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 Good morning.

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 We're going to be in Titus chapter 2.

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 I'd like to say Happy Mother's Day to all the moms that are here.

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! If I haven't told you in person, Happy Mother's Day.

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 As I studied and thought about this week and this morning,

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 what I was going to say,

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 I watched my wife, Jamie, mother, our four kids.

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 Moms, you do a whole lot.

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 You do an amazing amount of stuff and you guys are amazing.

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 Thank you for everything that you guys do.

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 Honestly, we wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you guys in so many levels.

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 This morning, we want to honor moms.

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 We want to celebrate our moms and the moms that are represented.

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 So Titus 2 is where we're going to be.

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 Verses 3 through 5.

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 We're going to look at what a godly woman looks like.

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 So what characteristics does she display?

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 And why does she live that way?

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 As we look at a godly woman, my hope is that you'll be encouraged to think of your mom or think of yourself.

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 Be encouraged to love on them this morning.

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 If as I'm talking, something I say reminds you of your mom, celebrate that.

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 If as I'm talking, you aren't reminded of your mom at all.

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 Maybe she's not a Christian yet.

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 Thank God for her.

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 Pray for her.

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 Pray for opportunities to share the gospel with her.

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 Don't get angry because your mom isn't godly yet.

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 Don't beat her up in your head.

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 Celebrate the gift of your mom and love her.

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 If you're a mom, I want to encourage you this morning and not discourage you.

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 I want to challenge you, not handcuff you.

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 And if you're going to be a mom someday, about 60% of you in this room, maybe 50% of you in this room,

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 listen and file this away.

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 Revisit it and pray for when that time comes when you will be a mom.

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 Guys, I know that you're thinking this has nothing to do with me.

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 Well, not so fast.

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 The subject may be moms, but the principles apply to you and I as well.

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 So we all can be challenged this morning.

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 Let's read our text.

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 Titus chapter 2, verse 3 through 5.

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 Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in behavior,

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 not slanderers or slaves to much wine.

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 They are to teach what is good,

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 and so train the young women to love their husbands and children,

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 to be self-controlled, pure, working at home,

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 kind and submissive to their own husbands,

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 that the word of God may not be reviled.

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 Pray with me.

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 Father, I thank you for this time.

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 I thank you that you have called us here to gather together.

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 Father, I thank you that you have united us through your Son, Jesus,

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 through the Holy Spirit that you sent.

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 God, I ask God that the Spirit would work,

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 that we can hear, not just with ears,

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 but with our entire being, with our lives,

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 God, that we would leave here ready for action,

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 leave here to live differently because of your word.

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 And God, not because of what I say or my opinions,

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 but God, that I would speak your words this morning

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 and that what is spoken will be from you to us.

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 There is power in your word.

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 There is conviction in your word.

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 There is counsel in your word.

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 God, we ask you to work,

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 and your will would be done this morning.

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 In Jesus' name I pray.

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 Amen.

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 So let's just jump in.

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 Verse 3 starts with older women.

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 Now here's a little bit of encouragement to you older women in here

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 on our standards.

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 In Paul's standards here, writing to Titus,

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 older women is 60 to 65.

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 So if you're under 60 or 65, you're young.

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 You're a young woman, not an older woman.

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 Women who have, Paul is addressing or addressing Titus,

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 is talking about women who no longer have kids in their home,

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 who are no longer raising kids,

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 and encouraging them to love the younger women.

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 So what I want to do is look at what a godly woman looks like.

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 As Paul is addressing to Titus some needs here,

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 Titus is a pastor in Crete.

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 He's left in here very similar to Timothy in Ephesus.

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 He's left Titus to be the pastor or elder on the island of Crete.

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 And he's given him some instruction,

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 and Titus and the two Timothys are very similar in that way.

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 If you've read 1 or 2 Timothy, you can kind of see that.

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 So here he gives him instruction on older women,

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 how they are to live.

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 And I've changed it a little bit for us to look at what a godly woman looks like,

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 so that it can apply to the young women in here,

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 the young women described in our text,

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 and even us guys,

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 of what does a godly woman look like.

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 So the first point this morning,

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 a godly woman is in pursuit of holiness.

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 A godly woman is in pursuit of holiness.

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 Now of course, no one is perfect.

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 No one is holy.

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 Your mom may be wonderful, but she is not perfect.

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 She can, though, as a Christian, pursue holiness,

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 pursue perfection, strive to be sinless,

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 strive to be godly.

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 A godly woman strives to honor God in all circumstances,

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 in all situations.

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 So let's look at some of this language in these three verses.

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 In verse 3 it says,

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 Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in behavior.

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 Godly examples of holiness.

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 Flip back two books to 1 Timothy.

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 To the left, two books.

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 1 Timothy chapter 2.

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 Start reading in verse 9.

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 Likewise, also that women should adorn themselves

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 in respectable apparel with modesty and self-control.

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 Not with beaded hair and gold or pearls or costly attire,

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 but with what is proper for women who profess godliness

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 with good works.

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 Reverent in behavior.

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 A couple words there in 1 Timothy.

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 Profess godliness, modesty, self-control.

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 An example of what a godly person looks like.

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 An example of holiness.

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 Reverent in behavior.

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 In 1 Peter chapter 3.

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 1 Peter writes,

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 Do not let your adorning be external.

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 The braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry

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 or the clothing you wear.

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 But let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart.

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 With the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit,

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 which in God's sight is very precious.

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 A woman who is pursuing holiness is more concerned

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 with the inner being.

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 What's happening on the inside.

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 What's happening in the heart.

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 Not the outside apparel.

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 Not the braided hair or the jewelry or the gold or whatever.

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 All that stuff is secondary.

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 She is reverent in behavior.

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 And her behavior reflects what's happening on the inside of her.

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 What God is doing in her.

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 Through her.

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 She is reverent in behavior.

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 Verse 3 also says,

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 Not slanderers.

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 She's not a false accuser.

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 She's not a malicious gossip.

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 See, men are inclined to abuse physically.

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 We'll throw a punch pretty quick.

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 Women are inclined to abuse verbally.

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 Of course, we're both guilty of gossip

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 and the sin of entertaining gossip.

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 But here, Paul is addressing this malicious gossip.

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 A godly woman is not a slanderer.

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 A slave to much wine, later in verse 3.

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 Does not mean she doesn't drink wine.

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 It means she is not controlled by wine or anything else.

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 Food.

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 TV.

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 Shopping.

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 Couponing.

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 It's a big deal right now, right?

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 See, we are so sinful as creatures

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 that we turn good things into God things

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 that makes them bad things.

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 We turn couponing into bad things.

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 We make it a God.

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 We make it something we have to do.

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 And what happens as a result is we make it a bad thing.

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 We make it an idol.

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 We worship it.

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 We become enslaved to it.

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 And that's the picture here,

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 what Paul is trying to get across.

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 Slave to much wine.

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 It's not the fact that she drinks.

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 So that she doesn't drink.

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 That's secondary here.

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 She is controlled.

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 She is enslaved to it.

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 Definition of slave is to be held and controlled

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 against one's will.

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 It's more of a prison than a means of escape.

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 I have a co-worker.

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 I'll call him a co-worker

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 because I've worked with him a couple days.

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 who,

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 who,

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 beginning of last week,

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 ran out of beer at home

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 and decided to go to the convenience store

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 on a lawnmower,

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 got pulled over

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 and got a DUI

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 for driving a lawnmower

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 to the convenience store

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 to get more beer.

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 It's a funny story.

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 I know.

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 It should be a country song or something.

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 It's,

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 I don't have a tune yet,

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 but it's working.

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 Four days later,

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 he's at home

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 and he runs out of beer

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 and gets in his truck

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 and goes and gets more beer

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 at the convenience store

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 and gets another DUI.

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 Poor guy needs Jesus, yes.

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 but the control of that sin

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 in his life,

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 he is enslaved

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 to that desire

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 to fulfill that need.

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 He is controlled

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 by that need.

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 And that's that picture here,

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 slave to much wine.

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 Now,

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 as I've said,

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 I gave you a list,

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 food,

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 shopping,

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 TV,

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 couponing,

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 it could be anything.

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 But what controls you?

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 What are you enslaved to?

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 Later on in verse 5,

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 here's some more traits

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 that fall under pursuit of holiness.

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 Self-controlled.

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 Are you sensible?

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 Is your mom sensible?

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 Common sense and good judgment.

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 Can you go to your mom

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 or can your children come to you

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 and you give them good judgment

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 and sound advice?

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 Another characteristic

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 in verse 5

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 is pure.

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 Is there moral purity?

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 Is there faithfulness

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 within the marriage?

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 Thoughts and actions.

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 Ladies,

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 is there a pursuit

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 for holiness in your life?

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 Do you see these traits

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 in your mom?

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 Celebrate that.

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 Rejoice.

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 Thank God for that.

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 If you don't,

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 pray for your mom

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 and challenge her.

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 Second point,

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 not only is a godly woman

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 pursuing holiness,

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 but a godly woman

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 is also building

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 a legacy of disciples.

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 Building a legacy

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 of disciples

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 and not a legacy

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 in financial

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 or worldly idea here,

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 but a legacy of disciples.

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 You want to know

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 what a woman is all about?

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 You want to know

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 what she loves,

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 what she holds close to her,

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 what her convictions are?

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 Look at her disciples.

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 Look at her children.

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 Look at who she's taught,

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 who she's led.

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 And my sister-in-law

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 is a Mary Kay saleswoman,

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 I guess.

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 I don't know.

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 She's a pink Cadillac lady.

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 She's successful.

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 Super successful.

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 Almost freaky successful.

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 And if you go to

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 the most successful

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 of her disciples,

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 the most successful

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 of her followers,

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 and you talk to them,

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 you know exactly

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 what Meg holds important

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 and what she holds dear to her

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 and what she's trying to give

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 and have the women follow.

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 The idea here

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 is that Meg invests

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 in the girls

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 so that they will succeed

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 like she has succeeded.

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 And here,

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 a godly woman

00:14:07.199 --> 00:14:08.219
 builds a legacy

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 not of Mary Kay saleswomen,

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 but of God-fearing,

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 godly disciples.

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 Verse 3 and 4

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 tells them

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 to teach what is good.

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 Verse 3 and verse 4,

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 so train the young women.

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 Women.

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 It almost gives us

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 a picture of this

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 classroom-like teaching.

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 Now sit down,

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 I have things

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 I want to tell you,

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 things I want to teach you.

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 Even like a gathering

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 like this.

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 But that's not the case.

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 This picture here

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 is more of a modeling.

00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:43.299
 More of a life-on-life

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 teaching and instructing.

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 You instruct what is good,

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 what is noble,

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 what is excellent

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 by living it out

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 in front of them

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 and with them.

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 Which means,

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 women and men,

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 husbands and wives,

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 that you invite people

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 into your life.

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 That your home

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 has an open door

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 where people come in

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 and see how you live.

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 That the home

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 isn't necessarily

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 your fortress

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 where you go

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 and you hide.

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 It's a fort

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 where people come

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 and find safety

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 and find comfort.

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 Teach what is good,

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 so train the young women

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 by living it out

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 with them.

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 So,

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 older women,

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 we need you.

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 Older men,

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 we need you as well.

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 We need you to help us.

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 To disciple us.

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 A godly woman

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 builds a legacy

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 of disciples

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 who love Jesus,

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 who love His Word,

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 who are pursuing holiness.

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 And that's the type

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 of legacy

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 that's going to

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 change the world.

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 That's the type

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 of legacy

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 that's going to

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 move mountains

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 and see

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 Christians

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 created

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 to the ends

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 of the earth

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 and made.

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 Look at what

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 they're to teach.

00:16:11.539 --> 00:16:12.299
 Verse 3,

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 it says,

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 teach what is good,

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 noble,

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 excellent,

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 what is right

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 and true.

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 Verse 4 and 5,

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 it says,

00:16:22.379 --> 00:16:23.120
 love their husbands

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 and children

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 to be self-controlled

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 and pure.

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 Already talked about

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 self-controlled

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 and pure.

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 It says,

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 working at home.

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 A little lightning rod

00:16:35.620 --> 00:16:36.559
 statement right there.

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 Working at home.

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 It does not

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 necessarily mean

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 that a woman

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 cannot work

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 outside the home,

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 but it does

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 mean

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 that her home

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 needs to be

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 her highest

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 priority.

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 Women of all

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 ages

00:16:53.379 --> 00:16:54.139
 have fallen

00:16:54.139 --> 00:16:54.899
 victim to the

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 feminist agenda

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 telling women

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 that their worth

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 and value

00:16:58.299 --> 00:16:59.600
 is not in

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 family,

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 it's not in

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 home,

00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:01.720
 it's not in

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 their husband,

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 it's not in

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 any of that,

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 it's not in

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 children,

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 it's in the

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 workplace

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 and in how much

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 money they can

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 make and how

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 much schooling

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 they can have.

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 Well,

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 that's not the

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 case.

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 And I don't do

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 this very often,

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 but I would

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 encourage you,

00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:16.980
 if you have

00:17:16.980 --> 00:17:17.940
 time to listen

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 to a sermon,

00:17:19.140 --> 00:17:19.539
 go to

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 gracetoyou.com

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 and listen to

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 John MacArthur's

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 Titus 2 sermon.

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 He breaks down

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 and the whole

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 sermon is basically

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 about the

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 feminist movement

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 and takes it

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 all the way

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 back to

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 Gnosticism,

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 which was in

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 Jesus' time

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 and before

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 Jesus' time.

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 it's

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 enlightening

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 and it will

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 help you to

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 see what is

00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:40.920
 happening around

00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:41.400
 us.

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 Nonetheless,

00:17:45.099 --> 00:17:46.140
 so when

00:17:46.140 --> 00:17:46.839
 women stay

00:17:46.839 --> 00:17:47.359
 at home,

00:17:47.740 --> 00:17:48.299
 when they get

00:17:48.299 --> 00:17:48.839
 to stay at

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 home,

00:17:49.879 --> 00:17:51.059
 they feel

00:17:51.059 --> 00:17:52.079
 less valued.

00:17:52.579 --> 00:17:53.059
 The world

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 tells them

00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:53.960
 they're not

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 as valued.

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 They feel

00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:56.500
 a loss of

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 identity because

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 they're not

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 at work and

00:17:58.799 --> 00:17:59.599
 being successful,

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 they're not

00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:00.680
 making money,

00:18:00.779 --> 00:18:01.119
 they're not

00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:02.259
 doing what the

00:18:02.259 --> 00:18:03.119
 world tells them

00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:03.539
 to do.

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 Now,

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 of course,

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 there are

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 reasons to

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 work.

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 There are

00:18:07.180 --> 00:18:07.859
 reasons to

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 go to

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 work.

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 But women,

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 you must be

00:18:13.259 --> 00:18:13.779
 sensible,

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 as we've

00:18:15.799 --> 00:18:16.339
 already touched

00:18:16.339 --> 00:18:16.660
 on,

00:18:17.819 --> 00:18:18.900
 as commanded

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 in making

00:18:19.599 --> 00:18:20.339
 the decision.

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 So questions

00:18:21.220 --> 00:18:21.480
 like,

00:18:21.579 --> 00:18:21.980
 are your kids

00:18:21.980 --> 00:18:22.660
 old enough?

00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:23.480
 Can you be

00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:24.039
 home when they

00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:24.500
 get home?

00:18:25.019 --> 00:18:25.640
 Can you still

00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:26.980
 do what you're

00:18:26.980 --> 00:18:27.640
 called to do

00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:28.599
 as a mother

00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:30.140
 and as a wife?

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 not only do

00:18:33.220 --> 00:18:34.700
 women have

00:18:34.700 --> 00:18:35.400
 an impact

00:18:35.400 --> 00:18:36.220
 with people

00:18:36.220 --> 00:18:37.220
 around them,

00:18:37.780 --> 00:18:39.540
 making disciples,

00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:40.360
 inviting people

00:18:40.360 --> 00:18:40.700
 into their

00:18:40.700 --> 00:18:40.940
 home,

00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:41.380
 but they also

00:18:41.380 --> 00:18:41.920
 have an impact

00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:42.660
 at home

00:18:42.660 --> 00:18:43.240
 with their

00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:43.580
 children.

00:18:46.780 --> 00:18:47.580
 The home is

00:18:47.580 --> 00:18:48.020
 where women

00:18:48.020 --> 00:18:49.080
 have a global

00:18:49.080 --> 00:18:49.740
 impact.

00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:51.300
 This is where

00:18:51.300 --> 00:18:52.360
 they can train

00:18:52.360 --> 00:18:52.940
 their children

00:18:52.940 --> 00:18:53.860
 to be disciples,

00:18:54.180 --> 00:18:55.300
 to invest in

00:18:55.300 --> 00:18:55.660
 their kids,

00:18:55.740 --> 00:18:56.160
 to nurture

00:18:56.160 --> 00:18:56.580
 their kids,

00:18:56.640 --> 00:18:57.240
 to teach them

00:18:57.240 --> 00:18:57.820
 the treasures

00:18:57.819 --> 00:18:58.339
 of Jesus

00:18:58.339 --> 00:18:58.679
 and His

00:18:58.679 --> 00:18:59.139
 commands,

00:18:59.359 --> 00:18:59.759
 that they

00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:00.240
 will go

00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:00.579
 to the

00:19:00.579 --> 00:19:00.859
 ends of

00:19:00.859 --> 00:19:01.399
 the earth.

00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:04.700
 You can

00:19:04.700 --> 00:19:05.179
 shoot them

00:19:05.179 --> 00:19:05.599
 out like

00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:06.220
 arrows

00:19:06.220 --> 00:19:08.559
 to build

00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:08.939
 the kingdom

00:19:08.939 --> 00:19:09.519
 of God.

00:19:11.859 --> 00:19:12.480
 The home

00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:12.980
 is also

00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:13.480
 where a woman

00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:14.000
 can find

00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:14.619
 authentic

00:19:14.619 --> 00:19:15.659
 and satisfying

00:19:15.659 --> 00:19:16.319
 fulfillment

00:19:16.319 --> 00:19:17.740
 as a Christian.

00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.259
 A godly

00:19:20.259 --> 00:19:21.059
 woman builds

00:19:21.059 --> 00:19:21.799
 a legacy

00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:23.220
 with younger

00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:24.019
 women outside

00:19:24.019 --> 00:19:24.599
 the home

00:19:24.599 --> 00:19:26.519
 and from

00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:26.939
 within the

00:19:26.939 --> 00:19:27.279
 home with

00:19:27.279 --> 00:19:27.799
 their children.

00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:29.599
 Do you

00:19:29.599 --> 00:19:30.019
 see that

00:19:30.019 --> 00:19:30.779
 legacy from

00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:31.279
 your mom

00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:32.579
 or wife?

00:19:33.980 --> 00:19:34.480
 Celebrate

00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:34.679
 it.

00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:35.879
 Celebrate

00:19:35.879 --> 00:19:36.159
 her.

00:19:38.099 --> 00:19:38.779
 But not

00:19:38.779 --> 00:19:39.139
 only does

00:19:39.139 --> 00:19:39.539
 a godly

00:19:39.539 --> 00:19:40.079
 woman pursue

00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:40.659
 holiness,

00:19:42.599 --> 00:19:43.039
 not only

00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:43.259
 is she

00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:43.679
 building

00:19:43.679 --> 00:19:46.259
 a legacy

00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:47.139
 of disciples,

00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:48.919
 she also

00:19:48.919 --> 00:19:49.399
 has a

00:19:49.399 --> 00:19:50.000
 selfless

00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:50.799
 sacrificial

00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:51.319
 love.

00:19:52.879 --> 00:19:53.439
 A

00:19:53.439 --> 00:19:54.159
 selfless

00:19:54.159 --> 00:19:55.000
 sacrificial

00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:55.460
 love.

00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:56.419
 An example

00:19:56.419 --> 00:19:56.899
 of that

00:19:56.900 --> 00:19:57.740
 is verse

00:19:57.740 --> 00:19:58.100
 five

00:19:58.100 --> 00:19:58.360
 that we

00:19:58.360 --> 00:19:59.100
 just touched

00:19:59.100 --> 00:19:59.440
 on.

00:20:00.060 --> 00:20:00.340
 Working

00:20:00.340 --> 00:20:00.880
 at home.

00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:02.060
 Putting

00:20:02.060 --> 00:20:02.560
 the needs

00:20:02.560 --> 00:20:02.820
 of the

00:20:02.820 --> 00:20:03.180
 family

00:20:03.180 --> 00:20:03.560
 above the

00:20:03.560 --> 00:20:03.900
 wants

00:20:03.900 --> 00:20:04.420
 of herself

00:20:04.420 --> 00:20:05.000
 or above

00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:05.720
 what the

00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.240
 world or

00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:07.080
 sinful nature

00:20:07.080 --> 00:20:08.240
 or whatever

00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:08.940
 is telling

00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:09.600
 her to do.

00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:11.380
 Putting the

00:20:11.380 --> 00:20:11.820
 needs of the

00:20:11.820 --> 00:20:12.540
 family above

00:20:12.540 --> 00:20:13.660
 the wants

00:20:13.660 --> 00:20:14.220
 of herself.

00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:15.800
 But verse

00:20:15.800 --> 00:20:16.500
 four says

00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:17.040
 to love

00:20:17.040 --> 00:20:17.720
 their husbands

00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:18.960
 and children.

00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:20.880
 To love

00:20:20.880 --> 00:20:21.480
 their husbands.

00:20:22.059 --> 00:20:22.680
 This is not

00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:23.400
 a romantic

00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:23.960
 love.

00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:25.559
 This is not

00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:28.019
 an emotionally

00:20:28.019 --> 00:20:30.000
 volatile

00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:30.880
 love.

00:20:31.380 --> 00:20:32.039
 It's a

00:20:32.039 --> 00:20:32.380
 committed

00:20:32.380 --> 00:20:32.880
 love.

00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:34.940
 A willing,

00:20:35.420 --> 00:20:35.920
 determined

00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:36.660
 love, not

00:20:36.660 --> 00:20:37.299
 based on the

00:20:37.299 --> 00:20:37.799
 husband's

00:20:37.799 --> 00:20:38.240
 worthiness,

00:20:38.460 --> 00:20:39.200
 but on

00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:39.759
 God's

00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:40.259
 command.

00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:42.900
 So when

00:20:42.900 --> 00:20:43.519
 your husband

00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:44.279
 is unlovable,

00:20:45.539 --> 00:20:46.680
 you love

00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:47.019
 him.

00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:49.160
 You sacrifice

00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:49.960
 not for him

00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:50.799
 necessarily, but

00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:51.420
 because you are

00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:52.660
 commanded to

00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:53.200
 do so.

00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:55.460
 It is a sin

00:20:55.460 --> 00:20:56.379
 if you don't.

00:20:59.819 --> 00:21:00.700
 When those

00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:01.640
 moments come,

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:03.299
 you love

00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:03.740
 him, you

00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:04.519
 serve him

00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:05.500
 sacrificially.

00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:07.500
 John

00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:07.920
 MacArthur

00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:08.380
 says,

00:21:08.380 --> 00:21:09.099
 when you

00:21:09.099 --> 00:21:09.940
 sacrificially

00:21:09.940 --> 00:21:11.019
 serve someone,

00:21:11.900 --> 00:21:12.859
 it becomes

00:21:12.859 --> 00:21:14.539
 almost impossible

00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:15.400
 not to

00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:15.980
 love them.

00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.640
 Where there

00:21:17.640 --> 00:21:18.400
 is genuine

00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:19.380
 practical

00:21:19.380 --> 00:21:20.039
 love,

00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:21.440
 genuine

00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:22.259
 emotional

00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:23.079
 love is

00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:24.140
 sure to

00:21:24.140 --> 00:21:24.579
 follow.

00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:26.339
 And I

00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:26.720
 think he's

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.019
 right.

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:28.279
 If we

00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:28.940
 practice

00:21:28.940 --> 00:21:29.680
 love,

00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:31.559
 emotional

00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:31.960
 love is

00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:32.140
 going to

00:21:32.140 --> 00:21:32.619
 grow out

00:21:32.619 --> 00:21:32.900
 of that

00:21:32.900 --> 00:21:33.519
 or alongside

00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:34.119
 that.

00:21:35.500 --> 00:21:37.480
 A good

00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:38.200
 example of

00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:38.779
 sacrificial

00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:39.819
 love here

00:21:39.819 --> 00:21:40.420
 on earth,

00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:42.759
 apart from

00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:43.519
 Jesus,

00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:44.839
 apart from

00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:46.119
 his life,

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:46.440
 death,

00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:47.119
 and resurrection,

00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:48.819
 is motherhood.

00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:50.619
 It says to

00:21:50.619 --> 00:21:51.019
 love her

00:21:51.019 --> 00:21:52.819
 husband and

00:21:52.819 --> 00:21:53.660
 children.

00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:55.400
 Love her

00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:55.980
 children with

00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:57.019
 a sacrificial

00:21:57.019 --> 00:21:57.559
 love.

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:58.740
 Again, not

00:21:58.740 --> 00:21:59.480
 an emotional,

00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:01.460
 oh, isn't

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:02.099
 he adorable?

00:22:02.339 --> 00:22:02.900
 I just love

00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:03.460
 that kid.

00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:05.380
 Not that

00:22:05.380 --> 00:22:05.760
 kind of

00:22:05.760 --> 00:22:06.120
 love.

00:22:07.100 --> 00:22:07.420
 And I

00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:07.760
 think that

00:22:07.760 --> 00:22:08.120
 might be

00:22:08.120 --> 00:22:08.440
 some of

00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:08.960
 the parenting

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:10.200
 problems out

00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:10.880
 there today.

00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:13.180
 They love

00:22:13.180 --> 00:22:14.220
 the idea of

00:22:14.220 --> 00:22:14.660
 being a

00:22:14.660 --> 00:22:14.940
 parent.

00:22:15.060 --> 00:22:15.420
 They love

00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:15.720
 the little

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.460
 guys dressed

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:16.920
 up really

00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:18.620
 nice, but

00:22:18.620 --> 00:22:19.000
 they might

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.740
 not necessarily

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.640
 love being

00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:21.320
 a parent.

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.600
 Might not

00:22:22.600 --> 00:22:22.880
 necessarily

00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:24.260
 love when

00:22:24.260 --> 00:22:24.580
 the little

00:22:24.580 --> 00:22:25.180
 dressed up

00:22:25.180 --> 00:22:25.600
 guy who

00:22:25.600 --> 00:22:25.980
 looks so

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.820
 cute is

00:22:26.820 --> 00:22:27.800
 hitting his

00:22:27.800 --> 00:22:28.500
 sister and

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:29.060
 throwing stuff

00:22:29.060 --> 00:22:29.540
 all over the

00:22:29.540 --> 00:22:30.120
 place and

00:22:30.120 --> 00:22:30.820
 making messes

00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:31.039
 for you

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.379
 to clean

00:22:31.379 --> 00:22:31.700
 up.

00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:36.099
 A

00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:36.819
 sacrificial

00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:37.539
 love, though,

00:22:38.179 --> 00:22:38.799
 grows out

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.779
 of what

00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.179
 God is

00:22:40.179 --> 00:22:41.179
 doing and

00:22:41.179 --> 00:22:41.700
 has done.

00:22:42.419 --> 00:22:42.859
 Philippians

00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.480
 chapter 2.

00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:43.899
 Turn to

00:22:43.899 --> 00:22:44.339
 Philippians

00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:45.099
 chapter 2.

00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:48.099
 Now this,

00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:48.759
 of course,

00:22:48.879 --> 00:22:49.179
 is not

00:22:49.179 --> 00:22:49.839
 talking about

00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:50.379
 motherhood.

00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:51.379
 This is not

00:22:51.379 --> 00:22:52.079
 talking about

00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:52.519
 being a

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:53.000
 mother or

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.419
 the love

00:22:53.419 --> 00:22:53.679
 that a

00:22:53.679 --> 00:22:54.159
 mother has,

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:54.519
 but this

00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:55.279
 illustrates,

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:56.960
 in Paul's

00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:57.539
 words here

00:22:57.539 --> 00:22:57.799
 to the

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.180
 church of

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:58.680
 Philippi,

00:22:59.220 --> 00:23:00.259
 I think

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:01.359
 a perfect

00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:02.059
 picture of

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.559
 motherhood.

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.160
 Philippians

00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:05.859
 chapter 2,

00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:06.920
 verse 2.

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:09.619
 Complete my

00:23:09.619 --> 00:23:10.700
 joy by

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.180
 being of

00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:11.579
 the same

00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:11.980
 mind,

00:23:12.139 --> 00:23:12.759
 having the

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.339
 same love,

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:13.779
 being in

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.119
 full of

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.559
 court of

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:15.079
 one mind.

00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:16.220
 Do

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:16.960
 nothing from

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:17.680
 rivalry or

00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:18.160
 conceit,

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:18.500
 but in

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:19.339
 humility count

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:20.700
 others more

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:22.099
 significant than

00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:22.619
 yourself.

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:25.960
 a godly

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:26.319
 woman,

00:23:26.879 --> 00:23:27.339
 a godly

00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:28.440
 mother counts

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:29.299
 others more

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:29.759
 important.

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:33.259
 Counts others

00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:33.980
 more important.

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.680
 During Christmas

00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:36.500
 time, during the

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.180
 Christmas season

00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:37.819
 from Thanksgiving

00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:38.460
 to Christmas,

00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:39.980
 the movie A

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.680
 Christmas Story

00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:41.440
 is on about

00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:42.879
 150 times.

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.519
 It's over and

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:45.099
 over and

00:23:45.099 --> 00:23:45.420
 over.

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.379
 And if you

00:23:47.379 --> 00:23:47.720
 know the

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.339
 movie, the

00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:49.160
 little kid,

00:23:49.619 --> 00:23:50.259
 I can't remember

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:50.720
 his name,

00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:52.500
 he's narrating

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:52.879
 the story,

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.359
 kind of telling

00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:53.819
 the story,

00:23:53.899 --> 00:23:54.160
 and there's

00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:54.700
 this scene

00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:55.039
 where,

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:57.799
 where he's

00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:58.379
 talking about

00:23:58.379 --> 00:23:58.819
 his mom,

00:23:58.879 --> 00:23:59.059
 and he

00:23:59.059 --> 00:23:59.399
 says,

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:00.240
 you know,

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:00.779
 my mom,

00:24:01.119 --> 00:24:01.480
 she's,

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.619
 paraphrase,

00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:02.879
 okay,

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:04.460
 my mom hasn't

00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:04.960
 had a hot

00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.839
 meal in 15

00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:06.299
 years.

00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:07.460
 And the

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:08.039
 picture is

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.539
 her in the

00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:09.079
 kitchen and

00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:09.539
 the family

00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:10.299
 sitting down

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:11.099
 and she

00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:11.619
 tries to

00:24:11.619 --> 00:24:12.119
 sit down

00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:12.660
 and eat

00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:12.960
 and then

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.559
 something else,

00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:14.019
 she's got to

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:14.399
 get something

00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:14.940
 else in the

00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.240
 kitchen,

00:24:15.420 --> 00:24:16.099
 or she

00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:16.539
 tries to

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:16.859
 sit down

00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:17.480
 again and

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:18.379
 he needs

00:24:18.379 --> 00:24:18.779
 something to

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.160
 drink,

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:19.420
 or she

00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:19.819
 tries to

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:20.220
 sit down

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.460
 and the

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:20.680
 husband

00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:21.059
 needs a

00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:21.359
 knife,

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:21.619
 and she

00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:22.019
 tries to

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.299
 sit down

00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:22.759
 over and

00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.019
 over and

00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:23.319
 over and

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:23.460
 over.

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:24.799
 That's

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.360
 sacrificial

00:24:25.360 --> 00:24:25.759
 love.

00:24:25.840 --> 00:24:26.100
 It's a

00:24:26.100 --> 00:24:26.440
 movie,

00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:27.640
 but that is

00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:28.400
 sacrificial

00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:28.740
 love,

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.420
 and I see

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:30.160
 that all

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:30.740
 the time

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.100
 in my

00:24:31.100 --> 00:24:31.519
 wife.

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:33.059
 My wife

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:33.620
 will sometimes

00:24:33.620 --> 00:24:34.079
 not even

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.600
 eat lunch

00:24:34.600 --> 00:24:35.120
 because the

00:24:35.120 --> 00:24:36.799
 kids have

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:39.079
 needed something

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:39.559
 over and

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:39.840
 over and

00:24:39.840 --> 00:24:40.019
 over,

00:24:40.100 --> 00:24:40.420
 and that's

00:24:40.420 --> 00:24:41.160
 what kids

00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:41.500
 do.

00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:42.900
 I've seen

00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:43.579
 her put her

00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:44.640
 lunch in

00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:45.200
 the microwave,

00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:46.620
 and when a

00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:47.460
 microwave beeps,

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:48.200
 I don't know if

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:48.819
 it's something in

00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:49.519
 me, but I've

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.059
 got to go get

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:50.279
 it.

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:51.619
 It's

00:24:51.619 --> 00:24:52.000
 ready to

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:52.200
 eat.

00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:52.500
 It's

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:53.839
 time to

00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:54.099
 eat.

00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:56.160
 I've

00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:56.480
 seen her

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:57.099
 have things

00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:57.440
 sit in

00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:57.759
 there for

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.539
 30 minutes

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.180
 because she's

00:24:59.180 --> 00:24:59.720
 helping and

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.200
 trying to do

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:00.879
 other things

00:25:00.879 --> 00:25:01.259
 that need to

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:01.680
 get done.

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:02.399
 That's that

00:25:02.399 --> 00:25:03.059
 sacrificial

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:03.859
 love, and I

00:25:03.859 --> 00:25:04.399
 see it in my

00:25:04.399 --> 00:25:05.099
 mother-in-law.

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:06.579
 Julie is the

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:07.440
 last person to

00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:07.980
 sit down at

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.279
 the dinner

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:08.599
 table.

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.519
 That is a

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:11.180
 sacrificial

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.720
 love.

00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:12.680
 So when

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.440
 Nathan calls

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:14.319
 Julie a

00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:14.720
 godly

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.599
 mother, he

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:16.460
 is right.

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:20.279
 when I

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:21.200
 say that I

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:22.000
 see this in

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.740
 Jamie, yes,

00:25:22.900 --> 00:25:23.240
 she is

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:24.380
 sacrificing

00:25:24.380 --> 00:25:25.960
 herself to

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:26.319
 be a

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:27.500
 mother to

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.039
 her children

00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.380
 and our

00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:28.819
 children.

00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:30.940
 This

00:25:30.940 --> 00:25:31.519
 sacrificial

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.240
 love is

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:33.579
 from God.

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:34.680
 It is a

00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:36.319
 result of

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.660
 Jesus'

00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:37.740
 life, death,

00:25:37.840 --> 00:25:38.539
 and resurrection.

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.600
 Because of

00:25:42.600 --> 00:25:43.180
 sin, it is

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:44.079
 impossible to

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:44.900
 continue this

00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.660
 love laid

00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:45.940
 out.

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:46.759
 It is

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:48.759
 impossible to

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.480
 love somebody

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:50.960
 in this way

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:52.880
 for a long

00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:53.420
 period of

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:53.799
 time.

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.380
 Now, of

00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:55.220
 course, of

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.759
 course, there's

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.400
 this motherly

00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:56.900
 desire.

00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:57.819
 There are

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.299
 good mothers

00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:58.940
 who don't

00:25:58.940 --> 00:25:59.480
 know Jesus

00:25:59.480 --> 00:25:59.799
 yet.

00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:00.100
 There are

00:26:00.100 --> 00:26:00.559
 good mothers

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.120
 who are not

00:26:01.120 --> 00:26:01.740
 Christians, and

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.279
 I understand

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:02.620
 that.

00:26:02.840 --> 00:26:03.140
 And they

00:26:03.140 --> 00:26:03.640
 love their

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:04.160
 kids, and

00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:05.680
 they're, but

00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:06.700
 try sacrificially

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:07.620
 loving a

00:26:07.620 --> 00:26:08.200
 husband who

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:08.819
 is a sinner

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:12.059
 without the

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.799
 grace of God

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.500
 to do so.

00:26:15.340 --> 00:26:15.860
 Jesus'

00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:16.899
 love enables

00:26:16.899 --> 00:26:17.519
 us to

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:17.899
 love

00:26:17.899 --> 00:26:18.799
 sacrificially.

00:26:19.879 --> 00:26:20.179
 That's

00:26:20.179 --> 00:26:20.519
 why it

00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:21.319
 saddens me

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:22.819
 when Christians

00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:24.199
 say they

00:26:24.199 --> 00:26:24.619
 don't love

00:26:24.619 --> 00:26:25.039
 each other

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:26.759
 anymore, and

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.099
 they get a

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:27.659
 divorce.

00:26:29.659 --> 00:26:30.379
 Of course,

00:26:30.659 --> 00:26:31.959
 question whether

00:26:31.959 --> 00:26:32.299
 they are

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:33.819
 Christians at

00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:34.139
 all.

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.179
 Do you see

00:26:36.179 --> 00:26:36.899
 this love in

00:26:36.899 --> 00:26:37.639
 your mom or

00:26:37.639 --> 00:26:37.939
 in your

00:26:37.939 --> 00:26:38.419
 wife?

00:26:39.679 --> 00:26:40.279
 Celebrate

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.559
 her.

00:26:42.159 --> 00:26:43.219
 Praise Jesus

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:43.940
 for her.

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:46.440
 And if not,

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:47.220
 challenge your

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.460
 mom.

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.079
 Pray for

00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:48.519
 your mom.

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.799
 Love your

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.740
 mom today.

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:55.680
 Finally, a

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:56.380
 godly woman,

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:58.019
 her life draws

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:59.339
 people to the

00:26:59.339 --> 00:26:59.740
 gospel.

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:01.500
 Her life draws

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.100
 people.

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:02.799
 There's an

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:04.420
 attraction to

00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:05.259
 the gospel, not

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:06.039
 because she's

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:07.960
 beautiful or the

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.460
 way she's

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:09.259
 dressed or how

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:10.180
 charismatic she

00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:10.680
 is, but there's

00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:11.360
 just something

00:27:11.360 --> 00:27:12.560
 about her life

00:27:12.560 --> 00:27:13.600
 that draws

00:27:13.600 --> 00:27:14.420
 people in.

00:27:15.820 --> 00:27:16.740
 The opposite

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.640
 of this is to

00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:18.539
 repel people.

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:19.480
 And that's

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:19.980
 what we see

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.620
 in the end of

00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:21.539
 verse 5 back

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:22.299
 in Titus

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:22.960
 chapter 2.

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.200
 To be

00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:25.880
 self-controlled,

00:27:26.080 --> 00:27:27.080
 pure, working

00:27:27.080 --> 00:27:28.120
 at home, kind

00:27:28.120 --> 00:27:28.820
 and submissive to

00:27:28.820 --> 00:27:29.100
 their own

00:27:29.100 --> 00:27:29.920
 husbands, that

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:30.519
 the word of

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:31.940
 God may not

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:33.620
 be reviled.

00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:35.019
 That the word

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:35.880
 of God may not

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:36.980
 be dishonored,

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:39.759
 defamed, or

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.539
 blasphemed.

00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:42.160
 The idea

00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:42.799
 here isn't

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:44.000
 just how you

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.720
 live or how

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.640
 you preach or

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:46.560
 how you

00:27:46.560 --> 00:27:47.620
 communicate to

00:27:47.620 --> 00:27:49.180
 people, but

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:49.700
 it's also how

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.279
 you don't

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:52.039
 live, what

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.759
 you don't

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.180
 say.

00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:55.259
 The bad

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:56.120
 things we do

00:27:56.120 --> 00:27:57.120
 and the good

00:27:57.120 --> 00:27:57.860
 things we fail

00:27:57.860 --> 00:27:58.600
 to do or

00:27:58.600 --> 00:27:59.680
 say are equally

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.700
 important.

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.120
 And people

00:28:02.120 --> 00:28:03.120
 all around are

00:28:03.120 --> 00:28:04.060
 watching to see

00:28:04.060 --> 00:28:05.680
 how you as

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.880
 mothers, you

00:28:06.880 --> 00:28:07.460
 as godly

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:08.539
 women, us

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:09.360
 as men and

00:28:09.360 --> 00:28:10.560
 husbands, how

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:12.000
 we live.

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:14.839
 See, the

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:15.679
 bottom line is

00:28:15.679 --> 00:28:16.099
 people don't

00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:16.659
 care about

00:28:16.659 --> 00:28:17.279
 your theology.

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:18.559
 People don't

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.179
 care whether

00:28:19.179 --> 00:28:19.500
 you're a

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.059
 Calvinist or

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:20.720
 a Minion or

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:22.559
 whether you're

00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:24.200
 post-millennial or

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:24.659
 pre-millennial,

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:25.279
 they don't care

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:25.720
 about that.

00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:26.399
 What they care

00:28:26.399 --> 00:28:27.419
 about is how

00:28:27.419 --> 00:28:28.099
 you live.

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.879
 What communicates

00:28:29.879 --> 00:28:30.740
 to them is not

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:32.220
 what your

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:33.139
 feeling is on

00:28:33.139 --> 00:28:34.720
 how Paul wrote,

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:36.000
 if Paul wrote

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:37.299
 Hebrews or not.

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:38.599
 that doesn't

00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:38.960
 matter.

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:39.759
 What matters is

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.279
 how you live

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:40.539
 it out.

00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:40.919
 That's the

00:28:40.919 --> 00:28:43.240
 point that

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:44.480
 James has with

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.059
 faith without

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.460
 works.

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:45.980
 He's dead.

00:28:49.419 --> 00:28:50.200
 People care

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:50.559
 about your

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.619
 faith lived

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:51.819
 out.

00:28:51.899 --> 00:28:52.339
 They care

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:52.779
 about how

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.240
 you mother

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:53.819
 your child.

00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:54.559
 They care

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:55.039
 about how

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:55.759
 you live.

00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:57.019
 They care

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:57.619
 about how

00:28:57.619 --> 00:28:59.139
 we men

00:28:59.139 --> 00:29:00.359
 treat our

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:00.879
 wives,

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.419
 father our

00:29:02.419 --> 00:29:02.940
 kids.

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:05.320
 kids,

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:06.259
 how you

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:06.799
 treat your

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.299
 moms,

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.380
 not just

00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:08.940
 on Mother's

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.200
 Day,

00:29:10.820 --> 00:29:11.620
 hallmark made

00:29:11.620 --> 00:29:12.039
 up day,

00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:13.120
 not just

00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:13.660
 on today,

00:29:14.380 --> 00:29:14.920
 as special

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:15.620
 as it is.

00:29:19.340 --> 00:29:20.059
 And if

00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:20.799
 they care

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:21.160
 about how

00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.640
 your faith

00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:22.059
 is lived

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:22.420
 out,

00:29:23.100 --> 00:29:24.700
 then you're

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:25.860
 either attracting

00:29:25.860 --> 00:29:26.640
 people to the

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:28.920
 gospel and the

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.860
 truth of God

00:29:29.860 --> 00:29:30.920
 and the power

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:31.620
 of the gospel

00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:32.219
 or you are

00:29:32.219 --> 00:29:33.159
 repelling people

00:29:33.159 --> 00:29:34.659
 or you've

00:29:34.659 --> 00:29:35.519
 got bug spray

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:36.199
 on and you're

00:29:36.199 --> 00:29:37.039
 repelling people

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:38.279
 from the

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:38.739
 truth of

00:29:38.739 --> 00:29:39.299
 God's word.

00:29:42.619 --> 00:29:43.699
 The purpose

00:29:43.699 --> 00:29:44.919
 for women to

00:29:44.919 --> 00:29:45.939
 be godly is to

00:29:45.939 --> 00:29:46.599
 proclaim the

00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:47.179
 gospel and to

00:29:47.179 --> 00:29:47.859
 bring glory to

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:48.139
 God.

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:50.019
 That's why God

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:50.799
 does everything.

00:29:50.919 --> 00:29:51.399
 That's why he's

00:29:51.399 --> 00:29:52.619
 planned and ordained

00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:53.799
 everything here in

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.979
 scripture is to

00:29:54.979 --> 00:29:56.459
 bring much glory

00:29:56.459 --> 00:29:57.000
 to him.

00:29:59.059 --> 00:30:00.039
 So today,

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:01.980
 let us celebrate

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.559
 our mothers.

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:04.099
 Let us rejoice

00:30:04.099 --> 00:30:05.099
 in the gospel

00:30:05.099 --> 00:30:06.379
 and bring honor

00:30:06.379 --> 00:30:07.180
 and glory to

00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:07.539
 God.

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:10.139
 And there's a

00:30:10.139 --> 00:30:11.019
 response for all

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.599
 of us this

00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:11.899
 morning.

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:14.240
 Moms,

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:17.839
 are you living

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:18.920
 out and

00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:19.940
 attracting people?

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.639
 Are you pursuing

00:30:21.639 --> 00:30:22.200
 holiness?

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:23.579
 Are you making

00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:24.720
 a legacy of

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:25.220
 disciples?

00:30:25.379 --> 00:30:25.920
 Are you building

00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:26.839
 disciples that

00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:29.099
 will form and

00:30:29.099 --> 00:30:30.159
 shape generations

00:30:30.159 --> 00:30:30.779
 to come?

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.819
 Are you

00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:34.619
 sacrificially,

00:30:35.399 --> 00:30:36.559
 selflessly loving

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:37.199
 your children?

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.379
 Ladies,

00:30:41.379 --> 00:30:42.819
 not moms yet?

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:46.699
 Do you want

00:30:46.699 --> 00:30:47.819
 to be this?

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.279
 Do you pursue

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:50.179
 holiness in your

00:30:50.179 --> 00:30:50.980
 life now?

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:54.579
 Are you building

00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:55.339
 a legacy of

00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:55.799
 disciples?

00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:58.099
 And are you

00:30:58.099 --> 00:31:01.539
 attracting people

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:02.240
 to the gospel

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:03.740
 or repelling?

00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:05.740
 And guys,

00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:07.000
 same thing.

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:08.339
 Are you pursuing

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:08.799
 holiness?

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.799
 Are you striving

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.599
 to be holy and

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:12.740
 to love your

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:14.000
 wife as Christ

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.500
 loved the

00:31:14.500 --> 00:31:14.960
 church?

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:18.860
 That is a

00:31:18.860 --> 00:31:19.220
 command.

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:20.500
 It's not an

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:20.839
 option.

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:22.039
 It's not

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.920
 multiple choice.

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:26.740
 Guys,

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:27.120
 are you

00:31:27.120 --> 00:31:27.799
 building a

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.360
 legacy of

00:31:28.360 --> 00:31:28.819
 disciples?

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:29.660
 Are you

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:30.640
 training younger

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:31.480
 guys to come

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:32.039
 up and to be

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:32.819
 godly husbands

00:31:32.819 --> 00:31:33.480
 and godly

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:34.160
 fathers?

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:38.860
 Are you

00:31:38.860 --> 00:31:39.620
 drawing people

00:31:39.620 --> 00:31:40.579
 to the gospel?

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.799
 There is a

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.400
 response.

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.200
 Question,

00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:48.400
 examine

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:49.160
 yourself

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:50.160
 this morning.

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.839
 not because

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.059
 it's

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.500
 mother's

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:52.779
 day,

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:54.259
 not because

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:54.519
 it's

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:54.900
 Sunday,

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:56.660
 but because

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:56.920
 of the

00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:57.519
 gospel and

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:57.960
 the power

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.319
 of Jesus

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:59.579
 Christ that

00:31:59.579 --> 00:31:59.960
 has made

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.400
 you who

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:00.940
 are dead

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.700
 alive.

00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:05.500
 And as

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.099
 Nathan said

00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:06.980
 earlier this

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.339
 morning,

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:08.440
 we celebrate

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:08.960
 moms,

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:09.579
 but we

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:10.259
 rejoice.

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.440
 We are

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:12.579
 excited and

00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:13.120
 we are here

00:32:13.120 --> 00:32:13.779
 to worship

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.299
 not our

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:14.720
 moms,

00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:16.200
 but Jesus

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:16.740
 Christ,

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.779
 the Savior.

00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:20.460
 let's pray.

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:20.460


00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:20.460


00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:20.480
 Let's pray.