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 Happy Mother's Day to you all.

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 If you're new to Trinity or if you're new to Christian things in general, we're glad

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 you're here.

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 Let me invite you to turn to 1 Corinthians chapter 11 with me.

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 That's page 969, I believe, in the Pew Bible.

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 What we've been doing here at Trinity in the morning service is walking through, teaching

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 through the New Testament book of 1 Corinthians written by the Apostle Paul.

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 In our text this morning, we come to a new section of this book, and this section deals

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 with the topic of worship.

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 Along the way, Paul's been responding to various questions and issues going on in the church

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 of Corinth.

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 If you've been here over the past months, you'll remember that in chapters 1 through 4, he dealt

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 with factions and divisions in the church.

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 Then there were questions about sex and singleness and marriage that he dealt with in chapters

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 5 through 7.

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 Then there were questions about freedoms and rights and how to interact faithfully with

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 their cultural surroundings.

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 That was chapters 8 through 10.

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 And along the way, it's all been pretty practical, relevant stuff.

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 And now in this next section, starting in chapter 11 and going the whole way through chapter 14,

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 Paul's going to deal with issues related to their worship gatherings.

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 What happens when they come together to worship God on Sundays?

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 And if you look ahead to chapters 12 and 13 and 14, that's kind of the biggest chunk of

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 this section.

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 That part deals with spiritual gifts and the need to build each other up rather than just

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 show off through the exercise of those gifts.

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 Before that, at the end of chapter 11, we'll look at the Lord's Supper and the underlying issue

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 of class divisions in the church.

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 How are the rich and the poor alike being welcomed to the one table of the Lord?

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 But that's all in weeks to come.

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 This morning, we kick it all off in the beginning of chapter 11 by talking about corporate gathered

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 worship and the importance of gender.

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 How do we honor God and one another in our times of gathered worship when it comes to being male and female?

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 Now, the benefits, one of the benefits of preaching through a whole book, section by section,

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 like we're doing in 1 Corinthians, is that it keeps us from shying away from hard topics like this one.

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 But it also lets you know that when these trickier topics come up,

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 we're not just trying to ride some weird hobby horse.

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 The elders did not sit down and say,

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 you know what we really ought to preach about on Mother's Day?

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 The Sunday with the third highest church attendance of the year?

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 Gender and worship.

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 That would be awesome.

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 Let's do that.

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 No, the conversation went more like last summer, actually.

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 Hey, there's a lot of great practical stuff in 1 Corinthians

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 about living out the gospel together.

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 Let's walk through that as a church.

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 So we divided it up, put it on the calendar, and this is where it fell.

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 Happy Mother's Day.

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 But there's no doubt that this is a timely topic.

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 Culturally, we are all asking very deep questions about these things,

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 about gender, aren't we?

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 And I think the benefit of this cultural moment to the church

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 is that it's requiring us to come back to Scripture with fresh eyes

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 to get a richer and deeper clarity and vision

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 of what it really means to be male and female

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 as members of the body of Christ for the sake of the world.

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 It's challenging us, actually, in a good way,

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 not just to settle for how we've always done things

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 or to settle on our gut reactions

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 or to just go with the flow of culture,

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 but it's actually challenging us to really listen afresh

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 and to really open ourselves up to the biblical vision

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 of what God intends for His glory

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 and for our flourishing when it comes to being created male and female.

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 And I think what we see in our text,

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 what we're going to see in our text,

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 when it comes to gender and worship,

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 is that there must be both freedom and form.

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 In fact, more freedom and more form all at the same time

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 than most people on all sides of this issue are comfortable with.

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 After all, freedom and form and order

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 kind of seem like they're at odds with one another, right?

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 Well, freedom and form seem to be at odds with one another,

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 that is, until you think about pretty much anything of lasting beauty.

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 Think of a jazz musician who plays with untrammeled freedom.

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 Yet that same musician knows that there's a deep form

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 that she or he has to respect,

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 the progression, the scales, the rhythm,

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 these forms that every great jazz musician has mastered and embraced.

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 And the freedom, together with the form, results in what?

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 In beauty.

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 Find one album in human history that's better than Miles Davis' Kind of Blue,

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 and I'll give you $20 on the spot.

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 Can't be done.

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 Maybe Tom could find a different one.

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 I don't know.

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 Or think of an athlete.

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 The ones who play with the most effortless freedom,

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 the ones who are on the cutting edge of the sport,

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 those same athletes are also the ones

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 who have mastered and entrenched themselves

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 in the very fundamentals of the game.

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 They embrace the forms,

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 and they respect them and know them inside and out.

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 They're the ones who are shooting a thousand shots in the gym

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 every single day.

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 Freedom and form equals beauty.

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 We know this.

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 And that's, I think, what we're going to see here in our text.

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 So let's dive in.

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 1 Corinthians 11, chapter 11, verses 2 through 16.

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 Chapter 11, verse 2 through 16.

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 Paul writes this.

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 Now, I commend you because you remember me in everything

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 and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you.

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 But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ,

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 the head of a wife is her husband,

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 and the head of Christ is God.

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 Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered

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 dishonors his head.

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 But every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered

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 dishonors her head,

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 since it is the same as if her head were shaven.

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 For if a wife will not cover her head,

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 then she should cut her hair short.

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 But since it is disgraceful for a wife to cut off her hair

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 or shave her head, let her cover her head.

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 For a man ought not to cover his head,

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 since he is the image and glory of God.

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 But woman is the glory of man.

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 For man was not made from woman,

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 but woman from man.

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 Neither was man created for woman,

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 but woman for man.

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 That is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority

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 on her head because of the angels.

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 Nevertheless, in the Lord,

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 woman is not independent of man,

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 nor man of woman.

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 For as woman was made from man,

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 so man is now born of woman,

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 and all things are from God.

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 Judge for yourselves.

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 Is it proper for a wife to pray to God

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 with her head uncovered?

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 Lord, does not nature itself teach you

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 that if a man wears long hair,

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 it is a disgrace for him?

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 But if a woman has long hair,

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 it is her glory,

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 for her hair is given to her for a covering.

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 If anyone is inclined to be contentious,

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 we have no such practice,

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 nor do the churches of God.

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 I wonder if you've ever been walking down the street

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 and overheard someone talking on their phone.

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 You're walking behind them,

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 and you overhear just one side,

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 their side of the conversation.

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 And you might hear something like this.

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 Yeah, I'll bring the meat.

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 No, it's purple with dinosaurs on it.

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 Well, look, if you want to give her that much money,

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 that's your decision.

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 Of course, I already told you,

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 I'll bring the meat.

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 And as you stroll along,

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 you think to yourself,

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 what in the world is this conversation about?

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 Are they planning some sort of

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 carnivorous dinosaur-themed birthday party

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 for a five-year-old girl?

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 What are they talking about?

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 Well, to a certain extent,

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 that's kind of what we're doing this morning.

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 We're listening in on one side of a conversation.

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 Reading this letter of the Apostle Paul

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 to the church in Corinth,

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 written to real people in a real place

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 at a real time long ago,

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 is sort of like listening to just one side of a phone call.

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 In order to understand it,

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 we sometimes have to do our best

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 to fill in both sides of the conversation.

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 And most of the time,

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 in reading the New Testament letters,

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 most of the time,

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 through a careful reading of the text,

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 and through studying the social

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 and historical and literary context,

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 most of the time,

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 we can do a really good job of doing that.

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 And as a result,

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 we can say with a fairly high degree of confidence

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 what's going on in most passages.

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 But,

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 every once in a while,

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 we come across a detail

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 or a reference

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 or maybe even a paragraph

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 that just is not as clear.

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 Of course,

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 it would have all made sense

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 to the original audience.

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 They were the one talking

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 on the other end of the line.

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 But for us,

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 we simply have to make our best educated guess

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 using all the information we have,

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 try to capture the big idea

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 or the big picture of what's going on

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 and readily admit

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 that there are some details

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 that we're just not 100% sure about

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 or maybe even 75% sure about

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 or maybe even 25% sure about.

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 And it goes without saying

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 that our text this morning

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 is one of those

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 where there's a lot

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 we're just not sure about.

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 There are a number of details

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 in this text we've just read

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 that we need to make

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 some educated guesses about,

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 but we need to hold those guesses

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 with a pretty open hand.

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 In this sermon,

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 I'm going to say probably

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 and most likely

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 and maybe a lot of times.

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 But what we'll see

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 is that there are some central themes

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 that are pretty clear.

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 So we'll spend most of our time

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 this morning talking about

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 what's clear

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 and not get too lost

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 in the weeds

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 of the finer,

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 more obscure details

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 that come up along the way.

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 And I think that

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 as I've been sort of

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 sitting with this text

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 for a number of weeks,

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 there are two things

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 that we see pretty clearly.

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 And surprisingly,

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 almost every commentator

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 I read has agreed.

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 I'm going to tell you

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 what they are,

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 I'm going to show you

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 where they come from

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 in the text,

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 and then we'll talk about

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 how to apply them today.

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 And both of these things,

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 in both of these things,

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 Paul is concerned,

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 above all,

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 that we honor God

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 and we honor one another

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 in our corporate worship.

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 Did you notice

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 how often Paul uses

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 language of glory

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 and honor

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 or shame

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 and dishonor

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 in this text?

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 He wants our times together

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 to honor each other

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 and in so doing

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 to honor God.

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 So,

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 first clear principle

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 is this.

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 We honor God

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 and we honor one another

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 in our corporate worship

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 when we empower

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 the participation

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 of both men

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 and women

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 in the body.

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 When we empower

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 the participation

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 of both men

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 and women

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 in what's going on

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 on Sundays.

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 Okay,

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 where do we see that?

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 Well,

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 let's start at the top.

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 Paul begins in verse 2

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 by commending

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 the Corinthians

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 for the traditions

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 he's passed on to them.

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 The traditions here

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 would have been

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 the sort of body

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 of Christian beliefs

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 and practices

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 that the apostles

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 would have taught

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 in all the churches

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 and that we now

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 have preserved for us

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 in the New Testament.

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 And on the whole,

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 Paul says

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 the Corinthians

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 are doing their best

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 to maintain these

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 and he commends them

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 for it.

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 Which goes to show

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 that even in some

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 pretty messed up places

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 you can probably find

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 something to praise,

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 right?

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 The Corinthians

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 had a lot of things

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 that were mixed up

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 but Paul still finds

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 something to sort of

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 encourage them about.

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 Then in verse 2

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 he says,

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 but,

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 but I want you

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 to understand.

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 In other words,

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 here's an area

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 where I need

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 to help you

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 gain a little more

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 clarity.

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 He's moving

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 from commendation

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 to instruction.

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 He's not rebuking them,

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 he's not correcting them,

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 he's not upset

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 with them here.

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 He's just like

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 a good friend,

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 like a good pastor

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 going to help him

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 hash some things out.

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 And the issue

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 at hand

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 seems to revolve

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 around the issue

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 of head coverings.

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 You see that

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 in verse 4 and 5.

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 Men, it seems,

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 should pray and prophesy

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 with their heads

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 uncovered.

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 Women, on the other hand,

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 should pray or prophesy

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 with their heads

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 covered.

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 Now,

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 first little

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 exegetical issue.

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 It's possible

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 that the language

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 in verse 4 and 5

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 could be referring

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 not to head coverings

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 but to hairstyles.

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 If that's true,

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 then verse 4

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 would be saying

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 something like

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 men shouldn't have hair

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 that comes down

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 from their head.

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 That is really long hair.

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 In that case,

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 I would be doing great

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 for this passage.

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 In verse 5

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 in that reading,

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 women shouldn't let

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 their hair flow down loosely.

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 That is,

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 they should keep it

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 neatly tied up.

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 Okay.

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 Commentators go both way

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 on this thing.

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 We can't be 100% sure

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 which one it is,

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 but I think

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 that probably,

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 maybe,

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 we can make more sense

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 of the passage as a whole

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 if Paul has in mind

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 some sort of actual

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 literal garment

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 or head covering.

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 It seems in the first century

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 that most women

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 and particularly

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 married women

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 in public

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 would have worn

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 some sort of shawl

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 or scarf

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 over their heads.

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 It was a sign

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 in that culture

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 culture,

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 and we all know

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 clothing carries

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 a lot of significance

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 in a culture.

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 It was a sign

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 in that culture

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 of respectability,

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 of decorum,

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 even of modesty,

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 and it also sort of

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 functioned as a sign

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 of respect

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 or deference

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 for your husband

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 and for your family

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 household.

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 Okay.

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 Now,

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 perhaps one of the things

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 that we don't appreciate

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 enough

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 is how radically

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 and wildly

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 liberating

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 the gospel was

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 in the first century.

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 In the passage

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 that Mary read

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 for us earlier,

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 we heard Paul saying

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 that you are all

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 one in Christ,

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 that there's no more

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 Jew and Greek,

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 there's no more

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 slave or free,

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 there's no more

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 male and female.

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 When it comes

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 to your status

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 before God,

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 when it comes

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 to being included

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 in His kingdom,

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 those distinctions

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 don't bear weight.

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 Though we are

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 all sinners,

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 though we are

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 all morally

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 bankrupt and bent,

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 the gospel is

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 that through faith

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 in Christ,

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 all of us

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 are reckoned

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 by the Father

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 as righteous

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 and as loved

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 and as valued

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 and as important

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 as the very Son

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 of God Himself.

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 Paul says

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 we've put

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 on Christ.

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 And whether

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 you're Jew or Gentile,

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 rich or poor,

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 male or female,

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 you are all

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 the fully adopted

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 heirs of a king

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 through faith

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 and faith alone.

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 And that makes

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 Christianity

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 totally different

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 than any other religion

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 that would have been

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 out there,

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 either for the Corinthians

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 then or really

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 for you and us now.

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 because every other

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 religion basically

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 says what?

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 If I become

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 the right sort

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 of person,

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 then I can be

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 accepted by God.

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 If I do this

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 or become this

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 or perform this,

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 then on the other

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 side of that

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 there's perhaps

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 acceptance.

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 But Christianity

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 comes along

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 and says,

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 no,

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 God accepts you

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 by grace

00:17:01.059 --> 00:17:02.319
 through Jesus.

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 and as a result

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 of that,

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 you can finally

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 start to become

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 who you were

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 meant to be.

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 You actually

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 want to obey

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 and love

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 and serve Him.

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 Acceptance leads

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 to the change.

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 And once you get

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 that difference

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 between those two

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 things,

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 you start to realize

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 how liberating

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 Christianity

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 actually is.

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 and so,

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 it's no surprise

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 that some of the

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 men and women

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 in Corinth

00:17:35.580 --> 00:17:36.720
 in the first century

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 were probably

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 thinking something

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 like this.

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 Given this

00:17:41.980 --> 00:17:43.460
 newfound identity

00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:44.240
 and freedom

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 that we have

00:17:44.900 --> 00:17:45.559
 in Christ,

00:17:46.380 --> 00:17:47.360
 when we gather

00:17:47.360 --> 00:17:48.059
 for worship

00:17:48.059 --> 00:17:49.240
 and particularly

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 when we pray

00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:51.160
 and prophesy,

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 should the women

00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:53.980
 among us

00:17:53.980 --> 00:17:55.160
 continue to wear

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 their head coverings?

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 I mean,

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 if we're all

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 one in Christ,

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 if we're all

00:18:00.300 --> 00:18:01.160
 equal heirs

00:18:01.160 --> 00:18:01.740
 of the kingdom,

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 should we even

00:18:04.019 --> 00:18:04.880
 have that sort

00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:05.800
 of attire anymore?

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 Sure,

00:18:08.779 --> 00:18:09.200
 we might have to

00:18:09.200 --> 00:18:09.480
 wear it out

00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:10.019
 in the marketplace,

00:18:10.420 --> 00:18:11.279
 but what about

00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:11.920
 in the church?

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 What about here

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 in this new community

00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:15.480
 that Christ has created?

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 Are we free

00:18:17.420 --> 00:18:18.200
 from those things

00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:18.660
 in the body

00:18:18.660 --> 00:18:19.220
 of Christ?

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 Christ?

00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:23.120
 Now,

00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:25.440
 before we take a look

00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:26.039
 at Paul's answer

00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:27.079
 to that question,

00:18:29.019 --> 00:18:30.460
 notice the fact

00:18:30.460 --> 00:18:33.079
 that Paul does not

00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:34.680
 even bat an eye

00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:36.500
 at the fact that

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 women are praying

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 and prophesying

00:18:38.420 --> 00:18:39.100
 in the gathered

00:18:39.100 --> 00:18:39.559
 assembly.

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 In fact,

00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:43.559
 a lot of commentators

00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:44.380
 think that part of

00:18:44.380 --> 00:18:45.680
 Paul's commendation

00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:46.940
 in verse 2

00:18:46.940 --> 00:18:49.480
 includes the fact

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 that at Corinth

00:18:50.120 --> 00:18:50.799
 men and women

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 were participating

00:18:51.600 --> 00:18:52.539
 so freely

00:18:52.539 --> 00:18:53.320
 in the gathered

00:18:53.320 --> 00:18:54.259
 worship of the church.

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 After all,

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 hadn't Joel chapter 2

00:18:58.980 --> 00:19:00.220
 foreseen the very day

00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:01.019
 and hadn't Peter

00:19:01.019 --> 00:19:01.980
 himself quoted

00:19:01.980 --> 00:19:03.279
 that text at Pentecost?

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 That the days

00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:05.220
 were coming

00:19:05.220 --> 00:19:05.799
 when God would

00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:06.539
 pour out His Spirit

00:19:06.539 --> 00:19:07.740
 on all flesh

00:19:07.740 --> 00:19:08.420
 and your sons

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 and your daughters

00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:10.680
 shall prophesy.

00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:15.340
 It seems abundantly

00:19:15.340 --> 00:19:17.100
 clear from 1 Corinthians 11

00:19:17.100 --> 00:19:17.720
 that men

00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:19.080
 and women

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 were praying

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 and prophesying

00:19:20.360 --> 00:19:20.840
 in the gathered

00:19:20.840 --> 00:19:21.240
 assembly.

00:19:22.560 --> 00:19:23.560
 And Paul has

00:19:23.560 --> 00:19:25.039
 no issue,

00:19:25.279 --> 00:19:26.279
 no problem

00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:27.259
 with them doing so.

00:19:29.600 --> 00:19:30.080
 Now,

00:19:30.220 --> 00:19:30.820
 we'll get into

00:19:30.820 --> 00:19:31.580
 the head coverings

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 issue in a minute,

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 but I think it's worth

00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:34.620
 just sitting

00:19:34.620 --> 00:19:35.759
 with that observation

00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:38.500
 for a little bit.

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 Paul assumes

00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:42.339
 the fact

00:19:42.339 --> 00:19:43.059
 that men

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 and women

00:19:43.619 --> 00:19:44.279
 were going

00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:44.660
 to offer

00:19:44.660 --> 00:19:45.400
 public prayers

00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:45.859
 when the church

00:19:45.859 --> 00:19:46.220
 gathers.

00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:48.359
 Paul assumes

00:19:48.359 --> 00:19:48.940
 the fact

00:19:48.940 --> 00:19:49.599
 that men

00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:50.019
 and women

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.700
 were going

00:19:50.700 --> 00:19:51.259
 to offer

00:19:51.259 --> 00:19:52.140
 public words

00:19:52.140 --> 00:19:52.720
 of edification

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 and encouragement

00:19:53.420 --> 00:19:54.079
 when the church

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 gathers,

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 which is what

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 Paul means,

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 by the way,

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 by prophesy here.

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 Turn over,

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 actually,

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 just a couple

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 of pages

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 to 1 Corinthians 14

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 verse 3

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 if you're

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 in your Bible.

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 Chapter 14

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 verse 3,

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 just a couple

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 pages over.

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 14 verse 3,

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 here's how

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 Paul defines

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 what he means

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 by prophecy.

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 Ready?

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 The one

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 who prophesies

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 speaks to the people

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 for their upbuilding

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 and encouragement

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 and consolation.

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 Now,

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 when we hear

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 the word prophecy,

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 we think almost

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 exclusively of what?

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 Weirdos

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 predicting the future,

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 right?

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 But really,

00:20:41.339 --> 00:20:42.000
 what Paul has

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 in mind

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 when he uses

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 the word

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 isn't so much

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 foretelling something,

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 but forth-telling,

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 speaking forth

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 words of upbuilding

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 and encouragement

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 and consolation

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 to the church,

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 to brothers and sisters.

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 There's nothing

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 weird or spooky

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 about it.

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 And also,

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 by the way,

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 we know

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 that what Paul

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 meant by prophecy

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 in the New Testament

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 church in the New Testament

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 era was very different

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 from prophecy

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 in the Old Testament.

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 Old Testament prophets

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 operated under the direct

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 inspiration of God.

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 When they spoke,

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 they could say,

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 thus says the Lord.

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 But,

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 it's very different

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 in the New Testament.

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 In the New Testament,

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 prophecy,

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 again,

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 words of upbuilding,

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 encouragement,

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 consolation,

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 these kind of prophetic words

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 were almost always weighed

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 and discerned

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 by the leaders

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 of the community.

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 They didn't treat

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 the function of prophecy

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 in their midst

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 like direct inspiration,

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 like Old Testament prophecy.

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 They treated it

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 like human speech

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 that was intended

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 to do good,

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 that was hopefully infused

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 with scriptural wisdom,

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 but might also stand

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 in need of correction

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 and improvement

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 based on a fuller

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 understanding

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 and application

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 of God's Word.

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 Whew!

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 Okay.

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 Getting a picture

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 of what prophecy is here

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 in the New Testament

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 and what Paul uses it.

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 And all that is to say

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 that Paul assumes

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 the fact

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 that men and women

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 would be offering

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 such public words

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 of edification

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 and encouragement

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 and upbuilding

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 and consolation

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 when the church gathers

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 for its corporate worship time.

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 Now,

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 you might be thinking,

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 wait a second,

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 I thought Paul

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 was the guy

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 who told women

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 to be silent

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 in the church.

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 He's the bigoted

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 misogynist, right?

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 Paul.

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 We're talking about

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 the same Paul here, right?

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 Yes.

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 We are talking

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 about the same Paul,

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 not all those labels.

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 Bracket those

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 for a second.

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 How can Paul

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 be telling women

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 to pray and prophesy

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 in this text and men?

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 But then tell women

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 to be quiet

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 in other texts.

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 What is going on?

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 Well, okay,

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 the text that you're

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 probably thinking of

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 are 1 Corinthians 14.

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 We're going to get to that

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 in a few weeks.

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 And 1 Timothy 2.

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 Greg just taught about that

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 in Sunday school this morning.

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 And when you look

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 at those texts

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 in context,

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 you realize

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 that Paul

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:17.700
 isn't saying there

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 that women should

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 never, ever speak

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 ever in the church.

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 What he's actually saying

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 is that the office

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 and the responsibility

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 of giving final say

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 as to whether

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 a prophecy

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 or a teaching

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 aligns

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:36.380
 with the apostolic gospel

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 and the ones

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 who will be

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 especially accountable

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 to Christ

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:42.299
 for that task

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 when Christ returns,

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 the ones who are

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.920
 especially accountable

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 and responsible

00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:47.279
 for ensuring

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:48.220
 the sound doctrine

00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:48.660
 and teaching

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:49.299
 of the church,

00:23:49.579 --> 00:23:50.279
 he's saying that

00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:51.400
 that role

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 is meant to be reserved

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 to a group

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 of qualified men,

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 a group that elsewhere

00:23:57.860 --> 00:23:59.259
 Paul will call elders

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 or pastors

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 or overseers.

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 But

00:24:04.060 --> 00:24:05.720
 those leaders

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 are not meant

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 to squelch

00:24:09.060 --> 00:24:10.060
 the participation

00:24:10.060 --> 00:24:10.680
 of women

00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.840
 praying and prophesying.

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 Rather,

00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:13.360
 they are meant

00:24:13.360 --> 00:24:14.759
 to empower it.

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:17.940
 In Ephesians 4.12,

00:24:18.540 --> 00:24:19.019
 Paul says

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 that one of the jobs

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:21.740
 of those pastor teachers,

00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:22.839
 the elders,

00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:24.879
 is to equip the saints

00:24:24.879 --> 00:24:25.539
 for the work

00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:26.180
 of ministry,

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:27.519
 for building up

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:28.279
 the body of Christ.

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 And that means

00:24:28.879 --> 00:24:30.240
 equipping all the saints,

00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:31.700
 men and women,

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.460
 for the work

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:33.039
 of ministry

00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:36.000
 so that we might

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.900
 grow up in every way,

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:37.759
 Paul goes on to say

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.480
 in that passage,

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.680
 into the measure

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.480
 of the stature

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.019
 of the fullness

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.740
 of Christ.

00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:46.240
 When we're using

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:47.180
 our gifts mutually

00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:47.900
 for the upbuilding

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:48.480
 of the body,

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.580
 then we're growing

00:24:49.580 --> 00:24:50.820
 into the fullness

00:24:50.820 --> 00:24:52.320
 of Christ.

00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:56.519
 Well,

00:24:56.540 --> 00:24:57.220
 what would the application

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:57.800
 of this principle

00:24:57.800 --> 00:24:58.820
 look like for us today?

00:25:00.820 --> 00:25:01.259
 You know,

00:25:01.300 --> 00:25:01.420
 friends,

00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:01.940
 when I think about

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:02.580
 our corporate worship

00:25:02.580 --> 00:25:03.200
 times together,

00:25:03.320 --> 00:25:04.320
 I would love

00:25:04.320 --> 00:25:05.860
 to see more of us,

00:25:06.620 --> 00:25:07.580
 men and women,

00:25:08.800 --> 00:25:09.620
 sharing words

00:25:09.620 --> 00:25:10.320
 of encouragement,

00:25:10.820 --> 00:25:11.460
 consolation,

00:25:11.560 --> 00:25:12.060
 and upbuilding

00:25:12.060 --> 00:25:12.820
 from up front.

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:16.100
 Right now,

00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:16.700
 when someone comes

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.319
 into membership,

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.600
 like Sierra this morning,

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.880
 or when they get baptized,

00:25:20.580 --> 00:25:21.440
 or when they're sharing

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:22.420
 about a recent ministry

00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:23.059
 experience,

00:25:23.140 --> 00:25:24.000
 we get some of this,

00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:24.400
 don't we?

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:26.440
 And it's really good.

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:28.440
 It's really encouraging.

00:25:29.340 --> 00:25:30.240
 God uses it

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.819
 in our hearts,

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.559
 in our community.

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:35.039
 But what if we were

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.960
 sharing more

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:37.240
 of what God

00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:37.900
 was teaching us

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:38.480
 in our life?

00:25:39.580 --> 00:25:40.460
 And sharing it

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:40.720
 in a way

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.480
 that was edifying

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:42.080
 and in a space

00:25:42.080 --> 00:25:42.620
 that was edifying

00:25:42.620 --> 00:25:43.539
 for the whole body?

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:46.159
 You know,

00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:46.779
 one of the joys

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.599
 of being a pastor

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.480
 is that I get to hear

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:50.099
 so many great stories

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:51.440
 of God at work

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:52.500
 in your lives.

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:55.539
 You sit down with me,

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.980
 you pull me aside,

00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:58.139
 and I know you're doing this

00:25:58.139 --> 00:25:58.879
 with the other pastors

00:25:58.879 --> 00:25:59.599
 and elders too,

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:01.119
 and you tell me

00:26:01.119 --> 00:26:02.240
 these incredible things

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:03.379
 that God is teaching you.

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:06.500
 How you learn to love

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:08.000
 your antagonistic coworkers

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:10.619
 by dwelling on Jesus' command

00:26:10.619 --> 00:26:11.420
 to love your enemies

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:12.060
 and pray for those

00:26:12.060 --> 00:26:12.940
 who persecute you.

00:26:14.080 --> 00:26:14.880
 And lo and behold,

00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:15.380
 it worked.

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:19.060
 How you learn to trust

00:26:19.060 --> 00:26:19.920
 God's promises

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:21.140
 in the midst of unemployment

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:22.580
 that He'd never leave you

00:26:22.580 --> 00:26:23.680
 nor forsake you.

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:27.100
 How you learn that Christ

00:26:27.100 --> 00:26:28.460
 was an all-sufficient friend

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:29.060
 in sorrow

00:26:29.060 --> 00:26:30.160
 when your relationship

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:31.640
 crumbled apart

00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:32.880
 and you felt like

00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:33.640
 you were all alone.

00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:38.519
 Friends,

00:26:38.560 --> 00:26:39.500
 what if I were to ask you

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:39.980
 one day,

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:41.660
 would you consider

00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:42.660
 sharing that on Sunday

00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:44.799
 with your church family

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:46.559
 for their upbuilding

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:47.539
 and encouragement

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.720
 and consolation?

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.339
 And of course,

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:55.099
 many of you are thinking,

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:57.000
 I could never do that.

00:26:57.440 --> 00:26:58.740
 Speak in front of 300 people?

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.620
 He's crazy.

00:27:01.620 --> 00:27:02.940
 Okay, it's intimidating.

00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:03.620
 I get it.

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:05.120
 I still get nervous

00:27:05.120 --> 00:27:06.079
 every time I get up front.

00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:08.360
 That's normal.

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:09.039
 But,

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:13.279
 friends,

00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:14.979
 what if we worked together

00:27:14.979 --> 00:27:17.299
 to change the culture

00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:17.959
 here at Trinity

00:27:17.959 --> 00:27:21.459
 where the regular

00:27:21.459 --> 00:27:22.399
 personal sharing

00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:23.500
 of encouraging words

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:24.119
 was the norm?

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:25.679
 Call it whatever you want.

00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:26.419
 A testimony,

00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:27.039
 a prophecy,

00:27:27.459 --> 00:27:28.179
 a missions update,

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:29.000
 I don't really care.

00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:32.379
 What if every Sunday

00:27:32.379 --> 00:27:33.479
 we would expect to hear

00:27:33.479 --> 00:27:34.779
 not just one of the pastors

00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:35.459
 give a sermon

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:36.940
 and fulfill that teaching role

00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:38.019
 that God's given us,

00:27:38.140 --> 00:27:39.400
 as central as that is,

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:40.240
 and it will remain.

00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:41.779
 But what if we also expected

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.380
 to hear a message

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:43.059
 of encouragement

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:44.039
 from one member,

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:45.819
 at least from another member

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:46.720
 of the church as well?

00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.960
 It's built right into

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:50.779
 our order of service.

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:52.160
 It's sitting right there

00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:52.940
 before the offering,

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:54.519
 waiting to be grabbed.

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:59.759
 I think this would make

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.160
 our times

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:01.299
 all the more

00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:02.240
 richer together.

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.619
 Don't you?

00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:07.160
 Of course,

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:08.139
 there are other opportunities

00:28:08.139 --> 00:28:08.980
 for doing this,

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.440
 right?

00:28:09.599 --> 00:28:10.440
 Not just on Sundays.

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.639
 Small groups,

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:13.319
 one-on-one meetings,

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:16.119
 over lunch,

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.839
 after church,

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:17.579
 over coffee.

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:19.159
 Each of these

00:28:19.159 --> 00:28:20.699
 becomes a venue,

00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:22.279
 a space

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:23.559
 for the Holy Spirit

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.240
 to work

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:25.319
 through prayer

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:26.460
 and encouragement,

00:28:27.199 --> 00:28:28.079
 through the mutual

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:29.439
 giving and receiving

00:28:29.439 --> 00:28:30.279
 of our gifts

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:31.199
 of love

00:28:31.199 --> 00:28:32.179
 and service,

00:28:32.419 --> 00:28:33.119
 as we say

00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:34.359
 in our membership vows.

00:28:37.879 --> 00:28:38.439
 So,

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:39.519
 if speaking in front

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.240
 of the whole church

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:41.299
 gives you cold sweats,

00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:42.779
 start there,

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:45.039
 in small group,

00:28:45.379 --> 00:28:46.099
 with your circle

00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:46.619
 of friends.

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:48.619
 But friends,

00:28:48.659 --> 00:28:49.699
 let's be praying together

00:28:49.699 --> 00:28:51.279
 that Trinity

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:52.240
 will become a place

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.960
 where we empower

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:54.359
 men and women

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:55.319
 to participate

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:56.139
 and contribute

00:28:56.139 --> 00:28:57.879
 to mutually edifying

00:28:57.879 --> 00:28:58.439
 one another

00:28:58.439 --> 00:28:59.519
 in our gathered times

00:28:59.519 --> 00:28:59.980
 together,

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:04.500
 where all

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:05.599
 of our gifts

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:07.059
 get cultivated

00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:08.059
 and released

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:09.220
 so we can grow

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:10.159
 into the fullness

00:29:10.159 --> 00:29:10.839
 of Christ.

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.819
 Well,

00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:15.439
 let's keep moving.

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.960
 That's the first point.

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:18.519
 mutual participation,

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.160
 freedom.

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.400
 Yeah?

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:22.460
 Here's the second point.

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:24.920
 We honor God

00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.880
 and honor one another

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:27.019
 in our corporate worship

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:28.600
 when we embrace

00:29:28.600 --> 00:29:30.360
 the created distinction

00:29:30.360 --> 00:29:32.259
 between men and women

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:32.819
 in the body.

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.980
 When we embrace

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:36.039
 the created distinction

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.940
 between men and women

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.440
 in the body.

00:29:38.120 --> 00:29:38.799
 Okay, remember,

00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:39.460
 the presenting issue

00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:39.759
 at Corinth

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.539
 was probably something

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.039
 like this.

00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:41.660
 When we gather

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:42.160
 for worship,

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:42.960
 and particularly

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.440
 when we pray

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:44.059
 and prophesy,

00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:45.600
 should women

00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:46.259
 continue to wear

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:47.080
 their head coverings?

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:49.019
 Or can we remove them

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.640
 as an expression

00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.259
 of our freedom

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:50.720
 in Christ

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.700
 and of our kingdom

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.519
 equality with our

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.200
 brothers in the Lord?

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:54.539
 And Paul says,

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:56.680
 no,

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:59.059
 you should keep them on.

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:01.539
 Why?

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.840
 Because in the first century

00:30:04.840 --> 00:30:05.440
 context,

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.220
 the head covering

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:06.640
 on a woman,

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.200
 as we said,

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:08.920
 communicated respectability

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:10.259
 and modesty in general,

00:30:10.380 --> 00:30:11.380
 and for the married woman

00:30:11.380 --> 00:30:12.100
 in particular,

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:14.200
 it communicated a sense

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:15.279
 of respect and honor

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:16.060
 for her husband.

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:19.200
 Imagine, friends,

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:20.400
 how distracting

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:21.340
 it would be

00:30:21.340 --> 00:30:22.580
 if the first thing

00:30:22.580 --> 00:30:23.220
 I did

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:24.080
 when I stepped

00:30:24.080 --> 00:30:24.779
 into the pulpit

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.779
 was take off

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.580
 my wedding band

00:30:26.580 --> 00:30:27.900
 and put it on the pulpit,

00:30:28.320 --> 00:30:29.100
 or maybe stick it

00:30:29.100 --> 00:30:29.700
 under the pulpit,

00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:30.820
 or if I came out

00:30:30.820 --> 00:30:31.759
 not even wearing one.

00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:36.200
 Even if I was doing that

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.800
 for some strangely

00:30:36.800 --> 00:30:37.460
 good reason,

00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:39.539
 what would it

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:41.000
 actually communicate

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:42.039
 to most people

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:42.759
 off the street?

00:30:45.100 --> 00:30:45.579
 Well,

00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:46.480
 it would be

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:48.120
 distracting and weird

00:30:48.120 --> 00:30:49.539
 because taking off

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:50.220
 your wedding ring

00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:51.299
 would seem to communicate

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:52.059
 that you're not

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.860
 married anymore,

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.920
 or at least

00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:54.500
 that you're leaving

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.220
 your marriage commitment

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:55.940
 behind you

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.920
 or putting it aside

00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:57.740
 for the time being.

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:59.259
 And the reality is

00:30:59.259 --> 00:31:00.220
 taking off my ring

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:00.640
 would actually

00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:01.620
 dishonor my wife

00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:02.920
 and detract

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:04.279
 and distract you all

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:05.600
 from the worship

00:31:05.600 --> 00:31:06.480
 and honor of God.

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:09.440
 Now,

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:09.880
 for a woman

00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:10.279
 to take off

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.960
 her head covering

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:11.880
 in the first century,

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:13.200
 the effects

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:13.660
 would have been

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:14.700
 very similar.

00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:18.019
 Not only would

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:19.079
 they be taking off

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.779
 something that was

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:21.160
 part of just identifying

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.720
 as a woman

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:22.380
 in that culture,

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.799
 not only would

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.380
 taking it off

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:25.200
 have been seen

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:25.819
 at times as something

00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:26.920
 promiscuous and provocative,

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:28.079
 but they would have

00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:28.860
 also been taking off

00:31:28.860 --> 00:31:29.400
 something that

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:30.579
 communicated respect

00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:31.519
 and honor

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:32.480
 to their husband.

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:34.620
 And so,

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:35.240
 by removing

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:35.900
 the head covering,

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.759
 they would actually

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.920
 be, as Paul says,

00:31:38.120 --> 00:31:39.440
 dishonoring their head,

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:42.160
 not only their own selves,

00:31:42.620 --> 00:31:43.740
 but also their husbands.

00:31:46.120 --> 00:31:47.160
 And all of that,

00:31:47.360 --> 00:31:48.519
 which is Paul's big point,

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.660
 all of that would

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.759
 actually dishonor God

00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.319
 and distract

00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:52.539
 from worshiping Him,

00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:53.740
 which is the point

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.400
 of why you get together

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:55.220
 in the first place.

00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:59.599
 Paul goes on to say

00:31:59.599 --> 00:31:59.920
 that, look,

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.380
 if you're willing

00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:00.960
 to communicate

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:02.079
 that you've cast off

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:03.019
 your status and identity

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.880
 as a woman and a wife,

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:04.880
 then you might as well

00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:05.720
 just shave your head,

00:32:05.840 --> 00:32:06.740
 he says in verse 6.

00:32:07.340 --> 00:32:08.539
 That seems kind of strange.

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:11.440
 Again, it seems that

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:12.019
 in the first century

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.880
 cultural context,

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.620
 a woman would have

00:32:13.620 --> 00:32:14.559
 her hair cut off

00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:15.759
 as either sort of

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.960
 some kind of penalty

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.740
 for adultery

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:19.019
 or some kind of sign

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.860
 that she was forfeiting

00:32:19.860 --> 00:32:20.840
 her identity as a woman.

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.380
 And of course,

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:23.220
 the women in Corinth

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:24.279
 didn't want to go that far.

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:24.840
 That's not what

00:32:24.840 --> 00:32:25.759
 they were trying to do.

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.860
 But Paul is saying

00:32:26.860 --> 00:32:27.900
 they'd be communicating

00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:29.420
 just about the same thing

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:31.160
 by doing this socially

00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:32.000
 significant thing

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.500
 of taking off

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:33.039
 their head covering.

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:34.940
 So, if you're not

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.860
 going to go the whole way,

00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:37.580
 keep it on.

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:42.620
 Okay.

00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:45.500
 Why is Paul so concerned

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.620
 that the women in Corinth

00:32:46.620 --> 00:32:47.680
 maintain a practice

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:49.000
 of dress that in part

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:50.820
 signifies their femaleness

00:32:50.820 --> 00:32:52.880
 and in part signifies

00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:53.960
 the headship of their husbands?

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:58.140
 In verses 7-10,

00:32:58.140 --> 00:32:59.000
 Paul explains

00:32:59.000 --> 00:33:01.520
 that our engendered being

00:33:01.520 --> 00:33:03.440
 and the headship principle

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:05.420
 actually goes back

00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:06.720
 to God's creative intent

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:07.420
 for humanity.

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:10.100
 Now,

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.960
 these verses

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:14.120
 are notoriously difficult

00:33:14.120 --> 00:33:14.960
 to interpret,

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:17.280
 especially the end

00:33:17.280 --> 00:33:17.800
 of verse 10

00:33:17.800 --> 00:33:18.520
 about the angels.

00:33:21.100 --> 00:33:21.720
 I mean, come on.

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.420
 You are all thinking

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:23.780
 that is the hugest

00:33:23.780 --> 00:33:24.620
 non sequitur

00:33:24.620 --> 00:33:25.940
 I've ever read.

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:30.180
 My guess is that

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:31.120
 that has something

00:33:31.120 --> 00:33:32.460
 to do with the church

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:33.620
 displaying God's glory

00:33:33.620 --> 00:33:34.740
 to the heavenly places.

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:36.640
 Check out Ephesians 3-10.

00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:39.580
 That's all I'm going to say

00:33:39.580 --> 00:33:40.019
 about that.

00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:40.400
 I'm done.

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:41.019
 You want to talk to me

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:41.840
 more after that afterwards?

00:33:41.880 --> 00:33:42.440
 I'd be happy to.

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:43.420
 I can give you eight pages

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:44.240
 on what other people

00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:44.799
 think that is.

00:33:44.820 --> 00:33:45.640
 That's what I think it is.

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.880
 But on the whole,

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:49.480
 big picture,

00:33:49.580 --> 00:33:50.440
 it seems that Paul

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:51.660
 is saying that the order

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:52.779
 of creation

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:53.860
 in Genesis 2

00:33:53.860 --> 00:33:56.040
 with Adam being formed first

00:33:56.040 --> 00:33:56.800
 and then Eve

00:33:56.800 --> 00:33:58.259
 does delineate

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:59.840
 a headship principle

00:33:59.840 --> 00:34:01.360
 that gets embodied

00:34:01.360 --> 00:34:02.060
 in the home

00:34:02.060 --> 00:34:03.040
 through husbands and wives

00:34:03.040 --> 00:34:04.600
 and ought to be embodied

00:34:04.600 --> 00:34:05.180
 in the church

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:06.120
 in the office of the elder.

00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:08.840
 Now, verse 7

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:10.820
 sounds really,

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:12.639
 really odd to us, right?

00:34:13.720 --> 00:34:14.740
 Is Paul saying

00:34:14.740 --> 00:34:15.940
 that women aren't

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:17.240
 created in the image of God

00:34:17.240 --> 00:34:18.480
 and just created

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:19.500
 in the image of man?

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:22.059
 No, that's not

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:22.739
 what Paul's saying there.

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:25.739
 Paul wholeheartedly affirms

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:26.420
 in other places

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:27.500
 that both men and women

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:28.940
 are equally created

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:30.179
 in God's image.

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:32.440
 Rather, I think

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:33.119
 what he's saying

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:33.960
 in verse 7

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:34.780
 is he's just making

00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:36.360
 a point about the order

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:37.320
 of creation

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:38.199
 from Genesis 2

00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:39.119
 and the following verses

00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:39.659
 8 and 9

00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:40.380
 make that clear.

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:40.980
 He points out

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.679
 in verse 8

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.860
 that in the original

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.760
 creation story

00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:44.820
 Eve was made

00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:45.900
 in a distinct way

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:46.440
 from Adam,

00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:47.360
 from him,

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:48.219
 out of his side.

00:34:48.219 --> 00:34:50.039
 And then in verse 9

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:51.099
 that she was made

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:52.739
 to complete Adam,

00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:53.779
 to be,

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:54.899
 as Genesis says,

00:34:54.959 --> 00:34:55.959
 his strong helper,

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:56.919
 his ally,

00:34:57.419 --> 00:34:58.239
 his completer

00:34:58.239 --> 00:34:59.299
 in ruling creation.

00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:01.759
 So,

00:35:02.459 --> 00:35:03.679
 in this sense,

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:05.059
 Paul says,

00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:06.579
 the woman communicates

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:08.119
 something about man

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:09.699
 as well as something

00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:10.319
 about God.

00:35:11.699 --> 00:35:13.159
 Being made in God's image,

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:14.779
 she reflects God's glory.

00:35:14.879 --> 00:35:16.059
 Yes, that's Genesis 1.

00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:17.400
 But seen through

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:18.679
 the lens of Genesis 2,

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:19.840
 the woman,

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.779
 because she's made

00:35:20.779 --> 00:35:21.699
 from man,

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:23.599
 also communicates

00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:24.539
 something in addition

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:26.019
 about the glory

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:26.579
 of man.

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:29.400
 In other words,

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:31.519
 her created excellence

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:33.420
 communicates something

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:34.739
 about God's excellence,

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:35.299
 yes,

00:35:36.299 --> 00:35:37.719
 but also something

00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:38.880
 about the created excellence

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:39.719
 of her partner,

00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:40.639
 the man.

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:44.319
 Now,

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:45.519
 I get it.

00:35:45.839 --> 00:35:46.920
 It's really hard

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:48.000
 for us to hear

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.859
 those verses

00:35:48.859 --> 00:35:49.960
 and for them

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.619
 not to sound

00:35:50.619 --> 00:35:51.599
 really grating

00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:52.460
 or maybe even

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:53.619
 demeaning for women,

00:35:53.659 --> 00:35:54.500
 but that wasn't

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:55.139
 their intent.

00:35:55.839 --> 00:35:56.159
 You see,

00:35:56.219 --> 00:35:56.699
 for the woman

00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:57.359
 to communicate

00:35:57.359 --> 00:35:59.019
 something in addition

00:35:59.019 --> 00:35:59.900
 about the glory

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:00.480
 of man,

00:36:01.759 --> 00:36:02.819
 on the one hand,

00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:03.679
 doesn't define

00:36:03.679 --> 00:36:04.739
 her whole reason

00:36:04.739 --> 00:36:05.480
 for existence

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:06.239
 as if that's

00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:07.000
 the only thing

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:08.500
 that God created

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:09.779
 women to do,

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:12.760
 and on the other hand,

00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:14.060
 this doesn't in any way

00:36:14.060 --> 00:36:14.640
 communicate

00:36:14.640 --> 00:36:15.660
 any intrinsic

00:36:15.660 --> 00:36:17.140
 inferiority

00:36:17.140 --> 00:36:18.880
 to the man.

00:36:21.340 --> 00:36:22.019
 Eve wasn't

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:23.620
 of any lesser value

00:36:23.620 --> 00:36:24.400
 or dignity

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:25.460
 or importance

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:27.080
 in God's

00:36:27.080 --> 00:36:27.980
 creative purposes.

00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:31.000
 In fact,

00:36:31.120 --> 00:36:32.940
 in verses 11 and 12,

00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:34.000
 Paul's actually

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:35.160
 really careful

00:36:35.160 --> 00:36:35.940
 to uphold

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:37.040
 and preserve

00:36:37.040 --> 00:36:39.019
 the woman's dignity.

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:41.080
 These verses

00:36:41.080 --> 00:36:41.700
 actually kind of

00:36:41.700 --> 00:36:42.280
 serve as an important

00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:43.140
 qualification

00:36:43.140 --> 00:36:43.840
 in Paul's line

00:36:43.840 --> 00:36:44.300
 of thinking

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:44.800
 lest he be

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.300
 misunderstood

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:46.500
 or misapplied.

00:36:46.860 --> 00:36:47.960
 Just as Genesis 2

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:48.780
 delineates a principle

00:36:48.780 --> 00:36:49.300
 of headship,

00:36:49.620 --> 00:36:50.180
 so the rest

00:36:50.180 --> 00:36:51.100
 of the biblical account,

00:36:51.220 --> 00:36:51.840
 Paul steps back

00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:52.200
 and says,

00:36:52.540 --> 00:36:53.340
 delineates a principle

00:36:53.340 --> 00:36:54.840
 of at the same time

00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:55.800
 interdependence

00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:56.740
 and mutuality

00:36:56.740 --> 00:36:57.340
 before the Lord.

00:36:57.740 --> 00:36:58.100
 Yes,

00:36:58.380 --> 00:36:58.940
 woman was made

00:36:58.940 --> 00:36:59.320
 for man,

00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:00.120
 but now man

00:37:00.120 --> 00:37:00.820
 comes from woman,

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.740
 and both man

00:37:01.740 --> 00:37:02.280
 and woman

00:37:02.280 --> 00:37:02.680
 are equally

00:37:02.680 --> 00:37:03.340
 from God.

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:03.420
 God.

00:37:10.140 --> 00:37:11.780
 But why in the world

00:37:11.780 --> 00:37:14.220
 would Paul want

00:37:14.220 --> 00:37:14.900
 to preserve

00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:16.740
 such a convoluted

00:37:16.740 --> 00:37:17.720
 and complicated

00:37:17.720 --> 00:37:18.519
 line of thinking?

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:22.360
 On the one hand,

00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:23.960
 equality of value

00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:24.920
 and interdependence

00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:25.720
 and mutuality.

00:37:25.800 --> 00:37:26.400
 We get that.

00:37:26.720 --> 00:37:27.760
 On the other hand,

00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:29.079
 diversity of role

00:37:29.079 --> 00:37:29.800
 and headship.

00:37:30.680 --> 00:37:30.920
 Okay,

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:31.620
 we understand that.

00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:32.059
 We're a little less

00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:32.799
 comfortable with that.

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:34.779
 What we can't do

00:37:34.779 --> 00:37:36.079
 is the almost impossible

00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:36.639
 thing of holding

00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:37.239
 them together.

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:40.400
 Why?

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:42.359
 Why even try?

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:43.659
 Why is Paul even

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:44.739
 worried about that

00:37:44.739 --> 00:37:45.859
 when it's so hard

00:37:45.859 --> 00:37:46.259
 to hold together,

00:37:46.339 --> 00:37:47.159
 when it's so hard

00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:47.619
 to work out

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:48.199
 and practice?

00:37:49.299 --> 00:37:50.699
 Why is he so careful

00:37:50.699 --> 00:37:51.599
 to try to preserve

00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:52.179
 that in the life

00:37:52.179 --> 00:37:52.839
 of the church?

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:57.940
 The answer is actually

00:37:57.940 --> 00:37:58.839
 found in verse 3.

00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:02.940
 All of this

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:04.940
 reflects something

00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:06.739
 about the nature

00:38:06.739 --> 00:38:08.679
 and glory of God.

00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:11.859
 Just as the Father

00:38:11.859 --> 00:38:12.380
 and the Son

00:38:12.380 --> 00:38:13.699
 are equal in essence

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:14.559
 and glory

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:15.759
 and attributes,

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:16.719
 so the husband

00:38:16.719 --> 00:38:17.579
 and wife are equal

00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:18.259
 in essence

00:38:18.259 --> 00:38:19.299
 and glory

00:38:19.299 --> 00:38:20.480
 and purpose.

00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:22.719
 And a lot of times

00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:23.279
 attributes.

00:38:25.380 --> 00:38:26.059
 But,

00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:27.460
 just as the Son

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:28.599
 freely comes under

00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:29.099
 the headship

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:29.679
 of the Father,

00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:31.679
 so wives freely

00:38:31.679 --> 00:38:32.099
 come under

00:38:32.099 --> 00:38:32.559
 the headship

00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:33.159
 of their husbands.

00:38:35.699 --> 00:38:36.719
 And notice

00:38:36.719 --> 00:38:39.659
 that headship here

00:38:39.659 --> 00:38:41.159
 isn't what we

00:38:41.159 --> 00:38:42.360
 commonly think.

00:38:44.059 --> 00:38:45.500
 This sort of headship

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:46.339
 is not some kind

00:38:46.339 --> 00:38:47.559
 of self-serving

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:49.000
 authoritarianism

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:50.199
 that belittles

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:50.739
 other people

00:38:50.739 --> 00:38:51.639
 to make itself

00:38:51.639 --> 00:38:52.259
 look great.

00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:54.519
 Isn't that what

00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:55.259
 we often think

00:38:55.259 --> 00:38:56.279
 about a head?

00:38:57.139 --> 00:38:58.400
 A head of a department?

00:38:59.099 --> 00:39:01.699
 He's the useless guy

00:39:01.699 --> 00:39:02.339
 who just makes you

00:39:02.339 --> 00:39:03.480
 fill out TBS reports,

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:03.779
 right?

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:07.500
 No.

00:39:08.860 --> 00:39:09.299
 Real,

00:39:09.860 --> 00:39:10.319
 biblical

00:39:10.319 --> 00:39:11.500
 headship

00:39:11.500 --> 00:39:13.420
 is self-giving

00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:14.639
 responsibility

00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:15.960
 that aims

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:17.079
 to build up

00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:17.719
 the other

00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:18.360
 that's entrusted

00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:19.000
 to your care.

00:39:20.880 --> 00:39:21.380
 Because,

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:21.639
 you see,

00:39:21.739 --> 00:39:22.400
 just as Jesus

00:39:22.400 --> 00:39:23.199
 was the model

00:39:23.199 --> 00:39:23.839
 of submission

00:39:23.839 --> 00:39:25.000
 showing us

00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:25.839
 that submission

00:39:25.839 --> 00:39:26.500
 does not mean

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:27.339
 a loss of dignity

00:39:27.340 --> 00:39:28.160
 or value

00:39:28.160 --> 00:39:28.860
 or purpose

00:39:28.860 --> 00:39:29.480
 or beauty.

00:39:31.640 --> 00:39:32.079
 So,

00:39:32.180 --> 00:39:32.880
 Jesus was also

00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:33.360
 the pattern

00:39:33.360 --> 00:39:34.460
 of true headship.

00:39:35.660 --> 00:39:36.480
 He is the head

00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:37.519
 of the man

00:39:37.519 --> 00:39:38.059
 and the husband,

00:39:38.780 --> 00:39:39.280
 Paul says.

00:39:40.600 --> 00:39:41.680
 And Jesus himself

00:39:41.680 --> 00:39:42.420
 said that he came

00:39:42.420 --> 00:39:43.440
 not to be served

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:44.380
 but to serve

00:39:44.380 --> 00:39:46.200
 and to give his life

00:39:46.200 --> 00:39:46.720
 as a ransom

00:39:46.720 --> 00:39:47.260
 for many.

00:39:48.539 --> 00:39:49.059
 And as Paul

00:39:49.059 --> 00:39:49.600
 will later say,

00:39:49.660 --> 00:39:50.180
 husbands are to

00:39:50.180 --> 00:39:50.900
 love their wives

00:39:50.900 --> 00:39:51.620
 the way Christ

00:39:51.620 --> 00:39:52.220
 loved the church

00:39:52.220 --> 00:39:53.140
 and gave himself

00:39:53.140 --> 00:39:54.059
 up for her.

00:39:54.059 --> 00:39:57.219
 friends,

00:39:57.299 --> 00:39:58.239
 that's biblical

00:39:58.239 --> 00:39:58.820
 headship.

00:40:01.119 --> 00:40:02.340
 That's authority

00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:04.440
 biblically speaking.

00:40:05.360 --> 00:40:07.299
 A self-giving

00:40:07.299 --> 00:40:08.500
 stance

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:09.420
 towards the other

00:40:09.420 --> 00:40:10.380
 that wants

00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:11.079
 to see them

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:11.699
 flourish.

00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:16.000
 A love

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:16.779
 that bears

00:40:16.779 --> 00:40:17.960
 pain and loss

00:40:17.960 --> 00:40:18.679
 so the other

00:40:18.679 --> 00:40:19.619
 can know glory

00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:20.719
 and gain.

00:40:21.420 --> 00:40:22.400
 That's headship.

00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:25.440
 Now,

00:40:25.500 --> 00:40:25.740
 of course,

00:40:25.800 --> 00:40:26.360
 people have done

00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:27.720
 all sorts of evil

00:40:27.720 --> 00:40:29.139
 and wrong things

00:40:29.139 --> 00:40:30.559
 under the guise

00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:32.340
 of male headship.

00:40:34.900 --> 00:40:35.940
 And we want to

00:40:35.940 --> 00:40:36.539
 actually stand

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:37.639
 alongside the hurting

00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:38.460
 and the broken

00:40:38.460 --> 00:40:39.800
 and condemn

00:40:39.800 --> 00:40:40.880
 those things as well.

00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:43.780
 Those abuses

00:40:43.780 --> 00:40:44.480
 have actually

00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:45.519
 propagated

00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:46.420
 a lie

00:40:46.420 --> 00:40:48.420
 not just about

00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:49.180
 what headship is

00:40:49.180 --> 00:40:49.559
 but about

00:40:49.559 --> 00:40:50.639
 who God is,

00:40:51.180 --> 00:40:51.619
 you see.

00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:56.079
 real,

00:40:56.200 --> 00:40:56.320
 true,

00:40:56.420 --> 00:40:56.619
 biblical

00:40:56.619 --> 00:40:57.019
 headship

00:40:57.019 --> 00:40:57.700
 isn't oppressive,

00:40:57.840 --> 00:40:58.639
 it's life-giving.

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:01.960
 So,

00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:02.220
 you see,

00:41:02.280 --> 00:41:02.820
 what's at stake

00:41:02.820 --> 00:41:03.360
 in all of this

00:41:03.360 --> 00:41:03.940
 for Paul

00:41:03.940 --> 00:41:05.260
 in being male

00:41:05.260 --> 00:41:05.840
 and female

00:41:05.840 --> 00:41:06.539
 and the beauty

00:41:06.539 --> 00:41:07.460
 of that distinction

00:41:07.460 --> 00:41:08.940
 and even in embracing

00:41:08.940 --> 00:41:10.059
 a principle of headship

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:10.639
 between husbands

00:41:10.639 --> 00:41:11.180
 and wives,

00:41:11.360 --> 00:41:12.539
 all this is really

00:41:12.539 --> 00:41:13.800
 about being a picture,

00:41:14.260 --> 00:41:15.079
 a reflection

00:41:15.079 --> 00:41:16.539
 of God's own

00:41:16.539 --> 00:41:17.500
 triune life

00:41:17.500 --> 00:41:18.300
 and love

00:41:18.300 --> 00:41:19.240
 to the world.

00:41:19.239 --> 00:41:19.299
 world.

00:41:22.619 --> 00:41:23.979
 It's about honoring

00:41:23.979 --> 00:41:25.359
 Him and displaying

00:41:25.359 --> 00:41:26.079
 Him before

00:41:26.079 --> 00:41:27.099
 a watching world

00:41:27.099 --> 00:41:30.639
 as each member

00:41:30.639 --> 00:41:31.919
 takes up their part

00:41:31.919 --> 00:41:33.099
 in the dance

00:41:33.099 --> 00:41:34.559
 that God has assigned.

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:40.079
 not because one

00:41:40.079 --> 00:41:40.719
 is intrinsically

00:41:40.719 --> 00:41:41.559
 better than the other.

00:41:42.799 --> 00:41:43.940
 There's no hint

00:41:43.940 --> 00:41:44.420
 of that

00:41:44.420 --> 00:41:46.079
 in the biblical texts

00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:48.539
 but because God

00:41:48.539 --> 00:41:49.380
 ordered it so

00:41:49.380 --> 00:41:50.820
 and according

00:41:50.820 --> 00:41:51.719
 to His own wisdom,

00:41:52.279 --> 00:41:53.699
 He promises

00:41:53.699 --> 00:41:54.559
 to make His glory

00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:55.360
 known through it.

00:41:55.360 --> 00:41:59.820
 And so,

00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:02.680
 Paul tells the Corinthians

00:42:02.680 --> 00:42:04.380
 to keep wearing

00:42:04.380 --> 00:42:05.000
 the head covering

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:07.019
 because in their

00:42:07.019 --> 00:42:08.780
 particular historical context,

00:42:09.260 --> 00:42:10.099
 it communicated

00:42:10.099 --> 00:42:11.360
 a glad embrace

00:42:11.360 --> 00:42:13.180
 of the created goodness

00:42:13.180 --> 00:42:13.800
 of being male

00:42:13.800 --> 00:42:14.380
 and female

00:42:14.380 --> 00:42:16.079
 and the distinction

00:42:16.079 --> 00:42:16.620
 and role

00:42:16.620 --> 00:42:17.260
 that each had

00:42:17.260 --> 00:42:17.780
 in displaying

00:42:17.780 --> 00:42:18.559
 God's glory.

00:42:20.800 --> 00:42:21.700
 And he ends

00:42:21.700 --> 00:42:22.920
 in verses 13 through 16

00:42:22.920 --> 00:42:23.820
 by appealing to nature

00:42:23.820 --> 00:42:24.440
 and by appealing

00:42:24.440 --> 00:42:25.380
 to the common practice

00:42:25.380 --> 00:42:26.000
 of the church.

00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:27.740
 His appeal to nature

00:42:27.740 --> 00:42:28.300
 real briefly

00:42:28.300 --> 00:42:30.260
 in verses 14 and 15

00:42:30.260 --> 00:42:31.059
 is basically

00:42:31.059 --> 00:42:32.980
 that if common experience

00:42:32.980 --> 00:42:33.740
 tells us that men

00:42:33.740 --> 00:42:34.519
 and women are different,

00:42:34.620 --> 00:42:35.120
 for example,

00:42:35.200 --> 00:42:35.740
 in their hair,

00:42:36.200 --> 00:42:37.100
 in most cultures,

00:42:37.700 --> 00:42:38.120
 men and women

00:42:38.120 --> 00:42:39.039
 have different hairdos,

00:42:40.140 --> 00:42:40.820
 then by analogy,

00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:41.559
 it's fitting for men

00:42:41.559 --> 00:42:41.800
 and women

00:42:41.800 --> 00:42:42.260
 to have different

00:42:42.260 --> 00:42:43.240
 symbolic attire

00:42:43.240 --> 00:42:44.180
 communicating their

00:42:44.180 --> 00:42:45.120
 maleness or femaleness,

00:42:45.240 --> 00:42:46.059
 hence the head covering

00:42:46.059 --> 00:42:46.840
 in the first century.

00:42:48.940 --> 00:42:49.780
 And in verse 16,

00:42:49.880 --> 00:42:50.900
 Paul appeals to the broad

00:42:50.900 --> 00:42:51.980
 practice of other churches.

00:42:52.100 --> 00:42:53.180
 If anyone is contentious

00:42:53.180 --> 00:42:53.700
 about this,

00:42:53.820 --> 00:42:54.820
 Paul wants them to know

00:42:54.820 --> 00:42:55.780
 that this isn't just

00:42:55.780 --> 00:42:56.880
 his own private opinion,

00:42:57.500 --> 00:42:58.840
 but in fact,

00:42:58.920 --> 00:42:59.840
 none of the other churches

00:42:59.840 --> 00:43:00.920
 of God have any other

00:43:00.920 --> 00:43:01.840
 practice than the one

00:43:01.840 --> 00:43:02.840
 Paul too is helping

00:43:02.840 --> 00:43:03.740
 them to understand.

00:43:08.200 --> 00:43:08.640
 Now,

00:43:09.460 --> 00:43:11.220
 for us today,

00:43:11.600 --> 00:43:12.640
 in our time

00:43:12.640 --> 00:43:13.620
 and in our place,

00:43:15.320 --> 00:43:15.740
 friends,

00:43:15.920 --> 00:43:16.640
 head coverings

00:43:16.640 --> 00:43:17.580
 don't communicate

00:43:17.580 --> 00:43:19.080
 anything like

00:43:19.080 --> 00:43:20.100
 what they did

00:43:20.100 --> 00:43:21.100
 for first century

00:43:21.100 --> 00:43:21.640
 Corinthians,

00:43:21.740 --> 00:43:22.019
 right?

00:43:22.019 --> 00:43:24.219
 So,

00:43:24.280 --> 00:43:24.820
 there's no use

00:43:24.820 --> 00:43:25.300
 in asking

00:43:25.300 --> 00:43:25.860
 whether we should

00:43:25.860 --> 00:43:26.639
 wear a head covering

00:43:26.639 --> 00:43:26.900
 today.

00:43:27.019 --> 00:43:27.579
 They've lost

00:43:27.579 --> 00:43:28.539
 all their symbolic

00:43:28.539 --> 00:43:29.039
 significance

00:43:29.039 --> 00:43:30.559
 and there's no threat

00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:31.719
 of undermining

00:43:31.719 --> 00:43:32.579
 the created goodness

00:43:32.579 --> 00:43:33.199
 and givenness

00:43:33.199 --> 00:43:33.559
 of gender

00:43:33.559 --> 00:43:34.719
 by not wearing

00:43:34.719 --> 00:43:35.559
 one or by wearing

00:43:35.559 --> 00:43:35.880
 one.

00:43:38.880 --> 00:43:40.079
 But even if we need

00:43:40.079 --> 00:43:41.639
 not wear head coverings,

00:43:42.699 --> 00:43:44.239
 the hard issue,

00:43:44.400 --> 00:43:44.579
 I think,

00:43:44.599 --> 00:43:45.500
 is still the same.

00:43:45.500 --> 00:43:48.739
 do we gladly

00:43:48.739 --> 00:43:49.480
 embrace

00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:51.059
 the created

00:43:51.059 --> 00:43:51.679
 distinction

00:43:51.679 --> 00:43:52.440
 of being male

00:43:52.440 --> 00:43:53.019
 and female?

00:43:55.019 --> 00:43:55.659
 Of course,

00:43:55.719 --> 00:43:56.360
 different cultures

00:43:56.360 --> 00:43:56.960
 will have different

00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:58.500
 signs and signifiers

00:43:58.500 --> 00:43:59.420
 for communicating

00:43:59.420 --> 00:44:00.159
 this distinction

00:44:00.159 --> 00:44:01.400
 in healthy ways,

00:44:02.199 --> 00:44:04.239
 but are we willing

00:44:04.239 --> 00:44:05.019
 in our time

00:44:05.019 --> 00:44:05.539
 and place

00:44:05.539 --> 00:44:06.300
 to do so?

00:44:08.300 --> 00:44:09.679
 To gladly

00:44:09.679 --> 00:44:11.039
 communicate

00:44:11.039 --> 00:44:12.380
 our maleness

00:44:12.380 --> 00:44:13.219
 and our femaleness

00:44:13.219 --> 00:44:13.920
 to one another

00:44:13.920 --> 00:44:14.639
 into the world.

00:44:17.300 --> 00:44:18.200
 I think this works

00:44:18.200 --> 00:44:18.980
 out in three ways.

00:44:20.480 --> 00:44:20.880
 First,

00:44:21.000 --> 00:44:21.500
 in general,

00:44:22.240 --> 00:44:22.940
 to embrace

00:44:22.940 --> 00:44:23.380
 being male

00:44:23.380 --> 00:44:24.059
 and being female

00:44:24.059 --> 00:44:25.440
 and to see

00:44:25.440 --> 00:44:26.099
 this distinction

00:44:26.099 --> 00:44:27.400
 as a created good

00:44:27.400 --> 00:44:28.039
 that's worthy

00:44:28.039 --> 00:44:28.980
 of being maintained

00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:29.500
 so that people

00:44:29.500 --> 00:44:30.400
 will see the diverse

00:44:30.400 --> 00:44:31.220
 glory of God

00:44:31.220 --> 00:44:32.119
 in our life together.

00:44:34.440 --> 00:44:35.019
 Of course,

00:44:35.059 --> 00:44:35.720
 there are all sorts

00:44:35.720 --> 00:44:37.340
 of stupid stereotypes

00:44:37.340 --> 00:44:38.980
 about what maleness

00:44:38.980 --> 00:44:39.519
 ought to be

00:44:39.519 --> 00:44:40.260
 and femaleness

00:44:40.260 --> 00:44:40.800
 ought to be,

00:44:40.840 --> 00:44:41.119
 right?

00:44:41.780 --> 00:44:42.740
 Just because you can

00:44:42.740 --> 00:44:43.460
 crush a beer can

00:44:43.460 --> 00:44:44.019
 on your head

00:44:44.019 --> 00:44:44.880
 and shoot a rifle

00:44:44.880 --> 00:44:45.780
 doesn't mean

00:44:45.780 --> 00:44:46.360
 that you're being

00:44:46.360 --> 00:44:46.880
 a man.

00:44:51.880 --> 00:44:52.720
 Was that our next

00:44:52.720 --> 00:44:53.579
 men's ministry event?

00:44:54.940 --> 00:44:55.679
 Sorry, guys.

00:44:57.980 --> 00:44:59.240
 What counts

00:44:59.240 --> 00:45:00.760
 is the character

00:45:00.760 --> 00:45:01.440
 of Christ,

00:45:01.519 --> 00:45:01.840
 you see.

00:45:05.559 --> 00:45:06.260
 And of course,

00:45:06.340 --> 00:45:07.039
 sometimes we get

00:45:07.039 --> 00:45:08.240
 confused about our gender.

00:45:10.699 --> 00:45:11.480
 Sometimes we feel

00:45:11.480 --> 00:45:11.960
 uncomfortable

00:45:11.960 --> 00:45:12.920
 in our own skin.

00:45:17.480 --> 00:45:18.019
 And friend,

00:45:18.039 --> 00:45:18.420
 if that's you,

00:45:18.460 --> 00:45:19.480
 let me encourage you

00:45:19.480 --> 00:45:20.199
 to seek out

00:45:20.199 --> 00:45:21.220
 a good Christian friend

00:45:21.220 --> 00:45:21.920
 to talk to.

00:45:24.240 --> 00:45:25.440
 Don't cover it up

00:45:25.440 --> 00:45:26.420
 and hide it up.

00:45:26.780 --> 00:45:27.940
 Find someone you trust

00:45:27.940 --> 00:45:29.139
 and let them walk

00:45:29.139 --> 00:45:29.800
 with you through

00:45:29.800 --> 00:45:30.559
 those questions

00:45:30.559 --> 00:45:31.199
 that you have.

00:45:33.860 --> 00:45:34.699
 You don't have to

00:45:34.699 --> 00:45:35.139
 wrestle through

00:45:35.139 --> 00:45:35.599
 that alone.

00:45:35.599 --> 00:45:36.599
 God's love

00:45:36.599 --> 00:45:37.599
 and love

00:45:37.599 --> 00:45:38.599
 and love

00:45:38.599 --> 00:45:39.239
 and love

00:45:39.239 --> 00:45:39.519
 and love

00:45:39.519 --> 00:45:39.639
 and love

00:45:39.639 --> 00:45:39.799
 and love

00:45:39.799 --> 00:45:40.880
 and love

00:45:40.880 --> 00:45:41.079
 and love

00:45:41.079 --> 00:45:41.539
 the process

00:45:41.539 --> 00:45:41.960
 of seeking

00:45:41.960 --> 00:45:42.759
 to honor God

00:45:42.759 --> 00:45:43.420
 as men and women

00:45:43.420 --> 00:45:44.920
 means putting Christ

00:45:44.920 --> 00:45:46.579
 uppermost in our identity.

00:45:48.440 --> 00:45:49.659
 To seek Him

00:45:49.659 --> 00:45:51.319
 and to seek His ways

00:45:51.319 --> 00:45:52.360
 and to let His Spirit

00:45:52.360 --> 00:45:53.079
 and His Word

00:45:53.079 --> 00:45:54.739
 permeate every part

00:45:54.739 --> 00:45:55.539
 of our lives

00:45:55.539 --> 00:45:57.799
 in the unique

00:45:57.799 --> 00:45:59.279
 person that God

00:45:59.279 --> 00:46:00.159
 created each one

00:46:00.159 --> 00:46:00.839
 of us to be.

00:46:00.840 --> 00:46:04.180
 That, I think,

00:46:04.220 --> 00:46:05.100
 is the true path

00:46:05.100 --> 00:46:06.240
 toward living

00:46:06.240 --> 00:46:07.340
 into our maleness

00:46:07.340 --> 00:46:08.220
 and femaleness

00:46:08.220 --> 00:46:08.720
 together.

00:46:10.079 --> 00:46:11.480
 To see Christ

00:46:11.480 --> 00:46:13.220
 and let His Spirit

00:46:13.220 --> 00:46:14.340
 then work it out

00:46:14.340 --> 00:46:15.220
 in beautiful ways

00:46:15.220 --> 00:46:15.820
 in our midst.

00:46:19.740 --> 00:46:20.380
 Second,

00:46:21.300 --> 00:46:22.480
 if we're married,

00:46:23.420 --> 00:46:24.640
 there's a call

00:46:24.640 --> 00:46:26.019
 to further embrace

00:46:26.019 --> 00:46:27.340
 not just the created

00:46:27.340 --> 00:46:28.240
 goodness of being

00:46:28.240 --> 00:46:29.200
 male and female,

00:46:29.860 --> 00:46:30.720
 but the further

00:46:30.719 --> 00:46:31.919
 distinction of role

00:46:31.919 --> 00:46:32.779
 that God gives

00:46:32.779 --> 00:46:33.759
 specifically to husbands

00:46:33.759 --> 00:46:34.439
 and wives.

00:46:35.799 --> 00:46:37.079
 To embrace that role

00:46:37.079 --> 00:46:38.099
 of loving headship

00:46:38.099 --> 00:46:40.399
 and supportive submission.

00:46:42.879 --> 00:46:43.319
 Okay,

00:46:43.459 --> 00:46:44.099
 I know when you hear

00:46:44.099 --> 00:46:44.679
 the word submission

00:46:44.679 --> 00:46:45.719
 all the bells go off

00:46:45.719 --> 00:46:46.219
 in your head

00:46:46.219 --> 00:46:47.699
 that that's like

00:46:47.699 --> 00:46:48.459
 an evil thing.

00:46:49.019 --> 00:46:50.059
 So, I've thought about

00:46:50.059 --> 00:46:51.099
 other words I could use

00:46:51.099 --> 00:46:51.719
 to sort of describe

00:46:51.719 --> 00:46:52.639
 what I think the Bible

00:46:52.639 --> 00:46:53.539
 is saying when it says

00:46:53.539 --> 00:46:55.039
 that we ought to

00:46:55.039 --> 00:46:56.399
 submit to one another

00:46:56.399 --> 00:46:57.639
 and submit to God

00:46:57.639 --> 00:46:58.159
 and submit

00:46:58.159 --> 00:46:59.679
 in all sorts of ways.

00:46:59.779 --> 00:47:00.139
 And yes,

00:47:00.139 --> 00:47:01.119
 wives submit to their husbands.

00:47:01.239 --> 00:47:02.639
 I think it's an honoring

00:47:02.639 --> 00:47:03.440
 deference.

00:47:04.940 --> 00:47:06.359
 An honoring deference

00:47:06.359 --> 00:47:07.559
 that wants to build

00:47:07.559 --> 00:47:08.500
 that other up

00:47:08.500 --> 00:47:10.980
 just as the husband

00:47:10.980 --> 00:47:12.299
 responds with an honoring

00:47:12.299 --> 00:47:13.400
 self-giving

00:47:13.400 --> 00:47:14.420
 that wants to build

00:47:14.420 --> 00:47:15.379
 the other person up.

00:47:18.960 --> 00:47:19.879
 But this is something

00:47:19.879 --> 00:47:20.579
 that maintains

00:47:20.579 --> 00:47:21.799
 for husbands and wives.

00:47:22.799 --> 00:47:23.759
 Nowhere in the Bible,

00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:24.279
 I think,

00:47:24.339 --> 00:47:25.539
 are women in general

00:47:25.539 --> 00:47:26.440
 called to submit

00:47:26.440 --> 00:47:27.480
 to men in general,

00:47:27.880 --> 00:47:28.220
 you see.

00:47:30.099 --> 00:47:31.280
 That's why the ESV

00:47:31.280 --> 00:47:32.360
 actually helpfully

00:47:32.360 --> 00:47:33.659
 translates the words

00:47:33.659 --> 00:47:34.220
 men and women

00:47:34.220 --> 00:47:34.780
 in our text

00:47:34.780 --> 00:47:35.960
 sometimes as husband

00:47:35.960 --> 00:47:36.500
 and wife.

00:47:36.960 --> 00:47:38.000
 The actual Greek words

00:47:38.000 --> 00:47:39.159
 kind of can say

00:47:39.159 --> 00:47:39.760
 either thing.

00:47:40.980 --> 00:47:41.960
 But in the context

00:47:41.960 --> 00:47:42.780
 here of headship

00:47:42.780 --> 00:47:43.460
 that this passage

00:47:43.460 --> 00:47:44.019
 brings up,

00:47:44.059 --> 00:47:44.760
 it's clear that Paul's

00:47:44.760 --> 00:47:45.220
 talking about the

00:47:45.220 --> 00:47:46.079
 relationship of husbands

00:47:46.079 --> 00:47:46.539
 and wives

00:47:46.539 --> 00:47:47.400
 in the covenant of marriage.

00:47:47.780 --> 00:47:49.260
 So, friends,

00:47:49.340 --> 00:47:49.960
 in your marriage

00:47:49.960 --> 00:47:50.500
 relationship,

00:47:50.740 --> 00:47:51.440
 if you're married,

00:47:51.440 --> 00:47:54.119
 do you see

00:47:54.119 --> 00:47:54.920
 that relationship

00:47:54.920 --> 00:47:56.039
 as integral

00:47:56.039 --> 00:47:59.119
 to your discipleship

00:47:59.119 --> 00:47:59.840
 to Jesus?

00:48:03.220 --> 00:48:04.460
 That it's not something

00:48:04.460 --> 00:48:05.679
 you can leave behind

00:48:05.679 --> 00:48:06.860
 or take off

00:48:06.860 --> 00:48:07.940
 at the door of the church.

00:48:12.260 --> 00:48:13.039
 It's not something

00:48:13.039 --> 00:48:14.300
 that's actually transcended

00:48:14.300 --> 00:48:15.039
 because you're a member

00:48:15.039 --> 00:48:15.519
 of the kingdom.

00:48:16.800 --> 00:48:17.200
 Rather,

00:48:17.579 --> 00:48:18.500
 part of what it means

00:48:18.500 --> 00:48:19.980
 for you to live

00:48:19.980 --> 00:48:20.840
 as a new creation

00:48:20.840 --> 00:48:21.700
 and bring honor

00:48:21.700 --> 00:48:22.220
 to Christ

00:48:22.220 --> 00:48:23.039
 is to live

00:48:23.039 --> 00:48:24.420
 as faithful husbands

00:48:24.420 --> 00:48:24.960
 and wives,

00:48:25.079 --> 00:48:26.559
 displaying the unique

00:48:26.559 --> 00:48:27.559
 ways

00:48:27.559 --> 00:48:30.059
 that the character

00:48:30.059 --> 00:48:31.260
 and glory of Christ

00:48:31.260 --> 00:48:31.800
 play out

00:48:31.800 --> 00:48:32.760
 in each one of you.

00:48:33.640 --> 00:48:33.980
 Christ,

00:48:34.120 --> 00:48:34.660
 who after all

00:48:34.660 --> 00:48:35.780
 is both the head

00:48:35.780 --> 00:48:36.300
 who laid down

00:48:36.300 --> 00:48:37.000
 His life for us

00:48:37.000 --> 00:48:37.660
 and the Son

00:48:37.660 --> 00:48:39.260
 who freely submitted

00:48:39.260 --> 00:48:39.900
 to the Father.

00:48:43.140 --> 00:48:43.559
 Third,

00:48:43.680 --> 00:48:43.980
 last,

00:48:44.880 --> 00:48:45.620
 in the context

00:48:45.620 --> 00:48:46.559
 of the local church

00:48:46.559 --> 00:48:47.440
 which the Bible

00:48:47.440 --> 00:48:48.320
 often pictures

00:48:48.320 --> 00:48:49.820
 as an extended household,

00:48:50.840 --> 00:48:54.620
 do we gladly embrace

00:48:54.620 --> 00:48:55.860
 the headship principle

00:48:55.860 --> 00:48:56.940
 here as well

00:48:56.940 --> 00:48:59.260
 in that the office

00:48:59.260 --> 00:48:59.900
 of the elder,

00:49:00.019 --> 00:49:01.000
 the office entrusted

00:49:01.000 --> 00:49:02.140
 with that self-giving

00:49:02.140 --> 00:49:02.840
 responsibility

00:49:02.840 --> 00:49:04.300
 to preserve sound doctrine

00:49:04.300 --> 00:49:05.320
 and care for the flock

00:49:05.320 --> 00:49:06.240
 is reserved

00:49:06.240 --> 00:49:07.280
 for qualified men

00:49:07.280 --> 00:49:08.240
 whom the congregation

00:49:08.240 --> 00:49:08.960
 acknowledges

00:49:08.960 --> 00:49:09.960
 and appoints.

00:49:13.160 --> 00:49:13.640
 Okay,

00:49:13.720 --> 00:49:14.700
 I know that just opened up

00:49:14.700 --> 00:49:15.720
 a huge can of worms

00:49:15.719 --> 00:49:17.299
 and I've already

00:49:17.299 --> 00:49:18.139
 gone over time.

00:49:18.739 --> 00:49:18.980
 What?

00:49:21.819 --> 00:49:22.219
 Okay.

00:49:24.439 --> 00:49:25.239
 Listen to Greg's

00:49:25.239 --> 00:49:25.879
 Sunday school class

00:49:25.879 --> 00:49:26.419
 from this morning

00:49:26.419 --> 00:49:27.199
 and come next week.

00:49:29.939 --> 00:49:30.439
 But you know,

00:49:30.459 --> 00:49:30.919
 the reality is

00:49:30.919 --> 00:49:31.539
 that many of us

00:49:31.539 --> 00:49:32.679
 have just seen that done

00:49:32.679 --> 00:49:33.739
 so badly

00:49:33.739 --> 00:49:34.659
 that the thought

00:49:34.659 --> 00:49:35.719
 of gladly embracing it

00:49:35.719 --> 00:49:36.399
 seems impossible.

00:49:36.579 --> 00:49:37.359
 I get that.

00:49:37.619 --> 00:49:38.899
 I've seen it done badly

00:49:38.899 --> 00:49:40.839
 in some of the churches

00:49:40.839 --> 00:49:41.699
 I've been a part of.

00:49:41.699 --> 00:49:46.759
 And perhaps for other of us

00:49:46.759 --> 00:49:48.139
 we're not 100% sure

00:49:48.139 --> 00:49:48.819
 in our own minds

00:49:48.819 --> 00:49:50.079
 how these biblical passages

00:49:50.079 --> 00:49:51.379
 actually kind of line up.

00:49:53.279 --> 00:49:55.159
 We're still figuring things out.

00:49:56.980 --> 00:49:58.159
 Friends, let me say this,

00:49:58.579 --> 00:50:00.739
 that wherever you land,

00:50:03.539 --> 00:50:05.199
 let me encourage you,

00:50:05.500 --> 00:50:06.759
 let me encourage us

00:50:06.759 --> 00:50:09.480
 to keep seeking the Lord together,

00:50:09.480 --> 00:50:12.199
 to keep being patient

00:50:12.199 --> 00:50:13.079
 and forbearing

00:50:13.079 --> 00:50:13.780
 with one another

00:50:13.780 --> 00:50:14.719
 as a church family,

00:50:15.179 --> 00:50:16.679
 and to keep praying

00:50:16.679 --> 00:50:18.039
 that we'd all know best

00:50:18.039 --> 00:50:18.800
 how to understand

00:50:18.800 --> 00:50:19.840
 and apply these texts

00:50:19.840 --> 00:50:20.840
 and principles together.

00:50:26.179 --> 00:50:27.039
 But to conclude,

00:50:27.139 --> 00:50:27.820
 I hope we're at least

00:50:27.820 --> 00:50:28.619
 getting a glimpse

00:50:28.619 --> 00:50:30.019
 of the interplay

00:50:30.019 --> 00:50:31.119
 between freedom

00:50:31.119 --> 00:50:31.920
 and form

00:50:31.920 --> 00:50:33.039
 that Paul's laying out

00:50:33.039 --> 00:50:33.740
 in this passage.

00:50:34.699 --> 00:50:35.039
 You see,

00:50:35.119 --> 00:50:35.599
 on the one hand,

00:50:35.719 --> 00:50:36.059
 freedom

00:50:36.059 --> 00:50:37.500
 of men and women

00:50:37.500 --> 00:50:38.619
 praying and prophesying

00:50:38.619 --> 00:50:39.460
 mutually in the gathering,

00:50:39.460 --> 00:50:39.920
 of the other assembly,

00:50:40.420 --> 00:50:41.440
 both bringing their gifts

00:50:41.440 --> 00:50:42.519
 to bear for the upbuilding

00:50:42.519 --> 00:50:43.059
 of the body,

00:50:43.179 --> 00:50:44.539
 empowered to do so,

00:50:45.420 --> 00:50:47.720
 and at the same time

00:50:47.720 --> 00:50:50.019
 form this created order

00:50:50.019 --> 00:50:50.960
 where male and female

00:50:50.960 --> 00:50:51.760
 are distinct

00:50:51.760 --> 00:50:53.659
 and in certain relationships

00:50:53.659 --> 00:50:54.619
 have distinct roles

00:50:54.619 --> 00:50:55.220
 to play

00:50:55.220 --> 00:50:57.400
 in displaying God's glory

00:50:57.400 --> 00:50:58.320
 and manifold grace

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 to the world

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 and even

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 to the heavenly places,

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 as I think

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 the end of verse 10 alludes.

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 And friends,

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 as we pursue this freedom

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 and embrace this form,

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 may we begin

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 to see more and more

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 of the beauty

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 of the glory

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 that God has for us.

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 And may He be honored

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 above all.

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 Let's pray.

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 God, we need Your help.

00:51:30.759 --> 00:51:31.619
 Lord, we confess

00:51:31.619 --> 00:51:32.239
 that when we come

00:51:32.239 --> 00:51:32.960
 to texts like this,

00:51:33.000 --> 00:51:33.780
 we're often confused,

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 so we pray You

00:51:34.340 --> 00:51:35.179
 give us understanding.

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 And God,

00:51:36.639 --> 00:51:37.280
 as we think about

00:51:37.280 --> 00:51:38.759
 this great

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 and glorious thing

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 of being created

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 male and female

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 and called together

00:51:42.739 --> 00:51:43.500
 into Your family,

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 Lord, give us the grace

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 and wisdom

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 and courage

00:51:47.440 --> 00:51:49.079
 to live out

00:51:49.079 --> 00:51:50.019
 the biblical vision.

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 God, help us

00:51:51.059 --> 00:51:51.799
 not to rest

00:51:51.799 --> 00:51:52.940
 in old answers.

00:51:53.079 --> 00:51:53.639
 Help us to bring

00:51:53.639 --> 00:51:54.759
 our questions honestly

00:51:54.759 --> 00:51:55.880
 to You and Your Word.

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 And Lord,

00:51:58.019 --> 00:51:59.079
 help us to know

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 and trust You.

00:52:01.380 --> 00:52:02.299
 Lord, if You

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 would give up

00:52:03.179 --> 00:52:04.400
 Your own self for us,

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 then surely

00:52:05.099 --> 00:52:06.599
 we can trust Your ways

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 and Your words

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 and Your work.

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 Lord, if You have given

00:52:10.420 --> 00:52:11.099
 Your own blood

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 for us on the cross,

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 how will You not

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 graciously give us

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 all things?

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 Lord, how could we

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 not see Your words

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 not as a recipe,

00:52:21.059 --> 00:52:21.820
 for disaster,

00:52:21.960 --> 00:52:22.659
 but as a recipe

00:52:22.659 --> 00:52:23.519
 for our glory

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 and for our good

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 and for the good

00:52:26.299 --> 00:52:26.880
 of the world?

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 God, give us

00:52:31.039 --> 00:52:31.599
 the boldness

00:52:31.599 --> 00:52:32.199
 and the humility

00:52:32.199 --> 00:52:32.779
 that we need

00:52:32.779 --> 00:52:33.940
 to walk in Your ways.

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 In Jesus' name,

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 Amen.