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 All right, we are going to come to our time in the Word together now.

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 If you have your Bible with you, you can open it up to the book of Titus.

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 We are in chapter 2.

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 Titus is a letter that was written by Paul to a guy named Titus,

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 and he was on the island of Crete, a little island southeast of Greece.

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 And Paul gave him some works, an assignment to do there,

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 to strengthen the churches that were there,

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 to put things in order for the churches there.

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 And we've been working our way through this letter.

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 As we come to chapter 2, actually we started chapter 2 last Sunday,

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 and we looked at the verses 11 to 14,

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 and we heard again the gospel, the good news of what Jesus has done to save us.

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 We heard that this gospel, this good news about Jesus,

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 it leads us to a certain kind of living,

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 away from a certain kind of living,

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 living in sin,

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 living to please the flesh,

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 and two,

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 living a good, holy life.

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 And we saw just how God desires for us to be freed

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 from that sinful life,

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 and moved into a life of good deeds,

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 where we're eager to do them.

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 Not begrudgingly, but eager.

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 Well, this morning we're going to look at how Paul sees this

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 translating into the practical everyday lives of Christ's followers

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 there on the island of Crete.

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 So we're actually going to go back up and look at verses 1 to 10,

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 which came before all this.

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 Let me read the passage for us this morning.

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 Paul writes to Titus,

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 You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine.

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 Teach the older men to be temperate,

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 worthy of respect,

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 self-controlled,

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 and sound in faith,

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 in love,

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 and in endurance.

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 Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live,

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 not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine,

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 but to teach what is good.

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 Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children,

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 to be self-controlled and pure,

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 to be busy at home,

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 to be kind,

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 and to be subject to their husbands,

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 so that no one will malign the word of God.

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 Similarly, encourage the young men to be self-controlled.

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 In everything, set them an example by doing what is good.

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 In your teaching, show integrity,

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 honesty,

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 seriousness,

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 and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned,

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 so that those who oppose you may be ashamed,

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 because they have nothing bad to say about us.

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 Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything,

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 to try to please them,

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 not to talk back to them,

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 and not to steal from them,

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 but to show that they can be fully trusted,

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 so that in every way,

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 they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.

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 So Paul organizes Christ's instructions for how we should live,

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 based on age,

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 gender,

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 and a little bit on social status,

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 as we see at the end there with the slaves.

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 Why does he organize it like this?

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 Well, it doesn't really say,

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 but Paul knows that being a follower of Jesus

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 is going to look a little different depending on those things,

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 your age,

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 your gender,

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 and your social standing.

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 There are also different things that we may struggle with,

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 or be tempted by,

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 because of our age,

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 or gender,

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 or social standing.

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 At the same time, though,

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 we notice that some of the same things

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 are to be there for each one of them.

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 He encourages Titus to teach them all

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 to be self-controlled,

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 for example.

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 But let's start with the men at the top,

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 in verse 2.

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 Paul says,

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 teach the older men to be temperate.

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 What does it mean to be temperate?

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 It may help to think of the opposite.

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 The opposite of temperate is rash,

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 impulsive,

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 a person who is given to extremes.

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 So to be temperate means to be self-controlled.

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 It means to be moderate.

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 If you're thinking about food and drink,

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 it means not given to binge eating,

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 or gluttony,

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 or to drunkenness.

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 If you're thinking about decisions and finances,

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 this is the person who carefully weighs

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 and considers the cost of things.

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 A person who looks before he leaps.

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 A temperate person is not obsessed with things,

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 but shows balanced and prudent judgment.

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 Paul says,

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 teach the older men to be temperate.

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 Teach the older men to be worthy of respect.

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 This means to live in a way

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 that is dignified or respectable.

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 And this one really warrants

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 a fair bit of reflection.

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 You know, as I was thinking,

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 what does it mean to be worthy of respect?

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 What makes for a respectable life?

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 Think about it.

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 What kind of character

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 is respectable

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 in a person?

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 What kind of behavior?

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 I hope some things are coming to mind.

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 Things like honesty.

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 People who tell the truth.

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 Kindness.

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 Even to those

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 who are rude.

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 A person who's a good listener.

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 And really listens

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 because they care

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 about the person

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 that they're talking with.

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 And the list could really go on here.

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 We could talk about things like courage.

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 We could talk about perseverance.

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 We could talk about generosity.

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 There are many character things

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 that we respect in others.

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 Be a person who is worthy of respect,

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 says Jesus,

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 to the older men.

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 And this really does cover

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 a lot of things in life

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 when you step back

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 and think about it.

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 Who do you respect?

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 Are there some people

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 that come to mind?

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 What is it that you respect

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 about them?

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 It really filters

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 into every area of life.

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 We could think about

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 conflict

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 in relationships.

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 Who do you respect?

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 Do you respect the person

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 who owns their mistakes

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 and apologizes

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 and seeks forgiveness

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 when they wrong others?

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 Or

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 the person

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 who minimizes

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 their wrongs

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 and doesn't want

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 to take responsibility

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 for anything

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 they've said or done?

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 It affects our speech.

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 Do you respect the person

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 who is always

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 joking coarsely

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 and insulting others

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 to get a rise

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 out of their buddies?

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 Or do you respect

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 the man who always

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 speaks well of others

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 and says things

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 to build people up

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 and keeps a rein

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 on his tongue?

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 Teach the older men

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 to be worthy

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 of respect.

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 Let's talk about

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 older men

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 for a second

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 just coming back

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 to this.

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 What are older men

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 sometimes known for?

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 I know I might

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 step on some feelings here

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 but

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 it's here.

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 Sometimes

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 older men

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 are known

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 for being

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 cantankerous,

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 belligerent,

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 rude,

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 critical,

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 sometimes

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 bad-mouthing others.

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 You get the idea.

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 But for the follower

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 of Jesus

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 age

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 is not an excuse

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 to become

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 a crotchety,

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 cranky,

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 rude gossip

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 who goes around

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 offending people.

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 Teach the older men

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 to be worthy

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 of respect,

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 to live lives

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 that are worthy

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 of respect.

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 Let's go on

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 to the next one,

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 self-controlled.

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 Don't worry,

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 older men.

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 Everybody else

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 was covered

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 in the other ages

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 and genders as well

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 so we're coming to you.

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 Teach the older men

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 to be self-controlled.

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 We talked about this

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 back in chapter one

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 with the qualifications

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 for elders

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 and even

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 last week

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 we talked about it.

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 It's mentioned again

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 as a general thing

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 that all believers

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 should strive

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 to have,

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 self-control

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 down in verse 12.

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 But I want to go

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 over this again.

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 It's repeated

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 so many times

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 in this letter.

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 Christ wants us

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 to hear this.

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 Notice who this

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 is first spoken to.

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 It's to the older men.

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 Teach them

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 to be self-controlled.

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 self-controlled.

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 So just because

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 men are older

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 does not mean

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 that they have learned

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 to be self-controlled.

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 A lifetime of living

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 doesn't automatically

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 make you a person

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 of self-restraint.

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 Experience

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 doesn't always

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 teach a person

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 to control

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 their tongue

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 or their emotions

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 or their appetites.

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 So what is

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 self-control all about?

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 Let's just

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 say it again.

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 To be self-controlled

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 means to be a person

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 who governs

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 themselves well.

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 A person who rules

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 over their appetites

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 and their desires

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 instead of a person

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 who is ruled by

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 their appetites

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 and desires.

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 The self-controlled

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 person fulfills

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 their obligations

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 and their responsibilities.

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 They keep their promises

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 and they're able

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 to do that

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 because they're

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 in control

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 of their lives.

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 Unlike the person

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 who lacks self-control,

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 they're kind of

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 spiraling out of control.

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 the person

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 who lacks

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 self-control

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 is ruled

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 by their emotions.

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 They're as dependable

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 as they are feeling

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 that day.

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 The person

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 who lacks

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 self-control

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 is often derailed

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 by bodily

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 appetites

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 for food

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 and drink

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 and sexual pleasure

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 and entertainment.

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 They just kind of

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 go with their

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 feelings

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 wherever

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 they take them.

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 They feel powerless

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 to say no

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 to themselves

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 when they should.

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 Now let's take

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 a step back here

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 and notice

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 that this

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 self-controlled

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 is not just

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 how the older men

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 are to be.

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 It's how all of them

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 are to be.

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 Look down in verse 3.

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 The women

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 of the older women,

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 they're not to be

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 addicted to much wine.

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 That's a self-control

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 thing there.

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 And they're to teach

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 the younger women

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 in verse 5

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 to be self-controlled.

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 And he says

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 to Titus,

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 teach the young men

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 to be self-controlled.

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 And even to the slaves

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 with regards

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 to their master's possession,

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 exercise self-restraint.

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 Don't just

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 help yourself

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 to their things

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 and steal from them.

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 If you're a follower

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 of Jesus,

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 God wants you

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 to be self-controlled,

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 to say no

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 to worldly passions

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 and lusts

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 as we talked about

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 last Sunday.

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 God has given us

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 many good things

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 in this world

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 and in this life

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 for our enjoyment.

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 But he wants us

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 to receive those things

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 with self-restraint

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 as good gifts

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 from him.

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 And not just

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 to engross ourselves

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 in them

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 and become obsessed

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 with them

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 or addicted to them

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 where we live lives

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 just to maximize

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 our pleasure.

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 He wants us

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 not to live

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 just to scratch

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 the itch

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 of our bodies,

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 our flesh,

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 but to live

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 to please the spirit.

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 He wants us

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 to be wise

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 and prudent

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 to think about

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 how our actions

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 affect others

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 and how the things

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 that we do today

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 or don't do today

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 affect tomorrow.

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 Self-control.

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 He says,

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 teach the older men

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 to be sound

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 in faith,

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 in love,

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 and in endurance.

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 To be sound

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 means to be,

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 it means to be good,

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 to be healthy,

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 to be as you should be.

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 And Jesus highlights

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 three things

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 for the older men

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 to be sound in

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 and the first one

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 here is faith.

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 Now this one

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 almost seems like

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 it should be a given,

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 doesn't it?

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 Tell the older men

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 to be sound

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 in their faith,

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 but could it be

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 that as we get older,

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 we men have a tendency

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 to drift

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 or to get bored

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 or to want to

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 hear something new,

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 to take some new

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 ideas or things

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 that are interesting

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 and maybe add that

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 to our faith.

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 Consider King Solomon.

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 He started so well.

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 He asked the Lord

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 for wisdom

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 to govern the people

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 of Israel

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 and God gave it to him.

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 And what wisdom

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 he had.

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 Look at the Proverbs

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 that he wrote.

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 Look at the list

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 of accomplishments.

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 But what happened

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 to Solomon?

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 Solomon,

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 his heart drifted away

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 from the faith.

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 By the end of his life,

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 he became a bitter,

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 cynical old man

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 as we see

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 in the book

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 of Ecclesiastes.

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 And his downfall

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 was, ironically,

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 his lack of self-control.

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 He lived

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 to please himself.

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 He piled up the wives.

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 He lived

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 for sexual pleasure.

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 His lust burned

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 so hot

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 that he considered

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 women as a thing

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 to be collected.

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 He had 700 wives

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 and 300 concubines.

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 And it says

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 in 1 Kings 11

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 that they led

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 his heart astray.

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 By the end of his life,

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 he was flat out

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 worshiping

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 at the shrines

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 and altars

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 of the pagan false gods

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 of his wives.

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 So yes,

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 it is possible

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 to lose soundness

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 in the faith

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 and to drift away

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 from the good

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 and true words

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 of God.

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 There's no autopilot

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 in the Christian life.

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 So teach the older men

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 to be sound

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 in the faith.

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 To stay true

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 to that trustworthy message.

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 If you feel

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 like you're getting bored,

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 let me encourage you.

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 It's not the Bible's fault.

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 It's not God's fault.

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 It's something going on

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 in your own heart.

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 Come to the Lord again.

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 Humble yourself

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 before him.

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 Call out to him.

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 Plead with him

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 to remedy that apathy

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 and to bring back

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 that joy,

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 that spiritual fervor

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 that you once felt.

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 It says in James 4,

00:15:06.940 --> 00:15:07.379
 verse 8,

00:15:07.500 --> 00:15:08.540
 draw near to God

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 and he will draw near

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 to you.

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 That's a promise

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 that we can count on.

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 Teach the older men

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 to be sound in love,

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 Paul says to Titus.

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 Again,

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 doesn't this seem

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 like it should be a given?

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 And yet he says it.

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 Does Paul actually expect Titus

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 to look the older men

00:15:30.659 --> 00:15:32.360
 in the eyes

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 and encourage them

00:15:33.559 --> 00:15:34.579
 to be loving?

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 Yes.

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 Love is what God

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 is all about.

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 God is love.

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 And love is to be

00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:44.919
 the number one fruit

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 of a believer's life.

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 The Apostle John

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 has lots to say

00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:50.460
 about this

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 in his letters.

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 Here's the problem.

00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:54.539
 Love can grow cold.

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 Christians who once

00:15:56.980 --> 00:15:58.179
 lived to bless

00:15:58.179 --> 00:15:59.200
 and serve others

00:15:59.200 --> 00:16:00.019
 in the past

00:16:00.019 --> 00:16:01.060
 can be tempted

00:16:01.060 --> 00:16:02.299
 to turn inward

00:16:02.299 --> 00:16:03.139
 and just live

00:16:03.139 --> 00:16:04.519
 to please themselves.

00:16:06.340 --> 00:16:06.799
 And so Paul

00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:07.600
 urges Titus

00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:08.580
 to teach the men,

00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:09.840
 even the older men,

00:16:10.060 --> 00:16:11.539
 the more experienced men,

00:16:11.539 --> 00:16:12.620
 to be sound

00:16:12.620 --> 00:16:13.360
 in love.

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 Here's a question

00:16:15.379 --> 00:16:15.919
 to ponder.

00:16:17.219 --> 00:16:18.120
 Would the people

00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:19.120
 who know you best

00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:20.139
 say

00:16:20.139 --> 00:16:21.139
 that you are

00:16:21.139 --> 00:16:21.959
 a loving person?

00:16:26.059 --> 00:16:27.279
 And if you're not sure,

00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:28.939
 you could ask them.

00:16:31.319 --> 00:16:32.759
 This isn't about feelings.

00:16:33.199 --> 00:16:33.819
 Love is more

00:16:33.819 --> 00:16:34.559
 than just feelings.

00:16:35.199 --> 00:16:36.379
 This is about action.

00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:37.419
 This is about a life

00:16:37.419 --> 00:16:38.259
 lived in service

00:16:38.259 --> 00:16:38.860
 of others

00:16:38.860 --> 00:16:40.539
 and for the benefit

00:16:40.539 --> 00:16:41.000
 of others.

00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:41.960
 It's about loyalty

00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:42.759
 and commitment

00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:44.159
 in relationships,

00:16:44.680 --> 00:16:45.600
 in your family,

00:16:46.060 --> 00:16:47.300
 in your church,

00:16:48.320 --> 00:16:49.279
 to your fellow man.

00:16:53.419 --> 00:16:53.940
 Lastly,

00:16:54.080 --> 00:16:54.440
 Titus

00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:55.659
 urges the men,

00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:56.300
 the older men,

00:16:56.379 --> 00:16:56.919
 to be sound

00:16:56.919 --> 00:16:57.600
 and endurance.

00:16:59.379 --> 00:17:00.480
 The Christian life

00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:01.060
 isn't easy.

00:17:01.059 --> 00:17:03.699
 It requires patience.

00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:06.000
 It requires

00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:06.740
 perseverance.

00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:13.019
 Let's move on

00:17:13.019 --> 00:17:13.659
 to talk about

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 what he says

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 now

00:17:15.139 --> 00:17:16.359
 to the older women.

00:17:17.940 --> 00:17:18.399
 Likewise,

00:17:18.700 --> 00:17:19.819
 teach the older women

00:17:19.819 --> 00:17:21.819
 to be reverent

00:17:21.819 --> 00:17:22.200
 in the way

00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:22.700
 they live,

00:17:23.139 --> 00:17:24.940
 not to be slanderers

00:17:24.940 --> 00:17:25.460
 or addicted

00:17:25.460 --> 00:17:26.359
 to much wine,

00:17:26.359 --> 00:17:28.099
 but to teach

00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:28.699
 what is good.

00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:31.359
 Teach the older women

00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:32.359
 to be reverent

00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:33.319
 in the way

00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:33.879
 they live.

00:17:34.959 --> 00:17:35.759
 There's two things

00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:36.479
 emphasized here.

00:17:36.579 --> 00:17:36.839
 First,

00:17:36.959 --> 00:17:37.339
 in the way

00:17:37.339 --> 00:17:37.879
 they live,

00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:39.699
 in their conduct.

00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:41.679
 And second,

00:17:42.119 --> 00:17:43.099
 in their conduct,

00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:43.699
 in the way

00:17:43.699 --> 00:17:44.159
 they live,

00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:44.959
 they are to be

00:17:44.959 --> 00:17:45.740
 reverent,

00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:47.679
 which really means

00:17:47.679 --> 00:17:48.779
 to show respect

00:17:48.779 --> 00:17:50.839
 in their conduct,

00:17:51.399 --> 00:17:52.859
 in their behavior.

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 It's just really

00:17:54.579 --> 00:17:55.079
 another way

00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:55.439
 of saying

00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:55.900
 what he said

00:17:55.900 --> 00:17:56.660
 to the older men.

00:17:59.539 --> 00:18:00.019
 So,

00:18:00.420 --> 00:18:01.140
 just as I said

00:18:01.140 --> 00:18:01.920
 to the older men,

00:18:02.580 --> 00:18:03.779
 same for the older women.

00:18:04.600 --> 00:18:05.539
 There's no excuse

00:18:05.539 --> 00:18:06.259
 to be rude,

00:18:06.660 --> 00:18:07.380
 cantankerous,

00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:08.519
 or overbearing.

00:18:11.059 --> 00:18:11.500
 Women,

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 think of other women

00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:14.380
 who you respect deeply.

00:18:16.160 --> 00:18:17.519
 Why do you respect them?

00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:19.860
 What is it about them

00:18:19.860 --> 00:18:20.360
 that makes them

00:18:20.360 --> 00:18:21.400
 so worthy of honor?

00:18:23.299 --> 00:18:24.360
 Aim to live

00:18:24.360 --> 00:18:25.160
 like they do.

00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:26.040
 Imitate them.

00:18:28.340 --> 00:18:29.140
 Let's go on.

00:18:29.300 --> 00:18:29.600
 He says,

00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:30.560
 teach the older women

00:18:30.560 --> 00:18:31.940
 not to be slanderers.

00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:34.300
 Gossip is something

00:18:34.300 --> 00:18:35.400
 that should not be part

00:18:35.400 --> 00:18:37.140
 of the Christian's life.

00:18:38.380 --> 00:18:39.900
 And this can be an issue

00:18:39.900 --> 00:18:40.720
 for older women.

00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:42.480
 First of all,

00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:43.480
 older women

00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:44.540
 can be less busy

00:18:44.540 --> 00:18:46.300
 with work

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 and family

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 and children

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 in their later years.

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 As we heard

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 from Paul's letter

00:18:51.580 --> 00:18:52.140
 to Timothy

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 in the fall,

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 there's a tendency

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 for women

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 who are not busy

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 with home

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 and family

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 to be idle

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 or at least

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 a temptation

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 to be idle

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 and to go

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 from house to house.

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 And it's not

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 that this is

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 no problem for men.

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 Let me just say that.

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 Gossip can be

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 a problem for men

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 as well.

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 But maybe I'll say

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 it this way.

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 Women tend to be

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 generally better

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 at relationships

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 than men.

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 More social.

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 And that strength

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 can be used

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 for sin

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 in the promoting

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 of gossip

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 and rumors

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 and more specifically

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 in this instance

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 slander.

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 Slander is more

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 than just gossip.

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 It's the spreading

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 of something

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 untrue

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 about someone.

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 And it ruins

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 and it hurts

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 the reputation

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 of others.

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 Remember the saying

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 of the people

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 of Crete

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 that we heard

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 from chapter 1.

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 They're known

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 for always being

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 liars.

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 So Paul says

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 teach the older women

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 not to be slanderers.

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 Not like all the other

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 people around

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 to put it positively

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 speak the truth

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 about others.

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 He goes on

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 teach the older women

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 not to be addicted

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 to much wine.

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 Drunkenness

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 really seems

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 to have been

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 a problem

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 on the island

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 of Crete.

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 It's again

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 essentially a call

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 to self-control

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 or to temperance

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 just like Paul said

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 for the older men.

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 Teach the older women

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 to teach

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 what is good.

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 Now this doesn't

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 imply that every

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 older woman

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 must become

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 a Sunday school teacher

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 but it does imply

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 that older women

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 be teachers

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 in some sense.

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 And in this case

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 teachers

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 teachers

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 who show

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 others

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 how to live

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 good lives.

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 And Paul has

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 something specific

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 in mind here.

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 Let me just put

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 the next verse

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 up there.

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 He says

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 teach the older women

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 to teach

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 what is good

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 so that

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 they may encourage

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 the young women

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 to love their husbands

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 and to love

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 their children

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 and the list

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 goes on.

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 We'll get to that

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 in a moment.

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 Some of you

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 maybe heard

00:21:08.639 --> 00:21:08.980
 of the word

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 discipleship.

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 It's kind of a word

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 we use in the church

00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.440
 to refer to

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 how we teach people

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 to live as

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 to be followers

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 of Jesus.

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 And there's all kinds

00:21:17.879 --> 00:21:19.039
 of small group methods

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 and materials

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 and books

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 and methods

00:21:22.339 --> 00:21:23.059
 that you can

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 get into

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 and there's value

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 to many of those things.

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 But let's not miss

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 the fact that Jesus

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 right here

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 is giving us

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 a pattern

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 for how we teach

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 others

00:21:32.399 --> 00:21:33.839
 to follow Jesus

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 in the church.

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 And it's that

00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:37.240
 the older women

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:38.039
 are to teach

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 the younger women

00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:40.799
 in the church

00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:42.619
 how to live,

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.779
 how to follow Jesus.

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 And it's not just

00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:48.519
 the older to younger women.

00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:49.759
 Later on we see

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 it's older men

00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:51.539
 to younger men

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 as well.

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 And part of why

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 I think we see this here

00:21:56.419 --> 00:21:57.519
 is that purity

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 is a big factor here.

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 Notice that Paul

00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:01.220
 doesn't instruct

00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:01.700
 Timothy

00:22:01.700 --> 00:22:03.299
 or sorry,

00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:03.859
 Titus

00:22:03.859 --> 00:22:04.919
 to teach

00:22:04.919 --> 00:22:06.659
 the younger women.

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 Not at all.

00:22:08.979 --> 00:22:09.500
 He's to teach

00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:10.139
 the older men

00:22:10.139 --> 00:22:11.539
 and the older women

00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:13.399
 and the younger men

00:22:13.399 --> 00:22:15.500
 but it's the older women

00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:16.319
 who are to teach

00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:17.119
 the younger women.

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 So purity

00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:19.419
 is one of the

00:22:19.419 --> 00:22:20.519
 big concerns here.

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 But just practically

00:22:21.719 --> 00:22:22.639
 I mean who knows

00:22:22.639 --> 00:22:23.159
 what it means

00:22:23.159 --> 00:22:23.639
 to be

00:22:23.639 --> 00:22:24.719
 a woman

00:22:24.719 --> 00:22:26.699
 who follows Christ

00:22:26.699 --> 00:22:27.219
 better

00:22:27.219 --> 00:22:29.259
 than an older woman

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:30.199
 who has been

00:22:30.199 --> 00:22:31.039
 following Christ.

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:33.099
 so the older women

00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:33.779
 are to teach

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.599
 the younger women

00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:35.920
 how to do that.

00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:39.039
 In all this

00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:39.759
 we see a pattern

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.579
 that we're to live out

00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:41.259
 in the church.

00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:42.279
 The older

00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:43.059
 are to teach

00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:43.680
 the younger.

00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:44.299
 So I want to just

00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:45.220
 ask you the question

00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:46.500
 are you older

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:48.159
 or younger?

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:53.019
 Yeah, good answer.

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.840
 Always both

00:22:54.840 --> 00:22:55.560
 said Dan.

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.540
 That's right.

00:22:56.620 --> 00:22:57.400
 Look around the room.

00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:58.840
 It's kind of relative

00:22:58.840 --> 00:22:59.400
 isn't it?

00:23:00.080 --> 00:23:01.160
 There's always somebody

00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:02.160
 hopefully

00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:03.360
 that's a little

00:23:03.360 --> 00:23:04.140
 further ahead

00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:06.460
 in their life

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:07.259
 in their age

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:07.800
 than you.

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:10.079
 both of these

00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:10.740
 come with some

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.619
 kind of relational

00:23:11.619 --> 00:23:12.359
 responsibility.

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.339
 If you're the older

00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:13.799
 person

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:15.299
 look around the church

00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:15.960
 at those who are

00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:16.759
 younger than you

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.980
 that are of the

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.700
 same age.

00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:21.139
 It's your responsibility

00:23:21.139 --> 00:23:22.720
 to teach them

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.940
 how to live

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.500
 for Christ.

00:23:26.159 --> 00:23:26.940
 And if you're

00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:27.399
 one of those

00:23:27.399 --> 00:23:28.119
 younger people

00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:29.319
 look around the room

00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:29.899
 at all those

00:23:29.899 --> 00:23:30.839
 who are older than you

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:32.000
 of the same gender.

00:23:33.619 --> 00:23:34.859
 It's your responsibility

00:23:34.859 --> 00:23:36.339
 to learn from

00:23:36.339 --> 00:23:37.899
 those older

00:23:37.899 --> 00:23:39.539
 brothers and sisters

00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:41.079
 and to listen

00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:41.799
 to those who are

00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:42.500
 older than you.

00:23:43.939 --> 00:23:44.819
 This is something

00:23:44.819 --> 00:23:45.779
 that maybe we've lost

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.399
 in our very

00:23:46.399 --> 00:23:48.199
 individualistic society.

00:23:48.659 --> 00:23:49.480
 We sometimes see

00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:50.199
 the other people

00:23:50.199 --> 00:23:50.779
 in the church

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:52.379
 as unrelated to us.

00:23:53.899 --> 00:23:54.240
 You know

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:55.740
 I'm following Jesus

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.539
 for myself

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:58.339
 and you guys

00:23:58.339 --> 00:23:58.779
 you kind of

00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.679
 got to figure that out

00:23:59.679 --> 00:24:00.439
 how to do that

00:24:00.439 --> 00:24:01.139
 for yourself.

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:03.159
 But as we heard

00:24:03.159 --> 00:24:03.639
 last fall

00:24:03.639 --> 00:24:04.480
 the church is

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.079
 a family

00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:06.779
 and we're to

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:08.259
 conduct ourselves

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:09.000
 like a family

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.960
 in many respects.

00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:12.159
 Sometimes we get

00:24:12.159 --> 00:24:12.859
 this idea that

00:24:12.859 --> 00:24:13.379
 well the church

00:24:13.379 --> 00:24:13.819
 should just have

00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.319
 programs

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:14.679
 and you know

00:24:14.679 --> 00:24:15.339
 you just kind of

00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:17.039
 go to the program.

00:24:17.879 --> 00:24:18.720
 Well we do our best

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:20.639
 to offer some

00:24:20.639 --> 00:24:21.480
 programs that

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.259
 especially for

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:23.720
 the larger groups

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.259
 in the church

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.960
 that make sense

00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:25.559
 for the kids

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:26.199
 for the youth

00:24:26.199 --> 00:24:27.519
 for the adults

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:28.799
 but there's going

00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:29.059
 to be

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:30.259
 we can't possibly

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.879
 have a program

00:24:30.879 --> 00:24:31.759
 for everyone

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:33.960
 in everything

00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:35.599
 every age

00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:36.099
 dynamic

00:24:36.099 --> 00:24:37.039
 every demographic

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:38.160
 there are going

00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:38.539
 to be some

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:38.879
 of you

00:24:38.879 --> 00:24:40.299
 who would just

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:40.799
 do well

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.420
 to seek out

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:41.859
 a bit of

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:42.579
 a one-on-one

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:43.200
 mentoring

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:43.859
 relationship

00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:46.259
 with a brother

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:47.299
 if you're a man

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:47.960
 or a sister

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.640
 if you're a woman

00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:49.859
 in the church.

00:24:51.619 --> 00:24:52.839
 If you're older

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.599
 is there someone

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:54.579
 younger in the church

00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:56.559
 who you'd be willing

00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:57.359
 to build a closer

00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:58.440
 relationship with

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:59.880
 where this kind

00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:00.420
 of teaching

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:01.940
 can happen.

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:04.320
 If you're younger

00:25:04.320 --> 00:25:04.880
 is there someone

00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:05.519
 in this church

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:06.559
 that yeah

00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:08.059
 I'd like to

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:09.279
 build a relationship

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:10.000
 so I can learn

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.840
 better how to be

00:25:10.840 --> 00:25:11.860
 a follower of Jesus.

00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:13.279
 Is there someone

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.700
 like that

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:14.220
 that you could

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:15.080
 consider asking

00:25:15.080 --> 00:25:16.980
 to be a mentor

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:18.080
 and this doesn't

00:25:18.080 --> 00:25:19.019
 have to be complicated

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.519
 because I know

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:19.920
 when we hear

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.600
 the word mentor

00:25:20.600 --> 00:25:20.960
 we think

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.920
 oh what is that

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.840
 I can't do that.

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:24.920
 It could be as

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:25.840
 simple for you women

00:25:25.840 --> 00:25:26.920
 as inviting a younger

00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:27.900
 woman to come over

00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:28.420
 for tea.

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:30.200
 Or to bake cookies.

00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:31.820
 Or to just get together

00:25:31.820 --> 00:25:32.720
 every so often.

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:34.320
 It could be as simple

00:25:34.320 --> 00:25:35.080
 as saying yes

00:25:35.080 --> 00:25:35.980
 to that invitation.

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:37.840
 And asking that

00:25:37.840 --> 00:25:38.700
 older believer

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.480
 a question about

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.259
 how they handled

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:41.039
 things different.

00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:44.759
 How they handled

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.400
 different things

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:45.900
 as a mother

00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:47.299
 or as a wife

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:48.180
 or whatever

00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:49.160
 you're facing right now.

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:49.620
 Or men

00:25:49.620 --> 00:25:50.720
 you got something

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.180
 in your house

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:51.880
 that needs fixing?

00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:53.500
 Why not invite

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:55.519
 another younger believer

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.759
 or even older believer

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.840
 in the church

00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.319
 another man

00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:58.980
 to come give you

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.659
 a hand with it?

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.779
 Build that relationship.

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.480
 This is where

00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:03.720
 this kind of teaching

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:05.019
 often happens.

00:26:05.159 --> 00:26:06.119
 It's not so much

00:26:06.119 --> 00:26:06.959
 always here

00:26:06.959 --> 00:26:07.939
 on Sunday mornings.

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:13.720
 Now let's look for a moment

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.740
 at what the older women

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.440
 are to teach

00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:16.180
 the younger women

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:17.900
 verses 4 and 5.

00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:20.680
 He says

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:22.840
 they are to urge

00:26:22.840 --> 00:26:22.860
 they are to urge

00:26:22.860 --> 00:26:23.660
 the younger women

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:24.900
 to love their husbands

00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:25.580
 and children

00:26:25.580 --> 00:26:27.039
 to be self-controlled

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.779
 and pure

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:29.360
 to be busy at home

00:26:29.360 --> 00:26:30.620
 to be kind

00:26:30.620 --> 00:26:31.920
 and to be subject

00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:32.620
 to their husbands

00:26:32.620 --> 00:26:33.539
 so that no one

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:34.100
 will malign

00:26:34.100 --> 00:26:34.920
 the word of God.

00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:38.400
 Now there's a lot

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:38.740
 in here

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.420
 we're just going to

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:40.539
 skim through this

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:41.200
 quite quickly.

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:43.200
 The first one

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:44.480
 teach the younger women

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:45.560
 to love their husbands.

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:46.620
 Again

00:26:46.620 --> 00:26:47.299
 it kind of seems

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:47.860
 like it should be

00:26:47.859 --> 00:26:48.500
 a no-brainer

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:50.459
 but sometimes

00:26:50.459 --> 00:26:51.000
 we men

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:53.299
 can be hard to love

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:55.839
 and on behalf

00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:56.919
 of the men

00:26:56.919 --> 00:26:58.019
 I apologize

00:26:58.019 --> 00:27:01.559
 but you older women

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:02.819
 have a lot of encouragement

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:03.399
 to offer

00:27:03.399 --> 00:27:04.500
 the younger women here.

00:27:05.379 --> 00:27:06.119
 Many of you

00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:06.579
 have stuck

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:07.439
 through some

00:27:07.439 --> 00:27:08.279
 pretty tough times

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:09.000
 and you've learned

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:10.299
 how to love your husband

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:12.019
 through thick and thin.

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.779
 Have those kinds

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.479
 of conversations

00:27:14.479 --> 00:27:15.259
 with each other.

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:18.519
 teach the younger women

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.519
 to love their children

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:21.660
 he says.

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:24.160
 Children also

00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:24.839
 can be hard

00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:25.680
 to love at times.

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.619
 Sometimes

00:27:27.619 --> 00:27:29.039
 there's crankiness

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:30.420
 there's messes

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:30.940
 there's things

00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:31.839
 that try our patience

00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:33.000
 but as followers

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.559
 of Jesus

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:34.359
 we are to love

00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:34.859
 our children

00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:35.500
 through it all

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.460
 just like God

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:38.079
 has loved us

00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:38.980
 through it all

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:40.220
 through our worst moments.

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:45.579
 purity is one

00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:46.000
 of the things

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.620
 that's emphasized

00:27:46.620 --> 00:27:47.900
 here for the younger women.

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:49.759
 Yes

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:51.279
 us who are older

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:52.700
 are called to teach

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:54.640
 about marriage

00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:56.400
 and sexuality

00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:58.900
 to those who are younger

00:27:58.900 --> 00:27:59.620
 in the church.

00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:02.039
 Where else

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.360
 are they going

00:28:02.360 --> 00:28:02.920
 to learn it from?

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.519
 So for those of you

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.059
 who are younger

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:07.339
 look to the older women

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:09.779
 and the older men

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:11.819
 for relationship wisdom.

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:14.259
 Ask them those questions.

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.399
 Older women

00:28:17.399 --> 00:28:17.959
 are to teach

00:28:17.959 --> 00:28:18.639
 the younger women

00:28:18.639 --> 00:28:19.519
 to be subject

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.240
 to their husbands.

00:28:20.379 --> 00:28:20.539
 Now

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.480
 I know that might

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:22.019
 sound crazy

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:22.619
 to some of you

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.599
 we're not going

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:24.159
 to go deeply

00:28:24.159 --> 00:28:24.659
 into this.

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.339
 He's not talking

00:28:25.339 --> 00:28:26.179
 about like a slave

00:28:26.179 --> 00:28:26.679
 and master

00:28:26.679 --> 00:28:27.699
 relationship here.

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.599
 He's talking

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:29.259
 about submitting

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:29.859
 to husbands

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:30.759
 as the God

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.819
 appointed head

00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:33.019
 of the household.

00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:35.199
 God has made it

00:28:35.199 --> 00:28:35.619
 that men

00:28:35.619 --> 00:28:36.379
 are to be the head

00:28:36.380 --> 00:28:37.500
 the leader

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:38.120
 in the family

00:28:38.120 --> 00:28:40.240
 and that

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:41.520
 the rest of the family

00:28:41.520 --> 00:28:42.380
 is to submit to

00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:42.940
 and follow

00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:43.620
 that leadership.

00:28:44.780 --> 00:28:45.700
 But men

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.400
 are to be

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:47.100
 loving

00:28:47.100 --> 00:28:49.080
 servant leaders

00:28:49.080 --> 00:28:51.120
 not domineering

00:28:51.120 --> 00:28:52.440
 leaders

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:54.580
 to their wives

00:28:54.580 --> 00:28:55.880
 just like Jesus

00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:56.520
 was a

00:28:56.520 --> 00:28:57.620
 humble

00:28:57.620 --> 00:28:58.280
 serving

00:28:58.280 --> 00:28:58.800
 leader.

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:02.060
 And we're not

00:29:02.060 --> 00:29:02.380
 going to go

00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:03.060
 into more

00:29:03.060 --> 00:29:03.660
 of that today.

00:29:03.780 --> 00:29:04.120
 We'll leave it

00:29:04.120 --> 00:29:04.740
 for another time.

00:29:04.820 --> 00:29:05.380
 It's talked about

00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:06.260
 in other passages

00:29:06.260 --> 00:29:06.960
 a lot more

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:08.140
 in the New Testament.

00:29:08.860 --> 00:29:09.440
 The older women

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:09.960
 are to teach

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.660
 the younger women

00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:11.760
 to be busy

00:29:11.760 --> 00:29:12.200
 at home.

00:29:13.100 --> 00:29:13.560
 This too

00:29:13.560 --> 00:29:14.180
 is a very much

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:14.940
 debated thing

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:16.280
 and I think

00:29:16.280 --> 00:29:16.780
 we need to be

00:29:16.780 --> 00:29:17.120
 careful

00:29:17.120 --> 00:29:17.900
 when it comes

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:18.160
 to this

00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:18.700
 not to take

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.320
 it to either

00:29:19.320 --> 00:29:20.340
 extreme.

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.700
 On the one hand

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.400
 some see this

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:23.000
 as a mandate

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.860
 that the woman's

00:29:23.860 --> 00:29:24.740
 place is at home.

00:29:25.520 --> 00:29:26.420
 That's her special

00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:28.600
 area of responsibility

00:29:28.600 --> 00:29:29.660
 that's been given

00:29:29.660 --> 00:29:30.620
 to her from God

00:29:30.619 --> 00:29:32.199
 at creation

00:29:32.199 --> 00:29:33.679
 and it's

00:29:33.679 --> 00:29:34.599
 even a sin

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:35.259
 for her to

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:36.399
 work outside

00:29:36.399 --> 00:29:36.859
 the home.

00:29:38.199 --> 00:29:38.819
 The other

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.519
 extreme would be

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:40.199
 to look at this

00:29:40.199 --> 00:29:41.079
 and just say

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:42.039
 well that was

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.579
 just for back

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:42.879
 then.

00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:43.739
 That doesn't

00:29:43.739 --> 00:29:44.319
 apply at all

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:44.799
 to today.

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.039
 Back then

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.939
 men went to

00:29:46.939 --> 00:29:47.459
 work outside

00:29:47.459 --> 00:29:47.819
 the home

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.139
 and women

00:29:48.139 --> 00:29:48.819
 stayed at home

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.939
 and so

00:29:49.939 --> 00:29:50.779
 it doesn't

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.139
 have any

00:29:51.139 --> 00:29:51.699
 bearing on

00:29:51.699 --> 00:29:52.239
 today.

00:29:52.679 --> 00:29:53.139
 I think we

00:29:53.139 --> 00:29:53.500
 need to

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:54.119
 avoid

00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:55.259
 both of

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:55.599
 those

00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:56.339
 extremes.

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:58.000
 Let's remember

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.500
 the issue

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:58.980
 here on

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.279
 Crete.

00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:00.759
 The people

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.099
 of Crete

00:30:01.099 --> 00:30:01.619
 are known

00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:03.099
 for laziness.

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:04.819
 In Paul's

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.160
 letter to

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:05.480
 Timothy

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:05.960
 he touched

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:06.220
 on the

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:06.539
 problem

00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:06.859
 of the

00:30:06.859 --> 00:30:07.039
 young

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:07.460
 widows.

00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:08.720
 They would

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:09.099
 get in

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:09.460
 the habit

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:09.799
 of being

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.200
 idle

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:11.039
 and going

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:11.559
 house to

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:11.880
 house

00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:13.619
 and gossiping

00:30:13.619 --> 00:30:14.220
 up a storm.

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:15.420
 The picture

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:16.079
 we get here

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:17.359
 is of young

00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:18.140
 women who

00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:18.759
 were perhaps

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.539
 well off

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.940
 and instead

00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:21.359
 of using

00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:21.920
 their time

00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:22.319
 to bring

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:22.839
 blessing

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:24.319
 and benefit

00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:25.660
 at home

00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:26.700
 on something

00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:28.080
 they're given

00:30:28.080 --> 00:30:29.200
 to laziness

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:30.279
 they're being

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.940
 idle they're

00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:31.559
 frittering their

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:32.120
 time away

00:30:32.120 --> 00:30:32.740
 while their

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.480
 husbands or

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.539
 fathers or

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.299
 possibly their

00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:36.720
 servants do

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.840
 all the work

00:30:37.840 --> 00:30:39.700
 but work is

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:40.120
 good.

00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:42.380
 Work brings

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:43.620
 benefit

00:30:43.620 --> 00:30:44.940
 blessing to

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:45.720
 other people

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.740
 whether it's

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.600
 at home or

00:30:47.600 --> 00:30:48.140
 in the church

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:48.539
 or in the

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:48.960
 community

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:50.299
 and so he

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:50.640
 says the

00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:51.259
 older women

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:52.259
 are to teach

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.680
 the younger

00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:53.380
 women to be

00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:54.480
 busy at

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:54.799
 home

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:56.180
 to help

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:56.700
 look after

00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.099
 their own

00:30:57.099 --> 00:30:57.619
 households.

00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:00.200
 Finally we

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:00.519
 come to the

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.019
 young men

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:03.359
 and after all

00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:04.019
 that it might

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:04.419
 be rather

00:31:04.419 --> 00:31:05.960
 surprising to

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.680
 see that Paul

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:07.399
 just tells

00:31:07.399 --> 00:31:08.299
 them one

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:08.720
 thing.

00:31:10.159 --> 00:31:10.799
 Teach the

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.700
 young men

00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:12.759
 encourage them

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.399
 to be

00:31:13.399 --> 00:31:14.519
 self-controlled

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:16.579
 and that's

00:31:16.579 --> 00:31:16.819
 it.

00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:18.259
 It might seem

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:18.839
 unfair.

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:19.680
 Why do they

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.119
 get it so

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:20.460
 easy?

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:22.059
 I don't think

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:22.480
 it's that they

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:23.180
 don't need to

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:23.899
 work on many

00:31:23.899 --> 00:31:24.359
 of these other

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:24.699
 things.

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:25.099
 Of course

00:31:25.099 --> 00:31:25.559
 they do.

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:27.939
 But self-controlled

00:31:27.939 --> 00:31:29.500
 is a big one

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:30.359
 for young men.

00:31:31.399 --> 00:31:32.199
 We've got lots

00:31:32.199 --> 00:31:32.719
 of energy.

00:31:33.199 --> 00:31:33.699
 We're in the

00:31:33.699 --> 00:31:34.219
 prime of our

00:31:34.219 --> 00:31:35.339
 lives and

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:37.319
 without self-control

00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:38.539
 we can end up

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.159
 doing a lot of

00:31:39.159 --> 00:31:39.559
 damage.

00:31:40.879 --> 00:31:41.740
 We can end up

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.379
 wasting a lot

00:31:42.379 --> 00:31:43.339
 of time, a lot

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:44.119
 of money, a lot

00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:44.740
 of resources.

00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:46.339
 I think perhaps

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:47.179
 Paul gives this

00:31:47.179 --> 00:31:48.379
 one thing because

00:31:48.379 --> 00:31:49.379
 this one thing

00:31:49.379 --> 00:31:50.159
 would make all

00:31:50.159 --> 00:31:51.099
 the difference in

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:52.419
 the world in a

00:31:52.419 --> 00:31:53.299
 young man's life.

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:55.000
 when he learns

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:56.039
 to be self-controlled

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:57.139
 in his

00:31:57.139 --> 00:31:58.479
 appetites, his

00:31:58.479 --> 00:31:59.579
 emotions, his

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:00.919
 desires, his

00:32:00.919 --> 00:32:02.199
 plans, his

00:32:02.199 --> 00:32:03.419
 finances, his

00:32:03.419 --> 00:32:04.579
 habits, with

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:05.919
 his words, in

00:32:05.919 --> 00:32:06.699
 his relationships,

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:08.519
 you get the

00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:08.859
 idea.

00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:11.219
 So these are

00:32:11.219 --> 00:32:11.939
 Paul's instructions

00:32:11.939 --> 00:32:12.859
 for various groups

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:13.639
 of people in the

00:32:13.639 --> 00:32:13.939
 churches.

00:32:14.679 --> 00:32:15.359
 We're going to

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:15.879
 skip over the

00:32:15.879 --> 00:32:16.759
 part about slaves

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.419
 and the

00:32:17.419 --> 00:32:18.259
 instructions for

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:19.479
 Titus in verses

00:32:19.479 --> 00:32:20.319
 8 to 10.

00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:20.359
 10.

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:22.059
 But I want to

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.700
 end just by

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:23.379
 highlighting the

00:32:23.379 --> 00:32:23.679
 why.

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.740
 Of course the

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.539
 big why comes

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:29.639
 down to us in

00:32:29.639 --> 00:32:30.720
 verse 11 to 14.

00:32:30.919 --> 00:32:31.480
 We looked at that

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:32.139
 last Sunday.

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.879
 This is the only

00:32:33.879 --> 00:32:35.279
 kind of living that

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:36.799
 fits with Jesus

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:38.119
 Christ being our

00:32:38.119 --> 00:32:38.919
 Savior and King.

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:40.339
 This is gospel

00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:40.720
 living.

00:32:42.159 --> 00:32:43.119
 This is the kind

00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:43.659
 of living that

00:32:43.659 --> 00:32:45.539
 Christ died to

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:46.399
 bring us into.

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:47.980
 And he wants us

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:49.100
 to be eager to

00:32:49.100 --> 00:32:49.720
 live this way.

00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:52.500
 But in addition

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:53.180
 to that we see

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:54.040
 three statements

00:32:54.040 --> 00:32:55.540
 sprinkled throughout

00:32:55.540 --> 00:32:56.580
 all of these

00:32:56.580 --> 00:32:57.280
 instructions.

00:32:59.019 --> 00:32:59.980
 The first one

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:01.360
 comes to us in

00:33:01.360 --> 00:33:02.000
 verse 5.

00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:07.860
 The older women

00:33:07.860 --> 00:33:08.580
 are to teach the

00:33:08.580 --> 00:33:10.160
 younger women to

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:11.380
 live this kind of

00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:11.759
 life.

00:33:12.100 --> 00:33:12.320
 Why?

00:33:13.060 --> 00:33:14.100
 So that no one

00:33:14.100 --> 00:33:15.259
 will malign the

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.960
 word of God.

00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:18.920
 Then there's a

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.580
 second one which

00:33:19.580 --> 00:33:20.240
 comes to us in

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:20.840
 verse 8.

00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.740
 Titus is to

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.740
 teach and to

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.640
 show integrity in

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:26.380
 his life and

00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:27.360
 soundness of speech.

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.400
 Why?

00:33:29.320 --> 00:33:30.360
 So that those who

00:33:30.360 --> 00:33:31.220
 oppose you may be

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:32.259
 ashamed because they

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:33.140
 have nothing bad to

00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:33.900
 say about us.

00:33:35.300 --> 00:33:36.160
 And then the final

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:36.800
 one comes in

00:33:36.800 --> 00:33:37.460
 reference to the

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:38.160
 slaves and how

00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:38.980
 they ought to

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:41.480
 earn the trust

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:42.740
 of their masters

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:44.880
 not steal from

00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:45.120
 them.

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:45.680
 Why?

00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:47.580
 So that in every

00:33:47.580 --> 00:33:48.259
 way they will

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:49.200
 make the teaching

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:50.580
 about God our

00:33:50.580 --> 00:33:52.240
 Savior attractive.

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.400
 Notice the theme

00:33:54.400 --> 00:33:54.700
 here.

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:58.140
 In how we live as

00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:59.140
 followers of Jesus

00:33:59.140 --> 00:34:01.060
 we are to make the

00:34:01.060 --> 00:34:02.880
 teaching about God

00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:05.120
 our Savior attractive.

00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:06.119
 God's sake.

00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:06.919
 It's already good

00:34:06.919 --> 00:34:08.719
 news but we can

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:11.079
 put the goodness

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:12.000
 of this news on

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:13.299
 display in our

00:34:13.299 --> 00:34:16.639
 lives or we

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.000
 can give

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:18.440
 opportunity for

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:19.519
 people to malign

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:20.440
 the word of God

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:23.619
 to speak ill of

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:24.400
 the word of God.

00:34:25.799 --> 00:34:26.980
 Like oh those

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.500
 Christians.

00:34:28.779 --> 00:34:29.719
 They don't even

00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:30.579
 practice what they

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:30.980
 preach.

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.019
 church.

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:33.380
 I've said it

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:34.019
 before but I'll

00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:34.559
 say it again.

00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:37.840
 You are the

00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:39.420
 Bible that most

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:40.139
 people read.

00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:43.079
 What does your

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:45.639
 life say about

00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:46.360
 our Lord Jesus?

00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:49.659
 Or in the words

00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:51.400
 of Jesus you are

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:52.820
 the salt of the

00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:53.079
 earth.

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:54.940
 But if the salt

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.840
 loses its

00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:57.319
 saltiness how

00:34:57.319 --> 00:34:57.940
 can it be made

00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:58.639
 salty again?

00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:00.179
 It's no longer

00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:00.860
 good for anything

00:35:00.860 --> 00:35:01.539
 except to be

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:02.559
 thrown out and

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:03.480
 trampled underfoot.

00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:06.239
 He said you are

00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:06.799
 the light of the

00:35:06.799 --> 00:35:07.119
 world.

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:09.440
 So let your

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:10.819
 light shine before

00:35:10.819 --> 00:35:11.539
 others that they

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:12.819
 may see your good

00:35:12.819 --> 00:35:15.039
 deeds and glorify

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:15.840
 your Father in

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:16.079
 heaven.

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:19.880
 There is a kind

00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:20.519
 of living that

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:21.759
 goes with our

00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:23.160
 faith in Jesus.

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:24.180
 It flows out of

00:35:24.180 --> 00:35:25.260
 our faith in

00:35:25.260 --> 00:35:25.580
 Jesus.

00:35:26.940 --> 00:35:27.820
 Every one of us

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:28.480
 needs to take a

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:29.360
 look at this list

00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:30.660
 and I want to

00:35:30.660 --> 00:35:31.300
 encourage you to

00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:31.940
 take some time

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:32.480
 this week and

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:33.420
 just reflect over

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:33.660
 it.

00:35:34.220 --> 00:35:35.160
 Pray and ask the

00:35:35.160 --> 00:35:36.080
 Lord which of

00:35:36.080 --> 00:35:36.860
 these things on

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.500
 here do I need

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:38.120
 to grow in the

00:35:38.120 --> 00:35:38.520
 most?

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:41.080
 Would you help

00:35:41.080 --> 00:35:43.060
 me Lord to be

00:35:43.060 --> 00:35:44.000
 more self-controlled

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:45.620
 or to be more

00:35:45.620 --> 00:35:46.940
 loving or whatever

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:47.820
 it is for you in

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:48.340
 this list?

00:35:48.720 --> 00:35:49.460
 Which of these is

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:50.360
 most convicting to

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:50.600
 you?

00:35:51.760 --> 00:35:52.860
 Maybe it's that

00:35:52.860 --> 00:35:53.380
 you've been sitting

00:35:53.380 --> 00:35:54.300
 on the sidelines and

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:54.860
 you haven't been

00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:55.960
 involved with teaching

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:58.400
 youngers or maybe

00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:59.160
 it's that you've been

00:35:59.160 --> 00:36:00.220
 trying to do the

00:36:00.220 --> 00:36:01.080
 Christian life as a

00:36:01.080 --> 00:36:01.800
 lone ranger and

00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:02.460
 you've been ignoring

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:03.360
 those who are older

00:36:03.360 --> 00:36:05.200
 than you and you

00:36:05.200 --> 00:36:05.900
 don't think you need

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.620
 their wisdom and

00:36:06.620 --> 00:36:07.280
 guidance in your

00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:07.640
 life.

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:09.940
 Whatever it is for

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:11.160
 you may we not just

00:36:11.160 --> 00:36:13.020
 hear these

00:36:13.020 --> 00:36:14.880
 encouragements and

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:15.840
 forget these words.

00:36:16.780 --> 00:36:17.660
 May the Lord give us

00:36:17.660 --> 00:36:19.460
 grace to respond to

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:19.660
 them.

00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:21.980
 let's pray.

00:36:26.319 --> 00:36:27.239
 Father in heaven we

00:36:27.239 --> 00:36:27.980
 thank you that you've

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:29.039
 just spelled it out so

00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:30.379
 clearly for us how we

00:36:30.379 --> 00:36:31.980
 should live.

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:35.420
 And we thank you

00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:37.779
 also that for every

00:36:37.779 --> 00:36:39.719
 moment in which we

00:36:39.719 --> 00:36:41.259
 fail to live like this

00:36:41.259 --> 00:36:43.239
 there is the blood of

00:36:43.239 --> 00:36:43.980
 your son.

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:47.960
 which has brought us

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:48.920
 into a right standing

00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:50.920
 with you by faith.

00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:53.079
 And we thank you that

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:54.159
 nothing can take that

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:54.940
 away from us.

00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:57.539
 But now we want to

00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:58.559
 live to please you

00:36:58.559 --> 00:36:59.579
 because we love you.

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:01.139
 You are our God.

00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:02.940
 So I pray that you

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:04.380
 would work these things

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:06.619
 out in us.

00:37:06.719 --> 00:37:08.440
 That we would be this

00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:09.599
 kind of church described

00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:09.920
 here.

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:12.579
 Speak to us this week

00:37:12.579 --> 00:37:13.519
 as we reflect on these

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:15.719
 words we ask for your

00:37:15.719 --> 00:37:16.059
 glory.

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:17.319
 Amen.

00:37:17.320 --> 00:37:17.420
 Amen.