WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.879 --> 00:00:08.400 Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, definitely not for children 2 00:00:08.480 --> 00:00:14.560 of all ages. Welcome to this edition of Let's Get 3 00:00:14.599 --> 00:00:19.760 Biblical with your host, a man formerly in the entertainment 4 00:00:19.839 --> 00:00:22.760 realm for over twenty years as a stand up comedian, 5 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:29.719 now an our dame minister, an evangelist for Christ, and 6 00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:35.719 our host. Here he is Jda Man. You're getting so 7 00:00:35.880 --> 00:00:40.320 good at that, mister moviefone. Thank you. Welcome everybody to 8 00:00:40.399 --> 00:00:43.359 another fun field edition of Let's Get Biblical right here 9 00:00:43.359 --> 00:00:47.359 on your favorite podcasting platform, whether it's Spotify, Spreaker, Apple, 10 00:00:47.439 --> 00:00:50.640 iTunes and more. Thank you for listening over the last 11 00:00:50.679 --> 00:00:54.520 several years to this up and coming format. We want 12 00:00:54.520 --> 00:00:56.880 to say up and coming because we are now broadcasting 13 00:00:56.920 --> 00:01:02.880 to seventeen podcasting platforms to seven teen countries worldwide. Hello 14 00:01:02.920 --> 00:01:06.719 to our friends in Ghana. One of our biggest accomplishments 15 00:01:07.159 --> 00:01:11.319 is spreading the Gospel into Ghana through this show. Thank 16 00:01:11.319 --> 00:01:13.439 you guys for listening. I'm gonna be honest with you. 17 00:01:13.640 --> 00:01:15.760 I don't know how you get past the transcriptions with 18 00:01:15.799 --> 00:01:18.280 all that I say, but that show us you. That's 19 00:01:18.319 --> 00:01:20.719 the power of God right there. And I know what 20 00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:23.920 you're thinking. You're a non believer, atheist, And in the 21 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:27.760 first minute and a half you're like, he said, God, Gospel, Jesus, 22 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:30.359 and I don't feel good in this new skin. It 23 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:32.680 just feels so icky right now. I don't know if 24 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:35.519 I can stay here. Listen. We have a phrase for you. 25 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:38.200 We have a phrase for the believer. We have a 26 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:41.319 phrase for the ones looking to reignite their faith and 27 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:44.280 start their faith through this show. And that's we dare you. 28 00:01:45.359 --> 00:01:48.359 We dare you to stick around. We dare you to listen, 29 00:01:48.879 --> 00:01:52.719 We do very We dare you to develop that personal 30 00:01:52.879 --> 00:01:56.840 relationship with Jesus. We can't stress that enough from week 31 00:01:56.920 --> 00:02:00.319 to week here on the show, that it is a relationship, 32 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:06.000 not a religion. Wow, that's different, right, You're so used 33 00:02:06.040 --> 00:02:07.959 to hearing church. I need to go to church. This 34 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:10.879 church here wan't accept me. This church won't accept me 35 00:02:10.919 --> 00:02:13.879 as I am. This church does this, that church does this. Well, 36 00:02:13.879 --> 00:02:16.800 we're going to talk about that in a couple of weeks. 37 00:02:17.159 --> 00:02:20.000 Another addition to the show. You're going to hear to 38 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:23.639 today you're a horrible Christian. Well, we may do. You're 39 00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:26.840 a horrible Christian church coming up, and we're going to 40 00:02:26.919 --> 00:02:29.280 talk a little bit about that. We talk about the 41 00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:31.599 topics that are in my world, your world, and the 42 00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:35.039 collective world around us. Maybe questions you have looking for 43 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:37.719 Christ and you won't go into a church because of 44 00:02:37.759 --> 00:02:40.039 certain reasons. We're going to talk about that kind of 45 00:02:40.039 --> 00:02:43.199 stuff here. We talk about adultery, we talk about cheating, 46 00:02:43.439 --> 00:02:47.520 we talk about porn, we talk about road rage. And 47 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:49.400 that's what we've done over the last couple of weeks 48 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:52.280 on this show. If you've joined us, we've talked about 49 00:02:52.360 --> 00:02:55.199 road rage. I'm a horrible Christian when I road rage. 50 00:02:55.319 --> 00:02:57.599 I'm a horrible Christian when I yell at my kid's 51 00:02:57.719 --> 00:03:00.560 wife and husband. We've talked about that. Go back and 52 00:03:00.599 --> 00:03:03.039 listen to those shows and this week. This is a 53 00:03:03.159 --> 00:03:06.639 very difficult subject for me each and every time every 54 00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:09.000 time I bring it up. It is a testimony in 55 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:11.680 my life that is true. It is a testimony that 56 00:03:11.719 --> 00:03:14.759 has almost broke my family and a relationship and with 57 00:03:14.840 --> 00:03:17.560 the love of my life, I have shared this testimony 58 00:03:17.599 --> 00:03:20.520 with you on this show and on our YouTube show 59 00:03:20.599 --> 00:03:22.759 and Rumble show as well. Make sure you go like 60 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:26.759 us on YouTube and Rumble in Instagram as well. Look 61 00:03:26.800 --> 00:03:31.479 for Let's Get Biblical with Katie. And that subject is cheating. 62 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:36.000 You may have read the description and you're like, I 63 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:38.520 might need to listen to this. You may be cheating 64 00:03:38.599 --> 00:03:41.599 right now. I mean I mean literally, you may be 65 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:46.080 sitting somewhere cheating on someone and then you just stumbled 66 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:49.360 upon this. I don't know who would listen to us 67 00:03:49.479 --> 00:03:52.000 during that kind of act, but I'm just putting that 68 00:03:52.080 --> 00:03:54.840 out there. Okay. See some of you atheists and non 69 00:03:54.879 --> 00:03:56.560 believers now are like this, dude is too silly. I'm 70 00:03:56.560 --> 00:03:58.759 gonna stick around now. Hey, that's how God gets you. 71 00:03:59.039 --> 00:04:02.680 We connects. We're all brothers and sisters underneath the same umbrella, 72 00:04:02.800 --> 00:04:06.639 which is being held by Jesus Christ himself. Come on in, 73 00:04:06.840 --> 00:04:10.560 sit down, let's share our testimony and the things that 74 00:04:10.599 --> 00:04:12.680 are going on in our world. And cheating is one 75 00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:17.800 of them. So many forms of cheating out there. There's physical, emotional, 76 00:04:18.040 --> 00:04:20.879 there's cheating. You don't even know if it's cheating or not. 77 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:25.800 You could be looking at porn right now. You could 78 00:04:25.879 --> 00:04:28.240 be in a relationship with someone where they're not giving 79 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:31.600 you the sexual needs you'd need or the desires of 80 00:04:31.639 --> 00:04:33.800 the love you need, so you go find it elsewhere, 81 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:42.079 maybe through porn. And next week we'll talk more about porn, addictions, alcohol. 82 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:46.399 I'm a horrible Christian when I drink. I'm a horrible 83 00:04:46.519 --> 00:04:48.959 Christian when I watch porn. We're going to talk about that, 84 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:53.879 or a horrible Christian when we cheat, don't we? Man. 85 00:04:54.319 --> 00:04:56.639 It's one of the most hurtful things we can do 86 00:04:56.759 --> 00:05:03.519 to ourselves, to the person, wherewith the people that are involved, 87 00:05:03.879 --> 00:05:08.959 and most of all Christ. I truly believe that Christ's 88 00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:15.319 weeps when someone does this. I've gone through this and 89 00:05:15.319 --> 00:05:17.680 I'm going to share my testimony coming up. It's very hard. 90 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:21.560 We started the show about fifteen different times today because 91 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:26.079 it's been so difficult to start. Something has hung us up. 92 00:05:26.399 --> 00:05:29.040 It's almost like the enemy doesn't want us to deliver 93 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:31.759 this message to you today. But you know what, we 94 00:05:31.839 --> 00:05:33.759 use the power of Christ like a bulldozer and we're 95 00:05:33.800 --> 00:05:36.600 going to push through. I'm going to share my personal 96 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:39.759 testimony coming up of what I've gone through. I've currently 97 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:41.959 gone through it, and not in a physical way. Let's 98 00:05:41.959 --> 00:05:45.399 talk about the inphysical ways. Okay, First, let's talk about 99 00:05:45.399 --> 00:05:49.439 when you are watching maybe porn, maybe you're on one 100 00:05:49.439 --> 00:05:53.160 of those AI chat sites and you're talking to someone 101 00:05:53.160 --> 00:05:58.920 who's not a real human being, but you're having desires 102 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:03.240 and fail Annis's played out. Do you realize. I know 103 00:06:03.279 --> 00:06:05.000 that's weird to talk about in this day and age, 104 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:10.399 but it's something that's going on that's cheating. That's a 105 00:06:10.399 --> 00:06:16.839 form of cheating. Mental images you have. There's a movie 106 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:22.759 called Hall Pass with Owen Wilson and Jason Sideika's which 107 00:06:22.800 --> 00:06:26.199 I love, and there's a part where they're in like 108 00:06:26.240 --> 00:06:29.639 a Starbucks and there's a very beautiful woman behind the 109 00:06:29.720 --> 00:06:32.959 counter and you just see Jason Sideika sitting there kind 110 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:37.360 of blinking his eyes slow, blinking his eyes really really fast, 111 00:06:37.759 --> 00:06:39.680 and Owen Wilson looks at him and goes, what are 112 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:43.800 you doing? And Jason's like, I'm taking mental pictures for later. 113 00:06:45.399 --> 00:06:47.680 And that's what we're talking about. That's a form of cheating. 114 00:06:47.720 --> 00:06:51.720 And I've gone through this. You know. Maybe we're not 115 00:06:51.839 --> 00:06:56.680 getting any attention at home, and I'm underneath the umbrella 116 00:06:56.720 --> 00:06:59.879 of Christ knowing I'm not going to leave my wife. Ever, 117 00:07:01.240 --> 00:07:04.639 it is a commitment under God that we took. We 118 00:07:04.759 --> 00:07:07.240 both took it down by a river like the old 119 00:07:07.319 --> 00:07:10.639 days at the River Jordan, with our church family, and 120 00:07:10.680 --> 00:07:13.839 it made our relationship stronger. But there are things in 121 00:07:13.879 --> 00:07:17.600 life that drive a wedge sometimes to separate romance and 122 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:21.120 love and a relationship and we go get our needs 123 00:07:21.120 --> 00:07:24.279 somewhere else. I mean, it may not even be sexual 124 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:27.959 for you. It may be a bottle, it may be pills, 125 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:30.680 it may be an addiction, which we'll talk about next week. 126 00:07:31.160 --> 00:07:35.160 Today we're talking about cheating. So some of you may 127 00:07:35.199 --> 00:07:37.639 turn to these chat sites where you think it's nothing 128 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:41.639 you know, or have those mental images. I had those 129 00:07:41.680 --> 00:07:44.319 mental images. I have them from time to time, and 130 00:07:44.360 --> 00:07:46.759 that's when I'm feeling alone and lonely, and that's when 131 00:07:46.759 --> 00:07:50.160 the devil will attack. The enemy will attack you. But 132 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:52.439 through the power of Jesus Christ and the protection of 133 00:07:52.439 --> 00:07:56.959 the Holy Spirit placed upon you, and I'm praying for that, 134 00:07:56.959 --> 00:07:59.240 I'll for you right now, Dear Lord, while we listen 135 00:07:59.279 --> 00:08:01.879 to this podcast together and we share this word to 136 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:05.399 the people out there. Protect them from the enemy and 137 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:07.519 the words that they may say coming out of their mouth, 138 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:09.839 give them the full armor of God were no weapon 139 00:08:09.879 --> 00:08:13.480 formed against them. Show prosper amen. Now going on with 140 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:20.600 the show here. The devil wants to get into your desires. 141 00:08:21.240 --> 00:08:23.720 He wants to break up family. As we spoke about 142 00:08:23.800 --> 00:08:29.519 last week. He wants to pull that thread of society away. 143 00:08:30.519 --> 00:08:32.519 You see, I grew up in a world of this. 144 00:08:32.639 --> 00:08:35.679 I was a former stand up comic. I was adored 145 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:40.000 by many. People liked me, people love me, people hated me. 146 00:08:40.639 --> 00:08:43.159 My ego got so big. I thought it was fantastic. 147 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:44.799 And I look back now and I was like, man, 148 00:08:44.919 --> 00:08:48.200 I was a piece of sh I was. I really was. 149 00:08:49.519 --> 00:08:51.960 And for God to take me out of that, and 150 00:08:52.080 --> 00:08:54.200 Jesus to rise me out of the muck and mire 151 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:58.519 and bring me to you guys, delivering entertainment like this today, 152 00:08:58.960 --> 00:09:04.639 and the word today day is amazing. You see, there's 153 00:09:04.679 --> 00:09:07.279 all types of cheating. You cheat yourself when you cheat 154 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:11.039 on a diet, you cheat yourself when you're maybe studying 155 00:09:11.039 --> 00:09:13.159 for a test and you kind of look over and 156 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:16.360 you look at somebody else's page. Just all types of cheating. 157 00:09:17.360 --> 00:09:19.480 But in today's day and age, we hear the word 158 00:09:19.600 --> 00:09:26.279 cheating with relationships. That's because there was a commendment that 159 00:09:26.440 --> 00:09:31.320 Jesus brought to us that we forget about. And it's 160 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:34.039 the commendment that the devil wants to take away from you, 161 00:09:34.080 --> 00:09:40.440 and that's love. Love everybody, love each other. He wants 162 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:43.360 to take love out of our lives and love yourself 163 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:45.679 and love the things of this world. That's the love 164 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:47.960 he wants from you. But the Lord wants you to 165 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:56.399 love everyone, including yourself. We forget that love is a 166 00:09:56.440 --> 00:10:00.159 major commendment because we hear of the Ten Commendments, say 167 00:10:00.279 --> 00:10:03.279 this is a you know, a ten Commandment dash a 168 00:10:04.039 --> 00:10:06.559 was kind of like a subset commendment put in there 169 00:10:06.679 --> 00:10:12.480 by Jesus saying love is the greatest commendment. We forget 170 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:17.559 about that, whether we're arguing with somebody in traffic, arguing 171 00:10:17.600 --> 00:10:22.720 with our friends and family, our relationships, and sometimes we 172 00:10:22.759 --> 00:10:25.840 allow that love to fade and we think we can 173 00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:31.200 go elsewhere to get it. And love could be many forms. 174 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:37.399 People alcohol, a pill, nudy magazine day, as Billy Madison 175 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:42.519 used to say, My Adam Sandler fans get that newdy 176 00:10:42.559 --> 00:10:47.720 magazine day may find it in the form of a bottle, 177 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:54.919 and guess what, the devil's a mocker. He's a mocker. 178 00:10:55.519 --> 00:10:59.440 You've heard of the word spirits, right? Alcohol are spirits? 179 00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:04.440 What happens mostly when people cheat they're drunk to get 180 00:11:04.440 --> 00:11:06.639 away from the reality they're in. They don't want to 181 00:11:06.639 --> 00:11:10.559 be in that reality. I know I live through twenty twenty. Okay, 182 00:11:10.759 --> 00:11:13.279 we all did most of us. I'm sorry for those 183 00:11:13.320 --> 00:11:15.279 that have passed away with COVID. I didn't mean it 184 00:11:15.320 --> 00:11:18.080 that way. You know. Today we got to make sure 185 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:20.159 we dot the t's and cross the eyes. That's what 186 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:23.720 we got to do. But we all went through COVID, 187 00:11:24.320 --> 00:11:26.639 and a lot of us who survived it, we did 188 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:29.480 it in wrong ways. We wanted to seek happiness. We 189 00:11:29.480 --> 00:11:31.320 didn't know how long it was going to happen. Some 190 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:33.879 of y'all cheated with the bottle and the pill and 191 00:11:33.960 --> 00:11:37.279 the drugs. You're cheated by not paying attention to your 192 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:40.759 kids and your wife and your family and your relationships. Well, 193 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:49.120 when it comes to physical cheating, is something about it 194 00:11:49.159 --> 00:11:51.320 that hits the soul. And I'm going to share my 195 00:11:51.440 --> 00:11:53.399 testimony coming up. I want to share with you guys 196 00:11:53.519 --> 00:11:56.159 right now though, a clip from a movie I love 197 00:11:56.279 --> 00:11:58.799 called This Is Where I Leave You with Jason Bateman, 198 00:11:59.399 --> 00:12:06.759 Dak Cheird, Tina Fay, Jessica Hahan, Adam Driver, the list 199 00:12:06.840 --> 00:12:08.679 goes on and on to the break of dawn. This 200 00:12:08.759 --> 00:12:11.960 movie is fantastic, Go watch it. This Is Where I 201 00:12:12.080 --> 00:12:15.519 Leave You very funny movie, but it all starts out 202 00:12:15.559 --> 00:12:18.360 with Jason Bateman bringing home a birthday cake to his 203 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:21.120 wife he's been with for a very long time, and 204 00:12:23.200 --> 00:12:26.279 he finds her in bed with his boss who's a 205 00:12:26.440 --> 00:12:30.320 radio DJ. Yeah, go figure, it wasn't me. It wasn't me, 206 00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:34.840 all right, And that's not my testimony. It's not a 207 00:12:34.840 --> 00:12:36.840 true life story. But this is where I leave you 208 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:41.639 as one of those great films talking about death, separation, relationships, 209 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:54.200 and more. Check this clip out John oh on Our 210 00:12:54.279 --> 00:13:12.519 Sides Hello. The moment progresses where Jason Bateman falls into 211 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:18.679 a downward spiral. His father passes away, and throughout this 212 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:22.000 whole movie he's really trying to refine happiness. He couldn't 213 00:13:22.039 --> 00:13:24.960 really connect with his father's death for a long time. 214 00:13:25.519 --> 00:13:28.480 But we have these things in life that fall down 215 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:31.960 upon us, and the one thing we forget is love. 216 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:34.120 At the end of this movie, it's not a spoiler, 217 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:38.759 by the way, he realizes how much love he needs 218 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:43.399 from his family, his friends, his father who's passed away. 219 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:49.159 But he got so caught up in things in life 220 00:13:49.240 --> 00:13:54.720 that his wife had to find it elsewhere, cheating accord. 221 00:13:54.799 --> 00:13:58.320 The Bible in Hebrews thirteen, verse four says this let 222 00:13:58.399 --> 00:14:02.200 marriage be held in an honor among all, and let 223 00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:06.960 the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the 224 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:13.679 sexual immorality and the adulteress. You see, I fell into 225 00:14:13.720 --> 00:14:19.919 this many years ago. I allowed wine to be a mocker, 226 00:14:20.120 --> 00:14:23.000 the devil to be a mocker, and allowed alcohol to 227 00:14:23.159 --> 00:14:28.519 come into play. And we had a good group of friends. 228 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:30.759 I wouldn't call him good group of friends. It was 229 00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:38.279 just friends and we tried to develop relationships with God altogether. 230 00:14:38.399 --> 00:14:41.120 But every time we did it, we were being pulled away. 231 00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:44.200 They didn't like this, they didn't like that. Some of 232 00:14:44.200 --> 00:14:46.840 the things we did in life they didn't like all 233 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:49.080 the time, and we didn't see that because we were 234 00:14:49.080 --> 00:14:55.720 so blind. And if we ended up staying in that friendship, 235 00:14:55.799 --> 00:14:58.600 I truly believe, because I was shown by God that 236 00:14:58.639 --> 00:15:02.639 we would have been taken off of his path. And 237 00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:05.000 who knows what happened to my kids and my relationship 238 00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:07.279 with my wife, this, that and the other thing. But 239 00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:11.480 I remember the night that everything went down. Nothing physical 240 00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:16.039 as far as sexual went down, but it was a 241 00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:22.159 cheat and I came home and I've found repentance in 242 00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:24.360 God in my closet. And I've talked about this on 243 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:26.840 my show before. When we ran our podcast out of 244 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:28.679 a closet. It's funny how each and every week I 245 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:32.919 was coming to you guys, sharing you know, the Lord 246 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:36.840 from my closet, because that's where my deep walk with 247 00:15:36.960 --> 00:15:40.519 Christ began, and so it did with my family. He 248 00:15:40.639 --> 00:15:44.480 showed me grace and empathy that day because I showed repentance. 249 00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:51.320 I won't forget that night, because so did my wife. 250 00:15:51.519 --> 00:15:54.320 God had sent an angel, and she'd always been through 251 00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:57.320 the thick of it, if you know what I mean, 252 00:15:57.480 --> 00:15:59.840 not just that moment, but many other moments. As I 253 00:15:59.879 --> 00:16:02.399 was stand up comedian while she was trying to walk 254 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:06.159 with the Lord, I wasn't anywhere near the Lord. And 255 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:11.200 here she is a godsin and now we have a 256 00:16:11.279 --> 00:16:20.639 beautiful relationship. We do argue at times, Like we said 257 00:16:20.679 --> 00:16:23.840 in the last episode, it happens because life things happen 258 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:28.360 two beautiful children, and we're blessed with a great business 259 00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:34.559 because we continue to be honoring God daily. That's why 260 00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:39.000 this program is so important to me. For you guys, 261 00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:42.919 this isn't about me making any kind of money. I 262 00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:48.440 don't make anything off this, barely make enough just to 263 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:54.440 keep the podcast on the air. But we all go 264 00:16:54.559 --> 00:17:00.399 through these moments in life where we say why question 265 00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:10.759 in their true stories. You may be walking through it 266 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:14.440 right now, trying to handle something that happening. Maybe you 267 00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:20.720 were cheated on. Maybe you're cheating yourself, and what I 268 00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:23.720 mean by that is like a diet, or you're cheating 269 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:30.359 yourself with an app who knows. Even lying to ourselves 270 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:33.680 is cheating. And we think it's okay because we're not 271 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:36.240 hurting anybody but ourselves. But guess what, that's what the 272 00:17:36.359 --> 00:17:38.640 enemy wants to do. He wants to tear you apart 273 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:43.400 from within. He wants to tear you apart first. It's 274 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:46.599 like the movie Venom, where you get venom all over 275 00:17:46.640 --> 00:17:48.599 your body, and he could reach out and grab somebody 276 00:17:48.599 --> 00:17:52.960 else and get the venom on them. It's the same thing. 277 00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:59.160 Once he's got you, you start infecting the people around you, 278 00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:02.440 and your life starts to fall apart, all because you 279 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:07.000 cheated yourself. May not have been a physical cheat, but 280 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:12.960 it could have been a mental cheat. This is where 281 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:14.920 we ask for God to protect us with that full 282 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:17.720 armor of God. We ask for his grace, we ask 283 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:22.240 for his love. James, chapter four, verse seventeen says, So 284 00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:26.119 whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to 285 00:18:26.119 --> 00:18:29.680 do it for him. It is a sin for him. 286 00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:33.480 It is a sin. For him. It is a sin, 287 00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:37.359 and God has already taken our sins away. Yes, we 288 00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:40.039 do fall short of the glory of God daily, and 289 00:18:40.079 --> 00:18:46.920 we sin daily. Sometimes we fall in that pit, but 290 00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:51.000 He can pick us up out of it by dropping 291 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:55.240 our humility, being humble and saying, Lord iceneed your help. 292 00:18:55.240 --> 00:19:01.079 I'm sorry. I did it again, And you're saying, that's 293 00:19:01.079 --> 00:19:04.000 all I need to do. It's got to say I'm sorry, 294 00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:06.359 help me fix this problem. Well, you've got to be 295 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:12.240 able to also fix the problem yourself. I stumble with 296 00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:15.960 some of the things in my addictions that I've had sometimes, 297 00:19:17.680 --> 00:19:19.680 and then he turns me to you guys, or turns 298 00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:24.160 me to the book, turns me to prayer, and I 299 00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:27.119 can start to see him fixing it little by the little. 300 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:30.480 It ain't gonna happen overnight. It's like wanting to lose 301 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:33.359 one hundred pounds. You're not gonna lose it in one 302 00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:38.319 gym session. You're not gonna lose it in one biblical verse. 303 00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:43.079 You're not gonna lose it in one prayer. One of 304 00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:45.920 my favorite phrases on our show is what Chris Rock 305 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:49.039 said from the movie The Longest Yard, Well, we didn't 306 00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:51.440 get the whole chocolate bar, but we got a hershey kiss. 307 00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:54.440 That's what the Lord does too. He gives you morsels. 308 00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:58.000 That's what this whole Bible is. It's a morsel, and man, 309 00:19:58.039 --> 00:20:00.160 when you're ready to bite off chunks of it, it 310 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:03.000 is good to the soul. And that's biblical as well. 311 00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:08.640 Proverbs twelve, verse twenty two says lying lips are in 312 00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:12.559 an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully 313 00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:20.200 are as delight. Remember that phrase, loose lips sink ships. Well, 314 00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:25.599 even lying to yourself are those loose lips. So why 315 00:20:25.640 --> 00:20:28.000 do we go through this? Why do we go through 316 00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:30.960 trials and tests? Well, continue to listen to the rest 317 00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:33.559 of the series throughout the next couple weeks. We're going 318 00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:36.759 to share with you addictions next week, and then the 319 00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:39.839 week after that, we're going to share with you why 320 00:20:40.160 --> 00:20:43.839 you go through all these some great reasons why the 321 00:20:43.880 --> 00:20:48.920 Lord puts you to the test. Like we said over 322 00:20:48.920 --> 00:20:50.880 the last couple of weeks, to put it in a nutshell, 323 00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:54.400 you're being battle for your soul, is being battle for it. 324 00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:58.000 You've walked in darkness so long. There's light starting to 325 00:20:58.039 --> 00:21:00.599 come in. You may not think there's light you're listening 326 00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:04.440 to this podcast. You might have just opened up a 327 00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:07.160 Bible app on your phone. You might have watched a 328 00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:11.039 couple of biblical videos on your TikTok. Those are lights 329 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:16.000 in your life. The key is learning how to keep 330 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:18.839 the lights on all the time. Do you think if 331 00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:22.759 God wanted a complete night of darkness where it's completely dark, 332 00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:27.480 he wouldn't have put stars that's light to guide you 333 00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:31.920 wherever you may be in the dark. So next week 334 00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:33.920 we're going to share with you addiction, and the week 335 00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:36.480 after we'll talk about why we go through all of this. 336 00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:41.960 You're a horrible Christian. We're horrible Christians. When we cheat, 337 00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:46.559 we're horrible Christians. When we have addictions, we're horrible Christians. 338 00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:51.440 When we have anger, we're horrible. We're awful. No, you're not. 339 00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:59.240 We have horrible actions. We're human beings learning to be 340 00:21:59.359 --> 00:22:04.680 children of the light for God. Keep that in mind. 341 00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:09.440 He knows the path that is set before you. We're 342 00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:12.759 the ones that fight against that path. Every single day. 343 00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:19.000 We fight against those paths. Think about it. When you 344 00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:23.480 go on a hike, right there's a path there, but 345 00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:25.599 me and my kids love to go off the path. Hey, 346 00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:29.440 what's down there? And there's probably like rattlesnakes and everything 347 00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:33.880 down there, pit vipers. Like we talked about Paul and 348 00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:37.079 the Book of Acts, off the island of pat Laws, 349 00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:42.559 We've talked about that same thing. That's life. When we're 350 00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:44.640 not staying on the path of love, we want to 351 00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:48.400 veer off and find it elsewhere. And that's when those 352 00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:53.599 vipers attack. That's when he wants to attack that fabric 353 00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:58.759 of society in your life. There goes a friendship, a relationship. 354 00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:02.920 There may be something else that he takes away from you. 355 00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:04.759 And you're like, I don't understand why I'm going through 356 00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:09.759 all this? Why the attacks coming up in a couple 357 00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:17.279 of weeks. It's a really simple answer, but we're going 358 00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:19.119 to discuss it anyway, in a couple of weeks. Why 359 00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:22.640 these attacks happen. And I'll share with you right now. 360 00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:26.640 The Book of Ephesians. My favorite verse when it comes 361 00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:33.119 to attacks, Chapter six, Verse twelve Ephesians for we do 362 00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:36.000 not wrestle. I'm a big wrestling fan, so that's why 363 00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:39.119 I love it. We do not wrestle against flesh and blood, 364 00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:43.519 but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers, 365 00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:48.839 over the present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil 366 00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:53.960 in the heavenly places. You're a heavenly place. It's in 367 00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:58.960 your heart. You will be attacked. You're a heavenly body, 368 00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:04.079 light of God. You're going to be attacked. We'll get 369 00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:07.640 to the why are you attacked coming up in the 370 00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:12.559 next couple weeks. So if you are out there cheating yourself, 371 00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:15.880 cheating a loved one, cheating on something, we want you 372 00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:20.359 to do right now. Just pray this. We want to 373 00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:24.480 pray this over you. And after this prayer we have 374 00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:27.160 a very special gift for you as well. So we 375 00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:29.240 want to just go ahead wherever you may be, just 376 00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:33.200 bow your heads. Nothing special. You don't have to have 377 00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:37.920 so crazy words like our brothers in the Bible. But 378 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:40.000 I'll pray for you right now. Dear God, we come 379 00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:43.119 to you in the precious name of Jesus. Thank you 380 00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:46.680 for this opportunity to deliver your message to these people. 381 00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:49.880 Thank you, Lord, allow it to go into their mind, bodies, 382 00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:53.319 and souls and be a good morsel of the Lord. 383 00:24:53.359 --> 00:24:58.599 They can chew on and savor about. Cheating about why 384 00:24:58.680 --> 00:25:04.559 are we a horrible question? Christian at times. Dear Lord, 385 00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:07.000 I also pray for a wedge of protection over each 386 00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:10.160 and every person out there listening. Pray that you put 387 00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:14.519 your full armor of God upon them, give them the 388 00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:18.000 fruits of the spirit. I ask for you as well, Lord, 389 00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:22.599 that no weapon formed against them shall prosper. They are 390 00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:26.880 your children. They are a light of God fighting off 391 00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:32.160 evil principalities of this world that want to devour them. 392 00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:34.599 Dear Lord, If someone is cheating out there today, if 393 00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:38.160 I'm cheating in my heart, there's something I'm doing that 394 00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:41.839 is not right with you, Dear Lord, cleanse my soul 395 00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:44.720 of it, work on me, massage and get it out 396 00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:47.839 of me. Get it out of us, and allow us 397 00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:50.960 to focus on you and your love. Because the greatest 398 00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:55.599 commendment of all is love. Dear Lord, thank you for 399 00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:59.359 showing us that love today. Amen. Now you may have 400 00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:02.279 heard that, you may have heard this episode and you're like, Wow, 401 00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:06.119