WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.720 --> 00:00:05.960 Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Wednesday Service, Episode four. I 2 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:08.119 am your host, Josh Monday. This is brought to you 3 00:00:08.160 --> 00:00:11.839 by Cult Conspiracy Podcast. And yeah, thank you guys so 4 00:00:11.919 --> 00:00:16.399 much for joining me. I okay, so I have some news. 5 00:00:17.320 --> 00:00:19.640 I need some prayer warriors out there too. Please do 6 00:00:19.719 --> 00:00:23.199 me a favor and pray. Last night, my wife is 7 00:00:23.239 --> 00:00:30.039 about twenty weeks and six days. She actually her water broke, 8 00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:34.960 so and we went to the doctors the emergency room 9 00:00:35.039 --> 00:00:40.039 last night, and the doctor told us that at twenty 10 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:44.079 weeks and six days that the baby wouldn't survive. They 11 00:00:44.119 --> 00:00:46.560 wouldn't be able to do anything because the baby's not 12 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:50.039 big enough for them to put a breathing to down 13 00:00:50.079 --> 00:00:53.920 the baby's throat. So, as of right now, my wife's 14 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:57.280 in the hospital. I'm just coming back right now from 15 00:00:57.280 --> 00:00:59.280 the hospital to come do this show and then I'm 16 00:00:59.320 --> 00:01:02.320 running right back over there. So if you guys could 17 00:01:02.359 --> 00:01:05.319 just please pray for me and my family, pray for 18 00:01:05.400 --> 00:01:07.799 my baby. My wife told me I'm having a baby boy, 19 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:11.319 and I'm going to walk by faith and I'm going 20 00:01:11.359 --> 00:01:14.879 to believe that God will let me have this baby 21 00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:18.359 and that the baby's going to come out healthy, and 22 00:01:18.439 --> 00:01:19.959 then Nicky is going to be able to do everything 23 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:21.920 they need to do for the baby to come out healthy. 24 00:01:21.920 --> 00:01:24.200 I'm going to walk by faith that this is going 25 00:01:24.280 --> 00:01:27.680 to happen, and I just need some prayers from you guys. 26 00:01:29.079 --> 00:01:31.959 If you guys could, I really really really appreciate it. 27 00:01:32.959 --> 00:01:36.760 As of right now, my wife is on medication because 28 00:01:36.799 --> 00:01:39.280 they don't want her to get infection. They said, if 29 00:01:39.280 --> 00:01:41.280 she gets infection, then she's going to have to deliver 30 00:01:41.359 --> 00:01:44.400 sooner than later. Now her water broke, so at this moment, 31 00:01:44.480 --> 00:01:47.560 she could go on labor at any time. Like they said. 32 00:01:47.640 --> 00:01:50.359 They said, the baby needs to at least be to 33 00:01:50.480 --> 00:01:54.040 twenty two weeks, maybe twenty three or twenty four. They 34 00:01:54.079 --> 00:01:55.719 really want the baby to be at twenty four week. 35 00:01:55.799 --> 00:02:00.359 So just pray that God keeps my baby alive well, 36 00:02:01.040 --> 00:02:03.840 and please pray that the lungs develop to where the 37 00:02:03.879 --> 00:02:06.879 baby can breathe when the baby comes. You know, that's 38 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:08.560 that's what we want. We want the baby to come 39 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:12.319 out and the lungs to be developed enough for you know, 40 00:02:12.439 --> 00:02:16.080 for the nick you to help the baby. You know, 41 00:02:17.400 --> 00:02:18.960 it's going to be a baby boy too. I have 42 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:21.599 three girls. That's going to be a baby boy, So 43 00:02:21.960 --> 00:02:24.479 this will be very special for me. So if you 44 00:02:24.520 --> 00:02:28.800 guys could just please pray, I promise to at least 45 00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:33.360 do one one Wednesday service show a week and one 46 00:02:33.400 --> 00:02:37.520 Sunday service show a week for Cult Conspiracy Podcast. I 47 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:39.680 promise that, you know, and when I when I whenever 48 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:43.039 I give somebody my word, then I'm going to deliver. 49 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:45.680 And also, I noticed there's a lot of people out 50 00:02:45.719 --> 00:02:49.319 there right now that listen to this show in particular 51 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:52.960 that this Bible study is assisting and in helping with 52 00:02:53.039 --> 00:02:57.080 their walk. So it's not me helping. Obviously, it's God 53 00:02:57.120 --> 00:02:59.719 helping and it's God's word helping. But I think it's 54 00:02:59.800 --> 00:03:02.680 vas the important right now for people to have this 55 00:03:04.199 --> 00:03:07.639 show to help you guys, you know, and hopefully it's 56 00:03:07.639 --> 00:03:08.759 doing what it's supposed to do. 57 00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:08.879 You know. 58 00:03:08.960 --> 00:03:13.000 And if you could comment below on Spotify, just let 59 00:03:13.080 --> 00:03:15.400 me know how the show's going and let me know 60 00:03:15.439 --> 00:03:18.680 how everything is going, and and and if you are praying, 61 00:03:18.879 --> 00:03:20.599 then you know, just leave it there. The way I 62 00:03:20.599 --> 00:03:23.439 could show my wife because obviously she's she needs to 63 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:26.800 be in good spirits. Me I I you know, the 64 00:03:26.840 --> 00:03:28.800 way that I handle situations is different, and I was 65 00:03:28.919 --> 00:03:32.039 I'm prior military, so I was in the army, So 66 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:36.560 I resilience training. I've been through so much and I've 67 00:03:36.599 --> 00:03:38.639 had to have resilience with so much in my life 68 00:03:38.719 --> 00:03:42.840 that I can hurdle jump over hurdles a lot different 69 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:45.439 than my wife can. So just pray for her. Her 70 00:03:45.520 --> 00:03:48.319 name's Daphne, you know. Pray for her if you can, 71 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:49.840 and pray for our baby. 72 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:50.639 Me. 73 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:54.080 I usually handle stuff pretty good, So I put everything 74 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:57.719 in God's hands, and whatever God wants, I know that 75 00:03:58.159 --> 00:04:01.599 it's God's will and to be done, you know. And 76 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:06.599 if he wants the baby to come and be healthy 77 00:04:06.680 --> 00:04:08.680 and to live, then I know he will let the 78 00:04:08.680 --> 00:04:13.840 baby live. If he ends up the baby passing away 79 00:04:13.919 --> 00:04:16.199 or something, then I know that it was God's will 80 00:04:16.839 --> 00:04:19.839 and it's an automatic way for the baby to go 81 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:22.040 to Heaven, you know. So I just want to let 82 00:04:22.079 --> 00:04:25.839 you guys know that before I start. I really and 83 00:04:25.920 --> 00:04:28.279 you know, finally I'm getting over this cold. Jesus can 84 00:04:28.439 --> 00:04:30.879 kick my butt. It was kicking my butt, you know, 85 00:04:30.959 --> 00:04:34.399 so I prayed for that too, And now I get 86 00:04:34.399 --> 00:04:38.439 to do the show with you guys and be able 87 00:04:38.480 --> 00:04:40.680 to talk a little better. The last couple of times 88 00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:45.360 it was a little rough. I'm trying to share the screen. 89 00:04:47.560 --> 00:04:51.040 Why is it not doing it? Yeah, I'm trying to 90 00:04:51.040 --> 00:04:52.800 share the screen. Obviously some of you guys might not 91 00:04:52.879 --> 00:04:58.560 be on. Some of you guys might not be on. 92 00:05:00.639 --> 00:05:06.360 Oh no, uh okay, hold on, guys, something's going on. 93 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:12.839 I don't want to close the screen. Oh what is 94 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:19.600 going on? All right? I'm so sorry, guys. I feel like, 95 00:05:21.240 --> 00:05:24.759 hopefully I'm still on. I don't even know. Let me 96 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:28.360 go here. It's looking like the screen is frozen. I 97 00:05:28.399 --> 00:05:32.879 don't know. I hope not. It's now not allowing me 98 00:05:32.920 --> 00:05:39.439 to share screen. Let me see what's going on here, guys. 99 00:05:40.040 --> 00:05:49.519 I apologize. Okay, share screen has stopped as the shared 100 00:05:49.519 --> 00:05:52.439 window was closed. Okay, well it's not allowed me to 101 00:05:52.439 --> 00:05:57.800 share screen. Let me just try that one more time. Wow, 102 00:05:58.000 --> 00:06:02.959 the shared screen was closed. Okay, sorry about this, guys. 103 00:06:02.959 --> 00:06:06.439 You know, technical difficulties do happen. I want to restore 104 00:06:06.480 --> 00:06:09.720 all the pages, and the one that I really want 105 00:06:09.720 --> 00:06:15.759 to be is on. Okay, So guys, here's what we're 106 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:23.279 gonna do. We're gonna retry that. Wow, it's crazy. Okay, 107 00:06:24.439 --> 00:06:30.160 all right, we're gonna retry this. I apologize, guys. Ah, 108 00:06:30.199 --> 00:06:36.319 things happen right there we go sharing screen perfect. Thank 109 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:39.879 you guys, Yes, thank you, Lord, appreciate you well blessing 110 00:06:39.959 --> 00:06:42.439 us with the screen share For those that can see 111 00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:44.160 on video, I want to make sure that the screen 112 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:46.439 is shared so you guys can follow along with me. 113 00:06:46.920 --> 00:06:48.959 This is gonna be in the new King James version, 114 00:06:49.319 --> 00:06:53.279 and we're gonna be at Matthew thirteen verse one. And 115 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:55.199 like I said, thank you guys so much for joining me. 116 00:06:55.240 --> 00:06:57.040 Thank you Jonathan and Jacob for allowing me to do 117 00:06:57.079 --> 00:06:59.240 this show. Thank you Lord for allowing me to do 118 00:06:59.279 --> 00:07:02.079 this show and bring I mean this type of audience 119 00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:06.600 to go over the Bible. It is so important. Last 120 00:07:06.639 --> 00:07:09.639 week we went over in Matthew eight through twelve. This 121 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:12.319 week we're gonna be doing Matthew thirteen, which is a 122 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:15.199 chapter I really want to talk to you guys about. 123 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:20.120 There's gonna be some parables in here that Jesus goes 124 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:24.439 over and Jesus actually he's gonna go over the parable 125 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:28.240 and then he explains the parable. But there will be 126 00:07:28.519 --> 00:07:31.279 some parables in here that I'm going to be honest 127 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:35.560 and upfront that I can't explain. I'm not Jesus, you know, 128 00:07:35.600 --> 00:07:38.680 I'm not God. And the only way to explain some 129 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:42.759 of these parables is for my wife's texting me right now. 130 00:07:43.600 --> 00:07:47.560 The only way to explain these parables is would be 131 00:07:47.639 --> 00:07:50.040 to do a deep dive on them and then just 132 00:07:50.160 --> 00:07:52.959 try to explain them, you know, some of them, because 133 00:07:52.959 --> 00:07:55.360 there's a few in there, which when I get to them, 134 00:07:55.399 --> 00:07:57.680 I'll let you know which ones they are. That the 135 00:07:57.720 --> 00:08:01.399 only one that knows is Jesus. And who knows. Maybe 136 00:08:01.439 --> 00:08:04.439 there was a little couple lost pages here in Matthew 137 00:08:04.439 --> 00:08:06.920 that we you know, or Jesus explains these, you know, 138 00:08:08.279 --> 00:08:10.839 I think there may no maybe there is, or maybe 139 00:08:10.879 --> 00:08:13.560 we just were just meant to not know, or maybe 140 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:17.839 we're just meant to study and pray and ask God 141 00:08:17.920 --> 00:08:19.920 for discernment and see if he'll teach it, you know, 142 00:08:20.519 --> 00:08:24.519 show us. I know one thing, I'm not gonna sit 143 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:30.000 up here and act like that. I'm I'm not gonna 144 00:08:31.040 --> 00:08:34.120 sit up here and act like I know exactly what's 145 00:08:34.159 --> 00:08:38.159 going on, exactly what the parable means. That's just not me. 146 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:41.360 And I've heard a lot of pastors, like some people 147 00:08:41.360 --> 00:08:43.279 that have been studying the world for a long time 148 00:08:44.360 --> 00:08:48.000 even say that they don't know what that certain parable means, 149 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:52.440 the Robert Breakers, the No Coffee Chapel, some of the pastors. 150 00:08:52.440 --> 00:08:54.120 I listened to some other ones that I kind of study. 151 00:08:54.799 --> 00:08:56.559 So I'm not gonna sit up here and act like 152 00:08:56.600 --> 00:09:00.960 I know. So you know you're gonna get. One thing 153 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:03.039 you'll get from me is you're gonna get real. I'm 154 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:06.200 gonna be one hundred percent real with you. I'm not 155 00:09:06.240 --> 00:09:08.039 gonna act like, oh, I know this is what it means. 156 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:10.080 Maybe I can make a crack at it, but that's 157 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:13.480 about it. You know. I can maybe try, but uh, 158 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:16.600 it's gonna come how it comes. So anyways, Matthew thirteen, 159 00:09:16.720 --> 00:09:22.480 verse one, let's get to the word and thirteen to 160 00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:26.679 one the parable of the Sewer. On the same day, 161 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:29.879 Jesus went out to the house and sat by the sea, 162 00:09:30.440 --> 00:09:33.679 and great multitudes were gathered together to him, so that 163 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:36.759 he got into a boat and sat, and the whole 164 00:09:36.840 --> 00:09:42.799 multitude stood on the shore. So imagine this. When you 165 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:47.039 are on the lake and you are fishing, and you're 166 00:09:47.080 --> 00:09:49.919 speaking to your dad or your grandpa or wherever you fished with, 167 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:56.879 you speak and your voice travels across the water. And 168 00:09:57.360 --> 00:09:59.759 if you're sitting there on the shore and people are 169 00:09:59.759 --> 00:10:04.320 talking on a boat, the voice travels. Obviously, Jesus knows 170 00:10:04.360 --> 00:10:07.279 that he has a multitude that gathered, and he's going 171 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:10.559 to be in the boat speaking and his voice is 172 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:12.679 going to travel to the multitudes that he's speaking to. 173 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:17.799 And I'll tell you what. These Pharisees that were there 174 00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:21.159 at the time, they don't do that. They don't go 175 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:24.320 and preach out in the open. They don't go and 176 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:28.240 preach on the street corner. They think that you need 177 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:32.320 to be in the temple only, you know, and preaching like. 178 00:10:33.080 --> 00:10:37.480 They're not out there trying to make disciples, make Jews. 179 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:40.919 That's not what they do. They want them to come 180 00:10:40.960 --> 00:10:44.759 to them and speak in the holy temples and that's it. 181 00:10:45.200 --> 00:10:50.679 So this is definitely foreign to the Pharisees. So I'm 182 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:55.039 sure that if they went undercover or whatever to go 183 00:10:55.080 --> 00:10:59.240 see Jesus preach to the multitudes, the amount of people 184 00:10:59.320 --> 00:11:03.200 that gathered would be very interesting to them. Obviously they'd 185 00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:04.840 be like, Wow, all these people came to see him. 186 00:11:05.080 --> 00:11:08.120 But also I bet they would probably have this feeling 187 00:11:08.200 --> 00:11:10.519 in their heart if they did see it, like why 188 00:11:10.559 --> 00:11:13.120 is he out here preaching on the boat? Look at 189 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:16.639 this guy? You know, Like probably not even holy enough 190 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:22.120 to come to our you know church, you know so 191 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:27.200 or synagogue, Sorry, not church, all right, So Matthew thirteen, 192 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:33.080 verse three. Then he spoke many things to them in parables. Behold, 193 00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:36.759 a sewer went out to sew. A sower is like 194 00:11:36.799 --> 00:11:43.240 a gardener going to put seeds. And he sowed some seed, 195 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:47.000 fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured them. 196 00:11:47.679 --> 00:11:52.360 The birds here are representing spirits, okay, like evil spirits, 197 00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:58.720 or like the devil. Some fell on stony places, and 198 00:11:58.759 --> 00:12:01.639 they did not have much earth, and they immediately sprang 199 00:12:01.759 --> 00:12:04.600 up because they had no depth of the earth. But 200 00:12:04.679 --> 00:12:07.559 when the sun was up, they scorched, and because they 201 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:11.600 had no root, they withered away. And some fell among thorns, 202 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:15.639 and the thorns sprang up and choked them. But others 203 00:12:15.679 --> 00:12:18.759 fell on the good ground and yielded a crop, some 204 00:12:18.879 --> 00:12:24.120 one hundredfold, some sixty some thirty. He who has ears, 205 00:12:25.039 --> 00:12:35.679 let him hear. So you see that you understand that 206 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:40.039 by a fell on good ground, you that's some hundredfold, 207 00:12:40.320 --> 00:12:43.879 some sixty some thirty. You see, you know them by 208 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:50.120 their fruits. So, if you are making disciples out of 209 00:12:50.200 --> 00:12:55.480 other people and assisting people to get saved. Then these 210 00:12:55.480 --> 00:12:58.320 are the one hundredfold, the sixty, the thirty that I 211 00:12:58.320 --> 00:13:01.519 think that he's talking about here. That is the fruit 212 00:13:02.120 --> 00:13:06.279 that you're gonna bear when you are teaching the word. 213 00:13:06.879 --> 00:13:09.919 And the disciples came to him, Why do you speak 214 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:12.519 to them in parables? He answered and said to them, 215 00:13:12.559 --> 00:13:15.360 because it has been given to you to know the 216 00:13:15.360 --> 00:13:18.320 mysteries of the Kingdom of heaven. But to them it 217 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:21.759 has not been given. For whoever has to him, more 218 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:25.600 will be given, and he will have abundance. But whoever 219 00:13:25.679 --> 00:13:28.759 does not have even what he has been taken away from. 220 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:33.120 Therefore I speak to them in parables because seeing, because 221 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:36.240 seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, 222 00:13:36.720 --> 00:13:39.960 nor do they understand. And in them the prophecy of 223 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:46.919 Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, hearing you will hear and 224 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:50.759 shall not understand, and seeing you will see and not perceive. 225 00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:54.000 For the hearts of the people have grown dull. Their 226 00:13:54.039 --> 00:13:57.279 eyes are hard of hearing, and their eyes have closed 227 00:13:57.799 --> 00:14:01.240 lest they see their eyes and hear their ears, lest 228 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:04.360 they understand their hearts and turn, so that I should 229 00:14:04.399 --> 00:14:11.399 heal them. So these when Jesus is speaking to these people, 230 00:14:12.360 --> 00:14:14.600 some of the Jews. It's as if they took their 231 00:14:14.600 --> 00:14:17.360 fingers and stuck it in their ears, so as he's 232 00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:20.000 speaking to them, they're not able to hear. You know, 233 00:14:20.120 --> 00:14:24.279 what's happening is they don't even know their own Messiah 234 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:27.799 when he's standing right in front of their face. Their 235 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:31.799 hard heart, their hearts have grown dull, their ears are 236 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:34.759 hard of hearing, their eyes have closed. They're not able 237 00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:37.080 to see the Messiah right in front of them. They're 238 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:40.080 not able to hear the Messiah as he's speaking to them. 239 00:14:40.399 --> 00:14:43.320 The Christ is here, but these people are so heard 240 00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:47.559 hearted that they can't even see it. You see, so 241 00:14:47.799 --> 00:14:52.159 heardhearted with religion instead of relationship that they can't even 242 00:14:52.200 --> 00:14:56.240 see that their Messiah is right in front of their face. 243 00:14:57.399 --> 00:14:59.720 So this is one of the prayer buzzels talking about. 244 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:02.039 Because it is given to you to know the mysteries 245 00:15:02.080 --> 00:15:04.559 of the Kingdom of Heaven, that's kind of easy to understand, 246 00:15:06.039 --> 00:15:09.080 but to them it has not been given. So we 247 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:13.279 understand that he's speaking in parables, and they're going to 248 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:15.039 be able to understand the parables. But the people that 249 00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:19.080 are hard hearted, filled with religion not relationship, that are 250 00:15:19.639 --> 00:15:22.639 all these laws and rules they're they're trying to uphold 251 00:15:24.559 --> 00:15:27.480 traditions are in the way. They're not able to see 252 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:31.840 the Messiah because they have this traditional thinking and religious 253 00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:37.480 thinking instead of relationship, you know, instead of instead of 254 00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:43.440 having an open heart, their hearts are hardened. They're closed. 255 00:15:44.039 --> 00:15:46.519 Their eyes are closed, their ears are closed. They're not 256 00:15:46.559 --> 00:15:49.600 able to hear. But it says forever whoever it has 257 00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:52.799 to him, more will be given, and he will have abundance. 258 00:15:53.159 --> 00:15:55.159 But whoever it does not have, even if it has 259 00:15:55.200 --> 00:15:57.200 been taken away from him. Therefore I speak to them 260 00:15:57.200 --> 00:15:59.360 in prayers because seeing they do not see, and the 261 00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:02.360 hearing they do. Okay, so there's that, and we already 262 00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:06.360 went over the Isaiah one. But blessed are your eyes, 263 00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:10.279 for they see, for your ears, for they hear. For assuredly, 264 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:13.519 I say to you that many prophets and righteous men 265 00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:16.519 desire to see what you see and do not see it, 266 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:19.000 and to hear what you hear and do not hear it. 267 00:16:19.679 --> 00:16:22.960 So many prophets and righteous men desire to see what 268 00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:27.960 you see. Many prophets and righteous men desire to see 269 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:31.639 the Messiah. They wanted to see the Messiah, the Christ, 270 00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:34.960 so they're able to see it and they're able to 271 00:16:35.039 --> 00:16:39.679 hear him speak. God in the flesh is there speaking 272 00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:47.120 to these disciples, And and some of them don't even 273 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:53.039 understand the blessed position that they're in because we're mere humans, 274 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:57.200 not understanding what God is doing, not understanding the Kingdom 275 00:16:57.240 --> 00:16:59.559 of heaven. That's why they keep having to ask him 276 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:03.320 what's going on. And this is one of those, Uh, 277 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:06.079 this is one of the parts where they ask him, 278 00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:09.759 can you please explain the parable to us? Because I 279 00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:12.119 know you're saying it to us, and you think we understand, 280 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:14.960 even though Jesus knows they don't fully understand. But at 281 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:20.160 least Jesus takes the time to at least Jesus takes 282 00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:27.759 the time to explain this, this parable and uh eighty 283 00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:37.039 forty eight. Okay, so right, so here we go. It's 284 00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:42.799 gonna be ah, Matthew, Sorry, I'm getting sidetracked on my 285 00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:47.680 text messages from my wife. Okay, So therefore, hear the 286 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:50.279 parable of the sower. When anyone hears the word of 287 00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:53.079 the kingdom, it does not understand it, then the wicked 288 00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:58.640 one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. Okay, 289 00:17:58.680 --> 00:18:01.960 so this is what we're saying. The birds the birds 290 00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:05.519 or the demons is what they're representing, or the devil 291 00:18:05.599 --> 00:18:08.359 comes and snatches away what was sown in your heart. 292 00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:12.000 The Word of God is what these seeds are. The 293 00:18:12.119 --> 00:18:15.119 seeds are being sown. It's the word of God. And 294 00:18:15.799 --> 00:18:18.799 it says, then is he who received the seed by 295 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:22.480 the wayside, but he received the seed in stony places. 296 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:25.480 This is he who hears the word and immediately receives 297 00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:29.000 it with joy. So these are the people that come 298 00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:33.759 to church on fire in the beginning, and they come 299 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:36.920 to church, they get saved and they're on fire right 300 00:18:37.119 --> 00:18:40.319 immediately receive it with joy. But it's like on the 301 00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:45.000 surface conversion. Then maybe they go to Greg Glory's church 302 00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:47.920 and they say that the Lord's prayer, or they go 303 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:50.440 to the harvest fest in Anaheim and they say the 304 00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:53.119 Lord's prayer. They're on fire, they're feeling it. And then 305 00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:56.240 they go back to where their home is. They received 306 00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:58.720 it with joy. Then they go back to their home 307 00:18:59.319 --> 00:19:02.400 and they don't go read the word, so they don't 308 00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:05.000 get that root. And that's what it says here is 309 00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:08.240 yet he has no root in himself, who endures only 310 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:12.559 for a while. So that fire gets lit by the 311 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:16.839 Holy Spirit. But it's up to us to keep continuing 312 00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:21.519 doing the work via reading the Word of God, via 313 00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:26.400 walking with God, via obedience, via maybe if some people 314 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:30.839 need the church, you know, I recommend you know, going 315 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:34.960 to church. I do. I recommend it, but not everybody does. 316 00:19:35.359 --> 00:19:38.359 Some people would rather do this at home and study 317 00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:41.880 the Word with their family and keep it like that. 318 00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:44.480 Other people would go to church. Make sure you find 319 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:48.119 the right church teaching through the Bible. But we need 320 00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:52.920 that word every single day. We need the Word every 321 00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:59.119 day because what happens is faith cometh by hearing and 322 00:19:59.200 --> 00:20:02.000 hearing by the way to God. What's the way that 323 00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:05.799 we dodged the wiles of the devil faith? Right, that's 324 00:20:05.880 --> 00:20:09.400 the big shield, that's the one that's blocking the wiles 325 00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:12.759 of the devil faith. Right. So this is what it's 326 00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:15.839 saying here. Yet he has no root in himself, who 327 00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:20.000 endures only for a while. It's because that Holy Spirit 328 00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:23.319 lit that fire, and you didn't keep it burning. You 329 00:20:23.359 --> 00:20:26.880 didn't keep it burning because you didn't keep reading the word. 330 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:31.039 Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. 331 00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:34.599 You didn't continue that, but you felt the Holy Spirit, 332 00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:37.119 and you felt it and you received it with joy, 333 00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:41.160 but it has no root. So the seed was planted, 334 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:44.519 but it didn't have no root because you didn't water 335 00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:50.920 it with more word of God. So for when tribulation 336 00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:55.039 or persecution arises because of the because of the word, 337 00:20:55.279 --> 00:21:00.960 immediately he stumbles. Okay, immediately the person stuff umbles. So 338 00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:02.759 you felt like you were able to stand on your 339 00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:04.839 own feet. Cool, I got to read the word a 340 00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:07.519 little bit. I'm feeling okay, I'm confident, ready to walk 341 00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:09.640 out into the world. And then all of a sudden, 342 00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:12.799 persecution or tribulation comes and you forget about everything that 343 00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:16.240 you're supposed to use against the walls of the devil, 344 00:21:16.599 --> 00:21:19.319 that the word of God, the sword, which is the 345 00:21:19.319 --> 00:21:23.200 word of God offensively using the sword against the devil, right, 346 00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:26.240 and then you're blocking everything with the shield of faith. 347 00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:28.880 You forget about that because your shield is like the 348 00:21:28.920 --> 00:21:31.640 size of your hand instead of being huge, because you 349 00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:33.839 forgot to read the Word of God. You see what 350 00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:36.279 I mean. So this is the type of you're in 351 00:21:36.359 --> 00:21:39.880 spiritual warfare. So when you go through trials and tribulation 352 00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:44.160 and persecution and it arises because of the word, immediately 353 00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:47.480 he stumbles. Yeah, I see. And this is what people 354 00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:50.160 I mean, this is real. I have been in this posies. 355 00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:52.519 I have been that Christian before, and I'm not going 356 00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:54.680 to act like I haven't. Where I was on fire 357 00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:57.759 for the Lord, especially when I was doing my Christian 358 00:21:57.839 --> 00:22:00.559 rap music when I first, like, you know, I came 359 00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:02.640 back from deployment, I'm like, all right, let's go. I'm 360 00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:05.440 ready to just do it for the Lord. And then, 361 00:22:05.599 --> 00:22:07.680 you know, then I felt like I was putting so 362 00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:10.079 much time into music that I didn't put all the 363 00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:12.759 time into reading the Word. And I was writing songs 364 00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:15.839 and I was like, okay, recording songs, writing songs, thinking 365 00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:20.160 I was good, That's not what gets you through these 366 00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:23.839 persecutions and tribulations. Okay, but I've been that Christian before. 367 00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:28.519 I will admit it. Now we're back to the word 368 00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:33.519 Matthew thirteen twenty two. Now he who received this seed 369 00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:36.519 among the thorns is he who hears the word, and 370 00:22:36.599 --> 00:22:39.759 the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches 371 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:45.200 choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. So he receives 372 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:49.440 the seed the Word of God among the thorns. It 373 00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:52.279 is he who hears the Word and the cares of 374 00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:57.480 the world, and deceitfulness, the fear, the deceitfulness of riches, 375 00:22:58.039 --> 00:23:05.160 you know, selfishness, greed, uh the words that the Word 376 00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:08.240 of God that you have read, gets choked out by 377 00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:15.400 the thorns, you know, and and and he becomes unfruitful. 378 00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:19.160 So you hear the word of God, you receive the 379 00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:22.039 word of God. You're reading the word of God. But 380 00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:25.319 everything that happens in the world brings you away from 381 00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:27.920 the word of God. And then the devil chokes you 382 00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:32.240 and and you become unfruitful. You forget to share the 383 00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:34.640 Word of God with other people, and you forget to 384 00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:39.960 become a disciple. You forget to be obedient to the Lord. 385 00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:42.960 So when you're not obedient, then the devil comes and 386 00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:46.680 chokes you out, you know. And that's the thorn that's 387 00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:50.680 choking you. It knows that you're you're that the world 388 00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:53.519 and deceitfulness and riches the world is anything that's not 389 00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:58.160 of God. The cares of the world and deceitfulness of 390 00:23:58.240 --> 00:24:01.759 riches choke the word, and he become unfruitful. But he 391 00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:04.960 who received the seed on the good ground is he 392 00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:09.720 who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears 393 00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:12.960 fruit and produces some one hundredfold, some sixty some thirty. 394 00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:16.519 So you're receiving the word of God. You're being obedient 395 00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:19.839 to God. People are seeing you be obedient. People are 396 00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:22.640 seeing the joy, people are seeing the peace. People are 397 00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:26.000 seeing the way that you're living, and they want that. 398 00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:29.440 They see that you're a real true Christian and that 399 00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:32.480 you are representing the Lord correctly. And they see that 400 00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:35.000 you are filled with joy. They see that you are happy. 401 00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:37.160