I would like for us to read these
first 16 verses of 1 Timothy chapter 5. And I once again want
to thank you for your warmth and prayers and love to our family
during this time and encouragement. Thank you. We feel very loved.
1 Timothy chapter 5, beginning
in verse 1. Rebuke not an elder, but entreat
him as a father, and the younger men as brethren, the elder women
as mothers, the younger as sisters with all purity. Honor widows
that are widows indeed. But if any widow have children
or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home and to
requite their parents, for this is good and acceptable before
God. She that is a widow indeed and
desolate, trusteth in God and continueth in supplications and
prayers night and day. But she that liveth in pleasure
or wantonness is the way the word is quite often translated
is dead while she liveth. And these things given charge
that they may be blameless, but if any provide not for his own,
and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the
faith and is worse than an infidel. Let not a widow be taken into
the number, or I guess that's what that's talking about is
the financial support of the church. Let not a widow be taken
in under the number under three score years old, having been
the wife of one man, well reported of for good works. If she brought
up children, if she lodged strangers, if she has washed the saints
feet, if she had relieved the afflicted, if she had diligently
followed every good work, but the younger widows refuse, don't
put them on the roll for when they have begun to wax wanton,
against Christ, they will marry. Now he's not condemning them
for marrying. He's talking about them marrying unbelievers. That's
what that's a reference to because he actually says in verse 14,
I will therefore that the younger women marry. But he says, when
they wax wanting against Christ, they will marry having damnation
because they've cast off their first faith. And with all they
learned to be idle, wandering about from house to house, not
only idle, but tattlers also in busy bodies, speaking things
which they ought not. I will therefore that the younger
women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion
to the adversary to speak reproachfully, for some are already turned aside
after Satan. If any man or woman that believeth
have widows, let them relieve them and let not the church be
charged that it may relieve them that are widows indeed. Now, verse four, once again,
if any man have, if any widow have children or nephews, let
them learn first to show piety at home and to requite their
parents for this is good and acceptable before God. piety. And what do you think of when
you think of the word piety or pious? Well, I think of someone
who is acting religious. That's what I think of. They're
putting on an act. They're acting very religious.
They're acting very self-righteous. They're acting, they're putting
on religious airs. That's what I think of when I
think of pious or acting pious or piety, but this is actually
a scriptural word. And when Paul uses this word,
that's not what he's talking about. This word piety is a word
used to describe a believer. And there are some four or five
words that Paul uses, particularly in these pastoral epistles, which
come out of the same word, devout. We read of words like godliness,
godly, reverent, devout, piety, or pious. And this word piety
is also translated worship, worship. Now, if I'm a believer, I'm pious. Only the believer has this thing
of piety and what it is, it's the fear and the awe of God. That's what true piety is. It's the fear, And the all, this
is a good word, the all of God that we throw this word around
so easily. I've been guilty of it. You have,
we say that was awesome. Really all inspiring. Uh, we
use the word loosely, but I, with regard to the living God,
with regard to his word, with regard to the gospel, we believe
All is a very appropriate word. We're in all of this person.
We acknowledge and believe who he is. As this word reveals him, we bow to what this word says
regarding who he is in our faith. I wish I could say this, right?
Our faith is not so much having a cognitive understanding of
who he is, but it's just believing who he is. It's believing the
mysteries revealed regarding him in the scriptures. Being
awed by who he is. We are in awe of his person. And I, when I talk about the
living God, the Lord God, God the Father, God the Son, God
the Holy Spirit, One God revealed in three different distinct persons,
all with their part in salvation. I'm in awe of him. I'm in awe
of the greatness of the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
I'm, I'm in awe of his attributes. I'm in awe of his holiness to
the extent that even when I use that word, I'm in awe of him. I'm in awe of His sovereignty,
the fact that He controls everything, that He's the first cause behind
everything. I'm in awe of that. Aren't you?
I'm in awe of His providence. Everything that happens, He's
the first cause behind. And it's not hard for Him. He
controls everything. He controls the things that are
going through your mind right now. The inclinations of a man
and the, I can't, it's in Proverbs. It's of the Lord. It's of the
Lord. And I'm in awe of his absolute, I'm in awe of his power. All
the power that he manifested in creation when he willed this
universe into existence. Spreading from something from
nothing. I'm in awe of, I'm in awe of his salvation. I'm in
awe of his wisdom. How he in his great glorious
wisdom made a way to be just and be consistent with his absolute
justice where he will not clear the guilty and yet he forgives
sins by Christ. Aren't you in awe of that? I'm
in awe of his wisdom. I'm in awe of all of his glorious
attributes. I'm in awe of his immutability. The fact that he
never changes. Isn't that wonderful? I'm in
awe of his Wholeness, the fact that he's not made of parts.
Me and you are made of parts. We're part this and part that,
but not God. All we can do is believe. We can't understand
that. He's not part man, part God, part holy, part just, part
no. Everything he is, he's 100%.
Don't understand it, but believe it. Oh, aren't you in awe of
the living God? And that's what piety is. I'm
in awe of his son. God the son. The greatness of
the Lord Jesus Christ is such that when God the Father speaks
to him, he says, Thy throne, O God, is forever. A scepter of righteousness is
the scepter of thy kingdom. That's what the Father says to
the Son. What a glorious person. I'm in awe of... He's full of God. and He's fully man. I'm in all. I'm in all that He's equal to
the Father. That's what piety is. It's all of the Lord Jesus
Christ. It's bowing before who He is
in His Word. I'm in all of His life. He never sinned. Don't you find
that all inspiring to think that he never sinned, never even thought
of sin? Wouldn't they understood what
sin is? I mean, in the sense that he
never experienced it. I'm in all of his life in the sense
that I'm in all this thing of imputation, how that somehow
my sin became his sin. And I'm in awe that his righteousness
actually becomes mine. Oh, I'm in awe of his death.
I'm in awe by what his death accomplished. First, I'm in awe
of the fact that he died. That's mysterious to me. How
could the God-man die? I remember one time I said the
God-man died, and somebody wrote me and rebuked me from the TV
audience or something. They said, no, the man part died,
but the God didn't. Oh, so you got that figured out,
huh? This is mysterious. The God man
died. I'm in awe of that. And he gave
himself life from the dead. He raised himself from the dead
because he ought complete satisfaction. Aren't you in awe of that? What
he did when he when he was raised from the dead, all the sins of
all God's elect were put away. They were gone. We're in awe
of that. We're in awe of his ascension. We're in awe of the
fact that right now there's a man seated at the right hand of the
Father. I'm in awe of that representing me. He's my great high priest. He's representing me before God.
What a glorious person. We're in awe of him. That's all
being pious means. We're in awe of him. I'm in awe
of his word. I am in awe of the Bible. This
book, you know, people argue, Well, I don't know. How can you
know it's the word of God? I know. I know. I'm in awe of
his glorious word. It recommends itself as nothing
less than the word of God. David said, I stand in awe at
thy word. Thou'st magnified thy word, the
scripture says, above all thy name. And I'm in awe of this
book, what it tells me about the Lord Jesus, what it tells
me about myself. I believe what this book says. I'm in awe of
God the Holy Spirit. He's God. He's God just as much
as God the Father and God the Son. I find it awe-inspiring
to think of the Lord Jesus Christ being placed in the womb by the
Holy Ghost. The scripture says, the Holy
Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the highest shall
overshadow thee. Therefore, that holy thing that
shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. Aren't
you in awe of that? That God became a fetus, and
God the Holy Spirit Put him in the womb. I'm in awe at the work
of the Holy Spirit in regeneration. I'm dead in sins by nature. And
God, the Holy Spirit, gives me life, life from the dead. I'm
actually made to be a partaker of the divine nature. I'm given
a new nature, a holy nature, the nature of God, so that every
believer is a God bearer. I'm in awe of that. I'm in awe
of the gospel. I'm in awe of the gospel that
takes somebody like me and makes me to be just like Jesus Christ. I'm in awe at the thought of
the future that I have. One of these days, I'm not gonna
sin anymore. And that I'm going to be perfectly
conformed to the image of Christ. I'm awed by that. That I won't
have to deal with unbelief anymore. I won't have to deal with my
sin anymore. That's what piety is. It's the
awe of God. Truly, He is awesome. And the gospel we believe is
awesome. It's worthy of God. Awe-inspiring. That's what piety
is. Awe of God. All of God, the Father,
all of God, the Son of God, the Holy Spirit, all of his word. Awesome. That is the gospel we
believe, and that's what piety means. It's godliness. Godliness. Great is the mystery of godliness. You know, I love the way, I love
the mystery of the scripture. Great is the mystery of godliness. Almost the same word as great
is the mystery of piety or great. It's just believed. It's not
so much understood but believed and received and bowed to. The
glorious gospel of the blessed God. we stand in awe of. But notice what he says in verse
four. But if any widow have children
or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home. Now this awe of God is to be
shown at home and to requite, to treat their parents right
For this is good and acceptable before God. Now, this piety,
this godliness, this reverence is to be shown at home. And if it's not shown at home,
it's not real. It's not true piety. It's not the true fear of God. Now, I know whether or not Lynn
really is pious. I do. I know. She knows whether
or not I really am. Let them first learn to show
piety at home. Now, I've always thought that
1 Timothy 5 is an unusual chapter. because he deals extensively
with the care of widows. Now, why is there such detail
given to this in the scripture? Who should be cared for? Well,
this line of thinking begins in 1 Timothy 3. Would you turn
with me there, verse 15? But if I tarry long, that thou
mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house
of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and
the ground of the truth. Behavior in the house of God
has something to do with how I treat you. Your behavior in
the house of God has something to do with how you treat me. Now, the Lord put it this way,
in as much as you've done it, to the least of these, my brethren,
You've done it to me. And in as much as you did it
not to the least of these, my brethren, you did it not to me.
Remember when Ann and I, or the Lord said to Saul of Tarsus,
Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? Now, the Lord was at the
right hand of the father, ruling and reigning. How could he say
to Saul, you're persecuting me when he's in such security and
glory? Because if he did it to one of
his people, he did it to him. Now we've already looked at chapter
four about behavior in the house of God, but this thought has
continued in chapter five. So let's look in chapter five,
verses one and two. And this has something to do
with piety. Rebuke, not an elder. Now there, I don't believe he's
talking about a pastor because he says something about that
on down, but an older believer. Rebuke not an older believer,
but entreat him as a father. Rebuke not a younger believer,
but entreat him as a brother. Rebuke not an older woman, but
entreat her as you would your mother. And rebuke not your younger
sisters, but treat them as you would a sister with all purity. Now in a family, there are fathers
and mothers, brothers and sisters, and genuine piety will lead to
respect for the family of God. Now, that's what he's talking
about here. He says, don't fly off the handle, that word rebuke.
Don't sharply criticize an older believer. Now, while older believers
are not to be indulged in sin or error, they are to be reproved
and corrected as parents, not rebuking them, but in treating
them in a much kinder and gentler way. Yeah, I love that proverb. I wish I could always put it
into practice. A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous
words stir up anger. And I don't know how many times
I've used grievous words, but that's not the way we should
be. He said, don't rebuke an elder. You know, I think of that scripture
in James three, be not many masters, many instructors for he says
in many things we offend all. We offend all. There's going
to be all kinds of offenses. If me and you are together, I'm
going to offend you, you're going to offend me. Things are going
to happen. That's what happens when you get sinful men and women
together. But love covers things, and we're not to rebuke harshly,
but entreat. How do I treat an older believer?
As my father. As my father. How do I treat
an older woman who's a believer? How would you rebuke your mother
if she needed to be rebuked? You wouldn't rebuke her, would
you? You'd treat her as a mother. The same way with the younger
men as brethren and the younger women as sisters with all purity.
What that means is you're not going to do anything in a public
manner. You're not going to expose them to ridicule. Always. Entreat them in a, how you do
your family. You know, we don't want our family's
sins exposed, do we? We don't want our family's failures
and weaknesses exposed. We treat them in gentleness.
Now rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father and the
younger men as brethren, the elder women as mothers, the younger
as sisters with all purity. And now if that's true, It's
the way we would operate in a natural family. It should be even more
so in a spiritual family. Now look what he says in verse
three, honor widows. that are widows indeed. Now this
is one of the works of true piety, and honor means more than holding
them in high esteem. Look in verse nine, let not a
widow be taken into the number. Taken, let's put on the payroll
basically. Under three score years old,
having been the wife of one man. Verse 16, if any man or woman
that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not
the church be charged that it may relieve them that are widows
indeed. This has to do with really taking care of widows. Honor
them. pay them, support them, that
are widows indeed, that actually need help. Now, he put some qualifications
on it. He doesn't say just honor widows,
period. I can't tell you how many times
during the week somebody will call me and say, y'all help pay
rent and y'all help With light bills, do you all help? I've
got a bad situation. Do you all help? Sure. Come on
over. We'll empty the coffers out. The point I'm making is if you
opened up things like that, everybody in town would be coming with
their hand out. You just don't do that. Paul gives instruction
not to. He says don't give money. Don't put a widow on the roll
unless she's a widow indeed. And we're going to, let's go
on reading, so let me show you what he's talking about here.
He said, but if any, verse four, if any have children or nephews,
a widow that has children or nephews, let them learn first.
They'll let the children learn first to show piety at home and
to requite, to take care of their parents. For that is good and
acceptable before God. Now to fail to do that is to
be like the Pharisees. Turn with me a moment to Mark
chapter seven. As far as who to help, that's
a touchy situation. Because I want to have my heart
open to anybody who needs help. I really do. I want to have my
heart open to anybody. I want to be quick to give. That being said, there's been
several times where able-bodied men came over here looking for
money. I'd see these cars pull up, they'd come in, and able-bodied
men. Now, I'd say sometimes I say
some things I wish I hadn't said, I'd get mad, but at any rate,
Mark chapter seven, verse nine. And he said unto them,
these Pharisees, full well you reject the commandment of God
that you may keep your own tradition. For Moses said, honor thy father
and thy mother. And whoso curseth father or mother,
let him die the death. But you say, if a man shall say
to his father or mother, it's Corbin, that is to say a gift. Now this money that I've got,
I've willed it to the church, therefore I can't give it to
you. Even though you're in need, I've already willed it to the
church, and so I gotta keep it until I die, then the church
is gonna get it, therefore I can't give it to you. Can't you see
how transparently evil that is? And that's what these people
were saying. Corbin, it's a gift. I don't have to give it to you.
And what our Lord says is that's a failure to honor your mother
and father. Moses said, honor thy father and mother, who so
cursed that father and mother shall die to death. But you say,
if a man shall say to his father and mother, it's Corbin, that
is to say a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by
me, he shall be free. And yet you suffer him no more
to do what for his father, his mother, making the word of God
of none effect through your traditions, which you've delivered. And many
such things like that do you. Now, this is interesting. Somewhere I've lost my last page
of notes, so I'm going to have to wing it. I know basically what
I was going to say. How did I do that? Hold on just
a second. Well, I had another page of notes,
so let's go back to our text. It was the Lord's will for me
to lose those notes. And so I'm, I'm glad. First Timothy chapter five. Now here's the widow. This is
part of piety. Now she that is a widow indeed and desolate.
trust in God and continues in supplications and prayers night
and day, that's the one you want to support. But she that lives
in pleasure, in wantness is the word, is dead while she lives.
You don't want to support her. Now these things give in charge
that they may be blameless, but if any provide not for his own,
and especially for those of his own house, He's denied the faith. Now, do you hear that? He's denied
the faith, and he is worse than an infidel, no matter what kind
of profession he makes. He's denied the faith. Now, let
not a widow be taken into the number under three score years
old, under 60. If someone's 55, they can't be
taken onto the role. They have to be over 60, having
been the wife of one man, well-reported of for good works. If she's brought
up children, if she's lodged the strangers, if she's washed
the saints' feet, if she's relieved the afflicted, if she's diligently
followed every good work, that's the one you want to support.
But the younger widows refuse. Don't support them. When they've
begun to wax wanton against Christ, they'll marry. And here he's
not talking about it's wrong to get married again because
a widow is free to get married only in the Lord. He's talking
about marrying an unbeliever. having damnation because they've
cast off their first faith, and with all they learn to be idle,
wandering about from house to house, and not only idle, but
tattlers also in busy bodies, speaking things which they ought
not. I will therefore that the younger women marry, so this
will be the case. Bear children, guide the house,
give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully, for some
are already turned aside after Satan, And if any man or woman
that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let them
not the church be charged, that it may relieve them that are
widows indeed." Now, all of that is a part of piety. I was talking
about that awe of God. This is just as much a part of
the awe of God as all the things I was saying at the first of
this message. Showing piety at home. And this is what came to
my mind. I've had this on my mind for quite some time. Would you turn to James chapter
2? James chapter 2. Now quite often when people hear
the gospel that we believe, the gospel of God's grace, how the
salvation is of the Lord and that how your works have absolutely
nothing to do with you being saved. Aren't you glad it's that
way? I sure am. I rejoice in that. Salvation
is by grace, not of works, lest any man should boast, for we're
his workmanship. Now, people hear this message
and they say, well, what about James Chapter 2? What about James
Chapter 2, where it says salvation is not by faith only, but works
also. Man's not justified by faith
only, but works also. What about that? What about James
Chapter 2? Now, I'm asking that question in light of the fact
that Piety is seen in my works. True piety is seen in my conduct. True piety is seen in my behavior. But let's look at James chapter
two. What about James chapter two? Now let's begin in verse
14. James asked a question. What
does it profit my brethren, though a man say, He has faith. I have faith. I believe the gospel. I believe the doctrine of grace.
I really believe the Bible teaches totem depravity, unconditional
election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, perseverance
of saints. I believe that. I really do. I believe that.
I believe it's what the Bible teaches. I've got faith. I'm not looking
anywhere but Christ. I've got faith. What does a prophet,
my brethren, though a man say he has faith and have not works,
can faith save him? Can that kind of faith save him?
Well, he answers that question by asking another question. Look
in verse 15. If a brother or sister be naked
and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them,
depart in peace. Think of this, somebody comes
knocking up on your door, destitute, cold, hungry, without sufficient
clothing. And they've knocked on your door
and you open it up to them. And it's a brother, it's a member
of this church. Isaac, it's you, you come up, you've lost your
job, you're in trouble. You come up and knock upon my
door, I'm hungry, I'm thirsty, I don't have sufficient clothes. If a brother or sister be naked
and destitute of daily food, and they knock on the door and
you open up and you say, to part in peace, be ye warned and filled. Notwithstanding, you give them
not those things which are needful to the body, what did it profit?
What did it profit? Absolutely nothing. Isaac's still
cold and Isaac's still hungry and he's got to go knock on somebody
else's door. What did it profit him? Absolutely nothing. Even so, verse 17, even so. Faith, if it hath not works,
is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say thou hast
faith and I have works. Well, show me thy faith without
thy works. I'll show thee my faith by my works. Now, I've
heard and read people say, well, what this means is your works
had nothing to do with your standing before God or your salvation
before God. But what this has to do is your works proving to
men that you're saved, that you're a real Christian. Now, I want
to be careful the way that I say this. And I don't want to... I want you to think I'm a believer,
but it doesn't really matter that much whether you think I
am or not. I mean, in the grand scheme of things. If I am, everything's
fine whether you think I am or not. I don't know how many times
people have come up to me and said, do you think I'm saved?
They say that to the preacher. Well, do you think I'm saved?
What difference does it make what I think? If I think you
are, it doesn't mean you are. If I think you're not, it doesn't
mean you're not. That's not the point. I'm concerned with what
the Lord sees, what the Lord believes. I'm not concerned about
trying to prove to you I'm a Christian. I hope my life will say I am
a Christian, but this is not about trying to prove to another
man I'm a Christian. Somebody says, I want people
to see Christ in me. Well, they didn't see Christ
in Christ. I don't know what makes you think they'll see him in
you. It don't work that way. So what does he mean? Verse 19. Thou believest that there's one
God. You're a monotheist and you're
not a polytheist. You only believe there's one
God. Well, that's good. That's good. I mean, it's, it's,
it's ignorant to not believe that way because there is only
one God. Hear O Israel, the Lord thy God is one Lord, one God. There's only one God, not two,
one God revealed in three distinct person. You, you believe there's
only one God? Yes, I do. Congratulations. Satan believes it too. He's sure
of it. He has no doubt about it. You can be sure that the devils
know that there's only one God. Not only that, they tremble.
You know, the demons show much more respect to the living God
than your average religious person. They know there's one God and
they tremble. They know of his power and his
might, and they know they're in his hands and he can cast
them away right now. They know there's one God and
they tremble. Verse 20, but wilt thou know,
O vain man, that faith without works is dead. Does that mean that the only
way you can know that your faith is good is if you've got good
works to accompany it? And you can see these works.
And I've got these works, therefore my faith must be real. That has
nothing to do with what it means. Now, let me assure you that.
As a matter of fact, if you can take a look at your works and
think, hey, I must have faith because look at these good works.
I feel quite sure that you're blind as a bat and you're a stranger
to grace. That's not what that's talking
about. Saying, well, I've got enough good works to kind of
give me some assurance that my faith is real. Well, let's go
on reading. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without
works is dead? And here's the example he gives.
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac
his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought
with his works, and by works was faith made perfect. And the
scripture was fulfilled, which saith, Abraham believed God,
and he was imputed unto him for righteousness. And he was called
the friend of God. You see then how that by works
a man is justified and not by faith only. Now, what did Paul
mean when he said to him that worketh not? But believe it,
on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. How do you put those two together
where it says, and James says, faith without works is dead.
A man's justified by works also and not by faith only. What in
the world does that mean? Well, it's understood the same
way we understand piety, that view toward God is seen in our
actions. Now, Abraham, he uses Abraham
as the example. God appeared to Abraham when
he was in heathen idolatry. And he said, Abraham, look at
the stars. Can you count them? So show your
seed be. And he promised him that in these
shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. And this is
talking about the Messiah coming through his seed. He didn't have
any evidence that it would be, but he believed God. He believed
God. Now, some years later, after
Isaac has been born and God told him the Messiah is going to come
through Isaac, God all of a sudden says, take that boy that I promised
the Messiah to come through and take him up to Mount Moriah and
kill him. Offer him there as a burnt offering
to me. Put him to death and offer him. Now, Abraham could have thought
of two things. If I do that, it'll mess up God's
plan. It'll mess up God's purpose.
Now, what would he have proved if he would have thought that?
That he didn't believe God. You see, God said the Messiah
is going to come through Isaac. And if he would have said, well,
I can't do that because God's purpose won't come to pass if
I kill him. All he would prove by that is he did not believe
God. But Abraham believed, we know
this from Hebrews 11, Abraham believed that even if he put
that boy to death, God would raise him from the dead because
God had promised the Messiah is gonna come through this boy.
So what demonstrated that Abraham really did believe the word of
God? When he held up that knife to slay his son. because he knew
that even in killing him, and in his mind he'd already killed
him, God was gonna raise him from the dead because he believed
God's word. Now what is it that proved he
believed God's word? Because he said he did? No, what
proved it was when he lifted up that knife to slay his son
in obedience to God's command, believing that God would raise
him from the dead. By his works, his faith was made
complete. If he would have refused to have
done that, all he would have proved is that he didn't really
believe God. He uses the same example with
Rahab in verse 25. Likewise also was not Rahab the
harlot justified by works when she'd received the messengers
and sent them out another way. For as the body without the spirit
is dead, so faith without works is dead also. Now you remember
Rahab. She said, I know, I've heard what God's done. And I
know he's going to destroy us through you. And I know the only
hope I have is if you have mercy on me. And if you save my family. What proves she really believed
that? She received the spies with peace and she hid them because
she knew that her only hope was those spies representing her
before the children of Israel because she knew God was going
to bless the children of Israel and defeat them. So what proves
she believed God? Her works. Now what proves somebody's
pious? that they actually have this
fear and reverence of God, that they stand in awe of God. They
stand in awe of his gospel, of the father, the son, and the
spirit. They stand in awe of his way of saving sinners. It's
going to be seen in their conduct. And if it's not in their conduct,
everything they say is just talk, nothing more. May the Lord enable
us to learn Oh, my God, give me grace to do this. May he give
you grace to do this, to learn, to show piety first at home. Let's pray together.