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 --> 00:00:15.480 practical ways. Good morning, good morning, we talk the whole 4 00:00:15.599 --> 00:00:18.879 net through. Good morning, Good morning to you. 5 00:00:19.920 --> 00:00:25.160 Why Chris, Yes, good job, buddy, thank you, I man. Yes, 6 00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:28.719 everybody's second favorite segment. No, it's not true. 7 00:00:28.719 --> 00:00:31.000 It is. It is true. You just made it right 8 00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:31.800 here in the middle of the way. 9 00:00:31.960 --> 00:00:34.840 I want to welcome everybody to the Bible guys and 10 00:00:34.880 --> 00:00:36.399 wish them a good morning, even if. 11 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:37.280 You're listening in the evening. 12 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:37.719 That's right. 13 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:40.960 And apparently that song must be beyond its copy right 14 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:42.600 now because YouTube keep letting it play. 15 00:00:43.359 --> 00:00:46.320 Well, you know why, because it doesn't like it doesn't 16 00:00:47.240 --> 00:00:47.799 that's true. 17 00:00:48.200 --> 00:00:53.920 But it doesn't recognize my singing as the song, right 18 00:00:53.920 --> 00:00:54.479 because you could. 19 00:00:54.520 --> 00:00:54.840 You could. 20 00:00:54.920 --> 00:00:58.920 You could sing a famous song acapella with no instrumentation, 21 00:00:59.079 --> 00:01:00.320 and it doesn't recognize. 22 00:00:59.920 --> 00:01:00.280 It, right. 23 00:01:00.679 --> 00:01:03.280 I think it does. It's smart, but anyways, we're not 24 00:01:03.320 --> 00:01:04.599 in trouble for it. So that's good news. 25 00:01:05.480 --> 00:01:07.680 Advice. Sing a famous song right now YouTube. 26 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:08.599 My kick is of might. 27 00:01:08.959 --> 00:01:12.480 Yeah you can, what if I do a terrible job karaoke? 28 00:01:14.239 --> 00:01:16.719 So so, by the way, this is what's really kind 29 00:01:16.719 --> 00:01:19.280 of interesting about this. We're doing a social media minute today. Yes, 30 00:01:19.319 --> 00:01:21.359 people send us messages all the time, all the time, 31 00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:23.280 and we're so happy about it. And Desiree just kind 32 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:25.519 of curates those and then sends them to us, which 33 00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:26.920 it says, Hey, read these guys. 34 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:28.959 Which is a great invitation to say, we would love 35 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:29.599 to hear from you. 36 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:32.439 Well, it's because we love our listeners. We appreciate the 37 00:01:32.439 --> 00:01:34.519 fact that people are taking time with us and so. 38 00:01:34.519 --> 00:01:37.040 And even we the fact that people even listen. 39 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:38.120 So Chris listen to this. 40 00:01:38.280 --> 00:01:40.840 Yes, Steve O, Steve Oh, which by the way, is 41 00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:42.760 not Steve O, it's Steve Oh. 42 00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:46.799 And Johnny En or Joni jony En, Yes, and Ben 43 00:01:46.959 --> 00:01:51.400 v all cost messages today. Yes, Joni En said, I 44 00:01:51.439 --> 00:01:55.200 love Jeff's reaction to Chris singing good morning every time 45 00:01:55.239 --> 00:01:56.280 he does it, which, by the. 46 00:01:56.200 --> 00:01:57.079 Way, is very nice. 47 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:01.239 Yeah, which you're always very complimentary, well very supportive of me. 48 00:02:01.359 --> 00:02:01.599 Jeff. 49 00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:04.959 Well, you know, if the ministry doesn't work out, maybe 50 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:07.719 you can go into a career of singing jingles or something, hey, 51 00:02:08.199 --> 00:02:08.800 or show tunes. 52 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:09.919 You even said last. 53 00:02:10.199 --> 00:02:13.439 You even said last, guys, You're like you're like all 54 00:02:13.439 --> 00:02:15.919 your talents are what being good looking? Yeah? 55 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:19.719 Yeah, that was yep, that was It was a lapse 56 00:02:19.759 --> 00:02:20.199 of judgment. 57 00:02:20.960 --> 00:02:22.960 Judgment. Pity is a pity thing. 58 00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:27.919 Yeah okay, And then Steve O says this, the real 59 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:31.680 question is when will Pastor Jeff sing good good morning? 60 00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:33.919 So I can't. I can't do it better than you 61 00:02:33.960 --> 00:02:34.159 do it. 62 00:02:34.199 --> 00:02:36.120 When will Pastor Jeff sing the good morning? You can't. 63 00:02:36.199 --> 00:02:39.280 That's your thing, man, so I can't steal it from you. 64 00:02:39.400 --> 00:02:39.639 Jeff. 65 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:40.159 Here's the thing. 66 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:42.759 There are other people who sought me in the lobby 67 00:02:42.800 --> 00:02:44.719 of our church who have said, a kid, you not, 68 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:46.439 who have said the same thing I know. 69 00:02:46.919 --> 00:02:48.000 And then here's what they all say. 70 00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:51.280 They said, they say, Jeff could actually sing right, and 71 00:02:51.319 --> 00:02:51.879 by the way. 72 00:02:51.919 --> 00:02:55.719 You sing that, no, you sing great, No good thing. 73 00:02:56.080 --> 00:02:58.439 I have a rap, Yes, I know, that's what makes 74 00:02:58.439 --> 00:02:58.960 it so cool? 75 00:02:59.080 --> 00:03:00.599 No, you had. 76 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:03.400 You had a cool factor to the singing good morning 77 00:03:03.719 --> 00:03:04.639 better than anybody. 78 00:03:04.879 --> 00:03:07.879 Hey, moment more. 79 00:03:08.599 --> 00:03:12.560 Yeah, No, that's not what that is not what happens. 80 00:03:12.639 --> 00:03:13.800 That needs to be a new segment. 81 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:15.680 That needs me, a new segment where we make you 82 00:03:15.719 --> 00:03:19.560 sing with all kinds of different styles. 83 00:03:19.280 --> 00:03:21.680 So hey, at least give it. 84 00:03:22.439 --> 00:03:23.840 Give them. 85 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:25.560 I'm not going to do it. 86 00:03:25.719 --> 00:03:31.000 Just the first line, Steve. O. No, come Steve, here's 87 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:33.520 the Jeff. I'm not gonna do it. I'm not gonna 88 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:36.919 do it. This is this is that thing that you 89 00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:41.039 and I talked about before. I have an iron will. Absolutely, 90 00:03:41.439 --> 00:03:42.879 you're gonna waste like minutes. 91 00:03:44.759 --> 00:03:48.039 Come on, man, Nope, I'm not going to do it. 92 00:03:48.960 --> 00:03:49.840 Oh man. 93 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:53.599 So thank you, Steve, but I cannot. I can't take 94 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:54.599 Chris's song from you. 95 00:03:54.520 --> 00:03:56.919 You can't infringe a podcast. 96 00:03:56.520 --> 00:03:56.960 That's right. 97 00:03:57.520 --> 00:03:59.919 Listen, listen. Chris doesn't have much going for him in 98 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:01.879 his life. That's true, so we need to give him this. 99 00:04:01.960 --> 00:04:08.719 That is true. You are you to take that away 100 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:09.319 from me too? 101 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:10.919 Yeah, that's right. That's right. 102 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:13.520 So you already took away your name be coming first. 103 00:04:13.800 --> 00:04:15.840 It's the Baba guys with Jeff and Chris. 104 00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:17.720 Yeah, you took it. 105 00:04:17.800 --> 00:04:21.680 You took it, Yeah, because somebody had to take it. 106 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:23.199 Taking it or well, I think it was just a 107 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:24.399 logo thing. 108 00:04:25.199 --> 00:04:29.040 Actually, I think it reads better with Jeff with Chris Chris. 109 00:04:29.079 --> 00:04:30.399 Jeff and Chris Chris. 110 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:32.319 Feels like it's a tag on at the end. Better. 111 00:04:32.399 --> 00:04:33.759 No, it's the exclamation point. 112 00:04:35.040 --> 00:04:39.519 Chris, Jeff and Chris. It's the guys, you know, with 113 00:04:39.639 --> 00:04:40.680 Jeff and Chris. 114 00:04:41.079 --> 00:04:44.360 Yeah. Reads it just kind of squeezed me the and 115 00:04:44.360 --> 00:04:47.199 then here you go. Ben V says, Hi, Ben, Hi, Ben, 116 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:50.639 a great episode again today, Fellas which one was he 117 00:04:50.720 --> 00:04:51.120 listening to? 118 00:04:52.120 --> 00:04:52.519 I don't know. 119 00:04:54.319 --> 00:04:56.399 You answered all my questions before the end of the 120 00:04:56.399 --> 00:05:02.279 discussion today, all of his life's questions he's ever had 121 00:05:02.319 --> 00:05:06.959 in life. That's answer meaning, uh, talking about a thorough 122 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:09.800 show man. We should go find that episode and like 123 00:05:09.839 --> 00:05:11.160 put some money behind it, promote it. 124 00:05:11.720 --> 00:05:14.439 Have all your questions answered, just like ben V. 125 00:05:15.279 --> 00:05:18.040 I'm pretty certain he was meaning questions about the passages of. 126 00:05:17.959 --> 00:05:18.720 All that day. 127 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:22.319 That the question that came across that Jeff, Okay, I'm 128 00:05:22.319 --> 00:05:24.800 grateful for how you guys break the stuff down. Just 129 00:05:24.839 --> 00:05:26.600 wanted to drop you a comment and let you know 130 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:30.040 yet again, I appreciate you guys. Have a good day, 131 00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:30.639 ben V. 132 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:31.839 We appreciate you. 133 00:05:31.959 --> 00:05:33.240 Yeah, for sure, it's right. 134 00:05:33.480 --> 00:05:36.600 And so once again, you can send us any email 135 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:40.720 at info at the Bible guys dot com, or you 136 00:05:40.759 --> 00:05:44.720 can you know, comment on any of our YouTube things 137 00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:46.720 or is there another way to reach out. 138 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:50.240 So in the in the like, if you're listening on 139 00:05:50.279 --> 00:05:52.600 a podcast, you can always once you've listened a few 140 00:05:52.600 --> 00:05:55.839 of the podcasts, you can leave comments on the show. 141 00:05:56.000 --> 00:05:57.959 You can rate the show, give us five stars. If 142 00:05:57.959 --> 00:05:59.279 you're going to rate it for anything less than that, 143 00:05:59.319 --> 00:06:01.360 then go do it on. 144 00:06:01.319 --> 00:06:04.160 Somebody else than right. That's all. That's the only thing 145 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:07.360 we accept. We're sorry, it doesn't accept anything else other 146 00:06:07.399 --> 00:06:07.759 than five. 147 00:06:07.800 --> 00:06:10.160 Every Uber driver says the same thing. That's right, So 148 00:06:10.279 --> 00:06:11.600 would you please give me five stars? 149 00:06:11.680 --> 00:06:12.759 Yeah, so that was amazing. 150 00:06:12.920 --> 00:06:14.560 I got excited there for a minute thinking if we 151 00:06:14.560 --> 00:06:18.600 could figure out what episode Ben v watched, we could promote. 152 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:19.240 It to people. 153 00:06:19.480 --> 00:06:22.759 Yeah, this is this is this is the one podcast 154 00:06:22.800 --> 00:06:24.399 to answer all your questions. 155 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:25.879 You know that lawyer in your head. 156 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:29.879 It's broken on that one. It's a little anyways, thank 157 00:06:29.920 --> 00:06:32.680 you Ben and Joni and Steve. 158 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:33.720 Yes, for sure. 159 00:06:33.879 --> 00:06:34.360 How great. 160 00:06:34.519 --> 00:06:36.879 Yeah, and by the way, thank you for again. We 161 00:06:37.199 --> 00:06:38.160 are sincere when we say. 162 00:06:38.120 --> 00:06:44.439 This, good morning, good morning. Hey, he did it. There 163 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:44.639 you go. 164 00:06:46.279 --> 00:06:49.480 I'm almost happy with that. Almost there you go. That's it. 165 00:06:49.519 --> 00:06:51.160 That's the friends we're going. I don't want to steal 166 00:06:51.720 --> 00:06:53.600 I don't well I can't. I can't steal it. 167 00:06:53.839 --> 00:06:55.839 You like this, You're like I was whispering on it 168 00:06:55.879 --> 00:06:56.639 because this is in my head. 169 00:06:57.680 --> 00:06:58.560 I want to be like you. 170 00:06:59.319 --> 00:07:03.560 I want to be I am so envious. Wow of 171 00:07:04.079 --> 00:07:04.800 your skill sets. 172 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:05.240 I'll give them. 173 00:07:05.279 --> 00:07:08.959 We're boots today. But hey, so no, I was just 174 00:07:08.959 --> 00:07:11.600 going to say, we really truly are appreciative of our 175 00:07:11.639 --> 00:07:16.279 listeners and if we can help in any way, uh, 176 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:19.199 you know, if there's constructive criticism or suggestions, you know, 177 00:07:20.879 --> 00:07:23.959 you know, uh, then yeah, we would. 178 00:07:23.800 --> 00:07:24.360 Love to hear from you. 179 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:27.160 Yeah, that's great, constructive's criticisms to give. Hey, guys, don't 180 00:07:27.160 --> 00:07:31.920 spend seven minutes horsing around like that. Yeah, talking about 181 00:07:31.959 --> 00:07:37.480 constructive criticism. Oh, God had already sent this message to 182 00:07:37.639 --> 00:07:43.839 Ammon and Moab and Gaza and the Philistines and Damascus, 183 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:47.279 and now he's turning the page and he's continuing and 184 00:07:48.079 --> 00:07:51.000 giving constructive criticism to both Judah and Israel. 185 00:07:51.199 --> 00:07:54.759 Would I would definitely call it a level above construction criticism. 186 00:07:55.120 --> 00:07:56.480 Well, I'm just trying to make that transition. 187 00:07:57.000 --> 00:08:00.360 Yeah, okay, So yesterday we ended in Amos after two 188 00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:03.240 verse three, and then it continues in verse four. This 189 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:05.480 is what the Lord says, the people of Judah have 190 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:08.959 sinned again and again. Remember that that's the phrase on 191 00:08:09.040 --> 00:08:11.319 all these They've sinned again and again, and I. 192 00:08:11.279 --> 00:08:12.800 Will not let them go unpunished. 193 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:13.600 Phrase. 194 00:08:13.720 --> 00:08:16.079 They have rejected the instruction of the Lord, refusing to 195 00:08:16.079 --> 00:08:18.240 obey his decrease. They have been led astray by the 196 00:08:18.279 --> 00:08:21.759 same lives that destived their ancestors. So I will send 197 00:08:21.800 --> 00:08:24.480 down fire on Judah, and all the fortresses of Jerusalem 198 00:08:24.519 --> 00:08:26.920 will be destroyed. This is what the Lord says. The 199 00:08:26.920 --> 00:08:28.680 people of Israel have sinned again and again, and I 200 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:32.000 will not let them go unpunished. They sell honorable people 201 00:08:32.039 --> 00:08:34.399 for silver, and poor people for a pair of sandals. 202 00:08:34.799 --> 00:08:37.000 They trample helpless people in the dust and shove the 203 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:39.639 oppressed out of the way. Both father and sons sleep 204 00:08:39.679 --> 00:08:42.320 with the same woman, crepting My Holy name. At their 205 00:08:42.320 --> 00:08:45.080 religious festivals, they lounge in clothing their debtors put up 206 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:47.679 as security, and the house of their gods. They drink 207 00:08:47.720 --> 00:08:51.799 wine bought with unjust fines. But as my people watched, 208 00:08:51.840 --> 00:08:54.399 I destroyed the Amorites. Though they were as tall as 209 00:08:54.399 --> 00:08:56.879 cedars and as strong as oaks, I destroyed the fruit 210 00:08:56.879 --> 00:08:59.200 on their branches and dug out their roots. It was 211 00:08:59.279 --> 00:09:01.320 I who rescue you from Egypt and led you through 212 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:03.480 the desert for forty years so you could possess the 213 00:09:03.559 --> 00:09:06.200 land of the Amirites. I chose some of your sons 214 00:09:06.200 --> 00:09:08.720 to be Prophets and others to be Nazarites. Can you 215 00:09:08.759 --> 00:09:11.799 deny this, my people of Israel, ask the Lord. But 216 00:09:11.840 --> 00:09:14.200 you cause the Nazarites to sin by making them drink wine, 217 00:09:14.200 --> 00:09:17.720 and you commanded the prophets shut up. So I will 218 00:09:17.720 --> 00:09:20.600 make you grown like a wagon loaded down with sheaves 219 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:23.360 of grain. Your fastest runners will not get away. The 220 00:09:23.399 --> 00:09:26.519 strongest among you will become weak. Even mighty warriors will 221 00:09:26.519 --> 00:09:29.279 be able unable to save themselves. The archers will not 222 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:31.840 stand their ground, The swiftest runners won't be fast enough 223 00:09:31.879 --> 00:09:34.360 to escape. Even those riding horses won't be able to 224 00:09:34.360 --> 00:09:37.200 save themselves. On that day, the most courageous of your 225 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:39.600 fighting men will drop their weapons and run for their lives, 226 00:09:39.600 --> 00:09:40.200 says the Lord. 227 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:44.279 Wow, he's not messing around, even on that most courageous 228 00:09:44.600 --> 00:09:47.159 On that day, the most courageous. 229 00:09:46.639 --> 00:09:48.360 Of your fighting men will drop their weapons and run 230 00:09:48.360 --> 00:09:48.840 for their lives. 231 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:51.159 That's right, God's not messing around. 232 00:09:50.919 --> 00:09:52.039 No, for sure, he's not. 233 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:56.399 And you know it's this thing that you mentioned yesterday, 234 00:09:56.399 --> 00:10:00.279 which is you know, when judgment comes on other people. Uh, 235 00:10:00.320 --> 00:10:03.120 you know, it's it's one thing, but then all of 236 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:07.039 a sudden, that same judgment comes back, and now it's 237 00:10:07.080 --> 00:10:10.840 on Judah and Israel and those are the two you know, 238 00:10:10.960 --> 00:10:14.200 parties that make up the once united Israel that's not divided. 239 00:10:14.759 --> 00:10:17.120 And uh and and by the way, there's a sermon in. 240 00:10:17.120 --> 00:10:23.159 There right off the bat, because doesn't Jesus say, first, 241 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:26.799 take the wooden plank out of your own eye before 242 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:29.679 you try to remove this speck out of somebody else's eye. 243 00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:32.919 And and uh so, uh my, our good friend Dave 244 00:10:32.960 --> 00:10:35.320 Wilson wrote a song about that, and it's called log Eye. 245 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:37.200 He's like log Guy. 246 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:39.960 It was really funny, you know, just this guy walking 247 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:42.360 around with this big wooden plank out of his eye 248 00:10:42.600 --> 00:10:46.320 and uh and it really is that way. Yesterday we 249 00:10:46.399 --> 00:10:48.759 actually uh you know, it was a couple of days 250 00:10:48.759 --> 00:10:51.399 ago on on our weekend service at a church that 251 00:10:51.440 --> 00:10:54.919 we serve a called Heritage, we talked about, uh, this 252 00:10:55.039 --> 00:10:59.240 idea of like rules and and uh, you know, the 253 00:10:59.240 --> 00:11:01.919 commandments and the Bible and different things like this. And 254 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:07.000 there are times where there are just certain people who 255 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:11.799 love to impose rules on other people. But don't take 256 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:15.879 the time to let those rules. You know, they don't 257 00:11:15.919 --> 00:11:18.279 reflect on the rules in their own lives, right, right, 258 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:21.600 And you know, the Bible says, hey, that's if the 259 00:11:21.720 --> 00:11:23.480 rules from God, if we want God to be just, 260 00:11:23.559 --> 00:11:25.440 and we want God to be fair and got to 261 00:11:25.480 --> 00:11:27.759 be merciful and all those other things, then they apply 262 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:28.600 to us as well. 263 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:31.679 So it's interesting. 264 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:37.200 You know, I mentioned yesterday how enthusiastic Israel and Judah 265 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:40.320 must have been as Amos was proclaiming all these judgments 266 00:11:40.320 --> 00:11:44.200 from God on the enemies, right. And there's a note 267 00:11:44.279 --> 00:11:49.039 here that says Amos pronounced God's judgment on nation after 268 00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:52.600 nation around Israel's borders, even Judah. Perhaps the people of 269 00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:55.399 Israel cheered when they heard the rebukes leveled against those nations, 270 00:11:55.440 --> 00:11:57.919 but then Amos proclaimed God's judgment on the people of Israel. 271 00:11:58.240 --> 00:12:00.559 They could not excuse their own sined us because the 272 00:12:00.559 --> 00:12:03.759 sins of their neighbors seemed worse. God judges all people 273 00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:07.279 fairly and impartially. Yeah, right, So the fact that there's 274 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:09.679 more wicked people around us doesn't justify the fact that 275 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:13.320 we're also misbehaving, right, So it's interesting to me that 276 00:12:13.720 --> 00:12:19.320 all of these judgments are three verses long, Damascus is 277 00:12:19.360 --> 00:12:27.679 three verses, Gaza is three verses, Tire is only two verses, 278 00:12:29.200 --> 00:12:37.320 Adam is two verses, Ammin is three verses. Moab is 279 00:12:37.639 --> 00:12:43.240 three verses. Right, Israel is two verses. I mean, Judah 280 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:47.399 is two verses. But then Israel gets from six to sixteen, 281 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:50.919 they get ten verses. Wow, right, but then look at 282 00:12:50.919 --> 00:12:54.279 what he does here. So hey, we talked about it yesterday. Moab, 283 00:12:55.639 --> 00:13:00.000 you know, hacking pregnant women, you know, horrible stuff, horrible stuff. 284 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:02.799 Thenk God comes to Israel and he goes, let me 285 00:13:02.840 --> 00:13:06.399 talk to you people. You've got some issues selling the 286 00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:08.879 poorest slaves. Well, he mentioned slavery in one of the 287 00:13:08.960 --> 00:13:13.159 other ones, right, so justice against it. Exploiting the poor. 288 00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:16.159 This is sinful, by the way, God had already said 289 00:13:16.159 --> 00:13:20.559 in Deuteronomy fifteen and an Amus eight, don't sell people. Right, 290 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:26.039 then in Exodus twenty three and in Deuteronomy sixteen, you 291 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:28.960 don't exploit the poor. God's already commanded. This isn't a secret. 292 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:32.440 It's like, oops, we accidentally exploited the poor. God told 293 00:13:32.480 --> 00:13:34.600 him don't. And the people of Israel were supposed to 294 00:13:34.639 --> 00:13:37.799 be built around God's laws. Then engaging in perverse sexual 295 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:40.080 sins over and over and over and over. God talks 296 00:13:40.120 --> 00:13:43.799 about sexual purity and Leviticus twenty specifically about the sin 297 00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:47.000 he's talking about here, husband and son, you know, abusing 298 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:50.600 the same woman and then taking illegal collateral for loans 299 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:55.240 Exodus chapter twenty two, Deuteronomy twenty four. And God is 300 00:13:55.279 --> 00:13:57.440 really specific these are the things you can do for 301 00:13:57.519 --> 00:13:59.279 collateral if somebody gives a loan. These are the things 302 00:13:59.320 --> 00:14:01.120 you can't do. And what he's talking about is is 303 00:14:01.799 --> 00:14:08.159 is shady business practices, abusive business practices, taking advantage of 304 00:14:08.200 --> 00:14:11.399 your clients, taking advantage of your customers, taking advantage of. 305 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:13.879 People in your community. God's really ticked off about that. 306 00:14:14.279 --> 00:14:17.279 And then he also comes after them with regard to 307 00:14:17.559 --> 00:14:21.000 worshiping false gods, which I mean in the Ten Commandments, 308 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:23.159 don't have any other gods before me, let alone all 309 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:24.480 the other times that God warns them. 310 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:26.159 So it's interesting. 311 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:31.039 They're not cutting pregnant women, they're not burning kings alive, 312 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:35.360 they're not doing anythings. It's just like, you know, they're 313 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:39.120 a little shady in their business. They're you know, pretty 314 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:41.879 frisky in their sexuality. 315 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:46.480 There there with what is it called with family. Yeah, 316 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:48.320 that's called in sas or whatever. 317 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:51.360 Well, it looks like it's the husband and the father 318 00:14:51.399 --> 00:14:53.879 and the son are abusing the same woman. As it 319 00:14:53.960 --> 00:14:56.799 may be kind of a gang thing there, okay, but 320 00:14:57.200 --> 00:15:00.799 the right and then there's a pressing the poor. 321 00:15:00.840 --> 00:15:02.440 But hey, business is business. Right. 322 00:15:02.840 --> 00:15:04.519 You look at theirs and you go, really, is this 323 00:15:04.600 --> 00:15:08.159 is bad? And God gives them ten verses and he's saying, 324 00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:11.159 you know better, That's what he's saying to Israel, you 325 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:13.960 know better. These other countries there are a bunch of pagans. 326 00:15:14.000 --> 00:15:16.240 Remember when when God talked about Nineveh, he said, they 327 00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:17.519 don't even know their left hand from. 328 00:15:17.399 --> 00:15:17.919 The right hand. 329 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:20.919 Right, these people, they just don't even know any better, right, 330 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:24.320 And so he gives he gives them ten verses. He 331 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:26.639 gives two and three verses to all the others places. 332 00:15:26.919 --> 00:15:28.879 He gives them ten verses. Com people, you know better, 333 00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:33.320 you have my words. And so while you might say, well, 334 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:35.559 at least we're not as bad as Moab, but. 335 00:15:36.039 --> 00:15:37.919 He goes out his way and says, can you deny this? 336 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:38.320 My people? 337 00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:41.039 A visual asks the Lord? Yeah, yeah, right, So he's 338 00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:42.320 calling them out, yeah, and. 339 00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:45.279 He's actually you know, sort of giving them a speech 340 00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:48.000 of you know, sort of shaming them, And. 341 00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:50.440 They said, don't you remember I'm the one that delivered 342 00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:52.519 you from the Amorites. Don't you remember I'm the one 343 00:15:52.559 --> 00:15:55.240 who led you out of captivity in Egypt. Don't you 344 00:15:55.240 --> 00:15:57.360 remember I'm the one that sets you up for this. 345 00:15:57.440 --> 00:16:00.080 So I gave you my laws, you're rejecting those, and 346 00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:03.360 you've forgotten who I am. Come along, people, So there 347 00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:06.720 is something about that as Christians, as godly people. Yeah, 348 00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:11.879 man alive if you know the truth. Jesus said, to 349 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:15.519 whom much is given, much is required. Right, So so 350 00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:17.279 you might look around and go, look at how bad 351 00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:19.639 my neighbor is. Well, hey, your neighbor might never have 352 00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:22.200 known God. Your neighbor might not know his left hand 353 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:24.840 from his right hand spiritually right, But you know better. 354 00:16:24.960 --> 00:16:27.120 And this is why the judgment seems stronger for them. 355 00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:29.159 It reminds me when I was in Bible College, I 356 00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:32.799 was talking with a friend who or maybe it was 357 00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:33.399 right after. 358 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:34.039 I got out of Bible College. 359 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:35.720 I was pretty young in ministry, but I was talking 360 00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:37.799 to a very good friend who was in ministry and 361 00:16:37.879 --> 00:16:41.639 he was also a pastor, and obviously he, you know, 362 00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:47.480 knows God's word pretty well, and his wife was telling 363 00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:51.080 him that she wanted to have a better marriage. And 364 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:52.840 she's like, hey, you know, we need to we need 365 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:55.919 to like pray together, we need to do these things together, 366 00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:59.039 you know, like, and she's sort of she's expressing that 367 00:16:59.120 --> 00:17:02.879 she was unhappy with the level that their marriage was at. 368 00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:06.200 And I said, well, what did you say? And this 369 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:10.440 guy said to me, he goes, well, he goes, you know, 370 00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:12.319 you know the way that we both grew up, because 371 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:14.200 you know, I knew him from a long time. He goes, 372 00:17:14.359 --> 00:17:15.759 you know, you know, we grew up the same way. 373 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:16.200 He goes. 374 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:19.119 I looked at her and said, hey, I don't yell 375 00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:20.640 at you. I don't beat you. 376 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:22.160 He goes, I don't. Uh. 377 00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:24.119 He goes, you know, he goes, you have it good. 378 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:27.480 I let you stay home, you don't work. He's like, 379 00:17:27.640 --> 00:17:30.559 he's like, why are you complaining? And I looked at 380 00:17:30.599 --> 00:17:34.640 him and I said, there's no way you responded that way. 381 00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:36.559 I said there's no way, and he goes, yeah, and 382 00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:39.359 I go okay. I said, so basically, here's let me recap. 383 00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:43.839 I said, your wife said I would like to strive 384 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:47.119 for the bar that God sets what every marriage should be. 385 00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:50.680 And Hey, come on, honey, let's strive to get as 386 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:53.200 close as we can to the bar that God sets 387 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:54.559 and says it's a good marriage. 388 00:17:54.319 --> 00:17:55.920 A great marriage, a great marriage. 389 00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:57.880 Let's go God's way and have a great marriage. 390 00:17:57.960 --> 00:18:01.880 Yes, and what you said, as you said, at least 391 00:18:01.920 --> 00:18:04.279 I'm not as bad as the lowest bar I could 392 00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:09.960 think of, which is which is literally abuse, right, which 393 00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:12.160 is some of the worst that you could that you 394 00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:15.000 could know. And it's like, I said, are you kidding me? 395 00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:17.480 And then he looks at me and goes, what are 396 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:20.480 you on her side? And I go, no, I'm kind 397 00:18:20.480 --> 00:18:21.480 of on God's side. 398 00:18:22.079 --> 00:18:24.799 I'm like, what are you thinking? And I sort of 399 00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:26.640 I sort of like I was sort of appalled. 400 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:31.079 But the mindset was, hey, man, like, I know I'm 401 00:18:31.119 --> 00:18:33.920