WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:14.800 practical ways. Good morning morning. I was hoping the talk 4 00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:20.320 the whole not through good morning, good morning? Do you? Yes? 5 00:00:20.600 --> 00:00:21.000 All right? 6 00:00:21.079 --> 00:00:23.519 Love it? The coming in you're the percussion. 7 00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:25.559 There we go. Yes, well, I was trying to do 8 00:00:25.600 --> 00:00:26.519 that like the tap dancing. 9 00:00:26.559 --> 00:00:28.559 But oh oh I see, I see, I see. 10 00:00:28.679 --> 00:00:29.399 Percussion is good? 11 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:31.000 Well, I mean, isn't tap dancing? 12 00:00:31.960 --> 00:00:33.119 Sure? Absolutely? Yes? 13 00:00:33.200 --> 00:00:35.280 Okay, well, hey, good morning everybody. 14 00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:39.320 I was just hoping, just I was hoping, beyond hope 15 00:00:39.399 --> 00:00:40.880 that today was the day you would sing. 16 00:00:40.759 --> 00:00:47.039 To us us that's funny. Hey, well, we are the 17 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:48.880 Bible guys. We want to welcome you here, and we 18 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:52.439 are starting off a segment called guess the word Yes. 19 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:54.119 And so this is very similar to if you know 20 00:00:54.159 --> 00:00:57.640 the game the party game Taboo. Yes, It's very similar 21 00:00:57.679 --> 00:01:01.159 to that, where there is a word that I want 22 00:01:01.200 --> 00:01:03.600 you to guess, but there are five words I cannot 23 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:04.879 say to get you to guess that. 24 00:01:04.920 --> 00:01:07.680 Man, if you happen to be watching on video instead 25 00:01:07.719 --> 00:01:09.560 of just listening, we are going to hopefully put the 26 00:01:09.599 --> 00:01:12.519 words that Jeff cannot say, on the screen right here, 27 00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:15.239 so that you can play at home. 28 00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:17.640 That's right. And if you're playing at home and you're watching, 29 00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:21.200 every correct answer you get is worth a point. 30 00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:22.000 If your point. 31 00:01:22.159 --> 00:01:25.120 If you're listening, if you're listening on the podcast and 32 00:01:25.159 --> 00:01:28.599 you cannot see those words, every quick answer gets worth 33 00:01:28.640 --> 00:01:29.719 ten thousand points. 34 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:33.000 So that would you know what that would make me do? 35 00:01:33.159 --> 00:01:36.760 That would make me hit pause on the video and 36 00:01:36.799 --> 00:01:39.599 then go look it up on Spotify, Okay, because I 37 00:01:39.599 --> 00:01:40.439 want to score more points? 38 00:01:40.439 --> 00:01:41.040 You want more points? 39 00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:43.359 Yeah, there you go. Because you're a winner, Chris, I'm 40 00:01:43.400 --> 00:01:43.879 a winner. 41 00:01:43.959 --> 00:01:45.879 Okay. So here's the first one. Right, I'm going to 42 00:01:45.879 --> 00:01:47.280 give Chris close to see. But you can guess the 43 00:01:47.280 --> 00:01:49.480 bold keyword. I'm not allowed to say any of the 44 00:01:49.519 --> 00:01:51.120 italicized words on my sheet here. 45 00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:53.599 Dog on people like me? Okay, good, they do, they do? 46 00:01:54.079 --> 00:01:59.760 Okay. It's the noise okay that a tom makes to 47 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:03.120 get the attention of a hen. That are what makes 48 00:02:03.359 --> 00:02:06.519 Tom makes to get the attention of a hen. 49 00:02:07.959 --> 00:02:08.280 Cluck? 50 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:11.039 Oh almost, it's a different. 51 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:16.759 Oh, it's a thing, gobble, gobble. There you go. 52 00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:19.639 Correct. That was a lot to say, eat turkey food 53 00:02:20.960 --> 00:02:21.560 or devour? 54 00:02:21.719 --> 00:02:23.159 What the heck? Is a tom. 55 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:26.919 That's the male turkey. 56 00:02:27.039 --> 00:02:28.360 So you know this because you're a hunter. 57 00:02:31.240 --> 00:02:33.240 I thought people knew this. Yeah, I thought people knew 58 00:02:33.240 --> 00:02:35.439 that is that a hunting thing? When you were a kid, 59 00:02:35.599 --> 00:02:39.400 didn't you have to make like turkey things outline your hand, 60 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:39.759 make a. 61 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:42.360 Turkey and they call it you know what, they call 62 00:02:42.439 --> 00:02:43.080 it turkeys? 63 00:02:43.240 --> 00:02:47.599 Yeah? Okay, okay, yeah, I guess maybe I grew up. 64 00:02:47.639 --> 00:02:49.919 I grew up on a you know, on a homestead, 65 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:53.039 and we had I don't know, I don't know. I 66 00:02:53.080 --> 00:02:54.919 just thought everybody knew that a tom is that. 67 00:02:55.159 --> 00:02:56.479 I'm just wondering if it's a hunting thing. 68 00:02:56.599 --> 00:02:59.879 So so a male turkey that has not is not old, 69 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:02.400 have to breed yet, he doesn't have a big beard yet. Yeah, 70 00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:05.599 that he's called a jake. And then when he's able 71 00:03:05.599 --> 00:03:07.360 to breed, he grows a longer beard and he's called 72 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:07.599 a tom. 73 00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:09.879 You could have threatened me with death and I wouldn't 74 00:03:09.879 --> 00:03:10.199 have known it. 75 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:14.319 Okay, okay, congratulations. You got to gobble. That was that 76 00:03:14.400 --> 00:03:15.159 was the important thing. 77 00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:17.000 Because that was like cluck and you were like a 78 00:03:17.039 --> 00:03:18.520 different bird, and I was like, what are you talking about? 79 00:03:18.520 --> 00:03:20.680 I was like, oh, it's a Thanks gobbling. Yeah, gotcha. 80 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:22.039 I was just in the woods a couple weeks ago 81 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:25.120 and the turkeys were gobbling like crazy. That's yeah, it 82 00:03:25.159 --> 00:03:30.319 was really neat. Okay. This next one is when the 83 00:03:30.439 --> 00:03:34.120 king sits down at his giant table. He's sitting down 84 00:03:34.199 --> 00:03:36.639 for a feast. That is correct. I wasn't allowed to 85 00:03:36.639 --> 00:03:40.319 say Thanksgiving, food, eat, banquet, or famine. 86 00:03:40.840 --> 00:03:41.319 Oh wow? 87 00:03:41.479 --> 00:03:48.400 Okay. Uh. These people were the original Europeans that came 88 00:03:48.439 --> 00:03:55.120 to America, you were correct. Pilgrims, progress, Plymouth, Mayflower, Indians, 89 00:03:55.159 --> 00:03:57.240 and travelers. Those are the words I was not allowed 90 00:03:57.240 --> 00:03:57.520 to use. 91 00:03:57.639 --> 00:03:58.080 Wow. 92 00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:01.360 Yeah, that was a tough one. Okay, this one's difficult. 93 00:04:01.680 --> 00:04:03.199 Okay. 94 00:04:03.439 --> 00:04:09.879 So when you have meat, No, when you have meat cooking, oh, 95 00:04:09.960 --> 00:04:10.879 I'm not allowed to say cook. 96 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:15.719 Oh okay, okay. 97 00:04:15.919 --> 00:04:19.639 When you have meat in the oven and you don't 98 00:04:19.639 --> 00:04:23.240 want it to dry out, you pull it out and 99 00:04:23.279 --> 00:04:27.040 you put more liquid on it based it. There you go. Yes, yes, 100 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:28.639 I wasn't allowed to say cook. 101 00:04:29.560 --> 00:04:31.480 I just lost ten thousand, lost ten thousand. 102 00:04:32.040 --> 00:04:34.240 Wait a minute, I'm reading it, so it's only one point. 103 00:04:34.600 --> 00:04:37.120 Oh that's true. That's true. And we're on video. 104 00:04:37.279 --> 00:04:39.560 Yeah there, we got my video. Yeah, I saw myself 105 00:04:39.600 --> 00:04:44.040 a video. Excellent. Okay, and here's the last one. Those 106 00:04:44.199 --> 00:04:46.879 original Europeans arrived. 107 00:04:46.519 --> 00:04:48.879 In the United States. 108 00:04:49.079 --> 00:04:50.439 No, no, what did they ride on? 109 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:51.879 Horses? 110 00:04:52.319 --> 00:04:54.279 Know when they came across the water. 111 00:04:55.000 --> 00:04:57.399 There's the mayflower. There you go the mayflower. 112 00:04:57.560 --> 00:05:01.199 You should Yes, well I could and say ship, pilgrims, 113 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:02.879 flower Atlantic or voyage. 114 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:04.680 Oh you could have said sale, sled. 115 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:05.839 Oh I could have said sailed. 116 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:09.800 Yeah, yeah, okay, Yeah, I'm like horses, you're not across 117 00:05:09.839 --> 00:05:12.959 the water. Goofball, dumb dum. 118 00:05:13.199 --> 00:05:16.959 Okay, they go gobble feast, pilgrims, based and mayflower were 119 00:05:16.959 --> 00:05:20.639 the words. Okay, congratulations Chris. Yes, and I'm sorry for 120 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:21.639 blowing it on based. 121 00:05:21.879 --> 00:05:24.439 Yeah, well you know I've done that a time or 122 00:05:24.439 --> 00:05:25.000 two as well. 123 00:05:25.160 --> 00:05:29.160 Okay, riveting, riveting, segment, riveting, riveting. 124 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:31.199 Everybody is on the edge of their seat. 125 00:05:31.279 --> 00:05:32.920 And I'm sure we have a few of our of 126 00:05:32.959 --> 00:05:36.399 our listeners, they have ten thousand points or five thousand, 127 00:05:36.399 --> 00:05:40.160 five thousand points, fifty thousand. We gave ten thousand points, apiece, Yeah, 128 00:05:40.160 --> 00:05:42.920 fifty thousand, I bitch, we got people got fifty thousand points. 129 00:05:42.839 --> 00:05:43.360 Do you think so? 130 00:05:43.519 --> 00:05:46.920 Yeah? Our viewers somebody got five Congratulations. 131 00:05:46.319 --> 00:05:50.439 Somebody's in Tanzania right now. They're like fifty changed its 132 00:05:50.519 --> 00:05:52.959 changes in check e Cheese. 133 00:05:53.040 --> 00:05:55.160 That's right, you just you used to work at check 134 00:05:55.199 --> 00:05:55.519 E Cheese. 135 00:05:55.600 --> 00:05:58.319 Yeah. You bring all the all the tickets in and 136 00:05:58.319 --> 00:06:01.319 then you get a Frisbee exactly. 137 00:06:01.519 --> 00:06:04.399 I remember being so disappointed after having what I thought 138 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:08.040 was a good jillion tickets and go up and go, okay, 139 00:06:08.120 --> 00:06:10.000 here's the section that you can pick from. I'm like, 140 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:12.120 I want that TV. No, you get these. 141 00:06:13.240 --> 00:06:16.160 You get this top David Butchers, which is an adult 142 00:06:16.199 --> 00:06:18.759 chucky cheese. You know, you build it up on that card, 143 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:21.360 you know, and it feels like forever. You can just 144 00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:23.600 even save the card. And they're like, you have fourteen 145 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:26.040 thousand points. You're like what And you walk in there 146 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:27.519 and you're like and you look at the top shop 147 00:06:27.560 --> 00:06:29.680 and it goes and it says it's like three hundred 148 00:06:29.680 --> 00:06:31.360 thousand points, and you're like what. 149 00:06:31.439 --> 00:06:34.279 Right, okay, So for your fourteen thousand, you can order 150 00:06:34.360 --> 00:06:37.720 out of this box right here. You can get this 151 00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:40.560 pez Dispenser, right, you can get this fen put a 152 00:06:40.600 --> 00:06:41.439 squiggly head on. 153 00:06:41.399 --> 00:06:45.040 It, which includes the chick lits, just not including the erasers. 154 00:06:47.680 --> 00:06:49.920 Yep, Okay. So anyways, that's. 155 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:52.560 A movie quote. Oh really, nineteen seventy nine. Oh wow, 156 00:06:52.800 --> 00:06:56.439 it is Martin In, the jerk, the jerk, he says, 157 00:06:56.519 --> 00:06:58.319 step right up and win some crap. 158 00:06:58.959 --> 00:07:02.279 He says. I went and saw Steve Martin and Martin 159 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:05.240 Short at the Fox Theater a couple weeks ago. What 160 00:07:05.519 --> 00:07:06.240 it was amazing? 161 00:07:06.399 --> 00:07:09.000 Oh my goodness, I can't believe it. They came and 162 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:09.399 went and. 163 00:07:09.319 --> 00:07:11.519 I they were here, Bonnie and I sat like on 164 00:07:11.560 --> 00:07:14.959 the eighth row in the center. Okay, it was amazing. 165 00:07:15.079 --> 00:07:16.480 There is never fund. 166 00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:20.079 A time were you ever attended anything where I've been 167 00:07:20.079 --> 00:07:21.600 more jealous ever. 168 00:07:21.839 --> 00:07:23.879 They were circles. So you got these two guys, you know, 169 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:27.639 Steve Martin seventy nine, Martin Shorts seventy four. The energy, 170 00:07:28.439 --> 00:07:33.000 the humor, the physical comedy that they did for two 171 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:34.480 hours was unbelievable. 172 00:07:34.480 --> 00:07:35.240 Are they still here? 173 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:37.199 No, they were only here for two nights. 174 00:07:37.639 --> 00:07:39.240 I am angry at myself. 175 00:07:39.319 --> 00:07:42.360 Well they told me, they said. Marty says, hey, don't 176 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:43.360 tell Zarball we're here. 177 00:07:43.519 --> 00:07:44.079 Is what he says. 178 00:07:44.120 --> 00:07:45.399 Like, Oh okay, Marty. 179 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:49.560 Yeah, Marty and I go back to ways, all the 180 00:07:49.560 --> 00:07:50.639 way back to innerspace. 181 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:54.720 Yeah, he said. And Steve Martin had to say, well, 182 00:07:54.839 --> 00:07:58.519 the last time, it just got weird. I said, okay, 183 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:00.839 I won't tell our prother you guys, so it was 184 00:08:00.839 --> 00:08:03.480 a secret. That's only only only like ten thousand other 185 00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:04.240 people knew that they. 186 00:08:04.120 --> 00:08:05.879 Were here, and that'll be the last time he's on tour. 187 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:09.680 I'm sure I don't know. They're touring every every year. 188 00:08:09.839 --> 00:08:10.600 So here we go. 189 00:08:10.639 --> 00:08:13.639 Anyways, I would consider, by the way, traveling to another city. 190 00:08:13.639 --> 00:08:15.199 I would drive all the Chicago to see them. 191 00:08:15.240 --> 00:08:16.000 Well, they're on a tour. 192 00:08:16.600 --> 00:08:18.879 I can't believe I missed them. I'm so angry, sorry 193 00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:19.240 about that. 194 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:26.199 Okay. So Proverbs chapter eight, Chapter eight, this is now, Uh, 195 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:29.000 Solomon is writing, by the way, Jeff, as if Wisdom 196 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:29.399 is talking. 197 00:08:29.560 --> 00:08:34.320 You were so clever in giving those answers and so, 198 00:08:34.840 --> 00:08:37.720 but not as clever as Solomon is, who was about 199 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:38.440 to give us advice. 200 00:08:38.639 --> 00:08:42.159 Oh there you go, Yes, man, that was a good one, Chris, 201 00:08:42.279 --> 00:08:45.759 thank you, good transition, promise the listeners. So clever, because 202 00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:47.879 the reason why it's clever is because he's writing as 203 00:08:47.960 --> 00:08:51.000 if Wisdom is speaking to his children. You know, sometimes, 204 00:08:51.080 --> 00:08:53.799 which is clever on top of clever, it's super clever, clever, clever, 205 00:08:53.919 --> 00:08:55.559 it's it's cleverly clever. 206 00:08:56.039 --> 00:08:57.679 Yes, So. 207 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:02.440 Sometimes kids can't hear their parents' voice. It just sounds 208 00:09:02.480 --> 00:09:09.600 like Charlie Brown's teacher, right. But isn't it amazing that 209 00:09:09.720 --> 00:09:13.080 if a kid has a coach or a teacher or 210 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:15.759 somebody that they really like, all of a sudden, that 211 00:09:15.799 --> 00:09:17.639 coach or teacher can say the same thing mom and 212 00:09:17.720 --> 00:09:20.480 dad says, and now, all of a sudden, it's the 213 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:23.720 smartest thing they've ever heard in their life. So Solomon 214 00:09:23.799 --> 00:09:26.399 is kind of using that ploy. He's using a third person, 215 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:30.600 he's using wisdom itself to speak to his children. And 216 00:09:30.960 --> 00:09:33.399 it's very clever. Which is just a wise thing for 217 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:36.440 moms and dads to get some good adult allies that 218 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:39.279 you can trust, get a good youth pastor get good 219 00:09:39.279 --> 00:09:42.759 coaches and align with them and say, hey, I need you. 220 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:46.279 My son really likes you. Make sure you reinforce this 221 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:49.080 idea that we're working on at home, you know. And 222 00:09:49.440 --> 00:09:52.879 so anyways, so he says in proverb chapter eight, listen 223 00:09:53.000 --> 00:09:56.679 as wisdom calls out here, as understanding raises her voice 224 00:09:57.080 --> 00:09:59.159 on the hilltop along the road, she takes her stand 225 00:09:59.200 --> 00:10:01.080 at the crossroads by the gates at the entrance to 226 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:03.600 the town. On the road. Leading in, she cries aloud. 227 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:05.840 I call to you, to all of you. I raise 228 00:10:05.879 --> 00:10:09.360 my voice to all people. You simple people, use good judgment, 229 00:10:09.799 --> 00:10:13.240 You foolish people, show some understanding. Listen to me, for 230 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:15.840 I have important things to tell you. Everything I say 231 00:10:15.919 --> 00:10:18.000 is right, for I speak the truth and to test 232 00:10:18.080 --> 00:10:21.559 every kind of deception. My advice is wholesome. There is 233 00:10:21.639 --> 00:10:24.519 nothing devious or crooked in it. My words are plain 234 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:28.720 to anyone with understanding, clear to those with knowledge. Choose 235 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:31.879 my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold. 236 00:10:32.240 --> 00:10:35.480 For wisdom is far more valuable than rubies. Nothing you 237 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:39.519 desire can compare with it. I wisdom live together with 238 00:10:39.559 --> 00:10:42.600 good judgment. I know where to discover knowledge and discernment. 239 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:46.080 All who fear the Lord will hate evil. Therefore I 240 00:10:46.120 --> 00:10:50.440 hate pride and arrogance, corruption and perverse speech. Common sense 241 00:10:50.480 --> 00:10:53.799 and success belong to me. Insight and strength their mind 242 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:57.320 because of me. King's reign and rulers make just decrees. 243 00:10:57.759 --> 00:11:00.600 Rulers lead with my help, and nobles make righteous judgments. 244 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:04.360 I love all who love me. Those who search will 245 00:11:04.360 --> 00:11:07.120 surely find me. I have riches and honor as well 246 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:11.120 as enduring wealth and justice. My gifts are better than gold, 247 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:13.279 even the purest gold, and my wages are better than 248 00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:16.879 sterling silver. I walk in righteousness and paths of justice. 249 00:11:17.360 --> 00:11:20.960 Those who love me inherit wealth, I will find their treasuries. 250 00:11:21.320 --> 00:11:24.360 I will fill their treasuries. The Lord formed me from 251 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:27.399 the beginning, before he created anything else. I was appointed 252 00:11:27.440 --> 00:11:30.120 in ages past, at the very first, before the earth began. 253 00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:33.000 I was born before the oceans were created, before the 254 00:11:33.039 --> 00:11:36.320 springs bubbled forth their waters, before the mountains were formed, 255 00:11:36.360 --> 00:11:39.240 before the hills. I was born before he had made 256 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:41.600 the earth and fields and the first handfuls of soil. 257 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:44.639 I was there when he established the heavens, and when 258 00:11:44.639 --> 00:11:47.399 he drew the horizon on the oceans. I was there 259 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:49.399 when he set the clouds above, and when he established 260 00:11:49.399 --> 00:11:51.519 springs deep in the earth. I was there when he 261 00:11:51.559 --> 00:11:53.559 set the limits of the seas so they would not 262 00:11:53.679 --> 00:11:56.480 spread beyond their boundaries, And when he marked off the 263 00:11:56.559 --> 00:11:59.600 Earth's foundations. I was the architect at his side. I 264 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:03.720 was as constant delight, rejoicing always in his presence. And 265 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:06.440 how happy I was with the world he created. How 266 00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:09.440 I rejoice with the human family, and so my children 267 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:12.320 listen to me. For all who follow my ways are joyful. 268 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:14.960 Listen to my instruction and be wise, don't ignore it. 269 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:18.080 Joyful are those who listen to me, watching for me 270 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:20.919 daily at my gates, waiting for me outside my home. 271 00:12:21.279 --> 00:12:24.679 For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from 272 00:12:24.720 --> 00:12:28.279 the Lord. But those who miss me injure themselves. All 273 00:12:28.320 --> 00:12:29.919 who hate me love death. 274 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:34.960 Wow. When I think of wisdom, and I've often, you know, 275 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:38.840 been pretty fascinated that Solomon talks about wisdom from the 276 00:12:38.840 --> 00:12:41.600 standpoint that you know, it's a she. But when I 277 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:43.840 think of wisdom in my mind, I always think of 278 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:47.080 this chapter. I I've always been fascinated with the visual 279 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:53.200 aids of like, you know, this ancient being who was 280 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:56.639 there before the world's began, which, of course is God. 281 00:12:56.879 --> 00:13:00.519 God is the one who existed before the earth was form. Right, 282 00:13:00.759 --> 00:13:03.360 God is the one who existed from all eternity past. 283 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:06.600 But God had wisdom, So what so. 284 00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:07.919 What is wisdom? 285 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:10.919 God is wisdom of course, yes, of course, and and 286 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:13.320 uh and he has wisdom and his wisdom, and he 287 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:18.360 has love and his love. But anyway he uh uh 288 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:22.879 so anyway when when but wisdom talking as a person says, 289 00:13:22.960 --> 00:13:26.519 I was here long before you know the earth was created. 290 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:28.799 All of a sudden, you try to picture wisdom as 291 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:31.559 this ancient being, you know, and and and all of 292 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:35.759 a sudden, now you think, okay, if wisdom is obtainable, 293 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:39.840 because obviously it is right and he's saying, obtain it, 294 00:13:39.840 --> 00:13:43.039 obtain me and uh and guess what I'm worth more 295 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:47.279 than gold and rubies and sterling silver, and uh and 296 00:13:47.279 --> 00:13:49.600 and guess what I've been around. It makes you feel 297 00:13:49.639 --> 00:13:54.799 like you're tapping into this this this magical thing. But 298 00:13:54.840 --> 00:13:57.360 then you have to think about it like that's the 299 00:13:57.399 --> 00:14:00.600 same with God in us, right, right, right? Have you 300 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:05.559 ever heard Francis Chan one time gave a message and 301 00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:07.879 he talked about how he' said, man, when I get 302 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:09.679 to heaven, he goes, I'm going to go up to 303 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:13.120 Moses and he's and I'm going to say to Moses, man, 304 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:16.080 tell me what it was like. What was it like 305 00:14:16.200 --> 00:14:19.080 to see and talk to God in the form of 306 00:14:19.080 --> 00:14:21.759 a burning bush? That must have been incredible. And Moses 307 00:14:21.840 --> 00:14:23.519 is going to look back at you and say, yeah, 308 00:14:23.519 --> 00:14:25.600 it was really cool. But let me ask you a question. 309 00:14:26.039 --> 00:14:28.679 What was it like to have God inside of you? 310 00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:32.799 Like the power of God within you, to be able 311 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:35.919 to tap into the power of Christ who lived inside 312 00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:37.440 of you. Because let me tell you something, I didn't 313 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:41.919 have that. I remember thinking like, okay, that's a cool thought, right, 314 00:14:42.440 --> 00:14:44.720 And so you know, I get fascinated with this whole 315 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:47.480 ancient being before the foundations of the world. I'm thinking, oh, wait, 316 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:51.720 that's what we have every day God, that's God in us, right, 317 00:14:52.279 --> 00:14:55.039 we have access to the God's wisdom. And they're crazy. 318 00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:59.080 And he's establishing the fact that wisdom is not situational 319 00:14:59.080 --> 00:15:03.639 and it's not cultural. Right, that that it predates humanity, 320 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:08.080 it predates godly wisdom. That is not a situational thing 321 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:10.639 to go all. Well, back in old fashioned times, that's 322 00:15:10.639 --> 00:15:11.320 what they believed. 323 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:14.039 But now, well that's a really good point because people 324 00:15:14.080 --> 00:15:17.679 say certain values are outdated and culture. 325 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:24.120 Right, So God's wisdom is transcends all cultures in all ages. 326 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:25.840 I think that's That's what I'm trying to say. So, 327 00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:29.000 sure there are cultural things. Should we wear robes or 328 00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:32.080 should we wear pants? Right? That that that's a cultural thing, 329 00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:35.679 that's not a wisdom. I don't know, if it's really hot, 330 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:40.840 maybe that robe again, But you know, some of those things. 331 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:44.039 Would you prefer hummus or potato or French fries? Right 332 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:48.480 that that's just a cultural thing, and so sure, those 333 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:50.799 things change. But when it comes to the wisdom of 334 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:54.000 the ages, how to live your life, how to manage money, 335 00:15:54.240 --> 00:15:59.519 how to navigate relationships, how the idea that integrity and 336 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:04.159 right live an honesty will always build a society, and 337 00:16:04.440 --> 00:16:08.759 corruption and violence and evil will always tear down a society. 338 00:16:09.080 --> 00:16:11.720 Those things, those are pre established before the foundation of 339 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:14.279 the world, and they don't change. It's not like, oh, 340 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:18.879 that's an old fashioned idea. It doesn't. I don't know why, 341 00:16:18.919 --> 00:16:21.960 but I was just I just read a thing here recently. 342 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:26.440 There's over one hundred thousand laws in America, and yet 343 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:29.919 it seems like everybody who runs for office has a 344 00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:32.279 new law they want to bring. Is that what we need? 345 00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:35.919 We need more laws, really, And it's kind of the 346 00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:39.320 same way with regard to every generation thinks that they're 347 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:42.120 wiser than the last generation. And while they may have 348 00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:45.159 more information or while they have more technology, I don't 349 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:48.519 know that every generation is more wise, right, And so 350 00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:51.440 getting back to those foundational ideas of how to live, 351 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:53.879 I think that's one of the reasons why he highlights 352 00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:56.519 so long that wisdom existed before anything else did. 353 00:16:56.639 --> 00:17:00.960 Yeah, I love how I love how Solomon is describing 354 00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:05.440 how to recognize good wisdom. Right, and so he says, 355 00:17:05.480 --> 00:17:08.599 for I speak the truth and detest every kind of deception. 356 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:11.279 So if you're wondering whether or not when you hear 357 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:16.920 a piece of advice, whether it's wisdom, then ask yourself, Okay, 358 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:19.480 you know, is this other piece of advice that my 359 00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:22.559 friend is giving me doesn't involve any type of deception? 360 00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:25.240 You know, because I mean that is a that is 361 00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:29.400 a telling thing. Sometimes we think because something is clever, right, 362 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:32.839 you know that maybe it's wisdom, and just because it's clever, 363 00:17:32.920 --> 00:17:36.559 if it involves deception of any kind, then it's it's 364 00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:39.759 definitely not wholesome. Because he said, my advice is wholesome 365 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:42.200 the very next verse and verse eight, and there's nothing 366 00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:45.920 devious or crooked in it my words. And then listen 367 00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:49.920 to this. My words are plain to anyone with understanding, 368 00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:53.480 clear to those with knowledge. So so in other words, 369 00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:57.359 anybody who has basic understanding can recognize wisdom, is what 370 00:17:57.400 --> 00:18:00.759 he's saying. So I think it's you know, have you 371 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:04.480 ever been talking with somebody and somebody would tell you 372 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:08.079 you already know the right thing to do. You've probably 373 00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:10.640 said that to somebody to absolutely like you already know 374 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:12.920 the right answer. Right, I'm just I'm just here to 375 00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:17.200 remind you. And that's really what Solomon is saying. Solomon 376 00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:19.440 is saying, like you could recognize with them as soon 377 00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:20.920 as you hear it, you already know the right thing. 378 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:24.880 Well, so I'm reminded in that verse nine, my words 379 00:18:24.920 --> 00:18:28.680 are playing to anyone with understanding. I'm reminded. There's another 380 00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:32.279 proverb worrier. Solomon says, in a multitude of words, there's 381 00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:35.440 no shortage of sin, And it makes me think of 382 00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:40.519 our extraordinarily litigious society today. My wife and I just 383 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:45.599 closed on a new home, and we signed how many 384 00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:50.319 goajillion documents? Right? Most of them? Most of the documents 385 00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:55.359 I signed were full of so many words that created 386 00:18:55.440 --> 00:18:58.519 so many loopholes for the lending agency to get out 387 00:18:58.559 --> 00:19:01.319 of the situation, to give them more control and take 388 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:03.640 control away from me. That's most of it. Or to 389 00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:06.359 where nobody else is responsible except me for all these things. 390 00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:08.200 Right, the more. 391 00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:10.319 Words it takes to get a thing done, the less 392 00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:13.640 likely it is that it has integrity. In it, right, right. 393 00:19:14.119 --> 00:19:17.039 So I had a friend we were going to write 394 00:19:17.119 --> 00:19:21.200 up a contract to do a project with somebody, and 395 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:24.519 so I wrote up an MoU and it had like 396 00:19:24.640 --> 00:19:28.559 eight big ideas and then we refined it a little bit, 397 00:19:28.880 --> 00:19:31.759 but it was eight things that we were agreeing to 398 00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:35.240 work on. And then somebody goes, oh, that needs to 399 00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:37.319 go to the attorneys. The attorneys need to look at it. 400 00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:40.319 The attorneys came back and what was one page, and 401 00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:44.920