WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:07.519 practical ways. 4 00:00:11.240 --> 00:00:14.039 Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of The Bible Guys. 5 00:00:14.160 --> 00:00:15.199 Oh, here we are. 6 00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:18.800 We are right here in this studio, right here, not there, 7 00:00:18.839 --> 00:00:21.120 Not in the cars, Nope, not in your homes. 8 00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:21.679 That be creepy. 9 00:00:21.679 --> 00:00:24.120 We're technically not even in their ears. What do you mean, 10 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:26.839 they're just they're hearing us, but we're not there. We're here. 11 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:30.120 Well, I mean yes, but if they have ear buds 12 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:31.600 in we're in their ears. 13 00:00:31.480 --> 00:00:34.719 Sure, right, not actually in their ear, like physically in 14 00:00:34.799 --> 00:00:36.200 the ear, like physically. 15 00:00:38.399 --> 00:00:39.280 Where words matter. 16 00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:42.679 Yeah, words do matter, exact Yeah. 17 00:00:42.039 --> 00:00:44.119 We're in the middle of a podcast. What if Jesus 18 00:00:44.159 --> 00:00:46.119 had well, the middle of. 19 00:00:46.119 --> 00:00:47.719 A series series. 20 00:00:47.719 --> 00:00:50.200 Yeah, of podcasts, And what if Jesus had a podcast, 21 00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:52.600 and he'd probably cover a lot of his famous sayings 22 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:55.880 and today's saying is don't be afraid to take courage. 23 00:00:56.159 --> 00:00:59.039 They'd probably talk about his famous saying. 24 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:01.000 Well, yeah, I mean, how do you know what he 25 00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:01.399 talked about? 26 00:01:01.399 --> 00:01:04.760 Oh, what's he going to talk about? Like bigfoot aliens? 27 00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:08.280 Well no, but but so he of course he was 28 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:10.640 like his Why would you assume that you know what 29 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:11.760 Jesus would talk about? 30 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:13.840 Well, I well, because he wrote it down. 31 00:01:14.040 --> 00:01:16.079 Here's the answer, deaf, here's the answer of what Jesus 32 00:01:16.079 --> 00:01:18.200 would talk about anything he wants to. 33 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:19.439 That's the truth. 34 00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:20.560 That's true. 35 00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:23.879 Ye, whatever Jesus wants his podcast to be about. Yeah, 36 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:25.519 but this podcast. 37 00:01:25.439 --> 00:01:28.400 Hey, did everything? Did ever tell you that I was? 38 00:01:28.719 --> 00:01:29.000 I was? 39 00:01:30.519 --> 00:01:30.799 I was? 40 00:01:31.040 --> 00:01:32.120 One of my roles was. 41 00:01:32.079 --> 00:01:35.480 To coach people preaching, and one of one, one guy 42 00:01:35.879 --> 00:01:38.840 at my previous church said the woman touched him and 43 00:01:38.879 --> 00:01:41.079 her and she was cleansed when she touched his garment, 44 00:01:41.359 --> 00:01:42.040 and she goes. 45 00:01:41.879 --> 00:01:42.840 And you want to know why. 46 00:01:42.959 --> 00:01:45.400 Jesus turned around and he an he and he actually 47 00:01:45.400 --> 00:01:47.920 actually like attached some sort of like custom from this 48 00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:49.280 first century and. 49 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:50.159 He's like, that's why. 50 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:52.840 And I got done, and I looked over and I go, dude, 51 00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:57.159 did you literally just put intent on the Son of 52 00:01:57.200 --> 00:02:00.000 God in that moment? Like you were literally saying, Hey, 53 00:02:00.040 --> 00:02:01.920 it's not mentioned, but I know what he was thinking. 54 00:02:02.439 --> 00:02:04.879 I know why he was going to do. I was like, dude, 55 00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:07.439 don't ever do that again. There you go, there it is. 56 00:02:08.400 --> 00:02:10.680 Well, hey, today is one of our favorite segments. 57 00:02:10.719 --> 00:02:12.199 Oh oh it has a jingle. 58 00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:14.000 It has a jingle Ready are you ready? 59 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:15.680 Mail bags? 60 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:16.439 There you go? 61 00:02:16.520 --> 00:02:18.840 Which it comes out of blue clothes, by the way, blues. 62 00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:20.599 That's how sophisticated we are. 63 00:02:20.719 --> 00:02:25.560 Yes, yes, yes, And so today comes from Alex j 64 00:02:26.560 --> 00:02:29.240 Hi Alex. And here's what Alex writes in He says, 65 00:02:29.319 --> 00:02:31.520 I've been doing a lot of well I'm assuming it's 66 00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:33.240 a guy. It could be a girl. 67 00:02:33.800 --> 00:02:41.039 I've been doing a lot of I've been doing a 68 00:02:41.039 --> 00:02:41.960 lot of walking lately. 69 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:44.439 It's given me time to think, pray, and occasionally wonder 70 00:02:44.520 --> 00:02:48.120 about more the literal side of biblical journeys, which got 71 00:02:48.159 --> 00:02:52.159 me curious. Have you ever actually walked to the historic 72 00:02:52.240 --> 00:02:55.120 road to Damascus? If it is still even exists in 73 00:02:55.199 --> 00:02:57.960 a traceable way? I mean, that's the spot where Saul 74 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:02.039 encountered Christ exclamation mark. Talk about a life changing walk. 75 00:03:02.479 --> 00:03:04.400 Yeah, that would be it'd be amazing. 76 00:03:04.960 --> 00:03:05.840 Yeah, Act chapter nine. 77 00:03:05.879 --> 00:03:08.560 It's one of my favorite stories where Jesus appears in 78 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:11.680 the middle of the road and says Saul, Saul, why 79 00:03:11.680 --> 00:03:14.199 are you persecuting me? And he falls down and says, 80 00:03:14.199 --> 00:03:14.599 who are you? 81 00:03:14.639 --> 00:03:14.879 Lord? 82 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:19.840 And so let's let's talk about Let's talk about his 83 00:03:19.919 --> 00:03:24.560 question or her question, Yes, have you ever been to Damascus? 84 00:03:24.919 --> 00:03:27.919 No, I've never been in Damascus. I had a trip 85 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:30.599 lined up to go to Syria when war broke out. 86 00:03:31.080 --> 00:03:34.199 Since then, things just haven't haven't lined up. So I'm 87 00:03:34.199 --> 00:03:35.599 sure I'll get there, but i haven't been there yet. 88 00:03:35.639 --> 00:03:38.439 Yeah, yeah, yeah, So I would love to go there. 89 00:03:38.439 --> 00:03:41.280 But I don't think that the road, this this historic 90 00:03:41.400 --> 00:03:44.360 road mentioned in the Bible, I'm not sure that people 91 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:45.439 claim that that exists. 92 00:03:45.560 --> 00:03:50.879 Well, portions of it, I think do so. Paul is 93 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:52.840 in the in the Roman Empire at the time, and 94 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:55.919 he's a Roman citizen, which was somewhat rare for a 95 00:03:56.039 --> 00:03:58.159 Jew to also be a citizen, but he was a 96 00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:01.759 Roman citizen, which gave you know, full access to all 97 00:04:01.759 --> 00:04:04.479 of the Roman roads. And they built these incredible road 98 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:09.560 networks primarily for their military, and many of these road 99 00:04:09.639 --> 00:04:12.719 segments still exist, you know, two thousand years, three thousand 100 00:04:12.759 --> 00:04:16.319 years late, two thousand years later, and so there's there's 101 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:20.839 a couple of different paths from ancient paths that are 102 00:04:20.879 --> 00:04:23.480 still used. So it's mostly for military, but commerce was 103 00:04:23.519 --> 00:04:24.959 a big part of that. It's one of the reasons 104 00:04:24.959 --> 00:04:29.199 why it became such a rich and powerful Empire. So 105 00:04:29.319 --> 00:04:32.199 coming from Jerusalem up there were two paths. One would 106 00:04:32.199 --> 00:04:38.839 cut through Samaria, go around the northern portion of Galilee, 107 00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:40.759 and that would go through the towns that Jesus lived 108 00:04:40.759 --> 00:04:44.000 in right up there, Capernaum and Besseta and all those, 109 00:04:44.360 --> 00:04:49.000 and then would go through the Decapolis and up then 110 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:53.680 towards Damascus. The other one would come up along the 111 00:04:53.800 --> 00:04:57.720 River Jordan and then cut through bet Sham, which you've 112 00:04:57.720 --> 00:04:59.839 been in bete Sham, Yeah, yeah, for sure. So the 113 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:02.519 main road goes right down that main street. That's the 114 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:04.680 road that would have come from Jerusalem and cut through 115 00:05:04.720 --> 00:05:06.279 the south. And what that did is it allowed the 116 00:05:06.319 --> 00:05:09.839 traveler to skip walking through Samaria, which for a lot 117 00:05:09.879 --> 00:05:12.000 of the Jewish people they didn't want to walk through 118 00:05:12.040 --> 00:05:13.879 some Maria, there were a lot of cultural issues. They 119 00:05:13.920 --> 00:05:19.399 avoided it. So either way, very likely portions of the 120 00:05:19.480 --> 00:05:22.800 road are there. But there's no definitive trail that I 121 00:05:22.879 --> 00:05:25.120 know of, like there would be like a tourist trail 122 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:27.560 or a pilgrimage trail. But how cool would that be 123 00:05:27.560 --> 00:05:28.879 if you could piece something like that together? 124 00:05:29.079 --> 00:05:30.839 No, my word, I'm sure people have tried. 125 00:05:31.040 --> 00:05:35.639 Yeah, Alex, I read a lot and I love adventure books, 126 00:05:35.800 --> 00:05:39.759 true adventure books. And now there's an adventurer. His name 127 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:42.120 is Levison Wood and he's written a couple of books, 128 00:05:42.600 --> 00:05:45.279 a bunch of books now. But Walking the Nile, he 129 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:47.720 walked the entire length of the Nile from the source 130 00:05:48.279 --> 00:05:50.720 in Rwanda all the way to Alexandria. 131 00:05:50.839 --> 00:05:51.079 Wow. 132 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:54.120 People died on that trail, by the way, which is crazy. 133 00:05:54.680 --> 00:05:57.560 He also walked to the Himalayas, so almost the full 134 00:05:57.639 --> 00:06:00.319 length of the Himalayas. He walked through the America because 135 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:02.399 on the Incan trail he did. He's done, and he 136 00:06:02.480 --> 00:06:05.199 wrote these really amazing books like that. And I've always thought, 137 00:06:05.199 --> 00:06:07.720 how cool would that be to piece together some of 138 00:06:07.759 --> 00:06:12.120 the ancient trails like that? And that's a brilliant idea. 139 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:15.600 Oh for sure, you see, could you put together the 140 00:06:15.879 --> 00:06:19.600 trail for that Paul walked on? Now in Damascus, there 141 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:24.839 are some historical pieces that are traditionally like the building 142 00:06:24.959 --> 00:06:28.279 that where they let Paul out the window on in 143 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:30.959 a basket down the wall. Yeah, so there's a it's 144 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:33.720 now a church, but it was an old building that 145 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:36.279 they claim that that's the spot. There's a few places 146 00:06:36.279 --> 00:06:41.480 that are traditionally what Christians have acknowledged as as memorable 147 00:06:41.480 --> 00:06:44.319 places that Paul was in. Those are always vague, you know, 148 00:06:44.439 --> 00:06:47.040 you never know. Sure, I do know this, like in Jerusalem, 149 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:49.720 the upper room. Did you visit the upper room? You know? 150 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:51.879 So that's not the upper room, right, So they admit 151 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:53.560 it that the building they used to say in the 152 00:06:53.639 --> 00:06:56.079 upper room got moved, so they just now have another upper. 153 00:06:55.959 --> 00:07:00.360 Room, right, right, So sometimes it was something got torn down, right, Yeah, 154 00:07:00.399 --> 00:07:02.279 I actually thought that. I actually sid out loud. I'm like, 155 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:05.399 then why are we here? Yeah, I'm like, you're showing 156 00:07:05.439 --> 00:07:07.360 us an example of what an upper room could be. 157 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:09.399 But guess what we have those two. 158 00:07:10.839 --> 00:07:16.560 So upper rooms aren't well lower rooms, right ye? So anyways, 159 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:19.639 who knows how many of those things are real. But 160 00:07:19.920 --> 00:07:22.680 I think you could trace a couple of these road 161 00:07:22.759 --> 00:07:28.560 systems and find some kind of proximity, similar to like 162 00:07:28.680 --> 00:07:31.839 Route sixty six in America. Route sixty six was retired 163 00:07:31.879 --> 00:07:34.600 years and years and years ago, but from Chicago to 164 00:07:34.759 --> 00:07:37.720 Santa Monica there are segments that are still used and 165 00:07:37.839 --> 00:07:40.360 there are parallel roads that run alongside it. You might 166 00:07:40.439 --> 00:07:42.160 be neat to do the work, Alex and figure that 167 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:44.000 out and put together a trip and get a bunch 168 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:45.160 of people walk into Damascus. 169 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:46.160 Yeah, yeah, that's awesome. 170 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:48.800 Hey, it's only about a five hour drive five or 171 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:52.439 six hour drive from Juice Lom today if the borders 172 00:07:52.439 --> 00:07:55.480 were open. The borders aren't open, but so you would 173 00:07:55.519 --> 00:07:57.720 go up and cut either on the south side or 174 00:07:57.759 --> 00:08:00.360 the north side of Galilee through the Golan Heights and 175 00:08:00.399 --> 00:08:02.600 then up to Damascus only about five hours, six hours. 176 00:08:02.759 --> 00:08:04.079 That's awesome. Hey. 177 00:08:04.120 --> 00:08:08.079 By the way, in thirty seconds, I'll tell you, did 178 00:08:08.079 --> 00:08:09.920 you ever see the play, the Broadway play Hamilton? 179 00:08:10.519 --> 00:08:10.680 No? 180 00:08:11.279 --> 00:08:13.079 Okay, So anyway, there's a there's aware of it. 181 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:13.279 Though. 182 00:08:13.279 --> 00:08:16.199 There's a song that Aaron Burr sings, and he in 183 00:08:16.279 --> 00:08:18.360 the entire song, he keeps on saying, I want to 184 00:08:18.360 --> 00:08:20.600 be in the room where it happens, right because you know, 185 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:25.240 because Alexander Hamilton made a deal with Jefferson and he 186 00:08:25.319 --> 00:08:26.560 was saying that he wasn't in the room and he 187 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:27.920 wanted to desperately be in the room. 188 00:08:28.040 --> 00:08:29.199 So it's a very famous song. 189 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:32.600 And if you know the Broadway play, anyway, when we 190 00:08:32.639 --> 00:08:34.200 went to New York, I was literally in the room 191 00:08:34.200 --> 00:08:34.840 where it happened. 192 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:37.639 So they actually say this is what this is where 193 00:08:37.639 --> 00:08:38.120 it took place. 194 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:40.519 And it was an upper room, right, which is what 195 00:08:40.559 --> 00:08:41.360 made me think of it. 196 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:43.799 And so we went upstairs and we were there and 197 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:45.600 I was like, this is the room where it happened. 198 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:48.360 I'm sure I'm not the only one who made that connection, 199 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:49.679 but it was kind of neat. 200 00:08:49.919 --> 00:08:52.039 So in that Roman city bet Sheanne, on the south 201 00:08:52.080 --> 00:08:54.080 side of Galilee, there is a main street that runs 202 00:08:54.120 --> 00:08:56.080 straight through that connects to the road that heads up 203 00:08:56.120 --> 00:08:58.279 towards Damascus. That could be it. You may have actually 204 00:08:58.320 --> 00:09:00.879 walked on it, so to be specific to answer the question, 205 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:02.559 we may have walked on the road. 206 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:05.360 Yeah, who knows. We walked a lot of places. 207 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:08.679 For like half a mile, right, right, But it's pretty neat. 208 00:09:08.720 --> 00:09:09.799 Those ruins are pretty incredible. 209 00:09:09.919 --> 00:09:12.960 Yeah, yeah, well that's uh, it's it's definitely one of 210 00:09:13.039 --> 00:09:16.360 the most historic spots in the New Testament, Right, Jesus 211 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:19.559 decided to come down and choose one more apostle to 212 00:09:19.600 --> 00:09:20.159 get it done. 213 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:26.639 So talking about walking, Oh yeah, so who else walked, Jeff, 214 00:09:27.519 --> 00:09:28.159 Lots of people. 215 00:09:30.120 --> 00:09:32.960 One person who was fond of walking was Jesus, and 216 00:09:33.039 --> 00:09:35.000 he walked on the water. 217 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:36.559 Yes, yeah, so. 218 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:39.120 That's where we're at today. I was thinking, should we 219 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:42.320 stop doing like the worst possible transition and start doing 220 00:09:42.320 --> 00:09:46.039 the most amazing transitions. Oh that takes work, though, shift 221 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:47.360 to the most amazing. 222 00:09:47.600 --> 00:09:50.360 The reason why we'd default toward the worst because there's 223 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:54.840 no prep, right, so we like no prep. 224 00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:57.679 If it's the best, then you get actually. 225 00:09:57.519 --> 00:09:59.919 We have to actually work at it, which, yeah, okay, 226 00:10:00.159 --> 00:10:03.120 here you go. We are in Matthew chapter fourteen today 227 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:05.480 and now this is one of my favorite stories in 228 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:08.000 the Bible. Yes, and I don't know how often I say. 229 00:10:08.039 --> 00:10:09.720 I say that a lot, but yeah, you do. This 230 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:10.759 is one of my favorites. 231 00:10:10.919 --> 00:10:11.759 But you're allowed to though. 232 00:10:11.799 --> 00:10:13.080 Yeah, yeah, I've read at the time. 233 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:15.960 It's like girls having best friends. She's my best friend, 234 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:17.600 she's my best friend. She's my best friend. 235 00:10:17.879 --> 00:10:19.519 Yeah, okay, that's what you defaulted to. 236 00:10:19.720 --> 00:10:21.159 Yeah, oh, guys have one best friend. 237 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:25.240 Yeah, okay, here you go. In Matthew chapter fourteen, verse 238 00:10:25.279 --> 00:10:28.879 twenty two, it says immediately after this, Jesus insisted that 239 00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:32.240 his disciples get back into the boat and crossed to 240 00:10:32.279 --> 00:10:33.720 the other side of the lake while he sat with 241 00:10:33.840 --> 00:10:36.440 people home. After sending them home, he went up into 242 00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:39.000 the hills by himself to pray, and night fell while 243 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:41.799 he was there. Alone. Meanwhile, the disciples were in trouble 244 00:10:41.879 --> 00:10:44.159 far away from land, for a strong wind had risen 245 00:10:44.399 --> 00:10:47.120 and they were fighting heavy waves. About three o'clock in 246 00:10:47.120 --> 00:10:50.519 the morning, Jesus came toward them, walking on the water. 247 00:10:51.039 --> 00:10:53.120 When the disciples saw him walking on the water, they 248 00:10:53.120 --> 00:10:55.600 were terrified, and their fear cried out. And in their 249 00:10:55.639 --> 00:10:58.639 fear they cried out, it's a ghost. But Jesus spoke 250 00:10:58.679 --> 00:11:02.480 to them at once. Afraid, he said, take courage, I'm here. 251 00:11:03.120 --> 00:11:04.879 And then Peter called to him, Lord, if it's really you, 252 00:11:04.879 --> 00:11:08.159 tell me to come to you walking on the water. Yes, come, 253 00:11:08.360 --> 00:11:10.679 Jesus said, And so Peter went over the side of 254 00:11:10.679 --> 00:11:13.600 the boat and walked on the water towards Jesus. But 255 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:15.840 when he saw the strong wind and the waves, he 256 00:11:15.919 --> 00:11:18.720 was terrified and he began to sink. Save me, Lord, 257 00:11:18.919 --> 00:11:22.919 he shouted. Jesus immediately reached out and grabbed him. You 258 00:11:22.960 --> 00:11:25.600 have so little faith, Jesus said, why did you doubt me? 259 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:28.399 And when they climbed back into the boat, the wind stopped. 260 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:31.679 Then the disciples worshiped him. You really are the son 261 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:34.360 of God, they exclaimed, Well there you go. 262 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:36.919 Oh you're not going to read the last couple verses. 263 00:11:38.279 --> 00:11:39.679 Yeah, sure, I like those ones too. 264 00:11:39.879 --> 00:11:40.200 Yeah. 265 00:11:40.279 --> 00:11:42.399 After they had crossed the lake, they landed in Ganessat 266 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:45.200 when the people recognized Jesus. The news of his arrival 267 00:11:45.200 --> 00:11:47.720 spread quickly throughout the whole area, and soon people were 268 00:11:47.759 --> 00:11:50.200 bringing all their sick to be healed. They begged him 269 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:52.600 to let the sick touch at least the fringe of 270 00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:54.919 his robe, and all who touched him were healed. 271 00:11:54.919 --> 00:11:56.159 Ooh little bonus. 272 00:11:56.279 --> 00:11:57.360 Yeah, I like it. 273 00:11:57.440 --> 00:11:59.639 Yes, So what a great story. 274 00:12:00.120 --> 00:12:03.039 And uh, I mean, if you've ever preached a sermon, 275 00:12:03.080 --> 00:12:06.919 which you've done probably dozens on this on occasion. 276 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:11.200 There are so many applications to this story. 277 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:14.240 One is Peter looked at the waves. 278 00:12:14.360 --> 00:12:17.039 Yes, the Yeah, don't take your eyes off Jesus. 279 00:12:17.639 --> 00:12:17.919 Yeah. 280 00:12:17.919 --> 00:12:20.080 So when you take your focus off Jesus and you 281 00:12:20.159 --> 00:12:22.559 begin to look at the world around you in the circumstances, 282 00:12:23.559 --> 00:12:25.840 you become afraid. But if you keep your eyes fixed 283 00:12:25.879 --> 00:12:29.000 on Jesus, whatever life throws at you, uh, then you 284 00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:31.759 you can get through, you know, through it, with God's help, 285 00:12:32.159 --> 00:12:36.279 in God's power. And yeah, that's the classic one. And 286 00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:40.440 then the other the other application is, uh, Jesus told 287 00:12:40.440 --> 00:12:42.200 them that they were going to the other side of 288 00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:46.000 the lake. And then they had I guess they didn't 289 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:48.679 believe him at the beginning when he said, hey, let's go, 290 00:12:48.919 --> 00:12:50.799 we insisted that they go to the other side of 291 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:55.000 the lake. So that's doubting an intention of God, right there, 292 00:12:55.120 --> 00:12:59.639 promise of God. And then another one would be Peter 293 00:12:59.639 --> 00:13:01.919 getting out of the boat, get. 294 00:13:01.759 --> 00:13:02.720 It out of your comfort zone. 295 00:13:02.759 --> 00:13:04.399 We can make fun of him for thinking, but the 296 00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:06.840 reality is before he sank, he was walking on water. 297 00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:09.120 That's right, that's it. It's the only human yeah. 298 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:13.080 And and so you know, John Arperg writes a book 299 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:16.799 and in the book title is if you want to 300 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:19.440 walk on water, you have to get out of the boat. 301 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:24.320 And so it's it's such a great title because you know, 302 00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:28.600 most of us live our lives clinging in fear to 303 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:32.919 the safety of what's comfortable. I jumped out of an 304 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:37.039 airplane a couple of times, three times, and the idea 305 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:39.720 of being somewhere solid, you know, your feet are on 306 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:43.320 the ground and then you step out into nothingness. Right, 307 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:47.440 And it's interesting because nobody well, I mean, unless you 308 00:13:47.639 --> 00:13:50.080 have done this, you probably really don't think about it. 309 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:52.799 But like the people who jump out before you they 310 00:13:52.840 --> 00:13:55.320 go to your left very quickly, and then they go 311 00:13:55.399 --> 00:13:58.919 down very quickly, so they go like into nothingness and 312 00:13:59.120 --> 00:14:02.759 there's just gone right, and it's like it's who you 313 00:14:02.840 --> 00:14:04.759 just always want to throw up. You're like, I can't 314 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:07.240 believe that, Like that's that's what's in store for me. 315 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:10.559 This episode of the Bible Guys actually has sound effect. 316 00:14:10.960 --> 00:14:13.759 That's right, So you're welcome for that. Yeah yeah, yeah 317 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:17.559 for people eating their egg McMuffin. Yeah, big a muffin. 318 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:18.960 That's what you chose. 319 00:14:19.360 --> 00:14:22.639 So anyway, the uh, you know, but the idea like 320 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:25.799 like it was just that fear of stepping out from 321 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:29.399 what a solid into nothing and uh and I'm but 322 00:14:29.480 --> 00:14:32.440 once I did it, once I jumped, then then I 323 00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:33.120 believe it or not. 324 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:35.159 I was sort of fine. I was fine. 325 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:38.360 It was like, okay, I'm good. Uh, I'm pretty confident 326 00:14:38.399 --> 00:14:40.840 that this thing's going to open. And if it doesn't open, 327 00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:43.200 I have a backup shoot and and if we both 328 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:46.039 pass out, there's an altimeter which actually opens your shoot 329 00:14:46.559 --> 00:14:50.080 at a certain altitude. So it's like, you know, and 330 00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:51.879 the guy who was strapped in my back had jumped 331 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:54.799 over ten thousand times, so I had I had a 332 00:14:54.840 --> 00:14:57.759 lot of confidence once I jumped, but it was the 333 00:14:57.879 --> 00:15:01.720 actual jumping. And I just can't of age Peter coming 334 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:03.440 up with the idea. There's another application. 335 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:05.159 He came up with the idea himself. 336 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:07.799 Lord, let me come if that If that's really you, 337 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:08.360 I want to walk on. 338 00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:11.000 Yeah. Yeah, yeah, And nobody else came up with that. 339 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:12.000 Yeah that's impressive. 340 00:15:12.200 --> 00:15:13.480 Yeah, I love it. 341 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:18.159 And this is so classic Peter. His personality. She's always 342 00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:19.799 the first one to speak. He's the one who pulls 343 00:15:19.799 --> 00:15:22.080 out the sword and cuts off the guy's ear. He's 344 00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:25.600 he's just so just all in just I think he 345 00:15:25.600 --> 00:15:28.679 would have been a fun guy when he wasn't mad. 346 00:15:29.399 --> 00:15:30.960 She would have been a fun guy to hang out with, 347 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:33.840 right because he just does He's so impetuous and just 348 00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:35.360 kind of spurred the moment kind of. 349 00:15:36.320 --> 00:15:40.639 Yeah, he's definitely that guy. And I think that, Oh. 350 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:42.440 Well, I think Peter, it was a lot like you 351 00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:45.960 in this When somebody say, well, thank you, Jeff, Wait 352 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:48.000 a minute, does that make you more like Jesus? Well? 353 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:57.759 When when when somebody when suggests something just a little crazy, Yeah, 354 00:15:57.840 --> 00:15:59.440 I'm usually the one that goes, oh, I don't know, 355 00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:01.120 maybe maybe we should do that And you're the one 356 00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:03.320 that goes, yeah, we should do that. Yes, yes, let's 357 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:08.000 go backstage, let's go right, oh, or for sneak around 358 00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:10.440 do all those goofy things that that's usually you. Yes, 359 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:12.080 and I think Peter is kind of that way too. 360 00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:12.519 Yeah. 361 00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:15.200 So let's give some context to this though, So it 362 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:18.360 says immediately after this, that's where we started. So immediately 363 00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:21.480 after this, what was that? That was Jesus spent five 364 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:22.840 thousand with the kids sack lunch. 365 00:16:23.039 --> 00:16:26.399 Yeah, five thousand men besides women and children, right, which 366 00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:27.720 is probably what what was the total? 367 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:29.399 You think like twelve thousand. 368 00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:32.399 Yeah, twelve fifteen thousand probably, Yeah, that's that's incredible. They 369 00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:34.879 weren't managing their family sizes right, right. 370 00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:37.159 And the reason why they only measured men as they're 371 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:38.519 representing families. 372 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:42.320 Ol family, right, that's what it was. In our culture today, 373 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:45.440 we would have said and there were five thousand families right, right, 374 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:47.840 But they just said men because that's that's how they 375 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:50.919 would have measured the family. So then so that had happened, 376 00:16:51.320 --> 00:16:54.480 right that Jesus had fed five thousand people right before that, 377 00:16:54.919 --> 00:16:58.320 John the Baptist is executed. John the Baptist is Jesus's cousin. Yeah, 378 00:16:58.360 --> 00:17:02.559 he's executed right before. The people in Nazareth, where Jesus 379 00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:07.720 grew up, rejected him and almost decided kill him. 380 00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:10.960 And so so he needed a break in the hills, 381 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:11.720 is what you're saying. 382 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:16.119 And then he had he had preached so much in 383 00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:20.960 those days before, and so he was just wiped out. 384 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:24.480 You can imagine the highs and the lows of what's 385 00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:27.839 going on. He's he's preaching and thousands of people are listening. 386 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:31.680 He goes home and his whole village rejects him after 387 00:17:31.720 --> 00:17:34.759 having spent his whole life there. And then he goes 388 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:37.799 on and he feeds five thousand people. How great is that? 389 00:17:37.880 --> 00:17:39.519 Because people want to stay late in the day to 390 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:41.920 hear him teach. But then after they're done eating, he 391 00:17:41.960 --> 00:17:43.720 doesn't have any more food, and they leave him. He 392 00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:44.880 asked him, there, he's going to leave you. 393 00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:46.400 Oh hey, by the way, your cousin just died. 394 00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:50.079 Your cousin's dead. Yeah, right before that. If you, if 395 00:17:50.119 --> 00:17:52.480 you kind of track the line, the disciples had come 396 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:55.039 back to tell Jesus, man, we were casting out demons 397 00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:57.759 in your name, all these amazing things. It's high low, 398 00:17:57.920 --> 00:18:01.039 high low, and it's it's like a whip saw kind 399 00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:03.920 of time here, a week or so of just highs 400 00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:06.279 and lows. And so when he comes to the end 401 00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:08.920