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 In 1976, Elizabeth Elliott was invited to be one of the keynote speakers at Urbana,

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 which was and still is to this day an international missions conference for young adults that are

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 interested in and learning about and potentially pursuing missions. It's a missions conference for

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 young adults, essentially. And in 1976, Elizabeth Elliott spoke, and I listened to her address

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 the other day, and she opened with an illustration that I thought was fascinating and helpful.

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 She recalled an experience she had in visiting with her husband the north of Wells. And when they

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 were in the north Wells, they stayed in the home of a shepherd and his family. And one morning during

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 their stay, she stood outside with the wife of the shepherd and gazed out on the pasture and watched

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 the shepherd and his Scottish collie named Mack attempt to herd about a hundred rams and ewes.

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 They were pushing the rams to a pool of antiseptic where they were dipping the heads in the antiseptic

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 to clean out their eyes and their ears and their noses. And of course, there's a fight that goes

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 along with that. The rams don't understand. But that's the work that they're doing. And then

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 eventually, they take the herd and they begin to push them to a different place for pasture.

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 And Elizabeth Elliott said that as she was watching all of this begin to unfold, she was

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 especially struck by the dog, the Scottish collie, as he tirelessly circled the sheep and drove them

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 as the shepherd directed him. It was clear, she said, that this is what the black and white

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 collie was made to do. Sheep was in his blood, she said. She described watching the dog fiercely fulfill

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 his duties, listening intently to the shepherd's whistle. And upon hearing the whistle, immediately

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 responding to the direction that was given. The shepherd could see and understand things that

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 the sheep and the dog could not understand. He could see danger that was ahead. He could recognize

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 a sheep that has fallen behind the herd and needs to be recovered. He could see the ram that's caught

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 in a thicket. He could see all that's happening. The sheep don't necessarily understand. The dog doesn't

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 necessarily understand. And yet, the dog fiercely, intently listens to the beckoning call and direction

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 of the shepherd. And Elliott says that she stood at the house gazing on all of this unfolding. She

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 asked the wife of the shepherd, do the sheep understand what's happening? And she replied, not a clue.

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 And Elliott said, well, what about the dog? And she said, the wife said something that she's never

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 forgotten. The dog doesn't understand the pattern. He only knows obedience.

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 In this address to 17,000 young Christians, she said the dog's trust in the shepherd was absolute.

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 His obedience, instant and unconditional. And his very meat and drink was to do the will of the

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 of his master. It was what he was made to do. He was glorifying his purpose as she watched on in the

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 pasture on that day. You do realize that you were created for a purpose. You have a purpose.

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 Despite what secular theory will tell you, you are not here by chance. You are not here by accident.

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 You are not a purposeless being doing your best to survive. You have a creator who has created you

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 for a purpose. And the Bible tells us that that purpose is to glorify God. And as the Westminster

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 Catechism tells us, it is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever. And the Bible tells us that the

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 way that we glorify God is by loving him. Deuteronomy chapter 6, you shall love the Lord your God with

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 all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. Jesus, you'll remember, echoed that same

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 verse in the New Testament when someone said, what is the greatest commandment? And he said, love the Lord

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 your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. How do we

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 glorify God? What is the purpose for which we were created? Why am I here? And part of that answer is

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 to love God, to see who he is, to understand his being, to understand his ways, and to, in response

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 to that, show your love for him in everything that you do and in everything that you think.

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 We glorify him by loving him. We glorify him by obeying him. 1 John 5, 3. For this is the love of God,

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 that we keep his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome. You say, well, there's a few

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 commands that I actually find quite burdensome. Well, it's not that they're always easy. It's that when we

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 understand who God is, and we understand our purpose in glorifying him, and we begin to love him, it's not

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 a burden to even go through the most difficult things of life in obedience to him. We glorify the

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 Lord by loving him, by obeying him, by worshiping him. Psalm 86, I give thanks to you, O Lord my God,

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 with my whole heart, the psalmist says. I will glorify your name forever. What does he mean? I will

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 worship you forever. I will give thanks to you forever, with my whole heart, with my whole being,

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 with everything that is in me. That is the purpose for which we were created. And we weren't created

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 to do these things out of compulsion, but out of love for our creator and master.

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 See, in creation, God has revealed his glory to man. And the only appropriate response to that

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 revelation is to recognize that God is worthy of our greatest affection.

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 creation. So God creates the world, and then he creates the man, and he shows the man this world.

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 Not as an end in itself, but as a means to an end of seeing God. He reveals himself in the man.

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 He reveals himself in creation. He reveals himself to the man directly in fellowship and in relationship.

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 He reveals himself so that the man will turn and love him and obey him and worship him.

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 But the fact is that though that is our purpose, that's why we've been created.

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 Each one of us have fallen short of the glory for which we were created.

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 Romans 3 tells us that plainly. All have sinned and fall short of the glory.

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 God. Instead of loving God, we have despised him.

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 Maybe not in an attitude directly toward him that we're just thinking of,

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 oh, I hate you, God. It's not always like that.

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 We have despised him by making gods of our own.

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 We put other things before him.

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 Rather than obeying him, we have rebelled not only in action,

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 we have rebelled in spirit, rebelling against his law, rebelling against his desires for us.

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 When we should worship him, we glorify ourselves in his place.

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 The Bible says this makes us sinners.

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 It makes us transgressors of God's law.

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 It makes us eternal enemies of God himself.

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 And our rebellion is so pervasive, the Bible says, that we are blind.

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 We're blind to the reality of God's wrath.

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 We're blind to the reality of our own sinful condition.

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 And the fact that we are at enmity with God,

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 we are blind and we are without the slightest desire to be reconciled to him.

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 Again, Romans tells us there's, not only is there none righteous,

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 but there's no one who even understands that.

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 There's no one who seeks God.

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 No one.

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 That's how pervasive our sin is.

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 It's how pervasive the condition of our hearts is in rebellion to God.

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 And so we begin to think about the gospel from those terms.

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 Martin Lloyd-Jones used to say that in order to really understand the gospel,

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 you have to understand the magnitude of your debt

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 and the measure of the payment that was made to satisfy that debt.

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 And he would illustrate it this way.

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 He would say, suppose you come to my house,

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 and before I've got a chance to open the door,

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 you find a letter on my doorstep left by the postman.

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 And it's some type of bill.

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 It's some type of payment that needs to be made.

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 And on my behalf, you make the payment.

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 And I open the door, and I welcome you to my home.

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 And you say, hey, I just want you to know I found this letter on the doorstep.

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 And it was a little bill, and we took care of it, and I paid it for you.

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 And Martin Lloyd-Jones said, the only way that I can really understand the magnitude of that

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 is if I understand what the debt is, what is the reality of that debt,

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 and what is the measure of the payment that was then made.

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 And it is only at that point that I can understand whether to cordially say,

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 well, thank you very much, that was very kind,

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 or fall at your feet and kiss your feet in worship and in love.

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 And the only way we can really know that is to understand the true depths of our sin.

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 The Bible says that the greatness of our debt is so much

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 that the only way it can be satisfied by us

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 is to spend an eternity separated from God in hell.

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 That's the magnitude of the debt.

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 And the measure of the payment is that the full wrath of God

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 was poured out on His own Son.

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 That was the payment.

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 Ephesians 2 says, but God, being rich in mercy,

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 because of the great love with which He loved us,

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 even when we were dead,

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 even when we were dead in trespasses,

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 He made us alive together with Christ.

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 By grace you have been saved, He says.

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 And you say, well, I don't really feel that bad.

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 I know I've not always done things the right way.

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 I know I've not always probably obeyed God

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 the way that I'm always supposed to obey God,

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 but really, eternity in hell?

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 I haven't been that bad.

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 You know, it's interesting.

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 The Bible never commands us to understand,

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 to feel how sinful we actually are.

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 It never commands us to actually fully comprehend

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 the depths of our depravity.

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 It calls us actually to look at Christ.

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 That's what gives us the answer.

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 Do you want to know how great your debt is?

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 Well, you may not understand it just by evaluating your own life.

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 You need to look at the payment that was made for it.

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 That will tell you the answer.

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 And what was the payment?

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 From God's perspective, your debt was so great

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 that the only way He could satisfy it

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 was by sending His own Son,

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 His sinless Son,

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 to suffer in your place.

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 And even if you don't realize or feel in yourself

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 the greatness of that debt,

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 look to Christ.

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 Look to see the great extent that He went to

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 to redeem your soul.

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 And at least from that perspective,

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 say, I don't really understand it.

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 I don't feel it in that way,

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 but there must be something real

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 to the depths of my depravity

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 because look at what God has done

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 to rescue me from it.

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 Despite your rebellion,

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 God Himself provided a way

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 for you to be at peace with Him again.

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 You were an enemy,

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 and now you're at peace.

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 He gave us His only Son

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 who bore the punishment for our sins

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 and rose from the dead

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 to give us eternal life.

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 And then Christ calls us

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 to receive this peace that He has won

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 by turning from self,

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 by turning from sin,

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 and trusting Him alone,

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 trusting Him as Savior and Lord.

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 And then He promised

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 that every person who will do that,

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 all that the Father gives to me,

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 and by extension,

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 by gives to me,

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 means all that will come to me

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 in faith and repentance,

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 all that the Father gives to me,

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 I will never cast out.

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 I'll never turn you away.

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 By His grace,

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 He will save you.

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 Despite your sin and rebellion,

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 He will redeem you.

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 Apart from your own works,

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 He will restore you to God.

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 That's the gospel.

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 But though Jesus saves us in our sins,

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 He is not content to leave us

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 in our sins.

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 To follow Christ as Lord

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 is to surrender your will to His.

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 It's to abandon your desires

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 in favor of His desires.

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 It's to turn away from your rebellion,

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 to humbly follow His Lordship.

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 He saves us then

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 to restore us to our original purpose

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 and glory.

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 glory.

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 Genuine love,

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 obedience,

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 and worship of God.

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 Do you see that?

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 God created you for the purpose of His glory.

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 You have fallen short of it.

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 You would have never pursued Him,

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 but in His grace,

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 He sends His own Son

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 to pursue you.

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 He lived the life that you should have lived,

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 and He died the death that you should have died,

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 and He rose from the dead to give you new life.

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 And He says,

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 if you will come to Me in faith,

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 I will forgive you,

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 and I will restore you to the Father.

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 And by restoration,

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 He means,

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 I will transform you

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 so that you will fulfill your original purpose

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 that you fell from.

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 This is His work in us.

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 Ephesians 2.10,

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 We are His workmanship,

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 created in Christ Jesus for good works,

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 which God prepared beforehand

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 that we should walk in them.

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 That's purpose and glory.

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 You see,

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 the gospel is the foundation

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 of Paul's instruction to Titus

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 and the churches of Crete here in chapter 2.

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 True faith produces practical change,

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 not because we get ourselves together

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 and we clean ourselves up

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 and we do all the things

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 that people say we're supposed to do,

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 but because Christ Himself transforms us

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 through the power of the Holy Spirit.

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 And when a person is born again

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 of the Holy Spirit,

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 God changes His affections.

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 He gives them a new heart.

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 Rather than living to please and glorify self,

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 the believer's affections are transformed

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 to please and to glorify God instead.

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 And what this inevitably produces

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 is a counter-cultural way of life,

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 a counter-cultural community

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 of God's people who are in the world

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 and yet they are not of the world,

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 who are engaged in the culture in which they live,

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 yet they stand in stark contrast

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 to the culture in which they live.

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 And one of the means of this transformative work

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 of the Holy Spirit,

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 which is a progressive work

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 as we understand it in the New Testament,

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 one of the means of that

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 is where elders are teaching

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 what accords with sound doctrine.

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 That's verse 1.

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 Titus, teach what accords with sound doctrine.

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 And then what follows

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 is all of these behaviors

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 that should be reflected

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 in the lives of those

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 who have come to faith in Christ.

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 Through faithful leadership

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 and intentional discipleship,

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 churches will preserve the gospel

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 in their belief

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 and display the gospel

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 in their behavior.

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 And that's really what we're dealing with

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 here in chapter 2.

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 In this text,

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 Paul distinguishes the Christians

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 by age or life stage.

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 Last Sunday,

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 we looked primarily at his word

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 to older men

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 and older women in the church.

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 This morning,

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 we'll focus on his word

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 to younger men

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 and younger women,

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 all with the understanding

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 that the gospel life

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 is a different life.

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 And it's one that must be pursued

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 by those who believe it.

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 Let's first look at younger women

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 in verses 4 and 5.

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 Paul says that the older women

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 are to train the young women

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 to love their husbands and children,

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 to be self-controlled,

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 pure,

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 working at home,

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 kind and submissive

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 to their own husbands,

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 that the word of God

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 may not be reviled.

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 Now it's curious that Paul says

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 young women must be trained

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 to love their husbands and children.

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 That seems odd, doesn't it?

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 It seems odd to me.

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 Julie and I spent the weekend

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 at a marriage conference

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 at the beach

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 and the whole time I'm thinking,

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 how could she not love me?

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 How could she not want me?

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 And yet Paul says here to Titus,

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 you are not only to train

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 these behaviors,

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 the older women in the congregation,

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 you need to be teaching them

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 and training them

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 to train the younger women

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 to love their husband.

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 And you say,

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 okay, well I get why

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 he would say that

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 they need some help

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 loving their husbands

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 because husbands aren't easy to love.

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 But then he doesn't leave it

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 at just the husbands, does he?

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 He says, no,

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 they need to be trained

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 how to love their children.

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 Well now that one's a little harder

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 to deal with, isn't it?

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 One of the marks of love

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 that we would use metaphorically

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 throughout our lives

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 is the love of a mother.

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 And yet Paul says,

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 no, the older women

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 are going to have to train

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 the younger women

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 to love their children too.

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 And you would think

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 that this love

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 would come naturally

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 to a wife and mother

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 and there is a sense

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 in which it indeed does.

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 But the training

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 that takes place

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 in the context of the church

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 is based on the principles

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 of God's word

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 and the gospel of Jesus.

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 That's the significant difference

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 in Paul's teaching here.

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 It's one thing

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 to have a natural affection

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 for one's husband and child.

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 It's another thing

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 to demonstrate that love

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 in a way that is consistent

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 with God's design.

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 Because one person may say,

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 I really love my kids.

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 I love them more

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 than anything else in the world.

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 And the way that I'm going

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 to show them that I love

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 is by giving them anything

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 that they ask me for.

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 I never want to have

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 to tell them though.

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 That's not a picture

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 of someone who doesn't

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 really love their kids.

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 It's a picture of someone

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 who is not loving their kids

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 according to God's design.

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 Do you see the difference?

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 There's a difference

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 between a natural affection

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 and an affection

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 that is based on the gospel

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 and consistent with the Bible.

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 And perhaps it's the cultural dynamic

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 of arranged marriages

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 that made this teaching

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 so necessary in Crete.

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 Can you imagine that?

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 All of us married, quote, for love.

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 I hope you did.

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 For the women

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 that would have read this letter

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 or heard this letter read

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 in the churches in Crete,

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 that probably was not

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 their experience.

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 Indeed, for most of history,

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 that is not the experience

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 of most people.

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 In this particular culture,

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 marriage was,

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 it was a status,

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 it promoted a man's business,

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 it promoted his status

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 among the community.

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 They didn't marry for love

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 and the wife wasn't treated

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 as if she was one

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 that was to be adored

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 and protected in love.

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 She was there

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 as something to make the husband

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 look a little better

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 to everybody else.

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 And you say,

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 okay, that makes sense.

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 How is a woman supposed

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 to love her husband?

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 Should she even love her husband

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 in that case?

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 Paul says, yes.

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 But she's going to have

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 to be trained

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 on how to do it right.

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 Love is generally something

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 that is believed

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 in our culture

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 that can be fallen

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 into and out of.

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 A person's commitment

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 to another

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 is based on their feelings

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 of affection

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 and fulfillment.

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 So long as I feel affection

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 for this person,

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 so long as this person

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 is fulfilling me

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 according to the way

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 that I want to be fulfilled,

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 then I will remain committed

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 to them in this relationship.

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 But at the moment

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 that this affection wanes

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 or the moment

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 that they are not fulfilling me

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 in the way

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 that I would desire

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 to be fulfilled

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 or the way I feel like

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 I deserve to be fulfilled

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 is the moment

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 that I'll abandon

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 the whole thing altogether.

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 I read an article

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 in the New York Times.

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 This is probably

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 two weeks ago.

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 It was a psychologist

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 based in Dallas

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 who married for love

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 and never had any real problems

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 or real fights

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 with her husband

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 according to her own admission.

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 But as she was learning

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 psychology in the university

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 and graduating

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 and beginning her practice

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 and seeing things,

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 she began to see

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 that she deserved

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 far more than what her husband

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 could actually give her.

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 So she filed for divorce.

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 Not because he was a bad guy,

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 but because he didn't fulfill her

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 in the way that she

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 deserves to be fulfilled.

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 That's a modern view of love.

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 That's not a biblical view of love.

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 The problem is that

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 that is so foreign to God.

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 Love is not primarily

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 an emotion that comes and goes.

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 It's a commitment to another person

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 that transcends

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 the ebb and flow of our feelings.

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 Love involves the sacrifice of self.

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 It's a sacrifice of self

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 for the one on whom

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 you've set your affection.

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 And that does not come naturally

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 to any person.

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 Not one of us.

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 Which is why from that perspective,

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 true love must be taught

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 from God's word

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 and it must be modeled

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 by God's people.

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 So Paul says,

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 Titus, make sure the older ladies

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 are teaching the younger women

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 how to do this.

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 How can they love their husbands?

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 How can they love their children?

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 I think the best way

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 for us to understand verse five

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 is as a list of ways,

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 general, representative ways,

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 that a young woman

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 will display her love

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 for her husband and her children.

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 So if we have to be trained

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 to love our husbands and children,

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 what does that actually look like

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 in the training process?

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 And that's where this list

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 in verse five comes into play.

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 It's not completely separated

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 from the previous discussion.

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 He's really dealing

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 with this one dynamic

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 of the home

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 and God's design for it.

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 And what I think

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 I wanted to do here

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 is maybe just kind of briefly

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 work through each thing

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 and then we'll draw some

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 broader conclusions

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 at the end of it.

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 And as we go through this verse,

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 we need to be careful here.

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 We can't make it say

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 more than it says.

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 Neither can we make it

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 say less than it says.

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 And while we need to be careful

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 not to read modern debates

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 and modern arguments

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 into the text,

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 we can't easily dismiss

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 what the text says either.

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 So let's work through these things.

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 What does he say?

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 He says,

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 first,

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 they need to be taught

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 how to love their husbands

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 and children

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 and to be self-controlled.

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 And in this context,

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 self-control likely refers

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 to restraining the impulses

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 that would prevent

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 a young woman

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 from faithfully discharging

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 all of her responsibilities

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 to her family.

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 There's probably a hint

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 of sexual fidelity

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 and self-control here.

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 There always is.

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 It seems to be

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 in the New Testament.

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 But I think the primary thing

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 that Paul's really driving at here

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 is the dynamic

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 that a young woman

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 has a priority in the home.

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 And the way she's going

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 to love her husband

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 and the way she's going

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 to love her children

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 is by controlling

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 the impulses of her life,

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 whatever they may be,

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 which will tend to pull her

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 away from her home

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 and pull her away

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 from her husband

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 and away from her children.

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 She needs to be self-controlled.

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 Teach them to be self-controlled.

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 He says they need to be taught

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 to be pure.

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 This is more explicitly

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 moral chastity.

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 It's sexual fidelity

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 to one's husband.

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 So in a culture

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 where most marriages

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 were arranged

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 and the husband

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 didn't love his wife,

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 the husband didn't care

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 for his wife,

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 there's a greater temptation

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 to find someone

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.840
 who will care for me,

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:08.140
 who will love me,

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:09.620
 and instead of being faithful

00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:11.340
 to the husband that I have,

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:13.140
 running off with the one

00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:15.039
 that I wish I had.

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:15.779
 And he says,

00:27:15.840 --> 00:27:17.000
 no, if we're going to love

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:18.299
 the way that God intends

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:18.940
 for us to love,

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:20.119
 we can't look at it that way.

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:21.159
 We can't follow that way.

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:21.879
 We need to be pure.

00:27:24.139 --> 00:27:25.079
 Thirdly, he says,

00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:27.819
 teach them to work at home.

00:27:28.899 --> 00:27:30.319
 Teach them to work at home.

00:27:32.379 --> 00:27:33.779
 Now, before you get confused,

00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:35.980
 Paul certainly doesn't have in mind

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:37.659
 the cultural dynamic

00:27:37.659 --> 00:27:39.879
 of a career businesswoman

00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:42.460
 that would have not ever

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:43.260
 even been a part

00:27:43.260 --> 00:27:44.160
 of his mindset here

00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:45.180
 because it wasn't something

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:46.180
 that would have taken place

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.680
 in Crete

00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:47.420
 or in their culture

00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:48.100
 of that day.

00:27:48.340 --> 00:27:49.360
 So we need to be careful

00:27:49.360 --> 00:27:51.360
 not to read our modern debates

00:27:51.360 --> 00:27:52.540
 back into this text

00:27:52.540 --> 00:27:54.720
 because it would be very easy

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.720
 for us to come to this

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.000
 and say,

00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:56.260
 well, there,

00:27:56.620 --> 00:27:57.260
 Paul said it,

00:27:57.300 --> 00:27:58.360
 women shouldn't work.

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.960
 That's not what he's saying.

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.520
 In fact,

00:28:02.540 --> 00:28:03.580
 there's plenty of other texts

00:28:03.580 --> 00:28:04.100
 in the scripture

00:28:04.100 --> 00:28:05.320
 that show examples

00:28:05.320 --> 00:28:06.920
 of women faithfully working

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:07.900
 to support their homes.

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.800
 That's okay.

00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:11.059
 We need to be careful here.

00:28:11.639 --> 00:28:13.659
 But he doesn't indeed say

00:28:13.659 --> 00:28:15.159
 that they need to be taught

00:28:15.159 --> 00:28:15.779
 to work at home.

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.460
 Well, what does he mean?

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:19.740
 It's not a total prohibition

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:21.299
 against working outside the home.

00:28:21.639 --> 00:28:22.980
 It's an acknowledgement

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:25.659
 that a wife and mother's

00:28:25.659 --> 00:28:27.059
 primary responsibility

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:28.359
 before God

00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:31.079
 is in the management

00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:32.419
 of the home.

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:35.680
 It's the primary responsibility.

00:28:36.879 --> 00:28:37.500
 He's not saying

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:38.599
 don't work outside the home.

00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:39.199
 He's saying

00:28:39.199 --> 00:28:40.199
 don't do anything

00:28:40.199 --> 00:28:41.439
 that takes away

00:28:41.439 --> 00:28:43.199
 from your primary responsibility

00:28:43.199 --> 00:28:44.359
 to love your husband

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:45.679
 and love your children

00:28:45.679 --> 00:28:47.419
 and manage your home well

00:28:47.419 --> 00:28:48.619
 and care for your home

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:49.519
 and raise the kids

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.299
 and do the things.

00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:51.399
 And if you can do that

00:28:51.399 --> 00:28:52.379
 at the same time

00:28:52.379 --> 00:28:53.019
 that you're working

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.679
 outside the home,

00:28:53.959 --> 00:28:54.339
 fantastic.

00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:55.759
 But if at any point

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.719
 these other things

00:28:56.719 --> 00:28:57.819
 become a distraction

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:59.539
 to what God has designed

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.699
 for the home to be,

00:29:01.219 --> 00:29:02.299
 then they need to be denied

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:02.959
 and rejected.

00:29:04.459 --> 00:29:05.019
 He says

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:05.980
 they need to be kind.

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:08.599
 And this is almost certainly

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:09.640
 meant to be connected

00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:10.779
 with working at home.

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:14.360
 It's a sensitivity of heart

00:29:14.360 --> 00:29:16.940
 that views responsibility

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:18.240
 in the home

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:19.900
 as a way to love

00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:21.059
 husband and child

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:21.880
 rather than

00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:23.720
 a suppressive burden.

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:27.600
 that's why

00:29:27.600 --> 00:29:28.720
 our modern society

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.299
 tells us.

00:29:29.360 --> 00:29:29.839
 It says that

00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:31.360
 any type of complementarity

00:29:31.360 --> 00:29:31.900
 in the home,

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:33.220
 any kind of desire

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:34.240
 for the nuclear family

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:35.680
 is actually oppressive.

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.600
 It's oppressive.

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.420
 But Paul says,

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:38.680
 no,

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:40.039
 that's not actually it here.

00:29:40.120 --> 00:29:41.100
 There's a sensitivity

00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:41.640
 of heart

00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:42.480
 that sees this.

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.799
 This is my way

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.799
 of being the woman

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.779
 that God has created

00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:46.640
 to me to be.

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.319
 This is a way

00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:48.759
 for me to love.

00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:49.400
 This is a way

00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:50.640
 for me to care.

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:51.460
 This is a way

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:52.500
 for me

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:54.519
 to glorify God.

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:55.759
 Again,

00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:56.519
 Elizabeth Elliot

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:57.460
 has written about this

00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:57.700
 before.

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.299
 She wrote a book

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.920
 that just said,

00:29:59.279 --> 00:30:00.319
 let me be a woman

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:02.519
 where she talks about this

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.240
 in great detail.

00:30:03.379 --> 00:30:03.940
 It's very helpful.

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:08.319
 Kind refuses

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:09.140
 to resent

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:10.160
 a husband

00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:11.019
 and child

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:13.079
 for what their presence

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:14.400
 has hindered one

00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:15.559
 from doing

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:16.319
 or accomplishing

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:16.859
 on her own.

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:19.979
 I have all these dreams

00:30:19.979 --> 00:30:21.119
 and I have all these ambitions

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:22.639
 and my husband

00:30:22.639 --> 00:30:23.079
 and my kids

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:23.479
 are just getting

00:30:23.479 --> 00:30:24.199
 in the way of that.

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:25.659
 Well,

00:30:25.679 --> 00:30:26.599
 kindness is to see

00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:27.719
 your priority at home.

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:30.859
 Kindness is to see

00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.479
 this is the way

00:30:31.479 --> 00:30:32.099
 that I love.

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.419
 My husband

00:30:33.419 --> 00:30:34.039
 and my children

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:35.079
 are the hindrance

00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:36.779
 to what I need to do.

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:38.579
 They are what I need to do.

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.779
 He says

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.759
 they need to be submissive

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.759
 to their own husbands.

00:30:44.699 --> 00:30:45.099
 Of course,

00:30:45.159 --> 00:30:46.179
 when practiced biblically,

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:48.220
 submission doesn't

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:49.539
 devalue the place

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:50.220
 of a wife.

00:30:51.600 --> 00:30:52.759
 It simply places

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.539
 the priority

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.900
 of responsibility

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:56.500
 on the shoulders

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.140
 of the husband.

00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:59.560
 That's what submission does.

00:30:59.700 --> 00:30:59.940
 It's not,

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:01.860
 maybe it's not even best

00:31:01.860 --> 00:31:02.320
 to view it

00:31:02.320 --> 00:31:03.279
 in terms of authority

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:03.900
 but in terms

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:04.759
 of responsibility.

00:31:07.560 --> 00:31:08.000
 Submission

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:09.220
 frees a wife

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:10.279
 to help her husband

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.759
 lead

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:12.880
 because it's her husband

00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:13.500
 that will stand

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.220
 before the Lord

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:15.700
 to answer

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:16.339
 for his home

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:18.200
 not his wife.

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.579
 Notice also here

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:27.140
 that this is not

00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:28.039
 a matter of men

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:29.079
 dominating women

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.759
 generally.

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:32.359
 This is limited

00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:32.960
 to the scope

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:33.400
 of the home.

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:34.259
 Did you catch that?

00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:35.799
 Teach them

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.660
 to be submissive

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:37.740
 to their own

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.619
 husbands.

00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:41.519
 This is not a dynamic

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:42.319
 where we say

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:43.519
 men are superior

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:44.659
 and women are inferior

00:31:44.659 --> 00:31:45.339
 and the women

00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:46.519
 have no place

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:48.599
 in the workplace.

00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:49.500
 They have no place

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:50.479
 in leadership.

00:31:50.479 --> 00:31:51.439
 They have no place

00:31:51.439 --> 00:31:52.379
 in politics.

00:31:52.379 --> 00:31:53.639
 That's not what he's saying.

00:31:53.899 --> 00:31:54.339
 He says,

00:31:54.439 --> 00:31:55.039
 be submissive

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.619
 to your husband.

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.459
 He's focused

00:31:56.459 --> 00:31:57.699
 on the home.

00:31:58.199 --> 00:31:59.259
 He's designed

00:31:59.259 --> 00:32:00.859
 for the home.

00:32:00.859 --> 00:32:03.319
 You see,

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:04.259
 the husband's authority

00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:05.399
 is only an extension

00:32:05.399 --> 00:32:06.359
 of his responsibility

00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:07.059
 ultimately.

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:08.659
 It's not an authority

00:32:08.659 --> 00:32:09.799
 that is inerrant

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:11.519
 to his maleness.

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.779
 It is an extension

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.779
 of his responsibility

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.799
 as a husband

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:17.479
 and as a father.

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:20.199
 And Paul focused

00:32:20.199 --> 00:32:20.879
 on this issue

00:32:20.879 --> 00:32:21.519
 for young women

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:22.399
 because there will

00:32:22.399 --> 00:32:23.839
 always be a tendency

00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:25.079
 to rebel

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:26.240
 against God's design

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:26.799
 for the home.

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:30.299
 God didn't create Eve

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:31.680
 to be inferior

00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:32.480
 to Adam

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:34.299
 but he did give her

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:35.139
 a function

00:32:35.139 --> 00:32:37.200
 to help Adam

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:38.500
 faithfully fulfill

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:40.039
 his duty before God

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:41.159
 something Adam

00:32:41.159 --> 00:32:42.399
 needed her for.

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:44.000
 He needed her

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.619
 for this.

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.859
 Genesis tells us that.

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:48.019
 Genesis chapter 2

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.819
 I think I've got the verse

00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:49.539
 on the screen for you.

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.559
 Genesis chapter 2

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:51.259
 and verse 18

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:52.519
 The Lord God said

00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:54.480
 it is not good

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:56.200
 that man should be alone.

00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:57.799
 He cannot function

00:32:58.419 --> 00:32:59.240
 on his own.

00:32:59.879 --> 00:33:01.480
 He cannot do the work

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:02.419
 that God has called him

00:33:02.419 --> 00:33:02.779
 to do.

00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:04.399
 Fulfill the responsibility

00:33:04.399 --> 00:33:05.779
 that God has called him

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:06.579
 to fulfill

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:08.500
 on his own.

00:33:10.099 --> 00:33:11.419
 I will make him

00:33:11.419 --> 00:33:12.059
 a helper

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:13.359
 God says.

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:15.079
 Fit for him.

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:16.859
 Verse 24

00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:17.980
 Therefore a man

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:19.379
 shall leave his father

00:33:19.379 --> 00:33:19.960
 and his mother

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.799
 and hold fast

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:22.779
 to his wife

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:24.200
 and they shall become

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:25.000
 one flesh.

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:25.960
 Do you see

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:27.319
 the interdependence

00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:28.019
 in this?

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:29.620
 In God's design

00:33:29.620 --> 00:33:30.559
 he creates man

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:31.819
 and he gives him a job

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:33.380
 and his job

00:33:33.380 --> 00:33:34.519
 is to work the garden

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.920
 and it is to multiply

00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:36.940
 and it's to fill the earth

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:38.240
 and it's to glorify God

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.620
 and he says

00:33:38.620 --> 00:33:39.640
 but man can't do that

00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:40.140
 on his own.

00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:41.220
 I will give him

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:41.860
 a helper

00:33:41.860 --> 00:33:43.140
 a compliment

00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:44.299
 to him

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:45.559
 standing face to face

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:46.220
 it would be a literal

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:47.079
 translation of this

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:48.240
 face to face

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:48.680
 with him

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:49.700
 over and against him

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.360
 a helper

00:33:50.360 --> 00:33:51.700
 that will push him

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.220
 forward

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:53.539
 in this responsibility

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:55.079
 because he needs it.

00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:58.720
 Now notice

00:33:58.720 --> 00:33:59.460
 what God said

00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:00.480
 would be a consequence

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:01.980
 of Adam and Eve's sin

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.940
 if we fast forward

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:04.059
 to Genesis chapter 3

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.819
 and verse 16

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:06.319
 To the woman God said

00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:07.740
 I will surely multiply

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:08.199
 your pain

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:09.320
 and childbearing

00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:10.039
 and pain

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.539
 you shall bring

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:11.119
 for children

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:12.820
 your desire

00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:14.599
 shall be contrary

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.599
 to your husband

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:17.860
 but he shall rule

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:18.539
 over you.

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:20.320
 In other words

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:21.920
 sin would lead

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:23.000
 to an ongoing

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:25.160
 relational brokenness

00:34:25.160 --> 00:34:26.000
 between husbands

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:27.019
 and wives

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:28.519
 distorting

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:29.900
 God's good design

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.840
 from the very beginning.

00:34:32.680 --> 00:34:33.080
 Husbands

00:34:33.080 --> 00:34:34.340
 will always be tempted

00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:35.740
 to dominate their wives

00:34:35.740 --> 00:34:37.240
 wives will always

00:34:37.240 --> 00:34:37.780
 be tempted

00:34:37.780 --> 00:34:39.200
 to dominate their husbands

00:34:39.200 --> 00:34:40.519
 the sinfulness

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:41.880
 from both men

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.620
 and women

00:34:42.620 --> 00:34:44.019
 leads to war

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:45.580
 rather than

00:34:45.580 --> 00:34:46.660
 to a healthy home

00:34:46.660 --> 00:34:49.539
 but in Christ

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:52.139
 God desires believers

00:34:52.139 --> 00:34:53.039
 to be faithful

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:54.519
 to his design

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:56.159
 his design

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:57.340
 of complementarity

00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:58.980
 remember

00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.960
 you were made

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.840
 for something more

00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:01.699
 the issue

00:35:01.699 --> 00:35:02.360
 of husband

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:03.039
 and wife

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.400
 and of

00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:04.559
 responsibility

00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:05.820
 and submission

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:07.320
 was instituted

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:07.800
 by God

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:08.920
 before sin

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:11.880
 this is a creation

00:35:11.880 --> 00:35:12.440
 design

00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:15.139
 and all throughout

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:16.019
 life

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:16.980
 ever since Adam

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.259
 and Eve

00:35:17.259 --> 00:35:17.860
 you can read it

00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:18.699
 all through the narratives

00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:19.339
 of the scripture

00:35:19.339 --> 00:35:21.000
 there is this relational

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:21.879
 brokenness

00:35:21.879 --> 00:35:23.059
 this butting of heads

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:23.759
 between husbands

00:35:23.759 --> 00:35:24.299
 and wives

00:35:24.299 --> 00:35:24.839
 and men

00:35:24.839 --> 00:35:25.799
 and women

00:35:25.799 --> 00:35:27.219
 and yet God

00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:28.439
 redeems these people

00:35:28.439 --> 00:35:29.239
 and he begins

00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:30.000
 to transform

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.699
 these people

00:35:30.699 --> 00:35:31.759
 and he keeps them

00:35:31.759 --> 00:35:32.299
 in a culture

00:35:32.299 --> 00:35:33.059
 that rebels

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.779
 against God's

00:35:33.779 --> 00:35:34.219
 good design

00:35:34.219 --> 00:35:34.679
 but he says

00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:35.460
 while you're here

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:36.299
 I want you to

00:35:36.299 --> 00:35:37.719
 show my good design

00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:38.859
 and so he tells

00:35:38.859 --> 00:35:39.279
 Titus

00:35:39.279 --> 00:35:40.000
 teach what

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.779
 accords

00:35:40.779 --> 00:35:41.639
 with sound doctrine

00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:42.279
 and then

00:35:42.279 --> 00:35:43.519
 tell the older women

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:44.319
 they need to teach

00:35:44.319 --> 00:35:45.039
 the younger women

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:45.539
 how to love

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:46.059
 their husbands

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:46.879
 how to love

00:35:46.879 --> 00:35:47.460
 their children

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:48.500
 how to support

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:49.079
 their husbands

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:50.579
 how to live out

00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:51.539
 God's design

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:52.280
 in their home

00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:53.000
 we're bringing them

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.679
 back

00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:55.199
 to creation

00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:57.119
 back to purpose

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:58.119
 and glory

00:35:58.119 --> 00:36:01.280
 that's why Paul

00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:02.260
 emphasized that

00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:03.139
 giving into

00:36:03.139 --> 00:36:04.079
 cultural ideas

00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:04.780
 of the home

00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:07.019
 is to revile

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:08.539
 the word of God

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:09.599
 you see it there

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:10.280
 in verse 5

00:36:10.280 --> 00:36:12.320
 be submissive

00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:13.019
 to their own husbands

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:14.440
 that the word of God

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:15.420
 may not be

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:16.460
 reviled

00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:17.119
 reviled

00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:19.320
 believers

00:36:19.320 --> 00:36:20.039
 in contrast

00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:20.800
 to the world

00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:22.639
 are to glorify

00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:23.059
 God

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.579
 by living

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:24.420
 according to

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:25.880
 his word

00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:28.320
 reviled

00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:29.159
 here is the same

00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:29.860
 word used

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:30.480
 to describe

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:31.199
 the attitudes

00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:32.500
 of Jesus'

00:36:32.740 --> 00:36:33.320
 enemies

00:36:33.320 --> 00:36:36.320
 Matthew 27

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:37.720
 it says

00:36:37.720 --> 00:36:38.280
 so also

00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:39.220
 the chief priest

00:36:39.220 --> 00:36:39.980
 with the scribes

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:40.460
 and elders

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:41.460
 mocked him

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:42.039
 this is in the

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:42.699
 process of

00:36:42.699 --> 00:36:42.940
 Jesus'

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:44.000
 crucifixion

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:45.900
 and it goes

00:36:45.900 --> 00:36:46.360
 on to say

00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:47.059
 and the robbers

00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:47.760
 who were crucified

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:48.360
 with him

00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:49.840
 also reviled

00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:50.360
 him

00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:51.559
 in the same

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:51.960
 way

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:54.000
 Peter says

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.420
 when he was

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:54.880
 reviled

00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:55.460
 he did not

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:55.940
 revile

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:57.000
 again

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.579
 this is the

00:36:57.579 --> 00:36:58.139
 same word

00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:59.920
 in the same

00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:00.760
 way that the

00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:01.460
 people who

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:02.039
 crucified

00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:02.679
 Jesus

00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:04.179
 were reviling

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:04.559
 him

00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:04.920
 they were

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:05.900
 mocking him

00:37:05.900 --> 00:37:06.239
 they were

00:37:06.239 --> 00:37:07.079
 condemning

00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:07.440
 him

00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:07.940
 they were

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:09.000
 disparaging

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:09.599
 him

00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:11.480
 that's the

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:12.079
 same way

00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:12.500
 that many

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:12.839
 of us

00:37:12.839 --> 00:37:13.199
 treat the

00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:13.519
 word of

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:13.880
 God

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:14.860
 when we

00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:15.259
 rebel

00:37:15.259 --> 00:37:15.860
 against

00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:16.099
 its

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:16.579
 authority

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:16.940
 and its

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:17.460
 direction

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:20.539
 to revile

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:20.860
 the word

00:37:20.860 --> 00:37:21.279
 of God

00:37:21.279 --> 00:37:21.779
 is to live

00:37:21.779 --> 00:37:22.559
 in rejection

00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:24.319
 condemnation

00:37:24.319 --> 00:37:24.619
 of its

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:25.119
 teaching

00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:27.199
 in the

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:27.779
 same way

00:37:27.779 --> 00:37:28.339
 that Jesus

00:37:28.339 --> 00:37:29.059
 his enemies

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:31.199
 displayed to

00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:31.679
 him at his

00:37:31.679 --> 00:37:32.539
 crucifixion

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:33.279
 no matter

00:37:33.279 --> 00:37:33.639
 how you

00:37:33.639 --> 00:37:33.980
 look at

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:34.199
 it

00:37:34.199 --> 00:37:35.559
 Paul is

00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:36.159
 elevating

00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:36.619
 God's

00:37:36.619 --> 00:37:37.219
 design for

00:37:37.219 --> 00:37:37.599
 the home

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:37.920
 above

00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:38.460
 cultural

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:40.019
 ideas

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:40.940
 of it

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:43.159
 our

00:37:43.159 --> 00:37:43.519
 culture

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:44.300
 despises

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:44.559
 the

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:44.840
 biblical

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:45.099
 view

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:45.260
 of

00:37:45.260 --> 00:37:45.579
 marriage

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:45.840
 in the

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:46.039
 home

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.340
 it

00:37:46.340 --> 00:37:46.679
 hates

00:37:46.679 --> 00:37:46.960
 it

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:49.500
 there's

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:49.740
 a lot

00:37:49.740 --> 00:37:49.860
 of

00:37:49.860 --> 00:37:50.340
 professing

00:37:50.340 --> 00:37:50.740
 Christians

00:37:50.740 --> 00:37:51.119
 who hate

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:51.480
 it too

00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:52.860
 and there's

00:37:52.860 --> 00:37:53.380
 a war

00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:54.720
 among churches

00:37:54.720 --> 00:37:55.340
 right now

00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:56.920
 related to

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:57.400
 this very

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:57.880
 issue

00:37:57.880 --> 00:38:00.199
 but God's

00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:00.860
 desire for

00:38:00.860 --> 00:38:01.380
 his people

00:38:01.380 --> 00:38:01.900
 is that we

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:02.960
 live in

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:03.720
 obedience to

00:38:03.720 --> 00:38:04.280
 his will

00:38:04.280 --> 00:38:05.720
 rather than

00:38:05.720 --> 00:38:06.179
 our own

00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:08.460
 therefore

00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:08.699
 it's

00:38:08.699 --> 00:38:09.379
 necessary

00:38:09.379 --> 00:38:10.699
 that we

00:38:10.699 --> 00:38:11.319
 continue to

00:38:11.319 --> 00:38:12.099
 encourage young

00:38:12.099 --> 00:38:13.419
 women to

00:38:13.419 --> 00:38:14.299
 glorify God

00:38:14.299 --> 00:38:14.579
 in their

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:15.000
 marriages

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:16.379
 in their

00:38:16.379 --> 00:38:16.779
 home

00:38:16.779 --> 00:38:17.579
 the older

00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:18.019
 women in

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:18.460
 the church

00:38:18.460 --> 00:38:19.000
 they're

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:19.579
 responsible

00:38:19.579 --> 00:38:20.259
 for this

00:38:20.259 --> 00:38:22.500
 responsible

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:23.319
 for training

00:38:23.319 --> 00:38:23.879
 young women

00:38:23.879 --> 00:38:24.259
 in this

00:38:24.259 --> 00:38:24.599
 way

00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:26.399
 that's the

00:38:26.399 --> 00:38:26.839
 young women

00:38:26.839 --> 00:38:27.299
 let's get to

00:38:27.299 --> 00:38:27.579
 the young

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:27.940
 men

00:38:27.940 --> 00:38:29.500
 verse 6

00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:32.099
 likewise

00:38:32.099 --> 00:38:33.000
 urge the

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:33.659
 younger men

00:38:33.659 --> 00:38:34.960
 to be

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:35.940
 self-controlled

00:38:35.940 --> 00:38:37.920
 likewise

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:38.360
 is the

00:38:38.360 --> 00:38:38.800
 key word

00:38:38.800 --> 00:38:39.059
 here

00:38:39.059 --> 00:38:40.780
 it shows

00:38:40.780 --> 00:38:41.320
 a closeness

00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:42.139
 in comparison

00:38:42.139 --> 00:38:42.639
 to what

00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:43.059
 Paul has

00:38:43.059 --> 00:38:43.519
 just said

00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:43.940
 this is

00:38:43.940 --> 00:38:44.920
 exactly what

00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:45.460
 Paul did

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:45.840
 in an

00:38:45.840 --> 00:38:46.099
 earlier

00:38:46.099 --> 00:38:46.460
 verse

00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:47.280
 relating to

00:38:47.280 --> 00:38:48.039
 the older

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:48.400
 women of

00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:48.760
 the church

00:38:48.760 --> 00:38:49.159
 he said

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:49.539
 they are

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:50.260
 likewise

00:38:50.260 --> 00:38:50.900
 comparing

00:38:50.900 --> 00:38:51.699
 what they

00:38:51.699 --> 00:38:51.940
 are to

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:52.099
 do

00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:52.659
 connecting

00:38:52.659 --> 00:38:52.880
 it

00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:53.079
 with

00:38:53.079 --> 00:38:53.440
 what

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:53.820
 the

00:38:53.820 --> 00:38:54.059
 older

00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:54.280
 men

00:38:54.280 --> 00:38:54.519
 in the

00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:54.719
 church

00:38:54.719 --> 00:38:54.900
 were

00:38:54.900 --> 00:38:55.219
 also

00:38:55.219 --> 00:38:55.440
 to

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:55.739
 be

00:38:55.739 --> 00:38:56.039
 and

00:38:56.039 --> 00:38:56.159
 to

00:38:56.159 --> 00:38:56.380
 do

00:38:56.380 --> 00:38:56.739
 and

00:38:56.739 --> 00:38:56.840
 he

00:38:56.840 --> 00:38:57.000
 does

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:57.099
 it

00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:57.300
 again

00:38:57.300 --> 00:38:57.599
 here

00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:58.059
 he

00:38:58.059 --> 00:38:58.239
 gives

00:38:58.239 --> 00:38:58.460
 all

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:58.559
 of

00:38:58.559 --> 00:38:58.719
 these

00:38:58.719 --> 00:38:59.179
 instructions

00:38:59.179 --> 00:38:59.420
 for

00:38:59.420 --> 00:38:59.539
 the

00:38:59.539 --> 00:38:59.719
 young

00:38:59.719 --> 00:39:00.000
 women

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:00.259
 and

00:39:00.259 --> 00:39:00.380
 then

00:39:00.380 --> 00:39:00.500
 he

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:00.739
 throws

00:39:00.739 --> 00:39:00.940
 in

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.139
 this

00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:01.579
 likewise

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:02.059
 here

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:03.139
 bringing

00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:03.500
 in a

00:39:03.500 --> 00:39:03.940
 closeness

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.159
 of

00:39:04.159 --> 00:39:04.739
 comparison

00:39:04.739 --> 00:39:05.480
 between

00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:05.719
 the

00:39:05.719 --> 00:39:05.940
 younger

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:06.239
 women

00:39:06.239 --> 00:39:06.400
 and

00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:06.519
 the

00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:06.719
 younger

00:39:06.719 --> 00:39:07.099
 men

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:08.259
 so

00:39:08.259 --> 00:39:08.420
 in

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:08.679
 case

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:09.000
 young

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.639
 men

00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:09.920
 were

00:39:09.920 --> 00:39:10.480
 to

00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:10.719
 think

00:39:10.719 --> 00:39:10.880
 that

00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:11.039
 their

00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:11.639
 faithfulness

00:39:11.639 --> 00:39:11.759
 to

00:39:11.759 --> 00:39:11.920
 their

00:39:11.920 --> 00:39:12.279
 wives

00:39:12.279 --> 00:39:12.460
 and

00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:12.719
 children

00:39:12.719 --> 00:39:12.960
 was

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:13.519
 unimportant

00:39:13.519 --> 00:39:15.239
 Paul

00:39:15.239 --> 00:39:15.739
 groups

00:39:15.739 --> 00:39:15.940
 the

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:16.319
 previous

00:39:16.319 --> 00:39:16.900
 teaching

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:17.619
 with

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:17.779
 his

00:39:17.779 --> 00:39:18.079
 final

00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:18.719
 instruction

00:39:18.719 --> 00:39:21.019
 and

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:21.139
 when

00:39:21.139 --> 00:39:21.279
 we

00:39:21.279 --> 00:39:21.539
 take

00:39:21.539 --> 00:39:21.699
 into

00:39:21.699 --> 00:39:22.519
 consideration

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:22.839
 the

00:39:22.839 --> 00:39:23.079
 things

00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:23.299
 that

00:39:23.299 --> 00:39:23.759
 Paul

00:39:23.759 --> 00:39:24.179
 mentions

00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:24.199
!

00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:27.940
 for

00:39:27.940 --> 00:39:28.299
 elders

00:39:28.299 --> 00:39:28.699
 we

00:39:28.699 --> 00:39:28.960
 find

00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:29.139
 that

00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:29.440
 young

00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:29.699
 men

00:39:29.699 --> 00:39:30.380
 glorify

00:39:30.380 --> 00:39:30.880
 God

00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:31.380
 by

00:39:31.380 --> 00:39:31.900
 loving

00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:32.679
 caring

00:39:32.679 --> 00:39:33.119
 for

00:39:33.119 --> 00:39:33.579
 and

00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:33.779
 being

00:39:33.779 --> 00:39:34.319
 faithful

00:39:34.319 --> 00:39:34.599
 to

00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:34.799
 their

00:39:34.799 --> 00:39:35.500
 wives

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:38.420
 in

00:39:38.420 --> 00:39:39.059
 partnership

00:39:39.059 --> 00:39:39.380
 with

00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:39.559
 their

00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:40.159
 wives

00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:40.339
 they

00:39:40.339 --> 00:39:40.500
 are

00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:41.400
 responsible

00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:41.739
 for

00:39:41.739 --> 00:39:41.920
 the

00:39:41.920 --> 00:39:42.299
 spiritual

00:39:42.299 --> 00:39:42.839
 care

00:39:42.839 --> 00:39:43.360
 of

00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:43.519
 their

00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:44.099
 children

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:46.940
 men

00:39:46.940 --> 00:39:47.279
 giving

00:39:47.279 --> 00:39:47.779
 account

00:39:47.779 --> 00:39:48.139
 before

00:39:48.139 --> 00:39:48.519
 God

00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:48.679
 for

00:39:48.679 --> 00:39:48.819
 how

00:39:48.819 --> 00:39:48.980
 they

00:39:48.980 --> 00:39:49.400
 love

00:39:49.400 --> 00:39:49.559
 and

00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:50.019
 lead

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:50.199
 their

00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:50.519
 home

00:39:50.519 --> 00:39:50.639
 and

00:39:50.639 --> 00:39:50.739
 it

00:39:50.739 --> 00:39:50.860
 would

00:39:50.860 --> 00:39:51.019
 be

00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:51.179
 a

00:39:51.179 --> 00:39:51.900
 mistake

00:39:51.900 --> 00:39:52.559
 to

00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:52.960
 assume

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:53.360
 Paul's

00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:53.799
 brevity

00:39:53.799 --> 00:39:54.119
 here

00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:54.539
 somehow

00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:54.860
 gets

00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:55.119
 young

00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:55.319
 men

00:39:55.319 --> 00:39:55.480
 off

00:39:55.480 --> 00:39:55.639
 the

00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:55.860
 hook

00:39:55.860 --> 00:39:56.260
 because

00:39:56.260 --> 00:39:56.559
 that's

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:56.700
 not

00:39:56.700 --> 00:39:56.820
 at

00:39:56.820 --> 00:39:57.120
 all

00:39:57.120 --> 00:39:57.280
 what

00:39:57.280 --> 00:39:57.400
 he's

00:39:57.400 --> 00:39:57.760
 doing

00:39:57.760 --> 00:39:59.059
 he's

00:39:59.059 --> 00:39:59.200
 saying

00:39:59.200 --> 00:39:59.320
 in

00:39:59.320 --> 00:39:59.559
 all

00:39:59.559 --> 00:39:59.840
 these

00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:00.160
 things

00:40:00.160 --> 00:40:00.320
 that

00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:00.420
 I

00:40:00.420 --> 00:40:00.660
 just

00:40:00.660 --> 00:40:00.900
 said

00:40:00.900 --> 00:40:01.039
 the

00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:01.240
 women

00:40:01.240 --> 00:40:01.400
 are

00:40:01.400 --> 00:40:01.640
 supposed

00:40:01.640 --> 00:40:01.760
 to

00:40:01.760 --> 00:40:01.880
 be

00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:02.240
 mindful

00:40:02.240 --> 00:40:02.460
 of

00:40:02.460 --> 00:40:03.160
 likewise

00:40:03.160 --> 00:40:03.720
 so

00:40:03.720 --> 00:40:03.940
 are

00:40:03.940 --> 00:40:04.099
 the

00:40:04.099 --> 00:40:04.539
 men

00:40:04.539 --> 00:40:05.700
 they

00:40:05.700 --> 00:40:05.880
 have

00:40:05.880 --> 00:40:06.000
 a

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:06.360
 priority

00:40:06.360 --> 00:40:06.579
 in

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:06.700
 the

00:40:06.700 --> 00:40:06.980
 home

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:07.940
 and

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:08.079
 their

00:40:08.079 --> 00:40:08.500
 priority

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:08.700
 in

00:40:08.700 --> 00:40:08.820
 the

00:40:08.820 --> 00:40:09.000
 home

00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:09.160
 is

00:40:09.160 --> 00:40:09.440
 not

00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:09.599
 to

00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:09.900
 be

00:40:09.900 --> 00:40:10.640
 diminished

00:40:10.640 --> 00:40:11.099
 because

00:40:11.099 --> 00:40:11.420
 of

00:40:11.420 --> 00:40:11.680
 an

00:40:11.680 --> 00:40:12.539
 ambitious

00:40:12.539 --> 00:40:13.099
 career

00:40:13.099 --> 00:40:14.640
 or

00:40:14.640 --> 00:40:15.059
 hobby

00:40:15.059 --> 00:40:16.300
 or

00:40:16.300 --> 00:40:16.539
 some

00:40:16.539 --> 00:40:16.720
 other

00:40:16.720 --> 00:40:17.079
 pursuit

00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:17.220
 in

00:40:17.220 --> 00:40:17.360
 their

00:40:17.360 --> 00:40:17.880
 life

00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:18.539
 it

00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:18.700
 all

00:40:18.700 --> 00:40:19.300
 applies

00:40:19.300 --> 00:40:22.920
 one

00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:23.340
 specific

00:40:23.340 --> 00:40:23.900
 instruction

00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:24.340
 given to

00:40:24.340 --> 00:40:24.559
 young

00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:24.860
 men

00:40:24.860 --> 00:40:25.140
 is

00:40:25.140 --> 00:40:26.099
 self

00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:26.780
 controlled

00:40:26.780 --> 00:40:28.099
 Brian

00:40:28.099 --> 00:40:28.440
 Chappell

00:40:28.440 --> 00:40:28.720
 said

00:40:28.720 --> 00:40:29.140
 the issue

00:40:29.140 --> 00:40:29.380
 of

00:40:29.380 --> 00:40:30.120
 control

00:40:30.120 --> 00:40:30.360
 over

00:40:30.360 --> 00:40:30.700
 one's

00:40:30.700 --> 00:40:31.360
 conduct

00:40:31.360 --> 00:40:31.820
 has

00:40:31.820 --> 00:40:32.120
 now

00:40:32.120 --> 00:40:32.519
 arisen

00:40:32.519 --> 00:40:32.800
 among

00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:33.019
 all

00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:33.160
 the

00:40:33.160 --> 00:40:33.380
 groups

00:40:33.380 --> 00:40:33.519
 of

00:40:33.519 --> 00:40:33.640
 the

00:40:33.640 --> 00:40:34.059
 church

00:40:34.059 --> 00:40:35.740
 underscoring

00:40:35.740 --> 00:40:35.960
 the

00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:36.660
 contrast

00:40:36.660 --> 00:40:37.039
 between

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:37.480
 those

00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:38.260
 controlled

00:40:38.260 --> 00:40:38.640
 by the

00:40:38.640 --> 00:40:39.059
 gospel

00:40:39.059 --> 00:40:39.900
 and

00:40:39.900 --> 00:40:40.120
 those

00:40:40.120 --> 00:40:40.240
 who

00:40:40.240 --> 00:40:40.380
 are

00:40:40.380 --> 00:40:40.860
 rebelling

00:40:40.860 --> 00:40:41.380
 against

00:40:41.380 --> 00:40:41.680
 it

00:40:41.680 --> 00:40:43.480
 urge

00:40:43.480 --> 00:40:43.800
 here

00:40:43.800 --> 00:40:43.960
 is

00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:44.140
 what

00:40:44.140 --> 00:40:44.519
 Titus

00:40:44.519 --> 00:40:44.660
 is

00:40:44.660 --> 00:40:44.820
 to

00:40:44.820 --> 00:40:45.079
 do

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:45.760
 emphasizing

00:40:45.760 --> 00:40:46.059
 the

00:40:46.059 --> 00:40:46.400
 need

00:40:46.400 --> 00:40:46.900
 for

00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:47.660
 constant

00:40:47.660 --> 00:40:48.519
 moral

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:49.420
 reminders

00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:50.099
 which

00:40:50.099 --> 00:40:50.559
 tells us

00:40:50.559 --> 00:40:50.860
 something

00:40:50.860 --> 00:40:51.160
 about

00:40:51.160 --> 00:40:51.519
 this

00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:53.300
 perhaps

00:40:53.300 --> 00:40:53.519
 more

00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:53.659
 than

00:40:53.659 --> 00:40:53.860
 any

00:40:53.860 --> 00:40:54.039
 other

00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:54.619
 demographic

00:40:54.619 --> 00:40:54.980
 in the

00:40:54.980 --> 00:40:55.340
 church

00:40:55.340 --> 00:40:56.340
 young

00:40:56.340 --> 00:40:56.679
 men

00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:57.199
 struggle

00:40:57.199 --> 00:40:57.940
 most

00:40:57.940 --> 00:40:59.440
 with

00:40:59.440 --> 00:41:00.079
 restraining

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:00.340
 their

00:41:00.340 --> 00:41:00.719
 sinful

00:41:00.719 --> 00:41:01.500
 impulses

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:02.500
 and

00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:02.920
 desires

00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:05.840
 and we

00:41:05.840 --> 00:41:06.019
 know

00:41:06.019 --> 00:41:06.380
 this is

00:41:06.380 --> 00:41:06.639
 true

00:41:06.639 --> 00:41:09.380
 earlier

00:41:09.380 --> 00:41:09.900
 this week

00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:10.280
 I spoke

00:41:10.280 --> 00:41:10.579
 to a

00:41:10.579 --> 00:41:10.960
 pastor

00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:12.960
 who

00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:13.380
 right now

00:41:13.380 --> 00:41:13.579
 is

00:41:13.579 --> 00:41:13.940
 counseling

00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:14.380
 several

00:41:14.380 --> 00:41:14.599
 men

00:41:14.599 --> 00:41:14.880
 in his

00:41:14.880 --> 00:41:15.219
 church

00:41:15.219 --> 00:41:15.539
 who

00:41:15.539 --> 00:41:15.820
 have

00:41:15.820 --> 00:41:16.219
 severe

00:41:16.219 --> 00:41:16.679
 addictions

00:41:16.679 --> 00:41:16.940
 to

00:41:16.940 --> 00:41:17.440
 pornography

00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:22.039
 their

00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:22.319
 wives

00:41:22.319 --> 00:41:22.460
 are

00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:22.919
 faithful

00:41:22.919 --> 00:41:24.480
 they

00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:24.719
 are

00:41:24.719 --> 00:41:25.339
 merciful

00:41:25.339 --> 00:41:26.759
 to

00:41:26.759 --> 00:41:26.940
 their

00:41:26.940 --> 00:41:27.500
 husbands

00:41:27.500 --> 00:41:29.460
 they're

00:41:29.460 --> 00:41:29.719
 also

00:41:29.719 --> 00:41:30.599
 devastated

00:41:30.599 --> 00:41:32.179
 that

00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:32.379
 their

00:41:32.379 --> 00:41:32.819
 husbands

00:41:32.819 --> 00:41:33.039
 would

00:41:33.039 --> 00:41:33.379
 rather

00:41:33.379 --> 00:41:34.059
 obsess

00:41:34.059 --> 00:41:35.219
 over

00:41:35.219 --> 00:41:35.500
 a

00:41:35.500 --> 00:41:36.179
 superficial

00:41:36.179 --> 00:41:37.079
 random

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:37.559
 woman

00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:38.379
 than

00:41:38.379 --> 00:41:38.639
 love

00:41:38.639 --> 00:41:38.799
 the

00:41:38.799 --> 00:41:39.059
 wife

00:41:39.059 --> 00:41:39.239
 that

00:41:39.239 --> 00:41:39.440
 God

00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:39.579
 has

00:41:39.579 --> 00:41:39.799
 given

00:41:39.799 --> 00:41:40.259
 them

00:41:40.259 --> 00:41:42.599
 Paul

00:41:42.599 --> 00:41:42.839
 says

00:41:42.839 --> 00:41:43.379
 Titus

00:41:43.379 --> 00:41:44.460
 teach

00:41:44.460 --> 00:41:44.599
 them

00:41:44.599 --> 00:41:44.739
 to

00:41:44.739 --> 00:41:44.899
 have

00:41:44.899 --> 00:41:45.099
 some

00:41:45.099 --> 00:41:45.379
 self

00:41:45.379 --> 00:41:45.899
 control

00:41:45.900 --> 00:41:47.220
 to

00:41:47.220 --> 00:41:47.619
 control

00:41:47.619 --> 00:41:47.840
 their

00:41:47.840 --> 00:41:48.539
 impulses

00:41:48.539 --> 00:41:53.019
 to

00:41:53.019 --> 00:41:53.220
 put

00:41:53.220 --> 00:41:53.360
 the

00:41:53.360 --> 00:41:53.639
 things

00:41:53.639 --> 00:41:53.820
 on

00:41:53.820 --> 00:41:53.940
 the

00:41:53.940 --> 00:41:54.380
 computer

00:41:54.380 --> 00:41:54.619
 and

00:41:54.619 --> 00:41:54.740
 on

00:41:54.740 --> 00:41:54.880
 the

00:41:54.880 --> 00:41:55.099
 phone

00:41:55.099 --> 00:41:55.260
 that

00:41:55.260 --> 00:41:55.460
 needs

00:41:55.460 --> 00:41:55.579
 to

00:41:55.579 --> 00:41:55.700
 be

00:41:55.700 --> 00:41:55.920
 put

00:41:55.920 --> 00:41:56.160
 there

00:41:56.160 --> 00:41:56.380
 to

00:41:56.380 --> 00:41:56.800
 guard

00:41:56.800 --> 00:41:56.960
 your

00:41:56.960 --> 00:41:57.320
 eyes

00:41:57.320 --> 00:41:59.280
 to

00:41:59.280 --> 00:41:59.480
 love

00:41:59.480 --> 00:41:59.619
 your

00:41:59.619 --> 00:41:59.920
 wife

00:41:59.920 --> 00:42:00.079
 in

00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:00.280
 such

00:42:00.280 --> 00:42:00.400
 a

00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:00.599
 way

00:42:00.599 --> 00:42:00.820
 that

00:42:00.820 --> 00:42:01.059
 you

00:42:01.059 --> 00:42:01.460
 would

00:42:01.460 --> 00:42:02.099
 refuse

00:42:02.099 --> 00:42:03.160
 to

00:42:03.160 --> 00:42:03.619
 entertain

00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:04.119
 yourself

00:42:04.119 --> 00:42:04.360
 with

00:42:04.360 --> 00:42:04.619
 another

00:42:04.619 --> 00:42:04.960
 woman

00:42:04.960 --> 00:42:05.940
 even

00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:06.360
 thoughts

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:06.519
 of

00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:06.760
 her

00:42:06.760 --> 00:42:08.840
 self

00:42:08.840 --> 00:42:09.360
 control

00:42:09.360 --> 00:42:09.619
 he

00:42:09.619 --> 00:42:09.960
 says

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:11.960
 my

00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:12.200
 heart

00:42:12.200 --> 00:42:12.800
 routinely

00:42:12.800 --> 00:42:13.320
 breaks

00:42:13.320 --> 00:42:13.720
 sometimes

00:42:13.720 --> 00:42:13.960
 it

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:14.360
 rages

00:42:14.360 --> 00:42:14.900
 to be

00:42:14.900 --> 00:42:15.220
 honest

00:42:15.219 --> 00:42:17.719
 to see

00:42:17.719 --> 00:42:18.259
 on social

00:42:18.259 --> 00:42:18.679
 media

00:42:18.679 --> 00:42:19.059
 the

00:42:19.059 --> 00:42:20.259
 insatiable

00:42:20.259 --> 00:42:20.879
 appetite

00:42:20.879 --> 00:42:21.319
 for

00:42:21.319 --> 00:42:21.819
 alcohol

00:42:21.819 --> 00:42:22.279
 and

00:42:22.279 --> 00:42:22.899
 the

00:42:22.899 --> 00:42:23.199
 party

00:42:23.199 --> 00:42:23.679
 life

00:42:23.679 --> 00:42:24.959
 that

00:42:24.959 --> 00:42:25.179
 has

00:42:25.179 --> 00:42:25.539
 gripped

00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:25.819
 young

00:42:25.819 --> 00:42:26.219
 men

00:42:26.219 --> 00:42:26.539
 that

00:42:26.539 --> 00:42:27.439
 have

00:42:27.439 --> 00:42:27.619
 spent

00:42:27.619 --> 00:42:27.980
 years

00:42:27.980 --> 00:42:28.519
 teaching

00:42:28.519 --> 00:42:29.139
 as a

00:42:29.139 --> 00:42:29.559
 teenager

00:42:29.559 --> 00:42:31.279
 it

00:42:31.279 --> 00:42:31.619
 bothers

00:42:31.619 --> 00:42:31.819
 me

00:42:31.819 --> 00:42:32.000
 so

00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:32.379
 much

00:42:32.379 --> 00:42:35.739
 they

00:42:35.739 --> 00:42:35.919
 need

00:42:35.919 --> 00:42:36.159
 to be

00:42:36.159 --> 00:42:36.379
 taught

00:42:36.379 --> 00:42:36.659
 self

00:42:36.659 --> 00:42:37.179
 control

00:42:37.179 --> 00:42:39.559
 they

00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:39.819
 might

00:42:39.819 --> 00:42:40.019
 just

00:42:40.019 --> 00:42:40.199
 need

00:42:40.199 --> 00:42:40.339
 the

00:42:40.339 --> 00:42:40.719
 gospel

00:42:40.719 --> 00:42:46.379
 far

00:42:46.379 --> 00:42:46.659
 more

00:42:46.659 --> 00:42:47.259
 homes

00:42:47.259 --> 00:42:48.299
 seem

00:42:48.299 --> 00:42:48.439
 to

00:42:48.439 --> 00:42:48.599
 be

00:42:48.599 --> 00:42:48.779
 in

00:42:48.779 --> 00:42:49.319
 shambles

00:42:49.319 --> 00:42:49.519
 over

00:42:49.519 --> 00:42:49.719
 a

00:42:49.719 --> 00:42:50.000
 man

00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:50.179
 with

00:42:50.179 --> 00:42:50.419
 no

00:42:50.419 --> 00:42:50.679
 self

00:42:50.679 --> 00:42:51.199
 control

00:42:51.199 --> 00:42:52.059
 than

00:42:52.059 --> 00:42:52.199
 a

00:42:52.199 --> 00:42:52.459
 woman

00:42:52.459 --> 00:42:52.659
 who

00:42:52.659 --> 00:42:52.919
 isn't

00:42:52.919 --> 00:42:53.459
 submissive

00:42:53.459 --> 00:42:56.379
 and

00:42:56.379 --> 00:42:56.500
 we

00:42:56.500 --> 00:42:56.619
 can

00:42:56.619 --> 00:42:56.799
 look

00:42:56.799 --> 00:42:56.939
 here

00:42:56.939 --> 00:42:57.039
 at

00:42:57.039 --> 00:42:57.199
 this

00:42:57.199 --> 00:42:57.639
 passage

00:42:57.639 --> 00:42:57.839
 and

00:42:57.839 --> 00:42:57.980
 we

00:42:57.980 --> 00:42:58.139
 may

00:42:58.139 --> 00:42:58.699
 be

00:42:58.699 --> 00:42:58.980
 tempted

00:42:58.980 --> 00:42:59.199
 to

00:42:59.199 --> 00:42:59.399
 think

00:42:59.399 --> 00:42:59.619
 man

00:42:59.619 --> 00:42:59.939
 Paul's

00:42:59.939 --> 00:43:00.219
 really

00:43:00.219 --> 00:43:00.500
 laying

00:43:00.500 --> 00:43:00.639
 it

00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:00.819
 on

00:43:00.819 --> 00:43:01.259
 thick

00:43:01.259 --> 00:43:01.419
 here

00:43:01.419 --> 00:43:01.579
 for

00:43:01.579 --> 00:43:01.719
 the

00:43:01.719 --> 00:43:01.899
 young

00:43:01.899 --> 00:43:02.159
 women

00:43:02.159 --> 00:43:02.299
 and

00:43:02.299 --> 00:43:02.399
 he

00:43:02.399 --> 00:43:02.579
 says

00:43:02.579 --> 00:43:02.939
 almost

00:43:02.939 --> 00:43:03.279
 nothing

00:43:03.279 --> 00:43:03.459
 to

00:43:03.459 --> 00:43:03.579
 the

00:43:03.579 --> 00:43:03.779
 young

00:43:03.779 --> 00:43:04.059
 men

00:43:04.059 --> 00:43:04.559
 but

00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:04.879
 maybe

00:43:04.879 --> 00:43:05.099
 the

00:43:05.099 --> 00:43:05.399
 issue

00:43:05.399 --> 00:43:05.779
 here

00:43:05.779 --> 00:43:06.339
 is

00:43:06.339 --> 00:43:06.679
 that

00:43:06.679 --> 00:43:07.519
 they're

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:07.899
 so

00:43:07.899 --> 00:43:08.099
 out

00:43:08.099 --> 00:43:08.219
 of

00:43:08.219 --> 00:43:08.799
 control

00:43:08.800 --> 00:43:09.980
 and

00:43:09.980 --> 00:43:10.080
 we

00:43:10.080 --> 00:43:10.200
 got

00:43:10.200 --> 00:43:10.320
 to

00:43:10.320 --> 00:43:10.460
 deal

00:43:10.460 --> 00:43:10.600
 with

00:43:10.600 --> 00:43:10.780
 that

00:43:10.780 --> 00:43:11.000
 before

00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:11.140
 we

00:43:11.140 --> 00:43:11.240
 can

00:43:11.240 --> 00:43:11.420
 really

00:43:11.420 --> 00:43:11.600
 get

00:43:11.600 --> 00:43:11.760
 on

00:43:11.760 --> 00:43:11.820
 to

00:43:11.820 --> 00:43:12.080
 anything

00:43:12.080 --> 00:43:12.500
 else

00:43:12.500 --> 00:43:15.680
 and

00:43:15.680 --> 00:43:15.800
 don't

00:43:15.800 --> 00:43:15.940
 mean

00:43:15.940 --> 00:43:16.100
 to

00:43:16.100 --> 00:43:16.460
 excuse

00:43:16.460 --> 00:43:16.740
 one

00:43:16.740 --> 00:43:16.960
 sin

00:43:16.960 --> 00:43:17.140
 for

00:43:17.140 --> 00:43:17.440
 another

00:43:17.440 --> 00:43:17.780
 but

00:43:17.780 --> 00:43:19.240
 there

00:43:19.240 --> 00:43:19.400
 is

00:43:19.400 --> 00:43:19.600
 a

00:43:19.600 --> 00:43:19.900
 dearth

00:43:19.900 --> 00:43:20.080
 of

00:43:20.080 --> 00:43:20.420
 faithful

00:43:20.420 --> 00:43:20.840
 Christian

00:43:20.840 --> 00:43:21.100
 men

00:43:21.100 --> 00:43:21.240
 in

00:43:21.240 --> 00:43:21.380
 our

00:43:21.380 --> 00:43:21.800
 churches

00:43:21.800 --> 00:43:25.220
 I

00:43:25.220 --> 00:43:25.580
 think

00:43:25.580 --> 00:43:25.680
 it

00:43:25.680 --> 00:43:25.780
 was

00:43:25.780 --> 00:43:26.100
 Becky

00:43:26.100 --> 00:43:26.300
 that

00:43:26.300 --> 00:43:26.500
 said

00:43:26.500 --> 00:43:26.640
 to

00:43:26.640 --> 00:43:26.760
 me

00:43:26.760 --> 00:43:27.039
 last

00:43:27.039 --> 00:43:27.300
 week

00:43:27.300 --> 00:43:27.600
 after

00:43:27.600 --> 00:43:28.560
 the

00:43:28.560 --> 00:43:28.800
 Sunday

00:43:28.800 --> 00:43:29.019
 morning

00:43:29.019 --> 00:43:29.340
 message

00:43:29.340 --> 00:43:29.539
 she

00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:29.740
 said

00:43:29.740 --> 00:43:29.960
 there's

00:43:29.960 --> 00:43:30.420
 there's

00:43:30.420 --> 00:43:30.560
 just

00:43:30.560 --> 00:43:30.760
 not

00:43:30.760 --> 00:43:30.880
 a

00:43:30.880 --> 00:43:31.039
 lot

00:43:31.039 --> 00:43:31.180
 of

00:43:31.180 --> 00:43:31.440
 faithful

00:43:31.440 --> 00:43:31.840
 Christian

00:43:31.840 --> 00:43:32.080
 men

00:43:32.080 --> 00:43:32.240
 out

00:43:32.240 --> 00:43:32.400
 there

00:43:32.400 --> 00:43:32.600
 she

00:43:32.600 --> 00:43:32.860
 wasn't

00:43:32.860 --> 00:43:33.220
 speaking

00:43:33.220 --> 00:43:33.320
 of

00:43:33.320 --> 00:43:33.440
 our

00:43:33.440 --> 00:43:33.619
 church

00:43:33.619 --> 00:43:33.820
 she's

00:43:33.820 --> 00:43:34.079
 speaking

00:43:34.079 --> 00:43:34.539
 generally

00:43:34.539 --> 00:43:35.039
 and

00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:35.300
 she's

00:43:35.300 --> 00:43:35.740
 right

00:43:35.740 --> 00:43:38.579
 there's

00:43:38.579 --> 00:43:38.960
 not a lot

00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:39.099
 of

00:43:39.099 --> 00:43:39.340
 faithful

00:43:39.340 --> 00:43:39.599
 men

00:43:39.599 --> 00:43:39.760
 out

00:43:39.760 --> 00:43:39.900
 there

00:43:39.900 --> 00:43:40.059
 we

00:43:40.059 --> 00:43:40.280
 need

00:43:40.280 --> 00:43:40.380
 to

00:43:40.380 --> 00:43:40.519
 be

00:43:40.519 --> 00:43:40.940
 teaching

00:43:40.940 --> 00:43:41.179
 and

00:43:41.179 --> 00:43:41.559
 training

00:43:41.559 --> 00:43:41.840
 these

00:43:41.840 --> 00:43:42.059
 young

00:43:42.059 --> 00:43:42.320
 men

00:43:42.320 --> 00:43:42.460
 in

00:43:42.460 --> 00:43:42.599
 our

00:43:42.599 --> 00:43:43.039
 church

00:43:43.039 --> 00:43:43.820
 to

00:43:43.820 --> 00:43:44.579
 glorify

00:43:44.579 --> 00:43:45.119
 the

00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:45.480
 Lord

00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:46.059
 that

00:43:46.059 --> 00:43:46.240
 they

00:43:46.240 --> 00:43:46.880
 claim

00:43:46.880 --> 00:43:47.960
 to

00:43:47.960 --> 00:43:48.420
 know

00:43:48.420 --> 00:43:49.179
 and

00:43:49.179 --> 00:43:49.460
 love

00:43:49.460 --> 00:43:52.900
 as

00:43:52.900 --> 00:43:53.019
 I

00:43:53.019 --> 00:43:53.300
 close

00:43:53.300 --> 00:43:53.420
 I

00:43:53.420 --> 00:43:53.500
 want

00:43:53.500 --> 00:43:53.539
 to

00:43:53.539 --> 00:43:53.679
 be

00:43:53.679 --> 00:43:53.920
 clear

00:43:53.920 --> 00:43:54.139
 about

00:43:54.139 --> 00:43:54.559
 something

00:43:54.559 --> 00:43:57.220
 behaviors

00:43:57.220 --> 00:43:57.780
 recorded

00:43:57.780 --> 00:43:57.980
 in

00:43:57.980 --> 00:43:58.179
 this

00:43:58.179 --> 00:43:58.659
 text

00:43:58.659 --> 00:43:59.380
 are

00:43:59.380 --> 00:44:00.059
 incapable

00:44:00.059 --> 00:44:01.320
 of

00:44:01.320 --> 00:44:01.760
 providing

00:44:01.760 --> 00:44:02.440
 salvation

00:44:02.440 --> 00:44:03.320
 and we

00:44:03.320 --> 00:44:03.480
 need

00:44:03.480 --> 00:44:03.579
 to

00:44:03.579 --> 00:44:03.679
 be

00:44:03.679 --> 00:44:03.900
 clear

00:44:03.900 --> 00:44:04.079
 on

00:44:04.079 --> 00:44:04.320
 that

00:44:04.320 --> 00:44:05.760
 Paul

00:44:05.760 --> 00:44:06.039
 doesn't

00:44:06.039 --> 00:44:06.240
 write

00:44:06.240 --> 00:44:06.460
 these

00:44:06.460 --> 00:44:06.700
 things

00:44:06.700 --> 00:44:06.880
 to

00:44:06.880 --> 00:44:07.059
 say

00:44:07.059 --> 00:44:07.220
 if

00:44:07.220 --> 00:44:07.340
 you

00:44:07.340 --> 00:44:07.480
 will

00:44:07.480 --> 00:44:07.619
 get

00:44:07.619 --> 00:44:07.820
 these

00:44:07.820 --> 00:44:08.039
 things

00:44:08.039 --> 00:44:08.179
 in

00:44:08.179 --> 00:44:08.400
 order

00:44:08.400 --> 00:44:08.659
 you'll

00:44:08.659 --> 00:44:08.960
 finally

00:44:08.960 --> 00:44:09.139
 be

00:44:09.139 --> 00:44:09.260
 a

00:44:09.260 --> 00:44:09.579
 Christian

00:44:09.579 --> 00:44:10.599
 these

00:44:10.599 --> 00:44:10.820
 things

00:44:10.820 --> 00:44:11.059
 cannot

00:44:11.059 --> 00:44:11.400
 make

00:44:11.400 --> 00:44:11.500
 you

00:44:11.500 --> 00:44:11.619
 a

00:44:11.619 --> 00:44:11.980
 Christian

00:44:11.980 --> 00:44:13.519
 they

00:44:13.519 --> 00:44:14.920
 can't

00:44:14.920 --> 00:44:16.920
 living

00:44:16.920 --> 00:44:17.300
 according

00:44:17.300 --> 00:44:17.440
 to

00:44:17.440 --> 00:44:17.599
 these

00:44:17.599 --> 00:44:17.920
 rules

00:44:17.920 --> 00:44:18.220
 doesn't

00:44:18.220 --> 00:44:18.420
 make

00:44:18.420 --> 00:44:18.519
 you

00:44:18.519 --> 00:44:18.659
 a

00:44:18.659 --> 00:44:18.900
 Christian

00:44:18.900 --> 00:44:19.099
 but

00:44:19.099 --> 00:44:19.460
 someone

00:44:19.460 --> 00:44:19.659
 who

00:44:19.659 --> 00:44:19.800
 has

00:44:19.800 --> 00:44:19.980
 been

00:44:19.980 --> 00:44:20.720
 saved

00:44:20.720 --> 00:44:20.960
 by

00:44:20.960 --> 00:44:21.320
 God's

00:44:21.320 --> 00:44:21.720
 grace

00:44:21.720 --> 00:44:22.400
 will

00:44:22.400 --> 00:44:23.179
 inevitably

00:44:23.179 --> 00:44:23.760
 produce

00:44:23.760 --> 00:44:24.000
 the

00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:24.260
 fruits

00:44:24.260 --> 00:44:24.440
 of

00:44:24.440 --> 00:44:24.860
 godliness

00:44:24.860 --> 00:44:25.139
 that

00:44:25.139 --> 00:44:25.260
 are

00:44:25.260 --> 00:44:25.740
 represented

00:44:25.740 --> 00:44:26.079
 here

00:44:26.079 --> 00:44:27.260
 which

00:44:27.260 --> 00:44:27.460
 means

00:44:27.460 --> 00:44:27.579
 we

00:44:27.579 --> 00:44:27.679
 got

00:44:27.679 --> 00:44:27.780
 to

00:44:27.780 --> 00:44:27.960
 ask

00:44:27.960 --> 00:44:28.280
 ourselves

00:44:28.280 --> 00:44:28.460
 two

00:44:28.460 --> 00:44:28.900
 questions

00:44:28.900 --> 00:44:29.300
 if

00:44:29.300 --> 00:44:29.740
 my

00:44:29.740 --> 00:44:30.060
 life

00:44:30.060 --> 00:44:30.180
 is

00:44:30.180 --> 00:44:30.360
 not

00:44:30.360 --> 00:44:30.760
 producing

00:44:30.760 --> 00:44:31.019
 the

00:44:31.019 --> 00:44:31.560
 fruitfulness

00:44:31.560 --> 00:44:32.500
 that

00:44:32.500 --> 00:44:32.960
 Paul

00:44:32.960 --> 00:44:33.140
 is

00:44:33.140 --> 00:44:33.580
 indicating

00:44:33.580 --> 00:44:33.840
 here

00:44:33.840 --> 00:44:33.960
 in

00:44:33.960 --> 00:44:34.140
 this

00:44:34.140 --> 00:44:34.420
 letter

00:44:34.420 --> 00:44:34.680
 is

00:44:34.680 --> 00:44:34.860
 the

00:44:34.860 --> 00:44:35.380
 natural

00:44:35.380 --> 00:44:36.120
 course

00:44:36.120 --> 00:44:36.620
 that

00:44:36.620 --> 00:44:37.100
 flows

00:44:37.100 --> 00:44:37.320
 from

00:44:37.320 --> 00:44:37.460
 an

00:44:37.460 --> 00:44:38.019
 understanding

00:44:38.019 --> 00:44:38.300
 and a

00:44:38.300 --> 00:44:38.500
 faith

00:44:38.500 --> 00:44:38.640
 of

00:44:38.640 --> 00:44:38.740
 in

00:44:38.740 --> 00:44:38.860
 the

00:44:38.860 --> 00:44:39.200
 gospel

00:44:39.200 --> 00:44:39.600
 then

00:44:39.600 --> 00:44:39.680
 I

00:44:39.680 --> 00:44:39.820
 got

00:44:39.820 --> 00:44:40.340
 a

00:44:40.340 --> 00:44:40.500
 big

00:44:40.500 --> 00:44:40.940
 question

00:44:40.940 --> 00:44:41.680
 why

00:44:41.680 --> 00:44:41.940
 is

00:44:41.940 --> 00:44:42.160
 my

00:44:42.160 --> 00:44:42.400
 life

00:44:42.400 --> 00:44:42.600
 not

00:44:42.600 --> 00:44:42.960
 producing

00:44:42.960 --> 00:44:43.220
 that

00:44:43.220 --> 00:44:43.540
 fruit

00:44:43.540 --> 00:44:44.400
 maybe

00:44:44.400 --> 00:44:44.660
 it's

00:44:44.660 --> 00:44:44.960
 because

00:44:44.960 --> 00:44:45.180
 I'm

00:44:45.180 --> 00:44:45.440
 not

00:44:45.440 --> 00:44:46.000
 actually

00:44:46.000 --> 00:44:46.480
 truly

00:44:46.480 --> 00:44:46.920
 trusting

00:44:46.920 --> 00:44:47.140
 in

00:44:47.140 --> 00:44:47.440
 Christ

00:44:47.440 --> 00:44:47.620
 and

00:44:47.620 --> 00:44:47.760
 his

00:44:47.760 --> 00:44:48.160
 gospel

00:44:48.160 --> 00:44:50.040
 maybe

00:44:50.040 --> 00:44:50.220
 I'm

00:44:50.220 --> 00:44:50.380
 counting

00:44:50.380 --> 00:44:50.540
 on

00:44:50.540 --> 00:44:50.780
 something

00:44:50.780 --> 00:44:51.019
 else

00:44:51.019 --> 00:44:51.340
 maybe

00:44:51.340 --> 00:44:51.680
 I'm

00:44:51.680 --> 00:44:51.880
 counting

00:44:51.880 --> 00:44:52.019
 on

00:44:57.780 --> 00:44:58.000
 there's

00:44:58.000 --> 00:44:58.140
 no

00:44:58.140 --> 00:44:58.660
 transformation

00:44:58.660 --> 00:44:59.000
 in

00:44:59.000 --> 00:44:59.080
 my

00:44:59.080 --> 00:44:59.300
 life

00:44:59.300 --> 00:44:59.780
 maybe

00:44:59.780 --> 00:44:59.980
 the

00:44:59.980 --> 00:45:00.340
 question

00:45:00.340 --> 00:45:00.600
 you need

00:45:00.600 --> 00:45:00.900
 to

00:45:00.900 --> 00:45:01.160
 answer

00:45:01.160 --> 00:45:01.320
 is

00:45:01.320 --> 00:45:01.700
 do

00:45:01.700 --> 00:45:01.820
 I

00:45:01.820 --> 00:45:02.040
 actually

00:45:02.040 --> 00:45:02.240
 know

00:45:02.240 --> 00:45:02.700
 Christ

00:45:02.700 --> 00:45:04.760
 or

00:45:04.760 --> 00:45:05.060
 maybe

00:45:05.060 --> 00:45:05.260
 the

00:45:05.260 --> 00:45:05.780
 answer

00:45:05.780 --> 00:45:06.060
 is

00:45:06.060 --> 00:45:06.340
 I

00:45:06.340 --> 00:45:07.620
 know

00:45:07.620 --> 00:45:08.240
 Christ

00:45:08.240 --> 00:45:09.240
 but

00:45:09.240 --> 00:45:09.500
 man

00:45:09.500 --> 00:45:09.800
 am I

00:45:09.800 --> 00:45:10.100
 just

00:45:10.100 --> 00:45:10.820
 slothful

00:45:10.820 --> 00:45:11.120
 when it

00:45:11.120 --> 00:45:11.320
 comes

00:45:11.320 --> 00:45:11.640
 to a

00:45:11.640 --> 00:45:11.900
 walk

00:45:11.900 --> 00:45:12.180
 with

00:45:12.180 --> 00:45:12.620
 Christ

00:45:12.620 --> 00:45:15.140
 there's

00:45:15.140 --> 00:45:15.580
 a reason

00:45:15.580 --> 00:45:15.960
 Paul

00:45:15.960 --> 00:45:16.300
 in so

00:45:16.300 --> 00:45:16.440
 many

00:45:16.440 --> 00:45:16.680
 of these

00:45:16.680 --> 00:45:16.840
 New

00:45:16.840 --> 00:45:17.080
 Testament

00:45:17.080 --> 00:45:17.400
 letters

00:45:17.400 --> 00:45:17.680
 and the

00:45:17.680 --> 00:45:17.860
 other

00:45:17.860 --> 00:45:18.260
 apostles

00:45:18.260 --> 00:45:18.740
 as well

00:45:18.740 --> 00:45:19.140
 have

00:45:19.140 --> 00:45:19.340
 to

00:45:19.340 --> 00:45:19.740
 emphasize

00:45:19.740 --> 00:45:20.160
 so

00:45:20.160 --> 00:45:20.440
 much

00:45:20.440 --> 00:45:20.960
 here's

00:45:20.960 --> 00:45:21.120
 the

00:45:21.120 --> 00:45:21.620
 indicatives

00:45:21.620 --> 00:45:21.800
 of

00:45:21.800 --> 00:45:21.940
 the

00:45:21.940 --> 00:45:22.420
 gospels

00:45:22.420 --> 00:45:22.780
 and

00:45:22.780 --> 00:45:23.100
 here's

00:45:23.100 --> 00:45:23.220
 the

00:45:23.220 --> 00:45:23.800
 imperatives

00:45:23.800 --> 00:45:23.980
 that

00:45:23.980 --> 00:45:24.140
 should

00:45:24.140 --> 00:45:24.540
 flow

00:45:27.780 --> 00:45:27.980
 they

00:45:27.980 --> 00:45:28.280
 weren't

00:45:28.280 --> 00:45:28.720
 correcting

00:45:28.720 --> 00:45:28.980
 all

00:45:28.980 --> 00:45:29.180
 those

00:45:29.180 --> 00:45:29.519
 churches

00:45:29.519 --> 00:45:29.880
 as if

00:45:29.880 --> 00:45:30.000
 they

00:45:30.000 --> 00:45:30.160
 were

00:45:30.160 --> 00:45:30.820
 unbelievers

00:45:30.820 --> 00:45:31.040
 they

00:45:31.040 --> 00:45:31.200
 were

00:45:31.200 --> 00:45:31.519
 saying

00:45:31.519 --> 00:45:31.820
 no

00:45:31.820 --> 00:45:32.080
 you're

00:45:32.080 --> 00:45:32.160
 going

00:45:32.160 --> 00:45:32.220
 to

00:45:32.220 --> 00:45:32.360
 have

00:45:32.360 --> 00:45:32.540
 to

00:45:32.540 --> 00:45:33.320
 continually

00:45:33.320 --> 00:45:34.220
 pursue

00:45:34.220 --> 00:45:34.480
 the

00:45:34.480 --> 00:45:34.740
 things

00:45:34.740 --> 00:45:34.900
 of

00:45:34.900 --> 00:45:35.180
 God

00:45:35.180 --> 00:45:35.780
 walk

00:45:35.780 --> 00:45:35.920
 in

00:45:35.920 --> 00:45:36.060
 the

00:45:36.060 --> 00:45:36.400
 spirit

00:45:36.400 --> 00:45:37.000
 not

00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:37.220
 the

00:45:37.220 --> 00:45:37.680
 flesh

00:45:37.680 --> 00:45:38.360
 walk

00:45:38.360 --> 00:45:38.500
 in

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 the

00:45:38.660 --> 00:45:39.000
 spirit

00:45:39.000 --> 00:45:39.560
 not

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 the

00:45:39.780 --> 00:45:40.220
 flesh

00:45:40.220 --> 00:45:40.380
 he

00:45:40.380 --> 00:45:40.660
 says

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 over

00:45:41.160 --> 00:45:41.440
 and

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 over

00:45:41.820 --> 00:45:42.019
 and

00:45:42.019 --> 00:45:42.340
 over

00:45:42.340 --> 00:45:42.660
 maybe

00:45:42.660 --> 00:45:42.860
 the

00:45:42.860 --> 00:45:43.160
 problem

00:45:43.160 --> 00:45:43.400
 is

00:45:43.400 --> 00:45:43.580
 you

00:45:43.580 --> 00:45:43.800
 have

00:45:43.800 --> 00:45:44.120
 no

00:45:44.120 --> 00:45:44.500
 walk

00:45:44.500 --> 00:45:44.700
 with

00:45:44.700 --> 00:45:45.080
 God

00:45:45.080 --> 00:45:47.380
 and

00:45:47.380 --> 00:45:47.500
 you

00:45:47.500 --> 00:45:47.660
 need

00:45:47.660 --> 00:45:47.780
 to

00:45:47.780 --> 00:45:47.900
 be

00:45:47.900 --> 00:45:48.000
 in

00:45:48.000 --> 00:45:48.120
 the

00:45:48.120 --> 00:45:48.480
 word

00:45:48.480 --> 00:45:49.560
 and

00:45:49.560 --> 00:45:49.660
 you

00:45:49.660 --> 00:45:49.840
 need

00:45:49.840 --> 00:45:49.940
 to

00:45:49.940 --> 00:45:50.080
 be

00:45:50.080 --> 00:45:50.260
 in

00:45:50.260 --> 00:45:50.700
 prayer

00:45:50.700 --> 00:45:51.940
 and

00:45:51.940 --> 00:45:52.039
 you

00:45:52.039 --> 00:45:52.179
 need

00:45:52.179 --> 00:45:52.320
 to

00:45:52.320 --> 00:45:52.480
 be

00:45:52.480 --> 00:45:52.619
 in

00:45:52.619 --> 00:45:52.980
 worship

00:45:52.980 --> 00:45:53.260
 as

00:45:53.260 --> 00:45:53.380
 you

00:45:53.380 --> 00:45:53.519
 are

00:45:53.519 --> 00:45:53.920
 today

00:45:53.920 --> 00:45:54.420
 and

00:45:54.420 --> 00:45:54.539
 you

00:45:54.539 --> 00:45:54.700
 need

00:45:54.700 --> 00:45:54.840
 to

00:45:54.840 --> 00:45:55.000
 be

00:45:55.000 --> 00:45:55.119
 in

00:45:55.119 --> 00:45:55.800
 discipleship

00:45:55.800 --> 00:45:55.960
 with

00:45:55.960 --> 00:45:56.200
 other

00:45:56.200 --> 00:45:56.559
 people

00:45:56.559 --> 00:45:56.940
 you

00:45:56.940 --> 00:45:57.119
 need

00:45:57.119 --> 00:45:57.200
 to

00:45:57.200 --> 00:45:57.320
 be

00:45:57.320 --> 00:45:57.440
 in

00:45:57.440 --> 00:45:58.119
 discipleship

00:45:58.119 --> 00:45:58.260
 with

00:45:58.260 --> 00:45:58.400
 your

00:45:58.400 --> 00:45:58.760
 wife

00:45:58.760 --> 00:45:59.099
 you

00:45:59.099 --> 00:45:59.280
 need

00:45:59.280 --> 00:45:59.380
 to

00:45:59.380 --> 00:45:59.500
 be

00:45:59.500 --> 00:45:59.619
 in

00:45:59.619 --> 00:46:00.300
 discipleship

00:46:00.300 --> 00:46:00.460
 with

00:46:00.460 --> 00:46:00.579
 your

00:46:00.579 --> 00:46:00.880
 kids

00:46:00.880 --> 00:46:01.220
 you

00:46:01.220 --> 00:46:01.440
 need

00:46:01.440 --> 00:46:01.559
 to

00:46:01.559 --> 00:46:01.720
 have

00:46:01.720 --> 00:46:01.960
 a

00:46:01.960 --> 00:46:02.340
 genuine

00:46:02.340 --> 00:46:02.840
 walk

00:46:02.840 --> 00:46:03.039
 with

00:46:03.039 --> 00:46:03.340
 God

00:46:03.340 --> 00:46:03.920
 adopting

00:46:03.920 --> 00:46:04.179
 the

00:46:04.179 --> 00:46:04.559
 spiritual

00:46:04.559 --> 00:46:05.159
 disciplines

00:46:05.159 --> 00:46:05.579
 that

00:46:05.579 --> 00:46:05.700
 are

00:46:21.940 --> 00:46:23.139
 that

00:46:23.139 --> 00:46:23.240
 is

00:46:23.240 --> 00:46:23.360
 where

00:46:23.360 --> 00:46:23.619
 all

00:46:23.619 --> 00:46:23.740
 of

00:46:23.740 --> 00:46:23.880
 this

00:46:23.880 --> 00:46:24.300
 ultimately

00:46:24.300 --> 00:46:24.559
 is

00:46:24.559 --> 00:46:24.880
 rooted

00:46:24.880 --> 00:46:25.099
 in

00:46:25.099 --> 00:46:25.380
 chapter

00:46:25.380 --> 00:46:25.740
 2

00:46:25.740 --> 00:46:27.159
 if

00:46:27.159 --> 00:46:27.260
 you

00:46:27.260 --> 00:46:27.420
 look

00:46:27.420 --> 00:46:27.619
 down

00:46:27.619 --> 00:46:27.760
 at

00:46:27.760 --> 00:46:27.940
 verse

00:46:27.940 --> 00:46:28.500
 14

00:46:28.500 --> 00:46:29.460
 Christ

00:46:29.460 --> 00:46:29.900
 gave

00:46:29.900 --> 00:46:30.220
 himself

00:46:30.220 --> 00:46:30.659
 for

00:46:30.659 --> 00:46:30.840
 us

00:46:30.840 --> 00:46:31.000
 to

00:46:31.000 --> 00:46:31.340
 redeem

00:46:31.340 --> 00:46:31.579
 us

00:46:31.579 --> 00:46:31.840
 from

00:46:31.840 --> 00:46:32.280
 all

00:46:32.280 --> 00:46:33.059
 lawlessness

00:46:33.059 --> 00:46:35.059
 and

00:46:35.059 --> 00:46:35.260
 to

00:46:35.260 --> 00:46:35.960
 purify

00:46:35.960 --> 00:46:36.420
 for

00:46:36.420 --> 00:46:37.019
 himself

00:46:37.019 --> 00:46:37.360
 a

00:46:37.360 --> 00:46:37.780
 people

00:46:37.780 --> 00:46:38.880
 who

00:46:38.880 --> 00:46:39.039
 are

00:46:39.039 --> 00:46:39.679
 zealous

00:46:39.679 --> 00:46:40.679
 for

00:46:40.679 --> 00:46:40.880
 good

00:46:40.880 --> 00:46:41.340
 works

00:46:41.340 --> 00:46:44.360
 that's

00:46:44.360 --> 00:46:44.519
 what

00:46:44.519 --> 00:46:44.720
 he's

00:46:44.720 --> 00:46:44.980
 doing

00:46:44.980 --> 00:46:45.159
 and

00:46:45.159 --> 00:46:45.340
 if

00:46:45.340 --> 00:46:45.599
 that's

00:46:45.599 --> 00:46:45.740
 not

00:46:45.740 --> 00:46:45.900
 the

00:46:45.900 --> 00:46:46.400
 indication

00:46:46.400 --> 00:46:46.619
 of

00:46:46.619 --> 00:46:46.740
 your

00:46:46.740 --> 00:46:47.039
 life

00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:47.280
 either

00:46:47.280 --> 00:46:47.519
 you

00:46:47.519 --> 00:46:47.740
 don't

00:46:47.740 --> 00:46:48.019
 belong

00:46:48.019 --> 00:46:48.220
 to

00:46:48.220 --> 00:46:48.480
 him

00:46:48.480 --> 00:46:48.880
 or

00:46:48.880 --> 00:46:49.079
 you

00:46:49.079 --> 00:46:49.220
 are

00:46:49.220 --> 00:46:49.539
 living

00:46:49.539 --> 00:46:49.900
 in

00:46:49.900 --> 00:46:50.460
 serious

00:46:50.460 --> 00:46:51.019
 rejection

00:46:51.019 --> 00:46:51.240
 of

00:46:51.240 --> 00:46:51.559
 God's

00:46:51.559 --> 00:46:51.860
 word

00:46:51.860 --> 00:46:52.840
 reviling

00:46:52.840 --> 00:46:53.059
 the

00:46:53.059 --> 00:46:53.219
 word

00:46:53.219 --> 00:46:53.360
 of

00:46:53.360 --> 00:46:53.639
 God

00:46:53.639 --> 00:46:54.579
 reviling

00:46:54.579 --> 00:46:54.799
 the

00:46:54.799 --> 00:46:55.039
 God

00:46:55.039 --> 00:46:55.159
 who

00:46:55.159 --> 00:46:55.279
 has

00:46:55.279 --> 00:46:55.719
 created

00:46:55.719 --> 00:46:55.940
 you

00:46:55.940 --> 00:46:56.059
 and

00:46:56.059 --> 00:46:56.199
 who

00:46:56.199 --> 00:46:56.460
 loves

00:46:56.460 --> 00:46:56.639
 you

00:46:56.639 --> 00:46:56.759
 and

00:46:56.759 --> 00:46:56.880
 has

00:46:56.880 --> 00:46:57.099
 given

00:46:57.099 --> 00:46:57.480
 himself

00:46:57.480 --> 00:46:57.759
 for

00:46:57.759 --> 00:46:57.980
 you