WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:03.720 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.759 --> 00:00:06.480 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun in 3 00:00:06.599 --> 00:00:12.119 practical ways. Hey, everybody, if you're brand new, we are 4 00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:13.720 the Bible Guys. I am Chris, and. 5 00:00:13.640 --> 00:00:14.439 This is Jeff. 6 00:00:15.599 --> 00:00:18.800 And notice that his name is first The Bible Guys 7 00:00:18.800 --> 00:00:19.760 with Jeff and Chris. 8 00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:20.519 It's right above me. 9 00:00:20.760 --> 00:00:25.039 Oh that's Jeff and Chris. Yeah, why isn't it Chris 10 00:00:25.079 --> 00:00:25.800 and Jeff Jeff. 11 00:00:27.079 --> 00:00:33.679 Uh, well, I think we know why, our listeners. There's 12 00:00:33.719 --> 00:00:37.399 the Bible Guy, and then there's the Bible Guys. 13 00:00:37.520 --> 00:00:41.000 It's his companion. It's the Bible Guy's companion, Chris. 14 00:00:41.920 --> 00:00:44.000 I think our listeners know. We should just ask them. 15 00:00:44.439 --> 00:00:46.359 It's so funny. 16 00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:48.640 All right, Well, now we have that out of the 17 00:00:48.640 --> 00:00:52.320 way and everybody knows. Uh, We're gonna go ahead and 18 00:00:52.359 --> 00:00:55.200 move right into a segment called you know. Desiree wrote 19 00:00:55.200 --> 00:01:00.280 this called Thanksgiving story Time. She writes Happy Thanksgiving, which, 20 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:02.000 by the way, that means this is going to play 21 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:03.079 on Thanksgiving, right. 22 00:01:03.479 --> 00:01:07.040 Yes, Happy Thanksgiving. Yeah, that's because this is a week 23 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:11.040 before for us, right right, right right right, Yeah, we're shooting. 24 00:01:10.760 --> 00:01:14.319 The week before, which sometimes we should several weeks in advance. 25 00:01:14.519 --> 00:01:15.560 Yes, so we've both been. 26 00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:17.879 Out of the country and we've quite a been you 27 00:01:17.959 --> 00:01:19.000 had to play catch up. 28 00:01:19.519 --> 00:01:21.000 So happy thanks Thanksgiving. 29 00:01:22.120 --> 00:01:24.439 Oh my goodness, I can't believe we both did that. 30 00:01:24.439 --> 00:01:26.200 That is crazy. 31 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:28.280 That is some seriously crazy stuff. 32 00:01:28.280 --> 00:01:28.799 There we go. 33 00:01:29.120 --> 00:01:30.840 Let's share stories. 34 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:34.000 Of a funny, embarrassing, or memorable moment that happened on 35 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:35.599 a Thanksgiving over the years. 36 00:01:35.799 --> 00:01:37.560 Okay, so you have a story. 37 00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:43.319 So our Thanksgivings are rowdy? Aur yours do you? Guys have? Like? 38 00:01:43.599 --> 00:01:47.040 No opposite is true when we gather around. You know, 39 00:01:47.079 --> 00:01:49.480 my mom always likes to cook a lot, and lately 40 00:01:49.640 --> 00:01:52.239 the last several years I've done like the turkey and 41 00:01:52.439 --> 00:01:55.560 BONDI and I help out. And then hopefully my brother's 42 00:01:55.680 --> 00:01:57.480 families come in and we all kind of gather on 43 00:01:57.519 --> 00:02:00.000 my mom and dad's house, and then whatever brothers are there, 44 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:04.480 I'm the oldest of the four brothers. Whatever brothers are there, 45 00:02:04.599 --> 00:02:07.000 it's just cutting up and laughing, and then he gets 46 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:10.120 louder and louder. So after dinner we watched football then 47 00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:15.599 and then after that usually everybody's gathering around, they want 48 00:02:15.639 --> 00:02:17.759 to play games of some kind. So I'm always bringing 49 00:02:17.800 --> 00:02:24.400 new games to my mom, and I like like games 50 00:02:24.439 --> 00:02:27.080 where like have you played Ultimate wear Well, you've played 51 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:29.960 Ultimate Wearwolf before, right, where everybody's trying to figure out 52 00:02:29.960 --> 00:02:31.719 who the were wolves are versus the villagers and there's 53 00:02:31.719 --> 00:02:33.719 a lot of accusing and yelling and that kind of thing. 54 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:36.039 So I have a game like that that I bought 55 00:02:36.039 --> 00:02:39.479 from my mom called The Donner Dinner Party, and it's 56 00:02:40.479 --> 00:02:42.439 it's essentially the same where you're trying to figure out 57 00:02:42.439 --> 00:02:46.159 who the cannibals are and who the the regular pilgrims are, 58 00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:49.960 not Pilgrims but pioneers are in the thing. And I 59 00:02:50.039 --> 00:02:51.800 bought it just to find out which one of my 60 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:55.199 mom's kids would she eat first? And the thing. Yeah, 61 00:02:55.280 --> 00:02:58.280 so on Thanksgiving dinner, we made my mom a cannibal. 62 00:02:58.360 --> 00:03:02.280 So yeah, not for real right right? Yeah? Wow, and 63 00:03:02.599 --> 00:03:05.280 yeah it was fun. Well that was that was It 64 00:03:05.319 --> 00:03:09.759 wasn't me, it was Mark. That's the next one down 65 00:03:09.800 --> 00:03:11.960 for me. Well, because she loves me. 66 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:14.199 Of your twenty seven brothers, yeah. 67 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:15.000 Yeah, I have four brothers. 68 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:21.360 Yes, all right, so here's my Thanksgiving story. Yeah, well 69 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:23.159 you have how many sisters? How many sisters? 70 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:23.439 Six? 71 00:03:23.800 --> 00:03:24.039 Right? 72 00:03:24.120 --> 00:03:24.919 Six older sisters. 73 00:03:24.960 --> 00:03:28.159 Yeah, it's just a crazy amount of siblings. Yeah, So 74 00:03:28.639 --> 00:03:34.400 here's my Thanksgiving story. When I was twelve years old, 75 00:03:35.479 --> 00:03:38.960 I went over to my grandmother and grandmother grandmother and 76 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:44.520 grandfather's house. Actually they owned, no, they managed a U 77 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:48.599 haul storage facility, so there's like an apartment that was 78 00:03:48.879 --> 00:03:50.039 like on site. 79 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:52.199 So that's where they lived. 80 00:03:52.560 --> 00:03:55.319 So we would go over there and have Thanksgiving, and 81 00:03:55.360 --> 00:03:58.800 it was you know, we shared holidays, right, so because 82 00:03:58.840 --> 00:04:01.439 my mom and they were divorced, so this was sort 83 00:04:01.479 --> 00:04:04.639 of my dad's holiday and he chose to spend it 84 00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:09.599 with his father and mother. So my cousins were there 85 00:04:09.639 --> 00:04:15.080 from my dad's side. Who were the cousins that we 86 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:19.680 spent the least amount of time with? Okay, Okay, So anyway, 87 00:04:19.720 --> 00:04:23.120 my uncle, uh huh Okay, I'm trying to be Jenda. 88 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:26.079 So we sort of. 89 00:04:26.079 --> 00:04:29.480 Don't understand his side a lot, Okay, don't We don't 90 00:04:29.480 --> 00:04:30.399 mess it a lot. 91 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:30.800 Okay. 92 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:36.199 So anyway, what ends up happening is my uncle whatever 93 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:39.680 his name is, from Tennessee, Uncle John, Uncle John and 94 00:04:39.920 --> 00:04:41.639 K come up from Tennessee and they have this big 95 00:04:41.680 --> 00:04:44.000 sheep dog and I'm talking like the biggest thing you've 96 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:45.399 ever seen. When I was twelve, he looked like a 97 00:04:45.399 --> 00:04:49.120 giant and and everybody was scared of him. And so 98 00:04:49.240 --> 00:04:51.360 I'm like, I go over to pet him, and Uncle 99 00:04:51.399 --> 00:04:54.800 John says, he's it's okay, like it's all right, and 100 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:56.959 he was he was bigger than me like at the time, 101 00:04:57.319 --> 00:04:58.879 and so I got down on my hands and knees 102 00:04:58.879 --> 00:05:01.480 and I leaned up right to his face and he 103 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:02.120 said it's okay. 104 00:05:02.160 --> 00:05:04.120 And I reached out my hand and I went to 105 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:04.639 go pet him. 106 00:05:04.639 --> 00:05:07.519 And as soon as I was right around to touch him, 107 00:05:07.759 --> 00:05:10.959 my other cousin, Dustin, comes running around the corner and 108 00:05:11.040 --> 00:05:15.639 decides to run and tackle the sheep dog like a horse. 109 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:19.600 And so the sheep dog freaks out and bites me, 110 00:05:20.040 --> 00:05:23.680 and I currently have twelve stitches right here, so you 111 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:24.600 can see. 112 00:05:24.839 --> 00:05:26.120 Yeah, a little bit, yeah, this a little bit of 113 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:28.759 a scar there. Yeah, yeah, so the scar it's hideous. 114 00:05:29.160 --> 00:05:32.959 It is for our listeners. And I can't I can't 115 00:05:32.959 --> 00:05:33.839 even make eye content. 116 00:05:34.040 --> 00:05:37.120 And I'll never even I'll never forget how the dog 117 00:05:37.279 --> 00:05:40.639 jumped at me and was like and just literally ate 118 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:46.720 my face and had twelve stitches across eighteen stitches across 119 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:47.560 my jawline. 120 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:49.879 And that was my Thanksgiving. 121 00:05:50.040 --> 00:05:52.480 Wow, Well you can barely see it now. 122 00:05:52.639 --> 00:05:57.240 And and it stained my my jacket, my red jacket. 123 00:05:57.240 --> 00:05:59.160 I had to throw it away. 124 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:02.199 It was red blood, but you know it didn't quite match. Wow, 125 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:03.160 different shades of red. 126 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:05.639 So you got eaten by a dog, yes, and my 127 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:07.879 brother got eaten by my mom. 128 00:06:08.600 --> 00:06:11.000 Oh oh hey, that was random. 129 00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:11.959 Yeah. 130 00:06:12.000 --> 00:06:14.920 And by the way, speaking of random, random, this chapter 131 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:19.720 is filled with random quote good job. Yeah, I mean 132 00:06:19.839 --> 00:06:24.319 just access like just total one liners that are randomly 133 00:06:24.360 --> 00:06:25.519 put into the same chapter. 134 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:29.399 From chapter ten to chapter twenty two. It's literally one 135 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:32.399 or two versus one liners. They're not even connected. A 136 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:34.480 lot of times. The idea is it's just ideas. It's 137 00:06:34.480 --> 00:06:36.160 like he's right now, Oh, here's a good idea. Here's 138 00:06:36.199 --> 00:06:38.600 a good idea. Here's a good idea. Here's a good idea. Right. 139 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:41.920 So that's what these are, and I love them. I 140 00:06:42.040 --> 00:06:45.160 quote I think from these next to a dozen chapters. 141 00:06:45.399 --> 00:06:48.319 I quote from these, probably more than with regard to 142 00:06:48.399 --> 00:06:52.480 practical living than any other passages in the Bible. So 143 00:06:52.920 --> 00:06:56.000 they're great. Here's what it says a wise child chapter ten. 144 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:56.839 Isn't that what we're reading? 145 00:06:56.879 --> 00:06:56.959 Ye? 146 00:06:57.879 --> 00:07:01.600 Chapter ten, the Proverbs of Solim A wise child brings 147 00:07:01.720 --> 00:07:05.240 joy to a father. A foolish child brings grief to 148 00:07:05.319 --> 00:07:09.439 a mother. Tainted wealth has no lasting value, but right 149 00:07:09.480 --> 00:07:13.319 living can save your life. The Lord will not let 150 00:07:13.319 --> 00:07:15.839 the godly go hungry, but he refuses to satisfy the 151 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:19.839 craving of the wicked. Lazy people are soon poor. Hard 152 00:07:19.839 --> 00:07:25.399 workers get rich. Wise youth harvests, a wise youth harvests 153 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:28.120 in the summer, but one who sleeps during harvest is 154 00:07:28.160 --> 00:07:31.800 a disgrace. The godly are showered with blessings. The words 155 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:35.560 of the wicked conceal violent intentions. We have happy memories 156 00:07:35.600 --> 00:07:37.399 of the godly, but the name of a wicked person 157 00:07:37.480 --> 00:07:40.680 rots away. The wise are glad to be instructed, but 158 00:07:40.720 --> 00:07:44.879 babbling fools fall flat on their faces. People with integrity 159 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:47.519 walk safely, but those who follow crooked paths will slip 160 00:07:47.519 --> 00:07:51.120 and fall. People who wink it wrong cause trouble, but 161 00:07:51.199 --> 00:07:55.160 a bold reproof promotes peace. The words of the godly 162 00:07:55.319 --> 00:07:57.800 are a life giving fountain. The words of the wicked 163 00:07:57.839 --> 00:08:03.199 conceal violent intentions. Hatred stirs up quarrels, but love makes 164 00:08:03.279 --> 00:08:07.079 up for all offenses. Wise words come from the lips 165 00:08:07.079 --> 00:08:10.000 of people with understanding, but those lacking sense will be 166 00:08:10.000 --> 00:08:13.759 beaten with a rot. Wise people treasure knowledge, but the 167 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:17.560 babbling of a fool invites disaster. The wealth of the 168 00:08:17.639 --> 00:08:19.920 rich is their fortress, the poverty of the poor is 169 00:08:19.959 --> 00:08:23.680 their destruction. The earnings of the godly enhance their lives, 170 00:08:23.680 --> 00:08:27.720 but evil people squander their money on sin. People who 171 00:08:27.800 --> 00:08:30.399 accept discipline are on the pathway to life, but those 172 00:08:30.439 --> 00:08:34.679 who ignore correction will go astray. Hiding hatred makes you 173 00:08:34.720 --> 00:08:38.440 a liar. Slandering others makes you a fool. Too much 174 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:41.679 talk leads to sin. Be sensible and keep your mouth shut. 175 00:08:42.720 --> 00:08:47.279 That's great, says the guys with a podcast, Right, right right. 176 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:51.440 The words of the godly are like sterling silver. The 177 00:08:51.440 --> 00:08:54.519 heart of a fool is worthless. The words of the 178 00:08:54.559 --> 00:08:57.320 godly encourage many, but fools are destroyed by their lack 179 00:08:57.360 --> 00:09:00.440 of common sense. The blessing of the Lord makes a 180 00:09:00.440 --> 00:09:04.159 person rich, and he adds no sorrow with it. Doing 181 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:07.240 wrong is fun for a fool, but living wisely brings 182 00:09:07.279 --> 00:09:10.360 pleasure to the sensible. The fears of the wicked will 183 00:09:10.399 --> 00:09:13.080 be fulfilled. The hopes of the godly will be granted 184 00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:16.000 when the storms of life come. The wicked are world away, 185 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:21.000 but the godly have a lasting foundation. Lazy people irritate 186 00:09:21.039 --> 00:09:23.440 their employers like vinegar to the teeth or smoke in 187 00:09:23.480 --> 00:09:28.000 the eyes. Fear of the Lord lengthens one's life, but 188 00:09:28.039 --> 00:09:31.039 the years of the wicked are cut short. The hopes 189 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:33.639 of the godly result in happiness, but the expectations of 190 00:09:33.679 --> 00:09:36.600 the wicked come to nothing. The way of the Lord 191 00:09:36.639 --> 00:09:39.279 is a stronghold to those with integrity, but it destroys 192 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:43.320 the wicked. The godly will never be disturbed, but the 193 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:46.720 wicked will be removed from the land. The mouth of 194 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:48.960 the godly person gives wise advice, but the tongue that 195 00:09:49.039 --> 00:09:52.240 deceives will be cut off. The lips of the godly 196 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:55.519 speak helpful words, but the mouth of the wicked speaks 197 00:09:55.559 --> 00:10:00.399 perverse words. So it's just whise sayings yeah. 198 00:10:00.559 --> 00:10:04.080 Yep, and really, I mean, goodness, gracious. It almost seems 199 00:10:04.120 --> 00:10:08.039 to have a theme, which is how great the godly 200 00:10:08.080 --> 00:10:11.759 are and how not great the ungodly are. 201 00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:14.919 How great the life of the godly will be. Yes, 202 00:10:15.039 --> 00:10:17.240 it's really it's not that they're good people. It's that 203 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:20.320 as they choose God's ways, life is going to be 204 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:22.399 pretty good for them. Life's going to be pretty bad 205 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:24.120 for the person who rejects God's ways. 206 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:27.559 Right, yeah, yeah, So, I mean it almost feels like 207 00:10:27.759 --> 00:10:30.000 most of it has that theme going back and forth. 208 00:10:30.159 --> 00:10:35.279 Yea, and yeah, you have words, right. So he talks 209 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:37.039 a lot about the kind of words that people say, 210 00:10:37.639 --> 00:10:40.080 and he says, like, the words of the godly are 211 00:10:40.120 --> 00:10:43.879 life giving, the words of wicked concealed violent intentions. Right, 212 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:49.039 how often do we hurt people even unintentionally? We hurt 213 00:10:49.080 --> 00:10:54.039 people with our words versus giving life? Right? There's another 214 00:10:54.080 --> 00:11:00.879 one over here, was it I'm looking for the mouth 215 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:03.080 of the godly person gives wise advice, but the tongue 216 00:11:03.120 --> 00:11:05.200 that deceives will be cut off. The lips of the 217 00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:07.440 godly speak helpful words, but the mouth of the wicked 218 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:10.360 speaks for verse words. There's a lot of phrases in 219 00:11:10.360 --> 00:11:13.000 here about how important our words are. And he's always 220 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:15.559 talking about how the godly build up. Now the godly 221 00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:17.960 also correct. He talks about that a few different times 222 00:11:17.960 --> 00:11:22.679 in here. The godly will bring discipline. And was it 223 00:11:22.679 --> 00:11:25.799 that Dave Harrington says, Dave is really one of the 224 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:28.799 wise men in my life. He's one of the key 225 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:32.279 leaders that Heridage church. And Dave said to our staff 226 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:39.039 yesterday candor is caring, right, So being clear and speaking 227 00:11:39.120 --> 00:11:42.399 truth is evidence that you love somebody or care for somebody. 228 00:11:42.559 --> 00:11:45.559 So that's in there. It's the idea that wise words 229 00:11:45.639 --> 00:11:47.600 come from the lips of people with understanding, but those 230 00:11:47.720 --> 00:11:50.159 lacking sense will be beaten with a rod. This whole chapter, 231 00:11:50.240 --> 00:11:52.240 it's like every third verse has something to do with 232 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:55.639 wise words versus foolish words, and that wise words usually 233 00:11:55.639 --> 00:12:00.240 build up or bring clarity. Foolish words tear down or 234 00:12:00.440 --> 00:12:02.080 try to get people to do the wrong thing. 235 00:12:02.679 --> 00:12:05.480 You know what these little sayings seem to do for me, 236 00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:09.919 They seem to be a reminder of like a thirty 237 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:14.440 thousand foot perspective, because think about it, if you're in 238 00:12:14.480 --> 00:12:18.279 the moment, sometimes you can get swept away with foolish 239 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:21.159 words or foolish moments, or you know, like heading a 240 00:12:21.200 --> 00:12:24.240 foolish direction or making a foolish choice, and then you know, 241 00:12:24.320 --> 00:12:27.080 and you know, maybe the wisdom is something you just 242 00:12:27.440 --> 00:12:29.399 want to ignore because you just want to do what 243 00:12:29.440 --> 00:12:31.639 you want to do, or you know, whatever it is. 244 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:35.200 But these are principles that sort of zoom you out 245 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:38.120 and it feels like you're flying thirty thousand feet. 246 00:12:38.399 --> 00:12:41.120 And so what he's trying, at least for me. 247 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:43.960 Anyway, it feels like, hey, when you're in that moment 248 00:12:44.519 --> 00:12:48.840 and you need to recognize the difference between what wisdom 249 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:50.759 is going to do for you to live your life 250 00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:54.679 in this way versus foolishness, and it feels like these 251 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:59.840 are principles that help us to recognize that in the moment, 252 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:04.360 uh choose, choose, the choose the godly way as opposed 253 00:13:04.360 --> 00:13:05.519 to the ungodly. 254 00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:05.919 Way or the wicked way. 255 00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:11.039 And I remember, goodness gracious, Back in September of two 256 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:15.279 thousand and seven, we actually did a series. It was 257 00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:19.399 a four part series called Stop. And in fact, back then, 258 00:13:19.559 --> 00:13:22.120 you know, we used to have keychains. Remember back then 259 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:25.159 in two thousand and seven, when everybody had keychains. Maybe 260 00:13:25.200 --> 00:13:27.840 people still do, right, I don't have any keychain hardly 261 00:13:27.879 --> 00:13:30.360 at all, but but anyway, we used to you know, 262 00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:35.559 carry like the Kroger, you know, barcode where you boop, 263 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:37.440 you know, and you have all these things. 264 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:38.000 On your keychain. 265 00:13:38.399 --> 00:13:40.799 Well, anyway, we had this thing for people to put 266 00:13:40.840 --> 00:13:44.480 on their keychain called Stop and the tagline was stop 267 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:47.919 and then underneath it said because everyone is tempted. It 268 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:51.759 was a four week series on temptation. And in that series, 269 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:54.960 what we said was is that right in the moment, 270 00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:57.279 when you're in the heat of the moment and you're 271 00:13:57.399 --> 00:14:01.360 tempted to do something, you also maybe to think that 272 00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:05.080 your action may not connect to anything else because you 273 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:08.120 think that that moment exists singularly in time. 274 00:14:08.519 --> 00:14:09.759 But the reality. 275 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:13.360 Is is that that moment of weakness or bad choices 276 00:14:13.480 --> 00:14:17.080 or consequence, all of it is attached to so much 277 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:19.639 more So, the encouragement of the entire series was this 278 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:23.519 is that before you make the bad choice, stop and 279 00:14:23.679 --> 00:14:27.200 pause and recognize these things are true. And here's what 280 00:14:27.240 --> 00:14:31.559 we said. We said, in that moment, your faith is 281 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:36.559 at stake, your family is at stake, and your friends, 282 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:39.279 your friends and family to some degree, and then your 283 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:42.519 future is at stake. So every time that you're tempted 284 00:14:42.519 --> 00:14:46.840 to do the wrong thing, stop and recognize and say, okay, 285 00:14:47.399 --> 00:14:49.200 you know, how is this going to affect my faith 286 00:14:49.519 --> 00:14:52.799 with my heavenly Father, my friends and family around me 287 00:14:52.919 --> 00:14:57.240 to some degree, and then my future and so and 288 00:14:57.279 --> 00:15:01.440 so when we recognize that this one choice right, you know, hey, 289 00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:03.720 it feels good in the moment I want to go 290 00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:05.799 rob a bank. It's going to pay my bills, right, 291 00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:09.080 and it's like, wait a minute, stop and realize this 292 00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:13.279 is connected to so many other things. And that's what 293 00:15:13.320 --> 00:15:16.399 this chapter feels like to me. It feels like, hey, 294 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:19.279 you have to recognize that in the moment, I'm going 295 00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:22.559 to give you wisdom on recognizing the difference of these 296 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:25.960 two things. And these are principles. They're going to define 297 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:26.919 the rest of your life. 298 00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:32.519 Yeah, that's really solid. There's a lot of other themes 299 00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:35.759 in these proverbs, and especially as you read through from 300 00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:37.919 ten to twenty one or twenty two, whatever it is 301 00:15:37.960 --> 00:15:40.399 these chapters. Here. One of the other themes that comes up, 302 00:15:40.399 --> 00:15:43.519 and we talked about this yesterday just briefly, is the 303 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:47.200 difference between lazy people and industrious people. Remember yesterday, he says, Hey, 304 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:50.799 look at the ants right right, and don't be a 305 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:51.480 lazy bones. 306 00:15:51.559 --> 00:15:52.399 Lazy bones. 307 00:15:53.159 --> 00:15:56.279 Yeah, So here in verse four and five, he says, 308 00:15:56.480 --> 00:16:00.279 lazy people are soon poor. Hard workers get rich. A 309 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:02.960 wise youth harvests in the summer, but one who sleeps 310 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:06.919 during harvest is a disgrace. There's other passages where it's 311 00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:12.559 going to talk about hard work versus was it verse sixteen, 312 00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:15.080 the Earnings of the Godly enhance their lives, but evil 313 00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:19.039 people squander their money right on sin. So there's a 314 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:21.960 lot in the Book of Proverbs about how to get ahead, 315 00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:26.200 how to build wealth, that godly people just keep working 316 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:30.600 and work hard and over time that translates into success, 317 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:35.639 and that foolish people hold back, they don't do what 318 00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:37.360 needs to be done when it needs to be done, 319 00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:40.200 and they just keep hoping. There's other times when he 320 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:43.720 talks about how foolish people just keep hoping that things 321 00:16:43.759 --> 00:16:46.759 will get better as opposed to start making things better. 322 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:50.200 And I've had, you know, people I've talked to before 323 00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:53.320 that were just struggling financially, couldn't get ahead, didn't like 324 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:56.600 the job that they're in, frustrated with their life. And 325 00:16:55.960 --> 00:16:58.320 my thing is, what are you doing to make it 326 00:16:58.320 --> 00:17:01.320 life better? Oh? Life's too hard, already, work too many hours, already, 327 00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:04.039 do too many things. And I'm like, if you keep 328 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:05.920 doing what you're doing, you're going to keep getting what 329 00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:08.400 you get right. If you want your life to change, 330 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:11.519 you have to be that person, that person that literally 331 00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:14.319 a wise youth harvest in the summer. My dad used 332 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:15.960 to say, you got to make hay while the sunshining 333 00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:18.559 right because there's gonna be a day when you can't 334 00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:21.839 make hay anymore right. You can't harvest if it's not 335 00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:24.839 harvest season. So if you have the opportunity in front 336 00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:26.480 of you, grab a hold of it. That might mean 337 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:29.200 a little less sleep for a year or two in 338 00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:31.359 order to get go back to school and get that 339 00:17:31.400 --> 00:17:33.640 degree you need in order to get into management instead 340 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:36.599 of always being on the poor side of the business right, 341 00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:38.559 or to be able to go start a new career 342 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:42.079 or something. People wait around just hoping God will do 343 00:17:42.119 --> 00:17:45.319 a miracle, and God's like, the miracle is you woke 344 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:48.079 up again today. The miracle is I've given you opportunities, 345 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:50.079 you're just not seizing them. God doesn't say it's going 346 00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:53.200 to be easy. God says, if you're a godly person, 347 00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:56.440 you're going to work hard, and hard workers get rich. 348 00:17:56.839 --> 00:18:01.559 Wise people harvest when it's harvest time. Foolish people, lazy 349 00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:05.359 people are soon poor. Foolish people sleep when there could 350 00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:09.000 be an opportunity to make more right. And so I 351 00:18:09.319 --> 00:18:12.359 just think that there's there's something to that the general 352 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:18.640 work ethic of a godly person should far exceed the 353 00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:21.400 way the work ethic of of lazy, godless people. 354 00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:25.319 Yeah, yeah, and I love how in verse Oh no, 355 00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:29.000 I'm looking ahead dead gummet. I was looking down at 356 00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:33.119 chapter eleven, verse number one. It says the Lord detests 357 00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:37.119 the use of dishonest scales, but he delights in accurate weights. 358 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:39.440 Isn't that a great verse? Yeah? 359 00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:41.240 So, you know, back then, they would they would do 360 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:44.920 trade in commerce with the scales of justice, and oftentimes 361 00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:47.720 it was the literal weight of something, but more times 362 00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:50.200 it was the it was the weight of of you know, 363 00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:51.720 of the of their. 364 00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:55.920 Currency, right, and so anyway. 365 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:59.079 So the just weights were always determined by the king. 366 00:18:59.319 --> 00:19:01.960 Usually would have a determination is to this is the 367 00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:05.200 exact weight of an ounce of gold, This is it, 368 00:19:05.319 --> 00:19:07.240 And they would have these weights that would be approved 369 00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:10.000 and stamped by the government. Well, then what crooks would 370 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:13.359 do is they would drill them out, lighten them, and 371 00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:15.720 then what would happen is that they would they would 372 00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:20.000 be able to get more money, right, but it would 373 00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:21.799 appear on the scales to be the same. 374 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:25.319 Or maybe it's a scale that's all outside or right, right, yeah, 375 00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:29.559 But dishonest scales, you know, it's it's really a thing 376 00:19:29.599 --> 00:19:34.000 that just talks about honesty guides good people dishonesty destroys 377 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:34.759 treasures people. 378 00:19:34.920 --> 00:19:36.279 Again, I've just skipped ahead to. 379 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:40.200 Chapter eleven, but I love those I love that concept, 380 00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:44.119 just how God is talking about integrity, He's talking about honesty, 381 00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:46.279 and it's just really great. 382 00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:50.880 So you have this this hard work theme, you have 383 00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:54.640 this the use of your words theme, and then you 384 00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:59.160 have the long life theme throughout his writings. Right, You're 385 00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:02.119 gonna have a long, satisfying life if you fear the Lord, 386 00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:09.039 for instance, Right, and then hopes, your hopes will be 387 00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:11.680 granted if you're a godly person and you're going God's way. 388 00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:14.839 It's amazing how often life turns out the way you 389 00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:17.480 hoped it would when you go God's way. And for 390 00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:20.880 those that are godless, life tends to always be a 391 00:20:20.920 --> 00:20:23.680 mystery and it's a struggle and it winds up. You know, 392 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:28.440 things come apart, and so you know he's talking. These 393 00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:31.039 seem to be the three big themes. Your words, your 394 00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:35.079 hard work, and a satisfying life. Hard work is going 395 00:20:35.119 --> 00:20:37.240 to produce resources. God's going to bless you. You're going 396 00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:39.960 to get richer your words if you use them wisely, 397 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:42.319 You're gonna build up other people. You're gonna have better relationships. 398 00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:46.279 If you go God's way, you're going to have a long, healthy, 399 00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:49.680 a satisfying life. If you reject God's way, you're going 400 00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:51.000 to have a hard life. Those seem to be the 401 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:52.960