WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.720 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 --> 00:00:13.800 practical ways. You know how presumptuous that they think we're friends? 4 00:00:14.359 --> 00:00:14.960 Who wrote it? 5 00:00:15.199 --> 00:00:15.439 Yeah? 6 00:00:15.519 --> 00:00:16.120 Who wrote that? 7 00:00:16.199 --> 00:00:16.879 Who did write that? 8 00:00:16.920 --> 00:00:21.239 Couple of friends? Yeah, you're my buddy, You're my buddy. 9 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:22.079 We have a good time to. 10 00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:25.160 Get Welcome to the Bible Guys, where two friends Chris 11 00:00:25.199 --> 00:00:27.839 and Jeff are talking about the Bible and fun and 12 00:00:27.879 --> 00:00:28.480 practical ways. 13 00:00:28.559 --> 00:00:31.920 Yes, which I think this is all we do. So 14 00:00:31.920 --> 00:00:33.759 if we don't have fun doing this, well, I mean 15 00:00:33.799 --> 00:00:37.079 we pastor, but we just do Bible stuff sure, all 16 00:00:37.119 --> 00:00:39.159 the time. So if we don't have fun doing Bible stuff, 17 00:00:39.159 --> 00:00:39.960 then we don't get to have fun. 18 00:00:40.039 --> 00:00:41.520 Then you don't get to have fun because there's always 19 00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:42.679 Bible stuff all the time. 20 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:46.640 That's right, It's all the Bible all the time. 21 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:48.880 Hey. And you know what, here's the thing. God gives 22 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:51.960 us joy and laughter for a reason. It's a gift, 23 00:00:52.479 --> 00:00:56.359 which is why I believe that laughter should be in 24 00:00:56.399 --> 00:00:58.880 the in the appropriate times, a part of even like 25 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:00.000 a Sunday morning experience. 26 00:01:00.159 --> 00:01:04.879 Oh sure absolutely. Solomon talks about how laughter works good 27 00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:05.680 like a medicine. 28 00:01:05.719 --> 00:01:07.120 That's right, right, that's true. 29 00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:10.319 Having a little bit of fun is good. And then practical. 30 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:13.359 Both of us are pretty pragmatic people, very practical people. 31 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:16.519 And so that's what that's what the where the God 32 00:01:16.719 --> 00:01:17.799 the work will. 33 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:19.519 No good good, that's what you said. 34 00:01:19.640 --> 00:01:22.480 Hey, that's what the word of God, that's a lot 35 00:01:22.480 --> 00:01:25.319 of ws is for. That's what the word God is for. 36 00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:26.280 For practical application. 37 00:01:26.519 --> 00:01:28.959 Well, Jesus said that a wise person hears his words 38 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:31.799 and does them. That's the application. That's a foolish person 39 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:34.319 here's his words and doesn't do them. So it turns 40 00:01:34.359 --> 00:01:38.319 out everybody hears the words, right, both sides. Here the words, 41 00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:40.239 but a wise person applies them. 42 00:01:40.359 --> 00:01:40.680 That's right. 43 00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:42.719 So we're just wise Bible guys. 44 00:01:43.319 --> 00:01:44.959 So we have to get onto our segment. 45 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:49.519 Well, well, you sound eager, you sound super excited. Everybody 46 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:53.920 knows it's Friday, which means everybody knows all your fans, well, 47 00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:54.599 rumor has it? 48 00:01:54.680 --> 00:01:56.159 Now? Do it on Friday? Well? 49 00:01:56.280 --> 00:01:58.400 Almost always? When was the last time we didn't do 50 00:01:58.400 --> 00:01:59.000 it on Friday? 51 00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:01.319 No, I'm sorry, I said that wrong. We don't do 52 00:02:01.359 --> 00:02:02.599 it every every Friday. 53 00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:06.159 That's what everybody has a hope. So when we don't 54 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:07.879 do it is we disciput point in our fan base. 55 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:13.479 But everybody, everybody loves Chris Sarbaugh, and they particularly love 56 00:02:13.560 --> 00:02:16.319 this segment. This is their favorite, the favorite segment, and 57 00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:21.520 that is to do what made Chris mad this week. Yes, 58 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:23.199 and you immediately said, oh, I know. 59 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:26.719 Yeah, because I just had this conversation. I just had 60 00:02:26.759 --> 00:02:27.439 this conversation. 61 00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:29.719 And let me say this before you before you go. 62 00:02:30.639 --> 00:02:32.759 You are not mad for you. No, this is what 63 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:35.439 we've learned, and this is why people love you. You 64 00:02:35.479 --> 00:02:38.360 are mad on behalf of the world, all the rest 65 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:39.039 of humanity. 66 00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:39.560 That's right. 67 00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:43.240 So thank you in advance for your rage and outrage, 68 00:02:43.719 --> 00:02:46.199 your voice. Yes, thank you speak up for those who 69 00:02:46.199 --> 00:02:47.240 can't speak up for themselves. 70 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:52.639 This one goes out to specifically all the Michiganders, so 71 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:55.840 be careful. No, no, it's a good thing, Okay, because 72 00:02:55.879 --> 00:02:58.599 I believe everybody will relate to exactly what I'm going 73 00:02:58.639 --> 00:03:02.919 to say. Okay, I am mad. That spring really isn't spring. 74 00:03:03.439 --> 00:03:05.879 It is a winter that goes directly in the summer. 75 00:03:06.960 --> 00:03:07.680 That's what it is. 76 00:03:07.960 --> 00:03:08.960 We get a little spring. 77 00:03:09.199 --> 00:03:13.599 It's thirty something degrees today, thirty something. We're a few 78 00:03:13.639 --> 00:03:18.800 degrees above freezing the water in my bird bath. I mean, 79 00:03:18.840 --> 00:03:21.680 come on, it is crazy. And so you know, they 80 00:03:21.719 --> 00:03:23.439 always say, if you don't like the weather in Michigan, 81 00:03:23.520 --> 00:03:25.759 wait five minutes. And then the other saying that goes 82 00:03:25.800 --> 00:03:29.159 along with spring is dressing layers. Well, guess what, what 83 00:03:29.240 --> 00:03:32.599 if that's not my style? What if I hate layers? 84 00:03:32.840 --> 00:03:35.360 And then also if you have layers, then you take 85 00:03:35.400 --> 00:03:37.759 off a layer, then you have to carry the layer around, 86 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:40.319 and then you have to check the weather every morning. 87 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:42.719 And sometimes I get it wrong because I'm in a rush, 88 00:03:43.039 --> 00:03:44.599 and so I'll go out one day and it's like, 89 00:03:44.639 --> 00:03:47.240 oh my goodness, And legitimately this was two days ago, 90 00:03:47.639 --> 00:03:49.919 sixty eight degrees that I run outside. I'm like, I'm 91 00:03:49.919 --> 00:03:52.000 wearing a long sleeve. I'm gonna run back inside. I'm 92 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:53.800 gonna get a T shirt, come back outside. I'm like, 93 00:03:53.840 --> 00:03:56.319 oh my goodness, sixty degrees almost seventy degrees, so amazing. 94 00:03:56.639 --> 00:03:58.080 And then the next day I get up and I 95 00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:00.879 forgot I forgot to check the weather. I walk outside 96 00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:04.280 in a short sleeve shirt and it is forty six 97 00:04:04.719 --> 00:04:08.439 degrees and I'm like, how did that happen? Right? And 98 00:04:08.520 --> 00:04:13.199 so the spring is really not spring y'all. It goes 99 00:04:13.400 --> 00:04:16.759 right from winter in the summer. And yes it does 100 00:04:16.839 --> 00:04:20.480 rain a lot, and yes there are buds everywhere with flowers, 101 00:04:21.040 --> 00:04:24.600 but it's winter, and then we get snows, late snows. 102 00:04:24.800 --> 00:04:26.800 There's a good chance a little snow in May. It's 103 00:04:26.839 --> 00:04:28.759 only April, and I bet you it might snow in May. 104 00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:30.800 Well, I'm going to try to be as delicate as 105 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:32.439 I can in my response. 106 00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:34.360 I don't going to defend Michigan. 107 00:04:34.360 --> 00:04:36.319 Well, no, I don't think Liz is going to like this, 108 00:04:37.040 --> 00:04:39.000 because who's in charge of the seasons? 109 00:04:40.040 --> 00:04:40.399 God? 110 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:42.399 So who are you mad at? 111 00:04:43.639 --> 00:04:43.959 Oh? 112 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:46.480 This is se this got you. We went to dinner. 113 00:04:46.800 --> 00:04:51.600 We went to dinner before and Liz was you're not happy. 114 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:54.800 You're going to rehash with the fact that you were 115 00:04:54.839 --> 00:04:57.399 mad at God about something and then now here we are. 116 00:04:57.439 --> 00:05:00.399 You didn't learn your lessons the unhealthy food versus Yeah, 117 00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:03.000 that's unhealthy food versus right, Why got to make all 118 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:05.079 the good taste and stuff fat? 119 00:05:05.480 --> 00:05:07.879 I tried to keep it on the weather in Michigan, 120 00:05:08.319 --> 00:05:12.439 and you are tying it back to God rehashing well. 121 00:05:12.319 --> 00:05:13.120 Who made the weather? 122 00:05:13.560 --> 00:05:18.519 Well, who made humanity? Instead of ultimately the system of everything. 123 00:05:18.519 --> 00:05:19.120 I'm mad at Well. 124 00:05:19.120 --> 00:05:23.000 God didn't make people sin, but he does make the sun, 125 00:05:23.079 --> 00:05:24.920 the moon and the stars and everything in it. 126 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:33.560 Fine, fine, then I withdraw my Yes, I'm no longer 127 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:35.560 mad at the weather. No, no, no, no, no. 128 00:05:35.839 --> 00:05:38.560 I do agree with you, though it can be mad 129 00:05:38.560 --> 00:05:38.759 in the. 130 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:41.480 Well how about that? Well, how about this? I don't 131 00:05:41.519 --> 00:05:43.079 have to live in Michigan. That's my choice. 132 00:05:43.240 --> 00:05:45.000 Oh there you Yeah, blame yourself. 133 00:05:45.319 --> 00:05:49.480 So I'm mad at me. Yeah, Chris mad. 134 00:05:50.639 --> 00:05:54.639 God's like man madp Okay, Chris is taking responsibility. I'm 135 00:05:54.680 --> 00:05:57.560 so mad taking responsibility for the fact that even though 136 00:05:57.560 --> 00:05:59.839 he has an app on his phone, he doesn't look 137 00:05:59.839 --> 00:06:01.279 at it before he goes outside. 138 00:06:01.399 --> 00:06:04.800 Hey, listen, can I just say this. I'm mad at 139 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:07.120 the fact that I love everything about Michigan except for 140 00:06:07.120 --> 00:06:12.519 the weather. So why can't Michigan have weather that's not 141 00:06:12.680 --> 00:06:12.959 like this? 142 00:06:13.240 --> 00:06:14.519 How long have you lived in Michigan? 143 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:16.079 Twenty years? Okay? 144 00:06:16.480 --> 00:06:18.720 Yeah, so I lived here my whole life, except for 145 00:06:18.759 --> 00:06:20.399 just a few years when I was out serving in 146 00:06:20.439 --> 00:06:23.639 other states. You see how snappy your dresser I am? 147 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:25.120 Yeah, I see this. 148 00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:27.439 I'm wearing this vest that's one layer. I wore a 149 00:06:27.519 --> 00:06:30.360 light jacket over top of it. I've got this thin, 150 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:31.600 little long ste thing. 151 00:06:31.639 --> 00:06:34.839 T shirts're hot in this room. I can take the 152 00:06:34.920 --> 00:06:36.240 layers out, the layers. 153 00:06:36.959 --> 00:06:38.279 Do you know what I do that? I do that 154 00:06:38.720 --> 00:06:40.240 every day? Do you know? Do you know why? 155 00:06:40.480 --> 00:06:40.680 Why? 156 00:06:40.759 --> 00:06:44.519 Because it's April. I don't know if you heard, I 157 00:06:44.560 --> 00:06:47.639 don't know if you heard weather changes wow. 158 00:06:48.160 --> 00:06:51.759 Wow. So so usually you're very supportive of. 159 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:53.160 My Yeah, I'm going to it's mad. 160 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:56.040 Yeah, but you're not this one, not this one. You're 161 00:06:56.079 --> 00:06:57.319 going to say you're not with me. 162 00:06:57.399 --> 00:06:59.360 We love this. It's one of the advantages of living 163 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:01.879 in Michigan is the seasons. 164 00:07:02.439 --> 00:07:06.480 Well, I'm still mad. I'm just I'm just. 165 00:07:08.279 --> 00:07:09.600 I'm going to lean in. I'm going to lean in 166 00:07:09.600 --> 00:07:15.639 and protect all the Michigan people. Where were you born, Chris, Ohio? Okay, 167 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:19.759 that's it, that's it. That's the problem. That's the problem. 168 00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:21.800 You can't appreciate. Heaven problem. 169 00:07:22.040 --> 00:07:24.000 I guess what. Ohio actually, believe it or not, has 170 00:07:24.120 --> 00:07:26.720 better weather than Michigan. Slightly, it's very similar. 171 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:30.480 But it's like, I've never heard Ohio person say that 172 00:07:31.720 --> 00:07:35.120 Ohio had anything a little less than Michigan. You guys 173 00:07:35.160 --> 00:07:37.399 always tell us everything's just a little better than Ohio. 174 00:07:37.560 --> 00:07:41.199 It's not true, not true. I can barely breathe in Ohio. 175 00:07:41.240 --> 00:07:42.879 I have to hold my breath all the way through 176 00:07:42.879 --> 00:07:51.319 the state. So anyways, that's it. No wonder, no wonder. 177 00:07:51.360 --> 00:07:54.839 You're talking smack about Michigan's because you ain't from here. 178 00:07:54.600 --> 00:07:56.959 You are something funny. We have to go, but you 179 00:07:56.959 --> 00:07:59.839 can move on. But every time you make fun of Ohio, 180 00:08:00.439 --> 00:08:02.920 my instinct is to come back at you and make 181 00:08:02.959 --> 00:08:06.360 fun of something that you love. But the opposite of 182 00:08:06.720 --> 00:08:09.399 people hating Ohio is people hating Michigan, because you know 183 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:12.839 Ohioans do that. But I live in Michigan, so I 184 00:08:12.879 --> 00:08:15.480 can't put down Michigan. So every time you Ohio put 185 00:08:15.480 --> 00:08:16.120 down Ohio, I have. 186 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:18.240 No defense because you are welcome to go back to 187 00:08:18.279 --> 00:08:21.199 Ohio anytime you want, am I yeah, And then you 188 00:08:21.199 --> 00:08:22.240 can speak freely there. 189 00:08:22.519 --> 00:08:28.519 I see. Well I was awesome the end. 190 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:34.879 That's what you say? Yes, okay, speaking of saying things, wow, 191 00:08:35.159 --> 00:08:37.799 I don't know. Do you have one? The Bible says, 192 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:39.919 do you have a transition into this one? 193 00:08:40.360 --> 00:08:41.799 Well, I'll say this. 194 00:08:43.480 --> 00:08:45.679 You know what makes me sick Ohio? Do you know 195 00:08:45.679 --> 00:08:46.519 who else was sick? 196 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:50.919 There you go. I'll take that one. I had one, 197 00:08:51.279 --> 00:08:53.440 but that one's better. That's good. 198 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:54.919 Okay, Okay, there you go. 199 00:08:55.480 --> 00:08:57.919 So Hezekiah is about to get sick. 200 00:08:58.440 --> 00:09:03.720 Right. He was very wealthy. He was highly honored. He 201 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:08.919 built treasury buildings for silver. He did all kinds of stuff, right, 202 00:09:09.600 --> 00:09:15.240 And while they were under a siege by Assyria, he 203 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:19.440 dug a tunnel. He blocked up the guy Han it's 204 00:09:19.480 --> 00:09:23.360 like a river, a creek, and then he built this 205 00:09:23.440 --> 00:09:26.519 tunnel underneath the thing. I walked through it, which is crazy, 206 00:09:26.639 --> 00:09:28.759 which is really really cool. Yeah, it's under the city 207 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:30.879 of Jerusalem. Walked from one end to the other. It 208 00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:32.399 took I don't know, it took a long time. It's 209 00:09:32.480 --> 00:09:35.320 very dark, and the walls were really tight, and they 210 00:09:35.399 --> 00:09:37.559 literally they dug from two different directions at the same 211 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:41.240 time to keep the water flowing inside the city when 212 00:09:41.240 --> 00:09:43.279 they were under siege, because if you don't have water. 213 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:44.360 Siege doesn't last very long. 214 00:09:44.440 --> 00:09:47.519 Right, So he did that. He was very very prosperous. 215 00:09:48.039 --> 00:09:54.799 And then they win. He wins this siege not because 216 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:56.919 he did anything, but because God came in and Wi 217 00:09:57.360 --> 00:10:00.720 White wipes out one hundred and eighty five thousand Assyrians, 218 00:10:00.720 --> 00:10:04.279 and Snacker believes and God did that with one angel. 219 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:09.360 And then the Babylonians come and they're like, wow, dude, 220 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:14.360 you are really impressive. And Hezekiah takes a little bit 221 00:10:14.399 --> 00:10:15.639 of credit. 222 00:10:15.720 --> 00:10:16.039 Credit. 223 00:10:16.200 --> 00:10:19.000 Yeah, so when you look, you can look into second chronicles. 224 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:23.399 You can see it in second kings. And then also 225 00:10:23.480 --> 00:10:27.759 you have here this happens in his own life, and 226 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:31.440 you have this piece in Isaiah chapter thirty eight. The 227 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:35.360 Bible says that God withdrew from Hezekiah and in order 228 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:37.159 to test him and to see what was really in 229 00:10:37.159 --> 00:10:41.240 his heart. And it says in Isaiah thirty eight about 230 00:10:41.279 --> 00:10:43.879 that time, Hezekiah became deathly ill, and the prophet Isaiah 231 00:10:44.039 --> 00:10:47.120 son of Amos went to visit him, and he gave 232 00:10:47.159 --> 00:10:49.279 the king this message, this is what the Lord says, 233 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:52.440 set your affairs in order for your going to die. 234 00:10:52.759 --> 00:10:56.799 You will not recover from this illness. When Hazekiah heard this, 235 00:10:56.879 --> 00:10:58.639 he turned his face to the wall and prayed to 236 00:10:58.679 --> 00:11:01.679 the Lord, Remember, oh Lord, how I've always been faithful 237 00:11:01.720 --> 00:11:04.360 to you and have served you single mindedly, always doing 238 00:11:04.399 --> 00:11:07.080 what pleased you. And then he broke down and wept bitterly. 239 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:10.039 Then this message came to Isaiah from the Lord, go 240 00:11:10.120 --> 00:11:12.519 back to Hezekiah and tell him this is what the Lord, 241 00:11:12.559 --> 00:11:15.240 the God of your ancestor David says. I've heard your 242 00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:18.039 prayer and seen your tears. I will add fifteen years 243 00:11:18.080 --> 00:11:20.039 to your life, and I will rescue you and this 244 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:22.919 city from the King of Assyria. Yes, I will defend 245 00:11:22.919 --> 00:11:25.279 this city. And this is the sign from the Lord 246 00:11:25.360 --> 00:11:27.679 to prove that he will do as he has promised. 247 00:11:27.879 --> 00:11:30.200 I will cause the sun's shadow to move ten steps 248 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:34.080 backward on the sundial of Ah has so the shadow 249 00:11:34.080 --> 00:11:36.360 on the sun dial move back ten steps. Is that 250 00:11:36.399 --> 00:11:36.960 ten hours? 251 00:11:38.120 --> 00:11:41.200 Oh? I think that's probably it's ten steps, right. Each 252 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:42.399 slime is a steps. Wow. 253 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:45.720 When King Hezekiah was well again, he wrote this poem. 254 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:47.799 I said, in the prime of my life, must I 255 00:11:47.840 --> 00:11:49.759 now enter the place of the dead? Am I to 256 00:11:49.759 --> 00:11:51.840 be robbed of the rest of my years? I said, 257 00:11:51.879 --> 00:11:54.120 Never again while I see the Lord God, while I still, 258 00:11:54.360 --> 00:11:56.519 while still in the land of the living. Never again 259 00:11:56.559 --> 00:11:58.240 while I see my friends or be with those who 260 00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:00.799 live in this world. My life is blown away like 261 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:03.000 a shepherd's tent in a storm, and has been cut short, 262 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:05.120 as when a weaver cuts cloth from a loom, and 263 00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:08.600 suddenly my life was over. I waited patiently all night, 264 00:12:08.840 --> 00:12:11.720 but I was torn apart as though by lions. Suddenly 265 00:12:11.759 --> 00:12:15.039 my life was over. Delirious, I chattered like a swallow 266 00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:18.039 or a crane, and then I moaned like a mourning dove. 267 00:12:18.679 --> 00:12:20.759 My eyes grew tired of looking to Heaven for help. 268 00:12:21.240 --> 00:12:24.080 I am in trouble. Lord, help me. What could I say? 269 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:27.879 For he himself sent this sickness. Now I will walk 270 00:12:27.960 --> 00:12:31.600 humbly throughout my years because of this anguish I have felt. Lord, 271 00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:34.240 your discipline is good, for it leads to life and health. 272 00:12:34.679 --> 00:12:37.240 You restore my health and allow me to live. Yes, 273 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:39.559 this anguish was good for me, for you have rescued 274 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:42.200 me from death and forgiven all my sins. For the 275 00:12:42.240 --> 00:12:45.080 dead cannot praise, They cannot raise their voices in praise. 276 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:47.159 Those who go down to the grave can no longer 277 00:12:47.200 --> 00:12:49.960 hope in your faithfulness. Only the living can praise you, 278 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:53.279 as I do today. Each generation tells of your faithfulness 279 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:56.000 to the next. Think of it. The Lord is ready 280 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:58.600 to heal me. I will sing his praises with instruments 281 00:12:58.639 --> 00:13:00.320 every day of my life. In the Temple of the Lord, 282 00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:04.000 Isaiah had said to Hezekiah's servants make an ointment from 283 00:13:04.039 --> 00:13:06.519 figs and spread it over the boil, and Hezekiah will recover. 284 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:09.799 Hezekiah had asked, what sign will prove that, I'll go 285 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:13.039 to the temple of the Lord and God heals him. 286 00:13:14.840 --> 00:13:19.080 Wow, good, that's great. There you go, and the life happen. 287 00:13:19.120 --> 00:13:21.279 Kats and study. Bible actually has a photo of the 288 00:13:21.279 --> 00:13:23.080 Hezekiah tunnel. Yeah. 289 00:13:23.320 --> 00:13:24.519 Yeah, that's what made me think of it when I 290 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:26.000 start talking about it, and I forgot to mention it. 291 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:32.320 Yeah, that's really nifty. So so Hezekia becomes ill. And 292 00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:35.320 then it says he when he heard this, he turned 293 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:38.159 to the face of the wall and praise the Lord. Remember, 294 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:41.200 o Lord, that I've always been faithful to you, and 295 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:44.080 I've served you single mindedly, always doing what pleases you. 296 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:47.799 And he broke down and wet bitterly. So he's feeling 297 00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:51.120 bad for taking credit. He's feeling bad for, you know, 298 00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:54.039 his entire life he has served God. And now he's 299 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:56.480 realizing that he's become ill at the end of his 300 00:13:56.519 --> 00:13:59.559 life because he's been prideful, right, because he took some 301 00:13:59.600 --> 00:14:03.200 credit for that which God did. And by the way, 302 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:07.559 what an opportunity that Hezekiah had when an angel comes 303 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:10.519 down and destroys eight hundred and eighty five thousand people 304 00:14:10.519 --> 00:14:14.519 from an army and then delivers. That's a better story. 305 00:14:14.679 --> 00:14:18.200 Then we're a great army, right, we have such a 306 00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:22.840 great strategy of the we can defeat a what is 307 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:26.080 it called a siege? We can defeat a siege. It's 308 00:14:26.559 --> 00:14:29.679 what's a better story, right? I would much rather brag 309 00:14:29.679 --> 00:14:31.919 in the fact that I have the power of God 310 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:34.480 on my side and that God has come and he 311 00:14:34.600 --> 00:14:38.279 is favored. Don't mess with me because or don't mess 312 00:14:38.320 --> 00:14:43.440 with us because God is for us. You know. Again, 313 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:49.200 I referenced this last podcast, but the series David, the 314 00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:55.320 series David, where when Saul's nation went before the Philistines, 315 00:14:56.240 --> 00:15:02.720 they had the Philistine army captain say, because because they 316 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:04.960 had outnumbered them like ten to one or something like this, 317 00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:07.039 or three to one, whatever it was. I forget the odds, 318 00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:09.279 but they had outnumbered them. And so they came to 319 00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:12.360 the captain. They said, Captain the guards, they said, we 320 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:16.039 outnumbered them. And then they had him respond and say, 321 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:22.840 when it comes to the children of Israel, outnumbering doesn't 322 00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:25.879 matter with their God. He said, since when has that 323 00:15:25.879 --> 00:15:27.559 ever mattered? Right? 324 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:28.759 That's good, and. 325 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:31.320 It was good because they sort of painted a picture 326 00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:35.720 like your reputation has preceded you, right, So don't mess 327 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:38.559 with the children of Israel because their God is with 328 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:41.159 it now. Of course, in this case, we know how 329 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:45.720 the story goes if we read it. But but that's 330 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:48.440 that's really, that's really what I'm trying to say. It's 331 00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:51.679 a better story, Azekaiah. Just give it to God. Just 332 00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:54.360 brag that God was with you, that God gave you 333 00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:54.879 the victory. 334 00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:57.960 So this is kind of a it's amazing how you 335 00:15:58.000 --> 00:15:59.879 can walk with God, walk with God, walk with God, 336 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:03.399 walk with God, and then one little thing or one 337 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:07.399 big thing just causes us to shift a little bit 338 00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:10.120 and get off track. And so this story that we 339 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:13.879 just read out of Isaiah is also in Second King's 340 00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:18.639 twenty and it's in Second Chronicles thirty two. And those 341 00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:23.080 stories include all the stuff we read, but it includes 342 00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:27.440 except Isaiah has this poem of praise from Hezekiah. But 343 00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:33.200 it includes some other details in the other two as well. 344 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:36.200 So you know, he he turns to God, you know, 345 00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:38.759 he turns away, turns his face to the wall, he prays, 346 00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:42.080 And in Second Kings chapter twenty, it says, remember a lord, 347 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:45.279 how I've always been faithful to you and served you 348 00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:48.360 single mindedly, always doing what pleases you. And then he 349 00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:52.039 broke down a web bitterly. That doesn't say that in Isaiah, no, right, 350 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:54.159 it does. Well, it says that he broke down, but 351 00:16:54.720 --> 00:16:57.480 I've always yeah, been faithful, Oh yeah, and served you 352 00:16:57.559 --> 00:16:59.919 single mindedly. Yeah yeah, it's the same, yeah, yeah, yeah, okay. 353 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:05.000 And then the next verse, in verse four, it says 354 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:07.559 that he's leaving. Isaiah is leaving, and the message comes 355 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:10.880 as hey, go back to Hezekiah and tell him this 356 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:13.039 is what the Lord says, I've heard your prayer. Right, 357 00:17:13.079 --> 00:17:15.599 So he goes back and tells him, and then make 358 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:18.440 an ointment of figs which comes at the end of 359 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:21.440 the chapter we just read, and so they do, and 360 00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:22.440 then it says. 361 00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:25.279 Oh, it includes his recovery in Second King. 362 00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:28.000 Right, so then this will be what's going to be 363 00:17:28.039 --> 00:17:30.279 the sign? He asks hez kaisis, so how do I 364 00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:31.720 know this is really going to work? That's how it 365 00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:34.480 ended for us. What will prove? What sign will prove that? 366 00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:36.640 I'll go to the temple of the Lord. That's verse 367 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:41.000 eight in the Second King's Chapter twenty says Isaiah he 368 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:43.279 says to Isaiah, what sign will the Lord give to 369 00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:45.119 prove that he will heal me and that I'll go 370 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:47.240 to the temple Lord three days from now. Isaiah replied, 371 00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:48.880 this is the sign from the Lord to prove that 372 00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:51.160 he will do what he has promised. Would you like 373 00:17:51.160 --> 00:17:53.359 the shadow on the sandal to go forward ten steps 374 00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:56.880 or backward? So God gives him the choice, and he goes, Oh, 375 00:17:56.920 --> 00:17:59.720 the shadow always moves forward, so that would be easy. 376 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:02.720 Make go back. And so Isaiah the prophet escorted to 377 00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:04.039 do this, and he caused the shadow and moved ten 378 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:07.400 steps backwards. So God gave him, Hey, what do you want? 379 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:10.559 And God moved the sun back ten hours. 380 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:14.720 Ten ten spots. I think it's ten hours. Yeah, yeah, 381 00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:15.480 isn't that amazing? 382 00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:18.759 Well, I mean it's ten steps. It has to be 383 00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:22.720 an hour, right, because that's the way sundow works. Everybody 384 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:26.960 knows the sundow. The shadow of the sundow moves with 385 00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:29.559 the sun, and you're able to tell what time of 386 00:18:29.599 --> 00:18:32.559 the day and back. Then we know that they measured 387 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:36.000 hours just like we do right with numbers. 388 00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:39.440 So then here for them, this says the notes say. 389 00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:41.880 Egyptian sun dials in this period were sometimes made in 390 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:45.079 the form of miniature staircases, so that the shadows moved 391 00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:46.240 up and down the steps. 392 00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:51.960 Oh nifty and then cool wow yeah, so literally literally 393 00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:53.079 ten steps. 394 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:54.720 So he's making go ten steps backward. 395 00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:58.279 Wow, isn't that neat? Yeah? But either way, the sun moved. 396 00:18:58.400 --> 00:19:01.240 Yeah, so the sun moves on his behalf. But then, 397 00:19:01.720 --> 00:19:04.279 and this is why we like to sometimes use this 398 00:19:05.880 --> 00:19:08.519 chronological study Bible. 399 00:19:08.680 --> 00:19:10.319 Is in this case that was really helpful. 400 00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:13.680 Not always is it easy to use a chronological study Bible, 401 00:19:13.680 --> 00:19:16.599