WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to the Bible guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:07.480 practical ways. 4 00:00:11.439 --> 00:00:13.080 Hey, everybody walking to the Bible guys. 5 00:00:13.279 --> 00:00:14.720 Hey, let's let's do our best today. 6 00:00:15.199 --> 00:00:16.160 Oh you know what? 7 00:00:16.359 --> 00:00:18.800 You know what, Jeff, When I woke up, I thought 8 00:00:18.800 --> 00:00:20.800 to myself, my goal was to do mediocre. 9 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:21.519 Mediocre. 10 00:00:21.640 --> 00:00:24.519 Yeah, but now that you've said that, I'm going to 11 00:00:24.600 --> 00:00:26.160 strive to do my best. 12 00:00:26.679 --> 00:00:27.359 Thank you. 13 00:00:27.359 --> 00:00:28.679 Get in there, give it your best. 14 00:00:28.800 --> 00:00:32.000 Yes, I'll tell you what now now wait for buckle 15 00:00:32.119 --> 00:00:36.799 up guys. Amazing, that's so funny. 16 00:00:37.359 --> 00:00:39.759 Hey. I always make that joke when I'm at church. 17 00:00:39.799 --> 00:00:41.679 You know, I've been pastors as long as you have, 18 00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:43.479 you know, just about the same amount of time. And 19 00:00:43.520 --> 00:00:45.920 people come in and they'll go, hey, I brought my 20 00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:49.600 friend today, so you better be good. And I'd say, 21 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:51.679 I'd say, oh my goodness. I'm like, I'm so glad 22 00:00:51.719 --> 00:00:54.640 you said that. I was shooting for mediocrity today. But 23 00:00:54.799 --> 00:00:56.159 now I'm going to really kick it up. 24 00:00:56.159 --> 00:00:56.600 In nots. 25 00:00:56.840 --> 00:00:58.719 I was walking through the green room a couple of 26 00:00:58.759 --> 00:01:01.600 weeks ago and it was between we have to do 27 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:05.040 four identical services on Sunday morning. Yeah, right, So eight thirty, 28 00:01:05.079 --> 00:01:09.799 ten thirty and one, because our auditorium has like seven 29 00:01:09.920 --> 00:01:12.959 hundred and fifty seats, so we need we need more space, 30 00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:15.040 and so we do four services. So I was walking 31 00:01:15.640 --> 00:01:18.280 into the green room between our third and fourth service 32 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:20.680 and some of the band was back there. I said, 33 00:01:20.680 --> 00:01:22.879 all right, we got one more service, and I think 34 00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:24.159 this time I'm going to do the best I can 35 00:01:24.200 --> 00:01:27.239 at it. And they're like, well it's about time, right buddy. 36 00:01:28.040 --> 00:01:30.840 That's yeah, okay, Well, hey, today's we're going to do 37 00:01:30.879 --> 00:01:33.599 the best we can. And hey, here's a fun segment. 38 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:34.359 By the way. 39 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:36.560 You know, we had that visiting church that came from 40 00:01:36.640 --> 00:01:40.480 Chicago and really good church. Yeah, just a partner, they 41 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:42.719 knew you, and they were just coming just to trade 42 00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:45.680 best practices, right, And two of the guys pulled me 43 00:01:45.719 --> 00:01:49.040 aside and they said, do you really do four services 44 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:51.159 in a row? And I said, yeah, we do every Sunday, 45 00:01:51.159 --> 00:01:54.640 and he goes, that sounds exhausting, and I was like, 46 00:01:54.680 --> 00:01:55.840 you know, what's. 47 00:01:56.040 --> 00:01:56.560 It's a lot. 48 00:01:56.640 --> 00:02:00.040 It is, it's tired, it's a lot. And then my 49 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:02.000 wife and I host a small group for young adults 50 00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:03.400 right now on Sunday evenings. 51 00:02:03.959 --> 00:02:05.079 Oh, Sunday evenings. 52 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:08.360 Yes, being five, bro, I didn't know your. 53 00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:11.240 Small group of Sunday evenings. Oh i'd want to jump. 54 00:02:13.560 --> 00:02:18.520 Anyways, it's great though, we love it. So today our 55 00:02:18.599 --> 00:02:20.840 segment is stump the pastor. 56 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:23.360 Stump the pastor, which people. 57 00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:25.120 Get excited about that segment. But let's just be honest. 58 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:29.520 It's not very hard to stump us, right right. I 59 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:32.240 was just thinking, like, what would the I answer usually 60 00:02:32.240 --> 00:02:34.280 as we don't know I was. 61 00:02:34.319 --> 00:02:35.879 I was thinking, what would the jingle be for stump 62 00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:39.520 the pastor the pastor Stump stomp, stump, Stump the pastor. 63 00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:40.960 I don't know. 64 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:44.280 It's something like from the w W E or something. 65 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:48.360 Yeah maybe so yeah, well, I mean, let's let's be honest. 66 00:02:48.400 --> 00:02:51.159 I'm responding to what you just said, most stumped the 67 00:02:51.159 --> 00:02:54.680 pastor answers and with I don't nobody knows. Because that's 68 00:02:54.680 --> 00:02:56.840 why this one, that's why it's a stump question. Yeah, 69 00:02:56.840 --> 00:02:58.479 this this one's has an answer. 70 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:01.360 You want me to read it and you answer it. 71 00:03:01.800 --> 00:03:03.360 Well, okay, here we go tackle it. 72 00:03:03.400 --> 00:03:08.159 I often hear people, even pastors, pull one verse out 73 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:11.000 of the Bible and apply it universally when in context, 74 00:03:11.039 --> 00:03:13.680 the verse was responding to a specific circumstance or event. 75 00:03:14.599 --> 00:03:17.560 Here's an example. Jeremiah twenty nine to eleven. If I 76 00:03:17.599 --> 00:03:19.319 know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord 77 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:21.199 plans to prosper You're not the harm of your plans 78 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:23.800 to give you hope in the future. This verse was 79 00:03:23.879 --> 00:03:26.240 spoken by Jeremiah to the people of Israel when they 80 00:03:26.280 --> 00:03:30.360 were exiled. What are your thoughts? Can these verses be 81 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:33.520 applied universally or is it just speaking to the individual 82 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:35.800 group in exile? And that's from Paul c. 83 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:38.800 Hi, Paul cy Hey, paulsy what's going on? 84 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:39.719 Yeah, good question. 85 00:03:39.919 --> 00:03:41.280 It's a great question, really good question. 86 00:03:41.319 --> 00:03:42.719 So here's a question about context. 87 00:03:43.000 --> 00:03:44.319 Well, I mean, think about it this way. 88 00:03:44.680 --> 00:03:46.120 Let me We're happy to take everything up. 89 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:48.159 Let me do this, let me do this Jesus style. 90 00:03:48.680 --> 00:03:52.280 I answered the question with a question, okay, which is so, 91 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:57.039 wouldn't that apply to everything? For instance, in the New Testament, 92 00:03:57.479 --> 00:04:01.759 Jesus would be just teaching crowds and he would say, 93 00:04:01.800 --> 00:04:02.800 blessed are. 94 00:04:02.800 --> 00:04:05.800 The poor, right, for they shall inherit the Kingdom of God. 95 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:09.120 Well that you could ask the question and say, oh, 96 00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:13.560 is he meaning just the poor of that community, or 97 00:04:13.639 --> 00:04:17.600 was he meaning the poor for all time, right, blessed 98 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:19.160 of the meek, blessed of the humble. 99 00:04:19.279 --> 00:04:19.439 Right. 100 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:23.120 And then if you if you take, for instance, like 101 00:04:23.199 --> 00:04:26.439 First Corinthians, and you know, here's Paul writing to the 102 00:04:26.519 --> 00:04:30.279 Church of corinth because he's you know, sort of I 103 00:04:30.319 --> 00:04:33.720 don't want to say rebuking, but he's sort of trying 104 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:36.040 to solve problems. Is that a better way to say it. 105 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:41.720 He's problem solving and these are specific problems of that church. 106 00:04:41.639 --> 00:04:45.079 In that city, and yet he gives all these truths. 107 00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:48.240 And if not careful, what you could say is, oh, well, 108 00:04:48.240 --> 00:04:51.519 that wasn't written to me. That was written to those 109 00:04:51.519 --> 00:04:57.600 guys for a specific reason. Right, So technically you could 110 00:04:57.879 --> 00:05:02.399 probably apply that to most of, if not almost exclusively, 111 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:03.199 all of the Bible. 112 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:03.920 Right. 113 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:08.959 Yeah, it's true. So there's the question about context, I 114 00:05:08.959 --> 00:05:12.199 think is very important because cults get built off of 115 00:05:13.240 --> 00:05:16.639 people taking Bible versus words out of context. 116 00:05:16.959 --> 00:05:17.560 Oh for sure. 117 00:05:17.560 --> 00:05:21.560 And that's like the story of the guy that was 118 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:25.199 so upset and was miserable and he's just looking for 119 00:05:25.240 --> 00:05:27.720 a sign from God and he says, God, just show 120 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:29.639 me sign. He flips the Bible open and he says, 121 00:05:29.639 --> 00:05:32.120 and Judas went out and hanged himself, right, and he 122 00:05:32.199 --> 00:05:34.360 slammed the book and he goes, no, no, no, no, okay, okay, 123 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:35.800 this is the one. Whatever you say to do, I'll 124 00:05:35.800 --> 00:05:38.160 do that. He flipped the Bible back open and they said, 125 00:05:38.160 --> 00:05:42.319 go and do that likewise. Right. So, if you just 126 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:45.160 take a phrase, you can make the Bible say almost 127 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:48.759 anything you want to say. So context is extremely important. 128 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:51.519 So Paul is correct that Jeremiah is writing to the 129 00:05:51.560 --> 00:05:56.600 exiled Israelites and saying God is saying, hey, listen, Judgment's 130 00:05:56.639 --> 00:05:58.319 not going to stay with you forever. I know the 131 00:05:58.360 --> 00:06:00.879 plans I have. My plans are coming to an end 132 00:06:00.920 --> 00:06:03.399 with regard to the exile. I'm going to prosper you again. 133 00:06:03.480 --> 00:06:06.680 Right that that's what we're saying. So there's the context 134 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:09.319 of it is the direct thing, so there are the 135 00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:12.399 meaning of it, the direct meaning, and that's important to 136 00:06:12.480 --> 00:06:15.839 understand the history, the story stuff. There are also general 137 00:06:15.879 --> 00:06:18.480 principles that we can take from the Bible. And so 138 00:06:18.600 --> 00:06:22.639 while the direct promise is to the people of Israel, 139 00:06:22.839 --> 00:06:27.560 the principle is God is sovereign, He's in control. The 140 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:32.319 principle is that God's character is good, that God genuinely 141 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:34.519 loves his people, even when his people are in the 142 00:06:34.560 --> 00:06:37.680 middle of discipline, and that we can trust that His 143 00:06:37.879 --> 00:06:43.240 plans are not always evil plans or terrible plans for us. 144 00:06:43.439 --> 00:06:45.480 Now judgment may be coming, we may be in the 145 00:06:45.480 --> 00:06:48.120 middle of judgment now, but his mercies do and endure 146 00:06:48.199 --> 00:06:51.839 forever that he does plan to extend his mercy to us. 147 00:06:51.839 --> 00:06:55.639 So the principle we can apply even while the promise 148 00:06:55.720 --> 00:06:57.480 wasn't written directly to us, so you can be. 149 00:06:57.480 --> 00:07:02.600 Inspired by it, right, especially when the verse describes the 150 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:05.680 characteristics of who God is, because God is the saying 151 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:08.720 yesterday to in forever. So when he says, God's desire 152 00:07:08.959 --> 00:07:12.160 is never to harm you, but to prosper you. And 153 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:15.839 that is true about God, which is applicable for you 154 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:19.439 and for me because it is a principle of describing God. 155 00:07:19.680 --> 00:07:24.160 So oftentimes you know when Paul, for instance, in the 156 00:07:24.199 --> 00:07:27.120 New Testament, who wrote almost half of the New Testament, 157 00:07:27.439 --> 00:07:31.160 when he writes things down that are rules to follow 158 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:34.600 for the Corinthian Church or the you know Church in Ephesis, 159 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:37.040 or the Church and PHILIPI, or whatever it is, we 160 00:07:37.079 --> 00:07:40.680 can say, well, these are general principles of how the 161 00:07:40.839 --> 00:07:43.720 church should love one another or forgive or behave or 162 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:46.319 submit to one another, or or act in humility, or 163 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:48.000 help one another or encourage one another. 164 00:07:48.199 --> 00:07:50.160 These are general principles to. 165 00:07:50.199 --> 00:07:52.519 Describe how Paul is saying, this is how the church 166 00:07:52.519 --> 00:07:55.480 should act, And yes it is to that church, but 167 00:07:55.560 --> 00:07:58.839 it is a general principle that describes how the church 168 00:07:59.000 --> 00:07:59.519 should act. 169 00:07:59.800 --> 00:08:02.279 And so yeah, there are definitely. 170 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:06.920 Any promise that describes the character of God or God's 171 00:08:06.959 --> 00:08:09.439 intent or God's. 172 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:12.000 You know, commitment. 173 00:08:12.480 --> 00:08:17.800 Right, what He's committed to is definitely transferable to you 174 00:08:17.839 --> 00:08:18.600 and to me today. 175 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:21.600 And the Bible is really clear that Jesus is the 176 00:08:21.639 --> 00:08:25.000 same yesterday, today and forever yep. Right, So it's not like, oh, 177 00:08:25.079 --> 00:08:29.720 he only meant his mercy and his kindness and his 178 00:08:29.759 --> 00:08:33.320 goodness was only in that moment, right, And so this 179 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:36.279 is why we have there's so many passages in the Bible. 180 00:08:37.279 --> 00:08:39.840 Romans fifteen four says that everything was written in the 181 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:43.960 past was written to teach us. Right, that's really powerful. 182 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:46.840 First Corinthians chapter ten says, these things occurred as examples 183 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:51.080 to us. Right. First Corinthians chapter eleven, these things happened 184 00:08:51.080 --> 00:08:53.279 to them as examples, and we're written down as warnings 185 00:08:53.279 --> 00:08:58.600 for us, right. Two Timothy chapter three, verse sixteen. All scripture. 186 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:02.840 All scripture is God breath and is useful, useful for teaching, 187 00:09:03.399 --> 00:09:06.879 for rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, so that the 188 00:09:06.919 --> 00:09:09.840 servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good word. Right, 189 00:09:09.919 --> 00:09:13.039 So that included the Old Testament Hebrews ten. The Law 190 00:09:13.120 --> 00:09:16.000 is a shadow of the good things that are coming. Right, 191 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:18.519 So all the Old Testament was just a shadow of 192 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:21.000 what was coming. So if God said something good in 193 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:23.080 the Old Testament, that's just a shadow of even what's 194 00:09:23.159 --> 00:09:26.200 better coming through Christ. Right, that's what's talking about the 195 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:29.639 entire Hebrews chapter eleven recounts the heroes of the faith 196 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:34.480 that examples examples for new believers in the Christian era. Right. 197 00:09:34.799 --> 00:09:36.639 And then Jesus even said I didn't come to get 198 00:09:36.679 --> 00:09:37.799 rid of the Old Testament. 199 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:39.159 I came to fulfill it. 200 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:44.399 And so all of these these passages are are reminding 201 00:09:44.480 --> 00:09:47.799 us that some people would want to say, let me 202 00:09:47.799 --> 00:09:49.559 say it this way. Some people want to say, dismiss 203 00:09:49.600 --> 00:09:51.200 the Old Testament. It doesn't mean anything to you. Quit 204 00:09:51.200 --> 00:09:53.559 taking things out of context. I would look at a 205 00:09:53.639 --> 00:09:56.559 passage like Jeremiah chapter twenty nine eleven, and while I 206 00:09:56.679 --> 00:09:58.679 know that that promise is not to me that God's 207 00:09:58.679 --> 00:10:01.639 going to make me rich today. Right, I can look 208 00:10:01.679 --> 00:10:04.159 at that as a promise that God is always good 209 00:10:04.759 --> 00:10:07.519 and that God always is hoping and working towards redemption. 210 00:10:08.200 --> 00:10:11.240 And if you read the next passage or the next verses, 211 00:10:11.279 --> 00:10:13.039 he says, if you seek me with all your heart, 212 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:15.360 you'll find me. That's a principle that's true to me. 213 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:19.679 And it was written He spoke that to the Israelites, 214 00:10:19.759 --> 00:10:22.039 but he left it in the Bible for me, right 215 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:22.679 and for you. 216 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:27.440 And it's actually amazing the number of verses in the 217 00:10:27.480 --> 00:10:31.360 Bible that actually talk about itself. Yeah, right, So like 218 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:35.720 so the Bible has dozens of verses that say, hey, 219 00:10:36.159 --> 00:10:39.360 yes it was written by humanity, but it was inspired 220 00:10:39.440 --> 00:10:42.320 by the Holy Spirit. And just like those verses that 221 00:10:42.360 --> 00:10:46.679 you reference, is it is for us today and the 222 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:50.480 validity of the Bible. The Bible validates itself, and it 223 00:10:50.519 --> 00:10:54.080 actually talks about not only that one scripture, but there 224 00:10:54.159 --> 00:10:59.240 are just so many more that say that this scripture. 225 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:00.679 Is the or the words of God. 226 00:11:01.080 --> 00:11:04.080 And so yeah, I believe that the reason why God 227 00:11:04.120 --> 00:11:08.879 put together and he allowed actually, you know, the building 228 00:11:08.919 --> 00:11:11.320 of the Bible right. You know, either the Holy Spirit 229 00:11:11.399 --> 00:11:15.200 was involved and either God orchestrated that or he didn't, right, 230 00:11:15.519 --> 00:11:18.159 And so you have to just have a certain amount 231 00:11:18.200 --> 00:11:23.679 of belief about God is going to accomplish that which 232 00:11:23.679 --> 00:11:26.799 He's going to accomplish through human people. 233 00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:29.679 And by the way, that's no different than anything. 234 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:30.200 Right. 235 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:33.799 God will use wicked caesars and rulers and kings to 236 00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:37.519 eventually accomplish his purposes. So God could use anybody, anything, 237 00:11:37.559 --> 00:11:39.840 at any time to accomplish what he wants to accomplish. 238 00:11:40.120 --> 00:11:43.360 So now we have the Bible, which is by the way, 239 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:47.759 the best selling book by a very large margin of 240 00:11:47.799 --> 00:11:51.759 all time, of all time, right, it's not even close. 241 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:55.679 And it's been translated into almost every language. 242 00:11:56.320 --> 00:11:59.399 There's some languages that's still not there yet, but they 243 00:11:59.399 --> 00:12:03.200 think by probably within the next twenty five to forty years, 244 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:04.799 we'll have it in every language. 245 00:12:04.879 --> 00:12:05.720 Yeah, which is great. 246 00:12:06.080 --> 00:12:10.639 And then and so it's endured, it survived, and so 247 00:12:10.759 --> 00:12:12.840 God put this in place. And so either that is 248 00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:17.200 a miraculous work of God, and God has just done this, 249 00:12:17.279 --> 00:12:20.279 and it's incredible. And the books that are in here 250 00:12:20.320 --> 00:12:23.480 are supposed to be in here, you know, And and God, 251 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:26.840 God's in charge of all of it, or he's not 252 00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:28.240 in charge of it and he didn't do it. 253 00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:36.759 So to summarize it, the specific statements are there's always context, 254 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:38.000 and so we want to find out what is the 255 00:12:38.039 --> 00:12:40.399 context of that. At the same time, there are general 256 00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:44.519 principles that can always be applied. Another summary for what 257 00:12:44.559 --> 00:12:47.600 you said. In Exodus chapter twenty, God says don't kill. 258 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:51.480 He's saying it specifically to the Israelites, right, But you 259 00:12:51.559 --> 00:12:53.879 and I can take the general principle that God's expecting 260 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:56.720 us to honor life and not be killing murdering people. Right. Right. 261 00:12:57.200 --> 00:12:59.600 He says don't don't sleep with somebody who's not your wife, 262 00:13:00.039 --> 00:13:03.159 represent speaking directly to Israel and the tank commandment. So 263 00:13:03.399 --> 00:13:05.519 those those kite tablets weren't for you and me. They 264 00:13:05.519 --> 00:13:09.559 were for the Israelites. But the principle is God expects 265 00:13:09.639 --> 00:13:12.399 us to be holy in our marriages, right, and so and. 266 00:13:12.320 --> 00:13:14.440 We look at the intent of everything that God said 267 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:15.840 about how my people should act. 268 00:13:15.919 --> 00:13:17.679 That's right, right, That's why the law was given. 269 00:13:17.799 --> 00:13:18.240 That's right. 270 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:19.720 So that's great. 271 00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:22.799 That's really really good question, Paul. Ye, great question, Paul. 272 00:13:22.840 --> 00:13:26.919 So context is important. You can apply principles even as 273 00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:29.519 you look at the context. So I think that's super great. 274 00:13:29.720 --> 00:13:34.480 Yeah, that's great. And speaking of great, you know it's 275 00:13:34.519 --> 00:13:39.799 not great. But Samia getting killed by Syria. 276 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:41.399 Yeah, they got wiped out. 277 00:13:41.600 --> 00:13:41.879 Yeah. 278 00:13:41.960 --> 00:13:44.360 And and and you know what else isn't great? 279 00:13:44.559 --> 00:13:46.600 I think, did we forget our transition yesterday? 280 00:13:46.759 --> 00:13:47.600 No, no, we got that. 281 00:13:48.159 --> 00:13:49.080 Do we do it? Okay? 282 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:52.399 And then you know what else isn't great? But Judah's 283 00:13:52.440 --> 00:13:53.399 heading in the same direction. 284 00:13:53.759 --> 00:13:56.399 Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, that's right, that's right. I forgot 285 00:13:56.440 --> 00:13:57.679 we skipped we're. 286 00:13:57.480 --> 00:14:00.600 Doing the second king So we're in Isaiah chapter one today. 287 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:03.200 Yes, yeah, Isaiah skipped. 288 00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:05.440 Over, So we moved out of order just a little bit. 289 00:14:05.559 --> 00:14:09.559 And the reason being Israel winds up going into Judgment first, 290 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:14.120 in exile first, even though the beginning of Isaiah Isaiah's 291 00:14:14.200 --> 00:14:18.279 warning Judah, but Judah winds up going into exile second. 292 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:22.080 It's because Israel, the Northern Kingdom, was way out ahead 293 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:25.399 of Judah with regard to their pagan practices and walking 294 00:14:25.399 --> 00:14:28.440 away from God. So God extended, you know, some more 295 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:31.399 time to Judah because Judah was behind them in the 296 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:33.559 amount of time that they were wandering from God. But 297 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:35.679 they also are going in the same direction. So in 298 00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:38.759 Isaiah chapter one, it says, these are the visions that Isaiah, 299 00:14:38.960 --> 00:14:43.480 son of AMA's saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. He saw 300 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:47.159 these visions during the years when Usiah, Jotham, ah Has 301 00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:50.480 and Iszekiah were kings of Judah. Listen, o heavens, pay 302 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:52.879 attention to earth. This is what the Lord says. The 303 00:14:52.960 --> 00:14:55.399 children are raised and cared for have rebelled against me. 304 00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:58.919 Even an ox knows its honor, its owner, and a 305 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:02.480 donkey recognized it's master's care. But Israel doesn't know it's master. 306 00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:11.320 He's calling the donkeys. You call it dumb ox, dumbas 307 00:15:11.320 --> 00:15:14.360 and ox. Right, yeah, and then I'm not going to 308 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:17.240 say the other word for donkey, but you're thinking it. 309 00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:21.919 People don't recognize my care for them. Oh what a 310 00:15:21.960 --> 00:15:25.399 sinful nation. They are loaded down with a burden of guilt. 311 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:29.080 They're evil people, corrupt children who've rejected the Lord. They've 312 00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:31.720 despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs 313 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:35.039 on him. Why do you continue to invite punishment? Must 314 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:38.440 your rebel forever? Your head is injured, your heart is sick, 315 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:41.159 You're battered from head to foot, covered with bruises and 316 00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:44.360 welts and infected wounds, without any soothing ointments or bandages. 317 00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:47.240 Your country lies in ruins, and your towns are burned. 318 00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:50.639 Foreigners plunder your fields before your eyes and destroy everything 319 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:54.360 they see. Beautiful. Jerusalem stands abandoned, like a watchman's shelter 320 00:15:54.440 --> 00:15:56.720 in a vineyard, like a lean to in a cucumber 321 00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:59.799 field after the harvest, like a helpless city under siege. 322 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:02.360 If the Lord of Heaven's armies had not spared a 323 00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:04.519 few of us, we would have been wiped out like 324 00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:08.759 Sodom and destroyed like Gomorah. Listen to the Lord, you 325 00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:12.559 leaders of Sodom, quote unquote, listen to the Lord, our God, 326 00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:15.720 people of quote unquote Gomorrah. What makes you think I 327 00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:18.559 want all your sacrifices, Sayslord. I'm sick of your burnt 328 00:16:18.559 --> 00:16:20.639 offerings of rams and the fat of fat and cattle. 329 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:22.960 I get no pleasure from the blood of bulls and 330 00:16:23.039 --> 00:16:24.879 lambs and goats. And when you come to worship me, 331 00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:27.039 who asks you to parade through my courts with all 332 00:16:27.080 --> 00:16:30.840 your ceremony, stop bringing me your meaningless gifts. The incense 333 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:34.399 of your offerings disgusts me, as for your celebrations of 334 00:16:34.440 --> 00:16:36.519 the new Moon and the Sabbath, and your special days 335 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:39.879 for fasting. They're all sinful and faults. I want no 336 00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:42.600 more of your pious meetings. I hate your new moon 337 00:16:42.679 --> 00:16:45.200 celebrations and your annual festivals. They're a burden to me. 338 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:48.200 God stand them. When you lift up your hands in prayer, 339 00:16:48.279 --> 00:16:50.679 I will not look. So you offer many prayers, I 340 00:16:50.679 --> 00:16:52.879 will not listen, for your hands are covered with the 341 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:56.639 blood of innocent victims. Wash yourselves and be clean. Get 342 00:16:56.679 --> 00:16:59.120 your sins out of my sight. Give up your evil 343 00:16:59.159 --> 00:17:04.000 ways to do good, seek justice, help the oppressed, defend 344 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:08.319 the cause of orphans, fight for the rights of widows. Come, 345 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:10.400 let's settle this, says the Lord. Though your sins are 346 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:12.720 like scarlett, I'll make them as white as snow. Though 347 00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:15.160 they are red like crimson, I will make them as 348 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:18.359 white as wool. If you will only obey me, you'll 349 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:20.440 have plenty to eat. But if you turn away and 350 00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:22.960 refuse to listen, you will be devoured by the sword 351 00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:27.680 of your enemies. I, the Lord have spoken, Wow, there 352 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:28.079 you have it. 353 00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:29.400 There's a way to end that chapter. 354 00:17:29.640 --> 00:17:33.640 I the Lord have spoken, Yeah, I remember yesterday I said. 355 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:34.400 So let it be written. 356 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:35.599 So let it be done. 357 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:42.440 Yeah, and so Isaiah is it's it's just a wonderful book. 358 00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:44.880 And poetic in the way he writes it. 359 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:47.799 Yeah, it's very poetic. It is. It's almost like it's 360 00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:50.440 it's it's almost you know. 361 00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:54.960 He he refers to Sodom and Gomorrah and quotes, you know, 362 00:17:55.359 --> 00:18:00.400 he talks about, well, I mean, this is God's saying it. 363 00:18:00.519 --> 00:18:04.480 So he says, I'm sick of your meaningless gifts. The 364 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:08.039 incense and your offerings disgust me, and just goes on 365 00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:09.880 to talk about, you know, all the things that you do, 366 00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:14.559 the offer the incense, the offerings, the Fatti calf, all 367 00:18:14.599 --> 00:18:17.640 those things. And that's the part that actually stands out 368 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:19.880 to me. I mean, well, the crimson wool, you know, 369 00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:21.039 makes sense as. 370 00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:23.039 White as now. That's obviously the key verse there. 371 00:18:23.079 --> 00:18:26.160 But besides that, this, this, this is the part that 372 00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:26.880 stands out to me. 373 00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:29.400 Stop bringing your offerings. 374 00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:30.519 Yeah, I mean, you know, what. 375 00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:34.480 Did David say, you don't desire sacrifice or else I 376 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:37.279 would bring it right? You don't want you want to 377 00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:38.160 burn offerings? 378 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:40.359 What did you say? Psalm fifty one? 379 00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:43.559 He said, for the offerings that you want, or a 380 00:18:43.640 --> 00:18:45.880 broken heart, a broken in contract heart, Oh God, these 381 00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:49.000 things you will not despise Versus sixteen and seventeen. So 382 00:18:50.200 --> 00:18:52.319 that's what that's what David is saying. David saying like, hey, 383 00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:54.039 obedience is better than sacrifice. 384 00:18:54.640 --> 00:18:55.240 So and. 385 00:18:57.480 --> 00:19:01.160 I always think of like people who played church, but 386 00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:06.319 they're not really honoring God. So a lot of our churches, 387 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:08.559 you know, if you've ever had a bad church experience, 388 00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:11.720 it's really the people who are our age and above, 389 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:14.960 isn't it right, that are classified as people who had 390 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:17.160 like a bad church experience and they've walked away from God. 391 00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:19.839 But like, for instance, the new generation coming up, those 392 00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:22.799 who are twenty something, they've just had no church experience, 393 00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:26.200 you know I'm talking about. 394 00:19:26.880 --> 00:19:28.759 Yeah, what I'm. 395 00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:33.160 Saying is a lot of people of our generation and older, 396 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:35.640 they were involved in church, but then they walked away 397 00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:38.920 from church because they had a bad church experience. They 398 00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:41.160 could be classified as that, right, that was the will 399 00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:41.519 of model. 400 00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:41.759 Right? 401 00:19:42.119 --> 00:19:44.720