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Good morning everybody. 
You guys doing good today. 

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It's good to see y'all love 
having the kids in here. 

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We get a lot more response. 
Now, when we ask those 

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questions, my name is Jasper. 
I'm the executive Pastor here at

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New Life Community Church and 
it's a great honor to be with 

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you today to get to preach from 
God's word as Steve just 

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mentioned Kyle, our lead pastor 
and his family are on the road 

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right now, so you guys just keep
them in your prayers that they 

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could get home safely, man. 
It's been good to work. 

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With you so far. 
It's good to hear you singing. 

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I love it. 
I love Sunday mornings. 

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I love getting to stand out here
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It's amazing. 
And so, a good day, a very 

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welcome, very big, welcome to 
any guests that are visiting 

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with us. 
You've already heard a little 

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bit about connect cards and all 
of that. 

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But I just want to say again 
thanks for being here, we're 

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glad that you're worshiping with
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So, all right, so we have been 
going through the book of Titus,

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okay, the book of Titus. 
So if you have your Bibles, go 

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ahead and turn there. 
Now we're going to be in Titus 

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Chapter 2 this morning. 
So I'm going to give you just a 

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brief recap of what we've 
learned from Titus so far where 

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we've been and then we'll get 
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okay? 
So the book of Titus is a letter

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that was written by the Apostle 
Paul to his Protege Titus. 

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All right Paul had planted 
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He had spread the gospel to the 
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Island of Crete had many cities 
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very Pagan culture, okay. 
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riddled with idolatry and all 
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I heard someone as we've been 
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and preaching through it. 
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modern-day Las Vegas, okay? 
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its sin so they had planted 
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Paul writes, this letter to 
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look I left you there to put 
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So, this was another way of 
saying that hey I left you there

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now that we've started these 
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needs to kind of raise them up 
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What Christianity should look 
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look like. 
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there and that was the purpose 
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It's full of instruction for the
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Okay, so remember these were 
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had no idea how to do any of 
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They didn't know how to live 
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They didn't know what church 
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They didn't know how often do we
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Where Do We Gather when we do 
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What do we do? 
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imagine if you'd never done this
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church and had no idea how to do
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So that's what they're trying to
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So Not only was Titus challenged
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of helping. 
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do life and how to do church, 
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I'm very, very Pagan culture. 
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culture, all outside the church 
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their lives, but there were 
false teachers who had become 

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who had kind of infiltrated. 
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Christians, who were teaching, 
False teaching. 

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So they were teaching things 
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okay? 
And they were doing so were told

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for shameful gain. 
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something out of the deal. 
I don't know if it was money or 

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what, but they're teaching 
things that go against God's 

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word and they're taking 
advantage of people, they're 

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deceiving people, it even says 
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whole family's astray in the 
church with these false 

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teachings. 
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Believers in Crete, these 
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It's okay. 
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circumcision party. 
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Jewish customs and myths with a 
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that they were forcing these 
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So there were saying, if you 
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you have to believe in Christ 
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There's this whole list of good 
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or you're not saved. 
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people. 
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They had a lot, his work cut out
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He had a lot of things going on,
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And so, that is why then, and 
even now it was so crucial and 

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important that the church have 
good Godly leaders, good Godly 

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Elders, pastors to lead the 
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right living, keeping them 
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Not. 
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it, this was a big, big deal for
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they needed a holdfast to sound 
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last couple of weeks, looking at
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sound Doctrine who was to teach 
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Who was qualified to teach God's
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What was the teaching? 
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they were supposed to be 
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We've looked at some of that 
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letter, he's going to bridge the
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teaching in Theology and what 
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Believer. 
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more practical. 
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these things and apply them to 
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Okay. 
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would. 
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people groups you see our faith.
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Right? 
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We can't just talk the talk. 
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and we believe something and 
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life in contradiction to that. 
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believe something and say that 
other people need to believe 

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these things that we need to be 
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Our faith has to be lived out. 
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Is what dead, right? 
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It's a fake faith. 
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to get across the tightest. 
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across to these Believers in 
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some of the things we're going 
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Paul, addresses, different 
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So we're going to go through 
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The different people groups that
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He talks to older, men older 
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men and bond servants. 
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different people groups that he 
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what this should look like in 
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This category. 
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should look like in the church. 
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act like in the church. 
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biblical manhood. 
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today. 
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men in the church and to the men
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Now, to do this, we're going to 
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different set of verses. 
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then he talks to the older 
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then the younger guys. 
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part on the women today but 
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that out. 
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week, okay. 
Kyle's going to teach on 

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biblical Womanhood and next 
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So I don't want you guys to 
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scriptures because we don't want
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Okay? 
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biblical manhood, which is 
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biblical manhood meeting is 
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So you guys will be pumped up 
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Okay, so, as Paul is 
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theological doctrinal, look at 
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Look, it's no surprise that 
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The first people group, the very
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finger to and says, listen up is
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God's natural design for 
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From the beginning has been that
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the wife just as Christ is the 
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church is Ephesians. 5:23 tells 
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And as a result of that, this 
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complementarian view. 
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male and female gender each has 
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That complements the other men 
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their home. 
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wives. 
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called to be leaders in the 
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So the men would have been the 
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of life in the home and the 
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culturally back. 
Then it was much different than 

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it is. 
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females and Business leadership 
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Now, there were some but not 
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careful of as we can't say. 
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then, and this is the culture 
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So none of this applies to us. 
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What we see in these verses is 
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the church has to be applied in 
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So this still applies to us 
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Paul wanted Titus to make sure 
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all ages were fulfilling their 
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striving to live lives of 
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they LED their families and 
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this would have huge 
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homes, but in the church and in 
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the saying before that as goes 
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goes the home, so goes the 
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that living itself out in our 
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So my point in that is it, you 
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healthy church. 
If the men don't fill their 

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god-given role, there is a 
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If the men take these 
responsibilities that God has 

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given them and instead of doing 
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just punt. 
That's going to have major 

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implications for the women in 
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the church for everybody. 
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today's sermon. 
Here's my sermon in a sentence. 

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If you don't remember another 
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thing I want you to know is it 
biblical manhood is absolutely 

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crucial for a healthy Church. 
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write that down biblical Matt 
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biblical, manhood, not just 
manhood, we're not talking about

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Big Macho here. 
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manhood what God calls men to 
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That is absolutely crucial for a
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Let's pray and then we'll read 
our text. 

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Heavenly father I pray now as we
open your word that you speak to

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us through it, I pray that you 
illumine our minds and our eyes 

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to be able to see and hear what 
you want us to hear. 

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God, please speak through me. 
Please speak clearly help us do 

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read these words and understand 
these truths to not back away. 

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If it's hard teaching God, I 
pray that you would convict our 

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hearts and our minds this 
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We're thankful for who you are, 
and we're thankful for your 

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word. 
We're thankful for this calling 

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that you've given us on our 
lives and pray God, that you 

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equip us. 
Help us to live in a way that 

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honors. 
You, we pray and ask these 

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things in the name of your son, 
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Amen. 
So let's read Titus. 

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Chapter 2 starting at verse 1. 
But as for you, speak the things

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which are fitting for sound. 
Doctrine older, men are to be 

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temperate dignified, sensible 
sound in faith in love and in 

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perseverance. 
Okay, so we see right out of the

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gate older men. 
It's the first ones, he 

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addresses. 
And what did he tell them? 

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They were to be temperate, 
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faith. 
Love, and perseverance. 

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Now, jump down 6. 
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be sensible and all things show 
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Good Deeds with Purity and 
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speech, which is beyond 
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So that the opponent will be put
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say about us. 
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right out of the gate. 
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as for you, meaning, Titus teach
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Doctrine. 
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straight into all these people 
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women, younger women, the 
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this, but he says, first, as for
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sound Doctrine. 
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verse is the first verse of 
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last verse of chapter When Paul 
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letter on a scroll. 
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might be wrong on this, but from
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way the Greek was written and it
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No spaces, no paragraphs, just 
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came later. 
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translators that translate it 
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understand it better. 
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break those things down 
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within the text. 
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there's a paragraph and As he 
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paragraph, Just the way the 
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So this sentence is included in 
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Here's the things they're doing.
Here's what they look like, 

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they're awful. 
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that by saying they're bad, bad 
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But as for you, teach good 
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church, right? 
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Has left this. 
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chapter 2. 
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what Accords with sound 
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Okay. 
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But as for you, that tells us 
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in response to what he just got 
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So he said all this stuff and 
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what he's about to say is sound 
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This teach what Accords with 
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right into what sound Doctrine 
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that. 
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What is this Doctrine? 
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what Doctrine is he talking 
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What he's talking about, 
sanctification. 

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All right, if you're taking 
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Sanctification sanctification is
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growing in your faith through 
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until we stop breathing. 
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becoming more and more like 
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moment. 
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process, this doctrine of 
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up into mature, manhood and 
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That's what he's talking about 
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encouraging in these people. 
So let's look at what he says to

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the men as far as sanctification
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Verse two older men. 
In be temperate, dignified, 

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sensible, be sound in your faith
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perseverance. 
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qualities. 
That should be present in the 

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life of older men in the church 
and then he gives three more 

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spiritual qualities, okay? 
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character, qualities. 
Older men are to be temperate 

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some translations say. 
Sober-minded, what does this 

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mean this? 
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sober. 
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That's a part of it. 
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a is not a man given to 
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He is a man who has lived enough
years to know the foolishness of

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seeking fulfillment, in the 
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Okay. 
He's not given to sensuality. 

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He's doesn't allow his senses to
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He gives no occasion for the 
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So in other words, he doesn't 
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He doesn't drink too much. 
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can make a bunch of money and go
buy a bunch of toys and play too

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much. 
He doesn't stare at other men's 

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wives if he were around today, 
he wouldn't be a guy that looked

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at pornography. 
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learned to control those things.
He doesn't live his life, for 

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what? 
Feels good and tastes good. 

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And sounds good, and looks good.
He's Ruled by these things. 

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He's disciplined his learned. 
That the eye is a lamp to the 

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body and he's also learned to 
take every thought captive and 

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trained his mind to control his 
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mind, and not the other way 
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John MacArthur said it this way,
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priorities in order and he is 
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things in life and I think 
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It seems like as I as I see 
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to where they don't get rattled 
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much to be happy. 
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chair and maybe a cup of coffee.
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what we see in older men. 
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Okay, what does this mean? 
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weightiness to him. 
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overweight, okay? 
I know that seems to be the 

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general consensus, especially in
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This is a man that has a 
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He's not serious all the time. 
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but he's a man that commands 
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He's the kind of man that 
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feet and listen and learn and 
hear the stories. 

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He's a noble, he's honorable, 
he's learned lessons through 

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life and he's grown from every 
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character that this guy has, His
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ears, meaning that they want to 
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He can say what he needs to say.
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have to go on Long rants with a 
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Yes, means, yes, and is no means
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Older men are also to be 
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Now, this one does mean to you. 
No self-control. 

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Does mean to control urges. 
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also means to exercise good 
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This is a man who makes wise 
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He's able to see the bigger 
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Instead of allowing his 
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feelings and his emotions. 
He's slow to anger, he thinks 

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before he speaks He's humble. 
He doesn't let his emotions, get

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the best of him. 
He doesn't fly off the handle. 

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He doesn't take his frustration 
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he's measured. 
He thinks about what he's going 

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to say and how that affects 
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So these are just a few of the 
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an older man. 
These are character qualities 

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that older men should have. 
I think many of you as we were 

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talking through this maybe think
of men that have these character

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qualities are Maybe you think of
an older man that doesn't, and 

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there is nothing sadder than 
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That hasn't learned these things
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Older men in life, that haven't 
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tongue, or their feelings and 
emotions, but these are 

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character qualities notes. 
Look at some of the spiritual 

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qualities of an older man. 
He should be sound in faith, 

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love, and perseverance. 
So to be sound in something 

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means to be solid. 
All right, you're solid. 

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Sound and Faith. 
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Well not only does he firmly 
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fast to his faith. 
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He studies and knows the word of
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He desires to keep growing in 
his faith. 

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He's also sound in love, meaning
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to God, to his family. 
And to his church, those things 

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are without question. 
And he's also a man who sound 

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and perseverance, meaning that 
he's not fickle, it's not blown 

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to, and fro by any wind of 
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He's stable, he's steadfast not 
easily rattled. 

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He's not give in to despair. 
He doesn't get shaken. 

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When life gets tough, he's 
firmly rooted and the promises 

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of God. 
He's steadfast, he's learned how

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to persevere, he's learned how 
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So all of these qualities would 
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crucial and a culture known for 
gluttony greed and fornication. 

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The culture in Crete was 
abundantly anti-christian and so

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it was of the utmost importance 
that the men stand out from the 

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culture. 
ER, instead of blending in with 

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it. 
The older men were to set the 

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example for the younger guys to 
lead them and show them what 

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this looked like, as well as the
rest of the church. 

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There were supposed to show them
how to live a life fully devoted

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to God and to God's people. 
A fantastic biblical example of 

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this. 
And if you've never read his 

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story, I urge you to do that, 
write it down under the margin 

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of your notes. 
Caleb, the biblical character 

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Caleb and Joshua 14. 
He was one of the ones that went

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into the promised land, a spy it
out. 

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Okay. 
And it was he and only one other

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that came back and believed that
they could go take the promised 

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land. 
Everybody else came back and 

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give a false report and others 
Giants. 

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We can't do it. 
We need to run. 

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Caleb and one other guy were 
like let's go. 

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God said, we could do it here. 
This we'd win. 

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What are we waiting on? 
He was 40 years old when that 

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happened. 
In Joshua 14, you fast-forward 

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45 years to do 85? 
Okay, they finally taken the 

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promised land. 
Its there's they're dividing it 

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up, amongst the tribes of 
Israel. 

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And Kayla was a guy that would 
have would have had a lot of 

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accolades. 
As far as War goes, he was a 

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warrior, he had, he had earned 
his stripes, so to speak. 

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And so when they're dividing up,
the promised land, Caleb 

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probably could have said. 
You know what, I've done a lot 

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for the Lord. 
I've done a lot for Israel. 

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I think I'll I'll invoke my 
right. 

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To take the land I want. 
And he could have easily said, 

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hey, give me the best. 
All the best land we have at our

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at, our hands here. 
Like I want the valley, that's 

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got the river where the ground 
is fertile, and it's good for 

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farming and has fruit trees. 
And that's what I want. 

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He could have done that. 
What does he do? 

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Caleb at the age of 85. 
But finally, dividing up the 

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land, he says, you know, I think
I'll take the Hill Country. 

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So, the Hill Country at, we read
that, and it's easy to skim 

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over, but the Hill Country would
have been the mountains anybody 

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ever been to the mountains. 
What's in the mountains? 

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What's at the top of a mountain 
rocks, right? 

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Like trees that are like 100 
years older. 

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This Tall cause there's no 
fertile. 

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Ground. 
Its Rocky. 

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It's hard. 
It's windy. 

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It gets really cold. 
The winter. 

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I mean, it's not good ground to 
cultivate and to live on. 

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It's beautiful, but it's not the
best and not only that, the Hill

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Country was infested with 
enemies still at the time. 

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And Caleb says, hey, give me 
that country and here's what he 

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says. 
I'm just as strong as I was then

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for war, give me this land, 
perhaps the Lord will be with me

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and I will drive them out as the
Lord has spoken. 

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See, this was a guy who believed
45 years prior to that that God 

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would deliver on his promise 
that he was going to give them 

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the Victory and they didn't get 
to. 

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They didn't get to even try. 
They were too scared. 

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The people of Israel were too 
scared. 45 years later, dudes. 

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85 years old. 
He didn't forget. 

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He didn't forget what God said. 
He's like, you know what, it 

452
00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:39,300
might just be that God will 
still come through on that 

453
00:24:39,300 --> 00:24:41,100
promise, because he told me that
we could take it. 

454
00:24:41,100 --> 00:24:45,100
I still think you that we can. 
So he wants to go. 

455
00:24:45,100 --> 00:24:50,300
He wants to go fight the enemy 
at 85 years old he never 

456
00:24:50,300 --> 00:24:52,900
doubted. 
God's word not one bit back then

457
00:24:53,100 --> 00:24:57,900
or now at 85 I also get this 
mental image to of a guy that's 

458
00:24:57,900 --> 00:25:00,900
kind of he says, perhaps the 
Lord will, you know, I don't 

459
00:25:00,900 --> 00:25:02,700
know what the original word was 
in the Greek. 

460
00:25:02,700 --> 00:25:05,800
I didn't look that up but I get,
I get the feeling that that was 

461
00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,300
like a, hey, maybe God will do 
what he said. 

462
00:25:08,300 --> 00:25:11,300
He would maybe he will. 
But if he doesn't, I'd rather go

463
00:25:11,300 --> 00:25:14,000
out on my shield and grow fat 
and lazy grapes down in the 

464
00:25:14,008 --> 00:25:17,000
valley. 
Let's go try. 

465
00:25:17,300 --> 00:25:19,500
Let's go take them all. 
Like I'm 85 dudes. 

466
00:25:19,500 --> 00:25:22,100
Probably been over with scars 
and a cane he's like let's go. 

467
00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:24,100
I'm ready. 
Well we go waiting on. 

468
00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:27,200
Like dude is not afraid. 
He's a warrior who believes in 

469
00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:31,800
God. 
The church always had has and 

470
00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:38,200
still does need men like this? 
We need men with some grit and 

471
00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:42,100
then with some backbone, men who
stand up for something, even 

472
00:25:42,100 --> 00:25:45,000
when they're outnumbered, even 
when it's not popular, or when 

473
00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:48,800
it goes against the culture, we 
need men who will fight for God.

474
00:25:49,300 --> 00:25:51,200
This doesn't mean again. 
I'm not talking about being 

475
00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,500
Macho here. 
I'm not saying you have to wear 

476
00:25:53,500 --> 00:25:55,800
boots and drive a truck and hunt
and fish. 

477
00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:58,400
I'm saying you need to be a man 
of conviction. 

478
00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,100
A man that me at, that cares, 
about something that's willing 

479
00:26:02,100 --> 00:26:03,900
to lay your life down for 
something. 

480
00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:08,500
We need meant, we need men like 
this, especially in the culture 

481
00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:12,100
that we're in today. 
Caleb was just as fiery and his 

482
00:26:12,100 --> 00:26:14,900
old age as he was when he was 
younger and we desperately need 

483
00:26:14,900 --> 00:26:17,000
our older man to still be that 
way. 

484
00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,200
Now look, I'm technically still 
one of the young guys here. 

485
00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,900
Okay. 
Looking at this passage every 

486
00:26:23,900 --> 00:26:28,400
commentary I looked at 
categorized older men as 50 and 

487
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:32,500
over. 
That's not that old that's not 

488
00:26:32,500 --> 00:26:34,900
that old at all. 
And I think the reason for that 

489
00:26:34,900 --> 00:26:37,900
is Once you turn 50 year old 
now. 

490
00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,100
I think it's that if you're not 
even 50 yet, you haven't really 

491
00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:45,400
lived life to the fullest yet. 
Like, you're still, you're still

492
00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:48,400
learning some things, you know. 
Like you might not have all of 

493
00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:50,300
these qualities yet. 
You're still growing and 

494
00:26:50,300 --> 00:26:54,100
learning in this which we always
are men like we don't ever get 

495
00:26:54,100 --> 00:26:55,700
the check this off. 
Like we got there. 

496
00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:59,300
Made it. 
But I think what the point here 

497
00:26:59,300 --> 00:27:03,000
is that men over 50 are 
seasoned, they've seen some 

498
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:07,200
things man you know what I mean?
Those are the kind of men we're 

499
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:10,000
talking about here and those are
the kind of men that we need. 

500
00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:17,100
We need older men like that. 
What we don't need what we don't

501
00:27:17,100 --> 00:27:20,700
need is men that say, do what I 
say, not what I do. 

502
00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:24,700
We don't need that. 
I heard that a lot growing up 

503
00:27:24,700 --> 00:27:27,100
and it's the dumbest thing I've 
ever heard in my life, do what I

504
00:27:27,100 --> 00:27:30,800
say, not what I do, that's a man
who is a hypocrite. 

505
00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:34,100
That's a man who's making 
excuses for not living out what 

506
00:27:34,100 --> 00:27:36,400
he preaches and we don't need 
that. 

507
00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,900
We need men. 
That say come do is I do come, 

508
00:27:39,900 --> 00:27:42,900
watch me, come watch me do this.
Let me show you and now you go 

509
00:27:42,900 --> 00:27:47,900
do it too. 
I'll never forget sorry 

510
00:27:48,500 --> 00:27:50,300
scratchy. 
I'll never forget when I was 

511
00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:52,400
maybe in my mid to early 
twenties. 

512
00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:57,500
I taught Sunday school at a 
church and I got to teach the 

513
00:27:57,500 --> 00:28:00,000
senior Adult class one Sunday, 
and it was, it was men and 

514
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:01,900
women. 
It's pretty intimidating because

515
00:28:01,900 --> 00:28:03,900
I was very young. 
I didn't know what I was doing. 

516
00:28:03,900 --> 00:28:06,800
I'm teaching to the oldest 
people in the church. 

517
00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:09,700
He was like the pillars of the 
church, like, literally that 

518
00:28:09,700 --> 00:28:11,400
they just built the church 
around and they were just 

519
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:13,300
standing there and it's built 
the building around these 

520
00:28:13,300 --> 00:28:16,500
people. 
They've been there forever and I

521
00:28:16,500 --> 00:28:20,000
taught a lesson on serving in 
the church and what that should 

522
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,800
look like and how we're all 
called to serve and do. 

523
00:28:23,100 --> 00:28:25,600
Part. 
I'll never forget Allen was 

524
00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,200
there with me, he had come in 
from Nashville and we were doing

525
00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:31,900
a special that morning and he 
sat in on Sunday school with me 

526
00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,600
and at the end of that lesson, 
this older man, one of the 

527
00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:38,400
pillars of the church. 
One of the guys in the church 

528
00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:41,500
raised his hand and he said 
that's great. 

529
00:28:41,700 --> 00:28:43,500
That's a good lesson. 
You're right. 

530
00:28:43,900 --> 00:28:47,400
Y'all need to serve, but I'm 
old, and I'm retired. 

531
00:28:47,500 --> 00:28:49,400
And I'm done with all that and 
it's your turn. 

532
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:52,700
Now to you young guys turn to do
the stuff. 

533
00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:56,700
And I'll never forget Alan and I
talked about that afterward. 

534
00:28:56,700 --> 00:29:01,000
How just heartbreaking? 
That was because yes when you're

535
00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:06,100
older if you're in your you 
know, 60's 70's 80's 90's 120. 

536
00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:10,000
I don't expect you to get on the
roof and and and replace 

537
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:13,500
shingles, of course not. 
But I want you in a parking lot 

538
00:29:13,500 --> 00:29:14,900
pointing and saying you missed 
one. 

539
00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:23,800
I want you teaching us young 
guys, how to do this, pulling us

540
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:27,800
to the side and showing us how 
to live life, how to be good? 

541
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:30,700
Husbands and fathers your needed
for that? 

542
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:34,400
We do you think that we have too
much of that in our culture? 

543
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:43,000
Now too much guidance and wisdom
know, so if your old old men I'm

544
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:49,300
talking to you, we need you. 
Don't check out on us anyway. 

545
00:29:50,700 --> 00:29:53,700
Wasting too much time on this, 
but I just wanted to wanted to 

546
00:29:53,700 --> 00:29:55,400
address the top of the totem 
pole. 

547
00:29:55,400 --> 00:30:00,400
Before we worked our way down, 
without older wiser men to help 

548
00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:02,900
lead and guide younger men and 
the church. 

549
00:30:03,300 --> 00:30:07,400
It's easy to get lost in this 
sea of depravity and sin, that's

550
00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:09,000
just running rampant in our 
culture. 

551
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:14,000
Today, we need men that don't 
mind Waging War because they've 

552
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:17,200
done it. 
They're comfortable with it. 

553
00:30:17,500 --> 00:30:19,200
That's what we need, younger 
men. 

554
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:22,600
Let's look at verse 6. 
Likewise urge the young men to 

555
00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:29,500
be sensible, Sensible. 
It's kind of funny. 

556
00:30:29,500 --> 00:30:31,600
He just gave, like, six things 
to the old guy. 

557
00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:33,800
Here's some characters thing 
here, some spiritual things. 

558
00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:36,100
Like I need you to do this this 
this and this is how important 

559
00:30:36,100 --> 00:30:41,800
this is young, guys, don't be 
stupid, right? 

560
00:30:42,300 --> 00:30:45,400
Could not all advice to young, 
men be summed up in that one 

561
00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:47,800
phrase Don't be stupid. 
Be sensible. 

562
00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:51,900
Use your brain please. 
It's like you can hear. 

563
00:30:52,100 --> 00:30:54,500
Grandpa saying you young 
whippersnappers. 

564
00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:56,800
Don't do anything. 
Ignorant. 

565
00:30:57,900 --> 00:31:01,700
But seriously, the older men 
should be demonstrating those 

566
00:31:01,700 --> 00:31:04,300
things because they've lived 
enough life that they've grown 

567
00:31:04,300 --> 00:31:05,900
into those characteristics, 
okay? 

568
00:31:05,900 --> 00:31:09,200
That we expect that out of our 
older men. 

569
00:31:09,900 --> 00:31:13,300
We want that in our younger men,
but we don't expect it yet. 

570
00:31:13,300 --> 00:31:15,000
They're still growing in those 
things. 

571
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,000
They're still learning how to do
this. 

572
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:21,100
And so the one thing that he the
one qualifier that he gives for 

573
00:31:21,100 --> 00:31:26,500
the young guys as be sensible. 
So This means that the biggest 

574
00:31:26,500 --> 00:31:30,400
concern for young men would be 
learning and applying scripture 

575
00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:32,800
to their lives. 
Learning from the older men, how

576
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:37,000
to be a man and seeking to apply
wisdom to themselves. 

577
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:42,200
How to exercise sound judgment 
and be sensible again, we can't 

578
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,900
expect this to be automatic and 
they need to be taught. 

579
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:48,800
So that's why the older guys 
need to be this so that they can

580
00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:51,700
help the younger guys and doing 
this one commentary. 

581
00:31:51,700 --> 00:31:54,600
Put it this way. 
We are living in a generation. 

582
00:31:54,700 --> 00:31:59,800
Ian that encourages young men to
not only avoid responsibility 

583
00:32:00,100 --> 00:32:03,200
but even in early adulthood to 
shun, the commitments of a 

584
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:07,400
mature life with this kind of 
attitude, young adult men. 

585
00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:11,100
Notice what I just said there. 
We're not talking about boys, 

586
00:32:11,300 --> 00:32:16,300
we're talking about men grown 
men, often will defer marriage 

587
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:20,800
despite the Bible's clear 
command that it is not good that

588
00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:24,100
the man should be alone and they
will cling to the skirts of 

589
00:32:24,100 --> 00:32:28,300
their And then I'll indulge in a
life of video games and just 

590
00:32:28,300 --> 00:32:31,700
sinful just whatever feels good 
and looks good at the moment. 

591
00:32:32,300 --> 00:32:35,500
Paul would have young men think 
and act differently than this. 

592
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:39,300
Now hear me out. 
If you're a young guy in here 

593
00:32:39,300 --> 00:32:41,300
and you just heard me say 
something that stung, a little 

594
00:32:41,300 --> 00:32:43,100
bit about video games. 
Let me clarify. 

595
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:45,600
We can't become legalistic about
this. 

596
00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:47,400
I'm not saying video games are 
bad. 

597
00:32:48,500 --> 00:32:52,600
Obviously we can't get 
pharisaical about this, but if 

598
00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:55,200
we start down that road, we 
start heaping those man-made 

599
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:58,000
rules on the people like we just
got done talking about the false

600
00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,000
teachers do. 
So this is not about video 

601
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,800
games. 
But in today's society, people 

602
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:07,300
in general, especially young 
people and especially young men,

603
00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:10,400
create this entire existence 
that's online. 

604
00:33:11,700 --> 00:33:14,900
They live their lives around the
screen and a fake existence. 

605
00:33:14,900 --> 00:33:17,900
And so what happens is they have
no desire to go out and meet 

606
00:33:17,900 --> 00:33:20,400
people and learn social skills. 
I learn how to have a 

607
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:24,100
conversation or and this is one 
of the saddest things like, 

608
00:33:24,100 --> 00:33:26,800
learn how to tell a story is 
that not? 

609
00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,200
The coolest thing? 
Listen to old, dudes, just tell 

610
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:32,300
a story young guys. 
All need to learn how to do 

611
00:33:32,300 --> 00:33:36,500
this, learn the art of word 
learning, The Gift of Gab, learn

612
00:33:36,500 --> 00:33:39,300
how to tell a story, learn how 
to talk to people learn how to 

613
00:33:39,300 --> 00:33:44,400
woo a woman, learn those Thanks.
Paul was calling young men to 

614
00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:47,600
look for ways to grow aspire to 
grow in character. 

615
00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:51,400
Do the hard things in life, 
don't give into a life of ease 

616
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:54,600
and comfort and entertainment. 
Constantly indulging, the Flesh 

617
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:58,300
and the senses. 
Train yourself for godliness. 

618
00:33:58,700 --> 00:34:02,900
Training is hard, right? 
It hurts at times, but it grows 

619
00:34:02,900 --> 00:34:04,400
you and you learn something from
it. 

620
00:34:04,408 --> 00:34:08,800
So, practice the spiritual 
disciplines of Bible study and 

621
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:11,199
prayer, train your mind, and 
your body. 

622
00:34:11,300 --> 00:34:14,300
To serve the Lord to do what you
want it to. 

623
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:17,100
Don't just run with whatever 
your body is telling you to do 

624
00:34:17,900 --> 00:34:21,900
and find a mentor. 
I so wish that I had had this 

625
00:34:21,900 --> 00:34:25,800
when I was younger and even now 
though the wisdom of an older 

626
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:30,100
man who walks with the Lord is 
invaluable to young men. 

627
00:34:30,500 --> 00:34:34,699
So find someone to disciple you 
find a wise older man and go up 

628
00:34:34,699 --> 00:34:37,100
and pull on his shirt sleeve and
say will you disciple me? 

629
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:38,800
Will you meet with me once a 
week? 

630
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:41,199
So we can talk about stuff. 
I struggle with you can. 

631
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,400
Teach me lay all that wisdom on 
me. 

632
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:45,900
Like, I needed. 
Go ask a guy to do that. 

633
00:34:45,900 --> 00:34:48,199
You have no idea how tickled he 
would probably be. 

634
00:34:49,300 --> 00:34:52,100
So, I challenge you younger, 
guys, today, don't be lazy, 

635
00:34:53,100 --> 00:34:55,500
don't be lazy, get don't give in
to that desire. 

636
00:34:55,500 --> 00:34:59,300
To just constantly, indulge the 
flesh embrace the calling that 

637
00:34:59,300 --> 00:35:03,600
God has placed on your life. 
Look when you are saved, when 

638
00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:07,700
God redeems, you you are adopted
into a family of nobility, you 

639
00:35:07,700 --> 00:35:12,300
are a child of the king. 
Now you need to embrace that 

640
00:35:12,300 --> 00:35:16,000
calling you need to live a life 
of honor and dignity and 

641
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:21,100
integrity and respect defend and
help the weak slay, the dragon 

642
00:35:21,100 --> 00:35:25,700
of lust and Temptation. 
Maybe if God grants it, if it 

643
00:35:25,700 --> 00:35:29,900
fits your, you know, path in 
life that you go rescue a damsel

644
00:35:29,900 --> 00:35:31,800
in distress. 
You pull her out of this. 

645
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,400
Wicked World. 
You lead her and a god-honoring 

646
00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:37,800
home and marriage and maybe even
have kids and then teach them 

647
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:39,800
how to do these things and 
disciple them. 

648
00:35:40,700 --> 00:35:42,000
Maybe that's not your lot in 
life. 

649
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,000
That's okay. 
There's still lots of battles to

650
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:47,700
fight, but do what God calls you
to do live. 

651
00:35:47,700 --> 00:35:49,300
That life. 
Don't run from it. 

652
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:55,500
First Peter 2:9 says, you are a 
chosen race, a royal priesthood,

653
00:35:55,500 --> 00:35:58,800
a holy nation, a people for his 
own possession. 

654
00:35:59,100 --> 00:36:01,800
That you may proclaim the 
excellencies of him who called 

655
00:36:01,900 --> 00:36:05,400
Called you out of darkness and 
into His Marvelous Light, you 

656
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:08,700
are now a chosen race, a royal 
priesthood. 

657
00:36:08,700 --> 00:36:11,000
You've been adopted into a royal
family. 

658
00:36:11,100 --> 00:36:14,000
You get to be nobility now and 
it says that you may. 

659
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:17,500
So the reason God pulls you out 
of the world into something 

660
00:36:17,500 --> 00:36:20,200
better is so that you can go 
tell people about him. 

661
00:36:20,500 --> 00:36:22,700
That's why he did it. 
That's the point. 

662
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:27,000
So remember this guy's and live 
like it. 

663
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:30,800
You young men live like you're a
child of the king. 

664
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,800
All right, moving on. 
He also addresses Titus in this.

665
00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:38,400
So he talks to old guys. 
He talks to young guys and then 

666
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:42,300
he talks to Titus a little bit, 
some directions specifically for

667
00:36:42,300 --> 00:36:45,600
him. 
Look at verses 7 and 8 and all 

668
00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:49,100
things Show Yourself. 
Meaning Titus to be an example 

669
00:36:49,100 --> 00:36:53,500
of Good Deeds with Purity and 
Doctrine dignified, sound and 

670
00:36:53,500 --> 00:36:56,700
speech, which is beyond 
reproach, why? 

671
00:36:57,200 --> 00:37:00,200
So that the opponent will be put
to shame having nothing bad to 

672
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:03,600
say about us. 
These verses are directed at 

673
00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:07,400
Titus, okay? 
He was the leader of the church.

674
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:11,700
Has these qualities are right 
there in line with elder, 

675
00:37:11,700 --> 00:37:14,900
qualifications, which tied us 
obviously met and would have 

676
00:37:14,900 --> 00:37:17,600
been expected of him. 
So, this is a lot of the same 

677
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:20,400
kind of stuff. 
Let's look at some of these 

678
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:23,200
things. 
First, Paul tells Titus to show 

679
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:27,800
yourself to be an example or a 
model of Good Deeds. 

680
00:37:29,500 --> 00:37:33,900
So Titus as the guy here to 
equip these churches and show 

681
00:37:33,900 --> 00:37:38,200
them how this is done. 
Titus would have absolutely used

682
00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:43,400
his words to teach and to preach
and help them learn. 

683
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:47,000
He would have educated them in 
heady things. 

684
00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:51,500
Absolutely, he would have done 
that, but it was not all 

685
00:37:51,500 --> 00:37:55,000
teaching, it was not all 
standing behind a. 

686
00:37:55,300 --> 00:37:57,100
I don't even know if they did 
this like this, they probably 

687
00:37:57,100 --> 00:38:01,200
didn't, they were probably in 
homes, but Not all do what I say

688
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:04,000
it was a lot of. 
Hey, come do, what I do. 

689
00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:08,800
Titus was called to model this 
behavior for these people to 

690
00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:15,900
show himself to be a model of 
Good Deeds, he would expound the

691
00:38:15,900 --> 00:38:17,900
scriptures and teach them of 
course. 

692
00:38:19,100 --> 00:38:21,900
He had to to help protect them 
from false doctrines, remember 

693
00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:25,500
but he was also to model this 
for these people to show them 

694
00:38:25,500 --> 00:38:28,000
what it looked like to be a 
godly man. 

695
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:31,300
He himself was not above the 
things that he was calling the 

696
00:38:31,300 --> 00:38:34,600
men in the church to be and to 
do again. 

697
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:38,300
You can't just talk the talk, 
you have to walk the walk, and 

698
00:38:38,300 --> 00:38:41,400
you cannot expect others to do 
something that you aren't 

699
00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:44,400
willing to do. 
You heard that old saying you 

700
00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:47,400
can't teach what you don't know 
and you can't lead where you 

701
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:50,800
won't go. 
Titus had to be willing to do 

702
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:53,500
that. 
He had a very unique challenge 

703
00:38:53,500 --> 00:38:57,500
in front of him in that the 
older men in the churches in 

704
00:38:57,500 --> 00:39:02,100
Crete would not have been mature
Wise Old Sage has yet because 

705
00:39:02,100 --> 00:39:06,000
there were brand new converts. 
So Titus even had the challenge 

706
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,800
of like, I've got a model this 
for the young guys and even the 

707
00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:11,400
old guys in some sense, like, 
you know, they've lived some 

708
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:14,000
life but they're still learning 
a lot of this, they're still 

709
00:39:14,300 --> 00:39:18,800
spiritual babes. 
So the leaders of the church, 

710
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:22,200
they have to be men who are 
willing to model this for the 

711
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:25,200
people of the church. 
And not only by doing this, does

712
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:29,100
this ensure better growth for 
those in the church? 

713
00:39:29,100 --> 00:39:31,100
But it protects the church. 
Okay? 

714
00:39:31,100 --> 00:39:34,100
We can't be, you don't want to 
be a part of a church for your 

715
00:39:34,100 --> 00:39:36,800
leaders, just talk about these 
things and they don't live them 

716
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:39,200
out themselves that leads to a 
bad Church. 

717
00:39:40,300 --> 00:39:44,700
The last thing, any church 
needs, especially a brand new 

718
00:39:44,700 --> 00:39:49,000
church, and a pagan culture is a
bunch of new converts who are 

719
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:52,100
spiritually, immature, and young
in the faith, trying to lead 

720
00:39:52,100 --> 00:39:55,000
things. 
They are still babes in Christ, 

721
00:39:55,000 --> 00:40:00,100
needing spiritual milk according
to 1st Peter, to so, as Leaders 

722
00:40:00,100 --> 00:40:03,900
go, we need seasoned 
spiritually, mature, men leading

723
00:40:03,900 --> 00:40:09,600
us, men who demonstrate honor 
integrity wisdom men who have 

724
00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:12,300
moved. 
On from milk to meet men of 

725
00:40:12,300 --> 00:40:15,200
character and conviction. 
And that's why one of the Elder 

726
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:20,100
qualifications is that he cannot
be a recent convert or a novice,

727
00:40:20,500 --> 00:40:23,100
because if he is, he could 
become puffed up and fall into 

728
00:40:23,100 --> 00:40:27,800
the condemnation of the devil. 
We need mature, Believers to 

729
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:30,900
lead us. 
Secondly, Paul tells Titus to 

730
00:40:30,900 --> 00:40:35,000
have Purity in your Doctrine, 
the dignified, sound and speech,

731
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,000
which is above reproach. 
What does that mean? 

732
00:40:38,100 --> 00:40:39,800
Well, there was all this false 
teaching, right? 

733
00:40:39,900 --> 00:40:41,200
Right. 
There's all these false teachers

734
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:43,800
are teaching things that aren't 
biblical at all their leading 

735
00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:47,200
people astray. 
So it was important that Titus 

736
00:40:47,500 --> 00:40:51,600
be sound and his faith and in 
his teaching have Purity and his

737
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:55,500
Doctrine. 
So, we see this emphasis on good

738
00:40:55,500 --> 00:40:59,700
Biblical teaching, pastors 
teachers and leaders in the 

739
00:40:59,700 --> 00:41:04,300
church, must be committed to the
whole counsel of God. 

740
00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:09,700
Maintain the Integrity of that. 
This idea is like, maintaining 

741
00:41:09,700 --> 00:41:12,800
the Tegrity of the hull of a 
ship. 

742
00:41:13,500 --> 00:41:16,100
So the Titanic, you know, it 
Iceberg, it's sang. 

743
00:41:16,100 --> 00:41:20,000
The structural Integrity of that
ship was compromised. 

744
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:25,500
So likewise pastors teachers 
leaders within a church must be 

745
00:41:25,500 --> 00:41:29,200
devoted to protecting the word 
of God from being twisted and 

746
00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:30,800
distorted. 
We want to make sure that it 

747
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:32,200
upholds. 
Its Integrity. 

748
00:41:32,700 --> 00:41:38,000
Make sure its sound We must 
teach the word in its entirety. 

749
00:41:38,500 --> 00:41:40,900
We don't just bounce around and 
teach the parts that we want to 

750
00:41:40,908 --> 00:41:42,700
teach. 
We teach the whole counsel of 

751
00:41:42,707 --> 00:41:46,700
God, we don't shy away from it. 
We don't add to it and we don't 

752
00:41:46,700 --> 00:41:48,200
take away. 
Amen. 

753
00:41:49,900 --> 00:41:53,200
He also must have dignified 
Doctrine. 

754
00:41:53,300 --> 00:41:55,600
What does this mean? 
I didn't have any idea what this

755
00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:56,800
means. 
What does it mean for your 

756
00:41:56,800 --> 00:42:00,800
Doctrine to be dignified? 
Well, that were dignified means 

757
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:03,400
a lot of the same as it did. 
For the older men, to have that 

758
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:05,600
character quality. 
It's a seriousness. 

759
00:42:05,900 --> 00:42:09,100
SO waiting is to it has some 
gravitas to it. 

760
00:42:10,500 --> 00:42:14,100
It should carry a weight, it 
should have a punch to it or 

761
00:42:14,100 --> 00:42:18,200
teaching should staying at times
and it should soothe at times, 

762
00:42:18,300 --> 00:42:21,800
but it should mean something our
preaching and teaching should 

763
00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:26,300
have a sense of urgency to it 
like this message matters. 

764
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:30,200
When I get up here to teach and 
preach, I need to do it in a way

765
00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:32,500
that says you need to listen to 
what I'm saying. 

766
00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:35,900
Like this means something. 
This is not just me sitting up 

767
00:42:35,900 --> 00:42:39,200
here talking in case you want to
hear it like this matters. 

768
00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:41,300
Listen. 
Give me your attention. 

769
00:42:43,100 --> 00:42:47,400
If God's word really is the 
power of Salvation to everyone 

770
00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:50,400
who believes, then we need to 
preach and teach it that way. 

771
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:52,700
There are lives on the line 
here. 

772
00:42:52,700 --> 00:42:55,700
There are lives at stake, 
people, dying and going to hell 

773
00:42:55,700 --> 00:42:58,300
every day. 
And we have the Cure right here.

774
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:02,000
I need to preach this and I need
to teach this and I need to talk

775
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:05,000
to people about it. 
Talk to them about this in a way

776
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:08,500
that communicates that, that 
this isn't just my opinion, that

777
00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:11,200
this matters. 
This is your life. 

778
00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:16,200
We're talking about here. 
Sure, we need to be fiery when 

779
00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:20,100
we preach at times, but even in 
that conversation with a 

780
00:43:20,107 --> 00:43:23,700
co-worker or with a family 
member or whatever, you need to 

781
00:43:23,700 --> 00:43:26,100
have a sense of urgency. 
When you talk about the things 

782
00:43:26,100 --> 00:43:29,300
of God to people, a sense of 
pleading with them. 

783
00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:33,900
Spurgeon was famous for saying 
it like this, if Sinners be 

784
00:43:33,900 --> 00:43:37,900
damned at least, let them leap 
to Hell over our dead bodies. 

785
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:41,700
And if they perish, let them 
perish with our arms, wrapped 

786
00:43:41,700 --> 00:43:45,400
around their knees, imploring 
them to stay if he'll must be 

787
00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:48,600
filled, but it be filled. 
And the teeth of our exertions, 

788
00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:53,100
and let not one single person, 
go unwarned an done prayed for 

789
00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:56,300
amen. 
Hey man. 

790
00:43:57,500 --> 00:44:01,500
Let's care enough about people 
to be serious about God's word. 

791
00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:05,600
Let's care enough about them. 
To engage them in conversations,

792
00:44:06,300 --> 00:44:07,900
you don't have to have it all 
figured out. 

793
00:44:07,900 --> 00:44:10,000
You don't have to be a 
theologian to do this, just tell

794
00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:12,400
them who Jesus is and what he 
did for you. 

795
00:44:14,700 --> 00:44:20,000
And lastly we see that Titus was
to have sound speech above 

796
00:44:20,100 --> 00:44:27,000
reproach. 
As a preacher Pastor, Titus was 

797
00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:30,200
in the spotlight. 
He would have had a lot of eyes 

798
00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:32,700
on him. 
He was not only working with the

799
00:44:32,700 --> 00:44:34,400
people in One Church. 
All right? 

800
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:36,400
Crete was an island. 
There were multiple cities, 

801
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:38,400
multiple churches. 
So he would have been all over 

802
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:40,400
the place. 
It's like, he's got several 

803
00:44:40,400 --> 00:44:42,300
churches. 
He's trying to train and lead 

804
00:44:42,300 --> 00:44:47,000
and all of that. 
So Paul's telling him You've got

805
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:50,900
to watch what you say and how 
you say it, especially when 

806
00:44:50,900 --> 00:44:54,900
you're out amongst the people, 
there are eyes on you and what 

807
00:44:54,900 --> 00:45:00,100
you say matters, Christian men 
as as Christians as followers of

808
00:45:00,100 --> 00:45:03,600
Christ, we should not allow our 
speech to be marred with 

809
00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:08,500
vulgarity and coarse language. 
We also shouldn't use our words 

810
00:45:08,700 --> 00:45:14,100
to tear down or to complain. 
Our words should build up and 

811
00:45:14,100 --> 00:45:18,300
encourage others. 
We shouldn't talk down to our 

812
00:45:18,300 --> 00:45:21,400
wife, or to our children. 
We shouldn't abuse that 

813
00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:23,300
Authority. 
We have in a home, but we should

814
00:45:23,300 --> 00:45:27,200
shower them with words of 
affection, helping them training

815
00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:29,900
them up into the people, that 
God's created them to be. 

816
00:45:30,700 --> 00:45:35,200
We shouldn't gossip or slander 
other people behind their backs,

817
00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:38,800
we should do as scripture 
commands and go to a brother. 

818
00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:42,400
If you've got a problem with 
him, you got a complaint, you 

819
00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:45,000
got something on your mind. 
Come say it to my face like a 

820
00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:47,400
man. 
Don't go talk about it behind 

821
00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:51,700
closed doors, don't gripe about 
it, to your wife. 

822
00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:55,300
Come talk to me about that. 
Go talk to that, brother about 

823
00:45:55,300 --> 00:45:56,300
that. 
Be a man. 

824
00:45:57,500 --> 00:46:01,300
That's what were called to do. 
Have sound speech. 

825
00:46:01,300 --> 00:46:06,000
Make your words mean something. 
Ephesians 4:29 says let no 

826
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:09,100
corrupting talk them out of your
mouths, but only such as is good

827
00:46:09,100 --> 00:46:12,700
for building up as fits the 
occasion, that it may be getting

828
00:46:12,700 --> 00:46:14,800
that. 
It may give Grace to those who 

829
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:20,400
hear do we do that men? 
The your words give grace to the

830
00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:23,800
people that hear it or is it 
like nails on a chalkboard when 

831
00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:26,300
you talk? 
Think about that? 

832
00:46:27,300 --> 00:46:29,600
Think about that. 
I've had to do this in my own 

833
00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:33,900
life. 
I am a man who unfortunately is 

834
00:46:33,900 --> 00:46:35,700
given to anxiety, a lot of 
times. 

835
00:46:35,700 --> 00:46:38,600
I'll worry, I'm a worrywart. 
Okay, I'm a Debbie Downer, I'm 

836
00:46:38,607 --> 00:46:40,300
a, whatever you want to call 
them, Eeyore. 

837
00:46:41,100 --> 00:46:45,400
And what I learned, thankfully 
over the last few years is that 

838
00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:48,400
there is nothing more 
unattractive than a nagging 

839
00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:51,600
complaining. 
Husband women, how many people 

840
00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:54,100
in here, want a husband that 
nags and complains all the time,

841
00:46:54,200 --> 00:46:57,400
show of hands. 
Guys, look around. 

842
00:46:59,300 --> 00:47:03,400
Not a single one. 
I have to watch that in my own 

843
00:47:03,400 --> 00:47:09,400
heart. 
I have to be careful about how I

844
00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:12,700
talk the things I say. 
Even to my wife, I want to 

845
00:47:12,707 --> 00:47:16,500
protect her from some of that. 
There's a lot of junk that I 

846
00:47:16,500 --> 00:47:18,700
have to deal with that. 
She doesn't need to know about. 

847
00:47:18,700 --> 00:47:21,700
I'm not saying keep secrets and 
all of that, but I love her and 

848
00:47:21,700 --> 00:47:26,100
I want to build up her. 
I don't want to lay burdens on 

849
00:47:26,100 --> 00:47:29,000
her, I don't want to nag and 
complain so that she just like, 

850
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:32,500
oh my gosh, you shut up. 
I don't want to be that. 

851
00:47:32,800 --> 00:47:36,700
So men, keep that in mind. 
Okay, we lead our wives. 

852
00:47:36,900 --> 00:47:40,400
Our children in the way we talk 
and in the words that we use, 

853
00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:45,300
all right, moving on. 
Lastly, the reason that these 

854
00:47:45,300 --> 00:47:50,500
things were so important for 
Titus to remember, it can be 

855
00:47:50,500 --> 00:47:54,800
seen in verse 8, the last part 
of verse 8, he tells them so 

856
00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:58,400
that an opponent may be put to 
shame not having anything evil 

857
00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:03,400
to say about us. 
The enemy is looking for any 

858
00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:08,300
opportunity to twist and distort
not only God's word, but our 

859
00:48:08,300 --> 00:48:12,500
words we should not give them 
any reason to point a finger and

860
00:48:12,500 --> 00:48:14,600
in doing so discredit the 
gospel. 

861
00:48:15,500 --> 00:48:19,000
First, Peter 5:8 says, it will 
be sober-minded Be watchful your

862
00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:22,400
adversary, the devil prowls 
around like a roaring lion 

863
00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:26,800
seeking someone to devour. 
Man, we have to keep in mind 

864
00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:29,100
that this world is not our home,
okay? 

865
00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:32,400
We are foreigners here. 
We are aliens in this world. 

866
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:36,400
We are Behind Enemy Lines. 
I know this maybe is a bit 

867
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:40,100
cheesy, but I'm trying to say it
in a way that strikes, a chord 

868
00:48:40,100 --> 00:48:42,300
with you. 
We are Behind Enemy Lines men. 

869
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:47,200
The Greek word for church is 
ekklesia. 

870
00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:50,100
Ekklesia. 
If you're taking notes, write 

871
00:48:50,100 --> 00:48:53,000
that down, it is a word that is 
made up of a root word and a 

872
00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:58,400
prefix the prefix is X, which 
means out from this is why you 

873
00:48:58,400 --> 00:49:04,900
see exit exit signs out of out 
from the root is Kaleo, which 

874
00:49:04,900 --> 00:49:08,300
means to call. 
So you put those together, the 

875
00:49:08,300 --> 00:49:12,300
Greek word for church, literally
means called out of or called 

876
00:49:12,300 --> 00:49:19,400
out from Called out from what? 
The world, exactly Christ calls 

877
00:49:19,400 --> 00:49:23,400
us out of the world to set us 
apart from it as a chosen 

878
00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:25,700
people. 
A royal priesthood. 

879
00:49:25,700 --> 00:49:29,300
We have been adopted into a 
royal family and we should act 

880
00:49:29,300 --> 00:49:34,200
like it how we live, our lives 
matters, how we lead our homes 

881
00:49:34,300 --> 00:49:37,500
matters, how we run this church 
matters. 

882
00:49:37,500 --> 00:49:42,800
What we teach matters, theology 
matters your relationships 

883
00:49:42,800 --> 00:49:46,200
matter. 
Here's the awesome part don't 

884
00:49:46,200 --> 00:49:48,900
miss this. 
I know there are days that we 

885
00:49:48,900 --> 00:49:50,500
feel outnumbered, we feel 
defeated. 

886
00:49:50,500 --> 00:49:53,400
We feel like what is the point? 
It's all gone to pot. 

887
00:49:53,400 --> 00:49:55,500
I don't have the strength to 
fight it anymore. 

888
00:49:56,800 --> 00:50:00,400
We may be Behind Enemy Lines but
we are the ones on the 

889
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:03,300
offensive. 
Okay, we're not on the defense 

890
00:50:03,300 --> 00:50:06,800
as Christians. 
Matthew 16:18 says, on this 

891
00:50:06,800 --> 00:50:09,600
rock, I will build my church and
the Gates of Hell shall not 

892
00:50:09,600 --> 00:50:13,600
Prevail against it. 
I always used to think that that

893
00:50:13,600 --> 00:50:17,000
meant It like, we're Christians 
and like he'll can't penetrate 

894
00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:19,100
the gates, and we're going to 
withstand the attack. 

895
00:50:19,100 --> 00:50:22,700
But it says, on this rock, I 
will build my church and the 

896
00:50:22,700 --> 00:50:27,400
Gates of Hell will not Prevail, 
meaning that if you think of a 

897
00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:32,000
castle with a drawbridge and all
of that, that's the gate cities.

898
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:34,900
Like Jerusalem would have had 
multiple entrances into the city

899
00:50:34,900 --> 00:50:37,500
with a big wall, 425 for 
defense. 

900
00:50:37,500 --> 00:50:39,700
They would have these Gates that
they would lower and let people 

901
00:50:39,700 --> 00:50:42,500
in and out, you had all these 
different gates in Jerusalem, 

902
00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:45,300
they would raise those. 
And shut it when the enemy 

903
00:50:45,300 --> 00:50:47,000
attacked, right? 
You've seen the movies. 

904
00:50:47,600 --> 00:50:53,300
The idea is, if the castle is is
Hell, they've drawn the gate, 

905
00:50:53,700 --> 00:50:57,700
they're preparing for attack and
Christians are to be taking the 

906
00:50:57,700 --> 00:51:01,400
word into the world, making the 
offensive attack and the Gates 

907
00:51:01,400 --> 00:51:03,300
of Hell will not Prevail against
it. 

908
00:51:03,300 --> 00:51:07,100
We've been promised the victory.
We've been promised that that 

909
00:51:07,100 --> 00:51:10,000
Christ has won. 
And so we are not on the 

910
00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:11,900
defensive we're on the 
offensive. 

911
00:51:11,900 --> 00:51:14,400
Her supposed to be taking the 
fight to the Enemy. 

912
00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:19,300
That is our mission as servants 
to the king and that is why we 

913
00:51:19,300 --> 00:51:21,300
are here. 
Some men. 

914
00:51:21,300 --> 00:51:24,400
Let's go to work. 
Let's wage war against 

915
00:51:24,400 --> 00:51:26,800
Temptation, and against the 
devil in our own lives, and in 

916
00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:31,900
our homes. 
All right, that's a wrap this 

917
00:51:31,900 --> 00:51:34,500
up. 
Preached a little too long, but 

918
00:51:34,500 --> 00:51:36,200
we're getting there, guys. 
Hang with me. 

919
00:51:38,300 --> 00:51:41,500
These qualities that we've 
looked at today, they should be 

920
00:51:41,500 --> 00:51:43,800
working themselves out in the 
lives of the men of. 

921
00:51:44,200 --> 00:51:47,300
They were supposed to be working
themselves out in the lives of 

922
00:51:47,300 --> 00:51:50,600
the men of Crete. 
But in us also, those guys were 

923
00:51:50,600 --> 00:51:53,600
to strive for these things 
working toward Christ likeness. 

924
00:51:54,300 --> 00:51:58,100
The same applies for us today. 
As men of God, we should be 

925
00:51:58,100 --> 00:52:02,200
working on these qualities in 
ourselves trusting in the grace 

926
00:52:02,200 --> 00:52:05,300
of God. 
As we go, we have been given the

927
00:52:05,300 --> 00:52:09,400
great honor and the great 
privilege of Leading others, 

928
00:52:09,800 --> 00:52:13,100
they depend on us and they 
deserve our very best. 

929
00:52:13,600 --> 00:52:16,400
There is a lot riding on it and 
that is why. 

930
00:52:16,500 --> 00:52:20,100
And I will say this again 
biblical manhood is absolutely 

931
00:52:20,200 --> 00:52:26,100
crucial for a healthy Church. 
Now, ladies, I know that this 

932
00:52:26,100 --> 00:52:28,000
has been mainly directed at the 
guys today. 

933
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:30,700
Okay, I get it but I want to, I 
want to encourage you in a few 

934
00:52:30,700 --> 00:52:33,300
things. 
Number one, if you are a married

935
00:52:33,300 --> 00:52:37,100
woman in here today, you can 
help cultivate these qualities 

936
00:52:37,100 --> 00:52:40,600
in your man. 
Desire these traits for him. 

937
00:52:40,900 --> 00:52:44,700
Encourage him in these things. 
Tell him when you see him being 

938
00:52:44,700 --> 00:52:48,900
this, kind of, man, and then 
gently and lovingly, help him 

939
00:52:48,900 --> 00:52:53,600
see where he has room to grow by
encouraging him, not belittling 

940
00:52:53,600 --> 00:52:55,800
him, okay? 
I know I mentioned a nagging 

941
00:52:55,800 --> 00:52:58,300
husband, that's a two-way 
street. 

942
00:52:59,400 --> 00:53:03,400
Express your desire to be led by
a man like this and be patient 

943
00:53:03,500 --> 00:53:05,800
as he grows into these 
qualities, okay? 

944
00:53:06,700 --> 00:53:09,200
Now, let's say you're not 
married, but you aspire to be, 

945
00:53:09,300 --> 00:53:10,900
you want to get married but 
you're not there yet. 

946
00:53:10,900 --> 00:53:12,800
We guess what? 
You need to be looking for this 

947
00:53:12,800 --> 00:53:15,700
kind of, man. 
He may not have arrived yet. 

948
00:53:15,700 --> 00:53:18,900
He may not be there yet. 
But you want a man that values? 

949
00:53:18,900 --> 00:53:21,300
These things and is learning to 
grow in them. 

950
00:53:21,500 --> 00:53:23,300
You want a man who wants to 
lead, you? 

951
00:53:23,300 --> 00:53:25,700
Well, as a husband, who cares 
about these things? 

952
00:53:25,700 --> 00:53:27,700
A man who's not just thinking 
about himself. 

953
00:53:28,700 --> 00:53:32,500
Or maybe ladies, maybe you're 
happily single and have no 

954
00:53:32,500 --> 00:53:35,000
desire to change that more power
to you. 

955
00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:37,000
That's awesome. 
That's great. 

956
00:53:37,600 --> 00:53:40,600
I want you to encourage your 
brothers in Christ to be these 

957
00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:43,900
kind of men for their wives and 
for the sake of the church, 

958
00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:46,000
don't let them fall asleep on 
the job. 

959
00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:48,400
Do what a good sister. 
Does pray for them and then give

960
00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:50,400
them a good kick in the rear end
when they need it. 

961
00:53:52,100 --> 00:53:55,500
Guys, this is our gut check 
moment, okay? 

962
00:53:55,900 --> 00:53:59,400
It's time to do an honest 
assessment, a diagnostic test. 

963
00:53:59,400 --> 00:54:03,000
If you will, if you're in this 
place today and you're a man and

964
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:06,000
you are a Christian. 
If you have given your life to 

965
00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:08,000
the Lord, You've placed your 
faith in Christ. 

966
00:54:08,200 --> 00:54:11,800
I want to ask you this can these
things be said of you. 

967
00:54:12,900 --> 00:54:16,700
Is this how those closest to you
would describe you? 

968
00:54:18,300 --> 00:54:21,300
Is this how your family, your 
friends, or your co-workers 

969
00:54:21,300 --> 00:54:23,200
would describe you if someone 
ask them? 

970
00:54:23,800 --> 00:54:26,500
Is this how your spouse would 
describe you or your children? 

971
00:54:27,700 --> 00:54:31,800
Are you a man who honors or who 
values honor and integrity and 

972
00:54:31,800 --> 00:54:35,100
dignity? 
Are you sound in your faith? 

973
00:54:36,200 --> 00:54:37,800
Do you make Bible reading and 
prayer? 

974
00:54:37,800 --> 00:54:41,600
A priority in your life. 
These sound in your love for 

975
00:54:41,600 --> 00:54:44,600
your family. 
Are you discipling your 

976
00:54:44,600 --> 00:54:47,800
children? 
If you have a son, are you 

977
00:54:47,800 --> 00:54:52,100
teaching him how to be a man? 
Are you sounding your love for 

978
00:54:52,100 --> 00:54:55,100
your church? 
Are you active in your church? 

979
00:54:55,100 --> 00:54:57,600
Do you selflessly serve other 
people? 

980
00:55:00,600 --> 00:55:04,800
If you if you are a Christian 
and you do care about these 

981
00:55:04,800 --> 00:55:07,900
things and you're doing your 
best to do these things and I 

982
00:55:07,900 --> 00:55:11,400
want to say thank you. 
Thank you for caring about these

983
00:55:11,400 --> 00:55:13,600
things. 
Keep fighting the good fight, 

984
00:55:13,600 --> 00:55:17,900
men, don't grow weary of doing 
good abide in Christ. 

985
00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:22,000
Rest in his strength and his 
provision for you and continue 

986
00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:26,100
making disciples. 
Make sure that they understand 

987
00:55:26,100 --> 00:55:29,400
the importance of these things, 
and May the grace and peace of 

988
00:55:29,400 --> 00:55:33,300
God be with you as you wage war 
every day, keep up the good 

989
00:55:33,300 --> 00:55:38,200
work. 
Or maybe you're a Christian, but

990
00:55:38,200 --> 00:55:40,500
you've never thought about these
things, maybe these things 

991
00:55:40,500 --> 00:55:43,100
don't, maybe you could honestly 
say no, that's not me. 

992
00:55:43,300 --> 00:55:46,600
I have failed in this. 
Well, I want to lovingly 

993
00:55:46,600 --> 00:55:50,200
encourage you to repent. 
Repent this morning. 

994
00:55:51,500 --> 00:55:54,900
Ask God to forgive you for that 
for not stepping into your role 

995
00:55:54,900 --> 00:55:57,200
as a man, as a husband, or a 
father. 

996
00:55:58,500 --> 00:56:00,800
We're not taking the role 
seriously, but let me also 

997
00:56:00,800 --> 00:56:04,100
encourage you in this. 
It's not too late. 

998
00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:06,900
Start right now. 
Start today. 

999
00:56:07,400 --> 00:56:11,000
Take up the sword of biblical 
manhood and start right now. 

1000
00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:14,900
Today, trying to grow in these 
qualities, make up your mind 

1001
00:56:14,900 --> 00:56:19,300
right now that you are not going
to become the kind of man that 

1002
00:56:19,300 --> 00:56:23,900
we talked about today that 
waivers on his responsibility to

1003
00:56:23,900 --> 00:56:27,300
do these things. 
Steak a flag in the ground and 

1004
00:56:27,300 --> 00:56:29,500
say No longer. 
Am I going to live my life 

1005
00:56:29,500 --> 00:56:31,700
according to the flesh? 
I'm going to live my life 

1006
00:56:31,700 --> 00:56:34,100
according to God's word from 
this day forward. 

1007
00:56:35,300 --> 00:56:38,300
I understand something you 
cannot do this in your own 

1008
00:56:38,300 --> 00:56:41,400
strength and power. 
You will fail. 

1009
00:56:42,700 --> 00:56:46,100
This growth, these qualities 
come only through trusting and 

1010
00:56:46,100 --> 00:56:51,300
resting in Jesus Christ. 
We are all going to fail at 

1011
00:56:51,300 --> 00:56:53,200
times men. 
None of us are perfect. 

1012
00:56:53,200 --> 00:56:56,000
There's only been one perfect 
man as James said this morning 

1013
00:56:56,000 --> 00:56:59,800
and it's not us, but we should 
be failing forward. 

1014
00:57:00,900 --> 00:57:03,300
Looking to Christ and his 
strength to sustain us. 

1015
00:57:03,300 --> 00:57:07,900
When we feel like we can't carry
on So again, if you haven't been

1016
00:57:07,900 --> 00:57:12,300
doing this, be encouraged Christ
wants this for you and he will 

1017
00:57:12,400 --> 00:57:16,400
never give you a job without 
giving you the tools to do that 

1018
00:57:16,400 --> 00:57:18,800
job. 
So, you've been called of this 

1019
00:57:18,800 --> 00:57:20,700
life, but you've been equipped 
to do it. 

1020
00:57:20,700 --> 00:57:24,500
Also, it is not impossible. 
So, start today in your own home

1021
00:57:24,600 --> 00:57:27,100
with your wife and your 
children, or in your own heart. 

1022
00:57:27,600 --> 00:57:30,600
Be this kind of man? 
Now, maybe you're in here and 

1023
00:57:30,600 --> 00:57:32,900
you're a man and you've never 
even placed your faith in 

1024
00:57:32,900 --> 00:57:36,300
Christ. 
Maybe you've never done that, 

1025
00:57:36,300 --> 00:57:38,700
maybe maybe you've never given 
your life to the Lord. 

1026
00:57:40,700 --> 00:57:43,700
Maybe you've never even 
considered any of this, maybe it

1027
00:57:43,700 --> 00:57:48,700
doesn't matter. 
Start there start by admitting 

1028
00:57:48,700 --> 00:57:51,500
that apart from Christ. 
There is no good in you. 

1029
00:57:52,000 --> 00:57:53,700
Do you may think you're a good 
guy? 

1030
00:57:53,800 --> 00:57:56,400
You may think I'm not that bad. 
I mean I might be like you know,

1031
00:57:56,400 --> 00:58:00,000
perfect but I'm not a bad guy. 
But Isaiah 64:6 says that we 

1032
00:58:00,000 --> 00:58:03,100
have all become like one who is 
unclean and all our righteous 

1033
00:58:03,100 --> 00:58:05,800
Deeds are like a polluted 
garment. 

1034
00:58:07,500 --> 00:58:12,300
Now. 
I debated on whether to say this

1035
00:58:12,300 --> 00:58:15,500
or not, but I'm going to because
it's in God's word, all right, 

1036
00:58:15,500 --> 00:58:19,100
this is strong language, be 
warned, but I didn't make this 

1037
00:58:19,100 --> 00:58:21,100
up. 
This is what God's word says. 

1038
00:58:21,100 --> 00:58:24,000
We read polluted garment filthy 
rags. 

1039
00:58:24,000 --> 00:58:28,800
As other translations say that 
means menstrual cloth. 

1040
00:58:30,100 --> 00:58:33,900
Do your good. 
Deeds are like, menstrual Rags 

1041
00:58:33,900 --> 00:58:38,000
To God. 
That's how disgusting it is. 

1042
00:58:40,100 --> 00:58:43,100
Men, you're not good on your 
own. 

1043
00:58:43,800 --> 00:58:47,200
It's only through Christ that 
any of this is possible, and 

1044
00:58:47,200 --> 00:58:49,400
it's only through what he 
cultivates in you. 

1045
00:58:49,400 --> 00:58:53,300
That anything can ever be good 
in you, you have to give your 

1046
00:58:53,300 --> 00:58:56,800
life to Christ. 
All those good deeds, you can be

1047
00:58:56,800 --> 00:58:59,200
a great philanthropist. 
You can give to the community, 

1048
00:58:59,200 --> 00:59:02,000
you can do all that stuff and it
is meaningless. 

1049
00:59:02,200 --> 00:59:08,200
If you've not given your life to
Christ, So I urge you, I urge 

1050
00:59:08,200 --> 00:59:11,600
you, if that is you today that 
you would surrender your life to

1051
00:59:11,600 --> 00:59:16,500
Christ that you would say, your 
will be done, your kingdom come.

1052
00:59:16,500 --> 00:59:20,000
I'm giving up my little sand 
castles that I've made, your 

1053
00:59:20,000 --> 00:59:22,100
will be done in my life. 
What do you want from me? 

1054
00:59:22,100 --> 00:59:24,100
Lord, Surrender Your Life to him
today. 

1055
00:59:24,100 --> 00:59:30,000
If you have never done that, 
Start there place your faith in 

1056
00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:33,900
him and him alone, not yourself.
And then after you've done that,

1057
00:59:33,900 --> 00:59:36,300
guess what? 
Then you get to join. 

1058
00:59:36,300 --> 00:59:39,700
The rest of the brothers in this
room as a child and a co-heir 

1059
00:59:39,700 --> 00:59:43,200
with Jesus, a child of the king 
and you get to start living this

1060
00:59:43,200 --> 00:59:45,900
life of nobility and honor 
integrity. 

1061
00:59:46,000 --> 00:59:48,900
And the men in this room will 
gladly be right there beside you

1062
00:59:48,900 --> 00:59:51,700
holding your hand along the way,
picking you up when you fall 

1063
00:59:51,700 --> 00:59:54,300
down. 
I want that for every one of you

1064
00:59:54,300 --> 00:59:59,000
men in this room today. 
Jesus was the ultimate example 

1065
00:59:59,000 --> 01:00:02,000
of these qualities and traits. 
He was the only perfect human. 

1066
01:00:02,000 --> 01:00:05,100
He is our brother and our King 
and now at this time we are 

1067
01:00:05,100 --> 01:00:09,100
going to remember him. 
We're going to remember why we 

1068
01:00:09,100 --> 01:00:12,600
worshipped him, why we give our 
lives to him and we do that 

1069
01:00:12,600 --> 01:00:15,300
through the Lord's Supper. 
So our osiers are going to come 

1070
01:00:15,300 --> 01:00:17,700
forward. 
They're going to pass out the 

1071
01:00:17,700 --> 01:00:19,900
elements here in just a second. 
We're going to take communion 

1072
01:00:19,900 --> 01:00:20,400
together.