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 Young people in the room, if you're living right now with your parents,

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 you're dependent on them in some way,

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 what happens in you when this happens?

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 Honey, we go clean your room.

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 Oh, sweetheart, that's not going to work.

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 Would you go change?

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 I think you've got to go finish your homework.

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 I know they want you to come go see that movie,

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 but that's an inappropriate movie.

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 You can't go.

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 Children in the room, here's what I want to help you see.

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 When your parents ask you to do something,

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 ask you not to do something,

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 I want you to see someone standing behind your parents, Jesus.

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 And you know what Jesus is saying to you?

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 Do it for me.

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 Obey your parents for me.

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 Honor them for me.

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 Do it for me.

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 So would you look at Ephesians chapter 6, 1 through 4.

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 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

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 Honor your father and your mother.

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 This is the first commandment with a promise.

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 That it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.

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 Verse 4.

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 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger,

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 but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

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 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

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 Children in the room, live for Jesus.

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 Live for Jesus.

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 Obey your parents.

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 Live for Christ by obeying your mother and your father.

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 Four points this morning to help you see this.

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 That to live for Christ is to honor your mom and your dad.

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 Four points.

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 Here's the first one.

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 Ready?

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 Point number one.

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 God's greenhouse of grace is the family.

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 God's greenhouse of grace is the family.

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 And the goal of the family is for children to grow in godliness.

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 God's greenhouse of grace is the family.

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 And the goal is for children to grow in godliness.

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 We see that in Ephesians 6, 1 through 4.

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 Roles here of children and of parents.

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 God wants us to be fully aware of what he wants for children and parents

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 together in a Christian home moving forward.

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 So I just want to set out a vision for us as a church

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 in terms of what's the purpose of a family.

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 So parents, moms and dads, you're like the greenhouse keepers.

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 You've been given the responsibility of growing your kids, of raising your children.

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 That means providing a safe environment, loving environment for them,

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 making sure the temperature's right, making sure there's enough moisture in the air,

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 making sure you're doing weed and feed, you know, that kind of stuff around the little kids,

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 making sure they're growing right.

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 When it boils right down to it, parents,

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 you're the ones who are making decisions of what plant goes where, when.

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 You're making sure your little plants are fed with God's word.

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 It's like miracle grow.

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 You want to make sure they're in the best soil at the right time.

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 More on that in a couple weeks.

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 But what I want to point out here at the forefront of this sermon is that, parents,

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 your task is to create a gracious environment in your home

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 in which your children thrive and grow in godliness.

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 The family is God's greenhouse of grace where children grow in godliness.

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 That's the family.

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 We need to provide food, clothing, shelter.

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 Even non-Christian parents provide that.

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 But what sets us apart is godliness.

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 Children, if parents are the greenhouse keepers, you're the little plants.

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 Maybe not so little.

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 The goal of your parents, what God calls them to,

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 is to provide a place for you to grow

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 until you're ready to be planted outside the greenhouse.

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 Your parents are tasked with preparing you

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 to be able to live for Jesus on your own.

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 That's what they're seeking to do.

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 That's the goal of this greenhouse.

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 It's to position you for godliness.

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 And the timing is very important.

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 You know, your parents do know things that you don't know.

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 That's true.

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 And they want to be able to help you

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 and position you

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 that when you one day you leave your home,

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 that you will be able to thrive.

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 That you're ready.

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 Someday you're going to leave your parents' greenhouse

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 and start a greenhouse of your own.

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 One thing to note,

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 God, young people,

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 God has placed you in your parents' greenhouse.

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 It's no mistake.

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 It's no accident.

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 It wasn't lucky, kind of draw,

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 very intentional.

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 God wants you to grow where you're at

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 in the family you're in.

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 You know, when we're talking about the greenhouse

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 and we're talking about families,

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 it's very important, too,

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 to talk about the local church.

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 What's the relationship between a family,

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 a greenhouse of godliness,

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 and a local church?

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 How does that work?

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 Well, if you think about a local church like this way,

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 with this analogy, it would be like this.

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 A local church is then a network of greenhouses

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 linked together by Christ.

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 I mean, we're all looking to God's Word

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 to direct us

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 in how to live in a manner worthy of our holy calling,

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 whether that's as parents or as children.

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 We're all looking to the same book.

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 We're all looking to Jesus to help us with this.

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 And so there's no need to pit the family

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 against the church

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 or the church against the family.

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 It doesn't need to do that.

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 The church is a network of greenhouses

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 to support families,

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 individual greenhouses for the glory of Christ.

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 A church doesn't take over a family.

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 A church comes alongside a family,

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 helps them.

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 I mean, this is what we see

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 just played out in front of us

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 in Ephesians chapter 6.

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 Do you know what happens

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 when this arrived in Ephesus that first time?

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 It was read to a congregation,

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 a local body.

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 It was read out loud to them.

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 And so there were parents and children in the room.

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 And so in the context of a local church,

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 God's Word went out

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 in order to instruct them

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 of what their roles were in their families.

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 That's what's going on right here, right now.

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 And so the church is here

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 to come alongside

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 and support what God is doing

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 and families.

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 It's mutually beneficial.

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 So there's a place,

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 a role for parents in the greenhouse,

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 a role for children.

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 The greenhouse is kind of interconnected

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 in the local church.

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 But I just want to reiterate

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 the goal.

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 The goal of the family,

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 the goal of the greenhouse

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 is godliness.

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 Do you know what AKA means?

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 Also known as AKA?

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 Bruce Banner,

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 AKA

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 The Hulk.

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 Peter Parker,

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 AKA

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 Spider-Man.

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 Ben Hacker,

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 AKA

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 Man Bear.

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 Clark Kent,

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 AKA

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 Superman.

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 Superman.

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 Godliness as an AKA.

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 Christ-likeness.

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 When we talk about

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 the goal of the family

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 being godliness,

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 we're talking about

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 the goal being Christ.

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 Aiming our children

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 at Jesus.

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 We want to

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 instruct children

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 about Jesus.

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 We want to help them

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 love Jesus.

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 We want to help them

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 obey Jesus.

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 We want to help them

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 become like Jesus.

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 And it's not limited children.

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 It's parents too.

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 We're all in this together.

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 Jesus is the goal.

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 So God's greenhouse

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 of grace,

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 the family,

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 the goal

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 is children

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 growing in godliness.

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 Christ-likeness.

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 And we do that

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 together as a church.

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 So that's number one.

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 Just understanding

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 of what the family is

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 and what the family is for.

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 The second thing

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 I want you to see

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 this morning is

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 what God requires

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 of children.

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 You see that

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 in Ephesians 6.1.

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 Children

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 obey your parents.

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 Children.

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 That's a rather

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 broad category.

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 Every person

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 in this room

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 is a child.

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 All of us

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 either

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 have parents

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 or have had

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 parents.

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 Specifically,

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 Paul is

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 aiming at

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 a particular

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 group of children.

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 children.

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 Even in this room

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 right now.

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 And the children

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 Paul has in mind

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 here are those

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 children who are

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 still living in the

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 greenhouse.

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 Who are still

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 living at home.

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 Who are still

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 dependent on their

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 parents.

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 And we see that

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 in Ephesians 6.4.

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 When fathers are

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 instructed,

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 do not provoke

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 your children to

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 anger,

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 but bring them up.

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 Nurture them

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 in the discipline

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 and instruction

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 of the Lord.

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 the children

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 he's talking

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 to are in

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 need of

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 nurture.

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 They're in

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 need of

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 growing up.

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 That's who

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 he's talking

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 to here.

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 Children who

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 are not

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 quite ready

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 to move out

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 of the

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 greenhouse.

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 Obviously,

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 the children

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 here must be

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 able to

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 understand

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 because Paul

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 addresses

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 children.

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 And just

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 to note,

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 these children

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 are in the

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 congregation.

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 Children are

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 welcome here.

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 So,

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 if you are

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 in this room

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 and you're

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 wondering,

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 is Paul God

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 talking to me

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 here?

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 The question

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 is,

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 are you still

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 dependent on

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 your parents?

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 Are you living

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 in their home?

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 Do you need

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 them for

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 something?

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 And if the

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 answer is yes,

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 this exhortation

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 applies to you.

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 Children,

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 obey your

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 parents.

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 That's the

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 children.

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 Now,

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 children,

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 notice who

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 you're to

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 obey.

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 Your

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 parents.

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 Parents is

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 plural.

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 Both parents.

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 And Paul's

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 going to call

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 in some

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 backup in

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 just a second

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 in chapter 6

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 verses 2

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 and 3.

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 And he quotes

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 Exodus chapter

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 20 verse 12

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 and he makes

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 it very clear.

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 Honor your

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 father and

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 your mother.

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 Both parents.

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 parents.

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 So whether

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 your parents

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 are married

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 or whether

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 they're divorced

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 or whether

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 they're remarried,

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 if you're a

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 child in the

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 room living

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 with your

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 parents,

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 you are to

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 obey them.

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 Both of

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 them.

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 And notice,

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 it's your

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 parents.

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 God has

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 entrusted you

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 to them.

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 Children,

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 in the room,

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 if you would

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 now look to

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 the parent to

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 your right or

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 left,

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 let me make

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 some introductions.

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 Children,

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 this person

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 next to you

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 is the one

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 that God

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 has given

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 the responsibility

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 to raise

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 you.

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 That's who

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 they are.

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 It's not

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 some lottery

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 draw.

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 God

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 specifically

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 placed this

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 child in

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 your home.

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 Children,

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 it's no

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 accident that

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 you're there.

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 So whether

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 it's

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 from being

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 naturally born

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 into the

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 family that

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 you're in,

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 or you

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 are adopted

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 into the

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 family that

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 you're in,

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 or that

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 there's some

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 kind of

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 guardianship,

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 that person

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 is someone

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 you must

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 obey.

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 Now,

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 I just want

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 to give you

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 a sneak peek

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 at something,

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 kids.

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 A little bit

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 more of what

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 God is going

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 to require

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 of your

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 parents.

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 We see it

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 stated explicitly

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 in verse

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 four.

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 fathers,

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 do not

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 provoke your

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 children.

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 But all

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 throughout the

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 Bible,

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 there's an

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 address to,

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 it includes

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 both mom

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 and dad.

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 Here's what

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 your parents

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 are going to

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 seek to do.

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 And here's

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 why there's

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 a call to

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 obey them.

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 Your parents

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 are going to

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 provide for you.

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 They're going

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 to protect you.

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 But God is

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 calling them

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 to more

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 than that.

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 They want

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 to be a

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 part of

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 growing you

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 to become

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 like Jesus.

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 And so,

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 way back

00:14:27.639 --> 00:14:28.019
 in your

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 Bible,

00:14:29.159 --> 00:14:29.700
 in the

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 book of

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 Deuteronomy,

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 we read

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 something very

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 important.

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 Deuteronomy

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 chapter six.

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 Moses has

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 just reiterated

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 the ten

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 commandments

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 in Deuteronomy

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 chapter five.

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 They're about

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 to enter the

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 promised land.

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 And so,

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 it is a

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 kind of

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 renewing of

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 the covenant.

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 And in

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 chapter six,

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 verse four,

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 we read the

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 Shema.

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 Hear,

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 O Israel,

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 the Lord

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 our God,

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 the Lord

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 is one.

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 You shall

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 love the

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 Lord your

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 God with

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 all your

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 heart,

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 with all

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 your soul,

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 with all

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 your might.

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 And these

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 words that I

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 command you

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 today shall

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 be on your

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 heart.

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 Words,

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 of course,

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 are the

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 commands,

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 the law.

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 They were

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 to be on

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 the heart

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 of these

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 adults going

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 into the

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 promised land.

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 They were

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 to control

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 their actions.

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 They were

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 going to

00:15:23.139 --> 00:15:23.960
 aim them.

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 And then

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 look at

00:15:27.060 --> 00:15:29.860
 verse seven.

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 You shall

00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:33.039
 teach them

00:15:33.039 --> 00:15:33.779
 diligently to

00:15:33.779 --> 00:15:34.340
 your children,

00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:35.639
 and you

00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:36.080
 shall talk

00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:36.340
 of them

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 when you

00:15:36.620 --> 00:15:36.899
 sit in

00:15:36.899 --> 00:15:37.500
 your house,

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 and when

00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:38.360
 you walk

00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:38.759
 by the

00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:39.000
 way,

00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:39.259
 and when

00:15:39.259 --> 00:15:39.600
 you lie

00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:39.940
 down,

00:15:40.039 --> 00:15:40.180
 and when

00:15:40.180 --> 00:15:40.700
 you rise.

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 Do you

00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:44.120
 know what

00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:44.580
 miracle grow

00:15:44.580 --> 00:15:44.799
 is?

00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:47.559
 Miracle

00:15:47.559 --> 00:15:47.899
 grow is

00:15:47.899 --> 00:15:48.259
 like this

00:15:48.259 --> 00:15:48.599
 super

00:15:48.599 --> 00:15:48.959
 soil,

00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:50.839
 that when

00:15:50.839 --> 00:15:51.019
 you're

00:15:51.019 --> 00:15:51.759
 planting a

00:15:51.759 --> 00:15:52.120
 plant,

00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:52.479
 you put

00:15:52.479 --> 00:15:53.240
 miracle grow

00:15:53.240 --> 00:15:53.579
 in,

00:15:53.740 --> 00:15:54.399
 and it's

00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:54.919
 like super

00:15:54.919 --> 00:15:55.799
 nutrients that

00:15:55.799 --> 00:15:56.539
 the roots of

00:15:56.539 --> 00:15:57.240
 a plant suck

00:15:57.240 --> 00:15:57.699
 up, and it

00:15:57.699 --> 00:15:58.179
 gives them

00:15:58.179 --> 00:15:59.219
 health, gives

00:15:59.219 --> 00:15:59.839
 them strength.

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 And so what

00:16:01.559 --> 00:16:02.459
 we're being told

00:16:02.459 --> 00:16:03.159
 here is this,

00:16:03.179 --> 00:16:03.839
 as parents,

00:16:03.979 --> 00:16:04.439
 and children,

00:16:04.539 --> 00:16:04.839
 you've got to be

00:16:04.839 --> 00:16:05.559
 aware of this,

00:16:05.639 --> 00:16:06.240
 of what God's

00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:06.579
 calling your

00:16:06.579 --> 00:16:07.000
 parents to.

00:16:07.959 --> 00:16:08.659
 They are to

00:16:08.659 --> 00:16:09.639
 get God's

00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:10.459
 word on their

00:16:10.459 --> 00:16:12.039
 heart, and

00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:13.000
 then God's

00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:13.399
 word is going

00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:13.799
 to go from

00:16:13.799 --> 00:16:14.500
 their heart

00:16:14.500 --> 00:16:15.840
 into you.

00:16:16.899 --> 00:16:17.159
 And so

00:16:17.159 --> 00:16:17.840
 essentially what

00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:19.399
 it is, is your

00:16:19.399 --> 00:16:20.039
 parents are

00:16:20.039 --> 00:16:20.679
 seeking to get

00:16:20.679 --> 00:16:22.319
 the soil around

00:16:22.319 --> 00:16:22.959
 the roots of

00:16:22.959 --> 00:16:23.639
 your heart,

00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:24.299
 they're seeking

00:16:24.299 --> 00:16:24.740
 to put the

00:16:24.740 --> 00:16:25.419
 miracle grow

00:16:25.419 --> 00:16:25.919
 of God's

00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:26.379
 word in

00:16:26.379 --> 00:16:27.059
 there, so

00:16:27.059 --> 00:16:27.480
 that you

00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:28.159
 can grow.

00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:30.639
 You can

00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:31.379
 know Jesus,

00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:32.620
 and love

00:16:32.620 --> 00:16:33.259
 Jesus, and

00:16:33.259 --> 00:16:34.000
 obey Him,

00:16:34.779 --> 00:16:35.220
 and live

00:16:35.220 --> 00:16:35.699
 for Him.

00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:39.840
 That's what

00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:40.539
 God is calling

00:16:40.539 --> 00:16:41.539
 your parents

00:16:41.539 --> 00:16:42.059
 to do.

00:16:43.399 --> 00:16:46.199
 children, you

00:16:46.199 --> 00:16:47.879
 are to obey

00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:48.759
 your parents,

00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:49.319
 and this is

00:16:49.319 --> 00:16:49.919
 the command

00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:51.519
 of this

00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:52.480
 little section

00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:53.620
 here, obey

00:16:53.620 --> 00:16:54.639
 your parents

00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:55.539
 in the Lord.

00:16:57.939 --> 00:16:58.679
 I need to

00:16:58.679 --> 00:16:59.139
 make a really

00:16:59.139 --> 00:16:59.919
 important distinction

00:16:59.919 --> 00:17:03.120
 here, because

00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:05.940
 we can miss

00:17:05.940 --> 00:17:06.480
 something here.

00:17:08.139 --> 00:17:08.900
 I'm not sure

00:17:08.900 --> 00:17:09.180
 if you were

00:17:09.180 --> 00:17:09.619
 here for when

00:17:09.619 --> 00:17:10.240
 I preached on

00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:10.980
 the role of

00:17:10.980 --> 00:17:11.700
 wives to

00:17:11.700 --> 00:17:12.059
 submit to

00:17:12.059 --> 00:17:12.539
 their husbands

00:17:12.539 --> 00:17:13.579
 to the

00:17:13.579 --> 00:17:14.879
 Lord, but

00:17:14.879 --> 00:17:15.319
 one of the

00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:15.700
 important

00:17:15.700 --> 00:17:16.460
 distinctions to

00:17:16.460 --> 00:17:17.059
 make is this,

00:17:18.019 --> 00:17:18.799
 that a husband

00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:20.000
 and wife are

00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:20.440
 made in the

00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:21.079
 image of God.

00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:22.720
 They are

00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:23.779
 image bearers of

00:17:23.779 --> 00:17:24.619
 God, therefore

00:17:24.619 --> 00:17:25.420
 they are the

00:17:25.420 --> 00:17:26.879
 same value in

00:17:26.879 --> 00:17:27.980
 God's sight.

00:17:28.980 --> 00:17:30.079
 But God calls

00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:30.639
 them to different

00:17:30.639 --> 00:17:32.139
 roles according

00:17:32.139 --> 00:17:32.659
 to their

00:17:32.659 --> 00:17:33.339
 maleness and

00:17:33.339 --> 00:17:34.139
 their femaleness.

00:17:35.500 --> 00:17:36.299
 When we look

00:17:36.299 --> 00:17:36.799
 at Ephesians

00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:37.759
 chapter 6,

00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:39.299
 1 through 4,

00:17:39.740 --> 00:17:40.139
 we've got to

00:17:40.139 --> 00:17:40.700
 make the same

00:17:40.700 --> 00:17:41.200
 distinction.

00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:43.519
 Because a

00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:44.940
 parent and a

00:17:44.940 --> 00:17:46.200
 child are both

00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:47.319
 image bearers of

00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:47.640
 God.

00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:50.180
 Therefore, they

00:17:50.180 --> 00:17:50.799
 are of equal

00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:52.059
 value in God's

00:17:52.059 --> 00:17:52.539
 sight.

00:17:53.620 --> 00:17:55.059
 So, a parent

00:17:55.059 --> 00:17:55.840
 who has authority

00:17:55.840 --> 00:17:56.620
 is not more

00:17:56.620 --> 00:17:57.500
 value to God

00:17:57.500 --> 00:17:58.140
 than a child

00:17:58.140 --> 00:17:58.559
 who's to be

00:17:58.559 --> 00:17:59.240
 playing a

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 submissive,

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 obedient role.

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 They are the

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 same value in

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 God's sight,

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 but they're

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 called to

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 different roles

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 based upon their

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 relationship according

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 to God's

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 design.

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 And so, they're

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 to exercise

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 those roles in

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 faith.

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 And what God

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 is calling a

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 child to hear is

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 to obey their

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 mother and their

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 father.

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 To come under

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 their parents'

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 God-given

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 authority to say

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 yes to their

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 mom and their

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 dad.

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 It is essentially

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 an act of

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 humility.

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 of coming

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 under your

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 parents.

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 Of trusting

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 God's design.

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 Trusting that

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 God has

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 goodness for

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 you.

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 So, to

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 obey means

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 to say yes

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 to your

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 mother and

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 your father.

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 To do what

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 they ask you

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 to do.

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 They have the

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 right to do

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 that based

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 upon God's

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 design of the

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 family.

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 He has good

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 for you.

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 I want to

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 help you kids

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 think rightly

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 about obedience.

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 So, here are

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 three little

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 phrases that

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 are designed to

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 help you

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 understand how

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 to obey when

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 your parents ask

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 you to do

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 something.

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 You're to

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 obey right

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 away, all

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 the way, with

00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:21.900
 joy.

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 You're to

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 obey right

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 away, all

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 the way, with

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 joy.

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 Not a delayed

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 obedience, right

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 away.

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 Not a partial

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 obedience,

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 but all the

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 way.

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 And not

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 resentful, but

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 joyful.

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 And that

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 last one, to

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 obey with

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 joy, that's

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 the heart-est

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 one.

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 It's the

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 heart-est

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 one.

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 joy.

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 Because it's

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 possible to

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 obey right

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 away, and

00:19:58.940 --> 00:19:59.880
 all the

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 way, and

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 resenting your

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 parents the

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 whole time.

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 Do you know

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 how to do

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 that with

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 joy?

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 Jesus.

00:20:12.539 --> 00:20:12.900
 Jesus.

00:20:14.119 --> 00:20:14.500
 Jesus

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 called you to

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 this.

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 There's a

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 word you're

00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:16.819
 going to find

00:20:16.819 --> 00:20:17.039
 joy.

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 joy.

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 So, when

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 your parents

00:20:19.180 --> 00:20:19.659
 ask you to

00:20:19.659 --> 00:20:20.000
 clean your

00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:21.159
 room, right

00:20:21.159 --> 00:20:21.559
 away, all

00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:21.920
 the way, with

00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:22.099
 joy.

00:20:23.059 --> 00:20:23.539
 When your

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 parents ask

00:20:24.119 --> 00:20:24.279
 you to

00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:24.819
 clean yourself,

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 right away, all

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 the way, with

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 joy.

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 Do your

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 homework, right

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 away, all

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 the way, with

00:20:30.339 --> 00:20:30.599
 joy.

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 To pick up

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 after your

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 dog in the

00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:34.119
 backyard, right

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 away, all

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 the way, with

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 joy.

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 Colossians 3.20,

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 Paul says it

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 this way,

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 children, obey

00:20:42.579 --> 00:20:43.319
 your parents in

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 everything, for

00:20:44.399 --> 00:20:45.779
 this pleases the

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 ruler.

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 This is sweet

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 to God when

00:20:49.460 --> 00:20:50.039
 children obey

00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:50.559
 this way.

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 It honors

00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:52.200
 him.

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 He loves

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 it.

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 But I

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 got to tell

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:58.839
 you, expect

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 conflict.

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 Because we

00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:03.680
 bump heads, we

00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:04.460
 bump hearts,

00:21:04.539 --> 00:21:04.960
 don't we?

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 We ask our

00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:06.759
 children to do

00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:07.099
 things.

00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:07.680
 Children, you

00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:08.259
 are asked to

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:08.700
 do things, and

00:21:08.700 --> 00:21:09.119
 you don't want

00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:10.259
 to do it, for

00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:10.819
 a variety of

00:21:10.819 --> 00:21:11.160
 reasons.

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 So, what do

00:21:13.160 --> 00:21:13.539
 you do?

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 Here's what God

00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:14.920
 would say.

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 You obey your

00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:16.700
 parents.

00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:18.440
 You yield to

00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:18.680
 them.

00:21:19.820 --> 00:21:20.740
 You say, yes,

00:21:21.080 --> 00:21:22.200
 okay, I'll do

00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:22.400
 it.

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 But is there

00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:26.180
 room to ask

00:21:26.180 --> 00:21:26.519
 why?

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 Yes, there

00:21:29.080 --> 00:21:29.360
 is.

00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:31.279
 If your first

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:32.600
 response, kids, is

00:21:32.600 --> 00:21:33.120
 to your parents

00:21:33.120 --> 00:21:33.500
 when they ask

00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:33.720
 you to do

00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:34.200
 something, it's,

00:21:35.140 --> 00:21:37.120
 but mom, but

00:21:37.120 --> 00:21:40.519
 dad, take a

00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:40.940
 deep breath.

00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:43.320
 Step back.

00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:46.019
 Don't put up a

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.560
 defense right

00:21:46.560 --> 00:21:46.779
 away.

00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:48.180
 Here's what you

00:21:48.180 --> 00:21:48.660
 want to ask.

00:21:49.140 --> 00:21:49.580
 Here's what you

00:21:49.580 --> 00:21:50.060
 want to say.

00:21:51.300 --> 00:21:53.640
 Mom, dad, I

00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:54.039
 want to honor

00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:54.860
 you by obeying

00:21:54.860 --> 00:21:56.539
 you, and I'm

00:21:56.539 --> 00:21:56.759
 going to do

00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:59.000
 this, but would

00:21:59.000 --> 00:21:59.420
 you help me

00:21:59.420 --> 00:22:01.160
 understand why I'm

00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:01.960
 not seeing it

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:02.460
 adding up.

00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:04.519
 And so if

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.059
 there's a dad

00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:05.700
 that's asking

00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:06.660
 his son to

00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:07.539
 iron his

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:08.579
 underwear every

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:11.720
 morning, you

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.079
 know what?

00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:13.940
 If the son

00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:14.660
 asks dad, you

00:22:14.660 --> 00:22:15.299
 know why, why

00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:15.880
 do I have to

00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:16.779
 iron my underwear

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.579
 every morning?

00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:18.900
 And the dad

00:22:18.900 --> 00:22:19.380
 says, you know

00:22:19.380 --> 00:22:19.620
 what?

00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:20.980
 It's, it's a

00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:21.819
 salvati tradition

00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:22.340
 going back

00:22:22.340 --> 00:22:22.900
 generations.

00:22:22.900 --> 00:22:28.280
 Hopefully that

00:22:28.280 --> 00:22:28.800
 dad's going to

00:22:28.800 --> 00:22:29.340
 hear himself

00:22:29.340 --> 00:22:30.000
 saying that, and

00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:30.220
 he's going to

00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:31.280
 be like, you

00:22:31.280 --> 00:22:31.660
 know what?

00:22:32.540 --> 00:22:33.200
 It's kind of

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:33.600
 ridiculous.

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:34.480
 Don't worry

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:34.960
 about it.

00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:41.000
 But let's say

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.440
 your teenage

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:42.080
 daughter comes

00:22:42.080 --> 00:22:42.920
 downstairs in the

00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:43.180
 kitchen.

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.519
 This is not

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:45.960
 directed to

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.500
 anybody in the

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:46.740
 room.

00:22:49.280 --> 00:22:49.980
 But let's say

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.380
 your teenage

00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:51.019
 daughter comes

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:52.880
 down, and she's

00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:53.520
 wearing a low

00:22:53.520 --> 00:22:54.420
 cut shirt.

00:22:56.380 --> 00:22:56.900
 And you're

00:22:56.900 --> 00:22:57.780
 like, oh boy,

00:22:59.020 --> 00:22:59.980
 honey, I think

00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:00.320
 you need to

00:23:00.320 --> 00:23:00.700
 change your

00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:00.940
 shirt.

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.580
 And right

00:23:03.580 --> 00:23:03.980
 away you can

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.320
 see in your

00:23:04.320 --> 00:23:05.060
 daughter that she

00:23:05.060 --> 00:23:05.580
 doesn't like what

00:23:05.580 --> 00:23:05.900
 she's hearing.

00:23:07.560 --> 00:23:08.240
 There is a

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:09.560
 place for

00:23:09.560 --> 00:23:10.340
 daughters to

00:23:10.340 --> 00:23:12.660
 say, dad, I'll

00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:13.480
 honor you, and I

00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:14.720
 will obey you, but

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.480
 can you help me

00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:16.140
 understand why?

00:23:18.520 --> 00:23:19.020
 And so now

00:23:19.020 --> 00:23:19.980
 dads, moms, you

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:20.500
 have the opportunity

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:21.060
 to talk about

00:23:21.060 --> 00:23:21.480
 modesty.

00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:23.120
 And you're

00:23:23.120 --> 00:23:23.600
 able to say,

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:25.060
 sweetheart, you

00:23:25.060 --> 00:23:25.520
 don't want to

00:23:25.520 --> 00:23:27.260
 bring boys'

00:23:27.340 --> 00:23:28.660
 attention to

00:23:28.660 --> 00:23:29.140
 your chest.

00:23:29.520 --> 00:23:29.920
 You don't want

00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:30.380
 to draw their

00:23:30.380 --> 00:23:30.900
 gaze there.

00:23:31.640 --> 00:23:32.240
 You want to be

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:32.820
 known for Jesus,

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:33.140
 honey.

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:35.960
 And so that's a

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.300
 little too

00:23:36.300 --> 00:23:36.900
 immodest.

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.720
 So can you

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.320
 change?

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.560
 You see what's

00:23:40.560 --> 00:23:40.960
 going on there?

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:42.620
 We want to give

00:23:42.620 --> 00:23:44.040
 explanations to

00:23:44.040 --> 00:23:44.260
 things.

00:23:45.540 --> 00:23:46.300
 So kids, it's

00:23:46.300 --> 00:23:47.140
 okay to ask why.

00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:47.880
 Just making sure

00:23:47.880 --> 00:23:48.560
 you're asking why

00:23:48.560 --> 00:23:48.900
 humbly.

00:23:48.900 --> 00:23:51.580
 By the way, there

00:23:51.580 --> 00:23:52.800
 is a place to

00:23:52.800 --> 00:23:53.720
 actually disobey

00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:54.300
 your parents.

00:23:58.460 --> 00:24:00.480
 Remember, this

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.519
 is children, obey

00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:02.759
 your parents in

00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:03.320
 the Lord.

00:24:04.700 --> 00:24:05.540
 So if your

00:24:05.540 --> 00:24:06.320
 parents are

00:24:06.320 --> 00:24:07.340
 asking you,

00:24:08.080 --> 00:24:09.000
 forbidding you,

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.580
 asking you to do

00:24:10.580 --> 00:24:11.180
 something that God

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:12.140
 forbids, or

00:24:12.140 --> 00:24:13.200
 forbidding you to

00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:13.900
 do something that

00:24:13.900 --> 00:24:15.740
 God requires, you

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.100
 know who your

00:24:16.100 --> 00:24:17.019
 allegiance falls to?

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:18.839
 Jesus.

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.680
 You know, Jesus

00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:21.359
 talked about that.

00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:24.000
 He's going to

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:24.680
 divide families.

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:30.319
 It's about as

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:32.599
 important of a

00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:33.639
 relationship we get,

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:34.940
 and Jesus is

00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:37.420
 saying, hey, it's

00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:38.700
 about following me.

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:42.700
 What my experience

00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:44.079
 has been, those are

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:45.000
 few and far between

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:46.339
 when parents are

00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:46.880
 asking their

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.400
 children to do

00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:47.980
 something that

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.480
 Jesus would

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:48.720
 forbid.

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.079
 Children, I

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:53.460
 also want to

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:54.059
 help you understand

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.660
 something as

00:24:54.660 --> 00:24:54.880
 well.

00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:56.920
 Your call to

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.440
 obey your

00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:58.339
 parents in the

00:24:58.339 --> 00:25:00.160
 Lord here is

00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:00.900
 for a season.

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.900
 What God, the

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:05.279
 timeless claim on

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:06.279
 you is to honor

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:07.000
 your father and

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.400
 your mother.

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.359
 And for a

00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:10.279
 season, that

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:11.119
 honoring is going

00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:11.640
 to look like

00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:12.079
 obedience.

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:12.359
 obedience.

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.339
 Let's just say

00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:14.939
 from when you're

00:25:14.939 --> 00:25:17.460
 three to twenty, it's

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:18.000
 going to look like

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:18.399
 obedience.

00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:19.740
 And then from

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.879
 twenty to forty, you

00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:21.119
 know what it's

00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:21.639
 going to look like?

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.399
 How you honor your

00:25:22.399 --> 00:25:22.759
 mother and your

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:22.960
 father?

00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:25.259
 Seeking advice.

00:25:26.399 --> 00:25:27.019
 Respecting them.

00:25:27.439 --> 00:25:27.859
 Being in their

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:28.379
 lives.

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:30.019
 Welcoming them into

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.659
 your life.

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:31.419
 And then you know

00:25:31.419 --> 00:25:31.659
 what?

00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:33.419
 From forty on, you

00:25:33.419 --> 00:25:33.659
 know what it's

00:25:33.659 --> 00:25:34.259
 going to look like?

00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:35.899
 How to honor your

00:25:35.899 --> 00:25:36.279
 mother and your

00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:36.539
 father?

00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:38.500
 Caring for them.

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.740
 Being with them.

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:42.660
 loving them.

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:45.319
 And so all the way

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:46.319
 through our lives, we're

00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:47.079
 going to honor our

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:47.539
 mother and our

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:47.799
 father.

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:49.180
 But for this

00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:50.319
 particular season,

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:52.880
 zero, two, through

00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.839
 eighteen or nineteen,

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:56.039
 the call on you is to

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.380
 obey.

00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:59.140
 To obey your mother

00:25:59.140 --> 00:25:59.640
 and your father.

00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:03.120
 You might be asking a

00:26:03.120 --> 00:26:05.059
 question here, what if

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.880
 my parents are not

00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:06.259
 Christians?

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.480
 Still binding.

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:10.660
 And so you're to

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:12.339
 obey right away, all

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:13.740
 the way with joy for

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.000
 Jesus.

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.500
 You know what makes

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:18.539
 your parents' job

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.140
 really easy?

00:26:21.360 --> 00:26:22.400
 Is when you invite

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:22.759
 them in.

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:26.559
 Recently I had a

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:28.160
 child of mine come to

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:29.960
 me and say, Dad, will

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.519
 you help me?

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.660
 Will you help me

00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:32.240
 follow Jesus?

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:33.819
 Will you help me

00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:34.059
 grow?

00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:35.819
 That's like a

00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:36.279
 lob.

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:38.240
 It's like, oh yes.

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:40.319
 Let me direct you to

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:40.859
 your Bible.

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.759
 Let me aim you at

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.119
 Jesus.

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:53.839
 Children, are you

00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:54.619
 not obeying your

00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:54.940
 parents?

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:57.779
 Are you being slow to

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:58.579
 obey your parents?

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.599
 Are you partially

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.619
 obeying your parents?

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:04.460
 Are you resenting your

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:05.480
 parents as you obey

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:05.759
 them?

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:08.500
 Are you hiding

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:09.940
 something from your

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:10.500
 parents?

00:27:16.639 --> 00:27:17.720
 God wants you to

00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:18.220
 obey them.

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:21.299
 Do you know what

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:21.859
 backup is?

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:25.019
 Backup TV show?

00:27:26.399 --> 00:27:27.920
 This is Adam 793.

00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:29.019
 I need backup.

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:30.240
 Stats.

00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:31.440
 39th and Main.

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:33.240
 Whip, whip, whip,

00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:33.639
 whip, whip.

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.440
 You know what I'm

00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:34.899
 talking about?

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:35.500
 Backup?

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:38.319
 The Apostle Paul

00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:39.319
 had just made a

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:39.640
 statement.

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:40.720
 Children, obey your

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.400
 parents in the Lord.

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.640
 And then in verses 2

00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:43.920
 and 3, he calls in

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:44.759
 backup.

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:47.940
 He quotes Exodus

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:49.559
 chapter 20, verse 12.

00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:50.839
 I mean, he goes big.

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:52.500
 He goes 10 commandments

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.119
 big.

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:55.440
 So what we see,

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.559
 point 3, is a

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.640
 timeless command with

00:27:57.640 --> 00:27:58.599
 a vibrant promise.

00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:59.660
 And it's backup.

00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.660
 The Ten Commandments.

00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:04.019
 The Ten Commandments.

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:07.080
 You know, there were

00:28:07.080 --> 00:28:09.340
 613 commandments in the

00:28:09.340 --> 00:28:10.180
 Old Testament that

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:11.560
 constituted the law.

00:28:12.300 --> 00:28:12.820
 613.

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:14.040
 That's a lot of

00:28:14.040 --> 00:28:14.400
 commandments.

00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:17.100
 And the Ten Commandments

00:28:17.100 --> 00:28:18.220
 are those commandments

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:19.560
 that apply to everyone

00:28:19.560 --> 00:28:20.279
 all the time.

00:28:20.360 --> 00:28:21.460
 And so those 613,

00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:23.000
 many of which were

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:24.500
 applied to this person

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:25.740
 in this situation.

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:29.019
 So men with oxes,

00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:30.460
 when your ox falls down,

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:31.259
 this is what you do.

00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:32.720
 So it's very specific.

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:34.980
 And so the Ten Commandments

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:36.799
 are kind of the intro

00:28:36.799 --> 00:28:38.319
 to the rest of the law.

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:40.059
 And they are the big ones.

00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:41.940
 They are applied to

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:43.099
 everyone all the time.

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:44.420
 And those Ten Commandments

00:28:44.420 --> 00:28:45.180
 are actually broken

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:46.019
 into two groups.

00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:48.480
 Commandments 1 through 4

00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.960
 are very much Godward

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.940
 in their aim.

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:52.880
 And Commandments 5 through 6

00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:54.540
 are very much horizontal,

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.740
 dealing with relationships.

00:28:56.620 --> 00:28:57.500
 Do you know

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:59.040
 the first commandment

00:28:59.040 --> 00:28:59.720
 that deals with

00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:00.480
 human relationships?

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:01.420
 Do you know which one that is?

00:29:02.800 --> 00:29:03.600
 Honor your mother

00:29:03.600 --> 00:29:04.080
 and your father.

00:29:05.760 --> 00:29:06.520
 It's Commandment 5.

00:29:09.620 --> 00:29:10.960
 It's very important.

00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:14.980
 What Paul is saying here

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:16.580
 by quoting Exodus 20

00:29:16.580 --> 00:29:18.800
 is that this

00:29:18.800 --> 00:29:21.280
 is of significance.

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:22.240
 Children,

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:24.180
 this is really important.

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:28.240
 What did honor mean

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:29.619
 to the original recipients?

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:32.099
 Well, it was a deep,

00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:33.799
 deep respect.

00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:37.639
 It was very serious.

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:39.440
 Can I just turn something,

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.940
 turn back in your Bibles

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:42.339
 to Exodus chapter 20.

00:29:43.399 --> 00:29:44.599
 I'm going to do this

00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:45.920
 to show you how serious

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:46.940
 this is

00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:47.940
 to honor your father

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.339
 and your mother

00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:49.039
 in God's eyes.

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:51.180
 I'm not sure

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:51.559
 if you know

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.460
 this is in your Bible.

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.440
 So,

00:29:58.619 --> 00:29:59.720
 Exodus chapter 20,

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.319
 verse 12,

00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:00.799
 we read,

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.899
 honor your father

00:30:01.899 --> 00:30:02.720
 and your mother

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:04.059
 that your days

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:05.079
 may be long in the land.

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:05.399
 Now,

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:07.460
 turn your page over

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:10.000
 to Exodus chapter 21,

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:11.759
 and we're looking

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.960
 at verse 15.

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:16.799
 whoever strikes

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.700
 his father

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:18.799
 or his mother

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.700
 shall be put

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.440
 to death.

00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:23.180
 Look at verse 17.

00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:25.460
 Whoever curses

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:26.400
 his father

00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:27.279
 or his mother

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:27.960
 shall be put

00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:28.400
 to death.

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.559
 Are you picking up

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:31.299
 on the weight of this?

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:34.279
 It is incredibly

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:35.000
 important to God.

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:36.660
 The way that you

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:38.259
 respond to your parents

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:39.980
 speaks of your heart

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:41.079
 towards God.

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:48.519
 What I want

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:48.779
 to help you

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.220
 to see here

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.639
 is this.

00:30:51.199 --> 00:30:52.139
 This command,

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:52.519
 children,

00:30:52.699 --> 00:30:53.339
 to obey

00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:54.039
 your parents,

00:30:54.199 --> 00:30:54.799
 it's actually

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:55.720
 a double command.

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:58.480
 It's command

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:59.779
 two times over.

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:02.399
 You are commanded

00:31:02.399 --> 00:31:03.740
 to obey your parents

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:06.220
 out of obedience

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:07.419
 to God.

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:11.259
 You obey,

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:11.860
 you honor

00:31:11.860 --> 00:31:12.900
 your mom and dad

00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:14.320
 out of obedience

00:31:14.320 --> 00:31:16.160
 to Jesus.

00:31:17.120 --> 00:31:17.620
 So,

00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:18.220
 what this means

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:18.720
 is this.

00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:19.420
 So,

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:20.539
 when you disobey

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.140
 your mom,

00:31:21.300 --> 00:31:22.519
 you disobey God.

00:31:22.580 --> 00:31:23.620
 Not because your mom

00:31:23.620 --> 00:31:24.340
 is God,

00:31:25.560 --> 00:31:27.000
 but because God

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.940
 has commanded you

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.720
 to obey your mom.

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:36.880
 Paul here

00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:37.740
 is quoting

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:39.019
 Exodus chapter 20

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:41.079
 because he wants

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:42.380
 to help children

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:42.960
 see,

00:31:43.120 --> 00:31:43.839
 and us too

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:44.539
 as parents,

00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:45.940
 what God

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:46.380
 is wanting

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:46.839
 to get done

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.319
 in the family.

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.640
 Children must obey

00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:50.920
 in order for there

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:53.019
 to be godliness

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.680
 in the home.

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:55.920
 So,

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.500
 why is Paul

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:57.340
 pointing this out?

00:31:59.060 --> 00:32:00.019
 Why is Paul

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.580
 calling on

00:32:00.580 --> 00:32:01.080
 the backup

00:32:01.080 --> 00:32:01.960
 of Exodus 20?

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:02.860
 Well,

00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:03.340
 he's saying

00:32:03.340 --> 00:32:03.940
 that this is

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.720
 a timeless,

00:32:05.060 --> 00:32:05.700
 unchanging,

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.860
 and universally

00:32:06.860 --> 00:32:08.060
 binding command.

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:10.220
 This is true

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:11.100
 all the time.

00:32:12.060 --> 00:32:12.380
 So,

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:13.240
 it was true

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:13.920
 for Jews

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.779
 back in the day,

00:32:14.860 --> 00:32:15.440
 and it's true

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:16.580
 now for Christians.

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:19.299
 You see,

00:32:19.380 --> 00:32:19.799
 when Christ

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.519
 came on the scene,

00:32:20.600 --> 00:32:21.220
 he didn't come

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:22.440
 to abolish the law.

00:32:22.560 --> 00:32:23.160
 He actually

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:24.660
 came to fulfill it.

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.320
 And we're going

00:32:28.320 --> 00:32:29.120
 to see in a second

00:32:29.120 --> 00:32:30.560
 how he did that

00:32:30.560 --> 00:32:31.240
 with this command.

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:33.180
 But what I want

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:33.759
 you to see here

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.180
 is this.

00:32:34.580 --> 00:32:35.400
 Paul is quoting

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:36.640
 Exodus chapter 20

00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:38.160
 to give weight

00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:39.980
 to his exhortation

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.400
 to children.

00:32:40.800 --> 00:32:41.720
 It's very serious.

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:42.940
 Now,

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.460
 I'm guessing

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:43.960
 some of you

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.400
 in the room

00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:45.400
 are asking

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:45.980
 a question

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.640
 like this.

00:32:49.120 --> 00:32:49.700
 What happens

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:50.360
 if I've disobeyed

00:32:50.360 --> 00:32:50.740
 my parents?

00:32:52.060 --> 00:32:52.740
 What happens

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.740
 if I am

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.339
 disobeying

00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:54.900
 my parents?

00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:55.759
 What happens

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:57.019
 if I have

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:57.940
 disobeyed

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:58.660
 my parents?

00:32:59.319 --> 00:32:59.839
 So,

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.599
 let's just

00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:01.079
 kind of

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:03.120
 remove the tension

00:33:03.120 --> 00:33:03.859
 in the room.

00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:05.819
 Who in their life

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:06.700
 has ever

00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.579
 disobeyed

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:08.380
 their parents?

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:09.259
 Please raise

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:09.819
 your hand.

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:11.819
 Right.

00:33:12.380 --> 00:33:13.180
 Randy Ryan-Earson

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:14.599
 obviously has not.

00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:18.699
 I've been waiting

00:33:18.699 --> 00:33:19.079
 for months

00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:19.459
 to do that,

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:19.699
 Randy.

00:33:19.699 --> 00:33:19.759
 Randy.

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.480
 We've all

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:25.980
 disobeyed

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.500
 our parents.

00:33:27.379 --> 00:33:27.579
 So,

00:33:27.639 --> 00:33:27.779
 do you know

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:28.259
 what this means?

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.379
 God's law

00:33:32.379 --> 00:33:33.059
 hasn't changed.

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:33.980
 Do you know

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.199
 what it means

00:33:34.199 --> 00:33:34.779
 for all of us?

00:33:37.619 --> 00:33:38.319
 Each of us

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:38.779
 has broken

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.719
 God's timeless,

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.699
 unchanging,

00:33:41.099 --> 00:33:41.740
 universally

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:43.079
 binding law.

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:45.259
 Which means

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:46.119
 each of us

00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:47.719
 is a transgressor.

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:50.259
 Each of us

00:33:50.259 --> 00:33:51.199
 is a sinner.

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.500
 And what is

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.139
 the consequence

00:33:54.139 --> 00:33:54.819
 for sinning

00:33:54.819 --> 00:33:55.439
 against God

00:33:55.439 --> 00:33:55.919
 this way?

00:33:56.399 --> 00:33:56.559
 Well,

00:33:56.619 --> 00:33:57.679
 if Exodus 21

00:33:57.679 --> 00:33:58.439
 says anything

00:33:58.439 --> 00:33:59.139
 about that,

00:33:59.679 --> 00:34:00.980
 it's very serious.

00:34:03.419 --> 00:34:04.000
 Disobeying

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:04.599
 your parents

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:05.339
 results in

00:34:05.339 --> 00:34:06.099
 being condemned

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:07.000
 by God

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:08.880
 for the wages

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:09.299
 of sin

00:34:09.299 --> 00:34:09.759
 is death.

00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:12.920
 we're all

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.220
 there

00:34:13.220 --> 00:34:15.360
 on this

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:16.080
 command

00:34:16.080 --> 00:34:16.720
 alone.

00:34:18.720 --> 00:34:19.460
 You raised

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:19.940
 your hand.

00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:23.820
 So,

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:24.160
 what do we

00:34:24.160 --> 00:34:24.360
 do?

00:34:27.060 --> 00:34:27.720
 We look

00:34:27.720 --> 00:34:28.200
 to Jesus.

00:34:31.160 --> 00:34:32.020
 In Luke 2,

00:34:32.100 --> 00:34:32.600
 there's a really

00:34:32.600 --> 00:34:33.320
 interesting story

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:33.780
 about Jesus.

00:34:34.800 --> 00:34:35.500
 His family

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:36.280
 was in Jerusalem.

00:34:38.060 --> 00:34:38.700
 Mary and Joseph

00:34:38.700 --> 00:34:39.000
 say,

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.139
 hey,

00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:39.519
 it's time

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:40.000
 to go back

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.800
 to Bethlehem.

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.179
 They think

00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:43.599
 they pack

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.380
 everybody up.

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:45.320
 Jesus is 12

00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:45.820
 years old.

00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:47.179
 They're on their

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:47.760
 way back

00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:48.360
 to Bethlehem

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:48.739
 and they look

00:34:48.739 --> 00:34:49.139
 around and

00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:49.320
 they're like,

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:49.579
 hey,

00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:50.059
 where's Jesus?

00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:52.079
 They freak

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:52.400
 out.

00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:53.500
 They head

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:53.840
 back to,

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.880
 who's ever

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:55.679
 lost a child?

00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:56.940
 You know

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.340
 what they're

00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:57.820
 experiencing.

00:34:58.659 --> 00:34:59.340
 They head

00:34:59.340 --> 00:35:00.239
 back to

00:35:00.239 --> 00:35:00.739
 Jerusalem.

00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:01.519
 And do you

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:01.679
 know where

00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:02.059
 they find

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:02.360
 Jesus?

00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:03.739
 In the

00:35:03.739 --> 00:35:04.059
 temple,

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:06.340
 instructing

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:07.260
 the instructors.

00:35:08.700 --> 00:35:09.120
 And you

00:35:09.120 --> 00:35:09.460
 remember what

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:09.960
 Jesus says

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:10.220
 to them?

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:10.539
 They say,

00:35:10.640 --> 00:35:10.920
 Jesus,

00:35:11.120 --> 00:35:12.840
 where have

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:13.300
 you been?

00:35:14.200 --> 00:35:14.420
 And you

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:15.039
 remember what

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:15.480
 Jesus says?

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.600
 Did you not

00:35:17.600 --> 00:35:18.019
 know that it

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:18.180
 would be in

00:35:18.180 --> 00:35:18.620
 my father's

00:35:18.620 --> 00:35:18.820
 house?

00:35:20.180 --> 00:35:20.880
 He knew.

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:22.660
 But what I

00:35:22.660 --> 00:35:23.180
 want to point

00:35:23.180 --> 00:35:24.180
 you to in

00:35:24.180 --> 00:35:25.220
 Luke is what

00:35:25.220 --> 00:35:26.460
 happens next.

00:35:27.740 --> 00:35:28.519
 Luke 2,

00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:30.220
 verse 51.

00:35:30.219 --> 00:35:34.239
 And after

00:35:34.239 --> 00:35:35.339
 they talked

00:35:35.339 --> 00:35:36.019
 about this,

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:37.359
 Jesus went

00:35:37.359 --> 00:35:38.179
 down with

00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:39.279
 them and

00:35:39.279 --> 00:35:39.919
 came to

00:35:39.919 --> 00:35:41.779
 Nazareth and

00:35:41.779 --> 00:35:43.279
 was submissive

00:35:43.279 --> 00:35:44.359
 to them.

00:35:46.759 --> 00:35:48.019
 Jesus was

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:49.939
 submissive to

00:35:49.939 --> 00:35:50.399
 Mary and

00:35:50.399 --> 00:35:50.719
 Joseph.

00:35:52.399 --> 00:35:53.419
 God in

00:35:53.419 --> 00:35:54.099
 the flesh

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:56.059
 obeyed his

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:57.559
 earthly father

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:58.399
 and mother.

00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:58.460
 father.

00:35:59.680 --> 00:36:00.559
 It's amazing

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:00.920
 to think

00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:01.180
 about.

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.760
 Jesus did

00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:04.079
 what we

00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:04.400
 can never

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:04.599
 do.

00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:07.160
 He perfectly

00:36:07.160 --> 00:36:08.000
 obeyed his

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:09.019
 parents all

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.400
 the time.

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:10.619
 Every time he

00:36:10.619 --> 00:36:11.099
 was asked to

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.619
 do something,

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:13.099
 it was right

00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:13.599
 away, all the

00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:14.119
 way with joy.

00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:16.039
 Every time.

00:36:17.260 --> 00:36:17.840
 Every time.

00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:18.840
 He did

00:36:18.840 --> 00:36:20.360
 something we

00:36:20.360 --> 00:36:20.700
 could never

00:36:20.700 --> 00:36:20.940
 do.

00:36:22.059 --> 00:36:22.960
 He was the

00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:24.680
 perfect son.

00:36:24.679 --> 00:36:28.500
 And then

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:28.980
 he made the

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:30.699
 perfect sacrifice

00:36:30.699 --> 00:36:32.359
 for the

00:36:32.359 --> 00:36:32.799
 sons of

00:36:32.799 --> 00:36:33.639
 disobedience.

00:36:35.259 --> 00:36:36.199
 He died in

00:36:36.199 --> 00:36:36.739
 our place.

00:36:37.359 --> 00:36:37.839
 He took on

00:36:37.839 --> 00:36:39.119
 himself what

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:41.000
 our disobedience

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:41.859
 deserved.

00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:43.339
 He bore the

00:36:43.339 --> 00:36:44.519
 wrath for

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.179
 us.

00:36:46.219 --> 00:36:46.799
 So not only

00:36:46.799 --> 00:36:47.179
 is he the

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:48.059
 perfect child,

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:48.519
 he's the

00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:49.419
 perfect savior.

00:36:50.419 --> 00:36:51.159
 All in

00:36:51.159 --> 00:36:51.519
 one.

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:53.699
 And when

00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:54.119
 we put our

00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:54.539
 faith in

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:55.940
 Jesus, not

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.320
 only are we

00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:56.880
 forgiven of

00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:57.259
 all of our

00:36:57.259 --> 00:36:57.980
 disobedience,

00:36:58.579 --> 00:37:01.099
 but he grants

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:02.019
 us all of the

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.820
 obedience of

00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:03.079
 Jesus.

00:37:04.239 --> 00:37:05.280
 We are fully

00:37:05.280 --> 00:37:06.019
 accepted in

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.579
 God's sight.

00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:08.360
 Isn't that

00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:08.639
 awesome?

00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:12.199
 He's the

00:37:12.199 --> 00:37:12.820
 perfect Lord.

00:37:17.820 --> 00:37:19.000
 This is a

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:20.199
 commandment with

00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:20.820
 a promise.

00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:24.500
 it's a

00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:24.759
 timeless

00:37:24.759 --> 00:37:25.239
 command.

00:37:26.420 --> 00:37:27.039
 And it's a

00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:27.420
 command with

00:37:27.420 --> 00:37:27.820
 a promise.

00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:30.079
 This is the

00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:30.539
 first of the

00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:31.199
 Ten Commandments

00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:31.759
 that has an

00:37:31.759 --> 00:37:32.639
 explicit promise

00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:33.360
 attached to it.

00:37:34.039 --> 00:37:34.719
 In fact, it's

00:37:34.719 --> 00:37:36.219
 the first of all

00:37:36.219 --> 00:37:36.940
 of the commands

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:37.480
 of the law

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:38.219
 with a promise.

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:39.800
 And the

00:37:39.800 --> 00:37:40.500
 promise is that

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:41.179
 it may go well

00:37:41.179 --> 00:37:42.440
 with you, that

00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:43.079
 you may live

00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:44.380
 long on the

00:37:44.380 --> 00:37:44.679
 earth.

00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:45.019
 Do you know

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:45.440
 what God is

00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:45.900
 saying here?

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:47.960
 I've got good

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.259
 for you,

00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:48.539
 children.

00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:50.659
 I've got good

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:51.099
 for you.

00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:52.800
 Obey your

00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:53.179
 parents.

00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:54.019
 Obey my

00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:54.940
 word and I

00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:55.420
 will bless

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:55.639
 you.

00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:56.440
 I'll take

00:37:56.440 --> 00:37:56.800
 care of

00:37:56.800 --> 00:37:56.960
 you.

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.759
 I'll see to

00:37:57.759 --> 00:37:57.920
 it.

00:37:58.300 --> 00:37:58.519
 You'll

00:37:58.519 --> 00:37:59.420
 experience peace

00:37:59.420 --> 00:38:00.139
 and blessing

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:01.039
 and trust in

00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:01.559
 your relationship

00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:01.920
 with your

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:02.239
 parents.

00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:03.019
 You will not

00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:03.579
 have to fear

00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:03.880
 them.

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.739
 It's motivating.

00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:08.280
 Rightfully so.

00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:09.159
 He's promising

00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:09.699
 blessing.

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:12.579
 So why is

00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:13.639
 Paul emphasizing

00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:14.440
 this promise?

00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:16.400
 I mean there's

00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:16.619
 a little

00:38:16.619 --> 00:38:17.460
 parenthetical

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:18.220
 apostolic

00:38:18.220 --> 00:38:19.000
 comment there.

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:19.679
 It's the

00:38:19.679 --> 00:38:20.159
 first commandment

00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:20.780
 with a promise.

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.780
 He wants to

00:38:22.780 --> 00:38:23.579
 motivate us by

00:38:23.579 --> 00:38:25.679
 grace and

00:38:25.679 --> 00:38:26.240
 obeying your

00:38:26.240 --> 00:38:26.700
 parents.

00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:28.880
 But I want to

00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:29.720
 point you to the

00:38:29.720 --> 00:38:30.220
 greatest of all

00:38:30.220 --> 00:38:30.700
 motivations.

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:31.440
 This is the

00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:31.960
 last point.

00:38:32.760 --> 00:38:33.360
 The ultimate

00:38:33.360 --> 00:38:33.940
 motivation.

00:38:34.139 --> 00:38:34.619
 It's back in

00:38:34.619 --> 00:38:35.159
 6.1.

00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:36.119
 It's the three

00:38:36.119 --> 00:38:36.559
 words.

00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:37.720
 Children obey

00:38:37.720 --> 00:38:39.079
 your parents in

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:39.840
 the Lord.

00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:41.099
 In the Lord.

00:38:42.779 --> 00:38:44.539
 In chapter

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:45.440
 5 we already

00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:46.279
 saw at the

00:38:46.279 --> 00:38:47.239
 end wives

00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:47.799
 submit to

00:38:47.799 --> 00:38:48.340
 your own

00:38:48.340 --> 00:38:49.739
 husbands as

00:38:49.739 --> 00:38:50.360
 to the Lord.

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:51.699
 Husbands love

00:38:51.699 --> 00:38:52.440
 your wives as

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:53.420
 Christ loved the

00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:53.819
 church.

00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:54.920
 When we turn

00:38:54.920 --> 00:38:55.360
 to the corner

00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:56.159
 and a little

00:38:56.159 --> 00:38:56.739
 bit later here

00:38:56.739 --> 00:38:57.619
 in chapter 6

00:38:57.619 --> 00:38:57.920
 we're going to

00:38:57.920 --> 00:38:58.719
 see slaves

00:38:58.719 --> 00:39:00.000
 obeying their

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:01.019
 masters as

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:01.659
 unto Christ.

00:39:02.319 --> 00:39:03.360
 Masters don't

00:39:03.360 --> 00:39:03.819
 be mean to

00:39:03.819 --> 00:39:04.559
 your slaves.

00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:05.460
 Why?

00:39:05.860 --> 00:39:06.259
 Because you

00:39:06.259 --> 00:39:06.799
 have a master

00:39:06.799 --> 00:39:07.219
 in heaven.

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:07.900
 It's all unto

00:39:07.900 --> 00:39:08.319
 Christ.

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:08.940
 It's all unto

00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:09.340
 Christ.

00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:10.880
 Fathers raise

00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:11.360
 your children

00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:12.019
 in the fear

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:12.400
 and instruction

00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:12.800
 of the Lord.

00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:13.099
 It's unto

00:39:13.099 --> 00:39:13.559
 Christ.

00:39:14.139 --> 00:39:14.820
 Children obey

00:39:14.820 --> 00:39:15.240
 your parents

00:39:15.240 --> 00:39:15.700
 in the Lord.

00:39:15.820 --> 00:39:16.519
 It's for

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:16.880
 Christ.

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:17.260
 Here's what

00:39:17.260 --> 00:39:17.579
 he's saying.

00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:17.860
 He's saying

00:39:17.860 --> 00:39:19.360
 children obey

00:39:19.360 --> 00:39:20.139
 in the Lord

00:39:20.139 --> 00:39:21.039
 your parents.

00:39:21.500 --> 00:39:22.220
 Children obey

00:39:22.220 --> 00:39:22.800
 your parents

00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:23.659
 as unto

00:39:23.659 --> 00:39:24.320
 the Lord.

00:39:25.720 --> 00:39:26.420
 The ultimate

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:27.519
 reason to

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:27.960
 obey your

00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:28.740
 parents kids

00:39:28.740 --> 00:39:31.360
 is to please

00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:31.840
 Christ.

00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:35.139
 Obey your

00:39:35.139 --> 00:39:36.840
 parents is

00:39:36.840 --> 00:39:37.559
 pleasing to

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:37.960
 Jesus.

00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:40.119
 this is

00:39:40.119 --> 00:39:40.679
 about walking

00:39:40.679 --> 00:39:41.099
 in a manner

00:39:41.099 --> 00:39:41.720
 worthy of

00:39:41.720 --> 00:39:42.559
 your calling

00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:43.019
 as a

00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:43.360
 Christian.

00:39:45.860 --> 00:39:46.320
 Obeying

00:39:46.320 --> 00:39:47.119
 your parents

00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:49.199
 is a

00:39:49.199 --> 00:39:49.679
 way to

00:39:49.679 --> 00:39:51.240
 live in

00:39:51.240 --> 00:39:51.639
 a manner

00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:53.039
 pleasing of

00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:53.720
 your calling.

00:39:56.300 --> 00:39:57.000
 And it's

00:39:57.000 --> 00:39:57.699
 also cross

00:39:57.699 --> 00:39:58.099
 cultural.

00:39:58.900 --> 00:39:59.059
 No.

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:00.440
 Counter

00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:00.800
 cultural.

00:40:00.800 --> 00:40:02.880
 If you

00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:03.260
 looked at

00:40:03.260 --> 00:40:03.860
 Romans chapter

00:40:03.860 --> 00:40:04.260
 1,

00:40:05.640 --> 00:40:06.760
 when sinners

00:40:06.760 --> 00:40:07.960
 reject God,

00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:08.860
 God hands

00:40:08.860 --> 00:40:09.440
 them over to

00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:09.900
 their sin.

00:40:10.720 --> 00:40:11.120
 And what you

00:40:11.120 --> 00:40:11.780
 read in Romans

00:40:11.780 --> 00:40:13.140
 1, 28-30 is

00:40:13.140 --> 00:40:13.700
 one of the

00:40:13.700 --> 00:40:14.100
 sins they

00:40:14.100 --> 00:40:14.700
 are handed

00:40:14.700 --> 00:40:15.460
 over to is

00:40:15.460 --> 00:40:17.019
 disobeying

00:40:17.019 --> 00:40:17.760
 their parents.

00:40:19.840 --> 00:40:20.519
 In 2 Timothy

00:40:20.519 --> 00:40:22.120
 3, verses 2

00:40:22.120 --> 00:40:23.280
 and 3, the

00:40:23.280 --> 00:40:23.960
 last times,

00:40:24.080 --> 00:40:24.300
 they're going to

00:40:24.300 --> 00:40:24.780
 be awful.

00:40:25.080 --> 00:40:25.620
 We're living in

00:40:25.620 --> 00:40:25.740
 them.

00:40:25.739 --> 00:40:26.739
 And one of

00:40:26.739 --> 00:40:27.479
 the marks of

00:40:27.479 --> 00:40:28.199
 the end times

00:40:28.199 --> 00:40:30.219
 is disobedience

00:40:30.219 --> 00:40:30.919
 to parents.

00:40:31.159 --> 00:40:31.699
 Verse 3.

00:40:33.259 --> 00:40:33.799
 Obeying

00:40:33.799 --> 00:40:34.699
 parents is

00:40:34.699 --> 00:40:35.339
 counter

00:40:35.339 --> 00:40:36.019
 cultural.

00:40:37.459 --> 00:40:38.199
 To obey

00:40:38.199 --> 00:40:38.799
 mom and dad

00:40:38.799 --> 00:40:39.379
 for Jesus'

00:40:39.619 --> 00:40:40.899
 sake is

00:40:40.899 --> 00:40:41.439
 unusual.

00:40:41.440 --> 00:40:43.619
 and it

00:40:43.619 --> 00:40:44.440
 is

00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:45.280
 right.

00:40:46.280 --> 00:40:47.079
 In God's

00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:47.280
 sight.

00:40:50.740 --> 00:40:51.179
 So,

00:40:51.240 --> 00:40:51.500
 children,

00:40:51.659 --> 00:40:51.960
 what should

00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:52.320
 you do when

00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:52.740
 your parents

00:40:52.740 --> 00:40:53.380
 ask you to

00:40:53.380 --> 00:40:53.900
 do something

00:40:53.900 --> 00:40:54.300
 but you

00:40:54.300 --> 00:40:54.720
 don't want

00:40:54.720 --> 00:40:55.159
 to do it?

00:40:58.159 --> 00:40:58.920
 Or maybe

00:40:58.920 --> 00:40:59.420
 they've been

00:40:59.420 --> 00:41:00.579
 mean when

00:41:00.579 --> 00:41:01.099
 they tell you

00:41:01.099 --> 00:41:01.360
 to do

00:41:01.360 --> 00:41:01.820
 something?

00:41:03.320 --> 00:41:03.760
 Well,

00:41:03.780 --> 00:41:03.980
 you're to

00:41:03.980 --> 00:41:04.539
 obey right

00:41:04.539 --> 00:41:04.840
 away,

00:41:04.940 --> 00:41:05.400
 all the way

00:41:05.400 --> 00:41:06.019
 with joy.

00:41:06.980 --> 00:41:07.380
 With the

00:41:07.380 --> 00:41:08.039
 Jesus joy.

00:41:09.240 --> 00:41:09.840
 What should

00:41:09.840 --> 00:41:10.200
 be going

00:41:10.200 --> 00:41:10.639
 through your

00:41:10.639 --> 00:41:11.200
 mind when

00:41:11.199 --> 00:41:11.759
 you're asked

00:41:11.759 --> 00:41:12.059
 to do

00:41:12.059 --> 00:41:12.480
 something?

00:41:13.599 --> 00:41:14.079
 Three

00:41:14.079 --> 00:41:14.419
 words.

00:41:15.859 --> 00:41:16.460
 In the

00:41:16.460 --> 00:41:16.899
 Lord.

00:41:19.539 --> 00:41:20.000
 Obey

00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:20.639
 your parents

00:41:20.639 --> 00:41:21.819
 in the

00:41:21.819 --> 00:41:22.039
 Lord.

00:41:22.619 --> 00:41:22.980
 Just a

00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:23.359
 couple other

00:41:23.359 --> 00:41:23.919
 points here

00:41:23.919 --> 00:41:24.379
 and we'll

00:41:24.379 --> 00:41:24.879
 wrap up.

00:41:27.480 --> 00:41:27.960
 Children,

00:41:28.719 --> 00:41:29.480
 what should

00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:29.879
 you do when

00:41:29.879 --> 00:41:30.699
 a friend asks

00:41:30.699 --> 00:41:31.239
 you to

00:41:31.239 --> 00:41:31.819
 disobey your

00:41:31.819 --> 00:41:32.239
 parents?

00:41:33.779 --> 00:41:34.259
 Hey,

00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:35.699
 come and

00:41:35.699 --> 00:41:36.019
 see this

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:36.460
 movie with

00:41:36.460 --> 00:41:36.659
 me.

00:41:37.859 --> 00:41:38.199
 No,

00:41:38.359 --> 00:41:39.000
 I can't.

00:41:40.199 --> 00:41:40.679
 Well,

00:41:40.719 --> 00:41:41.139
 why not?

00:41:41.199 --> 00:41:43.619
 My parents

00:41:43.619 --> 00:41:44.299
 wouldn't want

00:41:44.299 --> 00:41:44.619
 me to.

00:41:45.319 --> 00:41:45.659
 Well,

00:41:45.719 --> 00:41:46.199
 why wouldn't

00:41:46.199 --> 00:41:46.699
 they let

00:41:46.699 --> 00:41:47.139
 you go?

00:41:49.139 --> 00:41:49.619
 That's the

00:41:49.619 --> 00:41:49.939
 moment you

00:41:49.939 --> 00:41:50.199
 can throw

00:41:50.199 --> 00:41:50.919
 your parents

00:41:50.919 --> 00:41:51.219
 under the

00:41:51.219 --> 00:41:51.399
 bus,

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:51.639
 by the

00:41:51.639 --> 00:41:51.799
 way.

00:41:55.299 --> 00:41:55.659
 Well,

00:41:55.699 --> 00:41:56.199
 my parents

00:41:56.199 --> 00:41:56.539
 are looking

00:41:56.539 --> 00:41:56.879
 out for

00:41:56.879 --> 00:41:57.039
 me.

00:41:57.759 --> 00:41:58.239
 And I

00:41:58.239 --> 00:41:58.539
 know they

00:41:58.539 --> 00:41:59.239
 would be

00:41:59.239 --> 00:41:59.579
 uncomfortable

00:41:59.579 --> 00:42:00.039
 with this

00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:00.279
 movie.

00:42:01.500 --> 00:42:01.859
 Well,

00:42:01.919 --> 00:42:02.379
 then tell

00:42:02.379 --> 00:42:03.199
 them that

00:42:03.199 --> 00:42:03.480
 you're going

00:42:03.480 --> 00:42:03.759
 to see

00:42:03.759 --> 00:42:04.659
 another movie

00:42:04.659 --> 00:42:06.079
 and we'll

00:42:06.079 --> 00:42:06.599
 go see this

00:42:06.599 --> 00:42:06.939
 movie at

00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:07.200
 the same

00:42:07.200 --> 00:42:07.500
 time.

00:42:10.099 --> 00:42:10.519
 Well,

00:42:10.619 --> 00:42:11.200
 I can't

00:42:11.200 --> 00:42:11.639
 do that.

00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:13.059
 Well,

00:42:13.059 --> 00:42:13.440
 why not?

00:42:13.539 --> 00:42:13.679
 Well,

00:42:13.740 --> 00:42:14.019
 that would

00:42:14.019 --> 00:42:14.400
 be lying

00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:14.619
 to them.

00:42:14.659 --> 00:42:15.220
 That's not

00:42:15.220 --> 00:42:15.480
 honoring

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:15.860
 them either.

00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:17.880
 Seriously,

00:42:18.039 --> 00:42:18.460
 what is

00:42:18.460 --> 00:42:19.039
 your deal?

00:42:21.240 --> 00:42:21.920
 Why are

00:42:21.920 --> 00:42:22.440
 you so

00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:23.260
 controlled by

00:42:23.260 --> 00:42:23.760
 your parents?

00:42:23.840 --> 00:42:24.280
 They're so

00:42:24.280 --> 00:42:24.820
 oppressive.

00:42:24.820 --> 00:42:29.140
 Well,

00:42:29.200 --> 00:42:29.600
 actually,

00:42:30.120 --> 00:42:31.840
 my parents

00:42:31.840 --> 00:42:32.100
 aren't

00:42:32.100 --> 00:42:32.960
 oppressing

00:42:32.960 --> 00:42:33.300
 me.

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:35.080
 In fact,

00:42:35.720 --> 00:42:37.680
 I'm not

00:42:37.680 --> 00:42:38.600
 obeying

00:42:38.600 --> 00:42:39.720
 them for

00:42:39.720 --> 00:42:39.960
 them.

00:42:42.100 --> 00:42:42.600
 I'm

00:42:42.600 --> 00:42:43.080
 choosing to

00:42:43.080 --> 00:42:43.480
 obey them

00:42:43.480 --> 00:42:43.820
 out of a

00:42:43.820 --> 00:42:44.280
 desire to

00:42:44.280 --> 00:42:44.760
 please my

00:42:44.760 --> 00:42:45.300
 Lord Jesus.

00:42:47.200 --> 00:42:47.680
 So,

00:42:47.820 --> 00:42:48.280
 my friend,

00:42:48.840 --> 00:42:49.820
 if you

00:42:49.820 --> 00:42:50.480
 want me

00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:51.420
 to disobey

00:42:51.420 --> 00:42:52.160
 my Lord

00:42:52.160 --> 00:42:52.660
 who shed

00:42:52.660 --> 00:42:53.059
 his blood

00:42:53.059 --> 00:42:53.360
 for me,

00:42:53.420 --> 00:42:53.800
 then raised

00:42:53.800 --> 00:42:54.100
 from the

00:42:54.100 --> 00:42:54.539
 grave for

00:42:54.539 --> 00:42:54.740
 me,

00:42:55.140 --> 00:42:55.300
 if you

00:42:55.300 --> 00:42:55.460
 want me

00:42:55.460 --> 00:42:55.880
 to disobey

00:42:55.880 --> 00:42:56.380
 him by

00:42:56.380 --> 00:42:56.780
 disobeying

00:42:56.780 --> 00:42:57.300
 my parents,

00:42:57.640 --> 00:42:58.100
 maybe I

00:42:58.100 --> 00:42:58.500
 should think

00:42:58.500 --> 00:42:59.039
 about whether

00:42:59.039 --> 00:42:59.700
 you should

00:42:59.700 --> 00:43:00.120
 be my

00:43:00.120 --> 00:43:00.500
 friend.

00:43:03.019 --> 00:43:03.600
 Because a

00:43:03.600 --> 00:43:04.019
 real friend

00:43:04.019 --> 00:43:04.360
 would not

00:43:04.360 --> 00:43:04.960
 ask me to

00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:05.400
 do something

00:43:05.400 --> 00:43:05.800
 my Lord

00:43:05.800 --> 00:43:06.260
 forbids.

00:43:07.720 --> 00:43:08.039
 And as

00:43:08.039 --> 00:43:08.740
 my six-year-old

00:43:08.740 --> 00:43:09.059
 says,

00:43:10.000 --> 00:43:10.400
 awkward.

00:43:19.400 --> 00:43:19.840
 Following

00:43:19.840 --> 00:43:20.480
 Jesus is

00:43:20.480 --> 00:43:20.820
 full of

00:43:20.820 --> 00:43:21.080
 awkward

00:43:21.080 --> 00:43:21.680
 moments like

00:43:21.680 --> 00:43:21.900
 that.

00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:23.360
 That's

00:43:23.360 --> 00:43:23.640
 normal.

00:43:24.820 --> 00:43:25.400
 That's

00:43:25.400 --> 00:43:25.600
 normal.

00:43:26.780 --> 00:43:27.260
 There you

00:43:27.260 --> 00:43:27.580
 have it.

00:43:29.640 --> 00:43:30.120
 You know

00:43:30.120 --> 00:43:30.360
 what that

00:43:30.360 --> 00:43:30.480
 is?

00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:30.920
 That's

00:43:30.920 --> 00:43:31.460
 Ephesians

00:43:31.460 --> 00:43:32.440
 chapter 5,

00:43:32.539 --> 00:43:33.740
 7-14 being

00:43:33.740 --> 00:43:34.240
 lived out.

00:43:35.180 --> 00:43:35.420
 You're

00:43:35.420 --> 00:43:36.039
 walking as a

00:43:36.039 --> 00:43:36.440
 child of

00:43:36.440 --> 00:43:36.980
 light, not

00:43:36.980 --> 00:43:37.780
 participating in

00:43:37.780 --> 00:43:38.380
 the unfruitful

00:43:38.380 --> 00:43:38.760
 deeds of

00:43:38.760 --> 00:43:39.100
 darkness,

00:43:39.519 --> 00:43:39.860
 disobeying

00:43:39.860 --> 00:43:40.220
 your parents,

00:43:40.380 --> 00:43:41.160
 but rather you

00:43:41.160 --> 00:43:42.160
 are exposing

00:43:42.160 --> 00:43:42.620
 them.

00:43:44.660 --> 00:43:45.059
 Live for

00:43:45.059 --> 00:43:45.480
 Jesus,

00:43:45.720 --> 00:43:46.260
 obey your

00:43:46.260 --> 00:43:46.840
 parents.

00:43:46.840 --> 00:43:46.980
 Yes.

00:43:46.980 --> 00:43:51.260
 What

00:43:51.260 --> 00:43:51.519
 happens if

00:43:51.519 --> 00:43:51.659
 you're

00:43:51.659 --> 00:43:52.099
 sitting here

00:43:52.099 --> 00:43:52.539
 right now

00:43:52.539 --> 00:43:53.360
 as an

00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:54.619
 adult and

00:43:54.619 --> 00:43:55.019
 God is

00:43:55.019 --> 00:43:55.460
 convicting

00:43:55.460 --> 00:43:55.960
 you because

00:43:55.960 --> 00:43:56.780
 you disobeyed

00:43:56.780 --> 00:43:57.280
 your parents

00:43:57.280 --> 00:43:57.679
 when you

00:43:57.679 --> 00:43:58.019
 were a

00:43:58.019 --> 00:43:58.380
 child.

00:43:59.179 --> 00:43:59.800
 And you're

00:43:59.800 --> 00:44:00.579
 realizing now

00:44:00.579 --> 00:44:01.159
 that not only

00:44:01.159 --> 00:44:01.460
 were you

00:44:01.460 --> 00:44:01.900
 disobeying

00:44:01.900 --> 00:44:02.480
 your parents,

00:44:02.639 --> 00:44:03.059
 but you

00:44:03.059 --> 00:44:03.760
 were disobeying

00:44:03.760 --> 00:44:04.179
 God.

00:44:04.719 --> 00:44:05.039
 What do

00:44:05.039 --> 00:44:05.400
 you do?

00:44:08.400 --> 00:44:09.000
 You run

00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:09.280
 to your

00:44:09.280 --> 00:44:09.539
 heavenly

00:44:09.539 --> 00:44:09.920
 father.

00:44:12.559 --> 00:44:13.119
 Confess your

00:44:13.119 --> 00:44:13.579
 sin to your

00:44:13.579 --> 00:44:14.139
 heavenly father.

00:44:14.139 --> 00:44:15.639
 If we

00:44:15.639 --> 00:44:16.179
 confess our

00:44:16.179 --> 00:44:16.579
 sins, he's

00:44:16.579 --> 00:44:17.099
 faithful and

00:44:17.099 --> 00:44:17.519
 just to

00:44:17.519 --> 00:44:17.940
 forgive us

00:44:17.940 --> 00:44:18.279
 our sins

00:44:18.279 --> 00:44:18.539
 and to

00:44:18.539 --> 00:44:18.940
 cleanse us

00:44:18.940 --> 00:44:19.299
 from all

00:44:19.299 --> 00:44:20.019
 unrighteousness.

00:44:20.639 --> 00:44:20.839
 That's

00:44:20.839 --> 00:44:21.259
 promise.

00:44:22.539 --> 00:44:23.019
 Run to

00:44:23.019 --> 00:44:23.219
 him.

00:44:23.619 --> 00:44:23.940
 Go to

00:44:23.940 --> 00:44:24.299
 your heavenly

00:44:24.299 --> 00:44:24.859
 father and

00:44:24.859 --> 00:44:25.460
 confess your

00:44:25.460 --> 00:44:26.759
 disobedience to

00:44:26.759 --> 00:44:27.019
 him.

00:44:27.139 --> 00:44:27.259
 You're

00:44:27.259 --> 00:44:27.819
 disobedient to

00:44:27.819 --> 00:44:28.599
 your earthly

00:44:28.599 --> 00:44:29.199
 parents and

00:44:29.199 --> 00:44:29.799
 your disobedience

00:44:29.799 --> 00:44:30.139
 to your

00:44:30.139 --> 00:44:30.799
 heavenly father.

00:44:31.900 --> 00:44:32.539
 And then,

00:44:32.679 --> 00:44:32.900
 if your

00:44:32.900 --> 00:44:33.259
 parents are

00:44:33.259 --> 00:44:34.000
 still alive,

00:44:34.440 --> 00:44:34.900
 talk to

00:44:34.900 --> 00:44:35.259
 them and

00:44:35.259 --> 00:44:35.980
 confess your

00:44:35.980 --> 00:44:36.359
 sin to

00:44:36.359 --> 00:44:36.639
 them and

00:44:36.639 --> 00:44:37.199
 ask them to

00:44:37.199 --> 00:44:37.619
 forgive you.

00:44:37.960 --> 00:44:38.779
 I was a

00:44:38.779 --> 00:44:39.579
 freak when I

00:44:39.579 --> 00:44:39.900
 was a

00:44:39.900 --> 00:44:40.299
 teenager.

00:44:40.539 --> 00:44:40.900
 I am

00:44:40.900 --> 00:44:41.279
 sorry,

00:44:41.400 --> 00:44:41.679
 mom and

00:44:41.679 --> 00:44:41.960
 dad.

00:44:42.379 --> 00:44:42.739
 Will you

00:44:42.739 --> 00:44:43.199
 forgive me?

00:44:43.239 --> 00:44:43.920
 I disobeyed

00:44:43.920 --> 00:44:44.240
 you like

00:44:44.240 --> 00:44:44.980
 9,000

00:44:44.980 --> 00:44:45.579
 times.

00:44:46.659 --> 00:44:47.220
 Will you

00:44:47.220 --> 00:44:47.820
 forgive me?

00:44:48.420 --> 00:44:48.940
 Please.

00:44:50.119 --> 00:44:50.659
 You want to

00:44:50.659 --> 00:44:51.119
 own it.

00:44:51.700 --> 00:44:52.260
 Act on it

00:44:52.260 --> 00:44:53.079
 by faith and

00:44:53.079 --> 00:44:53.880
 seek your

00:44:53.880 --> 00:44:54.180
 parents'

00:44:54.300 --> 00:44:54.619
 forgiveness.

00:44:54.800 --> 00:44:55.000
 And if

00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:55.420
 your parents

00:44:55.420 --> 00:44:56.039
 ask you,

00:44:56.079 --> 00:44:56.420
 it's like,

00:44:56.820 --> 00:44:57.559
 who are

00:44:57.559 --> 00:44:57.940
 you?

00:44:58.539 --> 00:44:58.980
 What

00:44:58.980 --> 00:44:59.800
 happened to

00:44:59.800 --> 00:45:00.260
 you?

00:45:01.119 --> 00:45:01.720
 Seriously,

00:45:02.440 --> 00:45:03.440
 you've got my

00:45:03.440 --> 00:45:04.280
 child's name,

00:45:04.420 --> 00:45:04.980
 but you're like

00:45:04.980 --> 00:45:05.820
 someone else.

00:45:06.599 --> 00:45:07.039
 What

00:45:07.039 --> 00:45:07.639
 happened?

00:45:08.000 --> 00:45:08.280
 Do you know

00:45:08.280 --> 00:45:08.800
 what you say?

00:45:09.820 --> 00:45:10.920
 Jesus happened

00:45:10.920 --> 00:45:11.519
 to me.

00:45:12.840 --> 00:45:13.539
 I've been

00:45:13.539 --> 00:45:14.139
 changed.

00:45:15.679 --> 00:45:16.480
 And now I

00:45:16.480 --> 00:45:16.840
 want to

00:45:16.840 --> 00:45:17.559
 obey him

00:45:17.559 --> 00:45:18.940
 and own

00:45:18.940 --> 00:45:19.300
 up to

00:45:19.300 --> 00:45:19.579
 what I've

00:45:19.579 --> 00:45:20.079
 done wrong.

00:45:22.099 --> 00:45:22.619
 Now if

00:45:22.619 --> 00:45:23.039
 your parents

00:45:23.039 --> 00:45:23.559
 are dead

00:45:23.559 --> 00:45:24.119
 and therefore

00:45:24.119 --> 00:45:24.639
 you can't

00:45:24.639 --> 00:45:25.059
 talk to

00:45:25.059 --> 00:45:25.259
 them,

00:45:26.259 --> 00:45:26.800
 you can

00:45:26.800 --> 00:45:27.300
 still own

00:45:27.300 --> 00:45:27.659
 it before

00:45:27.659 --> 00:45:28.099
 your heavenly

00:45:28.099 --> 00:45:28.480
 father.

00:45:29.880 --> 00:45:30.440
 It goes

00:45:30.440 --> 00:45:30.960
 something like

00:45:30.960 --> 00:45:31.219
 this.

00:45:32.820 --> 00:45:33.279
 Oh,

00:45:33.340 --> 00:45:33.539
 father,

00:45:33.599 --> 00:45:34.039
 I wish my

00:45:34.039 --> 00:45:34.619
 parents were

00:45:34.619 --> 00:45:35.300
 still alive

00:45:35.300 --> 00:45:37.019
 so that I

00:45:37.019 --> 00:45:37.420
 could tell

00:45:37.420 --> 00:45:37.900
 them how

00:45:37.900 --> 00:45:38.480
 much I

00:45:38.480 --> 00:45:39.059
 regret the

00:45:39.059 --> 00:45:39.539
 many different

00:45:39.539 --> 00:45:39.940
 ways I

00:45:39.940 --> 00:45:40.500
 disobeyed

00:45:40.500 --> 00:45:40.679
 them.

00:45:40.679 --> 00:45:41.699
 But I

00:45:41.699 --> 00:45:42.199
 can't,

00:45:42.579 --> 00:45:42.960
 and you

00:45:42.960 --> 00:45:43.559
 know that,

00:45:44.139 --> 00:45:44.940
 so I

00:45:44.940 --> 00:45:45.559
 will trust

00:45:45.559 --> 00:45:46.279
 my confession

00:45:46.279 --> 00:45:47.219
 of my

00:45:47.219 --> 00:45:48.339
 sin to

00:45:48.339 --> 00:45:48.739
 you.

00:45:49.239 --> 00:45:49.699
 You'll

00:45:49.699 --> 00:45:50.219
 suffice.

00:45:51.159 --> 00:45:51.879
 It's as far

00:45:51.879 --> 00:45:52.219
 as I can

00:45:52.219 --> 00:45:52.480
 go.

00:45:53.859 --> 00:45:54.199
 And then

00:45:54.199 --> 00:45:54.539
 he said,

00:45:54.699 --> 00:45:55.000
 thank you,

00:45:55.059 --> 00:45:55.259
 God,

00:45:55.719 --> 00:45:56.379
 for helping

00:45:56.379 --> 00:45:56.639
 me to

00:45:56.639 --> 00:45:57.000
 see my

00:45:57.000 --> 00:45:57.199
 sin.

00:46:01.199 --> 00:46:01.639
 We've

00:46:01.639 --> 00:46:02.019
 covered a lot

00:46:02.019 --> 00:46:02.339
 of ground.

00:46:02.460 --> 00:46:02.759
 In order

00:46:02.759 --> 00:46:03.119
 to,

00:46:03.119 --> 00:46:05.159
 for children

00:46:05.159 --> 00:46:05.659
 to grow

00:46:05.659 --> 00:46:06.419
 in godliness,

00:46:06.420 --> 00:46:07.720
 they've

00:46:07.720 --> 00:46:07.980
 got to

00:46:07.980 --> 00:46:08.500
 be in

00:46:08.500 --> 00:46:09.059
 god's

00:46:09.059 --> 00:46:10.059
 greenhouse

00:46:10.059 --> 00:46:11.340
 of grace.

00:46:12.820 --> 00:46:13.539
 And in

00:46:13.539 --> 00:46:13.920
 children,

00:46:14.920 --> 00:46:17.039
 you must

00:46:17.039 --> 00:46:17.639
 obey your

00:46:17.639 --> 00:46:18.159
 parents,

00:46:18.700 --> 00:46:19.880
 because it

00:46:19.880 --> 00:46:20.420
 pleases

00:46:20.420 --> 00:46:22.059
 Christ.

00:46:23.260 --> 00:46:23.900
 So the

00:46:23.900 --> 00:46:24.340
 next time

00:46:24.340 --> 00:46:24.800
 your parents

00:46:24.800 --> 00:46:25.340
 ask you to

00:46:25.340 --> 00:46:25.860
 do something

00:46:25.860 --> 00:46:26.200
 and there's

00:46:26.200 --> 00:46:26.440
 a little

00:46:26.440 --> 00:46:27.220
 growl deep

00:46:27.220 --> 00:46:27.740
 within you,

00:46:29.280 --> 00:46:29.920
 would you

00:46:29.920 --> 00:46:30.480
 look to see

00:46:30.480 --> 00:46:31.019
 who's standing

00:46:31.019 --> 00:46:31.639
 behind your

00:46:31.639 --> 00:46:32.059
 parents?

00:46:33.260 --> 00:46:33.579
 Jesus,

00:46:34.860 --> 00:46:35.380
 saying,

00:46:35.380 --> 00:46:36.940
 do it

00:46:36.940 --> 00:46:37.260
 for me.

00:46:38.840 --> 00:46:39.200
 That's

00:46:39.200 --> 00:46:39.380
 God.