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 Ephesians chapter 5.

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 I'll just warn you on the front end, this is the longest word count I've ever had in writing a sermon.

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! And when I tried to make cuts, I just realized I only say important things.

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 So, we're going to have to move quickly, and bear with me.

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 But today I have the privilege, the joy, and the challenge of preaching on the topic of stewarding your time.

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 Everyone in our world is interested in this topic for varied reasons.

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 You can imagine the businessman, he wants to manage time better, to be more profitable, to make more money, to have more product.

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 You can imagine the family man, he wants to get out of work as soon as possible and spend time with his family.

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 Everything is oriented clockwise towards being with the family.

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 And for the business owner, in his eyes, his family eats up too much of his time.

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 Whereas for the family man, in his eyes, his job eats up too much of his time.

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 Well, what's the difference? These two men have a difference in priorities.

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 You might assume that the businessman is in the wrong and the family man is in the right in the given hypothetical.

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 But the reality is both men have the potential to be wrong.

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 The businessman could potentially rightly value work and profit.

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 After all, 1 Timothy 5.8 says,

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 But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household,

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 he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

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 Or perhaps the businessman is familiar with Proverbs 14.23.

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 There is profit in hard work, but mere talk leads to poverty.

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 So it's conceivable that the businessman may have started out with honorable motives that made him work really hard

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 and have long hours at work.

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 Not a 40-hour work week, but a 70-hour work week.

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 In fact, he may be chiefly motivated to work for his family.

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 And maybe he's wealthy and he wants to be a philanthropist for other families in need.

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 And in that sense, he may be a truer family man, so to speak.

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 But, as most of us have probably already thought,

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 it is more likely that this individual is driven by a love of money,

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 or a desire of security, or something wicked,

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 because we just all instinctively know that this man is spending too much time at work.

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 And by consequence, neglecting his family, his church, himself, and most importantly, God.

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 Well, what about the family man who cannot wait to get home?

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 He sounds like a good guy.

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 But as I said, this man, he might sound better, but there's still the potential it's wrong.

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 So let's just say he's hated by his co-workers.

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 They say things like,

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 he never stays to help during our busy seasons.

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 Or he spends time at work FaceTiming his wife and kids all the time.

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 When is he going to get anything done?

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 Or perhaps they even say he's worthless and they hope he gets fired.

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 So I think we all see the obvious problem with both of these men.

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 They have an idol, one work, one family.

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 The businessman turned God's good gift of work and provision into an object of worship for whatever reasons.

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 Likewise, the family man turned God's good gift of the family into an object of worship for whatever reasons.

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 So therefore, both are in sin and both consciously or unconsciously, intentionally or unintentionally,

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 are poorly stewarding their time.

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 So as I alluded, there are a number of issues with both of these men in the given hypothetical.

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 But for our purposes today, I want you to notice the problem of time.

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 If you were to counsel these two brothers, and I'm assuming they are Christians,

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 and they came to you and they asked,

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 how should I prioritize my time?

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 What would you tell them?

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 And frankly, I doubt you even need this hypothetical.

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 If you look around the room, I guarantee every single one of us in every single season of our life

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 has asked this question.

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 How do I spend my time?

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 How do I steward my time?

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 And whenever we feel in life as though we've finally arrived,

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 as though we finally have control over our time,

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 as if we're stewarding it perfectly,

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 something happens to disrupt that.

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 A marriage, a new kid, a second kid,

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 a new job, and so on and so forth.

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 And like me, you feel like life just keeps getting faster and faster,

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 and that you are losing more and more time.

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 And so we ask,

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 how should I spend my time?

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 How do I find balance in life?

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 That's a word we love in this discussion.

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 How do I know I'm not neglecting the responsibilities God has given me at work,

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 at home,

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 and at church,

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 and anywhere else He has placed me?

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 So, of course, today I cannot tell you in specific detail

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 how to manage your personal life with all its varied variables.

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 But in principle, I can tell you what it should look like for every Christian.

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 But in practice, no, it can look very different, and that's okay.

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 So the goal today is simple.

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 I want to show you from Scripture

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 what should occupy our thoughts

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 and determine our actions

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 so as to better steward our time

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 for the glory of God.

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 So with that, we'll look at our text,

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 Ephesians chapter 5,

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 starting in verse 15.

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 We'll be looking at verses 15 through 21.

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 The Apostle Paul writes,

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 Therefore, look critically how you are to walk,

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 not as unwise, but as wise,

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 redeeming the time,

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 for the days are evil.

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 For this reason, do not become fools,

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 but discern what the will of the Lord is.

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 And do not get drunk with wine,

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 in this is debauchery,

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 but be filled by the Spirit,

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 speaking to one another in psalms,

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 in hymns,

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 in spiritual songs,

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 singing and making melody to the Lord from the heart,

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 giving thanks always for all things

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 in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 to God the Father,

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 submitting to one another in fear of Christ.

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 So in this text today,

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 there are five commandments,

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 some do's and some don'ts,

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 and these do's and don'ts serve as contrasts.

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 But we're going to divide the text in three parts

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 based on the contrasts.

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 So our outline for today,

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 number one,

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 be critical in your walk.

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 And number two,

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 understand the will of the Lord.

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 And number three,

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 be filled in the Spirit.

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 And I'll repeat these as we go along.

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 So our first section today,

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 number one,

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 be critical in your walk.

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 Looking at verses 15 through 16.

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 Specifically,

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 let's start with the first half of verse 15.

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 Paul says,

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 look critically at how you are to walk.

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 So that's the first of our five commandments,

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 the word look.

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 In Greek,

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 it is the imperative blepete,

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 which literally means look,

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 or some translate it as consider,

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 but it has the idea of looking with your eyes.

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 And Paul modifies this commandment verb

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 with the adverb critically,

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 or some translations say carefully.

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 But I prefer critically,

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 because the way Paul is using this word

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 is not in the sense that we should be cautious

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 or timid in our walk,

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 as the word carefully may imply.

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 Rather,

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 Paul uses this word in a way to convey

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 that we are to be tedious,

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 that we are to really examine

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 every weight and grain of our walk.

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 There's a high level of scrutiny

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 in looking at our walk in this way.

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 And our walk is simply Paul's way

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 of describing our life with Christ

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 and the progression of our sanctification over time.

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 So regarding this walk,

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 we are to weigh it or to judge it

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 by looking at it constantly.

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 Now, for those of us worried about time

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 and wanting to accomplish more each day,

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 this is a challenging command.

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 It is challenging because Paul, I think,

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 is essentially saying

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 we should make time to think

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 and to think specifically about our walk.

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 And I also assume in this,

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 just knowing a little bit about Paul

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 and other things he's written about,

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 that he has praying in mind,

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 that we should pray that God

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 would enlighten us,

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 that he would give us wisdom

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 to discern our walk rightly,

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 to know the true state of our stance before him.

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 And we don't like hearing that

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 because we want to get something done

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 that's tangible.

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 We would never admit this,

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 but functionally, sometimes,

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 often, for some of us maybe,

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 we treat prayer and quiet time

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 as a waste of time.

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 And nonetheless,

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 this is what the word of the Lord says.

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 Paul, by implication, says,

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 make time to think,

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 to look,

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 and to pray.

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 Discern your walk.

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 So as you've lived this week

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 and in the upcoming weeks,

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 are you walking rightly with God?

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 Are you examining yourself

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 before God in prayer

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 and in his word?

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 Are you practicing repentance

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 when necessary?

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 Are you practicing obedience

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 and growing in your faith?

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 In the second half of verse 15,

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 Paul describes how we are to walk.

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 He says,

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 not as unwise,

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 but as wise,

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 redeeming the time

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 for the days are evil.

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 Now, the very imagery of walking

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 is a moment-to-moment progression.

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 This world is full of sin and wickedness.

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 Paul wrote in the beginning

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 of his letter to the Ephesians,

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 chapter 2, verses 1 through 3,

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 all about mankind

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 apart from Christ.

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 And this includes you and I

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 before Christ.

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 He said of mankind

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 that we are dead,

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 that we are sinful,

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 that we are following

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 the way of the world,

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 following Satan,

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 controlled by the passions

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 of our flesh.

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 And Paul says all of that,

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 and he says that we walked

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 in that way.

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 So he's building a contrast

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 throughout his letters.

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 Two paths,

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 two ways of walking,

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 two directions.

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 So in chapter 2,

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 verses 1 through 3,

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 we see what walking unwisely

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 looks like.

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 But now,

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 Paul tells us

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 we ought to walk wisely.

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 Well, what does that actually mean?

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 So in the ancient world,

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 wisdom was not merely

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 something you possessed

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 intellectually or in your mind.

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 rather,

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 wisdom was knowing

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 the way things truly are

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 in the universe

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 and then living in accord

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 with that truth.

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 So you think about

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 Stoicism,

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 the ancient Stoics,

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 this meant for them

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 understanding the true nature

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 of the universe

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 through physics

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 and math and literature

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 and so on.

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 And out of these things,

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 they would create

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 a philosophy,

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 in their case,

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 Stoicism,

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 and then they would live

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 in accord with that philosophy.

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 To live outside of accord

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 with that philosophy

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 was to be unwise.

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 So there was this

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 obedience idea

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 wrapped up in wisdom,

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 not just knowledge.

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 And this was true

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 for the Christians too,

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 except we are aligning

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 ourselves with the truth

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 of God,

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 the creator of the universe,

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 and learning to live

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 in light of that truth

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 so as to change

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 our thinking,

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 our acts,

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 and our living.

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 So walking in wisdom

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 for Paul

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 is walking in accord

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 with the nature

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 and the will

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 of God.

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 So we are to look

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 critically at our walk

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 to evaluate

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 if we are walking

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 in accord

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 with the nature

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 and will of God.

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 And this commandment

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 comes with a good

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 and necessary

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 consequence.

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 So looking at

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 verse 16,

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 walking in wisdom

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 leads to,

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 quote,

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 redeeming the time

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 for the days

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 are evil.

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 So for those of us

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 tempted to think

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 that stopping,

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 quietly considering

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 our walk,

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 praying,

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 evaluating ourselves

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 before God,

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 those of us

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 who are tempted

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 to think that

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 that is a waste

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 of time,

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 Paul says just

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 the opposite.

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 Paul says that

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 by critically

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 considering our walk

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 so as to ensure

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 that we walk

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 in wisdom

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 actually redeems

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 the time.

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 And what is it

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 redeemed from?

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 The evil

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 we would have

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 committed

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 had we not

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 taken the time

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 to critically

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 examine ourselves

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 in our walk.

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 Paul says

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 for the days

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 are evil.

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 So we must be

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 so careful

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 in this world

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 and through wisdom

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 we not only

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 avoid evil

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 but we produce

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 acts

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 of righteousness

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 when we live

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 in accord

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 with the truth

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 of God

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 and his word.

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 So it is worth

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 the time

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 to stop

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 and look

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 at our walk

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 with God.

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 In this

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 we actually

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 make good use

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 of our time

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 and not only

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 the time

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 that we sit

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 quietly

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 but the rest

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 of the time

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 as we prepare

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 our hearts

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 and our minds

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 for the day

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 because we have

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 prepared ourselves

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 in thought

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 and prayer.

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 But there is

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 more to walking

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 in wisdom

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 more that will

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 help us

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 use our time

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 better

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 and so Paul

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 goes on

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 in verse 17

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 and this leads

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 us to the second

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 part of our

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 outline.

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 Part number two

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 do not become

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 fools

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 but understand

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 the will

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 of the Lord.

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 Part number two

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 do not become

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 fools

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 but understand

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 the will

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 of the Lord.

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 Paul writes

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 in the first

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 half of verse 17

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 for this reason

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 do not become

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 fools.

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 So this is our

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 second commandment

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 of five

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 in this text.

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 Do not become

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 as the commandment.

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 Do not become

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 what?

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 Don't become

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 fools.

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 For the sake

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 of not wasting

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 our time

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 not wasting

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 away our

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 very lives

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 Paul gives

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 us the second

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 commandment

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 in this passage.

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 We ought not

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 become fools.

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 Well who is

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 the fool?

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 Proverbs 18

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 2 says

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 a fool does

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 not delight

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 in understanding

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 but only

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 in revealing

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 his own

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 mind.

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 He's a boaster

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 a talker.

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 Proverbs 29

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 11 says

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 a fool

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 always loses

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 his temper

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 but a wise

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 man holds

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 it back.

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 And we could

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 go on and

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 on but

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 ultimately

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 we know

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 the fool

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 is the one

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 who rejects

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 Christ as

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 the cornerstone.

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 Christ made

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 this clear

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 at the end

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 of the Sermon

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 on the Mount

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 when he described

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 the one who

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 builds his

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 house on the

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 rock versus

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 the fool

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 who builds

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 his house

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 on the

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 sand.

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 So to be

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 a fool

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 is to be

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 unwise.

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 To be a fool

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 is to not

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 consider your

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 walk with God

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 and to be a

00:15:46.199 --> 00:15:46.879
 fool is to

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 waste away

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 the time

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 God has

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 given you.

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 Allowing your

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 days to be

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 in service

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 to evil.

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 So Paul says

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 not to be

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 foolish and he

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 goes on second

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 half of verse

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 17 but discern

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 what the will

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 of the Lord

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 is.

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 That's

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 commandment

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 number three.

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 Discern what

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 the will of

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 the Lord

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 is.

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 Well what is

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 the will

00:16:10.460 --> 00:16:11.780
 of the Lord?

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 And Paul

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 here is not

00:16:13.520 --> 00:16:14.220
 speaking about

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 what college

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 you should go

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 to, who

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 you should

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 marry, how

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 many kids

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 you should

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 have, or

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 any of those

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 kind of life

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 decisions though

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 those are

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 important.

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 Paul is

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 actually talking

00:16:24.560 --> 00:16:25.060
 about the

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 ultimate will

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 of God for

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 mankind and

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 creation, the

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 big plan.

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 What is this

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 plan?

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 Well again, if

00:16:32.880 --> 00:16:33.300
 you read all

00:16:33.300 --> 00:16:33.740
 of Ephesians

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 you would know

00:16:34.300 --> 00:16:35.060
 Ephesians chapter

00:16:35.060 --> 00:16:35.640
 one verse

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 four, Paul

00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:38.240
 writes of

00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:38.819
 God's will

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 and he

00:16:39.100 --> 00:16:40.419
 says, even

00:16:40.419 --> 00:16:40.980
 as God

00:16:40.980 --> 00:16:41.980
 chose us,

00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:42.519
 referring to

00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:42.980
 the church,

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 so even

00:16:43.340 --> 00:16:43.799
 as God

00:16:43.799 --> 00:16:44.379
 chose the

00:16:44.379 --> 00:16:45.620
 church in

00:16:45.620 --> 00:16:46.659
 Christ before

00:16:46.659 --> 00:16:47.539
 the foundation

00:16:47.539 --> 00:16:48.199
 of the world,

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 so there it

00:16:48.659 --> 00:16:49.000
 is, he's

00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:49.740
 planned this,

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 that we

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 should be

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 holy and

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 blameless

00:16:52.439 --> 00:16:53.259
 before him.

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 Paul

00:16:54.559 --> 00:16:54.960
 continues,

00:16:55.139 --> 00:16:55.899
 in love he

00:16:55.899 --> 00:16:56.759
 predestined

00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:57.220
 us for

00:16:57.220 --> 00:16:57.980
 adoption to

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 himself as

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 sons through

00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:01.080
 Jesus Christ

00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:02.279
 according to

00:17:02.279 --> 00:17:02.879
 the purpose

00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:04.119
 of his

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 will.

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 And Paul

00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:07.940
 goes on

00:17:07.940 --> 00:17:08.740
 after describing

00:17:08.740 --> 00:17:09.480
 this plan of

00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:10.160
 salvation, it

00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:10.420
 says in

00:17:10.420 --> 00:17:11.160
 Ephesians chapter

00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:11.800
 one verses

00:17:11.800 --> 00:17:12.259
 nine through

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 ten, that

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 God has

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 made known

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 to us,

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 these are

00:17:16.500 --> 00:17:17.020
 Paul's words,

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 known to

00:17:17.380 --> 00:17:18.040
 us the

00:17:18.040 --> 00:17:18.860
 mystery of

00:17:18.860 --> 00:17:19.380
 his will

00:17:19.380 --> 00:17:20.480
 according to

00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:21.340
 his purpose,

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 which he set

00:17:22.620 --> 00:17:23.280
 forth in

00:17:23.280 --> 00:17:24.240
 Christ as a

00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:25.300
 plan for the

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 fullness of

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 time to

00:17:27.180 --> 00:17:27.720
 unite all

00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:28.340
 things in

00:17:28.340 --> 00:17:29.040
 Christ, things

00:17:29.040 --> 00:17:30.259
 in heaven and

00:17:30.259 --> 00:17:31.100
 things on

00:17:31.100 --> 00:17:31.400
 earth.

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 So, through

00:17:32.320 --> 00:17:32.880
 Christ's

00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:33.920
 death, sacrifice,

00:17:34.460 --> 00:17:34.920
 resurrection,

00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:36.280
 ascension, not

00:17:36.280 --> 00:17:36.740
 only are we

00:17:36.740 --> 00:17:37.480
 saved, but God

00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:38.259
 is uniting all

00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:38.960
 things, heaven

00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:39.820
 and earth, creation,

00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:41.160
 man, in

00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:42.240
 Christ for his

00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:43.620
 good plan to

00:17:43.620 --> 00:17:44.540
 worship him and

00:17:44.540 --> 00:17:46.220
 glorify him for

00:17:46.220 --> 00:17:46.780
 eternity.

00:17:48.080 --> 00:17:49.480
 So, clearly, when

00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:50.500
 Paul refers to the

00:17:50.500 --> 00:17:51.580
 will of the Lord in

00:17:51.580 --> 00:17:52.460
 our text in

00:17:52.460 --> 00:17:53.100
 chapter five,

00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:55.200
 verse 17, he is

00:17:55.200 --> 00:17:56.080
 building on the

00:17:56.080 --> 00:17:56.880
 will of the Lord

00:17:56.880 --> 00:17:57.940
 that he opened his

00:17:57.940 --> 00:17:59.540
 letter explaining.

00:17:59.539 --> 00:18:02.759
 So, in sum, the

00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:03.980
 will of the Lord is

00:18:03.980 --> 00:18:04.960
 to save his people

00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:06.200
 by placing them in

00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:07.740
 Christ and uniting

00:18:07.740 --> 00:18:08.619
 all things in

00:18:08.619 --> 00:18:10.319
 Christ for his

00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:10.659
 glories.

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 This is what we

00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:12.139
 call the gospel.

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 And so, you may

00:18:14.379 --> 00:18:15.279
 wonder then, well,

00:18:15.339 --> 00:18:16.420
 isn't Paul writing

00:18:16.420 --> 00:18:17.639
 to the church in

00:18:17.639 --> 00:18:18.000
 Ephesus?

00:18:18.180 --> 00:18:18.579
 In other words,

00:18:18.659 --> 00:18:19.519
 believers, wouldn't

00:18:19.519 --> 00:18:21.139
 they already know

00:18:21.139 --> 00:18:21.720
 the gospel?

00:18:21.879 --> 00:18:22.359
 Why would he

00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:23.059
 command them to

00:18:23.059 --> 00:18:24.680
 discern the will

00:18:24.680 --> 00:18:26.180
 of the Lord if

00:18:26.180 --> 00:18:26.980
 they already know

00:18:26.980 --> 00:18:27.480
 it, if they

00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:28.519
 already know the

00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:28.980
 gospel?

00:18:29.539 --> 00:18:32.920
 And again, Paul

00:18:32.920 --> 00:18:33.859
 is discussing this

00:18:33.859 --> 00:18:34.559
 discernment in

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 light of the

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 walking that we

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 as believers are

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 called to or

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 commanded to

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 examine.

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 In other words,

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 Paul is saying

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 we ought to

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 consider and

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 know the will

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 of the Lord so

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 well that we

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 instinctively apply

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 it to our everyday

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 walk with him.

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 Whatever situation,

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 whatever encounter,

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 whatever the day

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 brings, we are

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 training ourselves

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 consciously,

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 intentionally,

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 intentionally and

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 daily to have

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 gospel criteria

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 informing our

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 every desire,

00:19:04.300 --> 00:19:04.940
 action, and

00:19:04.940 --> 00:19:05.380
 decision.

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 And we don't

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 have time to

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 examine all of

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 Ephesians, but

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 go read it for

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 yourself this

00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:11.759
 afternoon.

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 It's short.

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 And it will be

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 clear that Paul

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 has these things

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 chiefly in mind

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 concerning the

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 will of the

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 Lord and the

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 life of the

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 believer.

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 Three things in

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 my mind.

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 Number one,

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 submission to

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 Christ in all

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 things.

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 Number two,

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 loving and

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 living in

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 harmony with

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 the church.

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 And number

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 three, doing

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 everything to

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 the glory of

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 God.

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 And of course,

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 under this,

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 you'll see

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 things about

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 relationships

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 between wife,

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 husband,

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 slave,

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 masters,

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 children,

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 parents,

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 and so

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 forth.

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 But in

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 summation,

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 these are the

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 three big

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 areas, the

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 ideas.

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 And finally,

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 we have our

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 last section

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 where we will

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 spend most of

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 our time.

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 Section three,

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 do not get

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 drunk, but be

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 filled in the

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 spirit.

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 Verses 18

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 through 21.

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 Do not get

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 drunk, but be

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 filled in the

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 spirit.

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 So the first

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 half of verse

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 18, Paul says,

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 do not get

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 drunk with

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 wine, in

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 this is

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 debauchery.

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 And so we

00:20:18.660 --> 00:20:19.380
 have commandment

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 number four.

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 He says, do

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 not get

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 drunk.

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 Now this

00:20:23.600 --> 00:20:25.079
 commandment, it

00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:25.519
 may seem

00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:26.480
 random or

00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:27.640
 unrelated to

00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:28.500
 Paul's flow of

00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:29.600
 thought, but

00:20:29.600 --> 00:20:30.480
 rest assured, it

00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:32.259
 flows very well

00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:32.980
 with his line of

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 thought, and we

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:35.079
 will examine that

00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:35.920
 in just a

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 moment.

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 But I

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 briefly wanted to

00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:39.420
 comment on

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 this, just

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 because I

00:20:41.140 --> 00:20:41.799
 know throughout

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 our lives,

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 maybe not

00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:43.920
 necessarily in

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 this church,

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 but various

00:20:45.900 --> 00:20:46.700
 relatives or

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 friends or

00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:47.480
 whoever,

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:47.900
 different

00:20:47.900 --> 00:20:48.680
 traditions,

00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:49.620
 this is kind

00:20:49.620 --> 00:20:49.880
 of a

00:20:49.880 --> 00:20:50.480
 controversy,

00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:50.839
 should

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 Christians

00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:52.539
 drink or

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 not.

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 And of

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 course, I'm

00:20:55.180 --> 00:20:55.480
 not going to

00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:56.180
 dissect all

00:20:56.180 --> 00:20:56.819
 of that or

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 don't really

00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:58.000
 want to spend

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 a lot of

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 time on

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 that at

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 all.

00:21:00.339 --> 00:21:00.920
 I just

00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:01.279
 want to

00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:01.700
 note that

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 Paul's

00:21:02.120 --> 00:21:02.640
 commandment

00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:03.000
 here is

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.440
 against

00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:04.599
 drunkenness,

00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:05.660
 not drinking.

00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:07.339
 There are

00:21:07.339 --> 00:21:08.460
 some Christian

00:21:08.460 --> 00:21:09.259
 brothers who

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:09.819
 refuse to

00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:10.259
 drink and

00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:10.700
 they claim

00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:11.079
 it is a

00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:11.559
 matter of

00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:11.940
 wisdom,

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 and I

00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:13.819
 respect that

00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:14.860
 view a

00:21:14.860 --> 00:21:15.099
 lot.

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 I grew

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:15.819
 up in a

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 dry family

00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:16.920
 for which

00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:17.980
 I'm so

00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:18.660
 thankful

00:21:18.660 --> 00:21:19.420
 personally.

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 In fact,

00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:21.240
 I've never

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:21.619
 had a

00:21:21.619 --> 00:21:21.879
 drink,

00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:22.420
 I'm 26

00:21:22.420 --> 00:21:23.160
 years old,

00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:24.319
 but even

00:21:24.319 --> 00:21:24.900
 I will tell

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 you that

00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:25.900
 for Paul,

00:21:26.099 --> 00:21:26.359
 he does

00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:26.920
 not pit

00:21:26.920 --> 00:21:27.940
 living wisely

00:21:27.940 --> 00:21:29.379
 against merely

00:21:29.379 --> 00:21:30.379
 the act of

00:21:30.379 --> 00:21:30.799
 drinking

00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:32.180
 responsibly.

00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:33.440
 drunkenness.

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 In his flow

00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:34.500
 of thought

00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:35.060
 and discussing

00:21:35.060 --> 00:21:36.200
 wise walking,

00:21:36.600 --> 00:21:37.060
 he never

00:21:37.060 --> 00:21:37.500
 condemns

00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:37.779
 drinking

00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:39.400
 responsibly,

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:40.019
 he condemns

00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:41.259
 drunkenness.

00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:42.420
 And we

00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:42.720
 see the

00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:43.299
 same idea

00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:43.980
 pop up in

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.660
 1 Corinthians

00:21:44.660 --> 00:21:45.440
 6,

00:21:45.580 --> 00:21:45.980
 12.

00:21:46.320 --> 00:21:46.860
 Paul writes,

00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:47.900
 all things

00:21:47.900 --> 00:21:48.500
 are lawful

00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:48.860
 for me,

00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:49.460
 but not

00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:50.160
 all things

00:21:50.160 --> 00:21:50.720
 are helpful.

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:51.860
 All things

00:21:51.860 --> 00:21:52.400
 are lawful

00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:52.720
 for me,

00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:53.000
 but I

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.299
 will not

00:21:53.299 --> 00:21:54.060
 be dominated

00:21:54.060 --> 00:21:55.660
 by anything.

00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.100
 So as

00:21:57.100 --> 00:21:58.100
 believers,

00:21:58.320 --> 00:21:58.740
 we have the

00:21:58.740 --> 00:21:59.180
 freedom to

00:21:59.180 --> 00:22:00.240
 drink responsibly,

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:01.400
 or we have

00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:01.819
 the freedom

00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:02.299
 to not

00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:03.359
 drink at

00:22:03.359 --> 00:22:03.640
 all,

00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.160
 and neither

00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:05.259
 brother is

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:06.180
 the weaker

00:22:06.180 --> 00:22:07.120
 brother.

00:22:08.180 --> 00:22:08.660
 I cannot

00:22:08.660 --> 00:22:09.079
 tell you how

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:09.620
 many times

00:22:09.620 --> 00:22:10.160
 in college

00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:11.019
 I had some

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:12.200
 cage stage

00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:12.920
 bro come

00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:13.339
 up to me

00:22:13.339 --> 00:22:13.740
 and tell me

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:14.880
 I was not

00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:15.279
 living in

00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:15.859
 freedom because

00:22:15.859 --> 00:22:16.200
 I didn't

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:16.599
 drink,

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.099
 that I was

00:22:17.099 --> 00:22:18.240
 being legalistic

00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:18.759
 even though I

00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:19.220
 held that

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:20.079
 conviction

00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:20.759
 privately.

00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:22.359
 And I just

00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:22.740
 want to tell

00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:23.220
 you I think

00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:24.099
 that mindset

00:22:24.099 --> 00:22:25.380
 of trying

00:22:25.380 --> 00:22:25.900
 to convert

00:22:25.900 --> 00:22:26.420
 people to

00:22:26.420 --> 00:22:26.940
 drink or

00:22:26.940 --> 00:22:27.440
 not to

00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:28.599
 drink is

00:22:28.599 --> 00:22:29.259
 ungodly.

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:31.079
 If you

00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:31.500
 want to

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:31.859
 and they

00:22:31.859 --> 00:22:32.440
 want to,

00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:33.160
 that's totally

00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:33.799
 fine and do

00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:34.299
 it to the

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:34.680
 glory of

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.019
 God.

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:36.700
 But don't

00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:37.599
 ram a drink

00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:38.460
 down someone's

00:22:38.460 --> 00:22:38.759
 throat.

00:22:39.700 --> 00:22:40.099
 And frankly,

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:40.700
 the truly

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.940
 weaker brother

00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:42.500
 in this whole

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:44.440
 conversation is

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:44.839
 the one who

00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:45.359
 feels the need

00:22:45.359 --> 00:22:45.960
 to tell others

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.500
 what to do,

00:22:46.579 --> 00:22:47.019
 whether to

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:47.579
 drink or

00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:48.039
 not to

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:48.379
 drink.

00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.339
 We have

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:49.960
 freedom to

00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:50.599
 enjoy or

00:22:50.599 --> 00:22:51.059
 not,

00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:52.220
 and that's

00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:53.099
 that.

00:22:54.339 --> 00:22:54.799
 So there

00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.220
 are just so

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.779
 many other

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:56.879
 more important

00:22:56.879 --> 00:22:57.339
 things to

00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:57.960
 discuss and

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.519
 have unity

00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:58.799
 on,

00:22:58.799 --> 00:22:59.139
 and this

00:22:59.139 --> 00:22:59.519
 is just

00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:00.799
 not one

00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:01.200
 of them.

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.279
 So with

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:03.779
 that aside,

00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:04.079
 we can

00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:04.759
 return to

00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:05.259
 Paul's

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:06.240
 flow of

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:06.819
 thoughts.

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:08.759
 I think

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.399
 Paul picked

00:23:09.399 --> 00:23:10.359
 on drunkenness

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:11.139
 in particular

00:23:11.139 --> 00:23:11.659
 in this

00:23:11.659 --> 00:23:12.299
 passage

00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:13.960
 because it

00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:14.759
 contrasts so

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.619
 well with

00:23:15.619 --> 00:23:16.180
 the idea

00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:17.159
 of critically

00:23:17.159 --> 00:23:18.079
 considering our

00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:18.659
 walk,

00:23:19.399 --> 00:23:20.319
 walking wisely

00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:21.099
 and as we'll

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:21.419
 see in a

00:23:21.419 --> 00:23:21.940
 moment being

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:23.339
 filled by

00:23:23.339 --> 00:23:23.919
 the spirit.

00:23:23.920 --> 00:23:24.039
 it.

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:25.800
 So the

00:23:25.800 --> 00:23:26.560
 contrast is

00:23:26.560 --> 00:23:27.340
 twofold in

00:23:27.340 --> 00:23:28.019
 my mind.

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.100
 One,

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:29.620
 drunkenness

00:23:29.620 --> 00:23:30.279
 represents the

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:31.279
 opposite of

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.980
 redeeming the

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.420
 time.

00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:33.019
 Of course,

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:34.500
 all sin is

00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:35.000
 sin,

00:23:35.620 --> 00:23:36.060
 but there's

00:23:36.060 --> 00:23:36.720
 something unique

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.680
 about drunkenness

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.980
 in that it is a

00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:39.820
 complete and

00:23:39.820 --> 00:23:41.019
 total waste

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:41.720
 of time.

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.100
 Drunkenness

00:23:43.100 --> 00:23:43.740
 does not do

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.519
 anything or

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:45.840
 accomplish anything

00:23:45.840 --> 00:23:47.560
 except lead the

00:23:47.560 --> 00:23:48.420
 drunk to ruin

00:23:48.420 --> 00:23:49.039
 apart from

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.840
 Christ and

00:23:49.840 --> 00:23:50.400
 faith in

00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:50.800
 Christ.

00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:53.060
 Number two,

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:53.759
 drunkenness is

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.380
 the complete

00:23:54.380 --> 00:23:55.840
 opposite picture

00:23:55.840 --> 00:23:57.360
 of the man who

00:23:57.360 --> 00:23:58.220
 considers his

00:23:58.220 --> 00:23:59.060
 walk and is

00:23:59.060 --> 00:24:00.519
 thoughtful in

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.200
 how he plans

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:02.800
 to live so

00:24:02.800 --> 00:24:03.360
 as to pursue

00:24:03.360 --> 00:24:03.980
 life with

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.380
 God.

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:06.160
 But the

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:06.800
 drunkard has

00:24:06.800 --> 00:24:07.840
 no aim in

00:24:07.840 --> 00:24:08.480
 life and gives

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:09.340
 no thought to

00:24:09.340 --> 00:24:09.800
 tomorrow,

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:10.960
 just the next

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:12.080
 drink.

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:12.680
 In fact,

00:24:13.360 --> 00:24:14.060
 Paul is

00:24:14.060 --> 00:24:15.160
 probably quoting

00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:16.160
 Proverbs 23

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:17.140
 when he warns

00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:18.519
 of drunkenness.

00:24:18.580 --> 00:24:19.140
 So let me read

00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:19.860
 just a portion

00:24:19.860 --> 00:24:20.320
 of that to

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:20.599
 give you an

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:21.819
 idea of the

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.500
 thought world

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.059
 that he and

00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:23.679
 his readers

00:24:23.679 --> 00:24:25.019
 were in as

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:25.579
 they considered

00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:26.059
 this.

00:24:27.159 --> 00:24:27.960
 Solomon writes

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.559
 in Proverbs

00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:29.419
 23 verses

00:24:29.419 --> 00:24:30.039
 19 through

00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:30.720
 21, he

00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:30.960
 says,

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:31.679
 Hear,

00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:32.279
 my son,

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:32.740
 and be

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:33.559
 wise,

00:24:34.139 --> 00:24:34.839
 and direct

00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:35.439
 your heart

00:24:35.439 --> 00:24:36.159
 in the way.

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:37.399
 Be not

00:24:37.399 --> 00:24:38.259
 among drunkards

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:38.639
 or among

00:24:38.639 --> 00:24:39.179
 gluttonous

00:24:39.179 --> 00:24:39.759
 eaters of

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.099
 meat,

00:24:40.419 --> 00:24:40.879
 for the

00:24:40.879 --> 00:24:41.500
 drunkard and

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:41.919
 the glutton

00:24:41.919 --> 00:24:42.259
 will come

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:42.859
 to poverty

00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:44.240
 and slumber

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:44.859
 will clothe

00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:45.319
 them with

00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:46.079
 rags.

00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:47.200
 And Solomon

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:47.879
 goes on in

00:24:47.879 --> 00:24:48.539
 that very same

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:49.099
 chapter in

00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:49.799
 verses 29

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.500
 through 35,

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.139
 which says

00:24:51.139 --> 00:24:51.599
 this,

00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:53.519
 Solomon asked,

00:24:54.119 --> 00:24:54.599
 Who has

00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:55.059
 woe?

00:24:55.419 --> 00:24:56.000
 Who has

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.399
 sorrow?

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:56.879
 Who has

00:24:56.879 --> 00:24:57.379
 strife?

00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:58.319
 Who has

00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:58.879
 complained?

00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:00.000
 Who has

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.700
 wounds without

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.259
 cause?

00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.220
 Who has

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:03.359
 redness of

00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:03.859
 eyes?

00:25:05.299 --> 00:25:05.980
 And he

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.399
 answers,

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.940
 Those who

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.899
 tarry long

00:25:08.899 --> 00:25:09.919
 over wine.

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.859
 Do not look

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.599
 at wine when

00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:13.440
 it is red or

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:14.220
 sparkles in the

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.879
 cup and goes

00:25:14.879 --> 00:25:15.700
 down smoothly.

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:17.200
 In the end

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.980
 it bites like

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.819
 a serpent and

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.559
 stings like

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:20.059
 an adder.

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.160
 Your eyes

00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:21.480
 will see

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.420
 strange things

00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:22.759
 and your

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.519
 heart utter

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:24.299
 perverse

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:25.160
 things.

00:25:25.860 --> 00:25:26.299
 You will

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:26.920
 be like one

00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:27.380
 who lies

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:27.799
 down in

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:28.200
 the midst

00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:28.580
 of the

00:25:28.580 --> 00:25:28.799
 sea,

00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:29.340
 like one

00:25:29.340 --> 00:25:29.980
 who lies

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.660
 on the

00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:31.759
 top of

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.340
 a mast.

00:25:33.340 --> 00:25:33.559
 They

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.220
 struck me,

00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:34.600
 you will

00:25:34.600 --> 00:25:34.940
 say,

00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:36.120
 but I was

00:25:36.120 --> 00:25:36.640
 not hurt.

00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:37.860
 They beat

00:25:37.860 --> 00:25:38.039
 me,

00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:38.500
 but I did

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:39.039
 not feel

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.200
 it.

00:25:39.840 --> 00:25:40.039
 When

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.460
 shall I

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:40.900
 awake?

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:42.259
 I must

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.819
 have

00:25:42.819 --> 00:25:43.500
 another

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.480
 drink.

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:46.920
 So clearly

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.640
 the drunkard

00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:48.539
 described in

00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:49.700
 Proverbs 23

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:51.400
 is enslaved

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:53.039
 to the

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:53.559
 bottle and

00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.279
 as a result

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.920
 his life

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.799
 amounts only

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:56.400
 to what the

00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:57.620
 bottle allows

00:25:57.620 --> 00:25:58.380
 as his

00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:59.519
 master.

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:00.319
 And

00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:00.920
 drunkenness

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.440
 is a

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:01.920
 cruel

00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:03.200
 master.

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:05.240
 But for

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.759
 those of us

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.420
 in Christ,

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.180
 regardless of

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:07.740
 what prior

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.299
 sins we

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:08.980
 were enslaved

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:09.360
 to,

00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:10.519
 we have

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.240
 freedom in

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:12.079
 Christ.

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.299
 In

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:13.640
 Ephesians

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:14.160
 chapter 1

00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:14.840
 verse 13,

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.420
 Paul says

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:16.100
 upon believing

00:26:16.100 --> 00:26:16.779
 in Christ

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.720
 in response

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.019
 to the

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:18.420
 gospel,

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:19.060
 we were

00:26:19.060 --> 00:26:20.920
 sealed with

00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:21.700
 the promised

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.580
 Holy Spirit

00:26:22.580 --> 00:26:23.700
 who is the

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.340
 guarantee of

00:26:24.340 --> 00:26:25.040
 our inheritance

00:26:25.040 --> 00:26:25.800
 until we

00:26:25.800 --> 00:26:26.240
 acquire

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:27.480
 possession of

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:28.380
 it to the

00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:29.440
 praise of

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.019
 his glory.

00:26:31.600 --> 00:26:32.500
 So Paul's

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.000
 flow of

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.540
 thought in

00:26:33.540 --> 00:26:34.080
 our text,

00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:34.779
 chapter 5

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.420
 verses 15

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:36.080
 through 21

00:26:36.080 --> 00:26:37.700
 continues then

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:38.000
 and he's

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.440
 saying no

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:39.040
 longer shall

00:26:39.040 --> 00:26:39.340
 you be

00:26:39.340 --> 00:26:39.900
 filled with

00:26:39.900 --> 00:26:40.620
 wine or

00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:41.140
 in other

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:41.279
 words,

00:26:41.340 --> 00:26:41.700
 do not get

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.279
 drunk with

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:42.600
 wine,

00:26:42.640 --> 00:26:43.000
 but he goes

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.360
 on in the

00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:43.859
 second half

00:26:43.859 --> 00:26:44.199
 of verse

00:26:44.199 --> 00:26:44.699
 18,

00:26:45.459 --> 00:26:45.979
 but be

00:26:45.979 --> 00:26:47.319
 filled by

00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:48.459
 the Spirit.

00:26:49.679 --> 00:26:50.000
 And this

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.339
 is the

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:50.939
 fifth and

00:26:50.939 --> 00:26:51.839
 final commandment

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:52.099
 in our

00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:52.439
 text,

00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:53.139
 be filled

00:26:53.139 --> 00:26:54.939
 by the

00:26:54.939 --> 00:26:55.319
 Spirit.

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:57.419
 So for

00:26:57.419 --> 00:26:57.679
 us to

00:26:57.679 --> 00:26:58.059
 understand

00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.559
 what Paul

00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:59.559
 means by

00:26:59.559 --> 00:26:59.979
 this,

00:26:59.979 --> 00:27:00.979
 this phrase

00:27:00.979 --> 00:27:01.579
 be filled

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:02.259
 by the

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.599
 Spirit,

00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:04.319
 we have

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:04.679
 to look at

00:27:04.679 --> 00:27:05.139
 the Greek

00:27:05.139 --> 00:27:05.419
 and the

00:27:05.419 --> 00:27:05.959
 Greek verb

00:27:05.959 --> 00:27:06.619
 here is

00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:07.219
 pleluste.

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:09.420
 Now,

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:10.759
 this verb

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.279
 is a

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:11.740
 present

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.700
 passive

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.259
 imperative

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:13.640
 verb.

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:13.900
 There's

00:27:13.900 --> 00:27:14.339
 your geeky

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:14.819
 grammar for

00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:15.220
 the day.

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.200
 And this

00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:16.660
 tells us

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:17.160
 a few

00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:17.920
 things.

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.000
 The

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.319
 present

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.620
 tense

00:27:19.620 --> 00:27:20.100
 means this

00:27:20.100 --> 00:27:20.480
 is an

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:21.059
 ongoing

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:22.019
 action that

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.380
 we,

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.480
 as believers,

00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:24.279
 are commanded

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:25.019
 to practice

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.620
 and obey

00:27:25.620 --> 00:27:26.180
 day to

00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:26.519
 day,

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.720
 moment to

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.120
 moment.

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.360
 It's to

00:27:29.360 --> 00:27:29.920
 characterize

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:30.680
 us being

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.519
 filled by

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.720
 the Spirit.

00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:34.420
 But Paul

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:34.920
 is not

00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.940
 saying that

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:36.380
 we gain

00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:36.779
 and lose

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.240
 the Spirit

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.620
 throughout

00:27:37.620 --> 00:27:38.380
 our lives.

00:27:38.860 --> 00:27:39.220
 We just

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.640
 saw that

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:39.900
 we are

00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:40.640
 sealed with

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:41.060
 the Spirit

00:27:41.060 --> 00:27:41.660
 in Ephesians

00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:42.300
 chapter 1.

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:42.759
 So clearly

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.279
 that's not

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.720
 what Paul

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.140
 means.

00:27:44.300 --> 00:27:44.480
 No,

00:27:44.820 --> 00:27:45.259
 what he

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:46.700
 means is

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:46.960
 that we

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.240
 are to

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:47.860
 practice

00:27:47.860 --> 00:27:48.400
 obeying

00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:48.900
 the Spirit

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:49.620
 as he

00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:50.800
 directs

00:27:50.800 --> 00:27:51.180
 us.

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:52.060
 Not

00:27:52.060 --> 00:27:52.380
 obeying

00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:52.539
 the

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:53.180
 drunkenness

00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:53.820
 of wine,

00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:54.320
 but obeying

00:27:54.320 --> 00:27:54.980
 the sobering

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.580
 joy and

00:27:55.580 --> 00:27:55.880
 wisdom

00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:57.220
 of the

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:57.539
 Spirit.

00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.160
 And the

00:27:59.160 --> 00:27:59.980
 passive voice

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.300
 of the

00:28:00.300 --> 00:28:00.800
 Greek verb

00:28:00.800 --> 00:28:01.240
 tells us

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.519
 that we

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:01.960
 are being

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.539
 filled

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:03.360
 by the

00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:03.720
 Spirit.

00:28:04.380 --> 00:28:04.560
 In

00:28:04.560 --> 00:28:04.900
 other words,

00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.840
 we are

00:28:05.840 --> 00:28:06.400
 not being

00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:07.200
 more filled

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:07.620
 with the

00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:07.920
 Spirit.

00:28:08.100 --> 00:28:08.660
 We fully

00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:09.300
 possess the

00:28:09.300 --> 00:28:09.759
 Spirit by

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.180
 God's

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:10.820
 grace because

00:28:10.820 --> 00:28:11.039
 of the

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.380
 work of

00:28:11.380 --> 00:28:11.800
 Christ.

00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:13.060
 What Paul

00:28:13.060 --> 00:28:13.440
 is saying

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:13.680
 here,

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.039
 rather,

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:14.560
 is that the

00:28:14.560 --> 00:28:15.259
 Spirit is

00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:16.080
 filling us

00:28:16.080 --> 00:28:17.320
 with something.

00:28:18.600 --> 00:28:19.060
 And I

00:28:19.060 --> 00:28:19.640
 believe Paul

00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:20.180
 is referring

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:20.560
 to the

00:28:20.560 --> 00:28:20.840
 fullness

00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:22.300
 of God.

00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:23.100
 In Ephesians

00:28:23.100 --> 00:28:23.700
 chapter 3,

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.380
 verse 19,

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:24.900
 Paul was

00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:25.440
 praying for

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:25.940
 the church,

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.580
 and he

00:28:27.580 --> 00:28:28.200
 prays that

00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:28.600
 the church

00:28:28.600 --> 00:28:29.120
 would know

00:28:29.120 --> 00:28:29.560
 the love

00:28:29.560 --> 00:28:30.060
 of Christ

00:28:30.060 --> 00:28:31.180
 that surpasses

00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:32.200
 knowledge,

00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:32.960
 that we

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.460
 may be

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:34.160
 filled with

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:34.759
 all the

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.080
 fullness

00:28:35.080 --> 00:28:36.600
 of God.

00:28:37.800 --> 00:28:38.200
 And Paul

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.920
 prays this

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:39.500
 because this

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:39.860
 is not

00:28:39.860 --> 00:28:40.600
 something you

00:28:40.600 --> 00:28:41.040
 and I

00:28:41.040 --> 00:28:41.460
 can do,

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:42.080
 only something

00:28:42.080 --> 00:28:43.060
 God in

00:28:43.060 --> 00:28:43.519
 his grace

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.060
 toward us

00:28:44.060 --> 00:28:44.700
 in Christ

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:45.580
 can do.

00:28:47.300 --> 00:28:47.860
 Daniel

00:28:47.860 --> 00:28:48.320
 Wallace,

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.200
 an evangelical

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:49.779
 Greek

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.420
 professor,

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:52.180
 tracing the

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:52.759
 language of

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.380
 fill or

00:28:53.380 --> 00:28:53.980
 filling in

00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.680
 Ephesians,

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:56.180
 summarizes the

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:56.960
 idea best when

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.500
 he says,

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:57.980
 quote,

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:59.220
 believers are

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.759
 to be filled

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:00.559
 by Christ,

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.579
 by means

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:01.860
 of the

00:29:01.860 --> 00:29:02.180
 Spirit,

00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:03.099
 with the

00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:03.720
 content

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.799
 of the

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:05.099
 fullness

00:29:05.099 --> 00:29:06.759
 of God.

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.000
 I love

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.259
 that

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:09.220
 Trinitarian

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:09.839
 imagery

00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:11.839
 of God

00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:13.180
 working on

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:13.759
 our behalf.

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:15.460
 So Paul

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:15.860
 is not

00:29:15.860 --> 00:29:16.620
 talking about

00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:17.319
 the indwelling

00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:17.660
 of the

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:18.000
 Spirit.

00:29:18.120 --> 00:29:18.519
 That work

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:19.079
 is done

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:19.779
 and sealed

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.259
 for us

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:20.500
 who are

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.079
 in Christ.

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.420
 Now he

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:22.799
 is saying

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.079
 we are to

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:23.960
 be sanctified

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.420
 by means

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:24.660
 of the

00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:24.980
 Spirit,

00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:25.900
 filling us

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:26.259
 with the

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:26.560
 fullness

00:29:26.560 --> 00:29:28.180
 of God.

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:30.420
 And finally,

00:29:30.540 --> 00:29:30.860
 the verb

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:31.280
 is in the

00:29:31.280 --> 00:29:31.860
 imperative,

00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:33.540
 which means

00:29:33.540 --> 00:29:33.920
 it is a

00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:34.740
 command for

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.220
 us to

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:35.620
 obey.

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:36.759
 So you

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.420
 might wonder,

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.180
 how can

00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:38.580
 this verb

00:29:38.580 --> 00:29:38.900
 be a

00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:39.400
 command for

00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:39.800
 us to

00:29:39.800 --> 00:29:40.220
 obey,

00:29:40.860 --> 00:29:41.200
 and at

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.560
 the same

00:29:41.560 --> 00:29:42.259
 time imply

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:42.560
 that it

00:29:42.560 --> 00:29:42.840
 is the

00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:43.519
 Spirit who

00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:43.980
 is carrying

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:45.100
 out the

00:29:45.100 --> 00:29:45.580
 action?

00:29:46.800 --> 00:29:47.100
 Well,

00:29:47.100 --> 00:29:47.680
 stick around

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.100
 for our

00:29:48.100 --> 00:29:48.660
 series in

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:49.040
 Romans.

00:29:50.320 --> 00:29:50.880
 But in

00:29:50.880 --> 00:29:51.259
 short,

00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:51.700
 it is

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.180
 clear.

00:29:52.800 --> 00:29:53.280
 The Spirit

00:29:53.280 --> 00:29:53.900
 is filling

00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:54.360
 us with

00:29:54.360 --> 00:29:54.780
 the fullness

00:29:54.780 --> 00:29:55.440
 of God

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:56.100
 and we

00:29:56.100 --> 00:29:57.180
 must be

00:29:57.180 --> 00:29:57.799
 willing and

00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:58.200
 obedient

00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:58.860
 participants

00:29:58.860 --> 00:30:00.039
 in that

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:00.320
 work.

00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:00.759
 Not the

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.100
 work of

00:30:01.100 --> 00:30:01.680
 salvation,

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:02.140
 which is

00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:02.720
 entirely a

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.019
 work of

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.299
 God,

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.299
 but a

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:04.660
 work of

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:05.100
 obedience,

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.759
 a work of

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.980
 sanctification,

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:07.820
 in which we

00:30:07.820 --> 00:30:08.920
 cooperate by

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.460
 grace.

00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.279
 So kill

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.820
 off your

00:30:11.820 --> 00:30:13.039
 selfish desires,

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:13.620
 your idols,

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.299
 your values,

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:14.660
 and your

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.039
 thoughts.

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:15.620
 Die to

00:30:15.620 --> 00:30:16.200
 self and

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:16.860
 give of

00:30:16.860 --> 00:30:17.259
 yourself

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:18.860
 fully to

00:30:18.860 --> 00:30:19.440
 God by

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:20.180
 cooperating with

00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:20.500
 the leading

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:20.799
 of the

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.100
 Spirit,

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:23.220
 as He

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:23.680
 continually

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.220
 fills you

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:25.200
 with the

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:26.539
 fullness of

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:26.880
 God.

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:28.140
 A simplification

00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:29.140
 of this idea

00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:29.799
 is found in

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:30.819
 John 3.30.

00:30:31.580 --> 00:30:31.900
 Quote,

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:32.380
 He must

00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:32.920
 increase,

00:30:33.120 --> 00:30:33.400
 but I

00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:33.799
 must

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:34.840
 decrease.

00:30:37.340 --> 00:30:37.900
 Now,

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.480
 here we are

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:38.779
 and we

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.640
 still have

00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:40.259
 three verses

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:40.799
 to go,

00:30:41.600 --> 00:30:42.380
 but all of

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:42.759
 Paul's

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.240
 commandments

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:43.880
 in this

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:44.559
 section end

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:45.100
 here in

00:30:45.100 --> 00:30:46.779
 verse 18.

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:48.580
 Verses 19

00:30:48.580 --> 00:30:49.340
 through 21,

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:49.819
 which we are

00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:50.380
 about to look

00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:50.720
 at,

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:52.000
 describe the

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.799
 results or

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.880
 the activity

00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:54.280
 of the

00:30:54.280 --> 00:30:54.660
 one who

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:55.120
 is being

00:30:55.120 --> 00:30:55.680
 filled by

00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:56.020
 the Holy

00:30:56.020 --> 00:30:56.320
 Spirit,

00:30:56.400 --> 00:30:56.700
 the one

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.060
 looking

00:30:57.060 --> 00:30:57.560
 critically.

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:57.860
 So we're

00:30:57.860 --> 00:30:58.220
 about to

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:59.160
 see what

00:30:59.160 --> 00:30:59.820
 life looks

00:30:59.820 --> 00:31:00.240
 like for

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:00.620
 those of

00:31:00.620 --> 00:31:00.940
 us who

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:01.600
 obey and

00:31:01.600 --> 00:31:02.720
 keep these

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:03.280
 five

00:31:03.280 --> 00:31:04.780
 commandments.

00:31:05.780 --> 00:31:06.620
 So verse

00:31:06.620 --> 00:31:07.260
 19,

00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:09.300
 speaking to

00:31:09.300 --> 00:31:09.800
 one another

00:31:09.800 --> 00:31:10.700
 in psalms

00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:11.500
 and hymns

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:12.280
 and spiritual

00:31:12.280 --> 00:31:12.960
 songs,

00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:14.160
 singing and

00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:14.920
 making melody

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.740
 to the Lord

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:17.660
 from the

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:18.040
 heart.

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:18.660
 So as I

00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:18.840
 said,

00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:19.560
 we participate

00:31:19.560 --> 00:31:20.140
 in true

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:21.620
 worship from

00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:22.019
 the heart

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.779
 only when

00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.239
 we keep

00:31:23.239 --> 00:31:23.979
 these five

00:31:23.979 --> 00:31:24.699
 commandments

00:31:24.699 --> 00:31:25.179
 we've just

00:31:25.179 --> 00:31:25.659
 considered.

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.579
 And note

00:31:27.579 --> 00:31:27.899
 that when

00:31:27.899 --> 00:31:28.439
 Paul says

00:31:28.439 --> 00:31:29.099
 one another,

00:31:29.219 --> 00:31:29.559
 he's not

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:30.039
 talking about

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.359
 you and

00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:30.979
 your friends

00:31:30.979 --> 00:31:31.619
 or you and

00:31:31.619 --> 00:31:32.179
 your family

00:31:32.179 --> 00:31:32.879
 primarily,

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:34.439
 though those

00:31:34.439 --> 00:31:34.979
 would certainly

00:31:34.979 --> 00:31:35.599
 be good

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:37.019
 relationships to

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.619
 worship God

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:37.959
 with.

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.419
 But Paul

00:31:39.419 --> 00:31:40.299
 primarily has

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:40.919
 the church

00:31:40.919 --> 00:31:41.639
 body in

00:31:41.639 --> 00:31:41.899
 mind.

00:31:41.959 --> 00:31:42.379
 He's writing

00:31:42.379 --> 00:31:42.699
 to the

00:31:42.699 --> 00:31:43.659
 church of

00:31:43.659 --> 00:31:44.079
 Ephesus

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:45.019
 after all.

00:31:46.139 --> 00:31:46.419
 And Paul

00:31:46.419 --> 00:31:46.859
 goes on to

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:47.859
 describe the

00:31:47.859 --> 00:31:49.059
 wise walker,

00:31:49.139 --> 00:31:49.719
 the one being

00:31:49.719 --> 00:31:51.119
 filled by the

00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:51.679
 spirit and

00:31:51.679 --> 00:31:52.059
 says in

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.719
 verse 20,

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:54.359
 giving thanks

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:55.500
 always and

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:56.079
 for all

00:31:56.079 --> 00:31:57.899
 things in

00:31:57.899 --> 00:31:58.339
 the name of

00:31:58.339 --> 00:31:58.719
 our Lord

00:31:58.719 --> 00:31:59.419
 Jesus Christ

00:31:59.419 --> 00:32:00.459
 to God

00:32:00.459 --> 00:32:01.879
 the Father.

00:32:01.979 --> 00:32:02.279
 Again,

00:32:02.399 --> 00:32:02.959
 notice that

00:32:02.959 --> 00:32:03.439
 communal

00:32:03.439 --> 00:32:04.599
 language.

00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:05.359
 Paul says

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:06.619
 our Lord

00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:07.219
 Jesus

00:32:07.219 --> 00:32:08.399
 Christ.

00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:10.639
 The one

00:32:10.639 --> 00:32:11.119
 who critically

00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:11.859
 considers his

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:12.379
 walk and

00:32:12.379 --> 00:32:12.719
 is not

00:32:12.719 --> 00:32:13.719
 drunk with

00:32:13.719 --> 00:32:14.199
 wine but

00:32:14.199 --> 00:32:14.599
 filled by

00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:15.079
 the spirit

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:15.359
 with the

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:15.859
 fullness of

00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:17.359
 God is

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:17.739
 one who

00:32:17.739 --> 00:32:18.699
 gives thanks

00:32:18.699 --> 00:32:19.839
 always and

00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:20.359
 for all

00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:21.359
 things.

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:21.759
 So again,

00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:22.199
 I ask,

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:22.559
 is your

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:23.319
 life marked

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:23.959
 by a

00:32:23.959 --> 00:32:24.500
 practice of

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.039
 thanksgiving?

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:26.559
 Are you

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:26.959
 generally

00:32:26.959 --> 00:32:27.719
 thankful for

00:32:27.719 --> 00:32:28.519
 everything at

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.399
 all times in

00:32:29.399 --> 00:32:29.859
 your life,

00:32:29.919 --> 00:32:31.299
 the good and

00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:31.819
 the bad?

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:33.839
 Now is an

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.539
 opportunity to

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:35.559
 critically examine

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:36.839
 your walk.

00:32:39.199 --> 00:32:40.159
 And finally,

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:41.019
 verse 21,

00:32:41.399 --> 00:32:41.819
 the last

00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:42.679
 description for

00:32:42.679 --> 00:32:43.199
 those of us

00:32:43.199 --> 00:32:43.579
 who keep

00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:44.099
 these five

00:32:44.099 --> 00:32:44.559
 commandments.

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:47.339
 Paul writes,

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:48.039
 submitting to

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.599
 one another

00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:50.039
 in fear of

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.519
 Christ.

00:32:50.919 --> 00:32:51.720
 I say yet

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:52.099
 again,

00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:52.679
 Paul is

00:32:52.679 --> 00:32:53.500
 talking about

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:54.159
 the church

00:32:54.159 --> 00:32:55.940
 primarily at

00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:56.619
 this point.

00:32:57.379 --> 00:32:58.059
 The church

00:32:58.059 --> 00:32:58.559
 ought to

00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:59.059
 submit to

00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.579
 one another,

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.059
 and this

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:01.519
 may sound

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:01.879
 like a

00:33:01.879 --> 00:33:02.379
 commandment

00:33:02.379 --> 00:33:02.940
 in English,

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.339
 and it

00:33:03.339 --> 00:33:04.200
 certainly is

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.740
 a commandment

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.539
 elsewhere in

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:05.980
 scripture,

00:33:06.919 --> 00:33:07.819
 but in our

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.179
 text,

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:08.759
 in Greek,

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:09.240
 it is

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.960
 clearly not

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.759
 a commandment,

00:33:10.819 --> 00:33:11.579
 but describing

00:33:11.579 --> 00:33:13.139
 the result

00:33:13.139 --> 00:33:14.220
 of keeping

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:14.899
 the actual

00:33:14.899 --> 00:33:15.379
 commandments

00:33:15.379 --> 00:33:16.000
 in this

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.839
 passage.

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.599
 This

00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:20.079
 submission is

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:20.539
 to be done

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:21.399
 in fear

00:33:21.399 --> 00:33:22.500
 of Christ.

00:33:23.679 --> 00:33:24.220
 The idea

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.779
 here certainly

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.519
 is reverence

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:26.079
 for Christ,

00:33:26.199 --> 00:33:26.879
 but it is

00:33:26.879 --> 00:33:28.019
 certainly also

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:29.000
 a genuine

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.659
 fear of

00:33:29.659 --> 00:33:30.179
 Christ's

00:33:30.179 --> 00:33:30.899
 chastisement

00:33:30.899 --> 00:33:32.559
 for disobedience.

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.679
 How better

00:33:34.679 --> 00:33:35.639
 and how much

00:33:35.639 --> 00:33:36.399
 more satisfying

00:33:36.399 --> 00:33:37.919
 it is for

00:33:37.919 --> 00:33:38.480
 us to simply

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.099
 obey Him.

00:33:39.099 --> 00:33:42.079
 So in

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:42.500
 summary,

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.319
 Paul tells

00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:43.779
 us in

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.579
 this passage

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:45.819
 that we

00:33:45.819 --> 00:33:46.179
 are not

00:33:46.179 --> 00:33:46.500
 to be

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:47.439
 unwise or

00:33:47.439 --> 00:33:48.240
 foolish or

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:48.740
 waste our

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.480
 time in

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:50.299
 drunkenness.

00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:51.879
 Rather,

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:52.439
 we are to

00:33:52.439 --> 00:33:53.099
 look critically

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:53.500
 at our

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:53.899
 walk.

00:33:55.099 --> 00:33:55.819
 We are to

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.579
 discern the

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:57.240
 will of the

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:57.679
 Lord with

00:33:57.679 --> 00:33:58.779
 gospel criteria

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.399
 for any

00:33:59.399 --> 00:33:59.779
 given

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.419
 circumstance,

00:34:00.619 --> 00:34:01.000
 any given

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.699
 encounter in

00:34:01.699 --> 00:34:02.240
 this life.

00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:03.459
 And we

00:34:03.459 --> 00:34:03.879
 must be

00:34:03.879 --> 00:34:04.480
 continually

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:05.519
 filled by

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.959
 the Spirit.

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:08.839
 And when

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:09.280
 we obey

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:09.559
 these

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:09.960
 commandments,

00:34:10.180 --> 00:34:10.720
 our life

00:34:10.720 --> 00:34:11.460
 will be

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:11.860
 characterized

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:12.820
 by speaking

00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:13.539
 and singing

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:14.240
 scriptural

00:34:14.240 --> 00:34:15.180
 truths,

00:34:15.260 --> 00:34:15.900
 giving thanks

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.800
 always to

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:17.800
 God and

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.440
 submitting to

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:18.960
 one another.

00:34:19.180 --> 00:34:19.680
 And all

00:34:19.680 --> 00:34:20.200
 of this is

00:34:20.200 --> 00:34:20.420
 in the

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:21.280
 context of

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:21.820
 the local

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:23.460
 church.

00:34:25.740 --> 00:34:26.440
 So there

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:27.019
 you have it.

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.579
 Now you're

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:29.200
 all wondering

00:34:29.200 --> 00:34:30.200
 what did

00:34:30.200 --> 00:34:30.700
 most of that

00:34:30.700 --> 00:34:31.220
 have to do

00:34:31.220 --> 00:34:31.700
 with me

00:34:31.700 --> 00:34:32.539
 stewarding

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:33.160
 my time

00:34:33.160 --> 00:34:34.000
 better?

00:34:34.660 --> 00:34:35.480
 What happened

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:35.820
 to those

00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:36.900
 questions asked

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:37.780
 at the

00:34:37.780 --> 00:34:38.079
 beginning?

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:38.599
 How should

00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:38.880
 I spend

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.340
 my time?

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:39.639
 How do

00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:39.960
 I find

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.460
 balance in

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:40.619
 life?

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:40.920
 How do

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.279
 I know

00:34:41.279 --> 00:34:42.219
 I'm not

00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:42.699
 neglecting

00:34:42.699 --> 00:34:42.819
 the

00:34:42.819 --> 00:34:43.519
 responsibilities

00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:44.119
 God has

00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:44.659
 given me

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:45.519
 at work,

00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:46.279
 at home,

00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:47.940
 and at

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.360
 church?

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.659
 But based

00:34:50.659 --> 00:34:50.980
 on our

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.639
 text today,

00:34:51.799 --> 00:34:52.259
 and others

00:34:52.259 --> 00:34:52.619
 that we do

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:52.960
 not have

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:53.599
 time for,

00:34:54.279 --> 00:34:55.019
 I want to

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:55.420
 suggest

00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:57.319
 strongly that

00:34:57.319 --> 00:34:57.619
 these are

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:57.980
 the wrong

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.500
 questions.

00:34:59.159 --> 00:34:59.539
 These are

00:34:59.539 --> 00:35:00.219
 not questions

00:35:00.219 --> 00:35:00.599
 we as

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:00.960
 Christians

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:02.340
 should really

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:02.960
 be all that

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:03.679
 worried about.

00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:06.059
 and I

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:06.359
 would even

00:35:06.359 --> 00:35:06.799
 say they're

00:35:06.799 --> 00:35:07.159
 the wrong

00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:07.980
 focus.

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:09.940
 But Paul

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:10.500
 has provided

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:11.359
 a different

00:35:11.359 --> 00:35:11.619
 way,

00:35:11.679 --> 00:35:12.019
 a better

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.699
 way to

00:35:12.699 --> 00:35:13.139
 spend our

00:35:13.139 --> 00:35:13.480
 lives,

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:14.039
 to consider

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:15.219
 how we

00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:15.779
 spend our

00:35:15.779 --> 00:35:16.079
 lives,

00:35:16.159 --> 00:35:16.339
 to the

00:35:16.339 --> 00:35:16.659
 glory of

00:35:16.659 --> 00:35:16.940
 God.

00:35:18.239 --> 00:35:18.819
 If you

00:35:18.819 --> 00:35:19.079
 notice,

00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:19.519
 Paul's

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:19.879
 emphasis

00:35:19.879 --> 00:35:20.419
 in this

00:35:20.419 --> 00:35:21.279
 text is

00:35:21.279 --> 00:35:21.899
 not on

00:35:21.899 --> 00:35:22.339
 a checklist.

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:23.379
 It is

00:35:23.379 --> 00:35:23.919
 not on a

00:35:23.919 --> 00:35:24.500
 pie chart

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:24.899
 for how

00:35:24.899 --> 00:35:25.199
 you should

00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:25.639
 break up

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:26.139
 your hours

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.599
 and minutes

00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:26.919
 throughout

00:35:26.919 --> 00:35:27.440
 the day,

00:35:27.639 --> 00:35:28.419
 nor is

00:35:28.419 --> 00:35:29.480
 a step-by-step

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:30.759
 process for

00:35:30.759 --> 00:35:31.460
 better managing

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:32.139
 your time.

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:34.039
 In fact,

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:34.639
 the aspect

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:35.280
 of time

00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:35.659
 in this

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:36.179
 text is

00:35:36.179 --> 00:35:36.539
 not even

00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:37.059
 the focus

00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:37.360
 or the

00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:37.880
 main thing.

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:38.179
 It is

00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:39.420
 a footnote

00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:40.039
 to Paul's

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:40.579
 larger

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:41.940
 concern.

00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:43.740
 And it

00:35:43.740 --> 00:35:44.019
 is a

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:44.400
 footnote

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:44.720
 that is

00:35:44.720 --> 00:35:45.340
 taken good

00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:46.139
 care of

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:47.240
 if Paul's

00:35:47.240 --> 00:35:47.659
 larger

00:35:47.659 --> 00:35:48.280
 concern

00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:49.480
 is rightly

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:49.940
 accounted

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:50.340
 for.

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:52.179
 So imagine

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:52.460
 that,

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:53.360
 this time

00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:53.740
 management

00:35:53.740 --> 00:35:54.199
 thing,

00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:54.579
 this thing

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:55.039
 we're all

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.360
 wondering

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:55.599
 about,

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:56.019
 this thing

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.340
 that there's

00:35:56.340 --> 00:35:56.679
 an article

00:35:56.679 --> 00:35:57.440
 published on

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:58.079
 every single

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:58.579
 day from

00:35:58.579 --> 00:35:59.059
 all kinds

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.519
 of people

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.260
 with all

00:36:00.260 --> 00:36:00.679
 kinds of

00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:01.079
 views,

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.340
 not a

00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:02.659
 big deal

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:03.079
 to Paul.

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:05.880
 And yet,

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:07.699
 Paul includes

00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:08.679
 this pervasive

00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:09.599
 phrase,

00:36:10.260 --> 00:36:10.940
 redeeming

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.860
 the time.

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.400
 He literally

00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:12.760
 says,

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:13.420
 all of your

00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:14.519
 time is

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:15.099
 redeemed

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:16.480
 in the flow

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:16.740
 of his

00:36:16.740 --> 00:36:17.539
 larger concern.

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:18.420
 Now that's

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:19.480
 an astounding

00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:20.240
 claim.

00:36:20.780 --> 00:36:21.199
 And it is

00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.740
 an astounding

00:36:21.740 --> 00:36:22.380
 claim he does

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:23.699
 not pause

00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:24.740
 to make.

00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:25.159
 I think if

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:25.519
 you went and

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:25.920
 found all

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:26.619
 these 20

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:26.940
 year old

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:27.559
 bloggers who

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:27.920
 think a lot

00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:28.119
 of people

00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:28.400
 are reading

00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:28.820
 their blogs

00:36:28.820 --> 00:36:29.059
 but they

00:36:29.059 --> 00:36:29.300
 aren't,

00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:30.460
 talking about

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:30.760
 time

00:36:30.760 --> 00:36:31.120
 management,

00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:31.540
 and they

00:36:31.540 --> 00:36:31.700
 haven't

00:36:31.700 --> 00:36:32.000
 figured it

00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:32.260
 out yet

00:36:32.260 --> 00:36:32.520
 because they're

00:36:32.520 --> 00:36:32.780
 20,

00:36:33.300 --> 00:36:34.640
 would be

00:36:34.640 --> 00:36:35.260
 shocked when

00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:35.540
 they read

00:36:35.540 --> 00:36:36.220
 this passage

00:36:36.220 --> 00:36:36.880
 because it

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:37.420
 is such

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:38.520
 a brief,

00:36:38.740 --> 00:36:40.380
 brief footnote.

00:36:42.220 --> 00:36:42.860
 But Paul

00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:43.300
 makes it.

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:43.640
 He says,

00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:44.220
 all the

00:36:44.220 --> 00:36:45.780
 time is

00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:46.300
 redeemed.

00:36:47.040 --> 00:36:47.420
 And so I

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:47.680
 think what

00:36:47.680 --> 00:36:48.340
 this reveals

00:36:48.340 --> 00:36:49.140
 to us is

00:36:49.140 --> 00:36:49.540
 that we

00:36:49.540 --> 00:36:50.540
 are 21st

00:36:50.540 --> 00:36:51.020
 century

00:36:51.020 --> 00:36:52.160
 American

00:36:52.160 --> 00:36:52.720
 Christians.

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:53.160
 In other

00:36:53.160 --> 00:36:53.340
 words,

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:54.540
 we still

00:36:54.540 --> 00:36:55.100
 ask the

00:36:55.100 --> 00:36:55.460
 kinds of

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:56.240
 questions the

00:36:56.240 --> 00:36:56.560
 world,

00:36:56.700 --> 00:36:57.180
 the culture

00:36:57.180 --> 00:36:57.820
 around us

00:36:57.820 --> 00:36:58.120
 ask.

00:36:58.119 --> 00:36:58.519
 We don't

00:36:58.519 --> 00:36:59.619
 realize how

00:36:59.619 --> 00:37:00.139
 much our

00:37:00.139 --> 00:37:00.759
 thinking really

00:37:00.759 --> 00:37:01.519
 is of this

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:01.960
 culture,

00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:02.539
 this time

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:03.179
 and place

00:37:03.179 --> 00:37:04.539
 rather than

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:05.099
 biblically

00:37:05.099 --> 00:37:05.799
 informed.

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:08.059
 We have

00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:08.500
 thought about

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:08.980
 time the

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:09.279
 way the

00:37:09.279 --> 00:37:09.960
 world around

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:11.059
 us has

00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:11.500
 thought about

00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:11.880
 time and

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:12.319
 therefore we

00:37:12.319 --> 00:37:12.699
 have asked

00:37:12.699 --> 00:37:13.199
 the questions

00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:13.900
 they ask

00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:15.199
 about time,

00:37:15.799 --> 00:37:16.259
 though we

00:37:16.259 --> 00:37:17.059
 try to give

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:18.440
 our Bible

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:19.139
 answers.

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:21.699
 But hear

00:37:21.699 --> 00:37:22.019
 this,

00:37:22.119 --> 00:37:22.739
 God is

00:37:22.739 --> 00:37:23.739
 less concerned

00:37:23.739 --> 00:37:24.839
 about how

00:37:24.839 --> 00:37:25.379
 you spend

00:37:25.379 --> 00:37:25.979
 your time,

00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:28.099
 less concerned

00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:28.699
 about how

00:37:28.699 --> 00:37:29.139
 you spend

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:29.519
 your time,

00:37:29.759 --> 00:37:30.439
 and more

00:37:30.439 --> 00:37:31.259
 concerned about

00:37:31.259 --> 00:37:32.019
 what kind

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:32.579
 of person

00:37:32.579 --> 00:37:33.119
 you are

00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:33.979
 and if you

00:37:33.979 --> 00:37:34.679
 are faithful.

00:37:36.379 --> 00:37:36.919
 And of

00:37:36.919 --> 00:37:37.299
 course,

00:37:37.439 --> 00:37:37.919
 if you are

00:37:37.919 --> 00:37:38.419
 the kind

00:37:38.419 --> 00:37:39.019
 of person

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:39.539
 God is

00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:40.000
 calling you

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:40.579
 to be,

00:37:41.759 --> 00:37:42.239
 and if you

00:37:42.239 --> 00:37:42.859
 are faithful,

00:37:43.739 --> 00:37:44.179
 then you

00:37:44.179 --> 00:37:44.579
 will use

00:37:44.579 --> 00:37:45.099
 your time

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:46.299
 wisely.

00:37:47.359 --> 00:37:47.959
 You see

00:37:47.959 --> 00:37:48.579
 the freedom

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:49.079
 in this

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:49.559
 kind of

00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:49.939
 thinking.

00:37:51.439 --> 00:37:51.979
 And it's

00:37:51.979 --> 00:37:52.639
 worth mentioning

00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:53.219
 just again

00:37:53.219 --> 00:37:53.659
 to show you

00:37:53.659 --> 00:37:54.659
 how culturally

00:37:54.659 --> 00:37:55.279
 informed we

00:37:55.279 --> 00:37:55.619
 are in the

00:37:55.619 --> 00:37:55.899
 way we

00:37:55.899 --> 00:37:56.399
 think about

00:37:56.399 --> 00:37:56.919
 time,

00:37:57.319 --> 00:37:57.939
 that the

00:37:57.939 --> 00:37:58.439
 idea of

00:37:58.439 --> 00:37:58.759
 the eight

00:37:58.759 --> 00:37:59.319
 hour work

00:37:59.319 --> 00:37:59.759
 day or

00:37:59.759 --> 00:38:00.899
 the recreational

00:38:00.899 --> 00:38:01.659
 weekend or

00:38:01.659 --> 00:38:02.219
 even the 90

00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:02.879
 minute church

00:38:02.879 --> 00:38:04.019
 service are

00:38:04.019 --> 00:38:05.039
 all man-made

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:06.579
 ideas.

00:38:06.839 --> 00:38:07.119
 And that's

00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:07.559
 not to say

00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:08.119
 they're inherently

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:08.639
 evil,

00:38:09.239 --> 00:38:09.919
 it's just to

00:38:09.919 --> 00:38:10.539
 recognize these

00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:10.939
 are not

00:38:10.939 --> 00:38:11.399
 biblically

00:38:11.399 --> 00:38:12.099
 authoritative

00:38:12.099 --> 00:38:13.039
 establishments

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:13.980
 that we

00:38:13.980 --> 00:38:14.779
 often treat

00:38:14.779 --> 00:38:15.619
 as biblically

00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:16.199
 authoritative

00:38:16.199 --> 00:38:17.579
 establishments.

00:38:18.459 --> 00:38:19.079
 And in fact,

00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:19.779
 in all of

00:38:19.779 --> 00:38:20.219
 scripture,

00:38:20.399 --> 00:38:20.939
 you will never

00:38:20.939 --> 00:38:21.980
 find God

00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:23.139
 say anything

00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:23.960
 about hours

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.480
 and minutes

00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:24.940
 that we

00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:25.339
 must do

00:38:25.339 --> 00:38:25.859
 this or

00:38:25.859 --> 00:38:26.299
 that.

00:38:27.359 --> 00:38:28.219
 You won't

00:38:28.219 --> 00:38:28.819
 find it.

00:38:29.420 --> 00:38:29.819
 The Bible

00:38:29.819 --> 00:38:30.400
 just does

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:31.239
 not discuss

00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:32.199
 or talk

00:38:32.199 --> 00:38:32.799
 about time

00:38:32.799 --> 00:38:33.279
 the way

00:38:33.279 --> 00:38:34.420
 we 21st

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:34.739
 century

00:38:34.739 --> 00:38:35.239
 Americans

00:38:35.239 --> 00:38:36.339
 do.

00:38:37.139 --> 00:38:37.739
 So we

00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:38.059
 need to

00:38:38.059 --> 00:38:38.980
 change the

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:39.279
 way we

00:38:39.279 --> 00:38:39.719
 think about

00:38:39.719 --> 00:38:40.420
 time to

00:38:40.420 --> 00:38:42.699
 conform to

00:38:42.699 --> 00:38:43.139
 the larger

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:43.920
 concerns that

00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:44.500
 God has

00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:45.420
 breathed into

00:38:45.420 --> 00:38:46.059
 Paul in the

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:47.359
 writing of

00:38:47.359 --> 00:38:47.879
 Ephesians.

00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:48.099
 things.

00:38:50.900 --> 00:38:51.539
 Now to

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:51.960
 offer some

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:52.440
 practical

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:53.019
 advice,

00:38:53.180 --> 00:38:53.420
 I'm going

00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:53.780
 to lean

00:38:53.780 --> 00:38:54.619
 on an

00:38:54.619 --> 00:38:55.220
 author named

00:38:55.220 --> 00:38:55.960
 Rick Siegel.

00:38:56.180 --> 00:38:56.519
 Perhaps

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:57.039
 you're familiar

00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:57.380
 with him

00:38:57.380 --> 00:38:58.000
 from Desiring

00:38:58.000 --> 00:38:58.579
 God.

00:38:59.780 --> 00:39:00.640
 He offers

00:39:00.640 --> 00:39:01.900
 five ways

00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:02.680
 to use

00:39:02.680 --> 00:39:03.599
 time wisely

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:04.740
 and not

00:39:04.740 --> 00:39:05.400
 waste time

00:39:05.400 --> 00:39:06.119
 thinking about

00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:07.539
 time management.

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:08.800
 And we'll

00:39:08.800 --> 00:39:09.320
 cover these

00:39:09.320 --> 00:39:10.140
 quickly.

00:39:11.140 --> 00:39:11.700
 So five

00:39:11.700 --> 00:39:12.180
 ways.

00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:13.519
 Number one,

00:39:13.619 --> 00:39:14.280
 as a Christian,

00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:14.960
 know you are

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.780
 never going to

00:39:15.780 --> 00:39:17.280
 run out of

00:39:17.280 --> 00:39:17.720
 time.

00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:18.200
 What a

00:39:18.200 --> 00:39:18.500
 wonderful

00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:19.019
 thought.

00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:19.720
 We have

00:39:19.720 --> 00:39:20.440
 all of

00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:21.100
 eternity to

00:39:21.100 --> 00:39:21.400
 do the

00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:22.120
 things we

00:39:22.120 --> 00:39:22.780
 dream to

00:39:22.780 --> 00:39:23.300
 do and to

00:39:23.300 --> 00:39:23.780
 do it all

00:39:23.780 --> 00:39:24.100
 to the

00:39:24.100 --> 00:39:24.820
 glory of

00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:25.700
 God without

00:39:25.700 --> 00:39:26.660
 sin.

00:39:27.640 --> 00:39:27.980
 It's

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.880
 irrational to

00:39:28.880 --> 00:39:29.460
 be concerned

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:30.220
 about running

00:39:30.220 --> 00:39:30.640
 out of

00:39:30.640 --> 00:39:31.040
 time.

00:39:32.560 --> 00:39:33.340
 Number two,

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:34.260
 remember people

00:39:34.260 --> 00:39:35.300
 are the object

00:39:35.300 --> 00:39:36.200
 of your

00:39:36.200 --> 00:39:37.200
 Christian vocation,

00:39:37.300 --> 00:39:37.660
 not the

00:39:37.660 --> 00:39:38.200
 means.

00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:39.820
 So do not

00:39:39.820 --> 00:39:40.400
 view people as

00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:41.040
 anything other

00:39:41.040 --> 00:39:42.120
 than people,

00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:42.700
 the mission

00:39:42.700 --> 00:39:43.600
 field, and

00:39:43.600 --> 00:39:44.040
 you will see

00:39:44.040 --> 00:39:45.000
 priority take

00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:45.720
 shape in your

00:39:45.720 --> 00:39:46.080
 life.

00:39:46.180 --> 00:39:47.240
 That is God

00:39:47.239 --> 00:39:48.019
 inspired.

00:39:49.959 --> 00:39:50.699
 And everyone

00:39:50.699 --> 00:39:51.419
 you meet either

00:39:51.419 --> 00:39:52.039
 needs to know

00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:52.759
 Jesus or know

00:39:52.759 --> 00:39:53.639
 more about

00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:54.199
 Jesus.

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:54.919
 And we as

00:39:54.919 --> 00:39:55.599
 Christians can

00:39:55.599 --> 00:39:56.359
 offer both.

00:39:57.179 --> 00:39:57.679
 One to the

00:39:57.679 --> 00:39:58.139
 believer, the

00:39:58.139 --> 00:39:59.559
 other to the

00:39:59.559 --> 00:40:00.139
 unbeliever.

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:02.239
 Number three,

00:40:03.199 --> 00:40:03.719
 seek to

00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:04.579
 de-automate

00:40:04.579 --> 00:40:05.839
 your relationships.

00:40:07.059 --> 00:40:07.699
 So spend

00:40:07.699 --> 00:40:08.559
 less time, and

00:40:08.559 --> 00:40:09.079
 I would argue

00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:09.819
 preferably no

00:40:09.819 --> 00:40:10.599
 time, wasting

00:40:10.599 --> 00:40:11.179
 your life on

00:40:11.179 --> 00:40:11.899
 social media,

00:40:12.419 --> 00:40:12.759
 and other

00:40:12.759 --> 00:40:13.339
 places where

00:40:13.339 --> 00:40:13.779
 you fake

00:40:13.779 --> 00:40:14.659
 relationships.

00:40:14.659 --> 00:40:16.879
 go spend

00:40:16.879 --> 00:40:17.739
 time somewhere

00:40:17.739 --> 00:40:19.039
 with someone

00:40:19.039 --> 00:40:19.639
 and develop

00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:20.159
 a true

00:40:20.159 --> 00:40:21.199
 friendship.

00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:23.299
 Siegel adds

00:40:23.299 --> 00:40:24.099
 that we

00:40:24.099 --> 00:40:24.719
 ought to see

00:40:24.719 --> 00:40:25.440
 unexpected

00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:26.399
 interruptions

00:40:26.399 --> 00:40:26.859
 from people

00:40:26.859 --> 00:40:27.199
 in our

00:40:27.199 --> 00:40:28.019
 day as a

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:28.519
 divine

00:40:28.519 --> 00:40:29.179
 appointment,

00:40:29.879 --> 00:40:30.639
 opportunities for

00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:31.239
 God to use

00:40:31.239 --> 00:40:31.879
 us in some

00:40:31.879 --> 00:40:32.799
 way to

00:40:32.799 --> 00:40:33.559
 encourage or

00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:34.199
 equip or

00:40:34.199 --> 00:40:35.279
 evangelize

00:40:35.279 --> 00:40:36.500
 somebody else,

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:37.139
 to serve

00:40:37.139 --> 00:40:38.159
 others.

00:40:40.399 --> 00:40:40.639
 And number

00:40:40.639 --> 00:40:41.099
 four,

00:40:41.099 --> 00:40:43.239
 detox on

00:40:43.239 --> 00:40:44.039
 output and

00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:44.960
 thrive instead

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:45.779
 on the

00:40:45.779 --> 00:40:46.099
 greatest

00:40:46.099 --> 00:40:46.619
 commandments.

00:40:47.679 --> 00:40:48.519
 Don't worry

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:49.460
 as much about

00:40:49.460 --> 00:40:50.420
 productivity if

00:40:50.420 --> 00:40:51.019
 you are faithful

00:40:51.019 --> 00:40:51.739
 to God and

00:40:51.739 --> 00:40:52.299
 concerning your

00:40:52.299 --> 00:40:52.599
 walk.

00:40:52.980 --> 00:40:53.500
 Productivity

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:54.219
 will come.

00:40:55.480 --> 00:40:55.960
 But instead

00:40:55.960 --> 00:40:56.819
 thrive on the

00:40:56.819 --> 00:40:57.360
 greatest

00:40:57.360 --> 00:40:58.400
 commandment.

00:40:58.519 --> 00:40:59.179
 Love God

00:40:59.179 --> 00:41:00.019
 and love

00:41:00.019 --> 00:41:00.380
 neighbor.

00:41:01.199 --> 00:41:01.719
 This is the

00:41:01.719 --> 00:41:02.559
 greatest commandment

00:41:02.559 --> 00:41:03.299
 that dictates

00:41:03.299 --> 00:41:04.539
 everything we

00:41:04.539 --> 00:41:04.819
 do.

00:41:06.259 --> 00:41:07.239
 If you find

00:41:07.239 --> 00:41:07.839
 that all of

00:41:07.839 --> 00:41:08.420
 your time is

00:41:08.420 --> 00:41:09.079
 not geared

00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:10.059
 towards loving

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:10.779
 God and loving

00:41:10.780 --> 00:41:11.260
 neighbor, I

00:41:11.260 --> 00:41:11.900
 guarantee you,

00:41:11.920 --> 00:41:12.640
 you are wasting

00:41:12.640 --> 00:41:13.820
 your life away.

00:41:15.460 --> 00:41:16.160
 This is

00:41:16.160 --> 00:41:17.000
 scripture.

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:19.000
 And number

00:41:19.000 --> 00:41:19.880
 five, make the

00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:20.740
 glory of God

00:41:20.740 --> 00:41:22.560
 the goal of

00:41:22.560 --> 00:41:23.060
 all your

00:41:23.060 --> 00:41:23.500
 activity.

00:41:23.600 --> 00:41:24.120
 As Paul says,

00:41:24.180 --> 00:41:24.780
 whether we eat

00:41:24.780 --> 00:41:25.320
 or drink or

00:41:25.320 --> 00:41:25.920
 whatever we do,

00:41:25.980 --> 00:41:26.480
 do it all

00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:27.180
 unto the glory

00:41:27.180 --> 00:41:28.560
 of God.

00:41:29.560 --> 00:41:30.420
 Your job,

00:41:30.540 --> 00:41:31.060
 your family,

00:41:31.260 --> 00:41:31.760
 your church

00:41:31.760 --> 00:41:32.300
 involvement,

00:41:32.600 --> 00:41:33.180
 your chores,

00:41:33.340 --> 00:41:33.880
 your reading,

00:41:34.820 --> 00:41:35.580
 your entertainment,

00:41:35.940 --> 00:41:36.460
 everything,

00:41:36.580 --> 00:41:37.400
 your vacations,

00:41:37.640 --> 00:41:38.140
 you don't get a

00:41:38.140 --> 00:41:38.960
 break from God.

00:41:39.040 --> 00:41:39.700
 God is your

00:41:39.700 --> 00:41:40.140
 rest.

00:41:40.780 --> 00:41:42.380
 And it

00:41:42.380 --> 00:41:42.660
 should be

00:41:42.660 --> 00:41:43.260
 redeemed in

00:41:43.260 --> 00:41:43.800
 such a way

00:41:43.800 --> 00:41:44.300
 so as to

00:41:44.300 --> 00:41:46.380
 glorify God.

00:41:48.420 --> 00:41:49.019
 So that's

00:41:49.019 --> 00:41:49.400
 what Rick

00:41:49.400 --> 00:41:50.040
 Siegel has

00:41:50.040 --> 00:41:50.420
 to say,

00:41:50.540 --> 00:41:51.620
 but there's

00:41:51.620 --> 00:41:52.200
 something close

00:41:52.200 --> 00:41:52.900
 to home here

00:41:52.900 --> 00:41:54.080
 at CFC

00:41:54.080 --> 00:41:54.620
 that we need

00:41:54.620 --> 00:41:55.040
 to discuss

00:41:55.040 --> 00:41:55.800
 before we

00:41:55.800 --> 00:41:56.760
 close,

00:41:56.860 --> 00:41:57.080
 something

00:41:57.080 --> 00:41:58.100
 specific.

00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:01.160
 It's my

00:42:01.160 --> 00:42:01.920
 concern as

00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:02.519
 well as the

00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:03.440
 elders that

00:42:03.440 --> 00:42:05.760
 not that there's

00:42:05.760 --> 00:42:06.180
 a list of

00:42:06.180 --> 00:42:06.560
 names or

00:42:06.560 --> 00:42:07.080
 anything like

00:42:07.080 --> 00:42:07.360
 that,

00:42:07.360 --> 00:42:07.720
 but it's

00:42:07.720 --> 00:42:08.039
 just a

00:42:08.039 --> 00:42:08.480
 growing

00:42:08.480 --> 00:42:09.160
 recognition

00:42:09.160 --> 00:42:10.800
 that more

00:42:10.800 --> 00:42:11.079
 and more

00:42:11.079 --> 00:42:11.620
 people are

00:42:11.620 --> 00:42:12.260
 not making

00:42:12.260 --> 00:42:13.519
 time for

00:42:13.519 --> 00:42:14.000
 our church

00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:14.640
 outside of

00:42:14.640 --> 00:42:15.260
 Sunday morning.

00:42:16.460 --> 00:42:17.300
 It's been a

00:42:17.300 --> 00:42:17.980
 hectic season

00:42:17.980 --> 00:42:18.820
 these past few

00:42:18.820 --> 00:42:19.340
 years.

00:42:19.720 --> 00:42:20.160
 Babies are

00:42:20.160 --> 00:42:20.980
 flying out all

00:42:20.980 --> 00:42:21.660
 over the place.

00:42:22.240 --> 00:42:22.900
 People are

00:42:22.900 --> 00:42:23.579
 getting married

00:42:23.579 --> 00:42:24.800
 and just life

00:42:24.800 --> 00:42:25.559
 is moving.

00:42:27.160 --> 00:42:27.680
 But it's been

00:42:27.680 --> 00:42:28.559
 our observation

00:42:28.559 --> 00:42:29.340
 that many are

00:42:29.340 --> 00:42:29.880
 turning more

00:42:29.880 --> 00:42:30.240
 and more

00:42:30.240 --> 00:42:31.220
 inward to

00:42:31.220 --> 00:42:31.960
 their families

00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:32.920
 at the

00:42:32.920 --> 00:42:33.679
 expense of

00:42:33.679 --> 00:42:34.220
 the church.

00:42:35.880 --> 00:42:36.480
 And please

00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:36.800
 hear me,

00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:37.280
 families,

00:42:37.500 --> 00:42:38.059
 extremely

00:42:38.059 --> 00:42:38.619
 important,

00:42:39.400 --> 00:42:39.820
 extremely,

00:42:41.119 --> 00:42:41.840
 but I fear

00:42:41.840 --> 00:42:42.240
 they're being

00:42:42.240 --> 00:42:43.380
 used as an

00:42:43.380 --> 00:42:44.000
 excuse far

00:42:44.000 --> 00:42:44.659
 too often.

00:42:46.440 --> 00:42:47.220
 Our cleaning

00:42:47.220 --> 00:42:47.559
 crews,

00:42:47.699 --> 00:42:48.420
 just for example,

00:42:48.679 --> 00:42:49.740
 barely exist.

00:42:50.900 --> 00:42:51.500
 Just last

00:42:51.500 --> 00:42:51.740
 week,

00:42:51.820 --> 00:42:52.300
 Madison and

00:42:52.300 --> 00:42:52.559
 I,

00:42:52.699 --> 00:42:53.420
 it took us

00:42:53.420 --> 00:42:54.019
 about three

00:42:54.019 --> 00:42:54.659
 hours to

00:42:54.659 --> 00:42:54.960
 clean the

00:42:54.960 --> 00:42:56.000
 building by

00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:56.659
 ourselves.

00:42:57.599 --> 00:42:58.059
 Sarah Kohler

00:42:58.059 --> 00:42:58.420
 was there

00:42:58.420 --> 00:42:58.860
 helpfully

00:42:58.860 --> 00:42:59.460
 watching the

00:42:59.460 --> 00:43:00.220
 kids so we

00:43:00.220 --> 00:43:00.720
 could work.

00:43:00.719 --> 00:43:02.000
 So I guess

00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:02.419
 the three of

00:43:02.419 --> 00:43:02.639
 us were

00:43:02.639 --> 00:43:03.219
 there,

00:43:03.419 --> 00:43:04.319
 but the

00:43:04.319 --> 00:43:04.980
 point is it

00:43:04.980 --> 00:43:05.659
 took us way

00:43:05.659 --> 00:43:06.299
 longer than

00:43:06.299 --> 00:43:06.819
 it should.

00:43:07.719 --> 00:43:08.119
 And there

00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:08.619
 should be way

00:43:08.619 --> 00:43:09.439
 more volunteers.

00:43:10.239 --> 00:43:10.879
 I remember

00:43:10.879 --> 00:43:11.719
 the days here

00:43:11.719 --> 00:43:12.159
 when our

00:43:12.159 --> 00:43:12.639
 clean crews

00:43:12.639 --> 00:43:13.559
 averaged 15

00:43:13.559 --> 00:43:13.919
 to 20

00:43:13.919 --> 00:43:15.139
 people and

00:43:15.139 --> 00:43:15.679
 it took 40

00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:16.119
 minutes.

00:43:16.519 --> 00:43:16.719
 And it

00:43:16.719 --> 00:43:17.179
 was fun.

00:43:20.379 --> 00:43:21.059
 And that

00:43:21.059 --> 00:43:21.839
 happens regularly

00:43:21.839 --> 00:43:22.579
 because so

00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:23.319
 few are

00:43:23.319 --> 00:43:24.119
 volunteering.

00:43:25.119 --> 00:43:25.839
 I've asked

00:43:25.839 --> 00:43:27.059
 before and I

00:43:27.059 --> 00:43:27.399
 can't tell you

00:43:27.399 --> 00:43:27.919
 how many times

00:43:27.919 --> 00:43:28.419
 someone has

00:43:28.419 --> 00:43:28.839
 said,

00:43:29.319 --> 00:43:30.099
 well it's

00:43:30.099 --> 00:43:30.559
 busy with

00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:30.820
 a new

00:43:30.820 --> 00:43:31.159
 baby.

00:43:34.079 --> 00:43:34.299
 And I

00:43:34.299 --> 00:43:34.480
 just,

00:43:34.639 --> 00:43:34.779
 you know,

00:43:34.840 --> 00:43:35.400
 really like,

00:43:35.779 --> 00:43:36.179
 I didn't

00:43:36.179 --> 00:43:36.820
 realize both

00:43:36.820 --> 00:43:37.420
 parents needed

00:43:37.420 --> 00:43:37.799
 to be home

00:43:37.799 --> 00:43:38.159
 to watch

00:43:38.159 --> 00:43:39.159
 one baby.

00:43:39.799 --> 00:43:40.539
 Let alone

00:43:40.539 --> 00:43:41.000
 you could

00:43:41.000 --> 00:43:41.599
 both come

00:43:41.599 --> 00:43:41.900
 and we

00:43:41.900 --> 00:43:42.360
 have people

00:43:42.360 --> 00:43:42.860
 like Sarah

00:43:42.860 --> 00:43:43.420
 Kohler or

00:43:43.420 --> 00:43:44.259
 whoever watch

00:43:44.259 --> 00:43:44.659
 the kids

00:43:44.659 --> 00:43:44.960
 while the

00:43:44.960 --> 00:43:45.360
 rest of us

00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:45.679
 clean.

00:43:46.639 --> 00:43:47.400
 It's not

00:43:47.400 --> 00:43:48.340
 difficult to

00:43:48.340 --> 00:43:48.880
 figure out.

00:43:50.639 --> 00:43:51.119
 Likewise,

00:43:51.380 --> 00:43:52.039
 our volunteers

00:43:52.039 --> 00:43:52.900
 for child

00:43:52.900 --> 00:43:53.679
 care also

00:43:53.679 --> 00:43:54.440
 barely exist.

00:43:54.559 --> 00:43:54.960
 The same

00:43:54.960 --> 00:43:55.759
 few people

00:43:55.759 --> 00:43:57.299
 are taking

00:43:57.299 --> 00:43:57.840
 care of that

00:43:57.840 --> 00:43:58.619
 burden every

00:43:58.619 --> 00:43:59.420
 week for the

00:43:59.420 --> 00:44:00.199
 rest of us.

00:44:00.559 --> 00:44:01.500
 And the

00:44:01.500 --> 00:44:01.960
 sad one

00:44:01.960 --> 00:44:02.539
 about this

00:44:02.539 --> 00:44:03.079
 is that

00:44:03.079 --> 00:44:03.579
 most of

00:44:03.579 --> 00:44:03.840
 us are

00:44:03.840 --> 00:44:04.219
 here any

00:44:04.219 --> 00:44:04.779
 given Sunday

00:44:04.779 --> 00:44:05.320
 so why

00:44:05.320 --> 00:44:06.299
 is it a lot

00:44:06.299 --> 00:44:06.539
 of us

00:44:06.539 --> 00:44:07.799
 can't volunteer

00:44:07.799 --> 00:44:08.519
 our time to

00:44:08.519 --> 00:44:08.980
 help out

00:44:08.980 --> 00:44:10.239
 with child

00:44:10.239 --> 00:44:10.480
 care?

00:44:12.779 --> 00:44:13.320
 And I

00:44:13.320 --> 00:44:13.579
 could go

00:44:13.579 --> 00:44:14.019
 on but I

00:44:14.019 --> 00:44:14.599
 just offer

00:44:14.599 --> 00:44:15.119
 these as a

00:44:15.119 --> 00:44:16.000
 few simple

00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:16.920
 and basic

00:44:16.920 --> 00:44:18.539
 examples that

00:44:18.539 --> 00:44:18.980
 show our

00:44:18.980 --> 00:44:19.460
 church is

00:44:19.460 --> 00:44:20.179
 being neglected

00:44:20.179 --> 00:44:21.579
 by some of

00:44:21.579 --> 00:44:21.900
 its own

00:44:21.900 --> 00:44:22.279
 members.

00:44:22.280 --> 00:44:22.500
 members.

00:44:23.500 --> 00:44:24.400
 And I

00:44:24.400 --> 00:44:24.720
 don't know

00:44:24.720 --> 00:44:24.960
 what to

00:44:24.960 --> 00:44:25.700
 conclude about

00:44:25.700 --> 00:44:26.380
 that other

00:44:26.380 --> 00:44:26.800
 than seeing

00:44:26.800 --> 00:44:27.500
 people become

00:44:27.500 --> 00:44:28.260
 less willing

00:44:28.260 --> 00:44:30.080
 to sacrificially

00:44:30.080 --> 00:44:31.000
 make time to

00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:31.340
 serve the

00:44:31.340 --> 00:44:31.640
 body.

00:44:33.340 --> 00:44:34.280
 And this is

00:44:34.280 --> 00:44:34.620
 something we

00:44:34.620 --> 00:44:35.140
 need to remind

00:44:35.140 --> 00:44:35.540
 ourselves.

00:44:35.680 --> 00:44:36.180
 God is not

00:44:36.180 --> 00:44:36.820
 merely calling

00:44:36.820 --> 00:44:37.580
 you to serve

00:44:37.580 --> 00:44:38.320
 the church

00:44:38.320 --> 00:44:38.760
 when it is

00:44:38.760 --> 00:44:39.720
 convenient or

00:44:39.720 --> 00:44:40.160
 mutually

00:44:40.160 --> 00:44:40.820
 beneficial.

00:44:42.740 --> 00:44:43.580
 Far more

00:44:43.580 --> 00:44:44.300
 often, in fact,

00:44:44.380 --> 00:44:45.560
 almost exclusively,

00:44:46.600 --> 00:44:47.300
 the New Testament

00:44:47.300 --> 00:44:48.500
 describes believers

00:44:48.500 --> 00:44:49.519
 serving sacrificially

00:44:49.519 --> 00:44:49.900
 through their

00:44:49.900 --> 00:44:50.800
 time and

00:44:50.800 --> 00:44:51.440
 their talents

00:44:51.440 --> 00:44:52.059
 and their

00:44:52.059 --> 00:44:52.380
 money.

00:44:53.159 --> 00:44:53.679
 So notice that

00:44:53.679 --> 00:44:54.019
 key word,

00:44:54.159 --> 00:44:54.920
 sacrificially.

00:44:55.059 --> 00:44:55.759
 It's not easy,

00:44:56.400 --> 00:44:57.539
 but it's normal

00:44:57.539 --> 00:44:58.159
 for the believer.

00:44:59.679 --> 00:45:00.420
 We throw

00:45:00.420 --> 00:45:01.039
 around phrases

00:45:01.039 --> 00:45:01.360
 like,

00:45:01.500 --> 00:45:02.079
 whatever is

00:45:02.079 --> 00:45:02.759
 best for my

00:45:02.759 --> 00:45:03.500
 family as

00:45:03.500 --> 00:45:03.980
 our all

00:45:03.980 --> 00:45:04.900
 encompassing

00:45:04.900 --> 00:45:06.259
 criteria.

00:45:07.280 --> 00:45:07.739
 But have you

00:45:07.739 --> 00:45:08.420
 considered that

00:45:08.420 --> 00:45:09.019
 what is best

00:45:09.019 --> 00:45:09.400
 for your

00:45:09.400 --> 00:45:11.139
 family may be

00:45:11.139 --> 00:45:11.800
 to take them

00:45:11.800 --> 00:45:12.800
 to church at

00:45:12.800 --> 00:45:13.300
 an inconvenient

00:45:13.300 --> 00:45:14.579
 time, to

00:45:14.579 --> 00:45:15.239
 sacrificially

00:45:15.239 --> 00:45:16.519
 serve, and

00:45:16.519 --> 00:45:17.320
 by that example

00:45:17.320 --> 00:45:18.039
 teach them,

00:45:18.099 --> 00:45:18.579
 your wife,

00:45:18.679 --> 00:45:19.000
 your husband,

00:45:19.099 --> 00:45:19.500
 your kids,

00:45:19.519 --> 00:45:20.699
 teach them,

00:45:20.820 --> 00:45:21.659
 life is about

00:45:21.659 --> 00:45:22.500
 the glory of

00:45:22.500 --> 00:45:23.820
 God, not

00:45:23.820 --> 00:45:24.440
 the comfort

00:45:24.440 --> 00:45:25.840
 of man.

00:45:28.500 --> 00:45:28.759
 I mean,

00:45:28.800 --> 00:45:29.300
 consider

00:45:29.300 --> 00:45:30.559
 Christ.

00:45:30.719 --> 00:45:31.119
 He left

00:45:31.119 --> 00:45:31.800
 the glories

00:45:31.800 --> 00:45:32.360
 of heaven

00:45:32.360 --> 00:45:33.039
 for fallen

00:45:33.039 --> 00:45:33.519
 earth.

00:45:33.599 --> 00:45:33.880
 He was

00:45:33.880 --> 00:45:34.539
 worshipped

00:45:34.539 --> 00:45:35.500
 continually by

00:45:35.500 --> 00:45:36.179
 angels in

00:45:36.179 --> 00:45:36.380
 heaven.

00:45:36.500 --> 00:45:36.739
 He had

00:45:36.739 --> 00:45:37.179
 comfort,

00:45:37.400 --> 00:45:37.840
 power,

00:45:37.980 --> 00:45:38.759
 glory beyond

00:45:38.759 --> 00:45:39.579
 imagination.

00:45:41.659 --> 00:45:42.000
 And yet,

00:45:42.039 --> 00:45:42.460
 we know from

00:45:42.460 --> 00:45:42.940
 Philippians,

00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:43.559
 he took the

00:45:43.559 --> 00:45:44.259
 form of a

00:45:44.259 --> 00:45:44.820
 man, took

00:45:44.820 --> 00:45:45.679
 the form of

00:45:45.679 --> 00:45:46.460
 a slave.

00:45:47.599 --> 00:45:48.259
 He was

00:45:48.259 --> 00:45:48.739
 mocked,

00:45:48.800 --> 00:45:49.300
 despised,

00:45:49.300 --> 00:45:49.820
 rejected,

00:45:50.019 --> 00:45:50.680
 and ultimately

00:45:50.680 --> 00:45:52.039
 killed.

00:45:53.180 --> 00:45:53.539
 And yet,

00:45:53.580 --> 00:45:54.120
 this was his

00:45:54.120 --> 00:45:54.640
 plan.

00:45:54.740 --> 00:45:55.500
 He came to

00:45:55.500 --> 00:45:55.980
 do it.

00:45:56.080 --> 00:45:56.760
 A 30-year

00:45:56.760 --> 00:45:57.960
 project in his

00:45:57.960 --> 00:45:58.539
 earthly life,

00:45:58.580 --> 00:45:58.940
 by the way,

00:45:58.980 --> 00:45:59.519
 a project in

00:45:59.519 --> 00:46:00.240
 eternity, but

00:46:00.240 --> 00:46:00.860
 that's for

00:46:00.860 --> 00:46:01.360
 another day.

00:46:02.940 --> 00:46:03.720
 Acts 2,

00:46:03.860 --> 00:46:04.560
 verse 23,

00:46:04.760 --> 00:46:05.480
 this Jesus

00:46:05.480 --> 00:46:06.100
 delivered up

00:46:06.100 --> 00:46:06.680
 according to the

00:46:06.680 --> 00:46:07.420
 definite plan

00:46:07.420 --> 00:46:08.080
 and foreknowledge

00:46:08.080 --> 00:46:08.560
 of God,

00:46:09.120 --> 00:46:09.900
 you crucified

00:46:09.900 --> 00:46:10.440
 and killed

00:46:10.440 --> 00:46:11.320
 by the hands

00:46:11.320 --> 00:46:12.860
 of lawless

00:46:12.860 --> 00:46:13.160
 men.

00:46:13.159 --> 00:46:14.239
 Christ allowed

00:46:14.239 --> 00:46:15.219
 and sovereignly

00:46:15.219 --> 00:46:16.619
 planned great

00:46:16.619 --> 00:46:17.460
 wickedness and

00:46:17.460 --> 00:46:18.099
 great shame

00:46:18.099 --> 00:46:18.759
 to be done

00:46:18.759 --> 00:46:19.879
 to his

00:46:19.879 --> 00:46:20.679
 son without

00:46:20.679 --> 00:46:21.119
 sin.

00:46:22.599 --> 00:46:23.159
 And why?

00:46:23.899 --> 00:46:24.980
 To serve

00:46:24.980 --> 00:46:25.799
 and establish

00:46:25.799 --> 00:46:26.899
 the church,

00:46:27.000 --> 00:46:27.460
 the people

00:46:27.460 --> 00:46:28.119
 of God.

00:46:29.159 --> 00:46:29.980
 We needed

00:46:29.980 --> 00:46:30.819
 someone to pay

00:46:30.819 --> 00:46:31.699
 the penalty we

00:46:31.699 --> 00:46:32.420
 owed for our

00:46:32.420 --> 00:46:33.679
 sins to God

00:46:33.679 --> 00:46:34.199
 the Father.

00:46:34.960 --> 00:46:35.359
 And Christ

00:46:35.359 --> 00:46:35.920
 did not merely

00:46:35.920 --> 00:46:36.719
 suffer a few

00:46:36.719 --> 00:46:37.539
 nails on a

00:46:37.539 --> 00:46:37.960
 cross,

00:46:37.960 --> 00:46:38.940
 but he

00:46:38.940 --> 00:46:39.539
 suffered the

00:46:39.539 --> 00:46:40.619
 wrath of

00:46:40.619 --> 00:46:40.940
 God,

00:46:41.039 --> 00:46:41.759
 something far

00:46:41.759 --> 00:46:43.119
 more terrible

00:46:43.119 --> 00:46:44.259
 and unimaginable

00:46:44.259 --> 00:46:44.739
 that we will

00:46:44.739 --> 00:46:45.980
 never experience

00:46:45.980 --> 00:46:47.380
 as believers.

00:46:48.440 --> 00:46:49.039
 And he did

00:46:49.039 --> 00:46:49.679
 all of this

00:46:49.679 --> 00:46:50.299
 to serve

00:46:50.299 --> 00:46:51.139
 his bride,

00:46:51.440 --> 00:46:52.059
 the church,

00:46:52.299 --> 00:46:53.099
 for his

00:46:53.099 --> 00:46:54.139
 glory.

00:46:56.159 --> 00:46:56.859
 Now what I'm

00:46:56.859 --> 00:46:57.359
 about to say

00:46:57.359 --> 00:46:58.159
 is a massive

00:46:58.159 --> 00:46:59.179
 understatement,

00:46:59.980 --> 00:47:00.859
 but imagine

00:47:00.859 --> 00:47:02.319
 the inconvenience

00:47:02.319 --> 00:47:03.059
 this would have

00:47:03.059 --> 00:47:04.259
 been for

00:47:04.259 --> 00:47:04.559
 Jesus.

00:47:06.500 --> 00:47:07.259
 And yet we

00:47:07.259 --> 00:47:07.819
 struggle to

00:47:07.819 --> 00:47:08.480
 show up on

00:47:08.480 --> 00:47:09.219
 Saturday morning

00:47:09.219 --> 00:47:09.900
 to vacuum

00:47:09.900 --> 00:47:11.300
 the carpet.

00:47:13.519 --> 00:47:14.220
 Now you may

00:47:14.220 --> 00:47:14.860
 be strongly

00:47:14.860 --> 00:47:15.720
 agreeing with

00:47:15.720 --> 00:47:16.180
 me and the

00:47:16.180 --> 00:47:16.780
 elders about

00:47:16.780 --> 00:47:17.740
 this growing

00:47:17.740 --> 00:47:18.340
 concern.

00:47:18.619 --> 00:47:18.900
 You may

00:47:18.900 --> 00:47:19.860
 strongly disagree

00:47:19.860 --> 00:47:20.559
 right now.

00:47:21.780 --> 00:47:22.480
 Whatever your

00:47:22.480 --> 00:47:22.860
 thoughts,

00:47:23.000 --> 00:47:23.440
 whatever your

00:47:23.440 --> 00:47:24.099
 conclusions,

00:47:25.559 --> 00:47:26.000
 in light of

00:47:26.000 --> 00:47:26.639
 our text today,

00:47:26.660 --> 00:47:27.300
 I just ask

00:47:27.300 --> 00:47:27.900
 that you pray

00:47:27.900 --> 00:47:28.559
 about it.

00:47:29.079 --> 00:47:29.559
 That you look

00:47:29.559 --> 00:47:30.340
 critically at

00:47:30.340 --> 00:47:30.920
 your walk

00:47:30.920 --> 00:47:31.599
 and discern

00:47:31.599 --> 00:47:33.260
 the will of

00:47:33.260 --> 00:47:33.740
 the Lord.

00:47:34.720 --> 00:47:35.280
 Be honest

00:47:35.280 --> 00:47:35.840
 with yourself

00:47:35.840 --> 00:47:36.519
 and be open

00:47:36.519 --> 00:47:37.380
 to the Spirit's

00:47:37.380 --> 00:47:38.039
 leading if you

00:47:38.039 --> 00:47:38.740
 begin to see

00:47:38.739 --> 00:47:39.879
 that you

00:47:39.879 --> 00:47:40.419
 could serve

00:47:40.419 --> 00:47:40.799
 more.

00:47:42.799 --> 00:47:43.379
 So in

00:47:43.379 --> 00:47:43.719
 closing,

00:47:43.899 --> 00:47:44.299
 if you want

00:47:44.299 --> 00:47:44.619
 to spend

00:47:44.619 --> 00:47:45.099
 your time

00:47:45.099 --> 00:47:45.579
 well,

00:47:46.519 --> 00:47:47.019
 then watch

00:47:47.019 --> 00:47:47.439
 your walk

00:47:47.439 --> 00:47:48.119
 closely and

00:47:48.119 --> 00:47:48.659
 discern the

00:47:48.659 --> 00:47:49.039
 will of the

00:47:49.039 --> 00:47:49.319
 Lord.

00:47:49.859 --> 00:47:50.539
 Use this

00:47:50.539 --> 00:47:51.019
 as your

00:47:51.019 --> 00:47:51.859
 criteria for

00:47:51.859 --> 00:47:52.439
 everything

00:47:52.439 --> 00:47:53.799
 you do.

00:47:54.359 --> 00:47:55.059
 Do not

00:47:55.059 --> 00:47:55.639
 worry about

00:47:55.639 --> 00:47:56.479
 managing time

00:47:56.479 --> 00:47:57.179
 so much.

00:47:57.299 --> 00:47:57.819
 That's merely

00:47:57.819 --> 00:47:58.619
 a symptom.

00:48:00.119 --> 00:48:00.659
 Look critically

00:48:00.659 --> 00:48:01.259
 at your walk

00:48:01.259 --> 00:48:02.019
 before God

00:48:02.019 --> 00:48:03.199
 and all of

00:48:03.199 --> 00:48:03.619
 your time,

00:48:03.719 --> 00:48:04.239
 all of it,

00:48:04.639 --> 00:48:05.079
 whatever you

00:48:05.079 --> 00:48:05.559
 are doing,

00:48:05.719 --> 00:48:06.119
 it will be

00:48:06.119 --> 00:48:07.279
 redeemed time

00:48:07.280 --> 00:48:08.220
 for the good

00:48:08.220 --> 00:48:08.700
 of man

00:48:08.700 --> 00:48:09.600
 and the

00:48:09.600 --> 00:48:10.019
 glory of

00:48:10.019 --> 00:48:10.320
 God.

00:48:10.820 --> 00:48:11.360
 So to that

00:48:11.360 --> 00:48:11.500
 end,

00:48:11.560 --> 00:48:11.900
 let's pray.

00:48:11.900 --> 00:48:11.920
 Let's pray.

00:48:11.920 --> 00:48:11.940
 Let's pray.

00:48:11.940 --> 00:48:12.180
 Let's pray.