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 Father, sometimes your word reinforces what we just long to hear and long to do

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 and things that we really just want to celebrate.

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 And sometimes your word seems to go against the grain.

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 Sometimes, Father, we're afraid of your word and we don't even want to look at it.

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 We worry, Father, that your word will hurt us, that your word will diminish us, make us less.

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 So, Father, we bring these things before you.

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 We confess, Father, that we often don't even articulate that we have these different dynamics going on within us.

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 But we come before you, Father, acknowledging our frailty.

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 And we ask, Father, that you would pour out your Holy Spirit gently upon us, but deeply upon us as we read your word.

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 And, Father, we ask that you would make us disciples of Jesus who are gripped by the gospel,

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 learning to read your word so that we will bring you glory in our everyday lives.

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 And this we ask in the name of Jesus, your Son, and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 Amen.

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 So, for some of you, that's not a good beginning, is it?

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 One of the commentaries, I always read some academic commentaries as part of my preparation for my sermons.

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 And one of the commentaries that I read was written in the late 1950s.

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 And when he came to this part of Titus 2, which was just read a couple of minutes ago,

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 when he came to Titus 2, I'm not making this up, he said,

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 this contains such uncontested common sense that I do not know what to say about it.

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 And I thought to myself, my, the world has certainly changed in 60 years.

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 I don't know how carefully you were listening to the text as it was written,

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 but for many people, as they're listening to the text,

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 they think the first thoughts that come to our minds,

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 maybe not yours, but to many people's minds,

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 or maybe another way to put it is, even if you thought that it's a fairly simple text,

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 imagine reading it in a Tim Hortons or a Starbucks.

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 Imagine taking it to your office and reading the text.

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 And inwardly, you would know that people are bristling.

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 This text treats men and women unequally and is discriminatory.

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 This text is an abomination because it tells women to submit to their husbands.

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 This text is an abomination because it seems to legitimize slavery.

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 And then, imagine having a text that gives advice to the different genders

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 in the day and age of Caitlyn Jenner.

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 And of trans bathrooms.

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 And for some people, they would just say,

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 this text is so completely and utterly hopelessly unhelpful at the best,

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 oppressive at the worst.

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 Why on earth are you even paying any attention to it?

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 One of the things we do here at the Church of the Messiah

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 is we read through books of the Bible.

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 When we read through books of the Bible and we preach through books of the Bible,

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 it means that we can't just pick and choose the little bits and parts of the Bible

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 that we like to read.

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 And it's part of a way of modeling.

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 In a sense, it's an attempt for the congregation to embark on a journey of common discipleship

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 where we learn to read the Bible together

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 and look at parts of the Bible that, left to our flesh,

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 we would probably avoid reading.

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 In fact, there's whole parts of the Bible in today's world.

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 And it's probably true in every culture, in every generation.

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 I mentioned in my blog, the thing in the bulletin today,

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 that if the Bible is in fact God's word written,

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 it means that it's always countercultural in every culture.

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 In a very, very militaristic or violent culture,

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 things about turning the other cheek might be deeply offensive.

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 It's going to be different in different cultures,

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 but there's always going to be, if in fact it is a word from God

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 and not just a word from our culture,

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 there in fact are always going to be things in the Bible

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 which are countercultural and hard for the culture to listen to.

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 And so there are parts of the Bible that are an undiscovered country

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 because we don't want to enter into them and reflect upon them

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 and meditate upon them and talk about them with each other

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 and try to learn what it is that this undiscovered country

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 is calling us to enter into and live in and flourish.

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 So that's what we're going to do.

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 We're looking at Titus 2.

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 So get your Bibles.

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 It'd be a really important Sunday to have your Bibles

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 to look at this for yourself.

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 And I'm going to do something a little bit.

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 Andrew, could you just put up the first of those Bible passages?

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 I think it's the one for older men.

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 Now, I'm not expecting you necessarily to be able to read it.

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 Some of you have eyesight that can read this quite effortlessly

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 and some of you can't.

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 But that's fine.

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 You should have your own Bibles or you can look up there.

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 What I want to make it first right off the bat as we get into it

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 is it's actually from a literary, as soon as I say literary,

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 I know that some people go like this.

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 So just the text, the Bible text is written in a,

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 if you wanted to sort of, I don't have a, I need a really big screen.

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 But it would be as if, you see at the top there it says,

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 verse 1, but as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine.

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 And you'd almost want to have a colon there.

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 And then what's going to happen is after the colon,

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 he's going to say, here's a few specifics for older men.

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 Here's a few specifics for older women.

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 Here's a few specifics for younger women.

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 Here's a few, here's one specific for younger men.

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 Here's something for leaders.

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 Here's something for slaves.

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 And then he completes the thought beginning in verse 11.

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 So one way to read the text is if you're an older man,

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 in fact, maybe if you're going to meditate upon the text as an older man,

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 is to look at it in this particular way.

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 You'd read verse 1, then verse 2, then you skip down to verse 11.

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 And you get all of the weight of Paul's thought to you.

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 And if you're an older woman, you'd read verse 1,

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 and then you'd read verses 3 and the first few words of verse 4.

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 Then you go down to verse 11 to 14 to get the full weight for it,

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 all the way through.

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 And that's the way that the text is set up.

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 And you'll see that everything which he's going to say,

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 all of the advice for older men, all of the advice...

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 So when he says...

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 So here, I'll just read it as if I'm an older man,

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 because that's probably what I am.

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 By the way, I just, out of curiosity,

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 I checked the King James Version.

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 And rather than the word older, you know what they use?

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 Age.

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 Aged.

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 So for aged men.

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 You know, the nice thing about the King James Version

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 means that all of us are reading the stuff for younger men and younger women,

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 because there's no aged people here.

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 But anyway, so here's how you...

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 But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine.

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 That's what he's going to say.

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 Okay, going to give you an example for some specifics for older men,

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 in verse 2,

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 older men are to be sober-minded,

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 dignified, self-controlled,

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 sound in faith and love, and in steadfastness.

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 And just before I read verses 11 to 14,

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 sober-minded,

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 I think some of your translations might say temperate or something like that.

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 Another way to translate it is

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 having an unclouded mind.

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 An unclouded mind.

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 Our minds can become clouded by lust,

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 by ideology,

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 by greed,

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 by anger,

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 by envy,

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 by hatred,

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 by alcohol,

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 by drugs.

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 There's a whole range of things

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 that can cloud our minds.

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 And here,

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 speaking to older men,

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 sober-minded means,

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 in a sense,

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 an unclouded mind.

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 Like,

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 just on a second here,

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 before we get in first,

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 isn't that a good thing to want?

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 Like,

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 it's really,

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 really interesting.

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 I was having a real hard time

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 trying to deal with this scripture passage.

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 I really was.

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 Somebody was saying,

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 I don't know why,

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 George,

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 it looks really simple.

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 I'm having a hard time with it.

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 And then I was starting to pray,

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 Lord,

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 what word is there in here for me?

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 And then it was like,

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 duh,

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 look at older men.

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 And then I read the first thing,

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 sober-minded,

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 and I said,

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 Lord,

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 I need an unclouded mind

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 to read this text.

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 Lord,

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 grant me an unclouded mind.

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 And,

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 so just go back again.

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 So,

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 verse one,

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 but as for you,

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 teach what accords

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 with sound doctrine.

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 Okay?

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 Older men,

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 you know who you are,

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 are to be sober-minded,

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 dignified,

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 self-controlled,

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 sound in faith and love,

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 and in steadfastness.

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 Now,

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 jump down to verse 11.

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 For the grace of God,

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 God has appeared,

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 bringing salvation for all people.

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 Pause,

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 I'm going to read it again.

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 So,

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 for every group,

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 older men,

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 older women,

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 younger women,

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 younger men,

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 leaders,

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 and slaves,

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 the specific advice

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 is always justified

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 or explained

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 or put in the context

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 of verses 11 to 14.

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 It's the same for everybody.

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 Same for everybody.

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 For the grace of God

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 has appeared,

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 bringing salvation

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 salvation for all people,

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 training us

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 to renounce

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 ungodliness

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 and worldly passions

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 and to live

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 self-controlled,

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 upright,

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 and godly lives

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 in the present age,

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 waiting

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 for our blessed hope,

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 the appearing

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 of the glory

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 of our great God

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 and Savior,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Our Savior,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 why is he our Savior?

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 He gave himself

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 for us,

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 to redeem us

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 from all lawlessness

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 and to purify

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 for himself

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 a people

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 for his own possession,

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 a peculiar people,

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 if you read

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 the King James Version,

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 who are zealous

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 for good works.

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 And here was this challenge

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 to me all week,

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 verse 15,

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 declare these things,

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 exhort and rebuke

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 with all authority,

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 let no one disregard you.

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 So while I,

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 in my Canadian flesh,

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 wanted to run

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 from the text,

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 Paul says,

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 be a man,

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 be upright,

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 have a clear mind,

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 and exhort

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 and teach this text.

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 But here's the thing,

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 verse 11 to 14,

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 that's so important,

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 for the grace of God

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 has appeared,

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 bringing salvation

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 for all people,

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 the same grace

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 that's going to save us

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 trains us

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 to renounce

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 ungodliness

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 and worldly passion.

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 It trains us

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 to live self-controlled,

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 upright,

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 and godly lives

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 in the present age.

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 It trains us

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 to wait for our

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 blessed hope,

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 the appearing of the glory

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 of our great God

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 and Savior,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 who gave himself

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 for us.

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 He gave himself

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 for us

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 to redeem us

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 from all lawlessness

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 and to purify

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 for himself

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 as his treasured

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 possession,

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 a people

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 of his own possession,

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 treasured possession,

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 a peculiar people,

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 zealous for good works.

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 In the Second World War,

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 we all know about

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 Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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 The war in the Pacific

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 had been very,

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 very brutal.

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 Missy,

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 who comes to the service,

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 she's part of it,

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 she's not here today,

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 she's part of the congregation.

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 If you never met,

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 it's too bad most of you

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 had never met

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 her husband Bruce,

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 but her husband Bruce

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 was an Australian,

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 and this is,

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 of course,

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 before he met Missy.

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 He fought the Japanese

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 in the Second World War,

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 and he had lots of stories.

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 I had the privilege

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 of doing his funeral

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 a few years ago,

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 and he had lots of stories.

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 It was very formative,

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 and it was a very,

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 very bloody and violent war

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 against the Japanese.

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 And on July 26, 1945,

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 the Allies called for Japan

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 to surrender

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 and warned them

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 that they had a weapon

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 that could level cities,

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 that they could not withstand.

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 And the Japanese

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 did not believe them,

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 or even if they believed them,

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 they did nothing about it.

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 And on the 6th of August, 1945,

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 the Allies dropped a bomb

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 on Hiroshima

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 and called upon the Japanese

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 to surrender.

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 They would not surrender,

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 and they did not surrender.

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 On the 9th of August,

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 the Allies dropped

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 the Americans and the British,

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 with the permission

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 of the British and the Chinese,

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 dropped a second nuclear bomb

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 and obliterated Nagasaki,

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 killing hundreds and hundreds

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 of thousands of people,

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 instantly and then eventually

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 as well through a variety

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 of cancers.

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 Still, the Japanese

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 did not surrender.

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 In fact, it was only

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 six days later,

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 on the 15th of August,

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 and even then,

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 it was when the Soviet Union

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 declared war

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 the same day upon Japan,

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 and faced with two nuclear bombs,

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 and now the Soviet Union

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 declaring war on Japan,

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 then the Japanese surrendered.

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 Now, here's the thing.

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 Why am I telling you

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 an old Second World War story

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 at this point in time?

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 If God sent Jesus

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 down to earth

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 to show us,

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 to drum some sense into us,

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 to show us that resistance

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 was futile,

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 that he was going to win,

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 that he was going to triumph,

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 that bad people

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 were going to be punished,

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 you better get in the program,

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 and you better start

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 a vain God,

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 and if God had sent Jesus

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 to earth for that,

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 you know what?

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 A lot of us would probably

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 still want to fight

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 against God.

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 I mean, if you think about it,

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 the Japanese continued

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 to fight the Americans

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 after they dropped

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 nuclear weapons.

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 Jesus wasn't nearly

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 as deadly as a nuclear bomb,

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 just cursed a few

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 fig trees.

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 But if you think about it

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 for a second,

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 if Jesus had come down,

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 if God had,

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 in a sense,

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 sent Jesus

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 to show that

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 he was going to win

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 and he was going to have

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 victory,

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 then we might still want

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 to continue to resist him.

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 But Jesus did not

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 come to earth

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 the way a nuclear bomb

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 came to Hiroshima

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 and Nagasaki.

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 Jesus came

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 because he loved us.

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 He said that he came

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 to die for us,

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 to bear in his person

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 everything that keeps us

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 separate from God,

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 that he came

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 to live the life

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 of perfect righteousness

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 that we could never live,

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 and that he came

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 to live a life

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 of perfect righteousness

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 and to die

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 the doom that we deserved.

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 He came to do

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 all of those things

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 for us

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 so that when ordinary people

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 put their faith

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 and trust in him,

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 they can be made

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 right with God,

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 that God,

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 through Jesus,

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 would make ordinary people

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 right with him.

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 And this is a completely

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 and utterly preposterous story.

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 Who on earth

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 should possibly believe it?

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 The only reason

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 we possibly believe it

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 is because of the resurrection.

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 because Jesus,

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 who said that he was

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 coming to earth,

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 that he had come to earth

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 to do all of these things,

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 to give himself,

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 his life as a ransom

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 for many,

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 that Jesus,

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 on the third day

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 after dying upon the cross

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 as a condemned man

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 of no status,

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 on the third day

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 he rose from the dead,

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 appeared to many witnesses,

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 the tomb was empty,

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 and that's what launched

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 the Jesus movement.

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 And the resurrection

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 of Jesus vindicates

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 that God,

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 who had promised

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 throughout all of Scripture,

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 both that he would judge

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 but also that he would save,

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 had begun and dealt

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 with judging human beings

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 in the person of his Son,

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 and that he would save

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 through his Son.

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 It vindicates who Jesus is.

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 And it means

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 that Jesus came

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 to make us right with God,

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 to do what we could not

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 possibly do

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 by our own power

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 and our own efforts

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 as a pure gift

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 that we receive

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 by faith alone,

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 trusting in Jesus alone,

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 that God's gracious power

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 is at work in Jesus alone

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 to make us right with him.

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 And that's why Jesus came.

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 That's why he died.

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 Not to be like Hiroshima,

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 not to be like Nagasaki.

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 Human beings continue to resist,

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 they might continue to rebel,

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 but he came

00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:07.579
 to make us right with him.

00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:09.059
 And if the resurrection

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 really happened,

00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:11.599
 it changes everything.

00:17:13.359 --> 00:17:14.899
 It changes everything.

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 It vindicates who he is.

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 It vindicates his message.

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 And the Bible here is saying

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 that even though,

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 at first glance,

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 some of the things

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 which are said in this text

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 seem very scary to Canadians,

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 in a sense,

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 this justification

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 is asking us to say,

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 one second,

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 let's just

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 get off our high horse

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 and maybe set aside

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 our anger

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 and acknowledge

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 for the fact that,

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 God,

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 if you'd seen the way

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 that I've been treated

00:17:47.919 --> 00:17:49.119
 by so many human beings,

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 Father,

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 if you'd seen the way

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 I was treated by my dad,

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 if you saw the way

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 I was treated by my boss,

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 if you saw how I was treated

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 by my husband,

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 if you saw how I was treated

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 by the bullies

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 who laughed at me

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 because I was interested

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 in more artistic things

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 and not macho things,

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 God,

00:18:06.180 --> 00:18:07.220
 if you just knew

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 how I was laughed at

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 by coaches

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 and at gym classes,

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 if you just knew

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 how I was treated,

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 then you would understand

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 why when I read passages

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 like Titus 2,

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 I get very, very worried.

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 And God says,

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 you know what,

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 I know you by name.

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 And Jesus didn't die.

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 My son didn't die

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 for a principal

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 or for a class.

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 He died for every

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 particular individual.

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 And he knows

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 all of those things.

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 I know all of those things.

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 And I'm just asking you

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 to go back

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 and to look at this text

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 and bring your anger

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 and bring your worry

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 and bring your fears to me.

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 But all I want you to do

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 is just understand

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 the context.

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 My son gave himself

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 for you,

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 the real you,

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 not the imaginary you,

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 the real you.

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 He gave himself for you

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 to redeem you.

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 So,

00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:04.740
 let my son

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 put you on his shoulders.

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 Let my son

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 hold you in his arms

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 or sit beside you.

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 And let's look

00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:14.439
 at some of these things

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 which are so troublesome

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 for you.

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 And let's just look

00:19:17.379 --> 00:19:17.980
 at the text.

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 If you could put up

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 the first point,

00:19:23.059 --> 00:19:23.319
 Andrew,

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 in some ways

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 this first point

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 is the whole point

00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:27.480
 of the chapter.

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 In fact,

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 it's part of the whole point

00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:30.619
 of the book.

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 It's a slight rewording

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 of a point

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 that I gave you

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 last week.

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 Jesus came to earth

00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:37.240
 to save ordinary people

00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:38.500
 who put their faith

00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:38.939
 in him.

00:19:39.699 --> 00:19:41.019
 He calls each person

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 by name

00:19:41.639 --> 00:19:43.379
 to come to saving faith,

00:19:43.859 --> 00:19:44.639
 know the truth,

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 live a free

00:19:46.059 --> 00:19:47.279
 and godly life,

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 and begin

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 to live with him

00:19:48.940 --> 00:19:49.299
 forever.

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 He knows

00:19:52.420 --> 00:19:53.299
 whether you're gay,

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 he knows

00:19:53.680 --> 00:19:54.119
 whether you're

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 transgender,

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 he knows

00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:55.680
 whether you're

00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:56.180
 an abuser,

00:19:56.339 --> 00:19:56.639
 he knows

00:19:56.639 --> 00:19:57.200
 whether you're

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 abused,

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 he knows

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 whether you're

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 a bully,

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 he knows

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 whether you're

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 a victim

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 of bullying,

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 he knows

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 if you're rich,

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 he knows

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 if you're poor,

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 he knows

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 the dreams

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 you have

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 at night

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 that when

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 you wake

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 up in the

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 morning

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 you can't

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 remember,

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 he knows

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 the things

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 that keep

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 you awake

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 at night

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 in fear

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 and the things

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 that keep

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 you awake

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 at night

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 in anticipation,

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 He knows that some of the things that you fear are good things

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 and some of the things you fear are evil things.

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 He knows that some of the things that keep you up at night in anticipation

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 are because you want to do evil.

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 And he knows that some of the things that keep you up at night in anticipation

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 are because you want to do something really good.

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 He knows all of that and he knows you by name.

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 And he sent his son to die for you.

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 That's the gospel.

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 Jesus came to earth to save ordinary people

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 who put their faith in him.

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 He calls each person by name to come to saving faith,

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 know the truth, live a free and godly life,

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 and begin to live with him forever.

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 Okay, George.

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 It's okay.

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 We're going to maybe just pause here for a sec.

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 But, George, what about trans people?

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 You don't get this text today.

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 What about people who identify and just...

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 And I'm going to use this example

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 and I'm not using this example to cause...

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 to have anybody to laugh.

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 Okay, I'm really not.

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 Nobody...

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 I don't want to...

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 And people are now wondering what I'm going to say.

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 What if I were a person here

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 who looks like a male

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 but they would understand themselves

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 and identify

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 and understand that their identity

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 is that even though they might look like a male,

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 the real identity is a woman

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 understood in a non-binary way

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 who is in love with women

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 understood in a non-binary way.

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 And they want to take steps

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 or have begun to take steps

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 in terms of their social context,

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 in terms of how they demand to be treated

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 and expect to be treated

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 and how they dress

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 and maybe drugs and surgery

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 to have that inner identification

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 as a woman

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 understood in a non-binary way

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 who is in love with women

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 but who also understand

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 being a woman in a non-binary way.

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 And they want to move towards that.

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 How on earth do you understand a text like this

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 if you're here

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 and that's how you understand yourself?

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 Let's look back here again

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 at verses 11 to 14.

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 For the grace of God has appeared

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 bringing salvation for all people

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 training us to renounce ungodliness

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 and worldly passions

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 and to live self-controlled,

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 upright and godly lives

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 in the present age

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 waiting for our blessed hope

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 the appearing of the glory

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 of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ

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 who gave himself for us

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 to redeem us from all lawlessness

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 and to purify for himself

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 a people for his own possession

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 who are zealous for good works.

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 What this text is telling us

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 is that when Jesus came

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 to redeem people

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 he came in a body

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 and he lived a fully human life

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 in this created order.

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 He entered into this created order

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 and when he died

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 he experienced

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 what we experience of death

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 which is the separation

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 of the soul from the body.

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 And he experienced

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 all there is to experience

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 of death

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 at the level of his soul

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 and his body

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 experienced what normally happens

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 when souls leave body.

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 His soul,

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 his body would have begun

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 immediately to decompose.

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 And then on the third day

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 when he rose from the dead

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 he rose from the dead bodily.

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 The tomb was empty.

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 It's a very, very important thing

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 in all of the Gospels.

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 And one of the things

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 which this whole lesson teaches us

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 of the death of Jesus

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 entering in with the incarnation,

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 his bodily death upon the cross,

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 his experiencing death

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 which means the separation

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 of the body from the soul,

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 his resurrection

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 which isn't just a spiritual resurrection

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 but he now has a body again

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 and he has both a soul and a body

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 and he's defeated sin

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 and he's defeated death

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 and he's on the far side of it.

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 And even this thing of us

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 waiting for him to come again,

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 he's going to come to this created order

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 and what he's doing

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 when he comes to the created order

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 is not to take us all

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 to be like ghosts

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 in a spiritual realm

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 but when he comes again

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 our blessed hope is

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 that there will be

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 a new heaven

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 and a new earth,

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 that there will be,

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 that we will live there

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 with bodies

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 and there'll be a created order

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 and there'll be a planet

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 and there'll be stars

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 and we don't entirely know

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 what it is.

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 It'll be far more glorious

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 than what we experience right now

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 but it's an embodied existence

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 and the body matters.

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 And so here, Andrew,

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 if you could put up the second point

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 that would be really great.

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 The true and living God,

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 and I don't have time

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 to argue through it

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:06.359
 throughout the whole Bible

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 about this,

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 but if you read,

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 if you read the Bible,

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 if you read the Bible

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 from cover to cover,

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 if you read Genesis 1

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 and you read Genesis 2

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 and you just look at the imagery,

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 you'll see that this is

00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:17.400
 the consistent message

00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:18.059
 of the Bible.

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 The true and living God

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 made human beings

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 to be a biological,

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:24.920
 psychological,

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 social,

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:28.099
 and spiritual unity

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 as either male or female.

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 And I would say,

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 and that's it.

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 That's what the Bible would say.

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 It didn't really sound good

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 on a point.

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 But the Bible teaches

00:25:41.179 --> 00:25:43.399
 that God made human beings.

00:25:43.639 --> 00:25:45.299
 We're not a product of accident,

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:47.759
 but God made human beings.

00:25:47.899 --> 00:25:49.039
 He made human beings,

00:25:49.139 --> 00:25:49.799
 male and female,

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:51.879
 equally in his image and likeness.

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 And he made human beings

00:25:53.639 --> 00:25:54.599
 to be a biological,

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.559
 psychological,

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.419
 social,

00:25:56.659 --> 00:25:57.939
 and spiritual unity

00:25:57.939 --> 00:25:59.339
 as either male or female.

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 That's how God made us.

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 Part of the fall

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 is that these things break down.

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:07.759
 Their unity is the unity phrase

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.720
 and in some cases,

00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:09.539
 for some people,

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.519
 it's not just that there's

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.900
 a frame of this unity,

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:14.019
 but that there's a complete

00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:15.299
 and utter break with the unity.

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 And as you know,

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:20.119
 if you live as a,

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:21.240
 if you experience

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:22.339
 same-sex attraction,

00:26:23.099 --> 00:26:26.559
 if you experience yourself

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:29.180
 as maybe being in a male body

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:30.059
 or a female body,

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:32.099
 but identifying in some other form,

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.599
 that's not necessarily

00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:34.900
 something that you chose.

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 it's a very powerful reality

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.720
 maybe in your life.

00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:43.700
 But the biblical teaching here

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:45.120
 is not dependent upon you

00:26:45.120 --> 00:26:46.900
 having chosen certain things.

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:51.000
 The Bible tells us

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:52.860
 what God made us in creation

00:26:52.860 --> 00:26:54.780
 and what will be restored to us.

00:26:56.080 --> 00:26:57.259
 And in the new heaven

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:57.920
 and the new earth,

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 what will happen is,

00:26:59.640 --> 00:26:59.820
 if I,

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:01.460
 the person that I just described

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:01.960
 at the beginning,

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:03.420
 the man who understood,

00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:04.539
 the male who understood,

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:05.620
 biological male

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:06.579
 who understood himself

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:07.860
 in all of these other ways,

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:09.019
 what will happen

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.620
 in the new heaven

00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:10.200
 and the new earth

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:11.380
 is not that you will be a woman,

00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:12.460
 but that you will be a male,

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.600
 that you will be a man.

00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:18.340
 That's the direction

00:27:18.340 --> 00:27:19.759
 and trajectory of redemption.

00:27:22.100 --> 00:27:22.980
 And here's the,

00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:23.819
 if you brought up

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:24.840
 the next point, Andrew,

00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:27.379
 no human being

00:27:27.379 --> 00:27:28.619
 can be free and whole

00:27:28.619 --> 00:27:30.559
 if they base their identity

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:32.639
 in rebellion against God.

00:27:33.679 --> 00:27:34.819
 No human being

00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:36.099
 can be free and whole

00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:37.699
 if they base their identity

00:27:37.699 --> 00:27:39.539
 in rebellion against God.

00:27:40.399 --> 00:27:40.919
 And by the way,

00:27:41.159 --> 00:27:42.319
 even though I'm connecting this

00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:43.899
 to particular sexual matters,

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.240
 if your identity

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:46.019
 is based on being

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.819
 a soccer mom

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.399
 in Canada,

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:48.299
 in Canada,

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:49.939
 it's the same type of thing.

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:53.820
 All of us,

00:27:54.120 --> 00:27:55.100
 if your identity

00:27:55.100 --> 00:27:56.539
 is based on being a liberal

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:58.680
 or being a conservative

00:27:58.680 --> 00:28:00.660
 or being a professor

00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:01.380
 or anything

00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:02.900
 that doesn't involve God

00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:03.700
 in some ways,

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:05.920
 you'll never really experience

00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:06.960
 wholeness and freedom.

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:10.200
 So what this text

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:11.320
 is saying as a whole

00:28:11.320 --> 00:28:12.880
 is that if you are

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:14.220
 biologically male,

00:28:14.320 --> 00:28:15.360
 you should read it.

00:28:17.120 --> 00:28:18.440
 If you're an older

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:19.500
 biological male,

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.119
 that's the part

00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:20.740
 you should read.

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.420
 If you're an older

00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:23.420
 biological female,

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:24.019
 that's the part

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.619
 you should read.

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.759
 And if you say,

00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:27.160
 George,

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:27.819
 that's going to be

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.539
 really, really, really

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:29.920
 hard and difficult for me,

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:30.240
 I mean,

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:30.859
 that's partially

00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:32.039
 what the church is for,

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:35.779
 is to walk with each other

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.980
 and to love each other

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:39.500
 as we try to wrestle

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:40.700
 with how hard it is

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:42.220
 sometimes to walk

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:43.140
 on the Jesus way

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:43.940
 and how lonely

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:45.579
 it can sometimes be for us

00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:47.319
 to walk on the Jesus way.

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:51.559
 And if Jesus

00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:53.420
 comes into your life

00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:54.440
 as your Savior

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:55.160
 and your Lord,

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:57.140
 it doesn't necessarily mean

00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:58.440
 that you will no longer

00:28:58.440 --> 00:29:00.500
 experience yourself

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.880
 or identify as a woman.

00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:03.579
 I have no idea

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.079
 whether or not,

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:05.119
 I have no more idea

00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:05.720
 whether you would be

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.380
 healed of that

00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:07.039
 or whether you would be

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.579
 healed of your

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:08.839
 same-sex attraction

00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:10.200
 than whether

00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:11.640
 you're going to get

00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:12.779
 a promotion next week.

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.619
 I have no particular

00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:14.759
 knowledge about that.

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:16.339
 Some people are.

00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:18.700
 But sometimes

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.619
 when people pray

00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:21.160
 into these particular matters,

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:22.720
 it ends up becoming

00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:27.200
 something that's going to

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:28.480
 shape what holiness

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:29.799
 looks like in your life.

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:32.440
 And all I can tell you,

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.619
 because I don't suffer

00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:35.000
 from those types of things,

00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:36.440
 but all I can tell you

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:39.340
 is that struggling

00:29:39.340 --> 00:29:40.840
 and seeking

00:29:40.840 --> 00:29:43.059
 to abide by God's word

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:46.000
 is a blessing.

00:29:48.340 --> 00:29:48.880
 I mean,

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:49.940
 for every man here,

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:51.059
 I'll just talk to the men,

00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:52.840
 and the more common

00:29:52.840 --> 00:29:54.559
 heterosexual male's

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:55.559
 way of experiencing

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:56.440
 sexual brokenness

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:59.140
 is that they find

00:29:59.140 --> 00:30:00.759
 too many women

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.640
 attractive.

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:04.440
 And it clouds their mind

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:05.519
 and affects their body

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.700
 and affects their time.

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.759
 And it breaks them

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.759
 in all sorts of ways

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:11.080
 and harms their marriages

00:30:11.080 --> 00:30:12.620
 and harms their relationship

00:30:12.620 --> 00:30:13.519
 with their kids.

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:14.799
 And that's the common way

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:16.080
 that heterosexual men

00:30:16.080 --> 00:30:18.840
 experience their brokenness.

00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:24.080
 And for us men,

00:30:24.360 --> 00:30:26.160
 when you cry out

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:27.600
 and call out to God

00:30:27.600 --> 00:30:28.160
 that you would be

00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:29.700
 a Proverbs 5 man,

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.340
 that you would take

00:30:30.340 --> 00:30:31.540
 delight only in your wife,

00:30:33.080 --> 00:30:34.360
 and you call out to God

00:30:34.360 --> 00:30:35.259
 and pray that you would

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:36.800
 be an Ephesians 5 man,

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:37.420
 that you would start

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:38.160
 to move towards

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:39.360
 the sacrificial love

00:30:39.360 --> 00:30:39.940
 of your wife.

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:42.420
 And there might be times

00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:43.019
 where that's really,

00:30:43.100 --> 00:30:43.980
 really, really hard

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:45.140
 and really, really difficult,

00:30:45.320 --> 00:30:46.720
 but it's always worth it.

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:49.340
 It's always worth it.

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:52.160
 And for people,

00:30:52.320 --> 00:30:53.620
 maybe even who experience

00:30:53.620 --> 00:30:55.120
 very, very powerful

00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:56.939
 lusts,

00:30:56.939 --> 00:30:57.659
 whether it's lust

00:30:57.659 --> 00:30:58.859
 for multiple women

00:30:58.859 --> 00:31:01.179
 or very powerful lusts

00:31:01.179 --> 00:31:01.799
 if you're a man

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:02.359
 who experiences

00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:03.759
 very, very powerful lusts

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.919
 for every other man

00:31:04.919 --> 00:31:06.759
 or a man who's

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.799
 identified as a woman,

00:31:07.879 --> 00:31:08.359
 who's attracted

00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:09.059
 to other women

00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:10.859
 and finds in a way

00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:11.799
 which maybe for those

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.279
 of us who are

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:13.179
 completely out of sight,

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:14.159
 that's very, very hard

00:31:14.159 --> 00:31:14.879
 to understand.

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:16.319
 But the desire

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:17.579
 is very, very strong.

00:31:17.699 --> 00:31:18.079
 The longing

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:19.219
 is very, very strong.

00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:19.879
 But as Jesus

00:31:19.879 --> 00:31:20.959
 comes into your life,

00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:22.679
 not that he's going

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.200
 to deal with that

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:23.539
 right away,

00:31:23.600 --> 00:31:24.019
 he might deal

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:24.740
 with your pride,

00:31:24.860 --> 00:31:25.320
 your anger,

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:25.860
 your envy,

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.580
 your jealousy,

00:31:27.100 --> 00:31:28.000
 all sorts of other things.

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.980
 But at some point in time

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.920
 he will deal with that

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:30.600
 and as he starts

00:31:30.600 --> 00:31:31.340
 to deal with that

00:31:31.340 --> 00:31:32.620
 by walking with you

00:31:32.620 --> 00:31:34.180
 and as you start

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:35.259
 to walk with him,

00:31:36.360 --> 00:31:37.000
 I don't know

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:38.200
 what will come of that,

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:38.740
 but I know

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.660
 that it can be good

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:40.400
 and will be good

00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:41.360
 and can be glorious.

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:43.220
 And maybe you will be

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:44.180
 the one who will write

00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:46.060
 spiritual poetry

00:31:46.060 --> 00:31:47.380
 or autobiography

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:48.140
 or write music

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:48.779
 or songs

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.660
 that will influence

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.279
 the church

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:51.359
 and influence

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:52.660
 many countless people

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:53.579
 for generations

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:54.359
 and generations

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:55.319
 of Christ's territories.

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:56.240
 I don't know

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:58.200
 how it will work out

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.740
 in your life,

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.539
 but I know

00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:00.599
 that it's worth it.

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.579
 And the start

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:03.740
 to walk to Jesus

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.539
 in the direction

00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:05.180
 of redemption

00:32:05.180 --> 00:32:07.180
 is always worth it.

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:09.000
 And we should pray

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.779
 that we would be

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.299
 a church

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:10.980
 not filled

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:12.000
 with condemnation,

00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:12.680
 not filled

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.339
 with mocking,

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:14.420
 but willing to walk

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:15.200
 with other people

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:16.480
 as they struggle

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:17.680
 with real brokenness,

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:19.920
 to walk towards freedom.

00:32:21.059 --> 00:32:22.039
 Because as my very

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:23.000
 first point was,

00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:24.000
 Jesus came to earth

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:25.379
 to save ordinary people

00:32:25.379 --> 00:32:26.259
 who put their faith

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:26.639
 in him.

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:28.099
 He calls each person

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:28.579
 by name

00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:29.480
 to saving faith,

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.579
 to know the truth,

00:32:30.639 --> 00:32:31.220
 to live a free

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:32.059
 and godly life

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:32.819
 and begin to live

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.500
 with him forever.

00:32:37.639 --> 00:32:38.259
 I'm going to have

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:39.139
 to go real quick

00:32:39.139 --> 00:32:39.879
 over the last

00:32:39.879 --> 00:32:40.539
 of these points,

00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:41.059
 but hopefully

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:41.920
 this has been helpful

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.399
 to you.

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:46.720
 What about the text

00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:47.899
 being discriminatory?

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:50.240
 What about the text

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:51.240
 being discriminatory?

00:32:51.560 --> 00:32:52.200
 Different things

00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:53.680
 are held up

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:54.460
 to older men

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:54.860
 than there are

00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:55.580
 to older women.

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.280
 Different things

00:32:56.280 --> 00:32:56.820
 are held up

00:32:56.820 --> 00:32:57.580
 to younger men

00:32:57.580 --> 00:32:58.519
 than are younger women.

00:32:59.060 --> 00:32:59.920
 What about that?

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:01.000
 Why isn't it the same?

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.420
 Well, actually,

00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:03.180
 if you look at it

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.660
 for a second,

00:33:03.780 --> 00:33:04.220
 you'll see that

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:04.980
 there's an interesting

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:06.160
 balance of sameness

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:06.880
 and difference.

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.040
 Remember,

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.720
 once again,

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:11.380
 every single person

00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:12.720
 is called

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:14.880
 to verses 11 to 14.

00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:15.880
 So even if you say,

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.040
 well,

00:33:16.080 --> 00:33:16.380
 one moment,

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:16.620
 like,

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:16.900
 you know,

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:18.000
 talking about younger women

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.720
 and being married

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:19.560
 and I'm not married

00:33:19.560 --> 00:33:20.700
 and all,

00:33:21.080 --> 00:33:21.300
 there's,

00:33:21.520 --> 00:33:22.520
 everybody is found

00:33:22.520 --> 00:33:23.800
 somewhere in this text.

00:33:24.280 --> 00:33:25.320
 Everybody in this text

00:33:25.320 --> 00:33:26.400
 is find something

00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:27.000
 in this text.

00:33:27.060 --> 00:33:27.820
 Even those parts

00:33:27.820 --> 00:33:28.600
 of being a younger woman

00:33:28.600 --> 00:33:29.280
 that doesn't involve

00:33:29.280 --> 00:33:29.960
 the family life,

00:33:30.020 --> 00:33:31.160
 there's still other things there.

00:33:31.520 --> 00:33:32.380
 But everybody

00:33:32.380 --> 00:33:33.380
 is caught up,

00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:34.860
 is called for 11 to 14.

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:36.160
 Look at 11 to 14 again.

00:33:36.260 --> 00:33:37.080
 For the grace of God

00:33:37.080 --> 00:33:37.500
 has appeared,

00:33:37.620 --> 00:33:38.340
 bringing salvation

00:33:38.340 --> 00:33:39.080
 for all people.

00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:40.740
 For every person,

00:33:40.840 --> 00:33:41.280
 it doesn't matter

00:33:41.280 --> 00:33:42.100
 if you're single,

00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:43.320
 if you're married,

00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:44.099
 if whatever,

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:44.899
 training us

00:33:44.899 --> 00:33:46.259
 to renounce ungodliness

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:47.240
 and worldly passions

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:48.700
 and to live

00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:49.539
 self-controlled,

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:49.980
 upright,

00:33:50.099 --> 00:33:50.859
 and godly lives

00:33:50.859 --> 00:33:51.579
 in the present age,

00:33:51.679 --> 00:33:53.019
 waiting for our blessed hope,

00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:54.159
 the appearing of the glory

00:33:54.159 --> 00:33:55.339
 of our great God

00:33:55.339 --> 00:33:55.720
 and Savior,

00:33:55.879 --> 00:33:56.439
 Jesus Christ.

00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:58.439
 That applies to everybody.

00:33:59.139 --> 00:33:59.819
 And if you look

00:33:59.819 --> 00:34:01.359
 at verses 7 and 8,

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.919
 I think the way

00:34:02.919 --> 00:34:03.639
 to understand this,

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.599
 because now here's Paul

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:05.539
 talking to Titus,

00:34:05.579 --> 00:34:06.139
 and I think the way

00:34:06.139 --> 00:34:07.639
 to understand verses 7 to 8

00:34:07.639 --> 00:34:08.279
 is to understand

00:34:08.279 --> 00:34:09.579
 that it's talking to leaders.

00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:12.440
 And everybody,

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:13.139
 on one hand,

00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:13.900
 is a bit of a leader

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.619
 because we have

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:15.619
 some influence

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.579
 over somebody.

00:34:16.720 --> 00:34:17.280
 Maybe it's even

00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:17.960
 just our neighbor,

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:19.179
 but a lot of people

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:20.260
 have a lot of influence.

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:22.039
 And so if you're a leader,

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:22.679
 you might say,

00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:24.000
 show yourself in all respects

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:24.720
 to be a model

00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:25.440
 of good works,

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:26.280
 and in your teaching,

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:27.119
 show integrity,

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:27.619
 dignity,

00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:28.619
 and sound speech

00:34:28.619 --> 00:34:30.179
 that cannot be condemned

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:31.099
 so that an opponent

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:32.099
 may be put to shame

00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:33.179
 having nothing evil

00:34:33.179 --> 00:34:34.000
 to say about us.

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:35.360
 And that has obviously

00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:36.179
 a special meaning

00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:36.599
 in a church,

00:34:36.639 --> 00:34:37.420
 but even outside

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:38.000
 of the church

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.840
 in terms of the type

00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:39.400
 of teaching

00:34:39.400 --> 00:34:40.559
 and leadership

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:41.400
 that you're called for,

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:42.539
 you're covered there.

00:34:42.680 --> 00:34:43.539
 People are covered

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:44.720
 all the way through it.

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:46.119
 And there's a commonality

00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:46.579
 of the teaching,

00:34:46.680 --> 00:34:47.720
 but there are specifics.

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:49.539
 There are specifics.

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:53.079
 And I'm going to confess

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:53.820
 to you that I don't

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:54.820
 entirely know why.

00:34:56.680 --> 00:34:57.740
 I don't know why.

00:34:57.739 --> 00:35:04.959
 But I'm going to suggest

00:35:04.959 --> 00:35:06.839
 that in the modern church,

00:35:07.279 --> 00:35:08.579
 we're so afraid

00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:09.879
 of texts like this,

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:12.019
 and maybe some of the reasons

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.959
 that we're so afraid

00:35:12.959 --> 00:35:13.899
 of texts like this

00:35:13.899 --> 00:35:15.039
 is that some of us

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:15.859
 are refugees

00:35:15.859 --> 00:35:22.679
 from a type of brutal

00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:25.599
 and unthinking

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:28.199
 traditionalism

00:35:28.199 --> 00:35:30.039
 masquerading

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:31.419
 as biblical Christianity.

00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:33.679
 And now we're afraid

00:35:33.679 --> 00:35:34.379
 of the texts.

00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:38.359
 But I'm just calling us

00:35:38.359 --> 00:35:40.139
 that there's this profound

00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:41.919
 undiscovered country

00:35:41.919 --> 00:35:43.619
 because surely,

00:35:43.819 --> 00:35:44.500
 if we're honest,

00:35:44.739 --> 00:35:45.659
 isn't this a time

00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:46.579
 when we need advice

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:47.159
 to figure out

00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:47.679
 what it means

00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:49.139
 to be an older man

00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:50.000
 or an older woman

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:50.879
 or a younger man

00:35:50.879 --> 00:35:51.659
 or a younger woman?

00:35:53.379 --> 00:35:54.679
 Isn't this a time

00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:56.059
 for us to be able

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:57.319
 to be gripped

00:35:57.319 --> 00:35:58.059
 by the gospel

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:58.919
 and think of Jesus'

00:35:59.159 --> 00:36:00.179
 death upon the cross

00:36:00.179 --> 00:36:00.579
 for us

00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:01.919
 and maybe start to listen?

00:36:03.399 --> 00:36:04.879
 And it's not macho.

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.859
 This is really interesting.

00:36:05.960 --> 00:36:06.019
 You know,

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:06.639
 as I was struggling

00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:07.419
 with this text,

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:08.339
 asking for God

00:36:08.339 --> 00:36:10.139
 to give me some clarity

00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:10.659
 about it,

00:36:10.839 --> 00:36:11.719
 it's really funny.

00:36:11.839 --> 00:36:11.960
 You know,

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:13.199
 sometimes God answers

00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:14.219
 prayers right away.

00:36:15.839 --> 00:36:16.960
 So here I am.

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:18.119
 I'm in a coffee shop.

00:36:18.219 --> 00:36:19.119
 You can guess the one.

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:20.940
 And I'm in a coffee shop

00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:22.399
 and I'm praying about this.

00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:23.639
 And just as I'm praying

00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:24.119
 about this,

00:36:24.179 --> 00:36:25.139
 I am not making this up.

00:36:25.219 --> 00:36:25.379
 Father,

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:26.099
 help me to understand

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:26.960
 how to explain this.

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:28.159
 And just as I'm praying this,

00:36:28.219 --> 00:36:29.019
 the next thing I know,

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:30.179
 I look up

00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:31.179
 because I hear a rumble,

00:36:31.379 --> 00:36:32.239
 like a lot of rumbles.

00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:35.219
 And there's like six Camaros

00:36:35.219 --> 00:36:37.659
 or Mustangs

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:39.119
 all muscled up,

00:36:39.759 --> 00:36:40.559
 all in a row,

00:36:40.679 --> 00:36:41.480
 right in front of me,

00:36:41.859 --> 00:36:43.199
 all driven by a man

00:36:43.199 --> 00:36:43.879
 who looks like he's

00:36:43.879 --> 00:36:45.899
 between 45 and 55.

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:49.279
 Big, beefy forearms,

00:36:49.280 --> 00:36:51.019
 big, beefy arms,

00:36:51.240 --> 00:36:52.519
 big, beefy guy,

00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:54.860
 serious looking face,

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:56.140
 one hand on the wheel,

00:36:57.300 --> 00:36:59.040
 right type of sunglasses.

00:36:59.860 --> 00:37:01.860
 I'm a man who has nothing

00:37:01.860 --> 00:37:03.300
 to forgive or forget.

00:37:03.600 --> 00:37:05.620
 I drive a kick-ass car.

00:37:06.200 --> 00:37:07.040
 I'm a man.

00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:13.719
 And then you look

00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:15.059
 down at verse two.

00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:17.599
 Older men are to be

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:18.360
 sober-minded,

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.559
 dignified,

00:37:20.259 --> 00:37:21.099
 self-controlled,

00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:22.940
 sound in faith,

00:37:23.159 --> 00:37:23.659
 in love,

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:24.940
 and in steadfastness.

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:28.079
 I thought,

00:37:28.179 --> 00:37:28.820
 thank you, Jesus.

00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:30.199
 Sometimes that prayer stuff

00:37:30.199 --> 00:37:31.279
 works really quick.

00:37:31.280 --> 00:37:31.760
 Like,

00:37:32.120 --> 00:37:35.440
 this text isn't calling me.

00:37:35.540 --> 00:37:35.720
 I mean,

00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:36.220
 there's not that there's

00:37:36.220 --> 00:37:36.880
 anything particularly

00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:37.640
 wrong with that,

00:37:37.700 --> 00:37:38.000
 okay?

00:37:38.640 --> 00:37:39.519
 But the problem is,

00:37:39.680 --> 00:37:39.860
 right?

00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:40.160
 I mean,

00:37:40.180 --> 00:37:40.860
 this is the Bible.

00:37:41.040 --> 00:37:41.200
 Just,

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:41.660
 like,

00:37:41.680 --> 00:37:42.820
 let's just listen to the Bible.

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:43.880
 Not be afraid of it.

00:37:44.380 --> 00:37:45.380
 But some of you can say,

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:46.100
 okay, George.

00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:47.720
 Okay.

00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:50.720
 Let's just look at

00:37:50.720 --> 00:37:51.480
 the older women

00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:52.120
 for a second.

00:37:52.620 --> 00:37:53.740
 Verses three to four A.

00:37:53.800 --> 00:37:54.360
 I'm just going to say

00:37:54.360 --> 00:37:55.340
 a few things about this.

00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:56.200
 I really have to watch

00:37:56.200 --> 00:37:56.660
 my time.

00:37:56.660 --> 00:37:56.960
 I know.

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:58.060
 Older women,

00:37:58.180 --> 00:37:58.519
 likewise,

00:37:58.620 --> 00:37:59.480
 are to be reverent

00:37:59.480 --> 00:38:00.140
 in behavior.

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:02.339
 Not slanderers

00:38:02.339 --> 00:38:04.000
 or slaves to much wine.

00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:05.679
 They are to teach

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:06.319
 what is good

00:38:06.319 --> 00:38:07.779
 and so train

00:38:07.779 --> 00:38:08.879
 the younger women,

00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:09.639
 and we'll talk about

00:38:09.639 --> 00:38:10.219
 the younger women

00:38:10.219 --> 00:38:10.699
 in a moment.

00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:12.199
 I don't know why

00:38:12.199 --> 00:38:13.019
 they particularly

00:38:13.019 --> 00:38:14.940
 warn women

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.980
 about the slaves

00:38:15.980 --> 00:38:16.679
 to much wine.

00:38:18.319 --> 00:38:19.139
 I know that

00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:20.059
 in North America

00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:21.960
 there is a huge problem

00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:24.400
 for women on drugs

00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:27.679
 to control their moods

00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:29.379
 and for painkillers.

00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:29.799
 I have no,

00:38:29.800 --> 00:38:31.180
 I'm not an older woman.

00:38:33.180 --> 00:38:33.460
 I'm,

00:38:33.780 --> 00:38:35.080
 but the text is there.

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:36.160
 It would be really

00:38:36.160 --> 00:38:37.280
 interesting for older women

00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:38.280
 to talk with each other

00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:39.019
 amongst themselves

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:39.320
 and say,

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:39.780
 what do you think?

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:40.080
 Like,

00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:41.080
 and you know,

00:38:41.140 --> 00:38:41.680
 it could be that

00:38:41.680 --> 00:38:42.140
 some of you say,

00:38:42.180 --> 00:38:42.260
 well,

00:38:42.300 --> 00:38:43.260
 I have no problem

00:38:43.260 --> 00:38:43.500
 with that.

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:43.640
 Well,

00:38:43.640 --> 00:38:44.220
 that's good

00:38:44.220 --> 00:38:45.360
 that you have

00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:46.060
 no problem with that.

00:38:46.140 --> 00:38:46.519
 I don't know how,

00:38:46.620 --> 00:38:47.440
 but the word is addressed

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:48.140
 to older women

00:38:48.139 --> 00:38:49.679
 and the word reverent.

00:38:50.900 --> 00:38:52.359
 Another way to describe

00:38:52.359 --> 00:38:53.579
 what the word reverent means

00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:55.000
 is practice the presence

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:55.599
 of God.

00:38:56.739 --> 00:38:58.259
 That's what reverent means.

00:38:58.980 --> 00:38:59.420
 It doesn't mean

00:38:59.420 --> 00:39:00.440
 having a long face.

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:00.940
 It doesn't mean

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.759
 never laughing.

00:39:03.759 --> 00:39:04.480
 You know,

00:39:04.859 --> 00:39:05.480
 it doesn't mean

00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:06.119
 walking around

00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:06.779
 looking like you're

00:39:06.779 --> 00:39:07.559
 constipated.

00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:11.400
 it means

00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:12.000
 practicing

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:12.599
 the presence

00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:13.139
 of God.

00:39:13.340 --> 00:39:13.579
 Like,

00:39:13.619 --> 00:39:14.500
 what's wrong with that

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.579
 as a piece of advice?

00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:17.460
 If you're an older woman,

00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:18.639
 you're entering

00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:19.340
 into a time

00:39:19.340 --> 00:39:19.940
 of your life

00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:21.199
 where you should

00:39:21.199 --> 00:39:22.000
 call out to God.

00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:22.599
 And by the way,

00:39:22.699 --> 00:39:23.900
 in verses 1 to 5,

00:39:24.099 --> 00:39:24.980
 the verb tenses,

00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:26.360
 they're all aspirational.

00:39:27.759 --> 00:39:28.860
 This is an invitation

00:39:28.860 --> 00:39:29.739
 as to something

00:39:29.739 --> 00:39:30.860
 to aspire to.

00:39:32.719 --> 00:39:33.539
 That you have

00:39:33.539 --> 00:39:34.480
 so begun

00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:35.039
 to learn

00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:35.659
 the practice

00:39:35.659 --> 00:39:36.360
 of the presence

00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:36.860
 of God

00:39:36.860 --> 00:39:37.400
 that you see

00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:37.920
 every one

00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:38.940
 of your waking moments

00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:39.720
 is being done

00:39:39.720 --> 00:39:40.360
 in the presence

00:39:40.360 --> 00:39:41.400
 of the living God.

00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:43.380
 That it affects

00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:44.099
 the way you live.

00:39:45.099 --> 00:39:45.599
 I think that's

00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:46.340
 a wonderful thing

00:39:46.340 --> 00:39:47.160
 to aspire to.

00:39:47.240 --> 00:39:47.420
 In fact,

00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:47.700
 you know where

00:39:47.700 --> 00:39:48.539
 the first imperative

00:39:48.539 --> 00:39:49.099
 comes?

00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:50.400
 To the young men.

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:53.840
 They only have

00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:54.539
 one imperative.

00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:56.380
 Get your life

00:39:56.380 --> 00:39:56.820
 in order.

00:39:58.139 --> 00:39:59.519
 Learn self-control.

00:40:00.780 --> 00:40:02.519
 Learn self-control.

00:40:03.360 --> 00:40:04.240
 Don't let anger

00:40:04.240 --> 00:40:05.039
 rule your life.

00:40:05.200 --> 00:40:06.539
 Don't let pornography

00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:07.519
 rule your life.

00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:08.579
 Don't let hatred.

00:40:08.860 --> 00:40:09.679
 Don't let envy.

00:40:10.219 --> 00:40:11.199
 Don't let your temper.

00:40:11.360 --> 00:40:11.900
 Don't give me

00:40:11.900 --> 00:40:12.759
 any excuses.

00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:14.659
 Learn some self-control.

00:40:14.800 --> 00:40:16.079
 Be gripped by the gospel.

00:40:17.619 --> 00:40:20.519
 Learn some self-control.

00:40:20.880 --> 00:40:21.980
 That's the first imperative

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:22.559
 in the text.

00:40:22.659 --> 00:40:23.179
 The rest of it's

00:40:23.179 --> 00:40:23.880
 aspirational.

00:40:24.920 --> 00:40:25.739
 What about submitting

00:40:25.739 --> 00:40:26.519
 to your husbands?

00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:31.340
 I was actually saying

00:40:31.340 --> 00:40:32.259
 I'm going to run out of time

00:40:32.259 --> 00:40:33.099
 so I can't talk

00:40:33.099 --> 00:40:33.940
 about this now.

00:40:34.539 --> 00:40:35.659
 I'm just joking.

00:40:39.099 --> 00:40:40.460
 Oh, look at the time.

00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:41.579
 I guess I can't talk

00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:42.059
 about this.

00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:42.559
 Figure it out

00:40:42.559 --> 00:40:43.259
 for yourselves.

00:40:43.639 --> 00:40:43.800
 No.

00:40:44.840 --> 00:40:45.320
 No.

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:48.500
 Let's look at it

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:49.280
 four being

00:40:49.280 --> 00:40:50.199
 through five.

00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:51.659
 And so train young women

00:40:51.659 --> 00:40:52.639
 to love their husbands

00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:53.480
 and children

00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:55.339
 to be self-control,

00:40:55.539 --> 00:40:55.819
 pure,

00:40:55.939 --> 00:40:56.599
 working at home,

00:40:56.739 --> 00:40:57.859
 kind and submissive.

00:40:58.559 --> 00:40:59.279
 Working at home

00:40:59.279 --> 00:40:59.779
 doesn't mean

00:40:59.779 --> 00:41:00.960
 what we mean by it today

00:41:00.960 --> 00:41:01.659
 about not having

00:41:01.659 --> 00:41:02.839
 a job outside.

00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:03.699
 It means

00:41:03.699 --> 00:41:05.439
 a specific responsibility

00:41:05.439 --> 00:41:06.199
 for the home.

00:41:07.239 --> 00:41:08.480
 Kind and submissive

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:09.419
 to their own husbands

00:41:09.419 --> 00:41:10.339
 that the word of God

00:41:10.339 --> 00:41:11.339
 may not be reviled.

00:41:12.339 --> 00:41:13.079
 Now here's the thing

00:41:13.079 --> 00:41:13.960
 about submissive.

00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:14.000
 slave.

00:41:15.059 --> 00:41:17.260
 It's a curious word

00:41:17.260 --> 00:41:19.699
 and it's the same word

00:41:19.699 --> 00:41:20.400
 that's going to be used

00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:21.099
 for slaves.

00:41:21.380 --> 00:41:21.940
 How do I have

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:22.800
 a consistent reading

00:41:22.800 --> 00:41:23.340
 for both?

00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:25.360
 That's going to be

00:41:25.360 --> 00:41:26.579
 the exact same word

00:41:26.579 --> 00:41:27.380
 that's going to come

00:41:27.380 --> 00:41:28.179
 a few words later

00:41:28.179 --> 00:41:28.840
 for slaves.

00:41:30.179 --> 00:41:31.300
 And here's the thing

00:41:31.300 --> 00:41:31.659
 about it.

00:41:31.740 --> 00:41:32.960
 Women and slaves

00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:33.780
 have a very different

00:41:33.780 --> 00:41:34.900
 social context.

00:41:36.179 --> 00:41:37.579
 If they don't,

00:41:38.280 --> 00:41:38.860
 you should.

00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:41.699
 Women aren't slaves.

00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:43.220
 Married women

00:41:43.220 --> 00:41:43.940
 aren't slaves.

00:41:44.619 --> 00:41:45.400
 Here's the thing

00:41:45.400 --> 00:41:46.159
 about submissive.

00:41:46.260 --> 00:41:47.280
 It's both on one hand

00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:48.780
 a far weaker word

00:41:48.780 --> 00:41:49.659
 than obey

00:41:49.659 --> 00:41:51.720
 and a far

00:41:51.720 --> 00:41:53.539
 tougher word

00:41:53.539 --> 00:41:54.599
 or deeper word

00:41:54.599 --> 00:41:55.059
 than obey.

00:41:58.619 --> 00:41:59.380
 Those of you

00:41:59.380 --> 00:42:00.559
 who work in bureaucracy

00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:02.039
 know that there's

00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:03.240
 a way to be obedient

00:42:03.240 --> 00:42:04.860
 that can cause chaos

00:42:04.860 --> 00:42:05.800
 in an organization.

00:42:07.119 --> 00:42:08.079
 That there's a way

00:42:08.079 --> 00:42:08.920
 to be obedient

00:42:08.920 --> 00:42:11.559
 that can stick it

00:42:11.559 --> 00:42:12.280
 to your boss.

00:42:12.280 --> 00:42:13.840
 Am I allowed to say

00:42:13.840 --> 00:42:14.440
 that in a sermon?

00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:16.140
 I just did.

00:42:16.820 --> 00:42:17.440
 Any one of you

00:42:17.440 --> 00:42:18.660
 who work in a bureaucracy

00:42:18.660 --> 00:42:19.560
 know there's ways

00:42:19.560 --> 00:42:20.260
 of being obedient

00:42:20.260 --> 00:42:23.040
 that undermines everything,

00:42:24.140 --> 00:42:25.040
 causes chaos.

00:42:25.039 --> 00:42:27.059
 And the word here

00:42:27.059 --> 00:42:27.659
 is an obedient.

00:42:27.659 --> 00:42:28.559
 It's submissive.

00:42:28.699 --> 00:42:29.159
 It's submit.

00:42:31.019 --> 00:42:31.960
 Here's the thing

00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:32.579
 to understand

00:42:32.579 --> 00:42:33.340
 about the text

00:42:33.340 --> 00:42:34.360
 and to look at the text

00:42:34.360 --> 00:42:35.139
 very carefully

00:42:35.139 --> 00:42:35.840
 and quietly.

00:42:36.960 --> 00:42:37.900
 The thing about

00:42:37.900 --> 00:42:38.639
 submissive

00:42:38.639 --> 00:42:41.099
 is in this particular text,

00:42:41.559 --> 00:42:42.900
 it's something

00:42:42.900 --> 00:42:43.880
 that's enjoined

00:42:43.880 --> 00:42:45.059
 upon the young women

00:42:45.059 --> 00:42:47.019
 to offer as a gift

00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:48.420
 to their husbands,

00:42:48.420 --> 00:42:50.519
 but they maintain

00:42:50.519 --> 00:42:52.400
 complete and utter control.

00:42:54.599 --> 00:42:55.280
 The husband

00:42:55.280 --> 00:42:57.619
 has no right

00:42:57.619 --> 00:42:58.840
 or authority

00:42:58.840 --> 00:43:01.500
 to demand submission

00:43:01.500 --> 00:43:03.460
 or to describe

00:43:03.460 --> 00:43:04.260
 submission

00:43:04.260 --> 00:43:07.340
 or to complain

00:43:07.340 --> 00:43:09.639
 about the behavior

00:43:09.639 --> 00:43:10.400
 of his wife.

00:43:11.960 --> 00:43:12.960
 The husband

00:43:12.960 --> 00:43:15.460
 is given no authority

00:43:15.460 --> 00:43:16.220
 to command.

00:43:18.619 --> 00:43:20.099
 The wife

00:43:20.099 --> 00:43:21.500
 is enjoined

00:43:21.500 --> 00:43:22.260
 to submit.

00:43:23.880 --> 00:43:25.300
 It's an appeal

00:43:25.300 --> 00:43:26.260
 to her freedom

00:43:26.260 --> 00:43:29.360
 and she gets

00:43:29.360 --> 00:43:30.059
 to determine

00:43:30.059 --> 00:43:31.780
 what it looks like

00:43:31.780 --> 00:43:33.340
 and the extent.

00:43:34.420 --> 00:43:36.240
 If she has a husband

00:43:36.240 --> 00:43:38.579
 who's violent

00:43:38.579 --> 00:43:40.440
 and abusive,

00:43:41.300 --> 00:43:43.740
 that's going to look

00:43:43.740 --> 00:43:44.920
 very, very different

00:43:44.920 --> 00:43:46.340
 than a husband

00:43:46.340 --> 00:43:47.280
 or it should look

00:43:47.280 --> 00:43:47.800
 very different

00:43:47.800 --> 00:43:48.380
 than a husband

00:43:48.380 --> 00:43:49.260
 who's very loving

00:43:49.260 --> 00:43:50.380
 and self-sacrificial

00:43:50.380 --> 00:43:50.920
 and attentive.

00:43:52.300 --> 00:43:53.220
 But it's a gift

00:43:53.220 --> 00:43:54.139
 that she offers

00:43:54.139 --> 00:43:56.099
 that it comes from God,

00:43:56.159 --> 00:43:56.740
 it's an obedience

00:43:56.740 --> 00:43:57.440
 to God.

00:43:58.280 --> 00:43:59.400
 And it's not to all men

00:43:59.400 --> 00:44:00.460
 or to the patriarchy,

00:44:00.579 --> 00:44:01.619
 it's just to her husband.

00:44:02.760 --> 00:44:03.539
 And on one hand,

00:44:03.599 --> 00:44:04.240
 for some people,

00:44:04.300 --> 00:44:04.840
 that's going to look

00:44:04.840 --> 00:44:05.680
 very, very weak,

00:44:05.780 --> 00:44:06.460
 but on the other hand,

00:44:06.500 --> 00:44:07.320
 this can be something

00:44:07.320 --> 00:44:08.740
 that goes very, very deep.

00:44:09.800 --> 00:44:10.920
 And it's beyond

00:44:10.920 --> 00:44:11.539
 the scope

00:44:11.539 --> 00:44:12.539
 of this one sermon,

00:44:12.639 --> 00:44:13.180
 all I can do

00:44:13.180 --> 00:44:14.159
 is hint at it

00:44:14.159 --> 00:44:16.699
 it comes to the

00:44:16.699 --> 00:44:18.779
 asymmetric relationship

00:44:18.779 --> 00:44:19.659
 often between

00:44:19.659 --> 00:44:20.279
 the sexes

00:44:20.279 --> 00:44:20.899
 and the commands.

00:44:25.339 --> 00:44:25.679
 And in fact,

00:44:25.779 --> 00:44:26.039
 actually,

00:44:26.119 --> 00:44:27.039
 if you even think about it

00:44:27.039 --> 00:44:27.480
 for a second,

00:44:27.579 --> 00:44:28.000
 you look,

00:44:28.179 --> 00:44:28.719
 who is it

00:44:28.719 --> 00:44:29.699
 who's training the women

00:44:29.699 --> 00:44:30.319
 to do this?

00:44:30.440 --> 00:44:31.359
 It's the older women.

00:44:31.839 --> 00:44:32.759
 The men are cut out

00:44:32.759 --> 00:44:33.399
 of the discussion

00:44:33.399 --> 00:44:34.039
 altogether.

00:44:36.839 --> 00:44:37.940
 Isn't that very funny?

00:44:37.940 --> 00:44:41.559
 You see,

00:44:41.679 --> 00:44:42.260
 one of the things

00:44:42.260 --> 00:44:42.940
 happens is

00:44:42.940 --> 00:44:44.460
 maybe in 1958

00:44:44.460 --> 00:44:45.460
 they would have read that

00:44:45.460 --> 00:44:46.019
 and they would have

00:44:46.019 --> 00:44:47.220
 just imposed

00:44:47.220 --> 00:44:48.700
 a patriarchal culture

00:44:48.700 --> 00:44:49.539
 onto the text.

00:44:50.619 --> 00:44:51.679
 But one of the benefits

00:44:51.679 --> 00:44:52.200
 in the sense

00:44:52.200 --> 00:44:53.440
 of our cultural moment

00:44:53.440 --> 00:44:54.920
 is that when you start

00:44:54.920 --> 00:44:55.599
 to question

00:44:55.599 --> 00:44:57.440
 a narrative

00:44:57.440 --> 00:44:58.820
 of patriarchy

00:44:58.820 --> 00:45:00.400
 and just try to read

00:45:00.400 --> 00:45:00.820
 the text

00:45:00.820 --> 00:45:01.659
 and listen to it,

00:45:02.800 --> 00:45:04.119
 you see that the mystery

00:45:04.119 --> 00:45:04.780
 in the text

00:45:04.780 --> 00:45:08.340
 is that the mystery

00:45:08.340 --> 00:45:08.780
 of the text

00:45:08.780 --> 00:45:09.100
 Actually,

00:45:09.220 --> 00:45:09.980
 I'm sort of running

00:45:09.980 --> 00:45:10.380
 out of time.

00:45:10.460 --> 00:45:10.980
 Could you just put

00:45:10.980 --> 00:45:11.960
 four and five up there,

00:45:12.060 --> 00:45:12.220
 Andrew?

00:45:12.320 --> 00:45:13.240
 The first one is

00:45:13.240 --> 00:45:16.580
 saving grace

00:45:16.580 --> 00:45:17.760
 is training grace

00:45:17.760 --> 00:45:18.800
 for everyday life.

00:45:19.420 --> 00:45:20.200
 You'll notice there

00:45:20.200 --> 00:45:20.700
 about women,

00:45:21.120 --> 00:45:22.060
 older women training

00:45:22.060 --> 00:45:22.960
 and also if you look

00:45:22.960 --> 00:45:23.900
 down in verses

00:45:23.900 --> 00:45:25.340
 11 and 12

00:45:25.340 --> 00:45:26.100
 where the grace of God

00:45:26.100 --> 00:45:26.440
 has appeared

00:45:26.440 --> 00:45:27.280
 bringing salvation

00:45:27.280 --> 00:45:27.960
 for all people

00:45:27.960 --> 00:45:28.720
 training us

00:45:28.720 --> 00:45:29.900
 to renounce ungodliness

00:45:29.900 --> 00:45:31.820
 and the same point

00:45:31.820 --> 00:45:32.640
 put in a slightly

00:45:32.640 --> 00:45:33.260
 different way

00:45:33.260 --> 00:45:34.320
 is verse point five.

00:45:34.320 --> 00:45:35.400
 The grace from God

00:45:35.400 --> 00:45:36.460
 which saves

00:45:36.460 --> 00:45:38.360
 also trains us

00:45:38.360 --> 00:45:39.240
 to live free

00:45:39.240 --> 00:45:40.640
 with others

00:45:40.640 --> 00:45:42.080
 for the glory of God.

00:45:43.600 --> 00:45:44.760
 So I just want to make,

00:45:45.019 --> 00:45:46.200
 I've already gone long

00:45:46.200 --> 00:45:46.820
 but I have to talk

00:45:46.820 --> 00:45:47.620
 about slaves.

00:45:49.280 --> 00:45:50.100
 Look at verses

00:45:50.100 --> 00:45:51.019
 9 and 10.

00:45:52.940 --> 00:45:53.640
 Bond servants

00:45:53.640 --> 00:45:54.320
 or slaves

00:45:54.320 --> 00:45:55.320
 are to be submissive

00:45:55.320 --> 00:45:56.280
 to their own masters

00:45:56.280 --> 00:45:56.900
 in everything.

00:45:57.200 --> 00:45:57.620
 They are to be

00:45:57.620 --> 00:45:58.320
 well-pleasing,

00:45:58.440 --> 00:45:59.460
 not argumentative,

00:46:00.000 --> 00:46:01.019
 not pilfering,

00:46:01.860 --> 00:46:02.519
 but actually

00:46:02.519 --> 00:46:03.340
 I'll go back here

00:46:03.340 --> 00:46:04.360
 read that again.

00:46:04.800 --> 00:46:06.320
 In the Greek language

00:46:06.320 --> 00:46:07.559
 there's two different ways

00:46:07.559 --> 00:46:08.740
 to put well-pleasing

00:46:08.740 --> 00:46:12.740
 and this version

00:46:12.740 --> 00:46:13.820
 is chosen one way

00:46:13.820 --> 00:46:14.460
 but I think

00:46:14.460 --> 00:46:15.100
 it's actually

00:46:15.100 --> 00:46:15.760
 more accurate

00:46:15.760 --> 00:46:18.300
 to read it

00:46:18.300 --> 00:46:19.700
 with a comma

00:46:19.700 --> 00:46:20.660
 in a different spot.

00:46:21.420 --> 00:46:21.920
 Bond servants

00:46:21.920 --> 00:46:23.059
 are to be submissive

00:46:23.059 --> 00:46:23.760
 to their own,

00:46:24.120 --> 00:46:25.559
 are to be submissive,

00:46:25.559 --> 00:46:26.619
 submissive,

00:46:26.860 --> 00:46:27.219
 comma,

00:46:28.219 --> 00:46:31.579
 to their own masters

00:46:31.579 --> 00:46:32.259
 in everything

00:46:32.259 --> 00:46:32.940
 they are to be

00:46:32.940 --> 00:46:33.779
 well-pleasing,

00:46:34.779 --> 00:46:36.119
 nether comma,

00:46:36.299 --> 00:46:37.480
 not argumentative,

00:46:37.779 --> 00:46:38.779
 not pilfering,

00:46:38.980 --> 00:46:39.539
 but showing

00:46:39.539 --> 00:46:40.400
 all good faith

00:46:40.400 --> 00:46:41.559
 so that in everything

00:46:41.559 --> 00:46:42.259
 they may adorn

00:46:42.259 --> 00:46:42.799
 the doctrine

00:46:42.799 --> 00:46:43.679
 of God our Savior.

00:46:45.599 --> 00:46:46.079
 Now,

00:46:46.199 --> 00:46:46.739
 here's the thing

00:46:46.739 --> 00:46:47.519
 about the Bible.

00:46:48.599 --> 00:46:49.799
 In the ancient world,

00:46:50.199 --> 00:46:51.139
 slavery was viewed

00:46:51.139 --> 00:46:51.679
 as normal.

00:46:51.679 --> 00:46:53.779
 You know,

00:46:53.839 --> 00:46:55.019
 in our culture

00:46:55.019 --> 00:46:55.699
 there's all sorts

00:46:55.699 --> 00:46:56.019
 of things

00:46:56.019 --> 00:46:56.539
 that are normal.

00:46:56.659 --> 00:46:57.000
 It's normal

00:46:57.000 --> 00:46:57.739
 that you have police,

00:46:57.859 --> 00:46:58.199
 it's normal

00:46:58.199 --> 00:46:59.079
 that you have an army,

00:46:59.759 --> 00:47:00.119
 you know,

00:47:00.139 --> 00:47:00.619
 it's normal

00:47:00.619 --> 00:47:01.419
 that there's money.

00:47:01.899 --> 00:47:02.839
 In the ancient world

00:47:02.839 --> 00:47:03.579
 one of the things

00:47:03.579 --> 00:47:04.500
 that would just be normal

00:47:04.500 --> 00:47:05.579
 was that there were slaves,

00:47:05.639 --> 00:47:06.419
 it was just normal.

00:47:07.079 --> 00:47:07.819
 One of the interesting

00:47:07.819 --> 00:47:08.659
 things about the Bible

00:47:08.659 --> 00:47:09.279
 is that the Bible

00:47:09.279 --> 00:47:10.379
 never once

00:47:10.379 --> 00:47:11.759
 argues for slavery,

00:47:12.619 --> 00:47:13.879
 justifies slavery,

00:47:14.219 --> 00:47:15.199
 encourages slavery,

00:47:15.299 --> 00:47:16.079
 never once.

00:47:16.079 --> 00:47:18.619
 But the Bible,

00:47:18.799 --> 00:47:19.099
 in fact,

00:47:19.219 --> 00:47:20.579
 puts in the seeds

00:47:20.579 --> 00:47:22.940
 to undermine slavery.

00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:24.699
 The Greek word,

00:47:24.779 --> 00:47:25.779
 when you look at words

00:47:25.779 --> 00:47:26.519
 that talk about

00:47:26.519 --> 00:47:27.840
 in other epistles

00:47:27.840 --> 00:47:28.639
 when it talks about

00:47:28.639 --> 00:47:29.860
 masters and slaves,

00:47:30.759 --> 00:47:31.779
 in English

00:47:31.779 --> 00:47:32.500
 they translate

00:47:32.500 --> 00:47:33.000
 the word,

00:47:33.099 --> 00:47:33.940
 the Greek word

00:47:33.940 --> 00:47:34.779
 as master,

00:47:34.940 --> 00:47:35.559
 but it's actually

00:47:35.559 --> 00:47:36.199
 the same word

00:47:36.199 --> 00:47:37.460
 that the word despot

00:47:37.460 --> 00:47:38.299
 comes from

00:47:38.299 --> 00:47:39.819
 in Greek.

00:47:40.960 --> 00:47:41.539
 And slaves

00:47:41.539 --> 00:47:42.440
 had no rights.

00:47:43.819 --> 00:47:44.039
 And

00:47:44.039 --> 00:47:46.179
 what the Bible

00:47:46.179 --> 00:47:47.320
 here does

00:47:47.320 --> 00:47:48.539
 is it

00:47:48.539 --> 00:47:50.019
 it awakens

00:47:50.019 --> 00:47:51.059
 within slaves

00:47:51.059 --> 00:47:52.480
 who have no freedom

00:47:52.480 --> 00:47:54.940
 and the Bible

00:47:54.940 --> 00:47:55.679
 is telling them

00:47:55.679 --> 00:47:56.259
 that they have

00:47:56.259 --> 00:47:57.019
 inner freedom.

00:47:59.960 --> 00:48:00.800
 That they have

00:48:00.800 --> 00:48:01.559
 inner freedom

00:48:01.559 --> 00:48:03.279
 and they have

00:48:03.279 --> 00:48:04.279
 an important

00:48:04.279 --> 00:48:05.719
 objective

00:48:05.719 --> 00:48:07.800
 for the good

00:48:07.800 --> 00:48:08.480
 of the gospel

00:48:08.480 --> 00:48:09.759
 that they can accomplish.

00:48:10.179 --> 00:48:11.139
 So that while

00:48:11.139 --> 00:48:12.759
 in their social location

00:48:12.760 --> 00:48:14.220
 it looks as if

00:48:14.220 --> 00:48:14.800
 they're just

00:48:14.800 --> 00:48:15.720
 under the thumb

00:48:15.720 --> 00:48:16.260
 or the rule

00:48:16.260 --> 00:48:17.280
 of their despot,

00:48:17.980 --> 00:48:19.300
 the Bible calls them

00:48:19.300 --> 00:48:20.220
 to exercise

00:48:20.220 --> 00:48:21.420
 an inner freedom

00:48:21.420 --> 00:48:22.880
 to understand

00:48:22.880 --> 00:48:23.560
 that they have

00:48:23.560 --> 00:48:24.520
 ways of submitting

00:48:24.520 --> 00:48:25.780
 that they can choose

00:48:25.780 --> 00:48:26.200
 and do

00:48:26.200 --> 00:48:26.780
 and offer

00:48:26.780 --> 00:48:27.800
 as a gift to God

00:48:27.800 --> 00:48:29.060
 and that they are

00:48:29.060 --> 00:48:29.880
 to try to shape

00:48:29.880 --> 00:48:30.600
 their submission

00:48:30.600 --> 00:48:31.600
 to their masters

00:48:31.600 --> 00:48:32.760
 in such a way

00:48:32.760 --> 00:48:34.560
 that the gospel

00:48:34.560 --> 00:48:35.480
 looks beautiful.

00:48:37.680 --> 00:48:38.600
 Now some of you

00:48:38.600 --> 00:48:38.920
 might say

00:48:38.920 --> 00:48:39.640
 that seems a little

00:48:39.640 --> 00:48:40.320
 bit insufficient,

00:48:40.320 --> 00:48:41.380
 but here's what

00:48:41.380 --> 00:48:42.320
 often lurks

00:48:42.320 --> 00:48:43.360
 behind the modern

00:48:43.360 --> 00:48:44.200
 mind when it's

00:48:44.200 --> 00:48:44.820
 complaining about

00:48:44.820 --> 00:48:45.380
 the Bible.

00:48:47.539 --> 00:48:48.480
 Imagine here

00:48:48.480 --> 00:48:49.000
 to bring it out

00:48:49.000 --> 00:48:49.440
 to the front,

00:48:49.580 --> 00:48:50.240
 imagine now

00:48:50.240 --> 00:48:51.320
 that we had a chance

00:48:51.320 --> 00:48:52.100
 to send a letter

00:48:52.100 --> 00:48:54.140
 to 150

00:48:54.140 --> 00:48:56.519
 North Koreans

00:48:56.519 --> 00:48:58.340
 in a prison camp

00:48:58.340 --> 00:48:59.100
 in North Korea

00:48:59.100 --> 00:48:59.680
 who had become

00:48:59.680 --> 00:49:00.240
 Christians.

00:49:01.420 --> 00:49:02.400
 They are in effect

00:49:02.400 --> 00:49:02.840
 slaves.

00:49:02.960 --> 00:49:03.640
 They have absolutely

00:49:03.640 --> 00:49:04.960
 no rights whatsoever.

00:49:05.120 --> 00:49:05.940
 No rights

00:49:05.940 --> 00:49:06.600
 whatsoever.

00:49:08.500 --> 00:49:09.200
 We would write,

00:49:09.199 --> 00:49:09.939
 wouldn't we like

00:49:09.939 --> 00:49:10.460
 to write and say

00:49:10.460 --> 00:49:10.659
 to them,

00:49:10.919 --> 00:49:11.739
 this is a terrible

00:49:11.739 --> 00:49:12.239
 evil.

00:49:13.379 --> 00:49:14.079
 You should cast

00:49:14.079 --> 00:49:14.939
 off your chains

00:49:14.939 --> 00:49:15.619
 and start living

00:49:15.619 --> 00:49:16.460
 as a free man.

00:49:16.980 --> 00:49:17.839
 Bear up your arms

00:49:17.839 --> 00:49:18.319
 in revolt.

00:49:19.679 --> 00:49:20.559
 Well, gosh,

00:49:20.719 --> 00:49:21.319
 that would make

00:49:21.319 --> 00:49:22.159
 us feel good,

00:49:22.379 --> 00:49:23.059
 but it would be

00:49:23.059 --> 00:49:24.139
 completely useless

00:49:24.139 --> 00:49:25.039
 advice to them.

00:49:26.960 --> 00:49:27.599
 In fact,

00:49:27.639 --> 00:49:28.460
 it's posturing

00:49:28.460 --> 00:49:29.439
 on our part,

00:49:30.039 --> 00:49:31.079
 not helpful.

00:49:33.079 --> 00:49:33.919
 What the Bible

00:49:33.919 --> 00:49:35.299
 here calls for

00:49:35.299 --> 00:49:36.460
 is something

00:49:36.460 --> 00:49:37.339
 which is

00:49:37.339 --> 00:49:38.659
 deeply helpful

00:49:38.659 --> 00:49:39.319
 for them.

00:49:40.519 --> 00:49:41.339
 From the eyes

00:49:41.339 --> 00:49:41.960
 of the world,

00:49:42.119 --> 00:49:42.639
 they are just

00:49:42.639 --> 00:49:43.159
 slaves.

00:49:43.659 --> 00:49:44.179
 There is maybe

00:49:44.179 --> 00:49:44.859
 nothing that they

00:49:44.859 --> 00:49:45.579
 will ever be able

00:49:45.579 --> 00:49:46.460
 to do about it

00:49:46.460 --> 00:49:47.699
 in a slave culture,

00:49:47.799 --> 00:49:48.920
 in a slave society.

00:49:49.079 --> 00:49:49.699
 They are a slave.

00:49:49.799 --> 00:49:50.399
 They will probably

00:49:50.399 --> 00:49:51.480
 die as a slave,

00:49:51.839 --> 00:49:52.839
 but their identity

00:49:52.839 --> 00:49:54.179
 is not slave.

00:49:54.539 --> 00:49:55.159
 Their identity

00:49:55.159 --> 00:49:56.420
 is one for whom

00:49:56.420 --> 00:49:58.039
 Jesus loved so much

00:49:58.039 --> 00:49:59.079
 and knew by name

00:49:59.079 --> 00:50:00.059
 that he died

00:50:00.059 --> 00:50:00.759
 for them.

00:50:01.199 --> 00:50:01.960
 And that they

00:50:01.960 --> 00:50:02.980
 have an opportunity,

00:50:03.199 --> 00:50:03.799
 even though they

00:50:03.799 --> 00:50:04.579
 are in a social

00:50:04.579 --> 00:50:05.579
 context of

00:50:05.579 --> 00:50:06.399
 unbelievably

00:50:06.399 --> 00:50:07.739
 restrained freedom,

00:50:07.739 --> 00:50:07.879
 freedom.

00:50:08.279 --> 00:50:09.039
 But the Bible

00:50:09.039 --> 00:50:09.879
 calls them

00:50:09.879 --> 00:50:10.619
 to recognize

00:50:10.619 --> 00:50:11.379
 that they have

00:50:11.379 --> 00:50:12.079
 an interior

00:50:12.079 --> 00:50:12.839
 freedom,

00:50:12.839 --> 00:50:14.459
 which no master

00:50:14.459 --> 00:50:15.359
 can touch,

00:50:15.599 --> 00:50:16.159
 that they are

00:50:16.159 --> 00:50:16.839
 to exercise

00:50:16.839 --> 00:50:17.919
 that interior

00:50:17.919 --> 00:50:18.879
 freedom in

00:50:18.879 --> 00:50:20.039
 such a way

00:50:20.039 --> 00:50:21.459
 that the gospel

00:50:21.459 --> 00:50:22.500
 is glorified,

00:50:22.879 --> 00:50:24.159
 not only in their

00:50:24.159 --> 00:50:25.219
 social context,

00:50:25.299 --> 00:50:25.679
 but in their

00:50:25.679 --> 00:50:26.399
 community and to

00:50:26.399 --> 00:50:27.019
 the ends of the

00:50:27.019 --> 00:50:27.319
 earth.

00:50:28.199 --> 00:50:29.119
 Their destiny

00:50:29.119 --> 00:50:29.979
 is not to die

00:50:29.979 --> 00:50:30.819
 as a slave,

00:50:31.299 --> 00:50:32.159
 but to die

00:50:32.159 --> 00:50:33.099
 as the precious,

00:50:33.500 --> 00:50:34.559
 peculiar possession

00:50:34.559 --> 00:50:35.279
 of God

00:50:35.279 --> 00:50:37.099
 with an opportunity

00:50:37.099 --> 00:50:37.940
 to show forth

00:50:37.940 --> 00:50:38.539
 his glory

00:50:38.539 --> 00:50:40.699
 by rediscovering

00:50:40.699 --> 00:50:41.559
 inner freedom

00:50:41.559 --> 00:50:43.139
 that carries

00:50:43.139 --> 00:50:43.719
 itself out

00:50:43.719 --> 00:50:44.279
 in action.

00:50:44.940 --> 00:50:45.559
 And such

00:50:45.559 --> 00:50:46.299
 teaching

00:50:46.299 --> 00:50:47.500
 eventually

00:50:47.500 --> 00:50:49.019
 makes slavery

00:50:49.019 --> 00:50:50.059
 seem

00:50:50.059 --> 00:50:51.139
 unthinkable.

00:50:54.900 --> 00:50:55.619
 Can you put up

00:50:55.619 --> 00:50:56.340
 the final point,

00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:56.679
 Andrew?

00:50:57.460 --> 00:50:58.059
 I'd like to ask

00:50:58.059 --> 00:50:58.719
 you to stand.

00:50:59.039 --> 00:50:59.599
 You've been very,

00:50:59.719 --> 00:51:00.340
 very patient.

00:51:02.019 --> 00:51:02.739
 In one level,

00:51:02.860 --> 00:51:03.420
 this is a very,

00:51:03.420 --> 00:51:03.760
 very,

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 we're not going

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 to be able

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 to pray this

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 prayer together.

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 And I left

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 a blank there.

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 I don't like

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 leaving blanks,

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 but I couldn't

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 figure out

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 how else to do it.

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 And I'm not

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 going to pray

00:51:14.659 --> 00:51:15.119
 this prayer,

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 but if you want

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 to find it

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 later on,

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 it's on the

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 webpage.

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 But I'm

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 inviting you

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 to pray,

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 Almighty God

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 and Father,

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 please make me

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 a disciple

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 of Jesus,

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 gripped by the

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 gospel,

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 who humbly

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 meditates upon

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 what your word

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 written says

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 about being a,

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 and maybe I

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 would say,

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 an older man

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 and a leader.

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 And maybe some

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 of you would say,

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 a younger woman

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 and a leader.

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 And maybe some

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 of you would say

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 that I'm not

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 entirely a slave

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 when I work

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 for the civil

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 service or work

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 for my boss,

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 but it has some

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 stuff to say

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 about what it

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 means to be

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 a good employee,

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 about being an

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 employee and a

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 younger woman

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 and a leader.

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 And you fill in

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 the blank.

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 You make the

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 prayer your own.

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 make the prayer

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 your own.

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 Let's bow our

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 heads in prayer.

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 Father,

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 make us

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 disciples of

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 Jesus who are

00:52:09.780 --> 00:52:10.380
 gripped by the

00:52:10.380 --> 00:52:10.860
 gospel,

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 and knowing who

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 he is and what

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 he did for us,

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 that we start to

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 lose our fear of

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 your word.

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 And Father,

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 help us to be a

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 people who walk

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 together,

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 who learn to walk

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 together as they

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 follow Jesus,

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 to share our

00:52:24.820 --> 00:52:25.840
 fears and to

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 share our joys

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 and to share our

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 aspirations and

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 our hopes,

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 to think upon

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 your word and to

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 look upon the

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 nuances,

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 to see what's

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 there and to

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 see what's not

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 there,

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 to be Bereans,

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 Father,

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 who study your

00:52:38.579 --> 00:52:39.200
 word and dwell

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 your word.

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 Father,

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 as we're gripped

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 by the gospel,

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 help us to lose

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 our fear of your

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 word.

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 Thank you,

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 Father,

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 that the same

00:52:45.800 --> 00:52:47.300
 word that saves

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 us is the word

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 that trains us.

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 The same word

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 that promises

00:52:50.860 --> 00:52:52.500
 salvation is the

00:52:52.500 --> 00:52:53.079
 word that will

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 make us free.

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 Father,

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 make us disciples

00:52:55.099 --> 00:52:55.940
 of Jesus who

00:52:55.940 --> 00:52:56.440
 are gripped by

00:52:56.440 --> 00:52:56.980
 the gospel,

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 learning to

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 live for your

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 glory.

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 And this we

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 pray in Jesus'

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 name and all

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 God's people

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 said,

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 Amen.