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 I would like you to turn your Bibles this morning to Exodus chapter 18, Exodus chapter 18, and let me read a portion of the text to you and confess that we are not going to spend all of our time here.

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 We drew a book expositionally, and guess which book we are in right now? We're in John, and I have it on reasonable information that we'll probably be in John for another year and a half, maybe two, who knows?

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 You know, I have to tell you, there was a time in my life when I had a great hesitation in launching into the book of John. I really don't know why other than, well, I will tell you.

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 I started preaching in the book of John when I was called from Bethel to come here.

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 And there's always been that kind of pathological fear that if I start John, I'm not going to finish it, so let's not start the book.

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 But at 67, I have reasonable hope that I will be able to finish the book of John, Lord willing.

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 And it has been such an incredible blessing to me to be able to look week after week after week at the beauty and the holiness of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And my heart has grown in affection for Him.

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 Isn't it happening to you?

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 You've grown in your affection for the Lord Jesus.

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 It says this, as we learn more about Him, we grow to know Him, and that affects us.

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 And so the normal pattern is to work our way through a passage of Scripture, through a book.

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 Today is a topical sermon.

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 And if I were to ask my wife to give her opinion on how I do at topical sermons, she would say,

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 Eh, okay.

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 Well, she's a little more blunt than that.

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 But, you know, the truth of the matter is, so you have to add extra prayer when a pastor decides that it's appropriate to preach a topical sermon.

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 But this is necessary and appropriate.

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 The reason being that on December the 9th, our congregation is going to hold our annual meeting.

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 And while there are important budget matters that we are going to bring to your attention,

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 the truth of the matter is, is that the way in which we spend the money that God has provided is not as important as the individuals that we place in leadership.

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 And that's critical for us to understand.

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 And so this morning, as we come together, we want to spend time studying what the Word of God has to say about biblical leadership.

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 What are the characteristics?

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 What are the expectations that God has placed on leadership?

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 And why is biblical leadership so important to the testimony of Christ?

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 Next Sunday, as I mentioned earlier, we are going to have a commissioning service for Caleb and Charity.

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 And it's going to be a wonderful service in which you are going to hear Caleb and Charity give a short summary of the work of God in their life.

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 You're also going to hear Gary Crawford, who is the missionary that is overseeing the Jamaican field.

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 He is also going to be giving this congregation an exhortation in response to our responsibility of our ministry to Caleb and Charity.

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 And then it will be my privilege to preach a brief message.

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 Now, that's interesting, isn't it?

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 Two messages in one day.

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 You're going to have a great time.

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 And we will be finished by 1.30 or so.

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 Don't worry about it.

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 That's hyperbole.

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 Some of you are getting really nervous.

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 But next Sunday, that is a very, very special day for our congregation.

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 And I encourage you to that and keep it in prayer.

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 Let me come now to the passage that we're going to begin in.

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 And there in Exodus chapter 18, if you will look, it says there in verse 13,

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 The next day Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning until evening.

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 When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said,

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 What is this that you are doing for the people?

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 Why do you sit alone and all the people stand around you from morning until evening?

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 And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to inquire of God.

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 When they have a dispute, they come to me, and I decide between one person and another,

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 and I make them know the statutes of God and his laws.

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 Moses' father-in-law said to him, What you are doing is not good.

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 You and the people with you will certainly wear yourselves out, for the thing is too heavy for you.

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 You're not able to do it alone.

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 Now obey my voice, I will give you advice, and God be with you.

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 You shall represent the people before God and bring their cases to God,

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 and you shall warn them about the statutes and the laws and make them know the way in which they must walk

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 and what they must do.

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 Moreover, look for able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe,

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 and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

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 Let us pray.

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 Our Father God, as we take your word in hand, and we preface our study with prayer,

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 our time of prayer is a reflection of our dependence upon you,

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 and a reminder to our own soul of the fact that you're the one who must open our eyes

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 that we may behold wondrous truths of thy law.

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 And we ask this morning that the word would make a difference in the lives of your people,

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 that when we think about leadership, we think about leadership in the frame

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 and with the encouragement and instruction of the scriptures.

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 When men think about the responsibility of growing to be leaders in their homes and leaders in ministry,

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 that they would recognize that you have spoken clearly on these things,

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 and that our desire would be to be obedient and faithful and know the joy that comes from that.

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 And we ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 As we look at this passage, I want you to understand that it serves as a launching point

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 as we think, first of all, about the significance of godly leaders.

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 I want you to understand that God has ordained that leadership is very important

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 regardless of the environment in which it is placed.

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 And when we think about the importance of leadership,

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 we need to recognize that the reason that leadership is important

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 is because of their role and blessing that they are to God's people.

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 You look here in this passage in Exodus chapter 18,

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 and we're not going to dive into it in great detail,

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 but I want you to recognize that Moses, in the process of doing what he was going about doing

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 when Jethro arrived on the scene,

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 he was doing his best to meet the needs of people,

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 recognizing that the needs existed and that their heart's burdens need to be attended to.

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 The problem, as we see in this passage,

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 is that he was the only one that really had anything to do with meeting the needs of the people.

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 And as a result, guess what was happening?

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 People were standing around from morning till evening.

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 This was no waiting room environment.

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 How many of you waited in a doctor's office to be cared for?

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 Ever done that?

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 I mean, the doctor says,

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 be there on such and such a time,

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 and usually, because of our pathological fear of being overlooked,

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 when do we arrive?

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 Most of us arrive a little early,

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 we take care of the paperwork,

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 and then we sit around for however long it is,

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 and one thing goes on and on and on,

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 and pretty soon someone finally walks out and says,

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 you may come into the room and you go past the scale, right?

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 How many of you go past the scale?

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 How many of you get to skip that part?

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 I'm just checking.

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 You know, you go past the scale and you do that little deal,

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 and then you're waiting in the room how long?

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 Wait, wait, wait.

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 The privilege we have in waiting is generally we get to sit.

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 They, in the ancient culture,

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 weren't carrying around little camp chairs,

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 and they stood standing from morning to evening

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 waiting for the opportunity to speak to Moses,

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 and here is what Jethro observed.

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 He said, listen, let me help you understand.

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 This is going to wear you out,

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 and it's going to wear them out.

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 Eventually, when a need that exists in a person's heart is not met,

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 it ends up creating frustration,

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 and frustration breeds over into sinful behavior,

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 and here is Moses being instructed by Jethro,

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 if you continue doing this, it's going to cause harm.

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 Problems that aren't handled eventually end up creating heartache,

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 and so here we find Jethro giving advice to Moses,

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 and he says, listen, what you need to do

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 is you need to divide the needs up proportionally,

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 beginning thousands, hundreds, tens,

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 and what you will do is that you will recognize,

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 by doing this, you're going to meet those needs,

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 and as needs are recognized, you can address them.

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 I want you to think with me of another passage

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 in relationship to this that I don't need you to turn to,

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 but in Acts chapter 6, you'll remember

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 that what happened in that case as the church grew,

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 it ended up where the needs of the widows,

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 particularly the Gentile widows were not being met,

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 and that created some turmoil,

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 some difficulty, and some argument,

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 and as a result, the apostles came together

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 and said, listen to the congregation,

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 you need to choose seven men

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 that are full of the Holy Spirit, wisdom,

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 have a good reputation,

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 and we are going to give them the task

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 of taking care of this responsibility,

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 and the purpose of that was to see to it

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 that the needs were met in adequate time.

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 I want you to understand that it is important

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 to realize that the role that God has assigned

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 to leadership is meeting the needs of people.

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 I want you to look at another passage

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 in relationship to that.

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 You're there in Exodus, but turn over,

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 if you would, to Numbers chapter 27.

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 One of the things that we need to recognize

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 about godly leadership is that they are really

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 a gift from the Lord.

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 Numbers chapter 27, verse 16 and 17.

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 In Numbers 27, we are given a little bit

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 of the setting around which or in which

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 Moses is given information that he is going to die,

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 and his very, very instinctive desire

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 is found there in verse 16.

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 And let the Lord, this is Moses speaking to the Lord,

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 says, let the Lord, the God of spirits of all flesh,

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 appoint a man over the congregation,

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 who shall go out before them and come in before them,

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 who shall lead them out and bring them in,

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 that the congregation of the Lord

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 may not be a sheep without a shepherd.

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 So the Lord said to Moses, take Joshua, the son of Nun,

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 a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him.

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 And what we find in this passage is here is Moses

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 towards the end of his life, recognizing the need

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 of God's people, and he says, listen, Lord,

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 you're going to take me out of the picture,

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 but my desire for the congregation,

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 for the people of God, the nation of Israel,

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 is that you provide leadership.

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 Good shepherds ultimately are gifts

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 from the great shepherd.

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 And a good shepherd cares for the flock of God

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 and serves the Lord by caring for his dear people

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 and blessing them and guiding them with the word

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 and with godly counsel.

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 I want you to recognize that the significance

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 of godly leadership is not only in that they serve

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 as a means of blessing, but they're also relatively

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 different from the world.

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 And I want you to see that.

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 Godly leadership are different

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 from the world's standard of leadership.

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 Boy, I tell you, as I was studying early this week

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 and praying about that, or last week,

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 I was really struck by what is happening

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 in our American culture with politics.

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 How many of you at this point are kind of brain dead

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 over the issue of what's happening

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 in the political scene?

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 It's like, you've got to be kidding me.

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 Anyway, I want you to think with me

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 about what Jesus had to say about leadership.

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 Turn in your Bible to Luke chapter 22,

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 verse 24 through 27.

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 Luke chapter 22, verse 24 through 27.

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 Incidentally, do remember that context

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 is very important to understanding Scripture.

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 And I think it's appropriate to recognize

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 this evening we're going to have the Lord's table.

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 We're going to come together and remind ourselves

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 of what the Lord Jesus did for us on the cross.

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 In this passage that we're looking at,

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 we find out that once again,

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 the disciples are having this intramural bickering

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 about who's going to be first.

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 That's what this is all about.

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 And it's taking place right after the Lord's Supper.

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 Now think with me just for a moment.

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 In the context of the Lord's Supper,

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 several very significant things had happened.

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 For one, remember when Jesus had said to the disciples,

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 one of you, you here together,

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 are going to betray me?

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 See, I have to tell you,

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 I am struck by the fact

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 that instead of every one of the disciples thinking,

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 well, I imagine it's Peter,

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 or I think it's John,

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 or I think it's Judas,

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 what did they say?

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 What did they say?

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 They actually ask a very perceptive question,

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 which is kind of a stunning thought to me.

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 They said, is it I?

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 Am I the one?

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 One, usually when something ill falls out

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 about somebody here did something,

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 we think, well, I know who did that.

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 It's him, right?

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 We're great finger pointers.

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 But strangely enough, they, whoa, it might be me.

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 Second, after they had celebrated the elements,

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 reminding themselves of what Jesus was going to do for them,

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 after that, what did he do with a towel and a wash basin?

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 He washed their feet.

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 And he said, listen, I'm giving this to you as an example

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 and a model of servanthood.

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 Right after that,

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 they fall into their favorite little intramural bickering

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 about who's going to be first.

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 Verse 24,

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 a dispute also arose among them

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 as to which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.

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 And he said to them,

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 the kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them.

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 I want you to think with me just for a moment here

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 and pick up on this

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 because here are the disciples

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 having their little jockeying

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 for who was going to be most important in the kingdom.

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 And I want you to recognize how Jesus started into this.

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 Now, here are the disciples

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 all together,

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 right on the other side of the Lord's table.

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 And the first hint of Christ's disapproval

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 of their intramural bickering

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 comes out in the statement,

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 the kings of the Gentiles.

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 Now, think with me.

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 Why would I say that that was a little negative hint?

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 What did the good Jewish community think of Gentiles?

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 What was their attitude towards Gentiles?

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 Y'all here are my favorite Gentiles.

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 If he had said that,

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 what would have their Jewish flesh kind of risen up

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 and said,

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 who are you talking to?

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 Right?

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 He says,

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 the kings,

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 the despots,

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 the rulers,

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 the ones who are in charge in the Gentile nation.

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 And he says,

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 hey,

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 they're the ones

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 that think this way.

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 And so he takes this negative picture.

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 The kings of the Gentiles

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 exercise lordship over them.

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 When he used that little word lordship,

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 he was talking about

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 an individual

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 who was in complete control

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 of other people.

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 Complete control.

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 Absolute authority.

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 The one who had the right

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 of determining

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 not only what a person did,

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 but whether or not

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 the person continued to exist.

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 And he says,

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 the kings of the Gentiles,

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 they exercise lordship over them

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 and those in authority over them

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 are called benefactors.

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 Stop just for a moment.

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 Why do you think

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 the kings of the Gentiles

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 were called benefactors?

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 Were they really benefactors?

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 What's the answer?

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 Shake your head.

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 No.

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 They really weren't benefactors.

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 Do you think Herod

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 wanted to be called a benefactor?

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 The answer is yes.

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 About as much as

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 King,

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 how does it go here?

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 Kim Jong-il.

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 Yeah, there we go.

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 How many of you know

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 who Kim Jong-il is?

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 He is my favorite

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 despot.

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 If you want a classic illustration

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 of what a tyrant is,

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 Kim Jong-il,

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 or whatever his name is,

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 that's the classic one.

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 In North Korea,

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 people that he is unhappy with,

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 guess what happened to them?

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 They're blown up.

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 Or they're fed to dogs.

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 I mean,

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 there are all kinds of cruel things

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 that he does.

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 But you know what?

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 Do you know what his favorite title is?

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 Or one of his favorite titles?

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 Beloved leader.

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 Beloved leader.

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 You see,

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 those who were abusing their power

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 just love for people

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 to refer to them

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 as benefactors.

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 Dear leader.

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 Now,

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 with that kind of...

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 And there they're thinking,

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 yeah,

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 I'd like to be in complete control.

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 In fact,

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 I would like everybody

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 to talk to me nicely

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 and say,

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 oh,

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 you're the sweetest,

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 most wonderful leader

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 we've ever had.

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 And here's what Jesus says.

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 Look at the passage.

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 It shall not be so with you.

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 It shall not be so with you.

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 Well,

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 what a blow

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 to their crass immaturity.

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 Here they were

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 kind of bickering

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 about the matter

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 of who was going to be

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 the most important.

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 And Jesus says,

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 hey,

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 let me stop just for a moment

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 and help you guys understand

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 that this is the way

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 pagan,

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 unbelieving,

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 Gentiles think.

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 And it's not going to be

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 that way with you.

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 Those who lead

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 in the family of God

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 are to be known

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 for their servants' hearts.

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 You look there in the passage

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 and it says this,

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 rather let the greatest among you

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 become the youngest

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 than the leader

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 as one who serves.

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 For who is the greater,

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 one who reclines at the table

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 or one who serves?

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 It is not the one

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 who reclines at the table,

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 but I am among you

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 as one who serves.

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 And so when God's people

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 think about the matter

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 of biblical leadership,

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 I think it's important

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 for us to recognize

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 that the characteristic

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 of biblical leadership

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 is first and foremost

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 a servant's heart.

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 They're the ones

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 that should be counted on

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 to be up front on projects.

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 They're the ones

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 who should be counted on

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 to be willing to serve

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 the needs of other people.

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 They're the ones

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 who should be counted on

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 to be quiet and charitable

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 in the midst

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 of the turmoil of life.

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 Show me a humble,

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 godly servant

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 of the bride

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 and I will show you

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 a man that God

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 has been at work in

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 for a long time

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 to prepare him

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 for that task.

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 Do you realize

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 that men do not

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 become leaders

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 in the bride of Christ

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 just as an overnight process?

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 Everybody smiles

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 and says,

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 I got that one.

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 Yeah.

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 It takes time

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 to develop a servant's heart.

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 And by the way,

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 the best way

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 to test a servant's heart

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 is actually watch

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 and see how a person

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 what?

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 What?

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 Serves.

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 How a person serves.

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 I am very blessed

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 to stop and recognize

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 that in our fellowship

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 one of the things

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 that has been

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 such a rich encouragement

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 to this congregation

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 is the testimony

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 of servanthood

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 of all those

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 who have served

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 historically in this fellowship

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 as pastors and deacons.

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 It's a blessing.

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 It's a blessing.

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 Not one to be taken lightly

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 but one to be regarded

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 carefully as a recognition

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 of a congregation

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 that prayerfully

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 expect leadership

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 to actually be

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 what God expects them to be.

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 I want you to recognize

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 the significance

00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:52.460
 of godly leadership

00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:53.940
 also is the value

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 of their godly example.

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 Biblical leadership

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 in any and every role

00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:01.000
 is dependent

00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:03.099
 on godly exampleship.

00:21:03.099 --> 00:21:04.919
 There's no better illustration

00:21:04.919 --> 00:21:06.519
 of the sharp contrast

00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:08.679
 between the world's

00:21:08.679 --> 00:21:10.219
 expectations of leadership

00:21:10.219 --> 00:21:11.759
 and what you see

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:13.259
 in the body of Christ.

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 Regardless

00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:16.539
 of what is going on

00:21:16.539 --> 00:21:17.500
 the expectation

00:21:17.500 --> 00:21:18.699
 of the word of God

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 is that those

00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:21.279
 who lead in the congregation

00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:22.459
 are models

00:21:22.459 --> 00:21:24.500
 of the character

00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:25.699
 that God is looking for

00:21:25.699 --> 00:21:27.240
 in godly men

00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:28.579
 and those who serve.

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 So I want you to think

00:21:29.419 --> 00:21:29.859
 with me here

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 that God recognizes

00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:32.859
 there is no alternative plan

00:21:32.859 --> 00:21:33.480
 for leadership

00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:34.879
 apart from godly character.

00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:37.279
 There's no alternative plan.

00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:39.159
 God's intention is this

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 is that those who lead

00:21:40.199 --> 00:21:41.679
 be examples

00:21:41.679 --> 00:21:42.559
 to the flock

00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:43.480
 in all things.

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 It's very interesting here

00:21:45.419 --> 00:21:46.240
 when you think about

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:48.299
 the issue of godly character

00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:49.039
 in relationship

00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:49.659
 to leadership

00:21:49.659 --> 00:21:51.259
 to see how often

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:52.079
 this characteristic

00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:53.000
 stands out

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:54.359
 as front and center.

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 I recited the passage

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 in Exodus chapter 18

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 verse 21

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 where you remember

00:22:00.719 --> 00:22:01.919
 Jethro gave advice

00:22:01.919 --> 00:22:02.859
 he said listen

00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:04.119
 here's what you are

00:22:04.119 --> 00:22:04.939
 to look for

00:22:04.939 --> 00:22:06.579
 here's what you are

00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:07.240
 to look for

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:08.519
 and he spelled out

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:09.279
 the characteristic

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:10.579
 that you will find

00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:11.459
 very similar

00:22:11.459 --> 00:22:12.139
 to the ones

00:22:12.139 --> 00:22:13.119
 I want you to look

00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:13.799
 at a passage

00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:15.039
 and put your finger on it

00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:16.779
 in Acts chapter 6

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.439
 verse 3

00:22:17.439 --> 00:22:19.379
 we find a similar

00:22:19.379 --> 00:22:20.179
 expectation

00:22:20.179 --> 00:22:21.039
 to what we found

00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:22.019
 back in Exodus

00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:23.079
 let's look at it

00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:24.799
 Acts chapter 6

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.419
 verse 3

00:22:25.419 --> 00:22:26.619
 here are the character

00:22:26.619 --> 00:22:27.439
 qualifications

00:22:27.439 --> 00:22:28.279
 for those that are

00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:29.199
 to be leaders

00:22:29.199 --> 00:22:30.379
 in the body of Christ

00:22:30.379 --> 00:22:32.399
 therefore brothers

00:22:32.399 --> 00:22:33.539
 pick out from among you

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:34.720
 seven men

00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:37.059
 of good repute

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.799
 what does that mean

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.980
 what's good repute mean

00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:40.839
 it means good example

00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:41.579
 good testimony

00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:43.339
 they're men

00:22:43.339 --> 00:22:44.519
 who have been tried

00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:46.419
 and who have been found

00:22:46.419 --> 00:22:47.199
 to be men

00:22:47.199 --> 00:22:48.740
 of sterling character

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.359
 by the way

00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:51.159
 how is character proven

00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:54.700
 there's a saying

00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:58.140
 smooth seas

00:22:58.140 --> 00:22:59.860
 do not make good sailors

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 do you know what that means

00:23:01.540 --> 00:23:04.259
 it means that you figure out

00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:06.660
 the character of a man

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:08.040
 under adversity

00:23:08.040 --> 00:23:09.140
 and in difficulty

00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:10.960
 you find out

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:11.680
 whether a man

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:13.040
 is willing to be a servant

00:23:13.040 --> 00:23:13.980
 when

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 there is a call

00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:18.619
 to help move

00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:21.359
 and fewer people

00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:21.879
 show up

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 than you would like

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 I love going to moves

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 when there's so many people

00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:25.940
 that we're all standing around

00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:27.779
 getting one little bag

00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:28.920
 or box a piece

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:31.559
 but when I show up

00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:32.119
 at 67

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 and I find out

00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:34.319
 that I'm one of the main lifters

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:34.799
 it's like

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:36.099
 heaven help me

00:23:36.099 --> 00:23:36.740
 how many of you understand

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.940
 what I mean by main lifters

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:38.639
 okay

00:23:38.639 --> 00:23:40.039
 how many of you realize

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:40.779
 that when you go

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.680
 to unload a van

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 or a truck

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 or whatever else

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:44.660
 there are things

00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:46.120
 that I think

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 should be left

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 to younger men

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 hollow out there guys

00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:49.259
 you know

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:50.640
 but

00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:52.319
 you find out

00:23:52.319 --> 00:23:53.759
 what the servant's heart is

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.539
 by the willingness

00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:55.160
 and readiness

00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:55.779
 to do it

00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.779
 under adversity

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:59.160
 in Acts chapter 3

00:23:59.160 --> 00:23:59.759
 it says here

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.559
 you look for men

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:01.319
 of good repute

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:02.380
 good reputation

00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:03.720
 you look for men

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.559
 full of the spirit

00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:06.319
 and how do we know

00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:06.740
 that a man

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.600
 is full of the spirit

00:24:07.600 --> 00:24:08.380
 is that a

00:24:08.380 --> 00:24:10.079
 an unsolvable mystery

00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:11.240
 what's the answer

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:12.559
 hello

00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:14.819
 it is telling us here

00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:16.240
 that you as God's people

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:17.200
 are to look for

00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:18.359
 these qualifications

00:24:18.359 --> 00:24:20.639
 what are the characteristics

00:24:20.639 --> 00:24:21.279
 of a person

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:22.299
 who is full of the spirit

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:24.539
 hello

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:25.599
 can anybody help me here

00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:28.099
 the fruit of the spirit

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:29.279
 how do you know

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:30.460
 what an apple tree is

00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:33.579
 you look underneath

00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:34.440
 the apple tree

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:35.539
 in apple season

00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:36.460
 and what should you find

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:38.579
 you should find apples

00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:40.119
 love

00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:40.440
 joy

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:40.799
 peace

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.419
 long suffering

00:24:41.419 --> 00:24:41.799
 patience

00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:42.099
 goodness

00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:42.919
 etc

00:24:42.919 --> 00:24:44.159
 so an individual

00:24:44.159 --> 00:24:45.439
 who is full of the spirit

00:24:45.439 --> 00:24:47.359
 in truth

00:24:47.359 --> 00:24:49.139
 is not a

00:24:49.139 --> 00:24:49.799
 dour

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.779
 sour

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 grumpy

00:24:51.879 --> 00:24:53.659
 am I doing well with this

00:24:53.659 --> 00:24:54.599
 surly

00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:55.379
 person

00:24:55.379 --> 00:24:57.240
 have you ever been around

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:57.980
 people that are just

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.759
 kind of in a profound

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.859
 funk most of the time

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:02.240
 is that person

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.959
 full of the spirit

00:25:02.959 --> 00:25:03.799
 what's the answer

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:05.319
 no

00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:06.179
 no

00:25:06.179 --> 00:25:07.519
 now

00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:09.079
 I do want you to realize

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:10.119
 that God has not

00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:10.879
 made all of us

00:25:10.879 --> 00:25:12.139
 to be equally expressive

00:25:12.139 --> 00:25:13.979
 hello everybody out there

00:25:13.979 --> 00:25:14.719
 just smile at me

00:25:14.719 --> 00:25:15.659
 because I want you to hear this

00:25:15.659 --> 00:25:17.619
 we have Jared

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:18.500
 sitting over here

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.079
 where's Jared

00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:21.799
 oh he's in the nursery

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.239
 right now

00:25:22.239 --> 00:25:22.699
 that's right

00:25:22.699 --> 00:25:23.799
 how many of you

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.639
 noticed that Jared

00:25:24.639 --> 00:25:25.579
 is a fairly

00:25:25.579 --> 00:25:26.939
 mellow bass player

00:25:26.939 --> 00:25:29.979
 is it a guitar

00:25:29.979 --> 00:25:31.319
 I don't know what

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:32.139
 instrument it is

00:25:32.139 --> 00:25:32.379
 Seth

00:25:32.379 --> 00:25:32.819
 it's just like

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:34.000
 it's one of those things

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:36.219
 Jared is a very

00:25:36.219 --> 00:25:37.019
 mellow person

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:37.599
 how many of you

00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:38.339
 noticed that

00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:39.420
 Mary is probably

00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:40.279
 on the other side

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:40.839
 of the spectrum

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:42.379
 okay

00:25:42.379 --> 00:25:43.920
 the real test

00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:45.839
 is if you put

00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:46.859
 Jared watching

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.720
 the OSU

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.559
 Michigan football

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:49.220
 game

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:50.579
 along with Mary

00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:51.440
 in the same room

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:52.400
 you'd want to find out

00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:52.920
 that Jared

00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:53.799
 on a touchdown

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.279
 was like

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.660
 yeah

00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:55.779
 that's okay

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:57.720
 Mary of course

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.519
 doing cartwheels

00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:58.740
 you know

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.000
 is like

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.379
 yeah

00:25:59.379 --> 00:26:01.839
 am I right

00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:02.519
 Matthew

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:04.019
 okay

00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:06.099
 God makes us

00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:07.139
 to be different

00:26:07.139 --> 00:26:08.039
 in our expression

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:09.539
 but the issue

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.019
 is this

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.400
 is that

00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:11.660
 you can tell

00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:12.400
 when a person

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:13.400
 is spirit filled

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:14.839
 because their life

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:16.900
 displays the characteristics

00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:17.420
 of the power

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:18.220
 of the spirit of God

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:19.379
 third thing it says

00:26:19.379 --> 00:26:20.139
 here in this passage

00:26:20.139 --> 00:26:20.680
 is that

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:21.700
 full of wisdom

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.400
 now when it says

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:23.119
 full of wisdom

00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:24.480
 it is talking

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:25.500
 about wisdom

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.900
 that is from above

00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:28.720
 and that is wisdom

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:30.379
 related to the word

00:26:30.379 --> 00:26:31.099
 of God

00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:31.700
 okay

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.920
 at the end

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.680
 of the day

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:35.039
 wisdom

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:36.740
 comes from God

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.000
 and so

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.799
 individuals

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:39.000
 that you look for

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:40.539
 to be leaders

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:41.019
 are men

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.759
 who know the word

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.460
 and are dependent

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:43.000
 upon it

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:44.360
 let me have you look

00:26:44.360 --> 00:26:45.120
 at another passage

00:26:45.120 --> 00:26:45.860
 in relationship

00:26:45.860 --> 00:26:46.640
 to this issue

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:47.660
 of godly character

00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:49.100
 and turn if you will

00:26:49.100 --> 00:26:50.060
 over to 1st Timothy

00:26:50.060 --> 00:26:51.860
 chapter 3

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:53.860
 1st Timothy

00:26:53.860 --> 00:26:54.500
 chapter 3

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:55.279
 we're recognizing

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:56.220
 that God

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:57.100
 has no plan

00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:57.740
 for leadership

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:59.500
 apart from godly character

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:01.200
 1st Timothy

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:02.080
 chapter 3

00:27:02.080 --> 00:27:03.259
 beginning there

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.879
 in verse 1

00:27:03.879 --> 00:27:04.180
 it says

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:04.640
 the saying

00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:05.299
 is trustworthy

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:05.960
 if any man

00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:06.700
 aspires

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:07.920
 to the office

00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:08.599
 of overseer

00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:09.160
 he desires

00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:10.059
 a noble task

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:10.740
 therefore

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:12.319
 let the overseer

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:13.400
 he must be

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:14.799
 above reproach

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:16.920
 he's an individual

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:18.420
 whose reputation

00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:20.079
 is not sullied

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:21.200
 by recurring

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:22.220
 misbehaviors

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:23.819
 he's a man

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:25.059
 of one wife

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.960
 he's sober minded

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.799
 self controlled

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.480
 respectable

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.460
 hospitable

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:29.480
 able to teach

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:30.880
 not drunkard

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:32.140
 not violent

00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:32.759
 but gentle

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.599
 not quarrelsome

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:34.519
 not a lover

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:35.000
 of money

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:36.319
 and as you work

00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:36.980
 your way through

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:38.000
 both the passage

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.799
 in relationship

00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:40.019
 to the overseer

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.559
 the elder

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.319
 the pastor

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:42.519
 and to the deacon

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:43.240
 one of the things

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.860
 that you find

00:27:43.860 --> 00:27:45.099
 is that the issue

00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:46.000
 of godly character

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:47.200
 stands front and center

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:49.000
 final passage

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.700
 in relationship

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.539
 to this matter

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:51.920
 of character

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.779
 is over in

00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:54.099
 Hebrews chapter 13

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.920
 verse 7

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:57.120
 Hebrews chapter 13

00:27:57.120 --> 00:27:57.860
 verse 7

00:27:57.860 --> 00:28:01.640
 remember your leaders

00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:02.640
 put your finger on it

00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:03.580
 remember your leaders

00:28:03.580 --> 00:28:04.900
 those who spoke to you

00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.740
 the word of god

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:07.060
 consider the outcome

00:28:07.060 --> 00:28:08.360
 of their way of life

00:28:08.360 --> 00:28:10.060
 and imitate their faith

00:28:10.060 --> 00:28:12.220
 remember your leaders

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.980
 pay attention

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:15.100
 is what god is saying here

00:28:15.100 --> 00:28:16.100
 pay attention

00:28:16.100 --> 00:28:17.740
 to your leaders

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:19.779
 their role

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.600
 in particular

00:28:20.600 --> 00:28:21.560
 is speaking

00:28:21.560 --> 00:28:22.300
 the word of god

00:28:22.300 --> 00:28:22.700
 to you

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.880
 and modeling

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.920
 a life

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.560
 that displays

00:28:25.560 --> 00:28:26.060
 the character

00:28:26.060 --> 00:28:26.680
 of christ

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:28.320
 so as you think

00:28:28.320 --> 00:28:29.040
 about the matter

00:28:29.040 --> 00:28:30.060
 of choosing

00:28:30.060 --> 00:28:30.660
 leadership

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.600
 for the coming year

00:28:31.600 --> 00:28:32.800
 I want to encourage

00:28:32.800 --> 00:28:33.440
 you to remember

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:34.080
 that what you're

00:28:34.080 --> 00:28:34.640
 looking for

00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:35.120
 is men

00:28:35.120 --> 00:28:35.920
 that are

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:37.780
 examples

00:28:37.780 --> 00:28:38.760
 of biblical

00:28:38.760 --> 00:28:39.540
 character

00:28:39.540 --> 00:28:41.200
 there's something else

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:42.020
 that I want you to see

00:28:42.020 --> 00:28:42.520
 and I'm going to make

00:28:42.520 --> 00:28:43.380
 a comparison here

00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:44.000
 in particular

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:45.300
 between the role

00:28:45.300 --> 00:28:46.000
 of pastor

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:46.900
 and between

00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:48.020
 the role of a deacon

00:28:48.020 --> 00:28:49.160
 and so go

00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:49.680
 if you will

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:50.400
 there to 1st

00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:50.740
 Timothy

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:52.080
 chapter 3

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:54.799
 1st Timothy

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.559
 chapter 3

00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:56.099
 we're going to be

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:56.839
 looking at the

00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:57.480
 similarities

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:59.919
 of godly leadership

00:28:59.919 --> 00:29:00.579
 we understand

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:01.559
 the significance

00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:02.539
 of godly leadership

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.419
 but what are the

00:29:03.419 --> 00:29:03.939
 similarities

00:29:03.939 --> 00:29:04.500
 that we are

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:05.139
 looking for

00:29:05.139 --> 00:29:06.720
 you look there

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.839
 in verse 8

00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:08.619
 and it says

00:29:08.619 --> 00:29:10.259
 deacon likewise

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:12.740
 must be dignified

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.819
 not double-tongued

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:14.259
 etc

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:15.159
 a little word

00:29:15.159 --> 00:29:15.919
 likewise

00:29:15.919 --> 00:29:17.519
 tells us a great deal

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.179
 that I want us to

00:29:18.179 --> 00:29:19.439
 focus on briefly

00:29:19.439 --> 00:29:20.059
 this morning

00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:21.339
 the word argues

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:22.659
 for viewing

00:29:22.659 --> 00:29:23.720
 pastors and

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.480
 deacons as

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:24.919
 similar

00:29:24.919 --> 00:29:26.940
 or viewing

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:28.220
 overseers

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:29.079
 bishops or

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:29.359
 elders

00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:30.079
 whichever word

00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:30.460
 you're going to

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:30.960
 use in this

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.299
 case

00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:32.579
 and deacons

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:32.940
 as being

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:33.399
 similar

00:29:33.399 --> 00:29:34.079
 some have

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:35.000
 made a great

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.419
 deal of

00:29:35.419 --> 00:29:36.019
 distinction

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:38.000
 between pastors

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.519
 and deacons

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:38.960
 between the

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:39.720
 various offices

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:41.220
 and while there

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:42.159
 are distinctions

00:29:42.159 --> 00:29:42.940
 in terms of

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.440
 role and

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:44.019
 responsibility

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:45.139
 there's not

00:29:45.139 --> 00:29:46.059
 distinction

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:46.799
 in relationship

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.500
 to character

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:49.220
 and it's not

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:50.039
 my intent

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:50.619
 this morning

00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:51.559
 to carry on

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.019
 the ongoing

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.559
 argument

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:53.359
 about the

00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:53.819
 differences

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.680
 in government

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:55.960
 in congregations

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.420
 I am

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:57.160
 persuaded

00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:58.000
 that the

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.299
 scripture

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:59.380
 cannot be

00:29:59.380 --> 00:30:00.039
 relied upon

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:00.579
 to argue

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:01.279
 persuasively

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:02.019
 one side

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.619
 or the other

00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:03.599
 of the issue

00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:05.019
 I do believe

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.339
 that the

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:06.119
 non-negotiable

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:06.920
 is character

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:08.099
 in leadership

00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:09.079
 and that is

00:30:09.079 --> 00:30:09.759
 the undeniable

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.200
 argument

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:11.119
 from the

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:11.660
 passage in

00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:11.920
 Exodus

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:12.400
 all the way

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:13.240
 to the end

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:14.619
 now notice

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:15.220
 too here

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.940
 that the

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:16.380
 issue of

00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:16.960
 similarity

00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:17.779
 is not

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.039
 about

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.799
 tasks

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.799
 but about

00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:20.240
 character

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:21.600
 and what

00:30:21.600 --> 00:30:22.259
 we find

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:23.400
 emphasized

00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:24.460
 in the

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:25.620
 second part

00:30:25.620 --> 00:30:26.160
 of 1st

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.400
 Timothy

00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:27.120
 chapter 3

00:30:27.120 --> 00:30:28.000
 is the

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.680
 characteristics

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:30.019
 of those

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.299
 who are

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:30.700
 going to

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.120
 lead as

00:30:31.120 --> 00:30:31.539
 deacons

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:31.880
 being

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:32.600
 relatively

00:30:32.600 --> 00:30:33.160
 similar

00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:33.779
 to the

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.319
 characteristics

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:34.779
 of those

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:34.980
 that are

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.279
 going to

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:35.860
 lead as

00:30:35.860 --> 00:30:36.299
 pastors

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:38.039
 you look

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.620
 there and

00:30:38.620 --> 00:30:38.960
 make a

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.720
 quick comparison

00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:40.180
 between

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:41.579
 chapter 3

00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:42.079
 verse 2

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.640
 through 7

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:44.019
 and then

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:44.539
 the passage

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:44.940
 that we

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:45.640
 find carrying

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.079
 on from

00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:46.519
 8 through

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:46.859
 12

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:47.259
 deacons

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.700
 likewise

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:48.200
 must be

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:48.799
 dignified

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.039
 not

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.319
 double

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:49.740
 tongued

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:50.319
 not

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:50.619
 addicted

00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:51.000
 to much

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.339
 wine

00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:51.879
 not greedy

00:30:51.879 --> 00:30:52.599
 for dishonest

00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:53.059
 gain

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:54.480
 they must

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:54.839
 hold the

00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:55.359
 mystery of

00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:55.859
 the faith

00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:56.420
 with a clear

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:57.099
 conscience

00:30:57.099 --> 00:30:58.599
 let them

00:30:58.599 --> 00:30:59.099
 first be

00:30:59.099 --> 00:30:59.539
 tested

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.519
 then let

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:00.920
 them serve

00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:01.400
 as deacons

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:01.660
 if they

00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:02.279
 prove themselves

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.940
 blameless

00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:03.980
 their wives

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.379
 likewise

00:31:04.379 --> 00:31:04.839
 must be

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:05.339
 dignified

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:05.579
 not

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:06.099
 slanders

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:07.000
 sober

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.420
 minded

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:08.200
 faithful

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.539
 in all

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:09.079
 things

00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:10.200
 and so

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:10.519
 when we

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:10.859
 look at

00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:11.160
 this

00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.619
 I want

00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:11.839
 you to

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:12.339
 understand

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:12.619
 that

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:13.639
 this matter

00:31:13.639 --> 00:31:14.879
 of similarity

00:31:14.879 --> 00:31:15.859
 between pastors

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:16.899
 and deacons

00:31:16.899 --> 00:31:17.859
 is important

00:31:17.859 --> 00:31:18.539
 to understand

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:19.179
 from a scriptural

00:31:19.179 --> 00:31:19.539
 premise

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:20.839
 and one of the

00:31:20.839 --> 00:31:21.639
 things that you

00:31:21.639 --> 00:31:22.679
 can see

00:31:22.679 --> 00:31:23.479
 in our fellowship

00:31:23.479 --> 00:31:24.719
 is that those

00:31:24.719 --> 00:31:25.319
 who serve

00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:26.039
 as pastors

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:27.039
 and those

00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:27.559
 who serve

00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:28.319
 as deacons

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:29.019
 for all

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:30.019
 practical purposes

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:31.299
 have the same

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:31.899
 character

00:31:31.899 --> 00:31:32.519
 qualifications

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:33.899
 and have a

00:31:33.899 --> 00:31:34.679
 history of doing

00:31:34.679 --> 00:31:35.719
 so before you

00:31:35.719 --> 00:31:36.459
 as God's people

00:31:36.459 --> 00:31:37.919
 when you choose

00:31:37.919 --> 00:31:38.359
 a deacon

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:38.899
 you're choosing

00:31:38.899 --> 00:31:39.359
 a man

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:40.459
 who is one

00:31:40.459 --> 00:31:40.939
 who has

00:31:40.939 --> 00:31:41.919
 demonstrated

00:31:41.919 --> 00:31:43.039
 a servant's

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.279
 heart

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:44.099
 and godly

00:31:44.099 --> 00:31:44.579
 character

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:46.119
 now the

00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:46.659
 underlying

00:31:46.659 --> 00:31:47.379
 purpose

00:31:47.379 --> 00:31:49.139
 in this

00:31:49.139 --> 00:31:50.279
 clear expectation

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:51.279
 of character

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:52.019
 being similar

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:53.799
 is the fact

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.799
 that godly

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.599
 leadership

00:31:55.599 --> 00:31:57.639
 is expected

00:31:57.639 --> 00:31:58.539
 to be a reflection

00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:59.259
 of our

00:31:59.259 --> 00:32:00.039
 Lord Jesus

00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.459
 Christ

00:32:00.459 --> 00:32:01.219
 our chief

00:32:01.219 --> 00:32:01.619
 shepherd

00:32:01.619 --> 00:32:03.099
 and so

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:04.000
 he is the

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:04.500
 one who

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.119
 at the end

00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:05.579
 of the day

00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:06.439
 godly leaders

00:32:06.439 --> 00:32:07.079
 are following

00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:08.159
 and he is

00:32:08.159 --> 00:32:08.559
 the one

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:09.200
 that godly

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.559
 leaders

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:10.059
 are pointing

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.299
 to

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:10.599
 does that

00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:11.079
 make sense

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:12.159
 why is it

00:32:12.159 --> 00:32:12.659
 important

00:32:12.659 --> 00:32:15.079
 in God's

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:16.559
 people's

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:17.240
 lives

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:18.019
 that those

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.839
 who lead

00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:20.759
 are men

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.720
 of character

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.220
 and good

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:22.759
 reputation

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.220
 why

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:24.879
 fundamentally

00:32:24.879 --> 00:32:25.579
 because of

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:26.259
 who they

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:27.220
 lead for

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:28.059
 and who

00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:28.879
 they represent

00:32:28.879 --> 00:32:29.179
 does that

00:32:29.179 --> 00:32:29.779
 make sense

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:31.480
 they lead

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:33.159
 on behalf

00:32:33.159 --> 00:32:34.159
 of Christ

00:32:34.159 --> 00:32:35.220
 the flock

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:36.039
 does not

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:36.639
 belong

00:32:36.639 --> 00:32:37.539
 to a man

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:38.539
 it belongs

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:38.799
 to the

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.259
 Lord Jesus

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:39.659
 Christ

00:32:39.659 --> 00:32:40.519
 who redeemed

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:40.779
 it with

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.119
 his own

00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:41.480
 blood

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:42.279
 and those

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:42.859
 who serve

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.500
 as leaders

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:43.859
 in the

00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:44.259
 fellowship

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:45.839
 are responsible

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:47.019
 to be sensitive

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.879
 to that which

00:32:47.879 --> 00:32:48.779
 honors the one

00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:49.359
 who redeemed

00:32:49.359 --> 00:32:50.119
 the congregation

00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:52.220
 he is the

00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:52.759
 one that we're

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:53.480
 looking to

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:54.599
 and he is the

00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:55.119
 one that we

00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:55.659
 serve

00:32:55.659 --> 00:32:56.779
 and he is the

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:57.319
 one that we're

00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:58.200
 bonded to

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:58.680
 together

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.500
 and so

00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:00.240
 when you

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.799
 look for

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.399
 leaders

00:33:01.399 --> 00:33:02.720
 you're looking

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.460
 for individuals

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:04.480
 that display

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:04.859
 the heart

00:33:04.859 --> 00:33:05.440
 of Christ

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:07.500
 I want you

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:08.059
 to understand

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:08.779
 as a result

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.180
 of that

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:09.820
 that pastors

00:33:09.820 --> 00:33:10.500
 and deacons

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:11.559
 are to provide

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:12.360
 a similar

00:33:12.360 --> 00:33:13.460
 model of

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:14.240
 servanthood

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:16.180
 of humility

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:17.420
 and godliness

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:18.420
 what you find

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:19.180
 in a pastor

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:20.279
 is something

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:20.820
 that you should

00:33:20.820 --> 00:33:22.000
 find in a deacon

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:23.600
 let me take you

00:33:23.600 --> 00:33:24.559
 back if I can

00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:25.120
 for a moment

00:33:25.120 --> 00:33:26.259
 back to Hebrews

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:27.140
 chapter 13

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:27.799
 verse 7

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:31.100
 I love the

00:33:31.100 --> 00:33:31.740
 flow of the

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.680
 passage here

00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:34.560
 Hebrews 13

00:33:34.560 --> 00:33:36.000
 is the

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.720
 author coming

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:37.299
 to the very

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:38.779
 end of

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.660
 his book

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:40.700
 and one of

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:41.019
 the things

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:42.080
 that characterizes

00:33:42.080 --> 00:33:43.039
 the ends

00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:45.340
 of epistles

00:33:45.340 --> 00:33:46.900
 and scriptural

00:33:46.900 --> 00:33:47.779
 books

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:48.200
 is that

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:48.980
 they want

00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:49.600
 to wrap

00:33:49.600 --> 00:33:49.860
 it up

00:33:49.860 --> 00:33:50.140
 and give

00:33:50.140 --> 00:33:50.440
 you a good

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:50.779
 summary

00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:51.340
 and stick

00:33:51.340 --> 00:33:51.660
 something

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:51.960
 in your

00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:52.340
 mind

00:33:52.340 --> 00:33:52.920
 in relationship

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:53.500
 to that

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.240
 the matter

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:54.720
 of biblical

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:55.200
 leadership

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:55.940
 comes out

00:33:55.940 --> 00:33:57.140
 we mark

00:33:57.140 --> 00:33:57.660
 what it says

00:33:57.660 --> 00:33:58.039
 there in

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:59.019
 verse 7

00:33:59.019 --> 00:34:00.400
 it says

00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:00.720
 remember

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.279
 your leaders

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:01.720
 those who

00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:02.220
 spoke to you

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:02.539
 the word

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:02.940
 of God

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.339
 consider

00:34:03.339 --> 00:34:03.900
 the outcome

00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:04.200
 of their

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:04.720
 way of life

00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:05.460
 and imitate

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:06.160
 their faith

00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:07.740
 and so when

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:08.099
 it says

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.659
 consider

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.139
 it's giving

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.820
 us a command

00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:10.740
 that you

00:34:10.740 --> 00:34:11.260
 as God's

00:34:11.260 --> 00:34:11.579
 people

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.240
 are to

00:34:12.240 --> 00:34:12.820
 refresh

00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:13.599
 your memory

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:16.059
 it's been

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.659
 good for me

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.780
 the last

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:18.340
 several weeks

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:18.860
 to remind

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:19.400
 myself

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:20.480
 of those

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:20.740
 who have

00:34:20.740 --> 00:34:21.139
 served in

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.699
 this congregation

00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:23.420
 as deacons

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:24.699
 and the model

00:34:24.699 --> 00:34:25.179
 that they have

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:26.139
 set for me

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.679
 personally

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:27.300
 I remember

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:27.900
 them sitting

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:29.300
 at the board

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:30.039
 and making

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.579
 decisions

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:31.179
 and helping

00:34:31.179 --> 00:34:32.039
 as we work

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.400
 through some

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:33.000
 very difficult

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.340
 things

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:34.139
 I couldn't

00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:34.460
 help but

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:34.900
 remember

00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:35.940
 Bill Driscoll

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:37.099
 I couldn't

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:37.400
 help but

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:37.860
 remember

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:39.059
 Hal Burchett

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:39.980
 I couldn't

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.300
 help but

00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:40.759
 remember

00:34:40.759 --> 00:34:41.960
 Tom Parsons

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:43.159
 I remember

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:43.699
 some of their

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:44.639
 counsel together

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:45.179
 when we were

00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:45.980
 working things

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.759
 through in

00:34:46.759 --> 00:34:47.539
 relationship to

00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:48.079
 closing the

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.440
 school

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:49.300
 and when we

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:49.779
 were working

00:34:49.779 --> 00:34:50.460
 things through

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:51.179
 in relationship

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:52.019
 to some of

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.500
 the changes

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:53.000
 that we've

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.480
 made in our

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:53.840
 fellowship

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:54.360
 whether it's

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.920
 small group

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:56.039
 or music

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.519
 ministry

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:57.440
 and they

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:58.500
 were men

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.259
 that provided

00:34:59.259 --> 00:35:00.380
 godly counsel

00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:01.059
 and stability

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:01.599
 in the flow

00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:01.960
 of those

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:02.440
 things

00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:04.400
 I think

00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:04.980
 of my dad

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.440
 who served

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:06.000
 as a deacon

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.920
 in fact one

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.259
 of the harder

00:35:07.259 --> 00:35:07.759
 things that I

00:35:07.759 --> 00:35:08.139
 had to do

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:08.559
 was say to

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:08.780
 dad

00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:09.599
 I think

00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:10.019
 it's time

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.320
 to let

00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:11.019
 somebody else

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.679
 take up

00:35:11.679 --> 00:35:13.519
 the torch

00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:15.559
 and what a

00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:16.039
 desire

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.719
 I remember

00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:18.099
 as he got

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:18.500
 older and

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:18.699
 older

00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:19.079
 he would

00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:19.480
 go to

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:19.679
 every

00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:19.940
 he'd

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.340
 ask me

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:20.659
 on a

00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:21.159
 Friday

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.880
 is there

00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:22.280
 a move

00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:22.800
 coming on

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.199
 Saturday

00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:24.539
 he wanted

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:24.919
 to go

00:35:24.919 --> 00:35:25.279
 with me

00:35:25.279 --> 00:35:25.500
 and he

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:25.759
 was in

00:35:25.759 --> 00:35:26.519
 his 80s

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:28.379
 and it

00:35:28.379 --> 00:35:28.799
 got to the

00:35:28.799 --> 00:35:29.279
 point where

00:35:29.279 --> 00:35:29.919
 I had to

00:35:29.919 --> 00:35:30.299
 he would

00:35:30.299 --> 00:35:30.699
 always say

00:35:30.699 --> 00:35:31.279
 so what

00:35:31.279 --> 00:35:31.599
 can I

00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:31.899
 carry

00:35:31.899 --> 00:35:32.179
 and I'd

00:35:32.179 --> 00:35:32.359
 get him

00:35:32.359 --> 00:35:32.699
 to stand

00:35:32.699 --> 00:35:33.079
 over the

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:33.339
 side

00:35:33.339 --> 00:35:33.539
 when he

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:33.779
 was about

00:35:33.779 --> 00:35:34.099
 85

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:35.039
 and I'd

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.359
 pick up

00:35:35.359 --> 00:35:35.599
 one of

00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:36.019
 these teeny

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.719
 little boxes

00:35:36.719 --> 00:35:37.039
 and I'd

00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:37.339
 go over

00:35:37.339 --> 00:35:37.639
 and say

00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:38.199
 will you

00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:38.699
 take this

00:35:38.699 --> 00:35:38.960
 in

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:39.919
 and then

00:35:39.919 --> 00:35:40.179
 I had

00:35:40.179 --> 00:35:40.399
 to be

00:35:40.399 --> 00:35:40.659
 careful

00:35:40.659 --> 00:35:40.960
 that he

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:41.279
 didn't get

00:35:41.279 --> 00:35:41.759
 knocked over

00:35:41.759 --> 00:35:41.960
 in the

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.299
 process

00:35:42.299 --> 00:35:42.679
 get the

00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:42.980
 box

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.319
 in there

00:35:43.319 --> 00:35:43.759
 why was

00:35:43.759 --> 00:35:44.059
 he doing

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.359
 that

00:35:44.359 --> 00:35:46.059
 why was

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:45.899
!

00:35:45.899 --> 00:35:46.139
 he

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:46.319
 doing

00:35:46.319 --> 00:35:46.599
 that

00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:49.079
 he

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:49.379
 wasn't

00:35:49.379 --> 00:35:49.619
 doing

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:49.880
 that

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:50.019
 to

00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:50.319
 receive

00:35:50.319 --> 00:35:50.460
 a

00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:50.779
 reward

00:35:50.779 --> 00:35:50.960
 from

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.199
 people

00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:51.339
 who

00:35:51.339 --> 00:35:51.500
 said

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:51.779
 thank

00:35:51.779 --> 00:35:51.960
 you

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:53.799
 he

00:35:53.799 --> 00:35:53.980
 was

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.219
 doing

00:35:54.219 --> 00:35:54.380
 it

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:54.659
 because

00:35:54.659 --> 00:35:54.839
 he

00:35:54.839 --> 00:35:54.980
 was

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.139
 a

00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:55.519
 lifetime

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:55.980
 debtor

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.119
 to

00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:56.579
 Jesus

00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:57.179
 now

00:35:57.179 --> 00:35:57.380
 listen

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:57.599
 to me

00:35:57.599 --> 00:35:57.960
 carefully

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:59.679
 a man

00:35:59.679 --> 00:35:59.859
 who

00:35:59.859 --> 00:36:00.139
 does

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:00.400
 not

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:00.739
 serve

00:36:00.739 --> 00:36:00.940
 under

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:01.179
 that

00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:01.500
 sense

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:01.639
 of

00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:01.960
 divine

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.539
 obligation

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:02.799
 is

00:36:02.799 --> 00:36:03.039
 missing

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:03.420
 something

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:05.480
 we

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:06.000
 serve

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:06.619
 because

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:07.139
 of what

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:07.279
 he

00:36:07.279 --> 00:36:07.480
 has

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:07.759
 done

00:36:07.759 --> 00:36:08.019
 for

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:08.359
 us

00:36:08.359 --> 00:36:09.039
 he's

00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:09.319
 made

00:36:09.319 --> 00:36:09.519
 us

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:10.059
 debtors

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.219
 to

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:10.380
 the

00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:10.839
 cross

00:36:10.839 --> 00:36:12.619
 and

00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:12.819
 that

00:36:12.819 --> 00:36:13.019
 should

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.219
 make

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:13.380
 us

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:13.719
 joyful

00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:13.900
 in

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.039
 our

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.559
 service

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:16.219
 we

00:36:16.219 --> 00:36:16.519
 find

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:16.779
 here

00:36:16.779 --> 00:36:17.519
 remember

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:17.759
 your

00:36:17.759 --> 00:36:18.059
 leaders

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:20.179
 those

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:20.380
 who

00:36:20.380 --> 00:36:20.639
 spoke

00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:20.779
 to

00:36:20.779 --> 00:36:20.859
 you

00:36:20.859 --> 00:36:21.019
 the

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.179
 word

00:36:21.179 --> 00:36:21.319
 of

00:36:21.319 --> 00:36:21.599
 God

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:24.599
 consider

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:24.920
 the

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.420
 outcome

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:25.619
 of

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:25.759
 their

00:36:25.759 --> 00:36:25.980
 way

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:26.119
 of

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:26.359
 life

00:36:26.359 --> 00:36:26.559
 how

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:26.679
 do

00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:26.759
 you

00:36:26.759 --> 00:36:26.900
 want

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.000
 to

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.199
 end

00:36:27.199 --> 00:36:27.500
 up

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:28.359
 huh

00:36:28.359 --> 00:36:29.539
 how

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:29.639
 do

00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:29.699
 you

00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:29.819
 want

00:36:29.819 --> 00:36:29.900
 to

00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:30.059
 end

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:30.339
 up

00:36:30.339 --> 00:36:32.319
 as

00:36:32.319 --> 00:36:32.500
 I

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:32.679
 get

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:33.019
 older

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:34.219
 and

00:36:34.219 --> 00:36:34.339
 I

00:36:34.339 --> 00:36:34.500
 get

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:34.880
 closer

00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:35.079
 to

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:35.219
 the

00:36:35.219 --> 00:36:35.460
 finish

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:35.759
 line

00:36:35.759 --> 00:36:37.699
 I

00:36:37.699 --> 00:36:38.179
 think

00:36:38.179 --> 00:36:38.659
 more

00:36:38.659 --> 00:36:39.159
 often

00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:39.619
 of how

00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:39.900
 I

00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:40.199
 want

00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:40.400
 to

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:40.639
 end

00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:40.920
 up

00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:43.940
 and

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:44.199
 I

00:36:44.199 --> 00:36:44.460
 am

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:45.019
 so

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:45.819
 very

00:36:45.819 --> 00:36:46.559
 thankful

00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:46.819
 that

00:36:46.819 --> 00:36:46.960
 I

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:47.199
 have

00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:47.739
 models

00:36:47.739 --> 00:36:48.119
 out

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.359
 in

00:36:48.359 --> 00:36:48.659
 front

00:36:48.659 --> 00:36:48.799
 of

00:36:48.799 --> 00:36:49.000
 me

00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:50.119
 who

00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:50.599
 set

00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:50.880
 the

00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:51.420
 standard

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:51.679
 and

00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:51.940
 made

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:52.139
 it

00:36:52.139 --> 00:36:52.480
 clear

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:52.739
 what

00:36:52.739 --> 00:36:53.280
 godly

00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:53.760
 leadership

00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:54.400
 and

00:36:54.400 --> 00:36:54.880
 servanthood

00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:55.280
 look

00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:55.679
 like

00:36:55.679 --> 00:36:59.159
 consider

00:36:59.159 --> 00:36:59.900
 the

00:36:59.900 --> 00:37:00.559
 outcome

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:01.039
 of

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:01.500
 their

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:02.500
 way

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:03.000
 of

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:03.340
 life

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:03.599
 what

00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:03.860
 was

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:04.039
 their

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:04.860
 trajectory

00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:06.019
 how

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.300
 did

00:37:06.300 --> 00:37:06.880
 things

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:07.500
 end

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:08.340
 in

00:37:08.340 --> 00:37:08.480
 a

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:08.840
 day

00:37:08.840 --> 00:37:09.239
 in

00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:09.619
 which

00:37:09.619 --> 00:37:10.780
 individuals

00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:12.679
 take

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:13.260
 pleasure

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:13.599
 in

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:14.019
 self

00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:14.760
 gratification

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:14.980
 I

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:15.300
 remember

00:37:15.300 --> 00:37:15.620
 hearing

00:37:15.620 --> 00:37:15.780
 of

00:37:15.780 --> 00:37:15.880
 an

00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:16.320
 individual

00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:17.180
 that

00:37:17.180 --> 00:37:17.280
 was

00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:17.400
 going

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:17.480
 to

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:17.840
 retire

00:37:17.840 --> 00:37:18.420
 and

00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:18.520
 they

00:37:18.520 --> 00:37:18.580
 were

00:37:18.580 --> 00:37:18.680
 going

00:37:18.680 --> 00:37:18.740
 to

00:37:18.740 --> 00:37:18.940
 spend

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:19.100
 the

00:37:19.100 --> 00:37:19.300
 next

00:37:19.300 --> 00:37:19.560
 three

00:37:19.560 --> 00:37:19.940
 years

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:20.620
 driving

00:37:20.620 --> 00:37:21.000
 around

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.180
 the

00:37:21.180 --> 00:37:21.460
 country

00:37:21.460 --> 00:37:21.600
 in

00:37:21.600 --> 00:37:21.700
 a

00:37:21.700 --> 00:37:21.900
 motor

00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:22.140
 home

00:37:22.140 --> 00:37:22.360
 kind

00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:22.440
 of

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:22.940
 indulging

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:23.660
 themselves

00:37:23.660 --> 00:37:24.140
 in

00:37:24.140 --> 00:37:24.920
 state

00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:25.360
 parks

00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:25.540
 and

00:37:25.540 --> 00:37:25.840
 whatever

00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:26.240
 whatever

00:37:26.240 --> 00:37:26.580
 whatever

00:37:26.580 --> 00:37:26.960
 and I

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:27.140
 thought

00:37:27.140 --> 00:37:27.680
 well

00:37:27.680 --> 00:37:27.900
 you

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.020
 know

00:37:28.020 --> 00:37:28.440
 not

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:28.600
 going

00:37:28.600 --> 00:37:28.780
 to be

00:37:28.780 --> 00:37:28.960
 for

00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:29.220
 me

00:37:29.220 --> 00:37:29.560
 do

00:37:29.560 --> 00:37:29.580
 you

00:37:29.580 --> 00:37:29.680
 know

00:37:29.680 --> 00:37:29.800
 how

00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:29.960
 I

00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:30.120
 want

00:37:30.120 --> 00:37:30.320
 to end

00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:30.540
 up

00:37:30.540 --> 00:37:31.500
 I

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:31.700
 want

00:37:31.700 --> 00:37:31.880
 to end

00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:32.060
 up

00:37:32.060 --> 00:37:32.180
 as

00:37:32.180 --> 00:37:32.280
 a

00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:32.560
 bride

00:37:32.560 --> 00:37:33.280
 as

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:33.440
 a

00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:33.640
!

00:37:33.640 --> 00:37:33.680
 servant

00:37:33.680 --> 00:37:33.860
 to

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:34.160
 the bride

00:37:34.160 --> 00:37:34.320
 of

00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:45.420
 for

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:45.620
 the

00:37:45.620 --> 00:37:46.000
 testimony

00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:46.360
 of

00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:46.580
 others

00:37:46.580 --> 00:37:46.720
 who

00:37:46.720 --> 00:37:46.820
 have

00:37:46.820 --> 00:37:46.960
 had

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.120
 the

00:37:47.120 --> 00:37:47.340
 same

00:37:47.340 --> 00:37:47.760
 ambition

00:37:47.760 --> 00:37:47.940
 and

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:48.060
 the

00:37:48.060 --> 00:37:48.240
 same

00:37:48.240 --> 00:37:48.660
 affection

00:37:48.660 --> 00:37:49.360
 and

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:49.740
 it

00:37:49.740 --> 00:37:49.980
 is

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:50.700
 my

00:37:50.700 --> 00:37:51.360
 pleasure

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:51.640
 to

00:37:51.640 --> 00:37:52.000
 be

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:52.220
 in

00:37:52.220 --> 00:37:52.380
 a

00:37:52.380 --> 00:37:53.000
 congregation

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.620
 in

00:37:53.620 --> 00:37:53.820
 which

00:37:53.820 --> 00:37:54.220
 that

00:37:54.220 --> 00:37:54.440
 is

00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:54.880
 playing

00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:55.400
 out

00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:57.760
 now

00:37:57.760 --> 00:37:58.680
 mark

00:37:58.680 --> 00:37:58.900
 what

00:37:58.900 --> 00:37:59.040
 it

00:37:59.040 --> 00:37:59.420
 says

00:37:59.420 --> 00:38:00.040
 and

00:38:00.040 --> 00:38:00.500
 imitate

00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:01.320
 their

00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:01.740
 faith

00:38:01.740 --> 00:38:01.960
 you

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.020
 know

00:38:02.020 --> 00:38:02.120
 what

00:38:02.120 --> 00:38:02.240
 that

00:38:02.240 --> 00:38:02.560
 means

00:38:02.560 --> 00:38:04.040
 imitate

00:38:04.040 --> 00:38:05.240
 it

00:38:05.240 --> 00:38:05.420
 means

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:05.580
 to

00:38:05.580 --> 00:38:05.800
 follow

00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:06.000
 that

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.480
 example

00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:07.860
 be

00:38:07.860 --> 00:38:08.020
 the

00:38:08.020 --> 00:38:08.220
 same

00:38:08.220 --> 00:38:08.540
 way

00:38:08.540 --> 00:38:10.300
 you

00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:10.520
 know

00:38:10.520 --> 00:38:12.000
 to

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.360
 put

00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:12.500
 it

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:12.680
 in

00:38:12.680 --> 00:38:13.000
 simple

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:13.520
 terms

00:38:13.520 --> 00:38:14.600
 love

00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:15.019
 Christ

00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:17.039
 serve

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:17.279
 like

00:38:17.279 --> 00:38:17.579
 them

00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:19.139
 so

00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:19.460
 when

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:19.699
 we

00:38:19.699 --> 00:38:20.139
 think

00:38:20.139 --> 00:38:20.579
 this

00:38:20.579 --> 00:38:20.960
 morning

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:21.420
 about

00:38:21.420 --> 00:38:22.819
 choosing

00:38:22.819 --> 00:38:23.519
 biblical

00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:24.059
 leadership

00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:25.779
 I

00:38:25.779 --> 00:38:25.960
 want

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:26.059
 you

00:38:26.059 --> 00:38:26.179
 to

00:38:26.179 --> 00:38:26.599
 understand

00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:26.839
 that

00:38:26.839 --> 00:38:27.199
 God's

00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:27.579
 intention

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:27.920
 first

00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:28.259
 of all

00:38:28.259 --> 00:38:28.839
 is

00:38:28.839 --> 00:38:29.059
 that

00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:29.360
 those

00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:29.539
 who

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:29.819
 serve

00:38:29.819 --> 00:38:30.099
 among

00:38:30.099 --> 00:38:30.440
 God's

00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:30.759
 people

00:38:30.759 --> 00:38:31.380
 are

00:38:31.380 --> 00:38:31.980
 individuals

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:32.299
 who

00:38:32.299 --> 00:38:32.420
 have

00:38:32.420 --> 00:38:32.980
 shown

00:38:32.980 --> 00:38:33.500
 the

00:38:33.500 --> 00:38:33.839
 work

00:38:33.839 --> 00:38:34.039
 of

00:38:34.039 --> 00:38:34.420
 Christ

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:34.639
 in

00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:34.920
 growing

00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:35.139
 to

00:38:35.139 --> 00:38:35.299
 be

00:38:35.299 --> 00:38:35.619
 more

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:36.000
 like

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:36.440
 Jesus

00:38:36.440 --> 00:38:36.679
 isn't

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:36.819
 that

00:38:36.819 --> 00:38:37.079
 right

00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:38.960
 secondly

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:40.860
 God's

00:38:40.860 --> 00:38:41.179
 people

00:38:41.179 --> 00:38:41.759
 are

00:38:41.759 --> 00:38:41.960
 to

00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:42.420
 value

00:38:42.420 --> 00:38:42.819
 that

00:38:42.819 --> 00:38:43.099
 and

00:38:43.099 --> 00:38:43.420
 pray

00:38:43.420 --> 00:38:43.639
 for

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:43.940
 that

00:38:43.940 --> 00:38:44.599
 encourage

00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:45.099
 that

00:38:45.099 --> 00:38:45.619
 and

00:38:45.619 --> 00:38:45.820
 then

00:38:45.820 --> 00:38:46.220
 choose

00:38:46.220 --> 00:38:46.500
 that

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:46.679
 to

00:38:46.679 --> 00:38:46.800
 be

00:38:46.800 --> 00:38:47.000
 their

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:47.380
 leaders

00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:48.099
 so

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:48.260
 when

00:38:48.260 --> 00:38:48.380
 we

00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:48.599
 gather

00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:49.039
 together

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:49.639
 to

00:38:49.639 --> 00:38:49.980
 attend

00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:50.099
 to

00:38:50.099 --> 00:38:50.240
 the

00:38:50.240 --> 00:38:50.539
 issue

00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:50.800
 of

00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:51.420
 choosing

00:38:51.420 --> 00:38:51.840
 biblical

00:38:51.840 --> 00:38:52.260
 leadership

00:38:52.260 --> 00:38:52.679
 one of the

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:53.039
 things that

00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:53.400
 we want

00:38:53.400 --> 00:38:53.780
 to do

00:38:53.780 --> 00:38:54.519
 is to

00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:54.860
 say to

00:38:54.860 --> 00:38:54.980
 the

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.159
 Lord

00:38:55.159 --> 00:38:55.639
 thank you

00:38:55.639 --> 00:38:55.900
 for the

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.139
 ones

00:38:56.139 --> 00:38:56.260
 you

00:38:56.260 --> 00:38:56.780
 provided

00:38:56.780 --> 00:38:57.320
 and

00:38:57.320 --> 00:38:57.679
 thank you

00:38:57.679 --> 00:38:57.920
 for the

00:38:57.920 --> 00:38:58.159
 ones

00:38:58.159 --> 00:38:58.320
 you

00:38:58.320 --> 00:38:58.539
 will

00:38:58.539 --> 00:38:59.019
 provide

00:38:59.019 --> 00:38:59.559
 and

00:38:59.559 --> 00:38:59.820
 we

00:38:59.820 --> 00:39:00.079
 will

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:00.380
 pray

00:39:00.380 --> 00:39:00.599
 for

00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:00.820
 them

00:39:00.820 --> 00:39:00.980
 and

00:39:00.980 --> 00:39:01.400
 support

00:39:01.400 --> 00:39:01.780
 them

00:39:01.780 --> 00:39:02.559
 and

00:39:02.559 --> 00:39:02.980
 seek

00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:03.500
 their

00:39:03.500 --> 00:39:03.900
 well

00:39:03.900 --> 00:39:04.240
 being

00:39:04.240 --> 00:39:04.500
 as

00:39:04.500 --> 00:39:04.659
 they

00:39:04.659 --> 00:39:05.059
 serve

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:05.599
 as

00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:07.099
 servants

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:07.500
 to the

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:07.720
 bride

00:39:07.720 --> 00:39:07.900
 of

00:39:07.900 --> 00:39:08.300
 Christ

00:39:08.300 --> 00:39:08.320
!

00:39:08.320 --> 00:39:10.059
 Let

00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:10.139
 me

00:39:13.940 --> 00:39:14.840
 our

00:39:14.840 --> 00:39:15.340
 Father God

00:39:15.340 --> 00:39:15.840
 this morning

00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:16.340
 as we

00:39:16.340 --> 00:39:17.280
 think in

00:39:17.280 --> 00:39:17.480
 very

00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:17.900
 practical

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:18.320
 terms

00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:18.579
 about

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:18.800
 the

00:39:18.800 --> 00:39:19.260
 value

00:39:19.260 --> 00:39:20.639
 that

00:39:20.639 --> 00:39:20.880
 you

00:39:20.880 --> 00:39:21.159
 have

00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:21.700
 placed

00:39:21.700 --> 00:39:24.300
 on

00:39:24.300 --> 00:39:24.679
 biblical

00:39:24.679 --> 00:39:25.179
 leadership

00:39:25.179 --> 00:39:25.539
 we're

00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:25.880
 thankful

00:39:25.880 --> 00:39:26.579
 first and

00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:26.980
 foremost

00:39:26.980 --> 00:39:27.260
 that

00:39:27.260 --> 00:39:27.639
 Jesus

00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:28.240
 Christ

00:39:28.240 --> 00:39:28.559
 is

00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:28.780
 the

00:39:28.780 --> 00:39:29.380
 principal

00:39:29.380 --> 00:39:30.000
 example

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:30.320
 to

00:39:30.320 --> 00:39:30.720
 us

00:39:30.720 --> 00:39:32.480
 who

00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:32.700
 did

00:39:32.700 --> 00:39:32.920
 not

00:39:32.920 --> 00:39:33.179
 come

00:39:33.179 --> 00:39:33.300
 to

00:39:33.300 --> 00:39:33.440
 be

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:33.980
 ministered

00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:34.179
 unto

00:39:34.179 --> 00:39:34.400
 but

00:39:34.400 --> 00:39:34.599
 to

00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:34.920
 minister

00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:35.099
 and

00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:35.200
 to

00:39:35.200 --> 00:39:35.340
 give

00:39:35.340 --> 00:39:35.460
 his

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:35.740
 life

00:39:35.740 --> 00:39:35.900
 a

00:39:35.900 --> 00:39:36.179
 ransom

00:39:36.179 --> 00:39:36.460
 for

00:39:36.460 --> 00:39:36.740
 many

00:39:36.740 --> 00:39:38.360
 and

00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:38.500
 so

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:38.700
 this

00:39:38.700 --> 00:39:38.980
 morning

00:39:38.980 --> 00:39:39.260
 as

00:39:39.260 --> 00:39:39.480
 we

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:39.940
 think

00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:40.380
 about

00:39:40.380 --> 00:39:41.000
 leadership

00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:41.500
 we

00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:41.960
 want

00:39:41.960 --> 00:39:42.260
 to be

00:39:42.260 --> 00:39:42.440
 a

00:39:42.440 --> 00:39:42.820
 people

00:39:42.820 --> 00:39:43.619
 that

00:39:43.619 --> 00:39:44.219
 value

00:39:44.219 --> 00:39:44.659
 first

00:39:44.659 --> 00:39:44.880
 of

00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:45.099
 all

00:39:45.099 --> 00:39:45.359
 above

00:39:45.359 --> 00:39:45.659
 all

00:39:45.659 --> 00:39:46.039
 others

00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:46.239
 the

00:39:46.239 --> 00:39:46.440
 Lord

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:46.739
 Jesus

00:39:46.739 --> 00:39:47.159
 Christ

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:47.359
 as

00:39:47.359 --> 00:39:47.579
 our

00:39:47.579 --> 00:39:47.980
 savior

00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:48.880
 our

00:39:48.880 --> 00:39:49.440
 example

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:50.359
 the

00:39:50.359 --> 00:39:50.599
 one

00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:50.779
 who

00:39:50.779 --> 00:39:50.980
 we

00:39:50.980 --> 00:39:51.219
 want

00:39:51.219 --> 00:39:51.380
 to

00:39:51.380 --> 00:39:51.599
 be

00:39:51.599 --> 00:39:52.019
 like

00:39:52.019 --> 00:39:53.139
 and

00:39:53.139 --> 00:39:53.359
 let

00:39:53.359 --> 00:39:53.539
 our

00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:54.079
 lives

00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:54.219
 and

00:39:54.219 --> 00:39:54.359
 the

00:39:54.359 --> 00:39:54.799
 passion

00:39:54.799 --> 00:39:55.000
 of

00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:55.179
 our

00:39:55.179 --> 00:39:55.519
 souls

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:55.739
 be

00:39:55.739 --> 00:39:56.219
 reflective

00:39:56.219 --> 00:39:56.819
 of

00:39:56.819 --> 00:39:57.059
 that

00:39:57.059 --> 00:39:57.539
 ambition

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:57.839
 from

00:39:57.839 --> 00:39:58.079
 day

00:39:58.079 --> 00:39:58.239
 to

00:39:58.239 --> 00:39:58.539
 day

00:39:58.539 --> 00:40:00.099
 we

00:40:00.099 --> 00:40:00.279
 pray

00:40:00.279 --> 00:40:00.559
 father

00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:00.940
 also

00:40:00.940 --> 00:40:01.179
 for

00:40:01.179 --> 00:40:01.500
 those

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:01.639
 who

00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:01.759
 are

00:40:01.759 --> 00:40:01.980
 here

00:40:01.980 --> 00:40:02.279
 today

00:40:02.279 --> 00:40:02.480
 that

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:02.679
 do

00:40:02.679 --> 00:40:02.880
 not

00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:03.099
 know

00:40:03.099 --> 00:40:03.460
 Christ

00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:03.639
 that

00:40:03.639 --> 00:40:03.859
 even

00:40:03.859 --> 00:40:04.279
 today

00:40:04.279 --> 00:40:04.940
 as

00:40:04.940 --> 00:40:05.159
 they

00:40:05.159 --> 00:40:05.679
 are

00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:06.799
 sitting

00:40:06.799 --> 00:40:07.279
 under

00:40:07.279 --> 00:40:07.539
 the

00:40:07.539 --> 00:40:07.920
 teaching

00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:08.099
 of

00:40:08.099 --> 00:40:08.219
 the

00:40:08.219 --> 00:40:08.359
 word

00:40:08.359 --> 00:40:08.500
 of

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:08.719
 God

00:40:08.719 --> 00:40:09.079
 thinking

00:40:13.619 --> 00:40:13.739
 them

00:40:13.739 --> 00:40:13.880
 to

00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:14.380
 realize

00:40:14.380 --> 00:40:15.000
 the

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:15.480
 emptiness

00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:16.440
 the

00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:16.839
 darkness

00:40:16.839 --> 00:40:17.119
 of

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:17.279
 their

00:40:17.279 --> 00:40:17.739
 soul

00:40:17.739 --> 00:40:19.099
 has

00:40:19.099 --> 00:40:19.519
 no

00:40:19.519 --> 00:40:20.579
 solution

00:40:20.579 --> 00:40:21.440
 apart

00:40:21.440 --> 00:40:21.719
 from

00:40:21.719 --> 00:40:22.299
 broken

00:40:22.299 --> 00:40:23.480
 repentance

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:25.400
 willing

00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:26.039
 confession

00:40:26.039 --> 00:40:26.319
 of

00:40:26.319 --> 00:40:26.739
 sin

00:40:26.739 --> 00:40:27.699
 and

00:40:27.699 --> 00:40:27.859
 a

00:40:27.859 --> 00:40:28.099
 readiness

00:40:28.099 --> 00:40:28.400
 to

00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:28.679
 trust

00:40:28.679 --> 00:40:28.880
 in

00:40:28.880 --> 00:40:29.119
 Jesus

00:40:29.119 --> 00:40:29.460
 as

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:29.619
 their

00:40:29.619 --> 00:40:29.960
 savior

00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:30.920
 we

00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:31.199
 ask

00:40:31.199 --> 00:40:31.359
 this

00:40:31.359 --> 00:40:31.519
 in

00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:31.759
 Jesus

00:40:31.759 --> 00:40:32.199
 name

00:40:32.199 --> 00:40:33.059
 amen

00:40:33.059 --> 00:40:33.920
 we

00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:34.199
 ask

00:40:34.199 --> 00:40:34.340
 that

00:40:34.340 --> 00:40:34.440
 you

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:34.679
 stand