WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.480 --> 00:00:04.799 Lady and gentlemen, Welcome to Wednesday Service, episode seventeen. I'm 2 00:00:04.799 --> 00:00:06.400 your host, Josh Monday. If you don't know me, I'm 3 00:00:06.400 --> 00:00:09.240 a Christian rapper, de voter, husband, father, and IMY veteran. 4 00:00:09.599 --> 00:00:12.640 And this is brought to you by Colt of Conspiracy Podcast. 5 00:00:12.720 --> 00:00:15.400 Thank you Jonathan, Thank you Jacob for providing me with 6 00:00:15.439 --> 00:00:18.359 this platform. I really appreciate it, and thank you guys 7 00:00:18.399 --> 00:00:21.160 so much for tuning in. I want to give some 8 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:25.760 shout outs to all the people that I went ahead 9 00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:33.759 and commented on Spotify for Sunday Service. So far we 10 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:41.479 have MDMP twenty two. Thank you so much, Avvy. I 11 00:00:41.479 --> 00:00:44.920 don't know why it's not let me pull those up, Avy. 12 00:00:45.079 --> 00:00:47.920 What's going on so I cannot read the message on 13 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:50.759 here for some reason, it's not allowing me to. But 14 00:00:51.079 --> 00:00:55.399 you were talking about Satan's Little Season, and yeah, that's 15 00:00:55.399 --> 00:00:58.560 an interesting take. I had JT follows JC come on 16 00:00:58.600 --> 00:01:02.280 my show and talk about that, and I'm not sold 17 00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:04.439 on it, you know, but I do think it's really 18 00:01:04.480 --> 00:01:08.040 interesting and I think that there's some really good points 19 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:11.519 that JT made as far as that, and and some 20 00:01:11.599 --> 00:01:14.400 of the people that are into Satan's Little Season right now. 21 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:17.239 They're making some you know, some good points. And I 22 00:01:17.239 --> 00:01:19.760 had another guy on my show that then went verse 23 00:01:19.799 --> 00:01:23.400 by verse and did a good job. At this moment, 24 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:25.760 I'm not a believer in it, you know, because I 25 00:01:25.799 --> 00:01:29.200 think one of the reasons is because I think the 26 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:32.079 temptation would be that we already know that Jesus came back, 27 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:34.599 you know, and then where would Jesus be right now? 28 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:36.760 You know, like he's supposed to reign for a thousand years. 29 00:01:37.159 --> 00:01:39.280 Some people would say that's a spiritual reign. Some people 30 00:01:39.280 --> 00:01:41.359 would say that he actually reigns on the earth. So 31 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:43.359 there's a lot of questions I would have. Also, all 32 00:01:43.400 --> 00:01:45.200 the stars are still up there, they're supposed to all 33 00:01:45.239 --> 00:01:48.439 fall to the earth. And also all the mountains are 34 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:51.239 supposed to be gone, and the islands are supposed to 35 00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:54.799 be gone as well when tribulation happens. So I don't 36 00:01:54.799 --> 00:01:57.400 see us being in Satan's little season. But I, like 37 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:00.840 I say, I'm open to eschatology. I'm open into end times, 38 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:04.439 different views. And uh, the question that you had you 39 00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:06.040 had for me, I cannot pull up right now. I 40 00:02:06.079 --> 00:02:09.000 don't know why. It's not it's not allowing me to. 41 00:02:09.719 --> 00:02:13.159 But thank you flicking boogers. I appreciate you. You also comment, 42 00:02:13.199 --> 00:02:15.319 and there's one more comment on there. I cannot see 43 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:18.520 my Spotify is not allowing me to pull up at 44 00:02:18.520 --> 00:02:21.560 the moment. I apologize, but I did see your your 45 00:02:21.639 --> 00:02:26.319 question about, uh, they're going to see Jesus on the cloud. Well, 46 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:31.319 in Revelation it actually says that every eye will see. 47 00:02:31.879 --> 00:02:35.159 So also, uh, you know in Philippians it says that 48 00:02:35.280 --> 00:02:39.400 every knee will bow. So that's every knee in heaven, 49 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:42.960 that's every knee on earth, and that's every knee in hell. 50 00:02:43.599 --> 00:02:48.080 So if every eye will see when Jesus comes, I 51 00:02:48.159 --> 00:02:52.680 believe that every eye will see everybody on earth, everybody 52 00:02:52.719 --> 00:02:56.960 on in shield, and everybody in heaven. Every eye that's 53 00:02:57.000 --> 00:03:01.879 ever been alive will see that Jesus comes back. That's 54 00:03:01.919 --> 00:03:05.000 one way to think about it. Or maybe, you know, 55 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:08.479 maybe Satan's little season is correct. I don't know, you know, 56 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:11.919 but it's a very interesting question, and I wish I could. 57 00:03:12.639 --> 00:03:17.360 I wish I could pull that up. This usually doesn't 58 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:20.199 happen on Spotify. Usually lets me pull it over right away. Oh, 59 00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:22.800 there we go find me. You have said so, but 60 00:03:22.879 --> 00:03:24.919 I tell you hereafter you will see the sun of 61 00:03:24.960 --> 00:03:28.319 Man seated at the right hand of power and coming 62 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:32.400 on the clouds of heaven. Interested in your understanding of it. Yeah, 63 00:03:32.599 --> 00:03:34.960 very interesting. Yeah, that's an interesting take right there, that 64 00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:41.000 Jesus says that you said the pilot. So, like I said, 65 00:03:41.039 --> 00:03:44.719 I there's some valid, some really valid points to Satan's 66 00:03:44.719 --> 00:03:46.319 Little Season, and then there's some things. I think there's 67 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:48.919 some holes in it. Still, I'll tell you one thing, 68 00:03:49.199 --> 00:03:53.840 avy nobody knows what the true end times are gonna be. 69 00:03:54.879 --> 00:03:57.520 And the only one that knows when Jesus comes back 70 00:03:57.599 --> 00:04:01.199 or if he's been back right now obviously would be 71 00:04:01.240 --> 00:04:03.000 God the Father. You know, he would be the only 72 00:04:03.039 --> 00:04:07.400 one that's knowing when he's coming. And I know Jesus 73 00:04:07.439 --> 00:04:09.280 at this point now that he's in heaven, you knows too. 74 00:04:09.319 --> 00:04:15.080 But I would just say that it's a Satan's Little 75 00:04:15.080 --> 00:04:18.040 season is very interesting. Like, I am open to eschatology, 76 00:04:18.360 --> 00:04:21.680 and I'm open to different interpretations eschatology. I used to 77 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:25.680 believe in the dispensationalist, you know, and now I'm kind 78 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:30.240 of open to other avenues. But I'm not stuck on one. 79 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:35.120 And I definitely suggest studying, doing a deep, deep dive 80 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:39.279 in study on anything that has to do with prophecy, 81 00:04:39.360 --> 00:04:42.079 if you are interested in that, and see if all 82 00:04:42.120 --> 00:04:44.519 of it lines up, you know, see if you can 83 00:04:44.600 --> 00:04:49.399 put a timeline to it, verse by verse, And then 84 00:04:49.439 --> 00:04:51.959 if anybody tries to tell you about end times, they 85 00:04:51.959 --> 00:04:55.360 need to do a verse by verse breakdown of exactly 86 00:04:55.959 --> 00:04:58.920 what's going on, and you will see that every single 87 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:04.879 eschatology that's ever been brought forth by man has holes somewhere. 88 00:05:05.639 --> 00:05:08.560 You know, there's some holes somewhere, and some of the 89 00:05:08.600 --> 00:05:11.360 stuff is really interesting and it seems like it's right 90 00:05:11.399 --> 00:05:13.959 on point. But if you told the person I want 91 00:05:14.040 --> 00:05:17.639 chapter and verse of exactly what you're saying right now 92 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:20.240 about the end times, it's hard for them to tell 93 00:05:20.279 --> 00:05:24.240 you exactly that chapter and verse and make that chapter 94 00:05:24.279 --> 00:05:27.639 and verse fit with exactly what they said is gonna 95 00:05:27.639 --> 00:05:30.439 happen or is happening right now. I'm just telling you 96 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:32.439 I know because I've had so many people on my 97 00:05:32.480 --> 00:05:35.800 shows and they've they've gone over end times, and so 98 00:05:35.839 --> 00:05:38.920 many people have different theories. And some people they interpret 99 00:05:39.079 --> 00:05:42.319 this part of revelation one way. They interpret it being future. 100 00:05:42.639 --> 00:05:46.519 Some people interpret it being at already seventy a d. 101 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:49.680 Some people believe we're in Satan's Little Season. Some people 102 00:05:49.720 --> 00:05:52.839 believe that we're waiting for the Antichrist. Some people believe 103 00:05:52.920 --> 00:05:55.439 that Jesus already returned and the thousand years are up, 104 00:05:55.480 --> 00:05:58.240 you know. I mean, there's so many eschatologies out there. 105 00:05:58.560 --> 00:06:02.720 But what I tell people now is you want to 106 00:06:02.759 --> 00:06:04.399 tell me that you know what happens in the end 107 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:07.240 times and you're so confident, give me chapter and verse 108 00:06:07.639 --> 00:06:12.160 of every single thing that you're explaining. That's what I 109 00:06:12.160 --> 00:06:14.959 would recommend. But it is, like I said, i'll be 110 00:06:15.199 --> 00:06:18.680 very very interesting the Satan's Little Season right now. It's 111 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:20.720 kind of a new thing, so I think it's still 112 00:06:22.360 --> 00:06:28.240 I think it's still growing and there's still some things 113 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:30.160 that need to be answered. Before I would I would 114 00:06:30.160 --> 00:06:32.839 say that that's true. But thank you Auviy for the question. 115 00:06:33.160 --> 00:06:35.839 I'm here to answer whatever question that you guys could 116 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:39.120 put forth. I really appreciate you Flicking Boggers and Glenn 117 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:42.199 Cole once again, thank you and Flicking Boggers. You're always there. 118 00:06:42.279 --> 00:06:45.839 Thank you. Like I say, please, guys and girls, please 119 00:06:48.160 --> 00:06:51.639 if you can comment as much as you can on Spotify. 120 00:06:51.759 --> 00:06:54.199 It keeps me on the air and it's also something 121 00:06:54.199 --> 00:06:56.639 for me to look forward to I put the episode out. 122 00:06:56.680 --> 00:06:58.399 I don't get to see how many people are listening, 123 00:06:58.439 --> 00:07:01.399 who's listening or what or whatever. All I get to 124 00:07:01.399 --> 00:07:03.759 see is your guys' comments, and that way I know 125 00:07:03.839 --> 00:07:06.000 I'm doing my job. So thank you so much for 126 00:07:06.079 --> 00:07:08.720 everybody that does comment and ask commented in the past, 127 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:12.399 or anybody that comments on Patreon as well, thank you 128 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:17.839 and I really appreciate you. So today we are going 129 00:07:17.920 --> 00:07:22.639 to be in Luke eighteen. So we are moving right 130 00:07:22.680 --> 00:07:27.480 along and it's really awesome. I've really enjoyed been enjoying 131 00:07:27.480 --> 00:07:31.160 the study with you guys, and the Deuteronomy study has 132 00:07:31.160 --> 00:07:32.720 been great too. If you guys are listening and you 133 00:07:32.720 --> 00:07:36.439 haven't checked out Sunday Service, definitely check out Sunday Service. 134 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:40.399 And uh, you guys will enjoy that one as well. 135 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:43.920 As you can tell. We're in the Book of Deuteronomy. There, 136 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:47.439 if you're seeing this on the screen, I don't know 137 00:07:47.480 --> 00:07:51.240 why you're right there. I need you to move, I 138 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:53.800 need you to move out of my way. There we 139 00:07:53.879 --> 00:08:03.439 go and Luke eighteen, there we go. Yeah, why are 140 00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:08.519 you right there? Sorry? I had something in the way, 141 00:08:08.720 --> 00:08:12.360 all right, So the first okay, So Luke eighteen, So 142 00:08:14.639 --> 00:08:20.360 perseverance through prayer. Okay, perseverance through prayer is kind of 143 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:24.920 going to be the subject of this parable, the persistent widow. 144 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:28.639 Let's go ahead and read this real quick, and then 145 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:31.839 I'll kind of break it down, the parable of the 146 00:08:31.839 --> 00:08:35.720 persistent widow. Then he spoke, this is Luke eighteen verse one. 147 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:39.559 If you're following along. Then he spoke a parable to 148 00:08:39.639 --> 00:08:43.679 them that men always ought to pray and not lose heart, saying, 149 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:46.360 there is a certain city a judge who did not 150 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:50.039 fear God nor regard man. Now there was a widow 151 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:53.279 in that city, and she came to him, saying, get 152 00:08:53.440 --> 00:08:56.240 justice for me for my adversary. And he would not 153 00:08:56.360 --> 00:08:59.600 for a while, but afterwards say within himself, though I 154 00:08:59.639 --> 00:09:03.320 do not fear God nor regard him regard man. Yet, 155 00:09:03.320 --> 00:09:06.960 because this widow troubles me, I will aventure less by 156 00:09:06.960 --> 00:09:13.440 her continual coming. She weary me. Then the Lord said 157 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:19.080 he when the unjust said, Then the Lord said, hear 158 00:09:19.120 --> 00:09:24.240 what the unjust judge said. And shall God not avenge 159 00:09:24.240 --> 00:09:27.240 his own elect who cry out day and night to him? 160 00:09:27.919 --> 00:09:30.679 Though he bears along with them, I tell you that 161 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:33.639 he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the son of 162 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:37.360 man comes, he will really find faith? Will he really 163 00:09:37.399 --> 00:09:42.200 find faith on the earth. So, in the parable of 164 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:47.039 the persistent widow, it teaches the importance of persistent prayer 165 00:09:47.120 --> 00:09:50.519 and not losing heart in the face of adversity. Jesus 166 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:53.519 the example of a widow repeatedly seeking justice for a 167 00:09:53.519 --> 00:09:56.799 reluctant judge to illustrate that God is even more willing 168 00:09:56.840 --> 00:10:00.519 to answer the persistent please of his followers. So the 169 00:10:00.639 --> 00:10:02.799 setting in a town, there's a judge who is neither 170 00:10:02.960 --> 00:10:06.320 fearful of God nor concerned about people's opinions. And then 171 00:10:06.360 --> 00:10:09.879 the widow's plea. A widow repeatedly approaches the judge, pleading 172 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:14.039 for justice against her adversary. The judge's response. Initially, the 173 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:19.399 judge refuses to grant the widow's justice. The judges shift. Eventually, 174 00:10:19.399 --> 00:10:23.000 the judge, motivated not by justice but by his own discomfort, 175 00:10:23.039 --> 00:10:26.840 decides to grant the widow's requests to avoid further harassment. 176 00:10:27.440 --> 00:10:30.000 And then Jesus is teaching. Jesus uses this example to 177 00:10:30.039 --> 00:10:34.320 teach teach that God, who is indefinitely more gracious than 178 00:10:34.360 --> 00:10:38.799 the unjust judge, will surely answer the persistent prayers of 179 00:10:38.840 --> 00:10:43.480 his people. So What should we learned from this is 180 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:46.360 don't give up on prayer when you don't see immediate results. 181 00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:50.559 Don't set an expectation to your prayer or a time 182 00:10:50.639 --> 00:10:54.399 limit to your prayer, because sometimes we expect, our expectations 183 00:10:54.440 --> 00:10:56.720 are set that God needs to answer it by this 184 00:10:56.799 --> 00:10:59.919 amount of time. But God he works on his own time, 185 00:11:00.559 --> 00:11:03.799 you know. So be persistent and continue to pray about it. 186 00:11:03.919 --> 00:11:06.519 And if you're not seeing immediate results, it's not because 187 00:11:06.559 --> 00:11:09.639 God is not listening or God is not going to 188 00:11:09.679 --> 00:11:13.440 answer your prayer. What it means is you need to 189 00:11:13.480 --> 00:11:17.000 continue to pray for that, whatever it is. And if 190 00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:19.960 you're not, like I said, Daniel took him twenty one 191 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:22.919 days for God to answer his prayer. And he was 192 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:27.519 fasting for those twenty one days waiting for an answer, okay, 193 00:11:27.799 --> 00:11:30.559 and he was asking the angel what happened? And what 194 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:33.360 did the angels say? Well, I was trying to come 195 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:35.120 and meet you faster, but I got met by the 196 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:37.600 Prince of Persia in the air. I had to call Michael, 197 00:11:37.639 --> 00:11:41.559 the archangel, to come assist me to fight this Prince 198 00:11:41.559 --> 00:11:44.360 of Persia who seems like a fallen angel. And then 199 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:46.799 the angels had to still come and get to Daniel. 200 00:11:47.879 --> 00:11:51.960 So there seems to be spiritual battles happening between Earth 201 00:11:52.320 --> 00:11:55.879 and Heaven, and these angels that are answering prayers and 202 00:11:55.879 --> 00:12:01.240 taking prayers up to God seem to have spiritual battles 203 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:03.519 on the way. So you never know. You might be 204 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:07.759 praying to God for something the Angel the messenger goes 205 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:11.320 to deliver the message to God, and which that's I mean, 206 00:12:11.320 --> 00:12:13.799 I'm only going by what's going on in Daniel, Okay, 207 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:16.559 what his prayer. I mean, is there any difference between 208 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:19.759 us and Daniel. I mean Daniel is a prophet or not, 209 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:24.480 but I mean he's praying and the Angel is taking 210 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:27.480 the message to God and can't come back and deliver 211 00:12:27.559 --> 00:12:30.720 the message back to Daniel because he's fighting the Prince 212 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:34.879 of Persia and having Michael the Archangel come and help him. Wow, 213 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:38.679 what a powerful thing that's happening, And what a powerful 214 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:44.360 realization that sometimes when you pray, things do not get 215 00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:48.039 answered immediately. You know it's going to take a little while. 216 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:50.399 Just don't put an expectation on your prayer or an 217 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:58.000 expiration date on your prayer. God is gracious and willing 218 00:12:58.080 --> 00:13:01.480 to hear. So God is more compassionate and responsive to prayer. 219 00:13:02.080 --> 00:13:05.960 Then the unjust judge was with the widow. And even 220 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:13.080 when face with seemingly in some rob even though face 221 00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:18.519 with seemingly hard obstacles, continue to pray with faith. Okay, 222 00:13:18.559 --> 00:13:23.639 I can't say that word insurmountable, Sorry, insurmountable obstacles. Continue 223 00:13:23.679 --> 00:13:28.279 to pray with faith. Faith is required. The parable emphasizes 224 00:13:28.320 --> 00:13:33.759 the importance of trusting in God's willingness to answer. Okay, 225 00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:36.039 and all right, cool, perfect, and let's see if there's 226 00:13:36.039 --> 00:13:40.159 any teaching points that I'm missing. So the parable the 227 00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:45.639 persistent Widow is highlighting that God, who is just, will 228 00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:48.399 surely respond to his chosen ones who cry out to him. 229 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:56.080 All right. So next we have Luke eighteen verse nine. Also, 230 00:13:56.159 --> 00:13:58.799 he spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves, 231 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:02.679 that they were righteous and despised others. So he's kind 232 00:14:02.679 --> 00:14:07.240 of setting up the setting and saying he spoke this 233 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:10.679 parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were 234 00:14:10.799 --> 00:14:15.840 righteous and despised others. So he's talking about the Pharisees 235 00:14:16.200 --> 00:14:20.360 who think they follow the law, okay, who act like 236 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:25.279 they follow the law, and they're proud of their religious practices. 237 00:14:26.039 --> 00:14:31.159 Boasting about their righteousness. Okay, that's the setting here, that's 238 00:14:31.159 --> 00:14:35.240 who he is. He's spoke this parable to all right, 239 00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:40.399 so let's read. This is about the parable of the 240 00:14:40.440 --> 00:14:44.639 pharisee and the tax collector. Okay, two men went up 241 00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:47.960 to the temple to pray, one a pharisee and the 242 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:52.919 other a tax collector. Okay, tax collectors. Just let you 243 00:14:52.919 --> 00:14:55.320 guys know. We'll set that. We'll set the setting. So 244 00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:58.919 the pharisee obviously is boastful about and proud of his 245 00:14:58.960 --> 00:15:03.679 religious practices, boast about his righteousness. And then the tax 246 00:15:03.720 --> 00:15:10.279 collector is they're not collecting taxes for Israel, they're collecting 247 00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:13.919 taxes for Rome. So some people look at tax collectors 248 00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:17.679 as traders and also tax collectors. The way they make 249 00:15:17.720 --> 00:15:20.639 their money is by by charging you a little bit 250 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:24.519 extra or maybe a lot extra on top of your taxes. 251 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:26.759 And then what is what is given what needs to 252 00:15:26.799 --> 00:15:29.840 be given to the Roman government. He gives, and the 253 00:15:29.879 --> 00:15:31.679 way he makes his money is whatever he gots off 254 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:36.679 the top. So he's actually literally screwing people over like 255 00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:40.639 a salesman would be today car salesman, which I used 256 00:15:40.639 --> 00:15:42.679 to sell cars, so I know how it is, and yeah, 257 00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:46.279 it's definitely basically lying all day long. I was a 258 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:52.840 car salesman like twy fourteen, and I also sew boats 259 00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:55.399 and watercraft, and I was a salesman in two thousand, 260 00:15:56.159 --> 00:16:01.159 about two thousand and eight to twenty fourteen, I was 261 00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:04.080 involved in sales and real estate and all that stuff. Okay, 262 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:07.399 So I know how that is, all right. And that 263 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:09.679 was before I got saved, before I joined the military 264 00:16:09.720 --> 00:16:14.000 before or actually I joined in twenty thirteen the military. 265 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:16.639 So when I was actually at Honda, I was still 266 00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:21.120 in the army, Okay, but I worked there six months, bounced, 267 00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:24.120 got into water, never looked back. And I joined the 268 00:16:24.120 --> 00:16:27.559 military to get into water. So enough about me. Let's 269 00:16:27.559 --> 00:16:30.240 continue with the Bible study here. But I'm just telling 270 00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:33.240 you the tax collector is hated. They think that they 271 00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:36.519 are traders back then, okay, so let's see what it says. 272 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:40.559 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I 273 00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:44.799 thank you that I am not like the other men, extortioners, unjudged, 274 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:49.600 unjust adulterers, and even this tax collector. I fast twice 275 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:52.600 a week. I give ties of all that I possess. 276 00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:56.159 And the tax collectors standing afar off were not so 277 00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:59.960 much as raised his eyes to heaven and beat his breast, saying, 278 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:03.320 God be merciful to me, a sinner. I tell you 279 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:06.559 this man went down to his house justified rather than 280 00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:10.039 the other. For everyone who exalts himself to be humbled, 281 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:15.960 he who humbles himself will be exalted. So you see 282 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:19.240 that the pharisee is into his religious practices, talking about 283 00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:22.039 I fast twice a week. He wants to look so 284 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:25.599 holy on the outside, But what is going on on 285 00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:31.480 the inside. He is judging this tax collector, and the 286 00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:35.680 tax collector is being humble. So it illustrates the importance 287 00:17:35.680 --> 00:17:41.799 of humility in prayer. The pharisee, proud of his religious practices, 288 00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:44.640 boasts about his righteousness, while the tax collector, deeply humbled 289 00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:48.680 by his sins, simply asked for mercy. Jesus concludes that 290 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:51.480 the tax collector, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified 291 00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:56.640 before God, highlighting the value of humility over self righteousness. 292 00:17:57.279 --> 00:18:01.319 So the pharisees, a devout man, outwardly religious, like I said, 293 00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:04.880 who prides himself on his good works and views others 294 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:09.039 as lesser. He publicly prays, thanking God for not being 295 00:18:09.119 --> 00:18:11.640 like the other people. He's publicly praying out loud so 296 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:16.400 that he looks holy, but only on the outside. He's 297 00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:19.720 proud of his works. And I follow the law, and 298 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:22.680 I know the law more than anybody. But nobody can 299 00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:27.039 follow the law. Right, I fought the law and the 300 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:31.720 law one. That's exactly what happens when you try to 301 00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:38.279 follow God's law very hard. Nobody can actually like holy. Okay, 302 00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:41.240 that's why we need Jesus, right, okay. The tax collector 303 00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:45.000 is a public sinner, which means everybody knows he's a 304 00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:48.599 sinner because they know that he's swindling. They know that 305 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:51.880 he a traitor against Israel, they know that he's lying. 306 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:55.880 They know that he's a public sinner, likely despised by 307 00:18:55.880 --> 00:18:57.640 the people, who comes to the temple to pray with 308 00:18:57.680 --> 00:19:01.039 the sense of humility and shame. He doesn't lift his 309 00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:04.279 eyes to Heaven, but instead praise God, be merciful to me. 310 00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:10.480 A sinner. He's repenting. He's asking for forgiveness, humbling himself 311 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:15.720 before the Lord. Jesus uses the two contrasting attitudes to 312 00:19:15.839 --> 00:19:21.200 teach that God favors humility and repentance over self righteousness. 313 00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:25.400 The pharisees pride prevents him from receiving God's favor, while 314 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:29.279 the tax collector's humility allows him to experience God's mercy 315 00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:35.079 the lesson. The lesson Jesus emphasizes that those who exalt 316 00:19:35.119 --> 00:19:39.480 themselves will be humbled, while those who humble themselves will 317 00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:43.680 be exalted. The parable encourages individuals to seek forgiveness and 318 00:19:43.759 --> 00:19:48.400 reconciliation with God, not through boastful displays of virtue, but 319 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:57.640 through sincere acknowledgment of their sins and need for mercy. Yes, so, 320 00:19:57.720 --> 00:20:00.599 the tax collector's profession of a sinner is not simply 321 00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:02.680 a statement of his job, but a recognition of his 322 00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:06.359 own moral shortcoming. The parable is often interpreted as a 323 00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:09.960 warning against self righteousness and a call for humility before God. 324 00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:15.880 It highlights the importance sincere prayer and the need to 325 00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:21.680 approach God with a humble, repentant heart. The Pharisees believe 326 00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:23.880 they could they could make it to heaven by following 327 00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:27.680 the law. That's that's just that's the way they thought. 328 00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:33.000 But it's just not true. And then I want to 329 00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:37.440 read first John one eight. First John one eight, let's 330 00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:42.279 go there real quick. Yeah, so, yeah, the Pharisees were 331 00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:50.599 something else. Huh. First John one eight. Okay, if we 332 00:20:50.680 --> 00:20:55.000 say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and 333 00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:59.079 the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, 334 00:20:59.440 --> 00:21:02.519 he is faith and just to forgive our sins and 335 00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:06.079 decleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we 336 00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:09.400 have not sinned, we make him a liar, and this 337 00:21:09.559 --> 00:21:14.839 word is not in us. Okay. Understand, that's very very 338 00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:22.759 good verse for talking about that. Okay, so let's continue. 339 00:21:23.640 --> 00:21:29.839 We're in uh Luke eighteen, Verse fifteen. Jesus blesses little children. 340 00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:35.279 They also brought infants to him that he might touch them. 341 00:21:35.880 --> 00:21:39.079 But when he disciple, when the disciples saw it, they 342 00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:43.039 rebuked him. But Jesus called them to him and said, 343 00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:46.839 let the little children come to me, and not forbid them, 344 00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:49.759 for of such the Kingdom of God. Surely, I say 345 00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:51.759 to you, whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God 346 00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:58.319 as a little child, by no means enters it. So 347 00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:10.079 with this portion, so it teaches us about the necessity 348 00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:13.559 of childlike faith, you know, trusting in God like just 349 00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:17.839 like my kids. Like I brought this up before my kids, 350 00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:21.759 they expect they have faith that they're going to be fed, 351 00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:24.960 they're gonna have water, they're going to be taken care of. 352 00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:28.400 They have faith they're going to be loved. But they don't. 353 00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:32.839 They're so young they can't even comprehend everything yet. But 354 00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:35.799 they have faith that that's going to happen. You know, 355 00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:41.880 they have a child like faith, innocent. And also they 356 00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:46.119 don't have preconceived biases already set in their mind. So 357 00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:51.039 having a childlike faith is erasing all your preconceived biases 358 00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:55.839 and then coming to God or coming to the Word. 359 00:22:56.240 --> 00:23:00.960 For example, an example of this would be if you 360 00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:05.039 were raised Mormon as a child, and you lived in 361 00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:09.400 a Mormon home and your parents just taught you everything 362 00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:15.519 that Mormons do, the religion of Mormonism, okay, and all 363 00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:18.200 of a sudden you pick up the Bible. You have 364 00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:22.240 all these preconceived biases in your head about what you 365 00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:25.720 should be reading and what the Bible should be saying 366 00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:31.799 to prove your Mormonism belief. Instead of having a child 367 00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:36.319 like faith by erasing all your preconceived biases and then 368 00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:42.519 coming and reading the Bible, okay, it's totally different. It's 369 00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:47.400 something that I learned with eschatology and with other stuff. 370 00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:50.400 You know, like which means end times type stuff. I 371 00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:56.319 had a preconceived bias. Also with you know, biblical cosmology. 372 00:23:57.240 --> 00:24:00.319 You know, that's another one where you have to all 373 00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:04.079 your preconceived biases. What about Big Bang theory and evolution? 374 00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:09.039 Erase your preconceived biases that you learn from man Romans 375 00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:12.240 three four. We let God be true, every man a liar. Right, 376 00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:15.240 so you have to erase some of your preconcyd biases. 377 00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:18.839 Come and read the Word of God, a blank slate. 378 00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:22.359 So when you come with the child like faith, not 379 00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:26.359 a theologian, not a scientist, not a I went to Harvard, 380 00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:28.440 or I went to Yale, I went to Stanford, all 381 00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:31.839 this stuff, no, no, no, no, erase all your preconceived biases. 382 00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:36.079 Then come read the Word of God. Child like faith, right, 383 00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:44.480 child like faith is very it's it's it's very important. 384 00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:51.119 I tell you because oh let's see there's yeah, yeah, 385 00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:55.640 So let's see what it says here. So people bring 386 00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:58.880 infants to Jesus for blessings, but the disciples rebuke them. 387 00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:01.200 Jesus welcomes to childre and stating that the Kingdom of 388 00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:03.880 God belongs to those who are like them. The Greek 389 00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:12.799 word for infants. Brepi underscores their innocence and dependence. So yeah, 390 00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:18.279 we have to be innocent and dependent on God. Let's continue. 391 00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:26.119 The next is going to be Jesus counsels the rich 392 00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:33.480 young ruler. Let me go back up real quick. Now. 393 00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:37.880 A certain ruler asked him, saying, good teacher, what shall 394 00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:41.400 I do to inherit internal life? So Jesus said to him, 395 00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:43.920 why do you call me good? No one is good 396 00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:47.480 but one that is God. You know the commandments. Do 397 00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:49.920 not commit adultry, do not murder, do not still, do 398 00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:53.200 not bear false witness. Honor your father and your mother. 399 00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:55.759 And he said, all these things I have kept from 400 00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:59.319 my mouth from my youth. So when Jesus heard these things, 401 00:25:59.319 --> 00:26:02.160