WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.760 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to the Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.680 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun in 3 00:00:06.519 --> 00:00:12.800 practical ways. Hey, everybody, welcome to the Bible guys. 4 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:13.880 Man, it's good to be here. 5 00:00:13.919 --> 00:00:15.919 It is good to be here. We are very excited 6 00:00:16.079 --> 00:00:20.559 for this segment in particular because we have to. 7 00:00:20.519 --> 00:00:23.120 Be because that's why we're here. 8 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:26.719 That's it. I was just trying to make something up 9 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:30.559 on the spot. So yeah, but it's always exciting. I 10 00:00:30.800 --> 00:00:33.000 always think every segment is going to be great because, 11 00:00:33.359 --> 00:00:36.960 you know, discovering new truths. By the way, I wasn't 12 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:39.240 planning on saying this, but that is my spiritual pathway. 13 00:00:39.399 --> 00:00:41.920 Did you know that discovering new truths? Yeah? 14 00:00:41.960 --> 00:00:43.920 So, like, like you know, there's if you read. 15 00:00:43.799 --> 00:00:45.759 That, you're where Solent said there's nothing new on it. Sun. 16 00:00:46.479 --> 00:00:49.039 Well, in God's word, illumination is new all the time. 17 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:52.200 It's not it's just new to me. It's new to me. 18 00:00:52.359 --> 00:00:55.560 Oh okay, okay, so uh but theh but the bottom 19 00:00:55.560 --> 00:00:58.320 line is, you know, there's different pathways where you feel 20 00:00:58.320 --> 00:01:00.960 closer to God. Some people feel closer to God nature, right, 21 00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:05.719 that's a spiritual pathway. Some with social injustice that's you nature. Yeah, 22 00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:09.680 some some with worship, and then my spiritual pathway is 23 00:01:09.719 --> 00:01:13.280 actually reading God's work. So it's study. Right, So like 24 00:01:13.319 --> 00:01:15.560 when I whenever I read something and I figure out 25 00:01:15.599 --> 00:01:18.599 there's a new truth or there's there's like an insight 26 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:21.719 that's like brand new, I'm like, oh that, that to 27 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:24.799 me is the thing. So anyway, so yeah, that's that's 28 00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:25.120 what I. 29 00:01:25.079 --> 00:01:27.519 Was trying to say. Yeah, that's good, and so that's 30 00:01:27.560 --> 00:01:28.359 where we're going today. 31 00:01:28.439 --> 00:01:29.359 That's exactly right. 32 00:01:29.400 --> 00:01:32.280 All right, Well, uh, we are in the beatitudes, and 33 00:01:32.319 --> 00:01:35.239 we're connecting the beatitudes at the beginning of the Sermon 34 00:01:35.280 --> 00:01:37.840 on the Amount to the topics he talks about in 35 00:01:37.879 --> 00:01:38.680 the Sermon on the Mount. 36 00:01:38.760 --> 00:01:39.200 That's correct. 37 00:01:39.280 --> 00:01:41.959 And so we've been talking about blessed are those who mourn, 38 00:01:42.239 --> 00:01:44.519 and now we're pivoting into blessed our the meek or 39 00:01:44.519 --> 00:01:47.200 the humble the humble. Yeah yeah, yeah, but before we 40 00:01:47.239 --> 00:01:51.079 do that, we have mail bags. 41 00:01:51.840 --> 00:01:54.920 Mail bags is when people basically write in. So by 42 00:01:54.959 --> 00:01:57.000 the way, if you want to send us a question 43 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:01.000 or a comment, send it to info at or email 44 00:02:01.040 --> 00:02:03.439 it at info at the Bible guys dot com. 45 00:02:03.439 --> 00:02:04.799 And if you want to send a complaint, send it 46 00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:06.000 to seize our ba at. 47 00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:10.240 Yeah, yeah, whatever, and by the way, that'll that'll probably 48 00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:13.159 not get answered. We'll go right into my special. 49 00:02:12.759 --> 00:02:14.439 File reading your complaint file. 50 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:18.000 That's right. But but mail bags is when somebody writes 51 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:20.199 in and asks a question or makes a comment. We 52 00:02:20.199 --> 00:02:22.879 would love to address yours. So please, we love them, 53 00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:26.240 please send them to us. This one is from Mike. 54 00:02:26.120 --> 00:02:28.159 Oh, Mike, oh hi, Mike oh. 55 00:02:28.039 --> 00:02:30.159 Hey make oh and Mike says, I'm sure it's hard 56 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:32.840 to pick just one, but what's your favorite biblical character 57 00:02:32.960 --> 00:02:34.879 or principle to preach about? And why? 58 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:36.000 Oh? Good question? 59 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:38.120 Uh? Those are there seemed to like there seem to 60 00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:39.159 be two different choices. 61 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:41.039 Yes, biblical character. 62 00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:42.439 Is different than principle to preach about. 63 00:02:42.479 --> 00:02:46.719 Okay, well you want to pick one of each? Uh sure, okay, okay. 64 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:52.960 My favorite biblical character to preach about is Jesus. Okay, 65 00:02:53.000 --> 00:02:54.439 do you wanna do you wanna do you want to 66 00:02:54.479 --> 00:02:58.879 say you want to set Jesus yeah above everybody else? 67 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:00.719 Yeah? 68 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:05.319 So uh yeah, so so we need another biblical character. 69 00:03:05.360 --> 00:03:07.319 I'm gonna I'm gonna lay your mind and I'm gonna 70 00:03:07.319 --> 00:03:11.520 say my favorite biblical character is the apostle Paul when 71 00:03:11.520 --> 00:03:13.120 he preaches on Jesus. 72 00:03:17.039 --> 00:03:22.199 Mine is too le minus apart from Jesus. Then who's 73 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:26.840 your favorite Bible character? There's no question, Yeah, yeah, yeah. 74 00:03:26.879 --> 00:03:28.759 And the reason why is I feel like my life 75 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:32.759 identifies with Paul. So Paul's mission he was given was 76 00:03:32.800 --> 00:03:34.960 to reach those who are far from God or the gentiles, 77 00:03:34.960 --> 00:03:38.199 are those who are not religious, and that's what I've 78 00:03:38.199 --> 00:03:40.719 spent my entire life doing, and that's that's where my 79 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:43.520 heart is, right. So, you know, if somebody is far 80 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:45.599 from God, or they're not religious, or they feel like 81 00:03:45.599 --> 00:03:49.199 they're disconnected to God or uh, that's that's where my 82 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:50.280 heart mostly is. 83 00:03:51.479 --> 00:03:55.439 I think my favorite person to preach on apart from 84 00:03:55.599 --> 00:04:00.400 Paul and Jesus and Jesus, I really like reaching on 85 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:04.719 the disciples as well. But David is probably my favorite 86 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:07.639 character to talk about, just because he's got the whole 87 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:10.800 thing right. He's a warrior, he's a poet, he's a lover, 88 00:04:11.319 --> 00:04:15.039 he's a leader, he's a flawed man, he's a man 89 00:04:15.080 --> 00:04:18.519 after God's own heart. All the things, all the things, yeah, 90 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:20.480 all the things, and he takes up a huge chunk 91 00:04:20.519 --> 00:04:23.079 of the Old Testament. So that's part of it. But 92 00:04:23.439 --> 00:04:28.319 my favorite character is Daniel. Wow. Yeah, so you're you're 93 00:04:28.360 --> 00:04:33.279 laying them all out. Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, you choose disciples, said, 94 00:04:33.319 --> 00:04:35.399 he admitted it's hard to choose just one. Even Mike 95 00:04:35.439 --> 00:04:37.759 understands our quandary here. So what I was saying is, 96 00:04:38.079 --> 00:04:42.480 so he's saying favorite to preach about is probably David. 97 00:04:42.759 --> 00:04:45.279 Well, no, no, he says he says favorite biblical character 98 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:47.319 or a principle to preach about. 99 00:04:47.399 --> 00:04:49.879 I think he's saying biblical character to preach about or 100 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:53.600 principle to preach about. That's the way that sentence. 101 00:04:53.240 --> 00:04:54.959 Reads, I guess. 102 00:04:55.000 --> 00:04:59.360 So yeah, yeah, sure, what's your favorite principle to preach about? 103 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:03.360 Oh, that is a great question. I didn't put any 104 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:06.480 thought into that before you asked me, Uh, favorite principle 105 00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:13.079 to preach about? I would probably say my favorite is 106 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:20.839 probably going to be she wiz, this is really hard. 107 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:21.560 Yeah. 108 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:22.920 I thought I can come up with something by the 109 00:05:22.959 --> 00:05:24.040 time I finished my sentence. 110 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:27.560 But that's how most of it works for you. 111 00:05:28.120 --> 00:05:33.639 But I'm not sure I can. I guess I could 112 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:38.600 say relationships. That's if that's pretty broad. 113 00:05:38.680 --> 00:05:41.639 Really, I would say, the core of your preaching is 114 00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:45.959 that God loves you just the way you are that 115 00:05:46.040 --> 00:05:48.199 seems to be at the center of the way that 116 00:05:48.240 --> 00:05:50.240 you try to talk about God and faith. 117 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:56.040 Yeah, like like God's acceptance, love, value, no condemnation. 118 00:05:55.959 --> 00:05:58.800 Identity in Christ, all that kind of stuff. Yeah, Okay, 119 00:05:58.879 --> 00:06:00.759 that seems there you preach. 120 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:04.319 I concede. I'll say that. I'll say, yeah, let's let's 121 00:06:04.360 --> 00:06:04.879 make it that. 122 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:09.040 My favorite principle to preach about is all of Chris's sins. 123 00:06:09.519 --> 00:06:10.120 Those are my. 124 00:06:10.040 --> 00:06:14.480 Favorite Chris sins. And that's a one part series. Yeah, 125 00:06:14.519 --> 00:06:17.920 I could go for months one part series. Hey guys, 126 00:06:18.199 --> 00:06:20.319 it's only one week. It's a standalone and we're getting 127 00:06:20.360 --> 00:06:26.879 out early today. We have a list of three things. 128 00:06:26.959 --> 00:06:30.480 Yeah. Yeah, So I think the principle I love preaching 129 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:37.800 about the most is the process of salvation, the mechanisms 130 00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:42.240 of salvation, the gospel presentation. I love the Billy Graham 131 00:06:42.519 --> 00:06:46.720 gospel presentation. Right, we're all sinners. God made us because 132 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:50.600 He loves us. Every our sin separates this from God. 133 00:06:51.279 --> 00:06:57.360 Sin has a price that we can't pay. Jesus paid 134 00:06:57.399 --> 00:07:00.439 the price for our sin. And everyone who calls the 135 00:07:00.519 --> 00:07:02.600 name of the Lord to be saved. Right, and that 136 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:06.800 real life, eternal life begins now and lasts throughout the 137 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:10.199 rest of eternity. I love that gospel presentation. 138 00:07:10.600 --> 00:07:11.920 Yeah, yeah, that's great. 139 00:07:11.959 --> 00:07:12.959 That's probably my favorite. 140 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:15.879 Yeah, that's that's that's a great question, Mike. And yeah, 141 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:19.800 thanks for making man, thanks for making us think, buddy. Yeah, 142 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:22.199 and by the way, that's really hard. It's like it's 143 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:23.600 in some ways, I know this is a. 144 00:07:23.519 --> 00:07:25.160 Poor that's what I said. I'm sure it's hard to 145 00:07:25.199 --> 00:07:25.879 pick this one. 146 00:07:26.360 --> 00:07:28.399 It's in some ways it's a very poor comparison. But 147 00:07:28.519 --> 00:07:30.639 like that's like somebody saying, like, what's your favorite song, 148 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:34.879 and you're like, I have like thirty and what's your 149 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:39.000 favorite movie. I don't know, there's so many, right. 150 00:07:39.120 --> 00:07:41.800 Favorite song. I mean, dude, you've probably got forty fifty 151 00:07:41.839 --> 00:07:43.079 Tailor Swift songs on that list. 152 00:07:43.600 --> 00:07:46.000 Come on, I have like two tailors of ones. 153 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:49.720 I like like two or three of them, but Broadway songs. 154 00:07:49.800 --> 00:07:51.680 But I am but I am a Tailor Swift fan. 155 00:07:52.680 --> 00:07:55.920 Not heard necessarily as a person or political beliefs, but 156 00:07:55.920 --> 00:07:58.399 but as a as an artist and as a businesswoman. 157 00:07:59.040 --> 00:07:59.639 He's killing it. 158 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:00.519 Huge fan. 159 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:02.680 And then all your other favorite songs will be out 160 00:08:02.720 --> 00:08:05.079 of the Greatest Showman. Right stop. 161 00:08:06.680 --> 00:08:10.839 Although it's pretty good. Greatest Showman's pretty good. 162 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:12.040 You know. 163 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:14.279 You know that I actually said the other day, I 164 00:08:14.279 --> 00:08:16.360 actually said, we need to move on. But I actually 165 00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:20.199 said to uh, oh it was Trey or worship got Trey. 166 00:08:20.519 --> 00:08:22.439 He's not a musical guy. And I said, well, did 167 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:24.560 you like Greatest Shoman? Because I didn't see it? And 168 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:27.439 I said, in my experience, even people who are not 169 00:08:27.519 --> 00:08:30.879 musical people, the only musical that people have said the 170 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:33.360 exception is the Greatest Showman. Did you know that? So 171 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:35.200 they'll say, they'll say, oh, I don't like musicals, but 172 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:38.480 I did like the Greatest Showman, like everybody. I mean, 173 00:08:38.600 --> 00:08:40.840 it's an unusual amount of people who actually have said 174 00:08:40.840 --> 00:08:41.200 that to me. 175 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:42.679 Wow, yeah, that's amazing. 176 00:08:42.720 --> 00:08:45.159 So it seems to be the musical for people who 177 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:46.039 don't like musicals. 178 00:08:46.559 --> 00:08:49.919 I was just poking fun, man, I know, we're having fun. Yeah, Okay, 179 00:08:50.080 --> 00:08:54.159 So today, Verse five in chapter five of the Book 180 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:57.240 of Matthew, Jesus says, God blesses those who are humble, 181 00:08:58.320 --> 00:09:01.600 for they will inherit the whole earth and good thing. 182 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:04.240 That you and I are the ones leading this discussion today, Yeah, 183 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:09.120 because I am We're talking from experience. I want a 184 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:15.840 trophy for being humble. So so this idea of blessed 185 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:20.919 are those God blesses those who are humble, or in 186 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:23.879 the King James or some of the other older translations 187 00:09:23.879 --> 00:09:25.200 that said blessed are the meek. 188 00:09:25.559 --> 00:09:28.440 I just realized we didn't do a transition yesterday or today. 189 00:09:28.519 --> 00:09:29.960 Yeah, we're just jumping right into it. 190 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:30.639 Wow. 191 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:32.600 Yeah, we're getting down of business. 192 00:09:32.679 --> 00:09:34.879 All right. Well, let's let's let's let's let's omit the 193 00:09:34.879 --> 00:09:36.600 transition today because we've already transitioned. 194 00:09:36.600 --> 00:09:39.240 That's right, we'll pick it up tomorrow. So the other 195 00:09:39.399 --> 00:09:42.320 phrase for blessed are those who are humble is blessed 196 00:09:42.360 --> 00:09:45.720 are the meek? Yeah, right, for they shall inherit the earth. Right. 197 00:09:46.480 --> 00:09:50.320 So the verse that we're talking about today to kick 198 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:55.039 this off, would be towards the end of the Sermon 199 00:09:55.080 --> 00:09:57.840 on the Mount in Matthew chapter seven. So the Sermon 200 00:09:57.879 --> 00:10:00.240 on the Mount is Matthew five, six and seven. In 201 00:10:00.279 --> 00:10:06.000 Matthew chapter seven, Jesus says this in verses one through six. 202 00:10:06.679 --> 00:10:09.200 Jesus said, do not judge others, and you will not 203 00:10:09.240 --> 00:10:11.799 be judged. You ever hear somebody say judge, not that 204 00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:14.200 you be not judged, or not lest you be judged, 205 00:10:14.200 --> 00:10:16.320 Do you ever hear people quote that. As a matter 206 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:18.720 of fact, people who've never cracked the Bible, that may 207 00:10:18.759 --> 00:10:21.120 be the only verse they know. That's exactly right. That 208 00:10:21.159 --> 00:10:23.679 one gets thrown in your face a lot. Yeah, okay, 209 00:10:23.799 --> 00:10:25.960 do not judge others, and you will not be judged, 210 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:28.480 for you will be treated as you treat others. The 211 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:31.480 standard you use in judging is the standard by which 212 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:34.360 you will be judged. And why worry about a speck 213 00:10:34.360 --> 00:10:35.960 in your friend's eye when you have a log in 214 00:10:36.000 --> 00:10:38.799 your own? How can you think of saying to your friend, 215 00:10:38.960 --> 00:10:40.519 let me help you get rid of that speck in 216 00:10:40.559 --> 00:10:42.759 your eye when you can't see past the log in 217 00:10:42.799 --> 00:10:46.039 your own eye, hypocrite, First get rid of the log 218 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:48.240 in your own eye, and then you'll be able to 219 00:10:48.279 --> 00:10:50.679 see well enough to deal with the spec in your 220 00:10:50.679 --> 00:10:55.799 friend's eye. That's what he says. Oh, don't waste what 221 00:10:55.960 --> 00:10:58.960 is holy on people who are unholy. Don't throw your 222 00:10:59.039 --> 00:11:01.720 pearls to pigs. They'll trample the pearls and then turn 223 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:02.399 and attack you. 224 00:11:04.639 --> 00:11:06.080 Yeah. 225 00:11:06.159 --> 00:11:08.440 People sometimes wonder if Jesus had a sense of humor. 226 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:12.279 This is absolutely the funniest way you can say this. Yeah, 227 00:11:12.799 --> 00:11:15.759 right right, Oh, hey, let me get that little eyelash. 228 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:17.600 You know, I got a two by fourced to comment, 229 00:11:17.720 --> 00:11:19.360 I'm hitting you with it, trying to reach it. It's 230 00:11:19.440 --> 00:11:21.320 kind of a funny. It is funny. It's probably the 231 00:11:21.320 --> 00:11:24.240 funniest way you could possibly say that. Hey so, And 232 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:26.360 then he's in the movie Hypocrite, and. 233 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:28.320 Then he says, don't throw your pearls to pigs. 234 00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:30.679 Yeah, that's pretty funny too. Yeah, don't throw your pearls 235 00:11:30.679 --> 00:11:34.120 before swine. Right is the King James, cast your pearls 236 00:11:34.159 --> 00:11:34.679 before swine. 237 00:11:35.639 --> 00:11:37.960 It says in verse six. This is a note here 238 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:40.840 from my study Bible about verse six. You know about 239 00:11:40.840 --> 00:11:41.519 the pearls and pigs. 240 00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:41.840 Huh. 241 00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:44.600 It says, as God's people, we are privileged to handle 242 00:11:44.679 --> 00:11:48.039 what is holy. He is entrusted to us a precious 243 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:51.720 truth of the Word of God and references sech Christian's 244 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:54.440 four to seven. And we must regard the truths of 245 00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:58.320 God carefully. No dedicated priest would throw meat from the 246 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:00.919 altar to a filthy dog, and only a fool would 247 00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:04.240 give pearls to pigs. Certainly, we must carry the gospel 248 00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:07.759 to everyone, but we must not cheapen the gospel by 249 00:12:08.200 --> 00:12:12.399 a ministry that lacks discernment. Yeah, that's interesting in it. 250 00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:17.159 Yeah, I think he is saying, here, don't waste what's 251 00:12:17.200 --> 00:12:20.039 holy on people who are unholy. Don't throw your pearls 252 00:12:20.039 --> 00:12:22.799 to pigs. I think he is saying, there is a limit. 253 00:12:23.360 --> 00:12:26.600 If somebody's refusing to listen, don't keep trying to force 254 00:12:26.639 --> 00:12:28.440 feed them. Yeah, it's not gonna work well. 255 00:12:28.440 --> 00:12:31.279 And he's also and also goes along the lines of that, 256 00:12:31.320 --> 00:12:35.159 we also understand in the Bible that we're not called 257 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:39.440 to judge outsiders, but we are called to judge insiders, 258 00:12:39.519 --> 00:12:43.879 right rights, Yeah, and so yeah, in Corinthians it actually 259 00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:48.600 says that it's our job as Christians to help and 260 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:50.879 so you know that whole mind your own business thing. 261 00:12:51.399 --> 00:12:53.600 I always think of this one scene. I was so 262 00:12:53.679 --> 00:12:58.200 outraged by it. I love the series Parenthood. Oh I 263 00:12:58.399 --> 00:13:03.440 love it, love it so good. And it's just one 264 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:06.240 of the best things ever created. And the morality's there, 265 00:13:06.240 --> 00:13:09.919 everything's there. The faith component, however, is not there. Right, 266 00:13:10.159 --> 00:13:13.240 So they're just good people, right, But anyway, I remember 267 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:17.200 one of the two brothers, right, So, Crosby's meeting with 268 00:13:17.480 --> 00:13:21.639 his older brother Adam, and Adam is about as gently 269 00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:24.799 as possible He's trying to tell his brother, hey man, 270 00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:28.919 I'm concerned about you. You're misbehaving in a really bad way. 271 00:13:29.440 --> 00:13:31.440 And I'm just and I'm not trying to come down 272 00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:32.879 on hard on you, but I'm just saying, maybe you 273 00:13:32.879 --> 00:13:34.879 ought to think about the consequences of what you're doing. 274 00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:35.120 Right. 275 00:13:35.559 --> 00:13:38.279 It was like literally the picture perfect way to approach 276 00:13:38.279 --> 00:13:41.679 somebody in the context of love, one on one. It 277 00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:43.799 was so great and it's exactly what we're called to 278 00:13:43.799 --> 00:13:44.480 do as Christians. 279 00:13:44.519 --> 00:13:44.759 Right. 280 00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:47.240 If I saw you doing what with Crosby was doing, 281 00:13:47.639 --> 00:13:49.960 you better believe I would have a meeting with you 282 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:53.600 and say, hey man, you're acting this way. Okay, your 283 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:57.000 marriage is at risk whatever. Right, But I loved it 284 00:13:57.080 --> 00:14:00.480 because he quoted this verse and he goes, judge me, 285 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:03.480 he goes, he goes, you're not supposed to judge others 286 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:05.519 because then you'll be judged or something. And he quotes 287 00:14:05.559 --> 00:14:08.080 this verse, which is what you said, right, So non 288 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:08.960 Christians quote. 289 00:14:08.759 --> 00:14:10.519 These people who have never even opened the Bible will 290 00:14:10.600 --> 00:14:12.200 quote that, don't judge less you be judged. 291 00:14:12.279 --> 00:14:14.080 Yeah, he said, you're not supposed to do And then 292 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:16.559 and then this older brother goes, hey man, I'm sorry, man, 293 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:18.879 I didn't mean to judge you. And all I kept 294 00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:21.840 on thinking of is, Dude, that is the most like, 295 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:24.960 it is the most It is the worst interpretation of 296 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:28.720 that verse, because dude, he's not judging you, right, he's 297 00:14:28.799 --> 00:14:32.480 actually helping you. We're called to judge insiders in a 298 00:14:32.519 --> 00:14:36.080 loving way. We're supposed to challenge and encourage. Right, But 299 00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:38.559 what he's saying here is we're not supposed to judge 300 00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:42.000 others in hypocrisy, and we're not. We're not supposed to 301 00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:45.120 judge outsiders, which he what he's saying is, don't cast 302 00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:50.240 your pearls before before pigs. He's saying, don't waste godly 303 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:55.440 loving judgment with with with conversations that is, that is 304 00:14:55.519 --> 00:14:59.720 meaningless with somebody who's not going to listen, who's an outsider, right, Right, 305 00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:02.639 Like if I go to somebody who's a non Christian 306 00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:05.480 and I try to challenge them and act like and 307 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:08.039 I say, hey, why don't you have the same barometer 308 00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:12.279 as I do? Right, that's senseless. That's what Corinthian says. 309 00:15:12.159 --> 00:15:12.480 Right right. 310 00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:15.639 You should never expect those who don't know Christ to 311 00:15:15.840 --> 00:15:18.519 act like you do, and we shouldn't expect them too, 312 00:15:19.080 --> 00:15:21.519 So don't try to impose your standard beliefs on those 313 00:15:21.559 --> 00:15:22.679 who are not Christians. 314 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:27.200 Yeah, And this word judge doesn't say don't have an opinion, right, 315 00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:31.559 He doesn't say that, Right. I can disapprove of your behavior, 316 00:15:31.600 --> 00:15:36.080 and that's not being judgmental. I can love you. I 317 00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:39.120 can love my children and not approve of their behavior, 318 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:41.720 and I can love them enough that I'll point out 319 00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:44.600 the fact that their behavior is wrong. There's consequences of 320 00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:48.159 their behavior. They have to straighten up. That's not being judgmental. Right. 321 00:15:49.799 --> 00:15:52.720 That means that I have an opinion, and that's okay, 322 00:15:52.840 --> 00:15:55.600 It's okay they have an opinion. The word judge means 323 00:15:55.720 --> 00:16:00.799 to have the final say about the consequences somebody. So 324 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:03.879 a lot of times it's that's a bad man and 325 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:06.440 he doesn't deserve to be in this church. That's a 326 00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:09.039 bad person, and they're not going to go to heaven. Right. 327 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:12.559 That's the kind of idea behind it, where we have 328 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:15.200 decided that they are bad and we are good, and 329 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:18.480 we've set ourselves on God's throne to make a determination 330 00:16:18.559 --> 00:16:21.879 with regard to their standing with God. So when Paul 331 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:26.679 says judge, and this is also another problem with the 332 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:30.919 English language, versus the Greek language. The Greek language is 333 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:37.879 so much more nuanced with regard to behaviors and attitudes 334 00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:43.000 and emotions. Right, then the English language is very precise 335 00:16:43.039 --> 00:16:46.600 for getting business done, whereas the Greek language was very 336 00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:52.000 much descriptive, connecting on their relational and emotional levels of things. 337 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:56.960 And so what gets translated as Judge here is about 338 00:16:57.039 --> 00:16:59.960 setting yourself up on the throne to be the fine 339 00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:03.960 I'll say, on somebody else's position with God. That's different 340 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:08.559 than Jesus says later on, he says, by their fruits, 341 00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:10.799 you will know them. He's literally saying, Judge, is this 342 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:13.279 an apple or an orange in their life? Hey, I'm 343 00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:15.880 a Christian, but you're not acting like a Christian. Right, 344 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:20.559 So he does say, use discernment with regard to people's 345 00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:23.880 behaviors and determine are they really living out what they're 346 00:17:23.880 --> 00:17:26.279 claiming to live out, So much so that he actually 347 00:17:26.359 --> 00:17:29.240 in this own passage just calls somebody a hypocrite. Right, 348 00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:32.640 He's looking at their behaviors and going, you're a hypocrite. Right, 349 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:35.559 You're going around, but you got this, You got a 350 00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:37.359 log in your eye trying to point out a speck, 351 00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:41.400 and somebody else's he's he's judging there but not setting 352 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:44.000 it up. I'm God and I'm sit on the throne 353 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:45.400 of God's throne, and I get to this side, who 354 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:47.480 gets go to heaven or not? Then when you get 355 00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:49.880 to so that's two different kinds of judging. When you 356 00:17:49.920 --> 00:17:52.920 get to Corinthians, and Paul says that we should judge 357 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:56.160 on the inside, not the outside. He's talking more along 358 00:17:56.160 --> 00:17:59.000 the lines of Jesus talking about being a fruit inspector. 359 00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:03.079 Not even within the church. We don't get to decide 360 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:07.720 God's done with you. You're out right right, So this passage 361 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:13.400 don't judge lest you be judged, is saying, don't you 362 00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:15.799 decide that you're going to set yourself on God's throng, 363 00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:18.759 because understand God's going to judge you, right, You don't 364 00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:21.599 get to judge God. God's judging you, and so you 365 00:18:21.599 --> 00:18:23.559 don't have the right to judge others with regard to 366 00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:26.960 their spiritual standing with God. Are they going to go 367 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:29.559 to heaven or not? But at the same time, I 368 00:18:29.599 --> 00:18:32.680 can discern whether or not what you say is what 369 00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:34.680 you're actually living. You claim to be a Christian, but 370 00:18:34.720 --> 00:18:38.319 you're not living like a Christian. That's not being judgmental. Right, 371 00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:41.599 it's when I decide to start punishing you based on 372 00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:43.519 it that at that point, now we have to be 373 00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:46.599 careful that we're not putting ourselves in God's Yeah, on 374 00:18:46.680 --> 00:18:47.160 God's throw. 375 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:50.720 Yeah, this note right here actually says exactly what you 376 00:18:50.799 --> 00:18:51.119 just said. 377 00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:52.920 Me and Warren whirsb Man, we're on it. 378 00:18:52.920 --> 00:18:55.880 It says we must not pass judgment on others' motives. 379 00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:59.799 We can and should examine their actions and attitudes, but 380 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:02.680 we cannot judge their motives, for only God can see 381 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:03.279 their hearts. 382 00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:06.359 Yeah, the motives. Remember we just talked about this yesterday 383 00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:09.960 when he's talking about you know, oh yeah, you say 384 00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:13.079 you don't kill, but what about your attitudes? Right, it's 385 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:16.000 most of what Jesus talks about Matthew five, six and seven. 386 00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:18.519 It has the outward side of it, but mostly he's 387 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:21.920 challenging the inside. And that's another one of those where 388 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:25.640 we can't judge the motives of a person. Only God 389 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:26.079 can do that. 390 00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:30.839 Yeah. Yeah, And I definitely like the fact that Jesus 391 00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:35.319 is giving us something that is extremely applicable in our 392 00:19:35.359 --> 00:19:39.079 lives because this is a relational dynamic here, right, I mean, 393 00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:42.400 think about it, just about every single conversation that you 394 00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:45.319 have with someone, you have to recognize you are a 395 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:46.400 different person than they are. 396 00:19:46.640 --> 00:19:48.559 Yeah, right, Yeah, isn't that true? 397 00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:50.880 I mean unless you're I mean, you know, my wife 398 00:19:50.880 --> 00:19:53.839 and I ares we line up on most things, right, 399 00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:55.880 You and I line up on most things, right, but 400 00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:58.759 we still are going to be different people. And think 401 00:19:58.799 --> 00:20:01.680