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 --> 00:00:13.359 practical ways. Hey, good morning everybody. We're the Bible Guys. 4 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:15.240 Yes, yes we are, Yes. 5 00:00:15.080 --> 00:00:17.760 That is who we are. And today we're going to 6 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:18.839 start out with a segment. 7 00:00:18.879 --> 00:00:20.879 And oh, I thought I was going to be listening 8 00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:22.879 to an episode of This Old House. 9 00:00:23.199 --> 00:00:25.760 Right, but it actually says you're listening to the Bibble 10 00:00:25.839 --> 00:00:26.559 to the Bible guys. 11 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:27.320 That's right, the. 12 00:00:27.320 --> 00:00:29.960 Podcast where a couple of friends talk about the Bible 13 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:34.920 and fun and practical ways. So anyway, Desiree put together 14 00:00:35.119 --> 00:00:37.640 a segment called Stump. 15 00:00:37.439 --> 00:00:39.399 The Pastor and Dumped the Pastor. These are fun. 16 00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:40.280 These are fun? Man? 17 00:00:40.320 --> 00:00:41.200 You like st the Pastors? 18 00:00:41.280 --> 00:00:42.920 I do. I like it a lot. I think that 19 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:46.200 people probably wish for more of them, depending on the question. 20 00:00:46.600 --> 00:00:50.119 So the day that we're shooting this episode, I'm with 21 00:00:50.159 --> 00:00:53.560 our Young Adults Ministry. Yeah yeah, and a big part 22 00:00:53.679 --> 00:00:55.600 of the event to night, we're cooking. 23 00:00:56.399 --> 00:00:58.119 Yeah, they're going to do questions, but. 24 00:00:58.079 --> 00:01:02.640 It's open form Q and a's you can ask any question, right, Yeah. 25 00:01:02.719 --> 00:01:04.280 Do you like that? Do you like the open forum? 26 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:07.040 I think it's great. I think that there are times 27 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:10.959 where somebody will ask you a question that requires a 28 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:13.719 very long answer, and and it's usual. 29 00:01:13.640 --> 00:01:17.519 You don't like long answers. I like long answers. 30 00:01:19.599 --> 00:01:24.799 I just think that, like sometimes the questions, the multitude 31 00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:28.120 of questions is what's interesting to me, not necessarily, not 32 00:01:28.159 --> 00:01:32.599 necessarily a twenty minute answer to one question that ten 33 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:34.120 percent of the room is interested, That's all I was 34 00:01:34.120 --> 00:01:36.400 trying to say. So when they ask questions that require 35 00:01:36.439 --> 00:01:39.719 a really long discussion, I'm like, oh, I would have 36 00:01:39.719 --> 00:01:41.799 preferred to have ten more other questions. 37 00:01:41.799 --> 00:01:43.319 Oh yeah, you know what I mean. Yeah, I like 38 00:01:43.400 --> 00:01:45.400 the long ones because I think one of the arguments 39 00:01:45.480 --> 00:01:48.599 is a lot of times, you know, for people who 40 00:01:48.640 --> 00:01:51.879 struggle with the church or struggle with faith, they'll say, well, 41 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:53.480 you know, I used to go to church, and then 42 00:01:53.519 --> 00:01:55.719 when I had questions, they were like, just believe it 43 00:01:55.719 --> 00:01:56.560 because it's in the Bible. 44 00:01:57.200 --> 00:01:57.480 Yeah. 45 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:00.959 Right, Well that's not a bad answer. It's not a 46 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:02.439 wrong answer, it's just a bad answer. 47 00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:03.040 Right. 48 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:05.319 So I love it when when we can just go, okay, 49 00:02:05.359 --> 00:02:06.599 there's a reason less you're going to ask you a 50 00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:07.959 question to take a long time. You guys want to 51 00:02:07.959 --> 00:02:08.840 take a long time on this one. 52 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:11.319 Yes, okay, And so what I do, what I've done, 53 00:02:11.319 --> 00:02:13.319 what I've done, I've only done it once actually, But 54 00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:14.879 what I've what I've done is I've been in those 55 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:19.080 situations where I've said, hey, uh, I probably assume there's 56 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:21.000 about ten people in this crowd that are interested in 57 00:02:21.039 --> 00:02:23.080 this answer. I was like, so, after we're done and 58 00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:25.240 we dismiss, I'm gonna be right over here in this corner. 59 00:02:25.520 --> 00:02:27.479 I'll give the long answer to the to anybody who 60 00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:30.039 wants to listen because they want to waste the crowds time. 61 00:02:30.439 --> 00:02:32.599 So it turns out there was like five people and 62 00:02:32.639 --> 00:02:35.240 they were riveted, you know, by the answer. But I 63 00:02:35.280 --> 00:02:36.280 just didn't feel like, you know. 64 00:02:36.560 --> 00:02:39.680 Not me. Everybody's getting it. Everybody's getting it's open for him. 65 00:02:39.800 --> 00:02:40.439 Yeah that's right. 66 00:02:40.479 --> 00:02:42.800 And by the way, that's how you manage and control 67 00:02:42.879 --> 00:02:46.520 open for him. Yes, that's right. That's wax aliqin on 68 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:48.680 this stuff. That's not going to get you eaten alive. 69 00:02:48.840 --> 00:02:52.639 That's true. Okay. So anyways, here we go stump the pastor. 70 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:54.479 Yep, this is this is from Tim R. 71 00:02:54.599 --> 00:02:55.199 Hi Tim R. 72 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:58.719 Yes, and he wrote in a question you can Tim Nope, 73 00:02:58.719 --> 00:02:59.400 it's Tim R. 74 00:02:59.479 --> 00:02:59.879 Kim R. 75 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:05.759 Timmy Tim Uh Hey, he actually wrote in uh something 76 00:03:05.759 --> 00:03:07.560 that anybody could write in and you you want to, 77 00:03:07.639 --> 00:03:10.000 you want to email us email us at info at 78 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:12.840 the Bible guys dot com with any of your questions 79 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:14.919 and we might use them in the future episode. Tim 80 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:20.000 writes this, if big extravagant miracles were regular occurrents in 81 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:22.520 the early Church, why don't we see them as frequently 82 00:03:22.599 --> 00:03:25.960 as today or frequently today? 83 00:03:26.159 --> 00:03:27.680 Well, God fell asleep. 84 00:03:28.439 --> 00:03:29.520 God is in the restroom. 85 00:03:29.560 --> 00:03:30.400 He's not paying attention. 86 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:31.960 That's what That's what Elijah said. 87 00:03:31.919 --> 00:03:34.479 That's what I said. That when when it was haunting 88 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:36.639 the the prophets of Ail. 89 00:03:36.919 --> 00:03:39.960 You got in the restroom. Uh. That's a great question, Tim, 90 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:44.800 because we do see miracles today for sure. But the 91 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:47.919 big extravagant miracles is what he said, right, which is 92 00:03:47.960 --> 00:03:50.159 take up your bed and walk kind of miracles. Right. 93 00:03:50.919 --> 00:03:54.840 You know your daughter's not dead, she's only sleeping, that's right, right. So, 94 00:03:54.840 --> 00:03:59.159 so so where are they today? So I got to 95 00:03:59.199 --> 00:04:03.960 tell you something. It's an interesting thing for me. You 96 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:06.560 and I both just went to a conference by the 97 00:04:06.599 --> 00:04:12.319 Timothy Initiative in Florida, and it's interesting to me how you. 98 00:04:12.439 --> 00:04:15.080 Which is a church planting movement all around the world. Yes, 99 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:17.800 in the least reached people groups around the world. 100 00:04:17.879 --> 00:04:20.839 Yes, and and and I have a tendency to be 101 00:04:20.879 --> 00:04:24.360 around some of those things. And you always hear of 102 00:04:24.439 --> 00:04:28.959 extravagant miracles around the world. So you always hear of like, 103 00:04:29.439 --> 00:04:33.319 for instance, when we were there, Uh, these people who 104 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:37.439 I believe in and know personally and trust stand up there. 105 00:04:37.639 --> 00:04:41.279 And there was this one one Indian pastor who shared 106 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:46.480 a story Reggie about a guy who became a Christian 107 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:49.199 but he couldn't read and uh, and he and he 108 00:04:49.399 --> 00:04:52.879 prayed that God would uh, you know, give him the 109 00:04:52.920 --> 00:04:56.360 ability to read and uh and he prayed for a 110 00:04:56.399 --> 00:04:59.480 long time. And everybody knew in the village that he 111 00:04:59.639 --> 00:05:02.120 number one, grew up not being able to read. And 112 00:05:02.199 --> 00:05:04.480 number two, they also knew that he'd been praying this 113 00:05:04.519 --> 00:05:08.920 prayer and he was praying this audacious, radical prayer of 114 00:05:09.480 --> 00:05:12.079 he just wanted God to give him this ability to read. 115 00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:15.000 And they actually have it on video. They showed it 116 00:05:15.040 --> 00:05:17.720 on video where he actually picked up the Bible and 117 00:05:17.839 --> 00:05:20.199 one day just started reading. 118 00:05:20.800 --> 00:05:23.759 Yeah, but only the Bible, but only the Bible read 119 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:24.160 anything else. 120 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:26.839 Can't read a newspaper can't read anything else, and this 121 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:30.560 and this Indian pastor, Reggie was just you know, shouting 122 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:33.199 this thing. 123 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:31.360 And then. 124 00:05:33.879 --> 00:05:35.319 All of a sudden he shows this video and this. 125 00:05:35.399 --> 00:05:37.399 You know, here's this guy sitting in this plastic chair 126 00:05:37.439 --> 00:05:40.600 in this dusty old room and he's reading this Bible. 127 00:05:41.000 --> 00:05:44.879 And then all of a sudden, ninety eight percent of 128 00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:48.759 the village became Christians because of the miracle, the extravagant 129 00:05:48.959 --> 00:05:52.319 miracle that God did. And so you and I hear 130 00:05:52.439 --> 00:05:55.519 of these miracles. And so as being a skeptic, and 131 00:05:55.560 --> 00:05:59.199 I don't think people truly understand the word skeptic because 132 00:05:59.199 --> 00:06:02.720 when I say I'm a skic, people think, oh, okay, yeah, 133 00:06:02.759 --> 00:06:05.000 I have my doubts too, And I'm like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, 134 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:08.759 that's not what a skeptic is. A skeptic is I 135 00:06:08.800 --> 00:06:13.920 don't believe you. I flat out do not believe that sentence. 136 00:06:14.399 --> 00:06:17.439 That is what a skeptic is. Until you prove to 137 00:06:17.519 --> 00:06:20.800 me that that is true. I don't believe it. And so, 138 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:25.240 because I'm a skeptic at heart, there's always something in 139 00:06:25.279 --> 00:06:28.120 me that goes come on right. It's not that I 140 00:06:28.160 --> 00:06:31.519 doubt God. In fact, ironically when I take my spiritual 141 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:33.680 gift test, you know what, My number one spiritual gift 142 00:06:33.720 --> 00:06:36.959 is faith. Faith. So it's like it's like it's like 143 00:06:37.079 --> 00:06:40.040 I'm a skeptic. God made me a you know why 144 00:06:40.079 --> 00:06:42.000 am I a skeptic God? But at the same time, 145 00:06:42.040 --> 00:06:44.360 I have faith. So when it comes to me serving God, 146 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:47.920 faith is just it comes to the surface immediately. But 147 00:06:47.959 --> 00:06:51.800 when it comes to you know, hearing other people around 148 00:06:51.800 --> 00:06:53.480 the world going I just started to read, I go, 149 00:06:53.639 --> 00:06:55.800 come on, And I don't know why I'm that way, 150 00:06:55.839 --> 00:06:56.480 but I sure am. 151 00:06:56.519 --> 00:06:57.839 Well you saw the video of that one. 152 00:06:57.959 --> 00:06:59.639 Well not only that, but here's the thing you have 153 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:04.759 to to ask yourself, do I believe that this person 154 00:07:04.839 --> 00:07:07.360 is trying to lie? And what do they have to 155 00:07:07.399 --> 00:07:11.720 gain to lie? And and you know, and here are 156 00:07:11.759 --> 00:07:14.600 they creating a lie? Where here's this man who just 157 00:07:14.639 --> 00:07:16.759 becomes a Christian. He's known throughout the village of not 158 00:07:16.839 --> 00:07:18.079 being able to read, and then all of a sudden 159 00:07:18.079 --> 00:07:20.800 I see him reading. It's like he would have to 160 00:07:20.800 --> 00:07:25.839 have a lifetime, quite literally, a lifetime of pulling that prank, right, 161 00:07:26.079 --> 00:07:28.199 And so then you're just sort of forced to look 162 00:07:28.199 --> 00:07:30.040 at the evidence to go it is a miracle and 163 00:07:30.079 --> 00:07:32.839 it's an extravagant one, and it happens around the world. 164 00:07:33.240 --> 00:07:36.160 So I had a professor who was a missionary. He 165 00:07:36.240 --> 00:07:39.879 was in his eighties, in nineteen eighty nine, nineteen ninety, 166 00:07:39.920 --> 00:07:41.399 he was in his late eighties. So he was a 167 00:07:41.439 --> 00:07:45.319 missionary in those explorer missionary times, yes, in the twenties 168 00:07:45.319 --> 00:07:46.879 and thirties. Right, yeah, it's really really. 169 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:49.680 A missionary gave up their lives and talk to cannibals. 170 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:52.319 Well back when you got on a boat, right and 171 00:07:52.399 --> 00:07:54.319 went to where you were going, right, that's where. And 172 00:07:54.360 --> 00:07:57.720 he always was in places where there had never been 173 00:07:57.759 --> 00:08:01.399 the gospel. And so somebody, a student asked the same 174 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:03.199 question in one of the classes. 175 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:05.079 So the same question were the same same. 176 00:08:04.920 --> 00:08:07.160 Question, tim is asking here, right, And that is I 177 00:08:07.199 --> 00:08:09.160 read the Book of Acts. It's miracles all the time, which, 178 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:12.720 by the way, there's about sixteen or seventeen miracles depending 179 00:08:12.720 --> 00:08:15.519 on how you count them, maybe twenty miracles in the 180 00:08:15.560 --> 00:08:21.040 twenty six chapters of the Book of Acts. So they're 181 00:08:21.079 --> 00:08:23.839 recorded because they're so out of the ordinary, just to 182 00:08:23.879 --> 00:08:28.040 point that out, by the way. But anyways, doctor Champlain said, 183 00:08:29.199 --> 00:08:31.000 so when the student said, you know, why don't we 184 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:34.879 see miracles today, he said, oh, where the Gospel is 185 00:08:34.960 --> 00:08:39.039 moving for the first time, it's still always only miracles. 186 00:08:38.840 --> 00:08:43.879 That's what's happening all the time. He said, if you're 187 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:48.080 living a life that needs miracles, God will give you miracles. Right. 188 00:08:48.240 --> 00:08:51.440 But what you think is you're asking for miracles to 189 00:08:51.480 --> 00:08:54.320 make your personal life better. But God, if you read 190 00:08:54.320 --> 00:08:57.000 the Bible, miracles are always happening on the front lines 191 00:08:57.039 --> 00:08:59.000 of where the Gospel is moving. So if you need 192 00:08:59.039 --> 00:09:00.840 miracles and want miracle in your life, you need to 193 00:09:00.840 --> 00:09:02.519 be on the front line of the move of the Gospel. 194 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:05.840 So God's agenda for miracles is to further his word 195 00:09:06.279 --> 00:09:07.919 so that people would not go to hell and go 196 00:09:07.960 --> 00:09:08.279 to Heaven. 197 00:09:08.320 --> 00:09:10.279 That's right, Yeah, that's right. And so that that's the 198 00:09:10.320 --> 00:09:13.600 story Reggie told, or bekaylay Shenko told the same story. Right, 199 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:17.120 he's the vice president of a similar story. He's vice 200 00:09:17.159 --> 00:09:19.200 president of the crew in charge of church planting around 201 00:09:19.240 --> 00:09:22.200 the world. And it's the story of his father who 202 00:09:22.360 --> 00:09:25.679 I mean, Bekayleay and his father served the witch doctor, 203 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:28.879 most powerful witch doctor in Ethiopia and on top of 204 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:31.879 the mountain's that's what they did. And then Bekaylay's father 205 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:34.399 became a Christian, began to beg God to teach him 206 00:09:34.399 --> 00:09:36.759 how to read because he couldn't read. And then God 207 00:09:36.919 --> 00:09:40.159 miraculously gave an ability to read. And now in their 208 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:42.519 tribe of over a million people, ninety eight percent of 209 00:09:42.559 --> 00:09:45.559 the people are Christians, over a million, over a million. 210 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:49.320 That's yeah. Yeah, they're building the largest cross in Africa 211 00:09:49.519 --> 00:09:52.279 on the mountain where that witch doctor used to be. 212 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:56.480 Wh used to be, you know, called down lightning from 213 00:09:56.799 --> 00:09:59.080 the sky. It was pretty pretty incredible, right, So it's 214 00:09:59.120 --> 00:10:01.720 neat stuff. Well, there's lots of those. I mean, I've 215 00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:04.360 heard of people, you know, being given their sight back. 216 00:10:04.679 --> 00:10:07.639 I've known of people that were completely unable to walk 217 00:10:07.679 --> 00:10:10.279 that God restored their strength in order to be able 218 00:10:10.279 --> 00:10:12.679 to get to the next village. And I've seen people 219 00:10:12.720 --> 00:10:16.840 that it just so many stories. I've heard so many stories, 220 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:19.240 and I met so many people where it was the 221 00:10:19.279 --> 00:10:21.320 first move of the gospel in that village or the 222 00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:23.840 first move of the Gospel in that tribe. And God 223 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:29.559 did miraculous things. So God does miracles for his purposes, 224 00:10:30.080 --> 00:10:32.639 and what we want is God to do miracles for 225 00:10:32.679 --> 00:10:37.000 our purposes. Well, when you align your purpose in God's purpose, 226 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:39.559 you'll see miracles. But when it's your purpose apart from 227 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:41.480 God's purpose, well you may or may not, because God's 228 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:43.320 going to say, I gave you my word, and I 229 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:47.120 gave you the wisdom of the word. You know, yeah, 230 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:48.120 work it out well. 231 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:51.639 When I traveled in Africa and I went to with 232 00:10:51.759 --> 00:10:54.279 Julius Morgre and we went up to the regions of 233 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:56.200 the Pocot and he wanted me to preach under this 234 00:10:56.240 --> 00:10:59.799 tree this tree church, and the pastor Solomon I met. 235 00:11:00.039 --> 00:11:01.679 Sulomon said, hey, by the way, these men are going 236 00:11:01.720 --> 00:11:05.080 to heckle you, and remember this story, and anyway, I'm 237 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:07.279 not going to retell the whole story. But the men 238 00:11:07.360 --> 00:11:10.240 came to Christ that day, which was amazing. But when 239 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:11.720 he said they were going to heckle you, he had 240 00:11:11.759 --> 00:11:15.720 told me the backstory, and he told it as if 241 00:11:15.759 --> 00:11:19.759 it were just an average every day Tuesday. He said, yeah, 242 00:11:19.799 --> 00:11:22.039 he said, they came out tried to kill me. I 243 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:23.799 was injured to where I couldn't even move to go 244 00:11:23.840 --> 00:11:27.159 to the hospital. And we were in the tent and 245 00:11:27.200 --> 00:11:29.240 these men who left me to die under this tree, 246 00:11:29.720 --> 00:11:31.639 thought I was dead. But the women rescued me, dragged 247 00:11:31.679 --> 00:11:33.399 me back to the tent, and they did so because 248 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:36.120 he was bringing the gospel to that village, that's what 249 00:11:36.159 --> 00:11:38.000 he was doing. And so then all of a sudden, 250 00:11:38.080 --> 00:11:40.320 the men came into the tent where he was being 251 00:11:40.320 --> 00:11:43.240 protected by the women, and the men, the elders of 252 00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:46.919 that village laid down offerings of sugar bags of sugar, 253 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:50.320 and said, we feel as if we have angered your God, 254 00:11:50.440 --> 00:11:55.519 because God miraculously caused all of our sheep to go blind. 255 00:11:56.639 --> 00:11:59.000 And so all of the sheep imagine you know me 256 00:11:59.039 --> 00:12:02.120 shot there are village right, and there's one hundreds. 257 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:03.399 Especially among the po cuts, because that's what they are, 258 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:04.120 is they're herders. 259 00:12:04.240 --> 00:12:06.919 Yes, yeah, yeah. So he said, all of our sheep 260 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:10.399 went blind. They're all blind. Think about that. And he 261 00:12:10.399 --> 00:12:13.279 goes and so he goes, and this happened right after we, 262 00:12:13.639 --> 00:12:16.159 you know, tried to kill you. And they said, so 263 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:19.759 we bring this offering of sugar to you, uh, and 264 00:12:19.960 --> 00:12:22.000 and that we want you to accept and forgive us. 265 00:12:22.840 --> 00:12:25.720 And he said, I'll forgive you on one condition that 266 00:12:25.720 --> 00:12:29.120 that I am able to uh plant a church here, 267 00:12:29.480 --> 00:12:32.919 and that I have a tree, I have church underneath 268 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:36.000 the tree that you left me under that that that 269 00:12:36.000 --> 00:12:37.840 that you want to kill me, and and they said, 270 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:40.039 we have to talk about this, and they left. They 271 00:12:40.080 --> 00:12:42.200 went back, had a meeting, came back and said, Okay, 272 00:12:42.240 --> 00:12:44.600 we'll let you have church under one condition, as long 273 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:47.360 as the men attend and we're able to navigate and 274 00:12:47.399 --> 00:12:50.039 monitor everything that you're saying to our to our village, 275 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:53.879 to our women. And he's like, uh so, the so 276 00:12:53.919 --> 00:12:58.360 the condition is you attend the church. He's like done, 277 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:00.519 And he said then, and then here's the best part. 278 00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:02.960 And he says, and then right after that, all the 279 00:13:02.960 --> 00:13:07.000 sheep were going to regain their sight. Now come on, now, 280 00:13:07.080 --> 00:13:08.759 he told me this. I was there. 281 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:11.360 I was literally spoken the church there. 282 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:13.639 I spoke in the church. And then when I spoke, 283 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:17.240 all I said was is that the Gospel is not 284 00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:20.759 proven with just words, It's proven with sacrifice. And I 285 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:23.480 talked about how Julius Morgart sacrifice his life. I talked 286 00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:25.440 about how our team was there to figure out how 287 00:13:25.480 --> 00:13:28.000 to get them water, which means that love is proved 288 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:30.240 not with action or not with words, but just action. 289 00:13:30.759 --> 00:13:33.960 And then I used Pastor Solomon as an example. Right, 290 00:13:34.480 --> 00:13:36.360 you know, he says he loves you, but guess what 291 00:13:36.440 --> 00:13:38.639 he does because of these actions and then I used 292 00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:42.559 the cross right, and then Jesus love does and then 293 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:44.039 all of a sudden the men came up and they 294 00:13:44.039 --> 00:13:46.480 all turned their lives over. And here I am lucky 295 00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:49.279 enough to, you know, reap the harvest of all the 296 00:13:49.320 --> 00:13:51.960 watering that Solomon did, right, and then all of a 297 00:13:51.960 --> 00:13:55.679 sudden they all come to Christ underneath that tree. And 298 00:13:55.720 --> 00:13:58.960 I'm just like, this is miraculous. And I guess I 299 00:13:59.039 --> 00:14:00.759 ended up did telling the whole story, just not in 300 00:14:00.840 --> 00:14:04.159 great detail. But so the only part that I did 301 00:14:04.279 --> 00:14:07.200 left out was before every church service, they all had tea, 302 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:10.679 and Solomon would walk around with that bag of sugar, 303 00:14:10.720 --> 00:14:12.559 sugar and spread and and he would put it in 304 00:14:12.559 --> 00:14:15.759 everybody's tea and he'd say, the sweet forgiveness of God, 305 00:14:15.960 --> 00:14:17.279 the sweet forgiveness of God. 306 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:18.960 It's powerful. 307 00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:19.960 Makes me want to cry. 308 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:23.240 So those kind of miracles happen all the time, every 309 00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:25.639 day at the cutting edge of where the gospel is spreading. 310 00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:27.639 So you want more miracles in the life, get a 311 00:14:27.639 --> 00:14:30.000 part of that, right, And we have the benefit of 312 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:32.440 being a part of that. God does other miracles. I mean, 313 00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:35.480 I've prayed over people that the doctors said there's no hope. 314 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:38.399 He's going to die this afternoon. That one of the guys, 315 00:14:38.440 --> 00:14:41.200 he's on our safety team, and this was ten years ago, right, 316 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:43.240 and he's up and walking around, and I don't think 317 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:45.519 this guy's ever going to die. It seems like it's 318 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:49.039 like the Energizer Bunny. Now. So I've been around lots 319 00:14:49.039 --> 00:14:51.399 of really incredible miracles. We played prayed for a tornado 320 00:14:51.440 --> 00:14:53.399 one time, and God gave us a tornado seven days 321 00:14:53.440 --> 00:14:55.759 later tore down a building we needed torn down. Oh 322 00:14:55.759 --> 00:14:58.799 that's right, right, that's a whole other story. I've been 323 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:02.320 around incredible miracles that God does. Those are are few 324 00:15:02.360 --> 00:15:05.879 and far between, but they're always in alignment with His purposes, 325 00:15:06.399 --> 00:15:08.639 not just with our appetites or what we want. Right, 326 00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:12.200 and so that would be it so great question, Tim. 327 00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:15.039 Let me encourage you to get involved with organizations and 328 00:15:15.399 --> 00:15:17.879 things and places that where miracles are happening. That's that's 329 00:15:17.919 --> 00:15:19.360 what you want to be a part of. Yep, yep, 330 00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:22.759 because that's where God's working. Instead of asking God to 331 00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:26.519 work in me, I want to work on what God's doing. Yeah, right, 332 00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:27.039 that's what I want. 333 00:15:27.279 --> 00:15:29.879 Well, we took extra time for that, but now we're 334 00:15:29.879 --> 00:15:31.919 going to launch End of Proverbs chapter thirteen. 335 00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:35.679 This is good. Yeah, so the reason why we took 336 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:37.480 time on that one is because this is more of 337 00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:39.840 the same, and you're going to notice the same themes 338 00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:40.639 in these. 339 00:15:40.559 --> 00:15:43.360 Right that that was a fantastic stump of past. 340 00:15:43.159 --> 00:15:46.559 Your coredulous question. Here you go. A wise child accept us, 341 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:51.039 accepts a parent's discipline. A mocker refuses to listen to correction. 342 00:15:51.919 --> 00:15:54.320 Wise words will win you a good meal, but treacherous 343 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:57.559 people have an appetite for violence. Those who control their 344 00:15:57.600 --> 00:16:00.320 tongue will have a long life. Opening your mind can 345 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:08.080 ruin everything. That's a good that's good marriage counseling, right there. Yeah, 346 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:10.840 Lazy people want much but get little, but those who 347 00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:14.960 work hard will prosper. That verse three, those who control 348 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:16.519 their tongue will have a long life. Opening your mouth 349 00:16:16.559 --> 00:16:21.879 can ruin everything. These genes make my yeah, make me 350 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:28.399 look fat? Yeah right right, well actually, yes, right right, 351 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:31.200 so funny. Anyways, I'm sorry, that's how my brain works. 352 00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:34.759 Lazy people want much but get little, but those who 353 00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:37.440 work hard will prosper. There's that hard work theme again. 354 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:40.960 The godly hate lies man. There's his honesty theme again. 355 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:45.159 The wicked cause shame and disgrace, Godliness guards the path 356 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:47.840 of the blameless, but the evil are misled by sin. 357 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:51.240 Some who are poor pretend to be rich, Others who 358 00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:54.159 are rich pretend to be poor. The rerisch can pay 359 00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:56.399 a ransom for their lives, but the poor won't even 360 00:16:56.399 --> 00:16:59.799 get threatened. The life of the godly is full of light, 361 00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:02.159 and but the light of the wicked will be snuffed out. 362 00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:06.640 Pride leads to conflict. Those who take advice are wise. 363 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:12.759 Wealth from get rich quick schemes quickly disappears. Wealth from 364 00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:17.400 hard work grows over time. Hope deferred makes the heart sick, 365 00:17:17.880 --> 00:17:21.119 but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life. People 366 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:24.359 who despise advice are asking for trouble. Those who respect 367 00:17:24.400 --> 00:17:27.400 the command will succeed. The instruction of the wise is 368 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:29.680 like a life giving fountain, and those who accept it 369 00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:33.039 avoid the snares of death. A person with good sense 370 00:17:33.119 --> 00:17:37.319 is respected, a treacherous person is headed for destruction. Wise 371 00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:40.240 people think before they act. Fools don't even brag about 372 00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:44.319 their foolishness. An unreliable messenger stumbles into trouble, but a 373 00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:48.400 reliable messenger brings healing. If you ignore criticism, you'll end 374 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:51.000 in poverty and disgrace. If you accept correction, you will 375 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:54.680 be honored. It is pleasant to see dreams come true, 376 00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:57.359 but fools refuse to turn from evil to attain them. 377 00:17:57.920 --> 00:18:01.519 Walk with the wise and become wise. Associate with fools 378 00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:05.799 and get in trouble. Trouble chases sinners, while blessings reward 379 00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:09.480 the righteous. Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren, 380 00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:12.759 but the sinner's wealth passes to the godly. A poor 381 00:18:12.799 --> 00:18:16.400 person's farm may produce much food, but injustice sweeps it 382 00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:19.400 all away. Those who spare the rod of discipline hate 383 00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:21.920 their children. Those who love their children care enough to 384 00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:25.240 discipline them. The godly eat to their hearts content, but 385 00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:28.200 the belly of the wicked goes hungry. There's a bunch 386 00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:31.000 of good ones in there, yeah for sure. Yeah. 387 00:18:31.039 --> 00:18:34.160 And I've heard you quote hope deferred makes the heart sick. 388 00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:36.279 I've heard you quote that one hundred times. 389 00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:39.480 Oh, people get angry and upset is because they were 390 00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:42.920 expecting something that didn't happen, right, And so you just 391 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:44.680 kind of have to be patient in that moment and 392 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:46.759 just understand, Hey, they were hoping for something that didn't happen, 393 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:48.319 and they're blaming you. 394 00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:53.400 Right, right, And so there's wisdom and trying to not 395 00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:57.039 be the person that gives them false hope, right, right, 396 00:18:57.119 --> 00:18:58.880 So you shouldn't be the person to give somebody false 397 00:18:58.920 --> 00:19:01.319 hope because hope, for it makes the hard say that's right. 398 00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:04.599 Yeah, it's hard to lead long term if you're constantly 399 00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:08.119 making people sick instead helping fulfill the dreams. Right to 400 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:08.960 the other side of that. 401 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:10.359