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 --> 00:00:07.480 practical ways. 4 00:00:12.039 --> 00:00:14.439 Chris, you're doing such a good job today, you so, 5 00:00:14.599 --> 00:00:17.359 are you? Yeah, we're ahead of a schedule. 6 00:00:17.120 --> 00:00:18.199 Not ahead, but on time. 7 00:00:18.239 --> 00:00:21.039 We're kind of we're well, we started late, we started late, but. 8 00:00:21.160 --> 00:00:23.440 Guess we are ahead then killing it. That's good. 9 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:25.879 You're really good at this. Good for us, you're getting 10 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:28.600 good at this. It only took me five hundred and sixty. 11 00:00:28.399 --> 00:00:30.440 Nine episodes, but this is five to seventy. 12 00:00:30.640 --> 00:00:32.320 Oh well, you know we've not done this one. 13 00:00:32.719 --> 00:00:36.439 Jeh, finally job. Okay, okay, okay, sorry. 14 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:39.880 So hey, welcome to the Bible Guys. He's Jeff and 15 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:40.560 I'm Chris. 16 00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:43.920 Okay, I'll be Jeff today. That's the character I'm playing. 17 00:00:43.960 --> 00:00:48.600 Okay, are you? Are you going to introduce the segment? 18 00:00:48.840 --> 00:00:51.280 I am going to introduce it. And this is everybody's 19 00:00:51.320 --> 00:00:54.520 favorite episode. And last week we were nice to you 20 00:00:54.679 --> 00:00:58.600 being Thanksgiving and all. Yes, so now that it's December 21 00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:01.159 and the season of giving, we have to give the 22 00:01:01.200 --> 00:01:05.359 people what they want. That's it's not true. It is well, 23 00:01:05.200 --> 00:01:08.159 we had protests last week over this this is not true. 24 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:11.040 It was nearly a riot last week. 25 00:01:11.079 --> 00:01:12.719 Hasn't even as an area. 26 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:17.239 Yeah, well that's so. Here's the question. What made Chris 27 00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:19.599 mad this week? Yes, and this has been the week 28 00:01:19.599 --> 00:01:21.280 of previews, because you've already hinted it. 29 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:23.200 Well, I'll tell you what. It's pretty rare that I 30 00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:25.799 give people a preview. But a couple of podcasts ago. 31 00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:28.239 If you're a consistent listener, because a lot of people 32 00:01:28.319 --> 00:01:31.719 they listen randomly. Right, But earlier this week, probably like 33 00:01:31.719 --> 00:01:34.760 three days ago, I had made reference to something in 34 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:37.200 my neighborhood. I have more to the story, however. 35 00:01:37.719 --> 00:01:41.760 Okay, so set the scene. Here's the scene we have. 36 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:45.519 You're walking through a neighborhood in Troy on a street. 37 00:01:46.359 --> 00:01:49.359 Okay, So I live in Troy, Michigan, and it's a 38 00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:51.719 it's a nice city. Troy, Michigan is known to be 39 00:01:51.719 --> 00:01:52.480 a very nice city. 40 00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:53.040 It's known. 41 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:53.719 It's known. 42 00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:55.560 If you don't know, now you know it is known. 43 00:01:56.159 --> 00:01:59.159 And so in our neighborhood is a little bit older. Yes, 44 00:01:59.239 --> 00:02:01.040 that's sure, that's true. 45 00:02:01.799 --> 00:02:04.159 Established, it's established. It has big trees. 46 00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:10.000 But anyway, this guy who kept an impeccable house, okay, 47 00:02:10.080 --> 00:02:10.360 like and. 48 00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:12.159 By the way. It just seems like. There's another thing 49 00:02:12.199 --> 00:02:12.599 that makes. 50 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:15.360 Me mad is that is that people have moved on 51 00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:18.120 my street, and then people who have moved in have 52 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:20.800 not taken care of their homes like the people who 53 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:23.400 used to live there. And so when I moved onto 54 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:27.800 this street, people had impeccable lawns and you know, property 55 00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:29.800 value and all that stuff. I've become the old man 56 00:02:30.560 --> 00:02:33.360 on the street, for sure. And so I think almost 57 00:02:33.400 --> 00:02:35.960 everybody has changed over except for my two neighbors on 58 00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:38.919 either side. We're the only common denominator on my whole street. 59 00:02:39.319 --> 00:02:42.800 Everybody else has changed, okay. And so anyway, this house 60 00:02:42.840 --> 00:02:46.479 that used to be impeccable gets bought by this family 61 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:50.080 and immediately they have weeds. 62 00:02:49.759 --> 00:02:50.319 In their lawn. 63 00:02:50.439 --> 00:02:53.599 It's their unmowed. You know, it goes, it goes. You know, 64 00:02:53.639 --> 00:02:56.039 it's just terrible. But here's the thing that made me 65 00:02:56.159 --> 00:02:58.919 mad the most. They hang their Christmas lights up and 66 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:01.439 leave them up all year. They've only been they've only 67 00:03:01.439 --> 00:03:03.360 been there for a year. They hung up their Christmas 68 00:03:03.400 --> 00:03:06.159 lights and they left them so all summer long, I'm 69 00:03:06.199 --> 00:03:08.800 taking walks through the neighborhood and I'm looking up and 70 00:03:08.840 --> 00:03:11.800 it's and it's not like they're the nice Christmas lights, 71 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:14.000 not the led ones that are really you know, like 72 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:16.840 they could be hidden, right, they're the icicle lights that 73 00:03:16.879 --> 00:03:18.719 hang down like two and a half feet. 74 00:03:19.159 --> 00:03:20.479 And to make matters worse. 75 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:22.280 And you don't even approve of those just in general, 76 00:03:22.360 --> 00:03:23.919 just in general principle. 77 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:28.000 If you hang ice icicle lights nineteen ninety one cult 78 00:03:28.680 --> 00:03:31.199 and they want their outdated yucky. 79 00:03:30.960 --> 00:03:34.120 Lights, wow, okay, yeah, and then only that. 80 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:36.159 But they droop them, which means they didn't even like 81 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:40.120 hang them correctly. They're hung in a nasty fashion and 82 00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:42.080 and they're and they're hung all year long. Now they 83 00:03:42.120 --> 00:03:44.719 don't turn them on, thank goodness, but they're but there's 84 00:03:44.759 --> 00:03:45.159 still just. 85 00:03:45.159 --> 00:03:46.439 An isol take them down. 86 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:48.599 Yeah, it's redneck to the Instagram. 87 00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:50.879 So anyway, I just think that they're prepared. 88 00:03:51.840 --> 00:03:54.919 No, they're they're lazy pieces of garbage. 89 00:03:55.199 --> 00:03:58.400 Wow, who are Here's and here's here's what makes me 90 00:03:58.560 --> 00:03:59.159 even more mad. 91 00:03:59.159 --> 00:04:01.560 It turns out I metha and like they're the nicest 92 00:04:01.560 --> 00:04:01.960 people on. 93 00:04:01.919 --> 00:04:05.000 The planet, but they're still pieces of garbage. 94 00:04:04.719 --> 00:04:06.479 Only in their lighting. 95 00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:13.639 Practices as humans people as humans, they're great, they're pieces 96 00:04:13.639 --> 00:04:14.960 of garbage with their lighting. 97 00:04:15.400 --> 00:04:16.240 So here's the thing. 98 00:04:16.040 --> 00:04:20.040 That's just guess when I met them at church No 99 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:24.519 d during trick retreat. So trick retreat, they come over 100 00:04:24.600 --> 00:04:26.839 and I just literally just met them for the first time, which, 101 00:04:26.839 --> 00:04:28.920 by the way, me not going over to their house 102 00:04:28.959 --> 00:04:31.519 and welcoming them, that means I'm a piece of garbage. 103 00:04:32.279 --> 00:04:36.279 But they live like four houses up. So anyway, he 104 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:39.160 comes over and he knocks, and they say trick or treat. 105 00:04:39.399 --> 00:04:41.319 Well, they're Indian. They're an Indian family. 106 00:04:41.600 --> 00:04:44.120 It's two dads, a bunch of kids and the two dads, 107 00:04:44.120 --> 00:04:46.279 I'm assuming the women were probably given out candy because 108 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:49.079 their light was on and so. But they have their 109 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:53.519 sories on because that was Dwally. Okay, so I said, 110 00:04:53.639 --> 00:04:57.160 to the Hindu Hindu celebration. So they had their dress 111 00:04:57.199 --> 00:05:00.879 and their sorries, and so I say, they said, oh, 112 00:05:00.959 --> 00:05:02.879 great costume, because we go all out every year. We 113 00:05:02.959 --> 00:05:05.240 dressed up like the Wizard of Oz. They go, great costume. 114 00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:07.519 I said, oh, I go, this isn't for Halloween. I said, 115 00:05:07.560 --> 00:05:10.639 I said, dressed up for Dwally and and they looked 116 00:05:10.680 --> 00:05:12.639 at me. You know, they knew I was joking, and 117 00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:15.199 they go, they go, you know, of Dwale and I 118 00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:17.360 said yes, I said, I go, I like your sories, 119 00:05:17.720 --> 00:05:21.519 and they go, that's wonderful. And then they introduced themselves. Hey, 120 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:23.759 my name is blah blah blah blah, and so we 121 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:27.120 get to meet them. Man, they're wonderful people, which makes 122 00:05:27.160 --> 00:05:31.519 me even madder because it would be easier if they 123 00:05:31.519 --> 00:05:34.560 were people that I could really just be mad at. 124 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:37.160 But now I've met them and they're wonderful people. 125 00:05:37.560 --> 00:05:39.600 So maybe they just don't know that you're supposed to 126 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:41.279 take down your lights for Christmas. 127 00:05:41.800 --> 00:05:45.680 Seriously, you live in Come on, bro, I don't care 128 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:46.240 where you're from. 129 00:05:46.319 --> 00:05:49.040 You can come directly going to be nice, to be nice. 130 00:05:49.079 --> 00:05:51.360 You can come directly from your country, and you'd still 131 00:05:51.399 --> 00:05:53.560 know that you need to take down your lights. 132 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:57.439 Okay, So I'm even more mad that they're nice people. 133 00:05:58.680 --> 00:06:00.720 That they're nice. I'm mad okay. 134 00:06:01.319 --> 00:06:05.120 And by the way, if you're listening online and you 135 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:08.199 think that it's okay to keep your lights up all 136 00:06:08.279 --> 00:06:10.600 year long, I got to tell you something. You are 137 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:13.160 the problem with America. 138 00:06:15.399 --> 00:06:21.000 The single source of all of the problems in America. 139 00:06:21.199 --> 00:06:22.800 I'd try to come up with the heart. 140 00:06:22.959 --> 00:06:29.319 Okay, Wow, my wave is mad at me. For this episode. Yeah, 141 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:31.199 she's magazum saying extreme things. 142 00:06:31.319 --> 00:06:32.920 By the way, I don't mean any of those things. 143 00:06:33.079 --> 00:06:35.920 Whoa pieces of garbage? I'm just kidding. 144 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:38.639 Yeah, okay, I just don't even know where to go 145 00:06:38.759 --> 00:06:43.120 from there. Okay, well, okay, take away, So let's find 146 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:43.839 a good transition. 147 00:06:44.040 --> 00:06:47.319 Take away my harshness. And do you at least agree 148 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:50.639 with the principle that a person should not keep their 149 00:06:50.680 --> 00:06:51.120 lights up? 150 00:06:51.439 --> 00:06:52.839 Yes? I agree with that principle. 151 00:06:53.000 --> 00:06:55.839 Okay, yes, but you leave me on my island of. 152 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:58.000 Hearts, leave you there on that one. 153 00:06:58.160 --> 00:07:02.160 Okay, Yes, yeah, I should. I should I rerecord it? 154 00:07:02.519 --> 00:07:03.680 No, I love it. 155 00:07:04.399 --> 00:07:07.399 I love it because we could stop and rerecord. 156 00:07:07.560 --> 00:07:09.680 No, no, oh no, we're not covering this sin up 157 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:11.519 at all. We're just gonna leave it out there for everybody. 158 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:12.480 Is dramatic. 159 00:07:14.279 --> 00:07:17.720 I'm more strong. Well, the title is called what made 160 00:07:17.800 --> 00:07:18.959 Chris Mad This week? 161 00:07:19.199 --> 00:07:20.319 Yes, and the last. 162 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:21.000 Few have been a little week. 163 00:07:21.120 --> 00:07:22.079 I still they've been. 164 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:25.759 They've been a little namby pamby. So this one is 165 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:27.319 your went all in. You pushed all your tips in 166 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:29.439 the middle of the table and went, you're taking a 167 00:07:29.480 --> 00:07:31.639 stand against people who leave up their Christmas lights. 168 00:07:31.519 --> 00:07:32.879 And I called them pieces of garden. 169 00:07:33.800 --> 00:07:34.680 Well there's that part. 170 00:07:35.279 --> 00:07:37.519 Hey, so which I did not mean. 171 00:07:37.639 --> 00:07:39.600 No, hold to it. You said it, hold it own, 172 00:07:39.600 --> 00:07:42.199 it own those words, Chris, I said, it's for funniness, 173 00:07:42.199 --> 00:07:44.759 and then they're nice people. It turns out it's so nice. Yeah, 174 00:07:44.800 --> 00:07:47.120 it was just too harsh. Yeah, it wasn't too harsh. 175 00:07:47.279 --> 00:07:53.399 So speaking of me detesting something so strongly, yes, Proverb 176 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:57.240 sixteen has multiple mentions of the Lord detesting certain things 177 00:07:57.279 --> 00:07:57.639 as well. 178 00:07:57.759 --> 00:08:01.680 And kings. Yes, yes, how the Lord happens to be king. 179 00:08:02.040 --> 00:08:06.519 That was close. It's a good transition. Yeah, Okay, we've 180 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:08.720 been going for if you're listening, we've been trying to 181 00:08:08.720 --> 00:08:11.480 think of the cheesiest transitions. Yes, yes, that we can 182 00:08:11.519 --> 00:08:15.279 think of. So here we go. Proverbs chapter sixteen, Verse one. 183 00:08:15.839 --> 00:08:18.720 We can make our own plans, but the Lord gives 184 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:22.360 the right answer. I love that verse. There's another one 185 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:24.560 in here too. This is the same chapter or verse nine. 186 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:26.560 We can make our plans, but Lord de terms our steps. 187 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:29.439 I like that those two favor I agree. Okay number two. 188 00:08:29.600 --> 00:08:32.000 People may be pure in their own eyes, but the 189 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:36.440 Lord examines their motives. Based on that last segment, I 190 00:08:36.480 --> 00:08:39.559 thought maybe I could read that again. People may be 191 00:08:39.559 --> 00:08:42.919 pure in their own eyes, but the Lord examines their motives. 192 00:08:43.039 --> 00:08:46.200 Should we recruit Nope, You're stuck with it. Now commit 193 00:08:46.279 --> 00:08:49.120 your actions to the Lord, and your plans will succeed. 194 00:08:49.960 --> 00:08:52.519 The Lord has made everything for his own purposes, even 195 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:56.120 though wicked. For the day of disaster, the Lord detests 196 00:08:56.120 --> 00:08:59.840 the proud. They will surely be punished. Unfailing love and 197 00:08:59.840 --> 00:09:04.159 faithfulness makes atonement for sin. By fearing the Lord, people 198 00:09:04.159 --> 00:09:07.720 avoid evil. When people's lives please the Lord, even their 199 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:11.200 enemies are at peace with him. Better to have little 200 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:14.960 with godliness than to be rich and dishonest. We can 201 00:09:14.960 --> 00:09:18.080 make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps. The 202 00:09:18.159 --> 00:09:21.919 King speaks with divine wisdom. He must never judge unfairly. 203 00:09:23.080 --> 00:09:26.039 The Lord demands accurate scales and balances, and he sets 204 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:30.240 the standards for fairness. A king detests wrongdoing, for his 205 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:33.639 rule is built on justice. I think the prerequis there 206 00:09:33.679 --> 00:09:37.000 is a good king, right sure, the anger of the 207 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:39.879 king is a deadly threat. The wise will try to 208 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:42.960 appease it. When the king smiles, there is life. His 209 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:46.240 favor refreshes like a spring rain. How much better to 210 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:49.679 get wisdom than gold? And good judgment than silver. The 211 00:09:49.720 --> 00:09:52.759 path of the virtuous leads away from evil. Whoever follows 212 00:09:52.759 --> 00:09:57.000 that path is safe. Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness 213 00:09:57.039 --> 00:10:00.320 before a fall. Better to live humbly with the poor 214 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:03.440 than to share plunder with the proud. Those who listen 215 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:05.879 to instruction will prosper, and those who trust the Lord 216 00:10:05.879 --> 00:10:09.360 will be joyful. The wise are known for their understanding, 217 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:14.639 and pleasant words are persuasive. Discretion is a life giving 218 00:10:14.720 --> 00:10:17.399 fountain to those who possess it, but discipline is wasted 219 00:10:17.480 --> 00:10:20.960 on fools. From a wise mind comes wise speech. The 220 00:10:21.000 --> 00:10:24.840 words of the wise are persuasive. Kind words are like honey, 221 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:28.080 sweet to the soul and healthy for the body. There 222 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:30.639 is a path before each person that seems right, but 223 00:10:30.679 --> 00:10:33.720 it ends in death. Didn't we just read that same verse? Yeah, yeah, 224 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:34.720 it's kind of a repeat. 225 00:10:34.759 --> 00:10:38.080 Obvious the highlight if people need to hear that Gues's right. 226 00:10:39.720 --> 00:10:42.120 It is good for workers to have an appetite, and 227 00:10:42.200 --> 00:10:46.919 empty stomach drives them on. Oh wow. Scoundrels create trouble. 228 00:10:47.200 --> 00:10:51.600 Their words are a destructive blaze. A troublemaker plants seeds 229 00:10:51.600 --> 00:10:55.919 of strife. Gossip separates the best of friends, violent people 230 00:10:55.960 --> 00:10:59.559 mislead their companions, leading them down a harmful path. With 231 00:10:59.679 --> 00:11:02.879 narrow eyes, people plot evil with a smirk. They plan 232 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:06.320 their mischief. Gray hair is a crown of glory. It 233 00:11:06.399 --> 00:11:10.080 is gained by living a godly life. Better to be 234 00:11:10.159 --> 00:11:13.519 patient than powerful, better to have self control than to 235 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:16.480 conquer a city. We may throw the dice, but the 236 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:19.360 Lord determines how they fall. I love that one. 237 00:11:19.519 --> 00:11:20.000 That's great. 238 00:11:20.080 --> 00:11:22.120 Ye, these are great ones. I like these ones. 239 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:23.559 Yeah, these are really clever. 240 00:11:23.840 --> 00:11:25.879 And by the way, for the first time since I 241 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:28.559 could ever remember ever, you actually skipped a verse? 242 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:29.600 Did I skip a verse? 243 00:11:29.639 --> 00:11:32.240 Yeah, you've skipped first thirteen that says the king is 244 00:11:32.279 --> 00:11:34.440 pleased with words from righteous lips. 245 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:36.320 He loves those who speak honestly. 246 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:39.279 Oh yeah, I wound up saying I gave the caveat 247 00:11:39.320 --> 00:11:40.639 of yes, it's a good king. 248 00:11:40.720 --> 00:11:41.279 That's what you did. 249 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:43.960 Yeah, because because you said you said it's a good king, 250 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:45.399 and then you picked up with verse fourteen. 251 00:11:45.559 --> 00:11:48.639 Right, So wow, well thank you for catching that. 252 00:11:48.759 --> 00:11:51.440 Well, you know, the people who are watching on video 253 00:11:51.440 --> 00:11:53.360 are the only ones that would have really probably known it. 254 00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:55.840 And I'm humble enough to accept your correction. 255 00:11:56.159 --> 00:11:58.679 Yes, well, it's not a person. It's not a correction, 256 00:11:58.960 --> 00:12:00.159 it's just and then them. 257 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:00.600 Yeah. 258 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:06.480 So so anyway, there's a lot in here, and. 259 00:12:06.919 --> 00:12:08.960 I want to jump on one. Have you ever noticed 260 00:12:09.639 --> 00:12:13.480 how much my hair is getting gray? Have you ever 261 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:17.559 noticed so much grey? It didn't used to me this way? Right? 262 00:12:17.639 --> 00:12:18.679 Where did that come from? 263 00:12:18.960 --> 00:12:21.279 Verse thirty one says gray hair is a crown of glory. 264 00:12:21.320 --> 00:12:23.679 It's gained by living a god life. Oh there, and 265 00:12:23.720 --> 00:12:25.679 I recognize you have almost no gray hair. 266 00:12:25.840 --> 00:12:28.559 Oh my goodness, gracious, you got it your hair to 267 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:29.159 be kidding me? 268 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:33.000 Well, you know what it doesn't say on the head, 269 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:37.480 it's ye beard my crown. 270 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:39.320 I don't know you wear crowns on your chin. Hey, 271 00:12:39.480 --> 00:12:40.440 listen on your hair. 272 00:12:40.480 --> 00:12:41.320 You've done it to yourself. 273 00:12:41.360 --> 00:12:41.559 Now. 274 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:44.440 My beard is way more white than your hair is. 275 00:12:44.519 --> 00:12:46.639 Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, but way more wisdom. If 276 00:12:46.679 --> 00:12:48.200 you want to wear your crown on your chin, that's 277 00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:48.639 fine with me. 278 00:12:49.480 --> 00:12:50.200 Oh it doesn't. 279 00:12:50.200 --> 00:12:54.399 I just I just, I just I just think that 280 00:12:54.440 --> 00:12:56.679 some people cover up their godly No. 281 00:12:56.960 --> 00:12:59.120 I see, I do not dye my hair. 282 00:12:59.159 --> 00:13:02.080 Something I do not die my hair? 283 00:13:02.679 --> 00:13:05.600 Is that your That's not true? 284 00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:09.039 By the way, I've had people ask that, People say, 285 00:13:09.799 --> 00:13:11.279 how are you fifty three and you don't have any, 286 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:11.639 you know. 287 00:13:11.600 --> 00:13:12.519 Gray hair, And I said, I do. 288 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:14.840 If you look close a little bit, you can see. 289 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:17.039 And they say, well, how how is that? All my 290 00:13:17.039 --> 00:13:20.279 brothers are white. They're all like like white white hair. 291 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:22.360 Well, you have to be godly to get gray hair. 292 00:13:23.759 --> 00:13:26.480 That's what the verse says. Gray hair is a crown 293 00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:29.799 of glory. It is gained by living a godly life. 294 00:13:29.919 --> 00:13:31.519 I see, I see, do you see? 295 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:33.279 So I was just gonna mention it. You know what 296 00:13:33.279 --> 00:13:35.240 it means. I figured. I figured I couldn't lose on 297 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:37.200 this tax because either you're going to say you never 298 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:39.039 die your hair or you die your hair. If you 299 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:40.399 said you died your hair, I was going to be 300 00:13:40.399 --> 00:13:43.159 able to say, well, you're covering up your godliness right right, 301 00:13:43.200 --> 00:13:45.279 you're faking it. And then the other side was if 302 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:48.279 you say you never die your hair, then the only 303 00:13:48.279 --> 00:13:50.000 way you can get it is by living a godly life. 304 00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:52.440 But you also I read that and immediately thought that's 305 00:13:52.440 --> 00:13:53.240 a win win for me. 306 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:58.159 Hey, I think it's referring to longevity, like those who 307 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:02.120 those who live godly or prosper prosperous with a long life, 308 00:14:02.440 --> 00:14:05.399 which means eventually my hair will get gray. And so 309 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:08.639 the longer you live, the grayer you get, which means 310 00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:09.919 that you've lived. 311 00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:11.879 A godly life and God is blessing you with longevity. 312 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:13.799 Yeah. Yeah, if you want to jump through the hoops. 313 00:14:14.039 --> 00:14:17.120 But the words on the page say what they say, 314 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:20.440 I also say. I also like the verse thirty three. 315 00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:23.120 This is a surprise to people. We may throw the dice, 316 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:24.519 but the Lord determines how they fall. 317 00:14:25.039 --> 00:14:27.000 Yeah, and make your plans and watch God laugh. 318 00:14:27.080 --> 00:14:31.080 Yeah. Yeah, yeah. So this idea is casting lots, you know. 319 00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:34.440 And it's not that God is behind all of your 320 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:37.200 gambling winnings. That's not that's saying. What they would do 321 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:39.759 sometimes is when people couldn't make a decision, they would 322 00:14:39.840 --> 00:14:42.960 draw a number, they'd roll of the dice, they'd draw sticks. 323 00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:44.200 And they'd ask God to reveal to them. 324 00:14:44.240 --> 00:14:46.000 Right right, God, just just show us what we're supposed 325 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:47.799 to do. We're not sure what we're supposed to do, 326 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:50.919 right right, You show us what to do. And so 327 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:53.879 even in what would seem like the simplest thing, you know, 328 00:14:54.600 --> 00:14:56.759 rock paper scissors kind of a thing, or you know, 329 00:14:56.879 --> 00:14:59.919 drawing straws or whatever, and there's a certain amount of 330 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:03.039 peace in that. 331 00:15:03.159 --> 00:15:05.000 Have you ever it says the lot fell on Jonah. 332 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:09.360 Yeah, yeah, well they cast lots for Jesus clothes at 333 00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:13.679 the crucifixion, so that that was a common thing. But 334 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:18.080 what I was gonna say is, have you ever sat down? 335 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:20.120 Or have you ever got into a game or something 336 00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:23.559 people want to argue over whose turn it is or whatever? 337 00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:26.360 But how much simpler is it when you just spin 338 00:15:26.679 --> 00:15:30.240 a dial and the and everybody terms ahead of time 339 00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:35.240 before any decisions are made. Highest number starts and then 340 00:15:35.240 --> 00:15:37.759 we go yeah, yeah, the highest number of starts you 341 00:15:37.799 --> 00:15:40.399 spin it, it ends on five. Nobody else gets a six, 342 00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:43.080 so you get to go right. But if you got 343 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:44.879 a one and somebod else gets five, oh rats, But 344 00:15:44.919 --> 00:15:46.679 you're not mad at anybody. It just didn't work out 345 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:52.000 for you. There's some benefit in choosing neutral ways to 346 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:54.559 begin a thing when others might feel like there was 347 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:57.120 a benefit for them starting first right, And so you 348 00:15:57.159 --> 00:15:59.480 can choose a peaceful way. And then when it comes 349 00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:02.960 to the really difficult decisions, the Lord determines how they 350 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:07.039 fall anyways, And so even on a little thing, God 351 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:09.200 can sort things out for you. So there's some wisdom 352 00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:12.279 in leaving a little bit of randomness to difficult decisions 353 00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:15.120 when there's a disagreement between two ways. Instead of you 354 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:18.279 don't always have to fight, you could, literally, instead of 355 00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:23.639 fighting over a restaurant, say okay, right, heads your tails, 356 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:27.840 heads your tails, right, tuple coin Yep, yeah, it's just 357 00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:30.320 it's wise, That is what I'm saying. You wouldn't think 358 00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:31.279 it was wise, but it's wise. 359 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:35.600 Yeah, Batman's enemy two face. They make decisions, but flipping coins. 360 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:39.000 So you stack the deck and have the same you know, 361 00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:40.200 heads on both sides. 362 00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:45.879 Right, heads on both sides right. So unfailing love and 363 00:16:45.960 --> 00:16:49.039 faithfulness make a tone for sin. Fearing the Lord people 364 00:16:50.080 --> 00:16:55.200 people avoid evil. Unfailing love and faithfulness make atonement for sin. 365 00:16:56.200 --> 00:17:01.960 So I've always heard that, you know, there are consequences 366 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:07.119 for sin. Some of them are spiritual consequences, right obviously 367 00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:09.640 with God, with their heavenly father. But then some are 368 00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:13.519 earthly consequences. And so we could break relationships for you know, 369 00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:16.839 by our choices. And have you ever heard this when 370 00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:20.839 when you have a child that is mad at you, 371 00:17:21.160 --> 00:17:23.319 or a family member that is mad at you for 372 00:17:23.359 --> 00:17:25.519 a very long period of time, have you ever heard 373 00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:28.400 of this advice you need to serve your way back in. 374 00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:33.000 Have you ever heard that it's your lives? Yeah, just 375 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:36.920 serve your way back in. So I'm estranged from my child, right, 376 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:42.200 I'm a strange from my parents, Just to continually, over time, 377 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:45.440 serve your way back in. And unfailing love and a 378 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:48.200 faithful and faithfulness will make atonement for sin. 379 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:49.079 And uh. 380 00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:52.000 And the the advice that I heard from a pastor 381 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:56.480 saying that came from this verse and said and said like, yes, 382 00:17:57.039 --> 00:18:00.960 unfailing love and faithfulness can can fail our relationship with 383 00:18:01.000 --> 00:18:04.079 our heavenly father, Right, it makes atonement for our sin. 384 00:18:04.599 --> 00:18:09.319 And but but when it comes down to our earthly relationships, 385 00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:12.200 the same is true. And I've just never forgotten that. 386 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:14.880 You know, how how you can just be faithful with 387 00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:18.279 your love and your service and just serve them until 388 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:22.920 eventually you become more known for serving them than you 389 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:23.799 do for the offense. 390 00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:26.039 Right, So it's really good. 391 00:18:26.119 --> 00:18:28.920 It may take some time, right, Yeah, that's really good, 392 00:18:29.119 --> 00:18:29.880 really good phrase. 393 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:34.519 Yeah. The verses along the lines of verse three commit 394 00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:37.960 your actions to the Lord. Your plans will succeed. I'm 395 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:40.960 always attracted to the verses in the Bible that talk 396 00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:44.359 about how to succeed and he's saying, commit your actions 397 00:18:44.359 --> 00:18:48.240 to the Lord, and your plans will succeed. It amazes 398 00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:52.200 me how often people will ask me to pray that 399 00:18:52.240 --> 00:19:01.599 God will bless something that's bad, right, And I'm like, really, right. So, 400 00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:07.599 So the more mature you become spiritually, the more aware 401 00:19:07.680 --> 00:19:09.759