WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:07.120 You're listening to KFI A M six on demand. Ozzie, 2 00:00:07.240 --> 00:00:08.679 Welcome to the Jesus Christ. 3 00:00:10.439 --> 00:00:10.919 How are you doing? 4 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:16.160 Good morning, Good morning? How can I help you? So? 5 00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:21.679 About a week ago, I saw a car accident and 6 00:00:22.879 --> 00:00:24.399 I ended up pulling over to see if there was 7 00:00:24.399 --> 00:00:28.839 anything I could do to help the guy inside. It 8 00:00:28.879 --> 00:00:31.760 was a it was a pretty bad accident. It was 9 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:34.039 on a rainy day. I got out of the car. 10 00:00:34.719 --> 00:00:38.000 You know, there was four total for people too cars, 11 00:00:38.280 --> 00:00:41.600 two in each car. And the guy that was hit, 12 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:47.159 he was he like he was unconscious of her. His 13 00:00:47.240 --> 00:00:49.359 wife was in there, and we managed to get the 14 00:00:49.399 --> 00:00:52.439 wife out and we try to help the help the 15 00:00:52.479 --> 00:00:55.039 older guy. You know, we were trying to give him CPR. 16 00:00:55.280 --> 00:00:59.280 We couldn't get any bottles from him, and then we 17 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:02.759 finally got on other people in the other vehicle. I 18 00:01:02.840 --> 00:01:07.159 ended up opening the door and I smelled like just 19 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:10.959 you know, alcohol and you know, marijuana. I did just 20 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:16.359 smelled of it, and like I just have like just 21 00:01:16.400 --> 00:01:18.760 like sometimes I don't know how to control the anger 22 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:21.159 that I have toward this guy. You know, you know, 23 00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:23.159 I just found out the guy that he ended up 24 00:01:23.239 --> 00:01:28.879 hitting actually passed away. And also I have anger towards 25 00:01:28.920 --> 00:01:31.239 myself because what if there was something else I could 26 00:01:31.280 --> 00:01:33.480 have done help him out? Like you know, I just 27 00:01:34.599 --> 00:01:36.480 I just feel like I didn't do enough to help 28 00:01:36.519 --> 00:01:39.599 the guy out. And it's like I don't know what 29 00:01:39.799 --> 00:01:42.040 to feel or how to act or anything. 30 00:01:42.239 --> 00:01:47.040 And if you really use the advice, well, well look 31 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:49.799 at this in two different parts. First of all, whether 32 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:54.359 you could have done more and the concept of anger, 33 00:01:55.480 --> 00:01:58.120 the productive kind of anger is is the anger that 34 00:01:58.159 --> 00:02:02.799 attacks problems, not people. And I know it'd be easy 35 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:06.840 just to want to pull apart somebody and deal with them, 36 00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:12.840 someone who would be so cavalier towards humanity, so selfish 37 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:17.840 and uncaring that they would consume so much alcohol or 38 00:02:18.719 --> 00:02:22.199 pot or whatever they were consuming to the degree where 39 00:02:22.199 --> 00:02:24.840 they couldn't control the vehicle. Yet they got behind that 40 00:02:24.919 --> 00:02:33.000 vehicle anyways and caused a massive accident. So it's very 41 00:02:33.039 --> 00:02:38.560 normal to want to respond to that physically, but it 42 00:02:38.599 --> 00:02:42.840 doesn't help or bring any glory to God in any way, 43 00:02:42.840 --> 00:02:44.919 shape or form, And it can put you in a 44 00:02:44.960 --> 00:02:49.639 bad situation when it comes to releasing and forgiving. Under 45 00:02:49.639 --> 00:02:54.879 circumstances like that, you're not forgiving the person because with 46 00:02:54.960 --> 00:02:58.400 that kind of forgiveness comes something called reconciliation, and you're 47 00:02:58.400 --> 00:03:01.280 not looking to be friends with them again. What you're 48 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:04.400 looking to do is release this this ugliness, this garbage 49 00:03:04.439 --> 00:03:09.759 that festers in your heart, that weighs you down. And 50 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:13.759 my biggest concern is you finding a way to place 51 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:19.280 that on God's shoulders so that you're not bound by 52 00:03:19.319 --> 00:03:22.719 all that garbage as you go through life. Now, as 53 00:03:22.759 --> 00:03:26.039 far as the other aspect of things, did you do enough? 54 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:29.560 What makes you think that you didn't do enough? 55 00:03:31.439 --> 00:03:33.879 Well, you know, I was there trying to help them out. 56 00:03:33.919 --> 00:03:36.120 You know. The only thing I ever knew was just, 57 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:38.719 you know, just do cprs, you know, if you're not breathing, 58 00:03:38.759 --> 00:03:40.960 you know, just do whatever you can't help out. You 59 00:03:41.000 --> 00:03:43.080 know something my mom told me, you know, you taught 60 00:03:43.120 --> 00:03:45.639 me as a little boy, you know, help out. And 61 00:03:46.120 --> 00:03:49.240 I just you know, I tried what I could. And 62 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:51.159 it's just in my mind it's what if there was 63 00:03:51.199 --> 00:03:52.639 something else I could have done? You know, what if 64 00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:54.759 there was something I could have done you know too, 65 00:03:55.960 --> 00:03:57.800 you know, just to give them a better fighting chance 66 00:03:57.879 --> 00:04:00.560 to make it, you know, And it's just been on 67 00:04:00.599 --> 00:04:02.759 my mind, like could I have done anything else? You know, 68 00:04:03.319 --> 00:04:05.680 did I not do something right that he didn't make it. 69 00:04:07.520 --> 00:04:11.319 There is so much going on in a situation like that, 70 00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:15.719 and the fact that you even run to a situation 71 00:04:16.040 --> 00:04:18.759 to help out when many people don't care or run 72 00:04:18.759 --> 00:04:23.199 away from it is more than most. The fact that 73 00:04:23.240 --> 00:04:26.279 you assessed the situation and that you assessed that there 74 00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:30.000 was somebody who had been under the influence of maybe pot, 75 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:34.959 maybe alcohol, means that you were really present and really 76 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:39.800 there and looking for answers in that horrible accident. I 77 00:04:39.800 --> 00:04:42.680 don't think you did anything wrong. I think you need 78 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:47.600 to be comfortable with the fact that you ran to 79 00:04:47.720 --> 00:04:51.360 help and you did what you could, and it's very overwhelming. 80 00:04:52.199 --> 00:04:55.920 It's different from academically being in the mindset okay, well, 81 00:04:55.959 --> 00:04:58.040 if something happens, I'm going to do X, Y, and Z, 82 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:01.720 versus actually having to do it and to be there 83 00:05:02.040 --> 00:05:04.480 and to look at any carnage or anything like that 84 00:05:04.600 --> 00:05:08.759 or trauma to someone can be overwhelming. And it's sad 85 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:12.800 that somebody, somebody lost their life that day, and it's 86 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:15.480 sad to think that it may have been for no reason, 87 00:05:16.120 --> 00:05:20.639 just some selfishness. But just because that that's the truth 88 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:23.959 of the situation doesn't mean that has to do anything 89 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:28.240 with you, You're not the selfish one. Selfish one would 90 00:05:28.240 --> 00:05:30.600 be anyone who thought it was okay to drink or 91 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:36.240 to smoke pot and then drive. So I think you 92 00:05:36.319 --> 00:05:38.639 did what you could what you could under the circumstances, 93 00:05:38.639 --> 00:05:41.160 and I think that's great. I think you're very brave, 94 00:05:41.279 --> 00:05:45.040 and I think that's a very human and communal thing 95 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:47.959 to do, to be a part of things around you 96 00:05:48.040 --> 00:05:52.319 and do your best to make them work out in 97 00:05:52.360 --> 00:05:57.959 everybody's favor. But as far as this individual being angry 98 00:05:58.000 --> 00:06:00.600 at them isn't going to do anything, really, is just 99 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:03.240 going to fester inside you and make you a pretty 100 00:06:03.319 --> 00:06:09.040 ugly person based on it. Do you have any contact 101 00:06:09.040 --> 00:06:09.399 with them? 102 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:13.759 No, I didn't even know these people. You know. It 103 00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:16.959 was just something I saw on the side something, you know, 104 00:06:17.959 --> 00:06:20.120 something I try to do is just help out, and 105 00:06:21.240 --> 00:06:24.160 you know it's I don't even know these people. 106 00:06:26.279 --> 00:06:27.319 Well you didn't. 107 00:06:27.519 --> 00:06:32.079 I really wish I just wish I could keep it, 108 00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:34.480 you know, there would be certain ways I could be 109 00:06:34.519 --> 00:06:37.800 there for the wife, you know, you know, infinite. It 110 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:39.519 was just saying, you know, like you know, just to 111 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:40.920 send my condolence without. 112 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:47.639 Her, Well, she's going through a lot right now, and 113 00:06:48.399 --> 00:06:51.600 in a circumstance like this, there's a lot of pain 114 00:06:51.839 --> 00:06:53.639 and a lot of confusion, and people are trying to 115 00:06:53.639 --> 00:06:56.959 sift through it. If that opportunity arises, I'm sure it 116 00:06:57.000 --> 00:06:59.759 will come your way. But right now, you focus on 117 00:06:59.759 --> 00:07:02.959 the fact that what you did, that your mama raised 118 00:07:02.959 --> 00:07:06.120 your right, and that what you did was the right 119 00:07:06.160 --> 00:07:08.639 thing to do. To get involved and to make sure 120 00:07:08.639 --> 00:07:11.959 everybody's okay, and to do whatever you can in any 121 00:07:12.199 --> 00:07:17.639 limitation to help out, and then leave it at that. 122 00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:25.079 It is sad that someone lost their life in that 123 00:07:25.279 --> 00:07:31.879 car accident, especially if it involves alcohol and pot and 124 00:07:31.920 --> 00:07:38.639 it's much less an accident than it was negligence. But 125 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:40.800 don't second guess what you did. You did the best 126 00:07:40.839 --> 00:07:45.079 you could, and don't harbor anger because that hurts no 127 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:58.560 one but you. So just keep those two things in mind. Rachel, 128 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:01.639 Welcome to the Jesus Christ. Hi, Jesus, Hello. 129 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:05.639 Hi, I have a question for you. I was reading 130 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:11.800 this morning numbers twenty two, and in eighteen Baalim flat 131 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:16.399 out says to the Lord, let's see here. Oh, he says, 132 00:08:16.519 --> 00:08:18.720 I would be powerless to do anything against the will 133 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:22.439 of the Lord. And in twenty God came to Baylim 134 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:24.399 and said, since these men have come for you, get 135 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:26.720 up and go with them, and he tells him to 136 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:29.800 go with them and then drop down a little bit. 137 00:08:29.839 --> 00:08:33.120 In twenty two. God was furious that Balem was going. 138 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:37.200 And this troubles me. I need to know that. It 139 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:38.000 seems out of. 140 00:08:38.519 --> 00:08:39.720 It seems like a contradiction. 141 00:08:39.919 --> 00:08:42.600 Yes, and I don't. That's not the God that I know. 142 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:46.120 No, it's like a sneaky God going go over here, 143 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:48.080 and now you went over there. There's a lot going 144 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:53.039 on here. And if this involves the Angel of the Lord, 145 00:08:53.559 --> 00:08:55.480 and if you notice, the Angel of the Lord does 146 00:08:55.519 --> 00:08:56.799 not kill him. 147 00:08:57.360 --> 00:08:58.039 No he doesn't. 148 00:08:58.320 --> 00:09:01.559 No, he actually gives him a The concern here is 149 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:07.639 about dealing with Balem's greed in his heart. He was 150 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:10.399 tempted by the offers that were coming his way. You 151 00:09:10.440 --> 00:09:13.879 can read numbers, you know, twenty two to twelve. Also 152 00:09:13.960 --> 00:09:18.120 verse seventeen about the temptation, and the intent was not 153 00:09:18.320 --> 00:09:22.279 about to kill him. It was to remind him of 154 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:26.559 what his original agreement was, because he kept getting tempted 155 00:09:26.600 --> 00:09:30.519 and his heart was clearly filled with greed. As you 156 00:09:30.559 --> 00:09:36.120 read on and understand that it wasn't a direct result 157 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:42.879 of not in direct contradiction to God's word, but he 158 00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:45.840 was rejecting it in his heart. So his greed had 159 00:09:45.919 --> 00:09:47.840 kind of come up with a way. You can read 160 00:09:47.840 --> 00:09:50.360 about this in numbers thirty one sixteen come up with 161 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:56.399 a way to help Israel's enemies will not directly disobeying 162 00:09:56.480 --> 00:09:59.440 the Lord's command to speak only the words that he 163 00:09:59.440 --> 00:10:01.840 would give him, but he found a way to kind 164 00:10:01.840 --> 00:10:06.240 of backdoor it to corrupt Israel by allowing women to 165 00:10:06.360 --> 00:10:10.080 marry men of Israel and lead them into idolatry. And 166 00:10:10.120 --> 00:10:13.600 you can read about that in two Peter two fifteen. 167 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:21.399 I hope that that helps Donna. Welcome to the Jesus 168 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:21.960 Christ Show. 169 00:10:22.360 --> 00:10:24.600 Hi, thank you for taking my call. Love your show? 170 00:10:24.840 --> 00:10:26.919 Oh well, thank you my pleasure. How can I help you? 171 00:10:27.360 --> 00:10:30.600 Well, I do have a question. As an infant, I 172 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:35.720 was baptized and went to religious schools and always had 173 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:38.759 a very close personal relationship with Jesus. He is my 174 00:10:38.960 --> 00:10:42.360 savior and I always believe that throughout life, and now 175 00:10:42.399 --> 00:10:45.960 as an adult, I have friends who say that I 176 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:51.639 must be baptized again in order to have salvation, which really, 177 00:10:51.679 --> 00:10:54.840 for me doesn't make too much sense because I've always 178 00:10:54.919 --> 00:10:58.039 had a personal relationship with Jesus since I could remember. 179 00:10:59.200 --> 00:11:03.039 And my question is, must I be baptized again? And 180 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:06.840 if so, where would I even get baptized? Since my 181 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:10.320 church does not do. I don't think they do second baptisms. 182 00:11:10.320 --> 00:11:11.320 I've never heard of it. 183 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:15.559 Now you still go to the same church, do Okay? 184 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:18.679 Is it a Protestant or a Catholic church. 185 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:19.759 It's a Catholic church. 186 00:11:19.960 --> 00:11:22.679 No, there is no need to be baptized again. 187 00:11:23.080 --> 00:11:24.399 And can you explain why? 188 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:27.919 Well, because it's not one. It's not a mandate for 189 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:31.440 salvation the way the other person is saying, Salvation comes 190 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:33.440 from the blood on the cross, not from any act 191 00:11:33.519 --> 00:11:36.759 that you do. Although that there are things that will manifest. 192 00:11:36.759 --> 00:11:40.559 Now Catholics and Protestants believe differently here as well. But 193 00:11:40.720 --> 00:11:44.120 I will say this that if you are a believer 194 00:11:44.519 --> 00:11:47.799 in the Catholic Church and the structure of the Catholic Church, 195 00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:51.159 they're not the ones telling you to do it. It's 196 00:11:51.200 --> 00:11:53.279 an outside individual telling you to do it. Which is 197 00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:58.799 why I say, if you're still, you know, believing and 198 00:11:59.039 --> 00:12:02.360 attending in a part of the Catholic Church, then no, 199 00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:05.720 you're taking care of that is by their structure and 200 00:12:05.759 --> 00:12:09.600 their belief If for some reason you became a Protestant 201 00:12:10.159 --> 00:12:12.480 and at some point you wanted to be baptized as 202 00:12:12.480 --> 00:12:15.720 a Protestant because you're an adult and now it's your choice, 203 00:12:15.799 --> 00:12:20.279 or something like that, there's nothing wrong with that. I'm 204 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:23.080 leery of groups that say, hey, we want to baptize 205 00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:26.799 you in our belief system. That to me can be 206 00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:29.320 signs of something a little screwy. If they know you're 207 00:12:29.360 --> 00:12:32.679 Catholic and they're saying, hey, but you know, if you 208 00:12:32.799 --> 00:12:35.559 come over here, we'll get you baptized and make things right. 209 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:38.159 If they start saying things like that, I would raise 210 00:12:38.200 --> 00:12:40.720 an eyebrow. And I'm not sure if that's the path 211 00:12:40.720 --> 00:12:42.600 they're going down. It's what it sounds like to me. 212 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:48.720 But ultimately, Donna, if you were baptized in the Catholic 213 00:12:48.840 --> 00:12:51.039 Church as a child, and you're still in the Catholic Church, 214 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:55.399 why spend the time getting baptized again. You haven't changed 215 00:12:55.399 --> 00:12:58.799 your belief system in any way, shape or form, and 216 00:12:58.919 --> 00:13:00.879 there's no reason to do that. You're not being asked 217 00:13:00.879 --> 00:13:05.279 by your own clergy to do it, and so it's 218 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:09.559 really someone else's agenda who isn't here to explain what 219 00:13:09.639 --> 00:13:13.240 that is. Or why. They believe that baptism is a beautiful, 220 00:13:13.279 --> 00:13:16.039 beautiful thing, and it is one thing in the family 221 00:13:16.080 --> 00:13:21.159 of Christians, both Catholics and Protestants where there is discussion. 222 00:13:21.279 --> 00:13:24.679 There are those that think that it should be infants 223 00:13:25.919 --> 00:13:28.000 like our Catholic brothers and sisters, and there are those 224 00:13:28.039 --> 00:13:30.039 that believe it should be adults. That there is a 225 00:13:30.080 --> 00:13:34.679 time of understanding when a human being goes no. I 226 00:13:34.679 --> 00:13:36.679 want to make this decision on my own and get 227 00:13:36.679 --> 00:13:39.440 it done. But these are in house discussions. But in 228 00:13:39.480 --> 00:13:45.279 your case, doesn't sound like they're any purpose whatsoever. Jeff, 229 00:13:45.320 --> 00:13:46.559 Welcome to Jesus Christ Show. 230 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:47.960 Hello Jesus. 231 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:50.919 Well, hello Jeff. How can I help you? 232 00:13:51.679 --> 00:13:54.240 How does one know they are shured of salvation? 233 00:13:55.559 --> 00:14:00.360 You're well, the question is a healthy one. But you know, 234 00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:05.440 the principles of salvation deal with, you know, giving your 235 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:10.559 life to Christ. Have you exactly, Well, it means that 236 00:14:10.600 --> 00:14:14.120 there's a lot of things that drive your life, you know, sex, drugs, 237 00:14:14.200 --> 00:14:16.679 rock and roll, whatever it may be, and whoever's at 238 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:18.919 the wheel is the one controlling it, whether that be 239 00:14:19.039 --> 00:14:21.720 you and self worship and that it's all about you, 240 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:26.000 or whether the principles that are are in scripture and 241 00:14:26.039 --> 00:14:29.559 the things that are taught in the Judeo Christian precepts 242 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:33.080 are part of your life. If they're not, it's like 243 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:35.600 it's like you asking me right now, well, what does 244 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:40.000 a relationship mean? Well, it's when you put somebody in 245 00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:43.600 a place of importance in your life. You exchange ideas, 246 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:48.000 you propel yourself based on that relationship, protecting it and 247 00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:53.320 understanding it, ever deepening it. It's it's a process. It's 248 00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:55.799 not just one particular day. But as far as salvation, 249 00:14:55.960 --> 00:15:01.559 the word itself means security, safety. The purpose of it deliverance. 250 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:04.080 The purpose of it is to understand that there is 251 00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:07.320 a God that loves you, that created you, that wants 252 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:10.519 to have a relationship with you, and once to guide 253 00:15:10.559 --> 00:15:13.480 your life, wants you to understand his will because he's 254 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:18.200 the maker and his will is what will help you 255 00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:22.279 to live efficiently in a way that is just and 256 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:26.159 loving towards the rest of creation. And if you rebel 257 00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:29.240 against those ways and you continue to just do it 258 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:35.480 however you want, then you're not in that place with God. However, 259 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:40.840 if you put God first and you have given your 260 00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:46.000 life to God, truly to God, that is salvation. It's 261 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:49.320 said in scripture that if you confess your sins and 262 00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:52.159 that God is faithful and just to forgive. That if 263 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:58.399 you confess before man that God is your savior, if 264 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:01.080 you believe. Some people talk about it as the sinner's prayer, 265 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:04.879 and that's praying for God to be in your life. God, 266 00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:07.279 I give my life to you. You are the center 267 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:12.519 of my life. I want you to direct my life 268 00:16:12.799 --> 00:16:17.399 for here on out. I will see myself as a Christian. 269 00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:22.960 Respond to those that ask that I am a Christian, 270 00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:25.279 not because they're looking for a label, but because the 271 00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:29.000 word means to be a follower of the anointed One, 272 00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:36.080 and that if you find yourself in a good Bible 273 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:41.559 teaching church and you're reading God's Word, then you're in 274 00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:48.799 that relationship and your experience and receiving that salvation. That's 275 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:55.879 what it means. Michael, Welcome to Jesus Christ Show. Thanks 276 00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:58.080 for having me my pleasure. What's going on? 277 00:16:59.559 --> 00:17:03.200 I just wanted to know, you know, we only have 278 00:17:03.320 --> 00:17:06.960 one Bible, and there's only one Jesus, and it seems 279 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:10.920 like today there's so many different interpretations and understandings of 280 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:13.640 the Gospel, and I'm just kind of curious to know 281 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:17.720 or at what point did we get off track? And 282 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:20.839 why is it that when you ask somebody what the 283 00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:23.720 gospel is, you get so many different variations of an answer. 284 00:17:24.680 --> 00:17:28.000 Well different Just because different people have different perceptions doesn't 285 00:17:28.039 --> 00:17:32.880 mean that there's different gospels, per se. I mean, you 286 00:17:34.039 --> 00:17:37.799 work right, Michael, You go to work correct, okay, and 287 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:41.400 they see you one way, and maybe your family sees 288 00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:44.440 you another way. And when you were in high school 289 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:48.000 and you come home with your friends, your friends would 290 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:50.160 see you one way, your parents would see you another way. 291 00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:53.319 But you're still only one person, and there is only 292 00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:57.799 one truth. You just are, you know, a little different 293 00:17:57.799 --> 00:17:59.279 in this sense, a little different that sense, but it 294 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:02.359 doesn't mean it's a you now the gospel. There's only 295 00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:05.160 one gospel, and it's simple. For God so loved the 296 00:18:05.160 --> 00:18:07.279 world that he gave his only begotten son, that whoever 297 00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:12.119 believes in him shall have everlasting life. That's the gospel. 298 00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:16.000 Gospel just means good news. The good news is that 299 00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:18.039 life can be rough, and there can be things that 300 00:18:18.119 --> 00:18:21.279 go on here, but there is a payment, a way 301 00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:25.680 out for the sins that are that people are accountable 302 00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:29.839 for here on earth, and that's through the death on 303 00:18:29.880 --> 00:18:34.119 the cross and the resurrection. That doesn't change. If anybody 304 00:18:34.119 --> 00:18:37.400 tells you something different than that, then it's not the 305 00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:42.599 Gospel of Scripture. It's whatever they believe. Now, if you're 306 00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:47.079 talking about the books the Gospels Matthew, Luke, and John, 307 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:52.680 that you have what you are called the synoptic Gospels Matthew, Mark, 308 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:56.640 and Luke, meaning that they're similar in what they're describing. 309 00:18:56.960 --> 00:19:01.559 They're looking at similar accounts and describing them, and then John, 310 00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:05.400 which is slightly different and coming from a slightly different perspective. 311 00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:10.119 The hope is that taking all of those into account, 312 00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:13.799 you see the best picture possible through the eyes of 313 00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:17.160 man as to what took place or what the important 314 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:20.839 thing is about that good news. 315 00:19:20.599 --> 00:19:25.559 Right, I guess I understand. This seems kind of interesting 316 00:19:25.640 --> 00:19:30.119 because many people think that or feel like they have 317 00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:32.559 the needs to go and perfect themselves in the flesh 318 00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:36.960 and kind of follow the same commandments. And it's even 319 00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:40.359 you know, we see so many people in the church 320 00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:44.119 who are basically, you know, trying to perfect their body 321 00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:48.839 here and they're using Christ for this life, and it 322 00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:51.720 seems like they're not interested in Him for the next life. 323 00:19:51.960 --> 00:19:55.319 That's a really interesting observation. And I'm not going to 324 00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:57.599 say that that's not true. Of course, there are people 325 00:19:57.599 --> 00:20:00.720 who do that, but they're not mutually exclusive. There's nothing 326 00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:06.039 wrong with here's the truth. You will not hit perfection 327 00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:12.000 in this world, but on the way, on that path 328 00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:16.119 to perfection, you can hit excellence. And there's nothing wrong 329 00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:20.039 with that. There's nothing wrong with allowing God to purify 330 00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:22.880 you while you're here, to be the best you you 331 00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:25.920 can while you're here. There's nothing wrong with that. You 332 00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:29.240 won't be perfect, of course not, but why not be 333 00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:32.079 a better you? Why not allow God to continue to 334 00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:35.839 cleanse you, to be a better you while you're here. Right, 335 00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:40.799 Ye're right, that's not something that it's beneficial to everyone 336 00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:43.480 around you. The Ten Commandments are there to keep you 337 00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:47.759 on that track. You should be checking yourself against them, 338 00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:50.279 to make sure that you're not getting to a place 339 00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:56.680 of being coveting people's whether it's their husbands, their wives, 340 00:20:56.759 --> 00:21:00.440 their cars, their home. There's a lot of things that 341 00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:03.440 are good for you to keep in mind in the 342 00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:09.759 process of that cleansing. It says in scripture that God 343 00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:13.559 alone is the author and the finisher of your faith. 344 00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:19.279 So not only faith alone exists because of God, but 345 00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:25.319 also the purification process. The perfection of your faith comes 346 00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:27.279 from God as well, and part of that takes place 347 00:21:27.319 --> 00:21:29.880 while you're here on this earth. But if you get 348 00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:33.559 lost in church and it's just about well being the 349 00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:35.880 best you and you see all these kind of I 350 00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:40.039 know they're very popular when you come across television. Preachers 351 00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:44.680 are very famous, often selling lots of books. It's a 352 00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:48.319 lot of it has to tie into things that seem 353 00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:53.680 more like motivational speaking than it does about the Gospel, right, 354 00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:56.400 And I get that too. I know that it seems 355 00:21:56.440 --> 00:21:59.680 like it's missing the mark a little bit, but that's 356 00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:02.839 part of the process as well, getting people on board 357 00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:06.240 to understand that there is things to be learned and 358 00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:09.720 to be utilized and applied to your life here in 359 00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:13.920 the now. Otherwise God wouldn't put you here, Michael, you're here. 360 00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:17.240 Did He put you here just to wait to get 361 00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:22.039 to Heaven? No, there's stuff to do, and part of 362 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:25.079 it is purification, right. 363 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:28.440 I totally agree. This seems like a lot of people 364 00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:33.359 are wanting to justify themselves based on their works that 365 00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:34.079 they do here. 366 00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:37.759 Yeah, it's human nature. You're right, it does happen. Happens 367 00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:40.799 a lot people get lost in the works and looking 368 00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:44.160 at what people are doing and how they're doing it, 369 00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:48.480 and forget the entirety of the process. But fruit on 370 00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:52.039 a tree does play a part as well. You know, 371 00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:55.480 the scripture says that if you don't have, if the 372 00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:59.799 tree isn't bearing fruit, there's a problem. So there should 373 00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:03.880 be good works coming from somebody who believes. Now, they 374 00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:07.079 don't get to heaven based on them, but there should 375 00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:10.279 be good works, just like a healthy fruit tree should 376 00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:10.799 bear fruit. 377 00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:13.359 All right, Well, what are the like? Where are they 378 00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:15.480 good works that we should be seen coming from people 379 00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:19.240 who believe that Jesus Christ is as the author and 380 00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:22.160 finish of their faith. And you know, I believe the 381 00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:24.920 Bible says without faith it is impossible to please pract 382 00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:28.480 So you know, what are those fruits that we should 383 00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:29.160 be looking for. 384 00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:33.240 There should be the desire to purify yourself. There should 385 00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:35.720 be a desire to share your faith, and not in 386 00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:39.359 an overbearing way, but in a way, as one Peter 387 00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:45.000 three fifteen says, to be ready to first sanctify Jesus's 388 00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:49.000 Lord in your life. But moving forward, to be ready 389 00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:51.119 to give a defense or an answer to those who 390 00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:54.119 ask about the hope that lies within you. With meekness 391 00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:57.240 and reverence. That is to say that when people ask 392 00:23:57.319 --> 00:23:59.880 you about why you are different because of the things 393 00:23:59.880 --> 00:24:03.920 you do, whether you're helping those around you that need help, 394 00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:07.680 whether you are standing up for someone you don't know, 395 00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:10.680 whether you are not joining the hordes or the mobs 396 00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:12.480 or the masses that are going one way and you're 397 00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:14.759 going the other direct direction because you believe it to 398 00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:17.480 be the direction of God. That when you do those things, 399 00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:21.000 those works, people will ask you why are you different? 400 00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:24.839 Why at a funeral do you shed tears but still 401 00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:29.279