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 --> 00:00:13.720 practical ways. Here we are, here, we are, and there 4 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:16.600 you are. Yes, wherever you are listening, we just appreciate 5 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:19.800 you tuning in today. Welcome to the Bible Guys. I'm Chris, 6 00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:20.559 this is Jeff. 7 00:00:20.359 --> 00:00:22.440 And it's good to be here. It is good to 8 00:00:22.519 --> 00:00:23.640 be here, Yes, with my. 9 00:00:23.640 --> 00:00:28.359 Buddy Chris, and we together are going to tackle a 10 00:00:28.480 --> 00:00:31.120 social media minutes before we jump into our scripture for today. 11 00:00:31.199 --> 00:00:33.799 Yeah, it's really amazing all the people who send in messages. 12 00:00:34.039 --> 00:00:35.600 Yeah, which, by the way, we haven't said this in 13 00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:38.320 a while, but please share, share something. 14 00:00:38.159 --> 00:00:42.640 Email, help us out, help us out, like it, subscribe, share, 15 00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:44.079 tell everybody. 16 00:00:44.439 --> 00:00:46.560 You could email us at info at the Bible guys 17 00:00:46.600 --> 00:00:50.520 dot com, yes, or you can respond on YouTube. You 18 00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:54.479 can write something in stump the past, your question just 19 00:00:54.520 --> 00:00:57.640 a regular question for mail bags. We would love your 20 00:00:57.679 --> 00:01:01.320 comments as well. So this is social media minutes. 21 00:01:01.439 --> 00:01:07.439 Yes, so Lynn B wrote in Hi Lynn Lynn Blyn B. 22 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:10.840 She says, you guys are true gentlemen. 23 00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:12.319 Little do you know? 24 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:17.319 And I love your friendly debating. Thanks guys for another 25 00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:18.120 great episode. 26 00:01:19.159 --> 00:01:19.799 Was that the episode? 27 00:01:20.359 --> 00:01:20.719 Probably? 28 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:26.000 Yeah, that's great. Okay, well that was great. Yes, this 29 00:01:26.040 --> 00:01:28.159 one is name unknown? Didn't sign? 30 00:01:28.400 --> 00:01:29.799 Who names their kid unknown? 31 00:01:29.879 --> 00:01:37.000 But that's a weird You shall be called unknown? Okay, 32 00:01:37.040 --> 00:01:39.640 that'd be something if you introduce yourself as unknown. 33 00:01:39.640 --> 00:01:44.799 Hey, hey you don't what's your name? Unknown? Yeah? Okay, anyway, 34 00:01:44.840 --> 00:01:45.560 sorry unknown? 35 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:49.319 Yeah. So this is amazing episode. Lots of wisdom in 36 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:51.640 this message. You guys are a blessing to everyone that 37 00:01:51.680 --> 00:01:56.280 tunes in. You make everything relatable while keeping everyone engaged. 38 00:01:56.400 --> 00:01:58.920 That is true talent. Thanks for everything you guys do. 39 00:01:59.000 --> 00:01:59.799 That's very nice. 40 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:03.560 Wow, that was wisdom and talent of being attributed to 41 00:02:03.599 --> 00:02:06.799 the two of us. Wow, that's just God still does miracles. 42 00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:09.680 That's right. That's right. You parts the Red Sea, he 43 00:02:09.800 --> 00:02:10.719 parts the Jordan River. 44 00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:14.520 Well. 45 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:18.599 Anna V said, Wow, I learned something every new every 46 00:02:18.639 --> 00:02:21.520 time I watch the Bible. Guys, I know the Bible. 47 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:23.199 I've been a believer in my whole life, but you 48 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:26.800 bring things to life in each session. That's why you're 49 00:02:26.840 --> 00:02:29.840 good pastors. Anyone can read scripture from the Bible, but 50 00:02:29.879 --> 00:02:31.280 to bring it to life like you do is such 51 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:32.039 a blessing to us. 52 00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:33.919 Oh that's really nice. 53 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:35.520 Yeah, that's very very nice. 54 00:02:35.719 --> 00:02:36.960 Everybody's so nice to us. 55 00:02:37.039 --> 00:02:39.240 Well, you know what, we will actually we only read 56 00:02:39.280 --> 00:02:40.080 the good comments. 57 00:02:40.159 --> 00:02:42.960 Yeah. Well that's the only ones that matter, isn't it. 58 00:02:44.919 --> 00:02:46.560 I don't think we've gotten any hater comments? 59 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:47.360 Have we? Not many? 60 00:02:47.800 --> 00:02:52.840 Okay? The uh, I'm not many. So Jeff checks the 61 00:02:52.879 --> 00:02:56.759 comments more than I do. And actually I was given 62 00:02:56.919 --> 00:02:59.280 I was given all the access by Desiree. Desiree said 63 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:01.879 here's how you put on your phone. But I was like, yeah, 64 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:03.919 I need to do that. I never did, so. 65 00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:05.199 I don't really you never see it. 66 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:06.879 I never see it. I never check it. 67 00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:09.360 Des usually helps us out, like she picks these and 68 00:03:09.400 --> 00:03:12.800 she'll help reply and yeah, yeah, yeah whatever sometimes but 69 00:03:12.840 --> 00:03:14.400 every once so I'll jump in if I have an 70 00:03:14.400 --> 00:03:19.000 opportunity and try to answer some questions or something like that. 71 00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:19.319 Yeah. 72 00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:22.159 And the huge majority of people really really nice and friendly, 73 00:03:22.199 --> 00:03:24.599 so I appreciate it. It's super humbling. Actually it's a 74 00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:26.759 little embarrassing when you read them. Yeah, well, you know, 75 00:03:26.800 --> 00:03:28.120 everybodys saying so many nice things. 76 00:03:28.240 --> 00:03:29.879 And I've said this before, but I want to say 77 00:03:29.879 --> 00:03:33.000 it again, and that is it's hard work to come 78 00:03:33.039 --> 00:03:36.159 in and spend four to five hours every single week, 79 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:38.400 and you know, and then just to do all these 80 00:03:38.439 --> 00:03:41.039 kinds of things, because you know, we're both busy guys, right, 81 00:03:41.759 --> 00:03:44.560 And it's not as if this is a pig gig. 82 00:03:44.680 --> 00:03:47.240 It's not as if rich it's not a part of 83 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:49.439 our job description, right. We just sort of do it. 84 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:54.199 But you know, you end up on the receiving end 85 00:03:54.199 --> 00:03:57.439 of so many people saying, Wow, what a blessing. You know, 86 00:03:57.479 --> 00:03:59.560 there was a couple that had just visited. They used 87 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:01.520 to live here, then they moved to I think it 88 00:04:01.560 --> 00:04:04.360 was Arizona, and then they recently came back and visited 89 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:07.960 our church and I saw them in the lobby and 90 00:04:08.879 --> 00:04:12.520 this couple said to us, they said, thank you so 91 00:04:12.680 --> 00:04:14.599 much for the Bible, guys, thank you so much, because 92 00:04:14.599 --> 00:04:17.079 we're having a hard time finding a church down there. 93 00:04:17.079 --> 00:04:19.040 And I'm telling you, every morning we get up and 94 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:22.040 they told me about the whole routine. I thought to myself, gosh, 95 00:04:22.079 --> 00:04:24.879 that is like, what a privilege to be a part 96 00:04:24.959 --> 00:04:28.519 of something like that. So if you're listening in Arizona, 97 00:04:29.279 --> 00:04:30.920 a shout out to you, guys. I don't remember your. 98 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:33.079 Names and share it with your friends, but I remember 99 00:04:33.120 --> 00:04:33.560 your comment. 100 00:04:33.920 --> 00:04:36.079 I ran into some ladies in the lobby of our 101 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:40.360 church Sunday, and they came running up all excited to 102 00:04:40.399 --> 00:04:42.639 say hi. And then the one lady said, you know, 103 00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:44.439 whenever I see in the lobby, I always forget that 104 00:04:44.480 --> 00:04:46.959 you're my pastor too, because iways thinking, oh, hey, that's. 105 00:04:46.800 --> 00:04:47.600 One of the Bible guys. 106 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:48.519 Oh that's right, funny. 107 00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:51.120 And then she came running over and that's the first thing. Then, Yeah, 108 00:04:51.240 --> 00:04:54.000 because I've only spoken a couple times this summer. Right, 109 00:04:54.040 --> 00:04:56.720 I was out of town, I was sick, whatever, we 110 00:04:56.759 --> 00:04:59.720 had guest speakers, yeah, and so, and same thing for you. 111 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:01.480 I've spoken to just a couple of times this summer. 112 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:04.319 And so because of that, then, you know, she said, 113 00:05:04.839 --> 00:05:07.199 I feel like we spend time together every day, five 114 00:05:07.279 --> 00:05:09.600 days a week. And she said, then, I've only seen 115 00:05:09.639 --> 00:05:11.439 you preach a couple of times this summer, and so 116 00:05:11.560 --> 00:05:11.959 she said. 117 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:13.079 You're walking to the line. I'm like, oh, hey, there's 118 00:05:13.079 --> 00:05:14.800 a Bible guy, and oh, well that's my pastor. 119 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:18.199 Right. Yeah. I guess if you listen every day, you 120 00:05:18.240 --> 00:05:20.360 get a dose of Jeff five times a week. 121 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:22.879 Yeah, that's right. And Chris and Chris. 122 00:05:22.920 --> 00:05:25.639 But then if you if you go to church and 123 00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:28.519 you only see him once every three weeks or four weeks. Yeah, 124 00:05:28.759 --> 00:05:29.959 that's a lot more Bible. 125 00:05:29.680 --> 00:05:31.720 Guy because we have a really dynamic teaching team. And 126 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:33.600 then we brought in a few guests this summer, and 127 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:35.759 you know, Kyle is getting ready to launch the Stony 128 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:38.360 Creek campus and all these things, and so yeah, it's 129 00:05:38.439 --> 00:05:40.519 just it's how it's worked for the summer. Once we 130 00:05:40.560 --> 00:05:41.839 get into the fall, you and I'll be preaching a 131 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:43.720 lot more, but through the summer spend that way a 132 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:44.160 little bit. 133 00:05:44.399 --> 00:05:46.160 And so I just thought that was a funny thing. Hey, 134 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:48.439 there's a Bible guy. And then she was like, oh wait. 135 00:05:48.319 --> 00:05:51.519 A minute, yeah, yeah, and Pastor, that's great. 136 00:05:51.959 --> 00:05:55.959 So I don't mind being known as a Bible guy, 137 00:05:55.959 --> 00:05:57.720 do you, Chris, not at all. That's great. 138 00:05:57.720 --> 00:05:58.920 There are worse things to be called. 139 00:05:59.040 --> 00:06:02.600 Worse things. I've got a few for you right now 140 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:06.040 if you want to get into it. Okay, So now 141 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:07.959 we are coming to the end of Joshua. This is 142 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:10.279 supposed to be the highlights of the Old Testament. You 143 00:06:10.279 --> 00:06:13.040 and I just keep adding stories, right and slowing it 144 00:06:13.040 --> 00:06:13.639 down a little bit. 145 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:17.279 So through but guess what, Sunday's coming, and so is tomorrow. 146 00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:18.879 That's right, so that's okay. 147 00:06:18.639 --> 00:06:19.079 That's right. 148 00:06:19.519 --> 00:06:23.759 So the most of the Book of Joshua is battles 149 00:06:24.319 --> 00:06:28.240 and strategic decisions. They make an alliance, which is a mistake. 150 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:34.079 They shouldn't have made an alliance. But there's for the 151 00:06:34.120 --> 00:06:38.519 most part, most of Joshua's leadership has been very much 152 00:06:38.560 --> 00:06:40.839 in line with what God said to do. You can 153 00:06:40.879 --> 00:06:43.800 tell he really wants to honor God, he wants to 154 00:06:43.839 --> 00:06:46.519 honor Moses, he wants to honor what he's been taught 155 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:49.879 up to this point and the leading of God. And 156 00:06:50.240 --> 00:06:53.839 for ninety nine percent of the ministry and leadership of 157 00:06:53.959 --> 00:06:56.839 Joshua was rd in line other than the one alliance 158 00:06:56.879 --> 00:06:59.480 that we didn't read about, but the rest of it 159 00:06:59.600 --> 00:07:03.920 really really incredible. He helped organize the country. He was 160 00:07:04.279 --> 00:07:09.439 a great military leader. From a government standpoint, he set 161 00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:11.399 up cities a refuge we didn't even talk about that 162 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:15.879 where people if they you know, because there wasn't a 163 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:18.800 really strong centralized government the cities. 164 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:21.480 The elders of the cities would be the judges. 165 00:07:22.040 --> 00:07:26.319 And so if something happened like say you backed over 166 00:07:26.439 --> 00:07:28.839 somebody with your donkey while you were doing work. 167 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:28.839 In the. 168 00:07:30.720 --> 00:07:35.519 Exactly and they died, so you know, in order to 169 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:38.879 avoid a lynching, they would set up these cities a 170 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:41.600 refuge where people could run to to plead their case. 171 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:44.480 It was an accident, it wasn't murder, right, that kind 172 00:07:44.519 --> 00:07:47.199 of thing, so that justice could be set up. So 173 00:07:47.240 --> 00:07:49.839 there were a lot of really interesting solutions from a 174 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:53.399 government standpoint that Joshua helped set up all these things. 175 00:07:53.720 --> 00:07:57.680 So then he's led well and faithfully divide up the 176 00:07:57.759 --> 00:08:00.680 nation all these things, and then find only we get 177 00:08:00.720 --> 00:08:03.360 to Joshua twenty three and twenty four, and this is 178 00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:07.920 kind of his farewell. Now this is similar to the 179 00:08:07.959 --> 00:08:12.000 Book of Deuteronomy for Moses. Moses gives three great, great, 180 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:14.519 big long speeches in Deuteronomy that are kind of his 181 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:18.480 farewell speeches. Thank goodness, Joshua just gives us two chapters. 182 00:08:18.519 --> 00:08:22.120 But it's the kind of same kind of thing. So 183 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:26.199 we'll read Joshua. Chapter twenty four says, then Joshua summoned 184 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:30.000 all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, including their elders, 185 00:08:30.040 --> 00:08:33.200 their leaders, their judges and officers. So they came and 186 00:08:33.200 --> 00:08:36.799 presented themselves to God. Joshua said to the people, this 187 00:08:36.879 --> 00:08:39.159 is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says, long ago. 188 00:08:39.320 --> 00:08:42.039 Your ancestors, including Terra, the father of Abraham, and there 189 00:08:42.759 --> 00:08:45.919 lived beyond the Euphrates River, and they worshiped other gods. 190 00:08:46.240 --> 00:08:48.799 But I took your ancestor Abraham from the land beyond 191 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:51.399 the Euphrates and led him into the land of Canaan. 192 00:08:51.799 --> 00:08:55.120 I gave him many descendants through his son Isaac. To Isaac, 193 00:08:55.159 --> 00:08:57.279 I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau, I gave the 194 00:08:57.279 --> 00:08:59.639 mountains of Seer. While Jacob and his children went down 195 00:08:59.679 --> 00:09:02.559 into Egypt. Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I 196 00:09:02.559 --> 00:09:05.720 brought terrible plagues on Egypt. And afterward I brought you 197 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:08.279 out as a free people. But when your ancestors arrived 198 00:09:08.279 --> 00:09:10.080 at the Red Sea, the Egyptians chased after you with 199 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:13.120 chariots and chariot tears. When your ancestors cried out to 200 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:15.360 the Lord, I put darkness between you and the Egyptians. 201 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:18.120 I brought the sea crashing down on the Egyptians, drowning them. 202 00:09:18.360 --> 00:09:20.480 With your very own eyes, you saw what I did, 203 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:22.480 and then you lived in the wilderness for many years. 204 00:09:23.159 --> 00:09:25.399 Finally I brought you into the land of the Amorites 205 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:27.639 on the east side of the Jordan. They fought against 206 00:09:27.679 --> 00:09:29.919 you but I destroyed them before you. I gave you 207 00:09:30.039 --> 00:09:32.120 victory over them, and you took possession of their land. 208 00:09:32.639 --> 00:09:35.840 Then Bailak's, son of Zippor, king of Moabs, started a 209 00:09:35.840 --> 00:09:38.519 war against Israel. He summoned Balem, son of Bior, to 210 00:09:38.639 --> 00:09:41.000 curse you, but I would not listen to him. Instead, 211 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:43.120 I made Balim bless you, and so I rescued you 212 00:09:43.159 --> 00:09:46.000 from Baylak. When you crossed the Jordan River and came 213 00:09:46.039 --> 00:09:49.039 to Jericho, the Menagericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, 214 00:09:49.080 --> 00:09:52.600 the Parazites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Gergoshites, the high Bites, 215 00:09:52.600 --> 00:09:55.759 and the Jebusites. But I gave you victory over them, 216 00:09:55.879 --> 00:09:57.840 and I sent terror ahead of you to drive out 217 00:09:57.840 --> 00:10:00.399 the two kings of the Amorites. Was not yours swords 218 00:10:00.440 --> 00:10:03.120 or bows that brought you victory. I gave you land 219 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:05.120 you had not worked on, and I gave you towns 220 00:10:05.159 --> 00:10:07.720 you did not build, the towns where you are now living. 221 00:10:08.320 --> 00:10:10.799 I gave you vineyards and olive grows for food, though 222 00:10:10.799 --> 00:10:13.399 you did not plant them. So fear the Lord and 223 00:10:13.440 --> 00:10:16.639 serve him wholeheartedly. Put away forever the idols, your ancestors, 224 00:10:16.679 --> 00:10:19.559 worshiped when they lived beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, 225 00:10:19.960 --> 00:10:23.200 serve the Lord alone. But if you refuse to serve 226 00:10:23.240 --> 00:10:26.320 the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. Would 227 00:10:26.360 --> 00:10:29.320 you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, 228 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:31.120 or will it be the gods of the Amorites and 229 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:33.480 whose land you now live. But as for me and 230 00:10:33.559 --> 00:10:37.600 my family, we will serve the Lord. The people replied, 231 00:10:37.679 --> 00:10:39.000 we would never abandon. 232 00:10:38.600 --> 00:10:39.799 The Lord and serve other gods. 233 00:10:39.840 --> 00:10:41.679 For the Lord, our god, is the one who rescued 234 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:44.480 us and our ancestors from slavery in the land of Egypt. 235 00:10:44.679 --> 00:10:47.720 He performed mighty miracles before our very eyes as we 236 00:10:47.799 --> 00:10:50.720 traveled through the wilderness among our enemies. He preserved us 237 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:52.919 it was the Lord who drove out the Amorites and 238 00:10:52.960 --> 00:10:55.159 the other nations living here in the land. So we 239 00:10:55.200 --> 00:10:58.080 too will serve the Lord, for he alone is our God. 240 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:00.600 Then Joshua warned the people you we were not able 241 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:02.720 to serve the Lord, for he is holy and jealous. 242 00:11:02.960 --> 00:11:05.440 He will not forgive your rebellion and your sins. If 243 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:07.720 you abandon the Lord and serve other gods, he will 244 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:09.919 turn against you and destroy you, even though he has 245 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:13.200 been so good to you. And the people answered Joshua, no, 246 00:11:13.679 --> 00:11:17.679 we will serve the Lord. You are witness to your 247 00:11:17.679 --> 00:11:20.320 own decision. Joshua said, you've chosen to serve the Lord. Yes, 248 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:22.320 they replied, we are witnesses to what we've said. 249 00:11:22.720 --> 00:11:23.080 All right. 250 00:11:23.080 --> 00:11:25.440 Then Joshua said, destroy the idols among you and turn 251 00:11:25.480 --> 00:11:27.799 your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel. People 252 00:11:27.799 --> 00:11:29.600 said to Joshua, we will serve the Lord, our God. 253 00:11:29.600 --> 00:11:32.240 We will obey him alone. So Joshua made a covenant 254 00:11:32.279 --> 00:11:34.639 with the people that day at Shechem, committing them to 255 00:11:34.759 --> 00:11:38.200 follow the decrees and regulations of the Lord. Joshua recorded 256 00:11:38.200 --> 00:11:40.600 these things in the Book of God's Instructions. As a 257 00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:42.720 reminder of their agreement, he took a huge stone and 258 00:11:42.799 --> 00:11:45.879 rolled it beneath the terebinth tree beside the tabernacle of 259 00:11:45.879 --> 00:11:49.320 the Lord. Joshua said to all the people, this stone 260 00:11:49.799 --> 00:11:51.840 has heard everything the Lord said to us. It will 261 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:53.799 be a witness to testify against you if you go 262 00:11:53.879 --> 00:11:56.080 back on your word to God. And then Joshua sent 263 00:11:56.120 --> 00:11:58.480 all the people away to their own homelands. 264 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:03.440 M hm, so we have this in our were you 265 00:12:03.559 --> 00:12:05.799 resisting to say there you go. 266 00:12:06.320 --> 00:12:08.320 Yes, I was trying really hard not to say there 267 00:12:08.360 --> 00:12:10.360 you go. So I used to go, there you go. 268 00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:13.840 There you go. Uh. So we have this in our house. 269 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:16.080 When you walk in, there's a sign that says, for 270 00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:18.639 as you know, me and my house, we've served the Lord. 271 00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:20.240 Do you have one of those somewhere in your home? 272 00:12:20.919 --> 00:12:23.159 We used to. I think the frame broke. 273 00:12:23.200 --> 00:12:25.399 We don't have it now, but we okay, yeah, so 274 00:12:26.159 --> 00:12:27.480 my wife quit serving the Lord. 275 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:31.639 I guess, yeah, right right our house. But anyway, trying 276 00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:34.600 to make a joke, So yeah, this is this is 277 00:12:34.639 --> 00:12:40.679 a very very famous verse, and I love the the 278 00:12:40.720 --> 00:12:43.360 way that Joshua phrases it. And he says, okay, if 279 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:44.759 you're gonna go ahead and make your choice, to make 280 00:12:44.759 --> 00:12:47.279 your choice, Uh, you know, do you want to serve 281 00:12:47.480 --> 00:12:50.360 the false gods that give you emptiness? And you know 282 00:12:50.440 --> 00:12:54.399 we see we see all the you know, fruitlessness. You 283 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:56.759 know that that your ancestors have experienced. If you want 284 00:12:56.799 --> 00:12:59.200 to do that, go do that. At least make your 285 00:12:59.279 --> 00:13:02.080 choice right. And then he lays out and says, but 286 00:13:02.159 --> 00:13:03.799 Here's what God's done for you, and then he just 287 00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:07.559 lists thing after thing after thing after thing, and says, Okay, 288 00:13:07.799 --> 00:13:10.080 make your choice, but as for us, as for my house, 289 00:13:10.120 --> 00:13:12.799 we're going to serve the Lord. And I do love 290 00:13:12.840 --> 00:13:16.960 that because there needs to come a time where, you know, 291 00:13:17.480 --> 00:13:20.960 as we're starting our families, as we're building our home, 292 00:13:21.039 --> 00:13:23.440 as we're trying to build our legacy, you know, as 293 00:13:23.440 --> 00:13:25.799 we consider our lives and the broad strokes of things, 294 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:27.879 we have to make a decision and say, Okay, what 295 00:13:27.919 --> 00:13:29.639 am I going to do with my life? You know, 296 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:32.840 am I going to make God the central peace of 297 00:13:32.879 --> 00:13:34.879 my life? Am I going to put him first? Is 298 00:13:34.879 --> 00:13:37.360 he going to be the final authority in my home 299 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:39.639 and in my life and in my family? And those 300 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:44.159 are big choices. It's so overarching, it's so thirty thousand 301 00:13:44.200 --> 00:13:47.519 feet and I think that a lot of us, you know, 302 00:13:48.200 --> 00:13:50.480 you know, they's just a certain type of people that 303 00:13:50.679 --> 00:13:53.759 think about the broad strokes of life. They're the planners 304 00:13:53.799 --> 00:13:55.279 of life. You know, what am I doing in the 305 00:13:55.320 --> 00:13:57.480 next twenty years? And then there's people that don't think 306 00:13:57.559 --> 00:14:01.320 beyond tomorrow, right, They just their lives, like I don't know, 307 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:04.720 whatever happens happens, right, But there has to be a 308 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:08.200 time where we have to, you know, analyze our lives 309 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:09.919 and say, where do I want my life to be? 310 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:13.080 What do I want my legacy to be? You know, who? Do? 311 00:14:13.240 --> 00:14:15.320 What do I want to be known for? What do 312 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:18.240 I want people saying at my funeral? These are big thoughts, 313 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:21.840 and that seems to be the essence of this chapter, 314 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:26.240 you know, like he's he's encompassing God and he's talking 315 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:30.559 about forty or fifty years of blessings, right, and he's saying, 316 00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:33.480 make your choice. I love it. I think it's great. 317 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:36.639 Literally, he says, so choose today who you will serve? 318 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:38.080 Right right? 319 00:14:38.200 --> 00:14:41.919 That that's the thing, and I think I think that 320 00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:45.440 there's this is a big part of leadership. He's very 321 00:14:45.480 --> 00:14:50.200 definitive either this or that, and most of us want 322 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:53.480 to have both, right. We don't want to choose this 323 00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:55.919 or that. We want to we want to have it all, 324 00:14:56.200 --> 00:14:57.320 a little bit of this, little bit of that, a 325 00:14:57.320 --> 00:14:58.840 little bit of this, a little bit of that. I like 326 00:14:58.919 --> 00:15:01.240 these parts. I like the parts. I want to mix 327 00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:03.639 it together. We always want to hybridize things. And you 328 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:07.080 know this, we've talked about this before. In making leadership 329 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:10.600 decisions for the organization. We lead herit to church and 330 00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:13.720 it gets really tempting to try to do all the things. 331 00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:16.960 Everything everybody wants, it's attempting to do those things, and 332 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:19.000 so you have to make a decision sometimes to go no, 333 00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:23.240 we are best when we limit our decision to these things. 334 00:15:23.279 --> 00:15:25.200 These are the things God called us to. We're going 335 00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:27.120 to do these things. There's lots of other things we 336 00:15:27.159 --> 00:15:30.480 could do. We choose these things, and so that I 337 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:33.399 think that there's an advantage to really live your life 338 00:15:33.399 --> 00:15:39.039 that way in every area, whether it's there's dozens of 339 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:41.480 places for you to invest your money, right, if that's 340 00:15:41.440 --> 00:15:43.960 what you're thinking about, There's millions of places to invest 341 00:15:43.960 --> 00:15:46.120 your money. There's tons of things you can do with 342 00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:49.360 a Friday night, there's all right, So you have to 343 00:15:49.399 --> 00:15:51.200 decide you're going to do the most important things and 344 00:15:51.240 --> 00:15:54.759 the things that are going to produce the best results 345 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:55.399 for your life. 346 00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:59.120 Right. I was thinking about this the other day. We 347 00:15:59.159 --> 00:16:03.159 did the math and work out how many more weekends 348 00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:07.080 we have if I live to be eighty? What? Yeah, yeah, 349 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:09.320 I was thinking that. I was thinking that through right. 350 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:13.799 Thinking, that's certainly a big thought. Yeah, Okay, if I 351 00:16:13.799 --> 00:16:15.279 live to be eighty, how many more weekends do I 352 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:16.399 have left? And how many of those are going to 353 00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:19.120 be healthy, and so I need to really think through 354 00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:24.799 more how I plan out my days with my family. Sure, 355 00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:29.080 those kinds of things. I have a phrase I use 356 00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:30.720 and it makes my wife mad all the time when 357 00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:33.279 I say it, but hopefully she's not listening today. But 358 00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:36.200 I would say, duties never conflict. And it's true. There's 359 00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:38.320 always a priority. There's always one thing that's going to 360 00:16:38.440 --> 00:16:40.480 produce more than the other. There's always one thing I'm 361 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:43.080 more obligated to do than the other. Duties never conflict. 362 00:16:43.080 --> 00:16:47.120 There's always you know, I had a thing that kind 363 00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:49.759 of butted heads between my family and something I needed 364 00:16:49.799 --> 00:16:52.480 to do at the office. Well, my priority is my 365 00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:55.799 family rights. That's a decision made a long time ago 366 00:16:56.080 --> 00:16:57.639 priority as a family. So if I have to make 367 00:16:57.639 --> 00:17:01.759 a choice today, duties never conflict. So I have two duties, right, 368 00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:03.360 I had a duty for this one thing I needed 369 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:05.039 to do at the office. I had a duty to 370 00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:08.119 my family. But there's not a conflict because there's a priority. 371 00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:10.960 And I think that this is a part of what 372 00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:14.000 Joshua has done here as a great leader. He's determined 373 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:17.759 what are his priorities. So there's all these temptations, there's 374 00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:20.799 all these opportunities. Now they're living in homes they didn't build. 375 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:25.559 They're eating grapes from vineyards they didn't plant. They're eating 376 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:28.160 olives off of trees and groves that they didn't that 377 00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:30.960 they didn't grow. They have all these amazing things, all 378 00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:34.799 their wildest dreams have finally started coming true after all 379 00:17:34.880 --> 00:17:37.960 this time. And it's a temptation then to start to 380 00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:41.680 settle and say I did this right. How often? How 381 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:43.519 many people do you know that, oh, if God had 382 00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:45.720 just blessed me. I literally had a guy and you're 383 00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:46.559 listening right now, I. 384 00:17:46.480 --> 00:17:46.920 Know, y'are. 385 00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:50.680 I had a guy who told me, Jeff, pray with 386 00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:53.319 me on this. If God gives me this job, it's 387 00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:55.640 going to let me lean in even more and all 388 00:17:55.680 --> 00:17:56.839 the things I know I need to be doing for 389 00:17:56.920 --> 00:17:58.880 him and serving him. And we prayed and we prayed 390 00:17:58.880 --> 00:18:01.359 and we prayed. We gave, we gave this life in 391 00:18:01.400 --> 00:18:05.400 this ministry and this job to God and he got it. 392 00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:08.880 And dude, I just had a conversation with him lately 393 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:10.799 and he went all my priorities got out of whack 394 00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:15.240 after I got this dream job right. And so hey, 395 00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:18.759 now's the time. This message is to you Joshua says, hey, 396 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:20.119 you need the truths who you are going to serve. 397 00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:22.240 If God is that hard to serve the truths who 398 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:23.720 you are going to serve. But then he ends it 399 00:18:23.759 --> 00:18:25.839 with he said, from me and my household, we're going 400 00:18:25.880 --> 00:18:28.240 to serve the Lord. And I think that there is 401 00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:30.720