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 So first, let's turn to Acts chapter 9, verses 32 to 43.

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 And let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's Word.

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 Heavenly Father, we humble ourselves before your Word again.

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 And we want to receive your Word as it really is.

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 Not the words of men, but the Word of God.

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 Amen.

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 Grant us the humility and faith that is necessary.

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 To take you at your Word.

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 To be challenged, comforted, transformed by it.

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 For the glory of your name.

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 In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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 Acts chapter 9, verses 32 to 43.

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 Now, as Peter went here and there among them all, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.

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 There he found a man named Aeneas, bedridden for eight years, who was paralyzed.

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 And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you.

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 Rise and make your bed.

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 And immediately he rose.

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 And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him and they turned to the Lord.

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 Now, there was in Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which translated means Dorcas.

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 She was full of good works and acts of charity.

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 In those days, she became ill and died.

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 And when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room.

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 Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him, urging him,

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 Please come to us without delay.

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 So Peter rose and went with them.

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 And when he arrived, they took him to the upper room.

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 All the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing tunics and other garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.

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 But Peter put them all outside and knelt down and prayed.

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 And turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, arise.

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 And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

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 And he gave her his hand and raised her up.

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 Then, calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.

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 And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.

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 And he stayed in Joppa for many days with one Simon, a tanner.

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 The main point of this passage is that the Lord Jesus Christ continues to work powerfully through his chosen witnesses

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 to turn many people toward himself.

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 The summary verse before this was chapter 9, verse 31.

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 It said that the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up,

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 and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.

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 So our passage continues to tell us how the church was being built up and was multiplying.

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 It was in verse 33, it says that while ministering in Lydda, Peter found a man named Aeneas, bedridden for eight years, was paralyzed.

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 So he's been a paralytic for eight years, and he's a man and not a child.

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 So that means he wasn't paralyzed his entire life.

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 So something happened to him during his life, something tragic, perhaps a freak accident or a stroke.

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 And whatever the cause, Aeneas was bedridden now for eight long years.

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 And Peter says to him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you.

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 Rise and make your bed.

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 And the paralytic in faith obeys this command immediately rising from his bed,

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 which he had not been able to get up off of for eight years.

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 And then Luke tells us another, even more remarkable story in verses 36 to 42.

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 Recently, a woman named Tabitha had passed away.

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 Her Greek name was Dorcas, which means gazelle.

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 She had died in Joppa.

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 She was a Christian, which is why she's called a disciple.

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 And since Lydda, where Peter was staying, was near Joppa,

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 they rushed some messengers to Peter to have him come to pay a visit.

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 And they urged him to come without delay, hoping, presumably, that Peter will be able to do something for Dorcas.

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 Peter arrives on the scene, kneels and prays to God and seeks his healing power.

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 And then he commands the dead body, Tabitha, arise.

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 And because Peter speaks with the authorization of the risen Lord,

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 even the corpse has no choice but to obey.

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 And Tabitha opens her eyes and sits up.

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 What's notable about these two instances of healing and resurrection is that they parallel the healing miracles of Jesus' ministry.

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 Peter's healing of Aeneas of his paralysis parallels Jesus' healing of the paralytic in Luke chapter 5, verses 17 to 26.

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 And Peter's raising of Tabitha parallels Jesus' raising of Jairus' daughter in Luke 8, 49 to 56.

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 Peter commanded Aeneas in verse 34,

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 Rise and make your bed, similar to how Jesus commanded the paralytic in Luke chapter 5, verse 24.

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 Rise, pick up your bed, and go home.

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 Peter asked everyone to leave the upper room that Tabitha was lying in,

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 as Jesus did in Luke 8, 51.

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 When he allowed no one to enter with him to raise the daughter of Jairus from the dead.

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 And Peter commands, Tabitha, arise.

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 Just as Jesus said in Luke 8, 54.

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 Child, arise.

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 And Peter takes her by the hand,

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 just as Jesus, in Luke 8, 41, gives her his hand and raises her up.

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 So the point that Luke is trying to make with these parallels is that it is Jesus who, by his Holy Spirit,

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 continues to do signs and wonders through his apostles.

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 Note the way Peter speaks to Aeneas in verse 34.

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 Aeneas,

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 Jesus Christ heals you.

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 Rise and make your bed.

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 Peter is fully aware that he has no power within himself to heal a paralytic or to raise the dead.

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 It's Jesus Christ himself who is doing these very things.

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 Look also at the outcome of these miracles.

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 After Aeneas is healing,

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 the result is not Peter becoming more famous

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 and gaining more fans and followers,

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 but repentance and faith.

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 It says in verse 35,

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 And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him,

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 and they turned toward whom?

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 Not to Peter, but to the Lord.

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 They turned to the Lord,

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 meaning they repented of their sinful ways

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 and reoriented their lives around the way of Jesus,

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 trusting in him and following his teachings.

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 The miraculous signs do not bring attention to themselves,

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 but point to the person and work of Jesus Christ.

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 And the witnesses of Jesus, including Peter,

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 do not turn people's attention toward themselves,

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 but toward Jesus.

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 We see the same pattern after Tabitha is raised from the dead in verse 42.

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 He says,

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 And it became known throughout all Joppa,

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 and many believed in the Lord.

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 The effect of these signs and wonders

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 is to turn people to repentance and faith in Jesus Christ.

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 Have you turned toward Jesus?

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 That means to reorient your life,

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 your entire life,

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 around him.

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 That means to repent of your sins.

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 Consider for a moment

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 the direction of your life.

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 Is it on the way of Christ?

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 Or are you doing your own thing?

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 Going about your own way?

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 No one is saved by proximity.

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 Having some Christian friends will not save you.

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 Having attended church worship on occasion will not save you.

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 Getting involved with Christian charitable organizations will not save you.

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 Have you personally turned toward Jesus in your own life?

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 Have you trusted in Jesus?

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 Have you believed in Jesus?

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 That means to entrust your entire life to him.

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 To put your faith in him

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 and nothing else for your salvation.

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 Paralyzed, Aeneas, on the one hand,

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 and dead, Tabitha on the other,

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 are both highly apt pictures

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 of our spiritual condition apart from Jesus.

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 Aeneas could never get off his bed

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 on his own.

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 Never.

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 Tabitha could not lift a finger

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 to do anything for herself.

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 Likewise, we can do absolutely nothing

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 to save ourselves,

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 and that's the consistent testimony of Scriptures

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 Ephesians 2, verse 4 says,

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 But God, being rich in mercy,

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 because of the great love with which he loved us,

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 even when we were dead in our trespasses,

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 made us alive together with Jesus.

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 By grace you have been saved.

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 God does not let us bring any of our own merit

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 of righteousness to him

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 because he has determined to save us

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 by his grace alone

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 for his glory alone.

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 None of us has sufficient merit

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 or spiritual, moral standing

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 to earn our salvation.

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 No one.

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 No one in this room.

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 No one in this entire world.

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 In fact, we all have a mountain of demerit.

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 We have a debt we could never hope to repay

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 because of our sins.

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 But Jesus died for us on the cross

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 and in our place

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 to pay our debt,

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 and he was raised from the dead

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 so that we might live forever.

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 So that we might have salvation.

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 That's the good news of Jesus Christ

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 that this healing and raising

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 of Tabitha and Ineos is a picture of.

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 Now let me turn to my second topical sermon

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 that I told you guys about

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 on women in ministry.

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 We are a complementarian church

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 which believes that men and women

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 have complementary,

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 interdependent roles

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 as opposed to interchangeable roles,

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 both in the home and in the church.

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 More explicitly,

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 we believe that in marriage,

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 God calls husbands to headship

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 and wives to helpership

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 in accordance with Genesis 2, 18-25

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 and Ephesians 5, 22-33.

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 Similarly, we believe that in the church,

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 God calls only men to teach

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 and exercise authority over the church

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 in accordance with 1 Timothy 2, 8-15,

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 which means at minimum

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 that only men may be elders and pastors,

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 while women are called

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 to utilize their various gifts

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 in other contexts of the church body.

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 And it's that latter question

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 that I want to address today.

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 What can women do in the church?

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 What does women in ministry look like?

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 This question was raised

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 by several members of our church

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 at our members' meeting in 2020

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 and so when we were first

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 scheduling out our series

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 in the book of Acts,

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 we had planned to address this

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 as a topical sermon

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 at this point of the book.

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 And we see the ministry

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 of many men throughout the book of Acts,

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 but the essential

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 and indispensable ministry of women

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 often is missed.

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 And so we're going to survey

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 the book of Acts

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 to look at women in the early church

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 and their involvement in ministry

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 and bring in other scripture passages

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 as well to illuminate this subject.

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 And though the sermon

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 is primarily addressed

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 toward our sisters,

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 men will find plenty to glean

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 from God's word

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 because much of this

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 applies to you as well.

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 So let's begin with the passage

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 that we already looked at today,

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 Acts 9, 36-43.

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 First, it says in verse 36,

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 Now there was in Joppa

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 a disciple named Tabitha,

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 which translated means Dorcas.

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 Before we talk about

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 the ministries of women,

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 we need to first address

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 their identity

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 as disciples of Jesus Christ.

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 Women in the church

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 are disciples of Jesus Christ,

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 meaning they are discipled

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 by Jesus Christ

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 and commissioned to make

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 disciples of Jesus Christ.

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 They are taught by Jesus

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 to follow Him in His way.

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 At the time of the early church,

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 Jewish rabbis

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 did not accept

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 women disciples.

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 For example,

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 Rabbi Eliezer

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 from the first century

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 expressed the popular

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 cultural sentiment

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 of the day

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 when he said this,

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 Rather,

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 should the words

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 of the Torah

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 or the law of God

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 be burned

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 than entrusted

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 to a woman?

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 Whoever teaches

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 his daughter the Torah

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 is like one

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 who teaches

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 her lasciviousness.

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 But in stark contrast,

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 Jesus

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 calls every woman

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 to be

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 His disciple.

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 In Luke 8,

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 1-3,

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 we see that outside

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 of the twelve apostles,

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 Jesus had a larger group

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 of disciples

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 that followed Him around,

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 a group that included

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 women like Mary Magdalene,

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 Joanna,

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 and Susanna,

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 among others.

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 And Jesus'

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 discipling of women

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 is beautifully illustrated

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 in Luke 10,

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 verse 39,

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 where when Jesus

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 enters the home

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 of Martha,

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 it says she had

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 a sister named Mary

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 who sat at the Lord's feet

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 and listened to His teaching.

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 To sit at the Lord's feet

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 is the technical way

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 of describing

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 the posture

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 and relationship

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 of a disciple

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 to his or her teacher.

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 Sitting at the feet

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 of a Jewish rabbi

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 was an exclusive

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 prerogative reserved

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 for His disciples.

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 And that's where

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 we find Mary.

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 Acts 22,

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 verse 3,

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 says that Paul

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 was educated

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 at the feet

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 of Gamaliel.

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 Gamaliel would not

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 have let Mary

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 sit at his feet

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 as one of his disciples,

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 but Jesus does.

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 He calls every single

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 one of you,

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 man and woman,

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 to be His disciple,

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 and He commissions you

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 then to make disciples

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Mary's sister Martha

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 who was slaving away

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 in the kitchen

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 and was frustrated

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 and angry

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 with her sister Mary

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 for sitting at Jesus' feet,

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 listening to Him

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 and not helping her

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 in the kitchen.

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 So she storms

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 into the living room

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 and then confronts Jesus

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 and says,

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 Lord, do you not care

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 that my sister

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 has left me

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 to serve alone?

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 Tell her then

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 to help me.

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 But Jesus is unyielding.

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 He says,

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 Martha, Martha,

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 you are anxious

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 and troubled

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 about many things,

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 but one thing

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 is necessary.

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 Mary has chosen

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 the good portion

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 which will not be

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 taken away from her.

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 Mary had chosen

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 to be with Jesus.

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 She had chosen

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 to listen to Jesus

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 at His feet.

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 She had chosen

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 to be His disciple.

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 In effect,

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 Jesus is saying,

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 Martha,

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 I didn't come

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 into your house

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 so I could eat

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 the delicious meal

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 that you work hard

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 to prepare.

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 I came to your house

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 that you might be with me.

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 That you might listen

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 to me.

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 The word portion

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 is a metaphor

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 for portions of food.

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 Mary chose to sit

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 at the Lord's feet

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 to listen to His teaching,

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 literally to listen

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 to His word.

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 Martha was busy

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 doling out food,

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 but Mary had chosen

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 the better portion

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 of God's word.

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 She had chosen

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 the better dish,

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 the bread of God

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 rather than

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 the bread of man.

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 Many things

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 are expected

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 of women these days.

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 Many things demand

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 your time,

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 energy,

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 and attention.

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 But the late

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 Anne Ortlund,

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 wife of Pastor

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 Ray Ortlund Sr.,

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 counsels women

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 this way in her book,

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 Disciplines of the Beautiful Woman.

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 Quote,

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 Don't think of yourself

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 first as a wife

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 or a single person

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 or a mother

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 or a worker

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 in some field.

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 You will someday

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 stand before God

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 all by yourself.

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 of course,

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 God wants you

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 to be a faithful wife

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 and a mother

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 and a worker

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 and a student,

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 but never

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 to the neglect

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 of being

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 a disciple

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Are you regularly

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 sitting at His feet?

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 Are you listening

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 to His Word?

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 Or are you too busy

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 to listen to anything

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 He is saying to you?

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 Rise up,

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 women of God

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 who cherish

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 the Word of God

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 and prioritize

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 the worship of God.

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 So first,

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 God calls women

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 to be disciples

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Second,

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 God calls women

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 to be ministers

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 of mercy.

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 Verse 36 tells us

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 that Tabitha

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 was full of good works

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 and acts of charity.

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 Verse 39

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 gives us an example

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 of the good works

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 that Tabitha did.

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 It says,

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 All the widows

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 stood beside him

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 weeping and showing

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 tunics and other garments

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 that Dorcas made

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 while she was with them.

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 Of course,

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 every Christian man

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 or woman

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 are called to abound

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 in good works,

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 but good works

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 are also specifically

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 commanded

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 for Christian women

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 as their proper

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 spiritual adornment

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 in 1 Timothy 2

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 verses 9-10.

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 It says,

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 Women should adorn

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 themselves

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 in respectable apparel

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 with modesty

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 and self-control,

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 not with braided hair

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 and gold

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 or pearls

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 or costly attire,

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 but with what is proper

00:19:34.139 --> 00:19:34.740
 for women

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 who profess godliness

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 with good works.

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 Same phrase.

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 The proper attire

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 for Christian women

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 is not expensive articles

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 and elaborate adornments

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 that bring attention

00:19:51.619 --> 00:19:52.859
 to themselves,

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 but rather good works

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 that serve others.

00:20:02.699 --> 00:20:03.639
 Christian women

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 should beautify themselves

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 not with things

00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:07.479
 that bring attention

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 to themselves,

00:20:08.459 --> 00:20:10.459
 but by paying attention

00:20:10.459 --> 00:20:12.979
 to and serving others.

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 in the same letter

00:20:16.839 --> 00:20:17.839
 in 1 Timothy 5,

00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:18.660
 Paul outlines

00:20:18.660 --> 00:20:19.440
 qualifications

00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:20.200
 for widows

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 who should be enrolled

00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:22.819
 to receive financial support

00:20:22.819 --> 00:20:23.819
 from the local church.

00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:25.220
 He says that,

00:20:25.339 --> 00:20:26.039
 among other things,

00:20:26.120 --> 00:20:26.740
 these widows

00:20:26.740 --> 00:20:27.539
 should have,

00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:27.860
 quote,

00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:28.759
 a reputation

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 for good works.

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 And he further specifies

00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:35.160
 these good works

00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:35.740
 by saying,

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 if she has brought up

00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:37.720
 children,

00:20:38.180 --> 00:20:39.339
 has shown hospitality,

00:20:39.579 --> 00:20:40.640
 has washed the feet

00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:41.200
 of the saints,

00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:43.200
 has cared for the afflicted,

00:20:43.340 --> 00:20:44.500
 and has devoted herself

00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:46.220
 to every good work.

00:20:47.100 --> 00:20:49.279
 The focus of good works

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:50.240
 here seems,

00:20:50.680 --> 00:20:51.340
 in this passage,

00:20:51.460 --> 00:20:52.019
 seems to be

00:20:52.019 --> 00:20:53.180
 mercy ministries.

00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:56.000
 Rearing dependent children,

00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:57.500
 showing hospitality

00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:58.220
 to travelers,

00:20:58.819 --> 00:20:59.660
 washing the feet

00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:00.319
 of the saints,

00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:02.039
 caring for the afflicted.

00:21:04.380 --> 00:21:04.940
 Similarly,

00:21:05.080 --> 00:21:05.680
 the Greek word

00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:06.460
 that is translated

00:21:06.460 --> 00:21:06.920
 charity

00:21:06.920 --> 00:21:07.900
 comes from the word

00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:09.059
 that means mercy.

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:11.279
 and most often

00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:12.159
 refers to giving

00:21:12.159 --> 00:21:12.879
 to the poor.

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 It's the same word

00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:16.720
 that was used

00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:17.700
 in Acts chapter 3,

00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:18.480
 verses 2 to 3,

00:21:18.539 --> 00:21:19.480
 to describe the lame man

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:20.579
 asking for alms

00:21:20.579 --> 00:21:22.119
 from passerbys.

00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:25.539
 So once again,

00:21:25.619 --> 00:21:26.379
 in modern terms,

00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:26.879
 we might say

00:21:26.879 --> 00:21:27.720
 that Tabitha

00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:28.500
 excelled

00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:29.639
 in mercy ministries.

00:21:31.619 --> 00:21:32.480
 Her husband

00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:33.259
 is not mentioned.

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.019
 We might,

00:21:34.399 --> 00:21:35.399
 she was surrounded

00:21:35.399 --> 00:21:36.079
 by widows,

00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:38.059
 so we could infer

00:21:38.059 --> 00:21:39.779
 that she was likely

00:21:39.779 --> 00:21:40.779
 a widow herself.

00:21:41.879 --> 00:21:43.000
 But she was not

00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:43.960
 disillusioned

00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:44.919
 or aimless

00:21:44.919 --> 00:21:45.960
 in the waning years

00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:46.480
 of her life.

00:21:46.699 --> 00:21:47.539
 She was full

00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:48.319
 of good works.

00:21:49.439 --> 00:21:50.519
 She had made tunics

00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:51.240
 and other garments

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:51.759
 to clothe

00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:52.679
 the poor widows

00:21:52.679 --> 00:21:53.379
 around her.

00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:54.899
 She probably also

00:21:54.899 --> 00:21:55.659
 cooked for them

00:21:55.659 --> 00:21:56.339
 and nursed them

00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:56.980
 in their sickness.

00:21:57.720 --> 00:21:58.859
 Tabitha was a pillar

00:21:58.859 --> 00:22:00.539
 of the early church

00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:02.119
 in Lydda,

00:22:02.659 --> 00:22:03.240
 in Joppa.

00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:05.200
 And her ministry

00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:06.299
 was invaluable

00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:07.420
 and indispensable.

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:10.420
 It's much like

00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:11.480
 the diacoma ministry

00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:12.420
 that we'll be

00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:13.559
 talking about,

00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:14.180
 we've talked about

00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:14.680
 in the past.

00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:16.000
 These widows

00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:17.279
 had been so well loved

00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:17.880
 by Tabitha

00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:18.460
 that they couldn't

00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:18.960
 let her go.

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:20.299
 They got Peter

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:22.680
 and God graciously

00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:23.700
 raised her from the dead

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:24.440
 as a gift

00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:25.640
 to this church.

00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:33.160
 There are Tabithas

00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:34.240
 in our church.

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.720
 There will be more

00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:38.080
 Tabithas in our church

00:22:38.080 --> 00:22:39.580
 in the years to come.

00:22:39.700 --> 00:22:40.780
 So rise up

00:22:40.780 --> 00:22:43.759
 to serve,

00:22:44.840 --> 00:22:46.160
 to do ministries

00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:46.660
 of mercy,

00:22:47.580 --> 00:22:50.300
 to wash the feet

00:22:50.300 --> 00:22:50.880
 of the saints.

00:22:50.880 --> 00:23:00.260
 Third,

00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:01.380
 women along with men

00:23:01.380 --> 00:23:01.820
 are called

00:23:01.820 --> 00:23:02.860
 to be prayer warriors.

00:23:04.760 --> 00:23:05.700
 Now turn with me

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.140
 to the beginning

00:23:06.140 --> 00:23:07.000
 of the book of Acts,

00:23:07.100 --> 00:23:07.600
 chapter 1,

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:08.180
 verse 14.

00:23:08.260 --> 00:23:08.820
 It says there,

00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:11.020
 all these with one accord

00:23:11.020 --> 00:23:12.060
 were devoting themselves

00:23:12.060 --> 00:23:12.640
 to prayer

00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:14.200
 and together

00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:14.800
 with the woman

00:23:14.800 --> 00:23:15.320
 and Mary,

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:16.100
 the mother of Jesus

00:23:16.100 --> 00:23:16.840
 and his brothers.

00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:19.360
 In Acts,

00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:20.700
 we see Christian women

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.740
 who are devoted

00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:22.660
 to prayer,

00:23:23.340 --> 00:23:24.240
 spending much

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:25.080
 of their lives

00:23:25.080 --> 00:23:25.940
 praying.

00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:31.740
 19th century

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.920
 Pastor Oswald Chambers

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:33.519
 says this,

00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:33.819
 quote,

00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:35.799
 prayer does not fit us

00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.960
 for the greater work.

00:23:37.580 --> 00:23:38.400
 Prayer is

00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:39.640
 the greater work.

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:43.220
 When we pray to God,

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:43.880
 we are having

00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:44.559
 conference

00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:46.539
 with the King of Kings,

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:48.100
 the Lord of Lords

00:23:48.100 --> 00:23:48.640
 himself.

00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:51.420
 what greater work

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:52.520
 is there than that?

00:23:54.080 --> 00:23:55.120
 His authority

00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:55.800
 and power

00:23:55.800 --> 00:23:57.320
 infinitely exceed ours.

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.980
 Does it not make sense

00:23:58.980 --> 00:23:59.460
 for us

00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:00.340
 to ask him

00:24:00.340 --> 00:24:01.320
 to intervene

00:24:01.320 --> 00:24:02.400
 and act

00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:06.120
 instead of taking things

00:24:06.120 --> 00:24:07.120
 into our own hands

00:24:07.120 --> 00:24:07.780
 and trying to do

00:24:07.780 --> 00:24:09.020
 everything ourselves?

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:13.879
 I share this

00:24:13.879 --> 00:24:14.879
 with one of the

00:24:14.879 --> 00:24:16.000
 women's ministry sessions,

00:24:16.379 --> 00:24:16.879
 but there was

00:24:16.879 --> 00:24:18.079
 a great Christian revival

00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:18.819
 in the Scottish

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:19.319
 Islands

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:19.740
 called

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:21.299
 the Hebrides

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:22.420
 in the middle

00:24:22.420 --> 00:24:23.420
 of the 20th century

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:25.480
 and it began

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:26.759
 with two sisters,

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.539
 Peggy

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:28.619
 and Christine Smith,

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:30.440
 82

00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:31.299
 and 84

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:31.900
 years old

00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:32.420
 respectively.

00:24:33.379 --> 00:24:33.660
 Peggy

00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:34.220
 was completely

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:34.720
 blind,

00:24:35.720 --> 00:24:36.000
 Christine

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.900
 was bent over

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.600
 with arthritis,

00:24:38.100 --> 00:24:39.140
 but they

00:24:39.140 --> 00:24:40.080
 were burdened

00:24:40.080 --> 00:24:40.640
 due to the

00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:41.060
 depressed

00:24:41.060 --> 00:24:42.140
 spiritual state

00:24:42.140 --> 00:24:42.540
 of their

00:24:42.540 --> 00:24:43.340
 village church.

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:45.140
 They sensed

00:24:45.140 --> 00:24:45.440
 the Lord

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:46.500
 speaking to them

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:47.400
 about revival

00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:48.600
 from Isaiah 44

00:24:48.600 --> 00:24:49.220
 verse 3

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.840
 and so they

00:24:49.840 --> 00:24:50.600
 began to pray

00:24:50.600 --> 00:24:51.300
 in their small

00:24:51.300 --> 00:24:51.860
 cottage

00:24:51.860 --> 00:24:52.840
 two to three

00:24:52.840 --> 00:24:53.700
 nights per week

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.900
 from 10pm

00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:55.700
 to 3am.

00:24:57.840 --> 00:24:58.759
 After several

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.540
 weeks of praying

00:24:59.540 --> 00:25:00.040
 in this way,

00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:01.019
 Peggy had a vision

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.920
 of her church

00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:02.700
 being crowded

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.600
 with young people

00:25:03.600 --> 00:25:04.840
 who at that point

00:25:04.840 --> 00:25:05.720
 didn't want anything

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.519
 to do with the church.

00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:08.880
 And she also

00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:09.400
 had a vision

00:25:09.400 --> 00:25:10.180
 of an unknown

00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:10.759
 preacher

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:12.320
 ministering

00:25:12.320 --> 00:25:12.940
 from the pulpit.

00:25:14.820 --> 00:25:15.080
 Peggy

00:25:15.080 --> 00:25:15.519
 then sent

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:15.820
 for their

00:25:15.820 --> 00:25:16.140
 minister,

00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:16.840
 Reverend James

00:25:16.840 --> 00:25:17.560
 Murray McKay

00:25:17.560 --> 00:25:18.140
 and she told

00:25:18.140 --> 00:25:18.600
 him that they

00:25:18.600 --> 00:25:19.160
 sensed the Lord

00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:19.600
 was going to

00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:20.300
 send revival

00:25:20.300 --> 00:25:21.019
 and that we

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.540
 must get

00:25:21.540 --> 00:25:23.040
 the churches

00:25:23.040 --> 00:25:23.840
 around in the

00:25:23.840 --> 00:25:24.660
 area to spend

00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:25.560
 some dedicated

00:25:25.560 --> 00:25:26.420
 time in prayer.

00:25:28.080 --> 00:25:28.800
 Pastor McKay

00:25:28.800 --> 00:25:29.400
 respected

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:30.540
 this sister's

00:25:30.540 --> 00:25:31.220
 spiritual judgment

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:32.100
 and he made

00:25:32.100 --> 00:25:32.480
 the call

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:32.900
 to pray.

00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:35.340
 And then

00:25:35.340 --> 00:25:36.060
 later Peggy

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.579
 Smith also

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.000
 told her

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.339
 pastor

00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:38.019
 James McKay

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:38.299
 that he

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:38.740
 was supposed

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:39.299
 to invite

00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:39.879
 someone to

00:25:39.879 --> 00:25:40.980
 preach during

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:41.519
 the revival.

00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:43.000
 But she

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:43.579
 didn't know

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:44.339
 who he was.

00:25:44.419 --> 00:25:44.819
 She only

00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:45.539
 saw her

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:46.700
 face in

00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:47.059
 the vision.

00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:49.339
 And so

00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:50.000
 McKay made

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.859
 some contacts

00:25:50.859 --> 00:25:51.740
 and found

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.879
 Duncan Campbell

00:25:52.879 --> 00:25:53.799
 and asked

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.339
 him to come.

00:25:55.399 --> 00:25:55.619
 Campbell

00:25:55.619 --> 00:25:56.179
 was at that

00:25:56.179 --> 00:25:56.859
 time already

00:25:56.859 --> 00:25:57.599
 involved in an

00:25:57.599 --> 00:25:58.619
 evangelistic campaign

00:25:58.619 --> 00:25:59.179
 on the island

00:25:59.179 --> 00:25:59.759
 of Skye

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:01.440
 and conversions

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:01.859
 were taking

00:26:01.859 --> 00:26:02.500
 place there.

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:02.880
 and so

00:26:02.880 --> 00:26:03.119
 when he

00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:03.440
 received

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:03.859
 this letter

00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:04.319
 to come

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:04.880
 to the

00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:05.119
 village

00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:05.640
 of Barbas

00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:06.200
 he said

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:06.619
 he couldn't

00:26:06.619 --> 00:26:06.960
 come.

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:08.740
 And McKay

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.619
 Pastor McKay

00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:10.319
 relayed this

00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:11.019
 to Sister

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.519
 Peggy

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:12.440
 and she

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:12.960
 responded

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:14.160
 Mr. McKay

00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:15.200
 that is what

00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:16.259
 man is saying

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:17.400
 but God

00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:17.859
 has said

00:26:17.859 --> 00:26:18.700
 something else

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.440
 and he

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:20.119
 will be here

00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:20.920
 within a

00:26:20.920 --> 00:26:21.359
 fortnight.

00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:23.599
 And due

00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:24.099
 to a change

00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:24.640
 of events

00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:26.039
 lo and behold

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:28.539
 Duncan Campbell

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:28.960
 came

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.859
 within 10

00:26:29.859 --> 00:26:30.200
 days

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:31.140
 within a

00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:31.480
 fortnight.

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:33.759
 and as

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.240
 he preached

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.700
 the gospel

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.079
 and the

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:35.299
 people

00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:35.700
 continued

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.140
 to pray

00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:36.740
 for revival

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.259
 the spirit

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.599
 of God

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:37.980
 descended

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.640
 in power

00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:39.920
 upon the

00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:40.220
 Scottish

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:40.700
 islands.

00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:41.039
 People

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.880
 became aware

00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:42.200
 of the

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.640
 palpable

00:26:42.640 --> 00:26:43.059
 presence

00:26:43.059 --> 00:26:43.640
 of God.

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:44.180
 They were

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:44.539
 captured

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:44.940
 by the

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.400
 reality

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:45.880
 of eternal

00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:46.380
 things.

00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:46.960
 People

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.460
 were lining

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:48.160
 up to attend

00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:48.920
 church services.

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:49.180
 They were

00:26:49.180 --> 00:26:49.740
 standing room

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.339
 only and

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:50.940
 many many

00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.420
 people

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:52.220
 were being

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.640
 converted

00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:53.059
 for the

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:53.680
 first time.

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:55.960
 It all

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.420
 began

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:58.440
 with blind

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:59.380
 and arthritic

00:26:59.380 --> 00:27:00.240
 80 year old

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:00.559
 woman

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:02.419
 who had

00:27:02.419 --> 00:27:03.379
 no physical

00:27:03.379 --> 00:27:03.779
 vigor

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.500
 who had

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.500
 no societal

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.039
 position

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:06.759
 who had

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:07.839
 no intellectual

00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.379
 clout

00:27:08.379 --> 00:27:09.099
 but who

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:09.619
 had

00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:10.720
 spiritual

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.460
 power

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:15.119
 because

00:27:15.119 --> 00:27:15.720
 they had

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.919
 direct access

00:27:16.919 --> 00:27:17.700
 to the

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.159
 king of

00:27:18.159 --> 00:27:18.440
 kings

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:19.079
 by prayer.

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:22.960
 So

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.700
 rise up

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.119
 women of

00:27:24.119 --> 00:27:24.460
 God

00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:26.840
 prayer

00:27:26.840 --> 00:27:27.319
 warriors

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:27.559
 whose

00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:28.279
 voices

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:28.720
 may

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.740
 not be

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.220
 heard

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:31.340
 in the

00:27:31.340 --> 00:27:31.940
 quarters of

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.299
 power

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:32.799
 in this

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.180
 world

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:34.299
 but whose

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:34.740
 voices

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.600
 are heard

00:27:35.600 --> 00:27:36.500
 and well

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:36.920
 known

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.340
 in the

00:27:37.340 --> 00:27:37.660
 heavenly

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:38.180
 courts.

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:42.600
 That

00:27:42.600 --> 00:27:43.240
 is the

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.440
 more

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:43.860
 powerful

00:27:43.860 --> 00:27:44.400
 voice.

00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:47.079
 That

00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:47.620
 is the

00:27:47.620 --> 00:27:47.980
 most

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.500
 important

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.000
 place

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.340
 to be

00:27:49.340 --> 00:27:49.579
 heard.

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:56.740
 I think

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:56.899
 I have

00:27:56.899 --> 00:27:57.240
 a picture

00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:57.480
 of her

00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:57.859
 up there.

00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:58.939
 Peggy

00:27:58.939 --> 00:27:59.039
 and

00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.259
 Christine

00:27:59.259 --> 00:27:59.659
 Smith.

00:28:00.399 --> 00:28:00.659
 If you

00:28:00.659 --> 00:28:00.819
 guys

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.000
 have

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.240
 that.

00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:04.099
 Fourth,

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:05.679
 women in

00:28:05.679 --> 00:28:06.059
 the church

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.500
 may also

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:06.980
 be called

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.699
 to be

00:28:07.699 --> 00:28:08.319
 prophetesses

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:08.819
 of God.

00:28:09.419 --> 00:28:09.859
 Prophets

00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:10.240
 of God.

00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:11.559
 Please

00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:12.279
 turn with me

00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:12.740
 to chapter

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.319
 2 verses

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:13.919
 14 to

00:28:13.919 --> 00:28:14.299
 18.

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:15.220
 Sorry for

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:15.699
 making you

00:28:15.699 --> 00:28:17.119
 searcher all

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:17.659
 over scripture.

00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:18.480
 This is good

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:18.980
 practice for

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:19.099
 you.

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:19.299
 We are

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:19.480
 in the

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:19.680
 same

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.039
 book.

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.400
 You

00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:20.500
 don't

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:20.640
 have

00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:20.720
 to

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:20.860
 look

00:28:20.860 --> 00:28:21.160
 far.

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:21.920
 Acts

00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:22.220
 chapter

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.880
 2 verses

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:24.380
 14 to

00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:24.759
 18.

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.200
 There

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:25.920
 quoting

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.700
 Joel 2,

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:27.759
 Peter

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.579
 explains the

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:29.079
 significance

00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:29.660
 of the

00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:30.039
 outpouring

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.279
 of the

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:30.440
 Holy

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:30.720
 Spirit

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:30.900
 at

00:28:30.900 --> 00:28:31.400
 Pentecost

00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:31.599
 in

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:31.799
 verses

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.279
 17

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:32.500
 to

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:32.900
 18.

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:33.880
 He

00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:34.160
 says,

00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:34.839
 And in

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.279
 the last

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:35.819
 days it

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.039
 shall

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.299
 be,

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:36.579
 God

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:37.000
 declares,

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:37.279
 that I

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.759
 will pour

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.160
 out my

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:38.680
 spirit on

00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:39.299
 all flesh,

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.079
 and your

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:40.660
 sons and

00:28:40.660 --> 00:28:41.240
 your daughters

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.559
 shall

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:42.279
 prophesy,

00:28:42.620 --> 00:28:42.980
 and your

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:43.559
 young men

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:44.140
 shall see

00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:44.579
 visions,

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.299
 and your

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:45.839
 old men

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:46.139
 shall

00:28:46.139 --> 00:28:47.019
 dream dreams,

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:47.579
 and on

00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:48.019
 my male

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.779
 servants and

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.200
 female

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:49.839
 servants in

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:50.500
 those days I

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:50.919
 will pour

00:28:50.919 --> 00:28:51.279
 out my

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:51.599
 spirit,

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.200
 and they

00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:52.480
 shall

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:53.000
 prophesy.

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:55.039
 In the

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:55.559
 Old Testament

00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:56.059
 period,

00:28:56.379 --> 00:28:56.799
 the Spirit

00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:57.180
 of God

00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:57.740
 came upon

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:58.339
 a select

00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:58.819
 group of

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.180
 people,

00:28:59.579 --> 00:29:00.019
 temporarily

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.740
 to help

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.419
 them fulfill

00:29:01.419 --> 00:29:01.960
 specific

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:02.619
 charges that

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:02.960
 God had

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.399
 given them.

00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:04.319
 But in

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:04.759
 the New

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.099
 Covenant

00:29:05.099 --> 00:29:05.399
 Age,

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:05.919
 the Spirit

00:29:05.919 --> 00:29:06.419
 of God

00:29:06.419 --> 00:29:06.919
 and the

00:29:06.919 --> 00:29:07.480
 power

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:08.519
 comes upon

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:09.460
 all those

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:10.119
 who repent

00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:10.720
 and are

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:11.359
 baptized in

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:11.599
 the name

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:11.940
 of Jesus

00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:12.399
 Christ.

00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:13.579
 Whether

00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:13.980
 they be

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.960
 young or

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.319
 old,

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:16.120
 slave or

00:29:16.120 --> 00:29:16.480
 free,

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:17.900
 male or

00:29:17.900 --> 00:29:18.559
 female.

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:21.420
 This great

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:22.180
 privilege that

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:22.539
 in the Old

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:23.059
 Testament was

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.860
 reserved for

00:29:23.860 --> 00:29:24.319
 kings,

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.100
 prophets,

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:25.860
 priests,

00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:26.480
 judges,

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:28.440
 is now

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:29.579
 yours in

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:30.180
 Jesus Christ.

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:32.960
 And in

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.440
 1 Corinthians

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:33.819
 11,

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.420
 Paul gives

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:34.900
 specific

00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:35.720
 instructions for

00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:38.240
 how women

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:39.000
 should prophesy

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.559
 in the context

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:40.039
 of the church

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.420
 worship.

00:29:41.840 --> 00:29:42.740
 So clearly

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.380
 he thinks that

00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:43.720
 there are

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:44.500
 prophetesses

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:45.380
 in the church

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:45.920
 who ought to

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:46.380
 share the

00:29:46.380 --> 00:29:47.000
 revelation that

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.480
 God gives

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:48.240
 them just

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:48.579
 as we

00:29:48.579 --> 00:29:49.140
 have earlier

00:29:49.140 --> 00:29:49.680
 Jan and

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:50.339
 Lauren share

00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:52.019
 the prophecies

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.339
 that they

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:53.079
 received from

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:53.319
 God.

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:55.079
 Acts chapter

00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:55.839
 21 verse

00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:56.720
 9 tells us

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.480
 that Philip

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:58.279
 the evangelist,

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:59.460
 my role model

00:29:59.460 --> 00:30:00.200
 and aspiration

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:01.039
 in raising

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.440
 daughters,

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:02.920
 had four

00:30:02.920 --> 00:30:03.599
 unmarried

00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:04.279
 daughters who

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.940
 prophesied.

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.940
 God's

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:06.940
 father.

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:10.759
 Where are

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.160
 the women

00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:13.180
 who will

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.820
 rise up

00:30:13.820 --> 00:30:15.539
 full of

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:15.880
 the Holy

00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:16.360
 Spirit,

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.360
 attentive

00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:18.840
 and familiar

00:30:18.840 --> 00:30:20.340
 with the

00:30:20.340 --> 00:30:21.140
 voice of

00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:21.539
 the Lord?

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:28.059
 Fifth,

00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:28.580
 women in the

00:30:28.580 --> 00:30:29.000
 church may

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.539
 serve as

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:30.240
 patrons of

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:30.680
 the gospel.

00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:33.360
 after Peter

00:30:33.360 --> 00:30:34.019
 is rescued

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.460
 by God

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:34.620
 from

00:30:34.620 --> 00:30:35.160
 imprisonment

00:30:35.160 --> 00:30:35.480
 in Acts

00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:36.220
 chapter 12

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:36.960
 it says

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.600
 in verse 12

00:30:37.600 --> 00:30:37.900
 that he

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:38.279
 went to

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.759
 the house

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:39.299
 of Mary

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:41.180
 the mother

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:41.620
 of John

00:30:41.620 --> 00:30:42.000
 whose other

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.360
 name was

00:30:42.360 --> 00:30:42.700
 Mark

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.200
 where many

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:43.740
 were gathered

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.140
 together

00:30:44.140 --> 00:30:44.500
 and were

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:44.920
 praying.

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:46.120
 Here Mary

00:30:46.120 --> 00:30:47.120
 was the

00:30:47.120 --> 00:30:47.600
 host

00:30:47.600 --> 00:30:48.920
 and patron

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:49.620
 of the

00:30:49.620 --> 00:30:49.920
 local

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:50.340
 gathering

00:30:50.340 --> 00:30:50.620
 of the

00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:50.980
 church.

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.580
 We see

00:30:53.580 --> 00:30:54.039
 a similar

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:54.460
 ministry

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:55.340
 of women

00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:56.120
 in Acts

00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:56.980
 chapter 16

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.640
 verses 11

00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:58.120
 to 15.

00:30:58.259 --> 00:30:58.660
 Please turn

00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:59.019
 there with

00:30:59.019 --> 00:30:59.180
 me.

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:00.379
 This is

00:31:00.379 --> 00:31:00.839
 when Paul

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:01.279
 is preaching

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:01.720
 the gospel

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:02.160
 in the

00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:02.480
 city of

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:02.879
 Philippi

00:31:02.879 --> 00:31:03.220
 in Acts

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:03.680
 16

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.240
 verses 11

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:04.779
 to 15.

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:05.940
 It says

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:06.180
 there

00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:06.940
 verses 14

00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:07.440
 and 15

00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:08.559
 one who

00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:09.079
 heard us

00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:09.420
 was a

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:10.099
 woman named

00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:10.680
 Lydia

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.599
 from the

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:12.099
 city of

00:31:12.099 --> 00:31:13.000
 Thyatira

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:14.039
 a seller

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.500
 of purple

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:14.879
 goods

00:31:14.879 --> 00:31:15.839
 who was a

00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:16.240
 worshiper

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:16.740
 of God.

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:17.720
 The Lord

00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:18.400
 opened her

00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:18.920
 heart to

00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:19.480
 pay attention

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:19.940
 to what

00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:20.539
 was said

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.119
 by Paul

00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:22.259
 and after

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.680
 she was

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.039
 baptized

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.500
 and her

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:23.819
 household

00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:24.240
 as well

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.839
 she urged

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:25.400
 us saying

00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:26.039
 if you

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.559
 have judged

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:26.980
 me to be

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.519
 faithful to

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:27.879
 the Lord

00:31:27.879 --> 00:31:28.660
 come to

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:29.259
 my house

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:29.940
 and stay

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:30.320
 and she

00:31:30.320 --> 00:31:30.920
 prevailed

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.900
 upon us.

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:33.460
 Lydia was

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:34.440
 likely widowed

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:35.080
 or divorced

00:31:35.080 --> 00:31:35.620
 since her

00:31:35.620 --> 00:31:36.060
 husband is

00:31:36.060 --> 00:31:36.540
 not mentioned

00:31:36.540 --> 00:31:36.880
 and she

00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:37.300
 seems to

00:31:37.300 --> 00:31:37.779
 be making

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.460
 business

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:38.980
 decisions

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.480
 independently

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:39.860
 of her

00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:40.140
 husband

00:31:40.140 --> 00:31:41.519
 and as

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:42.019
 seller of

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:42.700
 purple goods

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:43.279
 she was

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:44.019
 well-to-do

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:44.620
 and she

00:31:44.620 --> 00:31:45.900
 used her

00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:46.440
 house

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:47.320
 and her

00:31:47.320 --> 00:31:47.820
 wealth

00:31:47.820 --> 00:31:48.759
 to serve

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.259
 the church

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:51.300
 and from

00:31:51.300 --> 00:31:51.800
 that point

00:31:51.800 --> 00:31:52.240
 on the

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:52.740
 church in

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.180
 Philippi

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:53.740
 met in

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.180
 Lydia's

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:54.519
 house

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:55.119
 house

00:31:55.119 --> 00:31:55.799
 and her

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.099
 home

00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:56.539
 became

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:56.819
 the

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.259
 base

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:58.440
 for

00:31:58.440 --> 00:31:58.940
 Paul's

00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.319
 subsequent

00:31:59.319 --> 00:31:59.740
 missionary

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.200
 work.

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:02.799
 We saw

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:03.039
 a woman

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.339
 playing

00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:03.799
 similar

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.220
 helping

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:04.400
 and

00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:04.779
 supporting

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.220
 roles

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:05.460
 in

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:05.799
 Jesus'

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.379
 ministry

00:32:06.379 --> 00:32:06.779
 as well

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.400
 Luke 8

00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:08.099
 1-3

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:09.039
 it says

00:32:09.039 --> 00:32:09.579
 that some

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:10.160
 woman who

00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:10.460
 had been

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:10.940
 healed of

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:11.460
 evil spirits

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:12.099
 and infirmities

00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:12.779
 Mary called

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:13.519
 Magdalene from

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:13.920
 whom seven

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.460
 demons had

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.859
 gone out

00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:15.559
 and Joanna

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:16.359
 the wife

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:16.900
 of Chusa

00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:17.460
 Herod's

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:17.759
 household

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.180
 manager

00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:18.960
 and Susanna

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:19.779
 and many

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.299
 others

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:21.420
 traveled with

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:21.819
 Jesus

00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:22.359
 and the

00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:22.579
 twelve

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:23.059
 apostles

00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:23.679
 and

00:32:23.679 --> 00:32:24.419
 provided

00:32:24.419 --> 00:32:25.240
 for them

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.759
 out of

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.019
 their

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.599
 means

00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:27.179
 end

00:32:27.179 --> 00:32:27.460
 quote

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:28.980
 this

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.379
 appears

00:32:29.379 --> 00:32:29.799
 to have

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.059
 been a

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.339
 common

00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:30.899
 practice

00:32:30.899 --> 00:32:31.679
 back in

00:32:31.679 --> 00:32:32.039
 the day

00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:32.879
 Paul says

00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:33.220
 in 1

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.599
 Corinthians

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:34.059
 9

00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:34.559
 verses

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:35.240
 3-6

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:35.919
 this is

00:32:35.919 --> 00:32:36.159
 my

00:32:36.159 --> 00:32:36.659
 defense

00:32:36.659 --> 00:32:37.099
 to those

00:32:37.099 --> 00:32:37.359
 who would

00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:37.720
 examine

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.119
 me

00:32:38.119 --> 00:32:38.819
 do we

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:39.359
 not have

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:39.759
 the right

00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:40.159
 to eat

00:32:40.159 --> 00:32:40.720
 and drink

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.359
 do we

00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:41.899
 not have

00:32:41.899 --> 00:32:42.259
 the right

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:42.639
 to take

00:32:42.639 --> 00:32:42.980
 along

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:43.619
 a believing

00:32:43.619 --> 00:32:44.099
 wife

00:32:44.099 --> 00:32:44.859
 as do

00:32:44.859 --> 00:32:45.299
 the other

00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:45.799
 apostles

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:46.200
 and the

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:46.439
 brothers

00:32:46.439 --> 00:32:46.779
 of the

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.000
 Lord

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.779
 and Cephas

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.679
 or is

00:32:48.679 --> 00:32:48.980
 it only

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.439
 Barnabas

00:32:49.439 --> 00:32:49.740
 and I

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.039
 who have

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.519
 no right

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:51.079
 to refrain

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:51.379
 from

00:32:51.379 --> 00:32:51.740
 working

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:52.279
 for a

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:52.559
 living

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:54.399
 in the

00:32:54.399 --> 00:32:54.879
 context

00:32:54.879 --> 00:32:55.399
 of that

00:32:55.399 --> 00:32:55.899
 passage

00:32:55.899 --> 00:32:56.460
 Paul is

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:56.799
 speaking

00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:57.159
 of the

00:32:57.159 --> 00:32:57.720
 apostles

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.240
 right

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.679
 a

00:32:58.679 --> 00:32:59.220
 traveling

00:32:59.220 --> 00:32:59.659
 missionary

00:32:59.659 --> 00:33:00.220
 right

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.899
 to have

00:33:00.899 --> 00:33:01.099
 his

00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:01.599
 needs

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:02.039
 furnished

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.460
 by the

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:02.839
 saints

00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:03.439
 so that

00:33:03.439 --> 00:33:03.679
 he could

00:33:03.679 --> 00:33:04.139
 refrain

00:33:04.139 --> 00:33:04.480
 from

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:04.960
 working

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:05.379
 for a

00:33:05.379 --> 00:33:05.599
 living

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:09.379
 if you

00:33:09.379 --> 00:33:09.839
 keep that

00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:10.240
 context

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.679
 in mind

00:33:10.679 --> 00:33:11.179
 it doesn't

00:33:11.179 --> 00:33:11.720
 actually make

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:12.019
 sense

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:12.379
 that all

00:33:12.379 --> 00:33:12.599
 of a

00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:12.759
 sudden

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:13.480
 he inserts

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:13.659
 the

00:33:13.659 --> 00:33:14.000
 apostles

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.319
 right

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:14.939
 to marry

00:33:14.939 --> 00:33:15.419
 and take

00:33:15.419 --> 00:33:15.679
 along

00:33:15.679 --> 00:33:15.819
 a

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:16.059
 believing

00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:16.460
 wife

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:20.159
 the phrase

00:33:20.159 --> 00:33:20.939
 believing

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.460
 wife

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:21.880
 is

00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:22.759
 I believe

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:22.940
 a

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:23.840
 mistranslation

00:33:23.840 --> 00:33:25.080
 the

00:33:25.080 --> 00:33:25.380
 Greek

00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:25.740
 phrase

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.320
 is literally

00:33:26.320 --> 00:33:26.980
 sister

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.320
 woman

00:33:27.320 --> 00:33:29.100
 and it

00:33:29.100 --> 00:33:29.500
 refers

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:30.140
 to

00:33:30.140 --> 00:33:30.500
 women

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:30.920
 who are

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:31.480
 Christian

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:32.320
 sisters

00:33:32.320 --> 00:33:35.220
 just as

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:35.820
 the phrase

00:33:35.820 --> 00:33:36.360
 brother

00:33:36.360 --> 00:33:36.940
 man

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:38.299
 a

00:33:38.299 --> 00:33:38.620
 parallel

00:33:38.620 --> 00:33:39.059
 phrase

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.259
 a

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:39.700
 mirroring

00:33:39.700 --> 00:33:40.059
 phrase

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:40.860
 which is

00:33:40.860 --> 00:33:41.200
 used

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:42.200
 14 times

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:42.400
 throughout

00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:42.680
 the book

00:33:42.680 --> 00:33:43.200
 of Acts

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:44.340
 invariably

00:33:44.340 --> 00:33:45.080
 refers to

00:33:45.080 --> 00:33:45.580
 men

00:33:45.580 --> 00:33:46.299
 who are

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:46.660
 Christian

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:47.019
 brothers

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:48.119
 and not

00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:48.460
 to

00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:49.519
 believing

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:50.039
 husbands

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:53.359
 the

00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:53.779
 Wycliffe

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:54.099
 Bible

00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:54.680
 translation

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.079
 gets

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:55.279
 this

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:55.559
 right

00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:55.859
 and

00:33:55.859 --> 00:33:56.259
 fourth

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:56.639
 century

00:33:56.639 --> 00:33:57.039
 pastor

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:57.579
 Augustine

00:33:57.579 --> 00:33:58.000
 also

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:58.500
 understood

00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:58.759
 that

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.059
 verse

00:33:59.059 --> 00:33:59.279
 this

00:33:59.279 --> 00:33:59.539
 way

00:33:59.539 --> 00:34:00.579
 so

00:34:00.579 --> 00:34:00.759
 then

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.059
 Paul

00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:01.200
 is

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:01.579
 talking

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:01.879
 about

00:34:01.879 --> 00:34:02.019
 an

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:02.700
 apostle's

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:02.960
 right

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:03.480
 to be

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:04.019
 accompanied

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.440
 by

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:05.299
 well-to-do

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:05.720
 women

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:06.660
 who provide

00:34:06.660 --> 00:34:07.240
 for them

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:07.940
 out of

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:08.179
 their

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.639
 means

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:09.219
 just as

00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:09.539
 Jesus

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:10.019
 had

00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:10.880
 earlier

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.099
 in his

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.500
 ministry

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:12.619
 earlier

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:12.920
 in their

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.219
 ministry

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:14.739
 it seems

00:34:14.739 --> 00:34:15.119
 that in

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.440
 the early

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:15.780
 church

00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:16.340
 women of

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:16.700
 means

00:34:16.700 --> 00:34:17.000
 who did

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.240
 not

00:34:17.240 --> 00:34:17.740
 have

00:34:17.740 --> 00:34:18.620
 family

00:34:18.620 --> 00:34:19.180
 obligations

00:34:19.180 --> 00:34:19.820
 at home

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:20.780
 often

00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:21.380
 travel

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:22.180
 alongside

00:34:22.180 --> 00:34:23.120
 missionaries

00:34:23.120 --> 00:34:23.620
 to help

00:34:23.620 --> 00:34:23.920
 them

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:25.100
 to provide

00:34:25.100 --> 00:34:25.539
 for them

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:27.740
 to support

00:34:27.740 --> 00:34:28.059
 them

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:29.340
 to finance

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:29.960
 their trips

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:30.620
 to take

00:34:30.620 --> 00:34:31.039
 care of

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.620
 their lodging

00:34:31.620 --> 00:34:32.079
 and food

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.880
 and likely

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.600
 also to help

00:34:33.600 --> 00:34:34.000
 them with

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:34.660
 visiting and

00:34:34.660 --> 00:34:35.100
 ministering

00:34:35.100 --> 00:34:35.539
 to women

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:39.440
 these women

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:40.019
 served in

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.519
 the background

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:41.019
 so didn't

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.360
 get the

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:41.760
 attention

00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:42.420
 and recognition

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:42.960
 that the

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.360
 apostles

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:43.940
 received

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:45.760
 but didn't

00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:46.440
 Jesus say

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:46.880
 in Matthew

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.280
 20

00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:48.120
 whoever

00:34:48.120 --> 00:34:48.560
 would be

00:34:48.560 --> 00:34:48.940
 great

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.480
 among you

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:50.000
 must be

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.520
 your servant

00:34:50.520 --> 00:34:53.000
 and whoever

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.840
 would be

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:54.480
 first among

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:54.920
 you must

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:55.280
 be your

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:55.660
 slave

00:34:55.660 --> 00:34:57.100
 even as

00:34:57.100 --> 00:34:57.440
 the son

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:57.800
 of man

00:34:57.800 --> 00:34:58.400
 came not

00:34:58.400 --> 00:34:58.740
 to be

00:34:58.740 --> 00:34:59.040
 served

00:34:59.040 --> 00:34:59.500
 but to

00:34:59.500 --> 00:35:00.020
 serve

00:35:00.020 --> 00:35:00.320
 and to

00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:00.620
 give his

00:35:00.620 --> 00:35:01.120
 life as

00:35:01.120 --> 00:35:01.580
 a ransom

00:35:01.580 --> 00:35:02.140
 for many

00:35:02.140 --> 00:35:05.040
 didn't

00:35:05.040 --> 00:35:05.700
 Jesus say

00:35:05.700 --> 00:35:06.140
 in Matthew

00:35:06.140 --> 00:35:06.840
 6 that

00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:07.180
 those who

00:35:07.180 --> 00:35:07.580
 receive

00:35:07.580 --> 00:35:08.160
 recognition

00:35:08.160 --> 00:35:09.020
 from man

00:35:09.020 --> 00:35:09.720
 for their

00:35:09.720 --> 00:35:10.400
 good works

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:11.520
 have already

00:35:11.520 --> 00:35:12.120
 received

00:35:12.120 --> 00:35:12.780
 their reward

00:35:12.780 --> 00:35:13.500
 but that

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:14.080
 those who

00:35:14.080 --> 00:35:15.420
 go unrewarded

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:15.920
 on earth

00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:16.400
 will be

00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:16.780
 rewarded

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:17.620
 richly by

00:35:17.620 --> 00:35:18.040
 their heavenly

00:35:18.040 --> 00:35:18.640
 father in

00:35:18.640 --> 00:35:19.060
 heaven who

00:35:19.060 --> 00:35:20.080
 sees what

00:35:20.080 --> 00:35:20.400
 is done

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:20.920
 in secret

00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:26.060
 so rise up

00:35:26.060 --> 00:35:26.480
 women of

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:26.840
 God

00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:30.320
 women who

00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:31.600
 support and

00:35:31.600 --> 00:35:32.060
 do many

00:35:32.060 --> 00:35:32.680
 good deeds

00:35:32.680 --> 00:35:33.300
 for the sake

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:33.920
 of the gospel

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:34.820
 in the background

00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:37.360
 content that

00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:38.000
 their heavenly

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:39.040
 father who

00:35:39.040 --> 00:35:39.680
 sees what

00:35:39.680 --> 00:35:40.100
 is done

00:35:40.100 --> 00:35:40.740
 in secret

00:35:40.740 --> 00:35:41.420
 will reward

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:42.619
 them

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:47.119
 rise up

00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:49.220
 women of

00:35:49.220 --> 00:35:49.539
 God

00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:50.680
 who store

00:35:50.680 --> 00:35:51.420
 up treasures

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:52.180
 not on

00:35:52.180 --> 00:35:52.539
 earth

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:53.840
 but in

00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:54.180
 heaven

00:35:54.180 --> 00:35:58.800
 as pastor

00:35:58.800 --> 00:35:59.280
 jonathan

00:35:59.280 --> 00:35:59.920
 lehman puts

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.159
 it

00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:02.579
 european art

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:03.180
 galleries are

00:36:03.180 --> 00:36:03.740
 filled with

00:36:03.740 --> 00:36:04.420
 paintings of

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:04.800
 the great

00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:05.440
 men of

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:06.019
 christendom

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:08.039
 but heaven's

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:08.680
 art galleries

00:36:08.680 --> 00:36:09.780
 could look a

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:10.340
 little different

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:19.539
 sixth

00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:20.360
 God

00:36:20.360 --> 00:36:20.800
 calls

00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:21.280
 women to

00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:21.760
 be mothers

00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:22.079
 of the

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:22.440
 church

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:23.900
 please turn

00:36:23.900 --> 00:36:24.420
 with me now

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:24.800
 to acts

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:25.640
 chapter 16

00:36:25.640 --> 00:36:26.240
 verses 1

00:36:26.240 --> 00:36:26.680
 to 3

00:36:26.680 --> 00:36:27.740
 it says

00:36:27.740 --> 00:36:28.660
 paul came

00:36:28.660 --> 00:36:29.579
 also to

00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:30.200
 derby and

00:36:30.200 --> 00:36:30.840
 to lystra

00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:31.940
 a disciple

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:32.400
 was there

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:32.720
 named

00:36:32.720 --> 00:36:33.240
 timothy

00:36:33.240 --> 00:36:33.920
 the son

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.340
 of a

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:34.660
 jewish

00:36:34.660 --> 00:36:34.940
 woman

00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:35.280
 who was

00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:35.700
 a believer

00:36:35.700 --> 00:36:37.019
 but his

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.579
 father was

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:37.980
 a greek

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.800
 he was

00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:39.420
 well spoken

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:40.000
 of by the

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:40.599
 brothers at

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:40.940
 lystra

00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:41.659
 and iconium

00:36:41.659 --> 00:36:42.500
 and paul

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:43.179
 wanted timothy

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:43.820
 to accompany

00:36:43.820 --> 00:36:44.719
 him and he

00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:45.480
 took him and

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:46.300
 circumcised him

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:46.980
 because of the

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:47.920
 jews who were

00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:48.400
 in those

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:49.340
 places where

00:36:49.340 --> 00:36:50.000
 they all knew

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.380
 that his

00:36:50.380 --> 00:36:51.199
 father was

00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:51.740
 a greek

00:36:51.740 --> 00:36:54.440
 timothy

00:36:54.440 --> 00:36:55.219
 was paul's

00:36:55.219 --> 00:36:55.960
 son in the

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:57.019
 faith he

00:36:57.019 --> 00:36:57.740
 accompanied paul

00:36:57.740 --> 00:36:58.280
 on many of

00:36:58.280 --> 00:36:58.679
 his missionary

00:36:58.679 --> 00:36:59.199
 journeys and

00:36:59.199 --> 00:36:59.760
 became an

00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:00.780
 indispensable and

00:37:00.780 --> 00:37:01.579
 trusted minister

00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:02.219
 of the gospel

00:37:02.219 --> 00:37:04.159
 paul heaps

00:37:04.159 --> 00:37:04.839
 high praises

00:37:04.839 --> 00:37:05.359
 on timothy

00:37:05.359 --> 00:37:05.939
 in philippians

00:37:05.939 --> 00:37:06.439
 2 19

00:37:06.439 --> 00:37:06.899
 to 20

00:37:06.899 --> 00:37:07.819
 saying i

00:37:07.819 --> 00:37:08.199
 hope in

00:37:08.199 --> 00:37:08.500
 the lord

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:09.019
 jesus to

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:09.579
 send timothy

00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:09.919
 to you

00:37:09.919 --> 00:37:10.399
 soon so

00:37:10.399 --> 00:37:10.679
 that i

00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:11.039
 too may

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:11.199
 be

00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:11.579
 cheered

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:12.019
 by news

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:12.379
 of you

00:37:12.379 --> 00:37:13.179
 for i

00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:13.559
 have

00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:14.299
 no one

00:37:14.299 --> 00:37:15.000
 like him

00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:15.819
 who will

00:37:15.819 --> 00:37:16.419
 be genuinely

00:37:16.419 --> 00:37:17.439
 concerned for

00:37:17.439 --> 00:37:18.139
 your welfare

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:20.219
 that's high

00:37:20.219 --> 00:37:20.799
 praise from

00:37:20.799 --> 00:37:21.339
 the apostle

00:37:21.339 --> 00:37:21.859
 paul

00:37:21.859 --> 00:37:24.579
 and who

00:37:24.579 --> 00:37:25.819
 raised a

00:37:25.819 --> 00:37:26.759
 faithful christian

00:37:26.759 --> 00:37:27.759
 man like

00:37:27.759 --> 00:37:28.239
 timothy

00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:29.879
 one of the

00:37:29.879 --> 00:37:30.559
 pillars of the

00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:31.199
 early church

00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:32.759
 we know that

00:37:32.759 --> 00:37:33.379
 his father

00:37:33.379 --> 00:37:33.879
 didn't bring

00:37:33.879 --> 00:37:34.319
 him up that

00:37:34.319 --> 00:37:34.559
 way

00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:36.059
 because his

00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:36.659
 father was a

00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:36.960
 greek

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:38.799
 he was a

00:37:38.799 --> 00:37:39.279
 gentile

00:37:39.279 --> 00:37:40.199
 an unbeliever

00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:42.119
 it was his

00:37:42.119 --> 00:37:42.480
 mother

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:44.319
 a jewish

00:37:44.319 --> 00:37:44.819
 woman who

00:37:44.819 --> 00:37:45.339
 was a

00:37:45.339 --> 00:37:45.679
 believer

00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:49.259
 in his

00:37:49.259 --> 00:37:49.659
 letter to

00:37:49.659 --> 00:37:50.000
 timothy

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.519
 paul says

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:50.839
 in 2

00:37:50.839 --> 00:37:51.259
 timothy

00:37:51.259 --> 00:37:51.879
 chapter 1

00:37:51.879 --> 00:37:52.460
 verse 5

00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:53.079
 i am

00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:53.679
 reminded of

00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:54.419
 your sincere

00:37:54.419 --> 00:37:54.939
 faith

00:37:54.939 --> 00:37:55.960
 a faith

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.480
 that dwelt

00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:57.179
 first in

00:37:57.179 --> 00:37:57.980
 your grandmother

00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:58.519
 lois

00:37:58.519 --> 00:37:59.399
 and your

00:37:59.399 --> 00:37:59.759
 mother

00:37:59.759 --> 00:38:00.339
 eunice

00:38:00.340 --> 00:38:01.260
 and now

00:38:01.260 --> 00:38:02.059
 i am sure

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:02.820
 dwells in

00:38:02.820 --> 00:38:03.519
 you as

00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:03.880
 well

00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:04.900
 there's a

00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:05.800
 legacy of

00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:06.300
 faith that

00:38:06.300 --> 00:38:06.600
 has been

00:38:06.600 --> 00:38:07.500
 passed on

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:08.860
 to timothy

00:38:08.860 --> 00:38:09.340
 through the

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:09.680
 woman

00:38:09.680 --> 00:38:10.940
 in his

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:11.380
 family

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:13.640
 mothering is

00:38:13.640 --> 00:38:14.500
 a form of

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:15.240
 discipling

00:38:15.240 --> 00:38:19.400
 a most

00:38:19.400 --> 00:38:20.059
 intensive

00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:21.640
 and immersive

00:38:21.640 --> 00:38:22.240
 form of

00:38:22.240 --> 00:38:22.440
 it

00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:26.720
 in 1

00:38:26.720 --> 00:38:27.019
 timothy

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:27.240
 2

00:38:27.240 --> 00:38:27.480
 11

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:27.900
 15

00:38:27.900 --> 00:38:28.539
 paul writes

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:28.800
 that a

00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:29.320
 woman will

00:38:29.320 --> 00:38:30.079
 be saved

00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:30.300
 through

00:38:30.300 --> 00:38:31.039
 childbearing

00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:31.639
 if they

00:38:31.639 --> 00:38:32.320
 continue in

00:38:32.320 --> 00:38:32.780
 faith and

00:38:32.780 --> 00:38:33.139
 love and

00:38:33.139 --> 00:38:33.780
 holiness with

00:38:33.780 --> 00:38:34.559
 self-control

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:36.000
 meaning if

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:36.480
 she gives

00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:37.179
 evidence of

00:38:37.179 --> 00:38:37.760
 her faith in

00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:37.980
 the lord

00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:38.599
 jesus christ

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:39.220
 by her

00:38:39.220 --> 00:38:40.460
 obedience to

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:41.619
 her god-given

00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:42.460
 creational

00:38:42.460 --> 00:38:43.119
 mandate

00:38:43.119 --> 00:38:44.039
 she will be

00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:44.400
 saved

00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:48.920
 bible scholar

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.340
 stephen

00:38:49.340 --> 00:38:49.740
 dempster

00:38:49.740 --> 00:38:50.320
 argues that

00:38:50.320 --> 00:38:50.619
 one of the

00:38:50.619 --> 00:38:51.299
 major themes

00:38:51.299 --> 00:38:51.719
 of the old

00:38:51.719 --> 00:38:52.519
 testament is

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:53.359
 quote woman

00:38:53.359 --> 00:38:54.000
 against the

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:54.339
 beast

00:38:54.339 --> 00:38:55.759
 he says

00:38:55.759 --> 00:38:56.779
 eve versus

00:38:56.779 --> 00:38:57.579
 the serpent

00:38:57.579 --> 00:38:58.659
 sarah and

00:38:58.659 --> 00:38:59.519
 rebecca versus

00:38:59.519 --> 00:39:00.259
 barrenness

00:39:00.259 --> 00:39:01.380
 tamar versus

00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:01.980
 judah

00:39:01.980 --> 00:39:03.199
 jockabed and

00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:03.960
 miriam versus

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:04.619
 the pharaoh

00:39:04.619 --> 00:39:05.759
 deborah and

00:39:05.759 --> 00:39:06.500
 jael versus

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:07.099
 sisera

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:08.099
 ruth and

00:39:08.099 --> 00:39:08.839
 naomi versus

00:39:08.839 --> 00:39:09.299
 death

00:39:09.299 --> 00:39:10.440
 hannah versus

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:11.179
 barrenness

00:39:11.179 --> 00:39:12.659
 jehoshabba versus

00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:13.500
 ataliah

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:14.719
 and in all these

00:39:14.719 --> 00:39:15.359
 examples of

00:39:15.359 --> 00:39:15.960
 struggle these

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:16.639
 women of faith

00:39:16.639 --> 00:39:17.559
 are engaged in a

00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:18.519
 battle to save

00:39:18.519 --> 00:39:19.139
 the people of

00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:19.460
 god

00:39:19.460 --> 00:39:20.840
 the victory

00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:21.460
 of esther

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:21.780
 over

00:39:21.780 --> 00:39:24.280
 haman

00:39:24.280 --> 00:39:25.639
 dramatically

00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:26.720
 continues that

00:39:26.720 --> 00:39:27.059
 theme

00:39:27.059 --> 00:39:30.460
 throughout the

00:39:30.460 --> 00:39:30.980
 old testament

00:39:30.980 --> 00:39:31.800
 the seed of

00:39:31.800 --> 00:39:32.900
 abraham the

00:39:32.900 --> 00:39:33.400
 line of

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:34.440
 david from

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:34.820
 which the

00:39:34.820 --> 00:39:35.199
 promised

00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:35.920
 messiah would

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:37.019
 come is

00:39:37.019 --> 00:39:37.740
 beset with

00:39:37.740 --> 00:39:38.440
 threats on

00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:39.300
 every side

00:39:39.300 --> 00:39:39.679
 and is

00:39:39.679 --> 00:39:40.760
 always seemingly

00:39:40.760 --> 00:39:41.920
 one tenuous

00:39:41.920 --> 00:39:42.820
 generation away

00:39:42.820 --> 00:39:43.539
 from extinction

00:39:43.539 --> 00:39:47.079
 and that

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:48.059
 struggle continues

00:39:48.059 --> 00:39:48.840
 into the new

00:39:48.840 --> 00:39:49.619
 testament after

00:39:49.619 --> 00:39:50.400
 jesus is born

00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:52.059
 as mary battles

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:53.179
 herod who

00:39:53.179 --> 00:39:54.099
 massacres the

00:39:54.099 --> 00:39:54.900
 innocent male

00:39:54.900 --> 00:39:56.039
 babies in his

00:39:56.039 --> 00:39:57.219
 futile attempt to

00:39:57.219 --> 00:39:58.400
 wipe out jesus from

00:39:58.400 --> 00:39:58.800
 the planet

00:39:58.800 --> 00:40:00.940
 but the promise of

00:40:00.940 --> 00:40:02.579
 god prevails and

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:03.500
 jesus the promised

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:04.360
 one of genesis

00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:06.259
 3 15 the seed of

00:40:06.259 --> 00:40:06.860
 the woman who

00:40:06.860 --> 00:40:08.320
 will crush the

00:40:08.320 --> 00:40:09.460
 satan's head the

00:40:09.460 --> 00:40:10.300
 serpent's head

00:40:10.300 --> 00:40:13.660
 comes survives

00:40:13.660 --> 00:40:14.900
 redeems god's

00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:15.640
 people by dying

00:40:15.640 --> 00:40:16.140
 for them on the

00:40:16.140 --> 00:40:16.680
 cross and being

00:40:16.680 --> 00:40:17.320
 raised from the

00:40:17.320 --> 00:40:17.580
 dead

00:40:17.580 --> 00:40:20.740
 mothering is one

00:40:20.740 --> 00:40:21.200
 of the most

00:40:21.200 --> 00:40:22.120
 selfless things

00:40:22.120 --> 00:40:23.360
 that any human

00:40:23.360 --> 00:40:24.220
 being can do

00:40:24.220 --> 00:40:25.260
 a woman

00:40:25.260 --> 00:40:26.780
 sacrifices her

00:40:26.780 --> 00:40:27.519
 own body

00:40:27.519 --> 00:40:29.100
 dedicates her

00:40:29.100 --> 00:40:29.920
 own life

00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:31.120
 to carry

00:40:31.120 --> 00:40:32.140
 bear

00:40:32.140 --> 00:40:33.360
 nurse

00:40:33.360 --> 00:40:34.440
 and rear

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:36.060
 someone else

00:40:36.059 --> 00:40:40.340
 she gives

00:40:40.340 --> 00:40:42.159
 herself for the

00:40:42.159 --> 00:40:43.019
 sake of another

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:48.259
 where are the

00:40:48.259 --> 00:40:49.679
 loises and

00:40:49.679 --> 00:40:50.500
 eunuses of our

00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:51.039
 generation

00:40:51.039 --> 00:40:53.500
 rise up a woman

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:53.980
 of god

00:40:53.980 --> 00:40:57.599
 and give rise

00:40:57.599 --> 00:40:59.659
 to and pass on

00:40:59.659 --> 00:41:00.639
 the gospel to

00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:01.579
 the future

00:41:01.579 --> 00:41:02.159
 generations

00:41:02.159 --> 00:41:06.699
 there's a call

00:41:06.699 --> 00:41:07.619
 here for unmarried

00:41:07.619 --> 00:41:08.259
 women as well

00:41:08.259 --> 00:41:09.079
 because god

00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:10.399
 created marriage

00:41:10.399 --> 00:41:11.239
 to be a picture

00:41:11.239 --> 00:41:12.819
 of this relationship

00:41:12.819 --> 00:41:13.759
 between christ and

00:41:13.759 --> 00:41:14.239
 the church

00:41:14.239 --> 00:41:16.739
 now that christ

00:41:16.739 --> 00:41:17.480
 has come

00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:18.440
 the spiritual

00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:19.219
 family tree

00:41:19.219 --> 00:41:20.299
 is not traced

00:41:20.299 --> 00:41:21.579
 by biological

00:41:21.579 --> 00:41:22.379
 descent from

00:41:22.379 --> 00:41:22.839
 abraham

00:41:22.839 --> 00:41:24.019
 but rather it is

00:41:24.019 --> 00:41:24.699
 traced by the

00:41:24.699 --> 00:41:25.699
 spiritual heritage

00:41:25.699 --> 00:41:26.279
 of faith

00:41:26.279 --> 00:41:27.879
 as it says in

00:41:27.879 --> 00:41:28.460
 romans 9

00:41:28.460 --> 00:41:30.399
 it's not jews

00:41:30.399 --> 00:41:31.079
 who are saved

00:41:31.079 --> 00:41:32.480
 but christians

00:41:32.480 --> 00:41:33.059
 who are born

00:41:33.059 --> 00:41:33.699
 again of the

00:41:33.699 --> 00:41:34.480
 spirit of god

00:41:34.480 --> 00:41:36.319
 for that reason

00:41:36.319 --> 00:41:36.900
 it's not

00:41:36.900 --> 00:41:37.779
 childbearing

00:41:37.779 --> 00:41:38.639
 that is ultimate

00:41:38.639 --> 00:41:40.239
 but disciple

00:41:40.239 --> 00:41:40.679
 making

00:41:40.679 --> 00:41:42.079
 that is ultimate

00:41:42.079 --> 00:41:46.019
 the creational

00:41:46.019 --> 00:41:46.679
 and cultural

00:41:46.679 --> 00:41:47.159
 mandate

00:41:47.159 --> 00:41:48.420
 continues

00:41:48.420 --> 00:41:49.799
 so there is

00:41:49.799 --> 00:41:50.579
 still the work

00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:51.719
 of procreation

00:41:51.719 --> 00:41:52.279
 to do

00:41:52.279 --> 00:41:53.619
 however

00:41:53.619 --> 00:41:54.779
 now the work

00:41:54.779 --> 00:41:55.500
 of new

00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:56.159
 creation

00:41:56.159 --> 00:41:57.340
 is ultimate

00:41:57.340 --> 00:42:00.760
 so what

00:42:00.760 --> 00:42:01.220
 jesus

00:42:01.220 --> 00:42:01.940
 when jesus

00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:02.320
 is told

00:42:02.320 --> 00:42:02.579
 that his

00:42:02.579 --> 00:42:03.019
 biological

00:42:03.019 --> 00:42:03.460
 family

00:42:03.460 --> 00:42:03.800
 is looking

00:42:03.800 --> 00:42:04.200
 for him

00:42:04.200 --> 00:42:04.500
 what does

00:42:04.500 --> 00:42:04.840
 he say

00:42:04.840 --> 00:42:05.180
 in mark

00:42:05.180 --> 00:42:05.720
 chapter 3

00:42:05.720 --> 00:42:06.380
 verses 31

00:42:06.380 --> 00:42:06.940
 to 36

00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:07.840
 who are my

00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:08.200
 mother and

00:42:08.200 --> 00:42:08.660
 my brothers

00:42:08.660 --> 00:42:10.559
 here are my

00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:11.120
 mother and

00:42:11.120 --> 00:42:11.680
 my brothers

00:42:11.680 --> 00:42:12.740
 for whoever

00:42:12.740 --> 00:42:13.440
 does the

00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:14.380
 will of god

00:42:14.380 --> 00:42:16.240
 he is my

00:42:16.240 --> 00:42:16.820
 brother and

00:42:16.820 --> 00:42:17.380
 sister and

00:42:17.380 --> 00:42:17.820
 my mother

00:42:17.820 --> 00:42:19.800
 and so paul

00:42:19.800 --> 00:42:20.180
 in first

00:42:20.180 --> 00:42:20.420
 timothy

00:42:20.420 --> 00:42:21.160
 chapter 5

00:42:21.160 --> 00:42:21.660
 verses 1

00:42:21.660 --> 00:42:21.900
 to 2

00:42:21.900 --> 00:42:22.360
 commands

00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:22.780
 timothy

00:42:22.780 --> 00:42:23.380
 to treat

00:42:23.380 --> 00:42:24.480
 an older

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:25.100
 man as a

00:42:25.100 --> 00:42:25.440
 father

00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:26.120
 younger men

00:42:26.119 --> 00:42:26.699
 as brothers

00:42:26.699 --> 00:42:27.480
 older women

00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:28.460
 as mothers

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:29.699
 younger women

00:42:29.699 --> 00:42:30.440
 as sisters

00:42:30.440 --> 00:42:33.019
 this is why

00:42:33.019 --> 00:42:33.679
 singleness

00:42:33.679 --> 00:42:34.299
 which was

00:42:34.299 --> 00:42:35.019
 viewed as

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:35.799
 abnormal

00:42:35.799 --> 00:42:37.519
 and undesirable

00:42:37.519 --> 00:42:38.339
 in the old

00:42:38.339 --> 00:42:38.759
 testament

00:42:38.759 --> 00:42:40.000
 is viewed as

00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:40.539
 a special

00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:41.400
 gift in the

00:42:41.400 --> 00:42:41.920
 new testament

00:42:41.920 --> 00:42:46.779
 because then

00:42:46.779 --> 00:42:47.319
 you can have

00:42:47.319 --> 00:42:48.079
 undivided

00:42:48.079 --> 00:42:48.599
 devotion to

00:42:48.599 --> 00:42:48.980
 the lord

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:51.659
 you can live

00:42:51.659 --> 00:42:52.279
 as a bride

00:42:52.279 --> 00:42:52.880
 of christ

00:42:52.880 --> 00:42:54.219
 as solely

00:42:54.219 --> 00:42:54.539
 a bride

00:42:54.539 --> 00:42:55.000
 of christ

00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:56.579
 as we

00:42:56.579 --> 00:42:56.860
 will be

00:42:56.860 --> 00:42:57.280
 in heaven

00:42:57.280 --> 00:43:02.760
 this means

00:43:02.760 --> 00:43:03.539
 every woman

00:43:03.539 --> 00:43:04.440
 married or

00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:05.119
 unmarried

00:43:05.119 --> 00:43:05.980
 must do

00:43:05.980 --> 00:43:06.400
 the work

00:43:06.400 --> 00:43:07.139
 of spiritual

00:43:07.139 --> 00:43:07.860
 mothering

00:43:07.860 --> 00:43:08.500
 by making

00:43:08.500 --> 00:43:09.159
 disciples of

00:43:09.159 --> 00:43:09.800
 jesus christ

00:43:09.800 --> 00:43:12.800
 and discipling

00:43:12.800 --> 00:43:13.380
 by its very

00:43:13.380 --> 00:43:14.380
 nature entails

00:43:14.380 --> 00:43:15.119
 teaching

00:43:15.119 --> 00:43:16.239
 this is my

00:43:16.239 --> 00:43:17.000
 second point

00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:17.619
 when we are

00:43:17.619 --> 00:43:17.760
 called

00:43:17.760 --> 00:43:18.659
 seventh point

00:43:18.659 --> 00:43:18.980
 sorry

00:43:18.980 --> 00:43:20.639
 when we are

00:43:20.639 --> 00:43:21.059
 called to be

00:43:21.059 --> 00:43:21.719
 teachers of the

00:43:21.719 --> 00:43:21.980
 word

00:43:21.980 --> 00:43:23.800
 god calls

00:43:23.800 --> 00:43:24.119
 women

00:43:24.119 --> 00:43:25.039
 it says

00:43:25.039 --> 00:43:25.500
 in jesus

00:43:25.500 --> 00:43:26.059
 because the

00:43:26.059 --> 00:43:26.619
 great commission

00:43:26.619 --> 00:43:27.519
 applies to us

00:43:27.519 --> 00:43:27.800
 all

00:43:27.800 --> 00:43:28.639
 matthew 28

00:43:28.639 --> 00:43:29.420
 19 to 20

00:43:29.420 --> 00:43:30.320
 go therefore

00:43:30.320 --> 00:43:30.699
 and make

00:43:30.699 --> 00:43:31.440
 disciples of

00:43:31.440 --> 00:43:32.039
 all nations

00:43:32.039 --> 00:43:33.280
 baptizing them

00:43:33.280 --> 00:43:33.679
 in the name

00:43:33.679 --> 00:43:34.219
 of the father

00:43:34.219 --> 00:43:34.860
 and of the son

00:43:34.860 --> 00:43:35.119
 and of the

00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:35.679
 holy spirit

00:43:35.679 --> 00:43:37.260
 teaching them

00:43:37.260 --> 00:43:38.039
 to observe

00:43:38.039 --> 00:43:38.780
 all that i

00:43:38.780 --> 00:43:39.400
 have commanded

00:43:39.400 --> 00:43:39.740
 you

00:43:39.740 --> 00:43:41.179
 to be a

00:43:41.179 --> 00:43:41.659
 disciple

00:43:41.659 --> 00:43:42.320
 is to be

00:43:42.320 --> 00:43:42.880
 a learner

00:43:42.880 --> 00:43:44.059
 and to be

00:43:44.059 --> 00:43:44.960
 to disciple

00:43:44.960 --> 00:43:45.780
 another person

00:43:45.780 --> 00:43:46.740
 involves teaching

00:43:46.740 --> 00:43:47.480
 that person

00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:48.159
 all that jesus

00:43:48.159 --> 00:43:48.780
 has commanded

00:43:48.780 --> 00:43:49.119
 them

00:43:49.119 --> 00:43:51.799
 because of

00:43:51.799 --> 00:43:52.480
 the creational

00:43:52.480 --> 00:43:53.359
 order in

00:43:53.359 --> 00:43:53.839
 which god

00:43:53.839 --> 00:43:54.619
 creates adam

00:43:54.619 --> 00:43:55.519
 before eve

00:43:55.519 --> 00:43:56.719
 and because god

00:43:56.719 --> 00:43:57.359
 intends the

00:43:57.359 --> 00:43:58.119
 relationship between

00:43:58.119 --> 00:43:59.079
 man and woman

00:43:59.079 --> 00:44:00.279
 and man and wife

00:44:00.279 --> 00:44:00.880
 in particular

00:44:00.880 --> 00:44:02.019
 to be to reflect

00:44:02.019 --> 00:44:02.759
 the relationship

00:44:02.759 --> 00:44:03.940
 within the godhead

00:44:03.940 --> 00:44:04.859
 where it says

00:44:04.859 --> 00:44:05.519
 in first corinthians

00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:06.059
 11 3

00:44:06.059 --> 00:44:06.960
 the head of every

00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:07.639
 man is christ

00:44:07.639 --> 00:44:08.699
 and the head of a

00:44:08.699 --> 00:44:09.699
 wife is her husband

00:44:09.699 --> 00:44:10.639
 and the head of

00:44:10.639 --> 00:44:11.619
 christ is god

00:44:11.619 --> 00:44:13.019
 men are to be

00:44:13.019 --> 00:44:13.619
 heads of their

00:44:13.619 --> 00:44:14.139
 households

00:44:14.139 --> 00:44:15.880
 to lead their

00:44:15.880 --> 00:44:16.279
 households

00:44:16.279 --> 00:44:18.000
 and this

00:44:18.000 --> 00:44:18.739
 creational order

00:44:18.739 --> 00:44:19.340
 is reflected

00:44:19.340 --> 00:44:19.920
 in the church

00:44:19.920 --> 00:44:20.420
 as well

00:44:20.420 --> 00:44:21.420
 where god

00:44:21.420 --> 00:44:22.260
 calls certain

00:44:22.260 --> 00:44:22.679
 men

00:44:22.679 --> 00:44:23.719
 to be elders

00:44:23.719 --> 00:44:24.480
 to serve

00:44:24.480 --> 00:44:25.519
 as leaders

00:44:25.519 --> 00:44:26.239
 within the

00:44:26.239 --> 00:44:26.780
 household of

00:44:26.780 --> 00:44:27.079
 god

00:44:27.079 --> 00:44:29.920
 this is why

00:44:29.920 --> 00:44:30.539
 first timothy

00:44:30.539 --> 00:44:31.199
 chapter 2

00:44:31.199 --> 00:44:31.920
 11 to 12

00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:32.599
 says let a

00:44:32.599 --> 00:44:33.159
 woman learn

00:44:33.159 --> 00:44:33.960
 quietly with

00:44:33.960 --> 00:44:34.820
 all submissiveness

00:44:34.820 --> 00:44:35.960
 i do not

00:44:35.960 --> 00:44:36.599
 permit a woman

00:44:36.599 --> 00:44:37.340
 to teach

00:44:37.340 --> 00:44:38.539
 or to exercise

00:44:38.539 --> 00:44:39.519
 authority over

00:44:39.519 --> 00:44:39.940
 a man

00:44:39.940 --> 00:44:40.780
 rather she

00:44:40.780 --> 00:44:41.199
 is to remain

00:44:41.199 --> 00:44:41.679
 quiet

00:44:41.679 --> 00:44:43.239
 this is to

00:44:43.239 --> 00:44:44.380
 preserve god's

00:44:44.380 --> 00:44:45.239
 good design

00:44:45.239 --> 00:44:45.980
 in creation

00:44:45.980 --> 00:44:47.239
 which in turn

00:44:47.239 --> 00:44:47.860
 reveals

00:44:48.000 --> 00:44:48.900
 who god

00:44:48.900 --> 00:44:49.360
 is

00:44:49.360 --> 00:44:50.760
 his character

00:44:50.760 --> 00:44:52.920
 but this

00:44:52.920 --> 00:44:53.639
 does not mean

00:44:53.639 --> 00:44:54.019
 that woman

00:44:54.019 --> 00:44:54.920
 may never

00:44:54.920 --> 00:44:55.400
 teach

00:44:55.400 --> 00:44:58.659
 the prohibition

00:44:58.659 --> 00:44:59.420
 is specifically

00:44:59.420 --> 00:45:00.300
 about teaching

00:45:00.300 --> 00:45:01.159
 or exercising

00:45:01.159 --> 00:45:01.739
 authority

00:45:01.739 --> 00:45:03.079
 over a man

00:45:03.079 --> 00:45:06.079
 because of the

00:45:06.079 --> 00:45:06.820
 creation order

00:45:06.820 --> 00:45:07.420
 i mentioned

00:45:07.420 --> 00:45:07.900
 earlier

00:45:07.900 --> 00:45:08.699
 so then

00:45:08.699 --> 00:45:09.280
 women may

00:45:09.280 --> 00:45:10.139
 freely use

00:45:10.139 --> 00:45:10.719
 their teaching

00:45:10.719 --> 00:45:11.260
 gifts to

00:45:11.260 --> 00:45:12.460
 teach other

00:45:12.460 --> 00:45:12.840
 women

00:45:12.840 --> 00:45:14.039
 as well as

00:45:14.039 --> 00:45:14.400
 children

00:45:14.400 --> 00:45:17.860
 titus chapter

00:45:17.860 --> 00:45:18.579
 2 in fact

00:45:18.579 --> 00:45:19.420
 commands it

00:45:19.420 --> 00:45:20.019
 when he says

00:45:20.019 --> 00:45:20.599
 in verses 3

00:45:20.599 --> 00:45:21.039
 to 5

00:45:21.039 --> 00:45:22.099
 older women

00:45:22.099 --> 00:45:22.820
 likewise are

00:45:22.820 --> 00:45:23.440
 to be reverent

00:45:23.440 --> 00:45:24.059
 in behavior

00:45:24.059 --> 00:45:25.360
 not slanderers

00:45:25.360 --> 00:45:25.840
 or a slave

00:45:25.840 --> 00:45:26.599
 to much wine

00:45:26.599 --> 00:45:27.079
 they are to

00:45:27.079 --> 00:45:27.680
 teach what

00:45:27.680 --> 00:45:28.099
 is good

00:45:28.099 --> 00:45:28.400
 and so

00:45:28.400 --> 00:45:29.059
 train the

00:45:29.059 --> 00:45:29.619
 young woman

00:45:29.619 --> 00:45:30.400
 to love

00:45:30.400 --> 00:45:30.900
 their husbands

00:45:30.900 --> 00:45:31.539
 and children

00:45:31.539 --> 00:45:32.460
 to be

00:45:32.460 --> 00:45:33.180
 self-controlled

00:45:33.180 --> 00:45:33.639
 pure

00:45:33.639 --> 00:45:34.380
 working at

00:45:34.380 --> 00:45:34.680
 home

00:45:34.680 --> 00:45:35.559
 kind and

00:45:35.559 --> 00:45:35.980
 submissive

00:45:35.980 --> 00:45:36.220
 to their

00:45:36.220 --> 00:45:36.800
 own husbands

00:45:36.800 --> 00:45:37.400
 that the

00:45:37.400 --> 00:45:37.700
 word of

00:45:37.700 --> 00:45:38.139
 god may

00:45:38.139 --> 00:45:38.639
 not be

00:45:38.639 --> 00:45:39.160
 reviled

00:45:39.160 --> 00:45:40.760
 women ought

00:45:40.760 --> 00:45:41.160
 to use

00:45:41.160 --> 00:45:41.800
 their teaching

00:45:41.800 --> 00:45:42.400
 gifts to

00:45:42.400 --> 00:45:42.980
 train up

00:45:42.980 --> 00:45:43.519
 and disciple

00:45:43.519 --> 00:45:44.179
 other women

00:45:44.179 --> 00:45:47.119
 moreover

00:45:47.119 --> 00:45:47.440
 first

00:45:47.440 --> 00:45:47.699
 timothy

00:45:47.699 --> 00:45:47.960
 2

00:45:47.960 --> 00:45:48.320
 12

00:45:48.320 --> 00:45:48.800
 doesn't

00:45:48.800 --> 00:45:49.079
 mean

00:45:49.079 --> 00:45:49.320
 that

00:45:49.320 --> 00:45:49.579
 women

00:45:49.579 --> 00:45:49.800
 may

00:45:49.800 --> 00:45:50.059
 not

00:45:50.059 --> 00:45:50.539
 teach

00:45:50.539 --> 00:45:51.980
 in any

00:45:51.980 --> 00:45:53.039
 sense

00:45:53.039 --> 00:45:53.280
 of the

00:45:53.280 --> 00:45:53.500
 word

00:45:53.500 --> 00:45:53.880
 men

00:45:53.880 --> 00:45:54.400
 in any

00:45:54.400 --> 00:45:55.019
 context

00:45:55.019 --> 00:45:56.860
 there is

00:45:56.860 --> 00:45:57.300
 a general

00:45:57.300 --> 00:45:57.900
 exhortation

00:45:57.900 --> 00:45:58.320
 to both

00:45:58.320 --> 00:45:58.800
 men and

00:45:58.800 --> 00:45:59.000
 women

00:45:59.000 --> 00:45:59.380
 given in

00:45:59.380 --> 00:45:59.780
 colossians

00:45:59.780 --> 00:46:00.019
 3

00:46:00.019 --> 00:46:00.559
 16

00:46:00.559 --> 00:46:01.219
 that the

00:46:01.219 --> 00:46:01.539
 word of

00:46:01.539 --> 00:46:01.840
 christ

00:46:01.840 --> 00:46:02.300
 dwell in

00:46:02.300 --> 00:46:02.440
 you

00:46:02.440 --> 00:46:02.920
 richly

00:46:02.920 --> 00:46:03.780
 teaching

00:46:03.780 --> 00:46:04.260
 and

00:46:04.260 --> 00:46:04.920
 admonishing

00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:05.599
 one another

00:46:05.599 --> 00:46:05.940
 in all

00:46:05.940 --> 00:46:06.300
 wisdom

00:46:06.300 --> 00:46:07.480
 so then

00:46:07.480 --> 00:46:07.960
 there is

00:46:07.960 --> 00:46:08.579
 a general

00:46:08.579 --> 00:46:09.260
 exhorting

00:46:09.260 --> 00:46:09.719
 and teaching

00:46:09.719 --> 00:46:10.059
 that we

00:46:10.059 --> 00:46:10.780
 all ought

00:46:10.780 --> 00:46:11.099
 to do

00:46:11.099 --> 00:46:11.539
 men and

00:46:11.539 --> 00:46:11.800
 women

00:46:11.800 --> 00:46:12.440
 to one

00:46:12.440 --> 00:46:12.780
 another

00:46:12.780 --> 00:46:14.620
 when a

00:46:14.620 --> 00:46:15.240
 woman makes

00:46:15.240 --> 00:46:15.920
 an insightful

00:46:15.920 --> 00:46:16.700
 comment about

00:46:16.700 --> 00:46:17.320
 a passage of

00:46:17.320 --> 00:46:17.920
 scripture in

00:46:17.920 --> 00:46:18.700
 community group

00:46:18.700 --> 00:46:20.320
 and people

00:46:20.320 --> 00:46:21.260
 including men

00:46:21.260 --> 00:46:22.100
 learn from

00:46:22.100 --> 00:46:23.100
 that she's

00:46:23.100 --> 00:46:23.620
 doing some

00:46:23.620 --> 00:46:24.360
 teaching but

00:46:24.360 --> 00:46:25.140
 that's not the

00:46:25.140 --> 00:46:25.800
 kind of teaching

00:46:25.800 --> 00:46:26.340
 in view in

00:46:26.340 --> 00:46:26.820
 first timothy

00:46:26.820 --> 00:46:27.120
 2

00:46:27.120 --> 00:46:27.860
 verse 12

00:46:27.860 --> 00:46:29.940
 what paul is

00:46:29.940 --> 00:46:30.660
 prohibiting is

00:46:30.660 --> 00:46:32.120
 formal public

00:46:32.120 --> 00:46:33.440
 teaching in the

00:46:33.440 --> 00:46:34.680
 corporate gathering

00:46:34.680 --> 00:46:35.580
 of the church

00:46:35.580 --> 00:46:37.400
 because that

00:46:37.400 --> 00:46:38.320
 undermines the

00:46:38.320 --> 00:46:39.040
 creation order

00:46:39.040 --> 00:46:39.720
 between man and

00:46:39.720 --> 00:46:40.040
 a woman

00:46:40.039 --> 00:46:44.420
 please turn with

00:46:44.420 --> 00:46:44.699
 me to

00:46:44.699 --> 00:46:45.400
 acts chapter

00:46:45.400 --> 00:46:45.860
 18

00:46:45.860 --> 00:46:46.259
 that's the

00:46:46.259 --> 00:46:46.840
 final passage

00:46:46.840 --> 00:46:47.179
 i'm going to

00:46:47.179 --> 00:46:47.519
 turn your

00:46:47.519 --> 00:46:48.179
 attention to

00:46:48.179 --> 00:46:49.800
 chapter 18

00:46:49.800 --> 00:46:51.019
 we're introduced

00:46:51.019 --> 00:46:51.619
 here to

00:46:51.619 --> 00:46:52.219
 priscilla and

00:46:52.219 --> 00:46:52.619
 aquila

00:46:52.619 --> 00:46:54.440
 jews who had

00:46:54.440 --> 00:46:55.099
 converted to

00:46:55.099 --> 00:46:55.820
 christianity even

00:46:55.820 --> 00:46:56.679
 before paul

00:46:56.679 --> 00:46:58.699
 priscilla is

00:46:58.699 --> 00:46:59.360
 sometimes referred

00:46:59.360 --> 00:46:59.679
 to as

00:46:59.679 --> 00:47:00.320
 prisca for

00:47:00.320 --> 00:47:00.719
 short

00:47:00.719 --> 00:47:01.320
 throughout the

00:47:01.320 --> 00:47:01.440
 new

00:47:01.440 --> 00:47:01.800
 testament

00:47:01.800 --> 00:47:02.840
 and this

00:47:02.840 --> 00:47:03.360
 husband and

00:47:03.360 --> 00:47:03.980
 wife duo

00:47:03.980 --> 00:47:05.099
 accompanied paul

00:47:05.099 --> 00:47:05.519
 on his

00:47:05.519 --> 00:47:06.320
 missionary journeys

00:47:06.320 --> 00:47:06.940
 they were also

00:47:06.940 --> 00:47:07.420
 traveling

00:47:07.420 --> 00:47:08.000
 missionaries

00:47:08.000 --> 00:47:09.019
 and they

00:47:09.019 --> 00:47:09.300
 became

00:47:09.300 --> 00:47:10.000
 indispensable

00:47:10.000 --> 00:47:10.960
 fellow workers

00:47:10.960 --> 00:47:11.480
 of paul

00:47:11.480 --> 00:47:13.480
 in romans

00:47:13.480 --> 00:47:14.460
 chapter 16

00:47:14.460 --> 00:47:14.920
 verses 3

00:47:14.920 --> 00:47:15.260
 to 4

00:47:15.260 --> 00:47:16.099
 paul says

00:47:16.099 --> 00:47:16.860
 that these

00:47:16.860 --> 00:47:18.139
 two risk

00:47:18.139 --> 00:47:19.039
 their necks

00:47:19.039 --> 00:47:19.500
 for his

00:47:19.500 --> 00:47:19.820
 life

00:47:19.820 --> 00:47:22.519
 and that for

00:47:22.519 --> 00:47:22.960
 that reason

00:47:22.960 --> 00:47:23.680
 not only he

00:47:23.680 --> 00:47:24.280
 but all the

00:47:24.280 --> 00:47:24.820
 churches of the

00:47:24.820 --> 00:47:25.500
 gentiles give

00:47:25.500 --> 00:47:26.099
 thanks to

00:47:26.099 --> 00:47:26.599
 priscilla and

00:47:26.599 --> 00:47:26.940
 aquila

00:47:26.940 --> 00:47:30.159
 and acts

00:47:30.159 --> 00:47:31.019
 18 to 20

00:47:31.019 --> 00:47:31.980
 verses 24

00:47:31.980 --> 00:47:32.780
 to 28 tell us

00:47:32.780 --> 00:47:33.119
 an interesting

00:47:33.119 --> 00:47:33.700
 story about

00:47:33.700 --> 00:47:34.159
 this couple

00:47:34.159 --> 00:47:34.579
 it says

00:47:34.579 --> 00:47:35.619
 now a jew

00:47:35.619 --> 00:47:36.559
 named apollos

00:47:36.559 --> 00:47:37.159
 a native of

00:47:37.159 --> 00:47:37.820
 alexandria

00:47:37.820 --> 00:47:38.299
 came to

00:47:38.299 --> 00:47:38.679
 ephesus

00:47:38.679 --> 00:47:39.860
 he was an

00:47:39.860 --> 00:47:40.559
 eloquent man

00:47:40.559 --> 00:47:41.320
 competent in

00:47:41.320 --> 00:47:41.759
 the scriptures

00:47:41.759 --> 00:47:42.840
 he had been

00:47:42.840 --> 00:47:43.500
 instructed in

00:47:43.500 --> 00:47:43.920
 the way of

00:47:43.920 --> 00:47:44.239
 the lord

00:47:44.239 --> 00:47:44.619
 and being

00:47:44.619 --> 00:47:45.299
 fervent in

00:47:45.299 --> 00:47:45.799
 spirit he

00:47:45.799 --> 00:47:46.559
 spoke and

00:47:46.559 --> 00:47:47.480
 taught accurately

00:47:47.480 --> 00:47:47.980
 the things

00:47:47.980 --> 00:47:48.480
 concerning

00:47:48.480 --> 00:47:49.059
 jesus

00:47:49.059 --> 00:47:50.159
 though he

00:47:50.159 --> 00:47:50.739
 knew only

00:47:50.739 --> 00:47:51.239
 the baptism

00:47:51.239 --> 00:47:51.739
 of john

00:47:51.739 --> 00:47:53.239
 he began to

00:47:53.239 --> 00:47:53.980
 speak boldly

00:47:53.980 --> 00:47:54.179
 in the

00:47:54.179 --> 00:47:54.460
 synagogue

00:47:54.460 --> 00:47:55.039
 but when

00:47:55.039 --> 00:47:55.719
 priscilla and

00:47:55.719 --> 00:47:56.480
 aquila heard

00:47:56.480 --> 00:47:56.820
 him

00:47:56.820 --> 00:47:57.940
 they took

00:47:57.940 --> 00:47:58.659
 him aside

00:47:58.659 --> 00:47:59.980
 and explained

00:47:59.980 --> 00:48:00.480
 to him

00:48:00.480 --> 00:48:01.259
 the way of

00:48:01.259 --> 00:48:01.639
 god

00:48:01.639 --> 00:48:02.299
 more

00:48:02.299 --> 00:48:02.900
 accurately

00:48:02.900 --> 00:48:06.860
 this is

00:48:06.860 --> 00:48:07.340
 a fascinating

00:48:07.340 --> 00:48:07.780
 passage

00:48:07.780 --> 00:48:08.440
 that we'll

00:48:08.440 --> 00:48:09.059
 explain further

00:48:09.059 --> 00:48:09.360
 when we

00:48:09.360 --> 00:48:09.840
 actually get

00:48:09.840 --> 00:48:10.079
 to it

00:48:10.079 --> 00:48:10.260
 in the

00:48:10.260 --> 00:48:10.500
 book of

00:48:10.500 --> 00:48:10.760
 acts

00:48:10.760 --> 00:48:11.400
 but for

00:48:11.400 --> 00:48:11.579
 now

00:48:11.579 --> 00:48:12.200
 it suffices

00:48:12.200 --> 00:48:12.860
 to say

00:48:12.860 --> 00:48:14.220
 that apollos

00:48:14.220 --> 00:48:14.920
 had an

00:48:14.920 --> 00:48:15.420
 accurate

00:48:15.420 --> 00:48:16.380
 but still

00:48:16.380 --> 00:48:17.180
 deficient

00:48:17.180 --> 00:48:17.680
 understanding

00:48:17.680 --> 00:48:18.300
 of jesus

00:48:18.300 --> 00:48:19.579
 he said

00:48:19.579 --> 00:48:19.820
 that he

00:48:19.820 --> 00:48:20.559
 only knew

00:48:20.559 --> 00:48:21.119
 the baptism

00:48:21.119 --> 00:48:21.700
 of john

00:48:21.700 --> 00:48:22.019
 which

00:48:22.019 --> 00:48:23.340
 no one

00:48:23.340 --> 00:48:23.500
 knows

00:48:23.500 --> 00:48:23.880
 exactly

00:48:23.880 --> 00:48:24.260
 what that

00:48:24.260 --> 00:48:24.500
 means

00:48:24.500 --> 00:48:24.940
 in this

00:48:24.940 --> 00:48:25.300
 specific

00:48:25.300 --> 00:48:25.700
 context

00:48:25.700 --> 00:48:26.220
 but most

00:48:26.220 --> 00:48:26.579
 likely

00:48:26.579 --> 00:48:26.980
 it means

00:48:26.980 --> 00:48:27.300
 that he

00:48:27.300 --> 00:48:27.800
 wasn't

00:48:27.800 --> 00:48:28.380
 aware

00:48:28.380 --> 00:48:29.059
 of the

00:48:29.059 --> 00:48:29.519
 spirit

00:48:29.519 --> 00:48:30.079
 baptism

00:48:30.079 --> 00:48:30.720
 that had

00:48:30.720 --> 00:48:31.160
 come upon

00:48:31.160 --> 00:48:31.619
 the jews

00:48:31.619 --> 00:48:32.400
 at pentecost

00:48:32.400 --> 00:48:33.500
 and upon

00:48:33.500 --> 00:48:34.240
 the samaritans

00:48:34.240 --> 00:48:34.640
 in the city

00:48:34.640 --> 00:48:35.160
 of samaria

00:48:35.160 --> 00:48:35.579
 in acts

00:48:35.579 --> 00:48:36.119
 chapter 8

00:48:36.119 --> 00:48:37.260
 so when

00:48:37.260 --> 00:48:37.760
 priscilla and

00:48:37.760 --> 00:48:38.440
 aquila heard

00:48:38.440 --> 00:48:38.579
 him

00:48:38.579 --> 00:48:39.019
 they took

00:48:39.019 --> 00:48:39.660
 him aside

00:48:39.660 --> 00:48:40.440
 and explained

00:48:40.440 --> 00:48:40.720
 to him

00:48:40.720 --> 00:48:41.019
 the way

00:48:41.019 --> 00:48:41.420
 of god

00:48:41.420 --> 00:48:41.900
 more

00:48:41.900 --> 00:48:42.460
 accurately

00:48:42.460 --> 00:48:44.200
 here we

00:48:44.200 --> 00:48:44.579
 see a

00:48:44.579 --> 00:48:44.920
 woman

00:48:44.920 --> 00:48:45.940
 priscilla

00:48:45.940 --> 00:48:47.920
 in partnership

00:48:47.920 --> 00:48:48.640
 with her

00:48:48.640 --> 00:48:49.079
 husband

00:48:49.079 --> 00:48:49.579
 aquila

00:48:49.579 --> 00:48:51.079
 teaching

00:48:51.079 --> 00:48:51.800
 a man

00:48:51.800 --> 00:48:52.720
 and not

00:48:52.720 --> 00:48:53.360
 just a man

00:48:53.360 --> 00:48:53.780
 but a

00:48:53.780 --> 00:48:54.200
 prominent

00:48:54.200 --> 00:48:54.700
 teacher

00:48:54.700 --> 00:48:55.000
 in the

00:48:55.000 --> 00:48:55.300
 church

00:48:55.300 --> 00:48:57.860
 but note

00:48:57.860 --> 00:48:58.280
 well the

00:48:58.280 --> 00:48:58.680
 way they

00:48:58.680 --> 00:48:59.099
 do it

00:48:59.099 --> 00:49:01.019
 they take

00:49:01.019 --> 00:49:01.780
 him aside

00:49:01.780 --> 00:49:02.800
 in order

00:49:02.800 --> 00:49:03.220
 to teach

00:49:03.220 --> 00:49:03.800
 him

00:49:03.800 --> 00:49:06.660
 meaning

00:49:06.660 --> 00:49:07.120
 they talk

00:49:07.120 --> 00:49:07.400
 to him

00:49:07.400 --> 00:49:07.980
 privately

00:49:07.980 --> 00:49:08.880
 not

00:49:08.880 --> 00:49:09.440
 publicly

00:49:09.440 --> 00:49:12.360
 priscilla

00:49:12.360 --> 00:49:12.820
 and aquila

00:49:12.820 --> 00:49:13.240
 do not

00:49:13.240 --> 00:49:14.200
 grandstand

00:49:14.200 --> 00:49:14.599
 in the

00:49:14.599 --> 00:49:14.900
 public

00:49:14.900 --> 00:49:15.300
 gathering

00:49:15.300 --> 00:49:15.640
 of the

00:49:15.640 --> 00:49:15.820
 church

00:49:15.820 --> 00:49:16.340
 to teach

00:49:16.340 --> 00:49:17.059
 apollos

00:49:17.059 --> 00:49:17.800
 and increase

00:49:17.800 --> 00:49:18.620
 their standing

00:49:18.620 --> 00:49:18.920
 in the

00:49:18.920 --> 00:49:19.260
 church

00:49:19.260 --> 00:49:20.140
 by correcting

00:49:20.140 --> 00:49:20.500
 him

00:49:20.500 --> 00:49:22.640
 no

00:49:22.640 --> 00:49:23.079
 they do

00:49:23.079 --> 00:49:23.280
 it

00:49:23.280 --> 00:49:24.240
 discreetly

00:49:24.240 --> 00:49:26.160
 privately

00:49:26.160 --> 00:49:27.220
 in the

00:49:27.219 --> 00:49:27.799
 informal

00:49:27.799 --> 00:49:28.379
 context

00:49:28.379 --> 00:49:28.699
 of the

00:49:28.699 --> 00:49:29.059
 home

00:49:29.059 --> 00:49:29.839
 rather

00:49:29.839 --> 00:49:30.139
 than in

00:49:30.139 --> 00:49:30.279
 the

00:49:30.279 --> 00:49:30.739
 context

00:49:30.739 --> 00:49:31.099
 of the

00:49:31.099 --> 00:49:31.439
 gathered

00:49:31.439 --> 00:49:31.980
 church

00:49:31.980 --> 00:49:35.379
 so

00:49:35.379 --> 00:49:36.019
 rise up

00:49:36.019 --> 00:49:36.379
 woman

00:49:36.379 --> 00:49:37.059
 woman

00:49:37.059 --> 00:49:37.559
 of god

00:49:37.559 --> 00:49:37.839
 who

00:49:37.839 --> 00:49:38.779
 know

00:49:38.779 --> 00:49:39.579
 rightly

00:49:39.579 --> 00:49:40.179
 to handle

00:49:40.179 --> 00:49:40.519
 the word

00:49:40.519 --> 00:49:40.919
 of god

00:49:40.919 --> 00:49:42.299
 who can

00:49:42.299 --> 00:49:42.879
 teach

00:49:42.879 --> 00:49:43.359
 others

00:49:43.359 --> 00:49:43.939
 to proclaim

00:49:43.939 --> 00:49:44.199
 it

00:49:44.199 --> 00:49:44.859
 more

00:49:44.859 --> 00:49:45.359
 accurately

00:49:45.359 --> 00:49:49.699
 all of

00:49:49.699 --> 00:49:49.980
 that to

00:49:49.980 --> 00:49:50.139
 say

00:49:50.139 --> 00:49:50.500
 there are

00:49:50.500 --> 00:49:50.819
 rich

00:49:50.819 --> 00:49:51.519
 and varied

00:49:51.519 --> 00:49:52.359
 responsibilities

00:49:52.359 --> 00:49:52.799
 to which

00:49:52.799 --> 00:49:53.139
 christian

00:49:53.139 --> 00:49:53.559
 women are

00:49:53.559 --> 00:49:53.859
 called

00:49:53.859 --> 00:49:54.139
 to

00:49:54.139 --> 00:49:55.379
 and carrying

00:49:55.379 --> 00:49:55.839
 out these

00:49:55.839 --> 00:49:56.420
 responsibilities

00:49:56.420 --> 00:49:57.039
 is a

00:49:57.039 --> 00:49:57.699
 challenge

00:49:57.699 --> 00:49:58.639
 even to

00:49:58.639 --> 00:49:59.259
 the most

00:49:59.259 --> 00:49:59.719
 gifted

00:49:59.719 --> 00:50:00.420
 and prolific

00:50:00.420 --> 00:50:00.879
 of women

00:50:00.879 --> 00:50:05.500
 the women

00:50:05.500 --> 00:50:06.059
 are commanded

00:50:06.059 --> 00:50:06.839
 not to teach

00:50:06.839 --> 00:50:07.299
 or exercise

00:50:07.299 --> 00:50:07.859
 authority

00:50:07.859 --> 00:50:08.519
 over men

00:50:08.519 --> 00:50:08.799
 in the

00:50:08.799 --> 00:50:09.480
 formal public

00:50:09.480 --> 00:50:09.900
 context

00:50:09.900 --> 00:50:10.159
 of the

00:50:10.159 --> 00:50:10.400
 gathered

00:50:10.400 --> 00:50:10.799
 church

00:50:10.799 --> 00:50:11.599
 it is

00:50:11.599 --> 00:50:11.980
 simply

00:50:11.980 --> 00:50:12.500
 not

00:50:12.500 --> 00:50:13.019
 true

00:50:13.019 --> 00:50:13.859
 that

00:50:13.859 --> 00:50:14.199
 women

00:50:14.199 --> 00:50:14.679
 are

00:50:14.679 --> 00:50:15.159
 therefore

00:50:15.159 --> 00:50:16.219
 unfulfilled

00:50:16.219 --> 00:50:16.539
 without

00:50:16.539 --> 00:50:16.960
 doing

00:50:16.960 --> 00:50:17.319
 those

00:50:17.319 --> 00:50:17.719
 things

00:50:17.719 --> 00:50:21.099
 that

00:50:21.099 --> 00:50:21.239
 is

00:50:21.239 --> 00:50:21.419
 an

00:50:21.419 --> 00:50:22.319
 unbiblical

00:50:22.319 --> 00:50:23.619
 assertion

00:50:23.619 --> 00:50:27.779
 if

00:50:27.779 --> 00:50:27.879
 you

00:50:27.879 --> 00:50:28.119
 see

00:50:28.119 --> 00:50:28.579
 god's

00:50:28.579 --> 00:50:28.919
 law

00:50:28.919 --> 00:50:29.480
 as

00:50:29.480 --> 00:50:29.679
 a

00:50:29.679 --> 00:50:30.559
 straitjacket

00:50:30.559 --> 00:50:31.459
 intended

00:50:31.459 --> 00:50:31.659
 to

00:50:31.659 --> 00:50:32.179
 restrain

00:50:32.179 --> 00:50:32.459
 you

00:50:32.459 --> 00:50:34.099
 you're

00:50:34.099 --> 00:50:34.319
 going

00:50:34.319 --> 00:50:34.480
 to

00:50:34.480 --> 00:50:34.739
 want

00:50:34.739 --> 00:50:34.899
 to

00:50:34.899 --> 00:50:35.119
 wear

00:50:35.119 --> 00:50:35.259
 it

00:50:35.259 --> 00:50:35.439
 as

00:50:35.439 --> 00:50:35.839
 loosely

00:50:35.839 --> 00:50:36.119
 as

00:50:36.119 --> 00:50:36.559
 possible

00:50:36.559 --> 00:50:37.980
 to

00:50:37.980 --> 00:50:38.319
 sneak

00:50:38.319 --> 00:50:38.559
 out

00:50:38.559 --> 00:50:38.679
 of

00:50:38.679 --> 00:50:38.779
 it

00:50:38.779 --> 00:50:38.919
 as

00:50:38.919 --> 00:50:39.279
 much

00:50:39.279 --> 00:50:39.519
 as

00:50:39.519 --> 00:50:40.000
 possible

00:50:40.000 --> 00:50:40.639
 to

00:50:40.639 --> 00:50:40.919
 push

00:50:40.919 --> 00:50:41.159
 the

00:50:41.159 --> 00:50:41.579
 boundaries

00:50:41.579 --> 00:50:41.819
 as

00:50:41.819 --> 00:50:42.179
 far

00:50:42.179 --> 00:50:42.359
 as

00:50:42.359 --> 00:50:42.459
 you

00:50:42.459 --> 00:50:42.899
 possibly

00:50:42.899 --> 00:50:43.339
 can

00:50:43.339 --> 00:50:44.839
 but

00:50:44.839 --> 00:50:45.719
 if

00:50:45.719 --> 00:50:45.859
 you

00:50:45.859 --> 00:50:46.159
 see

00:50:46.159 --> 00:50:46.599
 god's

00:50:46.599 --> 00:50:46.839
 law

00:50:46.840 --> 00:50:47.140
 as

00:50:47.140 --> 00:50:47.480
 a

00:50:47.480 --> 00:50:47.780
 life

00:50:47.780 --> 00:50:48.360
 jacket

00:50:48.360 --> 00:50:49.660
 intended

00:50:49.660 --> 00:50:49.900
 to

00:50:49.900 --> 00:50:50.420
 save

00:50:50.420 --> 00:50:50.680
 you

00:50:50.680 --> 00:50:52.480
 you're

00:50:52.480 --> 00:50:52.640
 going

00:50:52.640 --> 00:50:52.900
 to

00:50:52.900 --> 00:50:53.340
 want

00:50:53.340 --> 00:50:53.600
 to

00:50:53.600 --> 00:50:53.860
 fit

00:50:53.860 --> 00:50:54.519
 snugly

00:50:54.519 --> 00:50:54.760
 into

00:50:54.760 --> 00:50:55.100
 that

00:50:55.100 --> 00:50:56.019
 make

00:50:56.019 --> 00:50:56.400
 sure

00:50:56.400 --> 00:50:56.600
 that

00:50:56.600 --> 00:50:56.880
 it's

00:50:56.880 --> 00:50:57.280
 strapped

00:50:57.280 --> 00:50:57.600
 on

00:50:57.600 --> 00:50:58.240
 properly

00:50:58.240 --> 00:50:59.579
 because

00:50:59.579 --> 00:51:00.000
 you

00:51:00.000 --> 00:51:00.340
 see

00:51:00.340 --> 00:51:00.559
 it

00:51:00.559 --> 00:51:01.019
 as

00:51:01.019 --> 00:51:01.180
 a

00:51:01.180 --> 00:51:01.780
 conduit

00:51:01.780 --> 00:51:02.240
 of

00:51:02.240 --> 00:51:02.940
 blessing

00:51:02.940 --> 00:51:09.579
 we

00:51:09.579 --> 00:51:09.720
 need

00:51:09.720 --> 00:51:09.840
 to

00:51:09.840 --> 00:51:10.019
 make

00:51:10.019 --> 00:51:10.340
 sure

00:51:10.340 --> 00:51:10.500
 that

00:51:10.500 --> 00:51:10.660
 our

00:51:10.660 --> 00:51:11.200
 perspective

00:51:11.200 --> 00:51:11.460
 is

00:51:11.460 --> 00:51:11.880
 aligned

00:51:11.880 --> 00:51:12.120
 with

00:51:12.120 --> 00:51:12.740
 god's

00:51:12.740 --> 00:51:13.579
 and

00:51:13.579 --> 00:51:13.700
 that

00:51:13.700 --> 00:51:13.820
 we

00:51:13.820 --> 00:51:14.039
 see

00:51:14.039 --> 00:51:14.559
 god's

00:51:14.559 --> 00:51:14.780
 word

00:51:14.780 --> 00:51:14.940
 the

00:51:14.940 --> 00:51:15.100
 way

00:51:15.100 --> 00:51:15.460
 he

00:51:15.460 --> 00:51:15.880
 sees

00:51:15.880 --> 00:51:16.140
 it

00:51:16.139 --> 00:51:16.579
 and

00:51:16.579 --> 00:51:16.779
 not

00:51:16.779 --> 00:51:16.920
 the

00:51:16.920 --> 00:51:17.099
 way

00:51:17.099 --> 00:51:17.299
 the

00:51:17.299 --> 00:51:17.599
 world

00:51:17.599 --> 00:51:17.960
 sees

00:51:17.960 --> 00:51:18.239
 it

00:51:18.239 --> 00:51:23.119
 and

00:51:23.119 --> 00:51:23.299
 when

00:51:23.299 --> 00:51:23.460
 the

00:51:23.460 --> 00:51:23.719
 teaching

00:51:23.719 --> 00:51:23.900
 of

00:51:23.900 --> 00:51:24.279
 god's

00:51:24.279 --> 00:51:24.519
 word

00:51:24.519 --> 00:51:24.799
 like

00:51:24.799 --> 00:51:25.139
 this

00:51:25.139 --> 00:51:25.420
 is

00:51:25.420 --> 00:51:26.019
 counter

00:51:26.019 --> 00:51:26.559
 cultural

00:51:26.559 --> 00:51:27.259
 and

00:51:27.259 --> 00:51:27.599
 counter

00:51:27.599 --> 00:51:28.059
 intuitive

00:51:28.059 --> 00:51:30.299
 when

00:51:30.299 --> 00:51:30.440
 the

00:51:30.440 --> 00:51:30.699
 teaching

00:51:30.699 --> 00:51:30.839
 of

00:51:30.839 --> 00:51:31.119
 god's

00:51:31.119 --> 00:51:31.299
 word

00:51:31.299 --> 00:51:31.900
 offends

00:51:31.900 --> 00:51:32.119
 our

00:51:32.119 --> 00:51:32.579
 pride

00:51:32.579 --> 00:51:33.179
 and

00:51:33.179 --> 00:51:33.679
 offends

00:51:33.679 --> 00:51:33.859
 the

00:51:33.859 --> 00:51:34.359
 world's

00:51:34.359 --> 00:51:34.940
 sensibilities

00:51:34.940 --> 00:51:35.659
 the

00:51:35.659 --> 00:51:36.019
 only

00:51:36.019 --> 00:51:36.319
 way

00:51:36.319 --> 00:51:36.460
 we

00:51:36.460 --> 00:51:36.659
 can

00:51:36.659 --> 00:51:37.000
 trust

00:51:37.000 --> 00:51:37.379
 god

00:51:37.379 --> 00:51:37.559
 is

00:51:37.559 --> 00:51:37.839
 by

00:51:37.839 --> 00:51:38.279
 taking

00:51:38.279 --> 00:51:38.480
 a

00:51:38.480 --> 00:51:38.879
 long

00:51:38.879 --> 00:51:39.299
 hard

00:51:39.299 --> 00:51:39.659
 look

00:51:39.659 --> 00:51:39.960
 by

00:51:39.960 --> 00:51:40.460
 faith

00:51:40.460 --> 00:51:40.920
 at

00:51:40.920 --> 00:51:41.059
 the

00:51:41.059 --> 00:51:41.359
 cross

00:51:41.359 --> 00:51:41.500
 of

00:51:41.500 --> 00:51:41.739
 jesus

00:51:41.739 --> 00:51:42.159
 christ

00:51:42.159 --> 00:51:46.139
 at

00:51:46.139 --> 00:51:46.319
 the

00:51:46.319 --> 00:51:46.739
 cross

00:51:46.739 --> 00:51:46.980
 we

00:51:46.980 --> 00:51:47.259
 see

00:51:47.259 --> 00:51:47.500
 the

00:51:47.500 --> 00:51:47.920
 humility

00:51:47.920 --> 00:51:48.199
 of

00:51:48.199 --> 00:51:48.339
 the

00:51:48.339 --> 00:51:48.539
 son

00:51:48.539 --> 00:51:48.679
 of

00:51:48.679 --> 00:51:49.000
 god

00:51:49.000 --> 00:51:49.500
 who

00:51:49.500 --> 00:51:49.739
 though

00:51:49.739 --> 00:51:50.219
 equal

00:51:50.219 --> 00:51:50.500
 with

00:51:50.500 --> 00:51:50.899
 god

00:51:50.899 --> 00:51:51.399
 just as

00:51:51.399 --> 00:51:51.619
 women

00:51:51.619 --> 00:51:51.799
 are

00:51:51.799 --> 00:51:52.079
 equal

00:51:52.079 --> 00:51:52.339
 with

00:51:52.339 --> 00:51:52.619
 men

00:51:52.619 --> 00:51:53.079
 but

00:51:53.079 --> 00:51:53.399
 jesus

00:51:53.399 --> 00:51:53.639
 did

00:51:53.639 --> 00:51:53.899
 not

00:51:53.899 --> 00:51:54.399
 demand

00:51:54.399 --> 00:51:54.619
 the

00:51:54.619 --> 00:51:54.980
 equal

00:51:54.980 --> 00:51:55.379
 treatment

00:51:55.379 --> 00:51:55.579
 that

00:51:55.579 --> 00:51:55.679
 he

00:51:55.679 --> 00:51:55.859
 was

00:51:55.859 --> 00:51:56.319
 entitled

00:51:56.319 --> 00:51:56.659
 to

00:51:56.659 --> 00:51:57.539
 but

00:51:57.539 --> 00:51:57.759
 was

00:51:57.759 --> 00:51:58.379
 divested

00:51:58.379 --> 00:51:58.599
 of

00:51:58.599 --> 00:51:58.819
 his

00:51:58.819 --> 00:51:59.179
 heavenly

00:51:59.179 --> 00:51:59.659
 glory

00:51:59.659 --> 00:52:00.119
 and

00:52:00.119 --> 00:52:00.339
 took

00:52:00.339 --> 00:52:00.539
 on

00:52:00.539 --> 00:52:00.899
 human

00:52:00.899 --> 00:52:01.440
 flesh

00:52:01.440 --> 00:52:04.519
 at

00:52:04.519 --> 00:52:04.679
 the

00:52:04.679 --> 00:52:05.179
 cross

00:52:05.179 --> 00:52:06.000
 we

00:52:06.000 --> 00:52:06.220
 see

00:52:06.220 --> 00:52:06.420
 the

00:52:06.420 --> 00:52:06.800
 righteous

00:52:06.800 --> 00:52:07.119
 son

00:52:07.119 --> 00:52:07.280
 of

00:52:07.280 --> 00:52:07.659
 god

00:52:07.659 --> 00:52:08.599
 submitting

00:52:08.599 --> 00:52:08.860
 to

00:52:08.860 --> 00:52:09.099
 his

00:52:09.099 --> 00:52:09.480
 father

00:52:09.480 --> 00:52:09.639
 and

00:52:09.639 --> 00:52:09.800
 being

00:52:09.800 --> 00:52:10.360
 obedient

00:52:10.360 --> 00:52:11.099
 unto

00:52:11.099 --> 00:52:11.700
 death

00:52:11.700 --> 00:52:12.599
 the

00:52:12.599 --> 00:52:13.000
 death

00:52:13.000 --> 00:52:13.280
 that

00:52:13.280 --> 00:52:13.539
 he

00:52:13.539 --> 00:52:13.820
 does

00:52:13.820 --> 00:52:14.119
 not

00:52:14.119 --> 00:52:14.619
 deserve

00:52:14.619 --> 00:52:17.079
 dying

00:52:17.079 --> 00:52:17.280
 on

00:52:17.280 --> 00:52:17.760
 behalf

00:52:17.760 --> 00:52:17.980
 of

00:52:17.980 --> 00:52:18.460
 sinful

00:52:18.460 --> 00:52:18.860
 man

00:52:18.860 --> 00:52:19.119
 and

00:52:19.119 --> 00:52:19.420
 woman

00:52:19.420 --> 00:52:22.599
 people

00:52:22.599 --> 00:52:22.840
 of

00:52:22.840 --> 00:52:23.019
 this

00:52:23.019 --> 00:52:23.340
 world

00:52:23.340 --> 00:52:23.579
 could

00:52:23.579 --> 00:52:23.760
 look

00:52:23.760 --> 00:52:23.940
 at

00:52:23.940 --> 00:52:24.320
 jesus

00:52:24.320 --> 00:52:24.619
 who

00:52:24.619 --> 00:52:25.059
 died

00:52:25.059 --> 00:52:25.240
 in

00:52:25.240 --> 00:52:25.420
 his

00:52:25.420 --> 00:52:25.820
 prime

00:52:25.820 --> 00:52:26.019
 at

00:52:26.019 --> 00:52:26.159
 the

00:52:26.159 --> 00:52:26.400
 age

00:52:26.400 --> 00:52:26.519
 of

00:52:26.519 --> 00:52:26.980
 33

00:52:26.980 --> 00:52:27.300
 and

00:52:27.300 --> 00:52:27.740
 lament

00:52:27.740 --> 00:52:28.579
 what

00:52:28.579 --> 00:52:29.059
 wasted

00:52:29.059 --> 00:52:29.740
 potential

00:52:29.739 --> 00:52:32.719
 what

00:52:32.719 --> 00:52:33.339
 tragedy

00:52:33.339 --> 00:52:34.939
 think

00:52:34.939 --> 00:52:35.099
 of

00:52:35.099 --> 00:52:35.319
 all

00:52:35.319 --> 00:52:35.559
 that

00:52:35.559 --> 00:52:35.859
 jesus

00:52:35.859 --> 00:52:36.099
 could

00:52:36.099 --> 00:52:36.219
 have

00:52:36.219 --> 00:52:36.439
 done

00:52:36.439 --> 00:52:36.619
 if

00:52:36.619 --> 00:52:36.719
 he

00:52:36.719 --> 00:52:36.839
 had

00:52:36.839 --> 00:52:37.119
 kept

00:52:37.119 --> 00:52:37.319
 his

00:52:37.319 --> 00:52:37.599
 heavenly

00:52:37.599 --> 00:52:37.939
 glory

00:52:37.939 --> 00:52:38.179
 while

00:52:38.179 --> 00:52:38.319
 he

00:52:38.319 --> 00:52:38.479
 was

00:52:38.479 --> 00:52:38.639
 here

00:52:38.639 --> 00:52:38.799
 on

00:52:38.799 --> 00:52:39.019
 earth

00:52:39.019 --> 00:52:40.319
 think

00:52:40.319 --> 00:52:40.479
 of

00:52:40.479 --> 00:52:40.699
 all

00:52:40.699 --> 00:52:40.859
 that

00:52:40.859 --> 00:52:40.959
 he

00:52:40.959 --> 00:52:41.099
 could

00:52:41.099 --> 00:52:41.219
 have

00:52:41.219 --> 00:52:41.739
 accomplished

00:52:41.739 --> 00:52:42.000
 if

00:52:42.000 --> 00:52:42.239
 he

00:52:42.239 --> 00:52:42.539
 instead

00:52:42.539 --> 00:52:42.719
 of

00:52:42.719 --> 00:52:43.079
 dying

00:52:43.079 --> 00:52:43.279
 on

00:52:43.279 --> 00:52:43.399
 the

00:52:43.399 --> 00:52:43.699
 cross

00:52:43.699 --> 00:52:44.419
 continued

00:52:44.419 --> 00:52:44.719
 to

00:52:44.719 --> 00:52:45.079
 heal

00:52:45.079 --> 00:52:45.299
 and

00:52:45.299 --> 00:52:45.419
 to

00:52:45.419 --> 00:52:45.759
 live

00:52:45.759 --> 00:52:46.259
 and

00:52:46.259 --> 00:52:46.439
 to

00:52:46.439 --> 00:52:46.859
 preach

00:52:46.859 --> 00:52:47.139
 for

00:52:47.139 --> 00:52:47.399
 another

00:52:47.399 --> 00:52:47.719
 40

00:52:47.719 --> 00:52:48.199
 years

00:52:48.199 --> 00:52:50.899
 but

00:52:50.899 --> 00:52:51.119
 they

00:52:51.119 --> 00:52:51.679
 don't

00:52:51.679 --> 00:52:52.439
 understand

00:52:52.439 --> 00:52:53.139
 that

00:52:53.139 --> 00:52:53.599
 only

00:52:53.599 --> 00:52:53.919
 the

00:52:53.919 --> 00:52:54.119
 son

00:52:54.119 --> 00:52:54.279
 of

00:52:54.279 --> 00:52:54.679
 man

00:52:54.679 --> 00:52:55.219
 can

00:52:55.219 --> 00:52:55.500
 bear

00:52:55.500 --> 00:52:55.739
 the

00:52:55.739 --> 00:52:56.059
 sins

00:52:56.059 --> 00:52:56.239
 of

00:52:56.239 --> 00:52:56.479
 men

00:52:56.479 --> 00:52:56.639
 and

00:52:56.639 --> 00:52:56.879
 women

00:52:56.879 --> 00:52:58.599
 they

00:52:58.599 --> 00:52:58.979
 don't

00:52:58.979 --> 00:52:59.699
 understand

00:52:59.739 --> 00:53:00.939
 that

00:53:00.939 --> 00:53:01.379
 only

00:53:01.379 --> 00:53:01.859
 jesus

00:53:01.859 --> 00:53:02.539
 death

00:53:02.539 --> 00:53:03.059
 can

00:53:03.059 --> 00:53:03.259
 bring

00:53:03.259 --> 00:53:03.879
 atonement

00:53:03.879 --> 00:53:04.379
 for

00:53:04.379 --> 00:53:04.939
 sins

00:53:04.939 --> 00:53:06.399
 they

00:53:06.399 --> 00:53:06.699
 would

00:53:06.699 --> 00:53:07.039
 have

00:53:07.039 --> 00:53:07.500
 never

00:53:07.500 --> 00:53:08.119
 foreseen

00:53:08.119 --> 00:53:08.619
 that

00:53:08.619 --> 00:53:09.079
 jesus

00:53:09.079 --> 00:53:09.979
 humiliation

00:53:09.979 --> 00:53:10.619
 and

00:53:10.619 --> 00:53:10.959
 death

00:53:10.959 --> 00:53:11.159
 would

00:53:11.159 --> 00:53:11.379
 lead

00:53:11.379 --> 00:53:11.519
 to

00:53:11.519 --> 00:53:11.819
 his

00:53:11.819 --> 00:53:12.519
 resurrection

00:53:12.519 --> 00:53:13.119
 and

00:53:13.119 --> 00:53:13.839
 eternal

00:53:13.839 --> 00:53:14.679
 glory

00:53:14.679 --> 00:53:15.059
 at the

00:53:15.059 --> 00:53:15.339
 right

00:53:15.339 --> 00:53:15.719
 hand

00:53:15.719 --> 00:53:15.859
 of

00:53:15.859 --> 00:53:16.019
 the

00:53:16.019 --> 00:53:16.379
 father

00:53:16.379 --> 00:53:20.019
 and

00:53:20.019 --> 00:53:20.399
 so

00:53:20.399 --> 00:53:20.639
 it

00:53:20.639 --> 00:53:20.899
 is

00:53:20.899 --> 00:53:21.139
 for

00:53:21.139 --> 00:53:21.639
 us

00:53:21.639 --> 00:53:25.739
 every

00:53:25.739 --> 00:53:26.259
 cross

00:53:26.259 --> 00:53:26.500
 we

00:53:26.500 --> 00:53:26.879
 bear

00:53:26.879 --> 00:53:27.319
 for

00:53:27.319 --> 00:53:27.479
 the

00:53:27.479 --> 00:53:27.739
 sake

00:53:27.739 --> 00:53:27.919
 of

00:53:27.919 --> 00:53:28.219
 jesus

00:53:28.219 --> 00:53:28.639
 christ

00:53:28.639 --> 00:53:29.059
 is

00:53:29.059 --> 00:53:29.239
 a

00:53:29.239 --> 00:53:29.759
 prelude

00:53:29.759 --> 00:53:30.039
 to

00:53:30.039 --> 00:53:30.579
 resurrection

00:53:30.579 --> 00:53:33.619
 every

00:53:33.619 --> 00:53:34.319
 death

00:53:34.319 --> 00:53:34.599
 we

00:53:34.599 --> 00:53:34.939
 die

00:53:34.939 --> 00:53:35.159
 to

00:53:35.159 --> 00:53:35.879
 ourselves

00:53:35.879 --> 00:53:36.859
 to

00:53:36.859 --> 00:53:37.019
 our

00:53:37.019 --> 00:53:37.419
 selfish

00:53:37.419 --> 00:53:37.939
 pride

00:53:37.939 --> 00:53:38.619
 is

00:53:38.619 --> 00:53:38.819
 a

00:53:38.819 --> 00:53:39.279
 prelude

00:53:39.279 --> 00:53:39.500
 to

00:53:39.500 --> 00:53:40.039
 growth

00:53:40.039 --> 00:53:40.539
 and

00:53:40.539 --> 00:53:40.919
 new

00:53:40.919 --> 00:53:41.459
 life

00:53:41.459 --> 00:53:43.819
 so

00:53:43.819 --> 00:53:43.979
 let

00:53:43.979 --> 00:53:44.099
 us

00:53:44.099 --> 00:53:44.779
 gladly

00:53:44.779 --> 00:53:46.359
 submit

00:53:46.359 --> 00:53:46.559
 to

00:53:46.559 --> 00:53:46.699
 our

00:53:46.699 --> 00:53:47.019
 lord

00:53:47.019 --> 00:53:47.359
 and

00:53:47.359 --> 00:53:47.719
 savior

00:53:47.719 --> 00:53:48.019
 in

00:53:48.019 --> 00:53:48.479
 every

00:53:48.479 --> 00:53:48.979
 station

00:53:48.979 --> 00:53:50.139
 trusting

00:53:50.139 --> 00:53:50.359
 that

00:53:50.359 --> 00:53:50.500
 the

00:53:50.500 --> 00:53:50.759
 god

00:53:50.759 --> 00:53:50.919
 who

00:53:50.919 --> 00:53:51.199
 gave

00:53:51.199 --> 00:53:51.399
 his

00:53:51.399 --> 00:53:51.739
 only

00:53:51.739 --> 00:53:52.119
 son

00:53:52.119 --> 00:53:52.359
 for

00:53:52.359 --> 00:53:52.699
 us

00:53:52.699 --> 00:53:53.639
 will

00:53:53.639 --> 00:53:54.159
 withhold

00:53:54.159 --> 00:53:54.599
 no

00:53:54.599 --> 00:53:54.919
 good

00:53:54.919 --> 00:53:55.279
 thing

00:53:55.279 --> 00:53:55.559
 from

00:53:55.559 --> 00:53:55.839
 us

00:53:55.840 --> 00:54:10.079
 to

00:54:10.079 --> 00:54:11.620
 oh

00:54:11.620 --> 00:54:12.260
 you

00:54:12.260 --> 00:54:12.480
 didn't