WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:04.879 You're listening to the Bible Guys, a podcast where a couple of friends talk 2 00:00:04.919 --> 00:00:12.640 about the Bible in fun, in practical ways. Well, today we're talking 3 00:00:12.679 --> 00:00:16.039 about how Jesus teaches us how to use his name in prayer. Yeah, 4 00:00:16.079 --> 00:00:20.879 which is really important. Absolutely, Yeah, you're in the Bible in all 5 00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:24.399 just for the Bible guys, we thought we'd talk about it. Well, 6 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:27.039 it's really because I said it's really important and you're like, well, it's 7 00:00:27.039 --> 00:00:30.399 in the Bible, meaning everything in the Bible is important, Chris is how 8 00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:33.960 I read? So I think that, which is really And the podcasts, 9 00:00:34.039 --> 00:00:37.119 you know, got the Bible name. Yeah, in the name, yeah, 10 00:00:37.359 --> 00:00:40.439 of course. Sure. Well hey, just in case you're wondering, 11 00:00:41.039 --> 00:00:45.719 we love giving the best news, only the best news, the finest sources. 12 00:00:45.920 --> 00:00:49.119 Yes, and so we always introduced the Babylon B in this way because 13 00:00:49.799 --> 00:00:54.079 Babylon B. This is actually one of my favorite segments. Every single time 14 00:00:54.240 --> 00:00:57.560 that we go through one of these, I just think it is so funny. 15 00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:00.600 Yep, to have like a sophisticated here where they write it like it's 16 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:04.280 a real article, which is really funny for me. Well, today it 17 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:08.640 says I think I can literally hear like Tom Brokaw reading this or whatever, 18 00:01:08.799 --> 00:01:15.239 right, And I love Today's because I'm a big Disney guy. I love 19 00:01:15.319 --> 00:01:18.480 going for the experience, and I love a lot of things Disney does or 20 00:01:18.519 --> 00:01:23.040 stands for, especially recently. But I do like Disney and all the characters 21 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:26.079 and all that. So anyway, this is how the headline reads. It 22 00:01:26.120 --> 00:01:32.400 says local dad sues Disneyland for misleading happiest place on Earth advertising. This takes 23 00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:36.319 place in Anaheim, California. Local father Daxton Colt, has fought a lawsuit 24 00:01:36.319 --> 00:01:40.799 against Disneyland after discovering it was not, in fact the happiest place on Earth. 25 00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:42.879 Oh nope, this is definitely not the happiest place I have ever felt, 26 00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:47.359 not even close, says Colt, surveying his surroundings. This isn't even 27 00:01:47.359 --> 00:01:51.640 the happiest place in Anaheim. I felt much much happier at Tony's Delhi just 28 00:01:51.719 --> 00:01:57.959 yesterday after eating a Ruben sandwich. False advertising It's so funny cult reportedly became 29 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:01.040 suspicious that disney Land was not actually the happiest place on Earth shortly after arriving 30 00:02:01.079 --> 00:02:05.640 at the gates. These people look like they're having a decent time at best, 31 00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:07.400 muttered cold cheesh. I don't even like to look at the looks of 32 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:12.039 these lines. I don't see us getting through attractions very efficiently. And I'm 33 00:02:12.039 --> 00:02:15.400 going to have an open mind, but I'm skeptical. He's like, he's 34 00:02:15.439 --> 00:02:21.400 really booving this slogan right. Unfortunately, Cold Spears were proved soon proved well 35 00:02:21.439 --> 00:02:24.919 founded, as beyond a few minor amusements, the park just suddenly did not 36 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:30.240 live up to its billing. Happiest place on Earth. I only felt slightly 37 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:32.919 but mediocre, says Cold. I'm sorry, but medieval Times is far, 38 00:02:34.039 --> 00:02:38.680 far happier, he says. Fresh turkey legs I can eat with my hands 39 00:02:38.759 --> 00:02:44.000 while watching nerds jous the more joyful. I'm calling a lawyer, calling a 40 00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:47.520 lawyer that publishing time, Cold had been spotted wearing a crown, drinking ale 41 00:02:47.800 --> 00:02:52.120 and shouting at a Disneyland employee to pick up a sword and fight like a 42 00:02:52.199 --> 00:02:58.879 man. It's so good. That's really good. You know, that's hysterical. 43 00:02:59.039 --> 00:03:01.560 So we actually abandoned Christmas. We did Christmas at the Cranks this year, 44 00:03:02.039 --> 00:03:07.000 and so my family, after all of our Christmas services, we actually 45 00:03:07.120 --> 00:03:12.719 flew on Christmas Day down to Disney and we only did Disney one day. 46 00:03:12.800 --> 00:03:20.000 We did Universal one day. But would you have guessed that flying on Christmas 47 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:23.280 would be busier or not busier? I would have thought it would be not 48 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:28.879 busier. Every single seat was full. Wow. It was extremely busy. 49 00:03:28.960 --> 00:03:31.199 Wow, And I thought, what in the world, man? But it 50 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:35.960 sure was. But when I was there, though, I sort of felt 51 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:39.039 that way because apparently everybody gets the idea. So we went the day after 52 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:44.840 Christmas. We went the next day, so December twenty sixth. It was 53 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:47.879 so packed. It was hard to be happy. Man. I loved it, 54 00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:51.240 but it was really hard to be happy. Hard to be happy. 55 00:03:51.479 --> 00:03:53.560 Yeah, I've only been to Disney twice in your whole life. Yeah. 56 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:57.560 One time when I was a kid and one time with our kids. Yeah, 57 00:03:57.639 --> 00:04:00.919 that was it. Yeah. Anytimes you've been the Didyney, Disney World 58 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:15.959 or Disneyland, Disney Disney parks, yes, either park realistically twenty twenty times 59 00:04:15.959 --> 00:04:20.079 probably twenty. Wow. Well, mister Disney, thanks you for almost single 60 00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:25.120 handedly funding his empire there, Yeah, no kidding, that's good for you. 61 00:04:25.199 --> 00:04:28.319 Well you know you know why though, because you love it. Well, 62 00:04:28.519 --> 00:04:30.839 here's the thing that's the happiest place on her I can't I can't financially 63 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:34.399 just bring all my kids down. I've only done that twice in my whole 64 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:39.040 life. Okay, so what ended up happening was we at my previous church, 65 00:04:39.079 --> 00:04:41.720 we had a campus in Orlando. Oh huh. So what happens is 66 00:04:41.800 --> 00:04:44.720 they would say, come speak and we'll pay for it. And then he 67 00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:47.160 had friends who worked at Disney who would give us free tickets. So what 68 00:04:47.199 --> 00:04:50.639 I would do is I would actually just choose one child and I'd say, 69 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:54.199 hey, let's go down to Disney, and I would take that one kid, 70 00:04:54.480 --> 00:04:57.079 and then the next time i'd speak in Orlando, I would take another 71 00:04:57.160 --> 00:05:00.120 kid. It sounds like a pretty slick way for you to go lots and 72 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:01.920 lots of times. Yeah. Well, you know how sometimes sometimes when you 73 00:05:01.920 --> 00:05:04.800 speaking to church, they'll give you like a little bit of an honorarium. 74 00:05:05.240 --> 00:05:09.240 So what I would do is I would forego my honorarium and I would say, 75 00:05:09.240 --> 00:05:11.240 hey, don't pay me anything, but if you can hook me up 76 00:05:11.279 --> 00:05:14.920 with a free ticket. Well he loved that because it was just favors as 77 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:17.319 opposed to financial right. So it was a win win for all of us, 78 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:20.519 which is the only reason why I've been like each of your kids have 79 00:05:20.600 --> 00:05:25.199 gone like three times, but you've gone twenty times. That's pretty good for 80 00:05:25.240 --> 00:05:30.120 you, Chris. Yeah, I see what you're doing there. Hey, 81 00:05:30.199 --> 00:05:33.720 kids, you want to go to Disney again. But you could argue, 82 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:36.600 you could argue if it one for me, nobody would nobody would have gone. 83 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:40.439 That's right, that's right. So yeah, no, I'm joking. 84 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:44.279 Good for you. Yeah, so are you an agreement with Dexton Cold? 85 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:48.160 It's not the happiest place Center. There was one time where I was like 86 00:05:48.240 --> 00:05:54.600 literally watching at nighttime this this parade that went through, and it was so 87 00:05:54.959 --> 00:05:59.399 unbelievably joyful for me that you know, I always get emotional, always cry 88 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:02.439 right tears in my eyes. I looked over my wife in the moment as 89 00:06:02.480 --> 00:06:06.120 like Cinderella is waving, and I looked and I was I was a Memphis 90 00:06:06.120 --> 00:06:10.120 statement with my whole heart. I go, I really think this is the 91 00:06:10.120 --> 00:06:15.000 happiest place on earth. One time you peaked, you peaked waving at Cinderella. 92 00:06:15.319 --> 00:06:19.959 I'm I'm the happiest moment of you know, your kids being born almost 93 00:06:19.959 --> 00:06:24.439 as good as Cinderella waving at you. I'm not talking about me, I'm 94 00:06:24.439 --> 00:06:28.079 talking about everybody else, everybody around everybody. Yeah, I keep forgetting year 95 00:06:28.120 --> 00:06:30.759 on behalf of all the rest of us. I'm not kidding. Yeah, 96 00:06:30.800 --> 00:06:33.040 that's why I said it. I was looking at the joy of every everybody, 97 00:06:33.199 --> 00:06:36.199 thousands of kids through tears in your eyes, and I'm like and I'm 98 00:06:36.199 --> 00:06:40.680 like, this is unbelievable, through tears in my eyes. You know what 99 00:06:40.720 --> 00:06:46.360 you stink? You stink to come over this table, I'm smack in the 100 00:06:46.399 --> 00:06:53.160 back of the head. Okay, that's great, I'd love it. That's 101 00:06:53.199 --> 00:06:56.839 so funny. Okay, well, hey, just keep your ear to the 102 00:06:56.879 --> 00:06:59.959 ground. Maybe there's gonna be a class action lawsuit. Yeah, not just 103 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:03.519 Colton or Dax and Colt, but maybe maybe it'll turn into like everybody who 104 00:07:03.560 --> 00:07:06.439 can sign on and say it's not the happiest place on earth and then yeah, 105 00:07:06.439 --> 00:07:10.480 maybe maybe get some of those gate Gate fees back. Well, I'll 106 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:13.800 tell you what. Those fast passes you've paid fits the couse of Disney are 107 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:19.519 ridiculous. So okay, So anyways, we set all that to say only 108 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:23.000 the finest news for our listeners. That's that's what we're trying to do, 109 00:07:23.199 --> 00:07:30.360 right, A little fun Okay, Hey, we're going to give you a 110 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:34.319 mission project to do would you like us follow us on Facebook? And would 111 00:07:34.360 --> 00:07:38.160 you then share us on Facebook with all of your friends and family, because 112 00:07:38.160 --> 00:07:41.199 we know Facebook needs Jesus. Facebook needs a little bit of the Bible, 113 00:07:41.199 --> 00:07:47.120 guys, So make sure you do that today. So Jesus teaches us about 114 00:07:47.199 --> 00:07:53.240 using his name in prayer in John chapter sixteen. So remember Jesus is walking 115 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:57.560 with his disciples to the guard Niggassemone from the upper room. And so each 116 00:07:57.600 --> 00:08:01.000 of these days, for the last several days, has been Jesus continuing with 117 00:08:01.399 --> 00:08:09.480 like, have you ever watched a movie like a disaster? Yes, you 118 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:11.120 watched that movie. It doesn't matter. I just say, have you watched 119 00:08:11.160 --> 00:08:15.920 the Yes? I have, so any disaster kind of movie. Parents are 120 00:08:15.959 --> 00:08:18.439 talking to their kids, or a husband's talking to his wife. Listen, 121 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:20.920 if anything happens, you got to do this and do this and do this 122 00:08:20.959 --> 00:08:26.040 and meet me here, right. That's kind of the conversation that's happening here 123 00:08:26.160 --> 00:08:28.680 because they don't know you're gonna find out right now in this reading. They 124 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:31.799 don't know that Jesus about ready to be arrested, right right. They don't 125 00:08:31.840 --> 00:08:35.440 realize what's happening, right, And so as they're walking, she's like oh, 126 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:37.399 and I'm gonna send the Holy Spirit, and don't worry, they're gonna 127 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:39.039 persecute you. But that's what was gonna happen. And right, he's kind 128 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:41.799 of giving them this laundry list of things. Ohan, just go upstairs, 129 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:45.000 lock the door, get out of the bed, and don't say a word 130 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:48.279 for anything. That's right. That's right. He literally told them in one 131 00:08:48.279 --> 00:08:50.919 of the other days, he says, I want you to go to Galilee 132 00:08:50.919 --> 00:08:54.120 and wait for me. Right, So it's just that's what happens. Anyways, 133 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:58.240 if you think of all of these days that we've been reading, as 134 00:08:58.399 --> 00:09:03.799 one common of him saying, Hey, disaster's coming, and don't forget these 135 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:07.600 things. So he says in John sixteen, verse sixteen, in a little 136 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:11.240 while, you won't see an see me anymore, but a little while after 137 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:15.399 that you will see me again a little foreshadow. Yes, some of the 138 00:09:15.440 --> 00:09:16.720 disciples ask each other what does he mean when he says, in a little 139 00:09:16.720 --> 00:09:20.559 while, you won't see me, but then you will see me. And 140 00:09:20.080 --> 00:09:24.120 I'm going to the Father. What does he mean by a little while? 141 00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:28.080 We don't understand. Jesus realized they wanted to ask him about it, so 142 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:30.960 he said, are you asking yourselves what I meant. I said, in 143 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:33.399 a little while you won't see me. But a little while after that you 144 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:37.159 will see me again. I tell you the truth. You will weep and 145 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:41.000 mourn over what is going to happen to me, but the world will rejoice. 146 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:43.840 You will grieve, but your grief will suddenly be turned to wonderful joy. 147 00:09:45.080 --> 00:09:48.360 It'll be like a woman suffering the pains of labor when her child is 148 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:50.960 born. Her anguish gives way to joy because she has brought a new baby 149 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:54.200 into the world. So you have sorrow now, But I will see you 150 00:09:54.240 --> 00:09:58.120 again, and then you will rejoice, and no one can rob you of 151 00:09:58.159 --> 00:10:01.360 that joy. At that time, you won't need to ask me for anything. 152 00:10:01.679 --> 00:10:03.879 I tell you the truth. You will ask the Father directly, and 153 00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:07.639 he will grant your request because you use my name. You haven't done this 154 00:10:07.679 --> 00:10:11.240 before. Ask using my name, and you will receive, and you will 155 00:10:11.279 --> 00:10:16.039 have abundant joy. I have spoken of these matters and figures of speech, 156 00:10:16.080 --> 00:10:18.559 but soon I will stop speaking figuratively, will tell you plainly all about the 157 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:22.240 Father. Then you will ask in my name. I'm not saying I will 158 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:24.559 ask the Father on your behalf. For the Father himself loves you dearly, 159 00:10:24.639 --> 00:10:28.039 because you love me and believe that I came from God. Yes, I 160 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:31.279 came from the Father into the world, and now I leave the world and 161 00:10:31.320 --> 00:10:35.480 return to the Father. Then his disciples said, at last, you're speaking 162 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:39.480 plainly and not figuratively. Now we understand that you know everything, and there's 163 00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:43.519 no need to question you. From this. We believe that you came from 164 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:46.919 God. Jesus asked, do you finally believe? But the time is coming. 165 00:10:46.919 --> 00:10:48.919 Indeed, it's here now when you will be scattered, each one going 166 00:10:48.919 --> 00:10:54.000 his own way, leaving me alone. Yet I am not alone because the 167 00:10:54.039 --> 00:10:56.200 Father is with me. I have told you all this so that you may 168 00:10:56.200 --> 00:11:00.519 have peace in me. Here on earth. You will have many trials sorrows, 169 00:11:00.799 --> 00:11:05.360 but take heart, because I've overcome the world. Such a great good 170 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:07.960 phrase right there, right, it's a motto for all of us, isn't 171 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:13.080 it. Yep, that's it. Yeah. So I love how Jesus realized 172 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:16.639 they wanted to ask him about it, and he knew exactly what they were 173 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:22.399 thinking. Right. It doesn't say that he overheard them, but it doesn't 174 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:26.480 say he didn't either. But I often love the fact in these parts of 175 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:30.879 the scripture where Jesus knows the thoughts of the pharisees, sure, or he 176 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:33.399 knows the thoughts in this case of his disciples. Yes, and he knows 177 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:39.799 you know, all of that. And also there's not too many times where 178 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:45.960 we are given insight about why they're confused. It just says they didn't understand, 179 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:50.120 right, But in this case they actually list their reasoning. Right, 180 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:52.080 They're like, wait a minute, what does he mean in a little while, 181 00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:54.639 Because in a little while, for God, can mean in a thousand 182 00:11:54.720 --> 00:11:58.440 years, right, that's right, you know, in a little while. 183 00:11:58.519 --> 00:12:03.159 Right, they don't know. And again, just to their credit, there's 184 00:12:03.240 --> 00:12:07.120 things that Jesus says that you know, are sometimes a little hard to understand, 185 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:09.000 right, And so if you take it literal, you know, we're 186 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:13.320 able to do that because we look back at the cross and we know exactly 187 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:16.519 what happened. So we we have a tendency to judge a little bit and 188 00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:18.679 say, well, how could they have not understood exactly what he meant? 189 00:12:20.320 --> 00:12:24.679 You know? And and and but you know he was he was pretty well. 190 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:26.960 We have the luxury of being able to look back, we knew what 191 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:30.320 he We know what he meant because we know how the story is. That's 192 00:12:30.320 --> 00:12:33.279 what I mean. Yeah, but they don't understand. Yeah, but he 193 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:35.480 was. He was a little obscure about a lot of things, you know, 194 00:12:35.919 --> 00:12:37.440 and a lot of things had symbolism. And you know, well, 195 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:41.480 that's one of those last verses. Oh, finally he's going to speak plainly, 196 00:12:41.559 --> 00:12:43.639 because for the last three and a half years, I barely understand what 197 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:46.519 he's talking about. Right, it's so funny, but it is interesting. 198 00:12:46.559 --> 00:12:50.240 In a little while, you won't see any me anymore. Literally, Jesus 199 00:12:50.279 --> 00:12:54.200 is hours away from dying. Yeah, hours. Yeah, Now, he's 200 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:56.360 not days now, that's what he means by a little while. Yeah, 201 00:12:56.399 --> 00:12:58.840 yeah, he's literally in a few hours, I'm going to be executed. 202 00:13:00.039 --> 00:13:03.559 You're going to be grieving, the world will be celebrating, and you're going 203 00:13:03.639 --> 00:13:05.519 to be in your worst moment at that point. So this would be what 204 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:09.480 like Thursday night, Yeah, this would be Thursday night. Yeah. Yeah. 205 00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:16.639 And and so Jesus is going through and you know, he's he's about 206 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:20.600 to enter like they're probably not in the garden, or maybe they are in 207 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:24.679 the garden at this point. The garden besemine. Well, the very next 208 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:30.279 verse says, after saying all these things Jesus looked up to heaven. Right, 209 00:13:30.360 --> 00:13:33.679 So tomorrow we're going to be reading as he's moving, he's praying for 210 00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:37.480 his disciples. Okay, so yeah, he's very likely in the garden, 211 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:41.159 very likely in the garden. And and so yeah, let's let's talk about 212 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:48.360 this idea that Jesus says, you're going to grieve, but the world will 213 00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:52.279 rejoice. You will grieve, but suddenly your grief will turn into wonderful joy. 214 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:54.480 And then he uses comparison, which is, think about it, one 215 00:13:54.480 --> 00:14:00.159 of the best comparisons in the scripture. Oh absolutely. He says, it's 216 00:14:00.240 --> 00:14:03.480 just like a woman suffering the pains of labor when a child is born, 217 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:05.919 her anguish gives way to the joy because she's brought a new baby into the 218 00:14:05.960 --> 00:14:11.519 world. So I did a message one time called labor and delivery. And 219 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:16.559 if you think about that concept, labor and delivery, it applies to the 220 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:20.840 woman giving birth, it applies to the cross, labor and delivery, It 221 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:26.759 applies to our salvation, It applies to even obedience, right, it applies 222 00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:31.799 to our everyday lives. The concept of labor and delivery, paying now, 223 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:37.720 rewarding later. And I remember I did this message and it was solely based 224 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:41.879 on this right here, labor and delivery. And it was the idea that 225 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:48.720 God says, hey, my grace is free, but some blessings are conditional, 226 00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:54.679 right, absolutelys are most Yeah, most of God's promises are if then, 227 00:14:54.120 --> 00:14:58.320 Yeah, if my people who will call by my name will humble themselves 228 00:14:58.399 --> 00:15:01.759 and pray seek my faith, turn from the wicked ways, then I'll hear 229 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:05.200 from heaven. Right, it's those. Almost all of God's promises are if 230 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:09.639 then promises together conditional. So so the idea that God says, hey, 231 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:13.320 if you honor me in your marriage, then your marriage will be blessed like 232 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:18.600 no other. Right, if you decide to honor me by giving generously with 233 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:22.200 your finances, then you're going to experience me in a way that you wouldn't 234 00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:26.279 have experienced me otherwise. Right. If you decide to you know, do 235 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:28.039 X, Y and Z, you know, then you're going to get life 236 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:31.960 abundant. You're gonna get blessings in your life. And so it's that idea 237 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:35.960 of labor and delivery. And so anyway, I just think it's a wonderful, 238 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:41.639 wonderful concept. So every time that we find ourselves maybe saying goodness, 239 00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:46.360 gracious. Falling God is difficult, So falling God is, you know, 240 00:15:46.440 --> 00:15:48.840 sometimes a little bit challenging. And sometimes you know what, maybe it's not 241 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:52.000 challenging, it's just not what I want to do all the time. I 242 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:54.840 don't want to make the good choice all the time, you know, I 243 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:58.879 want to make the bad choice or the unhealthy choice every once in a while. 244 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:03.559 But it's it's, if you think about it, it's in a lot 245 00:16:03.559 --> 00:16:08.200 of ways, labor and delivery follows the concept of delayed gratification versus instant gratification. 246 00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:11.679 So we all know what it means to resist that bite of dessert, 247 00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:15.240 you know, of the chocolate cake, so that we can look better in 248 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:18.000 the dress later, or in the suit later, in the shirt, right. 249 00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:22.440 We all know what it's like to put put something away in savings now 250 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:27.399 so that we can benefit later. You know, it's it's it's a delayed 251 00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:32.960 gratification versus instant gratify. So, ladies, when you're having a when you're 252 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:37.639 in labor and all the labor pains and you're pushing at that moment, in 253 00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:44.200 Chris's expert opinion, that's just delayed gratification. When you finally get that's all 254 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:47.480 that God said it. That's a delay. I'm not sure if you know 255 00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:49.600 this, but the Bible says, I think Jesus is trying to reference here 256 00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:56.080 the pain of the struggle you're in will result in joy, which I don't 257 00:16:56.080 --> 00:17:00.879 think Jesus is saying about delayed gratification. But I can your no. But 258 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:03.440 I'm just telling the ladies that pain it's just in your mind. Ladies, 259 00:17:03.599 --> 00:17:07.599 according to Chris's expert opinion, is just in your mind. Just learn to 260 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:11.440 delay your gratification a little bit. I know you're making a joke, and 261 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:15.799 it is a funny joke, but I'm sticking to my guns here. All 262 00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:18.400 of pregnancy is delayed gratification. Sure, right, because when you make the 263 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:22.160 choice and say I want to have a child, you know what's coming. 264 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:25.200 You know there's delivery coming, sure right, But you do it for the 265 00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:26.640 sake of the fact that you want a child. Yes, I would argue 266 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:30.799 and say, you're signing up for delayed gratification. Okay, there you go, 267 00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:33.880 instead of instead of instant. Yeah, so there is instant is the 268 00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:37.880 story instant? That's right. So in the notes, you know, we 269 00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:42.000 love the life application study Bible, and in verse twenty. The note says, 270 00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:47.960 what a contrast between the disciples and the world. Any disciple, If 271 00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:49.359 you're a follower of Jesus, you're a disciple, right, that's right. 272 00:17:49.599 --> 00:17:53.680 The world rejoiced as the disciples wept, But the disciples would see Jesus again 273 00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:59.440 in three days and rejoice. The world's values are often the opposite of God's 274 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:03.000 values. This can cause Christians to feel like misfits. But even if life 275 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:07.720 is difficult now, one day we will rejoice. So keep your eye on 276 00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:11.720 the future and on God's promises. Isn't that a great a great note? 277 00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:15.519 Right? That the fact that our values and what we're looking for is almost 278 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:18.559 one hundred and eighty degrees opposite from the world's values and what the world is 279 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:23.200 looking for can make us feel like we're misfits. And then we become nervous 280 00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:26.920 about the consequences of not fitting in. We become nervous about what about my 281 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:30.359 job, what about my future? What about all these things? And we 282 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:33.599 get nervous, and oftentimes we're tempted to just go with the ways the way 283 00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:36.960 the world does things and the way the world lives so that we fit in. 284 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:40.400 That it tends to be Hey, ask most Christians. They're terrified of 285 00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:44.599 being canceled, right, And I think you're dumb for getting canceled for dumb 286 00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:48.359 stuff, right, But when it comes to the things of God, I 287 00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:51.559 think, you know, we have to do what is most important to God, 288 00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:53.240 and that's where he's talking about. So there is pain, there's a 289 00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:59.119 lot of pain in choosing to follow God. But the payoff is just like 290 00:18:59.160 --> 00:19:03.160 that mother that has that little boy or that little girl in her arms and 291 00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:07.799 all the rest is gone. It never amazes me, It never amazes me 292 00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:11.759 more than when I find out a lady is expecting her second child and is 293 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:15.680 excited about it. So the first one I get, I get how old 294 00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:18.839 ladies said, Oh, I'm gonna have a baby. Do you know what's 295 00:19:18.839 --> 00:19:21.319 about to happen? Right, Because I've been there. I've been in the 296 00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:25.480 hospital going no way, it was up to me, there'll be no more 297 00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:30.279 kids, right, that'd be. But the lady who already knows what's gonna 298 00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:33.400 happen, and then she's thrilled that another baby's coming, And it's because the 299 00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:40.000 joy and the delight of holding that baby after is so much greater than the 300 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:42.200 struggle. But ma'am. For me, that's all I can think about would 301 00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:45.319 be the struggle, right, And I think for a lot of us as 302 00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:48.279 Christians, the struggle of being a Christian, of being a misfit, of 303 00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:53.200 having people harass us or cause us trouble or whatever, seems like it's unbearable. 304 00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:56.000 But you're gonna get through it, right, you will. And Jesus 305 00:19:56.000 --> 00:20:00.519 said, the reward on the other side is rejoicing, and it's going to 306 00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:03.480 be worth it. Yeah, And I love how that statement that God makes 307 00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:07.279 is only a statement that God can see in the future. So look at 308 00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:12.039 us, right, We're so thankful for the cross. We're obviously thankful for 309 00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:15.759 all of that. And he says, you'll grieve now, but the rest 310 00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:18.039 of the world's going to rejoice. So here we are thousands of years later. 311 00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:22.519 So in this moment, Jesus is looking ahead to you and me right 312 00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:27.559 now, and he's knowing that the whole world, whole world has rejoiced because 313 00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:30.519 of what he decided to go through. And then Jesus tells us, and 314 00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:33.279 this is the whole point behind the title, Jesus teaching us to pray in 315 00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:40.000 his name after his resurrection. He says, you'll be able to go directly 316 00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:42.000 to the Father. You haven't done this before, right, but you'll be 317 00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:47.039 able to go directly to the Father now, and he'll grant you your request 318 00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:48.799 because you use my name. Remember we've already talked about praying in Jesus name, 319 00:20:49.119 --> 00:20:52.599 praying like Jesus would pray. That's what he's saying. We're praying as 320 00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:56.279 if we were praying the words Jesus would pray. And he says, you 321 00:20:56.359 --> 00:21:00.000 go directly to God. You couldn't do that before, but now you can. 322 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:06.640 Jesus changed everything. No longer is God at an address and is approached 323 00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:10.240 by a certain elite group that we all have to go through. Instead, 324 00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:11.839 now we have direct access to the throne, which is what the Book of 325 00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:15.839 Hebrews says, boldly before the throne. Yeah, Hebrews four, I think 326 00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:19.200 it's twelve or thirteen. It says, now you can come boldly before God's 327 00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:22.519 throne to you know, to find grace and mercy to help us in our 328 00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:26.160 time of need. So you know, we can be completely confident to be 329 00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:30.279 in front of God's throne. And that concept, that idea was unheard of, 330 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:33.160 right, High Priest, going inside the Holy Holies, if he had 331 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:37.359 one sinful thought, he would die right Literally, they had to tie a 332 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:41.599 rope around his ankle because nobody could even go in and get the dead body. 333 00:21:41.119 --> 00:21:45.039 So you have a little bell on his on his garment, just to 334 00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:47.279 you know, for people to hear him. And if he and if he 335 00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:49.519 had a sinful thought entering into God's presence, he would die. That was 336 00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:52.880 that was That was that concept. And by the way, everybody knew that. 337 00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:56.240 And and a priest only went inside the Holy Holies once a year. 338 00:21:56.440 --> 00:22:00.160 And so for you know, the writer of Hebrews to say, now you 339 00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:04.480 can go boldly before the throne, It's like, what with confidence. In 340 00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:08.680 a couple days, we're going to talk about the exact mechanism that happens at 341 00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:12.400 the crucifixion that makes that possible. So I'm super excited about it. But 342 00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:15.880 he does say you'll have abundant joy. The idea that you and I can 343 00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:21.240 go before the Creator should be one of the greatest joys in our life. 344 00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:26.279 And yet we oftentimes miss out praying and talking to God because it feels like 345 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:30.519 a burden. But the reality is it should be a great joy that we 346 00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:33.200 get to go in and into the throne room of God and be able to 347 00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:37.160 communicate with him. And he cares about us, and he wants to hear 348 00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:38.920 what's going on in our life, and he wants to answer our prayers when 349 00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:44.680 we go and pray in Jesus name. So he wants a relationship with us 350 00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:48.319 absolutely every day. All right, Well, that's a great place to end, 351 00:22:48.680 --> 00:23:00.119 so hopefully we will see you tomorrow on the Bible gus H.