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 --> 00:00:13.240 practical ways. Hey, everybody, we're so glad that you decided 4 00:00:13.279 --> 00:00:14.960 to tune into the episode of The Bible Guys. 5 00:00:15.039 --> 00:00:16.760 And I'm glad you showed up for the podcast today. 6 00:00:16.839 --> 00:00:18.839 Chris, Well, you know what I thought about missing and 7 00:00:18.839 --> 00:00:20.519 then I thought, I. 8 00:00:20.359 --> 00:00:24.320 Was like, yeah, it's Chris Day. It's all all of 9 00:00:24.359 --> 00:00:26.839 our listeners. They're doing the same thing. Yay, Chris is here. 10 00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:28.920 Yeah, right, Okay, it's Jeff Day. 11 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:30.320 Yeah, all right. 12 00:00:30.519 --> 00:00:32.920 So anyway, enough of that. Welcome to The Bible Guys. 13 00:00:33.039 --> 00:00:35.679 And hopefully if this is your first episode, then you'll 14 00:00:35.719 --> 00:00:38.320 be encouraged after this to watch you think people at 15 00:00:38.359 --> 00:00:39.840 the end of this, we'll want to watch another one. 16 00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:42.079 I think they should. Yeah, and give us. 17 00:00:42.560 --> 00:00:45.119 What we're really saying is give us, give us a try. 18 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:47.600 Please, please base it off of one thing, and would 19 00:00:47.600 --> 00:00:49.200 you hook us up, give us a hook up and 20 00:00:49.240 --> 00:00:54.039 follow us on Facebook? Right, subscriber, Yeah, subscribe with that forever. Uh. 21 00:00:54.200 --> 00:00:57.200 And then and then the same thing on YouTube. Subscribe 22 00:00:57.200 --> 00:01:00.439 on YouTube. Right. That's that's really it. So all the 23 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:03.960 things anyplace you can find the Bible. Guys, follow us 24 00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:05.879 or whatever, but on YouTube, it would really help us 25 00:01:05.879 --> 00:01:08.480 if you subscribed. Yeah, and tell all your friends about 26 00:01:08.519 --> 00:01:11.439 how incredible Y is. 27 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:14.959 Whatever. All right, So, hey, we're in the middle of 28 00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:17.959 a series talking about God's promises and this week has 29 00:01:17.959 --> 00:01:19.640 a theme, and the theme. 30 00:01:19.480 --> 00:01:20.519 Is God's Provision. 31 00:01:20.599 --> 00:01:21.400 God's provision. 32 00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:23.040 God provides, He provides. 33 00:01:23.239 --> 00:01:25.480 And before we get into that, though, we have a 34 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:31.000 segment and uh Desiree has entitled it social media minutes. 35 00:01:31.120 --> 00:01:34.640 These are cool, yes, well we like we appreciate it. Yes, 36 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:37.680 so we love all of our listeners. And so let's 37 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:40.400 take a minute and just shout out some of the 38 00:01:40.439 --> 00:01:44.799 ones that have written into us. Okay, I think that's 39 00:01:44.840 --> 00:01:48.799 kind of cool taking time to write to us. So, Escanor, 40 00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:53.239 Escanor is that is that? That's the name Escanor? 41 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:56.599 I guess so. And apparently Escanor is young because of 42 00:01:56.760 --> 00:01:57.319 the comments. 43 00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:01.120 Yes, it's this special episode today, No care app you 44 00:02:01.239 --> 00:02:04.239 guys are a blessing. Yeah all right, So what does 45 00:02:04.239 --> 00:02:07.920 no cap mean? It means no lie, no lie. Okay, 46 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:08.479 there you go. 47 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:10.199 Yeah, he's not lying. 48 00:02:10.439 --> 00:02:12.400 So he's not lying. It was a special episode that day. 49 00:02:12.599 --> 00:02:14.439 He must mean that you have Riz Jeff. 50 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:18.080 Yeah, and you guys are a blessing, which is really cool. 51 00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:20.039 So it makes us feel great. 52 00:02:20.360 --> 00:02:25.120 Okay number two Nick p since again, Nick says, this 53 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:28.240 is such a huge commitment of time and energy from 54 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:30.520 you guys. Thank you for acknowledging that. I am so 55 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:33.879 grateful for you both. The messages are so valuable, enriching 56 00:02:33.919 --> 00:02:37.039 and encouraging to me. Thank you very much. Wow, that 57 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:39.719 was extremely thoughtful. That was very nice because because it 58 00:02:39.759 --> 00:02:43.080 was it was actually like putting himself and our shoes 59 00:02:43.120 --> 00:02:44.919 going wow, thank you for doing the work. 60 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:48.039 That's cool. It's usually about three hours or so for. 61 00:02:48.120 --> 00:02:52.759 Us yepes for episode five, episode half actually yeah, three 62 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:53.159 and a half. 63 00:02:53.319 --> 00:02:56.199 And then but who's counting. I was like, I have 64 00:02:56.240 --> 00:02:58.159 to sit next to this guy for an extra half. 65 00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:00.680 Hour, wand for it because I have to time my appointments. 66 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:02.039 Yeah, that's true. 67 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:02.520 That is true. 68 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:04.680 That's true. And uh, and then we have the team 69 00:03:04.719 --> 00:03:07.960 that's helping, you know, make things work. Wayne. We never 70 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:12.479 shouted out Wayne no on this episode on our podcast. 71 00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:15.039 We never know. So Wayne is helping with all the 72 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:18.240 tech side of things, yeah right now, and Dez is 73 00:03:18.280 --> 00:03:20.080 the one that's actually making all this happen. 74 00:03:20.120 --> 00:03:23.120 Hold On, hold on, they get the wa Wayne Wayne. 75 00:03:24.680 --> 00:03:28.080 Doing Gang sign west side Yang sign for Wayne. Okay, 76 00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:31.080 well there you go, Hey, Nis Wayne Nick. That was 77 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:34.280 super super encouraging to us, and we're glad that you 78 00:03:34.319 --> 00:03:37.599 find it valuable in enriching and encouraging for sure. Right, 79 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:39.599 That's that's what we're trying to do, is add a 80 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:42.479 little bit of benefit and usefulness to your day, get 81 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:44.759 you thinking about God's words in a fun and practical way. 82 00:03:44.960 --> 00:03:46.240 So you want to read the last coment. 83 00:03:46.439 --> 00:03:50.159 So Sharman Sharman d Hi Charman. 84 00:03:50.280 --> 00:03:53.479 Charman d not to be confused with Sharman Ultra. 85 00:03:53.919 --> 00:03:57.120 Oh right, See, TP is like a big thing for you. 86 00:03:57.240 --> 00:03:58.960 It is, it is. It's a big thing for you. 87 00:03:58.960 --> 00:03:59.919 He Jeff, I know what I like. 88 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:03.719 Yes, but Sharman, this is a different spell for Sharmon. 89 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:06.159 Yes s h A R M A yes. 90 00:04:06.240 --> 00:04:10.120 So Hi Sharman and in Sharman comments often or sends 91 00:04:10.199 --> 00:04:12.919 us messages really a lot of times online. Yeah cool. 92 00:04:13.039 --> 00:04:15.639 So so I think she's like a super fan. Oh 93 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:18.399 really yeah, Yeah, we're gonna we're gonna designate Sharman a 94 00:04:18.439 --> 00:04:20.439 super fan. We've got a couple. You got a couple. 95 00:04:20.439 --> 00:04:22.519 If they write it, we'll also designate them that way. 96 00:04:23.120 --> 00:04:25.399 Sharman's one of them. Okay, So you two are just 97 00:04:25.560 --> 00:04:28.399 so perfect together. I can only imagine both of you 98 00:04:28.439 --> 00:04:31.480 witnessing something big and both having completely different accounts of it. 99 00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:34.399 That is so funny. 100 00:04:34.560 --> 00:04:36.959 Chris would reference it in movie terms, and Jefford referenced 101 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:38.959 it in a step by step account and then explaining 102 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:40.519 the whys and whares. I love it. 103 00:04:41.240 --> 00:04:44.800 Well, she nailed that, nailed, she nailed it. She nailed it. 104 00:04:44.920 --> 00:04:47.720 Would make it sound like a dramatic movie movie scene, 105 00:04:48.120 --> 00:04:49.680 and I would I would hear the score as I'm 106 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:50.040 telling it. 107 00:04:50.120 --> 00:04:52.000 So we were just in a meeting a few minutes 108 00:04:52.040 --> 00:04:54.800 ago before we walked in here, and you were talking 109 00:04:54.839 --> 00:04:57.600 to Chad our executive pastor at here to a church. Yes, 110 00:04:57.720 --> 00:05:00.160 the church we both work out, Yes, And as we 111 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:02.920 were going through things, you both made a reference and 112 00:05:02.959 --> 00:05:06.240 then you made a movie reference. And then he immediately 113 00:05:06.319 --> 00:05:09.360 embraced that movie reference. He goes, good job, yeah, yeah, 114 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:12.399 And for a second I'm processing what's he talking about? Oh, 115 00:05:12.439 --> 00:05:14.879 I get it. You guys are right there on it. 116 00:05:14.920 --> 00:05:16.800 Everything goes to a movie first. It's so funny. 117 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:18.800 It's funny. It was a clever comment. 118 00:05:19.000 --> 00:05:21.240 It was very very very much. Yes, it's great. So 119 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:25.000 Sharman and Nick and escanor you guys are awesome, and 120 00:05:25.319 --> 00:05:27.199 you guys are why we keep doing it as people 121 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:30.519 keep listening. So we're like, this is eight hundred and one, 122 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:33.199 this is the episode. Yeah, wow, that's done eight hundred 123 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:35.480 of these things and it's worth it. It's worth it 124 00:05:35.519 --> 00:05:37.839 if you guys are getting some from it spending time 125 00:05:37.879 --> 00:05:39.480 in God's word and then we hope not you're not 126 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:42.360 just listening, but you're actually deciding to apply the things 127 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:44.519 that you're picking up on God's words. So yeah, that's awesome. 128 00:05:44.639 --> 00:05:47.199 Yeah, and it's very encouraging for a lot of people 129 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:50.079 who do it daily. And I know that we just 130 00:05:50.120 --> 00:05:52.040 get done talking about how many people listen to it, 131 00:05:52.120 --> 00:05:54.079 you know, and we look at the stats a little bit, 132 00:05:54.720 --> 00:05:59.240 but I can't tell you how much I my motivation 133 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:03.079 for doing this comes from people like Nick p who 134 00:06:03.079 --> 00:06:05.240 comes up and just says, hey, man, thanks for doing it, 135 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:06.920 because it really does mean a lot. 136 00:06:07.000 --> 00:06:09.199 Yeah. Yeah, so yeah, it was super encouraging. 137 00:06:09.279 --> 00:06:09.839 Yeah, for sure. 138 00:06:09.839 --> 00:06:13.079 You know who else is super encouraging Jesus and Paul. 139 00:06:13.040 --> 00:06:17.199 And Paul and the Bible to you and me, God 140 00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:17.839 the Father. 141 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:22.480 That's right. Yeah, So Paul was super encouraging and in 142 00:06:23.160 --> 00:06:25.839 especially the End of Philippians, he's trying to encourage the 143 00:06:25.879 --> 00:06:30.399 people and kind of challenging them. And so he's kind 144 00:06:30.439 --> 00:06:32.759 of a funny guy because usually, like the first several 145 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:37.720 chapters of whatever book he's writing, he's like really digging in, 146 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:42.319 talking charman about the step by step hows and whys. 147 00:06:42.680 --> 00:06:44.240 That's what he does usually at the beginning of a book, 148 00:06:44.360 --> 00:06:46.360 and then his last chapter he goes, oh, and don't 149 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:48.319 forget this, and don't forget this, and they'll forget this. Right. 150 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:51.120 He just throws in all these and don't forgets in 151 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:51.759 the last chapter. 152 00:06:51.920 --> 00:06:52.040 Right. 153 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:54.000 So we're kind of coming to the end of the 154 00:06:54.040 --> 00:06:57.959 Book of Philippians and we're reading Philippians chapter ten and 155 00:06:58.040 --> 00:07:02.040 we'll read through I don't know or something never twenty. 156 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:07.720 So he's been challenging them on the joy in believing 157 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:12.399 and following Christ. He's talking about shining brightly for Christ. 158 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:16.279 He's talking about living as citizens in heaven. He's talking 159 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:22.120 about joy and suffering. The whole book is how to 160 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:25.240 find joy in life, joy in the struggles you're going 161 00:07:25.240 --> 00:07:27.959 through how to find joy in serving other people, how 162 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:30.680 to find joy in connecting with other believers. The whole 163 00:07:30.680 --> 00:07:32.680 book is this way. And then he gets down to 164 00:07:32.759 --> 00:07:36.879 the end and suddenly it pivots from you can have 165 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:41.199 joy in these situations to him thinking about how people 166 00:07:41.240 --> 00:07:43.800 have been so kind and loving to him. Yeah, and 167 00:07:43.839 --> 00:07:45.639 so he goes, how I praise the Lord that you 168 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:49.079 are concerned about me again. I know you've always been 169 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:51.120 concerned for me, but you didn't have the chance to 170 00:07:51.120 --> 00:07:53.839 help me. Not that I was ever in need, For 171 00:07:53.920 --> 00:07:55.800 I've learned how to be content with whatever I have. 172 00:07:56.839 --> 00:07:59.759 I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. 173 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:02.920 I've learned the secret of living in every situation, whether 174 00:08:02.920 --> 00:08:05.800 it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty 175 00:08:06.040 --> 00:08:09.319 or little, For I can do everything through Christ, who 176 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:12.600 gives me strength. Even so, you've done well to share 177 00:08:12.639 --> 00:08:16.000 with me in my present difficulty. As you know, you 178 00:08:16.079 --> 00:08:18.519 Philippians were the only ones who gave me financial help 179 00:08:18.519 --> 00:08:20.639 when I first brought you the good news and then 180 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:23.839 traveled on from Macedonia. No other church did this, even 181 00:08:23.839 --> 00:08:26.680 when I was in Thessalonika. You sent help more than once. 182 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:28.319 And I don't say this because I want a gift 183 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:30.680 from you. Rather, I want you to receive a reward 184 00:08:30.759 --> 00:08:33.919 for your kindness. At the moment, I have all I 185 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:37.240 need and more. I'm generously supplied with the gifts you 186 00:08:37.279 --> 00:08:41.559 sent me with epaphroditis. They are a sweet, smelling sacrifice 187 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:44.000 that is acceptable and pleasing to God. And this same 188 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:46.919 God who takes care of me will supply all your 189 00:08:47.039 --> 00:08:49.879 needs from his glorious riches which have been given to 190 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:53.840 us in Christ Jesus. Now all glory to God, our Father, 191 00:08:53.919 --> 00:08:55.679 forever and ever. Amen. 192 00:08:56.080 --> 00:08:56.440 Amen. 193 00:08:56.759 --> 00:08:58.960 So well there you go. I love this. This is one 194 00:08:58.960 --> 00:09:00.200 of my favorite passages. 195 00:09:00.440 --> 00:09:02.240 Yeah, but I'm from We're going to say that now 196 00:09:02.279 --> 00:09:04.600 from now on every single faceage. 197 00:09:04.639 --> 00:09:09.200 I mean, how many people every Christian Jim has I 198 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:11.879 can do all things to Christ. That gives me strength, right. 199 00:09:12.120 --> 00:09:19.919 Yes, sure it does. So yeah, here it comes story everybody. 200 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:22.440 Here's the bad part. This is like in the middle 201 00:09:22.480 --> 00:09:23.240 of the afternoon. 202 00:09:23.320 --> 00:09:25.840 Yeah, I know, this isn't even later or more. That's 203 00:09:26.440 --> 00:09:28.120 that's proof that it is not darkness. 204 00:09:28.320 --> 00:09:31.120 Yeah, it's just not me being tired because people say, 205 00:09:31.159 --> 00:09:33.039 are you that tired? No, I'm not. I just yawned 206 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:34.960 in low lighting situations and I always have. 207 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:39.200 I know, it's so strange, so strange, it's so funny 208 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:40.519 to me, it's so strange. 209 00:09:40.799 --> 00:09:42.600 Okay, So I want to read this note here in 210 00:09:42.960 --> 00:09:45.879 the Study Bible. It says Paul did not see their 211 00:09:45.879 --> 00:09:49.200 gift as simply coming from believers in Philippi. He saw 212 00:09:49.240 --> 00:09:52.480 it as the supply of his need from heaven. Paul's 213 00:09:52.519 --> 00:09:55.480 trust was in the Lord. There is an interesting contrast 214 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:59.039 between verses eighteen and nineteen. We might state it this way, 215 00:09:59.080 --> 00:10:03.320 if we were to paraphrase, Paul, you met my need, 216 00:10:03.519 --> 00:10:06.200 and God is going to meet your need. You met 217 00:10:06.279 --> 00:10:08.320 one need that I have, but God is going to 218 00:10:08.320 --> 00:10:11.000 meet all of your needs. You gave out of your poverty, 219 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:13.360 but God will supply your needs out of his riches 220 00:10:13.519 --> 00:10:15.399 and glory. Isn't that great? 221 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:16.000 Yeah? 222 00:10:16.200 --> 00:10:19.240 And so the contrast between eighteen and nineteen eighteen says, 223 00:10:19.799 --> 00:10:21.960 at the moment, I have all that I need and more, 224 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:24.360 I'm generously supplied with the gifts that you sent me 225 00:10:25.639 --> 00:10:28.720 with aphroditis. And then he says they are a sweet 226 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:31.080 smelling sacrifice that is accepted on pleasing to God. And 227 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:33.720 then he says, and this same God who takes care 228 00:10:33.759 --> 00:10:37.120 of me will supply all your needs from His riches 229 00:10:37.159 --> 00:10:41.600 and glory. So that's just amazing how Paul throws a 230 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:45.320 promise in there to the Church of Philippi. But yet 231 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:47.799 you and I know that this is a promise about God, 232 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:49.919 which means we could apply that to us. 233 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:52.360 Yeah, so I can do all things to Christ, who 234 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:55.519 strengthens me, and my gods will supply all your needs. 235 00:10:56.120 --> 00:11:00.360 Are embedded in a passage about people being generous and 236 00:11:00.559 --> 00:11:03.840 taking care of other believers, right right, and Paul also 237 00:11:03.879 --> 00:11:06.440 talking about contentment. So I can do all things through 238 00:11:06.480 --> 00:11:09.960 christy strengthens me. Is all about contentment, and my God 239 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:12.799 will supply all your needs is the result of the 240 00:11:12.840 --> 00:11:15.600 fact that you've been generous. Because you're being generous, you 241 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:17.000 don't have to worry about the fact God's going to 242 00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:18.960 take care of you because you're taking care of me. Right, 243 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:22.120 that's those two things. It's funny we usually take both 244 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:24.679 of those passages out of context. Yes, man, I can 245 00:11:24.720 --> 00:11:26.600 do all things through Christ. It gives me strength, meaning 246 00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:28.320 I can do anything I want to do. That's how 247 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:29.120 most people feel it. 248 00:11:29.159 --> 00:11:31.480 Well, you know what, let's go back to that because 249 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:35.240 you made reference to it already. Yeah, my biggest moment 250 00:11:35.360 --> 00:11:38.120 for laughing at this, like people taking this out of context, 251 00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:41.080 was there was a poster in my Bible College. In 252 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:44.399 my Bible College, right, the Bible College that prides itself on, like, 253 00:11:44.799 --> 00:11:45.960 you know, teaching. 254 00:11:45.799 --> 00:11:47.720 Teaching scripture, keeping it in context. 255 00:11:47.799 --> 00:11:50.200 Yeah, keep it in context. I mean that's sort of 256 00:11:50.240 --> 00:11:52.480 their number one thing, right, I mean they were sort 257 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:55.799 of behind culturally and and everything else, but the one 258 00:11:55.799 --> 00:11:57.360 thing that they said that they were right on top 259 00:11:57.399 --> 00:11:59.919 of was that. And I go up to the taekwondo room. 260 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:02.120 Did you know? Did you know I took taekwon dow? 261 00:12:02.200 --> 00:12:03.759 Yeah? Well you're a tough guy. It's why I'm a 262 00:12:03.759 --> 00:12:04.519 little scared of you. 263 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:05.720 You know, did you did you know this thing? 264 00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:06.639 Yes? You did? 265 00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:06.919 Really? 266 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:09.279 Yeah? I meant you've mentioned of course. Okay, So anyway 267 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:10.919 I know a lot about you, Chris, I pay attention. 268 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:13.960 Okay, good. So anyway, I go up to this techwon 269 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:16.879 over room, which was also the weightlifting room, which meant 270 00:12:16.919 --> 00:12:21.480 there's like a nineteen fifties broken down, ready to throw 271 00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:23.919 out workout bench in the corner. And right on the 272 00:12:23.919 --> 00:12:26.840 poster behind this workout bench was a guy lifting weights 273 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:29.600 and he's pushing and he's and he has like too 274 00:12:29.639 --> 00:12:31.480 much weight, I guess, or you know whatever. He's just 275 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:33.519 striving for that one last push and he you know, 276 00:12:33.559 --> 00:12:35.759 his veins are popping out and he's you know, like this, 277 00:12:36.000 --> 00:12:37.799 and it says I can do all things through Christ, 278 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:40.919 who strengthens me. I'm like, wow, I didn't realize that's 279 00:12:40.919 --> 00:12:41.600 what that verse match. 280 00:12:42.279 --> 00:12:43.519 I didn't realize heavy weight. 281 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:49.720 Hey, slap another plate on their right because Paul says, right, 282 00:12:49.960 --> 00:12:51.720 It's like, it's like, that's not what it means. It 283 00:12:51.840 --> 00:12:53.919 literally means generosity, and you. 284 00:12:53.840 --> 00:12:56.320 Can well, yeah, contentment on the on the I can 285 00:12:56.320 --> 00:12:57.679 do all things through Christ as a contentment. 286 00:12:57.720 --> 00:12:59.279 Yeah, yeah, it's his application. 287 00:12:59.440 --> 00:13:02.360 Yeah. So just for perspective for our listeners, Paul's in 288 00:13:02.440 --> 00:13:05.720 prison when he's writing this. Not only that, he mentions 289 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:09.480 being in chains. So a lot of Paul's imprisonments are 290 00:13:10.519 --> 00:13:16.759 house imprisonment. He's under house arrest. Right. He was a 291 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:21.039 Roman citizen. Roman citizens are usually treated better than regular prisoners, 292 00:13:21.080 --> 00:13:24.120 that as long as it's nonviolent offending offense, right, right, 293 00:13:24.399 --> 00:13:30.279 So they were accusing him of teaching to have another 294 00:13:30.360 --> 00:13:33.799 king besides Caesar because of Jesus, all these kinds of things. 295 00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:35.799 But he's a Roman citizen, so most of the time 296 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:38.519 he was under house arrest for sometimes years at a time. 297 00:13:39.639 --> 00:13:44.200 But in Philippi he writes a couple different times, Hey, 298 00:13:44.200 --> 00:13:48.960 I'm in chains, and so in that context he says, 299 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:52.240 I've learned to be content in whatever situation I'm in 300 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:54.639 because I can do all things through christ Or strengthens. 301 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:55.960 I have everything I need. 302 00:13:56.039 --> 00:13:58.000 Yeah, he said, I've learned what it means to live 303 00:13:58.039 --> 00:14:02.039 with nothing, and I've learned how to live with everything. 304 00:14:02.279 --> 00:14:04.080 You know, when he was the was when he was 305 00:14:04.120 --> 00:14:06.759 on the Sanhedrin, he would have been wealthy and powerful, right, 306 00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:09.159 he'd have everything he would have had. He would have 307 00:14:09.159 --> 00:14:11.600 lived in the nicest neighborhood, he would have the nicest clothes. 308 00:14:11.679 --> 00:14:14.360 He had a lot of prestige and power. And then 309 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:18.360 when when he my chair keeps slipping. Can you see it. No, 310 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:20.519 it keeps going down, going down, going down. 311 00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:22.600 I like it because it. 312 00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:28.639 So he had everything. So he says, I know what 313 00:14:28.679 --> 00:14:30.440 it's like to live with everything, and I know what 314 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:32.440 it's like to live with nothing. And he said, listen, 315 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:34.440 I can power through this. I can make it because 316 00:14:34.440 --> 00:14:37.279 I've learned contentment. Contentment isn't about what I have it's 317 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:39.320 not the station I have in life. Contentment is the 318 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:41.919 fact that I understand God's in control, he has a plan, 319 00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:44.919 and then I'm fulfilling his mission. So hey, I'm content 320 00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:47.559 that matter. And so hey, guys, I'm not asking for anything. 321 00:14:47.799 --> 00:14:49.320 Thank you for taking care of me. But I'm content. 322 00:14:49.919 --> 00:14:52.519 And then in that context, I can do all things 323 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:56.120 for Christ's contentment, honoring God, I can do all those things. 324 00:14:56.360 --> 00:14:58.279 And then at the end, He's like, but man, you 325 00:14:58.320 --> 00:15:01.360 did take good care of me. And I don't say that, 326 00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:05.120 you know, to ask for more. I'm saying, I just 327 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:07.320 hope God blesses you and you guys get the credit 328 00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:09.879 you deserve for the fact that you sacrifice for me 329 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:11.759 even when I wasn't even in your town anymore. 330 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:15.159 Right, And this is also it's not just a promise 331 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:18.639 about God's character about providing, you know, and taking care 332 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:21.679 of those who are generous. It actually is a direct 333 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:23.600 financial principle promise too. 334 00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:24.039 Right. 335 00:15:24.440 --> 00:15:28.480 So in this case, Paul specifically says that they gave 336 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:32.519 out of poverty. So when they gave, you know, to 337 00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:34.519 take care of the man of God, you know, the 338 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:38.200 traveler who comes in and they know he's God's man, 339 00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:41.399 and so they scrouns together. I'm assuming he's writing to 340 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:43.080 a collective group, not the one person. 341 00:15:43.159 --> 00:15:46.039 Right, yeah, this is the whole church, the whole church. 342 00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:48.320 I think he writes it to the elders of the 343 00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:51.200 Church of Ephesus. I think it's how he starts this off. 344 00:15:51.679 --> 00:15:55.480 I mean, go ahead, I mean Philippi. Yeah, Philipie, I'm sorry, yeah, yeah, yeah. 345 00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:58.399 This letter is from paulm oh This letter is from 346 00:15:58.440 --> 00:16:02.080 Paul and Timothy, slave of Christ Jesus. I am writing 347 00:16:02.120 --> 00:16:05.159 to all of God's holy people in Philippi who belonged 348 00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:08.000 to Christ Jesus, including the church leaders and deacons. 349 00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:08.639 Well there you go. 350 00:16:08.679 --> 00:16:10.720 Yeah, so he wrote to all the Christians in town. 351 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:15.240 Yeah, him, and this letter probably would have been handled 352 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:18.759 by the church and read aloud. Right, yes, so again 353 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:21.759 it's a principle about God. But it's a principle about finances, 354 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:24.879 because even Jesus talked about this, you know, when he 355 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:29.039 was teaching everybody about giving. Do you remember that story. 356 00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:30.279 I don't know where it is. I don't know if 357 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:32.120 you remember where it is, but in one of the 358 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:36.080 gospels where the widow who gave two mites, yeah, right, 359 00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:39.679 and then this woman gives a fraction of a penny offering, 360 00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:41.840 and then there's a rich man who comes in and 361 00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:44.120 throws in a big wat of money. And Jesus makes 362 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:46.960 a comment and says, I tell you the truth. She 363 00:16:47.080 --> 00:16:51.120 gave more because it's not the you know, it's not 364 00:16:51.200 --> 00:16:54.120 the amount that mattered. It was the sacrifice. And so 365 00:16:54.320 --> 00:16:57.360 because she sacrificed, if you know, she gave everything she had, 366 00:16:57.440 --> 00:17:01.080 Jesus said that God's going to honor her. So it's 367 00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:03.639 it's all about the heart. And these people, in their 368 00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:06.519 poverty sacrifice to take care of Paul. You know what 369 00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:08.599 that reminds me of. Did I tell you about that 370 00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:10.319 time we went to that village and they gave us 371 00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:10.759 a chicken? 372 00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:14.759 Yeah, they tell you this, I've had stuff like that. 373 00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:17.279 Yeah. So so we go to this village in Africa 374 00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:21.279 and uh and uh. As as we're going there, I 375 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:24.119 was told that we were going to a village where 376 00:17:24.119 --> 00:17:26.640 they haven't seen no white people. Have you ever been 377 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:27.400 to a place like that? 378 00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:28.079 A few times? 379 00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:30.559 Which is hard to believe that that place even exists 380 00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:31.200 in the world. 381 00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:32.920 It's not as exciting as they thought it was going 382 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:34.920 to be when you showed up at first. That's right, Hey, 383 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:36.400 we white people going to their village and they're like, 384 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:37.440 this is it? 385 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:41.039 Yeah right, right, look at that guy, he's a. 386 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:43.960 Losing We had we had some children think we were ghosts. 387 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:46.200 Yeah yeah, yeah, oh wow, yeah I told you that, right. 388 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:47.759 They pulled our shorts out to check see if we 389 00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:49.720 were men. Oh they didn't. They didn't believe we were 390 00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:50.079 really men. 391 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:50.519 Wow. 392 00:17:50.640 --> 00:17:51.960 Yeah, they thought we were ghosts. 393 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:54.480 Yeah. So yeah. So we're all overweight at the time, 394 00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:57.359 walking through the desert and we're going down a ravine 395 00:17:57.359 --> 00:17:59.279 like a dry river bed, and we're going up and 396 00:17:59.319 --> 00:18:01.480 all of us are swuse. We had driven a couple hours, 397 00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:03.640 then we had to walk an hour and as we're walking, 398 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:05.880 we're like, we can't catch our breath. All of a sudden, 399 00:18:05.880 --> 00:18:09.720 this lady walks by us at full speed with forty 400 00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:12.559 pounds of water on her head, balancing it with a 401 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:15.119