0:01

How do you live your life as

0:03

a Christian and how do you express

0:05

your faith to others? While the scripture

0:07

gives us some pretty clear guidelines and

0:10

re vander Long on this, passionate about

0:12

helping you understand what those are, he's

0:14

our guest today on focus on the

0:16

family with Jim daily and I'm John.

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Fully John. May we never lose sight

0:20

of two main things that Jesus taught

0:23

us to love God and to love

0:25

our neighbors as ourselves. That's the Clarion

0:27

call of Jesus. It's really the neon

0:29

sign. Of the New Testament, Jesus himself

0:31

said, these are the two commandments. If

0:34

you do these two things, your fulfill

0:36

the whole lot. and so it's important

0:38

for us to come back to it

0:40

often to remind ourselves of how to

0:42

do that. And examples in scripture are

0:45

the best place to start. Paul and

0:47

the New Testament said an incredible example

0:49

for us and will hear more about

0:51

him today. Ravindra, on the host of

0:53

the That the World May Know series

0:55

is a wonderful friend, has been a

0:58

partner focus on the family for. More

1:00

than thirty years and develop this

1:02

great video series. Today we're focusing

1:04

on content from the Dvd release

1:07

Cultures in Conflict and there's no

1:09

better time to delve into the

1:11

scripture and to better understand the

1:13

conflict that Christianity often faces or

1:15

needs to address in a culture

1:18

that doesn't know God. We are

1:20

living in that moment today. Oh

1:22

yeah, there are reminders everyday about

1:24

that in race going to help

1:27

us have more insight on the

1:29

topic he. Brings historical and cultural

1:31

context to the scripture and he's been

1:33

a bible teacher for nearly fifty years

1:35

and is served as the Religion instructor

1:38

at Holland Christian Schools in Holland Michigan.

1:40

Jimmy's also the host of a brand

1:42

new video series called R V L

1:44

Disciple Ship or a Van der Laan

1:46

Disciple Ship and that's only available through

1:49

Focus on the Family. The series gives

1:51

you the tools to change how you

1:53

experience scripture. Jean and I experienced walking

1:55

in Israel with their Re. It an

1:58

incredible experience and it will change. How

2:00

you live in, interact with your family,

2:02

friends and the culture because it gives

2:04

you so much information that we don't

2:07

get the in our churches. Unfortunately, season

2:09

three is just coming out and each

2:11

of the seasons includes about ten episodes

2:13

roughly fifteen minutes each, so it's very

2:16

digestible quickly at their great to use

2:18

and small group study or with your

2:20

family as part of a family devotional.

2:22

If you haven't seen Rbl Disciple Ship

2:25

yet, be sure to go to our

2:27

web sites to see a free preview

2:29

and you can access that free preview

2:32

episode and learn more about Rbl Disciple

2:34

Ship a week that the links in

2:36

the program notes. Now.

2:38

Let's go ahead and get into today's

2:41

conversation on Focus on the Family with

2:43

Jim Daily. It's based on content from

2:45

raise series that the world may know

2:47

said sixteen which to mentioned and that

2:49

was filmed on location in Greece. Now

2:51

in the discussion Jim started by asking

2:54

re about the Apostle Paul wrote so

2:56

much of the New Testament and was

2:58

a Jewish scholars. Have

3:02

had the incredible opportunity to engage with

3:04

the philosophers of the day there in

3:06

Athens I think was his goal way

3:09

I'm assuming that was the reason he

3:11

probably saw Athens as I'm a main

3:13

place to go preach the gospel cause

3:16

he could reach so many them. what

3:18

do we need understand about that culture

3:20

at that time. It's.

3:23

Interesting if you put the essence

3:25

part of Paul's teaching journey if

3:27

you want to call it that

3:29

into into context, he walked into

3:32

the city. Luke. Rights in

3:34

the book of Acts and

3:36

saw temples and idols everywhere.

3:40

And it troubled him greatly.

3:42

Luke's. Says now the question is,

3:44

why would those idols trouble him

3:47

Will Obviously, the bible says that

3:49

worshipping an idle god is sinful,

3:51

but I think it's deeper than

3:53

that. Judaism resented

3:56

and resisted idolatry

3:58

primarily be. It

4:00

took honor and credit and glory that

4:02

belonged to got along. Zeus

4:05

doesn't. Bring. Us the

4:07

rain and the fertility and prosperity.

4:09

Mars doesn't defeat our enemies. They

4:12

understood that there is only one

4:14

god. So if you worship idols,

4:17

Then. In fact, you're giving credit.

4:19

To. Someone other than the God, the Creator

4:22

of the universe. So he did a

4:24

Jewish think he's so upset he went

4:26

to the synagogue and began to reason

4:28

with them. It says. We.

4:30

Don't know what he sad. But.

4:32

I think it was more than

4:34

just visas has com and he's

4:36

are promised messiah I think he's

4:38

saying to them, why aren't you

4:41

Jews living in such a way

4:43

that people discover who the real

4:45

God is, Why aren't you witnessing

4:47

And that helps to place the

4:49

context both of Paul and what

4:51

we tried to do in this

4:53

set sixteen which looks at the

4:55

clash of cultures. Israel.

4:58

Had been chosen by God. As.

5:00

A very weak people. slaves

5:02

no less. And asked

5:04

to live in such a way. That.

5:07

They would put got on display to

5:09

the whole world. He said make my

5:11

name known. Be. A

5:13

witness to the nation's let your

5:15

light shine. Be. A Kingdom

5:18

of priests. A priest is someone who

5:20

puts the god he serves on display.

5:22

So Israel was called to live in

5:24

such a way that that not simply

5:27

where they telling the world who God

5:29

was but they were showing the world

5:31

what it was like by their lives.

5:34

Know that in always do that so

5:36

well. My favorite stories the Book of

5:38

Ruth were a family lived such a

5:41

godly life that this pagan woman was

5:43

willing to renounce or own face or

5:45

own people her own land. Just

5:47

to become part of Israel's. Israel's

5:50

God and Israel's people. So.

5:52

Paul I think winter the Jews and

5:55

Athens and said why aren't you guys

5:57

living in such a way that others

5:59

are the. Covering what the true God

6:01

is like, Out of that

6:03

he went to the a gore up

6:05

to the to the. Bow. Forum

6:08

if you will the Roman word would

6:10

be Forum and began to reason with.

6:12

the philosophers know I think your point

6:14

now is a good one. Paul saw

6:17

an opportunity. To bring God's

6:19

truth to bear. On the

6:21

most brilliant and best expression of

6:23

philosophical truth that the Roman Empire

6:25

had to offer, Athens was no

6:27

longer as I had have a

6:30

great empire like it had been

6:32

under Alexander the Great, but Athens

6:34

was still known as the intellectual

6:36

center of the Roman Empire and

6:38

so on a sense He went

6:40

to the Harvard and Yale to

6:43

the Oxford's of his world and

6:45

took the opportunity to engage their

6:47

understanding of truth with his understanding

6:49

of the truth. God had revealed

6:51

inscription it. It's so powerful to think

6:53

it or that in that context. And

6:57

you've mentioned some of that experience

6:59

Paul had, but it's talk about

7:01

going to Mars Hill. That

7:04

a delivery of what he was doing.

7:06

Recognizing the unknown God. I love the

7:08

craft in which Paul looked at the

7:11

culture around him in this is what

7:13

you talk about inset sixteen and how

7:15

he seized on this vital that they

7:17

had this God that they worship the

7:20

To the Unknown. God, what did he do with

7:22

that? As he

7:24

reasoned with the philosophers and would share,

7:26

Reason in Hebrew is a very specific

7:28

practice. It means to present a point

7:30

of view and then to show the

7:33

scriptural basis of that point of view.

7:35

He happened to talk about the resurrection.

7:38

Now that raised. Their. Eyebrows

7:40

big time Because in the

7:42

Greek world it was clear

7:44

to them to every philosophical

7:46

school there is no bodily

7:48

resurrection. So they

7:50

said Depaul. We think you're presenting new

7:53

beliefs, new ideas. We have a council.

7:55

Called. The area I guess now the history

7:58

of the area up against was. It

8:00

was more or less the supreme

8:02

court of the Greek Empire. It

8:05

had been found. It's a seven

8:07

hundred years Before this time. It's

8:09

mission was to rule on significant

8:11

cultural and legal issues, but mainly

8:14

to determine which gods. And.

8:16

Which beliefs about the gods

8:18

were permissible? But imagine if

8:21

you are I if any one of

8:23

us that proclaimed our faith so intensely

8:25

and so clearly that we got a

8:27

phone call that said will you come

8:30

to the Supreme Court The nine justices

8:32

on the Supreme Court's would like to

8:34

listen to your point of view. This

8:37

was a big deal. So Paul Wet.

8:40

Now. What we did in our

8:42

a video see in this Dvd.

8:44

What to take a look at

8:46

Paul's presentation to the area for?

8:48

Guess he does to. Absolutely brilliant

8:50

and I would add i think

8:53

Jewish things one the first found

8:55

a half a dozen touch points

8:57

in the culture. He

8:59

had learned Greek culture so well either

9:01

in his upbringing or in the past

9:04

years of his life or maybe even

9:06

the time he was in Athens that

9:08

he had come to know these. People.

9:11

So he starts with an altar he

9:13

claims to have seen. Which.

9:15

Was an altered to an unknown god.

9:17

Now we're not quite sure exactly what

9:19

that was. They have not found one

9:21

in Athens, is there is one that's

9:23

been found and Pergamon. Some say the

9:25

unknown god was a way to describe

9:27

the Jewish god because to gentiles the

9:29

Jewish god is or know when you

9:31

can't say his name and you don't

9:33

make statues of him so he is

9:35

unknown. I'm not so sure. Others think

9:37

unknown man maybe there's a god we

9:39

haven't even discovered yet because I catch

9:42

all yard you know that's organ to

9:44

cover it. Others said no, have. Said

9:46

no. The idea was when something happens

9:48

and we're not sure which god is

9:50

doing it. Either bad or good. Let's.

9:52

Worship at this older because the god who

9:54

caused the plague or the god who defeated

9:56

our enemy is known so we don't know

9:58

which god to say. My to let

10:01

sacrifice to the unknown gods. But Paul picks

10:03

up on that altar and says to them

10:05

very brilliantly. I'm going to tell you about

10:07

the God you're ignorant of. So

10:09

he had a point that a touch

10:12

point in the culture. One of the

10:14

things that troubles me sometimes. In

10:17

my own place in the christian

10:19

community is. Were a

10:21

bit hesitant to really get to know the

10:23

culture well around us. I run into people

10:25

every once in awhile who will say it's

10:27

i don't read anything. I don't agree with.

10:30

Or. I don't watch anything I don't agree

10:32

with. I'm listening, may say that I would.

10:34

I do. and I realize there's a time

10:37

and place to be avoiding what sinful and

10:39

what's odd. Temptation. But I think

10:41

we need to know our culture really

10:43

well. We need to know our culture

10:45

so well that we know how to

10:47

speak God's truth in their language. It

10:49

has to have that purpose and have

10:51

to have that purpose. We have to

10:53

engage them, not simply to criticize, not

10:55

simply to put them down, or to

10:57

judge them that we stand strongly on

10:59

what we believe, but to know our

11:01

culture so well that we know how

11:03

to address them, what concepts they need

11:05

to understand that we believe or we

11:08

hold dear. And if we don't know,

11:10

our. Culture we end up just shouting

11:12

at the wind. In my opinion,

11:14

he does some other things. He

11:16

mentions a quotation from one of

11:18

their philosophers where he talks in

11:20

in his speech. In fact, there

11:22

are probably three he talks about

11:24

in him. We live and move

11:26

and have are being which may

11:28

have come from one of their

11:30

philosophers. He talks about how we

11:32

are gods, offspring and he says

11:34

one of your poets even says

11:36

this so he's quoting not from

11:38

biblical sources, but from their own

11:40

philosophical. Heroes in their ancient

11:42

past. So Paw directed his

11:45

message in a culturally relevant

11:47

way and address the issues

11:49

that they were dealing with.

11:51

But there's another side to

11:53

it. What? We

11:55

found fascinating as we took a

11:57

look at that speech is there

11:59

are at least nine. Examples.

12:03

Where Paul addresses their

12:05

cultural ideas. But

12:07

uses words and phrases from

12:10

scripture. And. Paul

12:12

says using words that are found

12:14

in the bible twice policy of

12:16

i'm gonna tell you about this

12:18

unknown God. Who. Doesn't live

12:20

in temples made with hands. That

12:23

I think is the biggest lesson

12:25

that God has taught me from

12:27

the whole story in Athens is

12:29

this idea that I need to

12:32

address my culture by my words

12:34

and my life. But

12:36

I need to address the culture

12:38

first of all, in their ideas

12:40

and categories. I need to speak

12:42

a language that they understand. But

12:44

what I need to do that

12:46

Paul did so brilliantly is to

12:48

take biblical phrases, biblical text, biblical

12:50

ideas and speak those in the

12:52

metaphors of the culture. I'm addressing

12:54

Gray I am say I'm just

12:57

bubble and out because I can

12:59

remember being with you and how

13:01

you help people see scripture, feel

13:03

scripture, Live scripture And so often

13:05

and when. We hear the stories even

13:07

now. he okay the these are things

13:09

that happened to a man who believed

13:11

in Jesus two thousand years ago. A:

13:14

How do We played Today And when

13:16

we see Paul working in Athens picking

13:18

parts of the culture to elaborate on

13:20

how God is speaking through that, How

13:22

do we play that today? I mean

13:24

the believers Today When we see our

13:27

Supreme Court and decisions they're making and

13:29

we see our state governments and federal

13:31

government's doing things that are so contrary

13:33

to the word of God. How do.

13:35

We take the scripture and make and

13:37

apply. To. Today's world great

13:40

question. If. Rv

13:42

l me If I give my opinion, God

13:44

may blessed that. But if

13:46

I give God's word he says it

13:48

will always do exactly what I want

13:51

it to and no one can stop

13:53

it. So I always say to my

13:55

students, be sure when you're speaking that

13:57

your language assaulted with biblical phrases or.

14:00

The As and even quotations because

14:02

once you turn that loose, it

14:04

is unstoppable if God wants to be.

14:06

But if you come to the

14:08

end of the story, note to

14:10

thinks. There is

14:12

not in my New Testament of

14:14

first and second essence. It

14:17

does not appear a church formed. It

14:20

doesn't mention one of the members of the

14:22

area up against became a believer. A woman

14:24

named Day Amorous became a believer and a

14:27

few others. But. There's no

14:29

church. And

14:31

the second thing. If you move

14:33

on and it's insects sixteen as wealth

14:35

Paul goes next. Decor: It's alone. And

14:39

he came to Corinth. He says in

14:41

the first chapter of his email to

14:43

the Corinthian we call it First Corinthians.

14:45

Paul says I came and weakness. And.

14:48

Fear and trembling. And not with human

14:50

wisdom. Have

14:52

a theory. I think

14:54

for all the brilliance of his

14:57

speech, Paul realized that that is

14:59

not the first and foremost tactic

15:01

God gives his people. God

15:03

chose his people first of all,

15:05

not to tell the world who

15:07

he was, but to show. The.

15:10

World who he was, Jesus

15:13

came to say let me show you what

15:15

it looks like if you live out your

15:17

faith, be my disciple And then he sent

15:19

out his community. To. Be late.

15:23

To. Be living witnesses to hallow his

15:25

name and to be priests to

15:27

put him on display. From.

15:31

Athens were no church forms.

15:34

Paul. Goes to Corinth. Picks.

15:36

The week. In

15:38

Corinth. The. Nobody's he says

15:40

not many of you were wise,

15:43

not many to be were rich

15:45

that many of you were well

15:47

known. I picked the Nobody's and

15:49

as a house church formed. Corinth

15:53

became a christian center. And

15:56

it wasn't simply because they were

15:58

telling others about. Jesus. But.

16:01

They were showing what Jesus looked like

16:03

and I think that's the touch points

16:05

that you've asked about. I think what

16:08

God has called us to do is

16:10

not simply to tell our culture. About.

16:13

God and about Jesus And about faith.

16:15

I think that's important. Don't get me

16:17

wrong, I think God wants us to

16:19

be a living witness. And

16:22

that's where I wonder sometimes if

16:24

our shouting it people are being

16:27

judgmental. or maybe even worse in

16:29

not being successful in living out

16:31

our own fault. If

16:34

arm marriages aren't living

16:36

examples. Of what marriage will

16:38

exploit. How can we possibly have a

16:40

message to give to our culture about

16:42

what marriage. If

16:44

our businesses are run with integrity

16:46

and with compassion and charities, how

16:49

could we possibly bear witness to

16:51

a broken world of what business

16:53

on a look like And I

16:56

St Paul learned a lesson and

16:58

came to Corinth and said there's

17:00

a place for brilliant speeches for

17:02

philosophical presentation of our face. I'm.

17:05

Gonna go to court and started

17:07

church. And. It changed Corinth

17:09

and I love what you're saying,

17:11

ray Because I think this is

17:13

the crux of the matter. I

17:15

think this is where and modernity.

17:17

We may have lost that willingness

17:19

because it takes effort. To.

17:21

Live like Christ. I mean takes incredible efforts

17:24

yes to suppress your flesh when you want

17:26

to react in a mean spirited way which

17:28

comes so naturally. I mean does to me

17:30

and be somebody cuts me off. I say

17:33

this when I speak all the time. I

17:35

mean that's where the Lord is really had

17:37

to overcome a man. somebody cutting me off

17:39

on the highway. Not going by the rules

17:42

and I think we as believers we tend

17:44

to want an environment where everybody follows the

17:46

rules. We can all get along. and when

17:48

people don't, it really irritates us. Whether it's

17:51

political, are. Driving down the highway or

17:53

the neighbor. They won't get off your back

17:55

for some reason, and if we really press

17:57

ourselves, we've got to respond differently because. The

18:00

children of God at that takes

18:02

us immediately them to the current

18:04

study. There are three studies in

18:06

the piece about of Corinth. The

18:08

first looks at how Paul shows

18:10

or God shows if you will.

18:13

Who would listen? Paul chose the

18:15

week he chose the unimportant. So.

18:17

They didn't have any power, and I

18:20

find sometimes it's tempting to think if

18:22

we could just have the political power.

18:24

If we could have the economic power,

18:27

as God's people, we could transform

18:29

our world. Well, we certainly want to

18:31

influence politics. We certainly want to

18:33

be involved in economics and and politics

18:35

as well. But.

18:37

So often in the Bible did God

18:39

use weakness. To. Accomplish his purpose.

18:42

In fact, if you look at church history,

18:44

I think it's more common that the church

18:46

did well when it was week by human

18:48

standards than when it was powerful. So

18:50

Paul went Corinth. Shows.

18:53

These unimportant people. And

18:55

God use that weakness to accomplish

18:58

an amazing thing in Corinth. Sparking

19:00

the Corinth alone. He. Came

19:02

after Athens were apparently no church was

19:04

started. He came. He said I came

19:06

in fear and trembling. I didn't come

19:09

with wisdom, I came and weakness. He

19:11

was discouraged. but when he got their

19:13

gods stepped up with him. He showed

19:15

up. And. The first people

19:17

he met. Were. A couple named a Cool

19:20

and Priscilla. They. Happen to be

19:22

Jewish. And tent makers the

19:24

same trade he was. But.

19:27

To his amazement, I'll bet. They.

19:29

Were believers and Jesus already before they

19:31

got their so Paul thought and going

19:33

alone to this. I. Don't

19:36

even want to mention a has a

19:38

modern equivalent. This was by far believed

19:40

to be the most decadence city in

19:42

the world. them perhaps Las Vegas? Dwight

19:45

Howard? I have to use very very

19:47

oh hey. gonna get the email. yeah

19:49

for sure what happens in corn phasing

19:51

point kind of thing. It had been

19:54

founded by refounded as a colony by

19:56

Julius Caesar. He populated it with slaves

19:58

and freed slaves. It was

20:00

a sailor center. It had the

20:03

temple of Afridi, the goddess of

20:05

sex and fertility. At one point

20:07

in history, one of the writers

20:09

says there was a temple on

20:11

the Acropolis with a thousand prostitutes

20:13

attached. to. It's Corinthian was to

20:16

be immoral, and in fact, the

20:18

word corinthian shows up for sexually

20:20

transmitted diseases and for sexual excesses.

20:22

It also was to be intoxicated.

20:24

It was a wine production. It

20:27

was absolutely the most decadent place.

20:29

How Paul possibly. Thought he could make

20:31

a difference in Corinth. I will never know

20:33

when he came with nothing and lo and

20:35

behold the first people he meets have the

20:37

trade he knows. Have a place

20:39

to conduct his trade so he could work

20:41

with them and better to have a small

20:43

house where that first community of believers to

20:45

meet some. And then one

20:48

night got appeared to him. And

20:51

he gave him Alija moment. And. God

20:53

said. Paul. Don't

20:55

be afraid. Give it

20:57

everything you got. I have a

20:59

lot of people in the city

21:01

that are going to come to

21:03

me so paw went from being

21:05

weak to becoming strong. One of

21:07

my favorites Jewish writers talks about

21:09

how. God. So often uses

21:12

human weakness and weakness become strengths when

21:14

we realize we're week when Abraham and

21:16

Sarah realized they were not gonna have

21:19

children on their own. That's when they

21:21

became strong when Moses realized he couldn't

21:23

speak because he had a speech impediments.

21:25

That's when he became strong because he

21:28

leaned on God. when Israel stood on

21:30

the shore of the Red Sea and

21:32

realize they couldn't swim, but they just

21:35

started walking toward the At that moment,

21:37

they realize their weakness and they became

21:39

strong. That's what happened. To pause when

21:41

he realized he was week. It was

21:43

not gonna be his brilliance. It was

21:45

not gonna be his own human talents.

21:47

It was gonna be the power of

21:49

God. Enhance The book of Hebrew says

21:52

this whole list of nobody's. In.

21:54

That. Great. Hero

21:56

of Faith chapter Their weakness

21:58

was turned to strength. And

22:01

I like to think in our world

22:03

if we're willing to be sacrificial people

22:05

who live. In. Weakness

22:08

serving others. God.

22:10

Turns or weakness and strength. There's so

22:12

much their re that you're talking about.

22:14

I mean, that idea of humility, The.

22:17

God draws you toward humility, wants you

22:19

to be humble so he can use

22:21

you. But in this culture today especially

22:23

the Christian culture and were at the

22:25

end of our times, ominous, Put the

22:27

softball up for used him and rackets.

22:29

but that's the thing we have to

22:31

fight. Bet that we need to win,

22:34

that we need to be on top

22:36

that it's a zero sum game. I

22:38

don't see that with Paul. I don't

22:40

see that in the New Testament at

22:42

all. And it's contrary turn nature. As.

22:45

Humans to go toward weakness. It's

22:47

not what our flesh wants to

22:49

do. We want to conquer. We

22:51

want to be on top. We

22:53

want the power in. Like you

22:55

pointed out, the irony is big

22:57

all the way back to Constantine

22:59

and early influence of Christianity and

23:01

power were still flawed. human being

23:03

saved by grace. When we get

23:05

power. We can misuse it

23:07

ebbs. It's not necessarily the answer.

23:09

But the final point here is,

23:11

how do we Not. Be

23:13

tempted in that power a it and

23:16

I mean it in this way. re

23:18

when you look at the culture today

23:20

we have court cases going against religious

23:23

liberty. We have so much fighting against

23:25

marriage. How do we settle our hearts

23:27

and say lord you've put us here

23:30

in this moment In this culture, Western

23:32

culture or Canadian listeners are part of

23:34

a to how do we settle our

23:37

hearts and say what is it. You.

23:39

Want us to do? For. You.

23:42

That's an amazing question and and a

23:44

very biblical question. The answers obviously are

23:46

varied and involved, but I think there

23:49

are a couple of. Points

23:51

I would make. Strongly.

23:53

From the Life of Paul or the

23:55

New Testament, let's say it that way

23:57

First, if we take Jesus as the

23:59

example, This. Son.

24:02

Of God. Human. Who. Could

24:04

have called legions of Angels yeah

24:06

to still storms and raise the

24:09

dead change the world by offering

24:11

his life. In.

24:13

Sacrifice and service to anyone who

24:15

believes in him. That's

24:17

how I've changed Corinth through. Paul

24:19

is people who were weak, lived

24:21

sacrificial li. The other

24:24

thing and that gets us into

24:26

the last two units, if you

24:28

will inset sixteen Paul has two

24:30

major themes in the Book of

24:32

Corinthians, which he is addressing to

24:34

the Church. One is,

24:36

if we're going to be this

24:38

living witness. We. Absolutely have

24:41

to be in unity. Their

24:43

can not be any dissension or divisions

24:45

among you and I'd love to get

24:47

into that. He has put a second.

24:50

He. Addresses the issue of marriage

24:53

and sexuality through the whole

24:55

book. Because. He

24:57

understands in that decadent city,

24:59

if we aren't a living

25:01

testimony of an alternative to

25:03

that pagan Greco Roman culture.

25:06

We. Have no message. We. Have No

25:08

power. The power is. We have

25:10

a living example of what it

25:12

looks like. If you live our

25:14

way. And so any.

25:17

Any. Say that slightly

25:19

compromises are testimony as

25:22

godly holy people destroys.

25:25

Our. Power. Which. Has the

25:27

power to serve others by how we live and right

25:29

in the middle of it. I'll just throw a live,

25:31

I'll throw use up all right in the middle of

25:33

it. He's got a to chapter

25:35

discussion of meat sacrifice. The know what

25:38

does that have to do with sexuality

25:40

and sexual immorality and marriage? I

25:42

have. Stay tuned. Yeah and it had me.

25:44

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25:46

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25:49

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25:51

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25:53

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