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 Well, good morning, Christ Family Church, and again, happy Mother's Day to our moms in the room.

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 If you would turn with me to Titus chapter 2.

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 Titus chapter 2.

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 And this morning we're going to take a short break from our normal study in Acts.

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 One week break from the study of the book of Acts.

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 Nathan asked me if I would share something special this morning since it is Mother's Day.

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 So we're going to take a brief depart from the book of Acts.

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 We'll come back together again, I believe, next week.

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 We're scheduled to do some more in the book of Acts.

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 So this morning we're going to be talking and focusing on biblical womanhood,

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 which is exciting for all those guys who are in the room saying,

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 yes, I'm glad I came here this morning.

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 I'm so glad that we're talking about biblical womanhood.

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 Before you go there, in your minds, stay with me, guys.

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 This is going to be important for you because whether you are a young woman,

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 whether you're an older woman, whether you have kids, or whether you don't have kids,

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 this message should apply to you because we all have moms, right?

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 We all were born to someone, and we all have moms.

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 And at the very least, men, we can pray toward or for our mothers

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 and for the people that we know in our lives who are moms,

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 who are trying and working toward what these biblical truths have to teach us this morning.

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 My hope this morning is that you're encouraged in at least two ways.

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 The first, that you, and by you, I mean the mothers in the room this morning,

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 that you are encouraged by what you're doing well,

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 because so many of you are doing so many things so well,

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 and that you would continue down that road of doing those things well,

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 refining what you've done well and continue to do those things well.

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 Secondly, I hope that everyone will be spurred on toward godliness in the areas where we neglect.

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 And we all have areas that we neglect, right?

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 Every single one of us, every person in this room has areas of neglect.

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 Until we have achieved perfection, and biblically speaking, I don't think any of us are there yet.

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 Until we achieve perfection, we have stuff we can work on.

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 And so I hope that you will keep your mind and your heart open to God changing you through the power of His Word

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 and the conviction of the Holy Spirit this morning.

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 Now, Titus 2 has much to say to us this morning.

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 And in the context of Titus 2, we have instructions to younger men, to older men, to younger women, and to older women.

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 And we have a section in there also about speaking about servants.

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 And so I want you to look at me at verse 3 to begin with, Titus 2, verse 3.

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 And we're going to dive right in because we have a lot to cover this morning.

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 We have a lot of ground to cover.

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 We've got to do some groundwork before we dive into this.

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 And I just want to go ahead and jump in.

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 And then we're going to jump to the end of the passage because we have to connect some truths within the context of those passages this morning.

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 So Titus 2, verse 3 says,

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 Now, skip with me down to Titus 2, verse 11.

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 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,

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 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions,

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 and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

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 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of God and Savior, Jesus Christ,

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 who gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness,

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 to purify for Himself a people for His own possession,

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 who are zealous for good works.

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 Declare these things.

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 Exhort and rebuke with all authority.

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 Let no one disregard you.

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 So what I want to do this morning to start off with in working through this passage,

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 we're going to start with the end and work backwards

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 because it's important for us to understand what we have going on here in the context toward the end of this chapter.

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 And when we talk about biblical context, we have to keep in mind that our context exists both before and after the passage that we were looking at.

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 So we're going to start by looking at the context afterwards.

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 And he says at the very end of the chapter,

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 And listen to the confidence here.

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 Declare these things.

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 Verse 15.

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 Exhort and rebuke with all authority.

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 And so what I want to do this morning is I want to walk us through a few reminders.

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 And these reminders are not just for this morning, but for every morning that we gather here as a faith family at Christ Family Church.

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 These are important things for us to remember.

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 And the first reminder is this, that the Word is the preacher's only source of authority.

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 The Word is the preacher's only source of authority.

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 It says to exhort and rebuke with all authority as you declare these things, as you declare the Word.

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 Now we live in a day where there are men and women, for that matter, who are standing up probably right now in front of faith families, their own faith families.

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 And they are standing up before the people of God and speaking nonsense.

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 They're speaking non-truths.

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 They're speaking things that are outside of Scripture.

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 And they will stand up before a gathered people and proclaim things that the Word does not say.

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 This is one of the things that I'm most burdened about in our church culture today.

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 That people would stand up and not speak truth to people.

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 When a mega church leader not far away from us can proclaim before thousands of readers and listeners that expository preaching is lazy.

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 That all the research that expositors do, researching the Greek and Hebrew and getting down to the minute details of what each individual word means.

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 And to extrapolate the meaning from the text, that that is somehow lazy.

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 He further goes on to say that he finds no example of expository preaching in Scripture.

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 Which is so far from the truth.

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 We've already seen this in the book of Acts over the last several months that we've been in the book of Acts.

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 So many examples.

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 So many great biblical examples of expository preaching.

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 And really great examples from Peter's life and from others.

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 So the question that's ringing in my mind is on whose authority are people like this speaking?

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 From where do they get their truth statements?

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 What are they basing their statements on?

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 Because it certainly isn't on the Word of God.

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 And you might say, well what makes you think that you have any authority?

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 Well what makes Nathan or Clay or Jonathan or any of our community group leaders who teach the Bible on a regular basis?

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 What gives anyone authority to teach the Word of God?

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 And this is what I'll say because this is what the Word of God teaches us.

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 First and foremost, the preacher's authority is not personal.

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 The preacher's authority is not personal.

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 It's not based on who he is.

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 Some people think, well if the preacher said it, then it's got to be right.

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 Right?

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 Not necessarily.

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 The preacher is a fallen human.

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 Others go to the opposite end of the spectrum.

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 They say, well if the preacher said it, then it's got to be wrong.

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 And I could almost live with that because they are fallen.

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 They are human.

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 It's not on their own authority.

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 It's not personal authority.

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 If I said it in an imperfect, broken image of God and I'm standing on my own authority, then I could just as easily be wrong, as wrong as the next person.

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 And this is why.

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 When preachers go out on a limb and start preaching on their own authority, they fail every time.

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 And if I stood before you today and I began to preach on my own authority, then I would fail.

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 The preacher's authority is not personal.

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 The preacher's authority is also not organizational.

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 There's a lot of organizations and denominations and cults, and we won't mention anybody specifically this morning,

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 but there are a lot of denominations and cults out there that teach that their organization somehow has authority.

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 Or at the very least, that they have authority in addition to Scripture.

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 And it's not true.

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 The Word of God is the preacher's only authority.

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 It's not organizational.

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 And finally, the preacher's authority is not experiential.

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 And this is one that seems to be the most dangerous and maybe the most dominant in our culture today,

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 is this key idea that people believe is prevalent in the church culture,

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 that someone can only speak to something if they've experienced that thing.

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 And that's the only way you can speak with authority on that subject.

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 So we've got this idea that if we've dealt with a particular sin,

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 the best person to help us through that particular sin is someone who's experienced already,

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 experienced that sin somehow.

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 And this is ludicrous.

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 If this were the case, then Jesus himself would have nothing to offer us in his ministry.

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 Praise God that Jesus didn't once give in to sin.

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 He didn't once fall to the same temptations of immorality and lying and cheating and adultery

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 and all the things that we deal with in our lives as humans.

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 He didn't once give in.

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 And that's why he alone is able to help us through these sins and through these things.

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 It undercuts the whole foundation of the gospel.

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 And that is why he is able to help us.

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 He is able to help us because he is free of sin.

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 The preacher's authority is based on none of these things

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 because the preacher's authority is only biblical.

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 And I want us to be reminded of this this morning.

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 As long as someone speaks the Word of God,

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 he speaks what is in line with the Word of God,

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 then he, as Titus 2 says, has all authority.

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 But the minute he goes beyond the Word into thoughts or desires or psychology or experience,

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 at that moment he has lost his authority or she has lost her authority.

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 Everything we do, all teaching, all preaching, all authority is wrapped up in the Word of God.

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 And so I understand that probably every person in this room by now is thinking,

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 well, Kyle, this sounds more like a preaching lesson than it is a lesson on biblical womanhood.

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 So what's the point?

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 First, it's represented in a text.

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 So I'm going to teach it.

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 It's represented in a text, and it's important for us to understand.

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 We're going to teach it.

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 And I hope that every believer in this room can understand the context of this

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 since as believers we should be teaching.

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 Every person in here, as a believer, we should be teaching Scripture at some level.

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 Second, I want to remind you that I'm not speaking on these things on my own authority,

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 but on the authority of Christ.

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 It isn't based on who I am or my personal opinions or my experience.

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 If it were, I'd be in a lot of trouble this morning because, quite frankly, I'm not female.

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 In case you were wondering.

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 And that would make it really, really hard for me to preach on biblical womanhood

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 if it was based on who I am.

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 I'm not claiming to be the wise one that has all the biblical answers to biblical womanhood

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 or who has all the answers to personal struggles in your marriages

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 and your relationships with your children or in your relationships with other people.

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 I realize that there are a plethora of different situations in this room, circumstances,

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 people with different struggles, with different pasts.

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 And at times when we're confronted with the Word, we're confronted by the Word.

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 We all need to be confronted by the Word from time to time, hopefully on a regular basis.

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 And in those times, the adversary will sometimes begin to whisper into your ear.

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 He doesn't know what he's talking about.

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 He doesn't know what you're going through.

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 This doesn't apply to you.

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 And then you'll go and try to find someone else who agrees with what you think.

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 And you can easily find someone who agrees with what you think,

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 someone who can tell you what you want to hear, as opposed to what the Word of God says.

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 And I submit to you that those friends or those relatives or those people

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 who are telling you just what you want to hear and not giving you biblical truth

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 does not demonstrate biblical love in your life.

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 I don't know how many times since Amanda and I have been married

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 that we have had situations where we have spoken truth and love into somebody's life

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 and they reject it for the lives of someone who told them what they would prefer to hear.

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 I love a lot of things about my wife,

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 but one of the things that I love the most is that if you ask her a question,

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 if you come to her seeking truth, she's going to give it to you.

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 She's going to tell you, she's going to give you truth from the Word

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 and she'll do it out of love.

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 And she's very good at tithes to ministry.

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 But so often people walk away with unteachable hearts.

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 Don't let that be you this morning.

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 Don't let that be you.

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 I want more than anything to stay as close to this Word as possible.

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 And if I stray from this Word, you have my permission this morning just to tune me out.

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 If I begin talking about my own experience,

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 if I begin talking about my thoughts or anything else,

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 you have my permission to tune me completely out.

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 But as long as this Word is being clearly communicated,

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 then I encourage you and I urge you to listen to what the Word of God says.

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 I've been praying from the moment that I knew I'd be preaching this morning

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 that the power of His Spirit would take this Word

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 and apply it appropriately in each of our lives this morning.

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 I realize we have all kinds of situations, all kinds of varying situations,

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 and we have to apply this Word to our personal lives and our personal situations.

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 So as we jump into biblical womanhood, we must first understand this,

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 that the foundation of biblical womanhood is the Gospel.

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 The foundation of biblical womanhood is the Gospel.

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 And this is true for every aspect of the life of a born-again believer.

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 The Gospel is foundational.

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 The Gospel undergirds everything.

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 It is the foundation for everything we talk about.

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 And as what He is saying here in Titus 2, 11-14,

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 you read that the grace of God has appeared,

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 bringing salvation for all people,

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 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions

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 and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

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 waiting for our blessed hope,

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 the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior,

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 who gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness

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 and to purify for Himself a people, His own possession,

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 who are zealous for good works.

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 That is the Gospel.

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 He just spent ten verses saying,

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 young men do this,

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 older men do this,

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 younger women do this,

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 older women do this.

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 And He says,

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 the reason He says that all these things

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 is that the Gospel is foundational for all of it.

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 Everything that we do.

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 How is the Gospel foundational?

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 Three reasons this morning.

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 Real quickly, before we jump into biblical womanhood,

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 and by the way, this does connect.

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 We're going to connect these things back to biblical womanhood,

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 and I hope that you'll see how that works in a little bit.

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 God's grace covers our past.

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 We see this in the text this morning.

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 God's grace covers our past.

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 We see it in verse 11.

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 God's grace has appeared.

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 He has brought us to salvation.

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 And here's where I'm going to lose some people,

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 because typically, believers,

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 oftentimes we fall into this habit

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 of when we begin to talk about God's grace,

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 we begin to tune it out,

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 we begin to tune out things,

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 because we've heard it before we know about God's grace.

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 But the reality is

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 that God has provided incredible grace for us,

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 and we do not ever need to overcome

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 the joy of the reality of what Christ has done in our lives.

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 We were once dead in our sin

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 and made alive again by Christ.

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 This is a gift that we should never stop rejoicing in.

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 This is a gift that was given to us freely.

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 We've been spared the wrath of God

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 through the blood of Christ

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 and made alive again forever.

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 This is something that we should always rejoice in.

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 It's something that we should never get over

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 in our lives.

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 We should continually rejoice in this truth.

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 But God not only covers our past by His grace,

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 God's grace and powers are present.

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 This is the picture now.

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 God's grace trains us,

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 according to verse 11.

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 God's grace is our teacher.

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 It trains us and disciples us on a daily basis

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 to grow into the image of Christ.

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 It's a process that we call sanctification.

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 And this is how this works

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 for application for us this morning.

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 There's no woman in this room

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 that can live up to the picture

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 of Titus 2 on your own.

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 In fact, for that matter,

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 there's no man in this room

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 who can live up to the picture

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 of biblical manhood on his own.

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 Grace empowers our present.

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 It's grounded in the Gospel

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 and it trains us for these things.

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 This grace covers our past.

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 It empowers our present.

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 And God's grace guarantees our future.

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 It guarantees our future.

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 This is verse 13.

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 Waiting for our blessed hope,

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 the appearing of the glory

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 of our great God and Savior,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 So we see God's grace,

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 past, present, and future,

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 all wonderfully encapsulated

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 in this passage.

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 And we see how the Gospel is foundational

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 for all that we're going to read about

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 this morning.

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 But not only is the Gospel foundational,

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 the foundation of biblical womanhood,

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 but it's also the purpose

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 of biblical womanhood.

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 And this is demonstrated

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 no less than three times in Titus 2.

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 We look at three different times.

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 The first one that we're going to look at

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 is Titus 2.9.

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 He's talking about servants here.

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 Slaves are to be submissive

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 to their own masters in everything.

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 They are to be well-pleasing,

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 not argumentative,

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 not pilfering,

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 but showing all good faith.

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 And here's the purpose clause.

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 Paul inserts a purpose clause here

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 as he writes.

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 So that in everything

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 they might adorn

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 the doctrine of God our Savior.

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 So we have a purpose

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 for the reason why

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 we're being told to do these things.

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 Show your second example.

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 See it again in verse 7.

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 If you back up.

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 This is speaking to younger men.

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 Show yourselves in all respects

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 to be a model of good works.

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 And in your teaching,

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 show integrity,

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 dignity,

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 and sound speech

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 that cannot be condemned.

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 And here it is again.

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 So that an opponent

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 may be put to shame,

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 having nothing evil

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 to say about us.

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 So there again

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 we see a purpose.

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 Thirdly,

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 trained young women.

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 This is the passage

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 that we're talking about

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 this morning,

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 one of our focus passages.

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 Trained young women

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 to love their husbands

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 and children,

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 to be self-controlled,

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 pure,

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 working at home,

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 kind and submissive

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 to their own husbands.

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 That is that the Word of God

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 may not be reviled.

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 So the picture we get

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 from Scripture

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 is that you act in these ways.

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 People have no grounds

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 upon which to speak

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 against the Word.

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 They have no grounds

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 upon which to speak

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 bad about us.

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 And they will all see

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 the attractiveness

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 of God our Savior.

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 This is where I want us

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 to all think about

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 what biblical womanhood

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 is not.

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 That it's not

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 for our cultural convenience.

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 It's not for our

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 cultural convenience.

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 It's not to try to fit

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 into the mold

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 of the culture

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 that exists around us.

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 And so often

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 we have done this

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 even in our Christian circles.

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 We have adopted

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 what the world says

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 should look like

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 as women.

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 And you have to understand

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 that Paul is writing

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 in a time here

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 during the birth

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 of Christianity.

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 Christianity is brand new.

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 And they are just discovering

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 what effects

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 that Christ has,

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 what effects

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 the gospel has

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 on the family

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 and on the home.

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 And for the first time

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 moms, dads, husbands,

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 wives, and children

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 are having to consider

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 how to show Christ

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 to the world,

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 to the first century

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 pagan world,

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 what kind of difference

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 Christ makes

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 in the family

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 and on the home.

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 And it wasn't

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 an easy task for them.

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 Everything that they're

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 being told to do

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 is counter-cultural.

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 All across the New Testament,

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 everything that they

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 are encountering,

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 everything they're being

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 told to do

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 is counter-cultural.

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 And though it's not

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 a direct correlation

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 to us today,

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 the first century

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 back then,

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 there's no question

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 that the picture

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 of a Christ-centered

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 family in our culture

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 is under attack.

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 The enemy wants

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 to attack this

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 because it's such

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 an incredible picture

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 of the gospel.

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 We have to make

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 a decision

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 whether we're going

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 to mold our lives

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 into what the culture

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 says is right

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 or whether we're

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 going to mold our lives

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 into what God says

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 is right.

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 This is not about

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 cultural convenience

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 and as a result,

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 there are some

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 unpopular things

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 that we're going

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 to talk about this morning.

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 I'll go ahead

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 and warn you,

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 there are some

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 unpopular things

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 that we're going

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 to talk about

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 that are unpopular

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 in our culture.

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 So biblical womanhood

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 is not about

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 cultural convenience

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 and it's not about

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 personal preference.

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 We've got to realize

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 this, that marriage,

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 family, kids,

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 mothering, fathering,

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 none of this

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 is for our

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 individual fulfillment.

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 I'm not saying

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 that these things

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 aren't fulfilling

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 because they are

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 indeed fulfilling

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 when we do them

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 well and we do

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 them according to

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 God and according

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 to the way that

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 God tells us to do

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 them.

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 They can be

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 incredibly fulfilling.

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 We must realize

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 that God's glory

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 is the end game

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 in all of these

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 things.

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 We've got to be

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 seeking God's glory

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 in all of this.

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 The purpose of

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 marriage and

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 parenting is to

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 put the glory of

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 God on display

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 for the world to

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 see.

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 And we sacrifice

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 our preferences

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 and our comfort

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 toward that end.

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 So if biblical

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 womanhood is not

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 for cultural

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 convenience and

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 it's not for

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 personal preference,

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 then what exactly

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 is the purpose

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 of biblical

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 womanhood?

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 The purpose of

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 biblical womanhood

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 is number one,

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 to show the

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 beauty of Christ.

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 To show the

00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:51.500
 beauty of Christ.

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 To make the

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 teaching about

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 God, our Savior,

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 attractive to the

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 world and

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 attractive to

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 believers.

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 And this is where

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 we're getting into

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 the main course

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 this morning.

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 We've had the

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 appetizers, we've

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 gone through the

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 salad course, we've

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 gone through the

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:08.860
 soup course, and

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 now we're getting

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:10.460
 into the core of

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 what we're talking

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 about this morning.

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 How can we live

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 today, women, how

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 can you live in a

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 way that puts the

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 gospel of Christ on

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 display?

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 That is a

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 consuming question.

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 And unfortunately,

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 it's not the

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 consuming question

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 that most of us

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 ponder when we're

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 thinking about our

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 day-to-day activities.

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 It's more likely,

00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:38.759
 the question that we

00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:39.779
 ask is more likely,

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 what can I do on a

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 day-to-day basis to

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 make my life easiest?

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 Because things are

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 difficult, right?

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 It's difficult day-to-day.

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 Moms, dads,

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 everyone.

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 But as long as we're

00:23:52.320 --> 00:23:54.340
 focused on that, we

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 will not be able to

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 engage Scripture on a

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 meaningful level.

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 It's at this point we

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.740
 must realize that our

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.860
 purpose is to show the

00:24:02.859 --> 00:24:04.240
 beauty of Christ that

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:05.539
 we are truly engaging

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:06.119
 the Word.

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 So the question for

00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:09.259
 your life, woman of

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:10.219
 God, is how can you

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 live in a way that

00:24:12.179 --> 00:24:13.419
 puts the gospel of

00:24:13.419 --> 00:24:14.439
 Jesus Christ on

00:24:14.439 --> 00:24:16.159
 display in your life?

00:24:17.879 --> 00:24:18.979
 So the first purpose

00:24:18.979 --> 00:24:19.939
 of biblical womanhood

00:24:19.939 --> 00:24:20.719
 is to show the beauty

00:24:20.719 --> 00:24:21.299
 of Christ.

00:24:21.959 --> 00:24:23.500
 Secondly, to advance

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:24.679
 the mission of Christ.

00:24:25.679 --> 00:24:26.819
 To advance the mission

00:24:26.819 --> 00:24:27.359
 of Christ.

00:24:28.199 --> 00:24:29.599
 So that no one will

00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:30.359
 align the Word.

00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:31.819
 so that no one can

00:24:31.819 --> 00:24:33.139
 say bad things about

00:24:33.139 --> 00:24:33.679
 us.

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:35.379
 So that people in a

00:24:35.379 --> 00:24:37.599
 pagan culture, both

00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:39.299
 1st century and 21st

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:41.659
 century, can see the

00:24:41.659 --> 00:24:43.299
 gospel effect on our

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:43.719
 families.

00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:46.779
 Do we realize how huge

00:24:46.779 --> 00:24:48.139
 of a need this is today

00:24:48.139 --> 00:24:48.759
 in our culture?

00:24:50.419 --> 00:24:51.419
 It's huge.

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 And I want to be

00:24:54.119 --> 00:24:55.000
 careful here because I

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.419
 know that there are

00:24:55.419 --> 00:24:56.699
 individuals in this room,

00:24:57.119 --> 00:24:58.119
 situations where the

00:24:58.119 --> 00:24:59.259
 glory of Christ may not

00:24:59.259 --> 00:25:00.519
 have been put on display.

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.420
 At some point in your

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:03.339
 past, at some point

00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:04.200
 along the way, whether

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:05.539
 through parenting or

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:06.440
 failed marriages or

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:07.200
 guilt from past

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:08.640
 situations, maybe very

00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:09.920
 public situations where

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:11.480
 you did not display the

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.519
 glory of Christ, whether

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:13.759
 it be in any of these

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 areas of your life.

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 And I just want to

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:16.720
 remind you, this is part

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.859
 of the connection going

00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:18.839
 back to what we started

00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:19.920
 off with, what I've

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.859
 already said, that God's

00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:22.299
 grace covers our past.

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 It's important for us

00:25:23.619 --> 00:25:24.359
 moving forward to

00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:25.599
 understand that just

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:27.099
 because we did not do

00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:28.099
 things well in the past

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:28.779
 does it mean that we

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:30.119
 have to live in that

00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:31.099
 way in the future that

00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:32.619
 we can still put the

00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:33.619
 glory of God on display

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 in our lives.

00:25:34.939 --> 00:25:35.839
 At the same time, I

00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:36.379
 know that there are

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:37.219
 men and women who may

00:25:37.219 --> 00:25:38.000
 be struggling through

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:39.419
 marriages in this room.

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:40.119
 There may be men and

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:40.839
 women who are struggling

00:25:40.839 --> 00:25:41.899
 to hold on to

00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:42.339
 parenting.

00:25:42.879 --> 00:25:43.799
 Let's face it, moms.

00:25:44.139 --> 00:25:44.659
 I'm just going to go

00:25:44.659 --> 00:25:45.279
 ahead and say it.

00:25:45.459 --> 00:25:46.579
 Your job isn't easy.

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:49.099
 It's not easy.

00:25:50.699 --> 00:25:51.699
 And any person that

00:25:51.699 --> 00:25:53.959
 says that has never

00:25:53.959 --> 00:25:55.039
 been a mom before.

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:57.500
 And I want to urge you

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.379
 whether you're struggling

00:25:58.379 --> 00:26:01.259
 as a spouse or as a

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:02.200
 struggling parent, both

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.839
 men and women in the

00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:03.759
 room, I want to urge you

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:05.420
 to hold fast by the grace

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:06.980
 of Christ in your life.

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:09.279
 Hold fast by His grace.

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.399
 Women, whether young or

00:26:10.399 --> 00:26:12.220
 old, it's time for us to

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:13.779
 raise the bar in the

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.200
 church.

00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:16.859
 It's time for us to raise

00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:18.659
 the bar in our culture as

00:26:18.659 --> 00:26:20.460
 believers in our culture.

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:23.859
 And as women say, this is

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:25.359
 what the gospel of Christ

00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:27.099
 looks like in action

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:28.759
 played out in the woman's

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.139
 life.

00:26:30.159 --> 00:26:31.439
 The world needs to see

00:26:31.439 --> 00:26:31.879
 this.

00:26:32.179 --> 00:26:33.219
 And the world needs to see

00:26:33.219 --> 00:26:33.899
 this in you.

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:36.459
 The world needs to see

00:26:36.459 --> 00:26:37.459
 biblical womanhood and

00:26:37.459 --> 00:26:39.379
 biblical manhood on

00:26:39.379 --> 00:26:40.579
 display boldly in the

00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:41.519
 lives of the body of

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:41.919
 Christ.

00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:43.240
 And they need to see it

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:44.099
 in this faith family.

00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:47.459
 We all need to be on

00:26:47.459 --> 00:26:48.459
 our knees praying toward

00:26:48.459 --> 00:26:49.579
 this end on a regular

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:49.979
 basis.

00:26:50.159 --> 00:26:51.359
 All of us, young, old,

00:26:51.419 --> 00:26:52.539
 men, women, all of us

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:54.079
 in the room need to be

00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:55.519
 praying that God will

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.339
 show the power of His

00:26:56.339 --> 00:26:57.259
 gospel and bringing

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:59.279
 healing and joy back to

00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.899
 our families.

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:02.619
 We need to pray that God

00:27:02.619 --> 00:27:03.559
 will boldly display His

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:04.619
 gospel in us this morning.

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:06.079
 And that's the purpose of

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:06.799
 biblical womanhood.

00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:09.059
 So what we have in Titus 2

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:10.119
 is biblical womanhood

00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:11.180
 split into two groups.

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:11.599
 Okay?

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.720
 Two different groups.

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.839
 Younger women, older

00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:14.139
 women.

00:27:15.159 --> 00:27:16.379
 Some have said of this

00:27:16.379 --> 00:27:17.500
 passage that older women

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.659
 would be those who are

00:27:18.659 --> 00:27:20.000
 past the years of having

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:20.799
 children in the home,

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:22.240
 child rearing years,

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.720
 while younger women

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.599
 would be those who still

00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:25.960
 have children or younger

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:27.779
 in their homes.

00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:30.480
 I don't want to disqualify

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:32.200
 any young women in here

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:33.200
 from this passage just

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:33.880
 because you don't have

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:34.160
 children.

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:35.700
 That's not necessarily the

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.019
 case.

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:38.339
 But there's no definite

00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:39.240
 lines, and I'm not going

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:40.900
 to say give any ages.

00:27:41.160 --> 00:27:41.799
 I'm going to tell you

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.559
 whether you're an older

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.720
 woman or a younger woman

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.680
 this morning.

00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:45.579
 I just don't want to go

00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:47.279
 there for obvious reasons.

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:50.019
 But just know that there's

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:51.480
 no defining age point

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:51.819
 here.

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:52.539
 Okay?

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.740
 Just as a side note,

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:56.099
 this may be one of the

00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:57.319
 most misunderstood and

00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:58.460
 maligned passages in all

00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:59.019
 the New Testament.

00:27:59.399 --> 00:28:00.240
 One of the most

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:00.759
 misunderstood.

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.819
 Radical feminism has

00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:05.579
 crept into our church

00:28:05.579 --> 00:28:05.960
 culture.

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:09.299
 And it's claimed that

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:10.619
 passages like Titus 2

00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:11.720
 are chauvinistic and

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.980
 sexist and outdated.

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:16.079
 And since it's outdated,

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:17.000
 it's optional for our

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.299
 lives.

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:18.240
 Well, it's not optional.

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:20.000
 It's still the Word of

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.220
 God.

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:21.259
 And I believe as we gain

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:22.240
 an understanding for this

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:23.319
 passage, we'll no longer

00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:24.900
 believe that it's chauvinistic

00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:25.579
 and we'll no longer

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:26.819
 believe that it's sexist.

00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:28.940
 We'll look at this and

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.700
 we'll say this has been

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:31.160
 God's plan from the very

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:32.619
 beginning in chapter 2 of

00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:33.660
 Genesis when He created

00:28:33.660 --> 00:28:35.720
 woman, that this from the

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:37.319
 very beginning was God's

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:37.640
 plan.

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:39.460
 And we want to experience

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:41.079
 all that He has for us in

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:42.359
 our families and in

00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:43.180
 biblical womanhood.

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:44.839
 So we'll start with older

00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:45.640
 women because Scripture

00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:46.599
 starts with older women.

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:48.299
 Older women, likewise,

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:49.279
 are to be reverent in

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:50.660
 behavior, not slanderers

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:51.819
 or slaves to much wine.

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:53.759
 They are to teach what is

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.079
 good.

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:55.400
 So older women, command

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:58.759
 number one, be holy.

00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.299
 Be holy.

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:02.960
 Live your lives reverently

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.839
 before God.

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:06.380
 Older women, set a godly

00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:08.019
 example for younger women.

00:29:09.579 --> 00:29:11.480
 Show younger women what life

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.819
 looks like when lived before

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.740
 a holy God.

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:15.640
 These are important things

00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:17.160
 older women to teach to

00:29:17.160 --> 00:29:17.680
 younger women.

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.259
 Be holy.

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:19.640
 Secondly, build up the body

00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:20.220
 of Christ.

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:23.059
 He says this in two ways.

00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:24.839
 First, he says, do not be

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.640
 slanderers.

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:27.279
 Build up the body with your

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:27.720
 tongue.

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:30.700
 Speak well of other people.

00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:35.059
 Older women, speak in a way

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:36.019
 that builds up the character

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:37.220
 of Christ in others.

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.680
 Speak in a way that builds up

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:39.980
 the body of Christ in the

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.400
 church.

00:29:40.900 --> 00:29:41.839
 Do not slander.

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:43.379
 And yes, this includes gossip.

00:29:45.419 --> 00:29:46.779
 Do not do anything that is not

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:48.259
 useful, Ephesians 4, for

00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:50.240
 building up others according

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:53.139
 to their need in Christ Jesus.

00:29:55.459 --> 00:29:56.599
 So the word is saying, do not

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:57.559
 be slanderers.

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:59.539
 Do not speak in a way that will

00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:00.899
 not bring glory to Christ.

00:30:01.459 --> 00:30:03.039
 And not just control your tongue,

00:30:03.159 --> 00:30:04.799
 but do not be addicted to much

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.139
 wine.

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:07.539
 This is a picture here of

00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:08.379
 self-control.

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:10.000
 Being in control.

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:11.179
 Being sober-minded.

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:13.500
 This is a picture of guarding

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.919
 your body as a temple of the

00:30:14.919 --> 00:30:15.419
 Holy Spirit.

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:17.019
 So be holy.

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.480
 Build up the body of Christ.

00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:19.779
 And thirdly, make disciples.

00:30:20.679 --> 00:30:22.099
 Older women still are speaking

00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:22.439
 to you.

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.539
 Make disciples.

00:30:24.419 --> 00:30:25.259
 And this is where it gets

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:26.139
 really, really good.

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:27.039
 Listen to what it says.

00:30:27.699 --> 00:30:29.000
 They are to teach what is

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.379
 good.

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:31.019
 Remember this in the context

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:31.819
 of Scripture.

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.559
 Be holy.

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:34.159
 Build up the body of Christ.

00:30:34.399 --> 00:30:34.799
 Why?

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:36.759
 Why do we need to be holy?

00:30:36.879 --> 00:30:37.759
 Why do we need to build up the

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.159
 body of Christ?

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:40.140
 So that you can teach and train

00:30:40.140 --> 00:30:41.060
 younger women.

00:30:42.800 --> 00:30:45.580
 Paul, inspired by the Holy Spirit,

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:47.000
 tells older women,

00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:50.600
 make disciples with younger women.

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:53.040
 Show younger women what life looks

00:30:53.040 --> 00:30:54.400
 like in Christ.

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:54.480
 Christ.

00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:59.380
 And this is something that God has

00:30:59.380 --> 00:31:01.560
 entrusted to older women.

00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:03.180
 And I don't know how much this is

00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:04.259
 going on in our faith family.

00:31:04.320 --> 00:31:05.460
 I hope that it's going on.

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:06.700
 And I hope that if it's not,

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:08.060
 that we will continue to do this

00:31:08.060 --> 00:31:09.500
 process in our lives.

00:31:09.560 --> 00:31:10.940
 That older women would train and

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:12.720
 teach younger women and mentor.

00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:13.980
 And I would submit that every

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:16.000
 believer needs someone older in

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:19.000
 their life to disciple them and to

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:20.440
 train them as a mentor.

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:24.019
 And every person needs a younger

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:25.759
 person in their life that they are

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.580
 currently training.

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:29.279
 This is what Titus 2 ministry looks

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:29.620
 like.

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.920
 So this is the picture.

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:32.740
 Make disciples.

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:34.980
 That's the three effects of the

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:36.880
 gospel on older women in Titus 2.

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:39.380
 There are more for younger women.

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:41.259
 Seven effects of the gospel that we

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:43.460
 see on younger women.

00:31:43.820 --> 00:31:46.120
 Number one, love your husband.

00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:51.239
 So train the young women to love

00:31:51.239 --> 00:31:51.719
 their husbands.

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:53.719
 This is typically where we get kind

00:31:53.719 --> 00:31:55.659
 of a nudge from the husband to

00:31:55.659 --> 00:31:55.979
 their wife.

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:56.959
 See?

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:59.079
 It's in the Bible, honey.

00:31:59.359 --> 00:31:59.759
 It's right here.

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:01.819
 But men, we're not going to be

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:03.379
 self-serving about this.

00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:06.619
 We're not going to take this and

00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:09.219
 shove it down anybody's face this

00:32:09.219 --> 00:32:09.539
 morning.

00:32:10.419 --> 00:32:12.419
 But this is how important this is,

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:13.500
 ladies, in the room.

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:17.099
 The command here, the commands are

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:20.099
 really bookended for young women in

00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:20.740
 this regard.

00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:22.500
 At the beginning, it's love your

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:22.819
 husbands.

00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:25.079
 And at the end, it's submit to your

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:25.380
 husbands.

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:27.559
 This is a bookended thing.

00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:30.019
 It's all encapsulated by loving her

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.359
 husband.

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:32.519
 And Scripture is consistent in this

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:32.819
 regard.

00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:35.460
 In Genesis 2.18, in 1 Corinthians 11,

00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:37.319
 8, and 9, in Colossians, and all

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:39.640
 these places that talks about biblical

00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:41.259
 womanhood and the command to love the

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:41.519
 husband.

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:44.079
 It always comes before the command to

00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:44.799
 love the children.

00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:49.160
 The command of Genesis 2.18 and 1

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:51.119
 Corinthians 11, that women are first

00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:53.400
 and foremost their husband's helper, not

00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:54.639
 their children's helper.

00:32:57.799 --> 00:33:00.279
 And the biblical picture is that the

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:01.920
 biblical woman who is a wife and a

00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:03.619
 mother, her love for her children

00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:05.940
 flows out of the spring of her love

00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:06.940
 for her husband.

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.480
 Does that mean that you should

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:09.379
 disregard your children?

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:10.000
 No way.

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:11.180
 That's not what we're saying here at

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:11.339
 all.

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:13.599
 That aside from God, I just want to be

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:15.200
 clear here, aside from your

00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:16.759
 relationship with God, the number one

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:18.740
 relationship in your life is your

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.900
 husband for married women.

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:23.400
 It's the number one responsibility

00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:25.339
 aside from your relationship with God.

00:33:27.619 --> 00:33:32.000
 Now, what I love about Titus 2 is that

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:34.839
 it's very quick to say that older women should

00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:38.700
 train younger women to love their husbands,

00:33:39.160 --> 00:33:42.319
 which implies, at least in my mind, it implies

00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:44.339
 that it's not something that just happens

00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:45.559
 automatically, right?

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:47.839
 Let's just be honest here.

00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:51.460
 There are a couple of men in this room who are

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:52.299
 difficult to love.

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:55.079
 Not me, of course.

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:57.379
 Those guys, again, not me.

00:33:57.460 --> 00:34:00.399
 Those guys have something to work on in their

00:34:00.399 --> 00:34:00.759
 lives.

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:04.740
 I just want to be clear of being facetious,

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:05.460
 obviously.

00:34:06.419 --> 00:34:07.599
 Let's just be very honest, man.

00:34:07.639 --> 00:34:10.539
 Who in here, by a show of hands, is easy to love?

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:11.940
 And I'm not hands down, by the way.

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:15.980
 If you even started to raise your hand, you're

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:18.400
 going to get that elbow and the gut there.

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:22.139
 But biblical love is not always easy.

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:24.019
 It's not always easy.

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:27.880
 This love, women, it requires great determination

00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:29.180
 on your part.

00:34:29.720 --> 00:34:30.940
 It requires great determination.

00:34:31.240 --> 00:34:33.500
 I've counseled through enough couples struggling

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:35.300
 with love and respect issues.

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:38.780
 Again, I'm speaking on experience, so if you want

00:34:38.780 --> 00:34:39.820
 to tune this part out, that's fine.

00:34:40.220 --> 00:34:40.440
 Whatever.

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:44.300
 But I've spoken with enough couples who are

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:47.780
 dealing with these issues to know that there are

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.820
 probably women in this room who will say,

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:50.640
 well, Kyle, you just don't know my husband.

00:34:51.720 --> 00:34:52.640
 It's difficult.

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:55.540
 And I know that there are difficult situations

00:34:55.540 --> 00:34:56.900
 represented in the room this morning.

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:57.880
 There's difficult times.

00:34:57.980 --> 00:35:00.320
 We go through seasons of life that are difficult,

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:01.580
 with difficult circumstances.

00:35:02.060 --> 00:35:03.820
 And this is where I want to remind you that your

00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:06.980
 love for your husband is not dependent upon his

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:08.560
 worthiness to be loved.

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:11.480
 Let me say that again.

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:15.200
 Your love for your husband is not dependent on his

00:35:15.200 --> 00:35:17.260
 worthiness to be loved.

00:35:17.780 --> 00:35:21.019
 And this is big.

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:23.800
 Because this is not what the world says about love.

00:35:23.860 --> 00:35:26.160
 The world says that if he's not being loving to you,

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:27.680
 then why are you even trying?

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:31.860
 If they don't do something right,

00:35:32.240 --> 00:35:33.500
 then they don't deserve your love.

00:35:33.560 --> 00:35:35.960
 That's not the picture in Scripture.

00:35:36.120 --> 00:35:38.780
 Scripture says, ladies, love your husbands.

00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:41.820
 And this is why.

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:45.920
 This is why we need to see the picture and this connection

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:48.140
 between the gospel and our families,

00:35:48.200 --> 00:35:50.100
 between the gospel and our marriages.

00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:54.960
 How can women who live with an unlovable husband

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:56.100
 love their husbands?

00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:59.640
 And the only answer is the gospel.

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:03.300
 It's this picture that we see in the gospel.

00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:07.640
 The whole picture of the gospel is a God who not only loves the unlovable,

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:11.039
 but who chooses to love the unlovable.

00:36:11.760 --> 00:36:13.800
 A God who not only chooses to love the lovable,

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:15.880
 but chooses to love the unlovable.

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:18.720
 It's the picture of the gospel.

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:22.440
 A God who gives his life for us when we were the most undeserving.

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:25.500
 So how in the world can you love your husband?

00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:28.400
 By the love that God has in you.

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:30.280
 It's 1 John 4, 19.

00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:31.260
 We love why?

00:36:31.619 --> 00:36:34.019
 Because he first loved us.

00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:36.920
 Ladies, when you love your husband,

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:38.119
 because let's face it, guys,

00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:40.500
 we're difficult to get along with sometimes.

00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:42.340
 We're unlovable at times.

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:46.920
 You're a living, breathing picture of Christ to the world,

00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:48.980
 ladies, when you love your husbands.

00:36:50.380 --> 00:36:51.940
 And what may be even more compelling

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:56.300
 is that you are being a living picture of Christ to your children

00:36:56.300 --> 00:36:58.300
 when you love your husbands.

00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:03.820
 In a culture that says when things get difficult in marriage,

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:05.260
 things aren't going the way you would prefer,

00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:06.639
 that you just move on.

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:08.619
 The gospel says when things are inconvenient,

00:37:08.760 --> 00:37:11.539
 when things are not working out the way that you would hope they were,

00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:12.559
 or according to your preference,

00:37:12.639 --> 00:37:14.980
 you buckle down and you show your spouse love.

00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:17.059
 This is priority.

00:37:18.260 --> 00:37:19.940
 It requires great determination,

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:20.980
 but at the same time,

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:22.619
 I believe that as you practice,

00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:24.179
 as you put this into practice,

00:37:24.679 --> 00:37:28.280
 this love can bring about great delight in your life.

00:37:28.860 --> 00:37:31.199
 Because this is the way God designed it to be.

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:33.440
 This is God's design for our lives.

00:37:33.619 --> 00:37:34.699
 So, love your husbands.

00:37:34.860 --> 00:37:36.280
 Secondly, love your children.

00:37:38.380 --> 00:37:39.019
 Love your children.

00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:42.639
 And while this might seem like this is something that comes very naturally,

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:48.539
 we live in a culture that simply does not love children at every turn,

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:49.279
 it seems like.

00:37:49.759 --> 00:37:50.819
 The things that we say,

00:37:50.879 --> 00:37:51.500
 the things that we do,

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:53.019
 we limit our children because of finances.

00:37:53.139 --> 00:37:54.279
 They're a burden to us,

00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:56.759
 is what we say when we talk about children in that way.

00:37:57.139 --> 00:37:58.379
 That is so far from the truth,

00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:59.159
 but at the same time,

00:37:59.199 --> 00:38:01.920
 we realize that we have to be trained to love our children,

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:04.279
 and that's what gospel grace does for us.

00:38:04.319 --> 00:38:05.599
 It's not always easy.

00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:07.799
 I've already said it once,

00:38:07.860 --> 00:38:08.559
 but I'll say it again.

00:38:08.679 --> 00:38:09.039
 Husbands,

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:11.099
 this is your moment to say amen after this,

00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:12.799
 because this is going to earn you brownie points,

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:13.900
 but there's the statement,

00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:14.920
 and don't miss this,

00:38:15.199 --> 00:38:17.480
 there is no profession in this world

00:38:17.480 --> 00:38:19.599
 that requires more work or greater sacrifice

00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:22.980
 than motherhood on a day-to-day basis.

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:27.079
 That was really weak, guys.

00:38:28.839 --> 00:38:29.319
 Like,

00:38:29.839 --> 00:38:31.480
 you probably woke up this morning,

00:38:31.659 --> 00:38:32.480
 and you got here,

00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:33.980
 and you just realized it was Mother's Day

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:35.480
 as the tulips were being handed out,

00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:37.579
 but I'm trying to help you out here, okay?

00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:39.519
 I want to say this again and see where we can get.

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:43.179
 There's no profession that requires more work

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:46.239
 or greater sacrifice on a day-to-day basis

00:38:46.239 --> 00:38:48.159
 than biblical motherhood.

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:49.880
 That's what I want to hear.

00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:51.659
 That's better.

00:38:53.900 --> 00:38:54.339
 All right,

00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:56.319
 although I'm a little bit concerned about your initiative there.

00:38:59.259 --> 00:39:01.460
 Love involves deep demands.

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:04.179
 This love for children involves deep demands.

00:39:04.179 --> 00:39:08.039
 There's no question for a mom to take a son or a daughter

00:39:08.039 --> 00:39:12.179
 and to care for them spiritually, physically, and emotionally in every way,

00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:16.619
 to lead them through the ups and downs and ebbs and flows of their life.

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:20.099
 The reality is that Titus 2 is saying,

00:39:20.339 --> 00:39:20.819
 no woman,

00:39:20.880 --> 00:39:21.799
 and please hear this,

00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:25.299
 no woman is up to the task of mothering.

00:39:25.880 --> 00:39:27.639
 You can't do it by yourself.

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:31.299
 It's the grace of God in you that enables you to mother,

00:39:31.799 --> 00:39:34.380
 to be the mother that God has designed you to be.

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:36.759
 It's all based on His grace

00:39:36.759 --> 00:39:39.380
 and His provision in your life.

00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:43.579
 And everything about parenting,

00:39:43.840 --> 00:39:44.360
 by the way,

00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:46.300
 should drive us to our knees

00:39:46.300 --> 00:39:47.660
 in prayer to God saying,

00:39:47.820 --> 00:39:49.260
 God, I need you.

00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:51.480
 Christ, work in me.

00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:53.640
 Give me the wisdom that I need as a parent.

00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:56.119
 Give me the wisdom I need to discipline my child.

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:58.380
 Give me the wisdom and the strength

00:39:58.380 --> 00:40:01.059
 to be able to accomplish your will in my child's life.

00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:02.039
 And also,

00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:05.219
 we pray for our children's salvation on a daily basis.

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:07.380
 And again,

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:09.820
 this love done properly brings about deep delight

00:40:09.820 --> 00:40:11.579
 and lasting joy.

00:40:12.940 --> 00:40:14.599
 God will work through you,

00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:15.500
 yes, you moms,

00:40:15.579 --> 00:40:17.799
 to accomplish His purpose in your life.

00:40:17.860 --> 00:40:19.599
 This is how Spurgeon says it.

00:40:19.659 --> 00:40:20.519
 It's in your bulletin.

00:40:20.739 --> 00:40:21.500
 Wes has already read it,

00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:22.639
 but for the purposes of the sermon,

00:40:22.860 --> 00:40:23.900
 I want to read it again

00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:26.119
 just so we kind of wrap our minds

00:40:26.119 --> 00:40:27.579
 around the importance of motherhood

00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:29.880
 from the mind of Spurgeon.

00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:32.720
 And there's somehow a wonderful power

00:40:32.720 --> 00:40:33.900
 about a mother's voice

00:40:33.900 --> 00:40:35.539
 when she talks to her children

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:37.039
 about Jesus and His love,

00:40:37.340 --> 00:40:39.860
 which stamps itself on the heart.

00:40:40.380 --> 00:40:42.300
 And the heart is a far better place

00:40:42.300 --> 00:40:43.500
 for the custody of truth

00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:45.700
 than ever the brain can become.

00:40:47.260 --> 00:40:49.920
 Share the Gospel with your children every day.

00:40:51.360 --> 00:40:52.940
 That's one of the most loving things

00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:53.920
 you can do for your child

00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:57.119
 is to share the Gospel with them every day.

00:40:57.240 --> 00:40:58.160
 Train your children.

00:40:58.159 --> 00:40:59.940
 Share the Gospel with your children.

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:01.940
 And next, discipline yourself.

00:41:02.879 --> 00:41:03.679
 Discipline yourself.

00:41:05.059 --> 00:41:05.839
 The Word says,

00:41:06.539 --> 00:41:07.639
 Train the young women

00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:09.059
 to love their husbands and children

00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:10.379
 to be self-controlled.

00:41:11.159 --> 00:41:12.199
 This is something that is mentioned

00:41:12.199 --> 00:41:14.259
 with each of the groups in Titus 2, by the way.

00:41:14.299 --> 00:41:15.839
 This idea of self-control

00:41:15.839 --> 00:41:17.139
 is all throughout Scripture.

00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:19.599
 We don't talk about it enough in our churches,

00:41:19.899 --> 00:41:21.339
 but this idea of self-control

00:41:21.339 --> 00:41:22.699
 is really important in Scripture.

00:41:22.699 --> 00:41:23.639
 And in this case,

00:41:23.879 --> 00:41:27.099
 it comes right on the hills of Titus 2, 5,

00:41:27.480 --> 00:41:28.480
 talking about children.

00:41:29.419 --> 00:41:30.879
 And that should make sense to us.

00:41:31.659 --> 00:41:34.079
 How can we ever expect to discipline our children

00:41:34.079 --> 00:41:35.879
 if we're not disciplined ourselves?

00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:38.439
 And this is the connection here

00:41:38.439 --> 00:41:40.539
 between here and verse 12,

00:41:40.619 --> 00:41:42.799
 that God's grace disciplines us.

00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:44.439
 It trains us.

00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:45.960
 So that when you come home

00:41:45.960 --> 00:41:48.000
 from an outing that day, moms,

00:41:48.500 --> 00:41:49.860
 and your kids have been screaming

00:41:49.860 --> 00:41:52.440
 in the vehicle all day,

00:41:53.019 --> 00:41:54.519
 they didn't clean the rooms up

00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:55.079
 before they left,

00:41:55.119 --> 00:41:56.320
 so they got science projects

00:41:56.320 --> 00:41:57.240
 growing in their rooms,

00:41:57.420 --> 00:41:58.980
 the dog got into the trash,

00:41:59.220 --> 00:42:00.240
 it's after 6 o'clock,

00:42:00.300 --> 00:42:01.340
 you haven't started dinner yet,

00:42:01.380 --> 00:42:02.059
 and your mother-in-law

00:42:02.059 --> 00:42:02.980
 will be there in five minutes.

00:42:02.980 --> 00:42:07.500
 What gets you through a situation like that?

00:42:08.199 --> 00:42:09.940
 What keeps you from trying to crawl

00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:11.079
 into a hole somewhere

00:42:11.079 --> 00:42:12.460
 to a quiet place

00:42:12.460 --> 00:42:14.159
 like you really want to do?

00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:16.000
 It can only be God's grace.

00:42:16.820 --> 00:42:18.480
 It can only be the grace of God

00:42:18.480 --> 00:42:19.579
 working on our lives.

00:42:20.659 --> 00:42:21.240
 You're saying,

00:42:21.340 --> 00:42:23.679
 God, I need your grace today.

00:42:24.260 --> 00:42:25.579
 Every single moment of today

00:42:25.579 --> 00:42:27.280
 to enable me, to train me,

00:42:27.420 --> 00:42:28.579
 to be the kind of woman

00:42:28.579 --> 00:42:29.380
 and the kind of mother

00:42:29.380 --> 00:42:30.300
 and the kind of wife

00:42:30.300 --> 00:42:31.340
 that I need to be.

00:42:31.340 --> 00:42:34.000
 You must discipline yourself,

00:42:34.180 --> 00:42:34.760
 guard your heart,

00:42:34.920 --> 00:42:35.500
 guard your mind,

00:42:35.660 --> 00:42:36.340
 guard your body,

00:42:37.940 --> 00:42:38.680
 and guard your will

00:42:38.680 --> 00:42:39.740
 for the glory of Christ.

00:42:40.579 --> 00:42:41.360
 Discipline yourself.

00:42:41.480 --> 00:42:41.960
 The next,

00:42:42.160 --> 00:42:45.039
 be faithful to God

00:42:45.039 --> 00:42:46.740
 and to your husband.

00:42:47.880 --> 00:42:49.280
 Be faithful to God

00:42:49.280 --> 00:42:50.620
 and to your husband.

00:42:51.700 --> 00:42:53.780
 Be, this is how the word puts it,

00:42:53.800 --> 00:42:55.720
 be self-controlled and pure.

00:42:57.160 --> 00:42:58.059
 This is a picture

00:42:58.059 --> 00:42:59.300
 of marital faithfulness

00:42:59.300 --> 00:43:01.840
 in heart, mind, and body.

00:43:03.160 --> 00:43:04.000
 I want to say that again

00:43:04.000 --> 00:43:04.740
 because it's important.

00:43:04.860 --> 00:43:05.600
 A lot of times we think

00:43:05.600 --> 00:43:07.600
 of that whole marital faithfulness

00:43:07.600 --> 00:43:09.280
 as being just with the body.

00:43:09.420 --> 00:43:10.260
 In the heart,

00:43:10.800 --> 00:43:11.760
 in the mind,

00:43:12.120 --> 00:43:12.800
 in the body.

00:43:14.880 --> 00:43:16.980
 This is purity,

00:43:17.539 --> 00:43:18.140
 innocence,

00:43:19.240 --> 00:43:20.920
 uncontaminated purity.

00:43:20.920 --> 00:43:23.559
 This is radical faithfulness

00:43:23.559 --> 00:43:23.920
 to God

00:43:23.920 --> 00:43:24.599
 and to your husband.

00:43:25.280 --> 00:43:26.360
 And in this context,

00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:27.059
 the word pure

00:43:27.059 --> 00:43:27.980
 is really focused

00:43:27.980 --> 00:43:29.260
 on sexual purity.

00:43:31.360 --> 00:43:32.119
 We all know

00:43:32.119 --> 00:43:32.720
 that the adversary

00:43:32.720 --> 00:43:33.920
 wants to attack this area

00:43:33.920 --> 00:43:34.559
 in women's lives

00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:35.240
 and men's lives

00:43:35.240 --> 00:43:36.300
 and in our marriages today.

00:43:37.539 --> 00:43:38.940
 There's not one person,

00:43:39.260 --> 00:43:40.200
 not one person

00:43:40.200 --> 00:43:41.260
 who can withstand

00:43:41.260 --> 00:43:42.360
 this temptation.

00:43:43.000 --> 00:43:43.780
 And if you think

00:43:43.780 --> 00:43:44.300
 that you can,

00:43:44.340 --> 00:43:45.099
 if you think that you can

00:43:45.099 --> 00:43:45.880
 withstand this temptation

00:43:45.880 --> 00:43:46.700
 on your own,

00:43:46.780 --> 00:43:47.240
 this is key,

00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:48.059
 on your own,

00:43:48.059 --> 00:43:49.099
 then you're saying

00:43:49.099 --> 00:43:50.279
 that you are stronger

00:43:50.279 --> 00:43:51.420
 than the strongest man,

00:43:51.840 --> 00:43:52.199
 Samson,

00:43:52.420 --> 00:43:53.759
 that you are wiser

00:43:53.759 --> 00:43:54.679
 than the wisest man,

00:43:54.779 --> 00:43:55.059
 Solomon,

00:43:55.199 --> 00:43:57.539
 that you are more godly

00:43:57.539 --> 00:43:58.059
 than the man

00:43:58.059 --> 00:43:59.299
 after God's own heart,

00:43:59.440 --> 00:43:59.659
 David.

00:43:59.820 --> 00:44:00.420
 All three

00:44:00.420 --> 00:44:02.380
 fell to sexual temptation.

00:44:05.360 --> 00:44:06.659
 We can't do this

00:44:06.659 --> 00:44:07.599
 on our own.

00:44:07.699 --> 00:44:08.759
 What does Scripture say?

00:44:08.920 --> 00:44:10.380
 Flee immorality.

00:44:11.940 --> 00:44:13.259
 Flee immorality.

00:44:13.360 --> 00:44:14.400
 I can't stress

00:44:14.400 --> 00:44:16.440
 the seriousness of this.

00:44:16.440 --> 00:44:17.199
 Do not think

00:44:17.199 --> 00:44:18.079
 you can withstand it

00:44:18.079 --> 00:44:18.819
 on your own.

00:44:18.899 --> 00:44:19.539
 You have to take

00:44:19.539 --> 00:44:21.119
 extreme measures

00:44:21.119 --> 00:44:23.139
 against this sin.

00:44:24.539 --> 00:44:25.559
 Do not put yourself

00:44:25.559 --> 00:44:26.099
 in a position

00:44:26.099 --> 00:44:27.000
 where someone can even

00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:28.079
 call your purity

00:44:28.079 --> 00:44:29.039
 into question.

00:44:29.139 --> 00:44:29.899
 This is about being

00:44:29.899 --> 00:44:31.419
 above reproach.

00:44:31.739 --> 00:44:32.759
 Not putting yourself

00:44:32.759 --> 00:44:33.399
 in a position

00:44:33.399 --> 00:44:34.480
 where even your integrity

00:44:34.480 --> 00:44:35.219
 can be questioned.

00:44:36.319 --> 00:44:37.480
 If you find yourself

00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:38.379
 in a position

00:44:38.379 --> 00:44:39.899
 where you are alone

00:44:39.899 --> 00:44:40.419
 with someone

00:44:40.419 --> 00:44:41.579
 of the opposite gender,

00:44:42.119 --> 00:44:43.659
 literally take flight.

00:44:44.139 --> 00:44:46.039
 Flee from the temptation.

00:44:47.199 --> 00:44:48.119
 Get out of there.

00:44:48.179 --> 00:44:48.759
 Be awkward

00:44:48.759 --> 00:44:49.439
 if you have to.

00:44:50.079 --> 00:44:51.199
 It's better to be awkward

00:44:51.199 --> 00:44:51.699
 than it is

00:44:51.699 --> 00:44:52.839
 to succumb

00:44:52.839 --> 00:44:53.579
 to the temptation.

00:44:56.619 --> 00:44:57.579
 But here's the deal.

00:44:58.000 --> 00:44:59.359
 Don't just run away

00:44:59.359 --> 00:45:00.159
 from immorality.

00:45:00.559 --> 00:45:01.279
 You're running,

00:45:01.399 --> 00:45:01.839
 so you're running

00:45:01.839 --> 00:45:02.719
 toward something.

00:45:03.139 --> 00:45:03.679
 And so the thing

00:45:03.679 --> 00:45:04.399
 you should be running

00:45:04.399 --> 00:45:06.039
 toward is purity,

00:45:06.539 --> 00:45:07.379
 toward holiness.

00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:09.059
 You've got to embrace

00:45:09.059 --> 00:45:10.239
 this idea of purity

00:45:10.239 --> 00:45:11.000
 in your life.

00:45:11.319 --> 00:45:12.159
 We need to guard

00:45:12.159 --> 00:45:13.199
 this area of our lives

00:45:13.199 --> 00:45:14.119
 and in our marriages.

00:45:14.119 --> 00:45:15.980
 It will not only

00:45:15.980 --> 00:45:16.759
 honor God,

00:45:16.819 --> 00:45:17.219
 it will teach

00:45:17.219 --> 00:45:18.199
 our children well

00:45:18.199 --> 00:45:19.880
 as they see you

00:45:19.880 --> 00:45:20.759
 doing these things.

00:45:21.139 --> 00:45:22.059
 As they see you

00:45:22.059 --> 00:45:23.859
 running after purity

00:45:23.859 --> 00:45:24.900
 in your marriages

00:45:24.900 --> 00:45:25.779
 and in your lives.

00:45:27.039 --> 00:45:28.119
 It will also be a picture

00:45:28.119 --> 00:45:29.079
 of the faithfulness

00:45:29.079 --> 00:45:30.599
 of Christ to the world.

00:45:30.920 --> 00:45:31.819
 Faithfulness of Christ

00:45:31.819 --> 00:45:32.599
 to the church.

00:45:35.019 --> 00:45:35.420
 Next,

00:45:35.599 --> 00:45:36.359
 care for your home.

00:45:37.099 --> 00:45:37.619
 Care for your home.

00:45:37.639 --> 00:45:38.359
 We have three more things

00:45:38.359 --> 00:45:38.619
 to go.

00:45:38.739 --> 00:45:40.000
 We're about to wrap it up.

00:45:40.319 --> 00:45:41.159
 Care for your home.

00:45:42.099 --> 00:45:42.579
 And we'll go through

00:45:42.579 --> 00:45:43.339
 these mostly quickly,

00:45:43.420 --> 00:45:43.899
 but this one we're

00:45:43.899 --> 00:45:44.599
 going to camp out on

00:45:44.599 --> 00:45:45.199
 for a second.

00:45:45.859 --> 00:45:46.980
 Be self-controlled,

00:45:47.519 --> 00:45:47.980
 pure,

00:45:48.420 --> 00:45:49.940
 working at home.

00:45:51.039 --> 00:45:51.819
 Working at home.

00:45:52.139 --> 00:45:53.079
 This is an important one,

00:45:53.139 --> 00:45:53.319
 women.

00:45:53.960 --> 00:45:55.559
 Managing the day-to-day

00:45:55.559 --> 00:45:57.500
 operations of the home

00:45:57.500 --> 00:45:59.339
 is your God-given

00:45:59.339 --> 00:46:00.139
 responsibility.

00:46:01.639 --> 00:46:02.799
 It's your God-given

00:46:02.799 --> 00:46:03.500
 responsibility,

00:46:04.059 --> 00:46:04.279
 women.

00:46:07.079 --> 00:46:07.859
 For us,

00:46:07.940 --> 00:46:08.699
 and my family,

00:46:08.799 --> 00:46:09.139
 I'll just go ahead

00:46:09.139 --> 00:46:09.839
 and tell you for us

00:46:09.840 --> 00:46:10.620
 what that looks like

00:46:10.620 --> 00:46:11.400
 is that Amanda

00:46:11.400 --> 00:46:12.200
 stays at home

00:46:12.200 --> 00:46:14.820
 to be able to train

00:46:14.820 --> 00:46:15.240
 our children,

00:46:15.360 --> 00:46:16.160
 to be able to teach

00:46:16.160 --> 00:46:16.600
 our children,

00:46:16.660 --> 00:46:17.380
 to be able to raise

00:46:17.380 --> 00:46:18.019
 our children

00:46:18.019 --> 00:46:18.680
 in the admonition

00:46:18.680 --> 00:46:19.000
 of the Lord.

00:46:19.059 --> 00:46:20.380
 We believe that God

00:46:20.380 --> 00:46:21.500
 has entrusted us

00:46:21.500 --> 00:46:22.660
 to that task.

00:46:25.120 --> 00:46:25.820
 And that's our

00:46:25.820 --> 00:46:26.600
 personal conviction,

00:46:26.780 --> 00:46:27.680
 and we sacrifice

00:46:27.680 --> 00:46:29.539
 a lot along that way,

00:46:29.620 --> 00:46:30.600
 especially financially.

00:46:30.720 --> 00:46:31.720
 We make a lot of

00:46:31.720 --> 00:46:32.820
 sacrifices to make

00:46:32.820 --> 00:46:33.320
 this happen.

00:46:35.000 --> 00:46:35.920
 And I also recognize

00:46:35.920 --> 00:46:36.760
 that there are situations

00:46:36.760 --> 00:46:37.579
 and some seasons

00:46:37.579 --> 00:46:38.880
 of lives for other people

00:46:38.880 --> 00:46:40.119
 that simply do not

00:46:40.119 --> 00:46:41.280
 allow this to happen.

00:46:42.180 --> 00:46:42.820
 Single moms,

00:46:43.420 --> 00:46:44.019
 you're going to have

00:46:44.019 --> 00:46:44.720
 a hard time

00:46:44.720 --> 00:46:45.579
 working from home

00:46:45.579 --> 00:46:46.619
 at least at first.

00:46:47.400 --> 00:46:47.980
 It's very,

00:46:48.140 --> 00:46:48.619
 very difficult,

00:46:48.760 --> 00:46:49.740
 and we all recognize

00:46:49.740 --> 00:46:50.220
 that.

00:46:50.559 --> 00:46:52.539
 If you have a desire

00:46:52.539 --> 00:46:53.280
 to work from home,

00:46:53.400 --> 00:46:54.160
 in that case,

00:46:54.220 --> 00:46:54.920
 I know that there are

00:46:54.920 --> 00:46:55.619
 ways to get there,

00:46:55.700 --> 00:46:56.400
 but it might take

00:46:56.400 --> 00:46:57.740
 some baby steps

00:46:57.740 --> 00:46:58.400
 in getting there.

00:46:58.780 --> 00:46:59.340
 And this is,

00:46:59.519 --> 00:46:59.660
 again,

00:46:59.740 --> 00:47:00.579
 speaking of experience,

00:47:00.820 --> 00:47:01.680
 my wife is very good

00:47:01.680 --> 00:47:02.340
 at finding ways

00:47:02.340 --> 00:47:03.400
 to do this.

00:47:03.440 --> 00:47:04.300
 So if you're a single mom

00:47:04.300 --> 00:47:05.220
 or if you're just somebody

00:47:05.220 --> 00:47:05.820
 who's wanting to look

00:47:05.820 --> 00:47:06.400
 for ways to work

00:47:06.400 --> 00:47:06.780
 from home,

00:47:07.180 --> 00:47:08.120
 then Amanda has

00:47:08.120 --> 00:47:09.519
 some ridiculously

00:47:09.519 --> 00:47:10.660
 incredible ideas

00:47:10.660 --> 00:47:11.700
 about how to do that.

00:47:12.000 --> 00:47:12.980
 That's just on a side note.

00:47:13.380 --> 00:47:14.600
 But we all recognize

00:47:14.600 --> 00:47:15.640
 that there are difficulties

00:47:15.640 --> 00:47:16.640
 in doing this,

00:47:16.680 --> 00:47:17.539
 that obviously

00:47:17.539 --> 00:47:18.980
 different situations,

00:47:19.720 --> 00:47:20.420
 you have to apply

00:47:20.420 --> 00:47:21.660
 this word.

00:47:22.360 --> 00:47:23.200
 There's grace

00:47:23.200 --> 00:47:23.840
 for these things.

00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:24.380
 There's grace

00:47:24.380 --> 00:47:25.300
 that God gives us

00:47:25.300 --> 00:47:25.800
 for different

00:47:25.800 --> 00:47:27.140
 and various situations

00:47:27.140 --> 00:47:29.059
 that we look at.

00:47:29.780 --> 00:47:30.120
 Now,

00:47:30.160 --> 00:47:30.940
 this can be carried out

00:47:30.940 --> 00:47:31.440
 in many ways.

00:47:31.500 --> 00:47:32.059
 You look at the

00:47:32.059 --> 00:47:32.940
 Proverbs 31.

00:47:33.160 --> 00:47:33.960
 It's a great example

00:47:33.960 --> 00:47:34.260
 of this.

00:47:34.300 --> 00:47:34.900
 You have a picture

00:47:34.900 --> 00:47:35.860
 of this woman

00:47:35.860 --> 00:47:37.159
 who's doing a lot of things,

00:47:37.240 --> 00:47:38.179
 like so many things.

00:47:38.240 --> 00:47:38.860
 It's unbelievable

00:47:38.860 --> 00:47:40.159
 that she's involved

00:47:40.159 --> 00:47:41.420
 in doing so much.

00:47:41.519 --> 00:47:42.320
 But it's all

00:47:42.320 --> 00:47:43.179
 for the sake

00:47:43.179 --> 00:47:44.059
 of the responsibility

00:47:44.059 --> 00:47:45.059
 that she has

00:47:45.059 --> 00:47:46.000
 to care for the home.

00:47:49.199 --> 00:47:49.980
 But the picture

00:47:49.980 --> 00:47:50.380
 in Scripture

00:47:50.380 --> 00:47:51.220
 is that homemaking

00:47:51.220 --> 00:47:52.740
 is mentioned a lot.

00:47:53.039 --> 00:47:53.679
 It's mentioned

00:47:53.679 --> 00:47:54.820
 a lot in Scripture

00:47:54.820 --> 00:47:55.740
 and it's viewed

00:47:55.740 --> 00:47:56.539
 as a noble

00:47:56.539 --> 00:47:57.480
 and high calling.

00:47:58.179 --> 00:47:59.340
 This idea of homemaking.

00:48:00.099 --> 00:48:00.639
 So the picture

00:48:00.639 --> 00:48:01.159
 is that

00:48:01.159 --> 00:48:02.480
 it is godly,

00:48:02.880 --> 00:48:03.519
 it is right

00:48:03.519 --> 00:48:04.500
 to care for your home.

00:48:05.759 --> 00:48:06.460
 And here's the key

00:48:06.460 --> 00:48:07.360
 and don't miss this part

00:48:07.360 --> 00:48:08.000
 because anybody

00:48:08.000 --> 00:48:08.940
 can care for the home,

00:48:09.000 --> 00:48:09.099
 right?

00:48:09.139 --> 00:48:10.119
 Anybody can stay at home

00:48:10.119 --> 00:48:10.980
 and care for the home.

00:48:11.119 --> 00:48:12.380
 But it's for the purpose

00:48:12.380 --> 00:48:12.960
 of creating

00:48:12.960 --> 00:48:14.800
 a God-centered home.

00:48:15.920 --> 00:48:16.980
 And don't miss that

00:48:16.980 --> 00:48:17.320
 this morning.

00:48:17.420 --> 00:48:18.179
 Anybody can care

00:48:18.179 --> 00:48:18.440
 for the home.

00:48:18.759 --> 00:48:19.759
 There's unbelievers

00:48:19.759 --> 00:48:20.860
 who make this choice

00:48:20.860 --> 00:48:21.940
 apart from Scripture

00:48:21.940 --> 00:48:23.500
 to stay in the home.

00:48:24.480 --> 00:48:25.440
 And you can stay at home

00:48:25.440 --> 00:48:26.320
 and watch soap operas

00:48:26.320 --> 00:48:26.659
 all day

00:48:26.659 --> 00:48:27.159
 and blog

00:48:27.159 --> 00:48:27.980
 and be on the internet

00:48:27.980 --> 00:48:28.920
 and watch Netflix

00:48:28.920 --> 00:48:30.280
 and you are nowhere

00:48:30.280 --> 00:48:31.599
 near Titus 2.

00:48:31.599 --> 00:48:35.059
 nowhere near it.

00:48:35.259 --> 00:48:36.000
 The key here

00:48:36.000 --> 00:48:37.259
 is that you care

00:48:37.259 --> 00:48:37.839
 for the home

00:48:37.839 --> 00:48:38.539
 with the purpose

00:48:38.539 --> 00:48:39.599
 of creating

00:48:39.599 --> 00:48:41.099
 a God-centered home.

00:48:42.519 --> 00:48:43.319
 The picture

00:48:43.319 --> 00:48:44.659
 that we've gotten

00:48:44.659 --> 00:48:45.339
 Titus 2

00:48:45.339 --> 00:48:46.380
 is a responsibility

00:48:46.380 --> 00:48:47.199
 for what God

00:48:47.199 --> 00:48:48.500
 has entrusted you.

00:48:49.779 --> 00:48:51.059
 So I encourage you here

00:48:51.059 --> 00:48:52.059
 to take a look

00:48:52.059 --> 00:48:52.940
 at your situation

00:48:52.940 --> 00:48:54.159
 and apply these truths

00:48:54.159 --> 00:48:54.839
 to your life.

00:48:56.000 --> 00:48:57.599
 If you're capable

00:48:57.599 --> 00:48:58.799
 of doing these things

00:48:58.799 --> 00:49:00.239
 then you should do this.

00:49:00.239 --> 00:49:00.959
 This is a noble

00:49:00.959 --> 00:49:01.619
 and high calling

00:49:01.619 --> 00:49:02.099
 for women.

00:49:04.199 --> 00:49:04.819
 Single moms

00:49:04.819 --> 00:49:05.379
 and working moms

00:49:05.379 --> 00:49:05.959
 there's grace

00:49:05.959 --> 00:49:06.819
 for how this looks

00:49:06.819 --> 00:49:07.879
 in your life.

00:49:08.519 --> 00:49:08.959
 I'm not going to be

00:49:08.959 --> 00:49:10.179
 legalistic about this

00:49:10.179 --> 00:49:10.619
 this morning.

00:49:11.079 --> 00:49:12.159
 This is your God-entrusted

00:49:12.159 --> 00:49:12.899
 responsibility

00:49:12.899 --> 00:49:13.699
 women of God

00:49:13.699 --> 00:49:15.239
 to care for your home.

00:49:16.059 --> 00:49:17.219
 God-entrusted responsibility

00:49:17.219 --> 00:49:17.939
 to take it

00:49:17.939 --> 00:49:18.879
 and own it

00:49:18.879 --> 00:49:19.959
 and make this

00:49:19.959 --> 00:49:21.319
 something that you do.

00:49:21.399 --> 00:49:22.119
 You work hard

00:49:22.119 --> 00:49:22.799
 in this area

00:49:22.799 --> 00:49:23.799
 and it will honor God

00:49:23.799 --> 00:49:24.699
 and it will honor

00:49:24.699 --> 00:49:25.419
 your husband

00:49:25.419 --> 00:49:26.559
 and it will honor

00:49:26.559 --> 00:49:27.099
 your family.

00:49:27.759 --> 00:49:28.339
 Which leads us

00:49:28.339 --> 00:49:29.000
 to the next picture.

00:49:29.199 --> 00:49:29.919
 Serve with kindness.

00:49:29.920 --> 00:49:30.619
 The last two

00:49:30.619 --> 00:49:31.440
 we're going to go by quickly.

00:49:31.800 --> 00:49:32.480
 Serve with kindness.

00:49:32.639 --> 00:49:34.139
 To be busy at home

00:49:34.139 --> 00:49:35.559
 to be kind

00:49:35.559 --> 00:49:36.800
 amidst all she does.

00:49:37.760 --> 00:49:38.480
 To be kind

00:49:38.480 --> 00:49:38.880
 amidst,

00:49:38.900 --> 00:49:39.539
 let's be honest,

00:49:39.900 --> 00:49:40.780
 ungrateful kids

00:49:40.780 --> 00:49:41.500
 and at times

00:49:41.500 --> 00:49:42.820
 ungrateful husbands.

00:49:44.680 --> 00:49:45.860
 What does this mean

00:49:45.860 --> 00:49:46.780
 to serve with kindness?

00:49:46.900 --> 00:49:47.139
 It means,

00:49:47.300 --> 00:49:47.760
 number one,

00:49:48.220 --> 00:49:49.280
 to desire the good

00:49:49.280 --> 00:49:49.840
 of others.

00:49:50.740 --> 00:49:51.720
 To desire the good

00:49:51.720 --> 00:49:52.260
 of her husband.

00:49:52.579 --> 00:49:53.480
 To desire the good

00:49:53.480 --> 00:49:54.059
 of her children.

00:49:54.880 --> 00:49:56.240
 And to desire the good

00:49:56.240 --> 00:49:56.980
 of those who are

00:49:56.980 --> 00:49:58.059
 guests within the home.

00:49:58.659 --> 00:49:59.579
 Those who are visitors

00:49:59.579 --> 00:50:00.159
 in the home.

00:50:01.279 --> 00:50:01.659
 Secondly,

00:50:01.759 --> 00:50:02.739
 to work for the good

00:50:02.739 --> 00:50:03.279
 of others.

00:50:04.779 --> 00:50:05.679
 You might want to study

00:50:05.679 --> 00:50:06.340
 1 Timothy

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 to dive further into this.

00:50:08.019 --> 00:50:08.619
 We don't have time

00:50:08.619 --> 00:50:09.519
 to turn there right now,

00:50:09.579 --> 00:50:10.719
 but 1 Timothy 2.9

00:50:10.719 --> 00:50:12.320
 and 1 Timothy 5.9

00:50:12.320 --> 00:50:13.539
 both talk about

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 a woman who is marked

00:50:14.699 --> 00:50:15.699
 or adorned

00:50:15.699 --> 00:50:16.840
 with good works.

00:50:18.420 --> 00:50:19.079
 Her reputation

00:50:19.079 --> 00:50:20.119
 is for kindness.

00:50:21.559 --> 00:50:22.840
 And instead of

00:50:22.840 --> 00:50:24.639
 showing outward beauty

00:50:24.639 --> 00:50:25.159
 like the world

00:50:25.159 --> 00:50:25.659
 talks about

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 and the world

00:50:26.019 --> 00:50:26.839
 values so much,

00:50:26.899 --> 00:50:27.859
 it's an incredible

00:50:27.859 --> 00:50:28.839
 picture of this inward

00:50:28.839 --> 00:50:29.899
 beauty being adorned

00:50:29.899 --> 00:50:30.619
 for good works.

00:50:31.319 --> 00:50:31.960
 There are so many

00:50:31.960 --> 00:50:32.879
 of you in this room

00:50:32.879 --> 00:50:34.000
 that do this so well.

00:50:34.539 --> 00:50:35.379
 You're so accommodated

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 and you're very loving

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 toward your guests

00:50:37.480 --> 00:50:38.039
 in your home

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 and you're very loving

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 toward those who are

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 in your home

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 and you care about them

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 and I know sometimes

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 that might seem

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 to go unnoticed,

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 but just remember

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 that your reward

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 does not exist

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 in the finite realm

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 of this world.

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 Your reward exists

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 in eternity.

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 Work for the good

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 of others

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 and finally submit

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 to your husband.

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 Submit to your husband.

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 I know we're running

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 short on time

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 this morning,

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 but this is the last

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 picture of what God

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 said with the gospel

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 and how the gospel

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 affects younger women.

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 We've already spoken

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 about loving your husbands

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 for the sake of time.

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 We're going to shorten this.

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 This is not really fair

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 though to talk about

00:51:20.719 --> 00:51:22.459
 the role of women

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 in the church

00:51:23.399 --> 00:51:25.139
 without talking about

00:51:25.139 --> 00:51:25.919
 the role of men,

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 of biblical manhood.

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 So it's not fair

00:51:29.079 --> 00:51:29.519
 to talk about

00:51:29.519 --> 00:51:30.359
 biblical submission

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 without talking about

00:51:31.839 --> 00:51:32.619
 the husband's

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 biblical sacrifice.

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 And this is where

00:51:36.279 --> 00:51:37.379
 we have to come

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 to the understanding

00:51:38.139 --> 00:51:38.839
 that the feminist

00:51:38.839 --> 00:51:40.779
 movement has sold us

00:51:40.779 --> 00:51:41.579
 in the church

00:51:41.579 --> 00:51:43.039
 a bill of goods.

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 Because what the

00:51:45.959 --> 00:51:46.579
 feminist movement

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 has said to us

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 is that the role

00:51:49.759 --> 00:51:50.799
 that women play

00:51:50.799 --> 00:51:52.900
 as suitable helpers

00:51:52.900 --> 00:51:54.319
 to their husbands

00:51:54.319 --> 00:51:56.440
 is necessarily lesser

00:51:56.440 --> 00:51:57.839
 than the role of leadership.

00:51:59.019 --> 00:52:00.039
 And this is simply

00:52:00.039 --> 00:52:00.980
 not true.

00:52:02.420 --> 00:52:03.519
 Men and women,

00:52:03.579 --> 00:52:04.380
 I want you to hear me

00:52:04.380 --> 00:52:05.119
 carefully this morning,

00:52:05.219 --> 00:52:05.759
 men and women

00:52:05.759 --> 00:52:07.039
 are equal

00:52:07.039 --> 00:52:08.400
 in their value.

00:52:09.339 --> 00:52:10.059
 I'm not teaching

00:52:10.059 --> 00:52:11.099
 egalitarianism here.

00:52:11.500 --> 00:52:12.359
 They're equal

00:52:12.359 --> 00:52:13.980
 in their value.

00:52:14.619 --> 00:52:15.960
 What separates them

00:52:15.960 --> 00:52:17.240
 is in their roles.

00:52:18.260 --> 00:52:19.420
 The roles that they play.

00:52:20.300 --> 00:52:21.199
 It's very important

00:52:21.199 --> 00:52:22.099
 for us to understand

00:52:22.099 --> 00:52:22.320
 this.

00:52:22.460 --> 00:52:22.720
 Men,

00:52:23.000 --> 00:52:23.960
 we are not

00:52:23.960 --> 00:52:25.500
 to lord over

00:52:25.500 --> 00:52:26.780
 our wives.

00:52:28.300 --> 00:52:29.380
 We're not to lord

00:52:29.380 --> 00:52:30.199
 over our wives.

00:52:30.639 --> 00:52:31.139
 In fact,

00:52:31.400 --> 00:52:32.559
 we are to sacrifice

00:52:32.559 --> 00:52:33.659
 our lives.

00:52:34.340 --> 00:52:34.940
 Ephesians 6

00:52:34.940 --> 00:52:35.780
 says Christ

00:52:35.780 --> 00:52:37.340
 sacrificed himself

00:52:37.340 --> 00:52:38.220
 for the church.

00:52:39.019 --> 00:52:39.720
 It is the picture

00:52:39.720 --> 00:52:40.639
 of the gospel men

00:52:40.639 --> 00:52:41.840
 when we sacrifice

00:52:41.840 --> 00:52:43.019
 our lives

00:52:43.019 --> 00:52:43.880
 for our

00:52:43.880 --> 00:52:45.159
 wives.

00:52:45.960 --> 00:52:47.300
 It's very important

00:52:47.300 --> 00:52:47.880
 that we get this,

00:52:47.940 --> 00:52:48.940
 we understand this.

00:52:49.559 --> 00:52:50.420
 We are equal

00:52:50.420 --> 00:52:51.300
 in our value.

00:52:56.679 --> 00:52:57.720
 God has given us

00:52:57.720 --> 00:52:58.740
 equally important roles

00:52:58.740 --> 00:52:59.260
 and in fact,

00:52:59.460 --> 00:53:00.420
 I would say

00:53:00.420 --> 00:53:02.300
 in my own life,

00:53:02.380 --> 00:53:03.119
 a lot of times

00:53:03.119 --> 00:53:04.460
 I have to come

00:53:04.460 --> 00:53:05.400
 to the recognition

00:53:05.400 --> 00:53:07.300
 that my whole family

00:53:07.300 --> 00:53:08.920
 would fall apart

00:53:08.920 --> 00:53:10.400
 without a suitable helper.

00:53:10.659 --> 00:53:11.240
 I'm just going to be

00:53:11.240 --> 00:53:11.860
 honest with you.

00:53:12.340 --> 00:53:13.679
 If it were up to me

00:53:13.679 --> 00:53:15.260
 raising two kids

00:53:15.260 --> 00:53:16.220
 as it stands right now,

00:53:16.300 --> 00:53:16.820
 two children

00:53:16.820 --> 00:53:17.640
 and to be able

00:53:17.640 --> 00:53:18.580
 to do all that I do

00:53:18.580 --> 00:53:19.160
 and to be able

00:53:19.160 --> 00:53:19.540
 to do all this,

00:53:19.620 --> 00:53:21.100
 it would all fall apart.

00:53:21.380 --> 00:53:21.760
 Number one,

00:53:21.840 --> 00:53:22.660
 because men are not

00:53:22.660 --> 00:53:23.560
 typically designed

00:53:23.560 --> 00:53:24.560
 to be nourishing

00:53:24.560 --> 00:53:25.960
 and all these things

00:53:25.960 --> 00:53:26.640
 like women are.

00:53:27.020 --> 00:53:27.880
 God has designed

00:53:27.880 --> 00:53:28.740
 women perfectly

00:53:28.740 --> 00:53:29.860
 for raising children

00:53:29.860 --> 00:53:31.680
 and it's just

00:53:31.680 --> 00:53:32.740
 equally important

00:53:32.740 --> 00:53:33.320
 in the role.

00:53:33.460 --> 00:53:34.040
 It's different

00:53:34.040 --> 00:53:34.980
 in the role.

00:53:36.180 --> 00:53:36.780
 The fact that I'm

00:53:36.780 --> 00:53:37.640
 a spiritual leader

00:53:37.640 --> 00:53:38.300
 in my family

00:53:38.300 --> 00:53:38.740
 doesn't mean

00:53:38.740 --> 00:53:39.300
 that I say,

00:53:40.020 --> 00:53:40.460
 me man,

00:53:40.540 --> 00:53:40.860
 you woman,

00:53:40.980 --> 00:53:41.340
 me say,

00:53:41.460 --> 00:53:41.860
 you do.

00:53:42.820 --> 00:53:43.860
 It's not the picture

00:53:43.860 --> 00:53:44.480
 that we get

00:53:44.480 --> 00:53:45.480
 in Scripture.

00:53:45.700 --> 00:53:46.620
 It's not biblical

00:53:46.620 --> 00:53:47.360
 leadership,

00:53:47.519 --> 00:53:47.700
 men.

00:53:49.740 --> 00:53:51.000
 We lead in sacrifice.

00:53:51.240 --> 00:53:52.079
 We lead in love,

00:53:52.160 --> 00:53:52.599
 which means

00:53:52.599 --> 00:53:53.780
 that you love your wives

00:53:53.780 --> 00:53:54.660
 as Christ loved the church

00:53:54.660 --> 00:53:55.500
 and gave himself up

00:53:55.500 --> 00:53:55.820
 for her.

00:53:57.019 --> 00:53:57.840
 We are different

00:53:57.840 --> 00:53:58.420
 in our roles.

00:53:58.539 --> 00:53:59.800
 A husband sacrifices,

00:54:00.440 --> 00:54:01.720
 a wife submits.

00:54:01.760 --> 00:54:02.440
 That's the summary

00:54:02.440 --> 00:54:02.960
 of it.

00:54:02.980 --> 00:54:04.019
 A husband sacrifices,

00:54:05.019 --> 00:54:05.760
 a wife submits.

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 And there's so much

00:54:06.559 --> 00:54:07.000
 more time

00:54:07.000 --> 00:54:07.800
 that we could spend here

00:54:07.800 --> 00:54:08.539
 really on all

00:54:08.539 --> 00:54:09.120
 of these topics.

00:54:09.220 --> 00:54:10.039
 We could flesh them out.

00:54:10.039 --> 00:54:10.800
 Each one of these

00:54:10.800 --> 00:54:11.679
 could really be a sermon

00:54:11.679 --> 00:54:12.559
 in and of themselves.

00:54:13.059 --> 00:54:13.779
 We're not going to

00:54:13.779 --> 00:54:15.139
 keep you here that long,

00:54:15.199 --> 00:54:15.360
 though.

00:54:16.199 --> 00:54:17.679
 But let me just say this.

00:54:17.719 --> 00:54:19.000
 I want to encourage you women,

00:54:19.759 --> 00:54:20.519
 just in closing,

00:54:21.380 --> 00:54:22.380
 I want to encourage you.

00:54:22.380 --> 00:54:23.239
 You have so much

00:54:23.239 --> 00:54:23.900
 on your plate,

00:54:24.519 --> 00:54:25.239
 yet you handle it

00:54:25.239 --> 00:54:26.179
 with such grace.

00:54:26.940 --> 00:54:27.840
 And it's so wonderful

00:54:27.840 --> 00:54:28.759
 to see the work

00:54:28.759 --> 00:54:30.380
 and the grace of Christ

00:54:30.380 --> 00:54:31.559
 working in your lives

00:54:31.559 --> 00:54:32.279
 in these regards.

00:54:33.300 --> 00:54:34.340
 And all these things,

00:54:34.579 --> 00:54:36.460
 the things that you know well

00:54:36.460 --> 00:54:37.279
 and the things that you

00:54:37.279 --> 00:54:38.460
 know you need to work on,

00:54:38.460 --> 00:54:40.139
 remember that God's grace

00:54:40.139 --> 00:54:42.159
 enables us to will

00:54:42.159 --> 00:54:42.920
 and to act

00:54:42.920 --> 00:54:44.320
 according to His purpose.

00:54:45.360 --> 00:54:45.980
 And I know

00:54:45.980 --> 00:54:46.960
 that we don't have

00:54:46.960 --> 00:54:48.519
 any perfect moms

00:54:48.519 --> 00:54:49.720
 in the room today.

00:54:50.699 --> 00:54:51.579
 But we have some

00:54:51.579 --> 00:54:53.059
 really, really good ones.

00:54:53.699 --> 00:54:54.079
 We do.

00:54:56.300 --> 00:54:57.199
 Wonderful moms,

00:54:57.460 --> 00:54:58.199
 not perfect.

00:54:58.300 --> 00:54:59.079
 And we have to remember

00:54:59.079 --> 00:55:00.500
 that by God's grace,

00:55:00.679 --> 00:55:02.480
 we accomplish these things.

00:55:02.559 --> 00:55:03.699
 We better ourselves

00:55:03.699 --> 00:55:05.199
 one day at a time.

00:55:05.840 --> 00:55:06.699
 And it's all about

00:55:06.699 --> 00:55:08.219
 better today than yesterday

00:55:08.219 --> 00:55:10.159
 and better tomorrow

00:55:10.159 --> 00:55:11.159
 than today.

00:55:11.659 --> 00:55:13.059
 We're all a work in progress.

00:55:13.619 --> 00:55:14.559
 We all are striving

00:55:14.559 --> 00:55:15.219
 for holiness,

00:55:15.779 --> 00:55:16.919
 to seek God's will

00:55:16.919 --> 00:55:17.539
 in our lives.

00:55:18.019 --> 00:55:18.619
 And women,

00:55:18.980 --> 00:55:19.839
 just know that

00:55:19.839 --> 00:55:21.419
 one day at a time.

00:55:21.559 --> 00:55:22.759
 Better today than yesterday,

00:55:22.960 --> 00:55:24.579
 better tomorrow than today.

00:55:24.919 --> 00:55:25.679
 And when you do this,

00:55:25.699 --> 00:55:26.419
 you're going to see fruit

00:55:26.419 --> 00:55:27.179
 come through your ministry,

00:55:27.319 --> 00:55:27.960
 both in your home,

00:55:28.379 --> 00:55:29.079
 in your community,

00:55:29.460 --> 00:55:30.859
 and across the nations

00:55:30.859 --> 00:55:32.119
 for the glory of Christ.

00:55:32.759 --> 00:55:33.879
 Now, we're going to

00:55:33.879 --> 00:55:34.859
 pray together.

00:55:34.860 --> 00:55:36.360
 I want to take an opportunity

00:55:36.360 --> 00:55:37.840
 to pray for our moms

00:55:37.840 --> 00:55:38.280
 this morning.

00:55:39.200 --> 00:55:40.340
 And then after that,

00:55:40.400 --> 00:55:41.059
 we're going to

00:55:41.059 --> 00:55:42.800
 fellowship together

00:55:42.800 --> 00:55:44.280
 in the Lord's Supper.

00:55:44.440 --> 00:55:45.200
 So let's pray together.

00:55:45.660 --> 00:55:46.420
 Specifically pray

00:55:46.420 --> 00:55:47.960
 for our moms this morning.

00:55:48.400 --> 00:55:48.539
 Let's pray together.

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