Adult Sunday School - Marriage And Threefold Office of Christ

Heavenly Father, thank you for this morning. I pray that you would bless our study of your word and Christ. Threefold office. And how it applies to marriage in Jesus name. Amen. All right, so as I mentioned last week today we will be looking at the.

Not sure how you pronounce Latin that well, but I think it's pronounced munis triplex meaning is threefold office of prophet priest and King. So we've been going through what's known as the historia salutis the history of salvation.

All the way from election moving forward to calling moving forward to The incarnation and then Jesus's earthly ministry and now we're looking at the threefold office. And so one question that might arise here is Why would we look at the threefold office at this point.

Doesn't isn't that something that's established at his resurrection? Isn't that something that's established once he becomes King, you know declared in the resurrection. His threefold offices his threefold office begins in his earthly ministry, and I'm gonna spend a probably.

Too much time, but I'm gonna spend some time. Explaining that his office begins his threefold office begins even in his earthly ministry. Not just once he's declared the Son of God by the resurrection.

All right, so Jesus spoke of himself as a prophet from the earliest days of his ministry. Matthew 13 57. It says. And they were offended by him. But Jesus said to them a prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.

So Jesus identifies himself as a prophet. His disciples identify him as a prophet. John 9. John 9 17 they say therefore to the blind man again. Why do you say of him? That he opened your eyes and he said he is a prophet.

Oh, what do you say of him that he opened your eyes and he said he is a prophet. Luke 24 19. And he said to them what things. And they said to him these the things concerning Jesus the Nazarene. It was a prophet mighty indeed and word before God and all the people.

And so many others identified him as a prophet as well in John 4 the woman at the well says sir I perceive your prophet. Josh were you gonna? Right. Yeah to speak with that kind of authority. Definitely and that kind of authority seemed to be even beyond the authority that John the Baptist had as a prophet.

You know, that's something even more than a prophet. He's speaking, you know, especially as the Son of God. Luke 7 16. Fear took hold on all and they glorified God and said a great prophet is arisen among us and God has visited his people.

Matthew 21 11. And the multitude said this is the Prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee. John 6 14. John 7 40. Once again, you have multitudes calling him the prophet who has come into the world. Any questions about Jesus prophetic office beginning during his earthly ministry that one's a little more obvious than some of the others.

Any questions? Yes. This is truly the prophet that's coming to the world. Yes 1818 yes. Yes, I believe I have that written down here somewhere. It is 1818. Yes. Yeah, Deuteronomy 1818. Yeah, so there's a prophecy.

There's a prophecy that God would raise up a prophet like Moses and Jesus is that prophet? All right now what about Jesus priesthood. Now, yeah, can you think of any verses that talk about you as being a priest during his earthly ministry?

This is Much less explicit and there's a there's a reason why it wouldn't be they they don't have a category back then for there being a prophet. Not from Levi. Right a prophet from Judah. This is This is not something that's so expected.

It's only something that's explained and understood. Later on does someone want to volunteer to read Hebrews 7 14 through 17. Okay. Thanks. We get a mic up here Hebrews 7 14 through 17 and here's a mic for you.

17 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Judah which of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning Priesthood and it is yet far more evident for that after the similitude of Melchizedek There ariseth another priest who is made not after the law of a carnal commandment But after the power of an endless life for he testifieth thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

Okay. Thanks. All right. I'm gonna do a microphone swap here myself. I Undrills you see people do you know where they like. Take the gun apart and then put it back together as fast as I can. All right.

So yeah, it's not without reason that John 17 is called the high priestly prayer. Jesus priestly office. Well, it's not as explicit for those reasons stated does begin during his earthly ministry. Yes, right.

Yeah. Yeah, it is the priestly duty. They have to go to the priest to be declared clean and yeah. And he was doing that. Right. I think there's at least one time where he gives instruction for them to go to the priest.

So they still have to they have still have to do that. Right, right. Yeah. Okay, and now the timing of his kingship. All right Matthew 2 to all the way from the beginning from his birth. Where is he who is born King of the Jews?

But we saw his star in the east and have come to worship him. And at the beginning of his ministry Nathaniel answered him rabbi. You are the Son of God. You are King of Israel. You know these people identifying him as the Son of God that that is what they are identifying him.

They're identifying him as the king you see in Psalm 2. The mention of the Son of God the anointed this is something that is. This is the role of the king. So those aren't those aren't two different things son of God and King those really are the people understood the Son of God is the king.

That is coming. So in as much as people are recognizing him as the Son of God. They are recognizing him as king. And then you have his triumphal entry in Jerusalem. Now this happened that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet saying Tell you the daughter of Zion behold your king comes to you meek and riding on a donkey on a colt the foal of a Donkey that was Matthew 21 4 through 5 and then Luke 19 37 through 38 says much of the same.

Quoting the psalm saying blessed is the king that comes in the name of the Lord. Peace in heaven and glory in the highest and then of course that is crucifixion. Now Jesus stood before the governor and the governor asked him saying are you the king of the Jews and Jesus said to him you say it.

And this is in the other synoptics as well. And then Matthew 27 37. Famous thing written above his his head on the cross. This is Jesus the king of the Jews, right? So people are recognizing him as king even during his earthly ministry all these offices start in his earthly ministry.

They're not just Things that happened after the resurrection he's prophet priest and king from the beginning and. And when I say from the beginning I don't necessarily mean from the beginning of his life even though he's identified as the king.

At his birth by the wise men. But specifically like if you think about the term Christ or Messiah, which means anointed, you know. He is anointed for these particular offices. When does that anointing take place?

It seems very apparent that that is take what's taking place at his at his baptism. Oh, I don't know all I know is the. They objected that they wanted to say this is he who calls himself king of the Jews or said he was king of the Jews.

And then they responded, you know, whatever it never written. So it's already stated, all right, okay, so so he is anointed at his baptism. Jesus also having been baptized and praying the heavens were open and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form.

As a dove on him and the voice came out of heaven. You are my beloved son in whom I am well pleased. So when it repeatedly speaks of him as being anointed by the Spirit. When did that happen happened at his baptism in particular?

Luke 4 18 the Spirit of the Lord is on me because he has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recover bring a sight to the blind set free those who are bruised.

Okay. So yeah, you have the Spirit of God on him at his baptism and it's after that that he begins his earthly ministry. You know, he doesn't begin his earthly ministry as a teenager. He begins it after his baptism after he's been anointed to do that work to fulfill these offices of being a prophet priest and king.

Okay. All right. All right. Now, let's look at each of these offices. Uh and consider how if we are, you know, if we are supposed to read, uh, Ephesians 5 and that teaches us that Christ as Savior Christ as head of the church is supposed to inform us about marriage because there is an organic union there not just an artificial observation of analogy.

Right. How do those offices then apply? To the relationship between a husband and wife. And they should apply. I've I heard for a long time people make these statements about husband being, you know. Like a prophet priest and king of his home.

I always thought that was just so weird I'm like, why does the bible talk about that this but then when you realize I don't know the bible is saying that there is A there's an organic connection between the relationship between christ and the church and between a husband and his wife and that this is the primary way in which Christ relates to the church.

In these offices. Well, then really it must have some bearing on on marriage. Okay, so, uh, so prophet hood uh. As josh mentioned deuteronomy 18 18 says I will raise them up a prophet from among the brothers like you.

And I will put my words in his mouth and I will speak to them all that I will command him. And later on in acts 322 in acts 737. This is confirmed by the apostles that this prophecy is fulfilled particularly in jesus.

All right so, uh. Yeah as prophet jesus speaks the message of god for the good of church the church the husband likewise should speak God's word for the good of his wife. And that notion of prophethood might seem foreign to marriage.

But once again, we have this union here between the two given to us in ephesians 5. Husbands love your wives even as christ also loved the church and gave himself up for it that he might sanctify it. Having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word.

And this is even one of the examples given in that chapter is the cleansing by the washing of the water of the word. Uh, if that is something that is to be emulated Uh this prophetic ministry of christ with the word Uh, then it should be emulated in marriage as well in this this passage.

It's talking about marriage. So How does the husband do that? Well, his leadership should be informed by biblical direction. He should be using the word of god to lead the family. And also he should be.

The the role of a prophet is to to reveal god through the word of god and Uh, this is this is what he should be doing as well. Not only by emulating christ, but by speaking his word. Consider john 1 18.

It says no man has seen god at any time. The only begotten son who is in the bosom of the father. He has declared him. Okay, so no one has seen god but jesus came as a prophet to reveal who he is and Husbands likewise should be doing that for their wives and emulating christ.

Uh, and we have obviously. The way that that's being done is only analogous. It's not. You know, it's not exactly in the same category or anything, but we see this confirmed in first john also that uh I believe it's first john 2 where it speaks of.

And I actually have this bookmark because i'm gonna quote it in my sermon later. But first john 2 9, uh, 2 10 says whoever loves his. No, excuse me, uh 3 14. That's not it either. Sorry. It is 4 12. Uh, no one has ever seen god if we love one another god abides in us and his love is perfected in us.

So no one's seen god, but god abides in us. God abides in us if we love one another and so we are revealing god to one another by Our love and this this is what makes the rest of this passage makes sense.

Maybe you've struggled with this verse here that says. If anyone says I love god and hates his brother. He is a liar for he who does not love his brother whom he hasn't has seen cannot love god whom he has not seen.

Now maybe you've struggled with that verse because it sounds like it's saying. Well, it's easier to love someone who you can see than to love someone who you can't see. And I don't I don't know if that's true because when I see you I see all your faults.

It's a lot easier to love somebody that you don't know and you've got this idea this idealized version of them. You know, it's a lot a lot easier to love someone you don't see in some ways. What this is saying connecting this to the to the verse just slightly before.

Is if no one can see god, but he dwells in us when we love one another. Then the the most visible way that you can see god the most visible representation of him you have is one another. Right, and if you claim to love god, but then not love the other and that is god the visible representation of god to you in the church.

Is one another as we love one another then how can you really love god because he's there abiding in in the brothers? So anyway, this is this is a duty of all christians to all christians to reveal god to one another.

This is not something exclusive to husbands, but there is a particular way that husbands are supposed to do it in emulating christ. By pointing to the pointing to the father. Or pointing to christ as as he points to the father.

Uh, right, so all the all the leadership should be should be led by biblical priorities. Yeah using the word applying the word as appropriate. Well family worship would be part of it. Right. Yeah, and and as needed, um as needed.

It's not a yeah, there's nothing nothing wrong with that. Our confession says and i'm gonna if you want to Turn in your hand note to that because i'm going to quote this several times. Uh, this is on page 675 and by 675.

I mean the page number not the hymn number. So i'm going to quote this a few times throughout this lesson. Yeah 675. This is second london baptist confession 8 .10. This describes christ prophetic or christ's offices.

Says the number and order of offices is necessary for in respect of our ignorance. We stand in need of his prophetical office in respect of our alienation from god and imperfection. Of the best of our services.

We need his priestly office to reconcile us and present us acceptable unto god. And in respect of our averseness and utter inability to return to god and for our rescue and security from our spiritual adversaries.

We need his kingly office to convince subdue draw uphold deliver and preserve us to his heavenly kingdom so. Just considering the prophetic portion of that. For in respect of our ignorance. We stand in need of his prophetic office because we are ignorant.

We need we need him to Reveal god to us. We need him to uh Declare what's true now. Now, how does that apply to marriage? Are we saying that? A wife typically is relatively ignorant regarding god. The bible does not shy away from from saying this.

First timothy 2 12 through 14 says. But I permit not a woman to teach nor to have dominion over a man but in but to be in quietness for adam was formed first then eve. And adam was not deceived but the woman being deceived has fallen into transgressions.

Into transgressions so there is between husband and wife a relative ignorance that Requires the husband to play this role. Like I said scripture is not shying away from that now. Does that mean that? Uh between.

Every woman this is like strength you ever hear these conversations right where? Like men are generally stronger than women like that's just a it's just a known fact. But not every single man is stronger than every single woman.

That's not that's not the claim that's being made here. But the claim is there is a particular role of the man. To be because the way god has created men that even if you have a disparity in their strength.

The man is still called to be the protector provider, etc. And if he's not doing that, he's not really doing his job as a husband even if there is uh some reason that it would be more difficult to him, you know something to consider when uh entering a marriage is those disparities that Would make it harder for the man to do his job as the man.

But this is true of uh of ignorance as well when it comes to when it comes to religion. So uh. Yeah, and so there's a lot of there are a lot of husbands who don't feel confident because because their wives might know more About scripture than them and so they end up, you know, when it comes to something like family worship.

They have their wife lead family worship. They have their wife read they have their wife, you know, do the prayers, etc. Because maybe their wives are at that moment better equipped but the reality is that god has created men to do that role and they naturally uh have the Capacity to grow in that to fulfill this role of a husband and so they they should wherever there's a lack.

Uh, the husband ought to grow and any woman who's in a relationship where that disparity exists. Uh should be patient with her husband and uh and encourage him. And have a willingness to be taught by him.

Even if there is uh, like I said a disparity that's not conducive to this. Um. To this role just like if you had you know. Very very similar analogy just like if you have a woman who's much stronger than the husband.

He's still supposed to Play the role of a husband and be a provider. Um, and it's not uh, this doesn't absolve him of the duty. Yes. So Dignity yeah. Right, well, yeah, he should be going to you know other men in his church being led by them.

Uh, even his wife could you know tell him? Uh. What she knows in order to help him, uh get started, but he needs to be playing out that right? That's Right, right, right and that's what happened for you, right?

Yeah good, um, yeah and once again something to consider when making that pairing, you know a People are so concerned about the very visible things like like an age difference, right? You know men typically want to be older than the the woman etc and All that's important only because it's a proxy of these other kinds of real maturities, right?

Um. If you if you have that age gap, but then actually, you know, the maturity disparity is in reverse. It's not conducive to the man being able to play this role that he is supposed to that he is supposed to enact um.

So not saying that you can't, you know learn to thrive in that situation, but it does make it more difficult. And so it's something that's important to consider is that is the relative maturity is the man prepared to lead spiritually?

Prophetically. You know using that word loosely obviously it's not uh inspired prophecy or anything that a man would speak. Yeah, and then. You know, I mentioned patience and the willingness to be taught by him first corinthians 14 35.

And if they would learn anything let them ask their own husbands at home, you know, you have you have this pictured in scripture. All right. Secondly, uh priesthood or any any questions about prophethood before we move on to priesthood.

Yes. Oh first corinthians 14 35 a all right priesthood. So jesus is not merely a prophet but a priest. Hebrews 3 1 says therefore holy brothers partakers of a heavenly calling consider the apostle and high priest of our confession.

That is jesus now. We have one mediator between god and man according to first timothy 2 5 for there's one god one mediator also between god and man himself man christ jesus. So once again when we're talking about when we apply this to others and speak of Priestly role we're not talking about this.

We're talking about this analogously. This is not the same category. Uh, no one stands in as a gateway To god other than jesus christ, so um, yeah, it doesn't matter. Uh. Yeah, it doesn't matter who you are.

You don't uh, you don't have to go to a priest. You don't have to go through your husband. You don't have to go through etc. But all that being said, um. Yeah, and most protestant churches apart from even uh apart from anglicans.

I'm not sure of any others Don't call their pastors priests. Why. Because we're not. We're not mediators in that sense. Even if we play a priestly role. You know, we are not uh and praying for the congregation and things like that.

We are not uh, We're not gateways to god. So that you would have to go through us in order to have your sins forgiven and things like that. But that's why roman catholicism, you know, they call their priests priests.

Because yeah, you've got to go to them in order to have your sins forgiven. They really are a gateway to god. Right. Yeah, they do they do call them father. Um. That one I I it's certainly awkward in our context, but that one I don't have as much problem with because When jesus is called no man father, uh, he's making a broader Principle about the kind of respect that we're supposed to have that should not trump our respect to god.

And obviously we don't take that to refer to our human fathers. Even though jesus is applying it so broadly like I call my human father father Paul called himself a father of the corinthians. Right and actually actually scripture Refers to david as a father.

It refers to any authority figure actually as a father so jesus is making a um Jesus is making a point that I don't think has to be Applied to literally such that we can't even call our own father fathers or acknowledge some of the fatherly relationships that scripture has like like paul or um, or david.

So I don't yes. Right because you have one father in heaven the idea being that that Similar to when jesus says you have to hate your own father and mother, you know, you've. This trumps everything else, you know this relationship with god so um.

Yeah, I find a lot of their Uh those practices distasteful including calling the priest father because of uh what it entails but I but I Can't in principle object to it On its own because you even see it practiced in scripture by the disciples.

Yeah um yeah, jesus says as uh Priest right and so yeah analogously husbands play a priestly role. For their families they they speak to god. So a prophet's job is to speak to the people on behalf of god a priest's role is speak to god on behalf of the people.

Right. It's the other direction of that communication. And the husband is tasked with speaking to god on behalf of their families their their wives and their children. Um, and there's a lot of examples in this of this in scripture, but i'll just give three of them.

Genesis 25 21. And isaac entreated jehovah for his wife because she was barren and jehovah was entreated of him and rebecca his wife conceived. Luke 1 13. But the angel said to him do not be afraid zechariah because your supplication is heard.

And your wife elizabeth will bear you a son and you shall call his name john so him praying on behalf of his wife uh, joe 1 5 and it was so. When the days of their feasting, uh, this is speaking of job's children.

When the days of their feasting were gone about that job sent and sanctified them. And rose up early in the morning and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all for job said. It may be that my sons have sinned and renounced god in their hearts.

Thus job did continually. So there's a number of examples in scripture of fathers in particular playing this priestly role for their family of Speaking with god on their behalf. And then we even have paul Speaking this way in first timothy 2 and first timothy 2.

And i'm i'm going to turn there to make sure I get uh the context. Because this is talking about the roles of men and women. All right, he says in first timothy 2. Uh verse 8 I desire then that in every place the men should pray lifting up holy hands without anger or quarreling.

Likewise also that women should adorn themselves with respectful apparel with modesty and self-control etc. And he explains. Uh, let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness, etc. Those passages we were just looking at right, so What are the men supposed to do and what are the women supposed to do?

It says specifically of the men that they are to be praying in every place lifting up holy hands without wrath and disputing um. Why is it that the men are particularly tasked with praying. Aren't the women supposed to pray too?

Yeah, women are supposed to pray of course. They're supposed to pray but there is a a special way that men are supposed to pray okay, and men are supposed to be praying on behalf of of others and that's why they are saddled with this task specifically and In this passage the women are not it's because they are supposed to be praying on behalf of others.

Hopefully that makes sense. Yes. Yeah, and this is in every place. So this includes the home. Oh, that's it's the same thing, but there's a. Yeah, there's a special blessing that's had people have particular obligations to pray on behalf of others in certain circumstances.

You see this with rulers right rulers or pastors. Pastors are supposed to pray for their congregation. Congregations are supposed to pray for their pastors. But there's an understanding in scripture that there's a different sense in which one is praying for the other.

Right as it says in uh hebrews 7. Uh, the lesser is always blessed by the greater right meaning that. Even though you see blessed use both directions in scripture, right? The the lesser sometimes blesses greater and greater sometimes blesses the lesser.

But what that passage is getting at is the sort of blessing that comes from the greater to the lesser. Is one where you are using your your special standing and role that god has given you to especially uh.

Call down favor on behalf of these others. So when I when I pray for the congregation i'm doing so especially as a pastor, right? And when you pray for me, it's a different it's a different kind of prayer.

It's not it's not symmetric in that way. And the same thing for a for a husband and his family when he prays he's praying he has a special kind of obligation a special kind of Sense to pray on behalf of on behalf of them.

That the that's not the same for the wife as she prays for her husband um. Right, i'm not sure i'm not totally sure I understand the question. Yeah, I don't think it's I don't think it's appropriate just like you see in first corinthians 14 the other passage I alluded to when it's talking about the people who are speaking on in front of the whole congregation.

It that's when after it describes, you know. Let the prophets do this let those who speak in tongues do this and then the women should remain silent and ask their husbands at home. So it I mean it's fine for women to pray in church, but.

As a you know, we only have men go up to the pulpit and lead the congregation in prayer, right? Yes. But again, obviously yes. Right. Nick, did you have a question? No, okay. All right. So, uh, once again consider what our confession says here, you know, if you still got the hymnal open in section eight it says.

Uh somewhere near the middle or sorry, uh 8 .10 10. So somewhere near the middle we need his priestly office. To reconcile us and present us acceptable unto god and in respect of uh, yeah. It's right there.

We need his priestly office to reconcile us and present us acceptable unto god. Oh, excuse me. Let me read the phrase before. This is from 8 .10 and after that first semicolon. And in respect of our alienation from god and imperfection of the best of our services.

We need his priestly office to reconcile us and present us acceptable unto god. Okay, so we need in addition to his prophetic office his priestly office. Why because of our alienation from god now that is not to suggest, uh, once again.

That this matter is so absolute that women would be alienated from god without a believing husband. First corinthians 7 addresses that because but. Notice that that is a natural question that ends up arising.

It's like would are we alienated from god through this? For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife. And the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the brother. Else were your children unclean, but now they are holy.

That was a first corinthians 7 14 and it continues on verse 16 for how do you know a wife whether you shall save your husband. For how do you know a wife whether. Or how do you know a husband? Whether you shall save your wife right, so there is a priesthood in scripture of all believers and This does apply in reverse with wives to husband.

However, there is a special way that the husband, uh prays for his wife. Now another another verse that shows it's not so absolute talks about unbelieving husbands or disobedient husbands first peter 3 1.

Likewise you wives be in submission to your own husbands that even if they do not obey the word. They may without the word without a word be gained by the behavior of their wives. Yet, um all the same.

Despite those passages the husband's prayers have particular power and you see even in that passage even in first peter 3. Uh where first peter 3 1 had talked about uh women submitting to their husbands even disobedient ones.

It talks about husbands. It says you husbands in verse 7 Likewise dwell with your wives according to knowledge. Giving honor to the woman as the weaker vessel as being also joint heirs of the grace of life.

To the end that your prayers are not hindered and uh, there is a um. This is kind of a difficult question to answer in this first one. It says your prayers is talking about your prayers individually. It is plural.

Is it talking about you men your prayers not be hindered or is it talking about the women? Or talking sorry, is it talking about both husband and wife praying together that your prayers together are heard?

Most uh. A lot of the reformation commentators argued for the latter and that's what I would tend to this is actually talking about their joint prayers together and so. Who does the burden fall on to make sure that their prayers are heard by god?

The burden is falling particularly On the husband that uh that their prayers be heard and not hindered. And this would be true even if it is just talking about the the husband's prayers and not husbands and wives praying together.

Uh, the burden still in this passage about prayers not being hindered falling particularly on the husband and then just from a uh Observational standpoint. This is fairly clear, too. There are some statistics about this that get shared around that are.

Have no source so you might see some things that sound more sharp than what i'm about to tell you but I cannot find sources for any of those things uh, okay, if a. If a. Any evangelicalism? So I have a book i've been reading on this topic about faith and families and how it gets passed on.

Uh, just a secular book but any evangelicalism if. A mother has a warm relationship with her son. Uh as opposed to all the other situations where she doesn't. What is the uh increase in likelihood that the child will?

Uh remain evangelical as he grows into adulthood. What is the increase in likelihood? I'll let you all guess and i'll say lower or higher. Lower lower lower lower lower. Higher. Just one it's one percent one percent more likely.

If a mother has a close relationship with her child that the child will continue in evangelicalism um now for fathers. If the father has a close relationship with the child as opposed to not. What is the likelihood he will continue into evangelicalism?

What is the increase in likelihood? Yeah. Yeah, it's 25 percent 25 percent so There are plenty of secular statistics backing this up and you I there has been interest recently on. Uh single fathers versus single mothers and uh incarceration stuff like that.

You see these things there is a special role that the father has in the home. It's as important as the the mother's. Um role is in nurturing children. Uh, the father has a very special role in his spiritually leading the family.

Yes. Yeah, this is all things. All other things excluded so like, you know that that would include both. For for the father that would include both the mother being cold or not cold. Yeah. Yes, yes. What's that?

I don't know. Uh, it didn't address that. I was wondering that same question. Yes. Do those stack like if they're both warm? Is that 26 percent more likely? Yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah, i'm not saying it's only one percent influence we were.

We're starting off the basis that they are evangelicals. This is an evangelical parent. There's already a likelihood that they will continue in evangelicalism. Right. And so the answer is just what's the increase that's added by the mother's warmth to the to the family, right?

So we're talking about you know a 60 percent likelihood changing to 61 versus a 60 percent likelihood changing to 85 that's that's what we're talking about. Yeah. All right the one the stat that gets shared around a lot that There are no sources for and a lot of people have investigated and determined.

There's no source for this and you might see it shared around on social media or something says 93. Uh come to the faith that their father converts first. 70 17 if mother. And then uh, if the mother converts first and then 3 .5 if the child converts first.

Uh that the whole family will convert. Uh, I I don't think there's. There's no there's no source for this as as like interesting as a statistic as that is. There's no. There's no source for that one. All right, any questions about uh priests before we move move on to kingship?

All right. Let's move on to kingship. So naturally the picture of a king is one of authority. Uh, this matches the picture of human marriage as described by paul. Uh, which speaks of wives submitting to and fearing their husbands.

Uh ephesians 2 or excuse me. Ephesians 5. Uh 22 Wives be in submission to your own husbands as to the lord. For the husband is head of the wife as christ is the head of the church. Being himself the savior of the body.

But as the church is subject to christ, so let the wives also be to their husbands and everything. And then skipping down to verse 33 nevertheless. Also individually each one must love his own wife even as himself and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

A lot of translations just say respect, but the the word there is fear um. So, yeah wise, uh must obey their husbands now once again, uh. We've talked about this other times, but this and now this analogy is not absolute.