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 --> 00:00:18.399 practical ways. Good morning, good morning, we talk morning, good morning, 4 00:00:18.679 --> 00:00:23.679 do you and man? Oh man, yes, it's twice this week. 5 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:27.199 What I told you is coming. Jeff, it's the immense talent. 6 00:00:27.679 --> 00:00:29.839 I'm not sure that we can handle it. Chris, you 7 00:00:29.879 --> 00:00:32.240 did not believe me, but I hold it out. 8 00:00:32.479 --> 00:00:32.960 Man too. 9 00:00:33.039 --> 00:00:36.280 Good mornings. Today's Thursday and I we we say good 10 00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:39.320 morning on Tuesday. And by the way, I wonder if 11 00:00:39.359 --> 00:00:41.799 people who have a habit of listening this in the 12 00:00:41.799 --> 00:00:43.840 evening are like, come on, man. 13 00:00:43.960 --> 00:00:48.039 Good afternoon, good any evening. 14 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:51.240 Yeah, well, I mean, like seriously, they're probably thinking themselves, like, 15 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:54.359 why do you always assume right bad assumptions. 16 00:00:54.560 --> 00:00:56.759 Well, yeah, the majority of people do watch in the morning. 17 00:00:56.920 --> 00:01:00.200 Yeah I know, I know they do. But anyway, way, 18 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:02.000 we are the Bible Guys, and we're in the middle 19 00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:04.799 of a podcast or excuse me, I said that twice 20 00:01:04.840 --> 00:01:08.239 now in the middle of a series about a podcast. 21 00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:11.239 What if Jesus had his own podcast? And so today's 22 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:16.040 saying is something that Jesus said, Everyone is possible. Everything 23 00:01:16.120 --> 00:01:18.400 is possible for one who believes. 24 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:21.120 O good one tongue tied. I like that one, though, 25 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:24.879 it's possible for one who live Yes, yeah, so before 26 00:01:24.879 --> 00:01:27.519 we get into that though, Chris, you know our longtime 27 00:01:27.560 --> 00:01:31.359 listeners know this is true. We scour the internet for 28 00:01:31.480 --> 00:01:35.760 the very best every week, every week, the very best news. 29 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:41.400 We try, trust worthy intellectual information we can find for 30 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:41.799 our people. 31 00:01:41.879 --> 00:01:44.000 Yeah, we try it. We try other ones, but it 32 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:45.599 always brings us back to the Babylon B. 33 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:48.480 What's the single greatest source of information on the whole Internet. 34 00:01:48.480 --> 00:01:48.879 I agree. 35 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:50.599 If you don't look at the Babylon B on a 36 00:01:50.599 --> 00:01:53.879 regular basis, you are totally uninformed and ignorant people. 37 00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:58.719 Wow, wow, why. 38 00:01:58.439 --> 00:02:00.840 Do why do people? What do people think? Are our superpower? 39 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:02.400 Where's this come from? It comes from the fact we 40 00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:05.799 spent time with the Babylon B. That's it, ok think, yes, yeah, 41 00:02:06.280 --> 00:02:09.719 so this one talking about deep research. There's been the 42 00:02:10.080 --> 00:02:14.400 geniuses at the Babylon Bee have doing some very deep 43 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:19.599 textual research and they came up with this this thing, 44 00:02:20.280 --> 00:02:22.479 nine movies that should be part of the Biblical canon. 45 00:02:22.719 --> 00:02:23.439 Oh, I love it. 46 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:24.000 You like this? 47 00:02:24.159 --> 00:02:24.639 I love it? 48 00:02:24.719 --> 00:02:27.000 Okay, So here's what it says. As great as the 49 00:02:27.039 --> 00:02:29.800 Bible is it's severely lacking in movies. 50 00:02:29.960 --> 00:02:32.479 Wow, it's very lacking in movies. 51 00:02:33.560 --> 00:02:36.919 Adding in some of the greatest films ever could have 52 00:02:37.000 --> 00:02:39.520 ever made could bring some much needed excitement to the 53 00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:40.560 collection in the Holy Scripture. 54 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:43.240 Okay, now, I didn't glance at this until just now. Yeah, 55 00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:46.080 and I've decided this could be my favorite Babylon b e. 56 00:02:46.360 --> 00:02:48.439 Okay, the Babylon b has come up with the following 57 00:02:48.439 --> 00:02:50.080 list of movies that should be made part of the 58 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:54.479 Biblical canon. Oh one, the Matrix, of course, the one 59 00:02:54.719 --> 00:02:57.400 coming from another world to save mankind. It fits right in. 60 00:02:57.599 --> 00:02:59.520 Yeah, and I can go on and on about this. 61 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:01.120 Yes, I believe you. 62 00:03:01.560 --> 00:03:07.039 It's all biblical. You know Zion the Hidden City. Trinity 63 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:09.000 is her name, right, he's the one. 64 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:11.039 Yeah. They're not even trying to hide it. 65 00:03:11.240 --> 00:03:12.400 Yeah, No, they're not, they're not. 66 00:03:12.800 --> 00:03:15.319 Okay, I don't know this one. Robot Jocks. 67 00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:15.840 I don't know what. 68 00:03:16.080 --> 00:03:18.000 I don't know that one either. It's a post apocalyptic 69 00:03:18.039 --> 00:03:21.039 tale about scores being settled by giant fighting robots, which 70 00:03:21.080 --> 00:03:23.439 is basically an exact piction of the end times. I do, 71 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:26.879 I haven't seen it. I don't know. UHF I don't 72 00:03:26.879 --> 00:03:28.240 know that one. Either, I don't. 73 00:03:28.319 --> 00:03:30.039 I don't know if I have seen that or not. 74 00:03:30.439 --> 00:03:33.120 It's arguably the greatest story of redemption in finding purpose? 75 00:03:33.159 --> 00:03:36.879 Not do you know? January sixth, No, don't know that one. 76 00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:39.919 Let's move on. How about Brave Heart of course? Okay, Braveheart, 77 00:03:40.080 --> 00:03:43.000 an epic tale of swords, blood and dismemberment on power 78 00:03:43.000 --> 00:03:48.479 with the Book of Judges. Yes, yes, okay, Conan the Barbarian, 79 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:50.280 of course, I know that one. Yes, it's a sandal 80 00:03:50.280 --> 00:03:52.840 wearing hero slaughters a giant serpent. Sound familiar. 81 00:03:53.080 --> 00:03:53.560 That's great. 82 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:55.639 That's a good Field of Dreams. Of course, that's good. 83 00:03:55.800 --> 00:03:57.520 The only movie that allows men to cry. 84 00:03:57.560 --> 00:04:00.439 Yet, Oh, that's really funny. 85 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:04.280 The Lord of the Rings extended editions. Yes, except for 86 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:08.240 the boring parts of the Two Towers. That yeah, that's 87 00:04:08.319 --> 00:04:10.759 that's a And then number nine, Raiders of the Lost Arc, 88 00:04:11.039 --> 00:04:13.759 the single greatest movie ever made, features all the face 89 00:04:13.840 --> 00:04:15.879 melting by the Arc of the Covenant left out of 90 00:04:15.879 --> 00:04:16.560 the Old Testament. 91 00:04:16.920 --> 00:04:19.959 Nice, and you love that. That's one of your favorite movement? 92 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:24.439 That's right? Is that your favorite movie? Probably? Not only 93 00:04:24.439 --> 00:04:26.519 would it make the Bible more complete, but it also 94 00:04:26.519 --> 00:04:28.839 give megachurch pastors the perfect list of films to show 95 00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:31.600 clips from for for their annual at the Movies sermon series? 96 00:04:31.839 --> 00:04:35.000 Nice which other movies should be cannonized? Post your suggestions 97 00:04:35.560 --> 00:04:36.199 so let us know. 98 00:04:36.399 --> 00:04:41.240 So, So there was a member Youth Specialties. Yes, so 99 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:42.879 when we were in I remember them when we were 100 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:45.199 in the nineties as pastors of high school. 101 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:47.279 Just crossed them up yesterday to some of these pastors. 102 00:04:47.319 --> 00:04:49.959 Did you know they were? They were a great, big 103 00:04:49.959 --> 00:04:52.079 company that used to supply all these different great ideas 104 00:04:52.120 --> 00:04:54.759 for youth ministry. And one guy wrote a book from 105 00:04:54.839 --> 00:04:58.120 satur Back Church and it was about incorporating movie clips 106 00:04:58.120 --> 00:04:58.879 in every sermon. 107 00:04:58.959 --> 00:04:59.720 Yeah, and you. 108 00:04:59.680 --> 00:05:01.720 Remember that I do. And so I remember like he 109 00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:04.399 would literally give you the time codes on the VHS, Yes, 110 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:07.560 and you'd fast forward into the VHS and you'd hit 111 00:05:07.639 --> 00:05:11.680 play remember, and I used an okay, So do you 112 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:14.680 remember mister Hollins Opus, Yes, Okay. Do you remember at 113 00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:18.040 the end when he walks into the high school theater 114 00:05:18.279 --> 00:05:22.000 and then everybody uh hes all his the impact that 115 00:05:22.040 --> 00:05:23.480 he made throughout his whole life. 116 00:05:23.319 --> 00:05:24.680 Okay and everybody okay. 117 00:05:24.600 --> 00:05:27.120 Well I set it up for that clip, and I 118 00:05:27.160 --> 00:05:29.680 was following this idea of like teaching the Bible from this, 119 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:32.560 and you know how sometimes VCRs what they'll do is 120 00:05:32.560 --> 00:05:33.240 they'll rewind a. 121 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:35.120 Little bit, just a little bit, and yeah, yeah, okay, 122 00:05:35.160 --> 00:05:36.959 so I said it exactly where it is, I shut 123 00:05:36.959 --> 00:05:39.079 it off, and then when I hit play, it had 124 00:05:39.079 --> 00:05:42.720 played like the previous like five seconds and they call 125 00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:44.839 the son, calls the dad. 126 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:47.040 And a bad name, a bad name. 127 00:05:47.160 --> 00:05:50.120 Oh no, and it's a total cust work, right, and 128 00:05:50.319 --> 00:05:51.720 and uh and and so and. 129 00:05:51.600 --> 00:05:53.480 So that's that's right in the middle of your Bibles. 130 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:56.319 Yes, okay, So so literally in the middle of my Bible. 131 00:05:56.360 --> 00:05:58.319 Aston I'm like, watch this, I plus press play and 132 00:05:58.319 --> 00:06:01.279 the bof there goes the customer and I'm like, oh 133 00:06:01.319 --> 00:06:03.720 my goodness. I'm like, I'm don't get get fired. It 134 00:06:03.800 --> 00:06:07.040 was really funny. But hey, let me just say this 135 00:06:07.120 --> 00:06:10.720 real quick too. Did you ever watch The Big Bang Theory. 136 00:06:11.639 --> 00:06:12.920 I've seen a couple of episodes. 137 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:17.959 Okay. Did you hear about or know about how they 138 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:19.199 critique Raiders are Lost Dark? 139 00:06:19.720 --> 00:06:19.839 No? 140 00:06:20.160 --> 00:06:23.040 Okay, so they are all three for of these nerds, right, 141 00:06:23.399 --> 00:06:25.480 They're just like these nerdy guys who are like geniuses 142 00:06:25.879 --> 00:06:28.040 and they love sci fi and they love all these 143 00:06:28.040 --> 00:06:29.439 different things, and one of the things they love is 144 00:06:29.519 --> 00:06:32.639 Raiders the Lost Dark. So they play it for Amy 145 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:36.759 and Amy is also, you know, incredibly intelligent, and and 146 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:38.839 she watches it and he goes, so did you love it? 147 00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:41.519 And she goes, yeah, it was great. She goes, except 148 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:45.600 for the gaping plot hole. And and so Sheldon goes, Amy, 149 00:06:45.839 --> 00:06:49.000 there's no gaping plot hole in Raiders of Lost Ark 150 00:06:49.600 --> 00:06:52.480 and she goes, well, she goes, yeah, there is the 151 00:06:52.519 --> 00:06:57.439 fact that Harrison Ford is irrelevant. He has served the 152 00:06:57.480 --> 00:06:59.639 purpose in the movie. And she goes. He goes, what 153 00:06:59.639 --> 00:07:02.120 do you mean, and she goes, well, if he wasn't 154 00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:05.160 there this, everything would have happened the exact same. The 155 00:07:05.240 --> 00:07:08.519 Nazis would have found the arc, they would have had 156 00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:11.240 their faces melted off, and they were, and then the 157 00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:14.399 government would have stored it in uh, the would have 158 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:16.519 gotten it well anyway. 159 00:07:16.279 --> 00:07:18.759 Without having an American at the spot, it just would 160 00:07:18.759 --> 00:07:20.439 have been left there because all those Nazis would have 161 00:07:20.439 --> 00:07:21.959 died and the other Nazis wouldnt have known where it 162 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:24.240 was because it was a top secret project. 163 00:07:25.439 --> 00:07:28.279 So so Harrison Ford got the government. 164 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:30.920 That's the alls he did was he protected the whole 165 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:34.120 world by getting it into a US government warehouse. He 166 00:07:34.160 --> 00:07:35.759 was the only American there. It was only him and 167 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:36.560 the girl that survived. 168 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:39.000 Okay, well, anyway, then you. 169 00:07:38.879 --> 00:07:43.279 Just Amy's wrong, okay, all right, yeah. 170 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:44.879 Well that that is his only contributions. 171 00:07:44.920 --> 00:07:49.639 Then it is right, that's it. Nine minutes of almost dying. 172 00:07:51.160 --> 00:07:53.079 And the other thing was he happened to be tied up. 173 00:07:53.399 --> 00:07:56.600 Yeah his eyes closed, right right? Yeah? 174 00:07:56.639 --> 00:07:58.639 Okay, all right, so there it is. I'll give you that. 175 00:07:58.839 --> 00:08:00.600 I like it. Well, that's how most of my life. 176 00:08:00.600 --> 00:08:02.360 Just keep my eyes closed and land on my feet. 177 00:08:02.600 --> 00:08:03.120 There it is. 178 00:08:03.839 --> 00:08:07.639 Well, hey, talking about keeping your eyes closed and landing 179 00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:10.240 on your feet, what I don't know? 180 00:08:11.160 --> 00:08:13.879 Mark chapter nine, Yeah, that's not it at all, No, 181 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:15.160 because it's the transfiguration. 182 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:17.600 Yeah, oh, speaking of. 183 00:08:19.160 --> 00:08:19.800 Bright things. 184 00:08:20.160 --> 00:08:23.759 Nine is transfiguration. I have Mark chapter nine as Jesus 185 00:08:23.800 --> 00:08:26.639 heals a demon possessed boy, verse fourteen. 186 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:30.720 Oh we're in verse fourteen. That's the reason, Yes, Jesus 187 00:08:30.800 --> 00:08:32.039 heals the demon possessed boy. 188 00:08:32.120 --> 00:08:32.360 Yeah. 189 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:33.799 Okay, Well how about this transition? 190 00:08:33.960 --> 00:08:41.600 Okay, talking about melting your face off, all that's terrible. 191 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:44.480 I don't know. I don't have a transition for that one. 192 00:08:44.639 --> 00:08:46.799 All right, well, hey, we'll just we'll take them melting 193 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:47.519 the face off things. 194 00:08:47.639 --> 00:08:50.799 Okay, So we're gonna read Mark chapter nine, yep, Verse 195 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:54.720 fourteen through twenty nine, and it says when they returned 196 00:08:54.840 --> 00:08:57.440 to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd surrounding them. 197 00:08:57.519 --> 00:09:00.480 They're coming down off the mountain of transfiguration. Yep. This 198 00:09:00.559 --> 00:09:05.679 is Peter, James, John and Jesus. They saw a large 199 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:08.039 crowd surrounding them, and some teachers of religious law were 200 00:09:08.120 --> 00:09:10.440 arguing with them. And when the crowd saw Jesus, they 201 00:09:10.440 --> 00:09:13.320 were overwhelmed with awe and they ran to greet him. 202 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:14.879 Remember he's kind of glowing. 203 00:09:15.840 --> 00:09:16.600 You were still glowing? 204 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:17.320 Is he? 205 00:09:17.840 --> 00:09:18.039 Oh? 206 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:19.679 I would imagine they were in awe. 207 00:09:19.799 --> 00:09:22.840 You were thinking, you're thinking Moses. Might I be getting confused? 208 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:25.279 No, I had this idea that he was still glowing. Okay, yeah, 209 00:09:25.279 --> 00:09:28.600 I don't know. Anyways, when the crowd saw Jesus, they 210 00:09:28.639 --> 00:09:30.840 were overwhelmed with awe and they ran to greet him. 211 00:09:31.159 --> 00:09:33.360 What is all this arguing about, Jesus asked, and one 212 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:35.360 of the men in the crowd spoke up and said, teacher, 213 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:37.320 I brought my son so you could heal him. He's 214 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:40.320 possessed by an evil spirit that won't let him talk. 215 00:09:40.679 --> 00:09:42.960 And whenever the spirit seizes him, it throws him violently 216 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:44.679 to the ground, and then he foams at the mouth 217 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:47.519 and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked 218 00:09:47.519 --> 00:09:49.559 your disciples to cast out the evil spirit, but they 219 00:09:49.600 --> 00:09:53.240 couldn't do it. Jesus said to them, you faithful, faithless people, 220 00:09:53.240 --> 00:09:55.200 how long must that be with you? How long must 221 00:09:55.240 --> 00:09:56.960 I put up with you? Bring the boy to me. 222 00:09:57.679 --> 00:10:00.200 So they brought the boy, and when the evils spirit 223 00:10:00.279 --> 00:10:02.679 saw Jesus, that threw the child into a violent convulsion, 224 00:10:02.759 --> 00:10:04.720 and he fell to the ground, writhing and foaming at 225 00:10:04.720 --> 00:10:07.519 the mount. How long has this's been happening, Jesus asked 226 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:10.159 the boy's father. He replied, since he was a little boy. 227 00:10:10.399 --> 00:10:12.519 The spirit often throws him into the fire into water, 228 00:10:12.559 --> 00:10:15.399 trying to kill him. Have mercy on us and help 229 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:17.840 us if you can. What do you mean if I can, 230 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:21.360 Jesus asked, Anything is possible if a person believes. The 231 00:10:21.440 --> 00:10:24.159 father instantly cried out, I do believe that helped me 232 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:27.440 overcome my unbelief. When Jesus saw that the crowd of 233 00:10:27.480 --> 00:10:30.799 onlookers was growing, he rebuked the evil spirit. Listen, you 234 00:10:30.840 --> 00:10:32.960 spirit that makes this boy unable to hear and speak. 235 00:10:32.960 --> 00:10:34.879 He said, I command you to come out of this 236 00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:37.960 child and never enter him again. Then the spirit screamed 237 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:40.320 and threw the boy into another violent convulsion and left him, 238 00:10:40.360 --> 00:10:42.679 and the boy appeared to be dead. A murmur ran 239 00:10:42.679 --> 00:10:45.600 through the crowd as people said he's dead, but Jesus 240 00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:47.399 took him by the hand and helped him to his feet, 241 00:10:47.440 --> 00:10:50.440 and he stood up. Afterward, when Jesus was alone in 242 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:52.879 the house with his disciples, they asked him, I couldn't 243 00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:56.879 really cast out that evil spirit, and Jesus replied, this 244 00:10:57.000 --> 00:11:00.919 kind can be cast out only by prayer. And by 245 00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:02.399 the way, ships read praying fast. 246 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:05.399 Yes, I was just going to say that. Another another 247 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:09.879 gospel records that it's him saying this can this kind 248 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:13.720 can only be cast out by prayer and festing. And uh, 249 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:15.720 by the way, my favorite part of you reading that 250 00:11:16.639 --> 00:11:20.720 is you, added the whisper of the crowd saying he's dead. Yes, 251 00:11:22.679 --> 00:11:23.919 this is you, this is you reading? 252 00:11:23.960 --> 00:11:24.600 This is you? 253 00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:27.000 Said, I remember ran through the crowd as the people 254 00:11:27.039 --> 00:11:30.360 said he's dead. Jesus took him by the hand. 255 00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:33.320 I didn't even know, yeah you did in the story man, 256 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:34.480 that's you were in it. 257 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:37.320 Yes, so that's so funny. 258 00:11:38.399 --> 00:11:40.240 Yeah, so I'm embarrassed. 259 00:11:40.799 --> 00:11:45.919 Embarrassed. Why that's great reading right there. You know. Isn't 260 00:11:45.960 --> 00:11:47.440 that what we do anyway? Isn't that part of our 261 00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:50.200 job description to make these words come to. 262 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:52.440 Life and make them come to life? Yeah? Yeah, that's funny. 263 00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:58.240 So anyway, the uh, the Jesus heals the demon possessed boy, 264 00:11:59.440 --> 00:12:01.480 So let me just bring this up, shall we? 265 00:12:01.639 --> 00:12:02.240 Yes? Please? 266 00:12:04.799 --> 00:12:08.440 Whenever you travel, which is a lot, So you travel 267 00:12:08.679 --> 00:12:11.120 like probably one hundred days a year, yeah, right, out 268 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:13.799 of three hundred and sixty five, and you're gone to 269 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:15.240 how many different countries in a year? 270 00:12:17.399 --> 00:12:21.399 This year, I'll be in like twelve or thirteen fourteen countries. 271 00:12:21.159 --> 00:12:26.320 Okay, And the number of times that I travel is 272 00:12:26.360 --> 00:12:28.960 not very much. I've only been to one country outside 273 00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:33.360 the United States, the Dominican Republics here yeah this year. Well, yeah, 274 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:36.799 I went to the Dominican once or twice. They going twice. 275 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:37.799 Just got back a couple weeks ago. 276 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:42.960 Yeah. Yeah, so anyway, so considerably less than you. But however, 277 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:46.200 in my previous job, in my previous church, I traveled 278 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:49.120 all the time and been the twenty countries or whatever. 279 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:56.120 So I've also experienced that whenever you're overseas there demonic 280 00:12:56.200 --> 00:13:01.480 possession and evil spirits and cast out demons. It is 281 00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:06.159 a regular party outside of the United States, And so 282 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:10.879 people who live here they hear this scripture and it's like, 283 00:13:10.919 --> 00:13:14.159 this is unrelatable. Yes, like other than like a movie, 284 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:17.639 which again I'm a movie guy, So a movie about 285 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:21.480 a priest performing an extorcism, which we've seen on different movies, 286 00:13:21.519 --> 00:13:25.200 if you've seen those kinds of movies. But other than that, 287 00:13:25.679 --> 00:13:29.240 we don't run into this even in conversation. But yet 288 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:33.720 when you travel it's almost everywhere. Yeah, okay, so you 289 00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:35.480 had a theory that one time that you said it, 290 00:13:35.720 --> 00:13:39.039 and I remember thinking to myself, that completely makes sense 291 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:42.360 to me. So why do you think it's prevalent outside 292 00:13:42.360 --> 00:13:43.279 of the United States? 293 00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:45.720 Is this the front lines conversation? 294 00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:48.240 Yeah, this is this is the demonic. 295 00:13:48.279 --> 00:13:51.240 Yeah, so there's I think that there's a limited number 296 00:13:51.440 --> 00:13:57.320 of demons created obviously, right, there's a limited number of angels, 297 00:13:57.320 --> 00:13:59.639 limited number of demons. Only God is everywhere, that's right, 298 00:14:00.200 --> 00:14:02.960 can't be everywhere all the time. So he's marshaling his 299 00:14:03.039 --> 00:14:07.799 troops because they're spiritual warfare happening, and so he's doing battle, 300 00:14:07.960 --> 00:14:10.240 I believe, mostly on the front lines of where the 301 00:14:10.320 --> 00:14:14.039 light is pushing against the dark man. And so as 302 00:14:14.080 --> 00:14:18.039 the Gospel moves into new countries, then I think that 303 00:14:18.039 --> 00:14:22.519 there's more demonic activity in those areas prior to the 304 00:14:22.559 --> 00:14:24.679 Gospel getting there, and then when the Gospel is there. 305 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:28.360 The other thing is a lot of countries have completely 306 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:33.159 sold out their heart and soul to demonism. The countries 307 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:38.039 that have engaged in voodoo, for instance, they're not even 308 00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:41.000 shy about the fact that it's the devil, right, Yeah, 309 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:44.480 they understand it, they believe it. I've talked to voodoo 310 00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:46.960 priests on a number of occasions, a couple who've actually 311 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:50.960 become Christians. But I've spoken with voodoo priests who've said, oh, 312 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:53.080 one hundred percent, it was the devil. The devil gave 313 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:56.240 me all my power, right. And I had one I 314 00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:59.639 have a friend, his name's Joseph. He was a very 315 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:03.480 awful witch doctor in East Africa. So it's not full 316 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:07.000 on voodoo, but which doctor work is very similar. And 317 00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:09.320 he said, the devil gave me all my power. He 318 00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:12.600 could make it thunder like he could demand thunder and 319 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:16.799 it with thunder. Right, he would curse people with blindness. 320 00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:20.759 He would do all these horrible things to people. And 321 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:24.399 he sacrificed even He said, the demons will give you power, 322 00:15:24.440 --> 00:15:27.440 but they demand more than they give. And he wound 323 00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:31.519 up human sacrifices of his wife, his two children, and 324 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:35.279 his mother over a period of time in order to 325 00:15:35.320 --> 00:15:39.360 be able to get this demonic power. And he started crying, 326 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:40.919 and he said, the devil will give you power, but 327 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:44.840 he always takes you far more than he gives, right, 328 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:47.519 And he said, what kind of man does this so 329 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:53.559 really horrible? Anyways, nations that have wholeheartedly given their hearts 330 00:15:53.600 --> 00:15:55.600 over to the devil, it doesn't surprise me at all 331 00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:58.440 that there's more demonic activity there. He just free to run. 332 00:15:58.600 --> 00:16:01.480 There's really nothing to holding back in that environment. The 333 00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:03.399 Bible says that that Satan is the prince of the 334 00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:07.720 power of the air. Right, So another place, the Bible 335 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:10.399 calls Satan the God of this world, small g God 336 00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:13.919 of this world. And so without the power of the 337 00:16:13.960 --> 00:16:17.120 Holy Spirit, without the light of the Gospel, without Jesus, 338 00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:20.600 there's nothing to hold back evil. And so then in 339 00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:23.080 those places, I think the devil just plays it, does 340 00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:27.039 what he wants to do, just tears into humanity because 341 00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:30.000 he hates the image of God. He'll never defeat God, 342 00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:31.840 but he hates those that are made in the image 343 00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:34.720 of God and the object of God's love and affection. 344 00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:38.919 Hates them, and so he just runs rampant and wild 345 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:42.840 among them. In places where the Gospel is still existing 346 00:16:42.919 --> 00:16:46.919 and is bright and is functioning, I think we see 347 00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:48.799 less of it, not that it doesn't happen. I believe 348 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:52.039 here in America they're deemed possessed people. It's just less 349 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:57.679 frequent or less visible to us than it is in 350 00:16:57.720 --> 00:17:00.399 the places where they're just totally dialed in to the 351 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:01.559 demonic things all the time. 352 00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:05.720 Yeah, yeah, And that makes sense to me, And honestly 353 00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:08.000 that's my experience as well. So I went to the 354 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:10.720 island of Haiti four different times, which is the same 355 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:13.200 island as the Domnican Republic, which means I've been on 356 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:16.079 that island quite a bit. But on the Haiti side, 357 00:17:16.079 --> 00:17:17.400 now you can't even cross the border. 358 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:21.880 But but here's just roving gangs, just it's it's horrific. 359 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:22.759 What's happening in Haiti? 360 00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:27.960 Yeah, horrific. Yeah, And here's what I know. On the border. 361 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:30.839 If you were to be standing on the border, you 362 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:34.200 can look to the left, assuming that you're facing north, 363 00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:38.440 and you can look at Haiti and it is all brown. 364 00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:42.200 It's like desolate and dry and brown. And then you 365 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:43.960 could literally stand on the border and look to the 366 00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:47.400 right in the Dominican Republican it's all green, and it's 367 00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:50.720 almost crazy. It's like, this is the same island. It's 368 00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:54.400 the same climate, it's the same vegetation, it's the same everything, 369 00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:58.279 same conditions. So why is it? And I'm telling you 370 00:17:58.359 --> 00:18:01.240 if when you're in Haiti everything is so dark. I 371 00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:04.559 remember going to the village of SEUs Matlas, and I 372 00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:09.319 remember being in conversation with people who are just like 373 00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:13.160 you said, voodoo, which you know, masters, what do you 374 00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:17.599 call them, tru witch doctors, witch doctors, voodoo leaders. But yeah, 375 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:20.880 completely talking about embracing voodoo. And you see it everywhere too, 376 00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:23.960 So you see the things hanging right from the windows, 377 00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:26.759 and man, it's just incredible. 378 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:29.960 I don't know, so so true. Even in Cuba, inside 379 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:34.000 the capitol building, Uh, there's a statue of a fallen 380 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:38.440 angel and it has a spot at the base all 381 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:42.480 the way around so it's a multi angled base that 382 00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:45.640 has all the different provinces, the names of the provinces 383 00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:48.799 of Cuba, and the people who believe in Santoia come 384 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:52.759 and they make little sacrifices through the slots on their side. Right. 385 00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:55.160 That's in the capitol building of Cuba. 386 00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:56.599 Wow. Right, which I've been to. 387 00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:58.720 Yeah, yeah, I didn't see that. Yeah, yeah, it's in 388 00:18:58.759 --> 00:18:59.519 their capitol building. 389 00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:01.799 Yeah. Reason why it is because they were it was 390 00:19:01.880 --> 00:19:03.240 under construction. We weren't allowed. 391 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:07.640 Oh yeah. So Santaia is essentially voodoo with Christian words 392 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:11.839 spread over you know, stretched over top of us Catholicism. Yeah. Yeah, 393 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:14.359 and so yeah, it exists all over the world. So 394 00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:17.319 here's it's not a surprise to me that Jesus would 395 00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:21.359 encounter demons. The light is bright and so the demons 396 00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:24.519 would be more visible in that situation. Right, that's what's happening. 397 00:19:24.880 --> 00:19:26.920 But I love this. This is one of the whenever 398 00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:29.039 I'm sharing the gospel, I'm preaching the gospel and crowds, 399 00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:31.640 especially if I have a sense that people struggle with 400 00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:33.160 the idea of do I have enough faith to be 401 00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:35.759