WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:03.720 You're listening to the Bible guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.759 --> 00:00:06.480 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun in 3 00:00:06.599 --> 00:00:07.559 practical ways. 4 00:00:11.599 --> 00:00:14.679 Hey, everybody. Anyways, you know, on the drive here, it 5 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:15.919 was really interesting and. 6 00:00:18.239 --> 00:00:19.679 No, Jeff it started. 7 00:00:19.719 --> 00:00:24.239 We are we are. We were chit chatting right there 8 00:00:24.239 --> 00:00:25.399 before everything came on. 9 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:28.600 Hey, So welcome to the Bible guys. My name is Chris. 10 00:00:28.640 --> 00:00:33.000 This is Jeff. And today we are continuing in the 11 00:00:33.039 --> 00:00:34.359 Book of Proverbs. 12 00:00:34.399 --> 00:00:35.880 Proverbs, yes, written. 13 00:00:35.679 --> 00:00:39.759 By King Solomon, who we know is David's son, who 14 00:00:39.799 --> 00:00:43.960 is now king, who is somehow, well not somehow we 15 00:00:44.039 --> 00:00:48.359 know how May attained the most wisdom that any man 16 00:00:48.399 --> 00:00:54.600 will ever have, any human in any part from Jesus. Yeah, 17 00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:56.439 I guess, I guess that is true. He's a he's 18 00:00:56.439 --> 00:00:57.159 a human. 19 00:00:56.920 --> 00:01:00.719 God, the man God, that's right, the God man. 20 00:01:01.520 --> 00:01:04.079 My yeah, I guess it's God man. Yeah, the Man God, 21 00:01:04.120 --> 00:01:05.920 God man undred percent. 22 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:09.719 So absolutely, that's right. But other than Jesus Solomon right there. 23 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:12.719 Yeah, And what's amazing is nobody will ever be as 24 00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:14.280 as wise as Solomon according to God. 25 00:01:14.359 --> 00:01:14.760 That's right. 26 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:18.120 So today, before we get into that, we started with 27 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:25.640 a segment that we have that is called mail bags. 28 00:01:26.680 --> 00:01:29.040 And this is actually written in by Paul K. 29 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:31.000 Paul K. Hi, Paul K. 30 00:01:31.280 --> 00:01:33.840 Yeah, there it is. If you had to choose a 31 00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:37.319 Bible character besides Jesus that I have with for a day, 32 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:38.599 who would it be? And why? 33 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:40.200 Oh? 34 00:01:40.359 --> 00:01:42.519 A sexually tough one. Have you ever You've been asked 35 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:44.280 this before, haven't you? Yeah? 36 00:01:44.319 --> 00:01:45.519 Probably? I think so. 37 00:01:45.799 --> 00:01:49.120 Yeah, And I think I choose somebody different every time. 38 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:51.560 Okay, probably me too, then, yeah, I think so. 39 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:54.400 But there's so much to choose from, but there's always 40 00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:57.280 a clear choice for me, so I'll skip back and 41 00:01:57.319 --> 00:02:03.159 forth often, but obviously my choice is the Apostle Paul. 42 00:02:04.680 --> 00:02:06.400 Really, yeah, it always is always. 43 00:02:06.519 --> 00:02:09.439 Yeah, He's sort of my hero besides Jesus in the Bible. 44 00:02:09.599 --> 00:02:11.680 Yeah, big fan. I'm a big fan. 45 00:02:11.759 --> 00:02:12.439 I'm a big fan. 46 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:14.919 Hey, PAULI read some of your books, like him, big fan, 47 00:02:16.599 --> 00:02:19.680 the way that you captured. 48 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:23.000 The reader, all the way that you scorned. 49 00:02:22.599 --> 00:02:23.719 The Apostle, Paul. 50 00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:28.039 Yeah, I'd say the Apostle Paul. Wow, he is, you know, 51 00:02:28.919 --> 00:02:35.039 an incredible man with incredible courage, incredible sacrifice. He had 52 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:37.840 such a great influence on the world that we live 53 00:02:37.879 --> 00:02:40.199 in today, the Western world, right, I mean you can 54 00:02:40.199 --> 00:02:42.159 connect the dots all the way back to the apostle. Paul. 55 00:02:42.599 --> 00:02:43.800 It's one of the reasons why you and I are 56 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:46.080 sitting in this podcast studio today. 57 00:02:46.479 --> 00:02:46.960 It's true. 58 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:47.639 It is true. 59 00:02:47.680 --> 00:02:51.599 It is true. Yeah, so uh man, that's good choice. 60 00:02:51.639 --> 00:02:54.400 Good choice. So, now that he's off the table, I 61 00:02:54.439 --> 00:02:55.719 think he's very intellectual. 62 00:02:56.039 --> 00:02:56.960 Did I take your choice? 63 00:02:57.000 --> 00:02:59.639 No, I don't think so. Okay, I think he's very intellectual. 64 00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:03.240 I think he had an outrageous amount of courage right 65 00:03:04.199 --> 00:03:07.120 his The grit that Paul had to just keep going 66 00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:12.240 is really impressive. I thought about this one. I think, 67 00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:14.000 I believe or not, I think Peter would be one 68 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:18.199 that would be super intrigued by He's so spontaneous and 69 00:03:18.800 --> 00:03:22.719 off the cuff and just kind of running full steam 70 00:03:22.719 --> 00:03:25.639 ahead without always thinking. It just seems like. I bet 71 00:03:25.719 --> 00:03:28.479 he was a fun guy. I bet he had a 72 00:03:28.479 --> 00:03:30.280 a hot head a little bit, it seemed like. But 73 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:31.479 I think he would have been a fun person to 74 00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:34.400 hang out with. So him or David. I think David 75 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:38.639 would be an interesting guy again, same thing. He's a 76 00:03:38.639 --> 00:03:42.479 warrior poet. He runs a muck sometimes, but he just 77 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:45.280 he really wants to honor God. And yeah, I think 78 00:03:45.319 --> 00:03:46.520 those two guys would be kind of cool. 79 00:03:46.719 --> 00:03:47.280 Yeah. 80 00:03:47.919 --> 00:03:49.199 Would you not want to hang out with? 81 00:03:49.439 --> 00:03:51.879 Oh? Ge is what a question? Who would I? 82 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:52.080 Not? 83 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:54.039 Anybody in the Bible I would not want to hang 84 00:03:54.039 --> 00:03:54.319 out with. 85 00:03:54.680 --> 00:04:00.800 Yeah, Jeremiah, Yeah, the weeping Prophet. Ye, it's always sad. 86 00:04:01.039 --> 00:04:02.879 Yeah, well, I mean the poor guy. I'm sure he 87 00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:05.560 would tell stories. I don't want to hear those stories. 88 00:04:05.639 --> 00:04:08.319 Yeah. Yeah right, and where I. 89 00:04:08.479 --> 00:04:09.960 Was so by myself? 90 00:04:10.120 --> 00:04:12.479 Yeah, I for a thousand. 91 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:14.759 Years, not as thousand. But I'm just kidding it. 92 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:17.279 Like it when you read it, I don't. I don't 93 00:04:17.279 --> 00:04:19.240 think i'd want to hang out with Adam unless he 94 00:04:19.319 --> 00:04:23.199 got some clothes on. Well, that would be uncomfortable. 95 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:25.399 Yeah, well, I mean, are you really going to feel that? 96 00:04:25.399 --> 00:04:27.319 Though in heaven I'm assuming it's in heaven. 97 00:04:27.959 --> 00:04:29.319 I don't know they have robes in heaven. 98 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:30.800 Yeah that's true. 99 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:32.000 I know something. 100 00:04:32.040 --> 00:04:33.560 But you know what I'm saying, Like, have you ever 101 00:04:33.560 --> 00:04:34.000 thought about this? 102 00:04:34.040 --> 00:04:36.560 I know I didn't say in heaven. You're right, okay, 103 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:38.920 didn't put the heaven caveat there? Just hang out for 104 00:04:38.959 --> 00:04:39.199 the day. 105 00:04:39.279 --> 00:04:41.800 Yeah, there's the lawyer in your brain. But what I'm 106 00:04:41.800 --> 00:04:43.879 saying is what I'm saying is have you ever thought 107 00:04:43.879 --> 00:04:46.720 about this? So side topic if it is in heaven? 108 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:52.360 If not, side topic, like you won't feel any anything 109 00:04:52.399 --> 00:04:55.319 negative in heaven. Like for instance, my good buddy Sean 110 00:04:55.360 --> 00:04:57.720 in the mailroom at Baptist Broba College told me one time, 111 00:04:57.759 --> 00:05:01.360 he said, don't you think, uh, you know, in heaven 112 00:05:01.399 --> 00:05:03.839 after a couple of billion years passes, don't you think 113 00:05:03.920 --> 00:05:07.959 you get bored? And he was like dead serious, like 114 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:10.800 you know you're gonna get bored? And I said, I'm 115 00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:14.720 pretty sure boredom is an impossibility in heaven. Isn't that 116 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:19.240 connected to like negativity, sin the fall? Isn't that connected 117 00:05:19.240 --> 00:05:23.920 to our our our sinful human nature? So what if 118 00:05:23.959 --> 00:05:28.160 boredom is an absolute impossibility? Have you have you ever 119 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:28.839 thought about. 120 00:05:28.600 --> 00:05:30.759 That, whether or not I can get bored in heaven? 121 00:05:31.160 --> 00:05:33.360 Yes, I mean like well, I mean actually. 122 00:05:33.079 --> 00:05:36.800 I almost fell asleep in that question. So I and 123 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:38.879 it's a little it's a little heaven sitting here with you, 124 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:40.360 Oh wow, a little bit. 125 00:05:40.519 --> 00:05:41.680 You don't want to answer the question. 126 00:05:41.920 --> 00:05:43.279 I don't know, I don't I don't know if I 127 00:05:43.279 --> 00:05:46.600 think that boredom is a part of the fall. Boredom 128 00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:48.959 is the absence of doing something in the moment? Is 129 00:05:48.959 --> 00:05:50.879 it bad? But isn't well? 130 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:54.519 I mean it's super negative? Is it isn't it? Does 131 00:05:54.560 --> 00:05:55.959 it make you feel sad? You think? 132 00:05:56.079 --> 00:05:56.480 I don't know. 133 00:05:56.560 --> 00:05:59.519 I think sadness can be it says Heaven's no more sorrow. 134 00:05:59.319 --> 00:06:04.079 If you're all ways only euphoric? Is there actual euphoria? Then? 135 00:06:04.399 --> 00:06:06.360 But what if to be ups and downs in order 136 00:06:06.399 --> 00:06:08.680 to have real happiness? 137 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:12.759 True? But what if? What if the sadness were an 138 00:06:12.759 --> 00:06:15.120 impossibility and then therefore. 139 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:15.920 It was sadness? Yes? 140 00:06:16.199 --> 00:06:19.040 Yeah, well it doesn't boredom lead to sadness. 141 00:06:19.560 --> 00:06:21.360 Or it leads me to go do something interesting? 142 00:06:22.959 --> 00:06:24.439 Huh interesting? 143 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:24.879 Yeah? 144 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:27.360 Okay, maybe not boredom. 145 00:06:27.680 --> 00:06:29.399 I don't know. I don't know. I'm not arguing that 146 00:06:29.439 --> 00:06:32.560 point against it. I'm just just not embracing it. 147 00:06:32.920 --> 00:06:34.759 Okay, all right, but this. 148 00:06:34.639 --> 00:06:37.519 One hanging out with I would hang out with Peter 149 00:06:37.680 --> 00:06:40.199 or David, you'd hang out with Paul or who? Who 150 00:06:40.199 --> 00:06:40.759 would be your second? 151 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:42.040 You want me to do a second choice? 152 00:06:42.040 --> 00:06:42.959 Do you have a second choice? 153 00:06:43.240 --> 00:06:43.480 One? A? 154 00:06:43.600 --> 00:06:43.839 One? B? 155 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:52.240 Yeah? I think it be Oh, I mean Peter and 156 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:53.040 David are great. 157 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:54.519 There are good ones. 158 00:06:55.920 --> 00:07:01.120 Maybe maybe to be Elijah. 159 00:07:01.319 --> 00:07:02.959 Oh, there you go, that's a good one. 160 00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:07.680 Yeah. Yeah, yeah, he's a pretty pretty rough guy. Yeah right, 161 00:07:07.720 --> 00:07:11.279 he's the wilderness guy. He's the take on the world guy. 162 00:07:11.639 --> 00:07:13.600 Stand up to the king, guys, stand up to the king. 163 00:07:13.759 --> 00:07:15.800 Yeah yeah, yeah, you run faster than a cherry. 164 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:18.639 Yeah. Even God was like, yeah, he's riding a fiery 165 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:21.439 cherry at home. There's no there's no other more appropriate. 166 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:25.720 Uh okay, good one, good call. Well, hey, thank you, 167 00:07:25.800 --> 00:07:30.240 Paul k Yes, super cool. And uh, I'm sure next 168 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:32.439 time we'll give different answers, but this time that's Yeah, 169 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:35.199 that's what's on our mind today. If it was if 170 00:07:35.199 --> 00:07:37.800 it was today, that's who we'd hang out with. But uh, 171 00:07:38.079 --> 00:07:40.959 that being said, talking about today and hanging out with people, 172 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:42.800 we're hanging out with the wisest guy in the Bible. 173 00:07:43.600 --> 00:07:45.240 Yes, we are hanging out with him. 174 00:07:45.319 --> 00:07:45.519 Yes. 175 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:47.480 Every time we open the Book of Proverbs, it's like 176 00:07:47.560 --> 00:07:49.319 having a cup of coffee with Solomon. 177 00:07:51.120 --> 00:07:52.279 I can't stand coffee. 178 00:07:52.920 --> 00:07:55.240 It's like having a cup of mountain dew with Solomon. 179 00:07:56.040 --> 00:07:56.199 Fan. 180 00:07:56.519 --> 00:07:58.240 It's like having a cup of coke zero. 181 00:07:58.439 --> 00:08:00.959 There you go, Okay, I'm ready, I'm ready now I 182 00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:05.240 like tea, all right, here we go. Ready. Proverbs, chapter seventeen, 183 00:08:05.279 --> 00:08:07.000 is where we're at. And it seems like what we're 184 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:09.160 doing is we're just plowing through from ten to twenty 185 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:11.800 two something like that. I don't know this big chunk 186 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:14.519 where it's just slogan after slogan after slogan, one liner 187 00:08:14.560 --> 00:08:18.120 after one liner after one liner. So each of these things, 188 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:21.720 each sentence is its own idea. Essentially, he says, better 189 00:08:21.800 --> 00:08:25.480 a dry crust eaten in peace than a house filled 190 00:08:25.519 --> 00:08:29.920 with feasting and conflict. That's appropriate, especially considering lots of 191 00:08:29.959 --> 00:08:35.279 people just can't. That's thanksgiving right. A wise servant will 192 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:38.480 rule over the master's disgraceful son, and will share the 193 00:08:38.519 --> 00:08:42.480 inheritance of the master's children. Fire tests the purity of 194 00:08:42.480 --> 00:08:46.440 silver and gold, but the lord tests the heart. Wrongdoers 195 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:50.039 eagerly listen to gossip, and liars pay close attention to slander. 196 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:53.320 Those who mock the poor and salt their maker. Those 197 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:55.720 who rejoice that the misfortune of others will be punished. 198 00:08:56.720 --> 00:09:00.080 Grandchildren are the crowning glory of the aged. Parents are 199 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:03.600 the pride of their children. Eloquent words are not fitting 200 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:06.519 for a fool, even less our lives fitting for a ruler. 201 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:10.639 A bribe is like a lucky charm. Whoever gives one 202 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:15.399 will prosper. Love prospers when a fault is forgiven, but 203 00:09:15.519 --> 00:09:21.600 dwelling in a dwelling on it separates close friends. A 204 00:09:21.639 --> 00:09:24.720 single rebuke does more for a person of understanding than 205 00:09:24.759 --> 00:09:28.000 one hundred lashes on the back of a fool. Evil 206 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:31.559 people are eager for rebellion, but they will be severely punished. 207 00:09:32.399 --> 00:09:34.519 It is safer to meet a bear robbed of her 208 00:09:34.559 --> 00:09:38.559 cubs than to confront a fool. Cotton foolishness. Wow. If 209 00:09:38.600 --> 00:09:41.879 you repay good with evil, evil will never leave your house. 210 00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:46.039 Starting a coral is like opening a floodgate, so stop 211 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:51.519 before a dispute breaks out. Acquitting the guilty and condemning 212 00:09:51.559 --> 00:09:55.240 the innocent both are detestable to the lord. It is 213 00:09:55.279 --> 00:09:57.879 senseless to pay tuition to educate a fool, since he 214 00:09:57.919 --> 00:10:01.840 has no heart for learning. A friend is always loyal, 215 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:03.759 and a brother is born to help in time of need. 216 00:10:04.879 --> 00:10:07.799 It's poor judgment to guarantee another person's debt or put 217 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:11.639 up security for a friend. Anyone who loves to quarrel 218 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:15.399 loves sin. Anyone who trusts in high walls invites disaster. 219 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:18.840 Their crooked heart will not prosper and the lying tongue 220 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:22.240 tumbles into trouble. It is painful to be the parent 221 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:24.360 of a fool. There is no joy for the father 222 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:28.000 of a rebel. A cheerful heart is good medicine, but 223 00:10:28.039 --> 00:10:31.960 a broken spirit SAPs a person's strength. The wicked takes 224 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:36.519 secret bribes to pervert the course of justice. Sensible people 225 00:10:36.600 --> 00:10:39.320 keep their eyes glued on wisdom, but a fool's eyes 226 00:10:39.759 --> 00:10:43.360 wander to the ends of the earth. Foolish children bring 227 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:45.200 grief to their father, and bitterness to the one who 228 00:10:45.200 --> 00:10:48.360 gave them birth. It is wrong to punish the godly 229 00:10:48.440 --> 00:10:51.039 for being good, or to flog leaders for being honest. 230 00:10:51.960 --> 00:10:54.519 A truly wise person uses few words. A person with 231 00:10:54.679 --> 00:10:58.879 understanding is even tempered. Even fools are thought wise. When 232 00:10:58.919 --> 00:11:01.639 they keep silent with their mouth shut, they seem intelligent. 233 00:11:02.240 --> 00:11:03.200 That's that's a good one. 234 00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:04.480 In I love that one. 235 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:05.960 They seem intelligent. 236 00:11:06.360 --> 00:11:07.919 It's better to keep your mouth shut in a peer 237 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:10.679 wise than open your mouth and prove otherwise. Yeah. 238 00:11:10.759 --> 00:11:14.120 Right. And it's safer to meet a bear robbed of 239 00:11:14.159 --> 00:11:17.759 her cubs than it confront of fool cotton foolishness. And 240 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:23.360 and you know what it's uh, I think about Uh? 241 00:11:23.399 --> 00:11:27.120 You know back that in those days it is probably 242 00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:31.840 not uncommon to come across bears, right, you know, they 243 00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:34.480 had more reason to be out in the wilderness, you know, 244 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:39.519 hunting for food, you know, watching sheep, right, you know, bears, 245 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:43.759 you know, bear would often you know, look for sheep 246 00:11:43.799 --> 00:11:46.039 and take them out right in the in the herd. 247 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:50.000 And so you know, people were actually you know, you 248 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:52.799 and me. Have you ever encountered a live bear in 249 00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:53.840 a cave somewhere? 250 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:57.440 Yes, you have. I've come across bears four times out 251 00:11:57.519 --> 00:11:59.039 hunting black bears. 252 00:11:59.600 --> 00:12:01.159 Okay, all right, yeah, I don't know why. 253 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:04.480 So black bears are meaner than grizzly bears, are they really? Yeah? 254 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:06.720 So a grizzly bear, if you ball up and don't 255 00:12:06.759 --> 00:12:08.759 fight it, a grizzly bear will get bored with you 256 00:12:08.840 --> 00:12:11.480 unless it's going to eat you, whereas a black bear 257 00:12:12.039 --> 00:12:14.200 doesn't want to engage with you. But when a black 258 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:17.639 bear engages with you, it doesn't stop, so you just 259 00:12:17.679 --> 00:12:21.000 have to keep fighting. Yeah, so grizzly bear stopped fighting, 260 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:23.360 it'll throw you around a little bit and hopefully you live. 261 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:26.240 A black bear just keeps coming at you once it coin. 262 00:12:26.320 --> 00:12:28.720 I was told with a black bearry, you act big 263 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:29.039 and go. 264 00:12:29.679 --> 00:12:32.279 Yeah, yeah, because they're not as big, right there. One 265 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:34.519 of the bears that came up on she stood up 266 00:12:34.600 --> 00:12:37.039 and she had cubs with her, and she was off 267 00:12:37.039 --> 00:12:39.279 maybe about one hundred and fifty yards two hundred yards away. 268 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:41.679 I was in a tree stand and it was coming 269 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:44.240 towards lunch, and she stood up and she's just look, 270 00:12:44.279 --> 00:12:47.039 because they can smell, like in three D bears can wow, 271 00:12:47.080 --> 00:12:49.879 so they can smell everything. And so she knew I 272 00:12:49.960 --> 00:12:51.639 was there way before I knew she was there, and 273 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:54.240 probably that's why she cut out around that field. But 274 00:12:54.279 --> 00:12:55.639 then she gets straight out in front of me, and then 275 00:12:55.639 --> 00:12:57.039 she stood up just kind of looked at me for 276 00:12:57.080 --> 00:13:02.200 a minute like that, and then out on the logging 277 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:04.480 trail I had to walk out on to go back 278 00:13:04.519 --> 00:13:06.559 to meet my brother and the other guys we were 279 00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:09.120 hunting with. And so that was a little intimidating, right, 280 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:11.639 I think. Right, Yeah, And then other times I've had 281 00:13:11.679 --> 00:13:13.480 them come in. I've had some young ones. But she 282 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:15.879 was probably as tall as I am once she stood up, 283 00:13:16.080 --> 00:13:18.799 maybe a little taller. Yeah, so probably three hundred and 284 00:13:18.919 --> 00:13:21.720 something pounds. You know, that's a pretty big bear. Yeah, 285 00:13:21.799 --> 00:13:24.519 but yeah, four times out in the woods. I've come 286 00:13:24.559 --> 00:13:27.600 across different bears. Usually they're smaller, but that was a 287 00:13:27.600 --> 00:13:28.000 big one. 288 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:32.080 Okay, so one a person who may not hunt like myself. 289 00:13:32.159 --> 00:13:36.120 Yeah right right, cities, citiesers have no reason they come 290 00:13:36.159 --> 00:13:39.919 across a bear. But the idea of coming across a 291 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:42.000 bear who just get robbed of her. 292 00:13:41.960 --> 00:13:44.000 Cubs, yeah, oh, that's you're in trouble. 293 00:13:44.080 --> 00:13:44.600 You're in trouble. 294 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:45.600 Yeah, you're in trouble. Yeah. 295 00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:48.000 And so he's going out of his way to say, 296 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:52.679 imagine the most dangerous situation. Is there any more of 297 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:53.840 a dangerous situation? 298 00:13:54.039 --> 00:13:57.600 I can't imagine? Well, I mean that's that's a known phrase, 299 00:13:57.799 --> 00:14:01.799 right as far as anger goes. She's like a mama bear. 300 00:14:02.039 --> 00:14:04.519 That that's a phrase, right, or a bear robbed up 301 00:14:04.519 --> 00:14:07.240 her cubs, or don't get between a mother and her cubs. 302 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:09.720 Rite that kind of idea, right, she does know she's 303 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:12.360 gonna fight you, right right. 304 00:14:12.440 --> 00:14:12.639 Yeah. 305 00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:15.600 And you're in double yeah. And so that idea of 306 00:14:15.720 --> 00:14:18.679 trying to correct a fool, they're just going to come 307 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:20.360 after you. Sometimes it's just not worth. 308 00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:23.519 It, yeah yeah. And and and the danger of it too. 309 00:14:23.639 --> 00:14:26.720 So so Solomon is going to hurt right, it's going 310 00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:31.639 to hurt you. Right, And Solomon is warning against the foolishness. 311 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:34.960 And so it's not just that a fool is a 312 00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:38.120 fool in terms of observation. Oh, yeah, there's such a 313 00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:40.840 fool it is. It is. Actually what he's trying to 314 00:14:40.840 --> 00:14:43.600 say is no, a fool is something somebody you want 315 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:47.440 to avoid in your life because they will hurt you. 316 00:14:47.840 --> 00:14:49.879 Right. That's a good point. 317 00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:53.399 Yeah, and I and I actually I was thinking about 318 00:14:53.919 --> 00:14:57.679 the one that said, uh, educating a fool. 319 00:14:58.120 --> 00:14:59.679 Where was that one at don't pay tuition? 320 00:15:00.159 --> 00:15:01.799 Yes, where's that at? 321 00:15:01.960 --> 00:15:06.159 Yeah? Verse sixteen? It's senseless to pay tuition to educate 322 00:15:06.159 --> 00:15:07.679 a fool since he has no heart for learning. 323 00:15:07.960 --> 00:15:11.720 Yeah, that is that is something, isn't it? You know, 324 00:15:12.039 --> 00:15:16.320 just to you know, to uh, you know, I think 325 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:18.080 about all the people in your life that you have, 326 00:15:19.279 --> 00:15:21.399 you know, either talked with or tried to reason with, 327 00:15:21.559 --> 00:15:24.480 and you actually think to yourself, man, it is a 328 00:15:24.600 --> 00:15:26.080 hopeless conversation. 329 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:28.840 Yeah, if they don't have a heart for learning, whether 330 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:30.320 there's not anything you can really do. 331 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:35.000 Yeah. And so let's talk about teachability. Uh, don't you 332 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:39.399 think that one of the greatest one of the greatest 333 00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:44.200 abilities abilities is teachability. Yeah, and uh, you know, so 334 00:15:44.559 --> 00:15:47.840 one of the things that we do is we tried 335 00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:52.440 Heritage Church to bring along people of the next generation 336 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:55.559 on staff. Right, So there are people who you know, 337 00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:58.840 have less experience, and they're younger, and they don't you know, 338 00:15:58.840 --> 00:16:00.879 they don't know what they don't know some times, and 339 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:03.200 and so you bring them along and you say, okay, 340 00:16:03.279 --> 00:16:06.360 so hey, here's here's my opinion. And one of the 341 00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:09.360 favorite phrases that I have, uh, which I which I 342 00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:12.399 totally stole from Andy Stanley when he talks about, you know, 343 00:16:12.799 --> 00:16:15.159 mentoring the younger generation, as he says, it's not my 344 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:18.200 responsibility to fill their cup, but it is always my 345 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:21.519 responsibility to empty mind you grate. And so it's like 346 00:16:21.559 --> 00:16:24.200 it's like it's my job to completely empty my cup 347 00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:30.360 into you know, disciple or mentor or train or teach. Uh, 348 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:33.000 you know, and and regardless of whether they're gonna you know, 349 00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:35.720 take take my advice or like it or not like it, 350 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:39.120 that's not my responsibility. My responsibility is just to to 351 00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:41.720 do so. And uh, but I think I got to 352 00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:44.039 tell you I've done it for a long time. And 353 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:48.240 teachability is the number one thing that you look for 354 00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:49.759 in this situation. 355 00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:53.519 I think that So that's one of the things we 356 00:16:53.559 --> 00:16:58.519 look for in hiring right as we hire, So obviously availability, 357 00:16:58.679 --> 00:17:02.080 somebody who has the sense of, you know, I look 358 00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:06.319 for people that say, hey, whatever it takes, as opposed 359 00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:10.039 to people who want a really clear understanding of well 360 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:16.599 that's not my job or you know, I'm it's after 361 00:17:16.640 --> 00:17:19.200 five now kind of an idea. Then you see that. 362 00:17:19.319 --> 00:17:21.279 So availability is a really big one for us. We're 363 00:17:21.279 --> 00:17:23.119 looking for people who are just like, whatever it takes, 364 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:25.480 I'm all in on it, right, So that's one, as 365 00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:30.240 opposed to somebody counting minutes and paying super close attention 366 00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:33.200 to their job description or whatever. So that'd be one. 367 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:36.640 The other one would be likability, I think is super important. 368 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:41.160 Just chemistry in the office. Are they like the rest 369 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:43.680 of the people. Are we going to have enjoyable time together? 370 00:17:43.680 --> 00:17:46.319 I think that's important. But then I think the most 371 00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:48.480 important one for somebody to be able to thrive. Those 372 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:51.640 two are important because they reflect more your character. This one, 373 00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:56.000 this teachability idea, it really is. It determines the ceiling 374 00:17:56.680 --> 00:18:02.000 right for that person. Somebody who's super cures and teachable. 375 00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:05.960 I think you have a tremendous amount of headroom above 376 00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:08.839 them from where you hire to the top. But people 377 00:18:08.920 --> 00:18:12.680 who don't seem particularly curious, they're not wondering why do 378 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:15.359 we do what we do or how things work or 379 00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:18.279 or all that kind of stuff. Typically, and then they're 380 00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:21.079 not looking for new information, new ideas. They typically get 381 00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:26.200 kind of they very quickly will get into a rut 382 00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:29.920 and then they just they're they're more worker bees than 383 00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:32.240 they are the kind of you know, massive contributors are 384 00:18:32.279 --> 00:18:34.599 going to you know, be a force multiplier to change 385 00:18:34.640 --> 00:18:37.680 an organization, moving an organization forward. So, yeah, teachability would 386 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:40.519 be I think is one of the most important things. Yeah, 387 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:42.640 And somebody who's not teachable, I think you have to 388 00:18:42.640 --> 00:18:43.559 offload them quickly. 389 00:18:43.839 --> 00:18:46.559 Yes, and doesn't Paul say In the New Testament, he 390 00:18:46.599 --> 00:18:50.519 says he's going to teach Timothy to teach others, to 391 00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:51.519 train others. What does that called? 392 00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:52.599 Yeah, twond Timothy too too. 393 00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:52.960 Yeah. 394 00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:56.160 Yeah, So Paul says that I taught you, Timothy, yep, 395 00:18:56.799 --> 00:18:59.079 in front of all these other witnesses, these other godly people, 396 00:18:59.240 --> 00:19:01.960 teach faithfulness, to teach it to faithful men who will 397 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:02.759 teach others also. 398 00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:05.839 Yeah, And so it's the idea of like passing it down, right, 399 00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:09.240 you know, passing the baton, so to speak. And I 400 00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:11.200 tell you what, if you've not ever been in a 401 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:14.440