WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.560 --> 00:00:08.039 Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, definitely for children of 2 00:00:08.080 --> 00:00:15.000 all ages. Welcome to another edition of Let's Get Biblical 3 00:00:15.800 --> 00:00:18.679 with your host, a man formerly in the world of 4 00:00:18.800 --> 00:00:22.800 entertainment as a stand up comedian and actor, and now 5 00:00:22.879 --> 00:00:29.320 evangelist for Christ. Here he is your host, my host, 6 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:36.880 our host KD. Thank you, mister movie Bone, and thank 7 00:00:36.920 --> 00:00:41.079 you for listening to another episode of Let's Get Biblical 8 00:00:41.479 --> 00:00:45.439 right here on your favorite podcasting platform, whether it's Spreaker, Spotify, Apple, 9 00:00:45.479 --> 00:00:49.840 iTunes and more. We thank you the seventeen podcasting platforms 10 00:00:50.399 --> 00:00:54.399 that allows us to broadcast Let's Get Biblical all over 11 00:00:54.439 --> 00:00:57.240 the world, and we do mean the world. We want 12 00:00:57.280 --> 00:01:00.200 to say hi to our twenty six countries now now 13 00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:03.520 around the world listening. So Let's Get Biblical with KD. 14 00:01:04.239 --> 00:01:10.799 Hello to Taiwan, the Thailands, also Philippines, North America, South 15 00:01:10.840 --> 00:01:15.239 America listening. Also Canada, Great Britain, France, Australia and our 16 00:01:15.280 --> 00:01:17.959 friends over in Africa. Thank you guys for listening once 17 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:23.200 again to Let's Get Biblical. And guess what, because this 18 00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:26.920 podcast is spreading you were doing something that the disciples 19 00:01:27.159 --> 00:01:29.519 have done in the Bible for years and something that 20 00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:33.120 God has commissioned us to do. You are taking programs 21 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:35.719 like this, maybe clips that you see on your social 22 00:01:35.760 --> 00:01:38.760 media of Jesus and God, and you were sharing it 23 00:01:38.840 --> 00:01:41.280 to the ends of the earth. That is exactly what 24 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:43.920 God told us to do in the Book of Acts 25 00:01:44.239 --> 00:01:46.319 that share the Gospel to the ends of the earth. 26 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:50.159 You're just using good old technology and word of mouth 27 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:53.400 to do just that in twenty twenty six. Thank you 28 00:01:53.439 --> 00:01:57.560 guys once again for listening. So let's get biblical in 29 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:00.599 doing God's good work. We're going to do some good 30 00:02:00.599 --> 00:02:04.239 work today. We're going to talk about how Jesus is insulting. 31 00:02:04.599 --> 00:02:06.879 What I'm going to talk about an article that was 32 00:02:06.920 --> 00:02:09.560 on MSN dot com. We're going to go over that article. 33 00:02:09.719 --> 00:02:13.199 We're going to talk about scriptures laced around that article 34 00:02:13.240 --> 00:02:15.919 as well, and we're going to talk about how Jesus 35 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:19.000 yes was meant to be insulting a little bit, how 36 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:21.759 we're supposed to stir us up in faith and more. Now, 37 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:24.240 this may be your first time listening to us. Maybe 38 00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:27.560 your non believer, atheist, Maybe you're someone that's of that 39 00:02:27.919 --> 00:02:30.360 white haired wisdom. You know what I'm talking about, all 40 00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:33.680 over your face and other parts of the body, We're 41 00:02:33.719 --> 00:02:36.680 not going to talk about that today, but we have 42 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:39.680 a phrase around here for any believer, and that's we 43 00:02:39.800 --> 00:02:42.879 dare you. We dare you to start your faith, reignite 44 00:02:42.919 --> 00:02:45.520 your faith, continue your faith with us as we take 45 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:48.280 the scriptures from the good old bibl e the Basic 46 00:02:48.319 --> 00:02:51.400 Constructions before leaving Earth Manual, and wrap them around to 47 00:02:51.439 --> 00:02:53.759 your life, my life, and the collective world around us 48 00:02:54.199 --> 00:03:00.280 through testimony, stories, transparency, and hopes of transformation. So let's 49 00:03:00.280 --> 00:03:03.840 get transformed today on this episode of Let's Get Biblical. 50 00:03:03.879 --> 00:03:07.400 I was digging on the internet last week and things 51 00:03:07.520 --> 00:03:09.719 just pop up, as we know, and I have a 52 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:13.039 lot of biblical things that pop up, especially when I 53 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:16.039 follow websites like MSN dot com. They have some good 54 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:19.039 articles from time to time. In this one article popped 55 00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:25.120 up in the title said Jesus is insulting. Okay, clickbait click. 56 00:03:25.360 --> 00:03:27.400 I clicked on it, started to read a little bit 57 00:03:27.439 --> 00:03:30.840 of it, passage here, passage there. I didn't quite read 58 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:33.599 it collectively because I want to read it with you guys, 59 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:36.479 because I want you to experience with God is showing 60 00:03:36.520 --> 00:03:39.439 me in my heart at that time about a particular 61 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:44.199 maybe writing in that article, and we can share it together. 62 00:03:44.479 --> 00:03:47.400 There's some great scripture inside this too. But before we 63 00:03:47.439 --> 00:03:50.840 get started, remember we always got to remember that Jesus 64 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:54.800 was a little insulting because he was insulted. There were 65 00:03:54.840 --> 00:03:57.400 times that he would go into the tabernacle when they 66 00:03:57.400 --> 00:04:00.360 were trying to collect taxes. And remember the tabernat is 67 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:03.000 where they went to worship God. And he came in 68 00:04:03.039 --> 00:04:06.879 and turned over those titles and those tables and said, listen, 69 00:04:07.479 --> 00:04:10.159 this is a house of worship. How dare you collect 70 00:04:10.199 --> 00:04:14.719 money in a house of worship. But Jesus insults us sometimes? 71 00:04:15.400 --> 00:04:20.839 Or are we egotistical thinking he's insulting us. Either way, 72 00:04:20.920 --> 00:04:24.759 he's stirring up that fire in your hearts to go 73 00:04:24.800 --> 00:04:27.519 after him. So let's read a little bit what MSN 74 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:30.000 dot com has to say today, but let's go into prayer. 75 00:04:30.079 --> 00:04:32.120 Dear God, we come to you in the precious name 76 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:33.959 of Jesus in the Holy Spirit. We thank you for 77 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:37.839 another opportunity to share the Gospel to our family, friends 78 00:04:37.839 --> 00:04:41.199 and others all over the world. Lord speak to us 79 00:04:41.439 --> 00:04:43.920 in this article, show us what you want to show us, 80 00:04:44.120 --> 00:04:46.240 and lead us down the lighted paths. We pray in 81 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:49.720 the precious name of Jesus amen, All right, MSN dot 82 00:04:49.720 --> 00:04:52.639 Com Here we go. Starts off by saying, many years ago, 83 00:04:53.079 --> 00:04:56.720 when I'd be talking to unbelievers, I'd throw something out 84 00:04:56.759 --> 00:04:59.399 there and I'd hope that would get them thinking about 85 00:04:59.399 --> 00:05:03.680 the core of cris Christianity and Jesus. Normally, non Christians 86 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:06.720 would stiff arm the faith and they would have a 87 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:10.879 bunch of complaints about the church and being hypocritical about 88 00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:13.800 the Church. Also, they had some intelligent issues about it 89 00:05:14.079 --> 00:05:17.279 surrounding the belief of God. Now we've heard this before, 90 00:05:17.399 --> 00:05:20.879 right guys, we'll pause right there. We'll hear people test 91 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:26.639 us faith believers with science, theology, and history. We've been 92 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:29.120 hearing this for years, nothing new to us, right. Well. 93 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:31.879 The article goes on by saying, some of those criticisms, 94 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:35.399 as you know, are valid and others are pretty bad. 95 00:05:36.079 --> 00:05:40.399 But because Christianity founded the rests on a divine person, 96 00:05:41.279 --> 00:05:46.360 I learned to table those criticisms and ask them a 97 00:05:46.399 --> 00:05:48.959 simple question to get down to the heart of the matter. 98 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:53.959 What don't you like about Jesus. We're going to pause there. 99 00:05:54.800 --> 00:05:57.480 You may be a non believer, you may be somebody 100 00:05:57.600 --> 00:06:02.120 just testing the faith. Somebody has stumbled upon this podcast 101 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:05.399 and you've been looking for something in your life, and 102 00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:08.439 you've heard about Jesus. You've read about Jesus. He's a 103 00:06:08.600 --> 00:06:13.319 historical character, right, No, he's a historical person. There are 104 00:06:13.439 --> 00:06:17.360 thousands of counts that people have seen Jesus on this planet. 105 00:06:17.959 --> 00:06:21.600 He was here as a human. He has left us, 106 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:26.120 but he is now in spirit. I love Jesus, I 107 00:06:26.199 --> 00:06:28.319 know what he's done in my life. But there's a 108 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:32.279 lot of you that question, just like this, what don't 109 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:36.680 I like about Jesus. Well, that's what we're gonna ask today, 110 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:39.839 what don't you like about Jesus? In this article? At 111 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:42.399 the time, I thought it would be awfully hard for 112 00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:46.839 someone to rail about a person of Christ. After all, 113 00:06:46.959 --> 00:06:51.000 when Jesus was allegedly put on trial by his enemies, 114 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:54.560 Mark tells us now, the chief priest and the whole 115 00:06:54.600 --> 00:06:59.680 council kept trying to obtain testimony against Jesus to put 116 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:04.160 him there death, and they were not finding anything. That's 117 00:07:04.199 --> 00:07:08.240 according to Mark, chapter fourteen, verse fifty five. You already 118 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:10.720 can see right there. They've been trying to find ways 119 00:07:10.759 --> 00:07:13.759 to put Jesus down for years. I mean, for instance, 120 00:07:14.319 --> 00:07:17.800 the resurrection. Some of you don't believe in the resurrection, right. Ah, 121 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:22.560 his disciples took them. Ah, the disciples kind of snuck 122 00:07:22.600 --> 00:07:26.160 them out. Hold on, let's back up. You're to tell 123 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:29.079 me the same people that were walking up Gogatha Hill 124 00:07:29.160 --> 00:07:33.120 as he was getting beat slandered, spit upon carrying a 125 00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:36.319 huge cross, somebody had to help carry it with him. 126 00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:39.600 Not even one of his own disciples carried that cross 127 00:07:39.639 --> 00:07:41.480 with him, by the way, you're to tell me those 128 00:07:41.480 --> 00:07:47.639 same disciples were to overthrow two Roman trained guards. The 129 00:07:47.720 --> 00:07:52.839 disciples were cowards, you heard me. The disciples were cowards. 130 00:07:53.040 --> 00:07:58.240 They had countless chances to overthrow the Roman guards. Roman 131 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:04.480 government didn't. They were cowards. They were scared, they were tired, 132 00:08:04.519 --> 00:08:07.519 they were hungry, they were lonely knowing where Jesus was 133 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:10.560 heading on that faithful day. So you're to tell me 134 00:08:11.079 --> 00:08:13.879 they moved this big old stone, they jumped these two 135 00:08:14.040 --> 00:08:18.079 Roman guards, and all of a sudden, they moved Jesus's body. Well, 136 00:08:18.160 --> 00:08:20.560 did you know that those guards the next day saw 137 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:23.319 the tomb empty, and they didn't even go to Ponscious Pilot, 138 00:08:23.560 --> 00:08:26.639 their leader, to tell them what happened. Because what would 139 00:08:26.639 --> 00:08:30.079 happen to those Roman guards? Guys? When you were a 140 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:33.440 Roman guard or a part of the Roman Empire fighting. 141 00:08:33.919 --> 00:08:37.639 You were on mission daily and if you failed any mission, 142 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:42.159 you were reprimanded for that. You got in trouble. Do 143 00:08:42.200 --> 00:08:45.480 you think these two guys that lost this very important 144 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:51.960 figure that was uprising a community, we're gonna just go 145 00:08:52.039 --> 00:08:56.039 tell their leader. No, they ended up going to the 146 00:08:56.080 --> 00:08:59.399 Sadducees and Pharisees who wanted Jesus dead, that didn't want 147 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:02.399 the story of Jesus out there. So the Sadducees and 148 00:09:02.480 --> 00:09:05.600 Pharisees paid off these two Roman men. And I would 149 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:08.480 love to know where those Roman guys went to this day, 150 00:09:08.559 --> 00:09:12.360 because we didn't hear from them since then. The Pharisees 151 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:16.399 and Sadducees paid them off to create a story saying, oh, 152 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:20.279 the disciples came and took them. Really, let's go back 153 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:23.360 to what I just stated. Guys, you're to tell me 154 00:09:23.399 --> 00:09:26.120 the same cowards that didn't do anything as he was 155 00:09:26.159 --> 00:09:30.120 walking that cross up the hill were to overthrow two 156 00:09:30.159 --> 00:09:34.639 more Roman guards and move that huge stone and move 157 00:09:34.759 --> 00:09:39.200 the body and carefully fold his linens and put it 158 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:42.600 down on the tomb. Just throwing that out there goes 159 00:09:42.639 --> 00:09:46.000 into Mark fourteen fifty five. Now, the chief priests and 160 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:50.720 the whole council kept trying to obtain testimony against Jesus 161 00:09:51.440 --> 00:09:54.000 to put him to death, and they were not finding 162 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:58.440 any Mark fourteen fifty five. The article goes on and 163 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:04.799 says Christ's enemies had literally dodged every step, sent false 164 00:10:04.840 --> 00:10:09.279 disciples to try to trick him into some verbal gath, 165 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:13.240 and yet there was absolutely no dirt they could pull 166 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:19.639 up against him. So how could anyone today think anything different? 167 00:10:19.720 --> 00:10:24.080 Right on a very rare occasions, it says, some more 168 00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:27.080 learned about the Bible and would raise the complaint about 169 00:10:27.159 --> 00:10:32.879 Jesus supposedly calling a Cannonite woman a dog Matthew Chapter 170 00:10:32.919 --> 00:10:36.840 fifteen twenty one through twenty six, or following the atheist 171 00:10:36.879 --> 00:10:42.240 philosopher Burton Russell in a dinging Jesus because he believed 172 00:10:42.240 --> 00:10:46.080 in hell. There is one very serious defect on my 173 00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:49.279 mind in Christ's moral character, and that is that he 174 00:10:49.360 --> 00:10:53.360 believed in hell. I do not myself feel that any 175 00:10:53.399 --> 00:10:58.399 person who was really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment. 176 00:10:59.080 --> 00:11:04.200 This is what the atheist philosopher Bertnand Russell had said. Well, 177 00:11:04.480 --> 00:11:08.159 what does the article continue to say? But those things aside? 178 00:11:08.759 --> 00:11:12.000 It was normally hard for a person I was conversing 179 00:11:12.039 --> 00:11:17.879 with to list out reasons to dislike Jesus, and yet 180 00:11:17.919 --> 00:11:21.200 most times there was still a firm resistance to him, 181 00:11:21.639 --> 00:11:25.639 an unwillingness to change their mind about Christianity and sign 182 00:11:25.679 --> 00:11:29.720 on the bottom line as they speak. While that confused me. 183 00:11:29.799 --> 00:11:32.919 Back then the writer goes on saying, I get it now. 184 00:11:33.960 --> 00:11:39.799 When understood and not superficially dismissed, Jesus is quietly and 185 00:11:39.879 --> 00:11:46.720 indistinctively insulting to everyone not born again. The next topic 186 00:11:46.799 --> 00:11:50.399 goes on and says, go away Jesus. Tim Keller has 187 00:11:50.440 --> 00:11:56.039 said that the presentation of the Gospel typically produces one 188 00:11:56.200 --> 00:12:02.039 of two responsible responses in people. One side says they 189 00:12:02.039 --> 00:12:06.600 don't need forgiveness where areas? The other side says that's 190 00:12:06.600 --> 00:12:13.440 too easy, leading him to conclude Grace is insulting. I 191 00:12:13.440 --> 00:12:18.679 could spend another podcast on Grace alone. I could share 192 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:22.480 my testimony. When I first saw Grace save my family 193 00:12:23.159 --> 00:12:27.799 for the second time, I almost lost my family again. 194 00:12:29.279 --> 00:12:32.440 I lost a family early on in my life because 195 00:12:32.480 --> 00:12:34.799 I didn't have Christ in my life. I allowed the 196 00:12:34.840 --> 00:12:37.600 world to run me. I thought it was all about 197 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:39.759 the white picket fence going for the money, not worrying 198 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:43.320 about my kids and my family, and doing things that 199 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:46.960 made me happy because I was working so hard in 200 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:52.360 this worldly affair. I hope that makes sense. We're so 201 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:57.279 inabord by the brass ring that is not even there 202 00:12:57.320 --> 00:13:00.399 in life when we should be going for the crown 203 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:05.399 of Christ. Think about that. Stop going for the brass ring, 204 00:13:05.679 --> 00:13:11.480 and go for the crown of Christ. The article goes 205 00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:15.919 on by saying one group is offended by Jesus because 206 00:13:15.919 --> 00:13:20.600 he tells them that they need forgiveness and are thus bad, 207 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:24.919 and the other side is upset with Christ because he 208 00:13:25.080 --> 00:13:28.399 tells them nothing they do is good enough to earn 209 00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:32.399 favor with God. And that's just for starters. That's according 210 00:13:32.440 --> 00:13:35.080 to this article. Now, if you're a follower of Christ, 211 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:37.559 you're like, ho, hold on, let's back that up, Katie, 212 00:13:37.720 --> 00:13:42.559 and I'm going to When it comes to forgiveness, all 213 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:45.039 we have to do is come to Him and repent. 214 00:13:45.919 --> 00:13:48.919 It doesn't matter what you've done. Remember, no sin is 215 00:13:48.960 --> 00:13:51.840 greater than the other. Yes, you heard me right. A 216 00:13:51.960 --> 00:13:54.720 murderer in jail that has murdered fifteen people, or even 217 00:13:54.759 --> 00:14:01.679 your baby is no different than somebody who's has performed adultery. 218 00:14:02.559 --> 00:14:06.600 Those sins are the same underneath God. But when we 219 00:14:06.679 --> 00:14:09.440 repent and truly come to God to change our lives, 220 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:13.960 he gives that forgiveness. He gives us grace. This is 221 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:17.320 why we're able to go out and talk about the Gospel, 222 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:20.639 share the love that He's given us when we don't 223 00:14:20.679 --> 00:14:25.000 deserve it. So right there that article, up to there, 224 00:14:25.720 --> 00:14:28.399 I can really disprove some of the people that believe 225 00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:33.360 what this writer was saying. And the reason why people 226 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:36.879 don't believe that is because they don't know God, they 227 00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:42.440 don't know the relationship. They know the Bible. They read 228 00:14:42.679 --> 00:14:45.440 a book, and they read the book like they read 229 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:48.720 any other book. They read it like a historical document. 230 00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:52.720 Well is it a historical document, absolutely, but it is 231 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:54.840 so much more than that. It is that love letter 232 00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:58.200 to us. And when you break it down word for word, 233 00:14:58.240 --> 00:15:03.639 phrase for phrase for chapter, paragraph or paragraph, and actually 234 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:05.879 read it in the context that God is meant to 235 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:13.000 be through divinely written writers, you truly start to see 236 00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:17.639 what the Gospels all about. You really do. Now, The 237 00:15:17.720 --> 00:15:22.720 article continues, goes on saying that you're going to see 238 00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:26.720 things just like this, people question our faith. People are 239 00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:31.399 going to question everything that they see. Well, what about evolution? 240 00:15:32.360 --> 00:15:36.759 Well what about a dinosaurs? Dinosaurs are not in the Bible. Yeah, 241 00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:40.159 actually they are. There's a word called terror in talked 242 00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:45.240 about a large lizard creature, behemoth. Go look it up. 243 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:49.000 Go look up monsters of the Bible. There's actually a 244 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:53.399 book talks about these things. The word dinosaur was not 245 00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:59.720 created until the eighteen hundreds. What about dragons? We see 246 00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:04.759 pick drawings depictions of dragons all the time. Could they 247 00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:09.799 be here? Dinosaurs? These are things that are always questioned 248 00:16:09.799 --> 00:16:12.240 by non believers. Well it's not in the Bible. Well, 249 00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:14.279 they're not going to put everything in the Bible. Do 250 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:18.960 they put everything into a history book about George Washington? 251 00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:23.320 I want you to think about that. We have history 252 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:29.720 books on George Washington crossing the Delaware right, amazing accomplishments 253 00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:33.679 in American history. But oh, did he go to the bathroom? 254 00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:35.679 Did he did? He? Did he go on the toilet? 255 00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:37.919 I don't see us writing about that. I don't think 256 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:41.159 he ate. They're not going to write about these things. 257 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:45.399 I joke about it because it's silly to think. If 258 00:16:45.440 --> 00:16:48.039 you're going to compare everything that needs to be in 259 00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:51.960 the Bible that means they had to write down. Okay, 260 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:54.879 today I got up, I had a cup of tar 261 00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:57.600 in the morning as a dragon flew by my window. 262 00:16:58.039 --> 00:17:01.240 These are things not what God is telling these writers 263 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:04.160 to write, because it's about the love letter from God 264 00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:10.079 to us on how to achieve in life and beyond. 265 00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:16.200 A history book doesn't tell us everything either. Think about 266 00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:21.519 that George Washington did he wipe? I don't know he 267 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:24.200 had to. He was human, but I don't know. I 268 00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:27.599 never seen him do it. Was Jesus alive. I don't know. 269 00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:30.279 I wasn't there. I never seen him walk the earth. 270 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:36.000 But you have accounts that he did. You have accounts 271 00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:41.079 that he has done miracles. Thousands of people have seen 272 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:44.079 him do these miracles. We read about it in the Bible. 273 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:47.920 But you a non believer and atheist, somebody that's questioning 274 00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:52.960 their faith, don't look at it as such. But when 275 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:56.079 you open up a history book that talks about d Day, 276 00:17:57.519 --> 00:18:01.519 talks about the men that were there, share their accounts. Right, 277 00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:05.640 We see biographies on it all the time that share 278 00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:09.799 their accounts. We believe that because we see it. Well, 279 00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:12.359 they have video back then, Okay, they didn't have video. 280 00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:14.599 They had pen and a paper and they wrote it 281 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:19.200 down on a Torah. Then they transcribe the Torah into 282 00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:21.960 the Bibles we hear today. Well, the Tora is different 283 00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:24.440 from the Bibles that we read, yes, because words have 284 00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:28.240 changed over time. I mean, my kids say words like, man, 285 00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:32.799 that's fire, and I'm like, what I mean fire to 286 00:18:32.920 --> 00:18:35.720 means means it's hot. That's exactly what they mean. Man, 287 00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:39.039 that bike is fire. Why don't you just say it's hot? 288 00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:42.799 But then you could say the word, oh, man, that's hot. 289 00:18:42.839 --> 00:18:45.319 That's cool. It means it's cool. You want to have it? 290 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:47.279 Make up my mind as if fire hot or cold. 291 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:55.400 Words change over time, so they're constantly rewriting the Bible. 292 00:18:55.400 --> 00:18:58.319 But the problem is we need to go back to 293 00:18:58.440 --> 00:19:03.599 collections in the Bible that were divinely written. Because what 294 00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:06.640 happens to a story over time, what happens to history 295 00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:09.359 over time, it gets watered down and it gets away 296 00:19:09.640 --> 00:19:16.480 from the facts. We as christ followers need to stay 297 00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:21.279 as close to the Torah as possible. Older Bibles, the 298 00:19:21.400 --> 00:19:26.119 King James version the NIV is good and that's what 299 00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:30.200 my church that I go to uses the NIV. But 300 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:33.400 when you start getting to some of these other translations, 301 00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:36.920 it's hard. I mean, there's kids today in this society 302 00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:40.440 to have their own Bible written. It's cool they understand 303 00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:42.759 it because of the words that they speak. But as 304 00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:44.960 long as they're not getting away from the values of 305 00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:48.400 the Torah and the values of the original written Bible, 306 00:19:50.079 --> 00:19:52.799 we got to stay as close to that. And the 307 00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:56.119 reason why I say this today, guys, is the topic 308 00:19:56.160 --> 00:20:06.440 of our discussion is Jesus is instantulting. Jesus insult he does, 309 00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:12.240 but he's so much more than that. And although this 310 00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:16.240 article was clickbait, I kind of tell you, guys to 311 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:18.440 go and look up this article and read the rest 312 00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:21.960 of the article. If you can MSN dot com, go 313 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:27.079 look up Jesus is Insulting MSN dot com. It's a 314 00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:29.240 good finish. It's a really deep read. I don't want 315 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:31.880 to go through the whole article because it's really led 316 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:36.920 us to what we're discussing today. You see, when you 317 00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:41.119 have a good teacher, mentor family person that has helped 318 00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:46.839 raise you, a coach, are they always perfectly good to you, Hey, 319 00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:50.400 you did a great job, you're awesome, fantastic. Here's your award, 320 00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:55.400 here's your lollipop. Absolutely not, They shake you up. Sometimes 321 00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:58.960 they insult you. I have a kid on a basketball 322 00:20:58.960 --> 00:21:02.519 team right now. That is a pain in the butt. 323 00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:04.640 That's the best way I can say it. But he's 324 00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:07.799 a talent. But I have to shake him up and say, 325 00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:10.160 you've got to stop acting this way because he's not 326 00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:13.559 used to somebody telling him that. I need to be 327 00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:16.079 shaken up in my faith every once in a while, saying, hey, 328 00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:19.960 you shouldn't be thinking those thoughts. Those are impure. How 329 00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:23.039 do you fix that? Okay, I heard you. I need 330 00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:24.559 to get in the Bible. I need to pray more. 331 00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:28.000 Lord help me with this. What shall I do? He's 332 00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:32.839 shaking me up. It's only insulting when it's insulting to you. 333 00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:39.319 Especially in this world, everybody wants to be right. Everybody 334 00:21:39.359 --> 00:21:43.160 wants to talk about their side. If the sky is blue, 335 00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:46.799 someone will say it's red. If you're drinking soup, they say, 336 00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:50.400 why aren't you using a spoon? There is a constant 337 00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:55.359 battle for wanting to be right. And the only reason 338 00:21:55.359 --> 00:21:58.599 I share this with you guys today is because the 339 00:21:58.680 --> 00:22:04.200 only time something is in is when it actually affects you. 340 00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:10.880 But sometimes being insulted is meant to stir you up 341 00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:15.160 and that's exactly what Christ does. Sometimes he stirs you up. 342 00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:18.480 There's times that disciples had many questions and then He 343 00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:22.279 would speak to him or them in pariables. Why couldn't 344 00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:24.759 you just tell me the answer, Jesus, that's what we 345 00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:28.160 would say. That's what we say today, right. Why must 346 00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:31.279 you put us through these trials? Why can't you just 347 00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:34.480 show me what to do? Well? I did, It's in 348 00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:40.079 the Bible. I have a lighted path before you. It's 349 00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:44.640 the Bible. Get your nose in it. But because you 350 00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:49.079 don't guess what, we veer off the path, we fall 351 00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:52.880 down a hill, we get back up, and then we 352 00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:56.160 continue to do the same things that we did. We 353 00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:58.839 don't find an easier path. We don't grab that Bible. 354 00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:01.799 We don't allow God lead, we don't trust in God, 355 00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:05.119 we don't give faith to God. We don't allow him 356 00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:08.759 to insult us. And how dare he he's supposed to 357 00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:13.279 be a loving God. Well, he's also a fearful God, 358 00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:19.680 a vengeful God, a powerful God, an empathetic God, and 359 00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:23.319 a loving God. That kind of sounds like our leaders 360 00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:25.880 that we have in our lives, our mothers, our fathers, 361 00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:29.200 our aunts, uncles, our friends, our coaches, our teachers, our mentors. 362 00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:33.119 They're the same way. If you have somebody that's always 363 00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:37.200 just telling you good things about you, you're not going 364 00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:41.279 to really grow because you're going to think you are 365 00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:46.839 the best thing since slice bread. You won't grow. You'll 366 00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:52.039 have ego, and ego hardens your heart. Doesn't teaches you 367 00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:55.599 to be humble, which the first thing to come to 368 00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:58.559 the Lord is to drop you humility. And when you 369 00:23:58.640 --> 00:24:03.400 do that things you go from ego to growing. And 370 00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:06.400 it's an amazing thing to see in my life and 371 00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:13.480 a lot of lives around us. So again, check out 372 00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:18.720 this article MSN dot com. Jesus is insulting. It's a 373 00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:22.519 great read. And as we always do on this show, 374 00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:27.119 we lay scripture about what we just talked about. We 375 00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:30.640 lay scripture around what we just talked about. See, I 376 00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:32.880 stumble right there every week I stumble. Some ofy' all 377 00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:34.759 are like, yeah, we get it. You get right back 378 00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:37.079 up right. What does the Bible have to say about 379 00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:40.319 all this about God or Jesus testing us? The Bible 380 00:24:40.400 --> 00:24:43.640 teaches that God tests us to strengthen our faith, to 381 00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:48.160 refine our character. I'm reading a book right now called 382 00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:52.759 The Disciplines of a godly man talking about how I 383 00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:55.359 can be more godly in my family, godly for myself, 384 00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:59.000 and godly in the world. It's an amazing read because 385 00:24:59.039 --> 00:25:03.599 we're so draped in worldly crap. Sorry I said it, hey, Listen. 386 00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:08.119 Paul used the word dung for saying the word ish. 387 00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:11.799 Okay in the Bible, all right, I can, I'll say 388 00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:14.839 crap all right. The Book of kat even says that 389 00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:19.359 now reading this book, it talks about how the world 390 00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:21.279 dumps all this stuff on us, and the reason why 391 00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:22.559 they do it is because we don't want to. They 392 00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:25.599 don't want us to find God, they don't want us 393 00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:29.880 to develop a relationship with him. It's a power that 394 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:34.720 is amazing and a power that everybody should have. And 395 00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:37.720 when you hear the word power, you automatically think superheroes. 396 00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:42.359 You think Spider Man, Batman, Superman. Listen, it's an inner 397 00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:45.599 power that will help you advance in this world and 398 00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:49.480 be prepared for the Kingdom of God that's about to 399 00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:53.359 come again. God tests us for strengthen our faith and 400 00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:59.640 refine our character. Now there's some good scriptures on trials 401 00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:03.319