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 --> 00:00:14.119 practical ways. Hey, everybody, welcome to the Bible Guys. I'm Chris, 4 00:00:14.439 --> 00:00:17.320 I am, and we are the Bible Guys today. Because 5 00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:20.440 Jeff is out of pocket. Uh, he actually has something, 6 00:00:20.480 --> 00:00:22.199 a little little voice thing happening. 7 00:00:22.280 --> 00:00:24.120 I kind of feel like we should call it the 8 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:25.879 Bible Guys Platinum Edition. 9 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:30.839 Ooh, ooh, the Platinum Edition. So it so this is 10 00:00:30.879 --> 00:00:35.719 the upgrade, the upgrades. Nice. Nice, Wow, I like the confidence. 11 00:00:36.520 --> 00:00:40.079 That's awesome. Okay, well, welcome to the Bible Guys, Platinum Edition. 12 00:00:40.759 --> 00:00:43.399 We are Chris and Wesley. Yes, and today we are 13 00:00:43.439 --> 00:00:46.399 your Bible guys. And so before we dive into Malachi 14 00:00:46.479 --> 00:00:50.439 chapter two, which is a lot of serious warning from 15 00:00:50.439 --> 00:00:54.079 God against the real the worst leaders, Yes, blunt warnings 16 00:00:54.479 --> 00:00:56.920 to tell it like it is, we are going to 17 00:00:57.159 --> 00:01:00.600 dive into a segment that our beloved death Ray has 18 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:04.079 chosen for us called Who's most Likely. 19 00:01:04.319 --> 00:01:07.239 I feel like Desiree is like world like renowned. 20 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:10.400 She is well when it comes to the Bible guys. Uh, 21 00:01:10.719 --> 00:01:14.400 you know, listeners, they hear Desiree's number or not number 22 00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:17.920 they hear. I hope not her number. That'd be bad. 23 00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:21.959 But they hear her five five five one two one two. 24 00:01:22.760 --> 00:01:24.680 But they hear her name all the time. You know, 25 00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:27.640 you know we should do we should because she's right there. 26 00:01:27.799 --> 00:01:30.079 We should ask her to come on the Bible Guys tomorrow. 27 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:31.040 I think we should. 28 00:01:31.280 --> 00:01:34.159 So if you've missed the one time that Desiree has 29 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:37.319 appeared on the Bible Guys, tune in tomorrow and hopefully 30 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:40.480 Desiree will come and be our guest and possible. 31 00:01:40.159 --> 00:01:41.799 You look excited about that. 32 00:01:41.879 --> 00:01:44.359 No, she is not. She does not. She's behind the scenes. 33 00:01:44.599 --> 00:01:47.920 She's the one that controls and runs all of the 34 00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:52.040 Bible Guys podcast. She does a great Josh Shenanigans. So 35 00:01:52.079 --> 00:01:54.719 this this segment is called Who's most Likely? And I 36 00:01:54.760 --> 00:01:59.040 look forward to doing this with you because it's gonna 37 00:01:59.079 --> 00:02:01.280 help me get to I mean, obviously, I know you 38 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:03.920 for you know years, I've known you for gosh, how 39 00:02:03.920 --> 00:02:04.760 long have we known each other. 40 00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:08.199 I first met you when we were at the retreat center. 41 00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:12.240 Oh yeah, when you got sick. Oh yeah, well I 42 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:12.840 was in your room. 43 00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:15.439 There's a whole story that we have to share sometime 44 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:18.479 about don't eat bad beef jerky from a gas station. 45 00:02:18.599 --> 00:02:20.120 That's we're just going to leave it right there. 46 00:02:20.479 --> 00:02:24.280 That was bad too, It was bad. But anyway, yeah, so, 47 00:02:24.319 --> 00:02:26.719 I mean, it's been probably close to twenty years, I 48 00:02:26.759 --> 00:02:29.280 would say so. But anyway that this helps me to 49 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:31.560 get to know you even better. Who's most likely here, 50 00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:36.199 here's the first thing, Wesley, who's most likely to talk 51 00:02:36.199 --> 00:02:39.719 their way out of a speeding ticket? Who do you 52 00:02:39.759 --> 00:02:40.479 think me or you? 53 00:02:41.840 --> 00:02:43.599 I'll say you on that one. Yeah. 54 00:02:43.719 --> 00:02:47.599 You know what's so funny is that I would say 55 00:02:47.599 --> 00:02:50.159 me too. Yeah, because just by the nature of who 56 00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:53.560 I am. But strangely enough, I don't think I've ever 57 00:02:53.800 --> 00:02:55.599 ever tried to talk my way out of a speedy tabe. 58 00:02:55.639 --> 00:02:57.840 Normally, I'm just like I did it, you know, like 59 00:02:57.879 --> 00:02:59.240 whatever it is, like I did it. 60 00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:03.639 And I've gotten Unfortunately, I've had my share of speeding tickets. 61 00:03:03.680 --> 00:03:06.479 I hate to say that loud. My wife right now 62 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:09.960 is saying things audibly to the to the to her 63 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:13.159 phone right now. Yeah, she doesn't like that part of me, 64 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:17.479 as she should not. But but I've never tried to 65 00:03:17.560 --> 00:03:20.120 talk my way out of a speeding ticket ever. I've 66 00:03:20.120 --> 00:03:24.599 normally just said yes, sir, no, sir, sorry, thank you, 67 00:03:24.759 --> 00:03:27.039 and then just moved on. I probably should try to 68 00:03:27.080 --> 00:03:27.919 talk myself out of it. 69 00:03:28.759 --> 00:03:32.000 But the funny thing is, I think officers appreciate when 70 00:03:32.039 --> 00:03:34.639 you're just honest. Yeah. 71 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:38.360 One time I was in California and I was with 72 00:03:38.479 --> 00:03:43.199 my whole family going to Universal and I remember there 73 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:45.240 was an h o V lane and you know how 74 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:48.599 they have those double lines. I just I just literally 75 00:03:48.639 --> 00:03:53.280 crossed out, not realizing they were dashed double lines, but 76 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:55.719 not realizing that you can't enter in and out of 77 00:03:55.759 --> 00:04:00.960 an h o V lane. Yeah, not really, at least 78 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:03.120 not first anyway. So this guy, and by the way, 79 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:05.159 it was my birthday. Yeah, and so my cop pulls 80 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:08.400 me over, a police officer and uh and he says, hey, 81 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:10.280 you can't go in and out of those lines. Well, 82 00:04:10.280 --> 00:04:13.240 I wasn't speeding, and I said, and I said, hey, 83 00:04:13.319 --> 00:04:15.560 I said, I'm so sorry. I'm not from here. I 84 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:18.879 don't necessarily have these where I live. I said, And 85 00:04:19.000 --> 00:04:21.639 it's my birthday today, you know. I said, I'm so sorry. 86 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:23.360 You know, could you cut me a break? And he goes, nope, 87 00:04:23.720 --> 00:04:27.519 oh he gave me ticket. Oh wow, I'm a guest. 88 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:30.279 I'm just thinking, Wow, that guy must have really been desperate. 89 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:33.560 On his quote a bit, he's probably heard every story. Yeah, 90 00:04:33.600 --> 00:04:36.120 he's just like, nope, I'm not I'm not doing it. 91 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:38.600 But he saw it was a rental car. I'm good gravy. 92 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:41.959 So anyway, okay, Number two, you want to read the 93 00:04:41.959 --> 00:04:44.560 second one, you don't have it with you. 94 00:04:44.600 --> 00:04:47.839 I'll read this second. It is who's most likely to 95 00:04:48.079 --> 00:04:52.800 ex who's most likely to adopt a pet raccoon? Not it? 96 00:04:53.319 --> 00:04:53.720 Not it? 97 00:04:53.879 --> 00:04:54.279 I'm out. 98 00:04:54.519 --> 00:04:57.319 Okay, Well, it depends that if my daughter Tory is 99 00:04:57.319 --> 00:04:59.639 living with us, If she's still with us, the answer 100 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:02.439 is deaf. No, she is definitely afraid of. 101 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:03.879 So she's not an animal person. 102 00:05:04.079 --> 00:05:07.480 Well, there are certain animals. She loves animals, but she 103 00:05:07.480 --> 00:05:12.800 calls them raccoons. She hates raccoons and wolves and coyotes. 104 00:05:13.319 --> 00:05:16.079 Those are the three things. I'm not kidding those that 105 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:18.040 I can call her right now and say what are 106 00:05:18.040 --> 00:05:23.600 the three animals you hate? She say, wolves, coyotes and raccoons. Yeah, 107 00:05:23.639 --> 00:05:26.600 but if she's not there, my wife would definitely take 108 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:26.879 them in. 109 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:27.360 Yeah. 110 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:28.879 All they have babies. 111 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:32.279 You can't let the babies stay out there. 112 00:05:32.160 --> 00:05:35.639 Right right? Okay? Number three, who's most likely to survive 113 00:05:35.800 --> 00:05:40.079 on a desert, deserted island the longest. Now, that was 114 00:05:40.120 --> 00:05:41.279 probably written for Jeff. 115 00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:45.399 That would have been Jeff is the hunter, the outdoors man. 116 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:48.360 Yeah, that would definitely be him. But what about me 117 00:05:48.480 --> 00:05:49.839 or you? 118 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:55.360 That'll be tough. I'm not really like a outdoorsy kind 119 00:05:55.399 --> 00:05:57.800 of person, but I think but here's the thing with 120 00:05:57.839 --> 00:06:01.399 me though, with my personality profile, I'm a figure it 121 00:06:01.439 --> 00:06:05.079 out person. Okay, so I would figure out something. I mean, 122 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:10.240 we could maybe extract, you know, liquid from boiling a plant. 123 00:06:10.279 --> 00:06:13.000 I don't know, I'd figure out something to survive. 124 00:06:13.240 --> 00:06:15.680 Yeah. Well, then I'm gonna go with you because I 125 00:06:15.720 --> 00:06:18.839 think I would die in the first week. I would 126 00:06:18.879 --> 00:06:21.240 die in the first week. I I don't think you. 127 00:06:21.199 --> 00:06:24.439 Can get water from coconuts. Yeah, you can't coconut water 128 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:25.240 whatever you want to call it. 129 00:06:25.279 --> 00:06:29.439 Well, and my only my only knowledge would come from movies, 130 00:06:29.959 --> 00:06:32.800 Like I would say, yeah, I've seen I've seen Castaway 131 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:33.920 with Tom Hanks. 132 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:37.480 And maybe that is not the best movie to yeah yeah, yeah, yeah. 133 00:06:37.519 --> 00:06:39.800 Because it took a while for him to get rescue, well. 134 00:06:39.759 --> 00:06:43.959 Said, yeah, so well, you know, to be fair, he 135 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:46.040 just he was a sailor too. Yeah, he just couldn't 136 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:49.759 get off the island. Yeah, so okay, number four. You 137 00:06:49.759 --> 00:06:50.680 want to read number four. 138 00:06:50.680 --> 00:06:54.480 I read it. Who's most likely to win a reality show? 139 00:06:54.800 --> 00:06:56.480 I'm going to say you one hundred percent. 140 00:06:57.000 --> 00:06:59.360 Yeah, I'm gonna say me because I've seen my share 141 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:02.639 of reality, right, And. 142 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:04.720 I'm not a reality I'm not a just uh. I'm 143 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:08.720 a documentary person and think, but I'm not just like. 144 00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:12.879 I won't just sit down and watch a lot of 145 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:16.439 just normal sit coms TV shows. I just don't. 146 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:21.360 Yeah, you know, my daughters loved their guilty pleasure was 147 00:07:21.399 --> 00:07:23.759 The Bachelor. I had two daughters. I still do obviously, 148 00:07:23.800 --> 00:07:26.279 but but you know, growing up in high school, they 149 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:28.800 would watch The Bachelor, and so that was one thing 150 00:07:28.839 --> 00:07:30.959 that I did with them. And let me tell you something. 151 00:07:31.040 --> 00:07:35.160 I I I love hated it. I love to hate it. 152 00:07:35.800 --> 00:07:37.000 I loved to hate it. 153 00:07:37.439 --> 00:07:39.839 And I remember you made a reference. It went right 154 00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:43.560 over my head. It was something about a rose and 155 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:45.680 I'm like, I have no idea what he's talking about. 156 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:50.879 Those those that that is probably the worst reality show 157 00:07:50.920 --> 00:07:54.560 I have ever subjected myself to in my life. And 158 00:07:54.600 --> 00:07:57.279 I watched and I saw all the seasons, and I 159 00:07:57.360 --> 00:07:58.879 just watched it with them and I love to hate it, 160 00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:01.279 but it was It's the same question all the time, 161 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:03.439 you know. So what so getting the rose? What would 162 00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:05.480 that mean to you? This rose ceremony? Well, it would 163 00:08:05.480 --> 00:08:09.360 mean everything. It's the same answer, it's just a different character. Anyway, 164 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:13.720 here's number five. Who's most likely to order dessert before dinner? 165 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:19.240 Now see that this is complicated because it depends on 166 00:08:19.279 --> 00:08:22.480 where I am. Like, if I'm on vacation, I might 167 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:26.360 order it. Like if you go to a really nice 168 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:29.279 I love Italian food, So you go to a nice 169 00:08:29.319 --> 00:08:32.360 Italian restaurant, you see they got like Canoli's. Well, I 170 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:34.720 mean I could have a canol before you know, ma 171 00:08:34.840 --> 00:08:35.879 lasagna comes, you know. 172 00:08:35.960 --> 00:08:38.679 Yeah, yeah, yeah, Well hey you're you're you're my people, Yeah, 173 00:08:38.720 --> 00:08:41.360 because I am Italian and I love Italian food is 174 00:08:41.360 --> 00:08:44.279 one of my favorites. Yeah, I would. I'm gonna go 175 00:08:44.320 --> 00:08:46.960 with you then, because for some reason, I don't ever 176 00:08:47.080 --> 00:08:51.960 eat dessert before dinner. Jeff definitely would. Yeah, but I'm 177 00:08:51.960 --> 00:08:55.159 not a dessert guy, which is sort of weird. I'm 178 00:08:55.159 --> 00:08:58.600 really not a dessert guy overall. I'm not a sweets guy. 179 00:08:58.799 --> 00:09:03.440 Oh man, but just stre that's me all day. Yeah, brownies, cookies. 180 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:06.080 Yeah, I'm not a sweet skuy, so so it is. 181 00:09:06.159 --> 00:09:08.399 It is a little strange for even me to say 182 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:10.960 that out loud, even to myself. So I'm gonna go 183 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:13.360 with you. So all right, Well, hey, we're at our time. 184 00:09:13.399 --> 00:09:15.279 We're actually past our time, so we need to move 185 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:17.039 on to Malachi Chapter. 186 00:09:16.720 --> 00:09:19.360 Two Malachai two. This is one through seventeen. 187 00:09:19.559 --> 00:09:24.600 Oh, I forgot the bad transition yesterday. Oh oh yeah yeah. Hey, hey, 188 00:09:24.919 --> 00:09:30.879 speaking of not being a sweet guy, this is not 189 00:09:30.960 --> 00:09:34.639 a very sweet message to the people of Eatam. 190 00:09:34.879 --> 00:09:37.639 That wins the record for worse transition. 191 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:40.639 Yes, yeah, there you go. I totally forgot the transition 192 00:09:40.759 --> 00:09:44.000 yesterday between me and Jeff. One of us always remember, yeah, 193 00:09:44.159 --> 00:09:46.120 and so help me remember that tomorrow. 194 00:09:46.159 --> 00:09:46.759 That is good. 195 00:09:47.240 --> 00:09:47.519 Go ahead. 196 00:09:47.559 --> 00:09:50.919 Malachi second chapter and again this is God being blunt 197 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:54.840 and direct. Verse two says I'm sorry. Chapter two, starting 198 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:59.039 at verse one, says, listen, you, priest. This command is 199 00:09:59.080 --> 00:10:02.080 for you. Listen to me and make up your minds 200 00:10:02.120 --> 00:10:04.960 to honor my name, says the Lord of Heaven's Armies, 201 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:08.679 or I will bring a terrible curse against you. I 202 00:10:08.759 --> 00:10:12.360 will curse even the blessings you receive. Indeed, I have 203 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:15.799 already cursed them. Because you have not taken my warning 204 00:10:15.879 --> 00:10:19.759 to heart. I will punish your descendants and splatter your 205 00:10:19.799 --> 00:10:24.240 faces with the manure from your festival sacrifices, and I 206 00:10:24.320 --> 00:10:27.919 will throw you on the manure pile. I think that's 207 00:10:27.960 --> 00:10:29.480 pretty's pretty direct. 208 00:10:29.679 --> 00:10:31.320 It's pretty direct. 209 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:34.759 Verse four. Then at last you will know it was 210 00:10:34.840 --> 00:10:37.600 I who sent you this warning, so that my covenant 211 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:41.120 with the Levites can continue, says the Lord of Heaven's 212 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:45.120 Armies verse five. The purpose of my covenant with the 213 00:10:45.200 --> 00:10:48.080 Levites was to bring life in peace, and that is 214 00:10:48.120 --> 00:10:51.759 what I gave them. This required reverence from them, and 215 00:10:51.799 --> 00:10:54.679 they greatly revered me and stood in awe of my name. 216 00:10:55.279 --> 00:10:57.600 They passed on to the people the truth of the 217 00:10:57.639 --> 00:11:01.600 instructions they received from me. They did not lie or cheat. 218 00:11:01.879 --> 00:11:06.159 They walked with me, living good and righteous lives, and 219 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:10.159 they turn many from lives of sin. The words of 220 00:11:10.200 --> 00:11:14.240 a priest's lips should preserve knowledge of God, and people 221 00:11:14.240 --> 00:11:17.200 should go to him for instruction. For the priest is 222 00:11:17.240 --> 00:11:21.200 the messenger of the Lord of Heaven's Armies. But you, priests, 223 00:11:21.240 --> 00:11:25.039 have left God's paths. Your instructions have caused many to 224 00:11:25.080 --> 00:11:28.519 stumble into sin. You have corrupted the covenant I made 225 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:32.080 with the Levites, says the Lord of Heaven's Armies. So 226 00:11:32.120 --> 00:11:35.679 I have made you despised and humiliated in the eyes 227 00:11:35.720 --> 00:11:38.399 of all the people, for you have not obeyed me, 228 00:11:38.799 --> 00:11:41.559 but have shown favoritism in the way you carry out 229 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:45.519 my instructions. Are we not all children of the same Father. 230 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:48.799 Are we not all created by the same God? Then 231 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:52.200 why do we betray each other, violating the covenant of 232 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:56.720 our ancestors. Judah has been unfaithful, and a detestable thing 233 00:11:57.080 --> 00:12:01.200 has been done in Israel and in Jerusale. The men 234 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:05.600 of Judah have defiled the Lord's beloved sanctuary by marrying 235 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:09.159 women who worship idols. May the Lord cut off from 236 00:12:09.320 --> 00:12:12.600 the nation of Israel every last man who has done 237 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:15.960 this and yet brings an offering to the Lord of 238 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:20.080 Heaven's Armies Verse thirteen. Here is another thing you do, 239 00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:23.399 so God is on a role. Here here's another thing 240 00:12:23.440 --> 00:12:27.120 you do. You cover the Lord's altar with tears, weeping 241 00:12:27.200 --> 00:12:30.720 and groaning because he pays no attention to your offerings 242 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:34.559 and does not accept them with pleasure. You cry out, 243 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:37.679 why doesn't the Lord accept my offering? I'll tell you 244 00:12:37.720 --> 00:12:40.720 Why Because the Lord witnessed the vows you and your 245 00:12:40.759 --> 00:12:44.840 wife made when you were young, But you have been 246 00:12:44.960 --> 00:12:49.000 unfaithful to her, though she remain your faithful partner, the 247 00:12:49.080 --> 00:12:52.519 wife of your marriage vows. Didn't the Lord make you 248 00:12:52.600 --> 00:12:55.879 one with your wife and body and spirit? You are his? 249 00:12:57.200 --> 00:13:00.639 And what does he want? Godly children from your union? 250 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:03.399 So guard your heart, remain loyal to the wife of 251 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:06.159 your youth. For I hate divorce, says the Lord, the 252 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:09.399 God of Israel. To divorce your wife is to overwhelm 253 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:12.879 her with cruelty, says the Lord of Heaven's armies. So 254 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:15.919 guard your heart and do not be unfaithful to your wife. 255 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:19.320 You have wearied the Lord with your words. How have 256 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:22.360 we wearied him? You ask? You have wearied him by 257 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:25.399 saying that all who do evil are good in the 258 00:13:25.480 --> 00:13:28.720 Lord's sight, and he and he is pleased with them. 259 00:13:29.200 --> 00:13:32.279 You have wearied him by saying, where is the God 260 00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:33.960 of justice? 261 00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:34.440 Wow? 262 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:37.919 Yeah? So God was a little clear, blunt. 263 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:45.200 Yeah, man, And you could definitely sense God God's you know, 264 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:49.639 anybody who talks that way, even even from a human standpoint. Yeah, 265 00:13:49.840 --> 00:13:52.120 you can tell that the hurt. Yeah right, you could 266 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:56.559 sense God's pain and all he wants is a relationship, 267 00:13:57.000 --> 00:13:59.480 and so he says, you know, hey, I've been good 268 00:13:59.480 --> 00:14:03.559 to you and I've given you statutes, I've given you decrees, 269 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:06.440 I've given you laws, and I've just asked that you 270 00:14:06.559 --> 00:14:09.279 just obey them. And they're not It's not exactly as 271 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:13.279 if God is giving them laws that are hard to obey. Right, 272 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:17.480 They're just they're honoring laws. They're definitely faithful laws, right, 273 00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:20.039 you know, to be faithful to your wife, to to 274 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:23.759 not divulge in sin and wicked you know, idolatry practices. 275 00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:26.799 So you know, it takes discipline. It takes resisting of 276 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:31.120 temptation and you know, you know, rejecting what other people 277 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:34.519 around you do. So it does take discipline. But these 278 00:14:34.559 --> 00:14:39.000 aren't exactly you know, hard things compared to the author 279 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:41.759 and giver of life and blessing. Right, you could sense 280 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:42.360 God's pain. 281 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:45.600 And I want to just pause there for a second, Chris, 282 00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:49.080 because I think that's something that people need to understand, 283 00:14:49.200 --> 00:14:53.600 is we can hurt God's feelings. That's right, God has emotions. 284 00:14:53.879 --> 00:14:56.399 I think for some people we think of God as 285 00:14:56.399 --> 00:15:01.200 being almost like this statue like figure far off and 286 00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:04.120 you know, he speaks with a very deep voice and 287 00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:06.799 things like that. But God has emotions. 288 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:09.919 It says, I'm a jealous God. Yeah. So when people, 289 00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:12.399 you know, when when when everybody, you know, his creation, 290 00:15:12.559 --> 00:15:16.559 his beloved creation, whom he loves, you know, worships somebody 291 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:19.639 else in place of him, he flat out says, I 292 00:15:19.639 --> 00:15:22.840 am a jealous God. Yeah. Yeah. And so you know 293 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:25.879 it's so interesting is that? Uh you know again, this 294 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:28.759 is this is sort of the last bits. These are 295 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:33.200 the last bits of the transition between the Old Covenant 296 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:36.840 and the New Covenant. So the Old Covenant is, you know, 297 00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:39.600 the system that God set up, you know, the sacrifices 298 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:43.320 for sin were you know, temporary offerings, you know. And 299 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:44.919 what I mean by that is they would shed the 300 00:15:44.919 --> 00:15:47.240 blood of the animals and they would cover the altar, 301 00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:50.879 and it was a temporary covering, right. The new Covenant 302 00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:56.240 is Jesus Christ. You know, God himself becomes flesh and 303 00:15:56.240 --> 00:16:00.320 and and and makes the ultimate sacrifice and says about 304 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:03.759 himself that this sacrifice is once and for all. So 305 00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:07.480 the new promise, the new Covenant to his people, is 306 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:10.600 made by Jesus Christ. And so I always say this, like, 307 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:13.200 how can God talk like this? People say the God 308 00:16:13.200 --> 00:16:15.159 of the Old Testament is so harsh compared to the 309 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:16.919 New The God of the New Testament, the God of 310 00:16:16.919 --> 00:16:19.039 the Old Testament was so you know, just like God 311 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:21.960 would never say this today, to which I would say, 312 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:25.600 God has never changed. Right, So the Bible says that 313 00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:28.480 God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 314 00:16:28.600 --> 00:16:30.679 And I think God for that, yes, that we don't 315 00:16:30.720 --> 00:16:32.320 have a God that flip flops. 316 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:35.960 And that's right, that's right. The only difference is God's 317 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:39.559 reaction to our sin has changed drastically, yes, right, So 318 00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:42.720 it's and it's because of Jesus Christ. Right, whereas before, 319 00:16:43.080 --> 00:16:46.000 you know, God is like there's a punishment, there is 320 00:16:46.039 --> 00:16:48.720 a curse, there is a penalty, you know, and and 321 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:51.879 and the disobedience of people, and and and and I 322 00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:54.320 do believe that God still has some of that, right, 323 00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:57.679 Like there there are some things that God reserves to, 324 00:16:57.840 --> 00:17:00.000 you know, to do. God can do whatever he wants 325 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:03.360 want to do. God can discipline his children. God can 326 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:06.920 bring about hardship. I've always said that there are three 327 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:10.279 things that can turn you back to God, but always 328 00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:14.519 choose the first one. There's conviction, misery, and tragedy. Right. 329 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:18.880 Conviction is the Holy Spirit convicting you, and God uses 330 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:22.599 a myriad of things through conviction, right, but God forbid 331 00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:25.519 it should come to misery or tragedy. So God can 332 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:28.039 still do those things, of course, but we have to 333 00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:34.799 understand that Jesus Christ has paid for all of our sins. 334 00:17:35.359 --> 00:17:38.960 And the Bible actually says there's no condemnation. There's none 335 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:42.839 who are in Christ Jesus. Right, So that's the new promise. 336 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:46.920 So you could almost sense the Old Covenant, the frustration 337 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:50.839 of the Old Covenant. People not obeying the Old Covenant, 338 00:17:50.880 --> 00:17:54.680 not even in this point, understanding the Old Covenant, not 339 00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:58.200 understanding much of anything, even down to the priests and 340 00:17:58.240 --> 00:18:01.680 the people who are supposed to be in forcing the 341 00:18:01.880 --> 00:18:03.599 God's laws don't even understand them. 342 00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:06.319 Yeah, can we touch on something in verse two, it 343 00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:10.000 says listen to me and make up your minds to 344 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:13.799 honor my name. When I read that, I think about 345 00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:17.200 the fact that there might be some listeners right now 346 00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:20.279 listening to us, and they're kind of on the fence 347 00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:23.799 with God. They're on the fence in their Christian walk. 348 00:18:24.079 --> 00:18:28.319 They're trying to straddle both sides of the fence. And 349 00:18:28.400 --> 00:18:31.880 later on in the Bible it talks about how God says, 350 00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:35.240 I would rather you be hot or cold, but a 351 00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:38.240 lukewarm person I will spew out of my mouth. So 352 00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:40.599 there's a listener right now, and you're thinking, you know, 353 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:43.359 like you're playing both sides of the fence. You're trying 354 00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:47.359 to be holy, you know, on Sunday, but Saturday is 355 00:18:47.400 --> 00:18:49.680 a different story. You got to make up your mind. 356 00:18:50.039 --> 00:18:52.559 You got to make up your mind. Will I serve God? 357 00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:55.839 Or am I not gonna serve God? But you can't 358 00:18:55.839 --> 00:18:59.319 straddle the fence. Listen to me and make up your 359 00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:01.319 minds to eyes under my names is what God is 360 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:01.880 saying right here. 361 00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:02.799 Yeah, yeah, that's good. 362 00:19:02.880 --> 00:19:03.559 That's really good. 363 00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:07.839 And so God's called a faithfulness is the same call 364 00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:10.480 that we should have in our lives. Right and by 365 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:13.160 the way, when he was talking about the city of Edom, 366 00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:16.920 there's a note here that says Malachi's first prophecy pertained 367 00:19:16.920 --> 00:19:20.559 to the Lord's judgment of Edom, where Petra is located. 368 00:19:20.599 --> 00:19:24.000 You've seen Petro, right, you know. Petra is most famous 369 00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:26.640 I think in our generation for Indiana Jones and the 370 00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:29.880 people of Doom. Yeah right, yeah, that's where the that's 371 00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:33.920 where the Cup of Christ was being held in that movie. Right, yea, 372 00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:37.720 But it says Petro was the capital of the Nebutaeans, 373 00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:40.839 who first appeared in history in three twelve b C. 374 00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:45.039 The Nebuteans were of Arabic origin, and they occupied the 375 00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:48.160 old land of Edom and made Petra their capital. Petra 376 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:51.759 lay in an impressive valley about one thousand yards wide 377 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:55.839 among the mountains of western Edom, some sixty miles north 378 00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:59.720 of the Gulf of Aquaba. So's that's just a little 379 00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:02.920 cool tidbit that you know that here we have, you know, 380 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:06.680 the remains and the ruins of a city. And even 381 00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:11.440 today people who go to Petra can see the houses 382 00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:14.720 that were still carved out of the sand, the red 383 00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:19.319 sandy stone, and the mountains that are right along the walls. 384 00:20:19.079 --> 00:20:23.279 That just line up with you know, you know everything 385 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:25.960 that history, you know, the Bible in the history line 386 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:28.000 up right, Yeah, And so it's kind of neat. 387 00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:31.079 Yeah, one more thing, because we're running out of time 388 00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:35.440 verse thirteen, when God says, and here's another thing you do. 389 00:20:35.559 --> 00:20:38.720 God is just on a roll here, just listing out 390 00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:42.960 everything they've done wrong. But that one line you cover 391 00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:47.880 the Lord's altar with your tears, weeping and groaning, and 392 00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:50.920 I think about how I've done that in my life 393 00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:55.240 where I'll go to God and I'm complaining about, you know, 394 00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:57.400 what God didn't do and how he didn't do this, 395 00:20:57.519 --> 00:20:59.160 and it's like, well, wait a minute, did I do 396 00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:00.680 what he told me to do? 397 00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:01.279 Right? 398 00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:04.559 So it's kind of hard to be angry at him 399 00:21:05.119 --> 00:21:07.559 and say he's not doing what he's supposed to do 400 00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:11.400 when we're not doing what we're supposed to do. Sometimes 401 00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:14.279