing.

00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:40.220
 So,

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:41.180
 if you know God wants it

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:42.420
 and you don't do it,

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:43.859
 it's sin.

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:44.799
 So,

00:32:44.859 --> 00:32:45.500
 we just got to start off

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.359
 by calling it sin.

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:46.819
 It's not like

00:32:46.819 --> 00:32:47.680
 avoidant tendencies

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.599
 or, you know,

00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:49.480
 just a little insecure

00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:50.120
 or whatever.

00:32:50.620 --> 00:32:50.819
 No,

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:51.839
 it's just sin.

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:52.899
 I'm sinning against God

00:32:52.899 --> 00:32:53.639
 because he gave me

00:32:53.639 --> 00:32:54.220
 a responsibility

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:55.339
 and I'm avoiding it.

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:56.919
 We need to repent.

00:32:57.879 --> 00:32:58.480
 Number two,

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.539
 we need to submit to Christ.

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:01.740
 Jesus Christ is the leader

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:03.319
 who enables you

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:04.220
 to lead like he does.

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:06.500
 Colossians 2, 10 says,

00:33:06.679 --> 00:33:07.139
 in him,

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:08.039
 meaning Christ,

00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:10.139
 you have been made complete

00:33:10.139 --> 00:33:12.079
 and he is the head

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:13.079
 over all rule

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:14.039
 and authority.

00:33:14.659 --> 00:33:15.059
 So,

00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:16.159
 after we realize it's sin

00:33:16.159 --> 00:33:16.959
 and we turn from it,

00:33:17.659 --> 00:33:18.699
 we've got to be made complete.

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.480
 Jesus is our head.

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:21.860
 When we're connected

00:33:21.860 --> 00:33:22.819
 to Jesus through faith,

00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:24.640
 we are complete in him

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:25.680
 and he is the head

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.759
 over all rule and authority

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:28.720
 and he gives us the grace

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.720
 to do what he's calling us

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:30.039
 to do.

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.039
 Okay.

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.680
 Number three,

00:33:33.120 --> 00:33:33.700
 this is related,

00:33:33.860 --> 00:33:34.740
 we need to get our confidence

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.299
 from God.

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:35.660
 Okay.

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:36.120
 So,

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:37.400
 this speaks to just the,

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.700
 the hold up

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:39.579
 of just lack of confidence,

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:40.160
 like how do I even,

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:40.480
 I don't,

00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:40.819
 you know,

00:33:41.120 --> 00:33:41.579
 just,

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:42.759
 how do I do this?

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:45.099
 God calls men weakness.

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:45.920
 You know,

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.680
 Paul says,

00:33:46.839 --> 00:33:50.539
 2 Corinthians 12,

00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:50.960
 I think,

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:51.879
 says,

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:54.299
 his power is made perfect

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:55.779
 in weakness.

00:33:57.140 --> 00:33:57.700
 And you look,

00:33:57.879 --> 00:33:58.740
 just the,

00:33:58.740 --> 00:34:00.740
 the story arc of scripture,

00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:02.920
 guy after guy after guy

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:03.480
 who calls,

00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:05.460
 he calls in a state

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:06.420
 of weakness

00:34:06.420 --> 00:34:07.480
 and not feeling like

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.199
 they can do the job.

00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:09.079
 Moses just like,

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:10.699
 was obstinately refusing

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:12.420
 to do what God called him to do.

00:34:13.160 --> 00:34:13.260
 It,

00:34:13.740 --> 00:34:14.620
 his power is made perfect

00:34:14.620 --> 00:34:15.140
 in weakness.

00:34:15.560 --> 00:34:15.860
 Gideon,

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.400
 same deal.

00:34:17.240 --> 00:34:17.760
 It's not Jeremiah.

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.200
 He says,

00:34:18.240 --> 00:34:18.360
 you know,

00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:18.960
 I'm just a youth.

00:34:19.040 --> 00:34:19.420
 I can't,

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:19.640
 you know,

00:34:19.660 --> 00:34:19.920
 speak.

00:34:20.020 --> 00:34:20.240
 He's like,

00:34:20.280 --> 00:34:21.000
 don't say that.

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:23.020
 Whatever I tell you,

00:34:23.540 --> 00:34:24.080
 say it.

00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:25.080
 All right.

00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:26.960
 It's God's power

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:28.360
 perfected in our weakness.

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.000
 It's actually good

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.900
 to just face that head on

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.080
 and say,

00:34:30.140 --> 00:34:30.720
 I just don't know

00:34:30.720 --> 00:34:31.400
 how to do this.

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.400
 But you're calling me

00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:33.840
 to do it.

00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:35.520
 And he's going to give me

00:34:35.520 --> 00:34:36.540
 the power to do it.

00:34:37.140 --> 00:34:37.640
 Number four,

00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:38.560
 start with yourself.

00:34:39.340 --> 00:34:40.280
 Discipline your body

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:41.780
 and make it obey God.

00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:42.880
 Proverbs 16,

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.700
 32 says,

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:45.400
 he who rules his spirit

00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:46.480
 is better than he

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:47.380
 who takes the city.

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.560
 We've been not given

00:34:48.560 --> 00:34:49.300
 a spirit of fear,

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:51.260
 but power and love

00:34:51.260 --> 00:34:52.160
 and self-control.

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:54.200
 The place to start

00:34:54.200 --> 00:34:54.680
 is you.

00:34:55.740 --> 00:34:56.040
 Okay?

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:57.320
 We are to bring

00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:58.900
 our bodies

00:34:58.900 --> 00:35:00.059
 under the control

00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:00.699
 and rule

00:35:00.699 --> 00:35:01.539
 of Jesus Christ

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:02.420
 through the Holy Spirit.

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:02.980
 We're saying no

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:03.440
 in our flesh.

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:04.779
 No.

00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:06.719
 That is where

00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:07.759
 rule starts

00:35:07.759 --> 00:35:09.099
 is self-rule,

00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:10.360
 a self-ruled man.

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:11.719
 Not by your own strength,

00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:12.779
 but by the power

00:35:12.779 --> 00:35:13.380
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.420
 Number five,

00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:16.179
 learn to be led.

00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:17.539
 Submit to God's

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:18.199
 ordained authority

00:35:18.199 --> 00:35:18.739
 yourself.

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:20.099
 And this looks like

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:20.539
 a lot of things.

00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:21.059
 We have authority

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:21.579
 all over.

00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:23.659
 If you're a kid

00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:23.960
 in your home,

00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:24.900
 like you boys

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.500
 here in your homes,

00:35:26.279 --> 00:35:27.079
 you've got to

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:27.719
 obey your parents.

00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:29.400
 Ephesians 6 speaks

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:29.819
 of this.

00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:31.400
 Elders in the church,

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:33.139
 Hebrews 13,

00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:34.159
 17 speaks of this.

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:35.480
 Your boss at work

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:36.480
 and government authorities,

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:36.719
 you know,

00:35:36.719 --> 00:35:37.880
 Romans 13 speaks of this.

00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:39.480
 Ephesians speaks of this.

00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:40.199
 God,

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:41.039
 like these are not

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:42.079
 just kind of like,

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:43.819
 God,

00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:44.559
 that's secular

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:45.079
 and,

00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:45.360
 you know,

00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:46.960
 church is like

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:47.599
 Jesus stuff,

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:48.460
 but like my job,

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:49.319
 you know.

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:49.719
 No,

00:35:49.759 --> 00:35:49.840
 no,

00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:50.000
 no.

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:51.179
 It's spiritual.

00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:51.719
 It's worship.

00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:53.239
 To submit to your boss

00:35:53.239 --> 00:35:54.300
 out of reverence for Christ

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:55.880
 is worship

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:57.179
 and it trains us

00:35:57.179 --> 00:35:58.179
 how to be led.

00:35:58.300 --> 00:35:58.659
 It's good.

00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:00.440
 So you can't call

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:01.980
 your wife to follow you

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:02.320
 and,

00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:02.559
 and,

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:02.739
 and,

00:36:02.739 --> 00:36:04.840
 and respect my authority.

00:36:06.599 --> 00:36:07.500
 If you don't respect

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:08.159
 your boss,

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:09.500
 like it's just,

00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:10.639
 that's just,

00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:11.800
 it's a total hypocrisy.

00:36:12.760 --> 00:36:13.239
 Show her,

00:36:13.860 --> 00:36:14.239
 you know.

00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:15.280
 I remember

00:36:15.280 --> 00:36:16.440
 before we came to Bellicose,

00:36:16.699 --> 00:36:18.219
 we spent a long season

00:36:18.219 --> 00:36:19.079
 not going to church,

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:19.920
 being very rebellious

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:20.680
 and all that kind of stuff

00:36:20.680 --> 00:36:20.840
 and,

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:22.220
 and I asked Julie,

00:36:22.340 --> 00:36:22.480
 like,

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:23.579
 what if we still plant a church?

00:36:23.720 --> 00:36:23.920
 You know.

00:36:24.780 --> 00:36:25.360
 And she was like,

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:29.099
 I can't do that with you

00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:31.139
 until I see

00:36:31.139 --> 00:36:32.059
 that you are able

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:33.119
 to submit

00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:34.200
 to other godly men

00:36:34.200 --> 00:36:35.619
 in church.

00:36:37.300 --> 00:36:37.700
 She's like,

00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:38.900
 hmm,

00:36:39.300 --> 00:36:40.019
 that's so hard.

00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:42.619
 She literally just never

00:36:42.619 --> 00:36:43.820
 seen me submit to anybody.

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:44.599
 It's just my way

00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:44.940
 or the highway.

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:46.599
 Well,

00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:47.360
 it's just godless.

00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:48.220
 I mean,

00:36:48.220 --> 00:36:48.800
 it's hypocrisy.

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.480
 I'm asking her

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:50.099
 to submit to me

00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:51.420
 and obey this Bible verse

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:52.000
 and I will obey

00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:53.000
 this Bible verse over here.

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:54.500
 So we've got to put off

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:54.800
 all that.

00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:55.220
 We've got to say,

00:36:55.300 --> 00:36:55.420
 okay,

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:55.760
 Lord,

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:57.940
 where are the divinely

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:59.079
 instituted authorities

00:36:59.079 --> 00:36:59.880
 of my life?

00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:01.780
 Help me start

00:37:01.780 --> 00:37:03.460
 by just obeying them

00:37:03.460 --> 00:37:04.000
 out of reverence

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:04.480
 for Christ.

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:07.400
 Okay,

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:08.099
 number six,

00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:08.840
 related,

00:37:09.300 --> 00:37:10.380
 be led by fathers

00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:11.000
 in the church

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:11.940
 who know you.

00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:13.960
 Not podcasters,

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:16.000
 not a Sunday morning pastor

00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:17.519
 who don't actually know,

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:18.500
 doesn't actually know

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:20.420
 what your internet habits are.

00:37:21.200 --> 00:37:22.119
 Paul says

00:37:22.119 --> 00:37:23.500
 in 1 Corinthians 4.15,

00:37:23.659 --> 00:37:23.940
 he says,

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:24.940
 For though you have

00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:26.179
 countless guides in Christ,

00:37:26.300 --> 00:37:28.059
 you do not have many fathers.

00:37:28.679 --> 00:37:30.480
 For I became your father

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:31.659
 in Christ Jesus

00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:33.139
 through the gospel.

00:37:33.139 --> 00:37:35.539
 So this has to do

00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:36.879
 with the subtype of,

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:38.259
 or the subcategory

00:37:38.259 --> 00:37:39.559
 of learning to be led first.

00:37:40.179 --> 00:37:41.019
 But God has ordained

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:41.819
 spiritual fathers

00:37:41.819 --> 00:37:42.279
 in your life.

00:37:42.359 --> 00:37:43.039
 Like our fathers,

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:44.319
 our earthly fathers,

00:37:44.940 --> 00:37:45.179
 you know,

00:37:45.279 --> 00:37:45.799
 have had,

00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:46.279
 you know,

00:37:46.900 --> 00:37:48.179
 various success rates

00:37:48.179 --> 00:37:48.940
 with executing

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:50.079
 their earthly

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:51.819
 responsibilities to death.

00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:52.299
 Okay?

00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:56.019
 At the very best,

00:37:56.139 --> 00:37:56.639
 they're sinners.

00:37:57.099 --> 00:37:57.980
 And so they let us down,

00:37:58.019 --> 00:37:58.179
 right?

00:37:59.219 --> 00:37:59.619
 Well,

00:37:59.719 --> 00:38:00.440
 there's actually

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:01.559
 a spiritual version of this

00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:02.239
 that Paul talks about

00:38:02.239 --> 00:38:02.500
 right here.

00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:04.079
 It's spiritual fathers.

00:38:04.239 --> 00:38:06.900
 Fathers for your new life,

00:38:07.019 --> 00:38:07.760
 your second birth.

00:38:08.659 --> 00:38:09.900
 Ones who share the gospel to you

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:10.920
 and help you come to the Lord.

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:12.780
 And they actually have

00:38:12.780 --> 00:38:13.599
 a responsibility

00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:15.780
 to make sure

00:38:15.780 --> 00:38:18.420
 that when the last trump sounds,

00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:20.059
 that's a crown

00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:21.519
 for Jesus.

00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:22.500
 Okay?

00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:23.360
 It's like,

00:38:23.420 --> 00:38:24.019
 I have a responsibility

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:24.639
 to my kids.

00:38:24.760 --> 00:38:25.360
 Spiritual fathers

00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:25.980
 have a responsibility

00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:26.860
 to their kids.

00:38:27.780 --> 00:38:28.579
 And he's exhorting them,

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:28.780
 like,

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:30.019
 relate to me as a father.

00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:30.619
 Let me help you.

00:38:30.619 --> 00:38:32.759
 So we need that.

00:38:33.199 --> 00:38:33.739
 Number seven,

00:38:33.859 --> 00:38:34.799
 don't be mom's helper.

00:38:35.279 --> 00:38:35.880
 She's yours.

00:38:36.579 --> 00:38:37.599
 I remember when Josh said this

00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:38.059
 years ago,

00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:38.880
 I was just like,

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:42.880
 it was like a revelation.

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:45.339
 It is just so easy

00:38:45.339 --> 00:38:47.400
 to be mom's helper.

00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:49.519
 And that's just your orientation.

00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:51.279
 She's always got the to-do list.

00:38:51.339 --> 00:38:52.039
 She's always got the things

00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:52.599
 we need to do.

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:53.420
 She's got the schedule.

00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:54.319
 She's got all the stuff

00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:55.140
 and these needs.

00:38:55.220 --> 00:38:55.700
 I'm just kind of like,

00:38:55.740 --> 00:38:55.940
 all right,

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:56.360
 what's most?

00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:57.100
 You know?

00:38:59.000 --> 00:38:59.360
 And,

00:38:59.480 --> 00:39:00.640
 like,

00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:01.760
 making lists is not bad.

00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:02.039
 Like,

00:39:02.080 --> 00:39:03.080
 all that stuff is good,

00:39:03.320 --> 00:39:03.980
 divinely ordered.

00:39:04.100 --> 00:39:05.300
 But the orientation

00:39:05.300 --> 00:39:07.080
 towards being mom's helper

00:39:07.080 --> 00:39:08.260
 is ungodly.

00:39:08.340 --> 00:39:09.120
 It's not good.

00:39:09.600 --> 00:39:11.720
 It's not in line

00:39:11.720 --> 00:39:13.059
 with her creative purpose.

00:39:14.220 --> 00:39:15.620
 What was she made for?

00:39:15.860 --> 00:39:18.039
 To be your helper.

00:39:18.039 --> 00:39:20.920
 Now,

00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:22.320
 when you stop being mom's helper

00:39:22.320 --> 00:39:23.759
 and you don't have anything to do,

00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:26.039
 that can actually be a good thing

00:39:26.039 --> 00:39:26.599
 because you realize

00:39:26.599 --> 00:39:26.880
 you just,

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:28.059
 you actually haven't led.

00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:29.960
 You don't have a vision

00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:30.820
 bigger than your family.

00:39:31.619 --> 00:39:33.099
 You're just chasing the to-do list

00:39:33.099 --> 00:39:34.739
 and you're being led by the mom.

00:39:35.619 --> 00:39:36.340
 That's bad.

00:39:37.340 --> 00:39:37.599
 You know,

00:39:37.619 --> 00:39:38.300
 she starts to be you

00:39:38.300 --> 00:39:39.079
 like a child too,

00:39:39.219 --> 00:39:39.639
 by the way.

00:39:39.860 --> 00:39:41.059
 And this affects your,

00:39:41.059 --> 00:39:42.699
 your sex life.

00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:43.619
 Okay?

00:39:44.840 --> 00:39:46.019
 No woman wants to

00:39:46.019 --> 00:39:47.159
 date her son.

00:39:47.859 --> 00:39:48.039
 Okay?

00:39:48.059 --> 00:39:48.719
 That's weird.

00:39:49.199 --> 00:39:50.619
 But you start turning into that

00:39:50.619 --> 00:39:52.019
 when your mom's helper.

00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:52.940
 It's not good.

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:54.960
 Number eight,

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.779
 rule your household.

00:39:56.059 --> 00:39:57.359
 Love your wife by leading her.

00:39:57.799 --> 00:39:59.139
 Love your kids by disciplining.

00:39:59.659 --> 00:40:00.319
 Nurture them.

00:40:00.940 --> 00:40:01.759
 Love your wife

00:40:01.759 --> 00:40:02.879
 by leading her.

00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:03.799
 She needs to be led.

00:40:04.659 --> 00:40:05.960
 Your kids need to be disciplined.

00:40:06.399 --> 00:40:06.659
 Okay?

00:40:06.819 --> 00:40:08.359
 That's part of how you love them.

00:40:08.859 --> 00:40:09.159
 The Bible says,

00:40:09.159 --> 00:40:10.539
 whoever withholds the rod

00:40:10.539 --> 00:40:11.579
 hates his child.

00:40:12.399 --> 00:40:12.759
 It's hatred.

00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:14.299
 So love them

00:40:14.299 --> 00:40:15.099
 by disciplining them.

00:40:15.139 --> 00:40:15.980
 When they do something wrong,

00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:16.219
 hey,

00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:17.559
 like God doesn't let

00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:18.259
 any sins lie.

00:40:18.379 --> 00:40:18.559
 Period.

00:40:19.759 --> 00:40:20.359
 You require

00:40:20.359 --> 00:40:21.919
 a total accounting.

00:40:22.899 --> 00:40:23.939
 Are you communicating

00:40:23.939 --> 00:40:24.899
 something different

00:40:24.899 --> 00:40:25.759
 about the character

00:40:25.759 --> 00:40:26.719
 and nature of God

00:40:26.719 --> 00:40:28.539
 in how you relate

00:40:28.539 --> 00:40:29.679
 to your kids' disobedience?

00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:33.419
 Number nine.

00:40:33.679 --> 00:40:33.879
 Okay,

00:40:33.959 --> 00:40:34.859
 I got a one here.

00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:35.500
 Number nine,

00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:36.659
 be the pastor of your home.

00:40:37.059 --> 00:40:37.879
 You need to know the Bible.

00:40:37.879 --> 00:40:38.759
 You need to teach your wife

00:40:38.759 --> 00:40:39.099
 and kids.

00:40:39.199 --> 00:40:39.980
 You need to disciple them.

00:40:40.119 --> 00:40:40.259
 Okay?

00:40:40.599 --> 00:40:41.739
 You have a primary responsibility

00:40:41.739 --> 00:40:42.739
 to disciple your wife.

00:40:43.319 --> 00:40:43.419
 Okay,

00:40:43.480 --> 00:40:45.019
 Titus 2 speaks of older women

00:40:45.019 --> 00:40:46.000
 teaching the younger women.

00:40:46.340 --> 00:40:47.800
 That's a supplemental ministry.

00:40:48.739 --> 00:40:50.219
 That is not the primary ministry.

00:40:51.320 --> 00:40:52.840
 Ephesians 5 speaks of Christ

00:40:52.840 --> 00:40:54.360
 washing the church

00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:55.000
 with the word

00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:57.639
 as the model

00:40:57.639 --> 00:40:59.219
 for what a husband's supposed to do.

00:40:59.780 --> 00:41:00.780
 You have a responsibility

00:41:00.780 --> 00:41:01.699
 to disciple your wife.

00:41:02.340 --> 00:41:02.579
 Like,

00:41:02.619 --> 00:41:03.840
 how is she supposed to sit

00:41:03.840 --> 00:41:05.440
 and not ask a question in church

00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:06.400
 and instead ask you at home

00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:07.119
 if you don't know the answer?

00:41:07.119 --> 00:41:09.380
 You're supposed to be the guy

00:41:09.380 --> 00:41:10.519
 who's devoted

00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:11.480
 to understanding

00:41:11.480 --> 00:41:12.539
 what this book says

00:41:12.539 --> 00:41:13.679
 and excited

00:41:13.679 --> 00:41:14.900
 to share it with your wife

00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:15.859
 and disciple her.

00:41:16.239 --> 00:41:16.839
 It's your job.

00:41:17.739 --> 00:41:18.779
 So don't outsource that.

00:41:19.339 --> 00:41:20.679
 Don't outsource her discipleship

00:41:20.679 --> 00:41:21.619
 to women's ministries.

00:41:22.079 --> 00:41:22.299
 Okay?

00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:23.859
 They are awesome

00:41:23.859 --> 00:41:25.759
 if you're doing their job.

00:41:26.279 --> 00:41:27.119
 They're illegal

00:41:27.119 --> 00:41:28.219
 if you're not.

00:41:29.599 --> 00:41:30.659
 Same goes with kids.

00:41:31.279 --> 00:41:32.219
 Raise them in wisdom

00:41:32.219 --> 00:41:33.279
 and aptitude of the Lord

00:41:33.279 --> 00:41:33.880
 like it says

00:41:33.880 --> 00:41:34.940
 and we're commanded to

00:41:34.940 --> 00:41:35.880
 in Ephesians 6.4.

00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:37.619
 Teach them his word diligently

00:41:37.619 --> 00:41:39.179
 like Deuteronomy 6.7 says.

00:41:39.599 --> 00:41:39.960
 Again,

00:41:40.679 --> 00:41:42.900
 you have the primary responsibility

00:41:42.900 --> 00:41:44.159
 to disciple your kids

00:41:44.159 --> 00:41:45.780
 and teach them what God says.

00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:48.079
 Sunday school is awesome

00:41:48.079 --> 00:41:50.179
 if it's supplemental.

00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:51.960
 Youth group is awesome

00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:53.159
 if it's supplemental.

00:41:53.920 --> 00:41:54.519
 But at best,

00:41:54.619 --> 00:41:55.480
 it can only be that.

00:41:56.519 --> 00:41:58.039
 What they believe about God

00:41:58.039 --> 00:41:59.119
 is going to be directly informed

00:41:59.119 --> 00:42:01.720
 by how you believe it

00:42:01.720 --> 00:42:04.119
 by what you make a priority

00:42:04.119 --> 00:42:04.559
 in your home.

00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:06.420
 Okay,

00:42:06.760 --> 00:42:07.360
 number 10.

00:42:07.659 --> 00:42:08.440
 Make decisions.

00:42:08.720 --> 00:42:09.960
 Decisiveness is a blessing.

00:42:10.720 --> 00:42:12.000
 Indecision kills confidence

00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:12.599
 in your leadership

00:42:12.599 --> 00:42:13.760
 and makes your family anxious.

00:42:14.340 --> 00:42:15.179
 If you're not making

00:42:15.179 --> 00:42:15.840
 hard decisions,

00:42:16.039 --> 00:42:17.139
 that means it's on them.

00:42:18.440 --> 00:42:19.740
 That's anxiety producing.

00:42:20.260 --> 00:42:20.840
 Don't do that.

00:42:21.079 --> 00:42:21.559
 Make decisions.

00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:22.480
 Love your wife

00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:23.159
 and get her decisive.

00:42:23.720 --> 00:42:23.880
 Okay?

00:42:24.280 --> 00:42:24.740
 Communicate.

00:42:25.019 --> 00:42:25.360
 Live with her

00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:26.099
 in an understanding way.

00:42:26.420 --> 00:42:27.380
 Take in all the information

00:42:27.380 --> 00:42:28.639
 and lovingly make decisions.

00:42:29.039 --> 00:42:29.700
 It's a relief.

00:42:29.780 --> 00:42:30.320
 It's a blessing.

00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:31.500
 You're blessing your wife

00:42:31.500 --> 00:42:32.800
 when you make decisions.

00:42:32.800 --> 00:42:33.420
 Okay.

00:42:35.120 --> 00:42:35.740
 Number 11.

00:42:35.860 --> 00:42:36.700
 Rule your finances

00:42:36.700 --> 00:42:37.860
 to provide for your family.

00:42:38.360 --> 00:42:40.000
 1 Timothy 5.8 says that

00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:40.980
 if a man doesn't provide

00:42:40.980 --> 00:42:41.500
 for his own,

00:42:41.940 --> 00:42:42.640
 especially the members

00:42:42.640 --> 00:42:43.980
 of his own house,

00:42:44.039 --> 00:42:44.940
 he's denied the faith

00:42:44.940 --> 00:42:46.600
 and he's worse than an unbeliever.

00:42:46.599 --> 00:42:48.119
 Okay.

00:42:48.659 --> 00:42:49.500
 So maybe you're not

00:42:49.500 --> 00:42:50.400
 actually good at finances.

00:42:50.619 --> 00:42:51.199
 Let's start there.

00:42:51.259 --> 00:42:52.279
 Let's rule over them.

00:42:52.599 --> 00:42:53.599
 Know how much money you make.

00:42:54.159 --> 00:42:54.819
 Know how much money

00:42:54.819 --> 00:42:55.900
 it requires

00:42:55.900 --> 00:42:57.219
 to pay the bills

00:42:57.219 --> 00:42:58.779
 and to supply everything

00:42:58.779 --> 00:42:59.579
 the Bible teaches you

00:42:59.579 --> 00:43:00.219
 ought to supply,

00:43:00.299 --> 00:43:01.159
 which is actually quite a bit.

00:43:01.659 --> 00:43:02.719
 The Old Testament

00:43:02.719 --> 00:43:03.980
 has a lot of details

00:43:03.980 --> 00:43:04.799
 on what a man

00:43:04.799 --> 00:43:05.500
 is required

00:43:05.500 --> 00:43:07.019
 to supply his wife.

00:43:08.539 --> 00:43:09.440
 Can you do that?

00:43:09.920 --> 00:43:10.659
 Well, you need to know.

00:43:10.739 --> 00:43:11.739
 You need to rule your finances.

00:43:11.920 --> 00:43:12.239
 You need to know

00:43:12.239 --> 00:43:13.880
 that you can provide

00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:15.559
 as God has commanded us to.

00:43:16.740 --> 00:43:17.440
 Number 12.

00:43:17.539 --> 00:43:18.320
 Protect your family.

00:43:18.740 --> 00:43:19.480
 Don't let other people

00:43:19.480 --> 00:43:20.480
 make decisions for you

00:43:20.480 --> 00:43:21.039
 and your family.

00:43:21.119 --> 00:43:21.539
 You do it.

00:43:21.820 --> 00:43:22.000
 Okay?

00:43:22.740 --> 00:43:23.599
 You make the decisions.

00:43:24.519 --> 00:43:26.000
 Don't just let, you know,

00:43:26.680 --> 00:43:28.059
 so-and-so need over here

00:43:28.059 --> 00:43:28.920
 and a strong personality

00:43:28.920 --> 00:43:29.420
 over there

00:43:29.420 --> 00:43:30.480
 just steer your family

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:31.140
 all over the place.

00:43:31.300 --> 00:43:32.720
 Like, take in the information,

00:43:33.559 --> 00:43:34.500
 consult with your wife,

00:43:35.260 --> 00:43:36.800
 but you make the decisions.

00:43:37.340 --> 00:43:38.720
 You decide what your family does.

00:43:39.440 --> 00:43:40.320
 Don't be a slave

00:43:40.320 --> 00:43:41.500
 of other people's

00:43:41.500 --> 00:43:43.079
 strong desires.

00:43:43.240 --> 00:43:43.780
 It's not good.

00:43:43.880 --> 00:43:45.119
 Even if they're good desires.

00:43:46.079 --> 00:43:47.200
 If you're not the one

00:43:47.200 --> 00:43:48.400
 having agency in that,

00:43:48.460 --> 00:43:49.059
 it's not good.

00:43:51.900 --> 00:43:52.660
 Number 13.

00:43:52.780 --> 00:43:53.720
 You need to forgive your dad.

00:43:54.000 --> 00:43:54.220
 Okay?

00:43:54.599 --> 00:43:55.500
 You need to forgive your dad

00:43:55.500 --> 00:43:56.160
 and know that Christ

00:43:56.160 --> 00:43:56.880
 has redeemed you

00:43:56.880 --> 00:43:58.140
 from his failures of leadership.

00:43:58.539 --> 00:43:58.980
 This comes from

00:43:58.980 --> 00:43:59.860
 1 Peter 1.8.

00:43:59.960 --> 00:44:01.220
 It says that we were redeemed

00:44:01.220 --> 00:44:02.240
 from the futile ways

00:44:02.240 --> 00:44:03.420
 we inherited from our fathers.

00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:04.840
 This is an awesome truth.

00:44:05.079 --> 00:44:05.300
 Okay?

00:44:05.840 --> 00:44:06.860
 We've got to forgive our dad.

00:44:07.579 --> 00:44:07.780
 Okay?

00:44:08.780 --> 00:44:09.500
 Our kids are going to

00:44:09.500 --> 00:44:10.140
 have to forgive us.

00:44:11.260 --> 00:44:12.099
 We need to forgive our dad.

00:44:12.099 --> 00:44:14.759
 And we also need to remember

00:44:14.759 --> 00:44:16.059
 that I'm not doomed

00:44:16.059 --> 00:44:16.500
 to repeat

00:44:16.500 --> 00:44:17.440
 the same mistakes

00:44:17.440 --> 00:44:17.920
 my dad did.

00:44:19.539 --> 00:44:20.559
 Because I was bought

00:44:20.559 --> 00:44:22.339
 with the precious blood

00:44:22.339 --> 00:44:22.739
 of Jesus

00:44:22.739 --> 00:44:24.199
 and I was given

00:44:24.199 --> 00:44:26.159
 a totally clean slate,

00:44:26.299 --> 00:44:27.179
 a fresh slate

00:44:27.179 --> 00:44:29.139
 of expectation

00:44:29.139 --> 00:44:29.839
 of good.

00:44:32.559 --> 00:44:33.380
 Number 14.

00:44:33.500 --> 00:44:34.099
 If you're unmarried,

00:44:34.179 --> 00:44:35.119
 you should pursue a woman

00:44:35.119 --> 00:44:35.739
 and lead her

00:44:35.739 --> 00:44:36.960
 like Christ leads the church.

00:44:37.079 --> 00:44:38.139
 That comes from Ephesians 5.

00:44:38.219 --> 00:44:38.699
 You need a helper.

00:44:38.699 --> 00:44:39.419
 It's not good

00:44:39.419 --> 00:44:40.480
 for the man

00:44:40.480 --> 00:44:41.480
 to be alone.

00:44:42.299 --> 00:44:43.239
 God does call

00:44:43.239 --> 00:44:43.859
 some men

00:44:43.859 --> 00:44:44.579
 to be eunuchs

00:44:44.579 --> 00:44:45.579
 for the sake of the kingdom.

00:44:47.199 --> 00:44:48.159
 But that's not the norm.

00:44:48.919 --> 00:44:50.139
 There's exceptions to everything.

00:44:50.719 --> 00:44:51.480
 But that's not the norm.

00:44:53.079 --> 00:44:53.939
 Number 15.

00:44:54.039 --> 00:44:54.960
 Jesus is the example.

00:44:55.039 --> 00:44:55.759
 We've said this already.

00:44:56.579 --> 00:44:57.480
 Don't be passive.

00:44:57.619 --> 00:44:58.519
 Jesus was not passive.

00:44:59.659 --> 00:45:00.859
 Don't follow a woman.

00:45:01.099 --> 00:45:02.279
 Jesus did not follow women.

00:45:02.460 --> 00:45:03.199
 He cared for women.

00:45:03.339 --> 00:45:04.239
 He did not follow them.

00:45:05.439 --> 00:45:06.799
 Don't be a people-pleasing

00:45:06.799 --> 00:45:07.339
 beta male.

00:45:07.340 --> 00:45:08.140
 Okay?

00:45:08.460 --> 00:45:09.500
 Jesus was not that.

00:45:10.079 --> 00:45:11.559
 He was not a people-pleasing

00:45:11.559 --> 00:45:12.079
 beta male.

00:45:13.000 --> 00:45:13.700
 He wasn't.

00:45:14.380 --> 00:45:15.480
 Not a single one of us

00:45:15.480 --> 00:45:16.160
 should be that.

00:45:16.539 --> 00:45:17.500
 Our example

00:45:17.500 --> 00:45:18.579
 is Jesus Christ.

00:45:20.820 --> 00:45:21.860
 He lived to please God.

00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:24.360
 He had a vertical orientation.

00:45:24.519 --> 00:45:25.160
 He had a palm line

00:45:25.160 --> 00:45:25.559
 that says,

00:45:25.800 --> 00:45:26.940
 whatever my Father says,

00:45:27.180 --> 00:45:28.500
 that's what I'm going to do.

00:45:29.280 --> 00:45:31.200
 And that is our creative purpose

00:45:31.200 --> 00:45:32.300
 is to live like that

00:45:32.300 --> 00:45:33.559
 with our high priest

00:45:33.559 --> 00:45:34.980
 Jesus being the example.

00:45:35.519 --> 00:45:36.100
 So we were like

00:45:36.099 --> 00:45:37.079
 who have questions like,

00:45:37.159 --> 00:45:38.179
 what does that look like?

00:45:38.659 --> 00:45:39.019
 A lot of times

00:45:39.019 --> 00:45:39.960
 you can just read the Gospels

00:45:39.960 --> 00:45:40.940
 and you can find an example

00:45:40.940 --> 00:45:42.179
 of what that looks like.

00:45:43.179 --> 00:45:44.139
 Put some flesh on.

00:45:44.639 --> 00:45:45.980
 Last is lead in preaching

00:45:45.980 --> 00:45:46.519
 the Gospel

00:45:46.519 --> 00:45:47.639
 and making disciples,

00:45:48.099 --> 00:45:49.319
 advancing the rule

00:45:49.319 --> 00:45:50.599
 of Christ over all.

00:45:51.259 --> 00:45:52.279
 The Kingdom of God

00:45:52.279 --> 00:45:52.940
 is advancing.

00:45:53.759 --> 00:45:54.400
 It says that

00:45:54.400 --> 00:45:55.659
 from the days of John the Baptist

00:45:55.659 --> 00:45:56.119
 till now,

00:45:56.199 --> 00:45:56.719
 the Kingdom of Heaven

00:45:56.719 --> 00:45:57.579
 suffers violence

00:45:57.579 --> 00:45:58.559
 and violent men

00:45:58.559 --> 00:46:00.159
 lay hold of it by force.

00:46:00.559 --> 00:46:01.699
 The way we lay hold

00:46:01.699 --> 00:46:02.599
 of the Kingdom of God,

00:46:02.599 --> 00:46:04.519
 in addition to these things

00:46:04.519 --> 00:46:05.059
 bringing rule

00:46:05.059 --> 00:46:06.039
 in our areas of responsibility,

00:46:06.239 --> 00:46:07.259
 is advancing that

00:46:07.259 --> 00:46:08.679
 through the Gospel.

00:46:09.199 --> 00:46:10.099
 We preach the Gospel

00:46:10.099 --> 00:46:11.980
 in the context

00:46:11.980 --> 00:46:12.739
 of the local church

00:46:12.739 --> 00:46:13.500
 partnering together

00:46:13.500 --> 00:46:14.319
 in the gates of hell.

00:46:14.659 --> 00:46:15.860
 Don't prevail against it.

00:46:16.119 --> 00:46:17.400
 And we take territory

00:46:17.400 --> 00:46:19.599
 for the Kingdom of God

00:46:19.599 --> 00:46:20.860
 in the souls of men.

00:46:21.519 --> 00:46:23.339
 And we advance His rule.

00:46:23.659 --> 00:46:24.440
 And that is a way

00:46:24.440 --> 00:46:26.400
 we can advance dominion.

00:46:27.000 --> 00:46:27.860
 We are called to

00:46:27.860 --> 00:46:29.519
 rule the earth,

00:46:29.519 --> 00:46:31.099
 to take dominion.

00:46:31.840 --> 00:46:32.659
 Well, there's a fulfillment

00:46:32.659 --> 00:46:33.579
 of that in the Gospel

00:46:33.579 --> 00:46:34.360
 and in the Great Commission.

00:46:34.480 --> 00:46:35.159
 We are going out.

00:46:35.460 --> 00:46:36.039
 We're not waiting

00:46:36.039 --> 00:46:36.860
 for people to come to us.

00:46:36.920 --> 00:46:37.920
 We are going to them.

00:46:38.659 --> 00:46:39.719
 We're going to find them.

00:46:40.019 --> 00:46:40.400
 We're going to preach

00:46:40.400 --> 00:46:41.239
 the Gospel to them.

00:46:41.460 --> 00:46:43.019
 And when they repent

00:46:43.019 --> 00:46:43.519
 of their sins

00:46:43.519 --> 00:46:44.539
 and put their faith in Jesus,

00:46:44.699 --> 00:46:46.059
 they come under the rule

00:46:46.059 --> 00:46:47.300
 of Jesus Christ.

00:46:48.340 --> 00:46:49.480
 And we can teach them this stuff.