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 All right, as we come to God's Word this morning, we're continuing on through Paul's first letter to Timothy.

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 We've already finished chapters 1 and 4, and we've almost finished chapter 2.

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 Today, we'll be completing the rest of chapter 2.

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 So if you have your Bible, you can open it up to 1 Timothy chapter 2.

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 Here in chapter 2, Paul has been giving instructions to the church.

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 And he's already given specific instructions for the men, and then specific instructions for the women.

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 And we considered those in previous weeks, but now Paul has to say more concerning the women.

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 And in some ways, his words apply to us men as well, as we'll see in a moment.

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 The big question that Paul is answering in these verses is,

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 how should men and women conduct themselves in the church in relation to each other?

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 How should men and women conduct themselves in the church in relation to each other?

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 And specifically, is there a difference between the role of men and women in the church?

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 Let's begin by reading the passage and hearing what Paul wrote to Timothy.

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 1 Timothy chapter 2, verse 11.

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 Paul writes,

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 Now before you run out the door, let me first state the obvious.

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 These are difficult words for some of us to hear.

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 Some of you women may find these words distasteful or even offensive.

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 And some of you men might find them embarrassing.

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 Why do we have this response?

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 There are at least two reasons.

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 One reason these words are difficult for us to hear is that when we listen to the world all around us,

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 we hear the voice of feminism speaking loud and clear.

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 And what is it saying?

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 It's saying that men and women are equal in all respects.

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 That history has long favored men.

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 The voice of feminine is saying that women have been mistreated and oppressed by men.

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 That they have been denied basic human rights.

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 Such as the right to be educated, the right to vote, the right to work in certain occupations, or the right to own property.

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 Now as we look back over human history, there is certainly some truth to these claims.

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 Because of sin in the human heart, men have mistreated women.

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 Men have oppressed women.

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 Men are still doing that today.

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 They use force.

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 They use violence.

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 They use rage and humiliation to dominate and to manipulate and to get their way.

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 Men are often filled with lust.

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 And treat women as objects to satisfy their lust.

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 And we cannot excuse these evils done by men for a moment.

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 So there is some truth to the cry of the feminists.

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 Women are not second class citizens.

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 They should be cherished and protected.

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 Because just like us men, women are made in the image of God.

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 What did God say?

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 About the way he made humanity.

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 Back in the first chapter of the Bible.

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 It says,

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 So God created man in his own image.

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 In the image of God, he created him.

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 Male and female, he created them.

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 The parallelism here makes it clear.

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 Both male and female, man and woman, are equally made in the image of God.

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 Equally bear the image of God.

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 And when men treat women as less and do not respect the image of God in them, it is wrong.

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 So there has been some truth to the cry of the feminists over the years.

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 But, mingled in with those cries for justice, the feminist movement has also cried out some other things as well.

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 They cry out that men and women are equal in every respect.

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 That women can and should do everything that men do.

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 And should not be relegated to any particular role in society.

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 But should be free to participate as equals in marriage, in the home, in the workplace, in government, and in the church.

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 And the feminist movement has been very loud about this.

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 And so anyone who holds to a more traditional view of marriage or family,

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 or believes that women have been given a certain role,

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 is shouted down as bigoted, oppressive, misogynistic, chauvinist.

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 And so when we come to these words of Paul,

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 they're difficult to hear.

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 Because for some of us, we're thinking in our minds that Paul is promoting

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 an oppressive, misogynistic, patriarchal authority structure in the church.

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 But is he?

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 Is it possible that God, our creator, really did create us,

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 men and women, male and female,

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 equal in his image,

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 but quite intentionally with different roles

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 to fulfill as men and women

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 in the family,

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 and in the home,

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 and in the church?

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 Is it possible that that was originally part of God's good design,

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 right from the beginning,

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 that there be real differences in male and female,

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 men and women,

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 even when it comes to role?

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 Differences which complement each other

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 and complete humanity.

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 At the end of the day, we have to decide

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 who gets to define

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 what it means to be a woman.

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 Is it culture?

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 Is it culture?

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 Society?

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 Is it the government?

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 Is it us?

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 Or is it God?

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 Let's remember, these words are not just the Apostle Paul's,

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 but these are the words of Jesus Christ himself

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 speaking through Paul,

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 speaking on behalf

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 of God,

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 the very words of God.

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 Letting culture define what it means to be a woman

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 or a man

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 is a recipe for disaster.

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 Think about this.

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 It wasn't long ago that the feminists were

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 fighting with all their might

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 to have everything be the same for women

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 as for men.

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 But now a new movement has arisen.

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 The transgender and LGBTQ movement

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 has taken the spotlight.

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 And now many feminists can be found

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 almost saying the exact opposite

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 of what they used to be saying.

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 The LGBTQ movement says that

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 anybody can identify as a woman.

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 And that if they do,

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 they are one.

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 And so should be granted

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 all the same rights

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 and special treatment

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 and privileges

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 that women have come to enjoy.

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 And suddenly,

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 now we hear

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 many feminists

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 saying the opposite

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 of what they were saying before.

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 Actually, there is a difference

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 between men and women.

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 And there are good reasons

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 to keep some things separate

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 like sports teams

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 and change rooms.

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 And some women are even saying,

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 actually, it is the responsibility

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 of the man

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 to protect the woman

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 since he is biologically stronger

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 and oftentimes

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 better suited to do so.

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 And actually,

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 I do want him to open the door for me.

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 Culture doesn't decide truth.

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 Truth.

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 Opinions come and go.

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 Trends and fads

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 rise and fall.

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 And that's why we have to go back

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 to the Bible.

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 Because it's the authoritative,

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 definitive

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 word of truth

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 about who we are

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 by the God who made us

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 and loves us.

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 The second reason

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 these words might be hard to hear

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 has to do with our fallen condition.

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 There are quite a few places

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 in the Bible

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 where we see that

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 all of us have this tendency

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 to spurn authority

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 of any kind.

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 We don't want to be subject

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 to anything

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 or anyone.

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 We want to be independent.

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 We want to do whatever we want.

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 And this

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 impulse

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 to spurn authority,

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 it wasn't there

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 right from the beginning.

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 It came as a consequence

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 of sin

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 at the fall of man.

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 And ever since,

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 there's been a struggle

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 for dominance,

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 control,

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 authority,

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 and in all aspects

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 of life.

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 Yes,

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 it even affects

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 the relationship

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 between a husband

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 and wife

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 in the family.

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 And so,

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 when we come to passages

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 like this,

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 we don't like them.

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 Because it says

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 that men should have authority

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 in the church.

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 And that women are not

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 to have that

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 over men.

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 And so,

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 our fallen condition

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 makes these words

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 hard to hear

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 and hard to accept.

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 So,

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 there's been

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 vigorous debate

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 over this passage

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 on the screen,

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 even within the Christian church.

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 This passage

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 is at the heart

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 of a great divide.

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 And on one side

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 of this divide

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 is a group

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 that call themselves

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 complementarians.

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 And on the other side,

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 a group that calls themselves

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 egalitarians.

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 Whole books

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 have been written

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 on this issue

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 of the role

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 of men and women,

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 especially

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 in the home

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 and in the church.

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 But the debate here

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 is not because

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 the passage

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 isn't clear.

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 With the exception

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 of the last verse,

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 verse 15,

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 which we won't really

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 talk about this morning,

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 the meaning of these words

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 is quite clear.

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 It is straightforward.

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 But the reasons

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 I just gave

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 have led to

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 all kinds of voices

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 chiming in

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 and muddying

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 the waters here.

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 people don't like

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 the plain meaning

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 of this passage.

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 And so,

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 they're looking for a way

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 out of its

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 straightforward meaning.

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 Maybe this word

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 doesn't really mean this.

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 Maybe that word

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 doesn't really mean that.

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 Maybe that's not

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 what Paul had in mind

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 at all.

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 Maybe this was only

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 for the days of Ephesus

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 or the first century.

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 All of this

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 is an indication

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 that it's not

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 that the passage

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 is difficult

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 to translate

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 or to understand.

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 It's that many

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 just have difficulty

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 accepting

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 what it plainly says

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 because of those

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 two reasons

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 I just gave.

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 So,

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 what is the Lord Jesus

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 saying

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 through Paul

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 in this passage?

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 I'm just going to

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 spell it out for us.

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 Then we'll look at

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 some objections

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 and then we'll talk

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 implications

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 and applications

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 for us as a church

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 today.

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 What Paul means

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 to say here

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 is that women

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 are not

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 to teach

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 men

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 or

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 have authority

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 over men

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 in the church.

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 instead

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 they are to

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 submit

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 to the leading

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 men

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 of the church

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 by following

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 their leadership

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 and by learning

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 from their teaching

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 with a quiet

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 spirit.

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 Let me say

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 that again.

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 What Paul

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 means to say

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 here is that

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 women are not

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 to teach

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 men

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 or have

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 authority

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 over men

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 in the church.

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 Instead

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 they are to

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 submit

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 to the leading

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 men of the church

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 by following

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 their leadership

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 and by learning

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 from their teaching

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 with a quiet

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 spirit.

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 This is

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 verses 11

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 and 12.

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 Now let's

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 look at

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 some of these

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 objections.

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 The first

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 one

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 some people

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 will point

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 out that

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 Paul says

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 I do not

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 permit

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 a woman

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 to teach

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 or to

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 have

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 authority.

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 Could it

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 be that

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 this was

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 only Paul's

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 rule?

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 That for

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 some

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 unspecified

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 reason

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 he was

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 just

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 personally

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 disinclined

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 to having

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 women

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 teach

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 or lead

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 men

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 in the

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 church.

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 But a

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 careful

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 reading

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 of

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 Paul's

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 letters

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 reveals

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 that

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 he

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 uses

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 this

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 kind

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 of

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 phrasing

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 in all

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 of them

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 and about

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 all

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 different

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 matters.

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 He also

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 frequently

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 uses

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 the first

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 person.

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 Look back

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 up to

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 verse 8

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 he said

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 therefore

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 I want

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 the men

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 everywhere

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 to pray.

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 This

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 isn't just

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 Paul's

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 personal

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 wish.

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 Everything

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 that he's

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 desiring

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 and directing

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 the church

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 to do

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 comes through

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 his apostolic

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 authority

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 from Jesus

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 Christ

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 himself.

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 Another

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 objection

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 that some

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 bring

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 is that

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 women

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 shouldn't

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 take

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 authority

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 but may

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 be given

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 authority.

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 So they

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 will point

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 out the

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 language

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 I do

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 not permit

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 a woman

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 to have

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 authority

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 over a

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 man

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 and just

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 recently

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 there's

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 been a

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 shift.

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 Let's

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 translate that

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 differently

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 to assume

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 authority

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 over a

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 man.

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 This is a

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 highly

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 nuanced

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 reading.

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 There's

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 not a

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 lot of

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 examples

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 of that

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 way of

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 reading it

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 and it's

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 probably

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 not what

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 Paul had

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 in mind.

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 This idea

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 that as a

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 male leader

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 in the

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 church I

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 could exercise

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 my God

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 given

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 authority

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 authority

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 and give

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 a woman

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 that same

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 level of

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 authority

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 in the

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 church.

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 It seems

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 unlikely that

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 Paul intended

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 this or

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 that he

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 had this

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 kind of

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 an application

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 in mind.

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 And so

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 probably the

00:15:42.339 --> 00:15:43.159
 better translation

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 which some

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 have stayed

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 true to is

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 I do not

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 permit a

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 woman to

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 have authority

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 over a

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 man rather

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 than take

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 or assume

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 or usurp

00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:51.980
 authority.

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 The third

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 objection

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 perhaps this

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 was just

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 for the

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 church in

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 Ephesus

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 but Paul

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 has framed

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 all of

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 these

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 instructions

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 towards

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 men and

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 women

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 with a

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 location.

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 If we

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 look back

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 up to

00:16:09.420 --> 00:16:09.820
 verse 8

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 he says

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 therefore I

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 want the

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 men

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 everywhere

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 to pray

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 likewise

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 that the

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 women should

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 dress modestly

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 in verse 9

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 and then as

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 it just flows

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 right down

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 into this

00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:24.120
 instruction

00:16:24.120 --> 00:16:24.939
 in verse 11

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 the woman

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 should learn

00:16:26.039 --> 00:16:26.740
 in quietness

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 in full

00:16:27.100 --> 00:16:27.559
 submission.

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 So the

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 flow

00:16:33.299 --> 00:16:34.539
 the context

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 suggests that

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 this instruction

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 is not just

00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:36.860
 for Ephesus

00:16:36.860 --> 00:16:37.679
 but for all

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 the churches

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 everywhere.

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 And the

00:16:41.719 --> 00:16:42.459
 final objection

00:16:42.459 --> 00:16:42.839
 that we'll

00:16:42.839 --> 00:16:43.319
 look at this

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 morning of

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 course there's

00:16:44.219 --> 00:16:44.759
 many more

00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:46.539
 this I would

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 say is probably

00:16:47.259 --> 00:16:47.740
 the most

00:16:47.740 --> 00:16:48.579
 important one

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 this is the

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 most common

00:16:50.039 --> 00:16:50.379
 one

00:16:50.379 --> 00:16:51.820
 that this

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 only applied

00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:52.899
 to the

00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:53.279
 church in

00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:53.580
 the first

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 century.

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 Perhaps this

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 was only for

00:16:56.700 --> 00:16:57.200
 churches in

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 the first

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 century because

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 of the

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 generally

00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:00.939
 accepted

00:17:00.939 --> 00:17:02.179
 societal norms

00:17:02.179 --> 00:17:02.679
 for women

00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:03.799
 back then.

00:17:04.339 --> 00:17:05.000
 They had a

00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:05.460
 certain view

00:17:05.460 --> 00:17:05.819
 of women

00:17:05.819 --> 00:17:06.339
 back then

00:17:06.339 --> 00:17:06.759
 and Paul

00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:07.220
 wanted them

00:17:07.220 --> 00:17:07.700
 to do

00:17:07.700 --> 00:17:09.519
 right by

00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:10.039
 the culture

00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:10.599
 of the day

00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:11.519
 in their

00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:11.880
 churches.

00:17:13.279 --> 00:17:13.539
 And so

00:17:13.539 --> 00:17:14.119
 they'll say

00:17:14.119 --> 00:17:14.819
 things like

00:17:14.819 --> 00:17:15.839
 just like

00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:16.399
 Paul didn't

00:17:16.399 --> 00:17:17.039
 promote the

00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:17.559
 abolition

00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:19.119
 of slavery

00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:20.059
 so neither

00:17:20.059 --> 00:17:20.379
 did he

00:17:20.379 --> 00:17:20.859
 promote the

00:17:20.859 --> 00:17:21.879
 emancipation

00:17:21.879 --> 00:17:22.279
 of women.

00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:24.879
 Well that's a

00:17:24.879 --> 00:17:25.839
 logical argument

00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:26.439
 that's a

00:17:26.439 --> 00:17:26.779
 cohesive

00:17:26.779 --> 00:17:27.259
 argument

00:17:27.259 --> 00:17:28.700
 and it

00:17:28.700 --> 00:17:29.419
 feels like

00:17:29.419 --> 00:17:29.759
 it's going

00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:30.240
 to get us

00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:30.679
 where we

00:17:30.679 --> 00:17:31.279
 are in our

00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:32.019
 culture today

00:17:32.019 --> 00:17:32.919
 but there's

00:17:32.919 --> 00:17:33.619
 one massive

00:17:33.619 --> 00:17:34.419
 glaring problem

00:17:34.419 --> 00:17:34.899
 with it.

00:17:35.899 --> 00:17:36.559
 Look at the

00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:37.659
 reason that

00:17:37.659 --> 00:17:38.179
 Paul gives

00:17:38.179 --> 00:17:39.079
 for why these

00:17:39.079 --> 00:17:39.839
 gender roles

00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:40.460
 should be

00:17:40.460 --> 00:17:40.939
 maintained

00:17:40.940 --> 00:17:42.059
 in the

00:17:42.059 --> 00:17:42.420
 church.

00:17:44.259 --> 00:17:44.900
 A woman

00:17:44.900 --> 00:17:45.360
 should learn

00:17:45.360 --> 00:17:46.039
 in quietness

00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:46.380
 and full

00:17:46.380 --> 00:17:46.840
 submission.

00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:47.620
 I do not

00:17:47.620 --> 00:17:48.019
 permit a

00:17:48.019 --> 00:17:48.380
 woman to

00:17:48.380 --> 00:17:48.820
 teach or

00:17:48.820 --> 00:17:49.440
 to assume

00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:49.880
 authority

00:17:49.880 --> 00:17:50.380
 over a

00:17:50.380 --> 00:17:50.640
 man.

00:17:51.100 --> 00:17:51.400
 She must

00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:51.980
 be quiet

00:17:51.980 --> 00:17:54.340
 for or

00:17:54.340 --> 00:17:56.380
 because Adam

00:17:56.380 --> 00:17:57.000
 was formed

00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:59.360
 first then

00:17:59.360 --> 00:17:59.799
 Eve.

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 The reason

00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:02.980
 it should be

00:18:02.980 --> 00:18:03.460
 this way

00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:04.059
 says Paul

00:18:04.059 --> 00:18:04.940
 goes all

00:18:04.940 --> 00:18:05.180
 the way

00:18:05.180 --> 00:18:05.600
 back to

00:18:05.600 --> 00:18:06.059
 creation.

00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:08.200
 It's not

00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:08.640
 a thing

00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:09.799
 driven by

00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:10.320
 the culture

00:18:10.320 --> 00:18:10.920
 of the day.

00:18:11.539 --> 00:18:11.940
 It's a

00:18:11.940 --> 00:18:12.420
 thing rooted

00:18:12.420 --> 00:18:12.759
 in how

00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:13.080
 God

00:18:13.080 --> 00:18:13.740
 originally

00:18:13.740 --> 00:18:15.259
 made and

00:18:15.259 --> 00:18:15.960
 ordered things

00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:16.340
 at the

00:18:16.340 --> 00:18:17.019
 very beginning.

00:18:18.420 --> 00:18:18.640
 Adam

00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:19.140
 was formed

00:18:19.140 --> 00:18:21.000
 first and

00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:21.660
 then Eve.

00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:23.660
 So Paul

00:18:23.660 --> 00:18:24.019
 is saying

00:18:24.019 --> 00:18:24.320
 that we

00:18:24.320 --> 00:18:24.759
 should do

00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:25.960
 it like

00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:26.600
 this in

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 the church

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 because that

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 reflects what

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 God originally

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 designed even

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 before sin

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 entered the

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 world when

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 everything was

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 good,

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 when everything

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 was perfect.

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 God

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 was

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 in other

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 words,

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 male authority

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 in the church

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 didn't come

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 about because

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 of sin

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 or because

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 of the

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 corruption

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 of humanity.

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 It was

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 part of the

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 good,

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 beautiful

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 design and

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 intention of

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 God right

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 from the

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 start.

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 Now,

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 there's a

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 whole context

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 to this that

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 comes from

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 other passages

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 in the Bible

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 which we have

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 to consider at

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 the same

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 time.

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 From ancient

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 times until

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 this time when

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 the New Testament

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 was written,

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 there was this

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 general understanding

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 that this is the

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 way it should be

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 in the family

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 and in marriage.

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 We see it in

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 Genesis chapter 2

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 verse 18.

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 Before sin

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 entered the

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 world,

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 God said,

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 it's not good

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 for the man

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 to be alone.

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 I will make a

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 helper suitable

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 for him.

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 Already,

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 we're seeing

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 the role of

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 women in

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 relation to

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 men.

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 being defined.

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 She was not

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 created to be

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 an independent

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 head of her

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 own household,

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 but in the

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 context of the

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 first family,

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 she would be

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 a helper to

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 him,

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 which implies

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 that his

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 leadership would

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 set the

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 family direction.

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 Then not

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 long after,

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 when Adam

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 and Eve

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 disobeyed

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 God in

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 the garden,

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 who did

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 God call

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 out to

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 first and

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 hold ultimately

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 responsible?

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 It was

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 Adam,

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 the man.

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 All through

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 the Old

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 Testament,

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 while there

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 are the

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 effects of

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 sin on

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 this

00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:08.619
 relationship

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 between men

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 and women,

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 I mean,

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 for example,

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 Abraham was

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 guilty of

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 throwing his

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 wife under

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 the bus

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 in his

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 sojournings

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 through foreign

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 territory,

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 treated her

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 despicably,

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 yet there is

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 still this

00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:23.259
 general

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 understanding

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 that this

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 is how

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 God made

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 it to be.

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 The man

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 is the

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 head of

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 the household

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 and the

00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:29.859
 family,

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 and the

00:20:30.579 --> 00:20:31.000
 wife is

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 under

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 his

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 authority.

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 The

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 genealogies

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 in the

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 Bible are

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 all traced

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 primarily

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 through the

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 men.

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 Children

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 with similar

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 names were

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 differentiated by

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 the names

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 of their

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 fathers.

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 God

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 assigned

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 inheritances

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 in the

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 promised land

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 to Jacob's

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 sons,

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 and inheritances

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 were generally

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 passed down

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 from fathers

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 to sons.

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 And again,

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 this doesn't

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 mean that

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 women are

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 any less

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 important to

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 God.

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 It simply

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 reflects that

00:21:02.099 --> 00:21:02.639
 God assigned

00:21:02.639 --> 00:21:03.119
 a different

00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:04.399
 role to

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 men and

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 women when

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 it comes to

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 the family.

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 Now, if all

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 this was only

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 intended for

00:21:10.179 --> 00:21:10.759
 the people of

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 Israel, it

00:21:12.219 --> 00:21:12.719
 would surely

00:21:12.719 --> 00:21:13.059
 have been

00:21:13.059 --> 00:21:13.799
 stated in

00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:14.399
 New Testament

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 times when

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 God opened

00:21:16.119 --> 00:21:16.639
 his way of

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 salvation to

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 all people

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 that it's

00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:20.500
 now changing.

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 And yet we

00:21:22.179 --> 00:21:22.779
 read Jesus

00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:23.579
 speaking through

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 his apostles

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 and saying

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 things like

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 this.

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 1 Peter

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 chapter 3

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 verses 1

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 to 7

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 to 6.

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 Wives, in

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 the same way,

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 submit yourselves

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 to your own

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 husbands, so

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 that if any

00:21:42.899 --> 00:21:43.319
 of them do

00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:43.839
 not believe

00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:44.319
 the word,

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 they may be

00:21:45.179 --> 00:21:45.619
 won over

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 without words

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 by the

00:21:47.199 --> 00:21:47.759
 behavior of

00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.240
 their wives

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:48.579
 when they

00:21:48.579 --> 00:21:48.899
 see the

00:21:48.899 --> 00:21:49.579
 purity and

00:21:49.579 --> 00:21:50.199
 reverence of

00:21:50.199 --> 00:21:50.759
 your lives.

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 Your beauty

00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:52.939
 should not

00:21:52.939 --> 00:21:53.519
 come from

00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:54.119
 outward

00:21:54.119 --> 00:21:54.679
 adornment

00:21:54.679 --> 00:21:55.279
 such as

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:55.799
 elaborate

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:56.639
 hairstyles

00:21:56.639 --> 00:21:56.919
 and the

00:21:56.919 --> 00:21:57.339
 wearing of

00:21:57.339 --> 00:21:58.019
 gold jewelry,

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 or fine

00:21:58.859 --> 00:21:59.319
 clothes.

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 Rather, it

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:01.000
 should be

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:01.339
 that of

00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:01.799
 your inner

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:03.259
 self, the

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.879
 unfading

00:22:03.879 --> 00:22:04.839
 beauty of

00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:05.339
 a gentle

00:22:05.339 --> 00:22:06.059
 and quiet

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:07.319
 spirit, which

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:07.919
 is of great

00:22:07.919 --> 00:22:08.719
 worth in

00:22:08.719 --> 00:22:09.339
 God's sight.

00:22:10.439 --> 00:22:11.039
 For this is

00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:11.459
 the way the

00:22:11.459 --> 00:22:11.919
 holy women

00:22:11.919 --> 00:22:12.639
 of the past

00:22:12.639 --> 00:22:13.419
 who put

00:22:13.419 --> 00:22:13.799
 their hope

00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:14.179
 in God

00:22:14.179 --> 00:22:14.639
 used to

00:22:14.639 --> 00:22:14.919
 adorn

00:22:14.919 --> 00:22:15.519
 themselves.

00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:16.519
 God's

00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:17.519
 love.

00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:17.879
 They submitted

00:22:17.879 --> 00:22:18.579
 themselves to

00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:18.960
 their own

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:20.660
 husbands, like

00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:21.819
 Sarah, who

00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:22.519
 obeyed Abraham

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:24.059
 and called

00:22:24.059 --> 00:22:24.460
 him her

00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:24.759
 lord.

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:26.619
 You are

00:22:26.619 --> 00:22:27.180
 her daughters

00:22:27.180 --> 00:22:28.299
 if you do

00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:28.599
 what is

00:22:28.599 --> 00:22:29.900
 right and

00:22:29.900 --> 00:22:30.240
 do not

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:30.759
 give way

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:32.039
 to fear.

00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:34.759
 So even

00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:35.379
 though Abraham

00:22:35.379 --> 00:22:36.160
 mistreated

00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:36.819
 Sarah on

00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:37.420
 at least two

00:22:37.420 --> 00:22:38.200
 occasions and

00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:39.519
 failed to, and

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.200
 Abraham failed

00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:40.900
 to trust God

00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:41.480
 to protect

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:42.400
 her, Sarah

00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:43.220
 is commended

00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:44.759
 for obeying

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:46.500
 him, and

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:47.259
 obeying implies

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:47.780
 authority.

00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:49.640
 The word

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.360
 submit and

00:22:50.360 --> 00:22:51.360
 submission imply

00:22:51.360 --> 00:22:52.000
 authority,

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.420
 headship.

00:22:55.100 --> 00:22:55.720
 Peter in the

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.519
 first century is

00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:57.140
 saying, yes,

00:22:57.280 --> 00:22:58.120
 that's the way

00:22:58.120 --> 00:22:59.200
 for wives

00:22:59.200 --> 00:23:00.780
 today that is

00:23:00.780 --> 00:23:01.560
 good and right.

00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:02.060
 Sarah is an

00:23:02.060 --> 00:23:03.019
 example of that.

00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:04.800
 Faith-filled

00:23:04.800 --> 00:23:06.240
 submission to

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:08.040
 husbands, a

00:23:08.040 --> 00:23:09.040
 submissive spirit

00:23:09.040 --> 00:23:10.560
 that recognizes

00:23:10.560 --> 00:23:11.420
 that your husband

00:23:11.420 --> 00:23:12.300
 is the one that

00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:12.899
 God has put

00:23:12.899 --> 00:23:13.440
 in charge.

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:16.419
 Notice also

00:23:16.419 --> 00:23:17.039
 though that this

00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.799
 instruction comes

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.259
 with a very

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:19.139
 serious warning

00:23:19.139 --> 00:23:20.059
 to husbands.

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:21.399
 Husbands, in

00:23:21.399 --> 00:23:22.240
 the same way, be

00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:23.099
 considerate as

00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:23.579
 you live with

00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:25.220
 your wives, and

00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:25.879
 treat them with

00:23:25.879 --> 00:23:27.319
 respect as the

00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:28.819
 weaker partner, and

00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:29.720
 as heirs with

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.619
 you of the

00:23:30.619 --> 00:23:31.500
 gracious gift of

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:32.839
 life, so that

00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:33.359
 nothing will

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:33.799
 hinder your

00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:34.139
 prayers.

00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:36.779
 So men don't

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.200
 get a free

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:37.680
 pass.

00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:39.119
 They ought to

00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:39.519
 treat their

00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:39.940
 wives with

00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:41.000
 respect, says

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.319
 Peter.

00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:42.740
 They ought

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.240
 never to

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:43.619
 use their

00:23:43.619 --> 00:23:44.259
 strength to

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:44.659
 dominate.

00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:45.879
 They are to

00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:47.220
 recognize that

00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:48.500
 women, their

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:49.220
 wives, are

00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:51.259
 equally heirs of

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:52.220
 the gracious gift

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:53.240
 of life that

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:53.740
 comes through

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.460
 Christ Jesus.

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:57.339
 In Ephesians

00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:58.879
 chapter 5, Paul

00:23:58.879 --> 00:24:00.879
 says, do not

00:24:00.879 --> 00:24:01.539
 get drunk on

00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:02.079
 wine, which

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:02.500
 leads to

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.099
 debauchery.

00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:04.000
 Instead, be

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:04.579
 filled with the

00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:04.839
 Spirit.

00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:06.319
 And then he

00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:07.240
 lists off a

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:07.779
 whole bunch of

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:10.259
 things that the

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:10.859
 Spirit will

00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:11.440
 lead us to

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:12.180
 do when we

00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:12.539
 are filled

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:12.900
 with the

00:24:12.900 --> 00:24:13.200
 Spirit.

00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:15.240
 Things like

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:15.799
 speaking to

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.200
 one another

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:16.819
 with psalms,

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:17.339
 hymns, and

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:17.799
 songs from

00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:18.240
 the Spirit,

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:19.359
 singing and

00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:20.019
 making music

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.400
 from our

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:20.799
 hearts to

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.220
 the Lord,

00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:22.319
 giving thanks

00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:22.879
 to God the

00:24:22.879 --> 00:24:23.440
 Father for

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:25.140
 everything, and

00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:26.039
 verse 21,

00:24:26.619 --> 00:24:27.559
 submitting to

00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:28.379
 one another out

00:24:28.379 --> 00:24:29.420
 of reverence for

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:29.900
 Christ.

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:32.180
 Wives to

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:33.980
 husbands, a

00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.319
 little further

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:35.279
 down, children

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:35.779
 to their

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.900
 parents, a

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:37.259
 little further

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:39.519
 down, slaves to

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 their masters.

00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:42.819
 But let's

00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.299
 look at these

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:44.160
 instructions that

00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:45.920
 Paul gives to

00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:46.319
 the wives

00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:46.980
 specifically.

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:47.559
 He says,

00:24:47.660 --> 00:24:48.519
 submit to one

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.119
 another out of

00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:49.619
 reverence for

00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:50.259
 Christ.

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:52.319
 Wives, submit

00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:53.079
 yourselves to

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:53.879
 your own husbands

00:24:53.879 --> 00:24:54.700
 as you do to

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.119
 the Lord.

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.639
 For the husband

00:24:56.639 --> 00:24:57.599
 is the head of

00:24:57.599 --> 00:24:59.220
 the wife, as

00:24:59.220 --> 00:25:00.059
 Christ is the

00:25:00.059 --> 00:25:00.779
 head of the

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:02.059
 church, his

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:03.339
 body, of

00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:03.779
 which he is

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.220
 the Savior.

00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:05.900
 Now as the

00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.480
 church submits

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.259
 to Christ, so

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:08.180
 also wives should

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:08.839
 submit to their

00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.200
 husbands.

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:10.940
 in everything.

00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:16.160
 Now there are

00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:17.200
 equally serious

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:18.139
 instructions given

00:25:18.139 --> 00:25:18.819
 to the husbands

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.519
 as well about

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.200
 how they must

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:20.740
 love their

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:22.440
 wives in this

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:23.559
 passage, just

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:24.460
 as Jesus Christ

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:24.920
 loved the

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:25.259
 church.

00:25:26.180 --> 00:25:26.839
 With a

00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:27.980
 self-sacrificing

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:29.420
 love, seeking

00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:31.720
 her benefit, but

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.480
 it's difficult to

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.220
 get around these

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:33.900
 words and the

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:35.339
 clear meaning of

00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:35.539
 them.

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:37.619
 The husband is

00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:38.460
 the head of the

00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:39.860
 wife as Christ

00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:40.460
 is the head of

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:40.940
 the church.

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.840
 So this is an

00:25:45.840 --> 00:25:46.779
 important context

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.319
 to Paul's

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:48.079
 instruction about

00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:48.799
 women in 1

00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.240
 Timothy.

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.420
 God has

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:51.299
 designed and

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:52.759
 intended from

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.720
 creation that

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.360
 this is how a

00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:55.120
 family should be.

00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:56.980
 Men and women

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.519
 are created

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:58.299
 equally in the

00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:59.039
 image of God.

00:25:59.039 --> 00:26:00.279
 they're granted

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.799
 an equal

00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:01.759
 inheritance in

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:03.460
 salvation, but

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.059
 they have been

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:05.019
 given different

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:05.980
 roles to play in

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:06.440
 the family.

00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:08.220
 And this is

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.500
 good.

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.619
 Everything God

00:26:10.619 --> 00:26:11.339
 made is good,

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:12.680
 said Paul in

00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:13.299
 1 Timothy

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:14.279
 chapter 4.

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:16.279
 God's intention

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:16.859
 was that the

00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:17.420
 husband would

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:18.539
 bear the

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:20.879
 burden of

00:26:20.879 --> 00:26:22.619
 leadership for

00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:23.579
 his wife and

00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:23.980
 children.

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.759
 And it

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.359
 wasn't supposed

00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:31.859
 to be a

00:26:31.859 --> 00:26:33.079
 sinful, selfish

00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:34.200
 domineering of

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:35.559
 his wife, but

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:36.099
 a humble,

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:38.220
 self-sacrificing,

00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:40.980
 serving, kind,

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:41.920
 respectful,

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:42.940
 considerate,

00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:44.420
 loving kind of

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:44.839
 leadership.

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.519
 The kind of

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.440
 leadership that it

00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:48.880
 would be a joy to

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:50.579
 submit to and

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:50.940
 follow.

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:53.700
 According to

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.360
 Paul here in the

00:26:54.360 --> 00:26:54.839
 rest of this

00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:55.660
 passage in

00:26:55.660 --> 00:26:56.259
 Ephesians,

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.500
 husband and

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.599
 wife in their

00:26:58.599 --> 00:26:59.579
 unique God-given

00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.220
 roles are meant

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:01.200
 to picture and

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:02.519
 point to the

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:03.500
 wonderful love of

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:04.539
 Jesus for his

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:05.360
 bride, his

00:27:05.360 --> 00:27:07.680
 church, and her

00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:09.180
 joyful submission to

00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:09.680
 him in all

00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:10.120
 things.

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:12.000
 That's one of the

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.920
 ways God intended

00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:13.740
 for marriage and

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.480
 family to bring

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:15.220
 glory to God.

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.539
 I mean, think about

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.559
 Jesus and his

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:19.319
 relationship with

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.839
 his church.

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:20.940
 How did he treat

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:21.579
 his disciples?

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.440
 Did he say, get

00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:24.019
 down there and

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.700
 wash my feet?

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.380
 No.

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:28.360
 He washed their

00:27:28.360 --> 00:27:28.680
 feet.

00:27:29.620 --> 00:27:30.500
 He served them.

00:27:30.620 --> 00:27:31.519
 He gave his life

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.079
 for them.

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.759
 And so this is the

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.519
 pattern that we are

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:36.259
 to follow in the

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:37.299
 church and in the

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:37.559
 home.

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:38.779
 Now, it doesn't

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.200
 mean we won't

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:40.740
 fail and struggle

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.519
 to live this,

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.460
 or that sin

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:43.220
 won't cause

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:43.980
 problems, but

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:44.579
 this is how

00:27:44.579 --> 00:27:45.400
 Christ wants us

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:46.140
 to live when it

00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:47.519
 comes to the

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:47.880
 family.

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:49.599
 And now here in

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:50.920
 1 Timothy 2,

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:52.519
 verse 11 to 15,

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:53.339
 Paul's basically

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:54.579
 saying the will

00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:55.339
 of Christ is the

00:27:55.339 --> 00:27:55.859
 same in the

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:56.200
 church.

00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:57.819
 The church is to

00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:59.299
 be done like the

00:27:59.299 --> 00:27:59.660
 family.

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:01.279
 Just as the man is

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:01.799
 the head of the

00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:02.559
 wife in the home,

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:04.359
 so he must also

00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:05.319
 have the authority

00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:06.839
 and take the lead

00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:07.960
 in the church.

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:08.759
 And the women

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.600
 must submit to

00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:10.180
 that leadership.

00:28:11.860 --> 00:28:12.860
 Remember Paul's

00:28:12.860 --> 00:28:14.539
 stated purpose for

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.340
 writing this letter.

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:18.340
 1 Timothy 3,

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:20.420
 verse 14 and 15.

00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:21.600
 I'm writing you

00:28:21.600 --> 00:28:22.360
 these instructions

00:28:22.360 --> 00:28:24.200
 so that you will

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:24.940
 know how people

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.700
 ought to conduct

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.840
 themselves in God's

00:28:26.840 --> 00:28:28.680
 household, which is

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.720
 the church of the

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.279
 living God.

00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:32.059
 We are to operate

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:33.059
 just like a family,

00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:34.980
 family, which

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:35.639
 means that the

00:28:35.639 --> 00:28:36.659
 men who lead

00:28:36.659 --> 00:28:38.639
 might be thought

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.259
 of as the

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:40.119
 spiritual dads

00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:41.480
 in the family.

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:44.179
 And there's a

00:28:44.179 --> 00:28:44.940
 wonderful safeguard

00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:46.200
 here because not

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:47.059
 just any man is

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:48.700
 permitted to teach

00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:49.200
 and to have

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:49.859
 authority in the

00:28:49.859 --> 00:28:50.099
 church.

00:28:50.179 --> 00:28:50.559
 As we'll see

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.859
 next week, Paul

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:53.299
 gives specific

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:55.359
 requirements for

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:56.839
 men to lead in

00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:57.440
 the church, to

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:58.099
 have authority.

00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:59.619
 And most of

00:28:59.619 --> 00:29:00.359
 them are character

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:01.200
 kinds of things.

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:03.580
 Christ-like

00:29:03.580 --> 00:29:05.039
 character, and

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:06.120
 that will protect

00:29:06.120 --> 00:29:06.720
 the people in

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.299
 the church from

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:10.480
 being governed by

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:11.100
 those who are

00:29:11.100 --> 00:29:11.840
 domineering or

00:29:11.840 --> 00:29:12.220
 abusive.

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.700
 How do we apply

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:16.220
 all this?

00:29:16.840 --> 00:29:17.420
 How should the

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:18.059
 rubber hit the

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:19.860
 road with this in

00:29:19.860 --> 00:29:20.360
 our church?

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:24.460
 First of all, is

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:26.340
 Paul saying that

00:29:26.340 --> 00:29:26.960
 women should be

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:27.640
 silent in the

00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:27.860
 church?

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.400
 Some of your

00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:29.240
 translations will

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.860
 have the word

00:29:29.860 --> 00:29:30.319
 silent.

00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:32.200
 There are a few

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.819
 scholars that

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:33.440
 think that that's

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:34.180
 what it means, but

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:34.720
 they would never

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:36.100
 say in the whole

00:29:36.100 --> 00:29:36.880
 gathering of the

00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:37.759
 church, women can't

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.360
 even open their

00:29:38.360 --> 00:29:38.660
 mouths.

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.420
 They really will

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:40.580
 mostly always say

00:29:40.580 --> 00:29:42.120
 that it's during the

00:29:42.120 --> 00:29:43.059
 regular teaching

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:44.319
 moments of the

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:44.980
 church, like during

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:45.420
 the sermon.

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.539
 The majority of

00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:48.400
 interpreters, however,

00:29:48.580 --> 00:29:49.279
 take the word

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:51.700
 silence to refer to

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.700
 the spirit of their

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.759
 participation because

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.500
 it also is used

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:55.340
 that way as well,

00:29:55.600 --> 00:29:56.259
 quietness.

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:57.700
 And I think that's

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:58.360
 what makes the most

00:29:58.360 --> 00:29:58.860
 sense here.

00:29:58.859 --> 00:30:00.399
 just look back up

00:30:00.399 --> 00:30:01.000
 the page to

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.500
 verse 2.

00:30:02.379 --> 00:30:03.159
 We're to pray for

00:30:03.159 --> 00:30:04.019
 kings and all those

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.879
 in authority that we

00:30:04.879 --> 00:30:06.079
 may live peaceful and

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:07.359
 quiet lives.

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.559
 That's the same word.

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:10.259
 In all godliness and

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:10.559
 holiness.

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.599
 It doesn't mean silent

00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:12.099
 lives.

00:30:12.879 --> 00:30:15.019
 It means quiet, in

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:16.579
 tone, respectful,

00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:19.399
 gentle, as opposed

00:30:19.399 --> 00:30:21.979
 to loud, interrupting,

00:30:22.419 --> 00:30:23.539
 obnoxious, arrogant.

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:25.259
 And there's a few

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:26.379
 other usages, just

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:27.920
 like this, where it

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.879
 doesn't mean silent,

00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:30.159
 but it refers to the

00:30:30.159 --> 00:30:30.500
 spirit.

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:33.559
 The spirit of the

00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:34.159
 learning for the

00:30:34.159 --> 00:30:34.960
 women is to be a

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.519
 quiet one.

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:37.339
 Perhaps there were

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:39.539
 some very loud,

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:40.920
 outspoken, interrupting

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:42.079
 women of social

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.920
 standing in the

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:44.639
 church at Ephesus who

00:30:44.639 --> 00:30:45.779
 were seeking to take

00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:47.539
 charge and have their

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:47.799
 way.

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:50.519
 So how does this

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:52.200
 apply practically?

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:54.139
 I'm just going to do

00:30:54.139 --> 00:30:54.759
 this in kind of

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.539
 question and answer

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:56.039
 format.

00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:57.859
 Should women

00:30:57.859 --> 00:30:58.779
 participate in the

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.619
 discussion in adult

00:30:59.619 --> 00:31:00.240
 Sunday school?

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:01.619
 Yes.

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:03.419
 Participating in the

00:31:03.419 --> 00:31:05.139
 discussion, sharing

00:31:05.139 --> 00:31:06.339
 your thoughts, your

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:07.299
 observations, your

00:31:07.299 --> 00:31:08.200
 insight, that's

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.960
 different than

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:10.079
 teaching the class.

00:31:11.639 --> 00:31:12.500
 It's about the

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.240
 spirit of how we

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.740
 participate.

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:14.940
 Do you come to the

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.659
 class to learn?

00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:18.120
 to respond to the

00:31:18.120 --> 00:31:18.660
 word of God?

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.759
 Or do you come to

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:22.320
 teach and to help

00:31:22.320 --> 00:31:23.680
 others come to the

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:24.820
 same conclusion that

00:31:24.820 --> 00:31:26.860
 you have, the way

00:31:26.860 --> 00:31:27.700
 that you think is the

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:28.500
 right way to live?

00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:30.360
 So women,

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:31.220
 absolutely.

00:31:33.060 --> 00:31:33.779
 Participate in the

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:35.980
 discussion, but

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:37.000
 teaching the class and

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.840
 giving leadership to

00:31:37.840 --> 00:31:39.080
 the class should be for

00:31:39.080 --> 00:31:40.380
 those qualified men.

00:31:41.860 --> 00:31:42.580
 Should women

00:31:42.580 --> 00:31:43.660
 participate in the

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.279
 discussion at

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:45.380
 congregational meetings?

00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:46.759
 Yes.

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.660
 In fact, good

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:50.160
 leadership always seeks

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:51.200
 feedback from those

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:51.800
 who are following.

00:31:52.840 --> 00:31:53.519
 To make the best

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.840
 decisions, we need to

00:31:54.840 --> 00:31:55.420
 know what the needs

00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:55.700
 are.

00:31:56.380 --> 00:31:57.480
 We need to know how

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:58.400
 people are doing, what

00:31:58.400 --> 00:31:59.440
 the situation is.

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:01.279
 Good leadership gathers

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:02.660
 counsel and wisdom.

00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:04.500
 And so dialogue and

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.440
 discussion between a

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:06.620
 husband and wife, between

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:08.340
 an elder and a church

00:32:08.340 --> 00:32:09.640
 member is good.

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.400
 It's healthy.

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:13.120
 But the tone of that

00:32:13.120 --> 00:32:14.019
 and the spirit of that

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.900
 dialogue should be

00:32:14.900 --> 00:32:16.380
 respectful of the

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:17.440
 God-ordained differences

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:18.000
 in role.

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:21.040
 Should women be

00:32:21.040 --> 00:32:22.100
 pastors in the church?

00:32:24.380 --> 00:32:25.340
 Well, it depends what

00:32:25.340 --> 00:32:26.300
 you mean by pastor.

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:28.120
 But if by pastor you

00:32:28.120 --> 00:32:29.080
 mean one of the leading

00:32:29.080 --> 00:32:31.340
 elders who preaches and

00:32:31.340 --> 00:32:32.100
 teaches the whole

00:32:32.100 --> 00:32:33.740
 congregation, then no.

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:33.799
 No.

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:36.680
 This word from Christ

00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:37.819
 through Paul implies

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.140
 no.

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:43.740
 But, God has given

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.519
 some women the

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:45.380
 spiritual gift of

00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:46.880
 shepherding for the

00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:48.039
 building up of the

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:48.380
 church.

00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:51.160
 And should that be used

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:51.760
 in the church?

00:32:52.260 --> 00:32:53.220
 I say yes.

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.600
 But these instructions

00:32:55.600 --> 00:32:56.780
 given to Timothy would

00:32:56.780 --> 00:32:57.840
 limit the use of that

00:32:57.840 --> 00:32:59.480
 gift to women and

00:32:59.480 --> 00:32:59.860
 children.

00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:03.060
 Should women be elders

00:33:03.060 --> 00:33:03.720
 in the church?

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:05.560
 According to this

00:33:05.560 --> 00:33:06.840
 passage, no.

00:33:07.820 --> 00:33:09.040
 As we'll see next week,

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:11.000
 elders are tasked with

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:12.980
 authoritative oversight

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:14.900
 and leadership of the

00:33:14.900 --> 00:33:15.220
 church.

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:17.460
 Not only that, but to be

00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:18.860
 an elder, Paul says in

00:33:18.860 --> 00:33:19.920
 the next chapter, that

00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:20.819
 you must be able to

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:21.180
 teach.

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.920
 And in the context of

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:23.700
 this letter, that's

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.900
 teach the truths of the

00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:26.920
 faith, the word of God

00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:28.380
 to the church.

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:30.400
 That's one of the

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:31.440
 primary responsibilities

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:32.240
 of an elder.

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:33.779
 And so women cannot be

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.620
 elders in the church

00:33:34.620 --> 00:33:35.980
 because that would put

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.860
 them in a position of

00:33:36.860 --> 00:33:38.259
 authority over men and

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:39.640
 give them the role of

00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:40.740
 teaching men, which goes

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:42.140
 completely against what

00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:43.380
 Paul is saying here in

00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:43.880
 these verses.

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:47.340
 But, let's also

00:33:47.339 --> 00:33:48.519
 remember the context of

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:48.959
 this letter.

00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:51.240
 This letter is about how

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.919
 we should conduct

00:33:51.919 --> 00:33:52.619
 ourselves in the

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:54.299
 household of God, in

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:54.759
 the church.

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:56.279
 And, as I just

00:33:56.279 --> 00:33:57.759
 mentioned, in the

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:59.099
 context, the teaching

00:33:59.099 --> 00:34:00.319
 refers specifically to

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:01.179
 the doctrines of the

00:34:01.179 --> 00:34:02.919
 church, the truths of

00:34:02.919 --> 00:34:03.779
 the faith, the word of

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:04.819
 God, how to live in

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.939
 response to God's word.

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:07.939
 So, can we have

00:34:07.939 --> 00:34:09.759
 Sherry, our public

00:34:09.759 --> 00:34:11.719
 health nurse, she's

00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:13.000
 shaking her head, teach

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:14.000
 a one-day course on

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:15.380
 CPR on a Saturday

00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:15.780
 morning?

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:17.119
 Yes.

00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:18.619
 There's no problem

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:19.079
 with that.

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:20.780
 Can we have a sister in

00:34:20.780 --> 00:34:21.659
 Christ come up here to

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.480
 the front and share

00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:23.519
 personal testimony?

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:25.059
 Absolutely.

00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:26.380
 That's the story of what

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:27.940
 Christ has done in her

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.300
 life.

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:30.159
 That's not teaching the

00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:31.800
 church like the elders

00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:32.780
 are tasked with doing.

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:35.599
 Furthermore, many women

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:37.079
 have been gifted by God

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:37.699
 to teach.

00:34:38.780 --> 00:34:40.119
 And these gifts should be

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:41.759
 used in the church for

00:34:41.759 --> 00:34:43.639
 the building up of the

00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:44.759
 other women and the

00:34:44.759 --> 00:34:45.079
 children.

00:34:45.839 --> 00:34:46.639
 In fact, when we get to

00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:47.539
 Paul's letter to Titus,

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:48.299
 we're going to see him

00:34:48.299 --> 00:34:49.000
 command it.

00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:51.480
 Older women, teach the

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:52.079
 younger women.

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:55.559
 So, women can lead, they

00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:56.980
 can teach women's groups,

00:34:57.159 --> 00:34:58.179
 women's Bible studies,

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:59.219
 women's Sunday school

00:34:59.219 --> 00:35:00.239
 classes, alive.

00:35:01.279 --> 00:35:02.119
 If you're a woman and

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:03.519
 you have the gift to

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:05.559
 teach, do not bury it in

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:06.000
 the sand.

00:35:07.259 --> 00:35:08.500
 It is to be used.

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:10.960
 Just not to teach the

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:11.159
 men.

00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:14.300
 Should women be on the

00:35:14.300 --> 00:35:15.340
 board of our church?

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:18.099
 According to our current

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:19.320
 church constitution, we're

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:20.599
 to have a board and the

00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:21.400
 board shall be the

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:22.920
 business administrators of

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:23.920
 the church and the board

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:25.860
 is to be made up of the

00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:27.719
 pastor, elders, church

00:35:27.719 --> 00:35:28.559
 clerk, and church

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:29.019
 treasurer.

00:35:29.900 --> 00:35:30.739
 Now, we've already said

00:35:30.739 --> 00:35:31.719
 that women should not be

00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:33.739
 pastors or elders, but

00:35:33.739 --> 00:35:34.460
 can they be the church

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:35.519
 clerk or the church

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:36.159
 treasurer?

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:38.079
 However, the problem

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:39.000
 with this is that if we

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.859
 elect women to these

00:35:39.859 --> 00:35:41.679
 roles, it puts them

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:43.019
 functionally in the

00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:44.319
 authoritative decision

00:35:44.319 --> 00:35:46.460
 making seats around the

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:47.259
 table for the whole

00:35:47.259 --> 00:35:47.639
 church.

00:35:48.399 --> 00:35:49.500
 They would then come to

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:50.420
 the monthly meetings.

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:51.679
 They would not only

00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:52.500
 participate in the

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:53.980
 discussion with the

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:55.059
 elders and pastor, but

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:56.259
 also vote on motions.

00:35:57.219 --> 00:35:58.279
 Whether it was intended

00:35:58.279 --> 00:35:59.399
 or not, having a woman

00:35:59.399 --> 00:36:00.659
 in these positions puts

00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:02.239
 them in a position of

00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:03.960
 authority over men in the

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:04.259
 church.

00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:05.460
 This is why we haven't

00:36:05.460 --> 00:36:06.920
 nominated women to these

00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:08.480
 positions in the past six

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:08.840
 years.

00:36:10.020 --> 00:36:12.580
 Furthermore, next week, as

00:36:12.580 --> 00:36:13.680
 we move into chapter three,

00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:14.380
 we're going to see that

00:36:14.380 --> 00:36:15.600
 church governance by a

00:36:15.600 --> 00:36:17.040
 board is not biblical

00:36:17.040 --> 00:36:17.560
 anyway.

00:36:18.520 --> 00:36:19.840
 We're to be governed by a

00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:21.880
 council of elders, a

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:23.220
 plurality of elders.

00:36:24.100 --> 00:36:25.080
 And so we actually have

00:36:25.080 --> 00:36:26.140
 some major work to do

00:36:26.140 --> 00:36:26.920
 right here in our own

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:28.460
 church on how we are

00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:30.440
 organized on our

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:31.060
 constitution.

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:33.199
 constitution because our

00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:34.139
 governance is modeled

00:36:34.139 --> 00:36:36.119
 more after a secular

00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:37.960
 organization way of

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:39.579
 operating than the

00:36:39.579 --> 00:36:39.860
 Bible.

00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:41.719
 And if the word of God

00:36:41.719 --> 00:36:42.699
 gives us a pattern to

00:36:42.699 --> 00:36:43.440
 follow for church

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:45.039
 governance and we find

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:46.099
 ourselves at a step with

00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:47.759
 it, we got to get in

00:36:47.759 --> 00:36:48.360
 step with it.

00:36:48.460 --> 00:36:49.299
 We need to change.

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:52.400
 Should women be deacons or

00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:53.559
 ministry coordinators in

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:54.000
 the church?

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:55.559
 We're going to dig into

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:57.519
 this a little more in the

00:36:57.519 --> 00:36:58.099
 weeks ahead.

00:36:58.099 --> 00:36:59.940
 Paul talks about deacons

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:00.759
 in chapter three.

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:02.539
 But for today, when it

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:03.440
 comes to leadership in

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:04.759
 the church, there's a

00:37:04.759 --> 00:37:06.380
 difference between having

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:07.619
 authority and oversight in

00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:09.079
 the church like the elders

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:10.960
 are supposed to and

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:12.119
 coordinating a mixed group

00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:14.039
 of volunteers in set up

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:15.500
 for a potluck or in a

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:17.119
 renovation project or in

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:19.480
 an outreach event or a

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:20.699
 financial review committee.

00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:23.119
 I sometimes laugh at how

00:37:23.119 --> 00:37:24.420
 legalistic people can be

00:37:24.420 --> 00:37:25.000
 about this.

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:27.219
 I've heard people tell

00:37:27.219 --> 00:37:28.860
 me, a woman shouldn't

00:37:28.860 --> 00:37:29.960
 lead the budget committee.

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:32.380
 That's big decision

00:37:32.380 --> 00:37:33.400
 making and should only be

00:37:33.400 --> 00:37:34.199
 done by the elders.

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:36.300
 But then you ask that

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:37.260
 person, so how do you

00:37:37.260 --> 00:37:38.420
 manage your finances at

00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:38.639
 home?

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:41.099
 Oh, my wife looks after

00:37:41.099 --> 00:37:41.860
 all that stuff.

00:37:43.980 --> 00:37:44.420
 Okay.

00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:45.840
 So she can be trusted

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:47.920
 with the family finances

00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:49.380
 but not the church

00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:50.260
 family's finances?

00:37:51.579 --> 00:37:52.559
 How does that work?

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:55.340
 I say go read Proverbs

00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:56.599
 31 and look at all that

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:57.320
 the wife of noble

00:37:57.320 --> 00:37:58.460
 character has been

00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:59.460
 entrusted with in the

00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:00.420
 family and in the home

00:38:00.420 --> 00:38:01.679
 and then let's talk about

00:38:01.679 --> 00:38:02.960
 whether women can be

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:04.519
 ministry coordinators or

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:05.940
 deacons or treasurers or

00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:06.559
 whatever.

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:11.139
 Now, women, I know the

00:38:11.139 --> 00:38:13.019
 tendency is to hear in all

00:38:13.019 --> 00:38:14.239
 this a list of don'ts.

00:38:15.699 --> 00:38:16.820
 But I want to encourage

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:17.099
 you.

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:19.079
 God did not give these

00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:20.860
 instructions to take

00:38:20.860 --> 00:38:21.980
 something away from you

00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:23.099
 that's rightfully yours.

00:38:24.199 --> 00:38:25.440
 The different roles he

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:26.900
 has given us really are

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:27.260
 good.

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:29.320
 And so I would encourage

00:38:29.320 --> 00:38:30.539
 you to see this not as a

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:32.840
 list of don'ts but as a

00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:34.159
 list of don't have tos.

00:38:35.139 --> 00:38:36.480
 A list of things you don't

00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:37.280
 need to worry about.

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:39.920
 A list of things where God

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:41.519
 himself blesses you to say

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:43.519
 that's not my job.

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:45.699
 This is where all of you

00:38:45.699 --> 00:38:46.920
 women get to breathe a

00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:47.619
 sigh of relief.

00:38:48.760 --> 00:38:49.619
 You're off the hook.

00:38:49.619 --> 00:38:52.719
 You're free of the

00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:53.980
 responsibility of church

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:54.380
 leadership.

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 And it is a heavy

00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:57.679
 responsibility.

00:38:59.039 --> 00:39:00.139
 Those who lead in the

00:39:00.139 --> 00:39:01.079
 church and teach the

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:03.039
 congregation will have to

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:05.139
 answer to God for

00:39:05.139 --> 00:39:06.000
 everything that they

00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:08.179
 decide and what they have

00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:08.519
 taught.

00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:10.960
 And truth be told,

00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:12.299
 sometimes we men who have

00:39:12.299 --> 00:39:13.480
 been saddled with that

00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:14.940
 burden wish we could

00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:16.799
 sometimes just be followers

00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:18.440
 followers and just have

00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:20.800
 someone else lead the way

00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:21.640
 and submit to that

00:39:21.640 --> 00:39:22.100
 person.

00:39:23.100 --> 00:39:25.400
 So women, you are off the

00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:25.660
 hook.

00:39:27.160 --> 00:39:30.019
 But men, you are on the

00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:30.240
 hook.

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:33.080
 This serious responsibility

00:39:33.080 --> 00:39:34.380
 of teaching in the church

00:39:34.380 --> 00:39:36.380
 and having authority in the

00:39:36.380 --> 00:39:38.360
 church falls to you.

00:39:40.220 --> 00:39:41.740
 Which means that you men

00:39:41.740 --> 00:39:44.240
 must strive to be men of

00:39:44.240 --> 00:39:44.660
 character.

00:39:44.659 --> 00:39:46.859
 You must strive to live

00:39:46.859 --> 00:39:48.420
 exemplary lives worth

00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:48.879
 following.

00:39:49.319 --> 00:39:50.659
 You must strive to learn

00:39:50.659 --> 00:39:51.719
 the truths of the faith

00:39:51.719 --> 00:39:53.099
 because it falls to you,

00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:54.039
 this burden.

00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:56.799
 This sacred responsibility.

00:39:58.339 --> 00:39:59.480
 That's why we started doing

00:39:59.480 --> 00:40:00.599
 LEAD twice a month.

00:40:01.139 --> 00:40:02.480
 Because we cannot neglect

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:02.940
 this.

00:40:04.399 --> 00:40:05.940
 In the absence of good male

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:06.980
 leadership in the church,

00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:08.139
 the family falls apart.

00:40:09.179 --> 00:40:10.059
 It scatters.

00:40:11.059 --> 00:40:12.239
 In the absence of good,

00:40:12.359 --> 00:40:13.399
 solid biblical teaching,

00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:14.920
 the health and the life of

00:40:14.920 --> 00:40:16.000
 the church slips away.

00:40:17.760 --> 00:40:20.180
 Men, women have been given

00:40:20.180 --> 00:40:21.900
 the instruction in God's

00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:23.780
 word to submit to our

00:40:23.780 --> 00:40:24.820
 leadership and teaching.

00:40:25.820 --> 00:40:27.320
 And so we better be the

00:40:27.320 --> 00:40:29.400
 kind of leaders and

00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:30.920
 teachers that make it a

00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:32.619
 joy for them to follow.

00:40:34.220 --> 00:40:36.039
 May the Lord not find us men

00:40:36.039 --> 00:40:37.400
 sleeping at the wheel or

00:40:38.180 --> 00:40:39.820
 checked out and living for

00:40:39.820 --> 00:40:40.880
 our own comforts and

00:40:40.880 --> 00:40:42.860
 pleasures abdicating our

00:40:42.860 --> 00:40:43.640
 responsibility.

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:47.619
 So yes, there is a

00:40:47.619 --> 00:40:48.740
 difference between the role

00:40:48.740 --> 00:40:50.619
 of men and women in the

00:40:50.619 --> 00:40:50.940
 church.

00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:53.980
 It's rooted in creation.

00:40:55.079 --> 00:40:55.900
 It's good.

00:40:57.000 --> 00:40:57.960
 And when we live out our

00:40:57.960 --> 00:40:59.240
 God-ordained roles as men

00:40:59.240 --> 00:41:00.660
 and women in the home and in

00:41:00.660 --> 00:41:02.300
 the church, it brings glory to

00:41:02.300 --> 00:41:05.039
 God and it adorns the

00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:05.400
 gospel.

00:41:05.400 --> 00:41:07.539
 Let's pray.

00:41:14.760 --> 00:41:16.480
 Father in heaven, I pray that

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:17.559
 you would help us with these

00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:18.420
 challenging words.

00:41:21.420 --> 00:41:24.039
 We see many Christians and

00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:25.180
 churches adrift.

00:41:26.200 --> 00:41:27.780
 They're not tethered to your

00:41:27.780 --> 00:41:28.559
 word anymore.

00:41:29.780 --> 00:41:31.400
 And we so want to be

00:41:31.400 --> 00:41:32.420
 faithful.

00:41:32.420 --> 00:41:35.159
 I pray that you would give

00:41:35.159 --> 00:41:36.119
 us the courage and the

00:41:36.119 --> 00:41:38.260
 wisdom to know how to live

00:41:38.260 --> 00:41:39.619
 in response to these words.

00:41:41.200 --> 00:41:42.340
 I pray that you would give

00:41:42.340 --> 00:41:44.800
 us the humility and the

00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:46.139
 graciousness towards one

00:41:46.139 --> 00:41:46.480
 another.

00:41:47.740 --> 00:41:49.420
 And I pray that Jesus Christ

00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:50.900
 really would be exalted and

00:41:50.900 --> 00:41:53.460
 glorified through this.

00:41:53.599 --> 00:41:54.900
 Though we may not understand or

00:41:54.900 --> 00:41:58.559
 see how today, but we trust at

00:41:58.559 --> 00:41:59.700
 the end of the story, we will.

00:41:59.699 --> 00:42:02.219
 To your name be the glory.

00:42:03.119 --> 00:42:03.419
 Amen.