WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:07.960 You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. I 2 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:10.240 wanted to talk a little bit more about marriage because 3 00:00:10.279 --> 00:00:17.359 that comes up a lot that marriage is difficult. On 4 00:00:17.399 --> 00:00:23.359 its face, it's difficult to bring two people together to 5 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:30.440 build a structure of equality and productivity and still getting 6 00:00:30.480 --> 00:00:33.359 everything you need but giving everything they need and finding 7 00:00:33.359 --> 00:00:38.039 that balance is difficult in the best of circumstances. When 8 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:45.240 you mix and mingle faiths, that's another possibility, another opening 9 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:52.399 of vulnerability where there can be problems, and it's not 10 00:00:53.320 --> 00:00:56.079 the things in scripture that point you to or away 11 00:00:56.119 --> 00:00:58.960 from something are there for your own protection and guidance. 12 00:01:00.439 --> 00:01:03.079 Now there are things that are absolute and it doesn't 13 00:01:03.119 --> 00:01:04.840 change the scripture says this is the way it should 14 00:01:04.840 --> 00:01:06.200 be done, and that's the way it should be done, 15 00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:10.719 and stop arguing. But there are areas gray areas. There 16 00:01:10.760 --> 00:01:13.239 are areas where you have to use your discernment, which 17 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:16.560 seems to be a recurring theme today. You have to 18 00:01:16.640 --> 00:01:20.959 use your discernment to process those things and make the 19 00:01:20.959 --> 00:01:24.560 best decision for you in context, for you and your life, 20 00:01:24.599 --> 00:01:26.400 for what you're going through. And you've got to keep 21 00:01:26.439 --> 00:01:30.319 those things in mind. And so when you're getting involved 22 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:32.200 with somebody. You've got to think not just about the 23 00:01:32.239 --> 00:01:35.000 love and the emotion part, but you've got to have 24 00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:39.120 the balance between the subjective and the objective and understand 25 00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:40.959 what you're going through and why you're going through it, 26 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:43.400 and make the best decision for both of you, not 27 00:01:43.519 --> 00:01:47.840 just for you. Age differences, emotional difference, all these things 28 00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:52.239 play a factor and can be later problems. Sharon, Welcome 29 00:01:52.239 --> 00:01:54.840 to the Jesus Christ Show. Hello, Hi Sharon, how can 30 00:01:54.879 --> 00:01:55.280 I help you? 31 00:01:55.640 --> 00:01:59.239 Hi? Well, I was speaking with your call screener and 32 00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:02.599 I told her that I'm interested in your comments about 33 00:02:02.599 --> 00:02:06.280 Psalm twenty three. The reason I'm asking is because I 34 00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:09.199 just read a book it was written in the thirties 35 00:02:09.439 --> 00:02:12.800 and published in the fifties called I Shall Not Want 36 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:16.919 by Robert Ketchum. These are books that seem to me 37 00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:23.479 to be totally out of touch with Christians today and 38 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:26.840 not books that are read by Christians. But when I 39 00:02:26.919 --> 00:02:29.680 read that, I realized, you know, we seem to be 40 00:02:29.879 --> 00:02:34.560 lacking a real depth of not only understanding, but relationship 41 00:02:34.599 --> 00:02:39.000 with Jesus based on a deeper just a deeper understanding 42 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:42.159 of what His purpose for us is today. And Psalm 43 00:02:42.199 --> 00:02:46.319 twenty three explains how he's not just our We understand 44 00:02:46.360 --> 00:02:49.520 who he is as our savior, but very few Christians 45 00:02:49.599 --> 00:02:53.680 know who he is as their shepherd and for daily life, 46 00:02:53.919 --> 00:02:57.840 and that so we live in this second realm of 47 00:02:57.879 --> 00:03:01.400 the physical almost as Christians. So I wanted to know 48 00:03:01.879 --> 00:03:05.759 whether you've ever either focused on Palm twenty three and 49 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:08.960 the deeper meaning of it yourself, and would care to comment. 50 00:03:09.319 --> 00:03:12.360 In addition, would you care to comment on I. 51 00:03:12.319 --> 00:03:17.120 Am curious about how you see Savior well. 52 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:21.599 A shepherd salvation, okay, and my savior for salvation as if. 53 00:03:21.479 --> 00:03:24.360 God came in the flesh. Yes, And all I was 54 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:29.560 doing was was was simply dying so that everyone gets saved, 55 00:03:29.599 --> 00:03:31.599 and then I have nothing to do with anyone, right? 56 00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:32.719 Is that what it comes down to. 57 00:03:32.719 --> 00:03:36.120 Ely, That's what I believe most Christians look at and 58 00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:38.280 as a savior, and they're very glad, you know. They 59 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:41.120 look at Psalm twenty three is the Lord is my shepherd, 60 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:42.000 and I'm glad he is. 61 00:03:42.319 --> 00:03:44.919 I think it's a legitimate concern, Sharon, but I don't 62 00:03:44.919 --> 00:03:47.960 know that it's an honest one. I think that many 63 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:56.639 many Christians have the understanding that the that Christ and 64 00:03:56.960 --> 00:03:59.719 the Anointed One using that term that I was here 65 00:03:59.759 --> 00:04:02.759 from more than just the salvation, that there is a 66 00:04:02.800 --> 00:04:09.400 relationship at hand. That relationship can't mean anything unless there's interaction. 67 00:04:09.560 --> 00:04:12.719 If there isn't any interaction, if that's the true concern, 68 00:04:13.520 --> 00:04:15.560 there would be a problem. But Psalm twenty three is 69 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:20.360 a wonderful look at that relationship. As a matter of fact, 70 00:04:20.720 --> 00:04:23.959 you have the Psalmist here in this case David reflecting 71 00:04:26.120 --> 00:04:29.720 about the concept of a shepherd and the things that 72 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:38.079 it brings nourishment and leading to spiritual restoration. These imagery, 73 00:04:38.399 --> 00:04:42.600 the imagery here of waters, the placid waters, and these 74 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:46.519 types of things are very much about that powerful image 75 00:04:46.879 --> 00:04:53.279 of the Savior being someone who is interactive in your life, 76 00:04:53.519 --> 00:04:58.199 should you let him. If you remember, the door is 77 00:04:58.279 --> 00:05:00.720 locked from the inside, I will knock on it, but 78 00:05:00.839 --> 00:05:04.079 you have to open it. Open it. And I'm not 79 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:07.959 sure that I agree that a lot of Christians are 80 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:10.519 out of touch with that. I think they wrestle with it, 81 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:14.439 and I think that's common and normal to wrestle with 82 00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:18.120 that relationship part and understanding it in the physical realm. 83 00:05:18.639 --> 00:05:21.639 But certainly Christians call here all the time and you'll 84 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:24.439 hear them speak about the things that they've gone through, 85 00:05:24.480 --> 00:05:29.199 and how the Lord provides and God has brought them 86 00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:32.720 through something that's a that's a great understanding, and I 87 00:05:32.720 --> 00:05:41.800 don't think it's lost on believers. The Last Call was 88 00:05:41.800 --> 00:05:45.680 so beautiful in its sentiment that I wanted to Although 89 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:49.439 I disagree that the majority of Christians have left that, 90 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:51.720 and I'm not sure that that's what she was exactly saying, 91 00:05:52.439 --> 00:05:56.040 the sentiment itself, I thought was very sweet and important. 92 00:05:56.920 --> 00:05:59.879 So rather than I want to take your call, so hangtight, 93 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:04.160 but I wanted to look at at Psalm twenty three before, 94 00:06:04.199 --> 00:06:07.800 which we have on the air a good number of times. 95 00:06:08.199 --> 00:06:13.959 But in light of her call, I think to appreciate that. 96 00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:19.439 To remember how many times throughout scripture you have the 97 00:06:19.560 --> 00:06:27.199 term a good shepherd, John ten, the Great Shepherd Hebrews thirteen, 98 00:06:27.519 --> 00:06:34.000 a chief shepherd one Peter five to four. It's very 99 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:40.920 important that imagery of the shepherd and the usage is specific, 100 00:06:41.079 --> 00:06:43.519 and it's one that's given a lot throughout scripture that 101 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:49.319 the imagery of the shepherd, and David chooses it specifically 102 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:53.480 because of all the dangers in his life that he 103 00:06:53.759 --> 00:07:00.879 negotiated around because of God as his shepherd, that loving kindness, 104 00:07:00.879 --> 00:07:05.680 that protection, all those things that restored him not only 105 00:07:05.720 --> 00:07:13.360 in his physical life around trouble, but also more importantly 106 00:07:14.199 --> 00:07:17.920 into full communion with God. So as much as it's 107 00:07:17.959 --> 00:07:21.879 important to understand the salvation nature of why I came 108 00:07:21.920 --> 00:07:26.199 and why I died on the cross, hey, you get that, 109 00:07:27.399 --> 00:07:31.279 but to understand that one, you're dealing with the negotiation 110 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:37.079 through life and the sharp corners. As my producer Neil says, 111 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:41.040 all the time, the world is not nerfed. You can't 112 00:07:41.079 --> 00:07:45.079 nerve the world. There's sharp corners. You're gonna get nocks 113 00:07:45.079 --> 00:07:49.759 and pings in life. But in this particular case in 114 00:07:49.800 --> 00:07:52.720 Psalm twenty three, you see the beauty of the balance 115 00:07:52.800 --> 00:07:56.920 between both of those things because it talks about the 116 00:07:56.959 --> 00:08:00.639 shadow of death. So that's the salvation. That's true salvation, 117 00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:05.160 making death now just a shadow. It's not even something substantive. 118 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:08.959 It's just something that looks like there's something substantive there. 119 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:13.079 So death is now not something tangible or something real, 120 00:08:13.279 --> 00:08:18.240 it's just a shadow. That's salvation that's about eternal life. 121 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:22.879 But also it talks about the the the waters and 122 00:08:22.920 --> 00:08:26.439 the restoration and the things that are going on in 123 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:33.759 this world as well. That these things being understood the 124 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:37.120 raw the staff about the word of God leading you 125 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:40.799 as well, And there's a there's a great beauty in that, 126 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:45.320 and I would hate to think that it is lost 127 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:48.080 on people. I don't think it is. I think it's there. 128 00:08:48.159 --> 00:08:53.240 But absolutely echo the color sentiment in the fact that 129 00:08:53.279 --> 00:08:58.600 it's important to understand that God is not just your savior. 130 00:08:59.200 --> 00:09:01.080 That I didn't just just to come die on the 131 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:08.360 cross for salvation only, but for the process of having 132 00:09:08.480 --> 00:09:12.960 that good shepherd in your life today to help guide you. 133 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:18.000 Should you listen and not rebel as many people do, 134 00:09:19.159 --> 00:09:25.320 but to but to actually let God lead you in 135 00:09:25.399 --> 00:09:33.320 life is a very very important thing. Tim, Welcome to 136 00:09:33.440 --> 00:09:34.200 Jesus Christ Show. 137 00:09:34.919 --> 00:09:37.480 Hi Jesus, Hi Tim. 138 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:40.120 How are you doing well, sir? I'm very very well. 139 00:09:40.159 --> 00:09:41.240 Thank you for asking, how are you? 140 00:09:42.039 --> 00:09:44.279 I'm good, actually better than I deserve. 141 00:09:44.639 --> 00:09:45.919 Okay, fair enough. 142 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:50.440 My question is about free will. I don't believe in 143 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:52.840 free will. I believe from the day born today that 144 00:09:53.480 --> 00:09:57.120 every single second has already been predetermined. And the reason 145 00:09:57.360 --> 00:10:00.600 second is because it's in the Bible. You guys, you 146 00:10:00.720 --> 00:10:04.399 haven't written this with God's will. This is what God has, 147 00:10:04.799 --> 00:10:08.039 This is what God has in plants for me. And 148 00:10:08.320 --> 00:10:11.840 I think Lippyan's it says it also about God already 149 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:15.240 has it predetermined. Why does it say we have free 150 00:10:15.240 --> 00:10:17.399 will when something already predetermined. 151 00:10:17.559 --> 00:10:22.440 Well, God predetermines every possible outcome or the possibility of 152 00:10:22.480 --> 00:10:25.200 that outcome, but the outcome is still chosen by you. 153 00:10:25.399 --> 00:10:29.159 And there's a difference between the two. For instance, God 154 00:10:29.200 --> 00:10:33.240 doesn't cause you to sin, so that that outcome is 155 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:37.279 not even something God would do, So that that comes 156 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:39.840 from your desire or your own free will and ability 157 00:10:39.919 --> 00:10:40.639 to choose that. 158 00:10:42.120 --> 00:10:47.440 Now God, Yes, and you just said, now you're saying 159 00:10:47.840 --> 00:10:52.559 God doesn't have us choose a chose Adam. 160 00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:55.360 Adam and Eve were not born with sin. Adam and 161 00:10:55.399 --> 00:10:59.679 Eve partook in sin, therefore creating that as an option 162 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:04.759 through their experience, and that is passed down through the bloodline. Yes, 163 00:11:04.840 --> 00:11:07.519 that rebellion has passed down through the bloodline. But think 164 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:09.480 of it this way, and this might be easier, tim 165 00:11:09.480 --> 00:11:14.200 Think of it this way that if you went to 166 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:18.879 you know, Joe's House of Pies, and there's one hundred 167 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:22.360 pies there for you to choose from, well, Joe's House 168 00:11:22.360 --> 00:11:25.000 of Pie is created all the options there for you 169 00:11:25.080 --> 00:11:30.360 to choose, Every single pie, butter cream, banana cream, apple pie, 170 00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:37.159 pumpkin pie, cherry pie, you know, fried shrimp boiled, and 171 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:41.440 that's something completely different. So all those options created by 172 00:11:41.559 --> 00:11:43.600 that place. But when you go in and you make 173 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:46.200 a choice of which one you want, you make a 174 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:50.159 choice of which pie you want to sit down and eat, 175 00:11:50.679 --> 00:11:52.879 and then you buy it, and you bring it to 176 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:56.799 the table and you sit down and you eat said pie. 177 00:11:57.799 --> 00:12:01.799 That's your choice choice. No one forced you to buy 178 00:12:01.799 --> 00:12:04.600 a particular pie. And you may be forced by the 179 00:12:04.600 --> 00:12:09.600 fact that you have only one hundred choices rather than two, 180 00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:16.879 But all you need is two options for an honest choice. 181 00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:19.799 In limitation, by the way, all analogies break down. I 182 00:12:19.799 --> 00:12:23.279 don't want people to get confused. But so in that 183 00:12:23.320 --> 00:12:27.399 particular case, you do have the option of choice, and 184 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:30.759 you're choosing, and that choice is free. And just because 185 00:12:30.799 --> 00:12:34.720 God knows what choice you will make or how an 186 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:38.799 outcome may come, doesn't mean that he forces that particular hand. 187 00:12:38.960 --> 00:12:46.840 You most certainly have free will. Mister ed Welcome to 188 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:47.759 the Jesus Christ Show. 189 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:49.200 Hi. 190 00:12:49.679 --> 00:12:53.679 I've been asked to do a by presentation on the 191 00:12:53.720 --> 00:12:55.919 best ways to play the Bible for some high school 192 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:59.039 and senior students and some college students who. 193 00:12:58.919 --> 00:13:00.559 Are the best way to read the Bible. 194 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:04.279 Study the Bible. Okay, they're going to be doing summer 195 00:13:04.360 --> 00:13:06.200 ministry throughout the Pacific Northwest. 196 00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:11.919 Any thoughts on that, Wow, to study the entire Bible? 197 00:13:12.519 --> 00:13:15.559 Well, no, this week? To study a passage of scripture for. 198 00:13:15.519 --> 00:13:18.559 Example, Okay, Well, the good thing is that all of 199 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:22.120 it's good, you know. Two Timothy three point sixteen makes 200 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:24.600 it very clear when it says all scripture is inspired 201 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:28.639 by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, 202 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:34.480 for training, and righteousness. So you're you're good that that 203 00:13:34.559 --> 00:13:39.159 it's all therefore your teaching. But it's I think that 204 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:44.240 there's always a places to start in the in the 205 00:13:44.279 --> 00:13:47.320 effects of things that I did in scripture. For instance, 206 00:13:47.399 --> 00:13:51.320 if people see things as just instances, well, okay, the 207 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:52.840 death and the cross and there was this, But to 208 00:13:52.879 --> 00:13:56.879 see them as they have fluidity and tie into one another, 209 00:13:56.919 --> 00:14:01.320 I think is beauty. It's something called the hermoneutics of 210 00:14:01.320 --> 00:14:05.600 scripture as well, is something that I think as often 211 00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:10.200 left off the table when teaching about the Scripture and 212 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:12.480 seeing how it all does tie together and why that 213 00:14:12.600 --> 00:14:17.000 statement in two Timothy is true because it ties in together. 214 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:19.240 But if you look at the things that took place 215 00:14:19.480 --> 00:14:22.240 in scripture, the understanding that there is a beginning, middle, 216 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:25.679 and end to all things in context of scripture is 217 00:14:25.720 --> 00:14:29.600 always beautiful. Kind of that gath simone cavalry and empty tomb. 218 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:32.960 That God never leaves you hanging in the middle somewhere 219 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:36.600 is a wonderful lesson to learn if you're going to 220 00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:38.960 take scripture out, because a lot of people will come 221 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:42.960 up against opposition or confusion or frustration. And to know 222 00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:46.080 that God is a god of beginning, middle, and ending, 223 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:48.840 when oftentimes it seems like God leaves you in the 224 00:14:49.320 --> 00:14:53.039 center of something, is very powerful. Is there a particular 225 00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:57.799 direction that you're feeling led to move yourself, like a 226 00:14:57.840 --> 00:15:00.200 place to start something that's meant something to eat you 227 00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:02.639 or kind of opened your eyes to something else. 228 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:06.320 Well, when I know, for example, I'm stating through proverbs, 229 00:15:06.320 --> 00:15:09.240 so I'll just take behalf of the proverb, I read 230 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:11.919 it through several times and ask God to show me 231 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:14.159 what it is he wants for me to take the takeaway. 232 00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:17.720 And then I'll say, okay, here's some of the high 233 00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:19.519 points here, and this is the takeaway, and this this 234 00:15:19.559 --> 00:15:20.840 is what I need to do. How do I apply 235 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:22.320 it to my life? And that's why I'm trying to 236 00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:24.360 That's what we want to share with these young people. 237 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:27.200 How do you take that scripture that you're reading and 238 00:15:27.320 --> 00:15:29.360 make an application that's excellent. 239 00:15:29.399 --> 00:15:32.480 The thing that I will caution you about is and 240 00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:35.960 this happens in Proverbs quite a bit, And we used 241 00:15:35.960 --> 00:15:38.200 Proverbs on the program a lot because of the fact 242 00:15:38.240 --> 00:15:40.480 that it's almost like, if you imagine a highway of 243 00:15:40.559 --> 00:15:44.279 Christian cars with bumper stickers, that's kind of what Proverbs 244 00:15:44.279 --> 00:15:47.399 seems like. It's just a whole bunch of bumper stickers 245 00:15:47.399 --> 00:15:50.080 passing by that you can quote simply, and it seems 246 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:52.240 to get the point across, doesn't it come across that 247 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:54.799 way a little bit? There's all these like little, very 248 00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:57.960 simple things that you can remember. So if you're learning 249 00:15:58.039 --> 00:16:01.039 to memorize scripture, Proverbs is a really great place to 250 00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:06.200 start one because there's some rehashing and similar themes and 251 00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:09.080 statements that are made, but also because they seem kind 252 00:16:09.080 --> 00:16:12.200 of bite size, they already seem to be parsed into 253 00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:17.440 these little, you know, a little nut size to shape, 254 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:21.960 completely consumable, not a problem in a nutshell, done, but 255 00:16:22.679 --> 00:16:26.440 the rest of scripture seems to be difficult for people 256 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:29.279 to dive into because there's stories that go along with them. 257 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:31.799 And it's not just people tend to like the scriptures. 258 00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:33.840 You can pull out of context and just say, look, 259 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:36.080 this is what it says, and they're nice. They're easy 260 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:39.360 to teach that way. So as much as I encourage 261 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:42.000 that in going through the books, I think the way 262 00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:45.840 you are doing it is the smart way. Read something 263 00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:49.159 and then think how does that apply to me, But 264 00:16:49.320 --> 00:16:52.200 look not only at the words written, try it and 265 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:55.840 good study bibles have this obviously. Online you can find 266 00:16:55.840 --> 00:16:58.759 stuff like this, find the context of what was going 267 00:16:58.799 --> 00:17:02.039 on or why that particular word was used. That always 268 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:05.119 brings more light to the scripture than if you just 269 00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:07.720 read it and go, wow, well it's part of that 270 00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:11.680 made sense. Or for instance, if you go to the 271 00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:15.599 Old Testament and you start reading, there's parts where it's 272 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:17.960 like so and so beget so and so, and you 273 00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:19.519 read that and you go, Okay, I've got to read 274 00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:21.200 this because it's the word of God and God says 275 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:23.759 that it's important it's in there, But what does that 276 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:26.279 mean a lot of people don't understand the background behind 277 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:28.559 those names. And the importance of them being written down 278 00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:31.720 in the importance of the context. So I would say, 279 00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:36.559 always push them towards the context. First, read what was said, 280 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:41.400 Understand what was said. Now, understand what was said in context, 281 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:43.240 what was going on two thousand years ago in that 282 00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:48.079 context that it used those particular words. And now finally, 283 00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:52.720 how does it apply to now? Is there a similar situation? 284 00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:53.000 Now? 285 00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:55.240 How does it apply to what I'm going through in life? 286 00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:57.720 That those are the things that I love when people 287 00:17:57.759 --> 00:18:00.920 do and you find out know how it goes with 288 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:03.359 the harmony of the entirety of scripture and why it's 289 00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:06.920 in there. But first what it says, why it says it, 290 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:09.480 why it says it in context, and what it means 291 00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:12.599 to you, to you in your life. I think is 292 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:17.640 a good kind of four branch system into teaching any 293 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:19.359 part of scriptures. 294 00:18:19.920 --> 00:18:22.680 Last question, Yes, where's the best place to find that 295 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:25.640 understanding and context? I mean, the other thing that I've 296 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:27.880 been using is just a concordance. 297 00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:31.039 Well, you've got a concordance, you can get A good 298 00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:36.240 Bible commentary will help you with context and understanding certain 299 00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:38.960 things that may not be you know, don't jump out 300 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:41.839 at you and then another thing is a good study Bible. 301 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:43.240 If you get a good study Bible, a lot of 302 00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:46.920 times it has maps in it, it has word studies 303 00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:50.640 in it. It will have some images drawings or photographs 304 00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:54.119 of actual places that help you, like trees or a 305 00:18:54.160 --> 00:18:57.359 pathway or proximity between two places that let you see 306 00:18:57.400 --> 00:19:00.960 something a little differently. And also it might have small commentary. 307 00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:04.119 Often Bible studies down at the bottom will have a 308 00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:07.279 little commentary that will shed light on it. And another 309 00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:10.119 thing that's not used very often but is in most 310 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:14.920 study bibles is cross references. So you'll see other scriptures 311 00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:17.920 next to it. Like, for instance, if you're reading one 312 00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:24.319 particular scripture, you'll see it across reference underneath it that 313 00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:28.680 is something similar. And then you go to that scripture 314 00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:30.400 and you read that one, you'll go, oh, now, I 315 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:32.200 see how they tie in together. It's not just they're 316 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:35.759 talking about the similar things. This is referencing something that 317 00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:40.279 took place beforehand, and that starts to shed light on 318 00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:42.279 it and let it breathe a little bit differently and 319 00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:43.640 kind of come to life a little bit. 320 00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:46.319 What are some of the better online. 321 00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:49.000 References You can go and you can look at like 322 00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:53.720 the Unbound Bible. It's put together by Biola University in 323 00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:58.240 southern California, and it's a great resource Unbound Bible dot 324 00:19:58.279 --> 00:20:02.160 com and it has not only a place where you 325 00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:06.000 can search scripture, but it also has tools. A little 326 00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:08.720 area that says tools on it, it says Bible study tools. 327 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:12.279 If you click on that, you can find you know, lexicons, 328 00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:15.799 you can find a commentary, You can find all kinds 329 00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:18.200 of things on there that can help you study. It's 330 00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:22.039 really really well put together and very intuitive. On a 331 00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:25.559 rare occasion it's down due to maintenance or then processing 332 00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:27.519 something or a lot of people using it or something. 333 00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:32.720 But other than that, it's very reliable resource and has 334 00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:35.759 many different Bible versions to choose from, so you can 335 00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:39.319 look things up, including different languages. You can look things 336 00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:42.519 up in the Greek and in the Hebrew, and that 337 00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:46.319 becomes a fun resource. You know, ask questions, dig deep, 338 00:20:46.359 --> 00:20:49.079 and if there's something that someone comes across and I 339 00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:52.480 find this to work well if you're in a group setting, 340 00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:56.039 let's say everyone's studying the same passage, then you get 341 00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:58.079 everybody coming together and saying, well, this is what I 342 00:20:58.079 --> 00:20:59.440 got out of it, or this is what I saw 343 00:20:59.519 --> 00:21:01.240 or this is what I learned. And then you get 344 00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:04.279 someone else saying this word bugged me. There's something about 345 00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:06.359 this word that made it seem like it was saying 346 00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:09.720 this or saying that, and everybody kind of comes together 347 00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:11.279 and then you can go, okay, let's do a word 348 00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:13.599 study of that word. How many times is it used 349 00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:16.359 in scripture? What other context is that word used in? 350 00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:20.279 Could it mean other things? Because often in the Greek, Hebrew, 351 00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:24.880 and even the Aramaic words can mean many different things. 352 00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:31.119 Just like in English, if I said to you, oh, 353 00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:33.079 later on today, I'm going to be working on a table, 354 00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:36.720 you'd say, well, okay, Well he is a carpenter, maybe 355 00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:40.559 he's building something. But I could be a mathematician and 356 00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:43.880 working on a mathematic table. I could be somebody who 357 00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:46.559 does crafts and I'm going to be working sitting at 358 00:21:46.599 --> 00:21:49.680 a table. So you have to know the context of 359 00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:53.519 what's being stated for it to have full brightness and 360 00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:56.559 life and understanding as to what's being said and why. 361 00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:59.359 And when you come together in a group sometimes that 362 00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:02.599 it tends to flower and blossom much better than if 363 00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:05.640 you're you know, you're on your own, but you kind 364 00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:07.039 of go off on your own and then come back 365 00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:09.799 and share your notes if that's possible. That's a great 366 00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:13.400 way to teach. Thank you very much, You're welcome. I 367 00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:16.079 hope that gives you something to work with. Learning and 368 00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:19.759 studying scripture, I know, can be a daunting task and 369 00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:21.319 it's one of those things you know you're called to 370 00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:23.680 and you want to do. And there's people say, oh, yeah, 371 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:26.119 I read scripture. I know scripture, and I guarantee those 372 00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:29.759 are the ones that don't because it's not something you 373 00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:32.480 read like that. You know, it's not the tipping point. 374 00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:35.240 You're not sitting there going okay, well, yeah I was. 375 00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:39.400 You know, I had a layover in Dallas and I 376 00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:41.519 thumbed through it and it wasn't a problem. It's not 377 00:22:41.640 --> 00:22:45.359 like that. You're you're you're wanting to have it come 378 00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:47.359 to life and to understand it. And you're talking about 379 00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:51.200 something written two thousand years ago. That having an understanding 380 00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:54.599 of the time and the placement is a good idea. Also, 381 00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:59.720 the life and times of Jesus the Messiah is also great, 382 00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:02.200 but that's also good to understand the context of what 383 00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:05.720 was going around at the time too. It just helps 384 00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:08.960 you learn and it becomes fun and kind of an 385 00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:12.359 exciting way to engage scripture rather than just the bumper sticker. Well, 386 00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:13.920 where does it say that I should do something? And 387 00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:16.079 where does it say that I shouldn't do something? Because 388 00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:23.160 there's much more to it than that. Hi, Chris, Welcome 389 00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:24.119 to the Jesus Christ Show. 390 00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:31.839 Hi Jesus. I am a bit of an amateur anthropologist. 391 00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:34.839 I find that sort of stuff very interesting and I'm wonderful. 392 00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:39.680 I've noticed that it's not hard to notice that throughout, 393 00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:43.640 you know, all of the time human time, that every society, 394 00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:47.440 no matter where on the earth, you know, those societies 395 00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:52.039 have been that universally all of us sort of cling 396 00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:55.359 to music in one way or another. And I've also 397 00:23:55.440 --> 00:24:02.400 noticed that the more orthodox religions like Islam and Judaism 398 00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:06.160 with the chanting and worling dervishes, with the tirling real 399 00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:09.039 they do, which I find so fascinating. I'm wondering if 400 00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:14.680 there's a linkage, if you will, between like rhythmic movements 401 00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:18.000