WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.840 --> 00:00:05.759 Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Wednesday Service, episode sixteen, brought 2 00:00:05.799 --> 00:00:07.360 to you by Cult Conspiracy Podcast. 3 00:00:07.400 --> 00:00:08.519 I'm your host, Josh Monday. 4 00:00:08.519 --> 00:00:11.320 If you don't know me, I'm a Christian rapper, devoted husband, father, 5 00:00:11.359 --> 00:00:14.199 and Army veteran. And I got some shout outs to 6 00:00:14.279 --> 00:00:19.079 do here for everyone that commented on Sunday Service. To 7 00:00:19.120 --> 00:00:21.399 show my appreciation. I just want to shout you guys out. 8 00:00:21.800 --> 00:00:24.600 Let you know I appreciate you. Keep the comments coming, 9 00:00:24.719 --> 00:00:26.719 please yes on Wednesday Service. 10 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:28.480 Last week we didn't have as many. 11 00:00:28.839 --> 00:00:30.440 You know. I know you guys probably get busy, but 12 00:00:30.480 --> 00:00:32.840 if you guys could just you know, keep the comments coming. 13 00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:36.600 And I kind of want to answer n Arnold zero 14 00:00:36.719 --> 00:00:37.600 nine zero seven. 15 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:41.119 I appreciate you too. 16 00:00:41.200 --> 00:00:43.679 Man. You're inspiring to me. Too broad for you to 17 00:00:43.759 --> 00:00:46.039 be listening to my show. You know that that's inspiring. 18 00:00:46.159 --> 00:00:48.840 And you haven't made it to church in a few months. 19 00:00:48.880 --> 00:00:51.240 Well at least you're here for this Bible study brother, 20 00:00:51.719 --> 00:00:51.920 you know. 21 00:00:52.240 --> 00:00:53.880 And just want to let you know. 22 00:00:53.880 --> 00:01:00.479 Man, that that I don't feel love for the speak. Yeah. 23 00:01:00.520 --> 00:01:02.119 Well here's the thing, bro. 24 00:01:02.679 --> 00:01:04.519 First of all, I'm gonna be praying for you, okay, 25 00:01:04.760 --> 00:01:09.719 And also sometimes you know, sometimes you might feel lost, 26 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:11.159 you know, so I don't know if there's something in 27 00:01:11.200 --> 00:01:14.280 your life that is causing you to feel like that. 28 00:01:14.599 --> 00:01:18.519 You know, sometimes if you're sinning or you have something 29 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:22.239 that's that's kind of a you know, when you sin, 30 00:01:22.519 --> 00:01:24.120 it keeps you away from the Lord, you know, so 31 00:01:24.239 --> 00:01:26.280 sometimes that might be happening. I'm not really sure what's 32 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:28.319 going on with you, but if you could, I would 33 00:01:28.319 --> 00:01:30.280 like to ask you if you could DM me and 34 00:01:30.519 --> 00:01:33.319 Arnold zero nine zero seven dm me at Josh Monday 35 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:34.879 Underscore podcasts. 36 00:01:34.879 --> 00:01:36.760 Okay, I see your comment. 37 00:01:36.840 --> 00:01:38.840 I could tell that maybe you need to talk to somebody. 38 00:01:39.120 --> 00:01:42.159 If you could DM me on Instagram at Josh Monday 39 00:01:42.239 --> 00:01:45.760 Underscore podcast or email me at Josh Monday at Rockameil 40 00:01:45.799 --> 00:01:48.280 dot com. Okay, one of the two, and then I'll 41 00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:49.840 reach out to you and try to talk to you. 42 00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:52.040 All right, and I can maybe I could, I could 43 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:55.439 guide you into a better direction. Angela Kelly, thank you 44 00:01:55.480 --> 00:01:59.400 so much. Yeah, happy Easter. Yeah, I appreciate you. Thank 45 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:00.439 you so much for the comment. 46 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:06.000 I really do appreciate you, Angela. Every time you're always there, 47 00:02:06.040 --> 00:02:06.640 You're always. 48 00:02:06.439 --> 00:02:11.680 Commenting, and I really appreciate it. Alex and Alex k 49 00:02:11.879 --> 00:02:13.960 n Z bring in as usual. Thanks for the reading. 50 00:02:14.199 --> 00:02:16.520 I appreciate the passion. Thank you, Alex. I appreciate you 51 00:02:16.599 --> 00:02:19.599 commenting again. Like I said, and if you ever need 52 00:02:19.639 --> 00:02:21.199 to talk, you know I'm open. 53 00:02:21.240 --> 00:02:24.680 Man. Just hit me up on Instagram. Angela. 54 00:02:24.719 --> 00:02:26.240 I know sometimes you say hi on there, so I 55 00:02:26.319 --> 00:02:28.039 appreciate you flicking boogers. 56 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:28.919 What's going on? Brother? 57 00:02:29.240 --> 00:02:31.560 You also hit me up on there too. Happy Easter 58 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:36.159 to everybody. Yes, God bless you, bro. He has risen. 59 00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:38.319 You know. That's what I would say instead of saying 60 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:42.120 Happy Easter, I would say he has risen Jordan Holiday. 61 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:43.919 I appreciate the information, but you need to get these 62 00:02:43.960 --> 00:02:46.520 episodes in order so you can reference stuff faster. Yeah, 63 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:47.240 I appreciate that. 64 00:02:47.360 --> 00:02:47.800 Yeah, I do. 65 00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:51.000 I need to probably have an iPad with my notes 66 00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:53.520 and my phone, but unfortunately all I have is my 67 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:56.960 phone to kind of work off of. So I do 68 00:02:57.360 --> 00:03:00.319 understand what you're saying. And yeah, I probably go through 69 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:01.840 a lot of notes. I just want to make sure 70 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:04.599 that I'm accurate with the information that I'm providing. And 71 00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:06.639 if I had two phones, I have a work phone 72 00:03:06.639 --> 00:03:07.840 I could probably use for that. 73 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:09.800 So that's a good suggestion. 74 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:12.080 Jordan, thank you and I appreciate you listening, and thank 75 00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:14.439 you for the comment, and also thank you for trying 76 00:03:14.439 --> 00:03:17.080 to push me forward into the right direction. 77 00:03:17.639 --> 00:03:20.199 I appreciate you. So we're gonna be. 78 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:24.639 On Luke fourteen and anybody that commented on Patreon, shout 79 00:03:24.639 --> 00:03:25.240 out to you guys. 80 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:26.680 I really love you. I appreciate you. 81 00:03:27.039 --> 00:03:29.360 Like I said, I don't have Patreon, so I could 82 00:03:29.360 --> 00:03:31.360 get on there, but I don't. I only get on 83 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:33.360 there to be able to upload a show. I don't 84 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:36.479 get to look at notifications and stuff, so it's kind 85 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:38.680 of I don't get to see you guys as much. 86 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:41.719 But everyone that's commenting on Patreon, I love you. I 87 00:03:41.759 --> 00:03:45.240 appreciate you. Yeah, but please keep the comments coming on Spotify. 88 00:03:45.759 --> 00:03:47.599 That way I can, like I said, it's like my 89 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:49.439 report card. And also I can kind of see where 90 00:03:49.439 --> 00:03:51.680 you guys are at gage where you're at, just like 91 00:03:52.199 --> 00:03:56.159 you know, just like Jordan trying to tell me what 92 00:03:56.400 --> 00:03:58.800 I should do, it helps me and assist me to 93 00:03:58.840 --> 00:04:02.039 make the show better. So I really appreciate that. So 94 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:08.680 let's go ahead and jump over here to all right, 95 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:11.879 let's share the screen For those that could see the 96 00:04:11.919 --> 00:04:13.479 screen on a Patreon. 97 00:04:15.080 --> 00:04:16.120 So here we go. 98 00:04:16.360 --> 00:04:21.399 We're gonna be on Luke fourteen, verse one. A man 99 00:04:21.439 --> 00:04:24.360 with drops he healed on this sabbath. So, first of all, 100 00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:30.319 dropsy is actually the same thing today called edema. In 101 00:04:30.360 --> 00:04:33.319 medical terms, edema refers to swelling caused by an abdominal 102 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:36.120 build up and fluid to the body's tissue. The fluid 103 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:39.199 can accumulate in various areas, including the legs, the ankles, 104 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:43.279 the feet, the face, the hands, and abdominant Aedema can 105 00:04:43.319 --> 00:04:46.040 be a symptom of various underlying conditions that may require 106 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:52.120 medical treatment. And it's also it's painful, Okay, So it's 107 00:04:52.160 --> 00:04:55.720 it's painful, right, and it's caused and it's swelling. So 108 00:04:55.839 --> 00:04:59.279 that's what this person was dealing with. And and you know, 109 00:04:59.399 --> 00:05:05.519 Jesus is back again as we're going to read healing 110 00:05:05.519 --> 00:05:10.000 on the Sabbath. So it already happened before. And sometimes 111 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:12.279 I feel like these Pharisees are kind of setting him 112 00:05:12.319 --> 00:05:15.240 up or lining him up to see how he'll react. 113 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:19.319 And we see how Jesus does this. Let's see Luke fourteen, 114 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:20.040 verse one. 115 00:05:22.560 --> 00:05:24.879 Now it happened as he went into the house of 116 00:05:24.920 --> 00:05:26.920 one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread 117 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:30.240 on the Sabbath, and they watched him closely, and behold, 118 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:32.879 there was a certain man before him who had dropsy, 119 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:36.439 and Jesus answering, spoke to the lawyers and pharisees, saying, 120 00:05:36.519 --> 00:05:38.800 is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath? Like I 121 00:05:38.879 --> 00:05:41.000 told you guys before, the lawyers are the ones that 122 00:05:41.959 --> 00:05:46.000 studied the law, right, the law of God, not like 123 00:05:46.079 --> 00:05:50.800 the law of government. And they studied the law, and 124 00:05:50.920 --> 00:05:52.759 they felt like they knew everything they need to know 125 00:05:52.800 --> 00:05:55.279 about the law. And not only do they know about 126 00:05:55.319 --> 00:05:58.439 the law, but they know about tradition, right, And that's 127 00:05:58.439 --> 00:06:01.720 what they're doing. They're making tradition with the with God's law. 128 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:04.519 And he's also talking to the Pharisees, which you know, 129 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:05.959 you already know kind of how they believe. 130 00:06:06.759 --> 00:06:09.240 And uh, this is what he he said. 131 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:12.759 But they kept silent as he as he took him 132 00:06:12.839 --> 00:06:14.439 and healed him and let him go. 133 00:06:14.959 --> 00:06:16.600 Then he answered them saying, which. 134 00:06:16.399 --> 00:06:19.279 Of you, having a donkey or an ox or an 135 00:06:19.319 --> 00:06:22.240 ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately 136 00:06:22.279 --> 00:06:24.560 pull him out on the Sabbath day? And they could 137 00:06:24.639 --> 00:06:29.279 not answer him regarding these things. You See, he's the 138 00:06:29.360 --> 00:06:32.360 Jews put tradition over God's original plan for the Sabbath. See, 139 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:36.240 Jesus is simply putting compassion over tradition, and he is 140 00:06:36.279 --> 00:06:38.680 asking if it's okay, you know, to do good on 141 00:06:38.720 --> 00:06:42.879 the Sabbath, you know, basically like he's kind of telling him, like, 142 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:46.839 if your child fell in the river on the Sabbath, 143 00:06:47.319 --> 00:06:49.839 are you gonna are you gonna save your child or 144 00:06:49.839 --> 00:06:52.600 are you gonna say I'm sorry child, it's the Sabbath. 145 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:55.680 I can't get you, you know, kind of the same scenario. 146 00:06:56.160 --> 00:06:59.480 He says, donkey an ox has fallen into a pit. Well, not, 147 00:06:59.519 --> 00:07:01.160 I merely put them out of this on the Sabbath day. 148 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:01.639 You see. 149 00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:10.759 He's basically showing them that it's compassion over tradition, and 150 00:07:10.839 --> 00:07:14.040 they weren't really able to answer him. And when it 151 00:07:14.079 --> 00:07:17.000 came to healing that man, he took him. He healed them, 152 00:07:17.399 --> 00:07:17.720 and he. 153 00:07:17.720 --> 00:07:18.199 Let him go. 154 00:07:18.920 --> 00:07:29.800 Okay, yeah, he just immediately healed them and sent them away. 155 00:07:32.160 --> 00:07:34.480 And then now the next one is going to be 156 00:07:34.519 --> 00:07:37.319 the parable of the lowly take to the lowly place. 157 00:07:40.480 --> 00:07:45.160 So we told this is Luke fourteen, verse seven. So 158 00:07:45.240 --> 00:07:48.160 we told a parable to those who were invited. Then 159 00:07:48.199 --> 00:07:51.879 he noted that they chose the best places, saying to them, 160 00:07:52.079 --> 00:07:54.639 when you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, 161 00:07:54.759 --> 00:07:57.439 do not sit down in the best place. Less one 162 00:07:57.519 --> 00:08:01.240 more honorable than you be invited by him, and he 163 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:03.959 who invited you, and him come and say to you, 164 00:08:04.360 --> 00:08:07.360 give place to this man. Then you begin to shame 165 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:10.399 to take the lowest place. But when you are invited, 166 00:08:10.519 --> 00:08:12.519 go and sit in the lowest place, so that when 167 00:08:14.079 --> 00:08:17.399 he who invited you comes, he may say to you, friend, 168 00:08:17.800 --> 00:08:18.560 go up higher. 169 00:08:18.839 --> 00:08:19.399 Then you will. 170 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:22.480 Then you will have glory in the presence of those 171 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:25.000 who sit at the table with you, For whoever exalt 172 00:08:25.120 --> 00:08:28.720 himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will 173 00:08:28.720 --> 00:08:29.480 be exalted. 174 00:08:29.800 --> 00:08:30.360 Okay, so. 175 00:08:31.920 --> 00:08:34.320 Where you sit was a symbol of importance to them 176 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:37.519 back then. And then whoever sits closest to the Let's 177 00:08:37.559 --> 00:08:39.759 say there's a wedding and there's a bride and groom. 178 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:42.559 Whoever sits closest to the bride and groom, if it's 179 00:08:42.600 --> 00:08:46.679 their wedding, it's a symbol of importance. So Jesus is saying, 180 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:49.200 don't go sit next to the bride and groom, Go 181 00:08:49.360 --> 00:08:52.159 sit at the lowest places, and then the bride and 182 00:08:52.200 --> 00:08:55.399 groom will come say hey, come sit with me. Then 183 00:08:55.879 --> 00:08:59.039 you know you're humbling yourself. And then it says, whoever 184 00:08:59.120 --> 00:09:02.039 exalts himself will be humbled, and he who hums himself 185 00:09:02.080 --> 00:09:03.000 will be exalted. 186 00:09:03.559 --> 00:09:03.759 Right. 187 00:09:04.480 --> 00:09:08.720 So in Proverbs twenty five, verse six through seven, it says, 188 00:09:08.799 --> 00:09:11.519 do not put yourself forward in the king's present, or 189 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:13.399 stand in the place of the great, for it is 190 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:16.559 better to be told come up here than to be 191 00:09:17.840 --> 00:09:19.799 then to be put lower in the presence of a 192 00:09:19.840 --> 00:09:27.039 noble So humble yourself right. And then Proverbs twenty seven 193 00:09:27.080 --> 00:09:29.799 too it says, let another praise you, and not your 194 00:09:29.840 --> 00:09:33.000 own mouth, a stranger, and not your own lips. 195 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:33.840 Okay. 196 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:37.639 So in the parable of the lowly place which we 197 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:44.840 just read, the situation or the lowly place found in 198 00:09:44.919 --> 00:09:50.720 Luke seventeen fourteen seventeen through eleven teaches the humility is 199 00:09:50.799 --> 00:09:53.440 valued more than self promotion, and God will exalt those 200 00:09:53.480 --> 00:09:57.000 who humble themselves. It encourages individuals to choose the lowest 201 00:09:57.039 --> 00:10:00.159 seat at a banquet, not to seat the highest, as 202 00:10:00.159 --> 00:10:04.919 an honor comes from God, not self exclamation, and the 203 00:10:04.960 --> 00:10:07.600 situation in Jesus deserves people at a wedding feast choosing 204 00:10:07.639 --> 00:10:10.320 the best seats, showing the desire for honor and recognition. 205 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:13.279 The lesson is, he tells, is a parable to illustrate 206 00:10:13.320 --> 00:10:17.720 the importance of humility, and then Jesus instructs guests to 207 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:20.200 take the lowest seat, not to take the best, which 208 00:10:20.200 --> 00:10:22.399 I kind of went over. And then the host, who 209 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:24.720 can be seen as a representing God or a person 210 00:10:24.720 --> 00:10:27.440 of authority, will then move the humble guests to a 211 00:10:27.440 --> 00:10:30.200 more honorable seat, publicizing their humility. 212 00:10:32.440 --> 00:10:34.200 The act reverses the worldly. 213 00:10:34.120 --> 00:10:37.080 Order, where those who humble themselves are exalted by God 214 00:10:37.080 --> 00:10:40.960 and those who seek honor are brought low. And then 215 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:45.600 the parable emphasizes the true honor and recognition from God, 216 00:10:45.840 --> 00:10:57.000 not from self promotion or seeking worldly status. So a 217 00:10:57.960 --> 00:11:01.320 good example of this would be in Philippians two, verses 218 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:04.519 three through eight. It says, do nothing from selfish ambition 219 00:11:04.720 --> 00:11:09.080 or conceit, but in humility, count others more significant than yourselves. 220 00:11:09.480 --> 00:11:12.240 Let each of you look only to his own interests, 221 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:15.480 but also to the interests of others. Have this mind 222 00:11:15.519 --> 00:11:20.159 among yourselves, which is yours. In Christ Jesus, who though 223 00:11:20.679 --> 00:11:22.960 he was in the form of God, did not count 224 00:11:23.039 --> 00:11:25.759 equality from God a thing to be grasped, but emptied 225 00:11:25.799 --> 00:11:28.679 himself by taking the form of a servant, being born 226 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:31.159 than the likeness of men, and being found in a 227 00:11:31.240 --> 00:11:34.840 human forum. He humbled himself by becoming obedient to the 228 00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:39.399 point of death, even death on a cross. Okay, so 229 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:43.559 we have to humble ourselves, right. We don't want to 230 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:46.039 be the one trying to get the glory. We want 231 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:53.639 to be humble the point of this, so we'll go 232 00:11:53.679 --> 00:11:55.840 in and continue. This is going to be Luke fourteen, 233 00:11:55.960 --> 00:11:59.480 verse twelve. Then he also said to him who invited him, 234 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:01.600 when you get a dinner or a supper, do not 235 00:12:01.679 --> 00:12:04.759 ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, your rich neighbors. 236 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:08.679 Less you invite less they also invite you back, and 237 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:12.480 you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite 238 00:12:12.519 --> 00:12:15.480 the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind, and you 239 00:12:15.519 --> 00:12:18.200 will be blessed because they cannot repay you, or you 240 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:21.799 shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just. 241 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:31.519 So, yeah, that's that's very interesting. 242 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:37.600 That's that's another lesson in being humble, and he's he's 243 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:39.559 talking about the people that you should be taking care of. 244 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:42.000 You should be taking care of the poor. You should 245 00:12:42.039 --> 00:12:44.240 be taking care of the named, You should be taking 246 00:12:44.279 --> 00:12:45.919 care of the lame, you should be taking care of. 247 00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:48.120 The blind, and you will be blessed. 248 00:12:48.639 --> 00:12:51.600 But instead of the way we are in the world 249 00:12:51.679 --> 00:12:57.279 where we'll invite rich neighbors, your friends, your brothers, your relatives, 250 00:12:58.240 --> 00:13:01.879 and yeah, so definitely the people that you should be 251 00:13:01.919 --> 00:13:04.720 taking care of are the poor, the name, the lame, 252 00:13:04.840 --> 00:13:12.559 the blind, and you will be blessed. Sneak over to 253 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:25.639 here real quick. So we have Luke fourteen seven through eleven, 254 00:13:25.679 --> 00:13:29.440 which we kind of went through. Jesus teaches about humility, 255 00:13:29.480 --> 00:13:32.000 advising guests to take the lowest place, which you talked about, 256 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:34.200 for everyone who exalts and will be humbled, and the 257 00:13:34.200 --> 00:13:36.960 one who humbles himself will be exalted. The parable emphasize 258 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:38.360 the value of humility. 259 00:13:38.279 --> 00:13:45.639 In God's kingdom. 260 00:13:47.039 --> 00:13:51.720 Okay, the parable of the Great Okay, so the parable 261 00:13:51.759 --> 00:13:56.200 of the Great Supper. This is Luke fourteen, verse fifteen. Now, 262 00:13:56.279 --> 00:13:58.320 when one of those who sat at the table with 263 00:13:58.399 --> 00:14:00.720 him heard these things, he said to him, blessed is 264 00:14:00.759 --> 00:14:04.080 he who shall eat bread in the Kingdom of God. 265 00:14:05.080 --> 00:14:07.360 Then he said to him, a certain man gave a 266 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:10.600 great supper, and invited many, and sent his servant to 267 00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:13.320 supper to supper time to say that those who are 268 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:17.039 invited come for all the things come. For all things 269 00:14:17.919 --> 00:14:21.320 are you are now ready. But they all, with one accord, 270 00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:23.759 began to make excuses. The first said to him, I 271 00:14:23.799 --> 00:14:26.639 have brought a piece of ground, and I must go 272 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:29.759 and see it. I ask you to be to have 273 00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:33.799 me excused. Another set, I have brought five yoke of oxen, 274 00:14:34.279 --> 00:14:37.200 and I'm going to test them. I ask you if 275 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:40.039 you have if I ask you to have me excused. 276 00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:42.480 Still another said I have a married wife, and therefore 277 00:14:42.519 --> 00:14:46.120 I cannot come. So the servant came and reported these 278 00:14:46.120 --> 00:14:48.200 things to his master. Then the master of the house, 279 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:51.519 being angry, said to a servant, go out quickly into 280 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:54.559 the streets and lanes of the city, bringing here the poor, 281 00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:57.759 the name, the lame, and the blind. And the servant said, Master, 282 00:14:58.480 --> 00:15:00.559 it is done as you commanded, and still there is 283 00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:03.840 no there is room. Then the master said to the servant, 284 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:06.440 go into the highway hedges and compel them to come 285 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:09.559 in that my house may be filled. So I say 286 00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:12.519 to you that none of these men who are invited 287 00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:19.240 shall shall taste my Supper. So Jesus tells another parable 288 00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:22.559 about a man who prepares a great banquet invites many guests. 289 00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:25.200 When the invited guests make excuses not to attend, the 290 00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:27.600 host invites the poor, the cripple, the blind, and lame, 291 00:15:27.960 --> 00:15:34.039 emphasizing the excl exclusive inclusivity of God's kingdom and the 292 00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:35.080 rejection of those. 293 00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:36.320 Who refuse his invitation. 294 00:15:44.879 --> 00:15:49.000 So this illustrates God's open invitation to all, regardless of status, 295 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:54.440 and warns against the danger of rejecting his call. So 296 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:57.320 there's plenty obviously right now that are rejecting his call, 297 00:15:57.559 --> 00:16:04.480 you know. And they could be rich, they could be 298 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:08.399 you know, they could be famous, they could be important 299 00:16:08.960 --> 00:16:11.720 in the world. But that doesn't matter in the kingdom 300 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:14.320 of heaven, because it says the greatest will be first, 301 00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:17.480 are the greatest will be last, and the last will 302 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:20.360 be the greatest. You know, like those that are great 303 00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:23.159 on earth are going to be leased in heaven. Those 304 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:25.279 that are great in heaven would would be people that 305 00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:27.960 were leased on earth. And that's kind of the point 306 00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:40.879 here leaving leaving all to follow Christ. So it says, 307 00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:44.399 now great multitudes went with him, and he turned and 308 00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:47.320 said to them, if anyone comes to me and does 309 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:52.159 not hate his father and mother, excuse me, wife and children, 310 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:55.360 brothers and sisters. Yes, and his own life. Also, he 311 00:16:55.360 --> 00:16:56.559 cannot be my disciple. 312 00:16:58.799 --> 00:17:01.639 Okay. So people look at that and go, what is 313 00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:02.639 he talking about? 314 00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:05.720 You know, he's definitely telling you stuff. Now, that's one 315 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:09.039 thing about Jesus is he'll tell you stuff that you 316 00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:11.400 don't want to hear. You know, most people that are 317 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:13.680 trying to have people follow them, they're going to tell 318 00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:16.119 you stuff that they want you to hear. If you notice, 319 00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:18.440 you know Jesus is real because he's telling you stuff 320 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:21.640 that you don't want to hear. And that word hate 321 00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:25.079 in English is very aggressive, right, So when you see 322 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:28.119 that word, you're like hate, you want me to hate them. 323 00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:30.720 But you got to understand that Jesus is speaking in 324 00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:35.160 a hyperbole, right, like a radical language to get your attention. 325 00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:37.960 And also if you look in the Greek that word hate, 326 00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:41.759 it means detest, right. So the love that you that 327 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:44.119 you're gonna have for Jesus, he wants it to be 328 00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:51.319 so great. It's almost like you detest your own father, mother, wife, children, brother, sister, 329 00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:55.519 and your own life. Okay, So he wants you to 330 00:17:55.599 --> 00:17:58.680 love him so much that it seems like, you know, 331 00:17:59.319 --> 00:18:01.319 the love is so great that it's almost like you 332 00:18:01.400 --> 00:18:03.519 detest all those people. 333 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:04.039 In your life, you know. 334 00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:08.640 Like I said, another word for in the in the 335 00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:12.119 Greek for hate is detest, which is like it's a 336 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:19.319 little less aggressive in the English language. Okay. And when 337 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:22.000 I was studying this, they said, nine out of ten times, 338 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:23.720 you know, a family member will be the one that 339 00:18:23.759 --> 00:18:25.480 gets in the way of your devotion to Christ. 340 00:18:25.599 --> 00:18:25.799 Right. 341 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:29.559 So an example is, you know, a lot of the time, 342 00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:32.279 the wife wants to go to church, and you see 343 00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:35.640 the wife coming to church or the wife doing Bible studies, 344 00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:38.319 but the husband stays home. You know, he might be 345 00:18:38.400 --> 00:18:42.000 watching football with friends, drinking beer, doing whatever you know, 346 00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:45.240 men think they deserve to do, and the wife is 347 00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:48.440 out trying to fellowship and trying to get close to God. 348 00:18:49.079 --> 00:18:52.039 Sometimes it's opposite where the wife doesn't want to go 349 00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:55.319 to church and the husband's trying to go bring the kids, 350 00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:57.599 and that's kind of the thing, you know, And what 351 00:18:57.799 --> 00:19:00.920 happened is the husband, you know, he motivated to go 352 00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:04.039 to church or motivated to read the Bible, and then 353 00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:07.799 the wife will start dragging him back, you know, and 354 00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:10.880 God wants you to love him more than that. And 355 00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:13.759 if someone tries to drag you back to understand something. 356 00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:15.799 This is what I want you guys to understand as well, 357 00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:19.880 that your salvation doesn't depend on you and your wife. 358 00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:21.759 You know, when you go to stand before the Lord, 359 00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:23.920 it's not going to be you and your wife and 360 00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:26.039 your kids. And you know what I mean that your 361 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:29.319 salvation is going to be you and the Lord. It's 362 00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:31.440 going to be between you and the Lord. Now, we 363 00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:34.519 are taught as men to be the spiritual leader of 364 00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:37.720 our house, of course, and try to teach our wives 365 00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:40.519 and try to teach our children the Bible, of course, 366 00:19:40.880 --> 00:19:43.519 but your salvation is not going to be you know, 367 00:19:43.599 --> 00:19:45.400 you and your wife standing in front of it. It's 368 00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:49.279 going to be you and God. Okay, we only have 369 00:19:51.519 --> 00:19:54.200 you know, we only have one life to try to 370 00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:59.279 get this right. So don't let anybody anything get in 371 00:19:59.359 --> 00:20:03.480 the way of you. 372 00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:05.319 Your devotion with Christ, your devotion with God, your devotion 373 00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:06.279 with the Holy Spirit. 374 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:10.799 You can't, you can't. You can't let it happen. And 375 00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:15.079 I understand that there's besides family, there's also things that 376 00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:18.480 get in the way of your devotion and of you 377 00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:21.680 reading the Bible, of you studying the God's word, there's 378 00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:24.079 things that get in the way. There's things that are 379 00:20:24.119 --> 00:20:26.720 like idols that maybe be in your life that might 380 00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:31.119 prevent you from from getting closer to God. And what 381 00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:34.680 I would say to that is definitely pray. You know, 382 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:40.319 pray that because you know, some people will call Jesus lord, 383 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:43.720 you know, my lord and savior Jesus Christ. Right, that 384 00:20:43.880 --> 00:20:48.160 means that you're master, like is he really the master 385 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:54.799 of your life? You know, because you know, does God 386 00:20:54.839 --> 00:21:00.480 come first in your life? And he's also asking us 387 00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:04.559 to love him more than we love ourself, so we 388 00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:06.319 have to pick up our cross and follow him. 389 00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:09.599 Right, So there's a lot of things. 390 00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:14.480 That that kind of get in the way of us 391 00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:18.799 doing that. And this pastor said an interesting thing what 392 00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:23.279 he said is salvation is free, but discipleship if it 393 00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:27.160 is expensive. You know, being a disciple, because you are, 394 00:21:27.640 --> 00:21:29.960 you're kind of you're dropping all these things that are 395 00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:33.640 that that usually took pleasure in, these worldly things that 396 00:21:33.640 --> 00:21:36.319 you used to take pleasure in. Now you're you're slowly 397 00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:38.720 dropping them off, and you know you're getting them out 398 00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:44.200 of your life. And you're also your life is changing 399 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:48.880 obviously changing for the better. You might not realize it 400 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:51.000 at first because you're trying to get rid of these 401 00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:53.759 worldly things, but it's obviously going to be changing for 402 00:21:53.839 --> 00:21:59.480 the better. Right, But Paul says in a second Corinthians 403 00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:02.480 twelve seven through ten, he says, and lest I should 404 00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:05.759 be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations. 405 00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:08.839 A thorn in the flesh has given to me a 406 00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:13.039 messenger of Satan to buff amy. Lest I be exalted 407 00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:16.680 above measure. Concernaly this thing, I plead with the Lord 408 00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:19.720 three times, and it might depart from me. And he 409 00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:22.160 said to me, my grace is sufficient to you, for 410 00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:25.559 my strength has made perfect in weakness. Therefore, most gladly, 411 00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:28.960 I would rather boast in my infirmities that the power 412 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:31.839 of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure 413 00:22:31.839 --> 00:22:36.119 and infirbenes and reapproaches and needs and persecution and distress 414 00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:38.880 for Christ's sake. From when I am weak, then I 415 00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:43.119 am strong, Okay. And one thing I would have to 416 00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:47.799 say is you have to pray to God to let 417 00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:54.599 Jesus take the whill right like if it sounds like 418 00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:56.920 too much or it seems like too much to pray 419 00:22:57.319 --> 00:23:00.000 for the Holy Spirit to guide you, and let God. 420 00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:07.640 Take the will and let him help you. Let's continue. 421 00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:16.319 So this is Luke fourteen twenty seven. And whoever does 422 00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:18.640 not bear his cross and come after me cannot be 423 00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:21.480 my disciple. For which of you intended to build the 424 00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:24.119 tower does not sit down first to count the costs, 425 00:23:24.359 --> 00:23:27.039 whether he has enough to finish it. Less, after he 426 00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:29.839 has laid the foundation and is not able to finish, 427 00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:33.559 all who see it begin, all who see it begin 428 00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:38.160 to mock him, saying this man began to build and 429 00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:40.920 was not able to finish. Or what king going to 430 00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:43.559 make a war against another king does not sit down 431 00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:46.400 first and consider whether he is able to with the 432 00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:49.160 ten thousand to meet him who come against him with 433 00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:52.559 twenty thousand, or else, while the other is still a 434 00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:55.599 great way off, he sends a delegation and ask conditions 435 00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:58.759 of peace. So likewise, whoever does not forsake all that, 436 00:23:58.839 --> 00:24:02.559 he cannot be my disciple. Bobert does not forsake all, 437 00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:07.720 cannot be my disciple. So Jesus was dealing with a 438 00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:12.400 lot of people that would probably sit You know, I'm 439 00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:15.559 just speculating, I know, because when he was dealing with 440 00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:18.079 that one gentleman where he was saying, you know, sell 441 00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:22.440 all your things and follow me. He couldn't do it, 442 00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:24.160 but he said, Jesus, I want to follow you. And 443 00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:26.680 then he said, okay, sell your sell all your goods 444 00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:28.359 to the poor and follow me, you know, like, drop 445 00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:30.319 everything and follow me. Oh no, I got to go 446 00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:32.559 back to my parents and bury my parents. You see, 447 00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:36.680 like you kind of see that that people don't really 448 00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:38.640 want to. They say they want to be a disciple, 449 00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:42.359 but they're really not ready to drop everything for him, 450 00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:44.920 you know. And you could tell by what Jesus is 451 00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:52.000 saying here. And he's saying that if you're going to commit, 452 00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:55.640 you better have a plan, you understand. So that's why 453 00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:58.240 it's in that there about the tower. And if you 454 00:24:58.240 --> 00:25:00.799 don't finish it, they will mock him saying this man 455 00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:02.839 began to build and was not able to finish. So 456 00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:04.519 if you're going to become a disciple and you're going 457 00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:07.079 to commit to that, make sure you're able to finish. 458 00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:12.400 Finish strong, right, And that's why it says for Christ's sake, 459 00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:14.240 from when I am weak, then I am strong. See 460 00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:15.400 Christ will make you strong. 461 00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:25.440 He'll help you. Uh, He'll help you finish. 462 00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:29.039 And these people that were following Christ at this time, 463 00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:32.680 following Jesus at this time, they thought he was going 464 00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:35.799 to reign as a king on the earth. So they 465 00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:37.720 were like, let's go. I want to be at the 466 00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:39.759 right hand of you. You know, I want to be 467 00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:40.519 you know, I want to be. 468 00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:41.519 With you with your glory. 469 00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:43.279 They thought he was going to be king of the earth, 470 00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:45.200 but they weren't understanding that he's going to be king 471 00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:47.119 and kings in the heavenly realm. 472 00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:47.440 You know. 473 00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:57.359 Some of them were not understanding that tasteless salt is worthless. 474 00:25:57.480 --> 00:26:00.640 Salt is good. But if the salt has losses flavor, 475 00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:04.799 how shall it be seasoned? It is neither fit for 476 00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:08.839 the land nor for the dunghill. But men throw it out. 477 00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:11.480 He who has ears to hear, let him hear. 478 00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:17.079 So Jesus concludes that they metaphor about salt losing his 479 00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:23.039 flavor symbolize the importance of maintaining our distinctiveness as his followers. 480 00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:28.640 And then we talked about this already, but the cost 481 00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:33.119 of his discipleship. This hyperbolic language underscores the need for total. 482 00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.799 Commitment to Christ. 483 00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:41.359 Okay, and we have a couple of practical applications here 484 00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:48.359 for this chapter. So prioritize compassion. Evaluate areas in your 485 00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:51.400 life where legalism may overshadow compassion. 486 00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:54.079 Seek to show love and mercy. 487 00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:57.160 Following Jesus' example. So some of us might have a 488 00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:59.680 little bit religion stuck in our life. There might be 489 00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:01.920 things that we that we might be following that might 490 00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:06.079 be men's traditions and not actually God's word. Well, you know, 491 00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:08.720 what you should probably do is anything you feel is 492 00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:11.400 you know you're you're doing, uh, you know, because you 493 00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:13.519 know we always have done it that way or whatever. 494 00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:16.960 You need to find out if it's actually biblical, because 495 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:19.319 there could be something that you might be doing or 496 00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:22.559 following that might be a tradition that's made by a 497 00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:24.400 man that might not you might not even find in 498 00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:27.359 the Bible. Believe me, There's been plenty of times that 499 00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:30.200 I have, you know, studying through the Word where I 500 00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:32.680 thought something was going to be in the Bible and 501 00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:35.599 you cannot find it anywhere. And it's something that I 502 00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:39.240 like been you know, something that that someone has told me, 503 00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:43.480 you know, from the beginning, you know, and uh, like 504 00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:46.119 ever since, like my dad, like he always told me 505 00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:51.920 like that, he always told me that that Satan and 506 00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:54.680 the angels fell. A third of the angels fell with 507 00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:58.039 Satan in the very beginning of you know, before time 508 00:27:58.079 --> 00:28:01.920 even started, you know, before Genesis even started. And then 509 00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:04.400 when you read, you don't see it through the Bible. 510 00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:06.839 You don't see it anywhere in Genesis, that's for sure. 511 00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:09.559 Now you do see Satan in the garden or Loocifer 512 00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:13.319 in the garden, right, see Satan in the garden of Eden, 513 00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:18.880 but there's nothing about him falling with a third of 514 00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:21.440 the angels until you get to Revelation twelve, verse four. 515 00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:25.079 And it seems like it's that that didn't happen until 516 00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:31.240 Jesus was actually born. Okay, So it's really interesting that 517 00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:34.200 that some people would say something and then you know, 518 00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:37.759 it gets passed down, pass down pastor say it, and 519 00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:39.640 then all of a sudden it gets ingrained in me 520 00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:41.839 because I you know, I heard my dad say it, 521 00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:44.599 and then when I go to read the Bible, I'm like, 522 00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:48.039 I don't I don't see that anywhere besides in Revelation twelve, 523 00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:50.720 verse four. And for someone to take that verse and 524 00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:53.160 then put it all the way to the beginning, you know, 525 00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:57.519 I wouldn't do that. After reading it in context. So 526 00:28:57.880 --> 00:29:00.680 I'm just letting you know that that happens. So we 527 00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:03.880 need to take, you know, take what you've learned. And 528 00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:05.839 this is why it's important for you to study the 529 00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:09.839 Word of God yourself. Don't let man lead you and 530 00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:13.720 guide you. Don't let pastors are good to listen to. 531 00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:15.440 And it's good to listen to this Bible study that 532 00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:18.599 I do with you, of course, but what I'm telling 533 00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:21.440 you is you've got to study the Word for yourself 534 00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:21.880 as well. 535 00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.960 Study what I'm saying. 536 00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:26.240 And since we're actually reading the word verse by verse, 537 00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:30.079 it helps because you're able to hear it and come 538 00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:32.559 by faith, come with by hearing and hearing by the 539 00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:36.599 word of God. Okay, so practice humility and social settings. 540 00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:39.480 Choose to serve others and take the lower place, trusting 541 00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:44.079 that God will honor you your humility. Yeah, so when 542 00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:47.680 you're out in public, you know, we're not meant for 543 00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:50.119 us to get praised. We're not meant for us to 544 00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:53.079 get the glory. God's meant to get the glory. So 545 00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:56.119 God doesn't want you to just you know, we can't 546 00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:57.720 think the same as we used to do, like when 547 00:29:57.759 --> 00:30:01.680 we were worldly. Respond of God's invitation, reflect on any 548 00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:04.839 excuses you might be making that prevent you from fully 549 00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:08.480 accepting God's call. Commit to being part of His kingdom, 550 00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:10.319 his kingdom work. 551 00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:13.920 So this is definitely fascinating. 552 00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:18.599 And depending on what your spiritual gifts are. I mean, 553 00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:21.640 not all of us can can can you know, do 554 00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:23.640 Bible studies, and all of us can teach, Not all 555 00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:27.440 of us can preach, not all of us can do. 556 00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:29.119 Have certain gifts. 557 00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:31.359 Some people have the gift of prayer. I've heard some 558 00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:33.640 people pray. It's like, Wow, that's amazing. I could tell 559 00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:35.720 that you know, you have that gift. You know, there's 560 00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:39.079 different gifts. There's about twenty one gifts that I found 561 00:30:40.119 --> 00:30:42.640 when I was going through the Bible, and people are 562 00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:45.720 blessed with different gifts, you know. So commit to being 563 00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:48.559 part of His kingdom. That is that's the main thing. 564 00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:52.920 Just commit to being part of His kingdom somehow. You know, 565 00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:57.480 count the costs, Consider what sacrifices you may need to 566 00:30:57.519 --> 00:31:01.759 make to follow Jesus wholeheartedly. Are the relationships or possessions 567 00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:05.799 that complete your devotion, that compete with your devotion to him? 568 00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:09.079 Obviously there's so much out there right now, especially with 569 00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:11.440 the way the world is right now, how everything is 570 00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:20.279 set up with technology at your fingertips, TV, cable, TV shows, Netflix, YouTube. 571 00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:24.039 There's so much entertainment out there that it's easy to 572 00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:28.599 gather your attention and keep you away from studying the 573 00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:30.839 Word of God. Like I always say, like you want 574 00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:34.319 to build your spirit up and have your flesh be weak, 575 00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:37.920 because if your flesh is over your spirit and your 576 00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:40.640 spirit is weak, whenever you want to go read the Bible, 577 00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:42.160 your flesh is gonna say no, no, I want to 578 00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:45.319 watch American idol or I want to do this. It's 579 00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:46.920 kind of the same thing with when you want to 580 00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:49.279 work out, you know, like in the morning when I 581 00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:52.039 wake up, you know, I wake up at four point 582 00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:55.480 fifty and then I get up about five to go 583 00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:58.359 work out in the morning before work. And what I'm 584 00:31:58.400 --> 00:32:03.440 telling you guys is, of course I want to sleep 585 00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:06.599 in till five point fifty or six o'clock before work. 586 00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:08.160 I would much rather do that. 587 00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:11.799 But my flesh is a lot weaker now, and my 588 00:32:11.880 --> 00:32:15.720 spirit is saying get up, because that's when I get going, 589 00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:18.480 and that's when I start working out. But I start 590 00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:21.960 listening to a sermon or I start listening to you know, 591 00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:25.839 a study on Luke fourteen fifteen sixteen. 592 00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:26.799 You know what I mean. 593 00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:29.799 That's when I started getting that that going in the morning, 594 00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:32.160 and I'm able to work out and listen to a 595 00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:34.480 pastor preach, kind of write some notes as I'm doing it. 596 00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:38.599 You see, like that's an example of the flesh being 597 00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:43.039 weak and the spirit being strong. My flesh wants to sleep, 598 00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:45.759 of course. Oh man, you stayed up late last night 599 00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:47.319 doing a podcast. You don't want to wake up and 600 00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:49.480 work out. No, no, no, I wake up and work 601 00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:52.440 out anyways. And then I got a study for Sunday service. 602 00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:57.319 I started reading Deuteronomy eight nine and ten. Now you see, 603 00:32:58.559 --> 00:33:00.680 That's that's how it is with my life. I'm just 604 00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:03.119 giving you an example of what's going on with me. 605 00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:10.079 And it took me a while to just fully commit 606 00:33:10.400 --> 00:33:14.200 to doing you know. Now, my podcast was always out there. 607 00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:17.160 It was Josh Monday Christian, a conspiracy podcast, I mean 608 00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:21.599 the conspiracies where I was at, and I was sprinkling 609 00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:23.599 it a little bit with Bible. You know, I was 610 00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:25.759 still leading people to the Lord. I would do shows 611 00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:28.759 that are all Christian, yes, sometimes, but I would have conspiracy. 612 00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:30.519 So I'd kind of go back and forth or i'd 613 00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:32.960 have both together in one show and. 614 00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:34.920 It did very well, and it did good. 615 00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:39.480 But what I learned is this is where it's at, 616 00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:43.759 teaching the Bible verse by verse, this is where it's at. 617 00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:47.400 And even if my viewership drops or whatever on my show, 618 00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:51.680 I don't care because the people that need to hear this, 619 00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:55.279 this is way more effective, you know. But I will, obviously, 620 00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:57.799 like on my show, I'll continue to do, you know, 621 00:33:57.960 --> 00:34:00.400 a little bit conspiracy and some and some Christian you know, 622 00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:02.480 and some Christians. I'll have a couple episodes like that, 623 00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:04.920 but mainly my meat and Potatoes is going to be 624 00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:09.280 this right here, and on this show Sunday service, Wednesday service, 625 00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:11.800 it's gonna definitely be this because I don't do any 626 00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:15.239 conspiracies on this show, but I'll talk about my other shows. See, 627 00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:19.480 I'm I'm committed to God's kingdom and doing his work, 628 00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:23.199 and it's it's you don't understand what it's done for 629 00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:28.360 my life, Guys. You don't understand that full commitment and 630 00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:30.920 when you're when you're doing things for the Kingdom of God, 631 00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:36.360 like it's done so much for my spiritual walk, you know, 632 00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:39.320 it's just beautiful things. So I encourage you guys to 633 00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:45.159 definitely do that. Maintain your witness, ensure that your life 634 00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:49.639 reflects the distinctiveness of the follower of Christ, preserving your 635 00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:55.920 saltiness in a world that needs his flavor. Yes, so 636 00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:59.880 make sure that the way that you live is reflecting 637 00:35:00.239 --> 00:35:07.559 you being a child of God, you being saved, you 638 00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:11.800 being a Christian. So when you're talking to people that 639 00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:15.199 you know outside of your household or people in your 640 00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:17.480 household too, make sure. But I'm just saying, if you're 641 00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:20.639 talking to anybody, you don't want to be out there 642 00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:24.440 like cussing and and you know, well I can't stand this. 643 00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:25.400 Well, life sucks. 644 00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:28.079 I'm grumbling, I'm complaining, Like you don't want to be 645 00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:32.400 that guy. You want to be reflective of you know, 646 00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:36.400 appreciative of everything, Appreciate what God gives you, appreciate what 647 00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:39.079 God does for you, and you want to attract people 648 00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:39.679 to the faith. 649 00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:44.360 That way, you could be a disciple. Right. We read 650 00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:45.400 about it in the Old Testament. 651 00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:49.519 What happens when people are grumbling complaining? You know, we 652 00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:53.440 should appreciate what we have, you know. But anyways, so 653 00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:55.519 that's some good stuff. Let me see if I have 654 00:35:55.599 --> 00:36:06.880 any verses that connect to do this, and then the 655 00:36:07.360 --> 00:36:11.079 Greek word salt symbolizes preservation, purity, essential. 656 00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:11.800 Qualities for believers. 657 00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:15.760 Okay, so just let you guys know, and then that's themes. 658 00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:18.800 Let's go down to the bottom. Okay, So I don't 659 00:36:18.800 --> 00:36:21.239 see any verses that connect. I kind of went over 660 00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:23.199 a few verses that I was as I was going through. 661 00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:24.199 Perfect. 662 00:36:24.239 --> 00:36:29.199 Now I'm going to go to Luke fifteen, and let 663 00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:34.559 me go to Luke fifteen on here, all right, So 664 00:36:34.719 --> 00:36:41.360 the parable of the Lost Sheep Luke fifteen, verse one. 665 00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:45.000 Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near 666 00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:47.360 to him to hear him. And just to let you 667 00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:51.480 guys know, the tax collectors were considered traders because they 668 00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:56.039 were collecting taxes for Rome and not for Israel. Okay, 669 00:36:56.599 --> 00:37:00.280 So to people from the outside looking in, and they're 670 00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:04.599 seeing tax collectors with Jesus and sinners with Jesus, and 671 00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:08.320 they're drawing near to him, this is what the Pharisees 672 00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:12.039 start doing. This is Luke fifteen, verse two. And the 673 00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:16.599 Pharisees inscribes complaints, saying this man receives sinners and eats 674 00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:19.840 with them as he spoke this parable to them, saying 675 00:37:20.239 --> 00:37:22.400 so we'll stop there and won't say the parable yet, 676 00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:28.239 just to understand that Jesus was welcoming to sinners, and 677 00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:30.440 I think that the Church should be like that as well. 678 00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:32.920 And I think, you know, people like me and Bible 679 00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:35.400 studies like this should be like that too. We should 680 00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:38.079 be welcoming to sinners because those are the loss those 681 00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:41.920 are the ones that need assistance, Those are the ones 682 00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:44.159 that need to be led to Christ. 683 00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:45.400 The sinners. 684 00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:51.199 And the Pharisees. They divided people into two groups. The righteous, 685 00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:55.159 which they felt was themselves, and the sinners are unclean. 686 00:37:55.719 --> 00:37:58.920 And of course, you know, of course the Pharisees thought 687 00:37:58.920 --> 00:38:02.519 they were righteous. The scribes thought they were righteous. The 688 00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:05.719 lawyers thought they were righteous. But they look really righteous 689 00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:08.559 on the outside, but on the inside they were not 690 00:38:08.719 --> 00:38:13.079 righteous at all, right, And they wanted people to definitely 691 00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:17.679 think that they were righteous. They thought they were righteous 692 00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:22.440 because they were keeping the law, and they thought they 693 00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:27.039 were above others, not knowing that their works are just 694 00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:32.480 filthy rags to God. If you look in Isaiah, let 695 00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:32.960 me get. 696 00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:40.920 The verse real quick. Filthy rags, yep, that's. 697 00:38:40.760 --> 00:38:46.800 Gonna be Isaiah sixty four, verse six. But we are 698 00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:49.559 all like an unclean thing. And all of our righteouses 699 00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:54.119 are like filthy rags. Okay, So all of our righteousness 700 00:38:54.119 --> 00:38:59.960 are like filthy rags Isaiah sixty four six. Okay, so when. 701 00:38:59.840 --> 00:39:04.119 You think you are righteous, your works are like filthy rags. 702 00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:11.639 Right, they're nothing. And let's see what Paul says. And 703 00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:17.079 one Timothy one verses fourteen through fifteen. Paul is obviously 704 00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:20.880 an ex pharisee that became a believer. And you'll see 705 00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:25.679 the effect that Christ has in his life, and the 706 00:39:25.800 --> 00:39:30.559 grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant with faith and love, 707 00:39:31.119 --> 00:39:35.440 which are in Christ Jesus. This is a faithful saying 708 00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:38.199 and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ, Jesus came into 709 00:39:38.239 --> 00:39:41.280 the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. 710 00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:44.880 So Paul is saying, he is the chief sinner, and 711 00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:48.800 Jesus came into this world to save us. Okay, So 712 00:39:48.840 --> 00:39:52.199 we got to understand that. And also Romans five, verse eight, 713 00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:54.880 it says, but God demonstrates his own love toward us, 714 00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:59.400 and that while we were sinners, Christ died for us. 715 00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:03.440 So what he's saying is that's what he's talking about. 716 00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:06.119 He's talking about how Christ came for sinners right, and 717 00:40:06.239 --> 00:40:08.440 Paul is humble enough to say that he is the 718 00:40:08.519 --> 00:40:13.039 chief sinner. As you know, Paul was murdering Christians, okay, 719 00:40:13.079 --> 00:40:15.119 he was all about the Pharisees before. 720 00:40:15.519 --> 00:40:19.519 Okay, when he was Saul. Okay. 721 00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:22.400 So you see what kind of effect Jesus has in 722 00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:28.199 his life. He was once one of these guys, thinking 723 00:40:28.199 --> 00:40:30.199 that he was righteous because he was following the law. 724 00:40:33.719 --> 00:40:36.559 Let's see what the parable says here, em. 725 00:40:39.559 --> 00:40:43.920 Luke fifteen verse four, What man of you, having one 726 00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:46.800 hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not 727 00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:49.840 leave the ninety nine in the wilderness and go after 728 00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:52.360 the one which is lost until he finds it. And 729 00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:55.400 when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 730 00:40:55.880 --> 00:40:58.360 And when he comes home he calls together his friends 731 00:40:58.360 --> 00:41:00.599 and neighbors, saying to them, rejoice with me, for I 732 00:41:00.599 --> 00:41:04.400 have found my sheep which was lost. I say to that, 733 00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:07.000 I say to you that likewise there will be more 734 00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:11.400 joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 735 00:41:11.559 --> 00:41:18.320 ninety nine just persons who need no repentance. So this 736 00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:21.400 reminds me of David. You know, he had his sheep, 737 00:41:21.719 --> 00:41:24.639 and then when one would get lost. He would go 738 00:41:24.719 --> 00:41:27.280 find the sheep, and sometimes he would have to use 739 00:41:27.320 --> 00:41:30.639 his sling to kill a lion. One time he had 740 00:41:30.639 --> 00:41:31.960 to kill a lion to get his sheep. 741 00:41:32.000 --> 00:41:32.880 You see. 742 00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:48.079 So, so it's kind of it's interesting because the Pharisees 743 00:41:48.119 --> 00:41:52.119 thought the opposite of God. They thought that God hated sinners. 744 00:41:52.239 --> 00:41:55.000 They thought that sinners were just fuel for the fire 745 00:41:55.079 --> 00:41:58.559 and hell. They didn't realize God's grace and love. It's 746 00:41:58.599 --> 00:42:02.159 so foreign to them. That's why, that's why it's so 747 00:42:02.199 --> 00:42:04.280 important for us to read the Old Testament and the 748 00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:07.679 New Testament. It seems like to the Pharisees that God 749 00:42:08.119 --> 00:42:12.440 hated sinners. But God hates the sin not the sinners. 750 00:42:12.880 --> 00:42:16.519 He loves everyone. And Jesus is trying to get that 751 00:42:16.599 --> 00:42:21.320 through to them that they rejoice more in heaven when 752 00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:25.440 a sinner repents than ninety nine just persons who need 753 00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:28.559 no repentance because they have actually, you. 754 00:42:28.519 --> 00:42:31.800 Know all that. The whole point is for God to 755 00:42:32.119 --> 00:42:33.800 get you to come to heaven, for you to get 756 00:42:33.840 --> 00:42:36.440 accept Jesus in your life, for you to repent. That's 757 00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:37.519 the whole point. 758 00:42:38.920 --> 00:42:49.440 They're not getting the point the Pharisees. The parable of 759 00:42:49.440 --> 00:42:54.519 the Lost Coin here's another one, and this is Luke fifteen, 760 00:42:54.639 --> 00:42:57.960 verse eight. Or actually, let me go to my other notes. 761 00:42:58.000 --> 00:43:01.400 See I'm always switching back and forth, but I got 762 00:43:01.400 --> 00:43:03.400 to make sure that I don't want. 763 00:43:03.280 --> 00:43:04.519 To miss anything. 764 00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:11.920 So with the parable of the lost sheep. So Jesus 765 00:43:11.960 --> 00:43:14.639 begins with the parable the smilether notes. Jesus begins with 766 00:43:14.679 --> 00:43:17.159 the parable of the lost sheep, emphasizing the shepherd's dedication 767 00:43:17.239 --> 00:43:19.599 to finding the one lost sheep out of one hundred, 768 00:43:20.039 --> 00:43:22.159 and when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on 769 00:43:22.199 --> 00:43:25.760 his shoulders and goes home. This illustrates God's personal care 770 00:43:25.880 --> 00:43:28.880 and joy in recovering the loss. The parable highlights the 771 00:43:28.960 --> 00:43:32.360 value of each individual to God and his willingness to 772 00:43:32.400 --> 00:43:35.239 go to great links to bring them back. 773 00:43:36.079 --> 00:43:39.280 Yeah. See, yes, very interesting. 774 00:43:40.519 --> 00:43:43.480 And then the parable of the lost coin is next. 775 00:43:43.800 --> 00:43:47.840 It's kind of the same type of illustration. It's Luke fifteen, 776 00:43:47.920 --> 00:43:52.000 verse eight. Or what woman having ten silver coins if 777 00:43:52.039 --> 00:43:56.480 she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep 778 00:43:56.519 --> 00:43:59.199 the house and search carefully until she finds it. And 779 00:43:59.280 --> 00:44:01.239 when she has found that, she calls her friends and 780 00:44:01.320 --> 00:44:04.360 neighbors saying, rejoice with me, or I found the peace 781 00:44:04.639 --> 00:44:05.440 which I lost. 782 00:44:05.679 --> 00:44:06.639 Likewise, I say. 783 00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:08.719 To you, there is joy in the presence of angels 784 00:44:08.719 --> 00:44:13.039 of God over one sinner who repents. Okay, I was 785 00:44:13.119 --> 00:44:15.679 that lost sheep. I'll tell you that right now. I 786 00:44:15.840 --> 00:44:19.679 was that lost sheep. I was lost, and I am 787 00:44:19.760 --> 00:44:22.320 so glad. And each one of us was was that 788 00:44:22.360 --> 00:44:25.039 lost sheep. I don't care who you are. If you 789 00:44:25.039 --> 00:44:27.079 feel like, oh, I went to church for you know, 790 00:44:27.280 --> 00:44:29.920 ninety years or fifty years or seventy years, you were 791 00:44:29.960 --> 00:44:33.440 once that lost sheep as well. And and just understand 792 00:44:33.440 --> 00:44:37.079 that Heaven rejoiced. There was joy in heaven and then 793 00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:40.320 the lost coin the parable. Just let you guys know 794 00:44:40.360 --> 00:44:45.840 that that this is one day's wage, Okay. So it's 795 00:44:45.960 --> 00:44:48.480 like basically, if you make three hundred dollars in a day, 796 00:44:48.760 --> 00:44:50.880 it's like you losing three hundred dollars. If you make 797 00:44:51.159 --> 00:44:52.840 one hundred and fifty in a day, it's like you're 798 00:44:52.880 --> 00:44:54.760 using losing one hundred and fifty dollars. 799 00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:57.639 Okay. That coin that they're talking about. 800 00:44:57.880 --> 00:45:01.920 Is is one day's wage. 801 00:45:02.039 --> 00:45:02.320 Okay. 802 00:45:02.400 --> 00:45:05.239 So that's kind of what Jesus is saying here, Okay, 803 00:45:05.239 --> 00:45:08.199 when he says, when she loses that one coin, she 804 00:45:07.920 --> 00:45:10.199 you know, she's basically sweeping the house to search carefully 805 00:45:10.239 --> 00:45:14.840 until she finds it. Of course, the woman who loses 806 00:45:14.840 --> 00:45:18.159 one of her ten silver coins diligently searches until she 807 00:45:18.199 --> 00:45:21.679 finds it. Symbolizes God's thorough and persistent search for the 808 00:45:21.719 --> 00:45:23.719 loss in the same way I tell you there's joy 809 00:45:23.920 --> 00:45:26.159 in the presence of the angels of God over one 810 00:45:26.239 --> 00:45:30.599 sinner who repents. This underscores the heavenly celebration over repentance. 811 00:45:30.960 --> 00:45:34.159 So we don't understand that things are happening in the. 812 00:45:34.039 --> 00:45:37.760 Physical world but also in the spiritual. We always think 813 00:45:37.760 --> 00:45:40.719 about the physical, the materialistic world, but things are happening 814 00:45:40.760 --> 00:45:42.159 in the spiritual. 815 00:45:42.559 --> 00:45:45.760 Things are happening in heaven. Can you, guys, imagine that 816 00:45:45.760 --> 00:45:48.880 that when you repented and you give your life over 817 00:45:48.920 --> 00:45:51.519 to God, that not only does it assist you in 818 00:45:51.559 --> 00:45:54.360 your life and make you happy, but also Heaven rejoices 819 00:45:54.639 --> 00:46:00.840 and the angels of God are shouting for joy. You're 820 00:46:00.880 --> 00:46:03.239 causing them to shout for joy. You're you're causing them, 821 00:46:03.639 --> 00:46:09.440 you know, uh, joy to be in heaven. That's to me, 822 00:46:09.519 --> 00:46:11.400 that's fascinating. I don't know about to you, guys, but 823 00:46:11.440 --> 00:46:18.199 to me, it's fascinating. The next one's gonna be Luke fifteen. 824 00:46:23.679 --> 00:46:30.440 It's gonna be about the Prodigal Sun. And one thing 825 00:46:30.480 --> 00:46:32.360 I'll tell you guys, the only way for you to 826 00:46:32.400 --> 00:46:35.440 find out God's character is by reading the Bible and 827 00:46:35.480 --> 00:46:38.639 then whatever your testimony is, you know, how how has 828 00:46:38.679 --> 00:46:40.599 God treated you? What has God done for you? That's 829 00:46:40.599 --> 00:46:43.320 a way to find out God's character. Also, it's by 830 00:46:43.360 --> 00:46:46.719 reading the Bible. You know this is this is basically 831 00:46:46.840 --> 00:46:50.320 gonna tell you show you God's character all the way 832 00:46:50.360 --> 00:46:52.920 through from Genesis all the way to Revelation. You're gonna 833 00:46:52.960 --> 00:46:56.000 see God's character, what he does, how he strengthened us, 834 00:46:56.159 --> 00:46:58.119 how he how he's there for us, how he's there 835 00:46:58.119 --> 00:46:59.679 for us in prayer, how is there for us? And 836 00:46:59.719 --> 00:47:02.679 some vcation, how he's there for us wearing spiritual battles. 837 00:47:02.719 --> 00:47:04.639 I mean, you're going to see all that stuff by 838 00:47:04.679 --> 00:47:07.400 reading through the Bible. And a good indication of how 839 00:47:07.519 --> 00:47:10.239 God's character is is the way that Jesus tries to 840 00:47:10.320 --> 00:47:13.719 explain it. It's hard because he explains it in parables, okay, 841 00:47:13.760 --> 00:47:18.480 and some people don't understand it, but that's the way 842 00:47:18.519 --> 00:47:19.760 he had to speak. 843 00:47:19.880 --> 00:47:22.679 Because he was in front of the you know, because 844 00:47:22.719 --> 00:47:24.599 he was in front of these Pharisees. 845 00:47:28.360 --> 00:47:30.639 So here's the parable of the lost son. 846 00:47:34.440 --> 00:47:35.760 So then he said. 847 00:47:35.800 --> 00:47:39.639 A certain man had two sons, and the younger of 848 00:47:39.679 --> 00:47:42.000 them said to his father, father, give me the portion 849 00:47:42.119 --> 00:47:46.360 of goods that falls to me. So we divided them 850 00:47:46.719 --> 00:47:50.320 his livelihood, and not many days after, the younger son 851 00:47:50.360 --> 00:47:54.039 gathered all together journeyed to a far country, and they're 852 00:47:54.079 --> 00:48:01.199 wasted his possessions with prodigal living, prodigal living. But when 853 00:48:01.280 --> 00:48:04.760 he spent all there arose a severe famine in the land, 854 00:48:05.119 --> 00:48:09.400 and he began to want. Then he began to be 855 00:48:09.440 --> 00:48:12.199 in want. Then he went and joined himself to a 856 00:48:12.239 --> 00:48:14.400 citizen of the country, and he sent him to the 857 00:48:14.440 --> 00:48:18.159 fields to feed swine, you know, to feed pigs, and 858 00:48:18.199 --> 00:48:20.719 he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods 859 00:48:20.719 --> 00:48:23.639 that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything. 860 00:48:24.239 --> 00:48:26.639 So he was so starving he was thinking about eating 861 00:48:26.639 --> 00:48:30.840 what the pigs were eating. And he's also probably Jewish, 862 00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:35.880 and you know, he's probably from Israel, you know, and 863 00:48:36.440 --> 00:48:43.280 that's obviously a no go, you know, that's unclean. But 864 00:48:43.360 --> 00:48:45.239 when he came to himself, he said, how many of 865 00:48:45.280 --> 00:48:49.400 my father's hired servants have bred enough and to spare, 866 00:48:50.320 --> 00:48:53.199 and I perish with hunger. I will the rise and 867 00:48:53.280 --> 00:48:55.719 go to my father, and I will say to him, father, 868 00:48:55.800 --> 00:48:58.840 I have sinned against heaven, and before you I am 869 00:48:58.880 --> 00:49:01.880 no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me 870 00:49:02.280 --> 00:49:07.360 one of your hired servants. And he arose and came 871 00:49:07.400 --> 00:49:09.960 to his father. But when he was still a great 872 00:49:10.000 --> 00:49:13.880 way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and 873 00:49:14.000 --> 00:49:16.559 ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. And 874 00:49:16.599 --> 00:49:19.199 the son said to him, father, I have sinned against heaven, 875 00:49:19.239 --> 00:49:21.360 and in your sight, I had no longer worthy to 876 00:49:21.400 --> 00:49:24.119 be called your son. But the father said to his servants, 877 00:49:24.159 --> 00:49:26.599 bring out the best robe and put it on him, 878 00:49:26.639 --> 00:49:28.800 and put a ring on his hand, and sandals on 879 00:49:28.840 --> 00:49:32.000 his feet, and bring the fatted calf here and kill it, 880 00:49:32.159 --> 00:49:35.079 and let us eat and be merry, for this is 881 00:49:35.119 --> 00:49:38.199 my son. For this my son was dead and is 882 00:49:38.239 --> 00:49:41.800 alive again. He is lost, He was lost and is found. 883 00:49:42.320 --> 00:49:45.280 And they began to be merry. So they began to 884 00:49:45.280 --> 00:49:48.400 be happy. Right now, his older son was in the field, 885 00:49:48.440 --> 00:49:50.239 and he came and drew near to the house. He 886 00:49:50.239 --> 00:49:52.960 heard music and dancing. He called one of the servants 887 00:49:52.960 --> 00:49:55.400 and asked, what are the things, what these things meant? 888 00:49:55.599 --> 00:49:57.280 And what he said to your brother has come, and 889 00:49:57.400 --> 00:50:02.480 because he has received safe and sound, your father killed 890 00:50:02.719 --> 00:50:05.639 the fat and calf. But he was angry and he 891 00:50:05.639 --> 00:50:07.800 would not go in. Therefore his father came out and 892 00:50:07.800 --> 00:50:09.960 pleaded with him. So we answered, as soon as his 893 00:50:10.000 --> 00:50:12.400 father lo these many years I have been with I've 894 00:50:12.440 --> 00:50:16.000 been serving you. I never transgressed your commandment at any time. 895 00:50:16.559 --> 00:50:19.079 And yet you never gave me a young goat. And 896 00:50:19.159 --> 00:50:22.119 I might marry with my that I might marry with 897 00:50:22.159 --> 00:50:25.239 my friends. But as soon as the son of yours came, 898 00:50:25.559 --> 00:50:28.119 he has devoured your livelihood with harlots. You killed your 899 00:50:28.159 --> 00:50:30.800 fat and calf for him, and he said to him, son, 900 00:50:30.880 --> 00:50:35.559 you are always with me, and all that I have 901 00:50:35.760 --> 00:50:38.239 is yours, And it was right that you should marry, 902 00:50:38.480 --> 00:50:41.039 make merry, and be glad, for your brother was dead 903 00:50:41.079 --> 00:50:43.760 and is alive again, and this and was lost and 904 00:50:43.880 --> 00:50:50.039 is found. So here we have the prodigal son. And 905 00:50:50.079 --> 00:50:52.599 just let you guys know, prodigal doesn't mean wanderer and 906 00:50:52.719 --> 00:50:55.599 means squanderer. You know he's squandering the money. 907 00:50:55.639 --> 00:50:59.360 Right. So people in. 908 00:50:59.320 --> 00:51:02.880 Parables used representative of us or a characteristic that we 909 00:51:02.920 --> 00:51:06.880 all share. So the Father is representing obviously as God 910 00:51:06.920 --> 00:51:13.599 the Father. And if you notice in the beginning, it 911 00:51:13.679 --> 00:51:16.840 says that he asked for his portion and then he 912 00:51:16.960 --> 00:51:19.599 just gave it to him, right, And that's kind of, 913 00:51:20.559 --> 00:51:21.039 you know, like. 914 00:51:21.000 --> 00:51:21.760 Our free will. 915 00:51:22.599 --> 00:51:25.239 Like if you ask God, hey, give me all my 916 00:51:25.239 --> 00:51:28.760 my give me everything upfront. I want my gifts now 917 00:51:28.880 --> 00:51:31.119 instead of, you know, getting your heavenly gifts. 918 00:51:31.639 --> 00:51:33.239 Then sometimes you can get that. 919 00:51:33.719 --> 00:51:37.280 You can get all your your inheritance up front instead 920 00:51:37.280 --> 00:51:39.639 of waiting and being patient and waiting for your heavenly gifts, 921 00:51:39.639 --> 00:51:42.159 you know. And that's what some people do. You have 922 00:51:42.239 --> 00:51:48.719 free will. And then what I thought was interesting too, 923 00:51:48.880 --> 00:51:52.760 is it says that he journeyed to a far country. Okay, 924 00:51:52.800 --> 00:51:55.639 it doesn't say that he went to like another town over. 925 00:51:55.719 --> 00:51:58.960 He journeyed to a far country. So that's kind of 926 00:51:58.960 --> 00:52:02.800 a representation of him trying to get away from all 927 00:52:02.800 --> 00:52:05.920 the people he knew. And also that way he could 928 00:52:05.920 --> 00:52:08.599 do whatever he wanted to do. And it seemed like 929 00:52:08.599 --> 00:52:10.840 he wanted to go crazy and party like a lot 930 00:52:10.840 --> 00:52:15.719 of us did. But as you see, as the story continues, 931 00:52:16.360 --> 00:52:20.280 he wasted his possessions. He spent all there was a 932 00:52:20.320 --> 00:52:23.480 famine in the land. So you know what I believe 933 00:52:23.559 --> 00:52:27.960 right here when he said that he would gladly have 934 00:52:27.960 --> 00:52:29.880 filled the stomach with the pods of the swine eight 935 00:52:29.920 --> 00:52:32.400 and no one gave him anything. It's just this is 936 00:52:32.519 --> 00:52:36.599 a representation is somebody that hit rock bottom. I mean 937 00:52:36.679 --> 00:52:39.679 a lot of us have done that, especially people that 938 00:52:39.719 --> 00:52:44.840 have gone down the road of doing drugs. 939 00:52:46.679 --> 00:52:48.480 A lot of us have hit rock bottom. 940 00:52:50.920 --> 00:52:56.159 And you could be a normal person with the family, 941 00:52:58.320 --> 00:53:02.960 doing normal things families do, eating dinner together, you know, 942 00:53:03.519 --> 00:53:06.079 enjoying your family and doing really well with your. 943 00:53:05.920 --> 00:53:10.239 Family, and then you could end up. This is not 944 00:53:10.320 --> 00:53:12.320 my story. I'm just telling you that what could happen. 945 00:53:12.400 --> 00:53:14.280 My story was different. My parents divorced. 946 00:53:14.800 --> 00:53:17.599 My dad was like selling drugs, you know, and you know, 947 00:53:17.679 --> 00:53:18.320 so I was in. 948 00:53:18.280 --> 00:53:19.360 A whole different ballgame. 949 00:53:19.400 --> 00:53:22.079 But you could have a family that is together, and 950 00:53:22.119 --> 00:53:24.480 you could be living and your family could be well 951 00:53:24.480 --> 00:53:27.360 off or middle class. Everything could be going great, and 952 00:53:27.400 --> 00:53:29.679 then you could dip into some drugs and then your 953 00:53:29.719 --> 00:53:32.320 life can go downhill. You could start hanging out with 954 00:53:32.360 --> 00:53:35.440 people that are bad news, and you could be going 955 00:53:35.480 --> 00:53:39.400 from this happy, go lucky person to just being down 956 00:53:39.480 --> 00:53:43.519 in the dumps, and I was at one time. I 957 00:53:43.519 --> 00:53:48.760 mean I'm talking. I mean, I was just not doing 958 00:53:48.760 --> 00:53:52.000 well at all. Before I met my wife, I was 959 00:53:52.039 --> 00:53:53.039 not doing well at all. 960 00:53:53.159 --> 00:53:54.639 I was just like this guy. 961 00:53:55.159 --> 00:53:58.599 I was hanging out with people that were bad news 962 00:53:59.079 --> 00:54:01.800 and I was away wait for my family. I wasn't 963 00:54:01.840 --> 00:54:05.840 speaking to anybody anymore. I was down in the dirt. 964 00:54:05.960 --> 00:54:06.400 Okay. 965 00:54:06.760 --> 00:54:08.960 What I did is I moved back to my dad's 966 00:54:08.960 --> 00:54:11.519 house in Vegas, even though my dad wasn't doing the 967 00:54:11.559 --> 00:54:14.639 greatest at the time. And I moved to Vegas and 968 00:54:14.679 --> 00:54:17.039 I was like, okay, I want to I'm going to 969 00:54:17.119 --> 00:54:18.440 join the United States Army. 970 00:54:18.480 --> 00:54:19.159 That's what I thought. 971 00:54:19.840 --> 00:54:21.840 And I had a recruiter come and pick me up 972 00:54:21.880 --> 00:54:23.679 and brought me back to the High Desert which is 973 00:54:25.559 --> 00:54:28.159 in Victoryville, and I was like, okay, I'm going to 974 00:54:28.239 --> 00:54:29.920 join the military. I was going to go full time 975 00:54:29.960 --> 00:54:33.079 in the military. And the lady say, it's going to 976 00:54:33.119 --> 00:54:35.840 take about three weeks to process, so I'll give you 977 00:54:35.840 --> 00:54:40.360 a little time. And somebody came to me and one 978 00:54:40.360 --> 00:54:43.880 of my he's a police officer, and he's he was 979 00:54:43.920 --> 00:54:45.960 a detective, a LA detective, and said, hey, man, I'm 980 00:54:45.960 --> 00:54:48.000 going to start a bar and grill, and I would 981 00:54:48.039 --> 00:54:51.159 like you to be a bartender. And I started out 982 00:54:51.199 --> 00:54:54.199 actually as a bar back and cleaning dishes. I didn't 983 00:54:54.199 --> 00:54:57.519 come as so I got humbled and like real quick. 984 00:54:57.920 --> 00:55:00.480 But I was at rock bottom before this, and I 985 00:55:00.519 --> 00:55:02.440 was going to join the military at that time. But 986 00:55:02.559 --> 00:55:05.280 I met my wife and then we ended up being together, 987 00:55:05.719 --> 00:55:07.360 and then it took me a little bit longer for 988 00:55:07.400 --> 00:55:10.199 me to join. I ended up still joining the military, 989 00:55:10.239 --> 00:55:12.519 but I was about to go full time boom and 990 00:55:12.599 --> 00:55:16.119 just go, you know, but I've been at this point 991 00:55:16.119 --> 00:55:19.960 where I was rock bottom like this gentleman, Okay, and 992 00:55:20.119 --> 00:55:25.320 it happens, and that's and I know plenty of people 993 00:55:25.519 --> 00:55:28.800 that have been rock bottom. 994 00:55:30.159 --> 00:55:32.880 Thank God, thank God. 995 00:55:34.519 --> 00:55:37.239 He is the way he is in this story, because 996 00:55:37.280 --> 00:55:39.760 if he wasn't, I would not be here right now 997 00:55:39.840 --> 00:55:42.519 doing this show. I would not be here with the house, 998 00:55:42.800 --> 00:55:44.480 I would not be here with my kids. I would 999 00:55:44.519 --> 00:55:46.360 not be here with my wife. I could be dead 1000 00:55:46.400 --> 00:55:49.679 at this point. But thank God he is how he is. 1001 00:55:49.840 --> 00:55:57.760 Thank you Lord for being forgiving. And let's continue. So 1002 00:55:58.039 --> 00:56:02.199 the other son, Okay, the other son in here is 1003 00:56:02.239 --> 00:56:05.960 a representation of I think this is just my own 1004 00:56:06.280 --> 00:56:11.000 speculation of somebody that goes to church every Sunday and Wednesday, 1005 00:56:11.639 --> 00:56:14.159 you know that thinks they know God, but they're actually 1006 00:56:14.280 --> 00:56:18.400 far away from God's heart. They think they understand God, 1007 00:56:18.480 --> 00:56:22.400 but they don't really understand God's heart. Okay, because if 1008 00:56:22.440 --> 00:56:27.119 they understood God's heart, they would know that God is 1009 00:56:27.159 --> 00:56:33.360 willing to be that that, you know, open arm, coming 1010 00:56:33.400 --> 00:56:35.880 to give you a hug, happy that you're back, giving 1011 00:56:35.920 --> 00:56:38.840 you these you know, the best robe, putting a ring 1012 00:56:38.920 --> 00:56:41.440 on his hand, sandals on his feet. So you might 1013 00:56:41.480 --> 00:56:43.360 have think that he's not gonna be forgiving you because 1014 00:56:43.400 --> 00:56:45.679 you're so terrible and you're so wrong, and you're so bad. 1015 00:56:46.000 --> 00:56:49.480 But God has been waiting the whole time for you 1016 00:56:49.559 --> 00:56:52.079 to come, and he's gonna do exactly what it says 1017 00:56:52.119 --> 00:56:52.760 in the story. 1018 00:56:53.480 --> 00:56:55.679 He's gonna be waiting for you, and he's gonna be 1019 00:56:55.840 --> 00:57:01.000 with open arms. 1020 00:57:04.519 --> 00:57:06.320 So I got one thing for you. 1021 00:57:06.440 --> 00:57:10.079 Romans six, verses six to seven says we know that 1022 00:57:10.119 --> 00:57:12.960 our old self was crucified with him in order that 1023 00:57:13.000 --> 00:57:16.400 our body of sin might be brought to nothing, so 1024 00:57:16.440 --> 00:57:19.679 that he would no longer be enslaved to sin. For 1025 00:57:19.880 --> 00:57:22.920 one who has died has been set free from sin. 1026 00:57:23.920 --> 00:57:27.400 Okay, so very powerful verse. 1027 00:57:28.119 --> 00:57:29.960 Let's go to my other notes to see if I 1028 00:57:30.000 --> 00:57:31.679 got any teaching points here for you. 1029 00:57:31.840 --> 00:57:32.599 The Prodigal Son. 1030 00:57:32.679 --> 00:57:35.280 The story of the prodigal Son illustrates the depth of 1031 00:57:35.320 --> 00:57:40.079 God's forgiveness and the joy of reconciliation. The father's response 1032 00:57:40.159 --> 00:57:42.519 to the returning son, running to him, embracing him, and 1033 00:57:42.559 --> 00:57:47.559 celebrating his return, demonstrates God's unconditional love and readiness to forgive. 1034 00:57:48.000 --> 00:57:50.880 The elder brother's reactions serve as a warning against self 1035 00:57:50.920 --> 00:57:55.039 righteousness and reminded to share God's joy over the repentant. 1036 00:57:55.400 --> 00:57:57.639 So there's a lot of people that are in. 1037 00:57:57.719 --> 00:58:00.519 Church, and if you go to if you get somebody 1038 00:58:00.519 --> 00:58:03.079 that's a sinner and they come and they repent, you 1039 00:58:03.159 --> 00:58:06.239 gotta you gotta be joyful of that that they're repenting. 1040 00:58:06.280 --> 00:58:07.920 And I'm sure there's a lot of people that are. 1041 00:58:10.519 --> 00:58:13.519 There's just some that are probably religious that might be like, 1042 00:58:13.559 --> 00:58:14.679 get that sinner out of here. 1043 00:58:14.719 --> 00:58:16.039 I don't want that person in here. 1044 00:58:22.880 --> 00:58:28.719 So let's see if there's anything else here. So this, 1045 00:58:28.920 --> 00:58:32.199 the whole chapter just illustrates God's on wavering love and 1046 00:58:32.320 --> 00:58:35.679 joyous celebration over the repentance of a single sinner. It 1047 00:58:35.840 --> 00:58:38.760 just shows you that you might think that that God's 1048 00:58:38.800 --> 00:58:40.920 not going to forgive you, that you're bad, you're you're 1049 00:58:40.920 --> 00:58:43.639 the worst, and you don't deserve it. But what we don't, 1050 00:58:43.639 --> 00:58:47.320 what we fail to realize, is that God's just waiting 1051 00:58:47.360 --> 00:58:54.639 for you to repent, doesn't matter who you are. Some 1052 00:58:54.760 --> 00:58:59.800 practical applications for this recognize that God actively seeks out 1053 00:58:59.800 --> 00:59:03.159 the loss and desires relationship with each of us. Reflect 1054 00:59:03.239 --> 00:59:05.760 on your own life and consider areas where you may 1055 00:59:05.800 --> 00:59:09.519 have strayed, knowing that God is eager to welcome you back. 1056 00:59:10.760 --> 00:59:12.639 Now I can reflect on my life. 1057 00:59:12.719 --> 00:59:14.880 I know exactly the stuff that I've done wrong, and 1058 00:59:14.880 --> 00:59:18.199 God knows as well, and you know, my wife knows, 1059 00:59:18.480 --> 00:59:21.920 you know. And I've gone over my testimony on you know, 1060 00:59:22.079 --> 00:59:25.000 some of my shows on Josh Monday Christian Conspiracy podcast. 1061 00:59:25.320 --> 00:59:28.760 Price not so much here, but I kind of concentrated 1062 00:59:28.760 --> 00:59:32.320 this show mainly on just you know, staying on course, 1063 00:59:32.480 --> 00:59:36.000 on going word for word in the Bible. But you 1064 00:59:36.000 --> 00:59:38.199 guys get to hear a little bit of my testimony. 1065 00:59:38.800 --> 00:59:43.239 Let's see the next one. Celebrate repentance, Rejoice with others 1066 00:59:43.360 --> 00:59:46.400 when they turn back to God, understanding the immense joy 1067 00:59:46.559 --> 00:59:50.280 it brings. To the Father, encourage and support those who 1068 00:59:50.280 --> 00:59:53.360 are on their journey back to the faith. Of course, 1069 00:59:53.400 --> 00:59:57.079 to be there for people. Some people are probably not 1070 00:59:57.840 --> 01:00:00.519 uh you know, they won't accept Christ in the because 1071 01:00:00.519 --> 01:00:03.480 that they have some sin that's that they're kind of 1072 01:00:03.559 --> 01:00:05.679 still holding on to that they. 1073 01:00:05.519 --> 01:00:06.400 Cannot let go. 1074 01:00:07.280 --> 01:00:09.480 That's why a lot of people, you know, I know 1075 01:00:09.559 --> 01:00:11.360 how it is, you know, to have some kind of 1076 01:00:11.880 --> 01:00:15.079 uh something that's holding you back that you don't want 1077 01:00:15.079 --> 01:00:15.920 to let go yet. 1078 01:00:17.119 --> 01:00:18.400 You know. I had to let go of a lot 1079 01:00:18.440 --> 01:00:22.559 of things. Drugs, alcohol, cigarettes. 1080 01:00:22.360 --> 01:00:24.840 Dip, you know, chewing tobacco when I was in the military. 1081 01:00:24.920 --> 01:00:27.000 Dang, I was this big old dip in my mouth, 1082 01:00:27.320 --> 01:00:32.679 feeling helicopters, you know. I I used to love to 1083 01:00:32.800 --> 01:00:35.719 you know, nicotine. You know, I had cigarettes, nicotine, and 1084 01:00:35.719 --> 01:00:37.400 then I went to vaping and I'd be like, hey, cool, 1085 01:00:37.440 --> 01:00:40.199 I'm not even smoking cigarettes and where I'm just vaping and. 1086 01:00:40.400 --> 01:00:41.960 That's just as bad, you know. So I had to 1087 01:00:42.039 --> 01:00:43.920 let go of a lot of things, and I never 1088 01:00:44.039 --> 01:00:47.119 it wasn't me. God is the one that led me out. 1089 01:00:47.679 --> 01:00:51.400 Because when you're doing anything and you're addicted, you are 1090 01:00:51.519 --> 01:00:54.800 a slave to whatever you're addicted to. And I know 1091 01:00:54.880 --> 01:00:56.880 how it is because I didn't want to leave the 1092 01:00:56.960 --> 01:01:00.760 house without my cigarettes or without my tobacco, without my 1093 01:01:01.880 --> 01:01:03.239 dip or my nicotine. 1094 01:01:03.280 --> 01:01:03.800 I didn't want to. 1095 01:01:03.840 --> 01:01:06.880 Leave the house without it. I don't want to leave 1096 01:01:06.920 --> 01:01:10.159 the barracks without it. I wanted to make sure I 1097 01:01:10.199 --> 01:01:13.320 had it because I needed it all the time. So 1098 01:01:13.400 --> 01:01:17.000 you become an actual slave to whatever you're addicted to. 1099 01:01:17.920 --> 01:01:19.599 And I know how it is with drugs too. I'd 1100 01:01:19.639 --> 01:01:21.239 wake up in the morning that's all I could think about, 1101 01:01:21.360 --> 01:01:24.039 is getting those drugs. Can you imagine if you had 1102 01:01:24.039 --> 01:01:28.519 that same passion for Christ and for God that you 1103 01:01:28.559 --> 01:01:30.960 can't leave the house unless you pray to God, you 1104 01:01:31.000 --> 01:01:32.599 can't leave the house unless. 1105 01:01:32.280 --> 01:01:33.000 You read the Bible. 1106 01:01:33.280 --> 01:01:35.840 Can you imagine if you had that same you know, 1107 01:01:35.920 --> 01:01:41.519 turn that addiction into something that's positive like this, Turn 1108 01:01:41.559 --> 01:01:44.800 that addiction into working out and listening to pastors preach 1109 01:01:44.840 --> 01:01:49.039 and reading the Bible. My goodness, you can imagine what 1110 01:01:49.079 --> 01:01:50.719 it would do for you. You're not going to have a 1111 01:01:50.719 --> 01:01:51.639 big hole in your lip. 1112 01:01:52.039 --> 01:01:53.360 You're not going to have lung cancer. 1113 01:01:53.880 --> 01:01:56.840 You're not going to have a throat cancer or cheek cancer. 1114 01:01:57.480 --> 01:02:01.400 If you are, if you're reading the Word God, you 1115 01:02:01.480 --> 01:02:04.320 might have a sore jaw from talking so much like me. 1116 01:02:06.039 --> 01:02:08.440 But you're not gonna have You know all these negative 1117 01:02:08.440 --> 01:02:11.480 effects it has on you. Alcohol, I mean you see 1118 01:02:11.480 --> 01:02:14.239 what has the effect that has on people and their family. 1119 01:02:14.800 --> 01:02:17.880 Some men they beat their wives because they're drinking. Some men, 1120 01:02:18.239 --> 01:02:21.920 some wives beat their husband because they're drinking. It causes adultery, 1121 01:02:22.000 --> 01:02:24.480 It causes things in people's life that's terrible. It causes 1122 01:02:24.519 --> 01:02:26.960 you to invite all your friends over, put your friends 1123 01:02:26.960 --> 01:02:29.800 over your wife. You know, it could cause so much stuff. 1124 01:02:30.679 --> 01:02:37.480 So man, extend grace and forgiveness. Follow the example of 1125 01:02:37.559 --> 01:02:40.800 the Father in the Parable. By offering forgiveness and grace 1126 01:02:40.880 --> 01:02:43.639 to those who have wronged you avoid the trap of 1127 01:02:43.679 --> 01:02:46.880 self righteousness and cultivate a heart that mirrors God's love 1128 01:02:46.920 --> 01:02:51.400 and compassion. Yes, and and the stuff that I'm talking 1129 01:02:51.400 --> 01:02:54.039 about right now about me quitting alcohol and drinking and 1130 01:02:54.039 --> 01:02:56.360 all that, and smoking cigarettes, all that stuff, it's not 1131 01:02:56.559 --> 01:02:58.679 me trying to be self righteous. What it is is 1132 01:02:58.760 --> 01:03:01.039 me just trying to tell you guys that it's possible, 1133 01:03:01.480 --> 01:03:05.480 and it's only possible through God. Okay, I didn't do 1134 01:03:05.519 --> 01:03:07.719 it on my own. I prayed and prayed and prayed, 1135 01:03:07.760 --> 01:03:10.679 and God assisted me. The Holy Spirit drove me out 1136 01:03:10.719 --> 01:03:23.400 of that. Let's see if I have any any connecting 1137 01:03:23.440 --> 01:03:30.159 additional scriptures is Psalms twenty three, verses one through four. 1138 01:03:32.880 --> 01:03:34.920 Let's see if I can go to that real quick. 1139 01:03:37.360 --> 01:03:49.280 Psalms twenty three. Psalms twenty three. It says, the Lord 1140 01:03:49.360 --> 01:03:53.000 is my shepherd. I shall not want. He makes me 1141 01:03:53.119 --> 01:03:55.920 to lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside 1142 01:03:55.960 --> 01:03:59.480 the still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me 1143 01:03:59.519 --> 01:04:04.599 in the past of righteousness for his namesake. Yeay, though 1144 01:04:04.639 --> 01:04:06.800 I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, 1145 01:04:07.199 --> 01:04:09.679 I will fear no evil, for you are with me, 1146 01:04:10.159 --> 01:04:12.039 your rod, your staff, they comfort me. 1147 01:04:13.039 --> 01:04:13.400 Okay. 1148 01:04:13.760 --> 01:04:15.840 You prepare a table before me in the presence of 1149 01:04:15.880 --> 01:04:18.639 my enemies. You annoy it my head with oil. My 1150 01:04:18.800 --> 01:04:23.679 cup runs over. So that's basically just telling you how 1151 01:04:23.679 --> 01:04:25.800 God has your back. The Lord is your shepherd, right 1152 01:04:25.840 --> 01:04:31.119 and when you're talking about the sheep, then guiding you 1153 01:04:31.199 --> 01:04:31.880 and restoring you. 1154 01:04:31.920 --> 01:04:32.239 Okay. 1155 01:04:32.280 --> 01:04:36.119 So Ezekiel thirty four eleven through sixteen talks about God's 1156 01:04:36.159 --> 01:04:40.559 promise to search for and care for his sheep. Ezekiel 1157 01:04:40.679 --> 01:04:46.159 thirty four eleven through sixteen. Let's see what that, says Ezekiel. 1158 01:04:46.239 --> 01:04:56.239 Thirty four, zek you'll thirty four. 1159 01:04:59.280 --> 01:05:03.599 Yeah, the whole chap irresponsible shepherds. 1160 01:05:03.639 --> 01:05:11.239 Well, God, the true shepherd, it says for us, says 1161 01:05:11.280 --> 01:05:14.360 the Lord God. Indeed, I myself will search for my 1162 01:05:14.519 --> 01:05:17.719 sheep and seek them out. As a shepherd seeks out 1163 01:05:17.719 --> 01:05:20.280 his flock on the day he is among his scattered sheep. 1164 01:05:20.840 --> 01:05:23.400 So will I seek out my sheep and deliver them 1165 01:05:23.480 --> 01:05:26.119 from all the places where they are scattered on a 1166 01:05:26.119 --> 01:05:28.840 cloudy and dark day. And I will bring them out 1167 01:05:28.920 --> 01:05:31.239 from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and 1168 01:05:31.239 --> 01:05:33.480 I will bring them to their own land. 1169 01:05:33.559 --> 01:05:34.599 I will feed them. 1170 01:05:34.480 --> 01:05:37.119 On the mountains of Israel, in the valleys and in 1171 01:05:37.159 --> 01:05:40.400 the inhabited places of the country. I will feed them 1172 01:05:40.400 --> 01:05:45.039 in good pasture, and their fold shall be on the 1173 01:05:45.119 --> 01:05:47.960 high mountains of Israel. There they shall lie down in 1174 01:05:48.000 --> 01:05:50.519 a good fold and feed in a rich pastor. On 1175 01:05:50.559 --> 01:05:53.039 the mountains of Israel. I will feed my flock, and 1176 01:05:53.079 --> 01:05:56.079 I will make them. I will make them lie down, 1177 01:05:56.320 --> 01:06:00.360 says the Lord God. I will seek what was lost, 1178 01:06:00.400 --> 01:06:03.159 and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken, 1179 01:06:03.199 --> 01:06:05.840 and strengthen what was sick. But I will destroy the 1180 01:06:05.840 --> 01:06:10.880 fat the strong and feed them in judgment. So you 1181 01:06:10.920 --> 01:06:15.599 see how God works right Second Peter three, verse nine. 1182 01:06:15.639 --> 01:06:18.880 God's patience and desire for all to come to repentance 1183 01:06:19.360 --> 01:06:32.960 is what that verse speaks about. So themes the parable particles. Son, Okay, 1184 01:06:32.960 --> 01:06:36.519 we kind of went over that perfect. Now we're going 1185 01:06:36.599 --> 01:06:41.519 to be going to Luke sixteen verse one. We got 1186 01:06:41.519 --> 01:06:49.519 probably about forty minutes thirty five minutes the parable of 1187 01:06:49.639 --> 01:06:58.480 the unjust Stewart. There was a certain rich man who 1188 01:06:58.519 --> 01:07:01.079 had a stewart, and an act acusation was brought to 1189 01:07:01.159 --> 01:07:04.280 him that this man was wasting his goods. So we 1190 01:07:04.440 --> 01:07:07.320 called him and said to him, what is this I 1191 01:07:07.360 --> 01:07:10.599 hear about? You? Give an account of your stewardship where 1192 01:07:10.599 --> 01:07:13.400 you can no longer be stewart. Then the steward said 1193 01:07:13.400 --> 01:07:16.480 within himself, where shall I do? For my master has 1194 01:07:16.519 --> 01:07:19.360 taken the stewardship away from me. I cannot dig. I 1195 01:07:19.360 --> 01:07:22.599 am ashamed to beg. I have resolved what to do 1196 01:07:24.480 --> 01:07:27.480 that when I put out my stewardship, they may receive 1197 01:07:27.559 --> 01:07:31.480 me into their houses. So he called one of his 1198 01:07:31.519 --> 01:07:33.840 master's debtors to him and said to him how much 1199 01:07:33.880 --> 01:07:35.760 do I owe my master? And he said, one hundred 1200 01:07:35.800 --> 01:07:38.719 measures of oil. So we said to him, take your bill, 1201 01:07:38.960 --> 01:07:42.199 sit down quickly, and write fifty. Then he said to another, 1202 01:07:42.239 --> 01:07:43.079 how much do I owe? 1203 01:07:43.079 --> 01:07:45.440 You? Do you owe? 1204 01:07:45.800 --> 01:07:48.039 So we said one hundred measures of wheat? And he 1205 01:07:48.119 --> 01:07:50.880 said to him, take your bill and write eighty. So 1206 01:07:51.000 --> 01:07:55.760 the master commanded the unjust stewart because he had dealt shortly. 1207 01:07:56.719 --> 01:07:59.960 For the sons of this world are more shrewd shrewd 1208 01:08:00.840 --> 01:08:04.960 in this generation then the suns of light. And I 1209 01:08:04.960 --> 01:08:07.760 say to you, make friends for yourself by unrighteous mammon 1210 01:08:08.440 --> 01:08:11.119 or money, and when you fail, they may receive you 1211 01:08:11.159 --> 01:08:15.280 into the everlasting home. For he who is faithful, and 1212 01:08:15.320 --> 01:08:18.880 what is least, is faithful also and much. And he 1213 01:08:18.960 --> 01:08:21.880 who is unjust, and what is least is unjust also 1214 01:08:21.920 --> 01:08:24.359 and much. Therefore, if you have been faithful in the 1215 01:08:24.479 --> 01:08:29.479 unrighteous mammon, who will commit the trust? That who will 1216 01:08:29.479 --> 01:08:33.159 commit your trust the true riches? And if you have 1217 01:08:33.239 --> 01:08:37.960 been faithful in what another man's who will give? Who 1218 01:08:38.039 --> 01:08:41.319 will give you what is your own? No servant can 1219 01:08:41.359 --> 01:08:43.680 serve two masters, for either he will hate the one 1220 01:08:44.199 --> 01:08:46.319 or love the other, or else he will be loyal 1221 01:08:46.399 --> 01:08:49.239 to the one and despise the other. You can't serve. 1222 01:08:49.720 --> 01:08:53.840 You cannot serve God and Mammon, or God and money, 1223 01:08:54.199 --> 01:08:57.600 or God and the God of money. You can't serve 1224 01:08:57.640 --> 01:08:59.960 God and Satan. 1225 01:09:00.279 --> 01:09:00.720 Okay. 1226 01:09:01.399 --> 01:09:11.279 You gotta love the one and hate the other. Okay. So, 1227 01:09:11.279 --> 01:09:15.359 so the rich man is the employer to the manager. 1228 01:09:15.399 --> 01:09:17.479 He is the figure of authority who holds the manager 1229 01:09:17.479 --> 01:09:18.920 accountable for his stewardship. 1230 01:09:20.079 --> 01:09:21.680 Hold on, let me go to the. 1231 01:09:23.600 --> 01:09:25.800 So Jesus tells the story of a manager who, upon 1232 01:09:25.880 --> 01:09:29.640 learning he will be dismissed, shrewdly reduces the debts of 1233 01:09:29.680 --> 01:09:33.439 his master's debtors to secure future favor. The parable highlights 1234 01:09:33.479 --> 01:09:37.039 the importance of using worldly wealth to gain internal beliefs, 1235 01:09:37.520 --> 01:09:40.760 for the son of this age are more shrewd in 1236 01:09:40.800 --> 01:09:42.800 the dealing with their own kind than the other sons 1237 01:09:42.800 --> 01:09:46.199 of light. This verse challenges believers to be wise and 1238 01:09:46.279 --> 01:09:49.960 discerning in their use of resources. Jesus emphasizes faithfulness in 1239 01:09:50.000 --> 01:09:52.800 small things. Whoever is faithful with very little will also 1240 01:09:52.800 --> 01:09:55.640 be faithful and much. The impossibility of serving two masters. 1241 01:09:55.720 --> 01:10:05.560 You cannot serve both God and money. Okay, let's see here, 1242 01:10:10.600 --> 01:10:17.079 and let's go to the next portion. The Law, the prophets, 1243 01:10:17.079 --> 01:10:24.239 and the Kingdom. Now, the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, 1244 01:10:25.439 --> 01:10:31.720 also heard these things, and they derided him. That derided him, 1245 01:10:32.039 --> 01:10:34.479 And He also said to them, you are those who 1246 01:10:34.600 --> 01:10:37.960 justify yourselves before men. But God knows your hearts, for 1247 01:10:38.079 --> 01:10:41.239 what is highly esteemed among you is an abomination the 1248 01:10:41.319 --> 01:10:45.079 side of God, the Law and the prophets were until John. 1249 01:10:45.680 --> 01:10:48.079 Since that time, the Kingdom of God has been preached, 1250 01:10:48.079 --> 01:10:50.840 and everyone is pressing into it. It is easier for 1251 01:10:50.920 --> 01:10:53.680 heaven and earth to pass away than for one little, 1252 01:10:53.880 --> 01:10:58.119 one tittle of the law to fail. Whoever divorces his 1253 01:10:58.159 --> 01:11:01.239 wife and marries another commits adults and whoever marries her 1254 01:11:02.000 --> 01:11:07.159 who is divorced from her husband commits adultery. And then 1255 01:11:07.239 --> 01:11:12.640 next up we're going to be going to We're going 1256 01:11:12.680 --> 01:11:15.920 to be going to the law. Hold on, I mean 1257 01:11:15.960 --> 01:11:22.279 to the rich man in Lazareth. So this little part 1258 01:11:22.359 --> 01:11:25.840 portion that we just read, Jesus affirms the enduring validity 1259 01:11:25.880 --> 01:11:28.319 of the law and the prophets until the coming of 1260 01:11:28.399 --> 01:11:30.880 John the Baptist, emphasizing the Kingdom of God as being 1261 01:11:30.920 --> 01:11:34.039 proclaimed and that everyone is forcing their way into it. 1262 01:11:34.239 --> 01:11:39.359 He underscores the pre eminence of God's law okay. And 1263 01:11:38.279 --> 01:11:43.159 then then Jesus briefly addresses the issue of divorce, saying 1264 01:11:43.159 --> 01:11:46.079 that anyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, 1265 01:11:46.079 --> 01:11:50.439 and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery. So 1266 01:11:50.479 --> 01:11:51.920 he just kind of threw that in there at the 1267 01:11:52.000 --> 01:11:55.119 end there, and next up is going to be the 1268 01:11:55.239 --> 01:11:56.560 rich man and Lazaruth. 1269 01:11:56.560 --> 01:11:56.800 Okay. 1270 01:11:56.840 --> 01:11:59.479 I want you guys to pay attention to this. This 1271 01:11:59.560 --> 01:12:04.319 is very important, Okay to me. This is real people. 1272 01:12:04.680 --> 01:12:04.960 Okay. 1273 01:12:05.000 --> 01:12:07.680 I don't look at this as a story or parable 1274 01:12:08.079 --> 01:12:11.000 to me, this is real people, because if you notice, 1275 01:12:11.359 --> 01:12:13.920 in all of the parables that we've read, and any 1276 01:12:14.000 --> 01:12:18.119 of the stories or parables that we've read, Jesus never 1277 01:12:18.159 --> 01:12:22.680 says anybody's name, and this one he actually says the name. Okay, 1278 01:12:22.880 --> 01:12:29.079 And I'm gonna tell you guys something. Let's go through 1279 01:12:29.119 --> 01:12:30.039 this verse and then I'll. 1280 01:12:29.880 --> 01:12:30.399 Tell you guys. 1281 01:12:30.399 --> 01:12:36.479 Okay, but this is this for me, is very important. 1282 01:12:37.039 --> 01:12:39.680 It's very important for us. So let's let's go. This 1283 01:12:39.720 --> 01:12:39.920 is a. 1284 01:12:42.720 --> 01:12:45.520 It's gonna be Luke sixteen, verse nineteen. Then there was 1285 01:12:45.560 --> 01:12:48.560 a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and 1286 01:12:48.600 --> 01:12:52.159 fine linen and fared sumptuously every day. But there was 1287 01:12:52.199 --> 01:12:55.560 a certain beggar named Lasaruth, full of sores, who was 1288 01:12:55.640 --> 01:12:58.079 laid at his gate, desiring to be fed with the 1289 01:12:58.159 --> 01:13:01.479 crumbs which fell from the rich man's tas. Moreover, the 1290 01:13:01.479 --> 01:13:06.479 dogs came and licked his sores, so it was the beggar. 1291 01:13:06.920 --> 01:13:10.359 So it was that the beggar died and was carried 1292 01:13:10.399 --> 01:13:15.560 by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also 1293 01:13:15.680 --> 01:13:18.239 died and was buried. In being in the torments of Hades, 1294 01:13:18.279 --> 01:13:20.640 he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham, afar Off 1295 01:13:21.000 --> 01:13:26.319 and Lazarum in his bosom. Then he cried out and said, Father, Abraham, 1296 01:13:26.399 --> 01:13:28.600 have mercy on me, and send Lazareth that he may 1297 01:13:28.680 --> 01:13:31.720 dip the tip of his finger in water and cool 1298 01:13:31.800 --> 01:13:34.800 my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame. But 1299 01:13:34.920 --> 01:13:38.039 Abraham said, son, remember that in your lifetime you receive 1300 01:13:38.119 --> 01:13:41.159 good things, and likewise Lazareth evil things. 1301 01:13:41.439 --> 01:13:42.239 But now he is. 1302 01:13:42.239 --> 01:13:45.439 Comforted and you are tormented. And besides all of this 1303 01:13:45.520 --> 01:13:48.279 between us, there was a great golf fixed, or a 1304 01:13:48.319 --> 01:13:52.319 great cavern okay, so that those who want to pass 1305 01:13:52.399 --> 01:13:56.439 from here to you cannot nor can those from there 1306 01:13:57.000 --> 01:14:00.960 pass to us. It's impossible. Okay, if you're in Hades 1307 01:14:01.279 --> 01:14:02.680 or hell, you cannot come over to. 1308 01:14:02.640 --> 01:14:04.359 Paradise, is what they're saying. 1309 01:14:06.520 --> 01:14:08.560 Then he said, I beg you there for a father, 1310 01:14:09.000 --> 01:14:11.039 that if you would send him to my father's house, 1311 01:14:11.039 --> 01:14:13.880 for I have five brothers that may that he may 1312 01:14:13.960 --> 01:14:17.079 testify to them lest they come to this place of torment. 1313 01:14:17.520 --> 01:14:21.239 He wants to send you know, wants to send Lassar's 1314 01:14:21.319 --> 01:14:24.720 up there to testify. He wants to send somebody to 1315 01:14:24.760 --> 01:14:27.640 testify to his five brothers. And Abraham said to him, 1316 01:14:28.359 --> 01:14:32.119 they have Moses and the prophets. Let them hear them. 1317 01:14:32.520 --> 01:14:35.600 Let them hear them. And he said, no, Father Abraham, 1318 01:14:35.880 --> 01:14:37.720 but if one goes up to them from the dead, 1319 01:14:37.760 --> 01:14:40.000 they will repent. But he said to him that they 1320 01:14:40.039 --> 01:14:42.920 do not hear Moses and the prophets. Neither will they 1321 01:14:43.319 --> 01:14:46.840 be persuaded by the one who who the one rise 1322 01:14:46.920 --> 01:14:51.880 from the dead, persuaded by through one rise from the dead. Now, 1323 01:14:51.920 --> 01:14:54.600 notice something here, Okay, this I believe. I mean, I 1324 01:14:54.680 --> 01:14:56.960 believe in biblical cosmology. You might not believe the same 1325 01:14:57.000 --> 01:15:00.399 as me, But I believe that shield is located in 1326 01:15:00.439 --> 01:15:03.640 the earth and back before Jesus died on the cross, 1327 01:15:03.760 --> 01:15:07.359 you have one side that is Abraham's bosom, which is 1328 01:15:07.439 --> 01:15:11.640 like Paradise, and then you have a giant golf in between, 1329 01:15:12.760 --> 01:15:16.640 and on the other side you have Hades or Shield. 1330 01:15:17.039 --> 01:15:17.439 Okay. 1331 01:15:19.319 --> 01:15:22.880 And one thing that some people fail to realize is 1332 01:15:23.359 --> 01:15:27.800 that soon as the beggar died, he was carried by angels. 1333 01:15:28.000 --> 01:15:33.000 So soon as you die, the angels come and get you. Okay, 1334 01:15:33.000 --> 01:15:35.760 that's one thing I'm noticing in this story. That's something 1335 01:15:35.840 --> 01:15:38.960 we need to pay attention to. And then also the 1336 01:15:39.079 --> 01:15:43.319 rich man died was buried and being torment and Hades. 1337 01:15:43.880 --> 01:15:47.720 So the rich man dies, you know, his body gets 1338 01:15:47.760 --> 01:15:54.720 buried and he ends up being taken to Hades and 1339 01:15:54.920 --> 01:15:58.640 there's a there's a gulf between them. But obviously he's 1340 01:15:58.680 --> 01:16:02.680 able to see Abraham. First of all, he's able to 1341 01:16:02.760 --> 01:16:07.119 speak to Abraham. He's able to thirst, right, so you 1342 01:16:07.239 --> 01:16:10.960 got it seems like when you're in Shield or Hell, 1343 01:16:11.600 --> 01:16:15.000 you're gonna have all five senses. He's able to hear 1344 01:16:15.199 --> 01:16:22.960 Abraham speak, Okay. So if you're able to thirst, it 1345 01:16:23.039 --> 01:16:29.439 seems like you're conscious in Hell, okay. And Abraham obviously 1346 01:16:29.640 --> 01:16:33.520 is also conscious in Paradise, where he's at in Abraham's bosom, right. 1347 01:16:34.119 --> 01:16:34.359 So. 1348 01:16:37.600 --> 01:16:40.880 It says that they're being he's being tormented in hades. 1349 01:16:40.960 --> 01:16:43.560 He lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar Off 1350 01:16:43.560 --> 01:16:51.800 and Lazar than his bosom, right. So so he's asking 1351 01:16:51.880 --> 01:16:55.039 for them to dip just a little bit of water 1352 01:16:55.119 --> 01:16:57.640 to just cool off his tongue, he says, because I'm 1353 01:16:57.680 --> 01:17:00.560 tormented in this flame. So obviously he has a flame 1354 01:17:00.600 --> 01:17:05.159 at his feet, and he is thirsty, and he's feeling uncomfortable. Okay, 1355 01:17:05.600 --> 01:17:11.199 but he never he walked over uh Lasser every day 1356 01:17:11.439 --> 01:17:17.960 sores on his back, you know, Uh, he probably had 1357 01:17:18.000 --> 01:17:20.079 walked over him all the time. And you know, he 1358 01:17:20.159 --> 01:17:22.079 might as he might see people like that all the time. 1359 01:17:22.079 --> 01:17:29.520 But he was rich, okay, and he was he was 1360 01:17:29.920 --> 01:17:32.880 so it says that it says that his crumbs fell 1361 01:17:32.920 --> 01:17:35.680 from the rich man's table, more of the dogs came 1362 01:17:35.720 --> 01:17:38.359 to lick his sore, so he was he was only 1363 01:17:38.359 --> 01:17:40.520 eating the crumbs off the rich man's table. He would 1364 01:17:40.520 --> 01:17:48.880 just toss it to him, you know. And there it's 1365 01:17:48.920 --> 01:17:55.680 also very interesting that he says this. It's interesting he says, 1366 01:17:55.720 --> 01:17:58.239 besides all this between us, there's a great golf that 1367 01:17:58.359 --> 01:18:01.079 those who want to pass from here to you cannot. 1368 01:18:01.680 --> 01:18:04.000 So it looks like the people in Paradise might see 1369 01:18:04.000 --> 01:18:07.279 their family members in Shield, and the people in Shield 1370 01:18:07.359 --> 01:18:11.760 might see their family members in Paradise. And obviously the 1371 01:18:11.760 --> 01:18:14.560 people that are in Paradise don't want to go to Shield, 1372 01:18:14.880 --> 01:18:17.880 but I'm sure that they would want to help the 1373 01:18:17.920 --> 01:18:20.640 people that you know, their family members that are in Shield. 1374 01:18:20.760 --> 01:18:23.960 And it says that that's why it says, besides all 1375 01:18:23.960 --> 01:18:26.760 this between us, there's a great golf, so that those 1376 01:18:26.800 --> 01:18:29.399 who want to pass from here to you cannot Because 1377 01:18:29.439 --> 01:18:30.479 there is some that want. 1378 01:18:30.359 --> 01:18:33.520 To pass to probably my husband's there. Oh you know, 1379 01:18:33.560 --> 01:18:34.800 they probably do miss them. 1380 01:18:36.079 --> 01:18:39.800 They cannot, nor can those from their pass to us, 1381 01:18:40.279 --> 01:18:43.359 saying that those that are in Shield cannot pass to us. 1382 01:18:44.239 --> 01:18:47.640 You see, this is a picture of what's going on 1383 01:18:47.760 --> 01:18:53.000 when you die, and it's coming from God. Okay, Jesus, 1384 01:18:53.039 --> 01:18:56.640 who I believe is God right in the flesh, is 1385 01:18:56.800 --> 01:19:00.199 showing you a picture of what's going to happen. And 1386 01:19:00.680 --> 01:19:03.199 when you go to Shield, if you end up going 1387 01:19:03.239 --> 01:19:09.159 to Hell, you're gonna want comfort and you're not gonna 1388 01:19:09.199 --> 01:19:12.119 find it. You're gonna have fire at your feet, an 1389 01:19:12.239 --> 01:19:20.680 unquenchable thirst, says I beg therefore, father, that you would 1390 01:19:20.680 --> 01:19:23.039 send him to my father's house. You see, like he's 1391 01:19:23.079 --> 01:19:25.760 worried about his family. He does not want his family 1392 01:19:25.800 --> 01:19:30.359 to go to hell. But you know, instead of thinking 1393 01:19:30.359 --> 01:19:32.239 about that when you're already, like when you end up 1394 01:19:32.279 --> 01:19:35.319 in hell, you have to think about this while you're 1395 01:19:35.359 --> 01:19:36.000 on earth. 1396 01:19:36.920 --> 01:19:39.720 Don't wait till it's too late. You know, you could 1397 01:19:39.760 --> 01:19:43.199 go to sleep tonight, have a heart attack and die 1398 01:19:43.960 --> 01:19:47.640 and not be able to get saved and end up 1399 01:19:47.640 --> 01:19:51.279 in Hell, just like the rich man here. 1400 01:19:53.600 --> 01:19:56.600 And then I think it's fascinating that he says that 1401 01:19:56.600 --> 01:19:57.399 that if they don't. 1402 01:19:57.239 --> 01:20:01.960 Listen to Moses, it seems like Moses. It seems like. 1403 01:20:02.359 --> 01:20:07.199 This time when this guy is is in shield. Uh, 1404 01:20:07.239 --> 01:20:10.920 you know, the rich man that Moses is on the 1405 01:20:10.960 --> 01:20:13.439 earth prophet prophesizing. 1406 01:20:14.600 --> 01:20:14.880 They have. 1407 01:20:15.279 --> 01:20:17.600 That's why it says they have Moses and the prophets. 1408 01:20:17.680 --> 01:20:20.399 Let them hear them. And he said, no, Father Abraham, 1409 01:20:20.720 --> 01:20:22.600 but if one goes to them from the dead, they 1410 01:20:22.920 --> 01:20:24.920 will repent. But he said to him, if they do 1411 01:20:25.000 --> 01:20:29.119 not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded. 1412 01:20:31.279 --> 01:20:32.720 Through one rise from the dead. 1413 01:20:33.760 --> 01:20:38.039 Like look at that, Jesus, your shoe of the Machia, 1414 01:20:38.159 --> 01:20:42.760 God in the flesh is there and they're not believing him. Okay, 1415 01:20:42.960 --> 01:20:46.600 you see how it is. And Jesus rose from the 1416 01:20:46.640 --> 01:20:55.479 dead and they made excuses. So I gotta you, just 1417 01:20:55.520 --> 01:21:00.600 gotta understand if you read the Bible, there's actually I 1418 01:21:00.600 --> 01:21:02.880 did a show on Colt Conspiracy. Guys can go back 1419 01:21:02.920 --> 01:21:05.439 and listen to it where I talk about shield being 1420 01:21:05.520 --> 01:21:08.600 in the Earth. I go verse by verse by verse 1421 01:21:08.720 --> 01:21:11.680 and tell you exactly why I think that Hell is 1422 01:21:11.760 --> 01:21:15.439 in the earth, because they always talk about the underworld 1423 01:21:15.479 --> 01:21:20.920 being down. Okay, it says that Jesus, before he uscended 1424 01:21:20.920 --> 01:21:23.560 to heaven, which means go up to Heaven, he first 1425 01:21:23.680 --> 01:21:25.239 descended into the earth. 1426 01:21:26.239 --> 01:21:28.800 That's a Pheasians four, verse eight. I believe. 1427 01:21:30.399 --> 01:21:34.640 He descended into the earth. Where is the bottomless pit 1428 01:21:37.199 --> 01:21:39.119 on the globe and all this other stuff, I don't know. 1429 01:21:39.439 --> 01:21:41.479 I know that the Bible talks about a bottomless pit. 1430 01:21:41.840 --> 01:21:46.199 It talks about angels being locked up in a bottomless 1431 01:21:46.239 --> 01:21:50.479 pit in the Abyss, which is the water in the earth. 1432 01:21:53.880 --> 01:21:56.960 It talks about the underworld being down, it talks about 1433 01:21:57.640 --> 01:22:01.800 going down to Hell. There's a lot of verses that 1434 01:22:01.840 --> 01:22:05.520 talk about that, and I think this is a this 1435 01:22:05.600 --> 01:22:07.800 is a first hand account to let. 1436 01:22:07.800 --> 01:22:09.880 You guys know what to expect. 1437 01:22:10.279 --> 01:22:13.920 And also it's it's letting us know that you're gonna 1438 01:22:13.920 --> 01:22:16.920 have a whole five senses when you're in hell. You're 1439 01:22:16.920 --> 01:22:22.199 gonna recognize people, and you're gonna know that you made 1440 01:22:22.239 --> 01:22:24.840 mistakes on earth and you never repented, and you didn't 1441 01:22:24.840 --> 01:22:26.680 believe in God, and you're not going to be able 1442 01:22:26.720 --> 01:22:34.039 to ever get that back. Okay, Now, there is a 1443 01:22:34.119 --> 01:22:39.880 verse that says that Jesus uh once let me see 1444 01:22:40.960 --> 01:22:41.239 it's in. 1445 01:22:41.479 --> 01:22:53.359 It's in Peter. Jesus preached preaches. 1446 01:23:00.720 --> 01:23:07.119 It's one Peter three nineteen. Some Christians interpret suggests Jesus 1447 01:23:07.199 --> 01:23:09.760 preach to spirits in hell after his death and before 1448 01:23:09.760 --> 01:23:10.399 his resurrection. 1449 01:23:11.520 --> 01:23:20.760 That's going to be Let's see. 1450 01:23:20.800 --> 01:23:23.239 First, let me just read the verse for you. Okay, 1451 01:23:25.359 --> 01:23:31.680 Now we can kind of get the context. One Peter three, 1452 01:23:32.159 --> 01:23:43.239 verse nineteen. It says, for Christ also suffered once for 1453 01:23:43.359 --> 01:23:46.560 sins the just for the unjust, that he might bring 1454 01:23:46.640 --> 01:23:49.479 us to God, being put to death in the flesh, 1455 01:23:49.560 --> 01:23:52.880 but made alive by spirit, by whom also he went 1456 01:23:53.039 --> 01:23:56.920 and preached to the spirits in prison who formerly were 1457 01:23:56.920 --> 01:24:00.560 disobedient when once the divine long suffering waited in the 1458 01:24:00.640 --> 01:24:02.960 days of Noah while the ark was being prepared, in 1459 01:24:03.000 --> 01:24:05.840 which a few, that is, eight souls were saved through water. 1460 01:24:06.279 --> 01:24:10.840 There's also an anti type which now saves us baptism, 1461 01:24:10.880 --> 01:24:13.039 not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but 1462 01:24:13.119 --> 01:24:16.159 the answer of the good conscious toward God through the 1463 01:24:16.159 --> 01:24:19.439 resurrection of Jesus Christ. He has gone into heaven and 1464 01:24:19.520 --> 01:24:22.159 is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities 1465 01:24:22.199 --> 01:24:26.159 and powers having been made subject to him. So it 1466 01:24:26.239 --> 01:24:30.159 says that he preached to the spirits in prison who 1467 01:24:30.199 --> 01:24:31.720 were formerly were disobedient. 1468 01:24:32.479 --> 01:24:33.720 So what does that mean. 1469 01:24:34.199 --> 01:24:37.479 Well, if you go to Ephesians four, I think it's 1470 01:24:37.520 --> 01:24:43.119 a Pheesians four eight. It talks about before he ascended 1471 01:24:43.239 --> 01:24:44.920 went up to heaven to be at the right hand 1472 01:24:44.960 --> 01:24:48.680 of God, he first descended and went into the. 1473 01:24:48.560 --> 01:24:50.119 Earth, the lower parts of the earth. 1474 01:24:51.800 --> 01:24:57.640 Let's make sure that I'm correct on that verse four eight. Yes, 1475 01:24:57.720 --> 01:25:01.000 it's actually going to be Seasion four. 1476 01:25:01.079 --> 01:25:01.399 It says. 1477 01:25:01.399 --> 01:25:04.239 Therefore, he says, when he ascended on high, he led, 1478 01:25:04.520 --> 01:25:07.560 He led captivity captive and gave gifts to them. He 1479 01:25:07.640 --> 01:25:10.560 led captivity captive and gave gifts to them. Now, this 1480 01:25:10.720 --> 01:25:16.760 he ascended, what it does mean that he also first 1481 01:25:16.920 --> 01:25:20.439 descended into the lower parts of the earth. He who 1482 01:25:20.520 --> 01:25:23.039 descended is also the one who ascended far above the 1483 01:25:23.079 --> 01:25:30.600 heavens that he might fill, he might fill all things. Okay, 1484 01:25:31.319 --> 01:25:33.760 Before he went up to heaven, he descended to the 1485 01:25:33.800 --> 01:25:34.800 lower parts of the Earth. 1486 01:25:35.479 --> 01:25:36.800 So that's why I'm. 1487 01:25:36.640 --> 01:25:40.479 Telling you I believe that this scenario that I'm talking 1488 01:25:40.520 --> 01:25:43.920 about right here in Luke is actually in the Earth. 1489 01:25:44.039 --> 01:25:50.520 It's part of biblical cosmology, ancient Hebrew cosmology, is I've 1490 01:25:50.560 --> 01:25:52.600 taught it before. You guys already know where I stand. 1491 01:25:52.600 --> 01:25:54.159 But I'm not saying you have to believe in that. 1492 01:25:54.479 --> 01:25:58.399 But I do think I believe personally that Hell is 1493 01:25:58.439 --> 01:26:02.039 located in the Earth. We've only dug down eight miles, 1494 01:26:02.079 --> 01:26:04.000 that's as far as we could go with the best 1495 01:26:04.039 --> 01:26:07.800 technology that we have, and we aren't even close, Okay. 1496 01:26:08.199 --> 01:26:13.199 So it just it seems like there's an unpenetrable barrier 1497 01:26:14.119 --> 01:26:17.399 before you get to Heaven, and there's an unperatradable barrier 1498 01:26:17.640 --> 01:26:20.439 before you can get to shield because it says that 1499 01:26:20.479 --> 01:26:23.159 you can't get in there and they can't pass that gulf. 1500 01:26:23.319 --> 01:26:26.000 Okay. So that's just what I believe. 1501 01:26:26.000 --> 01:26:28.079 Okay, you don't have to believe what I believe, but 1502 01:26:28.319 --> 01:26:31.439 that's what I personally believe. I believe Shield is located 1503 01:26:31.520 --> 01:26:34.319 in the Earth. There's plenty of verses that talk about 1504 01:26:35.319 --> 01:26:36.479 you know, especially that one. 1505 01:26:36.439 --> 01:26:38.319 Right there, that's a that's a big one. 1506 01:26:38.800 --> 01:26:40.760 It talks about him going to the lower parts of 1507 01:26:40.800 --> 01:26:47.319 the earth. It also talks about everything in heaven, everything 1508 01:26:47.520 --> 01:26:52.079 on earth, and everything under the earth or in the earth. 1509 01:26:54.399 --> 01:26:54.600 You know. 1510 01:26:54.880 --> 01:27:01.359 Second Philippians. No, it's Philippians two, verse eleven. 1511 01:27:01.399 --> 01:27:02.199 I believe. 1512 01:27:04.399 --> 01:27:13.840 Philippians two. It says this started verse nine. Therefore God 1513 01:27:14.000 --> 01:27:16.439 also has highly exalted him and given him the name 1514 01:27:16.479 --> 01:27:19.600 which is above every name than in the name of Jesus. 1515 01:27:19.680 --> 01:27:23.520 Every knee should bow of those in heaven, which covers 1516 01:27:23.560 --> 01:27:26.640 everything in heaven, all the knees in heaven, right of 1517 01:27:26.720 --> 01:27:31.039 those on earth. Right that that covers every single knee 1518 01:27:31.079 --> 01:27:34.720 that's on the earth, and those under the earth, which 1519 01:27:34.760 --> 01:27:36.000 will cover every. 1520 01:27:35.760 --> 01:27:37.199 Knee that's in Sheeld. 1521 01:27:37.960 --> 01:27:42.600 Okay, And what we need to understand also is Abraham's 1522 01:27:42.600 --> 01:27:44.760 Bosom was one section which was Paradise. 1523 01:27:44.880 --> 01:27:48.159 On the other side was Sheiel. But when Jesus died 1524 01:27:48.159 --> 01:27:51.720 on the cross, he went and preached to those spirits 1525 01:27:51.800 --> 01:27:56.439 in shield, and that's when people were allowed to go 1526 01:27:56.439 --> 01:27:59.000 to heaven. Before that, you weren't allowed to go to heaven. 1527 01:27:59.039 --> 01:27:59.479 You were not. 1528 01:27:59.520 --> 01:28:01.800 Allowed to go to heaven because Jesus had not died 1529 01:28:01.800 --> 01:28:04.920 on the cross yet. That's the only way that it can. 1530 01:28:04.880 --> 01:28:08.199 Make you holy. Of course, the law was. 1531 01:28:08.159 --> 01:28:10.880 There, but you weren't. The law was not meant for 1532 01:28:10.920 --> 01:28:13.760 you to get to heaven and have salvation. The law 1533 01:28:13.960 --> 01:28:16.199 was meant for you to get to the Promised Land, 1534 01:28:16.600 --> 01:28:20.039 and and and you're attempting to be holy with God, 1535 01:28:21.199 --> 01:28:21.680 but you're not. 1536 01:28:22.680 --> 01:28:22.920 You know. 1537 01:28:23.760 --> 01:28:27.279 Now, there was a there is contention to that, obviously, 1538 01:28:27.319 --> 01:28:30.960 because people would say, what about Elijah and what about Enoch? 1539 01:28:32.319 --> 01:28:34.840 And I can't tell you whether, but I've done some 1540 01:28:34.880 --> 01:28:38.319 studies on that, and Enoch it says that he, you know, 1541 01:28:39.359 --> 01:28:40.119 it says that he. 1542 01:28:44.079 --> 01:28:45.039 Let's see what it says. 1543 01:28:46.760 --> 01:28:52.119 I know it's in Genesis about Genesis three, something like that. Oh, 1544 01:28:57.039 --> 01:28:58.880 I have to just start to see where is that 1545 01:28:58.920 --> 01:29:12.680 a cain? Yeah, you know, I'm just kind of okay, Yeah, 1546 01:29:12.720 --> 01:29:17.279 that's gonna be all right. I there's some contention there 1547 01:29:17.359 --> 01:29:20.159 that Enoch didn't go to heaven. But I you know, 1548 01:29:20.199 --> 01:29:22.159 it does say that he walked with God and he 1549 01:29:22.319 --> 01:29:26.119 was taken uh taken by God. And some people believe 1550 01:29:26.159 --> 01:29:29.159 that he was taken to Abraham's bosom. Some people believe 1551 01:29:29.199 --> 01:29:31.279 that it was his paradise. Some people believe he was 1552 01:29:31.279 --> 01:29:34.039 taken to God to heaven, but some people's you know, 1553 01:29:36.159 --> 01:29:37.840 i'd have to do a deeper study on it. I'd 1554 01:29:37.840 --> 01:29:39.520 have to go verse by verse to tell you, guys. 1555 01:29:39.760 --> 01:29:45.359 But Elijah's another one, all right, Elijah's another one. Okay, 1556 01:29:45.600 --> 01:29:48.760 So those two maybe did go to heaven, but I 1557 01:29:48.760 --> 01:29:53.600 don't think that Abraham, Moses and then we're in actual 1558 01:29:53.680 --> 01:29:56.479 heaven with God. I think they were in Abraham's bosom, 1559 01:29:56.680 --> 01:30:00.239 and when Christ died on the cross, that's when were 1560 01:30:00.279 --> 01:30:04.560 able to be in heaven. That's what I personally believe, Okay, 1561 01:30:06.439 --> 01:30:08.800 off of everything that I've studied, that's what I believe. 1562 01:30:08.880 --> 01:30:12.920 But this is just a picture of what was going 1563 01:30:12.920 --> 01:30:13.199 on here. 1564 01:30:13.239 --> 01:30:16.039 And this is something we should definitely take note of 1565 01:30:16.119 --> 01:30:18.399 because when you die, you're gonna be conscious, and you're 1566 01:30:18.399 --> 01:30:23.479 gonna have all five senses, and the angels come and 1567 01:30:23.520 --> 01:30:24.520 get you immediately. 1568 01:30:24.720 --> 01:30:25.960 You ain't got time to play. 1569 01:30:28.920 --> 01:30:32.439 Let's see how long this is okay, cool, seventeen is 1570 01:30:32.479 --> 01:30:35.760 going to be pretty short. Let's see what I have 1571 01:30:36.039 --> 01:30:40.319 in my note section. And like I said, you guys 1572 01:30:40.319 --> 01:30:42.960 don't have to believe like I believe. But this is 1573 01:30:43.079 --> 01:30:46.279 just off of everything that I've studied. I've studied the cosmology, 1574 01:30:46.279 --> 01:30:48.920 I've studied so many different things for a long time. Now, okay, 1575 01:30:49.840 --> 01:30:57.800 let's see what Let's see what the my Okay, So 1576 01:30:58.000 --> 01:31:00.880 the story contrasts the earthy life is what the my 1577 01:31:02.880 --> 01:31:05.680 Bible notes says. The story contrasts the earthly life of 1578 01:31:05.720 --> 01:31:08.439 a rich man and a poor man named Lazareth and 1579 01:31:08.479 --> 01:31:09.600 the eternal destinies. 1580 01:31:09.640 --> 01:31:11.239 It underscores the reality. 1581 01:31:10.880 --> 01:31:14.560 Of heaven and hell the rich man. The rich man's 1582 01:31:14.680 --> 01:31:17.159 neglect of Lazareth at his gate serves as a warning 1583 01:31:17.199 --> 01:31:20.119 against indifference to the to the needs of others. The 1584 01:31:20.159 --> 01:31:23.159 pre eminence of one's eternal state is highlighted. And besides 1585 01:31:23.199 --> 01:31:26.159 all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us 1586 01:31:26.199 --> 01:31:29.720 and you. The sufficiency of scripture. They have Moses, the 1587 01:31:29.760 --> 01:31:33.880 prophets that let them listen to them. Okay, so that's see, 1588 01:31:33.920 --> 01:31:36.479 that's that those teaching points that they have right here 1589 01:31:36.520 --> 01:31:40.000 in this in this is kind of weak There's so 1590 01:31:40.119 --> 01:31:44.319 much more that they could teach from that that that event. 1591 01:31:45.880 --> 01:31:50.079 But let's check out some practical applications that we can 1592 01:31:50.439 --> 01:32:01.319 apply to our life. Oh, hold on events, places, people, 1593 01:32:01.439 --> 01:32:05.840 practical applications. So valiate, evaluate your use of resources. Are 1594 01:32:05.840 --> 01:32:08.800 you using your time, talents, and treasures to further God's kingdom? 1595 01:32:10.039 --> 01:32:13.520 Cultivate faithfulness and small tasks knowing that God's values, integrity, 1596 01:32:13.520 --> 01:32:17.319 and stewardship reflect on your priorities. Are you serving God wholeheartedly? 1597 01:32:18.079 --> 01:32:21.920 Are you divided in your loyalties, show compassion and generosity 1598 01:32:21.960 --> 01:32:24.920 to those in need, recognizing the eternal impact of your actions, 1599 01:32:25.439 --> 01:32:28.359 and trust in the authority and sufficiency of scripture for 1600 01:32:28.439 --> 01:32:32.239 guidance and instruction. So yeah, I think it's very important. 1601 01:32:32.880 --> 01:32:36.760 I kind of also would say to to understand the 1602 01:32:37.199 --> 01:32:40.920 value of the time you have on this earth. That 1603 01:32:41.119 --> 01:32:43.039 rich man when he went to sleep, he didn't know 1604 01:32:43.079 --> 01:32:45.520 he was going to die. He was wearing his nice, 1605 01:32:45.520 --> 01:32:48.319 fine linen robe and you know, probably laying in his 1606 01:32:48.399 --> 01:32:52.000 beautiful bed and ah taking a deep breath, you know, 1607 01:32:52.199 --> 01:32:55.079 able to Breathe falls asleep, and all of a sudden 1608 01:32:55.119 --> 01:32:58.000 he wakes up and he's in hades. 1609 01:32:59.600 --> 01:33:01.600 You see, he didn't repent. 1610 01:33:05.800 --> 01:33:07.680 Sometimes we feel like we're gonna have all this time 1611 01:33:07.680 --> 01:33:10.359 on earth to do whatever we want, and that's it's 1612 01:33:10.439 --> 01:33:12.439 just not the way it works. We could be taken. 1613 01:33:12.760 --> 01:33:15.199 We could be driving down the street and running too 1614 01:33:15.239 --> 01:33:18.640 a diesel, a truck. You could die in an instant, 1615 01:33:18.760 --> 01:33:20.920 especially with so much that's going on right now. It's 1616 01:33:20.920 --> 01:33:25.119 so easy, you know. So I would suggest that you 1617 01:33:25.199 --> 01:33:25.840 get right with. 1618 01:33:25.840 --> 01:33:28.399 God now, you know. 1619 01:33:32.159 --> 01:33:35.800 So, Okay, well kind of went through those. Let's see 1620 01:33:35.800 --> 01:33:45.359 if there's any verses that connect to this. So Matthew 1621 01:33:45.880 --> 01:33:48.800 six verse nineteen through twenty one, do not store up 1622 01:33:48.800 --> 01:33:52.880 your self's treasures on earth, for where your treasure is there, 1623 01:33:52.920 --> 01:33:56.840 your heart will be. Also Matthew six nineteen through twenty one, 1624 01:33:57.359 --> 01:34:00.600 and then one tim at the six seventeenth through nineteen 1625 01:34:00.720 --> 01:34:04.119 encourages the rich to be generous and destroy treasures for 1626 01:34:04.159 --> 01:34:08.800 the coming age. And then James two verses fourteen through 1627 01:34:09.039 --> 01:34:12.199 seventeen discusses the importance of faith being accompanied by action, 1628 01:34:12.319 --> 01:34:13.640 particularly and caring for. 1629 01:34:13.560 --> 01:34:19.960 Those in need faith coming. Yeah, you will know your 1630 01:34:19.960 --> 01:34:26.239 faith by your works. Okay, so we got we got 1631 01:34:26.319 --> 01:34:28.800 Luke seventeen. We could probably go over. 1632 01:34:28.880 --> 01:34:31.479 We have about twenty minutes left, so we'll try to 1633 01:34:31.520 --> 01:34:36.840 kind of go over this fairly quickly. So then, so 1634 01:34:36.920 --> 01:34:40.560 this is Jesus warns of offenses. Then he said to 1635 01:34:40.560 --> 01:34:44.239 his disciples, it is impossible that no offenses should come, 1636 01:34:44.600 --> 01:34:47.119 but woe to him through whom they do come. It 1637 01:34:47.159 --> 01:34:49.520 will be better for him if a millstone were hung 1638 01:34:49.560 --> 01:34:52.119 around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, 1639 01:34:52.520 --> 01:34:55.039 that he should offend one of these little ones. Take 1640 01:34:55.119 --> 01:34:59.359 heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him, 1641 01:34:59.439 --> 01:35:02.199 if he rep hence, forgive him. If he sins against 1642 01:35:02.239 --> 01:35:04.880 you seven times in a day, and seven times in 1643 01:35:04.920 --> 01:35:07.279 a day returns to you saying I repent, you shall 1644 01:35:07.319 --> 01:35:12.840 forgive him. So Jesus emphasizes the importance of forgiveness even 1645 01:35:12.840 --> 01:35:16.479 when it seems difficult. He instructs, if your brother sins, 1646 01:35:16.520 --> 01:35:19.880 rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. If he 1647 01:35:19.960 --> 01:35:22.199 sins against you seven times in a day and seven 1648 01:35:22.239 --> 01:35:26.520 times returns say I repent, you must forgive him. This 1649 01:35:26.560 --> 01:35:36.279 highlights the boundless nature of christ forgiveness. And then Jesus 1650 01:35:36.359 --> 01:35:39.760 also warns his disciples about the seriousness of causing others 1651 01:35:39.880 --> 01:35:42.399 to sin, especially little ones to stumble. He states it 1652 01:35:42.399 --> 01:35:43.920 would be better for him to have a millston hung 1653 01:35:43.920 --> 01:35:44.560 around his neck. 1654 01:35:45.159 --> 01:35:51.920 He kind of went over that and topics themes. 1655 01:35:52.039 --> 01:36:02.520 Okay, let's continue faith and duty Luke seventeen, verse five. 1656 01:36:02.560 --> 01:36:05.319 And the apostles said to the Lord, increase our faith. 1657 01:36:06.239 --> 01:36:08.720 So the apostles will say, to Lord, increased our faith. 1658 01:36:09.279 --> 01:36:11.479 So the Lord said, if you have faith as a 1659 01:36:11.560 --> 01:36:14.359 mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, be 1660 01:36:14.520 --> 01:36:16.960 pulled by the roots and be planted in the sea, 1661 01:36:17.319 --> 01:36:19.840 and it would obey you. And which of you, having 1662 01:36:19.880 --> 01:36:22.319 a servant plowing your tending sheep, will say to him, 1663 01:36:24.079 --> 01:36:26.359 will say, when he has come in from the field, 1664 01:36:26.640 --> 01:36:30.760 come at once and sit down to eat. But will 1665 01:36:30.800 --> 01:36:33.600 he not rather say to him, prepare something for my supper, 1666 01:36:33.640 --> 01:36:35.840 and gird yourself and serve me until I have eaten 1667 01:36:35.880 --> 01:36:39.039 and drunk, and afterward you will eat and drink. Does 1668 01:36:39.039 --> 01:36:41.960 he think you're that servant because he did the things 1669 01:36:42.000 --> 01:36:45.720 that were commanded him? I think not so. Likewise, when 1670 01:36:45.760 --> 01:36:47.960 you have done all these things which you have commanded 1671 01:36:48.319 --> 01:36:53.960 and say we're unprofitable servants, we have done what was 1672 01:36:53.960 --> 01:37:02.880 our duty to do. So. So this is in response 1673 01:37:02.920 --> 01:37:07.840 to the apostles request to increase our faith, Jesus explains, 1674 01:37:07.960 --> 01:37:09.760 if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, 1675 01:37:09.800 --> 01:37:11.880 you can say to this mulberry tree, be uprooted and 1676 01:37:11.920 --> 01:37:14.000 plant in the sea, and all lit obey you. This 1677 01:37:14.039 --> 01:37:16.680 teaches us that even a small amount of genuine faith 1678 01:37:17.359 --> 01:37:24.239 a company can accomplish great things. And then humility and service. 1679 01:37:24.319 --> 01:37:27.600 Jesus uses the parable of the unworthy servants in Luke 1680 01:37:28.600 --> 01:37:32.199 seventeen seven through ten to remind us that our service 1681 01:37:32.239 --> 01:37:34.239 to God is our duty, not something for which we 1682 01:37:34.239 --> 01:37:37.640 should expect special praise. We are to serve with humility, 1683 01:37:37.760 --> 01:37:40.560 recognize that we are merely doing this, doing what is 1684 01:37:40.600 --> 01:37:44.600 required of us. So definitely we have to have humility. 1685 01:37:44.159 --> 01:37:47.319 And we're not trying to get the praise. 1686 01:37:47.600 --> 01:37:49.720 We always have to say all glory to God, you know, 1687 01:37:49.800 --> 01:37:56.920 all praise to God. Let's see, now we're at Luke seventeen, 1688 01:37:57.000 --> 01:37:59.920 verse eleven. Now it happened as he went to Jerus 1689 01:38:00.319 --> 01:38:07.840 that he passed through the midst of Samaria, Samaria and Galilee. 1690 01:38:08.039 --> 01:38:11.800 Then he entered a certain village. There he met ten 1691 01:38:12.680 --> 01:38:16.600 men who were lepers, who stood far off. They lifted 1692 01:38:16.640 --> 01:38:19.600 up the voice and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. 1693 01:38:20.119 --> 01:38:21.800 So when he saw them, he said to them, go 1694 01:38:21.880 --> 01:38:24.520 show yourself to the priest. And so it was that 1695 01:38:24.560 --> 01:38:27.439 they went, and they were cleansed, and all of them 1696 01:38:27.640 --> 01:38:30.600 when he saw that, he was all of them. When 1697 01:38:30.600 --> 01:38:33.720 he saw he was healed, returned with the loud voice, 1698 01:38:33.760 --> 01:38:36.000 glorifying God, and fell down at his face and feet, 1699 01:38:36.039 --> 01:38:40.079 giving him thanks. And he was a Samaritan. So Jesus 1700 01:38:40.159 --> 01:38:45.479 answered and said, were there not ten cleansed? But where 1701 01:38:45.520 --> 01:38:50.119 are the nine? Where they are not found? Any return 1702 01:38:50.159 --> 01:38:52.159 to give glory to God. Accept this foreigner. And he 1703 01:38:52.199 --> 01:38:54.520 said to him, arise, go your way. Your faith has 1704 01:38:54.560 --> 01:39:04.840 made you well. So it looks like it looks like uh, 1705 01:39:05.680 --> 01:39:08.640 he healed ten, and only the Samaritan came over, which 1706 01:39:08.640 --> 01:39:16.560 obviously the Samaritan are enemies of the Israelites. And here 1707 01:39:16.880 --> 01:39:20.640 the Lepers, obviously, as I kind of went over before that. 1708 01:39:20.720 --> 01:39:23.439 Lepers they've never been touched, you know, I mean, they've 1709 01:39:23.439 --> 01:39:26.359 been touched, but after they caught leprosy, nobody touched them. 1710 01:39:26.880 --> 01:39:30.800 And uh, it's it's a it's a it's a huge thing. 1711 01:39:30.880 --> 01:39:31.079 You know. 1712 01:39:31.119 --> 01:39:34.119 They don't get human touched, they don't get hugs, so 1713 01:39:34.159 --> 01:39:40.279 it's huge for Jesus to heal them of this, and 1714 01:39:40.319 --> 01:39:43.079 it looks like only one appreciated it is. What's kind 1715 01:39:43.079 --> 01:39:50.359 of showing you here? Let me see what the what 1716 01:39:50.439 --> 01:39:52.840 it's about causing the coming of the kingdom, the days 1717 01:39:52.840 --> 01:40:02.960 of the days, and no where is it? Okay? 1718 01:40:03.000 --> 01:40:05.239 So the lepers that. 1719 01:40:05.199 --> 01:40:07.760 Were mentioned were healed by Jesus, but only one of 1720 01:40:07.800 --> 01:40:10.239 Samaritany returns to gift thanks. The Greek term for leper 1721 01:40:10.479 --> 01:40:13.800 is lepery, referring to those afflicted with his skin disease. 1722 01:40:14.159 --> 01:40:14.840 Can I know that? 1723 01:40:17.359 --> 01:40:21.560 Okay, we'll continue, got like another ten minutes left. 1724 01:40:23.399 --> 01:40:25.880 The coming of the kingdom. Now. 1725 01:40:25.920 --> 01:40:28.039 When he was asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom 1726 01:40:28.079 --> 01:40:30.359 of God would come, he answered them and said, the 1727 01:40:30.439 --> 01:40:37.079 Kingdom of God does not come with observation, nor nor 1728 01:40:37.119 --> 01:40:42.319 will they say see here or see there, For indeed 1729 01:40:42.399 --> 01:40:45.520 the Kingdom of God is within you. Then he said 1730 01:40:45.560 --> 01:40:47.800 to his disciples, the days will come when you desire 1731 01:40:47.840 --> 01:40:51.319 to see one of the days of the Son of Man, 1732 01:40:51.399 --> 01:40:54.319 and you will not see it, And they will say 1733 01:40:54.319 --> 01:40:56.920 to you look here or look there. Do not go 1734 01:40:56.960 --> 01:41:00.119 after them or follow them. For as the lightning that 1735 01:41:00.159 --> 01:41:02.800 flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the 1736 01:41:02.840 --> 01:41:05.560 other part under heaven. So also will the Sun of 1737 01:41:05.640 --> 01:41:09.399 Man be in his day, But first he must suffer 1738 01:41:09.479 --> 01:41:12.600 many things and be rejected by this generation. And as 1739 01:41:12.640 --> 01:41:14.680 it was in the days of Noah, so it'll be 1740 01:41:14.720 --> 01:41:16.840 in the days of the Sun of Man. They ate, 1741 01:41:17.199 --> 01:41:20.640 they drank, they married, wives, they were given in marriage, 1742 01:41:20.680 --> 01:41:22.560 until the day that Noah entered the ark and the 1743 01:41:22.600 --> 01:41:26.239 flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise, as in the 1744 01:41:26.279 --> 01:41:29.520 days of Lot, they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, 1745 01:41:29.560 --> 01:41:32.119 they planted, they built, But on the day that Lot 1746 01:41:32.119 --> 01:41:34.640 went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from 1747 01:41:34.680 --> 01:41:37.399 heaven and destroyed them all. Even so it'll be in 1748 01:41:37.439 --> 01:41:39.239 the day when the Sun of Man is revealed. 1749 01:41:39.640 --> 01:41:40.359 Okay, So. 1750 01:41:42.640 --> 01:41:46.199 This portion, obviously, if you look in the in the 1751 01:41:46.199 --> 01:41:48.039 Book of Matthew, it talks about it'll be like the 1752 01:41:48.119 --> 01:41:52.760 days of Noah. There's more to that, this portion though, 1753 01:41:53.600 --> 01:41:59.479 where it says, look when the Sun of Man, it'll say, 1754 01:41:59.560 --> 01:42:01.800 as it is in the days of Noah, it'll also 1755 01:42:01.840 --> 01:42:03.239 be in the days of the Sun of Men. So 1756 01:42:03.720 --> 01:42:06.319 understand that in the end times, whether you're a futurist, 1757 01:42:06.359 --> 01:42:08.479 a predtoricist, or you think that this already happened. If 1758 01:42:08.520 --> 01:42:11.479 you're a Satan's little season, I believe that this is 1759 01:42:11.520 --> 01:42:14.960 a future event. It's gonna be like the days of Noah. Okay, 1760 01:42:15.119 --> 01:42:19.680 days of Noah was crazy, filled with violence. You know, 1761 01:42:19.720 --> 01:42:23.039 they had the angels having sex with women, have a nepheline. 1762 01:42:23.119 --> 01:42:25.399 There was a lot of stuff going on. Now. 1763 01:42:25.560 --> 01:42:28.279 Is Jesus saying here that that there's gonna be nepheline, 1764 01:42:28.920 --> 01:42:31.399 you know, in the end times. I'm not sure if 1765 01:42:31.399 --> 01:42:33.720 he's going that far, but some people do believe that. 1766 01:42:34.560 --> 01:42:40.960 But he is definitely saying that people are gonna be eating, drinking, marrying, 1767 01:42:41.279 --> 01:42:44.399 giving in marriage. Life is gonna be looking like you know, 1768 01:42:44.600 --> 01:42:48.439 people are gonna be living life like not even thinking 1769 01:42:48.439 --> 01:42:50.199 about Jesus. You know a lot of people are doing 1770 01:42:50.199 --> 01:42:53.119 that now. A lot of people don't believe in Jesus, don't. 1771 01:42:52.920 --> 01:42:54.000 Believe in God. 1772 01:42:54.079 --> 01:42:56.640 But he's saying, just like the days of Noah, when 1773 01:42:56.640 --> 01:43:00.520 the flood came, people were eating, getting married. Obviously, there 1774 01:43:00.560 --> 01:43:04.520 was a lot going on back then of sin and 1775 01:43:04.560 --> 01:43:05.319 the flood. 1776 01:43:05.039 --> 01:43:07.960 Came and destroyed them all. Likewise, in the days a 1777 01:43:08.000 --> 01:43:08.520 lot they. 1778 01:43:08.439 --> 01:43:11.479 Were eating, they were drinking, they bought, they sold, they planted, 1779 01:43:11.479 --> 01:43:16.880 they built in Sodomigamura. It was a flourishing city, right, 1780 01:43:17.880 --> 01:43:19.840 so much so that's why a Lot's wife wanted to 1781 01:43:19.880 --> 01:43:23.159 go back. She wanted to go back to the world. Okay, 1782 01:43:23.600 --> 01:43:27.439 it's the same exact thing. And then fire came and 1783 01:43:27.760 --> 01:43:30.520 brimstone came from heaven to destroy them all. So it 1784 01:43:30.520 --> 01:43:32.359 will be in the day when the Sun and Man 1785 01:43:32.439 --> 01:43:35.800 is revealed. So this is a you know, not going 1786 01:43:35.840 --> 01:43:37.840 to any of my notes. I mean, personally, I think 1787 01:43:37.880 --> 01:43:40.920 that we should be prepared for God's for when Jesus 1788 01:43:41.000 --> 01:43:43.479 comes back. I know some of you guys think it's 1789 01:43:43.479 --> 01:43:45.840 Satan's little season and all that stuff, Okay, and there's 1790 01:43:45.880 --> 01:43:49.239 different beliefs of eschatology, but I still believe that Jesus 1791 01:43:49.279 --> 01:43:52.680 is coming back. It's a future event. Okay, I don't 1792 01:43:52.680 --> 01:43:55.479 think that Jesus already came back. That's personally what I believe. 1793 01:43:55.760 --> 01:43:59.319 Don't be mad at me, don't say you know, but personally, 1794 01:43:59.359 --> 01:44:02.920 I know that there's different beliefs in eschatology, and I 1795 01:44:02.920 --> 01:44:05.319 don't like to push anybody one way or another, but 1796 01:44:05.359 --> 01:44:07.399 I do believe it's a future event, and I do 1797 01:44:07.479 --> 01:44:10.399 believe that we should be prepared. Okay, no matter what 1798 01:44:10.600 --> 01:44:16.600 we should be prepared. It says in that day he 1799 01:44:16.920 --> 01:44:19.279 was on the housetop and his goods or in the house. 1800 01:44:19.439 --> 01:44:20.920 Let him not come down. 1801 01:44:20.760 --> 01:44:21.560 To take them away. 1802 01:44:21.600 --> 01:44:23.960 And likewise the one who is in the field, let 1803 01:44:24.039 --> 01:44:27.399 him not turn back. Remember Lot's wife. Whoever seeks to 1804 01:44:27.439 --> 01:44:30.079 save his life will lose it. Whoever loses his life 1805 01:44:30.079 --> 01:44:32.439 will preserve it. And I tell you in the night 1806 01:44:32.520 --> 01:44:34.800 that there will be two men in one bed. The 1807 01:44:34.800 --> 01:44:37.079 one will be taken and the other one will be left. 1808 01:44:37.159 --> 01:44:39.920 The two women will be grinding together. The one will 1809 01:44:39.920 --> 01:44:42.039 be taken and the other left. Two men will be 1810 01:44:42.119 --> 01:44:44.159 in the field. The one will be taken. 1811 01:44:43.920 --> 01:44:44.920 And the other left. 1812 01:44:45.560 --> 01:44:48.159 And they answered and said to him where Lord, And 1813 01:44:48.199 --> 01:44:51.079 he said to him, whether the body is, their egles 1814 01:44:51.079 --> 01:44:55.479 will be gathered together. Where the body is the eagles see. 1815 01:44:56.560 --> 01:44:59.800 So some people would say that this is the rapture, right, 1816 01:45:00.239 --> 01:45:03.199 That's why I said there's different eschatology beliefs. Some people 1817 01:45:03.199 --> 01:45:05.119 would believe that this would be the rapture. 1818 01:45:04.760 --> 01:45:05.279 Of the church. 1819 01:45:05.880 --> 01:45:09.399 And some people believe that when Jesus comes back, then 1820 01:45:09.479 --> 01:45:10.000 that's when. 1821 01:45:09.920 --> 01:45:10.800 People get raptured. 1822 01:45:10.880 --> 01:45:13.479 Right, So that would be like a post millennial belief. 1823 01:45:13.680 --> 01:45:14.640 Some people believe in. 1824 01:45:14.840 --> 01:45:18.159 Pre rapture, which would be before the tribulation. Some people 1825 01:45:18.199 --> 01:45:20.720 believe it's a seven year tribulation three and a half 1826 01:45:20.800 --> 01:45:24.199 years a piece. The Antichist comes, does the abomination of desolation, 1827 01:45:24.239 --> 01:45:27.640 it causes the Great Tribulation to happen, and they believe 1828 01:45:27.680 --> 01:45:32.079 that there's a post rapture, a mid rapture. 1829 01:45:31.840 --> 01:45:33.000 Or a post rapture. 1830 01:45:33.000 --> 01:45:35.439 Sorry, there's a pre rapture, which would be before the 1831 01:45:35.479 --> 01:45:38.359 seven years, right. So that's one eschatology that would be 1832 01:45:38.359 --> 01:45:42.000 more of a dispensationless view There's other ones that are 1833 01:45:42.039 --> 01:45:44.920 like predicists that believe that everything happened at seventy a d. 1834 01:45:45.720 --> 01:45:49.439 And that we're more in revelation fifteen about now sixteen 1835 01:45:49.520 --> 01:45:54.119 maybe you know. So there's just different viewpoints. But what 1836 01:45:54.159 --> 01:45:57.920 I would tell you is to study all of them 1837 01:45:58.359 --> 01:46:01.319 and make sure that you make sure that somebody when 1838 01:46:01.319 --> 01:46:03.279 they tell you some kind of end times, that they 1839 01:46:03.279 --> 01:46:06.239 can tell you chapter and verse of every single thing 1840 01:46:06.279 --> 01:46:08.880 that they believe, and that way it leads you and 1841 01:46:09.000 --> 01:46:12.399 guides you into what's true biblically instead of just going 1842 01:46:12.439 --> 01:46:16.039 what man think you know, because if you just listen 1843 01:46:16.079 --> 01:46:18.720 to man and never study it for yourself, then you're 1844 01:46:18.760 --> 01:46:21.279 gonna be you could be leading into something I don't 1845 01:46:21.600 --> 01:46:26.520 I don't think that it is good. For example, some 1846 01:46:26.560 --> 01:46:29.359 people believe like the next step is gonna be the rapture, 1847 01:46:29.760 --> 01:46:31.760 so they might kind of be off the gas pedal 1848 01:46:31.800 --> 01:46:34.039 a little bit saying, Hey, I'm I'm just gonna wait 1849 01:46:34.039 --> 01:46:35.079 for the rapture to happen. 1850 01:46:35.439 --> 01:46:39.279 And let's say that the rapture doesn't happen until, you know, 1851 01:46:39.560 --> 01:46:42.359 until Jesus calls you at the end, you're gonna have 1852 01:46:42.399 --> 01:46:45.600 to go through the tribulation and you're not gonna be prepared, right, 1853 01:46:46.319 --> 01:46:48.359 So we have to make sure that we study all 1854 01:46:48.439 --> 01:46:50.840 that stuff and understand it the best. 1855 01:46:50.840 --> 01:46:52.960 So when I get to that portion, I will do 1856 01:46:53.039 --> 01:46:56.239 my best to explain it, and I will tell you. You know, 1857 01:46:56.279 --> 01:46:58.720 I will tell you from a point of a teacher 1858 01:46:58.800 --> 01:47:00.720 and not of a this is what you should believe. 1859 01:47:00.800 --> 01:47:03.960 This is what's true, because I don't care what anybody says. Okay, 1860 01:47:04.159 --> 01:47:06.840 I don't care what any pastor tells you. They don't 1861 01:47:06.920 --> 01:47:10.479 know one hundred percent that they're correct. They might think 1862 01:47:10.479 --> 01:47:13.680 they're correct by everything they've learned from their pastor and 1863 01:47:13.720 --> 01:47:16.720 from their teachers, but I'm gonna tell you something right now, 1864 01:47:16.840 --> 01:47:21.680 nobody knows except the Father in heaven. Okay, no one 1865 01:47:21.720 --> 01:47:24.399 knows the time of the hour besides the Father in heaven, 1866 01:47:25.520 --> 01:47:27.920 and Jesus is obviously in heaven now, so Jesus would 1867 01:47:27.960 --> 01:47:30.439 know now. But at the time that Jesus is on. 1868 01:47:30.359 --> 01:47:32.520 The earth, he said that no one knows what the Father, 1869 01:47:32.640 --> 01:47:35.399 So nobody knows. The people could tell you all day 1870 01:47:35.399 --> 01:47:37.159 long they know exactly what's gonna happen. 1871 01:47:37.319 --> 01:47:39.640 They could have these charts, they can have these timelines, 1872 01:47:39.680 --> 01:47:41.720 they can have all these different things they're trying to 1873 01:47:41.760 --> 01:47:43.680 tell you. But I'll tell you right now from everything 1874 01:47:43.680 --> 01:47:47.039 that I've studied everybody I had on my show, everybody 1875 01:47:47.079 --> 01:47:51.640 cannot go chapter and verse exactly and show you exactly 1876 01:47:51.680 --> 01:47:53.960 the verse after verse to tell you this is what's 1877 01:47:53.960 --> 01:47:56.840 gonna happen. First sure, one hundred percent what it is 1878 01:47:56.840 --> 01:48:00.399 is it's all theories and they're just interpretation of what's 1879 01:48:00.399 --> 01:48:02.920 going to happen in the end times. Okay, there is, 1880 01:48:03.199 --> 01:48:05.439 you're gonna see. There's debates on this type of stuff 1881 01:48:05.800 --> 01:48:09.279 all the time. So as a teacher, it's important for 1882 01:48:09.399 --> 01:48:12.279 me to tell you guys to kind of be open 1883 01:48:12.319 --> 01:48:16.880 with eschatology. Study it and find out exactly what you feel, 1884 01:48:16.960 --> 01:48:20.600 you know, what the Holy Spirit shows you and guides you. Okay, 1885 01:48:22.439 --> 01:48:24.319 just just kind of something I want to lay out 1886 01:48:24.359 --> 01:48:28.359 for you, because I do hear a lot of people 1887 01:48:29.239 --> 01:48:34.239 try to try to act like they you know, try 1888 01:48:34.279 --> 01:48:36.039 to act like they know. But one thing is for 1889 01:48:36.119 --> 01:48:38.680 sure what Jesus is saying here. Jesus compares the coming 1890 01:48:38.680 --> 01:48:40.760 of the Sun and Man to the days of Noah 1891 01:48:40.760 --> 01:48:43.239 and a Lot when the people were unaware of impending 1892 01:48:43.319 --> 01:48:47.359 judgment until it was too late. It's he emphasizes the 1893 01:48:47.399 --> 01:48:50.840 suddenness and unexpected nature of his return. You see, we 1894 01:48:51.119 --> 01:48:54.520 gotta we gotta be prepared, Okay, we gotta be prepared, 1895 01:48:54.760 --> 01:48:58.359 that's for sure. Okay, So how do you get prepared? Well, 1896 01:48:58.479 --> 01:49:00.840 we have to start reading the Bible. We have to 1897 01:49:00.880 --> 01:49:03.359 start studying the Word, which you guys are doing now. 1898 01:49:03.359 --> 01:49:09.439 You're studying it with me, right, So this is very important. 1899 01:49:10.039 --> 01:49:17.680 Let's see if there's anything else I'm leaving out the coming. Okay, 1900 01:49:17.720 --> 01:49:19.439 here's another part I could read for you guys, the 1901 01:49:19.479 --> 01:49:22.319 coming of the Kingdom. Of coming of the Kingdom. Jesus 1902 01:49:22.319 --> 01:49:24.920 tells the Pharisees the Kingdom of God is not coming 1903 01:49:24.920 --> 01:49:27.920 with signs to be observed, nor will people say, look here, 1904 01:49:27.960 --> 01:49:28.960 it is there. 1905 01:49:28.960 --> 01:49:30.159 It is for you. 1906 01:49:30.279 --> 01:49:32.520 See, the Kingdom of God is your myst This teaches 1907 01:49:32.560 --> 01:49:36.119 that God's Kingdom is a present reality, not just a 1908 01:49:36.159 --> 01:49:38.960 future hope. So a lot of them, like I said, 1909 01:49:38.960 --> 01:49:42.600 are looking for signs, but Jesus is already there. The 1910 01:49:42.680 --> 01:49:46.680 Kingdom is there. The Kingdom of God is in the 1911 01:49:46.720 --> 01:49:50.560 flesh right there with them, and they just don't understand it. 1912 01:49:50.640 --> 01:49:53.560 They just can't see it because their pride gets in 1913 01:49:53.600 --> 01:49:56.840 their way, their lawlessness, their religion gets in the way 1914 01:49:56.880 --> 01:50:04.399 of them actually seeing who the true Messiah was. If 1915 01:50:04.439 --> 01:50:07.239 you were like Satan's little seasoned believer, you would believe 1916 01:50:07.279 --> 01:50:09.399 that this is just saying that people are getting like 1917 01:50:09.479 --> 01:50:15.000 kidnapped right here. I believe that's what they believe. I'm 1918 01:50:15.000 --> 01:50:16.159 not going to tell you one hundred percent, but I 1919 01:50:16.159 --> 01:50:18.720 think people I've heard people teach on that before, that 1920 01:50:18.840 --> 01:50:22.239 this portion right here Luke seventeen thirty one through thirty 1921 01:50:22.279 --> 01:50:22.760 five is. 1922 01:50:22.680 --> 01:50:23.840 People getting kidnapped. 1923 01:50:26.600 --> 01:50:31.000 Okay, So next week on Sunday service, we will be 1924 01:50:31.000 --> 01:50:35.399 in Luke eighteen. So awesome, you know, and I'll definitely 1925 01:50:35.399 --> 01:50:36.720 do some good studying on that. 1926 01:50:37.520 --> 01:50:39.319 I got some pretty good studying down. 1927 01:50:39.439 --> 01:50:43.199 I try to get pretty dense with the with the 1928 01:50:43.359 --> 01:50:47.319 luke this time. Let's see if I have any practical 1929 01:50:47.319 --> 01:50:50.720 applications you guys could could put towards your life with this. 1930 01:50:50.760 --> 01:50:53.399 And I'm gonna go ahead and stop the screen share 1931 01:50:56.399 --> 01:51:00.840 and practical forget our practice forgiveness. Make it conscious effort 1932 01:51:00.920 --> 01:51:04.199 to forgive those who wrong you, reflecting the forgiveness you 1933 01:51:04.279 --> 01:51:09.439 have received from Christ. Cultivate faith. Nurture your faith through prayer, 1934 01:51:09.800 --> 01:51:13.760 reading scripture, and trusting God in all circumstances, no matter 1935 01:51:13.800 --> 01:51:18.720 how small your faith may seem. Yeah, so faith is 1936 01:51:18.760 --> 01:51:22.039 so important, you know, And how do you build faith? 1937 01:51:22.039 --> 01:51:24.680 Come it by hearing and hearing by the word of God. 1938 01:51:25.560 --> 01:51:29.079 Serve with humility, approach your service to God and others 1939 01:51:29.079 --> 01:51:31.960 with a humble heart, recognizing that as a privilege to serve, 1940 01:51:33.840 --> 01:51:36.960 and then live with kingdom awareness. Be mindful of God's 1941 01:51:36.960 --> 01:51:40.039 presence and work in your life and the world around you, 1942 01:51:40.640 --> 01:51:43.239 living as a citizen of His kingdom. 1943 01:51:45.439 --> 01:51:49.079 And then let's see forgiveness. 1944 01:51:49.119 --> 01:51:53.119 You could go to Matthew eighteen twenty one through twenty 1945 01:51:53.159 --> 01:51:57.600 two and a Pheasans four thirty two versus about faith. 1946 01:51:57.640 --> 01:52:01.479 You can go to Hebrews eleven one, Matthew seventeen twenty. 1947 01:52:01.600 --> 01:52:04.680 If you want to write those down humility and service, 1948 01:52:04.720 --> 01:52:08.119 go to Philippians two, verses three through seven and Mark 1949 01:52:08.239 --> 01:52:11.680 ten forty five. And then Kingdom of God go to 1950 01:52:11.800 --> 01:52:16.399 Romans fourteen seventeen and Matthew six thirty three. 1951 01:52:17.640 --> 01:52:18.399 So there we go. 1952 01:52:18.520 --> 01:52:21.199 So what a great study. Thank you guys so much. 1953 01:52:21.279 --> 01:52:22.279 I really appreciate it. 1954 01:52:23.159 --> 01:52:25.399 I got some pretty good study and done this week 1955 01:52:25.680 --> 01:52:31.159 for this show, so be expecting some some good studies 1956 01:52:31.159 --> 01:52:34.439 for next week as well. And then Sunday service, we're 1957 01:52:34.479 --> 01:52:36.520 going to be you know, still in the Book of Deuteronomy. 1958 01:52:37.640 --> 01:52:40.279 And if you made it all the way to the end, 1959 01:52:40.319 --> 01:52:43.439 like I always ask, comment on Spotify, you know, and 1960 01:52:43.680 --> 01:52:45.439 let me know that you made it to the end, 1961 01:52:45.960 --> 01:52:48.720 and let me know what you guys think about the 1962 01:52:48.720 --> 01:52:52.479 Bible studies so far. I appreciate everybody that's listening. Thank 1963 01:52:52.520 --> 01:52:53.119 you so much. 1964 01:52:53.159 --> 01:52:55.399 But like we always do, we end this in prayer. 1965 01:52:55.439 --> 01:52:58.000 So, Father God, in the name of Jesus and the 1966 01:52:58.079 --> 01:53:00.359 name we asure with him of Siock, we appreciate everything 1967 01:53:00.399 --> 01:53:00.960 you do for us. 1968 01:53:00.960 --> 01:53:01.960 Lord, thank you for this. 1969 01:53:02.000 --> 01:53:06.359 Time of you know, reading your word. And there's a 1970 01:53:06.359 --> 01:53:09.960 lot of stuff that we went over today, and you know, 1971 01:53:11.319 --> 01:53:17.119 to read Luke sixteen and to see that there's you know. 1972 01:53:17.880 --> 01:53:21.399 What hell actually looks like and feels like. 1973 01:53:21.520 --> 01:53:25.880 You know, it should definitely put just assist Lord with 1974 01:53:26.039 --> 01:53:30.359 people to understand how important it is to serve you, Lord, 1975 01:53:30.840 --> 01:53:34.680 to to become a disciple for you, and how important 1976 01:53:34.680 --> 01:53:37.000 it is to not end up in hell, or not 1977 01:53:37.119 --> 01:53:40.680 have your family members end up in Hell or any 1978 01:53:40.760 --> 01:53:42.439 of your people that you know around you. 1979 01:53:43.159 --> 01:53:45.439 Just do your help people to do their very. 1980 01:53:45.279 --> 01:53:48.479 Best to plant seeds so that you can make them grow. 1981 01:53:48.520 --> 01:53:48.800 Lord. 1982 01:53:49.239 --> 01:53:52.439 And we know that we have to get our stuff 1983 01:53:52.439 --> 01:53:53.760 together first before. 1984 01:53:53.479 --> 01:53:54.600 We can even disciples. 1985 01:53:54.600 --> 01:53:58.119 So help us to get our stuff together and anything 1986 01:53:58.159 --> 01:54:00.399 that we need to get out of our life that's 1987 01:54:00.439 --> 01:54:03.720 preventing us from being a disciple for you, assist us 1988 01:54:03.720 --> 01:54:06.960 in doing that. And we know sometimes it takes a 1989 01:54:07.000 --> 01:54:09.720 little while for us to shed all those things, those 1990 01:54:09.720 --> 01:54:13.479 worldly things, but assist the people that are listening and 1991 01:54:13.520 --> 01:54:13.960 doing so. 1992 01:54:14.840 --> 01:54:18.960 And we know that we've excuse me, We know that the. 1993 01:54:20.439 --> 01:54:23.039 We know that the time is now, Lord, and I 1994 01:54:23.159 --> 01:54:25.439 just asked that you assist people that you know, if 1995 01:54:25.439 --> 01:54:29.199 there's alcohol, there's anything preventing them from. 1996 01:54:30.319 --> 01:54:31.079 Committing to you. 1997 01:54:31.199 --> 01:54:34.239 Lord, if you could slowly just shed those away, or 1998 01:54:34.279 --> 01:54:36.880 do it abruptly. Lord, I asked that you break those 1999 01:54:36.960 --> 01:54:41.359 chains in Jesus's name and help everybody that's listening. And 2000 01:54:41.399 --> 01:54:43.279 thank you, Lord for everything you do for us. I 2001 01:54:43.359 --> 01:54:44.720 love you so much in Jesus name. 2002 01:54:44.800 --> 01:54:45.159 Amen. 2003 01:54:45.920 --> 01:54:48.560 Yes, thank you guys, Thank you for tuning in once again. 2004 01:54:48.960 --> 01:54:51.479 I appreciate you guys tuning in and I will see 2005 01:54:51.479 --> 01:54:52.319 you guys next week. 2006 01:54:52.399 --> 01:54:53.239 God bless you