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Good morning.
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We're going to be in Titus chapter 2.
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I'd like to say Happy Mother's Day to all the moms that are here.
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! If I haven't told you in person, Happy Mother's Day.
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As I studied and thought about this week and this morning,
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what I was going to say,
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I watched my wife, Jamie, mother, our four kids.
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Moms, you do a whole lot.
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You do an amazing amount of stuff and you guys are amazing.
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Thank you for everything that you guys do.
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Honestly, we wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you guys in so many levels.
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This morning, we want to honor moms.
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We want to celebrate our moms and the moms that are represented.
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So Titus 2 is where we're going to be.
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Verses 3 through 5.
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We're going to look at what a godly woman looks like.
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So what characteristics does she display?
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And why does she live that way?
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As we look at a godly woman, my hope is that you'll be encouraged to think of your mom or think of yourself.
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Be encouraged to love on them this morning.
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If as I'm talking, something I say reminds you of your mom, celebrate that.
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If as I'm talking, you aren't reminded of your mom at all.
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Maybe she's not a Christian yet.
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Thank God for her.
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Pray for her.
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Pray for opportunities to share the gospel with her.
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Don't get angry because your mom isn't godly yet.
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Don't beat her up in your head.
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Celebrate the gift of your mom and love her.
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If you're a mom, I want to encourage you this morning and not discourage you.
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I want to challenge you, not handcuff you.
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And if you're going to be a mom someday, about 60% of you in this room, maybe 50% of you in this room,
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listen and file this away.
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Revisit it and pray for when that time comes when you will be a mom.
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Guys, I know that you're thinking this has nothing to do with me.
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Well, not so fast.
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The subject may be moms, but the principles apply to you and I as well.
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So we all can be challenged this morning.
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Let's read our text.
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Titus chapter 2, verse 3 through 5.
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Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in behavior,
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not slanderers or slaves to much wine.
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They are to teach what is good,
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and so train the young women to love their husbands and children,
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to be self-controlled, pure, working at home,
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kind and submissive to their own husbands,
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that the word of God may not be reviled.
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Pray with me.
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Father, I thank you for this time.
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I thank you that you have called us here to gather together.
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Father, I thank you that you have united us through your Son, Jesus,
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through the Holy Spirit that you sent.
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God, I ask God that the Spirit would work,
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that we can hear, not just with ears,
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but with our entire being, with our lives,
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God, that we would leave here ready for action,
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leave here to live differently because of your word.
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And God, not because of what I say or my opinions,
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but God, that I would speak your words this morning
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and that what is spoken will be from you to us.
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There is power in your word.
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There is conviction in your word.
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There is counsel in your word.
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God, we ask you to work,
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and your will would be done this morning.
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In Jesus' name I pray.
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Amen.
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So let's just jump in.
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Verse 3 starts with older women.
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Now here's a little bit of encouragement to you older women in here
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on our standards.
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In Paul's standards here, writing to Titus,
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older women is 60 to 65.
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So if you're under 60 or 65, you're young.
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You're a young woman, not an older woman.
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Women who have, Paul is addressing or addressing Titus,
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is talking about women who no longer have kids in their home,
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who are no longer raising kids,
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and encouraging them to love the younger women.
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So what I want to do is look at what a godly woman looks like.
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As Paul is addressing to Titus some needs here,
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Titus is a pastor in Crete.
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He's left in here very similar to Timothy in Ephesus.
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He's left Titus to be the pastor or elder on the island of Crete.
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And he's given him some instruction,
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and Titus and the two Timothys are very similar in that way.
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If you've read 1 or 2 Timothy, you can kind of see that.
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So here he gives him instruction on older women,
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how they are to live.
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And I've changed it a little bit for us to look at what a godly woman looks like,
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so that it can apply to the young women in here,
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the young women described in our text,
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and even us guys,
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of what does a godly woman look like.
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So the first point this morning,
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a godly woman is in pursuit of holiness.
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A godly woman is in pursuit of holiness.
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Now of course, no one is perfect.
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No one is holy.
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Your mom may be wonderful, but she is not perfect.
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She can, though, as a Christian, pursue holiness,
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pursue perfection, strive to be sinless,
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strive to be godly.
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A godly woman strives to honor God in all circumstances,
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in all situations.
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So let's look at some of this language in these three verses.
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In verse 3 it says,
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Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in behavior.
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Godly examples of holiness.
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Flip back two books to 1 Timothy.
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To the left, two books.
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1 Timothy chapter 2.
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Start reading in verse 9.
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Likewise, also that women should adorn themselves
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in respectable apparel with modesty and self-control.
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Not with beaded hair and gold or pearls or costly attire,
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but with what is proper for women who profess godliness
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with good works.
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Reverent in behavior.
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A couple words there in 1 Timothy.
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Profess godliness, modesty, self-control.
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An example of what a godly person looks like.
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An example of holiness.
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Reverent in behavior.
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In 1 Peter chapter 3.
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1 Peter writes,
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Do not let your adorning be external.
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The braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry
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or the clothing you wear.
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But let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart.
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With the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit,
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which in God's sight is very precious.
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A woman who is pursuing holiness is more concerned
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with the inner being.
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What's happening on the inside.
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What's happening in the heart.
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Not the outside apparel.
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Not the braided hair or the jewelry or the gold or whatever.
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All that stuff is secondary.
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She is reverent in behavior.
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And her behavior reflects what's happening on the inside of her.
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What God is doing in her.
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Through her.
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She is reverent in behavior.
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Verse 3 also says,
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Not slanderers.
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She's not a false accuser.
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She's not a malicious gossip.
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See, men are inclined to abuse physically.
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We'll throw a punch pretty quick.
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Women are inclined to abuse verbally.
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Of course, we're both guilty of gossip
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and the sin of entertaining gossip.
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But here, Paul is addressing this malicious gossip.
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A godly woman is not a slanderer.
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A slave to much wine, later in verse 3.
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Does not mean she doesn't drink wine.
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It means she is not controlled by wine or anything else.
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Food.
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TV.
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Shopping.
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Couponing.
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It's a big deal right now, right?
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See, we are so sinful as creatures
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that we turn good things into God things
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that makes them bad things.
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We turn couponing into bad things.
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We make it a God.
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We make it something we have to do.
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And what happens as a result is we make it a bad thing.
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We make it an idol.
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We worship it.
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We become enslaved to it.
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And that's the picture here,
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what Paul is trying to get across.
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Slave to much wine.
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It's not the fact that she drinks.
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So that she doesn't drink.
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That's secondary here.
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She is controlled.
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She is enslaved to it.
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Definition of slave is to be held and controlled
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against one's will.
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It's more of a prison than a means of escape.
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I have a co-worker.
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I'll call him a co-worker
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because I've worked with him a couple days.
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who,
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who,
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beginning of last week,
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ran out of beer at home
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and decided to go to the convenience store
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on a lawnmower,
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got pulled over
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and got a DUI
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for driving a lawnmower
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to the convenience store
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to get more beer.
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It's a funny story.
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I know.
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It should be a country song or something.
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It's,
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I don't have a tune yet,
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but it's working.
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Four days later,
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he's at home
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and he runs out of beer
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and gets in his truck
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and goes and gets more beer
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at the convenience store
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and gets another DUI.
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Poor guy needs Jesus, yes.
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but the control of that sin
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in his life,
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he is enslaved
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to that desire
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to fulfill that need.
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He is controlled
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by that need.
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And that's that picture here,
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slave to much wine.
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Now,
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as I've said,
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I gave you a list,
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food,
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shopping,
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TV,
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couponing,
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it could be anything.
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But what controls you?
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What are you enslaved to?
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Later on in verse 5,
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here's some more traits
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that fall under pursuit of holiness.
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Self-controlled.
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Are you sensible?
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Is your mom sensible?
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Common sense and good judgment.
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Can you go to your mom
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or can your children come to you
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and you give them good judgment
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and sound advice?
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Another characteristic
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in verse 5
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is pure.
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Is there moral purity?
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Is there faithfulness
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within the marriage?
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Thoughts and actions.
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Ladies,
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is there a pursuit
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for holiness in your life?
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Do you see these traits
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in your mom?
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Celebrate that.
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Rejoice.
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Thank God for that.
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If you don't,
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pray for your mom
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and challenge her.
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Second point,
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not only is a godly woman
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pursuing holiness,
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but a godly woman
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is also building
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a legacy of disciples.
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Building a legacy
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of disciples
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and not a legacy
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in financial
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or worldly idea here,
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but a legacy of disciples.
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You want to know
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what a woman is all about?
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You want to know
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what she loves,
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what she holds close to her,
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what her convictions are?
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Look at her disciples.
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Look at her children.
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Look at who she's taught,
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who she's led.
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And my sister-in-law
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is a Mary Kay saleswoman,
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I guess.
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I don't know.
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She's a pink Cadillac lady.
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She's successful.
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Super successful.
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Almost freaky successful.
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And if you go to
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the most successful
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of her disciples,
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the most successful
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of her followers,
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and you talk to them,
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you know exactly
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what Meg holds important
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and what she holds dear to her
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and what she's trying to give
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and have the women follow.
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The idea here
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is that Meg invests
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in the girls
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so that they will succeed
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like she has succeeded.
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And here,
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a godly woman
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builds a legacy
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not of Mary Kay saleswomen,
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but of God-fearing,
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godly disciples.
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Verse 3 and 4
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tells them
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to teach what is good.
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Verse 3 and verse 4,
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so train the young women.
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Women.
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It almost gives us
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a picture of this
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classroom-like teaching.
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Now sit down,
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I have things
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I want to tell you,
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things I want to teach you.
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Even like a gathering
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like this.
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But that's not the case.
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This picture here
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is more of a modeling.
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More of a life-on-life
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teaching and instructing.
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You instruct what is good,
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what is noble,
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what is excellent
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by living it out
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in front of them
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and with them.
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Which means,
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women and men,
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husbands and wives,
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that you invite people
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into your life.
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That your home
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has an open door
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where people come in
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and see how you live.
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That the home
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isn't necessarily
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your fortress
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where you go
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and you hide.
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It's a fort
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where people come
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and find safety
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and find comfort.
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Teach what is good,
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so train the young women
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by living it out
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with them.
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So,
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older women,
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we need you.
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Older men,
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we need you as well.
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We need you to help us.
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To disciple us.
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A godly woman
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builds a legacy
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of disciples
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who love Jesus,
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who love His Word,
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who are pursuing holiness.
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And that's the type
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of legacy
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that's going to
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change the world.
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That's the type
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of legacy
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that's going to
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move mountains
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and see
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Christians
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created
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to the ends
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of the earth
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and made.
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Look at what
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they're to teach.
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Verse 3,
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it says,
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teach what is good,
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noble,
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excellent,
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what is right
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and true.
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Verse 4 and 5,
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it says,
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love their husbands
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and children
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to be self-controlled
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and pure.
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Already talked about
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self-controlled
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and pure.
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It says,
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working at home.
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A little lightning rod
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statement right there.
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Working at home.
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It does not
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necessarily mean
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that a woman
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cannot work
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outside the home,
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but it does
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mean
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that her home
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needs to be
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her highest
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priority.
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Women of all
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ages
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have fallen
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victim to the
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feminist agenda
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telling women
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that their worth
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and value
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is not in
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family,
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it's not in
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home,
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it's not in
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their husband,
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it's not in
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any of that,
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it's not in
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children,
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it's in the
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workplace
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and in how much
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money they can
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make and how
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much schooling
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they can have.
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Well,
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that's not the
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case.
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And I don't do
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this very often,
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but I would
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encourage you,
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if you have
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time to listen
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to a sermon,
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go to
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gracetoyou.com
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and listen to
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John MacArthur's
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Titus 2 sermon.
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He breaks down
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and the whole
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sermon is basically
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about the
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feminist movement
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and takes it
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all the way
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back to
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Gnosticism,
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which was in
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Jesus' time
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and before
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Jesus' time.
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it's
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enlightening
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and it will
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help you to
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see what is
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happening around
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us.
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Nonetheless,
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so when
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women stay
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at home,
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when they get
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to stay at
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home,
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they feel
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less valued.
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The world
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tells them
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they're not
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as valued.
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They feel
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a loss of
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identity because
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they're not
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at work and
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being successful,
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they're not
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making money,
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they're not
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doing what the
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world tells them
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to do.
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Now,
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of course,
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there are
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reasons to
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work.
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There are
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reasons to
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go to
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work.
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But women,
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you must be
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sensible,
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as we've
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already touched
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on,
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as commanded
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in making
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the decision.
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So questions
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like,
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are your kids
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old enough?
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Can you be
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home when they
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get home?
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Can you still
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do what you're
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called to do
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as a mother
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and as a wife?
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not only do
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women have
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an impact
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with people
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around them,
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making disciples,
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inviting people
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into their
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home,
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but they also
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have an impact
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at home
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with their
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children.
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The home is
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where women
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have a global
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impact.
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This is where
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they can train
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their children
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to be disciples,
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to invest in
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their kids,
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to nurture
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their kids,
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to teach them
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the treasures
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of Jesus
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and His
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commands,
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that they
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will go
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to the
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ends of
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the earth.
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You can
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shoot them
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out like
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arrows
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to build
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the kingdom
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of God.
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The home
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is also
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where a woman
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can find
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authentic
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and satisfying
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fulfillment
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as a Christian.
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A godly
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woman builds
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a legacy
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with younger
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women outside
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the home
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and from
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within the
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home with
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their children.
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Do you
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see that
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legacy from
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your mom
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or wife?
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Celebrate
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it.
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Celebrate
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her.
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But not
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only does
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a godly
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woman pursue
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holiness,
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not only
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is she
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building
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a legacy
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of disciples,
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she also
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has a
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selfless
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sacrificial
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love.
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A
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selfless
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sacrificial
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love.
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An example
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of that
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is verse
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five
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that we
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just touched
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on.
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Working
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at home.
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Putting
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the needs
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of the
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family
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above the
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wants
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of herself
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or above
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what the
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world or
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sinful nature
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or whatever
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is telling
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her to do.
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Putting the
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needs of the
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family above
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the wants
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of herself.
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But verse
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four says
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to love
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their husbands
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and children.
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To love
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their husbands.
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This is not
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a romantic
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love.
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This is not
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an emotionally
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volatile
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love.
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It's a
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committed
20:32
love.
20:33
A willing,
20:35
determined
20:35
love, not
20:36
based on the
20:37
husband's
20:37
worthiness,
20:38
but on
20:39
God's
20:39
command.
20:40
So when
20:42
your husband
20:43
is unlovable,
20:45
you love
20:46
him.
20:47
You sacrifice
20:49
not for him
20:49
necessarily, but
20:50
because you are
20:51
commanded to
20:52
do so.
20:54
It is a sin
20:55
if you don't.
20:59
When those
21:00
moments come,
21:02
you love
21:03
him, you
21:03
serve him
21:04
sacrificially.
21:05
John
21:07
MacArthur
21:07
says,
21:08
when you
21:09
sacrificially
21:09
serve someone,
21:11
it becomes
21:12
almost impossible
21:14
not to
21:15
love them.
21:17
Where there
21:17
is genuine
21:18
practical
21:19
love,
21:21
genuine
21:21
emotional
21:22
love is
21:23
sure to
21:24
follow.
21:25
And I
21:26
think he's
21:26
right.
21:27
If we
21:28
practice
21:28
love,
21:31
emotional
21:31
love is
21:31
going to
21:32
grow out
21:32
of that
21:32
or alongside
21:33
that.
21:35
A good
21:37
example of
21:38
sacrificial
21:38
love here
21:39
on earth,
21:41
apart from
21:42
Jesus,
21:44
apart from
21:44
his life,
21:46
death,
21:46
and resurrection,
21:47
is motherhood.
21:49
It says to
21:50
love her
21:51
husband and
21:52
children.
21:54
Love her
21:55
children with
21:55
a sacrificial
21:57
love.
21:57
Again, not
21:58
an emotional,
22:00
oh, isn't
22:01
he adorable?
22:02
I just love
22:02
that kid.
22:04
Not that
22:05
kind of
22:05
love.
22:07
And I
22:07
think that
22:07
might be
22:08
some of
22:08
the parenting
22:08
problems out
22:10
there today.
22:12
They love
22:13
the idea of
22:14
being a
22:14
parent.
22:15
They love
22:15
the little
22:15
guys dressed
22:16
up really
22:16
nice, but
22:18
they might
22:19
not necessarily
22:19
love being
22:20
a parent.
22:22
Might not
22:22
necessarily
22:22
love when
22:24
the little
22:24
dressed up
22:25
guy who
22:25
looks so
22:25
cute is
22:26
hitting his
22:27
sister and
22:28
throwing stuff
22:29
all over the
22:29
place and
22:30
making messes
22:30
for you
22:31
to clean
22:31
up.
22:35
A
22:36
sacrificial
22:36
love, though,
22:38
grows out
22:38
of what
22:39
God is
22:40
doing and
22:41
has done.
22:42
Philippians
22:42
chapter 2.
22:43
Turn to
22:43
Philippians
22:44
chapter 2.
22:47
Now this,
22:48
of course,
22:48
is not
22:49
talking about
22:49
motherhood.
22:50
This is not
22:51
talking about
22:52
being a
22:52
mother or
22:53
the love
22:53
that a
22:53
mother has,
22:54
but this
22:54
illustrates,
22:55
in Paul's
22:56
words here
22:57
to the
22:57
church of
22:58
Philippi,
22:59
I think
23:00
a perfect
23:01
picture of
23:02
motherhood.
23:04
Philippians
23:05
chapter 2,
23:06
verse 2.
23:08
Complete my
23:09
joy by
23:10
being of
23:11
the same
23:11
mind,
23:12
having the
23:12
same love,
23:13
being in
23:13
full of
23:14
court of
23:14
one mind.
23:15
Do
23:16
nothing from
23:16
rivalry or
23:17
conceit,
23:18
but in
23:18
humility count
23:19
others more
23:20
significant than
23:22
yourself.
23:25
a godly
23:25
woman,
23:26
a godly
23:27
mother counts
23:28
others more
23:29
important.
23:32
Counts others
23:33
more important.
23:34
During Christmas
23:35
time, during the
23:36
Christmas season
23:37
from Thanksgiving
23:37
to Christmas,
23:39
the movie A
23:39
Christmas Story
23:40
is on about
23:41
150 times.
23:43
It's over and
23:44
over and
23:45
over.
23:46
And if you
23:47
know the
23:47
movie, the
23:48
little kid,
23:49
I can't remember
23:50
his name,
23:51
he's narrating
23:52
the story,
23:52
kind of telling
23:53
the story,
23:53
and there's
23:54
this scene
23:54
where,
23:55
where he's
23:57
talking about
23:58
his mom,
23:58
and he
23:59
says,
24:00
you know,
24:00
my mom,
24:01
she's,
24:01
paraphrase,
24:02
okay,
24:03
my mom hasn't
24:04
had a hot
24:04
meal in 15
24:05
years.
24:07
And the
24:07
picture is
24:08
her in the
24:08
kitchen and
24:09
the family
24:09
sitting down
24:10
and she
24:11
tries to
24:11
sit down
24:12
and eat
24:12
and then
24:12
something else,
24:13
she's got to
24:14
get something
24:14
else in the
24:14
kitchen,
24:15
or she
24:16
tries to
24:16
sit down
24:16
again and
24:17
he needs
24:18
something to
24:18
drink,
24:19
or she
24:19
tries to
24:19
sit down
24:20
and the
24:20
husband
24:20
needs a
24:21
knife,
24:21
and she
24:21
tries to
24:22
sit down
24:22
over and
24:22
over and
24:23
over and
24:23
over.
24:23
That's
24:24
sacrificial
24:25
love.
24:25
It's a
24:26
movie,
24:27
but that is
24:27
sacrificial
24:28
love,
24:28
and I see
24:29
that all
24:30
the time
24:30
in my
24:31
wife.
24:32
My wife
24:33
will sometimes
24:33
not even
24:34
eat lunch
24:34
because the
24:35
kids have
24:36
needed something
24:39
over and
24:39
over and
24:39
over,
24:40
and that's
24:40
what kids
24:41
do.
24:42
I've seen
24:42
her put her
24:43
lunch in
24:44
the microwave,
24:46
and when a
24:46
microwave beeps,
24:47
I don't know if
24:48
it's something in
24:48
me, but I've
24:49
got to go get
24:50
it.
24:50
It's
24:51
ready to
24:52
eat.
24:52
It's
24:52
time to
24:53
eat.
24:55
I've
24:56
seen her
24:56
have things
24:57
sit in
24:57
there for
24:57
30 minutes
24:58
because she's
24:59
helping and
24:59
trying to do
25:00
other things
25:00
that need to
25:01
get done.
25:01
That's that
25:02
sacrificial
25:03
love, and I
25:03
see it in my
25:04
mother-in-law.
25:06
Julie is the
25:06
last person to
25:07
sit down at
25:07
the dinner
25:08
table.
25:09
That is a
25:10
sacrificial
25:11
love.
25:12
So when
25:12
Nathan calls
25:13
Julie a
25:14
godly
25:14
mother, he
25:15
is right.
25:16
when I
25:20
say that I
25:21
see this in
25:22
Jamie, yes,
25:22
she is
25:23
sacrificing
25:24
herself to
25:25
be a
25:26
mother to
25:27
her children
25:28
and our
25:28
children.
25:30
This
25:30
sacrificial
25:31
love is
25:32
from God.
25:34
It is a
25:34
result of
25:36
Jesus'
25:36
life, death,
25:37
and resurrection.
25:41
Because of
25:42
sin, it is
25:43
impossible to
25:44
continue this
25:44
love laid
25:45
out.
25:46
It is
25:46
impossible to
25:48
love somebody
25:49
in this way
25:50
for a long
25:52
period of
25:53
time.
25:54
Now, of
25:54
course, of
25:55
course, there's
25:55
this motherly
25:56
desire.
25:57
There are
25:57
good mothers
25:58
who don't
25:58
know Jesus
25:59
yet.
25:59
There are
26:00
good mothers
26:00
who are not
26:01
Christians, and
26:01
I understand
26:02
that.
26:02
And they
26:03
love their
26:03
kids, and
26:04
they're, but
26:05
try sacrificially
26:06
loving a
26:07
husband who
26:08
is a sinner
26:08
without the
26:12
grace of God
26:12
to do so.
26:15
Jesus'
26:15
love enables
26:16
us to
26:17
love
26:17
sacrificially.
26:19
That's
26:20
why it
26:20
saddens me
26:21
when Christians
26:22
say they
26:24
don't love
26:24
each other
26:25
anymore, and
26:26
they get a
26:27
divorce.
26:29
Of course,
26:30
question whether
26:31
they are
26:32
Christians at
26:33
all.
26:35
Do you see
26:36
this love in
26:36
your mom or
26:37
in your
26:37
wife?
26:39
Celebrate
26:40
her.
26:42
Praise Jesus
26:43
for her.
26:45
And if not,
26:46
challenge your
26:47
mom.
26:47
Pray for
26:48
your mom.
26:48
Love your
26:49
mom today.
26:53
Finally, a
26:55
godly woman,
26:56
her life draws
26:58
people to the
26:59
gospel.
27:00
Her life draws
27:01
people.
27:02
There's an
27:02
attraction to
27:04
the gospel, not
27:05
because she's
27:06
beautiful or the
27:07
way she's
27:08
dressed or how
27:09
charismatic she
27:10
is, but there's
27:10
just something
27:11
about her life
27:12
that draws
27:13
people in.
27:15
The opposite
27:16
of this is to
27:17
repel people.
27:19
And that's
27:19
what we see
27:19
in the end of
27:20
verse 5 back
27:21
in Titus
27:22
chapter 2.
27:24
To be
27:25
self-controlled,
27:26
pure, working
27:27
at home, kind
27:28
and submissive to
27:28
their own
27:29
husbands, that
27:29
the word of
27:30
God may not
27:31
be reviled.
27:34
That the word
27:35
of God may not
27:35
be dishonored,
27:38
defamed, or
27:39
blasphemed.
27:40
The idea
27:42
here isn't
27:42
just how you
27:44
live or how
27:44
you preach or
27:45
how you
27:46
communicate to
27:47
people, but
27:49
it's also how
27:49
you don't
27:50
live, what
27:52
you don't
27:52
say.
27:54
The bad
27:55
things we do
27:56
and the good
27:57
things we fail
27:57
to do or
27:58
say are equally
27:59
important.
28:01
And people
28:02
all around are
28:03
watching to see
28:04
how you as
28:05
mothers, you
28:06
as godly
28:07
women, us
28:08
as men and
28:09
husbands, how
28:10
we live.
28:13
See, the
28:14
bottom line is
28:15
people don't
28:16
care about
28:16
your theology.
28:17
People don't
28:18
care whether
28:19
you're a
28:19
Calvinist or
28:20
a Minion or
28:20
whether you're
28:22
post-millennial or
28:24
pre-millennial,
28:24
they don't care
28:25
about that.
28:25
What they care
28:26
about is how
28:27
you live.
28:29
What communicates
28:29
to them is not
28:30
what your
28:32
feeling is on
28:33
how Paul wrote,
28:35
if Paul wrote
28:36
Hebrews or not.
28:37
that doesn't
28:38
matter.
28:39
What matters is
28:39
how you live
28:40
it out.
28:40
That's the
28:40
point that
28:43
James has with
28:44
faith without
28:45
works.
28:45
He's dead.
28:49
People care
28:50
about your
28:50
faith lived
28:51
out.
28:51
They care
28:52
about how
28:52
you mother
28:53
your child.
28:54
They care
28:54
about how
28:55
you live.
28:56
They care
28:57
about how
28:57
we men
28:59
treat our
29:00
wives,
29:01
father our
29:02
kids.
29:02
kids,
29:05
how you
29:06
treat your
29:06
moms,
29:07
not just
29:08
on Mother's
29:08
Day,
29:10
hallmark made
29:11
up day,
29:12
not just
29:13
on today,
29:14
as special
29:14
as it is.
29:19
And if
29:20
they care
29:20
about how
29:21
your faith
29:21
is lived
29:22
out,
29:23
then you're
29:24
either attracting
29:25
people to the
29:26
gospel and the
29:28
truth of God
29:29
and the power
29:30
of the gospel
29:31
or you are
29:32
repelling people
29:33
or you've
29:34
got bug spray
29:35
on and you're
29:36
repelling people
29:37
from the
29:38
truth of
29:38
God's word.
29:42
The purpose
29:43
for women to
29:44
be godly is to
29:45
proclaim the
29:46
gospel and to
29:47
bring glory to
29:47
God.
29:49
That's why God
29:50
does everything.
29:50
That's why he's
29:51
planned and ordained
29:52
everything here in
29:53
scripture is to
29:54
bring much glory
29:56
to him.
29:59
So today,
30:00
let us celebrate
30:01
our mothers.
30:03
Let us rejoice
30:04
in the gospel
30:05
and bring honor
30:06
and glory to
30:07
God.
30:09
And there's a
30:10
response for all
30:11
of us this
30:11
morning.
30:13
Moms,
30:15
are you living
30:17
out and
30:18
attracting people?
30:20
Are you pursuing
30:21
holiness?
30:22
Are you making
30:23
a legacy of
30:24
disciples?
30:25
Are you building
30:25
disciples that
30:26
will form and
30:29
shape generations
30:30
to come?
30:33
Are you
30:33
sacrificially,
30:35
selflessly loving
30:36
your children?
30:39
Ladies,
30:41
not moms yet?
30:42
Do you want
30:46
to be this?
30:48
Do you pursue
30:49
holiness in your
30:50
life now?
30:50
Are you building
30:54
a legacy of
30:55
disciples?
30:57
And are you
30:58
attracting people
31:01
to the gospel
31:02
or repelling?
31:05
And guys,
31:06
same thing.
31:07
Are you pursuing
31:08
holiness?
31:09
Are you striving
31:10
to be holy and
31:11
to love your
31:12
wife as Christ
31:14
loved the
31:14
church?
31:17
That is a
31:18
command.
31:19
It's not an
31:20
option.
31:21
It's not
31:22
multiple choice.
31:26
Guys,
31:26
are you
31:27
building a
31:27
legacy of
31:28
disciples?
31:29
Are you
31:29
training younger
31:30
guys to come
31:31
up and to be
31:32
godly husbands
31:32
and godly
31:33
fathers?
31:38
Are you
31:38
drawing people
31:39
to the gospel?
31:44
There is a
31:44
response.
31:46
Question,
31:47
examine
31:48
yourself
31:49
this morning.
31:50
not because
31:51
it's
31:52
mother's
31:52
day,
31:53
not because
31:54
it's
31:54
Sunday,
31:56
but because
31:56
of the
31:56
gospel and
31:57
the power
31:57
of Jesus
31:58
Christ that
31:59
has made
31:59
you who
32:00
are dead
32:00
alive.
32:04
And as
32:05
Nathan said
32:06
earlier this
32:06
morning,
32:07
we celebrate
32:08
moms,
32:09
but we
32:09
rejoice.
32:11
We are
32:11
excited and
32:12
we are here
32:13
to worship
32:13
not our
32:14
moms,
32:14
but Jesus
32:16
Christ,
32:17
the Savior.
32:17
let's pray.
32:20
Let's pray.