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 --> 00:00:07.480 practical ways. 4 00:00:11.439 --> 00:00:14.599 Hey, everybody, welcome to the Bible Guys. Thanks for tuning in. Man, 5 00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:17.000 it's gonna be a good day, be a great day. 6 00:00:17.199 --> 00:00:17.519 Great. 7 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:21.559 You are listening to this with anticipation, like man, Jeff 8 00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:23.079 and Chris are going to bring something great. 9 00:00:23.120 --> 00:00:25.239 Well, Chris, today is going to be a good day 10 00:00:25.280 --> 00:00:28.280 because we're bringing some of the finest news we can 11 00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:30.839 find on the internet. We scour the internet, yes, in fact, 12 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:32.280 we're looking for the finest news. 13 00:00:32.280 --> 00:00:35.240 All morning. We spent looking at things. 14 00:00:34.920 --> 00:00:38.200 And so you know, sometimes we give we get news 15 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:42.079 about family advice. Sometimes it's financial advice. Yes, this would 16 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:44.159 be the fine on the financial side, just kind of 17 00:00:44.159 --> 00:00:47.799 acknowledging the economy right now, right, and so only the 18 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:50.439 finest sources of information we bring to our people. The 19 00:00:50.479 --> 00:00:54.799 Babylon b Yes, which is our favorite satire site on 20 00:00:54.840 --> 00:00:58.439 the internet. Okay, here's the headline. Dad gently informs daughter 21 00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:01.200 he spent her college fund on a single little bacon 22 00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:04.840 cheeseburger at five guys, have you been a five guys lately? Yes? 23 00:01:04.920 --> 00:01:07.480 Oh my goodness, Oh no, no, not lately, but but yeah, 24 00:01:07.480 --> 00:01:08.439 it's pretty expensive. 25 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:12.319 Omaha, Nebraska local father Nathan Michaels called a family meeting 26 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:14.359 Friday afternoon to deform his daughter that she wouldn't be 27 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:16.680 able to go to university because he spent her entire 28 00:01:16.719 --> 00:01:20.719 college fund on a single Little Bacon cheeseburger at five Guys. 29 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:23.400 Though the family had set aside money for her to 30 00:01:23.400 --> 00:01:25.200 go to college when she grew up, Michael's had found 31 00:01:25.239 --> 00:01:28.000 himself hungry and in desperate need of a burger, leading 32 00:01:28.040 --> 00:01:30.079 him to make the difficult decision to stop at five 33 00:01:30.159 --> 00:01:33.439 Guys and wipe out her college fund. Money's tight, he 34 00:01:33.480 --> 00:01:36.480 gently explained to his daughter Joy, unsure how she would 35 00:01:36.519 --> 00:01:38.920 react to this blow to her future, but I went 36 00:01:38.959 --> 00:01:42.159 to five Guys and ordered a little Bacon cheeseburger in Well, 37 00:01:42.239 --> 00:01:44.799 I'm sorry, sweetheart, but your college fund is gone. There's 38 00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:48.400 still community college, maybe trade school. We'll figure something out. 39 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:51.760 Five Guys Little Bacon Cheeseburger consists of a fresh, hand 40 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:54.159 formed patty hot off the grill with American cheese and 41 00:01:54.200 --> 00:01:57.560 strips of crispy applewood smoked bacon on top. Customers can 42 00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:00.159 choose as many toppings or condiments. As they want. In 43 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:03.799 the case of Michael's, he chose Lettuce, Mayo and Jalapanos. 44 00:02:03.959 --> 00:02:05.959 It currently sells for the low price of eighty four 45 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:10.479 ninety nine dollars ninety nine cents according to sources. Joy 46 00:02:10.520 --> 00:02:13.319 Michaels sat silently upon hearing her future was wiped out 47 00:02:13.319 --> 00:02:16.120 with a single cheeseburger. When she came to herself, she 48 00:02:16.159 --> 00:02:19.520 only had one question, was it good? Her father did 49 00:02:19.520 --> 00:02:22.120 not mince words, it was okay, Oh my god. That 50 00:02:22.159 --> 00:02:24.520 publishing time, Nathan Michaels was in the process of taking 51 00:02:24.520 --> 00:02:26.919 out a second mortgage on the family's home so he 52 00:02:26.919 --> 00:02:29.719 could afford a full size bacon cheeseburger at his next 53 00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:31.000 trip to five guys. 54 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:36.199 But okay, listen, do you realize that this article stabs at. 55 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:38.639 Five guys in the worst ways? 56 00:02:39.280 --> 00:02:41.280 Not only are they making fun of their high prices, 57 00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:44.840 then it leads up to the question was it good? 58 00:02:45.039 --> 00:02:49.680 And then he says it was okay. By the way, 59 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:52.360 that sounds like pretty brutal. 60 00:02:52.520 --> 00:02:55.879 Yeah for Babylon b they normally don't like, although they 61 00:02:55.879 --> 00:02:57.560 did do that Spirit Airlines. 62 00:02:57.680 --> 00:03:00.719 Yeah, yeah, they go it hilarious, they go pretty hard. Yeah, 63 00:03:00.759 --> 00:03:02.159 they don't pull any punch. 64 00:03:02.039 --> 00:03:04.639 Yeah, but but five guys is tremendous. 65 00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:07.800 Yeah, I think, oh, five guys is great, but you 66 00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:11.439 know when you have to literally so I took six 67 00:03:11.520 --> 00:03:15.120 people there a while back and walked out and I 68 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:18.639 felt like we should have had steak, right right, right, 69 00:03:18.960 --> 00:03:20.439 So it's a good burger, it's not that good of 70 00:03:20.479 --> 00:03:23.240 a burger, right, But beyond that, I think that this 71 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:25.639 is really highlighting just the state of the economy. The 72 00:03:25.759 --> 00:03:28.319 prices are so inflation right right, So it was already 73 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:30.360 a premium burger. So just understand when you go to 74 00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:32.680 five guys, you're going for a gourmet burger experience. That's 75 00:03:32.719 --> 00:03:35.479 what you're going for. And I think they're amazing, but 76 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:42.240 a premium burger pricing sometimes the costs to make what 77 00:03:42.240 --> 00:03:45.840 they're making is through the roof. And yeah, so that's 78 00:03:45.919 --> 00:03:47.879 the state of the economy. People. You have to take 79 00:03:47.879 --> 00:03:49.520 out a second mortgage to take your people out of the. 80 00:03:49.800 --> 00:03:52.719 Have you seen have you seen what's the Canadian Nate? 81 00:03:52.919 --> 00:03:55.719 How do you say his name? Nate Burgeskerghasy Burgatsy. 82 00:03:55.840 --> 00:03:59.039 Yeah, he's from He's not Canadian, He's from No, no, no, no. 83 00:03:59.159 --> 00:04:01.120 I was gonna refer media. One of his one of 84 00:04:01.120 --> 00:04:04.080 his bits. Yeah, one of his bits comedian. Have you 85 00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:04.800 seen his new one? 86 00:04:05.039 --> 00:04:05.319 Yes? 87 00:04:05.400 --> 00:04:07.360 Okay, did you see the part where you talked about 88 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:09.759 community college, because this is talking about college. 89 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:10.800 Yeah, he goes. 90 00:04:11.199 --> 00:04:12.960 When you go to community college, they just kind of 91 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:15.199 figure you're going to be a person that stays. 92 00:04:14.960 --> 00:04:17.759 In the community. So when you get. 93 00:04:17.639 --> 00:04:19.959 There, they're like, we just figured we'd show you around, 94 00:04:20.480 --> 00:04:22.519 show you around town, show you the ropes. 95 00:04:25.160 --> 00:04:28.600 Community colleges are great. They're an opportunity to make something 96 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:31.079 special of your life, right, to jump out and change 97 00:04:31.360 --> 00:04:33.639 change the direction of your life. But yeah, they do 98 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:36.240 get a bum rap sometimes because it's so funny. They're 99 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:38.600 not as elite, not a snobby right. 100 00:04:39.279 --> 00:04:42.519 Well, you know Rob Williams worked for community college and 101 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:43.600 Goodwill hunting. 102 00:04:43.839 --> 00:04:46.040 Oh, that's true, and he was looked out upon. That's true, 103 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:47.040 which is another movie. 104 00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:48.519 I had fancy friends. 105 00:04:48.600 --> 00:04:53.079 What remember I told you that? Oh, I know, I 106 00:04:53.160 --> 00:04:56.560 let zab down. I wish our listeners knew how often 107 00:04:56.600 --> 00:05:01.279 I hear you go when I say something, just sheer 108 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:03.720 disappointment in me as a human being. 109 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:05.120 Have you seen Wicked yet? 110 00:05:05.519 --> 00:05:05.959 The movie? 111 00:05:06.040 --> 00:05:06.279 Yeah? 112 00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:11.879 No, I've seen the play. I haven't been in a 113 00:05:11.920 --> 00:05:13.759 movie theater biddie and I were talking about this. My 114 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:15.639 wife and I were talking about this just recently. I 115 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:19.600 haven't been in a movie theater in ten months, maybe more. 116 00:05:19.800 --> 00:05:21.519 I don't know. I don't remember if I went to 117 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:23.160 a movie in twenty twenty four. 118 00:05:23.240 --> 00:05:26.360 Well guess what you could now buy Wicked on your Yeah. 119 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:28.480 I know she talked about that. Yeah, yeah, I don't 120 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:30.680 know that I want to buy a Wicked. Well you can, 121 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:33.439 or you can pretty soon. It'll be free. 122 00:05:34.279 --> 00:05:35.360 No, I don't think it'll be free. 123 00:05:35.439 --> 00:05:39.639 Yeah, it'll be rent, it'll be on, it'll be on. 124 00:05:39.639 --> 00:05:42.920 One of the things you think, Yeah, wow, there's too 125 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:45.480 much money to be made, somebody paying gazillions of dollars 126 00:05:45.480 --> 00:05:48.360 for it, Right, it's too md that's probably true. Yep. Okay, 127 00:05:48.399 --> 00:05:50.759 well here we are talking about paying kajillions of dollars 128 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:59.079 for something I have nothing. I was gonna say, Jared 129 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:00.319 Baum's going to pay the price. 130 00:06:00.879 --> 00:06:01.439 I was going to. 131 00:06:01.480 --> 00:06:07.759 Say, reading that five guys article, you may have a 132 00:06:07.759 --> 00:06:13.079 tendency or you know, a reaction to denounce. To denounce 133 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:13.720 five guys. 134 00:06:13.759 --> 00:06:15.639 Oh, just like a prophet. 135 00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:16.360 Just like a. 136 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:19.839 Prophet who gets denounced named Jerobon No, No, just like 137 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:21.360 a prophet denounces Jerobo. 138 00:06:22.519 --> 00:06:23.360 Didn't that what I said? 139 00:06:23.480 --> 00:06:25.240 You said, just like a prophet. 140 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:27.680 Denounces Jerobo. 141 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:31.519 No, no, no, you said something else. A prophet named 142 00:06:31.600 --> 00:06:32.680 a prophet named Jerobo. 143 00:06:33.040 --> 00:06:34.959 Oh I see, I see ye? My bad? 144 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:39.279 Yeah yeah, okay. Anyways, here we go, first Kings, chapter thirteen. 145 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:41.439 Those first six and a half minutes, we're riveting. We 146 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:43.240 know people, but we're going to get into it right here. 147 00:06:44.040 --> 00:06:46.480 First Kings, chapter thirteen, verse one, and we're going to 148 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:48.439 read all the way to verse thirty four. It says, 149 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:50.839 at the Lord's command, a man of God from Judah 150 00:06:50.879 --> 00:06:54.879 went to Bethel, arriving there just as Jeroboam was approaching 151 00:06:54.920 --> 00:06:57.759 the altar to burn incense. Then, at the lord's command 152 00:06:58.040 --> 00:07:01.079 he shouted, alter, Alter, this. He says, what the Lord says, 153 00:07:01.439 --> 00:07:03.879 a child named Josiah will be born into the dynasty 154 00:07:03.920 --> 00:07:08.120 of David on you. He will sacrifice the priests from 155 00:07:08.160 --> 00:07:10.399 the pagan shrines who come here to burn incense, and 156 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:13.120 human bones will be burned on you. That same day, 157 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:15.199 the man of God gave a sign to prove his message. 158 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:17.079 He said, the Lord has promised to give this sign. 159 00:07:17.439 --> 00:07:20.000 This altar will split apart, and its ashes we poured 160 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:22.639 out on the ground. When King Jerobom heard the Man 161 00:07:22.680 --> 00:07:24.680 of God speaking against the altar at Bethel, he pointed 162 00:07:24.680 --> 00:07:27.240 at him and shouted, seize that man. But instantly the 163 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:30.040 king's hand became paralyzed in that position and he couldn't 164 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:33.160 pull it back. At the same time, a wide crack 165 00:07:33.160 --> 00:07:35.399 appeared in the altar and the ashes poured out, just 166 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:37.519 as the Man of God had predicted in his message 167 00:07:37.519 --> 00:07:39.600 from the Lord. The king cried out to the Man 168 00:07:39.639 --> 00:07:41.920 of God, please ask the Lord your God to restore 169 00:07:41.959 --> 00:07:44.160 my hand again. So the Man of God prayed to 170 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:45.759 the Lord, and the king's hand was restored and he 171 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:48.480 could move it again. Then the king said to the 172 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:50.439 Man of God, come to the palace with me and 173 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:52.199 have something to eat, and I will give you a gift. 174 00:07:52.720 --> 00:07:54.240 But the Man of God said to the King, even 175 00:07:54.279 --> 00:07:55.879 if you give me half of everything you own, I 176 00:07:55.879 --> 00:07:57.879 would not go with you. I will not eat or 177 00:07:57.959 --> 00:07:59.879 drink anything in this place, for the Lord gave me 178 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:02.759 this command. He must not eat or drink anything while 179 00:08:02.759 --> 00:08:04.759 you were there, and do not return to Judah by 180 00:08:04.759 --> 00:08:07.079 the same way you came. So he left Bethel and 181 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:09.720 went home another way. As it happened there was an 182 00:08:09.720 --> 00:08:12.079 old prophet living in Bethel, and his sons came home 183 00:08:12.319 --> 00:08:13.800 and told him what the Man of God had done 184 00:08:13.839 --> 00:08:15.959 in Bethel that day, and they also told their father 185 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:18.000 what the man had said to the king. The old 186 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:20.680 prophet asked them which way did he go? So they 187 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:22.759 showed their father which road the Man of God had taken, 188 00:08:23.040 --> 00:08:24.920 quick saddled the donkey. The old man said, so, they 189 00:08:24.959 --> 00:08:27.319 saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it. Then 190 00:08:27.360 --> 00:08:29.000 he rode after the Man of God and found him 191 00:08:29.000 --> 00:08:31.519 sitting under a great tree. The old prophet asked him, 192 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:33.279 are you the Man of God who came from Judah. 193 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:35.600 Yes I am, he replied. Then he said to the 194 00:08:35.639 --> 00:08:37.960 Man of God, come home with me and eat some food. 195 00:08:38.320 --> 00:08:40.720 No I cannot, he replied, I'm not allowed to eat 196 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:42.519 or drink anything here in this place, for the Lord 197 00:08:42.559 --> 00:08:44.840 gave me this command. He must not eat or drink 198 00:08:44.919 --> 00:08:47.000 anything while you are there, and do not return to 199 00:08:47.080 --> 00:08:49.279 Judah by the same way you came. But the old 200 00:08:49.279 --> 00:08:52.000 prophet answered, I'm a prophet too, just as you are, 201 00:08:52.200 --> 00:08:54.320 and an angel gave me this command from the Lord. 202 00:08:54.600 --> 00:08:56.440 Bring him home with you so he can have something 203 00:08:56.440 --> 00:08:58.519 to eat and drink. But the old man was lying 204 00:08:58.519 --> 00:09:00.600 to him. So they went back to and the Man 205 00:09:00.600 --> 00:09:03.279 of God ate and drank at the prophet's home. Then, 206 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:05.240 while they were sitting at the table, a command from 207 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:07.240 the Lord came to the old prophet. He cried out 208 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:09.360 to the man of God from Judah, this is what 209 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:11.120 the Lord says. You have defied the word of the 210 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:13.080 Lord and have disobeyed the command the Lord, your God 211 00:09:13.120 --> 00:09:15.519 gave you. You came back to this place and ate 212 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:17.600 and drank where he told you not to eat or drink. 213 00:09:17.879 --> 00:09:19.639 Because of this, your body will not be buried in 214 00:09:19.679 --> 00:09:22.399 the grave of your ancestors. After the Man of God 215 00:09:22.399 --> 00:09:24.759 had finished eating and drinking, the old Prophet saddled his 216 00:09:24.759 --> 00:09:26.879 own donkey for him, and the Man of God started 217 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:29.519 off again. But as he was traveling along, a lion 218 00:09:29.559 --> 00:09:31.840 came out and killed him. His body lay there on 219 00:09:31.879 --> 00:09:34.120 the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. 220 00:09:34.639 --> 00:09:36.840 People who passed by saw the body lying in the 221 00:09:36.919 --> 00:09:38.600 road and the lion standing beside it, and they went 222 00:09:38.600 --> 00:09:41.039 and reported it in Bethel, where the old prophet lived. 223 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:43.480 When the prophet heard the report, he said, it's a 224 00:09:43.480 --> 00:09:46.559 man of God who disobeyed the Lord's commands. The Lord 225 00:09:46.559 --> 00:09:49.440 has fulfilled his word by causing the lion to attack 226 00:09:49.480 --> 00:09:51.600 and kill him. Then the prophet said to his son, 227 00:09:51.679 --> 00:09:54.240 saddle a donkey for me. So they saddled the donkey, 228 00:09:54.279 --> 00:09:55.879 and he went out and found the body lying in 229 00:09:55.919 --> 00:09:57.720 the road, and the donkey and the lion were still there, 230 00:09:57.879 --> 00:10:00.000 standing there beside it, for the lion had not eaten 231 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:03.200 the body nor attack the donkey. Sohet laid the body 232 00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:05.840 of the Man of God on the donkey and took 233 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:07.559 it back to the town to mourn over him and 234 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:10.360 bury him. He laid the body in his own grave, 235 00:10:10.440 --> 00:10:14.039 crying out in grief, Oh, my brother. Afterward, the prophet 236 00:10:14.039 --> 00:10:16.440 said to his sons, when I die, bury me in 237 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:18.559 the grave where the Man of God is buried. Lay 238 00:10:18.600 --> 00:10:21.440 my bones beside his bones. For the message the Lord 239 00:10:21.440 --> 00:10:24.279 told him to proclaim against the altar in Bethlon, against 240 00:10:24.279 --> 00:10:26.919 the pagan shrines in the towns of Samario will certainly 241 00:10:26.960 --> 00:10:31.759 come true. But even after this, Jeroboam did not turn 242 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:34.519 from his evil ways. He continued to choose priests from 243 00:10:34.559 --> 00:10:36.879 the common people. He appointed everyone who wanted to become 244 00:10:36.919 --> 00:10:39.519 a priest for the pagan shrines. This became a great 245 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:43.080 sin and resulted in the utter destruction of Jereboam's dynasty 246 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:44.080 from the face of the earth. 247 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:48.519 Wooh yeah wow. Huh. 248 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:53.759 So the old Man lied to the Man of God. 249 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:55.559 And by the way, the Man of God was never 250 00:10:55.559 --> 00:10:58.039 given a name, right, No, So we have the Man 251 00:10:58.080 --> 00:11:01.960 of God and then we have the Old Prophet. Okay, 252 00:11:02.279 --> 00:11:04.279 I just think it's crazy. It would have been so much, 253 00:11:04.559 --> 00:11:06.240 so much of an easier story to follow her. They 254 00:11:06.360 --> 00:11:08.759 just given like Fred and Joe, right. 255 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:10.559 Yeah, Bob Bob and Bill. 256 00:11:10.720 --> 00:11:12.039 Bob and Bill whatever man. 257 00:11:12.519 --> 00:11:16.320 But instead it's the Old Prophet and then the Man 258 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:20.200 of God. And sometimes my brain confused the two as 259 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:20.879 you were reading it. 260 00:11:20.960 --> 00:11:23.679 Honestly, the Old Man and the Man of God. 261 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:29.440 Yes, right, right, So the old Man lied to the 262 00:11:29.480 --> 00:11:32.080 prophet and said, no, no, God told me to tell you to. 263 00:11:32.120 --> 00:11:35.480 Eat and drink, right, But he didn't. Why would he 264 00:11:35.559 --> 00:11:35.799 do that? 265 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:38.759 Because he had Because because the old Man had true 266 00:11:38.799 --> 00:11:41.840 remorse for a man of God who died. 267 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:44.440 So why would he lie to him? 268 00:11:44.559 --> 00:11:47.360 Because I think I think he wanted access maybe a 269 00:11:47.360 --> 00:11:50.799 memory of the glory days. I don't know, yeah, but 270 00:11:50.960 --> 00:11:53.039 he clearly wanted access to this guy. He wanted to 271 00:11:53.039 --> 00:11:53.720 become to his home. 272 00:11:53.919 --> 00:11:57.320 Well, there is no clear motivation given as to why 273 00:11:57.360 --> 00:11:58.240 he lied to him. 274 00:11:58.440 --> 00:11:59.879 He wanted to come and eat, he wouldn't come in. 275 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:03.279 It was purely access. It was come to my house. 276 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:05.399 I can't come to your house. We'll come to my 277 00:12:05.440 --> 00:12:08.200 house and eat. There was prestige in that right. There 278 00:12:08.240 --> 00:12:12.759 was prestige in the Middle Eastern culture. One. It demonstrates 279 00:12:12.759 --> 00:12:15.159 that you are a super generous person when you feed 280 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:18.279 somebody and they come and sit, and then there's a 281 00:12:18.320 --> 00:12:21.879 family feel to a meal. In the Middle East, it's 282 00:12:21.919 --> 00:12:24.559 a big deal to be a part of to go 283 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:27.320 to somebody's home and eat dinner with them. My wife 284 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:31.159 and I were traveling from Casablanca to a marri Cash 285 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:35.360 in Morocco in North Africa, and in our we were 286 00:12:35.519 --> 00:12:39.200 traveling in first class on the train, and there were 287 00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:42.600 two college girls and they were really loud. And then 288 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:45.519 my wife and I and some guy sitting next to me. 289 00:12:45.720 --> 00:12:47.559 All I had noticed he was wearing a Rolex watch, 290 00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:51.080 but I didn't, you know, he never said any spoken English. 291 00:12:51.399 --> 00:12:54.039 Then finally the steward came by and they were selling 292 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:56.000 some food. And we've been going for quite a while 293 00:12:56.480 --> 00:12:59.679 and selling some food and the girls kind of started 294 00:12:59.679 --> 00:13:02.840 getting sassy with us, but in Arabic, and then he 295 00:13:02.919 --> 00:13:06.279 spoke up in both Arabic and English, and then all 296 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:08.039 of a sudden started being friendly, and he invited us 297 00:13:08.039 --> 00:13:10.039 to his home. He's a wealthy man, he owns thousands 298 00:13:10.039 --> 00:13:12.840 of acres, huge farmer, all this stuff. And so that 299 00:13:12.919 --> 00:13:16.039 rolex I had seen. I'd noticed fake rolexes go click 300 00:13:16.080 --> 00:13:19.559 click click click click. You know, you watch the secondhand 301 00:13:19.559 --> 00:13:23.720 and it moves, but a steady rolex, it never stops. 302 00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:25.879 It just goes in a perfect circle all the time, right, 303 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:27.759 And so I could tell it was a real one. 304 00:13:28.200 --> 00:13:30.600 And he invited us to his home, and I said, 305 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:32.360 if there was any way I could do it, I 306 00:13:32.399 --> 00:13:33.840 would be happy to it. He said, let me give 307 00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:36.360 you my phone, and then next time you come to Morocco, 308 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:39.000 call me and you can come to my home anytime. 309 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:39.399 Wow. 310 00:13:39.639 --> 00:13:42.039 Right, And and he said it's a great honor to 311 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:45.240 be invited to somebody's home. Right. And so he was 312 00:13:45.320 --> 00:13:48.240 letting me know, you're kind of messing up. But we 313 00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:50.600 were heading the wrong direction already, so it was difficult 314 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:52.080 for me. I couldn't and I only had just a 315 00:13:52.080 --> 00:13:56.200 few days. But this idea of honor. They considered a 316 00:13:56.240 --> 00:13:58.559 great honor to be invited to somebody's house and then 317 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:02.440 to have somebody accept that. So I think that because 318 00:14:02.440 --> 00:14:04.679 it doesn't give any other motivation. I think this guy 319 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:08.000 just wanted the honor of demonstrating that he was generous, 320 00:14:08.039 --> 00:14:10.759 and the honor of having this very prestigious guy who 321 00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:13.759 just confronted the king to come. And his job is 322 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:16.320 a prophet would have been to confront kings in the 323 00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:18.840 old days. But he's not anymore. 324 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:20.840 Because he wasn't lying. He said, I'm a prophet too, 325 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:23.799 just as you are. Yeah, right, yeah, But then he said, 326 00:14:23.840 --> 00:14:24.600 an angel gave me. 327 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:26.840 This command from the Lord bring him back. Oh my goodness. 328 00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:30.600 Yeah, And so he lies to try to get Maybe 329 00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:35.279 that's why God didn't use that prophet anymore, because he's 330 00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:38.480 a lie. Well, because he's kind of shooting to move, 331 00:14:38.919 --> 00:14:40.279 he's shooting around the edges. 332 00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:43.320 Maybe he's somebody who at one time was used by 333 00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:47.279 God in a great way, but perhaps maybe has forgotten 334 00:14:47.559 --> 00:14:50.559 the importance of the exactness of God's commands. 335 00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:52.559 Right, so he's kind of sniffing around what he used 336 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:55.279 to be right, right, and how good it used to 337 00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:57.960 be to be that guy that God used that was 338 00:14:57.960 --> 00:15:00.559 walking with God on stuff. But he decided to the lie. 339 00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:01.879 It's not that big of ideat it's coming to have 340 00:15:01.960 --> 00:15:02.399 dinner with me. 341 00:15:02.840 --> 00:15:04.720 Hey, so I'm gonna bring up I'm going to bring 342 00:15:04.799 --> 00:15:06.360 up something. I wasn't going to do it, but now 343 00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:07.879 I'm going to. Uh. 344 00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:11.240 It seems a little harsh to me that. 345 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:17.240 The intent of the Man of God, because he doesn't 346 00:15:17.279 --> 00:15:20.480 have a name, okay, the man of God. The intent 347 00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:24.559 of the Man of God was to always listen to 348 00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:25.360 what God said. 349 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:27.919 So God said, do not eat or drink, and. 350 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:29.600 So so the Man of God's like, I will not. 351 00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:32.399 And so he's like, even if you give me half 352 00:15:32.440 --> 00:15:35.000 of everything you own, King, I won't do it. And 353 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:37.759 then and then then he's under the tree. The prophet 354 00:15:37.799 --> 00:15:40.879 comes in. Prophet says, come heavy, you know, come eat 355 00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:43.559 and drink, and the prophets and the Man of God says, 356 00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:46.960 there's no way I'm going to do it. And he says, oh, 357 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:50.399 but God told me there's a commandment from God. Well, 358 00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:52.919 it's very apparent that the only reason why the Man 359 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:58.200 of God said yes is because he thought this command 360 00:15:58.279 --> 00:15:59.919 came from God as well. 361 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:03.000 And so It's like, so, isn't there something to be. 362 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:06.159 Said at least I'm playing Devil's advocate here, But isn't 363 00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:08.480 there something to be said for the for the for 364 00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:12.080 the the fact that you know, obviously God knows the 365 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:14.840 man of God's heart. The man of God's heart was deceived, 366 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:18.240 he was lied to. He thought this is what God said, 367 00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:21.240 so his heart was in the right place, right, and 368 00:16:21.279 --> 00:16:25.919 then he disobeyed and uh yeah, yeah, so I just I. 369 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:28.399 Think we can have compassion for him. I feel bad 370 00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:30.600 for him, but he made a devastating mistake. 371 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:35.240 Yeah, yeah, I just I just feel I feel sometimes 372 00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:42.039 I sometimes I am not comfortable with Like, that's a 373 00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:45.720 pretty harsh punishment. Right, So the guy dies immediately. Now, 374 00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:49.399 granted he probably went straight to eternity right with God. 375 00:16:49.559 --> 00:16:51.320 So maybe his life got a whole lot better in 376 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:52.120 a second, right. 377 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:57.639 Yeah, I think so. One, our faith cannot be based 378 00:16:57.639 --> 00:17:02.320 on somebody else's faith. Sure you hearing from God. So 379 00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:08.599 there's a note here for life application study Bible and 380 00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:12.440 says he died because he listened to a man who 381 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:14.680 claimed to have a message from God. This prophet should 382 00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:19.000 have followed God's word instead of hearsay, right, trust what 383 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:22.200 God's word says rather than what someone claims is true, 384 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:25.240 and disregard what others claim our messages from God if 385 00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:28.880 their words contradict God's worth. So there's the sermon for 386 00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:33.680 that is the sermon. And by the way, I think 387 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:37.440 that that's why it's not unreasonable. Right, My morality is 388 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:40.200 not superior to God's morality. So my sense of what's 389 00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:42.559 right and wrong is not superior to what God views 390 00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:46.039 is right or wrong. And so I this is why 391 00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:49.519 we're constantly making a big deal about no God's words. 392 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:52.880 Otherwise you're relying on people like Chris and Jeff, I mean, 393 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:57.000 people who read from Babylon Bee on their Bible. Guys 394 00:17:57.000 --> 00:18:01.039 show right right to give you wisdom and a service. 395 00:18:01.079 --> 00:18:03.599 You need to know God's word right right, not just 396 00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:06.559 hearsay on God's word. And I think that that's the 397 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:09.200 lesson being taught. So, yes, you're right that guy immediately 398 00:18:09.559 --> 00:18:13.119 went into eternity. Everything's fine for him. Trust me, if 399 00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:15.720 three seconds after God took him into eternity, he wouldn't 400 00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:19.440 have chosen to come back right right right. So for sure, 401 00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:22.400