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 I want to talk this morning about the glory of the ordinary.

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 The glory of the ordinary.

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 Or as I shared with Dennis before, the glordinary.

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 Don't title it that unless you want to.

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 I don't care.

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 I blame it on Charles Spurgeon.

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 Thank you, love.

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 He said if you're not regularly creating new words, then what are you even doing with the English language?

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 That's my paraphrase of him.

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 So we have apostologic, which is Paul's way of thinking.

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 That's another combined word.

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 A man can't be an elder in the church if he can't manage his own home.

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 Can't manage the house of God if he can't manage his house.

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 That's apostologic.

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 And then we have the glory of the ordinary.

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 Well, let's pray and then we'll jump in here for a time.

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 Our Father in heaven, we give you thanks once again for the grace that is ours in Christ Jesus.

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 Lord, we thank you for the kindness that you have shown us, which we have not deserved.

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 And your faithfulness, your steadfastness in keeping us and caring for us.

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 Lord, we thank you for this church, for Christ's church.

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 And we pray today that you would strengthen your people.

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 That our faith would be strengthened.

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 That our knowledge of you would be increased.

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 That our affections for Christ and for one another would be raised.

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 And that you would equip us for the work to which you've called us.

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 We ask these things in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 I want to read first, before we'll get to 1 Peter 3, which will be the primary text today.

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 I'm going to read a segment from Zechariah chapter 14.

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 We've just come out of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

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 It's now the Jewish New Year as of last week.

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 Coming up shortly on the 11th, it will be Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.

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 And on the 16th, on through the 23rd, it will be the Feast of Tabernacles.

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 I'm not saying that so that you will all go back to Jewish roots and start having some formal

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 celebration of these things, though there can be some profit to that.

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 I'm saying that to think about something that I want to begin with in Zechariah 14.

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 Namely, that God is enthroned on high and remains a covenant-keeping God

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 and means to display his glory on real terra firma on the earth.

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 Tomorrow will be the one-year anniversary of the invasion from the terrorists from Gaza into different parts of Israel

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 in which hundreds of Israelis were killed, little babies were killed, women were ravaged and raped

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 in a rather makeshift operation of men flying over the border into Israel in little privately made paragliders

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 with generators on them.

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 And you have to wonder how such an elite military as the Israeli military could be penetrated by such rudimentary things.

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 And the answer to the question, which is also the answer to the question as to why Israel is yet preserved,

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 is that God is the God of Israel and has something to put on display of his glory.

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 And he's displaying that through their judgments, and he's displaying that through their mercies.

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 And that's something that we need to think about.

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 Zechariah 14 gives us a glimpse into what things are tending toward.

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 I'm actually going to read verses 8 through the end of the chapter and just give a few comments

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 before moving to the main text.

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 But I want you to understand that this is a post-exilic prophet writing here.

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 So this is after the Assyrian invasion and after the Babylonian invasion.

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 And therefore, what is being spoken of here pertains to the future.

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 Just after there's been a great time of trouble in verses 1 to 2,

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 just after God himself has planted his feet on the Mount of Olives in the following verses,

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 verse 4, we have this description of a time that will come when God, the Messiah,

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 will reign upon the earth from Jerusalem.

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 Verses 8 and following.

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 On that day, living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem,

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 half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea.

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 It shall continue in summer as in winter,

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 and the Lord will be king over all the earth.

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 On that day, the Lord will be one, and his name one.

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 The whole land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Ramon, south of Jerusalem.

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 But Jerusalem shall remain aloft on its site from the gate of Benjamin to the place of the former gate.

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 Some of this sounds unfamiliar or irrelevant to you.

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 Just bear with me and walk through the text.

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 He's speaking about real places here.

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 This is part of my point.

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 To the corner gate and from the tower of Hananel to the king's wine presses.

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 Verse 11.

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 And it shall be inhabited, for there shall never again be a decree of utter destruction.

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 Jerusalem shall dwell in security.

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 And this shall be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the peoples that wage war against Jerusalem.

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 Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet.

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 Their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.

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 Good luck explaining that to your children after the service.

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 And on that day, a great panic from the Lord shall fall on them, so that each will seize the hand of another,

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 and the hand of the one will be raised against the hand of the other.

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 Even Judah will fight at Jerusalem.

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 And the wealth of all the surrounding nations shall be collected, gold, silver, and garments in great abundance.

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 And a plague like this plague shall fall on the horses, the mules, the camels, the donkeys, and whatever beasts may be in those camps.

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 Then everyone who survives of all the nations that have come up against Jerusalem shall go up year after year to worship the king, the lord of hosts,

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 and to keep the feast of booths, or the feast of tabernacles, Sukkot.

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 This is remarkable.

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 This is a description.

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 I'm convinced of the time which is called the thousand-year reign of Messiah,

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 where Christ is ruling on the earth over the nations.

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 Magnificent.

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 Delegates from the nations are coming to Jerusalem to celebrate the feast of tabernacles with the redeemed Israel.

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 This is all happening on real terra firma, on earth, on land.

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 This is not a symbolic picture with little Cupid angels, fat babies in heavenly diapers,

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 shooting arrows at romanticists, and playing harps on clouds.

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 This is the fulfillment of what God has promised upon the earth.

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 Verse 17,

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 And if any of the families of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the king, the lord of hosts,

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 there will be no rain on them.

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 So the prophet says that during this time, this millennial reign of Christ,

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 the nations that will not honor the king, who is called here the lord of hosts,

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 it's not some future merely human king,

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 he's called the lord of hosts,

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 if they refuse to celebrate the feast of tabernacles,

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 then God will withhold rain from them, and their crops will not grow.

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 Actual judgment from God in real future time.

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 And if the family of Egypt does not go up and present themselves,

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 then on them there shall be no rain.

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 There shall be the plague with which the lord afflicts the nations

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 that do not go up to keep the feast of booths.

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 This is one of the reasons we know that Zechariah is not speaking about the new heavens and the new earth here.

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 Because there is still some recalcitrance and rebellion from certain nations.

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 And we also know that it's not a statement of this age,

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 because the lord of hosts himself is physically present in Jerusalem,

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 ruling over Israel and the nations as king.

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 This is a remarkable passage that Martin Luther arrived at in his commentary in Zechariah,

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 and once he got to chapters 12 to 14,

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 the first time he made a go at it, he wrote,

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 I have no idea what this passage is speaking about.

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 And the second time he made a go at it,

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 he just gave up and didn't write anything.

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 And so his commentary on Zechariah was never finished.

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 And it's because he was fixed within an amillennialist frame of thinking.

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 And there was no denying here that this was a post-exilic prophet

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 who was not prophesying about the Babylonian exile.

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 And there's no doubt that it could not either have been about the Roman dictatorship over Israel,

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 or AD 70, because it concludes with Christ, or God in the text, Yahweh,

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 planting his feet on the Mount of Olives and ruling right there.

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 See?

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 I'm still getting at something here.

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 It's not an eschatology message.

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 Might sound like it so far, but it's not.

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 But it is, but it's not.

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 This shall be the punishment to Egypt and the punishment to all the nations

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 that do not go up to keep the feast of booths.

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 And on that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses,

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 Holy to the Lord.

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 And the pots in the house of the Lord shall be as the bowls before the altar.

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 I'm not going to get into whether or not,

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 or what the nature of some kind of tabernacle, temple would be during this millennial time.

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 That's for another discussion.

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 You can wrestle through it.

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 Like Adam said, wrestle through it for the next week and see what happens.

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 But whatever this time is where the Lord himself is ruling from Jerusalem,

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 it says every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holy to the Lord of hosts,

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 so that all who sacrifice may come and take of them and boil the meat of the sacrifice in them.

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 And there shall no longer be a trader or merchant in the house of the Lord of hosts on that day.

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 In other words, no more foreigners manipulating the worship of God in the lives of God's people.

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 There will be no tables to overturn there.

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 The Lord will be there, but he will not be overturning tables.

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 He will be ruling over the nations.

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 And for the first time in the history of Jerusalem and of Israel and indeed of the world,

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 every pot, the most rudimentary elements of travel, of carriage, and of cooking,

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 whether it's for ceremonial meals or whether it's house to house in Jerusalem,

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 every one of them will be counted holy to the Lord.

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 For the light of Messiah will permeate everything.

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 Years ago when I was thinking about this passage for the first time and breaking my brain over what in the world it could mean,

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 I consulted David Barron's commentary, which I commend to you.

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 It was a student of Adolf Zephir, some of you know that name.

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 And in David Barron's commentary, once I arrived at chapter 14,

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 I found him writing that this idea of bells on horses and pots, ceremonial pots,

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 and the cooking pots from house to house in Jerusalem being called holy,

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 he said that concept is the glorious goal and climax of vision and prophecy altogether.

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 And I thought to myself, what in the heck is he talking about?

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 How could bells on horses and pots cooking meat be the glorious goal and climax of vision and prophecy altogether?

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 And I came to understand ultimately what he meant was,

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 in that day, the righteousness, peace, and joy of Messiah will permeate everything.

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 It will all be regarded holy.

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 There will not be this sputtering of affections in God's people,

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 the sputtering of secularism in our hearts,

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 by which we function part of the day as functional atheists,

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 and part of the day maybe in a devotional time,

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 or when a brother calls us up to confess sin or something like that,

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 as those who are eager to worship our God.

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 And that day, according to the apostles,

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 God shall be all and all,

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 and Christ shall have the preeminence.

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 And this is a picture of that.

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 Did you see that thing?

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 How long has that been there?

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 Thank you, Dennis.

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 Well, I really would commend a deep study of Zechariah,

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 the whole book, but chapters 12 through 14 are remarkable in this respect.

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 And I have never read an amillennialist, postmillennialist, supersessionist commentary

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 on those passages that was coherent at all.

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 Even the times of suffering described in Zechariah 14, 1 to 4 in Jerusalem,

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 houses being pillaged, half of the city exiled, women being raped.

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 It's a horrible scene.

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 October 7th was a precursor, a picture of this time of Jacob's trouble

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 about which the prophets and the Lord Jesus speak.

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 Jeremiah 30, Daniel 12, Matthew 24, etc.

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 One of the commentaries said,

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 this description of Jerusalem is the description of global persecution

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 against the church throughout the whole of the church age,

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 which is one of the most ludicrous slights of hand that I've ever seen in exegesis.

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 Anything to remove the issue of Israel from the consciousness of the church.

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 Why is that, brothers and sisters?

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 Well, I'm not going to answer that question because we got to get to 1 Peter 3.

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 I'm not going to answer that at length.

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 But let me suggest to you that Satan has a scheme by which to disfigure the person

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 and glory and will of our God.

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 And if in any way he can get us to twist what is in God's word,

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 or to take, as Spurgeon said, to take God's meaning,

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 to tear it from his own words,

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 then to that degree will something of our worship also be disfigured.

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 And if Israel and the land and Jerusalem and the Jewish people

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 are no longer significant in any way to the purposes of God,

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 then there are supernaturally promised prophecies

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 that will find actual fulfillment for which we're not looking at all.

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 We're not praying about it.

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 We're not thinking about it.

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 It's totally removed from our doctrine,

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 from our prayers,

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 from our expectations.

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 And we may find,

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 in certain respects pertaining to Israel

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 or to other things pertaining to the Lord,

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 that in the day of his coming,

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 we are taken unawares,

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 when we should have been discerning better.

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 Jesus scolded the religious leaders

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 for being able to discern when a storm was coming in,

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 but not to be able to read what he called the signs of the times.

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 Well, I'm going to leave that there

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 and move into this glory of the ordinary,

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 because I've just read a passage that is rather unordinary.

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 This is a magnificent, terrifying, glorious, wonderful thing to think about.

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 And yet there's a sense in which all of the cataclysm

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 and judgments and remarkable mercies

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 that are poured out upon the earth copiously in the last days

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 are leading to something that is very ordinary,

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 and yet full of glory.

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 The glordinariness of the picture God gives us here.

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 And I wonder if you are aware that you, being in Christ,

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 have been swept up into that majestic narrative.

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 And that we sitting here today is another page or two

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 in the volume of church history, redemptive history.

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 Here we are singing to the lamb that was slain together

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 and hearing of him and loving him together

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 and praying that God would sanctify us

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 and teach us to discern the body

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 and teach us to build one another up.

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 This is a slice of church history.

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 It is ordinary, and yet it's not ordinary.

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 Do you see?

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 There is new covenant glory that has come to us in Christ.

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 If we could see who we really are in Christ,

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 our mouths would drop open.

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 There is a time coming when we shall be like him,

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 1 John 3, 2,

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 where we shall see him as he is.

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 But, brothers and sisters, we already are this.

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 And the Lord uses the ordinariness of the ordinary

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 very often to keep us in a place

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 by which we must walk according to faith

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 and not according to feelings.

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 There's a glory to be displayed through the church.

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 Paul calls it the demonstration of the manifold wisdom of God

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 through the people of God in Ephesians 3, 10.

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 It is the very holiness of God.

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 It is the very love of God.

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 It is rivers of living water.

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 It is a testimony, a confession, a witness.

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 It is the governance of God.

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 It is all things for us,

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 slowly but substantially becoming communion with him.

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 This is the fruit of justification.

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 This is what is at work in this church

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 and in every true church.

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 The grace of God in these ways.

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 Yet it appears ordinary very often

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 and we can lose touch with its sacredness and power.

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 In 1 Thessalonians 4, verse 9 and following,

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 the apostle Paul writes to the church at Thessalonica,

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 now concerning brotherly love,

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 you have no need for anyone to write to you

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 for you yourselves have been taught by God

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 to love one another.

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 For that indeed is what you are doing

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 to all the brothers throughout Macedonia.

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 But we urge you, brothers,

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 to do this more and more

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 and to aspire to live quietly

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 and to mind your own affairs

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 and to work with your hands as we instructed you

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 so that you may walk properly before outsiders

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 and be dependent on no one.

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 What a wonderful passage.

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 I cannot help but imagine the apostle Paul

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 a week after perhaps having raised Eutychus from the dead

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 or having the sense of triumph

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 in a new church that had been planted

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 in one of those pagan cities.

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 And there he is in a season

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 where the church is not supporting him financially,

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 which he had back and forth,

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 and spending 40 or 50 hours

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 making canopies out of leather

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 for buildings

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 and interacting with centurions

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 because he was a Roman citizen

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 and interacting with them

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 as he's making a canopy

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 for the new station

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 for the soldiers that are moving into this town,

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 whatever.

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 He's giving himself to mundane things.

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 He's aspiring to live quietly.

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 Everything for him in new covenant grace

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 has become precious.

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 And the glory of Zechariah 14

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 that will permeate the earth,

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 the glory of God will cover the earth

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 as waters cover the sea.

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 That glory is already being tasted

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 and demonstrated in the life of the apostle.

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 This is what gives him the kind of heart

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 and the kind of wisdom

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 to see the church in the way that he sees it,

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 to be able to esteem the weakest of members

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 and not merely men who are elders

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 or men or women who are most gifted,

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 but to love the body of Christ.

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 This all comes from Paul's awareness

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 of the sacredness

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 of that which the world deems ordinary.

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 I'm reading a biography,

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 a few of you guys in the Workman's Trust

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 at least know about this,

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 about an international ministry leader

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 that was discovered to be in multiple affairs

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 and even abusing minors

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 and all of this really horrible, horrible story.

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 But there was a point in his life

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 where the man writing the biography

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 who was his Bible college roommate

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 and was the guy that helped him

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 start the ministry in the 1980s

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 was talking to another leader

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 from a denomination

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 that knew this man

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 who eventually would be exposed.

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 And that denominational leader

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 asked the man who's writing this book

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 years later,

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 asked him,

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 do you know what that leader's greatest fear is?

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 And the man who believed

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 he was so close to this man

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 and helped him found the ministry

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 and all of this said,

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 well, I think, you know,

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 probably drowning.

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 He doesn't get anywhere near water.

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 He's actually morbidly,

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 morbidly,

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 he's terribly afraid of drowning.

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 And he said,

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 well, that, okay,

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 that makes sense.

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 But that is not his greatest fear.

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 And he said,

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 well, okay,

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 maybe you know him better than me,

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 but I've been with him

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 for the last 10 years.

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 And the guy said to him,

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 his greatest fear actually

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 is that at the end of his life,

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 he should be counted ordinary.

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 That he would be ordinary.

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 That he would not have a ministry

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 that stands out.

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 That he would not have a name

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 that leaves a great impact.

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 That he would have no biography

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 written of him.

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 That he would not have

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 a special calling

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 among those who are

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 the holy ones,

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 the saints.

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 That he would not be regarded

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 as gifty.

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 That he would not be regarded

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 as successful.

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 That he would not in any way

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 stand out in such a way

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 that he could be regarded

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 as more than ordinary.

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 And in that fear,

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 he did all kinds of drastic things

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 and moved all kinds of chess pieces

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 and manipulative ways

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 that built a large organization

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 that was known by many,

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 built a semblance of devotion

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 even in his life

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 with fasting and prayer

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 and study and all kinds of things

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 when under the hood,

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 there were piles of poison.

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 And according to this man,

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 much of what was fueling that

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 was his fear of being ordinary.

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 We're going to have to get over that

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 if we're going to build the church

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 in a way that pleases

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 the one who is the head

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 of the church.

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 Because pots and pans

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 and bells on horses

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 need also to be regarded

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 as holy.

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 And the thing that makes

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 anything significant

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 is the presence

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 of the only one

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 who is worthy

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 of being looked upon

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 with worship.

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 And that's going to happen,

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 brothers and sisters.

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 So let's just think about

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 a few points

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 and then we'll touch

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 on 1 Peter 3.

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 Let me think for just a moment

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 and give comment

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 on the glory of the ordinariness

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 of this local church.

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 The glory of the ordinariness

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 of this local church.

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 It really should be true

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 of any local church,

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:47.220
 no matter how large or small,

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 that the lives of the saints

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 are treated with reverence

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 and cherished and stewarded

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 in such a way

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 that even the things

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 about one another's lives

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:02.160
 that don't seem impressive

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 or that don't stand out

00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:06.320
 are stewarded with reverence

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 and with the fear of the Lord

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 and with selfless love

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 toward one another.

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 That's what Seth

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:13.460
 was encouraging us toward

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 during the Lord's table.

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 But I wonder if you all

00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:20.720
 get discouraged at all.

00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:22.079
 I've known this feeling

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.960
 of discouragement

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:24.559
 many times in my life.

00:26:24.639 --> 00:26:26.319
 We had a house church

00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:27.399
 for about 11 years

00:26:27.399 --> 00:26:28.179
 that we led

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:31.019
 and there were many times

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:32.880
 where I thought to myself,

00:26:33.060 --> 00:26:35.140
 what are we doing here?

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:37.600
 Where I thought to myself,

00:26:37.860 --> 00:26:39.200
 okay, is this really fruitful?

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:41.080
 And I thought to myself,

00:26:41.580 --> 00:26:42.420
 man, are these guys

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:43.480
 ever going to become elders?

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:46.140
 Good grief.

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.940
 What's taking so long?

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:49.680
 And I thought to myself,

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:53.140
 are we, are we bearing fruit

00:26:53.140 --> 00:26:54.059
 in such a way

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:55.320
 that glorifies Jesus?

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:58.120
 And I also thought, remarkably,

00:26:58.860 --> 00:27:00.700
 partly owing to that one ministry

00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:01.820
 that I mentioned earlier,

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:04.640
 to people that I knew from there

00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:07.100
 who looked upon our little church

00:27:07.100 --> 00:27:08.840
 in a condescending way, frankly.

00:27:09.360 --> 00:27:10.440
 I have no other way to put it.

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.400
 That's what it was.

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:13.940
 I also felt a sense

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:15.620
 of inferiority at times.

00:27:16.560 --> 00:27:18.140
 I also felt to myself,

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:19.160
 I don't know if I should

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:20.800
 be doing this anymore.

00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:23.180
 Well, I don't think any of you

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:24.560
 are deeply discouraged

00:27:24.560 --> 00:27:25.640
 about Christ's church.

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.900
 I haven't heard anything like that,

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:28.100
 though I'm sure you've had times

00:27:28.100 --> 00:27:29.940
 where you have felt discouraged.

00:27:30.300 --> 00:27:33.519
 And I want to just re-up you

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:34.940
 as a people to remember

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:36.880
 that there is glory

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:38.120
 in the ordinariness

00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:39.759
 of this local church.

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:41.879
 There is glory here.

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:43.960
 What makes you significant

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:45.240
 is not your good looks,

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:46.200
 though you're all decent.

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:49.920
 Or your giftedness,

00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:51.680
 though there's giftedness here.

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:54.400
 What makes you significant

00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:55.519
 is the same thing

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.559
 that will make the bells

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.279
 on the horses

00:27:57.279 --> 00:28:00.039
 in future Jerusalem significant.

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:02.680
 The very light of Christ,

00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:03.980
 the preeminent one.

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:06.799
 And he is here with you

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:08.220
 by the Holy Spirit.

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:10.880
 You are being made

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:12.360
 into a temple

00:28:12.360 --> 00:28:15.420
 for God's dwelling

00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:16.539
 by the Spirit.

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:17.420
 Ephesians 2.

00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:19.120
 There is glory

00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:20.860
 in that ordinariness

00:28:20.860 --> 00:28:22.740
 in this local church.

00:28:23.100 --> 00:28:24.420
 Do not despise

00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:25.380
 the day

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:26.720
 of small beginnings.

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:28.900
 And by which I don't mean

00:28:28.900 --> 00:28:29.779
 Christ's church

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:31.279
 will one day be a mega church.

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:32.940
 I mean,

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:34.220
 do not despise

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.900
 the day

00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:36.640
 when God is continuing

00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:37.620
 to shape you

00:28:37.620 --> 00:28:38.320
 as a people

00:28:38.320 --> 00:28:39.600
 who know what it means

00:28:39.600 --> 00:28:40.400
 to walk

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:42.060
 in the fear of the Lord

00:28:42.060 --> 00:28:42.720
 and the comfort

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:44.140
 of the Holy Spirit

00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:44.960
 together.

00:28:46.080 --> 00:28:47.540
 Because what is knit

00:28:47.540 --> 00:28:48.759
 in these days

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:50.040
 is what will be

00:28:50.040 --> 00:28:50.880
 the foundation

00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:52.940
 for who will come,

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:54.200
 who will be saved,

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:55.560
 who will be discipled,

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:57.280
 and whom you send out

00:28:57.280 --> 00:28:59.120
 to plant and nurture churches

00:28:59.120 --> 00:29:00.060
 in other places.

00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:03.799
 What the timber

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:05.319
 and essence

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:06.519
 of your life together

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.059
 is,

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:08.519
 is what will be replicated

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:09.899
 as you go on

00:29:09.899 --> 00:29:10.879
 seeking to build up

00:29:10.879 --> 00:29:11.859
 this local body

00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:12.879
 and ultimately

00:29:12.879 --> 00:29:14.220
 sending others out

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:15.359
 in days to come

00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:16.379
 by the grace of God.

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.700
 Do not despise

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:19.220
 or overlook

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:20.059
 the glory

00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:22.539
 of what's happening here

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:23.159
 because,

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:24.200
 however ordinary

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:26.119
 it very often feels,

00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:27.700
 it is precious

00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:28.580
 to God

00:29:28.580 --> 00:29:30.140
 and he shed his blood

00:29:30.140 --> 00:29:31.360
 exactly for it.

00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:33.000
 This is a slice

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.980
 of church history.

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:35.400
 This is becoming

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:37.000
 a new theme for me.

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.960
 Just making myself

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:39.539
 more aware,

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.440
 we just finished

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:41.600
 the church history course

00:29:41.600 --> 00:29:42.539
 in the Workman's Trust

00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:44.180
 and I couldn't help

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:45.559
 but realize a few things.

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:46.180
 Number one,

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:47.559
 that all of these figures

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:48.539
 in church history

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:50.200
 were notably flawed

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:53.840
 and that every one of them

00:29:53.840 --> 00:29:55.340
 God sustained.

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:57.459
 every one of them

00:29:57.459 --> 00:29:58.399
 that was counted faithful

00:29:58.399 --> 00:29:59.419
 at the end of their lives

00:29:59.419 --> 00:30:00.319
 with all their sins

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:00.959
 and weaknesses,

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:02.619
 God kept them

00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:04.500
 and they went to the grave

00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:05.439
 with a testimony

00:30:05.439 --> 00:30:06.980
 of his faithfulness.

00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:07.839
 May it be the same

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.799
 for every member

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.619
 of this church.

00:30:10.199 --> 00:30:10.879
 There's glory

00:30:10.879 --> 00:30:12.000
 in this local church.

00:30:12.959 --> 00:30:13.799
 Number two,

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.619
 I have four.

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:16.980
 The glory

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:18.779
 in regular hardships.

00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:20.119
 Well,

00:30:20.159 --> 00:30:21.279
 we hear this all the time.

00:30:21.419 --> 00:30:22.339
 We hear this again.

00:30:22.459 --> 00:30:22.639
 Yes,

00:30:22.679 --> 00:30:23.079
 you do.

00:30:23.399 --> 00:30:23.599
 Yes,

00:30:23.639 --> 00:30:24.059
 I do.

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:25.559
 Life

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:27.159
 is hard.

00:30:28.879 --> 00:30:29.839
 Being a mother

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:30.819
 of little children

00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:32.319
 is difficult.

00:30:33.179 --> 00:30:34.639
 Being a single person

00:30:34.639 --> 00:30:35.960
 who wants to get married

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:37.059
 is difficult.

00:30:37.819 --> 00:30:38.759
 Being a man

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:39.339
 who is seeking

00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:40.319
 to grow up

00:30:40.319 --> 00:30:41.119
 and to eventually

00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:41.679
 be appointed

00:30:41.679 --> 00:30:42.419
 as an elder

00:30:42.419 --> 00:30:44.599
 is chastening

00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:45.639
 and sifting.

00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:48.359
 Being a Christian

00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:49.639
 in a fallen world

00:30:49.639 --> 00:30:51.240
 that hates Christ

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:53.980
 is to live

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:55.259
 in a mode

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:56.240
 of resistance

00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:57.400
 in one sense

00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:58.599
 for all of our life.

00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:00.880
 You must go through

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.859
 many hardships

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:02.859
 to enter the kingdom

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:03.339
 of heaven,

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:04.799
 the apostles said.

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.099
 Life

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:07.279
 has within it

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:08.380
 sufferings.

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.920
 One Bible school

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:10.440
 president

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:12.200
 spoke to his

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:13.279
 graduates well

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:14.519
 on their graduation days.

00:31:14.620 --> 00:31:15.359
 They were going off

00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:16.680
 to pastor churches

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.500
 in other parts

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:17.980
 of the world

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:19.460
 by teaching them

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:19.859
 with a,

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.420
 what do you call it?

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:22.000
 What do you call it?

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:23.000
 A speech

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:24.039
 at a graduation thing?

00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:25.839
 Yeah,

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.759
 commencement speech

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.859
 and the title of it

00:31:27.859 --> 00:31:28.240
 was,

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:28.920
 to these men

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.799
 who are going to be pastors,

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:32.140
 thou shalt have spells.

00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:33.800
 In other words,

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:35.240
 you're going to have

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:36.259
 sufferings,

00:31:36.380 --> 00:31:37.040
 tribulations,

00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:38.580
 things are coming

00:31:38.580 --> 00:31:39.180
 your way

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:39.880
 that are going

00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:40.680
 to humble you,

00:31:40.860 --> 00:31:41.440
 sift you,

00:31:41.860 --> 00:31:43.040
 reveal things in you

00:31:43.040 --> 00:31:43.840
 that you didn't know

00:31:43.840 --> 00:31:44.820
 could be revealed

00:31:44.820 --> 00:31:45.640
 when you thought

00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:46.880
 you were so sanctified

00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:47.860
 in that area

00:31:47.860 --> 00:31:48.840
 and now there's

00:31:48.840 --> 00:31:50.100
 a new season upon me

00:31:50.100 --> 00:31:51.640
 and why am I being proud?

00:31:51.800 --> 00:31:52.780
 Why do I have envy

00:31:52.780 --> 00:31:54.240
 against this other brother

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.860
 or sister?

00:31:55.060 --> 00:31:56.780
 Why am I doubting God?

00:31:56.860 --> 00:31:57.960
 Why do I have anxiety

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.680
 over this?

00:31:58.900 --> 00:31:59.680
 What's going on?

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.560
 I thought I was already

00:32:00.560 --> 00:32:02.120
 matured beyond this.

00:32:03.040 --> 00:32:03.960
 And the Lord says,

00:32:04.300 --> 00:32:06.120
 I discipline you

00:32:06.120 --> 00:32:07.000
 because I love you.

00:32:08.280 --> 00:32:09.880
 And I want your joy

00:32:09.880 --> 00:32:11.680
 in me to be so full

00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:13.080
 that it will spill over

00:32:13.080 --> 00:32:14.000
 onto others.

00:32:14.800 --> 00:32:16.300
 And for that to happen,

00:32:17.080 --> 00:32:17.580
 you're going to have

00:32:17.580 --> 00:32:18.140
 to go through

00:32:18.140 --> 00:32:19.800
 my fatherly squeeze.

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:23.620
 And I am faithful

00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:24.640
 to continue

00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:25.380
 to squeeze.

00:32:26.900 --> 00:32:27.460
 Well,

00:32:27.540 --> 00:32:28.180
 that will include

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:29.280
 regular hardships.

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:31.120
 In a sermon called

00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:32.139
 The Happy Christian,

00:32:32.139 --> 00:32:34.299
 I was pleased to hear

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:35.679
 Daniel Bergthold

00:32:35.679 --> 00:32:36.639
 teaching Sunday school

00:32:36.639 --> 00:32:37.179
 this morning

00:32:37.179 --> 00:32:38.299
 and went to the Sunday school

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:39.059
 class and then

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.799
 prayer meeting

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:40.559
 then came here.

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:42.179
 And he quoted

00:32:42.179 --> 00:32:42.979
 out of this,

00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:44.099
 although I'll have to tell

00:32:44.099 --> 00:32:44.679
 him later

00:32:44.679 --> 00:32:45.639
 if he ever hears this,

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:46.399
 he quoted

00:32:46.399 --> 00:32:47.839
 the popular paraphrase.

00:32:47.899 --> 00:32:49.039
 He didn't actually quote

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:50.239
 what Spurgeon says,

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:50.519
 so,

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.439
 but you know,

00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:52.719
 but we're all growing still.

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:55.339
 In the sermon,

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:56.200
 Charles Spurgeon,

00:32:56.400 --> 00:32:57.000
 sermon called

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:58.100
 The Happy Christian,

00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:00.579
 Spurgeon said,

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.740
 the worldling

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:03.339
 blesses God

00:33:03.339 --> 00:33:04.440
 while he gives him

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:04.839
 plenty.

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.480
 You ever heard

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:07.019
 an unbeliever

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:07.620
 thank God

00:33:07.620 --> 00:33:08.140
 for something?

00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:08.660
 I mean,

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:10.960
 I get a promotion

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:11.360
 or whatever,

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:12.579
 thank God in heaven.

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.180
 You know,

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:14.279
 God doesn't know

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:16.180
 the Lord from Adam.

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:18.160
 But the worldling

00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:19.200
 blesses God

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:20.440
 while he gives him

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:20.860
 plenty.

00:33:21.340 --> 00:33:22.140
 But the Christian

00:33:22.140 --> 00:33:22.820
 blesses him

00:33:22.820 --> 00:33:23.980
 when he smites him.

00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:25.820
 The Christian

00:33:25.820 --> 00:33:26.960
 blesses God

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.680
 when God

00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:28.500
 smites him.

00:33:29.560 --> 00:33:30.600
 He believes

00:33:30.600 --> 00:33:31.460
 him to be

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:32.480
 too wise

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:33.080
 to err

00:33:33.080 --> 00:33:35.060
 and too good

00:33:35.060 --> 00:33:36.340
 to be unkind.

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:38.460
 He trusts him

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.680
 where he cannot

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:40.480
 trace him.

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:42.799
 Looks up to him

00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:44.019
 in the darkest hour

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:45.920
 and believes

00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:46.640
 that all

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:47.600
 is well.

00:33:48.560 --> 00:33:49.400
 This is right

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:50.160
 at the heart

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:50.720
 of so many

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.560
 precious hymns

00:33:51.560 --> 00:33:51.860
 that have been

00:33:51.860 --> 00:33:52.180
 written

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:53.720
 throughout the years

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:55.000
 and this must

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:56.019
 be maintained

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.720
 and cultivated

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.820
 by the church

00:33:57.820 --> 00:33:58.779
 an awareness

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.580
 that we will

00:33:59.580 --> 00:34:00.400
 suffer hardship

00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:01.340
 and there will

00:34:01.340 --> 00:34:02.220
 be sufferings

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:03.700
 even in many

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.279
 places

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:05.240
 if not most

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:05.820
 by the time

00:34:05.820 --> 00:34:06.400
 this whole thing

00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:07.279
 is wrapped up

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:08.000
 persecution

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:10.000
 against the church

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:11.599
 and we must

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:12.440
 be able

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:13.280
 to discern

00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:14.639
 our father's

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:15.159
 heart

00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:17.739
 if we can't

00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:18.799
 trace exactly

00:34:18.799 --> 00:34:19.579
 what his hand

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:20.099
 is doing

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:21.179
 in every instance

00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:22.500
 this is vital

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:23.219
 there's glory

00:34:23.219 --> 00:34:23.980
 in regular

00:34:23.980 --> 00:34:24.679
 hardships.

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:25.460
 Number three

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:26.699
 the glory

00:34:26.699 --> 00:34:27.639
 in gospel

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:28.239
 grace

00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:29.420
 the glory

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:30.659
 in God

00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:31.500
 with us

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:33.759
 let us

00:34:33.759 --> 00:34:34.659
 continue to return

00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:35.460
 to the gospel

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:36.940
 there is glory

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.739
 in the gospel

00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:38.480
 and if in your

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:39.299
 Christian life

00:34:39.299 --> 00:34:40.339
 you can find

00:34:40.339 --> 00:34:40.799
 glory

00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:41.960
 nowhere else

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:44.280
 if God's glory

00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:46.620
 is impossible

00:34:46.620 --> 00:34:47.300
 for you

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:47.940
 to see

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.580
 the shape

00:34:48.580 --> 00:34:49.120
 of

00:34:49.120 --> 00:34:50.519
 or to feel

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:51.100
 the nearness

00:34:51.100 --> 00:34:51.539
 of

00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:52.740
 in every area

00:34:52.740 --> 00:34:53.960
 then return

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.600
 to this

00:34:54.600 --> 00:34:55.480
 that Christ

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:55.880
 Jesus

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.660
 was crucified

00:34:56.660 --> 00:34:57.539
 for you

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:59.080
 and for this

00:34:59.080 --> 00:34:59.580
 church

00:34:59.580 --> 00:35:00.880
 for his church

00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:02.200
 return to gospel

00:35:02.200 --> 00:35:02.700
 grace

00:35:02.700 --> 00:35:04.180
 over and over

00:35:04.180 --> 00:35:05.160
 and over again

00:35:05.160 --> 00:35:06.480
 almost every song

00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:07.320
 was just gospel

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:08.280
 infused today

00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:09.060
 which I love

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:10.239
 and I know you

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:11.420
 brothers and sisters

00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:12.940
 fellowship over the gospel

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:14.320
 which I love

00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:15.460
 and I say

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.000
 again

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:17.059
 in these early

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:18.420
 months

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:19.460
 of this church's

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:19.960
 existence

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:21.500
 keep that

00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:22.299
 the foundation

00:35:22.299 --> 00:35:23.500
 and return there

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:24.179
 always

00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:25.759
 it will dispel

00:35:25.759 --> 00:35:26.699
 our selfish

00:35:26.699 --> 00:35:27.820
 sentimentalism

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:29.159
 our complaining

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:30.079
 our grieving

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:30.900
 and groaning

00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:32.139
 our divisions

00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:33.079
 our tendencies

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:33.759
 of pride

00:35:33.759 --> 00:35:34.199
 that we have

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:34.980
 toward one another

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:35.940
 the gospel

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.539
 of grace

00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:37.940
 cures all

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:38.639
 and therefore

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.259
 let us

00:35:39.259 --> 00:35:40.639
 return to it

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:41.519
 constantly

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:43.059
 it might seem

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:44.059
 like a mundane

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.779
 thing

00:35:44.779 --> 00:35:46.159
 to return there

00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:46.739
 always

00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:47.879
 but that's

00:35:47.879 --> 00:35:48.980
 where the glory

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:49.819
 is

00:35:49.819 --> 00:35:53.319
 last point

00:35:53.319 --> 00:35:53.920
 the glory

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:55.239
 of the cross

00:35:55.239 --> 00:35:56.879
 well there's

00:35:56.879 --> 00:35:57.259
 the glory

00:35:57.259 --> 00:35:58.179
 of Christ's cross

00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:58.879
 of which we've

00:35:58.879 --> 00:35:59.379
 been speaking

00:35:59.379 --> 00:36:00.199
 but I'm speaking

00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:00.900
 about the glory

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:02.019
 of the disciples

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.619
 cross

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:04.119
 just for

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:06.000
 an abbreviated

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:06.900
 encouragement

00:36:06.900 --> 00:36:07.960
 you can go

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:08.400
 check the

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:08.820
 bellicose

00:36:08.820 --> 00:36:09.400
 website

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:10.440
 some weeks

00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:10.740
 ago

00:36:10.740 --> 00:36:11.380
 I preached

00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:11.760
 on

00:36:11.760 --> 00:36:12.700
 a brother

00:36:12.700 --> 00:36:13.220
 reminded me

00:36:13.220 --> 00:36:13.420
 of it

00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:13.900
 last night

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.180
 otherwise

00:36:14.180 --> 00:36:14.660
 I might have

00:36:14.660 --> 00:36:15.119
 forgotten the

00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:15.460
 title

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:16.639
 the crippling

00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:17.639
 conflation

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:18.820
 of Christian

00:36:18.820 --> 00:36:19.360
 crosses

00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:21.000
 there is the

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:21.460
 cross of

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:21.900
 Christ

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:23.079
 which has

00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:23.700
 accomplished

00:36:23.700 --> 00:36:24.860
 its purpose

00:36:24.860 --> 00:36:25.900
 and there's the

00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:26.559
 cross of the

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:27.260
 believer that we

00:36:27.260 --> 00:36:28.039
 must carry

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:29.039
 we cannot

00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:29.599
 justify

00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:30.280
 ourselves

00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:31.240
 as Christ's

00:36:31.240 --> 00:36:31.800
 cross has

00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:32.160
 done

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:33.539
 but we

00:36:33.539 --> 00:36:34.279
 must carry

00:36:34.279 --> 00:36:35.420
 our cross

00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:36.420
 in light

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:37.399
 of his

00:36:37.399 --> 00:36:38.319
 and in

00:36:38.319 --> 00:36:39.000
 John chapter

00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:39.420
 12

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:39.920
 the Lord

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:41.159
 Jesus said

00:36:41.159 --> 00:36:42.480
 now among

00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:43.099
 those who

00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:43.559
 went up

00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:44.899
 John tells

00:36:44.899 --> 00:36:45.480
 us firstly

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:46.139
 among those

00:36:46.139 --> 00:36:46.619
 who went up

00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:47.239
 to worship

00:36:47.239 --> 00:36:48.219
 verse 20

00:36:48.219 --> 00:36:49.779
 of John 12

00:36:49.779 --> 00:36:51.059
 at the feasts

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:51.500
 were some

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:51.960
 Greeks

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:53.420
 so these came

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:53.879
 to Philip

00:36:53.879 --> 00:36:54.339
 who was from

00:36:54.339 --> 00:36:54.940
 Bethsaida

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:56.039
 in Galilee

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:56.779
 and asked him

00:36:56.779 --> 00:36:57.480
 sir

00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:58.659
 we wish

00:36:58.659 --> 00:36:59.179
 to see

00:36:59.179 --> 00:36:59.799
 Jesus

00:36:59.800 --> 00:37:01.000
 Philip

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.500
 went and

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:01.720
 told

00:37:01.720 --> 00:37:02.160
 Andrew

00:37:02.160 --> 00:37:02.519
 Andrew

00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:02.920
 and Philip

00:37:02.920 --> 00:37:03.340
 went and

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:03.539
 told

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:04.019
 Jesus

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:04.940
 and Jesus

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:05.480
 answered

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:05.800
 them

00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:06.640
 the hour

00:37:06.640 --> 00:37:07.220
 has come

00:37:07.220 --> 00:37:07.580
 for the

00:37:07.580 --> 00:37:07.940
 son of

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:08.180
 man

00:37:08.180 --> 00:37:08.500
 to be

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:09.380
 glorified

00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:10.320
 truly

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:10.740
 truly

00:37:10.740 --> 00:37:11.300
 I say

00:37:11.300 --> 00:37:11.740
 to you

00:37:11.740 --> 00:37:12.140
 unless

00:37:12.140 --> 00:37:12.640
 a grain

00:37:12.640 --> 00:37:13.080
 of wheat

00:37:13.080 --> 00:37:13.500
 falls

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:13.900
 into the

00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:14.140
 earth

00:37:14.140 --> 00:37:14.940
 and dies

00:37:14.940 --> 00:37:16.000
 it remains

00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:16.680
 alone

00:37:16.680 --> 00:37:17.580
 but if

00:37:17.580 --> 00:37:18.460
 it dies

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:19.560
 it bears

00:37:19.560 --> 00:37:20.140
 much

00:37:20.140 --> 00:37:20.940
 fruit

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:22.420
 he speaks

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:22.820
 about his

00:37:22.820 --> 00:37:23.539
 own cross

00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:23.960
 here

00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:25.200
 but then

00:37:25.200 --> 00:37:25.680
 he turns

00:37:25.680 --> 00:37:25.980
 to the

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:26.440
 disciples

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:26.960
 and says

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:27.200
 whoever

00:37:27.200 --> 00:37:27.820
 loves his

00:37:27.820 --> 00:37:28.180
 life

00:37:28.180 --> 00:37:28.980
 loses it

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:29.840
 and whoever

00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.360
 hates his

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:30.619
 life

00:37:30.619 --> 00:37:30.980
 in this

00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:31.320
 world

00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:31.860
 will keep

00:37:31.860 --> 00:37:32.119
 it

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:33.219
 for eternal

00:37:33.219 --> 00:37:33.780
 life

00:37:33.780 --> 00:37:35.000
 there is

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:35.500
 glory

00:37:35.500 --> 00:37:36.079
 in the

00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:36.659
 dailiness

00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:37.960
 of the

00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:38.460
 carrying

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:39.360
 of our

00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:39.920
 cross

00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:40.760
 if any

00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:41.179
 man would

00:37:41.179 --> 00:37:41.639
 come after

00:37:41.639 --> 00:37:41.800
 me

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:42.460
 he must

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:43.039
 deny

00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:43.679
 himself

00:37:43.679 --> 00:37:45.360
 take up

00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:46.039
 his cross

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.880
 daily

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:48.280
 and follow

00:37:48.280 --> 00:37:48.599
 me

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:50.840
 now we

00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:51.360
 close with

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:52.000
 1st Peter

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:55.840
 the last

00:37:55.840 --> 00:37:56.579
 two verses

00:37:56.579 --> 00:37:57.139
 of chapter

00:37:57.139 --> 00:37:57.559
 2

00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:59.259
 and

00:37:59.259 --> 00:38:00.940
 9 verses

00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:01.840
 in chapter

00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:02.840
 3

00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:04.480
 and we'll

00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:04.779
 be done

00:38:04.779 --> 00:38:05.219
 by noon

00:38:05.219 --> 00:38:06.000
 so that's

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.420
 a 45

00:38:06.420 --> 00:38:06.719
 minute

00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:07.219
 message

00:38:07.219 --> 00:38:08.320
 that's a

00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:09.320
 if you're

00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:09.759
 if you're

00:38:09.759 --> 00:38:10.159
 tending

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:10.500
 towards

00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:11.299
 cessationism

00:38:11.299 --> 00:38:11.920
 let me

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.420
 encourage you

00:38:12.420 --> 00:38:12.960
 against it

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:13.380
 if Brian

00:38:13.380 --> 00:38:13.900
 Pirtle can

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:14.340
 finish the

00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:14.539
 sermon

00:38:14.539 --> 00:38:15.079
 in 45

00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:15.500
 minutes

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:17.599
 that's

00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:18.259
 miraculous

00:38:18.260 --> 00:38:22.740
 I want

00:38:22.740 --> 00:38:23.060
 us to

00:38:23.060 --> 00:38:23.500
 think about

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:23.980
 the glory

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.280
 of the

00:38:24.280 --> 00:38:24.960
 ordinariness

00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:26.440
 in terms

00:38:26.440 --> 00:38:27.680
 of our

00:38:27.680 --> 00:38:28.080
 day to

00:38:28.080 --> 00:38:28.800
 day lives

00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:29.260
 and the

00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:29.640
 governing

00:38:29.640 --> 00:38:30.960
 that God

00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:32.160
 is increasingly

00:38:32.160 --> 00:38:33.080
 giving us

00:38:33.080 --> 00:38:33.560
 as his

00:38:33.560 --> 00:38:33.880
 people

00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:34.260
 you know

00:38:34.260 --> 00:38:34.540
 in the

00:38:34.540 --> 00:38:35.000
 age to

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.340
 come

00:38:35.340 --> 00:38:35.960
 whatever

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:36.720
 it means

00:38:36.720 --> 00:38:37.260
 we're

00:38:37.260 --> 00:38:37.720
 going to

00:38:37.720 --> 00:38:38.120
 rule

00:38:38.120 --> 00:38:38.820
 and reign

00:38:38.820 --> 00:38:39.060
 with

00:38:39.060 --> 00:38:39.660
 Christ

00:38:39.660 --> 00:38:41.520
 okay

00:38:41.520 --> 00:38:42.100
 it's a

00:38:42.100 --> 00:38:42.600
 matter of

00:38:42.600 --> 00:38:43.120
 stewardship

00:38:43.120 --> 00:38:43.720
 and on that

00:38:43.720 --> 00:38:44.940
 day we'll be

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:45.420
 able to do it

00:38:45.420 --> 00:38:46.039
 in glorified

00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:46.659
 bodies with

00:38:46.659 --> 00:38:47.180
 no sin

00:38:47.180 --> 00:38:47.559
 and no

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:48.320
 unbelief

00:38:48.320 --> 00:38:48.619
 and no

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:49.300
 discouragement

00:38:49.300 --> 00:38:49.840
 but he's

00:38:49.840 --> 00:38:50.599
 already giving

00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:51.920
 us stewardship

00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:53.420
 of the gospel

00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:54.260
 of fellowship

00:38:54.260 --> 00:38:54.700
 with one

00:38:54.700 --> 00:38:55.059
 another

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:55.820
 of our

00:38:55.820 --> 00:38:56.280
 lives

00:38:56.280 --> 00:38:56.599
 of our

00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:56.880
 money

00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:57.180
 of our

00:38:57.180 --> 00:38:57.840
 relationships

00:38:57.840 --> 00:38:58.760
 for those

00:38:58.760 --> 00:38:58.980
 that are

00:38:58.980 --> 00:38:59.240
 married

00:38:59.240 --> 00:38:59.760
 of our

00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:00.360
 spouses

00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:01.119
 for those

00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:01.380
 that have

00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:01.780
 children

00:39:01.780 --> 00:39:02.139
 of our

00:39:02.139 --> 00:39:02.659
 children

00:39:02.659 --> 00:39:04.079
 and these

00:39:04.079 --> 00:39:04.579
 things are

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:05.280
 all vital

00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:06.139
 and quite

00:39:06.139 --> 00:39:06.780
 ordinary

00:39:06.780 --> 00:39:08.280
 and abused

00:39:08.280 --> 00:39:08.800
 all the

00:39:08.800 --> 00:39:09.539
 time by

00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:10.220
 people in

00:39:10.220 --> 00:39:11.340
 and outside

00:39:11.340 --> 00:39:12.159
 the church

00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:15.139
 let us

00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:15.539
 start with

00:39:15.539 --> 00:39:16.039
 the gospel

00:39:16.039 --> 00:39:16.519
 in 1st

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:16.960
 Peter 2

00:39:16.960 --> 00:39:17.519
 24

00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:18.639
 he himself

00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:19.319
 bore our

00:39:19.319 --> 00:39:20.079
 sins in

00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:20.739
 his body

00:39:20.739 --> 00:39:21.500
 on the

00:39:21.500 --> 00:39:21.940
 tree

00:39:21.940 --> 00:39:23.019
 that we

00:39:23.019 --> 00:39:23.739
 might die

00:39:23.739 --> 00:39:24.440
 to sin

00:39:24.440 --> 00:39:25.719
 and live

00:39:25.719 --> 00:39:26.819
 to righteousness

00:39:26.819 --> 00:39:28.839
 by his

00:39:28.839 --> 00:39:29.400
 wounds

00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:29.980
 you have

00:39:29.980 --> 00:39:30.699
 been healed

00:39:30.699 --> 00:39:32.379
 for you

00:39:32.379 --> 00:39:33.119
 were straying

00:39:33.119 --> 00:39:33.859
 like sheep

00:39:33.859 --> 00:39:34.440
 but have

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:35.359
 now returned

00:39:35.359 --> 00:39:35.839
 to the

00:39:35.839 --> 00:39:36.219
 shepherd

00:39:36.219 --> 00:39:37.659
 and overseer

00:39:37.659 --> 00:39:38.480
 of your

00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:39.179
 souls

00:39:39.179 --> 00:39:40.500
 precious

00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:41.019
 precious

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:42.019
 foundation

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:44.679
 Paul warns

00:39:44.679 --> 00:39:45.159
 in 2nd

00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:45.699
 Timothy 4

00:39:45.699 --> 00:39:46.000
 3

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:46.280
 that in

00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:46.699
 the last

00:39:46.699 --> 00:39:47.199
 days

00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:48.940
 men and

00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:49.579
 women will

00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:50.800
 acquire

00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:51.699
 teachers for

00:39:51.699 --> 00:39:52.300
 themselves

00:39:52.300 --> 00:39:52.920
 that are

00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:53.840
 self-serving

00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:54.840
 and they

00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:55.659
 will reject

00:39:55.659 --> 00:39:56.259
 what he

00:39:56.259 --> 00:39:56.659
 calls

00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:57.320
 sound

00:39:57.320 --> 00:39:58.000
 teaching

00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:59.960
 sound

00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:00.599
 teaching

00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:02.000
 which word

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:02.420
 can be

00:40:02.420 --> 00:40:02.960
 translated

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:03.480
 just as

00:40:03.480 --> 00:40:03.759
 readily

00:40:03.759 --> 00:40:04.400
 healthy

00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:05.420
 teaching

00:40:05.420 --> 00:40:06.539
 wholesome

00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:07.139
 teaching

00:40:07.139 --> 00:40:07.480
 I think

00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:07.779
 when we

00:40:07.779 --> 00:40:07.960
 hear

00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:08.480
 sound

00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:09.159
 as

00:40:09.159 --> 00:40:09.440
 post

00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:09.739
 post

00:40:09.739 --> 00:40:10.719
 modernist

00:40:10.719 --> 00:40:11.900
 people

00:40:11.900 --> 00:40:12.219
 that are

00:40:12.219 --> 00:40:12.460
 jealous

00:40:12.460 --> 00:40:12.719
 for

00:40:12.719 --> 00:40:13.019
 truth

00:40:13.019 --> 00:40:13.359
 now

00:40:13.359 --> 00:40:14.400
 we

00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:14.699
 think

00:40:14.699 --> 00:40:15.159
 sound

00:40:15.159 --> 00:40:15.379
 we

00:40:15.379 --> 00:40:15.639
 think

00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:16.099
 accurate

00:40:16.099 --> 00:40:16.639
 teaching

00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:17.319
 which

00:40:17.319 --> 00:40:17.480
 is

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:17.799
 true

00:40:17.799 --> 00:40:18.980
 but

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:19.139
 it

00:40:19.139 --> 00:40:19.359
 means

00:40:19.359 --> 00:40:19.639
 more

00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:19.819
 than

00:40:19.819 --> 00:40:20.000
 that

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:20.239
 it's

00:40:20.239 --> 00:40:20.859
 wholesome

00:40:20.859 --> 00:40:21.879
 it's

00:40:21.879 --> 00:40:22.039
 the

00:40:22.039 --> 00:40:22.719
 life-giving

00:40:22.719 --> 00:40:23.259
 teaching

00:40:23.259 --> 00:40:23.679
 of course

00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:23.900
 it's

00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:24.119
 all

00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:24.980
 accurate

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:25.819
 if it's

00:40:25.819 --> 00:40:26.099
 according

00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:26.279
 to

00:40:26.279 --> 00:40:26.619
 God's

00:40:26.619 --> 00:40:26.940
 word

00:40:26.940 --> 00:40:27.639
 but

00:40:27.639 --> 00:40:27.940
 it's

00:40:27.940 --> 00:40:28.259
 tending

00:40:28.259 --> 00:40:28.619
 toward

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:28.859
 the

00:40:28.859 --> 00:40:29.299
 health

00:40:29.299 --> 00:40:29.960
 of

00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:30.279
 those

00:40:30.279 --> 00:40:30.440
 who

00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:30.599
 were

00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:31.059
 dead

00:40:31.059 --> 00:40:31.400
 and

00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:31.980
 diseased

00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:32.279
 in

00:40:32.279 --> 00:40:32.639
 sin

00:40:32.639 --> 00:40:33.539
 the

00:40:33.539 --> 00:40:33.819
 building

00:40:33.819 --> 00:40:34.019
 up

00:40:34.019 --> 00:40:34.139
 of

00:40:34.139 --> 00:40:34.279
 the

00:40:34.279 --> 00:40:34.619
 church

00:40:34.619 --> 00:40:34.879
 the

00:40:34.879 --> 00:40:35.379
 transformation

00:40:35.380 --> 00:40:35.760
 of

00:40:35.760 --> 00:40:35.880
 the

00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:36.240
 nations

00:40:36.240 --> 00:40:36.500
 which

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:36.660
 is

00:40:36.660 --> 00:40:37.059
 why

00:40:37.059 --> 00:40:37.700
 in

00:40:37.700 --> 00:40:38.119
 Revelation

00:40:38.119 --> 00:40:38.720
 22

00:40:38.720 --> 00:40:39.059
 the

00:40:39.059 --> 00:40:39.280
 tree

00:40:39.280 --> 00:40:39.400
 of

00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:39.740
 life

00:40:39.740 --> 00:40:40.019
 is

00:40:40.019 --> 00:40:40.440
 seen

00:40:40.440 --> 00:40:41.160
 as

00:40:41.160 --> 00:40:41.340
 a

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:41.640
 tree

00:40:41.640 --> 00:40:41.960
 whose

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:43.000
 leaves

00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:43.280
 are

00:40:43.280 --> 00:40:43.500
 for

00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:43.700
 the

00:40:43.700 --> 00:40:44.099
 healing

00:40:44.099 --> 00:40:44.780
 of

00:40:44.780 --> 00:40:44.920
 the

00:40:44.920 --> 00:40:45.380
 nations

00:40:45.380 --> 00:40:49.000
 so

00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:49.240
 there's

00:40:49.240 --> 00:40:49.360
 the

00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:49.680
 gospel

00:40:49.680 --> 00:40:50.400
 foundation

00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:52.420
 let us

00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:52.760
 ask

00:40:52.760 --> 00:40:53.180
 in terms

00:40:53.180 --> 00:40:53.519
 of our

00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:54.140
 marriages

00:40:54.140 --> 00:40:54.500
 those

00:40:54.500 --> 00:40:54.760
 who are

00:40:54.760 --> 00:40:55.079
 married

00:40:55.079 --> 00:40:55.400
 here

00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:56.940
 if

00:40:56.940 --> 00:40:57.280
 we

00:40:57.280 --> 00:40:57.500
 are

00:40:57.500 --> 00:40:57.840
 seeing

00:40:57.840 --> 00:40:58.019
 the

00:40:58.019 --> 00:40:58.300
 glory

00:40:58.300 --> 00:40:58.519
 of

00:40:58.519 --> 00:40:58.640
 the

00:40:58.640 --> 00:40:59.140
 ordinary

00:40:59.140 --> 00:41:00.079
 or

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:00.440
 missing

00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:00.760
 it

00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:01.980
 verses

00:41:01.980 --> 00:41:02.340
 three

00:41:02.340 --> 00:41:02.519
 and

00:41:02.519 --> 00:41:02.940
 following

00:41:02.940 --> 00:41:03.360
 likewise

00:41:03.360 --> 00:41:04.400
 wives

00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:05.079
 be

00:41:05.079 --> 00:41:05.460
 subject

00:41:05.460 --> 00:41:05.660
 to

00:41:05.660 --> 00:41:05.800
 your

00:41:05.800 --> 00:41:05.980
 own

00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:06.420
 husbands

00:41:06.420 --> 00:41:06.820
 so

00:41:06.820 --> 00:41:06.980
 that

00:41:06.980 --> 00:41:07.160
 even

00:41:07.160 --> 00:41:07.340
 if

00:41:07.340 --> 00:41:07.619
 some

00:41:07.619 --> 00:41:07.800
 do

00:41:07.800 --> 00:41:08.000
 not

00:41:08.000 --> 00:41:08.260
 obey

00:41:08.260 --> 00:41:08.460
 the

00:41:08.460 --> 00:41:08.880
 word

00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:09.480
 they

00:41:09.480 --> 00:41:09.680
 may

00:41:09.680 --> 00:41:09.820
 be

00:41:09.820 --> 00:41:10.119
 won

00:41:10.119 --> 00:41:10.539
 without

00:41:10.539 --> 00:41:10.740
 a

00:41:10.740 --> 00:41:10.920
 word

00:41:10.920 --> 00:41:11.119
 by

00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:11.300
 the

00:41:11.300 --> 00:41:11.680
 conduct

00:41:11.680 --> 00:41:12.019
 of

00:41:12.019 --> 00:41:12.180
 their

00:41:12.180 --> 00:41:12.860
 wives

00:41:12.860 --> 00:41:13.840
 when

00:41:13.840 --> 00:41:14.019
 they

00:41:14.019 --> 00:41:14.340
 see

00:41:14.340 --> 00:41:14.619
 your

00:41:14.619 --> 00:41:15.300
 respectful

00:41:15.300 --> 00:41:15.720
 and

00:41:15.720 --> 00:41:16.119
 pure

00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:16.920
 conduct

00:41:16.920 --> 00:41:17.960
 do

00:41:17.960 --> 00:41:18.119
 not

00:41:18.119 --> 00:41:18.280
 let

00:41:18.280 --> 00:41:18.420
 your

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:18.820
 adorning

00:41:18.820 --> 00:41:19.000
 be

00:41:19.000 --> 00:41:19.460
 external

00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:19.700
 the

00:41:19.700 --> 00:41:20.019
 braiding

00:41:20.019 --> 00:41:20.200
 of

00:41:20.200 --> 00:41:20.440
 hair

00:41:20.440 --> 00:41:20.619
 the

00:41:20.619 --> 00:41:20.840
 putting

00:41:20.840 --> 00:41:21.059
 on

00:41:21.059 --> 00:41:21.200
 of

00:41:21.200 --> 00:41:21.440
 gold

00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:21.900
 jewelry

00:41:21.900 --> 00:41:22.559
 or

00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:22.700
 the

00:41:22.700 --> 00:41:23.039
 clothing

00:41:23.039 --> 00:41:23.280
 you

00:41:23.280 --> 00:41:23.500
 wear

00:41:23.500 --> 00:41:23.680
 but

00:41:23.680 --> 00:41:23.880
 let

00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:24.039
 your

00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:24.579
 adorning

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:24.800
 be

00:41:24.800 --> 00:41:25.000
 the

00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:25.280
 hidden

00:41:25.280 --> 00:41:25.880
 person

00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:26.579
 of

00:41:26.579 --> 00:41:26.740
 the

00:41:26.740 --> 00:41:27.099
 heart

00:41:27.099 --> 00:41:27.360
 with

00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:27.559
 the

00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:28.400
 imperishable

00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:28.920
 beauty

00:41:28.920 --> 00:41:29.519
 of

00:41:29.519 --> 00:41:29.679
 a

00:41:29.679 --> 00:41:29.980
 gentle

00:41:29.980 --> 00:41:30.199
 and

00:41:30.199 --> 00:41:30.539
 quiet

00:41:30.539 --> 00:41:31.119
 spirit

00:41:31.119 --> 00:41:31.719
 which

00:41:31.719 --> 00:41:31.920
 in

00:41:31.920 --> 00:41:32.360
 God's

00:41:32.360 --> 00:41:32.699
 sight

00:41:32.699 --> 00:41:33.320
 is

00:41:33.320 --> 00:41:33.659
 very

00:41:33.659 --> 00:41:34.320
 precious

00:41:34.320 --> 00:41:35.259
 for

00:41:35.259 --> 00:41:35.480
 this

00:41:35.480 --> 00:41:35.639
 is

00:41:35.639 --> 00:41:35.840
 how

00:41:35.840 --> 00:41:36.019
 the

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:36.279
 holy

00:41:36.279 --> 00:41:36.599
 women

00:41:36.599 --> 00:41:36.820
 who

00:41:36.820 --> 00:41:37.119
 hoped

00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:37.299
 in

00:41:37.299 --> 00:41:37.579
 God

00:41:37.579 --> 00:41:37.860
 used

00:41:37.860 --> 00:41:38.019
 to

00:41:38.019 --> 00:41:38.360
 adorn

00:41:38.360 --> 00:41:38.940
 themselves

00:41:38.940 --> 00:41:39.719
 by

00:41:39.719 --> 00:41:40.199
 submitting

00:41:40.199 --> 00:41:40.460
 to

00:41:40.460 --> 00:41:40.619
 their

00:41:40.619 --> 00:41:40.840
 own

00:41:40.840 --> 00:41:41.380
 husbands

00:41:41.380 --> 00:41:42.460
 and

00:41:42.460 --> 00:41:42.840
 Sarah

00:41:42.840 --> 00:41:43.599
 obeyed

00:41:43.599 --> 00:41:44.119
 Abraham

00:41:44.119 --> 00:41:44.719
 calling

00:41:44.719 --> 00:41:45.000
 him

00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:45.500
 Lord

00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:46.619
 and

00:41:46.619 --> 00:41:46.799
 you

00:41:46.799 --> 00:41:47.000
 are

00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:47.219
 her

00:41:47.219 --> 00:41:47.719
 children

00:41:47.719 --> 00:41:48.119
 if

00:41:48.119 --> 00:41:48.299
 you

00:41:48.299 --> 00:41:48.500
 do

00:41:48.500 --> 00:41:48.940
 good

00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:49.139
 and

00:41:49.139 --> 00:41:49.279
 do

00:41:49.279 --> 00:41:49.500
 not

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:49.860
 fear

00:41:49.860 --> 00:41:50.480
 anything

00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:51.199
 that

00:41:51.199 --> 00:41:51.360
 is

00:41:51.360 --> 00:41:51.820
 frightening

00:41:51.820 --> 00:41:53.099
 along

00:41:53.099 --> 00:41:53.380
 these

00:41:53.380 --> 00:41:53.699
 lines

00:41:53.699 --> 00:41:53.840
 in

00:41:53.840 --> 00:41:54.299
 Ephesians

00:41:54.299 --> 00:41:54.739
 5

00:41:54.739 --> 00:41:55.279
 33

00:41:55.279 --> 00:41:55.699
 Paul

00:41:55.699 --> 00:41:56.039
 said

00:41:56.039 --> 00:41:56.219
 let

00:41:56.219 --> 00:41:56.400
 the

00:41:56.400 --> 00:41:56.760
 wife

00:41:56.760 --> 00:41:57.400
 see

00:41:57.400 --> 00:41:57.680
 to

00:41:57.680 --> 00:41:57.900
 it

00:41:57.900 --> 00:41:58.360
 that

00:41:58.360 --> 00:41:58.579
 she

00:41:58.579 --> 00:41:59.180
 respect

00:41:59.180 --> 00:41:59.780
 her

00:41:59.780 --> 00:42:00.220
 husband

00:42:00.220 --> 00:42:01.900
 let

00:42:01.900 --> 00:42:01.980
 me

00:42:01.980 --> 00:42:02.160
 just

00:42:02.160 --> 00:42:02.380
 ask

00:42:02.380 --> 00:42:02.519
 the

00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:02.820
 wives

00:42:02.820 --> 00:42:03.320
 directly

00:42:03.320 --> 00:42:04.539
 is

00:42:04.539 --> 00:42:04.700
 there

00:42:04.700 --> 00:42:04.900
 any

00:42:04.900 --> 00:42:05.260
 sense

00:42:05.260 --> 00:42:05.420
 in

00:42:05.420 --> 00:42:05.619
 which

00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:05.780
 you

00:42:05.780 --> 00:42:05.980
 might

00:42:05.980 --> 00:42:06.180
 be

00:42:06.180 --> 00:42:06.500
 slipping

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:07.059
 into

00:42:07.059 --> 00:42:07.960
 the

00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:08.400
 sin

00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:08.800
 of

00:42:08.800 --> 00:42:09.579
 disrespecting

00:42:09.579 --> 00:42:09.700
 your

00:42:09.700 --> 00:42:10.079
 husband

00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:12.000
 are

00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:12.180
 you

00:42:12.180 --> 00:42:12.440
 making

00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:12.639
 it

00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:12.800
 your

00:42:12.800 --> 00:42:13.119
 aim

00:42:13.119 --> 00:42:13.380
 not

00:42:13.380 --> 00:42:13.840
 only

00:42:13.840 --> 00:42:14.180
 to

00:42:14.180 --> 00:42:14.700
 refrain

00:42:14.700 --> 00:42:15.079
 from

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:15.519
 saying

00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:15.740
 the

00:42:15.740 --> 00:42:15.960
 most

00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:16.619
 drastically

00:42:16.619 --> 00:42:17.240
 disrespectful

00:42:17.240 --> 00:42:18.000
 things

00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:18.639
 but

00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:18.740
 in

00:42:18.740 --> 00:42:18.880
 the

00:42:18.880 --> 00:42:19.300
 positive

00:42:19.300 --> 00:42:19.740
 sense

00:42:19.740 --> 00:42:19.980
 are

00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:20.180
 you

00:42:20.180 --> 00:42:20.559
 seeing

00:42:20.559 --> 00:42:20.820
 to

00:42:20.820 --> 00:42:20.980
 it

00:42:20.980 --> 00:42:21.160
 by

00:42:21.160 --> 00:42:21.599
 faith

00:42:21.599 --> 00:42:22.039
 that

00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:22.220
 you

00:42:22.220 --> 00:42:22.440
 are

00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:23.059
 respecting

00:42:23.059 --> 00:42:23.480
 him

00:42:23.480 --> 00:42:24.400
 which

00:42:24.400 --> 00:42:24.559
 is

00:42:24.559 --> 00:42:24.780
 more

00:42:24.780 --> 00:42:24.980
 than

00:42:24.980 --> 00:42:25.240
 just

00:42:25.240 --> 00:42:25.860
 not

00:42:25.860 --> 00:42:26.760
 disrespecting

00:42:26.760 --> 00:42:27.000
 him

00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:28.280
 it's

00:42:28.280 --> 00:42:28.880
 respecting

00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:29.240
 him

00:42:29.240 --> 00:42:29.340
 and

00:42:29.340 --> 00:42:29.440
 I

00:42:29.440 --> 00:42:29.640
 want

00:42:29.640 --> 00:42:29.760
 you

00:42:29.760 --> 00:42:29.920
 to

00:42:29.920 --> 00:42:30.280
 know

00:42:30.280 --> 00:42:31.079
 God

00:42:31.079 --> 00:42:31.320
 has

00:42:31.320 --> 00:42:31.579
 given

00:42:31.579 --> 00:42:31.880
 you

00:42:31.880 --> 00:42:32.160
 a

00:42:32.160 --> 00:42:32.660
 gift

00:42:32.660 --> 00:42:33.180
 a

00:42:33.180 --> 00:42:33.700
 strength

00:42:33.700 --> 00:42:34.420
 and

00:42:34.420 --> 00:42:34.660
 a

00:42:34.660 --> 00:42:35.240
 power

00:42:35.240 --> 00:42:35.500
 in

00:42:35.500 --> 00:42:35.620
 the

00:42:35.620 --> 00:42:35.860
 life

00:42:35.860 --> 00:42:36.000
 of

00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:36.120
 your

00:42:36.120 --> 00:42:36.539
 husband

00:42:36.539 --> 00:42:37.200
 that

00:42:37.200 --> 00:42:37.519
 if

00:42:37.519 --> 00:42:37.760
 you

00:42:37.760 --> 00:42:38.059
 by

00:42:38.059 --> 00:42:38.539
 faith

00:42:38.539 --> 00:42:39.300
 respect

00:42:39.300 --> 00:42:39.660
 him

00:42:39.660 --> 00:42:40.620
 with

00:42:40.620 --> 00:42:40.820
 the

00:42:40.820 --> 00:42:41.200
 Lord's

00:42:41.200 --> 00:42:41.620
 glory

00:42:41.620 --> 00:42:41.920
 in

00:42:41.920 --> 00:42:42.300
 view

00:42:42.300 --> 00:42:43.039
 he

00:42:43.039 --> 00:42:43.340
 will

00:42:43.340 --> 00:42:43.559
 be

00:42:43.559 --> 00:42:43.940
 better

00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:44.519
 helped

00:42:44.519 --> 00:42:45.140
 by

00:42:45.140 --> 00:42:45.500
 you

00:42:45.500 --> 00:42:45.860
 to

00:42:45.860 --> 00:42:46.000
 be

00:42:46.000 --> 00:42:46.160
 a

00:42:46.160 --> 00:42:46.539
 godly

00:42:46.539 --> 00:42:46.940
 man

00:42:46.940 --> 00:42:47.380
 and

00:42:47.380 --> 00:42:47.500
 to

00:42:47.500 --> 00:42:47.640
 do

00:42:47.640 --> 00:42:47.820
 what

00:42:47.820 --> 00:42:48.059
 God

00:42:48.059 --> 00:42:48.260
 has

00:42:48.260 --> 00:42:48.519
 called

00:42:48.519 --> 00:42:48.680
 him

00:42:48.680 --> 00:42:48.820
 to

00:42:48.820 --> 00:42:49.000
 do

00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:49.340
 as

00:42:49.340 --> 00:42:49.480
 a

00:42:49.480 --> 00:42:49.760
 man

00:42:49.760 --> 00:42:50.380
 if

00:42:50.380 --> 00:42:51.059
 instead

00:42:51.059 --> 00:42:51.420
 you

00:42:51.420 --> 00:42:51.780
 find

00:42:51.780 --> 00:42:52.300
 yourself

00:42:52.300 --> 00:42:52.840
 giving

00:42:52.840 --> 00:42:53.380
 expression

00:42:53.380 --> 00:42:53.600
 to

00:42:53.600 --> 00:42:53.740
 the

00:42:53.740 --> 00:42:54.600
 disappointments

00:42:54.600 --> 00:42:54.800
 that

00:42:54.800 --> 00:42:54.940
 he

00:42:54.940 --> 00:42:55.160
 will

00:42:55.160 --> 00:42:55.420
 bring

00:42:55.420 --> 00:42:55.640
 to

00:42:55.640 --> 00:42:55.880
 you

00:42:55.880 --> 00:42:57.420
 you

00:42:57.420 --> 00:42:57.600
 will

00:42:57.600 --> 00:42:58.079
 find

00:42:58.079 --> 00:42:58.740
 him

00:42:58.740 --> 00:42:58.980
 more

00:42:58.980 --> 00:42:59.820
 emasculated

00:42:59.820 --> 00:43:00.220
 less

00:43:00.220 --> 00:43:00.660
 likely

00:43:00.660 --> 00:43:00.920
 to

00:43:00.920 --> 00:43:01.120
 give

00:43:01.120 --> 00:43:01.500
 himself

00:43:01.500 --> 00:43:01.760
 this

00:43:01.760 --> 00:43:02.300
 self

00:43:02.300 --> 00:43:02.940
 sacrificial

00:43:02.940 --> 00:43:03.460
 love

00:43:03.460 --> 00:43:04.019
 less

00:43:04.019 --> 00:43:04.380
 likely

00:43:04.380 --> 00:43:04.579
 to

00:43:04.579 --> 00:43:04.820
 walk

00:43:04.820 --> 00:43:04.960
 in

00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:05.340
 wisdom

00:43:05.340 --> 00:43:05.940
 more

00:43:05.940 --> 00:43:06.320
 likely

00:43:06.320 --> 00:43:06.620
 to

00:43:06.620 --> 00:43:07.260
 look

00:43:07.260 --> 00:43:07.880
 elsewhere

00:43:07.880 --> 00:43:08.280
 for

00:43:08.280 --> 00:43:09.120
 satisfactions

00:43:09.120 --> 00:43:09.380
 that

00:43:09.380 --> 00:43:09.700
 are not

00:43:09.700 --> 00:43:10.160
 wholesome

00:43:10.159 --> 00:43:10.920
 and

00:43:10.920 --> 00:43:11.339
 healthy

00:43:11.339 --> 00:43:11.940
 it

00:43:11.940 --> 00:43:12.239
 doesn't

00:43:12.239 --> 00:43:12.480
 mean

00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:12.639
 that

00:43:12.639 --> 00:43:12.759
 if

00:43:12.759 --> 00:43:12.859
 he

00:43:12.859 --> 00:43:13.119
 does

00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:13.319
 that

00:43:13.319 --> 00:43:13.500
 it's

00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:13.719
 all

00:43:13.719 --> 00:43:13.940
 your

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:14.339
 fault

00:43:14.339 --> 00:43:14.859
 he's

00:43:14.859 --> 00:43:15.500
 responsible

00:43:15.500 --> 00:43:16.059
 but

00:43:16.059 --> 00:43:16.199
 I'm

00:43:16.199 --> 00:43:16.480
 telling

00:43:16.480 --> 00:43:16.759
 you

00:43:16.759 --> 00:43:17.199
 there's

00:43:17.199 --> 00:43:17.359
 a

00:43:17.359 --> 00:43:17.759
 government

00:43:17.759 --> 00:43:18.379
 of

00:43:18.379 --> 00:43:18.799
 God

00:43:18.799 --> 00:43:19.099
 at

00:43:19.099 --> 00:43:19.420
 work

00:43:19.420 --> 00:43:19.719
 here

00:43:19.719 --> 00:43:19.960
 in

00:43:19.960 --> 00:43:20.259
 terms

00:43:20.259 --> 00:43:20.440
 of

00:43:20.440 --> 00:43:20.619
 how

00:43:20.619 --> 00:43:20.799
 we

00:43:20.799 --> 00:43:21.179
 relate

00:43:21.179 --> 00:43:21.679
 to

00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:21.859
 one

00:43:21.859 --> 00:43:22.219
 another

00:43:22.219 --> 00:43:22.960
 and

00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:23.119
 I

00:43:23.119 --> 00:43:23.299
 want

00:43:23.299 --> 00:43:23.440
 to

00:43:23.440 --> 00:43:23.759
 ask

00:43:23.759 --> 00:43:24.099
 are

00:43:24.099 --> 00:43:24.319
 you

00:43:24.319 --> 00:43:24.879
 seeing

00:43:24.879 --> 00:43:25.179
 to

00:43:25.179 --> 00:43:25.460
 it

00:43:25.460 --> 00:43:26.059
 that

00:43:26.059 --> 00:43:26.239
 you

00:43:26.239 --> 00:43:26.819
 respect

00:43:26.819 --> 00:43:27.319
 your

00:43:27.319 --> 00:43:27.699
 husband

00:43:27.699 --> 00:43:27.920
 you

00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:28.139
 have

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 to

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 look

00:43:28.399 --> 00:43:28.519
 to

00:43:28.519 --> 00:43:28.699
 the

00:43:28.699 --> 00:43:29.039
 Lord

00:43:29.039 --> 00:43:29.519
 to

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 do

00:43:29.719 --> 00:43:30.039
 that

00:43:30.039 --> 00:43:30.699
 it's

00:43:30.699 --> 00:43:30.899
 not

00:43:30.899 --> 00:43:31.179
 based

00:43:31.179 --> 00:43:31.359
 on

00:43:31.359 --> 00:43:31.519
 his

00:43:31.519 --> 00:43:32.119
 performance

00:43:32.119 --> 00:43:33.539
 it's

00:43:33.539 --> 00:43:33.899
 based

00:43:33.899 --> 00:43:34.199
 on

00:43:34.199 --> 00:44:04.179
 the

00:44:04.179 --> 00:44:04.480
 your

00:44:04.480 --> 00:44:04.980
 children

00:44:04.980 --> 00:44:05.639
 let me

00:44:05.639 --> 00:44:05.879
 ask

00:44:05.879 --> 00:44:06.339
 directly

00:44:06.339 --> 00:44:06.919
 to

00:44:06.919 --> 00:44:07.199
 us

00:44:07.199 --> 00:44:07.699
 as

00:44:07.699 --> 00:44:08.119
 men

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 are

00:44:09.019 --> 00:44:09.139
 there

00:44:09.139 --> 00:44:09.359
 any

00:44:09.359 --> 00:44:09.699
 ways

00:44:09.699 --> 00:44:09.839
 in

00:44:09.839 --> 00:44:10.000
 which

00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:10.199
 we're

00:44:10.199 --> 00:44:10.539
 slipping

00:44:10.539 --> 00:44:11.019
 into

00:44:11.019 --> 00:44:11.279
 a

00:44:11.279 --> 00:44:11.480
 way

00:44:11.480 --> 00:44:11.679
 of

00:44:11.679 --> 00:44:12.119
 viewing

00:44:12.119 --> 00:44:12.960
 looking

00:44:12.960 --> 00:44:13.379
 upon

00:44:13.379 --> 00:44:13.619
 the

00:44:13.619 --> 00:44:14.440
 ordinariness

00:44:14.440 --> 00:44:14.759
 of

00:44:14.759 --> 00:44:14.960
 this

00:44:14.960 --> 00:44:15.339
 covenant

00:44:15.339 --> 00:44:16.159
 marriage

00:44:16.159 --> 00:44:16.379
 that

00:44:16.379 --> 00:44:16.559
 we

00:44:16.559 --> 00:44:17.059
 have

00:44:17.059 --> 00:44:18.079
 and

00:44:18.079 --> 00:44:18.579
 twisting

00:44:18.579 --> 00:44:18.940
 it

00:44:18.940 --> 00:44:19.299
 in

00:44:19.299 --> 00:44:19.619
 such

00:44:19.619 --> 00:44:19.759
 a

00:44:19.759 --> 00:44:19.940
 way

00:44:19.940 --> 00:44:20.839
 devaluing

00:44:20.839 --> 00:44:20.940
 it

00:44:20.940 --> 00:44:21.099
 in

00:44:21.099 --> 00:44:21.339
 such

00:44:21.339 --> 00:44:21.500
 a

00:44:21.500 --> 00:44:21.779
 way

00:44:21.779 --> 00:44:22.339
 that

00:44:22.339 --> 00:44:22.519
 we

00:44:22.519 --> 00:44:22.679
 are

00:44:22.679 --> 00:44:23.039
 not

00:44:23.039 --> 00:44:23.899
 fervently

00:44:23.899 --> 00:44:24.519
 loving

00:44:24.519 --> 00:44:24.859
 our

00:44:24.859 --> 00:44:25.460
 wives

00:44:25.460 --> 00:44:26.039
 as

00:44:26.039 --> 00:44:26.419
 Christ

00:44:26.419 --> 00:44:26.699
 loved

00:44:26.699 --> 00:44:26.859
 the

00:44:26.859 --> 00:44:27.319
 church

00:44:27.319 --> 00:44:28.419
 I'm

00:44:28.419 --> 00:44:28.599
 not

00:44:28.599 --> 00:44:28.919
 saying

00:44:28.919 --> 00:44:29.460
 do

00:44:29.460 --> 00:44:29.639
 you

00:44:29.639 --> 00:44:29.899
 cut

00:44:29.899 --> 00:44:30.079
 them

00:44:30.079 --> 00:44:30.379
 down

00:44:30.379 --> 00:44:30.579
 all

00:44:30.579 --> 00:44:30.719
 the

00:44:30.719 --> 00:44:31.119
 time

00:44:31.119 --> 00:44:31.960
 do

00:44:34.179 --> 00:44:34.440
 your

00:44:34.440 --> 00:44:34.839
 voice

00:44:34.839 --> 00:44:35.359
 if

00:44:35.359 --> 00:44:35.679
 that's

00:44:35.679 --> 00:44:35.940
 true

00:44:35.940 --> 00:44:36.159
 then

00:44:36.159 --> 00:44:36.500
 yes

00:44:36.500 --> 00:44:36.879
 repent

00:44:36.879 --> 00:44:37.199
 but

00:44:37.199 --> 00:44:37.339
 I'm

00:44:37.339 --> 00:44:37.559
 not

00:44:37.559 --> 00:44:38.460
 saying

00:44:38.460 --> 00:44:38.739
 bring

00:44:38.739 --> 00:44:38.859
 it

00:44:38.859 --> 00:44:39.099
 back

00:44:39.099 --> 00:44:39.279
 to

00:44:39.279 --> 00:44:39.940
 zero

00:44:39.940 --> 00:44:40.299
 here

00:44:40.299 --> 00:44:40.599
 brother

00:44:40.599 --> 00:44:40.980
 I'm

00:44:40.980 --> 00:44:41.359
 saying

00:44:41.359 --> 00:44:41.940
 look

00:44:41.940 --> 00:44:42.159
 to

00:44:42.159 --> 00:44:42.699
 Christ

00:44:42.699 --> 00:44:43.419
 repent

00:44:43.419 --> 00:44:43.799
 of

00:44:43.799 --> 00:44:44.259
 sinning

00:44:44.259 --> 00:44:44.619
 against

00:44:44.619 --> 00:44:44.919
 her

00:44:44.919 --> 00:44:45.399
 in

00:44:45.399 --> 00:44:45.899
 ways

00:44:45.899 --> 00:44:46.079
 of

00:44:46.079 --> 00:44:46.579
 commission

00:44:46.579 --> 00:44:47.779
 and

00:44:47.779 --> 00:44:48.480
 ask

00:44:48.480 --> 00:44:48.799
 are

00:44:48.799 --> 00:44:48.960
 there

00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:49.460
 sins

00:44:49.460 --> 00:44:49.659
 of

00:44:49.659 --> 00:44:50.339
 omission

00:44:50.339 --> 00:44:51.319
 ways

00:44:51.319 --> 00:44:51.500
 I

00:44:51.500 --> 00:44:51.859
 should

00:44:51.859 --> 00:44:52.059
 be

00:44:52.059 --> 00:44:52.359
 loving

00:44:52.359 --> 00:44:52.579
 her

00:44:52.579 --> 00:44:52.739
 that

00:44:52.739 --> 00:44:52.919
 I'm

00:44:52.919 --> 00:44:53.219
 not

00:44:53.219 --> 00:44:53.619
 loving

00:44:53.619 --> 00:44:53.919
 her

00:44:53.919 --> 00:44:54.980
 because

00:44:54.980 --> 00:44:55.480
 you

00:44:55.480 --> 00:44:55.639
 will

00:44:55.639 --> 00:44:56.079
 find

00:44:56.079 --> 00:44:56.579
 that

00:44:56.579 --> 00:44:56.739
 the

00:44:56.739 --> 00:44:57.019
 less

00:44:57.019 --> 00:44:57.239
 and

00:44:57.239 --> 00:44:57.480
 less

00:44:57.480 --> 00:44:57.739
 a

00:44:57.739 --> 00:44:58.059
 woman

00:44:58.059 --> 00:44:58.919
 sees

00:44:58.919 --> 00:44:59.199
 and

00:44:59.199 --> 00:44:59.659
 knows

00:44:59.659 --> 00:44:59.899
 the

00:44:59.899 --> 00:45:00.419
 love

00:45:00.419 --> 00:45:00.980
 of

00:45:00.980 --> 00:45:01.159
 her

00:45:01.159 --> 00:45:01.719
 husband

00:45:01.719 --> 00:45:02.219
 that

00:45:02.219 --> 00:45:02.359
 is

00:45:04.179 --> 00:45:06.279
 the

00:45:06.279 --> 00:45:06.440
 more

00:45:06.440 --> 00:45:06.739
 difficult

00:45:06.739 --> 00:45:07.879
 it

00:45:07.879 --> 00:45:08.099
 will be

00:45:08.099 --> 00:45:09.159
 for her to respect him.

00:45:09.159 --> 00:45:10.940
 I can't tell you how many times

00:45:10.940 --> 00:45:12.859
 I've sat down with married couples

00:45:12.859 --> 00:45:14.399
 who are having issues

00:45:14.399 --> 00:45:15.879
 and the difficulty is

00:45:15.879 --> 00:45:16.940
 the husband saying

00:45:16.940 --> 00:45:18.139
 I don't feel respected

00:45:18.139 --> 00:45:19.599
 and the wife saying

00:45:19.599 --> 00:45:20.599
 I don't feel loved.

00:45:21.859 --> 00:45:24.419
 And those feelings are not always entirely accurate

00:45:24.419 --> 00:45:26.239
 but they've always got their finger

00:45:26.239 --> 00:45:27.639
 at least on part of the pulse.

00:45:28.980 --> 00:45:31.299
 And so we need for the honor of Christ

00:45:31.299 --> 00:45:34.159
 in the ordinariness of our relations

00:45:34.159 --> 00:45:36.559
 to be relating to one another

00:45:36.559 --> 00:45:37.339
 in such a way

00:45:37.339 --> 00:45:38.639
 as God has commanded

00:45:38.639 --> 00:45:39.279
 are you

00:45:39.279 --> 00:45:40.399
 are you doing that

00:45:40.399 --> 00:45:41.239
 brothers and sisters

00:45:41.239 --> 00:45:43.319
 because that will affect

00:45:43.319 --> 00:45:45.099
 the worship of this church

00:45:45.099 --> 00:45:46.739
 the disciples that are made

00:45:46.739 --> 00:45:47.339
 the example

00:45:47.339 --> 00:45:48.399
 that is set

00:45:48.399 --> 00:45:49.279
 and

00:45:49.279 --> 00:45:49.920
 on

00:45:49.920 --> 00:45:50.679
 and on.

00:45:50.960 --> 00:45:51.339
 Lastly

00:45:51.339 --> 00:45:52.539
 verse 8

00:45:52.539 --> 00:45:53.639
 to the whole church

00:45:53.639 --> 00:45:54.819
 married and single

00:45:54.819 --> 00:45:57.219
 parents and children

00:45:57.219 --> 00:45:59.039
 finally all of you

00:45:59.039 --> 00:46:00.739
 have unity of mind

00:46:00.739 --> 00:46:01.699
 sympathy

00:46:01.699 --> 00:46:03.839
 brotherly love

00:46:03.840 --> 00:46:05.780
 a tender heart

00:46:05.780 --> 00:46:07.740
 and a humble mind

00:46:07.740 --> 00:46:09.980
 do not repay evil for evil

00:46:09.980 --> 00:46:11.440
 or reviling for reviling

00:46:11.440 --> 00:46:12.800
 but on the contrary

00:46:12.800 --> 00:46:13.420
 bless

00:46:13.420 --> 00:46:14.860
 for to this

00:46:14.860 --> 00:46:15.740
 you were called

00:46:15.740 --> 00:46:17.519
 that you may obtain

00:46:17.519 --> 00:46:18.579
 a blessing.

00:46:18.579 --> 00:46:20.319
 and so church

00:46:20.319 --> 00:46:21.779
 let us love one another

00:46:21.779 --> 00:46:22.539
 let us walk

00:46:22.539 --> 00:46:23.980
 in the fear of God

00:46:23.980 --> 00:46:24.699
 and in the comfort

00:46:24.699 --> 00:46:26.279
 of the Holy Spirit

00:46:26.279 --> 00:46:28.739
 in 1536

00:46:28.739 --> 00:46:29.900
 on this day

00:46:29.900 --> 00:46:31.819
 William Tyndale

00:46:31.819 --> 00:46:33.380
 was strangled to death

00:46:33.380 --> 00:46:35.139
 tied to a stake

00:46:35.139 --> 00:46:36.960
 and his body burned

00:46:36.960 --> 00:46:37.799
 before the people

00:46:37.799 --> 00:46:38.480
 of Brussels

00:46:38.480 --> 00:46:40.599
 because he labored

00:46:40.599 --> 00:46:41.159
 long

00:46:41.159 --> 00:46:42.400
 painstakingly

00:46:42.400 --> 00:46:43.840
 to do something

00:46:43.840 --> 00:46:44.679
 that was massive

00:46:44.679 --> 00:46:45.399
 in history

00:46:45.399 --> 00:46:46.359
 but that

00:46:46.359 --> 00:46:47.319
 day by day

00:46:47.319 --> 00:46:48.119
 must have felt

00:46:48.119 --> 00:46:49.119
 rather mundane

00:46:49.119 --> 00:46:50.859
 translating the whole

00:46:50.859 --> 00:46:51.480
 New Testament

00:46:51.480 --> 00:46:52.500
 into English

00:46:52.500 --> 00:46:53.699
 straight from the Greek

00:46:53.699 --> 00:46:54.739
 and about half

00:46:54.739 --> 00:46:55.599
 of the Old Testament

00:46:55.599 --> 00:46:56.659
 from the Hebrew

00:46:56.659 --> 00:46:57.460
 into English

00:46:57.460 --> 00:46:58.739
 before he was executed

00:46:58.739 --> 00:47:00.619
 it was the accumulation

00:47:00.619 --> 00:47:02.879
 of William Tyndale's

00:47:02.879 --> 00:47:03.619
 steady

00:47:03.619 --> 00:47:04.440
 state

00:47:04.440 --> 00:47:05.500
 obedience

00:47:05.500 --> 00:47:06.839
 to God

00:47:06.839 --> 00:47:08.519
 that produced fruit

00:47:08.519 --> 00:47:09.319
 that would last

00:47:09.319 --> 00:47:09.839
 forever

00:47:09.839 --> 00:47:11.579
 and it's no less

00:47:11.579 --> 00:47:12.139
 significant

00:47:12.139 --> 00:47:13.099
 what we have

00:47:13.099 --> 00:47:13.799
 with our spouses

00:47:13.799 --> 00:47:14.759
 what we have

00:47:14.759 --> 00:47:15.379
 with one another

00:47:15.379 --> 00:47:16.379
 as the church

00:47:16.379 --> 00:47:17.559
 each member

00:47:17.559 --> 00:47:18.559
 what we have

00:47:18.559 --> 00:47:19.119
 in the parenting

00:47:19.119 --> 00:47:19.859
 of our children

00:47:19.859 --> 00:47:21.039
 in the stewarding

00:47:21.039 --> 00:47:22.019
 of all things

00:47:22.019 --> 00:47:23.339
 may it be for us

00:47:23.339 --> 00:47:24.259
 that just as

00:47:24.259 --> 00:47:25.279
 in the age to come

00:47:25.279 --> 00:47:26.879
 we experience

00:47:26.879 --> 00:47:27.599
 more and more

00:47:27.599 --> 00:47:28.299
 ourselves

00:47:28.299 --> 00:47:29.599
 of what it means

00:47:29.599 --> 00:47:30.279
 that Christ

00:47:30.279 --> 00:47:31.319
 is all

00:47:31.319 --> 00:47:32.299
 in all