Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Wednesday Service, episode fourteen, brought
Speaker 1: to you by Cult the Conspiracy Podcasts. I'm your host,
Speaker 1: Josh Monday. If you don't know me, I'm a Christian rapper,
Speaker 1: devoted husband, father, and Army veteran. And if you're watching
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Speaker 1: what I he just look like in the Army all
Speaker 1: the time. So anyways, yeah, so thank you guys so
Speaker 1: much for the comments. My goodness. I have a few
Speaker 1: to go over and a few shout outs from Sunday Service.
Speaker 1: We have seven comments, Praise God. I have one from
Speaker 1: Shannon Aiden. Okay, so thanks again for a good Bible study.
Speaker 1: What version of the Bible would you wreck? Men? I'm
Speaker 1: pretty new to all this, okay. So the one that
Speaker 1: I use on the show is the new King James version.
Speaker 1: You'll see some denominations that'll be King James only I
Speaker 1: see that they are, you know, if they're gonna change, like,
Speaker 1: if they're gonna come out with a new version of
Speaker 1: the Bible, it has to be at least ten percent
Speaker 1: different than the other one, you know, than the past one.
Speaker 1: So I'm just letting you know that some people do
Speaker 1: feel that King James is the best represented version of
Speaker 1: the Bible. So you'll hear different different different people would
Speaker 1: say different things. But I use the new King James
Speaker 1: because for me, when I'm reading it to you guys,
Speaker 1: I want it to be easy to digest. I don't
Speaker 1: want you to be reading the Bible to you and
Speaker 1: you guys not be able to understand what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: And sometimes when I'm reading the King James and it's
Speaker 1: not as fluent for me when i'm reading, So it
Speaker 1: doesn't like if you notice a lot on on the
Speaker 1: Bible studies that I'm doing. I'm reading through the Bible
Speaker 1: and I'm trying to do commentary and then read through
Speaker 1: and then i'm doing commentary, and I'm just gonna be
Speaker 1: honest sometimes that I slip up a little bit when
Speaker 1: I'm reading the King James version. I can do it.
Speaker 1: But I think since there's people like you, Shannon, where
Speaker 1: some people are new to the Bible, others are probably
Speaker 1: veterans to the Bible that are listening to this. So
Speaker 1: I want to make sure that I compromise and I
Speaker 1: have a happy medium. So if I was just going
Speaker 1: King James only, then it might not be as easy
Speaker 1: for you or other people to digest. So I'm going
Speaker 1: with the New King James, which is a newer version
Speaker 1: than the King James, but it's a lot of it
Speaker 1: is very similar and there is it just flows more
Speaker 1: nicely for me and easier to read. So I will
Speaker 1: let you know so that some other versions are a
Speaker 1: little watered down, so be careful, Shannon. Okay, not trying
Speaker 1: to talk bad about like a lot of different versions
Speaker 1: of the Bible. But Shannon, what I do, what I'm
Speaker 1: doing my studies is I will read in different versions,
Speaker 1: you know, not all different versions, but I'll go to
Speaker 1: a few different versions to see what interpretation they used,
Speaker 1: and then I go back to something called the Strongs concordance,
Speaker 1: which you can find on Bible Hub, which is if
Speaker 1: you go to Bible hub. Let me see, let me
Speaker 1: see what the app is called, so I can recommend
Speaker 1: it for you. The app is a Blue Letter Bible, okay.
Speaker 1: And when you go to Blue Letter Bible and you
Speaker 1: go to any versus in the Bible, you can click
Speaker 1: on a word and it'll give you the definition of
Speaker 1: that word. That is very, very good for studying. So
Speaker 1: what I would recommend is you go to your app
Speaker 1: store and download the BLB Blue Letter Bible app. It's blue.
Speaker 1: I hope you get the correct one. I don't want
Speaker 1: to lead you to some other thing, but it'll say
Speaker 1: BLB and it is the one that I use on
Speaker 1: If you guys have pat If you have Patreon, you
Speaker 1: can see it on Patreon. If not, it's okay. You
Speaker 1: will be able to just google it if you have
Speaker 1: an issue with it. But that's a good one, Shannon. Okay,
Speaker 1: And since you're new to this, I really appreciate you
Speaker 1: sticking around and listening, and I recommend it because Shannon,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you something that Romans ten seventeen says.
Speaker 1: It says faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the
Speaker 1: Word of God. So when I'm doing this commentary and
Speaker 1: kind of going through the Bible with you, me just
Speaker 1: reading it to you and you digesting it is actually
Speaker 1: the nutrients. You know. It's kind of like it's similar.
Speaker 1: I'll just say this, it's very similar to if you're
Speaker 1: exercising right A to get physically strong, which I do
Speaker 1: like to lift weights. Uh, to get physically physically strong,
Speaker 1: you have to have food and nutrients, right, and it's
Speaker 1: diet along with exercise, right. So the word of God,
Speaker 1: Shannon is Uh, it's going to be the food or
Speaker 1: the nutrients, and then the exercise in spiritually is going
Speaker 1: to be taking the stuff that you learned and putting
Speaker 1: it into action. It's called exercising your faith. So uh yeah,
Speaker 1: So I really recommend sticking around. Bible studies are very
Speaker 1: good and Shannon, if you ever have any questions, I
Speaker 1: don't know if you have an Instagram or Shannon, but
Speaker 1: you can you can always DM me at Josh Monday
Speaker 1: Underscore Podcasts or Shannon. You can also email me at
Speaker 1: Josh Monday at RocketMail dot com. That's r O c
Speaker 1: K E T M a I L dot com. So
Speaker 1: I can assist you with any questions you may have.
Speaker 1: And if you're new to this, I want to make
Speaker 1: sure that I answer any questions that you have. Shannon,
Speaker 1: thank you and it's very nice to meet you. I'm
Speaker 1: Josh Monday and I'm so glad that I got to
Speaker 1: see your message. Justice Wabashaw. We made it. We're officially
Speaker 1: four fists through the Torah. Yes. Amen, thank you for
Speaker 1: your faithfulness to God and your comment commitment to help
Speaker 1: deliver his word. Yes, God is so great. God bless
Speaker 1: you brother. I appreciate the comment. I Garza made it
Speaker 1: to the end. Yes, thank you. Thank you for sticking around.
Speaker 1: And Angela Kelly, I never knew that we were not
Speaker 1: supposed to make about Yeah, that's very interesting that that
Speaker 1: whole numbers twenty nine through thirty six, Angela was very interesting.
Speaker 1: Some stuff I learned as well. I wonder why that
Speaker 1: is finished the Book of numbers. Yes, another great episode.
Speaker 1: Thank you God, bless you. Flicking a Boogers. Very interesting
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Speaker 1: catch it really does Oh it really does my heart good.
Speaker 1: Thanks again, thank you, Thank you Flicking Boogers. I haven't
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Speaker 1: Alex and kayn Z, thank you so much. As well.
Speaker 1: I really appreciate you so you listen to the end.
Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you, enjoyed it as usual. Thank you,
Speaker 1: thank you, thank you. I appreciate you, Flicking Boogers, thank
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Speaker 1: I don't even get paid more if I have more listeners.
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Speaker 1: to the ears. They want to hear all this stuff
Speaker 1: and then they dig down, you know, the people will
Speaker 1: We'll tell them all these conspiracies and they use it
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Speaker 1: So we're on episode fourteen this time, and we were
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Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you, God bless you. I really appreciate
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Speaker 1: and we are now on. We are going to be
Speaker 1: on Luke eight today. Let me go ahead and share
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Speaker 1: God healed my throat if it starts acting up at
Speaker 1: the end of the show that happened last time. Last time,
Speaker 1: I was like, I'm healed, and then by the middle
Speaker 1: of the show, I'm like, ah, so anyways, all right,
Speaker 1: so and soon I think I might be on a
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Speaker 1: let's start this up. Let me get to my notes,
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Speaker 1: Thank you. Let's go to Luke eight and let me
Speaker 1: pull this up really quick. Boom, Luke. All right, there
Speaker 1: we go, Luke eight, I have it pulled up here,
Speaker 1: there we go. I got those notes up and oops,
Speaker 1: keep those notes up. And also all right, coming right
Speaker 1: up here? Oops? Where is my regular notes? Okay, sorry, guys,
Speaker 1: I am just kind of making sure I'm set up
Speaker 1: before we start. And here we go. All right, So
Speaker 1: here's Luke eight. Since I don't start till then, let's
Speaker 1: go here Luke eight. Many women minister to Jesus Us.
Speaker 1: Now it came to pass. This is Luke eight one.
Speaker 1: Now it came to pass afterward that he went through
Speaker 1: every city and village, preaching and bringing the glad tidings
Speaker 1: of the Kingdom of God. And the Twelve were with them,
Speaker 1: and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits
Speaker 1: and infirmities Mary called Magdalene, out of whom had come
Speaker 1: seven demons. And Joanna, the wife of Choosa Herod Stuart
Speaker 1: and Susannah and many others were provided for him for
Speaker 1: their substance. Okay, so it looks like Joanna the wife
Speaker 1: of Choosa Herod Stewart. So it looks like one of
Speaker 1: Herod's Herod King Herod Stewarts. Joanna the wife of Choose. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so Choosah is one of Herod Stewarts, and the wife
Speaker 1: of one of Herod Stewart's is a follower of Jesus.
Speaker 1: That's awesome. Too bad Joanna, the wife of Joanna didn't
Speaker 1: get to talk to us, you know, convinced Herod that,
Speaker 1: you know, Jesus' is not you know, so he didn't
Speaker 1: think so bad about him because Herod wanted to actually
Speaker 1: kill Jesus. Could have put in a good word for him,
Speaker 1: all right. So yeah, so not really much there. That's
Speaker 1: now we're going to go to the parable of the sower.
Speaker 1: So let me go to my other notes. Flipped to there. Wow,
Speaker 1: first fifteen minutes and my voice started going weird already,
Speaker 1: all right, So let's go to the parable of the sower.
Speaker 1: So we're at Luke eight, verse four. And when a
Speaker 1: great multitude had gathered and had come to him from
Speaker 1: every city, he spoke by a parable. A sower went
Speaker 1: out to sow his seed, And as he sowed, some
Speaker 1: fell by the wayside, and it trampled down, and the
Speaker 1: birds of the air devoured it. So birds of the
Speaker 1: air sometimes are referring to Sometime birds of the air
Speaker 1: could be referring to demons. So I'm just letting you
Speaker 1: guys know that the birds of the air devoured it.
Speaker 1: Some fell on rock, and as soon as it sprang up,
Speaker 1: it withered away because it lacked the moisture. Some fell
Speaker 1: among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with it and
Speaker 1: choked it. But others fell on good grounds, sprang up
Speaker 1: and yielded a crop of one hundredfold. When he had
Speaker 1: said these things, he cried, he who has ears, let
Speaker 1: him hear. So the parable of the sower is going
Speaker 1: to be explained by Jesus, and then I'll go to
Speaker 1: my notes. After that it says this is the purpose
Speaker 1: of parables. Then his disciples asked them, why what does
Speaker 1: this parable mean? And he said to you, it is
Speaker 1: given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God.
Speaker 1: But to the rest it is given in parables, that
Speaker 1: seeing that that may not see, and hearing, they may
Speaker 1: not understand. Now the parable is this. The seed is
Speaker 1: the word of God. Those by the wayside are those
Speaker 1: who hear. Then the devil comes and takes away the
Speaker 1: word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and
Speaker 1: be saved. M But the excuse me, but the ones
Speaker 1: on the rock, excuse me, but the ones on the
Speaker 1: rock are those who, when they hear, receive the Word
Speaker 1: with joy, And these have no root, who believe for
Speaker 1: a while, and in time the temptation and the time
Speaker 1: of temptation fall away. And now the ones that fell
Speaker 1: among the thorns are those who, when they have heard,
Speaker 1: go out and are choked with the cares, riches and
Speaker 1: pleasure of life, and bring no fruit to maturity. But
Speaker 1: the ones that fell on the good ground are those
Speaker 1: who have heard the Word with a noble and good heart,
Speaker 1: keep it and bear fruit with patience. So it's it's
Speaker 1: it's cool how he how he kind of parallels the
Speaker 1: word with the seed, because a seed is alive and
Speaker 1: also it can bear fruit, right, and then also you
Speaker 1: know the tree will grow. So I think that's that's interesting.
Speaker 1: So and I just want to say this. Some people
Speaker 1: think that each one of these explanations is is is
Speaker 1: how people are like for the rest of their life.
Speaker 1: But no, like, there's levels to becoming a believer, right,
Speaker 1: there's levels to it. Sometimes when you first get saved,
Speaker 1: you're gonna be on fire for the Lord, and you're
Speaker 1: gonna be you're gonna be devout the word and you're
Speaker 1: gonna you're gonna be doing everything you can. But sometimes
Speaker 1: that fire slowly goes out sometimes then you know, sometimes
Speaker 1: you know in the beginning though it says this, but
Speaker 1: the ones, uh, but the ones on the rock of
Speaker 1: those when they hear receive the Word with joy and
Speaker 1: these have no root, who believe for a while and
Speaker 1: in time of temptation fall away. See that's that's the
Speaker 1: ones that they first get saved, right because they hear
Speaker 1: the word, and that they hear it with joy, you know,
Speaker 1: because they're super excited, you know, to hear the word.
Speaker 1: But they have no root. You know, they don't have
Speaker 1: they don't have faith, they don't have like deep faith.
Speaker 1: So soon as temptation comes, they fall away. If they
Speaker 1: were reading the Word every day, if they were into
Speaker 1: the Word every day and they're praying every day, and
Speaker 1: they were making that faith, that that shield of faith,
Speaker 1: because you know, like I said, faith come with by
Speaker 1: hearing and hearing by the word of God. If they
Speaker 1: were in the Word every day, then they would have
Speaker 1: more root, so their root would be good. And then
Speaker 1: when the temptation comes, they're not going to fall away.
Speaker 1: They're going to resist the devil, so he should flee.
Speaker 1: See you put on the armor of God, and what
Speaker 1: is it. It's going to be the helmet of salvation,
Speaker 1: the breastplate of righteousness. It's going to be the guard
Speaker 1: of truth which holds everything together. And it's going to
Speaker 1: be the sandals of salvation, right and also I'm sorry,
Speaker 1: the sandals of the gospel message. Right. And then you
Speaker 1: have a sword, which is the word of God. That's
Speaker 1: your offensive weapon. And then you're going to have a shield.
Speaker 1: And the more faith you have, the bigger the shield,
Speaker 1: and it's used to dods the wiles of the devil.
Speaker 1: How do you build faith well, obviously through prayer, supplication,
Speaker 1: but also by reading the Word of God Romans ten seventeen.
Speaker 1: Like I said earlier, faith cometh by hearing, hearing by
Speaker 1: the word of God. And it's also impossible to please
Speaker 1: God without faith. Faith is huge, right, So the root
Speaker 1: is going to be faith. I believe, right. It says,
Speaker 1: who believe for a while, and in time tempatient fall away,
Speaker 1: and then it says, let's go to the top one
Speaker 1: those by the ways that are those who hear. Then
Speaker 1: the devil comes and takes away the word out of
Speaker 1: their hearts lest they should should believe and be saved.
Speaker 1: So these ones are one foot in the world, one
Speaker 1: foot in Christianity. Right. So they hear the word, and
Speaker 1: the devil's able to come and take away the word. Right,
Speaker 1: so we have that the next one is going to be. Now,
Speaker 1: the ones that fell among thorns are those who, when
Speaker 1: they have heard, go out and are choked with cares, riches,
Speaker 1: pleasures of life, and bring no fruit of to maturity.
Speaker 1: So they go to church, right, they listen to the Bible,
Speaker 1: and then what happens is for the rest of the
Speaker 1: week they have the cares of riches, your job, taxes,
Speaker 1: pleasures in life, and they bring no fruit to maturity.
Speaker 1: So they listen to the Word of God and they
Speaker 1: hear it, but they're not able to put it into
Speaker 1: action or exercise it. Right, they don't. They they're not
Speaker 1: We're bringing no fruit to maturity. Right. But the ones
Speaker 1: that fell on the good ground are those who, having
Speaker 1: heard the word with noble and a good heart, keep
Speaker 1: it and bear fruit with patience. So you see, those
Speaker 1: are the ones that you want to be. But I
Speaker 1: just want to put it this way. I've been in
Speaker 1: every one of these positions. It's not like just it's
Speaker 1: not just you know, one of these soil types is
Speaker 1: in the you know, will be like your whole life,
Speaker 1: you're going to be like that. No, no, no, no, there's
Speaker 1: just different seasons of being a believer. So sometimes you'll
Speaker 1: be in that first category, you know, you know, in
Speaker 1: the beginning of your walk, and then as you start
Speaker 1: building faith, you kind of go to the next step,
Speaker 1: you know, and you know, temptation might hit you, you
Speaker 1: might fall away the next one. You know, you might start,
Speaker 1: you know, getting a little bit more into the word.
Speaker 1: But but you know, you get these these the cares
Speaker 1: of riches pleasures, right, you know, you're basically your your
Speaker 1: your flesh starts taking over and then you can bring
Speaker 1: no future fruit to maturity. Obviously you want to be
Speaker 1: in this fourth category. But the ones that fell on
Speaker 1: the good ground, right, that so the word fell on
Speaker 1: the good ground or the good heart, and having heard
Speaker 1: the word with the noble and good heart, kept it
Speaker 1: and bear fruit with patience. Right. So for some people
Speaker 1: their faith depends on their situation or condition or their circumstance.
Speaker 1: So that's kind of the ones that that would be
Speaker 1: in that category of you know with cares of riches,
Speaker 1: pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity. You know,
Speaker 1: their faith is depending on their their circumstances at the time,
Speaker 1: right like, Oh, God hasn't you know, God hasn't lived
Speaker 1: up to my expectations. He's not helping me as much
Speaker 1: as I feel like he should. You know that that's
Speaker 1: not how it works. You know, that's not how it
Speaker 1: should work at all. And that verse Romans ten sixteen
Speaker 1: through seventeen, it says, but they have not obebayed all
Speaker 1: the but they have not all obeyed the gospel. For
Speaker 1: Isaiah says Lord, who has believed our report. So then
Speaker 1: faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Yes,
Speaker 1: amen to that. And then we got another verse that
Speaker 1: I have right here written in my notes is two
Speaker 1: Timothy four, verses three through five. For the time will
Speaker 1: come when they will not endure sound action, but according
Speaker 1: to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they
Speaker 1: will heap up for themselves teachers, and they will turn
Speaker 1: their ears away from the truth and be turned aside
Speaker 1: to fables. But you are watchful in all things and
Speaker 1: door inflictions. Do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry,
Speaker 1: so it's kind of telling you to be fruitful at
Speaker 1: the end there, right, all right, So now we're going
Speaker 1: to go to the parable of the revealed Light. This
Speaker 1: is gonna be luke. Let me see if there's any
Speaker 1: teaching points on that part on that that I can
Speaker 1: kind of go over for you guys. Okay, Jesus tells
Speaker 1: a parable to a large crowd of a sewer who
Speaker 1: scatters seat on different types of soil, resulting in varied
Speaker 1: growth and yield. The parable illustrates the different responses to
Speaker 1: the word of God. So that's kind of what it
Speaker 1: is illustrating. It's illustrating how your heart reacts to the
Speaker 1: word of God. Okay, So that's kind of is that.
Speaker 1: And then let me see if I'm missing anything in
Speaker 1: my notes places practical apputations, okay. And then for the
Speaker 1: parable of the sower, Jesus is the parable illustrate the
Speaker 1: different sponsor the word of God. The seed represents the Word,
Speaker 1: and the various types of soil represents the condition of
Speaker 1: the human heart. So that way you know exactly what
Speaker 1: that parable is referencing to. And next up we're going
Speaker 1: to have the uh oops, I don't want to lose that.
Speaker 1: Now we have the the parable of the revealed light. Okay,
Speaker 1: so Luke eight verse sixteen, the parable of the revealed light.
Speaker 1: No one, when he has a lit lamp, covers it
Speaker 1: with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but
Speaker 1: sets it on a lamp stand for those who enter
Speaker 1: may see the light. For nothing is secret that will
Speaker 1: not be revealed, nor anything hidden that will not be
Speaker 1: known and come to light. Therefore, take heed from how
Speaker 1: you hear, for whoever has to him more will be given,
Speaker 1: and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have,
Speaker 1: will be taken away. So the core message of this
Speaker 1: parable is he uses the image of a lamp to
Speaker 1: illustrate that truth and knowledge, like a lit lamp, are
Speaker 1: meant to be shared and seen, not hidden or concealed.
Speaker 1: So you don't want to conceal your light. You want
Speaker 1: to show your light. You don't put it underneath the bed.
Speaker 1: You want to have everybody see your light. Jesus uses
Speaker 1: the analogy of a lamp to represent the message of
Speaker 1: the Gospel, which is intended to illuminate and guide people.
Speaker 1: So the lamp is represent the message of the gospel.
Speaker 1: So you don't want to hide the gospel message. You
Speaker 1: want to spread the gospel message. You don't want to
Speaker 1: have hidden knowledge or esoteric or hold it. You want
Speaker 1: to spread it and tell everybody about the good News.
Speaker 1: The parable suggests that if someone lights a lamp, they
Speaker 1: wouldn't cover it or put it under a bed, but
Speaker 1: rather place it on a stand so that everyone in
Speaker 1: the house can see the light. Implication to followers, this
Speaker 1: paraboley has a powerful message for those who have received
Speaker 1: the truth and knowledge of the Gospel, they're called to
Speaker 1: share it openly and let their lives be a light
Speaker 1: to others. And then Matthew five fourteen through sixteen actually
Speaker 1: expands on this idea, stating that believers are the light
Speaker 1: of the world and are called to let their good
Speaker 1: deeds shine so that others might see them and glorify God.
Speaker 1: So we don't do good deeds to boast. We don't
Speaker 1: do good deeds to brag. We don't do good deeds
Speaker 1: so someone comes up to us and says, hey, Josh,
Speaker 1: great job. No, we do it so that we should people.
Speaker 1: We do it to glorify God, first of all, but
Speaker 1: also to show people. You know, we want people to say,
Speaker 1: what does that guy have that I don't have. Why
Speaker 1: does he have that kind of person like, why is
Speaker 1: he always smiling? Why does he have joy? Why does
Speaker 1: he have peace? Why does he always assist people and
Speaker 1: help people without wanting any recognition. Well, you know why,
Speaker 1: because I'm saved. You know, that's kind of what you
Speaker 1: want to tell them, you know, because I'm saved and
Speaker 1: you can also be saved. It's a way to start
Speaker 1: conversation and get people to talk about the gospel message. Right, So, okay,
Speaker 1: that's good there. Let me go to my other notes
Speaker 1: and see if I'm missing anything. So the lamp, the
Speaker 1: lamp on the lamp sand, Jesus urges his listeners to
Speaker 1: be careful how they listen, as those who will be
Speaker 1: given more while from those who do not have, even
Speaker 1: they think that have will be taken away. Jesus emasized
Speaker 1: the portance of living out our faith openly and letting
Speaker 1: our light shine before others and spreading the gospel. That's
Speaker 1: what the lamp on the lampstand is about. And do
Speaker 1: we have anything? So let's see what this one says.
Speaker 1: So just a good little teaching point. Jesus teaches that
Speaker 1: no one lights a lamp and hides it and set
Speaker 1: his place on a stand so that those who enter
Speaker 1: may see the light. He emphasized the importance of hearing
Speaker 1: and responding to the word of God. All right, let's
Speaker 1: continue now we're in Luke eight, verse nineteen. Jesus's mother
Speaker 1: and brothers come to him. Then his mother and brothers
Speaker 1: came to him and could not approach him because of
Speaker 1: the crowd. And it was told to him by some
Speaker 1: who said, your mother, your brothers are standing outside desiring
Speaker 1: to see you. But he answered and said to them,
Speaker 1: my mother and my brothers are those who hear the
Speaker 1: word of God and do it. So what he's saying is,
Speaker 1: I'm trying to speak to all of you guys, because
Speaker 1: he wants to get them to the point to where
Speaker 1: they hear the God, the word of God and they
Speaker 1: do it. See, He's like, he's saying, Hey, they already,
Speaker 1: they already hear the word of God and do it.
Speaker 1: So they're not important to me. Right now, I'm trying
Speaker 1: to speak to you guys. You guys are important. You
Speaker 1: see how he's placing the will of God first over everything.
Speaker 1: We'll see what my teaching, my steady guide says. It
Speaker 1: says Jesus' mother and brothers came to see him, but
Speaker 1: he uses the opportunity to teach that those who hear
Speaker 1: and do the word of God are his true family.
Speaker 1: Oh that's a that's a good point. And then what's
Speaker 1: a good teaching point for this? Oh? Yeah, they don't.
Speaker 1: There's nothing here for that, So all right, we'll continue.
Speaker 1: Luke eight twenty two. Wind and wave, obey Jesus Luke
Speaker 1: eight twenty two. Now what happened on a certain day
Speaker 1: that he got into a boat with his disciples, and
Speaker 1: he said to them, let us cross over to the
Speaker 1: other side of the lake, and they launched out. But
Speaker 1: as they sailed, he fell asleep, and a windstorm came
Speaker 1: on the lake, and they were filling with water and
Speaker 1: were in jeopardy. And they came to him and awoke
Speaker 1: him and saying, Master, we are perishing. And then he
Speaker 1: arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water,
Speaker 1: and they seized, and there was a calm. But he
Speaker 1: said to them, where is your faith? And they were
Speaker 1: afraid and marveled, which means that they were amazed, saying
Speaker 1: to one another, who can this be? For he commands
Speaker 1: even the winds in the water to obey, and they
Speaker 1: obey him. So let's pause there. So so I thought
Speaker 1: that everybody says that Jesus doesn't claim to be God.
Speaker 1: Now he right here, he is definitely doing what That's
Speaker 1: why they're saying that who can this be? He commands
Speaker 1: the winds and water and they obey him, because there
Speaker 1: are so many examples in the Bible of God, the
Speaker 1: Father God controlling the weather. Okay, so here's here's a
Speaker 1: couple passages I'm gonna I'm gonna show you. And obviously
Speaker 1: they they know the Old Testament, they know the Torah, right,
Speaker 1: but let me just go over a few Psalms one
Speaker 1: forty seven, verse eight. He covers the sky with clouds.
Speaker 1: He supplies the earth with rain, and makes grass grow
Speaker 1: on the hills. Speaking of God, he supplies the earth
Speaker 1: with rain Joe thirty seven six three team, and he
Speaker 1: directs the snow to fall on the ground and tells
Speaker 1: the rain to pour down. He directs the snow, which
Speaker 1: means he God controls the weather. Psalms Verse eight, fire
Speaker 1: and hell snow and clouds, stormy wind, fulfilling his word.
Speaker 1: Jonah won four but the Lord hurled a great wind
Speaker 1: upon the sea, and there was a mighty temptess on
Speaker 1: the sea, so the ship threatened to break up. They're
Speaker 1: probably paraphrasing in these that I'm reading. Genesis eight twenty two.
Speaker 1: While the earth remains sea, time and harvest, cold and heat,
Speaker 1: summer and winter, day and night shall not cease. Exodus
Speaker 1: fourteen twenty one, God causes the wind to blow, parting
Speaker 1: the Red Sea. Also during the flood. After the flood,
Speaker 1: God also sent a great wind to dry up the water,
Speaker 1: which I think that's Genesis eight twenty two. So the
Speaker 1: Exodus fourteen twenty two, God sends the wind to blow
Speaker 1: and parts the Red Sea. Jeremiah ten thirteen. He is
Speaker 1: the one who makes thunder and lightning, who brings rain
Speaker 1: and makes the earth fruitful. In Joke thirty six twenty
Speaker 1: six through thirty three, God controls the water cycle, bring
Speaker 1: rain and mist Psalms one thirty five seven, He sends
Speaker 1: the rain to the earth and makes the grass grow
Speaker 1: on the hills. If you were following along in our
Speaker 1: Bible study, in the Old Testament, it said that God
Speaker 1: is going to cause it to not rain, or he
Speaker 1: could cause it to rain. I don't remember that verse,
Speaker 1: but it is definitely there. And you know, the Bible
Speaker 1: shows that God has ultimate authority controlling everything in creation,
Speaker 1: even weather patterns, weather everything. Obviously, God created the weather,
Speaker 1: so he's able to control it, and sometimes he uses
Speaker 1: weather to as a judgment. Okay, so we need to
Speaker 1: understand that sometimes he uses weather as a blessing when
Speaker 1: it's rain and the crops are growing and it's green
Speaker 1: and it's looking good. Then you know, God's able to
Speaker 1: do that. But also sometimes there's a judgment of famine
Speaker 1: over the land. You know, we see that in the
Speaker 1: Book of Exodus. Weather events can be seen as signs
Speaker 1: of God's power and presence. So I just want to
Speaker 1: let you guys know that. So Jesus is able to speak,
Speaker 1: he arose, rebuked the wind right and the raging of
Speaker 1: the water, and they seized and there was a calm,
Speaker 1: but he said, where's your faith? See, they've been with
Speaker 1: him the whole time. And these are all fishermen, a
Speaker 1: lot of them, not all of them, but a lot
Speaker 1: of them are fishermen. Okay, A good amount of these
Speaker 1: guys are fishermen. They've been on the highst they've been
Speaker 1: in danger before they know that they're in danger right here,
Speaker 1: they know because they might they probably even know people
Speaker 1: that have died in that situation. And Luke even you know,
Speaker 1: is Is is alluding to the fact that they're in danger. Right.
Speaker 1: That's why they say, Master, Master, we are perishing because
Speaker 1: they think they're gonna die. And it even says and
Speaker 1: a windstorm came down on the lake and they were
Speaker 1: filling with water. They were in jeopardy, right, they were
Speaker 1: in danger. That's what that word means, jeopardy. It means
Speaker 1: they were in danger. So they saw him cast out demons,
Speaker 1: you know, they saw him heal the sick. They saw him,
Speaker 1: you know, doing miracles, right, But this is on a
Speaker 1: different level to them because there's some Pharisees that were
Speaker 1: casting out demons. I don't know if there was any
Speaker 1: Pharisees that were healing the sick, but what Jesus did
Speaker 1: or the paraplegic or you know, obviously they're not able
Speaker 1: to do it. Only God can. So God probably was
Speaker 1: doing that. But I don't know. I know that Elijah
Speaker 1: was able to raise someone from the dead. I know
Speaker 1: that Elijah had that, you know, had that kind of
Speaker 1: faith to where God would do that, you know, for him,
Speaker 1: But I just want to let you know that him
Speaker 1: able to control the weather is more something that they
Speaker 1: would portray to God, you know, something that God can do.
Speaker 1: That's why they're amazed. And they're also like, who can
Speaker 1: this be? Right, let's continue, I'll see if there's anything Luke. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so let's see what this says. This miracle demonstrates Jesus'
Speaker 1: authority over nature and challenges us to trust him even
Speaker 1: in life's storms. Yes, it definitely challenges us. That's what
Speaker 1: you can get from a you know, like a metaphorical perspective,
Speaker 1: is to trust him even in life storms. From a
Speaker 1: practical perspective, you can see that it's it's pointing towards
Speaker 1: his divinity. Okay, this is pointing towards his divinity and
Speaker 1: also pointing towards his faith. You know, as a man
Speaker 1: on earth. He's a man. You know, he took he
Speaker 1: took manship when he was here. You know. I want
Speaker 1: to see if there was any teaching points for that.
Speaker 1: This theme demonstrates Jesus authority over nature, reinforcing his divine power,
Speaker 1: which I said, the call to faith in the face
Speaker 1: of fear. The Greek word at tamu used for rebuke
Speaker 1: indicates a command with authority. Okay, so he has authority.
Speaker 1: I love that, and we'll go back up to my notes. Okay, cool,
Speaker 1: we'll stay there, all right. This is a demon possessed
Speaker 1: man healed. This is a Luke eight twenty six. Then
Speaker 1: they sail to the country of the Gardeners Gardar RNAs,
Speaker 1: which is opposite of Galilee. And when he stepped out
Speaker 1: on the land, there met a certain man from the
Speaker 1: city who had d men's plural with an S for
Speaker 1: a long time. He wore no clothes. He was running
Speaker 1: around naked. Nor did you live in a house but
Speaker 1: in the tombs? Okay, he lived around the dead, right.
Speaker 1: He was having some major issues here. When he saw Jesus,
Speaker 1: he cried out, fell down before him with a loud voice,
Speaker 1: and said, what have I do? What have I to
Speaker 1: do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God?
Speaker 1: I beg you do not torment me? For he had
Speaker 1: commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man,
Speaker 1: for it had been, for it had often seized him.
Speaker 1: And he was kept under guard, bound with chains and shackles.
Speaker 1: And he broke the bombs and was driven by the
Speaker 1: demon into the wilderness. Jesus asked him, saying, what is
Speaker 1: your name? And he said legion, because many demons had
Speaker 1: entered him and they begged him that he would not
Speaker 1: command them to go into the abyss. See, they know
Speaker 1: where they're going to go, right, they know their ultimate faith.
Speaker 1: They're fate, not their faith. Their ultimate fate is going
Speaker 1: to be to be put into the abyss. And legion.
Speaker 1: That word legion, it means many. Okay, So that word
Speaker 1: means many. So it's a title. Okay, it's not the
Speaker 1: name of the of the of the demon. Is what
Speaker 1: what I was studying says? I don't know, because Jesus says,
Speaker 1: what is your name? And he said legion, But it
Speaker 1: says here because many demons had entered him and they
Speaker 1: begged him that he would not command them to go
Speaker 1: on the abyss. Right, So just letting you know, a
Speaker 1: legion of Roman soldiers is a thousand to six thousand soldiers.
Speaker 1: I know some pastors are going to say that means
Speaker 1: he had six thousand demons. Well, it means he had
Speaker 1: a lot of demons. Okay. Legion means many, right, Okay,
Speaker 1: So does it mean he had six thousand? I don't know.
Speaker 1: Did it mean he have one thousand? I don't know,
Speaker 1: but I don't think just because know it says a
Speaker 1: legion can be a thousand to six thousand, that you
Speaker 1: could just say, oh, well, six thousand demons. I mean,
Speaker 1: I think that it just means he had many demons.
Speaker 1: That's why it said because many demons had entered him legion. Okay,
Speaker 1: so m M. Just want to let you guys know
Speaker 1: that it says, now a herd of many swine we're
Speaker 1: feeding there on the mountain. So they begged him that
Speaker 1: he would permit them to enter them, and he permitted them.
Speaker 1: Then the demons went out of the men and entered
Speaker 1: the swine and the herd ran. The herd ran violently
Speaker 1: down the steep place into the lake and drowned. So
Speaker 1: does that mean that the demons died and they're done forever. No,
Speaker 1: they're actually a spirit. So when they went into the
Speaker 1: water and they drowned, all that did to them because
Speaker 1: they didn't want Jesus to send him into the Abyss.
Speaker 1: So they begged, like, just put me into swine. Please,
Speaker 1: please don't send me to the abyss. Put me into
Speaker 1: the swine. Because Jesus has authority not only over the weather,
Speaker 1: but he also has authority over these demons where they
Speaker 1: can be sent obviously. See, they know that Jesus from
Speaker 1: the being you know from They know that Jesus was
Speaker 1: there in the beginning of creation. They know that Jesus
Speaker 1: is the son of God. They know okay, know a
Speaker 1: lot of us have our time believing this, but they
Speaker 1: know who Jesus is and they know that he has
Speaker 1: authority over them. So they were just begging him to
Speaker 1: be put into a swine. Now does that mean that
Speaker 1: demons can just go into animals and now all the
Speaker 1: animals are gonna be possessed, gonna they're gonna be going
Speaker 1: crazy and eating your neck. I don't see that, you know,
Speaker 1: I see that here. But they had to ask for
Speaker 1: permission to go into you know, to be sent into
Speaker 1: the swine. Right, So it's very important, you know. It's
Speaker 1: like they need permission to enter a vessel from the person.
Speaker 1: They need permission, right. They can't just enter you unless
Speaker 1: you are unsaved and you are dabbling into something that
Speaker 1: would cause that to happen. But you know, when you're saved,
Speaker 1: they're they're not just gonna be able to inhabit you.
Speaker 1: Or take over your body or anything like that. You know,
Speaker 1: you have the Holy Spirit, and Jesus has authority over
Speaker 1: these demons obviously. That's why they I beg you do
Speaker 1: not torment me. That's what they say to the of
Speaker 1: the Son of the Most High God, and says, I
Speaker 1: beg you not to torment me. See, he could command
Speaker 1: them to come out right, So all right, and then
Speaker 1: they went into the water, you know, and they drowned.
Speaker 1: And there's some people believe that, you know, there's water
Speaker 1: spirits and there's you know, there's land spirits. I mean,
Speaker 1: I don't know, man like I just can kind of
Speaker 1: go with what the Bible says. And then I want
Speaker 1: to let you know this. In Matthew twenty eight eighteen,
Speaker 1: it says and Jesus came and spoke to them, saying,
Speaker 1: all authority has been given to me in heaven and
Speaker 1: on earth. So he has all authority on earth and
Speaker 1: in heaven and under the earth as well. That's why
Speaker 1: tewod Philippia Philippians eleven I think it is says every
Speaker 1: need will bow in heaven, on earth, and under the earth,
Speaker 1: which is hell. Okay, shield, okay, that's what it'd be called, So,
Speaker 1: let me go to my notes and see if teaching
Speaker 1: points for Jesus' Okay, So, jesus encounter with the demon
Speaker 1: possessed man shows his power over evil and his compassion
Speaker 1: for the marginalized, for the needy. Right, let's see if
Speaker 1: there's any I just want to see if there's anything here. Okay,
Speaker 1: So Jesus cast out demons from a man in the
Speaker 1: region of the Guaranus Garah census, showing his power over
Speaker 1: evil spirits. The Greek daemonion refer to the demons, and
Speaker 1: extormal means to come out. That's in Greek exto maye
Speaker 1: ex jo may means to come out. All right, let's
Speaker 1: continue Luke eight thirty four. When those who fed them
Speaker 1: saw what had happened, they fled and told it in
Speaker 1: the city in the country, and they went out to
Speaker 1: see what had happened, and came to Jesus and found
Speaker 1: a man for whom the demons had departed, sitting at
Speaker 1: the feet of Jesus, clothed in his right mind. And
Speaker 1: they were afraid. They also had seen it told by
Speaker 1: told them by what means, he who had been demon
Speaker 1: possessed was healed. Then the whole multitude of the surrounding
Speaker 1: region of the Goodarinis also asked them to depart from them,
Speaker 1: for they were seized with great fear. And he got
Speaker 1: into the boat and returned. Obviously, this guy, he had
Speaker 1: many demons, So they've been afraid this guy. They see
Speaker 1: that he's walking, been running around naked in the tombs.
Speaker 1: They're afraid. They have fear. Right, when you see something
Speaker 1: that's supernatural, you're gonna be fearful. Now, obviously they should be.
Speaker 1: They should be a happy praising God like you know,
Speaker 1: and they should be excited. But it says here that
Speaker 1: they that they were, that they were seized with great fear.
Speaker 1: They weren't ready for Jesus yet, right, you could tell
Speaker 1: Luke eight thirty eight. Now, the man from whom the
Speaker 1: demons had departed, begged him that he might be with him,
Speaker 1: But Jesus sent him away, saying, return to your own
Speaker 1: house and tell what great things God has done for you.
Speaker 1: And he went his way and proclaimed throughout the whole
Speaker 1: city the great things Jesus had done for him. Notice,
Speaker 1: sometimes Jesus says, don't tell anybody. Sometimes Jesus says, to
Speaker 1: go tell everybody what I did, or what you know,
Speaker 1: what he did, And probably the reason is because these
Speaker 1: people were filled with great fear and they were seizing, right,
Speaker 1: So he wants them to go back to that city
Speaker 1: and start telling him about what God did for him
Speaker 1: so that they start building faith. Because some of these
Speaker 1: people need miracles, they need signs, they need they need
Speaker 1: they need signs and miracles for them to believe. So
Speaker 1: Jesus offously knows. So sometimes when Jesus is like around Pharisees,
Speaker 1: or they're they're going into a city where their Pharisees are,
Speaker 1: he might tell them to not tell a bunch of people,
Speaker 1: you know, because when he does something that's supernatural that
Speaker 1: only God can do in some ways, he doesn't want
Speaker 1: the Pharisees to think that, you know, trying to I
Speaker 1: think he's committing blasphemy. That's what I'm seeing, Okay, Am
Speaker 1: I right? Maybe maybe I'm not, but I've just noticed
Speaker 1: that when I'm going through these gospels. You know, we've
Speaker 1: already gone through Matthew, we've gone through Mark. Now we're
Speaker 1: going through Luke. And by the way, most pastors, first
Speaker 1: of all, most pastors only teach for forty five minutes
Speaker 1: to an hour each week. We're doing two hour studies,
Speaker 1: so it's awesome. And most pastors they don't go from
Speaker 1: Matthew to Mark to Luke because they feel like it's
Speaker 1: repetitive because a lot of this stuff has already been said.
Speaker 1: But the cool thing is I have this study Bible,
Speaker 1: which is awesome, so I can kind of tell you
Speaker 1: guys all this stuff. And also we are going through
Speaker 1: the Word. We're gonna go Genesis, the Revelation, so we
Speaker 1: don't care if we've heard some of this stuff or
Speaker 1: it's kind of similar or whatever. We're going to continue
Speaker 1: to do this and we're going to go through. Praise God.
Speaker 1: Praise God. Okay, Luke eight verse forty, a girl restored
Speaker 1: to life and a woman is healed. So it was
Speaker 1: when Jesus returned that the multitude welcomed him, for they
Speaker 1: were waiting for him. And behold, there came a man
Speaker 1: named Jerrus Jeris, and he was a ruler of the synagogue.
Speaker 1: And he fell down at Jesus's feet and begged him
Speaker 1: to come to his house, for he had only he
Speaker 1: had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and
Speaker 1: she was dying. First of all, I want to let
Speaker 1: you guys, know that this story hits me a lot
Speaker 1: different than when I used to read the Bible before
Speaker 1: I had kids. Okay, this is gonna this is gonna
Speaker 1: hit me differently because I have three girls, three daughters, right,
Speaker 1: so I don't have an only daughter like this gentleman.
Speaker 1: But I do have three daughters. And you know, I
Speaker 1: can imagine how I would be feeling if this is happening.
Speaker 1: But as he went, but as he went, the multitudes
Speaker 1: thronged him. Now a woman having a flow of blood
Speaker 1: for twelve years, who had spent all her livelihood on physicians,
Speaker 1: so spent all of her money on physicians, could not
Speaker 1: be healed by any came from behind and touched the
Speaker 1: border of his garments, and immediately her fill of blood stopped.
Speaker 1: And Jesus said, who touched me? When he denied it,
Speaker 1: Peter and those with him, master the multitudes throng and
Speaker 1: press you, and you say, who touched me? But Jesus said,
Speaker 1: somebody touched me, for I perceived power going out from me.
Speaker 1: So Peters saying, we're walking through a whole crowd. Everybody's
Speaker 1: touching you. You know, he's just like he's kind of
Speaker 1: confused because he doesn't understand. But Jesus, when he heals
Speaker 1: and he feels faith, he's gonna feel it. And he
Speaker 1: said he felt the power coming out going out from him,
Speaker 1: which is very powerful. Now, when the woman saw that
Speaker 1: she was not hidden, she came trembling, falling down before him.
Speaker 1: She declared to him, in the presence of all the people,
Speaker 1: the reasons she had touched him, and how she was
Speaker 1: healed immediately. And he said to her, daughter, be of
Speaker 1: good cheer. Your faith has made you well. Go in peace.
Speaker 1: So she had so much faith that she was going
Speaker 1: to be able to be healed. She just wanted to
Speaker 1: touch his garment, you know. So I think it's fascinating
Speaker 1: that she had that kind of faith. You know, obviously
Speaker 1: she spent all her money on trying to get well.
Speaker 1: It seems like she was having her you know, heavy
Speaker 1: blood flow, seems like a like a heavy you know,
Speaker 1: menstrual cycle, heavy menstrual cycle. So it says a woman
Speaker 1: is healed by touching Jesus's garment, demonstrating face power. The
Speaker 1: Greek hapatomai means to touch, indicating her act of faith.
Speaker 1: And let's see if there's any other teaching points I
Speaker 1: can kind of Jesus. He's a woman who had been
Speaker 1: suffering from bleeding for twelve years. By touching your cloak. Okay,
Speaker 1: now let's continue. Uh, this is gonna be Luke eight.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be Luke eight eight. And he said to
Speaker 1: her daughter, be of good cheer. Your faith has made
Speaker 1: you well. Go in peace. While he was still speaking,
Speaker 1: someone came from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying
Speaker 1: to him, your daughter is dead. Do not trouble the teacher.
Speaker 1: Oh can you imagine this woman stopped him. He's trying
Speaker 1: to get to this guy's daughter, but other people are
Speaker 1: kind of doing things. He can't get through the crowd,
Speaker 1: and the guy that the leader of the synagogue is
Speaker 1: literally probably going crazy, like his patience is probably wearing
Speaker 1: so thin, and he's just like, please, please come with me. Please.
Speaker 1: He's probably feeling so sad. And then all of a
Speaker 1: sudden he gets the news that your daughter is dead.
Speaker 1: Do not be troubled and says, do not trouble the teacher.
Speaker 1: So they're saying that she's dead now, so stop asking him.
Speaker 1: But when Jesus heard it, he answered him saying, do
Speaker 1: not be afraid, only believe and she will be made well.
Speaker 1: This is another time they probably maybe heard of Elijah
Speaker 1: doing this. They probably heard of that story, you know.
Speaker 1: But let's see. It says when he came into the house,
Speaker 1: he permitted no one to go up, and except Peter,
Speaker 1: James and John and the father and mother of the girl.
Speaker 1: Now all wept and warned for her. But he said,
Speaker 1: do not weep. She is not dead but sleeping. And
Speaker 1: they ridiculed him, knowing that she was dead. Okay, so
Speaker 1: they made fun of him, saying she's dead. You know.
Speaker 1: I don't know what they said, but they're probably just
Speaker 1: telling him like she's already dead, like nothing you could
Speaker 1: do or whatever, ridiculing him. And he says, do not weep,
Speaker 1: she is not dead but sleeping. And Luke eight fifty
Speaker 1: four says, but he put them all outside, all right,
Speaker 1: took her by the hand and called, saying, little girl arise.
Speaker 1: Then her spirit returned, and she arose immediately, and he
Speaker 1: commanded that she'd be given something to eat. And her
Speaker 1: parents were astonished, but he charged them to tell no
Speaker 1: one what had happened, because this is a whole different
Speaker 1: ball game. Okay, her spirit was gone, okay, probably going
Speaker 1: into uh maybe Abraham's bosom, you know, because if you look,
Speaker 1: you know, when we get into Luke sixteen, you're gonna
Speaker 1: see what I'm talking about. We're gonna I won't tell
Speaker 1: you guys now because I want to wait till we
Speaker 1: get there, but you'll see what I mean. So her
Speaker 1: spirit was gone, right, So this is the type of
Speaker 1: thing he didn't want people to know. Is it good
Speaker 1: for people to know that Jesus could do this? Of course,
Speaker 1: that's why we're hearing it in the Bible. But it
Speaker 1: wasn't good for Jesus at the time for these Pharisees
Speaker 1: and these people to know about things like this, because
Speaker 1: these are things that only God can do, or these
Speaker 1: are things that are supernatural that are on another level.
Speaker 1: You know. Let's see what the teaching points is. So yeah,
Speaker 1: So it says he raises Jerius Jeris's daughter from the dead,
Speaker 1: demonstrating his power over sickness and of death. That's why
Speaker 1: I told you about Matthew twenty eight eighteen. And Jesus
Speaker 1: came and spoke to them, saying, all authoritya has have
Speaker 1: been given to me in heaven and on earth, all
Speaker 1: authority over death, over sickness, over demons, I mean all
Speaker 1: authority means all okay, okay, and all right. So now
Speaker 1: let's go to practical applications. So examine your heart. Reflect
Speaker 1: on the condition of your heart. Are you receptive to
Speaker 1: God's word like the good soil? Or are there obstacles
Speaker 1: preventing growth? So obviously there's different seasons to your faith,
Speaker 1: and there's different seasons to your walk with God. I'll
Speaker 1: tell you one thing. Okay, I'll tell you a few things,
Speaker 1: but something I'll tell you about what's been going on
Speaker 1: in my life ever since I started this Bible study.
Speaker 1: I'm telling you, ever since I started this Bible study,
Speaker 1: and I'm dipping into the Word for the first two
Speaker 1: days of my work week and then the second two
Speaker 1: days of my work week, and then do these shows. Uh,
Speaker 1: there's been a major change in my life, A major
Speaker 1: change in my life. I'm noticing it. I'm able to
Speaker 1: fast in certain areas I couldn't fasten before certain areas
Speaker 1: in my life. I'm able to resist the devil more.
Speaker 1: I'm not trying to boast or brag at all. I'm
Speaker 1: just trying to give you some practical applications for your
Speaker 1: life that this type of these type of studies will
Speaker 1: assist you in your walk. You're hearing the word of God.
Speaker 1: Like I said, you're building faith. Just understand that it
Speaker 1: don't if you get knocked down like that song says,
Speaker 1: then get back up again. You know, like you're gonna
Speaker 1: probably have. You're gonna have some struggles in your life
Speaker 1: in your walk with God. You're gonna have struggles, but
Speaker 1: everybody does. But I just want you, guys to stick
Speaker 1: with this Bible study, or if you don't stick with
Speaker 1: my Bible study, stick with enough the one. I just
Speaker 1: want you to be fed the word of God. I
Speaker 1: want you, guys to be fed the word of God,
Speaker 1: and I want it to hit the good soil. And
Speaker 1: I want you to be fruitful. Okay, that's what I
Speaker 1: would love. That's my whole goal. I want you to
Speaker 1: be fruitful. I want you to understand the Gospel message,
Speaker 1: and I want you to be a disciple for God
Speaker 1: after these studies. You know, I want you to be
Speaker 1: a disciple. Maybe you go on to teach your kids.
Speaker 1: Maybe you're going to teach a bunch of people on
Speaker 1: a podcast. I don't even know. Whatever, however, God wants
Speaker 1: to use you. Maybe you go to serve it a church.
Speaker 1: Maybe you just go to serve people your whole life. Whatever, however,
Speaker 1: it can change you for the for the good is
Speaker 1: going to be awesome, and only God can do that.
Speaker 1: All I could do is read the Word to you
Speaker 1: and plant some seeds. So let's continue for a practical
Speaker 1: application and shine your light. Consider ways you can actively
Speaker 1: share your faith and be a light in your community.
Speaker 1: That's kind of goes along with exactly what I was
Speaker 1: talking about. Trust in storms. Identify areas in your life
Speaker 1: where you need to trust Jesus more, especially during difficult times.
Speaker 1: Of course, you keep your eye on Jesus and you're
Speaker 1: not going to fall in the lake or the water.
Speaker 1: You see, Peter was like seeing Jesus walk on water
Speaker 1: and he's like, can I come out? Teacher? Sure? Our Master?
Speaker 1: Can I come out? Sure? And he started walking on water.
Speaker 1: What did he do? Well, I'm in water. He lost
Speaker 1: his focus. He was focusing on Jesus. He had the faith.
Speaker 1: But as soon as he realizes in the water, he
Speaker 1: sank and Jesus had to pull him out right. So
Speaker 1: we got to keep focused, We got to keep our
Speaker 1: eye on Jesus. Put God first in everything you do.
Speaker 1: Seek God first and everything else will follow. Trust in storms, identify, Okay,
Speaker 1: already talked about that, show compassion. Look for opportunities to
Speaker 1: extend compassion and help those who are marginalized or in need,
Speaker 1: the homeless, marginalized people that are in poverty. Whatever you
Speaker 1: could do, you know, to to help those in need,
Speaker 1: show compassion. Just be careful when you're doing that because
Speaker 1: some people are you know. Just pray, have faith, and
Speaker 1: you know, do your best there at it. Exercise faith.
Speaker 1: Strengthen your faith by remembering past instances where God has
Speaker 1: worked in your life and trust Him for future challenges.
Speaker 1: That is so important to remember what God has done.
Speaker 1: We all have a testimony, right. God has done things
Speaker 1: that we don't even know he's doing. There's spiritual battles
Speaker 1: happening in every decision that we make, and sometimes God
Speaker 1: is doing things that we don't even know, we don't see.
Speaker 1: But always trust God and understand, you know, trust Him
Speaker 1: for future challenges you have. Everything else has worked out
Speaker 1: in your life in a certain way. Maybe things were
Speaker 1: tough rough here, but you know you're at this point right,
Speaker 1: so it's worked out. You're alive. Yeah, Wiggle your fingers
Speaker 1: and toes appreciate what God has given you, you know.
Speaker 1: So all right, that's good. I think I've I'm kind
Speaker 1: of went through everything for the teaching points and uh,
Speaker 1: let's see there's no there's no versus to connect. Okay, cool,
Speaker 1: So we'll go to Luke nine kind of a more
Speaker 1: in depth teaching. But you know, it's okay, I just
Speaker 1: kind of got to uh kind of got to digest
Speaker 1: a lot of that that chapter. Now we're gonna be
Speaker 1: talking about Luke nine. I'll bring up my other notes here.
Speaker 1: Luke nine, I kind of already talked about the diet
Speaker 1: and exercised thing already in the very beginning. Very important
Speaker 1: for us to to take that and put it into action. Okay,
Speaker 1: here we go. This is Luke nine, Verse one. Then
Speaker 1: he called his disciples together and gave them power and
Speaker 1: authority over all demons and to cure diseases. He sent
Speaker 1: them to preach the Kingdom of God and to heal
Speaker 1: the sick. And they and he said to them, take
Speaker 1: nothing for your journey, neither staffs nor bag, nor bread
Speaker 1: nor money. And do not have two tunics a piece,
Speaker 1: And do not have two tunics apiece. Whatever house do
Speaker 1: you enter stay there and from their depart and whoever
Speaker 1: will not receive you when you go out to that city,
Speaker 1: shake off the very dust from your feet as a
Speaker 1: testimony against them. So they departed and went through the towns,
Speaker 1: preaching the gospel and healing everywhere. So let's see, so
Speaker 1: basically they took no material possessions for their journey. What
Speaker 1: is Jesus trying to build? Well, First of all, he
Speaker 1: is giving them authority and power over all demons and
Speaker 1: the cure diseases. So they have this power. He sent
Speaker 1: them to preach the Kingdom of God and to heal
Speaker 1: the sick. So he's telling them that, you know, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna give you this power, but you're gonna have to sacrifice.
Speaker 1: And this sacrifice by taking nothing on your journey, no
Speaker 1: material possessions, no no staff, no bag, no money. You
Speaker 1: are now trusting God to give you these things that
Speaker 1: you normally would be able to go and buy or
Speaker 1: you would normally have on you. You would normally, like
Speaker 1: you know, pack a bunch of stuff ready for a journey.
Speaker 1: He's saying, ah, nothing, trust God. So it's actually building
Speaker 1: their faith. Let's see what it says here in the
Speaker 1: Jesus empowers the disciples with authority over demons the diseases,
Speaker 1: sending them to proclaim the Kingdom of God. This highlights
Speaker 1: the importance of mission and reliance reliance on God's provision. Definitely,
Speaker 1: Herod seeks to see Jesus now. Herod the Tetriarch heard
Speaker 1: of all that was done by him, and he was
Speaker 1: perplexed because it was said by some that John had
Speaker 1: risen from the dead, and by some that Elijah had appeared,
Speaker 1: and by others that one of the old prophets had
Speaker 1: risen again. Herod said, John I have beheaded, But who
Speaker 1: is this of whom I hear such things? So he
Speaker 1: sought to see him. Obviously, people are gonna say certain things.
Speaker 1: John the Baptist and Jesus were seen together, obviously, you know,
Speaker 1: during John's the one that baptized Jesus. So obviously these
Speaker 1: are just rumors or what people are saying. You know
Speaker 1: that John the Baptist has risen from the dead, well,
Speaker 1: I mean, hello, Jesus was alive when John the Baptist
Speaker 1: was alive, and John the Baptists baptized Jesus, So obviously
Speaker 1: this is just hearsay. Things that people are saying that
Speaker 1: they're not even they don't even know. So yeah, so
Speaker 1: word got out the King Herod right about Jesus. So
Speaker 1: obviously it's gonna it's gonna make him want to see
Speaker 1: him and seek him. So he's probably a little nervous.
Speaker 1: And someone comes in ruffles the feathers like that, and
Speaker 1: people were you know, look at when David and versus Goliath.
Speaker 1: You know, King Saul was the king and then David
Speaker 1: killed Goliath. Now everybody's screaming David. David, you know, kind
Speaker 1: of started getting a little nervous when the King of kings,
Speaker 1: the real king of kings comes around, not David, but
Speaker 1: you know, Jesus, that's what King Herod. He's getting a
Speaker 1: little nervous. So Tetriarch Herod hears about Jesus activity, so
Speaker 1: it's puzzle him and stir rumors that John the Baptis
Speaker 1: has been raised from the dead. That's probably another thing
Speaker 1: he was kind of worried about, like John the Baptist
Speaker 1: raised from the dead. Oh no, maybe felt a little
Speaker 1: conviction there, uh Luke Verse ten, Feeding the five thousand
Speaker 1: and the Apostles when they had returned, told them all
Speaker 1: that they had done, and he took them and went
Speaker 1: aside privately into a deserted place belonging to the city
Speaker 1: called beth Sayda. But when the multitudes knew it, they
Speaker 1: followed him, and he received them and spoke to them
Speaker 1: about the Kingdom of God, and healed those who had
Speaker 1: need of yealing. When the day had begun to wear away,
Speaker 1: the twelve came and said to him, send the multitude away,
Speaker 1: that they may go into the surrounding towns and country
Speaker 1: and lodge and get provisions, for we are in a
Speaker 1: deserted place here. And he said to them, you give
Speaker 1: them something to eat, And they said, we have no
Speaker 1: more than five loaves and two fish unless we go
Speaker 1: and buy food for all these people, for there were
Speaker 1: about five thousand men. So you see how they constantly
Speaker 1: are thinking of the physical world world, which we're guilty
Speaker 1: of as humans. We don't think of the spiritual. I've
Speaker 1: told you guys several times that you got to think
Speaker 1: of the spiritual. Physical things are happening here on earth, yes,
Speaker 1: but we need to think of the spiritual things are
Speaker 1: happening in the spiritual world that are caused, you know,
Speaker 1: when we make certain decisions in the physical world. So
Speaker 1: we're guilty of it as humans not thinking of the spiritual,
Speaker 1: and they're guilty right here basically telling Jesus like, unless
Speaker 1: we go buy food for these people, Like he said,
Speaker 1: what Jesus said, you give them something to eat. They're like,
Speaker 1: they're like, you want us to go buy food for
Speaker 1: all these people, you know? And then he said to
Speaker 1: his disciples, make them sit down in groups of fifty,
Speaker 1: and they did so, and made them all sit down.
Speaker 1: Then he took the five loaves and the two fish,
Speaker 1: and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke them
Speaker 1: and gave them to the disciples to set them before
Speaker 1: the multitude. So they all ate and were filled, and
Speaker 1: twelve baskets of the leftover fragments were taken up by them.
Speaker 1: So five thousand men. Okay, these men obviously had women
Speaker 1: and children, so there's probably more people there. But it
Speaker 1: was just letting you know that there were about five
Speaker 1: thousand men, right. So he made him sit in groups
Speaker 1: of fifty and he fed all. What a what a
Speaker 1: very interesting uh part right here? Let's see what it
Speaker 1: says here in the these forem's a miracle of multiplication,
Speaker 1: multiplication teaching us about his compassion and the sufficiency of
Speaker 1: his provision. That's what one of the teaching points were.
Speaker 1: Let's see if there's it. After the apostles return, Jesus
Speaker 1: takes them to a secluded place, but the crowds follow.
Speaker 1: Jesus welcomes them, speaks about the Kingdom of God, and
Speaker 1: heals those in need. As the day ends, he miraculously
Speaker 1: feeds about five thousand men with five loaves and two fish. Amen. Okay,
Speaker 1: so now we're in Luke nine, verse eighteen. Let's see
Speaker 1: if I have anything in so we'll continue that. This
Speaker 1: is Peter confesses that Jesus as the Christ. Peter confesses
Speaker 1: Jesus as the Christ. This is Luke nine eighteen. And
Speaker 1: it happened when he was alone praying that his disciples
Speaker 1: joined him and asked them, say, who do the crowds
Speaker 1: say that I am? So they answered to said John
Speaker 1: the Baptist, but some say Elijah, and others say one
Speaker 1: of the old prophets have risen again. He said to them,
Speaker 1: but who do you say that I am? And Peter
Speaker 1: answered and said, the Christ of God. Okay, the Messiah
Speaker 1: of God is what that means. Let's go ahead, and
Speaker 1: you know that's where it ends in Luke. But you know,
Speaker 1: in Matthew gives us a little more detailed. So it
Speaker 1: says Simon, Peter, Peter. Simon Peter answered and said, this
Speaker 1: is Matthew sixteen sixteen through nineteen. It says you are
Speaker 1: the Christ, the Son of the Living God. Jesus answered
Speaker 1: and said to him, blessed are you, Simon bar Jonah,
Speaker 1: which is Peter, for flesh and blood has not revealed
Speaker 1: this to you, But my Father who is in Heaven.
Speaker 1: And I also say to you that you are Peter.
Speaker 1: And on this rock I will build my church, and
Speaker 1: the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And
Speaker 1: I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven.
Speaker 1: And whatever you bind on earth will be bound in Heaven,
Speaker 1: and whatever you loose on earth will be looser in Heaven.
Speaker 1: You guys know that whole verse. But you see right there.
Speaker 1: See in Matthew he says the son of the Living God.
Speaker 1: You are the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of the
Speaker 1: Living God. Here it says the Christ of God, right,
Speaker 1: the Messiah of God. So very interesting. I kind of
Speaker 1: like to sometimes read the more detailed accounts sometimes so
Speaker 1: that you kind of get a better grasp on what's
Speaker 1: going on there, and we'll continue. See if I'm missing
Speaker 1: any notes over here. Yeah, I got all these dogs barking.
Speaker 1: I hopefully you guys don't hear that. Oh, let's see teaching.
Speaker 1: Peter declares Jesus as the Messiah, emphasizes the necessity of
Speaker 1: recognizing Jesus' true identity. Yep, that's a good little teaching
Speaker 1: point there. Okay. So Jesus predicts his death and resurrection.
Speaker 1: This is Luke nine, verse twenty one. And he strictly
Speaker 1: warned and commanded them to tell this to no one, saying,
Speaker 1: the son of Man must suffer many things and be
Speaker 1: rejected by the elders in chief, priests and scribes, and
Speaker 1: be killed and be raised on the third day. So
Speaker 1: the they're not really getting it though, you know, even
Speaker 1: though he's saying that, they're not getting it because they
Speaker 1: keep on they keep on living as if that's not happening.
Speaker 1: You know, they keep on sleeping. Sometimes when he's praying,
Speaker 1: he's asking he stay awake from me or stay with me,
Speaker 1: and they're not getting it. The disciples will continue Luke nine,
Speaker 1: verse twenty three, take up the cross and follow me
Speaker 1: is what the title is of this, he says. Then
Speaker 1: he said to them, if anyone desires to come after me,
Speaker 1: let him deny himself and take up his cross daily
Speaker 1: and follow me. For whoever desires to save his life
Speaker 1: will lose it. But whoever loses his life for my
Speaker 1: sake will save it. For what profit is it to
Speaker 1: a man if he gains the whole world and is
Speaker 1: himself destroyed or lost. For whoever is ashamed of me
Speaker 1: and my words of him, the son of man will
Speaker 1: be a shame when it comes to his own glory
Speaker 1: and in his father's and the holy he who comes
Speaker 1: in his own glory and in his father's and of
Speaker 1: the holy angels. But I tell you truly, there is
Speaker 1: some standing here who shall not taste death till they
Speaker 1: see the Kingdom of God. So Jesus messages to deny yourself,
Speaker 1: love others and love others. The world would say to
Speaker 1: love yourself before you can love others. That's what the
Speaker 1: world would say. And also also the world would also say,
Speaker 1: to fulfill all your pleasures, fulfill your materialistic needs. You
Speaker 1: know you need to not deny yourself. You know there's
Speaker 1: so much any things out there about about trusting yourself right,
Speaker 1: or loving yourself or or you know, and Jesus's messages
Speaker 1: is different. Deny yourself and love others right, serve others
Speaker 1: totally different than what the world would say. Right. For
Speaker 1: whoever desires to save his life will lose it, But
Speaker 1: whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. Amen,
Speaker 1: let's see what excuse me? Let's see what Paul says
Speaker 1: about denying yourself and Philippians two, verses one through four. Therefore,
Speaker 1: if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort
Speaker 1: of love, if any fellowship of the spirit, if any
Speaker 1: affliction and mercy, fulfill my joy by being like minded,
Speaker 1: having the same love, being of one accord of one mind,
Speaker 1: Let nothing be done. This is the part. Let nothing
Speaker 1: be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but a loneliness
Speaker 1: of mind. Let each esteem others better than himself. Let
Speaker 1: each of you look out only for his not only
Speaker 1: for his own interests, but also for the interest of others.
Speaker 1: Do you see how that is completely opposite of what
Speaker 1: the world is teaching, completely opposite. And then this verse
Speaker 1: it shows how denying yourself plays out in our relationship
Speaker 1: with God. This is James four thirteen, James four thirteen
Speaker 1: through fifteen. Come on, come now, you who say today
Speaker 1: or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city,
Speaker 1: spend a year there, buy and sell and make a profit.
Speaker 1: Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. But
Speaker 1: what is your life? It is even a vapor that
Speaker 1: appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Instead,
Speaker 1: you want to say, if the Lord wills, we shall
Speaker 1: live and do this or that. So we live by
Speaker 1: God's will. God's will is to deny yourself and love others. Right,
Speaker 1: So it's I think it's vastly important for us to
Speaker 1: know that and understand that Jesus transfigured on the mount.
Speaker 1: This is Luke nine eight. Let's see if I have
Speaker 1: any other notes for that specific part the cost of discipleship.
Speaker 1: Jesus calls his followers to deny themselves, to take up
Speaker 1: the cross daily and follow him, underscoring the sacrificial nature
Speaker 1: of true discipleship. And like I was saying, we need
Speaker 1: to become disciples. Okay, true disciples. Let me see if
Speaker 1: twenty eight okay, Jesus his own Jesus predicts his own
Speaker 1: death and resurrection. We already kind of went over that.
Speaker 1: Now we're gonna be on the transfiguration, okay, Luke nine
Speaker 1: twenty eight. This is Jesus transfigured on the mount Now
Speaker 1: it came to pass about eight days after these sayings
Speaker 1: that he took Peter, John and James and went up
Speaker 1: on the mountain to pray. As he prayed, the appearance
Speaker 1: of his face was altered, and his robe became white
Speaker 1: and glistening. And behold, two men talked with him, who
Speaker 1: were Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spoke
Speaker 1: of his decease, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
Speaker 1: But Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep,
Speaker 1: and when they were fully awake, they saw his glory
Speaker 1: and the two men who stood with him. Then it happened,
Speaker 1: as they were parting from him, that Peter said to Jesus, Master,
Speaker 1: is it good for us to be here? And let
Speaker 1: us make three tabernacles, one for you, one for Moses,
Speaker 1: and one for Elijah. Not knowing what he said. While
Speaker 1: he was saying this, a cloud came and overshowered, overshadowed them,
Speaker 1: and they were fearful as they entered the cloud, and
Speaker 1: a voice came out of the cloud saying, this is
Speaker 1: my beloved son. Hear him. When the voice had seized,
Speaker 1: Jesus was found alone, but they kept quiet and told
Speaker 1: no one in those days of any of these things.
Speaker 1: Teaching points for this is Jesus takes Peter, John and
Speaker 1: James up a mountain to pray. As he prais, his
Speaker 1: appearance changes, his clothes become dazzling white. Moses and Elijah
Speaker 1: appierre speaking with him about his departure. The Greek word
Speaker 1: for departure is exodus, exodus, indicating his upcoming death and ascension. Now,
Speaker 1: there was a lot of things happening here, you know, Jesus.
Speaker 1: A lot of people believe that Jesus is the Lord
Speaker 1: in the Old Testament that spoke to Moses. A lot
Speaker 1: of people think that Jesus is the Angel of the
Speaker 1: Lord that spoke to Moses. So that's probably why Moses
Speaker 1: and Elijah recognized him in his transfigured body. Okay, that
Speaker 1: is speculation, Okay, Do I believe that? Yeah, I do
Speaker 1: believe that. I do believe that, But it's still speculation, Okay,
Speaker 1: But it's very interesting when you kind of dig deep
Speaker 1: into it. If you do believe in the Trinity, or
Speaker 1: you believe that Jesus was there during creation, which I
Speaker 1: believe Colossians, you know, one point fifteen kind of explains
Speaker 1: and other passages explained that Jesus is there. You know
Speaker 1: John one one that you know, the word was with God,
Speaker 1: the word was God. You know, the word became fleshed,
Speaker 1: all that stuff, you guys can already know. So there's
Speaker 1: speculation that Jesus is the Lord, the one that came
Speaker 1: to spoke to Moses face to face. It's it's like,
Speaker 1: it's almost like whenever because in John it says no
Speaker 1: one has seen the invisible God, like no one has
Speaker 1: seen the invisible Father, right, but people have seen Jesus, right,
Speaker 1: Jesus when he walked the earth, came in flesh. Right. Also,
Speaker 1: I do believe personally that he is the Lord that's
Speaker 1: speaking to Aaron and marry him. Also the Lord that
Speaker 1: came to speak to Abraham with the two angels. I
Speaker 1: do believe that that's Jesus in the Old Testament. Some
Speaker 1: people would say that that's not. Some people are Unitarians
Speaker 1: that believe that Jesus was born of a virgin and
Speaker 1: that God gave him that power that he is the
Speaker 1: son of God. But God gave him the power, and
Speaker 1: you know he's not divine, right, doesn't have divinity. So
Speaker 1: there's different thoughts on that. I just want to kind
Speaker 1: of throw that out there so people kind of know.
Speaker 1: But topics themes. Okay, let's see if there's okay, we
Speaker 1: already talked about that. Okay, cool, let's continue. The boy
Speaker 1: is healed Luke nine thirty seven. Now, what happened on
Speaker 1: the next day when they had come down from the mountain,
Speaker 1: that a great multitude met him. Suddenly a man from
Speaker 1: the multitude cried out, saying, teacher, I implore you to
Speaker 1: look on my son, for he is my only child.
Speaker 1: And behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out.
Speaker 1: It convulses him so that he foams at the mouth,
Speaker 1: and it departs from him with great difficulty, bruising him.
Speaker 1: So I implored your disciples to cast it out, but
Speaker 1: they could not. And Jesus said, oh, fakeless and perverse generation,
Speaker 1: how long shall I be with you? Bear with you,
Speaker 1: and bear with you. Bring your son here, and he
Speaker 1: as he is still coming that the demon threw him
Speaker 1: down and convulsed him. Then Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit,
Speaker 1: healed the child and gave him back to his father,
Speaker 1: faithless and perverse generation. How long shall I be with
Speaker 1: you and bear with you? Bring your son here? Wow,
Speaker 1: So this is going to be a little teaching point here.
Speaker 1: Let me get to that section real quick. Jesus demonstrates
Speaker 1: his power over evil, teaching the importance of faith and prayer.
Speaker 1: Let's continue. Jesus predicts his death. This is Luke nine,
Speaker 1: verse forty three. And they were amazed at the majesty
Speaker 1: of God. But why everyone marveled or were amazed at
Speaker 1: all the things which Jesus did. He said to his disciples,
Speaker 1: let these words sink down into your ears, for the
Speaker 1: son of Man is about to be betrayed into the
Speaker 1: hands of men. But they did not understand this saying,
Speaker 1: and it was hidden from them, so they did not
Speaker 1: perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about
Speaker 1: his sayings. Forty six. Okay, So next is going to
Speaker 1: be Luke eight. Okay, let's see if yeah, Luke eight
Speaker 1: forty six, Luke nine forty six, Sorry, who is the greatest?
Speaker 1: Then a dispute among those among them as to which
Speaker 1: of them would be greatest, and Jesus, perceiving the thought
Speaker 1: of their heart, took a child and set him by
Speaker 1: him and said to them, whoever receives this little child
Speaker 1: my name, receives me. Whoever receives me, receives him who
Speaker 1: sent me. For he who is least among you will
Speaker 1: be great. So there's also other verse that says, whoever
Speaker 1: is the greatest on earth will be the least in heaven.
Speaker 1: Whoever is the least on earth will be the greatest
Speaker 1: in heaven. So whoever is least among you be great.
Speaker 1: You need to come to Jesus with the faith of
Speaker 1: a child. Because children, they have faith in their parents, right.
Speaker 1: They have faith that their parents are going to take
Speaker 1: care of them. They have faith that when you give
Speaker 1: your child money and you tell them it's a twenty
Speaker 1: dollars and they have faith that that's true and they
Speaker 1: just put it in their wallet. They go even if
Speaker 1: they can't count, you know, it's like they just have
Speaker 1: this faith with their parents. And that's something we need
Speaker 1: to have, like childlike faith. We don't need to come
Speaker 1: to the Bible and come to Jesus as theologians like
Speaker 1: we know everything. We need to come to God as
Speaker 1: innocent children. Ready to be taught. And also take all
Speaker 1: of our preconceived biases and put him to the side,
Speaker 1: and let God build up, build you up with the truth,
Speaker 1: because we have all these preconceived biases that are untrue.
Speaker 1: Coming into the Word of God, we need to we
Speaker 1: need to be built up in faith, right, we need
Speaker 1: to be built up in the truth. And we have
Speaker 1: a You know, when you have a little bit of
Speaker 1: lies and a little bit of truth in you, take
Speaker 1: those preconcy biases, put him to the side. Pray to
Speaker 1: God before you read the Bible. Pray that the Holy
Speaker 1: Spirit's going to show you what you need to know.
Speaker 1: You know, and God will open up the Word to you,
Speaker 1: and you will definitely be fruitful and multiply. You will
Speaker 1: be fruitful, as in you will get a lot of
Speaker 1: people in your disciple. Correctly, So, Jesus teaches that true
Speaker 1: greatness comes from humility and serving others. That's kind of
Speaker 1: what that whole thing is about, right there, Jesus forbids Okay,
Speaker 1: so here we go. Now this is Luke nine, verse
Speaker 1: forty nine. Now John answered and said, Master, we saw
Speaker 1: someone casting out demons in your name, and we forbid
Speaker 1: him because he does not follow with us. But Jesus
Speaker 1: said to him, do not forbid him, for he is
Speaker 1: not against us, is on our side. So he's just saying,
Speaker 1: you know, he's casting him out of my name just
Speaker 1: because he's not walking with us. He said, he's on
Speaker 1: our side. Okay, So now we're going to continue. So
Speaker 1: a Samaritan woman rejects the Savior. This is Luke nine,
Speaker 1: verse fifty one. Now it came to pass, when that
Speaker 1: time had come for him to be received up, that
Speaker 1: he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem and
Speaker 1: set messengers before his face. And they went, and they
Speaker 1: entered a village of the Samaritans to prepare for him,
Speaker 1: but they did not receive him because his face was
Speaker 1: set on the journey to Jerusalem. When his disciples James
Speaker 1: and John saw this, they said, Lord, do you want
Speaker 1: us to command fire to come down from heaven to
Speaker 1: consume them, just as Elijah did. But He turned to
Speaker 1: rebuke them and said, you did not know what manner
Speaker 1: of spirit you are of, for the Son of Man
Speaker 1: did not come to destroy men's life, but to save them.
Speaker 1: And they went to another village. So they're pagans, right.
Speaker 1: The Samaritan village, they reject the Savior and Uh, James
Speaker 1: and John, they were kind of getting a little bit cocky,
Speaker 1: it seems like, and forgetting the mission. Jesus knows the mission,
Speaker 1: knows what he needs to do. That noise is just
Speaker 1: a little bit of a honey to soothe my voice.
Speaker 1: I'm just trying to keep it up from messing up
Speaker 1: on me here, So let's continue. See, they wanted to
Speaker 1: command fire to come down like Elijah did, and they
Speaker 1: want that. They want that. They want that Messiah. They
Speaker 1: want that Son of God to be like a more
Speaker 1: of a what they thought the Messiah was gonna be
Speaker 1: like war hungry, like you know that was gonna cause peace,
Speaker 1: but gonna be powerful and like make an army and
Speaker 1: make it is real strong, you know, order to make
Speaker 1: the Jews strong. But he did not come here to
Speaker 1: destroy men's lives, but to save them. He's here for salvation.
Speaker 1: Ya Shua, God's salvation, Yashua, the Mashiah, God salvation. The
Speaker 1: Messiah just a very powerful You do not know what
Speaker 1: manner of spirit you are of. If you're looking to
Speaker 1: destroy them, you're not of him, You're not of the
Speaker 1: Holy Spirit. That's why he said that for the sentiment
Speaker 1: did not come to destroy men's life, but to save them.
Speaker 1: Let's see what the cost of discipleship is now. It
Speaker 1: happened as they've journeyed on the road, that someone said
Speaker 1: to him, Lord, I will follow you wherever you go.
Speaker 1: And Jesus said to him, foxes have holes, and birds
Speaker 1: have the air. Birds of the air have nest, But
Speaker 1: the son of man has nowhere to lay his head.
Speaker 1: Then he said to another follow me. But he said, Lord,
Speaker 1: let me first go and bury my father. Jesus said
Speaker 1: to him, let the dead bury their own dead, But
Speaker 1: you go and preach the kingdom of God. And another
Speaker 1: also said, Lord, I will follow you, but let me
Speaker 1: first go and bid them farewell. Who are at my house?
Speaker 1: But Jesus said to him, and no one having his
Speaker 1: hand on the plow and looking back is fit for
Speaker 1: the Kingdom of God. So so Jesus has challenged them, right,
Speaker 1: Jesus is challenged challenging these potential followers and emphasizes the
Speaker 1: need for total commitment. Put Jesus first over your family,
Speaker 1: over your job, over everything, Put God first over everything,
Speaker 1: your daughters, your sons. I know it's hard to do.
Speaker 1: You love your kids so much. You know, my daughter's
Speaker 1: always asked me, do you love me more than anything?
Speaker 1: And I say, no, I don't love you more than God.
Speaker 1: And they're like, I would just say that. I'm like,
Speaker 1: you have to love God more than everything. Is that
Speaker 1: offensive to say to your kids? No, My wife she
Speaker 1: asked me the same thing, do you love me more
Speaker 1: than everything? Nope, I don't love you more than God.
Speaker 1: I love God more than anything. He's the one that
Speaker 1: created me. He's the one that gave me everything. All
Speaker 1: glory to God for everything, including my kids. He formed
Speaker 1: them in the womb. He's the reason why we have
Speaker 1: everything right, So of course I'm gonna love him more
Speaker 1: than anything. That's why Jesus wants. That's why he's saying
Speaker 1: the dead and bury the dead. Preaching to the kingdom
Speaker 1: is way more important than going to bury your family.
Speaker 1: But in Jewish tradition, it's really like looked highly upon,
Speaker 1: free to take care of your family. That's why this
Speaker 1: guy said, Lord, I will follow you, but let me
Speaker 1: first go and bid farewell to you know, let me
Speaker 1: say buye now my family first. Jesus said no, having
Speaker 1: no one, having put his hand to the plow and
Speaker 1: looking back is fit for the Kingdom of God. Like
Speaker 1: you start your work and you look, you know, it's
Speaker 1: like looking like, well, I want to go back. I
Speaker 1: want to go back and live. I can't go yet.
Speaker 1: You don't think that there's a time when I when
Speaker 1: I'm doing this podcast, where I'm exhausted and I'm like,
Speaker 1: oh my gosh, like this is going to be so
Speaker 1: hard to do. Right now, I'm so tired because I've
Speaker 1: been working all day. I have a very tough day.
Speaker 1: I'm cooking for my you know, I get home, I'm
Speaker 1: cooking for my kids. I'm cleaning. Sometimes I am beat.
Speaker 1: I'm spent, of course, but I don't care. I set up,
Speaker 1: I cleaned the table off, I set up everything, and
Speaker 1: I start and then it just goes from there. But
Speaker 1: that's kind of the same thing that Jesus is saying.
Speaker 1: You know, you put your hand to the plow, and
Speaker 1: looking back is not fear for the Kingdom of God.
Speaker 1: Like place God first. The cost of following. Jesus begins
Speaker 1: his journey in Jerusalem. Along the way, he teaches about
Speaker 1: the challenges and sacrifices inherent in choosing to follow him.
Speaker 1: Of course, so we can get into a couple of
Speaker 1: the practical applications here. One of them would be to
Speaker 1: embrace the mission. Like the disciples, we are called to
Speaker 1: share the Gospel, and we relay on God, rely on
Speaker 1: God's provisions in our mission fields. That's what Jesus says.
Speaker 1: The birds don't have a barn, but they end up
Speaker 1: eating all day, relying on God's provisions. What more important
Speaker 1: are you than a bird? So God's going to take
Speaker 1: care of you. Rely on him. Trust in God's provision,
Speaker 1: it says, in times of need, remember that Jesus is
Speaker 1: able to provide abundantly beyond our expectations. Of course, recognize
Speaker 1: Jesus's identity regularly, affirm and deeping your understanding of who
Speaker 1: Jesus is as the Messiah and Lord of your life,
Speaker 1: Master of your life, Son of God, mediator between man
Speaker 1: and God. Recognize that he died on the cross for
Speaker 1: our sins and that he rose again after three days.
Speaker 1: And his blood is what we are saved by or
Speaker 1: saved by his blood. There's life in his blood right,
Speaker 1: so we're saved by him living perfect life, being that
Speaker 1: perfect sacrificial lamb okay, And you got to have faith
Speaker 1: in that. Commit to discipleship. Evaluate areas in their life
Speaker 1: where you need to deny yourself, take up your cross
Speaker 1: to follow Jesus more closely. Evaluate areas in your life.
Speaker 1: There's areas in our life that are stopping us from
Speaker 1: being able to be fully to fully pick up our cross. Right,
Speaker 1: where is it that we need to deny ourself? You know?
Speaker 1: Where is it we need to fast? Where is it
Speaker 1: that we are filling our splesh up with all these
Speaker 1: materialistic goods? Where is it that we are filling up
Speaker 1: our life with? You know, all these goods, you know,
Speaker 1: all these fleshly desires. Where do you need to deny yourself?
Speaker 1: Just understand that the world is going to always tell
Speaker 1: you to fulfill everything you know, not to deny yourself
Speaker 1: the opposite, because they want money, right, it's they want
Speaker 1: a materialistic world. They want you know, money makes the
Speaker 1: world go round. They say, just that's that's the one
Speaker 1: they want you to spend. So they're gonna they're gonna
Speaker 1: give you these little to put these little agendas out there.
Speaker 1: Just find out where you need to deny yourself so
Speaker 1: you can commit to discipleship, take up your cross and
Speaker 1: follow Jesus more closely. Believe me, you will have joy,
Speaker 1: you will have peace, you will be happy when you
Speaker 1: are following God closely. When you sin, it separates you
Speaker 1: from God and you were going to have regret, You're
Speaker 1: going to have you know, sin, the wages of sin
Speaker 1: is death, right, so it's going to cause spiritual death
Speaker 1: and it's going to separate you from God. Every time
Speaker 1: you sin. It's hard to go pick up that Bible
Speaker 1: again start reading when you sin, but you have to.
Speaker 1: But I'm just saying, the closer you are to God,
Speaker 1: the better you will feel, the joy you will have,
Speaker 1: and just a lot better. So pursue humility, seek opportunities
Speaker 1: to serve others, recognizing that true greatness and God's kingdom
Speaker 1: is found in humility. Humility, Yes, I really agree with that.
Speaker 1: See if there's any oh yeah, So if you go
Speaker 1: to John six, verses one through fourteen, that's another account
Speaker 1: of Jesus feeding the five thousand. If you go to
Speaker 1: Philippians two, verses five through eight, let's go there real quick.
Speaker 1: Philippians two five through eight. Alright, let me just go here.
Speaker 1: Philippians two, verses five through eight. The humble, then, Exalted Christ,
Speaker 1: let this mind be in you which also in Christ. Jesus,
Speaker 1: who being in the form of God, did not consider
Speaker 1: it robbery to be equal with God, but made himself
Speaker 1: of no reputation. Taking the form of a bond servant,
Speaker 1: and coming in the likeness of men, and being found
Speaker 1: in appearance as a man, humbled himself and became obedient
Speaker 1: to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
Speaker 1: Therefore God also has highly exalted him and given him
Speaker 1: the name which is above every name. That in the
Speaker 1: name of Jesus, every knee should bow to those in
Speaker 1: heaven and those on earth and those under the earth,
Speaker 1: and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is
Speaker 1: Lord to the glory of God the Father. Obviously I
Speaker 1: read a little further than verse eight, but I needed
Speaker 1: you to hear those other parts. That's the humility of Christ,
Speaker 1: and that's an example for believers. Look what it says
Speaker 1: right there. It says, consider it robbery to be equal.
Speaker 1: It says, let this mind be in you, which also
Speaker 1: which was also in Christ. Jesus, who being in the
Speaker 1: form of God, did not consider it robbery to be
Speaker 1: equal with God, but made himself of no reputation. He
Speaker 1: didn't come here Jesus could have been having this grand alice,
Speaker 1: could have been richer than Solomon, could have had a
Speaker 1: bunch of servants, and he could have had his feet
Speaker 1: up and could have been king whatever they wanted. But
Speaker 1: he didn't. He came here with no reputation in the
Speaker 1: form of a bond servant, servant in the likeness of
Speaker 1: men right, and also was born to a poor family.
Speaker 1: The reason why I say that they were poor is
Speaker 1: because Mary, when she came to do the sacrifice when
Speaker 1: Jesus was born, she brought a pigeon and a dove,
Speaker 1: you know, two pigeons and doves or whatever. That's usually
Speaker 1: what two pigeons or two doves, Usually that turtle doves,
Speaker 1: I'm sorry. Usually that's what the poor would bring, the
Speaker 1: rich would bring. The Lamb says he humbled himself and
Speaker 1: became obedient to the point of death, even the death
Speaker 1: of the cross. Okay, so we need to follow that
Speaker 1: and then Romans twelve verses one to two, as they called,
Speaker 1: live sacrificially and be transformed by renewing our minds. Romans
Speaker 1: twelve verses one and two, will go there real quick,
Speaker 1: living sacrifices to God. I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by
Speaker 1: the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a
Speaker 1: living sacrifice holy acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
Speaker 1: And do not be confirmed conformed to this world, but
Speaker 1: be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you
Speaker 1: may prove what is good and acceptable and perfect will
Speaker 1: of God. Okay, so great points there. So yeah, we
Speaker 1: we just want over two chapters today, a little deeper
Speaker 1: study than normal, but it's okay. I got a chance
Speaker 1: to kind of dig deep on these, uh these two chapters,
Speaker 1: and we're gonna we're gonna wrap up. Usually I wrap
Speaker 1: up after two hours, but we did about hour and
Speaker 1: fifty minutes, so that's not bad at all. Let me
Speaker 1: just stop share speak to you guys. I just first off,
Speaker 1: I want to say thank you guys for joining me,
Speaker 1: and thank you for listening to this. This show, this
Speaker 1: Bible study, like I said, has been helping me tremendously.
Speaker 1: If it's helping you, like I always say, you know,
Speaker 1: go to Spotify and please comment and blow up the
Speaker 1: spot comment section with hey, this is helping me in
Speaker 1: this way. Hey Josh, can you what's your advice on this?
Speaker 1: Or ask me about anything? That's in the book, you know,
Speaker 1: in the Gospel of Luke. Or ask me anything that
Speaker 1: you want there and I will answer you on the
Speaker 1: next show. And I will also shout your name out
Speaker 1: and thank you for commenting, because like I said, I'm
Speaker 1: not here to ask you guys for money. All I'm
Speaker 1: here to ask you for is your time. It takes
Speaker 1: you just a few minutes to write a comment and
Speaker 1: think of something. Even if you put great study whatever.
Speaker 1: It's nice because comments on a show is new to Spotify,
Speaker 1: and Spotify loves a bunch of comments, so they will
Speaker 1: kind of push that show more through the algorithm and
Speaker 1: that'll help. So thank you guys so much. I really
Speaker 1: appreciate you joining me for this show. And next week
Speaker 1: on Sunday Service, I'm going to be going over the
Speaker 1: Book of Deuteronomy. I'll go over you know, uh, I'll
Speaker 1: go over a nice little intro to the Book of
Speaker 1: Deuteronomy and we will get into Deuteronomy. So we're kind
Speaker 1: of over a giant hump, and the hump would be
Speaker 1: you know, Leviticus and numbers. There's a couple of tough
Speaker 1: teaching points there even for me, like numbers one through
Speaker 1: eight hard to get through that. As soon as we
Speaker 1: got through that started gaining momentum, right and kind of
Speaker 1: going into uh, you know, we went into the other parts,
Speaker 1: like there was some really really interesting parts in the
Speaker 1: Book of Numbers, but we're getting to points now, like
Speaker 1: the Book of Deuteronomy is gonna be great. So please,
Speaker 1: if you if you only tune into the to Wednesday's service,
Speaker 1: I just want to ask you to try to I
Speaker 1: gotta get these this chair. I need to tighten some
Speaker 1: of these screws. I feel like it's coming off. If
Speaker 1: you only listen to Wednesday service, I would definitely encourage
Speaker 1: you to go listen to Sunday service. It will definitely
Speaker 1: help you. You know, the Old Testament is the foundation
Speaker 1: of what you're gonna see in the New Testament, and
Speaker 1: it'll show you why we need Jesus in the first place. Right,
Speaker 1: So I really it courage that next week on Wednesday service,
Speaker 1: obviously we're gonna be going over Luke ten, probably eleven,
Speaker 1: maybe even twelve. I'm not sure. We'll see how deep
Speaker 1: I get into these chapters. But thank you so much
Speaker 1: for joining me. Like I always do, I end this
Speaker 1: in prayer. Let me just do something real quick before
Speaker 1: we start the prayer. All right, here we go, Father God,
Speaker 1: and the name of Jesus and the name of Your
Speaker 1: showing them a sheiak. We appreciate everything you do for us,
Speaker 1: everybody that's listening to the show. Lord. First of all,
Speaker 1: I appreciate you giving me an audience to even be
Speaker 1: able to speak to. I appreciate you giving us the
Speaker 1: word of God to be able to teach. I appreciate
Speaker 1: you giving us your word for us to be able
Speaker 1: to learn, for us to be able to grow together,
Speaker 1: for us to be able to understand what you're trying
Speaker 1: to say. Please assist me in teaching the Word of
Speaker 1: God to this audience, and assist them in learning, and
Speaker 1: also assist them in taking this information and applying it
Speaker 1: to their life. And also assist me in taking this
Speaker 1: information and applying it to my life. It is vastly important. Lord.
Speaker 1: I want the I want it to be on good
Speaker 1: soil and good heart. You know the word which is
Speaker 1: the seed. I want it to be planted on good
Speaker 1: soil with good heart. And I don't want us to
Speaker 1: fall the temptation. You know, I want us to I
Speaker 1: want you to break all those chains. If anybody has
Speaker 1: any issues with falling to temptation. You know they're they're
Speaker 1: receiving this word and they're falling after this. We don't
Speaker 1: want that, Lord, we don't want that. I know the
Speaker 1: people that are listening don't want that. And if they
Speaker 1: are falling, they don't want to fall. They're just falling
Speaker 1: because they're not able to stand up to the wills
Speaker 1: of the devil's So provide them with that faith. Provide
Speaker 1: them with that sword, Lord, give them that sword, that
Speaker 1: double edged sword. Give them that word so they could
Speaker 1: use that offensive weapon and resist the devil so that
Speaker 1: he will flee. Lord, please assist these people that are listening.
Speaker 1: They really need it. Help them to not do drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, nicotine.
Speaker 1: You know, any type of nicotine, any type of alcohol,
Speaker 1: any type of drugs, any type of pornography. I rebuke that,
Speaker 1: and you show it the Mischiak's name, Father Yahweh, and
Speaker 1: please assist us in breaking all those chains. Lord, thank you,
Speaker 1: thank you, thank you for everything you do for us.
Speaker 1: We love you in Jesus name a men. Thank you
Speaker 1: so much for listening. Join me on Sunday service. We're
Speaker 1: gonna be going over the Book of Deuteronomy. You guys
Speaker 1: are gonna love it. And then next week we'll be
Speaker 1: in the Gospel of Luke chapter ten. Thank you so
Speaker 1: much for listening. I love you and God bless you.