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 --> 00:00:13.439 practical ways. Hey, everybody, welcome to The Bible Guys. And 4 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:15.240 we are Chris and Jeff. 5 00:00:15.039 --> 00:00:17.839 And we were just chit chatting and almost chatted right into. 6 00:00:17.719 --> 00:00:19.839 The beginning of the episode because I thought they were rehearsing. 7 00:00:19.920 --> 00:00:21.760 Yeah, yeah, yeah, we are. 8 00:00:21.640 --> 00:00:24.399 Recording, Jeff, and we're launching. 9 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:26.039 Off and this is way more important than our chit chat. 10 00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:29.640 Uh, well it depends. Well, this is about the Bible, 11 00:00:29.719 --> 00:00:29.960 it is. 12 00:00:30.320 --> 00:00:33.079 Yeah, but I was talking about the Bible you were. 13 00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:34.320 Yeah, so they're equal. 14 00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:34.719 Yeah. 15 00:00:35.399 --> 00:00:37.640 Hey, today we're actually launching the Brandishes. 16 00:00:37.679 --> 00:00:39.439 That's all you do? You just talk about the Bible. 17 00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:41.600 Oh my whole life all the time. 18 00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:42.560 I do nothing else. 19 00:00:42.719 --> 00:00:42.920 Yeah. 20 00:00:44.159 --> 00:00:46.520 Hey, we're launching a Brandon series today. 21 00:00:46.679 --> 00:00:48.119 Okay, I'm excited about it. 22 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:48.560 What is it. 23 00:00:49.119 --> 00:00:53.079 Well, we're looking at the Beatitudes like the next five weeks. 24 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:53.920 That's awesome. 25 00:00:54.079 --> 00:00:56.719 And uh, there was a previous episode I don't know 26 00:00:56.719 --> 00:01:00.320 if you remember this several months ago where we talked 27 00:01:00.359 --> 00:01:03.600 about the beatitudes when Jesus says, you know, blessed her 28 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:05.719 the poor and spirit whatever and then I made a 29 00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:09.439 comment that all the rest of the Sermon on the 30 00:01:09.480 --> 00:01:12.319 Mount is connected to one of the Beatitudes, and so 31 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:15.079 as we were coming into the new year, I thought, hey, 32 00:01:15.120 --> 00:01:17.680 let's do that. That's sounds like fun. Really, what we're 33 00:01:17.719 --> 00:01:24.480 talking about is Jesus establishes how his the values of 34 00:01:24.560 --> 00:01:27.640 his kingdom followers are going to have, and then as 35 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:30.239 a result of those values, this is the life you're 36 00:01:30.280 --> 00:01:30.680 going to live. 37 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:30.840 Right. 38 00:01:30.879 --> 00:01:33.920 It's kind of a neat idea. It's about dialing into 39 00:01:33.959 --> 00:01:34.319 our faith. 40 00:01:34.439 --> 00:01:36.799 Yeah. And by the way, I am growing in excitement 41 00:01:36.799 --> 00:01:39.079 even as you're saying that, because I love that idea. 42 00:01:39.560 --> 00:01:43.079 But just so you know, when he just said, I decided, hey, 43 00:01:43.079 --> 00:01:44.239 why not do it for the first of the year, 44 00:01:44.319 --> 00:01:47.000 just for our listeners. Know, so, Jeff pretty much comes 45 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:49.239 up with the content for the Bible guys, and I 46 00:01:49.359 --> 00:01:51.560 usually take care. I lean more towards the weekend stuff 47 00:01:51.640 --> 00:01:54.519 right at Heritage Church. So I found out that we 48 00:01:54.519 --> 00:01:57.359 were doing a series of the Beatitudes about five minutes ago. 49 00:01:57.439 --> 00:01:59.959 Yeah, well, that's the whole premise of this of the podcast, 50 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:01.920 that's right. It is just with a couple of guys 51 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:03.799 who talk about the Bible in fun of practical ways, 52 00:02:03.799 --> 00:02:06.000 that's right, And we don't it's all ad lib. We 53 00:02:06.079 --> 00:02:09.199 don't prep it, and we just read what's on the 54 00:02:09.199 --> 00:02:11.319 page and talk about it, which is from what we've 55 00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:12.719 learned and from the notes in the page. 56 00:02:12.759 --> 00:02:15.240 And there's a reason for that, because we believe that 57 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:18.840 that's what is possible when you sit down and read 58 00:02:18.879 --> 00:02:19.520 us word yourself. 59 00:02:20.879 --> 00:02:22.719 Yep, you don't have to be a theologian to understand 60 00:02:22.719 --> 00:02:23.080 the Bible. 61 00:02:23.120 --> 00:02:26.360 That's right, that's right. So before we get into that, Jeff, okay, 62 00:02:26.400 --> 00:02:28.960 we have a segment called would you rather? What a 63 00:02:28.960 --> 00:02:29.879 great way to start off. 64 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:30.400 I love these? 65 00:02:30.560 --> 00:02:33.000 Yeah, so would you rather? So? There's five of them. 66 00:02:33.080 --> 00:02:35.719 I'll read the first one. Here we go. Okay, Jeff, 67 00:02:35.759 --> 00:02:39.319 would you rather live in a world where socks always disappear? 68 00:02:40.159 --> 00:02:45.360 Or where what is that? Or one where every chair 69 00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:46.800 slightly wobbles? 70 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:51.120 Oh my goodness, gracious, well, I think that's a pretty 71 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:53.919 easy one. I already live in a world where socks 72 00:02:54.039 --> 00:02:56.639 always disappear. Yes, right, I already live in that world. 73 00:02:56.639 --> 00:02:58.199 So I guess I'll live in this world. I'll keep 74 00:02:58.240 --> 00:03:00.840 living here, right in this world, don't you think? 75 00:03:01.199 --> 00:03:04.360 Yeah? Well, I mean there, it's almost it's almost uncanny, 76 00:03:04.439 --> 00:03:06.520 I know. So I do a load of laundry and 77 00:03:06.520 --> 00:03:09.120 I will literally grab everything, put it in, and then 78 00:03:09.120 --> 00:03:11.000 put it in the dryer, and then take it out, 79 00:03:11.319 --> 00:03:13.080 and all of a sudden there's one sock missing. And 80 00:03:13.080 --> 00:03:15.960 I'm like, how is that even possitive? Right, because I 81 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:18.879 know I threw both socks in the hamper, right, yes, 82 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:21.680 Like they both went in and there's nothing in the hamper. 83 00:03:21.759 --> 00:03:24.520 And I've looked at my trail and there's nothing on 84 00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:25.000 the ground. 85 00:03:25.080 --> 00:03:28.159 I think dryers eat them, yes, or washers or washers, 86 00:03:28.840 --> 00:03:29.960 you could think it. 87 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:31.159 I wonder if that's true. 88 00:03:31.919 --> 00:03:33.919 Wouldn't that be something probably if one. 89 00:03:33.919 --> 00:03:35.960 Day we all took apart the washers in the junkyards 90 00:03:35.919 --> 00:03:36.879 and it was filled with socks. 91 00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:39.039 Yeah, let's ask, let's ask chat GPT. 92 00:03:39.319 --> 00:03:39.919 Are you sure? 93 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:40.159 Yeah? 94 00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:43.120 Yeah, yeah, yeah, let's ask and see if chet GPT. Well. 95 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:46.120 As you're doing that, let me just say a chair 96 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:47.680 wobbling is the worst it is. 97 00:03:47.719 --> 00:03:49.800 That's why I said, Hey, already live in this sock 98 00:03:49.879 --> 00:03:50.439 missing world. 99 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:52.280 Yeah, yeah, chair wobbling is off. 100 00:03:52.360 --> 00:03:57.479 What is the real reason, Oh, it's not looking at it, Okay, 101 00:03:58.360 --> 00:04:01.120 What is the real reason that always go missing in 102 00:04:01.159 --> 00:04:08.479 the laundry. Oh, let me do it again. What is 103 00:04:08.520 --> 00:04:12.520 the real reason socks always go missing in the laundry? 104 00:04:13.599 --> 00:04:15.199 The age old sock mystery. 105 00:04:15.400 --> 00:04:18.680 Honestly, it's a combination of things. Sometimes socks get stuck 106 00:04:18.720 --> 00:04:22.319 in little crevices of the washing machino dryer or cling 107 00:04:22.360 --> 00:04:26.120 to other clothing and hide. Sometimes one sock falls out 108 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:28.839 of the laundry basket en route or just ends up 109 00:04:28.879 --> 00:04:31.720 somewhere unexpected. In other words, it's not so much a 110 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:34.959 magical sock eating void as it is just a bunch 111 00:04:34.959 --> 00:04:36.639 of tiny, sneaky mishaps. 112 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:38.639 Wow. 113 00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:43.279 Perfect, So we nailed it. Very first suggestion was that 114 00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:44.279 the machine ate it. 115 00:04:44.480 --> 00:04:48.120 Yeah. Yeah, but he's suggesting that they get hidden crevices 116 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:50.120 and maybe get in another load or something. 117 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:50.680 That's true. 118 00:04:50.879 --> 00:04:53.519 Yeah, So all right, Well that's a good one. 119 00:04:53.839 --> 00:04:56.199 Okay, let's move on. Here's the next one. Would you 120 00:04:56.279 --> 00:04:59.959 rather forget people's names immediately or call everyone the wrong name? Confidently? 121 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:03.360 Oh? Goodness, gracious, by far the first one. 122 00:05:04.199 --> 00:05:06.319 I already do that. Yeah right, I was gonna say 123 00:05:06.519 --> 00:05:08.000 I already do these things. 124 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:10.160 Yeah, I'm thinking, like, you know, you can live in 125 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:12.600 a world where you can fake it until you make it. 126 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:16.560 But to call everybody's name wrong. Confidently, you'd become known 127 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:19.839 as the most hated person ever. You'd be like, hey, Bill, 128 00:05:20.199 --> 00:05:20.879 it's it's Todd. 129 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:23.560 Okay, are you kidding me? 130 00:05:24.199 --> 00:05:26.360 Are you kidding me? Absolutely? 131 00:05:26.360 --> 00:05:26.519 Hey? 132 00:05:26.519 --> 00:05:29.439 Did I ever tell you? One day? One day I 133 00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:32.319 had this youth group activity. I had a huge, huge 134 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:35.600 amount of visitors is back in the nineties, And then 135 00:05:35.639 --> 00:05:38.120 I was speaking in front of everybody, in front of 136 00:05:38.160 --> 00:05:40.360 the whole group, and I said, man, I walked around 137 00:05:40.480 --> 00:05:42.439 and I met everybody, and I looked in the front 138 00:05:42.480 --> 00:05:44.759 row and I said, you know, your name's like Sharon, right, 139 00:05:45.319 --> 00:05:49.759 And he goes, no, it's Todd. He had long brown hair, 140 00:05:50.279 --> 00:05:54.079 and I called him a girl in front of everybody. 141 00:05:54.720 --> 00:05:55.480 I did that. 142 00:05:55.480 --> 00:05:59.000 That's true. Super cool youth pastor Yeah, super cool youth 143 00:05:59.040 --> 00:06:01.519 pastor awesome, that's all right. 144 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:05.199 Number three? Would you rather trip every time you're trying 145 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:09.519 to look cool or burp loudly every time you're nervous? 146 00:06:11.279 --> 00:06:14.399 Wow, that's a tough one. Yeah. I think I would 147 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:15.360 rather trip. 148 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:17.319 Yeah, because then you can just stop trying to look cool. 149 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:19.439 Yeah. I was gonna say, I normally don't try to 150 00:06:19.480 --> 00:06:21.639 look cool, right, I gave, I gave up on that 151 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:22.480 a long time ago. 152 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:25.639 Yeah, And and and to burp every time you're nervous 153 00:06:25.800 --> 00:06:27.439 is amplifying the anxiety. 154 00:06:27.639 --> 00:06:30.639 Well, and you and I are public speakers, right, right, 155 00:06:30.759 --> 00:06:33.480 so people think that we don't have any nerves when 156 00:06:33.480 --> 00:06:35.920 it comes to speaking. It's just that we we direct 157 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:38.279 that energy, right, is the way you do. But there's 158 00:06:38.279 --> 00:06:39.519 still the nervousness of it. 159 00:06:39.759 --> 00:06:42.360 Sure. So, yeah, we're about to do twenty three identical 160 00:06:42.439 --> 00:06:43.199 Christmas services. 161 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:46.000 Yeah, you don't think we're nervous about that. It's coming, right, 162 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:46.600 And even. 163 00:06:46.480 --> 00:06:47.800 Though they're hearing this after. 164 00:06:47.680 --> 00:06:49.040 Ezech rights, I believe so. 165 00:06:49.079 --> 00:06:50.279 Yet it wasn't it great, Jeff? 166 00:06:50.360 --> 00:06:50.879 It was amazing. 167 00:06:50.920 --> 00:06:54.600 It not as good as you. 168 00:06:54.680 --> 00:06:57.240 Oh well, I think you tried. You tried your hardest, 169 00:06:57.240 --> 00:06:58.160 and that's what really counts. 170 00:06:58.319 --> 00:07:02.360 You bailed on the on the raise, Chris, all right. 171 00:07:02.480 --> 00:07:04.560 I started the praise, Chris, Yeah, and then you bail 172 00:07:04.600 --> 00:07:08.480 out it. Would you rather sweat glitter or cry confetti? 173 00:07:09.720 --> 00:07:14.480 Well, I'd rather I'd rather cry confetti. Yeah, Well, because 174 00:07:14.480 --> 00:07:16.120 glitter is from the pits of hellth. 175 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:20.319 Oh, I agree. Glitter should be banned. Yeah, there should 176 00:07:20.360 --> 00:07:25.120 be like a u N banning of it worldwide. Yeah, glitter. 177 00:07:25.279 --> 00:07:26.959 You know, I made a joke before and I said, 178 00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:28.600 I said, if you if I, if you ever send 179 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:31.160 me a card with glitter on it, you're going to 180 00:07:31.240 --> 00:07:35.160 not be my friend. And some person actually thought that 181 00:07:35.160 --> 00:07:36.519 it would be funny to send me a car with 182 00:07:36.519 --> 00:07:40.240 glitter after I said that, and I am still mad 183 00:07:40.519 --> 00:07:43.519 at him to this day. And he goes, he goes, oh, 184 00:07:43.519 --> 00:07:44.800 I thought it'd be funny, And I said, I don't 185 00:07:44.800 --> 00:07:48.160 think you heard me. I'm not joking. This isn't a game, 186 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:52.800 that's right. You think glitter falling out onto my desk 187 00:07:52.879 --> 00:07:56.439 and my carpet is funny. No, that that is unbelievably 188 00:07:57.079 --> 00:08:00.759 it's out ever, it's outrageously bad, yes, and so yeah, 189 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:01.639 it's not funny. 190 00:08:02.319 --> 00:08:04.399 I remember when my daughter was younger, she was like 191 00:08:04.439 --> 00:08:08.519 a tween, and she came home with some of that 192 00:08:08.680 --> 00:08:12.240 glittering little like uh, what do you call it? Like 193 00:08:12.480 --> 00:08:15.079 lip gluss lip bluss, yeah, And I was like, get 194 00:08:15.160 --> 00:08:17.639 rid of that. She's like why, I said, either get 195 00:08:17.720 --> 00:08:22.399 rid of your glitter or move out. She's like in 196 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:23.279 sixth grade. 197 00:08:24.759 --> 00:08:27.959 Or move out. That's great, all right? Last one? 198 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:28.439 I hate it. 199 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:31.040 Would you rather have to explain every joke you make 200 00:08:31.399 --> 00:08:37.240 or never be allowed to explain yourself ever again. Oh man, 201 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:39.799 that's all what a terrible. 202 00:08:40.519 --> 00:08:42.320 I think I would choose explain every. 203 00:08:42.159 --> 00:08:44.720 Joke me too. So we've agreed on all five. 204 00:08:44.840 --> 00:08:45.519 Did we really? 205 00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:47.720 Yeah? We really did? Yeah. 206 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:51.240 Well we're very similar similar today and I feel like 207 00:08:51.240 --> 00:08:53.000 I'm always having to explain all my jokes to you. 208 00:08:53.799 --> 00:08:55.799 Really are you saying they're complicated? 209 00:08:56.600 --> 00:08:57.440 I'm just over there with. 210 00:09:00.519 --> 00:09:00.559 Me? 211 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:03.799 What you mean? That is one of my that's one 212 00:09:03.840 --> 00:09:04.960 of my favorite cutdowns. 213 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:08.080 Look at the picture with the dog that I made, and. 214 00:09:08.159 --> 00:09:11.200 That is one of my favorite slams, is when somebody 215 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:14.559 is like disagreeing with me or acting like they don't 216 00:09:14.600 --> 00:09:15.840 understand why they say is all right, let me go 217 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:18.080 some carry on to see if I can explain explain 218 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:18.399 this to you. 219 00:09:18.559 --> 00:09:19.519 Yeah, that's really funny. 220 00:09:19.559 --> 00:09:21.919 Yeah, okay, all right, Well our time is up for 221 00:09:21.960 --> 00:09:25.440 the same awesome good John buddy. Yeah, well today. 222 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:30.360 Our time may be up for the segment, but we 223 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:32.559 have unlimited time in the Kingdom of God. 224 00:09:34.080 --> 00:09:36.240 Well, that's what we're talking about. That's true. I was 225 00:09:36.279 --> 00:09:39.679 going to say today we're talking about the Kingdom of God. 226 00:09:39.799 --> 00:09:43.960 Jesus is unpacking the values. We're supposed to have. That's 227 00:09:43.960 --> 00:09:48.320 the first twelve verses of the Book of Matthew chapter five, 228 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:52.080 and then the rest of Matthew five, all of six, 229 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:56.039 and all of seven. Jesus then unpacks the behaviors that 230 00:09:56.080 --> 00:09:58.279 are the result of the values we're supposed to have. 231 00:09:58.399 --> 00:10:00.879 So what you're really saying is the the sourl of 232 00:10:00.919 --> 00:10:02.960 the mount is Matthew five, six, seven. 233 00:10:03.360 --> 00:10:06.919 Yeah, oh no, I was avoiding that. Actually. 234 00:10:07.799 --> 00:10:08.159 Sorry. 235 00:10:08.360 --> 00:10:12.639 Yep, okay, anyways, here we go, my favorite middle schooler 236 00:10:12.720 --> 00:10:15.559 right here next to me. So here we go. Matthew 237 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:17.840 chapter five. It says, one day, as he saw the 238 00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:20.480 crowds gathering, Jesus went up on the mountain side and 239 00:10:20.519 --> 00:10:22.960 sat down in His disciples gathered around him, and he 240 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:26.519 began to teach them. God blesses those who are poor 241 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:29.120 and realize their need for Him, for the Kingdom of 242 00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:32.240 Heaven is theirs. God blesses those who mourn, for they 243 00:10:32.279 --> 00:10:35.480 will be comforted. God blesses those who are humble, for 244 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:38.399 they will inherit the whole earth. God blesses those who 245 00:10:38.440 --> 00:10:41.519 hunger and thirst for justice, for they will be satisfied. 246 00:10:42.080 --> 00:10:44.679 God blesses those who are merciful, for they will be 247 00:10:44.679 --> 00:10:48.200 shown mercy. God blesses those whose hearts are pure, for 248 00:10:48.279 --> 00:10:51.679 they will see God. God blesses those who work for peace, 249 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:54.200 for they will be called the children of God. And 250 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:56.960 God blesses those who are persecuted for doing right, for 251 00:10:57.039 --> 00:11:00.279 the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs. God blesses you when 252 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:02.639 people mock you and persecute you, and lie about you, 253 00:11:02.679 --> 00:11:05.279 and say all sorts of evil things against you, because 254 00:11:05.320 --> 00:11:08.159 you are my followers, be happy about it. Be very glad, 255 00:11:08.480 --> 00:11:11.159 for a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember 256 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:15.960 the ancient prophets were persecuted in the same way. So 257 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:17.679 those are what we call the Beatitudes. 258 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:22.879 Now we're in weersby Warren Whersby. Warren Wharsby, wasn't he 259 00:11:22.919 --> 00:11:24.159 the guy who wrote the Attitudes? 260 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:24.840 No? 261 00:11:24.720 --> 00:11:25.519 No, the Little Books? 262 00:11:26.360 --> 00:11:28.440 Oh, the b the B series, all the b Yeah, 263 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:29.000 the B series. 264 00:11:29.080 --> 00:11:31.799 Yeah yeah, yeah yeah. He's also the guy that actually 265 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:35.080 is the author for the study version of my Bible, 266 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:37.320 or the study portion of my Bible. This is the 267 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:41.919 Transformation Study Bible. Doctor Warren W. Whersby is the editor 268 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:43.000 for the Study portion. 269 00:11:42.799 --> 00:11:46.320 Of my He was one of the pastors of Moody 270 00:11:46.519 --> 00:11:48.799 Church in Chicago. Yeah, yeah, yeah, one of the great 271 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:49.960 churches in American history. 272 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:52.799 Yeah, and he yeah, but he wrote these little tiny 273 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:54.720 books in case you don't know what they are, and 274 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:56.559 there's what there's how many twelve books. 275 00:11:56.639 --> 00:11:57.360 It's a bunch of them. 276 00:11:57.480 --> 00:12:00.799 Yeah, and and they're they're called the b Series and 277 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:02.679 you could read one in fifteen minutes. 278 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:05.759 They're great. Yeah, they're great, really good Bible stock. 279 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:06.600 Yes, I agree. 280 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:14.559 So Jesus starts off saying, you'll be blessed if these 281 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:17.120 are your values. Right, God will bless you if these 282 00:12:17.120 --> 00:12:19.559 are your values. And then he ends And I just 283 00:12:19.559 --> 00:12:22.039 thought we could kind of bookend it and see what 284 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:25.200 his whole purpose behind it is. He ends it in 285 00:12:25.240 --> 00:12:31.080 Matthew seven, verse twenty one, and he says, is it 286 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:32.639 verse twenty one? Is that what I was going to read? 287 00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:35.279 What did I send to you? You're the one that 288 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:36.279 wrote I send it to you? 289 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:37.360 Oh you did? 290 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:39.600 Yeah? Let me let me look it up because I 291 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:43.320 don't want to mess this up. Yeah, twenty four. I'm 292 00:12:43.320 --> 00:12:45.799 reading twenty four. Anyone who listens to my teaching and 293 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:48.639 follows it is wise, like a person who builds a 294 00:12:48.639 --> 00:12:52.039 house on a solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents, 295 00:12:52.080 --> 00:12:55.360 and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house. 296 00:12:55.399 --> 00:12:58.799 It won't collapse because it's built on bedrock. But anyone 297 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:01.679 who hears my teaching and doesn't obey it is foolish, 298 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:04.399 like a person who builds a house on sand. When 299 00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:06.679 the rains and floods come and the winds beat against 300 00:13:06.679 --> 00:13:13.200 that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash. And 301 00:13:13.240 --> 00:13:15.679 then I'll just read this. It says when Jesus had 302 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:17.919 finished saying these things, the crowd were amazed at his teachings, 303 00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:21.120 for you taught with real authority, quite unlike their teachers 304 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:23.919 of religious law. So they were amazed by this message, 305 00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:26.039 which we're going to spend the next few weeks on packing. 306 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:30.759 Okay, so the message of the Sermon on the Mount 307 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:34.240 was given on the side of a hill with great acoustics. 308 00:13:34.399 --> 00:13:37.720 Yeah yeah, so yeah, Capernaum in Galilee, Yeah. 309 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:41.240 Yeah, yeah. And we've been on that site. Yeah yeah. 310 00:13:41.320 --> 00:13:43.840 So both of us at different times have been on 311 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:45.559 that site. Because I went to Israel in two thousand 312 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:46.320 and nine, you went. 313 00:13:46.279 --> 00:13:48.559 In twenty twenty three, twenty. 314 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:53.559 Twenty three, And yet it's really interesting how you can 315 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:55.919 stand on that hill and talk a great distance away 316 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:57.799 and you can actually hear. 317 00:13:58.759 --> 00:13:59.720 Yeah, it's like an amphitheater. 318 00:13:59.799 --> 00:14:01.519 Yeah, did they do that test for you? 319 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:03.240 No, we didn't go down that far. 320 00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:06.320 Okay, Yeah, it's very very interesting. And yeah, it's like 321 00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:09.960 it's almost like God. Like God wouldn't have to test 322 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:14.120 the acoustics. He would just know, right, Jesus would know 323 00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:18.399 when he was designing. I'm convinced that when he designed Israel, 324 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:23.519 he designed it four miracles and communication and sending his message. 325 00:14:23.639 --> 00:14:26.279 I believe he designed it that way. And I believe 326 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:28.440 that when he designed the Red Sea, he designed it 327 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:31.399 for a path for children of Israel to walk across. 328 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:35.080 He's planning ahead. I believe it. And so anyway, the 329 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:40.440 point is is that he delivers the sermon there, and 330 00:14:40.919 --> 00:14:45.080 even though it's found in Matthew's chapters five, six, and seven, 331 00:14:45.879 --> 00:14:50.960 it's really an isolated sermon incident. Right, So we read 332 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:53.399 it and we just sort of, you know, move on. 333 00:14:53.679 --> 00:14:56.000 We go from chapter four through chapter eight, nine, ten, 334 00:14:56.759 --> 00:14:59.039 and we view it as like good advice. But this 335 00:14:59.200 --> 00:15:02.960 was an event, and in this event was the longest 336 00:15:02.960 --> 00:15:04.240 sermon that Jesus ever gave. 337 00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:06.399 As a matter of fact, the notes here in the 338 00:15:06.440 --> 00:15:09.559 left application study Bible, say, Matthew five through seven is 339 00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:11.240 called the Sermon on the Mount because Jesus gave it 340 00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:15.039 on the hillside near Capernaum. To your point, this sermon 341 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:20.200 probably covered several days of preaching, which I've read before. 342 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:22.759 I don't know why they think that, but I've read 343 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:26.000 different scholars say this was more than likely. It was 344 00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:28.799 like summary of multiple days of preaching. 345 00:15:29.559 --> 00:15:33.159 That's how they depicted it. On the Chosen, I mean, 346 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:36.639 they do their research on the Chosen to an extensive degree, 347 00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:40.879 even though they take liberties with the unspokens. But on 348 00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:42.840 the Sermon of the Mount, it was over several days. 349 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:45.639 Several days. It makes sense to me because it's all 350 00:15:45.639 --> 00:15:48.080 a bunch of one liners for the most part, or 351 00:15:48.639 --> 00:15:50.679 a one liner and then a little bit of unpacking 352 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:53.159 and then a one liner or another. That's really almost 353 00:15:53.200 --> 00:15:55.960 the whole message, is that way little summary statements where 354 00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:58.279 you know there's way more. It's why we can preach 355 00:15:58.320 --> 00:16:00.559 for weeks and weeks and weeks on this and not 356 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:03.600 covered all is because the Bible says so much more 357 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:07.120 about every single topic Jesus preaches, and so it really 358 00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:10.200 does seem like this is a summary of multiple days 359 00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:13.600 of preaching. Anyways, it says in it, Jesus taught people 360 00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:16.799 what God's kingdom is meant to be. Position, authority, and 361 00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:19.879 money are not important his kingdom. What matters is faithful 362 00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:22.120 obedience to God from the heart, which leads to genuine 363 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:25.639 love for God and others and transforms lives, communities, and nations. 364 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:28.279 The Sermon on the Mount challenges the proud and legalistic 365 00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:30.639 religious leaders of the day. It called them back to 366 00:16:30.679 --> 00:16:33.360 the messages of the Old Testament prophets who like Jesus 367 00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:36.200 taught that heartfelt devotion to God and loving service to 368 00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:39.320 others matter more than religious observance. So that's really what 369 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:41.440 he's getting after here. There is a point where he 370 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:46.360 goes after the religious elite, the Pharisees and those, but 371 00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:49.399 for the most part he's unpacking. This is what it 372 00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:50.879 means to be one of my followers. 373 00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:54.440 I read a note on Matthew five on the Sermon 374 00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:57.720 of the Mount that was really interesting because it says this. 375 00:16:58.000 --> 00:17:02.200 I never thought about this, he says. Wheersby says, the 376 00:17:02.200 --> 00:17:04.440 Sermon on the Mountain is one of the most misunderstood 377 00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:08.920 messages that Jesus ever gave. In that a statement he said. 378 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:11.400 One group says that it's God's plan of salvation, that 379 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:13.920 if we have to that if we ever hope to 380 00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:16.799 go to heaven, we must obey the rules. Is there 381 00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:18.599 a group that actually takes the Sermon on the Mountain? 382 00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:21.799 Says that apparently because he's because he says, your righteousness 383 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:23.720 has must exceed exceed the Pharisees. 384 00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:25.039 That's what we're talking about that tomorrow. 385 00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:27.799 Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, maybe that's why, he says. Another 386 00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:32.759 group calls it a charter for world peace and begs 387 00:17:32.799 --> 00:17:35.079 the nations of the earth to accept it. Still, a 388 00:17:35.119 --> 00:17:36.960 third group tells us that the Sermon on the mount 389 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:39.640 Ready for this does not apply today, and that it 390 00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:42.000 will apply sometime in the future, perhaps during the tribulation 391 00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:43.079 of the millennial Kingdom. 392 00:17:43.119 --> 00:17:46.079 What when Jesus said, this is what it's like in 393 00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:46.599 my kingdom. 394 00:17:46.680 --> 00:17:51.119 Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, so so so pretty crazy there, Yeah, right, 395 00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:54.799 when clearly these are you know, these are applications and 396 00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:59.880 commands for today, living now with one another. 397 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:01.920 Yeah, well, I think I think people are always looking 398 00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:05.440 humans Christians too, always looking for reasons to not have 399 00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:09.599 to obey, right, And so you find because it's hard 400 00:18:09.880 --> 00:18:13.160 the things he's gonna say some of my least favorite 401 00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:16.960