342 00:27:49.875 --> 00:27:51.005 Alright, hope family. 343 00:27:51.465 --> 00:27:53.205 Eh, it's so good to be with you guys again. 344 00:27:54.255 --> 00:27:55.365 Let's jump right in. 345 00:27:55.425 --> 00:27:59.005 You know, um, I never planned to be a pastor. 346 00:28:00.465 --> 00:28:03.525 My wife would even say I, I didn't marry a pastor. 347 00:28:04.565 --> 00:28:06.605 I thought I was in south central Kentucky 348 00:28:06.715 --> 00:28:09.005 because of a promotion that I got 349 00:28:09.005 --> 00:28:11.485 that was gonna help me move up the corporate ladder. 350 00:28:13.255 --> 00:28:17.365 Turns out I was wrong. Turns out I was wrong. 351 00:28:17.425 --> 00:28:19.405 And, and in fact, the whole job thing, 352 00:28:19.425 --> 00:28:20.605 it wasn't going that well. 353 00:28:21.505 --> 00:28:23.325 In fact, the whole time in Kentucky, 354 00:28:23.425 --> 00:28:24.725 it was just, it was not great. 355 00:28:26.825 --> 00:28:28.045 And even trying 356 00:28:28.065 --> 00:28:30.845 to find a local church proved even more 357 00:28:30.875 --> 00:28:33.605 difficult than we imagined. 358 00:28:33.905 --> 00:28:36.525 And then as we were about to give up, 359 00:28:37.005 --> 00:28:39.125 a new pastor showed up in town and, 360 00:28:39.545 --> 00:28:41.765 and he was a persistent guy. 361 00:28:41.865 --> 00:28:44.125 You, you know, anyone like that, a persistent guy, 362 00:28:44.435 --> 00:28:45.605 they just won't give up. 363 00:28:45.605 --> 00:28:48.165 They're inviting, they're inviting, they're being nice, 364 00:28:48.365 --> 00:28:49.925 a little extra nice, it makes you like, 365 00:28:50.025 --> 00:28:53.125 eh, you know what I'm saying? 366 00:28:53.425 --> 00:28:54.645 And so he kept inviting. 367 00:28:54.665 --> 00:28:57.325 And finally I told my wife, I said, well, let's just go. 368 00:28:57.425 --> 00:28:59.565 He looks like and seems like the only person 369 00:28:59.665 --> 00:29:01.125 around here that wants us around. 370 00:29:04.105 --> 00:29:06.525 And so over the course of the next several months, 371 00:29:06.545 --> 00:29:08.845 he kept inviting us, inviting us into do things, 372 00:29:09.205 --> 00:29:11.485 inviting us into, you know, his house 373 00:29:11.545 --> 00:29:12.845 and into his family life. 374 00:29:13.025 --> 00:29:14.885 He, he would, Ima you know, Hey, come on, 375 00:29:14.885 --> 00:29:19.005 let's go mow this guy's yard and, and let's come hang out. 376 00:29:19.105 --> 00:29:21.285 Hey, do you want to, uh, take this class? 377 00:29:21.355 --> 00:29:23.805 Have you considered doing this? And I'm like, eh. 378 00:29:24.825 --> 00:29:26.925 So what he was doing, I, I'm figuring this out. 379 00:29:26.945 --> 00:29:29.685 He was giving me and my wife access. 380 00:29:31.025 --> 00:29:33.885 He was giving us access to his family and to his life 381 00:29:33.885 --> 00:29:36.885 and how he carried himself and how he conducted himself. 382 00:29:37.065 --> 00:29:38.565 And as time went on though, 383 00:29:38.635 --> 00:29:41.045 that access turned into opportunities. 384 00:29:41.825 --> 00:29:43.805 So you have to be careful here, y'all take note. 385 00:29:44.785 --> 00:29:46.125 You start hanging out with somebody, 386 00:29:46.125 --> 00:29:47.805 then they start asking you to do stuff. 387 00:29:48.425 --> 00:29:49.685 Hey, clay, would you be open 388 00:29:49.745 --> 00:29:52.885 to leading the men's devotion this week? 389 00:29:54.025 --> 00:29:56.045 Hey, hey Clay, would you be willing 390 00:29:56.145 --> 00:29:58.085 to teach the seventh grade boys? 391 00:30:00.305 --> 00:30:01.685 Hey Clay, this was the big one. 392 00:30:02.225 --> 00:30:05.045 Hey Clay, would you be, uh, willing to preach 393 00:30:05.105 --> 00:30:06.125 for me this Sunday? 394 00:30:07.665 --> 00:30:10.125 Now listen, listen, listen. I had zero training. 395 00:30:11.085 --> 00:30:13.605 I had zero training. And not only did I have no training, 396 00:30:13.745 --> 00:30:17.445 listen to me, I successfully graduated college without 397 00:30:17.445 --> 00:30:19.845 giving a single public presentation. 398 00:30:21.365 --> 00:30:25.165 I gave, I wrote a lot of papers, zero public speaking. 399 00:30:26.385 --> 00:30:28.325 And so I didn't know what was going on at the time. 400 00:30:28.325 --> 00:30:31.365 But what I later learned is that Pastor Jerry, 401 00:30:31.735 --> 00:30:35.765 persistent Pastor Jerry, he was discipling me. 402 00:30:36.945 --> 00:30:40.045 He was teaching me the way of Jesus. 403 00:30:41.785 --> 00:30:44.565 He was helping me discover what God wanted for my life. 404 00:30:44.585 --> 00:30:46.685 And as I look back, this is the 30 years ago, 405 00:30:46.865 --> 00:30:49.845 as I look back, I'm thinking what a blessing I was given. 406 00:30:51.025 --> 00:30:53.765 And if you've ever had someone in your life like that, 407 00:30:54.395 --> 00:30:55.965 imagine the impact. 408 00:30:55.985 --> 00:30:58.245 Or if you haven't, imagine the impact that could. 409 00:30:58.465 --> 00:31:00.725 But what about the impact that you could have 410 00:31:01.265 --> 00:31:03.725 if you would show up into someone else's life 411 00:31:03.985 --> 00:31:05.325 and make yourself available? 412 00:31:06.115 --> 00:31:07.165 Like persistent? 413 00:31:07.225 --> 00:31:10.005 Pastor Jerry, we're in the middle of a series 414 00:31:10.005 --> 00:31:11.445 that we've called Field Notes 415 00:31:11.465 --> 00:31:14.365 and we're we're walking through a letter written by Paul 416 00:31:14.425 --> 00:31:15.685 to a guy named Titus. 417 00:31:15.905 --> 00:31:17.885 And we're learning that sound doctrine, 418 00:31:17.895 --> 00:31:20.085 sound doctrine leads to Godly living. 419 00:31:21.185 --> 00:31:23.365 And we found out that if the map is wrong, 420 00:31:23.365 --> 00:31:24.645 then the journey goes wrong. 421 00:31:25.305 --> 00:31:27.365 If the map is wrong, the journey goes wrong. 422 00:31:27.375 --> 00:31:29.765 Jason stressed this idea so far in this series, 423 00:31:29.945 --> 00:31:34.005 and he says, the directions we trust shape where we end up. 424 00:31:34.305 --> 00:31:36.165 And this is so vitally important. 425 00:31:36.395 --> 00:31:37.885 This is so vitally important 426 00:31:37.885 --> 00:31:40.845 because at the end of the day, direction not intention 427 00:31:41.605 --> 00:31:42.805 determines our destination. 428 00:31:43.675 --> 00:31:45.685 It's not what we, where we intend to go, 429 00:31:45.825 --> 00:31:47.805 but it's actually the course that we're on. 430 00:31:48.145 --> 00:31:49.445 And if you just pause and, and, 431 00:31:49.445 --> 00:31:53.605 and consider your life, thi a a ask yourself this. 432 00:31:54.985 --> 00:31:57.405 If you were to maintain the current trajectory 433 00:31:57.475 --> 00:32:00.685 that you're on, if in in your life, the current path, 434 00:32:00.705 --> 00:32:02.725 the current trail, not the one you wish you were on, 435 00:32:02.865 --> 00:32:04.165 but the one that you're on, 436 00:32:05.025 --> 00:32:06.725 and you fast forward it into the future 437 00:32:06.825 --> 00:32:10.045 and you keep following this trail, where will you end up? 438 00:32:12.695 --> 00:32:13.765 Where will you end up? 439 00:32:14.065 --> 00:32:16.365 And the place that you're figuring that you'll end up? 440 00:32:16.365 --> 00:32:18.085 Is that a place that you want to be? 441 00:32:19.065 --> 00:32:20.525 Is that a place that you want to be? 442 00:32:20.525 --> 00:32:21.645 And in this series we're learning 443 00:32:21.645 --> 00:32:23.765 that we should not be intimidated by theology. 444 00:32:23.955 --> 00:32:27.445 It's the study of God. We shouldn't shun doctrine. 445 00:32:27.555 --> 00:32:28.885 It's what we believe. 446 00:32:30.225 --> 00:32:34.525 But we should embrace and pursue theology and doctrine 447 00:32:34.955 --> 00:32:36.525 because it's instrumental. 448 00:32:37.075 --> 00:32:40.685 It's instrumental in giving us the best direction so 449 00:32:40.685 --> 00:32:44.445 that we can be on a good trajectory for our lives. 450 00:32:45.025 --> 00:32:47.525 And as we press in and appreciate theology 451 00:32:47.585 --> 00:32:49.885 and doctrine as we press into it, we'll come 452 00:32:49.885 --> 00:32:51.245 to the conclusion that was reached 453 00:32:51.345 --> 00:32:53.845 by PA Paul David Trip when he wrote, 454 00:32:54.265 --> 00:32:57.645 the beautiful doctrines presented in God's word are 455 00:32:57.715 --> 00:32:58.845 intensely personal. 456 00:32:59.475 --> 00:33:01.525 They help us think through who we are, 457 00:33:02.105 --> 00:33:05.245 why we do the things we do, how we should live, 458 00:33:05.545 --> 00:33:07.685 and how our hearts and lives can change. 459 00:33:08.435 --> 00:33:12.325 Most importantly, those doctrines introduce us 460 00:33:12.785 --> 00:33:14.885 to our creator, our Lord 461 00:33:14.885 --> 00:33:17.365 and Savior for whom we are meant to live 462 00:33:17.465 --> 00:33:21.725 and in whom we find redemption and eternal hope. 463 00:33:22.345 --> 00:33:24.645 And last week we wrapped up chapter one 464 00:33:24.905 --> 00:33:27.605 and we saw that wrong doctrine destroys lives 465 00:33:27.665 --> 00:33:28.805 and ruins families. 466 00:33:29.095 --> 00:33:32.725 Wrong doctrine, it ruins lives, it destroys families. 467 00:33:33.065 --> 00:33:34.885 And so we need to be on guard. 468 00:33:35.025 --> 00:33:36.765 We need to be vigilant about this. 469 00:33:37.025 --> 00:33:38.965 And today we pick up in chapter two. 470 00:33:39.705 --> 00:33:42.165 Let me read through the first 10 verses 471 00:33:42.165 --> 00:33:43.325 of this chapter for us. 472 00:33:45.785 --> 00:33:50.205 But as for you teach what accords with sound doctrine, 473 00:33:51.415 --> 00:33:55.725 older men are to be sober minded, dignified, self-controlled 474 00:33:56.255 --> 00:33:59.125 sound and faith in love and steadfastness. 475 00:33:59.935 --> 00:34:02.885 Older women, likewise are to be reverent in behavior, 476 00:34:03.505 --> 00:34:06.685 not slanderers or slaves to too much wine. 477 00:34:07.235 --> 00:34:08.805 They are to teach what is good. 478 00:34:09.465 --> 00:34:13.005 And so train the young women to love their husbands 479 00:34:13.025 --> 00:34:17.125 and children to be self-controlled, pure, working at home 480 00:34:17.795 --> 00:34:20.485 kind and submissive to their own husbands. 481 00:34:20.955 --> 00:34:23.365 That the word of God may not be reviled. 482 00:34:24.245 --> 00:34:27.925 Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. 483 00:34:28.995 --> 00:34:32.485 Show yourself in all respects, to be a model of good works. 484 00:34:32.905 --> 00:34:35.765 And in your teaching show integrity, dignity, 485 00:34:36.785 --> 00:34:41.165 and sound speech that cannot be condemned so 486 00:34:41.165 --> 00:34:44.485 that an opponent may be put to shame. 487 00:34:44.585 --> 00:34:46.605 Having nothing evil to say about us. 488 00:34:48.195 --> 00:34:51.405 Bond servants are to be submissive 489 00:34:51.745 --> 00:34:54.045 to their own masters in everything. 490 00:34:54.555 --> 00:34:56.925 They're to be well pleasing, not argumentative, 491 00:34:57.585 --> 00:35:01.885 not pilfering, but showing all good faith so 492 00:35:01.885 --> 00:35:06.245 that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God, 493 00:35:06.865 --> 00:35:09.285 our savior, the word of God. 494 00:35:11.785 --> 00:35:13.885 And as we jump into this verse one, 495 00:35:13.945 --> 00:35:16.525 you note there's a sharp transition from 496 00:35:16.705 --> 00:35:19.885 how chapter one ended and where Paul is going. 497 00:35:19.905 --> 00:35:22.085 In chapter two, there's this sharp contrast, 498 00:35:22.085 --> 00:35:26.605 but as for you, there's this contrast between what he, what, 499 00:35:26.605 --> 00:35:28.685 what he's looking back to in verses 10 500 00:35:28.685 --> 00:35:31.085 through 16 and where he's going. 501 00:35:31.085 --> 00:35:33.405 Now look at verse 16, just to give us a little reminder 502 00:35:33.405 --> 00:35:35.325 and a little context of what's been going on. 503 00:35:35.625 --> 00:35:38.365 It says in verse 16, they profess to know God, 504 00:35:38.745 --> 00:35:40.565 but they deny him by their works. 505 00:35:40.595 --> 00:35:42.965 They are detestable, disobedient, unfit, 506 00:35:43.975 --> 00:35:45.565 unfit for any good work. 507 00:35:46.755 --> 00:35:49.885 They claim to be God followers, but they actually deny him. 508 00:35:49.905 --> 00:35:52.285 And it's evident by how they behave and by how they act. 509 00:35:52.355 --> 00:35:53.685 They are false teachers. 510 00:35:53.685 --> 00:35:55.605 They're detestable, they're disobedience. 511 00:35:55.835 --> 00:35:57.645 Paul stacks up these adjectives. 512 00:35:57.645 --> 00:36:01.365 They're troublemakers, they're pot stirs, they're deceptive, 513 00:36:01.365 --> 00:36:03.565 they're liars, they're lazy, they're motivated by money. 514 00:36:03.785 --> 00:36:06.685 And then Paul puts that fine point on it in verse 16. 515 00:36:06.745 --> 00:36:11.005 And he says, they're unfit, they're unfit for any good work. 516 00:36:11.145 --> 00:36:14.125 And Paul means business when he turns into chapter two, 517 00:36:14.155 --> 00:36:16.925 because now he directs his focus to Titus and says, 518 00:36:16.945 --> 00:36:21.405 but as for you, but as for you, Titus teach, 519 00:36:21.995 --> 00:36:25.405 he's pointing out some of his key responsibilities here. 520 00:36:26.745 --> 00:36:28.365 And the first one of which is to teach. 521 00:36:28.585 --> 00:36:31.405 And this can mean to speak, this is an imperative. 522 00:36:31.545 --> 00:36:34.645 You must do this Titus, you must do this. 523 00:36:34.795 --> 00:36:36.565 This is not all that Titus has to do, 524 00:36:36.745 --> 00:36:39.085 but this is so important that if he gets this wrong, 525 00:36:39.345 --> 00:36:41.045 the consequences are gonna be great. 526 00:36:41.665 --> 00:36:43.645 And whether he's teaching in a formal setting 527 00:36:43.705 --> 00:36:47.525 or an informal setting, it has to be fit. 528 00:36:47.585 --> 00:36:48.885 If the teaching is unfit, 529 00:36:48.885 --> 00:36:51.325 then the churches at Crete will never be put in order. 530 00:36:51.505 --> 00:36:54.085 And remember, this is why what Paul is charging him 531 00:36:54.085 --> 00:36:56.605 to do the things that remain, the things that left 532 00:36:56.605 --> 00:36:59.405 that needed to be put together, put these things in order. 533 00:36:59.985 --> 00:37:01.725 And it's driven by how you teach. 534 00:37:03.105 --> 00:37:05.765 And from here, Paul gives several directives 535 00:37:06.315 --> 00:37:09.805 that are appropriate, uh, typically to groupings 536 00:37:09.965 --> 00:37:11.605 of people mostly by age. 537 00:37:12.465 --> 00:37:14.285 And you might be tempted to try to, okay, 538 00:37:14.285 --> 00:37:15.645 which category am I in? 539 00:37:15.645 --> 00:37:18.365 And then try to figure yourself in that category. 540 00:37:18.525 --> 00:37:20.605 I I, I want to caution you against that 541 00:37:21.165 --> 00:37:23.085 'cause maybe figure out when we're talking about older 542 00:37:23.085 --> 00:37:27.885 and younger, maybe older and younger than you, maybe older 543 00:37:28.345 --> 00:37:30.885 or more spiritually mature than you, 544 00:37:31.345 --> 00:37:32.725 or less mature than you, 545 00:37:32.725 --> 00:37:34.085 because these directives, 546 00:37:34.475 --> 00:37:36.925 they could sound like behavior modifications. 547 00:37:37.265 --> 00:37:39.565 If I do the things that he's asking me to do 548 00:37:40.105 --> 00:37:42.805 and I get those right, then God will love me more 549 00:37:42.805 --> 00:37:45.645 and I will have his favor and I will have his blessing. 550 00:37:47.225 --> 00:37:48.445 God will accept me. 551 00:37:48.625 --> 00:37:50.845 But that's not at all what Paul is talking about, 552 00:37:51.435 --> 00:37:53.445 what Paul was stressing, that 553 00:37:53.545 --> 00:37:56.125 as we grow in our understanding of sound doctrine, 554 00:37:56.185 --> 00:38:00.205 we will realize that he's not asking us to pull away 555 00:38:00.225 --> 00:38:02.165 or disentangle ourselves from the world. 556 00:38:02.395 --> 00:38:05.365 He's trying to get us to focus on a more alluring, 557 00:38:05.885 --> 00:38:07.565 a more appealing option 558 00:38:10.075 --> 00:38:14.525 that Jesus Christ offers us the true source 559 00:38:14.545 --> 00:38:15.685 of satisfaction. 560 00:38:16.035 --> 00:38:18.045 This is far better than anything 561 00:38:18.195 --> 00:38:20.605 that the world has to offer. 562 00:38:21.185 --> 00:38:24.085 And he wants that to become the obvious choice for us so 563 00:38:24.285 --> 00:38:26.565 that if we choose anything in the world that 564 00:38:26.595 --> 00:38:28.325 that seems silly, like it's a no brainer. 565 00:38:28.465 --> 00:38:31.005 Why would I choose that when I have this before me? 566 00:38:32.225 --> 00:38:35.245 And when we reorient our lives around that choice, 567 00:38:35.425 --> 00:38:39.885 people will take notice because of how we act 568 00:38:40.385 --> 00:38:41.965 and because of how we behave. 569 00:38:43.145 --> 00:38:45.005 And Paul starts with older men. 570 00:38:45.875 --> 00:38:49.125 This is just a diplomatic, this is a diplomatic way 571 00:38:49.125 --> 00:38:51.045 of saying the plural for old men. 572 00:38:51.555 --> 00:38:55.205 Alright, old guys, I'm talking to you. I'm talking to you. 573 00:38:55.475 --> 00:38:58.165 He's probably talking about people in their, in the range 574 00:38:58.185 --> 00:39:00.805 of at least 40, 40 to 50 575 00:39:00.945 --> 00:39:03.325 and then older from there. 576 00:39:04.025 --> 00:39:06.565 And he gives them four qualities in which the old guys 577 00:39:06.565 --> 00:39:07.725 should be excelling in. 578 00:39:07.935 --> 00:39:09.645 First of all, they should be sober minded. 579 00:39:10.155 --> 00:39:12.805 They should be clearheaded and be in and 580 00:39:12.825 --> 00:39:16.085 and using good judgment at this phase in your life. 581 00:39:16.225 --> 00:39:20.085 You should have this together. You should be dignified. 582 00:39:20.145 --> 00:39:22.605 We don't need silly old men bouncing around this place. 583 00:39:22.705 --> 00:39:24.565 We don't need that. Get it together. 584 00:39:25.315 --> 00:39:27.525 They should be self-control. They should be sensible. 585 00:39:28.055 --> 00:39:31.245 Fickleness and rash, passion and impulsiveness. 586 00:39:31.475 --> 00:39:32.725 That should be a thing of the past. 587 00:39:32.745 --> 00:39:34.045 For someone that is growing 588 00:39:34.345 --> 00:39:37.645 and older in their faith, they should be sound 589 00:39:37.705 --> 00:39:39.045 or healthy in three areas. 590 00:39:39.345 --> 00:39:42.885 And Paul stacks these up, faith, love, and steadfastness. 591 00:39:42.885 --> 00:39:45.285 These are great gospel enabled practices 592 00:39:45.865 --> 00:39:48.205 as they've been growing in the gospel of who Christ is 593 00:39:48.205 --> 00:39:49.285 and what he's done for him. 594 00:39:49.535 --> 00:39:51.525 There should be evidence of this in their lives. 595 00:39:51.815 --> 00:39:53.565 Older men should be anchors 596 00:39:53.825 --> 00:39:54.965 and bring stability 597 00:39:55.065 --> 00:39:57.725 to the church when all the world is in chaos 598 00:39:58.385 --> 00:40:01.245 and everything around us looks uneasy and unsettled. 599 00:40:01.395 --> 00:40:04.005 This group of men should be showing up and being steady 600 00:40:04.635 --> 00:40:06.005 because they know God. 601 00:40:06.005 --> 00:40:08.845 They've walked with God in their confident in who he is 602 00:40:08.845 --> 00:40:10.085 and what he's done for 'em. 603 00:40:10.705 --> 00:40:12.005 And they should look to those guys 604 00:40:12.025 --> 00:40:13.405 and they should be able to then breathe. 605 00:40:15.015 --> 00:40:17.605 We're gonna be okay. We're gonna be okay. 606 00:40:17.605 --> 00:40:22.165 Charles Simeon was an Anglican pastor in the 19th century. 607 00:40:22.705 --> 00:40:23.965 And when he retired 608 00:40:24.695 --> 00:40:28.885 after 54 years in the ministry, a friend learned 609 00:40:28.885 --> 00:40:29.965 that he still gets up. 610 00:40:30.385 --> 00:40:34.325 He was still getting up every morning at 4:00 AM to pray 611 00:40:35.265 --> 00:40:36.325 and to study scripture. 612 00:40:36.425 --> 00:40:40.805 And the friend suggested, you know, uh, Charles Chuck, 613 00:40:44.235 --> 00:40:46.605 what, what if you took it a little bit easier? 614 00:40:47.985 --> 00:40:52.285 And Simeon replied to him, he said, shall I now run with, 615 00:40:52.825 --> 00:40:54.645 should I now not run 616 00:40:54.675 --> 00:40:57.645 with all my might when the winning post, 617 00:40:57.715 --> 00:40:59.805 when the finish line is right there? 618 00:41:00.105 --> 00:41:02.645 Why should I let up now when I'm so close 619 00:41:03.145 --> 00:41:04.685 to crossing the finish line? 620 00:41:04.705 --> 00:41:07.325 Listen to me. This is the type of older men 621 00:41:07.325 --> 00:41:08.325 that the church needs. 622 00:41:09.675 --> 00:41:11.845 This is the example that we need before us. 623 00:41:11.875 --> 00:41:13.045 When they're getting near the end, 624 00:41:13.045 --> 00:41:14.445 they're not looking to take it easy. 625 00:41:14.475 --> 00:41:16.205 They're looking to press in harder. 626 00:41:17.205 --> 00:41:19.085 I just think this is such an interesting mindset 627 00:41:19.155 --> 00:41:22.165 because many think retirement means coasting. 628 00:41:23.385 --> 00:41:26.005 And we get this, this thought in our head that we deserve, 629 00:41:26.235 --> 00:41:29.045 that we deserve a break after this long season of work 630 00:41:29.045 --> 00:41:33.445 because we've given blood, toil, sweat and tears. 631 00:41:34.375 --> 00:41:36.725 Isn't it okay if I just check out for a little bit? 632 00:41:38.465 --> 00:41:40.685 But what if the spiritual journey is different? 633 00:41:41.195 --> 00:41:42.885 What if it doesn't end like that? 634 00:41:43.995 --> 00:41:46.485 What if the spiritual journey, there's no easy part 635 00:41:48.425 --> 00:41:51.005 and maybe you're here and you're thinking, well, that end is 636 00:41:51.005 --> 00:41:53.045 so far away, I don't even wanna think about it. 637 00:41:53.315 --> 00:41:54.685 I'll worry about that later. 638 00:41:55.815 --> 00:41:56.925 Let's pause for a minute 639 00:41:56.925 --> 00:41:58.005 because I want you 640 00:41:58.005 --> 00:41:59.845 to consider the great struggle that we're in. 641 00:41:59.985 --> 00:42:02.325 If you're a follower of Christ, you're in this struggle. 642 00:42:03.655 --> 00:42:05.405 Where do you want to end up? 643 00:42:05.635 --> 00:42:08.685 Because remember the context in which Paul is writing 644 00:42:09.505 --> 00:42:12.525 the credence, these hoodlums, these lazy people, 645 00:42:12.535 --> 00:42:16.205 these sluggards, they are impacting the Christian culture. 646 00:42:17.435 --> 00:42:19.485 They're impacting the Christian culture. 647 00:42:19.825 --> 00:42:21.925 And so Paul's holding out for us these options. 648 00:42:21.945 --> 00:42:23.845 Do you want be a creon or do you want to be a Christian? 649 00:42:24.065 --> 00:42:25.525 Do you want to be lazy 650 00:42:25.705 --> 00:42:28.005 or do you want to be a devoted follower of Christ? 651 00:42:28.945 --> 00:42:31.805 And depending on your desired destination, where you want 652 00:42:31.805 --> 00:42:34.925 to end up one day, someday, where you want the plane 653 00:42:34.925 --> 00:42:39.085 to land, when your time is over, that will impact the things 654 00:42:39.085 --> 00:42:40.485 that you say yes and no to. 655 00:42:40.665 --> 00:42:43.245 It will impact your decision making paradigm. 656 00:42:44.065 --> 00:42:45.485 And come on, let me get in your business. 657 00:42:46.235 --> 00:42:47.885 What are the habits and opportunities 658 00:42:47.945 --> 00:42:50.525 and temptations that you're saying yes to, that you know, 659 00:42:50.545 --> 00:42:53.765 you should be saying that you're saying yes to, 660 00:42:53.765 --> 00:42:55.685 that you know you should be saying no to 661 00:42:55.955 --> 00:42:59.725 because our right decisions affect right? 662 00:42:59.965 --> 00:43:03.245 Decisions today affect our outcomes tomorrow. 663 00:43:04.965 --> 00:43:07.465 We need older men that are faithful and stable 664 00:43:08.045 --> 00:43:10.065 and Paul then turns to older women. 665 00:43:11.265 --> 00:43:16.105 I won't give an age range Because I'm 666 00:43:16.105 --> 00:43:17.225 older and and wise. 667 00:43:20.815 --> 00:43:21.985 It's not in the notes. Stop it. 668 00:43:22.295 --> 00:43:25.865 Paul Now turns to, I think it's important for us to notice 669 00:43:25.935 --> 00:43:27.545 that, that as Paul is writing 670 00:43:27.565 --> 00:43:31.025 to Titus Titus is not leading a male only club. 671 00:43:32.095 --> 00:43:33.985 What what he knows is that both men 672 00:43:33.985 --> 00:43:35.985 and women have a vital role to play. 673 00:43:36.575 --> 00:43:39.145 They have a vital role to play in a flourishing church. 674 00:43:40.805 --> 00:43:43.905 That's why he writes likewise, the signals to Titus 675 00:43:44.055 --> 00:43:46.265 that Titus owes women the same attention 676 00:43:46.285 --> 00:43:49.745 and care that he's given the men and how he knows. 677 00:43:49.745 --> 00:43:51.665 This is what Paul knows, that how women carry 678 00:43:51.685 --> 00:43:53.225 and conduct themselves will 679 00:43:53.265 --> 00:43:56.465 likewise have the impact on the influence 680 00:43:56.765 --> 00:43:58.225 and witness of the church. 681 00:43:59.965 --> 00:44:01.825 So he addresses four characteristics 682 00:44:01.845 --> 00:44:05.265 or tendencies that they should be encouraged towards. 683 00:44:06.165 --> 00:44:09.385 And the first is they should be reverent in their behavior. 684 00:44:09.995 --> 00:44:12.225 Jason mentioned, I think it was last week, 685 00:44:12.255 --> 00:44:14.705 that your life is your loudest sermon. 686 00:44:15.785 --> 00:44:17.475 Your life is your loudest sermon. 687 00:44:17.855 --> 00:44:19.995 So he's talking about in this reverent behavior, 688 00:44:20.055 --> 00:44:21.515 the way they live, whether it's public 689 00:44:21.535 --> 00:44:24.235 or whether it's private, are they acting godly? 690 00:44:24.255 --> 00:44:25.915 Are they moving towards holiness? 691 00:44:26.215 --> 00:44:28.995 Are they reflecting the character of Jesus in 692 00:44:28.995 --> 00:44:30.315 what they say and what they do? 693 00:44:30.345 --> 00:44:33.765 They shouldn't be, be slanderers, speak the truth. 694 00:44:33.855 --> 00:44:37.045 Don't tell lies. They shouldn't be slaves to whine. 695 00:44:37.695 --> 00:44:40.605 Don't be captured and controlled by it, by what comes out 696 00:44:40.605 --> 00:44:42.245 of your mouth and by what's going in. 697 00:44:43.745 --> 00:44:46.525 So that, so that you can speak 698 00:44:46.595 --> 00:44:49.485 with integrity into the lives of younger women. 699 00:44:49.735 --> 00:44:54.045 Teach what is good. Train young women. Encourage them. 700 00:44:55.025 --> 00:44:56.725 The older women, lemme just ask you, 701 00:44:57.225 --> 00:44:58.645 are you open and available? 702 00:44:59.105 --> 00:45:00.485 Are you open and available 703 00:45:02.105 --> 00:45:04.365 to invest in the life of a younger woman? 704 00:45:05.225 --> 00:45:07.765 Are you open and available? It it, it's gonna be messy. 705 00:45:07.925 --> 00:45:09.605 I I mean, let's, it is gonna be messy. 706 00:45:09.915 --> 00:45:13.805 It's gonna be time consuming. But this is what I believe. 707 00:45:13.885 --> 00:45:15.205 I believe that it'll be worth it. 708 00:45:16.325 --> 00:45:18.125 I believe you'll be surprised by 709 00:45:18.225 --> 00:45:20.405 how rewarding it will be not only 710 00:45:20.665 --> 00:45:22.885 for their spiritual growth, but for yours. 711 00:45:23.745 --> 00:45:25.565 But for yours. Are you open? 712 00:45:25.585 --> 00:45:27.925 And maybe you're concerned, you're like, yeah, I'm open 713 00:45:27.925 --> 00:45:28.965 to it, but I don't even know 714 00:45:28.965 --> 00:45:30.605 what would I start, what would I say? 715 00:45:30.915 --> 00:45:33.205 What would I do? Well, Paul gives some points 716 00:45:33.955 --> 00:45:36.365 that would be helpful to them. 717 00:45:37.875 --> 00:45:40.535 He says, this is in verse four, which is, I mean, 718 00:45:40.955 --> 00:45:43.975 so train young women to love their husbands and children. 719 00:45:46.815 --> 00:45:48.815 I mean, doesn't that it should at least make you smile. 720 00:45:48.935 --> 00:45:52.215 I mean, that seems, I mean, Paul is more concerned about, 721 00:45:52.665 --> 00:45:55.815 about life on life progress than 722 00:45:55.815 --> 00:45:56.855 what happens on the weekend. 723 00:45:56.875 --> 00:45:57.975 Now, the weekend is important, 724 00:45:58.955 --> 00:46:02.015 but he, he's talking about something broader than that 725 00:46:02.935 --> 00:46:04.055 involved in each other's life. 726 00:46:04.275 --> 00:46:06.695 And remember the what, what is going on here in context? 727 00:46:06.885 --> 00:46:09.055 When we look back to chapter one in verse 11, 728 00:46:09.365 --> 00:46:10.895 what were these c credences doing? 729 00:46:11.685 --> 00:46:14.015 They were on mission to upset families. 730 00:46:14.285 --> 00:46:17.575 This is why Paul said in verse 11, they must be silenced 731 00:46:17.575 --> 00:46:19.775 because they are upsetting whole families 732 00:46:19.955 --> 00:46:23.375 by teaching shameful gain that they ought not to teach. 733 00:46:24.605 --> 00:46:28.455 Then one way that these guys can be silenced is 734 00:46:28.475 --> 00:46:31.095 by overwhelming the lie with the truth. 735 00:46:33.285 --> 00:46:35.175 Overwhelm the lie with the truth. 736 00:46:35.555 --> 00:46:37.855 And encourage and encourage and encourage. 737 00:46:37.855 --> 00:46:40.895 That train means to advise, to urge. 738 00:46:41.835 --> 00:46:43.095 And then we come back to what? 739 00:46:43.115 --> 00:46:45.495 At least, I mean, it made me smile to love their husbands. 740 00:46:46.215 --> 00:46:48.335 I think you, you, we zoom back into our culture 741 00:46:48.955 --> 00:46:50.495 and we're taught that well, 742 00:46:50.605 --> 00:46:54.735 love is just something you fall into as if it's an accident. 743 00:46:54.835 --> 00:46:57.895 That's just not true. We have to learn how to love 744 00:46:59.075 --> 00:47:00.855 and it's difficult and it's hard 745 00:47:00.855 --> 00:47:02.135 and we have to fight for it. 746 00:47:02.355 --> 00:47:04.775 One, because it, a lot of times it's against our nature. 747 00:47:05.195 --> 00:47:08.735 And, and second, they're not always that lovable. 748 00:47:09.625 --> 00:47:11.615 We're in this section on younger women, so let's do that. 749 00:47:11.615 --> 00:47:13.255 They go, what do you gotta do to get, uh, 750 00:47:13.255 --> 00:47:14.695 the big boy off the couch, man, 751 00:47:14.715 --> 00:47:16.495 put the clicker down and help me out. 752 00:47:17.275 --> 00:47:19.975 You're not that lovable. And then what about the kids? 753 00:47:20.445 --> 00:47:23.055 They get into the teenage years and then it goes dark 754 00:47:23.075 --> 00:47:25.135 and they, and they don't, they don't use words. 755 00:47:26.005 --> 00:47:28.455 It's sort of like grunts and growls and groans. 756 00:47:29.185 --> 00:47:30.725 And it seems like it's about food. 757 00:47:30.785 --> 00:47:31.685 But we don't know 758 00:47:35.825 --> 00:47:39.325 one way, if you don't hear younger, younger, younger lady, 759 00:47:39.385 --> 00:47:43.285 if you don't hear anything else, hear this, that one way 760 00:47:43.285 --> 00:47:44.925 to love your husband and your children is 761 00:47:44.925 --> 00:47:46.365 to agonize over them in prayer. 762 00:47:49.015 --> 00:47:50.415 I mean, come on. You need to write that down. 763 00:47:50.845 --> 00:47:53.575 Agonize over them in prayer. If it's not working out. 764 00:47:53.575 --> 00:47:56.575 And if it's hard and you're frustrated, man, go to the king 765 00:47:56.575 --> 00:47:58.055 of kings and Lord of lords 766 00:47:58.275 --> 00:48:00.655 and beg God to move in their heart 767 00:48:00.675 --> 00:48:04.375 and in their life, pray that they would not go away, 768 00:48:04.395 --> 00:48:07.015 but they would be drawn near that they would hunger 769 00:48:07.035 --> 00:48:09.575 and thirst after God and his righteousness. 770 00:48:10.565 --> 00:48:12.855 Intercede love your family well 771 00:48:13.275 --> 00:48:15.575 by agonizing over them in prayer. 772 00:48:16.325 --> 00:48:19.135 Love is not an ooey gooey feeling. Love is hard work. 773 00:48:21.625 --> 00:48:24.135 Older women help the younger women to be self-controlled. 774 00:48:24.135 --> 00:48:26.495 Help 'em to be sensible, help 'em to be pure. 775 00:48:26.845 --> 00:48:29.775 Well, it certainly means sexual fidelity to their spouse, 776 00:48:30.035 --> 00:48:32.615 but more than that, there, there's some ethical 777 00:48:32.635 --> 00:48:35.335 and moral excellence that he's talking about here. 778 00:48:35.855 --> 00:48:37.815 Ultimately what Paul is doing is calling them 779 00:48:37.835 --> 00:48:40.815 to the high aim or the target of being like Christ. 780 00:48:42.555 --> 00:48:45.215 And then we bump into some challenges for our culture 781 00:48:45.525 --> 00:48:47.175 because it says you're training them, 782 00:48:47.375 --> 00:48:48.615 training them to work at home. 783 00:48:49.835 --> 00:48:52.615 Now, let's not read more into this than it says, 784 00:48:52.635 --> 00:48:54.935 and let's not, you know, make up stuff here. 785 00:48:55.115 --> 00:48:57.655 But Paul is not opposed to work outside the home, 786 00:48:57.955 --> 00:49:01.935 but what he is opposed to is being idle and irresponsible. 787 00:49:02.675 --> 00:49:04.895 He wants the young women to prioritize their time 788 00:49:04.915 --> 00:49:07.855 and not waste a second to be good managers 789 00:49:08.115 --> 00:49:10.175 and diligent managers of their home. 790 00:49:10.835 --> 00:49:14.215 He wants them to be kind, to be gentle. 791 00:49:16.595 --> 00:49:18.615 In other words, to be like Jesus. 792 00:49:19.515 --> 00:49:22.615 But maybe be kind is tough when, when you're surrounded 793 00:49:22.615 --> 00:49:24.735 by people that in that moment are not that lovable. 794 00:49:25.395 --> 00:49:28.095 And then we come into everybody's favorite part. 795 00:49:28.095 --> 00:49:30.455 Here's being submissive to their own husbands. 796 00:49:33.175 --> 00:49:38.055 I think I I I really compelled by the Old Testament idea 797 00:49:38.555 --> 00:49:41.055 of what it looks like to be submissive to God. 798 00:49:41.595 --> 00:49:44.695 It it, it's this idea of bending your heart towards him, 799 00:49:46.205 --> 00:49:47.975 your will and your volition. 800 00:49:47.975 --> 00:49:51.455 Submission means to yield yield in one's will 801 00:49:51.555 --> 00:49:53.695 to the leadership in the direction of another. 802 00:49:55.305 --> 00:49:59.035 This is not about being contention contentious, 803 00:49:59.055 --> 00:50:00.475 but it's about collaboration. 804 00:50:00.475 --> 00:50:02.955 There's a lot of things you could say about submissive 805 00:50:02.965 --> 00:50:05.395 submission and what it is and what it isn't. 806 00:50:06.495 --> 00:50:08.635 But it doesn't mean that the husband is a dictator. 807 00:50:08.695 --> 00:50:11.355 And it certainly doesn't mean that he's smarter. Come on. 808 00:50:13.055 --> 00:50:14.235 It doesn't mean that. 809 00:50:15.655 --> 00:50:17.795 And it doesn't mean ladies, it doesn't mean you have 810 00:50:17.795 --> 00:50:20.435 to violate your, your conscience and follow him into sin. 811 00:50:20.495 --> 00:50:21.795 That's not what that means. 812 00:50:23.495 --> 00:50:26.635 But also note what it clearly says is that you're not 813 00:50:26.635 --> 00:50:29.605 to submit to everyone's husband, submit to your husband. 814 00:50:30.985 --> 00:50:33.645 So young women, you may be thinking you may be the 815 00:50:34.155 --> 00:50:35.525 what what's going on with all of this? 816 00:50:35.755 --> 00:50:39.325 This seems like a bit much why, why all of this? 817 00:50:39.355 --> 00:50:40.845 Well, Paul answers that as well. 818 00:50:41.265 --> 00:50:44.885 He says that the word of God may not be reviled. 819 00:50:45.745 --> 00:50:49.045 As you lean into these behaviors in these directives, 820 00:50:49.545 --> 00:50:51.685 as you lean into these, God will be honored. 821 00:50:51.865 --> 00:50:53.645 And this, the surprising stuff happens. 822 00:50:54.185 --> 00:50:56.725 The husband's heart will be reached in a 823 00:50:56.725 --> 00:50:57.965 more effective manner. 824 00:50:58.625 --> 00:51:00.365 And not only that, not only that, 825 00:51:00.545 --> 00:51:04.765 but the crazy Creon culture will take notice. 826 00:51:05.345 --> 00:51:07.485 The crazy Creon culture will take notice. 827 00:51:07.705 --> 00:51:08.725 It is so interesting 828 00:51:08.725 --> 00:51:10.845 that the more the church is different from the world, 829 00:51:11.185 --> 00:51:12.885 the more the church is different from the culture, 830 00:51:12.985 --> 00:51:14.845 the more attractive it becomes to the culture. 831 00:51:15.785 --> 00:51:17.685 We are not just as church people trying 832 00:51:17.685 --> 00:51:18.765 to say, well what's the world doing? 833 00:51:18.775 --> 00:51:21.045 Let's look like it. We don't have to do that. 834 00:51:21.145 --> 00:51:22.765 We know that's not working. 835 00:51:25.385 --> 00:51:26.485 We are leaning into, well 836 00:51:26.485 --> 00:51:28.365 what does the Bible have to say about this? 837 00:51:28.895 --> 00:51:30.405 Let's move in that direction. 838 00:51:30.585 --> 00:51:33.365 And as we become more pulled back from the culture 839 00:51:33.465 --> 00:51:35.725 and we become unique and different, wow, 840 00:51:35.835 --> 00:51:37.685 it's strangely compelling. 841 00:51:38.665 --> 00:51:39.885 And the world's like, huh 842 00:51:41.505 --> 00:51:43.765 huh, younger women. 843 00:51:43.905 --> 00:51:46.925 Are you open and available to some help? 844 00:51:48.695 --> 00:51:51.085 Would you allow someone who is older and wiser 845 00:51:51.085 --> 00:51:53.285 and more experienced than you to speak into your life? 846 00:51:53.495 --> 00:51:55.245 Would you want somebody who's been 847 00:51:55.245 --> 00:51:56.445 through what you're going through? 848 00:51:58.545 --> 00:52:02.735 Would you want somebody who's been through what you're going 849 00:52:02.735 --> 00:52:06.135 through to give you a word of encouragement, 850 00:52:08.295 --> 00:52:09.495 a timely word of encouragement? 851 00:52:09.495 --> 00:52:11.975 Because this is what a family of families looks like. 852 00:52:13.245 --> 00:52:16.175 This is what a multi-generational church looks like when 853 00:52:16.175 --> 00:52:17.455 it's functioning properly. 854 00:52:17.955 --> 00:52:21.295 We are helping each other as we struggle through our journey 855 00:52:21.355 --> 00:52:24.415 of faith as we try to move towards Christ's likeness. 856 00:52:26.445 --> 00:52:27.855 Paul moves to the younger men. 857 00:52:29.845 --> 00:52:31.575 This may upset the younger women as well 858 00:52:31.575 --> 00:52:33.455 because everyone's had a list so far. 859 00:52:33.455 --> 00:52:36.615 Younger men, one thing 860 00:52:38.475 --> 00:52:41.935 be self-controlled, urge the younger men to self-control. 861 00:52:42.085 --> 00:52:44.655 He's probably talking about the, you know, mid-teens to up 862 00:52:44.655 --> 00:52:47.855 to 40 and they get the one thing this, 863 00:52:47.995 --> 00:52:51.175 but it's the, the second time that Paul uses an imperative. 864 00:52:51.195 --> 00:52:52.735 The first was in verse one, teach. 865 00:52:52.995 --> 00:52:57.495 And now it's urge or encourage young men to be self-control. 866 00:52:58.165 --> 00:53:01.535 Help them to, to think in a way that's sensible so 867 00:53:01.535 --> 00:53:03.735 that they can use good judgment, help them 868 00:53:03.875 --> 00:53:07.335 to control their temper, their tongue and their appetites. 869 00:53:07.725 --> 00:53:12.455 Encourage them to say, can you at least try? Can you try? 870 00:53:12.715 --> 00:53:14.415 And no, this is a impossible 871 00:53:14.415 --> 00:53:17.255 because why would Paul encourage us to 872 00:53:17.355 --> 00:53:19.215 or exhort them to an impossibility? 873 00:53:19.775 --> 00:53:21.855 Titus is to steer young men in the direction 874 00:53:22.115 --> 00:53:23.575 of being self-control. 875 00:53:23.875 --> 00:53:25.965 He is to help focus their energy 876 00:53:25.985 --> 00:53:29.805 and their intensity in re in a redemptive direction. 877 00:53:29.875 --> 00:53:32.925 What he's supposed to do is he to tether them, as it were 878 00:53:34.145 --> 00:53:35.205 to sound doctrine. 879 00:53:37.205 --> 00:53:38.405 'cause when our doctrine is right, 880 00:53:38.825 --> 00:53:42.485 the behavior will follow Young men. 881 00:53:43.925 --> 00:53:45.885 Striving for sound doctrine is a big deal. 882 00:53:46.725 --> 00:53:48.205 Striving for sound doctrine is a big deal. 883 00:53:48.225 --> 00:53:50.605 So if you've been zoning out, you need to zone back in. 884 00:53:51.315 --> 00:53:53.725 This is a big deal because what you know affects 885 00:53:53.785 --> 00:53:56.925 how you think, which informs what you do, the decisions 886 00:53:56.925 --> 00:53:58.565 that you make and you're on a trajectory 887 00:53:59.185 --> 00:54:00.645 and it's taking you somewhere. 888 00:54:01.065 --> 00:54:03.045 Is it taking you somewhere that you want to be? 889 00:54:04.385 --> 00:54:06.205 So what's going on in your head, young guys? 890 00:54:06.425 --> 00:54:08.685 What's going on in your head? What are you thinking about? 891 00:54:08.685 --> 00:54:11.125 Because Paul reminds the believers in Corinth that they're 892 00:54:11.125 --> 00:54:12.725 to take every thought captive, 893 00:54:13.975 --> 00:54:16.805 young men winning the battlefield in your mind sets the 894 00:54:16.805 --> 00:54:18.965 course, sets you on the course 895 00:54:19.065 --> 00:54:22.285 to be used in an influential way in the world. 896 00:54:22.985 --> 00:54:25.205 The battle is one in how you think. 897 00:54:25.275 --> 00:54:26.605 What is it that you're thinking about? 898 00:54:27.635 --> 00:54:29.445 What is it that you're thinking about 899 00:54:29.585 --> 00:54:30.645 in verse seven and eight? 900 00:54:30.915 --> 00:54:33.405 Paul, and this is kind of a seamless transition 901 00:54:33.405 --> 00:54:35.005 because he, he goes straight to Titus, 902 00:54:35.005 --> 00:54:36.565 but Titus is probably a younger guy. 903 00:54:39.505 --> 00:54:42.805 And he says to Titus Titus, you need to be a model, 904 00:54:43.985 --> 00:54:45.405 be a model of good works. 905 00:54:45.825 --> 00:54:49.205 Set the example, be a pattern for people to follow 906 00:54:54.015 --> 00:54:54.865 Back to our business. 907 00:54:56.565 --> 00:55:00.225 Listen, if you were told, you are the example, 908 00:55:01.885 --> 00:55:06.145 if you were told you're the example, like how you live 909 00:55:06.205 --> 00:55:08.945 and how you love and how you serve and how you give 910 00:55:09.205 --> 00:55:11.865 and how you show up and how you sacrifice and, 911 00:55:12.005 --> 00:55:13.145 and if you are the example 912 00:55:13.165 --> 00:55:17.705 and everybody else followed how you live and how you think 913 00:55:17.705 --> 00:55:20.945 and how you do life, what would the shape 914 00:55:20.945 --> 00:55:22.225 of our church be in? 915 00:55:23.775 --> 00:55:25.505 What would the shape of our church be in? 916 00:55:25.845 --> 00:55:28.905 Are you setting an example that we need more of? 917 00:55:28.905 --> 00:55:31.185 What you're, you what's in your wake? 918 00:55:32.005 --> 00:55:35.105 Do we need more of that? He says. 919 00:55:35.285 --> 00:55:37.305 He says to Titus, in your teachings, 920 00:55:37.335 --> 00:55:39.185 show integrity and dignity. 921 00:55:41.325 --> 00:55:43.985 See, see, Paul knows that content is important, 922 00:55:44.445 --> 00:55:45.745 but he also knows 923 00:55:45.745 --> 00:55:48.785 that content without character will result in 924 00:55:48.785 --> 00:55:50.385 compromise and in corruption. 925 00:55:51.205 --> 00:55:54.785 He tells him in verse eight, your sound speech, 926 00:55:55.375 --> 00:55:56.585 your speech is important. 927 00:55:56.835 --> 00:55:59.105 Words can cripple and they can harm. Tit. 928 00:55:59.545 --> 00:56:02.705 Titus, your words should be restorative and bring healing. 929 00:56:03.815 --> 00:56:06.625 What about for us? The words that we use, the words 930 00:56:06.625 --> 00:56:09.865 that we use, do they bring harm or are our words helpful? 931 00:56:13.065 --> 00:56:15.665 Paul notes that when our words are helpful, 932 00:56:15.775 --> 00:56:18.065 when we use sound speech, and when we teach 933 00:56:18.085 --> 00:56:19.465 and show integrity and dignity, 934 00:56:20.245 --> 00:56:24.725 it silences the troublemakers and they'll be shamed 935 00:56:24.725 --> 00:56:28.845 because they won't have anything bad to say about it. 936 00:56:28.845 --> 00:56:31.085 It says in the text, us, meaning Titus and Paul 937 00:56:31.705 --> 00:56:35.685 or us as we live it out, the final group that Paul addresses 938 00:56:35.745 --> 00:56:36.765 as bond servants. 939 00:56:38.065 --> 00:56:41.085 Now Paul moves as, as he goes to this last group. 940 00:56:41.105 --> 00:56:43.405 We remember as we go back to how the letter started, 941 00:56:43.555 --> 00:56:47.845 chapter one, verse one, Paul says, I am a slave of Christ 942 00:56:48.265 --> 00:56:50.605 or a slave of God, a servant of God. 943 00:56:51.025 --> 00:56:52.845 But what he's talking about here is not 944 00:56:52.845 --> 00:56:54.765 that he's talking about literal slaves. 945 00:56:54.945 --> 00:56:56.845 And in this culture, this is not uncommon. 946 00:56:57.585 --> 00:56:58.965 Not uncommon in the first century. 947 00:56:59.265 --> 00:57:02.245 In fact, one out of three people in Rome was a slave. 948 00:57:02.425 --> 00:57:05.405 And one out of five outside of Rome was a slave 949 00:57:05.625 --> 00:57:07.965 and one could be a slave for any number of reasons. 950 00:57:08.385 --> 00:57:11.845 In the first century, slavery was not racially driven. 951 00:57:12.865 --> 00:57:16.165 It cut across racial, social, and national lines. 952 00:57:16.745 --> 00:57:20.205 But what Paul is after here again, just like he is with all 953 00:57:20.205 --> 00:57:21.405 of these groups, is 954 00:57:21.405 --> 00:57:24.005 that godly behavior flows from good doctrine 955 00:57:24.225 --> 00:57:26.565 and it influences a watching world. 956 00:57:27.665 --> 00:57:30.205 And because of that, he gives guidance to the slaves, 957 00:57:30.925 --> 00:57:32.645 remembering that we ultimately serve, 958 00:57:33.385 --> 00:57:34.965 we ultimately serve Jesus. 959 00:57:35.265 --> 00:57:37.805 Now listen, listen, 960 00:57:38.185 --> 00:57:40.325 not every circumstance in life is awesome, 961 00:57:41.105 --> 00:57:43.205 and certainly being a slave not awesome. 962 00:57:43.235 --> 00:57:45.125 There's no way to sugarcoat that 963 00:57:45.125 --> 00:57:46.445 and make that go down any better. 964 00:57:46.825 --> 00:57:49.245 And becoming a Christ follower may not change your 965 00:57:49.245 --> 00:57:52.645 circumstance, but it could change your attitude 966 00:57:54.145 --> 00:57:55.205 and thus your witness 967 00:57:55.625 --> 00:57:59.445 to a watching world Be faithful. 968 00:57:59.445 --> 00:58:03.405 Paul wants us to be faithful in even in bad circumstances. 969 00:58:03.825 --> 00:58:06.645 He doesn't promise, he doesn't promise the slaves 970 00:58:06.645 --> 00:58:07.765 that they would be set free, 971 00:58:08.105 --> 00:58:09.165 but he's letting them know 972 00:58:09.165 --> 00:58:10.845 that there could be freedom available 973 00:58:10.945 --> 00:58:12.285 beyond your circumstance. 974 00:58:12.635 --> 00:58:14.325 Thus this is how he charges them. 975 00:58:14.705 --> 00:58:18.965 Be submissive to your masters in everything, in everything 976 00:58:18.995 --> 00:58:21.445 that sounds so, so all inclusive. 977 00:58:21.745 --> 00:58:22.765 Are there no exceptions? 978 00:58:22.765 --> 00:58:24.085 Well, of course there are exceptions, 979 00:58:25.145 --> 00:58:26.485 of course, there's exceptions. 980 00:58:26.665 --> 00:58:28.485 If it's unbiblical, unethical, illegal 981 00:58:28.505 --> 00:58:30.805 or immoral, you, you don't submit to that. 982 00:58:31.905 --> 00:58:35.085 But broadly speaking, slaves are to serve their masters. 983 00:58:35.475 --> 00:58:39.845 Well be, be be well pleasing, not argumentative. 984 00:58:39.955 --> 00:58:42.925 Work hard, work hard, and don't be lippy. 985 00:58:43.565 --> 00:58:46.365 Remember as he, as Paul says in Colossians three, 986 00:58:47.725 --> 00:58:52.325 whatever you do, work hardily as for the Lord, not for men. 987 00:58:52.355 --> 00:58:54.965 Knowing that from the Lord you will receive the, 988 00:58:55.065 --> 00:58:57.045 the inheritance as your reward. 989 00:58:58.265 --> 00:59:01.445 You serving. You are serving the Lord Christ. 990 00:59:01.665 --> 00:59:04.565 And because you're serving the the Christ. 991 00:59:04.905 --> 00:59:06.285 In verse 10, don't pilfer, 992 00:59:06.285 --> 00:59:08.885 don't still don't hold things back that don't belong to you. 993 00:59:09.345 --> 00:59:12.925 Always show, always show that you can be trusted. 994 00:59:14.875 --> 00:59:17.045 Showing all good faith conduct. 995 00:59:17.305 --> 00:59:20.165 Our conduct serves as a witness of 996 00:59:20.165 --> 00:59:21.565 what we say that we believe. 997 00:59:22.855 --> 00:59:24.295 I mean, just think about that for a minute. 998 00:59:24.645 --> 00:59:27.655 What does your behavior say about what you say you believe? 999 00:59:30.515 --> 00:59:34.455 So that in everything they may adorn the doctrine 1000 00:59:34.455 --> 00:59:39.335 of God our savior, our behavior will make the teaching 1001 00:59:39.715 --> 00:59:41.495 and the doctrine attractive. 1002 00:59:43.155 --> 00:59:45.175 It will make it attractive, it will give it beauty. 1003 00:59:45.475 --> 00:59:48.135 See, Paul wants masters to be impacted 1004 00:59:48.275 --> 00:59:49.415 by the gospel message. 1005 00:59:49.795 --> 00:59:53.655 And he knows that the primary way that this can happen is 1006 00:59:53.655 --> 00:59:58.535 through how a believer acts, how he behaves. 1007 00:59:59.395 --> 01:00:00.775 And then maybe you're not a slave, 1008 01:00:03.115 --> 01:00:04.615 but perhaps you're an employee. 1009 01:00:06.405 --> 01:00:08.455 What does your work ethic say? 1010 01:00:10.455 --> 01:00:13.315 Or what does your work ethic reveal about 1011 01:00:13.315 --> 01:00:14.875 what you say that you believe? 1012 01:00:16.385 --> 01:00:18.835 Like as you carry yourself in the workplace? 1013 01:00:20.585 --> 01:00:23.035 What would people think of the God that you say you serve? 1014 01:00:23.095 --> 01:00:24.795 But because of your actions and attitude 1015 01:00:24.795 --> 01:00:25.795 and how you carry yourself? 1016 01:00:28.935 --> 01:00:31.035 And in this message and in this series, we've said 1017 01:00:31.035 --> 01:00:33.635 that sound doctrine leads to godly living. 1018 01:00:34.255 --> 01:00:37.395 But perhaps you have some doubts, concerns, reservations. 1019 01:00:38.045 --> 01:00:40.235 Maybe you're asking, is this even possible? 1020 01:00:40.495 --> 01:00:42.675 And then maybe you're asking if it's possible. 1021 01:00:42.705 --> 01:00:46.155 Well, what do I do? Now throughout this series, 1022 01:00:46.605 --> 01:00:48.755 along the way, we've been giving you field notes 1023 01:00:48.815 --> 01:00:49.875 for the spiritual journey. 1024 01:00:50.535 --> 01:00:53.515 So as we wrap up our time together today, I want 1025 01:00:53.515 --> 01:00:55.355 to give you four field notes. 1026 01:00:56.655 --> 01:01:00.035 The first one is this, that sound doctrine leads 1027 01:01:00.055 --> 01:01:01.315 to a transformed life. 1028 01:01:01.405 --> 01:01:04.395 Sound doctrine leads to a transformed life. 1029 01:01:05.415 --> 01:01:07.595 As we grow in our gospel, understanding 1030 01:01:08.655 --> 01:01:11.755 it will impact the way we behave as we begin 1031 01:01:11.755 --> 01:01:13.995 to understand the depravity 1032 01:01:13.995 --> 01:01:16.275 and the mess that we are in, that we are hopeless 1033 01:01:16.295 --> 01:01:17.955 and helpless in our sin 1034 01:01:17.955 --> 01:01:20.235 and that we can't rescue and save ourselves. 1035 01:01:20.495 --> 01:01:22.755 But God, in his great kindness and his love 1036 01:01:22.755 --> 01:01:27.475 and his tremendous mercy sent his son on a rescue mission 1037 01:01:27.655 --> 01:01:32.355 to bring us back, to set us free, to give his life 1038 01:01:32.375 --> 01:01:34.835 as a sacrifice, as a substitute, so 1039 01:01:34.835 --> 01:01:36.115 that we can have a restored 1040 01:01:36.215 --> 01:01:37.635 and reconciled relationship 1041 01:01:37.635 --> 01:01:39.835 with our Heavenly Father who loves us. 1042 01:01:41.615 --> 01:01:43.475 And as we begin to lean into that 1043 01:01:43.535 --> 01:01:46.475 and understand that we don't respond out of duty, 1044 01:01:46.475 --> 01:01:48.075 we respond out of delight. 1045 01:01:49.935 --> 01:01:52.155 And when people see that, they take notice 1046 01:01:53.305 --> 01:01:54.875 like something's happened to you. 1047 01:01:56.185 --> 01:02:00.355 Tell me what, tell me what sound doctrine leads 1048 01:02:00.375 --> 01:02:01.555 to a transformed life. 1049 01:02:02.255 --> 01:02:04.755 The second field note, sound doctrine can be learned. 1050 01:02:04.865 --> 01:02:08.315 This should be very encouraging. This stuff can be learned. 1051 01:02:08.505 --> 01:02:10.715 This is not for academic elites, this is not 1052 01:02:10.715 --> 01:02:13.115 for high up people that can read big books and do big words 1053 01:02:13.115 --> 01:02:14.275 and all of that stuff though. 1054 01:02:14.275 --> 01:02:17.035 This is for all of us. We can learn this stuff. 1055 01:02:18.075 --> 01:02:20.045 I would just say, I mean, you've heard people say it this 1056 01:02:20.045 --> 01:02:21.805 way, if you can learn to order from Starbucks 1057 01:02:22.065 --> 01:02:24.045 to be sure you can learn to read theology 1058 01:02:27.785 --> 01:02:29.845 and, and not only can it be learned, 1059 01:02:30.045 --> 01:02:32.765 I would say it must be learned and it must be experienced. 1060 01:02:33.585 --> 01:02:35.965 It must be learned, and it must be experienced. 1061 01:02:36.025 --> 01:02:37.405 And it requires humility. 1062 01:02:38.105 --> 01:02:40.565 You can't walk into all of this saying, I know it all. 1063 01:02:42.155 --> 01:02:44.645 Come on. Do you have an open heart and a learner spirit? 1064 01:02:45.505 --> 01:02:46.525 Do you want to learn? 1065 01:02:46.525 --> 01:02:49.645 Because you can learn theology, 1066 01:02:50.265 --> 01:02:51.845 you can learn sound doctrine. 1067 01:02:51.905 --> 01:02:54.525 And I would say again, come on, this is so vital 1068 01:02:55.155 --> 01:02:58.245 because sound doctrine is gonna affect how you think 1069 01:02:58.505 --> 01:02:59.805 and how you make decisions. 1070 01:02:59.825 --> 01:03:02.205 And it will ultimately determine your destination. 1071 01:03:02.465 --> 01:03:04.485 You are decision making yourself somewhere, 1072 01:03:04.745 --> 01:03:06.765 but what are you basing your decisions on? 1073 01:03:08.275 --> 01:03:09.765 Good doctrine or bad doctrine? 1074 01:03:10.655 --> 01:03:13.925 Third field note, growing 1075 01:03:14.025 --> 01:03:15.925 and sound doctrine requires help. 1076 01:03:16.025 --> 01:03:18.005 You've heard this along this series as well. 1077 01:03:19.195 --> 01:03:22.565 It's hard and it's really hard by yourself. 1078 01:03:22.905 --> 01:03:25.645 You need the help of God's spirit within you. 1079 01:03:25.945 --> 01:03:28.205 You need the help of others who are willing 1080 01:03:28.225 --> 01:03:30.085 to take responsibility for your holiness. 1081 01:03:30.085 --> 01:03:31.685 And they, they see you drifting 1082 01:03:33.835 --> 01:03:35.925 that will get involved in your life. 1083 01:03:36.785 --> 01:03:38.325 That's the kind of people that you need. 1084 01:03:38.345 --> 01:03:40.965 People that won't give you a pass on sin and stupid, 1085 01:03:41.225 --> 01:03:42.725 but love you in spite of it. 1086 01:03:44.425 --> 01:03:46.605 And the fourth field note is this sound doctrine comes 1087 01:03:46.605 --> 01:03:48.045 with a personal responsibility. 1088 01:03:48.065 --> 01:03:49.565 Listen, we are all modeling. 1089 01:03:50.465 --> 01:03:53.805 We are modeling something for somebody. People are watching. 1090 01:03:53.995 --> 01:03:55.165 What is it that you're modeling? 1091 01:03:56.905 --> 01:04:00.565 We have a responsibility to invest in others, 1092 01:04:01.705 --> 01:04:04.965 to tell people what we know so that they can experience 1093 01:04:04.965 --> 01:04:07.005 what we've experienced as a follower of Christ. 1094 01:04:08.945 --> 01:04:11.285 Now you're gonna get tangled up, it's gonna be a mess, 1095 01:04:11.545 --> 01:04:13.925 but again, I'm telling you, this will be worth it. 1096 01:04:14.145 --> 01:04:16.645 So who are you pouring into and who is pouring into you? 1097 01:04:18.785 --> 01:04:21.205 At the end of the day, we're all gonna end up somewhere. 1098 01:04:22.555 --> 01:04:24.365 What if we got there on purpose? 1099 01:04:25.835 --> 01:04:27.485 What if we got there on purpose? 1100 01:04:28.265 --> 01:04:31.405 And so the question is, maybe the question is, 1101 01:04:31.955 --> 01:04:33.045 well, where do I start? 1102 01:04:34.305 --> 01:04:37.085 As we wrap up our time together, I've got a QR code 1103 01:04:37.085 --> 01:04:38.285 that we're gonna put up here for you 1104 01:04:38.505 --> 01:04:41.725 and to give you some resources on where to start. 1105 01:04:42.025 --> 01:04:43.085 Now, these are supplements. 1106 01:04:43.085 --> 01:04:44.965 They're not substitute for God's word. 1107 01:04:46.495 --> 01:04:48.205 These are supplements to help you. 1108 01:04:48.505 --> 01:04:51.165 And I would say of these resources, just pick a resource, 1109 01:04:52.235 --> 01:04:56.765 pick a resource, pray for a person to go through it with, 1110 01:04:57.985 --> 01:05:00.845 and then just start the first two. 1111 01:05:00.845 --> 01:05:03.325 When you get to the, to the list of resources only handful, 1112 01:05:03.545 --> 01:05:06.245 the first two, all of our pastors are going through 1113 01:05:06.625 --> 01:05:08.565 and the people that are our elder development 1114 01:05:08.565 --> 01:05:09.685 process, they're going through this. 1115 01:05:09.825 --> 01:05:11.365 So if you want to know what we are knowing 1116 01:05:11.425 --> 01:05:13.565 or what we're studying or what we are trying to learn, 1117 01:05:14.275 --> 01:05:15.965 look at those first couple of resources. 1118 01:05:15.965 --> 01:05:19.005 The first one is about how to better study the Bible. 1119 01:05:19.785 --> 01:05:22.845 And then from there they get into theological stuff. 1120 01:05:26.275 --> 01:05:29.565 Pick a resource, pray for a person to do it with. 1121 01:05:29.775 --> 01:05:31.245 Maybe it's a spouse, maybe it's a 1122 01:05:31.245 --> 01:05:32.365 kid, maybe it's a coworker. 1123 01:05:32.985 --> 01:05:34.325 And then just get started 1124 01:05:34.435 --> 01:05:38.085 because I'm telling you guys, I'm telling you 1125 01:05:38.465 --> 01:05:41.205 as we make this move towards sound doctrine 1126 01:05:42.825 --> 01:05:45.285 As you move in and lean in and strive for it, 1127 01:05:45.285 --> 01:05:46.405 because you can learn it, 1128 01:05:46.865 --> 01:05:50.805 it will fundamentally change your direction and your life 1129 01:05:51.785 --> 01:05:54.045 and the joy that you hear people talk 1130 01:05:54.045 --> 01:05:56.765 about will become yours. 1131 01:05:58.115 --> 01:06:00.565 What an opportunity to make an impact 1132 01:06:01.025 --> 01:06:02.725 for God and his kingdom. 1133 01:06:03.105 --> 01:06:05.685 Let me pray for us. Dear Heavenly Father, thank you, 1134 01:06:05.685 --> 01:06:07.165 thank you, thank you for your kindness. 1135 01:06:07.985 --> 01:06:10.565 We thank you so much for your goodness, for 1136 01:06:10.565 --> 01:06:12.005 who you are and what you're up to. 1137 01:06:12.805 --> 01:06:16.005 I pray that you would give all of us across all 1138 01:06:16.005 --> 01:06:19.405 of our campuses a hunger and a thirst for your righteousness 1139 01:06:19.825 --> 01:06:22.045 and a desire for sound doctrine. 1140 01:06:22.675 --> 01:06:25.365 Help us to know it, to know it, to know it so 1141 01:06:25.365 --> 01:06:28.445 that we can live it out in such a way that it's attractive 1142 01:06:28.445 --> 01:06:30.645 and appealing to the world around us. 1143 01:06:30.985 --> 01:06:34.205 And it's in the strong name of Jesus we pray. Amen. 1144 01:06:43.685 --> 01:06:46.925 I can't tell you how happy it makes my heart to hear Clay 1145 01:06:47.535 --> 01:06:49.885 teach this portion of Titus, uh, 1146 01:06:49.885 --> 01:06:51.405 because Clay has been 1147 01:06:52.545 --> 01:06:55.965 the older man to my younger man. 1148 01:06:56.265 --> 01:06:58.525 Uh, I, I can say with confidence, 1149 01:06:58.525 --> 01:07:00.725 you guys have never heard a sermon from me 1150 01:07:00.725 --> 01:07:02.325 that didn't have Clay's thumbprint on it. 1151 01:07:02.865 --> 01:07:06.285 Uh, there is probably no relationship in my life 1152 01:07:06.285 --> 01:07:08.365 that hasn't been touched by Clay's influence. 1153 01:07:08.445 --> 01:07:10.005 I mean, the type of father I am, 1154 01:07:10.005 --> 01:07:11.125 the type of husband that I am. 1155 01:07:11.355 --> 01:07:13.725 It's all because of, of so much of it is 1156 01:07:13.725 --> 01:07:15.245 because of the way that he has poured into me. 1157 01:07:15.745 --> 01:07:17.965 Uh, and one of the things I think every time I have a 1158 01:07:17.965 --> 01:07:19.645 conversation with him, there's something that stands out. 1159 01:07:19.645 --> 01:07:21.125 And one of the things that stood out to me from, 1160 01:07:21.125 --> 01:07:22.605 from today was he says 1161 01:07:22.605 --> 01:07:25.165 that when Paul is giving Titus instructions on a healthy 1162 01:07:25.165 --> 01:07:27.085 church, uh, he's not telling them, 1163 01:07:27.875 --> 01:07:29.485 he's not giving them rules for a gathering. 1164 01:07:30.035 --> 01:07:33.125 He's saying, no, this is how your, your day in, day out, 1165 01:07:33.175 --> 01:07:35.125 one-on-one relationships with each other goes. 1166 01:07:35.125 --> 01:07:36.285 So when somebody asks you, 1167 01:07:36.285 --> 01:07:37.445 Hey, are you a part of a healthy church? 1168 01:07:37.595 --> 01:07:38.845 It's not about what we do in here. 1169 01:07:38.845 --> 01:07:40.285 Like this is a, this is a big part of it, 1170 01:07:40.705 --> 01:07:43.925 but so much more We can gauge the health of our church 1171 01:07:43.985 --> 01:07:45.725 by the ways we interact with our communities. 1172 01:07:46.345 --> 01:07:48.565 We can gauge the the way we are with our or 1173 01:07:48.625 --> 01:07:50.245 or the health of our church by the way 1174 01:07:50.245 --> 01:07:52.045 that you are reaching out to the people that are around you. 1175 01:07:52.045 --> 01:07:53.165 And over the next couple of weeks, 1176 01:07:53.505 --> 01:07:54.405 you actually have some pretty 1177 01:07:54.405 --> 01:07:56.085 intentional ways that you can do that. 1178 01:07:56.105 --> 01:07:58.805 The first one is next Sunday we have fifth Sunday fund, 1179 01:07:58.805 --> 01:08:01.365 which if you've been around for a while, um, basically 1180 01:08:01.365 --> 01:08:02.405 what happens is, is every time 1181 01:08:02.405 --> 01:08:05.125 that we have a fifth Sunday in a month, man, we just, 1182 01:08:05.145 --> 01:08:06.165 we go a little bit extra. 1183 01:08:06.605 --> 01:08:08.965 We just like to have a little bit more fun, um, 1184 01:08:09.105 --> 01:08:11.445 and just invite people into, uh, 1185 01:08:11.835 --> 01:08:14.005 just a little small celebration that we like to do. 1186 01:08:14.005 --> 01:08:16.045 And so next week is gonna be one of those. 1187 01:08:16.105 --> 01:08:18.045 So fifth Sunday fun day here at the Raleigh campus, 1188 01:08:18.255 --> 01:08:20.005 we're gonna have popsicles out on the back patio. 1189 01:08:20.185 --> 01:08:21.205 So invite people out, 1190 01:08:21.265 --> 01:08:22.805 invite them to come and hang out with us. 1191 01:08:23.185 --> 01:08:25.845 Um, man, just to do what we had a chance to do here together 1192 01:08:26.265 --> 01:08:29.165 to worship God, to learn more about the word and, 1193 01:08:29.225 --> 01:08:30.525 and hopefully, uh, 1194 01:08:30.525 --> 01:08:32.845 to see people's lives transformed by the word of God. 1195 01:08:33.065 --> 01:08:35.445 Now, two weeks from now, the week 1196 01:08:35.445 --> 01:08:37.365 after that is 4th of July weekend. 1197 01:08:37.545 --> 01:08:39.685 And if you've been around hope for a while, then you know 1198 01:08:39.685 --> 01:08:41.005 that we do things a little bit differently 1199 01:08:41.385 --> 01:08:42.565 for 4th of July weekend. 1200 01:08:42.705 --> 01:08:44.205 Uh, we don't have services, 1201 01:08:44.305 --> 01:08:45.965 we don't do the gathering like this 1202 01:08:45.965 --> 01:08:48.205 because of what Clay just talked about. 1203 01:08:48.625 --> 01:08:50.685 We want you to go out and be the church. 1204 01:08:50.945 --> 01:08:53.205 We want you to find those people that you can pour into. 1205 01:08:53.225 --> 01:08:54.245 Or maybe it's, 1206 01:08:54.245 --> 01:08:56.325 it's hitting up a neighbor of yours so you really admire. 1207 01:08:56.325 --> 01:08:57.605 Say, Hey, can you just tell me your story? 1208 01:08:58.105 --> 01:08:59.525 Can we just hang out? You wanna come over? 1209 01:08:59.555 --> 01:09:01.245 I'll grill for us. We can, you know, go 1210 01:09:01.245 --> 01:09:02.565 to the pool together, whatever it is. 1211 01:09:02.865 --> 01:09:06.085 But it's to, to be a healthy church that doesn't just hide 1212 01:09:06.085 --> 01:09:08.805 inside of a building, but actually engage is with the people 1213 01:09:09.115 --> 01:09:10.565 that God has called us into. 1214 01:09:10.665 --> 01:09:13.325 So, uh, that Thursday night, which is July 3rd, 1215 01:09:13.385 --> 01:09:15.125 and then that Sunday, July 6th, 1216 01:09:15.145 --> 01:09:16.965 we will not be having any ser uh, services, 1217 01:09:17.465 --> 01:09:19.205 but we will still be having the church. 1218 01:09:19.355 --> 01:09:20.845 Amen. Amen. 1219 01:09:20.905 --> 01:09:23.205 So, uh, with all that being said, y'all, we love you. 1220 01:09:23.305 --> 01:09:25.045 Um, we are excited to see you next week for fifth Sunday. 1221 01:09:25.045 --> 01:09:27.005 Sunday, uh, go out and be the church.