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 --> 00:00:14.800 practical ways. Good morning, good morning on a Monday talk 4 00:00:15.039 --> 00:00:19.000 home do good morning, good morning to you and you 5 00:00:19.079 --> 00:00:21.760 and you. I mean, has that ever happened. 6 00:00:21.480 --> 00:00:23.359 That I don't believe? So I don't believe it has 7 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:24.160 I don't believe. 8 00:00:24.280 --> 00:00:26.399 But we want to welcome you to the Bible. Guys. 9 00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:28.600 You got all kinds of people going shop crests. 10 00:00:28.679 --> 00:00:29.640 It's Monday, It's Monday. 11 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:31.800 Yeah, okay, well, hey, you just delighted us. 12 00:00:31.839 --> 00:00:32.640 I hate Mondays. 13 00:00:32.640 --> 00:00:36.000 Oh man, that might be that might be becoming everybody's 14 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:36.640 favorite segment. 15 00:00:36.640 --> 00:00:37.840 And now it's all downhill. 16 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:40.039 Yeah here, Yeah, it's not gonna get better than that. Yeah, 17 00:00:40.159 --> 00:00:41.799 that's a no sense of tuning in the rest of 18 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:42.039 the week. 19 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:44.079 I just want to say, wherever you're at, and whatever 20 00:00:44.200 --> 00:00:46.439 time of day it is, thanks for tuning in. 21 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:48.880 Yes, we are super glad to be here. 22 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:52.079 Yeah, And if you want to like or subscribe to 23 00:00:52.119 --> 00:00:54.759 the Bible Guys, please do so. Do so on the YouTube. 24 00:00:54.799 --> 00:00:56.840 I think we just crested a thousand. 25 00:00:56.600 --> 00:00:58.520 On the YouTube. Yeah, on the YouTube. 26 00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:00.520 Face Facebook. 27 00:01:01.560 --> 00:01:02.880 I'm the Innerweb. 28 00:01:05.319 --> 00:01:06.239 I'm the interweb. 29 00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:14.040 Just go to www dot right. Yeah, okay, Well, we 30 00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:17.519 have one of our favorite segments. Yeah, today is it's 31 00:01:17.560 --> 00:01:19.599 the only segment that has uh a James song. 32 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:22.239 It does have a theme song. Yeah, I say jingle, 33 00:01:22.280 --> 00:01:23.599 but I guess I guess theme song is. 34 00:01:23.599 --> 00:01:25.480 Two words right, well jingle? 35 00:01:25.959 --> 00:01:31.040 Yeah, and it's called mail bad. There you go, so yeah, 36 00:01:31.159 --> 00:01:34.640 mail bag? I did I did that last time? 37 00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:35.680 Hit the high note. 38 00:01:35.760 --> 00:01:38.599 Yeah, that's really good. Hey, ladies and gentlemen, don't ever 39 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:40.400 say Jeff doesn't say. 40 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:42.680 That's right, just give you two words. 41 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:45.359 Here you go. Uh. Well, hey, this one here is 42 00:01:45.359 --> 00:01:49.159 by Brandy n Hi Brandy, and we appreciate Brandy writing in. 43 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:52.760 She said, Hey Christian Jeff, thanks for everything you two 44 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:56.200 do for this podcast. You both have talked about who 45 00:01:56.400 --> 00:02:01.840 would want Nope, you both have talked about who I think. 46 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:02.560 It was you would want. 47 00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:04.560 Okay, so it is a type of ye who you 48 00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:07.959 would want to play yourselves in a movie. But my 49 00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:12.479 question is if your life had a narrator, whose voice 50 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:15.360 would you want? And then a separate question, how much 51 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:16.639 would they roast you? Oh? 52 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:17.759 I think that'd be amazing. 53 00:02:18.919 --> 00:02:21.960 Can you imagine if live if our lives had narrators. 54 00:02:21.599 --> 00:02:22.439 Yeah, that'd be awesome. 55 00:02:22.719 --> 00:02:22.960 Yeah. 56 00:02:23.199 --> 00:02:25.280 And then he walks through the door. Yeah yeah, yeah, 57 00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:26.680 looking like a million bucks. 58 00:02:26.759 --> 00:02:29.199 And you would you'd really truly be able to roast 59 00:02:29.199 --> 00:02:31.639 somebody because oh, you'd be able to make fun of 60 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:33.439 them as they're sitting there like just not you look 61 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:35.360 with a scowl on his face. You're like, what you're 62 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:37.080 talking about? I don't know, a scal on my face. 63 00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:38.919 I think the life I live, I would be getting 64 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:44.360 roasted sixty percent of the time because that's how my family. 65 00:02:44.520 --> 00:02:46.719 We love each other and we laugh all the time. 66 00:02:46.759 --> 00:02:49.319 But there's a lot of roasting going on. Yes, yeah, 67 00:02:49.439 --> 00:02:50.960 so they're busting my chops all the time. 68 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:54.520 Yeah, and I would say yeah, just as much for me, 69 00:02:54.599 --> 00:02:54.960 I think so. 70 00:02:55.000 --> 00:02:57.319 I think that's the second half. But the first one, 71 00:02:57.319 --> 00:03:00.000 who would you use? Who would you have be a narrator? 72 00:03:00.199 --> 00:03:02.240 I almost want to do Rock Paper Scissors, because I 73 00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:04.000 think we might go ahead, we might say the same. 74 00:03:04.960 --> 00:03:05.439 I doubt it. 75 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:07.560 Oh, well, for me, it has to be Morgan Frame. 76 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:09.039 I knew you were going to say Morgan Frame. 77 00:03:09.080 --> 00:03:11.439 Of course, is there a better voice. 78 00:03:11.520 --> 00:03:12.560 He's got a great voice. 79 00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:15.120 I mean everything that he does I heard him one 80 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:19.360 time narrate something for the Discovery Channel. I was like, 81 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:24.560 I have never found earthworms so exciting because he is 82 00:03:24.639 --> 00:03:25.360 just wonderful. 83 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:27.560 Yeah, and he's the voice of God. 84 00:03:27.919 --> 00:03:31.719 He is the voice of God. Yes, in Bruce Almighty 85 00:03:31.919 --> 00:03:35.560 and Evan Almighty. But he's also the narrator in the 86 00:03:36.800 --> 00:03:38.840 regarded as one of the best movies of all time, 87 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:39.319 which is. 88 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:41.719 Called Princess Bride. 89 00:03:42.680 --> 00:03:48.199 No, I would say that is that is one of 90 00:03:48.199 --> 00:03:53.280 the best classics. I don't know comedies, but no, regardless 91 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:56.919 as the best movie by IMDb is Shawshank Redemption. 92 00:03:57.080 --> 00:03:58.520 Oh yes, you've told me that before. 93 00:03:58.759 --> 00:04:01.719 It is the only one that is actually a ten 94 00:04:01.759 --> 00:04:04.560 out of ten. There may be another one, but that 95 00:04:04.599 --> 00:04:07.560 one's that has the highest rating across the board Rotten 96 00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:08.400 Tomatoes everything. 97 00:04:08.439 --> 00:04:10.719 Well, I was as soon as we read that. The 98 00:04:10.759 --> 00:04:13.000 first person who came to my mind was Robin Williams 99 00:04:13.039 --> 00:04:16.879 would probably be who would be assigned. He's dead though, yes, yeah, yes, 100 00:04:16.879 --> 00:04:19.160 it does have to be a living person. Uh well, 101 00:04:19.199 --> 00:04:21.000 because already not, I wouldn't be able to use like 102 00:04:21.040 --> 00:04:25.439 James Earl Jones either. Yeah, he just died, so there's 103 00:04:25.480 --> 00:04:27.800 some of those. Okay, but you know what I would 104 00:04:27.959 --> 00:04:31.120 like in my head, so I feel like I would 105 00:04:31.160 --> 00:04:34.000 get assigned Robin Williams okay, and it would just be 106 00:04:34.040 --> 00:04:35.279 sound effects and trash talk. 107 00:04:35.600 --> 00:04:37.399 It would be and it would be so random, yeah, 108 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:40.399 because he's here when I was back and forth a 109 00:04:40.959 --> 00:04:41.680 little frenetic. 110 00:04:42.279 --> 00:04:45.720 But in my mind, what I would want is Sam Elliott. 111 00:04:46.079 --> 00:04:49.600 Oh right, that cowboy voice, that deep voice, just a 112 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:52.639 little put out everything kind of Wouldn't it be great? 113 00:04:52.639 --> 00:04:55.279 That's what I want? 114 00:04:55.680 --> 00:04:56.040 Uh. 115 00:04:56.240 --> 00:04:59.199 So along those lines, though, if you blended I think 116 00:04:59.240 --> 00:05:01.800 if you blended Sam Elliott and Robin Williams, so I 117 00:05:01.800 --> 00:05:03.560 picked I picked a couple of guys that are no 118 00:05:03.639 --> 00:05:04.120 longer with. 119 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:05.199 Us, you can't blend those. 120 00:05:05.839 --> 00:05:09.160 I think it would be. Matthew mcconnie is a blend 121 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:12.680 of those. Yeah, he's got the Texas accent like Sam Elliott, 122 00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:17.800 but the frenetic, kind of weird, uh thought processes, philosophical. 123 00:05:17.920 --> 00:05:20.040 I'm gonna have to disagree with you that I don't 124 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:23.000 think that there's I don't think they're in the same 125 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:26.879 category just because he's Southern. I don't think it. Matthew 126 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:29.920 McConaughey is not Sam Elliott, samulit is everything he is, not. 127 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:33.680 Sure Okay, yeah, I think so. I think that they 128 00:05:33.759 --> 00:05:36.879 sound a lot like what they do. Sam. 129 00:05:37.000 --> 00:05:37.439 It's the old. 130 00:05:38.439 --> 00:05:42.839 Yeah, their accent, you're thinking range, but their accent's almost identical. 131 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:44.040 They're from the same area. 132 00:05:44.240 --> 00:05:46.879 The feeling I get when I listened to Matthew McConaughey 133 00:05:46.879 --> 00:05:49.279 and when I listened to Sam Eliot is radically different. 134 00:05:49.360 --> 00:05:52.240 Absolutely. I wasn't saying that, Okay, I was saying if 135 00:05:52.240 --> 00:05:55.079 you blended that, if you blended Robin Williams and Sam Elliott, 136 00:05:55.079 --> 00:05:58.240 I think you get Matthew McConaughey slightly frenetic, a little 137 00:05:58.279 --> 00:05:59.439 nuts but with the Texas. 138 00:05:59.160 --> 00:06:01.439 That problem Williams and Sam Eli he had a baby. 139 00:06:01.720 --> 00:06:03.480 That's not what I was saying. But if you yeah, 140 00:06:03.600 --> 00:06:05.959 so anyways, yeah, it would be one of those three guys. Okay, 141 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:08.800 So if you have to pick a living people, I 142 00:06:08.839 --> 00:06:10.519 would hope for Sam Elliott. 143 00:06:10.519 --> 00:06:14.079 Okay, yeah, yeah, but charitably that he's still alive. Actually yeah, 144 00:06:14.120 --> 00:06:17.120 but yeah, I would. I would choose Morgan Freeman. Okay, Hey, 145 00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:18.000 great segment. 146 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:20.800 That was such a good one. Thank you, Brandy. Fun 147 00:06:21.240 --> 00:06:24.439 nothing like starting off a Monday with us arguing about 148 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:27.519 movie stuff. I can't keep up with Czar ba on 149 00:06:27.560 --> 00:06:28.160 the movie thing. 150 00:06:28.439 --> 00:06:30.079 Yeah, well, not many people can. 151 00:06:30.519 --> 00:06:31.759 But you know what, I can't keep up with you 152 00:06:31.839 --> 00:06:33.199 on the Bible. 153 00:06:33.319 --> 00:06:39.360 Oh what a transition. I love it. I get hang 154 00:06:39.519 --> 00:06:39.800 with you. 155 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:42.319 Yeah, I can do my best. Yeah, I'm the other 156 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:43.199 Bible guy. 157 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:46.160 That is so good. Yeah. I was gonna say. The 158 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:49.079 only one other one on staff who's as big of 159 00:06:49.079 --> 00:06:50.519 a movie nut is Chad. 160 00:06:50.759 --> 00:06:52.519 Chad as our executive pastor. 161 00:06:52.600 --> 00:06:54.920 Yeah. Yeah, he's a pretty big movie nut. Every time 162 00:06:54.920 --> 00:06:59.639 that I mentioned movies, he he claims. He claims that 163 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:01.600 most time when I'm guessing movies, he beats me. 164 00:07:01.839 --> 00:07:05.839 He has a very quick mind. His memory is very fast. Yeah, 165 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:08.639 I like, uh, yeah, I think I've seen that movie. 166 00:07:08.639 --> 00:07:11.839 Maybe maybe tell me who's in it? Right? And he 167 00:07:12.519 --> 00:07:15.839 but he plays close to things. So anyways, in we 168 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:20.560 are in uh do you love movies? Yes, well, we're 169 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:22.959 reading from the book of one of the books about 170 00:07:23.000 --> 00:07:26.800 love in the Bible, and first John it's all about love. 171 00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:29.560 What Wait, did you mean to ask me, do I 172 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:30.600 like romantic movies? 173 00:07:30.759 --> 00:07:32.480 No, I asked you, do you love movies? 174 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:33.720 Yeah? Oh? Love? 175 00:07:33.839 --> 00:07:34.920 So I'm just talking about love. 176 00:07:34.800 --> 00:07:36.639 And okay, I was thinking of the of the subject. 177 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:38.319 I'm trying to transition back to the Bible. 178 00:07:38.360 --> 00:07:38.480 Thing. 179 00:07:38.519 --> 00:07:40.000 We got there and then you took his back to 180 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:41.600 the movies, and now we're trying to get back there again. 181 00:07:41.680 --> 00:07:44.079 Well, okay, how about this, Jeff. We're in the middle 182 00:07:44.079 --> 00:07:46.639 of a series talking about God's promises. Yes, every week 183 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:48.399 has had a theme, and we've had several weeks. Now 184 00:07:48.439 --> 00:07:49.959 we've been in this, what five weeks? 185 00:07:50.000 --> 00:07:50.759 Yeah, it's been a while. 186 00:07:51.079 --> 00:07:54.399 And so this week is God's forgiveness and mercy. So 187 00:07:54.439 --> 00:07:59.319 they're different promises, same topic, but different contexts. And so 188 00:07:59.399 --> 00:08:01.480 today is that one of my favorite verses in the Bible? 189 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:04.600 Good special says that I know, but this says a 190 00:08:04.639 --> 00:08:05.319 very special media. 191 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:08.839 Yes, yes, oh I remember. Yeah, yeah, Well this is 192 00:08:08.839 --> 00:08:11.839 one of the most famous verses in the Bible about 193 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:15.560 God's forgiveness of mercy. But I'm going to just read 194 00:08:15.560 --> 00:08:17.399 the whole first chapter. I think it's not that long, 195 00:08:17.439 --> 00:08:22.879 I don't think. And first John, chapter one, verse one, 196 00:08:23.000 --> 00:08:25.000 And let me just say, if you're new to the Bible, 197 00:08:25.319 --> 00:08:30.199 there's the Gospel of John. Yeah, and then there's first John, 198 00:08:30.279 --> 00:08:33.360 Second John, and third John. Because John is super original 199 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:35.840 in his in the naming of his books. 200 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:38.600 I think I'll call this John again. 201 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:40.159 But it's funny because it's first John. We already have 202 00:08:40.200 --> 00:08:43.480 a John, right, So there's the Gospel of John, and 203 00:08:43.480 --> 00:08:46.039 then there's these three letters, First John, Second John, third John. 204 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:48.679 Those are letters. And then he also wrote the Book 205 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:50.919 of Revelations. So he wrote four books in the Bible, 206 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:52.759 four or five books in the Bible. Four of them 207 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:53.399 are named John. 208 00:08:53.559 --> 00:08:55.120 He should have called it John's Revelation. 209 00:08:55.320 --> 00:08:58.120 Yes, yes, well, some people do call it that. So 210 00:08:58.159 --> 00:09:02.279 here you go. It says in First John, chapter one, 211 00:09:02.440 --> 00:09:05.480 we proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, 212 00:09:05.840 --> 00:09:08.799 whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with 213 00:09:08.840 --> 00:09:10.960 our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. 214 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:13.639 He is the Word of life. This one, who is 215 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:16.480 life itself, was revealed to us, and we have seen him. 216 00:09:16.759 --> 00:09:19.600 And now we testify and proclaim to you that he 217 00:09:19.720 --> 00:09:21.960 is the one who is eternal life. He was with 218 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:24.679 the Father, and then he was revealed to us. We 219 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:28.679 proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard, 220 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:30.919 so that you may have fellowship with us. And our 221 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:33.320 fellowship is with the Father and with his son Jesus Christ. 222 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:36.360 We are writing these things so that you may fully 223 00:09:36.440 --> 00:09:39.559 share our joy this is the message we heard from Jesus. 224 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:42.120 And now declare to you God is light and there 225 00:09:42.159 --> 00:09:44.879 is no darkness in him at all. So we are lying. 226 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:47.000 If we say we have fellowship with God but go 227 00:09:47.080 --> 00:09:50.080 on living in spiritual darkness, we are not practicing the truth. 228 00:09:50.320 --> 00:09:52.279 But if we are living in the light as God 229 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:54.320 is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other. 230 00:09:54.639 --> 00:09:57.200 And the blood of Jesus, his son cleanses us from 231 00:09:57.279 --> 00:10:00.240 all sin. If we claim we have no sin, only 232 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:03.240 fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. But if 233 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:05.720 we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and 234 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:08.559 just to forgive us our sins and decleanse us from 235 00:10:08.559 --> 00:10:11.399 all wickedness. If we claim we have not sinned, we 236 00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:13.720 are calling God a liar and showing that his word 237 00:10:13.759 --> 00:10:16.879 has no place in our hearts. Wow. 238 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:21.200 Yeah, So this is the first of the three letters. 239 00:10:21.240 --> 00:10:26.080 And he immediately starts out talking about God and I love, 240 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:28.679 or Jesus and God and I love. How he says 241 00:10:30.440 --> 00:10:35.320 he is eternal life. Yes, he doesn't say he has 242 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:36.799 the answer to eternal life. 243 00:10:36.840 --> 00:10:38.919 He is the one who is eternal life. 244 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:42.000 Yes, It's so good, isn't it. And then he also says, 245 00:10:42.080 --> 00:10:46.480 he is the word capital W of life, right right, 246 00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:48.679 and the meaning was the word, and the word was 247 00:10:49.440 --> 00:10:52.919 with God, and the word was God and so yeah, 248 00:10:52.960 --> 00:10:57.320 so Jesus has a lot of different names. And anyway, 249 00:10:57.360 --> 00:10:59.360 I just love his description of Jesus. 250 00:10:59.480 --> 00:11:01.720 We saw him with our own eyes and touched him 251 00:11:01.720 --> 00:11:03.480 with our own hands. He said, I'm just writing you 252 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:05.799 to you because he's an old man at this point. 253 00:11:06.039 --> 00:11:09.279 He hasn't yet been sent to the Isle of Patmos, 254 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:11.720 where he was exiled until he died, so this is 255 00:11:11.759 --> 00:11:15.759 just before that. But he's probably the last living apostle 256 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:18.639 at this point. And so I think he has this 257 00:11:18.679 --> 00:11:21.159 strong sense that hey, listen, if there's anybody who can 258 00:11:21.200 --> 00:11:24.000 tell you whether Jesus was legit, it's me. Well, and 259 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:25.519 so I'm writing this because I touched him. 260 00:11:25.639 --> 00:11:27.960 Paul was with Paul was an apostle at this time. 261 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:31.759 No, no, this would have been in the eighties. A 262 00:11:31.919 --> 00:11:35.159 d and Paul died in the sixties. This is somewhere 263 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:36.039 between eighty five. 264 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:37.519 Last and Paul. 265 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:38.960 Yeah, he was like one hundred and ten years old 266 00:11:38.960 --> 00:11:41.480 when he yeh yeah, yeah, yeah, I was thinking before 267 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:44.039 Paul died in the sixties, Paul came later. Yeah, Paul 268 00:11:44.080 --> 00:11:47.399 died like sixty seven, sixty eight a d R. Yeah. 269 00:11:47.559 --> 00:11:51.639 So anyways, in this situation, John is very old but 270 00:11:51.759 --> 00:11:55.240 not yet gone. He's the last of the Apostles. And 271 00:11:55.279 --> 00:11:58.639 he's saying, listen, I'm writing about the person that I 272 00:11:58.720 --> 00:12:00.399 saw him with my own eyes, and. 273 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:01.960 He said, touched him with me, he was with and 274 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:04.399 he's with the Father, right, and then he was with us, right, 275 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:06.120 and he went to heaven came back right. 276 00:12:06.399 --> 00:12:08.440 Yeah, that's pretty he's saying, I saw the God man. 277 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:10.039 That's that's what you're saying. 278 00:12:10.159 --> 00:12:12.360 Yeah. Now, do you think at this point, since we 279 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:16.279 sort of talked about Timeline, had he had he been 280 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:17.080 boiled in oil? 281 00:12:17.279 --> 00:12:19.960 No, not yet, because he was boiled in oil and 282 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:23.840 then sent to Patmos So when he didn't die when 283 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:27.039 they tried to boil them on oil, they they banished 284 00:12:27.120 --> 00:12:29.240 him to the island Patmos. So this must have been 285 00:12:29.440 --> 00:12:31.600 just before they tried to martyr him. 286 00:12:32.840 --> 00:12:33.120 Yuck. 287 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:34.039 Yeah. 288 00:12:34.120 --> 00:12:35.360 Do you think he was all scarred up? 289 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:37.919 Probably so absolutely, yeah, yeah, it would have been like 290 00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:38.559 fried chicken. 291 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:46.759 My word, there's a visual John the Revelat had mister 292 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:48.120 chickens man. 293 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:52.519 Oh no, yeah, so he says, then he said, I've 294 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:55.519 seen him, yep. And so because of that, you and 295 00:12:55.559 --> 00:12:59.559 I can connect with Jesus. And I'm just trying to 296 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:03.960 affirm your faith what you believe in. I knew him, 297 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:06.840 I saw him, I spent time with him. And then 298 00:13:06.879 --> 00:13:08.320 he says, so, let me tell you the message that 299 00:13:08.399 --> 00:13:11.679 Jesus gave. God is light and there is no darkness 300 00:13:11.679 --> 00:13:15.080 in him at all. And so you know, in John, 301 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:18.120 the Gospel of John, he says he was sent into 302 00:13:18.159 --> 00:13:21.919 the world like a light, right, but men love darkness 303 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:24.600 rather than the light. And so he's contrasting the fact 304 00:13:24.600 --> 00:13:29.159 that there's this universal battle between light and dark and 305 00:13:29.840 --> 00:13:30.480 God is light. 306 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:35.759 Yeah, and you know it's interesting how many different places 307 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:38.559 they talk about light and darkness, right, And so yeah, 308 00:13:38.559 --> 00:13:41.120 he says, he said that he is the light of 309 00:13:41.159 --> 00:13:44.200 the world. He also tells us in Matthew what is 310 00:13:44.240 --> 00:13:48.200 it five, that we are the light of the world 311 00:13:48.399 --> 00:13:50.240 right in the city that's set on a hill cannot 312 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:53.919 be hidden, right, so that our light shine before men. 313 00:13:54.320 --> 00:13:56.879 And then here he's talking about being the light. And 314 00:13:56.879 --> 00:14:01.720 then also in Matthew six, also says he talks about 315 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:03.519 us and he says the eye is the lamp of 316 00:14:03.559 --> 00:14:07.480 the body. Right, he's talking about our perspective and how 317 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:10.440 we view things. And then he says, if when we 318 00:14:10.519 --> 00:14:13.960 have an unhealthy eye or perspective, then our then our 319 00:14:14.720 --> 00:14:18.480 body is filled with darkness. And how great is that darkness? Right? 320 00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:20.799 But if we see with a healthy perspective or a 321 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:23.799 healthy eye, then we'll be filled with light. And so 322 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:26.879 right here he now here he's talking about having fellowship 323 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:30.080 with God, and fellowship of course he's talking about relationship 324 00:14:30.080 --> 00:14:32.799 with God. Right, So if we have a good relationship 325 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:36.480 with God, meaning we're you know, in agreement with him, 326 00:14:36.519 --> 00:14:40.759 we follow him, we're in communion with him. Uh, then 327 00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:44.320 then we'll be filled with light meaning truth. Right. You 328 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:47.799 think light is truth? Light is what the truth of 329 00:14:47.840 --> 00:14:51.120 God's word. That light's our way, lights our path. Truth 330 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:59.080 is uh the answer right? The revelation perspective light Light's 331 00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:00.000 pretty cool? 332 00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:03.960 Yeah, I think so. The Life Application study Bible, it 333 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:08.440 says light represents what is good, pure, true, holy, and reliable. 334 00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:12.320 Both darkness represents what is sinful and evil. See, you 335 00:15:12.320 --> 00:15:13.399 could have written, he's not. 336 00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:17.840 Read that again. It represents what what is good, good. 337 00:15:17.720 --> 00:15:20.799 Pure, pure, true, holy, and reliable. 338 00:15:21.240 --> 00:15:21.720 That's great. 339 00:15:21.799 --> 00:15:23.960 Yeah, And the statement that God is light means that 340 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:26.320 God is perfectly holy and true, and that He alone 341 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:28.360 can guide us out of the darkness of sin, showing 342 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:32.000 us the right path. His light clearly and truthfully exposes 343 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:35.679 our motives, whether good or bad. In the dark. Yeah, 344 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:37.840 in the dark, if you can see it, all different 345 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:40.960 objects look alike. In the light, good and evil can 346 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:44.399 be clearly distinguished. Just as darkness cannot exist in the 347 00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:46.559 presence of light, sin cannot exist in the presence of 348 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:48.879 a holy God. If we want to be in relationship 349 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:50.840 with God, we must put aside our sinful ways of 350 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:53.120 thinking and living. We become hypocrites if we say we 351 00:15:53.159 --> 00:15:55.120 belong to Him, but then go out and live only 352 00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:57.679 for ourselves, with little thought of serving others. Christ will 353 00:15:57.679 --> 00:15:58.960 expose and judge such deceit. 354 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:02.600 You weren't here last week. I was here with Wesley, 355 00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:04.840 you know we did. We did the platinum edition, so yea, yeah. 356 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:08.159 It's big time, one above way above this. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 357 00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:10.000 Our poor listeners have to stoop back down now that 358 00:16:10.039 --> 00:16:10.440 I'm back. 359 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:16.000 Yeah, the regular edition. But anyway, you remember the Psalms 360 00:16:16.039 --> 00:16:19.159 where it says Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, 361 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:21.720 and the light into my path. We talked about how 362 00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:27.080 light makes shadows shifting, shadows run right, And so the 363 00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:30.000 things that are scary, the things you wonder about or 364 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:33.879 you can't see, the things that bring fear, light makes 365 00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:36.720 them they shift and then they just go away. And 366 00:16:36.759 --> 00:16:39.480 it's almost as if they run away, right. And if 367 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:42.120 you think about, you know, how it says your wor 368 00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:45.399 will be filled with darkness versus the light it is. 369 00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:47.879 You know, think about the seasons of our lives. You 370 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:50.159 can have a season where you have no hope, you 371 00:16:50.200 --> 00:16:53.759 can be fearful. You can say, God, I don't know 372 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:57.080 what's coming, and I have anxiety over it. All these 373 00:16:57.120 --> 00:17:00.360 different things that represent darkness or that we even experience 374 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:03.840 practically in the dark. The light of Christ takes those 375 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:05.799 things away, and all of a sudden we see things 376 00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:09.200 more clearly, we have less fear, We're able to see 377 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:11.880 where we're going, we see the path mark before us. 378 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:13.519 I mean, it's just such great imagery. 379 00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:17.880 Yeah, the imagery light and dark. Did you know darkness 380 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:21.119 is not a thing, right, Only light is a thing. 381 00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:24.720 So a lot of people are fearful of the darkness. 382 00:17:24.799 --> 00:17:30.039 They're fearful of evil things, they're fearful of what the 383 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:34.480 dark represents in the Bible, and the reality is darkness 384 00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:37.480 has no power. The only power it has is fear. 385 00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:42.759 Right God choosing to represent light. Light is a thing. 386 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:47.680 Light is actual energy, and so light is a thing, 387 00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:51.559 and light always there's never time, it doesn't. Light always 388 00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:54.519 overcomes darkness to get in the black hole thing. And 389 00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:57.599 even then that light, then there's light there. You just 390 00:17:57.640 --> 00:17:59.920 can't see it with our eyes, but it still exists. 391 00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:04.160 But darkness always is repelled. You turn out a light 392 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:08.799 and darkness disappears. Darkness never overcomes the light. And this 393 00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:10.640 is what I love about God choosing to use that. 394 00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:12.920 So then it's in that context then that he says, hey, 395 00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:16.440 don't go around keep practicing darkness. If you've been saved 396 00:18:16.519 --> 00:18:18.400 by the light, don't keep going back and playing with 397 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:20.720 the darkness. And this was he wrote this little book 398 00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:24.440 it's on a few chapters long, to try to encourage 399 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:27.599 them in their faith and then to dispel some false teaching, 400 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:31.160 because there were these groups of people who were who 401 00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:34.599