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 --> 00:00:13.880 practical ways. Well, hey, everybody, welcome to an episode of 4 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:14.720 The Bible Guys. 5 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:17.920 Another one. Yes really episode. 6 00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:21.960 Yes, in advance, we announce this is gonna be a 7 00:00:22.120 --> 00:00:26.079 thrill Like if you live locally, forget Cedar Point, buddy, 8 00:00:26.359 --> 00:00:29.480 if this episode of The Bible Guys, if this. 9 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:32.520 Is your first episode, we just can only imagine how 10 00:00:32.520 --> 00:00:35.119 exciting it's going to be for you. For the rest 11 00:00:35.119 --> 00:00:37.079 of you, you're already yawning, hang on. 12 00:00:38.039 --> 00:00:41.039 Your hairs are going to be blown back today we 13 00:00:41.399 --> 00:00:44.280 are going to launch into a segment. Uh that desiree 14 00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:46.960 is put together and uh, I love this one. You 15 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:48.359 want to read it says? 16 00:00:48.439 --> 00:00:52.560 It says. We know Chris knows his movie quotes. Let's 17 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:56.880 test his overall movie trivia knowledge. Can he answer these 18 00:00:56.920 --> 00:00:58.399 trivia questions correctly? 19 00:00:58.600 --> 00:01:00.799 And just so you'll know, Jeff has the questions. I 20 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:03.039 do not and have not seen them. So I don't 21 00:01:03.079 --> 00:01:04.840 even know what movies we're going to be talking about. 22 00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:08.439 Okay, and the only only the deepest movies. I want 23 00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:11.640 you almost sophisticated movies. Arthouse type movies. 24 00:01:11.719 --> 00:01:14.040 I always want to give a disclaimer because in the past, 25 00:01:14.680 --> 00:01:17.760 you know, we have chosen quotes that are supposedly famous quotes, 26 00:01:17.799 --> 00:01:20.280 and I'm like, those aren't famous quotes. I don't know 27 00:01:20.280 --> 00:01:22.519 what's coming, but I want to defend myself already. 28 00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:26.319 Okay, all right, go ahead. Remember I told you only 29 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:29.120 the most sophisticated movies. Yes, so in Dumb and Dumber, 30 00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:31.480 what is the name of the dog that Harry and 31 00:01:31.560 --> 00:01:32.439 Lloyd travele with? 32 00:01:33.560 --> 00:01:34.680 Name of the dog? 33 00:01:35.079 --> 00:01:39.000 Yeah, she's wrong on this one. It's not dog. It's 34 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:39.359 a bird. 35 00:01:40.319 --> 00:01:41.280 Oh the bird's pet. 36 00:01:41.480 --> 00:01:42.120 Yeah, there you go. 37 00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:46.760 But there is no dog. There's a dog truck. 38 00:01:46.159 --> 00:01:50.840 Dog truck. Right, it's a bird. Yeah, so you knew, Pete. 39 00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:51.760 Good job, good job. 40 00:01:52.159 --> 00:01:53.879 Our birds heads are falling off. 41 00:01:54.519 --> 00:01:56.239 Dude. I know that movie like the back of my hand. 42 00:01:56.519 --> 00:01:59.519 I love that. See. This is a tough one, isn't it. 43 00:02:01.159 --> 00:02:02.280 That's so good? Okay? 44 00:02:02.439 --> 00:02:05.200 In Anchorman, Oh, this is great. What is Ron Burgundy's 45 00:02:05.239 --> 00:02:06.200 favorite kind of music? 46 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:09.560 Jazz? He plays the flute. There's a whole scene where 47 00:02:09.560 --> 00:02:14.439 he plays the flute. You remember that. It's the jazz flut. 48 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:15.680 Oh my gosh, it's so good. 49 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:19.080 So I like jazz. I'm a yeah, yeah, I love jazz. 50 00:02:19.319 --> 00:02:20.439 Listened to jazz? 51 00:02:20.639 --> 00:02:25.000 Is it for me? It's like I'm good for a while. 52 00:02:25.080 --> 00:02:27.159 After I listened to it, I'll turn it on. I'm like, oh, 53 00:02:27.159 --> 00:02:29.800 this is nice, and then then I'm like, I'm good 54 00:02:29.879 --> 00:02:32.520 for like six months. Yeah? Okay. 55 00:02:33.599 --> 00:02:36.520 In Mean Girls, what do the girls refer to as 56 00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:38.680 refer to their lunch table ass? 57 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:41.319 Yeah, so so I don't know Mean Girls all that well, 58 00:02:41.400 --> 00:02:43.560 but I do know this. It's the plastics. 59 00:02:43.639 --> 00:02:44.759 Yeah, that's right, the plastics. 60 00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:46.879 Yeah that's correct. Yeah, I do know that, because I 61 00:02:46.879 --> 00:02:48.000 mean that's sort of the whole point. 62 00:02:48.159 --> 00:02:50.360 I would have no idea, like on any of these 63 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:51.080 except for p D. 64 00:02:51.800 --> 00:02:53.759 Really you would have known Anchorman you. 65 00:02:53.840 --> 00:02:56.360 Yeah, I wouldn't have. I remember it now that you 66 00:02:56.400 --> 00:02:59.280 mentioned it, but I didn't remember. Okay, So you watch 67 00:02:59.319 --> 00:03:01.680 movies more than one time? Oh, I watch a movie, 68 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:03.919 I almost never go back and watch it again. I 69 00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:05.879 maybe have ten movies I'll go back and rewatch. 70 00:03:05.879 --> 00:03:08.560 So I watch movies again all the time. Okay, so good. 71 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:11.960 In Step Brothers, what do Brennan and Dale's parents discover 72 00:03:12.039 --> 00:03:13.000 they have in commons? 73 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:15.719 It's easy. They both can't stand the place that they work. 74 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:17.240 Yep, they both hate their jobs. 75 00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:22.000 Yeah, okay, yeah, yeah, this is this is She has 76 00:03:22.080 --> 00:03:24.599 chosen great movies, so this is real. This is right 77 00:03:24.639 --> 00:03:25.319 at my alley here. 78 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:28.439 In Bridesmaids, what happens during the dress fitting that causes 79 00:03:28.439 --> 00:03:29.280 a chaotic scenes. 80 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:32.120 This is one of the best scenes. It's horrific. Yeah, 81 00:03:32.159 --> 00:03:35.479 they went to a Mexican restaurant and then they ate 82 00:03:35.560 --> 00:03:36.639 some bad food and. 83 00:03:36.560 --> 00:03:40.439 Then one of the bridesmaids gets no, no, no, they 84 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:42.840 all food poisoning. Well, one gets food poisoning. 85 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:45.599 They all get food poisoning except for the one who abstained. Yes, 86 00:03:45.680 --> 00:03:48.360 and then they basically soil all the guesses. There you go, 87 00:03:48.520 --> 00:03:51.759 and it is a scene that is unlike any other scenes. 88 00:03:51.879 --> 00:03:53.879 So anybody else has seen that movie, We're sorry for 89 00:03:53.919 --> 00:03:55.960 bringing that up, especially if you're watching it while you're eating. 90 00:03:56.520 --> 00:03:58.360 Yeah, but I gotta tell you it is one of 91 00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:00.479 the funniest funny Yes. Thanks. 92 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:02.759 Hey, well there you go. You are five for five today, 93 00:04:02.840 --> 00:04:06.840 mister Melissa McCarthy. She's like, look away, and you were like, 94 00:04:07.400 --> 00:04:09.360 I don't even care about this one today, right, You're 95 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:11.039 a little intimidated by the fact that it was just 96 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:13.560 random movie trivia as opposed to quotes. 97 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:16.639 Well, okay, so so there's a there's a defending of 98 00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:19.360 the honor. But what I said was what I said 99 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:22.079 was before the before the podcast started. As I said, 100 00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:24.240 if it was a Bible trivia, I would care right, right, 101 00:04:24.319 --> 00:04:26.319 because then you look like, oh, you don't really know 102 00:04:26.360 --> 00:04:28.639 anything but even a Bible guy, right. But if you 103 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:32.160 don't know movies, who cares? Right? So that's what I was. So, 104 00:04:32.279 --> 00:04:34.560 but thank you, Desiree for movies that I know. 105 00:04:34.680 --> 00:04:36.560 We continue to be amazed by you. 106 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:37.279 No, that's not true. 107 00:04:37.639 --> 00:04:40.360 Yes, that is not true at all. That's it. Okay, 108 00:04:40.920 --> 00:04:44.399 So I have noticed that she rarely ever picks movies 109 00:04:44.439 --> 00:04:49.680 that you know, want any oscars. So there's that. 110 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:56.879 Dumb and dubber anchorman step Brothers. Yea, yeah, oh my gosh, 111 00:04:56.920 --> 00:05:01.040 that's so good. Anyways, by the my girls, both of 112 00:05:01.079 --> 00:05:06.519 my girls have the entire scene where they were giving 113 00:05:06.519 --> 00:05:08.800 a toast to the to the bride, and there was 114 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:11.079 the two sort of like the two best you know, 115 00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:14.480 like the maid of honors. They were sort of competing 116 00:05:14.519 --> 00:05:16.800 for the friendship of the bride and they kept on 117 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:20.519 grabbing the microphone and then when one got done, the 118 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:21.959 other one would come up and try to out do 119 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:25.120 the other one. It's like a ten minute scene and 120 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:28.079 both of my girls have the entire scene memorized. Oh really, yes, 121 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:28.680 that's how much. 122 00:05:28.879 --> 00:05:30.560 So I've never seen it. I've never seen mean girls, 123 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:32.040 step brothers or bridesmaids. 124 00:05:32.079 --> 00:05:35.120 Have you ever see step brothers? That's definitely worth it? 125 00:05:35.360 --> 00:05:38.879 Never? Yeah, okay, okay, but I have read Some forty 126 00:05:38.879 --> 00:05:42.839 six before, so that's where you would love stepbrothers. Yeah, okay, 127 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:45.959 well this is where we're at now. We're on p. 128 00:05:46.279 --> 00:05:49.600 Forty six. Yes, and we were talking why are we 129 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:51.079 reading some forty six at this point? 130 00:05:51.319 --> 00:05:51.680 Yeah? 131 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:54.959 And it's mostly just reminding ourselves that during all of 132 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:59.399 these things that are happening, the wars, the the victories, 133 00:06:00.600 --> 00:06:06.120 the coup, the sin, the repentance, David is still constantly 134 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:10.800 engaging with God. He's still writing, he's still praying the psalms, 135 00:06:10.800 --> 00:06:13.920 our prayers that he wrote as songs that the people 136 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:16.879 would sing because he was a man after God's own heart. 137 00:06:16.920 --> 00:06:19.839 Even though he was still a man that would fail 138 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:23.800 and succeed in ups and downs, he still desired a 139 00:06:23.879 --> 00:06:26.199 walk with God. And I think that that's a lesson 140 00:06:26.199 --> 00:06:29.120 for us. You know when we're winning and when we're losing, 141 00:06:29.120 --> 00:06:31.040 we still need to lean into our faith with God. 142 00:06:31.399 --> 00:06:34.480 And so God, this is a consistent one. I mean, 143 00:06:34.519 --> 00:06:38.160 they just came through a difficult time. What we read yesterday, 144 00:06:38.879 --> 00:06:41.199 God had to bring judgment because of the people's sin. 145 00:06:41.759 --> 00:06:44.759 And then but we also see David writing things like this, 146 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:47.959 as he says in Psalm forty six. God is our 147 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:51.480 refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. 148 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:54.199 So we will not fear. When earthquakes come and the 149 00:06:54.199 --> 00:06:57.680 mountains crumble into the sea. Let the oceans roar and foam, 150 00:06:58.040 --> 00:07:01.000 Let the mountains tremble as the water serve. A river 151 00:07:01.079 --> 00:07:03.639 brings joy to the city of our God. The sacred 152 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:06.680 home of the Most High God, God dwells in that city. 153 00:07:06.720 --> 00:07:09.160 It cannot be destroyed. From the very break of day, 154 00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:12.120 God will protect it. The nations are in chaos, and 155 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:15.879 their kingdoms crumble. God's voice thunders and the earth melts. 156 00:07:16.360 --> 00:07:19.160 The Lord of Heaven's armies is here among us. The 157 00:07:19.160 --> 00:07:23.240 God of Israel is our fortress. Come see the glorious 158 00:07:23.240 --> 00:07:25.360 works of the Lord. See how he brings destruction upon 159 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:28.079 the world. He causes wars to end throughout the earth. 160 00:07:28.360 --> 00:07:31.079 He breaks the bow and snaps the spear. He burns 161 00:07:31.079 --> 00:07:34.160 the shields with fire. Be still and know that I 162 00:07:34.199 --> 00:07:36.759 am God. I will be honored by every nation, and 163 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:39.160 I will be honored throughout the world. The Lord of 164 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:41.839 Heaven's armies is here among us. The God of Israel 165 00:07:41.920 --> 00:07:45.319 is our fortress. So this is perhaps written around one 166 00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:48.360 of the times David had great victory over his enemies, 167 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:51.000 you know, perhaps that time after the Philistines. 168 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:54.560 Yeah. And by the way, it's worth noting that there 169 00:07:54.600 --> 00:08:00.319 are certain psalms that have inspired hymns and psalm them. 170 00:08:00.600 --> 00:08:04.120 A mighty Fortress is our God comes directly from this 171 00:08:04.240 --> 00:08:07.480 psalm that we're reading today, which is kind of cool. Uh. 172 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:10.160 There are there are a lot of hymns that that 173 00:08:10.199 --> 00:08:14.160 have come And by the way, Uh, you and I 174 00:08:14.199 --> 00:08:17.120 both grew up with hims, right, traditional hymns. We're talking 175 00:08:17.120 --> 00:08:20.240 about him him books. Do you still remember the pages 176 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:24.240 of some of them? No, you don't, not really, Yeah, 177 00:08:24.279 --> 00:08:26.879 I do. Where you would you know, pick it up 178 00:08:26.920 --> 00:08:27.759 and they'd say, you. 179 00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:29.959 Know, between Jesus, Yeah, there. 180 00:08:29.839 --> 00:08:32.240 You go, there you go. So you got one that's 181 00:08:32.279 --> 00:08:34.440 the American hymn, that's the American. 182 00:08:36.320 --> 00:08:38.120 I don't know, Okay, remember. 183 00:08:38.200 --> 00:08:41.360 Well anyway, the bottom line is is, uh, you know, 184 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:46.000 I think that these hymns inspire us because it reminds 185 00:08:46.039 --> 00:08:48.120 us of what is true about God. You know. I 186 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:50.600 think that worship music is the same way. And we 187 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:53.120 talked about this before, We talked about worship music, uh, 188 00:08:53.960 --> 00:08:56.440 several months back. But one of the reasons why I 189 00:08:56.480 --> 00:08:59.200 like reading the psalms is because, even though it may 190 00:08:59.200 --> 00:09:03.000 not necessarily be new information, it's a reminder, right, Like, 191 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:06.799 for instance, you know this will be airing this podcast 192 00:09:06.840 --> 00:09:10.120 will be airing after our presidential election, right, but we're 193 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:13.480 recording it before our presidential election, and so we just 194 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:14.919 did it. We're in the middle of a two week 195 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:19.039 series right now in our church that we work at, 196 00:09:19.440 --> 00:09:22.679 and what we're doing is we're saying, like, hey, regardless 197 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:25.399 of the candidates and regardless of who you vote for 198 00:09:26.159 --> 00:09:29.720 the first week of our message simply said this, don't 199 00:09:29.799 --> 00:09:33.360 ever forget who is in charge. Don't ever forget that 200 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:36.519 God is still in control. Right, even though that uncertainty 201 00:09:36.559 --> 00:09:41.440 is unavoidable, being fearful is always optional. So and that 202 00:09:41.519 --> 00:09:44.120 is an important reminder, and it may not necessarily be 203 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:46.440 new information, like oh wow, I didn't know that. I 204 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:50.320 thought fearful was a mandate, you know. No, it's not 205 00:09:50.440 --> 00:09:53.919 new information. It is a reminder in times of stress, 206 00:09:53.960 --> 00:09:56.519 in times of fear and worry. And I think that 207 00:09:56.519 --> 00:09:59.759 that's what psalms does for us. It just reminds us 208 00:09:59.799 --> 00:10:01.600 just who it is that we're praying to. It reminds 209 00:10:01.679 --> 00:10:03.840 us just who it is that we're you know, worshiping 210 00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:06.960 and following that God is always there, look at look 211 00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:09.960 at first. Number one. God is our refuge and strength, 212 00:10:10.120 --> 00:10:13.559 always ready to help us in times of trouble. So 213 00:10:13.799 --> 00:10:16.840 what we will not fear when? And then he just 214 00:10:16.879 --> 00:10:21.320 starts listing the most horrific catastrophes, catastrophe is known to mankind. 215 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:24.759 And and so it's just again, it's just one of 216 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:27.559 those things that you know, it's it's it's the reason 217 00:10:27.639 --> 00:10:31.519 why I get in my wife's car and I always 218 00:10:31.519 --> 00:10:33.480 say my wife because it's one hundred percent of the 219 00:10:33.480 --> 00:10:36.559 time I turn on the car and it's it's uh 220 00:10:36.879 --> 00:10:40.279 K love, you know, it's always K love. It's always 221 00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:44.080 worship music Christian radio station, all the all the time, 222 00:10:44.519 --> 00:10:47.720 every day, every time. Right, And it's. 223 00:10:47.559 --> 00:10:52.799 Because she loves Jesus, right, It's right right, Well, you 224 00:10:52.840 --> 00:10:54.480 know that's it. 225 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:55.639 She does. 226 00:10:57.200 --> 00:10:58.120 She loves Jesus. 227 00:10:58.919 --> 00:10:59.919 Rights. 228 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:01.799 Yes, that's what I'm saying. 229 00:11:01.799 --> 00:11:04.840 I'm trying to say. You know what I'm trying to say. 230 00:11:05.159 --> 00:11:08.240 She list trying to say that sometimes I'll turn it 231 00:11:08.279 --> 00:11:10.879 over to country or things like this because you love 232 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:11.840 you're preempty. 233 00:11:11.879 --> 00:11:18.240 You love to pick up trucks and booze and running around, because. 234 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:19.840 You're saying, that's what country missing is about. 235 00:11:19.919 --> 00:11:22.480 Right, and dogs. I think everybody has a dog. 236 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:27.080 In my trailer park. I gotta watch dog named Bubba. 237 00:11:27.720 --> 00:11:28.840 He barks and strangers. 238 00:11:29.080 --> 00:11:31.279 But your wife loves Jesus. 239 00:11:31.279 --> 00:11:34.759 Okay, Jeff Boot, you love boat scooting, you love bot, 240 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:38.720 she loves a minute ago that you like jazz. Okay, 241 00:11:38.799 --> 00:11:40.000 so that means you don't love Jesus. 242 00:11:40.039 --> 00:11:41.080 What are the words to jazz? 243 00:11:48.799 --> 00:11:52.159 Anyways? Okay, all right, no, So. 244 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:55.080 Anyways, I'm sorry I interrupted you. So you turn on 245 00:11:55.120 --> 00:11:56.519 the radio and she's listening. 246 00:11:56.639 --> 00:12:00.600 It's always because because it's a reminder throughout the day, 247 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:03.279 that's my point. It's a reminder that you know, God's 248 00:12:03.320 --> 00:12:06.360 in control regardless of what you're facing, regardless of what 249 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:09.879 you're dealing with. And that's what Psalm forty six is 250 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:11.440 and so many of the other songs. 251 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:13.759 Right, I'm sorry, man, that was funny. 252 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:14.720 That was very funny. 253 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:16.759 I don't think you're going to hell because you like 254 00:12:16.759 --> 00:12:18.720 to listen to a song about bootscooting. 255 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:21.600 Right, right, bootscoot and boogie. Not, by the way, not 256 00:12:21.679 --> 00:12:24.759 that that's one of my favorite songs, right, although Brooks 257 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:25.840 Are Done is pretty cool. 258 00:12:27.559 --> 00:12:30.399 So I love this. There's a note it turns out 259 00:12:30.399 --> 00:12:32.159 and remember we keep telling people you should get to 260 00:12:32.159 --> 00:12:35.480 yourself a good study Bible. Yes, so there's a note 261 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:42.159 that says that it seems like chapters what is it 262 00:12:42.279 --> 00:12:45.799 forty that's right here? Forty six, forty seven, and forty 263 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:50.200 eight are hymns of praise, celebrating deliverance from some great foe. 264 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:53.320 And then it says forty six may have been written 265 00:12:53.440 --> 00:12:56.399 when the Assyrian army invaded the land and surrounded Jerusalem, 266 00:12:56.519 --> 00:13:00.759 which you can read in Second King's chapter eighteen. So 267 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:03.639 David seems to be writing about, hey, when we are 268 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:06.799 up against it, it's interesting to me. He says, God 269 00:13:06.879 --> 00:13:08.879 is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in 270 00:13:08.919 --> 00:13:13.080 time of trouble, so we will not fear when these 271 00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:17.000 bad things happen. Right, it's really interesting. David never writes 272 00:13:17.039 --> 00:13:19.480 like he has an expectation that bad things won't happen. 273 00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:22.840 We live in a broken world. There are bad people 274 00:13:22.840 --> 00:13:26.480 in the world that do bad things, so bad stuff happens, 275 00:13:26.840 --> 00:13:29.480 and he's not surprised that bad things are happening. He's 276 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:33.200 just saying, regardless of what happens, God's my refuge. That's 277 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:35.759 a really good way to live. If you live running 278 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:39.000 around always terrified that something bad might happen, and then 279 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:40.879 you're praying God help bad things not to happen. God 280 00:13:40.919 --> 00:13:42.639 help bad things not to happen. God help bad things 281 00:13:42.639 --> 00:13:45.200 not to happen. Then you're shocked when bad things happen, right, 282 00:13:45.679 --> 00:13:47.840 because the world we live in is broken, not that 283 00:13:47.879 --> 00:13:50.519 God makes bad things happen, but because the world is 284 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:53.159 broken by sin. And so instead David doesn't have the 285 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:57.799 sense of, oh, no, something bad might happen. Instead, he's saying, 286 00:13:58.279 --> 00:14:02.200 even when bad things happen, God is my refuge. And 287 00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:04.399 so it's cool because there's two elements that he's right here. 288 00:14:04.440 --> 00:14:06.519 One is he's our refuge. You know, you run to 289 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:08.480 a refuge. Think of like in The Lord of the 290 00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:11.559 Rings Helms Deep. You know they run into these castles. 291 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:14.639 They run into these fortresses that are the last stand 292 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:17.960 places for the kingdom. You know, you run into this refuge. 293 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:21.120 That's the last chance you have. And he's saying, God 294 00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:23.279 is where we run. We run to him. But then 295 00:14:23.399 --> 00:14:27.279 the rest of the passages and God wipes out the 296 00:14:27.279 --> 00:14:30.679 bad guys. Right God literally he's talking, come and see 297 00:14:30.720 --> 00:14:32.559 the glorious works of the Lord. See how he brings 298 00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:36.480 a destruction. Right, So he's my refuge. I run into him, 299 00:14:36.519 --> 00:14:38.919 and then I'm gonna watch him do the work. So 300 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:41.480 fear usually is because we're afraid we don't have what 301 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:44.919 it takes. But David Face with the biggest army he's 302 00:14:44.919 --> 00:14:48.080 going to Face, says, we run to God and then 303 00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:50.480 what Let's watch him bring destruction. That's a pretty cool 304 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:50.919 place to be. 305 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:53.039 So I'm going to do something I've never done before 306 00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:56.879 in the Bible. Guys, in all five hundred and something episodes. Yeah, well, 307 00:14:57.240 --> 00:15:00.519 I'm going to read you a passage of scripture across referencing, 308 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:03.519 and I'm going to give you a trivia on and 309 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:07.000 you're going to get it on what the next word is, okay, 310 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:09.080 and then I'm going to ask you where it is Okay, 311 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:10.879 okay ready. 312 00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:12.720 Yes, I'm going to feel No, you're not. 313 00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:17.279 Okay, Okay, this says consider it pure joy, my brothers 314 00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:19.039 and sisters. What's the next word? 315 00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:21.039 When when trials? 316 00:15:21.320 --> 00:15:25.279 When trials? Right? When when you face trials of many kinds? 317 00:15:25.600 --> 00:15:26.799 And that it's found in the Book. 318 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:27.919 Of James chapter one. 319 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:30.759 Boom, I told you all right, got it? 320 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:33.600 I get to keep my Bible guy's card for another 321 00:15:34.480 --> 00:15:35.639 for another week. 322 00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:38.360 Yeah, I mean it's exactly what you just said, right, 323 00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:40.799 And so we don't have to necessarily only look to 324 00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:43.559 the Old Testament. We could look to the New Testament. 325 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:47.240 When here's the brother of Jesus who writes directly to 326 00:15:47.320 --> 00:15:51.080 the post you know, modern church. It's us, right, we're 327 00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:54.080 the ones post Jesus uh, the Holy Spirit, you know, 328 00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:58.279 filled believers and followers of Christ who have now are 329 00:15:58.320 --> 00:16:00.639 on the other, the other side of Christ sacrife. And 330 00:16:00.679 --> 00:16:02.399 what does it say? Guess what? When? 331 00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:03.080 Yeah? 332 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:07.120 When trials come? And which means trials are going to come. 333 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:10.720 You know, I have a good friend, Jack Wilson, who 334 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:15.759 is a psychologist and a counselor, and he always used 335 00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:19.480 to say, hey, I have bad news. But usually every 336 00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:24.919 person faces a major crisis every seven years on the average, 337 00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:27.159 he said. So, he said, so here's the bad news. 338 00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:29.519 He goes, either right now in your life, you're either 339 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:32.480 coming out of a major crisis or you're about to 340 00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:34.840 go in one or one is coming. 341 00:16:34.639 --> 00:16:38.279 Yeah, right or no, no or no one or coming 342 00:16:38.279 --> 00:16:39.480 out of one, or you're going in. 343 00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:43.639 That's right, that's right, that's right. But it's like pretty 344 00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:47.039 depressing to think about that. But it is exactly what 345 00:16:47.080 --> 00:16:47.759 we're talking about. 346 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:50.360 Well, Paul says, so remember and this is what I 347 00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:53.480 love about you quoting the New Testament. There the Bible 348 00:16:53.559 --> 00:16:55.919 is this best own commentary. God will always be consistent 349 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:59.799 from beginning to end. And so you know, Paul says 350 00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:03.720 that we can when we realize our weakness, we get 351 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:06.480 to see God be strong. This is what David's saying 352 00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:08.839 here is he said, God's a refuge. We run to him. 353 00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:12.440 Now watch him bring destruction. Look, lookally he goes, he 354 00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:16.519 causes wars to end throughout the earth. And then it 355 00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:19.240 says he breaks the bow and snaps the spear and 356 00:17:19.319 --> 00:17:22.240 he burns the shield with fire. Right, So he's saying, 357 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:25.440 God fights for me, and this is the advantage that 358 00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:28.640 we have. That's why sure fear exists for all of us, 359 00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:30.559 but we don't fear like lost people do people who 360 00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:33.839 don't know Christ. We don't have to have the anxiety 361 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:37.759 and the worry that people that are without God would have. Instead, 362 00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:40.160 he's saying, God's the one I'm trusting in, and he's 363 00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:42.759 the one that brings victory. He's the one that causes 364 00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:45.160 battles to end. He's the one who breaks the bow 365 00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:48.359 and snaps the spear. There have been times when I 366 00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:51.359 was going into a situation where I knew, oh, man, 367 00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:54.400 my lunch. This person I'm going to a meeting, this person's 368 00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:57.039 going to eat my lunch right, And I felt like 369 00:17:57.079 --> 00:17:58.759 it was unjust. I felt like I was going to 370 00:17:58.799 --> 00:18:01.640 get roughed up for no reason. I just was dreading 371 00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:04.680 the day. And I can remember on multiplications praying God 372 00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:07.440 just confused their words, help them not be able to 373 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:08.759 bring the argument they're going to bring. 374 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:10.119 Right. 375 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:12.319 I've done it many times, and then I just sit 376 00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:14.519 there and watch them stumble all over and then talk 377 00:18:14.599 --> 00:18:17.039 themselves out of the thing they were mad about. And 378 00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:19.000 I believe that's kind of the thing. Right. He's the 379 00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:21.279 one who's breaking that bow. He's the one who's breaking spear. 380 00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:24.720 He's the one confounding the enemy. So when you run 381 00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:27.240 to God, and by the way, a bunch of our 382 00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:29.359 listeners getting ready to go into Thanksgiving and you're worried 383 00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:31.000 about those crazy uncles and all the people want to 384 00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:32.599 fight about the election and all this kind of stuff. 385 00:18:32.640 --> 00:18:34.599 Just pray that God confounds it. Pray that God's the 386 00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:36.920 one who snaps the spear and breaks the bow, and 387 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:39.400 that God's the one that just takes the fight away. 388 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:40.960 That's really what it's saying is God's the one who 389 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:42.680 can take the fight away. And so then what is 390 00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:45.240 my response and your response supposed to be, David says. 391 00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:49.319 David quotes God saying, be still and know that I'm God. Right, 392 00:18:49.440 --> 00:18:51.960 that's it. Well, be still and know that I am God. 393 00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:54.720 Well, think about this. The breaking of the bow was 394 00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:57.720 it wasn't just an average bow that was being broke. 395 00:18:58.039 --> 00:19:00.599 That is symbolic that the war has ended. Right, So 396 00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:02.519 they would literally take at the end of a war, 397 00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:05.720 they would take a bow and they would break it ceremoniously. 398 00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:09.160 This is very similar to what we would still say, 399 00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:12.880 like burying the hatchet, right, So bearing the hatchet. I 400 00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:14.440 don't know if you don't know if you know the 401 00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:17.680