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You're listening to Key Life 
Fellowships Pulpit ministry 

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We thank you for tuning in as we

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learn from God's Word together. 
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Isn't it good to be here this 
morning? 

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You 3 here are glad to be here. 
I'm glad with you. 

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Y'all do understand what really 
happened this morning when 

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Casey's guitar string broke? 
You see what happened was he, He

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fixed it so that it would break 
because guys who play. 

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Martin's all they really want to
do is play a tailor. 

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And he knew, he knew that if 
that Martin broke, I would bring

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him a tailor. 
And so you know. 

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So I I took my hat to him, a 
very smart move on his behalf. 

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If you have your Bibles, if 
you'll turn to First Timothy 

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chapter 4, as we continue 
looking through the pastoral 

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Epistles, as we continue 
learning about how to be 

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biblical ministers and to do 
biblical ministry the way that 

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God would have us to do 
according to His Word. 

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Let me give you a quick review. 
Last week, you, if you were 

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remember back, if you were here,
you remember that Paul, he 

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instructed us on the importance 
of godliness in order to be a 

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good minister. 
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What does that mean to be a good
minister? 

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And he drove the point home that
we are to be godly in our lives 

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because if we just say the right
things even all the time, yet we

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don't have godliness in our 
lives. 

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Nobody's buying anything that we
say. 

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And he's going to continue 
helping us, of course, as he's 

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writing to young Timothy, the 
pastor there at Ephesus, giving 

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him encouragement on how he is 
supposed to pastor that church 

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and how he's supposed to lead. 
He's going to give us 

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encouragement on being biblical 
in our leadership. 

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He's going to give us great 
insight into that and what that 

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should look like. 
So I'm going. 

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To go ahead and tell you this 
when you leave here today. 

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You will have no excuse for 
unbiblical leadership. 

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Now many of you would say, well,
Pastor Paul the apostle is 

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writing to Timothy, the pastor 
there, the Bishop at Ephesus. 

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What does that have to do with 
me? 

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Well, everyone of you in this 
room, if you were doing what God

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has called you to do in being a 
Christian, you are a leader to 

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some capacity in your life. 
Perhaps you are that person who 

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says, well, I'm not a leader, 
I'm more of a follower. 

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You still are required by the 
word of God to make disciples. 

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And so surely you are at least 
making one disciple in your 

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life. 
Perhaps you're that mom who used

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to, I'm rather introvert and I 
don't have a whole lot of 

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leadership skills, but you have 
children, you are making 

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disciples and are you leading 
well, Are you leading 

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biblically? 
Are you leading according to the

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word of God? 
Or perhaps you're that dad here.

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It's no mystery that dads, you 
are the leader of your home. 

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Whether you grasp that or not, 
whether you're leading the way 

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you should or the way that you 
shouldn't, you're still a 

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leader. 
You'll give an account for how 

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you lead. 
And so this has something for 

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all of us and it actually takes 
away all of our excuses are 

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excuses for any unbiblical, 
lazy, complacent, apathetic 

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leadership that we may have 
going on in our lives. 

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What Paul's going to do, he's 
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glory to God, is through true 
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And biblical leadership matters,
especially in a world where 

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people are not leading according
to the word of God. 

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They are not leading biblically.
May we as followers of Christ, 

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see the importance of biblical 
leadership not only in our 

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lives, but also in the lives of 
those who are following us. 

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Isn't it true often times people
are following us that we don't 

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even realize are following? 
Us. 

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So let us take the topic of 
biblical leadership seriously 

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this morning so that we don't 
misdirect with unbiblical 

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leadership, so that we don't 
lead people astray in the church

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or in our homes or in our places
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We see so often today the 
absence of true biblical 

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leadership. 
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Of true biblical leadership. 
Reminds me of a compass that I 

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once owned. 
I had received this compass for 

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a gift at one point in my life, 
and I had used it for many, many

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years. 
Now, for you youngsters, you're 

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asking yourself the question, 
what in the world is a compass? 

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Well, it's this cool little 
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And before there was GPS and you
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called a phone, and you could 
get that everywhere you were 

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going where we would actually 
use the compass. 

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And what the compass does, the 
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true north. 
And so if I can find true north,

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then I can find east, West and 
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And so I would use this compass 
when I would go into the woods 

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hunting. 
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year I received a coat for duck 
hunting as against and and this 

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coat had a very interesting 
pocket on it. 

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It was right here in my chest 
and I, it had a magnet, the two 

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magnets actually, that would 
close the pocket and I could 

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separate the magnets and the 
pocket would open. 

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And it was good for putting your
duck calls in there so that they

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stay warm. 
So your reads stay warm. 

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You see the ducks flying, you 
reach in there and pull them 

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out. 
But I found, hey, this is a 

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great place to have my compass 
because I actually relied on a 

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compass to get through the woods
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We would just walk into this 
swamp and if you didn't pay 

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attention to what direction you 
were going, you would actually 

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just find yourself lost or 
turning in circles. 

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And So what I did, I said, man, 
that pocket's going to work 

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great, not only for my duck 
hauls, but also for my compass 

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that I usually have hanging 
around my neck. 

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So I put this compass in my 
pocket, my cool magnetic pocket.

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Now, if you know anything about 
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magnetic forms. 
Little did I know that while 

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this compass was in my pocket, 
the whole poles on this compass 

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were being rearranged. 
So north was no longer, SE was 

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no longer east, West was no 
longer West. 

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And So what I did, because I was
in charge of leading this entire

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group, I got there this morning 
and five or six or eight of us, 

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however many were hunting that 
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We got out of the truck and we 
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We had a mile and a half to 
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And we would take from the 
parking lot a northeast heading.

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I would generally find Northeast
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Follow there. 
Occasionally I would check my 

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compass. 
I would check if the skies were 

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clear at some constellation or 
something off in the distance 

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that I could use to gauge where 
we were headed. 

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I could get in the general 
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This particular morning though, 
I pull out my compass and I 

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start walking. 
I find northeast of my compass 

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and I began to walk. 
I began to feel weird at some 

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point in this trek, like man, 
this something doesn't seem 

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right. 
My internal compass in the 

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compass I was holding in my 
hand. 

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They just weren't diving. 
We walked a little further and 

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one of my buddies said, man, are
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To which I humbly said, of 
course we're going to the right 

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direction. 
I take you here every day. 

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Few more minutes. 
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Now. 
If you've ever been to this 

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particular place, when you walk 
a mile deep in this place, you 

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don't see headlights. 
You're not walking toward any 

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highways or any cars or any 
parking lots. 

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The only parking lot that you 
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from. 
I began to see headlights, and I

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thought, this is strange. 
First I thought maybe they were 

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boat lights, that we were close 
to the Creek because you could 

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only motor a boat on the Creek. 
But then I realized those. 

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Are truck lights. 
And I pulled out my compass and 

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I got another strange reading. 
And then finally, one of my 

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buddies, why he didn't do this 
earlier, I have no idea. 

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He pulls out his compass and he 
says, man, we're heading back to

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the truck. 
I said, let me see. 

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We compared our compass, and I 
wasn't really sure at first what

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had happened. 
And I was like, man, something's

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off of my compass. 
Well, I went to go stick it back

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in my pocket. 
When it got close to those 

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magnets, that compass just went.
And I said, oh, you dummy, what 

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happened? 
I stored that compass around 

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those magnets and I became 
ineffective as a leader. 

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Much of today's leadership that 
we see it's. 

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Skewed. 
It's pointing people in the 

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wrong direction. 
It's leading people astray. 

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And maybe there's something 
inside of us that says 

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something's just not right. 
Well, we need to find out what 

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that something is, because there
are many people. 

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Who are in the role of 
leadership and their needle is 

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off. 
What does that mean? 

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Well, just like that day in the 
woods, everyone who followed me 

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when the needle of my compass 
was off, everyone who follows 

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unbiblical leadership is off. 
They're following the wrong 

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leader and they are going down 
the wrong path. 

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Why? 
Because if the needle's off, 

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everything's going to be off. 
We can't afford in our 

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leadership to be off. 
I say that to the pastors, to 

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the elders, to the ministers in 
this church. 

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I say that to the fathers and 
the mothers who are leading 

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their homes and leading their 
children. 

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I say we cannot afford to be 
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We must be biblical in our 
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Watch what Paul says in first 
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He says this command and teach 
these things. 

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Do not let anyone look down on 
you because you are young, but 

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set an example. 
For the believers in speech and 

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life and love and faith and in 
purity. 

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Until I come, devote yourself to
the public reading of scripture,

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to preaching, and to teaching. 
Do not neglect your gift, which 

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was given you through a 
prophetic message when the body 

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of elders laid their hands on 
you. 

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Be diligent in these matters. 
Give yourself wholly to them so 

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that everyone may see your 
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Watch your life and doctrine 
closely. 

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Persevere in them, because if 
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You will save both yourself and 
your hearers. 

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Let's pray together. 
Father, in the name of Jesus, we

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come to you, thanking you so 
much for your word. 

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Thanking you that by your word 
you raise up for yourself and 

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for your glory biblical leaders.
Lord, I pray that you would do 

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that today, that you would do 
that in this service, that you 

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would raise up leaders for your 
name's sake who would be 

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biblical in their lives. 
God, that we would see the 

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fruits of that for generations 
to come. 

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People who are pointing others 
to Christ through their 

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leadership, through their 
biblical scriptural leadership. 

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God, I pray for the lost soul 
who's here today, who does not 

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know Christ, who is wandering 
around aimlessly, wandering in 

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the darkness of their sin. 
God, I pray that you would 

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direct them, that you would 
guide them, that you would draw 

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them into your marvelous light, 
that you would give direction to

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their life and to their 
eternity. 

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That you would point them to 
Christ, that you would point 

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them to faith in Christ and 
repentance of sin. 

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That you would point them in the
way that they should go that 

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leads to eternal life. 
And that is in Jesus and Jesus 

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alone. 
God will be careful to give you 

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all the glory for all that 
you're going to do as your word 

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goes forth today. 
Challenge us, convict us, mould 

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us, and shape us. 
And we pray these things in 

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Christ's name, Amen. 
Biblical leadership is of utmost

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importance. 
It does matter. 

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Paul's going to take the time 
this morning to teach us as he 

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is teaching Timothy, as the 
Spirit is using this some 2000 

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years later to challenge us. 
I pray that you would be 

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challenged as we look at 
biblical leadership. 

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And the first thing that I want 
you to see is this. 

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In verses 11 and 12, we see that
biblical leadership will be 

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commanding, commanding, he says 
in verse 11. 

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Command and teach these things. 
Don't let anyone look down on 

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you because you are young, but 
set an example for the believers

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in speech and life and love and 
faith and in purity. 

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So Paul is here giving another 
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godliness, it was in the 
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suggestion. 
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that he be weak, an impotent in 
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He is commanding him to take 
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the areas of teaching, in the 
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example to others. 
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Timothy would be commanding. 
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Because a biblical leader will 
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They will lead with command. 
They will lead in boldness. 

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We've all seen those leaders who
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they're in that position of 
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last upon because there is no 
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authority coming from their 
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Let us not be those types of 
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Let us be the leader that Paul 
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the the same leader that he 
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Titus 2 verse 15. 
It sounds very similar to what 

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he's telling Timothy. 
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things you should teach, 
encourage and rebuke with all 

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authority. 
Do not let anyone despise you 

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with all authority. 
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authority? 
Well, it's Simply put, we 

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receive our authority from the 
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I am an authoritative leader not
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myself. 
I am an authoritative leader 

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because I stand on the Word of 
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I trust what the scriptures say.
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commanding leader, to lead in 
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passive, right? 
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passive leaders don't get 
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funny how the liberal world 
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leaders? 
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so kind, those kind of so-called
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intimidated by them. 
Now we live in a culture that is

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so intimidated by a strong 
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the authority that he has been 
given and in boldness proclaim 

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the truth and to give direction 
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Just as Paul is telling Timothy 
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He says command and teach these 
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without apology, in boldness. 
Don't back down, don't digress, 

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stand up and say thus saith the 
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fashion, but with power. 
Then out what he tells Timothy 

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in second Timothy chapter one 
verse 7 about the Spirit that we

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have been given in Christ. 
He said this for the Spirit God 

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gave us does not make us timid, 
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self-discipline. 
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authority. 
Lead with authority. 

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Put your timidity behind you. 
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we'll see in second Timothy that
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young in age, probably struggled
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A biblical leader cannot afford 
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A biblical leader must be 
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He must lead with authority. 
Now let me clear up what I am 

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not saying. 
I'm not talking about 

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authoritarian dictatorship type 
rule when we rule by an iron 

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fist, but I am talking about 
authority in the meaning and in 

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the sense of strength of 
conviction. 

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He is saying, be a man of 
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authority and with conviction. 
You know what I'm talking about,

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right? 
You, you have heard what people 

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speak before and you may not 
have believed what they were 

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saying, but you believed they 
believed it because they spoke 

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with such authority and they 
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He's saying, Timothy, this is 
the kind of leader that you must

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be. 
One who leads with authority. 

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You know why there's so much 
weak conviction in the churches 

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these days among the lay people?
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conviction among the leadership 
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And Paul's not going to stand 
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He is instructing Timothy, and 
he is instructing us through 

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Timothy here today, as Timothy 
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church at Ephesus. 
He's instructing the leader's 

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there. 
He's instructing the leaders 

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here, whether you be a leader of
your home or you be a leader in 

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this church, he's instructing 
you to operate in commanding 

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leadership, leading with 
authority, the authority of the 

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word of God. 
He goes on and he says. 

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This and he says don't let 
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you are young. 
He already knew that this is 

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going to be an obstacle for 
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He says don't let anyone look 
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young. 
Now, I can tell you this. 

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I was young when I started 
pastoring churches and this does

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happen, right? 
The many people treat you as 

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you're just a 20 something year 
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What can you tell me? 
He's saying don't be intimidated

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by that. 
Don't let them look down on you 

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because you're young. 
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For the believers. 
He says prove them wrong, Prove 

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that you are wise beyond your 
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Set an example for even the 
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and life and love and faith and 
impurity. 

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What is he saying here? 
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authority and secondly, he's 
saying lead by your example and 

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don't miss this. 
He's saying lead by your 

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maturity. 
He's saying lead maturely. 

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Why? 
Immature leadership is an 

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ineffective thing, isn't it? 
We've all seen it where we can't

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take someone serious as a leader
because they are always being 

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silly. 
They're always doing or saying 

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stupid, trivial, unimportant 
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I am amazed at the. 
Immaturity that is allowed in 

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churches today by people who 
call themselves pastors where 

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they stand behind the pulpit 
using not a pulpit but maybe 

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some type of pub table or some 
type of glass table to set their

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eye padding or coffee on. 
I'm amazed that they get away 

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with the silliness that they get
away with. 

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I watched some videos not too 
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Pastors riding in on a roller 
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That's immature, that's 
inappropriate, that's not 

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serious. 
When when we talk about the Word

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of God, we have to approach it 
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immaturity in leadership is 
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That's why Paul said in First 
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He said when I was a child, I 
talked like a child. 

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I thought like a child, I 
reasoned like a child. 

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When I became a man, I put the 
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Paul is talking about basic 
maturity there, how there is no 

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room in a leader's life to 
remain a child immature. 

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Because if you do, you'll be 
those leaders who instead of 

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raising up men, you allow boys 
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And isn't that true? 
Men who act like boys can't 

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truly be taken serious as 
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They can't. 
You've not stepped into the the 

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the shoes of a man. 
You're not taking on the 

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responsibility of a man. 
Paul leaves no room for 

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immaturity when it comes to 
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Titus chapter 2 verse 6. 
Paul says to Titus similarly. 

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Encourage the young men to be 
self controlled in everything. 

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Set them in as set them an 
example by doing what is good 

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and your teaching. 
Show integrity, seriousness. 

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Pay attention to that. 
You leaders who were here today,

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you dads, seriousness and 
soundness of speech that cannot 

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be condemned so that those who 
oppose you may be ashamed 

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because they have nothing bad to
say about you. 

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I know there are those who are 
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Man, he's too serious. 
Is there really a such thing as 

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too serious when we're talking 
about such a serious thing as 

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the word of God? 
Are we to just treat this as if 

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it is unimportant, are treated 
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No. 
We're to lead by our example and

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our lives of maturity. 
That's why he says don't let 

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anyone look down on you because 
you're young. 

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Set an example for the younger 
men because men who act like 

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boys can never make other men. 
They'll just make older boys on 

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how we need some serious men of 
God who will be used by God and 

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turning boys into men these 
days. 

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Can I just help all you dads? 
You'll never turn a man, a boy 

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into a man if you're still 
playing childlike games, 

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whatever games that may be that 
you're playing, if those things 

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are consuming you. 
I don't care if that's golf, I 

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don't care if that's tennis, I 
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I don't care if that's the hours
that you spend in a closed off 

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room in your own home with a 
headset on and a microphone, 

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talking to your imaginary 
computer friends on a video 

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game. 
These things have no place in 

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the life of a serious. 
Biblical leader. 

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You're wasting important time 
where you have been entrusted to

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lead your family, to lead your 
wife and to lead your children, 

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and you're playing needless 
silly games. 

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Paul is saying don't let them 
look down on you because you're 

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young. 
If you don't want people to look

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down on you because you're 
young, don't act like you're 

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young. 
Grow up. 

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Be a man. 
Because. 

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Men make men. 
Men make women, and we teach 

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them what a godly man and a 
godly woman look like through 

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our influence, through our 
leadership, leading our 

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families, and leading our wives.
So that our. 

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Children will be LED in biblical
principles, so we must lead by 

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example, he says. 
Don't let anyone look down on 

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you because you're young. 
Live beyond your years. 

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Set an example and your example 
is to be that of maturity so 

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that you will build maturity. 
In. 

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Others look at the examples that
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Dad, if you're still using the 
four letter words that a 6th or 

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7th grader discovers on the 
playground and you think that's 

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cool, you're not an effective 
biblical leader. 

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You're teaching the next 
generation to have lips like 

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little boys saying inappropriate
things, curse words that have no

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place in the life of a godly 
man. 

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You must lead in what you say. 
Why? 

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Because Jesus teaches the 
principle, and the principles 

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that Jesus teach mean something 
to me. 

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And he says from the overflow of
the heart, the mouth will speak.

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When you speak using words you 
shouldn't use or using tones you

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shouldn't use, you show what's 
really in your heart and how sad

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that is. 
What a testimony that is of your

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true heart. 
You need to make a decision 

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today that you're going to begin
to lead in what you say to be a 

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biblical leader. 
Matthew, chapter 12, Jesus 

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leaves us a warning about this. 
He says, but I tell you in verse

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36 that everyone will have to 
give an account on the day of 

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judgement for every empty word 
they have spoken. 

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By your words you will be 
acquitted, and by your words you

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will be condemned. 
You think words don't matter? 

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I hear people say that all the 
time about cussing. 

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Oh, they're just words. 
Yeah, they're words. 

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And you're going to be held to 
account for every one of them. 

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Think about that when you're 
leading your families. 

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Think about that when you're 
talking to your wife harshly or 

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your children harshly. 
You need to lead in what you 

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say. 
He goes on and he says this. 

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Do not let anyone went down on 
you because you were young, but 

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set an example for the believers
in speech, what you say in life,

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how you live. 
Be an example to others in in 

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how you live. 
Isn't that important? 

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Bold lips must be backed up with
bold lives, right? 

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If you just talk a big game, you
can say all the right things. 

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You got all the right answers. 
That counts for a little, but it

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doesn't really count for a lot 
when you don't have a life that 

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backs up all your bold claims. 
There's lots of people who talk 

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a big game, don't they? 
Yeah, we will say that about 

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them. 
Well, they talk a big game. 

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They're full of what? 
Hot air. 

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What they say doesn't matter. 
Why? 

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Because they don't live what 
they say. 

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They claim to be a Christian, 
but they deny it by their lives.

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It's important in how you live 
that you live like an. 

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Example Thomas Brooks appeared 
and said a Christian should 

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carry his religion in his life, 
not only on his lips. 

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Shouldn't be something that you 
just talk about. 

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It's something that you should 
just carry around with you by 

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the way that you behave. 
Because if you're truly saved, 

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00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:32,760
you know what you're a new 
creation. 

456
00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:34,960
What's inside is going to come 
out. 

457
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:41,120
Now if what is coming out? 
Is the same old nature that 

458
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you've always had. 
It's a pretty good chance you 

459
00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:45,560
don't have a new nature. 
It's a pretty good chance that 

460
00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:47,360
you're not in Christ. 
Think about these things. 

461
00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:48,920
Why? 
Because we have to set an 

462
00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:54,080
example for those we're leading 
by how we are living your life 

463
00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:56,480
is important. 
How you live it is important. 

464
00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:00,760
First Peter chapter 5 Peter 
giving instructions. 

465
00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:03,920
He said be shepherds of God's 
flock there in verse 2 that is 

466
00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,440
under your care, watching over 
them, not because you must, but 

467
00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:09,120
because you're willing as God 
wants you to be, not pursuing 

468
00:26:09,120 --> 00:26:11,920
dishonest gain, but eager to 
serve, not lording it over those

469
00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:15,000
entrusted you, but being 
examples. 

470
00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:18,000
To the flock. 
I I speak to the pastors and to 

471
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:22,360
the elders in this church first,
as we're leading this flog, 

472
00:26:22,360 --> 00:26:25,440
we're not to Lord over you 
again, not that authoritarian 

473
00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:30,320
rule, a strength of conviction. 
We're to lead you by the 

474
00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:33,280
authority. 
Of the Word of God and by our 

475
00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:38,520
example, the example that we 
live out of our lives. 

476
00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:43,760
Now, how does that apply to you,
those of you who may not stand 

477
00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:49,000
in the pulpit or lead a church, 
your dad's pay close attention 

478
00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,680
to me. 
You have in your home a small 

479
00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,160
flock that you have been 
entrusted with. 

480
00:26:56,480 --> 00:27:00,200
You are the pastor of that small
flock. 

481
00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:07,680
And your example is crucial to 
those who are following you 

482
00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:12,320
because you know what? 
They don't care what you say 

483
00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:16,920
unless what you say is backed up
by what you live. 

484
00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:22,040
It's important that we see that.
It's important that we see that 

485
00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:26,680
setting an example of Christ to 
others is important. 

486
00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:29,160
Why? 
So that they will follow Christ 

487
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:32,080
likeness. 
First Corinthians 11 verse one. 

488
00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,400
Paul says this. 
He says follow my example as I 

489
00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:38,320
follow the example of Christ. 
Many of us know that, but but 

490
00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:40,520
think about the weight of that 
statement. 

491
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:46,000
Paul is devoted to following the
example of Christ because he 

492
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:51,720
knows other people are following
him and he has confidence here. 

493
00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:54,320
He has confidence in Christ, in 
him. 

494
00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:56,880
And he says this look at me and 
follow me. 

495
00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:59,080
Why? 
Because I'm following Christ and

496
00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:01,280
all of my confidence is in 
Christ and the work. 

497
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:03,960
That He's doing in me and it's 
done in me. 

498
00:28:05,120 --> 00:28:08,440
We need to do the same. 
We need to be able to 

499
00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:12,600
confidently tell our children. 
I as the pastor need to be able 

500
00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:14,840
to confidently tell this church,
hey, follow me. 

501
00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:16,680
Why? 
Because I'm following Christ. 

502
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:19,280
Can you say that with a clear 
conscience? 

503
00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:23,600
Can you say that with utmost 
confidence that you really are 

504
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,440
following Christ? 
Could you look your wives and 

505
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:29,120
your children in the eyes and 
say, babe, have full confidence 

506
00:28:29,120 --> 00:28:31,920
in following me because I'm 
going to prove that I am 

507
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:35,080
following Christ? 
That's what Paul did. 

508
00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:38,360
That's what a biblical leader is
going to do. 

509
00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:42,840
He's not only going to talk 
about following Christ, he's not

510
00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:48,240
only going to know Christianese 
on a Sunday morning, he's going 

511
00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:52,600
to actually live it. 
He's going to be an example how 

512
00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:56,040
he lives. 
We're to set an example for 

513
00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:59,920
others in that how we talk, how 
we live. 

514
00:28:59,920 --> 00:29:02,120
He goes on and he says how you 
love. 

515
00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:06,680
Oh, it's so important, isn't it?
First Corinthians chapter 13. 

516
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:07,920
You know what, no need to turn 
there. 

517
00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:09,480
Paul says this. 
If you don't have love, 

518
00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:11,960
everything that you do and 
everything that you say is 

519
00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,600
pointless. 
It's a clanging gong or an 

520
00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:18,400
irritating symbol. 
It's just noise. 

521
00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:22,560
I wish the men of God would 
stand up and say, you know what?

522
00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:26,120
I don't want to be noise. 
I want to be a leader. 

523
00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:28,480
I want to leave an impact. 
I want to leave an impact on my 

524
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:30,720
wife so that my wife can leave 
an impact on my children. 

525
00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:32,960
I want to leave an impact on my 
children so that my children 

526
00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:35,560
will impact the next generation 
when they're married and have 

527
00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:38,800
their own families. 
We lead by example. 

528
00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:42,520
We must our. 
Speech. 

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00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:47,840
Our lives the way we love. 
Then he says faith just be an 

530
00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:51,120
example for believers in speech 
and life and love and in faith. 

531
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:53,000
What is he talking about? 
How you trust God? 

532
00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:58,720
Does your wife and your children
see you as a leader, ultimately 

533
00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:03,000
trusting God? 
Do you, as congregants of this 

534
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,520
church, see the leadership of 
this church, myself and the 

535
00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:08,720
elders who lead the affairs of 
this church, do you see us as 

536
00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:11,720
confidently relying on and 
trusting in God? 

537
00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:15,960
It needs to be seen. 
It needs to be evidenced in our 

538
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:16,880
life. 
Faith. 

539
00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:19,840
This is not talking about saving
faith, though it could apply. 

540
00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:22,960
Timothy's already saved. 
He's saying, Timothy, show them 

541
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:25,480
what it means to be a man who 
trusts God. 

542
00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:29,800
Show your family what it means. 
Show your church what it means. 

543
00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:36,200
Dad, when you go through that 
financial crisis, show your 

544
00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:37,760
family what it means to trust 
God. 

545
00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:39,840
Gather them around that dinner 
table and say, you know what? 

546
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:45,560
Things are tight right now, but 
God is faithful and he has never

547
00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:48,120
and He will never, ever let us 
down. 

548
00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:50,720
And you pray with your family 
and you trust in the power of 

549
00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:52,400
God. 
And you sit back and you watch 

550
00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:56,560
what God does as we trust him. 
You know what you're going to do

551
00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:58,840
in that when God comes through, 
and He will, because He always 

552
00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:02,200
does in his perfect timing, his 
perfect way. 

553
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:04,840
When God comes through. 
You know what you just did? 

554
00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:08,120
You just taught the next 
generation about faith, about 

555
00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:11,080
trusting in God. 
Oh, I love that. 

556
00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:15,520
I get to see my children 
continually learning about 

557
00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,480
faith, what it means to trust 
God. 

558
00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:21,280
Many of you don't know this 
because you're new here at Key 

559
00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:23,200
Life Fellowship. 
But this church started with a 

560
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,640
prayer in a little bedroom and a
house in Arkansas. 

561
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:31,520
And here we are right now. 
Here we are right now. 

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00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:36,160
What happened? 
Well, God had a plan and we 

563
00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:38,640
trusted in it. 
And even when it was difficult, 

564
00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:40,760
we kept trusting in it. 
Even when people didn't 

565
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:42,400
understand, we trusted in all 
the more. 

566
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:46,760
And then along the way, we told 
our kids and we taught our kids,

567
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:49,360
this is what we do. 
This is the life that we live. 

568
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:52,760
We are giving an example to 
everyone else of how they can 

569
00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:56,080
trust in a God who is faithful 
to everything that he is 

570
00:31:56,080 --> 00:32:01,040
promised. 
And he is Paul says Timothy, BA,

571
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:03,200
commanding leader in this area. 
Lead by your. 

572
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:07,840
Example in faith and trust in 
God be a model of Proverbs 3 

573
00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,560
verses 5 and 6 that say it says 
trust in the Lord with all your 

574
00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:14,160
heart and lean not on your own 
understanding in all your ways. 

575
00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:20,760
Submit to him and he will he 
doesn't say might and he will 

576
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:27,400
make your paths straight. 
O may we trust in God and may we

577
00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:30,560
live that example to others as 
we're leading then he says and 

578
00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:32,280
in purity. 
He's talking about holiness. 

579
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:37,080
We know last week he drove the 
idea of godliness home for us. 

580
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:42,360
Purity in our lives. 
You are leading someone in 

581
00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:46,360
regard to purity. 
Dad, stand up to your wives and 

582
00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:49,240
tell your wife no, she can't 
wear that homecoming dress 

583
00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:55,000
because it's impure. 
Stand up to your wives and say 

584
00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:58,040
no, you can't wear your workout 
clothes in your sports bra to 

585
00:32:58,040 --> 00:32:58,880
Walmart. 
Why? 

586
00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:04,280
Because it's impure. 
Wives, lead your children in 

587
00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:08,720
purity and modesty and the 
things that a wife is designed, 

588
00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:11,040
a godly wife is designed to lead
them in. 

589
00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:14,840
They'll never know if we don't 
lead them in that direction. 

590
00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:17,840
It is OK to say this. 
No, you may not. 

591
00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:20,120
Purchase that. 
No, you may not have that. 

592
00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:23,720
No, you may not watch this. 
No, you may not watch that. 

593
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:27,240
It's OK. 
It's high time that parents 

594
00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:30,640
realize that you are leading the
next generation. 

595
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:34,880
Then you step up and you take 
biblical leadership seriously, 

596
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:37,440
especially in the area of 
purity. 

597
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:40,720
People look all the time. 
And I hear the comments, man. 

598
00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:44,200
My, my mom, my dad would have 
never let me out of the house 

599
00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:46,400
like that. 
You know what the problem is? 

600
00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:52,880
You nailed it. 
The parents are not leading. 

601
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:55,360
The parents are not leading 
biblically. 

602
00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:58,880
You have to teach these things 
to your children. 

603
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:03,040
Holiness, purity. 
It's important that Spurgeon 

604
00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:04,520
said this. 
He said, believe me, there is no

605
00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:07,560
preaching in this world like the
preaching of a holy life. 

606
00:34:08,159 --> 00:34:12,120
I can ask all of you in this 
room, those of you in Christ, if

607
00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:13,960
I ask you this question, I hope 
I know the answer. 

608
00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:17,480
Do you want your children to 
turn out godly? 

609
00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:19,400
Do you want them to live holy 
lives? 

610
00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:21,440
Hopefully your answer would be 
yes, Pastor. 

611
00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:26,000
Of course we do. 
Then preach to them holy sermons

612
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:31,719
by your life. 
Show them what holy, pure living

613
00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:35,280
looks like. 
If they see you carousing with 

614
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:41,880
the world on Saturday, bouncing 
into the church on Sunday, 

615
00:34:42,679 --> 00:34:44,560
that's exactly what they're 
going to learn and that's 

616
00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:46,080
exactly what they're going to 
pattern. 

617
00:34:46,199 --> 00:34:51,239
If they see you say purity is 
important and then purity is not

618
00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:54,360
important and modesty is not 
important in your life, moms and

619
00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:57,800
dads, it's not going to be 
important in their life. 

620
00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:00,040
A biblical leader will take 
command. 

621
00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:04,160
He'll take command. 
He'll lead with authority, the 

622
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:06,760
authority of the Word of God. 
He'll lead by his example. 

623
00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:11,080
May we do this? 
Secondly, biblical leadership 

624
00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:16,240
will be insistent. 
This won't be something that you

625
00:35:16,240 --> 00:35:17,800
just do on a Sunday morning. 
Because you know what? 

626
00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:20,000
Today, after we're done, it's 
going to be easy for you to say 

627
00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:23,800
I'm going to lead like God wants
me to lead like the Bible. 

628
00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:26,360
Says I'm supposed to lead and 
you'll make it probably almost 

629
00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:28,160
out to your car before you 
change your mind. 

630
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:36,240
Because we have a problem with 
consistency in the church, don't

631
00:35:36,240 --> 00:35:38,000
we? 
We have a problem with 

632
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:41,080
consistency. 
We're not consistent and being 

633
00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:45,520
biblical leaders maybe see the 
importance of consistency or 

634
00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:47,800
watch what Paul says. 
He says until I come. 

635
00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:50,600
Now when Paul wrote this, he 
didn't know that he was coming. 

636
00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:53,520
For sure he wanted to come. 
His desire was to come to 

637
00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:56,200
Ephesus, but he didn't know what
God had in store for him. 

638
00:35:56,880 --> 00:35:59,800
But he says, until I come, 
devote yourself to the public 

639
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:02,040
reading of Scripture. 
He didn't say until you feel 

640
00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:04,600
like it or until you don't feel 
like it or until it's not 

641
00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:07,240
convenient for you anymore, 
Devote yourself to the public 

642
00:36:07,240 --> 00:36:09,360
reading of Scripture and to 
preaching and to teaching. 

643
00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:12,360
He says until I come, be 
consistent in this matter. 

644
00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:15,920
He says do not neglect the gift 
which has was given you through 

645
00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:18,680
a prophetic message when the 
body of elders laid their hands 

646
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:21,600
on you. 
Paul here is stressing how 

647
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:25,320
important consistency is to 
biblical leadership and he's 

648
00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:27,800
teaching that to Timothy. 
He's wanting him and he's 

649
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:31,040
desiring for him that he would 
be consistent. 

650
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:35,760
And don't we need consistent and
faithful leaders in the church 

651
00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:40,240
and in the homes these days as 
we see a total breakdown in 

652
00:36:40,240 --> 00:36:44,720
society because we don't have 
consistency in leadership? 

653
00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:47,720
When we talk about consistency 
in leadership, we have to 

654
00:36:47,720 --> 00:36:50,560
entertain exactly what Paul is 
talking about here, and he's 

655
00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:53,640
talking about two categories. 
He focuses on consistency in two

656
00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:54,880
areas. 
Let's break it down. 

657
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:57,880
First, consistently committed to
the Scriptures. 

658
00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:01,640
A biblical leader will be 
consistently committed to the 

659
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:06,760
Scriptures, being LED and 
leading others by the word of 

660
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:10,600
God with consistency. 
That means this. 

661
00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:13,600
You're not going to just hear 
the word of God today in a 

662
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:17,680
sermon and walk out and say I'm 
going to be the biblical leader 

663
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:22,240
that I need to be and it 
happened. 

664
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:28,480
You are going. 
To have to be consistently 

665
00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:34,520
committed to the Scriptures in 
your life, being LED and leading

666
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:36,680
others by those Scriptures. 
Psalm one. 

667
00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:38,120
What we read in our Scripture 
reading verse one. 

668
00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:40,680
Blessed is the one who does not 
walk in the step with the 

669
00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:44,400
wicked, or stand in the way of 
the sinners, or sit in the 

670
00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:47,480
company of mockers, but whose 
delight is in the law of the 

671
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:51,680
Lord, and who meditates on His 
law day and night. 

672
00:37:52,240 --> 00:37:55,080
Verse 3 says that person is like
a tree planted by streams of 

673
00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:58,080
water, which yields its fruit 
and season, whose leaf does not 

674
00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:01,400
wither. 
Whatever they do prospers. 

675
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:06,600
This is a person who meditates 
on the word of God day and 

676
00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:10,640
night, Paul tells Timothy. 
Devote yourself to the public 

677
00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:12,680
reading of scriptures, reading 
it out loud. 

678
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:16,080
Now I know at that part of our 
service, some of you think that 

679
00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:18,440
that's just a good time to 
continue to visit. 

680
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:22,680
No, when, when we open the Word 
of God and it is time to read 

681
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:26,960
the Scriptures, that is focusing
on us, on the main thing, and 

682
00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:30,200
that is the word of God because 
it is in the Word of God that 

683
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:34,720
God reveals himself to us. 
This ought to be an everyday 

684
00:38:34,720 --> 00:38:37,880
element of your life. 
You want to start your day? 

685
00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:41,400
Listen to me, Dad. 
You want to start your day 

686
00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:44,480
cracking open that Bible long 
before you crack open the TV, 

687
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:47,000
long before you eat your 
breakfast, long before you do 

688
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,880
anything else. 
Moms, you do the same, 

689
00:38:51,240 --> 00:38:54,880
consistently committed to the 
scriptures, being led and 

690
00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:59,760
leading others by the very word 
of God, reading them, reading 

691
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:02,640
them aloud, reading them 
silently, studying them. 

692
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:05,760
Paul here talking specifically 
about the reading of scriptures 

693
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:09,600
in the public context, just as 
we see Jesus doing in Luke 

694
00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:11,840
chapter 4. 
When Jesus walks into the 

695
00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:15,600
synagogue there in Luke chapter 
4, he takes the scroll of Isaiah

696
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:18,640
and he begins to unfold and 
begins to read all that's 

697
00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:20,640
written about him in the 
prophet. 

698
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:23,800
Then he rolls it up again, He 
gives it back to the attendant, 

699
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:27,120
and he says this. 
Today the scripture is fulfilled

700
00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:30,320
in your hearing. 
He took the authority of the 

701
00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:32,160
Word of God. 
He read it publicly. 

702
00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:35,720
He proclaimed the truth. 
That's what happens when we read

703
00:39:35,720 --> 00:39:38,600
the scripture. 
Because how many of you realize 

704
00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:40,000
this? 
It doesn't take long to open up 

705
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:41,240
your phone and look on social 
media. 

706
00:39:41,240 --> 00:39:45,080
Lies are coming at you from 
every direction, and if you 

707
00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:47,520
don't counter those lines with 
the truth of Scripture, you're 

708
00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:49,200
going to fall through those 
lies. 

709
00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:51,880
They're coming at you and 
there's nothing that you can do 

710
00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:54,840
about it except for consistently
be committed to the Scriptures, 

711
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:58,200
reading the Scriptures, 
preaching the Scriptures, he 

712
00:39:58,200 --> 00:39:59,200
said. 
Well, pastor, I'm not a 

713
00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:00,360
preacher. 
Preach the Scriptures to 

714
00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:03,640
yourself. 
Over and over and over and over 

715
00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:07,440
again, proclaim and receive 
direction from the word of 

716
00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:10,560
truth. 
Preach the gospel to yourself so

717
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:13,080
that you know the gospel, so 
that you can verify and have 

718
00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:14,800
assurance that you truly are 
saved. 

719
00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:18,000
Preach the truths of Scripture 
over and over to yourself. 

720
00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:22,560
He says to preach them, read 
them publicly, to preach them 

721
00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:27,440
and to teach them, to teach the 
Scriptures, to explain and to 

722
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:30,600
exposite the truth. 
He said, well pastor, that's 

723
00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:32,440
your job. 
It is my job in this pulpit. 

724
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:36,120
But you know what? 
I'm not at your breakfast table.

725
00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:39,360
I'm not at. 
Your dinner table when your kids

726
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:44,680
are trusting in you to exposite 
the scriptures for them and they

727
00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:48,960
say, dad, what does this mean? 
Or mom, what does this mean? 

728
00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:51,560
There's nothing that I love more
than when a dad comes to me and 

729
00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:53,520
he pulls me aside. 
He said, hey, pastor, can I, can

730
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:55,120
I ask you a question? 
Of course you can ask me a 

731
00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:57,600
question. 
My son asked me this about 

732
00:40:57,600 --> 00:40:59,040
Scripture and I didn't know how 
to answer him. 

733
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:04,240
So that seems kind of weak. 
No, it doesn't seem strong. 

734
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:07,720
He'd humbled himself to get to 
that point to say, and you know,

735
00:41:07,720 --> 00:41:09,280
it's pretty tough for a dad to 
say, I don't have all the 

736
00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:12,240
answers. 
But I'm thankful for the times 

737
00:41:12,240 --> 00:41:14,240
that God has led me to say I 
don't have all the answers so 

738
00:41:14,240 --> 00:41:15,920
that I can point my children to 
the one who does. 

739
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:17,800
I can point in the truth of the 
word of God. 

740
00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:21,080
I love a dad who comes in who 
asks that because of what 

741
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:22,720
they're doing is they're 
desiring to lead their kids 

742
00:41:22,720 --> 00:41:24,600
properly. 
They want biblical leadership in

743
00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:26,720
their home and I'll help them. 
I won't. 

744
00:41:26,720 --> 00:41:28,840
Do their work for them. 
I'll help them. 

745
00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:30,720
I'll point them in the right 
direction, and then I'll say 

746
00:41:30,720 --> 00:41:32,960
this. 
Look, don't, don't go back and 

747
00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:35,040
give me any credit for that. 
You go back and you pastor your 

748
00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:39,200
home, you go back and you share 
the nugget of truth that you 

749
00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:42,360
have from the scriptures and you
give that to to your family. 

750
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:44,920
You stand up as that authority 
in their lives. 

751
00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:48,600
You you teach them what the word
of God says. 

752
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:52,280
We need some consistency in our 
commitment to Scripture as 

753
00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:56,080
leaders, don't we Biblical 
leader will have this biblical 

754
00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:59,160
leader will show this in a 
commitment to the Scriptures. 

755
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:03,360
Biblical leader will live it. 
He'll teach it, he'll proclaim 

756
00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:08,320
it, and it'll give great care, 
great consistency toward the 

757
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:10,360
Scriptures. 
So biblical leadership will 

758
00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:12,680
first be consistent, 
consistently committed to the 

759
00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:15,480
Scriptures, but also 
consistently committed to 1's 

760
00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:17,760
calling and giftedness. 
Watch what he says next. 

761
00:42:18,120 --> 00:42:20,280
He says, until I come, devote 
yourself to the public reading 

762
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:21,840
of Scripture, to preaching, and 
to teaching. 

763
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:24,640
Do not neglect your gift, which 
was given you through a 

764
00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:27,000
prophetic message when the body 
of elders laid their hands on 

765
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:28,280
you. 
Because at his ordination, what 

766
00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:30,280
would have happened? 
The body of elders, Paul would 

767
00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:32,360
have been there. 
They would have laid their hands

768
00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:35,200
upon young Timothy after seeing 
his giftedness, after seeing 

769
00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:38,240
that the Spirit was truly active
and alive and working in him. 

770
00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:41,080
They would have then ordained 
him through ministry. 

771
00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:44,920
They would have. 
Sent him out to do the gospel 

772
00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:49,120
work and Paul is reminding him 
of this, that you have a special

773
00:42:49,120 --> 00:42:53,360
calling and you have a special 
giftedness on your life. 

774
00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:55,680
Now before you say this, because
I know what I'm going to hear 

775
00:42:55,680 --> 00:43:00,520
already, well pastor, I'm just a
dad or I'm just a mom. 

776
00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:04,120
No, you were called by God to be
a dad, the leader of your home, 

777
00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:08,400
and you were called by God to be
a mom, the vessel that God will 

778
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:10,280
use to raise up the next 
generation. 

779
00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:13,760
These are important things. 
Stop letting the liberal world 

780
00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:16,680
lie to you and tell you that 
these aren't important thing. 

781
00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:20,720
You're called to this. 
You're gifted to do this. 

782
00:43:20,720 --> 00:43:22,800
If it were not so, you would not
have children. 

783
00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:26,720
God has called you and he has 
equipped you for this. 

784
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:29,000
Same goes for those of us in the
church who are pastoring. 

785
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:32,440
Who are leading? 
He gifts us and He calls us and 

786
00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:34,960
He equips us for that which we 
are to do, just as he's Speaking

787
00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:39,160
of in regard to Timothy here and
he's saying, don't neglect this 

788
00:43:39,160 --> 00:43:42,360
gift. 
Be consistent in it. 

789
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:46,320
Know who you are and know what 
God has called you and crafted 

790
00:43:46,320 --> 00:43:51,480
you to do so that you can be 
effective in leading those who 

791
00:43:51,480 --> 00:43:56,040
you have been called to lead, 
doing exactly what God has 

792
00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:58,360
prescribed in fashion for you to
do in Christ. 

793
00:43:58,360 --> 00:44:02,640
Did you know that all of you in 
Christ have words that have been

794
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:06,200
prescribed and preordained for 
you according to Ephesians 

795
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:08,440
chapter 2 verse 10, if you were 
in Christ? 

796
00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:11,360
He says, for we are God's 
handiwork created in Christ 

797
00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:15,400
Jesus to do good works which God
prepared in advance for us to 

798
00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:19,400
do. 
I can clear up a mystery for 

799
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:22,000
some of you. 
Right. 

800
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:23,960
Who's struggling? 
What's my purpose in life? 

801
00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:29,280
If you're a mom, the purpose is 
to lead your children in a godly

802
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:32,080
fashion, in a biblical way. 
If your dad, your purpose is to 

803
00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:36,520
lead your family in a biblical 
in a godly way and to be 

804
00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:38,200
consistent in that. 
What do I mean? 

805
00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:40,720
It's not just a Sunday morning 
thing. 

806
00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:46,000
The American church has plagued 
with Sunday morning moms and 

807
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:49,040
Sunday morning dads who are one 
way here and they're another way

808
00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:52,240
outside of these doors. 
It cannot be so. 

809
00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:55,440
Not be effective. 
Not be biblical in its 

810
00:44:55,440 --> 00:44:59,000
leadership. 
We have to consistently commit 

811
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:02,560
ourselves to what God has called
us to do as Christians, to the 

812
00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:04,240
giftedness that He's given us 
through His Spirit. 

813
00:45:04,240 --> 00:45:07,040
You know you have been gifted, 
even gifted. 

814
00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:10,600
Don't waste that. 
Refuse to waste your life due to

815
00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:15,760
a lack of commitment to that to 
which you recalled to do. 

816
00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:21,000
Jesus rebukes such behavior in 
Matthew chapter 25. 

817
00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:24,440
You know the parable, the 
parable of the talents, the one 

818
00:45:24,440 --> 00:45:28,840
guy who got his talent of gold 
and he just went and buried it. 

819
00:45:28,920 --> 00:45:32,000
He wasted it. 
He didn't utilize it, He didn't 

820
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:36,040
invest it, and he's rebuked for 
it because it was contrary to 

821
00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:40,720
what God would have him to do. 
He wanted him to use this, to be

822
00:45:40,720 --> 00:45:46,560
committed to it. 
He was called to take this, to 

823
00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:48,760
use it, to prosper for God's 
glory. 

824
00:45:49,520 --> 00:45:52,720
All of you have been called to 
use that which God has. 

825
00:45:52,720 --> 00:45:59,320
Gifted you to use and leading 
others to see the glory of God, 

826
00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:01,560
whether that's in your home 
again, whether that's in the in 

827
00:46:01,560 --> 00:46:04,200
your workplace where you're 
employed, whether that's in this

828
00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:07,200
church as you serve Christ and 
as you lead others in this 

829
00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:11,160
church, you have to be careful 
not to waste this. 

830
00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:17,840
I've seen far too many men at 
the end of their life who felt 

831
00:46:17,840 --> 00:46:23,000
as if they had wasted everything
that God wanted them to do. 

832
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:28,000
Don't waste your life. 
In fact, Ephesians chapter 5 

833
00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:32,040
verse 15 says be very careful 
then how you live not as unwise 

834
00:46:32,040 --> 00:46:36,520
but as a wise Making the most of
every opportunity because the 

835
00:46:36,520 --> 00:46:42,480
days are evil, making the most 
of every opportunity because the

836
00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:44,480
days are evil. 
And what do evil days tell us? 

837
00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:47,160
Evil days tell us. 
Over and over again that we are 

838
00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:50,000
now nearing more and more the 
return of Christ. 

839
00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:53,840
He's saying as we near the 
return of Christ, make the most 

840
00:46:53,840 --> 00:46:57,360
of every opportunity. 
I've lived long enough to know 

841
00:46:57,360 --> 00:47:00,320
this. 
You have a small window of 

842
00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:05,320
opportunity to lead your family.
Oh how I would have listened. 

843
00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:12,040
Listened to the old grey haired 
men who looked at me and told 

844
00:47:12,040 --> 00:47:16,520
me, son, you better make hay 
while the sun's shining because 

845
00:47:17,080 --> 00:47:21,200
this life passes very quickly. 
Don't miss any opportunity. 

846
00:47:22,760 --> 00:47:26,240
So many times we think that that
doesn't apply to us, but it does

847
00:47:26,680 --> 00:47:28,800
and leading your families and 
leading this church. 

848
00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:33,040
We have to make the most of 
every opportunity, not wasting 

849
00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:38,600
not one second of time How to 
speak consistent in that 

850
00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:42,440
consistently leading others by 
our commitment to do what God 

851
00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:46,840
has called us to do and to do it
with all of our hearts, to do 

852
00:47:46,840 --> 00:47:53,480
with all of our hearts. 
Colossians 323 tells us about 

853
00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:55,440
this. 
Whatever you do, work at it with

854
00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:58,760
all your heart as working for 
the Lord, not for human masters.

855
00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:02,440
Oh, when we lead others, let us 
see it as work for the Lord. 

856
00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:06,400
Let that be our charge. 
Let that be our encouragement 

857
00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:09,800
that the things that we do are 
for the Lord and to do them 

858
00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:12,160
biblically. 
And so biblical leadership will 

859
00:48:12,160 --> 00:48:14,600
be consistent, consistently 
committed to the Scriptures, 

860
00:48:14,600 --> 00:48:17,840
consistently committed to 1's 
calling giftedness the body of 

861
00:48:17,840 --> 00:48:22,120
Christ is if we're going to be 
effective biblical leaders of 

862
00:48:22,120 --> 00:48:25,680
any kind, consistency is our 
friend. 

863
00:48:26,640 --> 00:48:30,600
Consistency is our friend, and a
lack of consistency can be our 

864
00:48:30,600 --> 00:48:35,320
greatest enemy. 
Thirdly, biblical leadership 

865
00:48:35,320 --> 00:48:40,720
will be concerned. 
There should be some concern 

866
00:48:40,720 --> 00:48:42,920
here. 
There's a lot of weight in 

867
00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:47,440
knowing that you are a leader 
who will be held responsible for

868
00:48:47,440 --> 00:48:51,480
the way that you lead. 
And so you should be concerned. 

869
00:48:51,480 --> 00:48:52,920
But what should you be concerned
with? 

870
00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:55,880
What's what Paul tells Timothy, 
he says be diligent in these 

871
00:48:55,880 --> 00:48:57,880
matters. 
Give yourself holy to them, holy

872
00:48:57,880 --> 00:49:01,840
to them. 
Not partially, I kinda holy to 

873
00:49:01,840 --> 00:49:03,840
them. 
So that everyone may see your 

874
00:49:03,840 --> 00:49:05,560
progress. 
What's he talking about? 

875
00:49:05,560 --> 00:49:08,760
Your own spiritual growth. 
They will see you as a leader in

876
00:49:08,760 --> 00:49:11,480
that church, yes, but they will 
also see that you are 

877
00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:14,760
continually growing, even in 
your knowledge and in your 

878
00:49:14,760 --> 00:49:17,040
leadership. 
That's important, he says. 

879
00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:18,800
Watch your life and doctrine 
closely. 

880
00:49:19,400 --> 00:49:21,720
Persevere in them. 
Because if you do, you will save

881
00:49:21,720 --> 00:49:26,560
both yourself and your. 
Hearers biblical leadership will

882
00:49:26,560 --> 00:49:29,720
be concerned. 
The biblical leader will be 

883
00:49:30,080 --> 00:49:32,200
concerned. 
He'll be concerned pertaining to

884
00:49:32,880 --> 00:49:35,560
1st their own spiritual 
well-being and growth. 

885
00:49:36,200 --> 00:49:38,600
I'm so thankful that Paul 
doesn't leave this out of 

886
00:49:38,600 --> 00:49:41,080
Timothy's life. 
He says be diligent in these 

887
00:49:41,080 --> 00:49:45,240
matters, give yourself wholly to
them so that everyone may see 

888
00:49:45,240 --> 00:49:49,040
your progress. 
He says, Timothy, you keep 

889
00:49:49,040 --> 00:49:54,120
growing in Christ, you keep 
maturing in Christ, you keep 

890
00:49:54,120 --> 00:49:56,280
considering your spiritual 
well-being. 

891
00:49:56,280 --> 00:50:00,320
It is important he's instructing
Timothy to diligently surrender 

892
00:50:00,320 --> 00:50:04,040
to Christ. 
Give yourself holy to this, to 

893
00:50:04,040 --> 00:50:06,760
Christ and his giftedness in 
your life and your calling. 

894
00:50:06,960 --> 00:50:10,480
Give yourself holy to it, Dad. 
Give yourself holy to leading 

895
00:50:10,480 --> 00:50:12,840
your family. 
Moms, give yourself holy to 

896
00:50:12,840 --> 00:50:15,720
leading your children. 
There's nothing wrong with that.

897
00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:19,640
Nothing. 
Just give yourself holy. 

898
00:50:20,480 --> 00:50:26,880
To it, but in doing so, be 
progressing. 

899
00:50:27,960 --> 00:50:30,600
Consider your own spiritual 
well-being and growth 

900
00:50:31,840 --> 00:50:34,640
diligently. 
Then study and apply the 

901
00:50:34,640 --> 00:50:37,480
scriptures. 
I'm thankful that I have an 

902
00:50:37,480 --> 00:50:43,080
opportunity to study and to 
apply the scriptures to my life 

903
00:50:43,080 --> 00:50:46,160
long before. 
I ever begin to prepare to teach

904
00:50:46,160 --> 00:50:52,600
you anything. 
A pastor who does not consider 

905
00:50:52,600 --> 00:50:58,000
the importance of his spiritual 
well-being will never be a 

906
00:50:58,000 --> 00:51:01,440
biblical leader. 
It's important that I continue 

907
00:51:01,440 --> 00:51:04,000
to progress. 
It was important that Timothy 

908
00:51:04,120 --> 00:51:05,760
continued to progress. 
Why? 

909
00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:08,120
Because when we stop 
progressing, we start 

910
00:51:08,200 --> 00:51:11,000
digressing. 
It was important because he's 

911
00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:13,560
leading the family of God. 
That's why it's important. 

912
00:51:13,560 --> 00:51:16,160
That's that you progress in 
spiritual growth and spiritual 

913
00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:19,640
maturity, that you take the time
you need, moms, that you take 

914
00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:23,360
the time that you need parents, 
that you work as a team so that 

915
00:51:23,360 --> 00:51:25,760
this can happen. 
Why? 

916
00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:27,960
Because your spiritual 
well-being is important. 

917
00:51:27,960 --> 00:51:29,480
Your personal growth is 
important. 

918
00:51:29,480 --> 00:51:31,560
Why? 
Because others need to see your 

919
00:51:31,560 --> 00:51:33,560
progress, right? 
When they looked at young 

920
00:51:33,560 --> 00:51:36,440
Timothy and they said, man, 
who's this young cat wet behind 

921
00:51:36,440 --> 00:51:38,360
the ears, He's going to pass 
through this church. 

922
00:51:39,640 --> 00:51:41,640
Then they began to look at his 
life and they began to say, you 

923
00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:47,440
know what, man? 
He talks mature and he lives 

924
00:51:47,440 --> 00:51:53,680
mature and he acts mature and he
displays godliness in his life. 

925
00:51:55,240 --> 00:51:58,160
He takes his calling, his 
giftedness seriously. 

926
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:02,480
Oh, and we're watching him and 
he's growing constantly. 

927
00:52:02,480 --> 00:52:06,000
He's progressing. 
I'm so thankful for a church 

928
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:10,560
who's patient with me, who 
allows me to grow, allows me to 

929
00:52:10,560 --> 00:52:16,160
spend time making sure that I'm 
growing so that I can then 

930
00:52:16,160 --> 00:52:19,360
teach, so that I can be 
effective in leading others. 

931
00:52:21,320 --> 00:52:23,720
It comes through diligently 
studying and applying the 

932
00:52:23,720 --> 00:52:28,600
Scriptures personally so that 
the servant of God may be 

933
00:52:28,600 --> 00:52:30,360
thoroughly equipped for every 
good work. 

934
00:52:30,360 --> 00:52:33,040
Is that not what Paul teaches in
Second Timothy chapter 3? 

935
00:52:33,040 --> 00:52:40,440
Of course it is. 
It's like Joshua, it was 

936
00:52:40,440 --> 00:52:45,000
commanded even though he was 
already a strong leader, he was 

937
00:52:45,000 --> 00:52:47,480
commanded. 
Joshua chapter 1. 

938
00:52:47,480 --> 00:52:50,000
You ought to be familiar with 
this if you're in enrich at this

939
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:52,360
point in time or morning Bible 
studies. 

940
00:52:52,360 --> 00:52:55,360
It says in verse 6, be strong 
and courageous because you will 

941
00:52:55,360 --> 00:52:57,960
lead these people to inherit the
land I swore to their ancestors 

942
00:52:57,960 --> 00:53:00,200
to give them. 
Be strong and very courageous. 

943
00:53:00,200 --> 00:53:03,080
Be careful to obey all the law 
my servant Moses gave you. 

944
00:53:03,240 --> 00:53:06,480
Do not turn from it to the right
or to the left, that you may be 

945
00:53:06,600 --> 00:53:09,720
successful wherever you go. 
Keep this book of the law always

946
00:53:09,720 --> 00:53:12,480
on your lips, meditated on it on
it day and night, so that you 

947
00:53:12,480 --> 00:53:16,240
may be careful to do everything 
written in it, and then you will

948
00:53:16,240 --> 00:53:20,880
be prosperous and successful. 
What was the key to Joshua being

949
00:53:20,880 --> 00:53:25,840
a strong leader? 
That Joshua would take inventory

950
00:53:25,840 --> 00:53:28,800
of his own spiritual well-being 
and that he would apply and 

951
00:53:28,800 --> 00:53:31,360
learn the Word of God and that 
he would be true to it. 

952
00:53:33,040 --> 00:53:38,080
Paul telling Timothy here to be 
diligent in these matters, to 

953
00:53:38,080 --> 00:53:40,440
give yourself wholly to them so 
that everyone will see your 

954
00:53:40,440 --> 00:53:41,840
progress. 
And then he says, watch your 

955
00:53:41,840 --> 00:53:46,640
life and your doctrine closely. 
Examine your own life and your 

956
00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:49,440
own doctrine continually. 
You know what? 

957
00:53:49,440 --> 00:53:51,360
There are things that I believe 
doctrinally. 

958
00:53:51,880 --> 00:53:54,960
You know what I do? 
I revisit them constantly in 

959
00:53:54,960 --> 00:53:57,040
light of the Scriptures. 
Why? 

960
00:53:57,040 --> 00:53:59,840
Because there were things that I
once believed doctrinally that I

961
00:53:59,840 --> 00:54:03,000
was dead wrong in. 
I don't want to fall into that 

962
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:04,480
trap. 
I want to progress. 

963
00:54:04,480 --> 00:54:08,320
I want to learn more. 
I want to know more about God 

964
00:54:08,320 --> 00:54:12,720
and to know Him more. 
It comes through diligent study 

965
00:54:12,720 --> 00:54:17,880
of the Scripture, Being 
concerned with that so that I 

966
00:54:17,880 --> 00:54:20,360
can persevere in sound doctrine.
Why is that important? 

967
00:54:20,360 --> 00:54:23,600
Because everything is attacking 
sound doctrine, isn't it? 

968
00:54:23,600 --> 00:54:26,280
You can say anything in this 
world that you want to say, but 

969
00:54:26,280 --> 00:54:28,680
when you preach the truth of the
Scripture, outcome all the 

970
00:54:28,680 --> 00:54:29,600
critics. 
Don't they? 

971
00:54:31,160 --> 00:54:34,280
And so we have to persevere in 
sound doctrine. 

972
00:54:34,280 --> 00:54:39,080
We have to be concerned with 
this, what it means to truly 

973
00:54:39,080 --> 00:54:43,680
persevere and hold firmly, as he
tells Titus, Titus, 19, he he 

974
00:54:43,680 --> 00:54:46,800
says hold firmly to the 
trustworthy message as it's been

975
00:54:46,800 --> 00:54:49,720
taught, so that you can 
encourage others by sound 

976
00:54:49,720 --> 00:54:51,880
doctrine and refute those who 
oppose it. 

977
00:54:53,640 --> 00:54:57,200
It's important we considered 
we're concerned with our own 

978
00:54:57,200 --> 00:55:00,280
spiritual well-being and our own
doctrine that we persevere in 

979
00:55:00,280 --> 00:55:01,680
them. 
When you know something is true 

980
00:55:01,680 --> 00:55:04,480
in the Scripture, don't back 
down from that. 

981
00:55:06,280 --> 00:55:09,840
Stay there, firmly rest there, 
trust in that. 

982
00:55:12,520 --> 00:55:14,720
Be concerned about your own 
spiritual well-being. 

983
00:55:14,720 --> 00:55:17,320
There's nothing selfish about 
that at all, especially if 

984
00:55:17,320 --> 00:55:19,440
you're a leader. 
And as I said, all of you are a 

985
00:55:19,440 --> 00:55:23,560
leader to some degree. 
You're a discipling a little 

986
00:55:23,560 --> 00:55:25,600
child. 
That little child deserves. 

987
00:55:27,560 --> 00:55:31,880
He deserves or she deserves your
spiritual well-being. 

988
00:55:31,880 --> 00:55:34,720
Make sure that it's happening so
that others will see your 

989
00:55:34,720 --> 00:55:37,480
progress, watching your life and
your doctrine closely, 

990
00:55:38,160 --> 00:55:41,080
persevering in them, holding 
true to them, contending for 

991
00:55:41,560 --> 00:55:45,080
true faith. 
It's important. 

992
00:55:45,080 --> 00:55:47,400
Why? 
Because stunted pastors produce 

993
00:55:47,400 --> 00:55:53,840
stunted parishioners, stunted 
parents produce stunted 

994
00:55:54,520 --> 00:55:58,040
children. 
Lack of concern for your own 

995
00:55:58,040 --> 00:56:03,520
spiritual well-being will soon 
lead to a decline of a 

996
00:56:03,520 --> 00:56:07,760
generation. 
You don't believe it, look 

997
00:56:07,760 --> 00:56:15,080
around, we're living it. 
Be concerned because biblical 

998
00:56:15,080 --> 00:56:16,720
leadership will be concerned 
with their own spiritual 

999
00:56:16,720 --> 00:56:21,240
well-being, but also as he 
notates here properly, they'll 

1000
00:56:21,240 --> 00:56:23,840
be concerned with others 
spiritual well-being and growth,

1001
00:56:25,480 --> 00:56:26,720
he said. 
Why is it in that order? 

1002
00:56:27,680 --> 00:56:31,360
Well, because if we're leading, 
we must be strong so that we can

1003
00:56:31,360 --> 00:56:34,200
lead the weak. 
And if we're going to be strong,

1004
00:56:34,200 --> 00:56:36,280
we have to be concerned with our
own spiritual well-being, and 

1005
00:56:36,280 --> 00:56:39,040
then immediately following that,
we have to be concerned with the

1006
00:56:39,040 --> 00:56:42,560
spiritual well-being of others. 
Because if I am not well 

1007
00:56:42,560 --> 00:56:44,720
spiritually, you know what? 
There is the potential that the 

1008
00:56:44,720 --> 00:56:47,480
entire congregation suffers 
because of the fact that I am 

1009
00:56:47,480 --> 00:56:52,280
not spiritually well. 
When a leader decides that, yes,

1010
00:56:52,280 --> 00:56:55,920
I want to be concerned with 
being spiritually well, and he 

1011
00:56:55,920 --> 00:56:58,640
dedicates the time and the 
effort into that, he can then 

1012
00:56:58,640 --> 00:57:01,240
and only then effectively lead 
the congregation. 

1013
00:57:01,640 --> 00:57:03,720
Whether that congregation be 
this church, whether that 

1014
00:57:03,720 --> 00:57:06,400
congregation be your family, 
whether that congregation be 

1015
00:57:06,400 --> 00:57:10,480
your home. 
We have to be concerned with the

1016
00:57:10,480 --> 00:57:15,440
spiritual well-being of others, 
desiring what's best for them, 

1017
00:57:16,320 --> 00:57:20,280
for those you're leading, not 
letting them decide what's best 

1018
00:57:20,320 --> 00:57:22,840
for them. 
Did you hear me, parents? 

1019
00:57:24,080 --> 00:57:27,800
Isn't it interesting today we 
give children so many options? 

1020
00:57:28,160 --> 00:57:34,120
What do you want for breakfast? 
That's not how it worked when I 

1021
00:57:34,120 --> 00:57:37,920
was a kid. 
Here is breakfast, right? 

1022
00:57:39,680 --> 00:57:42,760
I've seen parents go to three or
four Dr. Thrus to pick up stuff 

1023
00:57:42,760 --> 00:57:45,120
for their kids who couldn't get 
on the same page. 

1024
00:57:46,680 --> 00:57:53,440
No, you lead them biblically. 
You lead them biblically in 

1025
00:57:53,440 --> 00:57:57,200
every area of their lives, 
teaching them the truths of the 

1026
00:57:57,200 --> 00:58:01,480
Scripture, teaching them what it
means to be well disciplined and

1027
00:58:01,480 --> 00:58:05,200
to be growing in Christ, 
desiring the best for them. 

1028
00:58:05,200 --> 00:58:10,800
What does that look like? 
Well parents, I have a sneaky 

1029
00:58:10,800 --> 00:58:13,040
suspicion that you know what's 
best for your children long 

1030
00:58:13,040 --> 00:58:17,000
before they ever do. 
Did you know this? 

1031
00:58:17,000 --> 00:58:21,440
As the pastor of this church, I 
most of the time know what's 

1032
00:58:21,440 --> 00:58:23,560
best for your spiritual 
well-being as well. 

1033
00:58:24,680 --> 00:58:26,600
You know, I know this. 
I open the word of God and God 

1034
00:58:26,600 --> 00:58:28,880
leads me to teach something, you
know, you know what I can 

1035
00:58:28,880 --> 00:58:30,440
confidently do. 
I can stand here today and say 

1036
00:58:30,440 --> 00:58:33,560
this, this might not be for 
everyone here, but it's for 

1037
00:58:33,560 --> 00:58:36,480
somebody because this is where 
God has me in this process. 

1038
00:58:38,040 --> 00:58:39,920
And I'm concerned about your 
spiritual well-being, your 

1039
00:58:39,920 --> 00:58:42,800
spiritual well-being as a 
leader, your spiritual 

1040
00:58:42,800 --> 00:58:44,560
well-being as an elder or a 
pastor, your spiritual 

1041
00:58:44,560 --> 00:58:46,680
well-being as a mother, as a 
father. 

1042
00:58:46,760 --> 00:58:48,720
I'm concerned about that. 
Why? 

1043
00:58:48,960 --> 00:58:51,920
Because biblical leadership will
be concerned with the well-being

1044
00:58:51,920 --> 00:58:57,600
spiritually of others, concern 
for their souls over everything 

1045
00:58:57,600 --> 00:58:59,920
else. 
You see this in the heart of 

1046
00:58:59,920 --> 00:59:03,960
Paul there in Acts chapter 20 
when he's leaving Jerusalem and,

1047
00:59:03,960 --> 00:59:10,800
and verse 28 there he says keep 
watch over yourself. 

1048
00:59:10,800 --> 00:59:13,440
Excuse me, Ephesus, he says keep
watch over yourselves and and 

1049
00:59:13,440 --> 00:59:17,600
all the flock of which the Holy 
Spirit has made you overseers be

1050
00:59:17,600 --> 00:59:21,280
shepherds of the Church of God, 
which he bought with his own 

1051
00:59:21,680 --> 00:59:23,560
blood. 
He's telling the leaders there 

1052
00:59:23,560 --> 00:59:26,360
to keep watch over themselves. 
Yes, their own spiritual 

1053
00:59:26,360 --> 00:59:30,360
well-being and the flock of 
which the Holy Spirit has made 

1054
00:59:30,360 --> 00:59:32,720
them overseers. 
You see exactly what he's 

1055
00:59:32,720 --> 00:59:34,800
telling Timothy here, exactly 
what I'm telling you. 

1056
00:59:35,040 --> 00:59:37,800
Be concerned, be concerned with 
your own spiritual well-being 

1057
00:59:37,800 --> 00:59:40,280
and then be concerned with the 
spiritual well-being of others, 

1058
00:59:41,600 --> 00:59:44,440
concentrating on walking 
according to God's Word in such 

1059
00:59:44,440 --> 00:59:50,360
a way that you lead others to do
the exact same that you portray 

1060
00:59:50,360 --> 00:59:54,600
for them that which God desires 
of all of us. 

1061
00:59:55,080 --> 00:59:57,760
Philippians 317 Paul says. 
Join together in following my 

1062
00:59:57,760 --> 01:00:00,600
example, brothers and sisters, 
and just as you have us as a 

1063
01:00:00,600 --> 01:00:03,840
model, keep your eyes on those 
who live as we do. 

1064
01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:10,440
Have the spiritual well-being of
others in mind, living your life

1065
01:00:10,440 --> 01:00:14,920
knowing that they are watching 
you, that they are looking to 

1066
01:00:14,920 --> 01:00:17,080
you as you lead them. 
Parents, you don't think your 

1067
01:00:17,080 --> 01:00:20,440
children are watching you, huh? 
You don't think that they're 

1068
01:00:20,440 --> 01:00:22,200
mimicking every word that comes 
out of your mouth. 

1069
01:00:22,200 --> 01:00:24,760
And they want to be like you and
they want to do what you do. 

1070
01:00:26,040 --> 01:00:30,520
Give them something godly to see
care about their spiritual 

1071
01:00:30,520 --> 01:00:33,920
well-being. 
Be a biblical leader. 

1072
01:00:34,960 --> 01:00:36,800
And he says this. 
He says if you persevere in 

1073
01:00:36,800 --> 01:00:41,040
them, he said you'll save both 
yourself and your hearers. 

1074
01:00:41,040 --> 01:00:43,640
Now what he's not saying is that
we save people. 

1075
01:00:43,640 --> 01:00:48,360
Don't read too much into that. 
He is saying, though, that we 

1076
01:00:48,360 --> 01:00:54,880
are instruments, that God. 
Uses to point others to he who 

1077
01:00:54,880 --> 01:00:59,400
does save. 
And so an effective biblical 

1078
01:00:59,400 --> 01:01:01,920
leader will be concerned with 
the spiritual well-being of 

1079
01:01:01,920 --> 01:01:05,920
others, always pointing them to 
Christ, pointing them to Christ 

1080
01:01:05,920 --> 01:01:09,000
for salvation, pointing them to 
Christ in every area of their 

1081
01:01:09,000 --> 01:01:14,440
lives, pointing them to Christ 
and everything they say and 

1082
01:01:14,440 --> 01:01:20,720
everything that they do. 
Biblical leadership will be 

1083
01:01:20,720 --> 01:01:24,800
concerned. 
I find it disturbing at the lack

1084
01:01:24,800 --> 01:01:29,360
of concern that I see and a lot 
of the leaders who are leading 

1085
01:01:29,360 --> 01:01:31,960
their homes these days, because 
you are leading your home. 

1086
01:01:31,960 --> 01:01:34,080
You're leading your home one way
or the other. 

1087
01:01:36,080 --> 01:01:41,560
I'm disturbed by the lack that I
see in the leadership in the 

1088
01:01:41,560 --> 01:01:47,200
home of a desire for your 
children and their spiritual 

1089
01:01:47,200 --> 01:01:50,000
well-being. 
I'll make it real for you. 

1090
01:01:51,760 --> 01:01:54,040
If you will spend endless 
amounts of time and endless 

1091
01:01:54,040 --> 01:02:00,760
amounts of money to make your 
child a better athlete or a 

1092
01:02:00,760 --> 01:02:08,840
better musician or a better you 
fill in the blank than you do in

1093
01:02:08,840 --> 01:02:12,040
investing into their spiritual 
well-being, you are not an 

1094
01:02:12,040 --> 01:02:19,320
effective biblical leader. 
I know people get angry with me 

1095
01:02:19,320 --> 01:02:25,200
for statements like that, but I 
pray that you would understand 

1096
01:02:25,200 --> 01:02:28,920
that your anger does not fall 
upon me because I did not make 

1097
01:02:28,920 --> 01:02:35,360
this up. 
This is the Word of God and why 

1098
01:02:35,360 --> 01:02:40,960
isn't that so-called? 
Christian parents give no regard

1099
01:02:40,960 --> 01:02:43,880
to the well-being of their own 
children. 

1100
01:02:45,360 --> 01:02:48,360
Why? 
Because we're not concerned. 

1101
01:02:49,440 --> 01:02:52,240
We're not concerned. 
Some of you are concerned with 

1102
01:02:52,240 --> 01:02:54,600
whether other kids will like 
your kids or not, whether your 

1103
01:02:54,600 --> 01:02:57,080
kids have the cool clothes, 
whether they go to the cool 

1104
01:02:57,080 --> 01:02:59,160
things or they're invited to the
cool parties. 

1105
01:03:02,240 --> 01:03:06,480
When are we going to get 
concerned that we're leading the

1106
01:03:06,480 --> 01:03:09,280
next generation and we need to 
lead them to godliness? 

1107
01:03:11,520 --> 01:03:15,960
When will pastors become 
concerned that they're leading 

1108
01:03:15,960 --> 01:03:17,720
a. 
Church toward godliness. 

1109
01:03:19,520 --> 01:03:23,000
A church toward being more like 
Christ instead of trying to be 

1110
01:03:23,000 --> 01:03:25,000
the hip cool. 
And relevant church and 

1111
01:03:26,640 --> 01:03:31,880
everybody wants to go to. 
May we be concerned, yes, with 

1112
01:03:31,880 --> 01:03:34,200
the spiritual well-being of 
ourselves as we grow, but may we

1113
01:03:34,200 --> 01:03:36,440
be concerned with the spiritual 
well-being and the growth of 

1114
01:03:36,440 --> 01:03:40,760
others? 
Point #4 just kidding. 

1115
01:03:48,800 --> 01:03:50,720
May we all be biblical leaders 
in all that we do. 

1116
01:03:52,440 --> 01:03:56,440
It's that simple. 
You are all a leader to some 

1117
01:03:56,440 --> 01:03:58,480
degree. 
You may not lead in the capacity

1118
01:03:58,480 --> 01:04:04,480
that I lead or that the staff 
here at this church leads, but 

1119
01:04:04,480 --> 01:04:08,040
you're leading in some capacity.
Are you leading biblically? 

1120
01:04:09,280 --> 01:04:11,880
Are you leading biblically in 
your home, in this church, in 

1121
01:04:11,880 --> 01:04:15,200
the workplace? 
Dad, are you, mom, are you 

1122
01:04:16,160 --> 01:04:21,000
pastor, elder, teacher? 
Are you, are you being biblical 

1123
01:04:21,000 --> 01:04:25,320
leaders devoted to Christ and 
discipling others? 

1124
01:04:27,080 --> 01:04:30,960
Are you, are you being a 
biblical leader to the 

1125
01:04:30,960 --> 01:04:34,280
unbeliever? 
You can't lead biblically. 

1126
01:04:35,680 --> 01:04:38,440
You're lost and you're wandering
in the darkness of your sin. 

1127
01:04:38,440 --> 01:04:44,160
You're wandering, wandering 
around aimlessly the depravity 

1128
01:04:44,160 --> 01:04:49,040
of your own soul. 
Oh, but there is one who brought

1129
01:04:49,040 --> 01:04:50,560
light in. 
His name's Jesus. 

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My prayer for you today that He 
would draw you out of the 

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darkness of your sin, that He 
would draw you into His 

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marvellous and everlasting 
light. 

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That in Him, the King of Kings 
and Lord of Lords, you would 

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find and rest for your soul. 
You would find direction for 

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your darkness. 
That you would find the 

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forgiveness in the eternal life 
that He promises in Himself. 

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I pray today that before you 
face the wrath of God for all 

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eternity in hell, you would hear
the voice of God today in your 

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heart. 
Oh, it won't be an audible 

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voice, it will be a drawing of 
you out of the place that you 

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are sin, into the place that He 
desires for you to be, into a 

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righteous place, a place in 
right standing with God. 

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I pray today that Christ would 
have mercy on you. 

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He would draw you unto Himself 
for forgiveness and eternal 

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life, and that you would 
obediently respond and 

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surrender, turning from your 
life of sin, your life of hate, 

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your life of misery, and turning
to Christ for life, life 

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eternal. 
Repent. 

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Trust in Jesus today as the only
hope that you have, the only 

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hope that you have in not facing
the wrath of God, the only hope 

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that you have of forgiveness of 
sin, the only hope that you have

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for eternal life, the only hope 
that any man will ever have. 

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Call in the name of Jesus today 
and he will faithfully save you.

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Let's pray together. 
Father, in the name of Jesus, we

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thank you for your word. 
We thank you that it is true. 

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God, I pray that you would shake
us to the core this morning. 

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We take our roles as leaders 
seriously. 

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And to know that generations are
depending upon us to be biblical

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leaders. 
God, that we would put 

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childless, childish things 
behind us. 

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We would put immaturity behind 
us, desire to be accepted by the

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world behind us, that we strive 
to be biblical in our lives, 

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that you would from this 
congregation, raise up mighty 

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and biblical leaders for your 
glory and for your name's sake. 

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We pray these things in Christ's
name. 

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Amen. 
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