You're listening to k I am sixty on demand. Gwen, Welcome to the
Jesus Christ Show. Oh thank you for taking my pall pleasure. UM,
I have a life situation and I guess I just want your opinion. I've
made the decision pretty much, but um, I'm still struggling with it a
bit. So I've not applied wisdom in my life. I'm sixty two and
I've made terrible life choices as far as husbands and husband's plural huh, Well,
seven years I was not a Christian, and the second was twenty three
years and I left with cause and single for nine and then now I made
a terrible mistake and married an abusive man after five months and getting back with
him twenty times over a year and a half. Um, I did file
for divorce. It's just not quite final, and I'm struggling with not having
biblical grounds. Although my pastor, who's quite well wait wait, wait,
wait, what do you mean you don't have biblical ground? Do you think
the Bible wants you stay in an abusive relationship? Well, that's exactly what
my pastor says. He says, it's not God's well for me to be
treated this way. No, and not a single friend or family member was
supportive of it. First First Pewter three seven says, likewise, husbands live
with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman. Now,
how is that? Yeah, that never happened. Yeah, that there,
there there. You don't have this. People get very wrapped up in
scripture as if every single word there's there, there's a word for everything.
There is nowhere in scripture that says don't chew glass and swallow it. Right,
there's never. But but I would tell you that it is not God's
will for you to chew glass and swallow it unless I guess you're a you
know, side show person. But there's no reason. There's all kinds of
people look for scripture at scripture in different ways, So they would look for
what it says on divorce. But it's not about divorce. This is about
self preservation. This is about self defense if you're being mistreated, and that's
a different thing, and you need to be confident that if you are being
mistreated, that God is not blessing that that's true, and I'm comfortable with
that. But I still took my vows. Well, I'll tell you this,
I wouldn't suggest you get married again. You're not good at it.
I'm not good. No, it's just I mean, I know that sounds
a little mean. No, I agree with you, but at this point
you've kind of proven that you're not really good at choosing partners and um,
so maybe find something else to do than collecting husbands. True. I do
have a very full life, um, but you know, getting older,
I always hope to have a companion at least, you know, I think
that's natural. But sure it's just too too dangerous for neat probably well if
you you know, if if you keep making um, if you keep making
poor decisions, then there's work that needs to be done. It doesn't mean
that you won't have people in your life, or you won't have people to
to enjoy and to love and these types of things in your life. It
just means that this is something that you obviously haven't worked out right. And
it's very difficult to bring somebody that harms you into your life without you seeing
a little something, a little warning something. I had plenty of warnings,
and I ignored them. I tend to just as it could be a good
quality. But in my case I don't think it is I only see the
good. I don't see I ignore the bad. It's like I need to
really look at both things. I think, Well, you know what's interesting
is if if you were to come across a bowl of soup and in that
bowl of soup are those shards of glass we talked about and you could see
them, you wouldn't eat them. There's something about human beings. When you
see something so literal in front of you, you go, that's going to
harm me. I won't ingest that. But with human beings, you think,
uh, I could maybe change this, or it would get better time.
Whatever it is, the good part is pretty good, even though it's
only ten percent of the time. This is a little different than you know,
eating the hay and leaving the sticks. This is, you know,
a human being who can hurt you or do bad things to you, and
you need to protect yourself from that. And in this particular case, there's
there's no reason why Scripture or God would tell you to stay in a marriage
where you're being harmed. Thank you so much. That's you know. I
just it'll be final soon. And I didn't at least didn't stay longer than
five months. Oh yes, thankfully, thankfully. I don't want you in
that relationship, but I want you to, Gwen. I want you to
really find time for yourself. I want you to learn more about yourself,
why you make the decisions you make, and really enjoy your own time.
Enjoy yourself more the things that you're curious about or that you really enjoy hobbies,
what have you, Explore those things, embrace those things, and get
to know yourself because I don't want you. I know you had a long
span in between those relationships, but I don't want you to get into any
bad habits or to bring something into your life that's not going to be healthy
or helpful. I think it's time for you to just to learn a little
bit about you, and there's something about that that that comes with that.
I think people It sounds strange, but I think sometimes people bring in relationships
in their life to avoid getting to know themselves, which I know seems a
little odd. But when people fear knowing more about themselves, learning more about
themselves, or learning to love themselves and enjoy their own company, that can
be a little overwhelming to some people and they end up getting into, you
know, someone in their life. That's just a distraction someone in their life
that will somehow keep them from having to deal with their own issues. And
that could be even getting somebody in your life that has their own issues that
are bigger than yours. But it does. It's never a good thing.
It doesn't it's not helpful, and it's not productive. And then I want
you to really hear what Gwen said, because I've brought this up many many
times on the program. It doesn't mean that women are at fault or even
men that get into these relationships are at fault. But you do play a
part in it that when you see those warning signs, and I know some
warning signs are difficult to read. It's just you know, human nature.
Some people have weird sense of humor and sense as a humor and might be
playful or what have you, and maybe even a dark sense of humor whatever
it might be, And those are hard to read. So I'm not saying
that you know everyone's a horrible person, run in the opposite direction. But
if you see real types of anger or abuse, or you see hints of
those things, or there's patterns in there, you want to run from those
things. You want to run away from them. You don't want them in
your life, and if you don't learn about it early on, then you'll
be faced with it later. You're listening to k I Am six forty on
demand, Grace Welcome to Jesus Christ Show. My question is in after Peter
said you are the Missigah of the Sun and Living God, then he said,
Jesus says, I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven.
I think I understand that, But the last part of what was said,
I don't understand. Whatever you forbid on earth or loose or bind,
will be forbidden in heaven. Whatever you permit will be permitted in heaven.
Does that mean that we have Peter would have an influence or we would have
an influence so much half boson in heaven. No, not necessarily. This
is often misunderstood, So I mean, don't feel bad about that. A
lot of people ask about this because of it seems the way it's written makes
it appear as if you're right. Whatever takes place on earth is going to
take place in heaven. And like in the Lord's Prayer when it talks about
those things that really it's talking about them them jiving with each other. So
if they're done in the proper authority, the key obviously being a sign of
authority that in the language of our Jewish brothers and sisters, the context really
shows that it's forbidden or allowing. It's about someone judging things, and if
they're judging properly or they're teaching properly that which is lawful or unlawful, then
it will match that which is lawful and unlawful in Heaven. So it's basically
saying that if somebody is in that state of holding the key, which is
really a symbol of being a person of power and authority in the church,
somebody who is dedicated to the Word of God, that what they teach is
going to be lawful and unlawful, and Heaven will agree with it because it
will be that which is taught in scripture. Oh okay, because I've heard
this about binding spirits sometimes and losing spirits that I'm very confused about it.
A lot of people take that verse out of context. A lot of Protestants
tend to do this, take that out of context and put that in the
context of binding and loosing things. You know, I bind the devil of
confusion or I do this, and they'll be beyond in heaven. It's really
not what the proper context of that verse is, although it's not overly offensive
to use it in that context. Really what's going on is about the adherence
between the rules and those things that are lawful and unlawful that God says,
God's will says yes, this is okay, No, this is not okay,
and the Man of God on earth recognizing those things and distributing them.
So it's like, this is what we should be doing, this is what
we shouldn't be doing. I'm going to bind this and say we shouldn't be
doing it. I'm going to loose this and say we should be doing it.
And Heaven agrees with me because I've taken it from scripture and Heaven is
an agreement that is the better interpretation of the context of that verse. Well,
does that mean that we follow the ten commandments? Or we love the
Lord our grog, of our heart and soul, and love our neighbor as
ourselves? I mean, this is how does that apply when it comes to
the New Covenant under Christ? Because it sounds like that it would put you
back under some sort of a law. Well, no, the law never
goes away. If you remember my response to that is I didn't come to
abolish the law. I came to fulfill it. There's a difference, like,
for instance, heaven doesn't come to abolish hope, but there is no
hope in heaven. There's no need for it. It's the fulfillment of hope.
So you don't abolish the Ten Commandments by any stretch of the imagination.
They still stand today, they still have purpose today, and there are over
you know, there's over four hundred commandments in scripture, and all of them
have their place. What does fall away are certain religious concerns that are not
that aren't not needed under the New Covenant. But those would be things like
certain things about dress or shaving the sides of your face, or you know,
what kind of food you eat, or things like that that have fallen
away and aren't necessary in that context. But no, ten commandments still stand
as they are. The important thing about this think of it this way.
It's not about this coming up with new laws. It's about this enforcing them.
So for instance, the binding would be, you know, binding up
those things that you're not supposed to be doing and then loosing the things that
you should like the Ten Commandments would be a powerful one and they would be
loosed in God. It would be in agreement in heaven, and a man
would be great in agreement on the earth. You're listening to kf I am
sixty on demand. Mike, Welcome to the Jesus Christ Show. Hello Jesus.
UM. I had an uncle who died. I think it was about
six maybe seven years ago. Excuse me and his wife. His widowed wife
calls in a celebration from all of the family that can afford it throughout the
country to celebrate his life on his birthday each year. And I'm wondering if
it's if it's if it's good to do that, if it's mentally good or
consciously or spiritually or mortally good to do that. Um, I'm wondering if
it's normal. I'm wondering if if it's something like a seance. I'm wondering
if it's a necessity. I wonder if it's good for the dead. I
wonder if it cross references with what you said, you said, leave the
dead to the dead. I think those are legitimate questions. However, I
will say, are there any things that going on that resemble a scance.
No, it's just a celebration of life. That's right. Nothing wrong with
that, Okay, nothing wrong with that. Now. The thing is that
it's very sweet if it's done properly and for those, like you said,
those can afford or can participate, great If not, it's merely a celebration.
In the United States, there's many commemorative days of those that have passed,
past presidents and the like, great leaders. Martin Luther King Day,
You've got Caesar Chavez Day. You've got all kinds of days where they recognize
people for things that they've done. And it may fall on their birthday,
may not, But there's nothing wrong with celebrating someone's life. I think the
opposite of that sometimes can be a little tragic that people think that that once
someone's passed away, that their legacy and the thing that they've done are gone.
And I think it's normal to dust off the photos, to get everybody
around and say, hey, let's talk about the neat things so and so
did in our lives and that we got to see and to participate in,
so that it keeps those things, not them alive. You're not trying to
contact them or keep them alive in some weird way, you're you're you're keeping
their memories alive and celebrating the things that they did while they were alive.
And I think that's perfectly a okay, okay, thank you, you're welcome.
I think it's actually a very sweet thing to do as well. It
doesn't need to be big to do necessarily, but I think it's lovely.
They do it for all kinds of people throughout history. There's no reason why
you couldn't do it about your own people in your family. Now. When
it says that, you know, let the dead take care of their dead,
that's that was about a specific thing that was going on in my ministry,
that there were things that I needed to get done, and that people
sometimes confuse some of the things that were said that it's like, oh,
well, that means you shouldn't care about your dad or anything. No,
sometimes that there are things that are more pressing, for instance, in you
know, a war situation or things like that, that really there is a
focus that if someone dies, the triage is to look towards those that are
living and to take care of them. And in that case there is a
triage of sorts, but it doesn't mean you don't care about your dad.
That that's not the takeaway at all. Miguel, Welcome to the Jesus Christ
Show. Hello either, how can I help you him? I've struggled with
drug addictions, you know, for quite some time in my life, and
recently I got on this program that because I was using heroin, and it's
a drug that allows you to taper off without having you know, serious physical
withdraws. Yes, they cause you know, relapse like methodone or something,
right exactly. Okay, I was just wondering if if it's like considered a
sin to be using that. Well, it's it's prescribed, right, this
is under the supervision of medical professional right. No, they're they're using it
medicinally to get you to a point where you won't be on it at all.
And it's part of your um prescribed health maintenance to get you to a
place where you don't have it in your system anymore. It's not it's not
long term. It's to to taper off slowly because your body has become very
attached to and addicted to the chemical properties of the heroine. Right, Um,
I mean, at some point doesn't it be I mean if it's if
you're just taking too long with the program, because I know there's people who
have been on this like five ten years, you know, And to me,
it's you should have a set, you should have a set understanding as
to when you're going to come off it, and there should be a goals
and set in that process for you to taper off it. If it's just
using it as a legal way to get high, then no, that's not
healthy and you need to have those You need to be speaking with your doctor
and aggressively looking to use this to help you. We knew off of the
drug by way of those the intense withdrawals, but if you're not, if
you're looking at it like, hey, you know, I'm on this and
I'm fine and I don't need to get off it, then yeah, there
would be a problem. Okay, So as long as I'm I have a
taper set and I'm sticking to that, I'm working towards getting off it,
then I mean in your eyes, you know, then it would be okay,
yes, because that's that is your goal to get off it, and
that you are now under the medical supervision of somebody that's accountable to you,
and you're accountable to them, and then you're focused on those goals and really
try and achieve and hit those goals. And I know it's scary, but
I want you to look towards that and know that I'm very proud of you,
because that's a it's a hard step to take and to move towards that
and say, Okay, the my goals, what's the normal goals, and
what's the normal expectations from your doctor, and try and hit those goals just
like you would in anything else that you're doing. And if you're you're progressing
and going down that path, I think you're in a healthy place. If
you're using it just as a legal way to get high, then there's a
problem. Oh okay, yeah, no, not that at all. Good.
I'm proud of you. That's a that's an incredibly difficult hurdle to jump
over, and just to be accountable to a doctor or a medical professional I
think is a huge step. Okay, well, thank you very much,
God bless you. Me Gal. You're you can do this, and you
just have to really set those goals for yourself and be accountable and that's what's
going to get you to that next step. Lynn, Welcome to the Jesus
show. Hi, Hilan, how could I help you? Harry unsatisfied with
many areas of my life, including where I live and finding a job and
relationships. And I say that I'm Christian, I believe in God, but
I feel like I'm not acting that way, and that is why I'm so
unsatisfied. And I don't know how to bridge the gap between saying I believe
in actually believing. I don't know what. I don't know how to help
myself. Well that's a pretty that's a great observation, though, the fact
that you're at a place where you can see that there's a lot of people
that just say the words and and think that they're done that it's just all
you gotta do is say this. There's a story in Scripture where someone is
walking behind me saying all kinds of things, this is the one, this
is the Messiah that the scriptures has spoken about, and this is the one,
and he's great in all this. And I turn and say, get
thee behind me, Satan, And everybody's like, whoa where did that come
from? But it was because somebody was only giving me mouth service, which
is worse than just being a nonbeliever because it can be very difficult and confusing
to other people around you. So the fact that you recognize that there's times
where that you that you want it and there's times that you're not living it,
I think shows more about your character than you may may think. But
and your faith. Actually, So when you say that you're not living it,
um, what does that meant? A got a dirty mouth, you're
doing drugs, sleeping around? What's what's the issue? I just I feel
like I say I believe, and I want to believe that there's a big
part of me that's like it's not real, and there's and I have straight
away I like going to Bible study and learning like the context of the Bible,
and I just I was in a relationship with an atheist and I just
kind of just straighted me away from like believing and the actual scripture at all.
But I want to well, there there's nothing wrong with having doubt.
Doubt just has to propel you forward. It can't be something that paralyzes you
from finding information. So many people have doubt, and you're going to have
doubt throughout your life. There's going to be things that make you question.
While am I on the right path. And that's good because then you're constantly
rechecking yourself to make sure you're on the right path. Different people will come
in your life, and atheists aren't bad people. On the contrary, most
atheists have a very strong moral structure in their life. Where it comes from
that's a little harder to pin down. But if you're swayed by the people
around you, you need to strengthen yourself before you bring certain types of people
or certain people into your life. Now, as far as you believing or
feeling those things, what is the hurdle that you see in your life?
Why do you think you're not making that connection with God or that second or
next step in your faith? I just I can't be satisfied with anything.
I feel like there's always something better, There's something more I can be doing.
There's I need to further my career even though I can't get the first
step done, and I need to do all these things that I just I'm
overwhelmed with all these choices and I'm having a hard time making them. So
you're a little you're a little unfocused. Is this in other parts of your
life as well? I'm very I guess right, now my main thing is
I love my job, and I'm having a hard time seeing getting a relationship
and having a family and if that's the right thing for me, and if
that's what I'm supposed to do. And am I supposed to go back overseas
and travel the world or am I supposed to settle down and have a family.
And I don't know what the choices are anymore. Well, I think
people get overwhelmed with concept of decisions or things, but really, you use
the right word. Most things are choices. There are certain things God doesn't
want you to do. Absolutely doesn't want you to go on a murderous rampage
things like that. But whether you're going to get married or not get married,
those are choices that you can't have. Whether you're overseas or here,
those are choices you can have. You'll know when there's something that God doesn't
want you to participate in. Doesn't want you to make a living doing pornography,
doesn't want you to sell drugs for a living on the streets. There's
things that are not choices. You can't do those things because they're not healthy
for you. But there's other things like where you live or things like that
that are choices of yours and then God's going to grow you in those areas,
but you have to make them. You have to go, Okay,
this is not going to make or break me. I'm going to move and
if I don't like it, I'll move back. But I think when people
get caught up in like is this the right thing I should be doing or
the wrong most of the time it's just flavor. It's just choice. You
wouldn't stress over chocolate or vanilla, would you. You'd to have vanilla,
and if you didn't like it, you go, well, then I'll have
chocolate next time. But it's it's not most decisions or not make or break,
or choices rather or not make or break. I think the word decision
makes people panic, like there's a wrong answer and there's going to be these
big xes in the sky going then you're going to have to move on.
I think trust, trust your instincts, be prayerful in the things that you
do, but know that it's an adventure and it's okay to be on that
adventure. You're listening to KFII on demand. Living your faith is an ongoing
process and you will continue to be wrestling with it and till you're done.
In Hebrews twelve two, it says that I Jesus am the author and finisher
or perfector of your faith. There's an ongoing cleansing process that is taking place
in your life, honing, sharpening, focusing your belief. We've talked a
lot about the difference between straight up knowledge versus wisdom. Today, knowledge is
just facts figures. Wisdom is the proper application of those facts and figures,
the knowledge that you have, applying it to your life. So if you're
in a place where you feel like you know things about God, you know
things about Christianity or your faith, but you're not really applying them, now's
the time to apply them. There won't be a response. Imagine this,
if you drink poison and there's a pill that will the antidote that will reverse
the effects of that poison, and it's sitting right in front of you.
You can know that that pill does that, you can know that that's what
it's for. You can know that if you take it you'll be well.
But if it still sits there in front of you, it means nothing.
It might as well be a tic tac, could be a jellybean, What
makes things have value, What makes knowledge valuable is its application. If you're
in a place in your faith where you just know things, or even worse,
think you know things, because let's face it, I hear people rip
Christianity apart on a daily basis, But unfortunately what they're ripping apart is a
straw man. It has nothing to do with Christianity, has nothing to do
with me. It's false history and false information, and they pull it apart
and say, see it's wrong, But it's not Christianity at all. So
first the information has to be correct, and then the information has to be
applied, and if it's not, there'll be a problem. But when you
think about acting like a Christian or acting like a person of faith, it's
not a fake it till you make it type situation per se. I don't
want you to act like anything. I want you to believe and have faith
and let that act change. You. Have a blessed Mother's day, Love
your mothers, be with them, and remember these simple words. I Am
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