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 --> 00:00:13.119 practical ways. Well, hey, good morning everyone. We are the 4 00:00:13.160 --> 00:00:16.480 Bible Guys today. This is Wesley. Wesley is joining us 5 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:19.359 because Jeff is out of pocket, and so we are 6 00:00:19.600 --> 00:00:22.440 very excited to have you back as always. 7 00:00:22.519 --> 00:00:24.239 Yeah, it's going to be an awesome week this week. 8 00:00:24.320 --> 00:00:26.399 Yeah, you do you enjoy being on the Bible Guys. 9 00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:28.839 I do enjoy it because I feel like when I 10 00:00:28.879 --> 00:00:31.039 come on the Bible Guys, Yeah, I'm coming into a 11 00:00:31.160 --> 00:00:32.560 very regal environment. 12 00:00:32.600 --> 00:00:37.079 Oh yeah, sure, it's regal fancy. That's so funny. So 13 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:39.320 Wesley works at our church, the same church at Jeff 14 00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:42.240 and I work out together, just outside of Detroit in Michigan. 15 00:00:42.679 --> 00:00:45.479 And yeah, so he's been on staff. 16 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:47.719 Forever yeah, twenty thirteen. 17 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:50.840 Yeah, yeah, yeah maybe for me, I was twenty twenty. Wow, 18 00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:53.039 So I can't believe it's been that long for me. 19 00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:53.799 Yeah. 20 00:00:53.840 --> 00:00:56.679 So, anyway, we have a segment together, which will be 21 00:00:56.679 --> 00:00:59.000 interesting because I don't know you like I know Jeff. 22 00:00:59.439 --> 00:01:02.880 So this segment that Desiree put together is who's most likely? 23 00:01:03.320 --> 00:01:04.120 Okay, so how. 24 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:05.599 About if I read the first one, and then we'll 25 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:08.079 just take a shot at who is most likely to 26 00:01:08.120 --> 00:01:10.079 do these things? You ready, yeah, I'm ready? All right, 27 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:13.280 So we go Wesley, who's most likely to try cooking 28 00:01:13.319 --> 00:01:19.079 a gourmet meal with only ingredients from a vending machine? Ooh, 29 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:22.640 I'll take my stab at it, I'll say you because 30 00:01:22.719 --> 00:01:25.359 of how much this does not even come close to 31 00:01:25.400 --> 00:01:25.879 who I am. 32 00:01:26.200 --> 00:01:29.079 Oh man, Okay, I gotta tell a really quick story. 33 00:01:29.120 --> 00:01:32.439 Oh yeah, for sure. So I went to Whole Foods 34 00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:35.280 and I was going to make some vegetarian chili once. 35 00:01:35.400 --> 00:01:36.719 Well, then I already know it, you because I don't 36 00:01:36.760 --> 00:01:37.159 cook it all. 37 00:01:37.319 --> 00:01:39.920 So I bought all of these You know how much 38 00:01:39.920 --> 00:01:44.040 Whole Foods is, all these high priced ingredients. Sixty dollars 39 00:01:44.040 --> 00:01:48.040 worth of ingredients. I got the garlic. Everything. I get 40 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:51.760 home and I'm chopping up the garlic, and I'm feeling 41 00:01:51.920 --> 00:01:55.560 so nauseous. I couldn't even finish cutting it. I had 42 00:01:55.599 --> 00:01:59.079 to take all of the ingredients, put them in a 43 00:01:59.159 --> 00:02:03.439 garbage bag, take the garbage bag outside, and put it 44 00:02:03.439 --> 00:02:06.799 in the garbage can. I was so nauseous. So I 45 00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:10.439 got to work, and there's a lady who was Italian, 46 00:02:10.479 --> 00:02:13.639 and she said yeah, so what could have gone wrong? 47 00:02:13.800 --> 00:02:16.199 And she said, name the ingredients. So I said, yeah, 48 00:02:16.240 --> 00:02:18.719 I put you know this in I got the tomatoes, 49 00:02:19.039 --> 00:02:21.039 I got the garlic. She said, well, how much garlic 50 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:24.520 did you put in it? I said four? She said 51 00:02:24.719 --> 00:02:30.639 four clothes or four bulbs? I don't know. Four. She's like, 52 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:34.039 you put four whole garlics in there. That's what the 53 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:39.479 issue was. It was, and I was just dumping tons 54 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:42.199 of garlic in there. It was bad. The smell didn't 55 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:47.520 leave our house for like a week. It was bad. Yeah, 56 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:48.759 so maybe that first one is me. 57 00:02:49.039 --> 00:02:51.400 Yeah, yeah, yeah, well I don't. I don't cook at all. Liz. 58 00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:54.479 Liz does everything, even the grilling. Oh man, yeah, she 59 00:02:54.520 --> 00:02:57.479 does the grilling. She loves it. I know. That's pretty wild. 60 00:02:57.560 --> 00:03:02.800 All the all the men are like boom, all right, 61 00:03:02.840 --> 00:03:04.120 you want to give a shot at the next. 62 00:03:03.919 --> 00:03:07.800 Time, who's most likely to adopt a pet rock and 63 00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:11.599 name it something ridiculously elaborate. I'm going to say that 64 00:03:11.719 --> 00:03:12.240 might be you. 65 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:16.719 That's definitely me. That is definitely my personality. In fact, 66 00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:19.280 in fact, if you rewind all the way back to 67 00:03:19.280 --> 00:03:21.840 when pet rocks were actually a thing, I might have 68 00:03:21.879 --> 00:03:24.680 actually done that. Oh wow, yeah, I think I've actually 69 00:03:24.680 --> 00:03:24.960 done that. 70 00:03:25.039 --> 00:03:25.879 Yeah, that is funny. 71 00:03:26.080 --> 00:03:30.080 Rocks were actually we used to collect rocks, mess around 72 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:32.759 with rocks, all these kind of things. It was a thing. 73 00:03:33.199 --> 00:03:35.560 All right, Here you go. Who's most likely to use 74 00:03:35.599 --> 00:03:39.919 a ridiculous accent during a serious conversation just to lighten 75 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:40.439 the mood. 76 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:44.400 I'm going to say, that's a you' this. 77 00:03:45.280 --> 00:03:49.039 I've done this. Yeah, that's a sitcom movie. Right, you 78 00:03:49.159 --> 00:03:51.360 expect like Michael Scott to do it in a really 79 00:03:51.439 --> 00:03:56.159 really awkward situation like this is that's I would definitely 80 00:03:56.199 --> 00:03:56.479 do that. 81 00:03:56.479 --> 00:03:59.680 That's pretty good. Who's most likely to spend an entire 82 00:03:59.719 --> 00:04:05.080 week in binge watching a TV series? Well? Dress it's 83 00:04:05.159 --> 00:04:08.599 their favorite character, does are I don't know where she 84 00:04:08.639 --> 00:04:09.400 comes up with these? 85 00:04:09.439 --> 00:04:12.439 I don't know, I don't know, but these are all goofy. Yeah, 86 00:04:12.479 --> 00:04:15.080 I gotta be honest. I don't think I would ever 87 00:04:15.319 --> 00:04:18.759 stay an entire weekend dressed as a character. 88 00:04:18.800 --> 00:04:21.639 You're dressed as the character. The question is what about 89 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:22.439 binge watching? 90 00:04:22.560 --> 00:04:23.720 Oh, definitely binge watching. 91 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:26.439 So here's the thing with me. I'm not a big 92 00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:32.439 TV series person. No, no, so so yeah I don't 93 00:04:32.439 --> 00:04:35.920 I wouldn't binge watch too unless it was history. I'm 94 00:04:35.920 --> 00:04:37.439 a boring person. I love history. 95 00:04:37.680 --> 00:04:39.759 Okay, well yeah that is kind of boring. 96 00:04:39.920 --> 00:04:44.240 Yeah yeah, but so yeah, I guess it'd be me. 97 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:48.120 Although I have dressed up as a character watching a 98 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:50.639 movie before. Okay, yeah, I've done that, and. 99 00:04:50.839 --> 00:04:52.879 I mean I get it when it's like, you know, 100 00:04:52.920 --> 00:04:55.720 how the new Star Wars would come out and everyone 101 00:04:55.839 --> 00:04:59.600 dresses as you know, whatever the the battle peep. I'm 102 00:04:59.600 --> 00:05:02.040 not a star person. Yeah. 103 00:05:02.079 --> 00:05:06.399 We actually had a marathon of watching Marvel movies. Okay, yeah, 104 00:05:06.439 --> 00:05:08.839 and we all dressed up as our favorite Marvel characters. 105 00:05:08.879 --> 00:05:11.120 I've seen that in theaters where the new movie comes out. 106 00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:11.800 People have done that. 107 00:05:11.920 --> 00:05:15.319 This was at a party, okay, binge watching party, and 108 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:17.800 so I've done that before. So let's kind that I've 109 00:05:17.839 --> 00:05:20.000 sort of done this. So that's hilarious. 110 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:20.879 Okay. Last one. 111 00:05:21.040 --> 00:05:24.519 Last one is who's most likely to accidentally join the 112 00:05:24.560 --> 00:05:29.879 wrong Zoom meeting and give an impromptu presentation on why 113 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:31.240 ducks are underrated. 114 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:36.079 I don't even know what to say for that one. 115 00:05:36.199 --> 00:05:39.279 Yeah, So would you ever do this? That's the question. 116 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:43.879 Yeah. I have gone into the wrong Zoom meeting before, Okay, 117 00:05:44.439 --> 00:05:48.839 but I've never given impromptu presentation of why ducks are underrated? 118 00:05:48.839 --> 00:05:50.639 But would you ever do something like that? Would you 119 00:05:50.680 --> 00:05:53.680 ever do like like, oh, this would be hilarious. I'm 120 00:05:53.720 --> 00:05:55.839 just gonna I'm just going to try to be serious. 121 00:05:56.399 --> 00:05:57.040 Have you done that? 122 00:05:58.160 --> 00:05:59.319 I don't know. I don't think so. 123 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:01.879 Yeah, I don't think I've ever done it on a 124 00:06:02.000 --> 00:06:05.199 Zoom meeting. But I have done stuff like this all 125 00:06:05.240 --> 00:06:09.920 the time, Like I've I've done just crazy stuff in public. 126 00:06:10.040 --> 00:06:13.160 You know what's strangers you know? In fact, let me 127 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:14.839 tell you real quick. I think I've said this on 128 00:06:14.839 --> 00:06:18.399 the Bible guys a long time ago, but recently within 129 00:06:18.480 --> 00:06:21.120 like the last like five years. That's recently for me. 130 00:06:21.279 --> 00:06:24.959 That's by the way, that's old people talk, right. But 131 00:06:25.279 --> 00:06:28.079 my buddy and I and my brother and my friend 132 00:06:28.120 --> 00:06:31.399 we all went down to Clearwater, Florida, and just for fun. 133 00:06:33.079 --> 00:06:35.759 Have you ever been at a restaurant where you're eating 134 00:06:35.920 --> 00:06:38.000 and you're almost like halfway through your meal or more so, 135 00:06:38.639 --> 00:06:42.120 and then somebody comes up who's not your server, who 136 00:06:42.519 --> 00:06:44.319 walks up and goes, so, how is everything in your 137 00:06:44.360 --> 00:06:47.600 meal today? And you assume it's the manager, right, So 138 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:49.079 we just did that for fun. 139 00:06:50.319 --> 00:06:53.800 So we literally we literally walked yes. 140 00:06:54.199 --> 00:06:56.079 We were just in a restaurant, like we're like, I 141 00:06:56.160 --> 00:06:58.600 dare you to do this? And so I'd walk up 142 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:00.519 and I would just walk up to a table that 143 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:02.800 they were three quarters of the way done. I would 144 00:07:02.800 --> 00:07:04.800 I put my finger I'd put my fingers together like 145 00:07:04.839 --> 00:07:07.279 a manager would do. I'd walk over and I'd say, so, 146 00:07:07.319 --> 00:07:09.759 how was everything in your meal today? And that would 147 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:10.439 pretend like I was. 148 00:07:10.439 --> 00:07:12.720 The owner or they were like, oh, it's great, yes. 149 00:07:13.079 --> 00:07:15.920 And listen I did this like fifteen times. Not a 150 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:18.920 single person question who I was. They would say, oh, 151 00:07:18.959 --> 00:07:20.360 it was absolutely great. 152 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:22.800 I would say, can we get compliments to the chef? 153 00:07:23.000 --> 00:07:25.399 Yes? And then then a couple of guys would say 154 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:26.879 I would say can I get anything else for you? 155 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:29.360 And I'd say, okay, refill on the coke and I'd say, 156 00:07:29.439 --> 00:07:31.120 we'll get your server right out here to get that. 157 00:07:31.399 --> 00:07:33.040 And then I walk away. 158 00:07:33.160 --> 00:07:35.079 And my brother I'm like, go ahead, go do it. 159 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:38.560 Oh no, So your brother would refill no, no, no, no no. 160 00:07:38.959 --> 00:07:41.959 My brother would just go to another table, Oh gotcha 161 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:42.480 and try the. 162 00:07:42.480 --> 00:07:44.560 Same thing to say. That's next level. If you wouldn't 163 00:07:44.600 --> 00:07:45.959 actually got the drinks. 164 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:48.120 That's that's like, that's like you're going to jail kind 165 00:07:48.120 --> 00:07:51.680 of right? Yeah? Maybe so, but yeah, we would do 166 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:52.560 stuff like that all the time. 167 00:07:52.720 --> 00:07:52.959 Yeah. 168 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:54.800 So, I mean I just hilariously I did this in 169 00:07:54.839 --> 00:07:57.560 my laid forties, right, yeah, just being a pastor just 170 00:07:57.600 --> 00:07:58.199 a few years ago. 171 00:07:58.439 --> 00:07:59.600 That is funny because you know, what. 172 00:07:59.600 --> 00:08:01.360 Are they going to do? Right? Are they gonna throw 173 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:02.639 you in restaurant jail? I don't think so. 174 00:08:02.920 --> 00:08:05.879 I wondered, did a waiter or waitress ever see you 175 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:09.360 doing it? And like, is do they work for us? Yeah? 176 00:08:09.399 --> 00:08:12.120 Well, they probably assume I just knew the couple. Ye right, 177 00:08:12.759 --> 00:08:15.360 Hey does this guy know every couple of a lot 178 00:08:15.399 --> 00:08:18.759 of people? So yeah, I guess the last one would 179 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:20.560 have to be me. I guess that is. Although I've 180 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:22.199 never done anything quite like. 181 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:24.879 This, comes up with some great questions. 182 00:08:25.120 --> 00:08:26.839 Well most of these were me. I was four out 183 00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:30.360 of five, but probably just because they're all silly. Yeah right, 184 00:08:30.399 --> 00:08:33.240 and I'm sort of that way. Yeah. So yeah, that's 185 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:36.159 that's pretty good funny. Yeah. Hey, well, hey listen, we're 186 00:08:36.159 --> 00:08:40.720 gonna jump right into First Samuel chapter nine, and today 187 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:43.399 we're going to see that Saul gets annointed as king, 188 00:08:44.440 --> 00:08:45.799 the first king of Israel. And if you were with 189 00:08:45.879 --> 00:08:49.559 us on Friday, actually on Thursday, we ended really because 190 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:52.919 Friday was a special five hundredth episode. Yeah, so this 191 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:54.399 is the five hundred and first episode. 192 00:08:54.480 --> 00:08:55.039 Yeah. Uh. 193 00:08:55.320 --> 00:09:01.000 And so anyway, Saul was chosen as king because it 194 00:09:01.080 --> 00:09:04.720 was a good idea, but because God was It literally 195 00:09:04.759 --> 00:09:08.600 says the scripture says that God was tired of Israel's 196 00:09:08.600 --> 00:09:12.919 complaining and uh. And so God told Samuel, the prophet, 197 00:09:12.960 --> 00:09:16.559 the last judge actually of Israel. And God told Samuel 198 00:09:16.559 --> 00:09:19.879 and said, I'm tired of Israel always wanting a king. 199 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:23.279 They don't want me as king, so we're just going 200 00:09:23.360 --> 00:09:26.559 to let them do everything they want because I'm tired 201 00:09:26.600 --> 00:09:29.399 of them continuing to ask. But I want you to 202 00:09:29.480 --> 00:09:32.519 tell the people what's going to happen to them. So 203 00:09:32.559 --> 00:09:34.519 Samuel then says, hey, if you get a king and 204 00:09:34.519 --> 00:09:36.720 you're ruled by king like other nations, these are the 205 00:09:36.720 --> 00:09:38.480 things that are going to happen to you, And he 206 00:09:38.639 --> 00:09:40.519 gives them all these warnings, which, by the way, all 207 00:09:40.559 --> 00:09:43.360 of them come into fruition, you know, more than once, 208 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:47.600 I'm sure, and the Israelites, the leaders in the in 209 00:09:47.679 --> 00:09:50.159 the town or in the nation, I guess would would 210 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:52.960 would still say, yes, we understand those things, but we 211 00:09:53.000 --> 00:09:57.039 still want to be like everybody else. And so Saul 212 00:09:57.200 --> 00:10:00.080 is about to get chosen by God, and and and 213 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:01.360 and that's where we pick up today. 214 00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:04.360 And we're going to extend this a little Chris. We're 215 00:10:04.360 --> 00:10:08.159 going to go first Samuel nine fifteen through twenty seven, 216 00:10:08.559 --> 00:10:11.559 and Jess for context. Yep, we're going to do first 217 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:15.600 Samuel chapter ten one through eight in conjunction with that, 218 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:18.559 just so everyone gets a clear picture of what's happening here. 219 00:10:18.759 --> 00:10:21.879 So first Samuel nine fifteen says, now, the Lord had 220 00:10:21.919 --> 00:10:25.799 told Samuel the previous day about this time tomorrow, I 221 00:10:25.840 --> 00:10:28.120 will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, 222 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:30.960 anoint him to be the leader of my people Israel. 223 00:10:31.519 --> 00:10:34.399 He will rescue them from the Philistines, for I have 224 00:10:34.519 --> 00:10:37.200 looked down on my people in mercy and have hurt 225 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:41.480 their cry. When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said, that's 226 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:44.480 the man I told you about. He will rule my people. 227 00:10:45.240 --> 00:10:49.080 Just then, Saul approached Samuel at the gateway and asked, 228 00:10:49.159 --> 00:10:51.879 can you please tell me where the Seer's house is 229 00:10:52.559 --> 00:10:56.240 verse nineteen. I am the seer, Samuel said, go up 230 00:10:56.240 --> 00:10:58.679 to the place of worship ahead of me. We will 231 00:10:58.679 --> 00:11:01.080 eat there together, and in the morning, I will tell 232 00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:03.519 you what you want to know and send you on 233 00:11:03.600 --> 00:11:07.120 your way. And don't worry about those donkeys that were 234 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:10.000 lost three days ago, for they have been found. And 235 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:12.080 I am here to tell you that you and your 236 00:11:12.120 --> 00:11:16.200 family are the focus of all israel hopes of Israel's 237 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:20.840 hopes Verse twenty one. Saul replied, but I'm only from 238 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:23.840 the tribe of Benjamin, the smallest tribe in Israel, and 239 00:11:23.919 --> 00:11:26.919 my family is the least important of all the families 240 00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:30.080 in that tribe. Why are you talking like this to me? 241 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:34.360 Verse twenty two. Then Samuel brought Saul and his servant 242 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:36.639 into the hall and placed them at the head of 243 00:11:36.639 --> 00:11:41.440 the table, honoring them above the thirty special guests. Samuel 244 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:44.879 then instructed the cook to bring us Saul the finest 245 00:11:44.879 --> 00:11:47.480 cut of meat, the piece that had been set aside 246 00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:50.000 for the guest of honor. So the cook brought in 247 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:52.759 the meat and placed it before Saul. Go ahead and 248 00:11:52.759 --> 00:11:55.519 eat it, Samuel said, I was saving it for you 249 00:11:55.759 --> 00:11:59.200 even before I invited these others. So Saul ate with 250 00:11:59.320 --> 00:12:02.279 Samuel that day when they came down from the place 251 00:12:02.320 --> 00:12:05.799 of worship and returned to town. Samuel took Saul up 252 00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:08.240 to the roof of the house and prepared a bed 253 00:12:08.320 --> 00:12:12.200 for him there. At daybreak the next morning, Samuel called 254 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:15.200 to Saul, get up, it's time for you. It's time 255 00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:17.879 you were on your way. So Saul got ready and 256 00:12:17.919 --> 00:12:21.120 he and Samuel left the house together. When they reached 257 00:12:21.159 --> 00:12:24.279 the edge of town, Samuel told Saul to send his 258 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:28.279 servant on ahead. After the servant was gone, Samuel said, 259 00:12:28.720 --> 00:12:33.039 stay here, for I have received a special message for 260 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:36.759 you from God. Now we pick up here for Samuel 261 00:12:36.840 --> 00:12:39.559 ten one through eight, it says. Then Samuel took a 262 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:42.679 flask of oil and poured it over Saul's head. He 263 00:12:42.799 --> 00:12:45.799 kissed Saul and said, I am doing this because the 264 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:48.919 Lord has appointed you to be the ruler over Israel, 265 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:54.639 his special possession. When you leave me today, you will 266 00:12:54.679 --> 00:12:59.240 see two men beside Rachel's tomb at Zelza on the 267 00:12:59.240 --> 00:13:02.200 border of Benja. They will tell you that the donkeys 268 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:04.559 have been found and that your father has stopped worrying 269 00:13:04.639 --> 00:13:07.600 about them and is now worried about you. He is 270 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:10.879 asking have you seen my son? When you get to 271 00:13:10.919 --> 00:13:14.159 the oak of Tabor, you will see three men coming 272 00:13:14.200 --> 00:13:17.080 toward you who are on their way to worship God 273 00:13:17.120 --> 00:13:21.279 at Bethel. One will be bringing three young goats, another 274 00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:23.879 will have three loaves of bread, and the third will 275 00:13:23.919 --> 00:13:27.000 be carrying a wine skin full of wine. They will 276 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:29.720 greet you and offer you two of the loaves, which 277 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:33.679 you are to accept. When you arride at Gibea of God, 278 00:13:34.039 --> 00:13:37.200 where the garrison of the Philistines is located, you will 279 00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:40.120 meet a band of prophets coming down from the place 280 00:13:40.200 --> 00:13:43.879 of worship. They will be playing a harp, a tambourine, 281 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:47.039 a flute, and a leer, and they will be prophesying 282 00:13:47.440 --> 00:13:50.360 verse six. At that time, the spirit of the Lord 283 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:53.879 will come powerfully upon you, and you will prophesy with them. 284 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:57.399 You will be changed into a different person after these 285 00:13:57.480 --> 00:14:01.559 signs take place. Do so what must be done for 286 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:05.240 God is with you. Then go down to Gilgal ahead 287 00:14:05.240 --> 00:14:08.080 of me. I would join you there to sacrifice burnt 288 00:14:08.080 --> 00:14:11.879 offerings and peace offerings. You must wait for seven days 289 00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:15.080 until I arrive and give you further instructions. 290 00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:21.840 Wow. So there it is the story of Saul getting annoyed, 291 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:24.559 the very first king of all of Israel. I love 292 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:28.279 how it says he describes Israel and says it's God's 293 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:32.039 prize possession. Yeah, and back then, of course we know 294 00:14:32.120 --> 00:14:35.080 that Israel are, you know, God's chosen people. And what's 295 00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:37.320 so great about that is is that we know that 296 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:39.879 when Jesus Christ, you know, since then, of course Jesus 297 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:42.799 Christ has come, he died on the cross for all 298 00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:47.159 of our sins. And then Jesus then says that, you know, 299 00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:50.840 his sacrifice is not just for the Jewish people, but 300 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:54.159 for everybody. Right, and then the New Testament calls us 301 00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:58.960 his prize possessions. Right, Ephesians calls us God's masterpiece. Right, 302 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:02.080 So we now are the prize possessions. Yeah, which is 303 00:15:02.080 --> 00:15:02.559 pretty cool. 304 00:15:02.600 --> 00:15:05.720 Yeah, that's awesome. Yeah. Another point that I see in 305 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:08.360 here in verse twenty one. And I love this because 306 00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:11.519 a lot of people deal with this personally. Verse twenty one, 307 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:15.120 says Saul replied, but I'm only from the tribe of Benjamin, 308 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:18.080 the smallest tribe in Israel, and my family is the 309 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:20.799 least important of all the families in that tribe. And 310 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:23.159 this is funny to me. Why are you talking like 311 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:26.480 this to me? So I think that's so funny, how 312 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:30.519 he's looking down upon himself and looking down upon his 313 00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:34.720 humble beginnings. But God can use you with your humble 314 00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:37.320 beginnings to do amazing things. Yeah, that's what I think 315 00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:40.559 a lot of times people like to discount where they are, 316 00:15:40.639 --> 00:15:44.759 or discount their experiences, or discount where they come from. 317 00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:46.759 But God can use all of those things to do 318 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:47.600 amazing things. 319 00:15:47.759 --> 00:15:49.720 Yeah. And I think that people feel that way not 320 00:15:49.799 --> 00:15:52.799 only based on things out of their control, yeah, but 321 00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:55.200 also things that were in their control, like, for instance, 322 00:15:55.240 --> 00:15:59.440 like past mistakes. Yeah. Right, So we sometimes disqualify ourselves 323 00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:03.639 and deem our ourselves as unworthy. And yes, there there 324 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:07.000 are consequences of sin uh you know, and mistakes in 325 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:10.240 our lives. We wreak havoc, we destroy relationships, right, we 326 00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:13.600 gain bad reputations. Right, we have to you know, serve 327 00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:16.320 our way back in and prove our faithfulness in some 328 00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:19.960 areas to either family members or you know, maybe leadership positions. 329 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:22.519 And you know, those things are definitely true. But in 330 00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:26.200 terms of worthiness, in terms of you know, being worthy 331 00:16:26.320 --> 00:16:30.639 to you know, minister, being worthy to bless others, being 332 00:16:30.679 --> 00:16:33.720 worthy to you know, teach the word you know, or 333 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:35.799 deliver the word of God or share the word of God. 334 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:36.759 You know. 335 00:16:36.960 --> 00:16:42.600 I think that oftentimes we disqualify ourselves because of our sin, 336 00:16:43.240 --> 00:16:44.519 you know, and I and I and I get we 337 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:46.120 have to be faithful in order to hold a spiritual 338 00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:48.519 leadership position. That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking 339 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:52.919 about every Christian is blessed with you know, the New 340 00:16:52.919 --> 00:16:57.039 Testament calls us we're the priesthood of believers, right. You know, 341 00:16:57.120 --> 00:16:59.679 it's so funny. Didn't you grow up in the church 342 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:01.759 and you've probably even a part of a church where 343 00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:03.600 the pastor was expected to do everything. 344 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:06.759 Yeah, that's how it was. The pastor. You were expected 345 00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:09.680 to be the counselor. You were expected to do the weddings, 346 00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:13.599 the funerals, to the do the hospital visits, to like everything. 347 00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:15.599 You were like the one man show. 348 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:19.039 Right right. And yet it's pretty clear and Ephesians as 349 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:22.240 well that that it says that, you know, he God 350 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:26.680 gifts those different types of people to fulfill those leadership roles. Right. 351 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:28.680 So he says to some, he gave the gift to 352 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:31.920 be the apostles, to some, he gave the gift of profits, 353 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:34.519 to some, he gave the gift of evangelists, and some 354 00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:37.240 pastors and some teachers, and everybody is a different role 355 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:43.000 to play. And all that all that to say, you know, uh, 356 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:44.519 kind of, I'm kind of getting off on a little 357 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:45.279 bit of a tangent here. 358 00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:47.000 That's a good, good angle. 359 00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:50.400 Yeah, yeah, yeah, Well, you know, there's not one pastor 360 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:53.079 that can fulfill all those things, which is why number 361 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:54.519 one pastors get burnt out. 362 00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:56.440 And I was just going to say that that's why 363 00:17:56.480 --> 00:17:59.160 a lot of pastors are burnt out because you're trying 364 00:17:59.160 --> 00:18:02.799 to be super man and in God. According to the 365 00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:06.599 New Testament, when you look at the early Church and 366 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:09.920 like the job responsibility of a pastor, it was not 367 00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:13.759 to be superman and do everything. And we see that 368 00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:15.400 in different areas in the New Testament. 369 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:17.680 Yeah, and it's in the reality is that nobody's gifted 370 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:20.599 at all those things, which is why you know, right 371 00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:23.160 now you are as a listener, you know a pastor 372 00:18:23.359 --> 00:18:27.440 who's incredibly gifted at counseling, but he's a horrible speaker, right, 373 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:30.200 and you're like, get that guy off the platform, get 374 00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:32.079 him out of the pulpe. But man, is he a 375 00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:34.000 great guy, And man does he have a lot of 376 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:36.480 wisdom counseling because that's his gift. Yes, he has the 377 00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:39.720 pastor gift, right. And then there's some guys who they're 378 00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:43.920 great at teaching, but they're actually really really poor at leadership, right, 379 00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:47.000 because you can't find somebody. So whatever you're gifted at 380 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:50.359 as a leader, you have to surround yourself with others. Now, 381 00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:53.400 that's the flip side of really the heart of the scripture. 382 00:18:53.680 --> 00:18:55.960 The heart of the scripture is is that what I'm 383 00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:59.920 trying to say is that don't disqualify yourself from me 384 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:03.920 a minister, because you are gifted as a minister, and 385 00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:06.880 God never intended you know, the pastor or the leader, 386 00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:10.319 or the chosen one to lead in every capacity. You 387 00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:14.000 do not disqualify yourself because in the New Testament, we 388 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:17.480 are the priesthood of every believer. And so here's the reality. 389 00:19:17.920 --> 00:19:21.960 My title is pastor, but actually I would say a 390 00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:26.039 third of my church are actually better pastors than me, right, 391 00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:30.480 because the gift of pastor is counseling, it is one 392 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:34.759 on one, It is shepherding, it is carrying, And that's 393 00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:38.000 actually my least of all five of those gifts, that's 394 00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:42.440 the least gift. So Saul is disqualifying himself. But actually, 395 00:19:43.640 --> 00:19:46.880 you know you've been gifted by the not because you're 396 00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:50.200 you know, you're great in and of yourself because God 397 00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:52.960 has gifted you, which is why it says the spirit 398 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:56.720 came upon him and you will become a different person right. 399 00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:59.720 Now, even from a slightly different angle. Chris, what about 400 00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:04.720 the because of their past sins they feel that they 401 00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:08.559