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 00:00:11.279 --> 00:00:13.679 Hey, everybody, good morning and welcome to the Bible Gay. 5 00:00:13.720 --> 00:00:16.519 We've got a good day for you. Chris. This is 6 00:00:16.559 --> 00:00:21.199 one of my favorite new segments. It is Remember I 7 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:23.600 demanded we do this segment two or three times a week. 8 00:00:23.839 --> 00:00:25.239 It's your favorite because it was your idea. 9 00:00:25.280 --> 00:00:27.519 Oh, I love it. I love it. So we had 10 00:00:27.559 --> 00:00:30.960 this idea a couple weeks ago about we need a 11 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:33.240 good theme song because we were looking at our roll 12 00:00:33.280 --> 00:00:38.320 in write those big guys on the screens are Yeah, 13 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:40.320 it's just been and we don't have a theme song. 14 00:00:40.960 --> 00:00:42.840 So we're just trying to think up theme songs. So 15 00:00:42.880 --> 00:00:47.240 then we decided what we should do is have AI 16 00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:50.960 help us write theme songs. Right, and so here I 17 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:54.399 did chat GPT one, which is maybe one of the 18 00:00:54.399 --> 00:00:57.399 most logical versions of chat GPT, and I said, help 19 00:00:57.479 --> 00:00:59.840 me write a theme song with lyrics for a pod 20 00:01:00.119 --> 00:01:02.719 cast called The Bible Guys where two friends talk about 21 00:01:02.719 --> 00:01:05.000 the Bible and fun and practical ways. Make the theme 22 00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:08.439 song lighthearted and fun and set into the tune of 23 00:01:08.519 --> 00:01:13.159 Dukes of Hazard. That's hilarious, okay, and it worked through 24 00:01:13.159 --> 00:01:15.200 it and it says that it helped us out with 25 00:01:15.239 --> 00:01:18.599 the copyright stuff and all that. And then it says, 26 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:20.680 I'm shaping the theme song for the Bible Guys with 27 00:01:20.719 --> 00:01:23.079 a fun, comedic vibe, keeping it brief to fit the 28 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:26.359 original structure, assuring it's interesting and lively. So I send 29 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:28.400 it to you and then you should be Yeah. 30 00:01:28.719 --> 00:01:30.959 But by the way, anybody under thirty five doesn't know 31 00:01:31.000 --> 00:01:31.480 this tune. 32 00:01:31.640 --> 00:01:34.680 Oh come on, man, I think anybody under thirty five 33 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:37.840 should spend half a day listening to Waylan Jennings anyways. 34 00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:39.760 No kidding, yes, just a good old boy. 35 00:01:40.439 --> 00:01:44.840 You shading it, never meaning no harm there it is tall. 36 00:01:44.959 --> 00:01:46.920 You never saw a whole been in trouble with the 37 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:48.640 law since the day you was born. 38 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:49.719 Yeah, that's good. 39 00:01:49.879 --> 00:01:51.519 They was born since the day they was since the 40 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:52.159 day they were born. 41 00:01:52.280 --> 00:01:55.640 Yeah all right. So you you want me to. 42 00:01:55.239 --> 00:01:58.319 This, yeah? Yeah, So this is for me. This is 43 00:01:58.359 --> 00:02:01.599 the Yeah that is a raspy voice today. 44 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:02.760 Yeah I got I lost my voice. 45 00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:05.480 Yeah yeah, okay, So here's the Bible Guy's theme song 46 00:02:05.519 --> 00:02:08.879 to the tune of the Duke's Ahead. Mike Whaling proud. 47 00:02:09.319 --> 00:02:17.280 Just two Bible guys, never out to a fan talking 48 00:02:17.319 --> 00:02:23.039 about Jesus and how his love will never end, reading 49 00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:30.479 those pages with a laugh and a grin, sharing truths 50 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:31.639 from the good books. 51 00:02:31.719 --> 00:02:32.960 So come on in. 52 00:02:34.759 --> 00:02:43.879 The Bible guys, keeping it light, shining some grace. 53 00:02:43.599 --> 00:02:44.599 And having fun. 54 00:02:44.800 --> 00:02:49.840 So meach night and from Jena's sister revelation, that's a 55 00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:50.280 weird one. 56 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:56.159 They'll guide you through, Chris, grab. 57 00:02:55.840 --> 00:02:58.159 Your seat and tune in and they'll share the good 58 00:02:58.199 --> 00:02:58.960 news with you. 59 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:02.599 That's great. 60 00:03:02.639 --> 00:03:05.280 It goes back to the course through the Bible, guys, 61 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:11.560 keeping in lying, shot in some grace and head night. 62 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:14.199 There you go, man, Chris, yep. 63 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:15.800 And then and then at the end he goes, yea, 64 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:20.000 y'all come back. Now you're here. 65 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:23.199 It says, we'll be flipping those pages bringing laughter and 66 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:24.240 hope for all ages. 67 00:03:25.800 --> 00:03:26.840 That's the that's the. 68 00:03:26.840 --> 00:03:36.199 That's the man up up in heaven or wherever. Uh. 69 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:39.000 Johnny Cash and Whaling Jennings are just sitting there clapping. 70 00:03:39.039 --> 00:03:39.199 Man. 71 00:03:39.240 --> 00:03:43.080 They are thrilled. Oh yeah, I think so. I think so. 72 00:03:43.520 --> 00:03:47.240 I think so. You may wailing proud right there? You 73 00:03:47.240 --> 00:03:49.759 should you should say it no way, Yeah, I agree. 74 00:03:49.800 --> 00:03:52.840 I'm not going to do it. Nope, that's for you. No, yes, 75 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:53.439 good job. 76 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:56.199 I think listen, you're going with the new ideas. 77 00:03:56.719 --> 00:03:59.919 So they're for you. My idea was it didn't have 78 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:01.680 me in my mind at all. It was only for you. 79 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:02.680 So good job. 80 00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:03.280 I see. 81 00:04:03.800 --> 00:04:09.120 Well hey, uh, speaking of good ideas. Oh, you know 82 00:04:09.159 --> 00:04:13.639 how God had the idea that Jonah should go to. 83 00:04:12.840 --> 00:04:15.199 Yeah, this is getting also getting more, it's getting worse. 84 00:04:15.400 --> 00:04:17.920 He also had this good idea that Amos should go 85 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:25.959 to Israel. Wow. So they were contemporaries. Amos and Jonah 86 00:04:25.959 --> 00:04:30.360 were contemporaries, and Jonah was sent to Syria what is 87 00:04:30.399 --> 00:04:34.399 modern day Syria Assyria back then, and Amos was sent 88 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:35.079 to Israel. 89 00:04:35.319 --> 00:04:37.759 Yeah, you know what, it was God's good idea. 90 00:04:37.759 --> 00:04:40.199 It's a good idea, good idea. 91 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:44.480 You know, you could literally trans transition every segment that way. 92 00:04:44.319 --> 00:04:47.160 And that was a good idea, speaking a good ideas, 93 00:04:47.839 --> 00:04:49.079 just pig any story in the Bible. 94 00:04:49.920 --> 00:04:51.000 It was God's idea for this. 95 00:04:52.399 --> 00:04:56.279 So so the Book of Jonah is only four chapters long. Yeah, 96 00:04:56.319 --> 00:04:59.560 and the Book of Amos is what six. 97 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:03.680 Oh, guys, keep in light, you know how when it 98 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:05.639 goes to the Bible, guys, you know, like there's a 99 00:05:05.759 --> 00:05:06.360 harmony there. 100 00:05:06.519 --> 00:05:07.439 Yes, it's the Bible. 101 00:05:07.560 --> 00:05:11.160 Guys, guys, you should you should do that with me. 102 00:05:11.240 --> 00:05:13.079 Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm going to pass. I'm going to 103 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:16.639 pass on that. Yeah. So here we go. It's, uh, 104 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:19.439 the Book of Amos is only what nine chapters long 105 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:22.079 or something like that, and most of it is it's 106 00:05:22.160 --> 00:05:25.000 kind of a thus saith the Lord kind of a yeah, 107 00:05:25.079 --> 00:05:29.360 it's Amos doesn't write much of a story. Amos is 108 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:31.560 just saying, so God said this about this kingdom. God 109 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:34.199 says this about this kingdom. God says this about this kingdom, 110 00:05:34.480 --> 00:05:36.759 and he names all these kingdoms and what God's going 111 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:39.000 to do as a result of the rebellion against him. 112 00:05:39.279 --> 00:05:41.439 Right, are we reading all of Amos? 113 00:05:41.480 --> 00:05:46.040 I don't know, but we're reading Amos one one through 114 00:05:46.079 --> 00:05:46.480 two three. 115 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:47.560 Well, I just glanced. 116 00:05:47.879 --> 00:05:50.120 It looks like it we're going through. We're going We're 117 00:05:50.120 --> 00:05:52.959 gonna get it. Hey, this might be the first time. 118 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:56.920 Well it's certainly for us. For us, we have gone 119 00:05:56.920 --> 00:05:57.680 through it for sure. 120 00:05:57.800 --> 00:06:00.360 Yeah, So here we go. And Amos chapter one it 121 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:02.639 says this message was given to Amos a shepherd from 122 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:05.759 the town of Tacoa and Judah. Remember that lady from 123 00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:11.279 Tacoah that helped negotiate peace between Absolom and David. That's 124 00:06:11.319 --> 00:06:13.839 the second time to CoA is mentioned in the bibalry there. Oh, 125 00:06:14.360 --> 00:06:18.360 they received this message envisions two years before the earthquake. Oh, okay, 126 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:21.600 when Uziah was king of Judah and Jereboem the second, 127 00:06:21.639 --> 00:06:24.720 the son of Jehoash, was king of Israel. This is 128 00:06:24.759 --> 00:06:28.279 what he saw and heard. The Lord's voice will roar 129 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:31.519 from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem. The lush pastures of 130 00:06:31.560 --> 00:06:34.079 the shepherds will dry up. The grass on Mount Carmel 131 00:06:34.360 --> 00:06:36.839 will wither and die. This is what the Lord says. 132 00:06:37.079 --> 00:06:39.959 The people of Damascus have sinned again and again, and 133 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:42.639 I will not let them go unpunished. They beat down 134 00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:45.800 my people in Gilead. His grain is threshed with iron sledges. 135 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:49.319 So I was sent down. Fire on King Hazel's palace, 136 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:53.360 and the fortresses of King ben Hadad will be destroyed. 137 00:06:53.639 --> 00:06:55.759 I will break down the gates of Damascus and slaughter 138 00:06:55.800 --> 00:06:58.680 the people in the valley of Avon. I will destroy 139 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:00.800 the ruler and beth Eden, and the people of aramill 140 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:03.439 go as captives to Kur, says the Lord. This is 141 00:07:03.439 --> 00:07:05.040 what the Lord says. The people of Godz that have 142 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:07.920 sinned again and again. I will not let them go unpunished. 143 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:11.120 They sent whole villages into exile, selling them as slaves 144 00:07:11.160 --> 00:07:13.240 to eat them. So I will send down fire on 145 00:07:13.279 --> 00:07:15.720 the walls of Gaza, and all its fortresses will be destroyed. 146 00:07:16.040 --> 00:07:18.600 I will slaughter the people of Ashdod and destroy the 147 00:07:18.680 --> 00:07:21.360 king of Ashkalan. Then I will turn to attack Ekron, 148 00:07:21.399 --> 00:07:23.959 and the few Philistines still left will be killed, says 149 00:07:23.959 --> 00:07:26.480 the sovereign Lord. This is what the Lord says. The 150 00:07:26.480 --> 00:07:28.720 people of Tire have sinned again and again. I will 151 00:07:28.720 --> 00:07:31.199 not let them go unpunished. They broke their treaty of 152 00:07:31.199 --> 00:07:35.319 brotherhood with Israel, selling whole villages as slaves to eat them. 153 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:37.600 So I will send down fire on the walls of Tire. 154 00:07:37.839 --> 00:07:40.600 All its fortresses will be destroyed. This is what the 155 00:07:40.600 --> 00:07:43.160 Lord says. The people of Edom have sinned again and again, 156 00:07:43.199 --> 00:07:45.480 and I will not let them go unpunished. They chase 157 00:07:45.519 --> 00:07:48.480 down their relatives the Israelites with swords, showing them no 158 00:07:48.600 --> 00:07:51.759 mercy in their rage. They slashed them continuously and were 159 00:07:51.839 --> 00:07:54.480 unrelenting in their anger. So I will send down fire 160 00:07:54.519 --> 00:07:57.439 on Teamen and the fortresses of baser be destroyed. This 161 00:07:57.480 --> 00:07:59.720 is what the Lord says. This is very encouraging, by 162 00:07:59.720 --> 00:08:01.480 the way. Yeah, I'm just. 163 00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:02.879 Trying to take it all in and thinking, what are 164 00:08:02.920 --> 00:08:03.639 we going to talk about. 165 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:05.800 The people of Amon have sinned again and again, and 166 00:08:05.839 --> 00:08:07.759 I will not let them go unpunished. And when they 167 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:11.680 attacked Gilead to extend their borders, they ripped open pregnant 168 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:13.920 women with their swords. So I will send down fire 169 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:15.959 on the walls of Raba and all its fortresses to 170 00:08:16.040 --> 00:08:18.720 be destroyed. The battle will come upon them with shouts 171 00:08:18.720 --> 00:08:20.600 like a whirlwind in a mighty storm, and their king 172 00:08:20.639 --> 00:08:23.560 and their princes will go into exile together, says the Lord. 173 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:25.800 This is what the Lord says. The people of Moab 174 00:08:25.839 --> 00:08:28.000 have sinned again and again. I will not let them 175 00:08:28.040 --> 00:08:31.199 go unpunished. They desecrated the bones of Edom's king, burning 176 00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:33.120 them to ashes, and so I will send down fire 177 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:35.360 on the land of Moab, and all the fortresses and 178 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:38.159 carry out will be destroyed. People fall into the noise 179 00:08:38.200 --> 00:08:41.000 of battle as the warriors shout and the ramshorns sounds, 180 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:43.720 and I will destroy their king and slaughter all their princes, 181 00:08:43.720 --> 00:08:48.360 says the Lord. There you go, Oh, we're done. That's it. 182 00:08:49.320 --> 00:08:51.320 We got to two three and that's where I was 183 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:53.879 supposed to endow. That's a rough one, buddy. 184 00:08:54.759 --> 00:08:58.120 Well, let's start off with this really cool note from 185 00:08:58.120 --> 00:09:01.720 the Life Application Study Bible. Yes, it says Amos served 186 00:09:01.720 --> 00:09:04.759 as a prophet to Israel, which is the Northern Kingdom, 187 00:09:05.159 --> 00:09:09.919 from seven sixty to seven point fifty BC, and it 188 00:09:09.919 --> 00:09:13.559 says his main message is that Amos spoke against those 189 00:09:13.600 --> 00:09:19.200 who exploited or ignored the needy. That's interesting and the 190 00:09:19.240 --> 00:09:22.679 importance of his message believing in God is more than 191 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:25.440 a matter of individual faith. God calls all believers to 192 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:30.639 work against injustices in society to aid those less fortunate. 193 00:09:30.720 --> 00:09:32.960 Wow, that was his the heart of his message. 194 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:36.440 Yeh, yeah's interesting. I mean we just read the first chapter. 195 00:09:36.559 --> 00:09:40.000 Yeah yeah, yeah, but still that's pretty cool. That's good context, 196 00:09:40.080 --> 00:09:44.679 right right. Yeah. So so Tyre was one of the 197 00:09:44.720 --> 00:09:48.840 two major cities in Phoenicia. Several treaties had been made 198 00:09:48.919 --> 00:09:51.600 with this city, which supplied the cedar used to build 199 00:09:51.759 --> 00:09:55.600 David's Palace in God's Temple. Yeah, it's interesting. 200 00:09:56.039 --> 00:10:00.879 So there's a I think an interesting thing. God sends 201 00:10:01.480 --> 00:10:06.720 these prophets Jonah Amos Nahem is another one that was 202 00:10:06.759 --> 00:10:09.639 in the same They were all contemporaries Micah. And they 203 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:13.960 go and they confront the different rulers and leaders, and 204 00:10:14.200 --> 00:10:16.399 you know, the rulers aren't happy when God's giving. What 205 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:18.480 in the world you guys doing. You're all living like 206 00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:23.440 horrible people. And so God saying, I'm recognizing as a 207 00:10:23.440 --> 00:10:25.320 matter of fact. In verse two, it says, the Lord's 208 00:10:25.399 --> 00:10:28.879 voice will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem. Right, 209 00:10:29.639 --> 00:10:33.360 God is just telling them off at this point, and 210 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:36.080 so the people would have been thrilled. Yeah, you go 211 00:10:36.159 --> 00:10:39.320 get those people in Damascus, God, they make us mad, right, 212 00:10:39.440 --> 00:10:42.519 or those people in Gaza. Those Philistines are horrible people. 213 00:10:42.840 --> 00:10:44.799 And then finally, you know, he gets down there. He's 214 00:10:44.799 --> 00:10:47.919 got Moab here, all these things. So the Bible says 215 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:55.440 he goes through how many kingdoms, I don't know, it's 216 00:10:55.480 --> 00:10:59.919 about eight eight kingdoms something like that, and the people 217 00:11:00.080 --> 00:11:02.039 love it until he gets to Judah in Israel, which 218 00:11:02.080 --> 00:11:04.200 is tomorrow, tomorrow we're going to talk about it. So 219 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:06.639 they're like, yes, you get those Philistines, you get the 220 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:10.320 right and so they're kind of cheering God on I 221 00:11:10.360 --> 00:11:14.240 thinks as they hear about God's judgment against Amen and 222 00:11:14.279 --> 00:11:17.840 against Edom and against Tire and against Moab and against 223 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:22.519 you know, all these wicked, wicked people. And then God says, hey, 224 00:11:22.559 --> 00:11:24.559 I haven't forgotten about what you're doing either, Judah, I 225 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:26.840 haven't forgot about what you're doing either, Israel. That's that's 226 00:11:26.840 --> 00:11:33.240 what we're talking about tomorrow. But I would say, God, 227 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:37.879 some of these things seem really bad. Like when he 228 00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:41.879 talks about Moab. You know who was it Moab hurting 229 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:48.639 Amen Amen, right, which is part of modern day Jordan. Now, 230 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:52.039 you know, doing horrible things of pregnant women. But the 231 00:11:52.039 --> 00:11:54.840 other one, Moab, for instance, it's it's it seems like 232 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:58.399 a little thing. They desecrated the bones of Edam's king. Right. 233 00:11:58.879 --> 00:12:01.080 So God sees the big things and the little things. 234 00:12:01.200 --> 00:12:03.519 God's not just going, oh hey, it's a light thing, 235 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:05.919 or you know, I'm gonna I'm gonna wink wink wink 236 00:12:05.919 --> 00:12:07.679 at that little thing, but boy, I'm gonna be mad 237 00:12:07.720 --> 00:12:10.240 at this big thing. God's saying, hey, I'm paying attention 238 00:12:10.279 --> 00:12:15.159 to all injustices, everything that is wicked, everything that is 239 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:18.360 is wrong. I'm going to bring you to judgment. And 240 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:20.720 in the same way that he sent Jonah up to 241 00:12:20.799 --> 00:12:23.399 ninev noticed they did. He doesn't mention the Assyrians at 242 00:12:23.399 --> 00:12:26.159 all in this. In the same way I'm sending Jonah 243 00:12:26.200 --> 00:12:31.039 to Nineveh, I'm sending Amos to Ammen and Damascus and 244 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:36.440 Gaza and Edom and Moab. And there's no indication that 245 00:12:36.480 --> 00:12:39.440 any of them ever turned yeah, right, they didn't repair. 246 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:41.799 So the difference between the Jonah story and this is 247 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:45.399 why it follows immediately after, I think, is the difference 248 00:12:45.440 --> 00:12:48.399 between the Jonah story and which gets four whole chapters 249 00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:51.799 just about how Ninevah turns. It's not about Jonah, right, 250 00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:54.639 it's amazing to us when we read about this fish 251 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:56.840 that swallows this sky, but it was really all about 252 00:12:56.879 --> 00:12:59.519 the repentance of the city of Ninevah, right, and then 253 00:12:59.559 --> 00:13:03.080 these people. Amos comes with a very similar prophecy, right 254 00:13:03.159 --> 00:13:06.399 and goes, hey, judgment's coming on you people, and it doesn't. Ever, 255 00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:09.600 there's no indication that they any of these groups ever repented. 256 00:13:10.279 --> 00:13:14.519 And so God gives equal opportunity, but only some respond 257 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:16.840 I think is a big part of that. So responding 258 00:13:17.240 --> 00:13:22.080 brought peace and prosperity to Nineveh. Not responding to God's 259 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:24.519 judgment calls brings judgment. 260 00:13:25.600 --> 00:13:29.080 You know what that verse reminded me of. I mean, 261 00:13:29.200 --> 00:13:30.919 I just don't want to ignore it. It says when they 262 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:34.200 attacked Gilead to extend their borders, they ripped open pregnant 263 00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:35.159 women with their swords. 264 00:13:35.960 --> 00:13:38.240 It's it's it's one of the worst. 265 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:40.279 Verses in the Bible, right, I mean, that's that's got 266 00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:41.639 a rank up there, doesn't. 267 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:41.960 It pretty horrible? 268 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:44.960 It's pretty horrible. And so I just left to myself, like, 269 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:47.480 you know what it reminds me of. It reminds me 270 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:52.320 that you and I just, no matter how hard we try, 271 00:13:52.440 --> 00:13:56.480 we cannot wrap our minds around the mentality and the 272 00:13:56.519 --> 00:14:02.200 mindset and the experiences the evil that existed back then. Like, 273 00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:06.120 for instance, it speaks into like even remember when I 274 00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:07.440 mentioned yesterday and I said. 275 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:08.879 Well, let's get going of the benefit of doubt. 276 00:14:09.080 --> 00:14:12.559 He's probably remembering the atrocities of the Assyrians, what they 277 00:14:12.559 --> 00:14:15.639 did as people. That's the kind of stuff that they 278 00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:17.279 live with. And you know what I also thought of. 279 00:14:17.320 --> 00:14:19.480 I thought of, like, have you ever seen those things 280 00:14:19.720 --> 00:14:22.240 where you and I are in our early fifties. Have 281 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:25.240 you ever seen those things where it's like, man, they 282 00:14:25.279 --> 00:14:28.039 held nothing back in the eighties, you know, remember, so 283 00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:29.840 you'll see like a clip or an Instagram reel or 284 00:14:29.879 --> 00:14:33.639 something where it's like, wow, you guys really were harsh 285 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:34.360 in the eighties. 286 00:14:34.639 --> 00:14:36.480 You know, like you guys called each. 287 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:39.000 Other dumb and this and that, you know, and you 288 00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:41.039 sort of bullied each other and you did this kind 289 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:42.720 of mentality and all that. 290 00:14:42.799 --> 00:14:45.440 But like just the mentality of like. 291 00:14:45.480 --> 00:14:49.399 Working and you know, like shoveling snow, I mean, just 292 00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:51.919 whatever it is that they sort of point out. The 293 00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:54.279 younger generation looks back and goes, man, you guys were 294 00:14:54.279 --> 00:14:57.639 harsh in the eighties, right, and think about the jump 295 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:02.919 right from from my children to when we were kids, 296 00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:05.879 the jump from us all the way back to the 297 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:09.240 Old Testament in the times of Amos. Right, the mentality 298 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:12.879 was so harsh that it's just unbelievable, which, by the way, 299 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:14.440 really truly. 300 00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:16.519 Does help us, you know when we do. 301 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:21.519 You know, read about for instance, God's punishments, sure, right, 302 00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:24.399 you know, like like God's you know, like how he's 303 00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:27.440 just how he'll you know, swiftly execute you know, his 304 00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:31.399 mercies and his judgment and all things like that. It's 305 00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:33.679 like the mentality of what these kids must have grown 306 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:36.120 up with. They must have seen things and been a 307 00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:38.919 part of things by the time they were just toddlers 308 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:43.519 that you and I probably could not even fathom. Yeah right, yeah, yeah, 309 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:44.799 it's interesting. 310 00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:48.120 So there's a note here for this whole section that 311 00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:51.879 we read in Amos chapter one through two says the 312 00:15:51.919 --> 00:15:55.440 people have sinned again, and again is the accusation, and 313 00:15:55.480 --> 00:15:57.639 God says, I will not let them go unpunished. And 314 00:15:57.639 --> 00:16:01.080 this echoes through these verses as God evaluates nation after nation, 315 00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:05.320 each nation had persistently refused to follow God's commands, a 316 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:07.960 sinful practice that can become a way of life. Well 317 00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:11.360 that's really powerful, yep. Ignoring or denying the problem will 318 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:14.000 not help us. We must begin the process of correction 319 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:16.480 by confessing our sins to God and asking him to 320 00:16:16.519 --> 00:16:19.000 forgive us. Otherwise we have no hope but to continue 321 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:22.039 our pattern or sin, which ultimately brings judgment. And that's 322 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:24.000 what I was trying to differentiate between what happened with 323 00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:28.159 Nineveh and these other eight you know, groups or things. 324 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:31.240 So here's the thing, and I taught on this one time, 325 00:16:31.240 --> 00:16:33.759 which is kind of neat, But there's a note here 326 00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:39.840 that talks about Amos. Right, So the very first verse, 327 00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:42.120 this message was given to Amos, a shepherd from the 328 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:46.039 town of Tacoa and Judah, and he received this message 329 00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:47.639 from God and then he took it to the kings. 330 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:52.759 Says Amos. Raised sheep not a particularly spiritual job, yet 331 00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:55.840 he became a channel of God's message to others. Your 332 00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:58.799 job may not cause you to feel spiritual or successful, 333 00:16:59.000 --> 00:17:01.559 but it's vital work. If you're in the place God 334 00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:03.639 wants you to be, God can work through you to 335 00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:07.480 do extraordinary things, no matter how ordinary your occupation. Yeah right, 336 00:17:07.759 --> 00:17:09.599 I love that. So this is just a shepherd guy. 337 00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:11.480 It's like King David, It's like some of the others, 338 00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:14.160 you know. They just start off very, very simple, normal, 339 00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:17.200 every day This is just a standard blue collar kind 340 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:20.960 of a job. And God says, Amos, you're the one 341 00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:24.039 I want to use. You're available, and you've got the 342 00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:26.359 skill set I need. I'm going to send you. And 343 00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:28.599 Amos would have had the same kind of excuses that 344 00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:31.480 Moses had. Moses like, oh God, I don't speak very well, 345 00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:34.599 not me, I shouldn't go right. Different people throughout the 346 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:37.160 Bible have used excuses as to why God shouldn't use them. 347 00:17:37.880 --> 00:17:41.279 But the reality is, if you're doing what God designed 348 00:17:41.319 --> 00:17:44.200 you to do. If you're serving and you're willing to 349 00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:48.319 let God use your talents and your abilities, God will 350 00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:50.960 do greater things than what you think your station in 351 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:51.440 life is. 352 00:17:51.720 --> 00:17:51.799 Right. 353 00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:54.640 Yeah, and by the way, he also grew figs. 354 00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:55.240 Yeah. 355 00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:58.440 Yeah, so he's a fig grower. So I mean think 356 00:17:58.480 --> 00:18:00.640 about that. It's just how much more or playing can 357 00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:01.319 you possibly get? 358 00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:01.759 Yet? Yeah? 359 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:03.640 I like fi have you ever? 360 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:06.920 I'm not saying I don't like figs. I'm just saying, like, 361 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:08.400 what does it take to be a fig grower? 362 00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:09.920 I bought some fake jam the other day. 363 00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:11.839 It's not like I mean, you know, I guess, I 364 00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:13.599 guess you're a farmer if you're a fig grower. 365 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:15.759 But yeah, so I think he's kind of a rancher. 366 00:18:16.160 --> 00:18:17.559 He's a shepherd and a fig grower. 367 00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:19.319 Yeah, yeah for sure. 368 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:23.839 Hey, when you were in Israel, Jordan or any of 369 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:29.079 that area, did you come across a lot of shepherds? 370 00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:29.519 Yes? 371 00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:32.319 Yes, and what they were just sort of wandering by 372 00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:32.920 the side of the road. 373 00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:35.160 We're just walking with their sheep. Keep an eye. Usually 374 00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:38.160 it's young boys. Yeah, they got sticks, yeah right, they're 375 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:40.799 kind of keeping the sheep going in the right direction. Yeah. 376 00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:43.039 In Jordan, it seemed like they always had a dog 377 00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:46.599 with them, so it be a boy or two with 378 00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:48.039 a bunch of sheep. Dog. 379 00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:49.559 Hey, just for fun, I'm going to tell you this 380 00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:51.839 quick story. I was in India one time and you know, 381 00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:54.839 the traffic been an idiot, It's crazy. The traffic is crazy. 382 00:18:54.839 --> 00:18:57.720 It's unlike anything I ever seen. Right, So my buddy 383 00:18:58.400 --> 00:19:01.240 at the time said, hey, let's ride motorcycles to this 384 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:04.119 church plant. And so I literally was on a motorcycle 385 00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:07.319 in India and so we were. We all took them, and 386 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:09.240 there must have been twenty of us. We were in 387 00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:12.599 this caravan, and it's just crazy. So as you're going 388 00:19:12.599 --> 00:19:14.880 through India, which has like a billion people within a 389 00:19:14.920 --> 00:19:17.400 one square mile, it seems like it's like there's no 390 00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:19.559 room in between the cars, and there's no rules and 391 00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:21.400 there's no there's no guidelines on the streets. 392 00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:23.079 Everybody just goes where there's room. 393 00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:26.240 So literally, we're going in between the cars and we're 394 00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:28.960 barely fitting and we're going through. And then anyway, so 395 00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:32.359 we turned this corner and as we were riding, we 396 00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:36.079 came across these goats on the side of the road 397 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:38.640 and I'm telling you they were there were six hundred 398 00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:39.519 goats and. 399 00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:41.359 They took up almost the whole road and we almost 400 00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:43.480 hit them, and so it's like and it's like we're 401 00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:46.240