WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:02.200 Hey, everybody, we're the Bible guys, and if you're just 2 00:00:02.240 --> 00:00:05.320 tuning in recently, just know that we are showing a 3 00:00:05.320 --> 00:00:07.120 little bit of reruns for a few months, and then 4 00:00:07.120 --> 00:00:09.839 we'll be back bigger and better than ever on August 5 00:00:09.919 --> 00:00:13.519 thirty first, because behind the scenes, we're taking a hiatus 6 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:14.720 to do some very important things. 7 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:18.399 Yeah, we're building building out a new studio and we've 8 00:00:18.399 --> 00:00:21.399 got some new structure. Super excited about it. So August 9 00:00:21.440 --> 00:00:24.399 thirty first, brand new content. But in the meantime, enjoy 10 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:25.440 some of our greatest hits. 11 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:28.760 Well, Wesley, it's too hot in here. I need some 12 00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:30.920 more water, and I don't like your shirt. 13 00:00:31.440 --> 00:00:34.920 Yeah, if you can't tell, we're talking about criticism today. 14 00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:36.520 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that. 15 00:00:36.560 --> 00:00:39.640 Is the topic. I'm Wesley, this is Chris. This is 16 00:00:39.679 --> 00:00:53.679 the Daily Bible guys. All right, So we're talking about 17 00:00:53.719 --> 00:00:56.240 criticism today. But first we want to have a little fun. 18 00:00:56.479 --> 00:00:59.079 We're going to do a segment that everyone seems to 19 00:00:59.159 --> 00:01:04.359 absolutely love. If that segment is what made Chris mad, 20 00:01:04.760 --> 00:01:06.799 So we're gonna find out we haven't done this. We 21 00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:09.319 haven't done it a lot. Yeah, So everyone wants to know. 22 00:01:09.359 --> 00:01:12.319 The listeners want to know what made Chris mad today, 23 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:15.319 so let us know, jeez, it need not even be today. 24 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:17.799 What made you mad the last week? 25 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:21.920 Yeah, all right, I have one. Uh you know, it's funny. 26 00:01:21.959 --> 00:01:23.879 I didn't really walk in here. I didn't know I 27 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:26.480 was gonna be talking about this as always right, the 28 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:29.400 segments are thrown on us. But I actually went to 29 00:01:29.480 --> 00:01:32.120 Las Vegas last week to go to the Pro Bowl. 30 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:34.879 So you know, the Pro Bowl was out at Vegas 31 00:01:35.239 --> 00:01:36.200 and it was wonderful. 32 00:01:36.200 --> 00:01:36.640 By the way. 33 00:01:37.359 --> 00:01:38.560 A lot of people thought it was gonna be a 34 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:41.799 massive failure with the NFL doing flag football, and I 35 00:01:41.799 --> 00:01:44.079 have to tell you the opposite was true. It was 36 00:01:44.159 --> 00:01:48.359 absolutely packed and it was wonderful. I actually told my 37 00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:50.640 buddy Jeff, who was with me, I said, to watch 38 00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:53.280 their expressions. Right, they were on the field having a 39 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:57.000 good time, and you never see their faces because but 40 00:01:57.040 --> 00:01:59.079 they were laughing, cracking up, joking. 41 00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:00.640 It was just flag foot. They were just having a 42 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:00.959 good time. 43 00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:05.079 I'm thinking, when in my entire life have I we've 44 00:02:05.120 --> 00:02:07.799 been able to see NFL players having a pickup game, 45 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:11.199 laughing and having a good time sort of like we did, right, 46 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:13.919 And the answer is never, which means it's a brand 47 00:02:13.960 --> 00:02:17.199 new undiscovered dynamic. So I was a massive fan of 48 00:02:17.240 --> 00:02:19.280 the of the Pro Bowl this year. Yeah, and it was, 49 00:02:19.400 --> 00:02:21.680 of course the best of the best. Right by the way, 50 00:02:21.879 --> 00:02:25.680 side note, we actually wandered down to the forty nine ers. 51 00:02:26.039 --> 00:02:27.319 Family section, Oh wow. 52 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:30.919 And I actually sat directly next to Ed McCaffrey and 53 00:02:30.919 --> 00:02:35.199 Lisa McCaffrey. It was Christian McCaffrey's parents. 54 00:02:35.759 --> 00:02:41.879 I love how you said you wander You just kind 55 00:02:41.879 --> 00:02:44.759 of casually tripped and you know, rolled down and ended 56 00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:45.400 up in a seat. 57 00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:47.039 Yeah. Well, believe it or not. 58 00:02:47.199 --> 00:02:49.360 Believe it or not, we figured something out. I think 59 00:02:49.400 --> 00:02:50.319 they wanted us. 60 00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:55.080 To sneak down, so I do. Yeah, I actually do. 61 00:02:55.360 --> 00:02:56.240 I promise you I did. 62 00:02:56.560 --> 00:03:00.280 And the reason why is because the controversy around the 63 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:05.479 Pro Bowl but was so high and they desperately needed 64 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:08.319 the crowd to be filled. So you know how normally, 65 00:03:08.319 --> 00:03:10.240 if you go to a Lion's game, there's a guy 66 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:12.719 checking your tickets and you can't really sneak down until 67 00:03:12.719 --> 00:03:15.439 it's like the last quarter when nobody cares right and 68 00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:16.120 they'll say, yeah, I. 69 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:17.759 Go down and get a good seat. 70 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:21.120 So if you're in the nosebleed seats, listen, the NFL 71 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:24.319 didn't even hire. Not only were they not checking tickets, 72 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:26.280 there was no security. 73 00:03:25.879 --> 00:03:27.280 No wow, none. 74 00:03:27.439 --> 00:03:29.560 So everybody was like, can we just go where we 75 00:03:29.599 --> 00:03:33.280 want to go? And so everybody went went down. I'm 76 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:34.439 talking thousands. 77 00:03:34.520 --> 00:03:35.199 Wow. 78 00:03:35.199 --> 00:03:37.680 In retrospect, I think what they did was they did 79 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:40.879 that on purpose, because they're not stupid, right. They did 80 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:43.960 that so that the cameras would show every seat filled, 81 00:03:44.719 --> 00:03:45.680 which was amazing. 82 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:48.240 I had that happen at the Palace. My dad and 83 00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:50.319 I went to a Pistons game. This is years ago, 84 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:53.560 back when the Palace was still there. We're seated way 85 00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:56.240 up and we were in the two hundred section, but 86 00:03:56.319 --> 00:03:59.039 kind of far up there. I was going to get 87 00:03:59.080 --> 00:04:02.719 like a pretzel or something. Guy is walking directly towards me. 88 00:04:02.840 --> 00:04:05.919 I stepped to the left, He goos left, Okay, I 89 00:04:05.919 --> 00:04:08.240 stepped to the right. He goes right. Like what is 90 00:04:08.240 --> 00:04:11.120 this guy doing? He said, where are you sitting? I said, oh, 91 00:04:11.159 --> 00:04:13.919 we're in two hundred whatever. He's like, how would you 92 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:15.879 like two tickets to sit on the floor? 93 00:04:16.480 --> 00:04:16.759 Wow? 94 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:20.480 Like what, yeah, I take those. I want to grab 95 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:24.399 my dad and I said, Dad, follow me. Don't ask questions, right, 96 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:27.000 So we literally went all the way down and set 97 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:29.759 on the second row, and it was for that reason 98 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:33.680 during telecast, they want the lower bowl that section to 99 00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:36.000 look more filled in. Yeah so yeah, that was a 100 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:36.839 cool experience. 101 00:04:36.879 --> 00:04:38.720 Well, the funny thing is, we spent minutes on this, 102 00:04:38.800 --> 00:04:41.560 but it's not even close to why I was mad. 103 00:04:41.759 --> 00:04:41.959 Yeah. 104 00:04:42.079 --> 00:04:45.120 So anyway, that's all besides the fact I was down 105 00:04:45.160 --> 00:04:47.240 there for the Pro Bowl. But we had stayed in 106 00:04:47.279 --> 00:04:50.240 a hotel. Yeah okay, now the hotel that we'd stayed in. 107 00:04:50.399 --> 00:04:52.680 I was there for five nights. We at a great time, 108 00:04:52.720 --> 00:04:54.800 saw some shows and it was really fun. But we 109 00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:58.079 were down there. We stayed one night at a hotel 110 00:04:58.120 --> 00:04:58.759 called the Wind. 111 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:00.000 Okay, yeah, I've heard of them. 112 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:02.240 In The Wind is like one thousand dollars a night. 113 00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:05.319 We didn't pay that through it doesn't matter. We only 114 00:05:05.360 --> 00:05:07.600 paid like two hundred something bucks a night. But it 115 00:05:07.639 --> 00:05:11.079 was a thousand dollars a nights like hotel. And there 116 00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:15.560 was a pair of boxer shorts left in the hotel. 117 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:19.279 I kid, do not have you ever seen like like 118 00:05:19.319 --> 00:05:23.319 a master bathroom where the toilet has its own door. 119 00:05:23.480 --> 00:05:26.199 Yeah, okay, well it has its own little room. 120 00:05:26.720 --> 00:05:29.480 Well, if you opened the door, the door opened against 121 00:05:29.480 --> 00:05:31.720 the wall and so a lot of times people would 122 00:05:31.720 --> 00:05:34.160 just sort of leave that open. Well, because I was 123 00:05:34.199 --> 00:05:36.519 there with my friend, he was in the bathroom, I 124 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:39.759 closed the door. So apparently whoever was in there before 125 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:43.839 me had left a pair of boxers, and then they 126 00:05:43.839 --> 00:05:45.680 had opened the door and it got trapped between the 127 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:48.240 door and the wall. And so I go in there 128 00:05:48.279 --> 00:05:50.279 and I closed the door, and I see this pair 129 00:05:50.319 --> 00:05:52.680 of boxers and I think to myself, Oh, I didn't 130 00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:56.680 know Jeff were boxers, right, because about he had boxer breathe, 131 00:05:56.959 --> 00:06:00.680 you know, And I'm like, huh. So I ended up 132 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:03.279 grabbing these boxers. I put my hands on them. 133 00:06:03.319 --> 00:06:04.240 By the way, oh. 134 00:06:04.199 --> 00:06:07.199 No, this is going downhill quick, and I threw them. 135 00:06:07.079 --> 00:06:09.959 In the middle of the floor, expecting him to grab 136 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:12.480 them and put him in his luggage. Well, after like 137 00:06:12.639 --> 00:06:15.439 three hours, they're still sitting and I go, dude, I go, 138 00:06:15.560 --> 00:06:17.680 I threw those there so you can clean up your mess. 139 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:21.720 I said, grab your boxers. He goes, those. 140 00:06:21.519 --> 00:06:24.720 Aren't my boxers, because I thought they were your boxers. 141 00:06:25.160 --> 00:06:26.480 And I said, are you kidding me? 142 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:30.480 I said, I just grabbed boxers. 143 00:06:30.759 --> 00:06:32.360 It's just some guests. 144 00:06:33.079 --> 00:06:34.759 Guess you know, I should have watched my mans oh, 145 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:36.279 actually I did because I went to the restaurant. 146 00:06:36.720 --> 00:06:37.279 But I thought to. 147 00:06:37.279 --> 00:06:40.639 Myself, I can't believe that I did that. And so 148 00:06:40.800 --> 00:06:44.199 we actually mentioned and we weren't trying to get a discount, 149 00:06:44.199 --> 00:06:46.600 we really weren't. We just mentioned, hey, you probably should 150 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:49.519 know that there were boxers, and we took a photo 151 00:06:49.519 --> 00:06:51.839 of them and here they were in the middle, and 152 00:06:51.839 --> 00:06:53.399 they're like, we're so sorry. We're going to give you 153 00:06:53.439 --> 00:06:54.600 one hundred dollars off your room. 154 00:06:54.680 --> 00:06:57.240 Oh wow, for your inconvenience. And I was like, man, 155 00:06:57.600 --> 00:06:58.319 I should try that. 156 00:06:58.279 --> 00:07:02.680 Every time, kidding. 157 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:03.879 But they did. 158 00:07:03.920 --> 00:07:07.000 They were very generous and compensating us. 159 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:08.040 It was hilarious. 160 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:08.759 It made me mad. 161 00:07:08.920 --> 00:07:11.240 So we found out this is what made Chris mad. 162 00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:12.399 Wouldn't you be. 163 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:14.439 Mad if you if you sign up for a thousand 164 00:07:14.480 --> 00:07:18.399 dollars hotel experience and found out that this, you know, 165 00:07:19.120 --> 00:07:22.560 servers left boxers in there from the previous owner. 166 00:07:22.879 --> 00:07:23.639 That's hilarious. 167 00:07:23.639 --> 00:07:26.879 That's enough to make you mad. So anyway, hey, listen, 168 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:29.480 we are way into this here. We have to go 169 00:07:29.480 --> 00:07:32.439 ahead and read Roman chapter fourteen. We're gonna read the 170 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:34.720 whole chapter, so I'll just give it over to you. 171 00:07:34.839 --> 00:07:37.399 Yeah, I'm gonna fly through this because you've used up 172 00:07:37.399 --> 00:07:42.480 a little time. YEP. Chapter fourteen, Verse one accept others 173 00:07:42.879 --> 00:07:45.959 accept other believers who are weak in faith, and don't 174 00:07:46.079 --> 00:07:48.480 argue with them about what they think is right or wrong. 175 00:07:48.879 --> 00:07:52.360 For instance, one person believes it's all right to eat anything, 176 00:07:52.680 --> 00:07:56.360 but another believer with the sensitive conscience will eat only vegetables. 177 00:07:56.759 --> 00:07:59.279 Those who feel free to eat anything must not look 178 00:07:59.319 --> 00:08:02.079 down on those who don't, and those who don't eat 179 00:08:02.120 --> 00:08:05.160 certain foods must not condemn those who do, for God 180 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:08.879 has accepted them. Or are you to condemn someone else's servants. 181 00:08:09.160 --> 00:08:11.759 Their own Master will judge whether they stand or fall, 182 00:08:12.199 --> 00:08:14.600 and with the Lord's help, they will stand and receive 183 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:18.079 his approval. In the same way, some think one day 184 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:21.079 is more holy than another day, while others think every 185 00:08:21.160 --> 00:08:24.240 day is alike. You should be fully convinced that whichever 186 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:28.319 day you choose is acceptable. Those who worship the Lord 187 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:31.399 on a special day do it to honor him. Those 188 00:08:31.439 --> 00:08:33.879 who eat any kind of food do so to honor 189 00:08:33.919 --> 00:08:36.840 the Lord, since they give thanks to God before eating. 190 00:08:37.279 --> 00:08:40.080 And those who refuse to eat certain foods also want 191 00:08:40.120 --> 00:08:42.840 to please the Lord and give thanks to God. For 192 00:08:42.960 --> 00:08:46.399 we don't live for ourselves. Or die for ourselves. If 193 00:08:46.440 --> 00:08:48.960 we live, it's to honor the Lord, and if we die, 194 00:08:49.120 --> 00:08:51.759 it's to honor the Lord. So whether we live or die, 195 00:08:51.879 --> 00:08:54.879 we belong to the Lord. Christ died and rose again 196 00:08:54.960 --> 00:08:57.559 for this very purpose, to be the Lord, both of 197 00:08:57.559 --> 00:09:00.960 the living and of the dead. Why do we condemn 198 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:04.200 another believer? Why do you look down on another believer? 199 00:09:04.360 --> 00:09:07.519 Remember we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. 200 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:10.840 For the scriptures say, as surely as I live, says 201 00:09:10.840 --> 00:09:13.799 the Lord, every need will bend to me, and every 202 00:09:13.879 --> 00:09:18.120 tongue will declare allegiance to God. Yes, each of us 203 00:09:18.159 --> 00:09:21.440 will give a personal account to God. So let's stop 204 00:09:21.480 --> 00:09:24.279 condemning each other. Decide instead to live in such a 205 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:27.759 way that you will not cause another believer to stumble 206 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:31.159 and fall. I know I am convinced on the authority 207 00:09:31.159 --> 00:09:33.759 of the Lord Jesus that no food in and of 208 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:37.159 itself is wrong to eat. But if someone believes it 209 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:40.159 is wrong, then for that person it is wrong. And 210 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:42.799 if another believer is distressed by what you eat, you 211 00:09:42.879 --> 00:09:45.879 are not acting in love. If you eat it, don't 212 00:09:45.919 --> 00:09:50.120 let your eating ruin someone from whom Christ died. Then 213 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:52.759 you will not be criticized for doing something you believe 214 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:55.159 is good for the Kingdom of God is not a 215 00:09:55.159 --> 00:09:57.639 matter of what we eat or drink, but of living 216 00:09:57.799 --> 00:10:00.320 a life of goodness and peace and joy in the 217 00:10:00.320 --> 00:10:04.000 Holy Spirit. If you serve Christ with this attitude, you 218 00:10:04.039 --> 00:10:06.879 will please God, and others will approve of you too. 219 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:10.080 So then let us aim for harmony in the church 220 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:13.879 and try to build each other up. Verse twenty. Don't 221 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:17.000 tear apart the work of God over what you eat. Remember, 222 00:10:17.360 --> 00:10:19.960 all foods are acceptable, but it is wrong to eat 223 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:23.840 something if it makes another person stumble. It is better 224 00:10:24.039 --> 00:10:27.360 not to eat meat, or drink wine, or do anything 225 00:10:27.440 --> 00:10:30.879 else if it might cause another believer to stumble. You 226 00:10:30.919 --> 00:10:33.360 may believe there's nothing wrong with what you are doing, 227 00:10:33.639 --> 00:10:36.759 but keep it between yourself and God. Blessed are those 228 00:10:36.799 --> 00:10:39.559 who don't feel guilty for doing something they have decided 229 00:10:39.720 --> 00:10:42.279 is right. But if you have doubts about whether or 230 00:10:42.360 --> 00:10:44.840 not you should eat something, you are sinning. If you 231 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:47.360 go ahead and do it for you are not following 232 00:10:47.399 --> 00:10:50.440 your convictions. If you do anything you believe is not right, 233 00:10:50.879 --> 00:10:51.519 you are sinning. 234 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:54.600 Yeah, So here we go. We have a whole chapter 235 00:10:54.679 --> 00:10:55.480 here about. 236 00:10:55.480 --> 00:11:02.200 Criticism, criticism of eating and drinking, and and that mixed 237 00:11:02.240 --> 00:11:05.960 with the beliefs of other believers. Right, what's so interesting 238 00:11:06.039 --> 00:11:08.440 about this is it's really not about eating and drinking. 239 00:11:08.559 --> 00:11:11.519 Paul is just using the example of eating and drinking 240 00:11:11.559 --> 00:11:14.960 because in their culture and at that time, eating and 241 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:18.480 drinking was a very big deal because after all, remember 242 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:23.240 they're in They're in Rome, and Rome was polytheistic, not monotheistic, 243 00:11:23.320 --> 00:11:26.039 so in other words, not having one god, but many gods, 244 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:31.000 and so consequently they would offer sacrifices to all these gods. 245 00:11:31.240 --> 00:11:33.320 And they would say like, well, this steak is offered 246 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:35.679 to the god of Molek, you know, this steak is 247 00:11:35.679 --> 00:11:37.960 offered to the god of you know, of raw or 248 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:40.159 whatever it is. And what they would do is they would, 249 00:11:40.159 --> 00:11:42.519 you know, put it in front of a person. And 250 00:11:42.519 --> 00:11:45.399 here's what Paul is saying. Paul saying like, okay, you 251 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:48.240 and I know that that God of Molek is nothing 252 00:11:48.240 --> 00:11:51.039 more than a fake statue. It is not connected to 253 00:11:51.320 --> 00:11:54.799 anything bad or good, right, And they think it's good. 254 00:11:55.120 --> 00:11:57.720 Other people think it's bad. It's nothing, it's a piece 255 00:11:57.759 --> 00:12:04.320 of metal. He's saying, we know that this steak is 256 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:07.399 just steak, right, and we know that it's good to 257 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:09.480 eat and throwing it away would be a crime. 258 00:12:09.519 --> 00:12:10.639 It'd be a waste. Right. 259 00:12:11.120 --> 00:12:14.080 So if we're up to me and you know, and 260 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:17.559 if I'm with another believer who understands that, we both agree, 261 00:12:17.720 --> 00:12:19.080 this is not a big deal for me to eat 262 00:12:19.080 --> 00:12:21.399 this steak, even though it was offered to fall sidle. 263 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:23.879 But what he's also saying is he's saying, now there 264 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:26.879 are people who believe he talks about them having a 265 00:12:26.919 --> 00:12:29.399 more sensitive conscious. In other parts of the scripture, he 266 00:12:29.440 --> 00:12:31.159 actually says he calls them the weaker believer. 267 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:32.919 He says the weaker. 268 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:36.600 Believer would stumble, and he's using the same language here stumble, 269 00:12:36.840 --> 00:12:41.759 which is interesting because those who are offended are actually categorized. 270 00:12:41.120 --> 00:12:44.159 As the weaker believer because they don't understand. 271 00:12:44.559 --> 00:12:46.840 And Paul is saying, we who are mature have a 272 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:50.799 greater understanding that this is just a cow right, or 273 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:54.519 a goat or an ox or a dove, whatever it is. 274 00:12:55.200 --> 00:12:58.440 But they don't understand that they're the weaker believer. They're 275 00:12:58.440 --> 00:13:01.200 going to be offended. And think about that how that 276 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:04.960 applies for our lives. There are a lot of people 277 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:09.279 who misunderstand the Scripture about a lot of things, right, 278 00:13:09.639 --> 00:13:12.720 they would think, oh, it's wrong to have the drums 279 00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:15.919 in the church because if you tap your toe. 280 00:13:15.960 --> 00:13:18.039 I've been told this, if you tap your. 281 00:13:17.960 --> 00:13:22.559 Toe more than you're praising Jesus, and something's wrong with that, 282 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:25.039 that carnal desire to tap your toe. 283 00:13:25.360 --> 00:13:28.600 And I'm thinking to myself, I want to, you know. 284 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:33.399 Plunch you the face for even throwing that out my 285 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:35.519 You know, you're trying to yell at me for tapping 286 00:13:35.559 --> 00:13:38.879 my toe, you know, and that's just me being human. 287 00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:42.039 Right, But here's what Paul is saying. 288 00:13:42.039 --> 00:13:46.799 Paul saying, like, listen, if it's not too much trouble, 289 00:13:46.919 --> 00:13:49.120 then choose a song where you're not going to tap 290 00:13:49.159 --> 00:13:52.559 your toe in this case, right, is this guy, even 291 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:55.879 though he's completely in the wrong about tapping your toe, 292 00:13:56.600 --> 00:13:58.480 you know, if he's going to stumble, then you need 293 00:13:58.519 --> 00:14:01.120 to consider that. So do whatever you can to make 294 00:14:01.159 --> 00:14:05.080 sure that you don't offend the weaker believer who has 295 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:06.840 a conviction that's not correct. 296 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:09.960 I want to camp out just for a quick moment 297 00:14:10.039 --> 00:14:14.080 on that concept of not doing something to cost someone 298 00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:18.559 else to stumble. So I'm a pastor. I don't drink. 299 00:14:19.279 --> 00:14:22.639 There's at our church we have celebrate Recovery, which is 300 00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:25.840 an awesome, awesome ministry for anyone wants to know. If 301 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:27.639 you have any kind of hurt, habit or hang up, 302 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:31.240 dive into Celebrate Recovery. It's a great group of people. 303 00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:36.320 You'll love it. Because I am aware that there are 304 00:14:36.360 --> 00:14:41.039 people from Celebrate Recovery. I am cautious of the things 305 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:43.159 that I do. Let me give you a clear example. 306 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:46.000 So my wife and I and my daughter, we like 307 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:48.519 going to Red Robin, So they're down the street from 308 00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:51.080 the church. You can get burgers and belts and like 309 00:14:51.120 --> 00:14:53.799 all kinds of stuff if you get a carry out 310 00:14:53.879 --> 00:14:57.480 from there. This is pre COVID, it's different now they 311 00:14:57.519 --> 00:15:00.639 do carry out a different way. But before, if you 312 00:15:00.679 --> 00:15:03.000 had to carry out, they would say, well, come in, 313 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:06.120 have a seat at the bar. So you have a 314 00:15:06.120 --> 00:15:08.000 seat at the bar, and then while you're waiting there, 315 00:15:08.039 --> 00:15:10.960 they'll say, oh, if it's a long wait, we'll give 316 00:15:10.960 --> 00:15:12.519 you something to drink. Do you want to a coke 317 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:15.120 or something like that. So you have to get the 318 00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:18.120 imagery here. Someone, let's say, from Celebrate Recovery, who are 319 00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:22.600 struggling with alcohol. They walk in and they see Pastor 320 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:25.840 Wesley sitting at the bar with a dark glass. They 321 00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:27.559 don't know what's in the glass, but I'm at the 322 00:15:27.600 --> 00:15:32.080 bar with something in a dark glass that now may 323 00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:35.600 cause them to slip, That may cause them to say, well, 324 00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:38.120 you know what, and maybe okay, to just go ahead 325 00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:41.279 and take a drink. Pastor Wesley is so I think 326 00:15:41.320 --> 00:15:45.039 that's very true. As mature believers, we have to be 327 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:48.799 conscious of our surroundings and conscious of the fact that 328 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:51.799 there are other people who may not be as advanced 329 00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:54.279 in their faith or weak in a certain area, and 330 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:56.320 we don't want to do anything even though it's not 331 00:15:56.399 --> 00:15:58.919 a hindrance to us. We don't want to do anything 332 00:15:59.000 --> 00:16:01.399 that will cause a stumbling block for someone else. 333 00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:04.720 Yeah, you know, it's really interesting that you brought that up, 334 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:09.279 because Paul, I think, is pretty specific when he talks 335 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:13.399 about another believer who thinks a certain way, and so 336 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:16.000 there's sort of two schools of thought on this area. 337 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:19.399 So you could either So for you, you're not thinking 338 00:16:19.399 --> 00:16:20.600 of a specific person. 339 00:16:20.960 --> 00:16:21.639 You're not thinking of. 340 00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:23.120 Like you know, like oh, this one guy I know 341 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:26.519 named Bill. Right, you're just saying this is a blanket 342 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:30.879 behavior just in case, by some random chance, somebody should 343 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:34.080 number one come in. Number two, think that way. Well, 344 00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:37.200 you know, it's so interesting because it is a nuance, 345 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:39.799 it's a dance. And the reason why I believe, you know, 346 00:16:40.120 --> 00:16:42.159 throughout my life, I having a pastor for thirty one 347 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:45.720 years this year, I believe it's a dance because it 348 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:47.080 can go one extreme or the other. 349 00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:50.360 So think about this, So extremes would be the problem. 350 00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:53.799 Yeah, well yet, but yet where's the line, right, because 351 00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:55.279 because like your. 352 00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:57.919 Conviction, I don't have that conviction, right, But it's. 353 00:16:57.759 --> 00:17:00.159 Probably only because the way I was raised, Right, So 354 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:02.080 I grew up in a bar, right, so I don't 355 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:04.519 view it as a bad thing, and and I should. 356 00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:06.559 And I think to myself, somebodys sitting at a bar 357 00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:09.839 and they're drinking a coke. You know, if somebody assumes 358 00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:12.359 that it's something other than a coke, then that's their problem. 359 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:15.119 Not But but at the same time, though, if I 360 00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:20.720 knew somebody was specifically in that restaurant, I would immediately pivot, right, 361 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:23.799 because because here's the extremes. Here's why I'm saying this 362 00:17:24.400 --> 00:17:28.880 because like, for instance, uh, here here's the extreme. 363 00:17:28.559 --> 00:17:30.279 In in the blanket way. 364 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:32.960 But when I when I attended my college, it was 365 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:38.039 it was a conservative Baptist College in Missouri. Here's what 366 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:41.200 they would say. They'd say, if you go to a movie, 367 00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:48.880 you're expelled forever. And I'd say, whoa, that's incredible. I'm 368 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:52.680 like why And they said, well because and this is 369 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:55.119 this is the same concept, only taking it to extreme. 370 00:17:55.680 --> 00:17:57.519 He says, well, and this is the exact quote. I'm 371 00:17:57.559 --> 00:17:59.720 just giving you the He says, well, how do we 372 00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:02.240 know that you're walking in the movie theater to see 373 00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:06.599 The Little Mermaid? Or Debbie does Dallas, so and so. 374 00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:09.079 In other words, so to avoid that so that other 375 00:18:09.119 --> 00:18:11.519 believers won't stumble, we're just saying. 376 00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:14.000 No movie is allowed. And so it's like, so you 377 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:14.880 can take it to the extreme. 378 00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:18.480 So you're like, you're like, okay, Well, to make matters worse, 379 00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:21.359 you can say, well, you shouldn't even be in that 380 00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:24.400 restaurant because it has a bar, right, because who's to 381 00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:26.000 stop you from ordering a coke. 382 00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:27.839 At your table? Right? 383 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:29.839 So, so the only way then to not a fund 384 00:18:29.880 --> 00:18:32.200 a believer is to attend a restaurant that doesn't even 385 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:33.799 have a chance of giving you liquor. You see how 386 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:36.559 there you see how they're the same, right, So all 387 00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:40.119 you did was sort of move the marker toward your proximity. 388 00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:41.720 So you said, well, because of it at a bar, 389 00:18:42.119 --> 00:18:43.599 you're going to assume it's something. 390 00:18:43.839 --> 00:18:45.759 But if I'm at a table, they won't assume. Well, 391 00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:49.039 how do you know? But I understand how it looks worse. 392 00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:52.200 But so I've wrestled. 393 00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:55.519 With this nuance my whole life because I think Jesus 394 00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:58.559 drank wine. Clearly, there's no doubt in my mind. 395 00:18:59.359 --> 00:18:59.960 The Bible acts. 396 00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:02.319 He says that Jesus was accused of being a drunkard, 397 00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:04.799 which means like you don't you're not accused of being 398 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:07.680 a drunkard unless you drink wine. And he was accused 399 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:12.319 of drinking in areas where prostitutes and sinners were. So 400 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:14.799 in my mind, Jesus would be the guy, you know 401 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:18.200