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 Well, good morning. It's nice to be back with you after being sick last week.

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 I always hate to miss our fellowship, and I especially hate it when I am home doing nothing fun at all.

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 I'm really glad to be here with you today.

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 We don't have a primary text for today, which we normally do,

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 but let me ask you to begin this morning by joining me in Psalm 115 and verse 3.

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 Psalm 115 and verse 3.

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 We're going to take a brief break from our study of Romans and take up a topic in series form.

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 And I just have to tell you that the word series tastes bad on my tongue when spoken from the pulpit on the Lord's Day,

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 as we most regularly consider the text verse by verse, chapter by chapter, book by book.

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 We think this is the normative, healthiest way to approach the Bible.

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 That said, sometimes a topic requires our particular attention,

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 and so we labor to take it up faithfully and observe the scope of what the Bible teaches concerning it.

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 But when we do, please be extra discerning.

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 We want to be really careful at this point.

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 Anytime we do theology systematically, we must be careful that we don't piecemeal the Scripture to bend it to our opinion,

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 but rather that we are honest with it as we pull its teaching together.

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 There are so many erroneous things.

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 It's a cult start by taking up the Bible and approaching topics and doing it poorly.

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 So let's not do that.

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 Now the topic we're going to take up is the topic of authority.

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 So we want to be especially careful not to become a cult after touching such a topic.

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 We're going to do so primarily because at the close of this past year,

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 a number of our members suggested that we teach on congregationalism.

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 We are congregationalists as a church.

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 This is a conviction that we have, and in some future weeks,

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 I'll explain what that word means if you don't know.

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 And it's important, though, for us to know what it means, what it doesn't mean,

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 and to know what is the authority that a church holds together

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 and what authority a church member holds individually.

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 So this is what was asked of us, and we're going to do that,

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 but we're going to approach it more broadly first.

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 Secondarily, the topic of authority is a good topic to take up

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 because we all have an authority issue.

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 As Americans, it is just ingrained into us to have a sense of rogue individualism.

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 Not all bad.

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 Our experiment in order of liberty certainly has a sentiment

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 that leans heavy on the liberty portion of that equation, right?

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 wants to shy away from the ordered portion of it,

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 really, really enjoys the liberty portion of it.

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 Additionally, we have all seen authority abused.

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 We have observed it.

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 If you've not seen abused authority, come speak to me.

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 I'll point out some cases to you from this past week.

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 And many of us have experienced firsthand the abuse of authority.

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 So there is reason to be suspect.

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 To be really cautious when somebody says they have authority

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 and press that authority on us.

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 Beyond all of this, at our very core,

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 apart from the redemptive work of Christ,

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 we are rebellious people.

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 It is our nature before Christ makes us new to be rebellious.

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 You can trace briefly the biblical narrative backwards

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 and see a New Testament church not heeding the words of the apostles.

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 You see a Jewish people rejecting the teaching of Jesus

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 and crucifying him for what they believe to be blasphemy.

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 We see a nation turning away again and again and again from the prophets,

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 not taking care with their temple worship as they have been commanded,

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 neglecting to drive out the people from the promised land,

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 refusing to fight for fear,

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 desecrating holy places,

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 and on and on and on and on.

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 The Bible is a story of rebellious people

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 with a loving God who redeems them.

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 And all of this finds us beginning with our first parents,

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 the original rebels who doubted God's good authority

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 in Genesis chapter 3.

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 thought, surely God doesn't really know what's best.

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 So we have an authority problem.

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 But there is power and there is dominion in this world.

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 We must first recognize that God has authority.

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 God's authority is innate.

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 That means that nobody gave it to him.

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 It is his.

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 He possesses it.

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 And he is the final authority,

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 the absolute authority.

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 No one rules over him.

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 God created all things with good, mighty words

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 and has both the right and power to rule over his creation.

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 Everything that we see and experience,

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 God reigns over.

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 Psalm 115 and verse 3 says,

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 Our God is in the heavens.

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 He does all that he pleases.

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 Fully powerful to accomplish everything that he intends to accomplish.

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 He has absolute and final authority.

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 Another place in the text, Jeremiah chapter 32 and verse 17.

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 This is from our scripture reading just a few weeks ago.

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 Ah, Lord God,

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 it is you who have made the heavens and the earth

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 by your great power and by your outstretched arm.

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 God determines what nations will exist and where they will exist.

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 Acts chapter 17 and verse 26.

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 He decides what king is to rule and when and where.

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 Isaiah chapter 44 and verse 28.

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 Sometimes to the judgment of his people.

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 He decides whether the purposes of a ruler will stand or fall.

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 Psalm 33 verse 10 and 11.

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 He even once determined that wicked people would take the life of his dear son

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 so that we sinners might live.

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 Acts chapter 2 verse 23 and 24.

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 God has authority over all the important events of human history

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 but also over the lives of individual people.

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 Just consider on this Sanctity of Human Life Sunday.

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 He knits us together in our mother's wombs.

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 Psalm 139 verse 13 through 16.

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 Intimately involved.

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 Authoritatively involved in our creation.

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 He decides whether we will travel or stay home.

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 James 4 verse 13 through 17.

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 As we have seen in Romans chapter 8

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 and will consider further when we return to our study of Romans.

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 God also exercises his authority to bring forgiveness and new life.

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 Ephesians chapter 2 verse 8 through 10.

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 I'm grateful that God is authoritative over the salvation of my soul.

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 God's authority is necessarily good

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 because he is good.

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 Too many people in this world feel that God's authority is an oppressive authority.

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 But it's not, right?

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 It's designed for good.

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 Psalm 119 verse 68.

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 God, you are good and do good.

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 So whether you recognize it or not or care to yield to it or not,

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 there is an absolute and final authority in this world.

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 You can bow to it now, which I urge you to do because it is good.

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 Turn from your rebellion.

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 Turn to the perfect righteousness of Christ.

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 Place your faith in his sacrificial death on your behalf

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 and find the salvation of your soul.

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 Bow to God's authority now.

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 Come to him on his terms.

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 Or, one day, you will be judged and you will be made to bow to his authority.

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 Now, recognizing that God is the absolute and final authority,

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 we do well to ask, but how is it that that authority is made effectual in the world?

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 How is it that it's carried out in the world in which we live?

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 Have we been left groping for what God requires of us?

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 No, we have not.

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 He has written, by the power of the Holy Spirit, through the pens of his servants, a book.

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 And this book gives us all the answers we need to the lives ordered under God's authority.

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 It's sufficient for that task.

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 It has everything in it that we need.

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 And it begins with a command.

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 Genesis chapter 1 and verse 26.

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 Then God said,

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 Let us make man in our image after our likeness,

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 and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,

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 and over the birds of the heavens,

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 and over the livestock,

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 and over all the earth,

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 and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.

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 As part of the creation mandate,

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 we are made as people who image God in this world.

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 And we do it specifically by having dominion,

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 relegated authority over the world in which we live.

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 And then more specifically, we see in Genesis chapter 2 and verse 15.

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 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and to keep it,

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 or to cultivate it and to protect it.

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 So we see commands given, right?

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 Rule over this.

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 Be fruitful and multiply.

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 Fill the earth with my glory.

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 So we as image bearers are delegated authority.

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 Our authority is not absolute,

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 and it is not final.

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 It always has limits,

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 and is always subservient to the one who delegated it.

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 It's got boundaries set up for it.

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 Authority gone awry,

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 which there are many examples of,

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 is always authority that steps out of the bounds which God places on it.

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 When a person or institution takes up a responsibility not granted to them,

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 or exercises an authority granted to them in a way not granted to them,

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 it is at best ineffective.

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 At best, it's ineffective.

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 It is at worst abusive.

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 As a book, I want to commend it to you,

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 but I haven't read the whole thing,

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 so I'm not going to commend it to you yet.

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 But it has been good and helpful so far in my reading of it.

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 Written by a man named Jonathan Lehman,

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 many of you are probably familiar with.

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 And its main title is Authority,

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 but the subtitle of it I just love.

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 So the subtitle is

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 How Godly Rule Protects the Vulnerable,

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 Strengthens Communities,

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 and Promotes Human Flourishing.

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 So delegated authority,

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 properly exercised by the Scripture,

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 is good for us,

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 and it's good for others.

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 It's not this great evil to be avoided,

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 but rather a thing for us to take up,

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 and to understand,

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 and to exercise

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 for the place in which we live.

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 If our aim is to submit to God's good authority

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 for the sake of protecting the vulnerable,

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 strengthening our communities,

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 and promoting human flourishing,

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 then this topic is of great importance,

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 and it really must be well understood.

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 So we see in God's Word

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 that God delegates His authority

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 through three institutions

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 and six positions.

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 Three institutions

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 and six positions.

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 And I just want you to take a moment

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 and consider

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 what those three institutions

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 and six positions

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 might be.

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 You're all Bible readers.

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 I know that you are.

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 God has ordained authority

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 in this world.

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 Do you know them?

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 I hope at least a couple

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 have popped into your mind.

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 You experience them

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 on a regular basis.

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 Over the next four weeks,

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 Lord willing,

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 we will be considering

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 the three institutions

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 and the subsidiary positions

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 in some detail.

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 A breeze over, to be sure.

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 Today we're going to talk about

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 the family some,

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 but we're primarily going to talk

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 about the family

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 as a way of introducing

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 the idea to you

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 of these three institutions

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 and the six positions.

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 So here they are.

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 Are you ready?

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 Three institutions

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 and an accompanying tool,

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 which we'll talk about in detail

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 in the coming weeks,

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 that comes along with

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 that institution.

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 The first,

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 the family.

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 The first is the family.

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 And the accompanying tool is

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 the rod.

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 The rod, right?

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 This would have been

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 the short stick

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 that a shepherd would have carried.

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 He would have had a staff,

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 which was for gentle correction,

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 and a rod,

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 which was for cracking sheep

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 over the head.

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 Those are the two tools

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 that are being used, right?

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 This is the tool

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 that comes along

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 with the authority

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 of the family.

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 Proverbs 13, 24

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 is an example.

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 Whoever spares the rod

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 hates his son.

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 And I am not telling you

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 you should crack your kid

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 over the head

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 with a short stick.

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 That's not what the Bible

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 is saying either,

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 at all, right?

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 But corrective discipline

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 is important

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 for the training of children.

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 Whoever spares the rod,

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 here are those parents,

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 hates his son.

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 But he who loves him

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 is diligent

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 to discipline him.

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 So the authority

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 of the family

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 comes with a tool

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 we know as the rod

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 for corrective discipline.

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 The second institution,

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 which was a people for God,

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 which we now call

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 the church, right?

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 So the second institution

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 is the church.

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 This is the one

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 that often people

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 just grapple with.

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 What is the tool

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 given to the church?

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 What could it possibly be?

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 Well, it's the keys.

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 The keys.

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 We see mention of this

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 in Matthew chapter 16

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 and verse 19.

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 There Jesus says,

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 I will give you

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 the keys

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 of the kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 And whatever you bind

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 on earth

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 shall be bound in heaven.

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 Whatever you loose

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 on earth

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 shall be

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 loosed in heaven.

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 And this is a head-scratcher

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 until you read

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 Matthew chapter 18.

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 And we get this

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 careful prescription

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 for church discipline,

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 for bringing about

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 the correction

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 of souls

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 that are going wayward.

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 They're unrepentant

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 in their sin.

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 And there's an authority

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 that the church

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 brings to bear

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 called the keys.

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 This process

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 of disciplining people

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 we hope and pray

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 back into right relationship

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 with the Lord God.

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 Right?

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 So we got the family

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 with the rod,

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 the church

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 with the keys,

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 and finally,

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 and this one probably

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 came into your mind

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 fairly immediately,

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 government.

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 And the tool used

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 by government

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 is the sword.

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 So Romans chapter 13,

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 verse 3 and 4,

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 For rulers are not

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 a terror to good conduct,

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 but to bad.

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 Would you have no fear

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 of the one who is in authority?

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 Then do what is good,

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 and you will receive

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 his approval.

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 For he is God's servant

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 for your Lord in vain.

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 For he is the servant of God,

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 an avenger who carries out

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 God's wrath

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 on the wrongdoer.

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 Right?

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 So we have these tools

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 given to these three institutions

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 that have authority,

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 and we're going to talk about

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 many of the complications

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 that come

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 in a fallen world

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 as these institutions

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 play out their roles.

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 So three institutions,

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 and then six positions.

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 So within the family,

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 we have the authoritative role

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 of husband,

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 and the authoritative role

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 of parent.

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 In the church,

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 we have the authoritative role

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 of elder,

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 and we argue,

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 as congregationalists,

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 the authoritative role

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 of the congregation.

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 Right?

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 The church as a whole.

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 The government has

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 various offices

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 as suit the occasion

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 and the time.

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 King, governors,

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 judges,

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 Congress,

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 a president.

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 Et cetera.

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 And then outside

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 of these three institutions,

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 there's one

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 extra-institutional,

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 biblical position.

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 The employer,

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 or boss.

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 We're going to pick up

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 the language of master

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 in the Bible.

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 Maybe for our day,

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 manager could be

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 the best word.

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 Perhaps your employer

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 is far removed from you,

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 but you do have a person

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 that you answer to

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 in your job.

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 Colossians 4.1,

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 Masters,

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 treat your bond servants

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 justly and fairly,

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 knowing that you also have

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 a master in heaven.

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 And we're not going to

00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:27.500
 take up that one

00:19:27.500 --> 00:19:28.419
 in this study,

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 so that's an extra one.

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 It deserves some time

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 and attention,

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 but we're going to think

00:19:32.639 --> 00:19:34.319
 about these different positions

00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:35.359
 that exist within

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 these three institutions

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 across this time.

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 Now, within these

00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:41.559
 three institutions

00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:43.059
 and six positions,

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 there is granted

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 two types of authority.

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 Two types of authority.

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 Number one,

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 you have the authority

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 of coercion,

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 which is the power

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 to make someone

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 do something by force.

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 I like Jonathan Lehman

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 in his book,

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 Authority,

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 uses rather the term

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 the authority of command.

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 So, the power

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 to make somebody

00:20:10.420 --> 00:20:12.460
 do something by force.

00:20:12.820 --> 00:20:13.940
 Simple example of this

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 with the government.

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 There are speed limits

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 posted everywhere.

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 And if you break

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 the speed limit,

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 it is justly deserved

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 that you get pulled over

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 and you get a ticket

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 for that.

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 Doesn't mean we always

00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:26.360
 follow that rule,

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 but we can't complain

00:20:28.220 --> 00:20:28.800
 when we get

00:20:28.800 --> 00:20:31.940
 the coercive authority

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 applied to us

00:20:32.860 --> 00:20:34.960
 to keep that speed limit.

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 You get enough tickets,

00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:37.259
 you will find yourself

00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:40.079
 going slower and slower.

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 We don't try to persuade

00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:44.980
 our toddlers

00:20:44.980 --> 00:20:46.559
 to do things all the time.

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 Sometimes we make them

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 do things.

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 My children had to freeze

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 when I told them

00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:53.700
 to freeze.

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 Why?

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 Because I was concerned

00:20:55.940 --> 00:20:56.640
 for their safety.

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 So, we taught them

00:20:57.339 --> 00:20:57.740
 to do that.

00:20:57.799 --> 00:20:58.940
 So, if we were in a parking lot

00:20:58.940 --> 00:20:59.440
 or they were running

00:20:59.440 --> 00:21:00.180
 towards the road,

00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:01.059
 I could say freeze

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 and they would plant

00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:03.299
 their feet and not move.

00:21:03.660 --> 00:21:04.319
 And they knew

00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:05.379
 that there would be

00:21:05.380 --> 00:21:06.440
 punishment if they didn't

00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:07.660
 do what we asked them

00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:08.880
 to do.

00:21:09.320 --> 00:21:10.480
 So, this is the way

00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:12.280
 this power comes to bear.

00:21:12.440 --> 00:21:13.220
 And those tools

00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:14.200
 that I mentioned to you

00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:16.580
 accompany this power,

00:21:16.700 --> 00:21:17.360
 this authority

00:21:17.360 --> 00:21:18.880
 of command.

00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:19.620
 The rod,

00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:20.880
 the keys,

00:21:21.540 --> 00:21:22.600
 and the sword.

00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:25.279
 We also have

00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:26.000
 the authority

00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:28.219
 of persuasion.

00:21:28.659 --> 00:21:29.240
 And Jonathan Lehman

00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:30.000
 uses the term

00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:30.500
 counsel.

00:21:30.619 --> 00:21:31.079
 The authority

00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:32.740
 of counsel.

00:21:32.899 --> 00:21:33.819
 The power

00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:35.319
 to convince

00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:36.339
 someone

00:21:36.339 --> 00:21:37.359
 to do

00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:38.240
 something.

00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:39.859
 So,

00:21:40.879 --> 00:21:41.899
 if you're thinking

00:21:41.899 --> 00:21:43.159
 about the church,

00:21:43.959 --> 00:21:44.559
 we're going to talk

00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:45.339
 about this at length

00:21:45.339 --> 00:21:46.139
 next week.

00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:47.539
 Elders

00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:49.259
 do not have

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:49.719
 the power

00:21:49.719 --> 00:21:51.279
 of command.

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:53.619
 elders,

00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:55.420
 myself by myself,

00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:56.460
 I do not exercise

00:21:56.460 --> 00:21:56.980
 the keys

00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:58.259
 by myself.

00:21:58.839 --> 00:21:59.639
 I exercise

00:21:59.639 --> 00:22:00.240
 the keys

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:00.899
 as a part

00:22:00.899 --> 00:22:01.980
 of a congregational

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.660
 whole,

00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:04.299
 but not by myself.

00:22:05.139 --> 00:22:05.940
 I have never

00:22:05.940 --> 00:22:06.619
 and will never

00:22:06.619 --> 00:22:07.420
 because I don't think

00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:08.379
 I'm authorized

00:22:08.379 --> 00:22:09.240
 to do it

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:10.180
 by the Lord,

00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:11.420
 kick somebody

00:22:11.420 --> 00:22:12.139
 out of the church

00:22:12.139 --> 00:22:13.119
 and so declare

00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:13.899
 them not a Christian.

00:22:14.099 --> 00:22:14.399
 I don't think

00:22:14.399 --> 00:22:15.339
 I have the power

00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:15.859
 to do that

00:22:15.859 --> 00:22:16.980
 by myself

00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:18.160
 and therefore

00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:18.700
 I won't.

00:22:19.119 --> 00:22:19.680
 This is good,

00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:20.039
 right?

00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:21.359
 You personally

00:22:21.359 --> 00:22:21.859
 offend me

00:22:21.859 --> 00:22:22.200
 and I say,

00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:22.700
 how dare you?

00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:23.200
 That's offensive.

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.299
 How could you be

00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:24.599
 a Christian

00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:25.379
 and say such a thing?

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:26.159
 You're out of here.

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.659
 It's not a power

00:22:27.659 --> 00:22:29.200
 that I have.

00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:30.720
 But I do

00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:31.659
 have an authority

00:22:31.659 --> 00:22:32.579
 which means

00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:33.139
 that it should

00:22:33.139 --> 00:22:34.420
 bear on your conscience.

00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:35.099
 Hebrews 13,

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.980
 17 says,

00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:37.099
 obey your leaders

00:22:37.099 --> 00:22:37.879
 and submit

00:22:37.879 --> 00:22:38.599
 to them

00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:39.359
 for they're

00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:40.200
 keeping watch

00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:41.720
 over your soul.

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:43.220
 This authority

00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:44.259
 of counsel

00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:45.420
 or persuasion,

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:46.220
 it's what I'm doing

00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:47.079
 right now.

00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:47.379
 I'm trying

00:22:47.379 --> 00:22:47.899
 to convince

00:22:47.899 --> 00:22:48.220
 you

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:49.099
 that authority

00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:50.139
 is good

00:22:50.139 --> 00:22:50.480
 and I want

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:50.679
 you to

00:22:50.679 --> 00:22:51.539
 take it up

00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:52.019
 and by the

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:52.359
 power of the

00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:52.599
 spirit,

00:22:52.659 --> 00:22:52.919
 I hope it

00:22:52.919 --> 00:22:53.579
 works down

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:53.980
 into your

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.319
 heart

00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:54.899
 so that

00:22:54.899 --> 00:22:55.740
 you will

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.279
 want to

00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:57.179
 obey it.

00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:58.199
 We do

00:22:58.199 --> 00:22:59.399
 this day

00:22:59.399 --> 00:23:00.199
 in and

00:23:00.199 --> 00:23:01.439
 day out.

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:03.159
 But inevitably,

00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:04.159
 every time I preach

00:23:04.159 --> 00:23:04.460
 a sermon,

00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:05.179
 somebody comes up

00:23:05.179 --> 00:23:05.579
 to me and says,

00:23:05.699 --> 00:23:06.579
 I don't know.

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:07.659
 Well,

00:23:07.659 --> 00:23:08.220
 what do I do?

00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:08.980
 I don't say,

00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:09.819
 get in your car

00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:10.639
 and go home.

00:23:11.300 --> 00:23:12.960
 I say,

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:13.460
 well,

00:23:13.560 --> 00:23:14.140
 I'd love to

00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:14.700
 convince you.

00:23:15.380 --> 00:23:16.200
 Let's go back

00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:16.800
 to the text.

00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:17.280
 Let's keep

00:23:17.280 --> 00:23:17.860
 working on it

00:23:17.860 --> 00:23:18.080
 together.

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:19.320
 Maybe I was

00:23:19.320 --> 00:23:19.800
 wrong.

00:23:20.060 --> 00:23:20.759
 Let's look at it

00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:21.420
 and let's work

00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:22.560
 together toward

00:23:22.560 --> 00:23:23.100
 the truth

00:23:23.100 --> 00:23:24.220
 together.

00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:24.759
 So,

00:23:25.020 --> 00:23:25.500
 the authority

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:26.840
 of command

00:23:26.840 --> 00:23:28.020
 and the authority

00:23:28.020 --> 00:23:29.140
 of counsel

00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:30.000
 are helpful

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:31.140
 for us to get

00:23:31.140 --> 00:23:32.440
 right in our

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:32.740
 mind.

00:23:32.840 --> 00:23:33.040
 Again,

00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:33.420
 the authority

00:23:33.420 --> 00:23:33.759
 of command

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.420
 possesses the

00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:35.200
 right of

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:36.560
 corrective

00:23:36.560 --> 00:23:37.740
 discipline.

00:23:38.600 --> 00:23:39.280
 The authority

00:23:39.280 --> 00:23:40.480
 of counsel

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:41.339
 while the Bible

00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:42.460
 still is saying

00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:43.559
 you should listen

00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:44.400
 to this authority,

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.720
 it has no

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:47.700
 immediate

00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:49.519
 retributive

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:51.160
 consequence

00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:52.839
 if you don't

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:53.480
 obey it.

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:54.400
 Okay?

00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:54.960
 So,

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:56.860
 let's remember,

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:57.620
 and I'm setting you

00:23:57.620 --> 00:23:58.200
 up for a lot of

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:58.599
 this for the next

00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:58.940
 two weeks,

00:23:59.039 --> 00:24:00.099
 but let's remember

00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:01.259
 God is the

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:02.360
 absolute and

00:24:02.360 --> 00:24:03.220
 final authority

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:05.259
 and God

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:06.779
 delegates authority

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:08.160
 and authorizes

00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:09.440
 the boundaries

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:11.000
 of that authority.

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:12.799
 So,

00:24:12.860 --> 00:24:13.400
 we do well

00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:14.279
 to lay aside

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:15.779
 our experiences

00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.980
 and our prejudices

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.900
 against authority

00:24:17.900 --> 00:24:18.500
 and to lay

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.720
 bare God's

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:21.000
 word on the

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.279
 matter.

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:22.779
 Whether or not

00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.340
 our experience

00:24:23.340 --> 00:24:23.840
 of authority

00:24:23.840 --> 00:24:24.559
 has been

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:25.059
 positive,

00:24:25.820 --> 00:24:26.759
 what might

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.600
 a world,

00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:28.880
 a nation,

00:24:29.340 --> 00:24:30.200
 a church,

00:24:30.600 --> 00:24:31.580
 a family

00:24:31.580 --> 00:24:32.519
 look like

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.440
 when ordered

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:34.400
 properly

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:35.759
 by God's

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.440
 good

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:37.820
 authority.

00:24:38.320 --> 00:24:39.019
 It's really

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.980
 worth stopping

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.660
 and considering.

00:24:40.780 --> 00:24:41.759
 If God is

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.300
 the authority

00:24:42.300 --> 00:24:42.940
 and he's

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.680
 good and

00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:44.400
 he's created

00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:45.320
 and delegated

00:24:45.320 --> 00:24:46.160
 authority,

00:24:46.360 --> 00:24:46.840
 which is

00:24:46.840 --> 00:24:47.340
 good,

00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.080
 huh,

00:24:48.440 --> 00:24:49.820
 what might

00:24:49.820 --> 00:24:51.259
 it look

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:51.600
 like?

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.560
 We'll talk

00:24:53.560 --> 00:24:53.880
 about this

00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:54.320
 at length,

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.980
 but our

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.300
 church,

00:24:56.360 --> 00:24:56.660
 even as

00:24:56.660 --> 00:24:57.320
 congregationalists,

00:24:57.380 --> 00:24:57.720
 we're not a

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.600
 pure democracy.

00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.880
 Pure democracy

00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:01.300
 would be chaos

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:02.480
 in the life

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.039
 of a church.

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.259
 This is not

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:04.500
 the way

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:04.899
 that God

00:25:04.899 --> 00:25:05.940
 intended

00:25:05.940 --> 00:25:06.539
 for it to

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:08.419
 work together.

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.339
 We need

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:09.960
 to understand

00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:10.799
 these roles

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.639
 and categories

00:25:11.639 --> 00:25:12.139
 so that we

00:25:12.139 --> 00:25:12.700
 can properly

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.419
 function

00:25:13.419 --> 00:25:14.919
 within them.

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.519
 Charles Spurgeon

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.019
 once said,

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:17.460
 this is just

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:18.059
 a broad

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:18.519
 quotation,

00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:18.980
 he wasn't

00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:19.579
 specifically

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:20.119
 speaking of

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:20.480
 authority

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:21.519
 at the time,

00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:21.839
 this is on

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:22.099
 the back

00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:22.299
 of the

00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:22.619
 bulletin

00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:22.899
 if you

00:25:22.899 --> 00:25:23.399
 care to

00:25:23.399 --> 00:25:23.700
 see it,

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.579
 he said,

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:25.480
 I believe

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.039
 certain

00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:26.720
 doctrines

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:28.200
 because God

00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:29.019
 says they

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:29.700
 are true

00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:30.579
 and the only

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:31.099
 authority

00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:31.699
 I have

00:25:31.699 --> 00:25:32.039
 for their

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.500
 truth

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.419
 is the

00:25:33.419 --> 00:25:33.659
 word of

00:25:33.659 --> 00:25:33.919
 God.

00:25:34.879 --> 00:25:35.799
 I receive

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:36.219
 such and

00:25:36.219 --> 00:25:36.859
 such doctrines

00:25:36.859 --> 00:25:37.500
 not because

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.299
 I can prove

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:38.779
 them to be

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.399
 compatible with

00:25:39.399 --> 00:25:39.740
 reason,

00:25:39.939 --> 00:25:40.599
 not because

00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:41.339
 my judgment

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:42.179
 accepts them,

00:25:42.399 --> 00:25:42.879
 but because

00:25:42.879 --> 00:25:44.079
 God says

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:44.879
 they are

00:25:44.879 --> 00:25:45.159
 true.

00:25:46.199 --> 00:25:46.799
 Now this is

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.099
 one of the

00:25:47.099 --> 00:25:47.679
 best services

00:25:47.679 --> 00:25:48.339
 we can render

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:48.980
 to God,

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.139
 to submit

00:25:50.139 --> 00:25:50.839
 ourselves to

00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:51.579
 him in our

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:52.299
 belief of

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:53.079
 what he has

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:54.439
 revealed and

00:25:54.439 --> 00:25:55.740
 ask him to

00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:56.519
 fix his

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.519
 truths in

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:58.179
 our hearts

00:25:58.179 --> 00:25:59.240
 and make

00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:00.599
 us obey

00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:00.899
 them.

00:26:01.099 --> 00:26:03.439
 Now,

00:26:04.439 --> 00:26:05.059
 the family

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:06.139
 is the

00:26:06.139 --> 00:26:07.779
 first and

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.679
 foremost

00:26:08.679 --> 00:26:09.959
 institutional

00:26:09.959 --> 00:26:11.079
 authority.

00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:11.659
 And what I

00:26:11.659 --> 00:26:12.139
 mean by that

00:26:12.139 --> 00:26:12.480
 is that it

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.339
 was created

00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:14.839
 first and

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.839
 as foremost,

00:26:16.139 --> 00:26:17.119
 it's foundational

00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:18.079
 to all of the

00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:19.059
 other systems

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:19.619
 that we see

00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:20.419
 playing out.

00:26:20.419 --> 00:26:22.079
 As goes the

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.599
 family,

00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:23.779
 so goes the

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.939
 rest of

00:26:24.939 --> 00:26:25.379
 society.

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.619
 You will not

00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:27.619
 have strong

00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:28.159
 churches without

00:26:28.159 --> 00:26:28.819
 strong families,

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:28.879
 families,

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:29.559
 you will not

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:30.779
 have strong

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:32.679
 countries without

00:26:32.679 --> 00:26:34.200
 strong families.

00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:36.480
 Consider that

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.240
 this is why

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:38.460
 over the last

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:39.200
 century,

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:41.240
 our enemy

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:42.139
 has been

00:26:42.139 --> 00:26:43.299
 after the

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:43.639
 family.

00:26:43.879 --> 00:26:44.299
 That is the

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:45.599
 primary focus

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:46.439
 of the

00:26:46.439 --> 00:26:47.599
 attacks on

00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:48.099
 our

00:26:48.099 --> 00:26:50.139
 well-being.

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.619
 It was

00:26:51.619 --> 00:26:52.460
 created in the

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:53.200
 early days of

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:53.819
 the creation

00:26:53.819 --> 00:26:55.339
 of the world.

00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:55.899
 You can read

00:26:55.899 --> 00:26:56.319
 the account

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:56.759
 in Genesis

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.559
 chapter 2.

00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:58.539
 Adam is given

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:59.439
 that dominion

00:26:59.439 --> 00:27:00.399
 mandate.

00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:01.959
 Go forth,

00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:02.539
 be fruitful,

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.179
 multiply,

00:27:03.379 --> 00:27:04.059
 rule over all

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.439
 things,

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:05.819
 and then he

00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:06.579
 rightly declares

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:07.359
 that Adam is

00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:07.759
 going to need a

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.480
 partner to be

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:09.099
 able to do

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:09.399
 so.

00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:11.059
 God institutes

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:12.000
 the family,

00:27:12.439 --> 00:27:13.980
 husband and

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.359
 wife.

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.199
 And if mankind

00:27:15.199 --> 00:27:15.839
 is to spread

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:16.319
 God's image

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:17.039
 across the globe,

00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:17.299
 then they

00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:17.740
 needed a

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:18.720
 mechanism by

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:20.539
 which to

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.059
 do so.

00:27:21.459 --> 00:27:22.000
 The whole

00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:22.459
 thing gets

00:27:22.459 --> 00:27:23.399
 messed up before

00:27:23.399 --> 00:27:23.959
 children even

00:27:23.959 --> 00:27:24.619
 enter into the

00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:24.859
 scene,

00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:25.159
 but it was

00:27:25.159 --> 00:27:25.679
 always the

00:27:25.679 --> 00:27:26.719
 intention of

00:27:26.719 --> 00:27:27.639
 this institution,

00:27:27.899 --> 00:27:28.339
 right, that it

00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:28.919
 would be husband

00:27:28.919 --> 00:27:30.139
 and wife and

00:27:30.139 --> 00:27:30.639
 children,

00:27:31.199 --> 00:27:31.799
 because we see

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.719
 this command to

00:27:32.719 --> 00:27:34.379
 multiply and to

00:27:34.379 --> 00:27:35.679
 fill the earth

00:27:35.679 --> 00:27:36.839
 with the glory of

00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:37.159
 God.

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.959
 So again, we see

00:27:38.959 --> 00:27:39.399
 within this

00:27:39.399 --> 00:27:40.359
 institution of the

00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:41.199
 family, we see

00:27:41.199 --> 00:27:43.119
 two positions.

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.599
 We see the

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:44.539
 husband and we

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:45.399
 see the

00:27:45.399 --> 00:27:46.119
 parents.

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:47.859
 Now the

00:27:47.859 --> 00:27:48.299
 husband,

00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:49.579
 here's this

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:49.819
 husband,

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:51.939
 does not have

00:27:51.939 --> 00:27:52.500
 the authority

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:54.219
 of command.

00:27:54.859 --> 00:27:57.079
 look around

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.599
 in the text,

00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.639
 I challenge

00:27:58.639 --> 00:27:58.919
 you,

00:27:59.619 --> 00:28:00.219
 you will not

00:28:00.219 --> 00:28:01.659
 find a rod

00:28:01.659 --> 00:28:02.459
 given to the

00:28:02.459 --> 00:28:02.799
 husband.

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.519
 The husband

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.759
 rather has

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.599
 the authority

00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:09.539
 of counsel.

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:09.599
 people.

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.359
 1 Corinthians 11

00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:13.559
 3 says this,

00:28:13.639 --> 00:28:13.960
 but I want you

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.379
 to understand

00:28:14.379 --> 00:28:14.799
 that the head

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.319
 of every man

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:15.859
 is Christ,

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:16.759
 the head of

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.599
 a wife is

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:18.000
 her husband,

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:19.200
 and the head

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:19.819
 of Christ

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:21.379
 is God.

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:21.659
 I mean,

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.460
 a subservient

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:23.440
 delegated

00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:24.960
 authority.

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:26.019
 Ephesians chapter

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:27.460
 5 verse 22

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:28.420
 through 28,

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:29.560
 wives,

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.960
 submit to your

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.940
 own husbands

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:33.380
 as to the

00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:33.640
 Lord.

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.680
 There's the

00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:35.120
 conscience

00:28:35.120 --> 00:28:35.680
 command,

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.019
 the thing

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.759
 that weighs

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.340
 on you.

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.000
 You'll be

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.680
 judged for

00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:39.340
 one day.

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:39.759
 Should you

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.320
 be obedient

00:28:40.320 --> 00:28:40.700
 to this?

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.240
 You should

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.740
 be obedient

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.140
 to this.

00:28:42.360 --> 00:28:42.660
 Wives,

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.519
 submit to

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.180
 your own

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:44.920
 husbands

00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:46.800
 as to

00:28:46.800 --> 00:28:47.120
 the Lord.

00:28:47.820 --> 00:28:48.180
 For the

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:48.680
 husband is

00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:48.960
 the head

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.180
 of the

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:49.539
 wife,

00:28:49.600 --> 00:28:50.019
 even as

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:50.779
 Christ is

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.220
 the head

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.519
 of the

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:51.820
 church,

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:52.340
 his body

00:28:52.340 --> 00:28:52.779
 and is

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.519
 himself

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.680
 its

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:55.000
 savior.

00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:56.039
 Now as

00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:56.200
 the

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.519
 church

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:56.819
 submits

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.000
 to

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.299
 Christ,

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:58.059
 so also

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:58.519
 wives

00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:58.720
 should

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.159
 submit

00:28:59.159 --> 00:29:00.159
 in

00:29:00.159 --> 00:29:00.500
 everything

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.440
 to

00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:01.619
 their

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:02.139
 husbands.

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:03.980
 And then

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.359
 the command

00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:04.899
 goes on.

00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:06.659
 Now,

00:29:06.899 --> 00:29:07.839
 I was a

00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:08.200
 sociology

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.879
 major.

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.440
 I did

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:09.579
 my

00:29:09.579 --> 00:29:09.920
 undergrad

00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:10.440
 work at

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:10.539
 the

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:10.940
 University

00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:11.519
 of

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:11.720
 North

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.059
 Georgia.

00:29:12.879 --> 00:29:13.399
 Many

00:29:13.399 --> 00:29:13.659
 of the

00:29:13.659 --> 00:29:14.240
 conversations

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:14.799
 right now

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.119
 that are

00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:15.399
 just

00:29:15.399 --> 00:29:15.980
 shocking

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.200
 our

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:16.480
 culture,

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:16.859
 I can't

00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:17.119
 believe

00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:17.259
 we're

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:17.500
 having

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:17.680
 these

00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:17.920
 kinds

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:18.079
 of

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:18.659
 conversations

00:29:18.659 --> 00:29:19.119
 about

00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:19.759
 sexuality

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.180
 and

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:20.480
 gender,

00:29:20.899 --> 00:29:21.180
 we were

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:21.399
 having

00:29:21.399 --> 00:29:21.619
 in the

00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:22.099
 classroom

00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:22.559
 two

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:22.879
 decades

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:23.159
 ago.

00:29:23.399 --> 00:29:23.579
 We

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:23.720
 were

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.019
 talking

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.259
 about

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:24.259


00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:24.500
 all

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:24.819
 of this

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:26.839
 already.

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:27.859
 And I

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:28.399
 had a

00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:29.299
 sociology

00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:29.859
 of

00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:30.259
 gender

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.980
 class,

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.480
 and the

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:33.599
 professor's

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:34.839
 vendetta

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:35.379
 in that

00:29:35.379 --> 00:29:36.200
 class was

00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:36.720
 to condemn

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.339
 Christianity

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:37.920
 and for

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:38.220
 what it

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:38.759
 had done

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.299
 to the

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.740
 relationship

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.220
 between

00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:40.559
 men

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:41.500
 and

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:41.759
 women.

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.000
 And there

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.200
 were

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:44.059
 many

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:44.379
 females

00:29:44.379 --> 00:29:44.639
 in that

00:29:44.639 --> 00:29:44.920
 class

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.159
 that

00:29:45.159 --> 00:29:45.839
 loved

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.200
 everything

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:46.420
 that he

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:46.700
 had to

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:46.960
 say.

00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:48.779
 There was

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.019
 one in

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.339
 particular,

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:49.700
 she was

00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:49.920
 a middle

00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.059
 aged

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:50.259
 woman,

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:50.480
 she had

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:50.619
 come

00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:50.940
 back

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:51.319
 to

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:51.619
 school,

00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:52.079
 and she

00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.379
 had a

00:29:52.379 --> 00:29:52.559
 really

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:53.000
 good

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.940
 friend

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:55.139
 whose

00:29:55.139 --> 00:29:55.599
 husband

00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:56.139
 in the

00:29:56.139 --> 00:29:56.319
 name

00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:56.459
 of

00:29:56.459 --> 00:29:57.019
 Christianity

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:58.579
 using

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:58.980
 the

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.379
 scripture

00:29:59.379 --> 00:30:00.419
 was

00:30:00.419 --> 00:30:00.779
 physically

00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:01.119
 abusive

00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:01.779
 to her.

00:30:02.419 --> 00:30:02.699
 Like,

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:03.379
 put her

00:30:03.379 --> 00:30:03.559
 in the

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:03.959
 hospital

00:30:03.959 --> 00:30:04.679
 physically

00:30:04.679 --> 00:30:05.279
 abusive

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:05.899
 to her.

00:30:06.699 --> 00:30:07.219
 And I

00:30:07.219 --> 00:30:07.599
 listened to

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:07.779
 her,

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.019
 one class

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:09.379
 period,

00:30:09.719 --> 00:30:10.359
 bemoan

00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:10.919
 Christianity

00:30:10.919 --> 00:30:11.639
 for this,

00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:12.619
 and she

00:30:12.619 --> 00:30:13.079
 started to

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:13.619
 speak again

00:30:13.619 --> 00:30:14.019
 in another

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.539
 class period,

00:30:14.659 --> 00:30:14.759
 and I

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.179
 just shot

00:30:15.179 --> 00:30:15.559
 my hand

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:15.779
 up.

00:30:16.439 --> 00:30:16.839
 Before I

00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:17.199
 even thought

00:30:17.199 --> 00:30:17.379
 what I

00:30:17.379 --> 00:30:17.579
 was going

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:17.859
 to say,

00:30:17.939 --> 00:30:18.219
 shot

00:30:18.219 --> 00:30:18.579
 my hand

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:18.819
 up,

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:19.980
 and I

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.319
 was called

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:20.579
 on.

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:20.899
 And I

00:30:20.899 --> 00:30:21.059
 just

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:22.000
 turned to

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.119
 her,

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:22.459
 and I

00:30:22.459 --> 00:30:22.659
 said,

00:30:22.699 --> 00:30:22.939
 I said,

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.179
 ma'am,

00:30:23.419 --> 00:30:24.279
 quite a bit

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:24.519
 older than

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:24.639
 me.

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:24.960
 I said,

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:25.139
 ma'am,

00:30:26.139 --> 00:30:27.240
 nowhere in

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.559
 the Bible

00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:28.299
 is the

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:28.700
 justification

00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:29.200
 for what

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.480
 that man

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:29.779
 is doing

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.059
 to his

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:30.279
 wife

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.599
 found.

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.099
 It is

00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:31.500
 not

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:32.220
 found in

00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:32.339
 the

00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:32.559
 scripture.

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.220
 He's

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.900
 misusing

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.720
 it if

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:34.859
 he's

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:35.299
 using it

00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:35.720
 as the

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.299
 justification.

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:37.139
 So your

00:30:37.139 --> 00:30:37.660
 attack against

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:38.039
 Christianity

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.299
 is not

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:38.579
 founded.

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:38.960
 And I'll

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.559
 say that

00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:40.259
 to the

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:40.720
 degree that

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:40.879
 I'll

00:30:40.879 --> 00:30:41.200
 say,

00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:42.139
 as a

00:30:42.139 --> 00:30:42.500
 Christian

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:43.099
 man,

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.740
 if that

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.139
 woman is

00:30:45.139 --> 00:30:45.519
 ready to

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:45.920
 leave that

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:46.440
 husband for

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:46.819
 his abusive

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:47.259
 behavior,

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:48.279
 I'm there

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:48.960
 to help.

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:50.680
 Now,

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:50.960
 I don't

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.380
 bear the

00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:51.700
 power of

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.039
 the sword,

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:52.600
 so this

00:30:52.600 --> 00:30:53.180
 gets complicated,

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:53.660
 right?

00:30:53.840 --> 00:30:54.900
 But I do

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.299
 believe as a

00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:55.640
 Christian I

00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:55.960
 should be

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.380
 one who

00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:56.740
 seeks

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.940
 justice.

00:30:58.920 --> 00:30:59.460
 And by

00:30:59.460 --> 00:30:59.960
 God's grace,

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:00.900
 it shut

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.440
 down the

00:31:01.440 --> 00:31:01.980
 attacks against

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.500
 Christianity

00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:03.299
 again and

00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:03.620
 again and

00:31:03.620 --> 00:31:03.860
 again.

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:04.779
 Another

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.279
 class that I

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:05.539
 had,

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:06.400
 sociology of

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:07.120
 religion

00:31:07.120 --> 00:31:07.920
 class,

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.180
 same

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:09.579
 professor,

00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:11.579
 going hard

00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:12.519
 and read

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:13.059
 this text,

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:14.200
 Ephesians 5,

00:31:14.600 --> 00:31:15.000
 he read

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.940
 verse 22

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:17.299
 through 24

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:18.740
 that wives

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.279
 should submit

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:20.279
 in everything

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:21.080
 to their

00:31:21.080 --> 00:31:21.960
 husbands and

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.400
 people are

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:23.240
 up in arms

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.539
 and they're

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:24.220
 very upset

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.980
 about Christianity

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.880
 and what it's

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:26.759
 done and how

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.380
 oppressive it

00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:28.620
 is to women

00:31:28.620 --> 00:31:29.460
 and I just

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:30.200
 quietly got my

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:30.860
 Bible out and

00:31:30.860 --> 00:31:31.460
 I opened it

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.880
 up and I

00:31:31.880 --> 00:31:32.360
 set it on

00:31:32.360 --> 00:31:33.539
 the desk and

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:34.000
 I don't know

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.460
 why,

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:36.059
 but at one

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.860
 point he

00:31:36.860 --> 00:31:37.380
 said,

00:31:37.820 --> 00:31:38.600
 okay Nathan,

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.559
 what do you

00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:39.940
 think?

00:31:42.840 --> 00:31:43.559
 And I

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:44.000
 said,

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:45.240
 well since

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:45.900
 you asked,

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:48.539
 you misuse

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.000
 the Bible

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:50.160
 for your

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:51.740
 agenda and

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:52.400
 you ought to

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:52.759
 read the

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.559
 rest of the

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:53.880
 text.

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.299
 So I just

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.660
 read it.

00:31:54.840 --> 00:31:55.140
 So here it

00:31:55.140 --> 00:31:55.320
 is,

00:31:55.860 --> 00:31:56.539
 verse 25.

00:31:57.360 --> 00:31:57.720
 Husbands,

00:31:58.720 --> 00:31:59.480
 here we are,

00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:00.039
 oh men,

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:00.620
 oh if you're

00:32:00.620 --> 00:32:01.220
 being proud at

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:01.600
 the moment,

00:32:01.840 --> 00:32:02.240
 wives should

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.840
 submit to us

00:32:02.840 --> 00:32:03.440
 and everything.

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.680
 Husbands,

00:32:05.600 --> 00:32:07.640
 love your

00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:08.080
 wives.

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:08.759
 This is not

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.460
 an emotional

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:09.900
 thing,

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.340
 this word does

00:32:10.340 --> 00:32:11.360
 not mean that.

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.039
 Should we be

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.640
 affectionate towards

00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:13.000
 our wives?

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:13.779
 Yes, we

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.100
 should.

00:32:14.620 --> 00:32:14.700
 Right?

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:16.180
 Sacrificially

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:17.039
 serve your

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.420
 wives,

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.120
 love your

00:32:18.120 --> 00:32:18.400
 wives,

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.340
 seek their

00:32:19.340 --> 00:32:20.299
 highest good

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:21.200
 in all

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.580
 things.

00:32:21.660 --> 00:32:21.940
 And he's

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.100
 going to

00:32:22.100 --> 00:32:22.539
 explain what

00:32:22.539 --> 00:32:22.960
 that highest

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.420
 good is in

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:24.059
 just a moment.

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:24.539
 That's what

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:24.819
 we're supposed

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:25.240
 to be doing.

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:25.600
 Husbands,

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:26.039
 we're supposed

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:26.660
 to love

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:27.620
 our wives

00:32:27.620 --> 00:32:29.620
 as Christ

00:32:29.620 --> 00:32:31.680
 loved the

00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:32.100
 church.

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:32.759
 And in case

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.279
 you're so

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:34.360
 dense that

00:32:34.360 --> 00:32:34.880
 you still

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:35.440
 don't get

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:35.680
 it,

00:32:35.860 --> 00:32:36.319
 he says,

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:37.319
 and gave

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:39.380
 himself up

00:32:39.380 --> 00:32:40.680
 for her.

00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:42.300
 How did

00:32:42.300 --> 00:32:42.740
 Christ love

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.240
 the church?

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:44.700
 He died

00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:45.380
 for the

00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:45.820
 church.

00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:47.860
 That flips

00:32:47.860 --> 00:32:49.100
 the whole

00:32:49.100 --> 00:32:49.840
 thing on

00:32:49.840 --> 00:32:50.480
 its head.

00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:51.300
 Right?

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.580
 You cannot

00:32:52.580 --> 00:32:53.260
 support a

00:32:53.260 --> 00:32:53.880
 feminist agenda

00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:54.720
 from this

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.200
 text.

00:32:56.560 --> 00:32:57.500
 This is the

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.620
 kind of

00:32:58.620 --> 00:33:00.460
 authority we

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:01.040
 are meant to

00:33:01.040 --> 00:33:01.820
 be exercising

00:33:01.820 --> 00:33:02.860
 in our

00:33:02.860 --> 00:33:03.140
 homes.

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:03.360
 Right?

00:33:03.580 --> 00:33:04.060
 Gave himself

00:33:04.060 --> 00:33:04.560
 up for her.

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:05.580
 That he,

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:05.880
 and we're

00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:06.140
 talking about

00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:06.740
 Christ and

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.160
 the church,

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:07.560
 but this is

00:33:07.560 --> 00:33:07.940
 the way we're

00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:08.280
 supposed to be

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:08.740
 serving our

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.059
 wives,

00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:09.539
 that he

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:10.480
 might sanctify

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:10.899
 her,

00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:12.519
 having cleansed

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:12.940
 her by the

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:13.460
 washing of

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:14.039
 water with

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:14.599
 the word,

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:15.259
 so that he

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.779
 might present

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.440
 the church to

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:17.019
 himself in

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:17.779
 splendor without

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:18.519
 spot or

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:19.399
 wrinkle or

00:33:19.399 --> 00:33:20.079
 any such

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:20.460
 thing,

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.079
 that she

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:21.559
 might be

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:22.779
 holy and

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.279
 without

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:24.579
 blemish.

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:25.579
 This is the

00:33:25.579 --> 00:33:26.420
 way we are

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:27.119
 supposed to be

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:27.759
 serving our

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:28.259
 wives,

00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:28.519
 right?

00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:29.240
 Seeking their

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:30.059
 highest good,

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:30.940
 which is their

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:33.240
 spiritual gain.

00:33:33.859 --> 00:33:34.879
 In the same

00:33:34.879 --> 00:33:35.480
 way,

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:36.480
 again,

00:33:36.879 --> 00:33:37.799
 I think Paul

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.639
 knows how

00:33:38.639 --> 00:33:39.139
 thick-headed

00:33:39.139 --> 00:33:39.819
 we can be.

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.740
 In the same

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:41.059
 way,

00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:42.559
 husbands should

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:42.919
 love their

00:33:42.919 --> 00:33:44.259
 wives as

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:44.859
 their own

00:33:44.859 --> 00:33:45.960
 bodies.

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:46.559
 He who

00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:46.960
 loves his

00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:48.119
 wife loves

00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:49.480
 himself.

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:51.500
 So we

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.180
 work by the

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:52.539
 power of the

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:54.099
 word to

00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:55.240
 persuade our

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:55.659
 wives.

00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:56.460
 We're giving

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:57.259
 them counsel.

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:57.839
 We're helping

00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:58.779
 to steer them.

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.460
 We're giving

00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:01.000
 them guidance

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:02.259
 for how they

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:03.680
 need to live

00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:04.200
 their wives.

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:04.640
 Now,

00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:06.200
 I meant to

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.480
 ask my

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:06.759
 wife for

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.200
 permission to

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:07.519
 share this

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:07.740
 story,

00:34:07.840 --> 00:34:08.119
 so I hope

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:08.400
 she won't

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:08.860
 mind that

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.199
 I'm sharing

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:09.360
 it.

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:09.699
 I think

00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:10.039
 she won't

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.360
 mind that

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:10.699
 I'm sharing

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:10.860
 it.

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.099
 Sam,

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:11.340
 I am

00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:11.740
 sorry.

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:15.539
 My wife

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:15.920
 likes

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:16.679
 true crime

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:17.079
 TV,

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.740
 and I

00:34:18.740 --> 00:34:18.980
 don't know

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:19.260
 the name

00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:19.440
 of the

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:19.579
 show,

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:19.860
 but she

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:20.260
 got onto

00:34:20.260 --> 00:34:20.800
 a show

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:22.320
 that was

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:23.079
 like bizarre

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:24.400
 crime kind

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:24.800
 of stuff,

00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:26.039
 and I

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.360
 just was

00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:26.740
 seeing in

00:34:26.740 --> 00:34:27.000
 her kind

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.199
 of this

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:27.679
 growing

00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:28.460
 anxiety,

00:34:28.639 --> 00:34:29.519
 just fears

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:29.860
 that I

00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:30.480
 felt were

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:31.260
 misplaced

00:34:31.260 --> 00:34:31.800
 for her

00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:32.480
 own safety,

00:34:32.660 --> 00:34:32.860
 for the

00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:33.280
 safety of

00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:34.380
 our children.

00:34:34.700 --> 00:34:35.440
 And so I

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:35.960
 began by

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:36.200
 saying,

00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:36.620
 I don't

00:34:36.620 --> 00:34:37.400
 know that

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:38.620
 that's really

00:34:38.620 --> 00:34:39.320
 serving your

00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:39.660
 soul,

00:34:39.820 --> 00:34:40.480
 watching those

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:40.660
 shows.

00:34:40.740 --> 00:34:41.760
 I think it's

00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:42.420
 creating this

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:43.140
 temptation in

00:34:43.140 --> 00:34:43.940
 you to

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:44.360
 fear,

00:34:44.620 --> 00:34:45.520
 not trust

00:34:45.520 --> 00:34:46.100
 the Lord's

00:34:46.100 --> 00:34:46.680
 providence in

00:34:46.680 --> 00:34:47.280
 our lives.

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.160
 And she

00:34:48.160 --> 00:34:48.520
 said,

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:49.140
 yeah,

00:34:49.220 --> 00:34:49.620
 you might be

00:34:49.620 --> 00:34:49.860
 right,

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:50.120
 yeah,

00:34:50.200 --> 00:34:50.480
 I'll think

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:50.860
 about it.

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.080
 I'm like,

00:34:51.100 --> 00:34:51.280
 okay,

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:51.620
 that's

00:34:51.620 --> 00:34:51.800
 great.

00:34:53.040 --> 00:34:53.320
 Now some

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:53.660
 time went

00:34:53.660 --> 00:34:53.980
 on,

00:34:54.160 --> 00:34:54.340
 and I

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:54.460
 went,

00:34:54.520 --> 00:34:54.620
 hey,

00:34:54.680 --> 00:34:55.740
 are you still

00:34:55.740 --> 00:34:56.120
 watching?

00:34:57.100 --> 00:34:57.680
 Still noticing

00:34:57.680 --> 00:34:58.060
 that there's

00:34:58.060 --> 00:34:58.340
 kind of these

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:58.620
 fears in you?

00:34:58.640 --> 00:34:58.900
 Are you still

00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.140
 watching?

00:34:59.139 --> 00:35:00.219
 Yeah,

00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:00.960
 I'm still

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.900
 watching it.

00:35:02.359 --> 00:35:02.759
 So I just

00:35:02.759 --> 00:35:03.179
 said a little

00:35:03.179 --> 00:35:04.219
 more emphatically,

00:35:04.379 --> 00:35:05.779
 I really think

00:35:05.779 --> 00:35:06.079
 you need to

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:06.339
 stop.

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:06.839
 I think it's

00:35:06.839 --> 00:35:07.079
 time.

00:35:09.259 --> 00:35:09.819
 And then we

00:35:09.819 --> 00:35:10.259
 took a trip

00:35:10.259 --> 00:35:11.139
 up to Clayton,

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:11.659
 and we were

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:12.460
 playing on a

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:12.659
 river.

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:13.480
 Our kids

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:14.019
 were toddlers

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:14.699
 at the time,

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.379
 and we were

00:35:16.379 --> 00:35:17.619
 across from a

00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:18.639
 dirt road on

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:19.559
 a riverbank,

00:35:19.859 --> 00:35:20.739
 rocky riverbank.

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:21.319
 We were

00:35:21.319 --> 00:35:21.639
 sitting in

00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:21.859
 chairs,

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.239
 Sam and I

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:22.400
 were,

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:22.920
 and the boys

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:23.319
 were playing

00:35:23.319 --> 00:35:23.819
 around us,

00:35:24.339 --> 00:35:25.659
 and an old

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:26.059
 truck went

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:26.639
 rolling by.

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:27.359
 Admittedly,

00:35:27.379 --> 00:35:27.819
 it was creepy.

00:35:27.879 --> 00:35:28.339
 It was black.

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:28.779
 The windows

00:35:28.779 --> 00:35:29.079
 were like

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:29.779
 blacked out

00:35:29.779 --> 00:35:30.059
 on the

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.860
 truck and

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:31.699
 rolling by.

00:35:31.799 --> 00:35:32.079
 But it was

00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:32.599
 like a really

00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:33.519
 popular fishing

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:33.819
 river.

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.559
 I'm fairly

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:35.059
 sure the guy

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:35.380
 was just

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:35.860
 scouting a

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:36.239
 place to

00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:36.639
 go fishing.

00:35:37.739 --> 00:35:38.219
 But he

00:35:38.219 --> 00:35:38.699
 went rolling

00:35:38.699 --> 00:35:39.559
 by really

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:40.000
 slow,

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:40.719
 and Sam

00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:40.960
 said,

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.299
 boys,

00:35:41.360 --> 00:35:41.519
 quick,

00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:41.799
 quick,

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:42.059
 quick,

00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:42.480
 get behind

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:42.599
 me,

00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:42.980
 get behind

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.059
 me,

00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:43.380
 get behind

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:43.500
 me.

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:43.639
 And I

00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:43.819
 was like,

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.460
 what are

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:45.139
 you doing

00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:46.559
 right now?

00:35:47.380 --> 00:35:47.779
 And she

00:35:47.779 --> 00:35:48.159
 said,

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.480
 he might

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:49.759
 be a

00:35:49.759 --> 00:35:50.119
 sniper.

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:55.980
 I love

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.099
 you,

00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:56.340
 Sam.

00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:56.659
 Don't hate

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:56.880
 me for

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:57.239
 telling this

00:35:57.239 --> 00:35:57.599
 story.

00:35:57.599 --> 00:36:00.619
 So it

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:00.819
 was at

00:36:00.819 --> 00:36:01.239
 this point,

00:36:01.319 --> 00:36:01.619
 the very

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:02.019
 first thing

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.360
 I said

00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:02.719
 was,

00:36:02.799 --> 00:36:03.480
 it's time

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:03.819
 to stop

00:36:03.819 --> 00:36:04.319
 watching that

00:36:04.319 --> 00:36:04.519
 show.

00:36:05.219 --> 00:36:06.259
 It's time to

00:36:06.259 --> 00:36:06.699
 stop watching

00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:07.019
 that show.

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:08.119
 And to my

00:36:08.119 --> 00:36:08.559
 wife's

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:09.400
 wonderful credit,

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:10.019
 she said,

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:10.900
 you're right.

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:12.099
 You're right.

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.460
 right.

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.299
 She submitted

00:36:13.299 --> 00:36:14.279
 to my

00:36:14.279 --> 00:36:15.000
 authority of

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.819
 persuasion.

00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:16.539
 It just took

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:17.219
 a little time

00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:17.739
 for us to

00:36:17.739 --> 00:36:18.059
 get there,

00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:18.299
 but she

00:36:18.299 --> 00:36:18.500
 said,

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:18.980
 you're right.

00:36:19.319 --> 00:36:19.779
 There's this

00:36:19.779 --> 00:36:21.539
 irrational fear

00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:22.319
 arising in

00:36:22.319 --> 00:36:22.440
 me,

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:22.880
 and I see

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:23.219
 that you're

00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:24.059
 working for

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:25.059
 my good.

00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:26.159
 Thank you.

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:27.079
 Thank you

00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:27.679
 for doing

00:36:27.679 --> 00:36:28.000
 this.

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:29.380
 If husbands

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:30.059
 abuse this

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:30.559
 authority,

00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:32.639
 we take up

00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:33.239
 something that's

00:36:33.239 --> 00:36:33.719
 not ours to

00:36:33.719 --> 00:36:34.079
 take up.

00:36:34.139 --> 00:36:34.500
 We step

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:35.000
 outside of

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:35.420
 the bounds,

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:36.079
 we become

00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:37.099
 abusive.

00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:38.819
 And I don't

00:36:38.819 --> 00:36:39.279
 think anybody

00:36:39.279 --> 00:36:40.000
 in this room

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:41.000
 is physically

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:41.920
 abusive.

00:36:42.659 --> 00:36:43.719
 If you are,

00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:44.559
 you better

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:45.059
 look out.

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:46.840
 But I will

00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:47.420
 also say,

00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:48.599
 men,

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:49.920
 with our

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:50.420
 anger,

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.179
 we can

00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:51.860
 emotionally

00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:52.900
 abuse our

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:53.239
 wives.

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:55.019
 We can get

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:55.659
 our way

00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:56.179
 with the

00:36:56.179 --> 00:36:57.139
 threat of

00:36:57.139 --> 00:36:57.639
 us blowing

00:36:57.639 --> 00:36:58.340
 our tops

00:36:58.340 --> 00:36:59.800
 and disrupting

00:36:59.800 --> 00:37:00.420
 the peace

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:01.519
 in the house.

00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:03.219
 And a lot

00:37:03.219 --> 00:37:03.480
 of your

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:04.039
 wives might

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:04.820
 tiptoe around

00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:05.400
 you just

00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:06.579
 wondering when

00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:07.420
 they're going

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:08.059
 to misstep.

00:37:08.179 --> 00:37:08.500
 We want to

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:09.000
 be sure

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:09.900
 that we

00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:10.900
 don't do

00:37:10.900 --> 00:37:11.240
 this.

00:37:11.559 --> 00:37:12.019
 We do

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:13.139
 not have

00:37:13.139 --> 00:37:14.180
 that type

00:37:14.180 --> 00:37:14.820
 of authority

00:37:14.820 --> 00:37:16.000
 as husbands.

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:17.740
 Aim at the

00:37:17.740 --> 00:37:18.460
 highest good

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:19.200
 of your

00:37:19.200 --> 00:37:19.500
 wife,

00:37:19.680 --> 00:37:20.340
 the spiritual

00:37:20.340 --> 00:37:21.340
 good of

00:37:21.340 --> 00:37:21.740
 your wife,

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.440
 the care

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:23.019
 and protection

00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:23.980
 of your

00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:24.680
 family in

00:37:24.680 --> 00:37:24.940
 the way

00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:25.700
 you exercise

00:37:25.700 --> 00:37:26.599
 your

00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:26.960
 authority.

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:28.700
 Second

00:37:28.700 --> 00:37:29.300
 position in

00:37:29.300 --> 00:37:29.780
 the home

00:37:29.780 --> 00:37:30.220
 is that of

00:37:30.220 --> 00:37:30.579
 parent.

00:37:30.680 --> 00:37:30.840
 And we'll

00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:31.160
 wrap this

00:37:31.160 --> 00:37:31.720
 up fairly

00:37:31.720 --> 00:37:32.519
 quickly here.

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.099
 Now,

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:34.160
 with parenting

00:37:34.160 --> 00:37:34.599
 there is

00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:35.099
 the authority

00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:36.820
 of command.

00:37:37.820 --> 00:37:38.539
 Please don't

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:38.880
 give your

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.200
 children

00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:39.719
 authority.

00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:41.579
 There's not

00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:41.980
 an authority

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:42.639
 delegated to

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:42.899
 children.

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.319
 The authority

00:37:43.319 --> 00:37:43.859
 is delegated

00:37:43.859 --> 00:37:44.579
 to you

00:37:44.579 --> 00:37:45.559
 to help

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:46.279
 them to

00:37:46.279 --> 00:37:46.739
 grow.

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:47.239
 We want

00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:47.519
 our children

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:48.019
 to grow

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:48.960
 in wisdom

00:37:48.960 --> 00:37:49.399
 in the

00:37:49.399 --> 00:37:49.639
 world,

00:37:49.759 --> 00:37:50.199
 which includes

00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:50.539
 all the

00:37:50.539 --> 00:37:51.059
 little practical

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:51.460
 things that

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:51.699
 we need to

00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:52.019
 teach them

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.399
 how to do.

00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:52.919
 They need

00:37:52.919 --> 00:37:53.099
 to know

00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:53.399
 how to make

00:37:53.399 --> 00:37:53.679
 the peanut

00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:53.839
 butter

00:37:53.839 --> 00:37:54.179
 sandwich

00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:54.759
 and to

00:37:54.759 --> 00:37:55.099
 clean up

00:37:55.099 --> 00:37:55.659
 after.

00:37:55.779 --> 00:37:56.359
 But most

00:37:56.359 --> 00:37:56.839
 importantly,

00:37:56.939 --> 00:37:57.239
 it's those

00:37:57.239 --> 00:37:57.939
 core things

00:37:57.939 --> 00:37:58.239
 they need

00:37:58.239 --> 00:37:58.599
 to know

00:37:58.599 --> 00:37:59.839
 for godliness.

00:38:01.339 --> 00:38:02.279
 Psalm 78,

00:38:02.379 --> 00:38:03.219
 verse 5-7,

00:38:03.219 --> 00:38:03.919
 He established

00:38:03.919 --> 00:38:04.559
 a testimony

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:05.119
 in Jacob

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:05.699
 and appointed

00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:06.239
 a law

00:38:06.239 --> 00:38:06.799
 in Israel

00:38:06.799 --> 00:38:07.559
 which He

00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:08.259
 commanded our

00:38:08.259 --> 00:38:08.859
 fathers to

00:38:08.859 --> 00:38:09.679
 teach their

00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:10.559
 children,

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:11.519
 that the next

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:12.419
 generation might

00:38:12.419 --> 00:38:13.000
 know them,

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:13.759
 the children yet

00:38:13.759 --> 00:38:14.259
 unborn,

00:38:14.359 --> 00:38:15.099
 and arise

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:15.899
 and tell them

00:38:15.899 --> 00:38:16.659
 to their

00:38:16.659 --> 00:38:17.119
 children,

00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:17.939
 so that they

00:38:17.939 --> 00:38:18.419
 should set

00:38:18.419 --> 00:38:19.019
 their hope

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:19.599
 in God

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:20.480
 and not forget

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:20.980
 the works

00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:21.459
 of God,

00:38:21.539 --> 00:38:22.079
 but keep

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:24.119
 His commandments.

00:38:24.359 --> 00:38:24.699
 We are

00:38:24.699 --> 00:38:25.619
 supposed to

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:26.919
 teach God's

00:38:26.919 --> 00:38:28.399
 good commands

00:38:28.399 --> 00:38:29.619
 to our

00:38:29.619 --> 00:38:29.919
 children.

00:38:30.139 --> 00:38:30.559
 And this is a

00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:31.139
 lot of work.

00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:32.000
 It's a day-in

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:32.539
 and it's a

00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:33.440
 day-out work.

00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:34.179
 And we get

00:38:34.179 --> 00:38:34.879
 help in the

00:38:34.879 --> 00:38:35.199
 doing of it,

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:35.819
 but that

00:38:35.819 --> 00:38:36.859
 authority has

00:38:36.859 --> 00:38:37.299
 been given

00:38:37.299 --> 00:38:37.980
 to you,

00:38:38.099 --> 00:38:38.440
 parents.

00:38:38.619 --> 00:38:38.940
 This is

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:40.079
 your job

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:41.119
 in your

00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:41.619
 children's

00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:42.519
 lives.

00:38:43.879 --> 00:38:44.779
 Another text,

00:38:45.420 --> 00:38:46.179
 Ephesians 6,

00:38:46.239 --> 00:38:47.119
 verse 1-4,

00:38:47.379 --> 00:38:47.699
 Children,

00:38:48.819 --> 00:38:49.579
 obey your

00:38:49.579 --> 00:38:50.239
 parents in

00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:50.739
 the Lord,

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:51.400
 for this

00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:52.940
 is right.

00:38:53.859 --> 00:38:54.299
 Honor your

00:38:54.299 --> 00:38:54.739
 father and

00:38:54.739 --> 00:38:54.900
 mother.

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:55.420
 This is the

00:38:55.420 --> 00:38:56.539
 first commandment

00:38:56.539 --> 00:38:57.500
 with a promise,

00:38:57.659 --> 00:38:58.000
 that it may

00:38:58.000 --> 00:38:58.819
 go well with

00:38:58.819 --> 00:38:59.199
 you,

00:38:59.759 --> 00:39:00.159
 and that you

00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:00.559
 may live

00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:01.079
 long,

00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:02.019
 in the

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:02.359
 land.

00:39:02.699 --> 00:39:03.339
 So children,

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:04.500
 you need to

00:39:04.500 --> 00:39:04.839
 hear,

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:05.339
 God has

00:39:05.339 --> 00:39:05.779
 given you

00:39:05.779 --> 00:39:07.679
 authority for

00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:08.400
 your good.

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:09.759
 It doesn't

00:39:09.759 --> 00:39:10.159
 always go

00:39:10.159 --> 00:39:10.579
 perfectly.

00:39:10.659 --> 00:39:11.059
 Your parents

00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:11.339
 are not

00:39:11.339 --> 00:39:11.759
 perfect.

00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:12.539
 I tell my

00:39:12.539 --> 00:39:13.039
 children all

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.460
 the time,

00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:14.279
 I am not

00:39:14.279 --> 00:39:14.659
 perfect.

00:39:14.879 --> 00:39:15.759
 I am trying,

00:39:16.179 --> 00:39:16.940
 but I'm not.

00:39:17.339 --> 00:39:18.119
 But I'm aiming

00:39:18.119 --> 00:39:18.679
 at your good.

00:39:18.879 --> 00:39:19.420
 That's what I'm

00:39:19.420 --> 00:39:20.199
 trying to accomplish

00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:20.500
 here.

00:39:20.759 --> 00:39:21.119
 I'm going to

00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:21.879
 miss it sometimes,

00:39:21.940 --> 00:39:22.639
 but I'm really

00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:23.920
 trying to do

00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:24.900
 the right thing

00:39:24.900 --> 00:39:25.259
 for you.

00:39:25.319 --> 00:39:25.759
 If you will

00:39:25.759 --> 00:39:26.599
 listen to me

00:39:26.599 --> 00:39:28.019
 and follow the

00:39:28.019 --> 00:39:28.500
 things that I'm

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:29.119
 teaching you to

00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:29.480
 do,

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:30.279
 there's a

00:39:30.280 --> 00:39:31.000
 promise in

00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:31.300
 the Bible

00:39:31.300 --> 00:39:31.860
 for you

00:39:31.860 --> 00:39:32.720
 that it

00:39:32.720 --> 00:39:33.260
 will go

00:39:33.260 --> 00:39:34.840
 well with

00:39:34.840 --> 00:39:35.120
 you.

00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:36.340
 And then we

00:39:36.340 --> 00:39:37.040
 see verse 4,

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:38.320
 fathers,

00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:38.860
 which also

00:39:38.860 --> 00:39:39.200
 could be

00:39:39.200 --> 00:39:39.680
 translated

00:39:39.680 --> 00:39:40.620
 parents,

00:39:41.420 --> 00:39:42.100
 do not

00:39:42.100 --> 00:39:42.800
 provoke your

00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:43.280
 children to

00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:43.600
 anger,

00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:44.720
 but bring

00:39:44.720 --> 00:39:45.420
 them up in

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:46.180
 the discipline

00:39:46.180 --> 00:39:47.300
 and instruction

00:39:47.300 --> 00:39:48.820
 of the Lord.

00:39:49.200 --> 00:39:49.920
 So we see

00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:50.540
 even here

00:39:50.540 --> 00:39:50.920
 there's a

00:39:50.920 --> 00:39:52.060
 parameter put

00:39:52.060 --> 00:39:53.060
 on the

00:39:53.060 --> 00:39:53.720
 authority of

00:39:53.720 --> 00:39:54.720
 command that

00:39:54.720 --> 00:39:55.260
 we have

00:39:55.260 --> 00:39:56.400
 as parents.

00:39:56.400 --> 00:39:57.900
 once again,

00:39:58.900 --> 00:39:59.599
 while we

00:39:59.599 --> 00:40:00.480
 may bring

00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:01.920
 the rod to

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:02.360
 bear in our

00:40:02.360 --> 00:40:02.860
 children's

00:40:02.860 --> 00:40:03.380
 lives,

00:40:03.599 --> 00:40:04.200
 we ought

00:40:04.200 --> 00:40:05.200
 not overdo

00:40:05.200 --> 00:40:05.760
 such a

00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:06.039
 thing,

00:40:06.700 --> 00:40:08.579
 because we

00:40:08.579 --> 00:40:08.960
 could provoke

00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:09.440
 our children

00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:10.639
 to anger.

00:40:10.760 --> 00:40:11.099
 And we've,

00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:11.559
 in another

00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:11.980
 time,

00:40:12.200 --> 00:40:12.660
 talked about

00:40:12.660 --> 00:40:13.119
 this text

00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:13.400
 and talked

00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:13.680
 about what

00:40:13.680 --> 00:40:14.119
 that means

00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:14.380
 is they

00:40:14.380 --> 00:40:14.800
 have a

00:40:14.800 --> 00:40:15.400
 general

00:40:15.400 --> 00:40:16.780
 brooding

00:40:16.780 --> 00:40:17.700
 intent

00:40:17.700 --> 00:40:18.200
 towards their

00:40:18.200 --> 00:40:18.619
 parents.

00:40:18.619 --> 00:40:19.480
 They want

00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:20.059
 to cast

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:21.380
 off your

00:40:21.380 --> 00:40:21.740
 authority

00:40:21.740 --> 00:40:22.160
 because it's

00:40:22.160 --> 00:40:22.840
 not good

00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:23.480
 from their

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:23.980
 estimation

00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:24.920
 in any

00:40:24.920 --> 00:40:25.280
 measure

00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:25.980
 at all.

00:40:26.199 --> 00:40:26.579
 They're just

00:40:26.579 --> 00:40:27.340
 looking for

00:40:27.340 --> 00:40:27.820
 ways to

00:40:27.820 --> 00:40:28.420
 reject your

00:40:28.420 --> 00:40:28.740
 leadership

00:40:28.740 --> 00:40:29.579
 in their

00:40:29.579 --> 00:40:29.940
 life.

00:40:30.179 --> 00:40:30.599
 We want

00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:31.119
 to bring

00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:31.960
 along our

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:32.300
 kids.

00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:32.820
 We want

00:40:32.820 --> 00:40:33.139
 to do it

00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:33.619
 in a way

00:40:33.619 --> 00:40:34.099
 that shows

00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:34.559
 them how

00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:34.880
 they ought

00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:35.199
 to follow

00:40:35.199 --> 00:40:35.539
 the Lord

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:35.780
 and we

00:40:35.780 --> 00:40:36.119
 want to

00:40:36.119 --> 00:40:36.320
 do it

00:40:36.320 --> 00:40:36.699
 in a way

00:40:36.699 --> 00:40:37.019
 that is

00:40:37.019 --> 00:40:37.880
 consistent

00:40:37.880 --> 00:40:38.400
 with the

00:40:38.400 --> 00:40:38.780
 way the

00:40:38.780 --> 00:40:39.079
 Lord

00:40:39.079 --> 00:40:39.740
 brings

00:40:39.740 --> 00:40:40.219
 discipline

00:40:40.219 --> 00:40:41.260
 to us.

00:40:41.820 --> 00:40:42.360
 Lots

00:40:42.360 --> 00:40:42.960
 of instructive

00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:43.360
 discipline.

00:40:44.019 --> 00:40:44.179
 The

00:40:44.179 --> 00:40:45.059
 occasional

00:40:45.059 --> 00:40:45.920
 corrective

00:40:45.920 --> 00:40:46.400
 discipline,

00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:47.400
 we want

00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:47.719
 to be doing

00:40:47.719 --> 00:40:48.280
 this work

00:40:48.280 --> 00:40:49.000
 carefully

00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:49.800
 and

00:40:49.800 --> 00:40:50.619
 clearly

00:40:50.619 --> 00:40:51.320
 as we

00:40:51.320 --> 00:40:51.719
 exercise

00:40:51.719 --> 00:40:52.240
 this

00:40:52.240 --> 00:40:52.760
 authority

00:40:52.760 --> 00:40:53.820
 of

00:40:53.980 --> 00:40:54.219
 command.

00:40:54.599 --> 00:40:55.760
 I think

00:40:55.760 --> 00:40:55.920
 it's

00:40:55.920 --> 00:40:56.139
 just a

00:40:56.139 --> 00:40:56.500
 practical

00:40:56.500 --> 00:40:57.000
 wisdom.

00:40:57.480 --> 00:40:57.579
 This

00:40:57.579 --> 00:40:57.860
 authority

00:40:57.860 --> 00:40:58.059
 of

00:40:58.059 --> 00:40:58.500
 command

00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:59.039
 seems

00:40:59.039 --> 00:40:59.199
 to

00:40:59.199 --> 00:40:59.360
 give

00:40:59.360 --> 00:40:59.719
 way

00:40:59.719 --> 00:41:00.079
 as

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:00.579
 children

00:41:00.579 --> 00:41:01.260
 grow

00:41:01.260 --> 00:41:02.480
 to a

00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:02.780
 more

00:41:02.780 --> 00:41:03.619
 authority

00:41:03.619 --> 00:41:04.420
 of

00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:04.699
 counsel.

00:41:04.820 --> 00:41:04.940
 There's

00:41:04.940 --> 00:41:05.699
 a point

00:41:05.699 --> 00:41:06.179
 at which

00:41:06.179 --> 00:41:06.539
 you may

00:41:06.539 --> 00:41:07.079
 not want

00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:07.480
 to bend

00:41:07.480 --> 00:41:07.659
 your

00:41:07.659 --> 00:41:08.019
 child

00:41:08.019 --> 00:41:08.320
 over

00:41:08.320 --> 00:41:08.539
 your

00:41:08.539 --> 00:41:08.900
 knee

00:41:08.900 --> 00:41:09.820
 any

00:41:09.820 --> 00:41:10.219
 longer.

00:41:10.699 --> 00:41:10.940
 It might

00:41:10.940 --> 00:41:11.320
 be better

00:41:11.320 --> 00:41:11.659
 to sit

00:41:11.659 --> 00:41:11.840
 down

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:12.500
 and reason

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:12.800
 with

00:41:12.800 --> 00:41:13.059
 them.

00:41:14.119 --> 00:41:15.059
 You also

00:41:15.059 --> 00:41:15.440
 might threaten

00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:15.679
 to kick

00:41:15.679 --> 00:41:15.880
 them out

00:41:15.880 --> 00:41:16.039
 of your

00:41:16.039 --> 00:41:16.400
 house.

00:41:17.420 --> 00:41:17.880
 That's

00:41:17.880 --> 00:41:18.019
 some

00:41:18.019 --> 00:41:18.460
 retribution

00:41:18.460 --> 00:41:19.039
 for them

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:19.380
 as well.

00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:20.760
 But we

00:41:20.760 --> 00:41:21.079
 want to

00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:21.659
 see ourselves

00:41:21.659 --> 00:41:21.980
 coming

00:41:21.980 --> 00:41:22.480
 alongside

00:41:22.480 --> 00:41:22.920
 our

00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:23.219
 children

00:41:23.219 --> 00:41:23.740
 as they

00:41:23.739 --> 00:41:24.219
 get older

00:41:24.219 --> 00:41:24.699
 and helping

00:41:24.699 --> 00:41:25.119
 them to

00:41:25.119 --> 00:41:25.419
 walk

00:41:25.419 --> 00:41:26.599
 wisely

00:41:26.599 --> 00:41:27.379
 through

00:41:27.379 --> 00:41:27.739
 life.

00:41:28.359 --> 00:41:29.119
 All of

00:41:29.119 --> 00:41:29.479
 this

00:41:29.479 --> 00:41:30.159
 meant

00:41:30.159 --> 00:41:31.619
 for good.

00:41:32.579 --> 00:41:33.139
 I commend

00:41:33.139 --> 00:41:33.539
 you

00:41:33.539 --> 00:41:34.759
 families in

00:41:34.759 --> 00:41:35.379
 this church.

00:41:35.739 --> 00:41:36.539
 I see all

00:41:36.539 --> 00:41:36.859
 the hard

00:41:36.859 --> 00:41:37.239
 work that

00:41:37.239 --> 00:41:37.659
 you're doing.

00:41:37.859 --> 00:41:38.139
 I think

00:41:38.139 --> 00:41:38.479
 it's a

00:41:38.479 --> 00:41:38.899
 blessing.

00:41:39.359 --> 00:41:39.799
 It's a

00:41:39.799 --> 00:41:40.479
 real work

00:41:40.479 --> 00:41:40.959
 of grace.

00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:41.740
 I love

00:41:41.740 --> 00:41:42.059
 standing

00:41:42.059 --> 00:41:42.659
 back and

00:41:42.659 --> 00:41:43.280
 watching you

00:41:43.280 --> 00:41:44.260
 work with

00:41:44.260 --> 00:41:44.400
 your

00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:44.639
 children.

00:41:44.840 --> 00:41:45.039
 I'm

00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:45.539
 excited

00:41:45.539 --> 00:41:45.860
 for the

00:41:45.860 --> 00:41:46.300
 generation

00:41:46.300 --> 00:41:46.720
 to come

00:41:46.720 --> 00:41:46.960
 and the

00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:47.360
 generation

00:41:47.360 --> 00:41:47.679
 that will

00:41:47.679 --> 00:41:48.039
 follow

00:41:48.039 --> 00:41:48.960
 that.

00:41:49.059 --> 00:41:49.119
 I'm

00:41:49.119 --> 00:41:49.320
 so

00:41:49.320 --> 00:41:49.740
 happy

00:41:49.740 --> 00:41:50.039
 for the

00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:50.179
 way

00:41:50.179 --> 00:41:50.420
 the

00:41:50.420 --> 00:41:50.599
 Lord

00:41:50.599 --> 00:41:50.740
 is

00:41:50.740 --> 00:41:51.059
 working

00:41:51.059 --> 00:41:51.820
 here

00:41:51.820 --> 00:41:53.079
 in the

00:41:53.079 --> 00:41:53.599
 families

00:41:53.599 --> 00:41:54.699
 of our

00:41:54.699 --> 00:41:55.039
 church.

00:41:56.159 --> 00:41:56.519
 So

00:41:56.519 --> 00:41:56.740
 Lord

00:41:56.740 --> 00:41:57.059
 willing,

00:41:57.260 --> 00:41:57.380
 we'll

00:41:57.380 --> 00:41:57.720
 take up

00:41:57.720 --> 00:41:57.840
 this

00:41:57.840 --> 00:41:58.139
 framework

00:41:58.139 --> 00:41:58.539
 next

00:41:58.539 --> 00:41:58.880
 week.

00:41:59.880 --> 00:42:00.159
 We're

00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:00.260
 going to

00:42:00.260 --> 00:42:00.400
 talk

00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:00.559
 about

00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:00.699
 the

00:42:00.699 --> 00:42:00.960
 church

00:42:00.960 --> 00:42:01.139
 and

00:42:01.139 --> 00:42:01.260
 the

00:42:01.260 --> 00:42:01.440
 role

00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:01.579
 of

00:42:01.579 --> 00:42:01.840
 elders

00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:01.840


00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:02.360
 specifically.

00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:03.099
 We're

00:42:03.099 --> 00:42:03.260
 going to

00:42:03.260 --> 00:42:03.599
 install

00:42:03.599 --> 00:42:03.780
 our

00:42:03.780 --> 00:42:03.900
 new

00:42:03.900 --> 00:42:04.119
 elders.

00:42:04.119 --> 00:42:04.360
 We've

00:42:04.360 --> 00:42:04.740
 got four

00:42:04.740 --> 00:42:04.900
 new

00:42:04.900 --> 00:42:05.119
 elders

00:42:05.119 --> 00:42:05.420
 that we

00:42:05.420 --> 00:42:05.659
 haven't

00:42:05.659 --> 00:42:05.800
 done

00:42:05.800 --> 00:42:05.900
 an

00:42:05.900 --> 00:42:06.220
 installation

00:42:06.220 --> 00:42:06.619
 for.

00:42:06.760 --> 00:42:06.880
 It's

00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:07.000
 been

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:07.240
 way

00:42:07.240 --> 00:42:07.440
 too

00:42:07.440 --> 00:42:07.740
 long.

00:42:08.599 --> 00:42:08.860
 So

00:42:08.860 --> 00:42:09.000
 we're

00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:09.099
 going to

00:42:09.099 --> 00:42:09.220
 do

00:42:09.220 --> 00:42:09.420
 that

00:42:09.420 --> 00:42:09.720
 as part

00:42:09.720 --> 00:42:10.039
 of our

00:42:10.039 --> 00:42:10.940
 gathering

00:42:10.940 --> 00:42:11.320
 together

00:42:11.320 --> 00:42:12.180
 next week.

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:12.840
 The week

00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:13.240
 after that

00:42:13.240 --> 00:42:13.380
 we'll

00:42:13.380 --> 00:42:13.900
 talk about

00:42:13.900 --> 00:42:14.180
 the

00:42:14.180 --> 00:42:14.619
 church

00:42:14.619 --> 00:42:15.119
 and

00:42:15.119 --> 00:42:15.280
 the

00:42:15.280 --> 00:42:15.760
 congregation

00:42:15.760 --> 00:42:16.260
 and

00:42:16.260 --> 00:42:16.360
 what

00:42:16.360 --> 00:42:16.519
 kind

00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:16.619
 of

00:42:16.619 --> 00:42:17.159
 authority

00:42:17.159 --> 00:42:17.860
 the

00:42:17.860 --> 00:42:18.360
 congregation

00:42:18.360 --> 00:42:19.000
 bears

00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:19.320
 and then

00:42:19.320 --> 00:42:19.440
 we'll

00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:19.740
 finish

00:42:19.740 --> 00:42:19.880
 it

00:42:19.880 --> 00:42:20.059
 up.

00:42:20.400 --> 00:42:20.480
 I

00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:20.579
 know

00:42:20.579 --> 00:42:20.720
 you're

00:42:20.720 --> 00:42:20.900
 all

00:42:20.900 --> 00:42:21.000
 going

00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:21.039
 to

00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:21.159
 look

00:42:21.159 --> 00:42:21.400
 forward

00:42:21.400 --> 00:42:21.579
 to

00:42:21.579 --> 00:42:21.740
 it

00:42:21.740 --> 00:42:22.079
 with

00:42:22.079 --> 00:42:22.579
 the

00:42:22.579 --> 00:42:22.920
 government.

00:42:23.400 --> 00:42:23.500
 So

00:42:23.500 --> 00:42:25.599
 let

00:42:25.599 --> 00:42:25.659
 me

00:42:25.659 --> 00:42:25.800
 just

00:42:25.800 --> 00:42:26.019
 pray

00:42:26.019 --> 00:42:26.019


00:42:26.240 --> 00:42:26.240


00:42:26.240 --> 00:42:26.500
 closing

00:42:26.500 --> 00:42:26.740
 for

00:42:26.740 --> 00:42:26.960
 us.