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 --> 00:00:07.519 practical ways. 4 00:00:11.359 --> 00:00:12.960 Hey, everybody, welcome to the Bible guys. 5 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:18.519 It is Monday, everybody's favorite day, everybody his favorite day. 6 00:00:18.679 --> 00:00:21.320 In the eighties, we had this little cartoon called Garfield, 7 00:00:22.120 --> 00:00:24.079 and Garfield was famous. 8 00:00:23.640 --> 00:00:25.079 For hating Monday Mondays. 9 00:00:25.120 --> 00:00:28.679 He would have a little bubble they said, I hate Mondays. Yes, 10 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:29.920 so there you go. 11 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:32.759 And it's why we loved Garfield. Yes, because we are 12 00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:36.119 so sensible. And he loved zangna and azagna. 13 00:00:36.200 --> 00:00:38.119 Yeah, that's right, that's right. He's a cat. 14 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:39.039 So. 15 00:00:39.159 --> 00:00:41.240 Hey, my name is Chris, this is Jeff. 16 00:00:41.280 --> 00:00:43.399 We want to welcome into the Bible guys, and we 17 00:00:43.439 --> 00:00:45.439 are starting off with a riveting segment. 18 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:46.600 This is super exciting. 19 00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:48.520 Yeah, and it's called would you rather? 20 00:00:48.640 --> 00:00:49.880 This is one of your favorites? Right? 21 00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:50.359 I love it? 22 00:00:50.600 --> 00:00:53.759 Okay, because it's just fun choices usually, Well, since you 23 00:00:53.759 --> 00:00:56.000 love it so much, wy, don't you start number one? 24 00:00:56.240 --> 00:00:59.320 Would you rather have a pet dinosaur or a pet dragon? 25 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:01.920 To which I would say are they one of the same? 26 00:01:03.520 --> 00:01:04.079 Are dragons? 27 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:04.799 Well? 28 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:08.280 I think Desiree knows what she's doing. And she's distinguished 29 00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:08.879 between the two. 30 00:01:09.040 --> 00:01:12.200 I see, it depends on what kind of dinosaur. 31 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:14.040 Cheese dinosaurs are real. There's that. 32 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:18.000 Yeah, well listen, I believe the dragons may have been. 33 00:01:17.879 --> 00:01:19.799 Real at one time as a dinosaur. 34 00:01:20.079 --> 00:01:22.519 As a dinosaur. Yeah, okay, so. 35 00:01:22.799 --> 00:01:28.400 But the point almost every ancient culture has some kind 36 00:01:28.400 --> 00:01:29.239 of a dragon story. 37 00:01:29.640 --> 00:01:30.239 Many of them do. 38 00:01:30.439 --> 00:01:34.560 Yeah, so I would definitely say dragon dragon. 39 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:38.719 Well, I saw the cartoon what card How to Train 40 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:41.640 Your Pet Dragon? Oh, yes, it looks way cooler than 41 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:46.640 just And I also saw Jurassic Park, and that's not 42 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:47.319 super cool. 43 00:01:49.760 --> 00:01:52.280 One's death in distraction. Yeah's your friend. 44 00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:53.439 Yeah, that's exactly right. 45 00:01:53.519 --> 00:01:56.120 So, yeah, you have to fly on pet dragon, pet 46 00:01:56.200 --> 00:01:58.040 dragon top top, not right there. 47 00:01:58.319 --> 00:02:00.879 And I've also seen House of Dragons, where House of 48 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:05.719 Dragons is a prerequisite to gimme thrones, and they actually, 49 00:02:06.120 --> 00:02:10.599 like were realistic dragons, and it sort of tried to 50 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:14.639 create a world in which dragons were real and that 51 00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:17.719 they were the dominant, you know, group of people that 52 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:21.000 rode them. I got to tell you, riding dragons looks 53 00:02:21.039 --> 00:02:21.560 pretty cool. 54 00:02:21.639 --> 00:02:26.319 Okay, Well there you go. I'm talking about a cartoon. Yeah, yes, hey, okay, 55 00:02:26.400 --> 00:02:26.800 here you go. 56 00:02:26.960 --> 00:02:27.520 Toothless. 57 00:02:27.639 --> 00:02:30.800 Would you rather wear clown makeup every day for the 58 00:02:30.840 --> 00:02:31.599 rest of your life? 59 00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:33.919 Or where to to every day? 60 00:02:34.639 --> 00:02:36.479 To Tom? 61 00:02:36.680 --> 00:02:37.319 I think so too. 62 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:41.599 Yeah, it's it's terrible, but it's way better than clown makeup. 63 00:02:41.719 --> 00:02:43.120 I just don't want to take the time. 64 00:02:44.199 --> 00:02:46.159 No, I I just don't want to have to my 65 00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:47.120 skin to bear. 66 00:02:47.719 --> 00:02:51.960 Do you have a Do you have a long routine 67 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:53.879 for getting ready in the morning? Uh? 68 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:57.199 It depends on if I shave or not. Shaving takes 69 00:02:57.319 --> 00:02:59.199 a little bit of time. But if I don't shave, 70 00:02:59.199 --> 00:02:59.879 I'm ready. 71 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:03.280 Because it's because your beard is just so strong and 72 00:03:03.360 --> 00:03:06.719 sturdy you must go through multiple Did you know that Superman? 73 00:03:06.919 --> 00:03:08.919 Did you know that Superman has to use a mirror 74 00:03:09.400 --> 00:03:12.439 and use his heat vision to shave because a razor 75 00:03:12.479 --> 00:03:12.800 can't cut? 76 00:03:13.599 --> 00:03:15.840 Whoa, I did not know that? 77 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:18.639 Yeah, okay, yeah, I just don't want to take the 78 00:03:18.639 --> 00:03:20.560 time with the clown makeup, So put on the two 79 00:03:20.599 --> 00:03:22.000 two embarrassed? 80 00:03:22.879 --> 00:03:23.240 Got it? 81 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:25.879 Okay? All right? Number three, I'd get like a Velco 82 00:03:25.960 --> 00:03:26.240 two two. 83 00:03:26.840 --> 00:03:28.960 Oh yeah, yeah, Well, if you get to wear it 84 00:03:28.960 --> 00:03:30.400 every day, it's like a belt. 85 00:03:30.439 --> 00:03:32.639 Why not get the best to the best, that's right, 86 00:03:32.919 --> 00:03:35.520 the most convenient, only the finness, only the finnest. To 87 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:39.319 go to the Bible guys dot com and go to 88 00:03:39.319 --> 00:03:39.840 our store. 89 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:44.319 Right, you can get a Velco number three. Would you 90 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:50.120 rather fight one hundred tiny sumer wrestlers or. 91 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:55.319 One giant toddler? That is hilarious. 92 00:03:56.080 --> 00:03:58.280 How tiny is tiny? And how giant is giant? I 93 00:03:58.319 --> 00:03:59.280 think that's the issue. 94 00:03:59.599 --> 00:04:02.879 I think. I think I think you should. 95 00:04:02.919 --> 00:04:03.919 A man sized toddler. 96 00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:06.560 No, no, no, giant means giant. 97 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:09.840 Well, toddlers. Have you seen a toddler? They're usually like 98 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:10.560 foot tall? 99 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:11.280 I know. 100 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:13.719 So then to be six feet tall would make you 101 00:04:13.919 --> 00:04:16.079 a giant. If you were six times bigger than you 102 00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:17.279 are now, you'd be a giant. 103 00:04:17.439 --> 00:04:19.639 Yeah, but I'm picturing the false world. 104 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:22.439 You're thinking like mega mega, I'm thinking. 105 00:04:22.279 --> 00:04:25.959 Like yeah, yeah, toddler. 106 00:04:26.240 --> 00:04:29.680 And then I think, how tiny is a tiny sumo wrestler? 107 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:32.079 I think there may be like dwarfs. 108 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:39.240 Okay, so like a three foot tall one hundred three 109 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:43.519 foot tall sumo wrestlers. Right, So sumo wrestler usually weighs 110 00:04:43.560 --> 00:04:47.560 like four hundred pounds, right, So if you take a 111 00:04:47.560 --> 00:04:50.000 six foot sumo wrestler at four hundred pounds and you 112 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:53.000 shrink it to three hundred or to three feet. That's 113 00:04:53.000 --> 00:04:57.399 a two hundred pounds. You're fighting one hundred two hundred pounders. 114 00:04:58.600 --> 00:05:01.560 Yeah, I'd rather fight first verse the giant. 115 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:03.439 The giant. Yeah, just just one giant. Yeah, we worked 116 00:05:03.439 --> 00:05:06.439 it out. You see, good problem solving right there. What 117 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:08.720 were you going to say? You were going to say 118 00:05:08.720 --> 00:05:09.600 one hundred tiny? 119 00:05:11.480 --> 00:05:13.560 In my mind, I was also thinking like, could they 120 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:14.680 be like the size. 121 00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:15.560 Of tinkerbelt like micro? 122 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:17.759 Right? Yeah, see just fly swatt. 123 00:05:17.879 --> 00:05:19.480 See that's what I was asking. Is this micro and 124 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:21.759 mega or is this little and big? 125 00:05:22.279 --> 00:05:25.759 I think I think the giant toddler wins giant toddler. 126 00:05:25.839 --> 00:05:28.920 Yeah, yeah, because you only have one problem, right, instead 127 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:31.720 of one hundred problems, one hundred two hundred pound problems? 128 00:05:31.720 --> 00:05:32.399 Okay, good? 129 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:37.759 Would you rather sneeze glitter or sweat maple syrup? There 130 00:05:37.800 --> 00:05:41.600 is no question in my mind sweat maple syrups. Sweat 131 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:42.279 maple syrup. 132 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:43.160 Absolutely. 133 00:05:43.240 --> 00:05:46.399 First of all, thanks for the questions, Desiree. These are awful. 134 00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:50.399 That was terrible. Well, hey, both of those I just 135 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:51.600 want to gag at. 136 00:05:51.879 --> 00:05:55.360 Yeah, but there's the glitters from the pits of hell. 137 00:05:55.560 --> 00:05:59.720 That's right, that's right. Whoever invented glitter, I'm confident is 138 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:02.319 not heaven. Yes, that's correct, right, along with I think 139 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:04.800 the other declaration we've made. I mean, hey, we are 140 00:06:04.839 --> 00:06:11.000 a hard hitting no no, we are a hard hitting 141 00:06:11.680 --> 00:06:14.600 Bible doctrine show. And we took a strong stand against 142 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:20.639 uh android phones, and yes, right right, we don't. 143 00:06:20.439 --> 00:06:21.399 Pull any punchest. 144 00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:23.319 You're gonna make a hot stage, yeah, no, And and 145 00:06:23.360 --> 00:06:25.160 so we're pretty sure they're not going to go to heaven. 146 00:06:25.759 --> 00:06:28.920 And then now, whoever invented glitter? People who use glitter? 147 00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:32.240 If you if you were in the glitter industry. 148 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:35.639 Yes, or if you're a glitter pusher, or if you're 149 00:06:35.639 --> 00:06:39.879 a glitter fan glitter pusher, that's hilarious. 150 00:06:41.040 --> 00:06:43.439 Yeah, okay, I would agree with you on the maple syrup. 151 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:46.040 Okay, it's gross. At least it would smell good. 152 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:47.720 That's right. Okay, I think it's you again. 153 00:06:48.920 --> 00:06:51.920 Five. Would you rather always have a bad case of 154 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:52.480 the hiccups? 155 00:06:52.519 --> 00:06:55.360 Oh, that's terrible, or have an itch that you can't 156 00:06:55.439 --> 00:07:01.680 reach that's pretty bad too, Those are too terrible. 157 00:07:01.839 --> 00:07:04.639 It's a bad case of hiccups, not just hiccups. 158 00:07:05.399 --> 00:07:07.839 Well, bad case of the hiccups that you always have. 159 00:07:07.959 --> 00:07:11.079 That could define the bad bad case. Doesn't have to 160 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:13.839 mean like strength, it could mean like length. 161 00:07:14.720 --> 00:07:18.079 Yeah, I think I would rather have the itch. 162 00:07:19.399 --> 00:07:22.560 I think so too. I think so too. 163 00:07:22.839 --> 00:07:25.040 I would just hire somebody follow me around your job. 164 00:07:25.160 --> 00:07:31.959 You're the itcher, you're the scratcher, because yeah, yeah, because 165 00:07:31.959 --> 00:07:33.720 it doesn't say that you can't scratch it, just said 166 00:07:33.720 --> 00:07:35.800 you can you can't reach it, which, by the. 167 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:38.920 Way, I can pretty much reach everywhere. 168 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:43.879 All right side note, we're gonna okay, that's that's the 169 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:45.399 best as far as we want to go with that. 170 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:50.000 When I yeah, it's like you have to be like 171 00:07:50.240 --> 00:07:53.759 doesn't mean you're like, you know, like a quadriplegic. 172 00:07:54.720 --> 00:07:58.160 Well, speaking of not being able to see everything, m hmm. 173 00:07:58.720 --> 00:08:05.279 Today's episode, Elicias servant cannot see all the protection around him. 174 00:08:05.519 --> 00:08:09.199 Wow, here's the question. When did we speak of not 175 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:10.319 being able to see anything? 176 00:08:11.160 --> 00:08:12.959 You just did, Well, you couldn't reach it. If you 177 00:08:12.959 --> 00:08:15.759 can't reach you can't see it. That was the connection. 178 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:22.639 You've effectively done a bad transition, bad transition. 179 00:08:22.920 --> 00:08:25.519 Yes, man, I think we're about five hundred for five 180 00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:26.160 hundred now, And. 181 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:27.399 Yes, I think so too. 182 00:08:27.600 --> 00:08:30.560 So we are in Second King's chapter six today and 183 00:08:30.800 --> 00:08:32.960 This is one of my favorite stories I think in 184 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:33.799 Elisia's life. 185 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:35.799 Yeah yeah, well, I'll tell you what, he already had 186 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:36.600 some pretty good ones. 187 00:08:36.679 --> 00:08:40.000 Yeah yeah, as opposed to all those bad Bible verses. 188 00:08:40.240 --> 00:08:41.600 These are some of our favorite ones. 189 00:08:41.639 --> 00:08:44.840 These are why do you insert such things on people? Well, 190 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:46.440 I didn't, That's not what I said. 191 00:08:46.559 --> 00:08:46.799 I know. 192 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:50.960 I didn't say you Yeah, I was just commenting. Second King, 193 00:08:51.080 --> 00:08:55.279 Chapter six, verse eightys. When the King of Aram was 194 00:08:55.320 --> 00:08:57.799 at war with Israel, he would confer with his officers 195 00:08:57.799 --> 00:09:00.679 and say, we will mobilize our horses. 196 00:09:00.399 --> 00:09:01.480 At such and such a place. 197 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:03.879 But immediately Elishah, the Man of God, would warn the 198 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:06.039 King of Israel, don't go near that place, for the 199 00:09:06.039 --> 00:09:09.159 Arameans are planning to mobilize their troops there. So the 200 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:12.120 King of Israel would send word to the place indicated 201 00:09:12.159 --> 00:09:16.639 by the Man of God. Time and again elisha warned 202 00:09:16.720 --> 00:09:18.679 the king so that he would be on the alert there. 203 00:09:18.919 --> 00:09:21.120 The King of Arab became very upset over this, and 204 00:09:21.440 --> 00:09:23.519 he called his officers together and demanded, which of you 205 00:09:23.639 --> 00:09:26.000 is the trader who's been informing the King of Israel 206 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:26.840 of my plans. 207 00:09:27.080 --> 00:09:28.639 It's not us, my lord, the king one of. 208 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:31.840 The officers replied, Elisha, the prophet in Israel tells the 209 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:33.639 King of Israel even the words you speak in the 210 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:36.960 privacy of your bedroom. Go and find out where he is. 211 00:09:37.039 --> 00:09:39.440 The king commanded, so I can send troops to seize him. 212 00:09:39.759 --> 00:09:42.679 And the report came back Elisha as at Dothan. So 213 00:09:42.759 --> 00:09:45.039 one night the King of Aram sent a great army 214 00:09:45.080 --> 00:09:48.080 with many chariots and horses to surround the city. When 215 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:49.639 the servant of the Man of God got up early 216 00:09:49.639 --> 00:09:53.159 the next morning and went outside, there were troops, horses, 217 00:09:53.200 --> 00:09:54.399 and chariots everywhere. 218 00:09:54.759 --> 00:09:56.600 Oh Sir, what will we do now? The young man 219 00:09:56.639 --> 00:09:57.600 cried to Elisha. 220 00:09:58.200 --> 00:10:00.440 Don't be afraid, Elisha, hold him, for their are more 221 00:10:00.480 --> 00:10:03.720 on our side than on theirs. Then Elishah prayed, Oh Lord, 222 00:10:03.840 --> 00:10:06.600 open his eyes and let him see. The Lord opened 223 00:10:06.600 --> 00:10:08.440 the young man's eyes, and when he looked up, he 224 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:10.960 saw that the hillside around Elishah was filled with horses 225 00:10:10.960 --> 00:10:15.559 and chariots of fire. As the airman army advanced toward him, 226 00:10:15.720 --> 00:10:18.759 Elisha prayed, Oh Lord, please make them blind. So the 227 00:10:18.759 --> 00:10:21.159 Lord struck them with blindness, as Elisha had asked. Then 228 00:10:21.159 --> 00:10:23.360 Elisha went out and told them, you have come the 229 00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:25.679 wrong way. This isn't the right city. Follow me and 230 00:10:25.679 --> 00:10:28.639 I'll take you to the man you're looking for. And 231 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:31.120 he led them to the city of Samaria. As soon 232 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:33.240 as they had entered Samaria, Elisha prayed, O Lord now 233 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:35.279 opened their eyes and let them cease. The Lord opened 234 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:36.759 their eyes and they discovered that they were in the 235 00:10:36.799 --> 00:10:39.159 middle of Samaria. When the King of Israel saw them, 236 00:10:39.159 --> 00:10:41.440 he shouted to Elisha, my father, should I kill them? 237 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:44.480 Should I kill them? Of course not, Elisha replied, do 238 00:10:44.600 --> 00:10:47.159 we kill prisoners of war? Give them food and drink, 239 00:10:47.200 --> 00:10:49.440 and send them home again to their master. So the 240 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:51.320 king made a great feast for them and then sent 241 00:10:51.399 --> 00:10:55.080 them home to their master. After that, the Airman raiders 242 00:10:55.159 --> 00:10:58.879 stayed away from the land of Israel. Yeah, no, lie, 243 00:10:58.960 --> 00:10:59.960 I think I probably would too. 244 00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:03.679 Yeah that first of all, if this brings up so 245 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:06.200 many different questions. 246 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:06.000 Ask him. 247 00:11:06.679 --> 00:11:11.440 Okay, so the Bible, no worries, no worries, got this. 248 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:18.200 So the question is, did was Elisha able to see 249 00:11:19.039 --> 00:11:22.799 all of the horses of you know, chariots of fire? 250 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:26.399 Was he able to see the spiritual world? And then 251 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:29.679 he asked the Lord to open his servant's eyes so 252 00:11:29.679 --> 00:11:32.279 that he could see the spiritual world. So Elisha walks 253 00:11:32.320 --> 00:11:36.720 around seeing the spiritual world? Or did he walk out 254 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:39.879 of his house see the army and then Elisha God 255 00:11:39.960 --> 00:11:43.480 just allowed Elisha in that moment to see the spiritual world. 256 00:11:43.759 --> 00:11:46.720 Or does Elisha perpetually see the spiritual world? And then 257 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:49.440 here's the third question. Here's the third option, because this 258 00:11:49.519 --> 00:11:54.519 is possible, Elisha just assumes that there's a spiritual world. 259 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:58.279 Well, using your test yesterday about don't say things that 260 00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:04.360 aren't there, correct, it never implies that Elisha can see anything, correct, 261 00:12:04.799 --> 00:12:07.360 which would mean then your last question is your last 262 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:09.759 question is the correct question to be asking. 263 00:12:09.840 --> 00:12:11.200 But it doesn't say that he can't see. 264 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:13.480 Yeah, but you said don't add anything to it. 265 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:14.039 Correct. 266 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:16.240 So the only thing that we know is that Elijah's 267 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:19.559 servant can see, right, but Elisha had confidence. 268 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:22.159 What I'm saying is it doesn't tell us all three 269 00:12:22.200 --> 00:12:23.799 of those options. So the only thing we know for 270 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:25.480 sure is that it just doesn't tell us. It could 271 00:12:25.480 --> 00:12:26.799 be any one of those three options. 272 00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:30.399 Yes, but I think the assumption would be because it 273 00:12:30.399 --> 00:12:33.360 doesn't say the other two. Yeah, the natural assumption would 274 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:35.480 be that he lives like you and I do. Otherwise, 275 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:37.799 you're turning turning him into a superhero. 276 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:39.720 Right, Yeah, I think I agree with that. I agree 277 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:39.879 with that. 278 00:12:40.080 --> 00:12:42.879 Yeah, but yeah, so I think it was just that 279 00:12:42.919 --> 00:12:46.279 he had absolute confidence that, you know, God's with us 280 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:47.279 and so we don't have to worry. 281 00:12:47.360 --> 00:12:51.559 Yeah, I think so too. And by the way, can 282 00:12:51.600 --> 00:12:54.279 we just talk about that for a minute, let's do it. 283 00:12:55.159 --> 00:12:57.639 When you walk around with so much confidence that God 284 00:12:57.720 --> 00:13:01.080 is real and that God is on your sho now, 285 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:03.240 in a lot of cases, you know, now, Elisha was 286 00:13:03.279 --> 00:13:03.960 a prophet of God. 287 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:06.240 That is different than my profession and your profession. 288 00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:09.200 So even though we're pastors, and even though that you know, 289 00:13:09.320 --> 00:13:14.000 Christians are you know, ambassadors, all of us are, right, 290 00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:18.519 it's different than a prophet. A prophet had this ability 291 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:23.759 to you know, directly hear from God. And so Elisha has, 292 00:13:23.840 --> 00:13:26.279 you know, it seems like it's Alicia's idea. I have 293 00:13:26.279 --> 00:13:29.320 an idea, make him blind God. And then and by 294 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:31.519 the way, I think that was Elicia's idea. I think 295 00:13:31.559 --> 00:13:36.240 God honored Eliicia's idea because it said he made them blind. 296 00:13:36.399 --> 00:13:39.559 As Elisha asked, this didn't seem like an idea that 297 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:40.279 came from God. 298 00:13:40.360 --> 00:13:42.240 Right, But again, he was the prophet. 299 00:13:42.320 --> 00:13:42.519 He was. 300 00:13:42.639 --> 00:13:46.639 He was the representative, the only representative, at least apparently 301 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:49.919 at this point. So anyway, all that to say this, 302 00:13:51.720 --> 00:13:55.320 for the average person listening going into work, you know, 303 00:13:55.440 --> 00:13:57.080 it doesn't necessarily. 304 00:13:56.519 --> 00:13:59.679 Mean you know, your ideas are always the best ideas, Like, 305 00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:02.080 this is what God says. God says. 306 00:14:02.519 --> 00:14:04.240 God says that you're going to try to punch me, 307 00:14:04.720 --> 00:14:06.960 and your fist will stop in mid air, right. 308 00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:10.120 Like that, That's right, That's not what it means. Right. 309 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:14.879 However, if you know that something is wrong and you 310 00:14:14.960 --> 00:14:18.360 stand up and do what is right, I believe that 311 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:20.200 we can have confidence that God is going to be 312 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:21.879 with you and that God is going to take care 313 00:14:21.919 --> 00:14:25.440 of you. And sometimes they do have consequences sometimes, you 314 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:27.759 know whatever, sometimes we don't see it work out. 315 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:28.879 I'm just trying to. 316 00:14:28.799 --> 00:14:31.000 Think of different scenarios, right, So, Like, in other words, 317 00:14:31.039 --> 00:14:34.759 if a person quits a job because they stand up 318 00:14:34.799 --> 00:14:36.600 for what is right and they refuse to do what 319 00:14:36.679 --> 00:14:37.279 is wrong. 320 00:14:37.159 --> 00:14:41.279 Okay, they may go through a hard time financially, but I. 321 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:43.679 Believe that God will in the end take care of 322 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:45.480 that person for doing what is right. 323 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:47.279 Yeah, God's never going to be in debt to you 324 00:14:47.320 --> 00:14:50.240 because you did the right thing right right, right? Yeah, 325 00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:52.440 God will always settle the score and it always winds 326 00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:57.519 up being better than than what you think you invested 327 00:14:57.519 --> 00:14:58.200 in doing the right thing. 328 00:14:58.320 --> 00:15:01.480 Yeah, I sure rambling, But what I'm trying to say 329 00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:04.559 is to have that amount of confidence to do what 330 00:15:04.679 --> 00:15:05.000 is right. 331 00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:06.480 It's sort of what I was saying, right. 332 00:15:06.879 --> 00:15:10.399 Can you imagine just just to have every situation be like, oh, 333 00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:11.960 I know I'm on the right side. I know God's 334 00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:13.759 going to win. I know God's going to take care 335 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:17.919 of me. I have no reservation whatsoever about you know, 336 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:23.320 and by the way, I live that way often. Yeah, 337 00:15:23.559 --> 00:15:25.759 but I wonder how confident I would be if I 338 00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:29.080 knew that there's a potential I would die because I 339 00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:31.480 already told you right, Like, remember remember that time I 340 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:33.320 told you about that car wreck and I was like, yeah, 341 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:35.519 I wanted to run over and help the guy, but 342 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:38.679 I was standing across the street. It was like a coward, right, 343 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:40.559 And I'm thinking, gee, whiz man, if I knew I 344 00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:43.480 was going to die, who would I have that much confidence? Oh? 345 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:45.600 Yeah, God's with me right now. He doesn't have to 346 00:15:45.639 --> 00:15:46.639 care me right now. 347 00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:49.840 I think you know, it's interesting to me that Elisha 348 00:15:49.960 --> 00:15:53.759 spends the vast majority of his time in Israel and 349 00:15:53.799 --> 00:15:56.759 not in Judah. Judah is where all the people who 350 00:15:56.799 --> 00:15:59.879 followed God were, and he had great respect for Jehoshaphat 351 00:16:00.159 --> 00:16:02.639 he said, so he says it multiple times. He's like 352 00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:05.559 a big fan of that guy. Right, But he lives 353 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:08.000 in Samaria, where all the wicked people are, where all 354 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:12.480 the sin is, and he's not indulging in it. He's constantly, 355 00:16:12.919 --> 00:16:16.039 you know, speaking against all of this evil. And I 356 00:16:16.080 --> 00:16:18.279 think this was an opportunity and he saw this as 357 00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:21.919 an opportunity to continue to move God's mission forward, right, 358 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:23.759 And God saw this as an opportunity to move his 359 00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:27.639 mission forward, to get in the in the the mind, 360 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:30.360 in the eyes of the King of Israel. Again, look 361 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:34.320 at I'm still paying attention. I'm here, right. How many 362 00:16:34.360 --> 00:16:37.919 miracles do you need before you finally start believing? 363 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:38.440 You know? 364 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:40.679 So, what it turns out I think you're seeing here 365 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:44.000 is that the King of Israel looks at Elisha as 366 00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:48.399 a magic man, like like like a witch doctor or something. 367 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:52.679 He just has this built in magic in him. He's 368 00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:55.120 not seeing that God is doing these miracles. Apparently, it 369 00:16:55.200 --> 00:16:58.320 just is I don't understand why he doesn't respond. Sometimes 370 00:16:58.320 --> 00:17:02.279 he'll mention, you know in the previous one where he mentioned, 371 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:06.359 you know, your God said this or whatever. But for 372 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:08.200 the most part he just doesn't have the same perspective. 373 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:11.039 But I do think that God is getting this message across. 374 00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:13.519 And so in this moment, then Elisha can have confidence. 375 00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:16.240 One I don't believe God's done with me yet. And 376 00:17:16.279 --> 00:17:18.920 two this is a really great opportunity to point out 377 00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:21.799 to the king again. And that's why, Hey, God strike 378 00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:23.240 them blind, and I'm going to march them right into 379 00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:26.559 the middle of the city, right, and hey, see what 380 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:29.240 God did. And so when it's all about see what 381 00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:32.279 God did, I think you can expect miracles when it's 382 00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:36.799 just every day stuff, maybe or maybe not. And it 383 00:17:36.880 --> 00:17:39.039 just depends on what God's plan is for your life 384 00:17:39.119 --> 00:17:43.240 in that next thing, right, So when your work is 385 00:17:43.279 --> 00:17:47.279 aligning with God's plan, I think you can always you 386 00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:51.759 can always count on miracles when it's just Tuesday on 387 00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:54.599 the way to the grocery store. I don't know, right, right, 388 00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:56.680 I think I think we lived the majority of our 389 00:17:56.720 --> 00:17:59.960 life just in the natural world, right, and natural things 390 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:03.279 happened good and bad. And then when we were walking 391 00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:07.240 moving God's kingdom forward, it's not unreasonable for us to 392 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:10.240 expect God to do the supernatural and protect us. And 393 00:18:10.519 --> 00:18:12.960 there's been many times where I found myself. You know, 394 00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:15.799 we do a lot of work around the world. There's 395 00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:19.279 been multiple times where one time we were out in 396 00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:21.680 the bush and we rolled up on a group of 397 00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:24.200 guys that were not happy that we pulled up. They 398 00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:28.400 all had machetes in their hands, and I'm thinking, oh, 399 00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:31.119 this is kind of scary, right, It calmed down and 400 00:18:31.160 --> 00:18:34.160 things were fine. Had another time we were on motorcycles 401 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:35.839