You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. Dean, Welcome to the
Jesus Christ Show. Hi you, Dean good. I'm very good good.
I have a question for you. I've been studying all week. I actually
called before your show. I've been listening to there for a few months.
And I looked at John three fifteen, and then I looked over on Mark
ten fifteen, and then Mark ten fifteen. It says in order to enter
in the teen of haveven, you have to come as a little child he
had. In John three fifteen it says, all you have to do is
believe. So we were confused with that. Oh no, they actually match
up quite well. The essence of what's being said is exactly the same in
both. The problem throughout scripture, and you'll see this in different parts of
scripture, is that man in their adult state has a hard time believing,
and so they tend to reject things, or make excuses, or constantly be
pushing truths out of their way because it's not what it's not where they are
now, whereas children are always in that state of curiosity and bringing forth and
believing and taking those things under their wing. And really you see a kid
jump into the air just knowing that they'll they'll land on their feet. And
it's this type of youthful belief that is very difficult for people as they get
older. And so the marriage of the two verses Mark ten fifteen and John
three fifteen, it really is dealing with the exact same thing. One having
the belief of a child, the simplicity of giving to God and trusting in
the Father as a child would, rather than rebelling and pushing things or making
it as the Pharisees did, into something that was to control other people and
things like that. That's really what it comes down to. I had a
study Bible and it states there a marked fifteen. It says children exhibit sincerity,
eagerness, and trusting answers, and the depends on the parents. Their
child likeness is a fitting comparison for the qualities of a disciples. Yeah,
so that's that's pretty much what I just said. So that works out nicely.
Uh. The UH children are often an example and an illustration in UH
in Christianity and seeing that that that way of taking in all of life is
a pretty magical thing. And with the holidays, you you may see that
too. The wide eyed kind of receptiveness to that which it seems magical or
wonderful really ties in to children. You probably sometimes, thinking back on it,
when you see Christmas lights or you see those things that go with Christmas,
maybe your heart kind of goes back to when you were younger. That
all ties into that, that simpler, more understanding heart of a child.
And it's not that you're you're to be stupid, but children aren't stupid.
Children have a way of understanding things actually quite deeply and quite simply, whereas
as adults, you can, you know, kind of add a bunch of
gook on top of more gook and more gook and more, but what the
but what of that? And you start adding things on top of it.
So that's why children are often used in scripture as an illustration of somebody who's
receptive, who's ready to receive and uh and and that can be a very
a very powerful thing. And so that's why children are often used in these
illustrations in scripture. Jesse, welcome to the Jesus Show. Hi Jesse,
Hi, how are you doing in the morning? I am well, how
can I help you? Anyway? I was calling because I was curious when
you walked on the years you followed, you know, all the high holy
days that are talked about in the Old Testament in this art to be everlasting
convocations. So is there a a reason why or why wouldn't we still follow
those today? Oh? Sure, and it doesn't mean that you can't.
But let's look at things, uh, and see that there's one one major
happening that hadn't taken place yet. If I'm still doing feasts and guess what
that is, that's the destruction of the temple, right, Well, no,
there, well, yes, and no, it depends who you're asking.
But uh, if I'm alive and I'm eating and I'm being part of
a festival and religious ceremony, what hasn't happened yet your sacrifice? Yeah,
exactly, So that's a major that's a major part of what's going on.
So as an example, for instance, when I was asked about asked about
the law, I said that I didn't come to abolish the law. I
came to fulfill it. So it didn't mean that the law had no meaning
afterwards. It means that it was fulfilled and therefore it's it's not usable.
In the same way, in the same sense. So it's not that you
can't. You can. There's certainly all kinds of festivals, and I'm pleased
to say that more and more Christians are adapting and bringing the festivals and the
feasts and traditions of our Jewish brothers and sisters into their Christianity, and I
think that that can be very important. But Passover, for instance, that
passover is completely moot if you're a Christian because of my death on the Cross.
So that's not something even though I was, as most scholars believe,
in dealing with the passover meal on the Last Supper, that doesn't mean that
you necessarily should because you wouldn't have the need for passover anymore because the spirit
of death has passed over via my death right right. So there are certain
things, but it's still points. It still points towards it too, though,
I mean it's like almost like a it's yeah, but now now the
celebration is really about the resurrection, so that would land on Resurrection Sunday or
what people call Easter, so it would be more appropriate to be celebrating in
that than it would be celebrating a sacrifice of a lamb put on the door
poster above the door. That's it's just a different it's the same thing,
but it's it's different in the sense. Think of it this way. The
difference between a check and a dollar bill. H A check is writing something
looking forward to the money that's somewhere else. And that's how our Jewish brothers
and sisters were living prior to and those that ended up believing prior to my
death and resurrection, they're looking towards and writing based on towards what's going to
be in the bank, and the Christian is looking backwards. Christians looking towards
the money that's already put in the bank. So it's a slightly different positioning,
but yes, very much the same. So we're the we're the Jewish
believers. Before the Temple is destroyed? Were the Jewish believers in Jerusalem?
Did they did they still follow those traditions? I mean, you know,
did they still did they still follow all the all the high holidays? And
well, there's some sort of time when that transition, you know, well,
the transition to those that became Christians, these that ended up falling the
becoming Christians along and being disciples of mine. Uh, those changed after my
death, and you can find that some of those things change fairly immediately immediately
during the Book of Acts. Shane, Welcome to Jesus Christ Show. Thank
you. How can I help you? Shane, Yeah, I got I
got a question. Your name is Jesus, right, Yesua, Jesus who
when you when you Yesua to English, shouldn't be Joshua? Yes? Okay,
Well, thank you. That was easy. Really, what it comes
down to the confusion lies in a literary device to separate me from the other
Joshua's in scripture. There are other Joshuas, and if you referred to me
as Joshua in scripture, I'd get lost with all the other Joshuas. So
to make it stand out in scripture, kind of like in the movies,
they'll make me, you know, blonde and blue eyed. I certainly am
not blonde and blue eyed. But it's a device used to make me stand
out amongst the other people in scripture. But yeshuah hamashiek Jesus the Messiah doesn't
translate directly into Jesus, although it is the same name. It's just depending
on which if you go by way of Latin or you go by a way
the English, or you go by way of the Greek, or you go
by way. It's just different translations. But yes, the easiest jump would
be Joshua, not Jesus. The importance of using Jesus is to separate from
other Joshuas in scripture. So when it talks about the power of the name,
it talks about more than that. As a matter of fact, there's
over fifty sixty seventy eighty one hundred names for me in scripture. The advocate
from the Omega, the author of life, the author and perfector of faith,
the author of salvation, the beginning and the end, Bread of life,
Bread of God, the capstone, the cornerstone, the chief Shepherd,
the Christ, creator, Deliverer, everlasting Father, fateful Witness, good Shepherd,
great shepherd, great high priests. So there's many things that talk about
the essence of that, and people get caught up in the consonants and the
vowels, thinking that therein lies the power. But I want you to think
of it this way. In the old time movies, the cops and robbers,
the cops would come around the corner and they'd yell what they'd say,
stop in the name of the law. Now, what they weren't saying is
stop in the power and authority of the consonants and vowels law, because that
doesn't make any sense. There wasn't any power in the consonants in the vowels.
They're saying, stop in the name and the authority given to me by
the principalities and the government to carry the badge, the gun, the baton,
and by that authority, I'm telling you to stop. So the power
wasn't in the name of the law. It was in the name meaning the
power or authority of the law. So whenever you hear there's no other name
in which man can be saved the power in the name, these types of
things that really it's referring to the power and authority of God. That's what
it's not saying, the power and authority in any particular. There's people that
even argue this, well, no, because Jesus actually comes by way of
pagan roots, so you have to use Yeshua and these types of things,
and that's just not true. Otherwise, there's a good chunk of scripture that
is written in Greek that you're gonna have to say is pagan just because of
the Hellenistic belief system. Rachel, Welcome to the Jesus Christ Show. Hi
Jesus, Hello, Hi, I have a question for you. I was
reading this morning numbers twenty two, and in eighteen Baalim flat out says to
the Lord, let's see here. Oh, he says, I would be
powerless to do anything against the will of the Lord. And in twenty God
came to Baalim and said, since these men have come for you, get
up and go with them, and he tells him to go with them and
then drop down a little bit. In twenty two, God was furious that
Balem was going and this troubles me. I need to know that it seems
out of seems like a contradiction. Yes, and I don't that's not the
God that I know. No, it's like a sneaky God going go over
here, and now you went over there. There's a lot going on here.
And if this involves the Angel of the Lord, and if you notice,
the Angel of the Lord does not kill him, No, he doesn't.
No, he actually gives him. The concern here is about dealing with
Balem's greed that in his heart he was tempted by the offers that were coming
his way. You can read Numbers you know twenty two to twelve, also
verse seventeen about the temptation, and the intent was not about to kill him.
It was to remind him of what his original agreement was, because he
kept getting tempted and his heart was clearly filled with greed. As you read
on and understand that it wasn't a direct result of not in direct contradiction to
God's word, but he was rejecting it in his heart. So his greed
had kind of come up with a way. You can read about this in
Numbers thirty one sixteen come up with a way to help Israel's enemies will not
directly disobeying the Lord's command to speak only the words that he would give to
him, but he found a way to kind of backdoor it to corrupt Israel
by allowing women to marry men of Israel and lead them into idolatry. You
can read about that in two Peter two fifteen. I hope that that helps
Marty. Welcome to the Jesus Christ Show. Good morning, Jesus, hi
hi. I just want to say a few things very quickly before I get
into my question. I came to know you personally very young at the age
of five. I'm fifty three years old today, and just want to thank
you publicly for always being there and always never ever ever letting me go through
anything without knowing that you were there for me. Well, Glory to God.
That's wonderful to hear. Yes, I have a question, and for
the first time in my life, just wondering what a spiritual battle truly is.
My firstborn grandson became very ill two years ago, is ill today as
we speak. And You've been so faithful to guide and give this family strength,
because without you we couldn't have done it. But I have other believers
around me that keep saying or asking me what is the spiritual battle that your
family is going through and why? And as though there were an evil something
looming over us, even though you've been so faithful to be there every step
of the way for us during this trying time. And so I'm confused why
other believers would I would say that or question that, or they are they
acting as if it's a curse or something or some sin broduct that you brought
in and then therefore this is somehow punitive. Yes, yes, And I'm
blown away and I'm confused about that, and we lean on you every day
and every step of this way. You have shown us that you are there
and have never left this family. Well, I'd like to think that maybe
they're miss they're missing something, or that really when they're saying spiritual battle that
they're just referring to the generic term. There are spiritual battles going along in
every Christian's life, every single one of them. And that's part of the
protection and growth process of Earth. That's one of the reasons why you're here
and you're not created in Heaven, you're created here on Earth. There's a
purification process that goes through this life, and every Christian in this life that
you're going to experience. Romans five three says more than that, rejoice in
our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance. So those trials that suffering one
Peter four twelve, Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when
it comes upon you to test you as though something strange were happening to you.
You shouldn't be surprised. It shouldn't be out of the norm for a
Christian to go through things through garbage, and it's the old bumper stick because
you know how Christians love the little sayings the old bumper sticker. That's not
what your future holds. Who holds your future that's important is really the key.
And either there's some misunderstanding as to that concept of spiritual battle, but
really you should want to welcome it in the sense that it's part of the
purification process that God is with you throughout the entirety of it. Rejoicing in
those things are good because in those trials is where God reaches, is in
it and has glory. I mean, listen to the tone of your voice
when you talk about the things that God has done in your life, you
know, and those times when I've stepped in and those times where you felt
My presence and all of that is you can only talk about that because there
are trials in your life. If everything was perfect, you know, what
are you going to say? Well, life is great and God is good
and everything's fine. You know how dull is that the things in life that
are commonly referred to as trials are the things that make your life unique to
you, and your experience is unique to you, and your endurance and strength
and spiritual growth unique to you and your family in this case. And that's
not a bad thing. It's bad in the world. You know, we
were having this discussion earlier about what's bad and what's good, and the world
gets confused about those things. There are many things that are painful and that
can cause pain or turmoil that are good for you. And so I wouldn't
look at that as a as a pejorative or a negative term. When someone
says spiritual battle, I would look at that as you know, you you
go through Ephesians and you see where it talks about the armor of God.
What do you think the armor of God's for spiritual battles? Spiritual battles exactly
to protect you from evil. And if if you could see what's taking place
on a daily basis in the spiritual realm around you, in the battle front,
and angels with swords drawn to defend and all these things, it's quite
fantastic, beautiful and terrifying to those who don't believe. But you're a believer
and and you're covered in that. And if and if somebody says you're going
going through a spiritual battle, you look at them and say, thank you
God. God sees you in the light that you are worthy of protection,
you are worthy of refinement, you are worthy of being in a place that
you can glorify God. And that's what comes from trials, and we do
every single day we give God the glory because we give you the glory because
of the fact that you have proven doctors wrong. You've every time we receive
bad news, you do. Your perfect plan is shown to us. And
you've been so faithful to do that. And this family has grown spiritually and
pulled together and has brought us so closer. But we lean on you daily,
daily, We lean on you, and people see that and that's part
of your testament of faith and it's part of you are. And it's not
about the outcome. Everybody's always saying. You know, you see these Christians
that are always walking around with smiles, and you know they're not always happy.
It's not about always being happy. It's a joy is different. Happiness
is a momentary feeling of joy due to a happening. Something happened and you
go, now I'm happy. But joy, true joy comes in times of
pain. It's an understanding that God is there and that God provides, and
it's a constant and you're gonna have highs and lows, and there's gonna be
good things and bad things that happen to you by the world's standards. But
ultimately you keep that attitude, Marty, that God is with you and that
it's all to glorify God, and you're ahead of the game. People misunderstand
things. I think about this for a second. Every time you refer to
someone as courageous. You know, if you think of firefighters or law enforcement
or military, or any of these people that put their life on the line
for you on a daily basis, for your freedoms, for the peace of
mind, all of these things, your protection. That the very things that
you call them, the very attributes that you find noble or heroic or courageous,
don't exist without turmoil, without fire, without gunfights, without you know,
ugliness and adversity. That really it's that purification. It's those trials that
really show the character of an individual or shower show that the true faith and
makeup of somebody. And this attitude, not that you certainly don't have,
Marty, but this attitude that I've heard from time to time with Christians,
that it's Christianity is supposed to make everything okay, and that you're always fine
and there's never a problem. More, there aren't these tests. Now,
spiritual battle is true. But every Christian and should be going through a spiritual
battle of one kind or the other. And I'll tell you something, the
closer you get to God, the more that you might experience. Because it's
like the hotter the fire, the more refining that fire, the hotter it
will get. One Peter one p. Seven says, so that the tested
genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold that perishes, though it is
tested by fire, may be found to result in the praise and glory and
honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. The purification of gold goes through a
heating process, in a process of trials, if you will, And Scripture
talks about the dross being scraped off the top and thrown to the side.
The dross is the imperfections, it's the it's the oils or certain minerals that
shouldn't be there, or whatever dust that during the heating and purification process,
that which doesn't burn out, that doesn't just burn up, goes to the
top. When you're heating these metals and getting them pure and you see those
stamps on the side of metals, whether it be jewelry or what have you,
that talk about their purity that comes from the heating, that the processing
of those metals to get them to a point of perfection in the eye of
the maker. And if you're a believer, you should be going through these
things. You should be going through experiences that are tough, that are testing,
that that are purifying who you are and what your faith is. And
that you shouldn't be surprised, as it says in one Peter four twelve,
you shouldn't be surprised about fiery trials in your life. You should be content
with God's great yes, and you should know that you're going to go through
these tests. So if anyone comes up to you and says that you know
and uses it as a as a negative term or says that, oh,
like there it's some weakness in your faith. On the contrary, it could
very much be due to the intensity of your faith. The enemy putting special
attention on you, and I want to attack you because of the intensity of
your faith, and that should be understood, and don't take it on yourself.
And the weight on your shoulders is if you've done something wrong, because
that's not the case. Just a little bit of time, let's talk Dominic.
Welcome to the Jesus Christ Show. Good morning. How can I help
you? Yeah, I was wondering. I've been in the business that I'm
in for thirty five plus years, and I've noticed a lot of changes over
the years. My question tends to be too as being a Christian, you're
supposed to love everybody and try to do the best you can. But over
these last years, I've noticed, like I don't know, people seeming really
judgmental and very critical of whatever you do. And you know, it kind
of leads to tend me to not like them. Also, you understand what
I'm saying. What are you in law enforcement or you work in the medical
field. No, I'm by working the transportation industry. I see because we
hear a lot of people that when you're dealing with lots of people, you're
gonna get all kinds I mean, if you listen to the show, you
can hear that we get all kinds of people going through all kinds of things
here too. I've been hearing that this morning. But really it's it's not
about them, It's about you. You can't control what other people do.
For the most part. You have to control what you do. And I
agree with you. My having a conversation with my producer Neil recently, he's
been getting really really bummed about people's attitudes and reality TV and how everybody's looking
to pick people apart or even tear into their past or look for ugly things
and to tear people down. And you have to see a lot about of
that too when you're all you're trying to do is help people get from point
A to point B and and do your part to make society run, or
to help people in a small way, but help society run. Because I'm
wow. I'm a truck driver, you know, and I haul goods from
the Colorado Kansas area to the West coast and back. You know. Oh
yeah. And here's the thing is you're hauling goods that those people that are
honking at you, were swerving and driving in front of you, or all
those things that you're driving goods for them. And it's very easy to get
frustrated. But here's the deal, Dominic. All I need from you is
to find that piece and that attitude that I had on the cross that forgive
them, father, for they know not what they do. You have to
allow yourself to not be burdened by that, to smile, to wave,
to do your part, to breathe that and perpetuate that is what your job
is. No matter if you're moving people or if you're moving goods, the
whole point is you're making You're making things go. You're trying to be a
part of the system in the most positive way. People will bring you down
if you allow them. And there's an old trick like if you set down
cross legged on the ground and someone was standing up, even if they're strong,
if they try and pull you up by the arm and you try and
pull them down, it's always going to be so much easier. The leverage
is going to be on there and to pull you down much easier than it
is for you to pull them up. Life is like that, even emotionally.
It's much easier for someone to bring you down than for you to bring
them up. So we need more people like you staying in a possible positive
frame of mind to lift other people up. And the only thing that I
can tell you is consistency. You have to be consistent. Don't let it
get you down, continue to have that smile on your face, and always
play by the rules even when others don't. I appreciate that you take the
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the things trying to pull you down in the world, these simple words.
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