WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.200 --> 00:00:12.640 Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, 2 00:00:14.880 --> 00:00:16.800 Welcome to another edition. 3 00:00:18.199 --> 00:00:21.039 Of Let's Get Biblical. 4 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:24.719 With your host, a man formerly in the world of 5 00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:25.960 entertainment as. 6 00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:30.679 A stand up comedian and actor, now an evangelists for Christ. 7 00:00:31.440 --> 00:00:33.679 Here he is j D. 8 00:00:34.320 --> 00:00:38.679 For the music beside my session message. Welcome everybody to 9 00:00:38.719 --> 00:00:42.000 another episode of Let's Give Biblical right here on your 10 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:46.799 favorite podcasting platform, whether it's Freaker, Spotify, Apple iTunes, and more. 11 00:00:47.240 --> 00:00:49.880 We thank you, guys for listening over the last seven 12 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:53.000 years to a program that brings the Bible to you 13 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:55.960 in a unique way, taking the scriptures from the good 14 00:00:55.960 --> 00:01:00.679 old bi b l e. The basic instructions before leaving manual, 15 00:01:01.039 --> 00:01:04.560 and using the forms of transparency in the hopes of 16 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:09.439 transformation in your life, my life, and the collective life 17 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:13.239 around us. Guys, thanks for listening last week to a 18 00:01:13.319 --> 00:01:17.239 new program, and in two weeks two weeks ago, we 19 00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:19.879 had a brand new program and segment here on the 20 00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:22.319 show went very well, and we're bringing it. 21 00:01:22.280 --> 00:01:23.079 Back this week. 22 00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:27.480 And it's called what is it called mister Moviefone musical breakdown? 23 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:31.560 That's right, what is it again? Musical breakdown? And he 24 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:35.359 works really hard on that voice. We don't get a 25 00:01:35.359 --> 00:01:37.640 lot of funds for the show. In order to give 26 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:41.000 you a cool drop one more time musical breakdown. I 27 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:44.120 love it here on Let's get Biblical with KDI. Two 28 00:01:44.120 --> 00:01:48.000 weeks ago we played a song by Brandon Lake which 29 00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:51.159 was called Gratitude. We took Gratitude and we wrapped it 30 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:54.319 around the scriptures from the Bible in how music can 31 00:01:54.359 --> 00:01:58.040 affect our mind, body, and soul just like the Bible. 32 00:01:58.319 --> 00:02:00.439 And we do use a lot of music on this 33 00:02:00.599 --> 00:02:04.439 show that is Christian based, but we may get into 34 00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:08.080 a few songs in the world that we live in 35 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:13.400 that could have been undercover Christian songs where the Lord 36 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:17.120 works in mysterious ways. We'll probably do that in weeks 37 00:02:17.120 --> 00:02:19.360 to come here on the show. But this week we 38 00:02:19.400 --> 00:02:21.680 want to talk about a man that I love. His 39 00:02:21.800 --> 00:02:24.159 name is Zach Williams. Zach Williams is in the world 40 00:02:24.599 --> 00:02:27.800 of Christian kind of country music. And I know what 41 00:02:27.840 --> 00:02:31.199 you're thinking. For you non believers, atheists and kind of 42 00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:34.639 lukewarm believers, kind of walking in faith and trying to 43 00:02:34.639 --> 00:02:36.680 figure out your life. You're like, I don't know about 44 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:39.759 this show. I'm getting all these creepy feelings, right now 45 00:02:39.800 --> 00:02:42.319 and it just doesn't feel right. That's because the soul 46 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:44.360 is trying to come out of your skin. That is 47 00:02:44.479 --> 00:02:48.759 the opposition trying to break out of the skin that 48 00:02:48.800 --> 00:02:49.919 you're in because. 49 00:02:49.639 --> 00:02:50.879 You are a child of light. 50 00:02:51.520 --> 00:02:53.840 So what we do here on the show is is 51 00:02:53.840 --> 00:02:56.960 we have a phrase for everybody, from non believer to 52 00:02:56.960 --> 00:02:59.280 somebody who's been walking with Christ a very long time, 53 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:02.680 and we dare you. We dare you to stick around. 54 00:03:03.039 --> 00:03:05.000 We dare you to listen to the show. We dare 55 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:08.639 you to grow your faith with us in a unique way. 56 00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:11.039 And we do that through what segment. 57 00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:13.039 Again, musical breakdown. 58 00:03:12.639 --> 00:03:15.400 Right here on. Let's get biblical with the likes of 59 00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:18.319 Zach Williams. Today, I'm gonna have a little bit of 60 00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:21.719 testimony why this song hits my heart, all right, As 61 00:03:21.759 --> 00:03:25.360 a former stand up comedian actor, it really hit my 62 00:03:25.439 --> 00:03:27.439 heart when I first heard this song, and it's called 63 00:03:27.520 --> 00:03:30.560 hated Now. When I was walking in the world, when 64 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:33.759 I did not have Jesus and didn't know Jesus, I 65 00:03:33.919 --> 00:03:36.360 was hated as a stand up comedian and an actor, 66 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:39.199 and I'll tell you why. And then all of a sudden, 67 00:03:39.240 --> 00:03:44.319 when I started following Christ, I became hated you would think, 68 00:03:44.360 --> 00:03:47.400 why would you leave the regular world of entertainment and 69 00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:51.479 acting to follow Christ and still be hated? Well, my 70 00:03:51.599 --> 00:03:54.400 testimony is coming up with that, and we'll also take 71 00:03:54.439 --> 00:03:57.639 that song from Zach Williams and wrap it around some scripture, because, 72 00:03:57.680 --> 00:04:01.960 believe it or not, we as Christians are meant to 73 00:04:02.039 --> 00:04:07.639 be hated. Here's Zach Williams on our musical breakdown with 74 00:04:07.919 --> 00:04:10.919 hated and let's get biplical with kat. 75 00:04:16.439 --> 00:04:21.360 I'm walking in and keeping your commands, getting backs turned on. 76 00:04:23.480 --> 00:04:26.720 I'm juggling with since my flesh I don't want to kill, 77 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:28.439 but then the world won. 78 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:34.600 Like a pride on myself. You let me run somehow. 79 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:35.040 You know. 80 00:04:37.600 --> 00:04:40.720 At the end of the day the claws with faith 81 00:04:40.879 --> 00:04:44.879 and I run back to the truth being. 82 00:04:47.800 --> 00:04:59.319 Found world it's all ready out. I think I'd rather 83 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:09.439 he hated it. Loving you you. 84 00:05:12.839 --> 00:05:17.279 Seeing this meaning kind should set my mind. Uncle leans 85 00:05:17.360 --> 00:05:19.399 a book. 86 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:24.680 With my fury, where my treasure is, where rap measure up. 87 00:05:26.720 --> 00:05:30.680 So why I'm trading there. It's chasing the wind just 88 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:35.680 to walk with you. Let them from their stones. I 89 00:05:35.839 --> 00:05:36.920 won't be alone. 90 00:05:37.360 --> 00:05:41.600 No, this won't be nothing new. It's being in love 91 00:05:44.199 --> 00:05:45.480 cound the world. 92 00:05:47.720 --> 00:05:49.319 On raiding. 93 00:05:54.519 --> 00:05:56.040 I be God, rather. 94 00:05:58.600 --> 00:05:59.759 He hated it. 95 00:06:01.800 --> 00:06:16.959 Loving you love me first, like the thing being loved 96 00:06:19.399 --> 00:06:30.519 about the word it's all rated so reading, I think. 97 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:31.560 I'd really. 98 00:06:33.879 --> 00:06:35.279 Be hated. 99 00:06:36.879 --> 00:06:41.199 For loving you, love. 100 00:06:41.040 --> 00:06:59.079 Me, Lord, I've come back being hated for loving you, Loving. 101 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:07.040 You the music of a Zach Williams and hated right 102 00:07:07.079 --> 00:07:11.399 here on this week's musical breakdown on Let's Get Biblical 103 00:07:11.600 --> 00:07:15.319 with Kate. One of my absolute favorite songs when it 104 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:19.720 comes to worshiping of God. And the reason is it 105 00:07:19.839 --> 00:07:24.360 talks about us as Christian believers being hated by the 106 00:07:24.399 --> 00:07:27.360 world that's around us. And I know what you non. 107 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:29.720 Believers are thinking, why do you want to be hated? 108 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:31.160 Well? 109 00:07:31.720 --> 00:07:33.879 Are you hated? Right now? Let me just ask you. 110 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:35.920 Are you disliked? 111 00:07:36.040 --> 00:07:40.759 Because hate is a big word, right Are you disliked 112 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:47.360 by family members, friends, co workers, maybe somebody online? There's 113 00:07:47.399 --> 00:07:50.279 a lot of hate out there in the world. As 114 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:53.000 a matter of fact, the word hate has become such 115 00:07:53.160 --> 00:07:58.480 a big word in American vocabulary over the last ten years. 116 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:05.959 Ah man, you're a you're hating on that? Why you Haten'? Well, 117 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:10.360 I'd rather be hated for loving Christ than the things 118 00:08:10.360 --> 00:08:13.079 of this world. And let me tell you something how 119 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:15.959 it ties into me. Now, we're gonna take these lyrics 120 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:19.399 and we're going to put them inside the comments section 121 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:23.319 on our site. So when you click on the program 122 00:08:23.399 --> 00:08:25.879 today and you read the description, you're going to see 123 00:08:25.920 --> 00:08:29.959 the lyrics to Zach Williams and hated And it starts 124 00:08:29.959 --> 00:08:32.840 out by saying, I'm walking in a land where I'm 125 00:08:32.960 --> 00:08:36.279 keeping your commands, but gets my backs turned on me. 126 00:08:37.159 --> 00:08:40.080 You see, as christ followers were doing just that. We're 127 00:08:40.159 --> 00:08:43.559 walking in the land just trying to follow Christ, but 128 00:08:43.639 --> 00:08:45.720 we get hated on because we want to show the 129 00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:51.480 light of Christ. To me, that's crazy, that's insane. Just 130 00:08:51.519 --> 00:08:53.960 as much as a non believer and atheists may look 131 00:08:53.960 --> 00:08:57.039 at me and say you're crazy for believing. And somebody 132 00:08:57.120 --> 00:09:01.320 we can't see, I feel him. I know him because 133 00:09:01.320 --> 00:09:04.159 of the personal relationship that I have developed through prayer, 134 00:09:04.840 --> 00:09:09.399 reading the Bible, and also the testimony of others. And 135 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:12.799 today you may be starting your walk and wondering where 136 00:09:12.799 --> 00:09:14.960 you're at in life, and you want to start this 137 00:09:15.120 --> 00:09:18.960 relationship because we say it every week, because it's very important. 138 00:09:19.799 --> 00:09:24.399 This is a relationship, not a religion. And that's where 139 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:28.639 you were told wrong years ago. It's not a religion. 140 00:09:29.320 --> 00:09:32.120 Christ was not put on this earth and born as 141 00:09:32.159 --> 00:09:35.200 a baby, and they said, hey, he's here to start Christianity. 142 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:36.279 No, he wasn't. 143 00:09:36.720 --> 00:09:39.240 He was here to develop a personal relationship with us, 144 00:09:40.039 --> 00:09:43.080 so we can follow him into the promised Land which 145 00:09:43.159 --> 00:09:46.840 his kingdom come, which is coming soon. Back to the 146 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:50.519 song and the lyrics, it says, I'm juggling wills. It's 147 00:09:50.600 --> 00:09:54.559 my flesh I want to kill. We're always battling our flesh. 148 00:09:55.080 --> 00:09:58.440 You know, non believer as much as us believers. There's 149 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:00.840 times where you want to pick up that bottle, or 150 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:04.759 you want to turn on that porn a porn website. 151 00:10:04.919 --> 00:10:05.440 I said it. 152 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:09.759 You want to flip to this girl's instagram even though 153 00:10:09.799 --> 00:10:13.960 you're married. Ladies, you do the same thing. You may 154 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:16.360 be looking at this guy's instagram and going. 155 00:10:16.159 --> 00:10:18.559 Ooh, there we go. That's your flesh. 156 00:10:19.240 --> 00:10:21.559 And as a matter of fact, next week we're gonna 157 00:10:21.559 --> 00:10:24.919 talk about the battle between the flesh and the spirit. 158 00:10:25.480 --> 00:10:28.799 Here on, let's get biblical. But the world won't want me, 159 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:32.159 It says, like a prodigal son. You let me run 160 00:10:32.159 --> 00:10:35.159 because somehow you knew at the end of the day, 161 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:38.519 my applause would fade and I'd run back to the truth. 162 00:10:38.559 --> 00:10:41.039 And this is where I'm gonna stop me. As a 163 00:10:41.039 --> 00:10:44.759 former stand up comedian actor, that's all I did, running 164 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:47.519 after the world, trying to get your likes, trying to 165 00:10:47.519 --> 00:10:49.840 get your laughs, get your pictures with me. 166 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:52.399 So I can be out there in the world and 167 00:10:52.519 --> 00:10:53.519 people know me. 168 00:10:54.120 --> 00:10:57.279 This program has nothing to do with me other than 169 00:10:57.279 --> 00:11:01.440 my voice and God using it as an instrument, not 170 00:11:01.559 --> 00:11:04.960 just for your will, but for mine as well. Each 171 00:11:04.960 --> 00:11:06.919 and every time I do a podcast, I say that 172 00:11:08.759 --> 00:11:12.759 God uses my instrument that he is put inside of 173 00:11:12.759 --> 00:11:17.679 me with speaking and entertainment for a reason, and that's 174 00:11:17.720 --> 00:11:20.919 to deliver his word in a unique way. I thank 175 00:11:20.960 --> 00:11:23.679 you guys for sticking around, because when I was a 176 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:27.000 stand up comedian and an actor, that's all it was 177 00:11:27.039 --> 00:11:30.720 about God. I was a I'm sorry, Lord, forgive me. 178 00:11:30.799 --> 00:11:35.120 I was a pos I really was. You can figure 179 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:38.960 out the acronym on that, but I was. I was 180 00:11:39.039 --> 00:11:42.440 such an egotictical, egotistical prick. 181 00:11:43.240 --> 00:11:43.799 I said it. 182 00:11:46.440 --> 00:11:49.200 If any former stand up comedians or anybody I ever 183 00:11:49.240 --> 00:11:54.799 worked with or listening to this program, forgive me. The 184 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:58.279 Lord has already forgiven me. And I know it's a 185 00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:01.039 path I had to go down. I had to learn 186 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:06.799 what I was doing to you, because I knew later 187 00:12:06.879 --> 00:12:08.679 on in my walk as a Christian, I was going 188 00:12:08.759 --> 00:12:13.159 to be hated. I would step on people just to 189 00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:17.080 get to the next gig. Ooh, it was a headlining 190 00:12:17.159 --> 00:12:18.600 gig for one hundred bucks. 191 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:19.279 Wow. 192 00:12:20.679 --> 00:12:22.279 When I could have been at home with my kid, 193 00:12:23.279 --> 00:12:28.600 been at home with my family, I chased the things 194 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:36.320 of this world. Nor longer do I want to. I 195 00:12:36.440 --> 00:12:38.720 made a video for one of our other podcasts the 196 00:12:38.759 --> 00:12:42.720 other day, our San Antonio Spurs Weekly podcast, because I'm 197 00:12:42.720 --> 00:12:45.440 a big Spurs fan in the NBA, and I made 198 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:52.559 a video roasting a former Laker, and I did it, 199 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:56.960 but I didn't post it yet because I started thinking, 200 00:12:57.279 --> 00:13:00.559 I'm throwing shade. I'm throwing hate, as the world would say. Now, 201 00:13:00.919 --> 00:13:05.559 even though I'm meaning it to be funny. I'm hating 202 00:13:07.039 --> 00:13:09.200 when I shouldn't be doing that because I'm hated as 203 00:13:09.240 --> 00:13:13.159 a Christian, and I don't like the word Christian. I'm sorry. 204 00:13:14.600 --> 00:13:16.919 And the reason is is because this is a derogatory 205 00:13:17.039 --> 00:13:20.120 term that was used by the Romans to point out 206 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:26.000 followers of Christ. I'm a christ follower. I walk with Christ, 207 00:13:26.679 --> 00:13:28.879 so you'll hear me slip and stumble from time to 208 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:32.320 time when I say that I'm a Christian, I don't 209 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:36.360 put myself in those categories other than I'm walking with 210 00:13:36.480 --> 00:13:40.200 Christ and that's where I want you to be. But know, 211 00:13:40.320 --> 00:13:42.759 if you're out in the world, that's what you're doing. 212 00:13:42.879 --> 00:13:49.639 You're trying to gain the world. Why just answer yourself 213 00:13:49.679 --> 00:13:54.120 that question? Like I didn't post that video. I was thinking, 214 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:58.759 why am I posting it so I get likes, I 215 00:13:58.799 --> 00:13:59.480 get laughs? 216 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:02.120 What is it actually doing? 217 00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:05.960 Same thing with some of you people out there posting 218 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:11.200 your pictures of what you eat. Why why do we 219 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:16.960 post everything? Because you want the world to love you. 220 00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:19.679 You want people you don't even know to press that 221 00:14:19.840 --> 00:14:22.320 like button because when that like button's hit and you 222 00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:26.799 get in notification, you get this shot adrenaline inside of 223 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:30.519 you where you feel loved. Well, guess what you could 224 00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:35.159 have that every day when you are absolutely walking in Christ, 225 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:41.840 to know that you're constantly loved. And listen, my mother 226 00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:45.240 and father loved me unconditionally, and maybe you don't have 227 00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:47.600 a mother and father. Maybe you weren't loved. And this 228 00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:49.679 is why it's hard for you to come to the Lord. 229 00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:53.960 To me, it should be easier. Everything else on this 230 00:14:54.039 --> 00:14:56.759 world has not worked for you. Why would you not 231 00:14:56.919 --> 00:14:59.679 come to someone who's just giving you what they call 232 00:14:59.799 --> 00:15:01.000 a gop a love. 233 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:02.320 This love is so. 234 00:15:02.440 --> 00:15:05.639 Grand and big that he's trying to wrap his arms 235 00:15:05.679 --> 00:15:08.080 around you and just hold you and protect you and 236 00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:12.679 love you. The world's not going to do that for you. 237 00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:16.120 How do I know? Because I just said it? How 238 00:15:16.120 --> 00:15:17.320 do I knew? 239 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:22.440 You could say that was a fraudulent slip, but that 240 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:24.919 was Lord, He wanted me to say that to you. 241 00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:29.000 How did I knew? Because I walked there. I may 242 00:15:29.039 --> 00:15:32.039 not have been the next Kevin Hart. I may not 243 00:15:32.080 --> 00:15:34.720 have been in the next Larry the Cable Guy. Thank God, 244 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:37.039 I'm just kidding, Larry the Cable Guy. 245 00:15:37.080 --> 00:15:37.519 I'm kidding. 246 00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:43.919 But I know that I was able to entertain people, 247 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:47.679 make them laugh, and also use from time to time 248 00:15:47.759 --> 00:15:50.279 the word of God on stage. I don't know who 249 00:15:50.360 --> 00:15:56.159 I've affected negatively positively, But I can't wait for the 250 00:15:56.240 --> 00:15:59.159 day that I am up there in heaven and the 251 00:15:59.200 --> 00:16:04.759 Lord is like you have waited for an audience for years. 252 00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:06.840 Here they are. 253 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:10.120 They're the ones that came to me because of the 254 00:16:10.159 --> 00:16:13.919 things that you said that I had you say that 255 00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:19.879 to me is worth being hated for more than what 256 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:24.320 the world wants from you. And then the world throws 257 00:16:24.320 --> 00:16:27.679 shade and hate on you when you think you're just 258 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:32.320 getting to the mountaintop. It's not about being on the 259 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:39.240 mountaintop either, Ladies and gentlemen, if you know anything about 260 00:16:39.320 --> 00:16:44.759 science agriculture, where do things flourish on the side of 261 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:48.879 the mountain, on the down side of the mountain in 262 00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:54.679 the valley. As Christ followers, I don't mind walking through 263 00:16:54.679 --> 00:16:57.759 the valley right. Although I shall walk through the valley 264 00:16:57.799 --> 00:17:04.000 of Shadow of Death, I will fear nothing when I 265 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:11.519 walk through the valley. I just feel this overwhelming love protection. 266 00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:14.839 From the Lord, and. 267 00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:19.759 He leads my narrow paths straight. You may be at 268 00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:21.839 a crossroads in your life. You may be looking to 269 00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:23.960 go to the left when you're supposed to be going straight. 270 00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:26.960 You may be looking to left and right. There's things 271 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:29.960 that look more appetizing to you. They're the things of 272 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:32.640 the world. A job that can give you more money, 273 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:36.599 a spouse that could give you more But in front 274 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:40.319 of you, when you follow the Lord, eventually those two 275 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:44.680 left and rights come to the center. While you're walking 276 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:48.039 with Christ. A spouse that follows the Lord with you, 277 00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:51.880 a job that coincides with the Lord that walks with you. 278 00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:57.759 And now the hate from the world be ready. You're 279 00:17:57.759 --> 00:17:59.920 going to be hated as a follower of Christ. 280 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:03.559 But it's such a glorious, joyous. 281 00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:07.000 Walk with Him when you make that decision to stay 282 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:10.599 straight and listen. We're gonna stumble. We say this on 283 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:12.960 the show a lot. We stumble and fall short of 284 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:16.079 the glory of God. We hit those rocks in the 285 00:18:16.119 --> 00:18:17.880 middle of the road and we stumble a little bit. 286 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:22.319 But the next rock we see, Lord's like, go around 287 00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:23.720 that one and we listen. 288 00:18:24.119 --> 00:18:24.720 We obey. 289 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:28.200 A word we don't like as human beings is obey. 290 00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:33.319 But in this song Hated by Zach Williams, we read 291 00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:37.079 the first part and then it would go on and 292 00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:40.359 saying being loved by the world is overrated. I think 293 00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:44.279 I'd rather be hated for loving you. You say, in 294 00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:48.640 this meantime, I should set my mind on the things above, 295 00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:53.480 where my forever is, where my treasure is, where I 296 00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:56.960 measure up. That gets me every time, because in this 297 00:18:57.039 --> 00:19:00.759 world of walking with the world, we're trying to measure up. 298 00:19:00.839 --> 00:19:01.960 What are you measuring up to? 299 00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:05.839 You're measuring up to the next Instagram follower that has 300 00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:08.960 ten thousand followers and you have four. Are you trying 301 00:19:09.000 --> 00:19:12.319 to measure yourself up to another social media influencer on 302 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:14.720 TikTok or wherever it may be, and you're just not 303 00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:20.160 measuring up? As we spoke of last week on the show, 304 00:19:20.160 --> 00:19:23.000 we talked about the four hundred years of silence where 305 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:28.799 God did not say anything. Maybe you're in this rut 306 00:19:28.880 --> 00:19:31.720 in a quiet time for a reason, as we've mentioned, 307 00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:35.359 and that's where you're trying to measure up. Are you 308 00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:38.039 measuring up to the world? Are you measuring up to 309 00:19:38.119 --> 00:19:43.599 what God has aligned for you? So I'm trading in 310 00:19:43.720 --> 00:19:46.559 the chasing of the wind. He says, just to walk 311 00:19:46.599 --> 00:19:49.880 with you. So let them throw their stones, because guess what, 312 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:52.039 when you say you're gonna walk with Christ, people are 313 00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:53.519 gonna start throwing their stones. 314 00:19:53.680 --> 00:19:54.319 They're shade. 315 00:19:54.640 --> 00:19:56.720 Oh now, all of a sudden he wants to be 316 00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:59.680 a pastor. Oh, all of a sudden, he was a comedian. 317 00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:03.160 I I've seen the bad things he's done. I've seen 318 00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:05.440 some horrible things he's done. I've seen the way he 319 00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:07.680 treated his wife in the past. I've seen the way 320 00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:10.640 he was with women and I'm talking about me and 321 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:15.960 the world talking about me throwing those stones. I was 322 00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:19.079 able to withstand those stones for the Lord, and there's 323 00:20:19.119 --> 00:20:23.160 been nothing better in my life. I was able to 324 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:26.480 deal with the rotten tomatoes on stage being thrown at me, 325 00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:31.559 not literally but figuratively. I had stones thrown at me 326 00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:34.039 on stage. That guy's not good enough. He's not a 327 00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:36.799 good comedian, he's not that funny. I don't know why 328 00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:38.920 he's headlighting here. I don't know how he got to 329 00:20:38.920 --> 00:20:42.680 work with so and so. All those stones that were 330 00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:46.119 thrown in the world to hit me were to build 331 00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:48.720 that callous for when I walk with Christ. Guess what, 332 00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:51.839 those stones that are casted by the world now because 333 00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:57.319 I'm a Christ follower will not hurt me. It helps 334 00:20:57.359 --> 00:20:59.920 that I have the full armor of God on daily 335 00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:02.759 and I pray for that, and the Lord gives me 336 00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:05.519 that gift, and he also protects me with his mighty 337 00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:08.400 shield and sword. He can do that for you. But 338 00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:11.759 are you willing to just trade in the chasing of 339 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:16.079 the wind. This is where you need to make that 340 00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:19.200 decision in your crossroads right now. But what does the 341 00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:20.480 Bible say, Katie? 342 00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:21.559 What does the Bible say? 343 00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:25.440 Yeah, that's a song. It's a great song, and we're hated. 344 00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:29.759 I know I'm dealing with social media pressure, family, pressure, friends, 345 00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:34.880 pressuring me. You're now pressure. I'm not pressuring you. And 346 00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:36.720 the reason why I speak the way that I do 347 00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:38.640 because I don't want you to walk that. 348 00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:40.039 Way no more. Neither does the Lord. 349 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:46.039 I know what it felt like. I'm not good enough, 350 00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:53.000 You're horrible on stage. Yeah that was okay, but hey, 351 00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:56.079 oh you're going to another gig. Are you getting paid 352 00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:58.599 for that? That's family that asked me that. 353 00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:01.920 Stones. 354 00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:08.079 So the Bible says this, John fifteen eighteen. If the 355 00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:13.319 world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 356 00:22:14.599 --> 00:22:15.920 That's Jesus. 357 00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:20.640 If the world hates you, keep in mind that it 358 00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:27.079 hated me first. Matthew ten twenty two. Your will be 359 00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:33.599 hated by everyone because of me. Wow, let's stop there 360 00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:36.920 for just a second. If you're in the world trying 361 00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:40.960 to make it, somewhere somebody comes up to you says, 362 00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:43.720 sign this contract, sign. 363 00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:45.000 Over your soul. We've heard this. 364 00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:50.200 We've seen entertainers go from light to dark. You've seen it. 365 00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:54.480 You wonder why they're singing about certain things, and then 366 00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:56.440 all of a sudden they're singing about the dark side, 367 00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:59.640 but they're now making millions and they've got so many followers. 368 00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:02.400 They're getting those clicks and likes. Right. 369 00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:08.880 Well, when you do that, there's people that hate on you. Right, Oh, 370 00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:13.359 I can't stands Taylor Swift. I can't stand Justin Bieber. 371 00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:14.200 Now I don't. 372 00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:17.440 There's hate there, right. You will be hated by everyone 373 00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:21.480 because of me. I'd rather be hated by everyone while 374 00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:26.319 I'm following Christ and not the opposition trying to give 375 00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:30.039 me all the luxuries of the world. Matthew ten twenty 376 00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:32.839 two goes on saying, but the one who stands firm 377 00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:38.440 to the end will be saved. Can you stand firm? 378 00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:39.519 Luke six' twenty. 379 00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:40.279 Two, blessed? 380 00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:45.680 Blessed blessed are you when people hate? 381 00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.880 YOU i love that. 382 00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:53.000 One blessed are you when people hate? YOU i think 383 00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:55.640 being a stand up comedian and dealing with hate and 384 00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:58.720 what people say behind my back and whispers in my. Ears, 385 00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:01.880 MAN i love when they, Said i'm, like, yeah bring that. 386 00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:05.079 Hate WHEN i used to play, basketball you're too, small 387 00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:08.240 you're not good. ENOUGH i always use that as fuel 388 00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:09.759 to the, fire and NOW i do the same. Thing 389 00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:12.599 but for The, lord AND i allow that flame to 390 00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:13.599 burn in a different. 391 00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:17.359 Direction that's up To. GOD i love. 392 00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:22.720 That blessed are you when people hate, you when they 393 00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:28.759 exclude you and insults you and reject your name as 394 00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:32.160 evil because of The son Of? Man oh you Follow 395 00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:40.079 god voodoo? Magic luke six twenty. Two and that's what 396 00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:43.240 we're gonna end, With luke six point twenty. Two blessed 397 00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:47.880 are you the people when you're, hated when they exclude 398 00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:50.559 you and insult you and reject your name as evil 399 00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:52.279 because of. 400 00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.599 The son Of. 401 00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:59.480