WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:02.200 Hey, everybody, we're The Bible Guys, and if you're just 2 00:00:02.240 --> 00:00:05.280 tuning in recently, just know that we are showing a 3 00:00:05.320 --> 00:00:07.120 little bit of reruns for a few months, and then 4 00:00:07.120 --> 00:00:09.839 we'll be back, bigger and better than ever on August 5 00:00:09.919 --> 00:00:13.480 thirty first, because behind the scenes, we're taking a hiatus 6 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:14.720 to do some very important things. 7 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:18.399 Yeah, we're building building out a new studio and we've 8 00:00:18.399 --> 00:00:21.399 got some new structure. Super excited about it. So August 9 00:00:21.480 --> 00:00:24.359 thirty first, brand new content. But in the meantime, enjoy 10 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:25.440 some of our greatest hits. 11 00:00:26.839 --> 00:00:29.719 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 12 00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:32.479 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 13 00:00:32.600 --> 00:00:35.960 practical ways. 14 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:41.359 Chris, you're doing such a good job today, so are you. Yeah, 15 00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:43.399 we're ahead of schedule. 16 00:00:43.159 --> 00:00:45.159 Not ahead, but on time. We're kind of We're well, 17 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:47.520 we started late, we started late, but I guess we 18 00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:50.079 are ahead then killing it. That's good. You're really good 19 00:00:50.079 --> 00:00:52.560 at this. Good for us, you're getting good at this. 20 00:00:52.960 --> 00:00:55.079 It only took me five hundred and sixty nine episodes, 21 00:00:55.119 --> 00:00:57.520 but this is five seventy. Oh, well, you know. 22 00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:02.159 We've done this one yet finally got Okay, okay, okay, sorry. 23 00:01:01.960 --> 00:01:05.920 So, hey, welcome to the Bible. Guys. He's Jeff and 24 00:01:05.959 --> 00:01:09.519 I'm Chris. Okay, I'll be Jeff today. That's the character 25 00:01:09.519 --> 00:01:14.239 I'm playing. Okay, are you are you going to introduce 26 00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:14.599 the segment? 27 00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:17.319 I am going to introduce it. And this is everybody's 28 00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:20.560 favorite episode. And last week we were nice to you 29 00:01:20.719 --> 00:01:24.640 being Thanksgiving and all. Yes, so now that it's December 30 00:01:24.680 --> 00:01:27.200 and the season of giving, we have to give the 31 00:01:27.239 --> 00:01:28.319 people what they want. 32 00:01:28.519 --> 00:01:32.280 That's that's it's not it is. Well, we had protests 33 00:01:32.359 --> 00:01:34.719 last week over this. This is not true. It was 34 00:01:35.200 --> 00:01:38.760 nearly a riot last week. Hasn't even as an area. 35 00:01:38.879 --> 00:01:43.280 Yeah, well that's so. Here's the question. What made Chris 36 00:01:43.319 --> 00:01:45.719 mad this week? And this has been the week of 37 00:01:45.719 --> 00:01:47.239 previews because you've already hinted it. 38 00:01:47.480 --> 00:01:49.239 Well, I'll tell you what. It's pretty rare that I 39 00:01:49.359 --> 00:01:51.840 give people a preview. But a couple of podcasts ago 40 00:01:51.879 --> 00:01:54.280 if you're a consistent listener, because a lot of people 41 00:01:54.359 --> 00:01:57.760 they listen randomly. Right, But earlier this week, probably like 42 00:01:57.760 --> 00:02:00.799 three days ago, I had made refference to something in 43 00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:04.120 my neighborhood. I have more to the story, however, Okay, 44 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:08.240 so set the scene. Here's the scene we have. You're 45 00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:12.719 walking through a neighborhood in Troy on a street. Okay, 46 00:02:12.759 --> 00:02:15.680 So I live in Troy, Michigan, and it's a it's 47 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:17.800 a nice city. Troy, Michigan is known to be a 48 00:02:17.879 --> 00:02:20.560 very nice city. It's it's known. If you don't know, now, 49 00:02:20.599 --> 00:02:24.039 you know, it is known. And so in our neighborhood 50 00:02:24.039 --> 00:02:28.400 is a little bit older. Yes, that's sure, that's that's true. Established, 51 00:02:28.479 --> 00:02:33.400 it's established, its big trees. But anyway, this guy who 52 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:36.719 kept an impeccable house, okay, like and by the way, 53 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:38.879 it just seems like there's another thing that makes me mad. 54 00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:41.960 Is that is that people have moved on my street, 55 00:02:42.039 --> 00:02:44.680 and then people who have moved in have not taken 56 00:02:44.719 --> 00:02:47.319 care of their homes like the people who used to 57 00:02:47.360 --> 00:02:49.960 live there. And so when I moved onto the street, 58 00:02:50.120 --> 00:02:54.280 people had impeccable lawns and you know, property value and 59 00:02:54.319 --> 00:02:56.840 all that stuff. I've become the old man on the 60 00:02:56.879 --> 00:02:59.960 street for sure. And so I think almost everybody is 61 00:03:00.120 --> 00:03:02.479 changed over except for my two neighbors on either side. 62 00:03:03.000 --> 00:03:05.800 We're the only common denominator on my whole street. Everybody 63 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:08.960 else has changed okay, And so anyway, this house that 64 00:03:09.120 --> 00:03:13.400 used to be impeccable, gets bought by this family and 65 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:17.719 immediately they have weeds in their lawn. It's they're unmowed. 66 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:20.439 You know, it goes, it goes, you know, it's just terrible. 67 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:22.919 But here's the thing that made me mad the most. 68 00:03:23.479 --> 00:03:25.479 They hang their Christmas lights up and leave them up 69 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:27.840 all year. They've only been they've only been there for 70 00:03:27.879 --> 00:03:30.360 a year. They hung up their Christmas lights and they 71 00:03:30.439 --> 00:03:32.919 left them so all summer long. I'm taking walks through 72 00:03:32.919 --> 00:03:35.840 the neighborhood and I'm looking up and it's it's not 73 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:38.919 like they're the nice Christmas lights, not the led ones 74 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:40.879 that are really you know, like they could be hidden. 75 00:03:41.599 --> 00:03:44.039 They're the icicle lights that hang down like two and 76 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:46.520 a half feet. And to make matters worse. 77 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:48.319 And you don't even approve of those, just in general, 78 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:50.439 just in general principle. 79 00:03:50.120 --> 00:03:54.039 If you hang ice icicle lights nineteen ninety one Colt 80 00:03:54.719 --> 00:03:59.120 and they want their outdated yucky lights, wow, okay yeah, 81 00:03:59.199 --> 00:04:01.680 and then up. But they drooped them, which means they 82 00:04:01.680 --> 00:04:04.159 didn't even like hang them correctly. They're hung in a 83 00:04:04.280 --> 00:04:07.479 nasty fashion and and they're and they're hung all year long. 84 00:04:07.879 --> 00:04:10.360 Now they don't turn them on, thank goodness. But they're 85 00:04:10.439 --> 00:04:12.759 but there's still just an isot take them down. Yeah, 86 00:04:12.759 --> 00:04:16.199 it's redneck to the Instagram. So anyway, I just think 87 00:04:16.240 --> 00:04:21.720 that they're prepared. No, they're they're lazy pieces of garbage. Wow, 88 00:04:21.839 --> 00:04:24.439 who are Here's and here's here's what it makes me 89 00:04:24.600 --> 00:04:26.600 even more mad. It turns out I met them and 90 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:29.319 like they're the nicest people on the planet, but they're 91 00:04:29.319 --> 00:04:34.199 still pieces of garbage only and they're lighting uh practices 92 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:39.759 as humans people as humans, they're great. They're pieces of 93 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:42.480 garbage with their lighting. So here's the thing that's just 94 00:04:43.240 --> 00:04:47.079 guess when I met them at church, No, during during 95 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:50.959 trick retreat. So trick retreat, they come over and I 96 00:04:51.120 --> 00:04:52.879 just literally just met them for the first time, which, 97 00:04:52.879 --> 00:04:54.959 by the way, me not going over to their house 98 00:04:55.000 --> 00:04:57.560 and welcoming them. That means I'm a piece of garbage. 99 00:04:58.319 --> 00:05:01.959 But they live like four how is up? So anyway, 100 00:05:02.240 --> 00:05:04.759 he comes over and he knocks and they say trick 101 00:05:04.839 --> 00:05:07.839 or treat. Well, they're Indian. They're an Indian family. It's 102 00:05:07.839 --> 00:05:10.160 two dads, a bunch of kids, and the two dads, 103 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:12.319 I'm assuming the women were probably giving out candy because 104 00:05:12.319 --> 00:05:14.879 their light was on and so, uh, but they have 105 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:18.519 their sories on because that was Dwali. Oh huh okay, 106 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:22.920 So I said to hin Hindu celebration. So they they're 107 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:26.920 dressed and their sorries, and so I say, uh. They said, oh, 108 00:05:27.000 --> 00:05:28.920 great costume, because we go all out every year. We 109 00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:31.279 dressed up like the Wizard of Oz. They go, great costume. 110 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:33.560 I said, oh, I go, this isn't for Halloween. I said, 111 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:36.480 I said, dressed up for Dwally and and and they 112 00:05:36.480 --> 00:05:38.279 looked at me. You know, they knew I was joking, 113 00:05:38.560 --> 00:05:41.120 and they go, they go, you know of Dwali And 114 00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:43.360 I said yes, I said, I go, I like your sorries. 115 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:47.560 And they go, that's wonderful. And then they introduced themselves. Hey, 116 00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:49.600 my name is blah blah blah blah. And so we 117 00:05:49.879 --> 00:05:53.160 get to meet them. Man, they're wonderful people, which makes 118 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:57.519 me even madder because it would be easier if they 119 00:05:57.560 --> 00:06:00.079 were people that I that I could really just be 120 00:06:00.199 --> 00:06:03.199 mad at. But now I've met them and they're wonderful people. 121 00:06:03.600 --> 00:06:05.600 So maybe they just don't know that you're supposed to 122 00:06:05.639 --> 00:06:07.360 take down your lights for Christmas. 123 00:06:07.839 --> 00:06:11.560 Seriously, you live in it. Come on, bro, I don't 124 00:06:11.600 --> 00:06:13.480 care where you're from. You can come directly going to 125 00:06:13.519 --> 00:06:16.120 be nice, to be nice. You can come directly from 126 00:06:16.199 --> 00:06:18.759 your country, and you'd still know that you need to 127 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:22.360 take down your lights. Okay, so I'm even more mad 128 00:06:22.399 --> 00:06:26.759 that they're nice people, that they're nice. I'm mad mad Okay. 129 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:31.160 And by the way, if you're listening online and you 130 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:34.240 think that it's okay to keep your lights up all 131 00:06:34.319 --> 00:06:36.639 year long, I got to tell you something. You are 132 00:06:36.680 --> 00:06:42.279 the problem with America. 133 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:47.040 The single source of all of the problems in America. 134 00:06:47.240 --> 00:06:50.399 I'd try to come up with the heart. O. Wow, 135 00:06:52.519 --> 00:06:54.519 my wave is mad at me for this episode. Yeah, 136 00:06:55.519 --> 00:06:57.720 she's mad as I'm saying extreme things. By the way, 137 00:06:57.759 --> 00:07:01.079 I don't mean any of those things. Whoa pieces of garbage. 138 00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:01.959 I'm just kidding. 139 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:04.680 Yeah, okay, I just don't even know where to go 140 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:05.240 from there. 141 00:07:06.199 --> 00:07:09.240 Okay, well, okay, take away. So let's let's find a 142 00:07:09.279 --> 00:07:12.160 good transition. Take away my harshness. Yes, and do you 143 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:16.199 at least agree with the principle that a person should 144 00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:19.720 not keep their lights up? Yes? I agree with that principle. Okay, yes, 145 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:22.199 but you leave me on my island of hearts style. 146 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:26.519 I'm going to leave you out there on that one okay, yes, yeah, 147 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:29.319 should I should? I should I rerecord it? No? I 148 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:33.879 love it. I love it because we could stop and rerecord. 149 00:07:33.600 --> 00:07:35.720 No, no, oh no, we're not covering this sin up 150 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:37.120 at all. We're just going to leave it out there 151 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:40.920 for everybody. I'm more strong. 152 00:07:41.079 --> 00:07:45.519 Well, the title is called what made Chris Mad This week? Yes, 153 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:47.240 and the last few have been a little week. I 154 00:07:47.279 --> 00:07:51.199 still they've been they've been a little namby pamby. So 155 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:52.480 this one is your went all in. 156 00:07:52.519 --> 00:07:53.759 You pushed all your chips in the middle of the 157 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:56.439 table and went, you're taking a stand against people who 158 00:07:56.519 --> 00:07:57.720 leave up their Christmas light and. 159 00:07:57.680 --> 00:08:01.519 I called them pieces of garbage. There's that part, hey, 160 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:04.399 so which I did not mean. No, hold to it. 161 00:08:04.439 --> 00:08:06.720 You said it, hold it own, it own those words, Chris, 162 00:08:07.160 --> 00:08:09.160 I said, it's for funniness, and then they're nice people. 163 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:11.079 It turns out there's so nice. Yeah, it was just 164 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:15.160 too harsh. Yeah, it wasn't too harsh. So speaking of 165 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:21.199 me detesting something so strongly, yes, Proverb sixteen has multiple 166 00:08:21.240 --> 00:08:25.720 mentions of the Lord detesting certain things as well, and kings. Yes, yes, 167 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:28.959 the Lord it happens to be king. That was close. 168 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:30.839 It was a good transition. Yeah, it's a good transition. 169 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:34.360 Yeah, okay, we've been going for if you're listening, we've 170 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:36.200 been trying to think of the cheesiest transitions. 171 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:40.120 Yes, yes, that we can think of. So here we go. Proverbs, 172 00:08:40.200 --> 00:08:41.320 Chapter sixteen, Verse one. 173 00:08:41.879 --> 00:08:44.759 We can make our own plans, but the Lord gives 174 00:08:44.799 --> 00:08:48.399 the right answer. I love that verse. There's another one 175 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:50.600 in here too. This is the same chapter or verse nine. 176 00:08:50.679 --> 00:08:52.600 We can make our plans, but Lord de terms our steps. 177 00:08:52.639 --> 00:08:55.480 I like that those two favor I agree. Okay number two. 178 00:08:55.639 --> 00:08:58.039 People may be pure in their own eyes, but the 179 00:08:58.039 --> 00:09:02.480 Lord examines their motives. Based on that last segment, I 180 00:09:02.519 --> 00:09:05.600 thought maybe I could read that again. People may be 181 00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:08.960 pure in their own eyes, but the Lord examines their motives. 182 00:09:09.080 --> 00:09:11.639 Should we recruitment, Nope, you're stuck with it. 183 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:14.519 Now commit your actions to the Lord, and your plans 184 00:09:14.519 --> 00:09:18.240 will succeed. The Lord has made everything for his own purposes. 185 00:09:18.320 --> 00:09:21.600 Even though wicked for the day of disaster, the Lord 186 00:09:21.679 --> 00:09:25.759 detests the proud. They will surely be punished. Unfailing love 187 00:09:25.799 --> 00:09:29.559 and faithfulness makes atonement for sin. By fearing the Lord, 188 00:09:29.919 --> 00:09:33.600 people avoid evil. When people's lives please the Lord, even 189 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:34.679 their enemies are at peace. 190 00:09:34.679 --> 00:09:37.559 With him. Better to have little. 191 00:09:37.399 --> 00:09:41.000 With godliness than to be rich and dishonest. We can 192 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:44.120 make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps. The 193 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:47.960 King speaks with divine wisdom. He must never judge unfairly. 194 00:09:49.159 --> 00:09:52.080 The Lord demands accurate scales and balances, and he sets 195 00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:56.279 the standards for fairness. A king detests wrongdoing, for his 196 00:09:56.399 --> 00:09:59.639 rule is built on justice. I think the prerequis there 197 00:09:59.639 --> 00:10:03.039 is a good king. Right sure, the anger of the 198 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:05.919 king is a deadly threat. The wise will try to 199 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:09.000 appease it. When the king smiles, there is life. His 200 00:10:09.039 --> 00:10:12.279 favor refreshes like a spring rain. How much better to 201 00:10:12.279 --> 00:10:15.720 get wisdom than gold, and good judgment than silver. The 202 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:18.799 path of the virtuous leads away from evil. Whoever follows 203 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:23.039 that path is safe. Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness 204 00:10:23.039 --> 00:10:26.360 before a fall. Better to live humbly with the poor 205 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:29.480 than to share plunder with the proud. Those who listen 206 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:31.919 to instruction will prosper, and those who trust the Lord 207 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:35.399 will be joyful. The wise are known for their understanding, 208 00:10:35.480 --> 00:10:40.639 and pleasant words are persuasive. Discretion is a life giving 209 00:10:40.759 --> 00:10:43.440 fountain to those who possess it, but discipline is wasted 210 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:47.000 on fools. From a wise mind comes wise speech. The 211 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:50.840 words of the wise are persuasive. Kind words are like honey, 212 00:10:51.200 --> 00:10:54.120 sweet to the soul, and healthy for the body. There 213 00:10:54.159 --> 00:10:56.679 is a path before each person that seems right, but 214 00:10:56.720 --> 00:10:57.440 it ends in death. 215 00:10:57.600 --> 00:11:00.159 Didn't we just read that same verse? Yeah, yeah, that's 216 00:11:00.200 --> 00:11:02.559 kind of a repeat. Obviously, need to hear that highlight 217 00:11:02.559 --> 00:11:04.120 if people need to hear that, I guess right. 218 00:11:05.759 --> 00:11:08.159 It is good for workers to have an appetite, and 219 00:11:08.240 --> 00:11:09.600 empty stomach drives them on. 220 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:10.840 Oh wow. 221 00:11:11.440 --> 00:11:16.120 Scoundrels create trouble. Their words are a destructive blaze. A 222 00:11:16.200 --> 00:11:20.279 troublemaker plants seeds of strife. Gossip separates the best of friends. 223 00:11:21.279 --> 00:11:24.720 Violent people mislead their companions, leading them down a harmful path. 224 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:28.720 With narrowed eyes, people plot evil with a smirk, they 225 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:32.159 plan their mischief. Gray hair is a crown of glory. 226 00:11:32.240 --> 00:11:36.000 It is gained by living a godly life. Better to 227 00:11:36.039 --> 00:11:39.480 be patient than powerful, better to have self control than 228 00:11:39.519 --> 00:11:42.360 to conquer a city. We may throw the dice, but 229 00:11:42.399 --> 00:11:43.759 the Lord determines how they fall. 230 00:11:44.679 --> 00:11:47.440 I love that one. That's great. These are great ones. 231 00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:50.000 I like these ones. Yeah, those are really clever. And 232 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:52.120 by the way, for the first time since I could 233 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:55.080 ever remember. Ever you actually skipped a verse? Did I 234 00:11:55.120 --> 00:11:57.759 skip a verse? Yeah, you've skipped first thirteen that says 235 00:11:57.799 --> 00:12:00.799 the king is pleased with words from righteous lips. He 236 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:02.360 loves those who speak honestly. 237 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:05.320 Oh yeah, I wound up saying I gave the caveat 238 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:06.679 of yes, it's a good king. 239 00:12:06.759 --> 00:12:08.919 That's what you did. Yeah, because because you said you 240 00:12:08.960 --> 00:12:10.720 said it's a good king, and then you picked up 241 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:14.960 with verse fourteen. So well, thank you for catching that. Well, 242 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:17.559 you know, the people who are watching on video are 243 00:12:17.600 --> 00:12:19.399 the only ones that would have really probably known it. 244 00:12:19.440 --> 00:12:22.799 And I'm humble enough to accept your correction. Yes, well 245 00:12:22.840 --> 00:12:25.320 it's not a person. It's not a correction, it's just 246 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:31.600 an addendum. Yeah. So anyway, there's a lot in here, 247 00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:34.000 and I want to jump on one. 248 00:12:34.039 --> 00:12:38.080 Have you ever noticed how much my hair is getting gray? 249 00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:41.480 Have you ever noticed so much? Great? It didn't used 250 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:44.720 to me this way? Right? Where did that come from? 251 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:47.320 Verse thirty one says gray hair is a crown of glory. 252 00:12:47.360 --> 00:12:48.840 It's gained by living a god life. 253 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:51.720 Oh there, and I recognize you have almost no gray hair. 254 00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:54.600 Oh my goodness, gracious, you got it right. Hair to 255 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:57.879 be kidding me. Well, you know what it doesn't say 256 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:03.879 on the head beard, my's a crown. I don't know 257 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:06.480 you wear crowns on your chin. Hey, listen your hair. 258 00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:09.360 You've done it to yourself. Now. My beard is way 259 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:10.480 more white than your hair is. 260 00:13:10.559 --> 00:13:12.679 Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, but way more wisdom. If 261 00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:14.240 you want to wear your crown on your chin, that's 262 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:14.679 fine with me. 263 00:13:15.519 --> 00:13:16.240 Oh it doesn't. 264 00:13:16.240 --> 00:13:20.440 I just, I just, I just I just think that 265 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:22.960 some people cover up their godly. 266 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:27.080 I see, I do not dye my hair. Something I 267 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:31.639 do not dye my hair. Is that your That's not true. 268 00:13:32.480 --> 00:13:35.080 By the way, I've had people ask that. People say, 269 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:37.320 how are you fifty three and you don't have any 270 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:38.759 you know, gray hair? And I say I do. If 271 00:13:38.799 --> 00:13:41.080 you look close a little bit, you can see. And 272 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:43.440 they say, well, how how is that? All my brothers 273 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:46.320 are white, They're all like, like white white hair. 274 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:48.399 Well, you have to be godly to get gray hair. 275 00:13:49.799 --> 00:13:52.519 That's what the verse says. Gray hair is a crown 276 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:55.799 of glory. It is gained by living a godly life. 277 00:13:55.960 --> 00:13:57.559 I see, I see you see. 278 00:13:57.919 --> 00:13:59.240 So I was just gonna mention it. You know what 279 00:13:59.279 --> 00:13:59.600 it means. 280 00:13:59.600 --> 00:14:01.679 I figure, I figured I couldn't lose on this tack 281 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:03.600 because either you're going to say you never die your 282 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:04.759 hair or you die your hair. 283 00:14:04.840 --> 00:14:06.080 If you said you died your hair. 284 00:14:05.960 --> 00:14:07.320 I was going to be able to say, well, you're 285 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:10.399 covering up your godliness, right, you're faking it. And then 286 00:14:10.440 --> 00:14:12.240 the other side was if you say you never die 287 00:14:12.279 --> 00:14:14.919 your hair, then the only way you can get it 288 00:14:14.960 --> 00:14:17.200 is by living a godly life. But you also I 289 00:14:17.240 --> 00:14:19.279 read that and immediately thought that's a win win for me. 290 00:14:20.679 --> 00:14:24.240 Hey, I think it's referring to longevity, like those who 291 00:14:24.360 --> 00:14:28.159 those who live godly are proper prosperous with a long life, 292 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:31.440 which means eventually my hair will get gray. And so 293 00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:34.679 the longer you live, the grayer you get, which means 294 00:14:34.679 --> 00:14:37.080 that you've lived a godly life and God is blessing 295 00:14:37.159 --> 00:14:38.159 you with longevity. Yeah. 296 00:14:38.200 --> 00:14:40.159 Yeah, if you want to jump through the hoops. But 297 00:14:40.320 --> 00:14:44.279 the words on the page say what they say, I 298 00:14:44.320 --> 00:14:46.639 also say. I also like the verse thirty three. This 299 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:49.200 is a surprise to people. We may throw the dice, 300 00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:50.559 but the Lord determines how they fall. 301 00:14:51.080 --> 00:14:53.039 Yeah, and make your plans and watch God laugh. 302 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:57.159 Yeah yeah, yeah, So this idea is casting lots, you know, 303 00:14:58.440 --> 00:15:00.519 and It's not that God is behind all of your 304 00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:01.360 gambling winnings. 305 00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:02.360 That's not that's saying. 306 00:15:02.639 --> 00:15:04.919 What they would do sometimes is when people couldn't make 307 00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:07.000 a decision, they would draw a number, they'd roll of 308 00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:08.440 the dice, they'd draw. 309 00:15:08.360 --> 00:15:10.240 Sticks, and they'd ask God to reveal to them. 310 00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:12.039 Right right, God, just just show us what we're supposed 311 00:15:12.039 --> 00:15:13.960 to do. We're not sure what we're supposed. 312 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:15.799 To do, right, you show us what to do. 313 00:15:15.960 --> 00:15:19.480 And so even in what would seem like the simplest thing, 314 00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:22.320 you know, rock paper scissors kind of a thing, or 315 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:25.679 you know, drawing straws or whatever, and there's a certain 316 00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:29.080 amount of peace in that. 317 00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:31.000 Have you ever it says the lot fell on Jonah? 318 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:35.399 Yeah, yeah, Well they cast lots for Jesus clothes at 319 00:15:35.399 --> 00:15:39.720 the crucifixion, so that that was a common thing. But 320 00:15:39.799 --> 00:15:43.159 what I was going to say is, have you ever 321 00:15:43.559 --> 00:15:45.799 sat down or have you ever got into a game 322 00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:48.879 or something people want to argue over whose turn it 323 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:51.519 is or whatever? But how much simpler is it when 324 00:15:51.519 --> 00:15:55.720 you just spin a dial and the and everybody terms 325 00:15:55.720 --> 00:15:57.679 ahead of time before any decisions are made. 326 00:15:58.360 --> 00:16:02.480 Highest number starts. 327 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:02.600 And then we go, yeah, yeah, the highest number of 328 00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:05.080 starts you spin it, it ends on five. 329 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:07.360 Nobody else gets us six, so you get to go 330 00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:07.879 right right. 331 00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:10.200 But if you got a one and somebody else gets five, 332 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:12.039 you oh rats, but you're not mad at anybody. It 333 00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:14.919 just didn't work out for you. There's some benefit in 334 00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:19.840 choosing neutral ways to begin a thing when others might 335 00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:22.600 feel like there was a benefit for them starting first, right, 336 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:24.720 And so you can choose a peaceful way. And then 337 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:28.240 when it comes to the really difficult decisions, the Lord 338 00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:31.360 determines how they fall anyways, and so even on a 339 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:34.440 little thing, God can sort things out for you. So 340 00:16:34.440 --> 00:16:37.279 there's some wisdom in leaving a little bit of randomness 341 00:16:37.320 --> 00:16:40.720 to difficult decisions when there's a disagreement between two ways. 342 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:43.759 Instead of you don't always have to fight. You could, literally, 343 00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:49.360 instead of fighting over a restaurant, say okay, right, heads 344 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:51.399 your tails, heads your tails, right, keep a coin. 345 00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:55.240 Yep. Yeah, it's just it's wise, That's what I'm saying. 346 00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:57.600 You wouldn't think it was wise, but it's wise. Yeah, 347 00:16:57.639 --> 00:17:02.840 Batman's enemy two face make decisions, but flipping coins which 348 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:05.079 so you stack the deck and have the same you know, 349 00:17:05.279 --> 00:17:09.119 heads on both sides, right, heads on both sides, right, So, 350 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:14.400 unfailing love and faithfulness make a tone for sin. Fearing 351 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:19.160 the Lord people people avoid evil. Unfailing love and faithfulness 352 00:17:19.319 --> 00:17:24.839 make atonement for sin. Yeah, so I've always heard that, 353 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:29.640 you know, there are consequences for sin. Some of them 354 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:34.559 are spiritual consequences, right obviously with God, with their heavenly Father. 355 00:17:35.039 --> 00:17:37.440 But then some are earthly consequences. And so we could 356 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:41.480 break relationships for you know, by our choices. And have 357 00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:44.680 you ever heard this when when you have a child 358 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:48.279 that is mad at you or a family member that 359 00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:50.519 is mad at you for a very long period of time, 360 00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:53.119 have you ever heard of this advice? You need to 361 00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:55.599 serve your way back in. Have you ever heard that 362 00:17:57.839 --> 00:18:00.680 your lives? Yeah, just serve your way back in. So 363 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:03.960 I'm estranged from my child, right, I'm a strange from 364 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:09.440 my parents. Just to continually, over time, serve your way 365 00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:12.880 back in. And unfailing love and a faithful and faithfulness 366 00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:15.799 will make atonement for sin. And uh. And the the 367 00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:19.279 advice that I heard from a pastor saying that came 368 00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:23.599 from this verse and said and said like, yes, unfailing 369 00:18:23.640 --> 00:18:27.160 love and faithfulness can can fix our relationship with our 370 00:18:27.160 --> 00:18:30.680 heavenly Father, Right, it makes atonement for our sin. And 371 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:35.359 but but when it comes down to our earthly relationships, 372 00:18:35.400 --> 00:18:38.200 the same is true. And I've just never forgotten that. 373 00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:40.920 You know, how how you can just be faithful with 374 00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:44.279 your love and your service and just serve them until 375 00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:48.920 eventually you become more known for serving them than you 376 00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:52.400 do for the offense. Right, So it may it may 377 00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:53.039 take some time. 378 00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:55.920 Right, Yeah, that's a really good, really good phrase. 379 00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:57.799 Yeah. 380 00:18:57.920 --> 00:19:00.680 The verses along the lines of verse three, commit your 381 00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:04.359 actions to the Lord, your plans will succeed. I'm always 382 00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:07.440 attracted to the verses in the Bible to talk about 383 00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:10.480 how to succeed, and he's saying, commit your actions to 384 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:14.440 the Lord, and your plans will succeed. It amazes me 385 00:19:14.680 --> 00:19:18.480 how often people will ask me to pray that God 386 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:25.160 will bless something that's bad, right, And I'm like. 387 00:19:25.640 --> 00:19:27.119 Really, right. 388 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:33.640 So, the more mature you become spiritually, the more aware 389 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:35.799 you are that, Hey, if I'm going to pray for something, 390 00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:37.720 it should be something that God would do himself. If 391 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:39.640 Jesus wouldn't do it, I shouldn't be praying that I 392 00:19:39.640 --> 00:19:44.240 could do it, right, right, Hey, would would you come 393 00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:48.640 and bless the apartment? I'm moving into with my boyfriend. 394 00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:51.519 Right right. That kind of stuff. 395 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:55.599 Well, if you can't imagine Jesus moving in with his girlfriend, right, 396 00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:59.440 then maybe we shouldn't or or it's just stuff like that. 397 00:19:59.519 --> 00:19:59.680 Hey. 398 00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:03.359 Uh, I had a guy ask me, genuinely asked me 399 00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:05.920 to pray that he would hit the lotto because he 400 00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:08.960 has no other options, right, So and and I was like, whoa, 401 00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:11.920