Hey, everybody. Welcome back to another edition of the daily Bible podcast. You're back. We're back. We're all back. We're back. We're. Back in black. Nnn nnn. Denon nnn. Now we're back. We got a lot on the docket stay in Ephesians. Um, but, uh, hopefully you don't have any drones flying over your house. Have you seen that? That. News about all the drones in New Jersey and they're like the size. Where they're coming from or whose they belong to. Yeah. And the military industrial complex is strangely silent about the whole ordeal. I don't know, man. There's some gnarly stuff happening. And I just think our government is not telling us what they know. Right. Of course not. Rather they should. I think there's times to keep secrets. When, you know, people don't need to know certain things they've caused pandemonium. But there's times and it's like, okay, you got to say something, something. Is. Oh, probably most of the time is better than nothing. I feel like nothing says more. Yeah. Yeah. Maybe, you know, come January when there's somebody else in the office. We'll, uh, we'll find out everyday, you know, he's going to go scorched earth. He does, he does what he does. So I feel like we're going to hear a lot. I feel like he's going to shoot them down. I'm just going to be like, And you don't ask questions later. Yeah, maybe. Yeah. Anyways, that's neither here nor there with what we're talking about today. We are talking about a fusions and there's a lot there. So I think we should just jump right into Ephesians because there's a it's meeting. I feel like this is favoritism. You didn't do this yesterday. Colassians is media to Colassians is media. Yeah. All right. Well, because you were asking me questions about where I was talking about California, and then. I mean, do you want to delay a little bit longer? The people demand answers. I'm just saying that we have a constituency that we owe, we owe it to so well, what answers answers about the drug? I don't have answers about the drones. They want to know why you don't believe in aliens. Because I don't believe in aliens. Yeah, they're not satisfied with that. Well, I apologize. There's there's, they're free to, to have their convictions about aliens. I don't believe in that. That's just not satisfying. Yeah. Okay. Well, we can carry on, I suppose. I mean, I think we've had this conversation we have at ad nauseum. Yeah. And people just don't understand why he won't embrace reason. And is that it rationale is that it and biblical. Yes. All right. Well, let's talk about. Why don't you embrace biblical morality. All right. All right. Hey, again, remember Paul's writing if you're using this from a Roman prison, uh, probably 60 to 60 to 80 sometime in that timeframe is when we believe that he was in prison. Uh, writing these letters and he's writing to the church and emphasis, remember emphasis modern day Turkey. Uh, Asia minor that that's the region. This is the territory of his third missionary journey is, uh, really the, the recipients of this letter. It's going to be written to multiple churches as it's going to be circulated throughout that region and then passed on to others as well. But Ephesians is, it's such a rich epistle. You preached through it not long ago to our students. So fun thematic, but if you could say, we talked about the theme in Colassians was Jesus is enough. What would you say? The theme of efficient. Efficiency Ephesians. Um, Oh, man, that's hard. It is one theme. Yeah. I can't, I can't do it. Why don't you kick it to you? I can't do that. He's got. I mean, there's so much in it. The riches of Christ, the, uh, Just say that a lot. I don't know, man. I, yeah, I don't have one. It's hard. That's like saying, Hey, what's the, I guess you could say what's the Bible about you? I think we have some pretty good answers to that. Narrowing down a book of the Bible as much harder. It is. Yeah. Because there's also that the, the idea, and I think it's got some legs. Is that this was a circular letter. It wasn't meant just for the church at Ephesus. Uh, because emphasis itself is so large and encompass so many thousands of people. I mean, hundreds of thousands, I think that the idea was that this was going to go to them, but also be circulated among all of those in Asia minor, which I think is a fair. Uh, fair supposition. Yeah. Yeah. I would agree. Yeah. Yeah, well, Th it opens up in verses three through 14 with what amounts to in the Greek. Uh, or three through 10, at least with whatever amounts you in the Greek is, is just one long run-on sentence with no period. Um, and so our English editors have, have cleaned it out for us, but it's basically Paul just, and this is really cool when you think about it, because Paul is just caught up as he's writing as he's dictating throughs in many. With the riches of, of the glories of the blessings that we have in Jesus. And that's where he just begins to go on with all of this effusive praise for, for Christ and, and what God has done for us in Christ. And, and he talks about things like in verse four, he chose us in him before the foundation of the world. Uh, That we should be holy and blameless. We talked about that in yesterday's episode that we're in Christ in order to be godly. We're not just in Christ in order to stay how we already chose us, that we should be holy and blameless before. He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus. According to the purpose of his will. I mean, this is a difficult text for those of our are. You know, kinsmen are brothers and sisters. Uh, who take a more Armenian, freewill stance to salvation because the fingerprints of God's sovereignty in election and predestination and in choosing are all over these opening verses here. Um, He goes on and talks about the, the riches of his grace. Uh, you mentioned the riches. If you're, as you're reading through this epistle note, how many times he talks about the riches of different things of about God in here, he repeats the phrase over and over and over again, but. Um, he is, he's brought these things about according to the plan for the fullness of time to unite all things in him. We've this inheritance that's waiting. We've been predestined again. There's the word in verse 11. According to the purpose of him who works, all things, all things, according to the counsel of his will. I mean, it's just all over. It's hard to get away from God's sovereignty here. And then as far as the security of the believer, we see it in verse 14, that the spirit has been given to us as the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it. And so we've been given the holy spirit to us as the down payment, the deposit, the guarantee of our future inheritance. In glory. And so there's a, there's just, it's such a comforting opening to this, that this letter. From here in verses 15 and on we get his is Thanksgiving, his prayer, as we saw in Colassians, this is a kind of Paul's emo with the churches that he writes to. He gives thanks to them. And so in that sense, This was probably a circular circulatory letter, but it was also a letter that Paul was thinking about specific people with, like, when we get to Philippians, he's going to be thinking about Phoebe and the Philippian jailer and others. We don't know people by name, but it seems hearing this prayer, at least in the prayer of chapter three. Uh, that, that he does have particular people in mind. I mean, it's, it's generic enough to be applied to any believer anywhere, but I think he's thinking of, of people specifically, as he prays through this course, Um, Uh, chapter two, then we get into in the first. Uh, 10 versus they're probably one of the most famous sections in Ephesians as he sets up the bad news. Good news of the gospel. Uh, the bad news is that we were dead in our tracks. Trespasses and sins, we were by nature, children of wrath. Which points back to total depravity and original sin that we are guilty from the moment that we are born now because of our sins that we commit. But because of our connection to Adam, In that guilt needs to be remedied. And the only way it can be remedied is through faith in Christ in that faith comes by grace. And that's where he goes in first eight by grace, you have been saved through faith. Uh, this is not your own doing it is the gift of God. That is that. That even the faith that we have to believe is given to us by God, in order that we might believe and be saved. And then he goes into a one in Christ section. Here's the ESU titles. It one people of God is what I've got written down in the side there. So. Pat's rod, we as dispensationalist believe that there's a future for Israel. Um, but there are shades of dispensationalism. And so I w I would classify as more on the progressive side of that. And I think a passage like this lends itself towards that understanding that there are not two camps fraternity, but one. So can you help us understand that theme as, as Paul's talking about it here? Jew and Gentile, because really we're not dealing with the June Gentile relationship. So, so why is he writing this? What does this have to do with the future specifically in eternity? Are you asking about, so the, the se ask. Eschatological implications of our, of our two separate, uh, so of the Jew Gentile distinction, right? Yeah, I guess there's a, there's a, there's a lot to say about that, but suffice it to say. That we as good dispensationalist are going to say Israel maintains her identity. She maintains her role in her prestige. And as not to say that the church's second fiddle. It's just that the church in is an Israel. Never are. Are blurred. Uh, they still both access the father through Christ, but the role that they both play is a different Israel has a really interesting player in the end times. In fact, we're going to see that very soon. As we make our way through Revolut. In fact, Are you going to be part of that? For revelation. Um, I may not pass your PJ's taken another long vacation. And so nothing. So I may be doing that myself. I just thought about that. This is ridiculous. All right. We're recording ahead of time. So Israel plays a really large role in the book of revelation. And you'll notice a church is pretty silent. She has a limited role. And therefore. It's like, she's not there. Huh it's like, she's not there. That's what some people would say. Uh, in any case, the, the distinction is still there. And some of the particulars are unclear to me. I don't understand some of the ways that God's going to shake things out, but I do now. Uh, I do know, I feel confident. I have conviction that these two parties are separate and in our minds they need to stay separate. It's a good thing for us to say, okay, the church is the church. And there the, and Israel is Israel, and then God's going to deal with both. As he sees fit in a way that's going to most magnify his glory and his honor, which is why this is so important because he's saying, even though they're separate and they're different, Both are United in Christ. This is the glory of the gospel. You don't need to have ethnic. Ethnic. Uh, hatred or ill will. The Jews don't need to look at Jen towels with the side eye and say, you stole our blessings. And the Gentiles don't need to look at the Jews and say, well, you're, God's favorite. Like Joseph, we're going to throw you down a pit. No, both can be United in Christ. And in fact, we are United in Christ, which is what makes us so, so special. And so cool. Yeah, I would agree. I think at least the millennial kingdom, there's a distinction. I don't know about the new earth in the new heavens after the millennial kingdom is done. Um, I don't know that the same distinctions will exist there. I mean, during the millennial kingdom, there's going to be a temple system. There's going to be sacrifices that are offered every Jewish, but in the new earth, there is no temple. And I don't, I, my assumption is there's no more sacrificial system. Still in place on the new earth. Maybe, uh, I mean maybe. And then that's why, if it's, if it's in the millennial kingdom, as we submit right. Categorically. What, what would be the reason for us to say wouldn't be in the new heavens and the new earth. If it functionally provides a way for us to say, God is glorified by this it's as. In memoriam. Why couldn't we say the same for then you have it, even though it's silent. Yeah. One reason, and this isn't even a fusion. So this is we're getting into revelation. I think one reason might be that people are still being saved in need needing to be saved during the millennial kingdom in the sacrificial system is a visual representation of the sacrifice, the ultimate sacrifice of the cross, but for who them, or for us. For the year. It's for the unbeliever right? During, in the millennial kingdom. Right? Because not everybody in the millennial kingdom is just going to say, yeah, Yeah. Okay. But when, when Christ gives us, so we, we do have the Christ, Hey, do this in remembrance of me. Right. I'm going to operate from that and say, well, if God sees fit to remind us, As the church to remember Christ sacrifice. I'm not sure that the sacrificial system is. Is for the unbeliever. I would say it's probably more likely for the believer. Perfected though he may be, would still be a good reminder to say, man, look what Christ has done for me. And that's what he turned. He's going to be. Jesus alone is going to have the body though. It's glorified. It will have the nails in his hands. Right. But we believe that because it's going to be a reminder of what he's done for us. And so that to me says, okay, Yeah, logically it could fit and it would work. Not that it has to be there. And I think our, our distinction as Jew and Gentile, I think that it has to remain. I think we'll still be us and they'll still be them, but we're not going to have hatred or jealousy or any animosity because we'll be United in Christ. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Sacrificial system again, I think the lack of the temple in the new new earth is what in new Jerusalem is what leads me to, to think that the sacrificial system will cease in the millennial kingdom. Um, That makes sense. We'll be present with new creation. Uh, the, the reason I don't know. And back to Ephesians, the reason why I don't know what in the new earth that that distinction will look like anymore without the sacrificial system, there is just that the oneness language that he has here. Um, Where he says he's created for himself one at new man in place of the two. So making peace might reconcile us both to God in one body, through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. Um, we both have access in spirit to the father. So then in, I think it, I can see in, in the, in the, the, the timeline of God that, that the new Jerusalem and the new earth is the culmination, the final reality of that. Where the distinction is, is no longer there. It's no longer necessary. All of God's promises have been fulfilled for both the church and for Israel. And so we are truly the one people of God at that point. There's no distinction. Left and how we approach God in, uh, what's left for us in, in the future. Well, so you have to think, okay. Yes, I would agree with that. I'm just thinking about when Paul says like every John says every tribe, tongue and nation is worshiping him. Uh, the distinctions maintain. It's just what those distinctions mean. I think that have sure those change. So, yes, I would agree that maybe, maybe the emphasis isn't on Israel any longer, and now it's the oneness of Israel and the church. Yeah. But those distinctions, I would have to say that those things are there. I would even guess that the language distinctions, the barriers that we have will still be there, but part of our privilege will be to learn those languages. I'm going to communicate with our brothers and sisters, which flows into chapter three, where he's talking about the church as the revelation of the mystery of, of, of godliness that it's it's he says in verse 10 through the church, the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places, looking at how all of this works together. In how people from, from all over can be reconciled and how the Gentiles can have a place in God's plan. Even the angels are looking at this going, we don't, we don't get this. We don't understand this. And it's the, the, the privilege that we have, even now as the church, to be able to, to manifest the wisdom of God, to say it's all Christ that Christ might. Be the one that receives all of the glory. And that's the church's job. That's who we are, what we're about. That's why one of our parts of our vision is we want to be a church that exalts Christ people need to look at our church and say, wow, look what Jesus has done. To that group of, of people, uh, all these misfits that he brought together from all these different backgrounds and different walks of life and different jobs and everything else, we all gather as one, because we gather around the oneness of who Jesus is and what Jesus has done for us. And that's going to be eternity because that's going to be true for the Jew and the Gentile alike. Any eternity, we're all going to be gathered together. No matter what the background is, Abraham is going to say I'm here because of Jesus, right? Paul was going to say I'm here. Because of Jesus. The Gentile is going to say I'm here because of Jesus. And Christ is going to be exalted that's that's imaged in just a small glimpse. Ephesians chapter three is saying here through the church here and now as we currently operate. The prayer from this point, he goes on to, uh, in verses 14. And following is again for the church to know so much in, and this is something that's interesting in this book and Philippians and, and even back in Colassians that, that he's praying that they would increase in knowledge, but that that knowledge would ultimately be fruitful in their life. That it wouldn't be knowledge for the sake of knowledge, but that that knowledge would lead to transformation. And this is where we get in verse 20. The, the benediction to him who is able to do more abundantly than all we ask or think according to the power at work within us, to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all the generations forever and ever. Amen. You. Uh, coming back from this, um, board meeting. Uh, th th th this verse is appropriate, I think, in appropriate as we're concluding a year and looking forward to starting a new year, too. Just, I mean, we, we want to see God do some amazing things in the life of our church next year. And can I just encourage you church? Don't pray. Prayers that that you think are too big. There's no such thing. Um, ask how to do big things. If he's able to do things above and beyond anything we think, or imagine. Um, It's not a guarantee. This is not a blank check to say he's going to, but let's not leave something on the shelf that he wants to do for our church in the next year. Let's let's pray big prayers towards that end. Amen. Chapter four, a. Unity. Eh, in a, in the body of Christ is the header there from the ESV calling to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called. Do you want to unpack that concept a little bit? Cause Colassians we, we kind of bounced off it in Colassians, but it's back here again, this idea of walking in a manner worthy. I think it picks up in Philippians two and it uses the same language there. Yeah, we actually covered this or we'll have covered this Saturday evening, at least in part. Uh, walking worthy of the calling to which we have been called again, once more you see within the text and in Paul's heartbeat here is that the church look like what she is. He's not calling her to become something. She isn't in the strict sense because positionally, she is now righteous in Christ. And so he's saying, look, you ought to look like. What you are. Your actions ought to match your new identity in Christ. And so he's saying, look, look at where I am. I'm in prison and I'm begging you, please. Live in a way that pleases Christ now he's drawing on their sense of awareness. What he's going through, what he's lived through. He is his shipwrecks, his imprisonment in Rome. And he's saying, look, this, this ought to then mean for all of you. All humility, all gentleness, all patients bearing with one another eager to maintain the unity of the spirit. All of these things ought to be true for those who claim to be one in Christ. For those who have been humbled enough to receive salvation, turning from their sand, trusting in him. They ought to be able to give that kind of grace and generosity toward those that they are. Doing life with. Yeah, in a, as he goes on a chapter forward, this is where we get the idea of equipping the church as part of our vision as well. And Ephesians four 12, he's given verse 11, the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds, the teachers to equip. Uh, the saints for the work of ministry. And so that's part of what we're about to, you've heard us say before this church is not built on a personality or a brand or. We're or anything else? It's, it's all of us working together. And we've talked about that back in, in first Corinthians as well with the spiritual giftedness being used for the good, the building up of the body of Christ. We see that as the purpose here. Um, as, as we continue to, to pursue, as he says there, the, the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, which means as long as we're on this side of eternity, we're never going to get there. We're never going to be like, Hey, we're done. We've, we've arrived. We're fully baked as a church. We're going to always have more. Uh, that we can do more equipping that needs to take place more growth, more Galvin, it's more reaching people for Christ, more serving that we can pursue. And on that note, verse 16 says that this happens. We become mature when each part is working properly. Man, you could say so much about that, but let's just say two things. Number one. Each part refers to each part of the body. Every Christian, every Christian has a role and his or her church and she, and he needs to do what they're called to do in order for the church to work properly. To the whole idea of properly means. Uh, to be appropriate, it needs to be right fitting for the situation. That means. Uh, even within the body of Christ, it's possible for each part to be doing something, but those parts aren't doing the right thing. Uh, a person can be serving, but still not serving in a good way or serving with the wrong spirit or even, you know, slandering or causing disunity by their snide remarks or their critical comments or whatever it might be. Each part of the body must work properly. If we are to grow into the head who is Christ, which is the goal, and the goal cannot be met, unless each Christian. Deliberately says we're going to do this together. Right. And, and not just. PRI, not just publicly, not just in the church, but as he goes on here in chapter four. This has to be true in, in characteristic of our lives of godliness is individuals too, that that's got to be undergirding. All of that. Um, he talks about the difference in, in who we were prior to Christ again, and who we are now in Christ. Uh, he says in verse 22, assuming that, or verse 21, assuming you've heard about him and were taught in him. Uh, the truth and that is in Jesus too. To put off the old self. So Colassians three should come on. To your mind again in verse 24 to put on the new self. And then he says, therefore having put away falsehood and then he goes on and it gives kind of some, some Christian ethics here in the end of chapter four of here's what to do now. I want to point out one verse. Uh, because I think it's apropos for our culture, our society verse 25, let no corrupting talk, come out of your mouth. But only such as good for building up as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. Listen, that takes profanity and the Christian off the table right there. Asked answered period. End of story. By Paul through the, the, the authority, the holy spirit writing the word of God here. There's, there's no room for profanity in the Christian. Because we can't argue that this is. This is pure speech that's coming out of our mouth. It's it's corrupting talk. That's emerging as we go through and, uh, and, and, and speak the way the world speaks. You smarts pastoral. I'm just thinking. We talked about this one. It's a, it's not it's evergreen, I guess it's just, we are always coming back to it. I mean, I guess the Doug Wilson debacle, that was the most recent one St Andrew's and new St. Andrew's college. It wasn't him. But, uh, yeah. That's, that's what started the conversation. Yeah. I just, I, I think our safest place to be is as much like Jesus that we possibly can be. And I don't think you heard Christ using profanity. That's true. So I think. The general operating principle, the GOP. Uh, needs to be that we avoid any use of profanity. It just get more creative or don't even do that. Right. I mean. We can invent new bad words. No. We're so long on this podcast already. We haven't even hit chapter five. No, no, but when we say things like, gosh, or darn it, or shoot. I mean. Is that better? Because it's, societaly more acceptable. Is our heart not in the same place. Just looking to use words that are more societaly acceptable. We're after the same concept, I don't know. Um, Yeah. It's it's a massive subject. That's uh, I just think, I think we're, I'll say this as your pastor. I'll say this, I think we're too flippant and casual with this. I think we think too little of the way we use our words. And Jesus himself said that we're going to have to give an account for every careless word we speak. And, uh, I, I think the majority of profanity out there is fits that category of, of careless words. On that we can agree. Yeah. Chapter five then. Uh, okay. He, he has more to do with, with walking different from the world. He talks about in chapter five, verses three. And following the, the, the corruption, the sexual immorality of the world. That's out of place with a believer. No, uh, foolish talker, crude, joking. It can't even be named, uh, in association with a Christian. And so again, here he's, he's talking about the fact that we need to be different. We need to stand out. We're not the same. It's verse 12, it's shameful to even speak of the things that they do in secret. And so if it's shameful even to speak about the sins that other people are doing, man, we need to make sure that that their presence is nowhere found in our lives or in our body. Uh, we're to walk carefully. This goes builds on what you were talking about earlier is walking in a manner worthy of have gotten, making the best use of time. There's the same common concept we talked about in Colassians. All right. Wives and husbands, then let's jump in there. Um, this is, uh, we are egalitarian in our understanding of our, our church. Function and in polity. And we also believe in the biblical model for marriage of wives, submitting to their husbands and husbands loving their wives as Christ loved the church. This is getting a lot of play recently. Um, In the Christian. To a diverse, and we won't jump in there because man, that would take us another 30 minute podcast just to get through some of that. But, uh, listen. Th the, the guidelines are given why submit to your husbands as to the Lord, that last phrase is so important for you ladies, because that means that your obedience to your husband is more about your obedience to God than it is about your obedience to him. Uh, and so if, if you disagree with the decision that he's being, that he's making for your family, Um, that in, in yet, it's not an outright sinful position. The starting place is submission. Uh, and I say the starting places submission because there's room. For pursuing. Guidance counsel, uh, from your pastors there's room for if the pastors need to help bring reconciliation to conflict in the marriage for that to take place. But I would say the starting place, the default posture needs to be a posture of submission. Um, if it's not a sinful thing that's being asked or being demanded. And then man, if, if this is something that's really leading to tension or seems unreasonable or seems out of, out of character, then yeah. We're more than willing to step in and have conversations with you and your husband with, with counseling together. Uh, because it's, it's it, there, there can be a give and take there, but, uh, but that's, I would say that for wives, husbands love your wives as Christ loved the church, man, that that's the rest of your life. You're never going to be done with that. Talk about something that we're always going to have to do and do better. And your love for your wife needs to be such that she's more like Jesus, as a result of you being her husband, that you would be, if you weren't married to her. Uh, that's a tall order that in and of itself. And, and that is, that is the standard that you will give an account for before the Bema seat of Christ one day men. Did you love her such that she is more Gabi because of your presence in her life than she would be? If you weren't there. Um, that's something that should be very sobering to us as, as we. Love our wives. You could ask the question. Is your wife flourishing under your leadership? Yeah, that's a good word. Flourishing. Is she flourishing? And that's going to imply a lot more than just does she go to church? Does she read her Bible? Those are good things. Those are great things, but they have the end goal of her flourishing in her walk and her love for Christ in her love for you and the love for the kids. Love for the church. Encompasses so much more. And I think that better encapsulates the goal that Paul's after. Yep. I would agree. He addresses children and parents, bond, servants, and masters, and then the armor of God text here. Um, which again, I think the most important thing here and it's come up a lot recently just in my own heart and my own mind. Our battle is not against flesh and blood. I think that's so important for us to remember as those that are ambassadors and witnesses for Christ in the world around us. Your battle is not against the neighbor that is obnoxious. Your battle is not against your family member. Your battle is not against your coworker. You're not, your battle is not against the postman. You're your battle is against the spiritual forces at work in this present darkness. And you need the armor of God to do that. Paul lays out what that armor is. Remember the only offensive weapon that we have. Well, I would take that back. I think there's two offensive weapons. One is not necessarily listed as a weapon, but there's two offensive weapons that we have. One is the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God. The Bible. Make sure that you are in the word daily. Take that up. It's your weapon. And then I think the second one is what he says right after that, praying at all times in the spirit. I think we have two office and offensive weapons though. Prayer is not given a particular piece of the armor, but it's right there on the tail end of this. And I think it is part of it as well. Uh, prayer can be an offensive weapon for us as well as we are looking to stand against the schemes of the enemy. Well, let's pray. And then we are done with this. I know we left so much on the shelf. And we apologize for that. And yet at the same time, Uh, you don't want us to go for, for three hours on a podcast? Sorry, not sorry. Yeah. That we want to be a church that, uh, lives out these things well. And, uh, I pray that as our people read this epistle, the things that we weren't able to get to or didn't talk about, or didn't flush out enough, I pray that you would, um, just draw those out for them as they read them. And by your spirit, uh, Caused them to understand these texts in these truths and where they need to apply things in their life. Got approved for strong marriages in our church. I pray for Ephesians five marriages in our church where. This paradigm would not be a source of conflict, or what about this situation or that situation or this scenario? Because husbands and wives are both loving each other the way that you've called them to. And when that happens, it works. And it's a beautiful thing and there's not conflict and there's not, um, Uh, thinking that this is unfair, this is wrong, or this is a patriarchal or anything like it. This just works as it, as it is lived out in obedience. And so I pray for godly husbands who love their wives, sacrificially and wives who submit to their husbands as to the Lord, and that you would create strong and godly marriages and families in our church. And so we need that. God will be more effective as a church if we have that. And we pray this in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. All right. Y'all keep her in your Bibles and tune in again tomorrow for another edition of the daily Bible podcast.