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 --> 00:00:16.079 practical ways. Good morning, good morning. We talked on that 4 00:00:16.239 --> 00:00:20.800 through good moaning. Good moaning to you. Thank you for 5 00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:21.519 being here. 6 00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:23.640 And in fact, if you're listening in the morning. 7 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:25.839 Hopefully that cheered you up as you're pouring your cup 8 00:00:25.879 --> 00:00:28.440 of coffee or perhaps on your drive to work. 9 00:00:28.519 --> 00:00:30.199 There you go. Yes, that's wonderful. 10 00:00:30.359 --> 00:00:31.879 Thank you. You're welcome. 11 00:00:31.960 --> 00:00:32.600 We thank you. 12 00:00:32.600 --> 00:00:33.600 Anybody is welcome. 13 00:00:33.799 --> 00:00:35.200 We can't think you know, I don't think you did 14 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:35.880 that last week. 15 00:00:36.079 --> 00:00:38.359 I don't think I did either. Orough took a little 16 00:00:38.399 --> 00:00:40.960 break in a while. So welcome to the Bible guys. 17 00:00:41.280 --> 00:00:43.799 I'm Chris, this is Jeff, and we are about to 18 00:00:43.840 --> 00:00:48.640 dive into uh one of the coolest stories, yes, about 19 00:00:49.039 --> 00:00:52.479 one of the most miraculous gifts ever given to any 20 00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:54.560 person on the face of the planet. 21 00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:55.520 Really, that's right. 22 00:00:56.039 --> 00:00:59.119 But before we do, we have a segment that I 23 00:00:59.159 --> 00:01:01.880 really love. Would you rather? Oh? 24 00:01:01.920 --> 00:01:02.560 Good? Yeah? 25 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:05.079 And did you ever play this when you were a 26 00:01:05.079 --> 00:01:06.920 youth pastor with your students? 27 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:07.840 Yeah? 28 00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:08.480 I have. 29 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:11.040 I'd have a would you rather? Booklet? 30 00:01:11.319 --> 00:01:13.079 And and what I would do is I would have 31 00:01:13.640 --> 00:01:16.680 the person stand up right, like you know, eighty kids 32 00:01:16.680 --> 00:01:18.879 in the room. One person stands up, and then I 33 00:01:18.879 --> 00:01:21.640 would have the whole group group practice yay or nay, 34 00:01:22.239 --> 00:01:25.000 and they'd either shout yay thumbs up and they go no, 35 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:28.239 thumbs down. And so I'd ask this one person, would 36 00:01:28.280 --> 00:01:30.359 you rather, and then everybody had to either agree or 37 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:30.920 not agree, so. 38 00:01:31.000 --> 00:01:33.040 Involve the whole audience. Yeah, that's pretty cool. 39 00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:36.120 So all right, so here we go, number I'll do 40 00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:39.439 the first one, number one, okay, and we have to answer, obviously, 41 00:01:39.560 --> 00:01:42.280 would you rather be stuck in a room with someone 42 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:45.879 who never stops talking or someone who never stops singing 43 00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:46.439 off key? 44 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:51.200 Oh that's rough, never stops talking. Yeah, me too, I 45 00:01:51.239 --> 00:01:52.280 can't handle the off key thing. 46 00:01:52.359 --> 00:01:54.280 Yeah, the off key thing would be just you know 47 00:01:54.359 --> 00:01:55.560 what if if if. 48 00:01:55.439 --> 00:01:57.359 It never stops for the rest of your life, you 49 00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:00.840 would probably start to hear songs in off key, right, 50 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:03.439 I mean, you're you're, you're here would be so used 51 00:02:03.480 --> 00:02:06.400 to off key it would probably mess up your musicality. 52 00:02:06.519 --> 00:02:09.520 I was in a series of church ers this one 53 00:02:09.560 --> 00:02:13.520 time where every single song was off key. Yeah, and 54 00:02:14.120 --> 00:02:17.520 I just wanted to jump out the window. Yeah, it was. 55 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:19.439 It was horrible. I wanted to die. 56 00:02:19.599 --> 00:02:21.800 Yeah. So we had a girl named. 57 00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:25.639 In her first Scott Well, I would never say her 58 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:28.039 name is dishonoring, but it was Laura. 59 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:30.199 And I'm not going to tear her last name. 60 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:32.840 But now she knows who you're talking about. If she 61 00:02:33.039 --> 00:02:36.039 listened to nineteen ninety two. Yeah, and you've got fans 62 00:02:36.039 --> 00:02:38.400 from that lives in Georgia. Okay, so you know who 63 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:40.280 you are, Peachtree, you know who you are. 64 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:44.840 Laura, she had she had one song that she always 65 00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:48.800 sang and and uh, and we put the cassette track 66 00:02:48.879 --> 00:02:51.240 in and it was on this upon this. 67 00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:54.159 Rock, I'll do my kingdom right. 68 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:59.400 And and she go on this rock forever endev stand 69 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:01.599 and up on. 70 00:03:01.759 --> 00:03:04.000 This rock of revelation. 71 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:08.000 I've been my strong Okay, we're good, good, We're good. 72 00:03:08.080 --> 00:03:10.680 It was absolutely painful. 73 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:14.080 Yes, it was really bad. And then, Laura, if you 74 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:17.919 listen to the Bible, guys, as literally thousands upon thousands 75 00:03:17.879 --> 00:03:22.159 of people do, We're sorry for him exposing you in 76 00:03:22.199 --> 00:03:26.039 this situation because we believe that you love Jesus and 77 00:03:26.080 --> 00:03:27.159 you were doing the best you can. 78 00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:30.639 There's no way in hades that Laura listens to the Bible. 79 00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:34.919 Guys, trust me, it's all of her friends. They're all 80 00:03:34.919 --> 00:03:36.840 on Facebook right now, Laura, You're never gonna believe what 81 00:03:36.879 --> 00:03:41.080 pastor Chris just did. Okay, all right. Second, would you 82 00:03:41.199 --> 00:03:43.800 rather only be able to communicate and dad jokes for 83 00:03:43.840 --> 00:03:46.120 a month or only be able to respond in puns? 84 00:03:47.240 --> 00:03:48.280 Both are pretty great? 85 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:51.560 Yeah, dad jokes, dead jokes because it's only a month. 86 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:54.840 Okay, Well, then it's only a month of puns. 87 00:03:54.840 --> 00:03:57.000 Who doesn't say, only a month of punts? Only able 88 00:03:57.000 --> 00:03:57.960 to respond in puns? 89 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:01.879 Oh? I bet you she wrote it wrong. I bet 90 00:04:01.879 --> 00:04:02.599 you that's what she meant. 91 00:04:02.840 --> 00:04:03.520 But dead jokes. 92 00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:05.439 But you're right, is not what you wrote. It is 93 00:04:05.479 --> 00:04:07.439 not what she wrote. Right, Well, then it has to 94 00:04:07.439 --> 00:04:08.599 be dead jokes, right. 95 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:10.080 Dead jokes are fun? 96 00:04:10.280 --> 00:04:12.039 But what if? What if it was only puns for 97 00:04:12.120 --> 00:04:13.319 a minute or a day? 98 00:04:13.639 --> 00:04:16.399 What doesn't say that it is only able? There's no 99 00:04:16.560 --> 00:04:23.319 ending to it, there's no there's no written in there. 100 00:04:23.639 --> 00:04:25.199 She gave us an ending for dead jokes. 101 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:26.079 You are so funny? 102 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:30.000 No, that's the law. The words matter, man structure. 103 00:04:30.519 --> 00:04:35.759 Okay, all right, number three, would you so funny? Remember 104 00:04:35.839 --> 00:04:40.639 yesterday we argued, Okay, number three, would you rather only 105 00:04:40.879 --> 00:04:43.839 be a What would you rather only be able? 106 00:04:44.360 --> 00:04:48.839 Okay, to be able? Would you rather to only be able. 107 00:04:48.639 --> 00:04:52.519 To eat food that's been microwaved or only eat food 108 00:04:52.560 --> 00:04:54.040 that's been burnt? 109 00:04:54.319 --> 00:04:55.279 Oh? Microwaved. 110 00:04:55.319 --> 00:04:56.720 It is definitely microwaved. 111 00:04:57.360 --> 00:05:01.040 Yeah, I mean because some microwave food as although not horrible, 112 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:03.519 not great, is better than burn food. 113 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:07.120 Yeah. You can do microwave food, well, if you're diligent 114 00:05:07.399 --> 00:05:10.279 at it, right, starting and stopping and all that kind 115 00:05:10.319 --> 00:05:13.480 of stuff turning and stirring, and it's just that we 116 00:05:13.720 --> 00:05:14.600 throw stuff. 117 00:05:14.279 --> 00:05:16.519 In five minutes and walk away and. 118 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:18.759 Then it's just gross, right, right, But there's ways to 119 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:22.560 make microwave food better. Yeah, I certainly want wouldn't want 120 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:26.800 all burned food because there's no to burn food. There 121 00:05:27.519 --> 00:05:29.560 often a carcinogenetic. 122 00:05:29.079 --> 00:05:31.519 Yeah, there's no inding it says, it doesn't say anything, 123 00:05:31.639 --> 00:05:33.519 which must mean forever forever. 124 00:05:33.839 --> 00:05:37.879 That's right, only be able, that's right. Here you go. 125 00:05:37.959 --> 00:05:40.079 Number four, Would you rather have to introduce yourself with 126 00:05:40.120 --> 00:05:42.600 a silly nickname or have to use a silly accent 127 00:05:42.759 --> 00:05:44.519 every time you talk to someone new? 128 00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:49.240 Oh? Silly nickname for sure? Did you can explain it away? Yeah? 129 00:05:49.279 --> 00:05:52.279 You know, I'm agreeing. With you. 130 00:05:52.959 --> 00:05:56.639 Yeah, did you ever see what was it called She's 131 00:05:56.680 --> 00:06:00.000 out of She's out of his league? 132 00:06:00.439 --> 00:06:01.160 What was it called? 133 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:02.560 Yeah, she's out of my league? 134 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:03.040 I don't know. 135 00:06:03.160 --> 00:06:06.920 Anyway, it's with Alice Eve. Anyway, There's a guy whose 136 00:06:07.040 --> 00:06:09.160 nickname he got for wedding the bed when he was 137 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:09.519 a kid. 138 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:10.040 Oh no. 139 00:06:10.120 --> 00:06:13.560 And and so his nickname was Stainer. Oh no. 140 00:06:14.120 --> 00:06:16.759 And so he'd say, he goes, he walks up to 141 00:06:16.879 --> 00:06:18.399 like this really fabulous. 142 00:06:17.959 --> 00:06:19.600 He walked up to a really pretty girl and he goes, 143 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:21.360 I'm Stainer, and she goes and she called him out 144 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:23.959 it and she goes, what, Yeah, he goes Stayer and 145 00:06:23.959 --> 00:06:26.480 then she's like busted all of it right, And then. 146 00:06:26.360 --> 00:06:28.800 It was just it was just but he had braced 147 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:29.160 it right. 148 00:06:29.759 --> 00:06:33.600 We had a kid in kindergarten, so you know, all 149 00:06:33.639 --> 00:06:35.720 of us I grew up out in the country. We 150 00:06:35.759 --> 00:06:39.399 walked to school. I lived about a mile from school. 151 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:42.240 We would all gather together at different corners and then 152 00:06:42.279 --> 00:06:44.040 we walked together, the boys or whatever. So one of 153 00:06:44.040 --> 00:06:47.519 the kids, his name was Benny. In kindergarten, Benny pooped 154 00:06:47.519 --> 00:06:49.839 his pants like three times, oh no, in kindergarten in 155 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:53.360 class oh no. So for the rest of the time 156 00:06:53.439 --> 00:06:54.920 we knew him, he was Benny poopy. 157 00:06:54.600 --> 00:06:58.160 Pants, sure, and I mean as he will should be. 158 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:01.360 So then it was BPP for a while. Oh no, right, 159 00:07:01.920 --> 00:07:03.759 because he didn't want to inroduce itsel as Benny pood 160 00:07:03.800 --> 00:07:06.480 fans uh, And so it was. It was probably until 161 00:07:06.480 --> 00:07:08.560 we were like in fifth grade. We call the MVPP. 162 00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:11.759 That's terrible. And he got hit my car on his bicycle. 163 00:07:12.079 --> 00:07:14.800 He didn't die, he was fine, but it really it 164 00:07:14.839 --> 00:07:18.120 really freaked us out, and so we retired the name. 165 00:07:18.160 --> 00:07:20.800 All Right, you survived getting hit by this pickup truck 166 00:07:21.040 --> 00:07:25.360 on his bicycle and so he stopped. So he's spend 167 00:07:25.480 --> 00:07:26.040 in BPP. 168 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:30.319 How merciful Benevo. 169 00:07:30.680 --> 00:07:31.680 Yeah, yeah, we're good people. 170 00:07:31.879 --> 00:07:33.079 Yeah, that's terrible. 171 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:36.680 It ran its course, that is terrible. He's fine. A man, Hey, Benny, 172 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:39.720 if you're listening, would you rather wear a sign around 173 00:07:39.759 --> 00:07:42.600 your neck that says I'm awkward or one that says 174 00:07:42.639 --> 00:07:46.560 I'm a terrible cook? Oh wow, I'm awkward. 175 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:47.639 Well yeah, I'm not. 176 00:07:47.600 --> 00:07:50.360 Even I'm not even ashamed of that. I am awkward, right. 177 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:52.000 But you in the opposite. 178 00:07:52.040 --> 00:07:54.399 It is true, you would hate to introduce yourself as 179 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:55.040 a terrible cook. 180 00:07:55.879 --> 00:08:00.360 Well, I see that I'm awkward as a perfect innerduction 181 00:08:00.759 --> 00:08:03.240 right right, you set the bar low and then people 182 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:06.560 are delighted by you. Right, maybe right right? If you're 183 00:08:06.600 --> 00:08:08.879 wearing one that said I'm awesome, well then you better 184 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:12.120 I'm funny. Right then you have to really up your game. 185 00:08:12.399 --> 00:08:14.800 Set the bar low? Right people, Oh jeff, you're not 186 00:08:14.839 --> 00:08:16.560 so awkward. You get so much more compassion. 187 00:08:17.240 --> 00:08:19.959 However, they might not even get there because what kind 188 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:23.360 of person? Where's a sign? How awkward do you have 189 00:08:23.399 --> 00:08:25.160 to be to wear a sign that says I'm awkward? 190 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:29.120 So they may not even You get less opportunities. 191 00:08:30.519 --> 00:08:30.920 How about this? 192 00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:32.600 My name is how about this? 193 00:08:32.720 --> 00:08:35.519 You'll get less opportunities to win people over if you 194 00:08:35.559 --> 00:08:36.759 wear a sign that says I'm awkward. 195 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:39.360 I don't know. I'm kind of tempted to try it. 196 00:08:39.639 --> 00:08:40.799 Oh wow, wouldn't it be fun? 197 00:08:41.039 --> 00:08:43.240 Wow? You think this is a good idea? 198 00:08:43.679 --> 00:08:47.320 I do? Okay, under promise over delivered. 199 00:08:47.480 --> 00:08:50.600 I would definitely choose I'm awkward as well, although I 200 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:55.200 don't cook that much at all, and I don't really 201 00:08:55.240 --> 00:08:58.240 care about that. But I would hate to have to 202 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:02.240 explain that away. But I'm awkward. It's funny. It's sort 203 00:09:02.279 --> 00:09:04.720 of funny. It's a great conversation starter. 204 00:09:04.799 --> 00:09:07.240 Okay, well there we go. Yep, thank you, Chris. 205 00:09:07.559 --> 00:09:10.120 And you have self assurance too, that's right, which means 206 00:09:10.159 --> 00:09:10.759 you don't really care. 207 00:09:10.960 --> 00:09:13.159 That's right. I'm not going to worry about it too much. 208 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:16.840 Right, so solemnon. See. I do know some things about you, 209 00:09:16.919 --> 00:09:18.919 that's right. I did not know that you had. 210 00:09:19.080 --> 00:09:22.519 Ten siblings, which actually I sort of did know, but 211 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:25.600 I didn't know, right, And I knew you liked pork. 212 00:09:25.639 --> 00:09:27.840 I'm so angry about that. Last week. 213 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:32.279 It's a week ago, man, dude. I really truly was upset. 214 00:09:32.360 --> 00:09:35.240 I was legitimately upset. I was I was angry at myself. 215 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:36.480 I was like, I was like, how could I be 216 00:09:36.679 --> 00:09:37.200 over four? 217 00:09:37.320 --> 00:09:39.440 Well, last week, if you're new to the podcast, last 218 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:41.720 week we did a game where I had to say 219 00:09:41.759 --> 00:09:43.240 five things or something like that. 220 00:09:43.440 --> 00:09:43.960 You said four. 221 00:09:44.039 --> 00:09:46.159 I had to ask, yeah, four questions and see if 222 00:09:46.159 --> 00:09:48.840 he knew the answers and about me and about my life, 223 00:09:48.919 --> 00:09:50.840 to just see if he's a decent human being that 224 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:53.679 cares about his co host and he didn't know a 225 00:09:53.720 --> 00:09:54.879 single thing about me. 226 00:09:55.039 --> 00:09:58.320 No, that's not true. I got in the county. I 227 00:09:58.399 --> 00:10:00.480 just didn't get the name of the city I got. 228 00:10:00.519 --> 00:10:01.799 I got in the village. 229 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:02.720 I knew it was the village. 230 00:10:02.720 --> 00:10:04.919 I knew it was pork and steak. I just picked 231 00:10:04.960 --> 00:10:06.639 the wrong one. Although I knew it was pork, I 232 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:09.519 knew multiple siblings, I just didn't know the number. 233 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:11.639 I know, right, and and and by the way, I 234 00:10:11.679 --> 00:10:12.759 did not know your first car. 235 00:10:13.240 --> 00:10:16.120 And he's that's legitimate. He is grieving over. This is 236 00:10:16.120 --> 00:10:17.679 what I'm saying. So if you missed that episode, it 237 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:19.159 was funny, you should go back and watch it. It was 238 00:10:19.240 --> 00:10:23.840 last week, So okay, okay, speaking of not knowing anything, 239 00:10:23.960 --> 00:10:27.000 Solomon had the wisdom to ask of God, which, by 240 00:10:27.039 --> 00:10:28.399 the way, I think yesterday you said you were going 241 00:10:28.440 --> 00:10:31.960 to get as you do it, what would be your 242 00:10:32.080 --> 00:10:33.159 terrible intro. 243 00:10:33.080 --> 00:10:38.159 I would say, speaking of would you rather God? Was 244 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:41.080 God is about to give Solomon? Would you rather question? 245 00:10:41.159 --> 00:10:43.279 Oh? Yeah, yeah, no, that's actually a good one. 246 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:45.639 And you can even fail at these things, that's right. 247 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:49.600 Yeah, yeah, okay, So first King Chapter three, This is 248 00:10:49.919 --> 00:10:52.000 a pretty straightforward one. We horsed around for a little 249 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:56.200 longer than we normally do, but this is really straightforward episode. 250 00:10:56.240 --> 00:10:59.960 Because Solomon asks for wisdom. It says in First King, 251 00:11:00.120 --> 00:11:03.039 Chapter three, Verse one, Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh, 252 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:05.159 the King of Egypt, and married one of his daughters. 253 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:07.120 He brought her to live in the city of David 254 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:09.240 until he could finish building his palace and the temple 255 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:11.600 of the Lord and the wall around the city. At 256 00:11:11.639 --> 00:11:14.279 that time, the people of Israel sacrificed their offerings that 257 00:11:14.360 --> 00:11:16.559 local places of worship for a temple honoring the name 258 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:19.480 of the Lord had not yet been built. Salomon loved 259 00:11:19.480 --> 00:11:22.080 the Lord and followed all the decrees of his father David, 260 00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:26.080 except that Solomon too offered sacrifices and burned incense at 261 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:29.360 the local places of worship. The most important of these 262 00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:31.480 places of worship was at Gibeon, so the king went 263 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:34.519 there and sacrificed a thousand burnt offerings. That night, the 264 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:36.639 Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, 265 00:11:36.919 --> 00:11:39.320 what do you want, Ask and I will give it 266 00:11:39.320 --> 00:11:43.480 to you. Salomon replied, you showed faithful love to your servant, 267 00:11:43.480 --> 00:11:46.360 my father David, because he was honest and true and 268 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:49.120 faithful to you, and you've continued your faithful love to 269 00:11:49.200 --> 00:11:51.000 him today by giving him a son to sit on 270 00:11:51.039 --> 00:11:54.720 his throne. Now O, Lord, my God, you've made me 271 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:57.320 king instead of my father David. But I am like 272 00:11:57.360 --> 00:11:59.519 a little child who doesn't know his way around. And 273 00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:01.919 here I am in the midst of your own chosen people, 274 00:12:02.039 --> 00:12:04.480 a nation so great in numerous they cannot be counted. 275 00:12:04.960 --> 00:12:07.440 Give me an understanding heart so that I can govern 276 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:10.200 your people well and know the difference between right and wrong, 277 00:12:10.639 --> 00:12:12.919 For who by himself is able to govern this great 278 00:12:12.919 --> 00:12:16.039 people of yours. The Lord was pleased with Solomon that 279 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:18.720 he had asked for wisdom, and so God replied, because 280 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:21.039 you've asked for wisdom in governing my people with justice, 281 00:12:21.080 --> 00:12:22.799 and have not asked for a long life, or for 282 00:12:22.919 --> 00:12:25.519 wealth or the death of your enemies, I will give 283 00:12:25.559 --> 00:12:27.799 you what you ask for. I will give you a 284 00:12:27.879 --> 00:12:30.840 wise and understanding heart, such as no one else has 285 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:34.159 had or ever will have. And I will also give 286 00:12:34.200 --> 00:12:36.679 you what you did not ask for, riches and fame. 287 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:39.519 No other king in all the world will be compared 288 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:41.919 to you for the rest of your life. And if 289 00:12:41.919 --> 00:12:44.559 you follow me and obey my decrees and my commands, 290 00:12:44.559 --> 00:12:47.120 as your father David did, I will give you a 291 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:50.000 long life. Then Solomon woke up and realized it had 292 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:52.279 been a dream, and he returned to Jerusalem and stood 293 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:54.799 before the ark of the Lord's Covenant, where he sacrificed 294 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:57.720 burn offerings and peace offerings, and then he invited all 295 00:12:57.759 --> 00:12:59.559 his officials to a great banquet. 296 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:04.639 So one of the coolest stories, honestly, it's one of 297 00:13:04.639 --> 00:13:07.639 the greatest gifts ever given. Uh. And we're about to 298 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:12.240 you know, see probably tomorrow, I'm assuming, uh, this wisdom demonstrated. Right, 299 00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:15.799 it plays out with the baby, right, and it's a 300 00:13:15.799 --> 00:13:20.279 great story. Although it's it's it's it's its own, it's 301 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:24.960 get its own uh surprise and twist there. But but 302 00:13:25.039 --> 00:13:29.679 what a great thing. And so he had wisdom to 303 00:13:29.720 --> 00:13:30.399 ask for wisdom. 304 00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:31.200 Isn't that funny? 305 00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:35.440 So he already had a base of wisdom because uh 306 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:39.960 what what an absolutely just a great thing. And by 307 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:43.200 the way, it's a character thing, isn't it. It's a 308 00:13:43.279 --> 00:13:45.840 character thing. So it's it's all about the fact that 309 00:13:45.879 --> 00:13:50.799 you know, King Solomon already had, uh, you know, all 310 00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:53.639 the women that he could possibly want. I'm sure all 311 00:13:53.679 --> 00:13:56.039 the riches that he probably you know, his dad had 312 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:59.639 billions and billions of dollars. Right, So Solomon inherited the 313 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:04.679 entire kingdom. He probably had billions of dollars himself, and 314 00:14:04.720 --> 00:14:05.759 so he had all of that, but he. 315 00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:08.879 Had not yet experienced any of that. So, but the 316 00:14:08.960 --> 00:14:10.679 thing he wants to do more than anything else is 317 00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:11.440 be a good king. 318 00:14:12.120 --> 00:14:16.440 Because his dad really did pour into him, really, did 319 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:19.799 you know, give him instructions and say, follow God. This 320 00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:22.480 is this is paramount. This is more than anything else 321 00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:25.279 in your life. Son, treat this as the number one 322 00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:29.039 thing is your relationship with your heavenly father. So Solomon knew. 323 00:14:29.399 --> 00:14:32.080 So his response had wisdom, but it was really a 324 00:14:32.159 --> 00:14:32.679 character thing. 325 00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:37.320 Yeah, it's interesting. You see in this one chapter the 326 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:41.279 good and the bad of Solomon, just like many times 327 00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:43.000 in one chapter we would see the good and the 328 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:45.759 bad of David too, right, And in this one it 329 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:48.279 says the very beginning says Salomon made an alliance with Pharaoh, 330 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:49.720 that the king of Egypt, and he married one of 331 00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:52.759 his daughters. But God had told the people of Israel, 332 00:14:52.799 --> 00:14:56.399 don't marry corners. They're going to lead you away, They're 333 00:14:56.399 --> 00:14:58.519 going to try to take you to their idols. Well 334 00:14:58.559 --> 00:15:04.120 over time, Solomon, with all of his wisdom. Solomon had 335 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:07.799 at the same time, was it seven hundred wives and 336 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:08.960 three hundred concubines or. 337 00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:09.519 Whatever it is. 338 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:13.480 Crazy thousand wives, all of them just about are the 339 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:18.440 princesses of kingdoms and rulers, and you know, chieftains and 340 00:15:18.440 --> 00:15:21.759 all this kind of stuff. And he achieved peace through 341 00:15:21.799 --> 00:15:24.480 diplomacy this way. But in his old age he also 342 00:15:24.600 --> 00:15:28.159 turned to idols. There's a note here that says in 343 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:32.200 the life Happecac study Bible. Marriage between royal families was 344 00:15:32.240 --> 00:15:34.159 a common practice in the ancient Near East because it 345 00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:38.919 secured peace. Although Solomon's marital alliances built friendships with surrounding nations, 346 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:42.080 they were also the beginning of his downfall. These relationships 347 00:15:42.080 --> 00:15:46.039 became inroads for pagan ideas and practices. Solomon's foreign wives 348 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:49.600 brought their gods to Jerusalem and eventually lured him into idolatry. 349 00:15:49.799 --> 00:15:52.519 It is easy to minimize religious differences in order to 350 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:55.600 encourage the development of a friendship. When you're young and 351 00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:59.320 in love, you may be idealistic, minimizing religious differences as 352 00:15:59.320 --> 00:16:02.799 something you can quote workout. What can seem small in 353 00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:05.759 a friendship will have an enormous impact upon a marriage. 354 00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:09.960 What a powerful phrase, right, And so here he has 355 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:12.519 the wisdom to ask for wisdom and at the same time, 356 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:14.679 he's choosing one of the things that God said, don't do, 357 00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:17.879 and it winds up becoming his downfall late in his life. 358 00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:21.360 So there's this dichotomy in his life, this paradox in 359 00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:27.360 Solomon's life. But what took Solomon's reign to the peaks 360 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:30.679 I mean this is he becomes the pinnacle of the 361 00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:36.600 leaders of Israel was his extraordinary wisdom. And so if 362 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:38.759 we can learn to lean in and relying on he 363 00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:43.440 humbles himself. He goes, I'm just a dumb kid. He 364 00:16:43.519 --> 00:16:45.919 humbles himself. In further instance, I don't even deserve this throne. 365 00:16:46.440 --> 00:16:50.120 He says. You showed your faithful love to your servant 366 00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:53.360 David because he was honest and faithful, and so you've 367 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:57.559 continued your love for him by putting me on the throne. Right, 368 00:16:57.879 --> 00:17:00.240 So he goes, I didn't even earn this. I have 369 00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:03.799 no reason to claim the throne. He wasn't even the 370 00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:06.559 next in line ad and Igel was right right, I 371 00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:08.759 have no reason other than the fact that you you 372 00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:12.400 love David, and David did a great job, and so 373 00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:15.000 here I am, and I don't have what it takes 374 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:17.279 to lead these people. And I'm just a dumb kid. 375 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:22.720 What does he say? He says, I'm like a little 376 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:25.759 child who doesn't know his way around, right right, He's like, God, 377 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:27.279 I have no right to be here. 378 00:17:27.400 --> 00:17:31.480 Do we know how old Solomon was at this point? Oh? 379 00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:33.200 I don't know. I'm sure we do, but I don't 380 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:33.960 know how old he was. 381 00:17:34.319 --> 00:17:39.119 Yeah, so I'm assuming that he's a younger man. 382 00:17:40.160 --> 00:17:41.160 What he feels like he's young. 383 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:45.759 Yeah, and based on the you know, the previous chapters 384 00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:48.799 and the way that he's talking, it feels like he 385 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:52.200 must be, you know, maybe in his young twenties, maybe 386 00:17:52.200 --> 00:17:56.240 even before then. Yeah, perhaps, Yeah, but back around and 387 00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:59.759 find out, Yeah, that'd be great. But you know, I'm 388 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:01.359 sure that we could probably do math, you know, because 389 00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:04.160 it always it always says he reigned for this many 390 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:06.039 years and he died this, you know, that kind of thing. 391 00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:09.720 But yeah, so here he is just just a man 392 00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:13.480 who really truly wants to do what's good. And so, 393 00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:17.680 you know what, we perhaps aren't able to get a 394 00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:20.960 gift like this bestowed on us from God, you know, 395 00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:23.920 which is, you know, to become the wisest person who 396 00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:27.200 ever has lived or will live. However, the Bible does 397 00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:30.519 say for us, if a man lacks wisdom, let him 398 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:34.359 ask God for it, right, and he'll be given to him. So, 399 00:18:34.839 --> 00:18:37.880 you know, the Bible does say that you know wisdom. 400 00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:40.880 In fact, Solomon talks about wisdom later on, doesn't he 401 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:44.599