WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to the Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:07.480 practical ways. 4 00:00:11.599 --> 00:00:14.800 Heybody, anyways, you know, on the drive here it was 5 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:23.079 really interesting and no, Jeff it started. We were we 6 00:00:23.079 --> 00:00:25.359 were chit chatting right there before everything came on. 7 00:00:25.879 --> 00:00:28.600 Hey, So, welcome to the Bible guys. My name is Chris. 8 00:00:28.640 --> 00:00:29.359 This is Jeff. 9 00:00:30.039 --> 00:00:34.320 And today we are continuing in the Book of Proverbs. 10 00:00:34.359 --> 00:00:36.000 Proverbs, yes, written. 11 00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:39.719 By King Solomon, who we know is David's son, who 12 00:00:39.759 --> 00:00:43.920 is now king, who is somehow well not somehow, we 13 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:48.320 know how May attained the most wisdom that any man 14 00:00:48.359 --> 00:00:54.560 will ever have, any human in any part from Jesus. Yeah, 15 00:00:54.600 --> 00:00:56.399 I guess, I guess that is true. He's a he's 16 00:00:56.399 --> 00:01:00.679 a human God, the man God, that's right. But God man, 17 00:01:01.479 --> 00:01:04.040 my yeah, I guess it's God man. Yeah, the man, God, 18 00:01:04.079 --> 00:01:05.920 God man hundred percent. 19 00:01:05.959 --> 00:01:09.680 So absolutely, that's right. But other than Jesus, Solomon right there. 20 00:01:09.719 --> 00:01:12.680 Yeah, And what's amazing is nobody will ever be as 21 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:14.239 as wise as Solomon according to God. 22 00:01:14.319 --> 00:01:14.719 That's right. 23 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:18.079 So today, before we get into that, we started with 24 00:01:19.079 --> 00:01:22.000 a segment that we have that. 25 00:01:22.079 --> 00:01:27.879 Is called mail Bags. And this is actually written in 26 00:01:28.120 --> 00:01:29.000 by Paul K. 27 00:01:29.879 --> 00:01:30.959 Paul K. Hi, Paul K. 28 00:01:31.239 --> 00:01:31.920 Yeah, there it is. 29 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:35.799 If you had to choose a Bible character besides Jesus 30 00:01:35.799 --> 00:01:37.480 that I have with for a day. 31 00:01:37.640 --> 00:01:38.560 Who would it be? And why? 32 00:01:38.959 --> 00:01:40.159 Oh? 33 00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:42.920 Sexally tough one. Have you ever You've been asked this before, 34 00:01:42.959 --> 00:01:44.239 haven't you? Yeah? 35 00:01:44.280 --> 00:01:45.480 Probably? I think so. 36 00:01:45.760 --> 00:01:49.079 Yeah, And I think I choose somebody different every time. 37 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:51.560 Okay, probably me too, then, yeah, I think so. 38 00:01:51.760 --> 00:01:54.359 But there's so much to choose from, but there's always 39 00:01:54.359 --> 00:01:57.239 a clear choice for me, So I'll skip back and 40 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:03.120 forth often, but obviously my choice is the Apostle Paul. 41 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:06.359 Really, yeah, it always is always. 42 00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:09.400 Yeah, He's sort of my hero besides Jesus in the Bible. 43 00:02:09.560 --> 00:02:11.639 Yeah, big fan. I'm a big fan. 44 00:02:11.719 --> 00:02:12.400 I'm a big fan. 45 00:02:12.520 --> 00:02:16.639 Hey, PAULI read some of your books, like him, big fan, the. 46 00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:19.919 Way that you captured the reader, all. 47 00:02:21.479 --> 00:02:23.680 The way that you scorned the Apostle Paul. 48 00:02:24.039 --> 00:02:25.400 Yeah, I'd say the Apostle Paul. 49 00:02:25.479 --> 00:02:32.400 Wow, he is, you know, an incredible man with incredible courage, 50 00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:36.879 incredible sacrifice. He had such a great influence on the 51 00:02:36.919 --> 00:02:39.759 world that we live in today, the Western world, right, 52 00:02:39.800 --> 00:02:41.159 I mean, you can connect the dots all the way 53 00:02:41.159 --> 00:02:41.919 back to the apostle. 54 00:02:41.919 --> 00:02:42.159 Paul. 55 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:43.800 It's one of the reasons why you and I are 56 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:46.039 sitting in this podcast studio today. 57 00:02:46.439 --> 00:02:46.919 It's true. 58 00:02:47.080 --> 00:02:47.599 It is true. 59 00:02:47.639 --> 00:02:51.599 It is true. Yeah, So, uh man, that's good choice. 60 00:02:51.599 --> 00:02:54.360 Good choice. So, now that he's off the table, I 61 00:02:54.400 --> 00:02:55.759 think he's very intellectual. 62 00:02:56.000 --> 00:02:56.919 Did I take your choice? 63 00:02:56.960 --> 00:02:57.000 No? 64 00:02:57.080 --> 00:02:59.599 I don't think so. Okay, I think he's very intellectual. 65 00:02:59.800 --> 00:03:03.199 I think he had an outrageous amount of courage right 66 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:07.080 his The grit that Paul had to just keep going 67 00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:12.199 is really impressive. I thought about this one. I think, 68 00:03:12.199 --> 00:03:13.960 I believe or not, I think Peter would be one 69 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:18.159 that I'd be super intrigued by. He's so spontaneous and 70 00:03:18.759 --> 00:03:22.639 off the cuff and just kind of running full steam 71 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:25.599 ahead without always thinking. It just seems like. I bet 72 00:03:25.680 --> 00:03:28.439 he was a fun guy. I bet he had a 73 00:03:28.439 --> 00:03:30.240 a hot head a little bit, it seemed like. But 74 00:03:30.280 --> 00:03:31.439 I think you would have been a fun person to 75 00:03:31.479 --> 00:03:34.360 hang out with. So him or David. I think David 76 00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:38.599 would be an interesting guy again, same thing. He's a 77 00:03:38.599 --> 00:03:42.439 warrior poet. He runs a muck sometimes, but he just 78 00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:45.240 he really wants to honor God. And yeah, I think 79 00:03:45.280 --> 00:03:48.159 those two guys would be kind of cool. Yeah, would 80 00:03:48.159 --> 00:03:49.159 you not want to hang out with? 81 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:51.360 Oh? G is what a question? 82 00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:53.520 Who would I not? Anybody in the Bible I would 83 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:54.280 not want to hang out with. 84 00:03:54.639 --> 00:04:00.759 Yeah, Jeremiah, Yeah, the weeping Prophet, it's always sad. 85 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:02.840 Yeah, well, I mean the poor guy. I'm sure he 86 00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:05.759 would tell stories. Oh I don't want to hear those stories. Yeah. 87 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:07.599 Yeah right, and that. 88 00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:09.960 Might be where I was so by myself. 89 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:12.439 Yeah, I for a thousand. 90 00:04:12.039 --> 00:04:16.199 Years, not a thousand. But I'm just kidding when. 91 00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:17.759 You read it, I don't I don't think i'd want 92 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:21.720 to hang out with Adam unless he got some clothes on. Well, 93 00:04:22.040 --> 00:04:23.160 that would be uncomfortable. 94 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:25.360 Yeah, well, I mean, are you really going to feel that? 95 00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:27.279 Though in heaven I'm assuming it's in heaven. 96 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:29.279 I don't know they have robes in heaven. 97 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:30.759 Yeah that's true. 98 00:04:30.839 --> 00:04:31.959 I know something. 99 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:33.519 But you know what I'm saying, Like, have you ever 100 00:04:33.519 --> 00:04:34.000 thought about this? 101 00:04:34.040 --> 00:04:36.560 I don't know it didn't say in heaven, You're right, okay, 102 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:38.879 didn't put the heaven caveat there? Just hang out for 103 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:39.160 the day. 104 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:39.800 Yeah, there's the. 105 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:42.360 Lawyer in your brain. But what I'm saying is what 106 00:04:42.399 --> 00:04:44.560 I'm saying is have you ever thought about this? So 107 00:04:45.319 --> 00:04:47.759 side topic if it is in heaven? If not, side topic, 108 00:04:48.959 --> 00:04:53.240 like you won't feel any anything negative in heaven. Like 109 00:04:53.279 --> 00:04:55.920 for instance, my good buddy Sean in the mail room 110 00:04:55.959 --> 00:04:58.120 at Baptist Proba College told me one time, he said, 111 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:01.680 don't you think, uh, you know, in heaven after a 112 00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:04.519 couple of billion years passes, don't you think you get bored? 113 00:05:06.319 --> 00:05:08.319 And he was like dead serious, like you know you're 114 00:05:08.319 --> 00:05:11.839 gonna get bored? And I said, I'm pretty sure boredom 115 00:05:12.040 --> 00:05:16.560 is an impossibility in heaven. Isn't that connected to like negativity, 116 00:05:16.680 --> 00:05:20.439 sin the fall? Isn't that connected to our our our 117 00:05:20.759 --> 00:05:26.120 sinful human nature? So what if boredom is an absolute impossibility? 118 00:05:27.399 --> 00:05:28.800 Have you have you ever thought about. 119 00:05:28.560 --> 00:05:30.720 That, whether or not I can get bored in heaven? 120 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:33.319 Yes, I mean like well, I mean actually. 121 00:05:33.040 --> 00:05:36.759 I almost fell asleep in that question. So I and 122 00:05:36.800 --> 00:05:38.839 it's a little it's a little heaven sitting here with you, 123 00:05:39.439 --> 00:05:40.399 Oh wow, a little bit. 124 00:05:40.480 --> 00:05:41.639 You don't want to answer the question. 125 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:43.240 I don't know, I don't I don't know if I 126 00:05:43.240 --> 00:05:46.560 think that boredom is a part of the fall. Boredom 127 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:48.920 is the absence of doing something in the moment? Is 128 00:05:48.920 --> 00:05:50.839 it bad? But isn't well? 129 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:52.079 I mean it's super negative? 130 00:05:52.560 --> 00:05:54.279 Is it isn't it? 131 00:05:54.319 --> 00:05:55.600 Does it make you feel sad? 132 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:55.920 You think? 133 00:05:56.040 --> 00:05:56.439 I don't know. 134 00:05:56.519 --> 00:05:59.160 I think sadness can be It says Heaven's no more sorrow. 135 00:05:59.279 --> 00:06:04.040 If you're all is only euphoric? Is there actual euphoria? Then? 136 00:06:04.360 --> 00:06:07.040 But to be ups and downs in order to have 137 00:06:07.439 --> 00:06:08.639 real happiness? 138 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:09.759 True? But what if? 139 00:06:09.879 --> 00:06:15.079 What if the sadness were an impossibility and then therefore. 140 00:06:14.759 --> 00:06:15.879 It was sadness? Yes? 141 00:06:16.160 --> 00:06:19.000 Yeah, well it doesn't boredom lead to sadness. 142 00:06:19.519 --> 00:06:21.319 Or it leads me to go do something interesting? 143 00:06:22.920 --> 00:06:24.439 Huh interesting? 144 00:06:24.639 --> 00:06:24.839 Yeah? 145 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:27.360 Okay, maybe not bored. 146 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:29.399 I don't know. I don't know. I'm not arguing that 147 00:06:29.439 --> 00:06:33.360 point against it. I'm just just not embracing it. Okay, 148 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:36.759 all right, but this one hanging out with I would 149 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:38.680 hang out with Peter or David, you'd hang out with 150 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:40.720 Paul or who? Who would be your second? 151 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:42.000 You want me to do a second choice? 152 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:42.920 Do you have a second choice? 153 00:06:43.199 --> 00:06:43.800 One? A? One? B? 154 00:06:48.199 --> 00:06:48.399 Yeah? 155 00:06:48.439 --> 00:06:49.040 I think it be. 156 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:54.480 I mean, Peter and David are great. There are good ones. 157 00:06:55.879 --> 00:07:01.079 Maybe maybe be Elijah. 158 00:07:01.319 --> 00:07:02.959 Oh there you go, that's a good one. 159 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:06.680 Yeah, yeah, yeah, he's a pretty pretty rough guy. 160 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:08.720 Yeah right, he's the wilderness guy. 161 00:07:08.879 --> 00:07:11.279 He's the take on the world guy. 162 00:07:11.639 --> 00:07:13.560 Stand up to the king. Guys, stand up to the king. 163 00:07:13.720 --> 00:07:15.759 Yeah yeah, yeah, you run faster than that cherry. 164 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:18.199 And yeah. Even God was like, yeah, he's riding a 165 00:07:18.279 --> 00:07:22.759 fiery charry at home. There's no there's no other more appropriate. Okay, 166 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:26.839 good one, good call. Well, hey, thank you, Paul k Yes, 167 00:07:27.079 --> 00:07:30.639 super cool. And uh, I'm sure next time we'll give 168 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:33.120 different answers, but this time that's yeah, that's what's on 169 00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:35.839 our mind today. If it was if it was today, 170 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:38.879 that's who we'd hang out with. But uh, that being said, 171 00:07:38.959 --> 00:07:41.360 talking about today and hanging out with people, we're hanging 172 00:07:41.360 --> 00:07:42.759 out with the wisest guy in the Bible. 173 00:07:43.600 --> 00:07:45.199 Yes, we are hanging out with him. 174 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:45.519 Yes. 175 00:07:45.519 --> 00:07:47.439 Every time we open the Book of Proverbs, it's like 176 00:07:47.519 --> 00:07:49.279 having a cup of coffee with Solomon. 177 00:07:51.079 --> 00:07:52.240 I can't stand coffee. 178 00:07:52.879 --> 00:07:55.199 It's like having a cup of mountain dew with Solomon 179 00:07:55.800 --> 00:07:58.199 de Fan. It's like having a cup of coke zero. 180 00:07:58.439 --> 00:08:00.920 There you go, Okay, I'm ready, I'm already now, I 181 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:04.800 like tea. All right, here we go. Ready. Proverbs Chapter 182 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:06.800 seventeen is where we're at, and it seems like what 183 00:08:06.800 --> 00:08:08.839 we're doing is we're just plowing through from ten to 184 00:08:08.879 --> 00:08:11.480 twenty two something like that. I don't know this big 185 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:14.240 chunk where it's just slogan after slogan after slogan, one 186 00:08:14.240 --> 00:08:17.279 liner after one liner after one liner. So each of 187 00:08:17.319 --> 00:08:21.240 these things, each sentence is its own idea. Essentially, he says, 188 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:24.839 better a dry crust eaten in peace than a house 189 00:08:25.079 --> 00:08:29.839 filled with feasting and conflict. That's appropriate, especially considering lots 190 00:08:29.879 --> 00:08:35.039 of people just can't pass thanksgiving right. A wise servant 191 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:38.320 will rule over the master's disgraceful son, and will share 192 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:42.320 the inheritance of the master's children. Fire tests the purity 193 00:08:42.320 --> 00:08:44.600 of silver and gold, but the lord tests the heart. 194 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:49.360 Wrongdoers eagerly listen to gossip, and liars pay close attention 195 00:08:49.440 --> 00:08:52.679 to slander. Those who mock the poor and salt their maker. 196 00:08:53.080 --> 00:08:55.679 Those who rejoice that the misfortune of others will be punished. 197 00:08:56.679 --> 00:09:00.000 Grandchildren are the crowning glory of the aged. Parents are 198 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:03.600 the pride of their children. Eloquent words are not fitting 199 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:06.480 for a fool, even less our lives fitting for a ruler. 200 00:09:07.440 --> 00:09:10.600 A bribe is like a lucky charm whoever gives one 201 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:15.360 will prosper. Love prospers when a fault is forgiven, but 202 00:09:15.480 --> 00:09:21.559 dwelling in a dwelling on it separates close friends. A 203 00:09:21.600 --> 00:09:24.679 single rebuke does more for a person of understanding than 204 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:27.960 a hundred lashes on the back of a fool. Evil 205 00:09:27.960 --> 00:09:31.559 people are eager for rebellion, but they will be severely punished. 206 00:09:32.360 --> 00:09:34.480 It is safer to meet a bear robbed of her 207 00:09:34.519 --> 00:09:37.320 cubs than to confront a fool. Cotton foolishness. 208 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:37.799 Wow. 209 00:09:38.360 --> 00:09:41.360 If you repay good with evil, evil will never leave 210 00:09:41.399 --> 00:09:45.279 your house. Starting a coral is like opening a floodgate, 211 00:09:45.399 --> 00:09:50.759 so stop before a dispute breaks out. Acquitting the guilty 212 00:09:50.840 --> 00:09:53.919 and condemning the innocent both are detestable to the lord. 213 00:09:54.960 --> 00:09:57.559 It is senseless to pay tuition to educate a fool, 214 00:09:57.600 --> 00:10:01.039 since he has no heart for learning. A friend is 215 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:03.080 always loyal, and a brother is born to help in 216 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:07.200 time of need. It's poor judgment to guarantee another person's 217 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:10.759 debt or put up security for a friend. Anyone who 218 00:10:10.799 --> 00:10:13.879 loves to quarrel loves sin. Anyone who trusts in high 219 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:18.080 walls invites disaster. Their crooked heart will not prosper, and 220 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:21.679 the lying tongue tumbles into trouble. It is painful to 221 00:10:21.679 --> 00:10:23.799 be the parent of a fool. There is no joy 222 00:10:23.840 --> 00:10:27.080 for the father of a rebel. A cheerful heart is 223 00:10:27.120 --> 00:10:30.039 good medicine, but a broken spirit SAPs a person's strength. 224 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:35.679 The wicked takes secret bribes to pervert the course of justice. 225 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:38.480 Sensible people keep their eyes glued on wisdom, but a 226 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:42.720 fool's eyes wander to the ends of the earth. Foolish 227 00:10:42.799 --> 00:10:44.840 children bring grief to their father, and bitterness to the 228 00:10:44.840 --> 00:10:47.879 one who gave them birth. It is wrong to punish 229 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:50.279 the godly for being good, or to flog leaders for 230 00:10:50.360 --> 00:10:54.080 being honest. A truly wise person uses few words. A 231 00:10:54.120 --> 00:10:58.679 person with understanding is even tempered. Even fools are thought wise. 232 00:10:58.720 --> 00:11:00.679 When they keep silent, with their mind all shut, they 233 00:11:00.720 --> 00:11:01.600 seem intelligent. 234 00:11:02.240 --> 00:11:03.159 That's that's a good one. 235 00:11:03.159 --> 00:11:04.480 And I love that one. 236 00:11:05.080 --> 00:11:05.879 They seem intelligent. 237 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:07.879 It's better to keep your mouth shut and a peer 238 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:09.799 wise than open your mouth and prove otherwise. 239 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:10.919 Yeah, right. 240 00:11:11.919 --> 00:11:14.279 And it's safer to meet a bear robbed of her 241 00:11:14.320 --> 00:11:18.679 cubs than it confront of fool cotton foolishness. And and 242 00:11:18.720 --> 00:11:23.440 you know what it's uh, I think about uh, you 243 00:11:23.480 --> 00:11:27.440 know back that in those days, it is probably not 244 00:11:27.679 --> 00:11:32.000 uncommon to come across bears, right, you know, they had 245 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:34.440 more reason to be out in the wilderness, you know, 246 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:39.399 hunting for food, you know, watching sheep, right, you know, bears, 247 00:11:40.039 --> 00:11:43.720 you know, bear would often you know, look for sheep 248 00:11:43.759 --> 00:11:46.000 and take them out right in the in the herd, 249 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:50.039 and so uh you know, people were actually. 250 00:11:49.600 --> 00:11:50.240 You know, you and me. 251 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:53.799 Have you ever encountered a live bear in a cave somewhere? 252 00:11:54.120 --> 00:11:57.399 Yes, you have. I've come across bears four times out 253 00:11:57.480 --> 00:11:59.000 hunting black bears. 254 00:11:59.600 --> 00:12:01.159 Okay, all right, yeah, I don't know why. 255 00:12:01.399 --> 00:12:04.440 So black bears are meaner than grizzly bears, are they really? Yeah? 256 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:06.679 So a grizzly bear, if you ball up and don't 257 00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:08.720 fight it, a grizzly bear will get bored with you 258 00:12:08.799 --> 00:12:11.480 unless it's going to eat you, whereas a black bear 259 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:14.200 doesn't want to engage with you. But when a black 260 00:12:14.200 --> 00:12:17.600 bear engages with you, it doesn't stop, so you just 261 00:12:17.639 --> 00:12:20.960 have to keep fighting. Yeah, so grizzly bear stopped fighting, 262 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:23.320 it'll throw you around a little bit and hopefully you live. 263 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:26.360 A black bear just keeps coming at you once itgin I. 264 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:28.440 Was I was told with a black bearry you act 265 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:29.000 big and go. 266 00:12:29.639 --> 00:12:32.240 Yeah, yeah, because they're not as big, right there. One 267 00:12:32.279 --> 00:12:34.480 of the bears that came up on she stood up 268 00:12:34.559 --> 00:12:37.000 and she had cubs with her, and she was off 269 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:39.240 maybe about one hundred and fifty yards two hundred yards away. 270 00:12:39.279 --> 00:12:41.639 I was in a tree stand and it was coming 271 00:12:41.679 --> 00:12:44.200 towards lunch, and she stood up and she's just look, 272 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:47.000 because they can smell, like in three D bears can wow, 273 00:12:47.039 --> 00:12:49.840 so they can smell everything. And so she knew I 274 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:51.600 was there way before I knew she was there, and 275 00:12:51.759 --> 00:12:54.240 probably that's why she cut out around that field. But 276 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:55.600 then she gets straight out in front of me, and then 277 00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:57.000 she stood up just kind of looked at me for 278 00:12:57.039 --> 00:13:01.639 a minute like that, and then walk out out on 279 00:13:01.679 --> 00:13:03.960 the logging trail I had to walk out on to 280 00:13:04.039 --> 00:13:06.279 go back to meet my brother and the other guys 281 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:09.080 we were hunting with. And so that was a little intimidating, right, 282 00:13:09.120 --> 00:13:11.559 I think, right, yeah, And then other times I've had 283 00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:13.440 them come in. I've had some young ones, but she 284 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:15.840 was probably as tall as I am once she stood up, 285 00:13:16.039 --> 00:13:18.759 maybe a little taller. Yeah, so probably three hundred and 286 00:13:18.879 --> 00:13:22.320 something pounds. You know, that's pretty big bear. Yeah, but yeah, 287 00:13:22.840 --> 00:13:25.720 four times out in the woods, I've come across different bears. 288 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:28.000 Usually they're smaller, but that was a big one. 289 00:13:28.200 --> 00:13:32.039 Okay, So one a person who may not hunt like myself. 290 00:13:32.120 --> 00:13:34.639 Yeah right right, cities, citiesluckers. 291 00:13:34.799 --> 00:13:37.960 I have no reason I come across a bear. But 292 00:13:38.240 --> 00:13:41.320 the idea of coming across a bear who just get 293 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:41.960 robbed over. 294 00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:43.960 Cubs, yeah, oh, that's you're in trouble. 295 00:13:44.039 --> 00:13:44.559 You're in trouble. 296 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:45.600 Yeah, you're in trouble. Yeah. 297 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:47.960 And so he's going out of his way to say, 298 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:52.639 imagine the most dangerous situation. Is there any more of 299 00:13:52.679 --> 00:13:53.799 a dangerous situation? 300 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:57.559 I can't imagine? Well, I mean that's that's a known phrase, 301 00:13:57.759 --> 00:14:01.759 right as far as anger go. She's like a mama bear. 302 00:14:02.039 --> 00:14:04.960 That that's a phrase, right, or a bear robbed over cubs, 303 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:07.480 or don't get between a mother and her cubs. Rite 304 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:10.039 that kind of idea, right, she just know she's gonna 305 00:14:10.080 --> 00:14:12.360 fight you, right right. 306 00:14:12.399 --> 00:14:12.600 Yeah. 307 00:14:12.639 --> 00:14:13.799 And you're in double yeah. 308 00:14:14.039 --> 00:14:16.960 And so that idea of trying to correct a fool, 309 00:14:17.919 --> 00:14:19.799 they're just going to come after you. Sometimes it's just 310 00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:20.480 not worth it. 311 00:14:20.639 --> 00:14:23.480 Yeah yeah. And and and the danger of it too. 312 00:14:23.600 --> 00:14:26.679 So so Solomon is going to hurt. Right, it's going 313 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:31.679 to hurt you, right. And Solomon is warning against the foolishness. 314 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:34.919 And so it's not just that a fool is a 315 00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:37.000 fool in terms of observation. 316 00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:39.679 Oh yeah, there's such a fool it is. It is. 317 00:14:39.840 --> 00:14:41.960 Actually what he's trying to say is no, a fool 318 00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:46.399 is something somebody you want to avoid in your life because. 319 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:47.440 They will hurt you. 320 00:14:47.799 --> 00:14:47.919 Right. 321 00:14:49.200 --> 00:14:49.840 That's a good point. 322 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:53.360 Yeah, and I and I actually I was thinking about 323 00:14:53.879 --> 00:14:57.639 the one that said, uh, educating a fool. 324 00:14:58.080 --> 00:14:58.639 Where was that one? 325 00:14:58.919 --> 00:14:59.639 Don't pay tuition? 326 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:01.519 Yes, where's that? 327 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:06.120 Yeah? Verse sixteen. It's senseless to pay tuition to educate 328 00:15:06.120 --> 00:15:07.639 a fool since he has no heart for learning. 329 00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:11.679 Yeah, that is that is something, isn't it? You know, 330 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:16.279 just to you know, to uh, you know, I think 331 00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:18.039 about all the people in your life that you have, 332 00:15:19.279 --> 00:15:21.360 you know, either talked with or tried to reason with, 333 00:15:21.519 --> 00:15:24.440 and you actually think to yourself, man, it is a 334 00:15:24.559 --> 00:15:26.039 hopeless conversation. 335 00:15:26.679 --> 00:15:28.799 Yeah, if they don't have a heart for learning, whether 336 00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:30.279 there's not anything you can really do. 337 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:35.039 Yeah. And so let's talk about teachability. Uh, don't you. 338 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:40.919 Think that one of the greatest, one of the greatest abilities. 339 00:15:40.399 --> 00:15:42.399 Abilities is teachability. 340 00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:45.240 Yeah, and uh, you know, so one of the things 341 00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:49.799 that we do is we tried Heritage Church to bring 342 00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:54.360 along people of the next generation on staff. Right, So 343 00:15:54.440 --> 00:15:56.879 there are people who you know, have less experience, and 344 00:15:57.360 --> 00:15:59.279 they're younger, and they don't you know, they don't know what, 345 00:15:59.320 --> 00:16:01.840 they don't know something times and and so you bring 346 00:16:01.879 --> 00:16:04.840 them along and you say, okay, so hey, here's here's 347 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:08.360 my opinion. And one of the favorite phrases that I have, uh, 348 00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:11.519 which I which I totally stole from Andy Stanley when 349 00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:14.399 he talks about, you know, mentoring the younger generation, as 350 00:16:14.399 --> 00:16:16.960 he says, it's not my responsibility to fill their cup, 351 00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:20.279 but it is always my responsibility to empty mind you great, 352 00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:22.639 and so it's like it's like it's my job to 353 00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:27.840 completely empty my cup into you know, disciple or mentor 354 00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:29.440 or train or teach. 355 00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:30.559 Uh, you know. 356 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:33.279 And and regardless of whether they're gonna you know, take 357 00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:35.679 take my advice or like it or not like it, 358 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:39.080 that's not my responsibility. My responsibility is just to to 359 00:16:39.159 --> 00:16:41.679 do so. And uh, but I think I got to 360 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:44.039 tell you I've done it for a long time. And 361 00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:48.200 teachability is the number one thing that you look for 362 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:49.720 in this situation. 363 00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:53.480 I think that so that's one of the things we 364 00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:58.480 look for in hiring right as we hire, So obviously availability, 365 00:16:58.639 --> 00:17:02.039 somebody who has the sense of, you know, I look 366 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:06.319 for people that say, hey, whatever it takes, as opposed 367 00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:10.000 to people who want a really clear understanding of well 368 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:16.559 that's not my job or you know, I'm it's after 369 00:17:16.599 --> 00:17:19.160 five now kind of an idea. Then you say that, 370 00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:21.240 so availability is a really big one for us. We're 371 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:23.039 looking for people who are just like, whatever it takes, 372 00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:25.440 I'm all in on it, right, So that's one as 373 00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:30.200 opposed to somebody counting minutes and paying super close attention 374 00:17:30.279 --> 00:17:33.160 to their job description or whatever. So it'd be one. 375 00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:36.599 The other one would be likability, I think is super important. 376 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:41.119 Just chemistry in the office. Are they like the rest 377 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:43.640 of the people. Are we going to have enjoyable time together? 378 00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:46.279 I think that's important. But then I think the most 379 00:17:46.319 --> 00:17:48.440 important one for somebody to be able to thrive. Those 380 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:51.599 two are important because they reflect more your character. This one, 381 00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:55.960 this teachability idea, it really is. It determines the ceiling 382 00:17:56.640 --> 00:18:01.960 right for that person. Somebody who's super cures and teachable. 383 00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:05.920 I think you have a tremendous amount of headroom above 384 00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:08.839 them from where you hire to the top. But people 385 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:12.640 who don't seem particularly curious, they're not wondering why do 386 00:18:12.680 --> 00:18:15.319 we do what we do, or how things work or 387 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:18.279 or all that kind of stuff typically, and then they're 388 00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:21.039 not looking for new information new ideas. They typically get 389 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:26.200 kind of they very quickly will get into a rut 390 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:29.880 and then they just they're they're more worker bees than 391 00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:32.200 they are the kind of you know, massive contributors are 392 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:34.599 going to you know, be a force multiplier to change 393 00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:37.920 an organization, moving organization forward. So yeah, teachability would be 394 00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:40.480 I think is one of the most important things. Yeah, 395 00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:42.599 and somebody who's not teachable, I think you have to 396 00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:43.519 offload them quickly. 397 00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:46.519 Yes, and doesn't Paul say In the New Testament, he 398 00:18:46.559 --> 00:18:50.480 says he's going to teach Timothy to teach others to 399 00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:50.960 train others. 400 00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:51.480 What does that called? 401 00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:52.559