WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.060 Titus 2, 1-10 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:59.980 Titus 3, 1-10 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:15.099 Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Saviour attractive. 00:01:24.060 --> 00:01:25.760 Thanks. Thanks, Kim. 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:48.060 So, Titus chapter 2 00:01:48.060 --> 00:01:53.180 And pure church 00:01:53.180 --> 00:01:55.680 Let's pray 00:01:55.680 --> 00:01:58.939 And ask for God's help as we look at this together. 00:01:58.939 --> 00:02:12.560 Our Father God, we thank you so much for your word. We thank you for this letter written many, many years ago. 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:27.180 But yet it is still your words written to us today to speak to us not as individuals, but to speak to us as a church corporately. 00:02:27.180 --> 00:02:42.879 And so we gather together under your word asking that your spirit would give us understanding and application to our own hearts and lives. 00:02:42.879 --> 00:02:58.039 That what we hear and what we listen to and what we talk about afterwards would change us and affect us in how we live. 00:02:58.039 --> 00:03:06.919 So we pray that you would help us now in our time together in Jesus' name. Amen. 00:03:06.919 --> 00:03:18.299 Well, the big theme of this short letter, Titus, is all about being and becoming a pure church. 00:03:18.300 --> 00:03:24.439 And a key verse for this we see in chapter 2, verse 14. 00:03:26.500 --> 00:03:42.560 That Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own eager to do what is good. 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:49.759 So God's desire is that we, his people, would become pure. 00:03:50.259 --> 00:03:53.379 That we would become like Christ. 00:03:54.219 --> 00:04:04.199 And that in turn, as we become like Christ, that we would reflect his purity and his beauty to the world and the community around us. 00:04:05.240 --> 00:04:10.759 And today we're looking at what it is to have pure relationships. 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:15.800 And the purpose is exactly the same. 00:04:15.939 --> 00:04:18.860 So look at chapter 2, the end of verse 10. 00:04:19.139 --> 00:04:23.600 As we think about pure relationships, their purpose, the end of verse 10, 00:04:23.699 --> 00:04:31.420 so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Saviour attractive. 00:04:31.420 --> 00:04:42.660 Our relationships with one another have the potential to reflect the beauty of God our Saviour. 00:04:44.660 --> 00:04:52.280 But our relationships also have the potential to make Christ look ugly. 00:04:52.279 --> 00:04:56.859 So we're going to look at three things this morning. 00:04:58.419 --> 00:05:01.859 First, getting our broken relationships in order. 00:05:03.359 --> 00:05:06.659 Second, living in pure relationship with each other. 00:05:07.739 --> 00:05:12.339 And third, reflecting a Christ relationship to the world. 00:05:12.459 --> 00:05:15.459 So we've got to get our relationships in order. 00:05:15.459 --> 00:05:20.899 We're going to see how living that pure relationship, what it looks like, 00:05:20.899 --> 00:05:27.459 and then how that in turn reflects the beauty of Christ to the world. 00:05:28.459 --> 00:05:35.000 So first of all, getting our broken relationships in order. 00:05:35.799 --> 00:05:37.839 You can flick that up on the screen there. 00:05:37.939 --> 00:05:40.259 Getting our broken relationships in order. 00:05:40.259 --> 00:05:49.099 In pure doctrine, false teaching has had a direct effect on the relationships within the church. 00:05:49.219 --> 00:05:50.639 So chapter 1, verse 11. 00:05:52.980 --> 00:05:54.560 They must be silenced. 00:05:54.680 --> 00:05:55.939 These are the false teachers. 00:05:56.439 --> 00:06:00.639 They must be silenced because they are ruining whole households 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:04.480 by teaching things they ought not to teach. 00:06:05.240 --> 00:06:08.879 These households are small house churches. 00:06:08.879 --> 00:06:13.439 And because of the false teaching, they've begun to break up. 00:06:14.659 --> 00:06:21.560 Their impure teaching has led to all kinds of impure living within the family of the church. 00:06:22.060 --> 00:06:23.719 So look at chapter 2. 00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:30.240 The older men, verse 2, have become grumpy old men. 00:06:30.980 --> 00:06:33.219 They've lost people's respect. 00:06:33.220 --> 00:06:38.820 They've become uncontrolled in what they say and what they do. 00:06:40.200 --> 00:06:45.820 The older women, verse 3, have become gossipy old bags. 00:06:47.280 --> 00:06:51.160 Slandering others as they open up another bottle of wine. 00:06:53.000 --> 00:06:59.060 The younger women, verse 5, have become celebrity wannabes. 00:06:59.060 --> 00:07:03.680 They're too busy looking after themselves and wanting to run off and play 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:08.819 and have neglected their responsibility to their children and husbands. 00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:16.060 The younger men, verse 6, have become obsessed with a playboy status. 00:07:16.060 --> 00:07:22.379 They have their heads stuck in men's bags rather than in God's word. 00:07:24.379 --> 00:07:28.480 The employed, verse 9, have become lazy and arrogant. 00:07:29.480 --> 00:07:34.579 Out to make as much as possible by doing as little as possible. 00:07:34.579 --> 00:07:42.620 So you see, this impure teaching is ruining these small churches. 00:07:44.259 --> 00:07:47.379 It's leading to all kinds of impure living. 00:07:47.899 --> 00:07:53.240 And the relationships within the church family are beginning to break up 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:54.959 and they're not the way they should be. 00:07:56.539 --> 00:08:02.279 So how can we begin to heal and restore these broken relationships? 00:08:02.279 --> 00:08:06.119 Well, look at chapter 2, verse 1. 00:08:09.079 --> 00:08:14.379 You must teach what is in accord with sound doctrine. 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:20.459 Verse 2, teach the older men. 00:08:21.619 --> 00:08:25.659 Verse 3, likewise teach the older women. 00:08:27.379 --> 00:08:32.079 Verse 6, similarly encourage the young men. 00:08:32.279 --> 00:08:38.559 And verse 9, teach the slaves or those who are employed. 00:08:40.079 --> 00:08:45.259 You see, if impure teaching breaks relationships, 00:08:46.299 --> 00:08:50.079 the solution is pure teaching. 00:08:51.079 --> 00:08:54.959 The sound doctrine, the good news of God's grace, 00:08:55.579 --> 00:09:00.120 taught to the church family and worked out into people's lives 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:03.519 are going to restore those relationships. 00:09:05.440 --> 00:09:09.639 It's true, what we take into our lives is what we become. 00:09:10.320 --> 00:09:15.259 So if we eat all the wrong things, we become very unhealthy. 00:09:15.259 --> 00:09:20.679 But if we eat our fruit and veg, well, we become healthy. 00:09:22.319 --> 00:09:27.360 Similarly, he's saying here, if we are feeding on pure doctrine, 00:09:27.919 --> 00:09:32.600 if we are drinking it down with the pure grace of God, 00:09:32.980 --> 00:09:36.860 then he will renew us and he will restore us. 00:09:36.860 --> 00:09:40.820 God's grace purifies us. 00:09:40.820 --> 00:09:47.620 He washes us so that we can live in pure relationship with each other. 00:09:47.620 --> 00:09:52.879 So the means to get these broken relationships in order, 00:09:53.720 --> 00:09:55.560 the antidote, the solution, 00:09:57.139 --> 00:10:00.419 is a healthy diet of God's word, 00:10:00.779 --> 00:10:05.000 his grace being worked out in our lives. 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:10.840 So second, getting our broken relationships in order, 00:10:11.580 --> 00:10:15.220 how do these relationships look like 00:10:15.220 --> 00:10:18.659 when they're being lived out amongst each other? 00:10:19.840 --> 00:10:21.399 Flick that up on the screen. 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:26.100 As we look at the various relationships 00:10:26.100 --> 00:10:28.919 within the church family here in chapter two, 00:10:29.460 --> 00:10:32.720 it's probably hard for us to try and work out, 00:10:32.720 --> 00:10:35.399 and I've been joking with people through the week, 00:10:35.540 --> 00:10:38.940 kind of what category are you going to put yourself in? 00:10:39.680 --> 00:10:43.120 Are you an older man or are you a younger man? 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:47.139 Or are you an old woman or a young woman? 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:50.600 Well, I don't want to get myself into trouble 00:10:50.600 --> 00:10:54.040 and I'm not going to say, right, all the old women sit here 00:10:54.040 --> 00:10:56.840 and all the old men sit there or anything else like that. 00:10:57.139 --> 00:10:58.500 I don't want to cause offence. 00:10:59.660 --> 00:11:01.480 I'm just going to offend everybody 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:06.519 and just say that, well, sometimes we're younger 00:11:06.519 --> 00:11:08.500 and sometimes we're older. 00:11:08.759 --> 00:11:10.700 There's always people who are older 00:11:10.700 --> 00:11:12.620 and there are always people that are younger. 00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:16.600 So I think it applies to us all 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:20.460 in different contexts, depending who we're with. 00:11:21.220 --> 00:11:23.580 So don't be just kind of thinking, 00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:26.039 well, I'm not an older woman or I'm not an older man, 00:11:26.100 --> 00:11:27.300 so this doesn't apply to me. 00:11:27.299 --> 00:11:31.879 I think in some ways it applies to us all. 00:11:32.819 --> 00:11:34.179 And what we're going to do this morning 00:11:34.179 --> 00:11:36.899 is just look at the older, younger relationships, 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:39.500 primarily this morning, 00:11:39.599 --> 00:11:43.319 just for the sake of time and just to focus in on that. 00:11:43.459 --> 00:11:45.159 So we're going to take a look at these relationships 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:50.419 and see what they ought to look like in practice. 00:11:50.419 --> 00:11:55.500 First, older men, listen up. 00:11:57.459 --> 00:11:58.519 Verse 2. 00:11:59.959 --> 00:12:02.759 Teach older men to be temperate, 00:12:03.959 --> 00:12:05.079 worthy of respect, 00:12:06.379 --> 00:12:07.439 self-controlled, 00:12:08.719 --> 00:12:10.500 and sound in faith, 00:12:11.539 --> 00:12:12.719 sound in love, 00:12:12.939 --> 00:12:14.480 and sound in endurance. 00:12:14.480 --> 00:12:17.980 You know, there's a sad fact 00:12:17.980 --> 00:12:19.600 that as men get older, 00:12:20.560 --> 00:12:22.180 they become more grumpy. 00:12:23.279 --> 00:12:24.800 Have you experienced that 00:12:24.800 --> 00:12:26.879 if you live with an older man? 00:12:28.180 --> 00:12:30.860 I don't mean complaints 00:12:30.860 --> 00:12:33.720 about not being able to use the latest technology 00:12:33.720 --> 00:12:35.500 and how the mobile phone works 00:12:35.500 --> 00:12:36.700 and all that sort of stuff. 00:12:37.300 --> 00:12:39.159 I mean they can sometimes become 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:41.680 impatient with people. 00:12:41.679 --> 00:12:45.279 Younger people just seem to become 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:46.939 an irritable nuisance. 00:12:49.179 --> 00:12:51.879 They are not, look at verse 2, 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:55.259 temperate or self-controlled 00:12:55.259 --> 00:12:56.559 in what they say and do. 00:12:57.000 --> 00:12:58.759 In fact, as they age, 00:12:59.719 --> 00:13:03.099 they begin to sadly lose all respect. 00:13:06.399 --> 00:13:07.279 Older men, 00:13:07.279 --> 00:13:09.799 we ought to be the kind of people 00:13:09.799 --> 00:13:11.919 that younger people 00:13:11.919 --> 00:13:13.519 want to be around 00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:14.599 and look up to. 00:13:15.919 --> 00:13:17.699 Okay, they might want to hang out with you. 00:13:17.779 --> 00:13:19.339 They might call you your best buddy 00:13:19.339 --> 00:13:21.019 and go to the cinema with you. 00:13:22.219 --> 00:13:23.039 But older men, 00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:25.279 we ought to have this kind of character 00:13:25.279 --> 00:13:26.500 about us 00:13:26.500 --> 00:13:29.519 that makes us approachable 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:32.339 and that makes us attractive 00:13:32.339 --> 00:13:33.339 in the sense that people 00:13:33.339 --> 00:13:35.539 actually want to talk with us. 00:13:35.539 --> 00:13:40.059 wise and mature people, 00:13:40.219 --> 00:13:40.799 verse 2, 00:13:41.439 --> 00:13:43.839 who are sound in faith, 00:13:45.319 --> 00:13:46.699 have a good grasp 00:13:46.699 --> 00:13:48.279 of what God's word is about. 00:13:48.899 --> 00:13:49.980 Sound in love, 00:13:50.059 --> 00:13:51.039 who are solid 00:13:51.039 --> 00:13:52.980 in their love 00:13:52.980 --> 00:13:54.199 and in their endurance. 00:13:54.539 --> 00:13:56.379 They keep going in the faith. 00:13:58.299 --> 00:13:59.759 So young people 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:02.219 shouldn't think of themselves 00:14:02.219 --> 00:14:04.399 as being an irritable nuisance, 00:14:04.399 --> 00:14:07.319 rather they should see you 00:14:07.319 --> 00:14:09.000 as one they can come to 00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:10.720 for encouragement 00:14:10.720 --> 00:14:12.059 when they're struggling 00:14:12.059 --> 00:14:13.079 in the faith. 00:14:14.860 --> 00:14:16.759 That they would come to you 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:17.819 for comfort 00:14:17.819 --> 00:14:19.480 when life brings 00:14:19.480 --> 00:14:21.039 all the disappointments 00:14:21.039 --> 00:14:21.959 that it does. 00:14:23.419 --> 00:14:25.720 That you are a rock, 00:14:26.860 --> 00:14:29.019 someone who brings stability 00:14:29.019 --> 00:14:31.360 in times of uncertainty. 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:35.600 for older men. 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:38.000 We have a responsibility 00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:40.220 not just to our own family, 00:14:40.860 --> 00:14:43.600 but we have a real role 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:46.720 to the whole church family. 00:14:48.800 --> 00:14:50.740 Younger men should be like 00:14:50.740 --> 00:14:52.360 your own son. 00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:54.500 The younger women 00:14:54.500 --> 00:14:56.519 should be like your own daughter. 00:14:57.779 --> 00:14:59.440 You should have that shoulder 00:14:59.440 --> 00:15:00.660 they can cry on. 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:02.600 You should have that gentle 00:15:02.600 --> 00:15:03.780 word of correction 00:15:03.780 --> 00:15:04.920 when you see them 00:15:04.920 --> 00:15:05.940 going a path 00:15:05.940 --> 00:15:08.220 that is not going to be helpful. 00:15:09.220 --> 00:15:10.820 You gently get alongside 00:15:10.820 --> 00:15:11.820 and instruct. 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:14.740 And you are the support 00:15:14.740 --> 00:15:15.860 that gets around them 00:15:15.860 --> 00:15:17.140 and encourages them on 00:15:17.140 --> 00:15:17.800 in their faith. 00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:21.959 So older men, 00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:25.699 let the sound doctrine, 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:28.559 let the grace of God 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:30.659 instruct your mind. 00:15:31.459 --> 00:15:33.059 Let it grab a hold 00:15:33.059 --> 00:15:33.899 of your heart 00:15:33.899 --> 00:15:35.479 and begin to shape 00:15:35.479 --> 00:15:36.339 your heart 00:15:36.339 --> 00:15:39.459 to be the older man 00:15:39.459 --> 00:15:41.279 that God has called you to be 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:42.279 within the family 00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:44.399 of the church. 00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:50.139 Second, 00:15:50.500 --> 00:15:51.600 the older women. 00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:54.120 Verse 3. 00:15:56.299 --> 00:15:56.819 Likewise, 00:15:57.240 --> 00:15:58.379 teach the older women 00:15:58.379 --> 00:15:59.740 to be reverent 00:15:59.740 --> 00:16:01.579 in the way they live, 00:16:02.620 --> 00:16:04.799 not to be slanderers 00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:07.579 or addicted to too much wine, 00:16:08.579 --> 00:16:10.740 but to teach what is good. 00:16:10.740 --> 00:16:13.740 You know, 00:16:13.779 --> 00:16:15.039 it's also a sad fact 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:16.440 that as women get older, 00:16:16.899 --> 00:16:17.680 they can become 00:16:17.680 --> 00:16:19.100 gossipy old bags. 00:16:20.620 --> 00:16:22.480 They become busybodies, 00:16:24.340 --> 00:16:25.639 poking their noses 00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:27.180 into people's business 00:16:27.180 --> 00:16:29.019 and then relaying it 00:16:29.019 --> 00:16:29.720 to their friends 00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:30.740 over a few bottles 00:16:30.740 --> 00:16:31.560 of Chardonnay. 00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:34.879 They're out to enjoy 00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:35.720 their retirement. 00:16:37.100 --> 00:16:38.620 They've raised their kids. 00:16:38.620 --> 00:16:40.820 Now it's time to kick back 00:16:40.820 --> 00:16:41.799 and enjoy life. 00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:43.899 Don't have kids anymore. 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:45.220 Don't need to worry about them. 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:46.580 Let me do the things 00:16:46.580 --> 00:16:47.379 I want to do. 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:49.179 You know, 00:16:49.220 --> 00:16:49.580 there's something 00:16:49.580 --> 00:16:50.799 very unattractive 00:16:50.799 --> 00:16:52.039 about that kind of woman. 00:16:53.679 --> 00:16:54.799 Not very pleasant 00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:55.500 to be around. 00:16:57.620 --> 00:16:58.139 Instead, 00:16:58.379 --> 00:16:59.480 look at verse 3. 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:00.860 They are to be 00:17:00.860 --> 00:17:02.860 reverent 00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:04.460 in the way 00:17:04.460 --> 00:17:05.240 that they live. 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:07.720 Instead of smelling 00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:09.120 of stale wine, 00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:11.200 they should smell 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:12.779 with the beauty of Christ 00:17:12.779 --> 00:17:13.740 as they walk 00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:14.880 into the room 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:16.559 and as they engage 00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:17.579 and talk with people, 00:17:17.700 --> 00:17:18.180 there should be 00:17:18.180 --> 00:17:19.700 an aroma of Christ. 00:17:21.700 --> 00:17:22.960 And instead of thinking 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:23.740 retirement, 00:17:24.299 --> 00:17:25.279 which the Bible 00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:26.000 actually knows 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:26.799 nothing about, 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:29.079 they should be 00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:29.880 investing 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:32.120 in the younger mothers 00:17:32.120 --> 00:17:33.839 who are struggling. 00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:35.679 Look at verse 4. 00:17:38.159 --> 00:17:39.819 Then they can train 00:17:39.819 --> 00:17:40.899 the younger women 00:17:40.899 --> 00:17:42.959 to love their husbands 00:17:42.959 --> 00:17:45.579 and children. 00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:49.139 That's what older women 00:17:49.139 --> 00:17:50.059 are to do, 00:17:50.220 --> 00:17:52.539 to train the younger women 00:17:52.539 --> 00:17:53.699 to love their husbands 00:17:53.699 --> 00:17:54.480 and children. 00:17:55.500 --> 00:17:56.799 And you train 00:17:56.799 --> 00:17:57.799 the younger women 00:17:57.799 --> 00:17:59.439 by the things 00:17:59.439 --> 00:18:00.319 that you say 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:01.899 as you get alongside them 00:18:01.900 --> 00:18:03.019 and the way 00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:03.620 that you live 00:18:03.620 --> 00:18:04.259 your life. 00:18:05.500 --> 00:18:06.420 The very fact 00:18:06.420 --> 00:18:07.180 that you're older 00:18:07.180 --> 00:18:08.160 means that you have 00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:09.519 a wealth of experience. 00:18:10.340 --> 00:18:11.180 It's not that 00:18:11.180 --> 00:18:12.100 you're perfect. 00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:14.740 It's not that 00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:16.140 you've done 00:18:16.140 --> 00:18:16.960 nothing wrong. 00:18:17.060 --> 00:18:17.640 It means you've 00:18:17.640 --> 00:18:18.980 made lots of mistakes 00:18:18.980 --> 00:18:19.920 but you've learned 00:18:19.920 --> 00:18:20.980 from your mistakes. 00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:23.620 You've been there, 00:18:23.740 --> 00:18:24.180 done that, 00:18:24.259 --> 00:18:25.400 you've got the t-shirt. 00:18:26.980 --> 00:18:27.460 Sweat, 00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:28.960 blood and tears 00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:31.340 are your experience 00:18:31.340 --> 00:18:32.720 and you can pass 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:33.259 that on 00:18:33.259 --> 00:18:35.019 to those 00:18:35.019 --> 00:18:35.759 who are younger. 00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:39.059 So I'm going to 00:18:39.059 --> 00:18:39.860 push the boat out 00:18:39.860 --> 00:18:40.480 this morning. 00:18:41.620 --> 00:18:42.680 I've already called 00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:43.460 the older men 00:18:43.460 --> 00:18:44.460 grumpy old men 00:18:44.460 --> 00:18:45.539 and women 00:18:45.539 --> 00:18:46.240 old bags 00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:47.940 so let's push 00:18:47.940 --> 00:18:49.000 the boat right out. 00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:51.019 Those who go 00:18:51.019 --> 00:18:51.700 to polo, 00:18:52.700 --> 00:18:54.579 I think it's primarily 00:18:54.579 --> 00:18:55.380 younger women, 00:18:55.380 --> 00:18:58.080 why don't you 00:18:58.080 --> 00:18:58.760 invite 00:18:58.760 --> 00:18:59.640 some of the 00:18:59.640 --> 00:19:00.600 older women, 00:19:01.140 --> 00:19:01.760 I'll let you 00:19:01.760 --> 00:19:03.060 decide who they are, 00:19:03.620 --> 00:19:05.080 to come and share 00:19:05.080 --> 00:19:06.180 God's word 00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:06.840 with you, 00:19:07.860 --> 00:19:08.820 to let them 00:19:08.820 --> 00:19:09.260 sit 00:19:09.260 --> 00:19:11.100 to encourage you 00:19:11.100 --> 00:19:12.440 and to support 00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:13.260 you as young 00:19:13.260 --> 00:19:13.660 mothers. 00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:17.340 That's the role 00:19:17.340 --> 00:19:18.460 of older women. 00:19:20.340 --> 00:19:21.580 And those of you 00:19:21.580 --> 00:19:22.440 who go to 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:23.040 the ladies' 00:19:23.360 --> 00:19:23.660 study, 00:19:23.660 --> 00:19:27.340 on the 00:19:27.340 --> 00:19:27.820 Thursday, 00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:29.800 think about 00:19:29.800 --> 00:19:30.620 how you can 00:19:30.620 --> 00:19:31.300 practically 00:19:31.300 --> 00:19:32.440 help those 00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:34.000 with young 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:34.500 children. 00:19:35.540 --> 00:19:36.640 What can we do 00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:37.380 to support 00:19:37.380 --> 00:19:38.040 the many 00:19:38.040 --> 00:19:39.800 young families 00:19:39.800 --> 00:19:40.680 and those 00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:41.240 with younger 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:41.740 kids 00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:42.840 in the life 00:19:42.840 --> 00:19:43.560 of the church? 00:19:44.259 --> 00:19:44.940 Now we might 00:19:44.940 --> 00:19:45.620 kind of struggle 00:19:45.620 --> 00:19:46.080 with that 00:19:46.080 --> 00:19:46.440 and think, 00:19:46.540 --> 00:19:46.820 hmm, 00:19:46.980 --> 00:19:47.800 not so sure 00:19:47.800 --> 00:19:48.440 about it, 00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:50.320 but this is 00:19:50.320 --> 00:19:51.019 what the family 00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:51.640 relationship 00:19:51.640 --> 00:19:52.420 looks like. 00:19:52.420 --> 00:19:53.980 responsibility 00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:55.620 to one 00:19:55.620 --> 00:19:55.980 another. 00:19:57.800 --> 00:19:58.519 So, 00:19:59.180 --> 00:20:00.300 let the 00:20:00.300 --> 00:20:01.200 sound doctrine, 00:20:02.320 --> 00:20:03.140 let the 00:20:03.140 --> 00:20:04.279 grace of God, 00:20:04.820 --> 00:20:05.580 older women, 00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:07.360 instruct your 00:20:07.360 --> 00:20:07.920 minds, 00:20:09.060 --> 00:20:09.580 grab your 00:20:09.580 --> 00:20:10.060 heart, 00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:11.220 and shape 00:20:11.220 --> 00:20:11.940 your heart 00:20:11.940 --> 00:20:14.080 to be the 00:20:14.080 --> 00:20:14.920 older women 00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:16.480 that God 00:20:16.480 --> 00:20:17.000 has called 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:17.680 you to be. 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:22.720 third, 00:20:23.600 --> 00:20:24.440 the younger 00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:24.820 women, 00:20:25.840 --> 00:20:26.700 verse 5. 00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:34.240 they are to 00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:36.140 be self-controlled 00:20:36.140 --> 00:20:38.319 and pure, 00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:40.160 to be 00:20:40.160 --> 00:20:40.840 busy at 00:20:40.840 --> 00:20:41.220 home, 00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.960 to be 00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:43.580 kind, 00:20:44.580 --> 00:20:45.960 to be 00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:46.759 subject to 00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:47.440 their husbands 00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:49.880 so that 00:20:49.880 --> 00:20:50.319 no one 00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:50.880 will malign 00:20:50.880 --> 00:20:51.240 the word 00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:51.759 of God. 00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:54.660 you know, 00:20:54.700 --> 00:20:55.099 it's also 00:20:55.099 --> 00:20:55.779 true that 00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:56.779 many younger 00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:57.539 women live 00:20:57.539 --> 00:20:58.879 life regretting 00:20:58.879 --> 00:21:00.039 that they 00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:00.539 ever got 00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:00.960 married, 00:21:02.819 --> 00:21:03.339 regretting 00:21:03.339 --> 00:21:03.940 that they've 00:21:03.940 --> 00:21:04.740 ever had 00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:05.240 children. 00:21:06.339 --> 00:21:06.819 They would 00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:07.559 much prefer 00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:08.140 to be out 00:21:08.140 --> 00:21:08.900 gallivanting 00:21:08.900 --> 00:21:09.359 with their 00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:09.720 friends, 00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:10.680 not having 00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:11.140 to be at 00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:11.400 home, 00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:11.940 changing 00:21:11.940 --> 00:21:12.559 nappies. 00:21:14.099 --> 00:21:14.879 They have 00:21:14.879 --> 00:21:15.440 neglected 00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:15.759 their 00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:16.400 responsibility 00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:17.019 to their 00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:17.859 children and 00:21:17.859 --> 00:21:18.359 husbands, 00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:19.660 and are 00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:20.359 still running 00:21:20.359 --> 00:21:21.019 about living 00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:21.579 as if they 00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:22.200 are single. 00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:25.200 Instead, 00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:26.259 verse 5, 00:21:27.319 --> 00:21:28.859 they are 00:21:28.859 --> 00:21:29.339 to be 00:21:29.339 --> 00:21:31.059 self-controlled, 00:21:32.940 --> 00:21:33.539 pure, 00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:36.400 busy at 00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:36.740 home. 00:21:38.379 --> 00:21:39.200 Or better 00:21:39.200 --> 00:21:39.940 translated, 00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:40.460 I think, 00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:41.059 that busy 00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:41.639 at home 00:21:41.639 --> 00:21:43.440 is working 00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:44.119 at home, 00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:45.420 loving 00:21:45.420 --> 00:21:46.480 their 00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:46.980 home. 00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:48.480 Because 00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:48.940 there's a 00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:49.779 big lie 00:21:49.779 --> 00:21:50.680 out there 00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:51.440 today that 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:51.840 says, 00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:52.960 caring for 00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:53.640 children 00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:55.240 and looking 00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:56.039 after the 00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:57.200 family home 00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:58.240 is actually 00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:59.500 a downgrade. 00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:01.160 If that's 00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:01.500 what you 00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:01.920 do, 00:22:02.120 --> 00:22:02.500 it's 00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:03.060 demeaning 00:22:03.060 --> 00:22:03.539 and it 00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:04.220 ruins your 00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:04.960 chances of 00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:05.460 a real 00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:06.060 career. 00:22:07.860 --> 00:22:08.420 Well, 00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:08.900 I want to 00:22:08.900 --> 00:22:09.720 address and 00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:10.200 I want to 00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:11.480 encourage every 00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:12.120 mother of 00:22:12.120 --> 00:22:13.360 children represented 00:22:13.360 --> 00:22:13.860 here, 00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:15.660 especially 00:22:15.660 --> 00:22:16.380 those who 00:22:16.380 --> 00:22:16.860 are younger 00:22:16.860 --> 00:22:17.380 mothers. 00:22:17.380 --> 00:22:19.840 far from 00:22:19.840 --> 00:22:20.520 being a 00:22:20.520 --> 00:22:21.080 low 00:22:21.080 --> 00:22:21.960 position, 00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.640 this is 00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:25.720 a high 00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:26.400 position, 00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:28.040 far from 00:22:28.040 --> 00:22:28.660 a second 00:22:28.660 --> 00:22:29.380 rate career 00:22:29.380 --> 00:22:29.940 and as if 00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:30.520 you're kind 00:22:30.520 --> 00:22:30.960 of taking 00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.920 a step 00:22:31.920 --> 00:22:32.540 down, 00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.380 this is 00:22:34.380 --> 00:22:35.380 a step 00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:35.940 up. 00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:37.780 This is a 00:22:37.780 --> 00:22:38.440 great career, 00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.360 this is a 00:22:39.360 --> 00:22:40.660 God-given 00:22:40.660 --> 00:22:41.660 blessed 00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:42.460 career. 00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:46.759 Of course, 00:22:46.819 --> 00:22:47.180 it doesn't 00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:47.700 mean that 00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:48.700 mothers can't 00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:49.360 pursue an 00:22:49.360 --> 00:22:49.819 outside 00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.420 profession. 00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.559 Of course 00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:52.140 they can. 00:22:53.360 --> 00:22:54.160 But it 00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:54.799 will never 00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.620 be to the 00:22:55.620 --> 00:22:56.319 neglect of 00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:56.980 their own 00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:58.420 children and 00:22:58.420 --> 00:22:59.100 husbands. 00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:00.900 Young 00:23:00.900 --> 00:23:01.279 women, 00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:02.380 if you 00:23:02.380 --> 00:23:03.220 are married 00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:04.259 and if 00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:05.100 you have 00:23:05.100 --> 00:23:05.759 children, 00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:07.759 your primary 00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:08.960 responsibility, 00:23:09.620 --> 00:23:10.180 as God's 00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:10.600 word is 00:23:10.600 --> 00:23:11.140 saying here 00:23:11.140 --> 00:23:11.519 in verse 00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.639 five, is 00:23:12.639 --> 00:23:13.619 to love 00:23:13.619 --> 00:23:14.700 them well, 00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.139 is to 00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:16.240 care for 00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:16.740 them well. 00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:19.000 That's your 00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:20.279 first responsibility. 00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:22.460 And to 00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:22.879 love your 00:23:22.879 --> 00:23:23.279 husband, 00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:24.180 verse five, 00:23:25.099 --> 00:23:26.460 is to 00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:27.279 be subject 00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:28.019 to your 00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.420 husband. 00:23:29.619 --> 00:23:30.259 Of course, 00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:30.839 that doesn't 00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.259 mean that 00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:31.740 the wife 00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.379 is this 00:23:32.379 --> 00:23:33.420 obedient 00:23:33.420 --> 00:23:34.440 one around 00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:35.079 the house 00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:36.559 who obeys 00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:37.259 the husband's 00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:38.000 every beck and 00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.680 call as if 00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:39.059 she were 00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:39.700 kind of 00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:40.740 subhuman. 00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:42.039 And below 00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:42.920 everybody else, 00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:43.660 that is not 00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.119 the right 00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:44.759 interpretation. 00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.539 That's wrong. 00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.960 We know from 00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.500 the rest of 00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:49.119 scripture that 00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:50.379 a husband's 00:23:50.379 --> 00:23:51.220 responsibility 00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:52.379 is to 00:23:52.379 --> 00:23:53.319 serve his 00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:54.079 wife with 00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:54.920 sacrificial 00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:56.180 love and 00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:56.839 care. 00:23:58.619 --> 00:23:59.180 Sacrificially. 00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:01.279 So to be 00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:02.079 subject to 00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:02.619 your husband 00:24:02.619 --> 00:24:03.160 is to 00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:04.339 live under 00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:05.680 his loving 00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:06.559 and protective 00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:07.519 care and 00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:08.079 not to be 00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:09.019 out gallivanting 00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.519 or running 00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:10.200 around looking 00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:10.599 for that 00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:10.980 love and 00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.400 care from 00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:12.319 someone else 00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:13.299 or something 00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:13.799 else. 00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:16.379 This is 00:24:16.379 --> 00:24:16.940 God's 00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:17.680 beautiful 00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.680 design for 00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.960 home and 00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:20.779 for family 00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:22.059 relationships. 00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:25.299 So, 00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:26.079 younger women, 00:24:26.639 --> 00:24:28.859 let the 00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:29.359 sound 00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:30.139 doctrine, 00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:31.819 let the 00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:32.839 grace of 00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:33.940 God instruct 00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.859 your mind. 00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.099 Let it 00:24:36.099 --> 00:24:36.960 grab a hold 00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.299 of your 00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.880 heart and 00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:38.600 shape your 00:24:38.600 --> 00:24:40.220 heart to 00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:40.559 be the 00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:41.160 younger woman 00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:41.620 that God 00:24:41.620 --> 00:24:42.120 has called 00:24:42.120 --> 00:24:42.559 you to 00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:42.819 be. 00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:47.180 The 00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:48.900 fourth in 00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:49.640 this list of 00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:50.559 relationships that 00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:50.980 we're looking 00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.519 at is 00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:52.519 younger men. 00:24:54.120 --> 00:24:54.680 Verse 00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:55.120 six, 00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.660 similarly 00:24:57.660 --> 00:24:59.960 encourage the 00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.740 young men to 00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:02.180 be self-controlled. 00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:05.460 It's 00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:06.079 true that 00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:06.579 young men 00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:07.240 today have 00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:07.679 one aim 00:25:07.679 --> 00:25:08.279 in life. 00:25:09.679 --> 00:25:10.399 That's to 00:25:10.399 --> 00:25:10.939 meet lots 00:25:10.939 --> 00:25:11.339 of young 00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:12.740 women and 00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.019 to have 00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:13.639 sex with 00:25:13.639 --> 00:25:13.819 them. 00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.460 That's the 00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:16.220 average young 00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:16.859 man's outlook 00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:17.339 on life. 00:25:17.439 --> 00:25:17.759 Go to 00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.159 college, 00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.039 interview 00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.359 them, 00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:20.339 that's what 00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:20.899 they're about. 00:25:23.679 --> 00:25:24.199 And 00:25:24.199 --> 00:25:24.720 sadly, 00:25:24.919 --> 00:25:25.399 it's becoming 00:25:25.399 --> 00:25:26.099 the practice 00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:27.799 within church 00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:28.279 life. 00:25:30.099 --> 00:25:30.639 Now, 00:25:30.699 --> 00:25:31.240 from what I 00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:32.679 know of 00:25:32.679 --> 00:25:33.339 the young 00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:34.639 single men 00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:35.140 within the 00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:35.660 family of 00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.200 this church, 00:25:36.280 --> 00:25:36.520 and I 00:25:36.520 --> 00:25:37.100 do try to 00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:37.640 keep tabs 00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:38.000 on you 00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:38.280 all, 00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:39.400 have my 00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:40.259 spies out 00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.520 there, 00:25:41.080 --> 00:25:42.259 I don't 00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.720 think that 00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.460 is necessarily 00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.240 the case. 00:25:45.080 --> 00:25:45.640 However, 00:25:46.800 --> 00:25:47.500 what I want 00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.100 to say to 00:25:48.100 --> 00:25:48.740 the younger 00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:51.100 men is 00:25:51.100 --> 00:25:51.420 that you 00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:51.880 must be 00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:52.340 very, 00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:53.180 very careful 00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:53.740 how you 00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.280 treat 00:25:54.280 --> 00:25:54.980 younger 00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.560 women. 00:25:56.660 --> 00:25:57.320 You are 00:25:57.320 --> 00:25:57.920 to learn, 00:25:58.080 --> 00:25:58.800 verse five, 00:25:59.300 --> 00:26:00.000 to be 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:01.359 self-controlled. 00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:03.859 Self-control 00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:04.980 covers every 00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.759 area of 00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.240 our life. 00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:06.900 It covers 00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:08.039 our words 00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.359 and our 00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:08.700 actions, 00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:09.119 how we 00:26:09.119 --> 00:26:09.619 speak, 00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.079 how we 00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:10.720 behave, 00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:12.539 but in 00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.160 particular, 00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:14.500 and I 00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:14.839 want to 00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.380 focus on 00:26:15.380 --> 00:26:15.619 this, 00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.519 self-control 00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:17.140 over your 00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:18.160 sexual life. 00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:20.079 Instead of 00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:20.519 watching 00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:21.119 internet 00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:21.720 porn, 00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:23.279 delight 00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:23.900 yourself 00:26:23.900 --> 00:26:25.259 in God's 00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.640 word. 00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:29.440 here is 00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.640 how you 00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:31.400 must treat 00:26:31.400 --> 00:26:32.060 younger 00:26:32.060 --> 00:26:32.480 women. 00:26:33.120 --> 00:26:33.740 Go back 00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.220 a couple 00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.720 of pages 00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.640 to 1 00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:36.140 Timothy 00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:37.840 chapter 00:26:37.840 --> 00:26:38.420 five. 00:26:42.080 --> 00:26:42.960 There are 00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.400 a lot of 00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:43.940 parallels 00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:44.420 between 00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:45.240 Titus and 00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.660 Timothy. 00:26:46.280 --> 00:26:46.680 1 00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.080 Timothy 00:26:47.080 --> 00:26:47.480 chapter 00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:48.140 five, 00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:48.780 verse 00:26:48.780 --> 00:26:49.180 one. 00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:58.100 Here is 00:26:58.100 --> 00:26:58.580 how younger 00:26:58.580 --> 00:26:59.180 women should 00:26:59.180 --> 00:26:59.700 behave. 00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:00.700 Sorry, 00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.840 younger men 00:27:01.840 --> 00:27:02.580 should behave. 00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:03.940 Paul is 00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.560 writing to 00:27:04.560 --> 00:27:04.940 Timothy, 00:27:05.080 --> 00:27:05.520 who is a 00:27:05.520 --> 00:27:06.100 young man, 00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:07.700 and so he 00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:08.280 says to the 00:27:08.280 --> 00:27:08.800 young man, 00:27:08.860 --> 00:27:09.540 and I think 00:27:09.540 --> 00:27:09.980 here is the 00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.580 principle for 00:27:10.580 --> 00:27:10.759 us, 00:27:10.840 --> 00:27:11.280 young men 00:27:11.280 --> 00:27:11.840 do not 00:27:11.840 --> 00:27:13.320 rebuke an 00:27:13.320 --> 00:27:13.960 older man 00:27:13.960 --> 00:27:14.480 harshly, 00:27:14.560 --> 00:27:15.220 but exhort 00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.780 him as if 00:27:15.780 --> 00:27:16.060 he were 00:27:16.060 --> 00:27:16.800 your father. 00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.180 Treat 00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:20.020 younger men 00:27:20.020 --> 00:27:21.280 as brothers. 00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:23.080 Treat 00:27:23.080 --> 00:27:24.060 older women 00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:25.639 as your 00:27:25.639 --> 00:27:26.019 mother. 00:27:27.139 --> 00:27:27.679 And here is 00:27:27.679 --> 00:27:28.220 the point. 00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.200 Treat 00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:31.220 younger women 00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:33.119 as sisters 00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:35.759 with 00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.740 absolute 00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:38.200 purity. 00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:43.259 I hope 00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:43.619 you got 00:27:43.619 --> 00:27:44.000 that. 00:27:45.419 --> 00:27:46.099 And I 00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:46.460 want to 00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:46.819 say to 00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.220 you young 00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:47.619 lads, 00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.819 enjoy your 00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.440 relationships 00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:50.240 with the 00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.839 young women, 00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:51.419 by that I 00:27:51.419 --> 00:27:51.799 mean your 00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.279 friendships. 00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:54.480 hang out 00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:54.899 with each 00:27:54.899 --> 00:27:55.319 other in 00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:55.980 the safety 00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.899 of a 00:27:56.899 --> 00:27:57.379 crowd. 00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.180 Enjoy 00:27:59.180 --> 00:28:00.019 those young 00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:01.099 years together, 00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:02.099 have fun 00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:02.660 together, 00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.539 but young 00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:03.899 men, 00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:06.019 treat them 00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:08.000 as your 00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:09.879 sister with 00:28:09.879 --> 00:28:10.660 absolute 00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:11.519 purity. 00:28:13.579 --> 00:28:14.660 Be a 00:28:14.660 --> 00:28:15.399 big brother 00:28:15.399 --> 00:28:15.980 to them, 00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.920 not a 00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:18.319 creepy 00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:18.940 leecher. 00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:19.940 love 00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.940 love 00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.460 love 00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.640 so young 00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:22.980 men, 00:28:23.600 --> 00:28:24.160 let the 00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:24.799 sound 00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:25.559 doctrine, 00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:26.500 let the 00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:27.460 grace of 00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:27.900 God 00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:28.600 instruct 00:28:28.600 --> 00:28:29.160 your 00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.680 mind, 00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:30.420 let it 00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:30.980 grab a 00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:31.400 hold of 00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:31.559 your 00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:31.880 heart 00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:32.700 and shape 00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:32.960 your 00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.440 heart 00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:35.080 to be 00:28:35.080 --> 00:28:35.380 the 00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:36.080 godly 00:28:36.080 --> 00:28:36.920 younger 00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:37.519 man 00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:40.000 that God 00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.539 has called 00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:40.960 you to 00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.279 be. 00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:46.200 so older 00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:46.579 men 00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:48.940 and older 00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.379 women, 00:28:51.399 --> 00:28:51.720 younger 00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.700 men and 00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:53.399 younger 00:28:53.399 --> 00:28:53.799 women, 00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:55.700 that's all 00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.240 of us who 00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.740 are here. 00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:57.980 Our 00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.660 relationships 00:28:58.660 --> 00:29:00.019 within the 00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.379 church 00:29:00.379 --> 00:29:00.940 family 00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:02.859 are to be 00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.480 pure 00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:05.620 and we 00:29:05.620 --> 00:29:06.000 need to 00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.620 pray that 00:29:06.620 --> 00:29:07.140 God by 00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.360 his 00:29:07.360 --> 00:29:07.599 Holy 00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:08.059 Spirit 00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.380 will 00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:09.460 purify 00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:10.140 us 00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:11.680 so that 00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.000 we are 00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.620 eager to 00:29:12.620 --> 00:29:13.039 do 00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.880 what 00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:14.339 is 00:29:14.339 --> 00:29:14.779 good. 00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:18.940 Third, 00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:21.140 reflecting a 00:29:21.140 --> 00:29:21.500 Christ 00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.180 relationship 00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:23.339 to the 00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:23.759 world. 00:29:25.360 --> 00:29:26.180 You see, 00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.779 the purpose 00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.339 of getting 00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:28.019 our broken 00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.720 relationships 00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.779 in order, 00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:31.539 the reason 00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.259 for living 00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:32.900 in pure 00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:33.460 relationship 00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:34.080 with each 00:29:34.080 --> 00:29:34.400 other, 00:29:35.040 --> 00:29:35.340 is 00:29:35.340 --> 00:29:36.060 beautifully 00:29:36.060 --> 00:29:36.780 described 00:29:36.780 --> 00:29:37.160 at the 00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:37.500 end of 00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:38.200 verse 10. 00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:39.200 Yes, 00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.800 it's talking 00:29:39.800 --> 00:29:40.560 there primarily 00:29:40.560 --> 00:29:41.560 about employees 00:29:41.560 --> 00:29:42.519 and employers, 00:29:42.800 --> 00:29:43.280 but I think 00:29:43.280 --> 00:29:44.080 it applies to 00:29:44.080 --> 00:29:45.040 all relationships. 00:29:45.320 --> 00:29:45.640 Look at the 00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:45.900 end of 00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.420 verse 10. 00:29:46.860 --> 00:29:47.280 Here's the 00:29:47.280 --> 00:29:47.640 purpose, 00:29:47.800 --> 00:29:48.140 here's the 00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:48.560 reason, 00:29:49.120 --> 00:29:49.600 so that 00:29:49.600 --> 00:29:50.200 in every 00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:50.680 way, 00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:52.380 they will 00:29:52.380 --> 00:29:52.840 make the 00:29:52.840 --> 00:29:53.320 teaching 00:29:53.320 --> 00:29:54.040 about God 00:29:54.040 --> 00:29:54.259 our 00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.860 Saviour 00:29:54.860 --> 00:29:55.560 attractive. 00:29:57.800 --> 00:29:58.380 So, 00:29:58.540 --> 00:29:58.980 class, 00:29:59.800 --> 00:30:00.480 listen up, 00:30:00.620 --> 00:30:01.480 question time. 00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:03.540 What will 00:30:03.540 --> 00:30:04.300 make someone 00:30:04.300 --> 00:30:05.040 want to 00:30:05.040 --> 00:30:06.440 listen to 00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:06.880 the grace 00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:07.360 of Jesus 00:30:07.360 --> 00:30:07.900 Christ? 00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:10.620 What will 00:30:10.620 --> 00:30:11.220 make someone 00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:11.740 want to 00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:12.240 listen to 00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:12.680 the grace 00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:13.120 of Jesus 00:30:13.120 --> 00:30:13.519 Christ, 00:30:13.620 --> 00:30:13.880 to the 00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:14.300 teaching? 00:30:14.820 --> 00:30:15.340 Answer, 00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:17.259 they see 00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:18.200 lives within 00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:18.700 the church 00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:19.460 family that 00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:19.820 have been 00:30:19.820 --> 00:30:20.800 transformed 00:30:20.800 --> 00:30:22.180 by the 00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:22.620 grace of 00:30:22.620 --> 00:30:22.880 Jesus 00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:23.340 Christ. 00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:24.100 Our 00:30:24.100 --> 00:30:24.900 relationships 00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:25.920 are to 00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:26.400 make the 00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:26.820 teaching 00:30:26.820 --> 00:30:27.540 about God 00:30:27.540 --> 00:30:28.320 our Saviour 00:30:28.320 --> 00:30:29.920 attractive to 00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:30.400 the world 00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:30.720 and to 00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:31.480 the community. 00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.019 Church 00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.500 family 00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:35.259 relationships 00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:36.360 between the 00:30:36.360 --> 00:30:37.240 older and 00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:37.720 the younger, 00:30:37.840 --> 00:30:38.580 between men 00:30:38.580 --> 00:30:39.080 and women 00:30:39.080 --> 00:30:39.880 in all their 00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:40.880 various forms 00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.759 are to be 00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.560 lived under 00:30:42.560 --> 00:30:43.140 the grace 00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:43.680 of God 00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:44.300 and when 00:30:44.300 --> 00:30:44.620 they are 00:30:44.620 --> 00:30:45.280 lived under 00:30:45.280 --> 00:30:45.740 the grace 00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.180 of God 00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.840 they are 00:30:46.840 --> 00:30:47.800 incredibly 00:30:47.800 --> 00:30:48.680 beautiful to 00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:49.060 look at. 00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.720 The church 00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:50.380 of God 00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:51.060 is the 00:30:51.060 --> 00:30:51.900 most wonderful 00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.460 thing to 00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:52.840 see. 00:30:54.620 --> 00:30:55.259 And when 00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.860 we see 00:30:55.860 --> 00:30:56.580 our pure 00:30:56.580 --> 00:30:57.280 relationships 00:30:57.280 --> 00:30:58.259 in action 00:30:58.259 --> 00:30:59.640 they are 00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:00.460 deeply 00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:02.200 attractive. 00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.059 There is 00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:04.660 nothing more 00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.460 beautiful to 00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:06.140 see older 00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:07.059 men and 00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:07.700 older women 00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:08.200 and younger 00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.619 men and 00:31:08.619 --> 00:31:09.259 younger women 00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:10.200 living their 00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:10.879 lives under 00:31:10.879 --> 00:31:11.619 God's grace. 00:31:11.859 --> 00:31:12.480 That is 00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:12.960 beautiful. 00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:13.579 You don't 00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:14.259 see that 00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:15.039 anywhere else 00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.339 in the 00:31:15.339 --> 00:31:15.619 world. 00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.500 That's what 00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:17.980 the church 00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.579 is about. 00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.720 So as 00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.579 people watch 00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:22.000 us, 00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.779 as people 00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.500 admire, 00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:25.920 they are 00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:26.759 drawn into 00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.619 the teaching 00:31:27.619 --> 00:31:29.219 about God 00:31:29.219 --> 00:31:29.439 our 00:31:29.439 --> 00:31:30.019 Saviour. 00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:32.500 And pure 00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:33.239 relationships 00:31:33.239 --> 00:31:34.639 are worth 00:31:34.639 --> 00:31:35.500 putting the 00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:36.139 effort into. 00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:36.459 They are 00:31:36.459 --> 00:31:37.559 worth working 00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:38.399 hard for. 00:31:38.679 --> 00:31:39.159 Look at the 00:31:39.159 --> 00:31:39.500 end of 00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.159 verse 5, 00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:40.599 the very 00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:41.419 last sentence, 00:31:41.899 --> 00:31:42.779 so that 00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.639 no one 00:31:43.639 --> 00:31:44.519 will malign 00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:45.199 the word 00:31:45.199 --> 00:31:45.739 of God. 00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:47.139 That we 00:31:47.139 --> 00:31:47.779 actually begin 00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.719 to look like 00:31:48.719 --> 00:31:49.359 the Christ 00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:49.719 that we 00:31:49.719 --> 00:31:50.459 talk about 00:31:50.459 --> 00:31:50.839 and that 00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:51.399 we say 00:31:51.399 --> 00:31:52.059 we follow. 00:31:53.659 --> 00:31:54.299 Our pure 00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.959 relationships 00:31:54.959 --> 00:31:55.699 are what we 00:31:55.699 --> 00:31:56.739 work towards. 00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.779 look at the 00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.099 end of 00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:58.660 verse 8, 00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:01.059 so that 00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.660 those who 00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:02.299 oppose you 00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:02.700 may be 00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:03.180 ashamed 00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:03.759 because they 00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:04.180 have nothing 00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:04.880 bad to 00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:05.440 say about 00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:05.880 us. 00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:07.480 In other 00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:07.700 words, 00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.000 that we 00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.940 behave in 00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:09.519 such a 00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:11.120 way that 00:32:11.120 --> 00:32:12.079 it proves 00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.759 the Christ 00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.480 we believe 00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:14.299 in is 00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:14.859 true. 00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:19.599 If our 00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:20.039 pure 00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.799 relationships 00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:22.140 have the 00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:23.059 ability to 00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:23.700 attract 00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:24.539 people to 00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:25.059 Christ, 00:32:25.859 --> 00:32:27.379 then the 00:32:27.379 --> 00:32:28.099 opposite is 00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:28.980 also true. 00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:30.740 Impure, 00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.259 broken, 00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:33.180 damaged 00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:34.159 relationships 00:32:34.159 --> 00:32:35.599 make Jesus 00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:36.579 Christ look 00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:38.279 ugly to 00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:38.779 the world 00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:39.279 and to the 00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:39.740 community 00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.639 around us. 00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:43.940 So what 00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.659 kind of 00:32:44.659 --> 00:32:45.279 Christ 00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:47.019 do people 00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:49.059 see when 00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:49.519 they look at 00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:50.339 our relationships 00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:51.119 one to 00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:51.460 another? 00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:53.000 what kind 00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.620 of Christ 00:32:53.620 --> 00:32:54.019 do we 00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:55.460 display to 00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:56.059 the world? 00:32:59.360 --> 00:33:00.640 A small 00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:01.079 diamond 00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:01.680 stone, 00:33:02.880 --> 00:33:03.480 just a 00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:04.259 tiny little 00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:04.779 stone, 00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:06.940 has value, 00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:08.480 has worth, 00:33:08.840 --> 00:33:09.860 and it has a 00:33:09.860 --> 00:33:10.799 certain beauty. 00:33:12.600 --> 00:33:13.539 But when the 00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:14.500 jeweller takes 00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:15.319 that diamond 00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:17.319 stone and 00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:17.620 then he 00:33:17.620 --> 00:33:18.319 places it 00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:18.759 into a 00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.920 little gold 00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:20.700 band to 00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.120 make a 00:33:21.120 --> 00:33:21.380 ring, 00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:22.620 and then 00:33:22.620 --> 00:33:23.220 he lifts 00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:24.220 the diamond 00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.799 up on 00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:25.660 the ring 00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:26.120 so that 00:33:26.120 --> 00:33:26.640 the light 00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:27.400 catches it 00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:27.640 and it 00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:28.240 begins to 00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:29.079 sparkle and 00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:29.740 to shine, 00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:31.799 then and 00:33:31.799 --> 00:33:32.539 only then 00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:33.319 do we see 00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:34.240 the diamond's 00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:35.140 true value, 00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:36.039 its ultimate 00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:36.680 worth and 00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.860 its excellent 00:33:37.860 --> 00:33:38.860 beauty. 00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:41.279 And in the 00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.960 same way 00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:42.740 God has 00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.819 placed the 00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:44.819 diamond of 00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:45.860 God's grace, 00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:47.259 the grace of 00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:47.720 Christ, 00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:48.920 into our 00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:49.559 lives. 00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:50.720 love and 00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.299 love and 00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:52.000 it's 00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:53.019 embedded into 00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.720 our lives 00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:54.240 when we've 00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:54.980 trusted him 00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.899 and when we 00:33:55.899 --> 00:33:56.559 begin to 00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:57.200 live out our 00:33:57.200 --> 00:33:58.139 relationships with 00:33:58.139 --> 00:33:58.659 each other 00:33:58.659 --> 00:33:59.379 as he 00:33:59.379 --> 00:34:00.839 intends, 00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:02.059 then and 00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:02.960 only then 00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:04.599 can the 00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:05.639 world see 00:34:05.639 --> 00:34:06.319 the true 00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:06.899 value, 00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:08.159 the ultimate 00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:09.199 worth and 00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:10.159 the excellent 00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:12.159 beauty of 00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:12.679 God, 00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.320 our 00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:13.880 Saviour, 00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:15.160 Jesus Christ. 00:34:17.640 --> 00:34:18.700 It's only 00:34:18.700 --> 00:34:19.140 as we 00:34:19.140 --> 00:34:19.720 begin to 00:34:19.720 --> 00:34:20.440 live out 00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:21.820 our faith 00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:24.400 that the 00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:25.320 gospel begins 00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.960 to shine 00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:28.140 brightly and 00:34:28.140 --> 00:34:28.780 people are 00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:29.539 attracted, 00:34:30.220 --> 00:34:30.559 they are 00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:31.680 drawn in 00:34:31.680 --> 00:34:33.119 to the 00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:33.760 teaching of 00:34:33.760 --> 00:34:34.039 God, 00:34:34.180 --> 00:34:34.840 our Saviour. 00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:37.180 That is 00:34:37.180 --> 00:34:37.579 something 00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:38.180 wonderful 00:34:38.180 --> 00:34:39.360 that the 00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:40.079 church has. 00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:42.559 So let 00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:42.940 me say 00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.420 this in 00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:44.139 closing to 00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:44.659 us all. 00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:47.319 Let the 00:34:47.319 --> 00:34:47.840 sound 00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:48.639 doctrine, 00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:50.679 let the 00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:51.940 grace of 00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.500 God our 00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:53.179 Saviour 00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:55.099 instruct our 00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:55.679 minds, 00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:57.239 let it 00:34:57.239 --> 00:34:57.819 grab a 00:34:57.819 --> 00:34:58.219 hold of 00:34:58.219 --> 00:34:58.940 our hearts, 00:34:59.299 --> 00:34:59.799 let it 00:34:59.799 --> 00:35:00.480 pummel it 00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:01.219 and shape 00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:01.579 it and 00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:02.619 transform our 00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:04.500 hearts so 00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:04.860 that we 00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:05.880 become pure 00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:06.360 in our 00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:07.019 relationships 00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:08.119 one to 00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:08.519 another. 00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:11.019 and reflect 00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:12.639 the beauty 00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:13.380 of Christ 00:35:13.380 --> 00:35:14.960 to the 00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.519 community 00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:16.800 and to 00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:17.159 the world 00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:18.099 around us. 00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.759 Let's 00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:21.119 pray. 00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.199 Amen. 00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:43.400 older men, 00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:48.119 older women, 00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:54.000 younger men 00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:56.500 and younger 00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:56.900 women, 00:35:57.900 --> 00:36:00.900 may the 00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:01.500 grace of 00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:04.079 God work 00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:05.239 deeply in 00:36:05.239 --> 00:36:05.940 our lives 00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:10.059 so that 00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.779 we become 00:36:10.779 --> 00:36:11.460 the people 00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:12.059 you call 00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:12.400 us to 00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:12.639 be. 00:36:14.259 --> 00:36:15.119 That you 00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:15.299 would 00:36:15.299 --> 00:36:15.940 continually 00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:16.860 purify 00:36:16.860 --> 00:36:17.699 us and 00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:18.139 shape 00:36:18.139 --> 00:36:18.539 us. 00:36:20.719 --> 00:36:21.599 And in 00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:22.199 your mercy 00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:22.639 and in 00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:23.159 your goodness 00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:25.319 that we 00:36:25.319 --> 00:36:25.699 would let 00:36:25.699 --> 00:36:26.279 the gospel 00:36:26.279 --> 00:36:27.000 shine 00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.519 brightly. 00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:31.480 that as 00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:32.039 we walk 00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:32.639 into this 00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:33.259 world and 00:36:33.259 --> 00:36:33.759 into this 00:36:33.759 --> 00:36:34.280 community 00:36:34.280 --> 00:36:36.659 that people 00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:37.059 will be 00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:37.639 attracted 00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:39.659 to the 00:36:39.659 --> 00:36:40.320 gospel of 00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:40.639 Jesus 00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:41.159 Christ. 00:36:42.759 --> 00:36:43.759 We thank 00:36:43.759 --> 00:36:44.460 you so much 00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:44.860 for this 00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:45.739 church family. 00:36:46.659 --> 00:36:47.420 Thank you 00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:48.360 so much for 00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:49.320 every single 00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:50.460 person and 00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:51.219 every family 00:36:51.219 --> 00:36:51.900 represented 00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:52.340 here. 00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:55.039 thank you 00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:55.579 for bringing 00:36:55.579 --> 00:36:56.240 us together 00:36:56.240 --> 00:36:56.880 from all 00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:57.660 different kinds 00:36:57.660 --> 00:36:58.360 of backgrounds. 00:36:59.100 --> 00:36:59.780 Thank you 00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:00.160 for your 00:37:00.160 --> 00:37:01.180 work within 00:37:01.180 --> 00:37:01.920 our lives. 00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:04.100 Thank you 00:37:04.100 --> 00:37:04.620 that we are 00:37:04.620 --> 00:37:05.600 here by 00:37:05.600 --> 00:37:06.539 your design, 00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:07.420 by your 00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:07.940 pleasure. 00:37:11.260 --> 00:37:12.320 And please 00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:12.800 will you go 00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:13.340 on working 00:37:13.340 --> 00:37:13.860 in us. 00:37:15.740 --> 00:37:16.680 We pray 00:37:16.680 --> 00:37:18.019 this for 00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.600 your honour 00:37:18.600 --> 00:37:19.940 and for 00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:20.640 your glory 00:37:20.640 --> 00:37:21.059 alone. 00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:23.539 In Jesus' 00:37:23.740 --> 00:37:24.039 name we 00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:24.559 all pray. 00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:26.260 Amen.