WEBVTT - Skip Heitzig - Oct 19 - 7:30 am

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<v Speaker 1>dive into today's teaching from Pastor Skip Heitzig.

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<v Speaker 2>Paul said, I have not shunned to declare to you

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<v Speaker 2>the whole counsel of God. I've wanted to model that.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't feel that I could ever tell a church

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<v Speaker 2>that I've given you the whole counsel of God unless

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<v Speaker 2>I have taught through the entire Bible. We have done

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<v Speaker 2>that a few times. We are currently going back and

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<v Speaker 2>forth from the Old to the New Testaments. And God willing,

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to finish the book of Colossians. Chapter 4

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<v Speaker 2>is a short chapter. I'm going to dip back into

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<v Speaker 2>chapter 3 because I was gone for a week. And

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<v Speaker 2>I want to get a little bit of context. Plus,

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<v Speaker 2>we sort of left off at verse 17 of chapter 3.

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<v Speaker 2>But to remind you, the grand theme of this book

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<v Speaker 2>is the preeminence of Jesus Christ. Or to put it

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<v Speaker 2>another way, that he is superior to everything and everyone else.

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<v Speaker 2>Paul was writing against a group of people that had

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<v Speaker 2>made their way into the church of Colossae, telling them

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus is a good start, but only a step on

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<v Speaker 2>the way to knowing the true God. And we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to help you make more steps.

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<v Speaker 3>So Paul prays for this church.

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<v Speaker 2>That they would understand that Jesus Christ is supreme over

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<v Speaker 2>all creation, the firstborn over creation. That just means place

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<v Speaker 2>of supremacy. That he is supreme.

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<v Speaker 3>Over the church.

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<v Speaker 2>That he is the, of all the people that have

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<v Speaker 2>been resurrected, the most important one who has been raised

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<v Speaker 2>from the dead. Therefore, he deserves that place of preeminence. But,

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<v Speaker 2>On a practical note, all that theology as a base

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<v Speaker 2>is important, but all of that aside, how does that

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<v Speaker 2>theology make its way into my practical life?

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<v Speaker 3>What does it mean on a practical level?

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<v Speaker 2>How does the Christian demonstrate that this is the superior

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<v Speaker 2>way to live with Jesus at the center? We are

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<v Speaker 2>complete in him, as Paul said in this book. What

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<v Speaker 2>evidence does our life really show? And Paul would say,

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<v Speaker 2>by the changes in your life, by the fact that

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<v Speaker 2>you live a transformed life. So if you go down

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<v Speaker 2>to verse 12 of chapter 3, just as a reminder, therefore,

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<v Speaker 2>as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on

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<v Speaker 2>tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering. This language that he

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<v Speaker 2>uses in the chapter, put off, put on, put off

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<v Speaker 2>the old man, put on the new man, and in particular,

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<v Speaker 2>put on these graces, these characteristics of a redeemed nature.

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<v Speaker 2>He's basically saying this, you are chosen by God, you

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<v Speaker 2>are picked by God, act like you are picked by God.

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<v Speaker 2>If you've been blessed, then get dressed with these graces,

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<v Speaker 2>with these characteristics that he lists here. These are the

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<v Speaker 2>evidences of the superiority of just having Jesus as enough

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<v Speaker 2>at the center of one's life. If you go down

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<v Speaker 2>to verse 17... He says, and whatever you do in

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<v Speaker 2>word or in deed, do all in the name of

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord Jesus. The idea of a person's name back

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<v Speaker 2>then was his reputation, his character. All that he is

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<v Speaker 2>is embodied by his name. Whatever you do in word

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<v Speaker 2>or in deed, do all in the name or according

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<v Speaker 2>to the nature or according to the character of the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Now, Paul,

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<v Speaker 2>in the following verses, verse 18 to the end of

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<v Speaker 2>the chapter, gives the shortest marriage seminar in history.

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<v Speaker 3>He just cuts to the chase.

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<v Speaker 2>And gives almost like a one-word summation or a one-sentence

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<v Speaker 2>summation of the roles of wife and husband, parent, child

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<v Speaker 2>in the home. Now, he will elaborate on this in.

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<v Speaker 3>The book of Ephesians.

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<v Speaker 2>He did elaborate on that. He wrote more details about

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<v Speaker 2>that here. He sums it up, and toward the end

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<v Speaker 2>of the book, I'm going to show you why these

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<v Speaker 2>two are probably related, Ephesians and Colossians. Two separate letters,

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<v Speaker 2>but why are they related, and perhaps why Paul here

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<v Speaker 2>just writes in summary form. Of course, I love that

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<v Speaker 2>about Scripture and about truth. It's not complicated. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>do you remember in school, K-I-S-S? What does that mean?

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<v Speaker 3>Keep it simple. Stupid.

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<v Speaker 2>Paul is saying K-I-S-S, keep it simple, saints. The saints

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<v Speaker 2>of God, the church of God, should be able to

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<v Speaker 2>reduce things to their irreducible minimum so that it's understandable.

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<v Speaker 2>So we launch into the shortest marriage seminar, and here

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<v Speaker 2>it is, verse 18. Wives, submit to your own husbands

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<v Speaker 2>as is fitting in the Lord. I know them's fighting

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<v Speaker 2>words in some circles, but not in Christian circles. Because

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<v Speaker 2>in Christian circles, we understand this has nothing.

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<v Speaker 3>To do with superiority.

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<v Speaker 2>This has everything to do with functionality. For a wife

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<v Speaker 2>to submit to her husband doesn't mean that the husband

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<v Speaker 2>is intellectually superior or emotionally superior or whatever. It's purely functionality.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody needs to call the shots in the home. There

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<v Speaker 2>needs to be an order for things to flow smoothly.

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<v Speaker 2>And there's a lot of reasons for that. We have

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<v Speaker 2>detailed those reasons in other places. But let me tell

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<v Speaker 2>you why it's functionality over superiority. In 1 Corinthians 11,

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<v Speaker 2>Paul says, I want you to know, brethren, that the

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<v Speaker 2>head of every man is Christ. The head of a

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<v Speaker 2>woman is man, and the.

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<v Speaker 3>Head of Christ is God, God the Father.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, does that imply that God the Father is superior

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<v Speaker 2>to God the Son? No.

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<v Speaker 3>No. That would be heresy to say yes. Jesus is divine.

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<v Speaker 3>He is God.

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<v Speaker 2>He is the second person of the Trinity, Father, Son,

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<v Speaker 2>and Holy Spirit. He is not inferior to the Father,

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<v Speaker 2>but functionally, he submitted himself. He poured himself out. That's

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<v Speaker 2>what we discovered in the book of Philippians. He emptied

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<v Speaker 2>himself of not deity, but of the prerogatives of deities.

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<v Speaker 2>So he surrendered, he submitted to the will of the

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<v Speaker 2>Father as is fitting. So wives, submit to your own

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<v Speaker 2>husbands as is fitting in the Lord. Of course, if

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<v Speaker 2>your husband is telling you to do things that are unbiblical,

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<v Speaker 2>that are immoral, honey, I don't want you to read

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<v Speaker 2>your Bible, sweetheart, you cannot go to church, and I'd

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<v Speaker 2>like you to get drunk with my friends on the weekends,

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<v Speaker 2>you say no. No.

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<v Speaker 3>I am not going to submit to that. Why?

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<v Speaker 2>Because that's not fitting in the Lord. And that's the qualification. Wives,

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<v Speaker 2>submit to your own husbands as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands,

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<v Speaker 2>love your wives. The word agape, agapao, it's the selfless,

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<v Speaker 2>self-sacrificial love, the divine highest kind of love. Love your

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<v Speaker 2>wives and do not be bitter toward them or harsh

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<v Speaker 2>toward them. Now, the word husband is a great word.

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<v Speaker 2>It comes from an ancient word that means a tiller

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<v Speaker 2>of the ground, a cultivator.

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<v Speaker 3>If you know the.

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<v Speaker 2>King James version of the Bible, in John chapter 15,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said, and this is how it's translated in the

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<v Speaker 2>King James, I am the true vine, you are the branches.

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<v Speaker 2>My father is the husbandman. or the cultivator, the farmer,

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<v Speaker 2>the tiller of the ground, the vine dresser, as the

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<v Speaker 2>New King James says. So the idea of a husband

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<v Speaker 2>in a marriage is one who cultivates the relationship, is

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<v Speaker 2>the tiller of the ground. Somebody once said, a happy

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<v Speaker 2>man marries the girl he loves. A happier man loves

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<v Speaker 2>the girl he marries.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a cultivator.

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<v Speaker 2>That's one who continually gives and tills that ground. So,

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<v Speaker 2>wives submit functionality. Husbands love unconditionally, sacrificially as Christ loved

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<v Speaker 2>the church. Paul will illustrate that in Ephesians. Now for children.

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<v Speaker 2>Children And the word here is tekna. And tekna was

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<v Speaker 2>a term that referred to children, typically young children, children

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<v Speaker 2>who lived at home still with their parents. Of course,

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<v Speaker 2>these days that might be up to 30 years of age.

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<v Speaker 2>But back then it was the younger children who are

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<v Speaker 2>submitting in the home. He says, children, tekna, obey your

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<v Speaker 2>parents in all things. for this is well-pleasing to the Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>I do believe that even when a child leaves home,

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<v Speaker 2>there may not be the same kind of obedience in

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<v Speaker 2>all things, but there still must be an honor. You

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<v Speaker 2>honor your father and your mother, and that never ends.

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<v Speaker 2>Even Jesus illustrated that. He was hanging on a cross

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<v Speaker 2>in what would normally be a very self-absorbed act of dying, crucifixion,

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<v Speaker 2>excruciating pain, but he took time to make sure that

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<v Speaker 2>his mother was taken care of. Mother, behold your son. Son,

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<v Speaker 2>John the Apostle, behold your mother. Take care of my mom.

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<v Speaker 2>Make her as your mother. He was honoring his father

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<v Speaker 2>and mother, showing love. So children, tekna, obey your parents

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<v Speaker 2>in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord.

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<v Speaker 3>The word obey is a very interesting word here. I

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<v Speaker 3>just want to unpack it. Hupaka'o.

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<v Speaker 2>Hupaka'o is a word that means, children, listen under your parents.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen under your parents. My dad would always make sure

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<v Speaker 2>I was listening. Skip, did you hear what I just said?

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<v Speaker 2>What did I just say? He wanted to make sure

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<v Speaker 2>that I was listening under him. And that's why to

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<v Speaker 2>this day, I was listening because I can repeat to

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<v Speaker 2>this day, verbatim, many of the lessons he taught me.

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<v Speaker 3>Because he would say.

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<v Speaker 2>Them over and over and over again. I wasn't always

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<v Speaker 2>good at obeying in all things. Now, if you're a

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<v Speaker 2>child and you are at an age where maybe you

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<v Speaker 2>think the advice or the counsel, the commandments of your

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<v Speaker 2>parents aren't as wise as you are. And you are saying,

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<v Speaker 2>why should I obey my parents in all things? First,

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<v Speaker 2>let me give you three reasons. Number one, you are expensive.

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<v Speaker 3>That's why.

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<v Speaker 2>Your parents sacrifice an enormous amount of their money. Just

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<v Speaker 2>to have you in this world, on this earth, feeding you,

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<v Speaker 2>sending you to school, making sure you're involved in sports activities, etc.,

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<v Speaker 2>getting you married, you cost a boatload of money. But

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<v Speaker 2>there's a better reason. Number two, it is well-pleasing to

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what it says here.

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<v Speaker 2>When you obey, you are listening under, you are functionally

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<v Speaker 2>surrendering to your parents and According to the order of God,

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<v Speaker 2>this is well-pleasing to the Lord. And let me give

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<v Speaker 2>you a third reason. It's foundational. It's foundational. A parent

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<v Speaker 2>and a child relationship in a home is a foundational relationship.

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<v Speaker 3>If the child does not.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen or obey parents at home, they're going to have

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<v Speaker 2>a very difficult time obeying employers at work. or obeying

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<v Speaker 2>policemen in their city and law enforcement. It is foundational

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<v Speaker 2>for the rest of one's life. We learn surrender and

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<v Speaker 2>submission within the home. So wives submit, children obey. He continues, Fathers,

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<v Speaker 2>do not provoke your children lest they become discouraged. Don't provoke, hassle,

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<v Speaker 2>endanger the future of your children lest they become discouraged.

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<v Speaker 2>How could a father provoke his child so that they

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<v Speaker 2>get discouraged?

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<v Speaker 3>A few ways. Hypocrisy.

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<v Speaker 2>Saying one thing, living another way. You know, we listen

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<v Speaker 2>to our parents, but we also watch them to see

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<v Speaker 2>if they live up to what they say. A second

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<v Speaker 2>way would be inconsistency among siblings. Boy, you treat me

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<v Speaker 2>this way, but you don't treat my older brothers this way.

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<v Speaker 2>Or my younger sister that way. So inconsistency.

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<v Speaker 3>Being overly critical.

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<v Speaker 2>I often felt that my father was overcritical with his kids.

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<v Speaker 2>And that was discouraging at times. I wanted to make

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<v Speaker 2>sure that I would learn from that in raising my son.

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<v Speaker 2>favoritism of one child over another one kind of fits

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<v Speaker 2>in with inconsistency. All that could discourage a child. So

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<v Speaker 2>fathers do not provoke your children. Now why is he

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<v Speaker 2>writing to fathers and not mothers? Not because mothers don't

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<v Speaker 2>have authority. They're the ones that typically raise the children

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<v Speaker 2>even in this ancient culture. But again, this is speaking

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<v Speaker 2>of functionality in the home. The buck stops with him.

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<v Speaker 2>And from my experience, my father was much sterner than

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<v Speaker 2>my mother. If I wanted a sympathetic ear, I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>go to my father. I did go to my mother.

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<v Speaker 2>And also a male voice when they are angry, though

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<v Speaker 2>my mother could get angry.

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<v Speaker 3>And she would show it.

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<v Speaker 2>But boy, that booming voice of my father was enough

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<v Speaker 2>to shake and discourage one.

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<v Speaker 3>He continues, verse 22, bond servants. Or slaves.

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<v Speaker 2>Obey in all things your masters according to the flesh,

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<v Speaker 2>not with eye service as men pleasers, but in sincerity

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<v Speaker 2>of heart, fearing God. And whatever you do, do it

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<v Speaker 2>heartily as unto the Lord and not to men, knowing

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<v Speaker 2>that from the Lord you will receive the reward of inheritance,

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<v Speaker 2>for you serve the Lord Christ. But he who does

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<v Speaker 2>wrong will be repaid for what he has done, and

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<v Speaker 2>there is no partiality. There was slavery in the Roman Empire.

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<v Speaker 2>And some people in reading the New Testament have wondered

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<v Speaker 2>and faulted Paul or the other apostles for not standing

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<v Speaker 2>out against it. Why didn't they seek to abolish slavery?

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<v Speaker 2>Why didn't they organize petitions to sign against the Roman

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<v Speaker 2>government or tell slaves to rebel and revolt like our

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<v Speaker 2>modern civil rights movement?

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<v Speaker 3>And there is never in the.

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<v Speaker 2>New Testament a time where Paul says that they should

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<v Speaker 2>do that. In fact, I'm going to show you a case.

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<v Speaker 2>Hopefully we're going to finish the chapter tonight and I'll

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<v Speaker 2>show you a case where that is so.

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<v Speaker 3>But They didn't seek to abolish it.

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<v Speaker 2>Why?

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<v Speaker 3>Let me give you a few quick reasons.

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<v Speaker 2>Number one, it was part of the social fabric of

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<v Speaker 2>the Roman Empire that predated Christianity by a long shot.

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<v Speaker 2>It was such a part of the fabric of the

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<v Speaker 2>Roman Empire that it is estimated one out of every

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<v Speaker 2>three people in the Roman Empire were slaves. And in

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<v Speaker 2>some estimates, as many as 40% of the entire population

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<v Speaker 2>of the Roman Empire were slaves. Reason number two, the

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<v Speaker 2>early church had no political power whatsoever. They were a minority.

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<v Speaker 2>They had no power. You couldn't vote one Caesar out

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<v Speaker 2>and another Caesar in. For them to push the slaves

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<v Speaker 2>to rebel and form an insurrection would have reduced Christianity

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<v Speaker 2>to a mere social gospel and would have robbed it

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<v Speaker 2>of the impact it had in changing people's lives. And

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, it did change people's lives. Some masters,

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<v Speaker 2>some people who owned slaves themselves came to Christ. One

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<v Speaker 2>of them is mentioned in the Bible, a man by

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<v Speaker 2>the name of Philemon. and his slave Onesimus, who is

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<v Speaker 2>going to be mentioned in this chapter. There's a third

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<v Speaker 2>reason why Paul doesn't tell them to rebel, nor does

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<v Speaker 2>he seek to abolish slavery.

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<v Speaker 3>Because I.

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<v Speaker 2>Think Paul knew that the problem is never with the system,

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<v Speaker 2>it's always with the people. Yes, people make up the system,

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<v Speaker 2>but the problem is not with the system, it's with

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<v Speaker 2>the heart's So you can have the right system in place,

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<v Speaker 2>but the wrong people running that system, even in a

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<v Speaker 2>democracy or a constitutional republic like ours. You can also

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<v Speaker 2>have a wrong system, but you can have the right people.

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<v Speaker 2>Makes all the difference. So the problem is never with

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<v Speaker 2>the system. It's always with the people themselves. So he

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<v Speaker 2>tells us, The slaves, basically, the bondservants, be the best

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<v Speaker 2>servant you possibly can in the name of Christ as

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<v Speaker 2>if you are serving Christ. Because after all, we are

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<v Speaker 2>all slaves of Christ. Romans chapter 6. Whatever you do,

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<v Speaker 2>verse 23, do it heartily as to the Lord, not

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<v Speaker 2>to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive

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<v Speaker 2>the reward of inheritance. Slaves never got an inheritance, but

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<v Speaker 2>they would get an inheritance. in an eternal inheritance, for

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<v Speaker 2>you serve the Lord Christ. But if you do wrong,

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<v Speaker 2>you'll be repaid for what you have done, and there

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<v Speaker 2>is no partiality. Now, you are not slaves. If you

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<v Speaker 2>have employment, you work for an employer. So let's take

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<v Speaker 2>the principle and apply it in that regard. Obey your

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<v Speaker 2>employer's Work hard at your job. The best witness as

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<v Speaker 2>a worker is to be the best worker.

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<v Speaker 3>In the company.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember when I went to apply for a job,

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<v Speaker 2>and this verse was in my mind.

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<v Speaker 3>I was a Christian, a young Christian.

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<v Speaker 2>I was getting a job at a radiology department in Westminster, California.

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<v Speaker 3>I was hoping to. I applied for the job.

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<v Speaker 2>I had an interview, gave them my resume, and I

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<v Speaker 2>could tell that I was going to be passed over

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<v Speaker 2>because the.

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<v Speaker 2>One who interviewed me said, smiled very politely, thank you

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<v Speaker 2>very much, we'll let you know. And I was about

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<v Speaker 2>to walk out and I turned around and I said,

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<v Speaker 2>last word, if you hire me, I'll be the best

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<v Speaker 2>worker in this entire department. You know, I thought it's

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<v Speaker 2>worth a shot. And I was thinking of this verse

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<v Speaker 2>and he looked at me and he said, you got

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<v Speaker 2>the job.

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<v Speaker 3>Then I walked away going, oh man.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I have to perform, right? I have to indeed

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<v Speaker 2>be the best worker they have in this department. I've

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<v Speaker 2>got to show up on time. I can't leave early.

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<v Speaker 2>I have to be very responsible, go out of the

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<v Speaker 2>way to show that I'm worthy of that. But I've

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<v Speaker 2>discovered that when you have a job, whatever job, whatever

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<v Speaker 2>employment you have, that can become your pulpit. You can

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<v Speaker 2>reach people in such a way that the unbelieving world

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<v Speaker 2>thinks there's something to the Christian faith. because of this

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<v Speaker 2>worker that I've hired or because of the way he

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<v Speaker 2>or she interacts with the public. Now he continues in

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<v Speaker 2>verse 1 of chapter 4. And by the way, chapter

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<v Speaker 2>3 should have ended with verse 1 of chapter 4.

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<v Speaker 2>This is one of those mistakes. And you're saying, are

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<v Speaker 2>you saying the Bible is not inerrant? No, the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>never had chapters and verses until the year around the mid-1200s.

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<v Speaker 2>when the Archbishop of Canterbury, Stephen Langton, decided, let's give

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<v Speaker 2>it chapters and verses so people can find their way

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<v Speaker 2>around the books. And so that was put in. This,

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<v Speaker 2>all due respect to the Archbishop of Canterbury, this was

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<v Speaker 2>a mistake. Chapter 3 should have ended with verse 1

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<v Speaker 2>of chapter 4. Masters, give your bondservants what is just

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<v Speaker 2>and fair, knowing that you also have a master in heaven.

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