1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:05,920 Allen Morehouse: Anyway, I get the privilege of introducing someone special to me. 2 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:13,360 Allen Morehouse: I mean not only is this a high Sabbath because of communion, but it's a high Sabbath because my grandson is with Renee and I. 3 00:00:13,420 --> 00:00:23,100 Allen Morehouse: I've had the privilege to introduce his sister, Abby, Abigail, um, when she sang up here and she's also done the scripture. 4 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:29,279 Allen Morehouse: And of course my son, who's Pastor Myckal Morehouse, I've introduced him many times. 5 00:00:29,279 --> 00:00:34,000 Allen Morehouse: And um I just, you know, I told Joshua I wouldn't try to embarrass him. 6 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,000 Allen Morehouse: So I've got to be careful. 7 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:42,360 Allen Morehouse: But he took a stand for the Lord a few years ago and got baptized. 8 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:50,600 Allen Morehouse: And it was an amazing experience because my son who baptized him, it was his first waterfall baptism. 9 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:56,760 Allen Morehouse: And of course I said I would get in the water, but I stuck my toes and and it was ice cold. 10 00:00:56,760 --> 00:01:01,720 Allen Morehouse: But anyway, I am so happy that Joshua's agreed to share the scripture. 11 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:04,760 Allen Morehouse: And so thank you, Joshua. 12 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:08,480 Grandson: Good morning. 13 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:16,800 Grandson: Our scripture reading is found in Ephesians 5, verse 21. 14 00:01:18,140 --> 00:01:24,940 Grandson: And it says, Submit yourselves to one another in the fear of God. 15 00:01:24,940 --> 00:01:26,540 Grandson: It's a short one. 16 00:01:34,580 --> 00:01:37,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Yes, it is a short one. 17 00:01:37,460 --> 00:01:39,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But powerful. 18 00:01:39,759 --> 00:01:50,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We have been going through these one anothering texts and uh last week I got to listen I I did listen to uh 19 00:01:50,740 --> 00:02:04,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: the last two sermons because I was not here, I was a camp meeting, so I listened to Brother Willie and and Randy as they what they shared and I was moved by their thoughts that they had. 20 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:11,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It is a a a a real challenge for us to to bear with one another 21 00:02:12,260 --> 00:02:15,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do you ever find that challenging to bear with one another? 22 00:02:15,700 --> 00:02:20,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh man, sometimes, sometimes, sometimes. 23 00:02:20,420 --> 00:02:24,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And then the next one was be of the same mind with one another. 24 00:02:24,500 --> 00:02:33,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean, we we think about that as a church and we think, How in the world can I mean, I'm not even of the same mind with myself sometimes 25 00:02:34,220 --> 00:02:37,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean sometimes part of me wants to do this and part of me wants to do that. 26 00:02:37,980 --> 00:02:46,379 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean, i i in with Cheryl and I, I mean, for us to be one, you know, of the same mind, sometimes that's how can we 27 00:02:47,660 --> 00:02:50,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We don't even think alike. 28 00:02:50,700 --> 00:02:55,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: How's that supposed to work for us to to be of the same mind? 29 00:02:55,500 --> 00:02:57,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And then today's sermon, man, I I 30 00:02:58,860 --> 00:03:02,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Who Who put these things together anyway? 31 00:03:04,300 --> 00:03:07,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean, you heard the scripture reading, right? 32 00:03:07,620 --> 00:03:10,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What's the big word there? 33 00:03:10,340 --> 00:03:11,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Submit. 34 00:03:11,620 --> 00:03:15,700 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean when it comes to when when you say that word, I mean 35 00:03:17,620 --> 00:03:21,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It just bristles go up and down your spine, don't they? 36 00:03:21,060 --> 00:03:24,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean, we don't like that word. 37 00:03:24,020 --> 00:03:29,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: In fact, that word has kind of gone out of use. 38 00:03:29,640 --> 00:03:30,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Submit. 39 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:38,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean the definition when I when I looked it up, give way, yield, give in 40 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:47,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: to the will or authority of another. 41 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:52,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Notice with that that word submit, that means you are making a decision 42 00:03:53,020 --> 00:04:07,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You are making a choice to surrender your desires to the desires of another. 43 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:10,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Is that easy? 44 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:20,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean, wouldn't it have been so easy for me just to surrender my desire to have a pumped-up tire to the will of my father? 45 00:04:20,699 --> 00:04:24,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Who said, make sure you have the attendant to pump it up? 46 00:04:25,740 --> 00:04:27,900 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean it kind of reminds me of the little boy. 47 00:04:27,900 --> 00:04:32,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He was he was riding in the backseat of the car and they had been riding for a long time. 48 00:04:32,260 --> 00:04:36,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And he was tired of sitting with the seat belt on. 49 00:04:36,100 --> 00:04:38,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And so he took it off. 50 00:04:38,660 --> 00:04:41,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And he stood up in the back seat. 51 00:04:43,419 --> 00:04:47,099 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And what did his mother say? 52 00:04:47,099 --> 00:04:50,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Sit down and put your seatbelt on. 53 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And he just stood there. 54 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What did his mother say the second time? 55 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:00,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Sit down and put your seatbelt on. 56 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And he just stood there 57 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:12,039 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And his father said, Sit down now. 58 00:05:12,039 --> 00:05:14,919 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And he just stood there 59 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:20,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And so his father began to pull the car over to the side of the road. 60 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:24,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And he sat down. 61 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:26,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And he buckled his seatbelt. 62 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:34,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And the car started moving again. 63 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:40,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And he says, I just want you to know I'm standing on the inside. 64 00:05:45,300 --> 00:05:47,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That's what we do sometimes, isn't it? 65 00:05:49,020 --> 00:05:57,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We think that there's an authority outside of ourselves and that something negative might happen to us, so we make the decision to sit 66 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:04,319 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But we do it in defiance. 67 00:06:04,319 --> 00:06:07,919 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We're standing on the inside 68 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:15,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What does it mean for us to to submit to one in this context here of Ephesians 5? 69 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:22,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It's interesting because there in Ephesians 5 70 00:06:22,940 --> 00:06:36,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You have the you know, it starts off with how to walk in love, it talks about walking in the light, and then it talks about how to walk in wisdom, and many versions of the Bible in that paragraph where it talks in Ephesians 5 there 71 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:38,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: about how to walk in wisdom. 72 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:50,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That statement, verse twenty one, is part of that paragraph where it talks about walk in wisdom, and it says verse twenty one, submitting to one another in the fear of God. 73 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:55,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And some versions of the Bible put it there. 74 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:57,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Other versions of the Bible. 75 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:08,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: separate it and they put it with the next section talking about how to have a Christian household 76 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:22,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And they start off the section with a Christian household, and it starts off with verse 21: Submit to one another in the fear of God. 77 00:07:22,940 --> 00:07:28,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Under the household portion. 78 00:07:28,060 --> 00:07:30,699 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I wonder where it belongs. 79 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:39,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The problem is it fits both places. 80 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:48,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: This this submission thing is is big. 81 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:49,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It's huge. 82 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:54,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The New Testament here is full of this concept. 83 00:07:54,039 --> 00:08:04,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Now because of time I'm not gonna take you through all the verses, but I want y take out a pen or pencil or something, write some things down, 'cause I'm not gonna read 'em all to you, but I'm gonna state the verse. 84 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:07,879 Pastor Dale Tunnell: So if you wanna do some homework this afternoon or tomorrow 85 00:08:07,740 --> 00:08:13,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Uh, I'm gonna tell you, God talks to the elders. 86 00:08:13,820 --> 00:08:19,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And he tells the elders they need to be submissive to the other members in the church. 87 00:08:19,020 --> 00:08:21,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Now when you think about elders in church, you 88 00:08:22,380 --> 00:08:26,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Tend to think uh who's in charge, right? 89 00:08:26,300 --> 00:08:34,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: If I ask you who's in charge in the church, you say talk to the pastor, talk to the head elder 90 00:08:35,479 --> 00:08:44,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: One of my uh senior pastors when we were when I was an intern, he he told me, You know what the head elder's main responsibility is, don't you? 91 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:49,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And I said, Yeah, he takes care of all the problems the pastor doesn't want to take care of. 92 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:52,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He kind of smiles and he says, That's a good answer. 93 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:55,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I maybe remember that one. 94 00:08:55,480 --> 00:09:01,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: No, that's the the person who is head of submitting to the church. 95 00:09:02,519 --> 00:09:07,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: To demonstrate what submission is all about. 96 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:08,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That is the responsibility. 97 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:16,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: First Peter chapter 5, 2 and 3, if you want to go and read about the the the elders submitting 98 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:19,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: to the body of Christ. 99 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:20,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Write down the next one. 100 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:21,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Christians. 101 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:27,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: In general, it says Christians, the body of Christ, are supposed to submit to elders. 102 00:09:27,820 --> 00:09:30,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: 1 Timothy chapter 5 verse 17. 103 00:09:30,780 --> 00:09:33,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: 1 Timothy chapter 5 verse 17. 104 00:09:33,020 --> 00:09:33,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I said it again. 105 00:09:33,820 --> 00:09:35,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Christians are to submit to elders 106 00:09:35,940 --> 00:09:38,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Hebrews chapter 13, verse 17. 107 00:09:38,260 --> 00:09:39,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I told you I wasn't going to read these. 108 00:09:39,780 --> 00:09:42,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I'm just giving you the Bible text so you can look at them later. 109 00:09:42,660 --> 00:09:48,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Hebrews chapter 13, verse 17 talks about Christians in general submitting to the elders. 110 00:09:49,540 --> 00:09:52,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: First Peter chapter 5, verses 5 and 6. 111 00:09:52,660 --> 00:09:57,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It talks about the young men submitting to the older men. 112 00:09:58,580 --> 00:10:00,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh, come on. 113 00:10:00,820 --> 00:10:02,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We could have had that any other place as well. 114 00:10:02,980 --> 00:10:06,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But anyway, it says the young men submitting to the older men there. 115 00:10:06,420 --> 00:10:09,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: 1 Peter 5, verse 5 and 6. 116 00:10:09,620 --> 00:10:13,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Ephesians 5, 25 and 28. 117 00:10:13,220 --> 00:10:20,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Colossians 3, verse 19, it talks about husbands submitting to their wives. 118 00:10:21,340 --> 00:10:22,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Ah, I forgot one. 119 00:10:22,780 --> 00:10:27,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: First Peter 3 7 also and 1 Corinthians 7 3 and 4. 120 00:10:27,020 --> 00:10:30,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Husbands submitting to their wives. 121 00:10:29,940 --> 00:10:34,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: being considerate to the wives, loving their wives as Christ loves the church. 122 00:10:34,580 --> 00:10:39,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And then Ephesians five, just after our scripture reading, it puts it the other way. 123 00:10:39,620 --> 00:10:43,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It says wives are to submit to their husbands. 124 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:48,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Then the same way that the church submits to Christ. 125 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:53,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Also in Colossians 3 18, wives, submit to your husband. 126 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:54,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Titus 2. 127 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:57,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Verses 3 through 5 talks about the same thing. 128 00:10:57,560 --> 00:11:02,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: 1 Peter chapter 3, verses 1 through 4 talk about the same thing. 129 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:03,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Then it changes. 130 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:10,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Scripture also talks about submission in the context of parents submitting to their children 131 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:14,959 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Ephesians six, verse four. 132 00:11:14,959 --> 00:11:16,399 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Maybe I should read that one. 133 00:11:16,399 --> 00:11:19,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Fathers do not exasperate your children. 134 00:11:20,660 --> 00:11:24,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Instead, bring them up in the training and an admonition of the Lord. 135 00:11:24,580 --> 00:11:26,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Ephesians six four. 136 00:11:26,260 --> 00:11:28,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Since it's Father's Day, I'll read those there. 137 00:11:28,500 --> 00:11:34,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Parents to the children Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged. 138 00:11:34,259 --> 00:11:41,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Colossians 3 21 talks about parents to their children to encourage them. 139 00:11:41,300 --> 00:11:47,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And then we know the other ones, children to the parents, children obey your parents in the Lord. 140 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:48,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: For this is right. 141 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:50,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Honor your father and mother. 142 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Ephesians 6, 1 through 3. 143 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:54,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Colossians 3, verse 20. 144 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:56,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Children, obey your parents. 145 00:11:56,839 --> 00:12:00,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Then it goes further there in Ephesians chapter 6, verse 9. 146 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:09,399 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It talks about masters and slaves, or if we want to change that a little bit, employers to employees. 147 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:16,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It says employers are to submit to the employees. 148 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:18,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Ephesians 6, verse 9. 149 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:21,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And Colossians chapter 4, verse 1. 150 00:12:21,459 --> 00:12:22,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: If you're writing those things. 151 00:12:22,580 --> 00:12:29,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And then the other side of things, servants to masters or employees to employers 152 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:38,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Ephesians chapter six, verses five through eight, and also Colossians three, twenty-two to twenty-five 153 00:12:41,340 --> 00:12:49,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And then we get to Christians are to submit to government officials. 154 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:56,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Romans chapter thirteen, verses one, five, and seven. 155 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:58,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Romans thirteen 156 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:01,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Verses one, five, and seven. 157 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:11,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: In first Peter chapter two, thirteen through seventeen, talk about Christians submitting to the government 158 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:17,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That's a whole lot of submission. 159 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:19,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: How does it work? 160 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:23,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Husband submitting to wife, wife submitting to husbands. 161 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:25,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Who submits to whom? 162 00:13:27,860 --> 00:13:32,019 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Why doesn't it happen like it's supposed to happen? 163 00:13:32,019 --> 00:13:33,779 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I'll tell you the reasons why. 164 00:13:33,779 --> 00:13:35,139 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I'm going to give you three. 165 00:13:35,139 --> 00:13:38,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The the three reasons are selfishness. 166 00:13:38,100 --> 00:13:40,899 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Did you know we live in a selfish world? 167 00:13:41,780 --> 00:13:46,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: If somebody says that you were the boss, what do you want to make sure people understand? 168 00:13:47,700 --> 00:13:48,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You're the boss. 169 00:13:48,740 --> 00:13:51,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: If you're the boss, that means you get to 170 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:54,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Tell people what to do. 171 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:57,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You get to decide, right? 172 00:14:00,279 --> 00:14:02,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Well yeah, well maybe 173 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:10,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: So our selfishness gets us to the predicament that we are not willing to submit 174 00:14:11,020 --> 00:14:19,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Even though we may not have worked at this place as long as some of the other people that are there, even though other people may know how things run and operate better than we do. 175 00:14:20,940 --> 00:14:25,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We don't submit because of our own insecurity. 176 00:14:25,340 --> 00:14:29,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean, if somebody says, look, you're the boss 177 00:14:31,040 --> 00:14:34,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What are people expecting out of you? 178 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:38,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Because of our insecurity, we want to make sure people know that 179 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:43,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We're the boss. 180 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:48,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And then sometimes we get we don't do this right because of our confusion. 181 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:54,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We don't understand what the Bible actually teaches. 182 00:14:57,100 --> 00:14:59,660 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I'm gonna give you an illustration of this. 183 00:14:59,660 --> 00:15:02,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: When Cheryl and I first got married, 184 00:15:03,500 --> 00:15:06,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We went on our honeymoon. 185 00:15:06,300 --> 00:15:08,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We came back from our honeymoon. 186 00:15:08,940 --> 00:15:12,540 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We were in the trailer that we were going to live in. 187 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:18,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And within the first few days there, I asked Cheryl to come and sit on my lap. 188 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:22,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And I looked into her eyes. 189 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:26,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And I don't remember everything I said, but I remember how it concluded. 190 00:15:29,260 --> 00:15:35,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: If we are struggling to make a decision, I have the last word. 191 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:44,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Why are you laughing? 192 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:53,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It's okay if my yet last word is yes ma'am. 193 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:54,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Right? 194 00:15:57,160 --> 00:16:05,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I I'm gonna tell you, I made this statement because I was selfish. 195 00:16:06,220 --> 00:16:11,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I wanted Cheryl to know I was boss. 196 00:16:11,500 --> 00:16:15,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I made this statement because I was insecure. 197 00:16:15,660 --> 00:16:19,259 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I wanted Cheryl to know I was in charge. 198 00:16:19,259 --> 00:16:28,139 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I made this statement because I had confusion about what the Bible actually taught about submission. 199 00:16:29,380 --> 00:16:34,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And I had been growing up in a pastor's house, and I still had that confusion. 200 00:16:34,980 --> 00:16:39,300 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And so I shared those Bible texts with you because they were shared with me 201 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:45,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: so that we could look at them and understand what is submission. 202 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:47,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What is the purpose of submission 203 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:57,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I mean I ha I had a uh a gentleman and he he came to me and he says, My wife has left me. 204 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:59,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And I said, Why did your wife leave me? 205 00:16:59,839 --> 00:17:00,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And 206 00:17:01,260 --> 00:17:03,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Make sure I get the words here right. 207 00:17:03,420 --> 00:17:07,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: My wife thinks I try to control her. 208 00:17:07,100 --> 00:17:08,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I said, Well do you 209 00:17:10,220 --> 00:17:15,819 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And he said, well, the Bible tells me I'm supposed to rule over her. 210 00:17:15,819 --> 00:17:17,579 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Genesis 3:16 211 00:17:19,819 --> 00:17:27,019 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Is that really what it means when it says that, or is that something that happens as a result of sin? 212 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:36,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And in the gospel, when Galatians says there's neither male nor female, we're all one in Jesus Christ, what's supposed to happen 213 00:17:37,220 --> 00:17:45,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: When Ephesians tells us we're supposed to submit one to another, when we're in Christ, we're supposed to do it as unto the Lord. 214 00:17:45,460 --> 00:17:48,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What is that supposed to look like? 215 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:58,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: This concept of submission is difficult. 216 00:18:02,660 --> 00:18:05,059 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It is truly difficult. 217 00:18:08,740 --> 00:18:13,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I'm going to have you turn in your Bibles here to Matthew chapter twenty-six. 218 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:19,520 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Matthew chapter twenty six 219 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:29,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We come down to verse 36. 220 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:33,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It says, Jesus went into the Garden of Gethsemane to pray. 221 00:18:33,019 --> 00:18:35,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: asked his disciples to sit here while I go a little bit further. 222 00:18:35,980 --> 00:18:42,299 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He took Peter, James, and John with him and began to be sorrowful and and prayed, and he said to them, 223 00:18:42,260 --> 00:18:44,419 Pastor Dale Tunnell: My soul is exceedingly sorrowful. 224 00:18:44,419 --> 00:18:46,419 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Stay here and watch and pray with me. 225 00:18:46,419 --> 00:18:55,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He went a little further, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup do what? 226 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:59,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Pass from me. 227 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:04,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What was the will of Jesus? 228 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:06,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What was the will of Jesus? 229 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:10,320 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He did not want to die. 230 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:14,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Now, I thought Jesus was God. 231 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:21,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I thought the the Father and Jesus and the Holy Spirit, I thought they were all co-equal, co-eternal. 232 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:25,960 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What's Jesus doing here? 233 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:31,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He's expressing his will. 234 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:35,400 Pastor Dale Tunnell: In this instance, his his humanness. 235 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:39,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: His desire, let this pass from me. 236 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:42,760 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Nevertheless, what 237 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:47,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Not as I will, but as you will. 238 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:49,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What is that called? 239 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:51,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Submission 240 00:19:57,460 --> 00:20:09,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Now he does it in this verse, and then he goes back uh a second time in verse forty-two, and he prays, Oh my father, if this cup cannot pass away from me unless I drink it 241 00:20:09,740 --> 00:20:13,419 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Your will be done. 242 00:20:13,740 --> 00:20:15,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We kind of get a picture here. 243 00:20:15,340 --> 00:20:17,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: This is not what Jesus wanted to do. 244 00:20:17,980 --> 00:20:23,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He was going through something that was extremely difficult for him at this time. 245 00:20:24,580 --> 00:20:30,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The weight of the world, the sins of Dale, were upon him. 246 00:20:30,420 --> 00:20:33,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Your sins were pressing down upon him. 247 00:20:33,140 --> 00:20:36,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He was feeling the separation between his father and himself 248 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:40,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He did not like the feeling that was going on here. 249 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:47,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And he says, Father, please, if it is possible, let this cup fr pass from me. 250 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:50,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But then he goes on, he says, But not my will, but 251 00:20:51,820 --> 00:20:53,100 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Thine be done 252 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:08,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: 43 says, and he came and found them asleep again, and their eyes were heavy, so he left them, went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. 253 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:11,120 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What were the words the third time? 254 00:21:13,260 --> 00:21:15,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Let this cup pass from me. 255 00:21:15,500 --> 00:21:17,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do you know what Jesus' will was? 256 00:21:21,100 --> 00:21:25,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I'm just saying, do you know what the father that what Jesus' will was? 257 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:29,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: His will? 258 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:30,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He was asking. 259 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:35,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Three times he asked, Let this cup pass from me. 260 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:37,800 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We know what his will was. 261 00:21:38,860 --> 00:21:44,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But then he said, Thy will be done. 262 00:21:44,860 --> 00:21:49,020 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That means he was placing himself under 263 00:21:52,559 --> 00:21:55,679 Pastor Dale Tunnell: His father's will. 264 00:21:55,679 --> 00:21:57,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: It was a choice that he was making. 265 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:03,120 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Now I'm going to ask you: do you think he was standing up on the inside? 266 00:22:05,539 --> 00:22:08,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I don't think so. 267 00:22:08,580 --> 00:22:16,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He had stated his will, but he was in humble submission to the will of the Father 268 00:22:23,860 --> 00:22:27,460 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Turn your Bible again. 269 00:22:27,460 --> 00:22:29,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: John chapter thirteen 270 00:22:31,260 --> 00:22:45,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: John chapter thirteen Same evening as Jesus praying in the garden, just a few hours earlier, John thirteen. 271 00:22:46,420 --> 00:22:50,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Begins there with Jesus washing the disciples' feet. 272 00:22:50,820 --> 00:22:53,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Jesus starts to wash the disciples' feet. 273 00:22:53,220 --> 00:22:56,580 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We get to verse six, and it says, Then he came to Peter. 274 00:22:56,580 --> 00:22:58,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And Peter said to him, 275 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:04,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Lord, are you washing my feet? 276 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:06,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What was Peter saying here 277 00:23:08,559 --> 00:23:15,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Jesus said to him, I'm doing you what I'm doing, you do not understand now, but you will know after this. 278 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:16,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Peter said to him 279 00:23:18,460 --> 00:23:23,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You shall never wash my feet. 280 00:23:23,500 --> 00:23:28,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: You shall not wash my feet. 281 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:32,640 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do we understand what's happening here? 282 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:36,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Jesus desired to wash 283 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:40,440 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Peter's feet. 284 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:50,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Peter desired not to have them washed by Jesus because Jesus was not going to be his servant. 285 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:57,880 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Jesus was not going to act like he was his servant. 286 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:02,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Jesus answered him, If I do not wash you, you have no part with me. 287 00:24:04,360 --> 00:24:08,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Ding ding ding ding ding new information. 288 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:12,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do you like it when you're having a conversation and you get new information? 289 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:17,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Does new information sometimes change your thought processes? 290 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:21,480 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The bells go off in Peter's head. 291 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:26,120 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Peter says, Well, then, wash all of me 292 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:34,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: What was going on here? 293 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:37,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Something had changed in Peter's mind. 294 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:40,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He got new information, new understanding, and he 295 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:44,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Submitted. 296 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:48,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Peter says, Not just my feet only, but my hands and my head also. 297 00:24:48,360 --> 00:24:54,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Jesus said to him, He who bathes needs only to have his feet washed, completely clean, and you are clean, but not all of you. 298 00:24:55,940 --> 00:25:04,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And then verse 12 it says, so when he had washed their feet, we understand that Jesus did what to Peter? 299 00:25:06,659 --> 00:25:13,539 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Peter came to the conclusion that it was okay for Jesus to wash his feet. 300 00:25:13,539 --> 00:25:15,779 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Peter submitted 301 00:25:17,179 --> 00:25:26,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: To Jesus when he had the proper understanding. 302 00:25:26,220 --> 00:25:29,340 Pastor Dale Tunnell: In this context here. 303 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:39,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Jesus tells us then, Verse 14: If I then your Lord and teacher have washed your feet 304 00:25:39,620 --> 00:25:47,620 Pastor Dale Tunnell: you also ought to wash one another's feet, for I have left you an example that you should do as I have done to you. 305 00:25:47,620 --> 00:25:49,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Why do we celebrate communion? 306 00:25:49,940 --> 00:25:52,980 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Why do we celebrate this foot washing service? 307 00:25:54,900 --> 00:26:00,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Because we we are let's make sure we get it right, okay? 308 00:26:00,180 --> 00:26:03,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Is it fun to wash one another's feet? 309 00:26:03,940 --> 00:26:06,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I think fun is the wrong word 310 00:26:07,340 --> 00:26:10,539 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Let's take that word fun out of it. 311 00:26:12,299 --> 00:26:19,659 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We are doing this because we are submitting to the will of Jesus. 312 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:33,159 Pastor Dale Tunnell: When I wash someone's feet, I am submitting to the will of Jesus, and I am doing it because I love Jesus. 313 00:26:37,940 --> 00:26:42,260 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That's why the scripture tells us we're supposed to submit to government officials. 314 00:26:42,260 --> 00:26:46,820 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That's why the scripture tells us we're supposed to submit to our employers. 315 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:50,160 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That's why Scripture tells us we're supposed to submit to our spouse. 316 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:57,840 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That's why Scripture tells us we're supposed to submit to our parents because we are doing it as unto the Lord. 317 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:11,000 Pastor Dale Tunnell: When Jesus tells them to take the bread and the grape juice and to break it and to eat it, he says, this do in remembrance of me. 318 00:27:14,060 --> 00:27:18,060 Pastor Dale Tunnell: When we wash one another's feet, we're doing it because we're submitting to Jesus. 319 00:27:18,060 --> 00:27:26,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: When we come back and gather together and we partake of the bread and the grape juice, we are doing it because we are submitting 320 00:27:26,820 --> 00:27:29,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: To the will of Jesus. 321 00:27:29,860 --> 00:27:33,140 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Do you love Jesus? 322 00:27:33,140 --> 00:27:34,740 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Oh, that was poor 323 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:38,120 Pastor Dale Tunnell: I'll ask you again, do you love Jesus? 324 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:41,080 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We love Jesus. 325 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:44,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He died on the cross for us. 326 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We love Jesus. 327 00:27:46,419 --> 00:27:49,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Would you do anything for Jesus? 328 00:27:49,380 --> 00:27:54,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He tells us, Wash one another's feet as I have washed yours. 329 00:27:54,500 --> 00:27:57,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: He tells us, Partake of the bread and the grape juice. 330 00:27:57,860 --> 00:28:01,059 Pastor Dale Tunnell: This do in remembrance of me. 331 00:28:01,180 --> 00:28:06,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We are submitting to the will of Jesus today. 332 00:28:12,279 --> 00:28:15,799 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Seventh-day Adventists practice what is known as open communion. 333 00:28:15,799 --> 00:28:20,279 Pastor Dale Tunnell: That means you do not have to be a Seventh-day Adventist in order to join with us. 334 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:30,040 Pastor Dale Tunnell: If you're an adult, if you've accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, we invite you to participate with us in the footwashing service. 335 00:28:30,120 --> 00:28:35,560 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We invite you to participate with us in partaking of the grape juice and the bread. 336 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:42,920 Pastor Dale Tunnell: If you're still a child, you have not made the decision yet to be a believer in Jesus, you've not yet been baptized. 337 00:28:42,660 --> 00:28:48,500 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We encourage you to wait just a little bit longer until you're old enough, until you make that decision. 338 00:28:48,500 --> 00:28:52,180 Pastor Dale Tunnell: The Seventh-day Adventists practice what is known as open communion. 339 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:56,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We're going to separate it in just a moment. 340 00:28:56,280 --> 00:29:02,280 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We're going to ask the ladies to go out and turn to the right and go over here to the fellowship hall. 341 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:05,799 Pastor Dale Tunnell: And if you go over there, you can find a partner. 342 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:12,240 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Someone will uh uh wash your feet and someone that whose your feet you can wash. 343 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:18,720 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Maybe it's somebody that you've struggled with, maybe it's somebody you've had words with, maybe it's somebody that you need to forgive. 344 00:29:18,540 --> 00:29:23,420 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Maybe it's somebody that is your best friend and you love them forever. 345 00:29:23,420 --> 00:29:28,940 Pastor Dale Tunnell: We invite you two by two to to find a partner there in that room 346 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:38,680 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Others can go out and turn to the left, the men, and there's a room down there that's marked for the men, and the men will f be able to find a partner 347 00:29:39,220 --> 00:29:41,780 Pastor Dale Tunnell: and to wash one another's feet. 348 00:29:41,780 --> 00:29:45,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: There's also a room if you go out and turn to the left for families. 349 00:29:45,380 --> 00:29:51,380 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Husband and wife, maybe the husband needs to apologize to the wife, or the wife needs to apologize to the husband. 350 00:29:51,060 --> 00:30:03,220 Pastor Dale Tunnell: or mutual submission needs to take place, or maybe a mother needs to wash her son's feet, or a son needs to wash the mother's feet, or uh a father needs to wash his daughter's feet, or something like that. 351 00:30:03,220 --> 00:30:05,860 Pastor Dale Tunnell: There's a room for families if you turn to the left. 352 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:17,600 Pastor Dale Tunnell: But this is the time for us to submit to one another and submit to the will of God and to wash one another's feet. 353 00:30:17,679 --> 00:30:29,200 Pastor Dale Tunnell: After washing one another's feet, we'll come back to this place, and we will partake of the bread and the grape juice together in remembrance of our Lord Jesus Christ. 354 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:31,360 Pastor Dale Tunnell: Let's separate at this time.