WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:07.519 practical ways. 4 00:00:11.759 --> 00:00:13.679 Good morning, it was coming. 5 00:00:14.160 --> 00:00:17.440 We talked the whole not through good morning. Good morning 6 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:21.440 to you and you and you, Hey, good morning everybody. 7 00:00:21.480 --> 00:00:24.359 I'm Chris and I'm Jeff, and we are the Bible Guys. 8 00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:26.640 And today we are in the middle of a series 9 00:00:26.679 --> 00:00:31.239 about God's promises and right, yes, yes, I'm a big fan, 10 00:00:31.440 --> 00:00:34.560 big fan promises and how we can rely on them 11 00:00:34.560 --> 00:00:37.439 on different contexts. But before we dive into that, we 12 00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:39.159 have a segment today. 13 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:39.880 Hot Takes. 14 00:00:40.039 --> 00:00:43.640 Hot Takes. Now we've only done this a few different times. 15 00:00:43.439 --> 00:00:44.560 Right, that's correct. 16 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:47.359 And this Hot Takes, I haven't even actually I haven't 17 00:00:47.399 --> 00:00:48.840 even read it. I've not even read it. 18 00:00:48.880 --> 00:00:50.159 Oh, I have an opinion on the first one. 19 00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:52.719 This is me reading it for the first time, right now. Okay, 20 00:00:53.520 --> 00:00:55.759 So it says on Hot Takes, do you agree with 21 00:00:55.759 --> 00:00:58.359 this statement? And then it says defend your answer. 22 00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:01.520 So the first one is the middle seat on airplanes 23 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:03.079 is actually the best? 24 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:08.159 Who in their right mind I know that would say 25 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:09.719 that that's actually the best. 26 00:01:09.799 --> 00:01:10.680 That is insane? 27 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:14.799 So did you know that unfortunately. I hate to speak 28 00:01:14.840 --> 00:01:18.519 bad about my beloved Delta, but did you know I'm 29 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:20.560 not I'm not a world class traveler like you. So 30 00:01:20.599 --> 00:01:24.439 you get like perks and benefits and stuff, but I'm 31 00:01:24.480 --> 00:01:28.079 in the low life. Okay, I am silver medallion, but 32 00:01:28.400 --> 00:01:30.000 all you have to do is show up to be silver. 33 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:33.840 So yeah, no, no, no, you have to. 34 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:36.599 You have to get a certain certain come on couple flights. 35 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:40.239 Give me a little credit. But anyway, so I'm with 36 00:01:40.319 --> 00:01:40.840 the minions. 37 00:01:40.920 --> 00:01:44.280 I don't mean to break right, but anyway. 38 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:47.120 The point is is that it used to be that 39 00:01:47.480 --> 00:01:49.359 you could choose your own seat for free, and that's 40 00:01:49.359 --> 00:01:50.799 one of the things I loved about Delta. Did you 41 00:01:50.840 --> 00:01:51.959 know they just recently changed that. 42 00:01:52.319 --> 00:01:53.359 Now you have to pay to choose. 43 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:56.439 Well, unless I'm wrong, but you know, there's that whole 44 00:01:56.480 --> 00:01:58.640 like basic, you know, like you could choose the Basic, 45 00:01:58.680 --> 00:02:00.640 then you choose the you know. But anyway, so I 46 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:04.159 always choose the cheapest, and usually unless I'm wrong. I 47 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:06.359 could be wrong. I'm open to being wrong here, but 48 00:02:06.439 --> 00:02:08.680 I'm almost positive what I did was I chose the Basic, 49 00:02:09.199 --> 00:02:11.759 and then I realized later on that the only time 50 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:14.159 I could choose my actual seat was I had to 51 00:02:14.159 --> 00:02:16.039 pay thirty something dollars, which. 52 00:02:15.919 --> 00:02:18.280 Is what were you trying to choose seats a little 53 00:02:18.319 --> 00:02:18.840 further up? 54 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:22.840 No, there were basic seats, so they had to assign 55 00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:25.599 my seat for me, which is what Southwest does, right, 56 00:02:25.639 --> 00:02:28.240 and then Jet Blue and all those other horrible ones 57 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:28.560 like that. 58 00:02:28.599 --> 00:02:32.360 Yea, so it can never book basic, pay the extra 59 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:37.520 twenty bucks and book main cabin. Yeah that's well, those 60 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:40.159 are the same seats, but you have way more selection. 61 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:42.400 Well, anyway, I got stuck in the middle, okay, and 62 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:45.560 it's a good thing. I've lost great like in row. 63 00:02:45.800 --> 00:02:48.039 Twenty five, I mean many how many hours? 64 00:02:48.400 --> 00:02:51.680 Oh it was only from Florida to here, so took. 65 00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:52.719 Two and a half. It's still a long time sitting 66 00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:53.280 in the middle seat. 67 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:56.319 Yeah, but I'm smaller now. But here's the thing. The 68 00:02:56.319 --> 00:02:59.199 guy next to me was huge, but you know what, 69 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:00.919 he was good though, Like you know, a lot of 70 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:02.680 times people are big and then they sort of, you know, 71 00:03:03.000 --> 00:03:05.000 like they go over the vager side, they take over. 72 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:07.840 This guy was really good, so he knew he was 73 00:03:07.960 --> 00:03:10.039 very very big. I mean I'm talking like six foot 74 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:12.680 four and he must have been two sixty. But he 75 00:03:12.840 --> 00:03:16.439 wasn't like he was in shape. He was thick, like 76 00:03:16.439 --> 00:03:18.680 like an athlete, right, so I was I was actually 77 00:03:18.719 --> 00:03:20.840 looking at him like, wow, this guy can He's got 78 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:23.919 to play ball or something, right, But anyway, this guy 79 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:27.759 was very large. And then but then I had the 80 00:03:27.759 --> 00:03:29.879 sweet old lady next to me. But here I'm in 81 00:03:29.919 --> 00:03:32.680 the middle, and I'm watching my elbows right, and I'm 82 00:03:32.719 --> 00:03:34.719 just sitting there the whole time, And I thought to myself, 83 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:39.719 the middle seat is the worst. How could anybody defend him? 84 00:03:39.759 --> 00:03:42.080 I hate the middle seat. Now, you know, I do 85 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:44.919 have a friend, We have a mutual friend. You know 86 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:47.280 him too. He's from the Middle East. He's not a 87 00:03:47.319 --> 00:03:50.800 big guy. He's pretty small, and he doesn't care. So 88 00:03:51.479 --> 00:03:53.840 if I go, oh no, I've got a middle seat, 89 00:03:53.840 --> 00:03:55.360 I'm gonna do everything I can do to get out 90 00:03:55.400 --> 00:03:57.479 of that middle seat. You know, pay an upgrade if 91 00:03:57.479 --> 00:04:00.719 I have to, whatevers. And I'd like, oh, I don't care. 92 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:03.000 He can get his he can get his knees up 93 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:04.479 on his seat, go to sleep. You know, he's just 94 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:06.680 a little guy and so he doesn't care at all. 95 00:04:06.719 --> 00:04:09.439 But I hate it, just absolutely hate it. I got 96 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:11.520 stuck on an eight and a half hour flight in 97 00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:14.479 the middle seat because we had a last last minute 98 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:17.279 change and it was my only way. So I hate it. 99 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:20.720 So this is a dumb question. There's nobody who believes, 100 00:04:20.720 --> 00:04:23.680 come on, it's actually the best. Come on, it's not. 101 00:04:23.720 --> 00:04:25.399 Nobody needs it's the best seat. 102 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:29.399 So you name me one example. Try to find me 103 00:04:29.600 --> 00:04:32.399 one example why it's the best. You know what? Okay, hey, 104 00:04:32.399 --> 00:04:34.759 how about this one. If you're with your family. 105 00:04:34.600 --> 00:04:35.920 And your wife wants to sit next to you, your 106 00:04:35.959 --> 00:04:37.040 kid wants to sit next to you. 107 00:04:37.079 --> 00:04:40.040 Yeah, and you want to be in between either because 108 00:04:40.079 --> 00:04:40.879 you want to separate them. 109 00:04:40.959 --> 00:04:42.560 Yeah, I never want to be in between, or you 110 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:44.079 want to talk to them. I don't want to sit 111 00:04:44.079 --> 00:04:45.759 in the middle. Okay, I don't want to talk to 112 00:04:45.759 --> 00:04:49.120 anybody on a plane. Your plugs, put my headphones in, 113 00:04:49.439 --> 00:04:50.079 don't talk to me. 114 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:52.319 Yeah. Well, I'm trying to think. I'm trying to think 115 00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:53.560 of a single good reason. 116 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:56.680 Here's the next one. Boneless wings are just nuggets and 117 00:04:56.680 --> 00:04:57.759 should be labeled that way. 118 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:00.079 I think I absolutely agree. 119 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:04.480 One hundred percent. Yeah, I'm always disappointed by boneless wings. 120 00:05:04.560 --> 00:05:06.519 Yeah, and the breading is different, I know, I know. 121 00:05:06.680 --> 00:05:09.639 They might as well just be like banquet nuggets. Remember 122 00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:13.240 banquet yeah, right, that's what they should be. Boneless wings 123 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:14.199 are fraudulent. 124 00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:17.279 Yeah, I agree, And I think that like when I 125 00:05:17.360 --> 00:05:19.920 go to a place and they ask me between the two. 126 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:22.920 If if for some reason I do boneless, which every 127 00:05:22.959 --> 00:05:25.639 once in a while i'll do it, I'm always regretting it. 128 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:27.720 There was a lawsuit about it a guy. A guy 129 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:33.319 sued over false advertising because they there is no wing 130 00:05:33.399 --> 00:05:36.920 meat in them. It's all breast meat. Oh so they're 131 00:05:36.920 --> 00:05:38.040 not wings. 132 00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:40.959 Right, and just looking for a quick wit. 133 00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:44.240 Yeah, and that the court said it's a commonly known thing, 134 00:05:44.279 --> 00:05:47.800 that it's just a marketing thing, and so they didn't 135 00:05:47.959 --> 00:05:50.160 they didn't side with him. Yeah, but I agreed with him. 136 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:53.399 He's right, it's fraudulent. They're not wings. It's fraudulent. It 137 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:53.800 is man. 138 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:56.079 Yeah, you're right though, they are definitely not wings. 139 00:05:56.120 --> 00:06:00.000 But what I've also eaten my body's weight in them, 140 00:06:01.319 --> 00:06:03.879 So does it stop me from meeting them. I'm just 141 00:06:03.879 --> 00:06:05.680 saying they're not wings, they're chicken nuggets. 142 00:06:05.720 --> 00:06:07.600 But yeah, Hey, by the way, let's let's take just 143 00:06:07.639 --> 00:06:09.480 a moment. Since that was a quick segment. I'll take 144 00:06:09.560 --> 00:06:12.240 just a moment, because, after all, there are plenty of 145 00:06:12.279 --> 00:06:15.040 listeners who are not living in Michigan, right, Okay, Yes, 146 00:06:15.319 --> 00:06:19.000 however probably I would say the majority of our listeners 147 00:06:19.040 --> 00:06:19.639 are in Michigan. 148 00:06:19.720 --> 00:06:20.839 Go Lions, Go Lions. 149 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:24.319 Okay, So take just a second, and because I know 150 00:06:24.399 --> 00:06:28.639 you are a food connoisseur, especially with carne. 151 00:06:29.319 --> 00:06:31.439 Meat meat, yes, meat, yes. 152 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:35.360 So uh, tell everybody, what is your favorite wing place 153 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:36.240 or one of them? 154 00:06:36.879 --> 00:06:37.759 Really? 155 00:06:38.759 --> 00:06:39.600 Is that? Okay? Yeah? 156 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:41.480 Yeah, yeah, Well what's your favorite wing place? 157 00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:43.319 It's that place that you took me to. 158 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:45.920 Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. What is the name wing Stops? 159 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:48.959 Oh no, there was another one. It was a different name, 160 00:06:48.959 --> 00:06:52.439 but yeah, wingstop is good. Wing snobs, wing snobs. Yes, 161 00:06:52.560 --> 00:06:54.600 they're the best ones. Yes, yes, I like them. 162 00:06:54.639 --> 00:06:56.800 It was you took me there and I and you said, oh, 163 00:06:56.839 --> 00:06:59.279 these are these are leaders. Live up to their name. 164 00:06:59.319 --> 00:07:01.920 They're wing snop And I was like, okay, listen, I'm 165 00:07:01.959 --> 00:07:05.759 not a big wing guy like wings are. Okay, And 166 00:07:05.839 --> 00:07:07.439 I went there and ate them, and I actually thought 167 00:07:07.439 --> 00:07:10.439 to myself, these are a cut above the rest. 168 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:12.439 Yeah, they were really good. Yeah, and there's a few 169 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:14.639 of them around here too. There's not one rate near 170 00:07:14.680 --> 00:07:17.319 my house. So I'm praying that the Lord will go 171 00:07:17.399 --> 00:07:17.839 before me. 172 00:07:18.480 --> 00:07:23.240 Yes, provide before and behind me, go to wings now 173 00:07:23.600 --> 00:07:24.480 right next to me. 174 00:07:26.680 --> 00:07:29.680 Yeah, it's weird. You know where we live For our 175 00:07:29.720 --> 00:07:34.639 listeners who don't know, we live in a suburban metropolitan 176 00:07:34.720 --> 00:07:38.319 area outside of Detroit, and it's mostly all like engineers 177 00:07:38.439 --> 00:07:44.319 and people involved somehow in the automotive supply industries and engineering. 178 00:07:44.360 --> 00:07:46.920 It's just thousands and thousands of engineers for General Motives 179 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:51.079 and Chrysler, and so there's not a lot of industry 180 00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:54.680 in our communities. They're all just giant bedroom communities. It's 181 00:07:54.680 --> 00:07:58.720 just subdivision after subdivision and stores and restaurants. Right, it's great. 182 00:07:58.920 --> 00:08:01.519 So we have every restaurant and the planet within like 183 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:03.720 two and a half miles of my house right right, 184 00:08:03.800 --> 00:08:06.240 And it's crazy. Have you ever noticed you go, hey, 185 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:08.399 let's go out tonight. Okay, where should we go? Oh? 186 00:08:08.439 --> 00:08:11.160 I don't know, And you can't think of where to go. 187 00:08:11.319 --> 00:08:13.920 There's so many options there. So you know, when I 188 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:15.959 was growing up in LaPier, there were like three options 189 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:18.439 right right right? Do you we want pizza? Do we 190 00:08:18.439 --> 00:08:20.319 want chicken? Do we want burgers? That's basically and then 191 00:08:20.360 --> 00:08:22.120 there was the expensive steakhouse, but that was it. 192 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:26.160 Whenever we go to La City, campus. There's that one restaurant, 193 00:08:26.160 --> 00:08:28.879 what is Lucky's. Yeah, it's like, hey, where youre gonna go? 194 00:08:28.959 --> 00:08:29.959 It's like, want to go to Luckies? 195 00:08:30.040 --> 00:08:33.000 Yeah, yeah, exactly, So that's that's how it is. But 196 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:34.360 but where it's just all restaurants. 197 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:36.759 But they have a new burger place that's pretty darn good. 198 00:08:36.879 --> 00:08:38.600 Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, they really do. They are good. 199 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:43.159 By the way, Uh you said Chrysler and GM that 200 00:08:43.240 --> 00:08:46.080 you excluded what Ford. 201 00:08:46.320 --> 00:08:48.039 We don't have a lot of Ford engineers where we live. 202 00:08:49.039 --> 00:08:51.159 They're over on the other side of town. Okay, there's 203 00:08:51.159 --> 00:08:53.440 no Ford complexes right here for engineering. 204 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:55.399 Okay, Well, I just didn't want for people to feel 205 00:08:55.440 --> 00:08:55.799 left out. 206 00:08:56.039 --> 00:08:57.039 Well, we don't care about Ford. 207 00:08:58.080 --> 00:09:02.000 Stop it, yeah, stop it. You're wearing a Lion's jersey though, Yeah. 208 00:09:01.879 --> 00:09:03.759 And I know, and they should sell the company, sell the. 209 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:05.200 Time, I definitely agree with. 210 00:09:05.320 --> 00:09:09.200 Okay, when you get a sixty year run of not winning, 211 00:09:09.799 --> 00:09:12.159 maybe you should hand it off. Yeah, but hey, but 212 00:09:12.159 --> 00:09:13.600 look at they sell it for a crazy probu. 213 00:09:13.679 --> 00:09:14.440 How do you like me now? 214 00:09:14.519 --> 00:09:16.879 Yeah? Yeah, they're playing well right now. Yeah, it's not 215 00:09:16.919 --> 00:09:18.399 the Fords that did it, though, Let's. 216 00:09:18.200 --> 00:09:18.639 Talk with that. 217 00:09:18.679 --> 00:09:21.000 Let's be clear. So, hey, Anyways, now that we're in 218 00:09:21.080 --> 00:09:23.559 nine minutes and we wasted a bunch of time, listeners like, 219 00:09:23.600 --> 00:09:27.000 what are you talking about? I tuned in for devotions. 220 00:09:27.159 --> 00:09:29.879 All right, let's take twenty minutes and really jump into. 221 00:09:29.759 --> 00:09:32.679 Well, I'll tell you what I was devoted to those 222 00:09:32.720 --> 00:09:39.240 hots takes and especially so now it's time for devotions. 223 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:42.200 Okay. So we are in Matthew chapter twenty eight. We're 224 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:44.919 talking about the promises of God, and particularly this week, 225 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:47.679 we're focusing on the presence of God in our life. 226 00:09:47.720 --> 00:09:50.799 And so at the resurrection, the Bible says the women 227 00:09:51.039 --> 00:09:53.120 in verse eight of chapter twenty eight of the Book 228 00:09:53.120 --> 00:09:55.320 of Matthew. The women ran quickly from the tomb, and 229 00:09:55.360 --> 00:09:58.000 they were very frightened, but also filled with great joy. 230 00:09:58.000 --> 00:10:00.720 And they rushed to give the disciples the angel message 231 00:10:00.840 --> 00:10:03.600 the he's not here, he's risen. And as they went, 232 00:10:04.120 --> 00:10:06.320 Jesus met them and greeted them, and they ran to 233 00:10:06.399 --> 00:10:08.519 him and grasped his feet and worshiped him. And then 234 00:10:08.600 --> 00:10:11.240 Jesus said to him, said to them, don't be afraid. 235 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:13.559 Go tell my brothers to leave for Galilee, and they'll 236 00:10:13.559 --> 00:10:15.919 see me there. As the women were on their way, 237 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:17.320 some of the guards went into the city and told 238 00:10:17.360 --> 00:10:20.919 the leading priests what had happened. Meeting with the elders. 239 00:10:22.480 --> 00:10:24.600 A meeting with the elders was called, and they decided 240 00:10:24.639 --> 00:10:26.399 to give the soldiers a large bribe. And they told 241 00:10:26.399 --> 00:10:28.919 the soldiers, you must say, jesus disciples came during the 242 00:10:29.000 --> 00:10:30.879 night while we were sleeping, and they stole his body. 243 00:10:31.039 --> 00:10:33.000 If the governor hears about it, we'll stand up for you, 244 00:10:33.080 --> 00:10:36.279 so you won't get in trouble. So the guards accepted 245 00:10:36.279 --> 00:10:38.480 the bribe and said that they what they were told 246 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:41.039 to say, and their story spread widely among the Jews, 247 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:44.360 and they still tell it today. Then the eleven disciples 248 00:10:44.399 --> 00:10:47.879 left for Galilee, going to the mountain where Jesus had 249 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:49.759 told him to go, and when they saw him, they 250 00:10:49.799 --> 00:10:53.120 worshiped him, but some of them doubted, And Jesus came 251 00:10:53.120 --> 00:10:56.120 and told his disciples, I have been given all authority 252 00:10:56.159 --> 00:10:59.480 in heaven and on earth. Therefore go and make disciples 253 00:10:59.519 --> 00:11:02.039 of all the newsations, baptizing them in the name of 254 00:11:02.039 --> 00:11:04.120 the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. And 255 00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:06.360 teach these new disciples to obey all the commands that 256 00:11:06.399 --> 00:11:09.000 I've given you. And be sure this I am with 257 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:13.360 you always even to the end of the age. So 258 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:16.080 we're talking about the promises of God and Jesus is 259 00:11:16.080 --> 00:11:18.440 promising to be with us always. 260 00:11:18.759 --> 00:11:20.120 Yeah, even to the end of the age. 261 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:22.919 Yeah. Now there's a forty day gap, just so our 262 00:11:22.960 --> 00:11:27.240 listeners understand, there's a forty day gap between verse fifteen 263 00:11:27.639 --> 00:11:30.159 and verse sixteen, right, forty days. 264 00:11:30.440 --> 00:11:32.919 Yeah, and the other gospels talk about. 265 00:11:32.759 --> 00:11:34.399 Yeah, fill in all the other details on that. 266 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:40.519 Yeah. Yeah. So Jesus is once again where I should say, 267 00:11:40.559 --> 00:11:43.159 you know, once again the promise is being reminded to 268 00:11:43.200 --> 00:11:46.320 you and me. But in this context, Jesus is saying, 269 00:11:46.960 --> 00:11:49.200 I am with you always, I will never leave you, 270 00:11:49.240 --> 00:11:52.080 I'll their forsake you. Those commandments go hand in hand 271 00:11:53.200 --> 00:11:56.679 even to the edge end of the age. And the 272 00:11:56.879 --> 00:12:00.840 context for this promise, because remember, on Monday, the context 273 00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:04.320 was God will never fail you, He'll never abandon you, 274 00:12:04.360 --> 00:12:06.039 and it was with the context of being content with 275 00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:09.720 what you had. And then yesterday it was the exact 276 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:12.360 same promise, He'll never leave you, He'll never fail you, 277 00:12:12.399 --> 00:12:14.519 but it was in the context of God going before 278 00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:18.679 you and being strong and being courageous and in your 279 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:22.919 battles and never doubting because after all, that was sort 280 00:12:22.919 --> 00:12:24.639 of why he said it three times. 281 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:27.320 And choosing to love God, obey God, yes, and he'll 282 00:12:27.320 --> 00:12:28.559 give you life. Yes, yes. 283 00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:31.759 And this is the same promise that God is with 284 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:34.279 us and he'll never leave us. Only this is the 285 00:12:34.399 --> 00:12:38.759 context of the Great Commission. And the Great commission is 286 00:12:38.840 --> 00:12:42.320 the mission that God sends his entire church on. So 287 00:12:42.360 --> 00:12:45.480 when he sends the church in motion, you know he 288 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:49.559 actually you know, it's really a movement of his people, 289 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:52.679 if his believers, of his followers, and he gives a 290 00:12:52.960 --> 00:12:56.679 commission of them and says, your job is to go 291 00:12:56.720 --> 00:13:01.320 and tell everybody you can about and about my story, 292 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:05.080 about my resurrection, and teach them to obey and and 293 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:08.960 disciple them, baptize them, can you know, make believers of 294 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:12.320 them and then do this and remember I'll be with 295 00:13:12.360 --> 00:13:16.799 you the whole time. Meaning, uh, we know now of 296 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:20.120 course it's going to be challenging. It's not going to 297 00:13:20.159 --> 00:13:23.279 be easy at times. It's going to be daunting. Uh 298 00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:25.360 for a lot of the disciples. It's going to cost 299 00:13:25.399 --> 00:13:29.159 you your lives, right for most of them, right and uh, 300 00:13:29.240 --> 00:13:32.200 and it's and it's you're going to be persecuted. You know, 301 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:35.480 it's going to be tough, and so that applies to 302 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:39.600 us today. Outside of maybe it costing our lives, most 303 00:13:39.639 --> 00:13:41.440 of us won't have to pay with our life. But 304 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:44.279 it may cost you your job, it may cost you 305 00:13:44.279 --> 00:13:46.720 your reputation. It makes it to stand up for what 306 00:13:46.840 --> 00:13:49.720 is right, to to tell people about Jesus, to never 307 00:13:49.799 --> 00:13:53.360 back down. It may cost you, like a moment where 308 00:13:53.399 --> 00:13:56.039 people may poke fun at you or maybe you know, 309 00:13:56.200 --> 00:13:58.279 roll their eyes at you. Right, it may cost you 310 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:01.240 something like that, But it's going to cost you something. 311 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:03.559 But just know that God is with you when you 312 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:06.000 take your stand, when you're on mission, when you tell 313 00:14:06.039 --> 00:14:09.080 people about him, He'll never leave you. 314 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:12.960 Yeah. So when Jesus paid the price on the cross, 315 00:14:14.519 --> 00:14:16.440 he took the punishment for our sin, and he paid 316 00:14:16.440 --> 00:14:18.519 the price. He took the punishment in his body. That's 317 00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:21.440 what the bread represents it communion. He paid the price 318 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:25.759 for our sin with his blood. Without the shedding of blood, 319 00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:28.879 there's no forgiveness of sins, the Bible says. So he 320 00:14:29.279 --> 00:14:33.279 deals with both of those. But it was his resurrection, 321 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:36.039 the power of his resurrection that gives you and me 322 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:41.440 life right. And it's also in that time that the 323 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:45.440 Bible talks about how Jesus holds the keys, right, and 324 00:14:45.480 --> 00:14:50.000 so he has all the power. When he resurrected, that 325 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:53.840 demonstrated that he had defeated death and hell and sin 326 00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:57.639 and the grave and all the consequences of that. And 327 00:14:57.679 --> 00:15:02.039 so while Satan still has power, Satan will never win. Right. 328 00:15:02.080 --> 00:15:03.480 He might win a battle, but he's never going to 329 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:07.840 win this war. He's already been defeated. The only reason 330 00:15:08.039 --> 00:15:11.600 why he has not been totally vanquished yet is God 331 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:14.759 is letting time play out. As Peter tells us, that 332 00:15:14.840 --> 00:15:20.840 God's not being slack or lazy. Instead, he's being patient, right, 333 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:23.320 not willing that any would perish, but that all would 334 00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:25.679 come to penance. So God's allowing time to play out 335 00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:28.559 because there's still more people that need to come to him. Right, 336 00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:32.320 But Jesus has all the power, He has all the authority. 337 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:35.279 The Bible says that God has given Jesus the name 338 00:15:35.320 --> 00:15:37.399 above every name, and that at the name of Jesus, 339 00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:40.080 every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that 340 00:15:40.120 --> 00:15:42.320 he is lord. The Bible says that he's the King 341 00:15:42.360 --> 00:15:45.240 of kings and the Lord of lords. Right, he is 342 00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:50.399 the pinnacle of everything that exists in all of creation, 343 00:15:51.080 --> 00:15:54.440 inside and outside, above and below, you know, as the 344 00:15:54.440 --> 00:15:57.519 Book of Roman says. And it's that authority. He says, 345 00:15:57.519 --> 00:15:59.519 I've been given all authority in heaven and on earth. 346 00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:03.240 It's that power. He holds the keys to heaven, he 347 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:06.720 holds the keys to hell. He has defeated Satan and death. 348 00:16:06.840 --> 00:16:11.200 He's defeated everything. He's vanquished sin, and he has the 349 00:16:11.320 --> 00:16:14.200 ultimate resolution of it. And he says, so, now, since 350 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:17.720 I have all the authority on heaven and earth, therefore, 351 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:19.919 and you were taught whenever therefore is there you have 352 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:21.600 to spend time and figure out what's it there for. 353 00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:24.759 The next thing that's going to be said is because 354 00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:28.480 of the previous things said. Right, So, because I have 355 00:16:28.600 --> 00:16:32.000 all the power, I need you to go and tell 356 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:38.720 everybody everywhere go make disciples'. That's evangelism, that's disciple making. 357 00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:42.720 Every single believer is called to be a disciple maker. 358 00:16:43.240 --> 00:16:45.039 And then he says, baptize them the name of the 359 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:47.360 Father's Son in the Holy Spirit. It's interesting, it's a 360 00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:51.799 very clear articulation of the Trinity. There's not many times 361 00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:54.799 Jesus does mentions the entire Trinity at one time, but 362 00:16:54.840 --> 00:16:56.480 he does in this one. After he says, I have 363 00:16:56.559 --> 00:16:59.879 all the power. He says, Father's Son and Holy Spirit, 364 00:16:59.879 --> 00:17:03.080 and baptizing them is really including them into the family 365 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:06.240 of God. That's what baptism signifies. It signifies the death, 366 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:09.359 Beryl and resurrection of Jesus. You're in Christ. Because you're 367 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:12.240 in Christ, you're also in with Us, and it's the 368 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:14.440 family of God kind of component. And then he said, 369 00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:17.359 then teach these disciples to obey all the commands they've 370 00:17:17.359 --> 00:17:19.960 given you, which, if you have our time remembering all 371 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:21.960 the commands of Jesus, he said, the two most important 372 00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:23.720 ones to fulfill all the law and the prophets is 373 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:27.319 love God and love people. Right, and then oh yeah, 374 00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:29.720 go tell everybody and baptize them. There's those four things 375 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:33.079 you got to do. Just do that make disciples. And 376 00:17:33.119 --> 00:17:36.400 then he says, in that context, you can be sure 377 00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:40.319 of this, I'm with you always, even to the end 378 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:42.720 of the age. So it's in the context of making 379 00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:45.960 disciples and teaching them to obey. And it's because of 380 00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:49.279 his power that he says, in that context you never 381 00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:51.960 have to be afraid. I'll always be with you, whether 382 00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:53.680 you live or die, I'll always be with you. 383 00:17:54.160 --> 00:18:01.640 Yeah, And it's a wonderful thing to that promise, knowing 384 00:18:02.359 --> 00:18:07.000 that when it's scary, you know, when when when you're 385 00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:09.039 trying to be bold, when you're trying to be trying 386 00:18:09.039 --> 00:18:12.240 to be brave, that God is with you, because sometimes 387 00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:14.799 that's when you feel the most alone, right, you know, 388 00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:18.880 It's like, uh, I'll never forget. So many times in 389 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:22.960 high school, I just I have always found myself myself 390 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:24.799 in situations where I felt like I was the only 391 00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:27.720 Christian in the room and there'd be like something that 392 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:30.200 would happen. I had an atheist teacher who used to 393 00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:34.319 say things, and I oftentimes challenged her or rebutted her 394 00:18:34.720 --> 00:18:37.799 or said that's not true. I literally would shout out, well, 395 00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:40.240 that's just not true, right, And then she just would 396 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:43.440 just hey, you raise your hand before you speak, and 397 00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:46.519 all these kinds of things, and I'm like, no, no, 398 00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:48.759 I'm not going to do it. Well, you have attention. 399 00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:52.359 I don't care right now. Granted, could have done it different, Yes, 400 00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:54.599 I get right, I could have done it, you know, 401 00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:58.119