WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:00.960 In the name of Jesus Christ, amen. 00:01.500 --> 00:04.160 Amen, let's look back at verse 15, the Bible says, 00:05.120 --> 00:08.020 but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know 00:08.020 --> 00:12.080 how thou oddest to behave thyself in the house of God, 00:12.560 --> 00:14.600 which is the church of the living God, 00:15.100 --> 00:16.520 the pillar and ground of the truth. 00:16.640 --> 00:17.600 So according to the Bible, 00:17.900 --> 00:20.260 there's a way to behave in church 00:20.260 --> 00:22.380 and there's a way to not behave in church. 00:22.500 --> 00:25.120 Of course, this is in a particular chapter 00:25.120 --> 00:28.560 dedicated to the qualifications of a bishop, 00:28.880 --> 00:31.100 but what I want to do is I want to focus in 00:31.100 --> 00:32.940 on this phrase of behaving in church 00:32.940 --> 00:35.040 and that's the title of my sermon this morning 00:35.040 --> 00:36.360 is behaving in church. 00:36.680 --> 00:39.400 And I want us to all take application from this. 00:39.540 --> 00:42.540 It's not just limited to one group, but it's all of us. 00:42.800 --> 00:44.860 And I want to first start with the men 00:44.860 --> 00:47.140 as that's kind of the primary context 00:47.140 --> 00:50.180 of this particular chapter is the qualifications 00:50.180 --> 00:54.580 of a bishop and how the pastor is to be an example 00:54.580 --> 00:56.840 to the other men in the church. 00:56.960 --> 00:58.200 It says here in verse number one, 00:58.200 --> 01:01.280 this is the true saying of a man desired the office 01:01.280 --> 01:03.180 of a bishop he desired the good work. 01:03.480 --> 01:05.100 A bishop then must be blameless, 01:05.200 --> 01:06.160 the husband of one wife, 01:06.500 --> 01:08.080 vigilant, sober of good behavior 01:08.080 --> 01:09.860 given to hospitality at the teach. 01:10.440 --> 01:12.580 Now notice that biblically speaking, 01:12.800 --> 01:14.660 a church is to behave itself 01:14.660 --> 01:17.320 where their pastors are a man 01:17.320 --> 01:20.620 and the pastor is the husband of one wife. 01:20.820 --> 01:23.820 And so a church that does not have a male 01:23.820 --> 01:26.340 as their pastor does not have a man as their pastor 01:26.340 --> 01:27.700 is not in good behavior. 01:28.320 --> 01:31.040 A church that has a man as their pastor 01:31.520 --> 01:36.380 that is not married or perhaps is been divorced 01:36.380 --> 01:39.780 and remarried or has multiple women in his life. 01:39.980 --> 01:42.300 This would be a pastor that's not in good behavior. 01:42.440 --> 01:44.900 It's not, we're not handling ourselves properly. 01:45.440 --> 01:48.040 And of course, this is a bad example for any man. 01:48.160 --> 01:50.320 You know, when we look at the qualifications of a bishop, 01:50.580 --> 01:53.740 what we must understand is that these are not special 01:53.740 --> 01:55.900 things for just this guy. 01:56.320 --> 01:58.160 This is what every man should be like. 01:59.240 --> 02:00.320 Every man should be like. 02:00.580 --> 02:03.600 I would say the one unique thing specifically to this 02:03.600 --> 02:05.540 is one that desires the office of a bishop. 02:06.240 --> 02:07.920 But you know, so not every man 02:07.920 --> 02:09.240 needs the desire to be a pastor. 02:09.740 --> 02:10.540 I don't believe that. 02:10.640 --> 02:12.360 I don't believe that God wants every single man 02:12.360 --> 02:13.000 to be a pastor. 02:13.360 --> 02:15.440 And so that is what's separating him 02:15.440 --> 02:17.360 from maybe other men, 02:17.900 --> 02:21.200 but in general his qualifications quote unquote 02:21.620 --> 02:23.700 What we look for in this particular individual 02:23.700 --> 02:26.200 is something we should find in every man 02:26.200 --> 02:28.440 that's aspiring to be married and have a family 02:28.440 --> 02:30.800 that basically this is the type of a guy 02:30.800 --> 02:31.640 that would be in charge. 02:32.100 --> 02:35.000 Of course, we want a pastor that has a family. 02:35.360 --> 02:38.100 The Bible gives us instructions here in verse four. 02:38.600 --> 02:39.980 One that rules well his own house, 02:40.380 --> 02:42.440 having his children in subjection with all gravity. 02:42.860 --> 02:44.640 From a man know not how to rule his own house. 02:44.780 --> 02:46.140 How should we take care of the church of God? 02:46.480 --> 02:48.080 Not a novice, let's being lifted up 02:48.080 --> 02:49.460 with pride if all in the condemnation of the devil. 02:49.460 --> 02:52.040 So he must have a wife according to the Bible. 02:52.340 --> 02:54.480 Additionally, he has children 02:54.480 --> 02:56.900 and he has rules for his family 02:56.900 --> 02:58.440 and they're following his rules. 02:58.860 --> 02:59.720 That makes sense. 02:59.840 --> 03:02.200 It makes sense that you would have a guy that's married, 03:02.400 --> 03:03.400 that a guy that has children 03:03.400 --> 03:05.760 and he's enforcing rules on his own family. 03:06.040 --> 03:07.940 Otherwise, how is he gonna be able 03:07.940 --> 03:09.660 to enforce rules on a church? 03:10.160 --> 03:12.400 And of course part of the job of a pastor 03:12.400 --> 03:14.260 is not solely just to preach the Bible, 03:14.560 --> 03:15.800 but it's to enforce rules 03:15.800 --> 03:18.960 and it's to sometimes have church discipline 03:18.960 --> 03:20.780 and sometimes have to counsel people 03:20.780 --> 03:25.260 and have to basically make sure everything is running smoothly, 03:25.600 --> 03:26.980 everything is running correctly. 03:27.660 --> 03:30.440 Of course, a family is an important institution, 03:30.780 --> 03:33.240 but church is a much more important institution. 03:33.800 --> 03:35.720 And so it's saying if you can't even take care of that 03:35.720 --> 03:37.880 which is less, how could you then take care of that 03:37.880 --> 03:38.880 which is more important? 03:39.220 --> 03:41.540 And so he is following these rules. 03:41.640 --> 03:44.500 So as a man, what would be 03:44.500 --> 03:46.880 how we should be behaving ourselves in churches? 03:47.040 --> 03:47.940 We should have one wife. 03:48.560 --> 03:50.280 Men in our churches have one wife. 03:50.500 --> 03:53.320 We don't wanna have a church where everybody's swapping wives, 03:53.520 --> 03:54.420 everybody's getting divorced, 03:55.020 --> 03:56.540 people are not getting married 03:56.540 --> 03:58.800 and they're just committing open fornication. 03:59.240 --> 04:01.200 We want men to just have a wife 04:01.200 --> 04:03.680 and if you have a wife and you have children 04:03.680 --> 04:05.780 that you have rules for your family 04:06.220 --> 04:08.420 and that your children are submitting themselves 04:08.420 --> 04:11.340 and subjecting themselves to the rules of the father 04:11.340 --> 04:13.400 and that the father is basically 04:13.400 --> 04:14.860 taking care of his whole family. 04:15.400 --> 04:16.940 It's not just taking care of himself. 04:17.480 --> 04:19.720 It's much easier to be single 04:19.720 --> 04:21.560 because you only have to take care of yourself. 04:21.920 --> 04:23.640 Having a wife or having a children, 04:24.020 --> 04:26.200 now you're forced in a sense 04:26.200 --> 04:28.100 to take care of other individuals 04:28.540 --> 04:29.740 and you wanna do a good job. 04:29.840 --> 04:31.220 You wanna make sure that you're doing a good job 04:31.220 --> 04:32.660 taking care of not only yourself 04:32.660 --> 04:34.940 but taking care of other people in your family, 04:35.360 --> 04:38.260 considering them, having good rules for them. 04:38.920 --> 04:42.080 And of course, it's difficult to manage people. 04:42.320 --> 04:44.580 I mean, I think anybody that in this world 04:44.580 --> 04:46.300 has had to have a management position 04:46.300 --> 04:47.700 or a leadership role 04:47.700 --> 04:49.280 where they're telling other people what to do, 04:49.580 --> 04:51.620 you find out very quickly that it can be challenging. 04:52.140 --> 04:54.600 There's a lot of challenges to ruling over people, 04:54.980 --> 04:57.720 to managing people because people are people 04:57.720 --> 04:59.380 and at the end of the day, 04:59.660 --> 05:02.420 that's why it's important for you to be a good example. 05:02.940 --> 05:05.760 It's important for you to take your own life seriously, 05:06.220 --> 05:07.540 to take care of yourself 05:07.540 --> 05:09.700 so that you can take care of the others around you. 05:10.060 --> 05:12.100 It's like the analogy on the airplane. 05:12.500 --> 05:14.280 You have to first put the mask on yourself 05:14.280 --> 05:16.080 before you can mask others. 05:16.600 --> 05:19.400 And in the same way, it's like, hey, as a man, 05:19.560 --> 05:21.420 sometimes you have to make sure you're taking care of yourself 05:21.420 --> 05:24.260 so that you can then accurately or accurately 05:24.260 --> 05:27.200 and appropriately take care of your own wife 05:27.200 --> 05:27.980 and your own children. 05:28.660 --> 05:31.000 So there's a lot of things being unpacked 05:31.000 --> 05:32.500 in this particular passage. 05:32.640 --> 05:34.460 Of course, as men, we shouldn't be strikers, 05:34.680 --> 05:36.120 we shouldn't be greedy of filthy lucre, 05:36.280 --> 05:38.400 we should be patient, we shouldn't be brawlers, 05:38.520 --> 05:39.400 we shouldn't be covetous. 05:39.600 --> 05:40.820 I mean, all these things aren't like, 05:40.820 --> 05:42.500 well, the pastor's like that, 05:42.680 --> 05:44.900 but I just get in fights and beat people up 05:44.900 --> 05:45.920 and I just want to get rich. 05:46.800 --> 05:47.400 You know, it's just like, 05:47.820 --> 05:49.760 and I want to get rich or die trying. 05:49.980 --> 05:52.360 You know, it's just like, just full of greed 05:52.360 --> 05:53.800 and just full of covetousness. 05:54.000 --> 05:55.340 This should be just the attitude 05:55.340 --> 05:57.220 and the disposition of many men. 05:57.560 --> 06:00.200 And I personally believe that ideally, 06:00.780 --> 06:03.200 we should have many men in our church 06:03.200 --> 06:05.300 that meet the qualifications of a pastor 06:05.300 --> 06:06.880 but just don't want to be a pastor. 06:07.240 --> 06:08.820 And that's okay, like there's nothing wrong. 06:08.820 --> 06:11.500 Like we could find men and say, hey, technically, 06:12.060 --> 06:14.400 here's a guy who, hey, he's saved, 06:14.660 --> 06:16.740 he's been saved a long time, he knows the Bible well, 06:17.260 --> 06:20.300 he has a wife, one wife, they have a good marriage, 06:20.640 --> 06:21.840 here he has great children. 06:22.280 --> 06:24.860 But you know, he's content, just serving God 06:24.860 --> 06:26.660 in whatever capacity he has, 06:26.880 --> 06:28.560 he doesn't desire to be a pastor necessarily, 06:29.240 --> 06:30.640 he doesn't want to have to take that role. 06:31.040 --> 06:31.620 That's great. 06:32.160 --> 06:34.060 You know, it's not like every single guy 06:34.060 --> 06:34.740 that meets the qualifications, 06:34.940 --> 06:36.460 we just put him behind a pulpit 06:36.460 --> 06:38.460 or we just need to make him a pastor somewhere. 06:39.020 --> 06:41.220 And you know, I don't even personally believe like, 06:41.400 --> 06:42.400 hey, if you're a pastor, 06:42.620 --> 06:45.900 you're just a much better Christian than another guy, 06:46.180 --> 06:48.040 even though they're the same on the qualifications 06:48.040 --> 06:49.360 or the same in their life. 06:49.800 --> 06:51.420 I mean, you know, when you get to heaven, 06:51.540 --> 06:54.120 it's not just like, hey, here's the pastor's category 06:54.120 --> 06:55.620 and here's the non pastor's category. 06:56.100 --> 06:58.400 You know, a guy that's a dedicated soul winner 06:58.830 --> 07:01.020 and going to church and serving God, 07:01.360 --> 07:04.580 I guarantee he's gonna have much better rewards in heaven 07:04.580 --> 07:06.400 than a pastor who did nothing, 07:06.660 --> 07:09.880 was not very evangelistic, not accomplishing much. 07:10.180 --> 07:11.840 I don't believe that just being pastor 07:11.840 --> 07:14.920 just gives you some special privilege or special honor. 07:15.400 --> 07:16.280 So you know, don't think like, 07:16.800 --> 07:17.980 you know, children don't think like, 07:18.120 --> 07:19.460 hey, my dad's not a pastor, 07:19.660 --> 07:21.560 so he's not as spiritual as the pastor, 07:21.940 --> 07:22.860 that's not the right outlook. 07:23.620 --> 07:26.960 You know, your dad can be very spiritual 07:26.960 --> 07:28.260 whether he's a pastor or not. 07:28.860 --> 07:30.760 And so we want to have the right mindset though, 07:30.880 --> 07:33.600 as a church that the men are behaving themselves 07:34.020 --> 07:35.820 and even if you're not a pastor, 07:36.320 --> 07:38.940 and even though you may violate these things 07:38.940 --> 07:41.060 and you don't lose your job because you're not a pastor, 07:41.640 --> 07:44.380 that doesn't mean you should just forego these instructions. 07:44.740 --> 07:47.300 You should treat these as, hey, these are rules for me too. 07:47.760 --> 07:49.700 And you know what, even if I'm not a pastor, 07:50.120 --> 07:52.700 I just want to do my best to act like I am a pastor 07:52.700 --> 07:54.860 and try to do what a pastor would do too 07:54.860 --> 07:56.820 and just follow these same kind of instructions 07:56.820 --> 07:58.420 because they're all good instructions anyways. 07:59.580 --> 08:01.620 You know, we want a church filled with men 08:01.620 --> 08:03.220 that sound like this. 08:03.540 --> 08:05.940 We want a church filled with men where they're saying, 08:06.000 --> 08:07.660 hey, these are guys that have one wife, 08:07.900 --> 08:09.220 these are guys that have children, 08:09.600 --> 08:10.880 their children are obeying them, 08:11.300 --> 08:14.240 their children are in subjection, 08:14.400 --> 08:15.920 this guy has rules for his family, 08:16.360 --> 08:19.200 this guy is patient, this guy is not a brawler, 08:19.500 --> 08:21.960 this guy is someone that's not greedy of filthy lucre, 08:22.440 --> 08:23.360 you know, this guy is someone 08:23.360 --> 08:24.900 that's taking the ministry seriously. 08:25.580 --> 08:28.100 You know, this is basically what we should be 08:28.100 --> 08:30.460 as a church and this is how men should be in the church. 08:30.460 --> 08:31.960 We want to behave ourselves in church 08:31.960 --> 08:33.480 and you know there's the apostle Paul saying, 08:33.500 --> 08:35.580 hey, I wrote all this stuff onto you 08:35.580 --> 08:38.060 so you guys would know how church should operate, 08:38.600 --> 08:41.940 what church should look like, what should it be like? 08:42.320 --> 08:43.560 This is what we should be describing. 08:44.020 --> 08:47.880 And then he gives a secondary office here, deacons. 08:48.000 --> 08:49.880 He says likewise, must the deacons be grave? 08:50.060 --> 08:50.960 Grave meaning serious. 08:51.840 --> 08:55.560 And when it says likewise, it's saying in the same way. 08:56.160 --> 08:58.340 So it's like everything we just said about the pastor, 08:58.840 --> 09:00.380 the deacon needs to be the same way. 09:00.960 --> 09:03.780 And he needs to take his life serious too, okay. 09:04.120 --> 09:06.180 And again, a deacon is pretty much, 09:06.280 --> 09:08.340 if we were to think about the word deacon, 09:08.840 --> 09:10.100 it's kind of like servant, 09:10.500 --> 09:12.100 is kind of like what we would think of 09:12.100 --> 09:13.200 is what that word is meaning. 09:13.640 --> 09:15.920 So it's someone that's like a servant of the church. 09:16.100 --> 09:17.600 A lot of people take deacon 09:17.600 --> 09:19.880 and they kind of elevate it to a position of authority 09:20.300 --> 09:22.120 in the sense that like this guy is like 09:22.120 --> 09:23.700 in charge of the church 09:23.700 --> 09:25.540 or this guy's ruling over the church 09:25.540 --> 09:27.120 or this guy's ruling over the pastor. 09:27.660 --> 09:29.060 Whereas the Bible is more painting it 09:29.060 --> 09:30.500 of this guy's serving the church 09:30.500 --> 09:32.080 and ministering to the church. 09:32.360 --> 09:33.600 It's a different idea. 09:33.920 --> 09:35.180 I'm not saying that the deacon 09:35.180 --> 09:36.840 doesn't have some level of authority, 09:37.180 --> 09:39.000 but that's not really the primary focus 09:39.000 --> 09:40.120 of this person's role. 09:40.480 --> 09:42.560 This person is someone serving in the church. 09:43.040 --> 09:45.060 And it says, not double-tongued, 09:45.320 --> 09:46.860 not given to much wine, 09:47.300 --> 09:48.620 not greedy of filthy liquor, 09:48.800 --> 09:50.640 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience 09:50.640 --> 09:53.580 and let these also first be proved, 09:54.100 --> 09:56.120 then let them use the office of a deacon 09:56.120 --> 09:57.200 being found blameless. 09:57.580 --> 09:59.160 Even so must their wives be grave, 09:59.300 --> 10:01.240 not slander or sober, faithful in all things. 10:01.740 --> 10:03.380 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife 10:03.380 --> 10:04.760 ruling their children their own houses well, 10:05.100 --> 10:06.740 for they that have used the office of a deacon well 10:06.740 --> 10:08.060 purchased themselves a good degree 10:08.060 --> 10:10.880 and great boldness of the faith which is in Christ Jesus. 10:11.000 --> 10:11.620 So notice again, 10:12.360 --> 10:15.460 it doesn't explicitly mention the wife 10:16.180 --> 10:18.760 in the pastoral section like what she's like, 10:19.040 --> 10:21.020 but it does specifically in the deacons. 10:21.400 --> 10:24.240 And if the deacon is supposed to have a wife like this, 10:24.240 --> 10:26.240 how much more would the pastor in the same way? 10:27.160 --> 10:30.080 And so obviously the deacons also, according to the Bible, 10:30.340 --> 10:32.560 kind of have to meet all of these qualifications 10:33.380 --> 10:35.080 prior to even becoming a deacon. 10:35.280 --> 10:37.400 It's not like, hey, you know, 10:37.500 --> 10:39.760 you just finally clipped the mark, 10:39.860 --> 10:41.380 you just now met the qualification. 10:41.640 --> 10:42.520 So now you're a deacon. 10:42.660 --> 10:44.040 It's like, no, you have to meet the qualifications 10:44.040 --> 10:45.240 for a while and be proved. 10:45.340 --> 10:46.080 You have to be tested. 10:46.220 --> 10:48.740 We had to make sure that this guy is a legit guy 10:48.740 --> 10:50.880 before we give him, you know, 10:50.960 --> 10:52.760 position in a church to be serving. 10:53.220 --> 10:54.360 And of course, you know, 10:54.600 --> 10:56.560 the deacon is someone that's going to be 10:56.560 --> 10:59.600 serving the church, helping the church, 10:59.780 --> 11:02.520 you know, just the daily functions of the church, 11:02.840 --> 11:04.680 just whatever's in relation to the church, 11:04.760 --> 11:06.540 helping the church do church things. 11:07.020 --> 11:09.200 And so of course, if we ever had a deacon, 11:09.560 --> 11:10.780 you know, on staff, 11:11.140 --> 11:13.380 then we would want them to be paid. 11:13.700 --> 11:17.060 We would want them to have been a part of the church 11:17.060 --> 11:20.580 for a while, have proven themselves, have met, 11:20.580 --> 11:22.620 you know, this kind of a standard here. 11:23.240 --> 11:26.220 Now, things that I don't think necessarily overlap, 11:26.600 --> 11:29.000 I don't think the deacon has to be someone 11:29.000 --> 11:29.760 that's at the cheat. 11:30.100 --> 11:31.820 I don't think the deacon has to be someone 11:31.820 --> 11:33.440 that desires the office of a bishop. 11:33.960 --> 11:35.780 You know, there could be someone that says, 11:35.880 --> 11:37.960 you know, I don't really want to preach. 11:38.520 --> 11:40.240 I don't really want to fill the pulpit. 11:40.380 --> 11:41.280 I don't really want to pastor. 11:41.540 --> 11:43.440 I don't really want to do those things. 11:43.700 --> 11:44.260 But you know what? 11:44.320 --> 11:45.180 I just love church. 11:45.400 --> 11:46.380 I just love the gospel. 11:46.900 --> 11:47.780 I love church. 11:47.780 --> 11:50.440 And I just want to serve in that capacity. 11:51.160 --> 11:52.240 And so, you know, hey, 11:52.580 --> 11:54.380 we could have somebody that's like that 11:54.380 --> 11:55.920 and we elevate them to a deacon. 11:56.320 --> 11:56.800 And you know what? 11:57.200 --> 11:59.600 A church is growing or has a large size. 11:59.940 --> 12:01.360 It makes sense to have a deacon 12:01.360 --> 12:03.100 or more than one deacon potentially, 12:03.560 --> 12:06.820 just so that the pastor can focus on his giftings 12:06.820 --> 12:07.880 and what he's supposed to be doing. 12:08.260 --> 12:10.140 And then the deacons can help 12:10.140 --> 12:12.980 just make sure other things are going well in the church. 12:13.520 --> 12:16.220 You know, we have a title in our modern idea 12:16.220 --> 12:18.360 or modern record of like an assistant pastor. 12:18.940 --> 12:19.820 And in many cases, 12:19.920 --> 12:21.800 I almost feel like many times assistant pastors 12:21.800 --> 12:23.480 kind of what we see is a role of a deacon 12:23.480 --> 12:26.720 where, you know, they're simply just assisting in 12:26.720 --> 12:30.340 the duties of the church and another thing. 12:30.540 --> 12:34.020 So these are two official roles in the Bible. 12:34.480 --> 12:36.160 This is how a church should behave itself. 12:36.540 --> 12:38.600 It should have pastors and deacons that are men 12:38.600 --> 12:41.380 that are married that have one wife 12:41.380 --> 12:45.680 that are having children that are obeying them 12:45.680 --> 12:46.720 that are in subjection. 12:47.480 --> 12:49.960 And of course they're found blameless in general. 12:50.200 --> 12:51.980 Again, blameless here is not perfect. 12:52.420 --> 12:54.520 No one would qualify, obviously. 12:55.140 --> 12:56.940 But I've heard what some people will do 12:56.940 --> 12:58.180 is they'll take this word blameless 12:58.180 --> 12:59.320 and they'll say, well, see, 12:59.980 --> 13:02.540 since it's blameless, no one qualifies. 13:02.940 --> 13:04.660 So then they just ignore all the qualifications. 13:05.120 --> 13:06.340 So there's just like, well, 13:06.440 --> 13:08.060 if we had to meet all the qualifications, 13:08.300 --> 13:09.420 then no one would qualify. 13:09.740 --> 13:10.640 So then they just like, 13:10.720 --> 13:11.980 it doesn't matter that he's divorced. 13:12.640 --> 13:14.220 It doesn't matter that they don't have kids. 13:14.220 --> 13:17.320 It doesn't matter that he's not even safe. 13:17.600 --> 13:18.180 It's just whatever. 13:18.780 --> 13:21.320 It's just like, it doesn't matter that he's a drunkard. 13:21.540 --> 13:23.180 It doesn't matter that he's a convict. 13:23.540 --> 13:24.900 It doesn't matter that he murdered his father. 13:25.880 --> 13:26.460 It doesn't matter. 13:26.800 --> 13:28.360 Some of these things sound like hyperbole. 13:28.440 --> 13:29.500 They're not even hyperbole at all. 13:30.380 --> 13:32.660 And so it doesn't matter that the guy 13:32.660 --> 13:35.220 got thrown out of his last church for being a drunkard. 13:35.500 --> 13:37.640 Let's have him start Second Chance Church. 13:39.340 --> 13:41.140 This is the guy from New Spring. 13:42.580 --> 13:44.720 He was like, got kicked out of his church 13:44.720 --> 13:46.880 for being a drunkard, some kind of evangelical. 13:47.460 --> 13:48.900 And then he started a second church 13:48.900 --> 13:50.820 called Second Chance Church. 13:51.540 --> 13:52.740 Who knows what I'm talking about? 13:53.360 --> 13:54.340 I don't know, I'm trying to remember this. 13:54.560 --> 13:55.180 What's the guy's name? 13:56.280 --> 13:57.860 Dang it, I was trying to remember this guy's name. 13:58.620 --> 14:00.360 All right, I'll think of it after the service. 14:00.480 --> 14:02.800 He started one of his church services one time 14:02.800 --> 14:04.940 with a highway to hell or something like that. 14:06.120 --> 14:08.900 So like for their first song for the church service, 14:08.900 --> 14:10.320 it was like highway to hell. 14:11.380 --> 14:12.400 Some weirdo or whatever. 14:12.760 --> 14:13.900 But it's just funny, it's like, you know, 14:14.380 --> 14:15.940 Greg Locke, he divorces his wife, 14:16.060 --> 14:18.160 runs off with the secretary, you know, 14:18.220 --> 14:20.300 and then starts another church, starts another ministry. 14:20.960 --> 14:23.440 You know, these type of things just shouldn't even be done. 14:23.520 --> 14:24.920 It's not behaving yourself in church. 14:25.160 --> 14:27.180 You know, it's not the correct behavior. 14:27.460 --> 14:28.780 And then of course, if the pastor 14:29.640 --> 14:31.960 is divorcing his wife and running off with the secretary, 14:32.380 --> 14:34.160 what kind of signal is that gonna be 14:34.160 --> 14:35.440 to the rest of the men in the church? 14:36.920 --> 14:38.500 And isn't that gonna almost green light 14:38.500 --> 14:42.900 other men to potentially excuse that type of behavior 14:42.900 --> 14:44.300 or act in a certain way? 14:44.580 --> 14:46.080 You know, we should have some standards. 14:46.500 --> 14:48.440 We should have some example. 14:49.060 --> 14:51.300 And again, I think when we say blameless, 14:51.420 --> 14:52.880 I'm not saying it doesn't mean something. 14:53.240 --> 14:54.980 I just don't think it means perfect obviously, 14:55.080 --> 14:57.660 but it's also not gonna just contradict anything 14:57.660 --> 15:00.020 we just read that's clear, plain qualifications. 15:00.700 --> 15:02.600 I think that the blameless would just be in general 15:02.600 --> 15:04.120 that this guy doesn't have 15:04.120 --> 15:06.320 just some real obvious big issue. 15:06.700 --> 15:08.740 You know, some big obvious public issue. 15:08.940 --> 15:11.200 Like he murdered his father, you know. 15:11.600 --> 15:13.580 Like I would say, hey, it kind of seems like 15:13.580 --> 15:15.140 he's probably not blameless, right? 15:15.420 --> 15:17.880 If they were caught in some big public scandal 15:18.380 --> 15:20.200 or they have some big public issue 15:20.660 --> 15:22.740 or they're just some major thing 15:22.740 --> 15:24.700 that everybody has kind of seen, 15:24.880 --> 15:27.620 it would just be shameful to just take somebody 15:27.620 --> 15:29.980 that it's like, why are we having this guy be the pastor 15:29.980 --> 15:32.380 when he has this really obvious big issue? 15:32.760 --> 15:34.480 There's this big sin, you know. 15:34.480 --> 15:36.760 And again, I'm not saying like let's cover him up 15:36.760 --> 15:38.300 or hide him, but I'm just saying in general, 15:38.460 --> 15:40.480 this guy's got a bad reputation publicly. 15:41.120 --> 15:44.220 And now, it's not that after he becomes pastor 15:44.220 --> 15:45.680 and preaches hard against the sodomites 15:45.680 --> 15:47.820 and gets evicted, he's now not blameless or something. 15:48.360 --> 15:50.700 What we're talking about is prior to being a pastor 15:51.200 --> 15:52.880 and nothing associated with the word of God 15:52.880 --> 15:55.840 or persecution, just something that in the world's eyes, 15:56.020 --> 15:58.660 they would be upset about whether you're a pastor 15:58.660 --> 16:00.480 or not, you know, something where they would say, 16:00.520 --> 16:02.280 hey, this is something that's just kind of a big 16:02.280 --> 16:05.200 obvious issue and we just, we don't want that guy 16:05.200 --> 16:06.640 to be the quote pastor. 16:07.120 --> 16:08.580 So, you know, you should go to a church 16:09.080 --> 16:11.620 that fits the subscription so that you also 16:11.620 --> 16:13.180 will then behave yourself likewise. 16:13.980 --> 16:15.180 So you have a good behavior. 16:15.540 --> 16:17.900 Of course, there's many, many churches 16:17.900 --> 16:21.100 and many people where the pastor just doesn't have kids 16:21.100 --> 16:25.660 or is divorced or, you know, all these weird scenarios. 16:26.160 --> 16:27.300 And some people will say like, 16:27.340 --> 16:29.060 well, that's your interpretation, that's your opinion. 16:29.320 --> 16:30.040 But you know what I noticed? 16:30.040 --> 16:33.040 I never noticed those guys being the great leaders 16:33.040 --> 16:35.880 of the spiritual condition of our country. 16:36.180 --> 16:38.660 They never seem to be the evangelistic leaders typically. 16:39.420 --> 16:41.380 I mean, they're usually the ones that are kind of bozos, 16:41.600 --> 16:43.920 have other issues, other compromising situations. 16:44.540 --> 16:45.500 And so you know what? 16:45.860 --> 16:47.940 I think you should have a decent standard here. 16:48.320 --> 16:51.700 And I get that our culture is so wicked and so evil 16:52.260 --> 16:53.600 that it's hard to find people 16:53.600 --> 16:54.980 that meet these like qualifications. 16:55.400 --> 16:57.660 But honestly, it should be like a large percentage 16:57.660 --> 16:59.460 of the men in society. 17:00.120 --> 17:04.000 Like it's not like it's that hard or that crazy to think 17:04.000 --> 17:06.840 that there could be men that have only had one wife 17:06.840 --> 17:12.100 and men that don't have like some criminal record or something 17:12.780 --> 17:15.420 or men that, you know, I guess in some communities 17:15.420 --> 17:17.460 that's like crazy to think about, okay? 17:17.760 --> 17:19.240 But it shouldn't be crazy to think 17:19.240 --> 17:21.660 that men have some criminal record, 17:21.820 --> 17:23.520 they just have one wife and they have some kids 17:23.520 --> 17:24.180 and they obey them. 17:24.580 --> 17:26.860 Like that should just be like a basic standard. 17:26.860 --> 17:28.960 You know, it's just kind of crazy. 17:29.460 --> 17:31.960 It'd be like thinking like, oh, Walmart has a high standard 17:31.960 --> 17:33.500 saying you have to have shoes and a shirt on 17:33.500 --> 17:34.700 when you go inside or something. 17:35.040 --> 17:38.360 It's just like, this isn't a crazy standard folks, okay? 17:38.700 --> 17:40.220 But we should have at least some standard. 17:40.560 --> 17:42.740 We should have like at least some idea here. 17:43.140 --> 17:45.860 And of course, the fact that the pastor can teach well, 17:46.380 --> 17:48.940 why do we want boring crappy preachers anyways? 17:49.340 --> 17:51.700 You know, like, I mean, do you really want that? 17:52.140 --> 17:53.460 I mean, I've listened to some people 17:53.460 --> 17:54.240 and I'm just thinking like, 17:54.620 --> 17:56.780 I don't even understand how anybody 17:56.780 --> 17:57.840 could say you're at the teach. 17:58.820 --> 18:00.460 Like you're one of the most boring people 18:00.460 --> 18:02.340 I've ever had to listen to in my entire life. 18:02.540 --> 18:03.740 You don't make any sense. 18:04.160 --> 18:06.000 You're not good at articulating things. 18:06.440 --> 18:08.320 Like, oh, but your dad ordained you. 18:08.400 --> 18:09.720 This is like, yeah, of course, you know? 18:10.200 --> 18:12.320 It's like, hey, we shouldn't just ordain people 18:12.320 --> 18:13.540 because they're the son of a pastor. 18:13.960 --> 18:14.980 You should be at the teach. 18:16.360 --> 18:17.540 And I'll be honest with you, 18:17.840 --> 18:21.380 and over time I've kind of given more emphasis 18:21.380 --> 18:22.900 to this point than in the past 18:22.900 --> 18:25.320 where I've realized like, hey, this is not a point 18:25.320 --> 18:28.780 that I'm going to be more gracious on anymore. 18:29.400 --> 18:30.940 Like if you're not a great preacher, 18:31.220 --> 18:33.300 like I just don't want to ordain you anymore, okay? 18:33.740 --> 18:37.020 You could be a great guy, great evangelist. 18:37.400 --> 18:39.240 You could be someone that I look up to. 18:39.680 --> 18:40.980 You could be someone I really like. 18:41.300 --> 18:43.320 But if you're not just knocking out of the park, 18:43.440 --> 18:45.260 buying the pulpit, I'm just not gonna ordain people. 18:45.760 --> 18:46.900 You know, and again, I just, 18:47.500 --> 18:49.100 for me it's just too important 18:49.100 --> 18:50.880 and you know, we don't need 18:50.880 --> 18:52.300 another boring preacher anyways. 18:52.300 --> 18:54.260 Or someone that can't articulate themselves well. 18:54.820 --> 18:56.540 Let's go to Titus chapter number two. 18:56.600 --> 18:57.680 Go to Titus chapter number two. 18:58.600 --> 19:00.140 Say, well I want to be a pastor, okay? 19:00.220 --> 19:01.340 Well then learn how to preach well. 19:02.060 --> 19:04.320 Read the Bible a lot, study scripture a lot, 19:04.760 --> 19:05.860 memorize a lot of scripture, 19:06.940 --> 19:08.880 take, take Toastmaster classes. 19:09.020 --> 19:09.420 I don't know. 19:09.880 --> 19:11.360 Learn how to speak well though. 19:14.280 --> 19:15.960 You should be able to capture people's, 19:15.960 --> 19:16.800 you know, attention. 19:17.040 --> 19:18.420 And you don't have to preach just like me. 19:19.220 --> 19:20.860 There's tons of different styles 19:20.860 --> 19:22.180 and there's tons of different ways 19:22.180 --> 19:24.080 that people can be engaging while preaching. 19:24.580 --> 19:26.500 You don't even have to yell or scream to be engaging. 19:26.900 --> 19:28.520 But if you're not engaging, then you know, 19:28.680 --> 19:29.200 what's the point? 19:29.960 --> 19:30.980 You know, I've been, no one's gonna listen. 19:31.580 --> 19:32.140 You know, we want somebody 19:32.140 --> 19:33.360 that can articulate themselves. 19:33.600 --> 19:36.580 And not in this fake way that the old IB does. 19:37.020 --> 19:38.620 And I feel like it's almost like 19:38.620 --> 19:40.800 only old IB preachers that are like this. 19:40.940 --> 19:42.600 Maybe Pentecostals a little bit too, 19:43.180 --> 19:45.420 but just that like fake over the top, 19:45.560 --> 19:47.260 just like, praise the Lord. 19:47.980 --> 19:49.740 You know, it's just like, what are you doing, dude? 19:49.740 --> 19:52.180 Like they have a preacher voice or something. 19:52.700 --> 19:54.580 And I'm just thinking like, that's weird. 19:54.900 --> 19:57.980 Or I've seen some guys where they, when they get mad, 19:58.520 --> 20:00.280 it's just like totally out of character. 20:00.520 --> 20:01.500 It doesn't seem real at all. 20:02.460 --> 20:04.380 It was like, it was like, were you mad? 20:04.580 --> 20:05.220 Or is this fake? 20:05.480 --> 20:06.120 Or like, what is it like? 20:06.520 --> 20:09.640 Like, you're just like, what are you doing, bro? 20:09.980 --> 20:11.320 Like you're trying too hard. 20:12.120 --> 20:14.880 You know, if you get mad while preaching, thumbs up. 20:15.460 --> 20:18.560 If you have to pretend like you're mad, thumbs down, okay? 20:19.040 --> 20:19.700 It's awkward. 20:19.940 --> 20:21.120 You can feel the energy. 20:22.280 --> 20:23.240 It's uncomfortable. 20:24.180 --> 20:27.700 So, you know, don't try to be dynamic when it's not real. 20:28.520 --> 20:29.680 I hate that. 20:30.000 --> 20:30.600 It's fake. 20:31.320 --> 20:32.460 It's just like bad acting. 20:32.680 --> 20:34.280 It's like watching one of these Christian movies 20:34.280 --> 20:35.260 or something like that. 20:36.240 --> 20:37.640 You know, it's like, why do we know 20:37.640 --> 20:39.380 that Christian movies are Christian movies 20:39.380 --> 20:40.720 and real ones are real ones? 20:41.040 --> 20:42.260 It's because of the bad acting. 20:43.260 --> 20:45.960 Okay, and again, don't be a bad actor behind the pulpit. 20:47.020 --> 20:48.940 I like somebody that's energetic. 20:49.120 --> 20:50.680 I like someone yelling and screaming. 20:50.860 --> 20:51.800 I like someone getting excited. 20:51.940 --> 20:53.880 I like that, but I like it when it's real. 20:54.600 --> 20:57.320 And if you're not like that, then don't be like that, okay? 20:57.760 --> 20:59.060 But definitely don't be fake 20:59.060 --> 21:01.120 because you really can't convince anyone. 21:01.520 --> 21:02.180 I'm sorry. 21:02.680 --> 21:04.100 Titus chapter two, look at verse one. 21:04.440 --> 21:06.360 But speak the other things that become sound doctrine 21:06.360 --> 21:08.620 that the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, 21:08.620 --> 21:09.920 sound and faith and charity and patience. 21:10.140 --> 21:11.720 Now, Titus chapter two, 21:11.960 --> 21:13.860 let's get the big picture for a second. 21:13.860 --> 21:19.020 This is the apostle Paul telling Titus a pastor 21:19.540 --> 21:20.860 what he's supposed to do. 21:21.180 --> 21:22.280 What is he supposed to do? 21:22.620 --> 21:23.560 He is supposed to speak. 21:24.160 --> 21:26.540 So we have somebody speaking in this particular chapter. 21:27.060 --> 21:27.700 It's Titus. 21:27.820 --> 21:29.000 Titus is the one speaking. 21:29.540 --> 21:30.580 Titus is the one preaching. 21:31.140 --> 21:32.400 Titus is the one instructing. 21:32.680 --> 21:33.600 And who is he instructing? 21:33.680 --> 21:35.720 He's instructing older men or aged men, 21:35.780 --> 21:36.840 as the Bible describes it here, 21:37.180 --> 21:38.120 that they are what? 21:38.560 --> 21:40.900 Sober, grave, temperate, sound and faith 21:40.900 --> 21:42.020 and charity and patience. 21:42.420 --> 21:43.100 And notice he says, 21:43.100 --> 21:46.120 speak things which become sound doctrine. 21:46.700 --> 21:49.620 I think that obviously we wanna make sure 21:49.620 --> 21:52.500 that everything that is spoken behind the pulpit 21:52.500 --> 21:53.860 is accurate according to the Bible 21:53.860 --> 21:55.100 and is what the Bible says. 21:55.760 --> 21:57.620 But additionally, any applications 21:58.140 --> 22:00.500 that are driven by the text 22:00.500 --> 22:02.940 or decided by the text 22:02.940 --> 22:04.960 should make sure it's based on the text. 22:05.540 --> 22:07.240 Don't get up and give your application 22:08.000 --> 22:10.120 based on nothing, based on whims 22:10.120 --> 22:11.980 or forgetting that it's actually 22:11.980 --> 22:14.660 even contradicting clear scripture in the Bible. 22:15.120 --> 22:17.100 And unfortunately what you'll see is sometimes men, 22:17.700 --> 22:20.780 they think something sounds good or sounds right. 22:21.160 --> 22:23.060 And maybe it's something the world even repeats. 22:23.480 --> 22:24.880 And so they'll preach behind the pulpit, 22:24.960 --> 22:25.760 but they didn't think like, 22:26.260 --> 22:27.580 is this what the Bible says? 22:27.860 --> 22:30.400 Or is there a Bible verse that actually supports this idea? 22:30.640 --> 22:33.480 Or is there Bible verses that say the opposite of this? 22:33.820 --> 22:36.280 And so what he's trying to tell the pastor here 22:36.280 --> 22:37.780 is make sure that the things you're saying 22:37.780 --> 22:39.460 fit the biblical narrative. 22:39.460 --> 22:43.900 Fit biblical principles are not just your ideas 22:43.900 --> 22:45.820 or the world's ideas or contrary 22:46.440 --> 22:48.000 specifically to what the Bible says. 22:49.200 --> 22:50.840 Now, I think as a pastor, 22:51.140 --> 22:54.200 you have the liberty to give application 22:54.800 --> 22:57.420 within the biblical principles that I think we should. 22:57.580 --> 22:58.800 That's what preaching is. 22:59.100 --> 23:00.420 We can't just sit up here 23:00.420 --> 23:01.380 and we're not gonna just get up 23:01.380 --> 23:02.720 and just read the Bible and walk home. 23:03.260 --> 23:05.300 I think we should give a sense of the reading. 23:05.420 --> 23:07.260 I think that is the point of the Bible. 23:07.260 --> 23:09.660 Obviously there's principles in the Bible 23:09.660 --> 23:11.720 that do not apply to us directly 23:11.720 --> 23:14.080 and then we have to derive meaning from them. 23:14.300 --> 23:16.700 You know, when it talks about Old Testament laws 23:16.700 --> 23:18.000 and Old Testament principles, 23:18.380 --> 23:20.800 sometimes we don't really necessarily have an ass 23:20.800 --> 23:23.520 and a donkey and we don't have these type of things. 23:23.700 --> 23:25.320 And so we have to then take that 23:25.320 --> 23:27.000 and apply it to what we have. 23:27.120 --> 23:28.580 We have cars and we have vehicles 23:28.580 --> 23:30.540 and we have houses and different things. 23:30.780 --> 23:33.600 So it's like, hey, someone kills someone 23:33.600 --> 23:35.560 through negligence of their animal 23:36.000 --> 23:37.560 could be then applied to, okay, 23:37.660 --> 23:38.960 how about negligence with your car? 23:39.520 --> 23:41.380 You know, that could be a similar parallel 23:41.380 --> 23:43.220 and so we're expounding on that. 23:43.320 --> 23:44.380 We're giving a sense of the reading. 23:44.540 --> 23:46.100 We're trying to explain what the reading is saying. 23:46.320 --> 23:48.200 But what I do not believe the Bible is saying 23:48.200 --> 23:51.160 is that pastors should get up and give TED talks 23:51.160 --> 23:53.380 and just get up and give their personal opinion 23:53.380 --> 23:54.540 on every subject and matter 23:54.540 --> 23:56.440 not based on any biblical principles 23:56.900 --> 23:58.980 or specifically if they're against biblical principles. 23:59.500 --> 24:01.560 And so it's important for the pastor to get up 24:01.560 --> 24:04.780 and expound things and give the sense of the reading 24:04.780 --> 24:07.120 and make sure everything he's saying is sound doctrine 24:07.120 --> 24:09.600 that it fits what the Bible is actually saying. 24:10.100 --> 24:12.680 And so that what, the older men can be sober. 24:12.760 --> 24:13.100 What is that? 24:13.320 --> 24:13.700 Serious. 24:15.000 --> 24:18.240 We want the older men in church to be serious. 24:18.800 --> 24:21.600 Take your life seriously as an older man. 24:22.140 --> 24:24.780 And you know, this would be an example to me 24:25.240 --> 24:27.940 of aged men not being serious 24:27.940 --> 24:31.160 is when you see pastors in America 24:31.160 --> 24:34.480 that are 40, 50, 60 years old 24:34.480 --> 24:36.180 and they're wearing skinny jeans 24:36.180 --> 24:37.540 and a T-shirt behind the pulpit. 24:39.040 --> 24:39.940 Wouldn't you say like, 24:40.180 --> 24:42.040 wouldn't you just almost automatically be like, 24:42.120 --> 24:43.060 this guy's not serious? 24:43.540 --> 24:45.680 Or I'm not gonna take this guy seriously. 24:46.580 --> 24:47.400 Like I mean, I don't even think, 24:47.560 --> 24:48.920 I haven't even explained this point. 24:49.200 --> 24:50.300 You probably already agreed with me. 24:50.600 --> 24:52.720 But then if you automatically just think like, 24:52.840 --> 24:54.740 this guy is somebody I'm not gonna take seriously, 24:55.200 --> 24:57.240 then wouldn't you think that other men 24:57.240 --> 24:59.680 should follow like example, whether you're a pastor 24:59.680 --> 25:02.060 or not, and that maybe the aged men 25:02.060 --> 25:03.640 should consider dressing seriously? 25:04.780 --> 25:06.240 You know, I don't necessarily expect 25:06.240 --> 25:08.140 all the single guys to dress that great. 25:08.280 --> 25:09.500 I mean, they don't have their wives to help them. 25:09.560 --> 25:10.140 All right, I get it. 25:10.900 --> 25:12.200 But you know, at the end of the day, 25:12.900 --> 25:14.880 maybe you could dress in a way that's serious. 25:15.720 --> 25:17.040 And again, does the Bible say 25:17.040 --> 25:19.520 thou shalt wear a suit and tie? 25:19.820 --> 25:20.840 No, it doesn't say that at all. 25:21.560 --> 25:22.140 But you know what? 25:22.740 --> 25:24.600 You know, if you were gonna go for an interview, 25:24.960 --> 25:26.520 you'd probably dress a certain way 25:26.520 --> 25:28.580 because you were taking the interview seriously. 25:29.140 --> 25:30.820 You know, if I have an interview or a job 25:30.820 --> 25:33.620 and I just come in and just, you know, my pajamas, 25:34.200 --> 25:36.680 they're gonna say, hey, this guy's not taking this job, 25:36.740 --> 25:38.520 this job application seriously. 25:39.340 --> 25:41.600 Okay, I don't wanna take the house of God 25:41.600 --> 25:43.080 as something is not serious. 25:43.380 --> 25:44.820 So you know what, I try to dress in a way 25:44.820 --> 25:47.300 that seems like, hey, I'm taking church seriously. 25:48.040 --> 25:49.360 Okay, I don't think that it means 25:49.360 --> 25:51.680 you have to wear a certain type of clothing. 25:52.080 --> 25:53.940 I'm not saying, and I'm not gonna get up here 25:53.940 --> 25:56.280 and say, thou shalt wear this type of clothing 25:56.280 --> 25:57.520 because I don't believe that. 25:57.520 --> 25:59.320 But what I do believe is that 25:59.320 --> 26:00.840 if you were gonna follow this example, 26:00.920 --> 26:01.760 you should be serious. 26:02.280 --> 26:04.280 And maybe you should take church seriously. 26:04.740 --> 26:06.480 And one of those ways would be how you dress. 26:07.280 --> 26:09.420 And oh, how dare you say this? 26:09.560 --> 26:10.780 Well, you know what, that's just reality. 26:11.180 --> 26:13.240 Now as far as our leadership, you know, 26:13.360 --> 26:15.860 behind the pulpit, you know, whether it's a song leader 26:16.280 --> 26:17.940 or the announcements or the Bible reader 26:17.940 --> 26:19.960 or someone preaching, I want them 26:19.960 --> 26:22.200 to have at least a shirt and a tie as a bare minimum. 26:22.640 --> 26:24.000 I'm not saying they have to have a jacket, 26:24.420 --> 26:25.860 but you know, at least having a shirt 26:25.860 --> 26:27.780 and having a tie is kind of a bare minimum 26:28.280 --> 26:29.620 as some kind of standard 26:29.620 --> 26:30.900 because we want it to be serious. 26:31.580 --> 26:32.560 You know, I don't want it to be like, 26:32.660 --> 26:35.260 hey, we're just letting any random person get up here 26:35.260 --> 26:36.680 and just say whatever they want. 26:37.000 --> 26:38.440 It's like, hey, we're taking church seriously. 26:39.040 --> 26:41.040 We're taking the instruction of the church seriously. 26:41.440 --> 26:43.120 And I guarantee someone up here 26:43.120 --> 26:44.580 and a Metallica t-shirt, 26:44.720 --> 26:45.660 you're not gonna take very seriously. 26:46.680 --> 26:49.220 Someone up here and a wife beater, 26:49.300 --> 26:50.940 you're not gonna take very serious, okay? 26:51.540 --> 26:53.020 It's just like, hey, we should make sure 26:53.020 --> 26:57.940 that we have appropriate standards for the church. 26:58.080 --> 27:01.460 And again, if there was a church where a pastor 27:01.460 --> 27:03.520 is not wearing a suit and tie, 27:04.020 --> 27:05.580 I can't say that he's sinning. 27:06.300 --> 27:08.720 I can't say that he's doing something wrong, 27:09.140 --> 27:10.140 but I would say this. 27:10.280 --> 27:11.860 I don't think he's taking it as serious 27:11.860 --> 27:13.020 as I would like for him to take it. 27:14.400 --> 27:14.920 And you know what? 27:15.000 --> 27:15.900 The Bible says that, hey, 27:15.940 --> 27:17.500 we should be instructing the aged men 27:17.500 --> 27:19.180 to what, to be sober, 27:19.500 --> 27:21.200 meaning they're taking things seriously. 27:21.800 --> 27:23.780 Hey, if you don't have a King James Bible, 27:24.180 --> 27:25.580 you're not taking Christianity seriously. 27:26.500 --> 27:29.260 We need the aged men to have a King James Bible 27:29.860 --> 27:31.480 because look, you're old enough 27:31.480 --> 27:32.960 and you've had enough time to realize 27:32.960 --> 27:34.240 there's a difference in the text, 27:34.520 --> 27:35.780 there's a difference in the Bibles, 27:36.040 --> 27:38.000 and anybody that's serious about Christianity 27:38.000 --> 27:39.440 is gonna have a King James Bible. 27:40.420 --> 27:41.760 All the other Bibles have mistakes, 27:42.120 --> 27:43.320 all the other Bibles have issues. 27:43.960 --> 27:45.700 You know, we need men that are sober. 27:46.200 --> 27:47.720 Hey, they're gonna carry themselves well. 27:48.240 --> 27:49.880 Hey, they're taking care of their families. 27:50.400 --> 27:51.440 They're working hard. 27:51.880 --> 27:52.880 You know, as an older man, 27:52.960 --> 27:54.480 we need to be behaving ourselves in church. 27:54.720 --> 27:56.260 You know, that they work with quietness 27:56.260 --> 27:57.040 is what the Bible says, 27:57.340 --> 27:59.140 meaning that they're not someone going around 27:59.140 --> 28:01.000 bumming money off of everybody, 28:01.600 --> 28:03.520 constantly complaining about not having any money, 28:04.100 --> 28:05.260 can't take care of themselves. 28:05.720 --> 28:06.660 You know, the aged men 28:06.660 --> 28:08.360 should be able to take care of themselves 28:08.360 --> 28:10.300 with a dress, the way they talk, 28:10.480 --> 28:11.300 what kind of Bible they have. 28:11.640 --> 28:13.020 They should be people that are examples 28:13.020 --> 28:14.200 and leaders in the church, 28:14.420 --> 28:15.780 not needing handouts, 28:15.860 --> 28:17.840 not the one needing everything from everybody else, 28:17.840 --> 28:19.700 but rather taking care of everyone else. 28:20.260 --> 28:21.120 You know, the Bible says here, 28:21.320 --> 28:22.220 if we keep going, grave, 28:22.760 --> 28:25.220 again, this is very similar, sober and grave. 28:25.460 --> 28:27.760 Hey, not being a drunkard, taking your life seriously. 28:28.420 --> 28:29.420 You know, if you're drinking alcohol 28:29.420 --> 28:31.080 and doing drugs, you're not serious. 28:32.060 --> 28:32.760 If you're a pothead, 28:32.980 --> 28:34.360 if you're an older man in your pothead, 28:34.460 --> 28:34.980 you're not serious. 28:36.380 --> 28:37.240 You're not grave. 28:38.020 --> 28:39.780 You're not taking your responsibilities as a man 28:39.780 --> 28:41.580 as something to be considered. 28:42.060 --> 28:43.640 You know, I think another thing that you should do 28:43.640 --> 28:45.400 is, hey, take your health seriously, 28:46.000 --> 28:46.860 because you know what? 28:46.860 --> 28:48.000 Hey, it's important. 28:48.200 --> 28:49.640 And if you want to last a long time, 28:50.060 --> 28:52.120 you know, health starts to actually factor in 28:52.120 --> 28:52.760 the older you get. 28:53.380 --> 28:54.840 You know, taking your health seriously, 28:56.360 --> 28:58.700 being temperate, being sound of the faith, 28:58.900 --> 28:59.300 charity, patience. 28:59.380 --> 29:00.680 I'm not going to go through every single one of these 29:00.680 --> 29:02.280 because I have a lot more than I want to say this morning, 29:02.640 --> 29:03.660 but in general, 29:04.000 --> 29:06.020 these should be the things that men should be doing. 29:06.500 --> 29:09.300 Obviously, they don't need all the attention. 29:09.500 --> 29:10.300 They don't need all the flash. 29:11.020 --> 29:13.480 They don't have to necessarily be the star of the show. 29:13.580 --> 29:14.220 They're temperate. 29:14.480 --> 29:15.360 They're sound and faith, 29:15.360 --> 29:17.400 meaning they're good on doctrine. 29:18.340 --> 29:21.800 It'd be kind of a shame if you're 50, 60, 70 years old 29:21.800 --> 29:23.540 and you still don't even know the doctrine of the Bible. 29:24.240 --> 29:26.520 Obviously, if you got saved last week, we get it, 29:26.580 --> 29:27.600 but I'm just, in general, 29:28.080 --> 29:30.280 the aged men should be ones that know the Bible, 29:31.200 --> 29:32.300 understand the doctrine. 29:32.420 --> 29:33.500 They can expound on it. 29:34.000 --> 29:35.500 You know, they're an example of love. 29:35.640 --> 29:36.460 That's what charity is. 29:36.780 --> 29:38.400 They're the example of love in the church 29:38.400 --> 29:40.720 of people that are doing good unto other people 29:40.720 --> 29:42.460 and that they're very patient. 29:43.340 --> 29:44.340 You know, as a younger man, 29:44.900 --> 29:46.920 you might have a little bit more testosterone, 29:47.260 --> 29:48.820 a little bit more spunk, 29:49.600 --> 29:50.720 but you know, as an aged man, 29:50.820 --> 29:53.200 you should be someone that is patient 29:53.200 --> 29:55.800 that you can talk to that's not gonna easily temper. 29:56.420 --> 29:57.320 You know, temperamental, 29:57.540 --> 29:59.880 someone that's just losing their cool. 30:00.180 --> 30:02.620 You know, you should be someone that can take things well. 30:02.900 --> 30:04.440 And even when there's problems, 30:04.600 --> 30:06.480 here's the thing, there's gonna be problems in life 30:07.160 --> 30:08.200 and not just church. 30:08.600 --> 30:10.180 There's gonna be major problems in life. 30:10.380 --> 30:11.940 There's gonna be major ups and downs 30:11.940 --> 30:14.300 and you know what, we need an anchor in our lives 30:14.300 --> 30:16.320 and it's the aged men that are just patient. 30:16.780 --> 30:18.320 They're like, hey, let's not freak out. 30:18.800 --> 30:20.240 Let's not make any rash decisions. 30:20.820 --> 30:22.180 Let's consider what's going on. 30:22.740 --> 30:24.520 Someone that's patient, let's wait. 30:24.960 --> 30:25.900 Let's figure it out. 30:26.060 --> 30:27.040 Let's take our time. 30:27.360 --> 30:28.380 Let's not be rash. 30:28.780 --> 30:30.540 Let's not just bounce around. 30:31.200 --> 30:32.520 You know, someone that's very patient, 30:32.620 --> 30:33.840 they can endure things. 30:34.220 --> 30:36.620 They're not easily swayed over. 30:37.200 --> 30:39.480 They're not easily offended, not easily provoked. 30:39.640 --> 30:41.340 I mean, that's what the whole charity chapter is about. 30:41.340 --> 30:44.200 There's someone that's very patient and can deal well. 30:44.540 --> 30:46.580 Younger people sometimes are very impatient, 30:47.060 --> 30:50.220 very immature, very rash, very quick to make decisions. 30:50.520 --> 30:52.460 And so we need the aged men to not be like that. 30:52.920 --> 30:54.800 Not someone that's just gonna jerk the chain 30:54.800 --> 30:56.660 when something goes awry. 30:57.200 --> 30:58.060 And you know what, praise God, 30:58.440 --> 31:00.740 our church has had a lot of ups and downs 31:01.200 --> 31:02.540 and it's nice when there's some people 31:02.540 --> 31:04.420 that are just like, what's new? 31:04.840 --> 31:05.480 You know, it's just like, hey, 31:05.540 --> 31:07.000 is it another day I said I'm gonna have this church? 31:07.200 --> 31:09.720 No, I'm patient, I can deal with this. 31:09.720 --> 31:11.680 Let's wait, let's figure out all the facts, 31:11.880 --> 31:14.200 let's figure out what's going on, let's not panic about it. 31:14.620 --> 31:15.880 It's like, hey, we might move the church 31:15.880 --> 31:18.120 and you just hit the panic button instantly 31:18.500 --> 31:20.120 and it's just like, that was a bad move. 31:20.460 --> 31:22.300 And you know, that's not being someone that's patient, 31:22.680 --> 31:24.580 that's someone that's just kind of being immature. 31:26.180 --> 31:28.400 Now, as we continue in this narrative, 31:28.640 --> 31:31.520 it switches gears to not just the aged men, 31:31.760 --> 31:32.720 but to the aged women. 31:32.820 --> 31:35.120 Look at verse three, the aged women likewise. 31:35.540 --> 31:37.680 So in the same way that all the men 31:37.680 --> 31:38.460 were supposed to behave, 31:39.060 --> 31:41.920 all the aged women should behave in the exact same way. 31:42.580 --> 31:44.880 Now, what is it saying here? 31:45.000 --> 31:46.700 It's saying that the aged women 31:47.580 --> 31:50.700 that they be in behavior as we come to the holiness. 31:51.200 --> 31:51.840 Now here's the thing, 31:52.500 --> 31:56.260 who is telling the aged women to be in behavior 31:56.260 --> 31:57.260 according to this narrative? 31:58.100 --> 31:59.040 The pastor. 31:59.480 --> 32:02.160 It's the pastor speaking to the older women, 32:02.480 --> 32:04.700 telling the older women how they should behave. 32:05.280 --> 32:08.520 So who is it that is supposed to tell women to behave? 32:08.800 --> 32:09.540 It's the pastor. 32:10.420 --> 32:12.360 It's the pastor telling the men to behave. 32:12.520 --> 32:14.220 It's the pastor telling the women to behave. 32:14.520 --> 32:17.440 It's the pastor basically having guidance 32:17.440 --> 32:20.180 and rules and everything for everyone. 32:20.800 --> 32:23.040 And again, I'm speaking sound things. 32:23.240 --> 32:24.780 The pastor speaking sound doctrine 32:24.780 --> 32:27.620 so that the aged women would be in behavior 32:28.320 --> 32:29.580 as we come to the holiness. 32:30.180 --> 32:32.320 So how should the older women know how to behave 32:32.320 --> 32:34.540 from what the pastor is preaching behind the pulpit? 32:34.800 --> 32:37.100 And again, expounding on the word of God. 32:37.200 --> 32:38.880 It's the Bible that's guiding all of us, of course. 32:39.540 --> 32:41.620 But it's him guiding and giving instruction 32:41.620 --> 32:44.120 and application for how they should behave. 32:44.480 --> 32:45.500 How should they not behave? 32:45.780 --> 32:47.680 Not false accusers, right? 32:47.780 --> 32:49.500 They should be in behavior as holiness, 32:50.060 --> 32:51.360 not a false accuser. 32:51.440 --> 32:52.540 This would be the exact opposite. 32:52.740 --> 32:55.580 So we don't want the aged women to be the false accusers. 32:55.840 --> 32:57.460 We don't want them to be given to much wine, 32:57.620 --> 33:00.680 not given to much wine, teachers of good things. 33:00.680 --> 33:04.380 Now think about how this is showing together. 33:04.800 --> 33:07.420 Not a false accuser, not given to much wine, 33:07.920 --> 33:09.160 teachers of good things. 33:09.620 --> 33:11.580 So what's the implication in this particular verse? 33:11.980 --> 33:13.500 That by being a false accuser 33:14.120 --> 33:15.960 and by being given to much wine, 33:16.100 --> 33:17.480 you're teaching bad things. 33:18.260 --> 33:20.140 Not in some kind of a formal way, 33:20.700 --> 33:22.560 not in some kind of an instructional manner, 33:23.000 --> 33:25.820 but by example, by your example of being a false accuser, 33:26.040 --> 33:28.160 by your example of giving much wine, 33:28.340 --> 33:29.580 you're not a teacher of good things, 33:29.580 --> 33:31.180 you're a teacher of bad things, 33:31.360 --> 33:32.780 you're a teacher of evil things. 33:33.180 --> 33:34.200 So what should the women be? 33:34.300 --> 33:35.620 They should be teachers of good things. 33:35.800 --> 33:38.060 And then it's gonna give us an idea here 33:38.060 --> 33:41.160 that they may teach the young women to be sober, 33:41.540 --> 33:44.360 to love their husbands, to love their children, 33:44.520 --> 33:47.180 to be discreet, chase, keepers at home, 33:47.360 --> 33:48.580 good, obedient to their own husbands, 33:48.800 --> 33:50.520 that the word of God be not blasphemed. 33:50.860 --> 33:54.200 So if we take this whole sentence together, 33:54.320 --> 33:56.420 because it's, notice one sentence. 33:56.420 --> 33:59.820 Did you notice that verses three through five 33:59.820 --> 34:01.320 are one sentence? 34:02.060 --> 34:03.460 How does the sentence start? 34:03.820 --> 34:06.220 That they are in behavior, okay? 34:06.700 --> 34:08.120 And then it's saying, it's giving examples 34:08.120 --> 34:10.400 of bad behavior, teaching bad things, 34:10.680 --> 34:12.680 and then it's giving examples of what good behavior, 34:13.120 --> 34:14.280 teaching good things. 34:14.780 --> 34:16.700 It's not really saying like, hey, 34:17.020 --> 34:20.040 we need to start a lady's Bible study. 34:20.480 --> 34:22.640 We need to start a woman's Sunday school. 34:23.020 --> 34:25.340 That's not really in view of this passage at all 34:25.340 --> 34:29.000 because the person teaching in this epistle is Titus. 34:29.360 --> 34:30.480 Titus is the one preaching. 34:30.820 --> 34:32.380 Titus is the one instructing 34:32.380 --> 34:34.200 and he's instructing the men how to behave 34:34.200 --> 34:36.840 and he's instructing the women how to what, behave. 34:37.240 --> 34:38.840 It just fits so perfectly. 34:39.400 --> 34:40.940 And of course, by their example, 34:41.480 --> 34:43.200 through the teaching and through the example 34:43.200 --> 34:44.520 of the older ladies, that's teaching 34:44.520 --> 34:46.200 the younger women how to behave as well 34:46.680 --> 34:48.060 because they're seeing the example. 34:48.260 --> 34:50.880 So we have old men, older ladies. 34:51.320 --> 34:52.580 We have younger women. 34:52.740 --> 34:54.140 And then of course, here in verse six, 34:54.140 --> 34:55.800 young men likewise exhort to be so reminded. 34:56.140 --> 34:57.240 So we cover the entire group. 34:57.800 --> 34:59.420 We have the older and younger men. 34:59.780 --> 35:02.240 We have the older ladies and the younger ladies here 35:02.240 --> 35:04.080 are clearly addressed in this particular passage. 35:04.440 --> 35:07.020 So let's just take these things 35:07.020 --> 35:08.220 and apply them for a second. 35:08.880 --> 35:09.980 Now I have it on the board 35:09.980 --> 35:12.040 just to kind of help us keep these things in view 35:12.560 --> 35:15.700 but I believe the Bible, it gives us boundaries. 35:15.980 --> 35:18.440 Anything inside boundaries is up for discretion 35:19.020 --> 35:22.860 but the Bible has clear boundaries as far as women 35:22.860 --> 35:25.260 and how we should behave ourselves in church. 35:25.700 --> 35:27.780 Now we read in first Timothy chapter number three 35:27.780 --> 35:30.660 that the pastor is to be the husband of one wife, 35:30.840 --> 35:32.300 that the deacon was to be likewise 35:32.300 --> 35:33.500 the husband of one wife. 35:33.840 --> 35:35.900 So for women, they are number one, 35:36.040 --> 35:37.840 not to be the pastor or deacon in a church. 35:38.640 --> 35:40.500 That's not my opinion. 35:41.000 --> 35:44.260 That's just clearly what the boundary is set in scripture. 35:44.520 --> 35:46.020 There's no arguing over that 35:46.020 --> 35:47.780 unless you just don't care what the Bible says. 35:48.720 --> 35:49.820 You know, it's not an interpretation. 35:50.500 --> 35:51.180 It's a fact. 35:51.180 --> 35:51.800 Okay. 35:53.000 --> 35:54.100 Now number two, 35:54.620 --> 35:56.680 that they're not supposed to usurp authority over the man. 35:56.760 --> 35:57.520 Now keep your finger here. 35:57.900 --> 35:58.520 I will come right back, 35:58.580 --> 35:59.940 but I just flipped back a few pages 35:59.940 --> 36:01.680 to first Timothy chapter two 36:02.380 --> 36:05.240 and notice what it says in verse number 11. 36:06.120 --> 36:07.500 First Timothy 2, 11, 36:07.620 --> 36:11.920 let the woman learn in silence with all subjection 36:11.920 --> 36:14.480 but I suffer not a woman to teach 36:14.480 --> 36:16.580 nor to usurp authority over the man 36:16.580 --> 36:18.380 but to be in silence. 36:18.860 --> 36:19.600 So according to the Bible 36:19.600 --> 36:23.200 women are not to usurp authority over men. 36:23.860 --> 36:26.840 That's again, not a pastor Shelley opinion. 36:27.400 --> 36:29.280 This is a biblical fact. 36:29.800 --> 36:31.420 Women are to learn in silence 36:31.420 --> 36:33.760 and they're not to usurp authority over the man. 36:34.500 --> 36:36.980 Number three, they're not to teach in church 36:36.980 --> 36:39.100 which would be in coordination with what we just read. 36:39.180 --> 36:40.920 That's the whole silence, learning in silence. 36:41.560 --> 36:42.960 But let's go to 1 Corinthians 14 36:43.460 --> 36:47.100 as a second proof text of this particular doctrine 36:47.100 --> 36:49.580 that women are to learn in silence. 36:50.160 --> 36:52.200 1 Corinthians chapter number 14 36:53.200 --> 36:56.300 that women just shouldn't be the teachers in church. 36:56.460 --> 37:00.560 Now, again, let's be clear about what the word church means. 37:01.420 --> 37:02.580 Church is not a building. 37:03.140 --> 37:05.300 Church is an assembly of the believers. 37:05.720 --> 37:08.440 So anytime you have an assembly of the believers 37:08.880 --> 37:11.780 who should not be teaching any woman. 37:12.180 --> 37:12.920 Yeah. Okay. 37:13.120 --> 37:14.880 Now again, some people will be like, 37:14.940 --> 37:16.120 oh, that's sexist. 37:16.120 --> 37:19.380 Yeah, but look, it's not like just they are the only ones 37:19.380 --> 37:20.680 not supposed to be getting up and teaching 37:21.240 --> 37:22.140 because frankly speaking, 37:22.160 --> 37:23.520 we're not gonna have kids get up and teach either. 37:23.700 --> 37:25.200 So no kids, no women. 37:25.600 --> 37:26.660 And then of course, you know, 37:26.800 --> 37:28.800 it's not even just every man's gonna get up and teach. 37:29.000 --> 37:31.260 We want men to be apt to teach and a good standing. 37:31.680 --> 37:33.620 We don't want just any random dude 37:33.620 --> 37:34.620 getting up and teaching either. 37:34.820 --> 37:36.920 We wouldn't want someone that's not saved. 37:37.320 --> 37:39.260 We wouldn't, I mean, every guy that's not saved 37:39.260 --> 37:41.120 not eligible either. 37:41.380 --> 37:44.020 Okay. Every guy that's just got saved. 37:44.080 --> 37:45.080 We don't want him getting up 37:45.080 --> 37:47.040 and just teaching the whole congregation on a regular basis. 37:47.460 --> 37:49.460 I get it that we have preaching classes and stuff like that, 37:49.500 --> 37:50.900 but that's a super rare thing. 37:51.340 --> 37:52.460 But we're just saying in general, 37:52.520 --> 37:54.840 it's not like only, you know, women 37:54.840 --> 37:55.780 where we're pressing them. 37:56.000 --> 37:56.760 There's a lot of people 37:56.760 --> 37:57.940 that we're not gonna have get up and teach. 37:58.520 --> 37:58.860 Okay. 37:59.580 --> 38:02.200 So it's not just like limited to one classification, 38:03.100 --> 38:04.340 but what does the Bible say? 38:04.580 --> 38:06.020 I mean, do you just care what the Bible says or not? 38:06.320 --> 38:09.300 Verse 33, for God is not the author of confusion 38:10.040 --> 38:12.540 but of peace as in all churches of the saints. 38:13.100 --> 38:16.300 Let your women keep silence in the churches 38:16.300 --> 38:19.500 for it is not permitted under them to speak. 38:19.840 --> 38:22.740 But they are commanded to be under obedience 38:23.360 --> 38:25.100 as also say it the law. 38:25.720 --> 38:27.560 And if they will learn anything, 38:28.100 --> 38:29.960 let the master husbands at home for as a shame 38:29.960 --> 38:31.360 for women to speak in the church. 38:32.220 --> 38:34.580 I mean, I don't know how much clear Paul, 38:35.460 --> 38:37.080 or like what did he have to say? 38:38.220 --> 38:40.120 Like, you know, for these women pastors out there, 38:40.440 --> 38:41.000 I'm just thinking like, 38:41.000 --> 38:44.240 what did Paul have to pin down for you to get it? 38:44.840 --> 38:47.140 I guess, even if it said like not a woman pastor, 38:47.280 --> 38:48.780 he'd be like, well, that's in their day 38:48.780 --> 38:50.580 that they didn't want a woman to be a pastor. 38:50.920 --> 38:52.620 You know, it just, it doesn't matter what it said 38:53.020 --> 38:54.640 because it really doesn't need to be clearer. 38:55.440 --> 38:57.260 It's clearer than it could possibly be. 38:57.600 --> 38:58.740 And yet it's just saying, 38:58.780 --> 39:00.500 hey, they're not supposed to be teaching in church. 39:00.600 --> 39:02.720 So again, we have all the church gathered together. 39:03.120 --> 39:04.000 They're not to be the pastor. 39:04.260 --> 39:04.980 They're not to be the deacon. 39:05.160 --> 39:06.880 They're not supposed to use super authority over a man. 39:07.120 --> 39:08.920 And they're not supposed to be teaching in the church. 39:09.140 --> 39:10.060 They're supposed to be in silence. 39:10.550 --> 39:13.200 And notice, it clarifies even what that means. 39:14.360 --> 39:17.060 It says they're not even allowed to ask a question in church. 39:17.940 --> 39:19.540 It says if they have any question, 39:19.760 --> 39:20.460 did you notice what it said? 39:20.840 --> 39:21.880 If they will learn anything, 39:22.460 --> 39:24.600 let them ask their husbands at home. 39:24.840 --> 39:27.380 So are they allowed to ask in church? 39:27.840 --> 39:28.660 No, they're not allowed, 39:28.880 --> 39:31.020 not allowed to ask questions in church. 39:31.460 --> 39:32.640 They are to be in silence. 39:33.400 --> 39:34.380 That is what the Bible is saying. 39:34.460 --> 39:35.100 So when we gather, 39:35.660 --> 39:37.280 and I'm sure somebody is gonna be offended. 39:37.460 --> 39:39.300 It's like, we have an opportunity. 39:39.300 --> 39:40.200 Sometimes I say, hey, 39:40.220 --> 39:41.540 does any guy have a question in here? 39:42.120 --> 39:43.840 We're not opening it up for the ladies to speak. 39:44.240 --> 39:44.320 Yeah. 39:45.640 --> 39:46.680 Oh, how dare you? 39:46.800 --> 39:47.560 You're a misogynist. 39:47.700 --> 39:48.440 Oh, you're a sexist. 39:48.660 --> 39:49.100 You know what? 39:49.400 --> 39:50.320 I just love the Bible. 39:50.620 --> 39:50.760 Yeah. 39:52.160 --> 39:53.180 Hey, if you don't have it said, 39:53.840 --> 39:55.620 let every woman ask a question, 39:56.060 --> 39:57.120 then I would just do that. 39:59.040 --> 40:01.280 If it said only let women ask questions, 40:01.480 --> 40:02.040 I would do that. 40:03.620 --> 40:04.680 I'm just gonna do what the text says, 40:04.720 --> 40:05.220 because you know what? 40:05.320 --> 40:08.700 This is the shepherd of our church. 40:10.300 --> 40:12.560 I am a pastor, but I'm not the chief shepherd. 40:13.060 --> 40:15.700 And we have the true bishop, 40:15.880 --> 40:16.780 which is Jesus Christ, 40:17.100 --> 40:18.040 and he's right here, 40:18.180 --> 40:19.200 and he's telling us how to behave. 40:19.400 --> 40:20.680 So if you don't like what I'm saying, 40:20.760 --> 40:21.660 you just don't like Jesus. 40:21.860 --> 40:22.800 Yep, I mean it. 40:22.880 --> 40:24.120 You don't like the word of God. 40:24.200 --> 40:24.900 You don't like God. 40:25.520 --> 40:26.900 And you just don't like authority. 40:27.260 --> 40:28.700 Because everything about God's authority. 40:29.000 --> 40:30.620 And for some reason, just people just don't like authority. 40:30.900 --> 40:31.020 Nope. 40:31.360 --> 40:31.780 It's like, hey, 40:31.940 --> 40:32.920 children are supposed to be their parents. 40:33.100 --> 40:33.480 Ah, why? 40:35.060 --> 40:36.780 Because women are supposed to be speaking in church. 40:37.040 --> 40:37.200 Why? 40:37.540 --> 40:37.700 Because. 40:38.040 --> 40:38.240 Yeah. 40:38.700 --> 40:39.020 Okay. 40:39.660 --> 40:41.240 Well, divorce men shouldn't be the pastor. 40:41.420 --> 40:41.540 Why? 40:41.860 --> 40:42.020 Because. 40:42.360 --> 40:42.460 Yeah. 40:42.940 --> 40:43.980 You know, it's just how it is. 40:44.520 --> 40:45.320 And hey, pastors, 40:45.520 --> 40:46.920 you don't get to tell the Bible what to do. 40:47.180 --> 40:47.380 Why? 40:47.660 --> 40:50.320 Because your opinion is lesser than God's. 40:50.620 --> 40:51.780 We have a hierarchy. 40:52.000 --> 40:52.500 We have a structure. 40:53.080 --> 40:56.300 And we should obey the higher powers 40:56.300 --> 40:57.720 and those that have rule over us. 40:57.960 --> 40:59.180 And we should be subject to them. 40:59.280 --> 40:59.620 And you know what? 40:59.760 --> 41:01.240 Why would you want a pastor that gets up 41:01.240 --> 41:02.560 and says, I don't care about this part of the Bible? 41:02.740 --> 41:03.240 Huh, right. 41:04.200 --> 41:05.380 Because if I don't care about this part, 41:05.440 --> 41:07.420 if I'm willing to excuse or be like, 41:07.420 --> 41:09.700 this is kind of mean to women, 41:10.080 --> 41:12.480 then what other concessions will I make? 41:12.680 --> 41:12.800 Yeah. 41:13.160 --> 41:15.420 What other weird feminist ideas will I 41:15.420 --> 41:18.340 bring into the church or into other people's marriage? 41:18.700 --> 41:19.180 I mean, do you really, 41:19.520 --> 41:21.380 if I can't even get up and say, 41:22.180 --> 41:23.620 women are allowed to ask questions in church, 41:23.960 --> 41:25.500 do you really want me to give you marriage advice? 41:26.800 --> 41:27.780 I mean, think about it logically. 41:28.500 --> 41:31.120 If I'm unwilling to just offend people 41:31.120 --> 41:33.360 by saying what the Bible just clearly says, 41:34.000 --> 41:35.740 do you think I'm going to be able to give good counsel 41:35.740 --> 41:36.680 and good advice to people? 41:37.240 --> 41:39.580 Like, no, we want to make sure that we believe 41:39.580 --> 41:41.020 every verse and every line, 41:41.300 --> 41:43.380 whether it's comfortable, uncomfortable, popular, 41:43.540 --> 41:45.380 not popular, in season, out of season, 41:45.680 --> 41:46.700 we're supposed to approve a buc 41:46.700 --> 41:48.440 and exhort with all-long suffering and doctrine. 41:48.840 --> 41:49.420 And you know what? 41:49.660 --> 41:51.820 If you don't like the Bible, you can go anywhere else. 41:52.000 --> 41:52.180 Yeah. 41:52.500 --> 41:53.860 But we like the Bible here, okay? 41:54.260 --> 41:55.500 So number four, they're not allowed 41:55.500 --> 41:56.420 to ask questions in church. 41:57.300 --> 41:59.620 Number five, go to 1 Peter chapter three. 41:59.940 --> 42:01.740 There's to be meek and quiet. 42:10.860 --> 42:12.500 1 Peter chapter number three, 42:12.880 --> 42:13.860 let's read verse four, 42:13.860 --> 42:15.320 but let it be the hidden man of the heart 42:15.320 --> 42:17.460 in that which is not corruptible, 42:17.840 --> 42:20.720 even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, 42:20.720 --> 42:22.940 which is in the sight of God of great price. 42:23.460 --> 42:26.760 So if we're going to interpret anything in the Bible 42:27.800 --> 42:29.140 and pertainings to women, 42:29.900 --> 42:34.040 we need to make sure we consider all of these factors, okay? 42:34.740 --> 42:36.760 So I just put this on the board 42:36.760 --> 42:38.580 so then we could just think about things 42:38.580 --> 42:40.300 and say like, okay, does it, 42:40.300 --> 42:44.400 how does it do on this little boundary list, okay? 42:44.740 --> 42:45.760 Because if you're playing soccer, 42:46.600 --> 42:48.180 you know, there's multiple boundaries. 42:48.800 --> 42:50.540 There's a boundary at the end of the goal, 42:50.740 --> 42:51.620 there's a boundary on the side. 42:51.980 --> 42:53.800 It doesn't matter which one of those you cross, 42:54.000 --> 42:55.580 you're out of bounds, okay? 42:55.920 --> 42:57.940 It's not like you have to cross all of them simultaneously. 42:58.420 --> 43:01.920 If you cross any of them, you're out of bounds, okay? 43:02.260 --> 43:04.020 So again, if you cross any of these, 43:04.120 --> 43:04.820 it's out of bounds, 43:04.880 --> 43:06.920 meaning it's not in play, meaning it's not an option, 43:07.140 --> 43:09.700 meaning you stop playing the game, okay? 43:09.700 --> 43:11.220 So what is okay? 43:12.280 --> 43:14.380 What about a woman uploading a video 43:14.820 --> 43:16.340 about how to sow a dress? 43:18.960 --> 43:20.580 Was the pastor a deacon? 43:21.120 --> 43:21.680 Nope. 43:22.580 --> 43:24.160 Is she usurping authority over a man? 43:24.540 --> 43:24.800 No. 43:25.360 --> 43:26.400 Is she teaching in the church? 43:26.800 --> 43:27.220 No. 43:27.800 --> 43:29.280 Is she asking questions in church? 43:29.720 --> 43:30.100 Nope. 43:30.840 --> 43:33.920 Is this potentially still within being meek and quiet? 43:34.580 --> 43:35.880 I don't see why it wouldn't be. 43:36.640 --> 43:37.760 I would think that's totally fine. 43:37.760 --> 43:38.060 Yeah. 43:38.900 --> 43:40.720 That doesn't seem to bother me. 43:41.980 --> 43:45.520 How about her putting other videos up 43:45.520 --> 43:48.080 or posts about clothes, recipes, 43:48.660 --> 43:51.800 cleaning, homemaking, homeschooling, any of these things? 43:52.200 --> 43:54.400 Would any of those cross any of these quote boundaries? 43:55.160 --> 43:56.240 In my opinion, no. 43:57.040 --> 43:58.140 I don't see how it could possibly, 43:58.540 --> 44:00.040 I mean, obviously we're gonna have to use discretion 44:00.040 --> 44:00.880 on number five, 44:01.200 --> 44:03.640 but in general, I don't see how that's violating 44:03.640 --> 44:04.760 anything that we said there. 44:05.360 --> 44:09.480 What about a woman having a social media podcast 44:10.360 --> 44:12.300 to influence and expound the Bible? 44:14.360 --> 44:15.500 Well, number one, 44:15.700 --> 44:18.020 that doesn't mean she's a pastor or deacon, okay? 44:18.880 --> 44:21.120 What about usurping the authority over the man? 44:21.640 --> 44:23.200 Well, I think that's kind of getting 44:23.200 --> 44:24.320 in dangerous territory here, 44:24.400 --> 44:26.860 but more specifically, how about not teaching in church 44:27.300 --> 44:29.320 or not even asking questions in church? 44:29.580 --> 44:31.540 Now again, you say, well, it wasn't in a church building, 44:32.020 --> 44:34.580 but yeah, but if I have a platform 44:35.020 --> 44:37.520 of several hundred thousand people 44:38.000 --> 44:39.560 and I'm teaching the Bible to them, 44:40.080 --> 44:44.880 how is that, what is the whole point of these commandments? 44:45.120 --> 44:46.980 It's like, well, we just didn't want it to be in a building, 44:47.800 --> 44:50.360 but if you're teaching hundreds of thousands of people this, 44:50.680 --> 44:51.160 it's fine. 44:51.480 --> 44:51.920 It's like, no, no. 44:52.240 --> 44:53.960 The whole point is that you just don't want women 44:53.960 --> 44:55.820 getting up in these big social gatherings, 44:56.000 --> 44:57.220 teaching a whole bunch of people 44:57.220 --> 44:59.560 because it's just not the right format. 44:59.560 --> 45:01.100 It's not the right way to behave yourself. 45:01.500 --> 45:02.900 It's totally usurping this 45:02.900 --> 45:04.620 and just pretending like church is a building 45:04.620 --> 45:06.640 instead of an assembly or a congregation 45:06.640 --> 45:07.880 or a gathering of people. 45:08.140 --> 45:11.800 And now all of a sudden, it's just crossing into these lines. 45:12.240 --> 45:13.320 Plus, it doesn't even seem like 45:13.320 --> 45:14.480 you're being very meek and quiet. 45:15.020 --> 45:17.580 It doesn't say, hey, if a lady 45:17.580 --> 45:19.440 wants to learn something about the Bible, 45:20.080 --> 45:22.180 ask ladies outside of the building. 45:23.220 --> 45:27.680 Ask ladies before the church service 45:27.680 --> 45:29.740 in a different church service, right? 45:30.140 --> 45:31.160 Have women's church. 45:32.020 --> 45:33.100 That would be the answer. 45:33.560 --> 45:35.640 It wouldn't be like, hey, ask your husband at home. 45:36.100 --> 45:38.080 It would be like, hey, ask the ladies. 45:38.820 --> 45:40.960 And again, the whole context of Tim, 45:41.220 --> 45:42.360 I'm sorry, Titus chapter two, 45:43.060 --> 45:44.420 let's go back there if you would, 45:45.340 --> 45:47.040 says teaching the younger women. 45:47.900 --> 45:49.660 So then you're like, well, how do you interpret that? 45:50.040 --> 45:51.540 How are the older ladies supposed to teach 45:51.540 --> 45:53.580 the younger women if you're not gonna let them have 45:53.580 --> 45:54.680 a formal way to teach them? 45:55.320 --> 45:57.440 It's because they're teaching them through their behavior. 45:59.500 --> 46:01.820 They're a good example of loving their husbands 46:01.820 --> 46:03.780 and loving their children and doing all these things. 46:04.120 --> 46:06.100 So they don't have to necessarily get up and teach. 46:06.440 --> 46:08.360 But did it say, I mean, let's just be honest 46:08.360 --> 46:09.260 with the text for a moment. 46:09.880 --> 46:12.420 Does it say that they may teach the young women doctrine? 46:14.220 --> 46:16.880 Does it say they may teach them the law 46:17.880 --> 46:20.940 or their testimonies or thy commandments? 46:21.560 --> 46:24.020 I mean, pretty much it doesn't say any of those things. 46:24.560 --> 46:26.960 It does say to be obedient to their own husbands. 46:27.780 --> 46:28.620 Wouldn't that kind of, 46:28.760 --> 46:30.200 if being obedient to your husband, it would be what? 46:30.700 --> 46:32.040 Not asking other people questions, 46:32.220 --> 46:33.220 but asking him at home. 46:33.640 --> 46:34.800 When it comes to the Bible, 46:35.240 --> 46:36.320 when it comes to Bible doctrine, 46:36.760 --> 46:37.860 when it comes to these matters. 46:38.280 --> 46:40.580 If you think about 1 Corinthians 14, when we read, 46:41.340 --> 46:44.040 it said, as also sayeth the law. 46:44.800 --> 46:46.680 It sounds like what the apostle Paul is saying. 46:47.840 --> 46:48.880 And it's clear. 46:49.340 --> 46:51.400 He's not saying that this is actually 46:51.400 --> 46:53.420 coming strictly from the church. 46:53.640 --> 46:55.840 It's coming from the law saying they're not allowed to speak. 46:56.160 --> 46:57.300 So he's saying from the principle 46:57.300 --> 46:59.660 of them not being able to speak in a lost context, 46:59.820 --> 47:02.700 should be the same as in a church context. 47:02.960 --> 47:06.440 Because he's saying as also sayeth the law. 47:06.720 --> 47:08.600 He's not saying because of the law, 47:09.100 --> 47:10.340 he's not saying the law saying, 47:10.440 --> 47:12.520 he's saying as also sayeth the law. 47:12.720 --> 47:14.700 Meaning here's another context 47:14.700 --> 47:17.140 in which women are not permitted to speak. 47:17.560 --> 47:19.380 And what is that under what the law is saying? 47:19.840 --> 47:22.320 Saying hey, the law's having them be silent. 47:22.500 --> 47:24.400 The law's having them not deal 47:24.400 --> 47:25.260 with these particular issues. 47:26.400 --> 47:29.020 So again, what does the teach good things, 47:29.100 --> 47:30.320 teach young women to be sober, 47:30.540 --> 47:31.800 to love their husbands, love their children, 47:31.920 --> 47:32.880 to be discreet? 47:33.420 --> 47:35.660 That sounds similar to being meek and quiet, 47:37.340 --> 47:39.820 not broadcasting your opinions on the Bible, 47:40.620 --> 47:42.460 criticizing pastors and doing whatever. 47:43.480 --> 47:45.660 And again, who are some of the biggest names of this? 47:45.660 --> 47:46.880 How about like Candace Owens? 47:47.720 --> 47:49.840 Getting out there and just giving her opinions 47:50.440 --> 47:51.680 on all kinds of matters. 47:52.100 --> 47:55.140 How about Allibeth Stuckey who has some channel 47:55.140 --> 47:57.460 where she's constantly talking about theology, 47:58.060 --> 48:02.920 the Bible, salvation, Calvinism, all of her beliefs, 48:03.360 --> 48:05.400 everything you could possibly think about 48:05.400 --> 48:07.340 teaching from a theological perspective, 48:07.560 --> 48:09.960 just some lady with hundreds of thousands of followers, 48:10.320 --> 48:11.620 hundreds of thousands of people 48:11.620 --> 48:13.200 are paying attention to this kind of content. 48:13.620 --> 48:14.720 And look, when you're doing that, 48:14.720 --> 48:16.720 you know what, you're forcing the situation 48:16.720 --> 48:18.600 where if you teach something wrong, 48:19.100 --> 48:20.960 men of God should get up and correct it. 48:21.420 --> 48:23.880 Because you can't just allow people to get up 48:23.880 --> 48:25.720 and teach hundreds of thousands of people lies 48:25.720 --> 48:28.300 and false doctrine and then just expect 48:28.300 --> 48:30.300 the men of God to be quiet about that. 48:30.760 --> 48:32.060 Men are supposed to be in the gates, 48:32.240 --> 48:33.200 men are supposed to be out there 48:33.200 --> 48:35.700 combating the false prophets, naming names, 48:35.880 --> 48:38.260 marking people, publicly exposing them, 48:38.600 --> 48:39.560 taking them to task. 48:39.880 --> 48:43.340 Now look, what if a lady got up and made a video 48:43.340 --> 48:46.040 about how to sew and she just totally butchered it? 48:46.200 --> 48:47.540 Like she just doesn't even know what to do. 48:47.640 --> 48:49.920 She's just like a total bad way to sew. 48:50.460 --> 48:51.860 Do you think I need to get up behind my pulpit 48:51.860 --> 48:53.740 and be like, don't listen to this lady about sewing? 48:54.020 --> 48:56.600 No, I don't care, I don't give a rip. 48:57.740 --> 48:59.360 Like that's silly, okay? 48:59.720 --> 49:01.820 What if she gives a recipe for Texas chili 49:01.820 --> 49:02.940 and she puts beans in it? 49:03.820 --> 49:06.660 I'm not gonna get up and have the need of being like, 49:07.000 --> 49:08.720 hey, this woman's teaching false doctrine, 49:09.600 --> 49:12.420 Texas chili needs to have not beans in it or something. 49:12.820 --> 49:14.680 But you know what, what if she's getting up 49:14.680 --> 49:17.000 and saying, hey, it's okay to divorce your husband? 49:17.460 --> 49:19.380 What if she's getting up and saying it's okay 49:19.380 --> 49:21.900 to abandon your family and run off 49:21.900 --> 49:23.060 and do all this kind of stuff? 49:23.300 --> 49:24.340 Yeah, well then, you know what? 49:24.700 --> 49:27.320 I think it's reasonable for a pastor to get up 49:27.320 --> 49:29.680 and say beware of this woman who's getting up 49:29.680 --> 49:32.200 and publicly telling people to leave their husband 49:32.740 --> 49:36.020 or to become Catholic or to become a Calvinist 49:36.020 --> 49:37.620 or teaching all this false doctrine. 49:37.820 --> 49:39.920 Like it makes total reasonable sense to correct that. 49:40.360 --> 49:42.260 And that's why women should stay out of that lane. 49:42.680 --> 49:44.140 They shouldn't be teaching the Bible. 49:44.420 --> 49:46.620 And I get that, hey, this is the primary context 49:46.620 --> 49:49.880 of when we're assembled, but don't usurp that 49:49.880 --> 49:51.420 by creating your own online church 49:51.420 --> 49:52.620 and your own online congregation, 49:53.020 --> 49:53.980 your own online assembly, 49:54.380 --> 49:55.900 and then pretend like you're not 49:55.900 --> 49:58.360 violating this particular principle, okay? 50:00.960 --> 50:01.980 Here's another thing. 50:02.100 --> 50:03.540 What about women just getting up 50:03.540 --> 50:05.720 and giving their commentary on political, criminal, 50:06.160 --> 50:09.140 social commentary, what about that? 50:09.720 --> 50:11.380 Well, this is where I would say, 50:12.180 --> 50:14.800 I think what I just said clearly violates this, 50:15.380 --> 50:16.160 the previous statement. 50:16.660 --> 50:18.440 This would be my personal judgment 50:18.900 --> 50:21.220 that it's somehow violating this as well, 50:21.300 --> 50:22.640 because I don't think it's being meek and quiet 50:23.100 --> 50:25.360 is my judgment, okay, my discernment. 50:25.820 --> 50:27.980 And then secondly, if you actually kind of think 50:27.980 --> 50:31.080 about what Paul said, and I go, it's a derived meaning, 50:31.140 --> 50:32.520 but he says, as also say the law, 50:32.760 --> 50:34.500 it sounds like women shouldn't really be talking 50:34.500 --> 50:35.120 about the law either. 50:35.940 --> 50:37.940 And that kind of makes sense to me that you didn't, 50:37.940 --> 50:41.280 you're not having women be the judges of our society, 50:41.620 --> 50:42.420 they shouldn't be the governors, 50:42.660 --> 50:43.520 they shouldn't be the rulers, 50:44.040 --> 50:46.560 they shouldn't be the one enforcing criminal justice. 50:46.860 --> 50:48.480 And you know what, it doesn't make sense 50:48.480 --> 50:49.940 to have women getting up there 50:49.940 --> 50:52.520 and criticizing the criminal justice system, 50:53.000 --> 50:56.160 criticizing lawyers, criticizing what's really going on. 50:56.680 --> 50:57.680 You know, do we really want that? 50:58.280 --> 51:00.000 You know, how about the death penalty? 51:00.660 --> 51:02.440 I guarantee there's way more women 51:02.440 --> 51:06.380 that are empathetic towards murderers than men are. 51:06.380 --> 51:08.660 It would get up and it's like, 51:08.720 --> 51:09.740 oh, this guy deserves a death penalty, 51:09.960 --> 51:12.160 like, oh, but he's such a sweet guy or whatever. 51:13.100 --> 51:15.300 You know, what is that, like Luigi or something? 51:15.680 --> 51:16.660 Who knows what I'm talking about? 51:17.840 --> 51:19.460 I can't say his last name, stupid. 51:20.320 --> 51:21.900 Something Maggie, something, you know, whatever. 51:22.720 --> 51:24.920 Luigi Maggiano or whatever, I don't know. 51:26.040 --> 51:28.900 It's like, Maggiano's little Italy or something, 51:29.000 --> 51:31.160 you know, it's like, hey, this guy, 51:31.380 --> 51:33.400 it's like all these women were fawning over this guy 51:33.860 --> 51:35.720 and acting like he's not a bad guy. 51:36.200 --> 51:38.260 It's like, look, murderers should be put to death. 51:38.960 --> 51:41.380 How many women right now are getting up 51:41.380 --> 51:43.740 and just condemning the justice system 51:43.740 --> 51:46.240 for the idea that Lindsey Clancy 51:46.740 --> 51:47.940 would be found guilty of murder? 51:48.620 --> 51:50.160 Not even getting the death penalty. 51:50.300 --> 51:51.540 We don't even know if that's on the table. 51:51.640 --> 51:53.520 We don't even know what the sentencing would be. 51:53.740 --> 51:55.040 Just even facing prison 51:55.040 --> 51:56.760 or just facing any kind of criminal justice 51:56.760 --> 51:57.980 for murdering all of her kids. 51:58.440 --> 52:01.140 It's just like, I bet if we had a poll 52:01.140 --> 52:03.380 and it's like, dudes, it's like, hey, 52:03.460 --> 52:04.340 should she go to jail? 52:04.800 --> 52:06.540 It would be a really high percentage. 52:08.100 --> 52:09.540 And women is a lot less. 52:09.920 --> 52:12.420 And it's like, hey, maybe they just shouldn't be 52:12.420 --> 52:14.240 the ones commenting on criminal justice. 52:14.620 --> 52:16.940 Maybe they shouldn't be the ones commenting 52:16.940 --> 52:20.120 on political and social commentary. 52:20.580 --> 52:23.100 And look, it's hard to detach 52:23.100 --> 52:25.860 political, criminal, and social commentary 52:25.860 --> 52:27.220 from theology anyways. 52:28.260 --> 52:30.880 I mean, we derive our morality from the Bible, 52:31.100 --> 52:32.900 from the legal code of God. 52:32.900 --> 52:34.920 And so if we're gonna say like, oh, 52:35.020 --> 52:37.880 women can now get up and rip on lawyers 52:37.880 --> 52:39.440 in the criminal justice system 52:39.440 --> 52:41.060 and talk about all these different things, 52:41.540 --> 52:43.900 well, how are they not usurping the authority of the man? 52:44.220 --> 52:45.640 How are they really being meek and quiet? 52:46.000 --> 52:47.120 And if they say these things, 52:47.320 --> 52:49.080 I think men of God are gonna have to get up 52:49.080 --> 52:51.160 and combat that nonsense and call it out 52:51.160 --> 52:52.880 and say, hey, this isn't what the Bible says. 52:53.220 --> 52:53.980 This isn't right. 52:54.540 --> 52:55.240 And so you know what? 52:55.940 --> 52:57.720 For having us as a church, 52:57.840 --> 52:59.200 we're a church, we're supposed to behave ourselves. 52:59.760 --> 53:01.660 Not only when we're here, but when we're not here. 53:02.080 --> 53:02.600 And you know what? 53:02.640 --> 53:05.080 I don't wanna have a bunch of women in my church 53:05.080 --> 53:07.520 that are social and political commentators. 53:08.760 --> 53:10.900 I don't want a bunch of Candace Owens in my church. 53:11.760 --> 53:13.280 I don't want a bunch of Allie Beth Stuckey's 53:13.280 --> 53:14.180 in my church getting up there. 53:14.400 --> 53:15.380 And think about it, you know, 53:15.440 --> 53:17.100 the Bible is not saying in Titus chapter number two 53:17.100 --> 53:18.680 that the pastor's wife should do these things. 53:18.840 --> 53:19.760 It's just saying older women. 53:20.100 --> 53:21.400 So if you were to actually interpret this 53:21.400 --> 53:22.600 the way a lot of these people are doing, 53:22.860 --> 53:24.120 they would have to believe that virtually 53:24.120 --> 53:26.340 every older lady in our church 53:26.340 --> 53:28.780 should be a social media influencer and commentator 53:28.780 --> 53:30.960 and giving all their public opinions and whatever. 53:30.960 --> 53:34.360 But no, it's usually just a feminist pastor's wife 53:34.360 --> 53:36.560 that wants to get up there and take all the power 53:36.560 --> 53:38.220 and authority in themselves and then point to this verse. 53:38.420 --> 53:40.020 Even though it has nothing to do with the pastor's wife. 53:40.900 --> 53:43.120 The pastor's wife is told not to be a slanderer 53:43.120 --> 53:44.120 and be sober and grave, 53:44.640 --> 53:46.260 but then it's just like older ladies 53:46.260 --> 53:48.640 can teach younger ladies by example, of course. 53:49.340 --> 53:50.340 And then it's like, okay, 53:50.660 --> 53:52.660 so you're saying women can't teach anything? 53:52.920 --> 53:53.740 No, no, I never said that. 53:54.520 --> 53:55.300 Teaching your children, 53:55.380 --> 53:56.600 is that a violation of anything in here? 53:57.240 --> 53:57.920 Absolutely not. 53:58.000 --> 53:59.240 In fact, that is instructed in the Bible. 53:59.320 --> 54:00.200 That's a commandment of the Bible. 54:00.580 --> 54:01.780 It's from the teach their children. 54:02.320 --> 54:04.340 What if a lady in the church 54:04.340 --> 54:05.900 asked another lady a question? 54:06.480 --> 54:07.420 Yeah, answer the question. 54:09.020 --> 54:09.840 That's silly. 54:10.360 --> 54:11.480 It's like, oh, what about Debra? 54:12.080 --> 54:12.520 Well, here's the thing. 54:12.760 --> 54:15.700 Debra doesn't have the Debra show. 54:16.060 --> 54:16.160 Yeah. 54:18.760 --> 54:19.660 Did you realize that? 54:20.540 --> 54:22.420 Debra is like sitting under a tree 54:22.420 --> 54:23.720 minding her own business. 54:24.420 --> 54:26.080 And then a guy comes up 54:26.080 --> 54:28.560 and asks her a question and she answers it. 54:28.720 --> 54:28.900 Yeah. 54:28.900 --> 54:31.640 The Bible's not saying women are not allowed 54:31.640 --> 54:33.680 to answer questions at all. 54:33.720 --> 54:34.780 It doesn't say that at all. 54:34.880 --> 54:35.320 That's silly. 54:36.140 --> 54:38.180 Obviously a woman being asked a question. 54:38.520 --> 54:40.420 It's not saying she can't quote the Bible. 54:40.960 --> 54:42.860 She can't point to what the Bible says. 54:43.220 --> 54:44.120 Of course she can. 54:45.660 --> 54:46.380 But you know what? 54:46.760 --> 54:48.020 It's not saying they should get up 54:48.020 --> 54:50.560 and give unsolicited advice, 54:51.000 --> 54:52.640 be a public commentator, 54:52.840 --> 54:54.200 be a public teacher, 54:54.700 --> 54:55.640 be the pastor, 54:56.400 --> 54:57.260 be the deacon. 54:57.800 --> 54:59.600 Obviously the Bible points to women 54:59.600 --> 55:01.160 going out and being evangelistic 55:01.160 --> 55:02.780 and preaching the gospel. 55:03.080 --> 55:03.760 I get it. 55:03.800 --> 55:05.280 Obviously they point to oh, 55:05.440 --> 55:06.980 Priscilla is teaching Apollos. 55:07.160 --> 55:08.540 But it's like her and her husband 55:09.040 --> 55:10.440 in an evangelistic setting. 55:10.940 --> 55:11.380 Yeah. 55:11.960 --> 55:12.540 You know what? 55:12.700 --> 55:13.620 It makes total sense 55:13.620 --> 55:15.300 that if me and my wife are talking with people 55:15.300 --> 55:17.060 and they wanna ask my wife a question, 55:17.300 --> 55:18.040 they can do it. 55:18.940 --> 55:21.080 And then my wife usually gives great advice. 55:21.880 --> 55:23.700 It's not even that women can't give good advice. 55:23.840 --> 55:24.980 It's not that women can't be wise. 55:25.220 --> 55:26.540 It's not that women can't 55:26.540 --> 55:27.700 help younger ladies. 55:28.080 --> 55:28.540 But you know what? 55:28.680 --> 55:29.220 It's just saying hey, 55:29.280 --> 55:30.480 maybe they should just stay in their lane. 55:32.400 --> 55:34.400 And again, not violate any one 55:34.400 --> 55:36.020 of these clear biblical principles. 55:36.180 --> 55:36.420 And you know what? 55:36.460 --> 55:38.280 We wanna have a church where the men are behaving, 55:38.840 --> 55:39.500 the women are behaving, 55:40.080 --> 55:41.080 everyone is behaving. 55:41.580 --> 55:43.360 It's not some weird formal instruction. 55:44.220 --> 55:45.960 It's just really simple. 55:47.000 --> 55:47.160 You know what? 55:47.180 --> 55:50.760 And again, my political social commentary, 55:50.920 --> 55:52.600 that's kind of my personal interpretation, 55:52.920 --> 55:53.920 my judgment of this verse. 55:54.200 --> 55:55.380 If you have a different judgment 55:55.380 --> 55:58.340 and you want your wife to be the lawyer of the family 55:58.720 --> 56:00.700 and go online and give all this political commentary, 56:00.840 --> 56:02.400 I can't necessarily say you're in sin, 56:02.560 --> 56:04.160 but I'm just telling you, I don't like it. 56:04.260 --> 56:05.420 And I wouldn't agree with it. 56:05.680 --> 56:08.440 And I would stand in judgment of that, okay? 56:09.280 --> 56:11.080 I can't necessarily take you to task. 56:11.320 --> 56:13.820 But go to 1 Corinthians chapter 11 for a moment. 56:13.940 --> 56:15.040 Go to 1 Corinthians chapter 11. 56:15.300 --> 56:17.200 Let me show you some more evidence about this point. 56:18.480 --> 56:19.480 And we'll move on. 56:20.100 --> 56:22.660 I know you love this point, but we'll move on, okay? 56:23.960 --> 56:28.160 1 Corinthians chapter 11, look at verse number 14. 56:30.420 --> 56:33.860 Now, I want to read this because I want you to show you 56:33.860 --> 56:35.380 that there's verses in the Bible that use the word teach, 56:35.600 --> 56:37.120 and it's not a formal instruction. 56:38.020 --> 56:38.520 Let's see. 56:39.260 --> 56:42.280 Does not even nature itself teach you 56:42.280 --> 56:44.520 that if a man have long hair, there's a shame on him? 56:45.100 --> 56:46.880 Now, whenever you sat down 56:46.880 --> 56:48.620 and had a nature teach you something, 56:49.440 --> 56:50.700 what is it saying? 56:51.140 --> 56:55.100 It's saying just the example of natural circumstances, 56:55.220 --> 56:56.400 of natural experiences, 56:56.860 --> 57:00.040 just show an evidence for you that it's gross. 57:00.980 --> 57:04.860 You know, just seeing a dude with a long, nasty mullet 57:04.860 --> 57:07.040 or these Fabios or whatever, 57:07.420 --> 57:08.620 with their hair flowing in the wind, 57:08.940 --> 57:10.960 there's somebody that you look from behind, 57:11.120 --> 57:12.240 you kind of thought it was a woman, 57:12.580 --> 57:13.680 and then they turn around and you're like, 57:13.820 --> 57:14.880 ah, what is that? 57:15.680 --> 57:15.920 Okay? 57:16.620 --> 57:19.160 It was like, no one taught me that was gross. 57:19.640 --> 57:22.600 It was a natural reaction to it being gross. 57:23.220 --> 57:26.540 It was just, I was taught by just experiencing it. 57:26.740 --> 57:28.260 It was like, no one had to show me, 57:28.540 --> 57:30.740 I didn't have a class in school where they're like, 57:30.880 --> 57:34.140 okay, now, children, when there's this really long hair 57:34.140 --> 57:35.840 on the guy, you say gross. 57:36.200 --> 57:37.960 I say long hair, you say gross. 57:38.720 --> 57:39.940 It's like, never happened. 57:40.320 --> 57:42.380 It was, I saw it and I was just like, wow, it's gross! 57:43.180 --> 57:44.020 Which is obvious. 57:44.840 --> 57:46.560 Now, in the next verse, 57:47.560 --> 57:48.980 it says, but if a woman have long hair, 57:48.980 --> 57:50.780 it is a glory to her for her hair is given over her company. 57:51.340 --> 57:52.320 The Bible's crystal clear. 57:52.680 --> 57:53.720 Women should have long hair, 57:54.220 --> 57:55.080 men should have short hair. 57:55.580 --> 57:57.580 And it says, even nature teaches you this stuff. 57:57.880 --> 57:59.300 You don't even need the Bible to teach you this, 57:59.580 --> 58:01.700 just natural experiences teach you 58:01.700 --> 58:03.060 this kind of obvious thing. 58:03.340 --> 58:06.160 But here's the thing, did the Bible say what long hair is? 58:07.280 --> 58:09.160 It didn't give a measurement, did it? 58:09.680 --> 58:10.000 Okay? 58:10.520 --> 58:11.880 So that's where discretion comes into play. 58:12.120 --> 58:15.820 Just like, does it spell out what meek and quiet means? 58:16.820 --> 58:18.460 No, we don't have a length. 58:19.400 --> 58:21.900 But man, when you're just posting online every day 58:21.900 --> 58:23.660 your social and political commentary, 58:24.320 --> 58:26.300 it doesn't, it's like having a butch haircut 58:26.300 --> 58:27.340 trying to tell me it's long. 58:29.640 --> 58:31.240 And it's just like, well, how do you know? 58:32.120 --> 58:33.400 Well, nature teaches me that. 58:33.680 --> 58:35.600 Okay, it's just nature, it's just, 58:35.800 --> 58:38.120 it's natural to realize there's something wrong 58:38.120 --> 58:40.280 about this and we all kind of see it 58:40.280 --> 58:41.120 and we all kind of get it 58:41.120 --> 58:42.140 and we're all just kind of like, wow, 58:42.340 --> 58:44.100 that's gross, I don't want it. 58:44.100 --> 58:46.040 But of course the people they want to sit here 58:46.040 --> 58:47.400 and argue about hair length 58:47.400 --> 58:49.280 and they're always flirting with the line 58:49.280 --> 58:51.500 and always crossing lines for most people 58:52.000 --> 58:54.020 and then they just try to pretend like they're not. 58:54.440 --> 58:56.900 Okay, well the Bible, I mean, I've had people get up 58:56.900 --> 58:58.640 and say, the Bible commands the women 58:58.640 --> 58:59.620 to teach the younger women. 59:00.000 --> 59:02.980 And I'm just like, sure, but like in a behavior sense. 59:03.460 --> 59:03.480 Yeah. 59:04.280 --> 59:08.400 I don't think you have to ever verbally instruct 59:08.400 --> 59:10.340 other people to be in compliance with that. 59:10.560 --> 59:12.280 I don't think any older women have to sit 59:12.280 --> 59:13.200 any younger woman down 59:13.200 --> 59:15.620 and have some kind of a verbal instruction time 59:16.080 --> 59:18.380 or let me share everything that I know with you. 59:18.940 --> 59:20.360 Like just be a good example 59:20.360 --> 59:21.980 and that's what the Bible's telling you to do. 59:22.860 --> 59:24.820 And then who's gonna tell you to do that? 59:24.940 --> 59:25.880 The pastor's gonna tell you to do that. 59:26.200 --> 59:27.900 The pastor's gonna tell you how to be in behavior 59:27.900 --> 59:29.920 so that you can set a good example for the younger ladies. 59:30.200 --> 59:30.620 And you know what? 59:30.840 --> 59:32.720 I want the older women to do what I'm saying 59:32.720 --> 59:34.460 so the younger women will fall like suit 59:34.460 --> 59:36.220 because let's just be honest, 59:36.520 --> 59:37.800 you older ladies didn't grow up 59:37.800 --> 59:39.440 where social influencers was even a thing. 59:39.820 --> 59:39.840 Yeah. 59:40.200 --> 59:41.060 Do you realize that? 59:42.100 --> 59:44.460 Like you maybe you do or don't remember 59:44.900 --> 59:46.240 you didn't have a smartphone. 59:46.840 --> 59:49.300 You didn't have the opportunity to do all this kind of stuff. 59:49.520 --> 59:52.060 So if you just continue to not do it 59:52.760 --> 59:54.920 you'll set a good example to the younger ladies. 59:55.440 --> 59:57.220 If an older lady then just decides 59:57.220 --> 59:59.040 now I need to be a social media influencer 59:59.880 --> 01:00:01.260 bad it's gonna set an example 01:00:01.260 --> 01:00:02.380 to this younger generation like 01:00:02.380 --> 01:00:03.660 we need to all be like that then. 01:00:03.840 --> 01:00:05.160 We need to all fall like suit. 01:00:05.280 --> 01:00:06.460 I want to be like her too. 01:00:06.620 --> 01:00:07.660 I want to be Candace too. 01:00:07.760 --> 01:00:08.920 I want to be Ali Bestucky too. 01:00:09.300 --> 01:00:11.360 I just want to be Joyce Meyer and Beth Moore 01:00:11.860 --> 01:00:14.620 and Paula White and I want to be the one 01:00:14.620 --> 01:00:17.360 and I want to be the one that is the spiritual 01:00:17.360 --> 01:00:19.740 Guider of the President of the United States. 01:00:20.980 --> 01:00:23.400 I mean Donald Trump said that his pastor 01:00:23.400 --> 01:00:24.720 was Paula White at one point. 01:00:25.620 --> 01:00:26.840 Like we're supposed to believe 01:00:26.840 --> 01:00:29.200 that the most powerful man on the earth 01:00:29.660 --> 01:00:32.980 the person that is his spiritual guidance is a woman. 01:00:34.640 --> 01:00:35.120 Wow. 01:00:35.600 --> 01:00:38.900 Wow I mean it's just mind boggling. 01:00:39.500 --> 01:00:41.600 How is that not usurping authority over the man? 01:00:42.060 --> 01:00:43.820 I mean wouldn't that in a sense 01:00:43.820 --> 01:00:46.360 almost make you the most powerful person in the world? 01:00:47.140 --> 01:00:49.200 Like if you're the one guiding 01:00:49.200 --> 01:00:51.120 and instructing the most powerful person 01:00:51.120 --> 01:00:53.040 sounds like you're the most powerful person 01:00:53.040 --> 01:00:54.580 why are we giving it to Paula White? 01:00:55.580 --> 01:00:57.520 Divorced and just nonsensical 01:00:58.240 --> 01:01:01.140 Pentecostal flavor you know woman pastor. 01:01:01.480 --> 01:01:02.440 It's just nonsense. 01:01:03.500 --> 01:01:04.960 It's nonsense, it's ridiculous 01:01:04.960 --> 01:01:07.240 and you say this is what someone will do. 01:01:07.380 --> 01:01:08.340 Well I'm not Paula White. 01:01:08.460 --> 01:01:09.980 Well you can still be in violation of these things 01:01:09.980 --> 01:01:11.200 and not be Paula White okay. 01:01:11.840 --> 01:01:14.000 So let's have good behavior in the church. 01:01:15.120 --> 01:01:16.240 Good with division six. 01:01:16.820 --> 01:01:18.400 You know another verse to just bring up 01:01:18.400 --> 01:01:20.180 while you're going there and transitioning 01:01:20.180 --> 01:01:22.840 is notwithstanding I have a few things against thee 01:01:22.840 --> 01:01:24.720 because thou suffers that woman Jezebel 01:01:25.280 --> 01:01:28.380 which called herself a prophetess to teach 01:01:28.920 --> 01:01:31.360 and to seduce my servants to commit fornication 01:01:31.360 --> 01:01:33.200 and to eat things sacrifice and idols. 01:01:33.600 --> 01:01:36.980 You know one of the things that the Lord Jesus Christ 01:01:37.520 --> 01:01:39.660 because that's who's speaking in Revelation 01:01:39.660 --> 01:01:40.900 I don't know if you remember that 01:01:41.900 --> 01:01:43.740 said that he didn't like about this church 01:01:43.740 --> 01:01:44.900 is that there was a woman teaching. 01:01:45.180 --> 01:01:46.980 I mean that's just what he said. 01:01:47.620 --> 01:01:49.300 So I kind of I like Jesus' opinion. 01:01:49.460 --> 01:01:50.940 I'll just be honest with you. 01:01:54.340 --> 01:01:55.860 So last group that I want to address 01:01:55.860 --> 01:01:57.620 is children for a moment 01:01:57.620 --> 01:01:59.620 and Ephesians chapter number six 01:01:59.620 --> 01:02:03.040 tells us that children are to obey their parents. 01:02:03.580 --> 01:02:06.100 I want to read verses one through three. 01:02:06.680 --> 01:02:09.880 So you know obviously the parents need to be in behavior 01:02:10.460 --> 01:02:12.680 so that the children will then be in behavior okay. 01:02:13.140 --> 01:02:14.440 Look what it says in verse number one 01:02:14.440 --> 01:02:15.880 children obey your parents and the Lord 01:02:16.380 --> 01:02:19.040 for this is right honor thy father and mother 01:02:19.040 --> 01:02:20.480 which is the first commandment with promise 01:02:20.480 --> 01:02:21.580 that it may be well with thee 01:02:21.960 --> 01:02:23.420 and thou mayest live long on the earth. 01:02:23.520 --> 01:02:26.620 So according to the Bible your link of life 01:02:26.620 --> 01:02:30.460 in many ways is directly tied to how you treat your parents 01:02:31.140 --> 01:02:35.020 and how well you listen to the instructions of your parents 01:02:35.020 --> 01:02:37.580 and for those who disregard their parents 01:02:37.580 --> 01:02:40.040 don't obey their parents don't care what their parents 01:02:40.040 --> 01:02:43.120 have to say in many cases their lives will be cut short. 01:02:43.400 --> 01:02:45.820 I don't think that means they'll die as a child necessarily 01:02:46.400 --> 01:02:49.100 but they could die in their 20s their 30s their 40s 01:02:49.100 --> 01:02:52.500 because of living such a rebellious wicked lifestyle 01:02:53.060 --> 01:02:55.100 and look this is a promise from God 01:02:55.560 --> 01:02:57.180 that hey you want to live a longer life 01:02:57.180 --> 01:02:59.620 well you should honor your father and your mother 01:02:59.620 --> 01:03:01.500 you should obey them you should do good unto them. 01:03:02.000 --> 01:03:05.840 Look at chapter five verse one be therefore followers of God 01:03:06.680 --> 01:03:11.000 as dear children you know we should all also realize 01:03:11.000 --> 01:03:12.720 that even though if you're not an actual child 01:03:13.320 --> 01:03:14.700 you are a child of God 01:03:15.200 --> 01:03:17.760 and so therefore we should take the same principle applied 01:03:17.760 --> 01:03:19.280 to our children and apply it to ourselves 01:03:19.280 --> 01:03:20.980 that we are in the house of God 01:03:20.980 --> 01:03:23.520 God is our father we are his children 01:03:23.520 --> 01:03:26.000 and we are supposed to be followers of God 01:03:26.000 --> 01:03:29.300 so we want to make sure that we are behaving ourselves well 01:03:29.300 --> 01:03:30.000 in the house of God. 01:03:30.080 --> 01:03:31.960 Go to Ecclesiastes chapter five as well 01:03:31.960 --> 01:03:35.480 go to Ecclesiastes go back to Ecclesiastes chapter number five 01:03:36.380 --> 01:03:38.560 we should treat the house of God with respect 01:03:39.160 --> 01:03:43.800 and you know in your house I guarantee you have rules 01:03:45.480 --> 01:03:46.660 I don't know what they are 01:03:47.220 --> 01:03:50.260 I'll just speculate that some people might have rules like 01:03:50.260 --> 01:03:53.320 I don't know no jumping up and down on the bed 01:03:55.900 --> 01:03:57.860 no jumping up and down on furniture 01:03:58.720 --> 01:04:00.820 just from my sanity's sake 01:04:00.820 --> 01:04:04.540 who in here would tell their kids to stop jumping up and down 01:04:04.540 --> 01:04:06.100 on your furniture in the living room? 01:04:07.320 --> 01:04:09.320 Okay what about if they're jumping up and down 01:04:09.320 --> 01:04:10.380 on the furniture in church? 01:04:12.360 --> 01:04:13.720 Maybe you should say no 01:04:14.840 --> 01:04:17.320 maybe you should be like hey that's not acceptable 01:04:17.320 --> 01:04:20.580 hey kids you're not allowed to jump up and down 01:04:20.580 --> 01:04:21.560 on the furniture in church 01:04:22.200 --> 01:04:24.380 you shouldn't be running across it like little mice 01:04:24.840 --> 01:04:26.980 and jumping across like Super Mario 01:04:28.600 --> 01:04:30.860 okay just like you shouldn't be doing that in house 01:04:30.860 --> 01:04:32.840 I mean if you're not gonna do that in your home 01:04:33.400 --> 01:04:35.120 how much more in the house of God? 01:04:36.340 --> 01:04:38.900 And you know children this is one thing you should learn 01:04:38.900 --> 01:04:40.400 you should behave yourselves better 01:04:40.400 --> 01:04:42.240 at someone else's house than your own 01:04:42.240 --> 01:04:44.860 if you're a guest in someone's else's house 01:04:44.860 --> 01:04:47.360 or you're invited to one of your friends' houses 01:04:47.920 --> 01:04:49.640 you should be better behaved there 01:04:50.140 --> 01:04:51.120 than you would be at home 01:04:51.720 --> 01:04:54.440 and then how much more at the house of God 01:04:54.440 --> 01:04:55.480 should you behave yourself? 01:04:56.160 --> 01:04:58.260 Now Ecclesiastes chapter five look at verse one 01:04:58.260 --> 01:05:01.940 keep by foot when they'll go us to the house of God 01:05:02.460 --> 01:05:03.900 and be more ready to hear 01:05:03.900 --> 01:05:05.560 than to give the sacrifice of fools 01:05:05.560 --> 01:05:06.880 for they consider not that they do evil 01:05:07.300 --> 01:05:10.240 now again it's using metaphoric language here 01:05:10.240 --> 01:05:12.660 but we should at least just consider the analogy 01:05:12.660 --> 01:05:13.700 that's being used here 01:05:13.700 --> 01:05:15.220 is that you should watch your step 01:05:15.720 --> 01:05:16.820 you should be careful 01:05:17.320 --> 01:05:19.820 and again literally but again 01:05:19.820 --> 01:05:21.420 there's obviously more metaphorical 01:05:21.420 --> 01:05:24.680 and more pronounced expounding on this particular verse 01:05:24.680 --> 01:05:26.760 but hey we should be careful come into church 01:05:26.760 --> 01:05:28.520 we should be serious about coming to church 01:05:28.520 --> 01:05:30.200 we shouldn't take things lightly 01:05:30.700 --> 01:05:31.980 you know we have a nice church 01:05:31.980 --> 01:05:34.400 we have nice things we shouldn't be coming here 01:05:34.400 --> 01:05:35.640 it's not a jungle gym 01:05:37.460 --> 01:05:39.360 and look I get it 01:05:39.900 --> 01:05:42.620 hey as a kid everything's a jungle gym 01:05:43.900 --> 01:05:44.840 I love it too 01:05:44.840 --> 01:05:46.260 you know you watch those videos 01:05:46.260 --> 01:05:48.480 some teenagers think this way too 01:05:48.480 --> 01:05:49.780 it's called parkour or whatever 01:05:50.520 --> 01:05:52.460 they just like they think everything's a gym 01:05:52.460 --> 01:05:53.860 and they just wanna run around everything 01:05:54.640 --> 01:05:55.440 hardcore parkour 01:05:55.440 --> 01:05:57.120 it's like that's not the church building 01:05:58.680 --> 01:06:00.260 okay we wanna be things 01:06:00.260 --> 01:06:01.980 and look we're filling up 01:06:01.980 --> 01:06:04.380 where we have a lot of people on Sunday morning 01:06:04.860 --> 01:06:06.680 sometimes we like almost run out of chairs 01:06:06.680 --> 01:06:07.540 and I get it 01:06:07.540 --> 01:06:09.180 but you know and then it gets tight 01:06:09.180 --> 01:06:10.040 after the services 01:06:10.040 --> 01:06:11.880 but this would still be a time 01:06:11.880 --> 01:06:14.140 to act on your best behavior 01:06:14.720 --> 01:06:16.680 hey I'm not saying don't talk to your friends 01:06:16.680 --> 01:06:18.760 I'm not saying don't have a good time 01:06:18.760 --> 01:06:20.160 I'm not saying don't hang up 01:06:20.160 --> 01:06:22.480 but what I am saying is don't play parkour 01:06:22.480 --> 01:06:25.280 what I am saying is don't run around on the furniture 01:06:25.280 --> 01:06:27.420 what I am saying is don't jump up and down 01:06:27.840 --> 01:06:29.640 what I am saying is hey we have rules no running 01:06:30.200 --> 01:06:31.800 cause you know we don't want you to get hurt 01:06:31.800 --> 01:06:33.200 we don't want other kids to get hurt 01:06:33.200 --> 01:06:34.300 because here's the thing 01:06:34.880 --> 01:06:35.540 you're gonna run 01:06:35.540 --> 01:06:36.860 and you're gonna hit another kid 01:06:36.860 --> 01:06:38.600 and there's other kids really sensitive 01:06:38.600 --> 01:06:39.340 and they're gonna be like 01:06:39.340 --> 01:06:41.100 ah I'm so injured 01:06:41.100 --> 01:06:43.000 and then they're gonna go tell their parents 01:06:43.000 --> 01:06:44.600 and these parents are gonna get mad at those parents 01:06:44.600 --> 01:06:45.940 and they're gonna get mad at everybody 01:06:45.940 --> 01:06:47.500 and it's just like stop 01:06:47.500 --> 01:06:48.960 you know just don't run 01:06:50.760 --> 01:06:52.700 the sensitive kid can't handle it 01:06:52.700 --> 01:06:53.680 okay we get it 01:06:55.140 --> 01:06:56.900 and look you say the sensitive kid 01:06:56.900 --> 01:06:58.080 that's all of them okay 01:06:58.680 --> 01:07:00.040 they all have their sensitive day 01:07:00.040 --> 01:07:01.320 there's always that one day 01:07:01.320 --> 01:07:03.340 and it's you know they don't even hardly get 01:07:03.340 --> 01:07:04.700 they're all like soccer players 01:07:04.700 --> 01:07:06.480 it's all fake injuries and stuff you know 01:07:07.020 --> 01:07:08.460 they're just throwing themselves on the ground 01:07:08.460 --> 01:07:09.420 because they got injured 01:07:09.420 --> 01:07:10.460 or someone pushed them 01:07:10.460 --> 01:07:11.220 or someone hurt them 01:07:11.220 --> 01:07:11.860 and it's just like 01:07:11.860 --> 01:07:13.780 they should all get red cards or whatever 01:07:13.780 --> 01:07:15.320 you know they should all be ejected out of the game 01:07:15.900 --> 01:07:17.540 but it's just like seriously 01:07:17.960 --> 01:07:19.540 we don't want the rough housing 01:07:19.540 --> 01:07:20.540 we don't want the running 01:07:21.080 --> 01:07:22.080 we should be careful 01:07:22.080 --> 01:07:24.440 obviously there's older people here 01:07:25.120 --> 01:07:26.460 there's women that are pregnant 01:07:26.460 --> 01:07:27.800 I mean have you seen the pregnant list? 01:07:27.940 --> 01:07:28.100 yeah 01:07:28.620 --> 01:07:29.400 it's a lot 01:07:30.060 --> 01:07:31.840 like I don't even remember every time 01:07:31.840 --> 01:07:33.340 when someone's pregnant or not 01:07:34.160 --> 01:07:35.540 and we don't even always know 01:07:36.060 --> 01:07:38.160 some people don't even necessarily broadcast it 01:07:38.160 --> 01:07:39.860 and they could be potentially expecting 01:07:40.360 --> 01:07:41.600 so we want to be careful 01:07:41.600 --> 01:07:43.180 that we're not injuring people 01:07:43.640 --> 01:07:44.880 we have a space 01:07:44.880 --> 01:07:47.520 look I would love to have a larger church building 01:07:48.000 --> 01:07:50.240 and I would love to have a dedicated playground 01:07:50.240 --> 01:07:51.820 that the kids could go run 01:07:51.820 --> 01:07:52.900 and jump at 01:07:52.900 --> 01:07:53.800 but we don't 01:07:54.480 --> 01:07:55.140 I'm sorry 01:07:55.720 --> 01:07:57.340 you know I'd love to have one in my house 01:07:57.340 --> 01:07:57.940 I don't 01:07:58.680 --> 01:08:00.240 but you know we don't we don't want to let them 01:08:00.240 --> 01:08:02.500 just trash our furniture and trash our house 01:08:02.500 --> 01:08:05.180 just because they want to have a playground in there 01:08:05.180 --> 01:08:06.920 we don't want to do that in the house of God 01:08:06.920 --> 01:08:08.080 we don't want to do that in church 01:08:08.080 --> 01:08:09.320 we want to behave ourselves 01:08:09.320 --> 01:08:10.420 and be appropriate 01:08:10.420 --> 01:08:12.620 you know the Bible says let all things be done decently 01:08:12.620 --> 01:08:13.220 in an order 01:08:14.480 --> 01:08:16.280 I want to go to Proverbs 22 01:08:16.280 --> 01:08:17.340 just flip back a little bit 01:08:19.140 --> 01:08:21.380 you know the Bible says God is greatly to be feared 01:08:21.380 --> 01:08:22.580 in the assembly of the saints 01:08:22.580 --> 01:08:25.360 I mean can you imagine going in the Old Testament temple 01:08:25.360 --> 01:08:26.820 and letting your kids just run around 01:08:26.820 --> 01:08:27.840 and pull on the curtains 01:08:27.840 --> 01:08:30.140 and just do cartwheels 01:08:30.140 --> 01:08:32.140 and just wrestle and throw stuff 01:08:32.140 --> 01:08:33.020 I mean just like 01:08:33.020 --> 01:08:35.300 just pick up the incense and throw it around 01:08:35.880 --> 01:08:37.840 I mean but you know you come to church here 01:08:37.840 --> 01:08:39.820 and it's just like throwing stuff around 01:08:40.320 --> 01:08:42.720 I mean it's just like a party at the water fountain 01:08:43.260 --> 01:08:45.040 I usually find just like five cups 01:08:45.040 --> 01:08:46.260 just in the water fountain 01:08:46.760 --> 01:08:47.980 with water and I'm just thinking like 01:08:47.980 --> 01:08:49.200 I don't even know what's going on here 01:08:49.200 --> 01:08:50.080 you know it's just like 01:08:50.080 --> 01:08:52.540 we're just filling up poor offerings or something 01:08:52.540 --> 01:08:53.300 I don't know 01:08:54.480 --> 01:08:55.560 like what's happening 01:08:56.260 --> 01:08:57.200 and hey I get it 01:08:57.200 --> 01:08:59.080 we want to keep the church available for everybody 01:08:59.080 --> 01:09:00.700 if the people want to have lunch 01:09:00.700 --> 01:09:01.420 or they want a fellowship 01:09:01.420 --> 01:09:02.640 that's fine but you know 01:09:02.640 --> 01:09:04.920 don't just like go hide in a corner 01:09:04.920 --> 01:09:06.760 and let your kids just run 01:09:07.340 --> 01:09:09.060 you know and rec havoc everywhere 01:09:09.680 --> 01:09:10.700 chips everywhere 01:09:10.700 --> 01:09:12.160 and popsicles everywhere 01:09:12.160 --> 01:09:13.260 and candy everywhere 01:09:13.260 --> 01:09:14.740 and popcorn and what it 01:09:14.740 --> 01:09:16.080 it's not Logan's Roadhouse 01:09:16.080 --> 01:09:16.520 yeah 01:09:17.180 --> 01:09:18.080 we're not like 01:09:18.080 --> 01:09:19.800 please throw the peanuts on the floor 01:09:20.560 --> 01:09:21.080 okay 01:09:21.720 --> 01:09:24.160 it's like hey why don't you clean up after yourself 01:09:24.160 --> 01:09:25.200 and here's the thing 01:09:25.920 --> 01:09:27.860 I get like oh I can clean up later 01:09:27.860 --> 01:09:29.260 just don't even let it happen 01:09:29.260 --> 01:09:30.600 just do some damage control 01:09:30.600 --> 01:09:31.040 yeah 01:09:31.920 --> 01:09:34.560 you know make sure your kids are well behaved 01:09:35.020 --> 01:09:36.180 that they're not running around 01:09:36.180 --> 01:09:37.560 they're not left just unattended 01:09:38.080 --> 01:09:40.020 and of course a lot of the parents that 01:09:40.020 --> 01:09:41.380 do watch their kids 01:09:41.380 --> 01:09:42.740 will continue watching their kids 01:09:42.740 --> 01:09:44.460 and the ones that don't care what I'm saying 01:09:44.460 --> 01:09:45.820 will continue to not care what I'm saying 01:09:45.820 --> 01:09:46.160 yeah 01:09:47.100 --> 01:09:48.180 but care please 01:09:48.180 --> 01:09:48.740 okay 01:09:49.560 --> 01:09:51.600 and of course you know our ushers and others 01:09:51.600 --> 01:09:52.700 sometimes they help us 01:09:52.700 --> 01:09:53.940 don't get mad at them 01:09:53.940 --> 01:09:56.420 if they're just trying to keep the house of God in order 01:09:56.420 --> 01:09:56.840 okay 01:09:57.560 --> 01:09:59.340 and you know here's another thing we should all do 01:09:59.340 --> 01:10:00.560 Proverbs 22 verse 15 01:10:01.100 --> 01:10:02.640 foolishness is bound on the heart of a child 01:10:02.640 --> 01:10:05.100 but the rod of correction shall drive it far from them 01:10:05.100 --> 01:10:07.780 you know we all need to be disciplining our kids physically 01:10:08.280 --> 01:10:09.420 on a regular basis 01:10:09.800 --> 01:10:10.720 so they're well behaved 01:10:11.100 --> 01:10:11.460 and 01:10:11.460 --> 01:10:14.040 you'll kinda notice a pattern it seems like 01:10:14.460 --> 01:10:16.320 parents that are not watching their kids 01:10:16.320 --> 01:10:17.920 and the kids that are really rowdy 01:10:18.460 --> 01:10:20.640 I can only speculate but it seems like they're the ones 01:10:20.640 --> 01:10:22.780 probably not applying the rod very often either 01:10:23.600 --> 01:10:24.240 and so 01:10:24.240 --> 01:10:26.280 you know we need to we need to do all of it 01:10:26.280 --> 01:10:27.720 you know we need to be watching our kids 01:10:28.200 --> 01:10:29.380 we need to be telling them no 01:10:29.880 --> 01:10:31.460 and we need to be physically disciplining them 01:10:31.460 --> 01:10:32.940 because they're gonna be foolish and you know what 01:10:32.940 --> 01:10:34.760 I'm not really that shocked 01:10:35.360 --> 01:10:36.440 when kids act silly 01:10:36.980 --> 01:10:38.700 I'm not really that shocked when kids 01:10:38.700 --> 01:10:41.500 wanna wrestle and run around and scream and yell 01:10:41.500 --> 01:10:42.780 and get excited and whatever 01:10:42.780 --> 01:10:43.500 that's being a kid 01:10:44.040 --> 01:10:45.760 and look they're doing great during the service 01:10:46.300 --> 01:10:47.160 I know you can do it 01:10:47.580 --> 01:10:49.340 and I've reached some really long sermons 01:10:49.340 --> 01:10:50.600 I know you can do it even past the sermon 01:10:51.260 --> 01:10:51.660 okay 01:10:52.200 --> 01:10:54.680 but you know what I'm not saying you have to be completely quiet 01:10:54.680 --> 01:10:57.380 we're not trying to be a library here after the service 01:10:57.380 --> 01:10:58.380 but you know what 01:10:58.380 --> 01:10:59.800 we shouldn't be a jungle gym either 01:11:00.440 --> 01:11:01.540 and I think we all know 01:11:01.540 --> 01:11:02.640 there's a difference between those things 01:11:02.640 --> 01:11:03.480 we should behave 01:11:03.480 --> 01:11:05.100 we should treat the house of God with respect 01:11:05.100 --> 01:11:06.100 and look 01:11:06.760 --> 01:11:08.780 you should want this to be you 01:11:08.780 --> 01:11:10.340 not just here everywhere 01:11:10.860 --> 01:11:12.300 when you're invited to someone's house 01:11:12.680 --> 01:11:14.080 you should want this to be the case 01:11:14.080 --> 01:11:14.880 you don't want them to be like 01:11:14.880 --> 01:11:16.200 I don't ever wanna invite them back again 01:11:16.200 --> 01:11:17.740 because they tore up my house 01:11:17.740 --> 01:11:19.240 or those kids never listen 01:11:19.240 --> 01:11:21.020 or these kids are too difficult to be around 01:11:21.020 --> 01:11:22.620 so I don't wanna invite them over 01:11:22.620 --> 01:11:23.300 I like them 01:11:23.720 --> 01:11:25.400 but I just don't wanna be around them 01:11:25.820 --> 01:11:26.900 because they're just too 01:11:26.900 --> 01:11:27.980 they're too lax 01:11:27.980 --> 01:11:29.260 and they're parenting 01:11:29.780 --> 01:11:30.500 and it makes it unpleasant 01:11:30.500 --> 01:11:31.700 you don't wanna go to the restaurant 01:11:31.700 --> 01:11:31.980 you know 01:11:32.740 --> 01:11:33.780 I'll be honest with you 01:11:33.780 --> 01:11:34.800 we go to the restaurant 01:11:35.380 --> 01:11:37.240 and you see how big my family is 01:11:37.700 --> 01:11:39.940 we get a lot of bad looks when we first walk in 01:11:40.380 --> 01:11:42.220 and it's because people are just prejudging us 01:11:42.220 --> 01:11:42.880 they're just thinking like 01:11:42.880 --> 01:11:44.740 oh here we go 01:11:45.380 --> 01:11:46.800 oh they're gonna be awful 01:11:46.800 --> 01:11:48.460 or we have to sit by the kid table 01:11:48.460 --> 01:11:50.620 you know usually you're putting us in the back corner 01:11:50.620 --> 01:11:52.800 by where the waiter entrance is or something 01:11:52.800 --> 01:11:54.480 or like off somewhere 01:11:54.480 --> 01:11:55.280 because they're just like 01:11:55.280 --> 01:11:57.280 oh it's gonna be the kid table or whatever 01:11:57.700 --> 01:11:59.240 but then like by the end of the meal 01:11:59.240 --> 01:12:01.280 everybody's like coming up complimenting us or whatever 01:12:01.280 --> 01:12:02.300 I guess they're like shocked 01:12:02.860 --> 01:12:03.700 that you know 01:12:03.700 --> 01:12:05.780 our kids can actually be quiet 01:12:05.780 --> 01:12:07.640 without a tablet or something like that 01:12:08.600 --> 01:12:11.820 but you know we don't wanna be the stereotype 01:12:11.820 --> 01:12:14.220 that's just like oh look at all these big families 01:12:14.220 --> 01:12:15.640 that can't manage their kids 01:12:15.640 --> 01:12:16.940 can't dress their kids 01:12:16.940 --> 01:12:18.080 their kids can't behave 01:12:18.580 --> 01:12:20.100 their kids are a train wreck 01:12:20.100 --> 01:12:22.300 because then we're just discouraging people 01:12:22.300 --> 01:12:23.180 from having a lot of kids 01:12:23.180 --> 01:12:25.660 you know I want people to be like 01:12:25.660 --> 01:12:26.020 wow 01:12:26.720 --> 01:12:28.740 here are seven kids are better than my one 01:12:29.660 --> 01:12:30.860 meaning it's not the number 01:12:31.540 --> 01:12:32.500 there's something else 01:12:32.500 --> 01:12:34.960 that's the main impact here 01:12:34.960 --> 01:12:36.620 and unfortunately we live in a society 01:12:36.620 --> 01:12:38.180 where we're trying to excuse 01:12:38.700 --> 01:12:40.320 the reason for women to not have kids 01:12:40.320 --> 01:12:42.120 and we should be doing the opposite 01:12:42.120 --> 01:12:45.340 we should be a poster for having kids 01:12:45.340 --> 01:12:45.640 yeah 01:12:49.860 --> 01:12:51.000 I wanna go to one more 01:12:51.000 --> 01:12:51.880 go to Luke chapter two 01:12:51.880 --> 01:12:52.560 go to Luke chapter two 01:12:52.560 --> 01:12:53.420 this is the last verse I'll have you go to 01:12:55.120 --> 01:12:56.000 you know 01:12:57.240 --> 01:12:58.740 I it's sad but 01:12:59.760 --> 01:13:00.640 we were out 01:13:00.640 --> 01:13:02.380 me and my wife and all the kids 01:13:03.020 --> 01:13:05.220 and we were in a furniture store 01:13:05.800 --> 01:13:06.760 and we were leaving 01:13:06.760 --> 01:13:08.040 we were leaving the furniture store 01:13:09.400 --> 01:13:11.800 and there's a lady with one child 01:13:12.660 --> 01:13:13.920 and I don't know the age 01:13:13.920 --> 01:13:15.720 three, four, five, somewhere in that range 01:13:16.480 --> 01:13:19.000 and it was near like a ferris wheel 01:13:19.000 --> 01:13:19.860 like you could see it 01:13:19.860 --> 01:13:21.820 and he's like hey can we do the ferris wheel 01:13:21.820 --> 01:13:23.340 and she's just like no 01:13:24.140 --> 01:13:25.420 she's like we're not doing that 01:13:25.420 --> 01:13:27.160 I'm more likely to drive off a cliff 01:13:27.160 --> 01:13:28.020 than take you to that 01:13:29.060 --> 01:13:31.060 and I'm just like what in the world 01:13:32.260 --> 01:13:33.900 kind of society do we live in 01:13:34.300 --> 01:13:37.460 where a mom is saying something like that 01:13:37.460 --> 01:13:38.900 to her kid and she has one 01:13:39.840 --> 01:13:40.500 and I'm thinking 01:13:40.500 --> 01:13:41.780 you know me and my wife 01:13:41.780 --> 01:13:43.080 we always like reminisce 01:13:43.080 --> 01:13:44.620 when we had like three kids 01:13:45.040 --> 01:13:47.140 or two kids were like man how easy it was 01:13:47.140 --> 01:13:50.040 man how like it was just carefree 01:13:50.490 --> 01:13:52.060 I mean to have one kid 01:13:52.660 --> 01:13:53.800 like I can't even imagine 01:13:53.800 --> 01:13:56.020 even like even one of some of our hardest kids 01:13:56.020 --> 01:13:58.180 we have a few kids that are harder than others okay 01:13:58.780 --> 01:14:00.720 but like the one kid that's difficult 01:14:00.720 --> 01:14:03.440 when I just have only him it's awesome 01:14:03.440 --> 01:14:04.840 like it's not even a problem 01:14:05.400 --> 01:14:06.960 it's just it's usually that 01:14:06.960 --> 01:14:08.540 you can't give him as much attention 01:14:08.540 --> 01:14:09.500 when there's all of them 01:14:09.500 --> 01:14:10.800 or he's the instigator or whatever 01:14:10.800 --> 01:14:12.480 but usually when you just have one kid 01:14:12.480 --> 01:14:14.780 he's just like dang this is like fun 01:14:15.270 --> 01:14:16.480 this is easy okay 01:14:17.150 --> 01:14:19.420 but unfortunately our society has gotten 01:14:19.420 --> 01:14:21.920 so weird that they think just even one kid 01:14:22.560 --> 01:14:25.100 you know is somehow so awful and so difficult 01:14:25.100 --> 01:14:26.960 that's just being really selfish person 01:14:28.240 --> 01:14:29.360 it's really gross person 01:14:29.360 --> 01:14:30.640 and look you're not having postpartum 01:14:30.640 --> 01:14:32.020 when they're five years old okay 01:14:34.560 --> 01:14:36.560 can we can we stop with that nonsense 01:14:37.180 --> 01:14:39.320 okay when they're five 01:14:39.320 --> 01:14:41.940 I think you finally stop that 01:14:41.940 --> 01:14:43.220 that era or whatever 01:14:43.840 --> 01:14:44.840 but you know as a kid 01:14:44.840 --> 01:14:45.820 you know what would a 01:14:45.820 --> 01:14:47.320 what would a kid look like 01:14:47.320 --> 01:14:48.620 if he was being well behaved 01:14:48.620 --> 01:14:50.880 well what if we just look to Jesus as an example 01:14:51.680 --> 01:14:55.420 Luke chapter two look at verse 46 01:14:55.420 --> 01:14:56.980 and it came to pass that after three days 01:14:56.980 --> 01:14:57.800 they found him in the temple 01:14:57.800 --> 01:14:59.240 sitting in the midst of the doctors 01:14:59.240 --> 01:15:00.620 both hearing them and asking them questions 01:15:00.620 --> 01:15:03.160 Jesus isn't going around causing a ruckus 01:15:03.160 --> 01:15:04.160 in the house of God 01:15:04.160 --> 01:15:06.580 he's sitting down quietly asking questions 01:15:06.580 --> 01:15:09.320 wanting to learn taking church seriously 01:15:09.320 --> 01:15:12.360 hey you know as you get older in church 01:15:12.360 --> 01:15:14.300 don't just be sitting here coloring 01:15:15.360 --> 01:15:16.920 looking on your parents phone 01:15:16.920 --> 01:15:18.540 you know you should be doing as a kid 01:15:18.540 --> 01:15:19.700 should be paying attention 01:15:19.700 --> 01:15:22.300 maybe taking notes and look it's 01:15:22.300 --> 01:15:24.260 if Jesus is the one doing that 01:15:24.260 --> 01:15:24.980 how about the men 01:15:24.980 --> 01:15:25.860 how about the women 01:15:25.860 --> 01:15:29.380 hey I'm pro you taking notes in church 01:15:29.860 --> 01:15:31.440 and look I don't think you have to necessarily 01:15:31.440 --> 01:15:32.900 get out of pen and paper or whatever 01:15:32.900 --> 01:15:34.780 hey if you want to write down a note on your phone 01:15:34.780 --> 01:15:35.460 go for it 01:15:35.460 --> 01:15:36.620 I do that all the time 01:15:36.620 --> 01:15:37.520 when I'm listening to sermons 01:15:37.520 --> 01:15:39.940 and something hits me or strikes a quarter 01:15:39.940 --> 01:15:42.000 whatever all right down you know that thought 01:15:42.420 --> 01:15:44.480 hey you guys that want to get better at preaching 01:15:44.480 --> 01:15:45.840 and you come up with a sermon idea 01:15:45.840 --> 01:15:47.100 while it's just write it down 01:15:47.540 --> 01:15:49.020 hey if you want to take physical notes 01:15:49.020 --> 01:15:50.200 go for it I'm for that too 01:15:50.200 --> 01:15:51.240 I'm just saying like 01:15:51.240 --> 01:15:53.660 hey when something strikes a quarter 01:15:53.660 --> 01:15:54.420 you remember something 01:15:54.420 --> 01:15:55.320 write it down 01:15:55.320 --> 01:15:56.620 bring it up throughout the week 01:15:57.160 --> 01:15:58.640 you know Jesus is thinking about 01:15:58.640 --> 01:16:00.080 you know we should take church seriously 01:16:00.080 --> 01:16:01.600 this is an opportunity to learn 01:16:02.040 --> 01:16:03.940 don't just let it all just go in one ear 01:16:03.940 --> 01:16:04.540 and out the other 01:16:05.160 --> 01:16:06.680 this is not an opportunity to take a nap 01:16:07.680 --> 01:16:09.040 hey you young teenagers 01:16:09.560 --> 01:16:11.200 the decisions you're going to be making 01:16:11.660 --> 01:16:13.460 are going to affect the rest of your life 01:16:14.740 --> 01:16:15.780 whether you're lazy 01:16:15.780 --> 01:16:17.460 whether you work hard 01:16:17.460 --> 01:16:18.480 whether you do a savings 01:16:18.480 --> 01:16:19.540 whether you do retirement 01:16:19.540 --> 01:16:20.540 whether you not do retirement 01:16:20.540 --> 01:16:21.480 who date 01:16:21.480 --> 01:16:22.460 who you don't date 01:16:22.460 --> 01:16:23.640 who you think of marrying 01:16:23.640 --> 01:16:24.760 who you're not going to marry 01:16:24.760 --> 01:16:26.420 what kind of education you pursue 01:16:26.420 --> 01:16:27.800 what kind of career you pursue 01:16:27.800 --> 01:16:29.400 like everything you're doing right now 01:16:29.400 --> 01:16:31.440 is going to impact almost the rest of your life 01:16:31.440 --> 01:16:33.220 you should be taking it seriously 01:16:34.440 --> 01:16:35.820 and considering it 01:16:36.220 --> 01:16:36.980 and not just 01:16:37.440 --> 01:16:39.960 not just have to go to church or whatever 01:16:40.600 --> 01:16:41.820 hey learn something 01:16:42.660 --> 01:16:44.460 that's the behavior of yourself in church is learning 01:16:45.080 --> 01:16:45.840 paying attention 01:16:46.340 --> 01:16:46.720 learning 01:16:46.720 --> 01:16:47.320 growing 01:16:47.320 --> 01:16:48.020 implementing 01:16:48.460 --> 01:16:50.180 hey you're going to have verses come to mind 01:16:50.180 --> 01:16:51.580 you're going to have applications come to mind 01:16:51.580 --> 01:16:52.700 you write them down 01:16:52.700 --> 01:16:53.580 you think about them 01:16:53.580 --> 01:16:55.060 you pray about them 01:16:55.060 --> 01:16:56.200 you implement them 01:16:56.200 --> 01:16:58.440 you know how can you go home and search the scriptures daily 01:16:58.440 --> 01:16:59.440 whether those things are so 01:16:59.440 --> 01:17:00.680 when you don't even remember what the sermon is about 01:17:01.780 --> 01:17:02.720 and I'll just be honest 01:17:03.140 --> 01:17:03.520 like 01:17:04.060 --> 01:17:05.540 it does bother me 01:17:05.540 --> 01:17:06.780 I'll just be honest with you 01:17:06.780 --> 01:17:07.400 it bothers me 01:17:07.400 --> 01:17:08.760 when you ask somebody like 01:17:08.760 --> 01:17:09.380 hey 01:17:09.380 --> 01:17:10.800 what was the sermon about 01:17:10.800 --> 01:17:12.360 and they're like I don't remember anything about the sermon 01:17:14.700 --> 01:17:15.340 I mean I 01:17:15.340 --> 01:17:16.800 it was an hour and a half 01:17:16.800 --> 01:17:17.840 I mean you didn't remember anything 01:17:18.580 --> 01:17:19.200 it's like 01:17:20.280 --> 01:17:21.220 or it's just like 01:17:21.880 --> 01:17:23.780 one time you said something about beans and chili 01:17:23.780 --> 01:17:24.300 it was funny 01:17:24.300 --> 01:17:25.060 you know 01:17:25.620 --> 01:17:26.360 just like okay 01:17:27.580 --> 01:17:27.980 thanks 01:17:28.660 --> 01:17:29.900 you know maybe like 01:17:29.900 --> 01:17:30.940 think about something 01:17:31.500 --> 01:17:32.100 in the sermon 01:17:32.100 --> 01:17:33.480 and meditate on it a little bit 01:17:33.480 --> 01:17:34.400 you know walk 01:17:34.400 --> 01:17:35.720 walk away with at least one thing 01:17:36.600 --> 01:17:37.000 okay 01:17:37.820 --> 01:17:39.140 that's how we should behave as a church 01:17:39.140 --> 01:17:39.900 we don't want to be a church 01:17:39.900 --> 01:17:41.620 we walk away and we forget everything we hear 01:17:41.620 --> 01:17:43.500 we don't be a forgetful hearers of the word 01:17:43.500 --> 01:17:44.980 we want to be doers of the word 01:17:44.980 --> 01:17:45.480 that's right 01:17:45.480 --> 01:17:46.880 we want to be people that are going home 01:17:46.880 --> 01:17:47.640 and searching the scriptures 01:17:47.640 --> 01:17:48.720 whether those things are so 01:17:48.720 --> 01:17:50.520 we want to be men that are going home 01:17:50.520 --> 01:17:51.780 and having rules for our wives 01:17:52.380 --> 01:17:53.280 we want to be women 01:17:53.280 --> 01:17:54.500 you know not me 01:17:54.500 --> 01:17:55.120 but obviously 01:17:55.120 --> 01:17:56.680 we want the women of our church 01:17:57.200 --> 01:17:58.280 to be good examples 01:17:58.720 --> 01:18:00.040 you know not going out 01:18:00.040 --> 01:18:01.540 and usurping authority over the man 01:18:01.540 --> 01:18:04.080 and trying to be a political blow hard 01:18:04.080 --> 01:18:05.180 but you know what 01:18:05.180 --> 01:18:06.020 being sober 01:18:06.020 --> 01:18:07.040 being meek 01:18:07.040 --> 01:18:07.620 being quiet 01:18:07.620 --> 01:18:09.000 you know being a good example 01:18:09.000 --> 01:18:09.820 loving their husbands 01:18:10.440 --> 01:18:11.180 loving their children 01:18:11.640 --> 01:18:12.840 you know what we want the children 01:18:12.840 --> 01:18:14.060 to care about their lives 01:18:14.060 --> 01:18:14.700 and be serious 01:18:14.700 --> 01:18:16.280 pay attention to the service 01:18:16.280 --> 01:18:17.980 and before and after the service 01:18:17.980 --> 01:18:19.260 not acting like hooligans 01:18:20.320 --> 01:18:21.640 treating the church with respect 01:18:21.640 --> 01:18:22.380 and you know what 01:18:22.380 --> 01:18:23.480 we need the parents to help with that 01:18:23.980 --> 01:18:24.480 you know 01:18:24.480 --> 01:18:26.640 please take care of your kids in the church 01:18:27.240 --> 01:18:27.800 let's just 01:18:28.300 --> 01:18:28.900 you know 01:18:28.900 --> 01:18:29.760 hey at lunch 01:18:29.760 --> 01:18:30.840 don't be wild 01:18:30.840 --> 01:18:31.640 don't be messy 01:18:31.640 --> 01:18:32.540 don't be running 01:18:32.540 --> 01:18:34.020 don't be crawling on the floor 01:18:34.540 --> 01:18:35.340 don't be getting cups 01:18:35.340 --> 01:18:36.000 so you don't need it 01:18:36.000 --> 01:18:37.400 don't mess with all the soul winning materials 01:18:37.400 --> 01:18:38.060 don't be wrestling 01:18:38.060 --> 01:18:39.100 don't be rough housing 01:18:39.100 --> 01:18:39.700 you know 01:18:39.700 --> 01:18:40.760 let's behave ourselves 01:18:41.280 --> 01:18:42.300 and let's be appropriate 01:18:42.300 --> 01:18:43.780 and let's treat this institution 01:18:43.780 --> 01:18:45.120 as a house of God 01:18:45.840 --> 01:18:46.820 an house of learning 01:18:47.200 --> 01:18:48.160 an house of prayer 01:18:48.680 --> 01:18:49.840 an house of focused 01:18:49.840 --> 01:18:51.600 serious attention to the things of God 01:18:51.600 --> 01:18:52.460 schools of prayer 01:18:52.460 --> 01:18:53.260 thank you Heavenly Father 01:18:53.260 --> 01:18:54.000 so much for our church 01:18:54.000 --> 01:18:55.080 thank you so much for the men 01:18:55.080 --> 01:18:55.520 and the women 01:18:55.520 --> 01:18:56.600 and the children in this room 01:18:57.500 --> 01:18:59.080 I pray that we take all of our roles 01:18:59.080 --> 01:18:59.980 and our jobs seriously 01:19:00.380 --> 01:19:01.700 that we take church seriously 01:19:01.700 --> 01:19:03.200 we take our Bible seriously 01:19:03.700 --> 01:19:05.200 I pray that you would help us to learn 01:19:05.620 --> 01:19:06.600 during the sermons 01:19:07.280 --> 01:19:08.460 to take the instruction 01:19:08.940 --> 01:19:10.940 as something that we should apply in our lives 01:19:10.940 --> 01:19:12.080 I pray that you would help 01:19:12.080 --> 01:19:13.660 the men to rule over their families 01:19:13.660 --> 01:19:14.500 and have rules 01:19:14.500 --> 01:19:15.680 and enforce those rules 01:19:15.680 --> 01:19:16.640 I pray that you would help the women 01:19:16.640 --> 01:19:17.300 to be submissive 01:19:17.300 --> 01:19:17.840 and their husbands 01:19:17.840 --> 01:19:19.140 to love their husbands 01:19:19.140 --> 01:19:20.480 to be obedient to their husbands 01:19:20.880 --> 01:19:22.180 to be meek and quiet 01:19:22.180 --> 01:19:23.100 in their homes 01:19:23.100 --> 01:19:24.340 I pray that you would help them 01:19:24.340 --> 01:19:25.100 to love their children 01:19:25.100 --> 01:19:26.540 I pray that you would help the children 01:19:26.540 --> 01:19:28.020 to love and obey their parents 01:19:28.020 --> 01:19:29.120 to do good on their parents 01:19:29.120 --> 01:19:30.580 I pray that you would help us all 01:19:30.580 --> 01:19:32.180 pay attention to the things of God 01:19:32.180 --> 01:19:33.200 and respect 01:19:33.680 --> 01:19:34.220 the church 01:19:34.220 --> 01:19:35.480 and respect the things of God 01:19:35.480 --> 01:19:37.180 and that you would continue to bless us 01:19:37.180 --> 01:19:38.060 in Jesus' name we pray 01:19:38.060 --> 01:19:38.420 Amen