WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:15.720 practical ways. Well, good morning. Whoa I started on different cue, guys, 4 00:00:15.759 --> 00:00:18.600 so let me let me try it again. Ready, good morning, 5 00:00:18.920 --> 00:00:22.679 good morning. We talked the whole night through. Good morning, 6 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:26.160 good morning to you and you and you man. 7 00:00:26.239 --> 00:00:27.800 That's the first time you ever started over? 8 00:00:27.960 --> 00:00:30.440 Yeah? Well, you know I I started out really high. 9 00:00:30.839 --> 00:00:33.560 Well I was like, oh that's whoy. I was like, well, 10 00:00:33.679 --> 00:00:41.200 good morning you could you imagine? Well, good morning, good 11 00:00:41.479 --> 00:00:44.520 mon we talk. 12 00:00:45.679 --> 00:00:46.920 That's too much enthusiasm. 13 00:00:46.920 --> 00:00:48.079 We can't have it. We can't have that. 14 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:48.799 I can't have it. 15 00:00:48.920 --> 00:00:51.439 So anyway, good morning, everbody. We are the Bible Guys. 16 00:00:51.479 --> 00:00:55.039 We want to welcome you to this wonderful, wonderful episode. 17 00:00:55.200 --> 00:01:00.439 Yes, and today we have we're talking about the Lord 18 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:03.320 is faithful to all his promises. Right, this whole week 19 00:01:03.320 --> 00:01:05.439 we've been talking about the promises of God. Yes we have, 20 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:09.079 and this one is he's faithful to those promises. So 21 00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:10.680 he promises to keep his promises. 22 00:01:10.840 --> 00:01:14.599 That's that's the biggest promise. Yes, and promises. 23 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:16.879 I'm excited about. We're gonna be in some today before 24 00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:18.040 we do that. 25 00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:20.000 That's a statement, like the only thing that is certain 26 00:01:20.079 --> 00:01:24.599 is uncertainty. Yes, right, yes, so before we do that. Yes, 27 00:01:24.640 --> 00:01:26.519 we have a segment called would you rather? 28 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:27.879 I love these I do. 29 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:31.040 Too, because they're always fun and it makes you usually 30 00:01:31.120 --> 00:01:32.879 pick between two bad choices. 31 00:01:32.920 --> 00:01:34.400 So I just read the first one. 32 00:01:34.439 --> 00:01:34.799 I didn't. 33 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:36.079 I think the first one's amazing. 34 00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:37.079 Go ahead and read it. 35 00:01:37.079 --> 00:01:40.840 It says, would you rather have sticky fingers forever? Or 36 00:01:40.920 --> 00:01:42.519 dusty Cheeto fingers forever? 37 00:01:42.680 --> 00:01:45.480 Oh? My word, Well, if you had destiny, that's great one. 38 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:47.920 If you had dusty Cheeto fingers forever forever, here's my 39 00:01:47.959 --> 00:01:50.879 follow up question. You know, I like you always. Most 40 00:01:50.879 --> 00:01:54.400 people suck off the dusty cheetahs and it actually tastes 41 00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:54.719 really good. 42 00:01:54.760 --> 00:01:54.959 Yeah. 43 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:57.120 Yeah, Does that mean that you can do that forever? 44 00:01:57.239 --> 00:01:59.120 That's what I'm choosing, I believe. 45 00:01:59.159 --> 00:02:02.359 So that means that means it would off. You could 46 00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:04.000 always have Cheeto cheese. 47 00:02:04.040 --> 00:02:06.000 Of course, everything you touched would be orange. 48 00:02:06.519 --> 00:02:09.159 Oh that'd be pretty sticky. That'd be pretty terrible. 49 00:02:09.199 --> 00:02:12.479 But sticky fingers though, Yes, you might as well be 50 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:15.159 sticky for a reason, and Cheetos is a good reason. 51 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:17.199 You know, I'm going to go against you here, I'm 52 00:02:17.199 --> 00:02:20.680 gonna go sticky fingers. Really, yeah, because as long as 53 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:24.840 I'm assuming the sticky fingers doesn't leave a residue. Uh So, 54 00:02:24.919 --> 00:02:27.360 it's more like Spider Man learning not to stick to 55 00:02:27.439 --> 00:02:31.000 things and then sometimes using his sticking powers for good. 56 00:02:31.800 --> 00:02:33.400 You know, I mean think about it. You know, you go, 57 00:02:33.680 --> 00:02:35.520 you go, reach down and you pick up your underwear. 58 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:38.560 No more dropping it, you just you just touch it. 59 00:02:38.840 --> 00:02:41.240 I've never been upset about that, but okay. 60 00:02:41.960 --> 00:02:47.000 Dang gumm'd after I reached down ben over and picked 61 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:47.280 it up. 62 00:02:47.520 --> 00:02:50.520 Well, So, or do you think it's a cloaquialism for stealing? 63 00:02:52.120 --> 00:02:55.439 No, there's no sticky fingers people call it. 64 00:02:56.039 --> 00:02:57.639 Do you get to choose the meaning of sticky fingers? 65 00:02:57.840 --> 00:02:58.120 Listen? 66 00:02:58.479 --> 00:03:02.680 Do you think the first stealing stuff it's so deep forever. 67 00:03:02.520 --> 00:03:04.439 It's so deep, and then all of a sudden it 68 00:03:04.479 --> 00:03:07.400 goes from deep to dusty cheeto fingers? I don't think so, 69 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:08.039 I don't know. 70 00:03:08.319 --> 00:03:12.560 I'm just saying, well, we can only read the words 71 00:03:12.599 --> 00:03:15.360 that she wrote, yes, and then we have to assign 72 00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:17.800 meaning to them because she's not telling us what it means. 73 00:03:18.039 --> 00:03:21.039 Yeah, No, she's not. She's right over there yeh yeah, yeah, literally. 74 00:03:21.479 --> 00:03:25.199 Brother, I know, but so she just wrote it. Would 75 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:27.599 you rather have sticky fingers? Yeah, and that has a 76 00:03:27.719 --> 00:03:32.560 meaning in society, Oh, come off or dusty cheeto fingers for. 77 00:03:32.680 --> 00:03:35.960 Okay, I'm gonna choose sticky fingers without your implied meaning. 78 00:03:36.680 --> 00:03:40.639 Okay, okay, all right, I would choose the cheeto fingers. Okay, okay. 79 00:03:40.840 --> 00:03:44.960 Number two, would you rather have steam come out of 80 00:03:44.960 --> 00:03:47.199 your ears like a train every time you're mad? Or 81 00:03:47.960 --> 00:03:49.639 bark like a dog when you're excited? 82 00:03:49.800 --> 00:03:51.719 Oh? Steam? 83 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:53.319 Yeah, Well it's it's awesome. 84 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:54.800 Sends a message, it does. 85 00:03:55.319 --> 00:03:55.680 It does. 86 00:03:55.879 --> 00:03:59.719 And as you're getting mad, you're talking to employee, said 87 00:03:59.719 --> 00:04:00.039 you make. 88 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:04.080 And you you never you never have to announce that 89 00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:04.439 you're mad. 90 00:04:04.479 --> 00:04:05.000 You have to go. 91 00:04:05.039 --> 00:04:06.080 I don't know if you can tell her not, but 92 00:04:06.120 --> 00:04:06.879 I'm really upset. 93 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:08.599 Yeah, say that never. 94 00:04:08.879 --> 00:04:11.479 Yeah, and I wonder that would be the best. I'm 95 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:15.560 assuming it makes the train whistle sound too, because it 96 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:19.079 says like a train, so I'm assuming it's yeah, maybe 97 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:24.240 the whistle. I can't do it right, the train whistle maybe. Yeah. Yeah, 98 00:04:24.279 --> 00:04:26.839 that'd be great. Great, But you know the bad part is, though, 99 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:29.319 if you have a really bad temper, people would be like, 100 00:04:29.319 --> 00:04:32.399 what is the matter with it? Everyone mad about the 101 00:04:32.439 --> 00:04:33.079 littlest thing. 102 00:04:33.319 --> 00:04:35.319 All the wallpaper be falling off everywhere. 103 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:38.279 Yeah, they can backfire. 104 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:40.920 Yeah, but that's why I'd choose. That's awesome, all right? 105 00:04:40.959 --> 00:04:43.000 Would you rather have the hiccups every day for the 106 00:04:43.000 --> 00:04:43.639 rest of your life? 107 00:04:43.720 --> 00:04:45.759 I didn't choose. I'd rather bark like a dog. 108 00:04:45.879 --> 00:04:49.240 No, you wouldn't. I'm you wouldn't you were you were 109 00:04:49.240 --> 00:04:51.160 with me. I was with me from the very beginning. 110 00:04:51.199 --> 00:04:51.519 Go ahead. 111 00:04:51.519 --> 00:04:53.360 Would you rather have the hiccups every day for the 112 00:04:53.399 --> 00:04:55.600 rest of your life? Or feel like you have to 113 00:04:55.759 --> 00:04:57.920 sneeze but be unable to for the rest of your life? 114 00:04:57.920 --> 00:05:01.720 These are too horrific. Those are horrible, horrible, horrible. 115 00:05:02.319 --> 00:05:06.480 Can you imagine that'd be terrible the rest of your life? 116 00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:08.560 Yes, the rest of your life? 117 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:08.959 Or go. 118 00:05:11.560 --> 00:05:15.279 Hey, god, the rest of your life? 119 00:05:15.279 --> 00:05:17.519 Are you kidding? Both horrible? 120 00:05:17.800 --> 00:05:20.759 And you know what the hiccups After a while, they hurt. Yeah, 121 00:05:20.759 --> 00:05:23.240 they hurt your stomach, They hurt your lung. 122 00:05:23.360 --> 00:05:24.800 I think she's just being mean to us, But so 123 00:05:24.839 --> 00:05:27.920 does the sneeze thing. Like, after a while, right, you 124 00:05:27.920 --> 00:05:31.160 can't open your eyes, Moore, your eyes start getting all puffy, feeling. 125 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:35.279 Yeah, honestly, very tense. I'd have to choose the hiccups 126 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:39.399 because it doesn't incapacitate you, right, like sneezing you have 127 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:41.879 to stop everything to get rid of it. 128 00:05:43.040 --> 00:05:45.240 I don't know, I was thinking exactly up. I was 129 00:05:45.240 --> 00:05:48.319 thinking the sneeze, just because the hiccups drive me nuts. 130 00:05:48.600 --> 00:05:50.319 What drives your nuts? But how could you talk or 131 00:05:50.360 --> 00:05:53.040 function if you're if you're ready to sneeze? I don't know, 132 00:05:53.800 --> 00:05:55.800 don't I mean? I mean, I guess it depends on like, 133 00:05:55.959 --> 00:05:58.279 is it the beginning or like, are you like just 134 00:05:58.439 --> 00:05:59.199 ready to sneeze. 135 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:00.000 No, it's a hard one. 136 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:02.319 If you're just ready to sneeze, you can't function. 137 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:05.439 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 138 00:06:05.319 --> 00:06:07.519 What a terrible, terrible, horrible question. 139 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:09.519 Thank you brutal. She paying this into a corner and 140 00:06:09.560 --> 00:06:10.199 we can get out. 141 00:06:10.279 --> 00:06:10.639 Terrible. 142 00:06:10.879 --> 00:06:13.480 Yep. I can't find any loopholes on this one either. 143 00:06:13.560 --> 00:06:15.800 All right, Number four is this mine to read? Yes? 144 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:20.279 Number four? Would you rather be covered in scales? I'm 145 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:23.000 assuming she means like a snake or be covered in 146 00:06:23.240 --> 00:06:28.519 fur fur? Why? Uh? 147 00:06:29.279 --> 00:06:32.240 She doesn't say you can't take it off? What I 148 00:06:32.319 --> 00:06:33.079 want to do? 149 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:36.639 I want to wear scales off. Scales you're like skin. 150 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:38.759 I don't know, so it's fur furs like skin. 151 00:06:38.839 --> 00:06:41.959 You know the text I back in the day, I 152 00:06:41.959 --> 00:06:44.000 had a pair of rattlesnake cowboy boots. 153 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:47.879 Okay, this is not what she said. Okay, just not 154 00:06:47.959 --> 00:06:49.079 what she said, Jeff. 155 00:06:48.920 --> 00:06:50.759 Okay, I'd still rather be covered in for. 156 00:06:52.079 --> 00:06:54.959 Okay, Yeah, even though it be on your skin, Yes, 157 00:06:55.000 --> 00:06:55.439 I guess so. 158 00:06:55.800 --> 00:06:57.959 Yeah, because you can shave like sasquatch. 159 00:06:58.120 --> 00:07:00.959 You can shave, or you can get waxed. Yeah, your 160 00:07:01.000 --> 00:07:02.279 whole body can get waxed. 161 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:06.040 But you're covered in it. Well, I mean, you know 162 00:07:06.519 --> 00:07:07.800 it doesn't say the follicles. 163 00:07:07.959 --> 00:07:11.600 Do you ever see uh, what's his name, Steve Correll? 164 00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:15.160 How Harry his upper torso is? 165 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:16.199 I don't think so. 166 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:18.319 Yeah, So, like it's surprising. 167 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:19.240 I may have suppressed that. 168 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:21.800 Yeah. Well, I mean it's not like I want to 169 00:07:21.800 --> 00:07:24.199 remember it. But there was an actual movie that he 170 00:07:24.240 --> 00:07:26.399 was in where he did like a wax like a thing. 171 00:07:26.480 --> 00:07:27.319 Oh yeah. 172 00:07:27.519 --> 00:07:29.480 And and and I'm telling you, I mean he was 173 00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:32.720 like a monster fur guy and they they tore it 174 00:07:32.759 --> 00:07:33.480 off and he's just. 175 00:07:33.480 --> 00:07:35.680 Screaming and real thank you, no, thank you. 176 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:38.279 And uh and I just can't even imagine being covered 177 00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:40.600 in for wax in your whole body? Terrible? 178 00:07:40.839 --> 00:07:46.160 Would you rather hop everywhere or skip everywhere? We definitely 179 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:48.480 skip skip. Yeah, you get there a lot quicker. 180 00:07:48.639 --> 00:07:54.879 You wouldn't look as cool. No, you look happy. 181 00:07:55.319 --> 00:07:55.959 You look happy. 182 00:07:56.079 --> 00:07:57.639 Can you imagine skipping in a bad mood? 183 00:08:00.160 --> 00:08:04.240 Yeah, but hopping, although you'd have huge calves. 184 00:08:04.639 --> 00:08:06.680 Yeah, and you'd have bad knees. 185 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:10.519 Yes, that's true too. Skipping is way better. Yes, true skipping? 186 00:08:10.920 --> 00:08:11.639 Yep, I agree. 187 00:08:11.720 --> 00:08:13.399 Okay, Well, hey, we agreed on a couple and we 188 00:08:13.399 --> 00:08:16.079 disagreed on a couple. I got painted into a corner 189 00:08:16.120 --> 00:08:17.680 on one. Yeah. 190 00:08:17.800 --> 00:08:20.480 Man, overall, what a great segment. 191 00:08:20.439 --> 00:08:24.160 Great one that may be one of the highlights. Yeah, 192 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:25.600 all I know is is the best we can do. 193 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:29.319 Yeah, and you know what high You know what verse 194 00:08:29.360 --> 00:08:30.720 stands out as a highlight to me? 195 00:08:32.200 --> 00:08:35.679 And oh, well, why don't we get to it? 196 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:37.120 Yeah? I do so, I think so. 197 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:39.559 Okay, so we'll just start at the beginning. It says 198 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:43.320 I will exalt you, my God and King, and praise 199 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:47.320 your name forever and ever. I will praise you every day. Yes, 200 00:08:47.399 --> 00:08:50.519 I will praise you forever. Great is the Lord, and 201 00:08:50.559 --> 00:08:52.679 he is most worthy of praise. That's why you were 202 00:08:52.679 --> 00:08:56.080 saying that no one can measure his greatness. Let each 203 00:08:56.159 --> 00:08:58.759 generation tell it's children of your mighty acts, and let 204 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:03.080 them proclaim your power. I will meditate on your majestic, 205 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:07.399 glorious splendor and your power, wonderful miracles, Your awe inspiring 206 00:09:07.440 --> 00:09:09.440 deeds will be on every tongue, and I will proclaim 207 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:12.960 your greatness. Everyone will share the story of your wonderful goodness, 208 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:15.840 and they will sing with joy about your righteousness. The 209 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:18.600 Lord is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry, and 210 00:09:18.679 --> 00:09:22.320 filled with unfailing love. The Lord is good to everyone. 211 00:09:22.399 --> 00:09:25.399 He showers compassion on all his creation. All of your 212 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:28.200 works will thank you, Lord, and your wonderful and your 213 00:09:28.200 --> 00:09:31.279 faithful followers will praise you. They will speak of the 214 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:34.679 glory of your kingdom. They will give examples of your power. 215 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:37.200 They will tell about your mighty deeds, and about the 216 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:39.879 majesty and glory of your reign. For your kingdom as 217 00:09:39.879 --> 00:09:44.200 an everlasting kingdom, you rule throughout all generations. For the 218 00:09:44.240 --> 00:09:47.159 Lord always keeps his promises, and he is gracious in 219 00:09:47.279 --> 00:09:50.320 all he does. The Lord helps the fallen and lifts 220 00:09:50.320 --> 00:09:54.080 those bent beneath their loads. The eyes of all look 221 00:09:54.279 --> 00:09:57.440 to you and hope you give them their food as 222 00:09:57.440 --> 00:09:59.840 they need it. When you open your hand, you satisfy 223 00:09:59.879 --> 00:10:02.759 them hunger and thirst of every living thing. The Lord 224 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:05.320 is righteous and everything he does, and he is filled 225 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:08.159 with kindness. The Lord is close to all who call 226 00:10:08.200 --> 00:10:10.320 on him, Yes to all who call on him. In truth. 227 00:10:10.879 --> 00:10:13.519 He grants the desires of those who fear him. He 228 00:10:13.519 --> 00:10:16.399 hears their cries for help and rescues them. The Lord 229 00:10:16.440 --> 00:10:19.519 protects all those who love him, but he destroys the wicked. 230 00:10:19.879 --> 00:10:22.639 I will praise the Lord, and may everyone on earth 231 00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:24.720 bless his holy name forever and ever. 232 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:26.799 That's great. 233 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:27.399 There you go. 234 00:10:27.879 --> 00:10:30.240 Yeah, so our highlighted verses for your kingdom is that 235 00:10:30.279 --> 00:10:34.039 everlasting kingdom you rule throughout all generations. The Lord always 236 00:10:34.120 --> 00:10:37.159 keeps his promises, and he's gracious to all in all 237 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:40.399 he does. Yeah, So I'm gonna throw something out here. 238 00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:44.360 It's gonna be a fun, little quick discussion. So I 239 00:10:44.399 --> 00:10:46.679 had a small group in my house, and you know, 240 00:10:46.720 --> 00:10:49.799 we have a bunch of college students, college age students 241 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:52.759 from eighteen to twenty nine. And so there's these two guys, 242 00:10:54.120 --> 00:10:56.440 you know, both of them young men who work good 243 00:10:56.519 --> 00:11:01.960 jobs and they have a question about one of God's 244 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:06.919 promises concerning tithing. Yes, And so I'm gonna throw out 245 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:09.480 the conundrum that they threw out to me, and I'll 246 00:11:09.480 --> 00:11:11.200 tell you how I responded to them, because I thought 247 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:13.559 I'd give them a pretty good answer. But you can 248 00:11:13.559 --> 00:11:15.720 take a shot out of two. But here's what he said, 249 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:19.039 or both of them said. They just said, hey, remember 250 00:11:19.080 --> 00:11:23.279 how you know, like in the past. They're talking to 251 00:11:23.320 --> 00:11:26.559 me obviously talking about me speaking on stage at our church, 252 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:29.639 Heritage Church, and they said, remember how you said on 253 00:11:29.679 --> 00:11:33.879 the stage that Malachi says that you know that God says, 254 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:36.559 test me in this right, and he says, test me 255 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:39.639 when it comes to you know, tithing and giving back 256 00:11:39.679 --> 00:11:41.840 to God, and watch and see if I won't, you know, 257 00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:44.840 throw open the floodgates and I'll give you so much 258 00:11:44.879 --> 00:11:46.759 that you know, you won't have room to store it. Right. 259 00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:49.679 So they're like, so that seems like a promise and 260 00:11:49.679 --> 00:11:51.399 I'm like yeah, And I was like, it's the only 261 00:11:51.399 --> 00:11:53.559 place in the Bible he says test me this. And 262 00:11:53.559 --> 00:11:58.240 he said, okay. So we both have been tithing and 263 00:11:58.279 --> 00:12:00.480 we were just in conversation about it, and both of 264 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:02.759 them have been tithing for I don't know a good 265 00:12:02.759 --> 00:12:04.679 amount of time. I want to say, like over a 266 00:12:04.759 --> 00:12:07.320 year or something. Right, And they've been they've been given 267 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:09.440 a God and you know, both of them are trying 268 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:11.360 to save up for different things. They both live at home. 269 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:12.639 We're trying to get out of you know, the house 270 00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:14.919 and things like that. And they're like, so here we're 271 00:12:14.960 --> 00:12:19.360 giving God ten percent, and so far God has not 272 00:12:20.080 --> 00:12:23.320 thrown up open any floodgates. In fact, it's just kind 273 00:12:23.320 --> 00:12:26.679 of like I give the ten percent and then nothing happens, 274 00:12:27.600 --> 00:12:30.639 and it's like there's literally nothing, there's no blessing. It 275 00:12:30.679 --> 00:12:35.200 seems like there's no extra story. You know. Sometimes we 276 00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:37.679 have stories of you know, God gave me this check. 277 00:12:37.720 --> 00:12:40.519 And I told a story recently about j. C. Penny. 278 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:43.720 You remember that story where Cole's where I found the keys? Yes, 279 00:12:44.200 --> 00:12:45.840 And I said, you know God did that, you know, 280 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:48.200 and he was looking out for me, and it was 281 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:53.320 a response to honoring him. So they said, so where's 282 00:12:53.399 --> 00:12:57.360 the floodgates? You know, it's been a year. What happens 283 00:12:57.360 --> 00:12:59.879 if nothing happens? So he goes, he goes, don't get 284 00:12:59.919 --> 00:13:02.840 me wrong, he goes, I'm not giving to get right, 285 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:05.080 he said, I'm not giving to get So they were 286 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:07.720 very clear about that, both of them. He said, Number two, 287 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:11.600 we're giving out of obedience. Number three, he said, I'm 288 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:16.360 just wondering right now. It just seems like, oh, the money, 289 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:18.399 you know that I could use to save it from 290 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:20.480 my own place, I'm giving it to God, which is fine, 291 00:13:21.720 --> 00:13:24.279 you know, But that's about it. Yeah, son, what's your 292 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:25.159 first instinct on. 293 00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:29.759 That God must have lied? Noah, I know that's not 294 00:13:29.799 --> 00:13:35.080 what you believe. There's a couple of things. I'm really 295 00:13:35.320 --> 00:13:41.080 curious to hear what you said on it. Yeah, But 296 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:42.840 because again, the only reason I bring this up is 297 00:13:42.840 --> 00:13:45.559 because it says God always keeps his promises. 298 00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:48.480 That's right, right, So if the theme is God always 299 00:13:48.559 --> 00:13:51.120 keeps his promises, then the question, I guess the first 300 00:13:51.159 --> 00:13:54.679 question is what is a promise to us in today's 301 00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:58.799 day and age. Number two, what exactly did he promise? Right? 302 00:13:59.279 --> 00:13:59.480 Yeah? 303 00:13:59.639 --> 00:14:01.720 And then and then number three, you know, is it 304 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:03.879 something that we can claim that he'll always. 305 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:07.879 So they're having a conversation about Malachi chapter three, yep, 306 00:14:08.039 --> 00:14:10.480 and he's challenging the people of Israel that they've been 307 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:13.519 cheating him yep, because they haven't been bringing their ties, 308 00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:16.840 and so he says, but you've cheated me with your 309 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:19.720 ties and offerings, and you're under a curse for your 310 00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:21.559 whole nation has been cheating me. So then he said, 311 00:14:21.559 --> 00:14:24.159 bring all the ties into the storehouse so there'll be 312 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:26.879 enough food in my temple. So he's talking about bringing 313 00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:29.399 the money to the temple. If you do, says the 314 00:14:29.399 --> 00:14:31.320 Lord of Heaven's Armies, I will open the windows of 315 00:14:31.320 --> 00:14:33.879 heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so 316 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:36.600 great you won't have enough room to take it in. 317 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:40.200 Try it. Put me to the test. Right, that's the 318 00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:44.279 promise they're claiming. I think part of the problem is 319 00:14:45.960 --> 00:14:48.679 we tend to stop there. We don't read the whole promise, 320 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:51.519 as if God wrote this book with verses in it. 321 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:54.480 And he didn't. Right, he wrote whole ideas, And so 322 00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:56.480 the rest of the idea says, your cops will be abundant, 323 00:14:56.519 --> 00:14:58.960 for I will guard them from insects and disease. Your 324 00:14:58.960 --> 00:15:01.320 grapes will not fall the vine before their ripe, says 325 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:03.559 the Lord of Heaven's host. Then all the nations will 326 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:05.759 call you blessed for your land. That will be such 327 00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:09.720 a delight, says the Lord of Heaven's armies, he says. 328 00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:12.480 At one point, he mentions, he said, I'm going to 329 00:15:12.960 --> 00:15:15.159 hold back the devourer for your sake. 330 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:19.879 Okay, you know what, it's so hilarious. I literally did 331 00:15:19.960 --> 00:15:23.639 not look up the verse and see that. I didn't. 332 00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:25.320 I didn't go and read it, you know, because had 333 00:15:25.320 --> 00:15:27.000 I read it, would have thought, oh, that's a good thought. 334 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:30.799 I had that thought without that verse. I get my 335 00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:33.399 response to him was that verse. Without reading that verse, 336 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:34.200 that was it? 337 00:15:34.440 --> 00:15:36.360 Just that God says, hey, listen, on one side, it's 338 00:15:36.440 --> 00:15:38.360 I'm gonna I'm gonna dump a bunch on you, and 339 00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:41.000 the other side, I'm going to prevent what I'm already 340 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:44.360 providing for you. I'm gonna prevent from being wasted. Right, 341 00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:46.559 both sides of that. So it's two sides of the 342 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:48.879 same coin and the blessing. The other one is God's 343 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:51.799 not bound by time you're in a hurry. God's not 344 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:54.960 That was another piece of and so so those two 345 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:57.279 things that were not in charge of that. What I 346 00:15:57.320 --> 00:15:59.399 do know is God will never be in debt to them. 347 00:15:59.440 --> 00:16:01.519 They will never I out give him and he will 348 00:16:01.559 --> 00:16:05.360 give back with great interest. And he says, test me, 349 00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:08.000 so right now, you're in the testing face, that's all. 350 00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:08.519 Yeah. 351 00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:12.360 So God's doing something in you. If God's making you wait, 352 00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:15.120 he's doing something in you. He's building a character in 353 00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:18.000 you and a faithfulness and a trust in Him that 354 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:20.399 will go beyond. And that's not just pieing this guy 355 00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:27.879 thinking that's legitimate. The solution that money will provide is temporary. 356 00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:31.000 The character he's trying to build in you can be permanent, 357 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:33.919 and that's what he's working on. He's working on that side. 358 00:16:34.559 --> 00:16:36.320 But he will keep his promises. As I can tell you, 359 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:38.200 is he keep his promises. My wife and I felt 360 00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:40.960 the same way for years. You know how it is 361 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:44.000 to be in ministry, and especially you know when you're 362 00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:47.919 the youth pastor or whatever and making no money and 363 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:51.320 really really really struggling. We were trying to raise a family. 364 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:53.080 We got married early, so we didn't have a bunch 365 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:55.679 saved up all that kind of stuff, and it was 366 00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:58.320 a real struggle. And as they can tell you is 367 00:16:58.360 --> 00:17:01.919 you can't get here from there except for God. God's 368 00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:04.079 the one who's opened the doors. God's the one who's provided. 369 00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:07.200 God's the one that did all these things. We did 370 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:10.480 the best we could, but everybody does the best we can. 371 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:13.559 I would say ninety percent of the people you know 372 00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:16.039 are doing the best they can financially. They're working their jobs, 373 00:17:16.079 --> 00:17:18.079 they're trying to manage their money, They're trying to figure 374 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:20.039 out how to do these things. And all I can 375 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:23.720 tell you is God has blessed us beyond any of 376 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:25.960 the management I've tried to do in a way that 377 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:28.720 I can't explain it. And so, boy, I sure would 378 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:29.960 have liked it if he would have showed up when 379 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:32.799 I was thirty, right, But as I can tell you 380 00:17:32.920 --> 00:17:35.799 is He has shown up in my lifetime and far 381 00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:38.440 exceeded And I think I'm more equipped today to manage 382 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:40.599 it and handle it than I was back then. Yeah, 383 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:43.359 I'm a better man, I hopefully than I was then. 384 00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:44.319 Yeah, for sure. 385 00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:47.200 So we can't put time frames on God's plans, but 386 00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:49.960 we know he'll keep the promises. Yeah, and so you'll 387 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:51.160 hold back the devourah. 388 00:17:51.319 --> 00:17:53.039 Yeah. I was just going to say, so, I don't 389 00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:54.759 even have to tell you my response, because that was it. 390 00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:57.240 I was saying, how do you know he hasn't prevented 391 00:17:57.240 --> 00:18:00.000 you from costs? Right? And I went down the line 392 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:02.759 of just different examples of the stuff that they owned 393 00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:08.079 and experienced. And then I also talked about timing, you know, like, hey, wow, 394 00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:10.759 so same patience timing. Yeah, it's the same execution. 395 00:18:11.559 --> 00:18:12.160 That's amazing. 396 00:18:12.400 --> 00:18:15.759 Yeah. So and by the way, they both agreed, and 397 00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:19.039 then they were like, hey, listen, like, we're not begrudging. 398 00:18:19.160 --> 00:18:21.440 We're not we don't have a bad spirit about it. 399 00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:24.480 We are legitimately just curious, right. 400 00:18:24.599 --> 00:18:27.599 I would love to have them over with. So my 401 00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:32.680