WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to the Bible, guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.680 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun in 3 00:00:06.519 --> 00:00:13.679 practical ways. Hey, everybody, welcome to the Bible guys. We 4 00:00:13.720 --> 00:00:17.399 are talking about the Beatitudes of Christ as given in 5 00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:20.600 the Sermon on the Mount and Matthews five, six. 6 00:00:20.480 --> 00:00:23.160 And seven Matthews and chapters. 7 00:00:23.239 --> 00:00:24.519 I was so focused on doing this. 8 00:00:24.600 --> 00:00:28.559 Yeah, yeah, I liked it. Though. Matthews is good Matthews. 9 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:30.120 They make good bows. 10 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:31.960 Sounds like Matthews name. 11 00:00:32.039 --> 00:00:37.320 Yes, yeah, that Saint Matthews. 12 00:00:37.399 --> 00:00:41.280 Yeah, okay, all right, so Matthew chapters. 13 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:46.399 I thought you're gonna say Matthew's gospel in seven chapters five, 14 00:00:46.439 --> 00:00:49.119 six and seven, longest message Jesus preached. 15 00:00:49.240 --> 00:00:52.719 That's right. And so anyway, along with the beatitudes are 16 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:56.520 other things in the Sermon on the Mount that coincide 17 00:00:56.600 --> 00:00:59.280 with the beatitudes, which is the premise of our series. 18 00:00:59.439 --> 00:01:02.359 Yeah. I made the statement that that the Sermon on 19 00:01:02.359 --> 00:01:04.680 the Mount is the longest message Jesus preached. And I 20 00:01:04.680 --> 00:01:08.879 don't know, we don't know that. Oh recorded right, It 21 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:11.920 could have just been Matthew's favorite message Jesus preach. He said, man, 22 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:14.959 that one that he preached that would have taken nine chapters. 23 00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:16.079 It was a snoozer. 24 00:01:16.120 --> 00:01:17.239 It's the only one that he took notes. 25 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:20.159 Yeah, exactly. But he was taking fastidious notes on the 26 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:21.079 Sermon on the mount. 27 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:23.640 So John's like, why did you take Notesthew's like, oh, 28 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:25.159 I forgot, dude, I forgot. 29 00:01:24.840 --> 00:01:27.319 My p Yeah. Yeah, that's right. I forgot that. I 30 00:01:27.359 --> 00:01:31.519 forgot to turn on the recorder. Yeah that's right. Yes, 31 00:01:31.599 --> 00:01:37.879 that's right, that's right. Yea. So but the Sermon on 32 00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:40.280 the mounts the longest one recorded in the Bible record. Yes, 33 00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:41.040 that's correct. 34 00:01:41.239 --> 00:01:43.920 So anyway, we are before we getting too that, we 35 00:01:43.959 --> 00:01:46.159 had a segment and it is guess the word. I 36 00:01:46.239 --> 00:01:49.599 feel pressure on these because it says, can Chris guess 37 00:01:49.719 --> 00:01:53.599 the word? Slash words based on Jeff's clues without Jeff 38 00:01:54.480 --> 00:01:58.239 the forbidden man. Remember the last time you said you 39 00:01:58.319 --> 00:01:58.959 liked it the other one? 40 00:01:59.079 --> 00:02:04.079 Yes, these are hard at okay, these are hard for 41 00:02:04.319 --> 00:02:07.159 from from this perspective for me. Okay, so I have 42 00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:09.759 five words I'm not allowed to say what I'm trying 43 00:02:09.800 --> 00:02:11.000 to get you to say the big word? 44 00:02:11.080 --> 00:02:12.360 That's right? And are they thematic? 45 00:02:12.599 --> 00:02:13.919 It doesn't look like it, okay. 46 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:16.960 And uh, And by the way, if you're watching on YouTube. 47 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:19.759 We will put the fir hopefully we'll put the forbidden 48 00:02:19.759 --> 00:02:21.360 words on the bottom of the screen that Jeff is 49 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:23.919 not allowed to say. You can play along with us, Yes, 50 00:02:24.280 --> 00:02:25.280 try to race Chris. 51 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:32.919 Okay, we go, all right. Kind of a seventies eighties 52 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:39.719 meal that was kind of a log of meat span 53 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:44.960 that would have like breadcrumbs in it. Stuff you put 54 00:02:44.960 --> 00:02:50.840 a sauce on top of it. She would bake it. Yes, 55 00:02:50.960 --> 00:02:52.719 there you go. I'm not sure I was allowed to 56 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:55.000 say meat because it's in meat loaf. Yeah, but it 57 00:02:55.039 --> 00:02:57.840 didn't say I couldn't say meat. I didn't say meat loaf, 58 00:02:57.879 --> 00:02:59.680 and meat loaf's one word, that's. 59 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:01.759 Right, but but you're not allowed to say it derivenive 60 00:03:01.800 --> 00:03:07.120 of the word. Hey, by the way, uh, I wasn't looking. Yeah, 61 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:10.240 but why did you say seventies and eighties because you 62 00:03:10.240 --> 00:03:11.560 don't wear a meat loaf I have. 63 00:03:11.800 --> 00:03:15.000 Well, so if you get old Betty Crocker cookbooks from 64 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:17.199 the seventies and eighties, it's like the third thing in 65 00:03:17.240 --> 00:03:20.639 every cookbook. Ok yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, as opposed. 66 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:22.199 To yeah, well, I mean you're a chef. 67 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:25.639 If you're watching a sitcom from the seventies, and eighties 68 00:03:25.639 --> 00:03:28.479 moms serving meat loaf. Okay, right, yeah, you know you 69 00:03:28.520 --> 00:03:29.080 know that's true. 70 00:03:29.520 --> 00:03:31.439 Okay, remember I told you I was going to can't 71 00:03:31.439 --> 00:03:32.960 take hunders when I ordered. 72 00:03:32.800 --> 00:03:37.479 Meat, I like me love too. Yeah, buffalo meat Okay, buffalo, yeah, 73 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:50.000 buffalo it was okay. Uh. Big people don't they don't stride. 74 00:03:50.120 --> 00:03:54.080 They what stride? They walk? 75 00:03:54.560 --> 00:03:56.240 Oh there you go. So you said walk, Now I 76 00:03:56.240 --> 00:04:01.120 can say walk, right, Okay, So they don't walk. They 77 00:04:01.240 --> 00:04:03.599 big big people don't walk. They no, no, they don't 78 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:08.840 walk or run they no, no, no no no. So 79 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:13.439 if we say weebles wobble, but they don't fall down. Okay, 80 00:04:13.520 --> 00:04:15.840 So big, big people don't walk. 81 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:17.199 They tumble. 82 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:25.439 Oh man, Okay, there are animals who also walk this 83 00:04:25.519 --> 00:04:31.959 way kind of a back and forth, kind of a 84 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:37.360 back and forth sway. Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, if you 85 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:39.399 wanted the donated car, you donated to Mother. 86 00:04:41.680 --> 00:04:42.000 Nature. 87 00:04:42.120 --> 00:04:45.639 No, no, what's the There's there's an organization, a nonprofit 88 00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:48.199 in the area that you can donate cars to called 89 00:04:48.199 --> 00:04:51.199 Mother Oh man, there's a road in the area. Is 90 00:04:51.240 --> 00:04:53.480 his name? I can't We're gonna have to give up 91 00:04:53.480 --> 00:04:58.199 on this one. Wabble. That's a hard one. 92 00:04:58.680 --> 00:05:00.639 Oh I would think that's an over week kind of 93 00:05:00.680 --> 00:05:01.199 a shuffle. 94 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:03.199 That's why I said big people. 95 00:05:03.920 --> 00:05:05.519 Oh, I was thinking giants. 96 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:06.879 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 97 00:05:07.040 --> 00:05:08.959 I was literally thinking, oh. 98 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:13.160 Yeah, yeah, really yeah yeah, huh yeah. Okay, So all right, 99 00:05:13.199 --> 00:05:16.360 here's here's one you were afraid to say, like, yes, okay, 100 00:05:16.399 --> 00:05:17.639 here we go, here we go. 101 00:05:17.839 --> 00:05:20.879 Oh that's that's the missing clue. Yes, missing clue is 102 00:05:20.920 --> 00:05:23.279 the entire time. I was like, I was thinking giraffe 103 00:05:23.279 --> 00:05:25.480 because you're like, you're like, some animals do this too. 104 00:05:25.480 --> 00:05:28.519 I'm thinking, yeah, yeah, here you go. 105 00:05:28.639 --> 00:05:31.879 Ready. Uh a gag that you blow up that makes 106 00:05:32.040 --> 00:05:36.439 a large sound. Yeah, there you a whipope cushion. I 107 00:05:36.439 --> 00:05:39.000 wasn't allowed to say prank, balloon, noise, sit or gas 108 00:05:39.120 --> 00:05:41.360 and waddle. I wasn't allowed to say walk, penguin, ducks, 109 00:05:41.399 --> 00:05:44.399 side er baby, and then on meat loaf, I wasn't 110 00:05:44.439 --> 00:05:50.720 say dinner, beef, mom, ketchup or oven. Yeah, okay, here's 111 00:05:50.720 --> 00:06:02.240 another one. Uh uh. Back in the eighties you used 112 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:07.399 it like a purse, but guys would do it too. 113 00:06:09.079 --> 00:06:11.399 Uh no, no, no, no, back in the day, and 114 00:06:11.720 --> 00:06:17.800 uh you wore it around yourself. It's fanny peck. There 115 00:06:17.800 --> 00:06:20.800 you go. I was allowed to say waist bag, nineties, 116 00:06:20.920 --> 00:06:28.040 zipper or tourists. Okay, and then oh no, this is impossible. Okay. 117 00:06:28.079 --> 00:06:41.120 The last one musical genre that includes uh like trumpets, pianos, drums, bass, guitars, No, nope, uh, saxophone. 118 00:06:42.439 --> 00:06:46.319 It's New Orleans kind of music. Jazz okay, jazz excellent. 119 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:50.759 And then when people are excited they do and they're 120 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:54.720 celebrating something quietly jazz hands. There you go. Yeah, that 121 00:06:54.800 --> 00:06:57.279 was a hard I was abound say fingers, shake theater, 122 00:06:57.480 --> 00:07:02.120 musical or applause. Yeah, okay, good. So so we couldn't 123 00:07:02.120 --> 00:07:10.120 get wattle, but we got jazz hands. Chris, that's awesome. 124 00:07:10.720 --> 00:07:13.720 I think I think of in high school musical one 125 00:07:14.319 --> 00:07:16.480 he says everybody loves a four square or whatever, and 126 00:07:16.480 --> 00:07:20.959 it's it includes And then also I think of, uh, 127 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:23.279 bring it on when he goes, these aren't spear figures, 128 00:07:23.839 --> 00:07:24.480 these are. 129 00:07:27.279 --> 00:07:29.199 Yeah. So we got fanny pack and jazz hands, and 130 00:07:29.279 --> 00:07:30.360 we got those two nailed. 131 00:07:31.639 --> 00:07:32.680 What are you trying to say? 132 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:36.040 Nothing? Nothing, I was just just comment I was commenting 133 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:36.959 that we miss waddle. 134 00:07:37.639 --> 00:07:42.120 Well, wattle is not a manly term, but fanny pack 135 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:44.839 and jazz hands are manly terms. But you but you 136 00:07:44.839 --> 00:07:48.040 can't include Wattle as if the antithesis of miss. 137 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:52.160 I didn't, I didn't, I was not. I was not 138 00:07:52.399 --> 00:07:55.519 because you also got whoopy cushion. There's nothing wrong with that. 139 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:04.319 So A. 140 00:08:04.839 --> 00:08:11.319 So, guys, So you know sometimes I feel merciless, Yes, 141 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:14.160 and it's mostly because I know I'm playing to the audience. 142 00:08:15.279 --> 00:08:19.360 And you know, which is interesting because today's today's topic 143 00:08:19.519 --> 00:08:23.199 is mercy without an audience. Okay, well, hey, we are 144 00:08:23.240 --> 00:08:26.959 in Matthew chapter six, and we've been talking about how 145 00:08:27.480 --> 00:08:31.360 it's interesting to me that when Jesus gives the beatitudes 146 00:08:31.360 --> 00:08:33.759 at the beginning, and he talks blessed are those who 147 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:36.440 mourn or blessed are the humble or those who's hunger 148 00:08:36.440 --> 00:08:40.120 and thirsts for righteousness, there's something in the rest of 149 00:08:40.159 --> 00:08:44.000 the message that he preaches that points back to those topics. Right, 150 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:47.360 They're like the foundation, this is the kind of thing 151 00:08:47.399 --> 00:08:50.279 God blesses. And then he says, but religion tells you 152 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:52.759 these things, and you're trying to behave these ways, but 153 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:55.240 the reality is the best way is this way. Right. 154 00:08:55.360 --> 00:08:57.159 That's kind of how it works a lot of times. 155 00:08:57.279 --> 00:08:59.600 And so here we are we're talking about the topic 156 00:09:00.039 --> 00:09:03.039 the beatitude, where he says, God blesses those who are merciful, 157 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:05.440 for they will be shown mercy. And one of the 158 00:09:05.440 --> 00:09:07.840 things we think of when it comes to mercy is 159 00:09:07.919 --> 00:09:12.799 good deeds, doing good for people. Right and so here 160 00:09:12.840 --> 00:09:15.360 he says in Matthew chapter six, verse one, watch out. 161 00:09:15.919 --> 00:09:19.360 Don't do your good deeds publicly to be admired by others, 162 00:09:19.360 --> 00:09:21.679 for you will lose the reward from your father in heaven. 163 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:24.120 When you give to someone in need, don't do as 164 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:26.679 the hypocrites do, blowing trumpets in the cynagogues and streets 165 00:09:26.679 --> 00:09:29.320 to call attention to their acts of charity. I tell 166 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:32.039 you the truth, they've received all the reward they'll ever get. 167 00:09:32.279 --> 00:09:34.440 But when you give to someone in need, don't let 168 00:09:34.480 --> 00:09:36.440 your left hand know what your right hand is doing. 169 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:39.799 Give your gifts in private, and your father, who sees everything, 170 00:09:40.039 --> 00:09:43.279 will reward you. That's a good one. And this goes 171 00:09:43.320 --> 00:09:47.440 along with good job of mercy. Blessed are the merciful, 172 00:09:47.679 --> 00:09:49.240 for they will be shown mercy. 173 00:09:49.080 --> 00:09:52.279 So showing mercy to those in need. 174 00:09:52.440 --> 00:09:57.360 Yeah, because part of mercy is caring for people who 175 00:09:57.399 --> 00:09:59.919 can't care for themselves or that are in desperate need. Right, 176 00:10:00.759 --> 00:10:03.559 I think of there's a really great ministry around the 177 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:07.440 world that does emergency surgeries that are impossible, particularly like 178 00:10:07.480 --> 00:10:11.559 cleft palates and bent bone kind of surgeries in the 179 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:14.960 ministries called Mercy Ships, and they pull their ship into 180 00:10:14.960 --> 00:10:17.639 the poorest ports in the world and then they just 181 00:10:17.639 --> 00:10:20.840 go out and these doctors and surgeons volunteer their time 182 00:10:21.720 --> 00:10:26.120 to just do good for people who couldn't otherwise help themselves, 183 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:28.720 that would be living miserable lives or that would not 184 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:30.679 live very long because of it, and they just come 185 00:10:30.679 --> 00:10:34.200 in and it's kind of this merciful kind act. And 186 00:10:34.279 --> 00:10:37.120 so that's not the only meaning of mercy, but it's 187 00:10:37.159 --> 00:10:39.080 one of the meetings of mercy. And so in this situation, 188 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:41.480 Jesus said, hey, don't do it so you get credit 189 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:45.480 so that everybody's like, wow, that's a good guy. Instead 190 00:10:45.639 --> 00:10:48.039 he said, there's other motivations, are other reasons, and so yeah, 191 00:10:48.080 --> 00:10:50.600 that's kind of the idea behind this one, the connection 192 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:53.120 to Blessed are the Merciful. 193 00:10:53.960 --> 00:10:57.919 You know, it's uh, we just actually spoke about this 194 00:10:57.960 --> 00:11:01.759 a few days ago on and maybe it's this, maybe 195 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:03.399 I just wrote it. I don't know. It's a recent 196 00:11:03.440 --> 00:11:07.200 message a heritage where I talked about how love is 197 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:09.240 not proven with only words. 198 00:11:09.240 --> 00:11:10.600 Oh, it's this Sunday coming up. 199 00:11:10.639 --> 00:11:13.519 Yeah, it's coming up. Love is not proven with only words, 200 00:11:13.559 --> 00:11:16.679 because anywhere in the scripture and it says love one another, 201 00:11:17.200 --> 00:11:19.759 what it's saying is is show your love by action. 202 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:21.000 Yeah, that's always. 203 00:11:21.519 --> 00:11:23.519 And so love is a verb, and we have a 204 00:11:23.559 --> 00:11:26.039 tendency to hear the word love, and we think emotion 205 00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:28.159 when it says. 206 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:32.080 We're thinking romance, Yeah, we're thinking, yeah, romance or fuzzy feelings. 207 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:34.320 Yeah, I feel I feel love. When it says love 208 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:37.679 your enemies, it doesn't mean, oh, I feel about that 209 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:41.480 person different than I used to and therefore I'm done. 210 00:11:42.639 --> 00:11:44.879 When it says love your enemies, I mean that's fine. 211 00:11:45.200 --> 00:11:46.960 Those things are all good and well. But when it 212 00:11:47.000 --> 00:11:49.639 says love your enemies, what it is meaning is show 213 00:11:49.679 --> 00:11:53.519 your love to your enemies by either apologizing or treating 214 00:11:53.519 --> 00:11:56.039 them well when they don't deserve it, or forgiving them, 215 00:11:56.120 --> 00:11:59.840 or we're doing something tangible so that your love can 216 00:11:59.840 --> 00:12:03.360 be seen and shown to your enemies. And so anyway, 217 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:07.480 when it says have mercy on someone, it's actually meaning 218 00:12:08.399 --> 00:12:12.679 mercy in action. Right, So somebody asked to know that 219 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:15.759 you're being merciful. And like you said, part of mercy 220 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:18.679 is to help someone in need. Part of mercy is 221 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:22.440 to not give them what they deserve, to hold what 222 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:28.519 they deserve publicly, right. You know, I just saw a sitcom. 223 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:31.600 I'm not going to go through because it doesn't really matter. 224 00:12:31.799 --> 00:12:35.080 But I just saw a sitcom where someone was in 225 00:12:35.159 --> 00:12:37.519 the rights to do something to somebody and they held 226 00:12:37.559 --> 00:12:40.440 back and they demonstrated mercy, and they had all the power, 227 00:12:40.840 --> 00:12:44.919 and they demonstrated better character. And I just thought to myself, Wow, 228 00:12:44.960 --> 00:12:48.879 that was a public display of Actually it was the 229 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:51.360 Bible Guys that aired this morning. I was in the 230 00:12:51.360 --> 00:12:54.879 shower and I actually turned off Oh that aired this morning, 231 00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:58.240 And how we talked about we talked about the definition 232 00:12:58.320 --> 00:13:02.799 of mercy, and you had talked about how you demonstrate 233 00:13:02.879 --> 00:13:05.279 Remember remember turning the other cheek? Yes, And it was 234 00:13:05.320 --> 00:13:08.919 the idea of demonstrating that you have the better character. 235 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:11.799 Yes, making that choice. Yes, Yeah, what kind of man 236 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:13.120 am I going to be? It doesn't matter what kind 237 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:15.200 of man they're being or what kind of women they're being. Yes, 238 00:13:15.799 --> 00:13:18.080 you're you make the choice what kind of man you're 239 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:20.679 going to be? Rise above that, don't don't don't go 240 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:22.759 down to that level, rise above it. 241 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:25.279 Yeah, to demonstrate and that's part of that's part of 242 00:13:25.320 --> 00:13:27.519 mercy as well. Sure to demonstrate that you have the 243 00:13:27.559 --> 00:13:30.559 better character. And and by the way, ultimately that's not 244 00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:33.279 to make yourself look better. It is it is so 245 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:36.600 that number one, God's glorified. People can say, Wow, look 246 00:13:36.639 --> 00:13:39.279 at that person, what's different about them? How could they 247 00:13:39.279 --> 00:13:41.639 possibly act that way? And it's because Jesus commanded us 248 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:44.519 to act there, right, And the power of love demonstrated 249 00:13:45.120 --> 00:13:49.519 is incredibly powerful. And uh, and that's what Jesus modeled 250 00:13:49.519 --> 00:13:53.039 for us. That's what he ultimately did for us. Jesus 251 00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:56.600 gives to us both love and mercy when we don't 252 00:13:56.639 --> 00:13:59.279 deserve it, right when we do deserve it, you know 253 00:13:59.320 --> 00:13:59.759 what I mean. 254 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:04.159 Well, I've had people quote this passage back to me 255 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:07.720 after I would comment on some good thing that we 256 00:14:07.720 --> 00:14:10.440 were a part of, either as a church or something 257 00:14:10.440 --> 00:14:12.320 that I was able to be a part of in 258 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:15.039 other ministries I'm working with or whatever, and us say 259 00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:17.720 a thing or maybe on occasion, some generous thing that 260 00:14:17.720 --> 00:14:19.519 we were able to be a part of, and people say, oh, 261 00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:21.279 you're not supposed to be making a big deal about 262 00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:24.320 that in public, and that's not true as a matter 263 00:14:24.360 --> 00:14:30.440 of fact. In Matthew five, as soon as Jesus gets 264 00:14:30.440 --> 00:14:33.759 done with the beatitudes, the very next thing he says 265 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:37.360 is you are the light of the world, right, And 266 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:40.600 he says, so, don't hide your lamp under a bushel. Instead, 267 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:42.080 he said, put it out where everybody can see it. 268 00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:44.840 And then he goes in verse sixteen, in the same way, 269 00:14:44.919 --> 00:14:48.360 let your good deeds shine out for all to see, 270 00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:51.080 so that everyone will praise your heavenly father. 271 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:51.679 That's right. 272 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:55.399 So the purpose is what so that the purpose is what? 273 00:14:56.200 --> 00:14:57.919 The purpose is so that God would be loorals, so. 274 00:14:57.919 --> 00:14:59.879 That everybody glorify your father in heaven. Here he says, 275 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:03.480 watch out, don't do your goods to be admired by others. 276 00:15:04.200 --> 00:15:07.720 Don't right, don't do your good deeds publicly to be 277 00:15:08.200 --> 00:15:09.080 that's the sow. 278 00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:11.559 That a public path of the back right to be would. 279 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:13.879 Be the same as so that so that you'd be 280 00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:17.480 admired by others, he says, because you'll lose your award 281 00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:20.720 from your father in heaven. There is reward, but if 282 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:22.360 you get all your reward here on earth, and there's 283 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:25.000 just no reward in heaven and that's okay, right, that's 284 00:15:25.039 --> 00:15:27.679 not bad. He doesn't say don't do good. He's just 285 00:15:27.799 --> 00:15:31.080 understanding if you're doing it so that you get praise, 286 00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:33.759 if you just donated it needed that million dollars so 287 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:36.320 that your family's name can be on the on the building, 288 00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:39.919 Well there's your reward. Good job and congratulations. There's nothing 289 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:43.360 wrong with that. He's not saying that's a sin. He's 290 00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:45.879 just saying, don't be counting on also getting a million 291 00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:48.519 dollars worth of reward in heaven too, right, you don't 292 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:50.240 don't get the double dip on it, that's all. 293 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:54.080 Yeah, And that's that's really important to understand. It's the 294 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:57.080 motive because you know you just mentioned you know, us 295 00:15:57.120 --> 00:15:59.440 mentioning something from the platform and stuff like that in 296 00:15:59.440 --> 00:16:01.559 our position, and that's also for the purpose of teaching. 297 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:04.799 It's also for the purpose of encouraging. Right, So if 298 00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:08.559 we get up here and we celebrate merciful deeds to people, 299 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:12.840 then all we're doing is we're what are we doing. 300 00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:17.200 We're teaching the people, training the people that we should 301 00:16:17.240 --> 00:16:17.840 all have. 302 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:23.039 Yeah, yeah, so yeah, that's there's a danger in mercy 303 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:29.039 acts sometimes, you know, for for people who have resources, yea, 304 00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:31.919 and we're able to give things to people who don't 305 00:16:31.960 --> 00:16:35.080 have resources. It makes you feel like a million bucks. 306 00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:38.159 It can almost become addictive where people just love it. 307 00:16:38.279 --> 00:16:43.120 They love serving you know, people who are struggling or whatever. 308 00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:46.879 And that's not a bad thing. But we have to 309 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:52.240 be careful with the idea of removing human dignity. I 310 00:16:52.320 --> 00:16:56.440 can give and you, but you can't. I have so much. 311 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:59.120 I can give away my extras, but you can't provide 312 00:16:59.159 --> 00:17:02.399 for yourself, right, And so we don't want to remove 313 00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:09.480 human dignity. And so sometimes there's way more blessing when 314 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:12.200 that person feels like God just showed up and blessed them, 315 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:15.319 rather than knowing that guy from the suburbs showed up 316 00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:22.240 and blessed me. Right, So there's a tension for me sometimes. 317 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:25.160 And I think it came to light the biggest way. 318 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:27.759 One time, Heritage Church raised a bunch of money to 319 00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:32.640 help build a school in northwest Kenya that was also 320 00:17:32.680 --> 00:17:34.200 going to be used as a church and it's a 321 00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:37.119 base for everything. And it was at an orphanage that 322 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:42.279 we love working with way out in the bush no no, no, lamoot, 323 00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:48.720 and so we build it. It wound up being the 324 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:53.039 biggest building in West Pocot, in East Pocott, I'm sorry, right, 325 00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:56.640 the largest building in that area. And when we got 326 00:17:56.680 --> 00:17:59.440 there for the grand opening, all the chiefs came in, 327 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:01.680 all all the choirs coming. You know how it is. 328 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:05.400 All the villages from miles day a day away, they 329 00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:07.720 all come in for these giant celebrations. We had about 330 00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:09.880 a thousand people there. When I came around the corner, 331 00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:11.319 there was a plaque on the wall that had my 332 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:13.680 name on it and had Heritage Church's name on it, 333 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:15.480 and it was covered over and they were going to 334 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:18.240 make this big presentation and I made him take it 335 00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:22.240 down and the guy who had it started crying. He said, 336 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:24.200 I want to honor you. And I said, listen, if 337 00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:27.640 you tell a thousand tribesmen that white people are the 338 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:30.599 ones who can build buildings, not Africans, then they're going 339 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:32.920 to wait for us to come and build another one instead. 340 00:18:32.920 --> 00:18:35.279 It needs to be a partnership. We need to celebrate 341 00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:38.160 the local pastors who brought the idea to us, and 342 00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:41.119 we partnered together, and they also raised some money. We 343 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:44.240 raised thousands and thousands and they raised dozens and dozens. 344 00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:47.720 But we partnered together. It has to be a full partnership, 345 00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:50.279 or it creates a culture of dependency. And I don't 346 00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:51.880 want my name on it, and so they took it. 347 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:55.359 They chipped it off and took the plaque off the 348 00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:57.200 thing because I didn't want my name, a heir to 349 00:18:57.400 --> 00:19:00.000 name on it. And it was this idea here, right 350 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:03.319 that in that situation, if I took the credit, it 351 00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:06.799 feels good. I raised I raised the massive majority of 352 00:19:06.799 --> 00:19:09.319 that money. But if I took the credit, it creates 353 00:19:09.319 --> 00:19:11.240 a culture dependency where next time they need a building, 354 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:12.880 they're gonna need somebody like me to show backup and 355 00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:15.880 build another one, as opposed to let's find the right partnerships, 356 00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:16.720 let's work together. 357 00:19:16.920 --> 00:19:19.799 Yeah I know that, But like in that moment, who 358 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:23.079 who wants to stand up there and wave their arms 359 00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:24.440 and say it's because of me? 360 00:19:24.599 --> 00:19:26.480 Yeah, thump your chest. Well I think a lot of 361 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:28.440 people do. And I think that's why Jesus had the challenge. 362 00:19:28.440 --> 00:19:29.799 Just shams is on that, right. 363 00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:32.680 I guess. So it's just, yeah, you lived in that world. 364 00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:35.839 Long enough to know, like every single university building, every 365 00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:39.200 single hospital building has some family name on it, right, 366 00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:40.799 you know what I mean? People love it, They love 367 00:19:40.920 --> 00:19:43.039 having it. Every stadium has a name on it, a 368 00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:47.240 new renovation gets done, they get a new name on it. 369 00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:47.759 I would need. 370 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:52.279 Yeah. Yeah. So, so if if your intent is to 371 00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:55.759 be admired by others, you need to go completely silent. 372 00:19:57.319 --> 00:20:01.000 If their intent is to make you be admired by others, 373 00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:04.000 it might be a time to maybe step back one level. 374 00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:06.559 If the whole goal is to bring glory to God, 375 00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:09.279 then he says, let your light so shine before men, 376 00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:11.880 that people would see your good deeds and glorify your 377 00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:14.920 father in heaven. Right, So is there a way to 378 00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:19.279 deflect the glory to God? If there is, then go 379 00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:22.759 public with it. And so what we did was I 380 00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:24.720 was up there on stage. As a matter of fact, 381 00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:26.960 you know Julius. Julius made me get out when we 382 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:29.000 were dancing. So all the warriors are there and they 383 00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:31.000 got all their spears and everybody's got all their stuff on, 384 00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:32.559 and they put one of those big things on me 385 00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:35.319 in a robe on me, and we're jumping out their 386 00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:36.960 spears in her hands and they're beating the drums and 387 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:39.680 everybody's dancing and have lots of fun. And they introduced 388 00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:42.160 me along with the three pastors that were from the 389 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:46.119 area and the head of the orphanage, and all four 390 00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:48.960 of us stood up there, and then we are in 391 00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:51.119 our speeches, gave glory to God that God made it 392 00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:54.240 possible that when brothers come together, great things can happen. 393 00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:56.960 And so then we started talking about peacemaking. We talked 394 00:20:56.960 --> 00:21:00.119 about how God changes us and He's been good and 395 00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:01.839 so we choose to be good to others. That was 396 00:21:01.880 --> 00:21:03.519 the conversation. So then we give glory to God. It 397 00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:05.279 was fine. So it wasn't wrong for me to be 398 00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:07.039 on stage, and it wasn't wrong for people to know. 399 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:11.720 But for the next thirty years, if we hadn't taken 400 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:13.640 down that plaque, people walk by and just go, man, 401 00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:15.599