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As the spring semester has come to an end and we're entering into the summer, we have begun a verse-by-verse exposition of the book of Colossians.
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So let me invite you to turn there with me to Colossians chapter 1 while I explain to you why I'm not going to be preaching from Colossians this morning.
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But I want to show you the why and the how of it.
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Last week was a very busy week for me, primarily because the Dahlonega Care Center had its banquet on Friday.
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And thank you to all of you who were part of that and made it possible.
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It went very well, but occupied much of my extra brain capacity.
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So I got started very early in the week, hammering after Colossians 1, 15 through 20, this great cosmic Christological hymn.
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It's such a precious, precious text.
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It's the center, although not in verse counting, but it's the center of Paul's letter to the Colossian church.
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It is a phenomenal passage of text.
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And so I got an early start on it and went after it hard and have enjoyed my study of it and am prepared to preach 15 through 20.
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But I failed my little bit of extra brain bandwidth to realize that I got way ahead of myself in my preparation.
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That for our schedule for the summer, I had intended to preach verses 15 through 17.
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And then next week, verses 18 through 20.
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Which made a mild conundrum.
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Not a large conundrum, but a small one.
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Just that if I preach Colossians 1, 15 through 20 this week, we'd be a week ahead.
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And at some point would have to drop out or finish early and fill in something topical before college students come back in the fall.
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Not a major deal, but began to make me go, huh, I wonder if maybe.
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All this happening at 5 o'clock yesterday evening.
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As I said to you previously, going throughout the week, I heard many, many, I won't be there this Sunday.
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And so those two things combined caused me to say, well, let me step away from the text.
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We'll pick up next week again, 15 through 20, in Colossians.
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But let me step away from it for this week.
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And then our main crew will be back next week and we can press on together in the book of Colossians.
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So this morning, I'll preach a Mother's Day sermon of sort.
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So if you will, join me in Proverbs, the book of Proverbs, chapter 1.
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I'm thankful for a church that appreciates verse by verse exposition.
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I hope this doesn't offend your sensibilities too much.
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Too upset with me.
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Proverbs, chapter 1, verses 7 through 9.
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This is God's Word to us.
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It was written for His glory and our good.
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We would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.
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And this morning, I want to observe, to pull out from these three verses,
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six realities from Proverbs 1, 7 through 9.
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A little less complex than last week.
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You won't have three lists within a major list.
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Just one list, six realities from Proverbs 1, 7 through 9.
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Firstly, reality number one, the family is an institution of God's making.
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Solomon here, writer of this beginning proverb, writing to his son,
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takes for granted that his readers will have fathers and mothers to listen to.
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That God's good design would be at play in the world.
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God created the family.
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The family is God's plan.
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God's desire.
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To put it one more way, the family is ordained by God in creation.
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In the very first chapter of the Bible,
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Genesis 1, 27 and 28 says,
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And God created man in His own image.
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In the image of God, He created them.
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Male and female, He created them.
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And God blessed them.
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And God said to them,
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Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
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I brought you together.
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One of the purposes of Adam and Eve being brought together
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was that they would multiply,
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that they would be a family.
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How were they to do this fruitful earth filling
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by indiscriminate mating pregnancies?
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The second chapter of the Bible, Genesis 2, 24, gives the answer.
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A man shall leave his father and his mother
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and shall cleave to his wife
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and they shall become one flesh.
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This profound relationship between one man and one woman
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whose covenant relationship shows the world
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the way that God relates to His covenant people
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in love and faithfulness
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was meant to reproduce little ones
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who also honor God as His image bears.
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This was God's original intention.
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His original design.
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All of this by grace
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God has sustained countless imperfect people
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and countless imperfect situations
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for the sake of His name.
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But God intended for the family
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to be in full function in the world.
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Why do you think that Satan
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is so going after the family
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to destroy it,
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to rip it apart?
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As goes the family,
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so goes the society.
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Do you know the three institutions
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that God's ordained?
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There's three.
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The family,
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the church,
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and the government.
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All ordained by God
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to serve a very particular role
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and function.
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And when those roles and functions
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are traded,
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when the parameters between them
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get skewed,
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bad things always happen.
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The family was created by God
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to help God's little ones
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worship Him.
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And Solomon assumes
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the family is exercising its role
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in this text.
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So the family is an institution
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of God's making, firstly.
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Second reality,
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the family is meant to be
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a school.
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The family is meant to be
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a school.
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Note verse 7,
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the commendation of knowledge.
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Fools despise wisdom
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and instruction.
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And then Solomon says to his son,
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how is it that this wisdom
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and instruction
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is going to come to you?
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It's going to come to you
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by your mother
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and your father
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in the family.
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The family is God's basic school
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for instructing children
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how to live in the world.
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Unlike many animals,
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children do very little
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instinctually.
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There's some amazing things
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they do,
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like when a baby's brand new,
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first born,
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if you knew this or not,
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but you can get them
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to grasp your fingers
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and you can pick them up.
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I haven't tried it,
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but so I'm told
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that this is true.
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That if you blow in their face
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or hold their breath
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and you can dunk them
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under water,
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also wasn't allowed
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to try that one.
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They suckle by instinct.
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They cry when they're hungry
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or tired.
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They blink.
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Probably it.
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Not much more than that.
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As humans,
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we must be taught
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how to eat and walk,
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how to talk and read,
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how to show gratitude
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and other manners.
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Just about everything
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that we do is learned.
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The family is God's intended school
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for this massive undertaking.
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The family certainly
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may employ the help of others
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in this effort.
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Relatives,
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a nanny,
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a school,
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the church,
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I would encourage
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all of those things.
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But ultimately,
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the responsibility
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for passing along
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the necessary skills
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for this life
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and,
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more importantly,
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the next life
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is laid squarely
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on the shoulders
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of the family.
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Parents,
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future parents,
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that is your responsibility.
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Proverbs 22.6
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says,
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Train up a child
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in the way he should go.
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Even when he is old,
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he will not depart from it.
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Deuteronomy 6.4-7
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Speaking of God's moral law,
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Hear, O Israel,
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the Lord our God,
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the Lord is one.
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You shall love the Lord your God
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with all your heart
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and with all your soul
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and with all your might.
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And these words
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that I command you today
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shall be on your heart.
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Then, verse 7,
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You shall teach them
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diligently to your children
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and shall talk of them
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when you sit in your house
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and when you walk by the way
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and when you lie down
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and when you rise.
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The family is an institution
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of God's making
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and the family is meant to be
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a school.
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Thirdly,
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the third reality in our text,
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the proper object
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of family instruction,
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the great end,
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the goal of all of the instructing
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that happens
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is the fear of the Lord.
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Verse 7 tells us,
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the fear of the Lord
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is the very beginning of knowledge.
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It is that foundation
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for anything else important in life
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that must be learned.
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What is the fear of the Lord?
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It's not a carnal fear,
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a fear that is faithless,
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that doesn't depend
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on the goodness
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and the sovereignty of God,
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but rather it's a divine fear.
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It's a faith-filled fear,
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which is the reverencing
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and adoring
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of God's holiness,
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the recognition
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that He is perfect,
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that His being
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is worthy of our awe.
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And it's the setting
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of ourselves
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always under
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His sacred inspection.
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Recognizing that
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in His holiness,
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He looks down upon us
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and expects the same.
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And we place ourselves
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under that
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and this causes
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a fear
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because we fail
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at this.
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The infinite distance
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between God and us
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causes this fear.
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And it's a good thing.
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It's a healthy thing
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because it drives us
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to the cross.
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Fear of the Lord
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is the leading grace.
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It's the beginning grace.
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The thing that God works
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in our hearts
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to change us.
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The thing that sends us
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running to the cross
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of Christ.
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Recognizing that God is holy
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and we are not
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and we will be judged
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and we need someone
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to stand in that gap
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for us.
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To make propitiation
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for our sin.
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Ecclesiastes 12,
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13, and 14.
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In the book
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of Ecclesiastes,
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there's some speculation
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about who wrote it
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but likely Solomon
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wrote it.
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And it's amusing
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on what is of value
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in life
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and it sums up
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this way.
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Ecclesiastes 12,
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13, and 14.
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The end of the matter.
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All has been heard.
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Fear God
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and keep His commandments
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for this is the whole duty
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of man.
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For God will bring
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every deed into judgment
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with every secret thing
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whether good
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or evil.
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So if we love our children
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properly,
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we will seek
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their greatest good.
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This is the aim of love.
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To seek the greatest good
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of the object
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of that love.
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I see so many parents
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these days
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simply pacifying
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their children.
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Giving in to their
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every whim
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and want.
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Meeting their children's
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felt needs
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rather than
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their real needs.
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Parents,
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this must not be so
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of us.
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We need to give
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our children
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what is good
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for their souls.
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Behavior modification
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should not be
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the ultimate goal
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of our parenting
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although it is
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part of it.
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We expect our children
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to act appropriately.
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I say to my sons
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all the time
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in punishment
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after the fact
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when we're reconciling
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I say to them
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all the time
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you're my son
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and I love you
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and that's why
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I want you to obey.
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Because of who you are
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you will act like
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my son.
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And I'm hoping
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that they'll get this
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and that it'll translate
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to who they're meant
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to be in Christ.
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Because you belong
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to God
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you will do
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what God
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wants you
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to do.
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Because ultimately
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what we want to see
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happening in our children
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is heart change.
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This is the aim
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of teaching them
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these things.
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This is why
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the fear of the Lord
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is so important
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because it's this
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leading grace
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in their lives.
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Our children need
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to fear the Lord
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so that they will run
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to the cross.
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So that they will
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embrace Christ
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in all that He offers them.
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All that He does
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in their place.
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We need to teach them
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the fear of the Lord
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so that they will find
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God so awesome
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that they will tremble
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at His holiness.
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A proper use
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of the word awesome.
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They will tremble
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at His holiness
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and they will also
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find Him so beautiful
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that they will never
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want to leave
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His presence.
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Proverbs 14
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verse 26 and 27
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reads,
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In the fear of the Lord
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one has strong confidence
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and his children
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will have a refuge.
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The fear of the Lord
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is a fountain of life
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that one may turn away
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from the snares of death.
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And Proverbs 19.23 reads,
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The fear of the Lord
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leads to life
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and whoever has it
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rests satisfied.
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He will not be visited
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by harm.
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So,
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the family is an institution
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of God's making.
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It is meant to be
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a school
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and the proper object
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of family instruction
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is the fear of the Lord.
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The fourth reality
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from the text,
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the instruction
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in the fear of the Lord
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is the responsibility
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of fathers
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and
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mothers.
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It is the responsibility
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of fathers
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and
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mothers.
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I hope this is fairly
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obvious to you in the text,
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but it bears
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saying.
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Now,
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as the Father
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is meant to give
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leadership in the home,
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is primarily charged
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with leadership
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in the home,
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this includes also
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the instructions
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in the way of God.
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All things spiritual.
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He is ultimately
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responsible for this.
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But He is not alone
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in the task
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praise God.
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We've been given
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a partner,
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a helper,
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that's suitable for us
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to help us
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in this task.
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Still giving leadership
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to it,
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but having our dear
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wives and mothers
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come alongside us
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and help us
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in it.
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Verse 8,
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we see both
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at play here.
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Hear my son,
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your father's instruction
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and forsake not
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your mother's
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teaching.
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Now,
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since today
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is Mother's Day,
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I'm going to take
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a moment to encourage
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our mothers.
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At this point,
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certainly we could
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speak at length
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about the responsibility
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to fathers.
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Maybe some other
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Father's Day
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will do that.
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But to mothers
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today,
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we praise God
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as we rightly should
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for the mothers
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of our church.
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Mothers do
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so much
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and are so
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very often
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underappreciated.
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And the reality
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of it is
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that many mothers
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also undervalue
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their work.
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Many moms
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here today
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are very guilty
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of being
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swayed
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by Pinterest.
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You know
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that the wonderful
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moms on Pinterest
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took a long time
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to clean that
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corner of the room
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up so it looked
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so perfect
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and put together
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and as soon
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as they took
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the photo,
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it was destroyed
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by their children.
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So many moms
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feel day in
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and day out
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like such
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failures.
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But let me say
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to you
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that from the outside
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as an observer,
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the mothers
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of our church
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are doing
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a wonderful,
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wonderful job.
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I admire
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each
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and every one
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of you.
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None of you
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are perfect
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and have it
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wonderfully,
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perfectly figured out,
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but you are doing
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so well
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and so much better
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than many others.
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A lot of moms
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war against
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feminism.
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This idea
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that women
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must have careers,
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that simply being
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a mom is not
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enough,
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that that in and of
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itself is not
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a job,
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that you must do
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more and make
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more,
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that you're not
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created different
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to have a different
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task.
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Creeping into
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the church
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is the idea
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of egalitarianism,
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that men and women
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are alike
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in all ways.
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This is simply
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not true.
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This is a way
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that the enemy
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is attacking
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the very fabric
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of the family.
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We are
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complementarianism.
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Excuse me.
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We believe
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that men and women
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are equal.
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Stand before God
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equal,
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but different.
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Created to fulfill
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different roles.
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We have women
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in this church
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that are embracing
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that role,
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and I praise God
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for that.
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I think that's a
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grace working in
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your hearts to that
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end.
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But you war against
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feminism.
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People ask you
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what you do for a
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living,
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and you say,
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I'm a mom,
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and I hear it in
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your voice sometimes,
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like it's less.
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It's not as good
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as.
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Don't believe
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those lies.
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A lot of moms
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wrestle with the
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mundane,
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trying to find
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the value in the
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day-to-day,
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and the cleaning
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up,
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and the little
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messes,
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and all of that.
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Let me just
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encourage you
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that you are
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investing in the
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future of your
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children.
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What a valuable,
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valuable task.
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I remind Sam
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often,
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she reminds me
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at times,
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that we're not
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raising boys,
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we're raising men.
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There's going to be
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an end product
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that we're producing.
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And as they're
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arrows in my
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quiver,
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I want them to be
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perfect and straight,
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that they'll hit
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their mark.
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Where God
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intends for them
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to go.
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There's a greater
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thing at play
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in the day in
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and the day out
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of the spit up
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and the messes.
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Learn to worship
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God in the mundane.
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Your task
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is so
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important.
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God has
19:50
designed you
19:50
in His
19:51
image,
19:52
in His image
19:54
to be caretakers
19:54
of the home.
19:56
It's valuable,
19:57
it's a beautiful
19:58
task.
19:59
It's something
19:59
that should be
20:00
revered
20:01
amongst us.
20:03
Speaking of
20:04
the excellent
20:04
wife,
20:04
in Proverbs 31,
20:06
out of 22
20:06
verses,
20:07
9 refer
20:08
directly to
20:09
the excellent
20:10
wife's work
20:11
in the home.
20:12
A substantial
20:13
amount of them
20:14
refer to
20:15
this work.
20:18
It is a
20:18
precious one.
20:20
In a letter
20:20
to Ann
20:21
Landers,
20:23
I'm going to
20:23
date myself,
20:24
I had no idea
20:25
who Ann
20:25
Landers is.
20:26
I don't know
20:27
if any of you
20:27
know who
20:29
Ann Landers
20:29
was.
20:30
It was a
20:31
pen name
20:31
for a
20:32
Chicago Sun
20:32
Times
20:33
advice
20:33
columnist.
20:34
This is a
20:34
letter from
20:35
1988.
20:37
I found it
20:37
someplace else
20:38
in another
20:38
sermon.
20:40
But this
20:41
woman wrote
20:41
this to
20:42
Ann Landers.
20:43
I'm so
20:44
tired of
20:45
all those
20:45
ignorant
20:46
people who
20:47
come up to
20:47
my husband
20:48
and ask him
20:48
if his wife
20:49
has a full
20:50
time job
20:50
or if
20:51
she's
20:52
just a
20:53
housewife.
20:54
Here's my
20:55
job description.
20:58
I'm a
20:58
wife,
20:59
mother,
21:00
friend,
21:01
confidant,
21:02
personal
21:02
advisor,
21:03
lover,
21:04
referee,
21:05
peacemaker,
21:06
housekeeper,
21:07
laundress,
21:08
chauffeur,
21:09
interior
21:09
decorator,
21:10
gardener,
21:11
painter,
21:12
wallpaper,
21:13
remember I was
21:14
in 88,
21:15
dog groomer,
21:17
veterinarian,
21:18
manicurist,
21:18
barber,
21:19
seamstress,
21:20
appointment
21:20
manager,
21:21
financial
21:21
planner,
21:22
bookkeeper,
21:23
money manager,
21:23
personal
21:24
secretary,
21:24
teacher,
21:25
disciplinarian,
21:26
entertainer,
21:27
psychoanalyst,
21:28
nurse,
21:29
diagnostician,
21:31
public relations
21:31
expert,
21:32
dietician and
21:33
nutritionist,
21:34
baker,
21:35
chef,
21:36
fashion coordinator
21:37
and letter
21:37
writer for both
21:38
sides of the
21:39
family.
21:40
I'm also a
21:40
travel agent,
21:41
speech therapist,
21:42
plumber and
21:43
automobile maintenance
21:44
and repair
21:44
expert.
21:46
From the
21:46
studies done,
21:47
and there's
21:47
been a recent
21:48
Facebook post
21:49
going around,
21:50
some of you
21:50
may have seen
21:51
where the guy
21:52
writes,
21:52
I can't afford
21:52
my wife,
21:53
from the
21:54
studies done,
21:55
it would cost
21:55
more than
21:56
75,000 a
21:57
year to
21:58
replace me.
21:59
It took time
22:00
out of my
22:01
busy day to
22:01
write this
22:02
letter,
22:02
Anne,
22:03
because there
22:03
are still
22:04
ignorant
22:04
people who
22:05
believe a
22:05
housewife is
22:06
nothing more
22:06
than a
22:07
babysitter who
22:08
sits on her
22:09
behind,
22:10
also a
22:11
1988 word,
22:11
I think,
22:12
all day and
22:13
looks at
22:14
soap operas.
22:15
And all of
22:15
this was found
22:16
in a book by
22:17
Linda Weber
22:18
from Focus on
22:18
the Family
22:19
called Mom,
22:20
You're
22:20
incredible.
22:22
You ladies do
22:23
a massive
22:24
amount of
22:25
work.
22:25
Guys,
22:26
stay at home
22:27
for two
22:27
days with
22:28
no help
22:29
from your
22:29
wife and
22:30
you'll
22:30
appreciate her
22:30
to a very,
22:31
very high
22:32
degree.
22:34
So this
22:34
responsibility
22:35
of raising
22:36
up and
22:37
instructing in
22:37
the fear of
22:38
the Lord is
22:38
the responsibility
22:39
of fathers
22:40
and mothers.
22:42
Ladies,
22:42
thank you for
22:43
your hard
22:43
work in
22:44
this regard.
22:44
Fifthly,
22:50
children are
22:51
responsible for
22:53
submission to
22:54
this instruction.
22:57
And this
22:57
includes both
22:58
at home and
23:00
away from
23:01
home.
23:02
See the words
23:02
in verse 8,
23:03
Hear my son
23:04
your father's
23:05
instruction.
23:06
Present,
23:06
you're here.
23:07
Hear my
23:08
instruction.
23:08
Use my
23:09
instruction.
23:10
And do not
23:10
forsake your
23:11
mother's teaching.
23:13
When you leave
23:14
our presence,
23:14
when you go
23:15
out into the
23:16
world,
23:16
college students,
23:17
when you walk
23:17
away and you're
23:18
in a different
23:19
place living on
23:20
your own,
23:21
do not forsake
23:22
your mother's
23:24
teaching.
23:24
These people
23:25
have been placed
23:25
over you by
23:26
God to help
23:28
you in this
23:29
life.
23:31
One commentator
23:32
has said of
23:32
verses 7-9,
23:34
verses 7-9 may
23:35
be regarded as
23:36
a summary statement
23:37
of the principle
23:38
on which the
23:39
whole book of
23:40
Proverbs is
23:41
based,
23:42
and of the
23:43
duty which it
23:44
enjoins.
23:46
The principle
23:47
is that true
23:47
wisdom is based
23:48
on the fear
23:49
of God,
23:49
and the duty
23:50
is to listen
23:51
to parental
23:52
instruction.
23:55
That this
23:55
proper worship,
23:57
the true
23:58
wisdom,
23:58
is based on
23:59
the fear of
23:59
God.
24:00
And how
24:00
ought we to
24:01
gain that
24:02
wisdom?
24:04
Listen to
24:05
your parents.
24:07
God finds
24:07
this so
24:08
important that
24:09
it is part of
24:09
his moral
24:10
law.
24:12
Exodus 20-12,
24:13
honor your
24:13
father and
24:15
your mother.
24:16
Paul states
24:17
it again,
24:17
Ephesians 6-1.
24:18
Children, you
24:19
should be
24:19
familiar with
24:19
this one.
24:20
Children,
24:21
obey your
24:21
parents and
24:22
the Lord,
24:22
for this
24:23
is right.
24:25
That is,
24:25
it is what
24:26
is proper
24:27
for children
24:28
to do.
24:30
Thomas Watts,
24:31
a 17th century
24:32
English Puritan,
24:32
stated that
24:33
fear of the
24:34
Lord leads
24:35
to industry.
24:36
And I like
24:37
that.
24:37
would have
24:38
to come
24:38
from a
24:39
17th century
24:39
Puritan to
24:40
use that
24:40
type of
24:41
language.
24:41
But that
24:42
is that
24:42
it leads
24:42
to action.
24:44
That if
24:45
we're going
24:45
to properly
24:45
worship God,
24:47
our parents
24:48
should have
24:48
led us to
24:49
a fear of
24:49
God.
24:50
But even
24:50
if they
24:50
didn't,
24:51
a fear of
24:52
God ought
24:52
to lead
24:53
us to
24:53
being obedient
24:54
and listening
24:55
to our
24:56
parents'
24:57
instruction.
24:59
Now,
25:00
I recognize
25:00
that many
25:01
of us
25:02
don't have
25:03
perfect
25:03
parents.
25:04
And the
25:04
reality of
25:05
it is that
25:05
none of
25:05
us have
25:06
perfect
25:07
parents.
25:07
Because all
25:08
of our
25:08
parents are
25:09
dealing with
25:10
sin in
25:10
their own
25:11
lives.
25:14
Most,
25:15
if not all,
25:15
of our
25:15
parents have
25:16
really tried.
25:17
And they've
25:18
really done
25:18
their very
25:20
best.
25:21
I know a
25:22
lot of you
25:22
struggle with
25:23
very,
25:23
very difficult
25:24
parents.
25:26
Consider for
25:27
a moment who
25:28
Solomon's parents
25:29
were.
25:30
David,
25:30
who certainly
25:31
possessed
25:32
much wisdom,
25:33
and his
25:34
mother was
25:35
Bathsheba.
25:36
We don't
25:36
know a
25:37
whole lot
25:37
about
25:37
Bathsheba,
25:38
except that
25:38
she was
25:38
beautiful.
25:40
But these
25:40
two came
25:41
together under
25:41
a messy,
25:42
messy
25:43
circumstance.
25:44
There had
25:45
to have
25:45
been some
25:45
challenges in
25:46
their marriage.
25:47
A marriage
25:47
that began
25:48
with adultery
25:49
and murder
25:50
on David's
25:51
heart.
25:52
But yet,
25:53
Solomon says,
25:54
listen to
25:55
the instruction
25:56
of your
25:57
parents.
25:59
The same
25:59
applies.
26:01
Provided that
26:02
their instruction
26:02
does not
26:03
oppose the
26:04
command of
26:05
God.
26:06
Your parents
26:07
have wisdom
26:07
for you
26:08
even if
26:08
they're not
26:09
followers of
26:10
Jesus Christ.
26:12
Remember that
26:13
Proverbs is
26:13
aimed at
26:14
helping us
26:15
walk wisely
26:16
in this
26:16
world.
26:18
Ultimately
26:18
aimed at
26:19
toward
26:21
culminating with
26:22
the fear of
26:23
the Lord,
26:23
the glory of
26:24
God.
26:24
This is the
26:25
direction that
26:25
it's taking
26:26
us in,
26:26
but there are
26:27
still good
26:27
and wise
26:28
things that
26:29
we can learn
26:29
from our
26:31
parents.
26:31
Let me
26:31
encourage you
26:33
if you have
26:33
difficult
26:34
parents,
26:35
to find
26:36
those things
26:36
that they
26:37
are good
26:37
at,
26:37
that they
26:38
know to
26:38
be true.
26:39
Respect
26:39
your parents
26:40
and listen
26:41
to them.
26:43
Remember
26:43
that God
26:44
gave you
26:45
your
26:46
parents.
26:48
Recognize,
26:49
embrace
26:50
His
26:50
sovereignty.
26:52
He gave
26:53
them to
26:53
you.
26:55
I love
26:55
Romans 8.
26:56
28.
26:56
It should
26:56
be so
26:57
familiar
26:57
to you.
26:58
You
26:58
suffer
26:58
in this
26:58
world,
26:59
and we
26:59
know
26:59
that for
27:00
those who
27:00
love God,
27:02
all things,
27:03
including
27:03
parents,
27:04
difficult
27:04
parent
27:05
situations,
27:05
work
27:06
together
27:06
for good
27:08
for those
27:09
who are
27:09
called
27:09
according
27:10
to His
27:10
purpose.
27:12
God
27:13
knew
27:13
the parents
27:14
you
27:15
needed
27:15
to gain
27:17
the best
27:18
for you,
27:19
the greatest
27:19
for you.
27:20
He knew
27:21
the parents
27:21
that were
27:21
necessary
27:22
for that
27:23
to take
27:23
place.
27:24
God
27:24
is using
27:25
even the
27:25
sins
27:26
of our
27:27
parents
27:27
to bring
27:28
us
27:28
to Him.
27:30
I want
27:31
to read
27:31
to you
27:31
a poem
27:32
as an
27:32
encouragement
27:33
to that
27:33
end by
27:34
John
27:34
Piper
27:34
called
27:34
On
27:35
Grace.
27:36
It speaks
27:37
to this
27:37
very
27:37
thing.
27:39
He
27:39
writes,
27:40
Some
27:40
people
27:41
tell me
27:41
I was
27:42
free
27:43
when I
27:43
believed
27:44
in
27:45
Christ,
27:46
and by
27:46
my
27:46
power
27:47
got
27:47
victory
27:48
when
27:49
all
27:49
the
27:49
world
27:50
enticed.
27:52
I
27:52
think
27:52
they
27:53
did
27:53
not
27:53
know
27:53
my
27:54
heart
27:54
nor
27:54
theirs.
27:55
Let
27:55
it
27:55
be
27:56
said
27:56
that
27:56
I
27:57
for
27:57
one
27:57
had
27:57
sought
27:58
no
27:58
part
27:59
in
27:59
rising
28:00
from
28:01
the
28:01
dead.
28:02
They
28:02
wonder
28:03
at
28:03
the
28:03
sovereign
28:04
rights
28:04
that
28:04
I
28:04
allow
28:05
my
28:05
king
28:06
and
28:06
puzzle
28:07
at
28:07
the
28:07
worship
28:08
heights
28:08
to
28:09
which
28:09
his
28:09
rule
28:10
gives
28:11
wing.
28:12
But
28:13
I
28:13
will
28:13
rest
28:13
God's
28:14
grace
28:14
today
28:15
on
28:16
this
28:16
I
28:17
need
28:17
no
28:17
other.
28:18
He
28:18
did
28:18
not
28:19
give
28:19
any
28:19
say
28:20
but
28:21
chose
28:21
for
28:22
me
28:22
my
28:23
mother.
28:23
My
28:24
reading at
28:25
the beginning
28:26
of this
28:27
morning
28:27
in Psalm
28:27
139
28:29
had this
28:29
in mind
28:30
God's
28:31
personal
28:32
care
28:32
for you
28:33
includes
28:34
the grace
28:35
of your
28:36
parents
28:37
being given
28:37
to you.
28:39
So the
28:40
family is an
28:40
institution of
28:41
God's making
28:41
meant to be a
28:42
school
28:43
with the
28:43
object of
28:44
the instruction
28:45
of that family
28:46
aimed at the
28:47
fear of the
28:47
Lord.
28:48
The
28:48
responsibility of
28:49
fathers and
28:50
mothers and
28:50
of children to
28:51
listen to it
28:52
and obey
28:52
it.
28:53
And then
28:53
sixthly and
28:54
lastly,
28:55
last observation
28:56
from the
28:57
text.
28:58
There is a
28:58
promise given
28:59
in this
29:00
instruction
29:01
is submitted
29:02
to.
29:03
There is a
29:03
promise given
29:04
if this
29:05
instruction
29:05
is submitted
29:07
to.
29:07
Verse 9
29:08
For they are a
29:11
graceful
29:12
garland for
29:13
your head
29:14
and pendants
29:15
for your neck.
29:17
They are a
29:18
graceful garland
29:19
for your head
29:19
and pendants
29:21
for your neck.
29:21
These were
29:22
signs of
29:23
victory.
29:24
If a race
29:25
was won
29:26
or a battle
29:27
was conquered,
29:28
these were
29:29
signs of
29:30
victory of
29:31
the day.
29:33
The rest of
29:33
Ephesians 6
29:34
after verse 1
29:35
beginning in
29:37
verse 2
29:37
and 3,
29:39
this is Paul's
29:40
commentary on
29:41
Exodus 20
29:41
12.
29:42
He says,
29:42
Honor your
29:43
father and
29:44
mother.
29:45
This is the
29:45
first commandment
29:46
with a promise
29:48
that it may
29:50
go well with
29:51
you and
29:52
that you
29:52
may live
29:53
long in
29:54
the land.
29:55
There were
29:56
many promises
29:57
given along
29:59
with the
29:59
commandment,
30:00
but later on
30:00
in the text,
30:02
this is the
30:02
first one as
30:04
God gave to
30:05
Moses the
30:06
Ten Commandments,
30:07
the moral law
30:08
that contained in
30:09
the actual
30:09
commandment a
30:10
promise that it
30:11
may go well
30:12
with you and
30:13
that you may
30:13
live long in
30:15
the land.
30:16
Do you
30:16
remember the
30:17
Proverbs I
30:17
read previously?
30:18
Proverbs 14
30:19
26 and 27?
30:20
In the fear
30:21
of the Lord
30:22
one has strong
30:23
confidence and
30:24
his children will
30:26
have a refuge.
30:27
The fear of the
30:27
Lord is a
30:28
fountain of
30:29
life that one
30:29
may turn away
30:30
from the snares
30:31
of death.
30:32
In Proverbs 19
30:33
23,
30:34
the fear of the
30:35
Lord leads to
30:36
life and whoever
30:36
has it rests
30:37
satisfied.
30:38
He will not be
30:39
visited by
30:40
harm.
30:42
This is the
30:43
wreath on your
30:44
head.
30:45
And the
30:45
ornament on
30:46
your neck for
30:47
embracing the
30:48
fear of the
30:48
Lord that your
30:49
mother and
30:50
father taught
30:51
you.
30:52
A fountain of
30:53
life and
30:54
strong confidence
30:55
and deep
30:57
satisfaction.
30:59
And so the
31:00
family was
31:01
created by
31:02
God and
31:04
ultimately for
31:05
God.
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He designed
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that the
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family should
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be a school
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of instruction
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and godliness.
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Fathers and
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mothers instructing
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their children in
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the ways of the
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Lord so that the
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children will
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have Godward
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lives with a
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sure eternal
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confidence.
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Whether or not
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our families have
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been a perfect
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representation of
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God's intent and
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purpose, we ought
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to always recognize
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that He is good
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and given our
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particular families
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to us for our
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good.
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fathers and
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mothers, let us
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strive together.
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It's one of the
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great graces of the
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church that we can
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work together and
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encourage one another
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and support one
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another in this
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endeavor.
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Let us strive
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together to fulfill
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the high calling
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that God has placed
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on our lives to
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instruct our
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children and let us
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praise God that He
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provides for all
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that He commands.
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Let's pray together.
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Let us pray together.