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 A few more messages to go before we wrap up this time together in this book.

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 It's been a great reminder of the need for prayer and the need for thanks.

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 Last month we kind of devoted some attention to prayer and had kind of our prayer month.

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 And this month is going to be devoted to Thanksgiving, our month of thanks.

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 And as a way to kind of build into and grow in thanks, we want to just put a few of our missionaries before you.

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 Not all of them, but just a few of the missionaries that we can.

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 One each week.

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 And introduce you to them if you've not met them by way of video.

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 And give you a chance to hear from them their word of thanks.

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 And then some ways in which God is using them.

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 But particularly as it relates to an initiative that we want to put before each of you.

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 So that you can participate in their thanksgiving.

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 Thanksgiving to God.

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 How we're going to ask you to do that is to participate in thanksgiving by giving financially.

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 A contribution of thanks to the Lord for our missionaries.

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 We're asking to raise $40,000 in the next several weeks.

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 And November 26th or November 30th will kind of be the final Sunday of our harvest offering.

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 And as you are making your gifts, just to designate them harvest offering.

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 And they'll go to one of several different categories or initiatives that our missionaries are putting in front of us.

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 These strategic opportunities for us to partner with them in a way to demonstrate thanks.

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 Of course, the foundation for giving financially and connected to thanks is the Lord Jesus himself.

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 2 Corinthians 9, verses 6-8 says this.

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 The point is this.

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 Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly.

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 And whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

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 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart.

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 Not reluctantly or under compulsion.

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 For God loves a cheerful giver.

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 And God is able to make all grace abound to you so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times,

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 you might abound in every good work.

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 So we put together this little booklet.

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 It has several of the ways in which that you can contribute to in a financial way to our missionaries.

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 You can kind of understand the ways in which we're trying to raise money for them.

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 All of our giving extends to giving to God.

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 To thanksgiving to God.

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 That's what Paul says in 2 Corinthians 9, 11-12.

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 He says,

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 You will be enriched in every way.

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 To be generous in every way.

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 Which through us produces, get this, thanksgivings to God.

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 Don't you love that?

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 For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints,

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 but is also overflowing, again, in many thanksgivings to God.

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 Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift.

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 And so in our giving financially,

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 it is an overflow of what we've received in terms of this indescribable gift of God,

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 his grace to us.

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 And so this overflow of loving Jesus and thanking him spills out in thanksgivings to God through our gifts,

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 but also it nurtures and cultivates thanksgiving in them as they're thanking God for the way that he's provided for their needs.

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 So here's the McGinnis family, and I'll let you hear their testimony.

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 Hi, we are John and Johnny McGinnis with Triumph Global.

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 And as we think through the Thanksgiving season and time,

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 there are so many things that we can be thankful for,

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 and we just want to highlight a few of them.

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 The first thing that we think of is our new granddaughter,

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 who was just born this past Monday.

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 So thankful for safe delivery and for health for the mom,

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 as well as the addition to the other three that we have.

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 So this makes four for us, which is so exciting.

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 So thankful for our children and now for our grandchildren that the Lord has blessed us with.

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 The other thing that I am thankful for,

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 and we are thankful for,

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 is something I heard actually yesterday.

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 I was reading a newsletter from a friend of mine who is serving in Belarus,

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 and he's a national there,

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 and he was talking about his ministry and what God has enabled him to do.

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 And he and other pastors were able to travel to Russia,

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 of all places right now, into Moscow,

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 and he'd go to a conference for pastors.

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 And he talks about, at this conference,

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 they were challenged in the area of church planting

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 and how they continued to further the gospel.

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 One of the pastors that was with him was a guy by the name of Dennis.

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 And Dennis is really wrestling with where and how

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 and if God wants him to plant a church in Belarus.

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 But the funny thing is, or the interesting part really is,

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 Dennis is one of our students that we've had when we were in Ukraine.

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 And I know Dennis, I think, fairly well.

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 And it's just encouraging for me and for us to hear about students of ours

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 who are even in a time of war, a time of questioning,

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 are being challenged to further the gospel

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 and to plant churches in their home country.

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 So you can be praying for Dennis and for this decision that he is making.

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 And we want to thank each of you for your prayers and for your support

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 and for what God is doing in our lives and in your lives

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 as the ministry is furthered through the training of pastors.

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 So John and Johnny represent Tri-Am Ministry,

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 and there are several different missionaries from Tri-Am that we support.

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 And they essentially go around the world,

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 and they are responsible to help train pastors and Christian leaders around the world.

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 So one of the initiatives that we're proposing is helping them with a module,

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 so one of those training modules of pastors and Christian leaders.

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 And we would invite you to participate in that as well.

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 Of course, the reason why we give and the reason why we're here today

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 is because of the great gift that God has dispensed in our hearts.

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 The gift of salvation, His Son, Jesus Christ.

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 And so we can give many thanks to God because of the saving work that Christ has done for us.

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 We've read a lot about that in the book of Colossians

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 and what Christ has accomplished in terms of completing us because of Christ.

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 His ministry to us.

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 We were buried with Him in baptism.

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 We were raised with Him into eternal life.

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 We have been forgiven because of Him.

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 We enjoy triumph because of Him.

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 All of the benefits that we experience because of the work of Christ on our behalf.

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 And so because of the benefits of salvation,

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 the forgiveness of sin that we enjoy,

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 this union that we have in Christ,

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 all of the theology that we have been learning about,

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 now the Apostle Paul is going to begin to press in.

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 What will you do with the things that you know about God?

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 How will that change your life?

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 And not just change the things that you do,

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 but now how will the things that you do now be accompanied by a picture?

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 The picture of Christ that is showing up in your life.

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 And what does that picture look like?

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 Well, this morning we're going to look at a passage in Colossians 3,

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 beginning in verse 18.

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 And we're going to see that there is this portrait,

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 this painting,

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 this image that is being painted throughout this chapter,

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 throughout these verses.

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 And this portrait includes three primary and predominant features.

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 If you were to paint a picture of Christ,

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 if you were to describe Christ,

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 and you were to concentrate on three primary characteristics,

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 what three characteristics would you choose?

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 Well, maybe you would choose His holiness.

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 That's important.

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 And maybe you would focus on His grace,

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 because that's obviously important.

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 Maybe you would focus on His justice,

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 or His patience,

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 or His power.

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 And of course,

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 all of those things are important,

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 and they're significant pictures of God

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 that we find throughout the Scripture.

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 But the Apostle Paul is going to concentrate on three qualities

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 that are going to help fill out this picture of Christ,

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 His ministry.

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 And as we begin to embody those three characteristics,

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 we're not only going to be able to do what God says,

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 but we're going to show Christ through our life.

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 We're going to paint this beautiful portrait of Jesus

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 by the way we live.

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 Those three portraits,

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 those three characteristics,

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 those three features,

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 we're going to look at this morning.

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 The first portrait,

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 the first characteristic,

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 is the characteristic of submission.

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 That Christ,

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 in His submission,

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 helps us understand what submission looks like.

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 We're going to look at that.

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 And also,

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 we're going to look at love.

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 This feature,

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 this primary characteristic of love,

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 the love that husbands will have for their wives,

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 paints this beautiful portrait of Jesus,

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 this gospel portrait of Jesus.

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 We're going to see obedience,

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 and the significance that obedience has,

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 again,

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 in calling attention to the wonder

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 of who God is through His Son,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 And these three characteristics

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 are going to be the ones that will mark this study

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 and help to mark the picture

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 that God wants to paint through your life

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 so that the gospel can be visible,

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 can be clear,

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 can be radiant,

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 because you're picturing Christ.

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 Let me read these verses for us,

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 and then we'll jump into our study.

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 Colossians chapter 3,

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 beginning in verse 18.

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 If you're using the Pew Bible,

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 it's on page 984.

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 It says this,

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 Wives,

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 submit to your own husbands,

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 as is fitting in the Lord.

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 Husbands,

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 love your wives,

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 and do not be harsh with them.

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 Children,

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 obey your parents in everything,

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 for this pleases the Lord.

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 Fathers,

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 do not provoke your children,

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 lest they become discouraged.

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 Bond servants,

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 obey in everything

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 those who are your earthly masters,

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 not by way of eye service,

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 as people pleasers,

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 but with sincerity of heart,

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 fearing the Lord.

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 Whatever you do,

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 work heartily,

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 as for the Lord,

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 and not for men.

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 Masters,

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 treat your bond servants

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 just and fairly,

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 knowing that you also

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 have a master in heaven.

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 As we draw our attention to verse 18,

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 we see this picture,

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 this portrait of submission,

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 this faith-filled submission of wives.

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 This picture that begins with you,

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 women.

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 It's a picture that begins with you.

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 This beautiful portrait of Christ.

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 And I don't want to continue to set that

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 in front of us.

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 This is not just about doing what you're told.

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 This is about illustrating the wonder

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 and the marvel of who God is

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 through your submission.

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 This word,

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 to submit,

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 is in the middle voice.

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 And it indicates

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 a voluntary expression.

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 This is something that women do

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 as a gift.

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 It's something that they offer.

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 Something that they extend.

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 And they do this to obey.

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 To be under control.

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 To be put in subjection.

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 Submission.

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 This is a word that's used

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 throughout the New Testament.

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 38 times this word,

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 submission,

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 is used throughout

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 the New Testament.

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 This is not a casual term.

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 This is not a term

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 that is to be thrown around.

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 This is a term

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 that God takes seriously.

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 23 times that Apostle Paul

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 will address submission

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 in his letters.

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 We all know that submission

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 is culturally unacceptable.

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 Right?

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 Even the word submission,

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 oh wow.

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 And in the first service today,

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 someone's like,

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 I can't believe you talked about that.

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 And in our culture,

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 the reason is because

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 we have a misunderstanding,

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 not only about what submission means,

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 but what submission does.

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 See, in our day and age,

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 when we think about submission,

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 we think about inequality.

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 We think about weakness.

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 We think about the opportunity

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 for abuse.

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 We think about that it suppresses

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 intelligence.

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 We think that it means

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 losing your freedom.

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 It means that you're denying

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 personal worth.

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 That you're conveying,

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 in some way,

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 control or domination.

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 But as early as our first parents,

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 Adam and Eve,

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 this was going to be

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 what would put strain

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 on relationships.

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 Sin would put strain

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 on relationships.

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 That which was natural

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 in the garden

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 becomes very unnatural,

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 as God will show us

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 in Genesis 3,

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 verse 16.

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 The woman,

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 because of her sin,

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 he says this,

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 To the woman,

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 I will multiply your pain

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 and childbearing.

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 In pain you shall bring forth children.

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 Your desire shall be contrary

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 to your husband,

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 but he shall rule over you.

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 You see,

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 now in marriage,

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 there is an element

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 of striving.

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 In marriage,

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 there is this element

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 of competition.

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 There is this element

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 of vying for power,

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 of wanting your way,

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 of fighting for your rights,

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 as it were.

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 But as we come to understand

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 submission in the Scripture,

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 we come to understand

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 that submission

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 is not relegated

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 to just a class of people.

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 Rather,

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 submission is meant

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 to be a quality

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 of spiritual life.

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 It's all-encompassing.

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 Not just for wives.

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 It is something

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 that every person

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 that loves God

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 is called to do.

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 If you are a Christian,

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 you are called

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 to submit in some way.

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 Let me give you

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 some examples.

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 The Apostle Peter

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 was writing this letter

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 to the church

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 that spread throughout Rome,

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 and he says in 1 Peter 2.13,

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 I'm just going to walk

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 down through these

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 because he kind of gives us

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 a course study

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 on submission.

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 He says,

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 Be subject,

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 for the Lord's sake,

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 to every human institution,

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 whether it be

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 to the emperor

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 as supreme

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 or to governors.

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 If you have a president,

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 if you have a governor,

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 if you have somebody

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 who is over you

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 in some way

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 in government,

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 you are called

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 to submit.

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 I am called

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 to submit.

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 It is a call

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 for all of us

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 in this room

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 who love Jesus

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 to submit

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 in this way.

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 Peter will move on

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 to servants

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 in chapter 2,

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 verse 18.

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 He says,

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 Servants,

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 be subject

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 to your masters

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 with all respect,

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 to the good and gentle,

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 to the harsh.

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 For to this

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 you have been called

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 because Christ

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 suffered for you,

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 leaving you an example

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 to walk in his steps.

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 And by the way,

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 if you've ever been

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 kind of fuzzy

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 on the will of God,

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 Peter will spell

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 it out for you.

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 Here is the will of God.

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 Submit.

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 Submit,

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 servants.

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 Submit,

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 slaves,

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 to your masters.

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 In chapter 3,

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 verse 1 of 1 Peter,

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 Likewise,

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 wives,

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 be subject

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 to your own husbands.

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 In 1 Peter 5,

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 verse 5,

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 Likewise,

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 you who are younger,

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 be subject

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 to the elders.

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 Clothe yourselves,

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 all of you,

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 with humility

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 towards one another,

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 for God opposes

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 the proud

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 but gives grace

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 to the humble.

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 Those who are

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 younger

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 are to submit

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 to those

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 who are the elders.

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 And I appreciate

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 how the New King James

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 translates this.

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 He says,

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 Yes,

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 all of you,

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 be submissive

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 to one another.

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 And be clothed

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 with humility.

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 For God resists

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 the proud

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 but gives grace

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 to the humble.

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 You fit in the category

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 of all of you

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 if you are a believer.

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 You are called

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 to submit.

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 And so this is

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 a universal command

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 of submission

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 for every one of us

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 who belong to Jesus

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 to submit in some way.

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 First,

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 to God

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 and then to the other

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 spheres

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 that God has

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 painted in our life.

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 And so

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 that Paul

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 commands wives

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 to be submissive

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 is a way for God

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 to demonstrate

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 his desire

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 for this portrait

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 of beauty

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 of Christ

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 to shine through.

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 Women,

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 you have a high calling.

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 It is a high calling.

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 You have been put in place

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 to set the example

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 of submission

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 for the rest of us.

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 It is a high calling

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 to submit

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 to your husbands

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 so that you can show

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 the rest of us

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 what submission

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 looks like.

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 To show the rest of us

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 what faith in God

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 looks like.

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 To show us

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 what it means

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 to paint this portrait

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 in faith.

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 This faith-filled submission

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 that points

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 the beauty

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 of who God is.

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 And so this gospel

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 life can shine

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 through you

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 and help inform

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 the rest of us

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 what it looks like

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 to trust God

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 in submission.

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 And so in this way

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 a wife's submission

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 reflects her confidence

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 in God.

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 That God is dependable.

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 That God is trustworthy.

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 And by the way

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 as we continue

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 to look through this

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 in Ephesians chapter 5

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 it talks about

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 Ephesians 5.22

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 it says

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 Wives,

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 submit to your own husbands

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 as to the Lord.

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 For the husband

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 is the head of his wife

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 even as Christ

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 is the head of the church

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 his body

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 and is himself

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 its savior.

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 Now as the church

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 submits to Christ

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 so also wives

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 should submit

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 in everything

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 to their husbands.

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 If you belong

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 to Christ's church

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 you must submit

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 yourself to Christ.

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 And wives

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 are the ones

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 who set the example

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 they set the course

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 of trust in God

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 and worship

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 of him

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 by painting this picture

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 this beautiful portrait

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 of submission

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 to Christ

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 and submission

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 to their husbands.

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 What I love about this

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 is Christ

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 is over the church.

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 So wives

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 here's the confidence

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 that you have.

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 As you submit

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 to your husband

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 you're submitting

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 to Christ

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 and Christ

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 is over

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 your husband.

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 And since Christ

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 is over your husband

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 you can trust

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 Christ

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 to make sure

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 that whatever

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 is happening

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 in your home

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 that seems

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 out of sync

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 that Christ

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 can put it

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 back together

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 and he can help

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 to set your husband

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 back in line.

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 You can trust

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 your Savior

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 as you are submitting

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 to your husband.

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 So what does

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 our defiance

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 say about God?

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 So we've talked

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 about submission

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 but when we

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 choose

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 not to submit

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 what does

00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:55.519
 our defiance

00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:56.039
 and not just

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 defiance of wives

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 but now generally

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 our defiance

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 to the submission

00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:01.660
 command that God

00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:02.100
 has given to us.

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 What does defiance

00:19:03.500 --> 00:19:04.700
 say about God?

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 What message

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 does it communicate?

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 Well there's several

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 here and I want

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 to go through

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 them quickly.

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 First our defiance

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 questions God's

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 wisdom.

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 In defiance

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 we question

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 the wisdom

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 of God.

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 In a sense

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 we are saying

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 God's way

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 is not best

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 mine is.

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 I don't trust you.

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 Whenever I disagree

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 with you

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 then obviously

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 you're wrong

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 and I'm right.

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 And in our

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 submission

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 our insubordination

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 we challenge

00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:36.700
 God's sovereignty.

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 His right

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 to declare

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 what should be.

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 Every structure

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 of God's authority

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 whether it's parents

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 or marriage

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 or government

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 or spiritual leaders

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 is a delegated

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 rule that God

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 has designated

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 to various

00:19:51.539 --> 00:19:52.639
 spheres of life

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 and to resist

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 the clear commands

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 of God

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 is to resist

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 God's authority.

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 Saying

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 I'll obey you

00:20:00.659 --> 00:20:01.519
 only when I

00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:02.059
 agree with you.

00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:04.379
 Now our demand

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 for rights

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 diminishes

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 also God's

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 grace.

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 You see

00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:08.759
 the gospel

00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:09.319
 is not

00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:09.899
 entitlement.

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 And for those

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 who have

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 experienced

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 God's grace

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 we should then

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 be conduits

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 of that grace.

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 I love how

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 the apostle Paul

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 puts it in

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 Romans 12

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 verse 1

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 when he says

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 I beseech you

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 by the mercies

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 of God

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 which is

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 I beg you

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 I plead

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 with you

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 on behalf

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 of the mercy

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 and the grace

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 that you've

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 experienced

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 now something

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 should be

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 true of your

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 life.

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 What is it?

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 Well present

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 your bodies

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 a living

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 sacrifice

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 holy

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 and acceptable

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 to God

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 which is

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 your reasonable

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 act of

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 worship.

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 Your obedience

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 to God

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 your submission

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 to God

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 your love

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 for God

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 it is

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 flows

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 out of the

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 mercy

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 that you've

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 received.

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 You see

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 these are not

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 merely social

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 issues

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 these are

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 theological

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 issues.

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 what you

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 believe

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 about God

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 shows up

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 in the way

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 you respond

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 to husbands

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 and wives

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 and other

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 authorities

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 in your life.

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 Rebellion

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 isn't just

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 behavior

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 it's belief

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 on display.

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 You show

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 through your

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 life what

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 you worship

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 what matters

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 to you.

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 So wives

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 what does

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 your response

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 to authority

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 say about

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 your trust

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 in God?

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 Do you

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 see your

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 loss

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 of control

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 as an

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 act of

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 worship

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 and dependence

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 on him?

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 Is he

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 worthy?

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 Is he

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 capable

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 to cover

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 and to help

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 when things

00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:39.699
 seem to be

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 out of

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 control?

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 Wives

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 you have

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 a high

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 calling.

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 You have

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 the calling

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 of putting

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 Jesus on

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 display

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 through

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 your

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 submission

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 and you

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 can set

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 the example

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 for the

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 rest of

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 us

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 what

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 that

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 looks

00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:55.940
 like.

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 Will

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 you

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 live

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 up

00:21:57.860 --> 00:21:58.140
 to

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 your

00:21:58.279 --> 00:21:58.599
 calling?

00:22:00.299 --> 00:22:00.920
 Will you

00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:01.099
 show

00:22:01.099 --> 00:22:01.579
 Jesus

00:22:01.579 --> 00:22:02.079
 that he's

00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:02.519
 worth it?

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:03.960
 Submit

00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:04.519
 like Christ

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.259
 have faith

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:05.539
 filled

00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:06.019
 submission

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:07.180
 that puts

00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:07.559
 Jesus

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:08.220
 on display.

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 Husbands

00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:09.880
 we come

00:22:09.880 --> 00:22:10.120
 to you

00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:10.440
 next.

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.299
 We see

00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:11.980
 this gospel

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:12.480
 shaped

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 love

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 of husbands

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 in verse

00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:15.380
 19

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 it says

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 husbands

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.620
 love your

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 wives

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 and do

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 not be

00:22:18.140 --> 00:22:18.440
 harsh

00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:18.660
 with

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 them.

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 Of

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 course

00:22:20.380 --> 00:22:20.980
 this word

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 for love

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 is a

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 common

00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:22.259
 word

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 it's a

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 familiar

00:22:22.860 --> 00:22:23.599
 word

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 to Bible

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 students

00:22:24.579 --> 00:22:25.119
 it's the

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 word

00:22:25.379 --> 00:22:26.019
 agape

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:27.199
 it's the

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 word that

00:22:28.159 --> 00:22:28.579
 talks about

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 this

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.559
 unconditional

00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:30.219
 love

00:22:30.219 --> 00:22:30.439
 this

00:22:30.439 --> 00:22:30.799
 covenant

00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:31.240
 love

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:31.579
 this

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 unfailing

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:32.539
 love

00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:33.519
 but really

00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:34.000
 particularly

00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:34.339
 this

00:22:34.339 --> 00:22:35.099
 divine

00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:35.480
 love

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:35.799
 that we

00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.139
 get to

00:22:36.139 --> 00:22:36.659
 enjoy

00:22:36.659 --> 00:22:37.519
 because of

00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:38.019
 the love

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.619
 of Christ.

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 What does

00:22:39.859 --> 00:22:40.279
 this love

00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:40.879
 look like?

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:41.839
 How does

00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:42.619
 this love

00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:43.259
 show up?

00:22:43.399 --> 00:22:44.379
 The apostle

00:22:44.379 --> 00:22:44.799
 Paul

00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.240
 throughout

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:46.139
 this letter

00:22:46.139 --> 00:22:46.459
 to the

00:22:46.459 --> 00:22:46.899
 Colossians

00:22:46.899 --> 00:22:47.500
 has used

00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:48.019
 this word

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.719
 a number

00:22:48.719 --> 00:22:49.159
 of times

00:22:49.159 --> 00:22:49.379
 and we

00:22:49.379 --> 00:22:50.259
 get a sense

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:50.859
 of what

00:22:50.859 --> 00:22:51.359
 he means

00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:51.619
 as we

00:22:51.619 --> 00:22:52.240
 read through

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:52.839
 this epistle

00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:54.339
 Colossians

00:22:54.339 --> 00:22:54.599
 1

00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:54.980
 4

00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:56.400
 he says

00:22:56.400 --> 00:22:57.319
 since we

00:22:57.319 --> 00:22:57.799
 heard of

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.319
 your faith

00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:59.079
 in Christ

00:22:59.079 --> 00:22:59.579
 Jesus

00:22:59.579 --> 00:23:00.120
 and the

00:23:00.120 --> 00:23:00.539
 love

00:23:00.539 --> 00:23:01.039
 that you

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:01.400
 have

00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:01.940
 for all

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.500
 the saints

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:02.880
 I think

00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:05.160
 we're seeing

00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:05.640
 here the

00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:06.099
 selfless

00:23:06.099 --> 00:23:06.460
 love

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:07.759
 we're seeing

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:09.299
 this love

00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:10.079
 that reaches

00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:10.579
 out

00:23:10.579 --> 00:23:11.859
 this love

00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:12.180
 that's

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:12.980
 indiscriminate

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.839
 this love

00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:14.579
 that affects

00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:15.660
 all the saints

00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:16.299
 whoever they

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:16.640
 are

00:23:16.640 --> 00:23:18.680
 the selfless

00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:20.059
 laying down

00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:21.379
 kind of love

00:23:21.379 --> 00:23:22.039
 that's

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:22.579
 described

00:23:22.579 --> 00:23:23.279
 this love

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:23.839
 for all

00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:24.339
 the saints

00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:25.079
 we also

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.720
 see a

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.319
 spirit

00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:27.200
 empowered

00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:27.700
 love

00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:28.919
 Colossians

00:23:28.919 --> 00:23:29.200
 1

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:29.599
 verse 8

00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:29.839
 says

00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:30.279
 and has

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.619
 made

00:23:30.619 --> 00:23:30.919
 known

00:23:30.919 --> 00:23:31.379
 to us

00:23:31.379 --> 00:23:31.960
 your

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.500
 love

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:32.899
 in

00:23:32.899 --> 00:23:33.279
 the

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:33.659
 spirit

00:23:33.659 --> 00:23:34.720
 the only

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:34.879
 way

00:23:34.879 --> 00:23:35.139
 we can

00:23:35.139 --> 00:23:35.419
 love

00:23:35.419 --> 00:23:35.940
 this way

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.179
 is

00:23:36.179 --> 00:23:37.139
 by being

00:23:37.139 --> 00:23:37.779
 empowered

00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:38.659
 by the

00:23:38.659 --> 00:23:38.940
 spirit

00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:39.440
 of God

00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:39.759
 because

00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.480
 the fruit

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:40.960
 of the

00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:41.200
 spirit

00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:41.460
 is

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.139
 love

00:23:42.139 --> 00:23:42.679
 joy

00:23:42.679 --> 00:23:43.440
 peace

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:44.639
 we

00:23:44.639 --> 00:23:44.940
 love

00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:45.619
 because

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:45.940
 God

00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:46.339
 loves

00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:47.099
 he

00:23:47.099 --> 00:23:47.460
 first

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:47.819
 loved

00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:48.119
 us

00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:48.539
 he set

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:49.179
 the example

00:23:49.179 --> 00:23:49.599
 of what

00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:50.039
 that love

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:50.519
 looks like

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.399
 and he

00:23:51.399 --> 00:23:51.619
 doesn't

00:23:51.619 --> 00:23:52.279
 just call

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:52.759
 us to

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.139
 love

00:23:53.139 --> 00:23:53.899
 he has

00:23:53.899 --> 00:23:54.699
 enabled

00:23:54.699 --> 00:23:55.059
 us

00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:55.619
 to love

00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:56.079
 he doesn't

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:56.500
 just give

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:56.779
 us a

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.079
 command

00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:57.480
 and he

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:57.740
 doesn't

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.119
 also

00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:58.839
 give us

00:23:58.839 --> 00:23:59.699
 the ability

00:23:59.699 --> 00:24:00.599
 to perform

00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:03.159
 it's also

00:24:03.159 --> 00:24:03.819
 a unifying

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.139
 love

00:24:04.139 --> 00:24:04.619
 Colossians

00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:05.139
 chapter 2

00:24:05.139 --> 00:24:05.559
 verse 2

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:05.939
 says

00:24:05.939 --> 00:24:07.379
 that in

00:24:07.379 --> 00:24:08.399
 their hearts

00:24:08.399 --> 00:24:08.899
 or that

00:24:08.899 --> 00:24:09.439
 their hearts

00:24:09.439 --> 00:24:10.039
 may be

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:10.859
 encouraged

00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:11.879
 being knit

00:24:11.879 --> 00:24:12.599
 together

00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:13.759
 in love

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:15.480
 they're joined

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:16.980
 they're stitched

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.659
 together

00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:19.019
 love

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.040
 I love

00:24:19.040 --> 00:24:19.259
 how

00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:19.519
 the

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:19.740
 apostle

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.000
 Paul

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.240
 puts

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.380
 this

00:24:20.380 --> 00:24:20.500
 in

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:20.960
 Ephesians

00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:21.340
 he says

00:24:21.340 --> 00:24:22.100
 endeavoring

00:24:22.100 --> 00:24:22.400
 to keep

00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:23.060
 the unity

00:24:23.060 --> 00:24:23.940
 of the

00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:24.380
 spirit

00:24:24.380 --> 00:24:24.900
 in the

00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:25.300
 bond

00:24:25.300 --> 00:24:25.779
 of peace

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:25.980
 this

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 unifying

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 spirit

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 of love

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 and then

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 it's also

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 a harmonious

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 love

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 we see

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 that in

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.400
 Colossians

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 chapter 3

00:24:34.860 --> 00:24:35.620
 verse 14

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 above all

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 these

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 put on

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 love

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 which binds

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 everything

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 together

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 in perfect

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 harmony

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 this harmonious

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 peace

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 pursuing

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 perfecting

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 kind of

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 love

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 it

00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:50.539
 makes us

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 who we're

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 not on

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.519
 our own

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 it's

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 sanctifying

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 kind of

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 love

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 purifies

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 us

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 as we

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 come to

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 know

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 the love

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 of Christ

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 and follow

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 his example

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 in Ephesians

00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:03.460
 chapter 5

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 verses 25

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:04.879
 to 27

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 the apostle

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 Paul develops

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 this thought

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 some more

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:09.099
 describes it

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 for us

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 he says

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 husbands

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 love your

00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:10.940
 wives

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:11.480
 as Christ

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.339
 loved the

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:12.859
 church

00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:13.720
 and gave

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.139
 himself

00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:14.880
 up for

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 her

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:16.480
 here we

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:16.759
 see

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.280
 self

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 sacrificing

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 kind

00:25:18.600 --> 00:25:18.740
 of

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:18.980
 love

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 that

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 Jesus

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 spent

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 himself

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 to the

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 end

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 every

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 drop

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 every

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 ounce

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 of

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 blood

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 and

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 life

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 was

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 poured

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 out

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 for the

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 sake

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 of the

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 church

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 not just

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 to save

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 them

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 but we

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 see that

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 his purpose

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 was also

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 to sanctify

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 them

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 notice

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 that he

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 might

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 sanctify

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 her

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 having

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 himself

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 excuse me

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 having

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 cleansed

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 her

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 by the

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 washing

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 of the

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 water

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 with the

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 word

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 so that

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 he might

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 present

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 the

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 church

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 to

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 himself

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 in

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 splendor

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 without

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 spot

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 or wrinkle

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 or any

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 such thing

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 that she

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 might be

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 holy

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 and without

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 blamish

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 you see

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 this picture

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.559
 again

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:57.839
 this picture

00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.159
 of this

00:25:58.159 --> 00:25:58.500
 bride

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.119
 this picture

00:25:59.119 --> 00:25:59.740
 of this

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 church

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.599
 that's what

00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:01.179
 Christ

00:26:01.179 --> 00:26:01.599
 has in

00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:01.839
 mind

00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:02.759
 for his

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.199
 church

00:26:03.199 --> 00:26:03.619
 that's what

00:26:03.619 --> 00:26:04.299
 husbands

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:04.939
 should have

00:26:04.939 --> 00:26:05.299
 in mind

00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:05.619
 for their

00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:06.119
 brides

00:26:06.119 --> 00:26:07.019
 for their

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.559
 wives

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:09.159
 beauty

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:10.259
 beauty

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:10.640
 the beauty

00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:11.279
 of Christ

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:12.500
 in drawing

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:13.200
 out her

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:13.620
 beauty

00:26:13.620 --> 00:26:14.019
 so she

00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:14.540
 looks more

00:26:14.540 --> 00:26:15.300
 like Jesus

00:26:15.300 --> 00:26:16.940
 men

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 do you love

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 do you love

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:19.600
 your wife

00:26:19.600 --> 00:26:20.420
 like Christ

00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:21.019
 loved the

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.320
 church

00:26:21.320 --> 00:26:23.120
 is your

00:26:23.120 --> 00:26:23.600
 love

00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:24.279
 the laying

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:24.800
 down

00:26:24.800 --> 00:26:25.440
 kind of

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:25.680
 love

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.259
 the self

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:27.360
 sacrificing

00:26:27.360 --> 00:26:28.460
 kind of

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:28.700
 love

00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:28.920
 that you

00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:29.279
 see in

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.600
 Christ

00:26:29.600 --> 00:26:30.560
 is your

00:26:30.560 --> 00:26:30.840
 love

00:26:30.840 --> 00:26:31.060
 the

00:26:31.060 --> 00:26:32.140
 beautifying

00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:32.920
 kind

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.620
 of love

00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:34.579
 that you

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:35.379
 look for

00:26:35.379 --> 00:26:35.939
 how you

00:26:35.939 --> 00:26:36.479
 might make

00:26:36.479 --> 00:26:36.699
 her

00:26:36.699 --> 00:26:37.239
 more

00:26:37.239 --> 00:26:37.699
 beautiful

00:26:37.699 --> 00:26:38.779
 more

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.419
 spotless

00:26:39.419 --> 00:26:39.679
 more

00:26:39.679 --> 00:26:40.500
 blemish

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.019
 free

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:43.319
 it's not

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:43.659
 a love

00:26:43.659 --> 00:26:44.119
 that tears

00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:44.459
 down

00:26:44.459 --> 00:26:45.019
 but a love

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:45.719
 that builds

00:26:45.719 --> 00:26:46.099
 up

00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:47.779
 it's not

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.259
 a love

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.759
 that makes

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.399
 demands

00:26:49.399 --> 00:26:50.679
 but delights

00:26:50.679 --> 00:26:51.779
 to serve

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:53.019
 it's not

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.639
 one that

00:26:53.639 --> 00:26:54.039
 takes

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.599
 but a love

00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:55.219
 that gives

00:26:55.219 --> 00:26:57.139
 it's not

00:26:57.139 --> 00:26:57.779
 a love

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:58.500
 that wounds

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.819
 with words

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:01.059
 but washes

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:01.819
 with the

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:02.179
 truth

00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:03.840
 it's not

00:27:03.840 --> 00:27:04.160
 a love

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:04.860
 that controls

00:27:04.860 --> 00:27:05.480
 but a love

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:06.039
 that cares

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:07.600
 it's not

00:27:07.600 --> 00:27:07.900
 a love

00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:08.680
 that belittles

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:09.259
 but a love

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:10.140
 that blesses

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:11.900
 or not

00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:12.259
 a love

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:12.940
 that pulls

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.420
 away

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:14.160
 but a love

00:27:14.160 --> 00:27:14.799
 that draws

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.340
 near

00:27:15.340 --> 00:27:16.360
 there's greater

00:27:16.360 --> 00:27:16.980
 intimacy

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:18.200
 it's not

00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:18.500
 a love

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.539
 that competes

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:20.580
 but a love

00:27:20.580 --> 00:27:21.500
 that completes

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:23.080
 not a love

00:27:23.080 --> 00:27:23.900
 that protects

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.640
 his pride

00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:25.560
 but pursues

00:27:25.560 --> 00:27:26.400
 peace

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:27.320
 it's not

00:27:27.320 --> 00:27:27.779
 a love

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.519
 that reflects

00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:29.660
 the culture

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.900
 but a love

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.820
 that reflects

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:43.480
 the cross. Do you have a gospel-shaped love? Husbands, what a high calling to continue to

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:49.119
 fill out this picture of Christ. Three dimensions that we get to see about Christ, the submission

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:55.000
 of wives, which fills out that part of the picture, the love of Christ that fills out that picture in

00:27:55.000 --> 00:28:00.559
 husbands. And now finally, we see the wholehearted obedience of children that kind of fills out that

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:07.859
 picture of Christ, this wholehearted obedience of children and servants from Colossians chapter 3

00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:17.659
 verses 20 and 24. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

00:28:18.679 --> 00:28:25.700
 Now verse 22, bond servants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:33.940
 eye service as people pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. Fearing the Lord.

00:28:34.120 --> 00:28:42.299
 Worship is at the center of this command. In these verses, we come to see this portrait of obedience.

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:48.539
 And the apostle Paul now transitions from submission and he moves to obedience. Children,

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:54.000
 obey your parents. Servants, obey your parents. Servants, obey your masters in everything, the totality

00:28:54.000 --> 00:29:05.799
 of this command. This word for to obey is a compound word. It's to listen under. It's the word that carries

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:12.460
 the idea of listening that results in action, not just hearing, but hearing with a responsive heart

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:23.100
 to follow instructions, to not be mechanical, but to one who is willing and ready to do. It's this

00:29:23.100 --> 00:29:29.539
 picture of a heart kind of leaning in, interested in, and listening to what is, what they're being told.

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:36.220
 In ancient culture, a servant would stand at the edge of the courtyard to listen intently to his

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:42.259
 master's voice. If the master called, the master had something to say, instructions to give. He was

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:51.000
 there to hear. It reminds me a little about growing up for me in Cedarville. And I was allowed to play in

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:57.240
 the neighborhood. I was allowed to wander wherever I wanted. But there was one condition. When my dad

00:29:57.240 --> 00:30:03.960
 whistled, and he could whistle pretty loudly, when my dad whistled, that meant that I needed to say,

00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:09.299
 coming, at the top of my voice. And I needed to run as fast as my little legs could carry me

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:16.539
 to make sure I was obeying the instruction, the call to come as fast as I could. Now, there were

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:22.140
 those couple of occasions I can remember where my dad was with a friend, and he would kind of nudge,

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:27.460
 nudge a guy that was his friend next to him and say, hey, watch this. And he would whistle,

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:33.460
 and I would come. He's like, oh, hey, good, just checking. It was a good experience.

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:41.700
 Experiment to see if obedience was on my heart. But there was never a time where I could have an

00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:47.319
 excuse to say, well, I didn't hear you. I didn't hear you whistle. I didn't hear you call. Because

00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:55.920
 that was my responsibility. As one who would respond, I was responsible not only to hear when the whistle

00:30:55.920 --> 00:31:04.320
 came, but to not to wander so far that I could not hear when it was sent. See, that's what obedience

00:31:04.320 --> 00:31:10.460
 looks like. Obedience is not waiting to be dragged back to the place where you're supposed to be.

00:31:11.060 --> 00:31:19.620
 It is staying close enough to hear the voice or the whistle of God. Disobedience doesn't just happen

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:27.299
 when we say no. Disobedience happens when we wander so far from God that we cannot hear his voice.

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:35.559
 He's calling. He's whistling. We don't respond. Maybe because you're not hearing. Maybe because your

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:41.639
 heart is not attentive. Whatever it is, it's not just when you say no. It's when you have wandered so far

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:50.880
 you can't hear the call or the whistle of God. Children, you are to obey your parents in everything.

00:31:52.520 --> 00:32:00.860
 Our obedience is to God first. And he is the object of our concern. Our devotion to him leads to

00:32:00.860 --> 00:32:07.440
 obedience to our parents. And of course, this obedience models itself after our Savior. We see in

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:12.240
 Philippians chapter 2 verse 8. It says, and being found in human form, speaking of Jesus,

00:32:12.860 --> 00:32:19.160
 he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Notice

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:25.720
 humility of Christ. Notice obedience of Christ. And of course, we know about the love of Christ. All of

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:32.559
 these bound together. It's interesting that Paul tells children to obey parents. And I think this is

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:40.440
 really crucial for us to understand. Parents, that's moms and dads. Moms and dads. It helps us to

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:47.899
 understand the dignity that is inherent in women, okay? That children obey parents. Moms and dads.

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:57.019
 Even when, kids, you think you know better. Even when you think they're wrong. Even when you think

00:32:57.019 --> 00:33:04.200
 they don't understand. Even when you think their commands are self-serving. Even when you're tired.

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:12.000
 Even when you don't feel like they practice what they preach. Obey your parents in everything as to

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:19.859
 the Lord. You make God, the gospel, look beautiful through your obedience to your parents. Obey in

00:33:19.859 --> 00:33:35.019
 everything. Does our obedience resemble our Savior? Is every yes to your parents mimic and resemble the

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:43.079
 yes of Jesus to his Father? That's what we should be aiming at. How does our yes to our parents resemble

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:52.319
 and mimic the yes of Jesus? Every time. Yes, yes, yes. The yes of Jesus to his Father? Paul transitions

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:58.720
 to fathers in verse 21. He says, fathers, do not provoke your children lest they become discouraged.

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:06.179
 And I'm inclined to think that this is not just, it's not a separate command. It's not stand alone

00:34:06.179 --> 00:34:12.619
 kind of command. I think that this command goes, it's sandwiched between obedience, the obedience of

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:18.960
 children, and obedience of servants to masters. I think that's by design to help us understand this is

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:26.460
 not a separate stand alone kind of command, but it's meant to accompany the previous command. So how are

00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:34.139
 children to be readily and willingly obedient to parents? Well, they do that because parents, and fathers in

00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:42.599
 particular, are removing whatever obstacles are in the way to provoke, to embitter, to set the

00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:49.099
 kids on edge. They are doing whatever they can to create this nurturing environment so obedience

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:58.639
 comes easy or more easily. Fathers, do you stimulate obedience by the way you treat your children?

00:35:00.259 --> 00:35:06.960
 You make it easier for them to obey. Do you keep from provoking them? Do you keep from frustrating

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 them? Do you keep from embittering them? Instead, setting the environment to help stimulate and encourage

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 and support and to make them want to obey the Lord and to obey you. This word to provoke is to make

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 resentful. And in the Greco-Roman world, fathers held absolute authority. But God forbids that that kind of

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 harshness would stir up rebellion and resentment because of a heavy-handed approach. Fathers, don't

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 provoke your kids by being heavy-handed. But the opposite is also true. We can overcompensate for

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 being too harsh by being too lax. And that will frustrate your children as well. We find in Scripture

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 a model of perfect discipline and love from God Himself. Hebrews 12, 5 and 6 says this,

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 And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? My son, do not regard lightly the

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 discipline of the Lord, or be weary when reproved by Him. For the Lord disciplines the one He loves

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 and chastises every son whom He receives. Dads, discipline your children. Do it in love. Help to set the

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 guidelines, the parameters for how they can enjoy and experience the best that God has to offer them

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 through their obedience. This past week, I had a chance to invite my kids. Every single week,

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 we've been working through the study guide together, and there's a section that we put

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 conversation starters for kids. And this was my turn to listen. As we're working through this passage,

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 and I'm asking questions. Okay, kids, how do you answer this question? The question was this,

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 The Bible warns fathers not to discourage their children. What are some ways that dads,

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 and this particular dad, reassure his kids of his love for them? It was a good opportunity to listen.

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 It was a good opportunity to interact and to hear. We had conversations about clear communication,

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 setting realistic expectations, of asking good questions, and providing the answer why. Why is that

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 so important? Not just staking or stating what you want to happen, but helping to lead, especially your

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 older children, to understand the whys behind things. Providing loving instruction, serving together,

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 affirming the things that you see God doing in their life. All of these ways that dads can help

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 to create this environment where obedience becomes easier. That's the goal. If we want our kids to paint

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 this portrait of the gospel by obedience to parents, then we help make it as easy as we can.

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 Slaves, in Colossians 3, verse 22, bond servants obey in everything those who are your earthly masters,

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 not by way of eye service as people pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, pleasing the Lord, or fearing the Lord.

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 Paul addresses these bond servants. It's really the word doulos. It's the word slave.

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 In the New Testament culture. And the Apostle Paul will address these bond servants again in Ephesians

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 chapter 6, verses 5 to 8. But I want to just draw your attention to the concluding statement back there

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 in verse 8. It says,

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 Knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord,

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 whether he is a bond servant or free.

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 So this isn't, you're not off the hook, just because you're not a slave.

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 You're free. And so as one who is serving under a master, serving under an employer,

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 serving under a boss or a manager, you have this responsibility to carry out obedience in this way.

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 And Paul gives several reasons. But the predominant one here is, first, you are serving the Lord.

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 Your service is as to Him. Your work is as to Him.

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 And while your boss may be the immediate individual that you are trying to appease,

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 really your primary minister, your primary work is to the Lord, to God.

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 Maybe the objection would be, well, my boss doesn't notice my work.

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 And God, or the Apostle Paul will say, well, you're not working to be noticed.

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 You're not working, as he says in Colossians 3.22, not with eye service as people pleasers.

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 Do your work to the Lord.

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 And to work heartily as to the Lord and not to men.

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 Again, the Apostle Paul directs attention to the will of God.

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 The will of God.

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 Ephesians 6.6, not with eye service as men pleasers, but as bond servants of Christ,

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 doing the will of God from the heart.

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 Do you want to know what God's will is?

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 This is one of the many instances where it's very clear, crystal clear.

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 Do your work with all your heart.

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 Well, what does it mean to do your work with all your heart?

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 It's to understand that the work that we do is a work to Christ.

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 It's a work that he will inevitably and ultimately reward.

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 It's serving with joy, not with duty.

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 It's giving your full attention, not half-hearted in your labors.

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 It's bringing energy and excellence and faithfulness to every task.

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 It's doing your best when no one is watching.

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 It's recognizing that your work is worship.

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 In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word for work is also the word for worship.

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 We'll talk about that a little bit more next year, the beginning of the year.

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 Your work is a way that you worship God.

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 God cares about your work because God cares about your worship.

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 And how we work reflects what we believe about God.

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 You see, we have this promise.

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 It's also built in.

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 1 Corinthians 15, 58 says,

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 Your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

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 And that's the promise.

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 When we're working for the Lord,

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 our labors will not be expended in vanity.

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 That the Lord himself will ensure that your labors are spent well.

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 His purposes are accomplished.

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 Finally, we see Christ-honoring leadership of masters.

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 Christ-honoring leadership of masters in Colossians 4, 4, it says this,

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 Masters, treat your bondservants justly and fairly,

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 knowing that you also have a master in heaven.

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 Masters, employers, bosses, you are not off the hook.

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 Because there's accountability for you by the supreme master, God himself.

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 And the work that we do is under the accountability,

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 under the microscope, as it were, of God himself,

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 who evaluates and who will reward accordingly.

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 Those who are bosses have masters too.

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 And so masters are not to use their position to threaten.

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 They're not to intimidate.

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 They're not to bully.

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 They're not to set unrealistic, unreasonable expectations.

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 Because God will ultimately judge every master.

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 Peter provides a really helpful picture.

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 And I'm just going to close with this.

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 This picture of leadership and accountability

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 underneath the great leader, God himself,

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 who does promise to reward.

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 We see this in 1 Peter 5, verses 1-4.

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 It says this,

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 So I exhort the elders among you,

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 as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ,

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 as well as a partaker in the glory that is to be revealed,

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 shepherd the flock of God that is among you,

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 exercising oversight,

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 not under compulsion, but willingly,

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 as God would have you,

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 not for shameful gain, but eagerly,

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 not domineering over those in your charge,

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 but being examples to the flock.

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 And when the chief shepherd appears,

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 you will receive the unfading crown of glory.

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 You hear it?

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 Godly leadership.

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 Godly kind of accountability.

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 Understanding that they are under the great shepherd.

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 Understanding that there is a reward for those who lead well.

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 What a picture God has offered to us in these verses.

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 This picture of submission and the gospel of Christ shining through wives.

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 This picture of love that is shining through husbands

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 and pointing people to the beauty of Christ.

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 This picture of obedience.

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 Gospel picture of kids and teens

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 who are following after and obeying the directions of their parents.

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 Spotlighting and drawing attention to the wonder of Christ in his gospel.

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 For leaders,

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 we need to ask ourselves the question,

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 if Jesus evaluated our leadership,

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 what would he say?

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 Are we leading with eternity in view

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 or are we only thinking about the bottom line?

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 So may our work be worship.

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 May our labor be love

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 and may our reward be Christ.

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 Let's pray.

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 Oh God, we thank you for your word.

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 Thank you for the example that you set in Christ.

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 The example of submission.

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 The example of love.

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 The preeminent example of obedience.

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 God, may that gospel picture shine through our lives.

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 And may trust in God

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 and worship of you

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 lead our heart to do this faithfully.

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 We pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 God bless you.

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 Have a great week.

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 Amen.