WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.960 --> 00:00:06.000 Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Wednesday Service, episode number two, 2 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:08.800 brought to you by a Cult, the Conspiracy Podcast. I'm 3 00:00:08.839 --> 00:00:11.119 your host, Josh Monday. If you don't know me, I'm 4 00:00:11.160 --> 00:00:14.320 a Christian rapper, devoted husband, father, and army veteran, and 5 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:18.559 the host of Josh Monday Christian conspiracy podcast. So yeah, 6 00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:20.239 so I got a little little bit of a cold, 7 00:00:20.280 --> 00:00:22.039 but I'll be good. Let me just take a drink. 8 00:00:23.839 --> 00:00:27.600 So today, oh yeah, I'm also the host of Sunday Service. 9 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:33.560 So thank you guys for tuning in. I really appreciate it, 10 00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:36.079 and thank you so much Jonathan and Jacob for allowing 11 00:00:36.079 --> 00:00:38.600 me to do this show. Today we're going to be 12 00:00:38.640 --> 00:00:41.399 actually going over the Book of Matthew, which is going 13 00:00:41.479 --> 00:00:44.520 to be exciting. So I think on Wednesdays I'm gonna 14 00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:49.640 try to do some New Testament and on Sundays, I'm 15 00:00:49.679 --> 00:00:52.200 actually in the Book of Exodus, so I'm doing Old Testament. 16 00:00:52.240 --> 00:00:53.759 So I think that'd be really good for you guys 17 00:00:53.759 --> 00:00:58.320 to learn, and you know, kind of going going from 18 00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:01.359 New Testament to Old Testament. You know, I think that 19 00:01:01.679 --> 00:01:05.239 it's very important, and some people they choose to just 20 00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:07.439 stick with the New Testament. But for me, I think 21 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:10.480 it's it's good. You know, all scriptures inspired by God, 22 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:14.680 you know, profitable for doction, reproof for correction. So I 23 00:01:14.680 --> 00:01:17.359 think it's good to go through all scripture. And you 24 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:20.760 also need a great foundation before you jump into the 25 00:01:20.799 --> 00:01:23.239 New Testament. So we've already gone over the book of 26 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:25.840 Genesis all the way to Exodus if you are following along, 27 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:29.560 and you know with our Sunday Service podcast. So now 28 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:32.719 for Wednesday's I think we are going to dive into 29 00:01:33.680 --> 00:01:36.480 the New Testament. So thank you guys so much for 30 00:01:37.159 --> 00:01:40.519 tuning in, like I said, and it'll be such a blessing. 31 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:43.560 So first, before we get into Matthew, we'll get a 32 00:01:43.560 --> 00:01:48.239 little history of Matthew. He is a disciple of Jesus. 33 00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:51.439 He's a tax collector. He's one of the four evangelists 34 00:01:51.480 --> 00:01:55.000 who wrote the Gospel in the New Testament. And yeah, 35 00:01:55.040 --> 00:02:01.560 so he was. He was Matthew called to follow Jesus 36 00:02:01.599 --> 00:02:09.479 while sitting at the receipt of custom in Capernaum, sorry Copernaum. 37 00:02:10.319 --> 00:02:15.000 And then also Matthew was a patron saint of accountants 38 00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:17.120 and tax collectors. In the Feast of Saint Matthew is 39 00:02:17.199 --> 00:02:21.159 celebrated on September twenty first. So, yeah, I just kind 40 00:02:21.199 --> 00:02:23.240 of want to let you know that. And uh yeah, 41 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:26.560 so let's let's go ahead and get into uh Matthew. So, 42 00:02:26.879 --> 00:02:31.960 uh the genealogy of Matthew or the genealogy of Jesus Christ, 43 00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:36.759 the Son of God, the son of Abraham. Abraham begat Isaac, 44 00:02:37.159 --> 00:02:42.240 Isaac begat, Jacob, Jacob begat, Judah and his brothers Judah 45 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:47.639 begat Perez and Zara by Tamar Perez begat, Hesron and 46 00:02:47.680 --> 00:02:53.319 Hesron begat ram Ram, begat Amenda, dab Midda, dab begat, Nashon, 47 00:02:53.599 --> 00:03:00.479 Nisshaun begat Salmon, Salmon, begat Boez by Rahab Rahabos got 48 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:05.759 obed by Ruth Obed begat Jesse and Jesse begat. David 49 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:10.439 the King. Very interesting so far. We when we were 50 00:03:10.479 --> 00:03:14.000 going over in the Book of Genesis, we saw that 51 00:03:14.120 --> 00:03:20.400 Judah uh slept with the prostitute and begat Perez, which 52 00:03:20.479 --> 00:03:23.360 was very interesting, and so we see Perez in the 53 00:03:23.479 --> 00:03:29.120 in that line. Yeah, very interesting right there, and also 54 00:03:29.199 --> 00:03:32.960 Rehab is interesting as well. So we'll continue, Uh, David, 55 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:37.759 the Kings of Solomon. David the King begot Solomon by 56 00:03:37.800 --> 00:03:42.479 her who had the wife of Uriah. Solomon begat Roabam 57 00:03:42.919 --> 00:03:47.960 Roabam begat Abajah and Abajah begat a shah Asa begat, 58 00:03:48.680 --> 00:03:53.680 Jesse Fat, Jesse Fat begat Joram and Joram begat Uzza 59 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:58.719 Uzzah begat Joatham Joatham begat a has and it has begot. Hezekiah, 60 00:03:58.759 --> 00:04:05.680 Hezekiah begat Manassai, Manassai begot, Amin Amin begat Josiah Josiah 61 00:04:05.759 --> 00:04:09.479 begat Jack Andiah and his brothers about the time that 62 00:04:09.520 --> 00:04:13.680 they were carried away to Babylon, and after they were 63 00:04:13.719 --> 00:04:20.519 brought to Babylon, Jakiah begat shellet Tel and shelle Attel 64 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:28.800 begat zerouble ball zeruble Ball begat a bid Abid begat 65 00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:32.360 Ali kim Ali Quim begat azor Azor begat sadax A, 66 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:37.360 doct begat Akeem Aquem begat Elliott, Elliot begat Eliezer Eliezer 67 00:04:37.439 --> 00:04:42.199 begat Nathan and Methan begat, Jacob and Jacob begat Joseph, 68 00:04:42.439 --> 00:04:46.959 the husband of Mary of whom was born Jesus, who 69 00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:52.319 is called Christ. So some interesting thing about this, uh 70 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:55.000 was I kind of went over the Perez thing that 71 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:57.720 was kind of interesting that Judas slept with the prostitute. Well, 72 00:04:58.160 --> 00:05:02.319 Judah slept with his sister in law, which he thought 73 00:05:02.399 --> 00:05:05.639 was a prostitute. And then they begat Perez. So that 74 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:09.759 was really interesting. And then yeah, so I think that's 75 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:12.680 super interesting. And then also there's another one in here, 76 00:05:13.720 --> 00:05:18.279 jacka Andiah. Okay, so Jack and Noiah. If you go 77 00:05:18.439 --> 00:05:25.639 to so Jacob, he got Judas, which means Judah. Okay, 78 00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:34.360 So if you go to Jeremiah twenty two thirty, there's 79 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:37.040 a curse on Jack and Yah. All right, So this 80 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:41.279 line is going through Joseph. Joseph is not obviously Jesus's 81 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:45.240 biological father, but Joseph is his father and you know, 82 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:52.160 earthy father, stepfather I guess, or by whatever you want 83 00:05:52.160 --> 00:05:56.399 to say. But in Jewish tradition, they would they would 84 00:05:56.399 --> 00:05:59.319 go even though Jesus is not his biological father, he 85 00:05:59.360 --> 00:06:06.240 would still so they would still use Joseph as the lineage, right, 86 00:06:06.279 --> 00:06:09.279 So that's why Matthew is choosing to go with Joseph. 87 00:06:09.879 --> 00:06:12.040 And if you go the crazy thing is, if you 88 00:06:12.079 --> 00:06:15.959 go to Jeremiah twenty two thirty, it says that thus 89 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:20.120 says the Lord write this man down as childless, a 90 00:06:20.240 --> 00:06:23.439 man who shall not prosper in his days, for none 91 00:06:23.519 --> 00:06:26.040 of his descendants shall prosper sitting on the throne of 92 00:06:26.120 --> 00:06:30.639 David and ruling anymore. In Judah, and this is referring 93 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:34.079 to Jacka Andiah, there's a curse on jek Andiah. And 94 00:06:34.120 --> 00:06:37.399 if you notice, jack Andiah is in this line. So 95 00:06:37.519 --> 00:06:40.319 if Jacka and I, or if Joseph would have been 96 00:06:40.439 --> 00:06:44.759 Jesus's biological father, then Jesus would not have been able 97 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:47.920 to rule on the throne of David because of this curse. 98 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:51.079 So that's why you end up seeing in the Book 99 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:56.519 of Luke, we believe he's going over Mary's lineage, and 100 00:06:56.560 --> 00:06:59.800 that goes through a different line and doesn't go to 101 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:05.120 through jack and Aiah. So Mary is his biological mother 102 00:07:05.879 --> 00:07:09.079 obviously through the Holy Spirit. So that's why you kind 103 00:07:09.079 --> 00:07:11.639 of have that. So I think it's really interesting when 104 00:07:11.680 --> 00:07:16.240 you kind of break it down. And also I'm going 105 00:07:16.279 --> 00:07:18.680 to kind of go over something too, the prophecy of 106 00:07:18.759 --> 00:07:21.680 Christ our Messiah coming through the line of David. We 107 00:07:21.720 --> 00:07:24.439 want to look at that too, So that twod Samuel seven, 108 00:07:25.160 --> 00:07:28.879 verses ten through seventeen, it says moreover, I will appoint 109 00:07:28.920 --> 00:07:32.199 a place for my people Israel, and will and plant 110 00:07:32.240 --> 00:07:35.839 them that they may dwell in a place of their 111 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:38.720 own and move no more, Nor shall the sons of 112 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:42.360 wickedness suppress them anymore as previously, since the time that 113 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:45.360 I commanded judges to be over my people, Israel, and 114 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:48.439 have caused you to rest from their enemies. Also, the 115 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:50.800 Lord tells you that he will make you a house. 116 00:07:51.199 --> 00:07:54.399 When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, 117 00:07:54.480 --> 00:07:57.079 I will set you up. I will set up your 118 00:07:57.120 --> 00:08:00.560 seed after you, who will come from your and I 119 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:04.399 will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for 120 00:08:04.720 --> 00:08:10.879 my name, and I will establish the throne of his 121 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:14.639 kingdom forever. I will be his father, and he shall 122 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:19.560 be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten 123 00:08:19.680 --> 00:08:21.680 him with the rod of a man and with the 124 00:08:21.680 --> 00:08:25.560 blows of the sons of men. But by my mercy 125 00:08:25.879 --> 00:08:28.560 shall not depart from him. But as I took it 126 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:32.879 from Saou, whom I removed from. Before you and your 127 00:08:32.919 --> 00:08:36.000 house and your kingdom shall you be established forever before 128 00:08:36.039 --> 00:08:39.919 you and your throne shall be established forever, according to 129 00:08:40.039 --> 00:08:43.480 all these words and according to all this vision. So 130 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:47.600 Nathan spoke to David. So if you look at numbers twelve, 131 00:08:47.679 --> 00:08:49.879 verses four through eight. I've kind to always go over this, 132 00:08:49.960 --> 00:08:54.679 but it's very important. God, the Father says I come. 133 00:08:56.159 --> 00:08:59.919 Actually the Lord says I come to profits and vision 134 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:02.960 and in dreams. But when it comes to Moses, I 135 00:09:02.960 --> 00:09:05.120 speak to them face to face, you know, mouth to mouth, 136 00:09:05.159 --> 00:09:07.480 and the new King James, so on the old and 137 00:09:07.559 --> 00:09:10.679 the King James. So if you understand, this is Nathan 138 00:09:10.720 --> 00:09:14.759 the prophet. So God is giving coming to Nathan in 139 00:09:14.799 --> 00:09:17.879 this vision and telling him this. Okay. So this is 140 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:22.799 very interesting. So this is the prophecy of Christ, the 141 00:09:23.000 --> 00:09:27.279 Christ or Messiah coming from the line of David, the 142 00:09:27.320 --> 00:09:30.879 Messianic prophecy. Okay. So I think that's super interesting. We 143 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:33.759 really need to know stuff like this, and that way 144 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:36.759 we know what's going on. When you know what prophecies 145 00:09:36.759 --> 00:09:44.720 were foretold before Jesus was was born. So we have 146 00:09:44.840 --> 00:09:49.080 that and the Jack and Aiah curse. That's that's a 147 00:09:49.120 --> 00:09:53.799 really interesting part too as well. Fascinating. So all the 148 00:09:53.879 --> 00:09:58.879 generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations. From David 149 00:09:58.960 --> 00:10:02.480 until captivity and bat Baplon are fourteen generations, and from 150 00:10:02.480 --> 00:10:06.960 the captivity in Babylon until the Christ are fourteen generations 151 00:10:07.039 --> 00:10:11.639 the Christ, meaning the Messiah. Okay, so now we're gonna 152 00:10:11.679 --> 00:10:15.840 have Christ born of Mary. Before we do that, let's 153 00:10:15.840 --> 00:10:20.159 go over a few things in Isaiah that are kind 154 00:10:20.159 --> 00:10:24.799 of foretelling Jesus's birth right. So it says Isaiah seven 155 00:10:25.440 --> 00:10:29.320 thirteen through fourteen. Then he said, here now, o house 156 00:10:29.320 --> 00:10:31.679 of David, it is a small thing for you to 157 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:35.159 weary men, but you will weary my God. Also therefore 158 00:10:35.200 --> 00:10:38.279 the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the 159 00:10:38.399 --> 00:10:42.240 Virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call 160 00:10:42.320 --> 00:10:47.080 his name Emmanuel. Some people have a problem with that 161 00:10:47.120 --> 00:10:50.399 because they go, then Jesus was never called Emanuel. Why 162 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:52.519 is he called Jesus? Or why is he called the Christ? 163 00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:56.200 Why is he called Yoshua? And that's what it means. 164 00:10:56.279 --> 00:11:02.240 Jesus is Joshua, that's it, or Yoshia. Either way you 165 00:11:02.240 --> 00:11:04.240 could say that. And my name is Joshua as well. 166 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:06.879 I'm actually named after not after Jesus, but after Joshua 167 00:11:06.960 --> 00:11:12.679 in the Bible. But Emanuel means God is with us, right, 168 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:16.600 so it means God is with us. So it could 169 00:11:16.639 --> 00:11:23.600 be that that's why people will call him Emmanuel, because 170 00:11:23.679 --> 00:11:25.759 people will say that God is with us. Yeah, that's 171 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:28.600 what people say, because we believe that Jesus is God. 172 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:31.080 So God is with us, you know, so it might 173 00:11:31.080 --> 00:11:35.960 be kind of a more of a meaning to the 174 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:40.080 name that instead of like them literally calling him Emmanuel. Okay, 175 00:11:40.159 --> 00:11:41.960 that's that's what some people believe in. And I think 176 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:44.720 that's a pretty good interpretation there. Okay. So we have 177 00:11:44.840 --> 00:11:48.039 Isaiah and nine four through six as well. It says, 178 00:11:48.080 --> 00:11:50.840 for you have broken the yoke of his burden, and 179 00:11:50.879 --> 00:11:53.320 the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, 180 00:11:53.720 --> 00:11:57.480 as in the day of Midian, for every warrior sandal 181 00:11:57.559 --> 00:12:01.120 from the noisy battle, and garments roll than blood will 182 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:04.679 be used for burning in fuel fire. For unto us, 183 00:12:04.759 --> 00:12:08.159 a child is born, unto us, a son is given, 184 00:12:08.519 --> 00:12:11.440 and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his 185 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:17.320 name will be called wonderful counselor Mighty God, everlasting Father, 186 00:12:17.559 --> 00:12:24.000 and Prince of peace. Yes, everlasting Father. Wow. Interesting huh. 187 00:12:24.039 --> 00:12:30.600 We also have Micah five two through five. Here's another one. 188 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:32.240 I want to go over for you guys. 189 00:12:32.720 --> 00:12:42.039 But but you, Bethlehem, Efritah, though you are little among 190 00:12:42.080 --> 00:12:46.519 the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come 191 00:12:46.600 --> 00:12:51.600 forth to me the one to be the ruler in Israel, whose. 192 00:12:51.399 --> 00:12:55.519 Goings forth or from old, from everlasting. Therefore he shall 193 00:12:55.519 --> 00:12:58.840 give them until the time that he was, that she 194 00:12:58.960 --> 00:13:02.759 who was in labor has given birth, that the remnant 195 00:13:02.919 --> 00:13:05.679 of his brethren shall return to the children of Israel. 196 00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:08.639 And he shall stand and feed his flock. And the 197 00:13:08.679 --> 00:13:11.639 strength of the Lord and the majesty of the name 198 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:14.840 of the Lord his God, and they shall abide. For 199 00:13:14.960 --> 00:13:18.399 now he shall be great to the ends of the earth. 200 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:23.320 And this one shall be peace. When the Assyrian comes 201 00:13:23.440 --> 00:13:27.759 into our land, when he when he treads into our palaces, 202 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:32.600 then we will raise, rise, raise against him seven shepherds 203 00:13:32.600 --> 00:13:36.879 and eight princely men. The Assyrian is actually in the 204 00:13:36.919 --> 00:13:41.399 Old Testament, is like a it's like the anti Christ. 205 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:44.120 It's like an anti Christ. It's the Assyrian. So I 206 00:13:44.159 --> 00:13:47.600 think that's really interesting how that they're so anyways, all right, 207 00:13:47.679 --> 00:13:49.399 so yeah, those are those are some prof you know, 208 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:54.000 prophetic of Jesus coming. We'll go ahead and get into 209 00:13:54.039 --> 00:13:57.840 the Jesus being born now. So now the birth of 210 00:13:57.919 --> 00:14:05.440 Jesus Christ as follows after his mother Mary was bethralled, bethralled, bethrolled, 211 00:14:05.559 --> 00:14:08.679 sorry to Jesus to Joseph. Before they came together, she 212 00:14:08.799 --> 00:14:11.120 was found with a child in the Holy Spirit. Now, 213 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:14.000 bethrolled is there's no word in the English for that. 214 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:16.639 What that is the closest thing to it would be 215 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:20.000 like an engagement. But the thing is, when you're bethrilled 216 00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:23.639 or be thralled bethrolled, I don't know how to say 217 00:14:23.639 --> 00:14:27.679 the word. I'm sorry, be throeded, be thralled. So anyways, 218 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:32.159 when you are bethrolled to Joseph, what that means is 219 00:14:32.200 --> 00:14:36.279 that at this point, now you're so together. You're not 220 00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:38.919 married yet, but you're so together that it would actually 221 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:42.480 take a bill of divorce for you to separate. So 222 00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:46.919 they are in it to win it at this point. So, 223 00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:51.399 before they came together, she was found with a child 224 00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:56.639 of the Holy Spirit. Then Joseph, her husband, being a 225 00:14:56.879 --> 00:15:00.639 just man and wanting to make her a public not 226 00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:03.120 wanting to make her a public example, was minded to 227 00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:07.679 put her away secretly. But why he thought about these things? Behold, 228 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:10.759 an angel, an angel of the Lord, appeared to him 229 00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:13.840 in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, do not 230 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:17.600 be afraid to take to you marry your wife, for 231 00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:20.639 which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit, 232 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:23.559 and she will bring forth the sun, and you shall 233 00:15:23.559 --> 00:15:26.559 call his name Jesus, for he will he will save 234 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:30.919 his people from their sins. So back then, you know, 235 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:32.960 we didn't have a pregnancy test. Back then, they didn't 236 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:35.960 have that, you know, so they would just start to show. 237 00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:41.200 So she started to show, and you know, didn't want 238 00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:43.360 to make a public example out of her. Right they 239 00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:47.840 weren't married yet everybody knew that. So, you know, Joseph, 240 00:15:47.919 --> 00:15:51.039 he was a just man, it says, and uh, I 241 00:15:51.080 --> 00:15:54.440 think it's it's it's interesting that an angel of the 242 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:57.279 Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, Senator David, 243 00:15:57.279 --> 00:16:00.480 do not be afraid to take your wife Mary. So 244 00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:05.320 he obviously was a great man, you know, because he 245 00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:11.360 ended up by faith, accepting this pregnancy, accepting that it 246 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:14.559 was of the Holy Spirit, still giving his wife a chance. 247 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:22.000 And I think that he's definitely a fascinating character in 248 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:24.559 the Bible, you know, Joseph, because of the way that 249 00:16:24.639 --> 00:16:26.320 he did that, you know, the way he accepted that, 250 00:16:26.399 --> 00:16:29.679 because it takes a real man to do that, because 251 00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:33.039 you could obviously just put her out there on blast 252 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:35.519 and get her stone to death or whatever. It would 253 00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:38.480 happen to her back then and get her, get a 254 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:41.879 bill of divorce and leave her. But instead he took 255 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:45.399 her in, and he took on the you know the responsibility. 256 00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:49.320 It says, so all this was done, that it'd be fulfilled, 257 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:51.759 which is spoken by the Lord through the prophets. Ain't 258 00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:55.039 behold the version shall be with the child and bear's son, 259 00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:58.720 and shall call his name Emmanuel, which is translated God 260 00:16:58.919 --> 00:17:05.039 with us. Then Joseph arose from his sleep, did as 261 00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:07.200 the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took him 262 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:11.160 and his wife, and did not know her till she 263 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:14.880 brought forth her son, firstborn, for her firstborn son, and 264 00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:23.599 he called him Jesus Yoshia the mashiat so Joshua. Right, So, 265 00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:26.079 so did you did you understand what it said right 266 00:17:26.119 --> 00:17:28.799 there said did not know her till she had brought 267 00:17:28.839 --> 00:17:32.559 forth her firstborn son. That means did not make love 268 00:17:32.599 --> 00:17:37.119 to her until she brought forth her firstborn son. So 269 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:40.559 obviously Mary was not a virgin her whole entire life, 270 00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:44.400 because you can read right here plainly that it says 271 00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:47.640 that he did not know her till she had brought 272 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:52.200 her forth her firstborn son, did not know her, meaning uh, 273 00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:56.519 you know, make love to her, right, and he called 274 00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:59.359 his name Jesus. Okay, so we need to understand that 275 00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:01.079 because when he people try to come into you and 276 00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:04.960 tell you she was a virgin role life. Well, I mean, plainly, 277 00:18:05.039 --> 00:18:08.279 we could see that Jesus had brothers, right, and sisters, 278 00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:11.000 so obviously she was in a virgin of ural life. 279 00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:14.680 They didn't. They didn't all come from a Joseph's side 280 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:16.720 before he got with her, right. So I don't know, 281 00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:19.240 I don't know why why they would bring that type 282 00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:21.920 of thing, but they want to have Mary worship. That's why. 283 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:23.799 You know. I just want to let you guys know 284 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:27.759 that obviously that that's not the case. So we'll go 285 00:18:27.880 --> 00:18:34.000 in and switch to our notes for Matthew two. Okay, 286 00:18:34.079 --> 00:18:36.920 So this is this is about the wise men from 287 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:41.279 the East. The wise men. Yeah, this is a fascinating 288 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:44.480 as well. So now, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem 289 00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:48.759 of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, 290 00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:52.400 wise men from the East came to Jerusalem. Now, one 291 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:55.559 thing I want to tell you about Bethlehem. Uh So 292 00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:59.079 it says, now Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea. 293 00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:02.480 Now I want to tell you about Bethlehem, because Bethlehem 294 00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:07.039 is actually where King David was born roughly a thousand 295 00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:11.839 years earlier. He was born in Bethlehem. He was the 296 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:14.480 youngest son of Jesse, a farmer a shepherd for the 297 00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:17.880 tribe of Judah. David was also a shepherd as a child. 298 00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:26.880 Bethlehem was known as Efiratha Epiatha. Sorry, it's hard for 299 00:19:26.880 --> 00:19:29.480 me to pronounce him with his Hebrew, which means fruitful 300 00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:33.680 in Hebrew. Okay, Efirath is what some people how, some 301 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:36.359 people pronounce itrath but has an ah at the end, 302 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:40.960 so it sounds like Epiratha. But Efirath is what Bethlehem 303 00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:44.720 was known as, okay before. So I think that's pretty 304 00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:48.599 fascinating stuff. And so we want to also, I kind 305 00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:52.079 of want to key in on these wise men, right, 306 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:55.000 I mean, what does that even mean? A wise man? 307 00:19:55.119 --> 00:20:00.440 So the Greek word is a magos, right, magos, And 308 00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:06.519 the name was given by the Babylonians, Chaldeans, Persians, and 309 00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:10.319 others to the wise men teachers, the midis, also the midies, 310 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:16.880 the Persians and others. There were teachers, priests, physicians, astrologers, theears, 311 00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:24.480 interpreters of dreams, augurs, soothsayers, and sorcerers. So these happen 312 00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:31.200 to be they happened to be astrologers, these ones. Okay, 313 00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:36.720 so these are actually you know, magi or magicians. That's 314 00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:39.200 what these guys are. And I also want to tell 315 00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:45.880 you that the there's like you know, you hear the 316 00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:49.000 Christmas songs like the three Kings, these are not kings. 317 00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:53.000 These are magicians that came from the east. You know 318 00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:57.480 that King Herod had sent. Okay, so they're astrologers or 319 00:20:57.599 --> 00:21:01.079 watchers of the stars. And just to let you know, 320 00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:07.599 since interpreters of dreams are you know, interpreters of dreams, 321 00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:12.400 that's what Joseph and Daniel were in Egypt and in Babylon, right, 322 00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:15.920 Daniel and Babylon. Joseph in Egypt, he was they were 323 00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:19.920 They were basically looked at as magi or or magicians, 324 00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:23.079 even though you know biblically they're not magicians, but that's 325 00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:25.759 what they were looked at. But they were getting their 326 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:29.160 power from God. So obviously they're not magicians or they're 327 00:21:29.160 --> 00:21:34.880 not sorcerers. They were getting their power from the King 328 00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:37.240 of kings, the lord and lords, from God himself, right, 329 00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:40.279 So they were just interpreting the dream. But if you 330 00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:43.440 if you notice when when Joseph and Daniel were interpreting 331 00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:46.079 the dream, they were always giving glory to God. Right, 332 00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:49.160 so especially Daniel Man, he kept on saying that, like 333 00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:51.680 every single time that they would say something to him 334 00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:53.960 about it, he was always giving glory to God about 335 00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:56.279 you know, interpreting the dream. God is the one that's 336 00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:59.480 doing it, not me, taking the glory off himself and 337 00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:02.359 pointing out to God. So that that's what you gotta do, right. 338 00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:04.960 You don't want to just oh, hey, that's a great sermon, well, 339 00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:06.720 oh thank you, and then you just walk away. That's 340 00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:08.960 not all glory to God. You know, God is someone 341 00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:12.920 that gave me this, you know, these this message today 342 00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:16.039 or God is the one that gave me this. Uh 343 00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:18.160 these words that I spoke today, It wasn't me, you know, 344 00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:20.079 the Holy Spirit speaking through me. You know, you got 345 00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:25.119 you gotta give glory to God. So anyways, uh so 346 00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:27.480 we'll go ahead and continue. And also the wise man, 347 00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:30.400 there wasn't three of them. They would come in and 348 00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:32.920 in groves like they would come with a whole bunch 349 00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:35.680 of people. They would they would come deep, they would 350 00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:37.880 they would come deep. You know they wouldn't come, and 351 00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:41.720 they didn't come the day that that Jesus was born either. 352 00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:44.640 You know, you guys got to know that they didn't 353 00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:47.039 come to the exact day he was born. Well, we'll 354 00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:50.000 continue reading here and you'll see. So when they try 355 00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:51.599 to say, like, oh, they try to tell you the 356 00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:56.680 Christmas story, that's that's not even accurate, especially the songs 357 00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:59.839 that they try to say about it. You know, it's 358 00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:03.519 definitely a little dressed up, all right and inaccurate. They 359 00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:06.400 got to go from what the Bible says, and uh, 360 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:11.240 you know it obviously it happens now after Jesus was 361 00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:14.000 born in Bethlehem of Judah and the days of Herod 362 00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:16.519 the King, Behold, wise men from the east came to 363 00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:20.319 Jerusalem saying, here is he who has been born king 364 00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:23.480 of the Jews. But we have seen his star in 365 00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:27.160 the east and have come to worship him. So they 366 00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:30.359 know that he is going to be a king. Okay, 367 00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:35.039 they know they're magicians and they are astrologers, right, so 368 00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:37.519 they have they have this thing where they know he's 369 00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:39.240 going to be king, and you could tell because they 370 00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:43.200 bring gold. It says when Herod the King heard this, 371 00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:46.279 he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him, and we 372 00:23:46.359 --> 00:23:49.079 had When he had gathered all the chief priests and 373 00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:52.920 scribes of the people together, he inquired of them, were 374 00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:57.279 that the Christ? Where the Christ was to be born? Now, 375 00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:58.960 let's do a little Let me give you a little 376 00:23:59.000 --> 00:24:04.359 history on King Herod. King Herod, he was actually an Edomite. Right, 377 00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:07.160 So there was the Moobites and Edomites. And the way 378 00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:10.920 that they happened to come into fruition is when Lot 379 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:14.279 slept with his daughters. Right, That's when the Moobites and 380 00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:18.160 the Edomites came into fruition. Right. So King Herod was 381 00:24:18.359 --> 00:24:23.640 an Edomite, a Semitic people who converted to Judaism in 382 00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:29.119 the second century BC. Herod's father was a high ranking 383 00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:34.640 official in Judea and Edomite by descent. Antipot Anti Panther 384 00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:38.640 was the descendant of Esau, the brother of Jacob, the 385 00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:44.160 ancestor of the Israelites. So Herod's ethnic background he okay. 386 00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:47.920 Arry Kennarty went over that Herod was raised as a Jew. 387 00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:52.559 He was married into a Hashemonian family and rebuilt the 388 00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:57.160 temple in Israel. Harold ruled Judea from about thirty seven 389 00:24:57.240 --> 00:25:01.440 BCE until his death and four b. He tried to 390 00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:05.000 be both a Jew of the Jews and a Roman 391 00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:07.559 to the Romans. So I just want to tell you 392 00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:14.559 that also Herod killed his He killed his two sons, 393 00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:20.839 Alexander and Aristobus the fifth, along with his oldest son 394 00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:27.720 Antipater the second. Okay, So Herod was known for being 395 00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:30.359 a powerful ruler, but he was also jealous and he 396 00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:33.039 would kill anyone he considered a threat to his reign. 397 00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:38.160 He had eight wives and at least fourteen children. Harod 398 00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:42.039 killed his sons and they were who were the sons 399 00:25:42.079 --> 00:25:47.119 of his wife Mariam. He also killed Mariam her mother 400 00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:51.920 and her grandmother grandfather. So I just want to tell 401 00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:54.319 you this guy that we're dealing with here, King Herod 402 00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:59.240 is brutal, Okay, he is no joke, like he killed 403 00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:03.039 his sons, killed his wife and her grandfather's Oh it 404 00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:07.880 says his grandmother, Oh and her mother and her grandfather. 405 00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:10.880 This fool is no joke, like he's straight slam fools. 406 00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:14.400 So yeah, he's very powerful, so we need to understand that. 407 00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:19.079 And he is, uh, he was a that's why when 408 00:26:19.119 --> 00:26:23.000 you see what he ordered with all the first born, 409 00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:26.119 you see what's going on anybody that's trying to get 410 00:26:26.119 --> 00:26:28.519 in the way of his reign, he wants to kill them. 411 00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:33.880 And also, the devil has been trying to kill the 412 00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:38.160 line of the Messiah ever since canaan Abel. Once he 413 00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:42.440 found out in Genesis three seventeen that her seed is 414 00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:46.279 gonna bruise his heel. Right, he is our sorry Bruce's 415 00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:50.720 head that he was gonna bruise her seed's heel, and 416 00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:53.400 then he was gonna bruise his head, right, give him 417 00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:57.319 a mortal headwind. He was automatically the devil was like 418 00:26:57.359 --> 00:27:00.559 that was like started the cosmic chess match. So you 419 00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:04.599 see that in Egypt all the firstborn. You see in 420 00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:07.680 Genesis six where they had you know, the angels came 421 00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:11.440 down had sex with women and they ended up having nepheline. Right, 422 00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:14.880 that's the DNA getting corrupted. He wanted to corrupt the 423 00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:18.000 DNA so that when you know, when Jesus was was born, 424 00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:21.359 he would have that DNA that corrupt the DNA. You 425 00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:24.759 see that. You know, Egypt kill all the firstborn, right, 426 00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:27.640 so we see that happening. So it's kind of a 427 00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:33.079 it's kind of interesting, you know, to see the chess 428 00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:36.119 match that the devil tries to have with God. Obviously, 429 00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:39.000 God is all powerful, all knowing, omni president, knows the 430 00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:42.160 future of the past. But the devil always tries to 431 00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:45.640 do what he can. He tries his best, right, he 432 00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:50.359 tries his best, but he can't succeed. But this is 433 00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:53.480 another one of his tactics to try to take out 434 00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:56.119 the king of kings, the lord of lords, the king 435 00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:59.640 of the Jews, Jesus, the Christ, the Messiah. You'll show 436 00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:03.359 with him is Hiach, It says, so they said to 437 00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:07.599 him in Bethlehem with Judea. For thus is written by 438 00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:10.720 the prophet. But you, Bethlehem and the land of Judah, 439 00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:14.240 are not the least among the rulers of Judah. For 440 00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:17.880 out of you shall come a ruler who will shepherd 441 00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:24.519 my people Israel. Then Herod, when he had secretly called 442 00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:29.000 the wise men, determined from them what time the star appeared, 443 00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:31.720 and he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, go and 444 00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:35.519 search carefully for the young child, and when you found him. 445 00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:39.480 When you have found him, bring backward to me that 446 00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:43.400 I may come and worship him. Also, obviously you know 447 00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:46.200 that this is a trick. He ain't trying to worship Jesus. 448 00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:49.799 He's trying to kill him because he knows that he 449 00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:55.160 could take his throne. When they heard the king, they departed, 450 00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:57.839 and behold the star, which had seen in the east, 451 00:28:58.039 --> 00:29:01.119 went before them till it came and stood over the 452 00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:04.200 young child where the where the young child was. When 453 00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:09.279 they saw the star, they rejoored with exceedingly joy. So 454 00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:11.039 this is a star, right. 455 00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:11.799 Uh. 456 00:29:12.079 --> 00:29:13.680 This is why when I talk to you guys about 457 00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:18.200 biblical cosmology, there's biblical proof that stars can be angels 458 00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:23.000 and planets what you call planets, they're actually called wandering 459 00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:25.559 stars in the Greek and in the Book of Jude 460 00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:29.200 it talks about them getting judged in eternal darkness forever. 461 00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:32.559 The wandering stars are the ones that are doing different 462 00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:37.640 rotations than the stars. The other stars are doing the 463 00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:42.119 same rotation, the wandering stars are doing different rotations. That's 464 00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:45.359 why they're called wandering stars. And right here you see 465 00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:50.200 a star. Uh, that is being used supernaturally, or I 466 00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:53.640 would say an angel is what there is what's being 467 00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:58.480 used here. That's why you know when there's motion that 468 00:29:58.640 --> 00:30:01.640 when there's motion, what does that When something's in motion, 469 00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:07.680 that means life. So that's what they believed back then. 470 00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:11.079 I you know they believe that stars were angels. You 471 00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:12.880 could you could tell when they talk when they talk 472 00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:16.480 man in the writing. So I'm not telling you one 473 00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:19.480 hundred percent that stars are angels. I'm not a thousand times. 474 00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:24.000 I'm not a thousand percent yet. But in biblical cosmology, 475 00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:27.240 I do believe that stars are angels. So at this point, 476 00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:29.640 but I mean, I'm not one hundred percent convinced yet 477 00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:31.559 because i still have to do more studies. But I'm 478 00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:35.200 just letting you know this is obviously an angel because 479 00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:38.799 it stops and they you know, like it's doing certain 480 00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:42.880 things supernaturally. Right. It says when they saw the star, 481 00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:46.680 they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. And when they had 482 00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:49.440 come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary, 483 00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:53.039 his mother, and fell down and worshiped him. And when 484 00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:57.240 they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to him gold, frankinsense, 485 00:30:57.720 --> 00:31:02.160 and murder. So go old is something that they only 486 00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:05.839 brought to kings. Uh. You know, back when King Solomon 487 00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:09.440 was ruling, there was so much gold that silver started 488 00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:13.960 becoming worthless because there was so much gold. So gold 489 00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:17.720 is something they're going to bring to King. Frankinsense is 490 00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:20.160 like It's like something that would spray in the hallways 491 00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:24.240 of of of royal, you know, royalty, and you would 492 00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:26.400 it would make that the hallways smell good, you know. 493 00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:30.720 So we have that. And then Murr is like a 494 00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:36.240 bitter herb or something, you know, like a bitter herb. Right, 495 00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:41.759 So I think that's you know, gold is is something 496 00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:44.519 you know, they bring to royalty. Frankn sense is something 497 00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:47.720 to bring to royalty. Murr is like bitter. So I 498 00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:53.279 think that's something that, uh, some people interpret as as 499 00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:58.839 because Jesus is gonna have to go through some horrendous things, 500 00:31:58.880 --> 00:32:00.960 So that could be why that is brought. That's what 501 00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:04.720 some people believe bitterness. Yeah, He's gonna have to go 502 00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:08.119 through a lot. Then being divinely warned in a dream 503 00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:10.680 that they should not return to Herod. They departed from 504 00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:15.920 their own country another way, so they knew that if 505 00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:18.720 they go back to Herod. They were obviously divinely told 506 00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:21.799 in a dream God or you know, an angel came 507 00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:24.400 to them in a dream. Because it says divinely warned. 508 00:32:24.960 --> 00:32:28.839 Divine means God warned them or you know, divinely warned. 509 00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:31.240 Maybe God send an angel to warn them that they 510 00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:34.160 should not return to Herod. So they departed for their 511 00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:41.319 own country and went another way. So see if I 512 00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:47.559 have any notes on that. Yeah, so now this is 513 00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:51.039 the flight into Egypt. Now, when they had departed, behold 514 00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:54.440 an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, arise, 515 00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:57.880 take the young child and his mother. Flee to Egypt 516 00:32:58.000 --> 00:33:00.880 and stay there until I bring you word, for Herod 517 00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:04.599 will seek the young child to destroy him. When he arose, 518 00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:06.960 he took the young child and his mother by night 519 00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:11.000 and departed for Egypt and was there until the death 520 00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:13.960 of Herod that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken 521 00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:16.640 by the Lord through the prophet, saying, out of Egypt, 522 00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:20.480 I called my son. That prophet was Hoseiah, Okay, and 523 00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:23.279 it was eleven to one, and it says when Israel 524 00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:26.519 was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt 525 00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:29.480 I called my son. So that's what that is. And 526 00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:33.720 it's pretty interesting because Matthew he does this kind of 527 00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:37.880 a few times where he now this was talking about 528 00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:40.480 Israel or Jacob was a child, or when Israel was 529 00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:42.319 a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I 530 00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:48.119 called my son. Well, he's actually connecting this to Jesus 531 00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:51.200 and saying, out of Egypt, I called my son. So 532 00:33:51.319 --> 00:33:53.440 he does that a few times, where when you read 533 00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:56.119 it in the Old Testament you might not have connected that, 534 00:33:56.279 --> 00:33:58.960 but Matthew was connecting it. So obviously it's important. This 535 00:33:59.039 --> 00:34:02.039 is Holy Spirit brief, right, So I think that's that's 536 00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:06.319 super interesting. So that is why he said I loved him, 537 00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:08.239 and out of Egypt that called my son, and that 538 00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:15.039 in that verse massacre of the Innocence. Then Herod, when 539 00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:17.559 he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, 540 00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:21.239 was exceedingly angry, and he set forth and put to 541 00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:24.440 death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and 542 00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:28.199 in all his districts from two years old and under, 543 00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:30.360 according to the time which he had determined from the 544 00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:35.599 wise men. One thing I wanted to bring up. I 545 00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:39.840 was in the United States Army before, and I couldn't 546 00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:44.320 imagine the soldiers that were under King Herod, especially having 547 00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:47.239 to go in and and do this, you know, having 548 00:34:47.239 --> 00:34:49.599 to go in and kill all the children that were 549 00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:52.119 two years in under that's that is that would be 550 00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:56.960 so terrible for you know, as a soldier being told 551 00:34:57.000 --> 00:35:00.119 to have to do that. I couldn't imagine being and 552 00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:06.280 the these uh were you know, being underhard. Obviously he was. 553 00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:12.199 He was crazy ruler. And it is uh. Some of 554 00:35:12.239 --> 00:35:14.000 the people might have had to serve too. I don't 555 00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:18.000 know how it worked back then, but man, imagine getting 556 00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:23.880 those orders. He'd be scary. So it says, uh, two 557 00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:26.360 years old and under to the time he had determined 558 00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:29.880 from the wise men, then was fulfilled. That was spoken 559 00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:32.639 by Jeremiah, the prophet saying a voice was heard in 560 00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:39.159 Ramah lamentation weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, 561 00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:42.639 refusing to be comforted because they are no more. This 562 00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:44.920 is another time that Matthew does that. You know, this 563 00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:49.480 is Rachel, Jacob's wife weeping for her children, refusing to 564 00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:53.199 be comforted because they are no more. This is this 565 00:35:53.280 --> 00:35:56.199 is when you know Rachel was weeping, right, But he's 566 00:35:56.199 --> 00:36:00.480 connecting this to you know, fulfilling with the prophet spoken. 567 00:36:00.599 --> 00:36:03.480 You know, Jeremiah has spoken, so I think that's interesting 568 00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:08.800 that he connects that as well. The home of Nazareth. 569 00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:14.280 So one thing about Nazareth, it's like when somebody calls 570 00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:18.119 somebody a Nazarene. It's it's like saying it's kind of 571 00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:21.440 like a derogatory term. It's like the same thing when 572 00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:25.760 Paul was was around somebody calling someone, you know, a Corinthian, uh, 573 00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:29.119 you know, a Nazarene. It's like there was nothing good 574 00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:31.360 to come out of Nazarene. That's what's said in in 575 00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:37.079 a little bit later. So it's like he came from 576 00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:41.320 a place where, you know, Jesus came from a place, 577 00:36:41.719 --> 00:36:45.400 you know, where there wasn't a whole bunch of good 578 00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:48.719 people or things coming out of there that were rich 579 00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:52.360 and and royalty, and you know, he's just it's just 580 00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:55.440 a normal place, you know, but there was a lot 581 00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:58.840 of evil there. So I think that's that's interesting that 582 00:36:58.840 --> 00:37:02.400 that uh he you know, just a common person. Is 583 00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:06.239 how Jesus came. Now, when Herod was dead, beholding Angel 584 00:37:06.239 --> 00:37:09.480 of the Lord, appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, arise, 585 00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:12.159 take the young child and his mother and go to 586 00:37:12.199 --> 00:37:14.880 the land of Israel, for those who sought the young 587 00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:18.079 child's life are dead. And then he arose, took the 588 00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:20.800 young child and his mother and came into the land 589 00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:25.000 of Israel. And when he heard that Achilles was reigning 590 00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:28.679 over Judea instead of his father Herod, he was afraid 591 00:37:28.679 --> 00:37:32.480 to go there, and being warned by God in a dream, 592 00:37:32.559 --> 00:37:35.519 he turned aside into the region of Galilee, and he 593 00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:39.679 came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth. And it 594 00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:42.280 might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, he 595 00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:46.800 shall be called a Nazarene, a riot. So now we 596 00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:54.119 have Matthew three. So now we're in Matthew three to one, 597 00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:58.559 kind of moving right along pretty quick here, and now 598 00:37:58.559 --> 00:38:01.280 we're going to kind of get into John the Baptists. Okay, 599 00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:08.400 so that's that's going to be Matthew verse one, and 600 00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:12.400 it says in those days, John the Baptist came preaching 601 00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:15.519 in the wilderness of Judaea and saying, repent for the 602 00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:18.599 Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. For this is he 603 00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:21.960 who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying the 604 00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:25.039 voice of the wilderness, the voice of the one crying 605 00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:28.320 in the wilderness. Prepare the way of the Lord, make 606 00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:36.679 his pass straight. So I think it's interesting that that 607 00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:40.159 John the Baptist, his preaching or his teaching was just 608 00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:42.760 repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. He 609 00:38:42.840 --> 00:38:45.760 just wanted you to repent for your sins. That was 610 00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:49.480 what his baptism was about repenting for your sins, right, 611 00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:59.519 So sactification is what it was about. And I want 612 00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:03.239 to kind of go over something too. I think i'll 613 00:39:03.239 --> 00:39:05.840 go over it after we get to John's baptism. Part 614 00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:10.679 says now, John himself was clothed in camel's hair, with 615 00:39:10.719 --> 00:39:13.639 a leather belt around his waist, and his food was 616 00:39:13.719 --> 00:39:17.679 locust and wild honey. Then Jerusalem, all today and all 617 00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:20.280 the region around the Jordan went out to him and 618 00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:25.679 were baptized by him, and the Jordan confessing their sins. 619 00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:32.679 So a fulfillment of John's baptism prophecy of the baptism 620 00:39:32.719 --> 00:39:36.920 of the Holy Spirit is in Acts two, verses two 621 00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:41.280 through four. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven 622 00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:44.320 as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the 623 00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:47.719 whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to 624 00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:51.920 them divided tongues as of fire, and one sat upon 625 00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:54.519 each of them, and they were all filled with the 626 00:39:54.519 --> 00:39:57.840 Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues as 627 00:39:57.840 --> 00:40:02.639 the Spirit gave them uttering. So we'll read about that 628 00:40:02.719 --> 00:40:04.880 right now. It says, But when he saw many of 629 00:40:04.920 --> 00:40:08.239 the pharisees and saddesties come into his baptism. He said 630 00:40:08.239 --> 00:40:11.599 to them broad of vipers, who warned you to flee 631 00:40:11.639 --> 00:40:15.320 from the wrath, to come, therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance. 632 00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:18.320 And do not think to say to yourself, we have 633 00:40:18.400 --> 00:40:21.159 Abraham as our father. For I say to you that 634 00:40:21.280 --> 00:40:23.599 God is able to raise up children to Abraham for 635 00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:28.039 those for these stones. And even now the axe is 636 00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:30.840 laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree 637 00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:34.000 which is not fair good fruit is cut down and 638 00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:39.360 thrown into the fire. Indeed, I indeed baptize you with 639 00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:42.719 water unto repentance. But he who is coming after me 640 00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:46.599 is mightier than I, who sandals I am not worthy 641 00:40:46.639 --> 00:40:49.920 to carry. He will baptize you with his Holy Spirit 642 00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:53.280 and fire. His whino wing fan is in his hand, 643 00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:58.199 and he will thoroughly clean out his threshing threshing floor 644 00:40:58.800 --> 00:41:01.280 and gather his wheat into the barn, and he will 645 00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:05.760 burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. So as you 646 00:41:05.840 --> 00:41:11.079 see in Acts two two through four, that is what 647 00:41:11.239 --> 00:41:15.440 that is the prophecy of the baptismal Holy Spirit fulfilled. 648 00:41:16.000 --> 00:41:18.719 And that's you know, the Holy Spirit began to speak 649 00:41:18.719 --> 00:41:25.199 in tongues, you know, coming over them so also so 650 00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:30.519 he will baptize us, you know, us believers, you know, 651 00:41:30.599 --> 00:41:35.239 by the Holy Spirit and fire. Right, but also he 652 00:41:35.280 --> 00:41:38.960 will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire. So he's talking 653 00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:42.960 about non believers will also be burned through the fire 654 00:41:43.880 --> 00:41:48.480 with unquenchable fire. Now what does that mean? Now understand something. 655 00:41:48.639 --> 00:41:55.760 When Jesus in Luke sixteen, Jesus is talking about the 656 00:41:57.119 --> 00:42:01.840 rich man and Lazareth the poor man, and he's talking 657 00:42:01.880 --> 00:42:06.440 about Abraham's bosom, which is in the earth. One side 658 00:42:06.559 --> 00:42:13.039 is paradise and the other side is sheal, and Paradise 659 00:42:13.119 --> 00:42:14.840 is on one side, and then there's like a chasm 660 00:42:14.920 --> 00:42:18.920 in between them that you cannot get over to. And 661 00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:21.559 the rich man ends up on one side, which is 662 00:42:21.599 --> 00:42:27.119 like sheel or hell, where there's unquenchable fire, unquenchable thirst. 663 00:42:27.599 --> 00:42:31.079 He's able to speak, he's able to hear. He said, 664 00:42:31.079 --> 00:42:33.039 you know, he's got the five senses. While he's still 665 00:42:33.079 --> 00:42:38.000 in hell and Lazareuth and Abraham are on one side, 666 00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:41.480 and he says, Father Abraham, will you please have Lazarus 667 00:42:41.480 --> 00:42:44.159 come and put a drip of water on my tongue. 668 00:42:44.920 --> 00:42:46.719 He says, you know, we can't go through this chasm. 669 00:42:46.800 --> 00:42:49.800 We can't get over there. You know this is impossible. 670 00:42:50.360 --> 00:42:53.039 Father Abraham, will you please go tell my five brothers 671 00:42:53.039 --> 00:42:56.679 about this. I don't want I don't want anybody to 672 00:42:56.920 --> 00:42:59.079 come down here. I'm just paraphrasing, right. I don't want 673 00:42:59.079 --> 00:43:01.480 them to come down here. He says. They have the 674 00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:04.599 prophets up there already. And even if someone did come 675 00:43:04.639 --> 00:43:07.039 back from the dead, like Jesus did, he rose from 676 00:43:07.079 --> 00:43:09.400 the dead, you know that's a prophecy right there, they 677 00:43:09.440 --> 00:43:13.679 still would not believe you. See. So I think it's 678 00:43:13.960 --> 00:43:22.039 fascinating when you think about this part. The non believers 679 00:43:22.719 --> 00:43:26.280 will burn up in the up the chaff with unquitchable fire. 680 00:43:31.880 --> 00:43:40.440 So now we have John baptizes Jesus. Then Jesus came 681 00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:43.239 from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized 682 00:43:43.280 --> 00:43:46.360 by him, and John tried to prevent him, saying, I 683 00:43:46.480 --> 00:43:50.039 need to be baptized by you, and you are coming 684 00:43:50.079 --> 00:43:53.280 to me. So John is saying, I'd rather be baptized 685 00:43:53.320 --> 00:43:56.280 by you. I can't even lace up your sandals, is 686 00:43:56.280 --> 00:43:58.639 what he says, you know in an earlier verse. But 687 00:43:58.800 --> 00:44:01.880 Jesus answered and said to permit it to be so now, 688 00:44:02.039 --> 00:44:05.559 for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness. 689 00:44:05.960 --> 00:44:09.639 Then he allowed him. When he had been baptized, Jesus 690 00:44:09.639 --> 00:44:13.119 came up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens 691 00:44:13.119 --> 00:44:15.639 were open to him. And he saw the Spirit of 692 00:44:15.679 --> 00:44:20.280 God descending like a dove, and a lightning upon him. 693 00:44:20.760 --> 00:44:23.679 And suddenly a voice came from heaven saying, this is 694 00:44:23.719 --> 00:44:27.119 my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased. So 695 00:44:27.239 --> 00:44:30.679 God's throne is above the firmament. He's looking down on 696 00:44:30.760 --> 00:44:34.000 his son, He's looking down on everyone like grasshoppers. His 697 00:44:34.159 --> 00:44:38.320 Holy Spirit descended like a dove. So now you see 698 00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:42.159 one body is up here where God's stone is located. 699 00:44:43.079 --> 00:44:45.760 Excuse me. Another person is coming down, which is the 700 00:44:45.760 --> 00:44:48.880 Holy Spirit, and then Jesus is the third person. So 701 00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:51.320 you literally have the trinity right here. I know some 702 00:44:51.360 --> 00:44:53.480 people don't believe in the trinity. Some people believe in oneness, 703 00:44:53.519 --> 00:44:56.199 some people believe in unitarian it's all it's okay, it's 704 00:44:56.199 --> 00:44:59.440 all good. I ain't trying to debate people on that, 705 00:45:00.199 --> 00:45:03.239 saying this is what I see right here. You could 706 00:45:03.320 --> 00:45:05.360 say that this is a oneness verse. You could say 707 00:45:05.360 --> 00:45:07.760 that this is a Unitarian verse. Whatever you want to say. 708 00:45:08.119 --> 00:45:11.599 I believe I see a trinitarian in this verse, because 709 00:45:11.599 --> 00:45:14.559 God the Father is in heaven speaking saying, this is 710 00:45:14.599 --> 00:45:17.360 my son, why I'm well please. The Holy Spirit is 711 00:45:18.039 --> 00:45:22.960 descending like a dove, so it's actually moving, and it 712 00:45:23.039 --> 00:45:25.880 suddenly came from heaven saying this my yeah, and it's 713 00:45:26.000 --> 00:45:29.840 descending like a dove, and a lightning upon him, right, 714 00:45:29.880 --> 00:45:32.719 so the Holy Spirit upon him. So one thing I 715 00:45:32.760 --> 00:45:36.920 think is interesting is that John's baptism was a was 716 00:45:36.960 --> 00:45:42.400 a baptism of repentance, where people confess, confess their sins. Well, 717 00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:48.320 if you go into one Peter two twenty one through 718 00:45:48.360 --> 00:45:51.679 twenty five, it is for to this you were called. 719 00:45:51.719 --> 00:45:55.360 Because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example 720 00:45:55.920 --> 00:45:59.920 that you should follow his steps. Who committed no sin, 721 00:46:00.760 --> 00:46:03.559 nor was deceit found in his mouth, Who when he 722 00:46:03.719 --> 00:46:08.400 was reviled, did not revile and return, when he suffered, 723 00:46:08.480 --> 00:46:11.119 he did not threaten. So all I want to tell 724 00:46:11.119 --> 00:46:13.880 you right there, the most important part is who committed 725 00:46:14.000 --> 00:46:19.400 no sin? So Peter is saying that Christ committed no sin, 726 00:46:19.840 --> 00:46:23.239 there was no deceit found in his mouth. The Bible 727 00:46:23.280 --> 00:46:26.199 says that Jesus was sinless in several passages, as well, 728 00:46:26.800 --> 00:46:33.519 including Hebrews seven twenty six. Jesus was holy, harmless, undefiled, 729 00:46:34.000 --> 00:46:38.559 and separate from sinners. Separate from sinners means holy right 730 00:46:40.039 --> 00:46:44.239 Tewod Corinthians five twenty one. Paul says that Jesus knew 731 00:46:44.320 --> 00:46:48.000 no sin one Peter two twenty two. I already went 732 00:46:48.039 --> 00:46:51.280 over that one first. John three five. John says that 733 00:46:51.400 --> 00:46:53.840 Jesus appeared in order to take away the sins and 734 00:46:53.960 --> 00:46:58.599 him there was no sin. Hebrews four fifteen, the author 735 00:46:58.639 --> 00:47:01.519 of Hebrews, says that Jesus was tempted in every way 736 00:47:01.599 --> 00:47:07.199 like humans, but without sin one Peter one nineteen. Peter 737 00:47:07.320 --> 00:47:10.320 says that Jesus's blood was like that of a lamb, 738 00:47:10.400 --> 00:47:14.639 without a blemish or spot. Jesus had to be the 739 00:47:14.679 --> 00:47:19.920 perfect lamb. Okay, I need liquid on that throat. My 740 00:47:19.960 --> 00:47:27.079 throat is hurtain. So what was Jesus doing if he 741 00:47:27.119 --> 00:47:31.519 didn't have to confess his sins to me? I'm not 742 00:47:31.679 --> 00:47:34.280 saying that I'm a theologian and I know him right here. 743 00:47:34.400 --> 00:47:39.840 This is what I believe that Jesus. I believe that 744 00:47:40.039 --> 00:47:44.880 Jesus was. I believe that Jesus was kind of giving 745 00:47:44.920 --> 00:47:50.840 us a blueprint on a blueprint on what he wants 746 00:47:50.960 --> 00:47:54.920 us to do, you know, And Jesus was also he 747 00:47:55.119 --> 00:47:57.360 was a man. You know, he is God, but he 748 00:47:57.480 --> 00:48:00.000 was a man, right and the people that saw him 749 00:48:00.039 --> 00:48:03.320 getting baptized probably didn't even know, you know, they might 750 00:48:03.320 --> 00:48:05.159 not they didn't even know that Jesus was who he 751 00:48:05.280 --> 00:48:07.760 was gonna be. This is when he before he started 752 00:48:07.760 --> 00:48:10.480 his ministry, right so, I think he was just trying 753 00:48:10.480 --> 00:48:12.880 to give us a blueprint on what he wants us 754 00:48:12.920 --> 00:48:15.559 to do. And I think that he did this for 755 00:48:15.960 --> 00:48:18.039 us to know what we need to do, right So, 756 00:48:18.119 --> 00:48:22.519 I think that's why he did this. I think that's uh, 757 00:48:23.119 --> 00:48:25.199 you know, I think that's that's I believe that's what 758 00:48:25.239 --> 00:48:28.000 he was doing. He didn't need to repent for his sins, 759 00:48:28.119 --> 00:48:32.760 that's for sure, right So, and that whole thing right 760 00:48:32.800 --> 00:48:37.159 there is just a beautiful vision of God. Now, if 761 00:48:37.199 --> 00:48:41.000 God was trillions upon trains upon trillions of miles away, 762 00:48:41.039 --> 00:48:43.519 like the heliocentric models trying to say, then that would 763 00:48:43.519 --> 00:48:45.599 probably be hard for you to hear his voice. But 764 00:48:45.639 --> 00:48:48.519 it sounds like God is close above the fermament, looking 765 00:48:48.599 --> 00:48:50.639 down on us, saying, this is my son, who I 766 00:48:50.639 --> 00:48:53.239 am well pleased. Whether you believe in a globe, or 767 00:48:53.280 --> 00:48:56.039 you believe in h you know, or a flat earth, 768 00:48:56.480 --> 00:48:59.519 biblical cosmology, you know, just think about it. God is 769 00:48:59.519 --> 00:49:02.320 obviously close, right, He's not far away, He's not trains 770 00:49:02.400 --> 00:49:05.400 upon trains of miles away. He's obviously close right. So 771 00:49:06.360 --> 00:49:08.639 he's his thrown is above the firmament. That's what the 772 00:49:08.679 --> 00:49:15.920 Bible talks about. That's what it says. Now we're gonna 773 00:49:15.920 --> 00:49:21.960 get into Matthew four, verse one, and this is gonna 774 00:49:21.960 --> 00:49:28.840 be satan when he tempts Jesus. Okay, then Jesus was 775 00:49:29.000 --> 00:49:31.960 led up by the spirit into the wilderness to be 776 00:49:32.039 --> 00:49:35.280 tempted by the devil. And when he had fasted forty 777 00:49:35.360 --> 00:49:39.159 days and forty nights afterward, he was hungry. Now, when 778 00:49:39.159 --> 00:49:41.159 the tempter came to him, he said, if you are 779 00:49:41.239 --> 00:49:44.440 the son of God, commanded these stones to become bred, 780 00:49:44.800 --> 00:49:49.920 the tempter being the enemy, right, the adversary, right, So 781 00:49:50.280 --> 00:49:53.880 the devil. So one thing I want to point out 782 00:49:53.880 --> 00:49:58.320 here is he fasted for forty days and forty nights. 783 00:49:59.039 --> 00:50:01.719 Some of us it's hard to I mean including myself. 784 00:50:01.840 --> 00:50:05.719 I mean, I left weights. I'm always a very active person, 785 00:50:06.239 --> 00:50:10.800 and it's very hard for me to fast for forty 786 00:50:10.840 --> 00:50:15.119 eight hours, much less forty days. So Jesus was just 787 00:50:15.199 --> 00:50:19.000 on another level same thing as Moses. Moses fastest for 788 00:50:19.000 --> 00:50:24.800 forty days as well. That must have been crazy. He 789 00:50:24.960 --> 00:50:29.440 was probably starving. And you see that the tempter came 790 00:50:29.480 --> 00:50:31.320 to him and said, if you are the son of God. 791 00:50:31.599 --> 00:50:34.039 And this part that says if you are the son 792 00:50:34.079 --> 00:50:36.719 of God, if you look at it in the Greek, 793 00:50:36.760 --> 00:50:39.440 that actually means since you are the son of God. Right, 794 00:50:39.480 --> 00:50:41.159 so they said, if you are the son of God, 795 00:50:41.159 --> 00:50:44.159 as if it's a question, but really means, since you 796 00:50:44.199 --> 00:50:47.360 are the son of God, command these stones to become bred. 797 00:50:48.360 --> 00:50:51.920 And what does Jesus do? But he answered and said, 798 00:50:52.000 --> 00:50:54.840 it is written man should not live by bread alone, 799 00:50:54.880 --> 00:50:57.920 but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. 800 00:50:58.360 --> 00:51:00.880 So what do we see here? You see that he's 801 00:51:00.960 --> 00:51:03.760 being tempted by the devil, and we see that Jesus 802 00:51:03.800 --> 00:51:07.000 is using the word of God against him as his 803 00:51:07.519 --> 00:51:11.440 spiritual sword, double ed sword. That's what the word of 804 00:51:11.480 --> 00:51:14.159 God is supposed to be used for the devil tempts. 805 00:51:14.159 --> 00:51:16.920 You use the word of God against him. And you 806 00:51:17.000 --> 00:51:19.960 see that Jesus has given us a prime example of 807 00:51:20.039 --> 00:51:25.039 how to deal with spiritual warfare, and what does he get? 808 00:51:25.119 --> 00:51:29.800 What is he asking him command? With your command these 809 00:51:29.840 --> 00:51:33.159 stones to become bred. Right those stones are probably looking 810 00:51:33.199 --> 00:51:35.440 like a loaf of bread right now because he is starving, 811 00:51:35.559 --> 00:51:40.280 you know, so you can tell man like man, the 812 00:51:40.320 --> 00:51:44.199 devil waits until you are tired, till you are hungry, 813 00:51:44.320 --> 00:51:47.119 till you are angry, till you are at your last 814 00:51:47.800 --> 00:51:50.559 bit for him to come and tempt you. And everybody 815 00:51:50.679 --> 00:51:54.840 has these hot buttons that Satan knows to try to 816 00:51:54.880 --> 00:51:56.679 attempt you with. You know, he's not going to attempt 817 00:51:57.000 --> 00:51:58.880 to tempt you with something that he knows that you're 818 00:51:58.920 --> 00:52:01.119 not going to be tempted by. He's gonna tempt you 819 00:52:01.199 --> 00:52:03.440 with something that he knows he can get you with. 820 00:52:03.800 --> 00:52:06.199 So you've got to make sure that you start building 821 00:52:06.239 --> 00:52:10.480 your spiritual armor. You need that shield of faith. You 822 00:52:10.519 --> 00:52:12.559 need to build that shield as big as you can 823 00:52:12.599 --> 00:52:16.199 get it. And you know how you build faith. Faith 824 00:52:16.239 --> 00:52:18.599 cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. 825 00:52:18.920 --> 00:52:21.880 That's how you build faith. Faith cometh by hearing and 826 00:52:21.920 --> 00:52:24.559 hearing by the word of God. So the more you 827 00:52:24.599 --> 00:52:27.559 listen to this podcast, the more faith you're going to 828 00:52:27.599 --> 00:52:30.119 be built. Because I'm going to be reading the Word 829 00:52:30.119 --> 00:52:32.119 of God to you, not saying that it's coming from me. 830 00:52:32.199 --> 00:52:34.119 It's coming from God, and it's coming from the Word. 831 00:52:34.760 --> 00:52:37.800 But this is how you build faith by hearing the 832 00:52:37.880 --> 00:52:42.119 word of God. So your faith is your shield, right, 833 00:52:42.159 --> 00:52:44.599 you need to have that shield. The word of God 834 00:52:44.840 --> 00:52:48.159 is your sword. That's your offensive weapon. You have a 835 00:52:48.199 --> 00:52:53.920 breastplate of righteousness, helmet of salvation, a belt of truth. 836 00:52:54.440 --> 00:52:59.000 And you also have your sandals of the you know, 837 00:52:59.079 --> 00:53:04.480 the gospel, Gospel sandals right walking with the Gospel. So 838 00:53:05.519 --> 00:53:10.960 this is really important that you understand that this is 839 00:53:11.559 --> 00:53:15.679 Jesus showing you what he does in spiritual war, fear, 840 00:53:16.960 --> 00:53:23.280 even at his weakest point, you know. So then the devil. 841 00:53:26.519 --> 00:53:28.880 Then the devil took him up to the Holy City, 842 00:53:29.159 --> 00:53:32.079 set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said 843 00:53:32.119 --> 00:53:34.840 to him, if you are the son of God, throw 844 00:53:34.920 --> 00:53:37.159 yourself down, for it is written. Like I said in 845 00:53:37.199 --> 00:53:39.119 the Greek, I mean, since you are the son of God, 846 00:53:39.239 --> 00:53:41.760 throw yourself down, for it is written. He shall give 847 00:53:41.840 --> 00:53:47.079 his angels charge over you. Whoa Now we have Satan 848 00:53:47.320 --> 00:53:52.360 using scripture against Jesus, and I think that's in the 849 00:53:52.639 --> 00:53:55.679 book of Psalms and in their hands they shall bear 850 00:53:55.800 --> 00:53:59.159 you up lest you dash your foot against a stone. 851 00:53:59.360 --> 00:54:02.000 Jesus said to him, it is written again, you shall 852 00:54:02.039 --> 00:54:06.079 not tempt the Lord your God. So he is using 853 00:54:06.760 --> 00:54:10.440 the word of God against the devil, and the devil 854 00:54:10.559 --> 00:54:16.480 is trying to use scripture to influence his mind. Like wow, 855 00:54:16.960 --> 00:54:19.239 Now you know, even though somebody tries to come up 856 00:54:19.280 --> 00:54:21.239 to you and starts using scripture, they're not always on 857 00:54:21.320 --> 00:54:24.199 the up and up. So make sure that you test 858 00:54:24.280 --> 00:54:27.159 the spirit. That's why Paul says that. So some people 859 00:54:27.159 --> 00:54:29.599 can come out to you and spit all these different 860 00:54:29.679 --> 00:54:32.119 Bible verses from you, but then there might be I'm 861 00:54:32.159 --> 00:54:34.119 no offense to Mormons. I'm not trying to, but let's 862 00:54:34.119 --> 00:54:37.039 say they're Mormons and they know Bible verses and they 863 00:54:37.039 --> 00:54:38.840 try to suck you in and then boom, they start 864 00:54:38.880 --> 00:54:40.920 ending with the Book of Mormon. You know what I mean. 865 00:54:41.000 --> 00:54:44.519 So just letting you know that Satan can come like 866 00:54:44.559 --> 00:54:47.360 an angel of light and start giving you Bible verses, 867 00:54:47.599 --> 00:54:49.559 but you could actually be temp be tempted by the 868 00:54:49.599 --> 00:54:54.440 devil at that point. So Jesus said to him, it 869 00:54:54.480 --> 00:54:57.760 is written, you shall not tempt the Lord your God. 870 00:54:57.960 --> 00:55:02.119 Right And then here's the other part, which is fascinating 871 00:55:02.159 --> 00:55:05.159 as well. Again, the devil took him up to an 872 00:55:05.199 --> 00:55:08.280 exceedingly high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of 873 00:55:08.320 --> 00:55:11.440 the world and their glory, and he said to him, 874 00:55:11.599 --> 00:55:14.400 all these things I will give you if you fall 875 00:55:14.519 --> 00:55:17.360 down and worship me. So now he gets to the 876 00:55:17.400 --> 00:55:21.440 point of what he really wants. He really wants that worship. 877 00:55:21.960 --> 00:55:26.119 And as you could see, it's all about that pride. 878 00:55:26.320 --> 00:55:29.199 You know, he wants that worship. And you see that 879 00:55:31.360 --> 00:55:34.440 he also how could it even be a temptation if 880 00:55:34.760 --> 00:55:38.639 these kingdoms were not his? See back when Eve and Adam, 881 00:55:38.840 --> 00:55:43.119 Adam and Eve sinned, there was a grant deed of 882 00:55:43.159 --> 00:55:46.800 the earth that Adam had, and when he sinned, he 883 00:55:46.880 --> 00:55:50.559 handed that grant deed to Satan. So Satan started ruling 884 00:55:50.599 --> 00:55:54.360 over these kingdoms of the world and their glory. He 885 00:55:54.519 --> 00:55:57.920 was trying to show Jesus like, hey, these are my kingdoms, 886 00:55:58.360 --> 00:56:00.599 and you don't have to go to the cross. I 887 00:56:00.679 --> 00:56:03.760 will let you bypass the cross, and I will give 888 00:56:03.800 --> 00:56:06.199 you all these kingdoms without you having to do that. 889 00:56:06.719 --> 00:56:10.280 But what happened then Jesus said to him, away with you, Satan, 890 00:56:10.320 --> 00:56:12.920 for it is written you shall worship the Lord your God, 891 00:56:13.239 --> 00:56:22.679 and him only you shall serve. So understand, guys. First 892 00:56:22.679 --> 00:56:26.000 of all, I think it's fascinating that the kingdoms are 893 00:56:26.079 --> 00:56:31.360 Satan's right. You see that the world is Satan's kingdoms. Right. 894 00:56:31.440 --> 00:56:36.039 He is the prince of the air. And for him 895 00:56:36.079 --> 00:56:38.280 to give him this temptation, he had to have had 896 00:56:38.320 --> 00:56:41.039 these kingdoms. They had to have been his right. You 897 00:56:41.079 --> 00:56:46.320 can see that. So now then Jesus said to him, 898 00:56:46.320 --> 00:56:48.559 away from you, Satan is written, you shall worship the 899 00:56:48.559 --> 00:56:52.480 Lord your God, and him only you shall serve, once again, 900 00:56:53.320 --> 00:56:58.519 hitting him with scripture three temptations, lust of the flesh, 901 00:56:58.719 --> 00:57:02.280 lust of the eyes, and pride. That's the three right, 902 00:57:02.519 --> 00:57:08.480 so you have and the devil left him, and behold, 903 00:57:08.519 --> 00:57:11.199 the angels came and ministered to him. So Jesus was 904 00:57:11.280 --> 00:57:14.440 I mean, obviously, he was exhausted, he was hungry, he 905 00:57:14.559 --> 00:57:17.840 was in a very terrible spot. And the angels knew 906 00:57:18.159 --> 00:57:20.239 they had to sit back and wait and let this 907 00:57:20.280 --> 00:57:23.599 temptation happen. Right, And then the angels came and ministered 908 00:57:23.639 --> 00:57:25.679 to him and probably brought up his spirit and helped him. 909 00:57:25.719 --> 00:57:28.760 And it's and in that instant, but you see that 910 00:57:28.840 --> 00:57:33.760 God Uh. You know, Jesus was tempted, just like we are, 911 00:57:34.480 --> 00:57:37.719 and he didn't give in. And what did he do. 912 00:57:38.119 --> 00:57:41.880 He used the word of God against him. Resist the 913 00:57:41.920 --> 00:57:45.599 devil and he shall flee. That's James what five to seven? 914 00:57:46.039 --> 00:57:53.079 I think? Excuse me, I believe that's Uh. Resist the 915 00:57:53.119 --> 00:57:57.599 devil and he will flee. James four to seven. Submit 916 00:57:57.679 --> 00:58:00.679 yourselves to God. Resist the devil and he will flee. 917 00:58:01.360 --> 00:58:05.079 Jesus was resisting him, and he will flee. Even though 918 00:58:05.199 --> 00:58:07.920 Jesus was at his first point, it was hungry, he 919 00:58:08.000 --> 00:58:13.320 was probably thirsty, he was exhausted. Satan came and tempted him, 920 00:58:13.679 --> 00:58:18.599 and Jesus prevailed. He resisted the devil, and the devil 921 00:58:19.400 --> 00:58:22.400 left him. You see that, That's all it takes. And 922 00:58:22.480 --> 00:58:24.800 we need to understand that, and we need to have 923 00:58:24.840 --> 00:58:28.280 a game plan set up when the devil's gonna tempt you, 924 00:58:28.719 --> 00:58:31.159 and understand that. If you have a problem with alcohol, 925 00:58:32.079 --> 00:58:36.960 stay out of the bars, stay away from the family barbecues, 926 00:58:38.360 --> 00:58:42.840 stay away from anywhere that's gonna have alcohol around for 927 00:58:43.199 --> 00:58:46.280 a while until you get straight with the Lord. I'm 928 00:58:46.320 --> 00:58:49.320 just letting you know. If you have a problem with pornography, 929 00:58:49.800 --> 00:58:53.920 stay off of Instagram and stay off of TikTok, and 930 00:58:53.960 --> 00:58:56.920 stay off of certain things that are gonna gonna try 931 00:58:56.960 --> 00:59:00.000 to tempt you because there's an algorithm and you've probably 932 00:59:00.159 --> 00:59:02.760 click certain things. So what happens is it brings it 933 00:59:02.840 --> 00:59:05.320 up and it causes you to go step and then 934 00:59:05.360 --> 00:59:07.920 another step, and then you're looking up butts and then 935 00:59:07.960 --> 00:59:10.519 you're looking up porn. Let's say, if you have a 936 00:59:10.599 --> 00:59:14.800 drug addiction, you need to erase all the phone numbers 937 00:59:14.800 --> 00:59:18.320 of all of your hookups for whatever drug that you're into. 938 00:59:18.960 --> 00:59:22.719 Erase them, change your phone number, stay out of the 939 00:59:22.880 --> 00:59:26.079 area that that person is. There's gonna be things that 940 00:59:26.360 --> 00:59:31.000 that tempt you. Triggers is what they're called. And the 941 00:59:31.079 --> 00:59:34.880 triggers are you going through your contacts and seeing that 942 00:59:35.000 --> 00:59:37.280 name of that person that you call for those drugs. 943 00:59:37.280 --> 00:59:39.599 That's a trigger. There's certain things that are gonna are 944 00:59:39.599 --> 00:59:44.280 gonna happen. The devil, he knows it. Now. If you 945 00:59:44.880 --> 00:59:47.320 have an opportunity, which is very hard when people are 946 00:59:47.320 --> 00:59:51.400 addicted to drugs, to leave that area and move, that 947 00:59:51.559 --> 00:59:54.480 is probably the best thing for you. Move, change your 948 00:59:54.480 --> 01:00:00.519 phone number and just get away. If you have a 949 01:00:00.559 --> 01:00:05.559 problem with women, right some kind of addiction to sex 950 01:00:05.679 --> 01:00:08.760 or something or adultery or all that you need to 951 01:00:09.280 --> 01:00:13.000 you know, you need to resist the devil. He will flee. Joseph, 952 01:00:13.199 --> 01:00:15.199 what did he do? The woman came on to him 953 01:00:15.400 --> 01:00:18.679 and he ran, He fleed, he took off. You got 954 01:00:18.719 --> 01:00:23.960 to run. I'm just kind of giving you guys. You 955 01:00:23.960 --> 01:00:26.679 guys understanding that you got to have a game plan. 956 01:00:27.119 --> 01:00:29.280 If you have some type of thing that the devil 957 01:00:29.400 --> 01:00:32.440 knows is your temptation, you need to have a game 958 01:00:32.480 --> 01:00:36.800 plan beforehand. You know, when you go into a baseball game, 959 01:00:36.960 --> 01:00:39.880 a football game, you go into any type of sports, 960 01:00:40.199 --> 01:00:43.360 what happens the coach he has a master plan for 961 01:00:43.480 --> 01:00:46.320 that game. And sometimes that plan doesn't work. And that's 962 01:00:46.320 --> 01:00:48.239 not going to work for the devil every time. But 963 01:00:48.360 --> 01:00:50.960 you need to have a plan when something pops up 964 01:00:51.000 --> 01:00:53.639 that that triggers you. You need to know that you 965 01:00:53.679 --> 01:00:58.119 need to resist. In Jesus's name, I rebuke this whatever 966 01:00:58.159 --> 01:01:00.639 it is, you know, I rebuke this pornography. I rebuke 967 01:01:00.719 --> 01:01:04.840 this devil worship. I rebuke this sorcery. I rebuke this witchcraft. 968 01:01:04.920 --> 01:01:08.159 I rebuke this in Yasue of the Mischiak's name, you know, 969 01:01:08.159 --> 01:01:09.880 you've got to have some kind of plan, and you 970 01:01:10.000 --> 01:01:13.519 got to have versus prepared for when you go through 971 01:01:13.599 --> 01:01:19.360 those temptations. In Ephesians six, verse twelve. I'll go over 972 01:01:19.400 --> 01:01:25.559 that really quick my memory. I know's we wrestle not 973 01:01:25.599 --> 01:01:29.360 against flesh and blood, but principalities of evil. Let's look 974 01:01:29.360 --> 01:01:31.519 that up real quick, because since we're kind of in 975 01:01:31.599 --> 01:01:37.679 the spiritual warfare thing. Finally, my brethren, be strong in 976 01:01:37.719 --> 01:01:40.880 the Lord and in the power of His might, put 977 01:01:40.920 --> 01:01:42.719 on the whole armor of God, that you may be 978 01:01:42.800 --> 01:01:46.119 able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For 979 01:01:46.320 --> 01:01:49.719 we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but principalities, 980 01:01:50.199 --> 01:01:54.519 against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness 981 01:01:54.519 --> 01:01:59.280 of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in heavenly places, 982 01:01:59.400 --> 01:02:02.760 in the King and says high places. Therefore, take up 983 01:02:02.760 --> 01:02:05.559 the whole armor of God, that you be may be 984 01:02:05.639 --> 01:02:08.960 able to withstand in the evil day. And having done 985 01:02:09.000 --> 01:02:12.480 all to stand so I already went over the exact 986 01:02:12.920 --> 01:02:18.440 you know what. The armor is, girded with your waste 987 01:02:18.480 --> 01:02:21.480 of truth, having put the breastplate of righteousness, having shot 988 01:02:21.599 --> 01:02:24.000 your feet with the preparation of the Gospel of peace, 989 01:02:24.039 --> 01:02:27.320 above all, taking the shield of faith with you, which 990 01:02:27.320 --> 01:02:30.119 you will be able to quench all the fiery darts 991 01:02:30.119 --> 01:02:32.679 of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation 992 01:02:33.079 --> 01:02:36.239 to protect your brain. Protect your dome is from metal 993 01:02:36.239 --> 01:02:40.800 podcasts as protect your dome. And the sword of the Spirit, 994 01:02:40.840 --> 01:02:44.679 which is in the Word of God, which is the 995 01:02:44.719 --> 01:02:49.400 Word of God. Praying always with all prayer and supplication 996 01:02:49.519 --> 01:02:52.679 in the spirit, being watchful to this end, with all 997 01:02:52.760 --> 01:02:56.760 perseverance of supplication for all the saints and for me, 998 01:02:56.960 --> 01:03:00.280 the utterance may be given to me that I may 999 01:03:00.599 --> 01:03:03.559 open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of 1000 01:03:03.559 --> 01:03:06.199 the Gospel for which I am an ambassador in chains 1001 01:03:06.719 --> 01:03:09.800 that in it I will speak boldly as I ought 1002 01:03:09.840 --> 01:03:15.599 to speak. So understand that prayer, praying in the spirit. 1003 01:03:16.199 --> 01:03:19.760 Prayer is also our offensive weapon, and the Word of 1004 01:03:19.800 --> 01:03:23.559 God is the sword that's our offensive weapon. Faith the 1005 01:03:23.639 --> 01:03:27.199 shield is our defensive weapon. And all this other armor 1006 01:03:27.280 --> 01:03:28.639 that you can put on, which I already went over. 1007 01:03:28.960 --> 01:03:35.079 So understand that spiritual battles are real. There's I mean, 1008 01:03:35.199 --> 01:03:38.960 people keep thinking about the physical so much. I have bills, 1009 01:03:39.079 --> 01:03:41.920 I have this, I have that, I have this, I 1010 01:03:41.960 --> 01:03:44.840 have that. Well, Jesus is telling you right here with 1011 01:03:45.199 --> 01:03:48.519 these temptations, especially the bread like, man should not live 1012 01:03:48.559 --> 01:03:50.119 on bread and lode, but word of God, like, do 1013 01:03:50.159 --> 01:03:52.360 you understand what he's saying. He's saying that bread. Yeah, 1014 01:03:52.400 --> 01:03:55.239 it's important to feed your body, but the most important 1015 01:03:55.239 --> 01:03:59.000 thing is the spiritual, not the physical. And that's what 1016 01:03:59.079 --> 01:04:02.239 he's reminding the death. I'm not, hey, you know what, 1017 01:04:02.360 --> 01:04:04.760 The physical is not important to me. The Word of 1018 01:04:04.800 --> 01:04:07.679 God is the spiritual. That's what he's telling the devil 1019 01:04:07.719 --> 01:04:10.719 right here, that's what he comes with. That's why he says, 1020 01:04:10.719 --> 01:04:13.559 man shall not live by bread alone, but by every 1021 01:04:13.679 --> 01:04:16.840 word that proceeds from the mouth of God. Showing you 1022 01:04:16.920 --> 01:04:20.719 that the physical man shall not live by bread alone 1023 01:04:20.920 --> 01:04:23.639 is not as important as the spiritual. That's why God, 1024 01:04:23.679 --> 01:04:27.800 that's why he says that. And then you shall not 1025 01:04:28.000 --> 01:04:30.440 tempt the Lord your God is what the other one is. 1026 01:04:30.760 --> 01:04:33.280 And then away from you, away with you, Satan, for 1027 01:04:33.320 --> 01:04:35.440 it is written you shall worship the Lord your God, 1028 01:04:35.480 --> 01:04:38.960 and him only you shall serve. Later on, I'll show 1029 01:04:39.000 --> 01:04:41.199 you that it says you can only worship one master, 1030 01:04:42.360 --> 01:04:45.199 one master. That's it. You can either worship God or 1031 01:04:45.239 --> 01:04:47.360 the God of manner, or the God of money or 1032 01:04:47.360 --> 01:04:49.320 I would say that is Satan. Right, So you can 1033 01:04:49.400 --> 01:04:52.519 either worship even if you you might not even know it. 1034 01:04:53.679 --> 01:04:55.920 You might not even know it, but you are not 1035 01:04:56.039 --> 01:05:02.159 worshiping God, then you are worshiping or the God of Mana. Right, 1036 01:05:03.039 --> 01:05:06.320 So let's continue here. So yeah, that's kind of just 1037 01:05:06.360 --> 01:05:09.400 to prepare you guys for battle spiritual warfare. I just 1038 01:05:09.480 --> 01:05:12.719 want to make sure that you guys are aware of 1039 01:05:12.760 --> 01:05:16.679 that and understand. You know, there's a man so much 1040 01:05:16.719 --> 01:05:20.199 out there. It's so easy right now to get caught 1041 01:05:20.320 --> 01:05:23.599 up in spiritual warfare and so easy to get caught 1042 01:05:23.679 --> 01:05:30.360 up and you know these types of vices. Because the 1043 01:05:30.440 --> 01:05:34.039 phone is right here in your hand, you can easily 1044 01:05:34.119 --> 01:05:38.119 google whatever you want, you know what I mean. So 1045 01:05:38.760 --> 01:05:42.000 there is a lot of spiritual warfare happening from the 1046 01:05:42.079 --> 01:05:44.880 devil in certain ways, and I just want you guys 1047 01:05:44.880 --> 01:05:47.599 to be prepared for the battle. This is the type 1048 01:05:47.639 --> 01:05:49.960 of stuff that we need to get into. That's why 1049 01:05:50.039 --> 01:05:51.920 the Old Testament is good to get into, and the 1050 01:05:52.039 --> 01:05:54.679 New Testament is getting into. So you know about spiritual 1051 01:05:54.719 --> 01:05:57.760 warfare and the battles and the demons and stuff like 1052 01:05:57.760 --> 01:06:04.679 that that Jesus is casting out. So and the devil 1053 01:06:05.119 --> 01:06:08.159 knew that he was the son of God. Okay, that's 1054 01:06:08.159 --> 01:06:10.039 why he says, since you're the son of God in 1055 01:06:10.079 --> 01:06:15.239 the Greek right, So all right, so let's uh check out. 1056 01:06:16.440 --> 01:06:19.440 This is gonna be Matthew four. We're going to be 1057 01:06:19.519 --> 01:06:24.719 at verse twelve. Now, when Jesus heard that John had 1058 01:06:24.719 --> 01:06:28.519 been put in prison, he departed to Galilee, and leaving Nazareth, 1059 01:06:28.559 --> 01:06:31.679 he came and dwelt in Capernium, which is by the sea, 1060 01:06:32.039 --> 01:06:36.760 and the reigns of Zebylon and Naphtali, that it might 1061 01:06:36.800 --> 01:06:39.599 be fulfilled, which was spoken by Isaiah the Prophet, saying, 1062 01:06:39.639 --> 01:06:42.559 the land of Zebelon and the land of Nephtali, by 1063 01:06:42.599 --> 01:06:45.079 the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan Galilee of 1064 01:06:45.119 --> 01:06:48.360 the Gentiles. The people who sat in darkness have seen 1065 01:06:48.400 --> 01:06:51.239 a great light, and upon those who sat in the 1066 01:06:51.280 --> 01:06:56.079 region and shadow of death, light has dawned. Excuse me. 1067 01:06:57.320 --> 01:07:00.559 And from that time Jesus spoke, began to preach and 1068 01:07:00.599 --> 01:07:06.000 say repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. 1069 01:07:07.119 --> 01:07:17.679 Four fishermen called as disciples, and Jesus walked. Jesus walked, 1070 01:07:18.760 --> 01:07:23.400 this is a on call. Give me one. Sorry about that. 1071 01:07:23.559 --> 01:07:28.039 Yep I had to take a quick on call phone call. 1072 01:07:28.559 --> 01:07:33.119 I will. I am going to get back to the word. Yep, 1073 01:07:33.280 --> 01:07:36.679 here we go. So yeah, for Wednesday service. I'm gonna 1074 01:07:36.679 --> 01:07:38.800 be recording on Sunday night, which I am on call 1075 01:07:38.840 --> 01:07:41.840 from my work. So apologize I got that call. But anyways, 1076 01:07:41.920 --> 01:07:45.719 no worries. Four fishermen called this Disciples and Jesus. Walking 1077 01:07:45.960 --> 01:07:49.000 by the sea of Galley, saw two brothers, Simon called 1078 01:07:49.039 --> 01:07:52.280 Peter and Andrewa's brother, casting a net into the sea, 1079 01:07:52.599 --> 01:07:55.599 for they were fishermen. Then he said to them, follow me, 1080 01:07:55.719 --> 01:07:58.679 and I will make you fishers of men. Then immediately 1081 01:07:59.360 --> 01:08:02.920 they immediately left their nets and followed him. Going on 1082 01:08:03.039 --> 01:08:06.519 from there, he saw two brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, 1083 01:08:06.719 --> 01:08:10.280 and John, his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, 1084 01:08:10.760 --> 01:08:13.840 mending their nets. He called them and immediately left the 1085 01:08:13.840 --> 01:08:19.239 boat and their father and followed him. So follow me, 1086 01:08:19.319 --> 01:08:23.800 and I will make you fishers of men. He wants 1087 01:08:23.840 --> 01:08:26.880 you to fish for men to save souls. He wants 1088 01:08:26.920 --> 01:08:34.399 you to assist God in helping God save souls. Jesus 1089 01:08:34.399 --> 01:08:38.479 heals a great multitude. And Jesus went about all Galilee, 1090 01:08:38.640 --> 01:08:42.000 teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom 1091 01:08:42.039 --> 01:08:44.159 and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of 1092 01:08:44.199 --> 01:08:48.279 disease among the people. Then his fame went throughout all Syria, 1093 01:08:48.439 --> 01:08:50.520 and they brought to him all sick people who were 1094 01:08:50.520 --> 01:08:54.359 afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were 1095 01:08:54.439 --> 01:09:01.960 demon possessed, epileptics and paralytics, and he healed them. Great 1096 01:09:02.039 --> 01:09:07.039 multitudes followed him from Galilee and from the Apocalypse Jerusalem, 1097 01:09:07.239 --> 01:09:15.760 Judea and beyond the Jordan. So he was teaching in 1098 01:09:15.800 --> 01:09:18.720 the synagogues. He was preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom 1099 01:09:19.000 --> 01:09:22.159 and healing all kinds of sickness, right, So he was 1100 01:09:22.199 --> 01:09:26.520 healing all types of diseases. So I think it's kind 1101 01:09:26.560 --> 01:09:32.720 of interesting that if you look what Elon Musk is 1102 01:09:32.720 --> 01:09:37.359 trying to do with his excuse me, his brain implant. 1103 01:09:37.520 --> 01:09:39.439 I don't know why it's slipping my mind right now, 1104 01:09:39.720 --> 01:09:47.000 but what is it called? Oh, my goodness, Lelon Musk. 1105 01:09:47.279 --> 01:09:47.359 H. 1106 01:09:51.560 --> 01:09:55.279 Eurolink, thank you, jeez. My mind is yeah. I worked 1107 01:09:55.279 --> 01:09:57.600 all day to day, so man, I'm tired today. I 1108 01:09:57.680 --> 01:09:59.680 had a lot going on, but it's all good. And 1109 01:09:59.720 --> 01:10:02.000 I got little cold going so my mind is a 1110 01:10:02.039 --> 01:10:05.600 little rusty. But anyways, so the neuralink, right, So, I 1111 01:10:05.640 --> 01:10:08.760 think it's fascinating that he is trying to create the 1112 01:10:08.880 --> 01:10:14.640 neuralink to do what to heal the blind, heal the death, 1113 01:10:15.119 --> 01:10:21.000 and he's trying to also help paraplegic people. He's trying 1114 01:10:21.039 --> 01:10:23.640 to make it so that they can walk again. It's 1115 01:10:23.680 --> 01:10:28.000 almost like he's trying to mock Jesus and the healing 1116 01:10:28.039 --> 01:10:32.560 that Jesus did. And I think the neuralink, I'm not 1117 01:10:32.560 --> 01:10:34.520 trying to get off subject here, off topic. I'm just 1118 01:10:34.520 --> 01:10:38.279 trying to let you know that it's fascinating that he 1119 01:10:38.399 --> 01:10:43.399 his neuralink, is trying to do that. But yeah, we'll 1120 01:10:43.439 --> 01:10:45.960 get back to the word. But I just think it's fascinating. 1121 01:10:47.319 --> 01:10:51.720 Now it says various diseases and torments and those who 1122 01:10:51.760 --> 01:10:54.800 were demon possessed. So I think some people some of 1123 01:10:54.880 --> 01:11:03.600 these diseases were caused by people being demon possessed, some 1124 01:11:03.680 --> 01:11:06.000 of them, not all of them, some of them, right. 1125 01:11:06.840 --> 01:11:09.840 So I think that, uh, that's something that people need 1126 01:11:09.880 --> 01:11:15.279 to understand nowadays because a lot of doctors and psychologists. 1127 01:11:15.880 --> 01:11:17.880 I mean, if you ask the psychologist how many people 1128 01:11:17.880 --> 01:11:20.680 have you healed in your life? Psychologists would probably tell 1129 01:11:20.720 --> 01:11:25.359 you a zero. They're they're not healing people. Psychologists. They're 1130 01:11:25.399 --> 01:11:28.680 just there to give you medicine to make you feel better, 1131 01:11:29.159 --> 01:11:32.760 and that's it. They're not healing anybody. Because I think 1132 01:11:32.800 --> 01:11:35.800 a lot of them maybe could some of them might 1133 01:11:35.920 --> 01:11:40.159 might have a demon. I see people walking around town 1134 01:11:40.439 --> 01:11:43.479 in rialto you know, when I when I'm you know, 1135 01:11:44.119 --> 01:11:46.399 I used to do valves and I would I would 1136 01:11:46.479 --> 01:11:48.760 just I would just meet people that walk around and 1137 01:11:49.199 --> 01:11:51.359 they would be I could tell that they have some 1138 01:11:51.680 --> 01:11:54.039 I mean, I would just feel this presence about them 1139 01:11:54.439 --> 01:11:56.079 and they wouldn't want to speak to me. They would 1140 01:11:56.119 --> 01:11:59.560 just walk by, you know, just they were they were homeless. 1141 01:11:59.560 --> 01:12:01.399 But hey, I pray for them. And I'm not saying 1142 01:12:01.399 --> 01:12:04.119 all homeless people or abdemons. I'm just saying that some 1143 01:12:04.279 --> 01:12:06.960 of them I felt this that they might have something 1144 01:12:07.000 --> 01:12:10.119 like that, you know. So all right, So we're at 1145 01:12:10.199 --> 01:12:14.279 Matthew five now, and this is the beatitudes and seeing 1146 01:12:14.319 --> 01:12:17.000 the multitudes. He went up on a mountain, and when 1147 01:12:17.039 --> 01:12:19.760 he was seated, his disciples came to him. Then he 1148 01:12:19.840 --> 01:12:23.560 opened his mouth and taught them, saying, Blessed are the 1149 01:12:23.640 --> 01:12:27.439 poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom, and for 1150 01:12:27.600 --> 01:12:31.199 Theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, 1151 01:12:31.760 --> 01:12:35.560 for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for 1152 01:12:35.720 --> 01:12:39.119 they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger 1153 01:12:39.680 --> 01:12:45.079 and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. Blessed 1154 01:12:45.079 --> 01:12:48.920 are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are 1155 01:12:48.960 --> 01:12:52.520 the peer and heart, for they shall see God. Blessed 1156 01:12:52.560 --> 01:12:56.000 are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. 1157 01:12:56.800 --> 01:13:01.600 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for theirs 1158 01:13:02.319 --> 01:13:12.760 is the kingdom of heaven. So blessed are you when 1159 01:13:12.800 --> 01:13:17.600 you revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of 1160 01:13:17.640 --> 01:13:21.119 evil against you falsely for my sake, Rejoice and be 1161 01:13:21.199 --> 01:13:24.800 exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. Or 1162 01:13:24.880 --> 01:13:29.560 they persecuted the prophets who were before you, so you 1163 01:13:29.600 --> 01:13:31.880 see that you were gonna be You know, some people 1164 01:13:31.920 --> 01:13:36.520 believe that when you get saved, that everything's easy from there. 1165 01:13:36.600 --> 01:13:38.520 You know, your life is gonna be blessed. You're gonna 1166 01:13:38.520 --> 01:13:41.079 be profiting, You're gonna have money, You're gonna have, oh, 1167 01:13:41.159 --> 01:13:43.760 everything that you thought you were gonna have. But when 1168 01:13:43.800 --> 01:13:47.640 you get saved, that's when the battle first begins and 1169 01:13:48.159 --> 01:13:51.199 you know you will definitely be persecuted. I mean, I'm 1170 01:13:51.199 --> 01:13:54.359 a Christian, I'm a Christian rapper. I don't run a 1171 01:13:54.399 --> 01:13:57.840 rap anymore because this podcast takes up so much of 1172 01:13:57.880 --> 01:14:00.800 my time. But I have definitely been persecuted, you know 1173 01:14:01.439 --> 01:14:06.119 when when you I've debated people that were atheists and 1174 01:14:06.159 --> 01:14:11.159 in their comments section, I'm being persecuted. So being a Christian, 1175 01:14:11.520 --> 01:14:14.520 that's when the battle begins as soon as you get saved, 1176 01:14:14.760 --> 01:14:16.880 because you think the devil is like cool, you're saved, 1177 01:14:16.960 --> 01:14:18.399 Now have a good day. I'm going to go onto 1178 01:14:18.439 --> 01:14:20.640 the non saved and try to you know, even though 1179 01:14:21.079 --> 01:14:23.880 those people that aren't saved, that are atheists that don't 1180 01:14:23.920 --> 01:14:27.279 care about God, the devil doesn't. He already did his job. 1181 01:14:27.600 --> 01:14:29.760 He's like, cool, have a good day. You know, you're 1182 01:14:29.760 --> 01:14:31.960 already not believing in God. You're already going to hell 1183 01:14:32.039 --> 01:14:34.239 at this point. So I'm going to go and try 1184 01:14:34.279 --> 01:14:36.359 to get the people that are saved. He would like 1185 01:14:36.600 --> 01:14:40.439 you to stumble. He wants to make you stumble, and 1186 01:14:40.680 --> 01:14:46.560 he wants you to make you sin. You see. So 1187 01:14:46.560 --> 01:14:51.359 so man, Jesus is just just just powerful words that 1188 01:14:51.399 --> 01:14:56.239 he's speaking here. You know you are the salt of 1189 01:14:56.319 --> 01:15:00.079 the earth. But if the salt loses his flavor, or 1190 01:15:00.119 --> 01:15:03.079 how shall it be seasoned, it is then good for 1191 01:15:03.199 --> 01:15:06.560 nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. 1192 01:15:07.760 --> 01:15:10.760 You are the light of the world. A city that 1193 01:15:10.920 --> 01:15:14.239 is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do 1194 01:15:14.359 --> 01:15:17.039 they light a lamp and put it under a basket. 1195 01:15:17.319 --> 01:15:20.319 But on a lampstand it gives light to all those 1196 01:15:20.359 --> 01:15:23.079 who are in the house. Let your light so shine 1197 01:15:23.119 --> 01:15:25.960 before men, that you shall see your good works and 1198 01:15:26.039 --> 01:15:30.800 glorify your Father in heaven. We need to be the 1199 01:15:30.920 --> 01:15:35.159 salt of the earth, a man, and the light of 1200 01:15:35.239 --> 01:15:39.600 the world. Okay, So christ fulfills the law. So do 1201 01:15:39.720 --> 01:15:42.520 not think that I came to destroy the law or 1202 01:15:42.560 --> 01:15:45.720 the prophets. I do not come to destroy, but to fulfill. 1203 01:15:46.520 --> 01:15:49.239 For assuredly I say to you, till heaven and earth 1204 01:15:49.279 --> 01:15:53.199 pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no 1205 01:15:53.359 --> 01:15:56.880 means pass from the law till it is fulfilled. Who 1206 01:15:57.520 --> 01:16:01.560 whoever therefore breaks one of the less least of these 1207 01:16:01.640 --> 01:16:05.159 commandments and teaches men soul shall be called least in 1208 01:16:05.199 --> 01:16:08.600 the Kingdom of Heaven. But whoever does and teaches them, 1209 01:16:08.800 --> 01:16:11.119 he shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. 1210 01:16:11.399 --> 01:16:14.039 For I say to you that unless your righteousness succeeds 1211 01:16:14.119 --> 01:16:17.000 the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not, 1212 01:16:17.199 --> 01:16:21.399 by no means enter the Kingdom of Heaven. So if 1213 01:16:21.399 --> 01:16:24.479 you break one of these commandments, it's like breaking them all. 1214 01:16:24.520 --> 01:16:27.079 And that's what it says, and James actually says that 1215 01:16:27.159 --> 01:16:30.800 as well. So we need to understand that. So that's 1216 01:16:30.880 --> 01:16:36.920 why we need Jesus, because we cannot we cannot hold 1217 01:16:36.960 --> 01:16:39.720 to the laws, we cannot hold to the commandments, the 1218 01:16:39.760 --> 01:16:44.720 Ten Commandments. We need Jesus, right, that's why he is 1219 01:16:44.800 --> 01:16:48.760 here to fulfill the law. Now, does that mean that 1220 01:16:48.800 --> 01:16:51.119 it's okay for us to just go and sin? And 1221 01:16:51.600 --> 01:16:55.640 you know, we're say by grace through faith, not by words, right, 1222 01:16:55.720 --> 01:16:58.600 So no manchill boasts, right, For is the gift of God, 1223 01:16:58.720 --> 01:17:00.720 not of yourself, So that no man that shall boast. 1224 01:17:01.159 --> 01:17:04.800 Yes Ephesians two eight. Of course we're saved by grace 1225 01:17:04.840 --> 01:17:07.960 through faith, But that doesn't mean that we have a 1226 01:17:08.039 --> 01:17:10.960 past to go and sin and do whatever we want. 1227 01:17:11.439 --> 01:17:15.000 We still need to make sure that we're following the commandments. 1228 01:17:15.279 --> 01:17:18.560 And we're discipling for Jesus, right, We're discipling for God. 1229 01:17:19.000 --> 01:17:21.479 And yeah, we need to make sure we're doing that 1230 01:17:22.039 --> 01:17:25.479 and that's that is important, you know, as a disciple. 1231 01:17:26.399 --> 01:17:30.680 So yeah, anyways, we are saved by grace through faith. 1232 01:17:30.720 --> 01:17:34.079 So yeah, we're saved by by faith in Jesus. But 1233 01:17:34.359 --> 01:17:38.239 we also need to understand that we need to have obedience, right, 1234 01:17:38.319 --> 01:17:41.039 we need to have obedience. We need to pray for obedience. 1235 01:17:41.920 --> 01:17:47.279 So all right, so murder begins in the heart, excuse me. 1236 01:17:47.960 --> 01:17:58.840 So something we need to understand is like when you 1237 01:17:58.880 --> 01:18:01.680 covet your neighbor, right, when you covet your neighbor's stuff, like, 1238 01:18:01.760 --> 01:18:07.119 you shall not covet your neighbor's you know, cars, women, wife, 1239 01:18:07.159 --> 01:18:11.560 I mean, or whatever. You know, that's a thought. So 1240 01:18:11.640 --> 01:18:15.399 that thought is a sin. So this is kind of 1241 01:18:15.399 --> 01:18:18.600 what Jesus is gonna point towards here. He says, you 1242 01:18:18.640 --> 01:18:20.760 have heard that it was said to those of old 1243 01:18:20.840 --> 01:18:23.680 you shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in 1244 01:18:23.800 --> 01:18:26.479 danger of the judgment. But I say to you that 1245 01:18:26.560 --> 01:18:30.640 whoever is angry with his brother without a cause, excuse me, 1246 01:18:31.199 --> 01:18:33.680 without a cause, shall be in danger of the judgment. 1247 01:18:33.720 --> 01:18:37.560 And whoever says to his brother raca shall be in 1248 01:18:37.680 --> 01:18:41.159 danger of the council. But whoever says you fool shall 1249 01:18:41.199 --> 01:18:44.720 be in danger of hell fire. Therefore, if you bring 1250 01:18:44.800 --> 01:18:48.560 your gift to the altar and there remember that your 1251 01:18:48.600 --> 01:18:52.960 brother was something against you, your brother has something against you. 1252 01:18:53.439 --> 01:18:56.000 Leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. 1253 01:18:56.640 --> 01:18:59.600 First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and 1254 01:18:59.680 --> 01:19:03.479 offer you your gift. Agree with your adversary quickly while 1255 01:19:03.520 --> 01:19:06.399 you are on the way with him, lest your adversary 1256 01:19:06.439 --> 01:19:08.840 deliver you to the judge. The judge hand you over 1257 01:19:08.920 --> 01:19:12.359 to the officer, and you shall be thrown into prison. Surely, 1258 01:19:12.399 --> 01:19:15.359 I say to you, you will by no means get 1259 01:19:15.399 --> 01:19:18.640 out of there till you have paid the last penny. 1260 01:19:19.479 --> 01:19:24.199 So you need to understand that we need to not 1261 01:19:24.439 --> 01:19:29.039 have ah. We need to make sure that we reconcile 1262 01:19:29.119 --> 01:19:31.520 with our brothers and sisters, and we make sure that 1263 01:19:31.560 --> 01:19:35.560 we we we don't make adversaries, we don't make enemies, 1264 01:19:35.880 --> 01:19:40.239 you know. And and if you're trying to uh talk 1265 01:19:40.359 --> 01:19:43.720 bad or slander somebody, it's the you know. It's basically 1266 01:19:44.000 --> 01:19:45.800 it says you fool, you shall be in danger of 1267 01:19:45.840 --> 01:19:47.880 health fires, So we got to make sure that we 1268 01:19:48.000 --> 01:19:49.880 be careful of that. Right. We don't need to be 1269 01:19:49.960 --> 01:19:52.399 angry with our brothers and sisters. We don't need to 1270 01:19:52.399 --> 01:19:55.720 be angry at people. We need to forgive. Right, It's 1271 01:19:55.760 --> 01:19:58.920 it's something that that man, it's like it's I know 1272 01:19:58.960 --> 01:20:02.119 it's hard for some people to understand, but you know, 1273 01:20:02.199 --> 01:20:04.159 you might have family members that did something to you, 1274 01:20:04.239 --> 01:20:05.800 or you might have a brother or sister in Christ 1275 01:20:05.880 --> 01:20:07.640 that did something to you where you don't want to forgive, 1276 01:20:07.680 --> 01:20:10.840 but you don't want to hold that poison. That's what 1277 01:20:10.880 --> 01:20:14.079 it is when you when you unforgive, you know it's poison. 1278 01:20:16.039 --> 01:20:19.800 So murder begins in the heart, and then our next 1279 01:20:19.800 --> 01:20:23.199 one we're gonna go over. Matthew five twenty seven is 1280 01:20:23.600 --> 01:20:26.600 adultery in the heart. You have heard that it is 1281 01:20:26.640 --> 01:20:29.119 said to those of old you shall not commit adultery. 1282 01:20:29.479 --> 01:20:31.760 But I say to you that whoever looks at a 1283 01:20:31.800 --> 01:20:34.720 woman to less what there has already committed adultery with 1284 01:20:34.720 --> 01:20:37.479 her in his heart. If your right eye causes you 1285 01:20:37.560 --> 01:20:40.359 des sind, pluck it out and cast it from you, 1286 01:20:40.760 --> 01:20:44.600 For it is more profitable for you that one of 1287 01:20:44.640 --> 01:20:47.600 your members parish than for your whole body to be 1288 01:20:47.680 --> 01:20:51.319 cast into hell. And if your right hand causes you descind, 1289 01:20:51.399 --> 01:20:54.920 cut it off, cast it from you, for it is 1290 01:20:54.960 --> 01:20:57.560 more profitable for one of the members of Paris than 1291 01:20:57.600 --> 01:21:00.640 for your whole body to be cast into hell. So 1292 01:21:01.640 --> 01:21:05.159 he is saying that if you think about committing adultry, 1293 01:21:05.239 --> 01:21:10.000 then you already have committed adultery. This is another thought sin. 1294 01:21:10.600 --> 01:21:16.520 So that is why pornography is so dangerous to Christians, 1295 01:21:17.359 --> 01:21:21.119 because you are not only are you covening somebody's wife, 1296 01:21:21.159 --> 01:21:25.199 because some of those women are married, but you're also 1297 01:21:25.399 --> 01:21:30.680 thinking of committing adultery with this person in the act 1298 01:21:30.720 --> 01:21:34.680 of you know, masturbation, you know, so understand that it 1299 01:21:34.760 --> 01:21:39.840 is so if your right eye causes you to sin, 1300 01:21:39.920 --> 01:21:41.880 So like, if your cell phone castes you to sin, 1301 01:21:41.960 --> 01:21:44.000 then toss it out. You're better off going to heaven 1302 01:21:44.319 --> 01:21:46.439 by yourself than bringing your cell phone with you, you know, 1303 01:21:46.640 --> 01:21:48.760 or or you know whatever. That's kind of like the 1304 01:21:49.239 --> 01:21:52.600 thing here, like what is causing you to sin, Pluck 1305 01:21:52.640 --> 01:21:55.279 it out and cast it from you, you know, So 1306 01:21:56.119 --> 01:21:59.520 whatever it is, you know, but that's why. And then 1307 01:21:59.560 --> 01:22:04.199 also the people that are actually doing that type of thing, 1308 01:22:04.319 --> 01:22:10.720 you know, pornography, they're also causing their Christian brothers to stumble, 1309 01:22:11.079 --> 01:22:16.479 so they are in sin totally as well, you know. So, 1310 01:22:16.479 --> 01:22:19.119 so that's what's interesting is Jesus is saying that if 1311 01:22:19.119 --> 01:22:23.039 you think it, then you've already committed it. So Jesus 1312 01:22:23.119 --> 01:22:25.880 is like, that's why we need Jesus so bad, because man, 1313 01:22:25.880 --> 01:22:28.880 there's so many people that you know, they walk by 1314 01:22:28.920 --> 01:22:31.880 a woman and they look at her one look, hey, 1315 01:22:31.920 --> 01:22:34.520 that's okay. But when you look back again and then 1316 01:22:34.560 --> 01:22:37.840 you start having this lust in your mind that is 1317 01:22:37.920 --> 01:22:41.680 lusting after a woman, then that is Jesus is saying, 1318 01:22:41.680 --> 01:22:45.079 then that is committing adultery. So this is serious stuff. 1319 01:22:46.479 --> 01:22:49.840 Marriage is sacred and binding. Furthermore, it has been said, 1320 01:22:49.840 --> 01:22:52.680 whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate 1321 01:22:52.720 --> 01:22:55.560 of divorce. But I say to you that whoever divorces 1322 01:22:55.560 --> 01:22:59.640 his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her 1323 01:22:59.680 --> 01:23:03.199 to commit adultery. Whoever marries a woman who is divorced 1324 01:23:03.640 --> 01:23:09.359 commits adultery. How many people are getting divorced nowadays in America? Jeez, 1325 01:23:09.399 --> 01:23:12.159 I think it's like fifty percent of marriages don't last. 1326 01:23:12.960 --> 01:23:17.039 So marriage is sacred and it is binding. You're making 1327 01:23:17.039 --> 01:23:21.039 it covenant with God. So this is so important, you know. 1328 01:23:21.199 --> 01:23:26.520 So Jesus is saying that whoever divorces his wife for 1329 01:23:26.600 --> 01:23:31.560 any reason, accept sexual immorality. So if if the woman 1330 01:23:31.920 --> 01:23:36.600 or the man is doing sexual immorality, and then you know, 1331 01:23:36.880 --> 01:23:40.039 then basically he is saying for any reason except that. 1332 01:23:40.199 --> 01:23:42.920 So if you have a woman that doesn't like to 1333 01:23:42.960 --> 01:23:46.319 clean and cook, you can't divorce her for that. Okay, 1334 01:23:46.640 --> 01:23:50.079 if she is a her personality is like, well, she's 1335 01:23:50.119 --> 01:23:53.920 you know, she talks a lot of mess to you, 1336 01:23:53.920 --> 01:23:57.560 you know, puts you down. He's saying that that's not 1337 01:23:57.640 --> 01:23:59.800 you know, you should have never gotten into that binding, 1338 01:24:00.039 --> 01:24:03.680 sacred marriage in the first place. It's still binding. As 1339 01:24:03.760 --> 01:24:06.119 long as she's not doing sexual morality, then you can't 1340 01:24:06.159 --> 01:24:09.880 just divorce her. But you see that people are divorcing 1341 01:24:09.880 --> 01:24:12.199 people left and right as if the marriage is not 1342 01:24:12.319 --> 01:24:15.199 sacred and it's not binding. And as you see, the 1343 01:24:15.199 --> 01:24:18.000 devil is trying to make marriage less and less sacred. 1344 01:24:18.359 --> 01:24:24.039 He is trying to open it up for trans LBGT, 1345 01:24:25.199 --> 01:24:29.119 gaze all this other stuff. Right, So obviously you know, 1346 01:24:29.199 --> 01:24:37.039 I'm just saying biblically that's not correct. Secular that's different. 1347 01:24:37.479 --> 01:24:39.800 But biblically. I'm gonna tell you I have to be honest. 1348 01:24:39.840 --> 01:24:44.119 It's not correct for that to happen. Marriage is sacred 1349 01:24:44.199 --> 01:24:47.439 and it's binding between a man and a woman. Just 1350 01:24:47.520 --> 01:24:49.840 letting you know, right, we already know that, So you 1351 01:24:49.840 --> 01:24:52.520 guys don't need to beat a dead horse. So all right, 1352 01:24:52.640 --> 01:24:58.079 So Jesus forbids oaths again. You have heard it was 1353 01:24:58.079 --> 01:25:01.520 said to you of old, you shall not falsely, but 1354 01:25:01.640 --> 01:25:04.880 shall perform your oaths to the Lord. But I say 1355 01:25:04.920 --> 01:25:08.199 to you, do not swear at all, neither by Heaven, 1356 01:25:08.479 --> 01:25:11.560 for it is God's throne, nor by earth, for it 1357 01:25:11.640 --> 01:25:14.880 is his footstool, nor by Jerusalem, for it is the 1358 01:25:14.920 --> 01:25:17.199 city of the Great King. Nor should you swear your 1359 01:25:17.239 --> 01:25:20.880 hand your head, because you cannot make your hair white 1360 01:25:21.000 --> 01:25:24.079 or black. But you're yes, be yes. But let your 1361 01:25:24.159 --> 01:25:27.600 yes be yes, and you're no no. For whatever is 1362 01:25:27.640 --> 01:25:31.840 more than these is from the evil One. So this 1363 01:25:31.880 --> 01:25:34.079 is why I try to tell people not to get 1364 01:25:34.079 --> 01:25:38.159 into secret societies and not to do because they're swearing oaths. 1365 01:25:38.359 --> 01:25:41.119 Don't put your hand on the Bible and swear an oath. 1366 01:25:41.560 --> 01:25:44.760 Don't do that because you know you cannot keep these oaths. 1367 01:25:44.960 --> 01:25:47.119 You could try to make an oath and you could 1368 01:25:47.199 --> 01:25:50.239 die tomorrow and you can't fulfill that oath. It's like 1369 01:25:50.399 --> 01:25:52.560 let your yeses be yes and your nose be no. 1370 01:25:53.039 --> 01:25:55.439 That's it. So when they try to have you in 1371 01:25:55.479 --> 01:25:57.640 court and they're like, put your hand on the Bible, 1372 01:25:58.000 --> 01:26:01.479 say I you know, I don't swear by anything. I'll 1373 01:26:01.520 --> 01:26:04.039 let my yeses be yes, my nose be no. That's 1374 01:26:04.039 --> 01:26:07.479 what Jesus says. He forbids you to do oaths. That's 1375 01:26:07.520 --> 01:26:11.119 why in Freemasonry and these secret societies, for you to 1376 01:26:11.399 --> 01:26:13.920 enter you have to do an oath. When you go 1377 01:26:14.000 --> 01:26:16.680 into the Skull and Bones, you have to do rituals. 1378 01:26:16.920 --> 01:26:20.119 To end up getting into these these secret societies, it 1379 01:26:20.199 --> 01:26:24.279 is because you are swearing falsely and performing oaths not 1380 01:26:24.439 --> 01:26:28.399 to the Lord, but you're performing oaths to who. Well, 1381 01:26:28.680 --> 01:26:31.279 I'll tell you what it is to Satan, bro to 1382 01:26:31.359 --> 01:26:34.359 the devil. That's who it is to you know, the 1383 01:26:34.359 --> 01:26:37.840 the god of this world, uh, you know is not. 1384 01:26:38.800 --> 01:26:41.560 That's that's why when you see the Great Argue, we 1385 01:26:41.560 --> 01:26:44.199 already know when you get into when you start studying 1386 01:26:44.239 --> 01:26:48.600 freemasonry and all these secret societies, you know who the 1387 01:26:48.720 --> 01:26:52.439 architect of you know, their their their little g God, 1388 01:26:52.479 --> 01:26:55.399 I would say, is, and it's not. You know that, 1389 01:26:55.760 --> 01:26:59.800 it's not God of the Bible, right, it's Lucifer, right, 1390 01:27:00.039 --> 01:27:02.039 that is the light bearer that they are worshiping. So 1391 01:27:02.680 --> 01:27:06.720 that's why I tell people not to swear oaths. Not 1392 01:27:06.840 --> 01:27:08.960 to you know, you can't do that. You know you 1393 01:27:08.960 --> 01:27:12.279 can't get into that. And I am guilty myself. I 1394 01:27:12.399 --> 01:27:15.479 swore an oath to the United States Military. This is 1395 01:27:15.680 --> 01:27:18.920 me not even thinking about it. I just raised my 1396 01:27:19.000 --> 01:27:21.640 right hand and I and I did an oath, you know. 1397 01:27:21.880 --> 01:27:25.159 And also like there's little weird little things that happened 1398 01:27:25.159 --> 01:27:28.479 in the military when you get through boot camp and 1399 01:27:28.560 --> 01:27:32.359 you once you get done with boot camp in your 1400 01:27:32.439 --> 01:27:34.920 in your you know, basically you do your last twelve 1401 01:27:34.920 --> 01:27:40.079 mile rock march, you are you get putting this little 1402 01:27:40.119 --> 01:27:44.479 weird I would say, like a ritual to earn your bereat. 1403 01:27:44.640 --> 01:27:46.720 There's little things in the military that are like that. 1404 01:27:46.760 --> 01:27:54.359 It's it's really strange that I noticed Jesus forbids oaths. 1405 01:27:54.479 --> 01:28:02.000 Remember that Christians remember that this one says, go the 1406 01:28:02.039 --> 01:28:05.159 second mile. That's the title you have heard. It is 1407 01:28:05.279 --> 01:28:07.760 said an eye for an eye and a tooth for 1408 01:28:07.840 --> 01:28:10.880 a tooth. But I tell you not to resist an 1409 01:28:11.680 --> 01:28:14.640 but I tell you not to resist an evil person. 1410 01:28:14.720 --> 01:28:17.800 But whoever slaps you on the right cheek, turn the 1411 01:28:17.880 --> 01:28:21.199 other to him. Also, if anyone wants to sue you 1412 01:28:21.560 --> 01:28:24.840 and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also. 1413 01:28:24.960 --> 01:28:27.960 And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with 1414 01:28:28.079 --> 01:28:31.520 him too. Give him who asks you, and from who 1415 01:28:31.600 --> 01:28:35.319 wants to borrow from you, do not turn away. So 1416 01:28:36.000 --> 01:28:41.439 Jesus is so graceful and so amazing. This is a 1417 01:28:41.520 --> 01:28:45.800 blueprint for how we should live. If everybody on earth 1418 01:28:46.439 --> 01:28:50.000 lived like Jesus lived, then there would there would be 1419 01:28:50.079 --> 01:28:54.479 no chaos, there would be no war. Everything would be 1420 01:28:55.399 --> 01:28:59.039 copoesthetic and would be amazing and would be beautiful, and 1421 01:28:59.119 --> 01:29:01.760 we would be taking care of one another. We wouldn't 1422 01:29:01.760 --> 01:29:04.359 be having people with snakes trying to stab people on 1423 01:29:04.439 --> 01:29:08.600 the back, trying to have people to borrow money on interest, 1424 01:29:08.720 --> 01:29:12.760 and wars and pestilence and all this different stuff that happens. 1425 01:29:13.119 --> 01:29:18.279 Like you see how Jesus is such a beautiful, graceful person. 1426 01:29:18.600 --> 01:29:20.960 He wants you to be a certain way to one another. 1427 01:29:21.279 --> 01:29:23.880 That you see that we have lost that, I mean, 1428 01:29:23.920 --> 01:29:26.800 we have lost that totally. You go to this if 1429 01:29:26.800 --> 01:29:29.199 you go to a gas station right now, and I 1430 01:29:29.199 --> 01:29:31.199 always do this, I'm like, hey, how you doing today, 1431 01:29:31.479 --> 01:29:34.760 you know, or just be nice to people. How's it 1432 01:29:34.840 --> 01:29:38.279 going man? You know, and they're they're like surprised, like whoa, 1433 01:29:38.359 --> 01:29:41.239 who's this person? We're supposed to be like that. We're 1434 01:29:41.239 --> 01:29:43.479 supposed to be the salt of this world, the light 1435 01:29:43.560 --> 01:29:45.479 of this world. How are you going to be that 1436 01:29:45.960 --> 01:29:48.760 by sitting there just being all mad all day? Now? 1437 01:29:49.279 --> 01:29:53.199 You need to be you know, happy, uplifting and talking 1438 01:29:53.199 --> 01:29:54.880 to people. But I just want to let you guys 1439 01:29:54.920 --> 01:29:58.079 know he is Jesus is so graceful and beautiful, the 1440 01:29:58.079 --> 01:30:03.279 way his personality was so beautiful. Love your enemies. You 1441 01:30:03.319 --> 01:30:05.960 have heard it. It was said you shall love your 1442 01:30:06.000 --> 01:30:09.319 neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, 1443 01:30:09.520 --> 01:30:13.439 love your enemies, Bless those who curse you, Do good 1444 01:30:13.720 --> 01:30:16.560 to those who hate you, and pray for those who 1445 01:30:16.680 --> 01:30:20.880 spitefully use you and persecute you, that you you may 1446 01:30:20.880 --> 01:30:24.720 be sons of your Father in heaven. For he makes 1447 01:30:24.720 --> 01:30:28.199 his son rise on the evil and on good, and 1448 01:30:28.319 --> 01:30:31.600 sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For 1449 01:30:31.680 --> 01:30:34.760 if you love those who love you, what reward have 1450 01:30:34.880 --> 01:30:37.560 you do not. Even the tax collectors do the same. 1451 01:30:38.039 --> 01:30:40.920 And if you greet your brethren only, what do you 1452 01:30:41.039 --> 01:30:44.600 do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do. 1453 01:30:44.720 --> 01:30:47.920 So therefore you shall be perfect, just as the Father 1454 01:30:48.000 --> 01:30:52.079 in Heaven is perfect. So interesting that Jesus uses the 1455 01:30:52.079 --> 01:30:54.079 tax collector thing. And this is in the Book of Matthew, 1456 01:30:54.079 --> 01:30:58.399 because Matthew was a tax collector. Right, excuse me, So 1457 01:31:00.439 --> 01:31:02.920 love your enemies. You shall love your neighbor and hate 1458 01:31:02.920 --> 01:31:05.439 your enemy. No, see that Jesus says. No, you shall 1459 01:31:05.560 --> 01:31:09.880 love your enemies, Bless those who curse you, do good 1460 01:31:09.880 --> 01:31:12.680 to those who hate you, and pray for those who 1461 01:31:12.760 --> 01:31:16.399 spitefully use you and persecute you. So, if somebody is 1462 01:31:16.479 --> 01:31:20.199 persecuting you, somebody hates you. Somebody can't stand the fact 1463 01:31:20.279 --> 01:31:23.079 you're Christian. Someone can't stand the fact that you got 1464 01:31:23.079 --> 01:31:25.880 that promotion. Someone can't stand the fact that you know 1465 01:31:26.920 --> 01:31:30.880 you have a whatever, you need to pray for them 1466 01:31:31.119 --> 01:31:33.600 if you have an enemy, but you shouldn't. You gotta 1467 01:31:33.760 --> 01:31:38.319 let it go. You gotta let it go, You gotta forgive, 1468 01:31:39.079 --> 01:31:42.479 you gotta love you know it's it's it's it's hard 1469 01:31:42.520 --> 01:31:47.039 for people to do this, I know, But it's like 1470 01:31:48.840 --> 01:31:51.960 love those who love you. Yeah, that's you know, that's easy. 1471 01:31:52.359 --> 01:31:54.359 That's what Jesus is saying here. Yeah, oh, you love 1472 01:31:54.399 --> 01:31:57.920 those who love you. Anybody does that, Even the Pagans 1473 01:31:57.960 --> 01:32:00.880 do that. Even the devil worshipers love their mom. Their 1474 01:32:00.880 --> 01:32:04.199 mom loves them. But love though. But see, it takes 1475 01:32:04.840 --> 01:32:09.439 a different level of when you when you're loving your enemies, 1476 01:32:09.800 --> 01:32:11.520 you know what I mean, That's what Christians are supposed 1477 01:32:11.520 --> 01:32:13.520 to do. We're supposed to love our enemies. We're supposed 1478 01:32:13.520 --> 01:32:17.239 to pray for those who try to persecute you and 1479 01:32:17.399 --> 01:32:21.199 use you. Right, and when somebody uses you, uh, it's 1480 01:32:21.560 --> 01:32:26.159 it is a terrible feeling, but forgive and pray for them. 1481 01:32:26.600 --> 01:32:29.359 If someone persecutes you, it's a terrible feeling. Someone starts 1482 01:32:29.359 --> 01:32:32.600 putting you down, you know. You know, I have people 1483 01:32:32.760 --> 01:32:36.359 in the comment section sometimes and they yeah, you're this, 1484 01:32:36.560 --> 01:32:40.800 you're that, you're you know, you're whatever. And sometimes it's 1485 01:32:40.880 --> 01:32:43.279 it's hard not to get involved in that that, you know, 1486 01:32:43.399 --> 01:32:47.920 that back and forth. But I try to be graceful 1487 01:32:47.960 --> 01:32:49.680 with them, and and you know, I think it's it's 1488 01:32:49.720 --> 01:32:53.039 it's very important, you know. And obviously I'm guilty of 1489 01:32:53.039 --> 01:32:56.479 this too, and we all are, but just we need 1490 01:32:56.520 --> 01:32:59.520 to try to. Jesus is given us a blueprint of 1491 01:32:59.640 --> 01:33:02.159 exactly how we should be. And I will tell you 1492 01:33:02.399 --> 01:33:05.640 that your reward is way greater when you were, when 1493 01:33:05.640 --> 01:33:07.960 you were nice to people. When you treat people with 1494 01:33:08.079 --> 01:33:11.439 respect and you treat people with love, your reward like 1495 01:33:11.520 --> 01:33:15.319 your your your gratification inside, besides your you know, you're 1496 01:33:15.359 --> 01:33:18.439 heavenly reward that God will give you. I'm just saying 1497 01:33:18.479 --> 01:33:22.359 that you feel so much better as a person than 1498 01:33:22.399 --> 01:33:25.560 if you got one over on somebody out of spite, 1499 01:33:26.199 --> 01:33:29.560 or if you use somebody or you persecuted somebody. Oh yeah, 1500 01:33:29.560 --> 01:33:32.239 that person is that I got over on him. Ah Oh, 1501 01:33:32.279 --> 01:33:34.039 you think that that's good. But you know that's that's 1502 01:33:34.279 --> 01:33:39.000 that's vinegar, that's that's that's that's poison. That's that you're 1503 01:33:39.079 --> 01:33:44.960 you're trying to loathe. Then you know, all right, we're 1504 01:33:44.960 --> 01:33:49.600 in Matthew six. Now this is Matthew six to one. 1505 01:33:50.159 --> 01:33:53.720 Do good to please God. Take heed that you do 1506 01:33:53.840 --> 01:33:57.520 not do your charitable deeds before men to be seen 1507 01:33:57.600 --> 01:34:00.359 by them. Otherwise you have no reward from the Father 1508 01:34:00.439 --> 01:34:03.960 in heaven. Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do 1509 01:34:04.039 --> 01:34:06.600 not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do 1510 01:34:06.640 --> 01:34:08.920 in the synagogues and in the streets. That they may 1511 01:34:09.359 --> 01:34:12.960 have glory from men, surely I say to you that 1512 01:34:14.600 --> 01:34:17.960 they have their reward. But when you do a charitable deed, 1513 01:34:18.039 --> 01:34:19.880 do not let your left hand know what your right 1514 01:34:19.880 --> 01:34:23.359 hand is doing. That your charitable deed maybe in secret, 1515 01:34:23.359 --> 01:34:25.840 and your father, who sees in secret, will him self 1516 01:34:25.880 --> 01:34:30.439 reward you openly, so you understand that. You know, they 1517 01:34:30.479 --> 01:34:33.600 got these philanthropists that go on stage and say I 1518 01:34:33.640 --> 01:34:37.359 donated forty million dollars to the homeless, and everybody cheers. 1519 01:34:37.920 --> 01:34:41.159 That cheer, right there is your reward. But when you 1520 01:34:41.199 --> 01:34:43.399 do it in secret, you know, you don't let your 1521 01:34:43.479 --> 01:34:46.239 left hand know what your right hand is doing. And 1522 01:34:46.279 --> 01:34:48.119 it's hard. You know. One thing that's hard for me 1523 01:34:48.239 --> 01:34:50.560 is like my wife, you know, like am I supposed 1524 01:34:50.600 --> 01:34:52.479 to let my wife know I if I give somebody 1525 01:34:52.479 --> 01:34:54.960 some money because the money is ours, right, it's not 1526 01:34:55.000 --> 01:34:57.479 just mine. Like that's kind of the hard part for me. 1527 01:34:57.600 --> 01:35:03.119 Like when I do certain things, you know, I'm trying 1528 01:35:03.119 --> 01:35:04.920 to keep it a secret, you know, but it's like 1529 01:35:05.640 --> 01:35:07.760 are you supposed to not? Yeah, it says right there, 1530 01:35:07.800 --> 01:35:09.359 do not let your left know what your hand is doing. 1531 01:35:09.399 --> 01:35:12.880 So you are doing charitable things, keep it in secret, 1532 01:35:13.000 --> 01:35:15.920 so your father, who sees it and seeking himself, will 1533 01:35:15.960 --> 01:35:17.960 reward you openly. So that's how you get your reward. 1534 01:35:18.199 --> 01:35:20.720 If you're trying to get glory from men, that'll be 1535 01:35:20.760 --> 01:35:23.800 your reward, your physical reward here. But if you are 1536 01:35:23.800 --> 01:35:25.920 trying to do it for God and you don't care 1537 01:35:25.960 --> 01:35:29.000 about glory for men, that's when you get rewarded from 1538 01:35:29.039 --> 01:35:32.199 heaven and from the Father who sees it and seeking himself, 1539 01:35:32.239 --> 01:35:36.279 will reward you openly. So you just do what you do, 1540 01:35:36.479 --> 01:35:39.000 slide through, you know, do what you do. You know, 1541 01:35:39.159 --> 01:35:42.039 like be charitable, do your deed to the homeless or 1542 01:35:42.039 --> 01:35:44.600 whatever you do, and then you just keep going, keep 1543 01:35:44.680 --> 01:35:47.359 it moving, do it, keep it moving, and then God 1544 01:35:47.399 --> 01:35:50.359 will see that and he will reward you openly. You 1545 01:35:50.399 --> 01:35:52.319 don't do it to get the reward though, that's not 1546 01:35:52.359 --> 01:35:53.800 what you're doing it for. And you don't do it 1547 01:35:53.840 --> 01:35:56.960 to get men's gratification. That's not why you do it. 1548 01:35:57.279 --> 01:35:59.720 Oh today, dude, I'll give you like fifteen bucks to 1549 01:35:59.720 --> 01:36:01.800 this home this guy. Oh man, that's so awesome. Bro, 1550 01:36:01.920 --> 01:36:04.319 you're so great. Oh yeah, I know. See that's not 1551 01:36:04.359 --> 01:36:06.640 what you do, it's all glory to God, and you 1552 01:36:06.680 --> 01:36:10.239 try to not let people know what you're doing it. 1553 01:36:10.399 --> 01:36:15.760 So it's definitely understandable and it's great. But all right, 1554 01:36:15.840 --> 01:36:19.520 the model rare. And when you pray, you should not 1555 01:36:19.600 --> 01:36:22.640 be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing 1556 01:36:22.680 --> 01:36:24.960 in the synagogues and on the corners on the streets, 1557 01:36:25.319 --> 01:36:28.960 and they may have seen that they may be seen 1558 01:36:29.039 --> 01:36:32.159 by men. Assuredly, I say to you that they have 1559 01:36:32.239 --> 01:36:35.239 their reward. But you, when you pray, go into your room, 1560 01:36:35.520 --> 01:36:38.159 when you have shut your door, pray to your father, 1561 01:36:38.199 --> 01:36:41.880 who is is in this secret place. And your father, 1562 01:36:41.960 --> 01:36:44.880 who sees in secret, will reward you openly. And when 1563 01:36:44.920 --> 01:36:48.279 you pray, do not use vain repetition as the heathens do, 1564 01:36:48.720 --> 01:36:51.119 for they think they have what they heard for their 1565 01:36:51.119 --> 01:36:56.479 many words. Therefore, do not be like them. For your 1566 01:36:56.520 --> 01:37:01.000 father knows the things you need. You have need before 1567 01:37:01.039 --> 01:37:04.720 you ask him in this matter, before you pray, so 1568 01:37:05.399 --> 01:37:13.520 before we get into the Lord's prayer. So it's what's 1569 01:37:13.560 --> 01:37:16.039 in your heart. Right. So if you were, if you're 1570 01:37:16.079 --> 01:37:18.479 praying on the corner for people to be seen, then 1571 01:37:18.520 --> 01:37:20.640 and you want people to think that you're holy by 1572 01:37:20.680 --> 01:37:24.119 doing those prayers, then then that's obviously bad, you know, 1573 01:37:24.199 --> 01:37:27.359 like it's it's then you get your reward right there. 1574 01:37:27.800 --> 01:37:30.560 But if you go and you pray in secret, you like, 1575 01:37:31.319 --> 01:37:34.279 you don't want to pray to God just for people 1576 01:37:34.359 --> 01:37:36.880 to see you so that people think you're holy. That 1577 01:37:36.880 --> 01:37:38.520 that's not the way it works. You know, you want 1578 01:37:38.560 --> 01:37:40.960 to pray to God. You want to have a relationship 1579 01:37:40.960 --> 01:37:43.199 with God, not a religion, but a relationship. Right, So 1580 01:37:43.239 --> 01:37:45.439 you want to be praying to God in secret. You 1581 01:37:45.479 --> 01:37:47.640 want to be praying to God, and you don't want 1582 01:37:47.680 --> 01:37:50.159 to be doing vain repetitions that the heathn't like. You 1583 01:37:50.159 --> 01:37:52.640 don't want to keep saying the same prayer all the time, 1584 01:37:52.960 --> 01:37:55.520 you know, repeating it, repeating it, repeating. I do see 1585 01:37:55.520 --> 01:38:00.600 some churches that do that, and you know, I do 1586 01:38:00.680 --> 01:38:03.680 see some people that do that, and I think it's 1587 01:38:03.720 --> 01:38:07.560 it's not good. You want to talk to God and 1588 01:38:07.760 --> 01:38:09.880 be precise, and you want to speak to God, I 1589 01:38:09.920 --> 01:38:16.960 think with obviously with respect. But it says for they 1590 01:38:17.039 --> 01:38:21.840 think they may be heard for their many words. Yeah, 1591 01:38:22.279 --> 01:38:26.319 so yeah, and you know what, I do pray at 1592 01:38:26.319 --> 01:38:28.359 the end of this podcast, but I'm not praying to 1593 01:38:28.399 --> 01:38:32.720 be holy. I'm just praying to you know, close up 1594 01:38:32.760 --> 01:38:36.359 the show and to pray for you guys. That's really 1595 01:38:36.359 --> 01:38:45.039 what I'm trying to do. So therefore, so it says, therefore, 1596 01:38:46.319 --> 01:38:48.640 do not be like them, for your Father knows the 1597 01:38:48.680 --> 01:38:52.199 things you need before you ask him in this manner. Therefore, 1598 01:38:52.279 --> 01:38:56.239 pray so, Oh Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 1599 01:38:56.880 --> 01:39:00.479 hallowed being holy. That's what it means. Your kingdom Come, 1600 01:39:01.359 --> 01:39:04.359 you will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 1601 01:39:04.920 --> 01:39:08.399 Give us this day our daily bread, forgive our debts, 1602 01:39:08.600 --> 01:39:13.399 and forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, 1603 01:39:13.640 --> 01:39:17.079 but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is 1604 01:39:17.119 --> 01:39:22.359 the kingdom and the power and the glory forever a men. 1605 01:39:23.199 --> 01:39:27.439 So yeah, Jesus is just telling us how we should pray. 1606 01:39:27.720 --> 01:39:30.760 Holy be your name, right, your kingdom Come, you will 1607 01:39:30.760 --> 01:39:34.359 be done on earth as it is in heaven. What 1608 01:39:34.479 --> 01:39:41.720 I think is interesting is do not lead us into temptation, 1609 01:39:41.880 --> 01:39:43.920 but deliver us from the evil one. Right, So you 1610 01:39:43.920 --> 01:39:46.479 have to ask God not to deliver us into temptation, like, 1611 01:39:46.800 --> 01:39:51.760 do not lead us into temptation. You know, God doesn't 1612 01:39:51.800 --> 01:39:56.159 tempt us, He tests us. So you just want to 1613 01:39:56.199 --> 01:39:58.479 ask him to not lead us into temptation. Like help 1614 01:39:58.520 --> 01:40:02.600 me to not walk into temptation. Deliver me from evil. 1615 01:40:05.199 --> 01:40:08.199 For if you forgive men their truspasses, your heavenly Father 1616 01:40:08.239 --> 01:40:11.159 will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive 1617 01:40:11.279 --> 01:40:14.439 men their truspassors, neither will your Father forgive your truspasses. 1618 01:40:14.960 --> 01:40:18.960 So you can't sit here and ask for forgiveness for 1619 01:40:19.039 --> 01:40:22.199 your sins. Please forgive me, Lord, forgive me, Lord, But 1620 01:40:22.279 --> 01:40:25.039 you are not forgiving your fellow man, or your brother, 1621 01:40:25.199 --> 01:40:28.319 or your sister, or your mom, or your wife or 1622 01:40:28.600 --> 01:40:33.359 your kids. You know your children. You have to forgive 1623 01:40:33.520 --> 01:40:37.039 men their truspasses like the Father will also forgive you. 1624 01:40:37.399 --> 01:40:40.239 So don't expect God to forgive you when you can't 1625 01:40:40.239 --> 01:40:43.239 even forgive your son, or can't even forgive your daughter, 1626 01:40:43.359 --> 01:40:49.359 or can't even forgive your wife, or whatever it may be. 1627 01:40:49.439 --> 01:40:52.319 Just Jesus is laying it down, you know, Jesus is 1628 01:40:52.399 --> 01:40:57.359 laying it down right here. So fasting to be seen 1629 01:40:57.680 --> 01:41:02.239 only by God. Moreover, when you fast, do not be 1630 01:41:02.439 --> 01:41:06.119 like the hypocrites with a sad countenance, for they disfigure 1631 01:41:06.159 --> 01:41:10.239 their faces and they may appear to be fasting. As 1632 01:41:10.279 --> 01:41:12.840 surely I say to you that you that they have 1633 01:41:12.960 --> 01:41:16.680 their reward, but you when you fast, annoint your head 1634 01:41:16.760 --> 01:41:19.920 and wash your face so that you do not appear 1635 01:41:19.960 --> 01:41:22.800 to men by fasting to be fasting, but to your 1636 01:41:22.840 --> 01:41:26.319 father who is in the secret place, and your father, 1637 01:41:26.359 --> 01:41:31.159 who sees in secret, will reward you open them. And yeah, 1638 01:41:31.399 --> 01:41:33.880 I would have to admit that this is difficult because 1639 01:41:34.079 --> 01:41:36.279 as soon as like for me, like when I'm sick, 1640 01:41:36.399 --> 01:41:38.520 like I admitted to you guys, I'm sick right now, 1641 01:41:38.560 --> 01:41:40.279 like you know, it's for me. It's like it's something 1642 01:41:40.319 --> 01:41:43.119 that I don't know why, but it comes naturally from 1643 01:41:43.159 --> 01:41:45.680 me to when I have some type of weakness going 1644 01:41:45.760 --> 01:41:48.640 at that moment, for me to express it and to 1645 01:41:48.720 --> 01:41:52.479 speak and say that I'm going through that. So for me, 1646 01:41:52.600 --> 01:41:56.000 it's hard to do that. And I'm just gonna admit 1647 01:41:56.039 --> 01:41:59.359 it straight out, and I know that it's wrong, you know. 1648 01:41:59.520 --> 01:42:02.479 But if I was fasting, I know that I would 1649 01:42:02.520 --> 01:42:05.000 probably for some reason want to speak out and say 1650 01:42:05.000 --> 01:42:09.359 that I'm hungry, or maybe my personality would be different 1651 01:42:09.399 --> 01:42:11.479 when I went to work, right, So then I would 1652 01:42:11.520 --> 01:42:14.640 tell people, hey, I want to diet, so that they know, 1653 01:42:15.520 --> 01:42:17.359 like this is why this guy's not active. The same 1654 01:42:17.880 --> 01:42:20.000 you know, I feel like I have to announce it, 1655 01:42:20.479 --> 01:42:24.880 but God is saying, do not do that. Do not 1656 01:42:25.000 --> 01:42:30.359 do that. And it's something that for me is difficult, 1657 01:42:30.840 --> 01:42:33.319 something I need to work on. I don't know about 1658 01:42:33.359 --> 01:42:37.239 for you guys. But I wear my heart on my sleeve, 1659 01:42:37.399 --> 01:42:40.439 so when something is wrong, I always want to express it, 1660 01:42:40.560 --> 01:42:45.760 you know, and God is saying, don't do that. Keep 1661 01:42:45.800 --> 01:42:48.840 it between you and God. The fasting, and you don't 1662 01:42:48.840 --> 01:42:52.960 want to like brag the people that you're fasting, right, 1663 01:42:53.840 --> 01:42:56.920 lay up treasures in heaven. Do not lay up for 1664 01:42:57.000 --> 01:43:01.800 yourselves treasures on earth, or moth and rust destroy and 1665 01:43:01.840 --> 01:43:04.880 where thieves break in and steal. But lay up yourself's 1666 01:43:04.880 --> 01:43:10.079 treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust destroys, where 1667 01:43:10.119 --> 01:43:13.159 thieves do not break in and steal. For where your 1668 01:43:13.159 --> 01:43:18.000 treasure is there, your heart will also be will be also. 1669 01:43:18.800 --> 01:43:22.119 So you can't bring a hearse with you, or you 1670 01:43:22.159 --> 01:43:25.560 can't bring a U haul with you into heaven. You know, 1671 01:43:25.600 --> 01:43:27.800 when you die, you're not going to be trailing a 1672 01:43:27.920 --> 01:43:29.760 U haul with all your stuff. And like, oo, I 1673 01:43:29.800 --> 01:43:32.720 get to die with all my stuff. That's now what happens. 1674 01:43:33.039 --> 01:43:35.159 I mean, you see it, Oh my gosh. Like I 1675 01:43:35.199 --> 01:43:40.720 know family members that they work their whole entire lives 1676 01:43:41.520 --> 01:43:46.399 and they bought a house and they have a life 1677 01:43:46.399 --> 01:43:49.560 insurance and then you know, somebody passes away. You know 1678 01:43:49.600 --> 01:43:51.920 that the person passes away, and then the wife gets 1679 01:43:51.960 --> 01:43:55.640 all the stuff and in the house and they pay 1680 01:43:55.680 --> 01:43:58.079 off the house and it's paid off. Now you know, 1681 01:43:58.159 --> 01:44:00.800 you don't get to keep that stuff. You might think 1682 01:44:00.840 --> 01:44:03.159 that the most important thing is what you own here 1683 01:44:03.199 --> 01:44:07.399 on earth, but really it's not. You know, it's like 1684 01:44:08.800 --> 01:44:14.119 your house, your children, your wife, your job, everything is important. Yeah, 1685 01:44:14.159 --> 01:44:16.800 your bank account, Yeah that's it's important for the physical. 1686 01:44:17.239 --> 01:44:21.399 But the number one thing is God. You know, your 1687 01:44:21.439 --> 01:44:25.000 your relationship with God, your You're the kingdom of Heaven. 1688 01:44:25.279 --> 01:44:28.680 That's the number one thing. It's not about the bills, 1689 01:44:29.000 --> 01:44:31.960 the job, the wife, the kids. You need to put 1690 01:44:32.000 --> 01:44:34.920 God first, Seek God first, and everything else will follow. 1691 01:44:35.760 --> 01:44:45.359 You know, you gotta know that. It's it's telling you 1692 01:44:45.399 --> 01:44:50.000 that everything you have on earth is gonna rust destroy, 1693 01:44:50.359 --> 01:44:53.560 where thieves break in and steal. And then you know, 1694 01:44:53.720 --> 01:45:01.000 another thing I think it's fascinating is one hundred years 1695 01:45:01.000 --> 01:45:04.880 from now. Right now I'm forty one. One hundred years 1696 01:45:04.880 --> 01:45:07.079 from now, someone else is going to be living in 1697 01:45:07.119 --> 01:45:11.199 this house. Someone else is going to be enjoying this 1698 01:45:11.399 --> 01:45:14.119 place that I live in now, because I will be 1699 01:45:14.880 --> 01:45:18.960 gone unless the rapture happens or something like that, you 1700 01:45:19.000 --> 01:45:20.600 know what I mean. If the rapture is going to 1701 01:45:20.640 --> 01:45:23.319 happen like that, unless Jesus comes back and to get 1702 01:45:23.359 --> 01:45:25.319 called up to heaven, that's different. I mean, I still 1703 01:45:25.319 --> 01:45:27.560 wouldn't be living in this house anyway. But yeah, just 1704 01:45:27.600 --> 01:45:31.039 letting you know, one hundred years from now, I will 1705 01:45:31.039 --> 01:45:34.159 be gone. We need to make do with the time 1706 01:45:34.159 --> 01:45:37.199 that we have. And what do we make do? What 1707 01:45:37.239 --> 01:45:39.359 do we need to do. We need to read the 1708 01:45:39.399 --> 01:45:42.600 word of God, get close to God and make sure 1709 01:45:42.640 --> 01:45:51.920 that the Kingdom of God is placed first. Now, obviously, 1710 01:45:52.319 --> 01:45:55.720 to live this physical life, we need the other stuff. 1711 01:45:55.760 --> 01:45:58.239 We need that job, we need the bank account, we 1712 01:45:58.279 --> 01:46:00.479 need to pay bills, we need to do all that. Yes, 1713 01:46:00.920 --> 01:46:04.239 but if we put God first and understand that everything 1714 01:46:04.319 --> 01:46:07.359 we have, we give glory to the Father for everything 1715 01:46:07.439 --> 01:46:10.960 we have, and every time we have something, whether it's 1716 01:46:11.000 --> 01:46:13.479 a bill or it's money in the bank, we were 1717 01:46:13.560 --> 01:46:16.199 thanking God like, thank you God. I appreciate this house. 1718 01:46:16.239 --> 01:46:18.560 I appreciate this you know. So I just think that 1719 01:46:18.680 --> 01:46:24.239 we need to understand that. Especially during that time, Jesus 1720 01:46:24.319 --> 01:46:28.279 was asking these disciples to drop everything they had going 1721 01:46:28.760 --> 01:46:34.960 and follow me. That's what he was saying. The lamp 1722 01:46:35.079 --> 01:46:38.920 of the body, the lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, 1723 01:46:38.960 --> 01:46:42.079 your eye is good, your whole body will be full 1724 01:46:42.159 --> 01:46:44.680 of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole 1725 01:46:44.720 --> 01:46:48.079 body is full of darkness. If therefore the light that 1726 01:46:48.239 --> 01:46:53.720 is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness? 1727 01:46:56.640 --> 01:47:00.239 So it's like if you have a cup of water 1728 01:47:01.159 --> 01:47:04.119 and you put a couple of drops of poison in it, 1729 01:47:04.119 --> 01:47:07.000 it can kill you. Right. So even though this water 1730 01:47:07.119 --> 01:47:09.520 is full and there's only a couple of drops of poison, 1731 01:47:09.880 --> 01:47:13.199 that poison is still in the water. It becomes bad. 1732 01:47:13.640 --> 01:47:17.319 So even a little bit of evil can make your 1733 01:47:17.359 --> 01:47:23.159 whole body fill fill the darkness. So whatever you have 1734 01:47:23.800 --> 01:47:28.479 that is causing that problem, like, find out what it is, 1735 01:47:29.000 --> 01:47:33.199 make a game plan, and get rid of that evil. 1736 01:47:35.119 --> 01:47:39.560 Whatever you got to do, you know, get rid of 1737 01:47:39.600 --> 01:47:43.359 that evil. Make sure that you pray, make sure that 1738 01:47:43.439 --> 01:47:46.680 you have a game plan for when that temptation comes. 1739 01:47:48.159 --> 01:47:52.279 Here's the verse I was talking about earlier. No one 1740 01:47:52.600 --> 01:47:55.439 can serve two masters. For either he will you will 1741 01:47:55.800 --> 01:47:58.960 he will hate the one and love the other, or 1742 01:47:59.000 --> 01:48:02.279 else he will be low to one and despise the other. 1743 01:48:02.880 --> 01:48:08.199 You cannot serve God and Mammon. Right, you cannot serve 1744 01:48:08.239 --> 01:48:15.600 God and Mammon. Mammon is money, the God of money. 1745 01:48:15.680 --> 01:48:20.920 It's gonna be the devil Satan. Okay, So you can 1746 01:48:20.960 --> 01:48:26.039 only serve one master, and God wants you to hate 1747 01:48:26.840 --> 01:48:30.840 the other, right, he wants you to hate the other. 1748 01:48:30.920 --> 01:48:36.039 He doesn't want you to. He wants you to love 1749 01:48:36.159 --> 01:48:39.399 him and hate the other. So when sin comes about, 1750 01:48:39.760 --> 01:48:42.920 he wants you to despise it and hate it. He 1751 01:48:42.960 --> 01:48:46.960 doesn't want you to embrace it and love it. Because 1752 01:48:46.960 --> 01:48:50.680 you can't serve God and serve sin at the same time. Okay, 1753 01:48:50.760 --> 01:48:53.239 you can only serve God. So what happens when you 1754 01:48:53.319 --> 01:48:56.800 sin and you love that sin, You separate yourself from 1755 01:48:56.800 --> 01:49:02.079 God and you are serving Mammon, the devil. Right, That's 1756 01:49:02.119 --> 01:49:05.399 what's happening. So we have to try to do our 1757 01:49:05.399 --> 01:49:08.359 best to start being obedient, and then we will not 1758 01:49:08.439 --> 01:49:12.760 be serving Mammon or the God of money or the devil. 1759 01:49:12.840 --> 01:49:18.960 All right, we want to serve God. Do not worry. Therefore, 1760 01:49:19.039 --> 01:49:21.760 I say to you. Do not worry about your life, 1761 01:49:21.920 --> 01:49:24.800 what will you eat, or what you will drink, nor 1762 01:49:24.840 --> 01:49:28.479 about your body what you will put on is not 1763 01:49:28.680 --> 01:49:32.640 life more than food, and body more than clothing. Look 1764 01:49:32.680 --> 01:49:35.159 at the birds of the air, for they neither sow, 1765 01:49:35.520 --> 01:49:39.319 nor reap, nor gather into barns. Yet your heavenly Father 1766 01:49:39.399 --> 01:49:43.119 feeds them. Are you not more value than they? Are 1767 01:49:43.119 --> 01:49:46.840 you not of more value than they? Which of you 1768 01:49:47.159 --> 01:49:52.159 by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? So 1769 01:49:52.840 --> 01:49:56.520 the birds they ain't got they don't have a barn 1770 01:49:56.840 --> 01:49:59.279 or where they're you know, taking all this food and 1771 01:49:59.319 --> 01:50:01.840 placing it in a barn, and then you know, placing 1772 01:50:01.880 --> 01:50:03.800 it taking all this more food and put it in 1773 01:50:03.880 --> 01:50:08.359 a barn. No, they don't have that, So they're not 1774 01:50:08.479 --> 01:50:11.960 gathering their food into barns. No, like we're we are 1775 01:50:12.039 --> 01:50:17.039 more value than them. So we need to walk by faith, 1776 01:50:18.560 --> 01:50:22.479 walk by faith. And all the worry that people have. 1777 01:50:23.439 --> 01:50:26.039 It's it's like it's not going to add one cubit 1778 01:50:26.119 --> 01:50:28.720 to your statue. It doesn't. It doesn't add a day 1779 01:50:28.760 --> 01:50:32.239 for you. Right, life is but a mist right. So 1780 01:50:32.520 --> 01:50:36.800 if you're worrying about something you can't change anyways, you 1781 01:50:36.880 --> 01:50:39.920 need to stop doing that. You need to walk by faith. 1782 01:50:40.319 --> 01:50:46.199 God will provide. God will provide. Now I would also 1783 01:50:46.279 --> 01:50:48.119 say that you need to make sure that you're not 1784 01:50:48.279 --> 01:50:50.319 just like I need a job, so I'm just going 1785 01:50:50.399 --> 01:50:52.079 to sleep on the couch all day and then never 1786 01:50:52.319 --> 01:50:54.680 you know, the job's not going to come to you. 1787 01:50:54.680 --> 01:50:56.279 You need to make sure that you you know, you 1788 01:50:56.359 --> 01:50:59.640 get up and you work for it. But do not worry. 1789 01:51:00.119 --> 01:51:02.520 Says what you will eat or drink? Is talking about 1790 01:51:02.680 --> 01:51:05.800 what's more important. Obviously the heavenly things are more important, 1791 01:51:05.800 --> 01:51:09.000 and that God is going to feed you and God 1792 01:51:09.039 --> 01:51:13.840 is going to take care of you. Right, So why 1793 01:51:13.880 --> 01:51:17.520 do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, 1794 01:51:17.680 --> 01:51:21.800 how they grow. They neither toil nor spin. And yet 1795 01:51:21.840 --> 01:51:24.239 I say to you that even Solomon, in his glory 1796 01:51:24.359 --> 01:51:27.840 was not arrayed like one of these. Now, if God 1797 01:51:27.960 --> 01:51:30.640 so close the grass of the field, which today is 1798 01:51:30.680 --> 01:51:33.560 and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not 1799 01:51:34.199 --> 01:51:38.720 much more clothe you or you of little faith? Therefore, 1800 01:51:38.880 --> 01:51:41.920 do not worry saying what shall we eat, what shall 1801 01:51:41.960 --> 01:51:45.079 we drink, or what shall we wear? For after all 1802 01:51:45.119 --> 01:51:49.159 these things, the gentiles seek for your heavenly Father, knows 1803 01:51:49.199 --> 01:51:53.479 that you need. That you need all these things, But 1804 01:51:53.640 --> 01:51:56.760 seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and 1805 01:51:56.960 --> 01:52:00.319 all these things shall be added to you. Therefore, not 1806 01:52:00.399 --> 01:52:05.520 worry about tomorrow for tomorrow or worry about its own things. Sufficient, 1807 01:52:05.600 --> 01:52:17.079 the day is its own trouble, so so do not 1808 01:52:17.279 --> 01:52:20.199 worry about today, right, I mean, it's it's it's crazy 1809 01:52:20.199 --> 01:52:22.640 because I know that people they worry about some things. 1810 01:52:23.000 --> 01:52:31.119 It's called resilience. It's something that I learned in the 1811 01:52:31.159 --> 01:52:35.319 United States Army to have resilience. Some people they have 1812 01:52:35.399 --> 01:52:38.079 this little thing they're worrying about, and then it's snowballs 1813 01:52:38.119 --> 01:52:41.479 and turns into this big thing, and then when actually 1814 01:52:41.479 --> 01:52:43.479 the time comes when they have to deal with it, 1815 01:52:43.479 --> 01:52:45.199 it actually is not even as big as they thought 1816 01:52:45.199 --> 01:52:47.720 it was going to be. So they snowballed themselves, and 1817 01:52:47.760 --> 01:52:50.479 they got their mind rushing and worrying and worrying and 1818 01:52:50.479 --> 01:52:53.199 worrying about something when they when the thing that they 1819 01:52:53.399 --> 01:52:56.279 actually had to get confronted with doesn't even end up 1820 01:52:56.319 --> 01:52:59.880 being as big of a deal. Also, if something happened 1821 01:53:00.199 --> 01:53:05.079 in the past, right, something happened to you in the past, 1822 01:53:05.680 --> 01:53:07.920 there's no way you can go back and change the past. 1823 01:53:08.439 --> 01:53:11.720 The only thing that you could change is the future. Right. 1824 01:53:12.119 --> 01:53:13.760 The only thing that you could change is what happens 1825 01:53:13.800 --> 01:53:15.479 to you in the future and how you handle stuff 1826 01:53:15.479 --> 01:53:18.000 that's in the future. You can't change what happened in 1827 01:53:18.000 --> 01:53:22.119 the past. Oh right, So you don't need to dwell 1828 01:53:22.199 --> 01:53:26.600 on your whole life, you know, worrying or dwelling upon 1829 01:53:26.680 --> 01:53:30.560 the past. What you need to do is because you 1830 01:53:30.560 --> 01:53:33.079 can never change that. So if you can never change it, 1831 01:53:33.119 --> 01:53:35.800 then why worry about it? So we need to make 1832 01:53:35.840 --> 01:53:39.560 sure that we That is not the what this verse 1833 01:53:39.640 --> 01:53:41.279 is talking about. But I'm just telling you that, Okay, 1834 01:53:41.319 --> 01:53:46.600 But do not worry, right, It's not important the clothes, 1835 01:53:46.880 --> 01:53:49.840 the food, the drink. What's more important is seeking first 1836 01:53:49.880 --> 01:53:53.079 the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all the 1837 01:53:53.159 --> 01:53:55.600 things will be added to you. Right. So therefore, do 1838 01:53:55.680 --> 01:53:58.319 not worry about tomorrow. For tomorrow we'll worry about its own, right, 1839 01:53:58.399 --> 01:54:05.479 So understand that. So that's Matthew six, and we are 1840 01:54:05.560 --> 01:54:13.560 moving right along. I think we could probably get hold. 1841 01:54:13.680 --> 01:54:15.439 I think I might have moved that a little bit over. 1842 01:54:17.279 --> 01:54:19.159 Let me see how long seven is. Oh, we could 1843 01:54:19.159 --> 01:54:25.880 do seven. Do not judge, judge, not that you be 1844 01:54:26.039 --> 01:54:29.720 not judged for with what judgment you judge, you will 1845 01:54:29.760 --> 01:54:32.680 be judged, and with the measure you use, it will 1846 01:54:32.680 --> 01:54:35.680 be measured back to you. And why do you look 1847 01:54:35.720 --> 01:54:37.760 at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not 1848 01:54:37.800 --> 01:54:41.239 consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can 1849 01:54:41.279 --> 01:54:43.399 you say to your brother, let me remove the speck 1850 01:54:43.560 --> 01:54:45.840 in your eye, and look, a plank is in your 1851 01:54:45.880 --> 01:54:50.119 own eye, hypocrite, First remove the plank from your own eye. 1852 01:54:50.479 --> 01:54:52.640 Then you will see clearly to remove the speck from 1853 01:54:52.680 --> 01:54:56.199 your brother's eye. Do not give what is holy to 1854 01:54:56.279 --> 01:55:00.640 the dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they 1855 01:55:00.680 --> 01:55:05.720 trample them under their feet and turn and tear you 1856 01:55:05.760 --> 01:55:12.239 to pieces. So God is the only judge, right, So 1857 01:55:12.760 --> 01:55:17.840 you need to make sure that you know the way 1858 01:55:17.880 --> 01:55:21.000 you judge people is going to be measured to you. Right, 1859 01:55:21.039 --> 01:55:23.119 It's going to be measured back to you, So God 1860 01:55:23.159 --> 01:55:26.079 will judge you the same. So if you have something 1861 01:55:26.119 --> 01:55:29.960 going on and you start judging somebody else, you need 1862 01:55:30.000 --> 01:55:31.760 to take the plank out of your own eye before 1863 01:55:31.800 --> 01:55:33.920 you try to take the speck out of your brother's eye. Right. 1864 01:55:34.279 --> 01:55:38.880 So it's much better, it says hypocrite, like Jesus straight 1865 01:55:38.920 --> 01:55:42.359 says you hypocrite, like you know, so we're over here 1866 01:55:42.399 --> 01:55:46.640 trying to judge other people when we have this big 1867 01:55:46.640 --> 01:55:51.119 old plank in our own eye. So yeah, we got 1868 01:55:51.159 --> 01:55:55.159 to make sure that be expected to be judged by 1869 01:55:55.199 --> 01:55:57.000 the way that a measured by the way that you 1870 01:55:57.039 --> 01:56:10.600 are judging people. Scary, especially when he says hypocrite, Keep asking, seeking, knocking, 1871 01:56:11.359 --> 01:56:14.119 Ask if it will be Ask and it will be 1872 01:56:14.159 --> 01:56:17.479 given to you. Seek and you will find, Knock and 1873 01:56:17.560 --> 01:56:21.079 it will be open to you. For everyone who asks receives, 1874 01:56:21.520 --> 01:56:24.680 and he who seeks finds. To him who knocks, it 1875 01:56:24.720 --> 01:56:29.319 will be open. Or what man is there among you 1876 01:56:29.399 --> 01:56:32.319 who is his son asked for bread, will give him 1877 01:56:32.319 --> 01:56:34.920 a stone, Or if he asks for a fish, he 1878 01:56:34.960 --> 01:56:39.119 will give him a serpent. If, then, being evil, know 1879 01:56:39.279 --> 01:56:41.520 how to give good gifts to your children, how much 1880 01:56:41.560 --> 01:56:43.560 more will your father, who is in heaven give good 1881 01:56:43.640 --> 01:56:47.640 things to those who ask him. Therefore, whatever you want 1882 01:56:47.760 --> 01:56:52.039 men that to do, you do also to them, For 1883 01:56:52.199 --> 01:56:55.479 this is the law of the prophets. For whatever you 1884 01:56:55.520 --> 01:56:58.560 want men to do unto you, do also to them, 1885 01:56:58.640 --> 01:57:05.439 for this is the law of the prophet So yeah, 1886 01:57:06.640 --> 01:57:09.479 ask and you shall receive. Right Obviously, whatever is the 1887 01:57:09.520 --> 01:57:12.520 will of God, you will receive, you know, I want 1888 01:57:12.520 --> 01:57:18.359 to Mercedes Benz S five thousand, whatever an S six hundred, 1889 01:57:18.479 --> 01:57:22.039 Mercedes tomorrow, I want it, Okay, Lord, thank you. No man, 1890 01:57:22.079 --> 01:57:27.640 it's whatever God's will is, obviously, but it's saying he 1891 01:57:27.720 --> 01:57:30.000 who asks it will be given to you. Seek and 1892 01:57:30.079 --> 01:57:32.359 you shall find. So whatever God's will is, obviously, then 1893 01:57:32.439 --> 01:57:36.239 that's what God will provide you, you know, And anything 1894 01:57:36.239 --> 01:57:38.600 that you have give glory to the Father. Right, So 1895 01:57:39.159 --> 01:57:43.439 that's that's what it's saying here. And uh, it's also 1896 01:57:43.520 --> 01:57:48.319 saying that you know, if you ask your father for bread, 1897 01:57:48.359 --> 01:57:50.560 would he give you a stone? It's like, dude, that's 1898 01:57:50.560 --> 01:57:53.800 your earthly father. Can you imagine your heavenly father what 1899 01:57:53.840 --> 01:57:56.039 he would do for you. He loves you more that 1900 01:57:56.079 --> 01:58:02.199 a gope. Love is way more. So seek right, seek, 1901 01:58:03.199 --> 01:58:07.600 knock the door shall be open. And yeah, when you knock, 1902 01:58:07.840 --> 01:58:11.159 he'll kick the door open and he'll help you. The 1903 01:58:11.279 --> 01:58:14.920 narrow way enter by the narrow gate. For wide is 1904 01:58:14.920 --> 01:58:17.720 the gate, and broad is the way that leads to destruction, 1905 01:58:18.279 --> 01:58:22.239 and there are many who go in by it, because 1906 01:58:22.399 --> 01:58:25.479 narrow is the gate, and difficult is the way which 1907 01:58:25.560 --> 01:58:29.640 leads to life. And there are a few who find it, 1908 01:58:30.800 --> 01:58:33.520 So enter the narrow gate. For wide is the gate, 1909 01:58:33.600 --> 01:58:36.199 and broad is the way that leads to destruction. So 1910 01:58:36.560 --> 01:58:41.960 the so wide is the gate that leads to destruction. 1911 01:58:42.039 --> 01:58:45.439 So that's where most people go. Narrow is the gate, 1912 01:58:48.039 --> 01:58:50.239 and difficult is the way which leads to life. So 1913 01:58:50.319 --> 01:58:53.359 it is difficult. It's a difficult path. What I told 1914 01:58:53.399 --> 01:58:56.760 you is when you get saved, it's not easy. It's 1915 01:58:56.760 --> 01:59:05.560 not prosper money, riches, fame. No, it is difficult because 1916 01:59:05.560 --> 01:59:09.239 you are in a spiritual battle. You are fighting to 1917 01:59:09.319 --> 01:59:13.840 be obedient, and your flesh wants you to do what 1918 01:59:13.880 --> 01:59:17.000 it wants you to do, and your spirit wants you 1919 01:59:17.079 --> 01:59:20.560 to follow God. So your flesh is like a pit 1920 01:59:20.600 --> 01:59:23.960 bull sometimes and your spirit's like a little cocker spaniel. 1921 01:59:24.159 --> 01:59:26.319 Your flesh is like no, no, no, no, no, you're 1922 01:59:26.319 --> 01:59:28.039 not reading the Bible. You're not going to get up, 1923 01:59:28.079 --> 01:59:30.960 you're not going to be disciplined, you're not going to 1924 01:59:30.960 --> 01:59:33.479 be this. And your little spirit, because you never read 1925 01:59:33.479 --> 01:59:35.920 the Bible, is just getting attacked by the flesh. You 1926 01:59:35.960 --> 01:59:39.520 need to make that spirit the pit bull and your 1927 01:59:39.560 --> 01:59:41.760 flesh the cocker spaniel. And the way you make that 1928 01:59:41.920 --> 01:59:45.960 spirit the pit bull and the flesh the cocker spaniel 1929 01:59:46.079 --> 01:59:49.399 is by reading the Word of God, studying the scriptures, 1930 01:59:49.720 --> 01:59:53.000 by getting relationship with the Lord. Right, So that is 1931 01:59:53.039 --> 01:59:57.119 how you do that. And you let that spirit be 1932 01:59:57.239 --> 02:00:01.079 in control and walk in the spirit. We got one 1933 02:00:01.119 --> 02:00:04.960 more verse right here before we end, and man, we 1934 02:00:05.000 --> 02:00:09.319 are moving. Oh wait, sorry, a few more verses. You 1935 02:00:09.359 --> 02:00:12.439 will know them by their fruits. Beware of false prophets 1936 02:00:12.439 --> 02:00:14.680 who come to you in scheep's clothing, but inwardly they 1937 02:00:14.720 --> 02:00:18.800 are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. 1938 02:00:19.239 --> 02:00:22.439 Do men gather grapes from thorn bristles thorn bushes, or 1939 02:00:22.479 --> 02:00:26.119 figs from thistles? Even so, even a good tree bears 1940 02:00:26.159 --> 02:00:29.199 good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A 1941 02:00:29.319 --> 02:00:32.239 good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad 1942 02:00:32.279 --> 02:00:36.000 tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear 1943 02:00:36.079 --> 02:00:40.319 good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore, 1944 02:00:40.399 --> 02:00:43.760 by their fruits you will know them. Yes, you gotta 1945 02:00:43.840 --> 02:00:46.840 beware of false prophets. You will know them by their fruits. 1946 02:00:46.880 --> 02:00:49.399 Like if they're trying to preach and they're trying to 1947 02:00:49.439 --> 02:00:52.039 do certain things, Now, what's the fruit? Now what I 1948 02:00:52.039 --> 02:00:56.960 would ask is like, what's the fruit of big bang. 1949 02:00:57.960 --> 02:01:06.000 What's the fruit evolution? What's the fruit of you know, science, 1950 02:01:06.600 --> 02:01:11.039 It's the fruit is atheism. It's like a separation of God. 1951 02:01:11.680 --> 02:01:14.319 You see what I mean. That's just an example. Okay, 1952 02:01:14.600 --> 02:01:18.640 So you know them by their fruits? So is it 1953 02:01:18.720 --> 02:01:24.000 producing good fruit? Whatever you're doing, is your ministry producing 1954 02:01:24.079 --> 02:01:27.479 good fruit? Like some people that listen to my show 1955 02:01:27.760 --> 02:01:30.199 or you know, hopefully, like I know that good fruit 1956 02:01:30.239 --> 02:01:32.920 is coming because you know what happens. To be honest, 1957 02:01:32.960 --> 02:01:35.119 there's some people that come on my show for the 1958 02:01:35.159 --> 02:01:40.000 first time and they end up becoming podcasters themselves. That's 1959 02:01:40.000 --> 02:01:42.800 the fruit of podcasting, you know. And they end up 1960 02:01:42.840 --> 02:01:45.119 doing a show themselves and they end up having a 1961 02:01:45.199 --> 02:01:48.119 Christian show and conspiracy show or whatever they end up having. 1962 02:01:48.359 --> 02:01:50.880 But I see that they're you know, they are still 1963 02:01:51.000 --> 02:01:53.359 saved and they're still bringing people to the Lord. That 1964 02:01:53.520 --> 02:01:55.840 is the fruit of some of the podcasting. Right. That's 1965 02:01:55.880 --> 02:02:02.359 just an example. Know them by their fruits? Yes, very interesting. 1966 02:02:03.520 --> 02:02:06.800 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut 1967 02:02:06.880 --> 02:02:12.800 down and thrown into the fire. Whoa man that is? 1968 02:02:12.960 --> 02:02:16.359 That's a that's a very tough statement right there. By 1969 02:02:16.439 --> 02:02:19.279 their fruits, you will know them. There's a podcast called 1970 02:02:19.279 --> 02:02:21.960 by their fruits that I know. They're them, they're they're 1971 02:02:22.000 --> 02:02:26.680 they're pretty awesome. I like them anyways, shout out to them. 1972 02:02:26.680 --> 02:02:29.720 That was just a little plug. I never knew you. 1973 02:02:30.640 --> 02:02:34.000 Not everyone who says to me, Lord Lord, shall enter 1974 02:02:34.039 --> 02:02:37.359 the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will 1975 02:02:37.399 --> 02:02:40.920 of my father in heaven but money. Many will say 1976 02:02:40.960 --> 02:02:43.439 to me in that they, Lord Lord, have we not 1977 02:02:43.560 --> 02:02:46.359 prophesized in your name, cast out demons in your name, 1978 02:02:46.640 --> 02:02:49.720 and done many wonders in your name? And then I 1979 02:02:49.840 --> 02:02:53.920 declared to them, I never knew you. Depart from me, 1980 02:02:54.600 --> 02:03:00.520 you who practice lawlessness? Woo, that is, should send up 1981 02:03:00.600 --> 02:03:03.840 and down your spine here in that. So what is 1982 02:03:03.840 --> 02:03:08.039 there going to be? People that prophesies in Jesus's name? 1983 02:03:08.479 --> 02:03:11.640 You shoe with the Machiak's name, cast out demons in 1984 02:03:11.800 --> 02:03:16.359 Jesus's name, done wonders, signs in Jesus's name. But he 1985 02:03:16.399 --> 02:03:18.600 will declare, I never knew you depart from me who 1986 02:03:18.640 --> 02:03:23.479 practiced lawlessness. So if you are not obedient, and the 1987 02:03:23.520 --> 02:03:26.279 way you love the Lord is by following his commandments, 1988 02:03:26.760 --> 02:03:30.920 then you are practicing lawlessness. This says right here. Not 1989 02:03:31.119 --> 02:03:33.199 everyone who says to me, Lord Lord, sa enter the 1990 02:03:33.279 --> 02:03:36.039 Kingdom of heaven. But he who does the will of 1991 02:03:36.079 --> 02:03:38.880 my Father in heaven. So we need to do God's will. 1992 02:03:39.239 --> 02:03:41.479 That's why I've been telling you guys that we need 1993 02:03:41.520 --> 02:03:44.199 to place the kingdom of Heaven first. We need to 1994 02:03:44.199 --> 02:03:51.399 place God first. So this verse is super interesting, very interesting. 1995 02:03:51.840 --> 02:03:54.239 You know, we need to take heave of this. And 1996 02:03:54.760 --> 02:03:58.640 it behooves you to read this verse and understand it. 1997 02:03:58.920 --> 02:04:01.800 You do not want to be the one that is 1998 02:04:04.720 --> 02:04:09.600 being told depart from me. I never knew you never 1999 02:04:09.760 --> 02:04:13.760 want to be that build on the rock. Therefore, whoever 2000 02:04:13.880 --> 02:04:17.279 hears these sayings of mine and does them, I will 2001 02:04:17.880 --> 02:04:21.279 liken them. I will liken him to a wise man 2002 02:04:21.359 --> 02:04:24.560 who built his house on the rock, and the rain descended, 2003 02:04:24.600 --> 02:04:27.399 the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on 2004 02:04:27.439 --> 02:04:29.880 the house, and did not fall, but it was founded 2005 02:04:29.960 --> 02:04:33.159 on the rock. But whoever hears these sayings of mine 2006 02:04:33.479 --> 02:04:36.840 and does not do them, will be like a foolish 2007 02:04:36.920 --> 02:04:39.319 man who builds his house on the sand, and the 2008 02:04:39.399 --> 02:04:42.520 rain descends. The floods came, and the winds blew and 2009 02:04:42.640 --> 02:04:47.039 beat on the house, and it fell, and great was 2010 02:04:47.079 --> 02:04:52.520 its fall. Jesus is the rock you need to build 2011 02:04:53.159 --> 02:04:56.920 everything on the rock, right, and when the floods came, 2012 02:04:56.960 --> 02:04:58.720 the winds blue and beat on the house, it did 2013 02:04:58.760 --> 02:05:01.399 not fall. But if you build your house in the sand, 2014 02:05:01.920 --> 02:05:07.439 like let's say your foundation is weak, you know, like 2015 02:05:07.439 --> 02:05:11.520 like then it's gonna obviously when the rains come or 2016 02:05:11.560 --> 02:05:15.000 the or the temptations come or whatever, the floods come 2017 02:05:15.119 --> 02:05:17.880 and blew and beat your house. Than the house wasn't 2018 02:05:17.880 --> 02:05:21.640 great and it fell, right, So you got to understand that. 2019 02:05:21.800 --> 02:05:24.640 So yeah, we are I'll read the very last person. 2020 02:05:25.079 --> 02:05:28.239 And it was when Jesus had ended these sayings that 2021 02:05:28.279 --> 02:05:31.760 the people were astonished at his teachings. And he taught 2022 02:05:31.760 --> 02:05:35.000 them one having authority. He taught them as one having 2023 02:05:35.079 --> 02:05:38.439 authority and not as the scribes. So he is teaching 2024 02:05:38.479 --> 02:05:42.520 them as if he is God, you know what I mean, 2025 02:05:42.760 --> 02:05:46.640 that he knows what's really going on in the heavenly right. 2026 02:05:46.760 --> 02:05:50.239 So all right, so next week we'll pick up at 2027 02:05:50.319 --> 02:05:55.359 Matthew eight. So what an amazing show. Really appreciate you 2028 02:05:55.399 --> 02:06:00.359 guys tuning in And it is now eleven fifteen here time, 2029 02:06:00.399 --> 02:06:03.680 specific time, and I think this is a you know, 2030 02:06:03.880 --> 02:06:07.319 very fruitful show. And we'll pick up at Matthew eight, 2031 02:06:07.800 --> 02:06:10.399 I will definitely try to be as studied up as possible. 2032 02:06:10.880 --> 02:06:13.159 Sometimes I might show you guys, like because I have 2033 02:06:13.239 --> 02:06:16.079 some roundtables that I've done in the past on the 2034 02:06:16.079 --> 02:06:21.039 Book of Daniel, on the Book of Revelation, and biblical cosmology, 2035 02:06:21.439 --> 02:06:25.359 whatever some Sometimes on Wednesdays, I'm probably gonna preview those 2036 02:06:25.399 --> 02:06:27.359 and show you guys those because I think it's important 2037 02:06:27.359 --> 02:06:30.239 for you to know. And yeah, I think that. But 2038 02:06:30.359 --> 02:06:32.920 Wednesdays are going to be mostly they're going over the 2039 02:06:32.960 --> 02:06:35.640 New Testament. So Wednesday service, I think will be going 2040 02:06:35.640 --> 02:06:38.319 over the New Testament, and I think it's vastly important. 2041 02:06:38.359 --> 02:06:42.880 And on Spotify, if you could comment below, let me 2042 02:06:42.960 --> 02:06:45.800 know what you like and what you liked about the 2043 02:06:45.840 --> 02:06:50.000 show and and if I need to change anything up, 2044 02:06:50.439 --> 02:06:53.159 let me know, And that's that's the best way. And 2045 02:06:53.199 --> 02:06:55.319 if you want to d m me or follow me 2046 02:06:55.399 --> 02:06:58.920 on Instagram, it's Josh Monday Underscore Podcast. If you want 2047 02:06:58.920 --> 02:07:01.760 to follow me on you Tube, it's Josh Monday Music 2048 02:07:02.000 --> 02:07:04.720 and Podcast. Even if you don't even want to listen 2049 02:07:04.800 --> 02:07:07.000 to my show, just give me a subscribe. That would 2050 02:07:07.000 --> 02:07:09.279 be awesome, you know, even if you do want to 2051 02:07:09.279 --> 02:07:11.800 listen to my show, If you could comment and let 2052 02:07:11.800 --> 02:07:13.800 me know what you like about it, and I'll try 2053 02:07:13.800 --> 02:07:16.760 to bring some of that over here. So thank you 2054 02:07:16.800 --> 02:07:18.880 guys so much. I really appreciate you listening, and like 2055 02:07:18.920 --> 02:07:21.600 I always do, we end this in prayer, Father God, 2056 02:07:21.600 --> 02:07:23.600 in the name of Jesus, and you Shoe of the 2057 02:07:23.600 --> 02:07:26.319 Mischiak's name, we appreciate everything you do for us. Lord. 2058 02:07:27.199 --> 02:07:31.560 Right now, we went over some very very amazing verses 2059 02:07:31.600 --> 02:07:33.600 that you know that you want us to follow, and 2060 02:07:34.079 --> 02:07:36.039 I just want to I just want to pray for 2061 02:07:36.079 --> 02:07:40.880 people that they help me to teach how you want 2062 02:07:40.920 --> 02:07:44.319 me to teach. Help the Holy Spirit to speak through 2063 02:07:44.359 --> 02:07:47.800 me to the people that are listening. I know that 2064 02:07:47.840 --> 02:07:50.000 a lot of people have a lot of things that 2065 02:07:50.000 --> 02:07:52.439 they're dealing with at this very moment, you know, with 2066 02:07:52.560 --> 02:07:56.079 depression or with any type of vices that they may have. Lord, 2067 02:07:56.880 --> 02:08:00.520 we saw that when when Jesus was tempted on the mountain, 2068 02:08:01.399 --> 02:08:03.880 when your son was tempted on the mountain, that he 2069 02:08:04.039 --> 02:08:05.840 was the word of God against them. So help the 2070 02:08:05.840 --> 02:08:10.439 people that are listening to remember the word that they 2071 02:08:10.479 --> 02:08:13.119 need in that very time, and help them to pray, 2072 02:08:13.239 --> 02:08:15.960 Help them to build their shield of faith, help them 2073 02:08:15.960 --> 02:08:18.399 to build their spiritual armor, and when they go through 2074 02:08:18.439 --> 02:08:21.600 spiritual battles, help them to use those weapons that you 2075 02:08:21.640 --> 02:08:24.520 gave us, and no weapon formed against us shall prosper. 2076 02:08:24.640 --> 02:08:27.159 So help people to do that, Lord, and help myself 2077 02:08:27.199 --> 02:08:30.359 too whenever I'm in those situations. I appreciate everything you 2078 02:08:30.399 --> 02:08:33.279 do for us, Lord, and I thank you in Jesus name. Amen. 2079 02:08:34.159 --> 02:08:36.800 Thank you guys so much for listening. I really appreciate you, 2080 02:08:36.920 --> 02:08:40.079 and thank you Cuolt Conspiracy Podcasts for allowing me to 2081 02:08:40.119 --> 02:08:41.920 do this. We love you and God bless