WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.099 Please take out your copy of God's Word, which I hope you have with you, that it's well read and treasured in your heart this morning and turn with me to the book of Proverbs chapter 1. 00:00:14.599 --> 00:00:23.580 This morning we're taking a break from our verse by verse exposition of the sermon on the mount from Matthew chapter 5 through 7. 00:00:23.579 --> 00:00:32.500 We've been working up to Matthew 5, 17 through 20. We've began to talk about the law and the gospel. 00:00:33.519 --> 00:00:38.979 And I kind of charged into that whole thing, not really stopping to consider that today was Mother's Day. 00:00:40.119 --> 00:00:49.239 And so this week I went, you know, let's not talk about the law and gospel from Matthew 5, 17 through 20 and Exodus 20 this morning. 00:00:49.240 --> 00:00:55.020 But let's take a little time to consider all that it means to be a mother. 00:00:56.000 --> 00:01:04.939 It is my intention today to be an encouragement to the mothers of our congregation by reminding you of your high calling in Jesus Christ. 00:01:05.879 --> 00:01:10.480 You may find some challenge in God's Word to us this morning. 00:01:10.480 --> 00:01:19.640 But I want you to know that I believe that the mothers of our church work very hard to excel in their disciple making. 00:01:19.840 --> 00:01:22.240 And this does not go unnoticed. 00:01:22.880 --> 00:01:25.900 I am proud of each and every one of you. 00:01:26.719 --> 00:01:36.120 I know that your job as mothers can often seem mundane and unending and that it is always exhausting. 00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:48.359 And so I want to encourage you to persist by grace to train up your children as God will use you to yield fruit in their lives. 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:56.280 So with that in mind, let's take a look at Proverbs 1, verses 7 through 9. 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:02.780 Before I read, beloved, let me remind you that this is God's Word to us. 00:02:02.780 --> 00:02:06.540 It was written for His glory and our good. 00:02:06.920 --> 00:02:13.300 And we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands. 00:02:14.379 --> 00:02:16.639 Proverbs 1, verse 7. 00:02:17.379 --> 00:02:21.280 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. 00:02:22.300 --> 00:02:25.159 Fools despise wisdom and instruction. 00:02:26.060 --> 00:02:32.599 Hear, my son, your father's instruction and forsake not your mother's teaching. 00:02:32.780 --> 00:02:39.280 For they are a graceful garland to your head and pendants for your neck. 00:02:40.280 --> 00:02:49.699 This morning I want to draw your attention to five observations from Proverbs 1, 7 through 9 in brief. 00:02:49.800 --> 00:02:51.439 At least that's my plan. 00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:54.979 I know sometimes I plan that and it doesn't go according to plan. 00:02:54.979 --> 00:03:04.079 But that is my plan both because I know most, at least many of us, have lots of afternoon things to take care of. 00:03:04.639 --> 00:03:10.099 But also, and I'll ask for prayer on your behalf, I just don't feel well this morning. 00:03:10.679 --> 00:03:14.719 I've had a morning where I thought I could go back to bed at any time here. 00:03:14.859 --> 00:03:16.599 So we'll see how this goes. 00:03:16.679 --> 00:03:19.620 You know how I get when I get into the points sometimes. 00:03:19.620 --> 00:03:25.360 So, in attempt, five observations from Proverbs 1, 7 through 9. 00:03:25.539 --> 00:03:31.560 Number one, God is the originator of the family. 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:35.120 God created the family. 00:03:37.040 --> 00:03:40.060 Solomon is the book of Proverbs author. 00:03:40.060 --> 00:03:59.180 The wisdom that he speaks of throughout the book is a wisdom founded in the fear of the Lord. 00:03:59.319 --> 00:04:04.840 So, he leads his teaching out in chapter 1 with these words from verse 7. 00:04:04.840 --> 00:04:09.180 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. 00:04:09.180 --> 00:04:17.579 Which fools despise this knowledge, the wisdom and the instruction that will follow in the books. 00:04:17.699 --> 00:04:26.259 And he begins his instruction with a most important note concerning the source of wisdom. 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:27.800 The family. 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:38.319 He instructs his son to hear his father's instruction and to not abandon his mother's teaching. 00:04:39.180 --> 00:04:46.879 So, God in his loving kindness towards mankind created the family. 00:04:47.699 --> 00:04:51.780 We read in Genesis chapter 1 verses 27 and 28. 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:54.420 So, God created man in his own image. 00:04:55.139 --> 00:04:58.139 In the image of God, he created him male and female. 00:04:58.379 --> 00:05:00.259 He created them. 00:05:00.259 --> 00:05:02.480 And God blessed them. 00:05:02.480 --> 00:05:07.120 And God said to them, be fruitful and multiply. 00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:08.779 Have children. 00:05:09.579 --> 00:05:10.879 And fill the earth. 00:05:11.099 --> 00:05:12.539 And subdue it. 00:05:12.639 --> 00:05:16.019 And have dominion over fish of the sea and birds of the air. 00:05:16.159 --> 00:05:16.980 And over the heavens. 00:05:17.039 --> 00:05:19.659 Every living thing that moves on the earth. 00:05:20.259 --> 00:05:24.300 God gives to them this multiplying mandate. 00:05:24.300 --> 00:05:30.139 And we come to further understand, as is noted for us in Genesis 2.24, 00:05:30.939 --> 00:05:34.379 that there's a unit that's created here. 00:05:34.780 --> 00:05:34.900 Right? 00:05:35.379 --> 00:05:37.300 Moses writes in Genesis 2.24, 00:05:37.439 --> 00:05:42.740 Therefore, a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, 00:05:42.780 --> 00:05:45.860 and they shall become one flesh. 00:05:45.860 --> 00:05:49.580 And so, God created this institution of family, 00:05:49.819 --> 00:05:53.860 and we create, as we multiply and marry, families. 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:54.139 Right? 00:05:54.160 --> 00:06:00.240 We continue to portion ourselves off and create families. 00:06:01.319 --> 00:06:11.199 The family was and is meant to be an institution itself with God-mandated responsibilities. 00:06:12.420 --> 00:06:13.620 So, second observation. 00:06:13.620 --> 00:06:17.040 So, first observation, God is the originator of the family. 00:06:17.199 --> 00:06:23.139 Secondly, the family was designed by God to be a school. 00:06:23.920 --> 00:06:26.459 The family was designed by God to be a school. 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:28.180 Again, in verse 8. 00:06:29.180 --> 00:06:36.459 Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not, don't abandon, your mother's teaching. 00:06:37.759 --> 00:06:39.379 Beyond today's text, 00:06:39.379 --> 00:06:43.000 let's note together some other places in the Scripture 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:47.079 where God instructs parents to instruct their children, 00:06:47.459 --> 00:06:51.579 like Deuteronomy 6, verses 4-7. 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:57.300 Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 00:06:58.120 --> 00:07:00.399 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, 00:07:00.519 --> 00:07:02.779 and with all your soul, and with all your might. 00:07:02.779 --> 00:07:08.219 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 00:07:09.079 --> 00:07:12.559 You shall teach them diligently to your children, 00:07:12.799 --> 00:07:15.379 and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, 00:07:15.459 --> 00:07:17.099 and when you walk by the way, 00:07:17.219 --> 00:07:18.579 and when you lie down, 00:07:18.659 --> 00:07:20.899 and when you rise. 00:07:21.239 --> 00:07:21.419 Right? 00:07:21.679 --> 00:07:23.779 There's a fervency about the teaching, 00:07:23.779 --> 00:07:30.319 and there's an ongoing teaching about the ways of God to our children. 00:07:31.500 --> 00:07:34.699 Also, in Ephesians 6, verse 4, 00:07:35.259 --> 00:07:36.839 fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, 00:07:37.039 --> 00:07:39.899 but bring them up in the discipline, 00:07:40.279 --> 00:07:43.919 the training, and instruction of the Lord. 00:07:44.839 --> 00:07:46.000 Right here in Ephesians 6, 00:07:46.079 --> 00:07:50.379 Paul places the emphasis of raising children on fathers as the head of the household, 00:07:50.379 --> 00:07:56.420 but this does not exclude mothers as they are helpers of the fathers in this task. 00:07:57.379 --> 00:08:00.620 And the Bible instructs children to be students. 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:05.279 So then it follows that the family, the home, is a school. 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:06.920 Not only in today's text, 00:08:06.980 --> 00:08:11.819 but also in places like Proverbs 23, verse 22. 00:08:12.819 --> 00:08:15.300 Listen to your father who gave you life, 00:08:15.379 --> 00:08:19.240 and do not despise your mother when she is old. 00:08:19.240 --> 00:08:21.900 And Ephesians 6, verse 1. 00:08:22.420 --> 00:08:25.319 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, 00:08:25.920 --> 00:08:27.040 for this is right. 00:08:27.439 --> 00:08:30.079 Get your children to memorize that and repeat it back to you often. 00:08:31.759 --> 00:08:37.519 So, the family was designed by God to be a school, 00:08:37.680 --> 00:08:43.299 to be a place of instruction in the ways of God for our children. 00:08:44.279 --> 00:08:45.980 This is why many of us, 00:08:45.980 --> 00:08:47.740 I venture to say all of us, 00:08:47.820 --> 00:08:49.740 but I don't want to err in that way, 00:08:49.820 --> 00:08:54.980 but many of us in this church believe in the benefits of homeschooling, right? 00:08:54.980 --> 00:08:58.700 Because it creates such good opportunity for this very thing. 00:08:59.279 --> 00:09:02.440 But however our children receive their educations, 00:09:02.580 --> 00:09:05.000 the responsibility of teaching them 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:07.860 to have a proper fear of the Lord 00:09:07.860 --> 00:09:10.360 falls to parents, 00:09:10.360 --> 00:09:15.580 and it is not a responsibility that can be given to anyone else. 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:17.720 Third, 00:09:18.500 --> 00:09:25.159 the fear of the Lord is meant to be the theme of the family's curriculum. 00:09:25.159 --> 00:09:32.279 The fear of the Lord is meant to be the theme of the family's curriculum. 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:38.719 And it's the reality that ties all things we teach our children together. 00:09:39.379 --> 00:09:40.620 Again, in verse 7, 00:09:40.719 --> 00:09:45.879 the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. 00:09:46.000 --> 00:09:50.159 It's the prerequisite course of knowledge, right? 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:54.539 It should infiltrate everything our children learn 00:09:54.539 --> 00:09:59.120 so that they have a right and proper worldview. 00:10:00.319 --> 00:10:01.980 All education has, 00:10:02.219 --> 00:10:03.639 at its foundation, 00:10:04.699 --> 00:10:05.339 a worldview. 00:10:05.779 --> 00:10:08.719 We are teaching our children something about the world 00:10:08.719 --> 00:10:12.919 even by not talking about God. 00:10:13.740 --> 00:10:15.360 Our education these days, 00:10:15.459 --> 00:10:16.899 our public school education, 00:10:16.899 --> 00:10:19.120 I'm okay if you're a fan of public school education, 00:10:19.340 --> 00:10:20.919 I love our public school teachers 00:10:20.919 --> 00:10:21.779 that are part of our church 00:10:21.779 --> 00:10:22.779 and for the work that you're doing, 00:10:23.600 --> 00:10:24.860 but has at its foundation 00:10:24.860 --> 00:10:26.779 secular humanism, right? 00:10:26.779 --> 00:10:28.399 By not talking about God at all 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:30.519 and by suggesting that education 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:33.419 is the answer to all of your problems, 00:10:33.720 --> 00:10:37.959 you build a worldview for your children, right? 00:10:38.240 --> 00:10:42.480 All education has to sit on a base of something. 00:10:43.579 --> 00:10:45.879 The Christian family is to be sure 00:10:45.879 --> 00:10:48.700 that the fear of the Lord 00:10:48.700 --> 00:10:51.000 is set as the base 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:53.960 for all other education. 00:10:55.220 --> 00:10:56.700 Now, this phrase, fear of the Lord, 00:10:56.759 --> 00:10:57.939 does not mean that we are working 00:10:57.939 --> 00:11:01.740 to send our children towering from God. 00:11:02.279 --> 00:11:04.539 It carries rather the idea 00:11:04.539 --> 00:11:06.960 of reverence and humility. 00:11:08.240 --> 00:11:09.799 A child that fears the Lord 00:11:09.799 --> 00:11:10.600 will recognize 00:11:10.600 --> 00:11:14.019 that they are a created being 00:11:14.019 --> 00:11:17.240 and they live in a created world 00:11:17.240 --> 00:11:20.299 and will, as such is true, 00:11:21.139 --> 00:11:23.299 desire to live in accord 00:11:23.299 --> 00:11:25.600 with the creator and sustainer 00:11:25.600 --> 00:11:27.840 of that created world. 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:28.439 Right? 00:11:29.039 --> 00:11:32.199 They will see that it's all built upon 00:11:32.199 --> 00:11:34.259 the fact, the reality, 00:11:34.500 --> 00:11:36.000 that God created this world 00:11:36.000 --> 00:11:38.299 and intends to rule over it 00:11:38.299 --> 00:11:40.460 as its good king. 00:11:40.460 --> 00:11:43.340 They will see the world's goodness 00:11:43.340 --> 00:11:44.960 under God's rule 00:11:44.960 --> 00:11:46.519 and they will also see 00:11:46.519 --> 00:11:48.040 the world's brokenness 00:11:48.040 --> 00:11:50.120 in rejection of God 00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:51.560 as king. 00:11:52.620 --> 00:11:54.300 Let me show you the importance 00:11:54.300 --> 00:11:55.420 of such a theme 00:11:55.420 --> 00:11:57.840 from a couple of psalms. 00:11:58.000 --> 00:12:00.100 So, Psalm 31 and verse 19. 00:12:02.280 --> 00:12:03.440 The psalmist says, 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:05.780 Oh, how abundant is your goodness, 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:08.080 which you have stored up 00:12:08.080 --> 00:12:09.680 for those who fear you 00:12:09.680 --> 00:12:11.780 and work for those 00:12:11.780 --> 00:12:14.340 who take refuge in you. 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:18.120 Psalm 112 and verse 1. 00:12:19.700 --> 00:12:20.380 The psalmist writes, 00:12:20.500 --> 00:12:21.400 Praise the Lord. 00:12:22.340 --> 00:12:23.400 Blessed is the man 00:12:23.400 --> 00:12:25.080 who fears the Lord. 00:12:25.480 --> 00:12:27.800 Blessed, doing well 00:12:27.800 --> 00:12:29.440 as the man who fears the Lord, 00:12:29.540 --> 00:12:31.600 who greatly delights 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:32.980 in the Lord's commandments. 00:12:34.500 --> 00:12:37.600 And Psalm 115 and verse 13. 00:12:38.860 --> 00:12:40.980 The Lord will bless those 00:12:40.980 --> 00:12:42.340 who fear the Lord, 00:12:42.480 --> 00:12:45.420 both the small and the great. 00:12:47.060 --> 00:12:49.060 So, there is a promise 00:12:49.060 --> 00:12:51.840 of goodness and blessing 00:12:51.840 --> 00:12:55.320 from God to those who fear Him 00:12:55.320 --> 00:12:58.560 and want to follow in His ways. 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:00.179 We want our children 00:13:00.179 --> 00:13:02.500 to be declared by God 00:13:02.500 --> 00:13:04.000 blessed. 00:13:05.719 --> 00:13:08.199 And building all that we do 00:13:08.199 --> 00:13:09.479 in instructing our children 00:13:09.479 --> 00:13:11.979 on this fear of the Lord, 00:13:12.079 --> 00:13:14.059 letting it be the foundation, 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:15.119 ultimately, 00:13:15.599 --> 00:13:17.459 has its final good 00:13:17.459 --> 00:13:20.099 in the gospel of Jesus Christ. 00:13:21.159 --> 00:13:22.659 If our children are humbled 00:13:22.659 --> 00:13:24.899 because of their sin and parents, 00:13:24.979 --> 00:13:26.779 we have so many opportunities 00:13:26.779 --> 00:13:29.500 to teach them about their sin. 00:13:30.459 --> 00:13:32.220 And they are amazed 00:13:32.220 --> 00:13:35.819 at the magnificent holiness of God. 00:13:36.519 --> 00:13:37.980 They will want to know 00:13:37.980 --> 00:13:40.720 the good news of Jesus Christ. 00:13:41.439 --> 00:13:44.240 We create for them the problem. 00:13:44.559 --> 00:13:45.819 We don't create a problem. 00:13:46.059 --> 00:13:47.759 We create for them the problem. 00:13:47.839 --> 00:13:49.240 It is a problem that exists. 00:13:49.860 --> 00:13:52.500 They are born in sin. 00:13:52.579 --> 00:13:53.579 As Voddie Bauckham likes to say, 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:55.319 do you know why babies are so small? 00:13:55.320 --> 00:13:58.000 It is because if they were any larger, 00:13:58.260 --> 00:13:59.580 they would kill you. 00:14:01.340 --> 00:14:03.040 We have seen the rage 00:14:03.040 --> 00:14:04.660 in our young ones. 00:14:05.580 --> 00:14:07.760 They are sinful from birth. 00:14:08.260 --> 00:14:10.080 Reject the good rule of God as king. 00:14:10.580 --> 00:14:11.220 If they did not, 00:14:11.340 --> 00:14:13.820 they would listen to the loving kind, 00:14:14.060 --> 00:14:16.240 help and instruction of their parents. 00:14:16.900 --> 00:14:17.820 If they do not, 00:14:18.060 --> 00:14:20.400 they transgress the fifth commandment 00:14:20.400 --> 00:14:22.060 from day one. 00:14:22.059 --> 00:14:24.119 We want to show them 00:14:24.119 --> 00:14:25.219 their great need 00:14:25.219 --> 00:14:25.859 of a Savior, 00:14:26.079 --> 00:14:26.819 Jesus Christ. 00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:27.879 They need to put on 00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:29.679 His righteousness 00:14:29.679 --> 00:14:30.859 before God. 00:14:32.579 --> 00:14:33.319 John Piper, 00:14:33.439 --> 00:14:34.879 in a sermon on this very text, 00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:35.219 said, 00:14:35.319 --> 00:14:36.939 the family isn't just a place 00:14:36.939 --> 00:14:37.599 where children learn 00:14:37.599 --> 00:14:38.500 to hold spoons 00:14:38.500 --> 00:14:39.819 and walk on two feet 00:14:39.819 --> 00:14:41.099 and say please 00:14:41.099 --> 00:14:42.439 and tie shoes 00:14:42.439 --> 00:14:43.299 and read 00:14:43.299 --> 00:14:44.239 and look both ways 00:14:44.239 --> 00:14:45.079 and cut grass 00:14:45.079 --> 00:14:45.799 and put on makeup 00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:47.079 and drive a car. 00:14:47.080 --> 00:14:49.360 The family is where 00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:50.940 all of this and more 00:14:50.940 --> 00:14:52.700 begins in God, 00:14:52.800 --> 00:14:54.540 is guided by God's Word 00:14:54.540 --> 00:14:56.060 and is shown to be 00:14:56.060 --> 00:14:58.120 for the glory of God. 00:14:58.879 --> 00:15:00.379 The fear of God, 00:15:00.520 --> 00:15:02.220 the reverencing of God, 00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:04.560 the standing in awe of God, 00:15:04.680 --> 00:15:06.800 the trusting of God 00:15:06.800 --> 00:15:09.780 is what families are for. 00:15:11.540 --> 00:15:12.759 So that was the third point. 00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:13.460 The fear of the Lord 00:15:13.460 --> 00:15:14.780 is meant to be the theme 00:15:14.779 --> 00:15:17.100 of the family's curriculum. 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:19.600 Fourthly, 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:23.639 both father and mother 00:15:23.639 --> 00:15:25.939 are responsible for teaching. 00:15:27.220 --> 00:15:28.059 Verse 8, 00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:30.199 the son is instructed 00:15:30.199 --> 00:15:33.279 to hear his father's instruction 00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:34.860 and to not abandon 00:15:34.860 --> 00:15:36.740 his mother's teaching. 00:15:38.100 --> 00:15:39.039 Solomon tells his son 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:40.019 to heed the teaching 00:15:40.019 --> 00:15:41.259 of both his father 00:15:41.259 --> 00:15:42.059 and his mother. 00:15:42.059 --> 00:15:46.239 in the normative family, 00:15:46.559 --> 00:15:47.839 both exist. 00:15:48.299 --> 00:15:49.359 And both work 00:15:49.359 --> 00:15:50.259 to the great end 00:15:50.259 --> 00:15:52.039 of teaching children 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:53.599 to fear the Lord. 00:15:56.239 --> 00:15:57.939 But in a world of death 00:15:57.939 --> 00:16:00.439 and severed relationship, 00:16:01.439 --> 00:16:03.359 not all families 00:16:03.359 --> 00:16:05.339 are normative. 00:16:06.259 --> 00:16:07.259 Some children are raised 00:16:07.259 --> 00:16:09.119 by single mothers 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:10.720 and there is grace 00:16:10.720 --> 00:16:11.220 for this. 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:13.159 Some children are raised 00:16:13.159 --> 00:16:14.000 by single fathers 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:15.620 and there is grace. 00:16:16.139 --> 00:16:17.299 Probably extra measures 00:16:17.299 --> 00:16:18.779 of grace for this. 00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:22.620 Some children do not have 00:16:22.620 --> 00:16:23.940 God-fearing parents 00:16:23.940 --> 00:16:24.860 or one who is 00:16:24.860 --> 00:16:26.980 and one who is not. 00:16:27.700 --> 00:16:28.659 And there is grace 00:16:28.659 --> 00:16:29.960 for this. 00:16:31.539 --> 00:16:32.740 And most regularly, 00:16:32.899 --> 00:16:34.720 the means of said grace 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:36.460 is the church 00:16:36.460 --> 00:16:37.740 called together 00:16:37.740 --> 00:16:40.340 as a faith family. 00:16:41.379 --> 00:16:42.100 God employs 00:16:42.100 --> 00:16:42.800 the efforts 00:16:42.800 --> 00:16:43.580 of the church 00:16:43.580 --> 00:16:45.139 to aid us 00:16:45.139 --> 00:16:46.360 in raising 00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:47.879 children. 00:16:49.220 --> 00:16:49.980 And I want to show you 00:16:49.980 --> 00:16:51.000 this manifold grace 00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:52.000 from the life 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:53.399 of Timothy. 00:16:54.680 --> 00:16:55.620 Timothy's father 00:16:55.620 --> 00:16:56.980 was a Greek 00:16:56.980 --> 00:16:58.840 and not a follower 00:16:58.840 --> 00:16:59.740 of Jesus Christ 00:16:59.740 --> 00:17:01.240 by all that we can tell. 00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:02.860 Most likely. 00:17:03.040 --> 00:17:03.820 Maybe he converted 00:17:03.820 --> 00:17:05.160 at a later age. 00:17:05.220 --> 00:17:06.180 But the way Paul writes 00:17:06.180 --> 00:17:08.480 concerning Timothy's father 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:09.759 doesn't appear 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:11.019 that he was. 00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:12.220 But Paul tells us 00:17:12.220 --> 00:17:13.640 in 2 Timothy 1 00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:15.140 and verse 5 00:17:15.140 --> 00:17:16.299 as he's writing 00:17:16.299 --> 00:17:16.860 to Timothy, 00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:17.940 he says, 00:17:18.120 --> 00:17:19.080 I am reminded 00:17:19.080 --> 00:17:21.320 of your sincere faith. 00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:21.880 The faith 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:23.200 that dwelt first 00:17:23.200 --> 00:17:25.200 in your grandmother Lois 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:27.460 and your mother Eunice. 00:17:27.460 --> 00:17:28.279 And now, 00:17:28.460 --> 00:17:29.160 I am sure, 00:17:30.120 --> 00:17:31.600 dwells in you as well. 00:17:32.340 --> 00:17:33.620 And then further instructs 00:17:33.619 --> 00:17:35.759 Timothy in 2 Timothy 3 00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:37.139 verses 14 and 15. 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:38.500 But as for you, 00:17:38.679 --> 00:17:40.159 continue in what you have learned 00:17:40.159 --> 00:17:41.579 and have firmly believed, 00:17:42.299 --> 00:17:43.899 knowing from whom 00:17:43.899 --> 00:17:45.179 you learned it. 00:17:45.899 --> 00:17:47.339 And how from childhood 00:17:47.339 --> 00:17:48.619 you have been acquainted 00:17:48.619 --> 00:17:50.039 with the sacred writings 00:17:50.039 --> 00:17:50.619 which are able 00:17:50.619 --> 00:17:51.599 to make you wise 00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:52.819 for salvation 00:17:52.819 --> 00:17:53.659 through faith 00:17:53.659 --> 00:17:55.599 in Jesus Christ. 00:17:55.599 --> 00:17:57.899 Timothy finding himself 00:17:57.899 --> 00:18:00.699 as a prominent Christian leader 00:18:00.699 --> 00:18:03.059 in the Ephesian church 00:18:03.059 --> 00:18:05.419 owes so much 00:18:05.419 --> 00:18:06.339 to God's grace 00:18:06.339 --> 00:18:07.399 to him 00:18:07.399 --> 00:18:08.740 through his grandmother 00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:10.879 and his mother. 00:18:11.539 --> 00:18:12.899 So God having great grace 00:18:12.899 --> 00:18:13.319 to Timothy 00:18:13.319 --> 00:18:14.559 and giving great grace 00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:16.579 to Lois and Eunice, 00:18:17.339 --> 00:18:19.139 God also gave great grace 00:18:19.139 --> 00:18:20.259 in giving Timothy 00:18:20.259 --> 00:18:22.899 a spiritual father. 00:18:22.900 --> 00:18:24.280 It would seem 00:18:24.280 --> 00:18:25.920 that his biological father 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:27.440 was not this for him. 00:18:28.280 --> 00:18:30.060 But in 1 Timothy 1, 00:18:30.340 --> 00:18:31.500 the beginning of verse 2, 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:33.720 Paul addresses his first letter 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:34.240 to Timothy 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:36.040 with these words. 00:18:36.600 --> 00:18:37.140 To Timothy, 00:18:38.019 --> 00:18:39.400 my true child 00:18:39.400 --> 00:18:40.940 in the faith. 00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:42.280 It would seem 00:18:42.280 --> 00:18:42.660 that there was 00:18:42.660 --> 00:18:43.600 some kind of 00:18:43.600 --> 00:18:45.259 spiritual adoption 00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:47.080 on Paul's mind here. 00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:48.800 He was willing 00:18:48.800 --> 00:18:51.040 to father Timothy 00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:52.099 in the faith. 00:18:52.859 --> 00:18:53.680 And Paul tells us 00:18:53.680 --> 00:18:55.359 that he instructed Timothy 00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:56.960 in the way of the Lord 00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:58.659 in 2 Timothy 3, 00:18:58.960 --> 00:18:59.659 verse 10, 00:18:59.920 --> 00:19:00.879 and the first part 00:19:00.879 --> 00:19:01.779 of verse 11, 00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:03.019 where he writes, 00:19:03.139 --> 00:19:03.740 You, however, 00:19:04.619 --> 00:19:05.159 have followed 00:19:05.159 --> 00:19:05.879 my teaching, 00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:07.039 my conduct, 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:09.059 my aim in life, 00:19:09.259 --> 00:19:10.059 my faith, 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:11.119 my patience, 00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:12.420 my love, 00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:13.879 my steadfastness, 00:19:13.879 --> 00:19:14.879 my persecutions, 00:19:15.819 --> 00:19:17.000 and sufferings. 00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:18.359 Doesn't that sound 00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:20.039 like Deuteronomy 6? 00:19:20.039 --> 00:19:21.680 This teaching, 00:19:21.940 --> 00:19:23.220 passing on diligently 00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:24.799 to your children 00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:26.879 these commands. 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:29.099 Dwelling on these things 00:19:29.099 --> 00:19:29.960 and the rising 00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:31.579 and the sitting in the house 00:19:31.579 --> 00:19:33.019 and the walking along 00:19:33.019 --> 00:19:34.460 the way 00:19:34.460 --> 00:19:36.019 Paul had instructed 00:19:36.019 --> 00:19:36.899 Timothy 00:19:36.899 --> 00:19:39.539 as a spiritual father. 00:19:40.819 --> 00:19:41.440 So today, 00:19:41.639 --> 00:19:43.480 I want to exhort 00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:45.759 childless women 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:46.740 to have 00:19:46.740 --> 00:19:48.359 spiritual children. 00:19:48.359 --> 00:19:48.479 children. 00:19:49.479 --> 00:19:50.639 And I want to exhort 00:19:50.639 --> 00:19:51.899 women with children 00:19:51.899 --> 00:19:52.379 to have 00:19:52.379 --> 00:19:54.519 spiritual children. 00:19:55.559 --> 00:19:56.879 Train those 00:19:56.879 --> 00:19:58.119 younger than you 00:19:58.119 --> 00:19:58.899 in the faith 00:19:58.899 --> 00:20:00.119 and impart 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:01.679 a fear of the Lord 00:20:01.679 --> 00:20:03.099 to someone 00:20:03.099 --> 00:20:04.319 else. 00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:06.059 We are meant 00:20:06.059 --> 00:20:07.459 to be disciple makers 00:20:07.459 --> 00:20:09.179 both within the house 00:20:09.179 --> 00:20:10.719 and without 00:20:10.719 --> 00:20:12.059 of the house. 00:20:13.139 --> 00:20:13.819 Mothers, 00:20:13.919 --> 00:20:14.339 you provide 00:20:14.339 --> 00:20:15.319 many necessary 00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:16.419 things 00:20:16.420 --> 00:20:17.680 for your children. 00:20:18.140 --> 00:20:19.200 You keep them 00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:20.140 clothed 00:20:20.140 --> 00:20:21.360 and fed, 00:20:21.840 --> 00:20:23.440 some better than others, 00:20:23.860 --> 00:20:25.100 but they are surviving. 00:20:27.019 --> 00:20:28.200 But your children 00:20:28.200 --> 00:20:29.460 do not need 00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:31.200 a perfectly clean house 00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:33.560 or the most exciting meals. 00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:36.279 They do need you 00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:37.779 and they need 00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:39.140 your careful instruction 00:20:39.140 --> 00:20:39.900 in Scripture. 00:20:40.920 --> 00:20:42.580 Make that the priority 00:20:42.579 --> 00:20:44.220 of your efforts. 00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:46.480 On your bulletin 00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:46.819 this morning 00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:47.819 is a Charles Spurgeon 00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:48.740 quote, 00:20:48.859 --> 00:20:49.699 as I like to do. 00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:52.439 I keep awaiting 00:20:52.439 --> 00:20:53.119 the jokes 00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:54.079 made about my 00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:54.759 Spurgeon quotes. 00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:57.259 You'll be a clever one 00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:57.779 if you can come up 00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:58.399 with good jokes 00:20:58.399 --> 00:20:59.539 concerning that. 00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.779 He wrote this, 00:21:01.819 --> 00:21:02.500 Fathers and mothers 00:21:02.500 --> 00:21:03.639 are the most natural 00:21:03.639 --> 00:21:04.699 agents for God 00:21:04.699 --> 00:21:05.779 to use 00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:06.579 in the salvation 00:21:06.579 --> 00:21:07.919 of their children. 00:21:08.919 --> 00:21:09.439 I am sure 00:21:09.439 --> 00:21:10.299 that in my early years 00:21:10.299 --> 00:21:11.139 no teaching 00:21:11.139 --> 00:21:11.919 ever made 00:21:11.919 --> 00:21:12.940 such an impression 00:21:12.940 --> 00:21:14.059 upon my mind 00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:15.319 as the instruction 00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:16.980 of my mother. 00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:19.119 And today 00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:20.879 you get a bonus 00:21:20.879 --> 00:21:21.799 Spurgeon quote. 00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:24.180 Those who think 00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:25.859 that a woman 00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:26.740 detained 00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:27.680 at home 00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:29.079 by her little family, 00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:29.919 so let me just repeat that. 00:21:30.419 --> 00:21:31.519 Those who think 00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:32.940 that a woman 00:21:32.940 --> 00:21:33.819 detained 00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:34.539 at home, 00:21:34.859 --> 00:21:35.159 busy, 00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:36.359 so busy, 00:21:36.359 --> 00:21:37.519 at home 00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:39.139 by her little family 00:21:39.139 --> 00:21:40.399 is doing nothing. 00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:42.519 Think the reverse 00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:43.539 of what 00:21:43.539 --> 00:21:44.899 is true. 00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:47.059 There is so 00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:48.000 much 00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:49.099 value, 00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:49.619 ladies, 00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:50.659 in the hard work 00:21:50.659 --> 00:21:51.059 you do 00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:51.919 the day in 00:21:51.919 --> 00:21:53.159 and the day out 00:21:53.159 --> 00:21:54.379 with your little ones. 00:21:55.399 --> 00:21:55.759 Fifth, 00:21:57.699 --> 00:21:58.659 children who obey 00:21:58.659 --> 00:21:59.319 their parents, 00:22:00.899 --> 00:22:02.000 heed their parents' 00:22:02.099 --> 00:22:02.559 instruction, 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:04.740 are promised 00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.839 a reward. 00:22:09.700 --> 00:22:10.579 Verse 9, 00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.299 for they, 00:22:12.779 --> 00:22:13.559 and what 00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:15.319 Solomon is referring to, 00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:16.059 for they, 00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:17.180 your father's instruction 00:22:17.180 --> 00:22:18.019 and your mother's teaching, 00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:18.660 right, 00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:20.579 are a graceful 00:22:20.579 --> 00:22:21.900 garland for your head 00:22:21.900 --> 00:22:23.620 and pendants 00:22:23.620 --> 00:22:25.180 for your neck. 00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:27.120 To the Israelites' 00:22:27.620 --> 00:22:28.039 mind, 00:22:28.819 --> 00:22:30.420 no signs 00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:31.220 or badges 00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:32.160 of joy 00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:32.880 or glory 00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:33.759 were higher 00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:34.500 in worth 00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:36.539 than the garland 00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:38.099 around the head 00:22:38.099 --> 00:22:39.720 or the gold chain 00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:40.940 around the neck. 00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:42.000 They were worn 00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:43.259 by kings 00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:44.660 and they were worn 00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:45.720 by the favorites 00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:47.220 of kings. 00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:48.579 They were doled out 00:22:48.579 --> 00:22:49.900 by kings 00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:50.680 to honor 00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:51.500 people. 00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:53.720 This is the promise 00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:54.779 of a parent's 00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:55.539 instruction 00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:57.440 themed by the fear 00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:57.940 of the Lord. 00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:58.579 We must make 00:22:58.579 --> 00:22:59.200 that caveat, 00:22:59.460 --> 00:22:59.599 right? 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:01.059 Parental instruction 00:23:01.059 --> 00:23:01.799 themed, 00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.980 held together 00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:04.400 by the fear 00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:05.079 of the Lord. 00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:05.799 The promise 00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:06.480 is 00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:07.920 the favor 00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:09.500 of the Lord. 00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:11.839 The fifth commandment 00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:12.880 found in Exodus 20 00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:13.559 and verse 12 00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:13.900 says, 00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:14.759 Honor your father 00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.180 and mother 00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:16.880 that your days 00:23:16.880 --> 00:23:17.819 may be long 00:23:17.819 --> 00:23:18.319 in the land 00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:18.920 that the Lord 00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:19.640 your God 00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:21.180 is giving you. 00:23:22.120 --> 00:23:22.720 In Proverbs 00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.660 chapter 14 00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:24.819 verse 26 and 27 00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:25.299 says, 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.480 In the fear 00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:26.980 of the Lord 00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:27.960 one has strong 00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:28.440 confidence 00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:29.360 and his children 00:23:29.360 --> 00:23:29.980 will have 00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:31.299 a refuge. 00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.299 The fear 00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:32.720 of the Lord 00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.579 is a fountain 00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:34.500 of life 00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:34.860 that one 00:23:34.860 --> 00:23:35.960 may turn away 00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:37.460 from the snares 00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:38.700 of death. 00:23:39.599 --> 00:23:40.200 And Proverbs 00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:42.220 19 and verse 23, 00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:44.039 The fear 00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:44.559 of the Lord 00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:46.160 leads to life 00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:47.000 and whoever 00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.680 has it 00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:48.259 rests 00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:49.380 satisfied. 00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:50.339 He will 00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:51.299 not be visited 00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:52.900 by harm. 00:23:52.900 --> 00:23:54.680 And this is not 00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:55.180 wisdom 00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:56.500 for the 00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:58.180 day to day 00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:59.100 of harm 00:23:59.100 --> 00:24:00.000 and avoiding 00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.580 death. 00:24:00.820 --> 00:24:01.759 This is talking 00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.740 about eternal 00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:04.019 favor found 00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.600 in God 00:24:04.600 --> 00:24:05.620 by faith 00:24:05.620 --> 00:24:07.080 in Jesus Christ. 00:24:07.820 --> 00:24:08.360 And the teaching 00:24:08.360 --> 00:24:09.300 of the good news 00:24:09.300 --> 00:24:10.460 of Jesus Christ 00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:12.340 has its start 00:24:12.340 --> 00:24:13.120 at the very 00:24:13.120 --> 00:24:13.860 foundation 00:24:13.860 --> 00:24:15.800 in understanding 00:24:15.800 --> 00:24:17.440 who we are 00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.400 and who 00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:19.320 God 00:24:19.320 --> 00:24:20.019 is. 00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:21.240 We will see 00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:22.400 the great 00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:23.039 chasm 00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:23.640 fixed 00:24:23.640 --> 00:24:24.740 between us 00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.539 and be 00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:26.180 desirous 00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:26.720 to cross 00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.440 that chasm 00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:28.039 when we cross 00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.680 it by faith 00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:30.079 in Jesus Christ. 00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:30.680 And we want 00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:31.240 our children, 00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:31.960 we desperately 00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:32.599 want our children 00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:33.440 to cross 00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:34.140 that chasm 00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:35.400 with us. 00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:37.740 And so 00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.740 we see 00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:40.160 in brief 00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:40.960 from Proverbs 00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:41.519 chapter 1 00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:41.900 verse 7 00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:42.339 through 9 00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:43.759 God is the 00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.220 originator 00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:44.819 of the family. 00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.140 The family 00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:46.920 was designed 00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.759 by God 00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.779 to be a school. 00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:50.440 The fear 00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:50.819 of the Lord 00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:51.200 is meant 00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:51.460 to be 00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:52.119 the theme 00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:52.480 of the 00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.419 family's 00:24:53.419 --> 00:24:54.339 curriculum. 00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:56.059 Both 00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:56.659 father and 00:24:56.659 --> 00:24:56.859 mother 00:24:56.859 --> 00:24:57.679 are responsible 00:24:57.679 --> 00:24:59.179 for teaching 00:24:59.179 --> 00:25:00.500 and children 00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:00.919 who obey 00:25:00.919 --> 00:25:01.599 their parents 00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:02.879 are promised 00:25:02.879 --> 00:25:03.519 a reward. 00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.000 And so 00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.200 beloved, 00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:06.359 let's take 00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:07.240 up the task 00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:08.059 of this 00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:09.259 great charge 00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:09.740 that's been 00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:11.099 given to us 00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:11.720 as those 00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:12.379 with kids 00:25:12.379 --> 00:25:13.319 and as 00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:13.740 part of 00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:14.299 a church 00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:15.720 that has 00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.439 children 00:25:16.439 --> 00:25:18.339 to preach 00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:19.139 the gospel 00:25:19.140 --> 00:25:20.180 well. 00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:20.980 To 00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.740 found 00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.580 everything 00:25:22.580 --> 00:25:23.360 that we 00:25:23.360 --> 00:25:23.860 do 00:25:23.860 --> 00:25:24.240 as 00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:24.759 families 00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.060 and 00:25:25.060 --> 00:25:25.259 with 00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:25.500 our 00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:26.140 children 00:25:26.140 --> 00:25:27.220 in 00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.460 the 00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:27.680 fear 00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:27.940 of the 00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.140 Lord. 00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:28.380 This 00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:28.920 reverence 00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:29.400 for who 00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:29.940 He is 00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.300 and how 00:25:30.300 --> 00:25:30.920 He intends 00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:31.440 for us 00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:32.360 to walk 00:25:32.360 --> 00:25:32.580 in the 00:25:32.580 --> 00:25:32.840 world. 00:25:33.060 --> 00:25:33.520 And let's 00:25:33.520 --> 00:25:34.500 do this 00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:36.100 from the 00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:36.720 joy of 00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.200 obedience 00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:38.640 and by 00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:39.040 grace. 00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:40.060 Let's pray 00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:40.339 together.