1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Hey, they're faith listeners. Welcome to the Bible 2 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: Explained Podcast. I'm not gonna chit chat very much this 3 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:18,240 Speaker 1: morning because we're going to be in Titus chapter two, 4 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: and there is a lot of content in this short 5 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: little passage. So before I begin the episode, here's a 6 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: word from a sponsor, and then we'll jump right in. 7 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: All right, guys, well that sponsored dad was playing. Hopefully 8 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: you got the chance to grab your bibles and your 9 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: cups of coffee or our tea. Let's go ahead and 10 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 1: read Titus chapter two one through five this morning, And 11 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: as you all know, I'll be reading from the web, 12 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: but say the things which fit sound doctrine, that older 13 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:47,480 Speaker 1: men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, 14 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: in love, and in perseverance. And that the older women 15 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or enslaved too 16 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 1: much wine, teachers of that which is good. That they 17 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,120 Speaker 1: may train the young wives to love their husbands, to 18 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 1: love their children, to be sober minded, chaste workers at home, 19 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 1: kind being in subjection to their own husbands. That God's 20 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: word may not be blasphemed. Hopefully you guys remember what 21 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:15,479 Speaker 1: we talked about on Tuesday, but essentially in Titus chapter one, 22 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: Paul was talking about a whole lot of people that 23 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 1: were causing a bunch of destruction in the church with 24 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:25,559 Speaker 1: their terrible doctrines, specifically the Judaizers who would go into 25 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: the church and tell people, hey, you're not saved if 26 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 1: you don't do all of the man made rules that 27 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: we made up, such as getting a circumcision, such as 28 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: not eating certain foods, such as doing this or doing that. 29 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: And Paul is like, these are destructive doctrines that destroy households, 30 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 1: upheave the faith of people, and diminish the grace of Jesus. 31 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 1: So these doctrines needed to be avoided, and not just avoided, 32 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 1: but they needed to be shut down, is what Paul said, 33 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: not through violence or anything like that, but through sound doctrine, 34 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: which is exactly what he says to Titus right here 35 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: in our first verse for today, he says, but say 36 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: the things which fit sound doctrine, not the garbage doctrine 37 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 1: going around the church. But say things that fit the 38 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 1: sound doctrine, specifically in verse two, that older men should 39 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 1: be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, 40 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: and in perseverance. So This makes it clear that sound 41 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:29,519 Speaker 1: doctrine is not just what you say, but it's also 42 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: what you do. Because notice here that he tells Titus 43 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 1: to say sound doctrine, but then he also gives a 44 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: bunch of examples of how to live sound doctrine as well. 45 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:43,079 Speaker 1: So this is really important for every single Christian to know. 46 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: It's not just about what comes out of your mouth. 47 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: People are also watching the way you live. How are 48 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 1: people viewing us? Are we actually living a lifestyle of Christianity. 49 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:56,799 Speaker 1: We're not doing it so that other people can look 50 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: at us and see how holy we are. That's not 51 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 1: the point of it at all, you know. That's what 52 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: the Pharisees got into, where they're you know, praying out 53 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: in the street corners and fasting to make themselves look 54 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 1: really sick and just doing all sorts of crazy things 55 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 1: to get attention from the crowds so that they could 56 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:17,079 Speaker 1: feel more holy to the masses. That's not what the 57 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: Christian life is about either. The reason we live good 58 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 1: lives is not for glory for ourselves, but for glory 59 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: for Jesus. It's all about Jesus. We are supposed to 60 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 1: shine our lights. We are supposed to show people that 61 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: Christianity is good, that the Gospel is good, and that 62 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: our lives have been changed because of the Gospel. That 63 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: we are truly following the principles of Jesus. That's why 64 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: we live. The Christian lifestyle is to give glory to Jesus. 65 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: It is all about that mission. So the older men 66 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: need to be taught to be temperate, sensible, and sober minded. 67 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 1: This means not violent, not angry, not overly judgmental. They 68 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: need to be fair, they need to be kind and gentle, 69 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 1: and they also need to be sober minded. As we 70 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: know with what we've studied of the Creeds so far, 71 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:18,000 Speaker 1: the last chapter called them lazy gluttons, and Paul was like, yeah, 72 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: that's actually true. So if the Creeds had that type 73 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 1: of reputation of being lazy gluttons, that probably included a 74 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 1: lot of substance abuse as well. That's why Titus had 75 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: to teach these men to be sober minded. So in 76 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 1: other words, clear headed, not addicted to anything that's going 77 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:39,559 Speaker 1: to cause them to not think clearly. But they also 78 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:44,679 Speaker 1: have to be sound in faith, in love, and in perseverance. 79 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:48,919 Speaker 1: Other versions might say the word patience in place of 80 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 1: perseverance or endurance in place of perseverance. So what does 81 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 1: that mean to be sound in faith, in love, and 82 00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:00,359 Speaker 1: in perseverance. Will that word sound in sound of faith 83 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 1: is applied to the word doctrine, So that means that 84 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: they have to have a healthy Christian lifestyle in all 85 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 1: of these things. A healthy Christian lifestyle in the matter 86 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 1: of faith, in the matter of love, and in the 87 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: matter of patience, perseverance, or endurance. So they have to 88 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:22,599 Speaker 1: have a strong faith. They have to have true love 89 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 1: for God and for other people, which is the first 90 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:28,760 Speaker 1: and second greatest commandments. And they also have to have 91 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: the ability to persevere, whether that means being patient with 92 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 1: other people or even being patient during times of trial, 93 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: testing or persecution. These men have to be taught these things. 94 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:46,280 Speaker 1: That's why Titus is at this church, because the Cretans 95 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: were known for not doing these things. They were known 96 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 1: for the opposite of all of these things. So Titus 97 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,479 Speaker 1: has to teach them what they should do, how to 98 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: live the Christian lifestyle the way God wants them to live. 99 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 1: And this is how God wants us to live. He 100 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 1: wants us to be sober minded, he wants us to 101 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 1: be sound in faith, love, and in perseverance, and to 102 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,359 Speaker 1: teach other people these things as well. But notice in 103 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,839 Speaker 1: this passage that Paul mentions the older men first before 104 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 1: he mentions the older women, not because women are inferior 105 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:20,800 Speaker 1: to men in any way. In fact, Paul himself preached 106 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 1: that the men and the women are both equal in 107 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 1: the eyes of God. But there's two reasons why Paul 108 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: mentions the men first. The first reason is because Titus 109 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: himself was a man, and Titus should be focusing his 110 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 1: ministry on the men, not on the women, because it 111 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: is inappropriate for men to counsel and teach women without 112 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 1: another man being present. And we'll get more into that 113 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 1: in just a second. The second reason was that Titus's 114 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: entire purpose for being in Crete was to find elders 115 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 1: and pastors of these churches, because apparently these churches in 116 00:06:56,279 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: Crete were really really lacking in good eldership, and the 117 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: elders and the pastors, as we know, based upon other 118 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 1: scriptures in the Bible, we're supposed to be men, not women, 119 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 1: because the Bible follows a complementarian viewpoint. The complimentarian idea 120 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 1: is that men and women are equal, but their roles 121 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 1: are different. The egalitarian viewpoint is that men and women 122 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 1: are equal and their roles are also equal, so men 123 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 1: can do anything women can do, and women can do 124 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 1: anything men can do. But as we've seen from other 125 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: passages of Scripture, specifically in the books of First and 126 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 1: Second Corinthians, we find out that women are not supposed 127 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 1: to be pastors of the church. And I've talked about 128 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 1: that at length, and I will try to find an 129 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: episode to link in the description if you're curious more 130 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: about that topic why women should not be pastors, so 131 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: that will be linked. But let me just tell you 132 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 1: something based upon my own personal experience. Ladies, you don't 133 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 1: want to be a pastor. You might think you want 134 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 1: to be a pastor. You don't want to be a pastor. 135 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:04,800 Speaker 1: And if you do want to be a pastor, you 136 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: don't understand what goes into being a pastor. It is 137 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 1: an irritating and annoying and difficult and conflict filled job. 138 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 1: You don't get rest. You have to be at that 139 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 1: church twenty four to seven. You have to listen to 140 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 1: the complaints of every single person that comes through your doors. 141 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: You have to deal with people backbiting you, your husband, 142 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 1: your kids, You have to deal with friends who you 143 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:33,319 Speaker 1: thought were friends just up and leaving the church. If 144 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: the pastoral position is done correctly, it is probably one 145 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:42,079 Speaker 1: of the most mentally and emotionally exhausting jobs on the planet. 146 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 1: And I honestly am not being dramatic when I say that, 147 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 1: because I've worked very closely with pastors. My brother in 148 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 1: law actually is a pastor, and the things he has 149 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 1: to deal with on a day to day basis would 150 00:08:55,520 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 1: shatter an average individual. Not to mention my past you know, 151 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 1: when I go to the church, my pastor is always there. Always. 152 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: I don't know that I've ever not seen him at 153 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 1: the church, like it's a rare occurrence. He's always there 154 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 1: because there's always something to do at the church. You 155 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: have to oversee every single ministry. You have to make 156 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:24,680 Speaker 1: sure everything is being taught correctly, whether it's the children's 157 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 1: programs or the women's ministry thing that's coming up. The 158 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: pastor and the elders have to be the gatekeeper of anything, 159 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: every single thing that comes into the church. It's a 160 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 1: difficult and tough job that gives you almost no break. 161 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: I'm not saying across the board that every single woman 162 00:09:44,679 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 1: can't handle conflict, but the majority of women that I 163 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: do know have a really hard time with conflict. There 164 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:57,439 Speaker 1: might be some aspects of the pastoral role that you 165 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,200 Speaker 1: or any other woman would be very good at, but 166 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: when it comes to the conflict, when it comes to 167 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 1: bad ideology, like having to shut that down, when it 168 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:09,440 Speaker 1: comes to friends stabbing you in the back, could you 169 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 1: honestly say that you'd be good at handling those things, 170 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 1: and not just handling those things on a one time occasion, 171 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 1: but maybe handling it on a weekly kind of basis, 172 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 1: because that's what pastors do. It's like a battlefield. And 173 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 1: Titus right here was supposed to be the man that 174 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: had to shut down all of this garbage philosophy and 175 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 1: all of this fake doctrine that was coming into this 176 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: church while possibly having to experience persecution because of it, 177 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 1: and trying to find men that were sober minded and 178 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 1: sound in doctrine. Titus had a huge job set in 179 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 1: front of him, and he had a big job because 180 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 1: he had to find other men who were also suited 181 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 1: for this role because it's not even for every man. 182 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 1: That's another thing. The pastoral role isn't even for every 183 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 1: every single man. I mean, we just talked about the 184 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: qualifications of elders in Titus Chapter one, is that every 185 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 1: single man, No, it is a slim minority of men 186 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:14,959 Speaker 1: that actually qualified to be a pastor or an elder. 187 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 1: And that's why Paul right here talks about the men first, 188 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 1: because that was Titus's job, was to find these men 189 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:28,720 Speaker 1: that could actually do this very difficult job, especially back 190 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 1: in these days where persecution, where extreme persecution was ramping 191 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:37,439 Speaker 1: up under the reign of Nero. These were tough times, 192 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:40,320 Speaker 1: not like it is in Western societies today. This was 193 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: a very very tough time, so Titus has to worry 194 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:47,080 Speaker 1: about the men first, and then secondly, in verse three, 195 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:51,559 Speaker 1: he says, also the older women likewise be reverent in behavior, 196 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 1: not slanderers or enslaved to much wine, but teachers of 197 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 1: that which is good. So the older women needed to 198 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:02,960 Speaker 1: be trained as well, so this would be modesty. This 199 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:07,439 Speaker 1: would probably include things like not gossiping or slandering other 200 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 1: people or backbiting. And also, like the men, they needed 201 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 1: to be sober minded, not enslaved to much wine. Again, 202 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 1: we've talked about how there's nothing wrong with drinking some 203 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 1: wine or some alcohol, because even Jesus drank wine and alcohol, 204 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 1: but being enslaved to it where you can't function without it. 205 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:31,680 Speaker 1: That is not a good quality for an older woman 206 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:35,320 Speaker 1: of Christ to be emulating to other people. Instead, they 207 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:37,680 Speaker 1: need to be teachers of that which is good. So 208 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 1: that shows right here that the job of the men 209 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 1: is to focus on the younger men, and the job 210 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 1: of the older women is to focus on the younger women, 211 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 1: because if that doesn't happen, things can get really shady 212 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:54,320 Speaker 1: very quickly. As we know, it is not good for 213 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 1: an older man to be alone with a young woman. 214 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 1: There's too many temptations there. There's too many things that 215 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: can go wrong, and unfortunately that happens a lot in 216 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 1: our churches today. There's too much temptation. So Paul tells Titus, 217 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:13,600 Speaker 1: don't even focus on the younger women. Instead, focus on 218 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 1: teaching the older men and women how to actually train 219 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 1: up the younger generations. Specifically, the older women need to 220 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:26,320 Speaker 1: train up the younger women. This kind of goes back 221 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:29,359 Speaker 1: to something else that Paul said. I don't remember specifically 222 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 1: where this verse was. I should have looked it up, 223 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 1: but I think it's found in First Corinthians, where it 224 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 1: says that women need to be submissive while they're in 225 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 1: church and silent, and if they have any questions, they 226 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:47,439 Speaker 1: need to learn from their husbands at home. Now, a 227 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 1: lot of women hate that verse because they're like, that 228 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 1: is the most sexist thing I ever heard in my 229 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 1: entire life. That women just have to shut up in 230 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 1: church and they can't say anything and they have to 231 00:13:56,840 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 1: learn from their husbands. That is just misogynist. But there's 232 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 1: something that people don't understand about that verse. Firstly, in 233 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:11,439 Speaker 1: Greek culture back in these days, the Greeks actually believed 234 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 1: that women could not learn, that their minds were not 235 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:18,440 Speaker 1: actually sharp enough or good enough to learn. The only 236 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 1: purpose of a woman was to be a trophy wife 237 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 1: and to pop out a bunch of babies and take 238 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 1: care of the house. That is honestly what Greek men believed. 239 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: You can look that up. When Paul wrote that letter 240 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 1: to a widely gentile and Greek audience and said women 241 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 1: need to learn at home, he was actually sticking up 242 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: for women in a way that other men would not 243 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 1: do by saying, no, actually, women are very intelligent and 244 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 1: they have the capacity to learn, and they should learn, 245 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 1: but they should do it in a way that is respectable, 246 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 1: not going to the missionary or the pastor where things 247 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 1: can get really shady. But instead they should go home 248 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 1: to their husbands and have a conversation, actually talk to 249 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 1: the husbands. And that's another thing Paul was putting the 250 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 1: responsibility on the men there. He's saying, men, you need 251 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 1: to talk to your wives. You have to have a 252 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 1: conversation with them and teach them, because of course they 253 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 1: have the capacity to learn, and they should learn. They 254 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 1: should learn about these things. The majority of women back 255 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 1: in these days could not read. They didn't have the 256 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 1: ability to read, so they had to learn from somebody. 257 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 1: So who are they going to learn from? Are they 258 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 1: going to go to Titus and learn something. No, they 259 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 1: shouldn't do that. They should instead go to their husbands, 260 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 1: or if they don't have a husband, go to an 261 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 1: older woman, because that removes any kind of temptation or 262 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 1: problems that could arise in the church from two opposite 263 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: genders meeting together on a regular basis. That's why Paul 264 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 1: says the older women must be teachers of that which 265 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 1: is good, that they may train verse four, the young 266 00:15:57,120 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 1: wives to love their husbands, to love them, their children, 267 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 1: to be sober minded, chaste workers at home kind being 268 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 1: in subjection to their own husbands that God's word may 269 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 1: not be blasphemed. So that show's right there. Even if 270 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 1: these younger women do have husbands, not all of these 271 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:18,720 Speaker 1: husbands are going to do their husbandly duty by teaching 272 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: the wives what they need to be taught. Sometimes these 273 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 1: women are going to need extra instruction, and the best 274 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 1: place to get this is from older wiser women, and 275 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 1: these older wiser women are going to train these young women, 276 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 1: it says, to love their husbands. Oh man, you know, 277 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 1: I can remember when my husband and I were first married. 278 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 1: There were things that just graded on me that my 279 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 1: husband would do, and honestly, I was not and still 280 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 1: am not a very patient person. So my husband and 281 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 1: I would get into these huge fights, like really bad 282 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 1: fights sometimes because of our pride. We couldn't let our 283 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 1: pride go, and so we'd end up just like treating 284 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 1: each other like enemies. I am so thankful for my 285 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:11,120 Speaker 1: mom because I would call my mom up sometimes in tears, 286 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:15,640 Speaker 1: sometimes with vulgarity towards my husband, and she would tell 287 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 1: me she'd be like, Jen, is there anything true that 288 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:22,360 Speaker 1: Garrett said to you? Even if he was saying something 289 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:26,440 Speaker 1: harshly or mean. Is there anything true that he said 290 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 1: that you should be changing. I can just tell you 291 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 1: that those words were what I needed to hear in 292 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:35,119 Speaker 1: that moment, because I was so angry at my husband. 293 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 1: Because I'm like, oh, he said this mean thing to me, 294 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 1: or he you know, accused me of this. My mom 295 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 1: would be like, well, Jen, is there any truth in 296 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:46,360 Speaker 1: those things that he's saying to you? Do you actually 297 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 1: need to change so that you can have a healthier, 298 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,880 Speaker 1: happier marriage. That's what I needed. My mom was this 299 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:57,120 Speaker 1: older woman to me that was teaching me to love 300 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:00,399 Speaker 1: my husband. And now I can honestly say, almost eleven 301 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 1: years into my marriage, my marriage has never been stronger. 302 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:07,200 Speaker 1: If I had had a mom who told me things like, oh, 303 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 1: you know, your husband is terrible, you need to leave him, 304 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:14,280 Speaker 1: I would never have experienced the joy of marriage that 305 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:19,400 Speaker 1: I do now how wonderful marriage can be because guess what, 306 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 1: your husband is broken. Your husband is a jerk sometimes, 307 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: but so are you. There are things that you've done 308 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:31,639 Speaker 1: to your husband to hurt him. There are things that 309 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:35,320 Speaker 1: you've done that cause your husband a lot of pain. 310 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 1: Being married is about grace and love. Now I want 311 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 1: to tread this topic very lightly because I am not 312 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 1: saying that you need to stay in a sickeningly abusive relationship, 313 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: like physically abusive relationship emotionally abusive. I think women throw 314 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 1: that term around a lot as an excuse to get 315 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:57,960 Speaker 1: out of a marriage. I'm just going to say that 316 00:18:58,040 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 1: is a hard truth for all of you, ladies. I 317 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:02,400 Speaker 1: think that that term is widely overused and an excuse 318 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 1: to get out of marriage. But I'm not saying you 319 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:08,440 Speaker 1: need to stay in a physically abusive relationship where this 320 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:13,360 Speaker 1: man is beating you up, or beating up your kids, 321 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 1: or sexually abusing you or the kids, or cheating on 322 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 1: you with other people. I am not saying that you 323 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:22,120 Speaker 1: need to stay in that relationship. But if your husband 324 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:24,639 Speaker 1: is just the average jerk, you need to learn how 325 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:27,360 Speaker 1: to love that man, because I promise you that you're 326 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:30,160 Speaker 1: a jerk too. You need to learn how to love 327 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 1: your husband. You need to learn how to live out 328 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 1: the vow that you made to God, and you need 329 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 1: to learn how to pray for your husband. And that's 330 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 1: what these older women must be teaching these young women, 331 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:44,720 Speaker 1: because I can tell you know, if marriage is done 332 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:48,639 Speaker 1: the right way the way that scripture tells you marriage 333 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 1: should be done if it is done that way, because 334 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:54,359 Speaker 1: I've lived both ways. Marriage was not fun back in 335 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:56,639 Speaker 1: those days. We were at each other's throats. There was 336 00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 1: so much pride in both of our hearts. We are 337 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 1: blaming each other for everything that went wrong. Life was 338 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:05,359 Speaker 1: not fun back in those days. But when marriage became 339 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,640 Speaker 1: more of a partnership, where we let go of our 340 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:11,919 Speaker 1: pride and started honestly serving each other, that was when 341 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:16,879 Speaker 1: my husband and I got closer together and marriage honestly 342 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:20,920 Speaker 1: became fun. Back in December, my husband and I went 343 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: to Vegas for our ten year wedding anniversary, and it 344 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 1: was the most enjoyable trip I ever went on. You know, 345 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:30,439 Speaker 1: my husband and I were just so in sync. We 346 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 1: had so much fun together. That is what a marriage 347 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 1: can be like. And these older women are supposed to 348 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:41,440 Speaker 1: be helping these younger women achieve that kind of marriage 349 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 1: by telling them, Hey, maybe in this situation, you have 350 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 1: a lot of pride. You know, your husband didn't talk 351 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 1: to you the right way, or your husband did something 352 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 1: to hurt you, But maybe think about some of those 353 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 1: things he's been telling you, he's been complaining about is 354 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:58,600 Speaker 1: there something you can change to make your marriage relationship better? 355 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:01,160 Speaker 1: Can you thank your husband for something that he did? 356 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:05,840 Speaker 1: Can you be more appreciative of what he does outside 357 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:08,359 Speaker 1: of the house. You know, the marriage relationship is not 358 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:11,399 Speaker 1: just on the man. There are things that the woman 359 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,840 Speaker 1: also has to do in order to have a successful marriage, 360 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:18,119 Speaker 1: and that's what these older women are doing. You know, 361 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 1: it might feel harsh in the moment, especially if these 362 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 1: young women feel hurt over what their husbands have done, 363 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:26,200 Speaker 1: but the goal of it is to actually help these 364 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:30,119 Speaker 1: young women in the long run achieve the right kind 365 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 1: of marriage relationship that they can honestly be happy in, 366 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 1: be excited and proud of their husbands and the relationships 367 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:42,199 Speaker 1: that they have with them. But women also need to 368 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: train these young women to love their children as well, 369 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 1: not just their husbands. This is probably a perplexing verse 370 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 1: for a lot of women because of that maternal instinct 371 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:57,639 Speaker 1: that most women have towards their kids. You might be 372 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:01,880 Speaker 1: asking what mother doesn't love their kidskids. Well, to answer 373 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 1: that question, all you have to do is scroll through 374 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 1: the motherhood TikTok for about five seconds and you will 375 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 1: find a woman that does not love her kids because 376 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 1: she's complaining about her kids, or she's saying I wish 377 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 1: I never had kids, or she's exploiting them for her 378 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:22,880 Speaker 1: own personal gain, or doing any other number of absolutely 379 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:28,400 Speaker 1: terrible things to mistreat or abuse or not love her children. 380 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,200 Speaker 1: There are many women who struggle to love their kids, 381 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:33,440 Speaker 1: and the reason they struggle so much is because parenthood 382 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:36,359 Speaker 1: is honestly very hard. Now I'm not around kids, but 383 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:39,000 Speaker 1: I know it's hard because I see my friends that 384 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:43,120 Speaker 1: do have babies, that do have children that need constant attention. 385 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 1: And that constant attention that you have to give those 386 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 1: kids is time away from yourself, time away from the 387 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:51,960 Speaker 1: things you want to do, time away from your job 388 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:55,160 Speaker 1: or your husband. You have to literally be thinking about 389 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:57,360 Speaker 1: a little human like one hundred percent of the day. 390 00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 1: You are giving everything of yourself to care for another 391 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 1: human being. And that is hard because you can't be selfish. 392 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:07,399 Speaker 1: And a lot of women, I am sure, struggle with 393 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 1: this very very greatly understandably in a lot of senses. 394 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:14,879 Speaker 1: But that is why the older women need to be 395 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,119 Speaker 1: there to train these younger women up not just to 396 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:21,160 Speaker 1: love their husbands, but to love their children as well. 397 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 1: Because if you love your children, you're not going to 398 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,080 Speaker 1: give your kids every single thing that they want. You're 399 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 1: gonna want to raise them the way that the Bible teaches, 400 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:34,240 Speaker 1: not spoiling them all the time, but you know, sometimes 401 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:37,200 Speaker 1: being the bad guy. And I'm sure that's very difficult 402 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,840 Speaker 1: for women as well who want to have a fantastic 403 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:44,200 Speaker 1: relationship with their kids and struggle to say no. That's 404 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:48,200 Speaker 1: another reason the older women are important here is because 405 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 1: they can encourage these young mothers that when the mothers 406 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 1: discipline their kids, they're doing the right thing because they're 407 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:56,640 Speaker 1: helping to raise a child that is going to be 408 00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:00,399 Speaker 1: a good adult, not somebody that gets their way all 409 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 1: the time, because that's just not how life works. And also, 410 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 1: they're going to train these women to teach their children 411 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:11,959 Speaker 1: how to love Jesus, because we know that teaching them 412 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:15,119 Speaker 1: about Jesus is the most important thing as Christians we 413 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:18,439 Speaker 1: can ever teach our kids. So that's the point of 414 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,879 Speaker 1: these older women to teach the younger to love their 415 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:25,159 Speaker 1: husbands and to love their children in many different ways. 416 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:27,600 Speaker 1: But also in verse five, Paul continues, and I'll go 417 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 1: through these pretty quickly. The older women need to teach 418 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 1: the younger to be sober minded again, not drunkards. They 419 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:38,080 Speaker 1: also need to be chaste. That would mean purity, not 420 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 1: dressing in a way that encourages lust or acting in 421 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:45,879 Speaker 1: a way that encourages lust, but being pure, because that 422 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 1: is what God wants from these young women. As we know, 423 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:52,400 Speaker 1: lust is a sin, and so if these young women 424 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:56,960 Speaker 1: are encouraging lust in other men, that is a sin 425 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,359 Speaker 1: for them to do. The young women also need to 426 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:03,040 Speaker 1: be workers at home kind being in subjection to their 427 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 1: own husbands that God's word may not be blasphemed. I'm 428 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 1: going to focus specifically on workers at home because I 429 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 1: think that could be misconstrued in some aspects to say 430 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 1: that every single woman must be a homemaker and can't 431 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,679 Speaker 1: have a job outside of the house. But as we know, 432 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:25,560 Speaker 1: based upon Proverbs thirty one, that entire chapter talks about 433 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 1: a working woman who didn't just work at home, but 434 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:32,480 Speaker 1: she also had businesses where she went out and sold 435 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:36,119 Speaker 1: her things at the marketplaces, and even bought and sold 436 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:40,680 Speaker 1: land and planted vineyards. The woman in Proverbs thirty one 437 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 1: was not just a homemaker, even though it talked a 438 00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 1: lot about her working at home. But the point of 439 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:51,480 Speaker 1: Proverbs thirty one is to show that that woman focused 440 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 1: first on her husband and her family. The jobs that 441 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:58,239 Speaker 1: she had were not for her own gain or for 442 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:02,600 Speaker 1: her own pride. They were to supplement and help her 443 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:06,479 Speaker 1: family at home, which is why it says that with 444 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:09,640 Speaker 1: all of these things that she does, she clothes her 445 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:15,760 Speaker 1: household in scarlet, which was a beautiful, expensive dye that 446 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:19,960 Speaker 1: not many people had. And primarily in Proverbs thirty one, 447 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:23,040 Speaker 1: this woman was talked to most about her love for 448 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:26,680 Speaker 1: her family and how she made sure that her family 449 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 1: was well clothed, well fed, and taken care of before 450 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,679 Speaker 1: she went out into the world to you know, have 451 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:36,240 Speaker 1: all of these different careers and things. So we know 452 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 1: that women can absolutely have a job outside of the home, 453 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:43,159 Speaker 1: and many women do, but it should not be a 454 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:47,119 Speaker 1: job that takes away from the family. There are so 455 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:50,600 Speaker 1: many women that I've seen that are like, I wanted 456 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:52,679 Speaker 1: to go get a job for me. You know, I 457 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 1: was so sick of taking care of my family for 458 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 1: my entire life that I decided it was time to 459 00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 1: do me. And she regrets all that, and her family 460 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:02,800 Speaker 1: is secondary. So she's going to go out and now 461 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 1: do this career that she always wanted to do. That 462 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:08,359 Speaker 1: is not how a young Christian woman should be viewing 463 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 1: her family. By all means, women can have jobs, and 464 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:15,439 Speaker 1: they can find fulfillment in those jobs and love what 465 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 1: they do. There's nothing wrong with that, but those jobs 466 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,760 Speaker 1: should not come before their families. Now, I don't know 467 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 1: if this rule applies to single women without children, you know, 468 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 1: because in today's day and age, you have to protect yourself, 469 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:30,720 Speaker 1: you have to take care of yourself, and you can 470 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 1: absolutely be working just to support yourself. But if you 471 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 1: have a family, they should come first in your mind. 472 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:40,880 Speaker 1: That is the order of how God set things up 473 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:44,960 Speaker 1: in the woman's life. All right, Faith for listeners, Before 474 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:46,480 Speaker 1: I end the episode, I'm going to give you a 475 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 1: word from a sponsor. All right, So there's some resources 476 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 1: for you in the description of the episode if you 477 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:56,280 Speaker 1: want more about this topic. There is an episode about 478 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,719 Speaker 1: women's roles when it comes to the church. And I'm 479 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:02,480 Speaker 1: also going to link Proverbs chapter thirty one for you guys, 480 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 1: so that you all can read it. To those two 481 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:07,119 Speaker 1: resources I think will be really good for you. All Right, 482 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:09,359 Speaker 1: Faith listeners, I hope you enjoyed the episode. Have a 483 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:11,440 Speaker 1: wonderful rest of your day and your week. I will 484 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:13,160 Speaker 1: see all of you guys on Monday. 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