WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:07.679 You're listening to KFI A six on demand. Okay. 2 00:00:08.160 --> 00:00:11.880 You look around, whether you're in the car, whether you're 3 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:14.919 out and about during the day, whatever it is that 4 00:00:14.919 --> 00:00:19.640 you're doing at work, it seems there is an intense 5 00:00:19.679 --> 00:00:24.559 amount of anger out there. It's not just with others. 6 00:00:24.640 --> 00:00:29.399 You're dealing with it as well. You battle with this 7 00:00:30.199 --> 00:00:34.759 all the time. Anger is something that permeates every part 8 00:00:34.759 --> 00:00:38.759 of your life in one form or another. And in 9 00:00:38.799 --> 00:00:45.359 Scripture there's two Greek words and in the New Testament 10 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:55.439 that are used as the English word anger. One focuses 11 00:00:55.479 --> 00:00:57.960 on a means passion and energy, and the other means 12 00:00:58.039 --> 00:01:03.840 agitated and boiling. And what I don't want you to 13 00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:07.319 walk away with today is that all anger is bad. 14 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:09.920 It's not. Obviously. 15 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:14.799 When you have passion and energy and it provokes you 16 00:01:14.879 --> 00:01:20.000 and promotes and instigates you to want to do something good, 17 00:01:22.680 --> 00:01:28.719 then that's positive. But if you sit and you become agitated, 18 00:01:28.959 --> 00:01:32.719 and you sit there boiling with the anger, it's of 19 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:38.280 no glory to God. It produces nothing, and it's something 20 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:44.719 that continues to sit and fester. It's easy when you 21 00:01:44.760 --> 00:01:49.280 deal with people when you're in that mental. 22 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:53.000 State where everything you've got. 23 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:56.280 Is important, and everything everyone else has to do or 24 00:01:57.319 --> 00:02:00.519 is a part of, is not important. That's selfish is 25 00:02:00.519 --> 00:02:06.000 what breeds a lot of the negative or unpositive or 26 00:02:06.079 --> 00:02:13.240 sinful anger, because that kind of pride and attitude, that 27 00:02:13.319 --> 00:02:15.960 selfishness that says, well, I'm more important, I have things 28 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:18.560 to do. This person's in my way. That's what happens 29 00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:22.000 on the road. The reason why you have a road 30 00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:27.800 rage is because in your head, you're more important than 31 00:02:27.800 --> 00:02:32.039 the people around you, and so if someone cuts you off, 32 00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:34.879 the first thought is, well, don't they know who I am? 33 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:36.919 I've got places to be, I've got things to do, 34 00:02:37.479 --> 00:02:41.439 or they think they're more important than me. It seems 35 00:02:41.479 --> 00:02:44.439 silly but true. I mean, how many times have you 36 00:02:44.479 --> 00:02:49.520 been on the road and you feel someone to the. 37 00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:50.120 Side of you. 38 00:02:50.719 --> 00:02:55.680 Maybe you're on the highways the byways and there's someone 39 00:02:55.680 --> 00:02:57.800 coming up next to you and they're going a little faster. 40 00:02:57.879 --> 00:02:59.479 You don't want them to pass you, and you speed 41 00:02:59.599 --> 00:03:07.840 up for no real reason except some sort of false competitiveness. 42 00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:09.879 But it's not just on the road, it's in every 43 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:14.120 part of your life. There are things that trigger your anger, 44 00:03:14.919 --> 00:03:20.080 that frustrates you and that aren't productive. They just agitate. 45 00:03:21.639 --> 00:03:22.759 They just make you. 46 00:03:22.800 --> 00:03:24.759 Get in a mindset. 47 00:03:25.719 --> 00:03:29.000 Where you don't want to deal with anybody except out 48 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:33.520 of anger when you're someone asks you a question. And 49 00:03:33.599 --> 00:03:38.039 I see this of people that are in a business 50 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:42.039 where they're called to answer questions, whether they work at 51 00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:45.479 a grocery store, whether they work at a hardware store, 52 00:03:45.520 --> 00:03:51.159 whatever it might be, and they're there to answer questions, 53 00:03:51.159 --> 00:03:55.000 and still when you ask a question, they respond negatively, 54 00:03:58.439 --> 00:04:03.080 and then it's just pills on, piles on, and continues 55 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:06.240 to spin out of control as everyone gets angry. Proverbs 56 00:04:06.479 --> 00:04:10.479 fifteen to one says a gentle answer turns away wrath, 57 00:04:10.919 --> 00:04:14.479 but a harsh word stirs up anger. That there's ways 58 00:04:14.520 --> 00:04:18.319 to respond to people even if you're not happy about 59 00:04:18.319 --> 00:04:20.439 the question, even if you think it's a stupid question, 60 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:27.000 there's still ways to answer to not accelerate or make 61 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:29.720 things worse, because you play a part in other people's 62 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:34.399 anger as well. And if you stir that up and 63 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:41.040 their anger becomes that which is classified as sin, then 64 00:04:41.079 --> 00:04:46.759 you play a part of that as well. And you 65 00:04:46.800 --> 00:04:48.560 don't want to get caught up in those types of 66 00:04:48.680 --> 00:04:55.040 personal prideful arguments two Timothy two, twenty three and twenty four. 67 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:59.600 Don't have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, 68 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:04.000 because you know they produce quarrels. And the lord's servant 69 00:05:04.079 --> 00:05:07.199 must not quarrel. Instead, he must be kind to everyone, 70 00:05:07.319 --> 00:05:14.439 able to teach, not resentful. What a pattern to follow there, 71 00:05:16.199 --> 00:05:18.480 don't stir up an argument for the sake of stirring 72 00:05:18.519 --> 00:05:23.519 up an argument. You may even do this in my name, 73 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:27.759 sometimes supposedly for my sake. You may stir up an 74 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:31.120 argument thinking that you're helping, when actually you're hurting it. 75 00:05:31.199 --> 00:05:34.000 It doesn't mean that there isn't a legitimate place for 76 00:05:34.040 --> 00:05:37.439 an argument or a discussion, even one that's filled with passion. 77 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:43.120 But be careful the words you use and how you 78 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:49.560 participate in a discussion that you're moving it forward, not 79 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:56.560 escalating it hotter, bringing it to a boil, because you 80 00:05:56.560 --> 00:05:58.160 don't want to get caught up in a quarrel for 81 00:05:58.199 --> 00:06:02.240 the sake of a quarrel. You do want to be 82 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:07.480 kind to everyone. Find it interesting that if you read this, 83 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:11.560 it says be kind to everyone comma able to teach, 84 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:19.160 comma not resentful. So by being kind to people you're 85 00:06:19.199 --> 00:06:21.879 able to teach, you're in that you have that ability 86 00:06:22.560 --> 00:06:25.959 to pass along information. If you're in a state where 87 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:31.920 you're just in anger, then you're pushing against everything you 88 00:06:31.959 --> 00:06:35.199 don't want to receive. You're not in the state of receiving. 89 00:06:37.000 --> 00:06:42.759 You just want people to feel your wrath. You don't 90 00:06:42.800 --> 00:06:47.720 hear a thing they're saying. Your compassion is gone, and 91 00:06:47.759 --> 00:06:56.360 it's just that agitated, boiling anger. Now that the God 92 00:06:56.399 --> 00:07:10.240 given anger, this righteous indignation, is productive. It's there to 93 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:13.920 help you deal with the things at hand, problem solving, 94 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:20.560 troubleshooting something. It propels you, it pushes you, It excites 95 00:07:20.600 --> 00:07:24.720 you with passion and energy, but doesn't make you sit 96 00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:31.279 and fester. And there's examples throughout Scripture of people confronting 97 00:07:31.319 --> 00:07:36.439 one another that are upset, that are filled with this 98 00:07:37.319 --> 00:07:46.120 energy and this passion, but not that ugly, agitated, festering, 99 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:54.920 boiling anger. Not all anger is a sin. It's when 100 00:07:54.920 --> 00:07:58.879 it gets to that place that it becomes rage. It 101 00:07:58.879 --> 00:08:06.240 gets to that place where there's nothing propelling you forward, learning, teaching, experiencing. 102 00:08:06.800 --> 00:08:15.920 It's just about venting full throttle anger, rage, not listening, 103 00:08:17.600 --> 00:08:20.319 and that has no place in the kingdom. That serves 104 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:26.360 no purpose and helps no one, you included. And when 105 00:08:26.399 --> 00:08:30.199 you get in that state of anger, you get blind 106 00:08:30.279 --> 00:08:35.320 to truth and it's just about you. Check that next time, 107 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:38.919 next time you're angry. See how it's so much about 108 00:08:38.960 --> 00:08:42.720 you and no one else. How it's all about how 109 00:08:42.799 --> 00:08:44.879 you feel and what you're going through, or what you 110 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:48.039 need or what you want it or whatever it is, 111 00:08:49.519 --> 00:08:58.799 And yet you push aside everyone else around you. Anger 112 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:03.559 seems to be a lot of anger. And it's not 113 00:09:03.679 --> 00:09:07.240 that all anger is bad or that all anger is sin. 114 00:09:09.559 --> 00:09:11.840 As you know, sin means to miss the mark, and 115 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:14.440 there is anger that misses the mark. There's anger that 116 00:09:14.519 --> 00:09:18.159 is caught up in just being angry, just being annoyed, 117 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:22.559 just being agitated, rather than something that propels you, that 118 00:09:22.679 --> 00:09:26.320 moves you forward, that makes you want to solve problems. 119 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:29.039 And the key to anger is you will notice that 120 00:09:30.120 --> 00:09:34.879 anger really becomes sin when it's focused just on you, 121 00:09:34.960 --> 00:09:40.320 When it's selfish in nature and the purpose, the goal 122 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:45.679 is completely shifted and no longer in focus, and it's 123 00:09:46.039 --> 00:09:49.600 just about the anger. So if you think of it 124 00:09:49.639 --> 00:09:53.759 this way, that your anger should attack a problem, not 125 00:09:53.840 --> 00:09:59.360 a person. If your anger attacks a problem, not a person, 126 00:09:59.440 --> 00:10:05.559 then it's then you're looking to solve something. Then you're 127 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:11.879 looking to eradicate a problem, but not just attack a person. 128 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:16.039 And in scripture, and this happens so much, we've this 129 00:10:16.200 --> 00:10:18.399 kind has come up on the show over and over again, 130 00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:21.240 that there are times where you don't go to a 131 00:10:21.240 --> 00:10:24.159 person and you feel that they've wronged you or something's happened. 132 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:25.559 You don't go to them to talk to them. 133 00:10:25.559 --> 00:10:30.960 You don't confront them face to face, which is the 134 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:36.519 biblical way. You look for, you know, some reason, just 135 00:10:36.559 --> 00:10:42.360 to smear their name or to be ugly. That doesn't 136 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:50.200 it doesn't help. Galatians two eleven through fourteen deals with 137 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:52.879 this very thing. When you're opposing someone, you oppose them 138 00:10:52.919 --> 00:10:56.279 to their face. If you feel someone's in the wrong, 139 00:10:56.399 --> 00:11:00.679 then you express that to them in a way that 140 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:07.399 is helpful and propels you forward. But the anger that 141 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:12.440 I see right now, the anger that maybe you're experiencing yourself, 142 00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:15.360 whether you be the recipient of it or you'd be 143 00:11:15.480 --> 00:11:21.279 the person sending it out, is that it's only focused 144 00:11:21.919 --> 00:11:24.720 on the individual. It's only about you and what you 145 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:26.559 need to do. Don't they know I need to do X, 146 00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:28.399 Y and Z. Don't they know that I have to 147 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:32.480 do this or that I'm this? And usually that type 148 00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:35.679 of anger stems from people in general not listening. 149 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:37.879 If you're not. 150 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:42.279 Attentive, if someone yells at you, in all likelihood, they 151 00:11:42.320 --> 00:11:47.600 don't feel they're being heard. They feel that something you're 152 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:52.120 doing is hurting them or might hurt them, or is 153 00:11:52.200 --> 00:11:56.840 going to hurt them, and that makes them nervous or scared, 154 00:11:58.279 --> 00:12:04.080 and it manifests in screaming and anger. Some of the 155 00:12:04.120 --> 00:12:09.360 most angry people in life are the most meek, are 156 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:13.159 the ones that are so fearful of someone hurting them 157 00:12:13.919 --> 00:12:16.919 that they get loud. And maybe you do this, You 158 00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:19.759 get loud in hopes of people either backing off or 159 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:24.360 running away or not coming too close to hurt you anymore. 160 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:35.159 That type of anger doesn't help. So to biblically deal 161 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:39.000 with anger, you have to first focus and see and 162 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:44.120 admit that your anger comes from a selfish place and 163 00:12:44.200 --> 00:12:47.759 learn to turn that around to where you are attacking 164 00:12:48.279 --> 00:12:57.639 that problem and not attacking a person. Aurora, Welcome to 165 00:12:57.639 --> 00:12:58.639 the Jesus Christ Show. 166 00:13:01.200 --> 00:13:04.000 Today is a very special day for my son. He's 167 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:06.080 gonna take Body of Christ for the first time. 168 00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:07.279 Oh wonderful. 169 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:11.519 Yes, he's extremely excited. He has been asking for it, 170 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:15.879 and uh, I gotta tell you it's a special need kid. 171 00:13:16.159 --> 00:13:19.159 Okay, And how so he's autistic? 172 00:13:19.240 --> 00:13:23.000 He is, he actually has celebra policy and the brain damage. 173 00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:28.679 But contrail hold, the prediction is a very He's able 174 00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:31.720 to walk, and you know, it's very good in school. 175 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:36.120 And he's a very happy child, extremely happy and very emotional. 176 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:41.080 So we go to church every Sunday and during communion 177 00:13:41.080 --> 00:13:43.320 he is always always cry. You get emotional. I said, 178 00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:48.000 it is happy and uh so we talk with a priest. 179 00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:53.360 We got some preparation and today is a day and 180 00:13:53.399 --> 00:13:54.600 he has great expectition. 181 00:13:55.159 --> 00:13:57.279 Okay, how so what are his expectations? 182 00:13:57.759 --> 00:14:00.840 Well, and that's what I will try to understand. And 183 00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:03.639 you say that it's gonna take the body of Christ 184 00:14:03.679 --> 00:14:05.759 today and then it's going to feel better. 185 00:14:07.240 --> 00:14:10.559 Oh so he thinks that it's going to be there's 186 00:14:10.600 --> 00:14:12.080 going to be healing properties too. 187 00:14:12.320 --> 00:14:15.840 I don't know. I'm afraid that he has some expectation 188 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:23.200 about that, you know, spiritual part of it. And then 189 00:14:23.279 --> 00:14:27.600 maybe it's me. I'm not understanding him correctly, but I'm 190 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:32.759 afraid that he's suspecting something. And if so, I don't 191 00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:35.240 know what to say after you know, what to tell 192 00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:40.840 them because we talk every day about it and what 193 00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:42.200 I told him, I say, yes, you're going to be 194 00:14:42.279 --> 00:14:45.879 feeling good inside. You're gonna be feeling great inside. You're 195 00:14:45.879 --> 00:14:48.799 going to be feeling in all love and and you know, 196 00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:53.639 and I just you know, because it's working very hard 197 00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:58.840 on correctness. Is problem, is physical problem, and it's learning 198 00:14:58.879 --> 00:15:02.600 out with it. So many surgery and finally he's walking, 199 00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:04.879 you know, with his feet on the ground, no more 200 00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:08.840 on his toes and you know, so it's working very 201 00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:11.279 hard in order to walk to the altar, because you 202 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:12.960 want to walk to the altar and I want to 203 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:15.519 be on the wheelchair and he want to be, you know. 204 00:15:17.559 --> 00:15:22.919 So he sounds wonderful because his spirit has desired to 205 00:15:23.159 --> 00:15:26.519 me better good And that's a good way to see 206 00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:28.799 it as well as the gift of having a special 207 00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:32.320 needs child is first knowing that God trusts you enough 208 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:38.960 to oversee and care for somebody, so special is a 209 00:15:38.960 --> 00:15:40.000 pretty amazing thing. 210 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:43.159 Now, is he's seven or eight years old? 211 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:46.320 Oh, it's actually ten, so he's longer. 212 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:47.759 So he's he's older for the process. 213 00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:49.879 So he's he's going to be taking in some of 214 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:53.919 this information a little differently as well as he's a 215 00:15:53.960 --> 00:15:54.720 little bit older. 216 00:15:55.720 --> 00:15:58.360 Was there a purpose for waiting. 217 00:15:58.519 --> 00:16:02.399 Was his special needs a part of that decision? 218 00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:06.679 Well, honest, to do, it was more me than himla. 219 00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:10.799 I was afraid that he was not going to understand. 220 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:13.600 Okay, Well, it's a tough thing to understand at at 221 00:16:13.720 --> 00:16:16.320 any age. I mean, there's there's a lot of adults, 222 00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:20.519 I would say most adults that don't understand truly what's 223 00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:23.720 going on. And even in the Church, you have differences 224 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:25.679 between Catholics and Protestants. 225 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:26.559 Uh. 226 00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:32.480 You know, Catholics and Lutherans celebrate this particular ce ceremony 227 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:38.519 and look at and and truly believe that Christ that 228 00:16:38.600 --> 00:16:42.960 I Am present truly in the Eucharist now, although they 229 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:46.000 see things slightly differently in there, whereas Protestant a lot 230 00:16:46.039 --> 00:16:51.480 of other Protestant denominations believe that it's a practice to 231 00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:53.960 be adhered to because I said so that it was 232 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:54.600 something to do. 233 00:16:54.679 --> 00:16:59.000 And memorial and in memory of and. 234 00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:02.919 So there's different views in this as it stands across 235 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:04.599 the board, which makes it difficult for. 236 00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:07.160 Even adults to comprehend. 237 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:10.640 I would say that managed expectations is a good term 238 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:13.079 for you to know in this case, and that is 239 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:20.880 it's not about being a wet blanket or showering any 240 00:17:20.920 --> 00:17:26.880 hopes with so much reality that they because the balance 241 00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:29.720 between understanding God and how God moves in this world 242 00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:33.200 and that the trials in life and as they happen 243 00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:35.440 is a difficult one for adults as well, let alone 244 00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:38.680 a child. So the balance here is to say, is 245 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:42.279 to really make sure that he explains what's going on, 246 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:46.720 and during the before the first communion, there's time with 247 00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:50.200 the priest. Correct, yeah, okay, and the priest has explained 248 00:17:50.359 --> 00:17:53.559 and he's gone to Catechism and all of those things 249 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:56.160 to understand. So there's going to be some knowledge that 250 00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:59.599 comes prior to this, but also to be reinforced by you, 251 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:03.640 the understanding that it's not magic. It's not about magic, 252 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:05.519 and it's not about that it's like a it's not 253 00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:07.079 medicine like that. 254 00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:09.440 It's not going to fix it, no it. 255 00:18:09.559 --> 00:18:11.960 And it's not that that God doesn't have the power 256 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:16.799 to fix things or to fix what we think is broken, 257 00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:20.319 because oftentimes God says it's not broken. You think it's 258 00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:22.559 broken because you want it to do X, Y and Z, 259 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:24.440 and you know, honest. 260 00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:27.440 With you, it is probably maybe more my inspectition. 261 00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:30.160 That's that's interesting. 262 00:18:30.200 --> 00:18:32.640 So you say that that that you are putting the weight, 263 00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:34.480 the false expectation on this. 264 00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:38.440 Uh No, it's I've been, you know, waiting for the 265 00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:41.559 magic day. You know that one day you wake up 266 00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:44.839 and everything is gone, you know, and maybe maybe it's me. 267 00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:47.799 Well, you know what the magic day is. The magic 268 00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:52.079 day is understanding that this, that this is life, and 269 00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:57.200 that God is in uh perfection and imperfection by way 270 00:18:57.240 --> 00:19:00.880 of healing. Now it doesn't mean a full physical healing. 271 00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:05.319 That means spiritual healing for most. If you remember, Paul 272 00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:08.680 even had the thorn in the flesh what's referred to 273 00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:10.880 as a thorn in the flesh in scripture, and he 274 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:13.160 asked three times to have it removed, and three times 275 00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:18.279 God said no. And yet Paul had to see the 276 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:24.519 blessing in that understanding that those those privations or the 277 00:19:24.599 --> 00:19:28.119 lack of something that everyone else seemed to have really 278 00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:33.519 made Paul who he was. And that's part of the process. 279 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:37.559 And so the managing of expectations for both you and 280 00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:40.680 I love that you're being honest, both you and your boy, 281 00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:44.119 is to understand what's going on. One the first and 282 00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:47.880 foremost the reason why you take communion is because I said, 283 00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:51.680 so in scripture. That's first and foremost, because God said it, 284 00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:52.480 it's in scripture. 285 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:57.400 Therefore you do it. That the obedience is important. 286 00:19:57.920 --> 00:20:02.039 And secondly, to understand there is something very beautiful despite 287 00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:07.079 all the disagreement that goes on in the different denominations 288 00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:09.440 as to what's going on, and if it actually becomes 289 00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:11.440 the blood and the body and all of these things, 290 00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:16.160 those are inter body discussions. That the Body of Christ 291 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:19.000 discusses those things and argues those things, and that's fine. 292 00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:22.359 But most importantly is that it was you're told to 293 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:25.480 do it, and that it is in remembrance, and that 294 00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:29.079 it does have power. There is something quite beautiful and 295 00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:34.799 connective towards that moment. I was constantly breaking bread and 296 00:20:34.839 --> 00:20:39.039 connecting with people, and this is one of those moments 297 00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:40.400 that cannot be denied. 298 00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:42.400 And you don't know what will take place. 299 00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:46.160 Neither of you, regardless of expectations, know what will take place. 300 00:20:46.359 --> 00:20:52.359 But most importantly, what is guaranteed to take place is 301 00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:57.400 the fulfillment of a commitment towards God. And that is 302 00:20:57.480 --> 00:21:00.279 going to take place. So whether you know anything else 303 00:21:00.359 --> 00:21:03.000 is going to or not going to, that, the fulfillment 304 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:05.200 of a commitment towards God. 305 00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:08.400 That's what's exciting that that he is. 306 00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:12.920 Stepping forward, he is wheeling forward, he is limping forward, 307 00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:18.160 doesn't matter. He is moving forward before God and man 308 00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:20.480 in his commitment towards God. 309 00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:24.640 You know, you look at his face and he laid 310 00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:29.079 up when you're going to church. If he has and 311 00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:32.440 had that's our priests say, you have thisess in him, 312 00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:35.119 and you know he feels that, and he has a 313 00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:39.519 totally different emotion, and you know, and he has his 314 00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:43.319 own reason and he has his own belief and maybe 315 00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:48.000 it's different. It's different for me as an adult than him. Uh, 316 00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:50.359 you know, with the way we expressed. But I know 317 00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:54.839 that I appreciate that, I appreciate about the Christ, and 318 00:21:55.000 --> 00:22:01.240 I get closer to you after I got my son. 319 00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:06.559 He's making me better and you know, and all this 320 00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:09.480 emotion that he's having, him having it with him, and 321 00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:14.000 it's an amazing feeling. It's amazing. It's I don't know, 322 00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:16.119 I don't know how to explain that. You know, somebody 323 00:22:16.119 --> 00:22:18.799 told me why you go to church every Sunday? That 324 00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:22.039 church doesn't do anything for me. And and the best 325 00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:24.079 way that I was able to express, I say, I 326 00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:27.519 feel like I'm home. I had this big warm huk again. 327 00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:31.000 You know, around me this, I feel like I'm home. 328 00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:35.119 That's my best feeling. And I believe markets feel the 329 00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:38.720 same way. I'm not sure, but they love that. And 330 00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:43.519 he's happy, and you know, and and now you know 331 00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:46.000 it's gonna have his body of Christ today and yesterday 332 00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:48.480 was telling me, Mommy, then I'm gonna have every Sunday 333 00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:50.599 and every Sunday I can have my body of Christ. 334 00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:57.400 You know, it's it's beautiful. And you know how many 335 00:22:57.440 --> 00:23:01.079 other people are so skeptical about that and how they 336 00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:02.720 are no understanding. 337 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:06.799 Oh, they're skepticism in all things, Aurora, and the church 338 00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:08.960 has been a focus of that. I've been a focus 339 00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:11.160 of that for a long time. But I want you 340 00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:17.440 to really deeply enjoy today and take it in for 341 00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:20.359 all the ceremony and love and fun of it, as 342 00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:22.960 well as the deep spiritual meaning that goes along with it. 343 00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:26.640 And sharing that with your boy and experiencing that is 344 00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:29.200 going to be a very powerful thing. Keep in mind, 345 00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:34.079 keep in mind that that faith and understanding and a 346 00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:37.200 relationship with God. Is it not about being perfect in 347 00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:41.960 this world. It's about understanding and conquering imperfection with the 348 00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:45.519 understanding of who God is and that there is it's 349 00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:48.200 not only about this world, but about the world to come. 350 00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:52.000 But have the most blessed day, and I hope that 351 00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:57.039 you'll share with us. How today went on a future broadcast, 352 00:23:59.400 --> 00:24:01.000 Brian to the Jesus Christ Show. 353 00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:04.640 Good morning, Thank you for taking my call. 354 00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:06.000 My pleasure. 355 00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:11.480 I was discussing with a new friend. She is a 356 00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:17.359 Christian and I am a believer as well, and I 357 00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:20.640 was mentioning that the church that I'm going to is 358 00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:25.759 planning on starting a contemporary style worship service. And she said, 359 00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:30.079 do you have a piano in your church? And I said, well, sure, 360 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:32.519 I said, we have a couple. We have one upstairs 361 00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:36.839 and we have one downstairs. And she said, uh, she says, 362 00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:40.839 we don't have any instruments in our church. I said, oh, 363 00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:45.920 that's kind of curious. Do you mind if I asked why? 364 00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:47.440 And she said. 365 00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:50.240 That. 366 00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:58.480 She said that the New Testament church or the New 367 00:24:58.720 --> 00:25:02.400 the New dispensation is that you know, no instruments in church. 368 00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:07.119 And I said, but there's lots of references where instruments 369 00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:12.000 were used to assist in praising God. When David brought 370 00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:15.519 the arc into the Temple of meeting and you know, oh. 371 00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:17.960 Sure, there's musicians and Bryan. 372 00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:22.599 There are times in scripture where priests and musicians are referenced, 373 00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:27.519 but only the musicians are referenced by name. There's there's 374 00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:32.799 great importance to music, make a joyful noise. There are 375 00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:37.359 many references to the importance of music and h and 376 00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:40.200 even dancing at times as well. 377 00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:43.400 Ultimately that it came down to the term dispensation. I 378 00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:44.200 don't know what that. 379 00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:50.599 Is, Okay, the term dispensation. Think of it this way, 380 00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:55.640 because there's this gets into different theological understandings of dispensationalism. 381 00:25:56.119 --> 00:25:57.279 But I want you to think of it this way 382 00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:58.640 for the sake of your call. I think this will 383 00:25:58.640 --> 00:26:03.880 be helpful. Think of it as time periods, management of 384 00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:07.200 time periods, and how God manages those time periods, those 385 00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:12.440 different dispensations. So think of it this way as and 386 00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:15.559 I prefer people to think of it this way anyways. 387 00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:18.079 But if you go through scripture, think of scripture in 388 00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:23.279 humanity as a child that's being born and being raised 389 00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:27.799 by God. Not just individual men and women, but think 390 00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:30.400 of all men and women, the planet as a whole, 391 00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:33.480 as a child being raised by God. So if you 392 00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:35.880 look at the beginning and the middle and the ending 393 00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:39.680 of scripture. You will see that God interacts with the 394 00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:42.000 world a little differently. And people say, you know, what, 395 00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:45.240 how come the God of the Old Testament seems so angry? 396 00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:45.599 You know? 397 00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:47.759 And then you know, and how come the God of 398 00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:51.559 the New Testament seems so flowery? And they try putting 399 00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:56.440 these things together. Well, a dispensation is sectioning of scripture 400 00:26:56.480 --> 00:27:00.200 or time periods and the way God interacts interacted. So, 401 00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:02.759