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 --> 00:00:12.080 practical ways. Hey, everybody, if you're brand new, we are 4 00:00:12.119 --> 00:00:14.400 the Bible Guys. I am Chris, and this is Jeff. 5 00:00:15.560 --> 00:00:18.760 And notice that his name is first The Bible Guys 6 00:00:18.760 --> 00:00:19.719 with Jeff and Chris. 7 00:00:19.719 --> 00:00:24.320 It's right above me. Oh, Jeff and Chris. Yeah, why 8 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:27.879 isn't it Chris and Jeff Jeff? Uh? 9 00:00:28.519 --> 00:00:33.840 Well, I think we know why, our listeners. There's the 10 00:00:33.880 --> 00:00:37.359 Bible Guy, and then there's the Bible Guys. 11 00:00:37.479 --> 00:00:40.960 It's his companion. It's the Bible Guy's companion, Chris. 12 00:00:41.880 --> 00:00:43.960 I think our listeners know. We should just ask them. 13 00:00:44.399 --> 00:00:46.880 It's so funny. All right. 14 00:00:47.280 --> 00:00:48.799 Well, now that we have that out of the way 15 00:00:49.439 --> 00:00:52.479 and everybody knows, uh, we're gonna go ahead and move 16 00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:55.240 right into a segment called you know. Desiree wrote this 17 00:00:55.719 --> 00:01:00.399 called Thanksgiving story Time. She writes Happy Thanksgiving, which, by 18 00:01:00.439 --> 00:01:03.039 the way, that means this is going to play on Thanksgiving, right. 19 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:07.599 Yes, Happy Thanksgiving? Yeah, because this is a week before for. 20 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:10.400 Us, right right, right, right right, Yeah. 21 00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:13.439 We're shooting the week before, which sometimes we should several 22 00:01:13.439 --> 00:01:15.640 weeks in advance. Yes, so we've both been out of 23 00:01:15.640 --> 00:01:18.040 the country and we've quite a bit. Miss you had 24 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:22.840 to play catch up. So happy thanks Thanksgiving. Oh my goodness, 25 00:01:22.879 --> 00:01:25.760 I can't believe we both did that. That is crazy. 26 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:28.239 That is some seriously crazy stuff. 27 00:01:28.280 --> 00:01:28.760 There we go. 28 00:01:29.079 --> 00:01:32.879 Let's share stories of a funny, embarrassing, or memorable moment 29 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:35.560 that happened on a Thanksgiving over the years. 30 00:01:35.760 --> 00:01:37.519 Okay, so you have a story. 31 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:42.640 So our Thanksgivings are rowdy, aur yours do you? 32 00:01:42.640 --> 00:01:43.280 Guys have? Like? 33 00:01:43.560 --> 00:01:45.079 No opposite? 34 00:01:45.159 --> 00:01:47.439 It's true when we gather around. You know, my mom 35 00:01:47.480 --> 00:01:49.959 always likes to cook a lot, and lately the last 36 00:01:49.959 --> 00:01:52.719 several years I've done like the turkey, and Bonnie and 37 00:01:52.799 --> 00:01:56.359 I help out. And then hopefully my brother's families come 38 00:01:56.359 --> 00:01:57.680 in and we all kind of gather on my mom 39 00:01:57.719 --> 00:02:00.319 and dad's house, and then whatever brothers are there, I'm 40 00:02:00.319 --> 00:02:04.480 the oldest of the four brothers. Whatever brothers are there, 41 00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:06.959 it's just cutting up and laughing, and then he gets 42 00:02:06.959 --> 00:02:10.120 louder and louder. So after dinner we watched football then 43 00:02:11.479 --> 00:02:15.560 and then after that, usually everybody's gathering around, they want 44 00:02:15.599 --> 00:02:17.719 to play games of some kind. So I'm always bringing 45 00:02:17.759 --> 00:02:24.360 new games to my mom and I like like games 46 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:27.039 where like, have you played Ultimate Wear? Well, you've played 47 00:02:27.080 --> 00:02:29.800 Ultimate Wear well before, right, where everybody's trying to figure 48 00:02:29.800 --> 00:02:31.479 out who the were wolves are versus the villagers and 49 00:02:31.479 --> 00:02:33.479 there's a lot of accusing and yelling and that kind 50 00:02:33.479 --> 00:02:35.599 of thing. So I have a game like that that 51 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:38.719 I bought from my mom called The Donner Dinner Party, 52 00:02:38.840 --> 00:02:41.960 and it's it's essentially the same where you're trying to 53 00:02:41.960 --> 00:02:44.879 figure out who the cannibals are and who the the 54 00:02:44.919 --> 00:02:48.680 regular pilgrims are, not Pilgrims but pioneers are in the thing. 55 00:02:49.199 --> 00:02:51.599 And I bought it just to find out which one 56 00:02:51.599 --> 00:02:55.159 of my mom's kids would she eat first the thing? Yeah, 57 00:02:55.240 --> 00:02:58.240 so on Thanksgiving dinner, we made my mom a cannibal. 58 00:02:58.319 --> 00:03:00.960 So yeah, not for real, right right? 59 00:03:01.439 --> 00:03:01.759 Yeah? 60 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:02.120 Wow? 61 00:03:02.159 --> 00:03:03.319 And yeah it was fun. 62 00:03:03.520 --> 00:03:06.319 Well that was that was It wasn't me, it was Mark. 63 00:03:08.319 --> 00:03:11.520 That's the next one down for me. Well, because she 64 00:03:11.560 --> 00:03:11.919 loves me. 65 00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:14.159 Of your twenty seven brothers, yeah. 66 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:14.960 Yeah, I have four brothers. 67 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:21.080 Yes, all right, Uh so here's my Thanksgiving story for Yeah, 68 00:03:21.159 --> 00:03:23.120 well you have how many sisters? How many sisters? 69 00:03:23.199 --> 00:03:23.400 Six? 70 00:03:23.759 --> 00:03:24.000 Right? 71 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:24.879 Six older sisters. 72 00:03:24.919 --> 00:03:28.120 Yeah, it's just a crazy amount of siblings. Yeah, So 73 00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:34.360 here's my Thanksgiving story. When I was twelve years old, 74 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:38.919 I went over to my grandmother and grandmother grandmother and 75 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:44.479 grandfather's house. Actually they owned, no, they managed a U 76 00:03:44.560 --> 00:03:48.560 haul storage facility, so there's like an apartment that was 77 00:03:48.840 --> 00:03:50.000 like on site. 78 00:03:50.520 --> 00:03:52.199 So that's where they lived. 79 00:03:52.520 --> 00:03:55.319 So we would go over there and have Thanksgiving, and 80 00:03:55.360 --> 00:03:58.759 it was you know, we shared holidays, right, so because 81 00:03:58.800 --> 00:04:01.400 my mom and they were divorced, so this was sort 82 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:04.599 of my dad's holiday and he chose to spend it 83 00:04:04.639 --> 00:04:09.560 with his father and mother. So my cousins were there 84 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:15.039 from my dad's side. Who were the cousins that we 85 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:19.639 spent the least amount of time with? Okay, Okay, So anyway, 86 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:23.079 my uncle, uh huh Okay, I'm trying to be Jenda. 87 00:04:23.959 --> 00:04:26.040 So we sort of. 88 00:04:26.040 --> 00:04:29.439 Don't understand his side a lot, Okay, don't We don't 89 00:04:29.439 --> 00:04:30.360 mess it a lot. 90 00:04:30.439 --> 00:04:30.759 Okay. 91 00:04:31.160 --> 00:04:36.160 So anyway, what ends up happening is my uncle whatever 92 00:04:36.199 --> 00:04:39.680 his name is, from Tennessee, Uncle John, Uncle John and 93 00:04:39.879 --> 00:04:41.600 K come up from Tennessee and they have this big 94 00:04:41.639 --> 00:04:43.959 sheep dog and I'm talking like the biggest thing you've 95 00:04:43.959 --> 00:04:45.360 ever seen. When I was twelve, he looked like a 96 00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:49.519 giant and everybody was scared of him. And so I'm like, 97 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:51.920 I go over to pet him, and Uncle John says, 98 00:04:52.680 --> 00:04:55.079 he's it's okay, like it's all right, and he was 99 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:57.360 he was bigger than me like at the time, and 100 00:04:57.399 --> 00:04:58.920 so I got down on my hands and knees and 101 00:04:58.959 --> 00:05:01.680 I leaned up right to his face and he said 102 00:05:01.680 --> 00:05:02.079 it's okay. 103 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:04.079 And I reached out my hand and I went to 104 00:05:04.079 --> 00:05:06.959 go pet him. And as soon as I was right around. 105 00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:10.439 To touch him, my other cousin, Dustin, comes running around 106 00:05:10.480 --> 00:05:13.920 the corner and decides to run and tackle the sheep 107 00:05:13.920 --> 00:05:17.519 dog like a horse. And so the sheep dog freaks 108 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:22.279 out and bites me. And I currently have twelve stitches 109 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:24.560 right here, so you can see. 110 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:26.079 Yeah a little bit, yeah, this a little bit of 111 00:05:26.120 --> 00:05:26.519 a scar there. 112 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:28.720 Yeah, yeah, so the scar it's hideous. 113 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:32.920 It is for our listeners. And I can't I can't 114 00:05:32.920 --> 00:05:34.160 even make eye content and. 115 00:05:34.079 --> 00:05:37.879 I'll never even I'll never forget how the dog jumped. 116 00:05:37.560 --> 00:05:41.199 At me and was like and just literally ate my face. 117 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:47.519 Wow, and had twelve stitches across eighteen stitches across my jawline, 118 00:05:48.480 --> 00:05:50.439 and that was my Thanksgiving Wow. 119 00:05:51.240 --> 00:05:52.439 Well you can barely see it now. 120 00:05:52.600 --> 00:05:57.199 And and it stained my my jacket, my red jacket. 121 00:05:57.199 --> 00:05:59.120 I had to throw it away. 122 00:05:59.199 --> 00:06:02.160 It was red blood, but you know, didn't quite match. Wow, 123 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:03.120 different shades of red. 124 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:05.600 So you got eaten by a dog, yes, and my 125 00:06:06.519 --> 00:06:07.800 brother got eaten by my mom. 126 00:06:08.560 --> 00:06:10.959 Oh oh hey, that was random. 127 00:06:11.079 --> 00:06:11.920 Yeah. 128 00:06:11.959 --> 00:06:14.879 And by the way, speaking of random, random, this chapter 129 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:19.680 is filled with random quote good job. Yeah, I mean 130 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:24.279 just access like just total one liners that are randomly 131 00:06:24.319 --> 00:06:25.480 put into the same chapter. 132 00:06:25.639 --> 00:06:29.360 From chapter ten to chapter twenty two. It's literally one 133 00:06:29.439 --> 00:06:32.360 or two versus one liners. They're not even connected. A 134 00:06:32.399 --> 00:06:34.439 lot of times. The idea is it's just ideas. It's 135 00:06:34.439 --> 00:06:36.160 like he's right now, Oh, here's a good idea. Here's 136 00:06:36.160 --> 00:06:38.279 a good idea. Here's a good idea. Here's a good idea. 137 00:06:38.399 --> 00:06:38.560 Right. 138 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:41.879 So that's what these are, and I love them. I 139 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:45.120 quote I think from these next to a dozen chapters. 140 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:48.360 I quote from these, probably more than with regard to 141 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:52.439 practical living than any other passages in the Bible. So 142 00:06:52.879 --> 00:06:55.959 they're great. Here's what it says, A wise child Chapter ten. 143 00:06:56.079 --> 00:06:59.560 Isn't that what we're reading? YEA Chapter ten the Proverbs 144 00:06:59.560 --> 00:07:02.680 of Solemn and A wise Child brings joy to a father. 145 00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:07.199 A foolish child brings grief to a mother. Tainted wealth 146 00:07:07.240 --> 00:07:10.720 has no lasting value, but right living can save your life. 147 00:07:11.959 --> 00:07:14.439 The Lord will not let the godly go hungry, but 148 00:07:14.480 --> 00:07:17.959 he refuses to satisfy the craving of the wicked. Lazy 149 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:23.120 people are soon poor. Hard workers get rich. Wise youth harvests, 150 00:07:24.199 --> 00:07:26.879 a wise youth harvests in the summer, but one who 151 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:30.680 sleeps during harvest is a disgrace. The godly are showered 152 00:07:30.680 --> 00:07:33.600 with blessings. The words of the wicked conceal violent intentions. 153 00:07:34.480 --> 00:07:36.519 We have happy memories of the godly, but the name 154 00:07:36.560 --> 00:07:39.720 of a wicked person rots away. The wise are glad 155 00:07:39.759 --> 00:07:42.839 to be instructed, but babbling fools fall flat on their faces. 156 00:07:43.839 --> 00:07:46.720 People with integrity walk safely, but those who follow crooked 157 00:07:46.759 --> 00:07:50.040 paths will slip and fall. People who wink it wrong 158 00:07:50.160 --> 00:07:54.519 cause trouble, but a bold reproof promotes peace. The words 159 00:07:54.519 --> 00:07:57.240 of the godly are a life giving fountain. The words 160 00:07:57.240 --> 00:08:01.879 of the wicked conceal violent intentions. Hatred stirs up quarrels, 161 00:08:02.079 --> 00:08:06.480 but love makes up for all offenses. Wise words come 162 00:08:06.480 --> 00:08:09.079 from the lips of people with understanding, but those lacking 163 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:13.519 sense will be beaten with a rod. Wise people treasure knowledge, 164 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:17.319 but the babbling of a fool invites disaster. The wealth 165 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:19.560 of the rich is their fortress, the poverty of the 166 00:08:19.560 --> 00:08:23.000 poor is their destruction. The earnings of the godly enhance 167 00:08:23.079 --> 00:08:25.959 their lives, but evil people squander their money on sin. 168 00:08:27.279 --> 00:08:29.839 People who accept discipline are on the pathway to life, 169 00:08:30.079 --> 00:08:34.279 but those who ignore correction will go astray. Hiding hatred 170 00:08:34.320 --> 00:08:37.279 makes you a liar. Slandering others makes you a fool. 171 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:41.000 Too much talk leads to sin. Be sensible and keep 172 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:45.600 your mouth shut. That's great, says the guys with a podcast, Right, 173 00:08:45.799 --> 00:08:50.960 right right. The words of the godly are like sterling silver. 174 00:08:51.279 --> 00:08:54.399 The heart of a fool is worthless. The words of 175 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:57.039 the godly encourage many, but fools are destroyed by their 176 00:08:57.120 --> 00:09:00.320 lack of common sense. The blessing of the Lord makes 177 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:02.559 a person rich, and he adds no sorrow with it. 178 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:06.879 Doing wrong is fun for a fool, but living wisely 179 00:09:06.919 --> 00:09:10.159 brings pleasure to the sensible. The fears of the wicked 180 00:09:10.159 --> 00:09:12.600 will be fulfilled. The hopes of the godly will be 181 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:15.399 granted when the storms of life come. The wicked are 182 00:09:15.440 --> 00:09:20.120 world away, but the godly have a lasting foundation. Lazy 183 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:23.000 people irritate their employers, like vinegar to the teeth or 184 00:09:23.039 --> 00:09:27.879 smoke in the eyes. Fear of the Lord lengthens one's life, 185 00:09:27.879 --> 00:09:30.679 but the years of the wicked are cut short. The 186 00:09:30.720 --> 00:09:33.519 hopes of the godly result in happiness, but the expectations 187 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:36.279 of the wicked come to nothing. The way of the 188 00:09:36.279 --> 00:09:38.639 Lord is a stronghold to those with integrity, but it 189 00:09:38.679 --> 00:09:43.159 destroys the wicked. The godly will never be disturbed, but 190 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:46.600 the wicked will be removed from the land. The mouth 191 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:48.840 of the godly person gives wise advice, but the tongue 192 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:51.759 that deceives will be cut off. The lips of the 193 00:09:51.840 --> 00:09:54.919 godly speak helpful words, but the mouth of the wicked 194 00:09:55.159 --> 00:10:00.440 speaks perverse words. So it's just whise sayings, yeah. 195 00:10:00.559 --> 00:10:04.039 Yep, and really, I mean, goodness, gracious. It almost seems 196 00:10:04.080 --> 00:10:08.000 to have a theme, which is how great the godly 197 00:10:08.039 --> 00:10:11.720 are and how not great the ungodly are. 198 00:10:12.200 --> 00:10:14.879 How great the life of the godly will be. Yes, 199 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:17.200 it's really it's not that they're good people. It's that 200 00:10:17.679 --> 00:10:20.279 as they choose God's ways, life is going to be 201 00:10:20.279 --> 00:10:22.399 pretty good for them. Life's going to be pretty bad 202 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:24.120 for the person who rejects God's ways. 203 00:10:24.440 --> 00:10:27.519 Right, Yeah, yeah, So, I mean it almost feels like 204 00:10:27.720 --> 00:10:30.000 most of it has that theme going back and forth. 205 00:10:30.120 --> 00:10:35.240 Yeah and yeah. You have words, right. So he talks 206 00:10:35.240 --> 00:10:37.000 a lot about the kind of words that people say, 207 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:40.039 and he says, like, the words of the godly are 208 00:10:40.080 --> 00:10:43.840 life giving. The words of wicked conceal violent intentions. Right, 209 00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:49.039 how often do we hurt people even unintentionally? We hurt 210 00:10:49.039 --> 00:10:54.039 people with our words versus giving life? Right, there's another 211 00:10:54.039 --> 00:11:00.840 one over here, was it I'm looking for the mouth 212 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:03.080 of the godly person gives wise advice, but the tongue 213 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:05.080 that the sieves will be cut off. The lips of 214 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:07.120 the godly speak helpful words, but the mouth of the 215 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:10.240 wicked speaks for verse words. There's a lot of phrases 216 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:12.679 in here about how important our words are. And he's 217 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:15.120 always talking about how the godly build up. Now the 218 00:11:15.159 --> 00:11:17.679 godly also correct. He talks about that a few different 219 00:11:17.679 --> 00:11:22.480 times in here. The godly will bring discipline. And was 220 00:11:22.519 --> 00:11:25.639 it that Dave Harrington says, Dave is really one of 221 00:11:25.679 --> 00:11:28.519 the wise men in my life. He's one of the 222 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:31.919 key leaders that Heritage Church. And Dave said to our 223 00:11:31.960 --> 00:11:38.360 staff yesterday. Candor is caring, right, So being clear and 224 00:11:38.519 --> 00:11:41.799 speaking truth is evidence that you love somebody or care 225 00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:44.879 for somebody. So that's in there. It's the idea that 226 00:11:44.960 --> 00:11:47.200 wise words come from the lips of people with understanding, 227 00:11:47.240 --> 00:11:49.559 but those lacking sense will be beaten with a rod. This 228 00:11:49.600 --> 00:11:51.919 whole chapter, it's like every third verse has something to 229 00:11:51.960 --> 00:11:55.039 do with wise words versus foolish words, and that wise 230 00:11:55.039 --> 00:11:58.559 words usually build up or bring clarity, Foolish words tear 231 00:11:58.639 --> 00:12:02.039 down or try to get people to do the wrong thing. 232 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:05.440 You know what these little sayings seem to do for me, 233 00:12:05.960 --> 00:12:09.879 They seem to be a reminder of like a thirty 234 00:12:09.960 --> 00:12:14.399 thousand foot perspective, because think about it, if you're in 235 00:12:14.440 --> 00:12:18.240 the moment, sometimes you can get swept away with foolish 236 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:21.159 words or foolish moments, or you know, like heading a 237 00:12:21.159 --> 00:12:24.200 foolish direction or making a foolish choice, and then you know, 238 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:27.039 and you know, maybe the wisdom is something you just 239 00:12:27.399 --> 00:12:29.360 want to ignore because you just want to do what 240 00:12:29.399 --> 00:12:31.600 you want to do, or you know, whatever it is. 241 00:12:32.039 --> 00:12:35.159 But these are principles that sort of zoom you out 242 00:12:35.559 --> 00:12:38.440 and it feels like you're flying thirty thousand feet, And 243 00:12:38.519 --> 00:12:42.080 so what he's trying, at least for me. Anyway, it 244 00:12:42.080 --> 00:12:44.840 feels like, hey, when you're in that moment and you 245 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:49.080 need to recognize the difference between what wisdom is going 246 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:51.120 to do for you to live your life in this 247 00:12:51.159 --> 00:12:55.519 way versus foolishness, and it feels like these are principles 248 00:12:56.000 --> 00:13:01.919 that help us to recognize that in the moment, Uh choose, choose, 249 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:05.039 the choose the godly way as opposed to the ungodly 250 00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:09.440 way or the wicked way. And uh, I remember, goodness gracious. 251 00:13:09.559 --> 00:13:13.360 Back in September of two thousand and seven, we actually 252 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:17.080 did a series. It was a four part series called Stop. 253 00:13:17.679 --> 00:13:20.279 And in fact, back then, you know, we used to 254 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:21.200 have keychains. 255 00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:23.240 Remember back then in two thousand and seven, when everybody 256 00:13:23.279 --> 00:13:23.919 had keychains. 257 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:27.440 Maybe people still do, right, I don't have any keychain 258 00:13:27.559 --> 00:13:30.320 hardly at all. But but anyway, we used to you know, 259 00:13:30.440 --> 00:13:35.519 carry like the Kroger, you know, barcode where you boop, 260 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:37.399 you know, and you have all these things. 261 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:37.960 On your keychain. 262 00:13:38.360 --> 00:13:40.759 Well, anyway, we had this thing for people to put 263 00:13:40.799 --> 00:13:44.440 on their keychain called Stop and the tagline was stop 264 00:13:44.559 --> 00:13:47.879 and then underneath it said because everyone is tempted. It 265 00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:51.720 was a four week series on temptation. And in that series, 266 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:54.919 what we said was is that right in the moment, 267 00:13:54.960 --> 00:13:57.240 when you're in the heat of the moment and you're 268 00:13:57.360 --> 00:14:00.879 tempted to do something, you also maybe ten to think 269 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:04.879 that your action may not connect to anything else because 270 00:14:04.919 --> 00:14:08.080 you think that that moment exists singularly in time. 271 00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:09.720 But the reality. 272 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:13.320 Is is that that moment of weakness or bad choices 273 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:17.039 or consequence, all of it is attached to so much 274 00:14:17.080 --> 00:14:19.600 more So, the encouragement of the entire series was this 275 00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:23.480 is that before you make the bad choice, stop and 276 00:14:23.639 --> 00:14:27.200 pause and recognize these things are true. And here's what 277 00:14:27.200 --> 00:14:31.519 we said. We said, in that moment, your faith is 278 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:36.519 at stake, your family is at stake, and your friends, 279 00:14:36.679 --> 00:14:39.240 your friends and family to some degree, and then your 280 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:42.480 future is at stake. So every time that you're tempted 281 00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:46.799 to do the wrong thing, stop and recognize and say, okay, 282 00:14:47.360 --> 00:14:49.159 you know, how is this going to affect my faith 283 00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:52.960 with my heavenly Father, my friends and family around. 284 00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:56.480 Me to some degree, and then my future and. 285 00:14:56.480 --> 00:15:00.320 So and so when we recognize that this one choice right, 286 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:03.279 you know, hey, it feels good in the moment, I 287 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:04.919 want to go rob a bank, it's going to pay 288 00:15:04.960 --> 00:15:07.360 my bills, right, And it's like, wait a minute, stop 289 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:11.399 and realize this is connected to so many other things. 290 00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:13.519 And that's what this. 291 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:16.639 Chapter feels like to me. It feels like, hey, you 292 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:19.360 have to recognize that in the moment, I'm going to 293 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:22.960 give you wisdom on recognizing the difference of these two things. 294 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:26.279 And these are principles they're going to define the rest 295 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:26.840 of your life. 296 00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:32.519 Yeah, that's really solid. There's a lot of other themes 297 00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:35.720 in these proverbs, and especially as you read through from 298 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:37.879 ten to twenty one or twenty two, whatever it is 299 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:40.360 these chapters. Here. One of the other themes that comes up, 300 00:15:40.360 --> 00:15:43.480 and we talked about this yesterday just briefly, is the 301 00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:47.159 difference between lazy people and industrious people. Remember yesterday, he says, hey, 302 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:50.759 look at the ants right right, and don't be a 303 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:51.440 lazy bones. 304 00:15:51.519 --> 00:15:52.360 Lazy bones. 305 00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:56.279 Yeah, So here in verse four and five, he says, 306 00:15:56.440 --> 00:16:00.240 lazy people are soon poor. Hard workers get rich. A 307 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:02.919 wise youth harvests in the summer, but one who sleeps 308 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:06.879 during harvest is a disgrace. There's other passages where it's 309 00:16:06.879 --> 00:16:12.519 going to talk about hard work versus was it verse sixteen, 310 00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:15.039 the earnings of the godly enhance their lives, but evil 311 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:19.000 people squander their money right on sin. So there's a 312 00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:21.919 lot in the Book of Proverbs about how to get ahead, 313 00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:26.159 how to build wealth, that godly people just keep working 314 00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:30.559 and work hard and over time that translates into success, 315 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:35.600 and that foolish people hold back, they don't do what 316 00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:37.320 needs to be done when it needs to be done, 317 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:40.200 and they just keep hoping. There's other times when he 318 00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:43.679 talks about how foolish people just keep hoping that things 319 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:46.720 will get better as opposed to start making things better. 320 00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:50.159 And I've had, you know, people I've talked to before 321 00:16:50.200 --> 00:16:53.279 that were just struggling financially, couldn't get ahead, didn't like 322 00:16:53.320 --> 00:16:56.559 the job that they're in, frustrated with their life, And 323 00:16:55.919 --> 00:16:58.279 my thing is, what are you doing to make it 324 00:16:58.279 --> 00:17:00.960 life better? Oh? Life's too hard, Already, work too many hours, 325 00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:03.639 already do too many things. And I'm like, if you 326 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:05.759 keep doing what you're doing, you're going to keep getting 327 00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:08.400 what you get right. If you want your life to change, 328 00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:11.480 you have to be that person, that person that literally 329 00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:14.279 a wise youth harvest in the summer. My dad used 330 00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:16.559 to say, you got to make hay while the sunshining right, 331 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:18.640 because there's gonna be a day when you can't make 332 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:19.279 hay anymore. 333 00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:19.519 Right. 334 00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:23.599 You can't harvest if it's not harvest season. So if 335 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:25.359 you have the opportunity in front of you, grab a 336 00:17:25.359 --> 00:17:27.960 hold of it. That might mean a little less sleep 337 00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:30.279 for a year or two in order to get go 338 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:32.119 back to school and get that degree you need in 339 00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:34.960 order to get into management instead of always being on 340 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:37.279 the poor side of the business right, or to be 341 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:40.720 able to go start a new career or something. People 342 00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:43.440 wait around just hoping God will do a miracle, and 343 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:46.079 God's like, the miracle is you woke up again today. 344 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:48.400 The miracle is I've given you opportunities, you're just not 345 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:50.640 seizing them. God doesn't say it's going to be easy. 346 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:53.839 God says, if you're a godly person, you're going to 347 00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:58.559 work hard, and hard workers get rich. Wise people harvest 348 00:17:58.920 --> 00:18:02.480 when it's harvest time. Foolish people, lazy people are soon poor. 349 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:06.319 Foolish people sleep when there could be an opportunity to 350 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:09.920 make more right. And so I just think that there's 351 00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:15.400 there's something to that the general work ethic of a 352 00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:19.599 godly person should far exceed the way the work ethic 353 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:21.319 of of lazy, godless people. 354 00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:25.279 Yeah, yeah, and I love how in verse Oh no, 355 00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:28.960 I'm looking ahead dead gummet. I was looking down at 356 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:33.079 chapter eleven, verse number one. It says the Lord detests 357 00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:37.079 the use of dishonest scales, but he delights in accurate weights. 358 00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:38.599 Isn't that a great verse? 359 00:18:39.160 --> 00:18:41.119 Yeah? So, you know, back then they would they would 360 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:44.119 do trade and commerce with the scales of justice, and 361 00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:47.960 oftentimes it was the literal weight of something, but more times. 362 00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:50.160 It was the it was the weight of of you know, 363 00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:56.119 of the of their currency. Right, and so anyway, so. 364 00:18:56.119 --> 00:18:59.519 The just weights were always determined by the king. Usually 365 00:18:59.519 --> 00:19:03.000 would have determination is to this is the exact weight 366 00:19:03.119 --> 00:19:05.480 of an ounce of gold, This is it. And they 367 00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:07.839 would have these weights that would be approved and stamped 368 00:19:07.839 --> 00:19:10.319 by the government. Well, then what crooks would do is 369 00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:14.119 they would drill them out, lighten them, and then what 370 00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:16.000 would happen is that they would they would be able 371 00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:20.359 to get more money, right, but it would appear on 372 00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:21.680 the scales to be the same. 373 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:25.279 Or maybe it's a scale that's outside or right, right, Yeah, 374 00:19:25.319 --> 00:19:29.519 But dishonest scales, you know, it's it's really a thing 375 00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:31.480 that just talks about honesty. 376 00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:35.480 Guides good people. Dishonesty destroys treasures people. Again, I've just 377 00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:36.839 skipped ahead to chapter. 378 00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:40.359 Eleven, but I love those I love that concept, just 379 00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:44.079 how God is talking about integrity, He's talking about honesty, 380 00:19:44.720 --> 00:19:46.279 and it's just really great. 381 00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:50.799 So you have this this hard work theme, you have 382 00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:54.599 this the use of your words theme, and then you 383 00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:59.119 have the long life theme throughout his writings. Right, you're 384 00:19:59.119 --> 00:20:02.119 gonna have a long, satisfying life if you fear the Lord, 385 00:20:02.160 --> 00:20:09.039 for instance, right, and then hopes, your hopes will be 386 00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:11.640 granted if you're a godly person and you're going God's way. 387 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:14.799 It's amazing how often life turns out the way you 388 00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:17.440 hoped it would when you go God's way. And for 389 00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:20.839 those that are godless, life tends to always be a 390 00:20:20.880 --> 00:20:23.640 mystery and it's a struggle and it winds up. You know, 391 00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:28.400 things come apart, and so you know he's talking. These 392 00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:31.000 seem to be the three big themes. Your words, your 393 00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:35.039 hard work, and a satisfying life. Hard work is going 394 00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:37.200 to produce resources. God's going to bless you. You're going 395 00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:39.960 to get richer your words if you use them wisely, 396 00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:41.319 You're going to build up other people. You're gonna have 397 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:45.240 better relationships. If you go God's way, you're going to 398 00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:48.759 have a long, healthy, a satisfying life. If you reject 399 00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:50.480 God's way, you're going to have a hard life. Those 400 00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:52.920 seem to be the three major themes that you're talking here. 401 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:53.599