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 --> 00:00:15.080 practical ways. Hey, everybody, today is Friday, and we love 4 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:17.480 Fridays just because the world loves Fridays. 5 00:00:17.559 --> 00:00:20.120 Oh, we love Fridays because it can only mean one thing. 6 00:00:20.280 --> 00:00:23.199 Oh what made Chris mad this week? 7 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:23.640 Wow? 8 00:00:23.679 --> 00:00:26.239 We're getting right into it to it right there. Wow, 9 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:28.480 I'm gonna take a drink of my McDonald's coke. 10 00:00:28.920 --> 00:00:31.199 Yes? Is it coke zero? 11 00:00:31.320 --> 00:00:32.600 Co diet coker di coke? 12 00:00:33.039 --> 00:00:34.679 Yeah? Where do you like better? Coke zero diet coke? 13 00:00:34.719 --> 00:00:36.520 I like coke zero out of the cam better. I 14 00:00:36.560 --> 00:00:39.439 like diet coke for McDonald's better than coke zero for McDonald's. 15 00:00:40.320 --> 00:00:40.560 What. 16 00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:42.840 Yeah, the formulations are different really? 17 00:00:42.920 --> 00:00:43.079 Yeah? 18 00:00:43.119 --> 00:00:45.320 Oh yeah, McDonald's has different formulations for all of the 19 00:00:45.439 --> 00:00:47.320 coke products. Then you can buy a store. 20 00:00:47.759 --> 00:00:50.479 Oh I knew that. Yeah yeah, yeah, but that's crazy. Wow, 21 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:51.560 I did not know that. 22 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:53.479 Okay, their straw is perfectly designed. 23 00:00:54.039 --> 00:00:54.240 Yeah. 24 00:00:54.240 --> 00:00:57.280 I think the cup is perfectly designed for maximum flavor, 25 00:00:57.439 --> 00:00:58.799 and so I just like to put the diet coke 26 00:00:58.880 --> 00:00:59.359 version of it. 27 00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:01.079 Wow, okay, very good? 28 00:01:01.200 --> 00:01:06.079 Well, Hey everything yesterday it was Christian. Interesting today, I 29 00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:09.640 want to talk to you about diak Coca McDonald's. Okay, 30 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:12.000 so we're back to it. Other than the fact that 31 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:14.719 I interrupted your sex, yes, okay, Chris mad this week. 32 00:01:14.840 --> 00:01:18.519 Okay, So here it is. I've said this out loud 33 00:01:18.680 --> 00:01:22.760 recently a lot, and I just thought of it today 34 00:01:22.799 --> 00:01:26.319 this morning. So I actually like complained about it to 35 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:30.280 my family. And that is there's a specific thing and 36 00:01:30.280 --> 00:01:33.359 then there's a general thing. Here's the general thing. I 37 00:01:33.400 --> 00:01:37.640 am so angry that companies don't really care about you. 38 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:38.480 They don't. 39 00:01:38.719 --> 00:01:39.239 They don't. 40 00:01:39.480 --> 00:01:42.400 It's like they're just in it for the money, right, 41 00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:44.879 But if it's not a ministry to them. 42 00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:48.840 No, but listen, if you build a product, then you 43 00:01:48.879 --> 00:01:51.840 should care about the quality of that product. And by 44 00:01:51.840 --> 00:01:53.719 the way, there are companies who do do that, right, 45 00:01:54.799 --> 00:01:57.680 They put out quality things and they actually do care 46 00:01:57.719 --> 00:01:58.680 about a lot of things. 47 00:01:58.760 --> 00:02:00.599 And so yeah, you pay bit more for that. 48 00:02:01.040 --> 00:02:04.719 But the companies who should know better, who do not care. 49 00:02:05.480 --> 00:02:09.319 I am so angry at that. And so recently my 50 00:02:09.800 --> 00:02:13.479 daughter's car something broke, and I was like, I remember 51 00:02:13.639 --> 00:02:16.960 my father being at General Motors. He retired from General 52 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:23.280 Motors in Lordstown, Ohio, and I remember literally, they were 53 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:25.840 giving away luggage for the best idea, and my father 54 00:02:25.919 --> 00:02:28.120 submitted an idea and said, if you make this part 55 00:02:28.680 --> 00:02:31.560 instead of making it steel and you make it plastic, 56 00:02:32.319 --> 00:02:36.599 it'll last just long enough to outlast the warranty and 57 00:02:36.639 --> 00:02:39.639 then it'll break, which will create new revenue. 58 00:02:39.879 --> 00:02:44.280 Thanks mister Tzarbah right, Yeah, planned obsolescence, that's what that's called. 59 00:02:44.719 --> 00:02:48.280 And so therefore, therefore the companies like you win the luggage, 60 00:02:48.639 --> 00:02:51.280 and they gave my father luggage that gave him and 61 00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:53.960 I gave them an idea for them to make money 62 00:02:54.759 --> 00:02:57.120 who didn't care about the customer and I hate that. 63 00:02:57.759 --> 00:03:00.439 And so the thing that sparked that feeling, Jeff, what 64 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:03.719 was that I cannot keep these shoes clean. 65 00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:05.159 You can't keep them clean. 66 00:03:05.039 --> 00:03:06.680 And Nike should know better. 67 00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:08.919 So this is a Nike shoe for those of you 68 00:03:08.960 --> 00:03:11.919 not watching video, which is probably almost half of you. 69 00:03:13.080 --> 00:03:14.639 But it doesn't matter how many times. 70 00:03:14.520 --> 00:03:15.479 I clean this shoe. 71 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:16.520 You can't keep it. 72 00:03:16.639 --> 00:03:17.719 Wait, can't keep it clean. 73 00:03:17.759 --> 00:03:19.280 And then I thought to myself. It led me to 74 00:03:19.319 --> 00:03:22.759 the thought of why would they create a shoe that 75 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:25.840 they know is going to be dirty within the first week. 76 00:03:26.520 --> 00:03:27.759 I mean literally, I'm not kidding. 77 00:03:28.199 --> 00:03:30.360 And then I ran into people who have this shoe 78 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:33.080 who said, oh, that's the worst kind of shoe to buy. 79 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:35.560 It's the worst kind of material because it'll get dirty. 80 00:03:35.599 --> 00:03:36.400 You can't keep it clean. 81 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:38.960 You can't keep it clean. And everybody says so So 82 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:41.520 if everybody I know says so. 83 00:03:41.240 --> 00:03:42.680 So, don't buy the white version of that. 84 00:03:43.759 --> 00:03:43.919 Right. 85 00:03:44.039 --> 00:03:46.199 But here's my point. Why would Nike make it? 86 00:03:46.960 --> 00:03:48.120 Because people buy it. 87 00:03:48.360 --> 00:03:51.039 Correct, which means they don't care. They don't care. 88 00:03:51.439 --> 00:03:54.080 Why wouldn't they come up with a way to put 89 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:56.599 a clear coat on this or like a. 90 00:03:57.000 --> 00:03:59.080 Like a Well not everybody's upset about the fact that 91 00:03:59.080 --> 00:04:02.400 it ages what some people it's just patina. 92 00:04:02.759 --> 00:04:03.280 That's not true. 93 00:04:03.439 --> 00:04:06.000 It's it's like patina on a on a But. 94 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:07.639 I'm not talking about a shoe that you've had for 95 00:04:07.759 --> 00:04:09.280 three months. I'm talking about a shoe you had for 96 00:04:09.319 --> 00:04:12.599 three minutes. Right, They're creating a shoe that they know 97 00:04:12.840 --> 00:04:13.599 will be dirty. 98 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:17.399 And I think that I think that you should boycott Nike. 99 00:04:18.160 --> 00:04:20.279 Well, I'm tempted, Jeff. 100 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:23.160 I started, you can get out there with pitchforks and 101 00:04:23.279 --> 00:04:27.040 torches and lead the masses to wear is it seattle? 102 00:04:27.439 --> 00:04:29.959 This morning? I'm going to work out after this, and 103 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:31.680 I wanted to Nike. 104 00:04:35.120 --> 00:04:37.360 Why do we hate them? Because Chris. 105 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:39.920 But but the thing is, I want to work out 106 00:04:39.959 --> 00:04:41.680 this morning, and I thought, I don't want to wear 107 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:44.560 these shoes because they're so dirty. But they're the newest 108 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:47.360 of the workout shoes that I have, and they're the 109 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:48.680 best support for my feet. 110 00:04:48.759 --> 00:04:50.160 But I don't want to wear them and I can't 111 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:51.879 keep them clean. How hard. 112 00:04:51.920 --> 00:04:55.199 I try some other colors because they look good on you, Chris. 113 00:04:55.160 --> 00:04:56.160 Well, thank you for that. 114 00:04:56.560 --> 00:04:59.959 I know that Nike is not exactly the most pop 115 00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:03.000 I'm old, right, I'm old. 116 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:06.800 Old people were nice. You're not old, well older right. 117 00:05:07.120 --> 00:05:10.160 But the bottom line is, Jeff, companies don't care. They don't, 118 00:05:10.199 --> 00:05:12.240 and I'm angry at it. They don't, you know. 119 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:17.319 So, But when a company does go above and beyond, yes, right, 120 00:05:17.319 --> 00:05:20.639 when you delight the so. I used to work for 121 00:05:20.720 --> 00:05:23.879 Marriott Right Hotels, and one of my problems, or one 122 00:05:23.879 --> 00:05:26.600 of my jobs was we had twelve hundred and eighty 123 00:05:26.680 --> 00:05:28.800 rooms and one of my job all day, every day 124 00:05:28.959 --> 00:05:32.000 was just to solve problems for people. And they really 125 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:34.800 empowered me to spend the money to go above and beyond. 126 00:05:35.079 --> 00:05:38.399 And the whole idea is delight a customer and there'll 127 00:05:38.439 --> 00:05:41.639 be a customer for life. So every problem is an 128 00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:44.120 opportunity to delight them because they come to you a 129 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:48.160 hot matt. So just understand, the game is not to 130 00:05:48.240 --> 00:05:51.759 prove why they're wrong. The game is to delight them. 131 00:05:52.160 --> 00:05:55.079 To turn it one hundred and eighty degrees from them 132 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:57.639 coming in hot to them leave and going first company 133 00:05:57.720 --> 00:06:00.560 is amazing, right, That was the goal every time, And 134 00:06:00.600 --> 00:06:03.160 so I love that idea, and you don't see it 135 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:06.000 very often. I have a I'm a Weber guy went 136 00:06:06.079 --> 00:06:09.720 with grills and stuff, and I had an older Weber 137 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:14.920 pellet grill. And they went public for a season. It's 138 00:06:14.959 --> 00:06:17.240 a private company again, but they went public for a while, 139 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:20.040 and while they were public, the management just really ran 140 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:22.680 in the ground and took it to a mediocre company. 141 00:06:22.879 --> 00:06:25.079 I think they've really returned back to a good company. 142 00:06:25.079 --> 00:06:27.439 But for a while they did well. Then when the 143 00:06:27.439 --> 00:06:30.199 new management took over, they knew that there were problems 144 00:06:30.199 --> 00:06:34.920 with this grill, and so I had a problem and 145 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:37.759 I was still within warranty. I contact him said, hey, hey, 146 00:06:37.879 --> 00:06:40.000 I had a problem with this thing. I don't know, 147 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:42.519 is it still under warranty, and I thought it was. 148 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:44.879 They pull it up and go, oh, your warranty expired 149 00:06:44.920 --> 00:06:47.639 like two months ago. And I was like, oh, well 150 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:49.279 that's how my life works. Think. I goes no, no, no, 151 00:06:49.439 --> 00:06:51.920 I'll send it to you anyways. And he give me 152 00:06:51.920 --> 00:06:53.480 your address. So I gave Hi his address, or gave 153 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:55.399 him the address, and he went through all this stuff 154 00:06:55.439 --> 00:06:57.720 to prove that this was mine because I'd already registered 155 00:06:57.720 --> 00:07:00.639 it for the warranty. This dude sent me that part, 156 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:05.279 two other parts. He sent me a thing saying sometimes 157 00:07:05.639 --> 00:07:08.360 this goes bad. He sent me that, and he sent 158 00:07:08.399 --> 00:07:12.360 me four bags of pellets and just said, we value 159 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:15.279 you as a customer. Is that amazing? 160 00:07:15.800 --> 00:07:16.160 Yes? 161 00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:18.759 And it was because they recognized the previous group of 162 00:07:18.839 --> 00:07:21.920 leaders had put out a really bad product, and they're like, 163 00:07:21.959 --> 00:07:24.519 we're going to give you everything that's a problem. Everything's 164 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:26.480 going to be a problem next and if this happens, 165 00:07:26.480 --> 00:07:28.160 you already have it. I still have all those parts. 166 00:07:28.160 --> 00:07:29.480 I only needed the one part in the basement. The 167 00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:31.439 other parts never went bad, but I've got them. 168 00:07:31.920 --> 00:07:32.319 Wow. Right. 169 00:07:32.360 --> 00:07:33.839 And he sent me four bags. They sent me one 170 00:07:33.879 --> 00:07:35.439 hundred fifty dollars with the stuff, and I needed like 171 00:07:35.480 --> 00:07:38.160 a fifteen dollars part. I promise you I went ten 172 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:40.680 x to prove we are all in for you as 173 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:42.959 a customer, and dude, I will never get anything other 174 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:44.079 than a Weber again. 175 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:45.199 Wow right. 176 00:07:45.399 --> 00:07:47.040 I love it when they do it right, but you're right, 177 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:48.920 when they do it wrong makes me mad. 178 00:07:49.079 --> 00:07:49.279 Yeah. 179 00:07:49.279 --> 00:07:52.879 Well, I mean most companies don't care at all about 180 00:07:52.959 --> 00:07:54.800 much of anything other than a dollar. 181 00:07:55.240 --> 00:07:57.439 You know, this weekend I had a lady she might 182 00:07:57.439 --> 00:07:58.199 be listening, go ahead. 183 00:07:58.360 --> 00:08:00.839 I was just gonna say I delight in that story 184 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:01.680 so much. 185 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:03.480 I had a lady come up to me this weekend 186 00:08:03.639 --> 00:08:06.160 and she said, hey, I just wanted you to know. 187 00:08:06.279 --> 00:08:08.639 She said, been attending for a couple months and I 188 00:08:08.759 --> 00:08:13.759 gave an offering and she said, I was amazed. I 189 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:16.120 gotta thank you, and she said, I know it was 190 00:08:16.120 --> 00:08:18.279 probably automated, and I said, well, we know we have 191 00:08:18.279 --> 00:08:20.160 a kind of a system. Just make sure say thank you. 192 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:23.319 She said, but I've never been thanked for giving just 193 00:08:23.399 --> 00:08:25.079 because she said, I don't give a lot, but I 194 00:08:25.120 --> 00:08:27.240 give a little bit. And she said, I've just and 195 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:28.920 it's never been thanked. And I said, listen to me, 196 00:08:29.000 --> 00:08:30.120 and I said, I want you to know that this 197 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:33.399 is true. We believe that every person God sends to 198 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:36.399 Herida's Church is a gift from God, which means you're 199 00:08:36.440 --> 00:08:38.720 a gift from God to us. And then I said, 200 00:08:38.759 --> 00:08:41.279 and then when you decide to partner with us and 201 00:08:41.360 --> 00:08:44.240 you give whatever you believe God's asking you to give, 202 00:08:44.759 --> 00:08:48.600 that's a gift from you from God. And why wouldn't 203 00:08:48.639 --> 00:08:51.279 we say thank you? And I said, so I'm thrilled. 204 00:08:51.559 --> 00:08:53.960 So I mean it, Yes, somebody sent that to you, 205 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:56.679 But I said, I want that to be in place 206 00:08:56.799 --> 00:08:58.720 so that we never miss an opportunity to say thank 207 00:08:58.720 --> 00:09:01.840 you because you're gift from God. Does She gets altered up, 208 00:09:01.879 --> 00:09:04.159 starts crying. So it's telling me her life story, told 209 00:09:04.200 --> 00:09:08.480 me all these things it was, and then finding her 210 00:09:08.960 --> 00:09:12.600 her place of impact in God's kingdom is a big, 211 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:15.759 big deal. And I think that's important for us to 212 00:09:15.799 --> 00:09:17.360 say thank you. So I'm not saying it, yay, look 213 00:09:17.399 --> 00:09:20.240 at Jeff. What I'm saying is people are moved when 214 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:22.279 you see them as a person and not as a 215 00:09:22.360 --> 00:09:26.360 consumer of your product. Yeah right, It changes you. Yeah, 216 00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:29.240 it makes you feel better. And so whether it's weber 217 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:33.240 or or saying thank you at church versus we don't care. 218 00:09:33.279 --> 00:09:35.639 We're putting out a crappy product. Chris is going to 219 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:36.320 buy it anyways. 220 00:09:36.399 --> 00:09:39.039 Yeah right right, yeah, so listen that the bottomne is 221 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:40.480 companies do better. 222 00:09:40.279 --> 00:09:41.720 Do better, care more. Yeah. 223 00:09:42.200 --> 00:09:45.240 Yeah, it's an investment. It's not an expense. When you 224 00:09:45.279 --> 00:09:47.559 invest in your in your customer, you're going to sell 225 00:09:47.600 --> 00:09:49.960 that sell to them over and over and over and 226 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:50.600 over again. 227 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:51.120 That's right. 228 00:09:51.240 --> 00:09:54.759 Right, So it's an investment, it's not an expense. Okay, Well, 229 00:09:54.799 --> 00:09:57.039 talking about investments and expenses, I. 230 00:09:57.120 --> 00:09:59.440 Was gonna you know, she's just stuck with investment. 231 00:09:59.480 --> 00:09:59.639 Yeah. 232 00:09:59.679 --> 00:10:02.919 Yeah. Did you know that you have an inheritance coming? 233 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:06.840 Oh that's pretty good. Yeah, I do. I do know that. 234 00:10:07.080 --> 00:10:10.279 Okay, yeah, does this passage talk about that? 235 00:10:10.399 --> 00:10:13.720 Yes, First Peter Chapter one talks about this, how. 236 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:15.639 Convenience isn't that amazing? It is? 237 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:17.919 Okay, So here's what it says. We don't read a 238 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:20.159 lot from First Peter. I don't know why I love 239 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:22.240 First Peter. But when was the last time we've read 240 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:22.960 from First Peter. 241 00:10:24.360 --> 00:10:27.879 It's been a while, like eight months ago. 242 00:10:27.960 --> 00:10:32.159 Well, if you if you like First Peter, yeah dude, 243 00:10:32.159 --> 00:10:34.519 you're gonna love Second Peter. Yea, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 244 00:10:34.559 --> 00:10:37.080 you said double the double third Peter, Yeah, there is 245 00:10:37.080 --> 00:10:37.399 no third. 246 00:10:37.559 --> 00:10:38.679 Oh okay, yeah, okay. 247 00:10:38.759 --> 00:10:41.360 So anyways, here we go. In First Peter chapter one, 248 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:45.679 it says, this letter is from Peter Peter, an apostle 249 00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:48.039 of Jesus Christ. I'm writing the God's chosen people who 250 00:10:48.039 --> 00:10:52.720 are living as foreigners in the provinces of Pontius and Galatia, Cappadoccia, 251 00:10:53.320 --> 00:10:57.960 Asia and Bithynia. God the Father knew you and chose 252 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:00.480 you long ago, and his spirit has made you holy. 253 00:11:00.519 --> 00:11:02.919 As a result, you have obeyed him and have been 254 00:11:02.960 --> 00:11:05.480 cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ. May God give 255 00:11:05.519 --> 00:11:08.120 you more and more grace and peace. I love that 256 00:11:08.480 --> 00:11:10.879 they give you more and more grace and peace. Then 257 00:11:10.919 --> 00:11:13.399 he says, all praise to God, the Father of our lord, 258 00:11:13.519 --> 00:11:16.480 Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we 259 00:11:16.559 --> 00:11:19.240 have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from 260 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:22.600 the dead. Now we live with great expectation, and we 261 00:11:22.639 --> 00:11:25.679 have a priceless inheritance, an inheritance that is kept in 262 00:11:25.720 --> 00:11:29.000 heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of 263 00:11:29.080 --> 00:11:32.159 change and decay. And through your faith, God is protecting 264 00:11:32.200 --> 00:11:35.200 you by his power until you receive this salvation, which 265 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:37.039 is ready to be revealed on the last day for 266 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:39.919 all to see. So be truly glad. There is wonderful 267 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:42.679 joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for 268 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:45.200 a little while. These trials will show that your faith 269 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:48.320 is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and 270 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:51.480 purifies gold. Though your faith is far more precious than 271 00:11:51.559 --> 00:11:55.320 mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, 272 00:11:55.360 --> 00:11:57.799 it'll bring you much praise and glory and honor on 273 00:11:57.799 --> 00:12:01.320 the day when Christ Jesus is revealed to the whole world. 274 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:03.600 You love him even though you've never seen him. Though 275 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:06.039 you do not see him, now, you trust him, and 276 00:12:06.080 --> 00:12:09.840 you rejoice in a glorious, inexpressible joy. The reward for 277 00:12:09.840 --> 00:12:12.080 trusting Him will be the salvation of your souls. And 278 00:12:12.120 --> 00:12:14.360 this salvation is something even the prophets wanted to know 279 00:12:14.440 --> 00:12:17.559 more about. When they prophesied about this gracious salvation prepared 280 00:12:17.559 --> 00:12:20.759 for you, they wondered what time or situation the spirit 281 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:24.399 of Christ within them was talking about when he told 282 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:29.080 them in advance about Christ's suffering and his great glory. Afterward, 283 00:12:29.639 --> 00:12:31.759 they were told that their messages were not for themselves, 284 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:33.840 but for you. And now this good news has been 285 00:12:33.879 --> 00:12:36.080 announced to you by those who preached in the power 286 00:12:36.159 --> 00:12:39.000 the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. It is all so 287 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:42.320 wonderful that even the angels are eagerly watching these things happen. 288 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:43.799 Isn't that amazing? 289 00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:45.120 Yeah, it's very amazing. 290 00:12:45.240 --> 00:12:46.759 We can keep going if you want. But man, that's 291 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:47.399 good right there. 292 00:12:47.799 --> 00:12:52.759 Yeah, I think so. So hope for eternal life. And 293 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:54.960 so what are our highlighted verses for today? 294 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:58.600 Two and three, Two and three, yeah, yeah, three and 295 00:12:58.639 --> 00:13:00.759 four I'm sorry, three and four. Praise to God, the 296 00:13:00.799 --> 00:13:02.840 father of our Lord, Jesus Christ. It is by his 297 00:13:02.919 --> 00:13:06.639 great mercy that we have been born again, because God 298 00:13:06.759 --> 00:13:09.799 raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with 299 00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:13.559 great expectation, and we have a priceless inheritance, an inheritance 300 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:15.840 that is kept in heaven for you, peer and under file, 301 00:13:15.960 --> 00:13:17.720 beyond the reach of change indicay. 302 00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:22.960 Now, when it says an inheritance, people hear that word 303 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:27.600 and they think of earthly wealth, right, and so this 304 00:13:27.679 --> 00:13:32.440 is gold, These are crowns, These are rewards for our 305 00:13:32.440 --> 00:13:38.000 good deeds? Or is inheritance a reference to heaven? Is 306 00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:42.919 inheritance a reward for a word for legacy, for impact, 307 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:44.759 or maybe it's all the above. 308 00:13:44.879 --> 00:13:47.759 Yeah. So I think it's interesting that you brought that up, 309 00:13:47.799 --> 00:13:50.440 because I immediately looked at the Life Application Study notes 310 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:53.279 about that specifically trying to figure out what I'm setting 311 00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:54.960 up again, what is it talking about that? Yeah, Yeah, 312 00:13:54.960 --> 00:13:56.759 it's great that you're asking that question. So the Life 313 00:13:56.799 --> 00:14:00.000 Application Study Bible says the Jews had looked forward to 314 00:14:00.200 --> 00:14:04.559 an inheritance in the Promised Land of Canaan. Right. Interesting, 315 00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:11.240 that's numbers thirty two Deuteronomy two, Deuteronomy nineteen where Moses said, 316 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:14.240 God has this inheritance for us in the Promised Land. 317 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:18.519 It's this is where the idea in the old Southern 318 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:22.039 Gospel songs talking about the promised land being heaven. Right, 319 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:24.879 that's our inheritance, just like the Jews looked forward to 320 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:27.960 their inheritance. Says, although the nation had received that right 321 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:31.159 of inheritance, eventually they defiled their faith under the influence 322 00:14:31.159 --> 00:14:34.360 of foreign nations. The people's sins had caused the promise 323 00:14:34.440 --> 00:14:38.200 to become a fully fading only a fading memory. Christians 324 00:14:38.559 --> 00:14:42.200 now look forward to another inheritance, a priceless inheritance, eternal 325 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:45.080 life in the eternal city of God. God has reserved 326 00:14:45.120 --> 00:14:48.919 the inheritance. It'll never fade or decay, It'll be sustained, 327 00:14:49.679 --> 00:14:52.440 unstained by sin. The great news is that you have 328 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:55.360 this inheritance now if you've trusted Christ as your savior. 329 00:14:55.799 --> 00:14:58.639 So an inheritance is something you're looking forward to, really, 330 00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:00.919 as they were looking forward to to the Promised land 331 00:15:01.080 --> 00:15:03.360 they believe God had gifted it to them. This is 332 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:05.000 one of those things. And We've talked about this before 333 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:09.240 how a lot of God's promises reflect the past, are 334 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:12.720 promised for the future and they're now too, right, but 335 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:16.759 we're experiencing them in different ways. So salvation is now, 336 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:20.000 but we haven't yet experienced it, right, And that's what 337 00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:23.559 that's what this passage is talking about. That that inheritance 338 00:15:23.639 --> 00:15:28.440 is eternal life. Will will he mentions here until you 339 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:31.879 receive this salvation. You've already received salvation, yet there's going 340 00:15:31.919 --> 00:15:34.799 to be a day when you receive the full inheritance 341 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:35.440 of your salvation. 342 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:37.799 Yeah, okay, okay, So I see what you're saying. When 343 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:41.200 you say we haven't experienced salvation, you're referring to the 344 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:43.759 actual experience of getting. 345 00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:51.320 Into heaven, total freedom from sin, total experience of what 346 00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:54.240 God has planned for us because of salvation. 347 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:57.080 Because we believe when you are saved, eternal life begins now. 348 00:15:57.320 --> 00:15:59.000 Yes, right at the time of And that's why I 349 00:15:59.000 --> 00:16:00.919 was highlighting that God is tacking you by his power 350 00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:03.919 until you receive this salvation. Yes. And then the other 351 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:10.080 one he mentions it over here, there's another one at 352 00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:17.759 the end of the passage we just read. Anyways, there's 353 00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:20.279 another one. Two times he kind of references the fact 354 00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:24.799 that you're going to receive this this inheritance. And so 355 00:16:25.720 --> 00:16:29.000 that's the thing. Yeah, I can take you to other passages. 356 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:30.919 First, gracious salvation prepared for you. 357 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:35.159 Ephesians says, God always planned to adopt into his very 358 00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:38.679 own family. So God's salvation was always planned for you 359 00:16:39.080 --> 00:16:42.279 in the past, right, But there was a time you 360 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:44.960 didn't have it, even though in the past he'd already 361 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:48.559 planned it. Then there's a moment when you accept CHRISTI 362 00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:50.879 as your savior. He forgives your sins, you making the 363 00:16:50.919 --> 00:16:55.120 lord of your life. Now you are saved, but you 364 00:16:55.159 --> 00:17:00.360 don't receive the inheritance until that day, right. And so 365 00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:04.119 there's the past plan, there's the current experience, and there's 366 00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:07.759 the fulfillment of the salvation. And again God's thinking all 367 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:09.359 three at the same time, and you and I are 368 00:17:09.400 --> 00:17:14.599 experiencing them in segments right before I received. Now I've 369 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:18.599 received in some dialhol experience right right those things, and 370 00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:20.720 I will be fully, fully safe. And so I think 371 00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:23.519 it's interesting it say, and it's also wonderful that even 372 00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:26.720 the angels are eagularly watching these things happen. The angels 373 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:29.359 are like, what this is amazing. The prophets were like, 374 00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:31.400 can you imagine what it's going to be like when 375 00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:33.079 people are actually going to be able to experience the 376 00:17:33.119 --> 00:17:36.880 Holy Spirit in them and the power of God saving them? Right, 377 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:39.960 So he references the prophets knew it wasn't for them, 378 00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:42.160 it was for us the messages that they were giving. 379 00:17:42.359 --> 00:17:44.599 And then even the angels are excited about this story. 380 00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:48.400 All of heaven is Jesus says, when one laws sinner 381 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:53.279 comes back home, the angels rejoice in heaven. Right, They're very, 382 00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:56.079 very excited about that. This is what moves heaven is 383 00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:58.200 when people come to faith in Christ. 384 00:17:58.839 --> 00:18:01.400 One of my notes is, no he knows all that 385 00:18:01.400 --> 00:18:04.400 awaits us in heaven, but we do know this life 386 00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:08.000 today is a school in which God trains us for 387 00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:12.079 our future ministry and eternity. This explains the presence of 388 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:14.799 trials in our lives, and they are some of God's 389 00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:18.359 tools and textbooks in the school of Christian experience. Just 390 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:22.160 the idea that like this life prepares us for heaven. 391 00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:26.240 But when I think of the inheritance I just mentioned 392 00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:30.039 a while ago, you know, earthly treasures, right, I'm not 393 00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:33.599 sure it was necessarily referring to that. Actually, the inheritance 394 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:36.039 of salvation is what it sort of sounds like, right, 395 00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:41.960 But they also the idea of us getting crowns in heaven. 396 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:44.680 The Bible does say that we'll get rewards for our 397 00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:47.000 good deeds here on earth, right, which what's sort of 398 00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:48.240 was the was the note. 399 00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:50.720 I think a reward and an inheritance are two different things. 400 00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:55.319 I do too, Yeah, yeah, the rewards for crowns. The 401 00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:58.680