WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:03.720 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.759 --> 00:00:06.480 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun in 3 00:00:06.599 --> 00:00:07.559 practical ways. 4 00:00:11.119 --> 00:00:15.439 Good morning morning. I was hoping talk the whole not 5 00:00:15.599 --> 00:00:21.039 through good morning, good morning? Do you? Yes? All right? 6 00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:24.960 Love it? They coming in. You're the percussion. There we go. Yes, well, 7 00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:26.559 I was trying to do that like the tap dancing. 8 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:29.160 But oh oh I see, I see, I see. Percussion 9 00:00:29.199 --> 00:00:31.039 is good? Well, I mean, isn't tap dancing? 10 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:32.200 Sure? 11 00:00:32.399 --> 00:00:35.640 Absolutely? Yes? Okay, well, hey, good morning everybody. I was 12 00:00:35.719 --> 00:00:39.920 just hoping, just I was hoping, beyond hope that today 13 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:45.159 was the day you would sing to us us that's 14 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:45.759 so funny. 15 00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:48.000 Hey, well, we are the Bible guys. We want to 16 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:50.200 welcome you here, and we are starting off a segment 17 00:00:50.960 --> 00:00:52.520 called guess the word Yes. 18 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:54.159 And so this is very similar to if you know 19 00:00:54.200 --> 00:00:57.679 the game the party game Taboo. Yes, It's very similar 20 00:00:57.719 --> 00:01:01.200 to that, where there is a word that I want 21 00:01:01.240 --> 00:01:03.640 you to guess, but there are five words I cannot 22 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:04.920 say to get you to guess that. 23 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:07.719 Man, if you happen to be watching on video instead 24 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:09.599 of just listening, we are going to hopefully put the 25 00:01:09.640 --> 00:01:12.560 words that Jeff cannot say, on the screen right here, 26 00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:15.280 so that you can play at home. 27 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:17.640 That's right. And if you're playing at home and you're watching, 28 00:01:18.159 --> 00:01:21.400 every correct answer you get is worth a point, if 29 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:24.480 your point. If you're listening, if you're listening on the 30 00:01:24.519 --> 00:01:28.120 podcast and you cannot see those words, every quick answer 31 00:01:28.200 --> 00:01:32.280 gets worth ten thousand points. So that would you know 32 00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:33.040 what that would make me do? 33 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:36.799 That would make me hit pause on the video and 34 00:01:36.840 --> 00:01:39.640 then go look it up on Spotify, Okay, because I 35 00:01:39.640 --> 00:01:40.480 want to score more points? 36 00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:42.200 You want more points? Yeah, there you go. Because you're 37 00:01:42.239 --> 00:01:44.920 a winner, Chris, I'm a winner. Okay, So here's the 38 00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:46.799 first one. Right, I'm going to give Chris close to see, 39 00:01:46.799 --> 00:01:49.000 but you can guess the bold keyword. I'm not allowed 40 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:50.920 to say any of the italicized words on my sheet 41 00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:53.239 here dog on of people like me? Okay, good, they do, 42 00:01:53.359 --> 00:01:59.280 they do? Okay. It's the noise okay that a tom 43 00:01:59.400 --> 00:02:02.640 makes to get the attention of a hen. That are 44 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:08.319 what makes Tom makes to get the attention of a hen. Cluck? 45 00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:16.319 Oh almost, it's a different. Oh, it's a thing gobble gobble. 46 00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:18.319 There you go. Correct. That was allowed to say eat 47 00:02:18.639 --> 00:02:22.960 turkey food or devour? What the heck? Is a tom. 48 00:02:23.879 --> 00:02:28.080 That's the male turkey. So you know this because you're 49 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:33.280 a hunter. I thought people, Yeah, I thought people knew 50 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:35.479 that is that a hunting thing? When you were a kid, 51 00:02:35.639 --> 00:02:39.439 didn't you have to make like turkey things outline your hand, 52 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:42.120 make a turkey and they called it you know what, 53 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:46.120 they called it? Turkeys? Yeah, okay, okay, yeah, I guess 54 00:02:46.680 --> 00:02:49.120 maybe I grew up. I grew up on a you know, 55 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:52.039 on a homestead, and we had I don't know, I 56 00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:54.719 don't know. I just thought everybody knew that a tom 57 00:02:54.800 --> 00:02:56.520 is that. I'm just wondering if it's a hunting thing. 58 00:02:56.639 --> 00:02:59.680 So so a male turkey that has not is not 59 00:02:59.759 --> 00:03:01.560 old enough to breed yet, he doesn't have a big 60 00:03:01.560 --> 00:03:05.000 beard yet. Yeah, that he's called a jake. And then 61 00:03:05.039 --> 00:03:06.919 when he's able to breed, he grows a longer beard 62 00:03:06.960 --> 00:03:08.960 and he's called a tom. You could have threatened me 63 00:03:09.039 --> 00:03:13.120 with death and I wouldn't have known it. Okay, congratulations, 64 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:15.199 you got to gobble. That was that was the important thing. 65 00:03:15.080 --> 00:03:17.039 Because that was like cluck and you were like a 66 00:03:17.039 --> 00:03:18.560 different burden. I was like, what are you talking about? 67 00:03:18.560 --> 00:03:19.800 I was like, oh, it's a thanks gobbling. 68 00:03:20.039 --> 00:03:21.719 Yeah, gotcha. I was just in the woods a couple 69 00:03:21.719 --> 00:03:25.080 weeks ago, and the turkeys were gobbling like crazy. This Yeah, 70 00:03:25.120 --> 00:03:30.280 it was really neat. Okay. This next one is when 71 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:33.919 the king sits down at his giant table. He's sitting 72 00:03:33.960 --> 00:03:36.400 down for a feast. Feast. That is correct. I wasn't 73 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:44.360 allowed to say Thanksgiving, food, eat, banquet, or famine. Oh wow? Okay. Uh. 74 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:49.120 These people were the original Europeans that came to America. 75 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:56.000 You were correct. Pilgrims, progress, Plymouth, Mayflower, Indians, and travelers. 76 00:03:56.080 --> 00:03:58.520 Those are the words I was not allowed to use. Wow. Yeah, 77 00:03:58.560 --> 00:04:03.240 that was a tough one. Okay, this one's difficult. Okay. 78 00:04:03.479 --> 00:04:09.919 So when you have meatki, No, when you have meat cooking, oh, 79 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:16.319 I'm not allowed to say cook? Oh okay, okay. When 80 00:04:16.360 --> 00:04:19.879 you have meat in the oven and you don't want 81 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:23.560 it to dry out, you pull it out and you 82 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:27.079 put more liquid on it based it. There you go. Yes, yes, 83 00:04:27.560 --> 00:04:30.560 I wasn't allowed to say cook. I just lost ten thousand, 84 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:33.600 lost thousand. Wait a minute, I'm reading it. So it's 85 00:04:33.639 --> 00:04:36.680 only one point. Oh that's true. That's true. And we're 86 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:38.920 on video. Yeah there, we got my video. Yeah, we 87 00:04:39.160 --> 00:04:42.800 saw myself a video. Excellent okay, and here's the last one. 88 00:04:43.839 --> 00:04:49.439 Those original Europeans arrived in the United States. No, no, 89 00:04:49.519 --> 00:04:53.439 what did they ride on? Horses? Know when they came 90 00:04:53.480 --> 00:04:57.439 across the water, there's the mayflower. There you go the mayflower. 91 00:04:57.600 --> 00:05:01.639 You should yes, well, I and say ship, pilgrims, flower 92 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:04.720 Atlantic or voyage. Oh you could have said sale, sled. 93 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:07.879 Oh I could have said sailed. Yeah, yeah, okay, Yeah, 94 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:11.839 I'm like horses, you're like, not across the water. Goofball 95 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:16.079 dumb dum. Okay, they go gobble feast, pilgrims, based and 96 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:20.279 mayflower were the words. Okay, congratulations Chris. Yes, and I'm 97 00:05:20.319 --> 00:05:21.680 sorry for blowing it on based. 98 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:22.199 Yeah. 99 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:24.639 Well, you know I've done that a time or two 100 00:05:24.680 --> 00:05:30.040 as well. Okay, riveting, riveting, segment, riveting, riveting. Everybody is 101 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:31.920 on the edge of their seat. And I'm sure we 102 00:05:31.959 --> 00:05:34.000 have a few of our of our listeners that have 103 00:05:34.079 --> 00:05:38.560 ten thousand points or five thousand, five thousand points, fifty thousand. 104 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:41.040 We gave ten thousand points piece, yeah, fifty thousand, I bitch, 105 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:43.720 we got people got fifty thousand points, do you think so? Yeah? 106 00:05:43.879 --> 00:05:47.639 Our viewers somebody got five congratulations. Somebody's in Tanzania right now. 107 00:05:47.720 --> 00:05:53.439 They're like changed, it changes in check e Cheese. That's right, 108 00:05:53.920 --> 00:05:55.560 you just you used to work in check e Cheese. 109 00:05:55.639 --> 00:05:58.319 Yeah, you bring all the all the tickets in and 110 00:05:58.360 --> 00:06:01.360 then you get a Frisbee exactly. 111 00:06:01.560 --> 00:06:04.439 I remember being so disappointed after having what I thought 112 00:06:04.519 --> 00:06:08.079 was a good jillion tickets and go up and go, okay, 113 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:10.000 here's the section that you can pick from. I'm like, 114 00:06:10.199 --> 00:06:12.160 I want that TV. No, you get these. 115 00:06:13.279 --> 00:06:16.160 You get this top David Butchers, which is an adult 116 00:06:16.240 --> 00:06:18.800 chucky cheese. You know, you build it up on that card, 117 00:06:18.839 --> 00:06:21.399 you know, and it feels like forever. You can just 118 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:23.639 even save the card. And they're like, you have fourteen 119 00:06:23.680 --> 00:06:24.240 thousand points. 120 00:06:24.279 --> 00:06:26.360 You're like what And you walk in there and you're 121 00:06:26.399 --> 00:06:26.560 like and. 122 00:06:26.560 --> 00:06:28.160 You look at the top shop and it goes and 123 00:06:28.199 --> 00:06:30.639 it says it's like three hundred thousand points, and you're 124 00:06:30.639 --> 00:06:31.120 like what. 125 00:06:31.480 --> 00:06:34.319 Right, Okay, So for your fourteen thousand, you can order 126 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:37.759 out of this box right here. You can get this 127 00:06:37.839 --> 00:06:40.160 pez Dispenser, right. You can get this fen. 128 00:06:40.360 --> 00:06:43.439 Put a squiggly head on it, which includes the chick lits, 129 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:45.079 just not including the Erasis. 130 00:06:47.720 --> 00:06:51.079 Yep. Okay, So anyways, that's a movie quote. Oh really 131 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:52.079 nineteen seventy nine. 132 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:55.519 Oh wow, it is Martin In, the jerk, the jerk, 133 00:06:56.160 --> 00:06:59.600 he says, step right up and win some crap, he says. 134 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:02.319 Oh no. I went and saw Steve Martin and Martin 135 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:05.279 Short at the Fox Theater a couple weeks ago. What 136 00:07:05.560 --> 00:07:08.480 it was amazing. Oh my goodness, I can't believe it. 137 00:07:08.560 --> 00:07:10.839 They came and went and they were here. Bonnie and 138 00:07:10.879 --> 00:07:14.079 I sat like on the eighth row in the center. Okay, 139 00:07:14.360 --> 00:07:16.360 it was amazing. There is never fund a. 140 00:07:16.399 --> 00:07:20.240 Time where you ever attended anything where I've been more 141 00:07:20.319 --> 00:07:21.639 jealous ever. 142 00:07:21.879 --> 00:07:23.920 They were circles. So you got these two guys, you know, 143 00:07:23.959 --> 00:07:27.680 Steve Martin seventy nine, Martin Shorts seventy four. The energy, 144 00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:33.040 the humor, the physical comedy that they did for two 145 00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:36.120 hours was unbelievable. Are they still here? No, they were 146 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:39.279 only here for two nights. I am angry at myself. 147 00:07:39.360 --> 00:07:42.399 Well they told me, they said. Marty says, hey, don't 148 00:07:42.439 --> 00:07:45.439 tell Zarball we're here. Is what he says, like, Oh okay, Marty. 149 00:07:45.319 --> 00:07:49.600 Yeah, Marty, and I go back the ways, all the 150 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:50.639 way back to innerspace. 151 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:54.759 Yeah, he said. And Steve Martin had to say, well, 152 00:07:54.879 --> 00:07:58.480 the last time it just got weird. I said, okay, 153 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:00.839 I won't tell our probather you guys. So it was 154 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:03.519 a secret, that's only only only like ten thousand other 155 00:08:03.519 --> 00:08:04.959 people knew that they were here. And that'll be the 156 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:06.839 last time he's on tour. I'm sure I don't know 157 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:10.639 the touring every every year. So here we go. 158 00:08:10.680 --> 00:08:13.639 Anyways, I would consider, by the way, traveling to another city, 159 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:15.240 I would drive all these Chicago to see them. 160 00:08:15.240 --> 00:08:17.720 Well, they're on a tour. I can't believe I missed them. 161 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:22.079 I'm so angry, sorry about that. Okay. So Proverbs chapter eight, 162 00:08:22.399 --> 00:08:27.560 Chapter eight, this is now, Uh, Solomon is writing, by 163 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:30.079 the way, Jeff, as if Wisdom is talking. You were so. 164 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:35.399 Clever in giving those answers and so, but not as 165 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:38.480 clever as Solomon is, who was about to give us advice. 166 00:08:38.639 --> 00:08:42.200 Oh there you go, Yes man, that was a good one, Chris, 167 00:08:42.320 --> 00:08:45.799 thank you. Good transition. Promise the listeners. So clever, because 168 00:08:45.879 --> 00:08:47.919 the reason why it's clever is because he's writing as 169 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:51.000 if Wisdom is speaking to his children. You know, sometimes, 170 00:08:51.120 --> 00:08:53.120 which is clever on top of clever, it's super clever, 171 00:08:53.279 --> 00:09:00.720 clever clever, it's it's cleverly clever, yes, So sometimes kids 172 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:02.919 can't hear their parents' voice. It just sounds like Charlie 173 00:09:02.919 --> 00:09:10.000 Brown's teacher, right. But isn't it amazing that if a 174 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:14.279 kid has a coach or a teacher or somebody that 175 00:09:14.320 --> 00:09:16.159 they really like, all of a sudden, that coach or 176 00:09:16.159 --> 00:09:18.159 teacher can say the same thing mom and Dad said, 177 00:09:18.799 --> 00:09:21.000 and now, all of a sudden, it's the smartest thing 178 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:24.080 they've ever heard in their life. So Solomon is kind 179 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:26.759 of using that ploy. He's using a third person, he's 180 00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:31.159 using wisdom itself to speak to his children. And it's 181 00:09:31.240 --> 00:09:33.759 very clever. Which is just a wise thing for moms 182 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:36.559 and dads to get some good adult allies that you 183 00:09:36.600 --> 00:09:39.799 can trust, get a good youth pastor get good coaches 184 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:42.799 and align with them and say, hey, I need you, 185 00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:46.320 my son really likes you. Make sure you reinforce this 186 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:49.120 idea that we're working on at home, you know. And 187 00:09:49.480 --> 00:09:52.919 so anyways, so he says in Proverb chapter eight, listen 188 00:09:53.039 --> 00:09:56.720 as wisdom calls out here as understanding raises her voice 189 00:09:57.120 --> 00:09:59.200 on the hilltop along the road, she takes her stand 190 00:09:59.240 --> 00:10:01.120 at the crossroads by the gates at the entrance to 191 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:03.639 the town. On the road leading in, she cries aloud. 192 00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:05.879 I call to you, to all of you, I raise 193 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:09.399 my voice to all people. You simple people, use good judgment, 194 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:13.279 You foolish people, show some understanding. Listen to me, for 195 00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:15.879 I have important things to tell you. Everything I say 196 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:18.039 is right, for I speak the truth and to test 197 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:21.600 every kind of deception. My advice is wholesome. There is 198 00:10:21.679 --> 00:10:24.559 nothing devious or crooked in it. My words are plain 199 00:10:24.639 --> 00:10:28.720 to anyone with understanding, clear to those with knowledge. Choose 200 00:10:28.759 --> 00:10:31.919 my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold. 201 00:10:32.279 --> 00:10:35.519 For wisdom is far more valuable than rubies. Nothing you 202 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:39.559 desire can compare with it. I wisdom live together with 203 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:42.679 good judgment. I know where to discover knowledge and discernment. 204 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:46.120 All who fear the Lord will hate evil. Therefore I 205 00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:50.480 hate pride and arrogance, corruption and perverse speech. Common sense 206 00:10:50.519 --> 00:10:53.840 and success belong to me, Insight and strength their mind 207 00:10:54.360 --> 00:10:57.360 because of me. King's reign and rulers make just decrees. 208 00:10:57.799 --> 00:11:00.639 Rulers lead with my help, and nobles make right to judgments. 209 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:04.399 I love all who love me. Those who search will 210 00:11:04.399 --> 00:11:07.159 surely find me. I have riches and honor, as well 211 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:11.159 as enduring wealth and justice. My gifts are better than gold, 212 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:13.320 even the purest gold. And my wages are better than 213 00:11:13.320 --> 00:11:16.919 sterling silver. I walk in righteousness and paths of justice. 214 00:11:17.399 --> 00:11:20.960 Those who love me inherit wealth, I will find their treasuries. 215 00:11:21.320 --> 00:11:24.440 I will fill their treasuries. The Lord formed me from 216 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:27.440 the beginning, before he created anything else. I was appointed 217 00:11:27.480 --> 00:11:30.159 in ages past, at the very first, before the earth began. 218 00:11:30.679 --> 00:11:33.039 I was born before the oceans were created, before the 219 00:11:33.080 --> 00:11:36.360 springs bubbled forth their waters, before the mountains were formed, 220 00:11:36.399 --> 00:11:39.279 before the hills. I was born before he had made 221 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:41.639 the earth and fields and the first handfuls of soil. 222 00:11:42.759 --> 00:11:44.679 I was there when he established the heavens, and when 223 00:11:44.679 --> 00:11:47.440 he drew the horizon on the oceans. I was there 224 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:49.399 when he set the clouds above, and when he established 225 00:11:49.440 --> 00:11:51.559 springs deep in the earth. I was there when he 226 00:11:51.600 --> 00:11:53.600 set the limits of the seas so they would not 227 00:11:53.679 --> 00:11:56.559 spread beyond their boundaries, And when he marked off the 228 00:11:56.600 --> 00:11:59.639 earth's foundations. I was the architect at his side. I 229 00:11:59.720 --> 00:12:03.559 was his constant delight, rejoicing always in his presence. I 230 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:06.039 and how happy I was with the world he created. 231 00:12:06.279 --> 00:12:09.000 How I rejoice with the human family, And so my 232 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:11.720 children listen to me. For all who follow my ways 233 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:14.519 are joyful. Listen to my instruction and be wise, don't 234 00:12:14.519 --> 00:12:17.840 ignore it. Joyful are those who listen to me, watching 235 00:12:17.879 --> 00:12:20.519 for me daily at my gates, waiting for me outside 236 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:24.159 my home. For whoever finds me finds life and receives 237 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:27.679 favor from the Lord. But those who miss me injure themselves. 238 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:31.399 All who hate me love death. Wow. 239 00:12:32.200 --> 00:12:35.000 When I think of wisdom, and I've often, you know, 240 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:38.879 been pretty fascinated that Solomon talks about wisdom from the 241 00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:41.600 standpoint that you know it's a she. But when I 242 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:43.879 think of wisdom in my mind, I always think of 243 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:47.120 this chapter. I I've always been fascinated with the visual 244 00:12:47.159 --> 00:12:53.240 aids of like, you know, this ancient being who was 245 00:12:53.320 --> 00:12:56.679 there before the world's began, which, of course is God. 246 00:12:56.919 --> 00:13:00.559 God is the one who existed before the earth was form. Right, 247 00:13:00.799 --> 00:13:03.399 God is the one who existed from all eternity past. 248 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:06.600 But God had wisdom, So what so. 249 00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:08.879 What is wisdom? God is wisdom of. 250 00:13:08.919 --> 00:13:11.960 Course, yes, of course and and uh and he has 251 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:14.320 wisdom and his wisdom, and he has love and his love. 252 00:13:14.799 --> 00:13:20.480 But anyway he uh uh so anyway, when when but wisdom, 253 00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:24.639 talking as a person, says, I was here long before 254 00:13:25.240 --> 00:13:27.480 you know the earth was created all of a sudden. 255 00:13:27.480 --> 00:13:30.559 You try to picture wisdom as this ancient being, you know, 256 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:34.000 and and and all of a sudden. Now you think, okay, 257 00:13:34.120 --> 00:13:38.200 if wisdom is obtainable, because obviously it is right and 258 00:13:38.240 --> 00:13:42.240 he's saying, obtain it, obtain me and uh and guess 259 00:13:42.240 --> 00:13:45.039 what I'm worth more than gold and rubies and sterling 260 00:13:45.039 --> 00:13:48.519 silver and uh and and guess what I've been around. 261 00:13:48.919 --> 00:13:52.000 It makes you feel like you're tapping into this this 262 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:56.399 this magical thing. But then you have to think about 263 00:13:56.440 --> 00:13:58.320 it like that's the same with God in. 264 00:13:58.360 --> 00:14:01.320 Us, right, right right? Have you ever heard. 265 00:14:02.320 --> 00:14:06.039 Francis Chan one time gave a message and he talked 266 00:14:06.080 --> 00:14:08.320 about how he's like, man, when I get to Heaven, 267 00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:10.720 he goes, I'm going to go up to Moses and 268 00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:14.240 he's and I'm going to say to Moses, man, tell 269 00:14:14.279 --> 00:14:16.360 me what it was like. What was it like to 270 00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:19.200 see and talk to God in the form of a 271 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:21.960 burning bush? That must have been incredible. And Moses is 272 00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:23.639 going to look back at you and say, yeah, it 273 00:14:23.679 --> 00:14:24.200 was really cool. 274 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:26.519 But let me ask you a question. What was it 275 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:28.720 like to have God inside of you? 276 00:14:29.279 --> 00:14:32.840 Like the power of God within you to be able 277 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:35.960 to tap into the power of Christ who lived inside 278 00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:37.480 of you. Because let me tell you something, I didn't 279 00:14:37.480 --> 00:14:41.879 have that. I remember thinking like, okay, that's a cool thought, right, 280 00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:44.759 And so you know, I get fascinated with this whole 281 00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:46.799 ancient being before the foundations of the world. 282 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:50.320 I'm thinking, oh, wait, that's what we have every day God, 283 00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:53.159 that's God in us. Right, we have access to the 284 00:14:53.159 --> 00:14:57.080 God's wisdom. And they're crazy. And he's establishing the fact 285 00:14:57.080 --> 00:15:01.639 that wisdom is not situational and it's not cultural, right, 286 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:06.320 that that it predates humanity, it predates godly wisdom. That 287 00:15:06.799 --> 00:15:09.360 is not a situational thing to go all. Well, back 288 00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:11.840 in old fashioned times, that's what they believed. But now, 289 00:15:12.080 --> 00:15:12.799 well that's a really. 290 00:15:12.679 --> 00:15:17.720 Good point because people say certain values are outdated and culture. 291 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:23.360 Right, So so God's wisdom is it transcends all cultures 292 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:25.279 in all ages. I think that's That's what I'm trying 293 00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:27.840 to say. So, sure there are cultural things. Should we 294 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:31.000 wear robes or should we wear pants? Right? That that 295 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:35.000 that's a cultural thing. That's not a wisdom. I don't know, 296 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:38.600 if it's really hot, maybe that that robe again, but 297 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:42.360 you know, some of those things, would you prefer hummus 298 00:15:42.440 --> 00:15:44.960 or potato or French fries. Right, that that's just a 299 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:49.639 cultural thing. And so sure, those things change. But when 300 00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:51.919 it comes to the wisdom of the ages, how to 301 00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:57.039 live your life, how to manage money, how to navigate relationships, 302 00:15:57.360 --> 00:16:01.039 how the idea that integrity and rightly being an honesty 303 00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:06.879 will always build a society, and corruption and violence and 304 00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:09.879 evil will always tear down a society. Those things, those 305 00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:12.159 are pre established before the foundation of the world, and 306 00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:14.919 they don't change. It's not like, oh, that's an old 307 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:20.480 fashioned idea. It doesn't. I don't know why, but I 308 00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:22.480 was just I just read a thing here recently. There's 309 00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:26.720 over one hundred thousand laws in America, and yet it 310 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:30.120 seems like everybody who runs for office has a new 311 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:32.320 law they want to bring. Is that what we need? 312 00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:35.960 We need more laws, really, And it's kind of the 313 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:39.320 same way with regard to every generation thinks that they're 314 00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:42.159 wiser than the last generation. And while they may have 315 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:45.200 more information or while they have more technology, I don't 316 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:48.559 know that every generation is more wise, right, And so 317 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:51.480 getting back to those foundational ideas of how to live, 318 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:53.919 I think that's one of the reasons why he highlights 319 00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:56.559 so long that wisdom existed before anything else did. 320 00:16:56.639 --> 00:17:01.000 Yeah, I love how I love how Solomon is describing 321 00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:05.440 how to recognize good wisdom. Right, and so he says, 322 00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:08.640 for I speak the truth and detest every kind of deception. 323 00:17:09.319 --> 00:17:11.319 So if you're wondering whether or not when you hear 324 00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:16.960 piece of advice, whether it's wisdom, then ask yourself, Okay, 325 00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:19.519 you know, is this other piece of advice that my 326 00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:22.599 friend is giving me doesn't involve any type of deception? 327 00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:25.279 You know? Because I mean that is a that is 328 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:26.160 a telling thing. 329 00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:29.759 Sometimes we think because something is clever, right, you know 330 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:33.039 that maybe it's wisdom, and just because it's clever, if 331 00:17:33.079 --> 00:17:36.920 it involves deception of any kind, then it's it's definitely 332 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:39.880 not wholesome. Because he said my advice is wholesome the 333 00:17:39.960 --> 00:17:42.839 very next verse and verse eight, and there's nothing devious 334 00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:45.200 or crooked in it my words. 335 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:46.160 And then listen to this. 336 00:17:46.400 --> 00:17:51.079 My words are plain to anyone with understanding, clear to 337 00:17:51.160 --> 00:17:54.079 those with knowledge. So so in other words, anybody who 338 00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:57.839 has basic understanding can recognize wisdom, is what he's saying. 339 00:17:58.440 --> 00:18:01.440 So I think it's you know, have you ever been 340 00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:04.960 talking with somebody and somebody would tell you already know 341 00:18:05.039 --> 00:18:09.799 the right thing to do. You've probably said that to somebody, sure, absolutely, 342 00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:12.319 like you already know the right answer, right, I'm just 343 00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:13.519 I'm just here to remind you. 344 00:18:14.119 --> 00:18:16.559 And that's really what Solomon is saying. 345 00:18:16.839 --> 00:18:19.319 Solomon is saying, like you could recognize with them as 346 00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:20.960 soon as you hear it, you already know the right thing. 347 00:18:21.880 --> 00:18:24.920 Well, so I'm reminded in that verse nine, my words 348 00:18:24.920 --> 00:18:29.160 are playing to anyone with understanding. I'm reminded. There's another proverb, 349 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:32.440 or Solomon says in a multitude of words, there's no 350 00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:35.640 shortage of sin. And it makes me think of our 351 00:18:35.960 --> 00:18:41.160 extraordinarily litigious society today. My wife and I just closed 352 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:45.920 on a new home, and we signed how many good 353 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:50.359 jillion documents? Right? Most of them? Most of the documents 354 00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:55.359 I signed were full of so many words that created 355 00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:58.559 so many loopholes for the lending agency to get out 356 00:18:58.599 --> 00:19:01.359 of the situation, to give them more control and take 357 00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:03.640 control away from me. That's most of it. Or to 358 00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:07.039 where nobody else is responsible except me for all these things. Right, 359 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:09.799 the more words it takes to get a thing done, 360 00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:13.680 the less likely it is that it has integrity in it. Right. Right, 361 00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:17.079 So I had a friend. We were going to write 362 00:19:17.119 --> 00:19:21.240 up a contract to do a project with somebody, and 363 00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:24.559 so I wrote up an MoU and it had like 364 00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:28.599 eight big ideas and then we refined it a little bit, 365 00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:31.759 but it was eight things that we were agreeing to 366 00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:35.279 work on. And then somebody goes, oh, that needs to 367 00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:37.359 go to the attorneys. The attorneys need to look at it. 368 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:40.359 The attorneys came back and what was one page, and 369 00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:44.960 very crystal clear, they came back with eighteen pages eighteen 370 00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:49.160 one page, eighteen pages. So then you know, I'm a 371 00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:51.680 little bit of a lawyer in my head. I argue words. 372 00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:53.440 You know, we joke about that I've got this thing. 373 00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:56.279 Why would I say this thing in four sentences when 374 00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:58.200 I could have said it in one sentence? Right? So 375 00:19:58.240 --> 00:20:01.720 I started critique. The lawyer got a little upset with me, 376 00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:04.480 and I said, don't these three paragraphs say the same 377 00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:07.119 thing as this one sentence? And he goes, yes, but 378 00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:10.759 this gives you more outs. So oh, so I'm writing 379 00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:15.400 this for loopholes for me, as opposed to two people 380 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:18.079 having some integrity and coming in and seeing the plain words. 381 00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:21.519 I said, so, if I don't have your three paragraphs 382 00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:22.839 and I only have that one sentence. So are you 383 00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:26.119 saying I can't protect myself with that one sentence? And 384 00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:28.160 he goes, no, No, it means the same thing. I said, Well, 385 00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:30.000 then why do we need to And so I refuse 386 00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:35.759 the eighteen page document because more words just creates more fights. 387 00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:39.640 Let's be simpler and make sure that we're in clarity. 388 00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:42.279 I'm not saying you shouldn't sign contracts. I'm not saying 389 00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:45.799 that you shouldn't protect yourself. I'm not. But because not 390 00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:48.440 everybody's honest and integrity, but if you're working with somebody 391 00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:53.279 that has honesty and integrity, I think simply written words. 392 00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:55.240 The more words somebody else puts on a page, the 393 00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:57.160 more diligent you have to be to read and understand 394 00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:59.599 those words. That's what I'm trying to say. Yeah, because 395 00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:01.759 usually somebody's trying to shoot a move with the more 396 00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:02.559 words they have on there. 397 00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:05.200 Well, you know when Apple comes out with an update 398 00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:08.640 and it says you can't download the new software without signing, 399 00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:11.200 and it says read and sign, and you're literally going 400 00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:16.680 you literally have to scroll the whole page like nine times. 401 00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:20.519