WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to the Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:07.519 practical ways. 4 00:00:11.800 --> 00:00:17.359 Hey, everybody, welcome, Welcome, Welcome, welcome for welcome for Welcome 5 00:00:17.399 --> 00:00:18.239 to the Bible guys. 6 00:00:18.239 --> 00:00:22.800 Well, Chris, yes, this better be fun and practical. We 7 00:00:22.960 --> 00:00:24.760 just we just made that declaration. 8 00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:27.399 I'm already having fun and it's always proud. 9 00:00:27.559 --> 00:00:31.359 Okay. Well, so one of the most important segments in 10 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:36.079 all of the no humanity in the Bible, guys, universe, no, 11 00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:40.439 in all universes in the what is it? The cannon 12 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:41.840 in the Bible guys? Cannon? 13 00:00:42.560 --> 00:00:42.880 All right? 14 00:00:43.200 --> 00:00:46.119 Is what made Chris mad this week? 15 00:00:46.280 --> 00:00:48.439 Yes, and today is Friday. 16 00:00:48.479 --> 00:00:52.039 You've allready just made our wildest dreams come true by 17 00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:56.320 singing whatever good morning twice this week, Wow, Tuesday and Thursday. 18 00:00:56.399 --> 00:00:58.000 Assuming people listened all. 19 00:00:58.039 --> 00:01:01.200 Tuesday and Thursday. People, you gotta go back and listen. 20 00:01:00.920 --> 00:01:02.600 Because there may be people just tuning in for the 21 00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:02.960 first time. 22 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:06.560 That's right. So we are today recording our seven hundred 23 00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:09.519 and fifty fifth episode zoinks. Isn't that crazy? 24 00:01:09.599 --> 00:01:10.319 It's crazy? 25 00:01:10.439 --> 00:01:14.000 And so we do these five days a week, and. 26 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:16.120 And I'm not sure I've ever wanted to do seven 27 00:01:16.159 --> 00:01:17.439 hundred and fifty five things with you. 28 00:01:17.560 --> 00:01:22.879 At all, evereven and fifty five anythings with you? What 29 00:01:22.959 --> 00:01:27.159 was I thinking? So anyways, you've already delighted people beyond 30 00:01:27.159 --> 00:01:29.799 our wildest dreams by singing two times this week to us. 31 00:01:29.799 --> 00:01:30.000 Wow. 32 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:35.359 But the by far favorite segment that we do is 33 00:01:35.439 --> 00:01:37.000 what made Chris mad this week. 34 00:01:37.159 --> 00:01:38.359 And that's a heck of an introduction. 35 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:40.760 Joe, listener, you're going to discover Chris it's not mad 36 00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:45.000 for himself. No, he's this is true, on behalf of 37 00:01:45.159 --> 00:01:46.959 all of you. I don't know if it's true. It's 38 00:01:46.959 --> 00:01:48.799 what he wants you to believe. No, no, no, no, actually 39 00:01:48.799 --> 00:01:52.760 is actually on behalf of all of humanity. He's angry 40 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:52.959 for you. 41 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:54.959 Hate. By the way, this is true. 42 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:55.799 He bears this burden. 43 00:01:56.359 --> 00:02:01.000 I'm she bears this Verden, Hey, this is true. I 44 00:02:01.040 --> 00:02:05.760 actually didn't discover this about myself until this segment. I 45 00:02:05.799 --> 00:02:08.680 promise you this is true because because what I what 46 00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:09.719 I realized is. 47 00:02:09.639 --> 00:02:14.280 You give purpose to your rage, your outrage outrage sort 48 00:02:14.280 --> 00:02:17.360 of but like like when I'm with my family, so noble, 49 00:02:17.439 --> 00:02:20.360 when I'm with my listen, when I'm with. 50 00:02:20.360 --> 00:02:22.520 My family, and let's just say, like, I'll take a 51 00:02:22.520 --> 00:02:25.439 classic one, right, like poor customer service or something or whatever, 52 00:02:26.319 --> 00:02:28.520 and and and uh and so, yeah, that happens to me, 53 00:02:29.080 --> 00:02:32.400 But my family will attest by far that I don't 54 00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:33.919 ever think about me in. 55 00:02:33.879 --> 00:02:34.719 That moment ever. 56 00:02:35.199 --> 00:02:38.240 Listen, I'm not I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. I'll 57 00:02:38.280 --> 00:02:42.280 get mad, and then I'll always immediately go to like 58 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:45.280 that manager needs to know that that waitress is being 59 00:02:45.319 --> 00:02:48.080 this way and I can't believe that that she's going 60 00:02:48.159 --> 00:02:50.719 to mess up this entire business, and like and I'm like, 61 00:02:50.759 --> 00:02:52.919 I'm like, so it happened to me, and yet I 62 00:02:52.919 --> 00:02:57.159 immediately go toward like the injustice of like, you know whatever, 63 00:02:57.479 --> 00:03:01.120 and and my family will attest to humanity. Look, you've met. 64 00:03:01.919 --> 00:03:04.120 So I'm going to go really obscure in this one. 65 00:03:04.240 --> 00:03:04.960 Okay, thank you. 66 00:03:05.159 --> 00:03:08.719 And before I give my reasoning, I'm just going on 67 00:03:08.759 --> 00:03:10.560 a limb and telling you that this is not going 68 00:03:10.639 --> 00:03:12.840 to be a common thing that people think of, okay, 69 00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:15.080 because people always think of not returning your life. 70 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:16.719 I'm shining a light in the darkness. At this point. 71 00:03:16.719 --> 00:03:18.960 You're letting us, yes, which should be outraged, Okay, but 72 00:03:19.039 --> 00:03:20.479 you are on our behalf here's. 73 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:23.759 What people can relate to. Everybody can relate to going 74 00:03:23.800 --> 00:03:27.319 into a public place and you go into like a 75 00:03:27.319 --> 00:03:30.520 public restroom or something, especially when there's multiple sinks lined 76 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:33.240 up right, like an airport or something like this, right, 77 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:38.240 And have you ever seen there's water everywhere? Yes, everywhere. 78 00:03:38.439 --> 00:03:40.919 I'm with you on this one. So far, okay, go go, 79 00:03:41.000 --> 00:03:42.879 So do you want to know get. 80 00:03:42.919 --> 00:03:46.879 The majority of the reason why there's water everywhere? 81 00:03:46.960 --> 00:03:48.800 Because people don't wipe up after themselves. 82 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:51.960 You would think that, But now I'm going to enlighten you. 83 00:03:52.280 --> 00:03:52.919 Okay, okay. 84 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:54.879 I want you to pay attention to this, and I 85 00:03:54.919 --> 00:03:57.800 promise you this is true. If you start paying attention 86 00:03:57.840 --> 00:03:59.919 to this every time you see a bunch of water everywhere, 87 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:04.240 you will start to realize it's actually not the people's fault. 88 00:04:03.879 --> 00:04:09.000 It's the people who choose. Well two reasons. The sinks 89 00:04:09.000 --> 00:04:12.360 aren't built correctly. So you have this big bowl and 90 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:16.720 then a faucet that leans like it's three inches off 91 00:04:16.720 --> 00:04:20.839 of one side. Why doesn't the faucet left the water 92 00:04:20.920 --> 00:04:23.399 down in the middle of the bowl. If you had 93 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:26.360 a good sink, then the faucet would actually be in 94 00:04:26.399 --> 00:04:27.759 the middle of the bowl. And no matter how much 95 00:04:27.759 --> 00:04:30.600 you splash, the water stays in the bowl of the sink. 96 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:34.600 Mind blowing. Okay, And so here's what happens. You have 97 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:37.079 a big, huge sink and then you have a tiny 98 00:04:37.079 --> 00:04:40.360 little faucet and it's actually like right near the edge, 99 00:04:40.439 --> 00:04:43.839 and so when you're sitting there, washing water gets everywhere, right, 100 00:04:43.920 --> 00:04:46.480 And it's because two reasons. Number one, people don't know 101 00:04:46.480 --> 00:04:49.079 how to actually design sinks correctly. And by the way, 102 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:51.560 come on sing, what the heck is that? All right, 103 00:04:51.639 --> 00:04:55.120 let's start protesting these sink designers. It's all about money. Yeah, right, 104 00:04:55.680 --> 00:04:57.800 it's not about it's not about it's about I'm gonna 105 00:04:57.800 --> 00:05:01.240 build a smaller faucet because do people want to get 106 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:03.439 it with the bare minimum? And this is what people 107 00:05:03.480 --> 00:05:05.959 are going to buy. And if I build a smaller faucet, 108 00:05:06.079 --> 00:05:07.000 they're gonna buy mine. 109 00:05:07.040 --> 00:05:10.240 And so it's a conspiracy. It's a faucet conspiracy people, 110 00:05:10.399 --> 00:05:11.439 And you know who you are. 111 00:05:11.399 --> 00:05:14.360 You already know this to be true. A faucet shouldn't 112 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:18.000 come out three or four inches on this massive bowl. 113 00:05:18.600 --> 00:05:20.639 Then why have the bowl? Why not make why not 114 00:05:20.759 --> 00:05:23.680 make you know, the bowl just this big, because that's 115 00:05:23.720 --> 00:05:26.480 where you're doing so everything. Water gets everywhere. So my 116 00:05:26.560 --> 00:05:30.519 point is the manufacturers, it's their fault and it's and 117 00:05:30.519 --> 00:05:32.959 it's also the people who don't want, all right to 118 00:05:33.000 --> 00:05:34.839 spend the money on proper sinks. 119 00:05:34.600 --> 00:05:38.199 All right. And uh so it has nothing to do 120 00:05:38.240 --> 00:05:39.879 with the fact that people have wet hands and when 121 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:43.639 they take their hands out from underneath there, it drops still, 122 00:05:43.800 --> 00:05:45.839 believe it or not. It don't wipe up afterwards, believe 123 00:05:45.839 --> 00:05:46.120 it or not. 124 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:48.839 I think it has way less to do with that 125 00:05:49.360 --> 00:05:50.920 than it has to do with the fact. 126 00:05:50.720 --> 00:05:55.079 Because it must be washing your hands vigorously. Uh vigorous washing. 127 00:05:55.199 --> 00:05:57.959 No, no, no, no, I'm telling you right now. It's 128 00:05:58.040 --> 00:06:00.480 it's the reason why you see water everywhere. Alls I 129 00:06:00.519 --> 00:06:03.040 know is majority of the time you'll discover it's actually 130 00:06:03.040 --> 00:06:06.360 the fop at our Scaling Heights campus. Yes, we have 131 00:06:06.480 --> 00:06:08.519 like this. It used to be a movie theater. Yes. 132 00:06:08.560 --> 00:06:10.000 One of the benefits of buying a movie theater is 133 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:13.879 the restrooms are huge. Yes, it's like a fourteenth theater yep, yep. 134 00:06:14.439 --> 00:06:16.360 And so we have what eight nine. 135 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:19.639 Yeah, a sink sinks yep. 136 00:06:20.079 --> 00:06:22.720 And what I know is that the sink countertop gets 137 00:06:22.759 --> 00:06:28.000 wet yep, But so does the wall where the paper is. 138 00:06:28.680 --> 00:06:30.759 The paper towels, yeah are whatever. 139 00:06:30.759 --> 00:06:33.519 It's wet, everything's going to get wet. But what I'm 140 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:33.959 saying is. 141 00:06:33.879 --> 00:06:36.399 And the space between the sink and the paper towel. 142 00:06:36.879 --> 00:06:41.360 When I travel on the Interstate and I travel from 143 00:06:41.399 --> 00:06:43.759 here to Youngston, Ohio, which is where I grew up, 144 00:06:44.040 --> 00:06:46.720 I'm on eighty ninety at the turnpike and I get off, 145 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:49.399 and they have the worst example of this. They actually 146 00:06:49.399 --> 00:06:54.079 have the smallest faucets with the biggest sinks, and all 147 00:06:54.160 --> 00:06:57.319 the water runs where the fossils are across. It's right 148 00:06:57.360 --> 00:07:01.000 across the right and everybody you know doing this, and 149 00:07:01.040 --> 00:07:02.560 of course you know you have the soap and all that. 150 00:07:02.759 --> 00:07:05.759 As you're doing it, water is getting everywhere, and it's 151 00:07:05.800 --> 00:07:08.360 because people don't buy people. 152 00:07:08.959 --> 00:07:12.120 So so then you know, we can lament the fact 153 00:07:12.199 --> 00:07:17.240 that the big faucet yep isn't engineering for our benefit. 154 00:07:17.560 --> 00:07:20.600 That we could lament that, or we could also just 155 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:22.879 look out for each other and wipe off the counter 156 00:07:22.920 --> 00:07:24.879 when we're done, and then the next words come and 157 00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:29.160 do the next thing there too. That listen, we are 158 00:07:29.680 --> 00:07:32.800 bringing the finest outrage to our customers. Yes, and the 159 00:07:32.839 --> 00:07:35.120 fact that you are thinking about things most everybody else 160 00:07:35.199 --> 00:07:37.360 is not. Well. I will bet you helps us. I 161 00:07:37.560 --> 00:07:40.360 bet you you make us better complete. I'm gonna make this. 162 00:07:40.439 --> 00:07:45.519 Claif you complete that, I will, I will. I will 163 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:47.000 go ahead and go on a limb and say, I 164 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:50.720 bet you that you personally, you will pay attention to 165 00:07:50.759 --> 00:07:53.040 this more because now I don't think that every he 166 00:07:53.120 --> 00:07:55.120 thinks that way. And when you walk into a public 167 00:07:55.160 --> 00:07:57.920 setting and you're going to see water everywhere, just pay 168 00:07:57.959 --> 00:07:59.600 attention to the faucet, and I think you're going to 169 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:03.040 walk away. Go dude. For the last five years, I've 170 00:08:03.079 --> 00:08:05.439 looked at this and I'm telling you, ninety percent of 171 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:09.319 the time the water exists because of the poor faces. 172 00:08:09.399 --> 00:08:11.399 Yeah yeah, yeah. And and so the fact that you 173 00:08:11.480 --> 00:08:12.879 worry about this for us. 174 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:15.600 Well I'm outraged. I'm not worried about it. 175 00:08:15.800 --> 00:08:18.399 Yeah, but I'm just you're worried for us that our 176 00:08:18.399 --> 00:08:21.639 life is going to be more difficult and uninformed if 177 00:08:21.680 --> 00:08:24.240 you don't show it to usted. And Jesus warns us 178 00:08:24.279 --> 00:08:24.959 about worry. 179 00:08:25.199 --> 00:08:26.480 I see, I see. 180 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:27.240 He lets us know. 181 00:08:27.759 --> 00:08:31.399 Okay, you worry on me for no reason. I'm like, 182 00:08:31.439 --> 00:08:38.919 I'm not worried, but but you're anxiety over this this issue. 183 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:41.200 All right, I'll buy it. I'll buy it. 184 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:44.639 Wow, Chris, Well, thank you, thank you on behalf of 185 00:08:44.679 --> 00:08:47.440 all the rest of humanity. Yeah, you can't. We can't 186 00:08:47.480 --> 00:08:50.080 thank you enough. Ye, you're just There're like you're like 187 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:54.320 the other superhero that didn't make it into them, into the. 188 00:08:55.120 --> 00:08:56.320 I'm like one of the thunderbolts. 189 00:08:57.559 --> 00:09:00.679 Yeah, here we go. Well, anyways, it's us here. In Luke, 190 00:09:00.759 --> 00:09:05.360 chapter twelve, verse twenty two, Jesus is talking about worry, 191 00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:07.679 and he says, then turning to his disciples, Jesus said, 192 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:09.120 this is why I tell you not to worry about 193 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:12.240 everything her everyday life, whether you have enough food to 194 00:09:12.320 --> 00:09:15.320 eat or enough clothes to wear, for life is more 195 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:18.240 than food in your body, more than clothing. Look at 196 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:20.639 the ravens. They don't plant or harvest or store food 197 00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:23.120 and barns, for God feeds them, and you are far 198 00:09:23.200 --> 00:09:25.879 more valuable to Him than any birds can all your 199 00:09:25.879 --> 00:09:28.200 worries at a single moment to your life. And if 200 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:30.320 worry can' accomplish a little thing like that, what's the 201 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:33.879 use of worrying about bigger things? Look at the lilies 202 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:35.799 and how they grow. They don't work or make their 203 00:09:35.840 --> 00:09:38.600 clothing Yet Solomon and all his glory was not dressed 204 00:09:38.600 --> 00:09:40.840 as beautifully as they are. And if God cares so 205 00:09:40.879 --> 00:09:43.799 wonderfully for flowers that are here today and thrown into 206 00:09:43.799 --> 00:09:46.759 the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why 207 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:51.000 do you have so little faith? Is that it? Nope, 208 00:09:51.039 --> 00:09:52.879 we go and don't be concerned about what to eat 209 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:54.919 and what to drink. Don't worry about such things. These 210 00:09:54.960 --> 00:09:57.799 things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers all over the world. 211 00:09:58.080 --> 00:10:00.759 But your father already knows your needs. Seek the Kingdom 212 00:10:00.799 --> 00:10:03.120 of God above all else, and he will give you 213 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:07.600 everything you need. So don't be afraid. Little flock gives 214 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:10.480 your father great happiness to give you the kingdom. Sell 215 00:10:10.519 --> 00:10:13.159 your possessions, and give those in need. This will store 216 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:15.039 up treasures for you in heaven, and the purses of 217 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:18.360 heaven never get old or develop holes. Your treasure will 218 00:10:18.399 --> 00:10:20.840 be safe. No thief can steal it, no money can 219 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:24.159 no moth can destroy it. Wherever your treasure is, they're 220 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:26.039 the desires of your heart will be also. 221 00:10:27.200 --> 00:10:30.919 Boom, bang, there you go, boom. You know it's so 222 00:10:30.960 --> 00:10:34.600 great about the Bible, a lot of things, But let 223 00:10:34.639 --> 00:10:36.720 me tell you. Let me tell you what I well, 224 00:10:36.799 --> 00:10:42.559 best things the resurrection, Yeah, are salvation. One of the 225 00:10:42.559 --> 00:10:46.960 great things about the Bible from a skeptics point of view, 226 00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:52.799 how about that is that even though these stories are 227 00:10:52.840 --> 00:10:56.279 written down and some of them are so ancient, you know, 228 00:10:56.440 --> 00:11:02.120 thousands and thousands of years old, that and they're so outrageous, right, 229 00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:04.759 I mean, you know, Elijah on top of the mountain 230 00:11:04.840 --> 00:11:08.000 with fire coming down. I mean, just just crazy stories. 231 00:11:08.840 --> 00:11:14.039 What's so interesting is that every single time that in 232 00:11:14.080 --> 00:11:16.879 this case Jesus talking about human nature, but even the 233 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:22.159 Bible talking about human nature, our human nature has not changed. No, Yeah, 234 00:11:22.600 --> 00:11:25.480 isn't that crazy? So everyone it talks about thoughts and 235 00:11:25.559 --> 00:11:29.399 intents of the heart or human tendencies to lean a 236 00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:32.120 certain way or do a certain thing, or or you know, 237 00:11:32.279 --> 00:11:36.000 or struggling you know, commandment to not uh uh you know, 238 00:11:36.440 --> 00:11:39.679 do this, but do this. And I mean every time 239 00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:43.559 it talks about the desires, the intentions, the human hearts, 240 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:48.000 the sinful nature, everything it is. It is dead on. 241 00:11:48.440 --> 00:11:48.799 Yes. 242 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:52.559 And so here's Jesus talking about where your treasure is, 243 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:56.320 the desires of your heart will also be And holy cow, 244 00:11:56.440 --> 00:11:59.240 is that true? That is one of the most prominent 245 00:11:59.279 --> 00:12:05.799 truths that supersedes every race, every culture, every generation. It's 246 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:09.960 just like, think about it, everybody wherever they You know, 247 00:12:10.639 --> 00:12:13.320 if a person loves money, right, and if a person 248 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:16.639 loves stuff, then that's where their heart's going to be. 249 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:18.639 Their heart's going to be there. It's not going to 250 00:12:18.679 --> 00:12:22.120 be anywhere else. Which is we see that in you know, 251 00:12:22.840 --> 00:12:25.240 people who come to their senses and they say, man, 252 00:12:25.279 --> 00:12:28.360 I've sacrificed my family for the pursuit of more money. Yeah, 253 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:31.240 you know, I got divorced because I'm always at work 254 00:12:31.279 --> 00:12:33.679 and I'm searching for that next promotion. And it's just 255 00:12:33.720 --> 00:12:36.320 like money is the first priority, and then you lose 256 00:12:36.399 --> 00:12:40.759 everything else, or if you don't lose it, it suffers. Right. 257 00:12:41.279 --> 00:12:47.000 I was in Naples, Florida and working with or meeting 258 00:12:47.039 --> 00:12:50.440 with a couple of guys who give pretty significant resources 259 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:55.519 to the Timothy Initiative to help start discycle making movements 260 00:12:55.559 --> 00:12:58.480 in church planting movements in the least reached countries in 261 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:01.759 the world. And the one gentleman was wealthy. The other 262 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:06.320 gentleman was insanely wealthy, insanely with He's an old guy, 263 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:11.720 quite old gentleman, and he made his money a number 264 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:16.799 of years ago. Hundreds of millions of dollars, and he 265 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:19.600 has a huge car collection. He owns a bunch of 266 00:13:19.639 --> 00:13:23.279 houses all around the country, all these things. But about 267 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:25.879 a decade or two ago he set up a family 268 00:13:25.879 --> 00:13:28.879 foundation and began realizing, I want to give it all away. 269 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:33.240 And so when we were sitting there in the restaurant, 270 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:36.919 it was just a diner, literally, like a diner with 271 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:39.120 some lady named Flow who came up to a bubblegum, 272 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:40.240 want to know what you want today? 273 00:13:40.559 --> 00:13:40.879 All right? 274 00:13:40.960 --> 00:13:43.519 I think it's his favorite place to eat, which is hysterical, 275 00:13:44.080 --> 00:13:46.360 and it looks like that old diner, you know, the 276 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:48.879 old kind of diners with the like the stainless steel 277 00:13:48.919 --> 00:13:51.159 building and the neon signs and stuff. 278 00:13:51.240 --> 00:13:53.919 Trivia. Do you remember the name of that series. 279 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:54.840 Of what series? 280 00:13:55.639 --> 00:13:57.120 The Flow or wait? 281 00:13:57.559 --> 00:13:59.799 I was talking about some lady named Flow, I. 282 00:13:59.879 --> 00:14:02.360 Know, But did you get that quote from Dumb and Dumber? 283 00:14:02.519 --> 00:14:02.960 No Flow? 284 00:14:03.159 --> 00:14:06.159 No oh, because that she was made popular as a 285 00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:08.960 diner worker. She her name was Flow. Her cats phrase 286 00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:12.600 was kiss my grits okay, and it was from Alice okay, 287 00:14:12.600 --> 00:14:15.279 and it was Mel's Dinner. Oh well yeah, from the seventies. 288 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:19.039 So anyways, it's kind of that idea, you know, that place. 289 00:14:19.080 --> 00:14:20.919 So it was just kind of a low key restaurant. 290 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:23.000 Really cool to hang out with him there, and I 291 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:25.759 asked him about it. I said, you know, he's a 292 00:14:25.799 --> 00:14:28.240 really grumpy old guy all this stuff, so you just 293 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:31.039 never know if you're gonna offend him. But I asked him, 294 00:14:31.039 --> 00:14:32.639 I said, hey, can I ask you? You know you 295 00:14:32.679 --> 00:14:35.799 mentioned because he was measuring what kind of investment was 296 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:37.440 he making and what kind of results is he getting? 297 00:14:37.480 --> 00:14:40.840 So he wanted all these details. Typical rich guy making 298 00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:42.879 investments and now he's trying to give his money away. 299 00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:45.000 And I asked him, I said, you know, you take 300 00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:46.840 these things really seriously, and you're reacting like this is 301 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:49.200 your job. He said, it is my job. That's what 302 00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:50.519 I mean. He said, when I was trying to build 303 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:53.080 my career, he said, I was building buildings, building apartments, 304 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:54.960 building all these things. And he said I was in 305 00:14:55.240 --> 00:14:59.279 detailed down to like the penny and he said, every 306 00:14:59.440 --> 00:15:01.799 minute mattter to me, and everything made money. He said, 307 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:03.600 Now I'm trying to figure out how to give it away. 308 00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:05.919 And he said, it matters, it matters where it goes, 309 00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:07.399 it matters what kind of results is going to get 310 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:09.080 Am I going to get a good return on my investment. 311 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:12.000 I'm still investing. And I said, what made you decide 312 00:15:12.039 --> 00:15:14.879 you want to give your money away? And he said, 313 00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:17.759 I've lived a really great life, and I've got a 314 00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:21.279 lot of good things here. And he said, I've got 315 00:15:21.679 --> 00:15:25.000 cars that you can't imagine. I've got homes and estates 316 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:28.440 that you can't fathom. I just chase the sun. I 317 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:31.279 just live wherever the sun is. You know, sunny, good weather. 318 00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:34.360 So we're in Naples in the middle of winter, he said, 319 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:37.480 But when my wife died, I realized I loved this 320 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:42.200 place more than that place. And he said, Jesus is 321 00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:44.360 right where my treasure is. That's where I want to be. 322 00:15:45.399 --> 00:15:47.399 And he said, at first, I started giving all my 323 00:15:47.519 --> 00:15:49.320 money away so I would fall in love with the 324 00:15:49.320 --> 00:15:51.639 idea that heaven is great and I want to lay 325 00:15:51.679 --> 00:15:54.240 up treasures in heaven because I want to see my wife. 326 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:56.639 And he said, the longer I've been doing this, the 327 00:15:56.720 --> 00:15:58.240 more I'm in love with the idea that I get 328 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:01.360 to spend eternity with Jesus. He said, So it started 329 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:04.159 off with my wife, Now it's Jesus. And he said, 330 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:06.639 I love this idea heaven. He said, before I was 331 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:08.440 afraid of dying. Now I can't wait to go to heaven. 332 00:16:08.679 --> 00:16:10.399 He said all these things, and he said, come laying 333 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:12.799 up treasure in heaven. He said, it's true. Where your 334 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:15.159 treasure is, that's where your heart is. And he said, 335 00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:17.440 my treasure was in cars and barns. And now I'm 336 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:19.000 trying to figure out how do I sell my barns 337 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:23.320 and my cars because I want more treasure in heaven. 338 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:26.240 And he said, I long for it. I look for it. 339 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:30.240 I'm so excited for it. And I've never had anybody one. 340 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:31.759 I never had a guy who with one hundreds of 341 00:16:31.759 --> 00:16:33.159 millions of dollars tell me I'm trying figure how to 342 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:35.279 give it all away. The other one is I never 343 00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:38.480 had anybody that was just that crystal clear on why 344 00:16:38.519 --> 00:16:40.720 this was so important to him. Yeah, right, you have 345 00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:41.039 it away. 346 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:41.600 That's amazing. 347 00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:43.200 I love it. And that's what Jesus is saying. Where 348 00:16:43.200 --> 00:16:44.559 your treasure is, that's where your heart's going to be. 349 00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:45.080 Yeah. 350 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:48.000 And so for most of us, our heart is on 351 00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:51.759 our house, it's in our vacations, it's in our bank account, 352 00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:54.159 it's in our retirement, it's in our camper, it's in 353 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:56.519 our place up north. That's where it because that's where 354 00:16:56.519 --> 00:16:59.159 our treasure is. We're working, we're spending our minutes, in 355 00:16:59.200 --> 00:17:01.399 our hours in order to have money in order to 356 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:03.639 be able to fund those things. Yeah, so that's where 357 00:17:03.799 --> 00:17:04.680 that's where our hearts are. 358 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:07.440 Yeah. And by the way, the Bible never says that 359 00:17:07.640 --> 00:17:09.640 having money or having wealth is a bad thing. 360 00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:09.960 No. 361 00:17:09.960 --> 00:17:13.200 No, In fact, the scripture even says we're supposed to 362 00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:15.279 leave inheritance for our children's children. 363 00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:18.000 Right, plan for your future future and spends everything you get. 364 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:19.240 Somebodyle says, yeah. 365 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:22.000 And so and so the idea that we you know, 366 00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:25.440 are blessed with means isn't designed to make us feel guilty. 367 00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:27.759 Right, well, Paul told Timothy, God has given you all 368 00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:30.440 these things to enjoy. That's right, right, just make sure 369 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:32.640 you don't put your trust in them, that's right, right. 370 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:35.640 That's right. So when you read like verse number thirty three, 371 00:17:35.640 --> 00:17:37.559 where it says sell your possessions and give to those 372 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:40.279 in need. This will store our treasures in heaven, you 373 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:43.680 know that is true. Whenever we decide to invest in heaven. 374 00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:46.359 You know, if we're if we're helping the poor, of 375 00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:48.640 course we're reading your treasures in heaven. But that should 376 00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:51.359 not be taken as a commandment of like, if you 377 00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:54.880 have prized possessions, you must sell them. That's not what 378 00:17:54.920 --> 00:17:57.400 that's saying, right, right, it's saying that if you have 379 00:17:57.440 --> 00:17:59.680 an attitude of of. 380 00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:03.119 You know, give saying start letting go. Yeah, that's right, 381 00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:05.160 that's hanging on so tight, start letting that. 382 00:18:05.160 --> 00:18:08.119 That's right. It's the principle of this. This is what 383 00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:10.240 this means, and this is what this means. Right. 384 00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:12.480 Well, so we always say that the Bible is its 385 00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:16.680 own best commentary. That's right, so he says, so in 386 00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:20.880 my mind, Jesus doesn't waste words. So in verse thirty one, 387 00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:23.920 he says, seek the Kingdom above all else. So I 388 00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:26.359 can tell you this, there's almost nothing else in this 389 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:29.000 passage that's more important than that statement. 390 00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:29.480 Right. 391 00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:31.759 He literally says above all else. If you ever wonder 392 00:18:31.799 --> 00:18:34.799 what's important to Jesus, well, there's nothing more important than 393 00:18:34.839 --> 00:18:38.000 you seeking the Kingdom of Heaven above all else, and 394 00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:40.839 he will give you everything you need. So don't be afraid, 395 00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:43.960 little flock. It gives your father great happiness to give 396 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:45.960 you the kingdom. So if you seek the kingdom, that 397 00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:49.319 means seeking Jesus to be the king of your life. 398 00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:52.119 And then your will be done, not my will, be done. 399 00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:56.079 When your will and your values begin to align with his, 400 00:18:56.200 --> 00:18:58.119 he says, then I'll give you everything you need. Right, 401 00:18:58.240 --> 00:19:00.160