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 Our text today continues our study of the relationship between the law and the gospel, which we launched out on from a study of the Sermon on the Mount.

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 In Matthew chapter 5, verses 17 through 20, you've heard this a few times if you've been with us.

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 Matthew records Jesus saying, do not think that I've come to abolish the law of the prophets.

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 I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.

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 For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot will pass from the law until all is accomplished.

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 Therefore, whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven.

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 But whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

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 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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 And beloved, I want us to be found as a church of people who will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

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 Those who are keepers and teachers of the law.

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 Those who have a righteousness found in Christ that exceeds that of the Pharisees.

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 And this text has caused us to ask the very important question, what is the relationship between the Old Testament law and the gospel of Jesus Christ?

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 And we have answered that question in multiple ways and at multiple times over the past weeks with two answers.

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 First, the Old Testament law is meant to bring us to Jesus Christ.

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 Either in the civil and ceremonial pointing us to our need of this greater sacrifice, a greater king to rule over us.

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 Or in the moral to show us a great failure of keeping God's standard.

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 The Old Testament law serves as our tutor, fixing for us the holy requirement of God.

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 Being utterly incapable of keeping such a law without faltering, the law creates for us a problem to drive us to the solution in the personal work of Jesus Christ.

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 By believing that Jesus is the Son of God, that He perfectly kept the law.

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 That He died on the cross in your stead.

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 And that He was raised from the dead, defeating sin and death on your behalf.

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 You can participate in what Martin Luther called the great exchange.

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 Your sin and the just penalty for it, taken from you by Jesus and His perfect law keeping given to you.

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 The Old Testament law begs the question, have I kept God's standard?

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 This question is rightly answered by each and every one of us with an emphatic no.

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 If you have yet to recognize your moral failing before a most just God,

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 I pray this morning that you will see your problem in the law and fly to Christ as the remedy.

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 It is often asked in churches of our day, if you were to die today and stand before God in judgment and be asked,

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 why should I let you into my heaven?

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 How would you respond?

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 And they're looking for you to say something like, well, I've placed my faith in Jesus.

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 And I can tell you that we would all fall on our face before a most holy God and cry out that we are unworthy.

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 The law does this for us, presents us with this most holy God and shows us our failure in pleasing Him.

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 But praise be to God, beloved, that the gospel tells us that it is Jesus that will come to our defense.

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 We will not need to utter a word.

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 He will come beside us and He will call us His own.

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 He will say, this one, this one is mine.

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 I lived and died for his or her benefit.

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 It is because of the defense of Jesus Christ that we are justified before God, our sins forgiven and our righteousness declared.

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 Secondly, having been set free from the burden of it, from the problem of the Old Testament law,

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 the Old Testament law, the moral component of it, continues to serve as a guide for how our lives might please God.

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 So, having been accepted by God in the perfect righteousness of Jesus,

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 we are gratefully obedient to the commands of God for our good and for His glory.

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 And you do not want to mess that order up.

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 You do not want to think for a moment, especially as we take some time to consider God's commands to us,

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 that in keeping God's commands, you will be accepted.

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 If you think in this way, you are utterly doomed because you will not keep God's commands at God's standard.

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 The gospel says the very opposite.

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 It says you are accepted.

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 You are in Christ.

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 Therefore, now obey.

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 I have hoped to show you over the past weeks, which I think we will see in great clarity today,

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 how the Ten Commandments, which are often called the Decalogue,

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 serves as an outline for all of God's moral and therefore perpetual commandments.

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 Most of us are very familiar with the Ten Commandments,

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 but I fear we too readily run them as a checklist

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 and come out in our own estimation far better law keepers than we actually are.

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 So, join me in setting your mind on a careful consideration of the 5th, 6th, and 7th commandments.

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 If you have yet to place saving faith in Jesus Christ,

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 I pray that you will see your need of Him.

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 If you have placed saving faith in Jesus Christ,

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 I pray that you will be given cause to praise Him for His abounding grace to you

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 and that your praise will spill over into grateful obedience.

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 Our text for today is Exodus chapter 20, verses 12 through 14.

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 Beloved, this is God's Word to us.

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 It was written for His glory and our good.

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 We would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.

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 Honor your father and your mother,

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 that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

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 You shall not murder.

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 You shall not commit adultery.

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 Now, today I want to take the commandments out of order.

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 Dealing briefly with the 6th and 7th commandments

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 and then spending the bulk of our time on the 5th commandment.

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 I'm going to do this both for the sake of time

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 and because we'll resume our study of the Sermon on the Mount.

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 Jesus brings up both the 6th and 7th commandments,

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 brings clarity to the people, self-righteous people of His day,

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 what those commandments mean.

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 So we're going to get to consider them much more fully at that time.

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 But in brief, let's look first at the 6th commandment.

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 You shall not murder.

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 Now, it is very tempting to believe that none of us have transgressed this commandment.

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 At least I think.

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 I don't know each and every one of you.

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 But that we very quickly are apt to go,

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 Oh, I've never murdered anybody.

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 This is not a crime that I am guilty of.

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 But, oh, have we murdered.

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 The Westminster Larger Catechism,

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 which you're going to see some of this today.

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 And if you don't like it, I apologize.

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 I want you to see, though, as they're pulling together the moral law systematically,

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 these are some of the most exhaustive and succinct statements

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 that are out there on what these commands mean.

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 So if you want to look on the back of your bulletin

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 and follow along with me,

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 I would encourage you simply typing into Google,

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 Westminster Larger Catechism,

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 and you'll find all the scripture proofs for this

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 and wrestle with it and work it out yourself.

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 I affirm these statements without reservation.

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 Question 135 says,

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 What are the duties required in the 6th commandment?

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 And they write,

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 The duties required in the 6th commandment are

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 all careful studies and lawful endeavors

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 to preserve the life of ourselves and others,

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 resisting all thoughts and purposes,

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 subduing all passions and avoiding all occasions,

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 temptations and practices,

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 which tend to the unjust taking away the life of any.

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 By just defense thereof against violence,

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 patient bearing of the hand of God,

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 quietness of mind,

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 cheerfulness of spirit,

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 a sober use of meat,

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 drink,

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 physic,

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 which means medicine,

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 sleep,

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 labor,

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 and recreation,

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 by charitable thoughts,

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 love,

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 compassion,

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 meekness,

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 gentleness,

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 kindness,

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 peaceable,

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 mild,

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 and courteous speeches and behavior,

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 forbearing readiness to be reconciled,

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 patient bearing and forgiving of injuries,

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 and requiting good for evil,

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 comforting and suckering the distressed,

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 and protecting and defending the innocent.

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 Now the Westminster Divines have pulled together a multitude at each of these commas,

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 essentially scripture,

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 to say these very things to us.

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 And I'll admit that I'm still wrapping my mind around the sober use of meat

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 and the direct application to this command.

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 But,

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 if we really take a look at what the Bible requires of us from the sixth commandment,

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 it's not so easy to check the box,

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 is it?

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 Let's look further at what sins are forbidden in the sixth commandment.

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 The Westminster Divines wrote,

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 the sins forbidden in the sixth commandment are,

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 all taking away the life of ourselves or others,

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 except in case of public justice,

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 lawful war,

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 or necessary defense,

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 the neglecting or withdrawing the lawful and necessary means of preservation of life,

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 so withholding things that keep people alive,

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 sinful anger,

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 here it comes,

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 hatred,

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 envy,

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 desire of revenge,

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 all excessive passions,

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 distracting cares,

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 here's the meat thing again,

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 a moderate use of meat,

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 drink,

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 labor,

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 and recreations,

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 provoking words,

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 oppression,

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 quarreling,

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 striking,

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 wounding,

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 and whatsoever else tends to destruction of the life of any.

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 We are transgressors of this law.

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 Jesus drives this point in Matthew chapter 5,

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 and I think does so on the particular matter that we are most often guilty of.

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 Beginning in verse 21,

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 He says,

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 You have heard that it was said to those of old,

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 You shall not murder,

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 and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.

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 But I say to you,

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 that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment.

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 Whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council,

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 and whoever says,

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 You fool,

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 will be liable to the hell of fire.

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 You see what Jesus is doing here is He's making this direct connection.

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 If you harbor anger in your heart,

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 you are in your heart a murderer.

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 We are each and every one of us guilty of this.

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 Many of us have transgressed this law this morning.

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 Many of you this morning killed your roommate,

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 or your children,

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 or your spouse

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 in your heart.

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 Some of you may have killed someone who pulled out in front of you on the way here

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 in your heart.

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 And we are guilty in this way before our most holy God.

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 The seventh commandment.

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 You shall not commit adultery.

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 Pray for Caleb Waters,

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 who volunteered to preach the text for Matthew 5 on this matter.

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 Once again,

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 a commandment that one can be likely to say they've kept.

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 Either you may not be married,

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 or you're married,

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 and you,

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 by your estimation,

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 have been faithful to your wife or to your husband.

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 But this commandment means so much more than might be understood on the surface.

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 We must be students of our Bible,

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 the totality of it,

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 to rightly see and understand

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 what's both required and forbidden in this commandment.

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 So again,

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 let me read to you.

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 I hope you don't mind these big summaries.

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 Question 138.

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 What are the duties required in the seventh commandment?

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 The duties required in the seventh commandment are

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 chastity in body,

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 mind,

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 affections,

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 words,

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 and behavior,

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 and the presence of it in ourselves and others.

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 Watchfulness over the eyes and all the senses.

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 Temperance,

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 keeping of chaste company,

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 modesty in apparel,

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 marriage by those that have not the gift of continency,

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 which is celibacy.

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 Conjugal love and cohabitation,

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 diligent labor in our callings,

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 shunning all occasions of unclumeliness,

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 and resisting temptations thereunto,

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 which is a fantastic word.

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 Let's look at what's forbidden.

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 The sins forbidden in the seventh commandment,

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 besides the neglect of the duties required.

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 So,

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 all those things just mentioned,

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 the neglect of them are

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 adultery,

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 fornication,

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 rape,

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 incest,

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 sodomy,

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 and all unnatural lusts.

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 All unclean,

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 imaginations,

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 gentlemen,

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 thoughts,

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 purposes,

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 and affections.

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 All corrupt or filthy communications,

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 or listening thereunto.

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 Wanton looks,

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 impudent or light behavior,

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 immodest apparel,

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 prohibiting of lawful,

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 and dispensing with unlawful marriages.

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 Allowing,

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 tolerating,

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 keeping of stews,

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 which I'm pretty sure was a Puritan word for a prostitute.

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 I'm really still working that out,

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 but I think it's short for steward,

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 which would have been used as a slang term,

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 but if you can figure that out,

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 let me know.

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 They're not talking about soup,

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 in this case.

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 That I'm confident of.

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 I think this is what they mean,

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 because,

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 it goes on to say,

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 keeping of stews,

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 and resorting to them.

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 Entangling vows of single life,

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 making a vow and not keeping it.

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 Undue delay of marriage.

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 Having more wives or husbands than one at the same time.

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 Unjust divorce or desertion.

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 Idleness,

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 gluttony,

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 drunkenness,

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 unchaste company,

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 lascivious songs,

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 books,

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 pictures,

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 dancings,

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 stage plays.

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 They're not saying they're against dancing,

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 but this particular type of dancing and stage plays,

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 and we certainly could add in our day,

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 movies and television,

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 and all other provocations to,

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 or acts of uncleanness,

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 either in ourselves or others.

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 Once again,

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 here is not just a command for the men in the room,

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 but for men and women alike.

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 We have shown ourselves,

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 in our hearts at least,

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 to be adulterers.

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 Matthew chapter 5,

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 verse 27 and 28,

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 Jesus says,

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 You have heard that it was said,

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 You shall not commit adultery,

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 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent

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 has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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 Praise the Lord for the gospel of Jesus Christ,

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 for our failing in keeping such a law.

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 The fifth commandment,

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 and we'll spend a bit more time here.

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 Honor your father and your mother,

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 that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

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 Let's consider first,

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 who this command is for.

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 We are very quick to think that it is merely for children,

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 but it means much more than just the command,

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 which it does include,

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 but for children to obey their parents.

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 Again,

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 I'm going to pick up a little bit of language from the Westminster Confession,

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 and I want you to hear two words,

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 and then rightly understand them.

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 And those two words are,

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 superiors and inferiors.

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 And typically when we think of those words,

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 the way we use them is in terms of quality.

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 Like,

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 I am better than you because I'm your superior,

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 and it can mean that.

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 But the words mean a bit more,

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 and even their primary meaning is a bit different.

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 So,

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 the idea of a superior is one who is higher in rank,

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 status,

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 or quality,

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 the way we typically think of it.

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 And the inferior is one who is lower in rank,

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 status,

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 or quality.

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 So,

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 I am the superior to my sons who are the inferiors,

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 as the Westminster Divines think about this kind of thing.

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 Okay,

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 so don't get confused by those words and what they mean.

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 So,

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 question 124,

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 you don't have this one.

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 I'm going to touch these very briefly.

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 So,

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 they ask,

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 who are meant?

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 Who are meant by father and mother in the fifth commandment?

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 We want to go father and mother,

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 right?

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 Yes,

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 but.

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 Their answer is,

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 by father and mother in the fifth commandment,

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 are meant not only natural parents,

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 but all superiors in age and gifts,

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 especially such as,

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 by God's ordinance,

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 are over us in place of authority,

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 whether in family,

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 church,

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 or commonwealth,

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 in the governing of the place in which we live.

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 It has a broader meaning.

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 Let me just show you a few places where this father-to-son type of language is used.

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 I think the family is a given.

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 I think we can all be on board with that one and not hesitate on it.

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 But,

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 let's look at an example for the church.

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 1 Corinthians chapter 4,

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 in verse 14 and following,

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 Paul writes,

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 I do not write these things to make you ashamed,

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 but to admonish you as my beloved children.

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 So,

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 here he is establishing himself as the superior to the Corinthian church's inferiority.

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 Verse 15,

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 For though you have countless guides in Christ,

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 you do not have many fathers.

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 For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

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 I urge you then be imitators of me.

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 He's saying,

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 honor me by imitating me.

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 That is why I sent you Timothy,

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 my beloved and faithful child in the Lord.

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 What Paul is communicating is he's going to model for you

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 what it looks like to honor your father

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 in this particular setting.

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 To remind you,

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 it goes on to say in verse 17,

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 to remind you of my ways in Christ,

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 as I teach them everywhere in every church.

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 And Paul does this repeatedly in other places as well.

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 He calls Timothy,

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 his son,

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 in many spots,

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 as well as Titus.

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 Titus chapter 1 verse 4,

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 the first part of it,

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 to Titus,

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 my true child in a common faith.

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 And he says this of Onesimus and Philemon 10,

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 I appeal to you for my child,

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 O Nesimus,

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 whose father I became in my imprisonment.

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 And so you see how the fifth commandment can apply

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 in the setting of the church,

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 in the family of God.

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 Now it also applies in the commonwealth,

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 in our very governing.

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 There's been a controversy this week

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 about Romans chapter 13,

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 you may be aware of.

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 Romans chapter 13,

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 verse 1 and 2.

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 Further on into the chapter,

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 but let me read verse 1 and 2 for you.

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 Paul writes,

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 let every person be subject

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 to the governing authorities.

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 For there is no authority except from God,

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 and those that exist have been instituted by God.

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 Therefore,

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 whoever resists the authorities,

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 resists what God has appointed,

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 and those who resist will incur judgment.

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 Do you hear the obey,

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 honor your father and your mother,

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 that it may go well with you?

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 We don't want to incur the judgment

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 of the authorities.

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 Now if you're not aware of the controversy

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 that I mentioned,

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 Jeff Sessions, our Attorney General,

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 used this text to defend dividing up

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 immigrant parents from their children,

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 and said,

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 you should just obey,

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 because we're the government.

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 That's the summation of what he had to say,

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 which I wholeheartedly reject.

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 Russell Moore,

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 who I'm just,

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 one of the reasons I'm so proud

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 to be a Southern Baptist,

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 is Russell Moore,

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 who's the president of the Ethics

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 and Religious Liberty Commission,

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 was interviewed on CNN,

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 and he said this to that response.

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 He said,

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 we all have moments

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 where we can spend a little more time

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 in Sunday school,

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 and this is one of those moments

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 for the Department of Justice.

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 He went on to talk about

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 what is it that Paul is really trying to say.

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 Paul is not just unilaterally saying

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 if the government says it,

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 it is right and it is good,

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 but rather,

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 God places governments

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 for the reason

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 to commend that which is good

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 and to punish that which is evil.

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 We have to get in a very tough spot

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 to say if the government says it,

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 then it should go, right?

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 Because now suddenly,

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 North Korea is the most righteous country

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 because they listen to whatever

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 the dear leader says.

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 May it never be.

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 God does not grant a waiver

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 to governing officials

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 simply because they are government officials.

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 This is not the way of things, right?

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 We place God's authority

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 and God's Word over and above.

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 They are subject to it.

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 And therefore,

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 there will be times, right,

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 when God's church

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 will reject the governing of our nation

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 in order to stay obedient to our Lord.

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 And this is good.

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 The command says that

00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:52.819
 honoring your superiors

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 when they are rightly living,

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 when they are rightly ordering

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 over the top of you

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 is a good thing

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 and is not just for the inferior

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 to the superior

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 because there's a promise of good,

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 there also is this implication

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 of expectations for superiors, right?

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 They must then lead well, right?

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 They must command well.

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 An example of this

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 is the command given to parents

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 in Deuteronomy 6,

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 verse 5 and following.

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 You shall love the Lord your God

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 with all your heart

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 and with all your soul

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 and with all your might.

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 This is this great summation

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 of the first four commandments.

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 And these words that I command you today

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 shall be on your heart.

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 You shall teach them diligently

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 to your children

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 and shall talk of them

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 when you sit in your house

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 and when you walk by the way

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 and when you lie down

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 and when you rise.

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 There's a great charge

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 given to superiors

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 to care very carefully

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 for those put under their care.

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 So, the Westminster Larger Catechism

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:06.440
 asks the question,

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:07.319
 question 125,

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:10.619
 why are superiors styled

00:26:10.619 --> 00:26:13.000
 father and mother?

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 And this is their answer.

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 Superiors are styled

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 father and mother

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 both to teach them

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 in all duties

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:22.000
 towards their inferiors

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 like natural parents

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 to express love

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 and tenderness

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 to them.

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 To have those

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 who are in positions

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:32.299
 of superiority

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 to think in terms of

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 the love

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 and the tenderness

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 that we offer

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 to our very own children.

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 According to their

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 several relations

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 and to work inferiors

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 to a greater willingness

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 and cheerfulness

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 and performing their duties

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 to their superiors

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 as to their parents.

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 To see that those

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 who are placed over us

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 when rightly exercising

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 their authority

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 love us,

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 care for us,

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 intend good for us,

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 so that we would see them

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 as we would see

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 our parents.

00:27:10.679 --> 00:27:11.879
 Ephesians chapter 6

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 and verse 4.

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 Paul gives both

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 a positive

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 and a negative

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 exhortation

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 to fathers here.

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 He says,

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 fathers,

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 do not provoke

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 your children

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 to anger,

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 but bring them up

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 in the discipline

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 and instruction

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 of the Lord.

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 So there's a

00:27:32.540 --> 00:27:33.860
 positive exhortation,

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 instruction and discipline

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 of the Lord,

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 which does not

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 just mean

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 consistent with

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 His commands,

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 although it means that,

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 but also

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.759
 consistent

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 with His character.

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 We are to lovingly

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 train and teach

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 our children

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 and all others

00:27:54.080 --> 00:27:55.620
 place under our

00:27:55.620 --> 00:27:56.960
 authority.

00:27:57.520 --> 00:27:58.220
 We are meant to

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:58.900
 guide them

00:27:58.900 --> 00:28:00.080
 with great care

00:28:00.080 --> 00:28:01.240
 in the same way

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.900
 that God

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:03.580
 does with us.

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.759
 Isn't He so

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:06.120
 unceasingly

00:28:06.120 --> 00:28:07.040
 patient

00:28:07.040 --> 00:28:07.940
 in bringing about

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:08.420
 correction

00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:09.840
 in our lives?

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.700
 Fathers were meant

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.860
 to parent

00:28:12.860 --> 00:28:13.500
 our children.

00:28:14.640 --> 00:28:15.539
 Our employees,

00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:16.100
 don't tell them

00:28:16.100 --> 00:28:16.580
 that you're

00:28:16.580 --> 00:28:17.680
 their father.

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:18.840
 We're meant

00:28:18.840 --> 00:28:19.940
 to be instructing

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.519
 and guiding

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:21.120
 and leading

00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:22.799
 in this very way

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:24.140
 in the discipline

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:24.759
 and instruction

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:26.799
 of the Lord.

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.319
 But there's a

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:28.180
 negative exhortation

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.620
 at the beginning

00:28:28.620 --> 00:28:29.740
 of the verse as well.

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:30.799
 Do not provoke

00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:32.460
 your children

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:33.539
 to anger.

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:34.440
 And it suggests

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:36.080
 a repeated

00:28:36.080 --> 00:28:38.100
 ongoing pattern

00:28:38.100 --> 00:28:39.140
 of treatment

00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:39.980
 because certainly

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:40.700
 fathers,

00:28:40.780 --> 00:28:41.300
 don't our children

00:28:41.300 --> 00:28:42.480
 sometimes get angry

00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:43.000
 with us

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.820
 when they are

00:28:43.820 --> 00:28:44.400
 disciplined

00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:46.000
 or instructed.

00:28:46.600 --> 00:28:47.480
 They would not

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:48.160
 be human

00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:49.860
 if they did not.

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.500
 But here,

00:28:50.780 --> 00:28:52.120
 this ongoing

00:28:52.120 --> 00:28:52.940
 thing

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:54.080
 that causes

00:28:54.080 --> 00:28:56.140
 a deep-seated

00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:56.840
 resentment

00:28:56.840 --> 00:28:58.300
 for the discipline

00:28:58.300 --> 00:28:59.200
 and the instruction

00:28:59.200 --> 00:29:00.259
 of the father.

00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:01.500
 That causes

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.040
 our children

00:29:02.040 --> 00:29:02.820
 to not want

00:29:02.820 --> 00:29:03.740
 to hear anything

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:05.320
 we have to say

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:06.599
 because of the way

00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:08.319
 that we say it.

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:10.279
 So we must be

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:11.179
 careful

00:29:11.179 --> 00:29:12.399
 in this matter.

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:13.339
 And I want to give you

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:14.240
 just a few

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:15.039
 guidelines

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:16.079
 because it is

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:16.559
 Father's Day

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.159
 after all.

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.700
 Some ways

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.339
 in which

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:23.159
 we provoke

00:29:23.159 --> 00:29:23.939
 our children

00:29:23.939 --> 00:29:25.460
 to anger.

00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:26.240
 And really briefly,

00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:26.899
 there's eight of them

00:29:26.899 --> 00:29:27.339
 but I'm going to run

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:27.859
 them fast.

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.659
 First,

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.480
 overprotection.

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:34.619
 Overprotection.

00:29:34.619 --> 00:29:34.819
 Boy,

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:35.439
 do we live in a day

00:29:35.439 --> 00:29:36.159
 where parents

00:29:36.159 --> 00:29:37.599
 overprotect

00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:38.519
 their children.

00:29:38.639 --> 00:29:39.559
 We want to put guidelines.

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:41.519
 We want to be instructive.

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:42.779
 No one wants

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.119
 their child

00:29:43.119 --> 00:29:43.719
 being run over

00:29:43.719 --> 00:29:44.359
 by a car

00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:45.000
 but our children

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:46.479
 also need a chance

00:29:46.479 --> 00:29:48.159
 to make some mistakes

00:29:48.159 --> 00:29:49.059
 and to stretch

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.659
 their wings

00:29:49.659 --> 00:29:51.379
 just a little bit.

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:53.519
 My eight-year-old

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:54.679
 climbs the tree

00:29:54.679 --> 00:29:55.579
 in our front yard

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:56.779
 much higher

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:58.139
 than I am comfortable with.

00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:01.339
 But I don't want

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:01.719
 to keep him

00:30:01.719 --> 00:30:02.279
 on the ground.

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:04.899
 Secondly,

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:06.899
 favoritism.

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:08.799
 Some of you

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.440
 may have experienced

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:10.960
 this as children.

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:11.759
 I'm thankful

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.460
 that I did not.

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:13.519
 My parents never did

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:14.539
 any of these things.

00:30:15.639 --> 00:30:16.940
 But showing

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:19.000
 greater joy,

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:21.079
 celebrating more

00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:22.000
 one child

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:23.379
 over another.

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:23.799
 Our children

00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:24.440
 need to know

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:25.559
 that in their uniqueness

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:26.599
 they are extremely

00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:27.819
 special to us.

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:28.660
 Similarly,

00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:29.220
 number three,

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:29.920
 comparing.

00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:31.900
 Comparing one child

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:32.519
 to another child.

00:30:32.600 --> 00:30:33.200
 Why can't you be

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:34.120
 more like your

00:30:34.120 --> 00:30:35.300
 brother

00:30:35.300 --> 00:30:36.480
 or like your

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:37.480
 sister?

00:30:37.620 --> 00:30:38.380
 Or comparing them

00:30:38.380 --> 00:30:38.980
 to other

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:40.080
 children.

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.860
 Our children

00:30:41.860 --> 00:30:43.279
 are uniquely

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:43.800
 made.

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.200
 They are

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:45.160
 wonderfully

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:45.900
 created

00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:46.440
 and they are

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:47.700
 vastly different

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:48.680
 from one another.

00:30:49.340 --> 00:30:50.140
 Praise God.

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:50.600
 And there are

00:30:50.600 --> 00:30:51.180
 some children

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:52.100
 that are just

00:30:52.100 --> 00:30:52.800
 cooler than

00:30:52.800 --> 00:30:53.420
 other children

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:54.400
 but we don't

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:54.720
 want them

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.279
 to know that.

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:58.579
 They need to be

00:30:58.579 --> 00:30:59.399
 entirely unaware

00:30:59.399 --> 00:31:00.139
 of this

00:31:00.139 --> 00:31:01.980
 in their

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.440
 upbringing

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:02.960
 and we need

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.680
 to foster

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.460
 a great deal

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:04.960
 of expectation

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:05.759
 for them

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.460
 but also

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:06.859
 a great deal

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:07.379
 of care

00:31:07.379 --> 00:31:08.139
 as we deal

00:31:08.139 --> 00:31:08.420
 with their

00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:08.920
 unique

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:10.019
 personalities

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:11.680
 and challenges.

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:12.980
 Fourth,

00:31:13.139 --> 00:31:13.680
 and similarly,

00:31:14.859 --> 00:31:15.639
 pushing achievement

00:31:15.639 --> 00:31:17.240
 beyond reason.

00:31:18.379 --> 00:31:18.980
 We have done

00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:19.500
 very little

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.299
 organized sports

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:21.240
 with our boys

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:23.019
 by design.

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:24.799
 It is astounding

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:25.299
 to me

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:26.619
 how much

00:31:26.619 --> 00:31:27.639
 some five-year-olds

00:31:27.639 --> 00:31:28.619
 get yelled at

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:29.759
 on a field.

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.680
 It is just

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:31.519
 tragic

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:32.960
 to see

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:33.839
 already

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:35.059
 young boys

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:35.940
 trying to

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.619
 seek the

00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:37.539
 favor of

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.240
 their father

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:39.519
 by performing

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:40.259
 on a field.

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:41.059
 It is such

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:42.240
 a shame.

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:44.099
 Fifthly,

00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:44.920
 discouragement.

00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:46.019
 Again,

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:47.779
 speaking in a way

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.680
 that's condescending

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:49.220
 to our children,

00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:49.740
 telling them

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.379
 that they don't

00:31:50.379 --> 00:31:51.039
 measure up.

00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:51.500
 We're not talking

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:51.980
 about God's

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.460
 standard here

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:53.319
 but our own

00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:54.960
 sinful desire

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.480
 for them

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:56.120
 that we might

00:31:56.120 --> 00:31:56.819
 look good

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.299
 because our

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:58.039
 children make

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.740
 us look

00:31:58.740 --> 00:32:00.259
 good.

00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:01.900
 Six,

00:32:02.620 --> 00:32:03.400
 failure to

00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:04.100
 sacrifice.

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.579
 Failure to

00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:06.559
 give our lives

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:07.019
 for the sake

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.500
 of theirs

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:08.000
 that they would

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.779
 know that

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.500
 they are loved

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:10.660
 in a sacrificial

00:32:10.660 --> 00:32:11.960
 way.

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:12.680
 We give of

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.400
 our time,

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:13.860
 we give our

00:32:13.860 --> 00:32:14.440
 attention

00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:16.079
 to our children.

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:18.279
 Seventh,

00:32:18.600 --> 00:32:19.380
 conditioned

00:32:19.380 --> 00:32:20.160
 love.

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.940
 I think a lot

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.360
 of us have

00:32:22.360 --> 00:32:23.140
 feelings of

00:32:23.140 --> 00:32:24.320
 unconditional love

00:32:24.320 --> 00:32:24.840
 toward our

00:32:24.840 --> 00:32:25.400
 children but

00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:25.980
 sometimes we

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:26.920
 express it in

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:28.279
 a way that's

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:28.860
 conditioned.

00:32:29.620 --> 00:32:29.960
 I think we

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:30.340
 are all,

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:31.120
 each of us,

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.980
 guilty of saying

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.720
 to one another

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.759
 and to those

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.160
 of us who have

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:34.400
 children,

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:35.059
 to our kids,

00:32:35.600 --> 00:32:36.400
 I love you

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:39.940
 but here's

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:40.779
 the behavior I

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.200
 need you to

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:41.620
 correct.

00:32:42.360 --> 00:32:42.779
 And what we

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.240
 are expressing

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:45.120
 is I love

00:32:45.120 --> 00:32:45.660
 you as long

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:46.200
 as you correct

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:46.700
 this behavior.

00:32:47.660 --> 00:32:48.220
 We don't want

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.600
 to say these

00:32:48.600 --> 00:32:49.180
 kinds of things

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:49.820
 to our

00:32:49.820 --> 00:32:50.120
 children.

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.420
 Sam and I

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:51.740
 labor,

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.259
 and we don't

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:52.620
 always do this

00:32:52.620 --> 00:32:52.980
 perfectly,

00:32:53.120 --> 00:32:53.600
 but labor to

00:32:53.600 --> 00:32:53.980
 say to our

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:54.420
 kids,

00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:56.220
 I love you

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:57.539
 and that's

00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:57.920
 why.

00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:59.600
 I love you

00:32:59.600 --> 00:33:00.740
 and therefore

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.660
 you need to

00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:02.160
 be obedient.

00:33:02.580 --> 00:33:03.519
 I love you

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:04.240
 so stop

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:05.299
 sticking that

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:05.759
 thing in a

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.340
 light socket.

00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:09.060
 I love you

00:33:09.060 --> 00:33:09.799
 so you need

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.240
 to eat the

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.920
 green beans.

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:13.340
 Not I love

00:33:13.340 --> 00:33:14.019
 you but you

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:14.380
 need to eat

00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:15.220
 your green

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:15.560
 beans.

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:16.539
 And eighth

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:17.320
 and finally,

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:17.759
 and I

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.179
 think this

00:33:18.179 --> 00:33:18.939
 goes without

00:33:18.939 --> 00:33:19.319
 saying,

00:33:20.179 --> 00:33:20.559
 but we do

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:20.919
 want to be

00:33:20.919 --> 00:33:21.659
 careful as

00:33:21.659 --> 00:33:22.679
 parents that

00:33:22.679 --> 00:33:23.159
 we avoid

00:33:23.159 --> 00:33:24.179
 all forms of

00:33:24.179 --> 00:33:25.960
 physical or

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:27.539
 verbal abuse.

00:33:27.619 --> 00:33:27.819
 These are

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:28.299
 things,

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:28.980
 dads,

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:29.439
 that are going

00:33:29.439 --> 00:33:29.980
 to prompt

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.599
 our children

00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:31.480
 to anger.

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:31.919
 We want to

00:33:31.919 --> 00:33:32.539
 pick up the

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:33.619
 qualities of

00:33:33.619 --> 00:33:35.240
 Christ in

00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:36.179
 disciplining our

00:33:36.179 --> 00:33:36.639
 children and

00:33:36.639 --> 00:33:37.159
 they need to

00:33:37.159 --> 00:33:37.379
 be,

00:33:37.419 --> 00:33:38.099
 they need to

00:33:38.099 --> 00:33:39.460
 be corrected

00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:40.200
 but we do so

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:40.700
 with a great

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:42.139
 deal of grace

00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:43.579
 and understanding

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:44.839
 as those who

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:45.379
 get that we're

00:33:45.379 --> 00:33:46.000
 the greatest of

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:47.099
 sinners and

00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:47.359
 trying to

00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:47.639
 help our

00:33:47.639 --> 00:33:48.099
 children see

00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:48.480
 their need

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:49.639
 for Christ.

00:33:50.679 --> 00:33:51.059
 This is on

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:51.319
 the front of

00:33:51.319 --> 00:33:52.079
 your bulletin,

00:33:52.419 --> 00:33:53.459
 John Flavel,

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:55.099
 17th century

00:33:55.099 --> 00:33:56.480
 English pastor

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:58.659
 wrote,

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.259
 if you neglect

00:33:59.259 --> 00:33:59.899
 to instruct

00:33:59.899 --> 00:34:00.459
 your children

00:34:00.459 --> 00:34:01.139
 in the way

00:34:01.139 --> 00:34:01.659
 of holiness,

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:03.079
 will the devil

00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:03.599
 neglect to

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:04.179
 instruct them

00:34:04.179 --> 00:34:04.659
 in the way

00:34:04.659 --> 00:34:05.419
 of wickedness?

00:34:05.899 --> 00:34:06.459
 No.

00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:07.480
 If you will

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 not teach

00:34:07.919 --> 00:34:08.659
 them to pray,

00:34:08.819 --> 00:34:09.599
 he will to

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.119
 curse,

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:10.739
 swear,

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.460
 and lie.

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.699
 If ground

00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:14.279
 be uncultivated,

00:34:14.819 --> 00:34:16.079
 weeds will

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 spring.

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:17.880
 So,

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.519
 superiors

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:20.179
 are styled

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:21.039
 father and

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 mother because

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 superiors are

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 commanded to

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 seek the

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:25.759
 good of

00:34:25.759 --> 00:34:26.759
 their inferiors

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 and inferiors

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 are commanded

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 to obey

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 their superiors

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 for their

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 good.

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 For their

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 good.

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 At the end

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 of the fifth

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 commandment,

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 God etched

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 in stone

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 that your

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 days may

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 be long

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 in the

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 land

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 that the

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 Lord your

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 God

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 is giving

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 you.

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 And in the

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 restating of

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 the law

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 in Deuteronomy

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 chapter 5

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 before the

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 next generation

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 goes into

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 the promised

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 land,

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 there is added

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 and that it

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 may go

00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:02.000
 well with

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.280
 you.

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:02.700
 That your

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 days will

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 be long

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 and that

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 it may

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 go well

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 with you.

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 And Paul

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 draws our

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 attention to

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 this in

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 Ephesians

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 chapter 6

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 verses 1

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 through 3

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 where he

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 says,

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 Children,

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 obey your

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 parents in

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 the Lord

00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:22.080
 for this

00:35:22.080 --> 00:35:23.600
 is right.

00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:25.280
 Honor your

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:25.700
 father and

00:35:25.700 --> 00:35:25.960
 mother.

00:35:26.600 --> 00:35:27.240
 And then in

00:35:27.240 --> 00:35:27.640
 parentheses,

00:35:28.060 --> 00:35:28.860
 this parenthetical,

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:30.280
 Paul adds,

00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:30.980
 this is the

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:32.140
 first commandment

00:35:32.140 --> 00:35:33.260
 with a

00:35:33.260 --> 00:35:35.040
 promise that

00:35:35.040 --> 00:35:35.380
 it may go

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:35.860
 well with

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:36.660
 you and

00:35:36.660 --> 00:35:36.920
 that you

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.400
 may live

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:38.660
 long in

00:35:38.660 --> 00:35:39.200
 the land.

00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:40.160
 And so

00:35:40.160 --> 00:35:40.940
 you see,

00:35:41.300 --> 00:35:42.519
 children in

00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:43.019
 the room

00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:43.760
 and those

00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:44.260
 of us,

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:44.920
 I think all

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.500
 of us have

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:46.480
 some degree

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:47.460
 of superior

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:48.380
 over and

00:35:48.380 --> 00:35:49.720
 above us.

00:35:50.180 --> 00:35:50.740
 This is a

00:35:50.740 --> 00:35:51.660
 commandment

00:35:51.660 --> 00:35:52.760
 with a

00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:54.080
 promise that

00:35:54.080 --> 00:35:55.100
 God will

00:35:55.100 --> 00:35:56.420
 work good

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:57.600
 as we

00:35:57.600 --> 00:35:58.180
 honor,

00:35:58.340 --> 00:35:58.560
 as we

00:35:58.560 --> 00:35:59.320
 seek to

00:35:59.320 --> 00:36:00.220
 replicate

00:36:00.219 --> 00:36:02.259
 and obey

00:36:02.259 --> 00:36:03.599
 those things

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:03.959
 that are

00:36:03.959 --> 00:36:04.899
 admirable

00:36:04.899 --> 00:36:06.379
 in our

00:36:06.379 --> 00:36:06.980
 superiors.

00:36:08.299 --> 00:36:09.139
 One more

00:36:09.139 --> 00:36:09.759
 question and

00:36:09.759 --> 00:36:10.159
 answer from

00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:10.599
 the Westminster

00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:10.939
 Larger

00:36:10.939 --> 00:36:11.639
 Catechism and

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:11.980
 then I'll

00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:12.699
 close us

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.279
 with one

00:36:13.279 --> 00:36:13.799
 more text.

00:36:14.819 --> 00:36:15.759
 Question 127,

00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:16.919
 what is the

00:36:16.919 --> 00:36:17.859
 honor that

00:36:17.859 --> 00:36:19.099
 inferiors owe

00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:19.919
 to their

00:36:19.919 --> 00:36:21.439
 superiors?

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:22.879
 The honor

00:36:22.879 --> 00:36:23.419
 which inferiors

00:36:23.419 --> 00:36:23.879
 owe to their

00:36:23.879 --> 00:36:24.959
 superiors is

00:36:24.959 --> 00:36:26.259
 all due

00:36:26.259 --> 00:36:26.980
 reverence in

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:27.419
 heart,

00:36:27.759 --> 00:36:28.079
 word,

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:29.299
 and behavior.

00:36:29.300 --> 00:36:30.720
 prayer and

00:36:30.720 --> 00:36:31.160
 thanksgiving

00:36:31.160 --> 00:36:31.920
 for them,

00:36:32.680 --> 00:36:33.740
 imitation of

00:36:33.740 --> 00:36:34.880
 their virtues

00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:36.660
 and graces,

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.760
 not those

00:36:37.760 --> 00:36:38.900
 things that

00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:39.440
 are vices,

00:36:39.660 --> 00:36:39.940
 but those

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:40.280
 things that

00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:40.940
 are virtues,

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:43.340
 willing obedience

00:36:43.340 --> 00:36:44.460
 to their lawful

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:45.519
 commands and

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:46.680
 counsels,

00:36:46.680 --> 00:36:47.519
 due submission

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:48.000
 to their

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:48.720
 corrections,

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:50.460
 fidelity to

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:51.460
 defense and

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:52.380
 maintenance of

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:53.160
 their persons

00:36:53.160 --> 00:36:54.580
 and authority

00:36:54.580 --> 00:36:55.800
 according to

00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:56.260
 their several

00:36:56.260 --> 00:36:57.720
 ranks and the

00:36:57.719 --> 00:36:58.279
 nature of

00:36:58.279 --> 00:36:58.759
 their places,

00:36:58.899 --> 00:36:59.359
 bearing with

00:36:59.359 --> 00:37:00.099
 their infirmities

00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:01.259
 and covering

00:37:01.259 --> 00:37:02.239
 them in love

00:37:02.239 --> 00:37:03.279
 so they may

00:37:03.279 --> 00:37:04.119
 be an honor

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:05.379
 to them and

00:37:05.379 --> 00:37:05.679
 to their

00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:06.039
 government.

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:08.399
 Let me close

00:37:08.399 --> 00:37:09.299
 in reading from

00:37:09.299 --> 00:37:10.419
 Psalm 119.

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 This was,

00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:12.539
 and this was so

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:13.219
 very good for

00:37:13.219 --> 00:37:13.699
 me that it

00:37:13.699 --> 00:37:15.179
 timed out that

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 our scripture

00:37:16.339 --> 00:37:16.980
 reading as a

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:18.179
 church has been

00:37:18.179 --> 00:37:19.159
 working through

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:20.439
 Psalm 119

00:37:20.439 --> 00:37:21.639
 across the past

00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:22.699
 couple of

00:37:22.699 --> 00:37:23.659
 weeks as I've

00:37:23.659 --> 00:37:24.299
 thought much

00:37:24.299 --> 00:37:25.339
 about the law

00:37:25.340 --> 00:37:26.480
 and the gospel

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:27.140
 and its place

00:37:27.140 --> 00:37:27.920
 in our life.

00:37:29.600 --> 00:37:30.900
 So much

00:37:30.900 --> 00:37:32.579
 repetition of

00:37:32.579 --> 00:37:33.360
 God's goodness

00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:34.079
 to us in

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:35.600
 His command.

00:37:35.740 --> 00:37:36.059
 And so I want

00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:36.420
 to read to you

00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:37.340
 from Psalm 119

00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:38.000
 beginning in

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:39.740
 verse 153

00:37:39.740 --> 00:37:40.820
 and to the end

00:37:40.820 --> 00:37:41.360
 of the stanza.

00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:44.000
 The psalmist

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.680
 writes,

00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:46.140
 Look on my

00:37:46.140 --> 00:37:47.100
 affliction and

00:37:47.100 --> 00:37:47.880
 deliver me,

00:37:48.360 --> 00:37:49.579
 for I do not

00:37:49.579 --> 00:37:50.720
 forget your

00:37:50.720 --> 00:37:51.120
 law.

00:37:52.120 --> 00:37:53.320
 Plead my cause

00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:54.160
 and redeem me.

00:37:54.159 --> 00:37:55.239
 Give me life

00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:56.379
 according to

00:37:56.379 --> 00:37:57.099
 your promise.

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:58.920
 Salvation is

00:37:58.920 --> 00:37:59.659
 far from the

00:37:59.659 --> 00:38:00.059
 wicked, for

00:38:00.059 --> 00:38:00.799
 they do not

00:38:00.799 --> 00:38:01.639
 seek your

00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:02.559
 statutes.

00:38:03.299 --> 00:38:03.960
 Great is your

00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:04.659
 mercy, O Lord.

00:38:04.779 --> 00:38:05.799
 Give me life

00:38:05.799 --> 00:38:07.119
 according to

00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:07.799
 your rules.

00:38:08.619 --> 00:38:09.379
 Many are my

00:38:09.379 --> 00:38:10.359
 persecutors

00:38:10.359 --> 00:38:12.779
 and my

00:38:12.779 --> 00:38:13.519
 adversaries,

00:38:13.759 --> 00:38:14.719
 but I do not

00:38:14.719 --> 00:38:15.659
 swerve from

00:38:15.659 --> 00:38:16.539
 your testimonies.

00:38:17.159 --> 00:38:17.819
 I look at the

00:38:17.819 --> 00:38:18.420
 faithless with

00:38:18.420 --> 00:38:19.139
 disgust because

00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:19.879
 they do not

00:38:19.879 --> 00:38:20.639
 keep your

00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:21.119
 commands.

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:23.099
 Consider how I

00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:24.099
 love your

00:38:24.099 --> 00:38:24.920
 precepts.

00:38:25.279 --> 00:38:26.239
 Give me life

00:38:26.239 --> 00:38:26.779
 according to

00:38:26.779 --> 00:38:27.400
 your steadfast

00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:27.799
 love.

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:29.400
 The sum of

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:30.259
 your word is

00:38:30.259 --> 00:38:31.779
 truth, and

00:38:31.779 --> 00:38:32.440
 every one of

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:32.839
 your righteous

00:38:32.839 --> 00:38:34.400
 rules endures

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:34.779
 forever.

00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:35.900
 Let's pray

00:38:35.900 --> 00:38:36.179
 together.

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