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 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus,

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 giving thanks to God the Father through him. Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands as

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 is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. Children,

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 obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. Fathers, do not embitter your children,

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 or they will become discouraged. Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything and do it

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 not only when their eyes are on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart and

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 reverence for the Lord. Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord,

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 not for human masters. Since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward,

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 it is the Lord Christ you are serving. Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for their wrongs,

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 and there is no favoritism. Masters, provide your slaves with what is right and fair,

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 because you know that you also have a master in heaven. Let's pray.

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 Heavenly Father, we do thank you for your word made available to us so easily in our language.

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 Thank you for your servant, Alan, for his service to us as a church family this past summer.

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 Thank you for the work and the preparation that has gone into this morning's message.

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 We pray that you would bless him by your words as he grapples with us day in and day out.

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 Help him to speak clearly now to us as one who is speaking your very words.

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 Help us to listen well and to engage and to be challenged by your word,

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 so that we will go out as not just hearers of your words, but as doers.

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 So bless us, we pray as we listen and go out and live it out. In Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Thank you, Alan.

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 Well, good morning. It's a pleasure to be here again this morning.

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 We get close to wrapping up the book of Colossians here, the epistle of Colossians.

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 Like we said last week, we are heading into the end of the letter where Paul is just getting very practical in his teaching here.

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 And last week he showed us that our whole life as Christians is really a response to everything that God has done for us through Christ.

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 We saw that really we respond to the gospel in lives of worship, in song, in word, and in deed.

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 And then in verse 17, we ended there and we said that would kind of start us off today.

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 So verse 17 says,

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 Whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus,

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 giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

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 Now, I don't know about you, but when I get to verse 17,

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 I'm really ready to do anything that God has for me to do.

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 And I'm a bit adventurous.

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 I'm a bit of a, you give me the challenge, Lord, I'll get after it.

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 And so I imagine if I were sitting there listening to Paul,

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 he were to say, are you ready to do anything?

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 I'd say, yeah, I'm ready, Paul.

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 He'd say, okay, are you sure?

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 Absolutely.

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 And I would be thinking big thoughts.

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 And Paul would say, okay, here's what I want you to do.

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 I want you to go home, okay?

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 I want you to go to work, okay?

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 And then Paul would just stare at me.

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 I'd say, no, Paul, keep going.

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 Because here's the thing, Paul, I'm an American, so I'm a pioneer.

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 I'm an adventurous guy.

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 I'm going to go explore.

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 I'm going to take over the world, Paul, so tell me what to do.

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 And he says, yes, Alan, go home.

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 I can do that.

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 And then go to work, absolutely.

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 And I think Paul would say, what are you waiting for?

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 Go home and go to work.

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 And it's interesting because sometimes we read Scripture

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 and we get these thoughts that I'm going to go serve God

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 in word and deed and anything I do,

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 it's going to be for the Lord and He's going to call me to something

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 and it's going to be this big, huge thing.

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 And Paul says, here's the big, huge thing I want you to do.

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 I want you to go home and go to work

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 and glorify God in doing so.

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 Why would Paul start here?

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 Why would he call us as believers to respond to all that God has done

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 by going home and going to work?

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 Well, note a few things here.

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 These are some of the most time-consuming,

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 and I don't mean that in a negative sense,

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 but these are the most time-consuming relationships in our lives.

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 This is where we spend our most time,

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 at home and at work.

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 These are some of the most sensitive relationships in our lives.

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 And really, these are the nuts and bolts of our life

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 as we spend a lot of time and a lot of energy

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 and a lot of thought at home and at work.

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 And so Paul kind of says,

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 this is a bit of the litmus test, if you will,

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 of everything that he's taught so far in the book of Colossians.

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 The degree to which the gospel has really taken root in our lives

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 is seen first and foremost at home and at work.

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 And so here's what I want to do today.

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 I want to look at those two parts of our life,

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 and I want to look at three things.

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 The ideal, what it should look like according to Scripture.

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 And then the real, the reality of what this looks like,

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 and our hope for redemption, our hope for renewal.

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 The ideal, the real, and our hope for renewal.

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 So first, the ideal home.

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 Paul gives us verses 18 through 21.

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 And then he says,

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 It starts with wives submitting themselves to their husbands

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 as is fitting in the Lord.

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 It gets really quiet when a preacher says that.

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 I've noticed that.

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 I've preached this type of passage a few times,

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 and every woman's got the same look right now.

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 And every man's trying really hard not to grin.

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 But it really says right there,

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 wives submitting themselves to the husbands

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 as is fitting in the Lord.

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 And I'll be honest,

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 I don't like that word submit.

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 And I don't know many people that like that word submit.

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 The ladies, I tried hard to look for different translations.

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 I looked at all the different,

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 how else can we interpret this word?

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 It says, here's an option.

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 Willingly enter into a submissive relationship with someone.

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 Well, that doesn't sound any better.

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 Subject yourself to the authority of someone.

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 Or subordinate yourself.

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 Those are the options.

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 It really means submit.

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 Submit.

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 Submit yourselves to your husbands.

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 Now I want to point out what this does not say.

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 It does not say,

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 women, submit yourselves to men.

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 It doesn't say that.

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 You might hear that argued,

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 but that's not what it says.

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 It's talking about one wife submitting herself to one husband

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 as is fitting in the Lord.

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 It does not say,

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 obey.

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 Notice that.

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 It's going to say,

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 for children and slaves,

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 obey.

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 It doesn't say that for the wife.

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 It says,

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 to submit herself to the Lord

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 as is fitting,

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 or to her husband as is fitting in the Lord,

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 or proper.

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 And our example is Christ in the garden

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 on the night of His betrayal.

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 He says,

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 Father, please take this cup from me.

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 Speaking of the cross.

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 He says,

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 yet not my will,

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 or not my plan,

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 but yours be done.

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 Showing us an example of perfect submission.

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 And then Paul says,

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 this is to be coupled with perfect love by the husband.

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 Verse 19 says,

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 Husbands,

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 love your wives,

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 and do not be harsh with them.

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 He says,

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 husbands,

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 have a warm regard for,

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 take pleasure and cherish,

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 show affection to your wives.

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 And he says,

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 do not be harsh.

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 That's an interesting way of translating that actually,

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 because you could also say,

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 the translation could read,

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 do not make them bitter or sour.

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 The only other time we get this phrase in Scripture

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 is Revelation 10.9,

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 where John is given a scroll to put on his mouth,

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 and he's told,

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 at first it will taste really sweet like honey,

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 but then it will turn sour in your stomach.

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 It will make you bitter.

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 It will be harsh on you.

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 Paul says,

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 men,

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 we are not to sour our wives.

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 We are not to make them become bitter.

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 The opposite actually is what we're supposed to do.

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 We're supposed to love our wives and cause them to blossom.

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 Again,

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 our example is Christ himself.

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 In a parallel passage in Ephesians 5,

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 Paul says,

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 husbands,

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 love your wives as Christ loved the church.

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 In the same way that Christ loved the church,

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 men are called to love their wives.

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 In the way that he gave himself up for her.

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 Cleansing her.

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 To present her holy and blameless.

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 That's how we're called to love our wives.

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 And so this first relationship that Paul sets up

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 in this ideal sense of a man who loves his wife

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 the way that Christ loved the church,

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 and a lady who submits to her husband

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 in the way that the Lord Christ submitted to the Father

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 by going to the cross.

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 This, Paul says,

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 is the ideal Christian marriage.

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 This is part of responding to what God has done.

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 Ladies,

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 submitting to your husband.

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 Husbands,

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 loving your wives.

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 Then to that,

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 Paul adds

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 children obeying their parents.

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 And fathers encouraging their children.

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 Verses 20-21.

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 Children,

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 children obey your parents in everything.

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 For this pleases the Lord.

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 Fathers,

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 do not embitter your children,

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 or they will become discouraged.

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 And the opposite of discouraging a child

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 is to encourage them.

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 And Christ is our example once again

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 as he both obeys his earthly parents

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 as well as his heavenly Father.

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 I find it interesting that scriptures say

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 Jesus obeyed his earthly parents.

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 If any child

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 ever had the right

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 to stand up to mom and dad

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 and say,

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 I have a different idea,

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 it's God incarnate.

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 And yet he obeyed his parents.

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 Children,

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 you really are called to obey your parents.

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 Even adults,

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 we're still children,

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 aren't we?

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 We still have parents.

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 In the same way,

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 Christ,

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 he encourages,

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 you could say,

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 he shepherds his disciples.

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 He encourages them.

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 He trains them up.

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 He's so patient.

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 He's so loving.

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 You don't ever get a sense

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 in the Gospels

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 of Jesus being harsh

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 with his disciples.

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 Even though we read it

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 and we're going,

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 come on guys.

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 Get with the program.

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 Jesus is so patient with them.

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 He's so encouraging.

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 And Paul says,

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 this is what the Christian home

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 should look like.

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 Husbands loving their wives.

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 Wives submitting to their husbands.

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 Children obeying.

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 Fathers encouraging.

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 Well, what more

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 could one ask for?

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 Paul says,

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 how about,

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 how about once you've done that at home,

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 then go to work

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 and create the ideal work environment.

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 We say,

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 well, what does a Christ-centered

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 work environment look like?

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 He tells us,

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 first of all,

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 in verses 22 through 25,

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 he says,

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 slaves,

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 obey your earthly masters

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 in everything.

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 Now,

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 if we bring that into today's context,

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 we would say,

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 employees and employers

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 would be the language

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 which we would use.

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 Employees,

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 obey your employers

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 in everything.

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 Not only when their eye is on you.

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 And not just to curry their favor.

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 But with sincerity of heart

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 and reverence for the Lord.

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 Again,

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 our example is found in Christ

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 who in John 17

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 says to the Father,

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 I have brought you glory on earth

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 by finishing the work

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 you gave me to do.

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 Christ is the perfect servant

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 who obeys in everything.

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 And then it says,

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 employers,

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 do what is right and fair.

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 In chapter 4,

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 verse 1.

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 Masters,

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 provide your slaves

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 with what is right and fair

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 because you know

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 that you also have

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 a Master in heaven.

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 And again,

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 we look to Christ,

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 our example,

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 in 1 John 2.

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 It says that

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 He is our advocate

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 with the Father.

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 He is the righteous one.

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 The one who is right

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 and fair.

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 So Paul says,

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 employers,

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 treat your employees

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 like Jesus treated us.

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 Or maybe you're not an employer,

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 but you have someone

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 who works under you.

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 It says to treat that person

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 in a righteous way.

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 And so we have

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 the ideal home

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 and we have the ideal

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 work environment.

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 And Paul has brought us

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 all the way to this point

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 where he says,

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 everything you do

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 in word and in deed,

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 do it to the Father,

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 for the Son,

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 in the name of the Father,

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 giving thanks.

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 And we say,

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 okay,

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 tell us what that is.

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 And he says,

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 go home

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 and go to work

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 and live lives like this.

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 And we do have to feel

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 the weight of that

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 because that really is

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 the command in Scripture.

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 There's no linguistic gymnastics

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 I can do

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 to get us out of that.

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 That's really commanded

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 by Paul.

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 And yet there's a reason

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 why Paul has to command

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 these things,

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 isn't there?

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 These aren't natural to us.

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 This is not the reality

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 we live in.

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 And so we have to look

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 at the reality

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 of where we're at.

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 And we just have to be honest

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 with how these relationships

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 really are right now.

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 We also have to recognize

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 the effect

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 that the fall has had

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 on each of these relationships.

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 When we look at marriage,

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 we see in Genesis 3.16,

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 as part of the curse,

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 God says,

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 your desire,

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 ladies,

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 your desire will be

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 contrary to,

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 or your desire will be

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 to master your husbands.

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 And he will lord over you.

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 See,

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 part of the effects

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 of the fall

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 is that for ladies,

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 it's not natural

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 to want to submit

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 to your husband.

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 It's natural

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 to want to get over him

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 and lord over him.

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 And it's not natural

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 for him to just love you

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 the way Christ has loved the church.

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 It's more natural

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 for him to lord over you.

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 And men,

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 we go from Eve

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 being flesh of my flesh

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 and bone of my bone

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 to that woman you gave me.

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 And we see right away

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 in the fall

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 this fracture in marriage.

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 If you keep reading

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 into Genesis 4,

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 it gets worse

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 in verse 19

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 where it says,

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 Lamech,

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 he takes two wives.

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 I think that language

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 is interesting.

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 It goes from one man

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 and one woman

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 to now this man

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 who will take two wives.

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 If you look at their names,

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 it's even more interesting.

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 Their names mean

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 my ornament

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 and my shade.

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 So we've gone from

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 a helpmate

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 who God has created

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 to be one man

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 and one woman

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 in this beautiful relationship

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 to women

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 wanting to lord

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 over their husbands

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 or master their husbands

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 and men just saying,

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 I will take wives

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 and I'll make them

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 my ornament

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 and my shade.

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 And the marriage

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 relationship

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 is fractured deeply

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 by sin.

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 If we're honest,

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 we can admit

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 and we have to admit

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 that our marriages today

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 are built on centuries

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 of domination

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 and manipulation.

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 Centuries of misunderstanding

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 and warfare

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 between men and women.

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 Two sinners

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 plunged into

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 a lifelong struggle.

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 You say,

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 how come my spouse

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 is this way

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 because they're a sinner

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 just like you.

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 And so we have a woman

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 fighting her sin nature

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 and we have a man

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 fighting his sin nature

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 trying to glorify God

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 in this marriage.

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 What about parenting?

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 What does it really look like

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 to parent

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 in a fallen world?

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 We see right away

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 Cain kills Abel.

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 We see very soon

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 Noah's son

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 Ham

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 shaming him.

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 Even King David's son

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 Absalom

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 commits treason

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 against his father.

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 That one always blows my mind.

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 Your dad is King David.

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 How great would that be?

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 But Absalom

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 commits treason

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 against him.

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 Why do all these children

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 sin and obey?

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 Or sin and disobey?

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 Why do your children

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 sin and disobey?

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 Have you ever thought of that?

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 Sometimes I think

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 why would my child sin?

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 And then I'm reminded

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 because they're my child.

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 They've gotten the same

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 curse that we have on us.

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 The reality is

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 it's very difficult

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 to father and mother children

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 and it's very difficult

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 for children to obey

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 their parents

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 because of the fall.

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 The reality today

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 is in the U.S.

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 and the United States

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 an average of five children

00:17:27.080 --> 00:17:28.039
 per day are killed

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 because of child abuse.

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 Five children a day

00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:33.799
 because of child abuse

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 in the home.

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 That's a home

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 that looks nothing like

00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:38.440
 what God's called it to be

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 because of sin.

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 We say these are

00:17:41.860 --> 00:17:43.340
 the non-Christian homes.

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 The Christian homes

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 are much better.

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 We have to be careful there,

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 don't we?

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 I don't always agree

00:17:49.500 --> 00:17:50.539
 with the Danish philosopher

00:17:50.539 --> 00:17:51.559
 Soren Kierkegaard

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 but I have to agree

00:17:52.340 --> 00:17:53.220
 with him on this point.

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 He says

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 the worst thing in the world

00:17:55.140 --> 00:17:55.779
 for a child

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 is not that the child

00:17:57.180 --> 00:17:58.080
 should have a secular

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 atheist parent.

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 He says

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 that's not the worst thing.

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 He says

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 the worst thing in the world

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 is for a child

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 to have a father

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 and I think he's speaking

00:18:06.019 --> 00:18:06.940
 about his father here

00:18:06.940 --> 00:18:07.379
 he says

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 for a child

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 to have a father

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 or mother

00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:10.119
 who profess

00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:11.299
 all the orthodoxies

00:18:11.299 --> 00:18:11.960
 of Christianity

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 yet plainly live lives

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 that do not show

00:18:15.099 --> 00:18:16.399
 that they trust in God.

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 He says

00:18:18.059 --> 00:18:19.399
 that is far more devastating

00:18:19.399 --> 00:18:20.460
 to any child

00:18:20.460 --> 00:18:22.759
 than having a secular

00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:23.899
 atheistic parent.

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 God creates children

00:18:26.460 --> 00:18:27.440
 in his image

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 and he entrusts

00:18:28.120 --> 00:18:28.500
 his children

00:18:28.500 --> 00:18:29.300
 to our cares

00:18:29.300 --> 00:18:30.360
 as parents

00:18:30.360 --> 00:18:30.700
 and again

00:18:30.700 --> 00:18:31.240
 if we're honest

00:18:31.240 --> 00:18:32.580
 with ourselves

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 we fail to recognize

00:18:34.620 --> 00:18:35.720
 how sinful they are

00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:36.500
 and how hard it is

00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:37.140
 for them to obey

00:18:37.140 --> 00:18:39.040
 and we fail to recognize

00:18:39.040 --> 00:18:40.240
 how discouraging

00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:40.800
 we can be

00:18:40.800 --> 00:18:41.620
 towards our children.

00:18:43.560 --> 00:18:44.460
 And this is the reality

00:18:44.460 --> 00:18:45.259
 of our homes today

00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:45.680
 sinners

00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:46.680
 leading sinners

00:18:46.680 --> 00:18:47.019
 sinners

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 born to sinners

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 sinners wondering

00:18:49.700 --> 00:18:51.180
 why their offspring

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 are sinful.

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 what about our jobs

00:18:54.900 --> 00:18:55.480
 what is it

00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:56.440
 what is it like

00:18:56.440 --> 00:18:57.660
 to work in a fallen world?

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 There's a very interesting

00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:00.799
 book called

00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:01.240
 Working

00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:03.059
 by a man named

00:19:03.059 --> 00:19:03.819
 Studs Terkel

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 that's the greatest name

00:19:04.900 --> 00:19:05.799
 I think I've ever heard

00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:06.879
 Studs Terkel

00:19:06.879 --> 00:19:09.559
 in the introduction

00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:10.240
 he says this

00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:11.480
 I find it fascinating

00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:11.779
 he says

00:19:11.779 --> 00:19:12.740
 this book

00:19:12.740 --> 00:19:13.680
 being about work

00:19:13.680 --> 00:19:15.480
 is by its very nature

00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:16.960
 about violence

00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:18.960
 to the spirit

00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:19.980
 as well to the body.

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 He says

00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:22.200
 work is about

00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:23.680
 ulcers and accidents

00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:25.660
 shouting matches

00:19:25.660 --> 00:19:26.559
 and fist fights

00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:28.640
 work is about

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 nervous breakdowns

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 and kicking the dog around

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 it is above all

00:19:33.259 --> 00:19:34.759
 or perhaps beneath it all

00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:36.579
 about daily humiliation

00:19:36.579 --> 00:19:38.819
 for some

00:19:38.819 --> 00:19:40.000
 to survive the day

00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:41.019
 is triumph enough

00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:43.340
 for the walking wounded

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 among the great many of us.

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 He says

00:19:46.620 --> 00:19:48.180
 that's life in the work world

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 that's life at work

00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:51.039
 in a fallen world.

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 And I know that

00:19:53.080 --> 00:19:54.500
 sounds terrible

00:19:54.500 --> 00:19:55.000
 and you think

00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:55.519
 well that's probably

00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:56.580
 just the United States

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 we all know

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 Americans work way too hard

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 and they live to work

00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:02.120
 instead of working to live

00:20:02.120 --> 00:20:02.740
 I've heard that

00:20:02.740 --> 00:20:04.000
 so many times.

00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.600
 Interestingly enough

00:20:06.600 --> 00:20:07.360
 BBC News

00:20:07.360 --> 00:20:07.920
 ran an article

00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:09.480
 just last week

00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:10.039
 that said

00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:11.440
 burnout is rising

00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:12.200
 in the land of

00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:13.720
 work-life balance.

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 And they go to

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 Sweden

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 of all places

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 the place

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 known for promoting

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 the balanced lifestyle

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 and they show

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 in their article

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 how burnout

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 is just

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 on the rise

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 in Sweden.

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 So even the places

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 on planet earth

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 where we're most balanced

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 the work environment

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 is brutal to us.

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 And that's the reality

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 of life on planet earth.

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 And so we have

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 the ideal world

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 that Paul has called us to

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 the ideal marriage

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 and the ideal parenting

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 and the ideal work environment

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 and then we can look

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 at reality

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 and I don't think

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 we have to press

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 too much harder

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 to recognize

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 our marriages

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 aren't ideally

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 what they should be

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 our parenting

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 isn't what it should be

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 and our work life

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 isn't what it should be

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 and so then we have

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 to pause and ask

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 how are we supposed

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 to do this Paul?

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 How are we really

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 supposed to pull this off?

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 How do we go

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 from real

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 to ideal?

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:10.059
 What is our hope

00:21:10.059 --> 00:21:10.539
 for renewal?

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 What Paul says

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 he says

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 the key to our hope

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 is found in this word

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 that's repeated

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 seven times

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 in this passage

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 and that's this word

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 Lord.

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 Turn with me again

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 and look at verse 17.

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 Whatever you do

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 whether in word

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 or deed

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 do it all

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 in the name

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 of the Lord

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 Jesus.

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 Wives submit

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 to your husbands

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 verse 18

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 as is fitting

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 and proper

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 in the Lord.

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 Verse 20

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 Children obey

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 your parents

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 and everything

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 for this

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 pleases the Lord.

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 verse 22

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 Slaves obey

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 your earthly masters

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 in everything

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 with sincerity

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 of heart

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 and reverence

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 for the Lord.

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 Verse 23

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 Whatever you do

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 work at it

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 with all your heart

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 as working

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 for the Lord.

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 Verse 24

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 Since you know

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 that you will receive

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 an inheritance

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 from the Lord

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 as reward

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 it is the Lord Christ

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 you are serving.

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 Seven times

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 he uses that word

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 Lord

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 and then he finishes

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 off in chapter 4

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 verse 1

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 by referring

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 to our master

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 in heaven.

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 And so what's

00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:13.640
 Paul's aim here?

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 What's he doing?

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 Why is he all of a sudden

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 just throwing this word

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 Lord out

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 seven times

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 so quickly?

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 He says

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 our example

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 is Christ

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 and our only hope

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 for renewal

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 is to recognize

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 that he is our example

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 and he is where

00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:30.059
 our power comes from.

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 Our example

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 and the ability

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 to go from real

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 to ideal

00:22:34.859 --> 00:22:35.660
 is found

00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:37.379
 in our Lord

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 Jesus Christ himself.

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 And you say

00:22:40.820 --> 00:22:41.380
 well how do we

00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:41.980
 actually do that?

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 How do we actually

00:22:42.760 --> 00:22:44.540
 live out these relationships

00:22:44.540 --> 00:22:45.760
 under Christ's lordship?

00:22:47.580 --> 00:22:48.520
 It's to look at

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 who he is

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:49.720
 and what he's done.

00:22:50.260 --> 00:22:51.180
 And what Paul's doing

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:51.920
 is he's echoing

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 you can make this note

00:22:53.080 --> 00:22:54.540
 Psalm 130 verse 4

00:22:54.540 --> 00:22:56.980
 which just simply says

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.540
 with God

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 there is forgiveness

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 so that we can

00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:01.660
 with reverence

00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:02.340
 serve him.

00:23:02.900 --> 00:23:03.700
 With God

00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:04.460
 there is forgiveness

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:05.960
 so that we can

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.500
 serve him

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:07.220
 with reverence.

00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:09.400
 And so first

00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:09.980
 Paul says

00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:10.819
 first we look to

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 we look to the cross

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 and we see

00:23:14.619 --> 00:23:16.019
 both our faults

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 and the other person's

00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:19.140
 struggles.

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 We admit

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 and empathize.

00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:23.059
 We look to the cross

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:23.400
 and we see

00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:24.240
 both our faults

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:26.180
 and our spouses

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:26.900
 children's

00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:27.240
 parents

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:27.720
 co-workers

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 struggles.

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 Why did Christ

00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:30.380
 have to die

00:23:30.380 --> 00:23:30.859
 for each of these

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:31.500
 people groups?

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 Because all have sinned

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.660
 in each of these roles.

00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:36.660
 husbands

00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:37.080
 and so we need

00:23:37.080 --> 00:23:37.420
 to admit

00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:38.180
 our shortcomings

00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:39.000
 in this.

00:23:39.100 --> 00:23:39.600
 We have to own

00:23:39.600 --> 00:23:40.220
 our part.

00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:41.660
 Husbands

00:23:41.660 --> 00:23:42.560
 we have to admit

00:23:42.560 --> 00:23:43.500
 to our wives

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.840
 I haven't loved you

00:23:44.840 --> 00:23:45.360
 very well

00:23:45.360 --> 00:23:46.400
 and I'm probably

00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:47.759
 really hard to submit to.

00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:49.620
 Men

00:23:49.620 --> 00:23:50.380
 I would challenge you

00:23:50.380 --> 00:23:51.220
 to say that

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:51.779
 to your wife.

00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.180
 Say

00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:54.460
 I recognize

00:23:54.460 --> 00:23:55.960
 I'm probably

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:57.180
 really hard to submit to.

00:23:58.300 --> 00:23:59.100
 And she

00:23:59.100 --> 00:23:59.779
 in grace

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:00.960
 will try not to smile

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.759
 or laugh out loud

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.799
 and she'll just

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:03.640
 you know

00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:05.819
 thank you honey

00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:06.720
 is what you'll get.

00:24:07.379 --> 00:24:09.059
 And then

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.819
 ladies

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.319
 you can look

00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:10.700
 at your husband

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:10.980
 and say

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.460
 you know what

00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:12.839
 I haven't submitted

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.379
 to you well

00:24:13.379 --> 00:24:14.319
 I could probably

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:15.059
 be hard to love it

00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:15.539
 sometimes.

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.160
 And many say

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:17.079
 no absolutely not

00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:17.920
 it's just all me.

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.779
 But we can admit

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:21.779
 that we haven't

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.240
 done well

00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:23.000
 in these roles.

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:25.640
 And we can empathize

00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:26.359
 with the other person

00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:26.579
 and say

00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:27.460
 why is it so hard

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:28.019
 for my wife

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:29.140
 to submit to me

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:29.920
 because I'm probably

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:30.559
 not loving her

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:31.019
 very well.

00:24:31.379 --> 00:24:32.079
 And wives can say

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:32.919
 why isn't he

00:24:32.919 --> 00:24:33.799
 loving me very well

00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:34.779
 maybe I'm not

00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.839
 submitting like I should.

00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:38.440
 And you can look

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:38.960
 at your children

00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:39.240
 and say

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.819
 why aren't they

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.480
 obeying me?

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:41.240
 And you can probably

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.659
 think about

00:24:41.659 --> 00:24:42.279
 when you're a child

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:42.559
 and go

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:43.799
 man I was a bit

00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:44.259
 of a rascal

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:45.279
 myself wasn't I?

00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:47.720
 And fathers

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:48.179
 you can look

00:24:48.179 --> 00:24:48.659
 at your children

00:24:48.659 --> 00:24:49.359
 and when they

00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:49.960
 do those things

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.720
 that get you

00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.659
 just about to get

00:24:51.659 --> 00:24:52.379
 angry you can go

00:24:52.379 --> 00:24:54.339
 I've done the same

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:56.259
 both to my parents

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.619
 and to my father

00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:58.000
 in heaven.

00:24:59.259 --> 00:25:00.159
 We can admit

00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:00.660
 how we've

00:25:00.660 --> 00:25:01.680
 fallen short

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.220
 and then we can

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.860
 look at our children

00:25:02.860 --> 00:25:03.620
 and we can love

00:25:03.620 --> 00:25:04.519
 and encourage them

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.000
 and say you know

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:06.040
 what don't just

00:25:06.040 --> 00:25:06.779
 obey me because

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:07.240
 I'm perfect

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:07.800
 because I'm not

00:25:07.800 --> 00:25:08.160
 perfect.

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.279
 Obey me because

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:10.019
 God's called you

00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:11.060
 to and he's the

00:25:11.060 --> 00:25:11.580
 one that we're

00:25:11.580 --> 00:25:11.980
 obeying.

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.680
 We tell our kids

00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:14.180
 all the time

00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:15.360
 we know we're

00:25:15.360 --> 00:25:16.259
 not perfect parents.

00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:18.120
 At some point

00:25:18.120 --> 00:25:18.660
 we know that

00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:18.920
 they're going to

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.600
 go hey my mom

00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:20.120
 and dad weren't

00:25:20.120 --> 00:25:20.440
 perfect.

00:25:20.560 --> 00:25:20.900
 We say yeah

00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:21.779
 we'll admit that

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.140
 right now.

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:22.860
 We'll call the ball

00:25:22.860 --> 00:25:23.259
 on that.

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.019
 When you have

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:24.519
 that thought

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.700
 yes that's true

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:27.480
 but we love you

00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:28.140
 and we're trying

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:29.200
 but God loves you

00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:29.779
 even more.

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.480
 And you don't

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:32.240
 just obey us

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:32.759
 for the sake

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.400
 of obeying us

00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:34.299
 you obey us

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:34.720
 because that's

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.140
 what God's

00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:35.720
 called you to do.

00:25:36.840 --> 00:25:37.580
 But we look

00:25:37.580 --> 00:25:38.779
 to the cross

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.500
 and we see

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:40.200
 our shortcomings

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:41.039
 we admit

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.819
 those shortcomings

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.700
 and then we can

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.600
 empathize with

00:25:43.600 --> 00:25:44.080
 others.

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:45.920
 We can look

00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:46.440
 at our boss

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:46.720
 and say

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.420
 well that person

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:48.259
 drives me crazy

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:49.019
 and then we can

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.500
 think about our

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.080
 master in heaven

00:25:50.080 --> 00:25:50.680
 and say I drove

00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:51.400
 him to the cross.

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:55.800
 so we admit

00:25:55.800 --> 00:25:56.640
 and we empathize

00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:57.780
 and then secondly

00:25:57.780 --> 00:25:58.960
 we see where

00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.960
 Christ was perfect

00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:02.880
 and we admire

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:03.860
 his sacrifice.

00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:06.500
 We see where

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.280
 Christ was perfect

00:26:07.280 --> 00:26:08.340
 and we admire

00:26:08.340 --> 00:26:08.920
 his sacrifice

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:09.900
 and this is

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:10.560
 one of the

00:26:10.560 --> 00:26:11.160
 beauties of the

00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:11.519
 gospel

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:13.600
 is his righteousness

00:26:13.600 --> 00:26:14.900
 is now ours

00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:17.019
 and his sacrifice

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.660
 complete.

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.200
 See Jesus

00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:20.640
 is the one

00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:21.380
 who perfectly

00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:22.279
 submits to the

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:22.600
 father

00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:23.580
 and then dies

00:26:23.580 --> 00:26:23.880
 for the

00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:24.600
 unsubmissive.

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:25.960
 He's one

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.620
 who perfectly

00:26:26.620 --> 00:26:27.220
 loves

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:28.220
 and then dies

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:28.600
 for the

00:26:28.600 --> 00:26:29.420
 unloving husband.

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:31.200
 Christ is one

00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:32.120
 who perfectly

00:26:32.120 --> 00:26:32.840
 obeys

00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.600
 and then dies

00:26:33.600 --> 00:26:33.880
 for the

00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:34.920
 disobedient child.

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:36.740
 He's one

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.440
 who perfectly

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:38.400
 serves

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:39.000
 and then dies

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.420
 for us

00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:40.279
 the lazy

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:41.080
 wicked

00:26:41.080 --> 00:26:41.519
 servants.

00:26:43.120 --> 00:26:44.000
 He is our

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.559
 perfectly

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:45.140
 righteous

00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:45.940
 master in

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.200
 heaven

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:46.900
 and yet

00:26:46.900 --> 00:26:47.779
 while we

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.299
 were still

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:48.759
 sinners

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:50.779
 Christ

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.279
 died for

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.660
 us.

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:53.079
 See

00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:53.559
 Christianity

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:54.019
 says if

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.799
 you truly

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.160
 want to

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:55.599
 change

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:56.099
 then you

00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:56.460
 have to

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:56.839
 set your

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.339
 eyes on

00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:57.920
 our perfect

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.500
 example

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.319
 over and

00:26:59.319 --> 00:26:59.900
 over again.

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:01.079
 You have

00:27:01.079 --> 00:27:01.599
 to have

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:01.980
 your mind

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.500
 renewed

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:02.839
 in the

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:03.160
 knowledge

00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:03.579
 of who

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:03.940
 Christ

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.299
 is

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:05.000
 and what

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.400
 he has

00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:05.839
 done.

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:07.680
 And we

00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:07.900
 have to

00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:08.200
 have our

00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:08.799
 affections

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.819
 stirred by

00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:10.180
 the one

00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:10.579
 who has

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:10.819
 done

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.599
 everything

00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:12.099
 we have

00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:12.579
 failed to

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:12.879
 do

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:14.559
 and then

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:15.000
 credited

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.420
 that

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:15.940
 perfection

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.359
 to our

00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:16.740
 account.

00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:17.779
 And that

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.420
 changes a

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:18.800
 person.

00:27:20.380 --> 00:27:20.500
 See,

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.060
 men,

00:27:21.120 --> 00:27:21.320
 when you

00:27:21.320 --> 00:27:21.660
 look at

00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:22.140
 your wife,

00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:22.600
 yes,

00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:22.940
 you see

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.600
 this beautiful

00:27:23.600 --> 00:27:24.160
 lady who's

00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:24.800
 created in

00:27:24.800 --> 00:27:25.300
 God's image,

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:26.039
 but you

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:27.140
 also recognize

00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:28.200
 how far

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:28.480
 we've

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:28.880
 fallen and

00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:29.420
 yet how

00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:30.019
 Christ has

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.460
 died for

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:30.680
 us,

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.240
 His bride.

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:34.779
 Wives,

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.420
 when you

00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:35.740
 think of

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.240
 submitting to

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:36.680
 your husband,

00:27:37.800 --> 00:27:38.300
 you think of

00:27:38.300 --> 00:27:38.660
 your Lord

00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:39.120
 and Savior

00:27:39.120 --> 00:27:39.500
 who in

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:39.940
 the garden

00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:41.820
 shed sweat

00:27:41.820 --> 00:27:42.800
 like blood

00:27:42.800 --> 00:27:44.400
 and yet

00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:45.039
 submitted to

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.519
 the Father.

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:47.519
 God's

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.579
 who loved

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.039
 perfectly,

00:27:49.139 --> 00:27:49.619
 who submitted

00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:50.619
 perfectly and

00:27:50.619 --> 00:27:51.379
 imputed that

00:27:51.379 --> 00:27:51.720
 to our

00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:52.139
 account.

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:53.740
 And when you

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.420
 get up tomorrow

00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:55.000
 morning to go

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.480
 to work and

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:55.920
 you think of

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:57.740
 the people I

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.339
 have to work

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:59.000
 for, you can

00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:00.440
 recognize Christ

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:01.379
 was the perfect

00:28:01.379 --> 00:28:04.220
 servant who's

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:05.139
 imputed that

00:28:05.139 --> 00:28:06.200
 service to our

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:07.660
 account and

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.460
 who's paid the

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:09.400
 price in full for

00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:09.900
 all of our

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:10.420
 shortcomings.

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:13.240
 And so we

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:13.880
 admit and we

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.600
 empathize and

00:28:14.600 --> 00:28:15.940
 we see where

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.420
 Christ was

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:17.180
 perfect and we

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:17.840
 admire His

00:28:17.840 --> 00:28:18.640
 sacrifice and

00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:19.940
 then finally we

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.640
 submit to

00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:22.039
 Christ's lordship

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:24.360
 and we trust

00:28:24.360 --> 00:28:25.080
 His sovereignty.

00:28:25.820 --> 00:28:26.600
 We submit to

00:28:26.600 --> 00:28:27.279
 His lordship and

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:27.880
 we trust His

00:28:27.880 --> 00:28:28.259
 sovereignty.

00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:31.039
 He will see us

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.519
 through and He

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.380
 will be glorified.

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:34.240
 And this is why

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:34.940
 Paul used that

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.960
 word seven times,

00:28:36.080 --> 00:28:37.519
 Lord, and then

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:38.180
 Master in Heaven.

00:28:38.320 --> 00:28:39.660
 See, there's a

00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:40.200
 certain amount of

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:42.140
 faith required in

00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:42.980
 trusting that we

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:44.000
 aren't just

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.759
 submitting to our

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.560
 husbands but to

00:28:45.560 --> 00:28:46.240
 Christ our Lord.

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.700
 That we aren't

00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:49.740
 just obeying our

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.720
 parents for their

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:52.100
 pleasure but for

00:28:52.100 --> 00:28:52.900
 the Lord's.

00:28:54.100 --> 00:28:54.759
 We aren't just

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.540
 serving our

00:28:55.540 --> 00:28:56.660
 masters on earth

00:28:56.660 --> 00:28:57.140
 but we are

00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:58.140
 serving the Lord

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:59.540
 our Master in

00:28:59.540 --> 00:29:00.440
 Heaven who served

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:02.160
 so perfectly for

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:02.600
 us.

00:29:03.820 --> 00:29:04.460
 See, as we

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.900
 live life under

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:06.840
 Christ's lordship,

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:08.380
 He will see us

00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:09.140
 through and He

00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:10.420
 will be glorified

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:11.900
 as He continually

00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:13.660
 conforms us to

00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:14.560
 His image.

00:29:16.060 --> 00:29:16.860
 And so we

00:29:16.860 --> 00:29:17.340
 strive.

00:29:18.520 --> 00:29:19.259
 We absolutely

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:20.640
 strive to obey

00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:21.360
 the commands in

00:29:21.360 --> 00:29:22.200
 this passage to

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:23.100
 go from the

00:29:23.100 --> 00:29:24.020
 reality of where

00:29:24.020 --> 00:29:24.980
 our marriages and

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.820
 our parenting and

00:29:25.820 --> 00:29:26.720
 our work

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.580
 relationships are.

00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:28.640
 We strive to

00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:29.860
 go to the ideal

00:29:29.860 --> 00:29:30.160
 where they're

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:30.820
 supposed to be,

00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:31.120
 where they're

00:29:31.120 --> 00:29:32.140
 commanded to be.

00:29:34.280 --> 00:29:35.080
 While we do

00:29:35.080 --> 00:29:35.900
 that, we recognize

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:36.580
 where we fall

00:29:36.580 --> 00:29:36.900
 short.

00:29:37.020 --> 00:29:38.280
 We admit and we

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:38.920
 empathize.

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.700
 We look to the

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:39.960
 cross.

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.440
 We see the

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:41.359
 penalty for

00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:41.980
 these failures

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.799
 being paid in

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.740
 full and then we

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:44.839
 submit to Christ's

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:45.859
 lordship all over

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:47.339
 again, day by day,

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.480
 week by week,

00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:49.440
 month by month,

00:29:49.899 --> 00:29:50.779
 year by year,

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:52.559
 in word and in

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:55.119
 deed, at home and

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:55.700
 at work.

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:58.000
 Let's pray.

00:29:58.000 --> 00:30:06.079
 Father, we come to

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:07.000
 you people who live

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:08.140
 in a broken,

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.460
 fallen world.

00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:13.259
 We take comfort in

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:14.079
 knowing that even as

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:15.119
 we call out to you

00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:16.019
 in prayer that you

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:17.839
 can relate to what

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:18.339
 we're going through

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:19.119
 because you've lived

00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:20.039
 life in this world.

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:25.339
 We know that you

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:26.400
 submitted perfectly

00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:27.800
 at great cost.

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:30.100
 We know that you've

00:30:30.100 --> 00:30:31.160
 loved us perfectly

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:32.860
 at great cost.

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:35.900
 We see how you

00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:36.740
 obey your Father

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:38.340
 in heaven and we

00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:39.280
 long to obey like

00:30:39.280 --> 00:30:39.620
 that.

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:42.320
 We long to serve

00:30:42.320 --> 00:30:42.440
 you.

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:43.400
 We long to be

00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:44.759
 righteous like you.

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:46.000
 We thank you that

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.660
 on one hand you

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:48.080
 have credited your

00:30:48.080 --> 00:30:49.640
 perfect life to us

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:51.759
 and on the other

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.560
 hand we deeply

00:30:52.560 --> 00:30:53.500
 apologize that it

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:54.540
 cost you your life.

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:57.619
 would you help us

00:30:57.619 --> 00:30:58.359
 Lord to fulfill

00:30:58.359 --> 00:30:59.039
 these commands?

00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:00.240
 Would you help us

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:01.079
 to live the lives

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.639
 you've called us

00:31:01.639 --> 00:31:02.059
 to live?

00:31:02.399 --> 00:31:03.019
 Would you help the

00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:03.659
 ladies as they

00:31:03.659 --> 00:31:04.440
 fight their sin

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:05.299
 nature to submit

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:06.339
 to imperfect

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:06.779
 husbands?

00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:07.319
 Would you help

00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:08.259
 the men as they

00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:09.000
 fight their sin

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:10.039
 nature to love

00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:10.720
 their wives the

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.279
 way you've loved

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.659
 us?

00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:12.940
 Would you help

00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:13.680
 the children Lord

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:15.039
 to obey as they

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.899
 are called to obey

00:31:15.899 --> 00:31:16.859
 and please you?

00:31:18.399 --> 00:31:19.059
 Lord would you

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:20.079
 help us as parents

00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:21.659
 as we strive to

00:31:21.659 --> 00:31:22.579
 encourage our

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:23.319
 children in the way

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:23.940
 they should go?

00:31:25.139 --> 00:31:25.940
 Would you help us

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.619
 this afternoon at

00:31:26.619 --> 00:31:27.639
 home and would you

00:31:27.639 --> 00:31:28.519
 help us tomorrow as

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.359
 we go to work?

00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:31.319
 Would you help us

00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:33.940
 to do our best for

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:35.460
 you our master in

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:35.619
 heaven?

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.119
 Would you help us

00:31:36.119 --> 00:31:37.639
 to work hard not

00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:38.460
 just when someone's

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:39.240
 watching but at all

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:41.339
 times knowing that we

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:43.720
 serve you the God

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.659
 who has served us

00:31:44.659 --> 00:31:47.039
 beyond any way we

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.420
 could have ever

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:47.879
 imagined?

00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:52.140
 help us Lord as we

00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:52.940
 go from real to

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:54.600
 ideal keep our eyes

00:31:54.600 --> 00:31:55.440
 fixed on Jesus

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:57.380
 in his name we

00:31:57.380 --> 00:31:58.600
 pray amen

00:31:58.600 --> 00:32:01.900
 I invite you to

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.700
 stand with me as

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:03.180
 we'll sing

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:05.440
 Jesus my all in all

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:06.700
 as we head towards

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.340
 the Lord's table

00:32:07.340 --> 00:32:09.100
 and there's just

00:32:09.100 --> 00:32:09.920
 that line you are

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:11.120
 my strength when I

00:32:11.120 --> 00:32:11.600
 am weak

00:32:11.599 --> 00:32:13.799
 for you and just

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.339
 myself or else we

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:15.299
 can find a way to

00:32:15.299 --> 00:32:16.740
 opportunity for me and

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:17.579
 work the same for me

00:32:17.579 --> 00:32:18.199
 to be able to have no

00:32:18.199 --> 00:32:19.659
 lunch yet

00:32:19.659 --> 00:32:20.000
 as we'll be able to

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:20.439
 you

00:32:20.439 --> 00:32:20.980
 to be able to

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:22.039
 who I am

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:23.619
 to Paul Nutella