WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.760 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.680 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.519 --> 00:00:13.240 practical ways. Hey, everybody, welcome to the Bible Guys. 4 00:00:13.439 --> 00:00:14.320 It's good to be back. 5 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:17.239 We are so excited to be in the middle of 6 00:00:17.239 --> 00:00:19.640 a series talking about the beatitudes. 7 00:00:19.839 --> 00:00:26.280 Beatitudes, Yes, which which are the the what nine phrases 8 00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:28.920 that Jesus used to kick off his sermon on the Mountain? Yeah? 9 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:31.559 And if you think about even the name beatitudes, it's 10 00:00:31.640 --> 00:00:33.280 the attitude of how we should be? 11 00:00:34.560 --> 00:00:38.200 Is that the technical Yes? Is that the technical discs attitude? 12 00:00:38.280 --> 00:00:40.600 Jeff, Okay, I'm fairly certain. 13 00:00:41.799 --> 00:00:44.880 But before blessings? But yeah, that's okay, what ye? 14 00:00:45.159 --> 00:00:48.560 Beatitude means blessings? Okay? Is that true? 15 00:00:48.719 --> 00:00:49.159 I think so? 16 00:00:49.560 --> 00:00:53.759 Okay, you think so? Hey, listen, we are actually going 17 00:00:53.840 --> 00:00:56.479 to play a game because we're actually launching into a 18 00:00:56.520 --> 00:01:00.719 new beatitude today. And so Desiree is calling this this 19 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:04.560 scenario game. She said, here's how it reads, or this 20 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:06.920 how she typed it. Today, we're diving into the third 21 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:10.239 beatitude and it's all about strength under control. So let's 22 00:01:10.280 --> 00:01:12.280 kick things off with a scenario game and ask is 23 00:01:12.319 --> 00:01:15.079 this real strength or just chaos pretending to be confidence. 24 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:19.959 So she's given us five different scenarios in and I'm 25 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:21.799 not sure how she wants us to play this, but 26 00:01:21.879 --> 00:01:25.159 I think we're supposed to just talk about the scenario 27 00:01:25.239 --> 00:01:26.319 and decide whether or not. 28 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:28.040 If we don't know how it's supposed to be played, 29 00:01:28.079 --> 00:01:29.200 we get to make up the rules. 30 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:32.280 That's correct, right, But I guess we're asking the question 31 00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:34.200 is this strength? Is this true strength? 32 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:34.719 Okay? 33 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:37.280 And maybe even let's add to the funny scenario, who 34 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:37.840 do we do this? 35 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:38.519 Okay? 36 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:42.400 Okay? Number one is you can open the pickle jar, 37 00:01:43.000 --> 00:01:44.879 but instead you hand it to someone else so that 38 00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:46.000 they can feel strong. 39 00:01:46.319 --> 00:01:51.920 Never, that's true. Never, I never do that. There you go, yeah, 40 00:01:51.959 --> 00:01:53.480 and then look at them like they're so weak. 41 00:01:53.599 --> 00:02:00.319 Now, if someone with disdain, would you ever have somebody 42 00:02:00.359 --> 00:02:02.879 a pickle jar to make them feel strong? I'm assuming 43 00:02:02.879 --> 00:02:04.519 that means that we'd have to pretend like we couldn't 44 00:02:04.519 --> 00:02:04.920 open it. 45 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:08.520 Yeah, like kids, kids. 46 00:02:09.919 --> 00:02:12.520 Help me out with this, hey, and then they pop 47 00:02:12.520 --> 00:02:14.159 it open. You're like, oh, you're so strong. 48 00:02:14.280 --> 00:02:18.960 Yeah, maybe maybe, but not legitimately. Maybe you'd never give 49 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:24.039 it to Bonnie and be like, you know, I don't 50 00:02:24.039 --> 00:02:26.120 want her thinking she's tougher than me. I'm already scared 51 00:02:26.120 --> 00:02:26.319 of her. 52 00:02:26.560 --> 00:02:29.479 Have you ever seen have you ever seen there? You go, hey, 53 00:02:29.479 --> 00:02:33.360 have you ever seen that clip where the daughter's on 54 00:02:33.400 --> 00:02:36.960 the cooking show and she can't and she's racing against like, uh, 55 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:37.719 you know whoever? 56 00:02:37.759 --> 00:02:40.280 It is like Bobby fla. 57 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:43.400 Bobby flake, and she can't open the jar and so 58 00:02:43.439 --> 00:02:45.680 she's opening she's trying really, really hard, and then she 59 00:02:45.919 --> 00:02:48.520 runs over to her dad and the audience and the 60 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:50.759 day goes pops it open really and then and then 61 00:02:50.759 --> 00:02:55.560 she runs back. It's like the sweetest father daughter moment ever. 62 00:02:55.719 --> 00:02:56.280 That's awesome. 63 00:02:56.439 --> 00:02:58.639 We're Dad's still the hero, you know. It's pretty fun. 64 00:02:58.840 --> 00:03:00.080 Okay, that's a good one. 65 00:03:00.439 --> 00:03:02.800 All right. How about this one? A car is going 66 00:03:03.080 --> 00:03:07.800 ten under the speed limit in the left lane. It 67 00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:11.240 says you could pass aggressively, but you put on worship 68 00:03:11.319 --> 00:03:13.719 music and breathe. 69 00:03:14.479 --> 00:03:21.000 Those are options. No, what I do is as I 70 00:03:21.039 --> 00:03:25.039 try to tap their left bumper back bumper with my 71 00:03:25.159 --> 00:03:26.520 right back bumper and spin them out. 72 00:03:26.599 --> 00:03:28.520 Yeah, spin them out like the police, dude, when they 73 00:03:28.520 --> 00:03:32.120 pull somebody over, when they take somebody out. Yeah, I 74 00:03:32.159 --> 00:03:34.639 gotta be honest with you. This is one of the 75 00:03:34.639 --> 00:03:37.840 greatest pet peeves in life. It's the left lane. It's 76 00:03:37.879 --> 00:03:39.120 called the passing lane for a reason. 77 00:03:39.199 --> 00:03:41.479 Yes, that's right, right, So if you're going you know 78 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:45.319 who does this Canadians, Oh, get out there in that 79 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:48.759 lane and just ride at like ten miles an hour 80 00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:50.560 under the speed under the speed limit. 81 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:53.479 Yeah. And by the way, it's I don't care if 82 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:54.599 you go ten on the speed limit. 83 00:03:54.680 --> 00:03:54.840 Yeah. 84 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:56.280 And I don't even care if you right in the 85 00:03:56.360 --> 00:03:58.680 left lane, just stay over it. If somebody comes behind 86 00:03:58.719 --> 00:04:02.080 you and they're right on hotail, just move over, move right, 87 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:06.280 because it's called a passing lane people. And and by 88 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:08.719 the way, it's not your job to determine whether or not, 89 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:12.599 like if it's fifty five and you're going fifty five 90 00:04:12.599 --> 00:04:15.520 in the left lane or forty five, I know. But 91 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:17.000 what I'm making another point, So. 92 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:19.759 You're you're driving the speed limit, it's not your job 93 00:04:19.839 --> 00:04:20.519 to determine. 94 00:04:20.920 --> 00:04:23.279 Yes, whether whether or not I want to go above 95 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:24.720 the speed limit is not your concern. 96 00:04:24.839 --> 00:04:25.759 Yes, that's right, right. 97 00:04:25.839 --> 00:04:27.480 If you're going to speed limit, it does not give 98 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:30.879 you the right to not let me pass in the 99 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:32.759 passing lists. That's what I'm saying. 100 00:04:32.879 --> 00:04:35.720 Yes, I agree, all right, yeah, that one. I'm not 101 00:04:35.839 --> 00:04:38.480 very meek. Yeah, so on the road. So this is 102 00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:41.360 this is where I'm at my weakest. My most vulnerable 103 00:04:42.040 --> 00:04:43.759 at bad attitudes are when I'm driving. 104 00:04:43.959 --> 00:04:45.920 And by the way, I'm not saying we're playing this 105 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:48.000 game right, I don't even know if we're playing this right. 106 00:04:48.079 --> 00:04:48.439 I don't know. 107 00:04:48.600 --> 00:04:50.959 But it would be a lot of strength for me 108 00:04:51.079 --> 00:04:54.759 to not pass aggressively and turn on worship. Yeah, okay, 109 00:04:54.839 --> 00:04:56.279 so I would call that true strength. 110 00:04:56.360 --> 00:05:01.079 Okay, So okay, it would be, but it's not practically 111 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:02.040 how we live. 112 00:05:02.160 --> 00:05:05.319 How about this one? Number three? You could correct someone's 113 00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:08.120 Bible reference, but you let it go because the moment 114 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:08.959 doesn't need a hero. 115 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:15.959 The moment doesn't need a hero. It's very sounding verse 116 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:16.720 make me a hero. 117 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:21.920 I don't know I need a hero. 118 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:25.839 Yeah, I don't know. 119 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:26.839 Yeah. 120 00:05:26.879 --> 00:05:31.000 I think it's it's dangerous to allow scripture to be misused, 121 00:05:31.839 --> 00:05:37.399 are misquoted. So it's pretty pretty rare. Now, if somebody says, 122 00:05:39.120 --> 00:05:41.959 you know, Ax says whatever, and it was actually Luke, 123 00:05:42.759 --> 00:05:45.240 I'm probably not gonna say anything, right, but if they 124 00:05:45.279 --> 00:05:47.920 misuse a scripture as proof of something, then I think 125 00:05:47.920 --> 00:05:48.759 you have to correct them. 126 00:05:49.000 --> 00:05:52.319 Yeah, yeah, I definitely do for sure, Yeah, because you 127 00:05:52.360 --> 00:05:55.720 don't want God's word to be misrepresented. But I don't 128 00:05:55.720 --> 00:05:59.199 think she's talking about that though, because she says Bible reference, 129 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:02.079 Bible reference, like, for instance, this happened last week in 130 00:06:02.120 --> 00:06:06.000 the Bible. Guys, you said something wrong and I could 131 00:06:06.040 --> 00:06:09.120 have jumped in, but I didn't, So I was, I was, 132 00:06:09.279 --> 00:06:09.759 I was just. 133 00:06:10.199 --> 00:06:12.000 I don't remember saying anything wrong. 134 00:06:12.120 --> 00:06:14.759 Yeah you did, No, Yeah, it happened actually in the 135 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:17.120 same week. Ye remember, I remember, I remember, well the 136 00:06:17.319 --> 00:06:20.439 Jeremiah one. Yeah, I'm referring to the other one. You 137 00:06:20.480 --> 00:06:23.639 Actually it happened twice, but I didn't because I feel good. 138 00:06:23.839 --> 00:06:24.480 Doesn't feel good? 139 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:29.600 Chris, Well, well, for every one time and I do 140 00:06:29.680 --> 00:06:33.439 that to you, it's got to be five times for you, right, 141 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:36.519 So what was the second one? Uh, you've done this 142 00:06:36.560 --> 00:06:39.480 before when you when when you talk about God's laws, 143 00:06:39.959 --> 00:06:42.600 you say there's six hundred and seventeen laws, but there's 144 00:06:42.600 --> 00:06:43.560 six hundred and thirteen. 145 00:06:44.360 --> 00:06:45.240 Oh you're right. 146 00:06:45.399 --> 00:06:47.600 Yeah, yeah, yeah. But anyway, all that to say, I 147 00:06:47.720 --> 00:06:50.560 said that before. I thought about saying six thirteen after 148 00:06:50.600 --> 00:06:52.959 you said six seventeen, but I thought number one. The 149 00:06:52.959 --> 00:06:55.079 moment was passed because you went right on to something else. 150 00:06:55.399 --> 00:06:58.439 And then number two, I guess I decided that the 151 00:06:58.480 --> 00:06:59.560 moment didn't. 152 00:06:59.319 --> 00:07:01.240 Need to hear you need a hero. You were the hero. 153 00:07:01.319 --> 00:07:03.720 And then yeah, well you were a hero without us 154 00:07:03.759 --> 00:07:04.480 even knowing it. 155 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:07.079 Yeah, by not saying it. Yeah yeah, yeah, even though 156 00:07:07.199 --> 00:07:08.319 I found a way to say it. 157 00:07:08.480 --> 00:07:13.000 Okay, yeah, I got it back out. I pointed it out. 158 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:19.720 Not for nothing, but yeah, that's awesome. You've been sitting 159 00:07:19.720 --> 00:07:20.360 on that a week. 160 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:23.079 That's so funny. 161 00:07:23.079 --> 00:07:25.480 Okay, there's two more more. 162 00:07:25.639 --> 00:07:29.079 Someone confidently misquotes a Bible verse, so that's what you're 163 00:07:29.079 --> 00:07:29.519 talking about. 164 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:31.000 It's the same in the group chat. 165 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:33.199 You could drop the exact chapter in verse, but you 166 00:07:33.319 --> 00:07:36.360 choose silence and let the word handle it. Now, that 167 00:07:36.519 --> 00:07:37.759 is where we have to step in, right. 168 00:07:37.759 --> 00:07:39.560 Yeah, yeah, yeah, you have to step in. You can't 169 00:07:39.600 --> 00:07:40.959 let somebody misuse scripture. 170 00:07:41.040 --> 00:07:41.879 Yeah yeah, yeah, for sure. 171 00:07:41.920 --> 00:07:44.399 Because the Bible is a sword. That's right, it's a 172 00:07:44.399 --> 00:07:47.120 two sword. You can't just go willy nilly whipping a 173 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:49.000 sword all over the place. You're gonna hurt somebody with. 174 00:07:48.959 --> 00:07:51.959 It, that's right. Yeah, that's pretty good. Yeah, I like that. 175 00:07:51.959 --> 00:07:56.160 That's that's pretty good. Walk around swinging swords and cutting 176 00:07:56.160 --> 00:07:58.120 people up. Yeah, for no reason? 177 00:07:58.279 --> 00:07:58.879 Two knives. 178 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:02.160 Yeah, and then the last one says you resist the 179 00:08:02.279 --> 00:08:05.800 urge to clap back in the group chat? Is that 180 00:08:05.839 --> 00:08:07.439 when somebody sends the clapping emoji? 181 00:08:08.079 --> 00:08:11.360 No that I think clapback is oh just snap just 182 00:08:11.480 --> 00:08:13.040 to be aggressive back at somebody. 183 00:08:13.160 --> 00:08:16.319 Oh clap back? Am I am I missing out on terms? 184 00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:17.480 Did I just show my age? 185 00:08:18.160 --> 00:08:23.199 Well? I don't know anyways, Yeah, like like gen Z language, 186 00:08:23.319 --> 00:08:24.759 I guess I don't know clap back. 187 00:08:25.560 --> 00:08:27.000 I've not heard that. 188 00:08:27.040 --> 00:08:28.040 It's a standard phrase. 189 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:30.639 Is it? Is it older than me and you? 190 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:31.160 I don't know. 191 00:08:31.879 --> 00:08:36.000 Well, here's what I do know. I also believe that 192 00:08:36.080 --> 00:08:38.720 if you resist the urge to quote unquote clap back, 193 00:08:38.759 --> 00:08:39.639 I think that is strength. 194 00:08:39.720 --> 00:08:39.879 Yeah. 195 00:08:40.879 --> 00:08:42.360 Yeah, yeah, that takes a lot of maturity. 196 00:08:42.440 --> 00:08:44.320 It takes a lot of maturity, a lot of a 197 00:08:44.320 --> 00:08:47.159 lot of strength, which is what meekness is. Right, So 198 00:08:47.200 --> 00:08:49.679 today we're kicking off this. There's a transition meekness. 199 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:50.600 There's a transition there. 200 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:57.320 It is. Yeah, and meekness oftentimes is mistaken for weakness, right, 201 00:08:57.759 --> 00:09:00.720 but meekness isn't weakness. Meekness is strength under control. 202 00:09:01.720 --> 00:09:05.159 So let's get a bumper sticker that says, meekness ain't weakness. 203 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:09.559 Meekness ain't weakness. That's right. So here's what Jesus says 204 00:09:09.679 --> 00:09:17.399 in Matthew chapter five, verse five. Yes, so it says 205 00:09:17.559 --> 00:09:20.279 in a New Living Translation it says, God blesses those 206 00:09:20.320 --> 00:09:23.720 who are humble, for they will inherit the whole earth. 207 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:27.679 And other translations just say blessed are the meek. So 208 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:30.320 the reason why, for they will inherit your So the 209 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:33.759 reason why the New Living Translation is a thought for 210 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:37.279 thought translation, and it's translating it as humble, and like 211 00:09:37.320 --> 00:09:40.720 the nasb the King James will translate it the meek 212 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:45.480 is because this the version of this word in Greek 213 00:09:45.919 --> 00:09:50.600 leans towards humility. It's a humble strength, right that. That's 214 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:52.879 what we're talking about, as we talked about blessed are 215 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:55.799 the meek or blessed are the humble, it's the humble strong. 216 00:09:56.080 --> 00:10:00.159 Well, the actual Greek word is prows, which means strength 217 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:03.559 under control, which is like a trained war horse. 218 00:10:04.320 --> 00:10:05.519 Oh yeah, yeah, good. 219 00:10:06.159 --> 00:10:08.960 Yeah, it's not timid, but it's disciplined. 220 00:10:08.519 --> 00:10:11.799 Yeah, warhorse ready to run in. They're so courageous. You 221 00:10:11.799 --> 00:10:14.559 can imagine back in those days when thousands of men 222 00:10:14.559 --> 00:10:16.639 are lined up and then they go charging and it's 223 00:10:16.720 --> 00:10:21.240 just crash. And the kind of strength and power war 224 00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:25.279 horses were well trained. War horses would also fight, which 225 00:10:25.320 --> 00:10:28.120 is crazy, right, against the enemies and stuff like that. 226 00:10:28.240 --> 00:10:30.639 But so you can just imagine the power and yet 227 00:10:30.679 --> 00:10:33.080 that power under control, having a bridle in its mouth 228 00:10:33.080 --> 00:10:36.240 and being under control. That's a great analogy. That's a 229 00:10:36.240 --> 00:10:37.159 good one. I like that one. 230 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:39.759 Yeah, good job, Yeah, thanks, good job. Hey did you 231 00:10:39.759 --> 00:10:42.519 know that in Numbers chapter twelve, Moses was called the 232 00:10:42.679 --> 00:10:44.000 meekest man on earth? 233 00:10:44.120 --> 00:10:46.039 Yes, I was going to reference Moses. 234 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:49.200 And yet he confronted Pharaoh and led a nation, so 235 00:10:49.320 --> 00:10:53.360 he still had, you know, strength under control. 236 00:10:53.600 --> 00:10:58.039 Yeah, nobody would say Moses was weak. Right at the beginning, 237 00:10:58.120 --> 00:11:00.679 Moses was faking humility with God. Oh I'm not a 238 00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:02.879 good speaker, I'm not it right, and God just keeps 239 00:11:02.919 --> 00:11:04.559 calling him out. Come on, dude, you're. 240 00:11:06.679 --> 00:11:06.879 Well. 241 00:11:06.919 --> 00:11:08.960 I think he wasn't faking, and he was just using 242 00:11:10.799 --> 00:11:13.279 they were a humble excuse. Oh I'm not a very 243 00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:16.759 good speaker. Was not going to listen to me. 244 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:18.000 Yeah, I'm not smart enough. 245 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:22.960 But Moses grew up in Pharaoh's household, he was the 246 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:30.600 stepson of the princess. Uh, there's some evidence in and 247 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:33.200 I just read about this again this week. When I 248 00:11:33.279 --> 00:11:36.679 was in Egypt in September, we kept asking our guides 249 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:39.320 and a couple of the archaeologists because we didn't hire 250 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:42.759 just a generic tour guide. We only hired historians and 251 00:11:42.840 --> 00:11:46.720 archaeologists on this trip, and so they're more expensive. But man, 252 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:48.960 it was amazing. Like every guy we traveled with could 253 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:54.039 read hieroglyphics. Every guy had had degrees, two guys had PhDs, 254 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:58.559 and one had a master's in egyptology. One guy that 255 00:11:58.639 --> 00:12:02.279 we toured with is going to be leading a major, 256 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:04.960 maybe the most major dig in the Valley of the 257 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:08.120 Kings over the past twenty five years. He's gonna lead 258 00:12:08.159 --> 00:12:11.200 it this next summer. Right, These guys are geniuses, And 259 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:15.360 we began asking them who was Moses. We started leaning in, 260 00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:20.120 was hap chep Suit the princess that found the baby? 261 00:12:21.279 --> 00:12:24.559 If so, she had a vizier, you start going down 262 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:28.080 the story. She had this visier who just appears, but 263 00:12:28.200 --> 00:12:30.240 he didn't wind up being put in his own tomb. 264 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:35.200 There's all these accusations about her. It looks like that 265 00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:38.039 would have been a reasonable time frame. There's another one 266 00:12:38.200 --> 00:12:41.399 that might have worked as well, but the point being, 267 00:12:42.559 --> 00:12:46.879 either one of the princesses that had Moses were very 268 00:12:46.919 --> 00:12:50.919 powerful women. And then he grew up with all of 269 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:55.399 the resources and all of the power of the strongest, 270 00:12:55.440 --> 00:12:59.000 most powerful man in the world at his disposal, the education, 271 00:12:59.399 --> 00:13:06.639 all these things. He was light years ahead of the 272 00:13:06.720 --> 00:13:13.080 average slave making mud bricks. Yeah, I would guess so, right, right, 273 00:13:13.440 --> 00:13:15.639 light years ahead even though he was one of them. 274 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:18.720 He was. He was also a Hebrew, Yeah, but his 275 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:22.279 education level. This is a Harvard grad with a kindergartener 276 00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:28.960 right right, trying to explain physics, right right. He had 277 00:13:29.039 --> 00:13:31.840 every reason in the world to just step into the 278 00:13:32.440 --> 00:13:35.639 follow me because I'm a powerful man, right And instead 279 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:39.360 he served his people. He pled on their behalf. He 280 00:13:39.480 --> 00:13:43.039 negotiated with God for them, he was willing to He 281 00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:45.240 treated them like a father, where he was willing to 282 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:48.480 teach them God's ways. He pled with them to do 283 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:53.440 the right thing. He got mad sometimes too, but yeah, 284 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:57.080 the the the even the idea that he would A 285 00:13:57.120 --> 00:14:00.879 guy like him could almost feel like me leading all 286 00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:04.000 these imbeciles through the desert for forty years as a 287 00:14:04.039 --> 00:14:07.720 waste of my life, right, right, do you know who 288 00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:09.879 I am or what I could have been? And this 289 00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:11.960 is what I'm doing? And he never you never find 290 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:14.759 him complaining about this, right, And I think that that's 291 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:18.039 the idea of Moses being the most meek person that 292 00:14:18.080 --> 00:14:21.840 ever lived. He was so humble that he was willing 293 00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:25.240 to serve all of his people, even in almost a 294 00:14:25.279 --> 00:14:28.120 dead end kind of an experience. Because he never did 295 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:30.279 make it into the Promised Liane. He wandered on the 296 00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:32.759 desert with them for forty years. I wonder what would 297 00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:34.480 have happened if he just would have said, find God, 298 00:14:34.519 --> 00:14:36.000 I'm done with them, let them find their own way. 299 00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:37.279 I'm going into the Promised Land. 300 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:40.799 Well he probably. My guess is he wouldn't have made it. 301 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:45.120 God, Well, there were a couple times when God was 302 00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:48.600 done with them too. So if instead if when God's 303 00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:51.120 there's one point where God says to Moses, Moses, get 304 00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:55.320 out of the way. I'm gonna wipe them out and 305 00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:59.000 I'm going to make then fulfill my promise to Abraham 306 00:14:59.080 --> 00:15:03.559 through you and your Fami. And Moses is already mad. 307 00:15:03.440 --> 00:15:06.360 At the people too, right, but he pleads anyway. 308 00:15:06.120 --> 00:15:08.559 But instead he goes to his knees. He begs God, 309 00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:11.639 please don't wipe out the people. Please, don't wipe out 310 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:14.639 the people. God just said, Hey, I'm gonna make you 311 00:15:14.679 --> 00:15:18.600 the next Abraham, Right, why don't you just leave these 312 00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:20.559 people in the desert. I'm going to wipe them out, 313 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:22.559 And why don't you go across into the promised Land? 314 00:15:23.519 --> 00:15:27.720 And he could have accepted it. And he's the stepson 315 00:15:27.799 --> 00:15:32.159 of a pharaoh, right, his step grandson of a pharaoh, right, 316 00:15:33.039 --> 00:15:35.919 And he's like, no, no, God, it's all of us. 317 00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:36.559 Are none of us? 318 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:37.000 Right? 319 00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:40.039 Take us all. Don't ruin your reputation. People are going 320 00:15:40.080 --> 00:15:41.600 to say, you just brought us out here to kill us. 321 00:15:42.200 --> 00:15:44.919 So he's concerned about God's reputation in the world. He's 322 00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:52.639 concerned about his people. This incredibly strong, powerful, skilled, capable 323 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:58.200 man pleads on behalf of his people and then sacrifices 324 00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:02.159 everything about his last forty years to serve these people. 325 00:16:02.440 --> 00:16:05.120 So it's really incredible. It's a fair statement to say. 326 00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:07.120 Probably one of the reasons why he was called the 327 00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:10.000 meat referred to as the meekest person on earth is 328 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:14.240 having meekness is not lacking strength. It's a commitment not 329 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:15.399 to misuse your strength. 330 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:17.679 That's right, right, yeah, yeah, so yeah, which is a 331 00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:20.679 great way to say that, right, that that this this 332 00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:29.360 idea of Okay. I was having a conversation with a 333 00:16:29.440 --> 00:16:36.240 guy who is his trajectory has been towards special forces, okay, 334 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:40.720 and we were he was talking about, uh, is this 335 00:16:40.919 --> 00:16:44.360 a reasonable thing for a Christian? Should should I be 336 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:48.399 heading don this row? And I said, within the context 337 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:53.679 of scripture, God sets up militaries for the freedom and 338 00:16:53.799 --> 00:16:58.159 protection of the people, right, And so there are some 339 00:16:58.240 --> 00:17:01.200 of us that are just wired to be teachers. There 340 00:17:01.200 --> 00:17:03.639 are some of us that are wired to be just 341 00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:06.480 to love the outdoors and be farmers. There's some of 342 00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:09.720 us that are wired to be moms. There are some 343 00:17:09.799 --> 00:17:13.400 of us that are just wired to be leaders. And 344 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:15.960 I said, I think that God has made warriors, and 345 00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:18.720 people will go, oh, no, I don't think so really, 346 00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:23.160 because the most common phrase if I ask you what's 347 00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:28.519 the most common analogy for God in the Book of Psalms, 348 00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:31.519 most people say, oh, a shepherd. The Lord is my shepherd. 349 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:34.839 It only mentions him being a shepherd in like three chapters, 350 00:17:35.640 --> 00:17:38.079 but it's dozens and dozens and dozens of time. The 351 00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:44.160 most common phrase is that he's the lord of Heaven's armies, right, 352 00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:46.920 what does Heaven need armies for? Because there's a real 353 00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:50.400 spiritual battle going on. The Bible references him as being 354 00:17:50.400 --> 00:17:54.160 a warrior of Heaven. That's one of the natures of God. 355 00:17:54.599 --> 00:17:57.319 And so, but what does a warrior do. A meek 356 00:17:57.440 --> 00:18:01.440 warrior is strong strength, under control for the benefit of others. 357 00:18:02.400 --> 00:18:06.160 A bad warrior is one who uses their strength and 358 00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:08.359 their power to hurt and dominate. 359 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:09.400 Others or for their own glory. 360 00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:12.480 That's right. And I said, so, if you are designed 361 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:15.480 to be a warrior, that also is a reflection of God. 362 00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:21.200 As long as you become as skilled and as powerful 363 00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:23.519 as you can be, and then you don't use it 364 00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:25.880 for yourself. You use it for the benefit of others, 365 00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:31.680 to protect them, to provide freedom, guarantee freedom, and serve 366 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:34.160 and protect other people. You do that and that is 367 00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:36.759 a reflection of God. Right, So that is that's a 368 00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:39.559 meek warrior. And I think that's what you found with 369 00:18:39.640 --> 00:18:41.880 David a lot of times. That's what you found with 370 00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:44.359 so many others in scripture. But yeah, Moses would be 371 00:18:44.359 --> 00:18:45.559 the main one. 372 00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:51.200 So so another observation is, so you know, blessed of 373 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:54.359 the meek, for they show inherit the earth. The ultimate 374 00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:56.000 example of who was meek was Jesus. 375 00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:56.319 Jesus. 376 00:18:56.400 --> 00:18:59.319 Yeah, right, so he had all authority and yet he 377 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:02.599 washed the disciples feet and John thirteen he stayed silent 378 00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:05.359 before his accusers and Isaiah fifty three talked about that. 379 00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:06.720 We saw it with ponscious pilot. 380 00:19:06.799 --> 00:19:06.920 Right. 381 00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:11.039 He chose the cross instead of calling angels, he humble 382 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:16.039 self phlippings to humbled themselves. Yeah, I mean the cross 383 00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:19.640 is the ultimate picture of meekness. Uh, you know, power 384 00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:22.640 restrained for the sake of love. Right. 385 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:25.279 Yeah, that's great. Yeah, that's a really good one. 386 00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:28.359 Yeah. So this idea of like blessed of the meek, 387 00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:31.680 it's not it's not weakness, it is it is God 388 00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:36.400 is saying blessed to those who are willing to submit 389 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:40.680 to God's power, to submit to God's authority, to the 390 00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:43.440 people who are willing to not seek out glory for 391 00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:47.559 themselves but rather, you know, serve others with whatever influence, 392 00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:49.920 strength and power that they have. Yeah. 393 00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:53.000 As you go through these couple of chapters, uh, Matthew five, 394 00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:57.039 six and seven, thinking about Jesus, it seems like Jesus 395 00:19:57.079 --> 00:20:00.880 is only ever disgusted by one group of people. Jesus 396 00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:05.319 loves everybody else. He loves the sinners, He loves the children, 397 00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:10.000 He loves the widows. He loves the mothers and the 398 00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:14.480 fathers whose children have died. He weeps over his own friends, 399 00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:20.359 He grieves over the city. Right, Jesus just loves everybody. 400 00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:26.200 But he can't tolerate the hypocrites, the Pharisees, he can't tolerate. 401 00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:29.440