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 Well, as Nathan said, my name is Kyle Webb, and my wife and my dad and my son are all here this morning.

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 We have been just overjoyed to be a part of this faith family for the last few weeks.

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 We've only really been coming here. I think this is our fifth week we've been here.

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 So just a little warning to those of you who might be visiting.

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 Be careful when you ask to get involved, okay, around here.

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 You might be preaching within five weeks of being here.

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 And I say that just jokingly. I love Nathan, and we were great friends in college,

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 and we've kind of been separated for a while, and it's good to be back near him.

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 Good to be back near the Shell Nuts, who I also knew in college, and the Cheathams.

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 You know, it's a great privilege and joy to be with you here this morning, to have the opportunity to share his word.

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 I love, this is something I love to do.

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 This is something that God has really instilled in me with the desire to do, is to share his word.

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 So what I'd like to do this morning is I'd like for you to turn with me to Ephesians 6.

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 Nathan mentioned to you that we're going to be talking a little bit about the biblical basis for family-integrated churches.

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 So I know in some ways this morning that I'm kind of preaching to the choir,

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 because you're already a family-integrated church.

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 Most of you, or some of you at least, will know a lot of this already that we're going to be talking through,

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 but it's a great reminder for us as a faith family to be able to recognize this is why we do the things we do.

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 And if you are a guest, you've been visiting recently,

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 this is likely some of the reasons why we do things the way we do here in this church.

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 So it's kind of twofold.

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 If you're new here, then you kind of get an understanding, further understanding of why we do this this way at this church.

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 And you also get an understanding of, for those who have been here for a while,

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 just kind of a reminder, this is why we do this.

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 And I have to confess to you something before we jump in this morning.

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 I'm a recovering student pastor.

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 I feel like I'm at an AA meeting.

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 I'm Kyle, and I used to be a youth pastor.

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 And a lot of what I want to share with you this morning comes out of my convictions

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 of what happened during that time, those years that I spent in student ministry.

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 And so I just want you to know that.

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 I want to share with you this morning some statistics that are just sobering to me.

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 Recent statistics are showing that we are losing a generation.

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 For instance, studies are showing now that we're losing anywhere from 75% to 88% of our young people

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 by the time that they are freshmen in college.

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 By the way, if you look around, not necessarily in here, but you look around in churches

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 and all of our churches across America, and there's a generational gap of college students,

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 20-somethings that are by and large missing.

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 And I commend college students.

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 We have a lot of college students in the room this morning.

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 And this is even during the summertime when a lot of the college students are away.

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 So that's really incredible.

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 This church has been able to sustain that college group, this generational gap that exists in most churches

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 and across America.

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 If you look at most churches, though, you're going to see a generational gap of 20-somethings

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 and going into 30-somethings even, where these people, they're going off to college,

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 these students are going off to college, and they're not returning.

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 I want you to think about this as well.

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 Right now in our culture, our birth rate is below replacement rate.

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 Replacement rate is 2.1 children per family.

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 Right now in America, we're at 1.9.

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 Now it's not as bad as most of the industrialized world.

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 France is at 1.5.

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 Italy is even worse at 1.1 children per family.

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 And what this means is that we're not having enough children for our culture to continue to survive.

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 We're slowly dying generation by generation.

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 France has a birth rate of 1.5.

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 However, the African Muslims and Arab Muslims who have immigrated into France,

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 their birth rate is 6 children per family.

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 This means that by sheer numbers alone, France is going to be within two generations of a Muslim country.

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 Why?

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 Because the people in France, just like us,

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 they want prosperity more than they want children.

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 They want prosperity more than they want the blessings that God has given us through children.

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 Now let me put these two pieces of statistical information together for you

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 and let you know why this matters to us here in our culture,

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 why this matters to Christ's family church.

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 At two children per family, believers, we're really no different than the rest of our country.

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 At almost two children per family,

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 and we're losing at least 75% of our young people by the freshman year of college,

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 that means that we need two Christian families

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 to get one believer into the next generation.

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 Let me make it even more plain.

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 There are 16 million Southern Baptists on paper.

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 It doesn't mean they're all worshiping this morning,

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 but there are 16 million Southern Baptists on paper.

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 By these numbers, next generation, 4 million.

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 Third generation, 1 million.

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 Fourth generation, 250,000.

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 It's more than just numbers now, isn't it?

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 Oh, it's okay.

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 We'll just bring it up through evangelism.

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 Now that's interesting.

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 In order to replenish those numbers through evangelism,

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 we'd have to reach at least three lost people per Christian in our country.

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 Right now, Southern Baptists are reaching one lost person per 47 Southern Baptists.

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 Let me make this plan to bring it home.

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 Christianity in America is dying.

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 Just plain and simple.

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 Christianity is dying in our country.

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 And this is what our answer has been.

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 In our churches and across the United States,

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 our answer has been,

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 let's divorce ourselves from this topic.

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 Let's separate ourselves from this emerging tragedy that's going on in our country.

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 And let's give our children to the student ministers and to the children's ministers

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 and let them take care of it.

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 Youth pastor will straight them out, right?

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 Well, that's a valiant effort, but it's simply not enough.

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 Dr. Reed, one of my evangelism professors in seminary,

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 wrote this in Raising the Bar.

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 He says that over the last 30 years,

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 we have seen the largest increase in numbers of professional youth ministry degrees

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 and parachurch organizations designed to reach youth.

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 And we have seen the greatest decline in youth baptisms ever.

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 So we have more people who vocationally are trying to reach young people.

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 We have more organizations who are trying to reach young people.

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 And yet we have fewer baptisms than ever.

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 So they say, well, those youth pastors, they're just not doing their jobs.

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 No, youth pastors for the past 30 years have been trying to do the job

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 that God has given you as parents to do for your children,

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 to raise them and encourage them in the admonition of the Lord.

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 And this is what we're going to see this morning,

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 is that before the church was established,

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 before Jesus ever established his church,

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 that God established a family.

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 And one of the major functions of the family

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 is to raise children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

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 And so before we dive into this text,

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 I want to consider three simple foundations

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 that are going to guide us as we go through this text this morning.

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 The first is that the Word is sufficient.

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 God's Word is sufficient.

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 I must confess that I'm not really an expert at much of anything.

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 I don't really consider myself an expert of really much of anything at all.

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 And I'm certainly not an expert on parenting.

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 And so I hope that you find it comforting this morning

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 that I don't feel like it's my job or my position

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 to tell you how you need to be parenting your children,

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 to give you parental advice.

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 I just don't think that that's what God's called me to do this morning.

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 And it's not my goal to give you my personal philosophy on parenting.

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 My goal is to expose this Word, which is true in our lives.

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 And to expose what God has told us about parenting.

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 And by the way, for those of you who are single in here,

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 this message is for you as well.

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 Those who are single or maybe you're married but don't have any children.

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 Because we as a faith family need to absorb ourselves into this faith family

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 and be able to encourage the parents,

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 be able to help the parents as they try to raise their children in a godly manner.

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 So for you this morning, if you're single,

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 maybe one day you'll get married.

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 Maybe God's leading you toward that.

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 Maybe God's going to bless you with children one day.

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 And so hopefully these words will be true and ring true into your lives,

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 into the future as God leads you in that direction.

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 And my goal is to expose this Word that's true,

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 that's really foundational for all of our lives, for all parenting.

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 I'm going to stick as quickly, as closely to God's Word as I can.

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 And it's not that God's kind of wishing that He had a revised New Testament

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 saying what would be more relevant into a culture today.

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 It's not like God's sitting around thinking,

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 man, if I could just write a whole New Testament

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 that we could teach parents more about what it means to be parenting in today's culture.

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 But God gave us exactly what we need in His Word.

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 We have everything we need, which raises the level, which raises the importance of God's Word.

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 When we gather here as a faith family,

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 we've got to realize that we're teaching from a Word that God has given to us,

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 that has everything pertaining to life and godliness.

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 And so there's no different this morning.

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 We need to unpack what the Word has to say about parenting.

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 Now, I know as soon as I say that,

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 there's going to be parents in this room that are thinking,

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 now, Kyle, it's great and all, it's very interesting that you're saying all this,

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 but I'm not sure that Habakkuk and 1 Chronicles

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 has a lot to say about the situation that I'm in right now.

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 And you're probably right.

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 I think I would go so far as to say this,

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 I don't believe that this book was written to give you all the answers

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 to all of your parenting questions.

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 Believe me, one of the things that I'm looking forward to

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 is when Joseph can actually communicate to us.

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 He's 16 months old.

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 It'll be really great when he can actually communicate what's wrong

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 because as it is right now,

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 he just likes to scream when something's wrong.

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 And we don't know whether we need to take him to the hospital

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 or to give him a bottle.

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 Sometimes we're just kind of wondering,

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 what do we need to do with him?

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 And Habakkuk really isn't telling us,

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 giving us the answer to that.

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 You know, Habakkuk's not really fueling the answer for something like that

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 in our parenting.

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 However, this is the way the Word is sufficient.

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 And don't miss this because this is the key in our lives.

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 The most important thing that you can do for your children

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 is to grow into the image of Jesus Christ.

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 In Leviticus and 2 Chronicles and Habakkuk,

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 they all speak to that.

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 And your kids need to see Christ in you more than they need to see the philosophy of Dr. Phil.

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 So let's not bypass this Word,

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 which is sufficient for all life,

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 for all godliness,

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 for all parenting.

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 The Word is sufficient.

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 And it's the means by which God is transforming you

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 into the image of Christ.

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 Secondly,

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 second foundation this morning,

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 the home is central.

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 This is where we get ourselves into trouble.

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 And not in this church,

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 but in churches across America,

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 we get ourselves into trouble here

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 because we live in an age of professionalism.

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 We hire out even responsibilities,

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 our own responsibilities as parents.

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 We want our sons to be good athletes,

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 so we send them to the ball coach

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 to teach them skills

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 so they can become the best athlete possible.

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 We want our daughters

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 to get the best possible education,

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 so we send our daughters to the tutors

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 so that she can get her grades up

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 and so that she can make better scores on her SATs.

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 And then what happens is

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 we transfer that into the church world.

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 And in the church world,

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 we send our children to the student pastor,

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 to the children's ministry

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 to get the best possible biblical education.

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 What we're going to see this morning

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 is that from the very beginning,

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 God has established the home

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 as the central and primary method

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 from transferring His Word

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 from one generation to the next generation.

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 It's not the responsibility of youth pastors

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 and of children's pastors

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 to teach or to evangelize your children.

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 As a believer in Jesus Christ,

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 it's your responsibility

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 to disciple

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 and to share the gospel with your children.

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 I want you to hear loud and clear

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 that it is not the church's job.

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 If you're a believer in the room,

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 it's not the church's job

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 to evangelize your child.

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 What we're created within our Christian culture,

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 our church culture in America,

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 is an atmosphere

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 where it's almost like

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 we're saying,

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 listen,

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 we've got your kids,

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 you don't worry about it.

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 We're professionals.

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 Don't attempt this at home.

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 And it's wrong.

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 And it's unbiblical.

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 And I'll tell you from firsthand experience

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 that student ministry is ineffective

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 the way we currently do it

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 in America.

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 And I want to encourage parents today

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 that you have everything that you need

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 to disciple your family in the home.

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 Everything that you need

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 is right here in God's Word.

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 The Word is sufficient.

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 The home is central.

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 The gospel is necessary.

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 We've got to have the gospel

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 being taught in our homes.

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 You have to teach our children.

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 We've got to teach your children the gospel.

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 The gospel is not something

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 that we just hear in prayer,

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 prayer,

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 and move on with the rest of our lives.

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 The gospel is incredibly important in the home.

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 It's our source of salvation.

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 And by the way,

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 it's our only source of salvation.

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 I don't think I have to tell any parents

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 in the room this morning

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 that your child

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 has the propensity to sin.

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 They kind of come out that way, right?

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 They come out ready to take you on

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 with their best shot.

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 I know this from having a 16-month-old

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 and already he's tried.

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 Don't get me wrong.

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 He's the biggest blessing in my life in the world.

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 But he's also sometimes the biggest challenge

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 that I've ever experienced.

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 Because children,

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 they come out as sinners.

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 And guess what?

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 You're a sinner too.

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 So what happens when you put sinful children

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 and sinful parents under the same roof?

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 You've got yourself a challenge, right?

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 Some of you in here might just have an amen

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 to say to that.

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 Some of you are just saying,

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 that's me.

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 You're speaking to me right now, Kyle.

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 And here's the deal.

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 You won't find this in many books

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 or many seminars

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 or any self-help type conferences.

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 But what your children ultimately need

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 is the gospel.

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 See, in a lot of books that you read,

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 you'll see a lot about behavior change.

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 This is how you change your child's behavior.

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 But the ultimate reality is

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 that until your child has the gospel,

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 until Jesus gives us new hearts,

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 there's no hope for change.

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 And as a parent,

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 until your child is able to receive Christ,

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 until Jesus is able to impact them

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 and change them from the inside out,

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 you've got no hope for change.

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 We need new hearts.

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 Our children need new hearts.

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 Not just to be saved from the penalty of sin

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 and just move on with our lives.

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 We need new hearts.

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 The gospel is our source for transformation.

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 This is Ephesians 5.18,

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 the context in which our passage this morning is found.

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 Be filled with the Holy Spirit,

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 the Spirit in you through the gospel,

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 transforming you.

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 No matter how much we teach our children to be good,

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 there's no way for them to follow God's word

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 apart from the grace of God working within them

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 and changing their hearts and their lives.

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 And so it's with these three foundations

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 that we dive into our text this morning.

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 Ephesians chapter 6,

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 starting in verse 1.

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 I know this is a long intro,

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 but just bear with me.

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 We needed to get through some stuff

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 before we dive into the text.

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 Ephesians 6, verse 1.

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 And children,

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 obey your parents and the Lord,

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 for this is right.

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 Honor your father and mother,

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 which is the first commandment with a promise,

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 so that it may be well with you,

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 and that you may live long on the earth.

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 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger,

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 but bring them up in the discipline

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 and instruction of the Lord.

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 You look at all four verses in this passage,

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 and all four verses,

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 parents are emphasized.

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 In verse 4, it's fathers.

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 In Scripture, we get this picture

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 that fathers are to be the leaders in the home.

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 They're supposed to be responsible

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 for the spiritual formation of the family.

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 Not sole responsibility,

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 but a leading responsibility.

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 You see back in Ephesians 5,

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 one chapter before where we are this morning,

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 Ephesians 5, it doesn't get any clearer.

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 The husband is the head of the home.

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 Husbands need to lead families.

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 It doesn't mean that, man,

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 that we're supposed to lord over our wives and children.

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 It's not like we should say,

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 me, man, you, woman, me, say, you do.

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 Right?

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 We're supposed to love our families,

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 Ephesians 5 says,

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 as Christ loved the church

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 and gave himself up for her.

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 Men, it's time that we step up to the plate

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 and give ourselves up for our families.

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 The sacrificial love

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 that God has called us to,

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 men in the room.

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 So what does this word say to parents?

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 What is the application here to parents?

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 God gives you children by His grace.

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 God gives you children by His grace.

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 Verse 1,

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 Obey your parents and the Lord.

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 Verse 4,

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 Bring them up in the discipline

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 and instruction of the Lord.

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 The whole picture here

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 is bookended in this passage.

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 It revolves around God.

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 The picture is that God

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 has entrusted children to the parents.

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 Parents, your children are not your own.

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 They are God's.

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 And you are stewards over them.

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 And God has called you

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 to do something with them.

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 And in this passage,

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 God has called you

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 to raise them up

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 in the instruction

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 and discipline of the Lord.

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 Not only does God give you children

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 by His grace,

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 God gives you children

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 for His glory.

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 You look throughout Scripture.

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 You look all the way back to Genesis.

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 And you begin to see that God,

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 everything that He does

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 throughout history

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 has been for His glory.

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 Genesis is where Abraham

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 receives the blessing.

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 God gives Abraham a blessing.

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 He's going to be the father

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 of many nations.

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 Why?

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 Scripture says it's for God's glory.

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 The walls come down at Jericho.

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 For whose glory?

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 For God's glory.

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 David is able to slay Goliath

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 for the glory of God.

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 So that a nation

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 would come to worship

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 and so that all people

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 would see that God

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 is the kind of God

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 that takes care of His people.

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 And that God would be glorified in that.

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 Even down to the cross.

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 Jesus died on the cross.

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 Yes, because of our sin.

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 And we get to benefit

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 from the sacrifice

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 that Christ made.

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 But it was ultimately

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 for God's glory.

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 So God has given us children

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 by His grace

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 and for His glory.

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 And I want to put that

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 next to what the world says

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 about being a successful parent.

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 Because there's a huge gap

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 between what the world says

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 as being a successful parent

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 and what the Bible says

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 as being a successful parent.

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 The goal of biblical parenting

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 is not to help your children

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 get a good education.

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 The goal is not that you see to it

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 that your children

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 have the best grades.

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 Go to the best college.

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 As the best education.

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 Now I'm not saying

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 that education is bad.

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 There's certainly

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 some validity in the statement

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 that we need

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 to honor and glorify God

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 with our minds

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 to the best of our ability.

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 I believe that that's true

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 and part of that is education.

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 But what we run into

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 a problem is

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 when we put grades

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 and we put education

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 far above relationship

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 with Christ

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 in our homes.

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 The goal of biblical parenting

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 is not to help your children

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 be a great athlete.

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 The goal is not

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 to make your children

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 the best

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 at every single sport

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 that they play.

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 It's not running yourself ragged

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 throwing the kids

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 in the minivan

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 running them around

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 all over town

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 trying to get to every

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 sporting event

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 that they play.

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 To win trophies

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 that will eventually

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 sit around

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 gathering dust

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 in some room

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 that you never go in.

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 That's not the goal

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 of biblical parenting.

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 The goal of biblical parenting

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 is not for your child

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 to go on great dates.

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 The goal of biblical parenting

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 is not to help your children

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 in glorified divorce practice

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 which is what dating

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 essentially is.

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 Where children

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 and teenagers

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 and sometimes younger

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 even onto their college years

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 are involved

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 in exclusive relationships

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 sometimes even

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 sexual relationships

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 only to move on

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 to somebody else

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 the next year.

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 It's glorified

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 the divorce practice

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 and parents

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 we should not

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 be encouraging it.

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 The goal of biblical parenting

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 is not to help

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 your children

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 have a great career.

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 Likewise

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 the goal

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 is not to help

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 your children

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 make great money.

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 See the problem

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 with all of these

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 is that there are

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 worldly views

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 of success.

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 And not what the Bible

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 teaches

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 is successful.

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 I'm not saying

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 these things

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 are inherently bad

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 I'm saying that

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 we're teaching

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 our children

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 what it means

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 to be successful

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 in the world's sight

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 not in God's sight.

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 And even in our churches

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 we're teaching

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 our children

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 that they need

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 to be successful

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 in this world

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 and this is simply

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 not true.

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 But here's why

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 this is important

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 and this is why

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 this is so subtly

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 dangerous to us

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 because the picture

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 that is so common

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 is that we

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 tell our children

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 that they need

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 to get good grades

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 that they need

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 to be dating

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 the cutest guy

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 or girl

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 in high school

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 that they need

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 to be good at sports

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 that they need

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 to work hard

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 and play an instrument

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 so that they

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 can be successful

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 in this world.

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 All along

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 we teach them

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 these things

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 and every single day

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 we prioritize

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 a worldly view

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 of success

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 and yet we're not

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 teaching our children

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 to serve

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 the Lord

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 in their lives.

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 We're not

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 prioritizing God

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 in our homes

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 and in our families.

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 And God help us

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 if our answer

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 is to say

00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:05.320
 well we attend

00:23:05.320 --> 00:23:06.259
 church every week.

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:10.619
 so you give

00:23:10.619 --> 00:23:11.379
 a couple hours

00:23:11.379 --> 00:23:11.980
 every week

00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:12.839
 to God

00:23:12.839 --> 00:23:13.319
 while pouring

00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:14.000
 hours upon

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:14.619
 hours upon

00:23:14.619 --> 00:23:15.460
 hours of your

00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:16.900
 time and effort

00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:18.059
 into taking

00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:18.640
 your kids

00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:19.460
 to ball practice

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:20.140
 and to their

00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:20.720
 ball games

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.660
 and to gymnastics

00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:22.359
 and to the dance

00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:23.000
 team and everything

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:24.660
 else that is

00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:25.680
 wrapped in this

00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:26.900
 secular world view.

00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:29.099
 This is what

00:23:29.099 --> 00:23:29.740
 Bodie Bauckham

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.400
 says, author,

00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:31.400
 professor, and pastor.

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:32.299
 He says in his book

00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:33.220
 that's called

00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:34.220
 Family Driven Faith

00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:35.039
 he says if I teach

00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:35.839
 my son to keep

00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:36.680
 his eye on the ball

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:37.579
 but fail to teach

00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:38.440
 him to keep

00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:39.620
 his eyes on Christ

00:23:39.620 --> 00:23:40.819
 I have failed

00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:41.960
 as a father.

00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:44.980
 We must refuse

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.960
 to allow trivial

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:47.500
 temporal pursuits

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:48.440
 to interfere

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:49.500
 with the main thing.

00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:51.579
 No sports endeavor

00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:52.220
 will ever be

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:52.839
 as important

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:54.299
 as becoming a man

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:55.120
 or a woman

00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:55.600
 of God.

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:58.319
 Later on he goes

00:23:58.319 --> 00:24:00.299
 in his book

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:00.799
 he goes on

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:01.620
 to share about

00:24:01.620 --> 00:24:02.279
 this family

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:02.880
 who's struggling

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:03.579
 with their college

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:03.920
 student.

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:06.200
 Thomas had grown

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:06.839
 up in the church

00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:07.779
 and he was a

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:08.339
 regular in the

00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:08.740
 youth group

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.339
 and he attended

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:10.120
 Disciple Now.

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:10.860
 He went to all

00:24:10.860 --> 00:24:11.960
 the youth group

00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:12.480
 meetings on a

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.100
 regular basis.

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:13.620
 He went on

00:24:13.620 --> 00:24:14.299
 the mission trips

00:24:14.299 --> 00:24:14.980
 with the church.

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.539
 When Thomas

00:24:18.539 --> 00:24:19.559
 got into college

00:24:19.559 --> 00:24:20.299
 things began to

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:20.660
 change.

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.120
 He stopped

00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:21.920
 attending church.

00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:23.500
 He began to

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:24.620
 struggle in class.

00:24:25.860 --> 00:24:26.440
 Upon further

00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:27.339
 investigation his

00:24:27.339 --> 00:24:28.000
 parents found out

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.600
 the reason why

00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:29.779
 he was failing

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.400
 his classes

00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:31.380
 was because he

00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:32.059
 was out drinking

00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.720
 at night.

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:35.079
 with his

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.799
 buddies and

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.299
 often times

00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:37.240
 missing classes.

00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:39.259
 Finally Thomas

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:39.940
 was suspended

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:41.000
 from the college

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:41.680
 baseball team

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:42.539
 because the

00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:43.319
 result of a

00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:43.860
 random drug

00:24:43.860 --> 00:24:44.480
 test revealed

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:44.940
 that he was

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.660
 using anabolic

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:46.339
 steroids.

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:49.000
 The story

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.579
 kind of begs

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:50.180
 this question

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:51.480
 what happened?

00:24:53.120 --> 00:24:53.960
 What happened?

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.779
 How could this

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.960
 happen to such

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.579
 a promising

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:58.259
 young man?

00:24:58.259 --> 00:25:00.759
 this is what

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.319
 Bodie Bauckham

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:01.599
 says.

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.019
 He says,

00:25:02.099 --> 00:25:02.640
 this man and

00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:03.319
 his wife had

00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:03.980
 gone to great

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:04.559
 lengths to see

00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:04.980
 to it that

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:06.200
 their son became

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:06.839
 the best

00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:07.640
 baseball player

00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:08.180
 he could be.

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.279
 This also

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:09.720
 meant that

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.119
 during the

00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:10.579
 summer and

00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:11.799
 fall church

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.619
 attendance was

00:25:12.619 --> 00:25:13.339
 sporadic at

00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:13.720
 best.

00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:15.059
 Like many

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:15.640
 parents they

00:25:15.640 --> 00:25:16.259
 found themselves

00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:16.879
 traveling to

00:25:16.879 --> 00:25:17.480
 tournament after

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.500
 tournament and

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.319
 praying for the

00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:20.119
 opportunity to be

00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:20.839
 out on Sunday

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:21.660
 since that meant

00:25:21.660 --> 00:25:22.119
 that they were

00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:23.019
 playing for a

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.700
 title somewhere.

00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:25.119
 What they

00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:26.099
 didn't realize was

00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:26.579
 that they were

00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.579
 teaching Thomas to

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:28.839
 prioritize baseball

00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:29.779
 over the fourth

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.379
 commandment.

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:33.339
 They were

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:34.919
 teaching Thomas

00:25:34.919 --> 00:25:35.460
 that he should

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:36.079
 honor the

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:36.579
 Sabbath and

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.179
 keep it holy

00:25:37.179 --> 00:25:37.879
 unless it's

00:25:37.879 --> 00:25:38.720
 baseball season.

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:40.139
 Thus when Thomas

00:25:40.139 --> 00:25:40.939
 got to college and

00:25:40.939 --> 00:25:41.539
 he had to choose

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.319
 between going to

00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:43.000
 church and hanging

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:43.539
 out with his

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:44.659
 teammates the

00:25:44.659 --> 00:25:45.539
 foundation for his

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:46.139
 decision had

00:25:46.139 --> 00:25:46.960
 already been laid.

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.259
 In other words

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:49.599
 Thomas' lack of

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.240
 commitment to

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:51.159
 spiritual matters

00:25:51.159 --> 00:25:52.659
 laid the groundwork

00:25:52.659 --> 00:25:53.799
 for his moral

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.559
 compromise.

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.480
 Let me tell you

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:56.699
 something.

00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:57.279
 In this room

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:57.839
 this morning

00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.819
 don't think

00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.779
 that this

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:01.539
 situation won't

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.399
 happen to you.

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:06.299
 I've seen it

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:06.819
 as a student

00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:08.220
 pastor over

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:09.240
 and over

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:10.000
 and over

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.559
 again and

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:11.460
 it's especially

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:12.480
 true for

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.379
 parents that

00:26:13.379 --> 00:26:14.579
 prioritize all

00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:15.039
 these other

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:16.079
 things over

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:16.779
 your child's

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.700
 spiritual formation.

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:20.359
 The reality is

00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:20.980
 that if dads

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.500
 in this room

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:21.779
 are more

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.339
 passionate about

00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:22.799
 teaching their

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.339
 sons how to

00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:24.000
 swing a baseball

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.839
 bat than they

00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:25.559
 are about teaching

00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:27.000
 your sons how

00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:29.339
 to study the

00:26:29.339 --> 00:26:29.799
 Bible then

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.279
 we've missed

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:30.779
 the point.

00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.720
 If moms in

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.099
 this room are

00:26:34.099 --> 00:26:34.519
 more passionate

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:34.980
 about teaching

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.559
 their daughters

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:36.399
 how to wear

00:26:36.399 --> 00:26:36.960
 their makeup

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.440
 than they are

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:38.299
 about what it

00:26:38.299 --> 00:26:39.399
 means to have

00:26:39.399 --> 00:26:40.500
 a gentle and

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.440
 quiet spirit

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:43.079
 then we've

00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:43.759
 missed the point.

00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:45.940
 The danger is

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.440
 that one day

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:47.200
 our sons and

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:47.579
 daughters are

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.299
 going to stand

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:49.240
 before God in

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:50.279
 heaven with all

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.919
 of these things

00:26:50.919 --> 00:26:51.679
 that we've told

00:26:51.679 --> 00:26:52.659
 them are important.

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:53.580
 all these things

00:26:53.580 --> 00:26:54.340
 we've told them

00:26:54.340 --> 00:26:54.880
 that would make

00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:55.759
 them successful

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.480
 and they're

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:56.740
 going to be

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.600
 standing before

00:26:57.600 --> 00:26:58.240
 God on that

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.960
 day and all

00:26:58.960 --> 00:26:59.460
 of that is

00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:00.580
 burned up in

00:27:00.580 --> 00:27:01.140
 the fire.

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:02.600
 They stand

00:27:02.600 --> 00:27:03.259
 before God

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.920
 as beggars

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.400
 on that day

00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:04.940
 and it is

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:06.640
 completely and

00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:08.700
 utterly our

00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:09.420
 failure as

00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:10.400
 parents to

00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:10.920
 have taught

00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:11.420
 them what was

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:12.259
 truly important

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:12.640
 in their

00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:13.080
 lives.

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:16.360
 The goal of

00:27:16.360 --> 00:27:17.040
 biblical parenting

00:27:17.040 --> 00:27:17.759
 is not to

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.519
 raise our

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.279
 children in a

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:20.240
 worldly success.

00:27:21.300 --> 00:27:21.940
 The goal of

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.580
 biblical parenting

00:27:22.580 --> 00:27:23.120
 is to help

00:27:23.120 --> 00:27:23.720
 your children

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:25.279
 accomplish a

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:25.940
 great commission.

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.340
 That's the

00:27:28.340 --> 00:27:28.680
 goal of

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:29.380
 biblical parenting.

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:30.960
 That is

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.920
 God's view

00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:33.059
 of success.

00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:36.000
 And it's

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.500
 there from the

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.019
 beginning of

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:37.279
 scripture.

00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:38.039
 God says to

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.400
 his people,

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.080
 you raise your

00:27:39.080 --> 00:27:39.539
 children to

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:39.920
 know me,

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.420
 to love me,

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:41.080
 to serve me.

00:27:41.360 --> 00:27:41.840
 You raise

00:27:41.840 --> 00:27:42.920
 your children

00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:44.799
 to spread my

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.299
 word, to

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:46.080
 make me known

00:27:46.080 --> 00:27:46.480
 in all the

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:46.820
 world.

00:27:47.580 --> 00:27:48.019
 Is that what's

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.880
 really driving

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:49.480
 our parenting?

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:51.980
 Is that what's

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.779
 really driving

00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:53.519
 us as parents

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:53.900
 today?

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.079
 Are we

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.799
 fueling the

00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:58.299
 great commission

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:58.599
 to make

00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:59.220
 disciples or

00:27:59.220 --> 00:27:59.500
 are we

00:27:59.500 --> 00:27:59.960
 hindering?

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.140
 I've had

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:01.660
 parents come

00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:01.940
 to me as

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.220
 a student

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:02.799
 pastor saying,

00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:03.380
 I would

00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:03.799
 never let

00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.220
 my child

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:04.860
 go into

00:28:04.860 --> 00:28:05.220
 a third

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.759
 world country.

00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:06.460
 It's just

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:07.180
 too dangerous.

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:08.559
 I've had

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:08.980
 other parents

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.299
 say, I

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:09.620
 would never

00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:10.339
 let my

00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:10.740
 child go

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.059
 into a

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:11.400
 country that

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:12.000
 was closed

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.799
 because of

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.279
 the danger

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:13.819
 level that

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:15.079
 there is in

00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:15.660
 that country.

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.140
 That's because

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:17.720
 we've come to

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.640
 the point in

00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:19.480
 our Christian

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:19.940
 walks where

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.880
 we value

00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:22.140
 long life.

00:28:22.620 --> 00:28:23.040
 You won't

00:28:23.040 --> 00:28:23.820
 find that in

00:28:23.820 --> 00:28:24.200
 the word of

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:24.480
 God.

00:28:25.080 --> 00:28:25.380
 You won't

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:26.440
 find valuing

00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:27.200
 long life.

00:28:27.580 --> 00:28:27.840
 What you

00:28:27.840 --> 00:28:28.460
 will find is

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:29.140
 valuing,

00:28:29.820 --> 00:28:30.620
 sacrificing

00:28:30.620 --> 00:28:31.420
 your life,

00:28:31.520 --> 00:28:31.940
 giving your

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:32.880
 life up for

00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:33.380
 the sake of

00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:33.800
 the glory of

00:28:33.800 --> 00:28:33.920
 God.

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.440
 Jesus had

00:28:34.440 --> 00:28:34.700
 twelve

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.220
 followers.

00:28:36.020 --> 00:28:36.280
 Twelve,

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:37.100
 he had more

00:28:37.100 --> 00:28:37.500
 than that.

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:38.960
 Twelve close

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.420
 followers,

00:28:39.560 --> 00:28:40.340
 these disciples.

00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:43.160
 Judas

00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:44.400
 committed

00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:45.080
 suicide.

00:28:47.360 --> 00:28:48.420
 Ten others

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:49.420
 died on

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:51.519
 account of

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:52.340
 sharing and

00:28:52.340 --> 00:28:52.840
 spreading the

00:28:52.840 --> 00:28:53.360
 gospel of

00:28:53.360 --> 00:28:54.019
 Jesus Christ.

00:28:56.340 --> 00:28:56.880
 Do you

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:57.140
 think that

00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:57.440
 they would

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:58.060
 have done

00:28:58.060 --> 00:28:58.340
 it all

00:28:58.340 --> 00:28:58.860
 over again

00:28:58.860 --> 00:28:59.420
 and done

00:28:59.420 --> 00:28:59.680
 something

00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:00.240
 different to

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.840
 spare their

00:29:00.840 --> 00:29:01.120
 lives?

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:01.420
 I don't

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:01.740
 think they

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.180
 would have.

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.480
 The

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:05.120
 twelfth one

00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:06.800
 was exiled

00:29:06.800 --> 00:29:07.960
 on account of

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.480
 the gospel.

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.880
 John was

00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:11.080
 exiled on

00:29:11.080 --> 00:29:11.420
 account of

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:11.840
 the gospel.

00:29:14.120 --> 00:29:14.900
 You simply

00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:15.580
 won't find it

00:29:15.580 --> 00:29:16.039
 in scripture

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:17.819
 where God

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:18.659
 values long

00:29:18.659 --> 00:29:18.940
 life.

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.259
 In fact,

00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:19.779
 you find the

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.159
 opposite.

00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:22.579
 Here's where I

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:24.180
 want to take

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:24.700
 you to another

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:25.460
 location in

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:25.799
 scripture.

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:27.399
 Deuteronomy

00:29:27.399 --> 00:29:28.079
 chapter 6.

00:29:28.139 --> 00:29:28.460
 If you would

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.220
 turn there

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:29.619
 with me.

00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:31.460
 Deuteronomy

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:32.119
 chapter 6,

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:32.779
 the fifth book

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.299
 of the Bible.

00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:35.659
 Another place

00:29:35.659 --> 00:29:35.859
 where we

00:29:35.859 --> 00:29:36.119
 really don't

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:36.559
 have time to

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:36.879
 go this

00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:37.099
 morning,

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:37.359
 we're running

00:29:37.359 --> 00:29:37.819
 out of time.

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:38.319
 In Genesis

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:39.139
 18-19,

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.159
 when God

00:29:40.159 --> 00:29:40.579
 speaks to

00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:42.500
 Abraham about

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:43.139
 his children,

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.319
 it's the first

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:44.659
 time the

00:29:44.660 --> 00:29:45.100
 teaching is

00:29:45.100 --> 00:29:45.640
 ever mentioned

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:46.640
 in God's

00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:46.880
 word.

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:47.980
 It's mentioned

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.660
 in the context

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:49.100
 of family.

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:49.420
 It's God

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:49.800
 saying to

00:29:49.800 --> 00:29:50.060
 Abraham,

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.400
 Abraham,

00:29:50.600 --> 00:29:51.259
 instruct your

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.779
 children in

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.160
 my ways.

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:52.980
 Instruct your

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:53.600
 children in

00:29:53.600 --> 00:29:54.279
 my commands.

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.279
 It's the

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:55.800
 first picture

00:29:55.800 --> 00:29:56.320
 that we see

00:29:56.320 --> 00:29:56.800
 of this word

00:29:56.800 --> 00:29:57.600
 instructing.

00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:58.440
 It's used

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:59.259
 in the context

00:29:59.259 --> 00:30:00.060
 of a father

00:30:00.060 --> 00:30:01.019
 teaching his

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.519
 family or

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:01.980
 leading his

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.860
 family in

00:30:02.860 --> 00:30:03.420
 God's word.

00:30:03.580 --> 00:30:04.220
 Then you

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:04.560
 get to

00:30:04.560 --> 00:30:05.080
 Deuteronomy

00:30:05.080 --> 00:30:05.440
 6.

00:30:05.540 --> 00:30:06.000
 This is what

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.400
 Deuteronomy

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:07.380
 6 verse 4

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:08.160
 says.

00:30:09.320 --> 00:30:09.620
 Hear,

00:30:09.800 --> 00:30:10.300
 O Israel,

00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:11.060
 the Lord our

00:30:11.060 --> 00:30:11.360
 God,

00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:12.300
 the Lord is

00:30:12.300 --> 00:30:12.600
 one.

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:13.360
 There's a

00:30:13.360 --> 00:30:13.820
 statement of

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.220
 faith and

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.740
 based off

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.220
 that statement

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.599
 of faith.

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.480
 Love the

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:16.879
 Lord your

00:30:16.879 --> 00:30:17.279
 God with

00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:17.579
 all of

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:18.000
 your heart,

00:30:18.139 --> 00:30:18.579
 with all

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:19.099
 your soul,

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:19.759
 with all

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:19.980
 of your

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.359
 might.

00:30:20.879 --> 00:30:21.539
 These words

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:21.819
 which I

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.339
 am commanding

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:22.759
 you today

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.220
 shall be

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:23.539
 on your

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:23.939
 heart.

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:24.639
 You

00:30:24.639 --> 00:30:25.240
 shall teach

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.859
 them how?

00:30:26.919 --> 00:30:27.279
 Diligently.

00:30:27.919 --> 00:30:28.480
 To your

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:29.039
 sons and

00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:29.559
 shall talk

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:29.960
 of them when

00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:30.519
 you sit

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:30.799
 in your

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.159
 home.

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.200
 And when

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:32.659
 you walk

00:30:32.659 --> 00:30:33.159
 by the way,

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:33.480
 when you

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.019
 lie down,

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:34.279
 and when

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:34.740
 you rise

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.099
 up,

00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:35.779
 you shall

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.419
 bind them

00:30:36.419 --> 00:30:37.139
 as a sign

00:30:37.139 --> 00:30:37.419
 on your

00:30:37.419 --> 00:30:37.779
 hand,

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:38.019
 and they

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.279
 shall be

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:39.000
 as frontals

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.279
 on your

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:39.639
 forehead.

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.379
 You

00:30:40.379 --> 00:30:40.879
 shall write

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.140
 them on

00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:41.280
 the

00:30:41.280 --> 00:30:41.760
 doorpost

00:30:41.760 --> 00:30:42.020
 of your

00:30:42.020 --> 00:30:42.500
 house and

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:42.780
 on your

00:30:42.780 --> 00:30:43.180
 gates.

00:30:44.140 --> 00:30:44.560
 You get the

00:30:44.560 --> 00:30:45.020
 picture here?

00:30:45.100 --> 00:30:45.340
 From the

00:30:45.340 --> 00:30:46.000
 very beginning,

00:30:46.120 --> 00:30:46.540
 the central

00:30:46.540 --> 00:30:47.060
 avenue for

00:30:47.060 --> 00:30:47.920
 disciple-making,

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:48.840
 for spreading

00:30:48.840 --> 00:30:49.340
 the word of

00:30:49.340 --> 00:30:49.520
 God,

00:30:49.620 --> 00:30:50.520
 has been in

00:30:50.520 --> 00:30:51.000
 the home.

00:30:52.540 --> 00:30:53.140
 So what does

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:53.560
 this mean for

00:30:53.560 --> 00:30:53.920
 us today?

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.400
 How can we

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:55.540
 instruct our

00:30:55.540 --> 00:30:56.020
 children so

00:30:56.020 --> 00:30:56.380
 that they

00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:56.980
 know the

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.220
 word?

00:30:57.600 --> 00:30:58.200
 First of all,

00:30:58.600 --> 00:30:59.020
 we have to

00:30:59.020 --> 00:30:59.600
 have a verbal

00:30:59.600 --> 00:31:00.360
 commitment to

00:31:00.360 --> 00:31:00.940
 God's word

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:01.540
 in our

00:31:01.540 --> 00:31:01.860
 homes.

00:31:03.780 --> 00:31:04.100
 This is

00:31:04.100 --> 00:31:04.600
 verse 7.

00:31:04.840 --> 00:31:05.200
 Impress

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:06.060
 them on your

00:31:06.060 --> 00:31:06.380
 children.

00:31:06.540 --> 00:31:07.060
 Talk about

00:31:07.060 --> 00:31:07.560
 them when you

00:31:07.560 --> 00:31:08.460
 sit at home,

00:31:08.600 --> 00:31:09.480
 when you walk

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:09.920
 along the

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:10.220
 road,

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:11.000
 when you

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.640
 lie down

00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:11.900
 and when

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:12.240
 you get up.

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:12.519
 That pretty

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:13.000
 much covers

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.900
 any time

00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:14.100
 that you

00:31:14.100 --> 00:31:14.720
 can possibly

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.380
 be teaching

00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:16.660
 God's word

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:16.980
 in your

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.279
 home.

00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:17.860
 Be teaching

00:31:17.860 --> 00:31:18.120
 it.

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:19.960
 If you're

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.360
 at home,

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:20.940
 talk about

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:21.319
 the word.

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:21.740
 If you're

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.240
 away from

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:22.440
 home,

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:22.900
 talk about

00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:23.279
 the word.

00:31:23.940 --> 00:31:24.299
 When you're

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:24.980
 going from

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.480
 home to

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:25.920
 wherever you're

00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:26.220
 going,

00:31:26.360 --> 00:31:27.000
 talk about

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.539
 the word.

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:28.440
 All the

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:28.779
 time.

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.220
 Talk about

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.480
 it more

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:29.680
 than you

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.059
 talk about

00:31:30.059 --> 00:31:30.480
 baseball.

00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:31.220
 Talk about

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:31.500
 it more

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:31.720
 than you

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.100
 talk about

00:31:32.100 --> 00:31:32.440
 college

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:32.860
 football.

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:33.799
 Talk about

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.079
 it more

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:34.299
 than you

00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:34.839
 talk about

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:36.259
 how to

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:37.440
 do your

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:38.220
 makeup and

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:39.880
 shoes and

00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:40.380
 whatever else

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:41.360
 girls talk

00:31:41.360 --> 00:31:41.920
 about with

00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:42.040
 their

00:31:42.040 --> 00:31:42.360
 daughters.

00:31:45.540 --> 00:31:46.220
 Make a

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:46.600
 verbal

00:31:46.600 --> 00:31:47.080
 commitment

00:31:47.080 --> 00:31:47.540
 to the

00:31:47.540 --> 00:31:47.860
 word.

00:31:49.580 --> 00:31:50.300
 The best

00:31:50.300 --> 00:31:50.660
 Bible

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:52.220
 teacher is

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:53.180
 not me

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:54.480
 for your

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:54.760
 children.

00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:55.200
 The best

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:55.740
 Bible teacher

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.040
 for your

00:31:56.040 --> 00:31:56.480
 children is

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:56.980
 actually not

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.280
 Nathan.

00:31:57.380 --> 00:31:57.600
 I think

00:31:57.600 --> 00:31:57.840
 that he

00:31:57.840 --> 00:31:58.180
 would agree

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.580
 with that.

00:31:59.160 --> 00:31:59.460
 The best

00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:00.200
 Bible teacher

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:00.880
 for your

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:01.960
 children is

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.340
 you.

00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:03.380
 As a

00:32:03.380 --> 00:32:03.660
 parent.

00:32:04.540 --> 00:32:04.940
 You are

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:05.280
 the best

00:32:05.280 --> 00:32:05.820
 Bible teacher.

00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:06.620
 God's called

00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:07.099
 you to do

00:32:07.099 --> 00:32:07.319
 it.

00:32:07.959 --> 00:32:08.379
 We must

00:32:08.379 --> 00:32:08.739
 make a

00:32:08.739 --> 00:32:09.059
 verbal

00:32:09.059 --> 00:32:09.439
 commitment,

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:09.919
 but also

00:32:09.919 --> 00:32:10.319
 we must

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:10.779
 have a

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.359
 visible

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:12.239
 commitment.

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:13.359
 This element

00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:13.859
 is in this

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:14.599
 passage here.

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:15.459
 Deuteronomy

00:32:15.459 --> 00:32:15.819
 6.

00:32:15.919 --> 00:32:16.139
 You know,

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:17.139
 mom or dad

00:32:17.139 --> 00:32:17.859
 may not be

00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:18.359
 talking to

00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:18.659
 you right

00:32:18.659 --> 00:32:18.879
 now,

00:32:18.979 --> 00:32:19.899
 but it's

00:32:19.899 --> 00:32:20.259
 there on

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.819
 your walls.

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:21.799
 It's on

00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:23.139
 your gate.

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:25.519
 We need

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:25.939
 to start

00:32:25.939 --> 00:32:26.399
 stamping

00:32:26.399 --> 00:32:26.839
 things on

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:27.339
 our forehead,

00:32:27.479 --> 00:32:27.899
 maybe stamping

00:32:27.899 --> 00:32:28.479
 scripture on

00:32:28.479 --> 00:32:28.939
 our forehead

00:32:28.939 --> 00:32:29.419
 somehow when

00:32:29.419 --> 00:32:29.859
 we go out

00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:30.139
 and walk

00:32:30.139 --> 00:32:30.419
 around.

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:31.159
 I'm not

00:32:31.159 --> 00:32:31.679
 ruling that

00:32:31.679 --> 00:32:31.859
 out.

00:32:31.959 --> 00:32:32.739
 Maybe that's

00:32:32.739 --> 00:32:33.039
 there in

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.319
 the text.

00:32:33.399 --> 00:32:33.619
 Maybe you

00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:33.899
 want to

00:32:33.899 --> 00:32:34.959
 really look at

00:32:34.959 --> 00:32:35.559
 it incredibly

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:36.319
 literally and

00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:36.799
 actually do

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.079
 that.

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:37.480
 But I

00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:37.799
 believe what

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.279
 this passage

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:38.619
 is really

00:32:38.619 --> 00:32:39.200
 telling us

00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:40.119
 is that

00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:42.379
 the picture

00:32:42.379 --> 00:32:42.919
 is that the

00:32:42.919 --> 00:32:43.339
 word is

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:43.919
 visible in

00:32:43.919 --> 00:32:44.159
 your home,

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:44.899
 so visible

00:32:44.899 --> 00:32:45.339
 that it

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:45.879
 permeates

00:32:45.879 --> 00:32:46.539
 everything that

00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:46.980
 we do.

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:48.740
 And you

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:49.139
 might want

00:32:49.139 --> 00:32:49.679
 to post

00:32:49.679 --> 00:32:50.139
 your memory

00:32:50.139 --> 00:32:50.599
 verse for

00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:50.940
 the week

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.359
 up on

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:51.960
 your

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:54.440
 children's

00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:54.940
 mirrors so

00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:55.200
 that they

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:56.159
 can see

00:32:56.159 --> 00:32:56.339
 it,

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:56.839
 visibly

00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:57.419
 see it

00:32:57.419 --> 00:32:57.720
 in the

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.000
 home.

00:32:58.599 --> 00:32:59.000
 We also

00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.179
 have to

00:32:59.179 --> 00:32:59.519
 make a

00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:00.019
 visible

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.720
 commitment

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.279
 to God's

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:01.519
 word.

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:02.700
 You know,

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.099
 just a few

00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:03.940
 generations ago

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:05.419
 a man was

00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:06.080
 considered

00:33:06.080 --> 00:33:07.240
 spiritually

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:08.200
 responsible if

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:08.480
 he did

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:09.080
 these things.

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.160
 Unfortunately

00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:11.860
 today a man

00:33:11.860 --> 00:33:12.340
 is considered

00:33:12.340 --> 00:33:13.539
 spiritually

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:14.580
 responsible if

00:33:14.580 --> 00:33:15.539
 he sends

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:15.980
 his children

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.539
 to the most

00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:17.140
 cutting edge

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:17.660
 youth or

00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:18.039
 children's

00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:18.440
 program.

00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:22.800
 We can

00:33:22.800 --> 00:33:23.340
 no longer

00:33:23.340 --> 00:33:24.660
 sit idly by it.

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:24.960
 I know,

00:33:25.080 --> 00:33:25.220
 again,

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.600
 I'm just

00:33:25.600 --> 00:33:26.019
 preaching to

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.400
 the choir

00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:26.680
 here.

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.740
 You've

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.140
 chosen

00:33:28.140 --> 00:33:29.060
 Christ's

00:33:29.060 --> 00:33:29.240
 Family

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:29.700
 Church for

00:33:29.700 --> 00:33:30.080
 a reason

00:33:30.080 --> 00:33:30.480
 and that

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:30.800
 may be

00:33:30.800 --> 00:33:31.060
 one of the

00:33:31.060 --> 00:33:31.440
 reasons why

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:31.820
 you've even

00:33:31.820 --> 00:33:32.500
 chosen Christ's

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:32.660
 Family

00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:33.580
 Church because

00:33:33.579 --> 00:33:34.419
 they do

00:33:34.419 --> 00:33:34.699
 things

00:33:34.699 --> 00:33:35.079
 differently

00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:35.259
 here.

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:35.539
 We do

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:35.919
 things

00:33:35.919 --> 00:33:37.399
 out of

00:33:37.399 --> 00:33:37.960
 the norm

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:38.259
 of what

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.740
 the culture

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.259
 is doing.

00:33:40.619 --> 00:33:41.019
 I think

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:41.500
 that's a

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:41.779
 biblical

00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:42.259
 approach

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:42.639
 rather than

00:33:42.639 --> 00:33:43.099
 trying to

00:33:43.099 --> 00:33:43.899
 copy what

00:33:43.899 --> 00:33:44.220
 all the

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:44.419
 other

00:33:44.419 --> 00:33:44.720
 churches

00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:45.279
 are doing.

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:46.019
 It's a

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.179
 more

00:33:46.179 --> 00:33:46.659
 biblical

00:33:46.659 --> 00:33:47.279
 approach.

00:33:48.579 --> 00:33:49.279
 We must

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:49.960
 also train

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.299
 our children

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:50.679
 so that

00:33:50.679 --> 00:33:51.439
 they show

00:33:51.439 --> 00:33:52.139
 the word.

00:33:53.599 --> 00:33:53.939
 In other

00:33:53.939 --> 00:33:54.179
 words,

00:33:54.659 --> 00:33:55.279
 you impress

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:55.799
 upon them

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.319
 the word

00:33:56.319 --> 00:33:57.000
 but also

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.779
 you help

00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:58.099
 them make

00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:58.480
 it come

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.119
 alive in

00:33:59.119 --> 00:33:59.460
 their lives.

00:33:59.539 --> 00:33:59.799
 You help

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:00.480
 them to put

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:00.819
 it into

00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:02.119
 practice in

00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:02.740
 their lives.

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:04.240
 the picture

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.559
 here is

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:05.359
 that you

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:05.799
 keep them

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.160
 within the

00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:06.720
 boundaries and

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.120
 train them

00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:07.839
 to walk in

00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:08.420
 obedience and

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:08.800
 honor to

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.079
 God.

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:09.860
 It takes

00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:10.579
 training and

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:10.920
 it takes

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.659
 discipline to

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:12.039
 do these

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:12.480
 things.

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:14.940
 Studying

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:15.599
 through Ephesians

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:16.420
 6 makes

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:16.739
 you wonder

00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:17.139
 why are

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:17.920
 families not

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.639
 doing these

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:19.340
 things in

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:19.760
 our culture

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:20.199
 today?

00:34:21.739 --> 00:34:23.039
 The instruction

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:23.519
 is there.

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:24.280
 God's told

00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:24.860
 us to do

00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:25.099
 it.

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:26.119
 Why are we

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.360
 not

00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:26.880
 worshiping

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.099
 in our

00:34:27.099 --> 00:34:27.280
 homes?

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:27.559
 Why are

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:27.920
 we not

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.480
 reading

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:29.099
 God's

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.980
 word in

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:30.139
 our

00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:30.380
 homes?

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:30.659
 Why are

00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:31.099
 we not

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:31.639
 having

00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:32.139
 family

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:32.719
 worshiped?

00:34:32.739 --> 00:34:33.019
 time.

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:34.399
 I wonder

00:34:34.399 --> 00:34:34.799
 if maybe

00:34:34.799 --> 00:34:34.919
 it's

00:34:34.919 --> 00:34:35.299
 because we

00:34:35.299 --> 00:34:35.599
 like to

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:35.959
 discipline

00:34:35.959 --> 00:34:36.439
 our own

00:34:36.439 --> 00:34:36.819
 lives.

00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:38.419
 Our

00:34:38.419 --> 00:34:39.159
 children

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:40.399
 will never

00:34:40.399 --> 00:34:41.799
 be what

00:34:41.799 --> 00:34:42.519
 they cannot

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:42.919
 see.

00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:45.000
 When you

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.299
 look at

00:34:45.299 --> 00:34:46.039
 Titus 2.12

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.379
 it talks

00:34:46.379 --> 00:34:46.719
 about how

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:47.299
 God's grace

00:34:47.299 --> 00:34:47.959
 is training

00:34:47.959 --> 00:34:48.500
 us in

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:49.019
 godliness

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:50.019
 in such a

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:50.239
 way that

00:34:50.239 --> 00:34:50.619
 we're able

00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:51.279
 to impart

00:34:51.279 --> 00:34:52.219
 that upon

00:34:52.219 --> 00:34:52.699
 others.

00:34:53.959 --> 00:34:54.239
 I think

00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:55.039
 from observation

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:55.639
 the opposite

00:34:55.639 --> 00:34:56.239
 is true as

00:34:56.239 --> 00:34:56.479
 well.

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:58.399
 You can

00:34:58.399 --> 00:34:59.599
 also train

00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:00.959
 your children

00:35:00.959 --> 00:35:01.919
 in ungodliness.

00:35:02.739 --> 00:35:03.619
 If they

00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:04.919
 see ungodliness

00:35:04.919 --> 00:35:05.219
 in your

00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:05.599
 lives,

00:35:06.319 --> 00:35:06.819
 you're

00:35:06.819 --> 00:35:07.299
 teaching

00:35:07.299 --> 00:35:07.699
 that.

00:35:07.799 --> 00:35:07.919
 You're

00:35:07.919 --> 00:35:08.479
 imparting

00:35:08.479 --> 00:35:09.099
 that upon

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.539
 them as

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:09.799
 well.

00:35:10.659 --> 00:35:10.859
 If you

00:35:10.859 --> 00:35:11.299
 don't hold

00:35:11.299 --> 00:35:11.719
 God's

00:35:11.719 --> 00:35:12.539
 word high

00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:13.019
 in regard

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.259
 in the

00:35:13.259 --> 00:35:13.500
 home,

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:14.039
 you're

00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.239
 teaching

00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:14.439
 your

00:35:14.439 --> 00:35:14.719
 children

00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:15.299
 that God's

00:35:15.299 --> 00:35:16.119
 word is

00:35:16.119 --> 00:35:16.519
 just not

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:16.919
 important.

00:35:18.199 --> 00:35:18.699
 So that

00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:19.239
 means the

00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:19.939
 reality is

00:35:19.939 --> 00:35:20.539
 that husbands,

00:35:21.759 --> 00:35:22.259
 wives,

00:35:22.839 --> 00:35:23.279
 moms,

00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:24.119
 dads,

00:35:24.759 --> 00:35:25.339
 we need to

00:35:25.339 --> 00:35:26.359
 step up to

00:35:26.359 --> 00:35:26.919
 the plate.

00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:29.559
 single

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:30.079
 people in

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:30.440
 the room,

00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:31.700
 future

00:35:31.700 --> 00:35:32.260
 moms,

00:35:32.780 --> 00:35:33.139
 future

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:33.980
 husbands,

00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:34.619
 future

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:35.680
 dads,

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:38.099
 call us

00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:38.460
 to you

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:38.720
 too.

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.220
 And the

00:35:40.220 --> 00:35:40.740
 way it

00:35:40.740 --> 00:35:41.460
 begins for

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:42.200
 those of you

00:35:42.200 --> 00:35:42.599
 who don't

00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:43.099
 have children

00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:43.720
 is to

00:35:43.720 --> 00:35:44.940
 rally around

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.840
 families in

00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:46.420
 this church

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:47.380
 to support

00:35:47.380 --> 00:35:47.720
 them.

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:49.820
 When a

00:35:49.820 --> 00:35:50.280
 child is

00:35:50.280 --> 00:35:50.980
 crying sitting

00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.460
 next to you,

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:51.800
 you don't

00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:52.340
 roll your

00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:52.760
 eyes and

00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:52.960
 think,

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:53.460
 oh man,

00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:54.280
 I just

00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:54.960
 can't listen

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.320
 to the

00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:55.760
 sermon right

00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:55.880
 now.

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.440
 I can't

00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:56.940
 figure out

00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:57.280
 what they're

00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:57.660
 saying.

00:35:57.800 --> 00:35:58.960
 You support

00:35:58.960 --> 00:35:59.760
 that family

00:35:59.760 --> 00:36:01.320
 because,

00:36:01.720 --> 00:36:02.180
 as Nathan

00:36:02.180 --> 00:36:02.599
 said earlier,

00:36:02.660 --> 00:36:03.079
 we don't

00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:04.260
 just tolerate

00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:04.720
 children,

00:36:05.220 --> 00:36:06.360
 we love

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:06.579
 them.

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:09.200
 Here's another

00:36:09.200 --> 00:36:09.880
 side to that.

00:36:11.119 --> 00:36:12.059
 We need to

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:12.480
 learn,

00:36:12.740 --> 00:36:13.300
 as a faith

00:36:13.300 --> 00:36:13.720
 family,

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:14.760
 that the

00:36:14.760 --> 00:36:16.220
 worship of

00:36:16.220 --> 00:36:17.880
 children is

00:36:17.880 --> 00:36:18.559
 important to

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:18.860
 God.

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:20.900
 Their worship

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.840
 is important.

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:23.700
 Which is why

00:36:23.700 --> 00:36:24.119
 we want to

00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:24.840
 include them

00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:25.340
 in corporate

00:36:25.340 --> 00:36:25.720
 worship.

00:36:26.700 --> 00:36:27.059
 I've been

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:27.360
 in a lot

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:27.740
 of churches

00:36:27.740 --> 00:36:28.019
 and you

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.220
 may have

00:36:28.220 --> 00:36:28.460
 been in

00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:28.680
 churches

00:36:28.680 --> 00:36:28.940
 in the

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:29.160
 past

00:36:29.160 --> 00:36:29.440
 before.

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:30.340
 They do

00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:30.740
 this thing

00:36:30.740 --> 00:36:31.200
 where they

00:36:31.200 --> 00:36:31.660
 allow the

00:36:31.660 --> 00:36:32.079
 children to

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:32.519
 sit in

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:33.059
 the service

00:36:33.059 --> 00:36:34.440
 through the

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:35.220
 music time

00:36:35.220 --> 00:36:36.360
 and then

00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:37.400
 when the

00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:38.320
 time comes

00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:38.559
 for the

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:38.960
 preacher to

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:39.220
 come up

00:36:39.220 --> 00:36:39.599
 to preach

00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:39.900
 God's

00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:40.000
 word,

00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:40.880
 they usher

00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:41.340
 them out

00:36:41.340 --> 00:36:41.640
 of the

00:36:41.640 --> 00:36:42.039
 service.

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:43.500
 Now,

00:36:43.660 --> 00:36:44.340
 you might

00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:44.599
 have a

00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:44.760
 different

00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:45.240
 philosophy

00:36:45.240 --> 00:36:45.619
 than I

00:36:45.619 --> 00:36:45.720
 do,

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:46.480
 but think

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:46.740
 about what

00:36:46.740 --> 00:36:47.280
 that teaches

00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:47.820
 children.

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:49.360
 It teaches

00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:49.880
 them that maybe

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.660
 singing songs

00:36:50.660 --> 00:36:51.240
 is important,

00:36:52.300 --> 00:36:52.619
 but the

00:36:52.619 --> 00:36:53.019
 teaching of

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:53.599
 God's word,

00:36:53.640 --> 00:36:53.980
 we don't have

00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:54.579
 to be involved

00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:55.099
 with that.

00:36:55.099 --> 00:36:57.639
 teaching our

00:36:57.639 --> 00:36:58.019
 children

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:59.799
 priority is

00:36:59.799 --> 00:37:02.039
 playing games

00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:02.559
 in a nursery

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:03.400
 rather than

00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:05.019
 being in

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:06.519
 the teaching

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:07.000
 of God's

00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:07.099
 word,

00:37:07.239 --> 00:37:08.039
 time where

00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:09.759
 knowledge and

00:37:09.759 --> 00:37:11.539
 encouragement

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:12.299
 is imparted

00:37:12.299 --> 00:37:12.880
 upon you

00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:13.699
 as a faith

00:37:13.699 --> 00:37:14.059
 family.

00:37:14.059 --> 00:37:14.099
 family.

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:16.000
 Now,

00:37:16.219 --> 00:37:16.759
 I want to

00:37:16.759 --> 00:37:17.480
 encourage you

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:19.739
 to read the

00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:20.380
 Bible together

00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:20.679
 in your

00:37:20.679 --> 00:37:21.119
 families.

00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:21.739
 I want to

00:37:21.739 --> 00:37:22.340
 encourage you

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:23.639
 to at least

00:37:23.639 --> 00:37:25.320
 find one

00:37:25.320 --> 00:37:25.920
 day that you

00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:26.539
 can worship

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:27.440
 together as a

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:27.759
 family.

00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:28.799
 Schedule it.

00:37:28.820 --> 00:37:29.219
 If you don't

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:29.719
 schedule it,

00:37:29.739 --> 00:37:30.119
 it's not going

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:30.500
 to happen.

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.519
 I'm speaking

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:32.360
 from experience.

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:33.679
 At least one

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:34.199
 day a week

00:37:34.199 --> 00:37:34.639
 that you can

00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:35.539
 worship with

00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:36.099
 your families.

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:37.099
 So,

00:37:37.320 --> 00:37:38.139
 challenge

00:37:38.139 --> 00:37:39.139
 husbands on

00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:39.719
 the way home

00:37:39.719 --> 00:37:40.059
 today.

00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:41.440
 Schedule time

00:37:41.440 --> 00:37:41.739
 with your

00:37:41.739 --> 00:37:42.079
 wife.

00:37:42.779 --> 00:37:43.239
 This is the

00:37:43.239 --> 00:37:43.659
 time that we're

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:44.119
 going to gather

00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:44.519
 together.

00:37:44.739 --> 00:37:45.219
 If you want

00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:45.539
 to do it

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:46.059
 six times,

00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:46.779
 seven times a

00:37:46.779 --> 00:37:46.920
 week,

00:37:46.940 --> 00:37:47.380
 that's even

00:37:47.380 --> 00:37:47.739
 better.

00:37:48.699 --> 00:37:49.319
 But one is

00:37:49.319 --> 00:37:49.759
 better than

00:37:49.759 --> 00:37:50.019
 none,

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.299
 right?

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.259
 So,

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:52.139
 I encourage

00:37:52.139 --> 00:37:52.639
 families,

00:37:53.299 --> 00:37:53.799
 figure out a

00:37:53.799 --> 00:37:54.259
 time when you

00:37:54.259 --> 00:37:54.679
 can get

00:37:54.679 --> 00:37:55.639
 together to

00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:56.480
 worship together

00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:57.199
 as a family.

00:37:57.539 --> 00:37:58.059
 The word

00:37:58.059 --> 00:37:58.599
 needs to be

00:37:58.599 --> 00:37:59.079
 taught in your

00:37:59.079 --> 00:37:59.360
 home.

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:00.880
 You know what

00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:01.279
 else you can

00:38:01.279 --> 00:38:01.699
 do is you

00:38:01.699 --> 00:38:02.500
 can read the

00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:03.299
 word in the

00:38:03.299 --> 00:38:03.940
 morning and

00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:04.519
 every night

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:04.860
 with your

00:38:04.860 --> 00:38:05.199
 children.

00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:06.460
 That's something

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:06.940
 that anybody

00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:07.480
 can do.

00:38:07.739 --> 00:38:08.139
 If you need

00:38:08.139 --> 00:38:08.960
 resources to

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:10.239
 help you do

00:38:10.239 --> 00:38:10.519
 this,

00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:11.000
 to help you

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:11.440
 in your

00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:11.920
 family

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.300
 worship

00:38:12.300 --> 00:38:12.740
 time,

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:13.240
 I'm sure

00:38:13.240 --> 00:38:13.720
 Nathan can

00:38:13.720 --> 00:38:14.460
 provide free

00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:15.119
 resources for

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:15.220
 you.

00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:15.960
 I know

00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:16.180
 there's some

00:38:16.180 --> 00:38:16.820
 free resources

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:17.159
 if you're

00:38:17.159 --> 00:38:17.460
 interested.

00:38:17.619 --> 00:38:18.039
 I can share

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:18.380
 those with

00:38:18.380 --> 00:38:18.659
 you as

00:38:18.659 --> 00:38:18.880
 well.

00:38:19.380 --> 00:38:19.639
 Let me

00:38:19.639 --> 00:38:19.960
 tell you

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:20.260
 why this

00:38:20.260 --> 00:38:20.579
 is so

00:38:20.579 --> 00:38:20.920
 important

00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:21.260
 today.

00:38:21.840 --> 00:38:22.139
 We're

00:38:22.139 --> 00:38:22.440
 wrapping

00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:22.960
 this up.

00:38:23.380 --> 00:38:23.599
 Let me

00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:23.860
 tell you

00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:24.139
 why this

00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:24.440
 is so

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:24.720
 important.

00:38:24.780 --> 00:38:25.139
 You go to

00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:25.880
 scores of

00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:26.099
 church

00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:26.380
 buildings

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:26.800
 across

00:38:26.800 --> 00:38:27.400
 America

00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:27.639
 and

00:38:27.639 --> 00:38:28.000
 across

00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:28.340
 Europe

00:38:28.340 --> 00:38:29.980
 and you

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.440
 see

00:38:30.440 --> 00:38:31.280
 empty

00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:32.139
 buildings.

00:38:33.300 --> 00:38:33.579
 These

00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:34.000
 church

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.300
 buildings

00:38:34.300 --> 00:38:34.460
 are

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:34.840
 empty

00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:35.260
 shelves

00:38:35.260 --> 00:38:35.619
 of what

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:35.900
 used

00:38:35.900 --> 00:38:36.200
 to be

00:38:36.200 --> 00:38:36.900
 great

00:38:36.900 --> 00:38:37.659
 thriving

00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:38.320
 churches.

00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:40.360
 Completely

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:40.680
 empty

00:38:40.680 --> 00:38:41.079
 today.

00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:43.099
 I shared

00:38:43.099 --> 00:38:43.400
 with you

00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:43.619
 these

00:38:43.619 --> 00:38:44.139
 statistics

00:38:44.139 --> 00:38:44.619
 for a

00:38:44.619 --> 00:38:44.819
 reason

00:38:44.819 --> 00:38:45.199
 because if

00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:45.860
 we continue

00:38:45.860 --> 00:38:46.239
 in the

00:38:46.239 --> 00:38:46.480
 same

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:46.840
 pattern

00:38:46.840 --> 00:38:47.460
 in our

00:38:47.460 --> 00:38:47.779
 culture

00:38:47.779 --> 00:38:48.199
 today,

00:38:48.199 --> 00:38:48.819
 we're

00:38:48.819 --> 00:38:49.039
 going to

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:49.420
 see

00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:50.840
 hundreds

00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:51.360
 if not

00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:51.880
 thousands

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:52.440
 of empty

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:52.759
 church

00:38:52.759 --> 00:38:53.179
 buildings.

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:54.099
 Possibly

00:38:54.099 --> 00:38:54.599
 even other

00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:55.079
 businesses

00:38:55.079 --> 00:38:55.719
 having moved

00:38:55.719 --> 00:38:56.500
 into church

00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:56.880
 buildings

00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:57.279
 because

00:38:57.279 --> 00:38:59.000
 that

00:38:59.000 --> 00:38:59.579
 congregation

00:38:59.579 --> 00:39:00.739
 has died

00:39:00.739 --> 00:39:01.239
 away.

00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:03.340
 The

00:39:03.340 --> 00:39:03.739
 statistics

00:39:03.739 --> 00:39:04.319
 are real.

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:05.980
 Not making

00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:06.420
 it up.

00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:07.880
 I'm not

00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:08.279
 saying the

00:39:08.279 --> 00:39:08.659
 church is

00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:08.920
 going to

00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:09.259
 disappear.

00:39:09.260 --> 00:39:10.760
 God's

00:39:10.760 --> 00:39:11.080
 word is

00:39:11.080 --> 00:39:11.260
 going to

00:39:11.260 --> 00:39:11.620
 continue

00:39:11.620 --> 00:39:12.060
 on until

00:39:12.060 --> 00:39:12.360
 the end.

00:39:12.620 --> 00:39:12.780
 His

00:39:12.780 --> 00:39:13.060
 word

00:39:13.060 --> 00:39:13.960
 proclaims

00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:14.120
 that.

00:39:14.200 --> 00:39:14.340
 His

00:39:14.340 --> 00:39:14.680
 word is

00:39:14.680 --> 00:39:14.900
 going to

00:39:14.900 --> 00:39:15.120
 carry

00:39:15.120 --> 00:39:15.820
 on all

00:39:15.820 --> 00:39:16.080
 the way

00:39:16.080 --> 00:39:16.320
 through

00:39:16.320 --> 00:39:17.020
 eternity.

00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:18.080
 There's

00:39:18.080 --> 00:39:18.660
 no question

00:39:18.660 --> 00:39:19.140
 about that.

00:39:19.200 --> 00:39:19.500
 But whether

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:19.880
 we're

00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:20.500
 involved or

00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:20.940
 whether our

00:39:20.940 --> 00:39:21.920
 children or

00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:22.620
 our children's

00:39:22.620 --> 00:39:23.480
 children are

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:24.500
 involved with

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:25.260
 that has

00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:25.960
 everything to

00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:26.500
 do with how

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:27.420
 we interact

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:28.360
 with Ephesians

00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:29.160
 chapter 6.

00:39:31.420 --> 00:39:32.060
 So we're

00:39:32.060 --> 00:39:32.500
 going to pray

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:33.260
 right now and I

00:39:33.260 --> 00:39:33.680
 just want to

00:39:33.680 --> 00:39:34.980
 invite husbands

00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:37.740
 especially to be

00:39:37.739 --> 00:39:38.219
 leaders of

00:39:38.219 --> 00:39:38.579
 your home.

00:39:38.739 --> 00:39:39.439
 Step up to

00:39:39.439 --> 00:39:39.759
 the plate.

00:39:39.959 --> 00:39:41.579
 Wives, be

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:42.239
 supportive of

00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:42.839
 your husband in

00:39:42.839 --> 00:39:43.199
 that role.

00:39:43.339 --> 00:39:43.859
 Help him where

00:39:43.859 --> 00:39:44.459
 he needs help.

00:39:44.859 --> 00:39:45.679
 Help teach the

00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:46.500
 children in the

00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:46.739
 home.

00:39:48.259 --> 00:39:49.439
 Children, quite

00:39:49.439 --> 00:39:50.239
 simply, obey

00:39:50.239 --> 00:39:51.179
 your parents.

00:39:52.959 --> 00:39:53.519
 Let's pray

00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:53.819
 together.

00:39:54.019 --> 00:39:54.439
 Heavenly Father,

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:55.079
 we thank you so

00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:55.639
 much for giving

00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:57.019
 us this opportunity

00:39:57.019 --> 00:39:58.339
 to gather here as

00:39:58.339 --> 00:40:00.019
 a faith family in

00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:01.039
 this room.

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:02.519
 We thank you,

00:40:02.679 --> 00:40:03.099
 Father, for your

00:40:03.099 --> 00:40:03.319
 word.

00:40:03.399 --> 00:40:03.979
 I pray, Father,

00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:05.179
 that it would

00:40:05.179 --> 00:40:06.019
 change our lives,

00:40:06.059 --> 00:40:06.659
 it would work in

00:40:06.659 --> 00:40:07.259
 our hearts to

00:40:07.259 --> 00:40:08.480
 transform us.

00:40:09.319 --> 00:40:10.579
 Lord, I pray for

00:40:10.579 --> 00:40:11.940
 fathers in here,

00:40:13.359 --> 00:40:14.319
 that they would be

00:40:14.319 --> 00:40:15.199
 willing to step up

00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:15.819
 to the plate.

00:40:17.139 --> 00:40:18.000
 They'd be willing

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:19.399
 to begin to lead

00:40:19.399 --> 00:40:20.399
 their families in

00:40:20.399 --> 00:40:21.579
 spiritual formation.

00:40:21.699 --> 00:40:22.159
 They'd be willing

00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:23.440
 to read the word

00:40:23.440 --> 00:40:23.859
 in their home,

00:40:23.920 --> 00:40:25.099
 to have a verbal

00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:26.139
 commitment to your

00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:26.859
 word, to have a

00:40:26.859 --> 00:40:27.619
 visible commitment

00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:28.359
 to your word in

00:40:28.359 --> 00:40:28.719
 the home.

00:40:29.799 --> 00:40:31.259
 I pray for wives,

00:40:31.759 --> 00:40:33.259
 Father, that you

00:40:33.259 --> 00:40:34.759
 would guide them

00:40:34.759 --> 00:40:35.159
 and that you would

00:40:35.159 --> 00:40:35.759
 help them be a

00:40:35.760 --> 00:40:36.520
 support to their

00:40:36.520 --> 00:40:36.860
 husbands.

00:40:36.980 --> 00:40:37.340
 You would help

00:40:37.340 --> 00:40:38.300
 them in the

00:40:38.300 --> 00:40:39.240
 spiritual formation

00:40:39.240 --> 00:40:39.920
 of their children

00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:40.440
 as well.

00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:42.440
 And I pray that

00:40:42.440 --> 00:40:43.180
 the children would

00:40:43.180 --> 00:40:44.020
 read the benefits

00:40:44.020 --> 00:40:45.580
 of this endeavor

00:40:45.580 --> 00:40:47.820
 by these moms and

00:40:47.820 --> 00:40:48.900
 dads who are

00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:50.380
 attempting to be

00:40:50.380 --> 00:40:51.100
 the best they can

00:40:51.100 --> 00:40:52.140
 be as spiritual

00:40:52.140 --> 00:40:52.820
 leaders in their

00:40:52.820 --> 00:40:53.200
 homes.

00:40:54.340 --> 00:40:55.020
 These children

00:40:55.020 --> 00:40:55.740
 would be raised

00:40:55.740 --> 00:40:56.520
 indeed in the

00:40:56.520 --> 00:40:57.600
 admonition, the

00:40:57.600 --> 00:40:59.500
 encouragement, and

00:40:59.500 --> 00:41:00.160
 discipline of the

00:41:00.160 --> 00:41:00.420
 Lord.

00:41:01.640 --> 00:41:02.280
 And I pray,

00:41:02.460 --> 00:41:03.020
 Father, that this

00:41:03.020 --> 00:41:03.840
 church, these people

00:41:03.840 --> 00:41:05.320
 in this room this

00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:07.260
 morning, that we

00:41:07.260 --> 00:41:07.900
 would beat the

00:41:07.900 --> 00:41:11.780
 statistics, that we

00:41:11.780 --> 00:41:12.620
 wouldn't be bound

00:41:12.620 --> 00:41:15.280
 by statistics that

00:41:15.280 --> 00:41:16.600
 are overwhelmingly

00:41:16.600 --> 00:41:17.460
 true in our

00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:17.800
 country.

00:41:18.900 --> 00:41:19.840
 So, Father, help

00:41:19.840 --> 00:41:22.680
 us as we have

00:41:22.680 --> 00:41:23.260
 been challenged

00:41:23.260 --> 00:41:23.740
 this morning.

00:41:23.820 --> 00:41:24.800
 Help us to rise up

00:41:24.800 --> 00:41:25.500
 to that challenge,

00:41:25.640 --> 00:41:28.039
 to begin to see the

00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:29.200
 need to teach your

00:41:29.200 --> 00:41:30.059
 word in our homes.

00:41:30.059 --> 00:41:31.920
 we begin to see

00:41:31.920 --> 00:41:34.880
 the need to rally

00:41:34.880 --> 00:41:36.440
 around families who

00:41:36.440 --> 00:41:37.340
 need encouragement.

00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:40.779
 Most of all, Father,

00:41:40.820 --> 00:41:41.440
 I pray that you would

00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:41.960
 be honored and

00:41:41.960 --> 00:41:42.779
 glorified in our

00:41:42.779 --> 00:41:43.880
 lives as we do

00:41:43.880 --> 00:41:44.539
 these things.

00:41:45.099 --> 00:41:45.900
 I pray this all in

00:41:45.900 --> 00:41:46.320
 the name of your

00:41:46.320 --> 00:41:47.360
 Son, Jesus Christ.

00:41:47.860 --> 00:41:48.139
 Amen.