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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 As you can see, my name is Andy Constable,

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 as it was just behind me.

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 So I'm one of the pastors at Nidra Kimi Chesh.

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 I've been here for, I've been at Brunsfield

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 preaching the last three years, I think.

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 So it's my fourth year.

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 So it's very good to be with you.

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 Just to share a little bit more about that video

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 that you saw earlier.

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 So 20 Schemes is our church planting

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 and revitalization ministry of Nidra Community Church.

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 It's not a separate organization.

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 It's a ministry of Nidra Community Church.

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 If you look across Scotland,

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 we know in general that there's 2%

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 who are claiming to be Christians in Scotland.

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 I would say that that would be even less

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 in the housing schemes and council states in Scotland.

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 Churches are dying.

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 in these places.

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 And so a few years ago,

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 as we were working in a deprived area,

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 we thought, well, let's have a look at 50

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 of the most deprived areas

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 and see how many churches are in these areas.

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 And we worked out, not very many at all.

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 And so we thought, well, why don't we start

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 an organization that specifically plants

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 and revitalizes churches in those areas

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 for the glory of Christ?

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 And that's what we're doing.

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 We have four church plants at the moment,

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 one in Dundee, one in Glasgow,

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 one in Grace Mount, which is South Edinburgh,

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 and one just coming online in Aberdeen at the moment.

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 And all we want to do is to see souls saved in these areas,

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 like Tasha.

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 So three or four years ago,

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 she was, like you saw in the video,

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 a mess, struggling in life.

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 And the Lord saved her miraculously.

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 And now she's our youth worker.

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 She used to be the one terrorizing us,

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 doing the youth work with her.

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 Now she's saved and doing the youth work,

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 which is a testament to God's grace, isn't it?

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 And that's what we want to see across Scotland,

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 more and more plants in poorer areas

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 to the glory of Christ,

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 and more souls will be saved.

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 If you want to see more of the work,

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 I know I'm not really supposed to be advertising 20 schemes.

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 We're going to get into God's word in a minute.

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 But if you want to see more of the work,

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 20schemes.com, there's videos, blogs,

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 things you can look at there to find out more of the work.

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 So let's pitch over.

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 Let's get into God's words.

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 We're in Titus 1 this evening, verse 5.

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 So if you open up, we'll read, we'll pray,

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 and then we'll get stuck in to God's words together.

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 This is God's words.

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 This is why I left you in Crete,

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 so that you might put what remained into order

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 and appoint elders in every town as I directed you.

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 If anyone is above reproach,

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 the husband of one wife and his children are believers

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 and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination,

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 for an overseer as God's steward must be above reproach.

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 He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered

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 or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain.

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 But hospitable, a lover of good,

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 self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined,

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 he must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught

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 so that he might be able to give instruction

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 in sound doctrine

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 and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

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 Amen?

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 Big amen there.

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 Amen?

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 That's God's word.

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 Amen.

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 Let's pray.

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 Amen.

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 Dear Lord, thank you so much for your words.

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 It is precious to us this evening.

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 And when it's opened up and preached

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 by the power of your spirit,

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 you change and transform our lives.

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 And so we pray, Lord,

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 that you might send your spirit now.

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 Help us to have ears to listen

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 and hearts that are soft

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 so we might glorify Christ and hear from him.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 So leadership, I'm sure you'll agree with me,

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 is important, isn't it, in any organisation?

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 Whether that's business,

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 whether that's sport,

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 whether that's in the army,

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 or whether that's in the church.

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 So in business,

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 if you have a good leader,

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 then workers are happy

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 and business generally booms.

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 That's why leaders get paid the big bucks,

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 don't they?

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 In sport,

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 if you have a good manager,

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 again,

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 the club flourishes,

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 doesn't it,

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 under their leadership.

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 In war,

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 your general is absolutely vital

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 and can be the difference

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 between winning a battle

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 and losing.

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 It can almost be

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 the difference between life

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 and death.

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 Bad leadership,

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 on the other hand,

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 can mean a mess,

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 can't it?

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 Bad leadership

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 can lead to corruption.

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 Bad leadership

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 can bring a whole organisation

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 down in a matter of minutes,

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 days.

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 And while the same is true

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 in the local church,

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 the church needs

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 good,

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 godly elders

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 to lead

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 the church

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 to the glory of Christ.

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 If the leaders

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 do not carry out

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 the duties

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 given to them

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 by the Lord,

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 then the church

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 will crumble.

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 It will be a mess.

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 It will be

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 unhealthy.

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 And that's why

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 early on in this letter,

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 Paul instructs Titus

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 to appoint elders

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 in every town.

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 Just look at verse 5 again.

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 This is why

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 I left you in Crete

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 so that you might

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 put what remained

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 into order

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 and appoint elders

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 in every town

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 as I

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 directed you.

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 Paul and Titus

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 have been on this island

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 preaching the

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 gospel.

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 They've seen converts.

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 Paul obviously

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 had to go away

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 and he left Titus

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 with this sole task

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 of appointing elders

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 to make sure

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 the churches

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 are in

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 order.

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 This is the reason

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 he is left behind.

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 To make sure

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 the churches

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 are in order

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 with good,

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 godly

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 leaders.

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 And this is a vital

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 ministry because

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 in verse 10

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 Paul says

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 there are false

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 teachers on the

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 prowl of the

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 circumcision party.

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 And Paul is saying

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 here in these verses

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 the way that we guard

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 against heresy

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 and false teaching

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 is by the leaders

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 that we appoint

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 who will preach

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 the gospel,

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 who will refute

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 heresy,

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 and make sure

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 that we are hearing

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 sound

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 doctrine.

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 And I want us to

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 notice in this text

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 what kind of leaders

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 Paul tells Titus

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 he should appoint.

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 It's striking in a way.

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 He doesn't say

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 I want a winning

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 personality

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 who's going to

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 galvanise the troops.

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 He doesn't want

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 people who dress

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 well in a nice suit

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 who have a good

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 business acumen.

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 He doesn't say

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 Titus should appoint

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 people with super

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 spiritual gifts

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 or who are flashy

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 or a celebrity

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 pastor.

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 But he says here

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 men

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 men of character.

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 Men of character.

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 Men

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 with godly

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 integrity.

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 You see young men

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 in our generation

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 often get it twisted

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 don't they?

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 They think

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 if they have a degree

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 and they know

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 the Greek word

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 for chicken

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 that they're ready

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 for leadership.

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 But Paul says

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 it's the character

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 of our lives

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 that is most

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 important.

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 Yes we have to

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 know our Bibles

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 but we have to

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 live out what

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 we know in our

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 lives don't we?

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 We have to

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 talk the talk

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 but we've got to

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 also walk

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 the walk.

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 It's vital.

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 I mean leaders

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 are often chosen

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 by how good they

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 are at attracting

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 people around them

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 because they're

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 winning personalities.

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 What Paul says

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 here is by the

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 attractive way

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 that leaders

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 live for Christ

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 that people

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 will follow them

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 and give their

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 allegiance to them

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 and trust them.

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 not just by

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 cracking a few

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 funnies in the

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 pulpit

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 but by godly

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 integrity

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 of their lives.

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 And before we

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 get into this

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 some of you

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 might be thinking

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 this text

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 and this sermon

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 is only for elders

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 so I can switch off

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 or it's only for

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 wannabe leaders here.

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 You might be thinking

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 I'm a woman here

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 this has got nothing

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 to do with me

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 or I'm not interested

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 in leadership

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 and so I can

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 switch off again

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 from this text.

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 But the characteristics

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 in this list

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 are all ones

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 that we as a church

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 should be striving for.

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 These characteristics

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 are all characteristics

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 we should be seeing

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 in our lives.

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 They're not supernatural

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 super spiritual

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 character traits

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 that only elders

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 should have

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 but ones that we

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 as Christians

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 should be known by.

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 The standard

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 of this list

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 are the standards

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 of Christianity

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 in general.

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 This list

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 is basic

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 Christianity.

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 Nobody should be saying

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 this list is just

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 for elders.

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 This is how we

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 should all

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 act

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 and pay attention to.

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 But this is the

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 plumb line isn't it?

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 This is the plumb line

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 for us to judge

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 who we should be

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 appointing as elders

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 and who we shouldn't.

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 And as a church

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 you need to know

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 this list

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 because you guys

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 are going to be

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 one of the appointing

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 elders aren't you

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 with the elders

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 you have already.

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 So you need to make sure

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 the guys that are

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 being appointed

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 are in line

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 with the list

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 in the Bible

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 and so we need to

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 know it don't we

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 as a church.

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 So who should be

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 appointed as elders?

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 Just three headings

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 for you.

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 This evening

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 I'll group them in.

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 Firstly

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 they have to be

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 a godly head

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 of the house.

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 Secondly

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 they have to be

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 blameless

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 and thirdly

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 they have to teach

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 sound doctrine.

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 Godly head

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 of the house

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 blameless

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 teach

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 sound

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 doctrine.

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 Paul says

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 immediately

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 in verse 6

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 if anyone's

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 above approach

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 he should be

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 the husband

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 of one

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 wife.

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 Let me first

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 say here

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 an obvious thing

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 that eldership

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 is male here

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 it's not a wife

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 of one husband

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 but the husband

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 of one wife

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 and a woman

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 can serve

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 in every capacity

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 in church

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 I think

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 except that

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 of an elder

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 overseer.

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 And Paul says

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 that if a man

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 is married

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 that he has

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 to be

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 a one

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 woman

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 man.

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 A one

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 woman man.

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 Here's the thing

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 every husband

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 and especially

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 an elder

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 must be

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 dedicated

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 to his wife

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 and love her

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 well.

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 This is so

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 important.

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 Many people

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 run after

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 leadership

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 but their

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 home lives

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 are an absolute

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 train wreck.

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 They don't

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 communicate

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 within their

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 marriage.

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 There are

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 constant

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 arguments

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 behind the

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 scenes.

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 But a

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 leader's

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 home

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 should be

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 his

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 oasis.

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 It should

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 be a place

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 of love

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 and peace

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 in the

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 storms of

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 life and

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 ministry

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 that is

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 built on

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 a good

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 healthy

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 solid

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 marriage.

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 Because

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 marriage

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 shows us

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 who a

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 man really

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 is.

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 What he

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 loves

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 how he

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 leads.

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 If you

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 want to

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 find out

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 about the

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 men in

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 this

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 church

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 ask their

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 wives.

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 And they'll

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 tell you

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 what kind

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 of man

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 they are.

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 And here's

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 the thing

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 if you're a

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 leader this

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 evening or

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 want to be

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 leader it's

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 really for

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 all of us.

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 Too many

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 leaders don't

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 they love

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 their ministries

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 more than

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 they love

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 their wives.

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 We need to

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 love our

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 wives more

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 than we love

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 our ministries.

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 We need to

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 serve them.

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 We need to

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 treat them

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 well.

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 We need to

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 communicate and

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 lead in a

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 Christ honouring

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 way.

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 Our greatest

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 ministry as

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 men in this

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 church is to

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 lead our

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 homes.

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 If we aren't

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 able to lead

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 our homes we

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 will not be in

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 a position to

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 lead a church

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 or have any

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 godly influence

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 in it.

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 He also says

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 here that an

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 elder must be a

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 godly father to

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 his children.

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 Now verse 6

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 is one of the

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 most debated

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 texts in the

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 New Testament.

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 Let me read it

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 again.

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 It says here

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 if anyone is

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 above reproach

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 to the husband

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 or the wife

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 and his

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 children are

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 believers and

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 not open to

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 the charge of

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 debauchery or

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 insubordination.

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 Now does that

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 mean if your

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 children aren't

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 Christians that

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 you cannot be an

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 elder?

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 It's the question

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 that came to

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 mind as I was

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 reading this text.

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 Does that mean

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 if your children

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 aren't Christians

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 then you can't

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 be an elder?

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 Well I'm not

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 sure if that's

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 exactly what

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 Paul is saying

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 here.

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 Let me tell you

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 why.

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 Three reasons.

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 One, the verb

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 here to believe,

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 pista, is

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 passive in the

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 Greek and is

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 better translated

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 faithful, not

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 of faith.

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 Faithful, not

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 of faith.

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 Two, if you

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 say it's just

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 elders with

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 believing children

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 then you

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 automatically

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 disqualify half

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 the church who

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 might have young

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 children because

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 they're not

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 Christians yet.

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 It would mean

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 that you could

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 only appoint men

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 who have

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 children who

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 are professing

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 faith, who

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 have been

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 baptised and

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 are showing

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 evidence of

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 walking in step

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 with the

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 spirit.

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 It would mean

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 you could only

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 choose men who

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 have children of

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 a particular age

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 bracket.

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 Rule Graham and

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 myself out who

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 have under

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 twos.

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 We couldn't be

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 elders.

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 Our children

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 aren't Christians

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 yet.

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 And three, I

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 think it puts a

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 crushing

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 responsibility on the

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 parents the

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 scriptures doesn't

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 warrant.

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 A parent is

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 not in charge

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 of his sons

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 and daughters

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 salvation.

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 Yes, they

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 share the

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 gospel with

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 them.

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 Yes, they

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 model it in

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 their home,

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 but it's not

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 God who

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 saves.

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 It's God's

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 responsibility to

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 soften the

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 heart and

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 convict the

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 child of sin

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 and his or

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 her need for

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 salvation.

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 I think what

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 Paul is saying

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 here is that

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 the character of

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 the household

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 should be a

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 godly one.

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 Does the

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 man lead his

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 children in

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 the faith?

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 Does he read

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 the Bible with

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 them?

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 Has he passed

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 on a Christian

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 worldview?

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 Are the

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 children in

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 church and

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 under the

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 word of

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 God?

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 They might

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 reject the

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 faith of

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 their parents.

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 They might

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 wander off.

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 They might

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 not get

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 converted

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 straight away,

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 but as the

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 father and

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 head of the

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 house, is

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 he bringing

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 them up in

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 the instruction

00:14:55.460 --> 00:14:56.560
 and discipline

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 of the

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 Lord, a.k.a.

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 Ephesians 6

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 verse 4.

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 I think you

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 see this, the

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 outflow of

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 this in the

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 character of

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 the children.

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 The children

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 of an elder,

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 as Paul goes

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 on to say,

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 or a potential

00:15:13.740 --> 00:15:14.320
 elder, should

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 not be

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 disobedient and

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 wild.

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 Does that

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 mean if your

00:15:19.800 --> 00:15:20.759
 toddler drops

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 in the middle

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 of a service

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 that the man

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 is disqualified?

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 Does it

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 mean if a

00:15:25.939 --> 00:15:26.599
 child in the

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 supermarkets

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 throws a big

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 shop, a

00:15:28.779 --> 00:15:29.259
 strop, and

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 throws his

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 hands in the

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 air, going

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 he's disqualified

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 from eldership?

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 I don't think

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 so again here.

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 No, Paul is

00:15:38.539 --> 00:15:38.979
 talking about

00:15:38.979 --> 00:15:40.699
 wild, sinful

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 behaviour.

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 He's saying

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 there should

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 be order in

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 his household.

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 Kids can

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 have fun,

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 can't they?

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 They'll put a

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 straitjacket on

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 our kids,

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 do we?

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 They'll have

00:15:54.579 --> 00:15:54.840
 to be the

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 Waltons.

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 They'll mess

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 up, they'll

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 disobey their

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 parents, but is

00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:03.220
 the father

00:16:03.220 --> 00:16:03.799
 leading his

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 house with

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 consistent

00:16:04.860 --> 00:16:06.100
 discipline and

00:16:06.100 --> 00:16:07.600
 consistent godly

00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:07.980
 love?

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 See again,

00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:10.919
 here is the

00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:11.439
 thing, if a

00:16:11.439 --> 00:16:11.840
 man cannot

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 lead his

00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:13.259
 household, then

00:16:13.259 --> 00:16:14.059
 how is he

00:16:14.059 --> 00:16:14.840
 going to lead

00:16:14.840 --> 00:16:15.419
 the church?

00:16:15.459 --> 00:16:15.699
 It's not

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 possible.

00:16:17.699 --> 00:16:18.419
 A godly

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 leader, if he

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 has a family,

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 must lead

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 well in his

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 home and

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 be in

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 private what

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 he is in

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 public.

00:16:27.699 --> 00:16:28.299
 Again, if you

00:16:28.299 --> 00:16:28.699
 want to choose

00:16:28.699 --> 00:16:29.279
 godly leaders,

00:16:29.379 --> 00:16:30.019
 do not look on

00:16:30.019 --> 00:16:30.859
 a Sunday at

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 a person and

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 how they act

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 and the words

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 they use and

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 how they dress.

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 Look at

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 them in

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 their homes.

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 We're choosing

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 elders.

00:16:41.419 --> 00:16:41.979
 The way we do

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 it is that we

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 get into

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 people's lives.

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 We go around

00:16:44.979 --> 00:16:45.459
 to people's

00:16:45.459 --> 00:16:45.859
 houses.

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 We observe

00:16:46.939 --> 00:16:47.579
 their marriages.

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 We see how

00:16:48.199 --> 00:16:48.779
 they interact

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 with the

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 children.

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 Because you

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 can hide

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 things on a

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 Sunday, can't

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 you?

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 But you

00:16:52.779 --> 00:16:53.199
 cannot hide

00:16:53.199 --> 00:16:53.559
 things at

00:16:53.559 --> 00:16:53.819
 home.

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 And we're

00:16:57.079 --> 00:16:57.439
 good at that,

00:16:57.579 --> 00:16:58.079
 aren't we, in

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 Christian circles.

00:16:59.179 --> 00:16:59.579
 We track a

00:16:59.579 --> 00:17:00.059
 smile on a

00:17:00.059 --> 00:17:00.860
 Sunday, everything's

00:17:00.860 --> 00:17:02.559
 fine, nothing's

00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:03.299
 going on in my

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 life.

00:17:06.700 --> 00:17:07.480
 And yet, back

00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:08.039
 at home,

00:17:08.940 --> 00:17:09.539
 everything's a

00:17:09.539 --> 00:17:09.859
 mess.

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 If you want to

00:17:12.500 --> 00:17:13.299
 find out a true

00:17:13.299 --> 00:17:13.960
 mark of a man

00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:14.700
 and woman,

00:17:15.740 --> 00:17:16.720
 what they like,

00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:18.660
 who they are,

00:17:18.660 --> 00:17:19.340
 when they are

00:17:19.340 --> 00:17:20.120
 by themselves,

00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:21.160
 all alone,

00:17:21.660 --> 00:17:22.120
 when no one

00:17:22.120 --> 00:17:22.400
 else is

00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:22.740
 watching.

00:17:25.019 --> 00:17:25.500
 Paul is

00:17:25.500 --> 00:17:26.460
 saying, we

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 need to

00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:27.279
 choose guys

00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:28.019
 who are

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 going to

00:17:28.120 --> 00:17:28.360
 be men

00:17:28.360 --> 00:17:29.019
 of integrity,

00:17:30.620 --> 00:17:31.320
 who are

00:17:31.320 --> 00:17:31.340
 going to

00:17:31.340 --> 00:17:31.700
 love their

00:17:31.700 --> 00:17:32.140
 wives,

00:17:32.600 --> 00:17:32.900
 who are

00:17:32.900 --> 00:17:32.940
 going to

00:17:32.940 --> 00:17:33.340
 lead their

00:17:33.340 --> 00:17:33.759
 children,

00:17:34.220 --> 00:17:34.580
 and be

00:17:34.580 --> 00:17:34.900
 what they

00:17:34.900 --> 00:17:35.620
 are in

00:17:35.620 --> 00:17:36.360
 private as

00:17:36.360 --> 00:17:36.759
 they are in

00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:37.140
 public.

00:17:38.200 --> 00:17:38.720
 So firstly,

00:17:38.820 --> 00:17:39.060
 a man needs

00:17:39.060 --> 00:17:39.300
 to be a

00:17:39.300 --> 00:17:39.759
 godly leader

00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:40.000
 in his

00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:40.259
 home.

00:17:41.300 --> 00:17:41.740
 Secondly,

00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:42.580
 a potential

00:17:42.580 --> 00:17:43.500
 elder must be

00:17:43.500 --> 00:17:44.019
 blameless.

00:17:44.240 --> 00:17:44.620
 Paul mentions

00:17:44.620 --> 00:17:45.279
 twice in these

00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:45.700
 verses,

00:17:45.700 --> 00:17:47.240
 in ESV,

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 they need

00:17:47.559 --> 00:17:47.840
 to be

00:17:47.840 --> 00:17:48.200
 above

00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:48.940
 reproach,

00:17:49.400 --> 00:17:49.759
 or in

00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:49.920
 other

00:17:49.920 --> 00:17:50.420
 translations

00:17:50.420 --> 00:17:50.720
 they need

00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:50.920
 to be

00:17:50.920 --> 00:17:51.640
 blameless.

00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:53.740
 This doesn't

00:17:53.740 --> 00:17:54.440
 mean that

00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:54.759
 a man

00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:55.220
 mustn't

00:17:55.220 --> 00:17:55.580
 sin,

00:17:56.880 --> 00:17:57.200
 but that

00:17:57.200 --> 00:17:57.620
 he's not

00:17:57.620 --> 00:17:58.340
 liable to

00:17:58.340 --> 00:17:59.279
 accusation

00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:00.160
 or question

00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:00.940
 as to his

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 personal

00:18:01.400 --> 00:18:01.960
 character

00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:02.460
 and

00:18:02.460 --> 00:18:03.080
 integrity.

00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:04.819
 It means

00:18:04.819 --> 00:18:05.299
 even if

00:18:05.299 --> 00:18:05.920
 he's accused

00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:06.559
 of something,

00:18:06.819 --> 00:18:07.360
 people will

00:18:07.360 --> 00:18:07.900
 laugh it off

00:18:07.900 --> 00:18:08.140
 because they

00:18:08.140 --> 00:18:08.420
 know what

00:18:08.420 --> 00:18:08.819
 he's truly

00:18:08.819 --> 00:18:09.279
 like.

00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:10.559
 Again,

00:18:10.600 --> 00:18:10.920
 it means

00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:11.400
 being what

00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:11.960
 we are in

00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:12.299
 private,

00:18:12.400 --> 00:18:12.600
 what we

00:18:12.600 --> 00:18:12.860
 are in

00:18:12.860 --> 00:18:13.160
 public.

00:18:15.700 --> 00:18:16.900
 What does

00:18:16.900 --> 00:18:17.180
 that look

00:18:17.180 --> 00:18:17.420
 like?

00:18:17.500 --> 00:18:17.720
 He gives

00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:18.100
 us a list

00:18:18.100 --> 00:18:18.299
 doesn't

00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:18.500
 he?

00:18:18.940 --> 00:18:19.180
 Here.

00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:22.160
 He goes

00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:22.519
 negative

00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:23.180
 first.

00:18:24.779 --> 00:18:25.000
 He says

00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:25.420
 a leader

00:18:25.420 --> 00:18:25.940
 must not

00:18:25.940 --> 00:18:26.660
 be arrogant.

00:18:27.660 --> 00:18:28.120
 In other

00:18:28.120 --> 00:18:28.400
 words,

00:18:28.460 --> 00:18:29.000
 a leader

00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:30.140
 must not

00:18:30.140 --> 00:18:31.180
 be full

00:18:31.180 --> 00:18:31.740
 of himself.

00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:34.400
 A leader

00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:34.860
 can do

00:18:34.860 --> 00:18:35.819
 much damage

00:18:35.819 --> 00:18:36.160
 to his

00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:36.600
 congregation

00:18:36.600 --> 00:18:37.279
 when he's

00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:38.000
 pig-headed

00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:38.980
 and arrogant.

00:18:39.600 --> 00:18:39.860
 That's not

00:18:39.860 --> 00:18:40.160
 just leaders,

00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:40.559
 men in

00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:40.799
 general,

00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:41.220
 isn't it?

00:18:42.660 --> 00:18:43.160
 Pig-headed

00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:43.680
 and arrogant.

00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:44.900
 A man

00:18:44.900 --> 00:18:45.120
 who's

00:18:45.120 --> 00:18:45.920
 overbearing

00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:46.660
 and stubborn

00:18:46.660 --> 00:18:47.740
 and inconsiderate

00:18:47.740 --> 00:18:48.240
 of people's

00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:48.620
 feelings.

00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:50.340
 He's like a

00:18:50.340 --> 00:18:50.700
 bull in a

00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:51.220
 china shop,

00:18:51.280 --> 00:18:51.620
 isn't he?

00:18:53.940 --> 00:18:54.320
 But a

00:18:54.320 --> 00:18:55.120
 godly leader

00:18:55.120 --> 00:18:55.980
 is a servant

00:18:55.980 --> 00:18:56.560
 above all

00:18:56.560 --> 00:18:56.840
 things,

00:18:56.880 --> 00:18:57.200
 isn't he?

00:18:58.140 --> 00:18:58.660
 He will

00:18:58.660 --> 00:18:59.080
 admit when

00:18:59.080 --> 00:18:59.340
 he gets

00:18:59.340 --> 00:18:59.940
 things wrong.

00:19:00.300 --> 00:19:00.700
 He will

00:19:00.700 --> 00:19:01.340
 let others

00:19:01.340 --> 00:19:02.120
 make decisions.

00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:04.500
 He's a

00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:05.220
 humble man

00:19:05.220 --> 00:19:05.600
 because he

00:19:05.600 --> 00:19:06.060
 knows that

00:19:06.060 --> 00:19:06.780
 God opposes

00:19:06.780 --> 00:19:07.519
 the proud,

00:19:07.780 --> 00:19:08.120
 but he

00:19:08.120 --> 00:19:08.840
 gives grace

00:19:08.840 --> 00:19:10.300
 to the

00:19:10.300 --> 00:19:10.740
 humble.

00:19:12.320 --> 00:19:12.540
 At

00:19:12.540 --> 00:19:12.960
 Nidra again,

00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:13.180
 when we're

00:19:13.180 --> 00:19:13.620
 choosing our

00:19:13.620 --> 00:19:14.280
 leaders or

00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:15.059
 we're

00:19:15.059 --> 00:19:15.920
 hiring staff

00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:16.559
 or interns

00:19:16.559 --> 00:19:17.460
 to our

00:19:17.460 --> 00:19:17.899
 program,

00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:18.599
 the first

00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:19.119
 task we

00:19:19.119 --> 00:19:19.399
 will get

00:19:19.399 --> 00:19:19.759
 people to

00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:20.440
 do is

00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:20.799
 clean the

00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:21.139
 toilets.

00:19:23.339 --> 00:19:24.039
 If they're

00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:24.559
 willing to

00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:25.220
 clean the

00:19:25.220 --> 00:19:25.700
 toilets,

00:19:25.899 --> 00:19:26.420
 then they're

00:19:26.420 --> 00:19:27.019
 ready for

00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:27.599
 service in

00:19:27.599 --> 00:19:28.099
 the church.

00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:29.980
 If they're

00:19:29.980 --> 00:19:30.139
 not,

00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:30.359
 then they

00:19:30.359 --> 00:19:30.619
 have a

00:19:30.619 --> 00:19:31.440
 pride problem

00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:32.079
 and they

00:19:32.079 --> 00:19:32.359
 are not

00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:32.819
 fit for

00:19:32.819 --> 00:19:33.139
 service,

00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:33.500
 are they?

00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:35.980
 Jesus is

00:19:35.980 --> 00:19:36.220
 clear,

00:19:36.299 --> 00:19:36.559
 whoever will

00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:36.960
 be great

00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:37.359
 among you

00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:37.779
 must be

00:19:37.779 --> 00:19:38.359
 your servant,

00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:38.879
 whoever will

00:19:38.879 --> 00:19:39.420
 be first

00:19:39.420 --> 00:19:39.779
 among you

00:19:39.779 --> 00:19:40.160
 must be

00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:40.639
 slave of

00:19:40.639 --> 00:19:40.799
 all,

00:19:40.839 --> 00:19:41.200
 for even

00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:41.539
 the Son

00:19:41.539 --> 00:19:41.960
 of Man

00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:42.660
 came not

00:19:42.660 --> 00:19:42.920
 to be

00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:43.180
 served,

00:19:43.220 --> 00:19:43.460
 but to

00:19:43.460 --> 00:19:44.180
 serve and

00:19:44.180 --> 00:19:44.519
 give his

00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:44.900
 life as

00:19:44.900 --> 00:19:45.400
 a ransom

00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:46.640
 for many.

00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:48.660
 Paul then

00:19:48.660 --> 00:19:48.980
 goes on,

00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:49.259
 he says,

00:19:49.539 --> 00:19:49.840
 a leader

00:19:49.840 --> 00:19:50.200
 must not

00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:50.779
 be quick

00:19:50.779 --> 00:19:51.400
 tempered,

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 he must

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 not be

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 a bully,

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 he must

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 not fly

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 off the

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 handle every

00:19:56.340 --> 00:19:56.559
 time he

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 doesn't get

00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:57.160
 his own

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 way,

00:19:57.779 --> 00:19:58.259
 but be

00:19:58.259 --> 00:19:59.380
 patient and

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 forbearing

00:20:00.059 --> 00:20:00.460
 with those

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 around him.

00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:02.680
 He must

00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:03.400
 be slow to

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 anger like

00:20:03.860 --> 00:20:04.360
 the God

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 who he

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 follows.

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 You see,

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 a short

00:20:08.120 --> 00:20:09.319
 fuse does

00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:09.900
 not help

00:20:09.900 --> 00:20:10.640
 the work

00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:11.040
 of God

00:20:11.040 --> 00:20:11.340
 at all,

00:20:11.380 --> 00:20:11.780
 but hinders

00:20:11.780 --> 00:20:11.900
 it,

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 doesn't

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 it?

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 Hudson

00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:15.480
 Taylor,

00:20:15.620 --> 00:20:15.840
 a missionary

00:20:15.840 --> 00:20:16.140
 from the

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 19th century

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 said this,

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 my greatest

00:20:18.620 --> 00:20:19.280
 temptation

00:20:19.280 --> 00:20:20.480
 is to

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 my temper

00:20:21.120 --> 00:20:21.980
 over the

00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:22.700
 slackness

00:20:22.700 --> 00:20:23.660
 and

00:20:23.660 --> 00:20:24.680
 insufficiency

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 so disappointing

00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:26.820
 in those

00:20:26.820 --> 00:20:27.280
 on who

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 I depend.

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 It is no

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 use to

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 lose my

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 temper,

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 only kindness

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 is good,

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 but oh,

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 it is such

00:20:36.660 --> 00:20:37.780
 a trial.

00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:40.079
 ministry

00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:40.420
 can be

00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:41.220
 tough work,

00:20:42.160 --> 00:20:42.700
 church can

00:20:42.700 --> 00:20:43.019
 be tough

00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:43.359
 work in

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 general,

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 can't it?

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 Meeting

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 up with

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 people you

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 wouldn't

00:20:46.079 --> 00:20:46.619
 usually hang

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 out with

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 in general,

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 old and

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 young,

00:20:49.779 --> 00:20:50.019
 different

00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:50.539
 backgrounds

00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:50.839
 coming

00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:51.319
 together,

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 but as

00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:53.480
 leaders,

00:20:53.879 --> 00:20:54.359
 we face

00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:54.700
 trouble,

00:20:54.819 --> 00:20:55.099
 don't we?

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 We have

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 to feel

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 the complaints

00:20:56.399 --> 00:20:56.720
 and the

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.160
 grumblings

00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:57.399
 of the

00:20:57.399 --> 00:20:57.899
 congregation

00:20:57.899 --> 00:20:59.899
 and we

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 need the

00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:00.779
 strength

00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:01.599
 of the

00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:02.539
 Lord to

00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:03.259
 be patient

00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:04.399
 with those

00:21:04.399 --> 00:21:05.240
 around us

00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:06.339
 because a

00:21:06.339 --> 00:21:06.960
 short fuse

00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:07.339
 does not

00:21:07.339 --> 00:21:07.919
 help the

00:21:07.919 --> 00:21:08.399
 kingdom of

00:21:08.399 --> 00:21:08.639
 God,

00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:08.919
 it only

00:21:08.919 --> 00:21:09.240
 hinders

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:09.500
 it.

00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:11.240
 He must

00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:11.599
 not be a

00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:12.099
 drunkard or

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 violent.

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 In other

00:21:13.879 --> 00:21:14.079
 words,

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 he must be

00:21:14.399 --> 00:21:14.579
 able to

00:21:14.579 --> 00:21:15.319
 control his

00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:15.839
 passions,

00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:16.879
 he must be

00:21:16.879 --> 00:21:17.119
 able to

00:21:17.119 --> 00:21:17.819
 have self

00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:19.019
 control in

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 his life.

00:21:20.939 --> 00:21:21.240
 Again,

00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:21.559
 if he can't

00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:21.859
 have self

00:21:21.859 --> 00:21:22.319
 control in

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 his life,

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 how can

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 he counsel

00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:24.039
 someone who

00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:24.759
 is struggling

00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:25.240
 with it?

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 He cannot.

00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:31.240
 Paul rounds

00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:31.519
 off his

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 negative list

00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:32.619
 by saying

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 that Titus

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 should choose

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 men who

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 are not

00:21:34.919 --> 00:21:36.039
 greedy for

00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:36.480
 gain.

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 When I

00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:38.299
 think of

00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:38.579
 those words,

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 I think of

00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:39.720
 Judas Iscariot

00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:43.779
 who filled

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.299
 his pockets

00:21:44.299 --> 00:21:44.559
 with the

00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:44.919
 money he

00:21:44.919 --> 00:21:45.199
 was supposed

00:21:45.199 --> 00:21:45.500
 to be

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:45.859
 collecting

00:21:45.859 --> 00:21:46.179
 for the

00:21:46.179 --> 00:21:46.899
 disciples and

00:21:46.899 --> 00:21:47.079
 for the

00:21:47.079 --> 00:21:47.579
 Lord Jesus.

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 Money should

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.599
 not be a

00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:51.259
 man's motive

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:52.099
 for serving

00:21:52.099 --> 00:21:52.859
 in leadership.

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 We serve

00:21:54.919 --> 00:21:55.839
 Jesus Christ

00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:56.339
 and him

00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:57.179
 alone for

00:21:57.179 --> 00:21:58.220
 his glory,

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 not for

00:21:59.079 --> 00:21:59.379
 money.

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 We do

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.179
 not go into

00:22:01.179 --> 00:22:01.759
 ministry to

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.399
 make millions,

00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:03.619
 but for the

00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:04.019
 glory of

00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:04.500
 Christ.

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:04.720
 Christ.

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 That's why

00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:06.680
 I can't

00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:07.019
 understand

00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:07.460
 these leaders

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:08.000
 in America

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.460
 who paid

00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:08.759
 themselves

00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:09.259
 six-figure

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:09.799
 salaries,

00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:10.720
 making names

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.160
 for themselves

00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:11.480
 of their

00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:11.940
 books.

00:22:14.400 --> 00:22:15.000
 They're not

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:15.539
 really about

00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:16.720
 the glory of

00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:16.920
 God,

00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.319
 but about

00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:17.579
 them.

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.220
 We do

00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:20.680
 not do

00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:21.240
 ministry to

00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:21.579
 make money

00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:21.859
 from it.

00:22:21.900 --> 00:22:22.519
 1 Peter 5

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:23.359
 2 is clear.

00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:24.160
 Shepherd the

00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:24.480
 flock of

00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:24.819
 God is

00:22:24.819 --> 00:22:25.339
 among you,

00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:25.980
 exercising

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.559
 oversight,

00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:27.019
 not under

00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:27.579
 compulsion,

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 but willingly

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:28.980
 as God

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.339
 would have

00:22:29.339 --> 00:22:29.519
 you,

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.660
 not for

00:22:30.660 --> 00:22:31.259
 shameful

00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:32.119
 gain.

00:22:32.119 --> 00:22:38.819
 Then Paul

00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:39.559
 goes positive.

00:22:40.139 --> 00:22:40.579
 A godly

00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:40.939
 leader is

00:22:40.939 --> 00:22:41.139
 to be

00:22:41.139 --> 00:22:41.739
 hospitable,

00:22:41.859 --> 00:22:42.279
 he says.

00:22:43.159 --> 00:22:44.059
 That means

00:22:44.059 --> 00:22:44.859
 that a

00:22:44.859 --> 00:22:46.399
 leader must

00:22:46.399 --> 00:22:48.219
 be hospitable

00:22:48.219 --> 00:22:49.339
 to the alien

00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:49.939
 and stranger

00:22:49.939 --> 00:22:50.339
 in the land.

00:22:50.379 --> 00:22:50.579
 He must

00:22:50.579 --> 00:22:51.059
 love them.

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:52.819
 There's a

00:22:52.819 --> 00:22:53.279
 great picture

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:53.659
 of this in

00:22:53.659 --> 00:22:54.359
 Job 31,

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:54.979
 32.

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.399
 Job says

00:22:56.399 --> 00:22:56.659
 this,

00:22:56.719 --> 00:22:57.459
 the sojourner

00:22:57.459 --> 00:22:57.859
 has not

00:22:57.859 --> 00:22:58.319
 lodged in

00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:58.879
 the street.

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:01.239
 I've opened

00:23:01.239 --> 00:23:02.079
 my doors to

00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:02.720
 the traveller.

00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:06.000
 A godly

00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:06.679
 leader opens

00:23:06.679 --> 00:23:07.019
 up their

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.960
 hearts and

00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:08.539
 opens up

00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:09.339
 their homes

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:10.500
 to those

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.279
 around them.

00:23:12.179 --> 00:23:12.659
 No matter

00:23:12.659 --> 00:23:13.199
 who they

00:23:13.199 --> 00:23:13.519
 are,

00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:14.240
 they're not

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:15.240
 standoffish,

00:23:15.419 --> 00:23:15.779
 but they

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.419
 are warm

00:23:16.419 --> 00:23:16.960
 towards

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:17.779
 outsiders.

00:23:18.159 --> 00:23:18.619
 They open

00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:18.899
 up their

00:23:18.899 --> 00:23:19.480
 lives to

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:19.819
 people.

00:23:21.299 --> 00:23:22.019
 They show

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.419
 the world

00:23:22.419 --> 00:23:23.220
 their family

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:24.059
 or they

00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:24.779
 care for

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.439
 and they're

00:23:25.439 --> 00:23:25.879
 vulnerable

00:23:25.879 --> 00:23:26.939
 before people.

00:23:29.879 --> 00:23:30.199
 And a

00:23:30.199 --> 00:23:30.579
 lack of

00:23:30.579 --> 00:23:31.179
 hospitality

00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:32.500
 is only

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:32.920
 a sign

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:33.140
 of a

00:23:33.140 --> 00:23:33.420
 selfish

00:23:33.420 --> 00:23:33.740
 heart,

00:23:33.820 --> 00:23:33.960
 isn't

00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:34.120
 it?

00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:37.680
 And

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.019
 hospitality

00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:38.799
 in our

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.120
 culture

00:23:39.120 --> 00:23:39.400
 can be

00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:39.740
 sorely

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:39.980
 missed,

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:40.240
 can't it?

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:40.560
 Because we're

00:23:40.560 --> 00:23:42.299
 so individualistic.

00:23:44.620 --> 00:23:45.160
 We have

00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:45.640
 this great

00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:46.820
 idol in our

00:23:46.820 --> 00:23:47.259
 culture and

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:47.560
 it's called

00:23:47.560 --> 00:23:47.920
 this,

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:48.680
 me time.

00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:59.740
 people of

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.180
 Christ,

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:00.560
 we are

00:24:00.560 --> 00:24:00.940
 called to

00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:01.100
 be

00:24:01.100 --> 00:24:01.900
 hospitable

00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:02.920
 and letting

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:03.759
 the stranger

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.720
 into our

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.259
 homes,

00:24:05.580 --> 00:24:06.279
 the feet,

00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:07.600
 to love,

00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.420
 to care for.

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:10.799
 A godly leader

00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.200
 will get into

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:11.960
 people's lives

00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:12.680
 and allow

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:13.100
 people to

00:24:13.100 --> 00:24:14.140
 see theirs

00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:15.160
 as well.

00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:18.420
 It goes on

00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:18.620
 and he says

00:24:18.620 --> 00:24:19.140
 a godly leader

00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:20.000
 loves what

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.440
 is good.

00:24:20.820 --> 00:24:21.600
 Someone who

00:24:21.600 --> 00:24:22.060
 loves what

00:24:22.060 --> 00:24:22.360
 is good

00:24:22.360 --> 00:24:22.620
 is a

00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:22.980
 virtue

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.340
 lover.

00:24:23.820 --> 00:24:24.240
 They love

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.620
 the things

00:24:24.620 --> 00:24:25.120
 that Christ

00:24:25.120 --> 00:24:25.540
 loves and

00:24:25.540 --> 00:24:25.920
 they hate

00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:26.460
 the things

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:27.540
 that Christ

00:24:27.540 --> 00:24:28.280
 hates.

00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:29.100
 Romans 12

00:24:29.100 --> 00:24:29.640
 verse 9,

00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:30.040
 let love

00:24:30.040 --> 00:24:30.580
 be genuine,

00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:31.620
 abhor what

00:24:31.620 --> 00:24:32.280
 is evil,

00:24:33.140 --> 00:24:34.020
 hold fast

00:24:34.020 --> 00:24:34.720
 to what

00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:35.140
 is good.

00:24:38.820 --> 00:24:39.380
 Godly

00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:39.580
 leaders

00:24:39.580 --> 00:24:40.600
 self-controlled.

00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:41.939
 This means

00:24:41.939 --> 00:24:42.500
 that a

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:43.119
 leader has

00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:44.179
 complete

00:24:44.179 --> 00:24:45.279
 self-mastery

00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:45.679
 over their

00:24:45.679 --> 00:24:46.159
 passions

00:24:46.159 --> 00:24:47.519
 and their

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.419
 impulses.

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:50.419
 In today's

00:24:50.419 --> 00:24:50.679
 language,

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:51.319
 a man has

00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:51.839
 a good grip

00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:52.480
 on himself.

00:24:53.939 --> 00:24:54.500
 Too many

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:54.959
 young men

00:24:54.959 --> 00:24:55.519
 do not have

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:55.819
 a grip

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.319
 on themselves,

00:24:56.419 --> 00:24:56.659
 do they?

00:24:56.699 --> 00:24:57.059
 And older

00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.379
 men,

00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:58.019
 and middle

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.539
 aged men.

00:24:59.039 --> 00:24:59.379
 They have

00:24:59.379 --> 00:24:59.639
 a grip

00:24:59.639 --> 00:25:00.099
 on themselves,

00:25:00.179 --> 00:25:00.500
 do they?

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.399
 And their

00:25:01.399 --> 00:25:01.819
 passions.

00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:04.959
 A godly

00:25:04.959 --> 00:25:05.719
 man monitors

00:25:05.719 --> 00:25:06.519
 himself day

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.500
 in and day

00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:07.959
 out and he

00:25:07.959 --> 00:25:08.439
 submits

00:25:08.439 --> 00:25:09.000
 himself to

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.759
 the x-ray

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.319
 and cat

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:10.799
 scan

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:12.379
 detail of

00:25:12.379 --> 00:25:12.660
 God's

00:25:12.660 --> 00:25:12.980
 perfect

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.519
 words.

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.519
 As

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.000
 leaders

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.839
 and as

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.240
 men in

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:18.500
 general,

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:18.960
 we must

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.720
 not forget

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:20.460
 what kind

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:20.759
 of men

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.240
 we are.

00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:23.259
 At root,

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.440
 we are

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:24.839
 sinful

00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:25.359
 rats.

00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:28.559
 We are

00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:29.200
 rat bags

00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:29.500
 who have

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:30.019
 only been

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:31.079
 saved because

00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:31.379
 of the

00:25:31.379 --> 00:25:32.400
 grace of

00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:32.799
 our Lord

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.099
 Jesus

00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:33.539
 Christ.

00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:33.900
 And yes,

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.180
 we are

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:34.759
 changed from

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.200
 the inside

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:36.000
 out afterwards,

00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:36.359
 but we

00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:36.740
 still have

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.079
 sin in

00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:37.359
 dwelling.

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:41.079
 we still

00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:41.680
 struggle.

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.299
 We still

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:43.559
 have a

00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:44.099
 battle going

00:25:44.099 --> 00:25:44.339
 on in

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:45.019
 our hearts.

00:25:49.140 --> 00:25:49.660
 Let me

00:25:49.660 --> 00:25:50.039
 warn you

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:50.379
 as a

00:25:50.379 --> 00:25:50.900
 church,

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:51.859
 do not

00:25:51.859 --> 00:25:52.180
 put your

00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:52.599
 elders up

00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:52.980
 as a

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.420
 pedestal

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:53.799
 up here

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.180
 that they're

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:54.319
 going to

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:54.579
 be a

00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:54.819
 super

00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:55.180
 Christian

00:25:55.180 --> 00:25:55.539
 compared

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:55.920
 to you

00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:56.319
 guys.

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.160
 They

00:25:58.160 --> 00:25:58.460
 have the

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:58.660
 same

00:25:58.660 --> 00:25:59.400
 struggles

00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:00.119
 and issues

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:00.680
 that every

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.460
 other person

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:02.180
 faces

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:03.059
 within

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.799
 the

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:04.359
 church.

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:05.680
 Eldership

00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:06.200
 can be a

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:06.579
 lonely

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:07.379
 experience.

00:26:07.379 --> 00:26:07.819
 I felt

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.059
 it.

00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:09.779
 It can

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.000
 be a

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.259
 very

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:10.619
 lonely

00:26:10.619 --> 00:26:11.559
 experience.

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:12.659
 And so

00:26:12.659 --> 00:26:13.879
 you as a

00:26:13.879 --> 00:26:14.159
 congregation

00:26:14.159 --> 00:26:14.639
 need to

00:26:14.639 --> 00:26:15.159
 pray for

00:26:15.159 --> 00:26:15.279
 your

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:15.519
 elders,

00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:15.759
 don't

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:15.940
 you?

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.139
 You as

00:26:17.139 --> 00:26:17.559
 a congregation

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:17.759
 need to

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.339
 keep your

00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:18.839
 elders

00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:19.779
 accountable.

00:26:21.379 --> 00:26:21.700
 And as

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.359
 leaders here

00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:22.559
 at this

00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:22.740
 church,

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:22.940
 you need to

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.159
 make sure

00:26:23.159 --> 00:26:23.359
 you have

00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:23.740
 good,

00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:24.339
 godly

00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:24.679
 people

00:26:24.679 --> 00:26:25.159
 around

00:26:25.159 --> 00:26:25.480
 you that

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:25.740
 you can

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.399
 talk to

00:26:26.399 --> 00:26:26.980
 about what's

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.500
 going on in

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:27.919
 your heart

00:26:27.919 --> 00:26:28.399
 and mind.

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.039
 Do not

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.599
 sweep things

00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:29.960
 under the

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.259
 carpet,

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:32.279
 because it

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:32.899
 always comes

00:26:32.899 --> 00:26:33.539
 out at

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:34.200
 some point

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:35.059
 under the

00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:36.039
 stresses of

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.519
 ministry.

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:41.059
 God

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:41.240
 is

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.919
 upright

00:26:41.919 --> 00:26:43.079
 or

00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:43.579
 sensible.

00:26:44.879 --> 00:26:45.339
 This is a

00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:45.579
 man who

00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:45.759
 has a

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.099
 balanced

00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:46.599
 life.

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:47.279
 He acts

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:47.879
 with wisdom

00:26:47.879 --> 00:26:48.379
 and common

00:26:48.379 --> 00:26:49.000
 sense.

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:49.839
 He sees

00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:50.220
 things from

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:50.599
 God's

00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:51.119
 perspective

00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:51.519
 and acts

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.059
 accordingly.

00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:53.659
 There's a

00:26:53.659 --> 00:26:54.019
 difference,

00:26:54.159 --> 00:26:54.579
 isn't there,

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.399
 in life between

00:26:55.399 --> 00:26:55.859
 someone who

00:26:55.859 --> 00:26:56.379
 knows the

00:26:56.379 --> 00:26:58.039
 Bible and

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.339
 someone who

00:26:58.339 --> 00:26:58.799
 knows the

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.200
 Bible and

00:26:59.200 --> 00:26:59.440
 knows how to

00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:00.000
 put that into

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:01.619
 practical terms

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:02.039
 in their

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.599
 lives.

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.500
 Someone who

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.059
 has wisdom

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:06.059
 to implement

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.539
 it.

00:27:08.179 --> 00:27:08.559
 Charles

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:08.919
 Purgeon

00:27:08.919 --> 00:27:09.619
 said this

00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:11.859
 when thinking

00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:12.619
 about selecting

00:27:12.619 --> 00:27:12.879
 leaders.

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.119
 He said,

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:13.700
 certain good

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:14.980
 men appealed

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:16.059
 to me who

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.700
 were distinguished

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.480
 by enormous

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:18.139
 passion and

00:27:18.139 --> 00:27:20.339
 zeal and a

00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:21.119
 conspicuous

00:27:21.119 --> 00:27:21.879
 absence of

00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:22.359
 brains.

00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:25.339
 Brethren who

00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:25.700
 would take

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:26.240
 forever and

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:26.720
 ever upon

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.139
 nothing,

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:27.899
 who would

00:27:27.899 --> 00:27:28.440
 stamp and

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:28.819
 thump the

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:29.299
 Bible and

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:29.700
 get nothing

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.279
 out of it,

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:30.960
 are all

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.359
 earnest,

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:31.779
 awfully

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.220
 earnest.

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:32.859
 Mountains

00:27:32.859 --> 00:27:33.079
 and

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:33.419
 labour are

00:27:33.419 --> 00:27:33.659
 the most

00:27:33.659 --> 00:27:34.000
 painful

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:34.419
 kind,

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:35.059
 but nothing

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:35.579
 comes out

00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:36.059
 of it all.

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.139
 Therefore,

00:27:37.379 --> 00:27:37.619
 I have

00:27:37.619 --> 00:27:38.359
 usually declined

00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:38.519
 their

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.039
 applications.

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.479
 In other

00:27:42.479 --> 00:27:43.000
 words,

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:43.959
 a man must

00:27:43.959 --> 00:27:44.219
 not just

00:27:44.219 --> 00:27:45.079
 have zeal,

00:27:45.379 --> 00:27:45.639
 but he

00:27:45.639 --> 00:27:45.899
 must have

00:27:45.899 --> 00:27:46.199
 common

00:27:46.199 --> 00:27:46.779
 sense as

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:46.959
 well.

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:51.500
 Finally,

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:51.959
 Paul says

00:27:51.959 --> 00:27:52.279
 to Timothy,

00:27:52.419 --> 00:27:52.699
 they need

00:27:52.699 --> 00:27:52.959
 to be

00:27:52.959 --> 00:27:53.559
 disciplined

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:55.279
 and holy.

00:27:55.379 --> 00:27:55.579
 To be

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:55.939
 holy in

00:27:55.939 --> 00:27:56.699
 this context

00:27:56.699 --> 00:27:57.359
 means to

00:27:57.359 --> 00:27:58.139
 be pure

00:27:58.139 --> 00:27:59.459
 and unpolluted.

00:28:01.479 --> 00:28:01.719
 Again,

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.079
 this is a

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.419
 man

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:03.240
 committed

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:04.560
 to godliness

00:28:04.560 --> 00:28:05.500
 and Christ

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.539
 likeness.

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.259
 People

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.700
 often think

00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:09.660
 in our

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:10.259
 culture that

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.940
 holiness is

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.640
 just not

00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:12.019
 doing what

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.420
 the culture

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:12.820
 does.

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:14.840
 Back in

00:28:14.840 --> 00:28:15.100
 the day,

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.519
 it was like

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.640
 holiness is

00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:16.880
 I don't

00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:17.160
 go to the

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:17.480
 cinema,

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:19.200
 I don't

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:19.560
 go to the

00:28:19.560 --> 00:28:20.000
 dancing,

00:28:21.060 --> 00:28:21.320
 I don't

00:28:21.320 --> 00:28:21.759
 smoke,

00:28:21.840 --> 00:28:22.000
 I don't

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.360
 do this,

00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:22.560
 I don't

00:28:22.560 --> 00:28:23.039
 do that.

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:23.519
 And that's

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:23.860
 part of

00:28:23.860 --> 00:28:23.960
 it,

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.140
 isn't it?

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:24.360
 Standing

00:28:24.360 --> 00:28:24.860
 against the

00:28:24.860 --> 00:28:25.259
 culture,

00:28:25.600 --> 00:28:25.920
 but it's

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.380
 deeper than

00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:26.560
 that,

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:27.039
 isn't it?

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:27.900
 Holiness

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:28.340
 is about

00:28:28.340 --> 00:28:29.160
 being totally

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.940
 transformed

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:31.320
 inside out

00:28:31.320 --> 00:28:32.220
 into the

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:33.420
 likeness of

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:33.839
 Christ.

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.240
 That's what we

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:34.700
 should all be

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.539
 striving for in

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.100
 our lives.

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:38.000
 It means to

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.440
 love the

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:38.920
 things that he

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:39.200
 loves.

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:39.740
 Again, it

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.000
 means to

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.360
 hate the

00:28:40.360 --> 00:28:40.740
 things that

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.339
 he hates.

00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:42.120
 It means to

00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:42.740
 value the

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.120
 things that

00:28:43.120 --> 00:28:43.940
 he values.

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:48.680
 So we

00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:48.759
 need to

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.019
 be looking

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:49.640
 for men

00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:50.200
 who are

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:50.680
 pursuing

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:51.320
 Christ,

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:52.120
 who love

00:28:52.120 --> 00:28:52.740
 him first,

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.140
 who want

00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:53.720
 to serve

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.180
 for his

00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:54.799
 glory and

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.080
 not for

00:28:55.080 --> 00:28:55.519
 their own.

00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:58.539
 Again, let

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:58.980
 me say these

00:28:58.980 --> 00:28:59.500
 are characters

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.140
 that are not

00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:00.920
 super spiritual

00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:01.580
 ones.

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:02.580
 There's an

00:29:02.580 --> 00:29:03.120
 absence of

00:29:03.120 --> 00:29:04.059
 unusual qualities

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.519
 here, isn't

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:04.779
 there?

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:06.900
 We should

00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:07.680
 all be known

00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:08.220
 by holiness.

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:08.860
 We should

00:29:08.860 --> 00:29:09.519
 all be known

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.519
 by hospitality.

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.380
 We should

00:29:11.380 --> 00:29:12.019
 all be known

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:13.039
 by self-control.

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.420
 And all the

00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:14.799
 other things

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.120
 on this

00:29:15.120 --> 00:29:15.600
 list.

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:16.700
 As Alistair

00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:17.220
 Begg writes,

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.640
 these are just

00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:18.140
 down to

00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:19.140
 earth, common

00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:19.799
 commodities of

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.140
 the Christian

00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:20.519
 life.

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:23.840
 This job is

00:29:23.840 --> 00:29:24.240
 not for the

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.580
 flashy.

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:26.360
 It's not for

00:29:26.360 --> 00:29:26.860
 those who are

00:29:26.860 --> 00:29:27.320
 good in the

00:29:27.320 --> 00:29:28.100
 business world,

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:29.140
 or just for

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:29.539
 the those who

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:29.799
 are good in

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:30.160
 the business

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:30.539
 world.

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:31.799
 The position

00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:33.000
 of leadership

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:34.279
 is for men

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:36.160
 of character.

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.559
 And if you

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:40.759
 are a

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.299
 wannabe leader,

00:29:41.360 --> 00:29:41.620
 if that's

00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:41.920
 something you

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:42.200
 want to do,

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:42.559
 that's a

00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:43.320
 noble thing

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:44.019
 to want

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.740
 to do.

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.299
 But let

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:47.019
 me warn you,

00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:47.679
 you need to

00:29:47.679 --> 00:29:48.299
 pray deeply

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:48.939
 about it.

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:50.079
 Because James

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.759
 3, 1 says

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.079
 this,

00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:51.919
 not many of

00:29:51.919 --> 00:29:52.179
 you should

00:29:52.179 --> 00:29:52.859
 become teachers,

00:29:52.939 --> 00:29:53.419
 my brothers,

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:55.059
 for you know

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.720
 that we who

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.960
 teach will be

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.960
 judged with

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.559
 greater

00:29:58.559 --> 00:30:00.019
 strictness.

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.519
 Greater

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:02.200
 strictness,

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:02.939
 that's scary

00:30:02.939 --> 00:30:03.500
 stuff.

00:30:04.359 --> 00:30:04.740
 We need to

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.480
 think twice.

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:07.119
 There's no

00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:07.759
 greater privilege

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.220
 than being a

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:08.700
 leader, I can

00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:09.379
 tell you that.

00:30:09.380 --> 00:30:11.760
 we must go

00:30:11.760 --> 00:30:12.220
 into leadership

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:12.460
 with the

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:13.140
 right heart

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:14.760
 and with

00:30:14.760 --> 00:30:15.480
 humility

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:16.880
 before God.

00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:20.780
 We challenge

00:30:20.780 --> 00:30:21.260
 you again as

00:30:21.260 --> 00:30:21.640
 a church

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:22.120
 of Brunsford,

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:22.780
 you need to

00:30:22.780 --> 00:30:23.400
 pray for your

00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:23.720
 elders.

00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:25.340
 You need to

00:30:25.340 --> 00:30:25.760
 ask them

00:30:25.760 --> 00:30:26.360
 constantly,

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:26.860
 how are they

00:30:26.860 --> 00:30:27.340
 getting on in

00:30:27.340 --> 00:30:27.840
 their Christian

00:30:27.840 --> 00:30:28.320
 walk?

00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:29.560
 Hebrews 13,

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:29.900
 7,

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.660
 remember your

00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:31.120
 leaders,

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.440
 don't forget

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:32.780
 them,

00:30:33.280 --> 00:30:33.620
 keep them

00:30:33.620 --> 00:30:34.140
 accountable.

00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:35.560
 the health

00:30:35.560 --> 00:30:36.020
 of this

00:30:36.020 --> 00:30:36.460
 church

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:37.520
 depends in

00:30:37.520 --> 00:30:38.560
 part on

00:30:38.560 --> 00:30:39.259
 your

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:40.180
 elders

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:41.640
 to commit

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:41.920
 them to

00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:42.259
 prayer.

00:30:42.600 --> 00:30:42.920
 I don't

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.140
 think we

00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:43.540
 realise

00:30:43.540 --> 00:30:44.220
 sometimes

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:45.040
 the heavy

00:30:45.040 --> 00:30:45.580
 pressure

00:30:45.580 --> 00:30:46.100
 that elders

00:30:46.100 --> 00:30:46.840
 come under

00:30:46.840 --> 00:30:47.700
 from the

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:48.340
 evil one.

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:49.720
 Satan

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:50.780
 knows if

00:30:50.780 --> 00:30:51.020
 he can

00:30:51.020 --> 00:30:52.140
 sift a

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:52.520
 leader

00:30:52.520 --> 00:30:54.540
 then the

00:30:54.540 --> 00:30:54.820
 ministry

00:30:54.820 --> 00:30:55.440
 goes kaput.

00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:57.280
 He knows

00:30:57.280 --> 00:30:57.460
 if he can

00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:57.660
 get to

00:30:57.660 --> 00:30:57.960
 the top

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:58.320
 men or

00:30:58.320 --> 00:30:58.640
 women

00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:59.440
 that the

00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:00.080
 house of

00:31:00.080 --> 00:31:00.600
 cards

00:31:00.600 --> 00:31:01.259
 will

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:02.259
 tumble.

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:03.460
 So

00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:04.180
 members,

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:04.920
 get on

00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:05.380
 your knees

00:31:05.380 --> 00:31:07.019
 daily for

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.860
 your leaders

00:31:07.860 --> 00:31:09.640
 and pray

00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:10.079
 for them.

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.799
 And leaders,

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:12.960
 be on guard

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.740
 constantly,

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:14.660
 wearing the

00:31:14.660 --> 00:31:15.660
 spiritual armour

00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:16.319
 of the Lord

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:17.100
 because Satan

00:31:17.100 --> 00:31:19.400
 is roaring

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:21.079
 around like

00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:22.100
 a wild lion

00:31:22.100 --> 00:31:23.140
 seeking to

00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:23.579
 devour.

00:31:24.360 --> 00:31:24.740
 We need

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.079
 Christ,

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:25.400
 don't we

00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:25.660
 leaders?

00:31:26.900 --> 00:31:27.579
 We need

00:31:27.579 --> 00:31:28.059
 Christ.

00:31:29.360 --> 00:31:29.519
 So

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:29.740
 secondly,

00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:30.160
 a leader needs

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:30.620
 to be blamed

00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:31.180
 and thirdly,

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:31.819
 a godly leader

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.819
 and finally,

00:31:32.819 --> 00:31:33.679
 needs to

00:31:33.679 --> 00:31:34.099
 teach

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:35.139
 sound

00:31:35.139 --> 00:31:36.159
 doctrine.

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.299
 Look at

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:38.799
 verse 9

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.119
 again.

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:39.819
 He must

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.740
 hold firm

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:41.539
 the trustworthy

00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:42.439
 word as

00:31:42.439 --> 00:31:43.599
 taught so

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:44.259
 that he may

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:44.879
 be able to

00:31:44.879 --> 00:31:45.559
 give instruction

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.079
 to sound

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:47.019
 doctrine and

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.419
 also to

00:31:47.419 --> 00:31:48.099
 rebuke those

00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:48.980
 who contradict

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.439
 it.

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:50.779
 An elder

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:51.339
 has two

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:51.779
 jobs,

00:31:51.899 --> 00:31:52.539
 to preach

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:53.059
 the word

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:53.879
 and to

00:31:53.879 --> 00:31:54.439
 defend

00:31:54.439 --> 00:31:55.579
 the truth.

00:31:56.679 --> 00:31:57.419
 This means

00:31:57.419 --> 00:31:58.019
 an elder

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.740
 must know

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.179
 the word

00:31:59.179 --> 00:31:59.700
 of God.

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:01.500
 They must

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:01.840
 know the

00:32:01.840 --> 00:32:02.380
 foundational

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:03.480
 truths of

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:04.100
 the Bible

00:32:04.100 --> 00:32:05.059
 so that he

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.680
 can equip

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.240
 the sheep

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:06.960
 and keep

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.600
 them from

00:32:07.600 --> 00:32:08.080
 error.

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.600
 Our

00:32:10.600 --> 00:32:11.200
 churches,

00:32:11.420 --> 00:32:11.680
 don't they

00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:12.000
 need the

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.740
 word of

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.259
 God,

00:32:13.360 --> 00:32:13.660
 people?

00:32:15.600 --> 00:32:16.480
 They need

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:16.860
 to know

00:32:16.860 --> 00:32:17.380
 that it's

00:32:17.380 --> 00:32:18.080
 sufficient

00:32:18.080 --> 00:32:19.400
 for all

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:20.620
 of life's

00:32:20.620 --> 00:32:21.100
 problems.

00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:23.120
 They need

00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:23.519
 to know

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:23.980
 that it is

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:24.680
 a mighty

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:25.480
 unstoppable

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:26.059
 river.

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:29.740
 they need

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.079
 to know

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:30.419
 that it's

00:32:30.419 --> 00:32:30.960
 only by

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:31.399
 God's

00:32:31.399 --> 00:32:32.500
 words that

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:32.759
 we will

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.579
 be changed.

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:35.299
 They need

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:35.659
 to know

00:32:35.659 --> 00:32:36.359
 that this

00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:36.799
 word is

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.299
 dynamite,

00:32:37.399 --> 00:32:37.839
 isn't it?

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.039
 As we

00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:39.539
 read it,

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:39.779
 as we

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.359
 pray upon

00:32:40.359 --> 00:32:40.500
 it,

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:40.720
 as we

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.119
 hear it

00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:41.599
 preached

00:32:41.599 --> 00:32:42.440
 week in,

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:43.119
 week out,

00:32:43.659 --> 00:32:44.440
 it puts us

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:44.659
 in our

00:32:44.659 --> 00:32:45.039
 place,

00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:45.379
 doesn't it?

00:32:45.399 --> 00:32:45.819
 It reminds

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:46.179
 us who

00:32:46.179 --> 00:32:46.940
 God is.

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.599
 It reminds

00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:49.279
 us that

00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:49.559
 we are

00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:49.980
 sinners in

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.480
 comparison.

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.579
 It reminds

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:52.339
 us constantly

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:53.159
 of our need

00:32:53.159 --> 00:32:53.879
 for the

00:32:53.879 --> 00:32:54.559
 Lord Jesus

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:55.220
 Christ to

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.639
 be close

00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:56.120
 to us.

00:32:58.900 --> 00:32:59.460
 The

00:32:59.460 --> 00:32:59.940
 word

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:01.060
 transforms

00:33:01.060 --> 00:33:01.940
 us as

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:02.460
 the spirit

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:02.900
 of God

00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:03.620
 takes it

00:33:03.620 --> 00:33:04.400
 and applies

00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:04.720
 it to

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.420
 our lives.

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:08.800
 In

00:33:08.800 --> 00:33:09.200
 short,

00:33:09.540 --> 00:33:10.420
 God's

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:10.920
 words

00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:11.680
 brings

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:12.380
 revival

00:33:12.380 --> 00:33:13.920
 and

00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:14.640
 spiritual

00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:15.240
 awakening.

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:16.720
 And so

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:17.100
 as elders

00:33:17.100 --> 00:33:17.600
 and pastors

00:33:17.600 --> 00:33:17.820
 here,

00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:18.180
 do not

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:18.759
 try flashy

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.320
 techniques.

00:33:19.820 --> 00:33:20.380
 They don't

00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:20.780
 work.

00:33:23.040 --> 00:33:23.759
 Only the

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.440
 word of

00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:25.160
 God can

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:25.940
 transform

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:27.180
 our lives.

00:33:28.340 --> 00:33:28.740
 Preach

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:28.960
 it,

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:29.840
 know

00:33:29.840 --> 00:33:30.160
 it,

00:33:30.620 --> 00:33:31.000
 trust

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.480
 in it,

00:33:32.100 --> 00:33:32.360
 be

00:33:32.360 --> 00:33:33.019
 transformed

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.560
 by it.

00:33:36.560 --> 00:33:37.259
 Listen to

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:37.580
 Paul's

00:33:37.580 --> 00:33:38.180
 instruction to

00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:38.460
 Timothy,

00:33:38.540 --> 00:33:38.980
 I charge

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.200
 you in the

00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:39.660
 presence of

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:40.340
 God and

00:33:40.340 --> 00:33:40.860
 of Christ

00:33:40.860 --> 00:33:41.200
 Jesus,

00:33:41.300 --> 00:33:41.800
 who's judged

00:33:41.800 --> 00:33:42.200
 the living and

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:42.620
 the dead,

00:33:42.860 --> 00:33:43.380
 and by his

00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:43.900
 appearing in

00:33:43.900 --> 00:33:44.300
 his kingdom,

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.000
 preach the

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.320
 word.

00:33:46.420 --> 00:33:47.259
 Be ready in

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:48.120
 season and

00:33:48.120 --> 00:33:48.880
 out of season.

00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:49.900
 Reprove,

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:50.660
 rebuke,

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.340
 and exhort with

00:33:51.340 --> 00:33:52.259
 complete patience

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:53.759
 and teaching.

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:56.779
 Again,

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.740
 I revert back

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.039
 to that

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:59.539
 testimony that

00:33:59.539 --> 00:33:59.940
 you heard

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:00.379
 earlier.

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:01.500
 We didn't

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:01.819
 do anything

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.339
 special.

00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:04.779
 There's no

00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:05.740
 zip wire at

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:06.339
 our church,

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:08.179
 no smoke

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.679
 machines.

00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:11.079
 We preach

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.539
 the words

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:11.960
 week in,

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.420
 week out.

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.619
 People come,

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:14.739
 they hear,

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.559
 and they are

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:16.159
 transformed.

00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:18.800
 That's what's

00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:18.900
 going to

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.480
 transform your

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:20.619
 hearts and

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:21.320
 your minds

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:22.679
 here at

00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:23.219
 Brunsfield.

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:24.719
 Let me say

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:24.920
 again,

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:25.199
 this is not

00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:25.440
 just a

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:25.960
 man thing.

00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:27.860
 Men and

00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:28.480
 women and

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:29.240
 children need

00:34:29.240 --> 00:34:29.500
 to know

00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:30.280
 God's words.

00:34:30.760 --> 00:34:31.139
 We need

00:34:31.139 --> 00:34:31.780
 godly wives,

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:32.260
 don't we?

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:35.920
 We need

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.599
 older women

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:37.179
 here to

00:34:37.179 --> 00:34:37.780
 teach younger

00:34:37.780 --> 00:34:38.240
 women and

00:34:38.240 --> 00:34:38.820
 sound doctrine

00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:39.119
 and get

00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:39.480
 into that

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:40.000
 in Titus

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.320
 2.

00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:42.039
 You see,

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:42.260
 it's not

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:42.539
 just the

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:42.960
 job of

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.460
 the elders

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:44.059
 to protect

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.980
 the purity

00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:45.280
 of the

00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:45.659
 gospel of

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.000
 the whole

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.500
 church.

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:48.460
 In

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:48.780
 Galatians

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:49.480
 1.6,

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:50.199
 he doesn't

00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:50.539
 write to

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:50.980
 the elders,

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:51.760
 he writes

00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:52.059
 to the

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.519
 church.

00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:54.579
 And he

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:55.219
 holds them

00:34:55.219 --> 00:34:55.800
 accountable

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:56.780
 for protecting

00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:57.699
 the gospel.

00:34:59.099 --> 00:34:59.840
 We need

00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:00.360
 more women,

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:00.780
 don't we,

00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:01.059
 who are

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:01.639
 theologically

00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:02.719
 astute and

00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:03.179
 can train

00:35:03.179 --> 00:35:03.860
 younger women

00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:04.639
 and be a

00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:05.360
 godly influence

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:05.659
 in their

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:06.099
 lives.

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:08.079
 Just because

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:08.280
 we're

00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:09.099
 complementarian

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.840
 does not

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.280
 mean that we

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:10.920
 cannot train

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.719
 women to

00:35:11.719 --> 00:35:12.579
 train others,

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:13.780
 other women.

00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:16.099
 It's sorely

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:16.519
 missing in

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.099
 our land.

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:21.960
 And your

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.539
 main job as

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:23.000
 a listener,

00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:23.719
 week in and

00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:24.079
 week out,

00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:24.480
 is to be

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:25.299
 attentive to

00:35:25.299 --> 00:35:25.980
 God's word,

00:35:27.139 --> 00:35:27.739
 but not to

00:35:27.739 --> 00:35:28.159
 be like the

00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:28.619
 man who

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:28.920
 looks in

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.219
 the mirror

00:35:29.219 --> 00:35:29.599
 and walks

00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:30.339
 away and

00:35:30.339 --> 00:35:30.639
 doesn't do

00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:31.219
 anything about

00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:31.719
 it, but to

00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:33.000
 obey God's

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.460
 words.

00:35:33.779 --> 00:35:34.279
 Listen to

00:35:34.279 --> 00:35:34.599
 it.

00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:35.599
 Listen to

00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:36.019
 what your

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.539
 elders are

00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:37.139
 saying through

00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:37.860
 God's word

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:39.019
 and respond to

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.259
 it in

00:35:39.259 --> 00:35:39.960
 repentance and

00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:40.319
 faith.

00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:44.299
 Let me end

00:35:44.299 --> 00:35:44.659
 with one,

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.380
 Peter, if

00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:45.559
 you want to

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:45.860
 turn with me

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:46.019
 there.

00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:46.839
 1 Peter 5

00:35:46.839 --> 00:35:52.920
 says this,

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.480
 So exhort

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:53.839
 the elders

00:35:53.839 --> 00:35:54.460
 among you

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:55.159
 as a

00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:55.839
 fellow elder

00:35:55.839 --> 00:35:56.619
 and a

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:57.039
 witness of

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:57.659
 the sufferings

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:58.299
 of Christ,

00:35:58.679 --> 00:35:59.619
 as well as

00:35:59.619 --> 00:36:00.380
 the partaking

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:00.940
 of the glory

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:01.339
 that is going

00:36:01.339 --> 00:36:01.980
 to be revealed.

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:03.500
 Shepherd the

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:03.900
 flock of

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:04.400
 God that is

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:04.839
 among you

00:36:04.839 --> 00:36:05.380
 exercising

00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:06.119
 oversight,

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:07.360
 not under

00:36:07.360 --> 00:36:07.900
 compulsion,

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.480
 but willingly

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:09.039
 as God

00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:09.519
 would have

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:09.619
 you,

00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:09.940
 not for

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:10.199
 shameful

00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:10.500
 gain,

00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:11.059
 but eagerly,

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:12.259
 not domineering

00:36:12.259 --> 00:36:12.719
 over those

00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:12.920
 in your

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:13.259
 charge,

00:36:13.299 --> 00:36:13.559
 but being

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:14.339
 examples to

00:36:14.339 --> 00:36:14.759
 the flock.

00:36:14.760 --> 00:36:16.960
 And when

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.400
 the chief

00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:17.700
 shepherd

00:36:17.700 --> 00:36:18.240
 appears,

00:36:18.640 --> 00:36:19.120
 you will

00:36:19.120 --> 00:36:19.860
 receive the

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:20.680
 unfading

00:36:20.680 --> 00:36:21.920
 crown

00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:23.240
 of glory.

00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:26.479
 one day,

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:27.139
 Jesus is

00:36:27.139 --> 00:36:27.299
 going to

00:36:27.299 --> 00:36:27.779
 come back

00:36:27.779 --> 00:36:28.139
 and what a

00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:28.779
 glorious day

00:36:28.779 --> 00:36:29.039
 it's going

00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:29.379
 to be.

00:36:29.979 --> 00:36:30.319
 And he's

00:36:30.319 --> 00:36:30.500
 going to

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:31.179
 hold us

00:36:31.179 --> 00:36:31.599
 leaders

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:32.359
 accountable

00:36:32.359 --> 00:36:33.339
 for our

00:36:33.339 --> 00:36:34.500
 service to

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:36.139
 his flock.

00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:38.619
 our people

00:36:38.619 --> 00:36:38.920
 and our

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:39.299
 churches

00:36:39.299 --> 00:36:39.699
 are only

00:36:39.699 --> 00:36:40.099
 on loan

00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:40.559
 for us

00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:41.000
 so we

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:41.099
 might

00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:41.519
 protect

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:41.819
 them,

00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:42.359
 build

00:36:42.359 --> 00:36:42.559
 them

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:42.799
 up,

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:43.500
 guide

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:43.900
 and love

00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:44.079
 them

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:44.420
 well.

00:36:45.900 --> 00:36:46.159
 And it

00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:46.379
 is a

00:36:46.379 --> 00:36:46.960
 tough job,

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:47.539
 it is a

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:48.159
 difficult job

00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:48.859
 at times,

00:36:49.239 --> 00:36:50.279
 it's a

00:36:50.279 --> 00:36:50.699
 thankless

00:36:50.699 --> 00:36:51.379
 task,

00:36:51.879 --> 00:36:52.359
 but here's

00:36:52.359 --> 00:36:52.839
 the encouragement

00:36:52.839 --> 00:36:53.259
 from this

00:36:53.259 --> 00:36:53.619
 text,

00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:54.420
 if we have

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:55.940
 been faithful

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.619
 to Christ

00:36:56.619 --> 00:36:57.219
 then we

00:36:57.219 --> 00:36:57.940
 will receive

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:59.319
 the unfading

00:36:59.319 --> 00:37:00.279
 crown

00:37:00.279 --> 00:37:01.239
 of glory.

00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:05.759
 Let us

00:37:05.759 --> 00:37:06.059
 remember the

00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:06.399
 Lord Jesus

00:37:06.399 --> 00:37:07.639
 Christ as

00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:08.259
 we end,

00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:09.799
 because this

00:37:09.799 --> 00:37:10.379
 list in

00:37:10.379 --> 00:37:12.619
 this book

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.259
 of Titus is

00:37:13.259 --> 00:37:13.699
 really just a

00:37:13.699 --> 00:37:14.119
 description of

00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:14.679
 Jesus Christ

00:37:14.679 --> 00:37:15.159
 isn't it?

00:37:17.339 --> 00:37:18.059
 He is the

00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:19.000
 perfect leader

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:20.379
 and shepherd

00:37:20.379 --> 00:37:21.579
 who laid

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:22.179
 down his

00:37:22.179 --> 00:37:23.199
 sheep for

00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:24.259
 his flock

00:37:24.259 --> 00:37:25.719
 so that we

00:37:25.719 --> 00:37:26.559
 might come

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:26.899
 into the

00:37:26.899 --> 00:37:27.419
 presence of

00:37:27.419 --> 00:37:28.319
 God and

00:37:28.319 --> 00:37:29.119
 worship him

00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:30.039
 in spirit

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:31.139
 and in

00:37:31.139 --> 00:37:31.639
 truth.

00:37:32.179 --> 00:37:32.480
 As

00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:33.019
 Christians

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:34.019
 here this

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:34.480
 evening we

00:37:34.480 --> 00:37:34.759
 need to keep

00:37:34.759 --> 00:37:35.079
 our eyes

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:35.539
 focused on

00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:35.839
 him,

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.299
 don't we?

00:37:36.739 --> 00:37:37.420
 The founder

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:38.139
 perfecter of

00:37:38.139 --> 00:37:38.699
 our faith

00:37:38.699 --> 00:37:39.319
 and keep

00:37:39.319 --> 00:37:39.900
 running this

00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:41.000
 race with

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:42.159
 our endurance.

00:37:43.059 --> 00:37:43.579
 Our leaders

00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:44.059
 might not be

00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:44.579
 perfect,

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:45.619
 in fact they

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:46.039
 are not,

00:37:46.940 --> 00:37:48.279
 but he

00:37:48.279 --> 00:37:49.659
 was and

00:37:49.659 --> 00:37:50.319
 he will lead

00:37:50.319 --> 00:37:51.299
 us all the

00:37:51.299 --> 00:37:51.900
 way home

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:52.779
 under the

00:37:52.779 --> 00:37:53.980
 leadership of

00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:54.579
 his

00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:55.319
 under

00:37:55.319 --> 00:37:55.960
 shepherds.

00:37:57.359 --> 00:37:57.559
 Seek

00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:58.819
 Christ this

00:37:58.819 --> 00:37:59.199
 evening

00:37:59.199 --> 00:38:00.859
 and

00:38:00.860 --> 00:38:01.140
 imitate

00:38:01.140 --> 00:38:01.539
 him.

00:38:02.820 --> 00:38:03.120
 Amen?

00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:04.500
 Amen.