WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:02.200 Hey, everybody, we're the Bibble guys. And if you're just 2 00:00:02.240 --> 00:00:05.320 tuning in recently, just know that we are showing a 3 00:00:05.320 --> 00:00:07.120 little bit of reruns for a few months, and then 4 00:00:07.120 --> 00:00:09.839 we'll be back, bigger and better than ever on August 5 00:00:09.919 --> 00:00:13.519 thirty first, because behind the scenes, we're taking a hiatus 6 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:14.720 to do some very important things. 7 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:18.399 Yeah, we're building building out a new studio and we've 8 00:00:18.399 --> 00:00:21.399 got some new structure. Super excited about it. So August 9 00:00:21.480 --> 00:00:24.359 thirty first, brand new content. But in the meantime, enjoy 10 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:25.480 some of our greatest hits. 11 00:00:26.239 --> 00:00:28.160 So, Jeff, have you ever seen The Princess Bride? 12 00:00:28.800 --> 00:00:29.079 Yes? 13 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:30.440 Yes, it's a great movie, isn't it. 14 00:00:30.519 --> 00:00:30.879 I love it. 15 00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:34.119 There's a part in there where he goes. My father's 16 00:00:34.320 --> 00:00:40.320 final words were yes, yeah, okay, So that's today. This 17 00:00:40.359 --> 00:00:42.799 is Paul's final words to the Church Accord. 18 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:44.560 That's one of my favorite movies. I think we have 19 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:45.439 something in common. 20 00:00:45.640 --> 00:00:45.840 Yes. 21 00:00:45.960 --> 00:01:00.759 So he's Chris and I'm Jeff, and we're the Bible guys. Chris, Yes, 22 00:01:01.159 --> 00:01:04.359 So here's that segment everybody loves so much, and all 23 00:01:04.359 --> 00:01:07.079 of our listeners they already know what we're going to say. Yeah, 24 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:09.640 what made Chris mad this week? 25 00:01:10.079 --> 00:01:13.680 Okay, So here's here's what makes here's what makes me 26 00:01:13.799 --> 00:01:16.879 really mad. My kids know this, why laughing. 27 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:18.719 It's funny that I can ask that question and you 28 00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:21.719 don't even have to pause, you don't even go, well, 29 00:01:21.879 --> 00:01:24.120 none of that. I got another thing that makes me mad. 30 00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:26.560 Listen, none of that. But I didn't even find out 31 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:28.280 what we were doing. What makes Chris mad till like 32 00:01:28.319 --> 00:01:32.319 one minute ago. So so listen the uh here's what 33 00:01:32.359 --> 00:01:34.239 makes me, I mean, it just upsets me so much. 34 00:01:34.719 --> 00:01:37.319 Is when you pull them through the drive through. It's 35 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:41.239 up to the driver to order for the entire family, 36 00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:44.200 right and so and so here's what my kids will do. 37 00:01:44.239 --> 00:01:46.359 And I'm totally throwing them under the bus right now. Okay, 38 00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:48.319 I recognize this is not a flattering moment for me. 39 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:49.760 It's probably necessary, though. 40 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:57.519 Okay, so here's what happens. Okay, So the proper way 41 00:01:57.560 --> 00:01:59.879 to do this everybody is to go like this. Okay, like, 42 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:01.920 for instance, if let's just pretend you're at McDonald's for 43 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:04.439 some reason, which we don't go through McDonald's, but let's pretend, right, 44 00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:07.439 because everybody knows the menu, is to say I would 45 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:11.439 like a number one and then say medium with a coke. 46 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:14.000 That's great, So like, just tell me all of that 47 00:02:14.240 --> 00:02:15.759 so that I don't have to you know. So literally 48 00:02:15.800 --> 00:02:18.400 they'll say, give me a number one and then and 49 00:02:18.439 --> 00:02:21.199 I'll say, well, I'll ask these clarifying questions like do 50 00:02:21.199 --> 00:02:23.199 you want a medium? What do you want to drink? Right? 51 00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:23.919 And I get it. 52 00:02:24.039 --> 00:02:26.879 I got to just drawn how many times there's three 53 00:02:26.919 --> 00:02:29.080 pieces to your order? I'm agreeing with this one on you? 54 00:02:29.240 --> 00:02:29.439 Yeah? 55 00:02:29.599 --> 00:02:31.039 Right? So the number how. 56 00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:33.439 Many times do you have to go through a drive 57 00:02:33.479 --> 00:02:37.080 through and experience this really uncomfortable thing with dad? Yes, 58 00:02:37.319 --> 00:02:39.680 because dad just wants to know the complete order, that's right, 59 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:43.400 And I'm kidding you, I'm not kidding you. Ninety nine 60 00:02:43.439 --> 00:02:46.360 times out of one hundred, they don't understand that you 61 00:02:46.479 --> 00:02:48.840 have to do those three things. It's like it's a 62 00:02:48.879 --> 00:02:51.800 brand new condundrum. Every time you walk through. 63 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:55.319 There's a big mac, a quarter pounds, drive through nuggets 64 00:02:55.599 --> 00:02:57.960 yeah right, But people look at this menu like they've 65 00:02:58.000 --> 00:02:58.919 never seen it before. 66 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:01.000 Yeah, what is this wonderful place? 67 00:03:01.439 --> 00:03:01.639 Right? 68 00:03:01.919 --> 00:03:02.199 Wow? 69 00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:05.280 What's on here? And then they order, they don't order 70 00:03:05.319 --> 00:03:08.599 the right way I want. I'll have a cheeseburger, okay, 71 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:16.400 and fries as if there were options, what size fries? 72 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:19.520 Right, what you're saying is it's very probable to know 73 00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:21.360 what you want before you get up to the menu. 74 00:03:21.560 --> 00:03:24.080 Yeah, it's not rocket science. Everybody knows what's on the 75 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:24.960 menu at McDonald's. 76 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:27.639 Listen. I'll even be fine if you don't know what 77 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:30.719 you want, but just tell me before I talk to 78 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:33.360 the guy, yes or the girl, because they'll say what 79 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:35.240 would you like? And they'll say, give me number one, 80 00:03:35.719 --> 00:03:39.240 and then they'll pause, and I'm like, really, you're gonna pause. 81 00:03:39.039 --> 00:03:40.840 And then the server or the person over the thing 82 00:03:40.840 --> 00:03:42.400 they go, is that it is that? 83 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:44.199 It is that which creates. 84 00:03:44.039 --> 00:03:46.039 A lot more pressure for you because you know there's 85 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:48.840 four or five orders coming. And what you said was 86 00:03:48.960 --> 00:03:49.840 I need a number one? 87 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:50.520 Uh? 88 00:03:51.159 --> 00:03:54.280 What size? Large? With the what size? Or what to 89 00:03:54.360 --> 00:03:55.800 drink with the coke? Is that it? 90 00:03:56.159 --> 00:03:58.400 Yeah? Yeah, yeah, you know. And so so then I'll 91 00:03:58.439 --> 00:04:00.719 say give me number one and then I'll turn They'll 92 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:02.919 say what size? Then I have to turn around, what size? 93 00:04:03.039 --> 00:04:07.039 A medium? Medium? What the drink? Hang on? Hang on, hey, 94 00:04:07.039 --> 00:04:11.800 what's the drink toy? I would like h a sprite 95 00:04:12.199 --> 00:04:12.919 with a sprite? 96 00:04:13.000 --> 00:04:13.199 Yeah? 97 00:04:13.199 --> 00:04:14.840 And then there's that that you know, so it says 98 00:04:14.840 --> 00:04:18.000 that it's like every order has to take like five interactions. 99 00:04:18.079 --> 00:04:20.720 Yes, and it's not necessary. I'm with you on this, 100 00:04:20.800 --> 00:04:22.120 and it is your kid's fault. 101 00:04:22.240 --> 00:04:27.399 I absolutely can't figure out how the family does not 102 00:04:27.480 --> 00:04:28.079 figure this out. 103 00:04:28.399 --> 00:04:30.160 Yeah, I don't know. Maybe you didn't raise your children right. 104 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:33.079 So the other day we went through uh was it 105 00:04:33.120 --> 00:04:36.560 was it Arby's through Arby's or something. I wasn't with you, 106 00:04:36.720 --> 00:04:39.600 and and uh, and I pulled through and I actually uh, 107 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:42.560 I said, Tori, you can just order this yourself. And 108 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:45.079 she was behind me on the on the same side. 109 00:04:45.319 --> 00:04:47.120 And so I rolled down her window from where I 110 00:04:47.160 --> 00:04:50.040 was and I pulled beyond the speaker to where she 111 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:52.920 was there, and and then and she ordered. And she 112 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:56.000 said to me, why did you Why did you make 113 00:04:56.040 --> 00:05:00.920 me order? Why didn't you disorder? I'm like, because I'm done. Yeah, 114 00:05:00.959 --> 00:05:01.519 I'm done. 115 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:05.240 That's fair. I think that's reasonable. I am with you 116 00:05:05.279 --> 00:05:08.040 on that one, Chris, you and I are together awesome. 117 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:10.759 So your family and my family need to get it right. 118 00:05:11.240 --> 00:05:13.399 Or maybe we should just quit eating at any place 119 00:05:13.399 --> 00:05:15.319 that hands food out of window to us so much. 120 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:19.600 Maybe maybe that would be that would solve some problems massively. 121 00:05:19.720 --> 00:05:23.279 The better the better response. Yes, there you go. 122 00:05:23.639 --> 00:05:25.480 But for all you people who know what we're talking about, 123 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:26.199 you feel our pain. 124 00:05:26.279 --> 00:05:26.480 I know. 125 00:05:26.680 --> 00:05:29.519 Yes, Okay, Well that was worth it is worth sharing 126 00:05:29.560 --> 00:05:30.439 that one. Thank you, Chris. 127 00:05:30.800 --> 00:05:31.720 You're welcome, Jafflin. 128 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:36.079 So we're wrapping up Paul. Paul's writing to the Church 129 00:05:36.079 --> 00:05:40.360 at Corinth, and this is chapter thirteen. He's really taken 130 00:05:40.399 --> 00:05:42.720 a few swings. He's basically talked about three or four 131 00:05:42.759 --> 00:05:46.439 really big topics through through the thirteen chapters. Well, the 132 00:05:46.439 --> 00:05:50.199 first twelve chapters he talks about them like four times each, right, 133 00:05:50.639 --> 00:05:52.680 But now he's kind of wrapping things up, and he says, 134 00:05:53.240 --> 00:05:55.160 this is the third time I'm coming to visit you, 135 00:05:55.360 --> 00:05:57.199 and as the scriptures say, the facts of every case 136 00:05:57.240 --> 00:05:59.600 must be established by the testimonia two or three witnesses. 137 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:02.600 He's kind of making a joke there. I've already warned 138 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:04.920 those who had been sinning when I was there on 139 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:07.600 my second visit, and now again I warn them and 140 00:06:07.680 --> 00:06:09.600 all others just as I did before that next time 141 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:11.680 I will not spare them. I will give you all 142 00:06:11.720 --> 00:06:14.800 the proof of the proof you want that Christ speaks 143 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:17.279 through me. Christ is not weak when he deals with you. 144 00:06:17.519 --> 00:06:20.800 He is powerful among you. Although he was crucified to weakness, 145 00:06:20.800 --> 00:06:23.160 he now lives by the power of God. We too 146 00:06:23.279 --> 00:06:25.560 are weak, just as Christ was, but when we deal 147 00:06:25.639 --> 00:06:27.800 with you, we will be alive with him and will 148 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:30.839 have God's power. Examine yourselves to see if your faith 149 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:34.360 is genuine. Test yourselves. Surely you know that Jesus Christ 150 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:36.680 is among you. If not, you have failed to test 151 00:06:36.680 --> 00:06:39.120 of genuine faith. As you test yourselves, I hope you 152 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:41.519 will recognize that we have not failed the test of 153 00:06:41.560 --> 00:06:44.639 apostolic authority. We pray to God that you will not 154 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:47.920 do what is wrong by refusing our correction. I hope 155 00:06:47.920 --> 00:06:50.160 we won't need to demonstrate our authority when we arrive. 156 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:52.360 Do the right thing before we come, even if that 157 00:06:52.399 --> 00:06:54.879 makes it look like we have failed to demonstrate our authority, 158 00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:57.360 for we cannot oppose the truth, but must always stand 159 00:06:57.399 --> 00:07:00.439 for the truth. We're glad to seem weak if it 160 00:07:00.480 --> 00:07:03.040 helps show that you are actually strong. We pray that 161 00:07:03.079 --> 00:07:06.360 you will become mature. I'm writing this to you before 162 00:07:06.360 --> 00:07:09.480 I come, hoping that I won't need to deal severely 163 00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:11.399 with you when I do come, for I want to 164 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:13.399 use the authority the Lord has given me to strengthen you, 165 00:07:13.519 --> 00:07:15.839 not to tear you down. Dear brothers and sisters. I 166 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:19.399 close my letter with these last words, be joyful, grow 167 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:22.800 to maturity, encourage each other, live in harmony and peace. 168 00:07:23.040 --> 00:07:24.920 Then the God of love and peace will be with you. 169 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:28.120 Greet each other with a sacred kiss. All of God's 170 00:07:28.160 --> 00:07:31.600 people here send you their greetings. May the grace of 171 00:07:31.600 --> 00:07:33.839 the Lord Jesus Christ, the Love of God, and the 172 00:07:33.879 --> 00:07:36.000 fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 173 00:07:36.959 --> 00:07:43.000 And done, done, and seem there you go. So you know, 174 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:46.000 I can't get that mind of that line out of 175 00:07:46.040 --> 00:07:49.560 my mind. Love her as I loved her, and there 176 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:50.800 will be joy. 177 00:07:51.160 --> 00:07:51.600 That's right. 178 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:54.959 So it's the final words. So I just had to 179 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:59.199 say it. It was itching to come out. So you know, 180 00:07:59.279 --> 00:08:03.319 Paul's final vice is connected to, you know, the spirit 181 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:06.399 of his letters, so he sort of recaps that whole thing, 182 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:10.759 you know, talking about his authority and dealing with them harshly. 183 00:08:10.879 --> 00:08:12.600 So a lot of it is sort of the same. 184 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:16.839 But there's a couple of gems in here, and you 185 00:08:16.879 --> 00:08:19.319 know it's a challenge to the Church of Corinth, but 186 00:08:19.360 --> 00:08:23.040 it's a challenge to us. First number five, examine yourselves 187 00:08:23.040 --> 00:08:27.399 to see if your faith is genuine, test yourselves. Surely 188 00:08:27.439 --> 00:08:29.879 you know that Jesus Christ is among you. So you know, 189 00:08:29.920 --> 00:08:32.039 I've always thought about that, and I've always thought, gosh, 190 00:08:32.039 --> 00:08:34.879 that is such a wonderful thing. It reminds me of 191 00:08:34.879 --> 00:08:37.519 the Psalms. You know, it says, you know, search your heart, 192 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:40.960 you know, and and creating me a clean heart, and 193 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:43.960 search yourselves and test yourselves. I think that there's a 194 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:47.759 lot of yeah, you know, wisdom, and you know, this 195 00:08:47.840 --> 00:08:49.600 is the new year for a lot of us, and 196 00:08:49.639 --> 00:08:51.519 a lot of us, you know, we always say, okay. 197 00:08:51.559 --> 00:08:53.200 Go, I think it's a new year for all of us. 198 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:56.039 What did I say? A lot of us? What I 199 00:08:56.080 --> 00:08:58.159 was thinking about, what I was thinking in my mind 200 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:00.440 is a lot of us set New Years res solutions. 201 00:09:00.440 --> 00:09:01.840 Oh but I didn't say that. 202 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:03.720 That's not what you said. That's what I said, because 203 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:06.159 I'm like, look, we got time travelers. We'll think to 204 00:09:06.200 --> 00:09:09.279 us now, Oh no, I've already been twenty twenty three. 205 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:12.840 So a lot of us have these news resolutions, and 206 00:09:12.919 --> 00:09:17.720 we set them physically, but setting them spiritually is a 207 00:09:17.799 --> 00:09:20.519 really great thing to think about. So how do we 208 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:23.879 want our twenty twenty three to be? So test ourselves 209 00:09:24.039 --> 00:09:26.679 examine to see if our faith is genuine. I really 210 00:09:26.759 --> 00:09:29.200 think that there's something to that. We need to just 211 00:09:29.240 --> 00:09:31.600 be honest with ourselves and just say, okay, you know, 212 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:34.720 where is it in my life that I'm doing really well? 213 00:09:34.919 --> 00:09:36.919 Where is it that I'm not doing so well? And 214 00:09:36.960 --> 00:09:38.679 by the way, you don't really know until you ask 215 00:09:38.759 --> 00:09:41.799 somebody around you, right, because the Book of James tells 216 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:44.399 us we can't see ourselves clearly in a mirror, right. 217 00:09:44.440 --> 00:09:46.879 It's hard to see it in ourselves, you know. We 218 00:09:47.159 --> 00:09:50.879 can't actually recognize things, which is why we need counselors 219 00:09:50.919 --> 00:09:53.480 in our lives. That's why we need godly counsel is 220 00:09:53.519 --> 00:09:54.159 the reason. 221 00:09:53.879 --> 00:09:55.279 Why we'll have blind spots. 222 00:09:55.320 --> 00:09:58.799 We all have blind spots. So when it says test yourselves, 223 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:02.720 examine your faith, you really can't do that well. For 224 00:10:02.759 --> 00:10:05.720 the most part. You can't accurately do that by yourself. 225 00:10:06.519 --> 00:10:09.679 You could do it in somewhereas I guess, but ask 226 00:10:09.799 --> 00:10:13.799 others help, you know, get others around you, set up accountability, 227 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:15.039 set up some goals. 228 00:10:15.240 --> 00:10:17.720 I do think that there is the one thing that 229 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:21.480 you can test by yourself that nobody else can speak 230 00:10:21.519 --> 00:10:24.960 for you about is salvation. So the beginning of faith, 231 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:29.600 you know, the foundation of faith, and everyone smiles. Somebody 232 00:10:29.639 --> 00:10:31.320 will come to me and go, you know, I've really 233 00:10:31.320 --> 00:10:33.039 been struggling with no one for sure whether or not 234 00:10:33.080 --> 00:10:35.519 I'm actually born again, whether I've really been saved. And 235 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:37.720 then I've heard family members go, oh no, no, no, you are. 236 00:10:37.840 --> 00:10:40.399 I remember you are, and you're trying to convince them 237 00:10:40.440 --> 00:10:41.519 that they are because. 238 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:42.759 I remember when you were five. 239 00:10:42.879 --> 00:10:45.759 Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's right. And I always go the 240 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:49.279 opposite direction. I never want to encourage somebody that for 241 00:10:49.360 --> 00:10:51.320 sure they are saved, if they're struggling with whether or 242 00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:53.360 not they are. I always say, let's make today the 243 00:10:53.440 --> 00:10:56.120 day that you make sure right right, so test it. 244 00:10:56.399 --> 00:10:59.039 And if your test is I don't remember when, I 245 00:10:59.080 --> 00:11:02.519 don't remember where, I don't remember the circumstances, I don't 246 00:11:02.559 --> 00:11:05.960 really remember crossing when I cross the line of faith 247 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:09.679 or the circumstances behind it, then that's a test that 248 00:11:09.799 --> 00:11:13.120 only you can test. And I've had conversations with family members, 249 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:17.279 I've had conversations with friends before where others around them 250 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:19.120 want to say, oh, yeah, I remember, like it's a 251 00:11:19.120 --> 00:11:21.159 shame on the family that you haven't been a Christian 252 00:11:21.279 --> 00:11:26.399 or whatever, or that's always a mistake. Never encourage somebody, Yes, 253 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:29.320 for sure you are. If they're questioning it, I think 254 00:11:29.360 --> 00:11:31.000 that it's always wise for you to go and say, well, 255 00:11:31.039 --> 00:11:32.919 then let's make the day your day. There's no shame 256 00:11:32.960 --> 00:11:35.960 in this. If suddenly you're coming awake and you go, 257 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:38.399 maybe I've been playing at this for the last five years, 258 00:11:38.879 --> 00:11:42.559 but I'm ready, I'm ready to go in. Then encourage them. 259 00:11:42.679 --> 00:11:44.799 Let's go all in. Don't try to convince them. And 260 00:11:44.840 --> 00:11:46.679 that's a test I think every one of us should 261 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:49.600 test on a regular basis. Am I truly born again? 262 00:11:49.879 --> 00:11:53.480 Have I been saved? Did I cross that line of faith? 263 00:11:54.200 --> 00:11:57.000 If so, the answer should be readily available. If the 264 00:11:57.200 --> 00:11:59.600 answer is not ready available, then we either need to 265 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:01.559 look at our lifestyle that we're not living it and 266 00:12:01.559 --> 00:12:04.679 so we're not convinced of it, or we never actually 267 00:12:04.720 --> 00:12:07.320 had that moment in time when we had that transaction 268 00:12:07.399 --> 00:12:07.840 with Christ. 269 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:10.799 Yeah, and it's one thing. And just to be clear, 270 00:12:10.919 --> 00:12:14.159 so listeners don't miss hear what you're saying is. What 271 00:12:14.159 --> 00:12:17.320 you're saying is is if you can't resolve the time 272 00:12:17.399 --> 00:12:21.080 where the transaction has taken place, not not whether or 273 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:22.039 not it worked. 274 00:12:22.240 --> 00:12:24.919 Right, because Obviously his grace is sufficient for you. Paul 275 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:27.399 told a set in the last chapt so his part 276 00:12:27.440 --> 00:12:30.120 of it is sufficient. It's just whether or not the 277 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:33.679 transaction actually happened, not whether that the transaction went through. 278 00:12:34.000 --> 00:12:35.600 It went through, Yes, it went through. 279 00:12:35.679 --> 00:12:36.039 That's right. 280 00:12:36.120 --> 00:12:39.080 Yeah. It's it's interesting too because you know, the Bible 281 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:41.159 does say that if you know that, if you are 282 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:43.679 truly a Christian, there will be fruit. So you know, 283 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:47.159 so just think about, you know, the smallest measure of fruit. 284 00:12:47.639 --> 00:12:52.240 Sometimes people change radically overnight. Sometimes people make a gradual change. 285 00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:55.120 There's no formula to it, you know. But the but 286 00:12:55.159 --> 00:12:57.919 the important thing is whether it's gradual change or whether 287 00:12:57.960 --> 00:13:03.399 it's massive change overnight, both of those are fruit. So 288 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:06.480 it's it's it's a thing in our lives where you know, 289 00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:10.840 if you I remember giving the Gospel to little children, right, 290 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:13.759 and sometimes I do it with vacation Bible school And 291 00:13:14.120 --> 00:13:16.399 for years and years I ran these vacation Bible schools 292 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:18.840 at my small church, you know which, by the way, 293 00:13:18.919 --> 00:13:21.679 side note, I remember one time we had six hundred 294 00:13:21.720 --> 00:13:25.120 people in our whole church was one hundred and eighty people, 295 00:13:25.639 --> 00:13:28.039 and they couldn't even fit in the auditorium. It was 296 00:13:28.039 --> 00:13:30.279 standing room onely and they had to bleed out into 297 00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:33.000 the But we had this huge fare, this carnival festival thing, 298 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:35.159 and all these parents came out and everything else. We 299 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:37.559 ended up having like five hundred and eighty people in 300 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:40.440 this auditorium that holds like maybe three hundred. 301 00:13:40.799 --> 00:13:42.320 Right, those are always fun. 302 00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:45.039 It was fun. So so anyway, it was. It was 303 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:46.919 a really cool time. But I remember sort of giving 304 00:13:46.919 --> 00:13:49.519 the gospel and saying like, Okay, you know, Jesus died 305 00:13:49.519 --> 00:13:51.759 for your sins and and you know, the Bible says 306 00:13:51.799 --> 00:13:53.519 that we can't get to Heaven by ourselves and we 307 00:13:53.559 --> 00:13:55.799 needed to trust him. And I was doing that. But 308 00:13:55.879 --> 00:13:59.879 in the room, I'm radically conscious, conscious of the fact 309 00:14:00.440 --> 00:14:03.960 that you can convince kids into doing anything. Sure, you 310 00:14:03.960 --> 00:14:05.679 could look at kids and go the moon is made 311 00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:09.960 of green cheese. Oh really, you don't want to go 312 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:13.240 to hell? Do you know you want to go to having? Sure, 313 00:14:13.679 --> 00:14:16.240 kids have no idea what the what they're saying, right, 314 00:14:16.440 --> 00:14:20.919 And so it's like you, as a teacher, hold that responsibility. 315 00:14:21.799 --> 00:14:24.720 So you need to just make sure that you know 316 00:14:25.200 --> 00:14:28.159 you're not, you know, creating a problem for a family. 317 00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:32.039 That it's the same problem that you're referring to right 318 00:14:32.120 --> 00:14:34.639 down the road, Like, well, yeah, I remember when you 319 00:14:34.639 --> 00:14:36.600 were Christian. You were four years old and you raised. 320 00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:39.039 Your head, or you got baptized when you know, I 321 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:42.240 had you baptized when you were a baby, right, and 322 00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:44.759 so anyway, all you went through confirmation, you must be 323 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:45.279 a Christian. 324 00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:48.360 But for the kids who do know, my point in 325 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:51.200 my story has a lot of points, but it says, uh, 326 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:55.240 I just say, if you do your part, trust God 327 00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:57.519 that he'll do his part. That's sort of what I 328 00:14:57.559 --> 00:15:02.039 was thinking, which is which is like, hey, with childlike faith, 329 00:15:02.440 --> 00:15:04.519 you put your faith in trust in him, and it's 330 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:07.639 God's job to do what he promised, which is to 331 00:15:07.679 --> 00:15:10.720 secure your salvation, to write your names down in the 332 00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:13.559 Lamb's Book of life. You know God's gonna do those things. 333 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:16.399 It will always do his part always, That's right. So 334 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:21.279 I guess the challenge is, don't risk eternity on maybe right, 335 00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:24.720 every major event in your life. You can remember every 336 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:28.159 major event. You remember when you graduate from high school. 337 00:15:28.200 --> 00:15:30.679 You remember your first kiss, you remember when you graduated 338 00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:34.120 from college, you remember your first job, You remember when 339 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:37.440 you had your first child. You remember all those all 340 00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:40.799 these major events. You remember asking your wife out on 341 00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:43.120 a first date, you remember proposing, you remember. 342 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:45.279 So you're clearly talking to old people at this point. 343 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:47.399 Yeah yeah, yeah, grown ups. 344 00:15:47.519 --> 00:15:48.679 Yeah yeah yeah yeah. 345 00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:54.399 But so with regard to the events in your life, 346 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:57.080 you remember these important events. And if you're sitting here 347 00:15:57.080 --> 00:16:00.600 testing your faith, going, I just don't remember I cross 348 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:05.360 thetlante of faith. There's no shame, right, and saying only 349 00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:07.360 the devil is speaking in your saying it's a shame 350 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:12.600 that you don't remember. Instead, don't risk eternity on man, 351 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:15.399 I have this vague feeling that I've just always believed 352 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:19.000 or whatever. Instead, make today your day. That's why Paul 353 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:21.000 said that just a few chapters ago, today is the 354 00:16:21.039 --> 00:16:24.240 day of salvation, right, And what he's saying is you 355 00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:26.080 don't wait, and you don't put it off, and you 356 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:28.639 don't just guess or just hope. And here he's ending 357 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:30.879 it saying, you should test yourself, test yourself, and if 358 00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:33.759 you can't define it, make today that day. And it's 359 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:35.840 this simple. Everyone who calls them the name the Lord 360 00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:39.679 will be saved. So in Romans chapter ten, you have 361 00:16:39.679 --> 00:16:41.720 to believe that Jesus is the Lord that he rose 362 00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:43.399 from the dead. He paid the price for your sins. 363 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:45.559 And if you will repent of your sins and come 364 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:48.080 to faith in Christ, invite him into your life today, 365 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:48.639 he will. 366 00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:49.039 Right. 367 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:51.240 It's not a sinner's prayer that does it. It's the attitude. 368 00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:54.200 But there are some elements to it that are not 369 00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:56.600 that difficult to put into a prayer, to say, God, 370 00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:58.799 would you forgive me my sins? Jesus, would you become 371 00:16:58.840 --> 00:17:00.399 the king of my life? Would you take me to 372 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:02.360 Heaven when I die? And you can be sure of 373 00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:06.039 it because God's end of the transaction is for sure 374 00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:10.119 completed when you repent of your sins and turn to Christ. Right, 375 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:12.039 And that's it. And so this is I think part 376 00:17:12.079 --> 00:17:14.440 of what he's talking about. Examine yourself, think about it. 377 00:17:14.559 --> 00:17:16.559 This isn't a shame on you, or you stink or 378 00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:19.839 you're a horrible person. It's just another opportunity to make 379 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:21.519 sure that things are right between you and God. That's 380 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:21.920 a good thing. 381 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:25.799 And I like the set of statements that are put 382 00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:28.319 in verse number eleven where he says, dear brothers and sisters, 383 00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:31.119 which let's remind ourselves he's talking to Christians. When he's 384 00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:34.519 saying that, yeah, brothers and sisters refers to not physical 385 00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:39.240 brothers or sisters like family lineage. He's talking about brothers 386 00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:42.279 and sisters in christyep, I close this letter with these words, 387 00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:45.720 and then he goes he does that famous Paul thing. Right. Yeah, yeah, here's. 388 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:47.039 About twenty five other things I wish I could have 389 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:47.599 talked about it. 390 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:51.440 Right, So be joyful, and by the way, be joyful. 391 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:56.200 You know, I'm under the belief that it actually doesn't 392 00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:59.599 take a lot of effort to just fake your way 393 00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:04.039 through being joyful. You know, sometimes we can actually you know, 394 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:08.079 can you know? I always say, like, you know, uh, 395 00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:11.200 sing about it until you actually mean it. Right. That's 396 00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:13.799 why I like worship songs because sometimes it will say 397 00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:15.640 God is so good, and you're like, well, I'm singing 398 00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:18.559 because the worship guy's asking me to sing the lyrics 399 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:20.279 on the screen, and the lyrics are on the screen, right, 400 00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:22.319 And sometimes by the end of the song you're. 401 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:23.559