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 Good evening, everyone. It's good to be here. It's been really a while since last time I spoke here, but it's great to be back.

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 Quite a lot of my sermons last were in Spanish, so I hope my broken English is going to be a challenge tonight.

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 I will see how it goes. Hopefully by the end of the night you'll be able to figure out what I'm saying.

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 That's the challenge. Thanks, Fiona, for reading that passage so wonderfully.

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 I always struggle with reading the Bible straight in English, so that's a great help.

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 But that's the song we just sung.

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 What a amazing words that you have, doesn't it?

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 It's like, how great theologists to say that all I have is Christ, and we can all say hallelujah.

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 That wasn't my script, but I think it's a good thing to think as Christians, that all we have,

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 apart from all the things we can have at home, but all we have is Christ.

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 It's probably one of those good things. Actually, I could finish the sermon just now and say, that's it.

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 That's what you take home, but we're not going to do that.

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 So we're going to start doing the chapter two. We're not going to read the chapter because it's being already read wonderfully.

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 When I was driving from home today, yes, I was driving, but I don't know if many of you know,

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 but I just passed my driving test last month. And tonight has been the first night I decided to drive to town on my own.

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 We don't have an Arlene nagging me all the time.

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 I can breathe better now, but I just discovered that driving under 20 miles an hour is a lot harder than driving a motorway,

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 I can tell. But now we are here. But while I was driving here, I just realized that I didn't really have anything

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 in regards to illustration or story what to tell in order to present this.

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 And I was thinking, what can I tell you? What can actually be said?

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 And one of the things I was thinking is basically about my wife.

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 Generally, illustrations about my wife are good, aren't they?

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 Because she's not here as well, so it's even better.

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 One of the things I really love about my wife, I really like about my wife, is that she really embraces her Britishness.

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 I don't know whether that's a word or not, but she loves being British.

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 That's one of the things that everywhere we go, she is proud to say, I'm British.

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 And she behaves like a British person. She acts like a British person.

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 If we go out to eat, the first thing she has is a cup of tea.

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 And every time we go to the Amazon, you see a lot of things being packed, but also a lot of teabags being packed in her.

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 In her suitcase.

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 Doesn't matter that the Amazon is like 40 degrees.

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 She's always eager to take teabags and have a cup of tea in a very hot, tropical weather.

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 That's she. And that's the way what she likes to do.

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 She likes to embrace her Britishness.

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 And I think, in that regard, what am I telling you this?

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 Just because she's not here? No, no.

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 I'm telling you this because of, I think what Paul is trying to tell to Titus,

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 Titus, it is that Titus, you need to teach these people in your community to behave and act in a way that accords to the gospel.

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 That accords to you are, or to who you are.

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 If Paul was writing to British people, he perhaps had to say, like, you Brits have to behave and act like Brits.

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 But Paul was writing to these priests who were in a Christian culture to basically tell them,

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 you must act, you must behave in a way that accords to who you are.

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 And what accords to who you are, perhaps we're going to see it today.

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 So, before we go into chapter 2, I would like to do a bit of a recap.

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 We've been in chapter 1 already.

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 And chapter 1, in so many ways, was all about teaching.

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 Teaching how to deal with bad teaching.

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 And now we see in chapter 2, we wonder, what is it about?

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 In so many ways, what a surprise.

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 Chapter 2, as well, is all about teaching.

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 So we keep going on and teaching, more teaching.

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 Titus is to teach what accords with sound doctrine.

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 This sort of teaching that produces sanctification.

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 This sort of teaching that would make people living godly lives.

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 And that is what Titus has been challenged by Paul to say.

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 And we see it in the very beginning.

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 And it says, you must, whoever, look what it says in verse 1.

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 You, whoever, must teach what's appropriate to sound doctrine.

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 At the end of chapter 1, you can see in chapter 1, verse 16 and on.

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 You can see that Paul was talking about people who claim to know God.

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 This is what he says, verse 16.

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 These people claim to know God, but their actions, da, da, da, deny Him.

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 They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for doing anything good.

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 And see how he moves from chapter 1 to chapter 2.

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 And he starts by saying, you, whoever, basically describing what Titus must do,

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 in contrast to these people, sell will and sell righteous as they are.

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 His job in chapter 1, 11, is to silence the false doctrine.

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 And here in chapter 2, at the beginning, his job is to teach a course to sound doctrine.

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 The word sound means health.

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 And in so many ways, he tight does this to lead to his people to a very healthy life,

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 which is characterized in so many ways, but good works.

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 So, as I said before, this chapter 2, in a nutshell, it's all about teaching.

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 And I would like to see in more detail what his teaching is about.

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 So, there are three things I will go under today.

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 The first thing would be like, what is he going to teach?

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 Why is he going to teach?

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 And at the end, we'll see how is he going to teach.

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 So, this chapter 2 is about teaching.

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 Teaching what a course was to a good life.

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 Teaching what a course was to the gospel.

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 Then we need to know, what is he going to teach?

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 Why is he going to teach?

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 And how is he going to teach?

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 Let's see first, what is he going to teach?

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 Paul urges Titus to teach the sort of living that the gospel produces.

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 He says to live out in a way that produces self-control and submission.

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 These two virtues are very much throughout the whole section we are doing today.

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 To be self-controlled and to be submitting.

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 For Paul was something very important for a Christian to do.

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 Somebody who lives under the gospel.

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 Somebody who believes the gospel and acts and believes what the gospel says.

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 Paul says, must show self-control and must be submitted.

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 Older men, younger women, and younger men are to be self-controlled.

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 Look what it says, verse 2.

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 Teach the older men to be dot, dot, dot, self-control.

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 Look what it says, verses 4 and 5.

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 Urge the younger women dot, dot, dot, to be self-control.

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 Look what it says, verse 2.

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 Similarly, encourage the young men dot, dot, dot, to be what?

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 To be self-controlled.

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 For Paul, he urges Titus that that is one of the first things we need to display in a church background.

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 That people who believe the gospel are to be what?

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 Self-control.

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 And Paul thinks that's very, very important for him.

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 And perhaps one way, my one-way wonder.

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 So, how is that that self-control works?

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 How can we have self-control?

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 He gave us a clue in chapter 2, verse 11 and 12.

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 We're not doing this bit this week.

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 Hopefully, we'll get to it next week.

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 But he says that the power, how can someone be able to be self-controlled?

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 He says, it is the grace of God, verse 11, that teaches us to live in a self-controlled way.

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 Upright and godly lives in the present age.

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 Everyone who is a believer, according to verse 11 and 12.

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 Everyone who is a believer.

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 Everyone who professes Christ.

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 Everyone who sings the gospel is his life.

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 It is cool to be self-control.

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 That is something you cannot betray.

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 That is something you cannot be like, just, you cannot wing it about and say, well, I've been self-control all day and I won't be self-control all the days.

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 Paul says to Titus, everyone who believes the gospel by the grace of God ought to be self-control.

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 And that is something that I want us to keep thinking throughout this passage.

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 To be self-controlled is so important.

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 So in so many ways, what he's saying, in order to be self-controlled, it means that we shouldn't be ruled out in our lives by our emotions.

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 Our emotions are important, but they are not the bits we depend on.

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 What can I say about this?

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 So, someone can be disappointed in a Christian falls, but that doesn't make him to make him give up.

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 If somebody comes and does something wrong to you, you can be mad about it.

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 But you still are able to forgive and offer forgiveness to this person.

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 So in so many ways, you are in the way that God tells you to, even if you don't feel like it.

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 Paul is saying to Titus, teach these people to live self-control.

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 Do not let your emotions guide you.

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 Have emotions is great.

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 Having emotions is fantastic.

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 It's good to be sad.

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 It's good to be younger.

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 It's good to show all these things.

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 But even when those things appear, still Paul wants Titus to teach those disciples to be self-controlled.

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 So this is self-control.

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 No denying our emotions, but no being controlled by those emotions.

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 The second common thing, as I said, it was not only they have to be self-controlled.

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 They also need to display submission or be submitted.

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 Look what it says, Titus, chapter 2, verses 5.

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 This is what he says to young whites.

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 They are to be subject to the husbands.

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 Look at what it says in verse 9, what Titus is to teach.

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 Teach slaves to be subject to their husbands and everything they do and to try to please them and not talk back to them.

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 Self-control and submission are profoundly in so many ways counter-cultural.

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 It's something that's not very popular.

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 We live in a society where self-control and submission is totally something people don't practice.

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 Can you tell me about that?

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 I'm sure you can think of so many examples where you see people not wanting to display self-control or be submitted to it.

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 Actually, we don't like to be submitted to anything.

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 That's why when we see a 20-mile-hour sign, we just want to be 30 or 40.

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 Because we don't like to be submitted.

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 We don't like to submit to things.

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 And that's so counter-cultural in so many ways.

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 It was counter-cultural in Crete.

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 We have already seen in chapter 1, verse 12, what it says,

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 Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.

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 They don't like to be submitted.

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 They don't like self-control.

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 These people who didn't control their speech, they are always liars.

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 These people didn't control their emotions.

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 They were brutes.

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 And these people didn't control their appetite.

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 They were gluttons.

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 So these people in Crete, as we know, in the culture, they wouldn't practice self-control.

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 That is what Paul is trying to tell Titus to work on it.

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 It is counter-cultural nowadays as well.

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 It's not only that the Cretans are like that, but as I said, nowadays we can see that,

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 especially here in Western culture.

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 Western culture values self-expression instead of self-control.

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 We, as a culture, value self-fulfillment instead of self-denial.

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 We do value independence instead of submission.

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 And I'm sure you know many examples of that.

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 So to be self-controlled and live in a right submission will mean swimming against the culture,

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 will mean doing something that is totally different from what people are.

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 But let me ask you, what is the gospel then?

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 Is the gospel something that people really like to do?

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 No.

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 It's counter-cultural.

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 It's swimming against the culture.

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 We need a talent of Luca as a great swimmer to swim against the culture.

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 I didn't hear it this morning, but Arlene told me about it.

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 And I laugh a lot.

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 But that is what Paul is actually saying.

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 When you display self-control, and when you display mission,

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 you are proving that you are somebody who believes the gospel.

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 And you are somebody who has been changed and shaped by the gospel.

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 And because of that, you are able to go and swim against this culture.

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 But let me tell you for experience, we don't like swimming against the culture.

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 You are in the Amazon, you want to follow the current.

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 I tell you for experience, you don't want to go against the current.

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 That's something we normally do.

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 We like to do it.

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 We like to do it in that way.

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 And that's something we need to do.

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 But Paul says, these people, these kittens, he says to Titus,

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 they must learn to live in this way.

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 But Paul not only knows the importance of living in reflecting self-control and submission,

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 he also knows that different ages and different roles face different challenges

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 and different temptations as well.

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 So Paul gives different instructions to different group of peoples,

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 and he puts it in different categories.

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 So he speaks to older men, to older women, to younger women, to younger men, and to slaves.

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 This was the bit that was a little bit harder for me.

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 Because some of the things that he's actually telling them to do are like,

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 okay, here we go.

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 I'm just going to make a few comments on some of the things,

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 and we'll see how it goes.

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 But look what he says in verse 2 to the older men.

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 Paul begins with the older men.

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 And this is what he says to the older men.

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 If you're considered to be old, just think of this.

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 This is what Paul is telling Titus to teach you.

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 And I'm going to tell you this.

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 Teach the older men to be temperate,

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 worthy or respect,

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 self-control, sound and faith,

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 in love and endurance.

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 But reading this, we can think that the temptations of these people

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 may have been they were too grumpy,

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 or perhaps they like picking arguments,

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 or they perhaps struggle with being wearying

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 or giving themselves into service.

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 They are not very sure about that.

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 And Paul says that the antidote to this behavior,

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 it is to be taught faith,

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 to be taught love,

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 it should be taught endurance.

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 And I wonder,

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 doesn't matter what the age you are,

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 imagine you would like to be taught

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 these three things.

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 You've been a Christian for many years,

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 you learn almost everything that the Bible has to offer,

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 and this young preacher is told by his boss

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 that he has to teach you,

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 or teach these curtains,

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 to be sound in faith,

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 love,

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 and endurance.

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 That was a hard message to get.

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 You probably know by experience,

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 but generally,

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 older people,

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 they don't like to be taught things.

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 They like the other way.

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 They like to teach things,

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 because they learn so many things,

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 so many skills.

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 But Paul is interested in that,

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 and the first thing he tells to the older generation,

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 he says,

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 these people need to know,

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 and need to learn these things.

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 Younger men in the church need to learn

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 to follow the example of older people

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 in so many ways.

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 But that is a two-way street.

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 Paul says that these people,

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 the older people,

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 need to be worthy of respect.

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 So in order for you,

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 to ask for respect,

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 Paul says,

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 if these people want respect,

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 they need to live in a way

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 that is worthy of respect.

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 Older men need to live in such a way

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 that younger guys look at them,

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 and think,

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 I want to be like him.

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 But I wonder,

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 my dear brother and sister,

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 dear brother,

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 do you consider yourself older?

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 Do you think people around you

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 look at you and say,

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 I want to be like you?

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 Or perhaps you let yourself go

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 into picking up arguments,

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 or thinking,

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 I'm maybe not as young as before,

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 so I cannot commit to things.

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 Paul says,

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 these older people

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 must be worthy of respect.

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 And being worthy of respect

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 means displaying all those good things,

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 so that younger guys

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 can see a thing

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 and say,

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 I want to be like me.

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 And he also said words

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 for older women.

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 Older women face similar temptations.

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 Look what he says,

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 verse 3,

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 likewise,

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 teach the older women

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 to be reverent

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 in the way they live,

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 not to be slanderous

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 or addicted to much wine,

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 but to teach what is good.

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 Paul says to these women,

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 instead of complaining

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 about what is wrong,

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 instead of being

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 spending your life,

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 thinking what is wrong,

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 what is this,

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 what is what about,

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 he says,

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 worry yourself

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 about teaching what is good.

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 He says,

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 instead of being controlled

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 by the wine,

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 these people

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 utterly were controlled

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 by the wine,

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 or some of them were,

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 he says,

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 practice self-control

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 and start teaching

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 what is good.

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 What is good,

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 verse 1 says,

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 what is good

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 to live a course

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 in a way

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 that produces sound doctrine,

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 or to live a course

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 to sound doctrine.

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 That's what he says.

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 And once they're able

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 to teach what is good,

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 then we go to

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 verses 4 and 5.

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 Then,

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 this is what he says,

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 they can urge

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 the younger women

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 to love their husband

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 and children,

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 to be self-controlled

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 and pure,

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 to be busy at home,

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 to be kind,

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 and to be subject

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 to the husband,

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 so that no one

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 will malign the word of God.

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 This is the bit

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 where I was very

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 not sure about.

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 I was thinking a lot.

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 I only work in the sermon

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 for a week,

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 and most of the week

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 I was thinking

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 in these two passages,

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 because they're very tough.

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 I think the context

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 in here,

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 in the context

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 that Paul had in mind,

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 it is what was happening

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 in Ephesus,

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 where he spoke to

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 1 Timothy 5,

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 verses 11-13,

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 where many young women,

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 mainly widows,

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 they were behaving

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 in a very bad way,

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 being controlled

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 by their passions,

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 wanting to remarry

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 just out of lust,

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 neglecting the care,

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 neglecting providing care

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 for the children,

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 and also getting themselves

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 involved in to gossip,

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 and to the point

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 that many of these women

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 were abandoning

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 the fate of Christ.

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 And I think

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 when Paul writes

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 this specific passage

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 to them,

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 he is thinking

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 what was happening

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 in Ephesus,

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 and he thinks

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 Ephesus is not,

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 it could easily

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 influence the Christians,

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 so he's saying,

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 think about this.

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 So I think in so many ways,

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 what he has in mind

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 is this,

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 what was happening there.

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 So I think Paul wants

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 Titus to urge

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 older women

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 to invest their lives

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 to influence the lives

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 of younger women,

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 so that they can live

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 in a way

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 that occurs

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 with the gospel,

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 self-control,

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 pure,

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 loving their husbands

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 and children,

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 keeping themselves busy

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 with the different tasks

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 they find at home,

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 so that no one

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 can say anything

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 against the Christian life.

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 And by no means,

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 it's not like

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 younger women

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 cannot have a career.

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 We live in a church

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 where most of the women

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 have a career,

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 they have jobs

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 and they have responsibilities.

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 I don't think

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 what Paul is trying

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 to tell you,

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 younger women,

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 that you shouldn't

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 have a career.

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 But I think he has

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 that proven Ephesus

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 in mind

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 when he's saying this.

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 And he thinks

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 that if their wives

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 and mothers,

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 home is the primary place

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 where they are to serve,

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 in addition to

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 all the different things

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 they do.

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 And I think

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 what Paul has to

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 clean in that way,

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 but then,

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 we live in different times,

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 right?

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 You could say

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 this is so old-fashioned.

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 So Paul is saying

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 that all women,

00:21:44.820 --> 00:21:45.560
 all younger women

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 have to have a husband,

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 all younger women

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 have to have children.

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 What about

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 I don't want to have children?

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 What about

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 I don't want to be a wife?

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 I think Paul

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 is specifically speaking

00:21:55.880 --> 00:21:57.580
 to a different context.

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 I don't think he's saying

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 to all younger women

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 that you must have a husband,

00:22:01.560 --> 00:22:03.220
 you must have children.

00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.100
 But,

00:22:05.100 --> 00:22:06.160
 I think

00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:09.800
 he is still saying

00:22:09.800 --> 00:22:10.900
 even without you

00:22:10.900 --> 00:22:11.600
 having a husband,

00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:13.040
 even without you

00:22:13.040 --> 00:22:13.800
 having a wife,

00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:15.380
 having a children,

00:22:15.860 --> 00:22:17.460
 you must still show

00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:18.640
 self-control.

00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:20.740
 You must still be submitted.

00:22:21.460 --> 00:22:22.920
 You must still live in faith.

00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:24.400
 You must still live

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 according to what

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:26.320
 the gospel says.

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 So,

00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:27.580
 in so many ways,

00:22:27.660 --> 00:22:28.300
 he's not telling

00:22:28.300 --> 00:22:29.140
 all the young women

00:22:29.140 --> 00:22:29.779
 to live,

00:22:30.300 --> 00:22:31.380
 to get married

00:22:31.380 --> 00:22:32.000
 and have children.

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 But he is saying

00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:33.900
 everyone,

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:34.960
 younger women,

00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:36.440
 everyone

00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:37.820
 has to live

00:22:37.820 --> 00:22:38.560
 in the way

00:22:38.560 --> 00:22:39.560
 that occurs

00:22:39.560 --> 00:22:40.080
 with the gospel.

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 And that is a good

00:22:41.940 --> 00:22:42.560
 thing to say.

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:45.039
 Then he also

00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:45.720
 have a word

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:46.940
 for younger men.

00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:48.900
 And younger men

00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:50.120
 receive only one

00:22:50.120 --> 00:22:51.120
 word of exhortation.

00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:52.039
 What he says,

00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:52.620
 verse 6,

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:54.220
 encourage the young men

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:56.120
 to be self-controlled.

00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:57.299
 Self-control,

00:22:57.400 --> 00:22:57.860
 as I said,

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:59.059
 is all throughout

00:22:59.059 --> 00:22:59.680
 this passage.

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 But that does

00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:03.640
 cover all tentations

00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:06.900
 men actually face,

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.440
 younger men.

00:23:08.100 --> 00:23:08.900
 Could be lust,

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:09.660
 could be ambitions,

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:10.680
 impatience.

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:12.180
 But in all of this,

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:12.820
 Paul says,

00:23:13.140 --> 00:23:15.019
 they must practice

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:16.580
 self-control.

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:18.180
 And as I said before,

00:23:18.820 --> 00:23:20.160
 self-control is something

00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:21.340
 that we don't like

00:23:21.340 --> 00:23:21.759
 to show.

00:23:22.120 --> 00:23:23.299
 Self-control is something

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:24.279
 we don't like to have.

00:23:24.580 --> 00:23:25.660
 And let me tell you,

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:27.680
 self-control on our own,

00:23:28.140 --> 00:23:28.940
 it's nearly impossible

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:30.160
 to have.

00:23:31.620 --> 00:23:33.059
 But the Bible says

00:23:33.059 --> 00:23:34.019
 that those who believe

00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:34.700
 Christ

00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:36.180
 have received

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.880
 the Holy Spirit.

00:23:37.600 --> 00:23:38.580
 And what a surprise,

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:40.000
 what is one of the fruits

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.660
 of the Holy Spirit?

00:23:42.420 --> 00:23:43.380
 Self-control.

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:46.039
 We can have

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:46.880
 self-control

00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:47.840
 if we trust

00:23:47.840 --> 00:23:48.340
 Christ.

00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:49.700
 Because in the moment

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.400
 that we trusted

00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:51.000
 Christ,

00:23:51.540 --> 00:23:52.380
 we received

00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:53.000
 the Holy Spirit.

00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:54.500
 And the Holy Spirit

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.220
 is able

00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:56.940
 to produce

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:58.040
 self-control

00:23:58.040 --> 00:23:58.680
 in our lives.

00:23:58.880 --> 00:23:59.640
 So what I'm telling you

00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:00.400
 is not impossible

00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:00.880
 to do.

00:24:01.580 --> 00:24:02.260
 It's challenging

00:24:02.260 --> 00:24:02.720
 to do,

00:24:03.340 --> 00:24:04.280
 but it's not impossible.

00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:05.440
 And that's what Paul

00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:06.080
 is trying to say.

00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:07.340
 But then Paul also

00:24:07.340 --> 00:24:08.840
 has a word for Titus himself.

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:10.200
 Verses 7 and 8,

00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:11.360
 this is what he says,

00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:12.259
 in everything,

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.899
 set them an example

00:24:13.899 --> 00:24:15.159
 by doing what is right,

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:16.079
 what is good.

00:24:16.439 --> 00:24:17.099
 In your teaching,

00:24:17.219 --> 00:24:17.939
 show integrity,

00:24:18.439 --> 00:24:18.819
 seriousness,

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:20.019
 and soundness

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.559
 of speech

00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:22.459
 that cannot be condemned.

00:24:22.979 --> 00:24:23.699
 So that those

00:24:23.699 --> 00:24:24.519
 who oppose you

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:25.679
 may be ashamed

00:24:25.679 --> 00:24:26.439
 because they have

00:24:26.439 --> 00:24:27.319
 nothing bad

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:28.279
 to say about us.

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.339
 The words in

00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:30.019
 verse 7,

00:24:30.399 --> 00:24:31.720
 by them,

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:32.659
 is in reference

00:24:32.659 --> 00:24:33.839
 to the younger men

00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:34.519
 that he was speaking

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:35.179
 in verse 6.

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:37.079
 As the young man himself,

00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:38.699
 Titus is called

00:24:38.699 --> 00:24:40.359
 to set an example

00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:42.459
 to another young man.

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.679
 He has to live

00:24:43.679 --> 00:24:44.240
 in that way.

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:45.159
 And I think that's

00:24:45.159 --> 00:24:45.519
 the challenge

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.240
 for all of us.

00:24:46.459 --> 00:24:47.139
 It doesn't matter

00:24:47.139 --> 00:24:48.639
 the age that we are.

00:24:50.379 --> 00:24:51.139
 As Paul is saying

00:24:51.139 --> 00:24:51.859
 to Titus,

00:24:52.199 --> 00:24:52.959
 set an example

00:24:52.959 --> 00:24:53.759
 for younger men,

00:24:53.959 --> 00:24:54.980
 I think he is

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.779
 in so many ways

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.339
 telling us

00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:57.779
 we must live

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.319
 in a way

00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:59.859
 that we set example

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:01.259
 for younger generations.

00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:03.119
 The example

00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:03.659
 has to be

00:25:03.659 --> 00:25:04.339
 integrity,

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:05.379
 seriousness,

00:25:05.639 --> 00:25:06.379
 and soundness.

00:25:06.879 --> 00:25:07.519
 Young men

00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:08.259
 in so many ways

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:09.200
 need to grow up

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:10.839
 and take life seriously.

00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:13.099
 Take their faith seriously

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:14.220
 and to be responsible.

00:25:14.919 --> 00:25:15.799
 There is no ruin

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.579
 in our church

00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:18.179
 for living for yourself

00:25:18.179 --> 00:25:19.279
 for two more decades.

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.919
 We tend to think,

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:22.019
 oh, they are young still.

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:22.879
 Oh, they are teenagers.

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.799
 They can do whatever they want.

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:25.339
 Oh, it's in his mid-20s.

00:25:25.399 --> 00:25:26.379
 One day he'll grow up.

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.619
 One day he'll mature.

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:29.139
 But Paul is saying,

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:29.779
 no, no, no.

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:30.799
 It doesn't matter

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.519
 the age you are.

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:32.500
 He said,

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:33.099
 young people,

00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:34.240
 you must live

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:34.720
 in a way

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.679
 that you set example

00:25:35.679 --> 00:25:36.220
 for everybody.

00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.639
 You must show

00:25:37.639 --> 00:25:38.099
 integrity,

00:25:38.579 --> 00:25:38.879
 seriousness,

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.679
 and soundness.

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:41.879
 Anyway,

00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:42.700
 finally,

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:43.859
 for this part,

00:25:44.439 --> 00:25:45.179
 there is also

00:25:45.179 --> 00:25:46.220
 war for slaves.

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:48.899
 In contextualizing,

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:50.119
 slaves nowadays

00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:51.299
 would be employees,

00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:52.279
 people who work.

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.759
 And, by the way,

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:55.659
 when the Bible describes,

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:56.960
 or when Paul talks

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:57.940
 about slavery,

00:25:58.140 --> 00:25:58.640
 or talks about

00:25:58.640 --> 00:25:59.400
 being a slave,

00:26:00.120 --> 00:26:00.799
 it's not like

00:26:00.799 --> 00:26:02.039
 the Bible,

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:02.840
 and Paul himself

00:26:02.840 --> 00:26:03.880
 is agreeing with slavery,

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.539
 saying that slavery

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.259
 is good

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:06.539
 in so many ways.

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:08.019
 I think what Paul is doing,

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:09.160
 he is dealing with

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:09.940
 something that was

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.660
 common practice

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:11.299
 at that time.

00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:12.500
 By itself,

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:13.259
 we all know

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:14.640
 that actually God

00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:16.000
 is there against slavery.

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.900
 He is actually

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:18.700
 the one who came

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.480
 and rescued us

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:20.059
 from the slavery

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:21.039
 or the evilness

00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:21.700
 from ourselves.

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:23.200
 He came with all power

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:24.240
 and destroyed

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:26.160
 that chains of slavery

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:27.180
 that have us captive,

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:28.779
 is what the Bible says.

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:29.380
 So,

00:26:29.600 --> 00:26:30.559
 God is there

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:31.400
 against slavery.

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.319
 Even when Paul

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:34.519
 talks about slavery,

00:26:34.860 --> 00:26:35.660
 he is not saying

00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:36.340
 slavery is good,

00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:37.200
 it's God's plan.

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:38.100
 No, no, no, no.

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:39.440
 God came

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:40.059
 and destroyed

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:40.980
 all slavery.

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:43.319
 And he set us free

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:44.100
 to the power

00:26:44.100 --> 00:26:44.759
 of his gospel

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.600
 and the sacrifice

00:26:45.600 --> 00:26:46.180
 of his son.

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:46.700
 So,

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:47.559
 it's almost good

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:48.580
 to keep that on mind.

00:26:48.580 --> 00:26:49.720
 But he speaks here

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:50.720
 about slavery,

00:26:51.360 --> 00:26:52.039
 being slaves.

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:53.259
 And this is what he says,

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.339
 verses 9 and 10.

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.740
 Teach slaves

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.420
 to be subject

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:57.220
 to their masters

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:58.339
 in every sin,

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.980
 to try to please them,

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:01.460
 not to talk back to them

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:02.819
 and not to steal for them,

00:27:03.159 --> 00:27:04.220
 but to show

00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:05.000
 that they can be

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.700
 fully trusted,

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:07.319
 so that in every way

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:08.220
 they will make

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:09.480
 the teaching about God,

00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:10.359
 our Savior,

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.259
 attractive.

00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:14.420
 Slaves can be subject

00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:15.740
 to their masters

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.579
 in a minimal

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:17.559
 and passive way,

00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:19.240
 doing what is just

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:20.139
 required to them

00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:22.000
 and no more.

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:23.859
 But what Paul says here

00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:25.420
 is he expands this

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:26.259
 by saying that

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:27.159
 these slaves,

00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:28.399
 in our context,

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:29.519
 these employees,

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:31.819
 must do things

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:32.480
 in a way

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:34.319
 to try to please

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:35.500
 their masters.

00:27:37.619 --> 00:27:38.680
 I wonder,

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.359
 this is a question

00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:41.079
 for all of us,

00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:42.740
 when was the last time

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.460
 at your workplace

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:45.159
 that you were working

00:27:45.159 --> 00:27:47.299
 to please your boss,

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:49.000
 to please your company?

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:50.460
 How many of you

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:51.019
 ask God

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:52.160
 to that temptation

00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:52.720
 of thinking,

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:53.759
 oh, it's 5 p.m.,

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.500
 it's going to be finished soon,

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:56.180
 oh, it's 4.30 now,

00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:57.440
 oh, it's 4.45 now,

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:58.119
 oh, it's going to be

00:27:58.119 --> 00:27:58.740
 fire soon.

00:27:59.299 --> 00:28:00.500
 But Paul says here

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.660
 that these slaves

00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:02.779
 need to work

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.359
 in a way

00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:04.339
 that they can

00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:04.940
 please

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:06.599
 their masters.

00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:09.759
 Deep brothers and sisters,

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.519
 that's not easy.

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:11.619
 I don't know

00:28:11.619 --> 00:28:12.640
 what your job is,

00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:14.700
 and my job itself

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:15.779
 is very difficult.

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.879
 But Paul says,

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.579
 if you're a believer,

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:19.539
 you need to work

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:19.960
 in that way.

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.799
 You need to think

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:22.359
 in a context

00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:22.980
 where you're working,

00:28:23.379 --> 00:28:24.160
 because the gospel

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:25.559
 that you're displaying

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.180
 in your life

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:27.379
 has to replicate

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:28.259
 everywhere.

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:30.579
 This requires

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:32.019
 so much more

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.559
 than thinking

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:35.039
 different checklist duties.

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:36.279
 It requires

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.279
 a change of heart,

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.359
 a radical

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:39.559
 and different attitude.

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:41.259
 It requires us

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:41.799
 to be

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:43.279
 and to seek

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:44.339
 to bless our masters

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:45.159
 and to seek

00:28:45.159 --> 00:28:45.959
 to be responsible

00:28:45.959 --> 00:28:46.699
 in our jobs.

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:48.119
 Can you imagine

00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:48.980
 Scotland

00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:51.819
 where all the Christians

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:53.079
 who work

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:54.379
 in different workplaces

00:28:54.379 --> 00:28:55.980
 would be working

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:56.740
 in order to

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.740
 please their bosses

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:59.399
 and to be responsible

00:28:59.399 --> 00:29:00.319
 in doing the best

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:00.899
 for their jobs?

00:29:01.399 --> 00:29:02.079
 Can you imagine

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:02.939
 Scotland like that?

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:05.019
 That is what Paul

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:05.379
 is telling

00:29:05.379 --> 00:29:06.419
 to the Cretans.

00:29:06.879 --> 00:29:07.799
 He wants to see

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:09.019
 this as the greatest

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.619
 place

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:11.279
 for these Cretans

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:12.179
 so the gospel

00:29:12.179 --> 00:29:12.740
 could be

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:14.620
 made and shown

00:29:14.620 --> 00:29:15.079
 attractive.

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.559
 One of the implications

00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:18.460
 that words

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:19.440
 the post words

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:20.319
 to these different groups

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:21.000
 is obvious

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.680
 but sometimes

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:22.640
 it's very much mixed.

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:24.859
 Basically what he's saying

00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:25.559
 is that you must

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:26.640
 add the age you are.

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:27.980
 If you are in your 20s

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:29.019
 you live like you're a child

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:30.220
 playing video games

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.779
 all the time.

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.900
 It is time to take

00:29:31.900 --> 00:29:33.039
 responsibilities in your home

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:34.039
 work, church

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.599
 and neighborhood.

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.960
 But he also says

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:38.259
 if you are in your 40s

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:38.960
 or 50s

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:40.660
 do not spend your time

00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:42.640
 wishing you were still young.

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:44.359
 Or fit

00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:45.339
 or beautiful.

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.460
 I know everyone here

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:46.819
 is beautiful

00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:47.819
 so that doesn't

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.599
 apply to us at all.

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:50.180
 But Paul is saying

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:52.180
 do not be your life

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:52.900
 thinking of the things

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.680
 you used to do

00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:54.960
 or you could still do.

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:56.000
 But he says

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:57.880
 be in a way

00:29:57.880 --> 00:29:59.180
 or live in a way

00:29:59.180 --> 00:29:59.960
 that you can set

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.660
 good examples

00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:01.160
 for everyone.

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:04.160
 Enjoy being the age

00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:04.620
 you are

00:30:04.620 --> 00:30:06.160
 and enjoy contributing

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:07.700
 in ways that are

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.839
 appropriate for your age.

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.940
 That's what Paul

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:10.700
 is going to teach.

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.519
 What is Paul

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:12.240
 going to teach?

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:13.519
 We just said that.

00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:15.059
 But why is Paul

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:16.000
 is Titus

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.839
 going to teach this?

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:21.440
 Because it produces

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.180
 an impact

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:23.859
 in our relationships

00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:25.079
 both internally

00:30:25.079 --> 00:30:26.279
 and externally.

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:27.420
 What do I mean by this?

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:27.940
 We'll see this.

00:30:31.120 --> 00:30:31.559
 Internally

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:32.680
 the impact it produces

00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:33.720
 if people behave like this

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.740
 if people learn that

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.880
 is that

00:30:35.880 --> 00:30:39.059
 it produces good

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:40.120
 discipleship making.

00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:41.719
 Titus 1 to 10

00:30:41.719 --> 00:30:43.179
 outlines the sort of living

00:30:43.179 --> 00:30:44.579
 that the gospel creates.

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:47.019
 But where is to be lived?

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:49.379
 It is to be lived in community.

00:30:50.219 --> 00:30:50.759
 Paul is saying

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.319
 that these believers

00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:52.219
 need to act in a way

00:30:52.219 --> 00:30:53.179
 that they can display

00:30:53.179 --> 00:30:54.039
 all those things

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:54.959
 in a community.

00:30:55.679 --> 00:30:56.759
 It's to be lived in a community

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.500
 which people

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:58.759
 are discipling

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.319
 one another.

00:30:59.939 --> 00:31:01.199
 Discipleship is not simply

00:31:01.199 --> 00:31:02.579
 going on discipleship courses

00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:04.279
 or reading discipleship books

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:06.359
 but it's everyday life skills

00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:07.920
 everyday life

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:10.559
 living with Christian family.

00:31:12.639 --> 00:31:13.799
 We perhaps can have

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.440
 organized times

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:15.059
 when we read the Bible

00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:16.299
 and we learn more about that

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:17.339
 but it also

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:18.960
 involves a lot of

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.700
 sharing time

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:20.660
 involves a lot of

00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:21.399
 sharing our lives

00:31:21.399 --> 00:31:22.259
 with younger Christians

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:23.460
 sharing our lives

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:25.339
 with older Christians

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:27.720
 investing time together

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.799
 is what he meant.

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:28.839
 And

00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:35.000
 Paul says

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:35.500
 in

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:37.599
 1 Thessalonians

00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:38.240
 chapter 2

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:38.939
 verse 8

00:31:38.939 --> 00:31:39.699
 that

00:31:39.699 --> 00:31:41.679
 because we love you so much

00:31:41.679 --> 00:31:42.839
 we were delighted

00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:44.740
 to share with you

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:46.519
 not only the gospel of God

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:48.039
 but our lives as well.

00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:50.359
 Paul shared the gospel of God

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:51.379
 in the context of

00:31:51.379 --> 00:31:52.659
 sharing his life with people.

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:54.639
 As you share your life

00:31:54.639 --> 00:31:55.519
 with another believer

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:57.279
 and you share others' life

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:58.379
 people will see

00:31:58.380 --> 00:31:59.300
 Christian living

00:31:59.300 --> 00:32:00.400
 model

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:02.720
 and you will also see

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:03.500
 Christian living

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:04.360
 model to you.

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:06.080
 Imagine as a community

00:32:06.080 --> 00:32:07.340
 imagine as a church

00:32:07.340 --> 00:32:08.480
 the younger men

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:09.640
 hanging out with the older men

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:10.700
 the younger women

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:12.300
 hanging out with

00:32:12.300 --> 00:32:14.080
 the older women.

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:15.280
 Imagine a community

00:32:15.280 --> 00:32:16.120
 where we don't only

00:32:16.120 --> 00:32:17.020
 gather together

00:32:17.020 --> 00:32:17.720
 to read the Bible

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:19.540
 or to listen to a sermon

00:32:19.540 --> 00:32:20.720
 but imagine

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.900
 that sort of life

00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:23.200
 in a Christian community

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:24.080
 where we gather

00:32:24.080 --> 00:32:24.800
 to do steps

00:32:24.800 --> 00:32:25.100
 like

00:32:25.100 --> 00:32:26.160
 I don't know

00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:27.940
 baking a cake

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:29.740
 the different things

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.580
 that we can actually do.

00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:32.220
 That's what Paul is interested in.

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:33.000
 Paul is interested in

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.820
 these people

00:32:33.820 --> 00:32:35.160
 not only hang around

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:36.480
 to learn about the gospel

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:38.160
 but they also hang around

00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:39.420
 to learn about life skills

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:41.779
 to be living in a way

00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:42.759
 that they are

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:44.460
 close to one another

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:45.700
 and they can nurture

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:46.259
 one another

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:47.019
 in so many ways.

00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:51.860
 In discipleship

00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:53.000
 discipleship takes place

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.619
 in a community

00:32:53.619 --> 00:32:55.599
 Christians are not meant

00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:56.399
 to live like

00:32:56.399 --> 00:32:57.379
 alumnus ships.

00:32:58.339 --> 00:32:59.159
 We are meant to live

00:32:59.159 --> 00:32:59.740
 in flocks

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:01.039
 and it's an important

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:02.059
 future of the community

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:02.979
 based discipleship

00:33:02.979 --> 00:33:04.039
 that it happens

00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:05.399
 across generations.

00:33:05.959 --> 00:33:06.439
 At the end

00:33:06.439 --> 00:33:07.439
 this whole letter

00:33:07.439 --> 00:33:08.240
 of Titus

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:09.159
 is about

00:33:09.159 --> 00:33:10.099
 older men

00:33:10.099 --> 00:33:11.939
 nurturing the faith

00:33:11.939 --> 00:33:12.939
 and ministry

00:33:12.939 --> 00:33:14.279
 of the younger ones

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:15.419
 and vice versa.

00:33:17.719 --> 00:33:18.359
 Paul is seeking

00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:19.159
 to paint a picture

00:33:19.159 --> 00:33:19.959
 in a community

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:21.500
 in which older men

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:22.279
 and older women

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:23.799
 are teaching younger men

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:24.539
 and younger women.

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:26.059
 That younger people

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:27.779
 are seeking out

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:28.279
 the advice

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:29.079
 of older people.

00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:30.200
 Younger people

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.880
 are submitting

00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:32.480
 to the direction

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:33.500
 of older people.

00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:35.019
 So quick application

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.880
 would be like

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:37.360
 if you are young

00:33:37.360 --> 00:33:39.460
 you can find

00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:40.420
 somebody to disciple.

00:33:43.840 --> 00:33:45.039
 If you are old

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:46.380
 you can find

00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:47.380
 someone to disciple.

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:49.160
 If you consider

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:49.920
 to be somewhere

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.540
 in the middle

00:33:50.540 --> 00:33:52.400
 you can do both.

00:33:53.560 --> 00:33:54.140
 So you can

00:33:54.140 --> 00:33:56.180
 invest your life

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:57.240
 to help somebody

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:57.600
 younger

00:33:57.600 --> 00:33:58.580
 if you are old

00:33:58.580 --> 00:34:00.080
 and you can invest

00:34:00.080 --> 00:34:00.500
 the life

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:01.160
 to be learned

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:02.080
 from somebody older

00:34:02.080 --> 00:34:02.720
 if you are young

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:03.960
 if you are in the middle

00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:04.820
 you can do both.

00:34:05.300 --> 00:34:05.860
 That is what

00:34:05.860 --> 00:34:06.500
 Christian community

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:06.920
 is about.

00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:08.559
 That is the sort

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.159
 of living

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:10.519
 that Paul is interested

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:12.380
 in the Crete community

00:34:12.380 --> 00:34:13.680
 and also

00:34:13.680 --> 00:34:14.340
 it's the sort of living

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:15.099
 that Paul is interested

00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:15.579
 in the Bronsted

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.320
 Evangelical Church.

00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:21.559
 The other thing

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.320
 we can say as well

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:22.840
 is not only

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.580
 produces changes

00:34:23.580 --> 00:34:24.180
 internally

00:34:24.180 --> 00:34:24.760
 but it also

00:34:24.760 --> 00:34:26.039
 impacts externally.

00:34:26.700 --> 00:34:27.640
 Externally the gospel

00:34:27.640 --> 00:34:28.620
 becomes attractive

00:34:28.620 --> 00:34:29.300
 it says

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:30.120
 and no one

00:34:30.120 --> 00:34:30.840
 has anything

00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:31.700
 against the gospel.

00:34:32.140 --> 00:34:32.820
 Living the sort

00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:33.240
 of living

00:34:33.240 --> 00:34:34.260
 that the gospel

00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:34.640
 produces

00:34:34.640 --> 00:34:35.720
 is not only good

00:34:35.720 --> 00:34:36.320
 for all disciples

00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:36.780
 you make

00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:38.480
 in the church

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:39.320
 but it also

00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:40.380
 helps our relationships

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:41.100
 in the community

00:34:41.100 --> 00:34:42.160
 outside the church.

00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:43.319
 Paul knew

00:34:43.319 --> 00:34:44.679
 that being self-controlled

00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:45.480
 and living

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:45.920
 in the right

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.440
 mission

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:47.299
 will mean

00:34:47.299 --> 00:34:47.819
 swimming against

00:34:47.819 --> 00:34:48.199
 the culture

00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:48.819
 as we said

00:34:48.819 --> 00:34:49.759
 but yet

00:34:49.759 --> 00:34:50.239
 Paul says

00:34:50.239 --> 00:34:50.839
 to young women

00:34:50.839 --> 00:34:51.719
 to be subject

00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:52.319
 to the husband

00:34:52.319 --> 00:34:53.579
 so that no one

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:54.079
 will malign

00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:54.899
 the word of God

00:34:54.899 --> 00:34:56.639
 and he also

00:34:56.639 --> 00:34:57.519
 said to slaves

00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:58.659
 you should be

00:34:58.659 --> 00:34:59.599
 subject to the husband

00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:00.319
 in everything

00:35:00.319 --> 00:35:02.460
 so that in every way

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:05.920
 they will make

00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:06.379
 the teaching

00:35:06.379 --> 00:35:07.000
 about God

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.619
 our Savior

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:08.839
 attractive.

00:35:09.319 --> 00:35:09.940
 Notice that

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:10.899
 this implication

00:35:10.900 --> 00:35:11.660
 saw that

00:35:11.660 --> 00:35:12.519
 they have to do

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:12.820
 this

00:35:12.820 --> 00:35:13.500
 so that people

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:14.240
 will see this

00:35:14.240 --> 00:35:15.820
 so this is about

00:35:15.820 --> 00:35:16.700
 cause and effect

00:35:16.700 --> 00:35:17.300
 and the cause

00:35:17.300 --> 00:35:17.980
 is submission

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.840
 with effect

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.360
 of mission.

00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:20.880
 People may not

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:21.700
 like it

00:35:21.700 --> 00:35:22.280
 when we talk

00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:23.420
 about self-control

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:26.119
 and submission

00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:27.440
 but they find it

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:28.079
 so attractive

00:35:28.079 --> 00:35:28.599
 when they see

00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:29.240
 this play.

00:35:30.680 --> 00:35:31.579
 People perhaps

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:32.099
 don't like

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:32.539
 what Christians

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:33.660
 talk about marriage

00:35:33.660 --> 00:35:34.880
 but let me tell you

00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:35.720
 they love seeing

00:35:35.720 --> 00:35:36.599
 a marriage that works.

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:39.000
 They love to see

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.539
 a marriage where

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:40.639
 men and women

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:41.819
 they do respect

00:35:41.819 --> 00:35:42.259
 each other

00:35:42.259 --> 00:35:42.960
 they do submit

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.400
 each other

00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:44.199
 to God's will.

00:35:45.359 --> 00:35:46.039
 They don't like

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:46.440
 to be taught

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:46.719
 about it

00:35:46.719 --> 00:35:47.219
 but they love

00:35:47.219 --> 00:35:48.039
 seeing the results

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.400
 of it.

00:35:48.719 --> 00:35:49.000
 And I think

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.679
 that's what Paul

00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:50.099
 is saying.

00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:50.839
 Paul is saying

00:35:50.839 --> 00:35:51.940
 to teach this

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.679
 because this is good

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:53.480
 because the gospel

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:54.279
 is this place

00:35:54.279 --> 00:35:55.299
 and people can see it.

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:56.619
 Making the gospel

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:57.119
 attractive

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:58.339
 doesn't mean

00:35:58.339 --> 00:35:59.239
 that we need

00:35:59.239 --> 00:36:00.099
 to add something

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:00.719
 to the gospel

00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:02.920
 to make it nicer.

00:36:04.199 --> 00:36:04.579
 Rather

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:05.619
 making the gospel

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:06.119
 attractive

00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:07.739
 means that

00:36:07.739 --> 00:36:08.079
 we are

00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:08.739
 distracting

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:09.420
 ourselves

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:10.739
 from living

00:36:10.739 --> 00:36:11.299
 in a selfish

00:36:11.299 --> 00:36:11.759
 way

00:36:11.759 --> 00:36:12.779
 to live

00:36:12.779 --> 00:36:13.460
 in a way

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:14.360
 in which

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:14.799
 the gospel

00:36:14.799 --> 00:36:15.840
 is magnified

00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:17.079
 in which

00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:17.519
 the gospel

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:19.139
 is desired

00:36:19.139 --> 00:36:20.079
 in which

00:36:20.079 --> 00:36:20.599
 the gospel

00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:21.219
 is seeing

00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:22.199
 as something

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:22.699
 that really

00:36:22.699 --> 00:36:23.199
 changes

00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:24.039
 people's lives.

00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:25.139
 And that is

00:36:25.139 --> 00:36:25.559
 what Paul

00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:25.980
 is saying

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:26.759
 when he says

00:36:26.759 --> 00:36:28.000
 making the gospel

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.440
 attractive.

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:29.880
 I wonder

00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:32.059
 are we

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:33.139
 making the gospel

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:33.579
 attractive

00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:34.259
 in our lives?

00:36:34.260 --> 00:36:36.140
 perhaps that's

00:36:36.140 --> 00:36:36.700
 a good question

00:36:36.700 --> 00:36:37.140
 we need to ask

00:36:37.140 --> 00:36:37.460
 tonight.

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.740
 That is a question

00:36:38.740 --> 00:36:39.060
 that Paul

00:36:39.060 --> 00:36:39.540
 was asking

00:36:39.540 --> 00:36:40.120
 to Titus

00:36:40.120 --> 00:36:40.440
 to make

00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:41.380
 to the church

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:41.860
 in Crete.

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:42.800
 And I think

00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:43.300
 it's a question

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:43.800
 he's making

00:36:43.800 --> 00:36:44.560
 to us as well.

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.800
 Are we

00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:47.300
 acting in a way

00:36:47.300 --> 00:36:48.240
 in our different

00:36:48.240 --> 00:36:49.100
 relationships

00:36:49.100 --> 00:36:51.280
 that produces

00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:52.040
 that the gospel

00:36:52.040 --> 00:36:52.700
 becomes attractive

00:36:52.700 --> 00:36:53.240
 to people?

00:36:54.100 --> 00:36:54.740
 Or people are

00:36:54.740 --> 00:36:55.540
 so terrified

00:36:55.540 --> 00:36:56.220
 of what the gospel

00:36:56.220 --> 00:36:56.600
 is they don't

00:36:56.600 --> 00:36:56.920
 want to know

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.700
 anything about it.

00:37:00.860 --> 00:37:02.060
 We need to act

00:37:02.060 --> 00:37:02.520
 in a way

00:37:02.520 --> 00:37:03.020
 which made

00:37:03.020 --> 00:37:03.380
 the gospel

00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:03.880
 attractive

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:04.920
 and the gospel

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:05.780
 is magnified

00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:06.960
 as the power

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:07.420
 of God

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:08.300
 saved men

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:09.119
 and restored

00:37:09.119 --> 00:37:09.559
 him from

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:10.340
 his broken

00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:11.460
 condition.

00:37:11.740 --> 00:37:12.280
 So we've seen

00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:12.920
 what he's going

00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:13.220
 to teach

00:37:13.220 --> 00:37:13.519
 we've seen

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:14.119
 why he's going

00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:14.400
 to teach

00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:15.260
 and finally

00:37:15.260 --> 00:37:16.240
 not alone

00:37:16.240 --> 00:37:17.099
 we'll see

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:18.160
 how he's going

00:37:18.160 --> 00:37:18.700
 to teach.

00:37:20.579 --> 00:37:21.760
 Titus is to be told

00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:22.860
 in verse 7 and 8

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:24.140
 Titus is to be told

00:37:24.140 --> 00:37:25.599
 how he's going

00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:26.119
 to do it.

00:37:26.300 --> 00:37:26.760
 He says

00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:27.840
 in everything

00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:29.180
 set an example

00:37:29.180 --> 00:37:30.059
 by doing what is good.

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:31.340
 In your teaching

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:32.200
 show integrity

00:37:32.200 --> 00:37:32.940
 seriousness

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.840
 and soundness

00:37:33.840 --> 00:37:34.320
 of speech.

00:37:35.139 --> 00:37:36.179
 So two things

00:37:36.179 --> 00:37:36.519
 here.

00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:37.619
 First he's going

00:37:37.619 --> 00:37:38.659
 to set an example

00:37:38.659 --> 00:37:39.119
 as he said

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:39.420
 before.

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:40.400
 He says

00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:41.619
 open your life

00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:42.340
 let the people

00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:42.840
 see

00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:44.860
 have people

00:37:44.860 --> 00:37:45.420
 at your home

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:46.079
 take them

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:47.000
 invite somebody

00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:47.900
 to come and see you

00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:49.079
 let them expose

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:49.820
 yourself out

00:37:49.820 --> 00:37:50.820
 so people see

00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:51.539
 how you are

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:52.400
 people see

00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:53.079
 the way you live

00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:53.559
 people see

00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:53.960
 how you treat

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:54.420
 your wife

00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:55.059
 people see

00:37:55.059 --> 00:37:55.400
 how you treat

00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:55.800
 your husband

00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:56.220
 people see

00:37:56.220 --> 00:37:56.559
 how you treat

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.059
 your parents

00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:57.700
 people see

00:37:57.700 --> 00:37:58.360
 how you treat

00:37:58.360 --> 00:38:00.480
 your children

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:01.719
 and they say

00:38:01.719 --> 00:38:02.460
 wow this is

00:38:02.460 --> 00:38:03.059
 what I want

00:38:03.059 --> 00:38:04.480
 set an example

00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:05.579
 I think this is

00:38:05.579 --> 00:38:06.159
 a time for

00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:06.800
 Christians

00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:08.280
 not to be going

00:38:08.280 --> 00:38:08.740
 and fighting

00:38:08.740 --> 00:38:09.280
 what is right

00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:09.880
 what is wrong

00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:10.639
 but actually

00:38:10.639 --> 00:38:11.240
 this is a time

00:38:11.240 --> 00:38:11.860
 for Christians

00:38:11.860 --> 00:38:13.000
 to show out

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:13.699
 all the world

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:14.980
 and display

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:15.659
 what the gospel

00:38:15.659 --> 00:38:16.199
 is about.

00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:18.159
 Paul is interested

00:38:18.159 --> 00:38:18.780
 in the titles

00:38:18.780 --> 00:38:19.659
 to teach this

00:38:19.659 --> 00:38:20.639
 and press on

00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:21.119
 on this.

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:22.940
 Let them see

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:23.480
 your marriages

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:24.519
 let them see

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:25.179
 your parenting

00:38:25.179 --> 00:38:26.739
 this is not

00:38:26.739 --> 00:38:27.519
 only teaching

00:38:27.519 --> 00:38:28.119
 a Bible

00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:29.039
 but it's also

00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:29.899
 teaching someone

00:38:29.899 --> 00:38:30.819
 to as I said

00:38:30.819 --> 00:38:31.739
 make a cake

00:38:31.739 --> 00:38:32.960
 perhaps manage

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.519
 a budget

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:34.940
 I don't know

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:35.839
 shake the car

00:38:35.839 --> 00:38:36.159
 oil

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:37.019
 so many of us

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:37.899
 don't know

00:38:37.899 --> 00:38:38.579
 how to do that

00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:40.460
 invest time

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:41.159
 to be around

00:38:41.159 --> 00:38:41.639
 people

00:38:41.639 --> 00:38:42.339
 so that they

00:38:42.339 --> 00:38:42.759
 can see

00:38:42.759 --> 00:38:43.419
 what life

00:38:43.419 --> 00:38:43.980
 is about

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:45.259
 not only

00:38:45.259 --> 00:38:46.079
 to read the Bible

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:46.539
 all together

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:47.259
 which is great

00:38:47.259 --> 00:38:47.739
 but actually

00:38:47.739 --> 00:38:48.859
 to see who you are

00:38:48.859 --> 00:38:50.379
 because who you are

00:38:50.379 --> 00:38:51.419
 is not only reflecting

00:38:51.419 --> 00:38:51.940
 what you know

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:52.559
 about the Bible

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:53.219
 but who you are

00:38:53.219 --> 00:38:53.739
 is reflected

00:38:53.739 --> 00:38:55.039
 is how you treat

00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:55.360
 people

00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:56.380
 how you are

00:38:56.380 --> 00:38:57.099
 around people

00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:58.340
 and who you are

00:38:58.340 --> 00:38:58.719
 in the presence

00:38:58.719 --> 00:38:59.079
 of God

00:38:59.079 --> 00:38:59.719
 but nobody see

00:38:59.719 --> 00:39:01.960
 and that is

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:02.500
 what Paul is

00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:03.000
 interested in

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:03.639
 Titus to do

00:39:03.639 --> 00:39:04.840
 and it's a difficult

00:39:04.840 --> 00:39:06.559
 it's a very difficult

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:08.119
 thing to do

00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:10.460
 one of the lovely

00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:11.480
 things about church

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:12.159
 is that

00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:12.980
 it is a place

00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:14.059
 where we can learn

00:39:14.059 --> 00:39:15.139
 life skills

00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:17.179
 both for eternity

00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:18.480
 and for today

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:19.559
 we got so many

00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:20.400
 young people here

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:21.940
 we got so many

00:39:21.940 --> 00:39:22.800
 older people here

00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:24.320
 how many things

00:39:24.320 --> 00:39:24.860
 can we learn

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:25.900
 from one another

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:27.180
 apart from the Bible

00:39:27.180 --> 00:39:29.079
 that is the challenge

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:29.599
 that Paul is

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:30.760
 telling Titus

00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:31.559
 to be aware of

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:32.579
 and that is the challenge

00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:33.360
 I think that the Lord

00:39:33.360 --> 00:39:34.260
 is bringing to us tonight

00:39:34.260 --> 00:39:35.660
 and pass our time

00:39:35.660 --> 00:39:37.559
 impact somebody else's

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:38.960
 you don't need to know

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:39.500
 the whole Bible

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:40.800
 to impact somebody else's life

00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:42.240
 but you have to be

00:39:42.240 --> 00:39:43.000
 desired to do it

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:43.840
 and finally

00:39:43.840 --> 00:39:44.500
 the last thing

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:45.720
 he has to teach

00:39:45.720 --> 00:39:46.240
 the gospel

00:39:46.240 --> 00:39:47.780
 sometimes it must be

00:39:47.780 --> 00:39:48.720
 more planned

00:39:48.720 --> 00:39:49.660
 as you Bible study

00:39:49.660 --> 00:39:51.579
 or you go to a book

00:39:51.579 --> 00:39:52.079
 of the Bible

00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:53.159
 and you spend time

00:39:53.159 --> 00:39:53.599
 together

00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:55.920
 but Paul describes

00:39:55.920 --> 00:39:57.319
 that characteristics

00:39:57.319 --> 00:39:58.219
 of a healthy gospel

00:39:58.219 --> 00:39:58.619
 teaching

00:39:58.619 --> 00:40:00.259
 he says in verse 7

00:40:00.259 --> 00:40:02.239
 that we teach people

00:40:02.239 --> 00:40:02.960
 with integrity

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:04.079
 in other words

00:40:04.079 --> 00:40:04.559
 he says

00:40:04.559 --> 00:40:05.739
 we live what we teach

00:40:05.739 --> 00:40:06.799
 in verse 7

00:40:06.799 --> 00:40:07.420
 as well he says

00:40:07.420 --> 00:40:08.000
 we teach people

00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:08.679
 with seriousness

00:40:08.679 --> 00:40:09.940
 in other words

00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:12.119
 we love what we teach

00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:13.319
 and show that it matters

00:40:13.319 --> 00:40:13.900
 to us

00:40:13.900 --> 00:40:15.880
 and we teach people

00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:16.659
 with soundness

00:40:16.659 --> 00:40:17.519
 or health

00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:18.980
 in other words

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:20.539
 we teach what lead

00:40:20.539 --> 00:40:21.019
 to spiritual

00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:22.320
 and emotional health

00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:24.460
 the gospel in one sense

00:40:24.460 --> 00:40:25.940
 summarizing

00:40:25.940 --> 00:40:27.360
 has to be

00:40:27.360 --> 00:40:28.519
 totalitarian

00:40:28.519 --> 00:40:29.360
 in our lives

00:40:29.360 --> 00:40:31.139
 what do I mean

00:40:31.139 --> 00:40:31.940
 by totalitarian

00:40:31.940 --> 00:40:32.599
 in our lives

00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:33.960
 that its effects

00:40:33.960 --> 00:40:34.719
 must be seen

00:40:34.719 --> 00:40:35.320
 everywhere

00:40:35.320 --> 00:40:36.940
 we are good

00:40:36.940 --> 00:40:37.699
 displaying the effects

00:40:37.699 --> 00:40:38.099
 of the gospel

00:40:38.099 --> 00:40:38.759
 around the church

00:40:38.759 --> 00:40:40.219
 we are good

00:40:40.219 --> 00:40:40.840
 displaying the gospel

00:40:40.840 --> 00:40:41.579
 around believers

00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:42.840
 but sometimes

00:40:42.840 --> 00:40:43.719
 we struggle

00:40:43.719 --> 00:40:45.199
 to display

00:40:45.199 --> 00:40:45.780
 the effects

00:40:45.780 --> 00:40:46.259
 of the gospel

00:40:46.259 --> 00:40:47.500
 around non-believers

00:40:47.500 --> 00:40:48.880
 and that is what

00:40:48.880 --> 00:40:49.679
 Paul is interested

00:40:49.679 --> 00:40:50.679
 in Titus to do

00:40:50.679 --> 00:40:52.320
 show to the world

00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:53.119
 who you are

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:54.079
 that you are

00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:55.380
 somebody who believes

00:40:55.380 --> 00:40:57.340
 and lives

00:40:57.340 --> 00:40:58.219
 by the gospel

00:40:58.219 --> 00:41:00.519
 and you prove

00:41:00.519 --> 00:41:00.880
 that the gospel

00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:01.760
 matters to them

00:41:01.760 --> 00:41:04.579
 and the gospel

00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:05.039
 has to be

00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:05.500
 totalitarian

00:41:05.500 --> 00:41:05.800
 in a way

00:41:05.800 --> 00:41:06.480
 has to be

00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:07.699
 affected in everything

00:41:07.699 --> 00:41:09.079
 and anything you do

00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:09.739
 we see it here

00:41:09.739 --> 00:41:10.719
 younger people

00:41:10.719 --> 00:41:12.320
 older people

00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:13.519
 people at work

00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:14.599
 people at home

00:41:14.599 --> 00:41:15.639
 wives

00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:16.820
 children

00:41:16.820 --> 00:41:17.440
 husbands

00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:18.300
 everybody

00:41:18.300 --> 00:41:19.360
 has to display

00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:20.740
 all those things

00:41:20.740 --> 00:41:22.400
 so

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:25.260
 this chapter

00:41:25.260 --> 00:41:26.080
 and I'm finishing

00:41:26.080 --> 00:41:26.559
 with this

00:41:26.559 --> 00:41:27.559
 it starts with

00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:28.580
 you whoever

00:41:28.580 --> 00:41:30.100
 must teach

00:41:30.100 --> 00:41:31.340
 what is appropriate

00:41:31.340 --> 00:41:32.280
 to some doctrine

00:41:32.280 --> 00:41:33.840
 and I think

00:41:33.840 --> 00:41:34.140
 in best

00:41:34.140 --> 00:41:34.580
 what we hear

00:41:34.580 --> 00:41:35.039
 tonight

00:41:35.039 --> 00:41:36.559
 I would say

00:41:36.559 --> 00:41:37.740
 and I would add

00:41:37.740 --> 00:41:39.500
 you whoever

00:41:39.500 --> 00:41:41.539
 must live

00:41:41.539 --> 00:41:44.199
 in the way

00:41:44.199 --> 00:41:45.719
 that is appropriate

00:41:45.719 --> 00:41:47.320
 to some doctrine

00:41:47.320 --> 00:41:49.980
 so it doesn't matter

00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:50.779
 the age you are

00:41:50.779 --> 00:41:51.559
 I think Paul

00:41:51.559 --> 00:41:52.480
 had a word for you

00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:53.239
 through Titus

00:41:53.239 --> 00:41:56.159
 and the word for you

00:41:56.159 --> 00:41:56.519
 was

00:41:56.519 --> 00:41:58.159
 leave who you are

00:41:58.159 --> 00:41:59.380
 and spend time

00:41:59.380 --> 00:42:00.159
 with somebody else

00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:01.279
 to show who you are

00:42:01.279 --> 00:42:02.739
 live in the way

00:42:02.739 --> 00:42:03.199
 that accords

00:42:03.199 --> 00:42:03.699
 to the gospel

00:42:03.699 --> 00:42:06.119
 so what is the challenge

00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:06.759
 for us today

00:42:06.759 --> 00:42:08.320
 perhaps this is the challenge

00:42:08.320 --> 00:42:08.920
 for us to spend

00:42:08.920 --> 00:42:09.539
 some more time

00:42:09.539 --> 00:42:09.960
 together

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:13.300
 when was the last time

00:42:13.300 --> 00:42:13.840
 you had somebody

00:42:13.840 --> 00:42:14.420
 young to talk

00:42:14.420 --> 00:42:15.039
 about things

00:42:15.039 --> 00:42:16.500
 when was the last time

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:17.119
 you invited somebody

00:42:17.119 --> 00:42:17.840
 out for coffee

00:42:17.840 --> 00:42:19.700
 when was the last time

00:42:19.700 --> 00:42:20.260
 young people

00:42:20.260 --> 00:42:21.139
 you went to

00:42:21.139 --> 00:42:21.880
 speak at the

00:42:21.880 --> 00:42:23.220
 somebody off

00:42:23.220 --> 00:42:23.720
 in our church

00:42:23.720 --> 00:42:25.039
 we have a great

00:42:25.039 --> 00:42:26.119
 generation of elderly

00:42:26.119 --> 00:42:26.740
 in our church

00:42:26.740 --> 00:42:28.480
 and hopefully

00:42:28.480 --> 00:42:29.579
 in God's

00:42:29.579 --> 00:42:30.780
 promise

00:42:30.780 --> 00:42:31.800
 we have a great

00:42:31.800 --> 00:42:32.360
 generation of

00:42:32.360 --> 00:42:33.240
 youngers coming up

00:42:33.240 --> 00:42:34.480
 wouldn't it be

00:42:34.480 --> 00:42:35.139
 amazing

00:42:35.139 --> 00:42:35.800
 if we both

00:42:35.800 --> 00:42:36.300
 match up

00:42:36.300 --> 00:42:36.700
 and we spend

00:42:36.700 --> 00:42:37.360
 some time together

00:42:37.360 --> 00:42:38.840
 that we learn

00:42:38.840 --> 00:42:39.519
 from the elderly

00:42:39.519 --> 00:42:41.019
 and we are

00:42:41.019 --> 00:42:41.480
 challenging

00:42:41.480 --> 00:42:42.160
 from them

00:42:42.160 --> 00:42:43.559
 and we also

00:42:43.559 --> 00:42:44.059
 we take these

00:42:44.059 --> 00:42:45.059
 ingross of the youngsters

00:42:45.059 --> 00:42:47.019
 Paul is speaking

00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:47.820
 to Titus

00:42:47.820 --> 00:42:48.860
 and he's saying

00:42:48.860 --> 00:42:50.019
 this church

00:42:50.019 --> 00:42:51.220
 must live in a way

00:42:51.220 --> 00:42:52.079
 that accords

00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:52.780
 to sound doctrine

00:42:52.780 --> 00:42:56.579
 how do you do it

00:42:56.579 --> 00:42:57.900
 be who you are

00:42:57.900 --> 00:42:58.539
 in Christ

00:42:58.539 --> 00:43:00.180
 be

00:43:00.180 --> 00:43:01.920
 self-controlled

00:43:01.920 --> 00:43:03.860
 be submitted

00:43:03.860 --> 00:43:05.960
 respect

00:43:05.960 --> 00:43:07.039
 and be worthy

00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:07.700
 of respect

00:43:07.700 --> 00:43:09.500
 spend your time

00:43:09.500 --> 00:43:10.000
 with people

00:43:10.000 --> 00:43:11.539
 you don't need

00:43:11.539 --> 00:43:12.220
 to be the best

00:43:12.220 --> 00:43:12.920
 preacher of the world

00:43:12.920 --> 00:43:13.380
 to spend time

00:43:13.380 --> 00:43:13.840
 with people

00:43:13.840 --> 00:43:15.500
 one of the things

00:43:15.500 --> 00:43:16.039
 I used to love

00:43:16.039 --> 00:43:16.700
 in my old church

00:43:16.700 --> 00:43:17.640
 I used to hang out

00:43:17.640 --> 00:43:18.160
 with the old bodies

00:43:18.160 --> 00:43:18.700
 all the time

00:43:18.700 --> 00:43:21.519
 time difference

00:43:21.519 --> 00:43:22.420
 language barrier

00:43:22.420 --> 00:43:23.500
 doesn't happen here

00:43:23.500 --> 00:43:24.059
 much often

00:43:24.059 --> 00:43:24.920
 but I wish you could

00:43:24.920 --> 00:43:25.840
 but

00:43:25.840 --> 00:43:26.960
 I always say

00:43:26.960 --> 00:43:27.599
 I can try now

00:43:27.599 --> 00:43:28.120
 I can almost come

00:43:28.120 --> 00:43:28.500
 to your home

00:43:28.500 --> 00:43:30.140
 you can almost

00:43:30.140 --> 00:43:31.019
 have somebody

00:43:31.019 --> 00:43:31.599
 around you

00:43:31.599 --> 00:43:32.799
 but

00:43:32.799 --> 00:43:34.259
 let me tell you

00:43:34.259 --> 00:43:35.639
 Titus

00:43:35.639 --> 00:43:36.880
 is a good challenge

00:43:36.880 --> 00:43:37.440
 for us

00:43:37.440 --> 00:43:39.119
 because he teaches

00:43:39.119 --> 00:43:40.179
 us different generations

00:43:40.179 --> 00:43:41.599
 and he challenges

00:43:41.599 --> 00:43:42.000
 us

00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:43.639
 to a different generation

00:43:43.639 --> 00:43:45.699
 and different relationships

00:43:45.699 --> 00:43:47.639
 I hope we take

00:43:47.639 --> 00:43:48.659
 this challenge seriously

00:43:48.659 --> 00:43:50.199
 and

00:43:50.199 --> 00:43:51.460
 we'll see what happens

00:43:51.460 --> 00:43:52.079
 in the next

00:43:52.079 --> 00:43:53.639
 part of chapter 2

00:43:53.639 --> 00:43:54.319
 let's pray

00:43:54.319 --> 00:44:00.039
 Father we live in a way

00:44:00.039 --> 00:44:01.500
 and in a culture

00:44:01.500 --> 00:44:02.760
 that actually

00:44:02.760 --> 00:44:04.239
 doesn't like

00:44:04.239 --> 00:44:04.860
 self-control

00:44:04.860 --> 00:44:06.739
 it actually

00:44:06.739 --> 00:44:07.519
 opposes it

00:44:07.519 --> 00:44:09.300
 we live in a culture

00:44:09.300 --> 00:44:09.960
 that

00:44:09.960 --> 00:44:11.099
 they don't like

00:44:11.099 --> 00:44:11.559
 submission

00:44:11.559 --> 00:44:13.059
 actually opposes

00:44:13.059 --> 00:44:15.159
 and it's a big part

00:44:15.159 --> 00:44:15.619
 of the church

00:44:15.619 --> 00:44:16.300
 has actually been

00:44:16.300 --> 00:44:17.480
 affected by it

00:44:17.480 --> 00:44:19.579
 and because of that

00:44:19.579 --> 00:44:19.980
 Lord

00:44:19.980 --> 00:44:20.940
 the gospel

00:44:20.940 --> 00:44:21.840
 that is already

00:44:21.840 --> 00:44:22.579
 by itself

00:44:22.579 --> 00:44:23.099
 attracted

00:44:23.099 --> 00:44:24.579
 has perhaps

00:44:24.579 --> 00:44:25.059
 become

00:44:25.059 --> 00:44:25.940
 diminished

00:44:25.940 --> 00:44:27.320
 and people

00:44:27.320 --> 00:44:28.139
 don't really want

00:44:28.139 --> 00:44:28.960
 to know more

00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:29.820
 about the gospel

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 but

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 as we sing

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 tonight Lord

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 help us to see

00:44:34.880 --> 00:44:35.900
 this challenge

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 and help us

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 to live in a way

00:44:38.720 --> 00:44:39.639
 that

00:44:39.639 --> 00:44:40.619
 occurs to some

00:44:40.619 --> 00:44:41.099
 doctrine

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 help us to live

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 in a way

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 that is worth

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 of the gospel

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 help us to live

00:44:47.279 --> 00:44:47.619
 in a way

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 that we set

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 examples

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 it doesn't matter

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 what our ages are

00:44:50.860 --> 00:44:51.819
 doesn't matter

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 what our

00:44:52.599 --> 00:44:53.819
 situations are

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 doesn't matter

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 who do we know

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 what do we know

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 but we live in a way

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 we trust you

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 and we live in a way

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 we believe what you

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 have to tell us

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 and we live in a way

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 we display the qualities

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 of the gospel

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 so that the gospel

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 by itself

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 it's magnifying

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 our lives

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 father

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 help us to see

00:45:13.780 --> 00:45:14.539
 this challenge

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 from Titus

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 and help us

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 to see this challenge

00:45:17.539 --> 00:45:18.180
 from Paul

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 and help us

00:45:19.559 --> 00:45:20.480
 to see this challenge

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 from you Lord

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 to work

00:45:23.579 --> 00:45:24.579
 in our relationships

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 not only

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 the times

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 when we read

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 the Bible

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 and we'll

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 talk about your war

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 but actually

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 the times

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 when we spend

00:45:31.680 --> 00:45:32.360
 time together

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 let

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 Bronzeville Evangelical

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 Church

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 come out

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 to the world

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 and be seen

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 and displaying

00:45:40.559 --> 00:45:41.299
 what the gospel

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 is about

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 father I thank you

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 for my brothers

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 and sisters

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 I pray for their week

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 I pray for the things

00:45:46.859 --> 00:45:47.500
 that are going to come

00:45:47.500 --> 00:45:48.000
 their way

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 may they all be

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 an example

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 and live

00:45:50.899 --> 00:45:51.979
 self-control

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 and submit it

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 so the gospel

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 becomes

00:45:54.699 --> 00:45:55.659
 attractive

00:45:55.659 --> 00:45:56.419
 in their lives

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 for the people

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 to see

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 when it's displayed

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 in the name of your son

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 Amen