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Healthy Living in a Sick World Part 15

Michael Youssef

August 15, 2020

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Michael Youssef passionately proclaims uncompromising truth from God’s Word. Learn more at LTW.org.

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Dr. Michael Youssef: Menand women are equal
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in every way,
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and when it comes to the truebiblical Christianity,
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there is no superiorityinferiority dichotomy
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in the Word of God.
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The only difference in function,the different roles
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and the functionsof men and women
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are not differentin importance,
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they're differentin kind.
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Dr. Youssef: Satan nevercomes out and says,
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"Hey, I'm Satan,I'm here to confuse you.
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I'm here to bring divisionin your home,
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and church,and in your society."
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That would be easy.
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I wish he would,but the Bible said
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he appears as an angelof light.
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But perhaps there is no greaterconfusion that Satan has managed
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to bring to our societyin trying to destroy it
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than the balance, the biblicalbalance, between men and women.
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That is really the tragedythat we're facing today,
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but the bigger tragedy,actually, for me personally,
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the bigger tragedyis the church leaders
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who have goneout of their way to redefine,
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or even watered downand modify biblical truth
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in order to accommodate thisterrible cultural confusion.
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Instead of standing upand standing out,
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they gave in andthey surrendered.
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In fact, they have goneeven further.
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In order to accommodateand to please the culture,
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they have changedthe Word of God.
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The one thing that I want toremind you regarding the church
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in the city of Corinth,the Corinthian church,
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in spite of their spiritualimmaturity,
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in spite of there areso many problems in the church,
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we've been seeing this
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throughout this seriesof messages,
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in spite of theirutter confusion
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on some issues, they respectedthe apostolic authority
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and the divine wisdomof the Apostle Paul.
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Despite of all that,and that is why
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we are seeing herein this epistle,
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the Apostle Paul is basicallyanswering questions
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that they have asked himand because they respect
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his apostolic authority,because they respected
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his divine wisdom,they come to him
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with questions about lifestyleand not doctrine.
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And they asked these questionsand the Apostle Paul,
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in spite of the Holy Spirit,
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he gives him an answerto every one of their questions
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and that is why1 Corinthians,
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these God-inspired answersto these questions
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are veryrelevant to us.
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And I want to show you the loveand respect for the authority
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of the Apostle Paul,something that the new,
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the modern church todayis trying to undermine.
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In verse 2, he says to them,
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"I praise you forremembering me in everything
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and for holding to the teachingsthat I have passed on to you."
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Now, some of your translationssaid "traditions."
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The word "paradosis" in Greekmeans a body of teaching
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that he passed onto them.
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He's not talking aboutsome dead rituals
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and dead traditionsthat some people
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think he's talking about,he's not.
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The main problemin the Corinthian church
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was not concerning doctrine,but morals.
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The main problemin the Corinthian church
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was not concerning theology,but lifestyle.
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They knew biblicaltruths,
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but they did not knowhow to apply these truths
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into their everyday life.
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They knew biblical teaching,
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but they did not knowhow to live a godly life,
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and that is whythe Apostle Paul
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praises themfor their strength
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before he dealswith their weaknesses.
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In this case,they had a confused notion
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regarding biblical manhoodand biblical womanhood.
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Can I say any morehow relevant that is?
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Biblical distinctionbetween men and women,
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between the roleand the function of men
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and the roleand the function of women,
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has always been an issueamong God's people.
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Satan created that divisionin the Garden of Eden,
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and he continues to reinvent itin every society
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and in every time in history.
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As you know in this church,
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we preach the wholecounsel of God
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and we don't skipthe tough passages.
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And that's what thepopular culture
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would want usto do,
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and that's what thepopular preachers want to do.
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We don't dothat.
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It's very popular to say we needto distinguish when
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the Apostle Paul is speakingas a rabbi,
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and when he's speakingas an apostles.
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Who's gonnamake that distinction?
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The Bible said they wereinspired of the Holy Spirit.
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When they wrote the wordsof God, God offered those words,
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all of them, the ones they likeand the ones they don't like.
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He authoredall of them.
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But here you must understandthat whether it is Paul,
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or Peter, or James, or Jude,or John,
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any of the New Testamentwriters,
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when theywere writing,
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not only they were inspiredof the Holy Spirit,
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not only directedby the Holy Spirit,
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but there were only expoundingeternal truth that has existed
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in all of the Old Testament.
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In fact, I can tell you,and I can prove it to you
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from history,that it is Jesus and his gospel
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who elevatedthe status of women.
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It is the gospel of Jesus thatgave women dignity, honor,
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and equality.
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It is the gospelof Jesus Christ that says
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that whenit comes to salvation,
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men and womenare on equal footing.
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1 Corinthians 11, Paul confrontsa similar confusion of roles
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and identityin the Church of Jesus Christ.
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Please hear me outon this one.
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This is reallyimportant.
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If you think this passage isabout dress code
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for men and women in the church,you miss the meaning,
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you miss the eternal principle
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that the Apostle Paul is tryingto communicate here.
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You really miss it.
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And the principleis this,
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men and womenare equal in every way.
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And remember,this is very radical teaching.
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Whether it be among the Greeksor among the Jews,
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it's very radical.
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And Paul said whilethey are equal in every way,
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each of them servedifferent functions.
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And when it comes to the truebiblical Christianity,
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there is no superiorityinferiority dichotomy
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in the Word of Godbetween men and women.
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The only differencein function, is in role.
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And those differencein functions,
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listen carefully 'causethat's what
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the Word of Godis concerned about,
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only two institutions,the home and the church.
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He's not talkingabout the secular culture.
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Keep thatin mind.
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I'm gonna refer to itagain and again.
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Home, church, that is theirconcern,
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the concern of the Scripture,why?
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Because after all,what is the church?
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What is the church?
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It's the gatheringof the families.
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Here's how the Word of Godshows us the difference
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in function and in rolethat men and women occupy
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and that is whythe Apostle Paul,
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look at verse 3,underline it in your Bible
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because I want to show youwhat the real crux
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of the argument thatthe Apostle Paul is making here.
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It's in verse 3 and he's sayingthat just as the Father
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and the Son are equalin the Godhead,
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within the Godhead,they are equal,
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the Father and the Sonare equal.
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The Father and the Son haddifferent function
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and different role to playin relationship to salvation
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and relationshipto ministry.
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And yet, they both are equal.
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God the Father,
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God the Sonare equal in every way.
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That's where he begins.
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That's what you must understandwhere he's going from here.
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Think about this.
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If Christ Jesus God the Sondid not fulfill his role,
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humanity would be still livingin total darkness today.
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You and Iwould not be here today.
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Redemption, salvationwill not have taken place.
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If the Father did not willingly,or if he was not willing
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to go through the agonyof being separated
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from his Son, we would still bein darkness today.
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The Fatherfulfilled his function.
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The Son fulfilled his function,
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and yet both are equalin the Godhead.
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See, Paul never makes adistinction between
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men and women, hear me outplease, listen carefully.
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He never makes a distinctionbetween men and women
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in terms of their personalworth,
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in terms of their abilities,in terms of their intellect,
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or their spiritual walk.
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You will never find that.
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You'll never find itin the Scripture.
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But there's more, there's more.
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In some of these areas,
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and we all know that,some women
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even excel more than menin some areas,
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and that is why he is onlysticking to the church
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and the home.
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You see, their differing roles
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has nothing to dowith superiority.
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It has everything to dowith function,
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just like the Fatherand the Son.
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And that's where he beginsin verse 3 and that is why,
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Beloved, theycomplement each other.
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They complete each other,not contradict each other.
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They complement each other.
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Now, here Paul goes all the wayto the Book of Genesis,
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and he expoundon the eternal principle.
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He's not coming up withany new teaching.
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He's not coming up withsome new fangled ideas.
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He goes all the wayto the Book of Genesis,
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and he begins to talk aboutGod's eternal principle
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regarding thedifferent assignments
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and functionbetween men and women.
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So, what's the Apostle Pauldoing in this passage?
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He's merely reinstating,reinstating the assigned role
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of men and women that Godcreated them to do
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in order to fulfillGod's purpose in their life.
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Look at verse 3 again.God is the head of Christ.
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What does that mean?
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That while Christis in every way equal
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to the Father,and yet John 4:34,
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and John 5 30,and John 6:34,
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he makes it clear over and overand over again,
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that he came to dothe will of the Father, why?
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Because there's harmony.
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There's harmony between theFather and the Son
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in their understandingof the different roles
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that theyare fulfilling.
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And he's saying here,the principle is this,
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it's aboutthe church,
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and I'm not talking aboutanything else.
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He's saying when you cometo worship
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the Lordin the church,
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do not dress up in such a waythat draw attention
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away from God andonto yourself, why?
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Because you are gatheredtogether on Sunday
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for the purpose of lifting upthe name of Jesus.
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And here Paul is dealing witha specific culture
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and a specific issuethat is relevant
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to the Corinthians because henever repeats it anywhere else.
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He takes the eternal principleand he applies it
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to this church,and applies it to this church,
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and this culture,
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whatever the church cultureis in.
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And that is why it is notnecessary, as I said,
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repeated in the Scripture.
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But in Corinth, here's what youneed to know,
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women were shaving their head
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because they want to look likemen,
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and men were growingtheir hair
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because they wantto look like women.
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And Paul is saying that thedistinction between men
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and women should be clear,but this distinction
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should not be practicedor observed by tyranny,
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only by love.
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The Father sent the Son who isdistinct from him out of love.
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The Son submitted to the Fatherout of love, not compulsion.
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And this is howit should be
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between husbands and wivesat home,
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and men and womenin the Church of Jesus Christ.
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Can I get a witness?
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Please, don't ever forget,don't ever forget,
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that the Son loved his brideso much that he died for her,
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that he diedto redeem her.
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But there's a key verse here,verse 11, again,
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underline itin your own personal Bible.
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Verse 11, is a key verse,don't miss it.
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In the Lord, a womanis not independent of man,
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nor a manindependent of woman.
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Beloved, chauvinistic attitudetoward women say nothing
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about the abuse of womenis alien to the Scripture.
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It's alien to the Scripture.
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This arrogant attitude on boththe part of men and women
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is alien to the Scripture.
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Now I cannot emphasize enoughhow radical,
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how radical,this liberating teaching
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of the Scripturein the 1st century culture.
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It was so radical.
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And in the Greek culturein which Paul is preaching,
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they literally tradedtheir wives at will.
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And so, the Apostle Paulcomes in and says,
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"No, man is dependent on womanand woman dependent on man."
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While men and women servedifferent roles and functions
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in the Christian church,they are not different
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in their spiritual importanceto God and to the church.
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Neither is womanindependent of man
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nor manindependent of woman.
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Now beloved,let me testify to you.
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I think the vast majority of youknow this and probably know
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what I'm gonna say,that in the past 50 years
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if it was not for my wife'sencouragement and support,
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I wouldn't be heretoday.
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If it were not for my wife'sfaithful exercising of her role
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and function in the familyover 50 years
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that we've known each other,I would not be here today.
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Listen to me, with all of ourups and downs,
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and we sharedsome of that with you
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when we did the serieson marriage,
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with all of the challenges thatwe faced in the early days,
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in the middle days,any days,
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but in the 50 yearsthat we have known each other,
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the one thing thatwe have never disagreed on
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is the different roles that Godhas given each of us,
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and I know the samecan be said for most of you,
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if notall of you.
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And the New Testamentmakes it very clear
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that womenplay a vital role.
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They have playeda vital role in the church.
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That is the absolute truth.
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In the same way Paul said,men's spiritual headship
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does not make themindependent of women.
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The different roles and thefunctions of men and women
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are not different in importance,they're different in kind.
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Can I get an amen?
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And again, he's talking aboutthe home and the church,
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not dealing withthe secular culture of life.
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We're talking aboutonly two institutions
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that the Bibleis concerned with.
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And while one of thesedifferences is that women do not
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teach men,and yet you and I know
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that women usually arethe most influential
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shapers of men.
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You say, how?
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Women are indispensablein developing boys,
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which are men in the making.
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Whether men acknowledge itor not,
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men are dependent upon womenand vice versa.
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Let me conclude by reiteratinga vitally,
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vitally importantmatter.
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Here the main issue,not women cutting their hair
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or men growing their hair,
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although Paul is frowningon this,
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there's no doubtabout it.
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But don't miss the main issue.
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Don't miss the illnessby focusing on the symptoms.
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The heart of the matter thatPaul is dealing with here
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is the issue of inner rebellion.
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What do I mean by that?
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Is whether I am willingto accept
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the way God created me to be,whether the way I receive it
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with gratitudeand live it up in my life,
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or are rebel againstGod's ordained role.
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That's really the issue,the issue is of the heart.
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You see, there's not--thechurch does not and should not
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legislate things likehaircut or style of clothes.
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But these are notthe core issues.
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These are the symptomsof a deeper problem.
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The core problem back then,and the same thing,
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the core problem today is that,"Do I have a rebellious heart?
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Do I have a contentious heart?
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Do I have a heart that defy,want to defy the will of God?
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Do I have a discontented heartfor where God has placed me?
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Do I accept the way God mademe and the role he assigned
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and ordained for me?
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Or do I operate and functionin a role
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that he did notcreate me to be?"
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I am trying to prove somethingto someone.
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Beloved,the battle of the sexes,
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so called, did not start evenin the 1st century church.
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The battle of the sexesbegan in the Garden of Eden,
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and the first thing that devildid is create a wedge
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between Adam and Eve.
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That's the first thinghe did.
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But thank God for theGarden of Gethsemane
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where Christwon the battle,
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where Christ's lovewon the day,
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where Christ's submissionto God the Father
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to accomplishwhat no movement,
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no revolutioncould ever accomplish.
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Christ now can fill our hearts,whether we're men or women,
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with joyand contentment.
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And he gave us only one wayfor spiritual contentment
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and that's obedienceand not rebellion.
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Can I get an amen?
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♪♪♪
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Ron Strand: Last yearwe had some fellows
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come outfrom Leading the Way.
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When they were out,they had the opportunity
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to meet with a fellowhere in Orange County,
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who was from the Middle East,named Ali.
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Mohammad Ali Moallem:I was born in a Islamic
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influenced environment.
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That revolution happenedin Iran, and a Islamic Republic
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took over the country,basically.
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When I cameto the United States,
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I did not pursue any religions,and I was not interested
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in going after oneand study about one.
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Michelle Moallem: And whenhe first met me,
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he had told me he's neversetting foot in a church,
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and he explained to me why--because of his childhood
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and how he had seenso much turmoil
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in his countrybecause of religion.
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And I said, "I understand that,however,
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there's a different wayto believe in God."
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Ali: When I met my wifeat work,
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and when she talked aboutChristianity and Jesus to me,
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she is so confidentand strong about her opinions
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that she does not need to lie.
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The reasonshe doesn't need to lie,
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because she is connectedto the truth.
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I love that about her,
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and I wantedto get to know her more.
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I basically owe everythingto her.
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Michelle: And so,after we got married,
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it had been a couple of months,and I said,
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"Okay, I think it's timethat we find a church."
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And he had beganto really open up
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throughout our relationship.
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Ali: I saw that thismight be something
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that can be a life-changingexperience for me.
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Ron: And Aliwas kind of teetering.
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He was coming to a faithin Christ
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but still questioningabout his Muslim background.
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And, coincidentally,through a friend that I met
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at one of the Founders'Weekends conference
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were Tom and Cindy Podmajersky,
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and they were the onesthat were ministering to Ali,
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and so they brought the team infrom Leading the Way
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to speak to this man,to kind of solidify his faith,
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to put it into context.
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Ali: A member of my churchintroduced me
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to a member of Leading the Way,
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and I had some questionsthat he helped me--answer 'em.
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Michelle:And he had told me
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that he had been askinglots of questions,
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and that's what helped himcome to realize
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the truth that there is.
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It's very possible that,while there was a lot of factors
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that went into my husband'scoming into faith with Christ,
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that that was a tipping pointfor him.
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Ali: After clarifyingthose questions,
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I went back to Michelle,and I said, "I believe."
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I was baptizedon April 23, 2019;
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and I felt refreshed,renewed, reestablished,
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and it was completelya different life since then.
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Ron: I love itwhen you hear stories
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about how ministrieshave worked together,
00:24:16.780 --> 00:24:20.417
particularly with this incidentwith Ali.
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God's working on his heart,
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and he broughtthe right people in,
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the right organizations.
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It just gelled,and that's how that happens,
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and that's alwaysan amazing thing for me to see.
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Ali: All I do is ask,and he gives.
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Any questions that I have,one way or another,
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from a unexpected source,
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he provides the answerand provides the help.
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Ron: So the fingers of whatLeading the Way is doing
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is so amazing because,beyond what they're doing
00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:52.316
in the Middle Eastand Africa and Asia,
00:24:52.349 --> 00:24:54.752
even right here in our backyard,they're ministering,
00:24:54.785 --> 00:24:58.822
and peopleare coming to Christ.
00:24:58.856 --> 00:25:00.691
♪♪♪
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Dr. Youssef: We arein deep trouble
00:25:07.965 --> 00:25:09.700
at this time,
00:25:09.733 --> 00:25:11.035
and we are gettinginto deeper trouble.
00:25:11.068 --> 00:25:13.904
There is hope thatno matter how dark things are,
00:25:13.938 --> 00:25:17.541
there is hope in Christ.
00:25:17.575 --> 00:25:18.909
female: "God, Help MeRebuild My Broken World"
00:25:18.943 --> 00:25:21.912
really inspired meto return to the Lord in prayer,
00:25:21.946 --> 00:25:26.183
expecting his victory.
00:25:26.216 --> 00:25:27.818
female: If you look at Nehemiah,
00:25:27.851 --> 00:25:29.320
he was pretty particularabout standing firm
00:25:29.353 --> 00:25:31.855
in his beliefs and to what Godhad called him.
00:25:31.889 --> 00:25:34.158
Dr. Youssef: The principles thatNehemiah teaches us
00:25:34.191 --> 00:25:36.994
are as relevant todayin the 21st century
00:25:37.027 --> 00:25:39.496
as they were in his time.
00:25:39.530 --> 00:25:41.131
female: We're at an interestingturning point culturally,
00:25:41.165 --> 00:25:43.367
seems like we're headedtowards a path where
00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:45.336
we're almost at a lossof identity as to who we are.
00:25:45.369 --> 00:25:48.339
male: And I feel likeculture puts a spotlight
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and sort of pressure on peopleto conform.
00:25:51.041 --> 00:25:54.278
Dr. Youssef: Before the cross,the people of God
00:25:54.311 --> 00:25:56.480
experienced similar situation,they ran away from God,
00:25:56.513 --> 00:25:59.083
and God had to discipline themand judge them,
00:25:59.116 --> 00:26:01.185
but then he forgave them,and he restored them,
00:26:01.218 --> 00:26:03.887
and he helped them rebuildtheir broken walls.
00:26:03.921 --> 00:26:06.790
male: I think thatDr. Youssef's writing
00:26:06.824 --> 00:26:08.726
really helps you see thateven though you're being called
00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:12.162
to do something that'sdifferent, you can still do it,
00:26:12.196 --> 00:26:15.566
but do it with strength.
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Dr. Youssef: I wrote this bookin order to help me
00:26:18.002 --> 00:26:20.804
and everybody else to realizethat still there is victory
00:26:20.838 --> 00:26:25.909
in Jesus's name,
00:26:25.943 --> 00:26:27.244
and there is powerin the blood of Jesus,
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and there is powerthat only God can give.
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