A Theology of Work: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

Turn to the book of 2 Thessalonians, chapter 3.

2 Thessalonians 3 · chapter mention

I'll tell you a little bit about the preaching plan over the coming months,

! Just to kind of give you some bearing on where we are and what we're doing even this morning.

I am taking, starting next Monday, a sabbatical, so beginning on the 15th, and I'll be gone for four weeks.

As such, Caleb is going to come and preach on Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, which is the 21st,

about that very topic, defending the unborn.

And in the following three weeks, Clay Naylor is going to preach out of John 17, three weeks on the high priestly prayer.

So I hope you'll anticipate that, that you'll be praying for them as they're getting ready to do that very thing.

When I come back, I'm going to do 11 weeks in Exodus chapter 20,

Exodus 20 · chapter mention

which is where the Ten Commandments are first received and recorded for us in the Scripture,

to talk about antinomianism, which means without the law.

So we need to understand as Christians what the place of the law is in our life.

So it'll be 11 weeks of antinomianism, that the law does in fact still have a bearing on who we are,

having been rescued by Christ.

And so it kind of left us with these three in-between weeks.

And we said, hmm, what should we do with three in-between weeks?

And so last week, I decided to do just a sermon on resolutions,

how to make resolves that are God-honoring.

And today, I'm going to preach a sermon on work.

Having asked last week, do you work hard?

What most about you needs to change?

And one of the questions I asked was, do you work hard?

And then I asked a follow-up question to that, which was, do you rest well?

And so this week, we're going to consider together work, work to the glory of God.

And I've provided for you an outline on the back of your bulletin.

If you have that with you, I'll also try to give you the points very carefully

so that you can write them down.

If not, and then next week, so just to give you some balance and maybe ease some anxiety

as we're talking about work, next week, we're going to talk about rest

and how to rest to the glory of God as well.

And I'm eager, I'm looking forward to continuing to prep for that

and then preaching as I'm going to take some time to do some resting.

So that's the game plan.

That's where we're going.

Beyond that, as a church, we have typically done verse-by-verse exposition

and often through larger texts of the Bible.

So if you're new with us or if you're not and you're scratching your head

about why we've not been doing that,

the intention is to get back to that in the summer.

Be praying for us.

You're welcome to suggest a book that you may want for us to preach to.

Right now I'm thinking 1 Corinthians and then possibly 2nd on beyond that,

but we don't know just yet.

So that'll be the plan beginning in the summer.

But for this morning, 2 Thessalonians chapter 3 in our text for this morning

2 Thessalonians 3 · chapter mention

is verses 6 through 15.

Beloved, this is God's Word to us.

It was written for His glory and our good.

And we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises

and obey its commands.

Beginning in verse 6.

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness

and not in accord with the tradition that you receive from us.

For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us,

because we were not idle when we were with you,

nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it.

But with toil and labor we work night and day,

that we might not be a burden to any of you.

It was not because we do not have that right,

but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate.

For even when we were with you, we would give you this command,

If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.

For we hear that some among you walk in idleness,

not busy at work, but busy bodies.

Now such a persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ

to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.

As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good.

If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter,

take note of that person and have nothing to do with him,

that he may be ashamed.

Do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother.

And so in today's text, there are a series of exhortations about work.

And I must say that this morning I couldn't possibly take the time

to give you a complete doctrine of work in the Scripture.

So it's going to be kind of sweeping,

and we're going to pull points specifically from this text,

but hopefully it'll get the pump primed and get you thinking about

and studying and having a clear grasp on the biblical doctrine of work.

But in our text today, we have these exhortations that are stated in the negative,

by which I mean Paul saying,

do not do such and such.

But every negative exhortation has a reflexive, positive implication.

So we will take the two together to better understand what Paul here is saying

to the Thessalonian believers and in turn to us in the following six points.

So number one,

Paul exhort us to not be idle,

but to work diligently.

Do not be idle,

but work diligently.

Paul has a concern

in the closing of a second letter to the Thessalonians

that some of those in the church were being lazy.

Why would this concern him?

Note verse 10.

For even when we were with you,

we would give you this command.

If anyone is not willing to work,

let him not eat.

So a rather serious matter that people not belated.

And it's concerning enough to him

that it has been a repeated teaching, right?

When Paul was with the church,

verse 10 tells us,

the command was given,

if anyone is not willing to work,

let him not eat.

Here in Paul's second letter,

he reminds them of this command that was given to them.

And in Paul's first letter to the church,

he also commands the church to work.

And here we can see why Paul

has such a concern

that they not be idle.

So turn back just a couple pages

to 1 Thessalonians chapter 4,

1 Thessalonians 4 · chapter mention

and I'll show you what I mean.

The last half of verse 11,

Paul exhorts them to work with your hands

as we instructed you.

Why?

So that you may walk properly

before outsiders.

So you see,

Paul is aware

that God created men to work.

So those who make claim

to worship the one true and living God

who revealed himself in Jesus Christ

ought to be the most diligent of workers.

Now, how did Paul know this?

Is Paul grasping this out of the air?

He's not.

Turn with me to Genesis chapter 1,

Genesis 1 · chapter mention

and I will show you

why Paul believed

this very important doctrine to be true.

Genesis chapter 1.

Genesis 1 · chapter mention

And I want you to see three things

from the beginning of the book of Genesis.

Number one,

God works.

Genesis 1.1 says,

In the beginning,

God created the heavens and the earth.

Right?

He did so for six days.

He worked.

He is the creator.

He made things out of nothing.

And you may say,

Well, that wasn't work.

He spoke it into existence.

And I agree.

He did speak it into existence.

But Genesis 2.2 tells us,

And on the seventh day,

God finished his work that he had done.

And he rested on the seventh day

from all his work that he had done.

Certainly, he did that work

with mighty, powerful words.

Not great labor of his muscles.

But they were strong words.

Right?

They were powerful, working words

in the creation of the world.

Not only that,

when God finished creating the world,

he did not stop working.

He set for us a model in resting a day.

But then he didn't cease working altogether.

He didn't sit back

and now he's just letting the world

play itself out.

God is still at work.

Jesus said in John 5.17,

My father is working until now

and I am working.

So Jesus, as a representative

of his father on earth,

also is working.

Just as a fun side note for you,

if you like these types of things,

Jonathan Edwards had a theory

about God's creation of the world

that he called progressive creationism.

And he suggested in it

that God was continually

speaking the world into existence.

This morning, for example,

would play out like a movie in scenes

and God is constantly speaking

what's happening into existence.

We see it as a reality

all strung together,

but God sees it as a reality

that has its moments

that he is creating.

There's no way to prove

this kind of thing.

And then if that makes

your head explode, me too.

But just as a fun aside,

Edwards was taking this idea,

right, my father is working

until now that he still

is speaking mighty words

that are progressing creation along

and that if he were to cease to speak,

we would cease to be.

So God works, number one.

Number two, man was created

in God's image to work.

Genesis 2.5.

When no bush of the field

was yet in the land

and no small plant of the field

had yet sprung up,

for the Lord God

had not caused it to rain on the land

and there was no man

to work the ground.

So God intended, right,

from the very beginning

that part of his creation process

would include man.

So man is an integral part

of God's creation work.

We back up to Genesis 1.

Now, Genesis 1 is a stating

of the creation of the world

and Genesis 2 is a restating of it.

So we can kind of come back and forth

between the two

and learn some things

about each of the telling.

Genesis 1.26.

Verse 26 and following,

Then God said,

Let us make man in our image

after our likeness

and let them have dominion

over the fish of the sea

and over the birds of the heavens

and over the livestock

and over all the earth

and over every creeping thing

that creeps on the earth.

So God created man

in his own image.

In the image of God,

he created him male and female.

He created them.

And God blessed them.

And God said to them,

Be fruitful and multiply

and fill the earth

and subdue it

and have dominion

over the fish of the sea

and over the birds of the heavens

and over every living thing

that moves on the earth.

So God intended to give to us

the earth under his reign

to rule over it.

To make it after his likeness.

Genesis 2.15 says,

The Lord God took the man

and put him in the Garden of Eden

to work it and to keep it.

This mandate then in the world

to protect the world

and to progress the world around us.

We're intended to be workers

as bearers of God's image.

And then third from Genesis.

Remember, I'm trying to tie this for you.

Paul knows these things

as he's exhorting

the Thessalonian believers and us.

Thirdly, sin made work into work.

Sin made work into work.

Made it hard.

Brought about great challenge in its doing.

Genesis 3.17 and following.

This is after the fall.

God says to Adam,

Because you have listened

to the voice of your wife

and have eaten of the tree

of which I commanded you,

you shall not eat of it.

Cursed is the ground because of you.

In pain you shall eat of it

all the days of your life.

Thorns and thistles

shall bring forth for you.

And you shall eat the plants

of the field.

By the sweat of your face

you shall eat bread

till you return to the ground.

For out of it you are taken.

For you are dust.

And to dust you shall return.

So we see that work

was intended to happen

but it was this joyful,

this resting in the garden

and working.

And sin made that

immensely difficult.

Right?

Weeds come forth.

If you have ever tried to garden,

it is not an easy thing

to keep weeds out of your garden.

This is a result of sin.

You can curse the ground for sin

when you're trying to garden.

And this work has become work.

Right?

It's become this challenging

and difficult thing

that we undertake.

So we have a God who works

and as image bearers of God

redeemed by the blood of His Son,

we work.

We work under the curse

but we work that our God

would be known.

So it does not matter what you do.

Whether you are a school teacher,

a nurse,

an accountant,

a truck driver,

a construction worker,

a social service provider,

a salesman,

a fast food employee,

a student,

a housewife,

a missionary,

or a pastor,

God intends for you

to bear His image

in the way you do what you do.

Beloved,

we ought to be the very best of workers.

Our employers ought to be so pleased

to have us on their team

and lament the day

that we move on to different work.

In all of our working,

we ought to seek the betterment

of the world in which we live.

Like,

as if,

we are pushing back

the effects of the curse.

And we are to do this

to the glory of God.

Paul wrote in Colossians 3,

Colossians 3:23

verse 23,

whatever you do,

work heartily,

that is to say,

with all of yourself,

with every part of your being.

Work heartily

as for the Lord

and not for men.

You can do the most mundane

of things

to the glory of God.

Verse 24,

Paul goes on to say

in Colossians 3,

knowing

that from the Lord

you will receive

the inheritance

as your reward.

You are serving

the Lord

Christ.

And it doesn't matter

in what thing

you do this.

Martin Luther famously said,

a milkmaid

can milk cows

to the glory

of God.

Your work

is not insignificant

and your work

rightly done

has heavenly

reward.

Richard Baxter,

who was a Puritan

pastor,

and if you want

to read about

work and work ethic,

the Puritans

are wonderful,

wonderful people

to read.

He said,

and this is on the front

of your bulletin,

be laborious

and diligent

in your callings.

He means your work,

wherever God has placed

you to do work.

And if you cheerfully

serve God

in the labor

of your hands

with a heavenly

and obedient mind,

it will be as

acceptable to him

as if you had spent

all that time

in more

spiritual

exercises.

So,

Paul exhorts us

in 2 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians 3 · chapter mention

chapter 3

to not be idle,

but to work

diligently.

Secondly,

do not reject

apostolic teaching

and example,

but be doers

of the Word.

Now,

you may see

why I gave you notes.

Do not reject

apostolic teaching

and example,

but be doers

of the Word.

The Lord God

has spoken

by the pens

and the lives

of the apostles,

and we ought

to be very careful

not to reject

their teaching.

Some in the Thessalonian

church were doing

this very thing.

Paul says

in verse 6,

we should keep

away from any

brother who

is walking

in idleness

and,

what,

not in accord

with the tradition

that you received

from us.

And then in verse 7,

he says that we

ought to imitate

them.

Paul,

Silvanus,

and Timothy

set an example

for the Thessalonian

believers

and for us.

In verse 9,

Paul says

that they had

a right

to be paid

for their work,

but that they

earned

their own way.

Why?

To give you

in ourselves

an example

to imitate.

Paul,

as an apostle,

was commissioned

by Jesus

himself

to preach

and set

in writing

doctrines

for the church.

We do well

when we take up

and read

and obey.

So,

do not reject

apostolic teaching

and example.

Be doers

of the word.

This is a weighty

thing that's been

given to us.

Third,

do not be

a freeloader,

but pay

your own way.

I can think

of all kinds

of application

in a group

of college students.

Do not be

a freeloader,

but pay

your own way.

Paul exhorts

that anyone

who is able

to work

ought

to work.

Now,

just to be clear,

your schooling

can be work.

You are

in a place

preparing,

working

for the next

thing you're doing.

But,

verse 8 states,

we did not

eat anyone's bread

without paying

for it.

And,

verse 10,

if anyone is not

willing to work,

let him not eat.

And,

in verse 11,

the idle person

is commanded

and encouraged

to do their work

quietly

and to earn

their own

living.

And,

in verse 12,

the one who is

earning their own

living is encouraged

to not grow weary

in doing good.

Not grow weary

of doing this

good thing

of earning

your own

way.

Now,

Paul's concern

at this point

is not for the one

who is unable

to work.

There are many

varied reasons

that a person

may be unable

to work

and we won't

get into those

reasons.

His concern

is not for those

people.

His concern

is for those

who can work

but won't.

In 2 Corinthians

2 Corinthians 8:1–5

chapter 8

verses 1

through 5,

Paul commends

the generosity

of the Macedonian

churches.

Listen to

verse 1

following

2 Corinthians 8.

We want you

to know,

brothers,

about the grace

of God

that has been

given among

the churches

of Macedonia.

For in a severe

test of affliction,

their abundance

of joy

and their extreme

poverty

have overflowed

in a wealth

of generosity

on their part.

So we have

the Macedonian

churches

who are impoverished

giving generously.

Verse 3,

And this,

not as we expected,

but they gave

themselves first

to the Lord

and then by the

will of God

to us.

And so what

Paul is referring

to is the great

deal of suffering

that was going

on in Jerusalem,

the persecution

that had already

come upon Christians

there.

They were losing

homes.

They were jailed.

people unable

to work

were being provided

for by churches

in the region.

And the Macedonian

churches,

even out of their

poverty,

gave with great

generosity for this.

The point I'm making

is that Paul

is not talking

about those

unable to work.

He's talking

about those

who can

but won't.

There's a general

reality built

into the fabric

of our world

that our provision

comes through

work.

And if we

enable someone

by giving them

a handout

who can work

for themselves,

we're not

helping them.

A couple of

examples.

Proverbs 12.11

says,

whoever works

his land

will have

plenty of bread,

but he who

follows worthless

pursuits

lacks sense.

Proverbs 13.4,

the soul

of the sluggard

craves

and gets

nothing

while the soul

of the diligent

is richly

supplied.

So,

do not be a

freeloader,

but as long

as you can

and you're able

to do so,

pay your own

way.

Number four,

do not be

burdensome,

but be generous.

Do not be

burdensome,

but be generous.

Now,

this point

is closely

related to

the previous

one.

We could say,

do not be

a burdensome

freeloader,

but here I

want to add

the positive

exhortation

to be generous.

Work diligently

to earn a

living for

yourself,

but also

to give

and to give

well to

meet the

needs of

those who

cannot.

Please,

by all

means,

go and

make lots

and lots

and lots

of money

and spend

it on

the kingdom

of God.

We need,

in the church,

people who

will do

this work.

The negative

part of

the exhortation

is found

in verse

8.

In their

setting example,

they intended

that we might

not be a

burden

to any

of you,

so do

not be

burdensome.

To establish

the positive

part of the

exhortation,

we need to

step outside

of our

text a

bit and

look at

some of

Paul's

other

teachings.

So,

it's

implied

there.

We don't

want to

be a

burden

to any

of you.

We could

then give

instead,

but let's

look at

some other

places where

Paul teaches

this.

So,

Acts

Acts 20:34

chapter 20,

verse 34

and 35,

Paul is

saying his

farewell to

the Ephesian

elders and

says,

you

yourselves

know that

these

hands

ministered

to my

necessities

and to

those who

were with

me.

Paul was

a maker

of tents,

so he

did this

along his

missionary

journeying.

Verse 35,

in all

these

things,

I have

shown you

that by

working

hard in

this way,

we must

help the

weak and

remember the

words of

the Lord

Jesus,

how he

himself

said,

it is

more

blessed

to give

than to

receive.

Another

place,

in Ephesians

4,

28,

Paul

exhorts,

let the

thief no

longer

steal,

but rather

let him

labor.

Now,

there's a

lot of

conjecture

about who

is specifically

being referred

to here,

the general

thief,

but many

understand,

believe,

that who

Paul is

addressing

are those

within the

church that

were being

idle and

receiving benefit

from the

church financially,

but they

could work.

They were

getting welfare

checked from

the church,

but they

could offer

something to

God's

society.

So let the

thief no

longer steal,

but rather

let him

labor,

doing honest

work with

his own

hands,

and I

love the

why,

so that

he may

have

something

to share

with anyone

in need.

So Paul

exhorts here,

the Thessalonian

believers and

us,

to not be

burdensome,

but to be

generous.

Fifth,

do not be

a busybody,

but build

up others.

Do not

be a busybody,

but build

up others.

Not

busying

themselves

with work,

some of the

Thessalonians

were becoming

meddlesome.

Verse 11

states,

for we hear

that some

among you

walk in

idleness.

It's a way

of life

for you.

Not busy

at work,

but busy

bodies.

The original

language could be

translated,

not busy,

but busy

bodies.

I think the

ESV translators

are trying to

help us

understand what

they're supposed

to be busy

with, right?

In the context,

they're supposed

to be busy

with work

rather than

with other

things.

But in the

Greek,

not busy,

but busy

bodies,

and it's a

play on words,

and Paul is

clever and likes

to do these

types of things.

So he's

saying,

not ergo

zomenos,

but peri

ergo zomenos.

That's what he's

saying to them.

He's playing

with two words

that are

similar,

but twisted

on them.

So you're

not being

busy.

Rather than

that,

you're being

busy bodies.

These busy

bodies were

becoming

troublesome.

They were

not building

up the

church,

but busying

themselves

in other

people's

business.

In 1

Timothy 5,

Paul instructs

Timothy not

to enroll

young widows

in the

financial care

of the

church.

And I

kind of

love that

it's

anyone

under 60.

So the

young widows

should not

be enrolled

in the

financial care

of the

church

because,

he says

in 1

Timothy 5,

13,

they learn

to be

idlers,

going about

from house

to house,

and not

only idlers,

but also

gossips and

busy bodies,

saying what

they should

not.

He's

saying if

you free

up their

time by

providing for

them,

rather than

them being

remarried,

having a

livelihood in

that way,

you free up

all their

time by

just writing

the checks

for their

bills for

them.

This is what

they're learning

how to do.

We're seeing

this as a

pattern of

a thing

that's happening.

Ladies,

this is not an

indictment on

you particularly.

This is for

all of us.

Don't be

idle because

you're going to

become a

busybody.

So,

work.

make yourself

too busy to

trouble yourself

with the

matters that

are not

yours to

be troubled

with.

I have

seen time

and time

again in

this fellowship

people with

way too

much time

on their

hands causing

so much

trouble.

If you're

having a

difficult time

busying

yourself,

let me

know.

I have

work that

you can

be busy

with.

People will

come to me

with troubles

and I say,

what do you

want me to

do about

that?

And I have

no answer

for that

kind of

thing,

but they

just want

to share

this is

what's

going on.

Okay,

well let's

pray for

this person

and if

you think

you have

a responsibility

you can

act.

I don't

think you

do though.

We need

to be

busier

very often.

We are

meant to

build each

other up,

not tear

each other

down.

So,

do not

be a

busy

body,

but build

up others.

And

sixth,

do not

tolerate

what

dishonors

God,

but

admonish

the

idol.

Do not

tolerate

what

dishonors

God,

but

admonish

the

idol.

And

this is

Paul's

primary

exhortation

in this

text.

It's

really the

big picture

of what

he's

trying to

say

here to

the

Thessalonians

believers.

He is

concerned

that those

who claim

to follow

Christ

are not

living in

a way

that is

honoring

to him

and he

takes

this

matter

very

seriously.

So,

a couple

of verses

kind of

in cap

our text.

Verse 6

and then

verses 14

and 15.

Verse 6

he says,

Now we

command you

brothers

in the

name of

our

Lord

Jesus

Christ

that you

keep

away

from

any

brother

who

is

walking

in

idleness

and not

in

accord

with

the

tradition

that you

received

from us.

So,

here's a

person

not

obeying

the

command.

Keep

away

from

them.

In

verse 14

and 15,

if anyone

does not

obey what

we say

in this

letter,

again,

not

obeying

the

command,

take

note

of

that

person

and

have

nothing

to do

with

him

that

he

may

be

ashamed.

Do

not

regard

him

as

an

enemy,

but

warn

him

as

a

brother.

And

the

church

should

discipline

the

idol

for

the

sake

of the

!

the

church

in the

world.

Out

of

fear

that

someone

here

does

not

know

what

proper

discipline

looks

like.

Maybe

church

discipline

is a

distant

concept

for you.

It's

likely

in our

current

church

culture

that it

is.

Or

possibly

you've

been part

of a

church

that's

really

tried

but

handled

it

so

poorly.

I

want

to

talk

you

through

the

proper

process

of

church

discipline

which is

found in

Matthew

Matthew 18:15–17

chapter

18

verses

15

through

17

so

please

join

me

there.

Here's

a

Paul's

exhortation

do not

tolerate

what

dishonors

God

but

admonish

the

idol.

This

is

how

we

do

that.

Jesus

instructs

us

how

it

is

that

we're

meant

to

discipline

one

another

in

the

church

for

the

sake

of

holiness

and

it's

a

multi

step

process

it's

a

four

step

process

in

fact.

So

beginning

in

verse

15

Jesus

says

if

your

brother

sins

against

you

now

I

believe

that

that

he's

he's

referring

to

both

sins

that

are

directly

against

you

right

it

would

be

my

responsibility

to

handle

somebody's

sin

against

me

somebody

gets

angry

with

me

and

yells

at

me

that

I

should

be

the

one

that

goes

to

them

and

is

restorative

and

corrective

but

I

also

think

that

includes

in

a

broader

sense

those

sins

that

are

just

egregious

to

the

Lord

right

that

we

are

we're

brothers

we're

part

of

this

family

fellowship

and

if

there

are

things

that

are

happening

in

somebody's

life

that

are

tearing

at

my

witness

then

that's

a

sin

against

me

you

could

disagree

with

me

on

that

point

but

I

do

think

that

Jesus

means

to

include

those

with

the

particular

situation

so

if

your

brother

sins

against

you

step

one

go

and

tell

him

his

fault

between

you

and

him

alone

if

he

listens

to

you

you

have

gained

your

brother

right

so

this

step

in

discipline

in a

healthy

church

happens

all

the

time

all

the

time

we're

going

to

one

another

we're

helping

each

other

check

our

own

blind

spots

so

often

we

don't

see

our

own

!

so

in

our

text

today

maybe

you've

found

yourself

being

a bit

lackadaisical

and

maybe

that's

because

somebody

pointed

it

out

somebody

said

hey

man

we're

working

together

and

I

just

think

that

you're

stealing

from

the

company

you're

on

Facebook

all

the

time

when

you're

supposed

to

be

making

sales

calls

and

you're

corrected

in

this

way

and

if

you're

a

follower

of

Jesus

Christ

we

hope

that

you

repent

you're

telling me

about

this

thing

so

you've

gained

your

brother

verse

15

Paul

says

in

our

text

sorry

not

Matthew

18

but

back

in

2

2 Thessalonians 3 · chapter mention

Thessalonians

chapter

3

he says

do not

regard

him

as

an

enemy

but

warn

him

as

a

brother

warn

him

tell

him

that

his

error

may

mean

that

he's

not

in

Christ

so

he

needs

to

repent

he

needs

to

see

this

in

his

life

1

Thessalonians

5

14

Paul

wrote

and we

urge

you

brothers

admonish

the

idle

encourage

the

faint

hearted

help

the

weak

be

patient

with

them

all

so

this

is

a

restorative

thing

right

we

do

it

out

of

love

and

concern

for

one

another

we

come

alongside

people

people

want

to

get

so

uptight

about

this

kind

of

stuff

don't

judge

unless

you

be

judged

they

take

scripture

out of

context

when

Jesus

goes

on

there

to

say

be

sure

to

remove

the

plank

from

your

own

eyes

so

that

you

see

clearly

you

remove

the

speck

from

your

brothers

right

there's

a

process

by which

we

are

meant

to be