WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.480 --> 00:00:05.360 Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Sunday Service, episode thirty three. 2 00:00:05.480 --> 00:00:07.160 I am your host, Josh Monday. If you don't know me, 3 00:00:07.160 --> 00:00:10.279 I'm a Christian rapper, devoted husband, father, and army veteran 4 00:00:10.720 --> 00:00:14.320 and uh yes, episode thirty three Illuminati confirmed. Now I'm 5 00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:18.519 just kidding. Yes, awesome, Thank you guys so much for 6 00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:20.440 joining me. This is brought to you by Cult the 7 00:00:20.440 --> 00:00:24.000 Conspiracy Podcast. Of course, thank you Jonathan, thank you Jacob, 8 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:26.640 and uh yeah, I want to first, like I always do, 9 00:00:26.679 --> 00:00:28.239 I want to give some shout outs to people that 10 00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:31.039 commented on the last show, and uh, you know I 11 00:00:31.079 --> 00:00:36.280 always shout you guys out flicking boogers Wednesday Morning church 12 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:38.520 will who Yes, awesome, thank you so much. I appreciate 13 00:00:38.520 --> 00:00:48.039 you commenting on Wednesday Service. Ovid ovid ad just territorists. 14 00:00:48.079 --> 00:00:51.200 I don't really know how to pronounce that, but I apologize. 15 00:00:52.200 --> 00:00:55.719 O V I d I j U S dot T 16 00:00:55.759 --> 00:00:59.200 A T O R I S Hi Josh's longtime enjoyer, 17 00:00:59.719 --> 00:01:01.960 don't guy ever comment? Yes, well, thank you so much 18 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:04.599 for commenting, and thank you for being a long time listener. 19 00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:10.040 He said, I'm not going to get into it about SLS, 20 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:13.079 but I haven't heard what you think about what Jesus 21 00:01:13.120 --> 00:01:20.799 said to Di Caiphas. What Jesus said to Caiphas, Which 22 00:01:20.879 --> 00:01:26.599 part are you talking about? Hold on really quick, let 23 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:39.000 me see all right, all. 24 00:01:38.959 --> 00:01:47.840 Right, hold on, let me just check what's going on here. 25 00:01:52.480 --> 00:01:53.760 I can answer this real quick. 26 00:02:03.079 --> 00:02:05.640 Questioned Jesus asked if he was the Christ for the 27 00:02:05.640 --> 00:02:09.080 Messiah his your sponsor from the Messiah ship, saying that 28 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:11.000 he would be seated at the right hand of God 29 00:02:11.039 --> 00:02:14.479 and coming out of the clouds of heaven towards close 30 00:02:14.599 --> 00:02:19.439 nucleared Jesus. Now, now you have heard the blasphemy, what 31 00:02:19.479 --> 00:02:24.560 do you think? Be more specific? Are you talking about 32 00:02:24.599 --> 00:02:29.439 like when he asked him if asking Jesus if he 33 00:02:29.599 --> 00:02:34.439 was the Christ or Messiah? Not really sure? Just be 34 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:36.759 more specific with your questions, or you can actually DM 35 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:40.439 me at Josh Monday Underscore podcast and just ask me 36 00:02:40.479 --> 00:02:42.360 and then I'll answer it on the show, or I'll 37 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:49.120 answer it for you via Instagram and Arnold appreciate the 38 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:51.199 shout out. Yeah, just let me know what chapter and 39 00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:54.000 verse you're you're referring to. That way I can answer 40 00:02:54.039 --> 00:02:57.639 your question. Okay, appreciate the shout out and always appreciate 41 00:02:57.680 --> 00:03:01.319 the episode I'm not sending oh yeah yeah sorry and Arnold, 42 00:03:01.639 --> 00:03:03.599 what's going on? Brother? Thank you so much. I talked 43 00:03:03.599 --> 00:03:06.639 to you on Instagram. I appreciate your comment. I Garza 44 00:03:06.719 --> 00:03:10.199 eighty four to zero two. Great Bible study, keep it going. Yeah, 45 00:03:10.199 --> 00:03:12.639 thank you so much. On God bless you. Angela Kelly 46 00:03:13.039 --> 00:03:16.120 like always, thank you so much. I appreciate you. MDM 47 00:03:16.199 --> 00:03:18.159 twenty two. I would appreciate you as well. Thank you 48 00:03:18.199 --> 00:03:24.159 for commenting. Yes, yeah, thank you. I really appreciate everybody's comments. 49 00:03:24.199 --> 00:03:27.520 Like I said, this keeps the show going, keeps Jonathan 50 00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:29.280 and Jacob noing that I'm doing my job and also 51 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:31.719 letting me know I'm doing my job. And I will 52 00:03:31.759 --> 00:03:34.840 get back to you next week on that answer about 53 00:03:34.919 --> 00:03:39.719 Jesus and Caiaphas. Just DM me at Josh Monday Underscore 54 00:03:39.759 --> 00:03:42.439 podcast on Instagram or you can email me at Josh 55 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:46.560 Monday at Rocketmeil dot com. Okay, and then just give 56 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:47.960 you chapter and verse and I will give you an 57 00:03:47.960 --> 00:03:51.120 answer right there. Okay, thank you. And it looks like 58 00:03:51.199 --> 00:03:54.199 a cold to conspiracy. They're already up to episode eight hundred. 59 00:03:54.199 --> 00:03:58.000 That's crazy. Wow, they have eight hundred episodes and then 60 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:01.919 I just added one more so I think that is uh, 61 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:07.039 that is crazy. Eight hundred episodes. Wow, CONGRATU listens to 62 00:04:07.080 --> 00:04:10.039 them and let me go ahead and get to my 63 00:04:10.159 --> 00:04:16.399 notes here for here we go, where we at. There 64 00:04:16.439 --> 00:04:20.759 we are right Deuteronomy eight. Nope, that's not where we're at. 65 00:04:23.519 --> 00:04:32.800 Oh did I hold on? I'm sorry, guys. There we 66 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:35.759 go all right? And uh, first off, I want to 67 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:39.879 share the screen so everybody that is watching on Patreon 68 00:04:39.959 --> 00:04:42.480 and also yeah, Patreon to everybody that's on Patreon, that's 69 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:45.839 that's uh, that does comment. I really appreciate your comments 70 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:48.680 as well. I don't have specific shout outs. Like I said, 71 00:04:48.680 --> 00:04:51.800 I don't have Patreon. I can only upload the Patreon. 72 00:04:51.839 --> 00:04:53.879 I don't really get a chance to check everything, all 73 00:04:53.959 --> 00:04:56.120 the past episodes and all the comments that you guys 74 00:04:56.160 --> 00:05:01.000 have made. But I appreciate the likes and the comments 75 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:03.319 on Patreon. Thank you so much, God bless all of you. 76 00:05:04.360 --> 00:05:07.519 Hopefully you guys are enjoying the show as well. But yeah, 77 00:05:07.560 --> 00:05:10.720 we're going to be in Deuteronomy chapter eight. And I 78 00:05:10.839 --> 00:05:12.839 just want to reiterate to let you guys know that 79 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:19.199 this is Moses is giving a sermon to the people. 80 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:22.120 They're going to enter the Promised Land. Okay, we got Joshua, 81 00:05:23.439 --> 00:05:26.120 son of None, and we have Caleb that's going to 82 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:28.680 be able to enter, and Joshua is obviously going to 83 00:05:28.720 --> 00:05:34.000 be taking over leadership. And the people that are able 84 00:05:34.040 --> 00:05:37.399 to enter are the children of the ones that had 85 00:05:37.399 --> 00:05:40.600 to be in the desert for forty days or forty years, 86 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:44.879 right wandering the wilderness because of their lack of faith 87 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:49.800 during the time that when the spies they went to 88 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:53.439 go survey the land and they came back with the report. 89 00:05:53.959 --> 00:05:58.120 Joshua came back to the report saying, Caleb came back 90 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:00.439 saying that we're going to be able to take over. 91 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:02.519 You know, will be good. You know, because the report 92 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:04.959 came back that there was giants in the land and 93 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:07.959 that they had these massive armies, these fortresses, these walls, 94 00:06:08.399 --> 00:06:11.920 and you know, seven of the spies came back with 95 00:06:11.920 --> 00:06:14.879 with the negative report, and it made the people of 96 00:06:14.920 --> 00:06:19.079 Israel grumble once again, lack of faith, saying that they're 97 00:06:19.079 --> 00:06:20.680 not going to be able to do it, and that 98 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:23.120 they're going to come in and kill their men, women 99 00:06:23.160 --> 00:06:28.279 and children, and uh. And what happened. God punished them 100 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:31.600 for their lack of faith. Okay, So Moses is not 101 00:06:31.720 --> 00:06:34.560 able to enter the Promised Land either, Okay, so he 102 00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:39.360 is basically just kind of giving them a sermon, letting 103 00:06:39.399 --> 00:06:42.680 him know exactly, you know, what what happened during that time, 104 00:06:43.279 --> 00:06:47.120 kind of giving them letting him know what he wants 105 00:06:47.160 --> 00:06:51.079 them to do or what, letting him know exactly what 106 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:54.800 God had told him talking about, you know, basically, just 107 00:06:54.839 --> 00:06:59.000 give him a pep talk before they go in and uh, 108 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:03.839 and a sermon on exactly what God had showed him 109 00:07:03.959 --> 00:07:06.000 and told him. So we're going to go ahead and 110 00:07:06.040 --> 00:07:11.079 start here at Deuteronomy eight, verse one. Every commandment which 111 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:13.879 I command you to do, you must be careful to 112 00:07:13.959 --> 00:07:17.240 observe that you may live and multiply, and go in 113 00:07:17.279 --> 00:07:19.959 and possess the land of which the Lord swore to 114 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:23.680 your father's. And you shall remember that your Lord, your God, 115 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:26.879 led you all the way these forty years in the 116 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:31.120 wilderness to humble you and test you to know what 117 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:33.879 was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments 118 00:07:34.000 --> 00:07:36.800 or not. So we humbled you, allowed you to hunger, 119 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:39.639 and fed you with manna, which you did not know, 120 00:07:40.199 --> 00:07:43.319 nor did your fathers know, that he might make you 121 00:07:43.519 --> 00:07:47.199 know that man shall not live on bread alone. But 122 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:49.839 man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth 123 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:52.839 of the Lord. I know you've heard that before. Right. 124 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:58.920 That is stated by Jesus when he's talking to when 125 00:07:58.959 --> 00:08:03.319 he's talking to the devil, right, and he is being tempted, 126 00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:07.759 when he's on that high mountain. He uses that when 127 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:11.199 he says to turn the rocks into bread. He said, 128 00:08:11.279 --> 00:08:14.040 man shall not live by bread alone, but by every 129 00:08:14.040 --> 00:08:16.079 word that precedes out of the word of God. Right, 130 00:08:16.759 --> 00:08:18.800 but man lives by every word that proceeds from the 131 00:08:18.839 --> 00:08:23.560 mouth of the Lord. So very very important part. Right, 132 00:08:23.600 --> 00:08:26.480 that is something that Jesus used when he was going 133 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:30.839 against Satan, when Satan was trying to tempt him. So 134 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:33.879 it's something we should obviously memorize and know as well. 135 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:38.320 Your garments did not wear out on you, nor did 136 00:08:38.320 --> 00:08:41.399 your foot swell these forty years. You should know in 137 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:44.360 your heart that a man chastens his son, so the Lord, 138 00:08:44.360 --> 00:08:49.879 your God, chastens you, chastens you. So understand that God 139 00:08:49.960 --> 00:08:52.039 took care of them when they were in the desert 140 00:08:52.120 --> 00:08:54.759 for the forty years and forty I keep thinking forty 141 00:08:54.799 --> 00:08:56.919 days and forty nights, because Moses was on the mountain 142 00:08:56.919 --> 00:09:00.000 for that time. Keeps coming back. For the forty years 143 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:02.120 that they're wanting the desert. God was taking care of them. 144 00:09:02.120 --> 00:09:05.200 Their feet didn't get swolen. God provided manner, God provided food, 145 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:09.840 and they were still complaining, you know. So just it's 146 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:13.960 just he wants the new, the new people that are 147 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:15.519 that are going to be coming to the Promised Land 148 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:20.039 to learn from the mistakes of their ancestors from their 149 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:23.759 mother and father. Because that's really literally how close the 150 00:09:23.799 --> 00:09:27.480 generation is. It's it's there the people that complained, it's 151 00:09:27.559 --> 00:09:30.320 their children. They get to go into the Promised Land. Uh. 152 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:36.080 And also Joshua and Caleb. Right, So I'm sure Moses 153 00:09:36.120 --> 00:09:39.039 is hoping that this pep talk and also this sermon 154 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:42.840 is going to help them to change their ways. Let's 155 00:09:42.879 --> 00:09:46.679 continue Deuteronomy eight, verse six. Let's see if there's anything 156 00:09:48.200 --> 00:09:57.159 so so Verses four and five reminds us of God's provision, 157 00:09:57.240 --> 00:09:59.799 as their clothes did not wear out and their feet 158 00:09:59.799 --> 00:10:03.720 did not swell. This underscores the importance of recognizing God's 159 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:06.919 care in our daily lives. Yeah, so God is taking 160 00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:10.759 care of us, right. Therefore, you shall keep the commandments 161 00:10:10.840 --> 00:10:13.679 of the Lord your God, to walk in his ways 162 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:15.559 and to fear him, for the Lord your God is 163 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:18.519 bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks 164 00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:21.360 of water, of fountains and springs that flow out of 165 00:10:21.440 --> 00:10:24.480 valleys and hills, a land of wheat and barley, of 166 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:28.240 vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive, 167 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:32.279 of oil and honey. A land in which you will 168 00:10:32.320 --> 00:10:35.360 eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing, 169 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:38.799 a land whose stones are iron, and of those whose 170 00:10:38.879 --> 00:10:43.320 hills can dig deeper or dig copper. When you have 171 00:10:43.399 --> 00:10:47.159 eaten and are full, then you shall bless your Lord 172 00:10:47.159 --> 00:10:50.240 your God for the good land which he has given you. 173 00:10:51.159 --> 00:10:57.600 So what this pastor that I was listening to said 174 00:10:57.919 --> 00:11:02.600 was that the promised Land is not a picture of heaven, 175 00:11:03.159 --> 00:11:06.879 but it is a picture of Once you get saved 176 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:09.200 and you know you're walking with Jesus, you know now 177 00:11:09.480 --> 00:11:11.080 you're in the land of milk and honey, right, that 178 00:11:11.440 --> 00:11:13.639 you're in the promised Land. So that's kind of what 179 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:18.399 he was describing. And notice that you don't get into 180 00:11:18.440 --> 00:11:26.399 the Promised Land by works, okay, only it's you get 181 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:29.720 into the Promised Land by faith. Right. That that's why 182 00:11:29.759 --> 00:11:31.799 the faith that they that they didn't have in God 183 00:11:31.919 --> 00:11:33.399 is what caused them to not be able to go 184 00:11:33.440 --> 00:11:35.840 to the promised land, right, So I think that that's 185 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:42.519 important to say. And then also God's promise promises a 186 00:11:42.600 --> 00:11:47.480 land of abundance. But they eleven through fourteen is going 187 00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:50.759 to warn against the Lord in times of prosperity, emphasizing 188 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:53.559 the danger of pride and self reliance. So let's go 189 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:58.840 ahead and read that. So Deuteronomy eight, chapter eleven, beware 190 00:11:59.840 --> 00:12:02.080 that you do not forget that the Lord your God, 191 00:12:02.840 --> 00:12:07.200 by not keeping his commandments, his judgments, his statutes, which 192 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:09.879 I command you today less when you have eaten and 193 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:13.200 are full, and have built beautiful houses and dwell on them, 194 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:16.639 and when your herds your flocks multiply, and a silver 195 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:21.720 and your gold are multiplied, and all that is multiplied, 196 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:24.240 when your heart is lifted up, and you forget the 197 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:26.159 Lord your God, who brought you out of the land 198 00:12:26.200 --> 00:12:29.679 of Egypt, from the house of Bondage, who led through 199 00:12:29.759 --> 00:12:35.279 the great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents, scorpions, 200 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:39.240 thirsty land which has no water, who brought you water 201 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:41.879 out of a flinty rock, who fed you in the 202 00:12:41.879 --> 00:12:45.279 wilderness with manna which your fathers did not know that 203 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:48.279 he might humble you, and he might test you and 204 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:52.080 to do you good in the end that you may 205 00:12:52.080 --> 00:12:54.600 say in your heart, my power and might of my 206 00:12:54.759 --> 00:13:00.559 hand have gained me this wealth. So God is saying, 207 00:13:00.679 --> 00:13:03.039 is be careful because once you are you know, it's 208 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:05.240 it's easy to depend on God when you're in the 209 00:13:05.279 --> 00:13:08.039 wilderness and you're starving, and you're and you're hungry, and 210 00:13:08.080 --> 00:13:10.759 you're thirsty. But are you going to depend on the Lord? 211 00:13:10.799 --> 00:13:13.320 Also when you're fed and you have your house and 212 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:16.720 you have your your car. I mean in our life, 213 00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:20.200 you know, you know, if if you have you know, 214 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:22.480 the job that you've always wanted, you have the wife 215 00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:24.320 that you always wanted, you have the kids that you wanted, 216 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:26.080 and you have the house that you always wanted, and 217 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:29.039 and everything is you know, you're fed and and everything 218 00:13:29.120 --> 00:13:32.200 is good. Are you still relying on God? That's kind 219 00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:36.399 of the thing here. He's telling them to beware because 220 00:13:36.440 --> 00:13:39.399 when they have their beautiful houses, their herds, their flocks 221 00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:42.000 and everything is multiplying, then he doesn't want them to 222 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:46.399 forget about what God has done for them. Right, they're 223 00:13:46.440 --> 00:13:49.159 warning against forgetting in the in the in the Lord. 224 00:13:49.360 --> 00:13:52.080 In times of prosperity, emphasizing the danger of pride and 225 00:13:52.080 --> 00:13:56.759 self reliance. Of course, and that's why it's important for 226 00:13:56.879 --> 00:13:59.320 us for no matter what's going on in your life, 227 00:13:59.600 --> 00:14:02.480 for you to stay grounded in the Lord, and also 228 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:05.720 for you to be reading the Bible or having the 229 00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:07.879 Bible read to you, because faith comes by hearing and 230 00:14:07.960 --> 00:14:09.480 hearing by the word of God. I always say that, 231 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:14.240 but it's vastly important, you know. And that's why Jesus says, 232 00:14:14.440 --> 00:14:16.399 if you have ears, I need you to hear and 233 00:14:16.440 --> 00:14:22.919 then he speaks because you need to hear it. And 234 00:14:22.960 --> 00:14:25.480 no matter what's going on in your life you think 235 00:14:25.519 --> 00:14:29.440 it's perfect, it can always go south very quickly. Someone 236 00:14:29.440 --> 00:14:33.159 could pass away, a spouse, a kid like I had. 237 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:36.559 Anything can happen at any given time, and you need 238 00:14:36.600 --> 00:14:38.600 to make sure that you're grounded in the Lord someone 239 00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:42.639 situations like that arise. You're leaning on the Lord. You're 240 00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:45.679 not leaning on your self reliance and on yourself because 241 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:50.919 that causes pride, you know, and you don't want that. 242 00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:55.120 You don't want that. You want to be leaning on 243 00:14:55.159 --> 00:14:57.480 the Lord no matter what, so you might as well 244 00:14:57.519 --> 00:14:59.559 be leaning on him the whole time. So if something 245 00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:02.240 does pop then you just continue leaning on him and 246 00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:07.840 continue reading the Word, continue praying, continue being reliant on 247 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:13.240 Him through faith, and then you will whenever things arise 248 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:15.360 that are that are that would be very very hard 249 00:15:15.399 --> 00:15:17.559 for other people to handle, you'll be able to handle 250 00:15:17.600 --> 00:15:22.120 him better because you're already relying on God. So these 251 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:26.679 these particular people God had taken him out of Egypt. 252 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:28.919 There were slaves. He opened up the Red Sea, they 253 00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:30.840 were able to go through. He closed the Red Sea, 254 00:15:30.879 --> 00:15:33.159 He closed on all the soldiers. They got out, they 255 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:35.240 got they went through the you know, they went through 256 00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:37.480 so much stuff, you know, with the Lord. But the 257 00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:42.399 Lord was actually right there. We saw Leviticus where you know, 258 00:15:42.440 --> 00:15:45.519 the Lord is actually in the presence of Erin, you know, 259 00:15:45.679 --> 00:15:48.159 like he's speaking of Moses face to face. You know, 260 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:51.200 there's there's all these things that God is doing, which 261 00:15:51.240 --> 00:15:53.480 is different than for us. Right, we don't get to 262 00:15:53.519 --> 00:15:55.919 see the Lord. We don't get to hear God speak 263 00:15:55.960 --> 00:16:00.360 to us. We only have we we believe in We 264 00:16:00.399 --> 00:16:04.039 believe in God through faith. Right, so it's a little different. 265 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:07.879 And you know, some of these pastors will say, well, 266 00:16:07.960 --> 00:16:12.399 God told me, you know, God told me this, you know, 267 00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:16.919 but it's not the same as Moses when he says that, 268 00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:18.919 you know, he spoke to him face to face. So 269 00:16:19.440 --> 00:16:22.799 we got to understand that also. There are a lot 270 00:16:22.799 --> 00:16:26.200 of these people there, the descendants of the people that 271 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:28.559 we're talking about, were actually at the bottom of Mount 272 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:31.600 Syinai looking up and there was a trumpet blowing from 273 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:35.440 an angel, you know, and God was up there. There's 274 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:39.639 clouds and fire, and it's just you know, they got 275 00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:41.840 to witness something. You know, they should have more faith 276 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:44.559 than someone like us that note don't get to see that, right, 277 00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:49.399 But we got to keep our faith right Deuteronomy eight, 278 00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:55.519 verse eighteen. And you shall remember the Lord your God, 279 00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:58.279 for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, 280 00:16:59.159 --> 00:17:03.799 and he and that he may establish his covenant which 281 00:17:03.799 --> 00:17:06.799 he swore to your fathers, as it is to this day, 282 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:10.640 that it shall be if you, by any means forget 283 00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:13.880 the Lord your God and follow other gods and serve 284 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:17.319 them and worship them. I testify to you this day 285 00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:21.160 that you shall surely perish, as the nations which the 286 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:24.839 Lord destroys before you, you shall perish because you would 287 00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:28.039 not be obedient to the voice of the Lord your God. 288 00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:35.720 So faith is involved and obedience is involved very important. 289 00:17:36.119 --> 00:17:40.400 We should learn from this. We should understand that, yes, 290 00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:45.319 we're saved by grace through faith, but also it's very 291 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:50.079 important to God that we are obedient. Okay. Obedience is 292 00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:58.000 very very important, especially not worshiping idols. Okay. It says, 293 00:17:58.039 --> 00:17:59.720 and you shall remember the Lord your God, for it 294 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:01.720 is he who gives you power to get wealth and 295 00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:05.640 to establish see his covenant. See God cannot lie right 296 00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:08.000 Titus one too, it's impossible for God to lie. He 297 00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:14.920 was six verses eighteen, verse eighteen, and then uh. In Deuteronomy, 298 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:19.720 it also says that it says that God is not 299 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:24.279 a man that he should lie. Okay, So that's why 300 00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:29.039 he's gonna keep his covenant that he established. Right, He's 301 00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:33.039 gonna keep it and everything that he promised. Then it 302 00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:35.839 shall be if any means forget I'm just rereading the verse, okay, 303 00:18:35.920 --> 00:18:38.079 So then it shall be by any means, if you 304 00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:40.599 forget your lilt gout I follow other gods. It's served there. 305 00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:42.599 But worse it, I will testify to you to this 306 00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:46.799 day that you shall surely perish. Right. So they came 307 00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:52.559 from a very pagan place in Egypt, where there are 308 00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:56.079 other gods. There's raw, there's lit Cyruses, all these different gods, right, 309 00:18:56.680 --> 00:18:59.240 So he knows that, so he doesn't want them to 310 00:18:59.319 --> 00:19:02.480 forget him, right, And he's they're also going to go 311 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:06.400 through Canaan, right where there's a bunch of other gods 312 00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:10.079 there in Pagans and bail and all this different worship Moloch, 313 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:14.400 and he doesn't want them to worship them either. So 314 00:19:14.440 --> 00:19:17.119 he says, as the nations which the Lord destroys before you, 315 00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:19.559 so you shall perish because you would not be obedient 316 00:19:19.599 --> 00:19:21.119 to the voice of the Lord, your god. It's like 317 00:19:21.640 --> 00:19:26.359 he does not want he's cautioning you against them worshiping 318 00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:33.319 other gods. And then in fifteen and sixteen he recounts 319 00:19:33.319 --> 00:19:35.640 the miraculous forces of God performs his running water from 320 00:19:35.640 --> 00:19:38.599 the rock, reminding the Israelites of his power and faithfulness. 321 00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:41.279 And then when we get to seventeen and eighteen, it's 322 00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:44.680 caution against attributing success to one's own strength, urging believers 323 00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:48.039 to remember that it is God who gives the ability 324 00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:52.400 to produce wealth, of course, and then consequences of forgetfulness. 325 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:56.920 So nineteen and twenty, which I just went over, it 326 00:19:56.960 --> 00:20:00.559 concludes with a stern warning about the cont sequences of 327 00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:11.000 forgetting God and following other gods leading to destruction. So yes, 328 00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:15.160 so I kind of want to go over a few 329 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:18.359 practical applications here that you could you could use in 330 00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:21.759 your own life, right, cultiv cultivate gratitude. It is five 331 00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:25.039 in the morning, guys, sorry if I yawned a few times. 332 00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:29.200 Five in the morning. No coffee. So I do have 333 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:34.880 a B eight energy low low caffeine energy drink here. 334 00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:37.440 I could drink by life, but we'll see if we 335 00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:42.319 can make it through here. Cultivate gratitude. Gratitude is one, okay, regularly, 336 00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:46.519 regularly reflect and give thanks for God's provisions and guidance 337 00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:49.519 in your life, both in times of need and abundance. 338 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:54.559 So yeah. First Corinthians Uh ten thirty one says, whether 339 00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:58.359 therefore you eat or drink, or whatever whatsoever you do, 340 00:20:58.359 --> 00:21:01.480 do all to the glory of God. So if you're eating, 341 00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:04.119 if you have food, you have abundance, you have whatever, 342 00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:06.799 you're doing, everything to the glory of God. You are 343 00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:11.119 thanking God for what you have, You're recognizing who provided it. 344 00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:14.559 You're thanking Jesus for dying on the cross. You know, 345 00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:18.119 you're always just thankful for what you have. Right, and 346 00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:24.599 if you are in abundance and people need help, help them, 347 00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:27.960 you know they're the less fortunate. Jesus talks about it 348 00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:30.200 throughout the New Testament. There's a few times that have 349 00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:34.200 already gone over in Luke Matthew Mark where Jesus says, 350 00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:38.279 to help the less fortunate. Okay, we are expected to 351 00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:41.359 help the less fortunate. That story about the good Samaritan 352 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:44.000 is there. The parable is there for a reason. The 353 00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:48.160 priests that have money they're walking around, they left that 354 00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:52.200 good Samaritan, right, So you got to understand, we don't 355 00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:55.200 want to be doing that. And just like Hebrews thirteen 356 00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:58.240 to two says, you never know when you're entertaining an angel, right, 357 00:21:58.960 --> 00:22:03.240 entertain strangers because could be entertaining an angel unaware. Very 358 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:08.079 interesting verse. Stay humble is another one here. Recognize that 359 00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:11.599 your abilities and successes are gifts from God and avoid 360 00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:15.359 the trap of self reliance and pride. Of course, you 361 00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:17.440 know like that my abilities that I have to do 362 00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:23.319 this show it came from God. It came from everything 363 00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:26.160 that God has done for me, everything that God has 364 00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:28.480 blessed me, the personality that God has blessed me with, 365 00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:31.640 to be able to do the show is all Him, 366 00:22:31.880 --> 00:22:34.319 and it's all glory to God. And every time someone 367 00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:37.720 says great job, or hey, there's this gentleman that I 368 00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:40.680 talked to on the phone that he was telling me, oh, 369 00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:42.680 you know all this, you know, trying to to my horn, 370 00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:45.279 and it's like, it's it's not even me. And I 371 00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:47.319 don't even like to accept the compliments too much. I 372 00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:49.359 just like to say it's all glory to God, because 373 00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:53.759 that's that's what it is, you know, daily dependence on 374 00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:56.720 God's word, like I was saying earlier, just as the 375 00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:59.880 Israelites dependent on manna. Make it a habit to nourish 376 00:22:59.880 --> 00:23:03.559 your spirits with scripture daily, and that is so vastly important. 377 00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:09.480 And I've been doing that and it actually is working incredibly. 378 00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:12.920 Two days a week I'm working on the New Testament. 379 00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:14.839 Two days a week I'm working on the Old Testament. 380 00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:17.680 So I'm kind of getting fed from both angles, which 381 00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:21.279 is perfect and it is it's really assisting me in 382 00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:23.559 my walk. And then you know, the three days that 383 00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:29.279 I have, I'm either doing at a show on I'm 384 00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:33.440 doing a show on you know, Deuteronomy, or I'm doing 385 00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:37.039 a show on Luke so I'm actually ex reading the 386 00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:41.240 verses out loud to you guys and also hearing at myself, 387 00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:45.799 and it's helping me. Now, am I saying I'm perfect? No, 388 00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:49.519 All I'm telling you is that it helps so tremendously. 389 00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:55.279 So if I get tempted, it just it assists me greater. Right, 390 00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:57.759 It helps me to block the wiles of the devil 391 00:23:57.759 --> 00:24:01.799 because my shield of faith gets so big from reading 392 00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:03.559 the word of God. My shield of faith is not 393 00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:06.519 big because I'm cool, I'm great. No, my shield of 394 00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:08.880 faith is gonna be big because I'm following God's word 395 00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:11.880 and I'm reading his word daily and it's causing me 396 00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:16.720 to a there's a change in my life. And if 397 00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:18.880 you do that too as well, there'll be a change 398 00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:24.359 in your life. Guard against forgetfulness established practices such as 399 00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:30.519 journaling or sharing testimonies to remember and recount God's faithfulness. Yes, 400 00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:33.799 sharing your testimony is very important. I've done that on 401 00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:35.960