1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:21,680 This is the Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 3, Section 1. 2 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:24,840 One of the things I want to encourage you all, especially those who are going through 3 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:32,720 some things, is that God has ordained all things. 4 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:38,560 He's not the author of sin, He doesn't cause sin, but He uses it. 5 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:44,520 And He uses everything in this earth for His glory and honor, whether we like it or not. 6 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:47,440 But God gets the glory. 7 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:48,680 Amen? 8 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:51,320 So let's dive in. 9 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:53,520 Chapter 13, we finally finished Hebrews. 10 00:00:53,520 --> 00:01:03,800 I was watching John Piper this morning, and it took him two years to go through Hebrews. 11 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,960 So you might want to turn me down, get a little feedback. 12 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:07,960 Thank you. 13 00:01:07,960 --> 00:01:12,080 Can you imagine doing the, I can. 14 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:21,600 But we're going to do two years over a lifetime, as long as I'm alive and preaching at 92, 15 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:23,840 by God's grace, right John? 16 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:25,880 So anyway, let's pray. 17 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:30,120 Father, I want to thank you for this chapter, thank you for this book. 18 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:34,760 Thank you that we know that you never change. 19 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:37,960 You are the same today, yesterday, and forever. 20 00:01:37,960 --> 00:01:39,760 You are God. 21 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:48,080 And that all of the things throughout all of our history point to one person, you. 22 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:51,040 And you point us to the Father. 23 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:53,360 And the Spirit points us to you. 24 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:58,080 And we are thankful that you are God, the triune. 25 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:02,140 And in your wisdom, Lord, you've redeemed a people. 26 00:02:02,140 --> 00:02:06,920 So I pray, Lord, as we go through this chapter, we understand the way we should live, why 27 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:11,600 we should live, and the importance of where we're going. 28 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,680 To you be glory in Jesus' name. 29 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:15,680 Amen. 30 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:16,680 All right. 31 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:20,240 So we're just going to start right off, okay? 32 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:25,040 A heart committed to loving Christ is a heart committed to obeying him. 33 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:26,440 Very important. 34 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:32,240 I think one of the things that we have a tendency to do is we diminish the importance of obedience. 35 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:36,480 I'm going to get loud, so I'm just letting you know. 36 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:44,240 We think that the issue of what we should do as believers becomes legalistic. 37 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:48,680 When in reality, true faith is obedience. 38 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:50,640 I've said this before. 39 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:54,520 The reality of true worship is obedience. 40 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:55,520 That's how we worship. 41 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,260 If you love me, you will obey me. 42 00:02:58,260 --> 00:03:01,720 That is the standard of love for God. 43 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:05,620 Not that we love perfectly, but we love intentionally. 44 00:03:05,620 --> 00:03:13,040 And we purpose, through the process of sanctification, become more obedient and more like Jesus. 45 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:19,040 So a heart committed to loving Christ is a heart committed to obeying him. 46 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:24,880 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise, making the best use of the time 47 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:27,080 because the days are evil. 48 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:29,840 Ephesians 5, 15 through 16. 49 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:34,240 So in Hebrews 13, 1 through 6, clarifies this. 50 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:36,040 It's interesting. 51 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:41,520 Now that we're at the end of the book, I am fully convinced, and so is Matthew Henry, 52 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:45,420 if you ever read his commentary, Paul is the writer of this book. 53 00:03:45,420 --> 00:03:52,080 When you get to chapter 13 and you read chapter 13 and you go back and you read the apostolic 54 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:56,840 letters that Paul writes, you go, wow, this is Paul. 55 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:03,400 I look at Paul being older in age and a possibility of Luke penning as Paul directs him. 56 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:07,600 And you kind of know that at the end because there's a statement that Paul says kind of 57 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:11,160 lets you know who the author is. 58 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:13,800 And I think some scholars are hesitant to say it. 59 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,120 I don't know why. 60 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:22,200 Because even in the earliest parts of what you would consider reformed history, Paul 61 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:23,200 was the writer. 62 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:29,720 Anyway, that being said, verse one says, let brotherly love continue. 63 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:31,680 Let brotherly love continue. 64 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:40,220 He uses this word let because you, through volition, you being a believer, must determine 65 00:04:40,220 --> 00:04:43,440 to love the brotherhood. 66 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,880 It's your responsibility to love one another. 67 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:53,440 They will know you're my disciples if you have love for one another. 68 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:57,940 You must let brotherly love continue. 69 00:04:57,940 --> 00:04:59,240 You must walk in it. 70 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:01,000 It's not about you. 71 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,000 It's about him. 72 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,980 It's not about what you like or dislike. 73 00:05:03,980 --> 00:05:06,040 It's about what he wants. 74 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:10,720 And it's important because it's difficult, especially when you're doing so many different 75 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:11,720 things. 76 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:15,880 Sometimes we have a tendency to forget the importance of the brotherhood and the unity 77 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:16,880 of faith. 78 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,520 And not all of us are the same. 79 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:21,420 None of us are the same. 80 00:05:21,420 --> 00:05:24,440 We are vastly different. 81 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:29,480 And it's important that we let our love for one another continue. 82 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:33,400 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers. 83 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:39,960 This term show hospitality to strangers literally means love to strangers. 84 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:43,800 Do not neglect love to strangers. 85 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:45,880 Why? 86 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:49,440 Because you don't know who you're going to be ministering to. 87 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:53,040 You don't know who you're going to minister to. 88 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:58,000 One of the important things is that we have a tendency to think that we are to go out 89 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:02,560 into the community and feed the hungry and feed the poor and take care of those who are 90 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:05,680 in need who have less than us. 91 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:07,240 But you know what happens? 92 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:10,880 We neglect love for the brotherhood. 93 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:16,240 We neglect to show hospitality to strangers who visit. 94 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:19,560 We have a tendency to forget the family. 95 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:23,560 And you can't, if you can't take care of the house that you're in, you're not going to 96 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:28,360 be able to go take care of a stranger's home or help them in their way. 97 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:32,680 It requires that you must live rightly among each other. 98 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:33,680 Right? 99 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:35,040 It's important. 100 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:38,340 Scripture says that God added to their number daily. 101 00:06:38,340 --> 00:06:43,120 Not that we went out, even though we go out to preach the gospel, but God adds to the 102 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:46,400 number of the faithful. 103 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:48,400 So how do we balance this out? 104 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:57,480 Well, we don't neglect to show love or to love strangers because for thereby some have 105 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:00,760 entertained angels unaware. 106 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:05,280 I do have a story that fits us really well. 107 00:07:05,280 --> 00:07:13,280 One day I was driving a bus for handicapped individuals, developmentally disabled individuals, 108 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:14,680 and we went to Atlantic City. 109 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:17,040 It's a true story. 110 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:19,920 And so we get to Atlantic City, we're walking down the boardwalk because we got to go down 111 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:21,500 to the Civic Center. 112 00:07:21,500 --> 00:07:26,160 And there's this gentleman who's sitting on the, and I had just started reading and studying 113 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:28,120 this scripture. 114 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:33,440 This gentleman is sitting on a bench, which is on the, well, it would be my left side, 115 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,760 so it'd be the ocean side of the boardwalk. 116 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:40,160 And he says, hey, do you have a dollar? 117 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:42,000 And I was like, no, I don't have a dollar. 118 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,240 It was true. 119 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:47,360 I had a $5 bill. 120 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:51,780 And I'm walking, I take three steps, and I get this thought in my mind, you don't know 121 00:07:51,780 --> 00:07:52,780 if that's an angel. 122 00:07:52,780 --> 00:07:58,160 I'm like, oh, there goes my lunch. 123 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:04,160 So I turn around, I walk back to the guy, and I say, I don't have a dollar, but I do 124 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:05,640 have $5. 125 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:07,620 Here is yours. 126 00:08:07,620 --> 00:08:13,560 And I didn't even walk five steps, turned around, and the guy was gone. 127 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:15,680 I'm like, there goes my $5. 128 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:23,600 Now if you understand Atlantic City Boardwalk, it's like a 20-yard space between the stores 129 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:28,440 and the edge where the railing is. 130 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:33,800 There's no way that if I walked five steps, that guy could have like, I couldn't see him 131 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:34,800 anywhere. 132 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:35,800 He was gone. 133 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:36,800 So I was like, okay. 134 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:41,480 Lesson learned when a stranger says, hey, be wise, right? 135 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:47,520 As I read to you earlier, look carefully than how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise, 136 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:48,520 right? 137 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:49,520 Discerning. 138 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:51,800 You've got to discern. 139 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:57,840 So third, remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them. 140 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:03,120 So how can you remember those who are in prison, who are believers in Christ, who have been 141 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:09,840 put there because of their faith, that you also, as if you were in prison with them, 142 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:11,880 must remember them? 143 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:15,240 I mean, would you like to be forgotten if you were in prison? 144 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:16,240 No. 145 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:22,040 It's one of the things I'm thankful for about our church is we've committed during these 146 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:29,920 last couple years to make sure that we lose none, that none are forgotten, that our deacons 147 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:36,500 and our elders work hard, especially our deacons, to make sure that every family that God has 148 00:09:36,500 --> 00:09:40,120 assigned to us is remembered and contacted. 149 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:42,120 And they've done a really good job at doing that. 150 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:45,280 So thank you, deacons. 151 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:51,580 Let since you are also, let's keep reading, and those who are mistreated, meaning those 152 00:09:51,580 --> 00:09:54,800 who are mistreated for the faith, since you are also in the body. 153 00:09:54,800 --> 00:10:00,000 In other words, if one person is suffering and one person is being persecuted, or a family 154 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:04,960 is being persecuted for their faith and they're suffering for the faith, remember they're 155 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:05,960 part of the body. 156 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:10,040 We're going to feel it one day, and we do. 157 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:14,920 Now here's one thing I think that most people don't want to talk about, and I'm just going 158 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:17,160 to talk about it because I really don't care. 159 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:19,520 You're like, that sounds mean. 160 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:24,480 No, in our society, I think we've accommodated people so much that we're not willing to stand 161 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:29,720 on what God says in his word, and I am willing to stand on that and that alone, whether 162 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:32,800 you like it or not. 163 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:37,480 It's not an issue of arrogance, it's an issue of genuine love for you. 164 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:40,800 Let marriage be held in honor among all. 165 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:43,240 All who? 166 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:45,880 All of the family of faith. 167 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:47,840 So I'm going to make this real clear. 168 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:53,020 If there's a church out there that does not honor marriage between a man and a woman, 169 00:10:53,020 --> 00:10:56,320 that is not a church. 170 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:57,800 They are not people of faith. 171 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:01,520 I don't care what people say. 172 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:07,920 The woman who did the inaugural prayer is not a pastor. 173 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:13,600 She is not of the faith, and she is a lost woman. 174 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,800 We're not even going to get into the issue of the responsibility of the pastor being 175 00:11:16,800 --> 00:11:18,080 a man. 176 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:23,680 This is a blatant disregard of the truth of this one statement. 177 00:11:23,680 --> 00:11:26,280 Let marriage be held in honor among all. 178 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:27,280 Why? 179 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:33,600 Because next to the church, the first institution that God had created was marriage. 180 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:41,680 It is the one institution by which God had instituted to reflect his glory and how a 181 00:11:41,680 --> 00:11:48,480 husband and wife work together and surrendering themselves to the Father, the source of all 182 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:56,760 life, by which they proclaim God in how they live with one another. 183 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:03,200 There's a reason why he was taken, that she was taken from the man. 184 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:09,700 They are one flesh, bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh, is what Adam says. 185 00:12:09,700 --> 00:12:11,840 There is not an option here. 186 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:18,020 This is not to decide whatever society says should and shouldn't be. 187 00:12:18,020 --> 00:12:21,360 Not your job to determine the sanctity of marriage. 188 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:27,720 The reality is marriage is an institution established by God since the beginning. 189 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:37,600 That being said, as churches and as this church, we have in our constitution and will always 190 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:45,000 continue to honor marriage among the faithful believers of Christ. 191 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:51,120 This is not me accommodating your desires. 192 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:55,440 Now that being said, look what it says in the second part. 193 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:58,080 How do we honor marriage? 194 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:03,440 By keeping the marriage bed undefiled. 195 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:06,240 Isn't that interesting? 196 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:11,920 That the one place that we can show honor is how we as husband and wife live together 197 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:15,160 and be together. 198 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:20,800 I'm trying to be sensitive to the little ones. 199 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:21,800 Look what it says. 200 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:22,800 Why? 201 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:29,240 If we do not, if the church does not honor marriage among all, if the church does not 202 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:36,800 commit to raising up godly men and godly women to keep the marriage bed undefiled, then God 203 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:42,280 will judge the sexually immoral and the adulterous. 204 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:45,000 It's not an option. 205 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:46,240 Get your house right. 206 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:48,000 That's what God is saying here. 207 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:54,920 It's interesting that he uses this at the end of chapter 13. 208 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:57,800 And there was a lot going on. 209 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:07,040 Lord knows we can absolutely read about Eli and his sons and how they didn't honor marriage 210 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:11,040 nor did they honor the marriage bed. 211 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:14,680 So all kinds of things we can walk down and I'm not going to get into that right now, 212 00:14:14,680 --> 00:14:21,240 but I will not and we will not as a church defile that or dishonor the institution of 213 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:23,440 marriage, but which God has instituted. 214 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:26,000 It is not ours. 215 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:32,120 It is given to us to steward so that we can enjoy and work together. 216 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:34,560 My wife is my partner. 217 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:38,560 She is not my slave. 218 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:46,640 Verse five says, keep your life free from the love or from love of money and be content 219 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:49,200 with what you have. 220 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:53,240 Keep your life free from love of money. 221 00:14:53,240 --> 00:15:01,680 Money is necessary to survive in a world that is driven by money, but I don't love money 222 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:10,480 to the point that I stored away with the hopes that one day, because when you die, someone 223 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:14,400 else is going to get your stuff. 224 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:15,840 Steward the money. 225 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:17,520 Take care of it. 226 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:18,880 Properly use it. 227 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:21,040 Give it when God says to give. 228 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:22,920 Do it joyfully. 229 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:25,140 Be content with what you have. 230 00:15:25,140 --> 00:15:27,600 Be happy for the house you have. 231 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:33,080 And if God by some work in your life, because you have stewarded what he has had, you have 232 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:37,720 not buried it, but you have invested it, he is giving you the opportunity to enjoy a little 233 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:42,440 bit more, go for it. 234 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:45,600 God is a capitalist. 235 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:50,360 Like, how dare you? 236 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:52,060 It's the truth. 237 00:15:52,060 --> 00:15:54,520 He owns it all. 238 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:56,160 Everything on the earth is his. 239 00:15:56,160 --> 00:16:01,120 The cat on a thousand hills, your life, this table, the carpet that we're going to get 240 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:04,920 rid of this year. 241 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:06,400 It's all God's. 242 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:09,880 He does as he pleases. 243 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:14,100 That being said, keep your life free from the love of money and be content with what 244 00:16:14,100 --> 00:16:20,500 you have, for he has said, I will never leave you nor forsake you. 245 00:16:20,500 --> 00:16:23,720 Why would he say this? 246 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:27,760 Because the reason why people hold on to money and the reason why people are not content 247 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:34,760 from what they have is because they don't believe that Jesus is with them. 248 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:41,480 If I don't have this to hold onto, one of these days, we have a fridge. 249 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:43,800 It's in the back. 250 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:45,520 It's dead. 251 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:48,440 I'm throwing it away. 252 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,880 Don't come to me and go, hey, we can use that. 253 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:51,880 For what? 254 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:53,540 A flower bed. 255 00:16:53,540 --> 00:16:58,000 I didn't think about taking the doors off. 256 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,000 It's a raised flower bed. 257 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:03,680 That might be, no, it's got to go away. 258 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:06,000 We don't hold onto things because we can or we should. 259 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:11,800 We hold onto things because they are necessary and that God is honored. 260 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:15,080 I got this thing turning purple on me. 261 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:16,080 That's cool. 262 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:18,440 But look what it says. 263 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:25,800 I will never leave you nor forsake you so we can confidently say, so that we can confidently 264 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:30,960 say the Lord is my helper, my helper. 265 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:35,760 I will not fear what can man do to me. 266 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:42,600 When we are content, when we don't love money, when we live in a way that honors and glorifies 267 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:50,600 him not only in our marriage, in our household, but among the people of God and as an example 268 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:55,920 to strangers, we can say with confidence that the Lord is my helper. 269 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:59,920 I will not fear what can man do to me. 270 00:17:59,920 --> 00:18:01,400 Nothing. 271 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:03,560 You can take my life. 272 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:06,640 You're not going to take me from eternity. 273 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:11,640 This is going to die eventually anyway. 274 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:14,080 That doesn't mean kill me. 275 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:18,600 Because if you do, I'm going to haunt you. 276 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:26,360 You know a pastor is a man of God by how he exemplifies Christ in the way he lives. 277 00:18:26,360 --> 00:18:32,240 Therefore, be imitators of God as beloved children and walk in love as Christ loved 278 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:39,400 us and gave himself up for us a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God, Ephesians 5, 1 through 279 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:40,400 2. 280 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:42,480 Ephesians 13, 7 through 9. 281 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:48,280 Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. 282 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:54,640 It's one of the things when God had called me here, I wanted to make sure that we did 283 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:56,600 and that was to honor Doug. 284 00:18:56,600 --> 00:19:03,240 Twenty years of faithful service and preaching here. 285 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:08,520 The issue is you're not always going to agree with me either. 286 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:14,400 That's God's man. 287 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:19,720 And so am I by his grace. 288 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:21,760 You honor the leader. 289 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:25,520 You give respect to the pastors, to the men that God has given you. 290 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:28,340 And I want to make sure you understand this too. 291 00:19:28,340 --> 00:19:36,780 There are five, going to be five, what's up Owen? 292 00:19:36,780 --> 00:19:41,180 Five men that God has given to help shepherd you. 293 00:19:41,180 --> 00:19:45,760 They are just as much shepherds as I am, whether they like it or not. 294 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:46,980 But they are. 295 00:19:46,980 --> 00:19:49,320 They are faithful servants to the Lord. 296 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:53,880 And though my responsibility is far greater, that does not diminish the authority of the 297 00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:55,760 elder upon their life. 298 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:59,320 They are called and ordained just like I am. 299 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:01,760 And they are faithful. 300 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:02,760 Honor that. 301 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:06,600 Remember your leader, especially those who speak the word of God. 302 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:13,640 Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. 303 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:18,000 If you have a man of God who is faithful to the word of God, who lives in a way that you 304 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:21,800 can see Christ clearly in their life, imitate their faith. 305 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:23,600 Jesus tells that to Timothy. 306 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:29,960 Timothy, follow me as I follow Christ. 307 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:35,000 Verse eight, Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 308 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,160 He's not going to change. 309 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:42,000 You think God doesn't know who are the good shepherds and who are the false shepherds? 310 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:43,920 He knows. 311 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:44,920 He's not taking off. 312 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:54,660 He's not like, oh my gosh, I can't believe Stephen Furtick, Joe Osteen. 313 00:20:54,660 --> 00:20:55,660 Lord knows. 314 00:20:55,660 --> 00:20:58,900 It's not the end of the world. 315 00:20:58,900 --> 00:21:00,940 It is for them. 316 00:21:00,940 --> 00:21:03,380 God will hold them accountable. 317 00:21:03,380 --> 00:21:07,760 But when you have a man of God who is faithful to the word, who lives in such a way exemplifies 318 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:13,880 Christ, who calls out the evildoer and exposes the false teachers, is committed to teaching 319 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:18,960 you and shepherding you and giving you what you need to continue to grow in life and godliness, 320 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:20,800 hold on. 321 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:22,720 Take care of them. 322 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:27,720 And I'm not saying that because my sabbatical is coming in June. 323 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:30,440 It's because God is faithful to you. 324 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:32,400 He loves you. 325 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:36,640 He's given good care. 326 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:38,520 Look what it says here. 327 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:46,120 In doing so, in understanding, honoring those men who lead you, here's what happens. 328 00:21:46,120 --> 00:21:50,640 Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings. 329 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:58,700 For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods which have not benefited 330 00:21:58,700 --> 00:22:01,720 those who devote, those devoted to them. 331 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:07,240 Here was, what the issue here was, these false teachers were saying, you must do, you can't 332 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:10,800 eat this, you have to eat that. 333 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:15,720 And there was these strange teachings and these diverse teachings of how to be a good 334 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:19,240 Jew. 335 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:22,920 And what the writer's saying here is, Jesus is the same. 336 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:24,960 He hasn't changed. 337 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:28,280 He's not moved by what you think you want. 338 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:30,720 He does what he wants and what's best for you. 339 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:37,760 And in doing so, be mindful that when you have good teachings, don't be led away from 340 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:42,600 bad because of bad teachings. 341 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:49,600 The old way was fleeting and temporary, but the new way, Christ, is permanent and eternal. 342 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:51,000 Let not your hearts be troubled. 343 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:52,780 Believe in God, believe also in me. 344 00:22:52,780 --> 00:22:55,280 In my Father's house are many rooms. 345 00:22:55,280 --> 00:23:00,720 If it were not so, I would have told you that I go to prepare a place for you. 346 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:05,280 And if I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again and I will take you to myself, 347 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:12,120 that where I am, you may be also, and you know the way to where I'm going. 348 00:23:12,120 --> 00:23:14,320 John 14, one through four. 349 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:19,960 In Hebrews 13, 10 through 14, it says this, we have an altar. 350 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:22,200 Isn't that interesting? 351 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:26,640 What is an altar? 352 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:30,040 What altar is he talking about here? 353 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:33,040 We got little ones here, they're getting excited. 354 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:36,360 Well, Jesus is the altar. 355 00:23:36,360 --> 00:23:43,160 He is the brazen altar for sacrifice and he's the golden altar for intercession. 356 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:45,420 He is our altar. 357 00:23:45,420 --> 00:23:51,120 We have an altar for which those who serve the tent have no right to eat. 358 00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:53,000 Here's what it means. 359 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:59,760 Those who claim they know that this is the way to God, which is the works-based faith, 360 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:00,760 right? 361 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:03,280 Judaism, they have to do this. 362 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:04,280 Guess what? 363 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:08,440 They don't get to eat at the altar of Jesus. 364 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:13,360 They don't get to partake in grace. 365 00:24:13,360 --> 00:24:18,520 They miss out on mercy. 366 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:20,280 But what do they do? 367 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:26,240 Well, verse 11 says, for the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy 368 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:31,520 places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside of the camp. 369 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:33,480 So here's what would happen. 370 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:35,680 They would take a bull. 371 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,560 This is the sacrifice of atonement. 372 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:43,560 Each year they take a bull and a ram. 373 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:47,640 A ram is a male adult lamb. 374 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:52,260 And they would sacrifice and they would take the blood and they would walk into the holy 375 00:24:52,260 --> 00:25:03,120 of holies and they would sprinkle the seat, the ark, to cover the sin of the people. 376 00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:10,800 Then they would take the animals and they wouldn't burn them there right outside the 377 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:11,800 door. 378 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:16,600 They would take them outside of the tent, out, and burn them there. 379 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:17,600 Why? 380 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:19,560 Why are they eating this animal? 381 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:25,640 Isn't that interesting? 382 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:30,640 So next time you read Isaiah and you want to know why there's a ram in the thicket? 383 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:37,440 Because that was the sin sacrifice. 384 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:40,600 Now look what it says. 385 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:45,040 So Jesus also suffered outside the gate. 386 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:50,520 He also was placed in the fire. 387 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:52,640 Not literal, figurative. 388 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:58,200 He was consumed by the wrath of God. 389 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:07,560 In the same way that the bull and the ram were consumed by the fire that was presented 390 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:09,520 for God. 391 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:18,720 Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. 392 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:25,120 Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured. 393 00:26:25,120 --> 00:26:29,640 Let us go outside the camp and suffer with him. 394 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:31,200 That's the idea. 395 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,400 How many of you guys willing to suffer for Jesus? 396 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,960 Many of you guys like, yeah. 397 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:36,960 Would you really? 398 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:37,960 I'm sorry. 399 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:45,200 Look what it says in Romans 12 verse 1. 400 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:50,480 Therefore I urge you brothers in the view of God's mercy to offer your bodies as a 401 00:26:50,480 --> 00:27:01,120 living sacrifice, holy and pleasing unto God for this is your reasonable act of worship. 402 00:27:01,120 --> 00:27:07,160 So we can go outside the camp and we can bear the reproach he endured by giving our lives 403 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:10,720 as a sacrifice on the altar. 404 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:18,720 Not of redemption, but the altar of sacrifice, of surrender. 405 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,600 For here we have no lasting city. 406 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:23,400 Do you hear that? 407 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:26,040 We don't live for what we have here. 408 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:29,800 We're not looking for the city to come here. 409 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:33,940 We're looking for the city to come there. 410 00:27:33,940 --> 00:27:40,320 For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. 411 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,000 I go to prepare a place for you. 412 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:50,320 If it were not so, I would have told you that where I go, you will be also. 413 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:52,760 Verse 15 through 16. 414 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:58,120 In Psalm 34 verses 1 through 3 says this, I will bless the Lord at all times. 415 00:27:58,120 --> 00:28:00,020 His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 416 00:28:00,020 --> 00:28:02,720 My soul makes boast in the Lord. 417 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:04,880 Let the humble hear and be glad. 418 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:12,880 Oh, magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt his name together. 419 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:17,200 In 2 Timothy 4, 2 says this, preach the word. 420 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:19,760 Be ready in season and out of season. 421 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:28,740 Reprove, rebuke, exhort and complete with complete patience and teaching. 422 00:28:28,740 --> 00:28:29,740 You have a responsibility. 423 00:28:29,740 --> 00:28:31,080 I have a responsibility. 424 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:34,240 Preach the word. 425 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:40,480 Verse 15 and 16 says this, though or through him, then let us continually offer a sacrifice 426 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:42,680 of praise to God. 427 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:45,760 That is the fruit of the lips that acknowledge his name. 428 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:52,240 You're like, pastor, why would you use Psalm 34 and 2 Timothy 4, 2? 429 00:28:52,240 --> 00:29:00,760 Because Psalm 34 and 2 Timothy 4, 2 is Hebrews 13, 15. 430 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:06,020 Through him, let us continually offer a sacrifice of praise to God. 431 00:29:06,020 --> 00:29:09,760 That is the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. 432 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:11,120 How can you acknowledge his name? 433 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:13,540 How can you bring praise to his name? 434 00:29:13,540 --> 00:29:19,400 Preach the gospel. 435 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:22,720 What is the greatest way to show love to a stranger? 436 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:25,940 Preach the gospel. 437 00:29:25,940 --> 00:29:30,160 You can feed people all day long, but if you feed them and you don't give them the gospel, 438 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:35,440 they're going to die with a full belly. 439 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:38,240 What good is the food then? 440 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:46,440 I just want to make sure that the Lord says, well done, my good and faithful servant. 441 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:51,520 Giving food without the gospel is no use. 442 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:54,320 It only makes them fool. 443 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:56,880 Do both. 444 00:29:56,880 --> 00:30:04,200 Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have for such sacrifices are pleasing 445 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:06,400 to God. 446 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:15,320 Gentlemen, sitting at the steps of the temple, or right outside the temple, really, Peter 447 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:17,840 and disciples walk by. 448 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:24,040 Hey, you got any money? 449 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:26,800 Nope. 450 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:32,320 Not a silver and gold have I none, but what I do have I will give unto you. 451 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:35,400 You notice he didn't give them any food. 452 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:45,120 He gave them the one thing that mattered, everlasting water. 453 00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:52,780 So I exhort the elders among you as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, 454 00:30:52,780 --> 00:30:56,960 as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed. 455 00:30:56,960 --> 00:31:04,440 Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, 456 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:11,800 but willingly as God would have you, not for shameful gain, but eagerly, not domineering 457 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:19,200 over those who are in charge, but being an example to the flock, 1 Peter 5, 1 through 458 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:20,200 3. 459 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:22,520 This is to the elders. 460 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:27,800 Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who 461 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:30,720 labor in preaching and teaching. 462 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:37,480 For the scripture says, you shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain. 463 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:42,180 You muzzle the ox when it's busy trying to give you food and plant your crops. 464 00:31:42,180 --> 00:31:47,520 He will not do it anymore. 465 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:49,680 That's what it means here. 466 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:52,380 Don't make it difficult for him. 467 00:31:52,380 --> 00:31:53,640 Work with him. 468 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:54,640 That's the idea. 469 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:59,280 You don't, you work with the ox and he will work for you. 470 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:00,520 Why? 471 00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:02,400 Because the labor deserves his wages. 472 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:04,280 First Timothy 5, 17 through 18. 473 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:07,040 It's like, why, Lord, do I need to use that? 474 00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:09,160 It's because it's right here. 475 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:16,280 In Hebrews 13, 17 through 19, obey your leaders and submit to them. 476 00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:20,680 This is not giving us the, this is not giving us a power to control you. 477 00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:22,240 It's not our job to dominate you. 478 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:29,640 It's our job to lead you, to shepherd you, to care for you, to give you tools to be faithful 479 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:33,040 in your living. 480 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:41,920 So obey your leaders and submit to them, especially when, well, always when they're good to you. 481 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:50,320 They're causing you to sin and you have a conversation with them, bad leaders. 482 00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:53,080 For they are keeping watch over your souls. 483 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:57,080 That word souls means entire being. 484 00:32:57,080 --> 00:33:05,160 God has entrusted me as your pastor and God has entrusted these elders as your shepherds 485 00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:11,320 also to oversee your lives. 486 00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:16,920 We are held at a very high account as those who will give an account. 487 00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:22,480 God will give me, will hold me accountable to each and every life that he brings here. 488 00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:24,280 It's very serious. 489 00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:30,120 This is not a game. 490 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:36,160 And me saying that, let them do this with joy and not with groaning. 491 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:41,360 And I got to tell you, I haven't grown a bit in three years, going on three years. 492 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:44,960 I love shepherding you. 493 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:46,880 It's a joy. 494 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:49,520 I adore it. 495 00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:51,560 And you make it easy. 496 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:54,040 I got to tell you. 497 00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:55,040 Don't they John? 498 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:59,220 Ben, our people make it easy. 499 00:33:59,220 --> 00:34:02,520 God is so good. 500 00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:07,720 Jodie's saying not for me. 501 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:12,360 So let us elders do it with joy and not groaning. 502 00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:18,680 For that would be of no advantage to you if it was a struggle. 503 00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:20,920 So pray for us. 504 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:27,400 So what Paul says here, pray for us for we are sure that we have a clear conscience, 505 00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:29,880 desiring to act honorably in all things. 506 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:35,160 We want to live in such a way that we are honored, honoring you and honoring the Lord 507 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:37,800 in all things. 508 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:43,400 I urge you to come earnestly to do this in order that I may be restored to you sooner 509 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:46,080 is what the writer says here. 510 00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:49,400 And then lastly, end of the chapter. 511 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:54,320 For it is God who works in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure. 512 00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:56,440 Philippians 2.13. 513 00:34:56,440 --> 00:34:59,120 Are the responsibility of leaders. 514 00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:04,220 And I say this to every leader, every teacher. 515 00:35:04,220 --> 00:35:05,340 Hear this. 516 00:35:05,340 --> 00:35:10,160 Your responsibility is to equip the saints for the work of the ministry, for building 517 00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:11,520 up the body of Christ. 518 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:13,520 That is your job. 519 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:15,360 One job. 520 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:16,880 Do that. 521 00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:18,440 Be faithful with the gospel. 522 00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:19,440 And this is what it says. 523 00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:20,440 That's Ephesians 4.12. 524 00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:21,440 Hebrews 13, 20-25. 525 00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:25,480 It's the nun. 526 00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:33,140 Now may the God of peace who brought you again from the dead, who brought, sorry, not you. 527 00:35:33,140 --> 00:35:39,200 Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd 528 00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:45,920 of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that 529 00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:49,400 you may do his will. 530 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:54,560 It says you are to do his will, not yours. 531 00:35:54,560 --> 00:36:01,240 His working in us, that which is pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ, to whom 532 00:36:01,240 --> 00:36:04,160 be the glory forever and ever. 533 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:05,160 Amen. 534 00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:12,840 I appeal to you, brothers, bear with my word of exhortation, for I have written to you 535 00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:14,640 briefly. 536 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:22,260 You should know that our brother Timothy has been released with whom I shall see you if 537 00:36:22,260 --> 00:36:23,720 he comes soon. 538 00:36:23,720 --> 00:36:24,720 There's the answer. 539 00:36:24,720 --> 00:36:26,720 Who's the writer? 540 00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:28,840 Paul. 541 00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:38,360 May all your leaders and all the saints, those who come from Italy, send you greetings. 542 00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:41,360 Grace be with you all. 543 00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:44,960 What an amazing book. 544 00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:47,680 Go back, read it. 545 00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:55,560 There's a lot more there, and we will cover more in the years to come. 546 00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:58,220 But God is faithful to his people, isn't he? 547 00:36:58,220 --> 00:37:01,480 There's anything we learn from this entire book. 548 00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:05,000 Christ is the better. 549 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:07,000 Christ is the better. 550 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:10,000 Lord, I want to thank you so much for your word. 551 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:12,320 Thank you for this amazing book. 552 00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:18,640 Thank you that we have opportunities to dig even more into this book and the truths that 553 00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:21,840 you have for us are inexhaustible, and we praise you. 554 00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:26,480 So Lord, I pray that you be with your people as we sing this last song and as we break 555 00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:28,880 bread together and get ready for our meeting. 556 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:30,740 I pray you would give us wisdom. 557 00:37:30,740 --> 00:37:40,520 Let us keep the brotherhood, the love of the brotherhood to work for your goodness and 558 00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:43,520 your faithfulness to walk in your wisdom. 559 00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:45,520 And we praise you and thank you in Jesus' name. 560 00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:57,040 Amen.