WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:03.759 You're listening to KFI AM sixty on demand. 2 00:00:06.280 --> 00:00:14.400 Okay, so slowly everyone squeezes out of the holidays now 3 00:00:14.439 --> 00:00:19.719 in the new year, and seems everywhere you went for 4 00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:24.079 the past couple of months, everything was crowded, right packed. 5 00:00:25.679 --> 00:00:28.800 That's a good thing as far as economy goes. It's 6 00:00:28.839 --> 00:00:32.600 a good thing. People are out spending money, being a 7 00:00:32.640 --> 00:00:37.920 part of things, engaging other people. But with that and 8 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:41.039 with the crowds, you will notice there's certain patterns. Were 9 00:00:41.039 --> 00:00:43.920 you somewhere that were was so crowded that you kind 10 00:00:43.920 --> 00:00:48.119 of all kind of moved with everyone else almost as 11 00:00:48.200 --> 00:00:52.560 one big mass. And if you've ever gone to a 12 00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:55.799 place where it could be a concert, of ball game, whatever, 13 00:00:55.840 --> 00:01:01.000 it might be, shopping somewhere where they're having a huge 14 00:01:01.039 --> 00:01:07.560 sale and there's tons of people wherever you might be. 15 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:10.959 While you're with that many people, you'll see that the 16 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:16.359 mass kind of takes over the individual kind of becomes 17 00:01:16.599 --> 00:01:21.000 a blob of humanity moving in one direction, and to 18 00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:23.159 go in a different direction, or to have a single 19 00:01:23.239 --> 00:01:31.200 mind or desire or focus becomes difficult, if not impossible. 20 00:01:35.879 --> 00:01:39.439 It's not a good thing. I don't want you to 21 00:01:39.480 --> 00:01:43.519 be a part of that mass that moves you from 22 00:01:43.519 --> 00:01:45.599 point A to point B without you even having a 23 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:48.239 decision as to where you stand or where you go. 24 00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:53.640 Scripture talks about this. Scripture talks about the two gates 25 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:59.159 and the paths that follow. Matthew seven thirteen says, enter 26 00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:03.760 through the narrow gate. For the wide is the gate, 27 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:06.959 and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and 28 00:02:07.040 --> 00:02:11.000 many enter through it. But small is the gate, and 29 00:02:11.080 --> 00:02:14.479 narrow the road that leads to life, and only a 30 00:02:14.520 --> 00:02:19.960 few find it. People go back and forth as to 31 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:22.400 what I was talking about here and what I meant, 32 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:29.159 And there's arguments as to why I use this particular language. 33 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:34.039 There are those that go back to Jewish canons and 34 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:40.120 say that there's certain measurements for different areas it So 35 00:02:40.199 --> 00:02:43.680 it says in those writings, a private way was four cubits, 36 00:02:44.080 --> 00:02:48.800 broad away from city to city was eight cubits, a 37 00:02:48.840 --> 00:02:52.599 public way sixteen cubits, and the way to the cities 38 00:02:52.639 --> 00:02:56.280 of refuge thirty two cubits. So these are measurements that 39 00:02:56.280 --> 00:02:57.960 people get in their mind as to what a broad 40 00:02:58.039 --> 00:03:00.680 road is, what a wide road is. Of course, two 41 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:05.439 thousand years ago, with all the city walls, oftentimes you 42 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:09.120 had to enter through a gate. There were times where 43 00:03:10.719 --> 00:03:15.120 it's simple, and there's times where it's difficult, depending on 44 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:19.800 the size the place you're going. But I want you 45 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:26.319 to think about it in a different sense. You hear 46 00:03:26.360 --> 00:03:29.319 the term narrow minded all the time, and of course 47 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:31.360 I don't want you to be narrow minded that although 48 00:03:31.560 --> 00:03:34.439 many people believe that just by the very nature of 49 00:03:34.479 --> 00:03:38.319 your faith, you're narrow minded, which is pretty narrow minded 50 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:42.599 of them, don't you think. But when people say narrow minded, 51 00:03:43.039 --> 00:03:47.919 it's set as a pejorative. It's negative, telling you that 52 00:03:48.039 --> 00:03:51.199 you have one thought and you don't ever add to it, 53 00:03:52.599 --> 00:03:54.560 that you push anything away that's not that thought. That's 54 00:03:54.599 --> 00:03:57.039 not what I want. Of course, I want you to 55 00:03:57.080 --> 00:04:01.479 always test all things into study and to learn and 56 00:04:01.520 --> 00:04:06.240 to show yourself approved. But when I say be narrow minded, 57 00:04:08.280 --> 00:04:15.080 I mean being narrow minded like the narrow gate. Focus minded, 58 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:20.199 focusing on what God has for you, focusing on the 59 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:22.839 things of God and the things of Heaven as they 60 00:04:22.879 --> 00:04:29.279 pertain to this earth and vice versa. Not focusing on 61 00:04:29.399 --> 00:04:33.879 just you want when you want it. Not focusing just 62 00:04:33.920 --> 00:04:37.120 on the things of the world, because that's where the 63 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:40.439 mass is. That's like that blob that I told you 64 00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:42.839 about that. When you're at a concert, or you're at 65 00:04:42.839 --> 00:04:47.360 a ballgame, or you're with lots of people, they just 66 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:51.519 kind of shuttle from one place to the other. And 67 00:04:51.639 --> 00:04:54.879 really whoever's leading is at the front, and they may 68 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:57.240 be leading you down a path you don't want to go. 69 00:04:59.240 --> 00:05:01.360 If you're a follow like a line of cars, when 70 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:03.279 you assume you're all going to the same place and 71 00:05:03.319 --> 00:05:05.240 then you end up somewhere different, you oh, well, I 72 00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:09.519 just assumed they were going where I was going. Don't assume, 73 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:14.600 of course, as you know what that does. But when 74 00:05:14.600 --> 00:05:16.639 you assume those things, or you get caught up in 75 00:05:17.000 --> 00:05:21.680 that mob mentality, you get pushed like that broad road, 76 00:05:22.199 --> 00:05:26.959 that wide gate that leads to destruction, because you're going 77 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:32.639 with the flow, entering through the small gate, the narrow gate. 78 00:05:32.720 --> 00:05:36.959 The narrow road is showing that you are walking with 79 00:05:37.079 --> 00:05:41.600 God alone, that you're focused on the will of God 80 00:05:42.040 --> 00:05:47.079 and not just the will of the people. Yes, many, many, 81 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:52.600 many people can be wrong. And it's not that I 82 00:05:52.600 --> 00:05:56.279 don't want you to learn the skills of following and humility, 83 00:05:57.040 --> 00:05:59.560 but to also learn the skill the skills of leading 84 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:05.160 in your life, of course directed by me, and in 85 00:06:05.240 --> 00:06:07.399 doing so you become a leader of your life. It 86 00:06:07.439 --> 00:06:12.279 talks about in scripture that God and his word is 87 00:06:12.279 --> 00:06:16.480 the lamp unto your feet. So if I guide you 88 00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:19.600 and you take that direction, and you guide yourself with it, 89 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:23.600 you are on that narrow road. You are narrow minded, 90 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:25.199 not in the sense the world wants to call you 91 00:06:25.279 --> 00:06:30.399 narrow minded, but you're focused. You're of one thought. The 92 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:33.560 world wants to tell you that being of one focus 93 00:06:33.639 --> 00:06:38.040 is a bad idea. You should just encompass everything, and 94 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:39.920 that gets you nowhere, That gets you on the wide 95 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:46.319 road end mass pushing and shoving and going a place 96 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:50.240 that you may not know or may not like when 97 00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:56.000 you end up there, and that mentality is kind of well, 98 00:06:56.040 --> 00:07:00.360 everybody's doing this or everyone's doing that. How many times 99 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:04.879 did your parents tell you, well, if you so and 100 00:07:04.959 --> 00:07:11.199 so jumped off a bridge, would you Unfortunately, if you're 101 00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:13.399 in a group of people that seems to be walking 102 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:16.399 down a particular path and you're not checking yourself and 103 00:07:16.439 --> 00:07:20.680 you're not aware truly of where they're going, then you 104 00:07:20.759 --> 00:07:29.000 tend to follow ask questions always when someone's it's okay 105 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:34.240 to be led by someone, but ask questions a point 106 00:07:34.639 --> 00:07:43.560 your leaders don't just follow in a proper balance between 107 00:07:43.720 --> 00:07:47.519 leader and follower. There should be communication, there should always 108 00:07:47.519 --> 00:07:53.439 be questions, and there should be harmony. If there's a 109 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:56.560 breakdown in there somewhere, then it's just a pied piper. 110 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:06.759 And this goes forward everything love, relationships, politics, religion, all 111 00:08:06.839 --> 00:08:12.120 of it. And if you get lazy, you get complacent, 112 00:08:12.199 --> 00:08:19.680 if you just do what everyone else is doing, you'll 113 00:08:19.800 --> 00:08:23.399 end up where everyone else ends up. And it may 114 00:08:23.439 --> 00:08:25.240 not be where you think, and it may not be 115 00:08:25.360 --> 00:08:28.279 what you want, and it may not be what you 116 00:08:28.519 --> 00:08:31.040 think is going to be at the end of it all. 117 00:08:34.840 --> 00:08:38.240 Now there are narrow gates and there are wide gates. 118 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:40.759 And I realize when you see the wide gates it 119 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:46.720 looks simpler, easier, more welcoming. But to take the time 120 00:08:49.399 --> 00:08:54.240 to use discernment so that you can decide which is 121 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:56.720 the best way for you to go, and to know 122 00:08:56.799 --> 00:09:02.159 that on the ways and paths that are best for you, 123 00:09:02.879 --> 00:09:06.879 oftentimes they'll be the ones that you travel on your own. 124 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:15.200 They don't need to be wide. The narrow way. The 125 00:09:15.279 --> 00:09:19.600 narrow path is so that it is there's enough room 126 00:09:19.639 --> 00:09:30.039 for you and enough room for me. Steve, Welcome to 127 00:09:30.080 --> 00:09:30.960 the Jesus Christ show. 128 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:35.200 Praise you Jesus and your show because it's a great 129 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:36.000 teaching tool. 130 00:09:36.159 --> 00:09:39.080 I'll glory to God. Thanks Steve. How can I help you? 131 00:09:40.360 --> 00:09:42.679 Well? One of the things I was looking at in 132 00:09:43.080 --> 00:09:45.480 was a very valuable lesson to me was when I 133 00:09:45.519 --> 00:09:49.279 was working for the probation department at Juvenile Hall. And 134 00:09:49.360 --> 00:09:52.720 the thing that I learned and I thank God for it, 135 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:56.320 was that you don't know when you make a difference 136 00:09:56.639 --> 00:10:02.559 because the people don't come back, it's like the ones 137 00:10:02.639 --> 00:10:05.039 that do come back, it's like God's giving you another 138 00:10:05.159 --> 00:10:07.480 chance to make a difference in their lives. 139 00:10:07.919 --> 00:10:11.679 That's interesting, but in your line of work, but in 140 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:15.279 the probation when they don't come back, that's a good thing. 141 00:10:15.919 --> 00:10:16.480 That's true. 142 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:18.639 That's true because you know you made a difference in 143 00:10:18.679 --> 00:10:21.840 their life and that was God's direction. 144 00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:27.879 You know, there's many miracles that are noted, and you 145 00:10:27.960 --> 00:10:31.080 go through scripture Steve, and you can see where I 146 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:34.600 healed the sick or I cast out demons, and there's 147 00:10:34.639 --> 00:10:40.679 only one case where someone actually physically comes back to 148 00:10:40.720 --> 00:10:44.679 thank me. And it's just one of those things that 149 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:50.720 you don't always get to experience what you've done or 150 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:53.039 how you've touched somebody or helped them in some way 151 00:10:53.759 --> 00:10:56.320 in some shape. That's just not the way it always works. 152 00:10:57.559 --> 00:11:00.240 But you have to trust that when you're doing that 153 00:11:00.279 --> 00:11:05.039 which is right, that other people see that and then 154 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:08.000 it will motivate them. And in a type of work 155 00:11:08.120 --> 00:11:14.080 like the probation office, that's one of those. Often you know, 156 00:11:14.080 --> 00:11:16.279 you don't get a whole lot of thanks, and the 157 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:19.639 work that you guys do is very very important, and 158 00:11:19.720 --> 00:11:23.440 it's very easy to get that feeling of being unnoticed, 159 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:26.759 but there's a lot that goes on there, and really 160 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:29.240 the reward of it has to be doing things right. 161 00:11:29.759 --> 00:11:33.200 You see parents that say, you know, I pay my 162 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:35.360 kid five dollars to clean his room. Now, I don't 163 00:11:35.360 --> 00:11:37.200 have any problem with an allowance or anything like that, 164 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:39.039 so don't get me wrong. But what I do have 165 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:42.240 a problem with is that is when you teach a 166 00:11:42.360 --> 00:11:46.600 child that the reward is the money and not the 167 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:50.159 clean room. You see, when you clean a room, the 168 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:55.039 reward is the clean room. When you have good hygiene, 169 00:11:55.120 --> 00:11:58.960 the reward is the good hygiene. When you do your chores, 170 00:11:58.960 --> 00:12:01.240 when you do all that, the ward is the clean house. 171 00:12:01.360 --> 00:12:04.519 Is an organized house is an orderly house. That is 172 00:12:04.559 --> 00:12:08.960 the reward. So I whenever there's an allowance given, I'd 173 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:11.000 like to see that they that you at least take 174 00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:13.039 the time to teach the child that the reward is 175 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:21.679 what they've done, not the money. Henry, Welcome to the 176 00:12:21.720 --> 00:12:22.480 Jesus Christ Show. 177 00:12:23.679 --> 00:12:29.879 Good morning, Jesus Christ. I feel that I'm at a law. Say, 178 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:33.759 I've been following your radio show and trying to learn 179 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:40.840 from your scriptures. H. What's weighing on my heart now 180 00:12:41.120 --> 00:12:47.519 is uh? And when when you mentioned Matthew six and two. Uh, 181 00:12:48.519 --> 00:12:52.000 what we've done is we had an issue with the 182 00:12:52.679 --> 00:12:56.879 Christian flag flying on our Veterans Memorial, with the A 183 00:12:57.000 --> 00:12:59.440 c l U wanting to take the flag down. 184 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:01.799 Uh. 185 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:05.559 Well, we we got together in a bunch of the 186 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:11.480 people protests. Uh. We did have a thirty day visual Uh. 187 00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:14.720 And before I started was we started seeing so many 188 00:13:14.840 --> 00:13:20.519 veterans coming from everywhere. Well, what we found out is 189 00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:23.720 a lot of these these people were homeless and hungry. 190 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:28.120 So I got with some some people up there. I said, 191 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:29.320 we can help these people. 192 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:31.120 Uh. 193 00:13:32.720 --> 00:13:37.799 Well, we formed uh a foundation and we said, well 194 00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:40.679 you know, let's get with these people and see if 195 00:13:40.679 --> 00:13:46.720 we can't can't help them. We got with one of Uh. 196 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:48.919 And I don't want to call the church's name, but 197 00:13:48.960 --> 00:13:52.799 it's one of the biggest churches in our area. And uh, 198 00:13:53.840 --> 00:13:55.720 you know I felt good about it. The people that's 199 00:13:55.759 --> 00:13:59.840 working with me felt good about it. Uh and uh, 200 00:14:00.200 --> 00:14:05.159 it's it's we have over seven hundred thousand just veterans 201 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:13.720 alone that's homeless, three that are female. And then whatever 202 00:14:13.720 --> 00:14:16.440 really felt good is is I said, well, we can 203 00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:18.360 make an impact on this. 204 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:24.720 Okay. So so you you were moved to actually be 205 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:30.240 active and start an organization to help homeless veterans. That's 206 00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:33.679 a wonderful thing. Okay. And earlier as we talked about 207 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:37.360 Matthew six six and Matthew six two about feeling like 208 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:40.279 nobody's seeing what you're doing and if you seek the 209 00:14:40.320 --> 00:14:42.279 reward on earth, that's what you'll get and it won't 210 00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:46.000 be much, but that God sees even the secret things 211 00:14:46.039 --> 00:14:47.879 and knows what's going on. And how does that tie 212 00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:48.840 into your call today? 213 00:14:49.519 --> 00:14:52.559 Well, thos In is a you know, hunger is a 214 00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:54.840 terrible thing and I don't think there should be anybody 215 00:14:54.879 --> 00:14:56.120 in the world hungry. 216 00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:56.519 Amen. 217 00:14:57.519 --> 00:15:00.559 Oh, And I said, well, you know, we can help 218 00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:03.200 these people with a can of soup or something. So 219 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:07.159 I says, well, I got with the pastor of the 220 00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:12.120 church and I says, can we do something? Well, what 221 00:15:12.200 --> 00:15:17.240 I'd got uh from him, was well, this is not 222 00:15:17.919 --> 00:15:24.200 the issue. The issue is the king Christian flag. So 223 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:26.639 I said, fine, we'll, we'll, we'll. 224 00:15:26.799 --> 00:15:29.960 So their concern was more about whether the flag could fly, 225 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:33.200 the Christian flag could fly, or a flag with Christian 226 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:36.240 symbols could fly over whether somebody got food to eat. 227 00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:39.519 Yes, Uh, that was the issue. 228 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:41.600 And I felt, I said, well, you know, it's more 229 00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:46.480 of who am I You know, when all the Camber 230 00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:50.960 cruise and everything was gone, I mean they weren't around, 231 00:15:51.879 --> 00:15:56.000 uh so uh. And talk with some of these veterans, 232 00:15:57.399 --> 00:16:02.639 and majority of them had tattoos from back hey John 233 00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:07.399 three sixteen okay, for which told me they were believers. 234 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:09.759 Sure, I would imagine it takes some faith to get 235 00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:11.759 a tattoo of Scripture on your arm. 236 00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:16.840 And I feel, well, have they lost faith in God? 237 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:20.000 Or have they lost faith in Man? Or what do 238 00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:23.200 I do? Where do I turn on saying God hasn't 239 00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:26.960 forgotten you? Well, you'll find a way. 240 00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:30.879 I mean it's no God has God has not forgotten them? 241 00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:33.679 And that actually does tie in Henry to the scriptures 242 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:36.279 we talked about, because there is a lot of men 243 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:39.840 and women that fought for the United States and for 244 00:16:39.919 --> 00:16:45.679 the freedoms therein that do end up going into bad 245 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:49.360 situations when they get home. I'll find it hard to 246 00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:52.639 find work and things like that, and are caught up 247 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:56.879 doing so many having done so many great things for 248 00:16:57.120 --> 00:17:00.919 the United States, and now in a situation of being 249 00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:07.319 desperate or homeless or as you say, even hungry. There's 250 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:10.240 a lot to that story. So and it's you know, 251 00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:12.319 the amount of time that we have to kind of 252 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:17.119 iron through. It is not what we'd always like. But 253 00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:19.319 I would say this what I can sort from the 254 00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:23.240 things you were telling me, that the church could very 255 00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:28.400 well be misfocused. Absolutely, that local church there could be 256 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:31.319 misfocused on what they're fighting for. And this is something 257 00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:34.119 we've talked about on the program many times, Henry, is 258 00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:38.720 that the church oftentimes gets focused on one thing and 259 00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:41.440 it becomes a political thing, and it becomes more important 260 00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:47.559 than anything else, and then people lose sight of that 261 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:52.319 which is important. And because of these things, should you 262 00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:55.279 defend yourself and your right to worship the way you 263 00:17:55.319 --> 00:17:57.720 want to worship? Absolutely, should you be able to fly 264 00:17:57.799 --> 00:18:01.640 a flag with Christian symbols on in the United States. Absolutely, 265 00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:05.920 are there concerns that the ACLU has with separation of 266 00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:12.720 church and state, Yes, but how that ties into a 267 00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:19.440 man or woman needing to eat is beyond me. It's 268 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:22.119 not an either or, it's a both, and you can 269 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:24.640 defend things personally. I don't care whether flag is flown 270 00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:28.759 or not. If every man, woman, and child gave their 271 00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:32.920 life to me, then a flag is unnecessary. So it's 272 00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:38.000 really kind of misses the point. People don't necessarily drive 273 00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:40.119 by a flag and say, well, that has Christian symbols 274 00:18:40.119 --> 00:18:41.640 on it. I want to give my life to God. 275 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:44.680 But when they see an act of kindness, when they 276 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:46.960 see you feeding somebody who needs to eat, when they 277 00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:51.559 see you showing love and compassion, that that moves people 278 00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:55.799 to want to change their lives as well. So there's 279 00:18:55.839 --> 00:18:57.920 a lot of sides here, and we don't have all 280 00:18:58.000 --> 00:19:00.839 the participants. So I'm going to leave you with this 281 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:05.039 that if you feel moved to do something and it's 282 00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:07.039 a noble cause, a cause that's in line with the 283 00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:09.880 will of God, then by all means do it. One 284 00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:11.839 of the most difficult things, and this is why there's 285 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:15.480 four Gospels. Is that it's very easy for people to 286 00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:18.319 get caught up in their world. And that is because 287 00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:20.799 everybody's the star of their own movie, and they get 288 00:19:20.839 --> 00:19:23.200 caught up in their world. And that means whatever their 289 00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:26.960 focus is is the most important focus. And if you 290 00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:29.480 feel moved to take care of veterans, that is an 291 00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:33.920 incredibly noble and wonderful thing. Do it. Gather those that 292 00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:36.960 can help, gather all those that will hear, and do it. 293 00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:40.319 But don't expect everybody to have the same response you do, 294 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:44.519 because the purpose of having so many people with different 295 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:49.799 focuses is to complete all the needs to the best way, 296 00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:53.839 in the best possible way. And if everybody's focused on 297 00:19:53.839 --> 00:19:56.079 one thing. I know churches go through this all the time. 298 00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:58.480 They have their Philippians Fund or whatever they have that 299 00:19:58.519 --> 00:20:01.799 they give to people in their church when they are 300 00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:04.519 out of work, or these types of things, feeding them, 301 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:06.920 doing things for them. But then another group will come 302 00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:08.599 in and they have their charity or their group and 303 00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:10.200 they'll come to the church and they'll say, hey, we 304 00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:13.000 need money for this. Church says, I'm sorry, we don't 305 00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:15.160 have money for that. We have it set aside for 306 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:18.480 this and that organization walks away going that church doesn't 307 00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:20.920 love God and aren't doing it. No, that church has 308 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:26.200 a calling as well, and everybody kind of gets wrapped 309 00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:29.279 up in their own focus and what their own interests are. 310 00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:34.200 There's a lot of worthy causes out there and they 311 00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:41.279 all need attention. And this way different people are being 312 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:46.599 moved and called and emotionally motivated, then people more people 313 00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:52.799 will get taken care of. So continue to holler and 314 00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:56.319 use your trumpet to get people to notice. But don't 315 00:20:56.359 --> 00:21:01.720 expect every church or every Christian to necessarily participate, as 316 00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:08.279 they might be helping someone else. And my reference to 317 00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:10.880 the Gospels is that the reason why there's four Gospels 318 00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:15.480 is for perspective. You want to get the perspective of 319 00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:18.480 the individuals as they see fit. Because some were preaching 320 00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:21.319 to the gentiles, some were preaching to the Jews, and 321 00:21:21.359 --> 00:21:26.000 the different insights are important to understand in their fullness. 322 00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:32.160 Just too easy to get so hyper focused that everything 323 00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:36.680 else becomes unimportant based on what you're doing. Now. The 324 00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:42.079 second part of that Henry dealing with the people of 325 00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:46.559 faith that are kind of losing their faith and humanity. Well, 326 00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:50.680 join the club. There's a lot of people that experience that, 327 00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:56.759 and you can either let it consume you and pull 328 00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:59.559 you from God, which the devil would love, or you 329 00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:03.160 can use to motivate you and propel you into doing 330 00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:07.079 something great, which I think you've done. So it really 331 00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:09.559 is what you do with that information, what you do 332 00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:12.839 with the experiences of dealing with these people that have 333 00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:16.759 given up so much for their country, that are now 334 00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:23.480 in need, and that it surely would be wonderful if 335 00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:26.519 every man, woman, and child in the United States did 336 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:30.640 their part to take care of these veterans. But there's 337 00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:32.680 also other things that need to be taken care of, 338 00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:36.680 and you can't hate somebody for that, or you can't 339 00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:40.160 you can't raise your fist at somebody who's taking care 340 00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:43.240 of someone else. That's what they're feeling called to do. 341 00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:45.839 You just have to make sure that everybody understands that 342 00:22:45.880 --> 00:22:49.599 there's a need, that you facilitate a process in which 343 00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:52.039 people can help that need or take care of that need. 344 00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:56.960 And that's doing a wonderful thing right there. And you'll 345 00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:59.000 see that the veterans and the people that are being 346 00:22:59.039 --> 00:23:02.279 taken care of and that are receiving these this help 347 00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:06.240 or these goods from you, that their their spirit will lift, 348 00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:11.279 but don't underestimate them. They're warriors by nature, and they 349 00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:15.079 have taken a lot and they will continue to fight 350 00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:19.039 and they continue to have faith as is their nature, 351 00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:21.759 and that is why they are the ones that are 352 00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:25.559 chosen and to do the things that they've done is 353 00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:28.359 because of their character and their ability to stand tall 354 00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:35.920 and tough in times of great turmoil. Andrea, welcome to 355 00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:36.599 the Jesus Christ. 356 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:38.799 Yes, hello, thank you for taking my. 357 00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:40.240 Call, my pleasure helping me help you. 358 00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:44.000 I'm fairly new to Christianity and the study of the Bible. 359 00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:45.640 Well, welcome, and there's thank you. 360 00:23:45.880 --> 00:23:49.119 And there's something I've been grappling with and confused by, 361 00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:53.079 and that is why does the Bible so often ask 362 00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:56.599 us to have fear or to fear God? Is this 363 00:23:56.720 --> 00:24:01.160 reflection more of the historical time the Bible was written. 364 00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:05.119 No, but it does seem that way, and it does 365 00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:07.960 tie into that a little bit because one of the 366 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:14.359 things that should be feared or respected is the concept 367 00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:17.279 of God's wrath. So imagine it this way. And there's 368 00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:20.799 two basic types of fear that are talked about in scripture. 369 00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:22.920 The spirit of fear is the kind of fear that 370 00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:26.079 comes to mind when you hear the word fear, and 371 00:24:26.119 --> 00:24:31.599 it's that that insecure type feeling of something might happen 372 00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:34.039 more tied into anxiety and things like that. That is 373 00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:35.839 not of God, that is not a good thing, and 374 00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:38.000 that's not the type of fear you should have towards God. 375 00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:42.759 The fear that it's talking about, it is a type 376 00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:46.839 of reverence. But even beyond that, So imagine this, if 377 00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:51.000 you were walking on a tightrope, there should be a 378 00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:54.559 healthy fear of falling. That fear is what keeps you 379 00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:58.039 on the tightrope not wanting to fall, and that's what 380 00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:02.720 teaches you the proper balance and proper technique to get 381 00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:06.279 across that tightrope and not fall. If you didn't fear 382 00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:11.960 and you didn't care, then you would more likely be 383 00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:14.480 out of balance or not take the time to focus 384 00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:16.839 yourself or learn how to do it. Now, that's the 385 00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:21.000 proper type of fear. Now, if you had anxiety about 386 00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:22.640 it and you walk that tightrope, you'd be in the 387 00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:24.759 same place if you didn't have any fear at all. 388 00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:26.960 So that's the different types of fear. 389 00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:33.359 It's a healthy sphere that we're discussing here, not maybe 390 00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:36.720 a fear of older biblical times where they actually had 391 00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:38.400 that anxiety. 392 00:25:37.880 --> 00:25:43.640 Fear, Well, it's more about the improper understanding or belittling 393 00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:47.720 of God. If you can light a fire in your house, 394 00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:49.599 you can light a match, you can use it to 395 00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:52.559 warm yourself. You understand the concept of fire, but you 396 00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:55.279 have to respect it in a way to know that 397 00:25:55.440 --> 00:26:01.000 if you misused it, it can destroy your entire life. Now, 398 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:04.519 with God, it's not about a punishment issue the same 399 00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:07.160 way it is about the will of God is perfection, 400 00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:10.759 and that's that you should always desire to continue to 401 00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:13.680