Father Mike Schmitz

I know all these words.

You're like, what the heck, Father?

Why are you telling me all this?

Well, I'm telling you this because there are many times when scripture in the literal sense is like, wow, I don't get that really.

bid the older women likewise to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers or slaves to drink.

And I'm not necessarily able to apply it to my life right now.

They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be sensible, chaste, domestic, kind, and submissive to their husbands, that the word of God may not be discredited.

But there is these spiritual senses that unpack scripture in a way and apply scripture in a way that we can benefit from.

likewise urge the younger men to control themselves show yourself in all respects a model of good deeds and in your teaching show integrity gravity and sound speech that cannot be censured so that an opponent may be put to shame having nothing evil to say of us bid slaves to be submissive to their masters and to give satisfaction in every respect they are not to talk back nor pilfer but to show entire and true fidelity so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of god our savior

So number one, in the spiritual sense, this allegorical sense, what's that mean?

It means that there are types throughout scripture.

So the example that the catechism uses is we understand the allegory or the type of the Red Sea, the journey through the people of Israel through the Red Sea.

It's a type of Christ's victory.

It's also a type of Christian baptism.

What do I mean?

Well, you have the people of Israel who are on one side of the Red Sea and they on that side of the Red Sea are certain slaves and certain face certain death.

For the grace of God has appeared for the salvation of all men, training us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions and to live sober, upright, and godly lives in this world, awaiting our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity and to purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.

And then they pass through the waters of the Red Sea.

And what does God give them by passing them through the waters of the sea?

He gives them freedom and he gives them life.