WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:03.759 You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. 2 00:00:06.960 --> 00:00:10.080 You know, I was thinking, as we were talking about paganism, 3 00:00:10.400 --> 00:00:13.480 there's a game, the college game, many many years ago, 4 00:00:14.039 --> 00:00:17.879 six degrees of separate separation, or six degrees of Kevin Bacon, 5 00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:21.000 where you would you would sit there and you would 6 00:00:21.839 --> 00:00:26.079 name a person, and you try and see how many 7 00:00:26.120 --> 00:00:28.399 times you could get, you know, or name a person 8 00:00:28.679 --> 00:00:31.800 if you could get within six tries or six movies 9 00:00:32.039 --> 00:00:34.799 back to Kevin Bacon. So you'd name an actor and 10 00:00:34.799 --> 00:00:36.840 you'd say Tom Cruise, Well, Tom Cruise was in this 11 00:00:36.920 --> 00:00:38.640 with so and so, and that was and then so 12 00:00:38.679 --> 00:00:41.320 and so was in this with so and so, and ultimately, 13 00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:45.479 within six tries you'd get back mathematically to a movie 14 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:49.560 that Kevin Bacon was in. Well, it's almost six degrees 15 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:52.960 of paganism, because no matter where you go or what 16 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:56.000 direction you run in, you can be brought back to 17 00:00:56.039 --> 00:00:58.719 paganism even in the things you're comfortable with. As we're 18 00:00:58.759 --> 00:01:01.000 limited on time, we can only talk so much, you know, 19 00:01:01.159 --> 00:01:05.319 during during phone calls and stuff like that. But as 20 00:01:05.359 --> 00:01:08.239 we're talking and the mention of Christmas and goes, well, 21 00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:13.400 that's Christmas, and they celebrated and the wise men. Unfortunately 22 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:14.920 we had to go to a break. But you think 23 00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:17.480 about the concept of the wise men. The wise men 24 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:26.760 were the magi, they were pagan astrologers, and yet people 25 00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:31.239 have those on cards and everything like that, and during 26 00:01:31.280 --> 00:01:34.799 the holidays and even see shirts saying wise men still 27 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:38.000 follow him today with a picture of me on it, 28 00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:40.519 you know, either on the cross or something like that, 29 00:01:40.599 --> 00:01:45.760 and things like this. You'd be surprised how much it 30 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:50.040 is it has infiltrated, not on its own, but willingly 31 00:01:50.200 --> 00:01:55.359 buy different groups or leaders like Constantine and the like 32 00:01:56.359 --> 00:01:59.599 that had shaved off as much of it as they 33 00:01:59.599 --> 00:02:02.079 could and then applied the others so that there was 34 00:02:02.200 --> 00:02:05.159 comfort level in its growth. As a matter of fact, 35 00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:10.280 Christianity can be argued by historians at least I might 36 00:02:10.360 --> 00:02:13.960 have a different thought, but that a lot of that 37 00:02:14.199 --> 00:02:20.319 is what propelled Christianity, you know, Rome, Constantine changing Rome 38 00:02:20.439 --> 00:02:24.960 and their national religion and belief system. At first, it 39 00:02:25.080 --> 00:02:28.879 was opening it up to all beliefs, and it was 40 00:02:28.960 --> 00:02:31.400 more of a okay, listen, you're not going to be 41 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:33.120 persecuted for being Christian anymore. 42 00:02:33.199 --> 00:02:34.000 That's the first thing. 43 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:39.199 And then slowly he started opening that up and then 44 00:02:39.319 --> 00:02:43.080 he started saying, well, no, paganism's a problem, and we're 45 00:02:43.080 --> 00:02:46.280 going to start not just allowing everything, but now putting 46 00:02:46.319 --> 00:02:50.319 paganism down. And through the process of the years and 47 00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:53.080 so on, came to a point where he says, now 48 00:02:53.479 --> 00:02:55.319 Christianity's mandatory. 49 00:02:57.560 --> 00:02:59.159 In ways, and then you've. 50 00:02:58.919 --> 00:03:01.960 Got people going okay, well then I'm just gonna take 51 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:03.759 this with me, or this with me, or this with me. 52 00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:04.879 Does that always work? 53 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:10.199 Absolutely not. Are there systems that are polluted and perverted 54 00:03:10.240 --> 00:03:15.599 because they've brought things into Christianity. Absolutely, But that's where 55 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:19.000 discernment comes from. And my purpose for bringing these things 56 00:03:19.080 --> 00:03:22.319 up and pointing them out is even the word holy 57 00:03:22.439 --> 00:03:27.599 day has been muted to holiday, and there are things 58 00:03:27.719 --> 00:03:31.919 like blessings and the term holy itself that really date 59 00:03:32.280 --> 00:03:37.759 very far back, pre dating Christianity. And if you start 60 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:40.919 just throwing the baby out with the bathwater, you have problems. 61 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:44.280 The bath water is dirty, the baby is clean, and 62 00:03:45.120 --> 00:03:47.879 you need to look around and see how these things 63 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:54.840 are interacting in your life. If they are neutral or 64 00:03:54.919 --> 00:04:00.319 can be neutralized, then that's fine. If they're infiltrated by 65 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:03.560 way of someone with an agenda or something or these 66 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:06.120 types of things, then yes, you are to defend yourself 67 00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:10.080 and your faith against those kinds of interruptions. But many 68 00:04:10.120 --> 00:04:14.240 of these things from thousands of years of filtering have 69 00:04:14.439 --> 00:04:22.759 become benign. You know, the practices that these things once 70 00:04:22.839 --> 00:04:25.199 held have nothing to do with it. A child is 71 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:29.000 not running around in a costume of their favorite superhero 72 00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:32.279 thinking that they are warding off demons and spirits and 73 00:04:32.360 --> 00:04:38.759 ghosts as they dance around a bonfire. It's simply them 74 00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:43.680 trying to get candy and dressing up. When it says 75 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:45.839 in scripture that you are created in the image of God, 76 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:48.879 some argue that that is that you have intellect, will, 77 00:04:48.920 --> 00:04:52.199 and emotion. Others would say that your very creativity and 78 00:04:52.240 --> 00:04:54.959 the desire to be creative or create and to build 79 00:04:55.000 --> 00:04:58.160 in any way, shape or form, is antithetical to the 80 00:04:58.199 --> 00:05:03.040 devil himself, who wishes to to destroy. So when you 81 00:05:03.160 --> 00:05:06.680 find children having a desire to create or be creative, 82 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:10.560 it is something that should be encouraged. Others will look 83 00:05:10.600 --> 00:05:14.600 at Halloween and the concept of death in Mayhem and say, oh, well, 84 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:18.439 it deals with the death or death or skeletons. And 85 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:23.160 I've always appreciated the look of our brothers and sisters 86 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:32.079 that have cultures rooted in in Mexico and their understanding 87 00:05:32.160 --> 00:05:37.120 or they're at peace with the concept of death, and 88 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:39.639 they celebrate the Day of the Dead, not as something 89 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:44.279 that worships the dead, but as something it's kind of 90 00:05:44.319 --> 00:05:46.639 like All Saints Day, where it's a time to look 91 00:05:46.720 --> 00:05:49.519 back on those from your family that have passed on 92 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:54.399 and to celebrate their life. But it's done with imageries, 93 00:05:54.879 --> 00:05:58.199 the imagery of skulls, and you know, people get confused, 94 00:05:58.279 --> 00:06:03.240 what is this about? Is it's it looks dark and sinister, 95 00:06:03.399 --> 00:06:09.639 and really it's not. It's about life. Even the place 96 00:06:09.680 --> 00:06:13.600 where I died, Golgatha, is the place of the skull. 97 00:06:14.439 --> 00:06:18.240 Christians are taught not to fear he who can kill 98 00:06:18.240 --> 00:06:20.759 the flesh, but he who can kill the spirit, or both, 99 00:06:23.720 --> 00:06:30.079 and so the concept of combating the fear of death 100 00:06:30.800 --> 00:06:35.399 is a scriptural one. Though I walk through the valley 101 00:06:35.399 --> 00:06:39.920 of the shadow of death, I show fear no evil, 102 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:49.000 and that kind of attitude can be healthy and productive. Now, 103 00:06:49.040 --> 00:06:51.600 as an adult, you need to have discernment in all 104 00:06:51.600 --> 00:06:54.079 things and apply it to your life and the life 105 00:06:54.079 --> 00:06:59.000 of your children absolutely and find where that line is 106 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:03.439 for you and how you would want to practice something 107 00:07:03.480 --> 00:07:05.680 like this. But I will tell you that when you 108 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:11.360 when you kind of sequester a child from something that's 109 00:07:11.360 --> 00:07:14.279 going on in the world and it's not explained properly, 110 00:07:14.399 --> 00:07:17.040 or it's just well that has demonic roots, a kid 111 00:07:17.079 --> 00:07:18.879 doesn't even know what a pagan is or any of 112 00:07:18.879 --> 00:07:23.839 those things, then you end up cutting off much more 113 00:07:23.879 --> 00:07:28.199 than you think you are because environmentalism. Yes, on one side, 114 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:30.199 you can say I'm being a good steward with the 115 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:32.680 world that God has given. But on the other side, 116 00:07:34.600 --> 00:07:38.279 early pagans were worshiping and taking care of the world. 117 00:07:39.519 --> 00:07:42.399 So is it about taking care of the world that's 118 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:45.879 good or bad? Or is it about why you're taking 119 00:07:45.959 --> 00:07:48.120 care of the world and to who that glory goes? 120 00:07:49.279 --> 00:07:51.360 These are the things that I think are lost in 121 00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:55.240 these battles of well, it's just bad or it's just good. 122 00:07:55.959 --> 00:07:59.240 God is just good. And there are a lot of 123 00:07:59.319 --> 00:08:01.480 Christian liberty and a lot of battling that went on 124 00:08:02.199 --> 00:08:05.399 in the Church of Corinth, And oh, should I eat 125 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:10.079 this if it was given to idols or sacrifice to idols? 126 00:08:10.079 --> 00:08:12.480 Should I do this? And in many cases it's like, 127 00:08:12.560 --> 00:08:15.120 eat what you want. If it glorifies God, you're fine. 128 00:08:15.480 --> 00:08:17.920 And then on some cases, if there's somebody who's going 129 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:20.759 to stumble by the very fact that you're doing that. 130 00:08:20.839 --> 00:08:24.199 You don't want to cause the lesser minded, as Scripture says, 131 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:28.120 or those that know less, to fall, but you also 132 00:08:28.160 --> 00:08:32.399 want to educate them. In educating them, then they won't 133 00:08:32.480 --> 00:08:36.919 stumble on the smaller stones. They'll see the bigger picture. 134 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:40.240 And that's my only hope here. It's not to champion 135 00:08:40.679 --> 00:08:43.799 a particular holiday or to tear another holiday down. It's 136 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:48.960 to be reasonable, partially because if when you're reasonable, others 137 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:52.159 will see you're reasonable, and they'll believe what you say 138 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:54.960 about your faith and about God if they're non believers, 139 00:08:55.120 --> 00:08:56.919 if you're unreasonable. 140 00:08:56.480 --> 00:08:58.200 They will reject what you. 141 00:08:58.120 --> 00:09:06.080 Say and what you do and your belief God. Rebecca, 142 00:09:06.200 --> 00:09:07.399 Welcome to the Jesus Christ Show. 143 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:10.120 Hi, I was wondering if you're tell me what your 144 00:09:10.159 --> 00:09:14.919 thoughts are on the way man seems to be destroying 145 00:09:14.960 --> 00:09:18.720 the earth and the skies and the oceans. Well, make 146 00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:19.799 no mistake about it. 147 00:09:19.840 --> 00:09:24.639 I know it gets politicized and it seems wrongly so 148 00:09:25.600 --> 00:09:28.600 that to become a political issue. And I know that 149 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:32.879 there's different pundits from different sides going, oh, well, you 150 00:09:32.919 --> 00:09:35.080 know such and such wants this, or so and so 151 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:38.720 wants that. But Scripture is very clear. Scripture talks about 152 00:09:38.759 --> 00:09:45.519 the importance and the beauty of creation and how humans 153 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:48.960 have stewartship over it. And the term stewartship is very 154 00:09:49.039 --> 00:09:51.200 specific in the sense that you're there to take care 155 00:09:51.240 --> 00:09:56.399 of it. And so does that mean that you should 156 00:09:56.399 --> 00:09:59.080 cease doing anything that deals with production or anything. No, 157 00:09:59.200 --> 00:10:03.440 it's not about that. But taking care of the earth 158 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:08.399 is part of the commission of God throughout the entirety 159 00:10:08.399 --> 00:10:12.759 of Scripture, and the balance there you have to understand 160 00:10:12.840 --> 00:10:15.120 as to how to do that in a way to 161 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:21.759 leave the smallest print and damage on the earth as 162 00:10:21.799 --> 00:10:24.240 you exist on it, so that others can exist on 163 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:27.279 it as well. And both sides politicize it in a 164 00:10:27.279 --> 00:10:31.240 way that I think is vulgar and upsetting. One group 165 00:10:31.279 --> 00:10:36.960 plays the heartstrings and manipulate science to get their point 166 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:39.200 and the other does the same thing in the other direction. 167 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:41.080 So if you. 168 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:44.960 Scrape all the politics off it, God says you should 169 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:47.480 take care of the animals. That doesn't mean that you 170 00:10:47.480 --> 00:10:52.120 can't eat them. Strangely enough, so likewise, God says to 171 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:53.559 be a good steward or take care of the planet. 172 00:10:53.600 --> 00:10:56.480 It doesn't mean that you can't use its resources, but 173 00:10:56.519 --> 00:10:58.960 you have to be reasonable in doing those things. And 174 00:10:59.000 --> 00:11:01.879 I think the Bible is very clear in that, Rebecca, 175 00:11:02.080 --> 00:11:06.000 And there's a balance there. A lot of the pollution 176 00:11:06.120 --> 00:11:08.799 that comes from greed and people wanting to make something 177 00:11:09.200 --> 00:11:11.159 cheaper and faster and all this stuff. 178 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:12.600 It's a problem. 179 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:16.720 That's a problem, But in a capitalistic society, the United 180 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:20.080 States is governed by the Constitution, not by the Bible. 181 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:24.799 So I think the individual Christian should be governed governed 182 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:27.759 by a scripture. And know that as an individual, if 183 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:31.240 they own companies or if they go out and use products, 184 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:35.799 that they should be aware of how these products are, 185 00:11:35.840 --> 00:11:39.519 the things they're doing affect the world around them, and 186 00:11:39.759 --> 00:11:45.159 if it may lay harm to someone else, and these 187 00:11:45.200 --> 00:11:47.519 types of things. You've got to keep it all in balance. 188 00:11:47.679 --> 00:11:52.120 And unfortunately politics doesn't bring much balance. So steer away 189 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:54.639 from the political talk about it and just know that 190 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:56.840 you've got to be sensible. You're not going to throw 191 00:11:57.000 --> 00:11:59.639 trash or garbage on the ground, don't put it into 192 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:06.080 the air, don't put it into the water. James, Welcome 193 00:12:06.120 --> 00:12:12.320 to the Jesus Christ Show. Yes, Hi, James, I'm well, sir, quickly, 194 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:16.360 we only have it a moment a moment or so here, okay, help, Yes. 195 00:12:16.360 --> 00:12:19.679 I was just wondering, why should we, you know, promote 196 00:12:20.159 --> 00:12:24.399 those evil holidays and give it a bad example to 197 00:12:24.440 --> 00:12:25.559 the kids. 198 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:29.320 Okay, well, I think that's a legitimate question. What would 199 00:12:29.399 --> 00:12:33.960 you say about the Halloween holiday, which really is a 200 00:12:34.000 --> 00:12:37.080 derivative of a Christian holiday, All Saints Day, and not 201 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:43.440 necessarily sow in the Celtic festival which preceded them, But 202 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:46.200 it is more mutation of All Saints Day and All 203 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:50.120 Hallows Eve, which came from the Christians. So what part 204 00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:53.519 of Halloween do you find to be evil? 205 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:58.480 Well, that's in the night, and everybody studies who whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, 206 00:12:58.480 --> 00:12:59.159 whoa whoa. 207 00:12:59.320 --> 00:13:01.399 Why would why would be in the night? Why would 208 00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:02.679 something be in the night be evil? 209 00:13:04.320 --> 00:13:07.879 Because that's when evil people celebrate, you know, So. 210 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:10.919 If you not necessarily, there were many pagan rituals that 211 00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:13.320 were in the morning. So if you go to church 212 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:14.240 at night, that's. 213 00:13:14.120 --> 00:13:19.519 Evil, no necessary okay, So anything you do at night. 214 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:23.200 Is evil, not necessarily. 215 00:13:22.759 --> 00:13:24.840 Okay, So why is it evil in this case? 216 00:13:25.639 --> 00:13:29.399 Because of all this evil masks and. 217 00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:31.679 Okay, so what would be an evil mask? 218 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:35.799 Well, they got you could go out there and see 219 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:37.919 yourself all these evil masks they're weorrying, you know. 220 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:40.320 Okay, are there not some non evil masks? 221 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:42.000 Very few? 222 00:13:42.200 --> 00:13:46.360 Okay, but there are some few. Okay. 223 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:49.559 So you're saying if they wear an evil mask and 224 00:13:49.639 --> 00:13:51.720 maybe go out at dusk before it gets too dark, 225 00:13:51.759 --> 00:13:52.279 it's okay. 226 00:13:53.279 --> 00:13:56.879 No, but the whole point is that pretty much we're following, 227 00:13:56.960 --> 00:13:58.720 you know, taking holidays. 228 00:13:58.919 --> 00:14:02.519 No, actually, it's not anymore. That's that's the true point, 229 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:05.679 is that it's not anymore. And if anything, if you 230 00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:08.519 could imagine an old, decayed building that was used as 231 00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:12.600 a as a you know, selling crack or something James, 232 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:16.559 that has been repainted and refixed up to be something 233 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:20.200 that is more productive and better, then that should be honored. 234 00:14:20.320 --> 00:14:22.200 It's not about what it used to be, it's about 235 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:24.879 what it can become. And that that really is on 236 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:28.399 the shoulders of the Christian parent to direct their children 237 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:31.399 in a proper way. But really saying because that night 238 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:34.519 is silly or because they're evil masks, you can change 239 00:14:34.519 --> 00:14:37.200 the evil mask things, and certainly not everything at night 240 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:47.159 is evil. Dennis, Welcome to Jesus Christ show. Hi Dennis, 241 00:14:47.159 --> 00:14:49.960 how can I help you? 242 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:52.360 I'll just listen to them other two callers there about 243 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:56.200 Halloween there, Yes, sir, I wouldn't think that anybody would 244 00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:59.440 really think of it as being evil unless they worship 245 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:04.399 it as evil. I look at it as fictional and 246 00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:07.879 fictional characters just like anything else, and fun for the kids. 247 00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:12.639 I mean, unless you worship them and them evil, if 248 00:15:12.679 --> 00:15:15.120 they think they're evil, the mask and whatever that would 249 00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:18.440 like say, ghost in goblins. I don't believe in ghost 250 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:20.840 and goblins and whiches and stuff. 251 00:15:20.519 --> 00:15:21.240 Like that anyway. 252 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:26.360 Well, no, he worshiped them and put them before God. 253 00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:29.519 It's just a holiday for the kids. 254 00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:31.120 I think that is well said. 255 00:15:31.159 --> 00:15:33.360 I think there's a lot of people that see it 256 00:15:33.399 --> 00:15:36.399 for something that it's not, or that it was once, 257 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:40.240 But it doesn't involve those things. And truly it lands 258 00:15:40.279 --> 00:15:43.320 on the parents to make the decision in the life 259 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:44.039 of their child. 260 00:15:44.879 --> 00:15:46.440 But be careful. 261 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:49.320 There are things we say on the program often that 262 00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:52.440 there are wounds you bandage and wounds you amputate so 263 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:56.039 it doesn't pervert the rest of the body. And there 264 00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:57.879 are some things you want to cut from your life 265 00:15:58.080 --> 00:15:59.960 possibly and say, well, we don't want this, we don't 266 00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:03.559 want that. But there's also things that you can rebrand 267 00:16:03.639 --> 00:16:06.399 or structure in a way that are fun and healthy 268 00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:08.879 and it can have a good time. And I speak 269 00:16:08.919 --> 00:16:13.600 to many many Christians, and inevitably you ask them and 270 00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:14.919 they say, well, I just don't want to do them 271 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:17.840 in a child, And I say, well, were you brought up 272 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:20.879 in a Christian household? Yes, but my parents let us 273 00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:24.399 celebrate it. And how long have you been worshiping the devil? Now, 274 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:31.279 it's not necessarily the way the path goes. And you 275 00:16:31.320 --> 00:16:33.399 want to protect your children to the best of your ability, 276 00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:36.399 but also keep in mind that if you're oversensitive on 277 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:41.519 things that are benign or neutral, or that you can 278 00:16:42.799 --> 00:16:47.240 you can put an understanding of Christianity on it, then 279 00:16:47.600 --> 00:16:51.039 sometimes it confuses and causes great rebellion. And that's not 280 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:55.399 to say to be lukewarm and wishy washy without bringing 281 00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:56.720 because you don't want the kids to rebel. 282 00:16:56.840 --> 00:16:57.679 It's not my point. 283 00:16:58.159 --> 00:17:00.879 The point is that makes sure that the things that 284 00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:02.879 you're trying to cut from their life, that you make 285 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:05.119 a good case for it, and that it's understood across 286 00:17:05.119 --> 00:17:09.279 the board. Otherwise, truly, as they get older, and start 287 00:17:09.319 --> 00:17:12.160 doing their own research search and seeing that there's all 288 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:16.119 kinds of things in your home that have pagan origin 289 00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:21.559 and customs and things like that. Then and then I'll 290 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:25.039 start turning it back on you, and of course that'll 291 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:31.839 be a problem. Paul, Welcome to the Jesus Christ Show. 292 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:33.279 Hello. 293 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:39.559 I live in rural West Virginia, and my neighbors down 294 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:42.279 the down the road for me are kind of like 295 00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:47.960 my second family. And it's a married couple with two 296 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:54.079 dispautiful young girls eight and ten. And the wife laughed, 297 00:17:56.039 --> 00:17:58.920 I guess about six or seven weeks ago, and I've 298 00:17:59.000 --> 00:18:03.279 kind of been his third ear and you know, his support. 299 00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:06.200 And I'm spending a lot of time down there now. 300 00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:13.880 And the other day there there are two dogs killed 301 00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:18.200 one of their cats, and and and and my friend 302 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:22.359 and his girls are just just getting devastated. I'm like, 303 00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:26.079 I mean, I said, man, evil is just coming in 304 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:32.000 and ripping his family apart. And and I offered, give 305 00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:34.319 me your gun and I'll put the two dogs down. Now, 306 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:36.240 I mean, I wouldn't do it in front of his girls, 307 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:38.400 but you know I would put the dogs down because 308 00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:42.680 I mean, they're they just destroyed something that they loved 309 00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:48.519 and on top of that, they lost their mom. And 310 00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:54.000 I was wondering, if you give me any words of 311 00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:59.759 encouragement that I could share with these people and bring 312 00:18:59.880 --> 00:19:01.440 up back into their heart. 313 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:06.640 Well, I'll tell you won't do it causing more destruction. 314 00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:07.119 Will not. 315 00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:11.119 And I know that when you see people in pain, 316 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:16.000 that the desire, Paul is is to defend them in 317 00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:17.799 that sense. And this is not the type of pain 318 00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:20.839 that you can defend. This is the type of pain 319 00:19:20.880 --> 00:19:24.599 that you work through. Proverbs twelve twenty five says anxiety 320 00:19:24.599 --> 00:19:27.240 in a man's heart weighs it down, but an encouraging 321 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:30.519 word makes it glad. And that doesn't mean going out 322 00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:33.759 and killing things or destroying you know, God's creatures is 323 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:37.039 going to bring beauty just because there was pain that 324 00:19:37.119 --> 00:19:39.920 was brought by them and the dogs didn't know they 325 00:19:39.960 --> 00:19:43.839 were bringing pain on anyone. And in this particular case, 326 00:19:43.960 --> 00:19:50.079 what these people need is time to express themselves, time 327 00:19:50.119 --> 00:19:52.319 to feel their pain, and somebody who cares. And you 328 00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:54.599 seem to be that person. You seem to be someone 329 00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:56.920 who genuinely loves I can hear it in your voice 330 00:19:57.160 --> 00:19:59.680 and cares for them, and right now they need that 331 00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:03.160 somebody just to love them and be with them. Bring 332 00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:09.200 beauty not destruction. Make a meal, share a meal, spend time. 333 00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:13.440 Listen above all, listen and let them speak. Because people 334 00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:15.319 run from people who've gone through tragedy. 335 00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:16.799 Don't run. 336 00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:24.799 Charlie, Welcome to the Jesus Christ Show. Hi, Hi, Charlie. 337 00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.440 How can I help you? 338 00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:31.000 I I just had a question about, like, how do 339 00:20:31.119 --> 00:20:38.000 I give glory to God in the like everyday simple 340 00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:41.799 things in life, like going to a movie with friends 341 00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:44.599 or mowing the grass or everything like that. 342 00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:47.839 You know, well, there's it really comes down to. 343 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:51.960 If you hear a child talk about their parents and 344 00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:54.079 you ask that child what you know, would you give 345 00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:58.200 your life for your parent? They'd say yes. But you 346 00:20:58.240 --> 00:21:02.000 asked that same child if they'll mow the lawn or 347 00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:05.279 do the dishes, and they'll go, ah, I don't want to. 348 00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:08.640 And Christians do this sometimes too. It's like you would 349 00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:11.839 lay down your life for your God if necessary, but 350 00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:14.000 you won't live your life for God. And that means 351 00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:17.920 every little boring thing your parents don't want to be 352 00:21:19.640 --> 00:21:22.559 you to be at their foot every ten seconds going Gosh, 353 00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:24.119 you're the greatest parents in the whole white world. 354 00:21:24.160 --> 00:21:24.519 I love you. 355 00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:27.720 They want you expressing that in the things that you do, 356 00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:31.599 showing them that the life they've given you will be 357 00:21:31.640 --> 00:21:37.880 a life that's productive and righteous and filled with purpose. 358 00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:42.319 And God wants the same thing. Yes, God wants you 359 00:21:42.359 --> 00:21:45.079 to worship him. God wants you in church. God wants 360 00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:46.960 you to pray. God wants you to do all those 361 00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:49.559 things that have become religious in nature. 362 00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:53.160 But truly, God wants you to. 363 00:21:53.359 --> 00:22:01.039 Live a life that is filled every single day with creativity, 364 00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:07.720 with exploration, with curiosity. And for instance, it says in 365 00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:11.880 Scripture to pray without ceasing, and truly it's it doesn't 366 00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:13.519 mean NonStop like a mantra. 367 00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:17.319 It means kind of like an incessant cough. 368 00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:20.240 It means always be in that state of knowing that 369 00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:23.039 God is there and that you're thinking about God. And 370 00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:26.920 that's kind of what you do with everything. And if 371 00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:29.119 you partake in something Charlie where you feel like how 372 00:22:29.119 --> 00:22:32.599 can I bring God into this and it doesn't quite work, 373 00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:35.400 then maybe that's something that you want to not do 374 00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.400 in your life. 375 00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:41.319 Yeah, yes, I had a question about like what about 376 00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:44.720 like going to see like scary movies, Like to me, 377 00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:47.799 it doesn't affect me, like I don't think it's bad, 378 00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:51.559 but like, is it not giving glory to God? 379 00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:53.880 Like if I were to go see like a scary movie. 380 00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:55.640 Well, it's what the purpose is. 381 00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:59.160 There are many scary parts to scripture, and I know 382 00:22:59.240 --> 00:23:00.680 that movies picked. 383 00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:03.759 You know, angels and demons as. 384 00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:08.680 Particular types of creatures, but if you saw a good angel, 385 00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:13.480 it would creep you out at first. The concept it's 386 00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:15.960 not the single pair of wings. Some angels have multiple 387 00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:19.359 pairs of wings on their feet, on their shoulders, on 388 00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:23.319 their backs, and there are things that would be quite frightening. 389 00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:25.720 As a matter of fact, there are times in scripture 390 00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:30.920 where people were frightened of good angels or godly experiences. 391 00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:36.480 If you put scripture on camera and on film in 392 00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:43.960 a very articulate and legitimate way, there would be horrible 393 00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:46.680 sex scenes, there would be horrible scenes of violence, there 394 00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:49.880 would be scary things, there would be exciting things. So 395 00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:53.279 really it's not about those things. In general. There's a 396 00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:59.000 whole psychology that surrounds the concept of fear and why 397 00:23:59.039 --> 00:24:02.079 people like to be afraid and get scared when that's 398 00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:06.359 why they go on roller coasters. A scary movie, within reason, 399 00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:10.559 is no different than going on a roller coaster. Or 400 00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:13.799 experiencing something else that would give you a thrill, But 401 00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:17.200