Phil and Joy Metzger: Heirs of the Grace of Life (1 Peter 3:1-7) - Message from the 2024 CGN International Conference

[00:00:00] Welcome to the CGN Podcast. My name is Nick Cady and on this episode we have another message for you from the CGN International Conference which took place this past summer in Southern California. The theme of this year's conference was Hope, Suffering and Glory, Studies in the Book of 1 Peter. This next message was taught by Pastor Phil Metzger along with his wife Joy Metzger. Phil is the Senior Pastor of Calvary San Diego and Joy leads the women's ministry there. For years Phil and Joy served with Calvary San Diego.

[00:00:30] Phil Metzger in Hungary planting and pastoring churches, discipling believers, and leading a Bible college before going to Calvary San Diego. This episode is available as video for those of you listening on a podcast app that supports video. We hope you'll be blessed by this message.

[00:00:48] It's great to get to be with you guys. We're going to be in 1 Peter chapter 3 so if you've got a Bible make sure you turn to 1 Peter chapter 3. We're going to look at the first seven verses. It is on marriage but we really

[00:01:15] want to kind of just talk on 1 Peter chapter 3 and if I could offer an alternative title to our session today it would be this. I want to title this Deconstruction for Reconstruction.

[00:01:31] Deconstruction and it's a bit of a loaded phrase right? Deconstruction but I want to

[00:01:37] we want to look at this from the perspective of Peter

[00:01:42] deconstructing identity

[00:01:44] towards the reconstructing of an identity in Christ.

[00:01:49] There's who we are.

[00:01:53] You know he's going to do it in 1 Peter chapter 2. We got to see this with

[00:01:57] the prophet was so great.

[00:01:59] You are under human authority.

[00:02:03] Slaves be under authority

[00:02:04] of a master.

[00:02:06] And then now he's going to say

[00:02:10] wives submitting to your husbands.

[00:02:12] Husbands living with understanding.

[00:02:14] So there's the identity. This is who I am.

[00:02:16] I'm this right?

[00:02:17] But then there's and in many ways

[00:02:20] that needs to be deconstructed.

[00:02:22] It needs to be brought down so that I can be built

[00:02:24] and so that we can be built

[00:02:26] as who we are in Christ.

[00:02:28] These two things living

[00:02:30] right next to each other.

[00:02:32] And the point is to draw us back to our identity.

[00:02:36] I want to just mention it again

[00:02:37] as Roth did such a beautiful job there.

[00:02:39] In 1 Peter 2

[00:02:41] Peter begins to move us in this direction.

[00:02:43] He begins with like the bigger picture.

[00:02:45] Human authority.

[00:02:46] Hey everybody

[00:02:46] all of us were under human authority.

[00:02:48] We need to live under that authority.

[00:02:50] And you know even if it's not righteous

[00:02:52] you need to live under that authority.

[00:02:53] Okay.

[00:02:54] And then he says

[00:02:54] now let's take it

[00:02:55] now it's not all humans under authority

[00:02:58] but one human under one master.

[00:03:01] And even if the person is unjust

[00:03:03] and unrighteous

[00:03:04] and is foolish and evil

[00:03:06] can you

[00:03:07] you know

[00:03:07] will you live under that?

[00:03:09] And then the third one

[00:03:10] gets to the most intimate relationship

[00:03:12] here on earth

[00:03:14] marriage.

[00:03:15] And he's just moving us down.

[00:03:17] Can you

[00:03:17] can you

[00:03:18] can you surrender here?

[00:03:19] Can you surrender here?

[00:03:20] And then now he's going to bring it to marriage.

[00:03:21] But I want to draw your attention

[00:03:23] and then I want to read

[00:03:24] 1 Peter chapter 3

[00:03:25] the first couple of verses.

[00:03:27] But I want to draw your attention

[00:03:28] to what we feel

[00:03:30] is critical

[00:03:31] to understanding

[00:03:32] the very idea of

[00:03:34] the ideas that Paul's wanting

[00:03:36] or excuse me

[00:03:36] Peter wants to express.

[00:03:38] And it's found there

[00:03:39] at the end of

[00:03:40] chapter 2.

[00:03:42] And again

[00:03:42] Raph read them for us

[00:03:43] and went through it

[00:03:44] beautifully.

[00:03:45] I want to just mention it

[00:03:47] because we think it's

[00:03:48] it's at the core

[00:03:49] of understanding

[00:03:50] identity

[00:03:51] and identity

[00:03:51] in Christ.

[00:03:52] Verse 21

[00:03:53] of 1 Peter 2

[00:03:55] God called you to

[00:03:56] I'm reading this

[00:03:57] in the New Living

[00:03:57] God called you

[00:03:58] to do good

[00:03:59] even if it means

[00:04:00] suffering.

[00:04:01] Just as Christ suffered

[00:04:02] for you

[00:04:02] he is your example

[00:04:03] you must follow

[00:04:04] he never sinned

[00:04:05] nor ever deceived

[00:04:06] anyone.

[00:04:07] Verse 23

[00:04:07] he did not retaliate.

[00:04:09] Verse 24

[00:04:10] he personally carried

[00:04:11] our sins

[00:04:11] in his body

[00:04:12] on the cross

[00:04:13] so that we could

[00:04:14] be dead to sin

[00:04:14] and live for what

[00:04:15] is right.

[00:04:16] By his wounds

[00:04:16] you are healed

[00:04:18] once you were like

[00:04:18] sheep who wandered away

[00:04:19] but now you have

[00:04:20] turned to the

[00:04:20] shepherd of your soul.

[00:04:23] It's kind of easy

[00:04:26] to take that first step

[00:04:27] and say okay

[00:04:28] the example

[00:04:29] that we're being given

[00:04:30] by Peter

[00:04:31] from Jesus

[00:04:32] is that

[00:04:33] Jesus suffered

[00:04:34] and so you should

[00:04:35] learn to suffer.

[00:04:36] But let me just say

[00:04:37] when you finally get

[00:04:38] from human authority

[00:04:39] to slave and master

[00:04:41] and then you get

[00:04:41] to marriage

[00:04:42] you know how many

[00:04:43] how often this has

[00:04:44] been used

[00:04:45] in exploitation

[00:04:46] in terribly abusive

[00:04:48] manners?

[00:04:50] Hey wives

[00:04:51] you just need to submit

[00:04:52] because Jesus did.

[00:04:54] Right?

[00:04:55] He suffered

[00:04:55] but the thing

[00:04:56] about that example

[00:04:57] did you notice it

[00:04:58] in 1 Peter 2

[00:04:58] when it says

[00:04:59] Jesus is our example

[00:05:00] you know what the

[00:05:01] next sentence is?

[00:05:02] He took away our sins.

[00:05:04] So how are you

[00:05:05] and I going to be

[00:05:06] an example of that part?

[00:05:07] I would suggest

[00:05:08] to you

[00:05:09] that the great example

[00:05:10] of Jesus

[00:05:11] when it comes to

[00:05:12] submitting

[00:05:12] and suffering

[00:05:14] is not that he suffered

[00:05:15] I don't think

[00:05:16] that we

[00:05:16] our takeaway

[00:05:17] our first takeaway

[00:05:18] or our only takeaway

[00:05:19] is hey

[00:05:20] Jesus suffered

[00:05:20] you should suffer

[00:05:21] so you're in a lousy

[00:05:22] marriage wife

[00:05:23] just suffer

[00:05:24] you're in a terrible

[00:05:25] situation

[00:05:26] just suffer

[00:05:26] no no no

[00:05:26] I would say

[00:05:27] that the example

[00:05:27] is when he says

[00:05:29] about Jesus

[00:05:29] he says that he

[00:05:33] he left his case

[00:05:35] verse 23

[00:05:35] I'm reading again

[00:05:36] in New Living

[00:05:37] he left his case

[00:05:38] in the hands of God

[00:05:40] what example

[00:05:40] can you and I

[00:05:41] really take away

[00:05:42] from how we

[00:05:43] how we live

[00:05:44] with human authority

[00:05:45] how we live

[00:05:46] under a master

[00:05:47] how we live

[00:05:48] in a marriage

[00:05:49] what does it look like

[00:05:51] we would suggest

[00:05:52] to you

[00:05:53] that the example

[00:05:54] of Jesus

[00:05:54] is not just

[00:05:55] simply he suffered

[00:05:56] but that he

[00:05:58] surrendered himself

[00:05:59] to the father

[00:06:00] and then we get

[00:06:02] to 1 Peter chapter 3

[00:06:04] beginning in verses 1 and 2

[00:06:06] let me go ahead

[00:06:07] and read it

[00:06:07] and then

[00:06:07] I'm going to have

[00:06:08] Joy take it here

[00:06:10] in the same way

[00:06:11] you wives

[00:06:12] must accept

[00:06:13] the authority

[00:06:13] of your husbands

[00:06:15] then even if some

[00:06:16] refuse to obey

[00:06:17] the good news

[00:06:18] your godly lives

[00:06:18] will speak to them

[00:06:19] without any words

[00:06:21] they will be won over

[00:06:23] verse 2

[00:06:23] by observing your pure

[00:06:25] and reverent lives

[00:06:30] now wives

[00:06:31] I get to speak

[00:06:32] as the wife

[00:06:33] I get to represent

[00:06:35] women up here

[00:06:36] super thankful

[00:06:37] super privileged

[00:06:38] thank you

[00:06:40] Phil and I

[00:06:41] have never co-taught

[00:06:42] like this

[00:06:42] so this is going to

[00:06:43] be a little clunky

[00:06:44] how we communicate

[00:06:45] but I want you to know

[00:06:46] how thankful I am

[00:06:47] to get to be up here

[00:06:48] representing this passage

[00:06:49] where Peter's talking

[00:06:50] to wives

[00:06:51] because it's one thing

[00:06:52] to hear a man

[00:06:53] talking to wives

[00:06:54] but it's another thing

[00:06:55] as a wife

[00:06:56] and we're leaders

[00:06:57] we're pastors

[00:06:58] we're leaders in here

[00:06:59] so we want to understand

[00:07:00] when we're talking

[00:07:02] to wives

[00:07:03] we have to make sure

[00:07:05] that what was taught

[00:07:06] right before

[00:07:06] the gospel

[00:07:07] that is so crucial

[00:07:09] that is so crucial

[00:07:11] as we step into marriage

[00:07:12] as wives

[00:07:13] I have to understand

[00:07:14] that so well

[00:07:14] personally

[00:07:15] for my own life

[00:07:16] but also as a leader

[00:07:17] when I'm leading

[00:07:18] other women

[00:07:18] they have to understand

[00:07:20] the crucial part

[00:07:22] of the gospel

[00:07:23] and especially

[00:07:24] when it comes

[00:07:25] to our identity

[00:07:26] now

[00:07:28] I might

[00:07:29] I don't want to

[00:07:30] say the wrong thing

[00:07:31] but I think

[00:07:32] sometimes

[00:07:32] just consider

[00:07:33] I think sometimes

[00:07:35] because the gospel

[00:07:37] the work of God

[00:07:39] Christ on the cross

[00:07:41] it's a mystery

[00:07:42] it's a mystery

[00:07:44] and Paul

[00:07:45] says

[00:07:46] he paints a picture

[00:07:47] he uses a symbol

[00:07:48] an analogy

[00:07:49] and he says

[00:07:49] that the mystery

[00:07:51] of the gospel

[00:07:51] is like marriage

[00:07:53] and I'm just asking

[00:07:55] I'm just suggesting

[00:07:55] that is it possible

[00:07:56] that we have made

[00:07:58] marriage

[00:07:59] the over emphasis

[00:08:01] and we've made

[00:08:02] the gospel

[00:08:03] the minimized emphasis

[00:08:05] maybe I made up a word

[00:08:07] but you know what I mean

[00:08:08] is it possible

[00:08:09] that we've switched

[00:08:11] the categories

[00:08:13] in proportion

[00:08:14] of importance

[00:08:15] especially

[00:08:17] especially

[00:08:17] when it comes

[00:08:19] to our identity

[00:08:20] in Christ

[00:08:21] who we are

[00:08:23] because of the gospel

[00:08:24] I'm not minimizing

[00:08:26] marriage

[00:08:26] but I want to make sure

[00:08:28] that marriage

[00:08:29] is seen

[00:08:30] in light

[00:08:30] of the gospel

[00:08:31] and just like

[00:08:32] Ralph said

[00:08:33] and just like

[00:08:33] we've already looked at

[00:08:34] that we have to see

[00:08:35] ourselves

[00:08:36] in a whole new category

[00:08:37] so we're lifted up

[00:08:38] we're lifted up

[00:08:39] above the normal

[00:08:41] we are the chosen people

[00:08:44] we are a holy nation

[00:08:46] and yet we're foreigners

[00:08:48] and we're pilgrims

[00:08:50] and we're called

[00:08:51] to submit

[00:08:52] to secular government

[00:08:53] we are a royal priesthood

[00:08:56] free

[00:08:57] completely free

[00:08:58] and yet

[00:08:59] we're slaves

[00:09:00] and we are to respect

[00:09:02] even a cruel master

[00:09:04] and then it says

[00:09:05] and go with me here

[00:09:07] maybe this is going

[00:09:07] to sound corny

[00:09:08] but as the bride

[00:09:10] of Christ

[00:09:11] the church

[00:09:13] now talking

[00:09:14] to the bride

[00:09:15] the wife

[00:09:16] and the husband

[00:09:17] he says

[00:09:19] you are the bride

[00:09:19] of Christ

[00:09:20] you belong to me

[00:09:21] now submit

[00:09:23] to your husband

[00:09:25] okay

[00:09:25] I'm part of

[00:09:27] the bride of Christ

[00:09:28] the corporate bride

[00:09:29] and I'm also

[00:09:31] a bride

[00:09:31] right

[00:09:32] so I think

[00:09:33] sometimes those

[00:09:34] distinctions can be

[00:09:35] a little bit floppy

[00:09:36] it's hard to

[00:09:37] it's hard to see it

[00:09:38] and so when Christ

[00:09:39] through Peter

[00:09:40] talks to the wives

[00:09:42] he's talking to

[00:09:43] Christian wives

[00:09:44] wives that have been

[00:09:45] redeemed

[00:09:46] wives that have been

[00:09:47] called

[00:09:48] wives that have been

[00:09:49] set free

[00:09:50] and he's exhorting us

[00:09:52] as wives

[00:09:52] to submit

[00:09:53] the new living

[00:09:55] translation says

[00:09:56] accept

[00:09:56] the authority

[00:09:57] of your husband

[00:10:00] and even if

[00:10:01] some

[00:10:02] don't

[00:10:03] obey

[00:10:05] even if

[00:10:06] some

[00:10:07] don't

[00:10:08] love

[00:10:09] you

[00:10:10] like

[00:10:10] Christ

[00:10:11] loves the church

[00:10:12] even if

[00:10:14] some are not

[00:10:14] your spiritual

[00:10:16] leader

[00:10:16] even if you're

[00:10:18] unequally yoked

[00:10:19] together with a

[00:10:20] non-believer

[00:10:21] even then

[00:10:22] submit

[00:10:23] so

[00:10:24] maybe this is

[00:10:25] obvious

[00:10:25] but the

[00:10:26] conclusion

[00:10:27] or the

[00:10:29] thoughts that

[00:10:30] we're trying to

[00:10:30] grapple with here

[00:10:31] is that

[00:10:31] my submission

[00:10:33] as a wife

[00:10:34] on earth

[00:10:35] is not necessarily

[00:10:36] in response

[00:10:37] to my husband

[00:10:39] on earth

[00:10:39] my submission

[00:10:41] here on earth

[00:10:42] is a result

[00:10:43] of the gospel

[00:10:44] it's a result

[00:10:46] of a personal

[00:10:46] individual

[00:10:47] relationship

[00:10:48] that I have

[00:10:49] with Christ

[00:10:50] I don't get to

[00:10:52] take the leftovers

[00:10:53] of my husband

[00:10:54] whether he's a believer

[00:10:54] or not

[00:10:55] I don't get the

[00:10:56] leftovers of his

[00:10:58] giftings

[00:10:58] or his calling

[00:10:59] I have my own

[00:11:00] individual

[00:11:01] personal relationship

[00:11:02] to the Lord

[00:11:04] do you know that

[00:11:05] as women

[00:11:05] and so when we're

[00:11:07] exhorted

[00:11:08] when we're called

[00:11:09] when we're encouraged

[00:11:10] to submit

[00:11:11] it's not a response

[00:11:13] to our husbands

[00:11:14] it's a result

[00:11:16] of the gospel

[00:11:18] I understood

[00:11:19] submission

[00:11:21] growing up

[00:11:21] and the way

[00:11:22] that I was raised

[00:11:23] is to make

[00:11:23] yourself small

[00:11:24] small

[00:11:25] I thought

[00:11:26] to submit

[00:11:26] was meaning

[00:11:27] to make

[00:11:27] myself small

[00:11:28] to human

[00:11:29] relationships

[00:11:30] as a woman

[00:11:31] I needed

[00:11:32] to minimize

[00:11:33] myself

[00:11:34] I need

[00:11:35] to make

[00:11:35] myself

[00:11:36] lower than

[00:11:37] but the more

[00:11:38] that I'm

[00:11:39] growing

[00:11:39] in grace

[00:11:40] the more

[00:11:41] that I'm

[00:11:41] understanding

[00:11:42] the gospel

[00:11:43] the work

[00:11:44] of God

[00:11:44] in my own

[00:11:45] personal

[00:11:45] individual

[00:11:46] life

[00:11:46] I'm finding

[00:11:47] a balance

[00:11:48] and I'm

[00:11:49] learning

[00:11:50] that as

[00:11:51] I see

[00:11:51] things

[00:11:51] through the

[00:11:52] gospel

[00:11:52] through the

[00:11:53] scope

[00:11:53] of Christ

[00:11:54] of what

[00:11:54] he's done

[00:11:55] he doesn't

[00:11:56] put any

[00:11:57] he doesn't

[00:11:58] put any

[00:11:59] what's the word

[00:12:00] that he doesn't

[00:12:01] put any regard

[00:12:02] on people

[00:12:02] he wants us

[00:12:04] to submit

[00:12:04] and respect

[00:12:06] and dignify

[00:12:08] and honor

[00:12:09] each other

[00:12:10] that we are

[00:12:11] to even

[00:12:12] respect

[00:12:13] non-believers

[00:12:15] the wife

[00:12:16] is to

[00:12:17] have

[00:12:17] respect

[00:12:19] and purity

[00:12:20] to a

[00:12:20] non-believing

[00:12:21] husband

[00:12:22] he doesn't

[00:12:22] deserve my

[00:12:23] respect

[00:12:23] I don't

[00:12:24] respect

[00:12:24] people

[00:12:25] who don't

[00:12:25] deserve

[00:12:26] my

[00:12:26] respect

[00:12:26] even

[00:12:28] then

[00:12:28] even

[00:12:29] then

[00:12:29] we can

[00:12:30] take it

[00:12:31] in the

[00:12:31] context

[00:12:32] of our

[00:12:33] citizenship

[00:12:33] and maybe

[00:12:34] we can

[00:12:34] take it

[00:12:35] in the

[00:12:35] context

[00:12:36] of our

[00:12:36] workplace

[00:12:36] but when

[00:12:37] it comes

[00:12:38] into the

[00:12:38] context

[00:12:38] of our

[00:12:39] home

[00:12:39] this is

[00:12:40] where

[00:12:40] the gospel

[00:12:41] has to

[00:12:42] be

[00:12:42] front and

[00:12:43] center

[00:12:43] it has

[00:12:44] to be

[00:12:44] the focal

[00:12:45] point

[00:12:45] it has

[00:12:46] to be

[00:12:46] the center

[00:12:47] and that

[00:12:48] submission

[00:12:49] again is

[00:12:50] not a

[00:12:50] response

[00:12:50] to my

[00:12:51] husband

[00:12:52] it's

[00:12:52] a result

[00:12:53] of a

[00:12:53] surrendered

[00:12:55] life

[00:12:55] to God

[00:12:58] the

[00:13:00] just

[00:13:00] kind of

[00:13:01] picking up

[00:13:01] on surrender

[00:13:02] I want to

[00:13:02] get to

[00:13:02] talk about

[00:13:02] this

[00:13:03] a little

[00:13:03] bit

[00:13:03] you know

[00:13:04] we've

[00:13:04] been

[00:13:04] talking

[00:13:05] a lot

[00:13:05] about

[00:13:05] this

[00:13:05] idea

[00:13:05] of

[00:13:06] submission

[00:13:06] and

[00:13:06] the

[00:13:06] way

[00:13:07] that

[00:13:07] a lot

[00:13:08] of

[00:13:08] us

[00:13:08] you know

[00:13:08] maybe

[00:13:09] implicitly

[00:13:10] or

[00:13:10] explicitly

[00:13:10] we get

[00:13:11] this

[00:13:11] transactional

[00:13:12] mindset

[00:13:12] of

[00:13:13] submission

[00:13:13] right

[00:13:14] hey

[00:13:15] you know

[00:13:15] and we

[00:13:16] rightly

[00:13:17] teach

[00:13:17] with the

[00:13:17] script

[00:13:17] hey

[00:13:18] husbands

[00:13:18] love your

[00:13:19] wives

[00:13:19] as

[00:13:19] Christ

[00:13:19] loved

[00:13:19] the church

[00:13:20] and it's

[00:13:20] almost like

[00:13:21] if you do

[00:13:21] that

[00:13:22] you'll make

[00:13:22] submission

[00:13:23] easier for

[00:13:23] her

[00:13:24] and then if

[00:13:25] she's doing

[00:13:26] her part

[00:13:26] then it'll make

[00:13:27] it easier

[00:13:27] for you to do

[00:13:28] your part

[00:13:28] and I think

[00:13:29] there's a

[00:13:29] practical

[00:13:30] nature

[00:13:30] so we can

[00:13:31] accept that

[00:13:31] that's

[00:13:32] probably true

[00:13:32] to a certain

[00:13:33] degree

[00:13:33] there's enough

[00:13:34] practicality

[00:13:35] to that

[00:13:35] right

[00:13:35] like if

[00:13:36] your

[00:13:36] husband

[00:13:36] if your

[00:13:37] wife

[00:13:37] submitting

[00:13:37] to you

[00:13:38] might make

[00:13:38] it easier

[00:13:39] but to

[00:13:39] assume

[00:13:40] that

[00:13:40] just

[00:13:40] that

[00:13:40] transactional

[00:13:41] nature

[00:13:41] alone

[00:13:42] would create

[00:13:43] and produce

[00:13:44] the fruit

[00:13:44] of righteousness

[00:13:45] is false

[00:13:45] submission

[00:13:47] can come

[00:13:48] from many

[00:13:48] different

[00:13:49] sources

[00:13:49] let me

[00:13:50] suggest a few

[00:13:51] fear

[00:13:53] obligation

[00:13:54] duty

[00:13:55] commitment

[00:13:56] my favorite

[00:13:58] is loyalty

[00:13:59] but these

[00:14:00] are poor

[00:14:00] substitutes

[00:14:01] to where

[00:14:02] submission

[00:14:02] should come

[00:14:03] from

[00:14:03] and I

[00:14:04] think

[00:14:04] as you

[00:14:05] said it

[00:14:05] really well

[00:14:05] there Joy

[00:14:06] submission

[00:14:06] should come

[00:14:07] from surrender

[00:14:08] to God

[00:14:09] it's not

[00:14:10] the transaction

[00:14:10] of just

[00:14:11] two people

[00:14:11] but it's

[00:14:12] two people

[00:14:13] surrendering

[00:14:13] to Christ

[00:14:16] this is

[00:14:16] what we're

[00:14:17] talking about

[00:14:17] when we

[00:14:18] say

[00:14:18] the

[00:14:18] removal

[00:14:19] of just

[00:14:20] an identity

[00:14:21] but

[00:14:22] an identity

[00:14:23] in Christ

[00:14:24] in 1 Peter 2

[00:14:25] Peter told us

[00:14:26] that Jesus

[00:14:26] is an example

[00:14:27] of surrender

[00:14:28] we looked

[00:14:29] at that

[00:14:29] Jesus

[00:14:29] left his

[00:14:30] case

[00:14:30] in the

[00:14:31] hands

[00:14:31] of God

[00:14:31] I can't

[00:14:32] be like

[00:14:33] Jesus

[00:14:33] fully

[00:14:34] in his

[00:14:34] suffering

[00:14:35] but I

[00:14:36] can seek

[00:14:36] to surrender

[00:14:37] as he

[00:14:38] did

[00:14:38] as he

[00:14:38] taught

[00:14:39] us

[00:14:39] and as he

[00:14:40] showed it

[00:14:40] I can

[00:14:41] seek to

[00:14:41] do that

[00:14:42] surrender

[00:14:42] needs to

[00:14:43] be rightly

[00:14:43] understood

[00:14:45] it's not

[00:14:45] the same

[00:14:46] as commitment

[00:14:46] or loyalty

[00:14:48] loyalty

[00:14:48] is connected

[00:14:49] to the other

[00:14:50] person

[00:14:50] surrender

[00:14:51] is connected

[00:14:52] to God

[00:14:54] submission

[00:14:54] out of

[00:14:55] loyalty

[00:14:55] or duty

[00:14:56] or commitment

[00:14:56] or whatever

[00:14:57] it won't

[00:14:57] necessarily

[00:14:58] include

[00:14:59] surrender

[00:15:00] we see

[00:15:01] this being

[00:15:02] played out

[00:15:02] in marriages

[00:15:03] all the time

[00:15:05] you do

[00:15:06] this

[00:15:06] and then

[00:15:07] they can

[00:15:07] do

[00:15:07] this

[00:15:07] and then

[00:15:08] we're

[00:15:08] on this

[00:15:08] little

[00:15:09] transactional

[00:15:09] wheel

[00:15:10] and I'm

[00:15:11] trying to

[00:15:11] keep up

[00:15:12] with that

[00:15:12] other

[00:15:12] person

[00:15:13] but I

[00:15:14] wasn't

[00:15:14] saved

[00:15:15] she wasn't

[00:15:16] saved

[00:15:17] we're not

[00:15:17] just working

[00:15:18] back and

[00:15:18] forth like

[00:15:19] this

[00:15:19] but that

[00:15:19] we would

[00:15:20] be in

[00:15:20] deep

[00:15:21] relationship

[00:15:21] and growing

[00:15:22] relationship

[00:15:23] with Christ

[00:15:24] that he

[00:15:25] would be

[00:15:25] and that I

[00:15:26] would be

[00:15:26] surrendered

[00:15:27] to him

[00:15:27] and she

[00:15:27] would be

[00:15:28] surrendered

[00:15:28] to him

[00:15:29] and then

[00:15:29] we grow

[00:15:29] and we

[00:15:30] are who

[00:15:30] we are

[00:15:31] but we're

[00:15:32] also growing

[00:15:33] in what it

[00:15:33] looks like

[00:15:33] to be

[00:15:34] surrendered

[00:15:35] we want

[00:15:35] to avoid

[00:15:36] the pragmatic

[00:15:37] transactional

[00:15:38] mindset

[00:15:41] submission

[00:15:41] has to be

[00:15:42] rooted in

[00:15:42] surrender

[00:15:43] just take

[00:15:44] it

[00:15:44] let's go

[00:15:45] backwards

[00:15:45] just a little

[00:15:45] bit into

[00:15:46] 1st Peter 2

[00:15:46] here

[00:15:50] what is

[00:15:50] surrender

[00:15:51] when it

[00:15:51] comes to

[00:15:52] human

[00:15:52] authority

[00:15:54] I would

[00:15:55] say

[00:15:55] I would

[00:15:56] people

[00:15:57] in the

[00:15:58] Christian

[00:15:58] sphere

[00:15:59] are

[00:15:59] struggling

[00:16:00] with

[00:16:00] surrender

[00:16:01] they have

[00:16:01] a sense

[00:16:02] of loyalty

[00:16:02] to human

[00:16:03] authority

[00:16:04] or to

[00:16:04] government

[00:16:05] I'm using

[00:16:05] government

[00:16:05] specific

[00:16:07] but you

[00:16:08] see

[00:16:08] loyalty is

[00:16:08] being tested

[00:16:09] right now

[00:16:09] because when

[00:16:10] the people

[00:16:10] they don't

[00:16:11] like are

[00:16:11] in power

[00:16:12] it doesn't

[00:16:12] look like

[00:16:13] submission

[00:16:13] does it

[00:16:15] it looks

[00:16:16] like this

[00:16:16] person's

[00:16:16] evil

[00:16:17] this person's

[00:16:17] wicked

[00:16:18] this person's

[00:16:18] from you know

[00:16:19] whatever

[00:16:19] and I listen

[00:16:21] to a lot

[00:16:22] of other

[00:16:22] pastors

[00:16:23] and I sit

[00:16:23] there as a

[00:16:23] person who's

[00:16:24] just like a

[00:16:24] Christian

[00:16:25] and I think

[00:16:25] to myself

[00:16:26] is this

[00:16:27] what submission

[00:16:28] to authority

[00:16:28] looks like

[00:16:29] I would

[00:16:30] suggest it

[00:16:30] is not

[00:16:31] that's what

[00:16:31] a version

[00:16:32] of transactional

[00:16:33] loyalty

[00:16:34] looks like

[00:16:34] when we're

[00:16:36] in agreement

[00:16:36] I'm submitted

[00:16:38] but today

[00:16:39] we see so

[00:16:39] many people

[00:16:40] fighting

[00:16:40] the very

[00:16:41] idea of

[00:16:42] what does

[00:16:42] it look

[00:16:43] like to

[00:16:44] surrender

[00:16:45] I heard

[00:16:46] a pastor

[00:16:46] recently

[00:16:47] actually

[00:16:47] he wrote

[00:16:48] this

[00:16:49] I'm gonna

[00:16:49] take it

[00:16:50] a little

[00:16:50] serious

[00:16:50] here

[00:16:51] if you're

[00:16:51] a pastor

[00:16:52] who says

[00:16:52] we just

[00:16:53] preach the

[00:16:53] gospel

[00:16:53] and you

[00:16:54] neglect to get

[00:16:55] involved in

[00:16:55] the things

[00:16:56] that your

[00:16:56] people have

[00:16:56] to live

[00:16:57] through six

[00:16:57] days a

[00:16:57] week

[00:16:58] you are an

[00:16:59] idle shepherd

[00:17:01] this statement

[00:17:01] bothered me

[00:17:02] and I'm gonna

[00:17:02] tell you why

[00:17:03] that mindset

[00:17:04] puts the gospel

[00:17:05] on the same

[00:17:06] level as

[00:17:06] what everybody

[00:17:07] else is going

[00:17:08] through

[00:17:08] first of all

[00:17:08] as if we

[00:17:09] all don't

[00:17:09] know what

[00:17:10] life is

[00:17:10] going through

[00:17:11] but this

[00:17:12] idea that

[00:17:12] oh there's

[00:17:13] all these

[00:17:13] other issues

[00:17:13] that need

[00:17:14] our priority

[00:17:15] but the

[00:17:15] minute we

[00:17:15] do that

[00:17:16] we've now

[00:17:17] put the

[00:17:17] gospel

[00:17:17] on the

[00:17:18] same level

[00:17:18] rough

[00:17:19] thank you

[00:17:19] for quoting

[00:17:19] from you

[00:17:20] know

[00:17:20] rough

[00:17:21] was using

[00:17:21] the story

[00:17:22] of Peter

[00:17:23] being there

[00:17:23] when Jesus

[00:17:25] was transfigured

[00:17:26] and what

[00:17:26] did he do

[00:17:27] he wakes up

[00:17:27] and he sees

[00:17:28] these three

[00:17:28] greats

[00:17:29] and he's

[00:17:29] like let's

[00:17:29] build a

[00:17:29] tabernacle

[00:17:30] for all

[00:17:30] three of

[00:17:31] you

[00:17:31] and what

[00:17:32] was the

[00:17:33] word of

[00:17:33] the father

[00:17:35] this is

[00:17:35] my son

[00:17:38] hear him

[00:17:40] the problem

[00:17:41] today is

[00:17:41] there's too

[00:17:41] many people

[00:17:42] wanting to

[00:17:42] say we've

[00:17:43] got the

[00:17:43] gospel

[00:17:43] yes but

[00:17:44] it can't

[00:17:44] just be

[00:17:44] about the

[00:17:44] gospel

[00:17:45] that phrase

[00:17:46] right there

[00:17:47] needs to

[00:17:47] be rethought

[00:17:48] we need to

[00:17:49] rethink saying

[00:17:50] that out

[00:17:50] loud

[00:17:51] it can't

[00:17:52] just be

[00:17:52] it is

[00:17:53] all about

[00:17:54] the gospel

[00:17:55] it is

[00:17:55] all

[00:17:56] if you

[00:17:57] are assuming

[00:17:58] that it

[00:17:58] can't just

[00:17:58] be about

[00:17:59] the gospel

[00:17:59] because we

[00:17:59] have to

[00:18:00] care about

[00:18:00] these things

[00:18:01] let me

[00:18:01] suggest

[00:18:01] something

[00:18:02] the harder

[00:18:03] I try to

[00:18:03] care about

[00:18:04] all the

[00:18:04] other things

[00:18:06] the more

[00:18:07] I am

[00:18:07] number one

[00:18:08] I am

[00:18:08] putting the

[00:18:08] gospel on a

[00:18:09] lower level

[00:18:09] where it

[00:18:10] never belongs

[00:18:11] and number

[00:18:11] two I will

[00:18:12] never be

[00:18:13] sufficiently

[00:18:13] handling all

[00:18:14] that other

[00:18:15] stuff

[00:18:15] but what my

[00:18:16] bible tells

[00:18:17] me and your

[00:18:17] bible tells

[00:18:18] me is seek

[00:18:18] first the

[00:18:19] kingdom of

[00:18:19] God

[00:18:21] and then all

[00:18:21] these other

[00:18:22] things will

[00:18:22] be added

[00:18:23] and so

[00:18:24] we're suggesting

[00:18:25] that marriage

[00:18:26] at the very

[00:18:27] core from

[00:18:27] human authority

[00:18:28] to slave

[00:18:29] master

[00:18:29] to marriage

[00:18:31] at the very

[00:18:32] core must be

[00:18:34] laser focused

[00:18:35] on the gospel

[00:18:36] of Jesus

[00:18:37] Christ

[00:18:38] I cannot

[00:18:39] love

[00:18:40] I mean we

[00:18:40] say this

[00:18:41] that I do

[00:18:41] I've done

[00:18:41] weddings for a

[00:18:42] long long

[00:18:43] time

[00:18:43] I remember

[00:18:44] hearing older

[00:18:44] pastors say

[00:18:45] that now I'm

[00:18:46] that guy

[00:18:46] it's crazy

[00:18:47] oh you know

[00:18:48] I've told

[00:18:49] I've looked at

[00:18:50] guys and said

[00:18:50] you need to

[00:18:50] love your wife

[00:18:51] as Christ

[00:18:51] loved you

[00:18:51] and then I

[00:18:52] told them

[00:18:52] this

[00:18:52] that's

[00:18:52] impossible

[00:18:53] you can't

[00:18:53] do it

[00:18:54] the whole

[00:18:54] point of

[00:18:55] our lives

[00:18:56] is to be

[00:18:56] a part

[00:18:56] of the

[00:18:56] impossibility

[00:18:58] you weren't

[00:18:59] saved to be

[00:19:00] able to figure

[00:19:00] it and make

[00:19:01] it work

[00:19:01] your way

[00:19:03] we were

[00:19:04] born again

[00:19:04] to totally

[00:19:05] learn what

[00:19:06] dependence on

[00:19:07] Jesus looks

[00:19:07] like

[00:19:07] first Peter

[00:19:08] chapter 3

[00:19:09] I want to

[00:19:09] read verse

[00:19:10] 3 to

[00:19:11] verse 6

[00:19:12] and then

[00:19:13] have joy

[00:19:14] share with

[00:19:14] us on this

[00:19:14] part

[00:19:15] don't be

[00:19:15] concerned about

[00:19:16] the outward

[00:19:16] beauty of

[00:19:17] fancy hairstyles

[00:19:18] expensive jewelry

[00:19:19] or beautiful

[00:19:20] clothes

[00:19:20] you should

[00:19:21] clothe yourselves

[00:19:21] instead with

[00:19:22] the beauty

[00:19:22] that comes

[00:19:22] from within

[00:19:23] the unfading

[00:19:24] beauty of a

[00:19:25] gentle and

[00:19:25] quiet spirit

[00:19:26] which is so

[00:19:27] precious to

[00:19:27] God

[00:19:28] this is how

[00:19:29] the holy

[00:19:29] women of old

[00:19:30] made themselves

[00:19:30] beautiful

[00:19:31] they put

[00:19:31] their trust

[00:19:32] in God

[00:19:32] and accepted

[00:19:32] the authority

[00:19:33] of their

[00:19:33] husbands

[00:19:34] for instance

[00:19:35] Sarah

[00:19:36] obeyed her

[00:19:37] husband Abraham

[00:19:38] and called

[00:19:39] him her

[00:19:39] master

[00:19:40] you are

[00:19:41] her daughters

[00:19:41] when you do

[00:19:42] what is right

[00:19:43] without fear

[00:19:43] of what your

[00:19:44] husbands might

[00:19:45] do

[00:19:46] whoa

[00:19:48] yeah

[00:19:49] these are good

[00:19:50] verses but

[00:19:51] these ones are

[00:19:51] sometimes mishandled

[00:19:53] in a way I

[00:19:53] think I think

[00:19:54] we need to

[00:19:55] understand again

[00:19:56] that surrender

[00:19:59] surrender has

[00:20:00] to be sincere

[00:20:01] it has to be

[00:20:02] honest

[00:20:04] to be sincere

[00:20:05] means we are

[00:20:07] being

[00:20:07] truthful about

[00:20:08] who we are

[00:20:09] so when

[00:20:10] Peter talks

[00:20:11] about this

[00:20:11] outward

[00:20:12] adornment

[00:20:12] I understand

[00:20:13] that there's

[00:20:14] cultural relevance

[00:20:14] here with the

[00:20:15] braiding of hair

[00:20:16] and the fine

[00:20:16] clothing

[00:20:17] but maybe just

[00:20:18] for a moment

[00:20:18] we can think

[00:20:19] of our

[00:20:19] outer adornment

[00:20:20] as accessories

[00:20:21] or deflections

[00:20:22] whether it's

[00:20:24] your marital

[00:20:24] status

[00:20:25] whether it's

[00:20:26] your role

[00:20:26] or maybe it's

[00:20:27] even submission

[00:20:29] it's just an

[00:20:30] accessory

[00:20:31] I'll tell you

[00:20:32] what when

[00:20:32] submission is an

[00:20:33] accessory

[00:20:33] and it's not

[00:20:34] a work of the

[00:20:34] heart

[00:20:36] resentment

[00:20:36] and bitterness

[00:20:38] works inwardly

[00:20:40] it has an

[00:20:40] inward work

[00:20:41] but the opposite

[00:20:43] is true

[00:20:43] when we focus

[00:20:45] on the inward

[00:20:46] beauty

[00:20:46] Peter says

[00:20:48] the inward

[00:20:49] beauty

[00:20:50] it's not

[00:20:51] fading

[00:20:51] it's sincere

[00:20:53] it's honest

[00:20:54] it's authentic

[00:20:55] and it's

[00:20:56] precious

[00:20:57] in the sight

[00:20:58] of God

[00:20:58] what else

[00:20:59] is precious

[00:21:00] in the sight

[00:21:00] of God

[00:21:00] genuine

[00:21:02] faith

[00:21:02] faith

[00:21:03] more precious

[00:21:04] than mere

[00:21:05] gold

[00:21:05] what else

[00:21:06] is precious

[00:21:07] in the sight

[00:21:07] of God

[00:21:07] the blood

[00:21:09] of the lamb

[00:21:10] that purchased

[00:21:11] our salvation

[00:21:14] and it

[00:21:14] Peter says

[00:21:15] precious in the

[00:21:16] sight of God

[00:21:17] is a gentle

[00:21:18] and a quiet

[00:21:20] spirit

[00:21:21] I don't think

[00:21:24] it means

[00:21:25] to stay

[00:21:25] quiet

[00:21:26] I don't think

[00:21:27] it's saying

[00:21:28] to be quiet

[00:21:29] I'm not a

[00:21:30] keeper of my

[00:21:31] husband's

[00:21:32] secrets

[00:21:33] it's not

[00:21:34] shyness

[00:21:35] it's not

[00:21:36] timidness

[00:21:37] I don't even

[00:21:38] think it's a

[00:21:39] personality

[00:21:39] or temperament

[00:21:40] at all

[00:21:41] I believe

[00:21:42] that a gentle

[00:21:43] and a quiet

[00:21:44] spirit

[00:21:44] is going to

[00:21:45] look differently

[00:21:45] in each

[00:21:47] life that

[00:21:48] is surrendered

[00:21:49] to the work

[00:21:50] of the gospel

[00:21:51] Peter

[00:21:52] was neither

[00:21:53] shy

[00:21:54] or timid

[00:21:55] we've all

[00:21:55] been talking

[00:21:56] about stories

[00:21:56] of Peter

[00:21:57] because he's

[00:21:57] the author

[00:21:57] of this book

[00:21:58] he was

[00:21:59] outgoing

[00:22:00] he was

[00:22:00] loud

[00:22:01] he was

[00:22:02] voice

[00:22:02] he did

[00:22:03] so much

[00:22:04] and I

[00:22:04] understand

[00:22:04] he's

[00:22:04] talking

[00:22:05] to women

[00:22:05] here

[00:22:06] I know

[00:22:06] that

[00:22:07] he's

[00:22:07] talking

[00:22:07] to

[00:22:08] wives

[00:22:09] here

[00:22:10] I also

[00:22:10] know

[00:22:10] that

[00:22:10] but I

[00:22:11] want you

[00:22:12] to consider

[00:22:12] something

[00:22:13] that

[00:22:14] after

[00:22:15] Pentecost

[00:22:16] in the

[00:22:16] book of

[00:22:16] Acts

[00:22:17] when he

[00:22:17] was baptized

[00:22:18] in the

[00:22:18] Holy Spirit

[00:22:19] he was

[00:22:20] bold

[00:22:21] now wait

[00:22:21] a minute

[00:22:22] Peter

[00:22:22] was already

[00:22:23] bold

[00:22:23] but when

[00:22:24] he was

[00:22:25] baptized

[00:22:25] with the

[00:22:25] Holy Spirit

[00:22:26] of boldness

[00:22:27] he opened

[00:22:28] his mouth

[00:22:29] with words

[00:22:30] and thousands

[00:22:31] were won

[00:22:31] to the

[00:22:31] gospel

[00:22:32] and now

[00:22:33] we talk

[00:22:34] about

[00:22:34] a spirit

[00:22:35] filled

[00:22:36] quietness

[00:22:37] a spirit

[00:22:38] filled

[00:22:39] gentleness

[00:22:40] that a wife

[00:22:41] without a

[00:22:42] word

[00:22:42] would win

[00:22:44] her husband

[00:22:45] what does

[00:22:46] that look

[00:22:46] like

[00:22:47] how does

[00:22:48] that work

[00:22:49] how can

[00:22:50] it be

[00:22:50] gentle

[00:22:51] and quiet

[00:22:51] and bold

[00:22:52] how do

[00:22:53] the two

[00:22:54] combine

[00:22:54] well this

[00:22:55] is the

[00:22:55] holiness

[00:22:56] this is

[00:22:57] the character

[00:22:57] of our

[00:22:58] God

[00:22:58] this is

[00:22:59] who he

[00:22:59] is

[00:23:00] this is

[00:23:00] character

[00:23:01] being built

[00:23:02] inwardly

[00:23:02] not only

[00:23:03] outwardly

[00:23:04] it's not a

[00:23:05] personality trait

[00:23:06] it's an

[00:23:07] in working

[00:23:08] it's an

[00:23:08] in working

[00:23:09] Peter would

[00:23:10] say that

[00:23:10] our shepherd

[00:23:11] the great

[00:23:12] guardian

[00:23:13] of our

[00:23:13] soul

[00:23:13] the end

[00:23:14] of chapter

[00:23:14] two

[00:23:14] we also

[00:23:15] know that

[00:23:16] the Lord

[00:23:16] is our

[00:23:17] good shepherd

[00:23:17] and he

[00:23:18] leads us

[00:23:19] beside

[00:23:19] still

[00:23:20] waters

[00:23:21] to restore

[00:23:22] our soul

[00:23:23] you know

[00:23:24] sometimes

[00:23:24] we don't

[00:23:25] like

[00:23:25] stillness

[00:23:26] and quietness

[00:23:29] because

[00:23:30] our souls

[00:23:31] need to be

[00:23:32] restored

[00:23:33] but it's

[00:23:34] in stillness

[00:23:35] and quiet

[00:23:36] that we're

[00:23:37] restored

[00:23:37] and I think

[00:23:38] especially as

[00:23:39] women

[00:23:39] there's a

[00:23:40] need

[00:23:41] for our

[00:23:41] souls

[00:23:42] from the

[00:23:42] end

[00:23:43] working

[00:23:43] to be

[00:23:44] restored

[00:23:44] there's

[00:23:45] been abuse

[00:23:46] of power

[00:23:46] there's

[00:23:47] been abuse

[00:23:48] of authority

[00:23:48] and so

[00:23:49] as a woman

[00:23:50] comes in

[00:23:50] fully

[00:23:51] surrendered

[00:23:52] to the

[00:23:52] heart

[00:23:52] of God

[00:23:52] but what

[00:23:53] does it

[00:23:53] look like

[00:23:54] to submit

[00:23:54] what does it

[00:23:55] look like

[00:23:56] to be a woman

[00:23:56] chaste

[00:23:57] and pure

[00:23:58] reverent

[00:23:59] and quiet

[00:24:00] of spirit

[00:24:01] what does that

[00:24:02] look like

[00:24:04] I believe

[00:24:05] that it

[00:24:05] is to be

[00:24:06] surrendered

[00:24:06] to the work

[00:24:07] of the Holy

[00:24:08] Spirit

[00:24:08] in our

[00:24:08] lives

[00:24:09] that there

[00:24:10] is a

[00:24:10] rest

[00:24:11] I no

[00:24:12] longer

[00:24:12] have to

[00:24:12] prove

[00:24:13] myself

[00:24:13] I no

[00:24:14] longer

[00:24:14] have to

[00:24:15] defend

[00:24:15] myself

[00:24:15] I no

[00:24:16] longer

[00:24:16] have to

[00:24:16] compensate

[00:24:17] I can

[00:24:18] rest

[00:24:19] in who

[00:24:20] I am

[00:24:21] because of

[00:24:22] Christ

[00:24:23] that's who

[00:24:24] I am

[00:24:25] and suddenly

[00:24:26] there's a

[00:24:26] rest that

[00:24:27] comes over

[00:24:27] me

[00:24:27] and there's

[00:24:28] a gentleness

[00:24:29] of spirit

[00:24:31] and I can

[00:24:32] breathe

[00:24:33] and I can

[00:24:34] know

[00:24:35] and I can

[00:24:36] submit

[00:24:37] fully

[00:24:37] not as a

[00:24:39] fake

[00:24:40] trying to

[00:24:41] do it

[00:24:41] swallow

[00:24:41] down my

[00:24:42] true

[00:24:42] feelings

[00:24:43] but sincerely

[00:24:44] from the

[00:24:45] heart

[00:24:45] I can

[00:24:46] submit

[00:24:46] and it

[00:24:47] says our

[00:24:48] examples

[00:24:48] are the

[00:24:49] women of

[00:24:49] old

[00:24:49] the holy

[00:24:50] women

[00:24:50] of old

[00:24:52] that they

[00:24:53] trusted

[00:24:53] in God

[00:24:54] and they

[00:24:55] submitted

[00:24:56] to their

[00:24:57] husbands

[00:24:57] I want to

[00:24:58] suggest

[00:24:59] something to

[00:24:59] you that

[00:25:00] submission

[00:25:00] to your

[00:25:01] husband

[00:25:01] is not

[00:25:02] the same

[00:25:03] as trusting

[00:25:03] in God

[00:25:04] but trusting

[00:25:05] in God

[00:25:06] true

[00:25:07] trusting

[00:25:07] in God

[00:25:08] true

[00:25:08] surrender

[00:25:08] the result

[00:25:10] the impact

[00:25:11] of the

[00:25:11] gospel

[00:25:12] will be

[00:25:12] submission

[00:25:13] to your

[00:25:13] husband

[00:25:14] it will

[00:25:14] and I

[00:25:15] don't know

[00:25:16] why Peter

[00:25:17] doesn't use

[00:25:17] Esther

[00:25:18] or doesn't

[00:25:18] use Ruth

[00:25:19] I mean

[00:25:20] these were

[00:25:20] like the

[00:25:20] brides

[00:25:21] of all

[00:25:21] brides

[00:25:22] instead

[00:25:23] he uses

[00:25:24] Sarah

[00:25:24] you know

[00:25:25] Sarah

[00:25:26] Sarah

[00:25:26] and Abraham

[00:25:27] we get

[00:25:28] to see

[00:25:28] their marriage

[00:25:29] ups and

[00:25:29] downs

[00:25:30] the ebbs

[00:25:30] and the

[00:25:31] flows

[00:25:31] we know

[00:25:31] Abraham

[00:25:32] he's the

[00:25:33] father of

[00:25:33] faith

[00:25:34] but we

[00:25:35] also know

[00:25:36] Abraham

[00:25:37] he did a

[00:25:38] lot of

[00:25:38] foolish

[00:25:38] things too

[00:25:39] remember

[00:25:40] the one

[00:25:40] time that

[00:25:40] he required

[00:25:41] his wife

[00:25:41] to be

[00:25:42] his sister

[00:25:43] right

[00:25:43] and we

[00:25:44] don't know

[00:25:45] Sarah

[00:25:46] we just

[00:25:46] kind of see

[00:25:47] that Sarah

[00:25:47] went along

[00:25:48] with it

[00:25:48] she

[00:25:49] submitted

[00:25:50] I guess

[00:25:51] yeah

[00:25:52] she went

[00:25:53] with it

[00:25:54] we also

[00:25:55] know there

[00:25:55] were times

[00:25:55] that Sarah

[00:25:56] did some

[00:25:56] pretty foolish

[00:25:57] things

[00:25:57] right

[00:25:57] she gave

[00:25:58] her husband

[00:25:59] Abraham

[00:26:00] Hagar

[00:26:01] here you go

[00:26:01] let's get

[00:26:02] this ball

[00:26:03] rolling

[00:26:03] right

[00:26:04] so we

[00:26:05] see the

[00:26:05] foolishness

[00:26:06] and we

[00:26:06] see the

[00:26:06] acts

[00:26:07] of faith

[00:26:07] both

[00:26:08] because

[00:26:08] we're

[00:26:09] both

[00:26:09] people

[00:26:10] of faith

[00:26:11] and we're

[00:26:11] foolish

[00:26:12] so this

[00:26:12] is where

[00:26:13] the transactional

[00:26:14] idea of

[00:26:14] submission

[00:26:15] is tricky

[00:26:16] it's tricky

[00:26:17] it has to be

[00:26:19] in response

[00:26:19] to the Lord

[00:26:20] but the

[00:26:21] example that

[00:26:22] we see of

[00:26:22] Sarah

[00:26:22] is not

[00:26:23] when she

[00:26:24] pretended to

[00:26:24] be Abraham's

[00:26:25] sister

[00:26:25] and it

[00:26:26] wasn't when

[00:26:27] she gave

[00:26:28] her husband

[00:26:29] Abraham

[00:26:30] Hagar

[00:26:30] it was

[00:26:31] when the

[00:26:31] three

[00:26:32] servants

[00:26:32] appeared to

[00:26:33] Abraham

[00:26:34] outside the

[00:26:34] tent

[00:26:34] right

[00:26:35] we know

[00:26:35] the story

[00:26:35] we're all

[00:26:36] like Bible

[00:26:36] teachers

[00:26:37] and

[00:26:37] studiers

[00:26:39] and they

[00:26:39] tell Abraham

[00:26:41] your wife

[00:26:42] is going to

[00:26:42] have a

[00:26:43] son

[00:26:43] and she

[00:26:44] kind of

[00:26:44] scoffs

[00:26:45] she laughs

[00:26:45] right

[00:26:46] we all

[00:26:46] like kind

[00:26:46] of

[00:26:46] criticize

[00:26:47] the fact

[00:26:47] that she

[00:26:47] laughs

[00:26:48] and that

[00:26:48] she

[00:26:48] kind

[00:26:48] of

[00:26:48] doesn't

[00:26:49] believe

[00:26:49] but she's

[00:26:50] recounted

[00:26:51] here in

[00:26:51] Peter

[00:26:51] and says

[00:26:53] that she's

[00:26:53] your example

[00:26:54] because she

[00:26:55] called her

[00:26:56] husband

[00:26:56] master

[00:26:57] and Lord

[00:26:59] how can

[00:27:00] there be

[00:27:00] respect

[00:27:01] not to

[00:27:02] mention

[00:27:02] submission

[00:27:03] but when

[00:27:04] you submit

[00:27:04] out of a

[00:27:05] heart of

[00:27:05] like I

[00:27:06] just do

[00:27:06] what my

[00:27:06] husband

[00:27:07] tells me

[00:27:07] and I

[00:27:07] think what

[00:27:08] he thinks

[00:27:08] and I

[00:27:08] do what

[00:27:09] he does

[00:27:09] and I

[00:27:10] just go

[00:27:10] along

[00:27:10] with it

[00:27:11] there's

[00:27:11] not

[00:27:11] respect

[00:27:12] not for

[00:27:13] a long

[00:27:13] sense of

[00:27:14] time

[00:27:14] but when

[00:27:15] there's a

[00:27:16] willingness

[00:27:17] of surrender

[00:27:18] to the

[00:27:18] Lord

[00:27:18] even in

[00:27:19] his foolishness

[00:27:20] even in

[00:27:21] mistakes

[00:27:22] there's a

[00:27:23] place for

[00:27:23] reconciliation

[00:27:24] and restoration

[00:27:24] of soul

[00:27:25] so then

[00:27:26] the response

[00:27:27] when the

[00:27:28] Lord talks

[00:27:29] to Abraham

[00:27:29] and says

[00:27:30] it's time

[00:27:31] you and

[00:27:32] Sarah

[00:27:32] you're gonna

[00:27:33] be parents

[00:27:34] I know

[00:27:34] how old

[00:27:35] you are

[00:27:35] and she's

[00:27:36] able to

[00:27:37] laugh

[00:27:37] but she's

[00:27:38] able to

[00:27:39] say

[00:27:39] okay

[00:27:41] my master

[00:27:42] my Lord

[00:27:42] for me

[00:27:43] as I'm

[00:27:44] reading this

[00:27:44] I see

[00:27:45] that that's

[00:27:45] a response

[00:27:45] of respect

[00:27:46] a response

[00:27:47] of honor

[00:27:48] not swallowing

[00:27:49] it down

[00:27:50] because she

[00:27:50] let it out

[00:27:51] she laughed

[00:27:51] but she

[00:27:52] respected

[00:27:53] her husband

[00:27:54] imagine

[00:27:55] if she just

[00:27:55] allowed

[00:27:56] submission

[00:27:56] to be

[00:27:57] an accessory

[00:27:57] that she

[00:27:57] wore

[00:27:58] around

[00:27:58] her neck

[00:27:58] over time

[00:27:59] that accessory

[00:28:00] would choke

[00:28:01] her out

[00:28:01] and cause

[00:28:01] bitterness

[00:28:02] and resentment

[00:28:03] and I know

[00:28:03] so many

[00:28:03] godly women

[00:28:04] so many

[00:28:05] godly women

[00:28:06] who want

[00:28:06] to submit

[00:28:07] they've

[00:28:07] called to

[00:28:08] submit

[00:28:08] they exhort

[00:28:09] their women

[00:28:09] to submit

[00:28:10] but their

[00:28:11] hearts are

[00:28:11] full of

[00:28:12] bitterness

[00:28:12] and resentment

[00:28:13] that can't

[00:28:14] be what

[00:28:15] submission

[00:28:15] is

[00:28:16] it can't

[00:28:16] be

[00:28:17] there's

[00:28:17] too many

[00:28:18] Christian

[00:28:18] families

[00:28:19] within our

[00:28:19] churches

[00:28:19] that are

[00:28:20] so tied

[00:28:21] up with

[00:28:21] bitterness

[00:28:22] and resentment

[00:28:22] and they're

[00:28:23] trying

[00:28:24] they're trying

[00:28:24] to hold

[00:28:25] it together

[00:28:25] they're trying

[00:28:26] to submit

[00:28:26] but they're

[00:28:28] dying on

[00:28:28] the inside

[00:28:29] what if

[00:28:30] submission

[00:28:31] is surrender

[00:28:32] to god

[00:28:33] and as we

[00:28:35] surrender

[00:28:35] to god

[00:28:36] he restores

[00:28:37] my soul

[00:28:38] and as I

[00:28:40] am being

[00:28:40] restored

[00:28:41] and I

[00:28:41] am being

[00:28:42] healed

[00:28:42] and I

[00:28:43] am being

[00:28:43] changed

[00:28:44] and transformed

[00:28:45] so is my

[00:28:45] husband

[00:28:46] and we're

[00:28:47] being transformed

[00:28:48] together

[00:28:49] and we're

[00:28:49] forgiving

[00:28:50] and we're

[00:28:50] working things

[00:28:51] together

[00:28:51] because that's

[00:28:52] the work

[00:28:52] of the

[00:28:52] gospel

[00:28:54] that the

[00:28:55] gospel

[00:28:55] is what

[00:28:56] we focus

[00:28:56] on

[00:28:57] not

[00:28:58] the

[00:28:58] marriage

[00:28:59] and then

[00:28:59] it ends

[00:29:00] with like

[00:29:00] odd words

[00:29:01] it says

[00:29:02] then you

[00:29:02] won't be

[00:29:02] afraid

[00:29:04] of your

[00:29:04] husband

[00:29:05] and the

[00:29:06] reaction

[00:29:06] that he

[00:29:07] gives

[00:29:07] like Abraham

[00:29:08] and Sarah

[00:29:08] and I'm

[00:29:08] like oh

[00:29:08] Phil you

[00:29:09] better not

[00:29:09] embarrass me

[00:29:10] when you

[00:29:10] get up here

[00:29:10] because I

[00:29:11] was afraid

[00:29:12] of how

[00:29:12] he's going

[00:29:12] to make

[00:29:12] me look

[00:29:13] up here

[00:29:13] right

[00:29:13] we're

[00:29:14] always

[00:29:14] afraid

[00:29:14] of our

[00:29:14] am I

[00:29:15] the only

[00:29:15] one

[00:29:15] okay

[00:29:15] I'm

[00:29:16] the only

[00:29:16] one

[00:29:16] I am

[00:29:17] totally

[00:29:17] afraid

[00:29:18] of how

[00:29:18] my husband

[00:29:18] is going

[00:29:22] I don't

[00:29:22] think that

[00:29:23] that's

[00:29:23] what's

[00:29:23] being

[00:29:23] said

[00:29:24] I think

[00:29:25] that there's

[00:29:25] a think

[00:29:25] you got

[00:29:26] a couple

[00:29:26] laughs

[00:29:26] you know

[00:29:27] take the

[00:29:27] minute

[00:29:28] you know

[00:29:28] like we

[00:29:29] don't have

[00:29:30] to be

[00:29:30] afraid

[00:29:31] of each

[00:29:32] other's

[00:29:32] reactions

[00:29:33] I'm not

[00:29:34] I'm not

[00:29:34] assuming that

[00:29:35] we don't

[00:29:35] affect each

[00:29:36] other

[00:29:36] because we

[00:29:36] affect each

[00:29:37] other

[00:29:38] but that

[00:29:38] the impact

[00:29:39] of the

[00:29:39] gospel

[00:29:40] would hold

[00:29:41] us in

[00:29:41] such sound

[00:29:43] placement

[00:29:44] that I don't

[00:29:45] have to be

[00:29:45] like oh

[00:29:46] gosh don't

[00:29:46] say that

[00:29:47] please

[00:29:48] please don't

[00:29:48] make me

[00:29:49] look bad

[00:29:49] or he

[00:29:50] doesn't have

[00:29:50] to say oh

[00:29:51] please don't

[00:29:51] make me

[00:29:51] look bad

[00:29:52] now

[00:29:52] but and

[00:29:53] we both

[00:29:53] felt that

[00:29:54] way

[00:29:54] and we

[00:29:54] both said

[00:29:54] those things

[00:29:55] but that

[00:29:56] as we're

[00:29:56] growing in

[00:29:57] the grace

[00:29:57] and the

[00:29:57] gospel

[00:29:58] and the

[00:29:58] work of

[00:29:59] Christ

[00:29:59] I don't

[00:30:00] have to be

[00:30:01] ashamed

[00:30:01] I don't

[00:30:01] have to be

[00:30:02] worried

[00:30:02] of like okay

[00:30:03] how's he

[00:30:04] going to

[00:30:04] handle it

[00:30:05] he's not a

[00:30:05] reflection of

[00:30:06] me and I'm

[00:30:06] not a

[00:30:07] reflection of

[00:30:07] him

[00:30:08] I'm a

[00:30:08] reflection of

[00:30:09] the gospel

[00:30:09] I'm a

[00:30:10] reflection of

[00:30:10] Christ

[00:30:11] holiness

[00:30:12] is God's

[00:30:13] character

[00:30:14] in working

[00:30:15] in my life

[00:30:17] that's the

[00:30:17] work of the

[00:30:18] cross

[00:30:20] let me read

[00:30:20] it let me

[00:30:21] read it

[00:30:24] first Peter

[00:30:26] 3 7

[00:30:27] says in

[00:30:27] the same

[00:30:28] way you

[00:30:29] husbands must

[00:30:30] give honor to

[00:30:31] your wives

[00:30:31] treat your

[00:30:32] wife with

[00:30:33] understanding as

[00:30:34] you live

[00:30:34] together

[00:30:35] she may be

[00:30:36] weaker than

[00:30:36] you are but

[00:30:37] she is your

[00:30:38] equal partner

[00:30:38] in God's

[00:30:39] life or

[00:30:40] excuse me

[00:30:40] God's gift

[00:30:41] of new

[00:30:41] life join

[00:30:42] heirs of

[00:30:43] the grace

[00:30:43] of life

[00:30:44] so treat

[00:30:45] her as you

[00:30:46] should so

[00:30:46] your prayers

[00:30:47] will not be

[00:30:48] hindered

[00:30:50] so Peter

[00:30:51] you know

[00:30:52] says a lot

[00:30:52] to the wives

[00:30:53] and then he

[00:30:53] has this

[00:30:54] statement for

[00:30:54] husbands

[00:30:54] and but

[00:30:55] it's the

[00:30:56] same like

[00:30:58] at the

[00:30:58] core of

[00:30:59] what he's

[00:30:59] offering is

[00:31:01] the same

[00:31:01] idea and

[00:31:02] that is that

[00:31:03] like we have

[00:31:04] to be rooted

[00:31:05] in our

[00:31:05] identity in

[00:31:06] Christ

[00:31:08] again you

[00:31:09] know he

[00:31:09] says here

[00:31:10] like you

[00:31:10] know she

[00:31:11] may be

[00:31:11] weaker than

[00:31:12] you are

[00:31:12] and just

[00:31:13] want to

[00:31:13] like remind

[00:31:14] us of

[00:31:14] things we

[00:31:15] all already

[00:31:15] know and

[00:31:16] we were

[00:31:16] really

[00:31:16] thinking a

[00:31:16] lot about

[00:31:17] this is

[00:31:17] like we

[00:31:18] don't want

[00:31:18] to just

[00:31:18] like teach

[00:31:18] a passage

[00:31:19] that y'all

[00:31:20] could teach

[00:31:21] and do

[00:31:21] teach all

[00:31:22] the time

[00:31:22] but how

[00:31:23] does this

[00:31:24] like trickle

[00:31:25] down to

[00:31:25] the people

[00:31:26] we're

[00:31:26] ministering

[00:31:26] to you

[00:31:28] know so

[00:31:28] like when

[00:31:29] Peter says

[00:31:29] she may

[00:31:30] be weaker

[00:31:30] than you

[00:31:31] are it's

[00:31:31] not an

[00:31:32] insult it's

[00:31:33] a reality

[00:31:33] that women

[00:31:34] had little

[00:31:35] value this

[00:31:36] is just

[00:31:36] like again

[00:31:37] this is why

[00:31:37] we started

[00:31:38] by saying we

[00:31:39] believe this

[00:31:39] is deconstruction

[00:31:40] towards

[00:31:40] reconstruction

[00:31:41] right you

[00:31:42] are weaker

[00:31:42] you this

[00:31:43] is who

[00:31:43] you are

[00:31:45] a woman

[00:31:46] was under

[00:31:47] her dad

[00:31:48] and then

[00:31:48] under her

[00:31:49] husband

[00:31:50] it's not

[00:31:50] like there

[00:31:51] was this

[00:31:51] like other

[00:31:52] accommodation

[00:31:52] that was

[00:31:53] happening

[00:31:54] so Peter's

[00:31:55] acknowledging

[00:31:55] this in

[00:31:56] other words I

[00:31:57] would even

[00:31:57] suggest to

[00:31:57] you in

[00:31:58] this one

[00:31:58] sentence

[00:32:00] Peter is

[00:32:01] both saying

[00:32:01] see the

[00:32:02] identity

[00:32:02] but make

[00:32:03] sure that

[00:32:04] you focus

[00:32:05] on her

[00:32:05] identity

[00:32:05] in Christ

[00:32:06] look at

[00:32:06] what he

[00:32:06] says

[00:32:07] she may

[00:32:07] be weaker

[00:32:08] that's

[00:32:08] identity

[00:32:09] but she's

[00:32:10] your equal

[00:32:10] partner in

[00:32:11] God's gift

[00:32:11] of new life

[00:32:21] identity

[00:32:44] so you

[00:32:44] know as

[00:32:45] Ruff said

[00:32:45] really well

[00:32:45] like hey

[00:32:46] you know

[00:32:46] they were

[00:32:46] under like

[00:32:47] a neuro

[00:32:47] like okay

[00:32:48] so can I

[00:32:48] submit to

[00:32:49] human

[00:32:49] authority

[00:32:50] and then again

[00:32:51] what is

[00:32:51] submission

[00:32:51] well ultimately

[00:32:52] it comes

[00:32:53] it stems

[00:32:54] from the

[00:32:54] root is

[00:32:55] surrender

[00:32:55] to God

[00:32:56] before it's

[00:32:57] about like

[00:32:57] whether they're

[00:32:58] good or not

[00:32:59] because I

[00:33:00] don't care

[00:33:00] who is in

[00:33:01] power

[00:33:03] they're not

[00:33:03] good

[00:33:04] it's pragmatic

[00:33:05] like well

[00:33:06] they're better

[00:33:06] than the other

[00:33:07] one okay

[00:33:07] fine whatever

[00:33:08] it might be

[00:33:08] but that's

[00:33:09] not where

[00:33:10] submission

[00:33:10] comes from

[00:33:11] right

[00:33:11] that would

[00:33:11] be transactional

[00:33:12] right

[00:33:12] as long as I

[00:33:13] get who I

[00:33:14] got I'll be

[00:33:15] okay but I

[00:33:15] didn't want

[00:33:16] this one so I

[00:33:16] don't need to

[00:33:17] submit but the

[00:33:18] bible tells us

[00:33:18] immediately no no

[00:33:19] no you gotta

[00:33:19] surrender to God

[00:33:20] what's your

[00:33:20] example Jesus

[00:33:21] is your example

[00:33:22] and then he

[00:33:23] takes it really

[00:33:24] like unfairly

[00:33:26] and I don't mean

[00:33:26] that like he's

[00:33:27] wrong but like

[00:33:27] it's a hurtful

[00:33:28] thing he says

[00:33:29] slaves you need

[00:33:29] to submit to

[00:33:30] your master

[00:33:32] but they're

[00:33:33] evil

[00:33:34] yeah

[00:33:36] and why

[00:33:37] well because

[00:33:38] you just have to

[00:33:38] you have to show

[00:33:44] you are under

[00:33:45] Christ

[00:33:46] and then finally

[00:33:47] he comes into

[00:33:48] marriage and

[00:33:48] I think you

[00:33:49] know it's not

[00:33:50] you know

[00:33:51] Peter spends a

[00:33:52] good chunk of

[00:33:53] time talking to

[00:33:53] wives and then

[00:33:54] he makes this

[00:33:54] like one statement

[00:33:55] to husbands but

[00:33:56] I think that

[00:33:56] statement is a

[00:33:57] really powerful

[00:33:57] one she's weaker

[00:33:59] this is how the

[00:34:00] world sees her

[00:34:01] but she's your

[00:34:02] equal in Christ

[00:34:05] there's no

[00:34:06] there's no

[00:34:06] difference you

[00:34:06] are of course

[00:34:07] new king James

[00:34:08] you are joint

[00:34:09] heirs as we

[00:34:11] talk a lot about

[00:34:11] identity and

[00:34:13] identity in

[00:34:14] Christ in a

[00:34:15] world that was

[00:34:15] male dominated

[00:34:16] Peter says

[00:34:17] she is of

[00:34:18] great value

[00:34:21] and it wasn't

[00:34:22] because hey

[00:34:22] that's because

[00:34:23] she's your

[00:34:23] wife no it's

[00:34:24] because of who

[00:34:24] she is in

[00:34:26] Christ

[00:34:28] it's because

[00:34:29] otherwise it's

[00:34:30] like well of

[00:34:30] course she's

[00:34:31] amazing I

[00:34:31] married her

[00:34:32] right that's

[00:34:33] what it comes

[00:34:33] down to

[00:34:33] that's the

[00:34:34] transactional

[00:34:35] approach

[00:34:37] and so she

[00:34:37] needs me to

[00:34:38] do good so

[00:34:39] that she looks

[00:34:40] good that's the

[00:34:41] transaction but

[00:34:43] the real reality

[00:34:44] is that when

[00:34:45] everything else

[00:34:46] falls completely

[00:34:47] apart I still

[00:34:49] belong to

[00:34:49] Jesus and she

[00:34:50] belongs to

[00:34:51] Jesus I don't

[00:34:54] have to see you

[00:34:55] know she doesn't

[00:34:56] have to like I'm

[00:34:57] not an accessory

[00:34:57] and she's not an

[00:34:58] accessory I don't

[00:34:59] we don't have to

[00:34:59] fix each other but

[00:35:01] as we are being

[00:35:02] rooted in Christ

[00:35:03] here's the thing

[00:35:04] if I focus so

[00:35:05] much on trying to

[00:35:06] change her she

[00:35:06] focuses on trying

[00:35:07] to change me

[00:35:08] she'll get some

[00:35:09] change that'll

[00:35:10] happen that's the

[00:35:10] truth that's what

[00:35:11] happens in our

[00:35:11] lives we do change

[00:35:13] each other that's

[00:35:13] of course but the

[00:35:16] real lasting

[00:35:17] fruitful change

[00:35:19] of righteousness

[00:35:21] is going to

[00:35:21] happen as she's

[00:35:22] rooted in Christ

[00:35:24] and then as I'm

[00:35:25] rooted in Christ

[00:35:27] and of course we're

[00:35:28] going to influence

[00:35:28] and affect each

[00:35:29] other we're never

[00:35:30] suggesting that

[00:35:31] that's not true

[00:35:32] we're simply saying

[00:35:33] when that is the

[00:35:34] beginning point you

[00:35:35] miss the deeper

[00:35:36] issue and the

[00:35:37] deeper issue is

[00:35:38] that I belong to

[00:35:39] Jesus I've been

[00:35:39] saved by the

[00:35:41] precious blood of

[00:35:42] Jesus I'm going

[00:35:45] to heaven but you

[00:35:45] know who else is

[00:35:46] going to my wife's

[00:35:46] going to heaven

[00:35:48] and not as my

[00:35:49] wife she's going to

[00:35:49] heaven because she

[00:35:50] put her faith in

[00:35:50] Christ and so we

[00:35:53] are both joint

[00:35:54] heirs if marriage

[00:35:57] expresses the gospel

[00:35:58] of God's love if

[00:36:00] if you know we and

[00:36:02] I you said it really

[00:36:03] good earlier Joe you

[00:36:03] said like and I'll

[00:36:05] put it in my own

[00:36:05] words here of that

[00:36:07] marriage is a great

[00:36:08] image of the work

[00:36:11] of God but really

[00:36:13] easily we can make

[00:36:14] it an icon and it

[00:36:16] goes from image like

[00:36:17] a picture to an

[00:36:19] icon this is the

[00:36:21] goal you know single

[00:36:21] people in our church

[00:36:22] are like okay

[00:36:26] widowed divorced

[00:36:28] feel like trash

[00:36:30] that's not the point

[00:36:31] is this you single

[00:36:33] person you are a

[00:36:34] joint heir in Christ

[00:36:35] Jesus they're not

[00:36:38] defined by the guy

[00:36:40] or girl they're

[00:36:42] going to I mean

[00:36:43] hey if you're but

[00:36:43] you're like but you

[00:36:44] know we have people

[00:36:45] in our church are

[00:36:45] like oh that's great

[00:36:46] but I want to get

[00:36:47] married you know like

[00:36:47] and we're praying for

[00:36:48] that and we're

[00:36:49] believing for that but

[00:36:50] that isn't the that's

[00:36:51] not the root the root

[00:36:53] is that you're in a

[00:36:53] relationship with

[00:36:54] Jesus Christ and

[00:36:56] then all these other

[00:36:58] things get added did

[00:36:59] you want to know we're

[00:37:02] done everybody everybody

[00:37:06] should team teach

[00:37:07] because you're like

[00:37:08] you know we did it

[00:37:09] we're done we're

[00:37:10] dropping the mic and

[00:37:10] we out no let's get

[00:37:13] let me close you want

[00:37:14] to you want to close

[00:37:15] in prayer you want me

[00:37:16] to okay

[00:37:18] God I just thank you so

[00:37:19] much for your word

[00:37:20] thank you for giving me

[00:37:21] the opportunity to stand

[00:37:22] up here with my husband

[00:37:23] and just proclaim your

[00:37:24] truth proclaim the truth

[00:37:26] of your word the gospel

[00:37:28] we're so privileged to be

[00:37:30] called by you we're so

[00:37:32] honored to be here as a

[00:37:34] group as the body of

[00:37:35] Christ as the loving

[00:37:36] community of God's

[00:37:37] people would you teach

[00:37:39] us how to be united

[00:37:40] would you teach us how

[00:37:41] to rightfully honor and

[00:37:43] submit one to another

[00:37:44] would you teach us how

[00:37:45] to do that and would our

[00:37:46] focus continue to be the

[00:37:48] gospel that it would

[00:37:49] always be you at the

[00:37:50] forefront thank you so

[00:37:52] much for this conference

[00:37:52] continue to pour out your

[00:37:53] spirit in Jesus name

[00:37:54] amen

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