Speaker 1: Lady and gentlemen, Welcome to Wednesday Service, episode seventeen. I'm
Speaker 1: your host, Josh Monday. If you don't know me, I'm
Speaker 1: a Christian rapper, de voter, husband, father, and IMY veteran.
Speaker 1: And this is brought to you by Colt of Conspiracy Podcast.
Speaker 1: Thank you Jonathan, Thank you Jacob for providing me with
Speaker 1: this platform. I really appreciate it, and thank you guys
Speaker 1: so much for tuning in. I want to give some
Speaker 1: shout outs to all the people that I went ahead
Speaker 1: and commented on Spotify for Sunday Service. So far we
Speaker 1: have MDMP twenty two. Thank you so much, Avvy. I
Speaker 1: don't know why it's not let me pull those up, Avy.
Speaker 1: What's going on so I cannot read the message on
Speaker 1: here for some reason, it's not allowing me to. But
Speaker 1: you were talking about Satan's Little Season, and yeah, that's
Speaker 1: an interesting take. I had JT follows JC come on
Speaker 1: my show and talk about that, and I'm not sold
Speaker 1: on it, you know, but I do think it's really
Speaker 1: interesting and I think that there's some really good points
Speaker 1: that JT made as far as that, and and some
Speaker 1: of the people that are into Satan's Little Season right now.
Speaker 1: They're making some you know, some good points. And I
Speaker 1: had another guy on my show that then went verse
Speaker 1: by verse and did a good job. At this moment,
Speaker 1: I'm not a believer in it, you know, because I
Speaker 1: think one of the reasons is because I think the
Speaker 1: temptation would be that we already know that Jesus came back,
Speaker 1: you know, and then where would Jesus be right now?
Speaker 1: You know, like he's supposed to reign for a thousand years.
Speaker 1: Some people would say that's a spiritual reign. Some people
Speaker 1: would say that he actually reigns on the earth. So
Speaker 1: there's a lot of questions I would have. Also, all
Speaker 1: the stars are still up there, they're supposed to all
Speaker 1: fall to the earth. And also all the mountains are
Speaker 1: supposed to be gone, and the islands are supposed to
Speaker 1: be gone as well when tribulation happens. So I don't
Speaker 1: see us being in Satan's little season. But I, like
Speaker 1: I say, I'm open to eschatology. I'm open into end times,
Speaker 1: different views. And uh, the question that you had you
Speaker 1: had for me, I cannot pull up right now. I
Speaker 1: don't know why. It's not it's not allowing me to.
Speaker 1: But thank you flicking boogers. I appreciate you. You also comment,
Speaker 1: and there's one more comment on there. I cannot see
Speaker 1: my Spotify is not allowing me to pull up at
Speaker 1: the moment. I apologize, but I did see your your
Speaker 1: question about, uh, they're going to see Jesus on the cloud. Well,
Speaker 1: in Revelation it actually says that every eye will see.
Speaker 1: So also, uh, you know in Philippians it says that
Speaker 1: every knee will bow. So that's every knee in heaven,
Speaker 1: that's every knee on earth, and that's every knee in hell.
Speaker 1: So if every eye will see when Jesus comes, I
Speaker 1: believe that every eye will see everybody on earth, everybody
Speaker 1: on in shield, and everybody in heaven. Every eye that's
Speaker 1: ever been alive will see that Jesus comes back. That's
Speaker 1: one way to think about it. Or maybe, you know,
Speaker 1: maybe Satan's little season is correct. I don't know, you know,
Speaker 1: but it's a very interesting question, and I wish I could.
Speaker 1: I wish I could pull that up. This usually doesn't
Speaker 1: happen on Spotify. Usually lets me pull it over right away. Oh,
Speaker 1: there we go find me. You have said so, but
Speaker 1: I tell you hereafter you will see the sun of
Speaker 1: Man seated at the right hand of power and coming
Speaker 1: on the clouds of heaven. Interested in your understanding of it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: very interesting. Yeah, that's an interesting take right there, that
Speaker 1: Jesus says that you said the pilot. So, like I said,
Speaker 1: I there's some valid, some really valid points to Satan's
Speaker 1: Little Season, and then there's some things. I think there's
Speaker 1: some holes in it. Still, I'll tell you one thing,
Speaker 1: avy nobody knows what the true end times are gonna be.
Speaker 1: And the only one that knows when Jesus comes back
Speaker 1: or if he's been back right now obviously would be
Speaker 1: God the Father. You know, he would be the only
Speaker 1: one that's knowing when he's coming. And I know Jesus
Speaker 1: at this point now that he's in heaven, you knows too.
Speaker 1: But I would just say that it's a Satan's Little
Speaker 1: season is very interesting. Like, I am open to eschatology,
Speaker 1: and I'm open to different interpretations eschatology. I used to
Speaker 1: believe in the dispensationalist, you know, and now I'm kind
Speaker 1: of open to other avenues. But I'm not stuck on one.
Speaker 1: And I definitely suggest studying, doing a deep, deep dive
Speaker 1: in study on anything that has to do with prophecy,
Speaker 1: if you are interested in that, and see if all
Speaker 1: of it lines up, you know, see if you can
Speaker 1: put a timeline to it, verse by verse, And then
Speaker 1: if anybody tries to tell you about end times, they
Speaker 1: need to do a verse by verse breakdown of exactly
Speaker 1: what's going on, and you will see that every single
Speaker 1: eschatology that's ever been brought forth by man has holes somewhere.
Speaker 1: You know, there's some holes somewhere, and some of the
Speaker 1: stuff is really interesting and it seems like it's right
Speaker 1: on point. But if you told the person I want
Speaker 1: chapter and verse of exactly what you're saying right now
Speaker 1: about the end times, it's hard for them to tell
Speaker 1: you exactly that chapter and verse and make that chapter
Speaker 1: and verse fit with exactly what they said is gonna
Speaker 1: happen or is happening right now. I'm just telling you
Speaker 1: I know because I've had so many people on my
Speaker 1: shows and they've they've gone over end times, and so
Speaker 1: many people have different theories. And some people they interpret
Speaker 1: this part of revelation one way. They interpret it being future.
Speaker 1: Some people interpret it being at already seventy a d.
Speaker 1: Some people believe we're in Satan's Little Season. Some people
Speaker 1: believe that we're waiting for the Antichrist. Some people believe
Speaker 1: that Jesus already returned and the thousand years are up,
Speaker 1: you know. I mean, there's so many eschatologies out there.
Speaker 1: But what I tell people now is you want to
Speaker 1: tell me that you know what happens in the end
Speaker 1: times and you're so confident, give me chapter and verse
Speaker 1: of every single thing that you're explaining. That's what I
Speaker 1: would recommend. But it is, like I said, i'll be
Speaker 1: very very interesting the Satan's Little Season right now. It's
Speaker 1: kind of a new thing, so I think it's still
Speaker 1: I think it's still growing and there's still some things
Speaker 1: that need to be answered. Before I would I would
Speaker 1: say that that's true. But thank you Auviy for the question.
Speaker 1: I'm here to answer whatever question that you guys could
Speaker 1: put forth. I really appreciate you Flicking Boggers and Glenn
Speaker 1: Cole once again, thank you and Flicking Boggers. You're always there.
Speaker 1: Thank you. Like I say, please, guys and girls, please
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Speaker 1: It keeps me on the air and it's also something
Speaker 1: for me to look forward to I put the episode out.
Speaker 1: I don't get to see how many people are listening,
Speaker 1: who's listening or what or whatever. All I get to
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Speaker 1: I'm doing my job. So thank you so much for
Speaker 1: everybody that does comment and ask commented in the past,
Speaker 1: or anybody that comments on Patreon as well, thank you
Speaker 1: and I really appreciate you. So today we are going
Speaker 1: to be in Luke eighteen. So we are moving right
Speaker 1: along and it's really awesome. I've really enjoyed been enjoying
Speaker 1: the study with you guys, and the Deuteronomy study has
Speaker 1: been great too. If you guys are listening and you
Speaker 1: haven't checked out Sunday Service, definitely check out Sunday Service.
Speaker 1: And uh, you guys will enjoy that one as well.
Speaker 1: As you can tell. We're in the Book of Deuteronomy. There,
Speaker 1: if you're seeing this on the screen, I don't know
Speaker 1: why you're right there. I need you to move, I
Speaker 1: need you to move out of my way. There we
Speaker 1: go and Luke eighteen, there we go. Yeah, why are
Speaker 1: you right there? Sorry? I had something in the way,
Speaker 1: all right, So the first okay, So Luke eighteen, So
Speaker 1: perseverance through prayer. Okay, perseverance through prayer is kind of
Speaker 1: going to be the subject of this parable, the persistent widow.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and read this real quick, and then
Speaker 1: I'll kind of break it down, the parable of the
Speaker 1: persistent widow. Then he spoke, this is Luke eighteen verse one.
Speaker 1: If you're following along. Then he spoke a parable to
Speaker 1: them that men always ought to pray and not lose heart, saying,
Speaker 1: there is a certain city a judge who did not
Speaker 1: fear God nor regard man. Now there was a widow
Speaker 1: in that city, and she came to him, saying, get
Speaker 1: justice for me for my adversary. And he would not
Speaker 1: for a while, but afterwards say within himself, though I
Speaker 1: do not fear God nor regard him regard man. Yet,
Speaker 1: because this widow troubles me, I will aventure less by
Speaker 1: her continual coming. She weary me. Then the Lord said
Speaker 1: he when the unjust said, Then the Lord said, hear
Speaker 1: what the unjust judge said. And shall God not avenge
Speaker 1: his own elect who cry out day and night to him?
Speaker 1: Though he bears along with them, I tell you that
Speaker 1: he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the son of
Speaker 1: man comes, he will really find faith? Will he really
Speaker 1: find faith on the earth. So, in the parable of
Speaker 1: the persistent widow, it teaches the importance of persistent prayer
Speaker 1: and not losing heart in the face of adversity. Jesus
Speaker 1: the example of a widow repeatedly seeking justice for a
Speaker 1: reluctant judge to illustrate that God is even more willing
Speaker 1: to answer the persistent please of his followers. So the
Speaker 1: setting in a town, there's a judge who is neither
Speaker 1: fearful of God nor concerned about people's opinions. And then
Speaker 1: the widow's plea. A widow repeatedly approaches the judge, pleading
Speaker 1: for justice against her adversary. The judge's response. Initially, the
Speaker 1: judge refuses to grant the widow's justice. The judges shift. Eventually,
Speaker 1: the judge, motivated not by justice but by his own discomfort,
Speaker 1: decides to grant the widow's requests to avoid further harassment.
Speaker 1: And then Jesus is teaching. Jesus uses this example to
Speaker 1: teach teach that God, who is indefinitely more gracious than
Speaker 1: the unjust judge, will surely answer the persistent prayers of
Speaker 1: his people. So What should we learned from this is
Speaker 1: don't give up on prayer when you don't see immediate results.
Speaker 1: Don't set an expectation to your prayer or a time
Speaker 1: limit to your prayer, because sometimes we expect, our expectations
Speaker 1: are set that God needs to answer it by this
Speaker 1: amount of time. But God he works on his own time,
Speaker 1: you know. So be persistent and continue to pray about it.
Speaker 1: And if you're not seeing immediate results, it's not because
Speaker 1: God is not listening or God is not going to
Speaker 1: answer your prayer. What it means is you need to
Speaker 1: continue to pray for that, whatever it is. And if
Speaker 1: you're not, like I said, Daniel took him twenty one
Speaker 1: days for God to answer his prayer. And he was
Speaker 1: fasting for those twenty one days waiting for an answer, okay,
Speaker 1: and he was asking the angel what happened? And what
Speaker 1: did the angels say? Well, I was trying to come
Speaker 1: and meet you faster, but I got met by the
Speaker 1: Prince of Persia in the air. I had to call Michael,
Speaker 1: the archangel, to come assist me to fight this Prince
Speaker 1: of Persia who seems like a fallen angel. And then
Speaker 1: the angels had to still come and get to Daniel.
Speaker 1: So there seems to be spiritual battles happening between Earth
Speaker 1: and Heaven, and these angels that are answering prayers and
Speaker 1: taking prayers up to God seem to have spiritual battles
Speaker 1: on the way. So you never know. You might be
Speaker 1: praying to God for something the Angel the messenger goes
Speaker 1: to deliver the message to God, and which that's I mean,
Speaker 1: I'm only going by what's going on in Daniel, Okay,
Speaker 1: what his prayer. I mean, is there any difference between
Speaker 1: us and Daniel. I mean Daniel is a prophet or not,
Speaker 1: but I mean he's praying and the Angel is taking
Speaker 1: the message to God and can't come back and deliver
Speaker 1: the message back to Daniel because he's fighting the Prince
Speaker 1: of Persia and having Michael the Archangel come and help him. Wow,
Speaker 1: what a powerful thing that's happening, And what a powerful
Speaker 1: realization that sometimes when you pray, things do not get
Speaker 1: answered immediately. You know it's going to take a little while.
Speaker 1: Just don't put an expectation on your prayer or an
Speaker 1: expiration date on your prayer. God is gracious and willing
Speaker 1: to hear. So God is more compassionate and responsive to prayer.
Speaker 1: Then the unjust judge was with the widow. And even
Speaker 1: when face with seemingly in some rob even though face
Speaker 1: with seemingly hard obstacles, continue to pray with faith. Okay,
Speaker 1: I can't say that word insurmountable, Sorry, insurmountable obstacles. Continue
Speaker 1: to pray with faith. Faith is required. The parable emphasizes
Speaker 1: the importance of trusting in God's willingness to answer. Okay,
Speaker 1: and all right, cool, perfect, and let's see if there's
Speaker 1: any teaching points that I'm missing. So the parable the
Speaker 1: persistent Widow is highlighting that God, who is just, will
Speaker 1: surely respond to his chosen ones who cry out to him.
Speaker 1: All right. So next we have Luke eighteen verse nine. Also,
Speaker 1: he spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves,
Speaker 1: that they were righteous and despised others. So he's kind
Speaker 1: of setting up the setting and saying he spoke this
Speaker 1: parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were
Speaker 1: righteous and despised others. So he's talking about the Pharisees
Speaker 1: who think they follow the law, okay, who act like
Speaker 1: they follow the law, and they're proud of their religious practices.
Speaker 1: Boasting about their righteousness. Okay, that's the setting here, that's
Speaker 1: who he is. He's spoke this parable to all right,
Speaker 1: so let's read. This is about the parable of the
Speaker 1: pharisee and the tax collector. Okay, two men went up
Speaker 1: to the temple to pray, one a pharisee and the
Speaker 1: other a tax collector. Okay, tax collectors. Just let you
Speaker 1: guys know. We'll set that. We'll set the setting. So
Speaker 1: the pharisee obviously is boastful about and proud of his
Speaker 1: religious practices, boast about his righteousness. And then the tax
Speaker 1: collector is they're not collecting taxes for Israel, they're collecting
Speaker 1: taxes for Rome. So some people look at tax collectors
Speaker 1: as traders and also tax collectors. The way they make
Speaker 1: their money is by by charging you a little bit
Speaker 1: extra or maybe a lot extra on top of your taxes.
Speaker 1: And then what is what is given what needs to
Speaker 1: be given to the Roman government. He gives, and the
Speaker 1: way he makes his money is whatever he gots off
Speaker 1: the top. So he's actually literally screwing people over like
Speaker 1: a salesman would be today car salesman, which I used
Speaker 1: to sell cars, so I know how it is, and yeah,
Speaker 1: it's definitely basically lying all day long. I was a
Speaker 1: car salesman like twy fourteen, and I also sew boats
Speaker 1: and watercraft, and I was a salesman in two thousand,
Speaker 1: about two thousand and eight to twenty fourteen, I was
Speaker 1: involved in sales and real estate and all that stuff. Okay,
Speaker 1: So I know how that is, all right. And that
Speaker 1: was before I got saved, before I joined the military
Speaker 1: before or actually I joined in twenty thirteen the military.
Speaker 1: So when I was actually at Honda, I was still
Speaker 1: in the army, Okay, but I worked there six months, bounced,
Speaker 1: got into water, never looked back. And I joined the
Speaker 1: military to get into water. So enough about me. Let's
Speaker 1: continue with the Bible study here. But I'm just telling
Speaker 1: you the tax collector is hated. They think that they
Speaker 1: are traders back then, okay, so let's see what it says.
Speaker 1: The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I
Speaker 1: thank you that I am not like the other men, extortioners, unjudged,
Speaker 1: unjust adulterers, and even this tax collector. I fast twice
Speaker 1: a week. I give ties of all that I possess.
Speaker 1: And the tax collectors standing afar off were not so
Speaker 1: much as raised his eyes to heaven and beat his breast, saying,
Speaker 1: God be merciful to me, a sinner. I tell you
Speaker 1: this man went down to his house justified rather than
Speaker 1: the other. For everyone who exalts himself to be humbled,
Speaker 1: he who humbles himself will be exalted. So you see
Speaker 1: that the pharisee is into his religious practices, talking about
Speaker 1: I fast twice a week. He wants to look so
Speaker 1: holy on the outside, But what is going on on
Speaker 1: the inside. He is judging this tax collector, and the
Speaker 1: tax collector is being humble. So it illustrates the importance
Speaker 1: of humility in prayer. The pharisee, proud of his religious practices,
Speaker 1: boasts about his righteousness, while the tax collector, deeply humbled
Speaker 1: by his sins, simply asked for mercy. Jesus concludes that
Speaker 1: the tax collector, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified
Speaker 1: before God, highlighting the value of humility over self righteousness.
Speaker 1: So the pharisees, a devout man, outwardly religious, like I said,
Speaker 1: who prides himself on his good works and views others
Speaker 1: as lesser. He publicly prays, thanking God for not being
Speaker 1: like the other people. He's publicly praying out loud so
Speaker 1: that he looks holy, but only on the outside. He's
Speaker 1: proud of his works. And I follow the law, and
Speaker 1: I know the law more than anybody. But nobody can
Speaker 1: follow the law. Right, I fought the law and the
Speaker 1: law one. That's exactly what happens when you try to
Speaker 1: follow God's law very hard. Nobody can actually like holy. Okay,
Speaker 1: that's why we need Jesus, right, okay. The tax collector
Speaker 1: is a public sinner, which means everybody knows he's a
Speaker 1: sinner because they know that he's swindling. They know that
Speaker 1: he a traitor against Israel, they know that he's lying.
Speaker 1: They know that he's a public sinner, likely despised by
Speaker 1: the people, who comes to the temple to pray with
Speaker 1: the sense of humility and shame. He doesn't lift his
Speaker 1: eyes to Heaven, but instead praise God, be merciful to me.
Speaker 1: A sinner. He's repenting. He's asking for forgiveness, humbling himself
Speaker 1: before the Lord. Jesus uses the two contrasting attitudes to
Speaker 1: teach that God favors humility and repentance over self righteousness.
Speaker 1: The pharisees pride prevents him from receiving God's favor, while
Speaker 1: the tax collector's humility allows him to experience God's mercy
Speaker 1: the lesson. The lesson Jesus emphasizes that those who exalt
Speaker 1: themselves will be humbled, while those who humble themselves will
Speaker 1: be exalted. The parable encourages individuals to seek forgiveness and
Speaker 1: reconciliation with God, not through boastful displays of virtue, but
Speaker 1: through sincere acknowledgment of their sins and need for mercy. Yes, so,
Speaker 1: the tax collector's profession of a sinner is not simply
Speaker 1: a statement of his job, but a recognition of his
Speaker 1: own moral shortcoming. The parable is often interpreted as a
Speaker 1: warning against self righteousness and a call for humility before God.
Speaker 1: It highlights the importance sincere prayer and the need to
Speaker 1: approach God with a humble, repentant heart. The Pharisees believe
Speaker 1: they could they could make it to heaven by following
Speaker 1: the law. That's that's just that's the way they thought.
Speaker 1: But it's just not true. And then I want to
Speaker 1: read first John one eight. First John one eight, let's
Speaker 1: go there real quick. Yeah, so, yeah, the Pharisees were
Speaker 1: something else. Huh. First John one eight. Okay, if we
Speaker 1: say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and
Speaker 1: the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins,
Speaker 1: he is faith and just to forgive our sins and
Speaker 1: decleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we
Speaker 1: have not sinned, we make him a liar, and this
Speaker 1: word is not in us. Okay. Understand, that's very very
Speaker 1: good verse for talking about that. Okay, so let's continue.
Speaker 1: We're in uh Luke eighteen, Verse fifteen. Jesus blesses little children.
Speaker 1: They also brought infants to him that he might touch them.
Speaker 1: But when he disciple, when the disciples saw it, they
Speaker 1: rebuked him. But Jesus called them to him and said,
Speaker 1: let the little children come to me, and not forbid them,
Speaker 1: for of such the Kingdom of God. Surely, I say
Speaker 1: to you, whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God
Speaker 1: as a little child, by no means enters it. So
Speaker 1: with this portion, so it teaches us about the necessity
Speaker 1: of childlike faith, you know, trusting in God like just
Speaker 1: like my kids. Like I brought this up before my kids,
Speaker 1: they expect they have faith that they're going to be fed,
Speaker 1: they're gonna have water, they're going to be taken care of.
Speaker 1: They have faith they're going to be loved. But they don't.
Speaker 1: They're so young they can't even comprehend everything yet. But
Speaker 1: they have faith that that's going to happen. You know,
Speaker 1: they have a child like faith, innocent. And also they
Speaker 1: don't have preconceived biases already set in their mind. So
Speaker 1: having a childlike faith is erasing all your preconceived biases
Speaker 1: and then coming to God or coming to the Word.
Speaker 1: For example, an example of this would be if you
Speaker 1: were raised Mormon as a child, and you lived in
Speaker 1: a Mormon home and your parents just taught you everything
Speaker 1: that Mormons do, the religion of Mormonism, okay, and all
Speaker 1: of a sudden you pick up the Bible. You have
Speaker 1: all these preconceived biases in your head about what you
Speaker 1: should be reading and what the Bible should be saying
Speaker 1: to prove your Mormonism belief. Instead of having a child
Speaker 1: like faith by erasing all your preconceived biases and then
Speaker 1: coming and reading the Bible, okay, it's totally different. It's
Speaker 1: something that I learned with eschatology and with other stuff.
Speaker 1: You know, like which means end times type stuff. I
Speaker 1: had a preconceived bias. Also with you know, biblical cosmology.
Speaker 1: You know, that's another one where you have to all
Speaker 1: your preconceived biases. What about Big Bang theory and evolution?
Speaker 1: Erase your preconceived biases that you learn from man Romans
Speaker 1: three four. We let God be true, every man a liar. Right,
Speaker 1: so you have to erase some of your preconcyd biases.
Speaker 1: Come and read the Word of God, a blank slate.
Speaker 1: So when you come with the child like faith, not
Speaker 1: a theologian, not a scientist, not a I went to Harvard,
Speaker 1: or I went to Yale, I went to Stanford, all
Speaker 1: this stuff, no, no, no, no, erase all your preconceived biases.
Speaker 1: Then come read the Word of God. Child like faith, right,
Speaker 1: child like faith is very it's it's it's very important.
Speaker 1: I tell you because oh let's see there's yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: So let's see what it says here. So people bring
Speaker 1: infants to Jesus for blessings, but the disciples rebuke them.
Speaker 1: Jesus welcomes to childre and stating that the Kingdom of
Speaker 1: God belongs to those who are like them. The Greek
Speaker 1: word for infants. Brepi underscores their innocence and dependence. So yeah,
Speaker 1: we have to be innocent and dependent on God. Let's continue.
Speaker 1: The next is going to be Jesus counsels the rich
Speaker 1: young ruler. Let me go back up real quick. Now.
Speaker 1: A certain ruler asked him, saying, good teacher, what shall
Speaker 1: I do to inherit internal life? So Jesus said to him,
Speaker 1: why do you call me good? No one is good
Speaker 1: but one that is God. You know the commandments. Do
Speaker 1: not commit adultry, do not murder, do not still, do
Speaker 1: not bear false witness. Honor your father and your mother.
Speaker 1: And he said, all these things I have kept from
Speaker 1: my mouth from my youth. So when Jesus heard these things,
Speaker 1: he said, you still lack one thing. Sell all that
Speaker 1: you have and distribute to the poor, and you will
Speaker 1: have treasure in heaven, and come follow me. But when
Speaker 1: he heard this, he became very sorrowful, for he was
Speaker 1: very rich. He was very rich. Yes, so the rich
Speaker 1: young rulers encounter with Jesus reveals the challenge of wealth,
Speaker 1: the call to prioritize eternal treasures over earthly possessions. Jesus
Speaker 1: teaches that what is impossible with man is possible with
Speaker 1: God emphasizing reliance on divine power, of course, and Jesus
Speaker 1: also ran into a lot of people that would say,
Speaker 1: I want to follow you. I'm ready. You know, you
Speaker 1: can imagine how many people were like, I want to
Speaker 1: follow you, I'm ready, And he's like, let's go. Oh no,
Speaker 1: not yet. I didn't mean right now. I mean and
Speaker 1: let me go talk to my wife, my kids. Let
Speaker 1: me go ahead and talk to my parents. So he
Speaker 1: make sure everything is no, no, no, no, let's go
Speaker 1: right now. It's like, you see, he wants you to
Speaker 1: put him and who wants to love him so much?
Speaker 1: It looks like you detest everybody else. We talked about
Speaker 1: it last week, you know where he wants you to
Speaker 1: love him so much that you will drop everything for him.
Speaker 1: And uh so, yeah, and that gentleman that thought, good teacher,
Speaker 1: how will I inherit eternal life? You see, Jesus said
Speaker 1: to him, why do you call me good? No one
Speaker 1: is good but one God, but one that is God.
Speaker 1: You know the commandments? Do so and he said, all
Speaker 1: these things I have kept from my youth. So obviously
Speaker 1: just keeping the commandments doesn't get you eternal life. Because
Speaker 1: he said he kept all these things since his youth,
Speaker 1: and Jesus said, well you're still lack one thing. Sell
Speaker 1: all that you haven't distribute your poor See now he's
Speaker 1: talking about Okay, if you sell all your things and
Speaker 1: you follow me, what does that take? Faith? Yes, that's
Speaker 1: how you inherit eternal life. Faith, and I will show you.
Speaker 1: Ephesians two verses eight and nine says, furby grace, you
Speaker 1: were saved through faith. You're saved by grace. But yeah,
Speaker 1: you have been saved through faith. That it is not
Speaker 1: of your own works. It is the gift of God,
Speaker 1: not a result. Let me let me just read. This
Speaker 1: is why it's not working for me. This is when
Speaker 1: I copied and pasted it. I copying and pasted it
Speaker 1: with a with a different version, and I just don't
Speaker 1: like the way it reads two verse eight. Right, Yeah,
Speaker 1: for by grace you have been saved through faith, and
Speaker 1: that not of yourself. It is a gift of God,
Speaker 1: not of works, lest anyone should boast. Okay, so we're
Speaker 1: not saved. We're saved by grace through faith. Right, And
Speaker 1: just to let you know, it's not of yourselves. It
Speaker 1: is a gift from God, not of works. Lest anyone
Speaker 1: should boast you. See, so you're not saved by works.
Speaker 1: But this takes faith, faith in who Jesus said to
Speaker 1: follow him. But when he heard this, he became very sorrowful,
Speaker 1: for he was very rich. See it's it Jesus wants
Speaker 1: you to place God first over you know, over all
Speaker 1: earthly treasures places. You know, eternal treasures are way more
Speaker 1: important than earthly treasures. Right. And when when God saw that,
Speaker 1: he became very sorrowful. He said, how hard is it
Speaker 1: for those who have riches? Are? How hard is it
Speaker 1: for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of heaven?
Speaker 1: For it is easier for a camel to go through
Speaker 1: the eye of a needle than for a rich man
Speaker 1: to enter the Kingdom of God. And if you look
Speaker 1: up that word needle in the Greek, it actually means
Speaker 1: a needle, the one that you do needle and thread with. Okay,
Speaker 1: So he's he's basically he's basically telling us, let me
Speaker 1: see it. So he's giving us a hyperbolee you know
Speaker 1: about this, or like a metaphor. Right, And it's easier
Speaker 1: for a camel, huge camel to go through the eye
Speaker 1: of a needle than for a rich man and of
Speaker 1: the kingdom of heaven and a kingdom of God. And
Speaker 1: here's the part that's really interesting is the people back
Speaker 1: then think that people that are rich have been blessed
Speaker 1: by God. Right, so they're thinking, well, who can enter, right,
Speaker 1: That's why it says and to those that heard, who
Speaker 1: then can be saved? But he said, the things which
Speaker 1: are impossible with men are possible with God. That Peter said, see,
Speaker 1: we have left all and followed you. And he said
Speaker 1: to them, as surely I say to you, there is
Speaker 1: no one who has left house or parents, or brothers,
Speaker 1: or wife or children for the sake of the Kingdom
Speaker 1: of God who shall not receive many times more in
Speaker 1: the present time and in the age to come, eternal life.
Speaker 1: So we have to understand it's very important right to
Speaker 1: place God over everything, place God over everything, right, And
Speaker 1: we're saved by grace through faith, not by works. Okay,
Speaker 1: But obedience is very important because sin separates you from God. Right,
Speaker 1: So obedience is very important when it comes to being
Speaker 1: a disciple. Okay, Like I said, discipleship is expensive, but
Speaker 1: salvation is free. Okay, let's continue. Jesus predicts his death
Speaker 1: and resurrection then he took the twelve aside and said
Speaker 1: to them, behold, we're going up to Jerusalem, and all
Speaker 1: things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son
Speaker 1: of Man will be accomplished. We will, for he will
Speaker 1: be delivered to the Gentiles and will be mocked and
Speaker 1: insulted and spit upon. They scourge him and kill him.
Speaker 1: They will scourge him and kill him, and the third
Speaker 1: day he will rise again. But they understood none of
Speaker 1: these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they
Speaker 1: did not know the things which were spoken. Jesus pretells
Speaker 1: his suffering, death and resurrection, underscore and his mission and
Speaker 1: the fulfillment of prophecy. Right See, they didn't understand because
Speaker 1: they thought that Jesus was gonna reign on earth. They
Speaker 1: thought they were gonna go to Jerusalem and Jesus was
Speaker 1: gonna take over and get the Romans out of there,
Speaker 1: and they were gonna reign on earth. That's why they
Speaker 1: kept telling them, who's gonna be at your right end?
Speaker 1: Who could be at your right end? They're thinking on earth,
Speaker 1: but he's saying it's gonna be in heaven. Let's continue.
Speaker 1: A blind man receives his sight, then It happened when
Speaker 1: he was coming near Jericho, that a certain blind man
Speaker 1: sat by the road begging, and here in a multitude
Speaker 1: passing by. He asked what it meant. So they told
Speaker 1: him that Jesus and Nazareth was passing by, and he
Speaker 1: cried out, saying, Jesus, sona David, have mercy on me.
Speaker 1: Then those who went before warned him that he should
Speaker 1: be quiet, and then he cried out, all the more,
Speaker 1: son of David, have mercy on me. So Jesus stood
Speaker 1: still and commanded him to be brought to him. And
Speaker 1: when he had come near, he asked him, saying, what
Speaker 1: do you want me to do for you? He said, Lord,
Speaker 1: that Lord, that I may receive my sight. Then Jesus
Speaker 1: said to him, receive your sight. Your faith has made
Speaker 1: you well. And immediately he received his sight and followed him,
Speaker 1: glorifying God, and all the people when they saw it,
Speaker 1: gave praise to God. So you guys could imagine. Sorry
Speaker 1: I work today, guys, I'm a little bit Yanni. I apologize.
Speaker 1: I'll probably have to drink a little bit of Catherine,
Speaker 1: but I'm getting tired. Okay. The blind Beggar's faith and
Speaker 1: persistence led to his healing, demonstrating the power of faith
Speaker 1: in Jesus. Can you guys, imagine if you were blind
Speaker 1: your whole life and then you just, you know, you're
Speaker 1: trying to cry out. You know, you can't really see.
Speaker 1: You're crying out, Son of David, at mercy on me.
Speaker 1: You know, please, like please, like if you're with it's
Speaker 1: my time. He's walking by. You know, you can imagine
Speaker 1: how you would be. You know, you would be like, please, like, Lord,
Speaker 1: I want to receive my site. Jesus had received your site.
Speaker 1: Your faith has made you well, and he immediately received
Speaker 1: his site. How it's awesome. So all right. So practical
Speaker 1: applications that we can kind of go over admit to
Speaker 1: regular and persistent prayer, trusting that God hears and responds
Speaker 1: in his perfect timing. Another practical application will be cultivate humility.
Speaker 1: Examine your heart for pride and seek to approach God
Speaker 1: with humility, recognizing your need for his mercy. Search your
Speaker 1: heart for humility. Yeah, it's you don't want to feel
Speaker 1: like your works are so righteous and that you just
Speaker 1: know that your works are just filthy rags, it says
Speaker 1: in Isaiah embraced childlike faith, foster is simple trusting faith
Speaker 1: in God, free from synonism or cynicism and doubt. Prioritize
Speaker 1: eternal treasures. Evaluate your priorities, and ensure that your pursuit
Speaker 1: of material wealth does not overshadow your commitment to God.
Speaker 1: Very very important. When you start prioritizing wealth, you start prioritizing,
Speaker 1: you start compromising your faith. And you might start lying
Speaker 1: here and there. You might start stepping on some people
Speaker 1: to get there. You know, to get to the top,
Speaker 1: you've got to step on a couple heads, and you know,
Speaker 1: you might start doing things that are gonna take away
Speaker 1: overshadow your commitment with the Lord, which is not good.
Speaker 1: Trust in God's power, Remember that with God all things
Speaker 1: are possible, and rely on His strength in times of difficulty.
Speaker 1: I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Right,
Speaker 1: I have that on my wall over that I can
Speaker 1: do all things through Christ who strength, who strengthens me.
Speaker 1: That's gonna be Philippians. I think it's four to eleven,
Speaker 1: but I could be wrong. Let's see. Let me just
Speaker 1: make sure I can do all things through Christ who
Speaker 1: stanth to me. It's Philippians for thirteen. I was close
Speaker 1: Philippians four thirteen. Okay, very awesome. All right, So now
Speaker 1: we are going to Luke nineteen. Let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: go to Luke nineteen. Praise God. We are moving right
Speaker 1: along in the New Testament, and John is going to
Speaker 1: be really cool too. Next, the next gospel that we
Speaker 1: go over is going to be really awesome. Okay, let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and go to Luke nineteen. Going to be
Speaker 1: dealing with another wealthy tax collector, Zechias. And this is
Speaker 1: actually the only this is going to be the only
Speaker 1: gospel that actually has this in it. Okay, so Zichius,
Speaker 1: So let's go ahead and read. This is Luke nineteen.
Speaker 1: Verse one, Jesus comes to Zochias's house. Then Jesus entered
Speaker 1: and passed through Jericho. Now behold, there was a man
Speaker 1: named Zechias, who is a chief tax collector, and he
Speaker 1: was rich, and he sought to see who Jesus was,
Speaker 1: but could not because of the crowd, for he was
Speaker 1: of short stature. And he ran ahead and climbed up
Speaker 1: into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was
Speaker 1: going to pass that way. And when Jesus came to
Speaker 1: the place, he looked up and saw him and said
Speaker 1: to him, Zechias, make haste and come down, for today
Speaker 1: I must stay at your house. So he made haste
Speaker 1: and came down and received him joyfully. But when he
Speaker 1: saw it, they all complained, saying he has gone to
Speaker 1: be a guest with a man who's a sinner. Then
Speaker 1: Zekiah stood and said to the lord, Look, Lord, look, Lord,
Speaker 1: I give half of my goods to the poor. And
Speaker 1: I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore.
Speaker 1: If I have taken anything from anyone by false false accusation,
Speaker 1: I restore fourfold. And Jesus said to him, today salvation
Speaker 1: has come to this house because he is also a
Speaker 1: son of Abraham. For the son of Man has come
Speaker 1: to seek and save that which is which was lost.
Speaker 1: So you see that this is real, genuine repentance. Thatch
Speaker 1: Zechias actually does because he says, Lord, Lord, I give
Speaker 1: half of my goods to the poor. So he will
Speaker 1: give half of the goods to the poor. And also
Speaker 1: anybody that he is falsely anything from anyone by false accusation,
Speaker 1: I restore fourfold four times. And understand, he's a chief
Speaker 1: tax collector. He and just a regular tax selector. He's
Speaker 1: a chief tax collector. So I think that's interesting. And
Speaker 1: Jesus says, today's something comes out because of the son
Speaker 1: of Abraham. Zach Kias said to him. Okay, so comes
Speaker 1: with the grief for godly sorrow. Where's that part that
Speaker 1: says that, hold on, really quick, he was done the
Speaker 1: guest who was a senator, the kia student for the
Speaker 1: Lord have four and I have taken anything in false
Speaker 1: scization today. So because he's also a son of Abraham,
Speaker 1: I think we should probably check that out. So children
Speaker 1: are son of Abraham. Let me just look up that
Speaker 1: real quick. Oh yeah, so Paul talks about it twice.
Speaker 1: Let's find out what the son of Abraham part is.
Speaker 1: So in Romans nine, verses six to seven, it says,
Speaker 1: but it is not that the word of God has
Speaker 1: taken no effect, for they are not all Israel, who
Speaker 1: are of Israel, nor are they all children, because they
Speaker 1: are the seed of Abraham. But in Isaac your seed
Speaker 1: shall be called. So there's the first part where it
Speaker 1: talks about the seed of Abraham. And then in Galatians three,
Speaker 1: verses five through eight, Therefore he who supplies the spirit
Speaker 1: to you and works miracles among you, does he do
Speaker 1: it by the works of the law or by the
Speaker 1: hearing of faith, just as Abraham believed God and it
Speaker 1: was accounted to him for righteousness. Therefore, know that only
Speaker 1: those who are of faith are sons of Abraham. Okay,
Speaker 1: so now we have whoever is of faith our sons
Speaker 1: of Abraham, right, which is very interesting. So just because
Speaker 1: you are a seed of Abraham doesn't mean you are
Speaker 1: a son of Abraham, right, because you have to have
Speaker 1: faith in Jesus. To be considered a son of Abraham,
Speaker 1: you have to have faith. Right. So this man repented
Speaker 1: and he has faith. So it says today's salvation has
Speaker 1: come to this house because he is also a son
Speaker 1: of Abraham. For the son of Man has come to
Speaker 1: seek and saved that which is lost. Okay, let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and see if I'm missing any teaching points on
Speaker 1: that one. So Zacharia's curiosity and determination, so he ran
Speaker 1: ahead and climbed a took a moore tree, which we saw.
Speaker 1: Zachia's accents demonstrate a deep desire to see Jesus, reminding
Speaker 1: us of the importance of seeking Christ with determination. Well,
Speaker 1: that's definitely a plus to do. When Jesus came to
Speaker 1: that place. He looked up and said, Zacharias hurried down
Speaker 1: for a must stay at your house today. Jesus willingness
Speaker 1: to engage with Zacharias. M Ah, jesus willingness to engage
Speaker 1: with Zacharias shows his mission to reach out to the
Speaker 1: marginalized and despised. Jesus willingness to engage Zachrist shows his
Speaker 1: mission to reach out to the marginalized and despise, which
Speaker 1: we've kind of talked about in the last you know,
Speaker 1: we talked about Jesus taking care of the marginalized, right
Speaker 1: and uh, and then Zachrist responds to Jesus, jesus present
Speaker 1: presence presents is a power. Jesus's presence is a powerful
Speaker 1: exam example of genuine repentance and transformation. And next we're
Speaker 1: gonna be going over the parable of the manas. Let's continue. Sorry,
Speaker 1: somebody was texting me right now. Uh let me just
Speaker 1: tell them I'll hit them right back. Sorry about that,
Speaker 1: m all right, Uh right recording, mhmm, sorry about that, guys.
Speaker 1: I had to make sure I answered that one. And
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and check this out. So we're gonna
Speaker 1: be looking at the parable of the manass and let's
Speaker 1: check this out real quick. H okay, let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and read this real quick. So this is going to
Speaker 1: be Luke nineteen verse eleven. And like I said, I
Speaker 1: do apologize for that pause real quick. I just had
Speaker 1: to answer that back. Now, as they heard these things,
Speaker 1: this is Luke nineteen verse eleven. Thank you for you guys.
Speaker 1: Have patience on them. Now. As they heard these things,
Speaker 1: he spoke another parable because he was near Jerusalem, and
Speaker 1: because they thought the Kingdom of God would appear immediately. Therefore,
Speaker 1: he said, a certain nobleman went into a far country
Speaker 1: to receive for himself a kingdom to return. So we
Speaker 1: called ten of his servants, delivered them to ten minus,
Speaker 1: and said to them, do business till I come. But
Speaker 1: his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying,
Speaker 1: we will not have this man to reign over us.
Speaker 1: And so it was so, and so it was that
Speaker 1: when he returned, having received the king them, then he
Speaker 1: commanded these servants to whom he had given the money,
Speaker 1: to be called to him, and that he might know
Speaker 1: how much every man had gained by trading. Then came
Speaker 1: the first, saying, Master, your mina has earned ten minus.
Speaker 1: And he said to him, well done, good servant, because
Speaker 1: you are faithful and a very little have authority over
Speaker 1: ten cities. And the second came saying, Master, your mina
Speaker 1: has earned five minus. Likewise, he said to him, you
Speaker 1: will also be over five cities. The other came saying, Master,
Speaker 1: here is your mina, which I have kept put away
Speaker 1: in a handkerchief. Where I feared you because of you
Speaker 1: are an austray man. You collect what you did not deposit,
Speaker 1: and reap what you did not sew. And he said
Speaker 1: to him, out of your own mouth, I will judge you,
Speaker 1: you wicked servant. You knew that I was an austry man,
Speaker 1: collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I
Speaker 1: did not sew. Why did you not put my money
Speaker 1: in the bank and my coming I might have collected
Speaker 1: it with interest. And he said to those who stood by,
Speaker 1: take the mina from him and give it to the
Speaker 1: one who has ten minus. But they said to him, Master,
Speaker 1: he has ten minus. For I say to you that
Speaker 1: to everyone who has, who will be given, and from
Speaker 1: him who does not have, even what he has will
Speaker 1: be taken away from him. But bring here those enemies
Speaker 1: of mine, who did not want to reign over them
Speaker 1: and slay them before me. So so in this parable,
Speaker 1: he tells the nobleman, who in trust ten of his
Speaker 1: servants the mina each instructed them to trade with it
Speaker 1: until he returns to a journey to receive the kingdom.
Speaker 1: So the setup, a nobleman receives a a. A nobleman
Speaker 1: leaves to receive a kingdom and in trust ten service
Speaker 1: with a mina, each, telling them to trade with it
Speaker 1: until I come back. This represents the gifts and talents
Speaker 1: God has given us to use for his glory and
Speaker 1: to make an impact on the world. The faithful servants
Speaker 1: two servants diligently trade with their minas, increasing them to
Speaker 1: ten and five, respectively. They are rewarded for their faithfulness
Speaker 1: with authority over cities. The unfaithful servant. One servant, fearful
Speaker 1: of the nobleman's potential harshness, does not trade with this mina,
Speaker 1: hiding it away. He is judged harshly with this mina
Speaker 1: is taken away and given to the servant who is
Speaker 1: already ten. The lesson the parable emphasized the importance of
Speaker 1: using God's gifts and talents faithfully rather than hoarding them
Speaker 1: or fearing the consequences of using them. It also highlights
Speaker 1: the principle to whom much has given, much is expected. Yeah,
Speaker 1: if you're given all these talents for gifts, you're expected
Speaker 1: to use them. Okay, you are expected to use them.
Speaker 1: Don't just sit back on them. Don't just sit back
Speaker 1: on your gifts. You know, interpretations and applications, faithfulness and stewardship.
Speaker 1: The parable is a call to responsible stewardship, using the
Speaker 1: gifts and talents God has given us to make a
Speaker 1: difference in the world and to bring him glory, bring
Speaker 1: him glory, and also bring people to the Lord right
Speaker 1: the Kingdom of God. The nobleman's journey in return represents
Speaker 1: the delay of the Kingdom of God and the need
Speaker 1: for Christians to be active and diligent in their faith
Speaker 1: until Jesus returns. Okay. Spiritual growth the reward of the
Speaker 1: faithful servants the punishment of the unfaithful servant illustrates the
Speaker 1: principles of spiritual growth, where those who diligently use their
Speaker 1: gifts will receive more and be rewarded, while those who
Speaker 1: are lazy or fearful will lose what they have yeah, yeah, definitely,
Speaker 1: don't be lazy and fearful risk and reward. The parable
Speaker 1: also highlights the idea that taking risk and investing one's gifts,
Speaker 1: even if they involve potential failure, is more pleasing to
Speaker 1: God than hiding one's talents away in fear. Okay, which
Speaker 1: makes total sense. Let's see if I'm missing any other
Speaker 1: practical application I could teach. The Son of Man came
Speaker 1: to seek and save the loss. This person capitulates the
Speaker 1: heart of Jesus mission serves as a reminder of us
Speaker 1: calling to show the gospel. Okay, all right, the triumphal entry.
Speaker 1: All right, and I think I have of something on
Speaker 1: that some people thought that Jesus. Yeah, so, as it's
Speaker 1: said in the very beginning of that, some people thought
Speaker 1: Jesus was going to establish his kingdom right then and there. Okay,
Speaker 1: and a verse that I have Okay, eleven through forty eight.
Speaker 1: So Ephesians three, verses two through six, Assuming that you
Speaker 1: have heard of this stewardship of God's grace that was
Speaker 1: given to me for you, how the mystery was made
Speaker 1: known to me by revelation, as my written Briefly, when
Speaker 1: you read this, you can perceive my insight in the
Speaker 1: mystery of Christ, which was not made known to the
Speaker 1: sons of men and other generations, it has now been
Speaker 1: revealed by His holy apostles and the prophets by the Spirit.
Speaker 1: The mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members
Speaker 1: of the same body, and partakers of the promise of
Speaker 1: Jesus Christ through the Gospel. Okay, so all right, perfect,
Speaker 1: and go ahead and continue. So the next verse is
Speaker 1: going to be the triumphal entry. Okay, So this is
Speaker 1: the triumphal entry, is one week before the crucifixion. Just
Speaker 1: let you guys know, and let me just see what
Speaker 1: I have here. So let's go ahead and read Luke
Speaker 1: nineteen verse twenty eight. When he had said this, he
Speaker 1: went on ahead, going to Jerusalem. And it came to
Speaker 1: pass that when he drew near to beth Page and Bethany,
Speaker 1: at the mountain called Olivet, then he sent out two
Speaker 1: of his disciples, saying, go into the village opposite you.
Speaker 1: Where you enter, you will find a colt tied on
Speaker 1: which no one has ever sat. Loose it and bring
Speaker 1: it here. And anyone asks you, why are you losing it?
Speaker 1: Thus shall say to him, because the Lord has need
Speaker 1: of it. So those who were sent went their way
Speaker 1: and found it was he had sat on them, but
Speaker 1: they were losing the cult. The owners of it said
Speaker 1: to them, why are you loosening the cult? And they said,
Speaker 1: the Lord has need of it. They brought him to Jesus,
Speaker 1: and they threw their own clothes on the colt, and
Speaker 1: they said, Jesus on him, and he went. Many spread
Speaker 1: the clothes on the road. And as he is now
Speaker 1: drawing near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the
Speaker 1: whole multitude of disciples began to rejoice and praise God
Speaker 1: with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had, saying,
Speaker 1: blessed is the King who comes in the name of
Speaker 1: the Lord. Peace in heaven and glory in the highest
Speaker 1: so am. They're actually uh fulfilling the prophecy of zach
Speaker 1: Ryan nine to nine. Okay, blessed is the King who
Speaker 1: comes in the name of the Lord. The Pharisees object,
Speaker 1: but Jesus responds that even the stones would cry out
Speaker 1: that the people were silent. Okay, So it says in
Speaker 1: some of the phairies called the Pharisees called to him
Speaker 1: from the crowd. Teacher rebuke your disciples. But he answered
Speaker 1: it said that I might tell you that these should
Speaker 1: keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out. Tell you
Speaker 1: if these that if these should keep silent, the stones
Speaker 1: would immediately cry out. Jesus weeps over Jerusalem. Now, as
Speaker 1: he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it, saying,
Speaker 1: if you had known, even you, especially in this death,
Speaker 1: especially in this your day, the things that make you
Speaker 1: make for peace. But now you are hidden from your eyes.
Speaker 1: For days will come upon you when your enemies will
Speaker 1: build an embankment or you surround you and close you
Speaker 1: on every side, and close you in on every side,
Speaker 1: and level you and your children within you to the ground,
Speaker 1: and they will not leave in you, one stone upon another,
Speaker 1: because they did not know the time of your visitation. Okay,
Speaker 1: So Jesus weeps over Israel. As Jesus approaches Jerusalem, he
Speaker 1: weeps over the city for seeing its destruction due to
Speaker 1: its failure to recognize the time of God's coming. The
Speaker 1: event highlights Jesus' compassion and the consequences of rejecting him.
Speaker 1: Jesus cleanses the temple. Then he went into the temple
Speaker 1: and began to drive out those who bought and sold
Speaker 1: in it, saying to them it is written, my house
Speaker 1: is a house of prayer, which you made it a
Speaker 1: den of thieves. And he was teaching daily in the temple.
Speaker 1: But the chief priest describes the leaders of the people
Speaker 1: who sought out destroy him were unable to do anything
Speaker 1: for all the people were very attentive to him. So
Speaker 1: this is when he flips the tables. It's not describing
Speaker 1: it here in Luke, but this is where it happens.
Speaker 1: And just let you guys know, this area is where
Speaker 1: all the gentiles would come to worship. They were not
Speaker 1: allowed in the temple. This is as close as they got.
Speaker 1: But this is where they would come. They would buy
Speaker 1: sheep and you know, our lambs or buy sheep. They
Speaker 1: would buy lambs and or they would bring in and
Speaker 1: they would say, oh, this this lamb has got imperfections.
Speaker 1: You need to buy the lamb that we have. And
Speaker 1: they were also they were coming with their money from
Speaker 1: you know, from you know, Greek or Greece and all
Speaker 1: these different places, and they had to come exchange the
Speaker 1: money there. That's why it became a money table, and
Speaker 1: instead of a place of prayer, a place of worship.
Speaker 1: It became a place of money and that's what it
Speaker 1: turned into. And also they were doing really terrible things.
Speaker 1: And so Jesus demonstrates the authority and this zeal for
Speaker 1: true worship. See Jesus knows exactly what was going on,
Speaker 1: and yeah, so yeah, just it's terrible. So yeah, so
Speaker 1: let's let's check out some check out some practical applications
Speaker 1: for this chapter. For chapter nineteen, seek Jesus actively, like
Speaker 1: Zakias zach Chias, we should be willing to go out
Speaker 1: of our way to seek Jesus, even if it means
Speaker 1: stepping out of our comfort zones for sure. Like, uh,
Speaker 1: sometimes we might be too tired. Like like I'm gonna
Speaker 1: be honest. Sometimes when when I work all day and
Speaker 1: I have a long day or something in the sun,
Speaker 1: or I'm tired, you know, sometimes you know, it might
Speaker 1: be hard for me to you know, jump on the podcast,
Speaker 1: or if I'm laying down with my kids, you know,
Speaker 1: and they're like, oh, Dad, I stayed with me, and
Speaker 1: I'm like, oh, I gotta go, I gotta go do
Speaker 1: this show. You know, It's not always easy, right, but
Speaker 1: I step out of my comfort zone. I come downstairs,
Speaker 1: I set up and as soon as I press record
Speaker 1: and I start talking to you guys, I get this
Speaker 1: rush of energy and I feel good. So when you
Speaker 1: step out of your comfort zone and you just do it,
Speaker 1: then you'll you'll realize that, uh, the part about you
Speaker 1: thinking you're tired or complaining and all that stuff, that's
Speaker 1: not the lesson. You know, all all that's happening there
Speaker 1: is you're complaining to on yourself. You know. It's your
Speaker 1: flesh telling you, ah, just lay down with the kids,
Speaker 1: you don't need to go do that Bible study. But
Speaker 1: your spirit is like, you know, get let's go. You
Speaker 1: gotta get it. You gotta do it, you know, and
Speaker 1: and uh, you got to step out of your comfort zone.
Speaker 1: And then you'll have spiritual gratitude when you're actually doing
Speaker 1: what you what you think was so hard to do.
Speaker 1: Embrace the outcast. Follow Jesus example by reaching out to
Speaker 1: those who are marginalized or looked down upon in society.
Speaker 1: I think I was talking about this, about this this
Speaker 1: orthodox uh pastor. I'll say, I'm not even gonna call
Speaker 1: him a priest, you know, orthodox Orthodox priest quote unquote, um.
Speaker 1: He he said that he went to a place and
Speaker 1: this homeless man asked him for a dollar, and he
Speaker 1: judged him immediately and thought he was just gonna buy drugs.
Speaker 1: And then he was sitting there with his family, you know,
Speaker 1: he's like, I'm not gonna give him that money. You know,
Speaker 1: I already already know what he's gonna buy. And then
Speaker 1: that homeless man went and asked another homeless man for
Speaker 1: a dollar and he and he gave him the dollar
Speaker 1: like easy, like here you go. And Uh, that Orthodox
Speaker 1: gentleman said he felt terrible because that bumb didn't judge
Speaker 1: him at all and he gave him and he's given
Speaker 1: him money that he might not even have, as opposed
Speaker 1: to the money that that that gentleman had. You know,
Speaker 1: the Orthodox priest quote unquote the Orthodox pastor, I'll just
Speaker 1: say that, Uh, live a life of repentance. Regularly, examine
Speaker 1: your life for areas that need change, and be willing
Speaker 1: to make amends where necessary. Yeah, it is so vastly
Speaker 1: important to examine your life for areas that need change.
Speaker 1: There's there's always some dirty laundry to get out, right,
Speaker 1: there's always room for improvement, and there's always things that
Speaker 1: you know that might be you might be compromising on
Speaker 1: that you don't realize you know. So it's definitely regularly
Speaker 1: examined your life for areas that need change, and be
Speaker 1: willing to make amends when necessary. Be willing to repent.
Speaker 1: Repent means to turn a do a one to eighty
Speaker 1: from the Senior Committee. Okay, share the gospel. Be intentional
Speaker 1: about sharing the message of salvation with those around you.
Speaker 1: Remember that Jesus came to seek and to save the lost.
Speaker 1: We are vessels that need to be used for God's glory. Okay,
Speaker 1: and we are claiming to be Christian. We need to
Speaker 1: start discipling, and I think it's very important. It will
Speaker 1: definitely assist you with your walk and it'll it'll help
Speaker 1: you with so much. Let's see. So some additional scriptures
Speaker 1: that you can look up for chapter nineteen would be
Speaker 1: Matthew nine, verses twelve through thirteen, Jesus called to sinners
Speaker 1: and his mission to heal the spiritually sick tewod Corinthians
Speaker 1: five seventeen the transformation that comes from being in Christ, okay,
Speaker 1: and then Romans ten fourteen through fifteen talks about the
Speaker 1: importance of preaching the gospel so that others may hear
Speaker 1: and believe. Okay, So all right, let me go up
Speaker 1: to Luke twenty in my notes, and let me go
Speaker 1: to Luke twenty on here, and let me go to
Speaker 1: Luke twenty on here. So excuse me, we have the
Speaker 1: parable of the wicked Jesus is authority question? All right?
Speaker 1: So now it happened on one of those days as
Speaker 1: he taught the people in the temple they had preached
Speaker 1: the gospel that the chief priests and the scribes, together
Speaker 1: with the elders, confronted him, spoke to him saying, tell us,
Speaker 1: by what authority are you doing these things? Or who
Speaker 1: is he who gave this authority? But he answered, and
Speaker 1: it said to them, I will ask you one thing
Speaker 1: and answer me. The baptism of John was it from
Speaker 1: heaven or from men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying,
Speaker 1: if we say from heaven, we will say he will say,
Speaker 1: why then did you not believe him? But if we
Speaker 1: say from men, all the people will stone us, for
Speaker 1: they are persuaded that John was a prophet. So they
Speaker 1: answered that they do not know where it is from.
Speaker 1: And Jesus said to them, neither will I tell you
Speaker 1: what authority I do these things? You see now Jesus
Speaker 1: had to catch them slipping like they always try to
Speaker 1: catch him, and he turned the question back on them.
Speaker 1: He effectively turned the question back on them, leaving them
Speaker 1: unable to answer. And uh, Luke twenty is gonna cover
Speaker 1: the week of Jesus' crucifixion. Just let you know, I
Speaker 1: forgot to say that before we started. And uh, let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and continue, and uh the parable of the
Speaker 1: wicked vine dressers. Then he began to tell the people
Speaker 1: this parable. A certain man planeted a vineyard, leased it
Speaker 1: to a vine dresser's leased it to vine dressers, and
Speaker 1: went into a far country for a long time. Now
Speaker 1: at vintage time. He sent a servant to the vine
Speaker 1: dressers that they might give him some of the fruit
Speaker 1: of the vineyard. But the vine dressers beat him and
Speaker 1: send him away empty empty handed. Again he sent another servant,
Speaker 1: and they beat him, also treated him shamefully, and send
Speaker 1: him away empty handed. And again he sent a third
Speaker 1: and they wounded him also and cast him out. Then
Speaker 1: the owner of the vineyard said, what shall I do.
Speaker 1: I will send my beloved son. Probably they will respect
Speaker 1: him when they see him. But when the vine dressers
Speaker 1: saw him, they reason among themselves, saying, this is the heir, Come,
Speaker 1: let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
Speaker 1: And so they cast him out of the vineyard and
Speaker 1: killed him. Therefore, will therefore, what will the owner of
Speaker 1: the vineyard do to them? He will come and destroy
Speaker 1: those vine dressers and give the vineyard to others. And
Speaker 1: when they heard it, they said, certainly not. Okay, hold
Speaker 1: on real quick, we'll go ahead and check out what
Speaker 1: this means before we get into Luke twenty and verse seventeen.
Speaker 1: So in the parable of the vineyard owner, a man
Speaker 1: plants a vineyard, leases it to tenants, and then sends
Speaker 1: the servants to collect the fruit. The tenants beat his
Speaker 1: servants and eventually kill his son. The parable can includes
Speaker 1: with the owner destroying the tenants and giving the vineyard
Speaker 1: to others. Here's a more detailed breakdown. The owner represents God, okay,
Speaker 1: God the Father. The vineyard represents the nation of Israel
Speaker 1: or the kingdom of God. The vineyard, if you look
Speaker 1: in the Old Testament, it represents Israel. Sometimes the tenants
Speaker 1: represent the religious leaders of Israel, the Pharisees, the Sadducees,
Speaker 1: the scribes. The servants represents the prophets and messengers sent
Speaker 1: by God. Right the ones that they killed, or they
Speaker 1: slayed or they beat. The son represents Jesus Christ right,
Speaker 1: Jesus of Nazareth, Jesus the Christ. The fruit represents the
Speaker 1: spiritual harvests or the people's faithfulness to God. Key points
Speaker 1: the owner, God the Father, invests in the vineyard Israel
Speaker 1: and trust the tenants religious leaders to manage it properly.
Speaker 1: It properly, the tenants religious leaders neglect their responsibility and
Speaker 1: mistreat the owner's servants, the prophets. Then they ultimately reject
Speaker 1: and kill the owner's beloved son, Jesus. The parable concludes
Speaker 1: with the owner, God the Father, destroying the negligent tenants
Speaker 1: and giving the vineyard kingdom to others who will produce
Speaker 1: fruit significance. The parable highlights the rejection of God's messengers
Speaker 1: and ultimately the rejection of his sons Jesus by the
Speaker 1: Jewish religious leaders. It also warns of the consequences of
Speaker 1: neglecting one's responsibilities and the potential for God's kingdom be
Speaker 1: taken away from those who do not produce fruit and
Speaker 1: lou twenty oh, I'm sorry, though saddestes Okay, so we'll
Speaker 1: get to the Saducees in a moment here. Let's continue reading.
Speaker 1: Now that you know all that, Uh, they knew that
Speaker 1: the who the Pharisees and the Sadducees were in this
Speaker 1: in this story. That's why they said, and they heard it,
Speaker 1: They said, certainly not. And he looked at them and said,
Speaker 1: what then is this that is written the stone which
Speaker 1: the builders rejected. He has become the chief cornerstone. Whoever
Speaker 1: falls in that stone will be broken, but whomever it
Speaker 1: falls it will grind him to powder. And the chief
Speaker 1: priest describes that very hour sought to lay hands on him,
Speaker 1: but they feared the people, for they knew he had
Speaker 1: spoken the parable against them. They knew that they wore
Speaker 1: the tenants. So since they knew that, they must have
Speaker 1: knew the other portions of this. You know. They maybe
Speaker 1: just knew the tenants part. I don't know, maybe they
Speaker 1: knew the all of them. But they understood that what
Speaker 1: was going on here. Obviously, that's why they said they
Speaker 1: wanted to lay hands on him. And there was some
Speaker 1: chief cornerstone versus that we had. Let me see the
Speaker 1: parable of the wicked tendants. We went over Jesus tells
Speaker 1: the parable the wicked tenants prophesied about his impeding rejection
Speaker 1: and death, or with Jious leaders understood he was speaking
Speaker 1: about them and seek to arrest him. Uh, So Jesus
Speaker 1: tells the parable that illustrates the rejection of God's messengers
Speaker 1: and foreshotting his own rejection and crucifixion. See if there's
Speaker 1: anything here in so, Jesus is saying, the stone which
Speaker 1: the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. So he's
Speaker 1: saying that he is the messiah, right, And let's see
Speaker 1: where that the stone the builders rejected. The phrase the
Speaker 1: stone the building's rejectory refers to a stone that is
Speaker 1: initially dismissed by builders as unsuitable for construction, but much
Speaker 1: later become the cornerstone or most important stone of the structure.
Speaker 1: And the Bible, the phrase is often used to symbolize
Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, who was rejected by Jewish leaders but ultimately
Speaker 1: become the foundation of the Christian faith the Biblical contest.
Speaker 1: The phrase appears in Psalms one eighteen twenty two. That's
Speaker 1: what is quoted right here, That's what I wanted to
Speaker 1: look for is quoted in several passages of the Gospels
Speaker 1: Matthew twenty one forty two, Mark twelve ten, and also
Speaker 1: Luke twenty seventeen, which is what we just read the builders.
Speaker 1: In the Biblical context, the builders are often interpreted as
Speaker 1: the religious authorities of Israel who rejected Jesus as the messiah.
Speaker 1: The rejected stone is Jesus Christ himself, who was rejected
Speaker 1: by the Jewish leaders and crucified. The cornerstone is a
Speaker 1: crucial part of the building, holding it together. In the
Speaker 1: Biblical context, it symbolizes Jesus's role as the foundation of
Speaker 1: salvation and the Christian faith. The symbolism the phrase is
Speaker 1: illustrate illustrates the idea that God's plan are often greater
Speaker 1: than what people expect and what themed and what, and
Speaker 1: that what seems rejected or incident significant can become something
Speaker 1: of great value and importance. So that we guys know,
Speaker 1: if you want to look up that verse it Psalms one,
Speaker 1: eighteen twenty two, that's what the stone which builders reject
Speaker 1: has become. Next, they're trying to catch Jesus again. This
Speaker 1: is the uh Pharisees. Is it lawful to pay taxes
Speaker 1: to Caesar? Let's go ahead and read that requick. So
Speaker 1: they watched him and sent spies who pretended to be righteous,
Speaker 1: that they might seize on his words in order to
Speaker 1: deliver him to the power and authority of the governor.
Speaker 1: So they ask him, saying, teacher, we knew that you
Speaker 1: say and teach rightly, and you do not show personal favoritism,
Speaker 1: but teach the way of God in truth. Is it
Speaker 1: lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?
Speaker 1: But he perceived the craftiness and said to them, why
Speaker 1: do you test me? Show me a dinaris, which whose
Speaker 1: image and inscription doesn't have? A dinaris is one day's wage? Okay,
Speaker 1: whose image an inscription does it have? They answered, and
Speaker 1: said Caesar's. Then he said to them, render therefore to
Speaker 1: Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the
Speaker 1: things that are God's. But they kept but they could
Speaker 1: not catch him in his words in the presence of
Speaker 1: the people, And they marveled at his answer and kept silent.
Speaker 1: His answer is perfect. So we have a Jesus, perceiving
Speaker 1: their craftiness, asked for dinaris and acquires, which we already
Speaker 1: saw right there. Let's go to the teaching point, not
Speaker 1: the the Pharisees and Herodians attempt to trap Jesus. What
Speaker 1: they question about paying taxes. Jesus response, render to Caesar
Speaker 1: what is Caesar's and to God what is God teaches
Speaker 1: us about the separation of earthly and divine responsibilities. And
Speaker 1: also that has the image of Caesar on it. But see,
Speaker 1: we are in the image of God, right, so we
Speaker 1: are in the image of God. That things has the
Speaker 1: image of Caesar. So God and to God the things
Speaker 1: that are God. See we Christians, well, everybody's made in
Speaker 1: the image of God. But those that are saved are God's.
Speaker 1: Things that are God's right saddesties in the reserves. So okay.
Speaker 1: So yeah, So also the Herodians, they didn't like taxes.
Speaker 1: I think that's the Herodians, the Phariseaeson, the Herodians. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so they wanted to try to get him caught up.
Speaker 1: If you would have said not to pay the taxes, obviously,
Speaker 1: then they could have turned him into the Roman government
Speaker 1: if you would have said another thing, like about paying taxes,
Speaker 1: and some sometimes there's a revolt. So the way that
Speaker 1: he said it was perfect. Rendered to Caesar the things
Speaker 1: that are Caesar's and to God the things that are
Speaker 1: God very very good answer the Sadducees. What about the resurrection?
Speaker 1: So let me just tell you guys about the Saddestes
Speaker 1: real quick. So the Sadducees are a Jewish religious religious
Speaker 1: sect that do not believe in the resurrection of the dead.
Speaker 1: They attempt to trap Jesus with a trick question about
Speaker 1: uh lever right marriage and the resurrection. Specifically, they present
Speaker 1: a hypothetical scenario bogging set. Well, we're going to talk
Speaker 1: about it. But the Saddustes were a rational they were
Speaker 1: they were rational liberals. Okay. They were a Jewish political
Speaker 1: and religious group during the time of Jesus. The Statuessties
Speaker 1: were primarily composed of wealthy Jewish aristocrat and priests who
Speaker 1: controlled the temple in Jerusalem. They were known for their
Speaker 1: consi conservative interpretations of the law and the reason, existence
Speaker 1: the oral traditions and the resistance to the oral traditions
Speaker 1: interpretations favored by the Pharisees. They also they would follow
Speaker 1: the Torah only they would to go into any other
Speaker 1: part of the Old Testament. They would only follow the
Speaker 1: to not or the first five books of the Old Testament. Right.
Speaker 1: The Statustes held significant political and religious power, especially within
Speaker 1: the Sanhedrin, the Jewish governing council. They were closely associated
Speaker 1: with the Temple in Jerusalem, paying a key role in
Speaker 1: its rituals and administration. The Statistes were known for their
Speaker 1: strict adherence to the written Torah, the first five books
Speaker 1: of the Hebrew Bible, and the rejection of much of
Speaker 1: the oral tradition and teachings of the Pharisees. They did
Speaker 1: not believe in the resurrection of the dead, a belief
Speaker 1: that is central to Christian theology. Their opposite s int
Speaker 1: of Jesus. Jesus and his followers frequently clashed with the
Speaker 1: Saddestes over their interpretations of the law and their authority
Speaker 1: with Jewish religious life, and then they disappeared. After the
Speaker 1: Second Temple in seventy CE, the Sadducees as a distinct
Speaker 1: group seized to exist. So I'll go over let's read this,
Speaker 1: and then i'll go over the what they're what they
Speaker 1: got going here? All right? So Luke twenty verse twenty seven.
Speaker 1: Then some of the Saddestes, who who deny that there
Speaker 1: is a resurrection, came to him and asked him, saying, teacher, Moses,
Speaker 1: who wrote to us that if a man's brother dies
Speaker 1: having a wife, and he dies without children, his brother
Speaker 1: should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.
Speaker 1: Now there were seven brothers, and the first took a
Speaker 1: wife and died without chi, and the second took her
Speaker 1: as a wife, and he died childless. Then the third
Speaker 1: took her in the like manner. The seven also and
Speaker 1: they left no children, and died last of all the
Speaker 1: women who died. Also. Therefore, in resurrection, whose wife does
Speaker 1: she become? For all seven had her as a wife.
Speaker 1: Jesus answered and said to them, the sons of this
Speaker 1: age Mary and are given in marriage. But those who
Speaker 1: are counted worthy to attain that age and the resurrection
Speaker 1: from the dead, neither Mary nor are given in marriage,
Speaker 1: nor can they die anymore, for they are equal to
Speaker 1: the angels and are sons of God, being sons of
Speaker 1: the resurrection. And even Moses showed in the Burning Bush
Speaker 1: passes that the dead are raised when he called the
Speaker 1: Lord God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the
Speaker 1: God of Jacob. For he is not the God of
Speaker 1: the dead, but the living, for all live to him.
Speaker 1: Then some of the scribes answered and said, teacher, you
Speaker 1: have spoken well, but after that they dared not question
Speaker 1: him anymore. So the Saddest's question, who do not believe
Speaker 1: in the resurrection? Polls a question to Jesus about leveright marriage.
Speaker 1: This practice, detailed in Deuteronomy, requires a brother to marry,
Speaker 1: which we already talked about. The trap. The Saddest's question
Speaker 1: is designed to trap Jesus in a theological paradox. They
Speaker 1: present a scenario where a woman marries seven brothers, each
Speaker 1: dying without children, and then the woman dies. Is there
Speaker 1: a resurrection? They asked Jesus, to which of the seven
Speaker 1: brothers which you be married? We kind of talked about that.
Speaker 1: What Jesus' response was. He emphasized that the resurrection people
Speaker 1: will be like angels without the earthly concerns of marriage.
Speaker 1: The significance the interaction highlights the Stadateest's disbelief in the
Speaker 1: resurrection and Jesus's teachings about the nature of the actors life.
Speaker 1: It also showcases Jesus's ability to respond to complex questions
Speaker 1: with wisdom and clarity. In the New Testament, particularly Matthew
Speaker 1: twenty two forty one through forty six, Mark twelve thirty
Speaker 1: five through thirty seven and Luke twenty forty one through
Speaker 1: forty four. Jesus references Psalm one on one, where David
Speaker 1: calls the Messiah lord. Okay, uh okay, yeah, yeah, So
Speaker 1: now we're gonna get uh now we're going to get
Speaker 1: to uh Jesus. Yeah that part. Let's see if there's
Speaker 1: anything I'm missing real quick. The Sadducees, who deny the resurrection,
Speaker 1: poses a hypothetical question that Jesus. His answer affirms the
Speaker 1: reality of the resurrection and the eternal nature of God. Jesus,
Speaker 1: how can David call his descendants lord? His descendant Lord?
Speaker 1: And he said to them, how can they say that
Speaker 1: Christ is the king? Wait? How can they say that
Speaker 1: this is going to be Luke twenty verse forty one.
Speaker 1: And he said to them, how can they say that
Speaker 1: Christ is the son of David? Now, David himself said
Speaker 1: in the Book of Psalms, the Lord said to my Lord,
Speaker 1: sit at my right hand till I make your enemies
Speaker 1: your footstool. Therefore David calls him lord. How is he
Speaker 1: then his son Jesus question about the Messiah. Jesus challenges
Speaker 1: the prevailing understanding of the Messiah pointing to his divine
Speaker 1: nature as both David's son like through lineage and also
Speaker 1: capital l Lord, and I think this is in Psalms
Speaker 1: one ten, verse one, Jesus uses this as a theological
Speaker 1: argument to highlight the Messiah's divine authority and relationship to God,
Speaker 1: while also reforming the Messiahs descent from David. Psalms says,
Speaker 1: the Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right
Speaker 1: hand until I make your enemies your footstool, which we
Speaker 1: just read. Jesus asks the religious leaders, if David calls
Speaker 1: him Lord, how is he his son? The religious leaders
Speaker 1: the Pharisees are unable to answer Jesus's question, and they
Speaker 1: no longer dare to ask him any further questions. According
Speaker 1: to the Bible reference okay, Christ as both son and Lord.
Speaker 1: This passage and jesus use use of it, it's interpreted
Speaker 1: by many as an assertion of Christ's dual nature, both
Speaker 1: the son of David human lineage and the Lord divine
Speaker 1: authority capital our Lord, divine authority. The context the exchange
Speaker 1: takes place during the time when Jesus is engaging with
Speaker 1: the religious leaders and he is challenging their understanding of
Speaker 1: the Messiah and his relationship to God. According and then
Speaker 1: it says in the New Testament, particularly in Matthew twenty two,
Speaker 1: Mark twelve thirty five through thirty seven, Luke twenty forty
Speaker 1: one through forty four, Jesus refers to Psalms one on
Speaker 1: one where David calls the Messiah Lord. This is used
Speaker 1: to argue the divine nature of the Messiah, which I
Speaker 1: talked about. Since the Messiah is also David's son, how
Speaker 1: can David also call him lord? Okay, let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and see if I'm missing anything. Next is going to
Speaker 1: be beware of the scribes, warning against the scribes. Then,
Speaker 1: in the hearing of all people, he said to his disciples,
Speaker 1: beware of the scribe who desire to go around in
Speaker 1: long robes, love greetings in marketplaces, the best seats in
Speaker 1: the synagogues, and the best places and feast, who devour
Speaker 1: widows houses for a pretense make long prayers. They will
Speaker 1: receive greater condemnation, Oh man, Okay. For the other verse,
Speaker 1: I have Revelation twenty two sixteen. I Jesus have sent
Speaker 1: my angels to testify to you that these things for
Speaker 1: the churches. I am the root and the Senate of
Speaker 1: David the Bright morning Star. So very interesting. So all right,
Speaker 1: so for this beware of scribes verse I have a
Speaker 1: Acts twenty verse twenty nine through thirty. For I know
Speaker 1: this that after my departure salvage, wolves will come in
Speaker 1: among you, not sparing the flock. Also from among yourselves,
Speaker 1: men will write up, speaking perverse things to draw away
Speaker 1: the disciples from themselves. Beware of the scribes who desire
Speaker 1: to go around in long robes, love greetings in marketplaces.
Speaker 1: See these people they enjoy the You know, you want
Speaker 1: to try to be the least. Okay, you want to
Speaker 1: try to be the least, not the most. You don't
Speaker 1: want people to be praising you and loving you, greeting you,
Speaker 1: giving you the best seat. You know. It also says
Speaker 1: devour widows houses. What they were doing is they were
Speaker 1: taking houses away from these widows that lost their husband.
Speaker 1: They devour widows houses for a pretense for long prayers.
Speaker 1: Oh so it's just man. So Jesus warns the disciples
Speaker 1: about the scribes hypocrisy and desire for public admiration, emphasizing
Speaker 1: the importance of humility and sincerity in faith. Okay, so
Speaker 1: beware of false doctrines. Let's check out some practical applications
Speaker 1: for Luke twenty. Recognize Jesus's authority. Acknowledge Jesus as the
Speaker 1: ultimate authority in your life, and seek his guidance in
Speaker 1: all decisions, discernment and challenges. When faced with challenges or
Speaker 1: questions about your faith, respond with wisdom and discernment, following
Speaker 1: jesus example. Yes, So when you're questioned about your faith
Speaker 1: by somebody, respond with wisdom and discernment following Jesus' example. Yes,
Speaker 1: make sure that you're well studied. Study the word of God.
Speaker 1: If you study the Word of God, then you can
Speaker 1: give a response with wisdom and discernment. But if you
Speaker 1: don't know your word is gonna happen. You're going to
Speaker 1: slip up. You're gonna probably say something that to say
Speaker 1: this twist the scriptures a little bit. That's why it's
Speaker 1: good to know your word. When someone knows the Bible
Speaker 1: and they know how to response with wisdom and discernment,
Speaker 1: it's a it's you can crush somebody, you know, like
Speaker 1: Wes Huff did a good job when he was debating
Speaker 1: Billy Carson. Uh. He was more in the range. In
Speaker 1: the range of knowing the history hystoricity of everything he
Speaker 1: was talking about. But when you know that Bible, when
Speaker 1: you know the Bible with wisdom and discernment, and you
Speaker 1: can snap quote, you can snap answers with wisdom and discernment.
Speaker 1: It is, it's it's it's such a powerful weapon, a
Speaker 1: powerful double edged sword. Balance earthly and divine duties. Understanding
Speaker 1: the importance of fulfilling both your earthly responsibilities and your
Speaker 1: spiritual obligations to God, hope and the red erection. Let
Speaker 1: the promise of the resurrection inspire hope and pursue your
Speaker 1: daily life purpose in your daily life. Let the promise
Speaker 1: of the direction inspire hope. Yes, inspire hope. Yes, definitely
Speaker 1: inspire hope. Because Jesus forgives you for your sins, and
Speaker 1: he died for your sins. That's definitely should give you
Speaker 1: a purpose in your daily life and inspire hope. Man
Speaker 1: for sure, pursue, pursue, pursue humility, Strive for humility and
Speaker 1: sincerity in your faith, avoiding the pitfalls of pride and hypocrisy. Yes, pride,
Speaker 1: You do not want and do not be a hypocrite.
Speaker 1: Do not be telling people not to do this not
Speaker 1: to do that while you're doing It's it's very hard
Speaker 1: when you when you're in the position that I'm in,
Speaker 1: because I'm teaching you guys things, and I have to
Speaker 1: make sure that I am following them to a t
Speaker 1: as well to avoid pride and avoid being a hypocrite.
Speaker 1: It's a pretty tough position to be in when you're
Speaker 1: teaching like this, because your spiritual walk better beyond point.
Speaker 1: So heganism for devouring widows of state, the men receive
Speaker 1: greater conbination. Yes, so we already talked about that. Additional
Speaker 1: scriptures that we can attach to Louke twenty would be
Speaker 1: Matthew twenty eight eighteen. All authority in heaven on earth
Speaker 1: has been given to me. That's talking to Jesus is
Speaker 1: saying that in Matthew twenty eight eighteen, Isaiah five, verses
Speaker 1: one through seven the song of the benyard, which parallels
Speaker 1: the parable. So if you go to Isaiah five, verses
Speaker 1: one through seven, it parallels the parable. I will sing
Speaker 1: to you my beloved, song up, my beloved, a song
Speaker 1: of the vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard, only on
Speaker 1: very fertile hill. He dug it up and cleared the
Speaker 1: stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower
Speaker 1: in the middle and dug out a wine press as well.
Speaker 1: He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but
Speaker 1: the fruit it produced was sour. And now, o, dwellers
Speaker 1: of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to
Speaker 1: a judge between me and my vineyard. What more do
Speaker 1: I have done for my vineyard than I already have
Speaker 1: did for it? When? Why when I expected sweet grapes,
Speaker 1: did it bring forth sour fruit. Now I will tell
Speaker 1: you that I'm about to do with my vineyard. I
Speaker 1: will take away its hedge. It will be consumed. I
Speaker 1: will tear it down its walls, and it will be trampled.
Speaker 1: I will make the wasteland neither pruned or cultivated, and
Speaker 1: thorns or briars will grow up. I will command the
Speaker 1: clouds the rain shall not fall on it. For the
Speaker 1: vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel,
Speaker 1: and the men of Judah, and the plant his delight.
Speaker 1: He looked for injustice, but saw bloodshed for righteousness for
Speaker 1: her a cry of distress. That is going to be
Speaker 1: the verse I'm talking about. And let's go back now.
Speaker 1: Another one would be taxes to Casar would be Romans thirteen,
Speaker 1: verses one through seven, Paul's teaching on submission submission to
Speaker 1: government and authorities. I did a deep study on that before.
Speaker 1: It was a pretty interesting, uh, pretty interesting study. I
Speaker 1: was going to talk to Jaren from Jaronism Show. I
Speaker 1: don't know if you guys know who that is, but
Speaker 1: we were going to kind of have a little talk
Speaker 1: about that because it's one of the verses that were
Speaker 1: very hard for him to understand. Romans thirteen to one
Speaker 1: to ten. I think, well, one through like fifteen, let's
Speaker 1: continue verse Corinthians fifteen twenty through twenty two, Paul's after
Speaker 1: aftermation of the resurrection of the dead. That's another one
Speaker 1: you can read through. And then Humility Philippians two three
Speaker 1: through four. Encouragement to value others above ourselves. That is
Speaker 1: definitely a given we should be doing. Okay, So now
Speaker 1: I am traveling to uncharted territory. I was planning on
Speaker 1: only doing Luke eighteen nineteen and twenty. Let's see what
Speaker 1: we have. That's a pretty quick chapter. We'll go ahead
Speaker 1: and read Luke twenty one. The Widow's Two Mites this
Speaker 1: is Luke twenty one, verse one. And he looked up
Speaker 1: and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury.
Speaker 1: And he saw also a certain poor widow putting in
Speaker 1: two mites. And he said, truly, I say to you
Speaker 1: that this poor widow has put in more than all.
Speaker 1: For all these, out of their abundance, have put in
Speaker 1: offerings for God. But she, out of her poverty, put
Speaker 1: in the livelihood that she had. So, as you see,
Speaker 1: she is poor, and she is putting in everything she has.
Speaker 1: Basically is what he's saying. So Jesus respects that more
Speaker 1: than the people that are putting in. For all these,
Speaker 1: out of their abundance, have put in offerings. Okay, so
Speaker 1: obviously the one that is uh that doesn't have that
Speaker 1: much money, it just means so much more to for
Speaker 1: her to put in than than them. So Jesus was
Speaker 1: a poor widow who puts two small copper coins into
Speaker 1: a tumple treasury, stating that she has given more than
Speaker 1: all the wealthy contributors because she gave all she had.
Speaker 1: Let's continue, Let's see if I have anything in my
Speaker 1: notes the widow's offering. Jesus deserves the rich giving their
Speaker 1: gifts at the temple treasury highlights a poor widow who
Speaker 1: gives two small coins. He emphasizes that she has given
Speaker 1: more than all the others because she gave out of
Speaker 1: her poverty. She had lived on the term beyond as
Speaker 1: used here, meaning life or livelihood, understanding understand the totality
Speaker 1: of her sacrifice. Okay. Jesus predicts the destruction of the temple. Then,
Speaker 1: as some spoke of the temple how it was adorned
Speaker 1: with beautiful stones and donations, he said, these things which
Speaker 1: you see, the days will come in which not one
Speaker 1: stone shall be left upon another that shall not be
Speaker 1: thrown down. And it happened. Okay, there was a rumor, okay.
Speaker 1: And then the person that's speaking here is actually Judas.
Speaker 1: You find that out a in a I can't remember
Speaker 1: if it's Mark or Matthew, one of the two. You
Speaker 1: find that out. That is Judas speaking. And when they're
Speaker 1: walking by, he says, they're talking about the beautiful stones
Speaker 1: and donations he said, And then Jesus is saying the
Speaker 1: things which you see. Let me see, I think it
Speaker 1: was seventy a D. When did the second fall? Seventy
Speaker 1: a D. During the Roman period in eighty seventy, the
Speaker 1: Second Temple was destroyed along with Jerusalem by Titus's army.
Speaker 1: It was also during this period that Jesus was in Jerusalem.
Speaker 1: He was crucified about forty years before the destruction of
Speaker 1: the city. The Second Temple was a significant religious and
Speaker 1: cultural center for the Jewish people, rebuilt after the destruction
Speaker 1: of the First Temple by the Babylonians and five eighty
Speaker 1: seven BCE, the city of Jerusalem was besieged by Roman forces.
Speaker 1: In the Temple, located within the city, was a primary
Speaker 1: target during this the seeds. The temple was burned to
Speaker 1: the ground, and the seeds resulted in widespread destruction, death,
Speaker 1: and displacement of the Jewish population. Titus, the Roman general
Speaker 1: who had the siege, ultimately ordered the temple's destruction, later
Speaker 1: became the Emperor of Rome. And there was a rumor
Speaker 1: going around that there was actually gold underneath the temple,
Speaker 1: so they took every I mean, every single stone was gone.
Speaker 1: That's why he says the days will come in which
Speaker 1: not one stone shall be left upon another that shall
Speaker 1: not be thrown down. And this is what happened. Jesus
Speaker 1: is prophesygn what was going to happen. Okay, the signs
Speaker 1: of the end times and the end of the age.
Speaker 1: All right, let's go ahead and do this so Luke
Speaker 1: twenty one, verse seven. So they asked him, saying, teacher,
Speaker 1: but when will these things be? And what sign will
Speaker 1: there be that these things are about to take place?
Speaker 1: And he said, take heed that you are not deceived,
Speaker 1: for many will come in my name, saying I am he,
Speaker 1: and the time has drawn near. Therefore, do not go
Speaker 1: after them. But when you hear of wars commotions, do
Speaker 1: not be terrified, for these things will come to pass first,
Speaker 1: but the end will not come immediately. So you will
Speaker 1: hear of wars. Rumors of wars, is what it said
Speaker 1: in another, and I think in Matthew. Then he said
Speaker 1: to them, oh sorry. Then he said, take heed that
Speaker 1: you do not be deceived, for many will come my name,
Speaker 1: saying I am he. Oh sorry, Luke twenty one, verse ten.
Speaker 1: Then he said to them nation will rise against nation,
Speaker 1: kingdom against kingdom, and there will be great earthquakes in
Speaker 1: various places, famines and pestilence, and there will be fearful
Speaker 1: sights and great science from heaven. But before all these
Speaker 1: things they will lay their hands on you and persecute you,
Speaker 1: delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons. You will
Speaker 1: be brought before kings and rulers for my Name's sake,
Speaker 1: but it will turn out for you as an occasion
Speaker 1: for testimony. Therefore, settle it in your hearts not to
Speaker 1: meditate beforehand on what you will answer, for I will
Speaker 1: give you a mouth and wisdom which all of your
Speaker 1: adversaries will not be able to contradict or resist. You
Speaker 1: will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends.
Speaker 1: They will put some of you to death, and you
Speaker 1: will be hated by all for my Name's sake. But
Speaker 1: not a hair on your head shall be lost. But
Speaker 1: your patience possesses your souls. So this would be something
Speaker 1: that Satan's little season would probably say, because they would
Speaker 1: say that they're talking to them to this generation, right,
Speaker 1: this is something that they would say. So Jesus warns
Speaker 1: his followers that they will face persecution by and assures
Speaker 1: them that this will be the opportunity to bear witness
Speaker 1: signs of the end times. Jesus describes various signs that
Speaker 1: will precede the end times, including wars, earthquakes, famines and pestilence.
Speaker 1: And you guys, see that if you do believe in
Speaker 1: a future or this being, you know the end times.
Speaker 1: You're seeing that there's a lot of this going on
Speaker 1: right now, right And let's go ahead and continue the
Speaker 1: destruction of Jerusalem. But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies,
Speaker 1: then know that its desolation is near. Then those who
Speaker 1: are in Judaea flee to the mountains. Let those who
Speaker 1: are in the midst of her depart, and let not
Speaker 1: those who are in the country enter her. For these
Speaker 1: are the days of vengeance. That all things which are
Speaker 1: written may be fulfilled. But woe to those who are
Speaker 1: pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days,
Speaker 1: or there will be great distress in the land of
Speaker 1: wrath upon this people, and they will fall by the
Speaker 1: edge of the sword and be led away captive into
Speaker 1: all nations. In Jerusalem will be trampled by gentiles until
Speaker 1: the times of the gentiles are fulfilled. You see, this
Speaker 1: is the type of thing right here where someone would say, well,
Speaker 1: that happened in seventy a d. So some people think
Speaker 1: that this already happened. People that believe in a future
Speaker 1: end times event would be saying, I like to explain both.
Speaker 1: I don't want to just go with one like some
Speaker 1: people do. See, some people believe that this is a
Speaker 1: future event and it's going to be a future Jerusalem
Speaker 1: like now, like you know that the Israel is there, Now,
Speaker 1: there's Jerusalem now they would say that Jerusalem is going
Speaker 1: to be surrounded by armies. And then then you know
Speaker 1: that the desolation is near. What is desolation? Well, if
Speaker 1: you go to you go to Daniel nine twenty seven,
Speaker 1: it talks about you know, it talks about the Messiah
Speaker 1: in Daniel nine twenty six and then supposedly the Antichrist
Speaker 1: and Daniel nine twenty seven. That's what somebody that believes
Speaker 1: in dispensation them would believe. So they believe that this
Speaker 1: is all a future event, and they read that as
Speaker 1: a future event. So there'll be sixty nine weeks in
Speaker 1: the book of Daniel, and then the seventieth week would
Speaker 1: be the final year. And they believe that there's a
Speaker 1: church age, So they say that the sixty nine weeks
Speaker 1: had been fulfilled, and then there's a church age between
Speaker 1: the sixty ninth week and the seventieth week, and that
Speaker 1: last seven years would be the seven year tribulation. They
Speaker 1: believe there's going to be three and a half years
Speaker 1: of peace. The Antichrist is gonna make peace, and everybody's
Speaker 1: in the Jews are going to be trusting him, thinking
Speaker 1: that he's their messiah basically, and then he's gonna go.
Speaker 1: He's gonna be that third Temple would be built. This
Speaker 1: is all dispensational stuff. And then I'm going to be
Speaker 1: three and a half years of peace. And then the
Speaker 1: Antichrist would go into the Third Temple, say that he's God.
Speaker 1: Then all the Jews would bow down to him, and
Speaker 1: he says to bow down. Some of the ones that
Speaker 1: don't bow down would end up getting killed, right so,
Speaker 1: and then there'd be then the great Tribulation would start.
Speaker 1: That'd be the abomination of desolation according to dispensationalism, or
Speaker 1: according to that seven year tribulation. And what people believe
Speaker 1: is before the seven years starts, some people believe there'll
Speaker 1: be a rapture of the church. Second, Thessalonian speaks of
Speaker 1: us getting caught up in the air. Some people believe that,
Speaker 1: you know, in the middle, when the Antichrist goes into
Speaker 1: the temple, that's the mid rapture point of view. And
Speaker 1: then some people believe that it's post tribulation, that the
Speaker 1: rapture won't happen until after the tribulation. Some people believe
Speaker 1: that when Jesus comes back, we're caught up in the
Speaker 1: air then and that we go through the whole entire
Speaker 1: tribulation and everything. Some people believe the Satan's short season.
Speaker 1: People would believe that all of this has already occurred
Speaker 1: and right now we are in Satan's season. They would
Speaker 1: believe that the thousand year Millennial rain already happened and
Speaker 1: that this is the season where Satan gets led out
Speaker 1: to deceive all the nations. So there is so many
Speaker 1: different eschatology views, eschatological or however you say it. There's
Speaker 1: so many different eschatologies out there that we got to
Speaker 1: understand that there's different interpretations. Okay, it just happens. You know,
Speaker 1: some people believe that that the Jews that are currently
Speaker 1: in Israel right now are the chosen people, and that
Speaker 1: they're the ones that are being spoken about and Israel.
Speaker 1: You know that some people believe that they're not. There's
Speaker 1: just a lot of different interpretations to the end times.
Speaker 1: And I like to make sure. Like I always do
Speaker 1: with you guys, I try to explain as much as
Speaker 1: I know off the top of my head. Right now.
Speaker 1: I'm even going off of notes because I didn't get
Speaker 1: to study Luke twenty one. I wish I did, because
Speaker 1: there's a lot of meat here, you know. But it's okay.
Speaker 1: I might. I might just come back to this. I'm
Speaker 1: not sure. I'll see what I'm gonna do next week.
Speaker 1: I might come back to this after I studied a
Speaker 1: little more, just to give you guys a more dense presentation.
Speaker 1: But it's okay, So let's go to Luke twenty one
Speaker 1: versus twenty five. I mean, I have some pretty good
Speaker 1: stuff off the top of my head about end times.
Speaker 1: I just want to make sure that I teach you
Speaker 1: guys best is possible. So the coming of the Sun
Speaker 1: of Man, and there will be signs in the sun
Speaker 1: and the moon and in the stars on the earth,
Speaker 1: distress of the nations, with perplexity, the sea, the waves
Speaker 1: roaring men's heart failing from failing them from fear, and
Speaker 1: the expectations of those which are coming on the earth,
Speaker 1: for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then
Speaker 1: they will see the Sun of Man coming on a
Speaker 1: cloud with power and great glory. Now, when these things
Speaker 1: begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads,
Speaker 1: because your redemption draws near. Is he speaking to future people?
Speaker 1: Is he speaking into those exact people at that moment?
Speaker 1: We are unsure, But you know, some people that believe
Speaker 1: in Satan's little season would be like, look now, when
Speaker 1: these things begin to happen, look up, like he's speaking
Speaker 1: to those exact people at that very moment. Right that
Speaker 1: That's what they would They would they would believe. They
Speaker 1: would take this part very literal. Uh So the coming
Speaker 1: of the Sun of Man, Jesus speaks of his return
Speaker 1: with power and great glory, urging believers to be watchful
Speaker 1: and ready. The parable of the fig tree. Let's see
Speaker 1: if I have I can at least.
Speaker 2: Oh sorry, guys, I'll go ahead and read this to you,
Speaker 2: and then I'll go over what it means.
Speaker 1: Then he spoke to them a parable Look at the
Speaker 1: fig tree and all the trees when they are already budding.
Speaker 1: You see and know for yourselves that summer is now near.
Speaker 1: So you also, when you see these things happen, know
Speaker 1: the Kingdom of God is near. Surely I say to you,
Speaker 1: this generation will be, by no means pass away till
Speaker 1: these things take place Heaven and Earth will pass away,
Speaker 1: but my words, by no means pass away. So if
Speaker 1: you are a dispensational list and you believe in a
Speaker 1: seven year tribulation, then you would say that this is
Speaker 1: called the fake Tree generation, and that it's speaking to
Speaker 1: a future generation. If you're a pretorist, you would say, surely,
Speaker 1: I see to you this this generation he speaking to
Speaker 1: that very generation right there, saying well, by no means
Speaker 1: pass away till all things take place. Right And if
Speaker 1: you're a Satan's little season, obviously you would think the
Speaker 1: same thing. And surely I say to you, this generation,
Speaker 1: by no means will pass away till all things take place.
Speaker 1: Heaven and it will pass away, but my words, no
Speaker 1: means will pass away. So let me see what these
Speaker 1: this says about it. Now, this might be very leaning
Speaker 1: towards dispensational I'm not really sure. I'm just kind of
Speaker 1: pulling up meaning of the Parable of the Fig Tree, because,
Speaker 1: like I said, I didn't get a chance to really
Speaker 1: study this part. The Parable of the Fig Tree has
Speaker 1: told in Luke thirteen six through nine Nope, that's not
Speaker 1: what I want. Parable of the fig tree, and that's
Speaker 1: going to be Luke twenty one, twenty one, twenty nine
Speaker 1: and the parable of the fig Tree. Jesus instructed disciples
Speaker 1: to watch for the signs of his return, similar to
Speaker 1: how people recognize somewhere by the budding of fig trees.
Speaker 1: When they see these signs, they should know that the
Speaker 1: Kingdom of God is near. He also assures them that
Speaker 1: the generation seeing these signs will not pass away until
Speaker 1: all things have taken place. Elaboration Signs of the Times,
Speaker 1: Jesus uses the image of the fig tree to illustrate
Speaker 1: how people can recognize the approach of the summer by
Speaker 1: its budding leaves. Similar they will see the signs of
Speaker 1: his return unfolding that they should know when the Kingdom
Speaker 1: is near. The parable emphasize the Kingdom of God is near,
Speaker 1: not just in the future, but also in the present
Speaker 1: reality of the signs taking place. Jesus assures his followers
Speaker 1: that the generation witnessing these signs will not pass away
Speaker 1: until all things have been fulfilled, including his return. This
Speaker 1: provides a sense of assurance and a call to vigilance, watchfulness,
Speaker 1: and preparation. The parable also calls for watchfulness and preparation.
Speaker 1: Watchfulness and preparation, Jesus warns against being weighed down by
Speaker 1: worldly concerns and encourages continuous prayer to remain vigilant and
Speaker 1: ready for his return. In essence, the Parable of the
Speaker 1: fig Tree is a call to recognize the signs of
Speaker 1: end times as a prayer for the return of Jesus,
Speaker 1: emphasizing both the certainty of his coming and the importance
Speaker 1: staying vigilant and ready awesome. Now we have the importance
Speaker 1: of watching. But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts
Speaker 1: be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and cares of this life.
Speaker 1: And the day come on you unexpectedly, And that day
Speaker 1: come on you unexpectedly, for it will come as a
Speaker 1: snare on all those who dwell on the face of
Speaker 1: the whole earth. Watch therefore, and pray always that you
Speaker 1: may be counted worthy to escape all things that will
Speaker 1: come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.
Speaker 1: And in the daytime he was teaching in the temple,
Speaker 1: but at night he went out and stayed on the
Speaker 1: mountain called Olivet. Then early morning all the people came
Speaker 1: to him in the temple to hear him. The importance
Speaker 1: of watching Jesus encuraged his followers the vision and prayer
Speaker 1: for so that they may stand for the son of Man. Uh.
Speaker 1: Let's see the UH practical practical applications. Stay informed and discern,
Speaker 1: be aware of current events and discern them and light
Speaker 1: a biblical prophecy of course, you know, and we need
Speaker 1: to be aware that these elites, they could try to
Speaker 1: create events that look like they're they're fulfilling prophecy and
Speaker 1: make Christians kind of get a little sideways. So we
Speaker 1: got to understand that. So we have to pray. Let
Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit guide us on that, on that type
Speaker 1: of stuff. You know, the current events. You know, sometimes
Speaker 1: you might be like it's over, it's that it's the
Speaker 1: end times. Israel's fighting Palestine, they're going to try to
Speaker 1: build a third Temple, and then you start by start
Speaker 1: getting all nervous and like all fearful. No no, no,
Speaker 1: Read the Bible, stay preyed up, be prepared, put on
Speaker 1: your spiritual armor, and and and know the Word of
Speaker 1: God so that you cannot be so you're able to
Speaker 1: discern when and when it's really happening. Right and dure
Speaker 1: persecution with faith, prepares spiritually to face trials and use
Speaker 1: them as opportunities to testify about your faith. Of course,
Speaker 1: live expectantly cultivate a lifestyle of readiness for Christ's return,
Speaker 1: focusing on spiritual growth and holiness. You see, if you
Speaker 1: study the Bible all the time and you're always in
Speaker 1: His word, and you're always you're relying on God, and
Speaker 1: you're walking with God, then when Jesus comes back, you're
Speaker 1: not going to be caught off guard. You're not gonna
Speaker 1: be like, oh no, let me go hide all this
Speaker 1: stuff real quick. No, You've already been walking with God.
Speaker 1: You're ready. You're prepared. Be a soldier for God. Okay,
Speaker 1: be ready for battle and war. You know what I mean.
Speaker 1: You got to be ready. And how do you be
Speaker 1: ready for war and battle? Well, the spiritual armor. I
Speaker 1: don't need to go over that. I've gone over it
Speaker 1: several times. But you know that the double ed sword
Speaker 1: is the Word of God, the shield of faith, the
Speaker 1: breastplait of righteousness, the belt of truth, the helmet of salvation.
Speaker 1: And you're girded in the gospel, walking your sandals, girded
Speaker 1: with your walk in the gospel. Okay, pray for strength,
Speaker 1: regularly seek God's strength to remain steadfast and faithful admidst challenges. Okay,
Speaker 1: we are done with Luke twenty one. I wish I
Speaker 1: had more dentse about that, but I think I did. Okay,
Speaker 1: let's see. Yeah, okay, perfect, that is good. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: go ahead and stop the screen share for those that
Speaker 1: are watching on video. Wow, that was great. You know
Speaker 1: that last part is very interesting. That is even going
Speaker 1: over that. You know, I had people go over those
Speaker 1: verses and the very last part in Luke twenty one
Speaker 1: and very very interesting stuff. Be ready, be vigilant like
Speaker 1: I talked about, and prepare for his return. And whether
Speaker 1: you think he returned or not, you might be wrong.
Speaker 1: If you think it's we're in Satan's little season and
Speaker 1: you think for sure we're in Satan's season, You're not
Speaker 1: for sure. Nobody is for sure. Okay, So just live
Speaker 1: your life, prepare for battle. So thank you guys so
Speaker 1: much for tuning in. Uh, my phone is I used to.
Speaker 1: I got a new method putting using my work phone
Speaker 1: as one of my notes, and then I use my
Speaker 1: other phone for my other notes. Because of something that
Speaker 1: one of our listeners said on he said, try to
Speaker 1: get to your notes faster, and he That's what I'm
Speaker 1: talking about. See it helps me. So now I got
Speaker 1: two different things going at once, you know. So it's awesome.
Speaker 1: But anyways, like we always do, we're gonna end this
Speaker 1: in prayer. So Father God, in the name of Jesus,
Speaker 1: and you're shore with them a Sheack's name. Lord, thank
Speaker 1: you so much for everything you do for us. Thank
Speaker 1: you for giving us this glorious time of studying. And
Speaker 1: I just want to pray for you know, I have
Speaker 1: a friend that Lord, you know what's going on in
Speaker 1: his life. He lost his little brother. I just want
Speaker 1: to pray for him and his family. I don't want
Speaker 1: to say any names, but I want to pray for
Speaker 1: him and his family. Lord. Ah, so sad lost his
Speaker 1: little brother to the enemy. I'll just say that, you know,
Speaker 1: lost his little brother. Lord. Please, I just asked, say
Speaker 1: you bless his family and anybody that's listening. I just
Speaker 1: want to, you know, see if you could say a
Speaker 1: prayer for my friend. His little brother passed away and
Speaker 1: very sad, you know. But anybody that's out there dealing
Speaker 1: with any kind of kind of any kind of demons
Speaker 1: right now in Lord, like anything that's that's a anything
Speaker 1: that's holding them down or that's putting them in bondage
Speaker 1: or slavery. Lord, we ask that you break those chains
Speaker 1: in Jesus's name, and you assist people that are just
Speaker 1: just can't stop thinking about doing these terrible things. You know,
Speaker 1: these drugs, this alcohol, these cigarettes, this tobacco, this poor
Speaker 1: and this lust, this greed, all these different things that
Speaker 1: cause us to stumble, Lord, the stumbling blocks. Take them away,
Speaker 1: and don't allow the people to put stumbling blocks in
Speaker 1: front of us. Lord, lead us not into temptation, like
Speaker 1: Jesus says in his prayer in Matthew, lead us not aation.
Speaker 1: Forgive us for our trespasses. Lord, forgive. Let us forgive others, Lord,
Speaker 1: so that you can forgive us. Lord, Please help us
Speaker 1: to be forgive others, Lord, and forgive people that have
Speaker 1: trespassed in our life. Lord. I really appreciate everything you
Speaker 1: do for us, and I really appreciate this time and
Speaker 1: this platform, and I really appreciate these Bible studies. Thank
Speaker 1: you so much for allowing me to be teaching people
Speaker 1: on this platform. Thank you so much. I love you
Speaker 1: in Jesus name, Amen. All right, thank you guys so
Speaker 1: much for tuning in. As you can tell, I'm super
Speaker 1: tired of like eleven something here. Gotta work tomorrow, so
Speaker 1: I gotta go. I love you, guys, I appreciate you
Speaker 1: so much. Please share the show and if you listen
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