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 --> 00:00:13.039 practical ways. Hey, everybody, welcome to the Bible Guys. 4 00:00:13.119 --> 00:00:14.960 My name is Chris, and it's going to be an 5 00:00:15.039 --> 00:00:18.239 amazing episode today. Chris, it is because this is the 6 00:00:18.239 --> 00:00:19.000 first one of the week. 7 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:20.719 You have to say your name. 8 00:00:21.239 --> 00:00:23.719 I'm Jeff. There you go say that we have this 9 00:00:23.839 --> 00:00:26.399 cool I'm je behind us. You've got a star over 10 00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:27.480 your head because you're a star. 11 00:00:27.679 --> 00:00:28.320 I am a star. 12 00:00:28.879 --> 00:00:29.480 I'm a star. 13 00:00:30.079 --> 00:00:33.320 Hey. By the way, this morning, just this morning, I 14 00:00:33.359 --> 00:00:37.200 got three texts. So it's nine am on a Wednesday. 15 00:00:37.240 --> 00:00:37.920 We're filming this. 16 00:00:38.039 --> 00:00:39.200 Three texts. I said, you're a star. 17 00:00:39.359 --> 00:00:43.320 No, I got three texts saying that apparently the Bible 18 00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:47.560 Guys episode that aired this morning. One was from Russia. 19 00:00:47.880 --> 00:00:50.719 I got a text from Russia of saying of somebody 20 00:00:50.759 --> 00:00:51.399 saying that. 21 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:52.799 They appreciate their watching you. 22 00:00:53.479 --> 00:00:55.719 They said that, yes, but they said they appreciated me 23 00:00:55.799 --> 00:00:58.840 saying that Lazarus came out of the tune with jazz hands. 24 00:01:00.679 --> 00:01:03.799 Yeah, it was three texts this morning. Well, that's the 25 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:08.359 deep stuff to everybody's Bible study of promotional material is 26 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:09.239 jazz hands. 27 00:01:09.319 --> 00:01:10.480 You're welcome everybody. 28 00:01:10.719 --> 00:01:11.280 That's awesome. 29 00:01:11.359 --> 00:01:12.760 So it is going to be a great day. And 30 00:01:12.799 --> 00:01:14.799 the reason why we have stars over our heads is 31 00:01:14.840 --> 00:01:20.040 because the set behind us is set up for kids 32 00:01:20.079 --> 00:01:21.319 camp at Heritage Church. Yeah. 33 00:01:21.359 --> 00:01:23.799 Yeah, this kind of our big vacation Bible school during 34 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:27.120 the during the summer, and we had like five hundred 35 00:01:27.159 --> 00:01:27.799 kids last night. 36 00:01:27.799 --> 00:01:29.400 Or some crazy things crazy. 37 00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:32.400 Yeah, So they're using this stage and then we just 38 00:01:32.439 --> 00:01:34.280 pop in in the middle of the day to shoot 39 00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:34.719 this podcast. 40 00:01:34.879 --> 00:01:35.439 We're borring it. 41 00:01:35.760 --> 00:01:37.439 This will be for the next couple weeks. I think 42 00:01:37.480 --> 00:01:39.599 it'll be up for our listeners. 43 00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:40.239 That's great. 44 00:01:40.359 --> 00:01:43.560 So well, hey, we have a segment that Desiree gave us, 45 00:01:43.599 --> 00:01:45.439 and this is one of our it's the only one 46 00:01:45.439 --> 00:01:49.799 that has a theme song. It does ready mail bag, 47 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:56.879 and it's our listeners send in comments or questions or 48 00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:02.280 critiques and complaints mostly yes, disagreements with the crazy Bible guys, 49 00:02:02.319 --> 00:02:04.280 and Desiree kind of filters through those and puts one 50 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:05.680 out for us and then we get to answer it. 51 00:02:05.719 --> 00:02:09.080 So this one today is from Amanda b Amanda, be 52 00:02:09.319 --> 00:02:13.319 Hi Amanda, and it says you both strike me as 53 00:02:13.439 --> 00:02:18.639 open books. Thanks Amanda, comic books. I think probably is, Yeah, 54 00:02:18.879 --> 00:02:20.199 what do you are? 55 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:23.159 You a sophisticated novel and I'm a comic book? 56 00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:25.439 Is that what it is? You know? I say comic books? 57 00:02:25.879 --> 00:02:26.840 It was plural, So. 58 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:34.120 I'm multiple books and like the Great gats mean or something. Okay, 59 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:34.759 I get. 60 00:02:34.639 --> 00:02:36.599 It, Crime and Punishment, I get it. Here you go. 61 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:39.039 You both strike me as open books. But is there 62 00:02:39.080 --> 00:02:42.879 something you wish people saw or understood about you that 63 00:02:42.919 --> 00:02:46.319 they really usually don't? Yeah, that's a Mannes's question. So, 64 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:50.000 you know, it seems like we're fairly transparent. So which 65 00:02:50.039 --> 00:02:52.120 is the ruse we've been keeping up for quite some time? 66 00:02:55.039 --> 00:02:58.240 I do have something instinctively that Kim comes to mind. Okay, 67 00:02:58.680 --> 00:03:03.120 so you and I both are the same personality profile 68 00:03:03.159 --> 00:03:05.360 type in a lot of ways, right, Yes, in a 69 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:07.479 lot of ways. We have the same spiritual gifts, same 70 00:03:07.520 --> 00:03:09.520 personality profile type, which is kind of funny. 71 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:11.719 The fact that the world got two of us, just 72 00:03:11.759 --> 00:03:14.800 one of them is really it's what a blessing, What 73 00:03:14.919 --> 00:03:16.120 an age to be living in. 74 00:03:16.199 --> 00:03:20.960 You're welcome, You're welcome everybody. Yeah, it's pretty bad. So, 75 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:23.719 but we are according to the Myers Briggs In case 76 00:03:23.759 --> 00:03:26.919 you're familiar, with that is we are e n tpis 77 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:33.680 in which stands for extrovert intuitive thinker and then perceiver. 78 00:03:33.919 --> 00:03:37.039 That's correct, right, Yes, Now what is the percentage? Isn't 79 00:03:37.080 --> 00:03:38.080 isn't it a rare type? 80 00:03:38.199 --> 00:03:40.639 Yeah, it's like two to three percent of the population 81 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:41.400 has that. 82 00:03:41.759 --> 00:03:42.759 Yeah, two to three percent. 83 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:45.719 Think about that, like, wow, that's a lot, right, so 84 00:03:45.919 --> 00:03:46.960 or it's small. 85 00:03:47.240 --> 00:03:49.159 No, No, I meant. I meant like, that's a lot 86 00:03:49.199 --> 00:03:49.520 to take. 87 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:50.360 It's a lot to take in. 88 00:03:50.439 --> 00:03:52.199 Yeah, a lot to take it. It is what I 89 00:03:52.240 --> 00:03:56.560 meant anyway. So the point is is that because of 90 00:03:56.599 --> 00:04:01.560 our personality profile type, somebody on the that might interact 91 00:04:01.599 --> 00:04:05.960 with me, maybe on a leadership level or you know, 92 00:04:06.039 --> 00:04:08.039 behind the scenes, or you know, maybe if we're working 93 00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:12.599 on projects together. Uh, we don't necessarily come across as 94 00:04:12.599 --> 00:04:18.079 the most emotional people. But yet I feel every emotion, right, So, 95 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:21.600 like even in my interactions, uh, you know, like I'll 96 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:25.240 respond to something and and and and they may say, well, wow, 97 00:04:25.279 --> 00:04:28.240 you're not as sensitive and you don't think about these emotions. 98 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:28.560 Whatever. 99 00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:32.439 The e NTP personality profile, the high thinker can come 100 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:35.120 across that way. But I actually believe or not, I 101 00:04:35.160 --> 00:04:37.839 wish people knew that you know and you know this 102 00:04:37.920 --> 00:04:39.519 about me, like I have a ton of. 103 00:04:39.519 --> 00:04:42.600 Emotion, yes, yes, right, you know that. Yeah yeah, yeah, 104 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:44.519 Well you're you're you're an emotional person. 105 00:04:44.759 --> 00:04:44.959 Yes. 106 00:04:45.079 --> 00:04:47.279 I think the e NTP part of it for you 107 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:50.720 because your your emotions are out there. Everybody knows. You're 108 00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:53.279 quick to cry, you're quick to laugh. Yeah, you live 109 00:04:53.319 --> 00:04:55.920 your entire life in hyperbole. It's all big or little. 110 00:04:55.959 --> 00:04:58.160 It's it's the best or the worst. Right, So, so 111 00:04:58.319 --> 00:05:01.040 the emotion side is there the differ diferences for an EMTP. 112 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:04.800 We're not shy about being very direct because of the 113 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:07.240 efficiency of it, because we're not offended when people are 114 00:05:07.279 --> 00:05:09.959 direct with us, right, My fact we prefer people to 115 00:05:09.959 --> 00:05:11.759 be direct with us. That's right, is my fact. That 116 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:14.120 was going to be my thing is I think I 117 00:05:14.120 --> 00:05:16.959 think I would prefer people to be direct with me 118 00:05:18.319 --> 00:05:20.800 and it's not offensive as long as you're coming in 119 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:25.040 with a good attitude. I prefer people to be direct, 120 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:28.240 and I think sometimes people misunderstand our directness. So I 121 00:05:28.240 --> 00:05:31.439 think you are much more emotional and that's that has 122 00:05:31.439 --> 00:05:33.439 to do with all the other things. It's not like 123 00:05:33.480 --> 00:05:38.240 you stuffed down your emotions like I do. Instead, I 124 00:05:38.240 --> 00:05:40.680 think it's just that you you also are willing to 125 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:42.920 be direct because you want to make it better. So 126 00:05:42.959 --> 00:05:45.360 you're like, hey, this is awful, let's fix it. And 127 00:05:45.399 --> 00:05:48.759 you don't mean you're an awful person. You're saying, this 128 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:51.319 product is awful, let's make this product better, right, And 129 00:05:51.319 --> 00:05:53.839 you're not shy about being direct on that, And I 130 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:56.680 think that that feels like you're heartless and you're not. 131 00:05:56.759 --> 00:05:58.319 You've got like the biggest heart in the world. 132 00:05:58.360 --> 00:06:00.240 Chris, I appreciate that, man, Thank you. 133 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:01.759 Yeah, that was hyperbole. 134 00:06:01.879 --> 00:06:03.279 I was I was just gonna say, I was just 135 00:06:03.279 --> 00:06:04.800 gonna say that's a little overstatement. 136 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:08.959 Yeah, yeah, yeah, I was gonna say. The other thing 137 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:12.720 is I wish I wish people understood about me that 138 00:06:13.959 --> 00:06:17.439 sometimes I talk fast and and quote a lot of scripture, 139 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:20.879 so it sounds like I know what I'm doing, But 140 00:06:20.959 --> 00:06:28.399 really I just want somebody to bring me tacos. Hey. 141 00:06:28.480 --> 00:06:30.480 We did have people show up and heard in church 142 00:06:30.519 --> 00:06:33.879 and bring you uh for what is it called? 143 00:06:35.720 --> 00:06:39.120 And then uh yeah, yeah that was right. This week. 144 00:06:39.160 --> 00:06:41.639 They were sitting on my on my table in my 145 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:43.639 office when I came in, so it was great. Somebody 146 00:06:43.639 --> 00:06:47.000 brought me one yesterday too, it was super nice. So 147 00:06:47.199 --> 00:06:48.240 keeping coming people. 148 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:50.399 Let's keep going. 149 00:06:50.439 --> 00:06:51.839 I meant to say thank you. I meant to say 150 00:06:51.839 --> 00:06:52.240 thank you. 151 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:54.079 Right right, right, but I'm talking to the list now. 152 00:06:54.240 --> 00:06:56.000 Somehow you've managed this living in tacos. 153 00:06:56.040 --> 00:06:59.439 Yeah, that's right, So the bring me tacos. That's so. 154 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:04.040 The other thing I wish people would know is I 155 00:07:04.079 --> 00:07:07.839 have a high level of satisfaction with setting goals and 156 00:07:07.839 --> 00:07:11.199 accomplishing goals. And because then you know this, I measure everything. 157 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:16.279 I measure everything, yes, so I know exactly what the 158 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:18.519 trend has been, and then I just try to move 159 00:07:18.519 --> 00:07:20.759 the needle a couple percentage points on a trend. I'm 160 00:07:20.759 --> 00:07:22.600 satisfied when we hit that trend. We keep moving on. 161 00:07:22.959 --> 00:07:25.360 Just move along, move along, movement. And so what happens 162 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:28.079 I forget to celebrate, and I forget to go tell 163 00:07:28.079 --> 00:07:30.759 people how amazing they are and thank you and that 164 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:33.079 you've made this happen and you know, all those things 165 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:35.639 that I forget to celebrate, and so I kind of 166 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:38.560 leave people in the dust, sometimes unintentionally. 167 00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:42.920 And to be fair, most unfortunately, most leaders forget to celebrate. Yeah, yeah, 168 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:44.319 most strong leaders forget to celebrate. 169 00:07:44.399 --> 00:07:46.040 Yeah. And in the church world, the kind of work 170 00:07:46.040 --> 00:07:48.639 we do. Sunday comes every seven days. I don't know 171 00:07:48.680 --> 00:07:51.920 if our listeners have ever contemplated that, right, but Sunday 172 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:53.959 comes every seven days. So it's just bang bang bang 173 00:07:54.040 --> 00:07:56.560 bang bang. You know, if this was a Broadway show 174 00:07:56.560 --> 00:07:58.800 that we were doing, we would do the exact same 175 00:07:58.879 --> 00:08:00.920 thing with the same line. It's in the same moves, 176 00:08:01.279 --> 00:08:04.120 the same lighting, and the same songs for weeks and 177 00:08:04.160 --> 00:08:06.680 weeks and months and months and months. And instead every 178 00:08:06.680 --> 00:08:09.360 message is brand new the next weekend. Every song that 179 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:11.920 is done wasn't done last week, right, all the stuff 180 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:14.519 that we do, and so there's a lot of chaos 181 00:08:14.560 --> 00:08:17.720 in trying to make every weekend happen in a meaningful 182 00:08:17.759 --> 00:08:19.560 way for thousands and thousands of people. 183 00:08:19.600 --> 00:08:23.720 And not to mention creative ideas incepting from scratch. 184 00:08:23.759 --> 00:08:26.279 And of course we rely on the Holy Spirit to 185 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:28.959 guide us with regard to our messages, and we invite 186 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:31.959 him into the planning and all those things. But as 187 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:34.840 we're racing along, sometimes it can feel like we forget. 188 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:37.759 And so that's the thing I wish people knew how much, 189 00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:41.480 how incredibly grateful I am for the fact that they've 190 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:44.399 joined us on this mission and they're making it happen together. 191 00:08:44.600 --> 00:08:46.480 It's really great. But I forget. I forget to say 192 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:46.879 thank you a. 193 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:48.200 Lot great answers. 194 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:53.120 Oh, that's wonderful. And I just want tacos. 195 00:08:53.240 --> 00:08:56.399 And yeah, and somehow I always want to talk to 196 00:08:57.200 --> 00:08:57.840 he doesn't want. 197 00:08:57.720 --> 00:09:00.279 To talk exactly that deep down inside. Yeah, if you 198 00:09:00.279 --> 00:09:02.559 want to know that secret thing deep done inside. We 199 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:03.679 just want tacos. 200 00:09:04.600 --> 00:09:07.320 So we're read at our time. Actually we're about a 201 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:11.519 minute past our time. But what's your favorite taco place 202 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:12.200 in the area? 203 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:16.240 My tacos. I love those pork tacos I make with 204 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:17.039 the Oh. 205 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:19.480 Oh, but if somebody were to bring you tacos, what's 206 00:09:19.480 --> 00:09:19.919 your favorite? 207 00:09:20.039 --> 00:09:21.600 Oh, I don't know. I don't I don't even have 208 00:09:21.639 --> 00:09:22.759 a favorite taco place here. 209 00:09:23.159 --> 00:09:25.919 You just like all tacos. Yeah, okay, all right, all right, 210 00:09:26.120 --> 00:09:28.480 just just asking so for the sake of our listeners. 211 00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:32.360 Yes, well, hey, uh boy, I don't even know what 212 00:09:32.440 --> 00:09:33.200 transition for this. 213 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:34.279 One, speaking of. 214 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:39.759 Going out and finding tacos. 215 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:42.919 Finding tacos, Jesus commands us to go out and find disciples. 216 00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:48.919 Oh yeah, that is terrible. Yeah, yeah, it's a terrible transition. Well, 217 00:09:49.320 --> 00:09:51.200 that does come up here in Matthew chapter twenty eight. 218 00:09:51.320 --> 00:09:53.559 It does one of the this is like the last 219 00:09:53.559 --> 00:09:56.759 thing Jesus is saying. These are the last orders he 220 00:09:56.799 --> 00:09:58.720 gives us before he goes back, known as. 221 00:09:58.639 --> 00:10:03.360 The Great Commission. And wouldn't you think that somebody's last 222 00:10:03.399 --> 00:10:04.840 words would be important? 223 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:07.879 I would imagine. Yeah. Well, in the military, they have 224 00:10:08.360 --> 00:10:10.600 the principle of the last standing orders. So whatever the 225 00:10:10.679 --> 00:10:12.240 last order you got, you're supposed to keep doing that 226 00:10:12.320 --> 00:10:13.360 until you get a new order. 227 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:16.720 I know you're going to complete this, but complete this 228 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:18.000 the rest of this quote. 229 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:18.360 Okay. 230 00:10:18.759 --> 00:10:21.120 My father's final words were. 231 00:10:22.039 --> 00:10:25.720 Oh, yeah, yeah, Yeah, there's Princess Bride. Yeah, ye, Prince humperdink. 232 00:10:26.559 --> 00:10:29.080 I don't know. I can't remember. Love her, yes, as 233 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:32.600 I have loved her, and and there will be peace 234 00:10:32.639 --> 00:10:35.320 in the land. No joy, joy, love. 235 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:39.840 As I've loved her, and there will be joy. 236 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:44.759 Okay. So here we are in Matthew chapter twenty eight. Yep, 237 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:46.519 and we're going to start in verse sixteen. Just read 238 00:10:46.600 --> 00:10:48.240 to the end of the chapter. It says, then the 239 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:51.120 eleven disciples left for Galilee. Do you remember Jesus had 240 00:10:51.159 --> 00:10:54.080 died and risen I do remember that Judas is out 241 00:10:54.120 --> 00:10:56.320 of the picture. Now he killed himself, and so now 242 00:10:56.320 --> 00:11:00.320 there's only eleven disciples, yep. And so then the eleven 243 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:02.759 disciples left for Galilee, going to the mountain where Jesus 244 00:11:02.759 --> 00:11:05.279 had told them to go. When they saw him, they 245 00:11:05.320 --> 00:11:08.360 worshiped him, but some of them doubted. Jesus came and 246 00:11:08.399 --> 00:11:11.000 told his disciples, I have been given all authority in 247 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:14.039 heaven and on earth. Therefore go and make disciples of 248 00:11:14.159 --> 00:11:16.600 all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father 249 00:11:16.639 --> 00:11:19.120 and the Son and the Holy Spirit. And teach these 250 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:21.759 new disciples to obey all the commands I've given you. 251 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:24.360 And be sure of this. I am with you always, 252 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:26.240 even to the end of the age. 253 00:11:27.039 --> 00:11:30.360 Yeah, so very quick, A very quick what five verses? 254 00:11:31.080 --> 00:11:33.960 But I have to say this the thing that always 255 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:36.639 sticks out when I read this, and it's only recorded 256 00:11:36.679 --> 00:11:42.159 here in Matthew obviously, but it says the eleven disciples. 257 00:11:42.200 --> 00:11:45.639 Now we all know that every follower of Jesus is 258 00:11:45.679 --> 00:11:46.879 referred to as a disciple. 259 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:47.559 That's correct. 260 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:51.200 And the twelve that were chosen have the title of apostle. 261 00:11:52.039 --> 00:11:56.679 So not all disciples are apostles, but all apostles are 262 00:11:56.720 --> 00:12:00.600 also disciples. That's correct, because disciples are just simple followers 263 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:03.279 of him. So sometimes in the Bible, when they say 264 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:05.600 his disciples followed him, they can refer to the crowds 265 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:08.679 of followers. But in this case, this is my point. 266 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:13.000 In this case, he's referring to the eleven. Yes, right, yes, 267 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:15.480 So he says, the eleven disciples for Galilee went to 268 00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:18.159 the mountainside where Jesus had told him to go. When 269 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:21.840 they saw him, they worshiped him, but some of them doubted. 270 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:25.440 So clearly he's not talking about the crowd of disciples. 271 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:30.440 He is saying that some of the eleven doubted. And 272 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:34.960 that always floors me because this is, you know, some 273 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:37.840 of Jesus's last words, which means he's on the back 274 00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:41.799 end of his forty days here, right, So Jesus is 275 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:45.279 on the back end. He's already risen. He's already appeared 276 00:12:45.320 --> 00:12:48.320 to the disciples. He's already told Thomas, come and touch 277 00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:54.000 my you know, hands and my side. He's already appeared 278 00:12:54.039 --> 00:12:57.720 with people, walked with people, you know, he made fish, 279 00:12:57.879 --> 00:13:01.080 you know, breakfast for them. He's given forgiveness to Peter, 280 00:13:01.480 --> 00:13:05.559 he's taught I mean, goodness, gracious, how can the eleven 281 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:06.360 still doubt? 282 00:13:06.879 --> 00:13:10.639 Well? Do you think it says some Do you think 283 00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:13.960 that this because Matthew does not tell the story of 284 00:13:14.039 --> 00:13:14.799 doubting Thomas. 285 00:13:16.200 --> 00:13:20.159 Oh wow, I never had that thought before. 286 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:23.240 Right, So he doesn't tell the story of Thomas. 287 00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:25.879 So you think Matthew is just summarizing. 288 00:13:25.320 --> 00:13:26.919 And a bunch of other stuff happened by the way 289 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:29.440 Thomas doubted. And then he moves on because he leaves 290 00:13:29.440 --> 00:13:32.240 out every kind of stuff there. Wow, because it literally 291 00:13:32.399 --> 00:13:36.919 goes from the religious leaders are bribing the guards. Yeah, 292 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:42.279 then there's forty days, yeah, and then Jesus is going 293 00:13:42.320 --> 00:13:42.919 back to heaven. 294 00:13:44.799 --> 00:13:48.600 Right, yeah, they go They go literally straight from bribing 295 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:50.840 the guards to Jesus' last word. 296 00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:53.600 Yeah. Because Matthew's purpose was different than the others, right, 297 00:13:53.759 --> 00:13:58.039 So Matthew's just trying to establish that Jesus Matthew wrote 298 00:13:58.799 --> 00:14:01.639 to the Jews explaining that Jesus was the Messiah. That's right, 299 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:05.480 And so the other things he leaves out different things 300 00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:08.840 that don't drive rate at that exact idea. So the 301 00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:11.320 death barrel resurrection happened. Now he goes back to having 302 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:13.559 gives us ob mission. The other things aren't really part 303 00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:14.559 of his narrative. 304 00:14:14.279 --> 00:14:16.799 And Luke wrote primarily to the gentiles. 305 00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:16.879 To the gentiles. 306 00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:22.600 Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, So imagine that. Imagine these writers 307 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:26.600 who recording the Gospels, and one of them is directed 308 00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:31.960 specifically at you know, good Jewish boys and ladies who 309 00:14:32.039 --> 00:14:35.360 grew up and completely know the Jewish customs, you know, 310 00:14:35.440 --> 00:14:37.480 believers of the Old Testament, the Old Testament God, the 311 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:39.399 Law of Moses. They knew like the back of their hand. 312 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:44.320 And and Matthew is connecting the dots right and then 313 00:14:44.440 --> 00:14:48.360 and then people like gentiles, which is everybody who's non Jewish, 314 00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:52.080 they grew up not knowing necessarily the Law of Moses, 315 00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:55.440 not practicing hardly anything. So a lot of the stuff 316 00:14:55.440 --> 00:14:57.679 you'll see in Matthew you don't see in Luke. But 317 00:14:57.799 --> 00:15:01.759 Luke was a doctor, right, Yes, So Luke was very precise, 318 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:05.039 he was very technical, and he's the guy who like 319 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:09.720 unpacks empirical evidence. He's the guy who has like full explanations, 320 00:15:10.039 --> 00:15:13.919 and he's the one that's trying to convince the non believer, 321 00:15:14.000 --> 00:15:16.679 in the non Jewish person that Jesus is the Messiah. 322 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:20.679 And Matthew Levi was a tax collector, yes, and so 323 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:22.960 he has kind of a it's almost like a checklist 324 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:24.919 when you read his thing, he goes and then he 325 00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:26.720 did this, and then he did this, and then he 326 00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:28.600 did this, and then he did this. Right, that's what 327 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:30.919 he's doing. He's kind of checking off the Jewish checklist 328 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:32.480 of this is why he's a Messiah, and this is 329 00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:34.720 why he's Messiah, and this is why he's Messiah. Right. 330 00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:37.240 So they both have a lot of precision in the 331 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:40.480 way that they write. It's just the pacing of Matthews 332 00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:44.000 isn't always in the storytelling of it as much as 333 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:47.279 it is the factual evidence that this guy is the Messiah. 334 00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:51.000 So I think that this is just referencing Thomas. This 335 00:15:51.080 --> 00:15:52.440 is what I think it is. Because it also doesn't 336 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:55.480 mention the fact that Jesus came to Peter when Peter 337 00:15:55.720 --> 00:15:59.240 was fishing in Jesus fixing breakfast on the side of 338 00:15:59.279 --> 00:16:02.559 the thing. It doesn't mentioned the disciples on the road 339 00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:05.120 to Mas that Jesus came and taught, right, there's all 340 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:06.679 those other things. There's a lot of things missing in 341 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:10.519 that in the gap between verse was it fifteen and 342 00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:11.600 verse sixteen. 343 00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:15.360 So so there's there's there's one that answer that explanation, 344 00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:17.879 which I've not heard before either came from one of 345 00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:20.960 four places. Either A you've heard that before in a sermon. 346 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:22.559 No, I just thought of it. B. 347 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:25.799 Well, you didn't even let me say all four. 348 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:28.879 I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I was gonna say b's. 349 00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:30.879 Gonna say B B you just thought of it. Yes, 350 00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:34.519 uh C you studied it in the past and discovered 351 00:16:34.519 --> 00:16:35.039 it yourself. 352 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:36.200 No, I've never contemplated it. 353 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:38.120 Or D I was going to say there was a 354 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:39.000 note in your life up. 355 00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:42.600 No, Nope, there's It's just I'd never really thought about 356 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:46.440 it before. But wow, Actually, here's how it works. You 357 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:48.720 say a thing and I immediately try to figure out 358 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:57.679 why it's wrong in everything and everything and every dingy yeah, yeah, everything. 359 00:16:57.759 --> 00:16:59.200 You come in this morning, Hey, good morning. I'm like, 360 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:00.360 it wasn't that good of a morning. 361 00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:09.359 Wow. Listen, you just said a minute ago you ranb 362 00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:11.799 off scripture and you speak quickly, so people think you 363 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:14.759 know what you're doing right, But in the end, you 364 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:18.319 just want tacos. 365 00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:20.440 Just a simple guy. 366 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:22.799 Guy. That's so funny, Dude, that's funny. 367 00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:28.160 So okay, that's ridiculous. Anyways, I think it's You're right. 368 00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:32.240 It is amazing because it's the sentence by itself says 369 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:34.160 when they saw him, they worshiped him, but some of 370 00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:38.880 them doubted, right, And that sentence is crazy. But what 371 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:41.559 we feel like is they're going to the mountain where 372 00:17:41.599 --> 00:17:43.599 Jesus had told them to go, and we feel like 373 00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:47.000 this doubt happens right before he speaks at the mountain, 374 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:51.079 right right, And I just I'm not sure I believe 375 00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:52.039 that that's what's happening there. 376 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:55.359 Well, yeah, because I mean think about it. I mean 377 00:17:56.279 --> 00:17:58.359 just I mean, you already said it already, but think 378 00:17:58.359 --> 00:18:01.440 about the plethora of him information that is not even 379 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:05.359 talked about. It is it is being summarized in a 380 00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:06.319 couple sentences. 381 00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:08.359 And so this is why studying the Bible so much fun, 382 00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:10.880 because the Bible explains itself. It's its own best commentary. 383 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:14.480 So when you read all four narratives Matthew, Mark, Luke, 384 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:16.440 and John, and then you read the first couple chapters 385 00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:18.559 of Acts, you kind of know you understand how all 386 00:18:18.599 --> 00:18:20.880 these things are working. And they cross reference each other 387 00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:23.160 and explain each other a little bit. So anyways, the 388 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:25.880 big point here is that Jesus says, I've been given 389 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:29.039 all authority in heaven and on earth. Why because of 390 00:18:29.079 --> 00:18:31.720 his death, buryl and resurrection, right, he paid the price. 391 00:18:31.799 --> 00:18:34.960 God says, Okay, you are the name above every name. 392 00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:38.000 Later on we find out at the name of Jesus, 393 00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:39.759 every knee is going to about and heaven and on 394 00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:40.799 earth under the earth. 395 00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:43.440 Right, you know what that reminds me of? By the way, sorry, 396 00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:46.319 I had the instrument of this thought. You ever see 397 00:18:46.359 --> 00:18:49.880 Brian Reagan, my favorite comedian. Yes, he actually says, the 398 00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:53.599 most lazy writing in the world is the phrase and 399 00:18:53.680 --> 00:18:54.920 then one thing led to another. 400 00:18:56.400 --> 00:19:00.119 That's a great one, yeah, he says, he says, He 401 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:02.960