WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:06.799 You're listening to KFI amix on demand. Thomas, Welcome to Jesus Christ Show. 2 00:00:08.560 --> 00:00:13.839 Um. I feel that you you you provide a better service, almost 3 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:17.879 better than church because you do answer questions. The church is uh, you 4 00:00:17.920 --> 00:00:22.760 know, nice, but information, it's even better about scriptures. Let's hope. 5 00:00:23.039 --> 00:00:26.960 Let's hope we compliment each other then about Okay, I haven't said that. 6 00:00:27.480 --> 00:00:33.479 Um. You know the vast number of translations and um that we have 7 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:38.920 in the scriptures, do you feel that it negates or distorts any of the 8 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:43.880 true meaning of the words of Christ? And um, what do you um 9 00:00:44.119 --> 00:00:52.200 prefer recommend for reading material? And that's and that was a beautiful segue because 10 00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:57.320 you have been talking about how scriptures are read and um, and also on 11 00:00:57.359 --> 00:01:03.640 your large prayer. Its my scriptures vary a little bit when it says eternal 12 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:07.200 life or forever lasting life and that kind of thing. So just to expound 13 00:01:07.239 --> 00:01:12.200 on that, I've my friends and I are really up tired about this and 14 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:19.159 argue about it because I believe, I believe that the Older a New Testament 15 00:01:19.480 --> 00:01:23.719 is the one, and they have the New World and the revised world and 16 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:29.319 you know anyway, well, my question the new World translation is a Jovah's 17 00:01:29.319 --> 00:01:34.159 Witness translation. Okay, So there are there are differences in translations. There 18 00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:38.640 are some sects, or some groups or even some some groups that people would 19 00:01:38.719 --> 00:01:47.799 refer to as non Christian cults that have different Bible versions. So putting those 20 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:56.159 aside, because that's not necessarily a translation. That can be a different version, 21 00:01:56.799 --> 00:01:59.280 that's a little something different. So putting those aside. If you're just 22 00:01:59.319 --> 00:02:04.200 talking about the New American Standard, King James, the New King James, 23 00:02:05.560 --> 00:02:08.439 the NIV. If you're talking about translations, keep in mind that the Bible 24 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:15.159 was written in three languages, Hebrew, Greek, and a little bit of 25 00:02:15.199 --> 00:02:21.080 Aramaic. There's no way for you to get the raw experience unless you learn 26 00:02:21.479 --> 00:02:27.759 Greek, Ancient Greek, Ancient Hebrew, and ancient Aramaic. Everything you're going 27 00:02:27.800 --> 00:02:30.719 to consume is going to be a translation. It just has to be unless 28 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:37.560 you speak those original languages. Having said that, there are people on different 29 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:40.840 continents, in different countries that speak different languages every day and communicate the very 30 00:02:40.840 --> 00:02:46.439 same things you're going through today. If they have a stomach ache, they 31 00:02:46.439 --> 00:02:51.639 tell someone, Hey, I have a stomach ache, they may not use 32 00:02:51.719 --> 00:02:54.919 that word. Those words in English, but they will convey that very same 33 00:02:55.159 --> 00:02:59.680 issue. If they're in love with somebody, we're happy to see them, 34 00:02:59.759 --> 00:03:02.800 they will convey that in their language, and it will be exactly the same 35 00:03:04.479 --> 00:03:08.759 as what you're conveying in English, but in their language. So the important 36 00:03:08.759 --> 00:03:19.240 thing is to not get lost in the different translations and understand that everything that 37 00:03:19.319 --> 00:03:23.479 comes from one language to the other language has to be understood that it was 38 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:28.759 translated. But there's ways to get around that to understand to make sure that 39 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:34.159 the version you're using is a good one. And one of the tricks you 40 00:03:34.199 --> 00:03:38.080 can use is to find a verse that you know very well and to check 41 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:44.439 it in the different versions to see how they translate that verse. So if 42 00:03:44.439 --> 00:03:47.240 it translates a little wonky or a little weird, then that's maybe not the 43 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:53.159 translation for you. But if it translates that verse true to how you know 44 00:03:53.240 --> 00:03:58.840 it, then you can start looking at other verses in that scripture and find 45 00:03:58.840 --> 00:04:03.879 them as well. Also recommend having more than one translation or laying around. 46 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:10.199 I think three is a good number, but you can have more, of 47 00:04:10.240 --> 00:04:13.879 course, And that way, if you get stuck on a particular verse, 48 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:17.480 you can go look at the verse and the other translation and see if it 49 00:04:17.560 --> 00:04:24.319 sheds any more light on it. But translations don't take away from scripture. 50 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:29.279 It's just a necessity of it. Every work of antiquity that was written in 51 00:04:29.639 --> 00:04:33.720 different languages are translated. If you were to read Sunsu's Art of War, 52 00:04:34.120 --> 00:04:38.120 it's going to be translated. If you're reading it in English, if you're 53 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:41.879 going to read Homer's Iliad, it's going to be translated. The Odyssey going 54 00:04:41.920 --> 00:04:45.680 to be translated. Any of these things are going to be translated. It's 55 00:04:45.720 --> 00:04:49.920 interesting, though, how when it comes to those works, nobody thinks twice 56 00:04:49.959 --> 00:04:53.319 about it, but when it comes to scripture, people are like, wait 57 00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:56.879 a second, how is this translated? How do I know this is right? 58 00:04:57.600 --> 00:05:00.079 And so on? But there there are things that you can do. 59 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:06.720 You can read through multiple versions and get an even better picture. But it 60 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:10.800 depends what you're doing. If you're studying, you're going to want one that 61 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:15.279 is very specific to the words used and in the communication. If you're just 62 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:18.800 getting spiritual truths out of something and you just want it more of a casual 63 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:24.600 read, then you can read more of what they call paraphrase bibles. They're 64 00:05:24.600 --> 00:05:30.279 more relaxed translations and they're kind of translating the ideas rather than word for word. 65 00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:34.879 So it depends. Is this for studying purposes? YEA, yeah, 66 00:05:34.879 --> 00:05:42.800 well there's many Many people enjoy the NAP, which is the one that my 67 00:05:42.959 --> 00:05:47.000 producer Neil uses. He loves reading out of the New American Standard Bible, 68 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:53.439 and he enjoys the NIV. But there's different versions. This is another thing 69 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:59.040 the Bible scholars don't tell you. In Bible, printers and publishers don't tell 70 00:05:59.079 --> 00:06:01.199 you is there there's different versions as well. If you go back, you 71 00:06:01.240 --> 00:06:08.879 can find that there are different copyright dates on like the NIV because changes have 72 00:06:08.959 --> 00:06:15.680 been made as they've looked through different things, or they've found different better understanding 73 00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:19.319 of certain words or things like that, they'll be corrected or they'll be modified, 74 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:23.319 and there'll be a new version that will be They don't say, hey, 75 00:06:23.360 --> 00:06:28.079 it's the NIV or whatever two point zero, but technically it ends up 76 00:06:28.120 --> 00:06:32.759 being that way. The key is is remembering that in the process of studying, 77 00:06:33.319 --> 00:06:38.879 to cross reference things and really try and understand through. You know, 78 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:43.959 more versions as well, Like I said, a casual version, a more 79 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:48.480 word for word version like the NASB that if you're going to do word studies. 80 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:54.199 I suggest something like that NIV is a nice split between the two where 81 00:06:54.199 --> 00:06:58.720 you get a nice read, but a very accurate read as well, and 82 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:01.600 you have a couple of these laying around and you can get a really really 83 00:07:01.600 --> 00:07:05.240 good picture. They'll all give you a good picture, but sometimes if one's 84 00:07:05.279 --> 00:07:10.879 a little clearer, you can look it up there and clarify something that maybe 85 00:07:10.879 --> 00:07:15.879 you were confused on before. So the key is to cross reference and take 86 00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:20.480 deeper to find out. Yeah, it really works in your favor. Some 87 00:07:20.519 --> 00:07:24.600 people go, well, it caused more confusion because there's so many translations, 88 00:07:24.600 --> 00:07:29.319 But on the flip side, it actually causes a lot of clarity because you're 89 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:33.519 not going to be able to run from specifics in scripture because they are so 90 00:07:35.360 --> 00:07:41.959 it depends where they're coming from. There's a more recent version, the ISV 91 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:46.680 and International Standard version, and they had a particular goal in mind as well 92 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:51.839 about the communicative property of the scripture and also grabbing certain parts like in the 93 00:07:51.839 --> 00:07:57.480 Old Testament that were poetic and trying to capture those poetic moments and bring them 94 00:07:57.480 --> 00:08:01.639 in. So it depends what the folks is and what they're trying to convey 95 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:05.439 and you can go through and you can look at the kind of the breakdown 96 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:09.439 of why they say their translation is a little different, or this is what 97 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:13.639 we were trying to convey and what we're trying to get across in our version, 98 00:08:13.639 --> 00:08:16.040 and this is why we spent the money, because it's not cheap to 99 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:22.040 go back look at the original documents and translate them into a new version. 100 00:08:22.600 --> 00:08:26.040 And they usually have like a mission statement of what they were trying to accomplish 101 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:30.199 or what their main focus was, and you can look at that and that 102 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:33.039 may help you as well. Again finding a verse that you know really well 103 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:37.919 and comparing it in different versions, and you can do this online now you 104 00:08:37.960 --> 00:08:43.240 can go through. My producer Neil really enjoys using the Unbound Bible. You 105 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:48.879 can find it at Unbound dot Biola dot edu. And he loves using that 106 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:54.000 because he can switch from different versions and he can look at the verse in 107 00:08:54.120 --> 00:09:00.559 different versions to see if there's something that clarifies it or you know, shows 108 00:09:00.559 --> 00:09:03.799 a little bit more understanding in there. So maybe you can experiment with things 109 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:09.720 like that digital versions until you find one that you feel really seems to get 110 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:15.399 the message or speak to you. Dan Welcome to the Jesus Christ, show 111 00:09:18.919 --> 00:09:22.600 hi Danny there, Yes, I am okay, I help you. Well, 112 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:28.320 I have a friend who's Jewish and I was concerned to, you know, 113 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:33.759 because he believes he doesn't believe that the Christ is in miss I asked 114 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:37.480 what I was wondering, how how that projects, you know, into the 115 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:43.279 Jewish life? How how does it go with judgment? I guess what you 116 00:09:43.320 --> 00:09:50.480 mean is his judgment or understanding? Are you trying to help him understand why 117 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:56.039 you believe that that I was the Messiah? Or well, well, I 118 00:09:56.080 --> 00:10:00.480 guess what I'm saying is worse that worse he standing in the internity, you 119 00:10:00.519 --> 00:10:03.080 know what, he stands before Christ and said, well, you know, 120 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:07.360 why didn't you accept me? You know? There there's a couple of different 121 00:10:07.440 --> 00:10:13.360 views actually, and some that aren't widely understood are known by believers. But 122 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:18.399 there are some that believe that Jews are not under the New Testament or New 123 00:10:18.399 --> 00:10:22.799 Covenant. They're under the First Covenant. So if they are living by the 124 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:28.080 standards of the First Covenant, then that's the covenant that was made with God 125 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:35.039 with the Jewish people. So in that case that if somebody is living by 126 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:41.600 the law, by the Jewish law, then their salvation is based on that. 127 00:10:41.159 --> 00:10:46.480 Differently, there are those that believe that, and there is some some 128 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:54.600 good theology behind that as well. But if somebody doesn't believe that I'm the 129 00:10:54.639 --> 00:11:00.159 Messiah, because they're they're Jewish and people, you know, and they and 130 00:11:00.200 --> 00:11:03.039 they genuinely are. Like where in the Bible does it say that there are 131 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:11.080 things that can be seen? It's important and to go through Micah five two, 132 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:18.960 Genesis forty nine ten, Zachariah ninety nine, Psalm twenty two one through 133 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:24.399 thirty one, Daniel nine twenty four through twenty seven, as all of these 134 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:31.559 continue to point towards what the Messiah needs to be, what the Messiah was 135 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:35.759 going to be like, starting with being born in Bethlehem, being born from 136 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:41.279 the tribe of Judah, that would present himself by riding on an ass Zachariah 137 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:48.600 ninety nine, would be tortured to death Psalm twenty two one through thirty one. 138 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:52.039 The Messiah would arrive before the destruction of the second the Second Temple Daniel 139 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:56.799 nine twenty fourth through twenty seven. So there are things that if you were 140 00:11:56.840 --> 00:12:01.080 to some people were to them as an address, some people refer to them 141 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:05.399 as an id but think about an address. If you go from you know, 142 00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:09.759 you're on the Earth, then you're in the USA, then you're in 143 00:12:09.840 --> 00:12:13.679 California, then you're on this street or the city this street, and you 144 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:16.200 keep whittling it down, it will point to you. And some people believe 145 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:22.879 that you can find that very thing in scripture itself. Glenn, Welcome to 146 00:12:22.919 --> 00:12:26.519 the Jesus Christ Show. Thank you, Thank you very much. You're welcome. 147 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:30.600 How can I help you? Things are good in my life, A 148 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:35.879 good job, that relationships, marriage, actually three marriages, and I've always 149 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:45.000 managed to destroy them. A good job as a law enforcement officer, I 150 00:12:45.080 --> 00:12:52.320 destroy you just how did you destroy it? Whether drugs involved or drinking they 151 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:58.639 were drugs involved was destroyed. Marriages and the trust. And I've been through 152 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:03.360 recovery three times and get a little time under my belt, and then I 153 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:09.799 go back and there's so many things going on in my head free will and 154 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:16.799 God knows everything, and it it made me think, what was my purpose 155 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:18.799 in life? Why did God create me? Why did he create others? 156 00:13:18.799 --> 00:13:24.320 There's such a diversity. Why why were we created to what purpose? If? 157 00:13:24.559 --> 00:13:31.039 If I know, it's free choice, free will and God knows the 158 00:13:31.039 --> 00:13:35.320 beginning and the ending, But why why will we create it? Why couldn't? 159 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:43.039 They're just the existence of the earth without us? To what purpose? 160 00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:46.279 Does that makes any sense? It absolutely does, And it's a question that 161 00:13:46.360 --> 00:13:50.360 I think a lot of people wrestle with whether you're and everyone has their struggles, 162 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:54.960 Glenn. Scripture is very clear that it's a righteous man is not someone 163 00:13:56.000 --> 00:14:00.879 who doesn't stumble and fall. It's someone who falls seven times and seven times 164 00:14:00.919 --> 00:14:05.039 gets up. So I want to encourage you regardless, you have to keep 165 00:14:05.080 --> 00:14:09.799 getting up. That's going to be the key, and that's what you need 166 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:16.360 to do. Nothing that encouraged me that you said, and I could misquoted, 167 00:14:16.440 --> 00:14:20.440 but don't leave in the middle of the movie. Yeah, miss the 168 00:14:20.519 --> 00:14:24.759 miraculous ending. Well, that sticks with me, and that keeps me going. 169 00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:26.919 It gives me a hope. Well, I'm proud of you, and 170 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:33.000 I'm and I'm sad that there is a wake of broken marriages and jobs that 171 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:39.600 have you've been fired from or left and I'm sorry for those things and saddened 172 00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:43.000 by those things, but I'm encouraged by your spirit and the fact that you're 173 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:48.399 you're persevering and pushing through. Now, as far as the theological question. 174 00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:52.120 It's almost twofold because you went kind of in and out of two different places. 175 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:58.559 So first the basic pushing back to the very first, why why did 176 00:14:58.559 --> 00:15:05.080 God create one at all? And the truth of the matter is simply for 177 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:11.600 God's pleasure. He wanted to. That's it. There's nothing special or that. 178 00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:16.200 God was not lonely. God was not sitting there going wow, it 179 00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:20.519 would be great if I had some toys. There's just nothing going on. 180 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:24.240 There was no lack of fulfillment, there was nothing. God needs nothing, 181 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:33.240 There's there was no point of necessity at all. God just simply wanted to. 182 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:37.879 And it says in Scripture and Colaussians one sixteen, for by him all 183 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:43.639 things were created in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones 184 00:15:43.799 --> 00:15:50.200 or dominions, or rulers or authorities, all things were created through him and 185 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:58.240 for him. That's it. Through him and for him, there's no need. 186 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:03.039 There was no nothing. So that's the basic. God wanted to create, 187 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:07.799 so he created. Now you move on to the other question of why 188 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:12.279 are you here or what is the purpose? And I guess the meaning of 189 00:16:12.320 --> 00:16:19.120 life per se is We've talked about this on the show before, is simply 190 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:32.320 to utilize your gifts and your abilities along lines of excellence to the edification of 191 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:38.679 yourself, to the edification of others, to the glory of God. That's 192 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:42.679 it. So the things that you can do, you should do. The 193 00:16:42.679 --> 00:16:47.600 things that you can do, you should do for good reasons, for health 194 00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:51.600 of your own self. The things that you can do you should do for 195 00:16:51.679 --> 00:16:55.200 the health of yourself, to the health of others and the benefit of others, 196 00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:59.480 and to the benefit of yourself in a healthy manner. The things you 197 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:04.519 you can do you should do to the edification in the health of you and 198 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:14.160 the health of others, imbalance, and all of that should be done understanding 199 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:18.480 who God is and giving him on the glory. If that's it. If 200 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:22.680 I may just add to that, what I've struggled with is because that has 201 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:29.160 such success and failures, I've reached out to others. But what comes along 202 00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:33.599 with that, and it's my own personal defect, is bigheadedness. What I 203 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:38.240 call bigheadedness where I start to leave my own news clippings and that takes me 204 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:44.000 off again. And that's happened, It's repeated itself over and over and over 205 00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:48.039 again. And that I do struggle with well, when you get let's go 206 00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:53.960 with hard headedness. Hey, when you get hard headed or bullheaded and you 207 00:17:55.079 --> 00:18:00.680 push through things and want to do things your own way, that's part of 208 00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:06.599 your process of growing. You need to shed those scales, and that's just 209 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:14.319 part of your your process of refinement and everything in life. Most things that 210 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:22.319 contain that beauty that are man handled, like diamonds or precious gems, or 211 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:26.960 precious metals or things like that, all of those things, even useful metals 212 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:32.119 like steel. The story of steel, I want you that's going to be 213 00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:36.160 your homework, Glenn, is to go back and look at the history of 214 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:42.119 steel, how it's made, and how the biggest change for the United States 215 00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:48.160 came when it had to be manufactured in bulk. It was a massive change 216 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:52.599 for the United States. It really changed the ability to build skyscrapers and all 217 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:56.960 kinds of things that one change. And if you look at that, you'll 218 00:18:56.960 --> 00:19:00.759 find that that man is not dissimilar to these things. The process of refinement, 219 00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:07.319 cutting the stone in such a way that it gleams the brightest, polishing, 220 00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:11.759 refining, burning in the highest of heats to get the draws to come 221 00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:15.720 to the top, to scrape that draws off to burn some more until you 222 00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:19.880 continue to refine it to where it's the most pure it can be. And 223 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:25.519 you are in that process and will be in that process what many Christians refer 224 00:19:25.640 --> 00:19:29.759 to as a whip or a work in progress, and you will be in 225 00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:37.240 that progress for the entirety of your life. That's part of your existence, 226 00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:42.440 and that is part of what I just explained, is to utilize your gifts 227 00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:47.599 and abilities, and those gifts and abilities will be refined, refining them to 228 00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:49.799 the edification of you, to the edification of others, to glory of God. 229 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:56.079 And you're going to be doing that until you take your last breath and 230 00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:59.759 go home to be with the Maker. And that's your goal. That's your 231 00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:06.119 job above all other jobs. That is your job is to refine yourself, 232 00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:10.599 continue to become better, to be kind, and to help those that need 233 00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:18.359 help. And because they're in the refining process too, everyone is thanks sir, 234 00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:22.720 You're welcome. Take that and go in peace. And you spend a 235 00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:26.799 little time looking reading up on the story of steel in the United States and 236 00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:33.000 the refinement of that massive metal that that changed the way America works, and 237 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:41.680 see how it pertains to you as an individual in the process of molten metals 238 00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:47.000 and the forging and all of those things that take place to make something sturdy 239 00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:51.799 and strong and build higher each time. Yes, sorry, well that's your 240 00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:55.920 homework and go in peace, Glenn, God bless you. That is that 241 00:20:56.119 --> 00:21:04.000 is a tough road and to have the the skeletons of failed marriages and failed 242 00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:12.920 jobs, especially a noble job like law enforcement. And I know right now 243 00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:17.160 it's a that's a tough gig, and I realize that's not your gig currently, 244 00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:23.200 but there are a lot of men and women out there fighting to do 245 00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:29.559 that noble profession against those that don't believe it can be done, and against 246 00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:36.640 those that will infiltrate the bad apples, that will infiltrate and try and spread 247 00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:45.200 the disbelief the misinformation that that's what law enforcement is all about. And it 248 00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:48.839 takes a lot of people down. There are a lot of good people that 249 00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:55.759 try and make that work and are disheartened by the pain and the suffering in 250 00:21:55.759 --> 00:22:00.720 the world and the disdain for law enforcement at times and different communities and different 251 00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:07.160 parts of the world during different times. And that doesn't mean that law enforcement 252 00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:10.880 is always right, certainly not. But man, there are a lot of 253 00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:15.279 men and women that have broken just as you have under the weight and the 254 00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:22.400 pressure of that very thing. So I use your story as an opportunity to 255 00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:27.759 reach out and to ask for prayers for all involved. It's very simple. 256 00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:33.440 When asked if people want to jump on sides and make things about sides, 257 00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:38.000 I will tell you it is very simple. On this program, you support 258 00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:42.640 the righteous. It doesn't matter what color they are, doesn't matter if they're 259 00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:48.920 wearing a uniform or not wearing an uniform. You abide and live in the 260 00:22:48.000 --> 00:23:00.119 law, pushing civil obedience aside, because that is a righteous form of disobey 261 00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:03.680 the law and has its time and a place, just like war or anything 262 00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:11.359 else, but always landing on the side of those that are righteous and abiding 263 00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:18.519 by that which is best for all, not just for the individual, and 264 00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:22.799 to be at peace that you stand by. When you stand by someone righteous, 265 00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:26.119 you don't have to worry about the uniform or not. You say that 266 00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:32.759 you stand by righteous cops, see by righteous individuals and community members. You 267 00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:38.279 stand by those that want to see the community as a whole working together an 268 00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:45.519 ecosystem, because I assure you, like every other ecosystem, you get rid 269 00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:53.079 of the smallest participant of that ecosystem, and it gets shot, and all 270 00:23:53.160 --> 00:24:00.279 of a sudden, that whole ecosystem, like a woven sweater pulled apart by 271 00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:07.559 its thread, starts to unravel. But pray for those that are in that 272 00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:14.240 situation, especially these days, to find their balance, to continue to hope, 273 00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:21.400 and to protect those that need it. Alexa, Welcome to the Jesus 274 00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:25.839 Christ Show. Hi, Hi there, How can I help you? Okay, 275 00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:30.920 Well, I'm learning about evolution story now and we're talking about dinosaurs, 276 00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:37.559 and well it got me thinking, why doesn't God like not talk about dinosaurs 277 00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:41.880 in the Bible. Hold me a scientific evidence that they're um, that they've 278 00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:45.759 been living, they were living on the Earth millions of years. Well, 279 00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:52.240 there's just because the Bible doesn't talk about something doesn't mean that it didn't exist. 280 00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:56.960 The Bible doesn't talk about every specific thing either, and what might be 281 00:24:56.000 --> 00:25:04.359 important to humankind in that sense might not be important to the theological passage way 282 00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:10.960 that God creates in scripture. So the Bible should not contradict. Now, 283 00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:14.359 if the Bible said there were no dinosaurs, there'd be a problem, But 284 00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:18.680 the Bible doesn't. There are actually some that believe the Bible does talk about 285 00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:22.960 dinosaurs in the book of Job Job forty forty one when it talks about the 286 00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:30.440 Bohemith and the Leviathan. But keep in mind that the Bible is is not 287 00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:33.799 a science book, but contains science. It's not a history book per se, 288 00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:37.480 but it is historical. It gives all those things, but its primary 289 00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:44.480 goal and the narrative of scripture is about the relationship between God and man, 290 00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:49.319 and God in each other, not God in animals of any kind. So 291 00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:57.079 even it's not the Bible saying there aren't dinosaurs and your teacher is saying there 292 00:25:57.079 --> 00:26:03.039 are dinosaurs, the Bible doesn't focus on them because they're not a necessity to 293 00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:10.400 the story about mankind. They play an important part sort of in the scheme 294 00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:14.240 of things about the planet, but not so much in the scheme of things 295 00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:19.440 about God and God's relationship with man. So there are different theories ALEXA that 296 00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:23.640 different theologians have as to what part they did play, and what their purpose 297 00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:29.640 was and is and all of those things. But just because the Bible doesn't 298 00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:37.440 say and on that day great lizards were created and all of that doesn't mean 299 00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:40.519 that they didn't exist. There's a lot of things, a lot of different 300 00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:44.480 animals the Bible doesn't talk about. And although they may be impressive to you, 301 00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:52.400 size ability, those types of things, they wouldn't be to God. 302 00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:59.920 And then unless they had a specific purpose for you and for your faith, 303 00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:07.759 they don't need to be focused on. And as many believe, many scientists 304 00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:11.119 believe they didn't interact with man, and if they didn't interact with man, 305 00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:15.079 it's not important to the story of Man. And there are, though, 306 00:27:15.119 --> 00:27:18.880 there are some people that believe they did interact with man, believe it or 307 00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:22.119 not, and that's those would be people that may look at the book a 308 00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:25.799 job and say, look, they interacted with Man. There there's beasts that 309 00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:30.200 are talked about that are different than any other beast, which is why they're 310 00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:33.799 talked about there. So it depends on your perspective, but certainly they're not 311 00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:41.119 a contradiction. And remember these simple words, I am with you always, 312 00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:44.079 KFI on demand