[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.32,0:00:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This comes from Alvarina. Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.69,0:00:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she asks this question: Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.15,0:00:15.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If I broke up with my boyfriend Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.05,0:00:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he stopped being a Christian, Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.67,0:00:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it ok to wait for him Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.98,0:00:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,till he comes back to Christ, Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.46,0:00:29.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or do I have to move on?" Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.05,0:00:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It sounds kind of high school, right? Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.68,0:00:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If I broke up with my boyfriend Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.53,0:00:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he stopped being a Christian Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.26,0:00:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it ok to wait for him Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.64,0:00:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,till he comes back to Christ, Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.31,0:00:42.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or do I have to move on?" Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.57,0:00:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I hear a question like that, Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.96,0:00:51.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my first thing is not yes or no. Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.23,0:00:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My first thought is, Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.47,0:00:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where is this girl going to church? Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.32,0:01:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What kind of pastor is she sitting under? Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.02,0:01:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is she going to church? Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.10,0:01:04.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If she is, what is she getting taught? Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.51,0:01:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who are her parents? Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.29,0:01:08.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are her parents allowing her to do? Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.65,0:01:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are they teaching her? Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.45,0:01:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are the first questions \Nthat come into my mind. Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.23,0:01:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If I broke up with my boyfriend Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.11,0:01:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he stopped being a Christian, Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.28,0:01:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it ok to wait for him Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.07,0:01:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,till he comes back to Christ, Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.02,0:01:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or do I have to move on?" Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.08,0:01:27.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, in that question, Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.69,0:01:30.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she kind of sees Christianity as something Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.55,0:01:33.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you pop in and pop out of. Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.59,0:01:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, he's a Christian, and then... Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.54,0:01:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he stopped being a Christian. Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.12,0:01:40.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And maybe he'll just pop back in Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.63,0:01:42.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he'll become a Christian again. Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.78,0:01:45.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, should I wait for him? Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.07,0:01:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get the picture of what's going on. Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.00,0:01:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what is it to be a Christian? Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.98,0:01:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think if this was a young lady Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.56,0:01:53.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the church, Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.69,0:01:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she sat down with me, Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.67,0:01:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she'd just come Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.62,0:01:58.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or her family had moved here Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.01,0:01:59.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or however - she came with a friend. Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.83,0:02:01.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she asked this question. Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.43,0:02:03.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the first thing Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.49,0:02:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would want to ask Alvarina is Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.78,0:02:09.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you have a good idea Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.34,0:02:12.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what it is to be a Christian? Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.05,0:02:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the thing that came to my mind Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.21,0:02:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is being a Christian is miraculous. Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.71,0:02:22.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's supernatural. Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.45,0:02:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a mighty work of God. Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.07,0:02:26.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's permanent. Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.35,0:02:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, truly being a Christian\Nis permanent. Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.58,0:02:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This "you're in, you're out" Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.41,0:02:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we know people can make Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.70,0:02:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,false professions, Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.80,0:02:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we know people can \Ncome face to face with truth. Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.13,0:02:38.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we know people can claim\Nto be a Christian today Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.24,0:02:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make shipwreck tomorrow. Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.72,0:02:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But one of the things that you see Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.24,0:02:43.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Scripture is to once have been Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.05,0:02:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that light and depart from it Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.10,0:02:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is extremely dangerous. Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.26,0:02:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like the seed that comes up Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.04,0:02:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the persecution comes Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.22,0:02:53.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and away it goes. Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.51,0:02:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Making shipwreck of the faith. Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.16,0:02:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were there and they're not there. Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.61,0:02:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Demas never comes back again. Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.04,0:02:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Judas never comes back again. Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.75,0:03:01.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a point of no return Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.27,0:03:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we see in Hebrews 6. Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.74,0:03:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All these things about this flippant view Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.88,0:03:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Christian - you're in, you're out,\Nyou're exposed to the truth, Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.25,0:03:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're back and forth, Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.42,0:03:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you claim to be a Christian, Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.88,0:03:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're not a Christian. Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.04,0:03:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's kind of missing the supernatural Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.38,0:03:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flavor of what Christianity's all about. Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.97,0:03:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean as I'm thinking about it, Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.04,0:03:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a series of texts start coming Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.86,0:03:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through my mind Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.18,0:03:30.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just about Christianity. Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.13,0:03:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first thing I think of is that text Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.80,0:03:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right out of Jonah; Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.20,0:03:35.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,salvation is of the Lord, Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.91,0:03:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not something men do, Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.17,0:03:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not just this decision. Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.74,0:03:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, men make decisions, Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.84,0:03:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's not basically, ultimately Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.01,0:03:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the level of decisions of mankind. Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.12,0:03:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's at the decision of God. Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.50,0:03:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Salvation is of the Lord. Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.60,0:03:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you've got, of course, John 1:12-13, Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.25,0:04:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that says that we were born of God, Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.06,0:04:04.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.33,0:04:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor of the will of man, but of God. Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.14,0:04:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is something that God does. Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.88,0:04:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A text very much like it in Romans 9. Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.78,0:04:11.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says to Moses, Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.65,0:04:13.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will have mercy upon whom\NI will have mercy; Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.89,0:04:16.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will have compassion upon whom\NI will have compassion. Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.37,0:04:18.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that it depends not on human will Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.21,0:04:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or exertion, but on God who has mercy. Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.46,0:04:24.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought of Hebrews 7. Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.09,0:04:26.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ saving to the uttermost. Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.13,0:04:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This picture of Christianity: Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.08,0:04:30.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, we're kind of in, we're kind of out, Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.09,0:04:31.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're in, we're out, we're in... Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.87,0:04:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back and forth. Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.51,0:04:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being saved to the uttermost, Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.54,0:04:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's complete; that's permanent. Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.35,0:04:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says eternal life. Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.18,0:04:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I give them eternal life. Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.64,0:04:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says all that the Father gives Me, Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.08,0:04:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where is that, John 6:39? Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.18,0:04:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All that the Father gives Me, Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.68,0:04:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says He's not going \Nto lose any of them. Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.68,0:04:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He says He's going\Nto raise them up Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.56,0:04:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the last day. Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.62,0:04:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says He gives them eternal life. Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.69,0:04:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where is that? John 3:36. Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.94,0:04:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you believe in the Son, Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.55,0:05:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have eternal life. Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.44,0:05:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eternal life is eternal. Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.80,0:05:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't go away. Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.80,0:05:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we know men make shipwreck Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.97,0:05:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the faith. Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.84,0:05:09.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know people take Christianity Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.05,0:05:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a flippant way, Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.50,0:05:11.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we know they do that. Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.93,0:05:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's what's going on here. Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.21,0:05:19.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,True Christianity is permanent. Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.45,0:05:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,True Christianity doesn't go away. Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.04,0:05:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought of the text in 2 Corinthians Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.62,0:05:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about being a new creation. Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.72,0:05:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're a new creation,\Nyou're a new creation, Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.20,0:05:33.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you don't get uncreated. Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.71,0:05:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When God creates something, Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.21,0:05:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's created. Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.36,0:05:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't stop being created. Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.88,0:05:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't go into oblivion. Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.22,0:05:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not like He created today, Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.76,0:05:43.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you're not created tomorrow, Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.63,0:05:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you can come back Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.97,0:05:46.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be created again, Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.03,0:05:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're just going back and forth Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.40,0:05:49.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in and out of being this new creation. Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.37,0:05:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,None of that. Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.03,0:05:54.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, I was thinking, Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.24,0:05:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I actually sat down \Nwith this young lady, Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.78,0:05:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd be saying, Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.64,0:06:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have you even been taught Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.86,0:06:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what true Christianity is? Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.36,0:06:04.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The radical nature; Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.03,0:06:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the miraculous, the mighty nature, Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.30,0:06:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the permanent nature of what it is Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.52,0:06:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be a true Christian, Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.90,0:06:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have you experienced this yourself? Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.40,0:06:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you viewing Christianity Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.02,0:06:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way you are Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.18,0:06:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because perhaps you're not even aware Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.44,0:06:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yourself of what this looks like. Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.18,0:06:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then I thought, too, Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.20,0:06:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she uses this term, Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.20,0:06:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"broke up with my boyfriend." Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.22,0:06:40.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Broke up with my boyfriend." Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.92,0:06:43.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you guys think\Nabout that terminology? Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.51,0:06:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you think about a girl\Nbreaking up with her boyfriend? Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.62,0:06:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You got any thoughts, Abraham? Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.84,0:06:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You start thinking, Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.94,0:06:59.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think about the relationships Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.83,0:07:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between a man and a woman Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.92,0:07:04.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Scripture. Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.25,0:07:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find three God-condoned, Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.88,0:07:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,appropriate relationships Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.30,0:07:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between men and women. Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.01,0:07:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you tell me what they are? Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.92,0:07:22.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Marriage. Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.81,0:07:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You won't find courtship in there. Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.03,0:07:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you find? Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.06,0:07:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Betrothal. Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.64,0:07:32.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Betrothal's in the Bible.\N Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.82,0:07:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then what else? Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.90,0:07:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the third relationship? Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.44,0:07:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(from the room) Father and daughter? Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.70,0:07:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim: I'm just talking about\Na man and a woman. Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.93,0:07:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, there's brother/sister, Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.86,0:07:53.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,father/daughter, Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.19,0:07:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's all those relationships, Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.04,0:07:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I mean, father/daughter Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.01,0:08:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would fall into this category, Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.84,0:08:03.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but young men and young women here, Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.51,0:08:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's appropriate for you to be married, Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.40,0:08:08.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's appropriate, perhaps, for \Nyou to be in a betrothal Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.61,0:08:10.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you're headed to marriage, Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.15,0:08:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what would be \Nthe third that's appropriate? Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.34,0:08:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, you live together in the same world, Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.64,0:08:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in the same church \Nor in the same society Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.12,0:08:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're pure. Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.09,0:08:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are the three \NGod-condoned relationships Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.62,0:08:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between a man and a woman. Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.20,0:08:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you think about marriage. Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.06,0:08:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Marriage. Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.56,0:08:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we're talking about intimacy, Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.55,0:08:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is no other place Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.05,0:08:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where intimacy is condoned in Scripture, Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.14,0:08:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other than marriage. Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.92,0:08:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Proverbs 5:18 Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.92,0:08:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let your fountain be blessed; Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.33,0:08:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rejoice in the wife of your youth; Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.98,0:08:48.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lovely deer, a graceful doe, Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.46,0:08:50.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let her breasts fill you at all times Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.33,0:08:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with delight, Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.22,0:08:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be intoxicated always in her love. Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.86,0:08:54.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got 1 Corinthians 7:2, Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.93,0:08:57.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of temptation \Nto sexual immorality, Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.15,0:09:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each man should have his own wife Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.09,0:09:01.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and each woman her own husband. Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.65,0:09:03.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got Hebrews 13:4, Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.44,0:09:06.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let marriage be held in honor among all Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.05,0:09:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let the marriage bed be undefiled, Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.64,0:09:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for God will judge the sexually\Nimmoral and adulterous. Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.62,0:09:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clearly, the author of Hebrews \Nis saying this: Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.00,0:09:17.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The marriage bed is the only place Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.65,0:09:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of intimacy condoned by God. Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.05,0:09:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything else falls into that category Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.80,0:09:25.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of being that which is sexually immoral\N Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.84,0:09:28.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and adulterous and those that \NGod is going to judge. Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.33,0:09:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, we see betrothal in Scripture Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.92,0:09:33.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which might be akin to engagement Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.32,0:09:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our time. Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.51,0:09:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.29,0:09:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both of them involve a commitment Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.92,0:09:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and both of them are headed to marriage. Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.98,0:09:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And both of them are to be Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.77,0:09:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,radically pure, Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.37,0:09:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because only the marriage bed Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.23,0:09:49.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the place where God \Nallows that intimacy. Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.69,0:09:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And God is very serious about that. Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.78,0:09:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can look at Joseph in the New Testament Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.07,0:09:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,acting as a righteous man Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.67,0:09:58.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he's ready to put Mary away Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.15,0:10:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of some perceived infidelity Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.79,0:10:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on his part when they were in Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.85,0:10:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this betrothal period. Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.15,0:10:05.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But under Moses, Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.09,0:10:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was very pronounced. Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.01,0:10:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Deuteronomy 22:23 Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.98,0:10:12.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there is a betrothed virgin Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.37,0:10:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a man meets her in the city Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.98,0:10:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lies with her, \Nthen you shall bring Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.83,0:10:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them both out to the gate of that city, Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.74,0:10:19.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you shall stone them to death Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.99,0:10:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with stones. Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.33,0:10:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The young woman because she did not Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.04,0:10:24.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cry for help, \Nthough she was in the city; Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.100,0:10:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the man, because he violated Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.92,0:10:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his neighbor's wife. Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.16,0:10:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you shall purge \Nthe evil from your midst. Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.47,0:10:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If in the open country, a man meets Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.56,0:10:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a young woman who is betrothed Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.02,0:10:35.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the man seizes her \Nand lies with her Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.94,0:10:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then only the man who lay with her Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.78,0:10:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shall die. Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.36,0:10:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This betrothal period - it even inter-uses Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.73,0:10:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,betrothal and marriage, Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.23,0:10:47.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was something that you Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.91,0:10:49.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually had to have a divorce to break. Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.83,0:10:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was that permanent. Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.04,0:10:53.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our engagments, although they involve Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.34,0:10:55.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a token of that pledge Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.51,0:10:56.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a ring typically, Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.93,0:10:58.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's a commitment, Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.79,0:11:00.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and usually when there's an engagement Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.68,0:11:02.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a marriage date set.\N Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.15,0:11:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we don't count it as binding Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.68,0:11:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our society. Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.75,0:11:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But nevertheless, it's a \Nperiod of commitment. Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.16,0:11:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Marriage is the goal. Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.98,0:11:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And absolute purity is to be maintained. Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.49,0:11:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other one is where you're just Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.04,0:11:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,existing side-by-side. Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.11,0:11:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're friends. Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.96,0:11:23.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or maybe you're not friends. Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.51,0:11:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it's a father/daughter; Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.23,0:11:27.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe it's a brother/sister; whatever. Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.37,0:11:32.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every other relationship is single Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.41,0:11:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pursuing purity. Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.42,0:11:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess one of the parties Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.76,0:11:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or both of the parties could be married, Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.90,0:11:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we're talking about the specific Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.18,0:11:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relationship between any man Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.64,0:11:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and any woman. Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.56,0:11:55.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we're doing is we're answering Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.33,0:11:58.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the question that \Nthis young lady has posed. Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.13,0:12:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And look, she's talking about Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.34,0:12:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"if I broke up with my boyfriend..." Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.13,0:12:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what does breaking up with a boyfriend Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.35,0:12:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even look like? Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.49,0:12:07.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it's a very worldly terminology. Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.71,0:12:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the idea of dating, boyfriends, Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.08,0:12:13.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going out, casual dating, going steady, Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.71,0:12:14.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever. Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.69,0:12:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's lots of different \Nways that it's said today. Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.32,0:12:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's this idea that I specifically Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.90,0:12:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have a relationship with \Nthis person over here Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.80,0:12:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with no commitment. Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.24,0:12:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not headed towards marriage. Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.26,0:12:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not married. Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.21,0:12:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not getting married. Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.80,0:12:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do they do that? Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.40,0:12:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do they want? Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.30,0:12:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, they want something from the other Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.80,0:12:41.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,person without commitment. Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.95,0:12:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's basically what is wanted. Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.63,0:12:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Typically, in our society today, Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.42,0:12:49.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it runs into enjoying the fullness Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.37,0:12:52.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all the intimacy that \Nis had in marriage Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.09,0:12:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's just done without any commitment. Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.66,0:12:55.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's done in high school, Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.87,0:12:57.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's done in middle school. Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.31,0:12:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what Scripture says Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.44,0:13:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is you have this spoken to Timothy, Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.76,0:13:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"do not rebuke an older man," Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.25,0:13:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 1 Timothy 5:1-2. Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.52,0:13:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do not rebuke an older man, Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.97,0:13:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but encourage him as you would a father; Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.90,0:13:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,younger men as brothers; Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.47,0:13:13.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,older women as mothers." Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.84,0:13:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Timothy, this is how you're Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.38,0:13:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supposed to deal - Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.47,0:13:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Timothy is a young man; Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.78,0:13:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is how you deal with young women. Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.78,0:13:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How? Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.63,0:13:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In all purity. Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.19,0:13:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want a blanket statement Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.62,0:13:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the apostle as to how Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.12,0:13:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,young men and young women Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.38,0:13:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are not engaged Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.40,0:13:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and headed towards marriage; Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.81,0:13:32.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are not in marriage. Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.35,0:13:34.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, even if you are engaged, Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.19,0:13:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this is the kind of summary statement. Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.86,0:13:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Purity, purity, purity. Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.28,0:13:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All purity. Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.48,0:13:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1 Timothy 2:22 Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.54,0:13:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So flee youthful passions; Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.28,0:13:45.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.65,0:13:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along with those who call on the Lord Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.43,0:13:48.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a pure heart." Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.53,0:13:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, you have 1 Corinthians 6:18 Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.99,0:13:53.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that says, "Flee from sexual immorality." Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.87,0:13:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, my point to Alvarina, Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.46,0:14:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listen, it's like she's saying this: Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.28,0:14:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, I thought this guy was a Christian, Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.08,0:14:06.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had to break up with him Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.28,0:14:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he stopped being a Christian. Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.36,0:14:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it ok for me to wait for him Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.10,0:14:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come back to Christ?" Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.29,0:14:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To do what? Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.32,0:14:16.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, so that she can \Ngo out with him again. Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.07,0:14:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or do I have to move on? Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.52,0:14:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Move on to what? Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.70,0:14:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some other guy Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.02,0:14:21.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that professes to be a Christian. Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.93,0:14:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She really needs a pastor, Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.83,0:14:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she needs a father or mother Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.32,0:14:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in her life that's telling her, Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.08,0:14:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look, this isn't even an acceptable Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.35,0:14:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of relationship before the Lord. Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.79,0:14:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Lord wants purity. Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.46,0:14:39.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What in the world kind of \Nrelationship are you getting into Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.21,0:14:41.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and why are you getting into it?\NWhat does it mean? Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.35,0:14:43.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go out on dates? Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.100,0:14:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's totally inappropriate. Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.07,0:14:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not specified in Scripture. Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.38,0:14:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no such recognized Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.80,0:14:53.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relationships like this \Nthat God gives to us. Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.60,0:14:55.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only one where any kind of intimacy Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.50,0:14:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is accepted in Scripture \Nis the marriage bed Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.06,0:14:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everything else is to be kept Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.77,0:15:01.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,absolutely pure. Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.49,0:15:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything else. Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.46,0:15:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, there needs to be a fleeing Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.72,0:15:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from youthful passions, Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.11,0:15:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a fleeing from sexual immorality, Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.57,0:15:11.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and certainly, we know it, Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.51,0:15:15.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can be blind and you understand, Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.45,0:15:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that all this casual dating \Nthat's going on Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.10,0:15:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our world, Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.98,0:15:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all this going out and going steady, Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.77,0:15:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and having this girlfriend/boyfriend stuff. Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.23,0:15:27.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even down into probably \Nelementary schools now Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.39,0:15:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's leading to all manner \Nof sexual immorality, Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.54,0:15:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all sorts of wickedness. Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.90,0:15:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's done for a reason. Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.67,0:15:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most of us here were lost Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.30,0:15:39.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are first generation Christians. Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.07,0:15:41.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were lost when we \Nwere in elementary school Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.74,0:15:43.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and middle school and high school, Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.55,0:15:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we know exactly what it's all about. Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.50,0:15:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know. Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.03,0:15:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I hope we don't have any parents Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.53,0:15:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this church that would ever condone Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.65,0:15:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that kind of relationship between Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.72,0:16:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,young people. Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.76,0:16:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So anyway, that's basically how I would Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.12,0:16:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,answer Alvarina if I \Nwas able to sit with her Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.05,0:16:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,face to face. Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.19,0:16:13.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God wants a commitment in relationships. Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.63,0:16:14.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.71,0:16:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because ultimately what \Nthis leads to is marriage, Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.66,0:16:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is what? Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.56,0:16:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a foreshadowing of Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.84,0:16:23.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the relationship between Jesus Christ\Nand the church. Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.87,0:16:31.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our Lord has relationship with people Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.29,0:16:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by way of covenant. Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.51,0:16:36.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's committed. Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.57,0:16:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's all out committed to that relationship. Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.93,0:16:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's the only kind that is Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.20,0:16:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,honoring to God. Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.04,0:16:51.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything else is dishonoring.