WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.440 --> 00:00:05.879 You're listening to k I am sixty on demand. Gwen, Welcome to the 2 00:00:05.960 --> 00:00:11.279 Jesus Christ Show. Oh thank you for taking my pall pleasure. UM, 3 00:00:11.320 --> 00:00:19.320 I have a life situation and I guess I just want your opinion. I've 4 00:00:20.160 --> 00:00:24.800 made the decision pretty much, but um, I'm still struggling with it a 5 00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:32.039 bit. So I've not applied wisdom in my life. I'm sixty two and 6 00:00:32.119 --> 00:00:43.079 I've made terrible life choices as far as husbands and husband's plural huh, Well, 7 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:46.600 seven years I was not a Christian, and the second was twenty three 8 00:00:46.679 --> 00:00:54.799 years and I left with cause and single for nine and then now I made 9 00:00:54.840 --> 00:01:03.679 a terrible mistake and married an abusive man after five months and getting back with 10 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:10.000 him twenty times over a year and a half. Um, I did file 11 00:01:10.079 --> 00:01:15.079 for divorce. It's just not quite final, and I'm struggling with not having 12 00:01:15.120 --> 00:01:19.319 biblical grounds. Although my pastor, who's quite well wait wait, wait, 13 00:01:19.319 --> 00:01:23.120 wait, what do you mean you don't have biblical ground? Do you think 14 00:01:23.159 --> 00:01:26.439 the Bible wants you stay in an abusive relationship? Well, that's exactly what 15 00:01:26.519 --> 00:01:30.599 my pastor says. He says, it's not God's well for me to be 16 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:38.159 treated this way. No, and not a single friend or family member was 17 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:42.719 supportive of it. First First Pewter three seven says, likewise, husbands live 18 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:47.719 with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman. Now, 19 00:01:47.719 --> 00:01:52.120 how is that? Yeah, that never happened. Yeah, that there, 20 00:01:52.239 --> 00:01:56.840 there there. You don't have this. People get very wrapped up in 21 00:01:56.920 --> 00:02:00.120 scripture as if every single word there's there, there's a word for everything. 22 00:02:00.480 --> 00:02:07.759 There is nowhere in scripture that says don't chew glass and swallow it. Right, 23 00:02:07.919 --> 00:02:13.280 there's never. But but I would tell you that it is not God's 24 00:02:13.319 --> 00:02:16.919 will for you to chew glass and swallow it unless I guess you're a you 25 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:24.680 know, side show person. But there's no reason. There's all kinds of 26 00:02:24.960 --> 00:02:29.719 people look for scripture at scripture in different ways, So they would look for 27 00:02:29.879 --> 00:02:32.879 what it says on divorce. But it's not about divorce. This is about 28 00:02:32.919 --> 00:02:38.080 self preservation. This is about self defense if you're being mistreated, and that's 29 00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:43.800 a different thing, and you need to be confident that if you are being 30 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:49.520 mistreated, that God is not blessing that that's true, and I'm comfortable with 31 00:02:49.599 --> 00:02:53.319 that. But I still took my vows. Well, I'll tell you this, 32 00:02:53.520 --> 00:02:57.360 I wouldn't suggest you get married again. You're not good at it. 33 00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:00.360 I'm not good. No, it's just I mean, I know that sounds 34 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:06.199 a little mean. No, I agree with you, but at this point 35 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:10.199 you've kind of proven that you're not really good at choosing partners and um, 36 00:03:10.439 --> 00:03:16.319 so maybe find something else to do than collecting husbands. True. I do 37 00:03:16.439 --> 00:03:21.360 have a very full life, um, but you know, getting older, 38 00:03:21.759 --> 00:03:25.479 I always hope to have a companion at least, you know, I think 39 00:03:25.560 --> 00:03:31.280 that's natural. But sure it's just too too dangerous for neat probably well if 40 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:37.520 you you know, if if you keep making um, if you keep making 41 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:40.199 poor decisions, then there's work that needs to be done. It doesn't mean 42 00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:45.599 that you won't have people in your life, or you won't have people to 43 00:03:45.599 --> 00:03:51.680 to enjoy and to love and these types of things in your life. It 44 00:03:51.759 --> 00:03:58.319 just means that this is something that you obviously haven't worked out right. And 45 00:03:59.599 --> 00:04:03.360 it's very difficult to bring somebody that harms you into your life without you seeing 46 00:04:03.400 --> 00:04:10.879 a little something, a little warning something. I had plenty of warnings, 47 00:04:10.919 --> 00:04:15.000 and I ignored them. I tend to just as it could be a good 48 00:04:15.079 --> 00:04:18.480 quality. But in my case I don't think it is I only see the 49 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:23.519 good. I don't see I ignore the bad. It's like I need to 50 00:04:23.560 --> 00:04:28.240 really look at both things. I think, Well, you know what's interesting 51 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:34.680 is if if you were to come across a bowl of soup and in that 52 00:04:34.720 --> 00:04:40.600 bowl of soup are those shards of glass we talked about and you could see 53 00:04:40.600 --> 00:04:46.560 them, you wouldn't eat them. There's something about human beings. When you 54 00:04:46.600 --> 00:04:48.560 see something so literal in front of you, you go, that's going to 55 00:04:48.600 --> 00:04:53.399 harm me. I won't ingest that. But with human beings, you think, 56 00:04:53.759 --> 00:04:57.319 uh, I could maybe change this, or it would get better time. 57 00:04:57.839 --> 00:05:00.639 Whatever it is, the good part is pretty good, even though it's 58 00:05:00.680 --> 00:05:04.120 only ten percent of the time. This is a little different than you know, 59 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:08.600 eating the hay and leaving the sticks. This is, you know, 60 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:13.360 a human being who can hurt you or do bad things to you, and 61 00:05:13.480 --> 00:05:16.519 you need to protect yourself from that. And in this particular case, there's 62 00:05:17.040 --> 00:05:23.800 there's no reason why Scripture or God would tell you to stay in a marriage 63 00:05:23.920 --> 00:05:29.959 where you're being harmed. Thank you so much. That's you know. I 64 00:05:30.079 --> 00:05:38.199 just it'll be final soon. And I didn't at least didn't stay longer than 65 00:05:38.360 --> 00:05:44.759 five months. Oh yes, thankfully, thankfully. I don't want you in 66 00:05:44.800 --> 00:05:47.240 that relationship, but I want you to, Gwen. I want you to 67 00:05:47.279 --> 00:05:50.720 really find time for yourself. I want you to learn more about yourself, 68 00:05:51.079 --> 00:05:57.439 why you make the decisions you make, and really enjoy your own time. 69 00:05:57.800 --> 00:06:02.600 Enjoy yourself more the things that you're curious about or that you really enjoy hobbies, 70 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:06.560 what have you, Explore those things, embrace those things, and get 71 00:06:06.600 --> 00:06:12.800 to know yourself because I don't want you. I know you had a long 72 00:06:12.920 --> 00:06:16.160 span in between those relationships, but I don't want you to get into any 73 00:06:16.199 --> 00:06:21.000 bad habits or to bring something into your life that's not going to be healthy 74 00:06:21.319 --> 00:06:26.079 or helpful. I think it's time for you to just to learn a little 75 00:06:26.120 --> 00:06:30.519 bit about you, and there's something about that that that comes with that. 76 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:35.560 I think people It sounds strange, but I think sometimes people bring in relationships 77 00:06:35.560 --> 00:06:41.360 in their life to avoid getting to know themselves, which I know seems a 78 00:06:41.399 --> 00:06:46.920 little odd. But when people fear knowing more about themselves, learning more about 79 00:06:46.959 --> 00:06:51.160 themselves, or learning to love themselves and enjoy their own company, that can 80 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:56.879 be a little overwhelming to some people and they end up getting into, you 81 00:06:56.920 --> 00:07:00.560 know, someone in their life. That's just a distraction someone in their life 82 00:07:00.560 --> 00:07:08.000 that will somehow keep them from having to deal with their own issues. And 83 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:12.079 that could be even getting somebody in your life that has their own issues that 84 00:07:12.079 --> 00:07:15.600 are bigger than yours. But it does. It's never a good thing. 85 00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:19.480 It doesn't it's not helpful, and it's not productive. And then I want 86 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:26.319 you to really hear what Gwen said, because I've brought this up many many 87 00:07:26.399 --> 00:07:30.519 times on the program. It doesn't mean that women are at fault or even 88 00:07:30.560 --> 00:07:34.079 men that get into these relationships are at fault. But you do play a 89 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:38.959 part in it that when you see those warning signs, and I know some 90 00:07:39.040 --> 00:07:43.959 warning signs are difficult to read. It's just you know, human nature. 91 00:07:44.040 --> 00:07:48.720 Some people have weird sense of humor and sense as a humor and might be 92 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:54.000 playful or what have you, and maybe even a dark sense of humor whatever 93 00:07:54.040 --> 00:07:58.040 it might be, And those are hard to read. So I'm not saying 94 00:07:58.040 --> 00:08:01.040 that you know everyone's a horrible person, run in the opposite direction. But 95 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:07.160 if you see real types of anger or abuse, or you see hints of 96 00:08:07.160 --> 00:08:11.079 those things, or there's patterns in there, you want to run from those 97 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:15.759 things. You want to run away from them. You don't want them in 98 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:18.240 your life, and if you don't learn about it early on, then you'll 99 00:08:18.279 --> 00:08:22.720 be faced with it later. You're listening to k I Am six forty on 100 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:30.800 demand, Grace Welcome to Jesus Christ Show. My question is in after Peter 101 00:08:31.040 --> 00:08:35.279 said you are the Missigah of the Sun and Living God, then he said, 102 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:37.600 Jesus says, I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. 103 00:08:37.639 --> 00:08:41.519 I think I understand that, But the last part of what was said, 104 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:46.600 I don't understand. Whatever you forbid on earth or loose or bind, 105 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:50.080 will be forbidden in heaven. Whatever you permit will be permitted in heaven. 106 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:54.960 Does that mean that we have Peter would have an influence or we would have 107 00:08:56.000 --> 00:09:00.399 an influence so much half boson in heaven. No, not necessarily. This 108 00:09:00.519 --> 00:09:03.279 is often misunderstood, So I mean, don't feel bad about that. A 109 00:09:03.279 --> 00:09:09.759 lot of people ask about this because of it seems the way it's written makes 110 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:13.559 it appear as if you're right. Whatever takes place on earth is going to 111 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:18.720 take place in heaven. And like in the Lord's Prayer when it talks about 112 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:22.480 those things that really it's talking about them them jiving with each other. So 113 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:26.759 if they're done in the proper authority, the key obviously being a sign of 114 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:33.279 authority that in the language of our Jewish brothers and sisters, the context really 115 00:09:33.279 --> 00:09:37.919 shows that it's forbidden or allowing. It's about someone judging things, and if 116 00:09:37.960 --> 00:09:43.240 they're judging properly or they're teaching properly that which is lawful or unlawful, then 117 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:46.399 it will match that which is lawful and unlawful in Heaven. So it's basically 118 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:52.759 saying that if somebody is in that state of holding the key, which is 119 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:58.679 really a symbol of being a person of power and authority in the church, 120 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:03.159 somebody who is dedicated to the Word of God, that what they teach is 121 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:07.559 going to be lawful and unlawful, and Heaven will agree with it because it 122 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:13.120 will be that which is taught in scripture. Oh okay, because I've heard 123 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:18.279 this about binding spirits sometimes and losing spirits that I'm very confused about it. 124 00:10:18.440 --> 00:10:22.240 A lot of people take that verse out of context. A lot of Protestants 125 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:26.519 tend to do this, take that out of context and put that in the 126 00:10:26.519 --> 00:10:31.840 context of binding and loosing things. You know, I bind the devil of 127 00:10:33.320 --> 00:10:37.440 confusion or I do this, and they'll be beyond in heaven. It's really 128 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:43.919 not what the proper context of that verse is, although it's not overly offensive 129 00:10:43.960 --> 00:10:48.679 to use it in that context. Really what's going on is about the adherence 130 00:10:48.720 --> 00:10:54.159 between the rules and those things that are lawful and unlawful that God says, 131 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:58.080 God's will says yes, this is okay, No, this is not okay, 132 00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:05.919 and the Man of God on earth recognizing those things and distributing them. 133 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:07.399 So it's like, this is what we should be doing, this is what 134 00:11:07.399 --> 00:11:11.159 we shouldn't be doing. I'm going to bind this and say we shouldn't be 135 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:13.799 doing it. I'm going to loose this and say we should be doing it. 136 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:18.720 And Heaven agrees with me because I've taken it from scripture and Heaven is 137 00:11:18.759 --> 00:11:22.919 an agreement that is the better interpretation of the context of that verse. Well, 138 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:28.080 does that mean that we follow the ten commandments? Or we love the 139 00:11:28.120 --> 00:11:31.320 Lord our grog, of our heart and soul, and love our neighbor as 140 00:11:31.320 --> 00:11:33.879 ourselves? I mean, this is how does that apply when it comes to 141 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:39.879 the New Covenant under Christ? Because it sounds like that it would put you 142 00:11:39.960 --> 00:11:43.039 back under some sort of a law. Well, no, the law never 143 00:11:43.080 --> 00:11:48.679 goes away. If you remember my response to that is I didn't come to 144 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:52.200 abolish the law. I came to fulfill it. There's a difference, like, 145 00:11:52.279 --> 00:11:56.759 for instance, heaven doesn't come to abolish hope, but there is no 146 00:11:56.799 --> 00:11:58.600 hope in heaven. There's no need for it. It's the fulfillment of hope. 147 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:03.039 So you don't abolish the Ten Commandments by any stretch of the imagination. 148 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:07.919 They still stand today, they still have purpose today, and there are over 149 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:13.440 you know, there's over four hundred commandments in scripture, and all of them 150 00:12:13.480 --> 00:12:18.679 have their place. What does fall away are certain religious concerns that are not 151 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:26.120 that aren't not needed under the New Covenant. But those would be things like 152 00:12:26.440 --> 00:12:31.000 certain things about dress or shaving the sides of your face, or you know, 153 00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:33.000 what kind of food you eat, or things like that that have fallen 154 00:12:33.039 --> 00:12:37.120 away and aren't necessary in that context. But no, ten commandments still stand 155 00:12:37.159 --> 00:12:41.480 as they are. The important thing about this think of it this way. 156 00:12:41.679 --> 00:12:46.279 It's not about this coming up with new laws. It's about this enforcing them. 157 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:52.320 So for instance, the binding would be, you know, binding up 158 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:54.559 those things that you're not supposed to be doing and then loosing the things that 159 00:12:54.600 --> 00:12:58.279 you should like the Ten Commandments would be a powerful one and they would be 160 00:12:58.320 --> 00:13:01.399 loosed in God. It would be in agreement in heaven, and a man 161 00:13:01.480 --> 00:13:07.480 would be great in agreement on the earth. You're listening to kf I am 162 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:13.879 sixty on demand. Mike, Welcome to the Jesus Christ Show. Hello Jesus. 163 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:18.240 UM. I had an uncle who died. I think it was about 164 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:24.559 six maybe seven years ago. Excuse me and his wife. His widowed wife 165 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:28.720 calls in a celebration from all of the family that can afford it throughout the 166 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:35.639 country to celebrate his life on his birthday each year. And I'm wondering if 167 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:41.720 it's if it's if it's good to do that, if it's mentally good or 168 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:48.159 consciously or spiritually or mortally good to do that. Um, I'm wondering if 169 00:13:48.159 --> 00:13:52.879 it's normal. I'm wondering if if it's something like a seance. I'm wondering 170 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:56.720 if it's a necessity. I wonder if it's good for the dead. I 171 00:13:56.799 --> 00:14:00.799 wonder if it cross references with what you said, you said, leave the 172 00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:05.559 dead to the dead. I think those are legitimate questions. However, I 173 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:09.919 will say, are there any things that going on that resemble a scance. 174 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:18.200 No, it's just a celebration of life. That's right. Nothing wrong with 175 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:22.200 that, Okay, nothing wrong with that. Now. The thing is that 176 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:24.279 it's very sweet if it's done properly and for those, like you said, 177 00:14:24.320 --> 00:14:28.200 those can afford or can participate, great If not, it's merely a celebration. 178 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:31.879 In the United States, there's many commemorative days of those that have passed, 179 00:14:33.320 --> 00:14:37.200 past presidents and the like, great leaders. Martin Luther King Day, 180 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:41.279 You've got Caesar Chavez Day. You've got all kinds of days where they recognize 181 00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:45.639 people for things that they've done. And it may fall on their birthday, 182 00:14:45.679 --> 00:14:52.480 may not, But there's nothing wrong with celebrating someone's life. I think the 183 00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:56.559 opposite of that sometimes can be a little tragic that people think that that once 184 00:14:56.600 --> 00:15:01.679 someone's passed away, that their legacy and the thing that they've done are gone. 185 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:07.240 And I think it's normal to dust off the photos, to get everybody 186 00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:09.039 around and say, hey, let's talk about the neat things so and so 187 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:13.240 did in our lives and that we got to see and to participate in, 188 00:15:13.559 --> 00:15:18.440 so that it keeps those things, not them alive. You're not trying to 189 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:22.320 contact them or keep them alive in some weird way, you're you're you're keeping 190 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:26.679 their memories alive and celebrating the things that they did while they were alive. 191 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:33.039 And I think that's perfectly a okay, okay, thank you, you're welcome. 192 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:37.679 I think it's actually a very sweet thing to do as well. It 193 00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:41.039 doesn't need to be big to do necessarily, but I think it's lovely. 194 00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:46.320 They do it for all kinds of people throughout history. There's no reason why 195 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:50.960 you couldn't do it about your own people in your family. Now. When 196 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:52.480 it says that, you know, let the dead take care of their dead, 197 00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:56.240 that's that was about a specific thing that was going on in my ministry, 198 00:15:56.279 --> 00:16:02.600 that there were things that I needed to get done, and that people 199 00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:04.840 sometimes confuse some of the things that were said that it's like, oh, 200 00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:08.039 well, that means you shouldn't care about your dad or anything. No, 201 00:16:08.759 --> 00:16:15.240 sometimes that there are things that are more pressing, for instance, in you 202 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:18.279 know, a war situation or things like that, that really there is a 203 00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:22.759 focus that if someone dies, the triage is to look towards those that are 204 00:16:22.799 --> 00:16:26.440 living and to take care of them. And in that case there is a 205 00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:29.960 triage of sorts, but it doesn't mean you don't care about your dad. 206 00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:34.799 That that's not the takeaway at all. Miguel, Welcome to the Jesus Christ 207 00:16:34.799 --> 00:16:41.120 Show. Hello either, how can I help you him? I've struggled with 208 00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:45.960 drug addictions, you know, for quite some time in my life, and 209 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:52.120 recently I got on this program that because I was using heroin, and it's 210 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:57.080 a drug that allows you to taper off without having you know, serious physical 211 00:16:57.120 --> 00:17:03.879 withdraws. Yes, they cause you know, relapse like methodone or something, 212 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:08.599 right exactly. Okay, I was just wondering if if it's like considered a 213 00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:14.119 sin to be using that. Well, it's it's prescribed, right, this 214 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:21.440 is under the supervision of medical professional right. No, they're they're using it 215 00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:25.880 medicinally to get you to a point where you won't be on it at all. 216 00:17:26.680 --> 00:17:32.279 And it's part of your um prescribed health maintenance to get you to a 217 00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:34.880 place where you don't have it in your system anymore. It's not it's not 218 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:42.240 long term. It's to to taper off slowly because your body has become very 219 00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:48.279 attached to and addicted to the chemical properties of the heroine. Right, Um, 220 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:52.440 I mean, at some point doesn't it be I mean if it's if 221 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:55.960 you're just taking too long with the program, because I know there's people who 222 00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:57.640 have been on this like five ten years, you know, And to me, 223 00:17:57.680 --> 00:18:02.880 it's you should have a set, you should have a set understanding as 224 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:06.079 to when you're going to come off it, and there should be a goals 225 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:10.359 and set in that process for you to taper off it. If it's just 226 00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:17.480 using it as a legal way to get high, then no, that's not 227 00:18:17.599 --> 00:18:21.359 healthy and you need to have those You need to be speaking with your doctor 228 00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:26.839 and aggressively looking to use this to help you. We knew off of the 229 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:33.119 drug by way of those the intense withdrawals, but if you're not, if 230 00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:34.519 you're looking at it like, hey, you know, I'm on this and 231 00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:37.799 I'm fine and I don't need to get off it, then yeah, there 232 00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:41.119 would be a problem. Okay, So as long as I'm I have a 233 00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:44.799 taper set and I'm sticking to that, I'm working towards getting off it, 234 00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:48.519 then I mean in your eyes, you know, then it would be okay, 235 00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:52.799 yes, because that's that is your goal to get off it, and 236 00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:56.960 that you are now under the medical supervision of somebody that's accountable to you, 237 00:18:56.000 --> 00:19:00.880 and you're accountable to them, and then you're focused on those goals and really 238 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:03.720 try and achieve and hit those goals. And I know it's scary, but 239 00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:07.160 I want you to look towards that and know that I'm very proud of you, 240 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:11.519 because that's a it's a hard step to take and to move towards that 241 00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:14.559 and say, Okay, the my goals, what's the normal goals, and 242 00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:19.640 what's the normal expectations from your doctor, and try and hit those goals just 243 00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:23.920 like you would in anything else that you're doing. And if you're you're progressing 244 00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:26.960 and going down that path, I think you're in a healthy place. If 245 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:30.759 you're using it just as a legal way to get high, then there's a 246 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:33.480 problem. Oh okay, yeah, no, not that at all. Good. 247 00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:37.839 I'm proud of you. That's a that's an incredibly difficult hurdle to jump 248 00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:45.000 over, and just to be accountable to a doctor or a medical professional I 249 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:48.359 think is a huge step. Okay, well, thank you very much, 250 00:19:48.519 --> 00:19:51.000 God bless you. Me Gal. You're you can do this, and you 251 00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:56.000 just have to really set those goals for yourself and be accountable and that's what's 252 00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:59.960 going to get you to that next step. Lynn, Welcome to the Jesus 253 00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:06.920 show. Hi, Hilan, how could I help you? Harry unsatisfied with 254 00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:11.319 many areas of my life, including where I live and finding a job and 255 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:15.039 relationships. And I say that I'm Christian, I believe in God, but 256 00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:18.200 I feel like I'm not acting that way, and that is why I'm so 257 00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:22.839 unsatisfied. And I don't know how to bridge the gap between saying I believe 258 00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:26.079 in actually believing. I don't know what. I don't know how to help 259 00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:30.680 myself. Well that's a pretty that's a great observation, though, the fact 260 00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:33.240 that you're at a place where you can see that there's a lot of people 261 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:41.319 that just say the words and and think that they're done that it's just all 262 00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:45.079 you gotta do is say this. There's a story in Scripture where someone is 263 00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:51.240 walking behind me saying all kinds of things, this is the one, this 264 00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:56.200 is the Messiah that the scriptures has spoken about, and this is the one, 265 00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:57.839 and he's great in all this. And I turn and say, get 266 00:20:57.880 --> 00:21:02.400 thee behind me, Satan, And everybody's like, whoa where did that come 267 00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:07.319 from? But it was because somebody was only giving me mouth service, which 268 00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:12.200 is worse than just being a nonbeliever because it can be very difficult and confusing 269 00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:17.160 to other people around you. So the fact that you recognize that there's times 270 00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:19.880 where that you that you want it and there's times that you're not living it, 271 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:25.160 I think shows more about your character than you may may think. But 272 00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:29.079 and your faith. Actually, So when you say that you're not living it, 273 00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:33.519 um, what does that meant? A got a dirty mouth, you're 274 00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:37.359 doing drugs, sleeping around? What's what's the issue? I just I feel 275 00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:41.480 like I say I believe, and I want to believe that there's a big 276 00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:45.680 part of me that's like it's not real, and there's and I have straight 277 00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:49.400 away I like going to Bible study and learning like the context of the Bible, 278 00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:55.559 and I just I was in a relationship with an atheist and I just 279 00:21:56.039 --> 00:22:00.559 kind of just straighted me away from like believing and the actual scripture at all. 280 00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:07.519 But I want to well, there there's nothing wrong with having doubt. 281 00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:12.319 Doubt just has to propel you forward. It can't be something that paralyzes you 282 00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:18.880 from finding information. So many people have doubt, and you're going to have 283 00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:21.799 doubt throughout your life. There's going to be things that make you question. 284 00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:25.519 While am I on the right path. And that's good because then you're constantly 285 00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:29.359 rechecking yourself to make sure you're on the right path. Different people will come 286 00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:33.599 in your life, and atheists aren't bad people. On the contrary, most 287 00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:41.599 atheists have a very strong moral structure in their life. Where it comes from 288 00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:45.920 that's a little harder to pin down. But if you're swayed by the people 289 00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:51.920 around you, you need to strengthen yourself before you bring certain types of people 290 00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:56.400 or certain people into your life. Now, as far as you believing or 291 00:22:56.480 --> 00:23:00.920 feeling those things, what is the hurdle that you see in your life? 292 00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:04.240 Why do you think you're not making that connection with God or that second or 293 00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:10.640 next step in your faith? I just I can't be satisfied with anything. 294 00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:15.759 I feel like there's always something better, There's something more I can be doing. 295 00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:18.799 There's I need to further my career even though I can't get the first 296 00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:22.839 step done, and I need to do all these things that I just I'm 297 00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:30.119 overwhelmed with all these choices and I'm having a hard time making them. So 298 00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:33.200 you're a little you're a little unfocused. Is this in other parts of your 299 00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:40.839 life as well? I'm very I guess right, now my main thing is 300 00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:45.240 I love my job, and I'm having a hard time seeing getting a relationship 301 00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:48.799 and having a family and if that's the right thing for me, and if 302 00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:53.359 that's what I'm supposed to do. And am I supposed to go back overseas 303 00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:57.920 and travel the world or am I supposed to settle down and have a family. 304 00:23:57.960 --> 00:24:03.440 And I don't know what the choices are anymore. Well, I think 305 00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:07.799 people get overwhelmed with concept of decisions or things, but really, you use 306 00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:11.240 the right word. Most things are choices. There are certain things God doesn't 307 00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:15.559 want you to do. Absolutely doesn't want you to go on a murderous rampage 308 00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:19.400 things like that. But whether you're going to get married or not get married, 309 00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:25.079 those are choices that you can't have. Whether you're overseas or here, 310 00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:29.759 those are choices you can have. You'll know when there's something that God doesn't 311 00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:33.440 want you to participate in. Doesn't want you to make a living doing pornography, 312 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:37.480 doesn't want you to sell drugs for a living on the streets. There's 313 00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:41.720 things that are not choices. You can't do those things because they're not healthy 314 00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:45.880 for you. But there's other things like where you live or things like that 315 00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:48.680 that are choices of yours and then God's going to grow you in those areas, 316 00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:52.039 but you have to make them. You have to go, Okay, 317 00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:53.960 this is not going to make or break me. I'm going to move and 318 00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:57.240 if I don't like it, I'll move back. But I think when people 319 00:24:57.319 --> 00:25:00.559 get caught up in like is this the right thing I should be doing or 320 00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:06.279 the wrong most of the time it's just flavor. It's just choice. You 321 00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:11.000 wouldn't stress over chocolate or vanilla, would you. You'd to have vanilla, 322 00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:14.759 and if you didn't like it, you go, well, then I'll have 323 00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:19.119 chocolate next time. But it's it's not most decisions or not make or break, 324 00:25:19.240 --> 00:25:22.359 or choices rather or not make or break. I think the word decision 325 00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:26.319 makes people panic, like there's a wrong answer and there's going to be these 326 00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:30.200 big xes in the sky going then you're going to have to move on. 327 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:36.039 I think trust, trust your instincts, be prayerful in the things that you 328 00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:38.240 do, but know that it's an adventure and it's okay to be on that 329 00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:47.839 adventure. You're listening to KFII on demand. Living your faith is an ongoing 330 00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:55.920 process and you will continue to be wrestling with it and till you're done. 331 00:25:57.160 --> 00:26:04.720 In Hebrews twelve two, it says that I Jesus am the author and finisher 332 00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:12.039 or perfector of your faith. There's an ongoing cleansing process that is taking place 333 00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:22.640 in your life, honing, sharpening, focusing your belief. We've talked a 334 00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:30.440 lot about the difference between straight up knowledge versus wisdom. Today, knowledge is 335 00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:36.119 just facts figures. Wisdom is the proper application of those facts and figures, 336 00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:38.880 the knowledge that you have, applying it to your life. So if you're 337 00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:44.759 in a place where you feel like you know things about God, you know 338 00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:51.279 things about Christianity or your faith, but you're not really applying them, now's 339 00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:55.319 the time to apply them. There won't be a response. Imagine this, 340 00:26:55.480 --> 00:27:06.680 if you drink poison and there's a pill that will the antidote that will reverse 341 00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:11.079 the effects of that poison, and it's sitting right in front of you. 342 00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:14.400 You can know that that pill does that, you can know that that's what 343 00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:18.279 it's for. You can know that if you take it you'll be well. 344 00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:22.920 But if it still sits there in front of you, it means nothing. 345 00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:26.559 It might as well be a tic tac, could be a jellybean, What 346 00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:33.200 makes things have value, What makes knowledge valuable is its application. If you're 347 00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:37.319 in a place in your faith where you just know things, or even worse, 348 00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:42.359 think you know things, because let's face it, I hear people rip 349 00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:48.960 Christianity apart on a daily basis, But unfortunately what they're ripping apart is a 350 00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:52.240 straw man. It has nothing to do with Christianity, has nothing to do 351 00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:56.319 with me. It's false history and false information, and they pull it apart 352 00:27:56.519 --> 00:28:02.799 and say, see it's wrong, But it's not Christianity at all. So 353 00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:07.160 first the information has to be correct, and then the information has to be 354 00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:11.160 applied, and if it's not, there'll be a problem. But when you 355 00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:17.359 think about acting like a Christian or acting like a person of faith, it's 356 00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:21.680 not a fake it till you make it type situation per se. I don't 357 00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:25.480 want you to act like anything. I want you to believe and have faith 358 00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:32.400 and let that act change. You. Have a blessed Mother's day, Love 359 00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:36.160 your mothers, be with them, and remember these simple words. I Am 360 00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:41.400 with you always kf I AIX on demand