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 --> 00:00:13.279 practical ways. Well, good morning, everybody. My name is Chris 4 00:00:13.320 --> 00:00:16.679 and I'm Kyle, and we today are the Bible Guys. 5 00:00:16.719 --> 00:00:19.679 That's right, Kyle, you are a veteran of the Bible Guys. 6 00:00:19.679 --> 00:00:22.239 You've been here several times, at least one, at least three, 7 00:00:22.559 --> 00:00:25.760 at least three if you listen yesterday. I put my 8 00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:28.000 foot in the off because I didn't know how many 9 00:00:28.039 --> 00:00:30.719 times Quinn had been on a Bible Guy. But you 10 00:00:30.719 --> 00:00:33.719 have certainly been. I would say, besides Jeff and I, 11 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:35.600 you're definitely the most frequent guest. 12 00:00:36.359 --> 00:00:39.079 All right, son, good? I take that part three. 13 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:42.240 When I was when I was, when I was a 14 00:00:42.280 --> 00:00:44.119 pastor at a church and I wasn't the lead pastor, 15 00:00:44.359 --> 00:00:47.920 they used to say, hey, you're a junior pastor. That fun, right, 16 00:00:48.240 --> 00:00:49.119 You're a junior Binal guy. 17 00:00:49.200 --> 00:00:51.320 Dude, I've had it said to me before. We're like, 18 00:00:51.640 --> 00:00:53.920 like even when they becoming a campus pastor, people like, 19 00:00:54.119 --> 00:00:56.240 oh my gosh, you're finally a real pastor now. And 20 00:00:56.280 --> 00:00:59.600 I'm like, and you're like, when did that happen? 21 00:00:59.679 --> 00:01:01.960 Thanks? That i'd like you know this or not, but 22 00:01:01.960 --> 00:01:05.879 I've been a pastor. It's it's quite a while. Well, hey, 23 00:01:06.400 --> 00:01:09.680 so today a couple of things. Number One, Jeff's out 24 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:13.359 of the country, so we're having a different Bible Guy's 25 00:01:13.519 --> 00:01:14.439 guest every day. 26 00:01:14.480 --> 00:01:16.040 It's gonna be great, man. I love this idea. 27 00:01:16.120 --> 00:01:18.719 Yeah, it's cool. And then secondly, I've got to throw 28 00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:22.959 this announcement. If you feel like it, join us for 29 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:27.359 our very first invitational, this first time we've ever promoted this. 30 00:01:27.799 --> 00:01:31.439 But on April twenty fourth in the Inlay City campus 31 00:01:31.439 --> 00:01:35.239 at Heritage Church, we are doing a live Bible Guys event. 32 00:01:35.959 --> 00:01:38.319 So April twenty fourth, it starts at six o'clock. Just 33 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:40.560 show up at the church, walk in and we're doing 34 00:01:40.599 --> 00:01:43.519 an actual recording of the Bible Guys in La City, 35 00:01:43.799 --> 00:01:45.560 which is a little bit north of where we are, 36 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:48.519 about forty five minutes and it's gonna be cool event. 37 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:50.400 And so if you want to, if you're in the 38 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:52.439 area and you know us, and maybe you don't even 39 00:01:52.480 --> 00:01:54.799 go to Heritage Church, that's really cool, right, just show up. 40 00:01:54.879 --> 00:01:57.319 Yeah, it's kind of cool. Worth it. Oh, absolutely, that's greata. 41 00:01:57.480 --> 00:02:00.760 I think it'd be neat. So there you go buddy. 42 00:02:01.159 --> 00:02:05.040 And so we're gonna start with a segment. In fact, 43 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:07.840 I call this the crazy Question segment all week. Gotcha? 44 00:02:07.879 --> 00:02:08.159 Gotcha? 45 00:02:08.199 --> 00:02:11.039 Okay, So here it is one of our regular Bible guys. 46 00:02:11.120 --> 00:02:12.159 Kyle is back today. 47 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:12.719 Hi Kyle. 48 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:17.000 Since he's been with us last he's become the pastor 49 00:02:17.039 --> 00:02:20.520 at our newest campus, which is our Stony Creek campus 50 00:02:20.599 --> 00:02:23.199 that meets in Stony Creek High School. So here's today's question. 51 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:28.240 You're in charge of creating a new sport. What's the 52 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:31.960 most bizarre combination of sports you throw together? What a 53 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:34.840 crazy question? It seems kind of randomness. 54 00:02:34.840 --> 00:02:36.319 It is, it is, but honestly it's funny. I don't 55 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:38.800 know if you've ever thought about this yourself. I don't 56 00:02:38.840 --> 00:02:41.639 know if i'd say combination wise. Something I think is 57 00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:44.360 so cool is my kids are big fans of Dude 58 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:47.159 Perfect and Dude Perfect. They do this thing. It's called 59 00:02:47.680 --> 00:02:51.120 the Extreme Sports Golf Challenge. Oh yeah, you like this 60 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:52.800 because you're a golfer as well. And what they end 61 00:02:52.879 --> 00:02:55.560 up doing is they'll so they like they like spin 62 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:58.479 a wheel, and they for every every hit of a 63 00:02:58.520 --> 00:03:00.879 golf ball, the way they count the score, they're counting 64 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:04.439 how many strokes they have. It's a different club, it's 65 00:03:04.439 --> 00:03:06.400 a different or sporting thing. So like they may draw 66 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:08.080 and it's like a frisbee, So they throw a frisbee 67 00:03:08.080 --> 00:03:09.800 down the green. The next one they draw it into 68 00:03:09.800 --> 00:03:12.199 a soccer ball or it's a hockey shot, and so 69 00:03:12.280 --> 00:03:13.439 they're trying to go along. 70 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:16.719 It's replacing the golf ball exactly. So it's not necessarily 71 00:03:16.759 --> 00:03:17.800 like a five iron. 72 00:03:17.599 --> 00:03:20.240 No no, no, no no, it's it's literally replacing using a 73 00:03:20.240 --> 00:03:23.360 different sport. So they've had different celebrity. They've had Baker Mayfield, 74 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:25.479 they've had Tom Brady, They've had different people on there. 75 00:03:25.599 --> 00:03:27.159 I think Drew Brees was on one of them. And 76 00:03:27.199 --> 00:03:29.039 they do this I think they call it All Sports 77 00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:31.639 Golf Battle and where they combined different sports. I think 78 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:33.159 that'd be actually fun to watch on TV. 79 00:03:33.319 --> 00:03:37.039 Oh I mean, but instead a new sport that's an 80 00:03:37.039 --> 00:03:37.960 existing sport. 81 00:03:37.759 --> 00:03:39.719 It's not well it's it's not a YouTube channel. Yeah, 82 00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:42.080 I would definitely steal it. How do we make that famous? 83 00:03:42.240 --> 00:03:44.159 And then the only other one I thought of before 84 00:03:44.159 --> 00:03:45.479 because I would love to watch is I think when 85 00:03:45.479 --> 00:03:47.520 you were growing up there you were watch like pros 86 00:03:47.599 --> 00:03:51.240 versus Joe's It was like it was like professional athletes playing. 87 00:03:51.560 --> 00:03:55.080 I'm watching Battle of the Network Stars prettybody fifty over. 88 00:03:55.120 --> 00:03:56.120 They're gonna love that joke. 89 00:03:56.199 --> 00:03:58.360 Yeah, I don't even know what that is, all right, exactly, 90 00:03:58.800 --> 00:04:01.120 but there's pros versus jos. They would have random people 91 00:04:01.120 --> 00:04:03.560 go compete against pros and sports. I would love to 92 00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:05.759 see a new version of that. Or I would love 93 00:04:05.759 --> 00:04:08.599 to see a crossover where, like you have professional athletes, 94 00:04:08.639 --> 00:04:12.319 current professional athletes playing other professional sports. I would love 95 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:15.199 to see Lebron James play football or something like that, 96 00:04:15.400 --> 00:04:19.639 or or like Michael Jordan play baseball exactly. You should 97 00:04:19.639 --> 00:04:21.639 try that, you know what. That would be a good idea. Yeah, 98 00:04:21.920 --> 00:04:23.279 get him to play hockey. That'd be good. But it 99 00:04:23.279 --> 00:04:24.839 wouldn't be kind of fun to see that different different 100 00:04:24.879 --> 00:04:27.519 crossover sports. So yeah, anyways, that's very very cool. I'd 101 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:29.160 pay money to watch that for sure. 102 00:04:29.240 --> 00:04:36.360 Yeah. Well, you know what, speaking of extreme things, okay, 103 00:04:37.279 --> 00:04:41.519 I think Solomon has written one of the most extremely 104 00:04:41.839 --> 00:04:45.319 famous passages for godly women and Proverbs thirty one. Wow, 105 00:04:45.959 --> 00:04:47.959 that's terrible, terrible. 106 00:04:48.279 --> 00:04:51.519 Speaking of sports, we can argue about who has the 107 00:04:51.519 --> 00:04:52.319 better wife today? 108 00:04:52.879 --> 00:04:56.480 What did you say better? 109 00:04:56.920 --> 00:04:58.319 I don't know, it's a bad You said, these are 110 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:01.439 bad transitions to they were talking about a wife of 111 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:05.680 noble character? Brother, okay, okay, yes, yes. 112 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:07.600 I was like, I was like, where they where are 113 00:05:07.639 --> 00:05:08.120 we going with? 114 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:12.040 Yes, hey man, better wife? You said, I know, you said, hey, 115 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:13.399 let's have a bad transition. 116 00:05:13.439 --> 00:05:15.279 I'm like, all right, I'll let you know this about Jeff, 117 00:05:15.519 --> 00:05:17.319 But did you know that every time he wants to 118 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:20.800 disassociate himself with a comment, he always says, oh no, 119 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:21.480 did you know that? 120 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:23.519 Oh yeah, yeah, and he looks at tv ye. 121 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:26.360 So if I'll say something, he goes, oh no, oh no, 122 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:28.920 and I'm like, I'm like, so I know I've said 123 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:30.839 something bad, right because he doesn't want to be a 124 00:05:30.839 --> 00:05:32.839 part of it. So he says, oh no, So that's 125 00:05:32.839 --> 00:05:33.800 what I almost wanted to say. 126 00:05:33.800 --> 00:05:36.800 He said, why you're saying this guy. 127 00:05:36.040 --> 00:05:36.839 Is the better wife. 128 00:05:36.879 --> 00:05:38.519 I'm like, uh, oh no, where are we going with 129 00:05:38.560 --> 00:05:40.800 this guyle? No, but we're actually reading about that actually 130 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:42.480 a wife of noble character. And I think that this 131 00:05:42.639 --> 00:05:45.199 was chosen in particular for you and I to read 132 00:05:45.240 --> 00:05:48.360 it together because I think there's some the person who 133 00:05:48.480 --> 00:05:49.800 planned this desert. I think she has a lot of 134 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:50.920 respect for both of our wives. 135 00:05:50.920 --> 00:05:53.480 So that's it. That's a good thing, right, Oh, for sure, 136 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:56.160 great thing. Or it could be that maybe you just 137 00:05:56.199 --> 00:05:58.040 happened to land on the day that we're right at 138 00:05:58.040 --> 00:05:58.839 probably thirty one. 139 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:02.360 I like to assume that it was chosen, it has written. 140 00:06:02.480 --> 00:06:05.839 It's like the Claw the Toy story. I'm chosen. 141 00:06:06.360 --> 00:06:07.079 Yes, for sure. 142 00:06:07.639 --> 00:06:10.160 I had all sorts of you know, I have a 143 00:06:10.199 --> 00:06:13.759 thousand movie references, Like in every conversation. I mean, you 144 00:06:13.800 --> 00:06:16.600 said combining sports. I'm like, I almost said, you know, 145 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:19.000 there's a movie about that. Oh Wilson and Jenny McCarthy 146 00:06:19.079 --> 00:06:22.399 and they called it basketball and they combined different sports 147 00:06:22.560 --> 00:06:25.959 and it was really a terrible, terrible, terrible movie. Not good, 148 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:29.040 but it was terrible, which I just said four times. 149 00:06:30.279 --> 00:06:32.120 But yet that came to my mind because you say 150 00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:34.199 combining sports. I'm like, that's been done. 151 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:36.639 Actually, yeah, said, I've never heard of it with those 152 00:06:36.680 --> 00:06:37.639 two actors in it. 153 00:06:37.639 --> 00:06:39.800 It's probably like nineteen ninety seven, ninety six. 154 00:06:39.839 --> 00:06:41.199 So it wasn't it wasn't memorable enough. 155 00:06:41.399 --> 00:06:43.920 Yeah, that's why I see how good I am. On 156 00:06:44.040 --> 00:06:47.279 the year I turned off my thing, we have to 157 00:06:47.319 --> 00:06:51.959 go about, hang onaball, what year did the movie Basketball 158 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:58.000 come out with Jenny McCarthy. It's got me mid nineties, 159 00:06:58.879 --> 00:06:59.920 nineteen ninety seven. 160 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:00.680 Look at that. 161 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:01.160 Look at that? 162 00:07:01.480 --> 00:07:03.199 What it pro everybody wherever you're I give it up 163 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:07.800 for Chris Oball movie buff All. Right, buddy, should we 164 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:08.920 start reading here Proverbs? 165 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:09.360 I think so? 166 00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:11.399 Yeah, thirty one Okay, time, So this is the sayings 167 00:07:11.399 --> 00:07:13.240 of how would you say this, King Lemuel? 168 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:17.000 Yeah, so I've always read it Lemuele Lemule. 169 00:07:17.040 --> 00:07:18.879 Okay, but we can. 170 00:07:18.800 --> 00:07:20.959 Talk about that later because there's probably a good note 171 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:24.519 on here. Yeah, because I grew up finding out about Lemuele. 172 00:07:25.199 --> 00:07:27.399 But you're probably right it's probably le Mule. 173 00:07:27.639 --> 00:07:30.079 Yeah. Well, there you go. We'll start in the Proverbs 174 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:34.319 thirty one, verse one. The sayings of King Lemule contains 175 00:07:34.360 --> 00:07:37.800 this message which his mother taught him. Oh my son, O, 176 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:40.399 son of my womb, Oh, son of my vows, do 177 00:07:40.480 --> 00:07:43.680 not waste your strength on women, on those who ruin kings. 178 00:07:43.920 --> 00:07:46.199 It is not for kings old Lemuel to get to 179 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:50.120 guzzle wine. Rulers should not crave alcohol, but if they drink, 180 00:07:50.160 --> 00:07:52.199 they may forget the law and not give justice to 181 00:07:52.240 --> 00:07:55.279 the oppressed. Alcohol is for the dying, and wine for 182 00:07:55.319 --> 00:07:58.000 those in bitter distress. Let them drink to forget their 183 00:07:58.160 --> 00:08:01.519 poverty and remember their troubles. Speak up for those who 184 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:05.399 cannot speak for themselves, and sure justice for those being crushed. Yes, 185 00:08:05.480 --> 00:08:07.759 speak up for the poor and helpless and see that 186 00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:10.399 they get justice. And this next section is what I 187 00:08:10.399 --> 00:08:12.319 was referring to earlier with the sport about our wives 188 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:14.000 bad joke. I apologize, yay, but. 189 00:08:14.199 --> 00:08:17.439 No, none of that. But oh no, I'm gonna wait 190 00:08:17.480 --> 00:08:19.120 you're done to talk about it, because I'm really excited 191 00:08:19.120 --> 00:08:20.360 to actually about the first. 192 00:08:20.160 --> 00:08:22.680 Couple of verses. But this next section is titled a 193 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:25.560 wife of noble character as who can find a virtuous 194 00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:28.439 and capable wife. She is more precious than Rubi's. Her 195 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:31.040 husband can trust her and she will get greatly enrich 196 00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:34.279 his life. She brings him good, not harm. All the 197 00:08:34.399 --> 00:08:37.600 days of her life. She finds woolen flax and busily 198 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:40.440 spins it. She is like a merchant's ship. Bring her 199 00:08:40.440 --> 00:08:43.919 food from afar. She gets up before dawn to prepare 200 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:47.159 breakfast for her household and plan the day's work for 201 00:08:47.200 --> 00:08:48.279 her servant girls. 202 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:50.559 I bet you that's Liz way more than Kristen. 203 00:08:51.679 --> 00:08:53.159 The whole time, We're just going to tell you though. 204 00:08:53.840 --> 00:08:56.320 She goes to inspect a field and buys it. With 205 00:08:56.360 --> 00:09:00.000 her earnings, she plants a vineyard. She is energetic and strong, 206 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:03.720 a hard worker. She makes her dealings, Oh sorry, She 207 00:09:03.720 --> 00:09:06.360 makes sure her dealings are profitable. Her lamp burns late 208 00:09:06.399 --> 00:09:08.679 into the night. Does lit's stay up late at night? 209 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:11.679 No Kristen neither, so no zero zero on that one. 210 00:09:12.039 --> 00:09:15.039 Her hands are busy spinning thread, her fingers twisting fiber. 211 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:18.279 She extends a helping hand of the poor and opens 212 00:09:18.279 --> 00:09:20.519 her arms to the needy. She has no fear of 213 00:09:20.559 --> 00:09:24.360 winter for her household, for everyone has warm clothes. She 214 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:27.759 makes her own bedspreads. She dresses in fine linen and 215 00:09:27.799 --> 00:09:30.759 purple gowns. Her husband is well known at the city gates, 216 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:33.480 where he sits with the other civic leaders. She makes 217 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:37.000 belted linen garments and sashes to sell to the merchants. 218 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:40.120 She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs 219 00:09:40.120 --> 00:09:43.480 without fear of the future. When she speaks, her words 220 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:47.399 are wise, and she gives instructions with kindness. She carefully 221 00:09:47.440 --> 00:09:51.360 watches everything in her household and suffers nothing from laziness. 222 00:09:51.799 --> 00:09:55.399 Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her. 223 00:09:55.799 --> 00:09:57.840 There are many virtuous and capable women in the world, 224 00:09:57.919 --> 00:10:00.879 but you surpass them all. I love this ending here 225 00:10:00.879 --> 00:10:03.279 it says charm is deceptive and beauty does not last. 226 00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:06.360 But a woman who fears the Lord will be greatly praised. 227 00:10:06.720 --> 00:10:09.519 Reward her for all she has done. Let her deeds 228 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:11.759 publicly declare her praise. 229 00:10:12.360 --> 00:10:16.960 Yeah, it's one of the coolest proverbs that there is, right, Yes, 230 00:10:17.279 --> 00:10:22.039 And as we mentioned yesterday in the podcast, proverbs is 231 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:25.480 generally just a bunch of wise things, most of the 232 00:10:25.519 --> 00:10:29.399 time thrown together, and you know, you know, written consecutively. 233 00:10:29.480 --> 00:10:33.720 But a single chapter or section may have thirty verses, 234 00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:37.799 and it may be twenty five different subjects, right, because 235 00:10:37.840 --> 00:10:39.639 there's usually a you know, a couple verses on the 236 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:43.000 same subject, that kind of thing. But in this particular case, 237 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:48.600 this whole chapter seems to be about one topic. Right now, 238 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:54.480 different different characteristics of wives and a wonderful wife actually 239 00:10:54.480 --> 00:10:57.000 it's a godly woman. It's not a godly wife, but 240 00:10:57.200 --> 00:10:58.840 it does refer to her as a wife here, but 241 00:10:58.879 --> 00:11:01.840 it could be applied to all women. Right, And let 242 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:04.639 me just say this before we even jump into this. 243 00:11:04.639 --> 00:11:08.679 This this doesn't go against like you think about twenty 244 00:11:08.720 --> 00:11:11.679 twenty five, people are so afraid to say that men 245 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:14.440 and women are different. And I'm not talking about Christians. 246 00:11:14.639 --> 00:11:16.960 I'm talking about like the you know, in politics, you 247 00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:20.120 know what's socially acceptable, but you know, God made us 248 00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:24.639 very different. Yeah, And in the nineteen fifties, stigma of like, 249 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:27.360 you know, woman's in the kitchen, staying home, barefoot, pregnant, 250 00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:30.519 raising kids. Well, that's not a good image. But if 251 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:35.399 you think about it, everything about this thing, written you know, 252 00:11:35.639 --> 00:11:40.240 thousands of years ago has her as a good business 253 00:11:40.279 --> 00:11:43.200 womans right, doesn't have her home in the nineteen fifties 254 00:11:43.240 --> 00:11:43.759 with a blender. 255 00:11:43.840 --> 00:11:44.440 Yeah right. 256 00:11:45.360 --> 00:11:51.000 It just describes how unbelievably awesome a wife can be. 257 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:54.480 And it feels to me like it's both agree. It 258 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:57.200 feels like it feels like she's a woman and she's 259 00:11:57.240 --> 00:11:59.159 different than a man, and at the same time she 260 00:11:59.159 --> 00:12:00.759 has a role to play in the marriage, and at 261 00:12:00.799 --> 00:12:03.799 the same time she takes on all the ambitious things 262 00:12:04.080 --> 00:12:07.480 that women can and will do today. 263 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:09.720 Yeah. Well, I love how it says she is clothed 264 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:12.159 with strength and dignity, because a lot of times when 265 00:12:12.200 --> 00:12:13.679 you think of strength, you know, of course we want 266 00:12:13.720 --> 00:12:15.840 to think, oh, that must be describing a man. And 267 00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:17.840 I love this with the first point I actually had 268 00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:19.519 as well, agreeing with you, Chris, I think it's so 269 00:12:19.600 --> 00:12:22.639 cool with a high view of women that God has 270 00:12:23.159 --> 00:12:24.720 so many people. I talk to people a lot of 271 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:27.000 times who have issues with the Bible because they feel 272 00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:28.759 like women are and I know you talk about this 273 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:32.039 in the Bible guys a lot, but how they believe 274 00:12:32.039 --> 00:12:34.039 that the Bible is outdated and in its view of women. 275 00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:36.000 And it's so interesting because you don't see that with Jesus. 276 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:38.440 Jesus had a very high view of women, the way 277 00:12:38.480 --> 00:12:40.279 he appeared to women at the tomb, the way his 278 00:12:40.480 --> 00:12:41.960 the first time he talked about being the son of 279 00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:42.799 God was to a woman. 280 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:46.120 Well women, first first of the cross, first of the tomb. 281 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:49.039 Yeah, it's incredible. And then a culture when that would 282 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:51.799 just not was not socially acceptable in that culture has 283 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:53.879 nothing with God but just that culture. Then you throw 284 00:12:53.919 --> 00:12:55.159 in something like this and you read it and this 285 00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:56.480 is a like a girl like you're saying, like a 286 00:12:56.480 --> 00:13:00.639 girl boss. Right here is who is respected, who is 287 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:03.279 out like I said, going and making her own food, 288 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:06.919 making her own you know, clothing, her family, her kids 289 00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:09.840 love her, her husband respects her, and is respected by others. 290 00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:11.440 And I just love that that. It's just this high 291 00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:14.039 view of women right there. 292 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:18.000 So one of the things that I mentioned earlier was 293 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:22.360 I said that verse number one king Lemule. So there's 294 00:13:22.440 --> 00:13:26.120 different theories on King Lemuele. In fact, there's a note 295 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:28.120 here in the Life Application and Study Bible that says 296 00:13:28.320 --> 00:13:30.600 little is known about Lemule except the fact that he 297 00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:33.440 was a king who received wise teachings from his mother. 298 00:13:33.960 --> 00:13:37.080 His name means devoted to God. Some believe that Lemuel 299 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:42.600 and a Gore were both from the kingdom of Massa 300 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:47.399 and Northern Arabia. Now growing up, I also remember reading 301 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:51.360 that King le Mule could also be a nickname for 302 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:56.440 Solomon himself. Wow, and so and I remember, actually there's 303 00:13:56.440 --> 00:13:59.080 a pretty good amount of scholars that I believe probably 304 00:13:59.200 --> 00:14:02.919 lean toward that way as well. And but but again, 305 00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:07.159 because there's not a lot of information, we can only guess, right, 306 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:09.519 we don't, We don't really know, that's the bottom line. 307 00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:13.320 But however, when I heard that some people think it 308 00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:17.320 could be Solomon, think about the lens in which Solomon 309 00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:20.879 writes this, Because don't you remember who was Solomon's. 310 00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:23.360 Mom was yeah, yeah, right. 311 00:14:23.519 --> 00:14:26.639 So what is David and Beshida Basheba best known for 312 00:14:27.279 --> 00:14:31.120 adultery in the scandal, So think about that through this lens. Oh, 313 00:14:31.159 --> 00:14:32.960 my son, son of my wombs, son of my vows, 314 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:36.440 do not waste your strength on women who on those 315 00:14:36.519 --> 00:14:41.159 he ruined kings. Right, So that could be because it 316 00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:43.639 says the sayings of King the Mule contained this message 317 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:47.759 which his mother taught him. Think about it. If it 318 00:14:47.960 --> 00:14:52.240 was Bestsheba, the mother of King the Mule, why would 319 00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:55.320 that not be one of the lessons that she would say. 320 00:14:56.360 --> 00:14:59.440 You know, hey, don't don't make the same mistakes we did, right, 321 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:02.399 don't learn the hard way like we did. And so 322 00:15:02.440 --> 00:15:04.080 if you think about it that way, what a great 323 00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:08.759 parenting moment for Solomon, because it is it is then 324 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:13.000 like it's not just wisdom, it's wisdom by experience exactly. 325 00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:15.159 You know. Another thing I love about this too is 326 00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:18.080 a lot of times I've heard people reference this verse 327 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:19.879 and talk about and it can be a tough one 328 00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:22.879 to strive for, but I always use it as a 329 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:25.840 way for especially like my daughters. Even so, one thing 330 00:15:25.879 --> 00:15:27.720 about I have a fourteen year old and a twelve 331 00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:29.519 year old daughter. And I don't know if you know 332 00:15:29.559 --> 00:15:32.000 you've known this or noticed this with the younger generation, 333 00:15:32.440 --> 00:15:35.440 but there's this really cool revival happening with young people 334 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:36.879 that I think is a lot of people want to 335 00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:38.639 hate on the next generation. I won't be I know, 336 00:15:38.679 --> 00:15:40.440 you're not that way. I'm not that way. But I 337 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:45.039 have seen this huge revival and young people actually actually 338 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:47.679 reading their like reading their physical Bible like people walk. 339 00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:50.519 I was in there on the airplane a couple weeks 340 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:52.600 ago and the some young seventeen year old bust I 341 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:55.519 was Bible reading Romans on the Bible or in the plane. 342 00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:58.840 I'm like, wow, anyways, yeah, so we're just talking about Romans. 343 00:15:58.840 --> 00:16:00.639 He's a seventeen year old. I'm with, this is so cool. 344 00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:03.320 But so my daughters are in that same, you know, 345 00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:05.559 that younger generation, and they they they then their friends 346 00:16:05.559 --> 00:16:08.039 they'll buy like highlighters and highlight their Bibles. And so 347 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:10.240 a few months ago I remember mentioning to my oldest 348 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:11.879 I said, oh, you got to read Proverbs thirty one, 349 00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:14.000 and she just thought it was so cool. You know, 350 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:16.080 the way God talks about women lifts them up. But 351 00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:17.759 I would say one of the things that stands out here, 352 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:19.919 because sometimes you can read that and it can even 353 00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:22.120 be discouraging for some people because it's all these descriptions 354 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:24.600 of these of a woman that maybe you feel like 355 00:16:24.639 --> 00:16:26.480 you don't live up to you you know, you're not 356 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:28.799 quite there yet and whatnot. I just want to just 357 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:31.120 encourage peable by like the last statement on here where 358 00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:35.639 it talks about about how charm is deceptive and beauty 359 00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:38.120 does not last, It's is true, but a woman who 360 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:40.600 fears the Lord will be greatly praised. So basically just 361 00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:42.840 a reminder, like as a summary of this whole thing, 362 00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:45.360 is that all the things you're striving after, especially in 363 00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:47.200 our culture, which is beauty a lot of times, and 364 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:50.200 power and fame and you know maybe money or love 365 00:16:50.320 --> 00:16:53.799 even to be accepted, all those things are fleeting. But 366 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:55.600 it's a woman who fears the Lord. I think that's 367 00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:57.360 such a beautiful goal, right. 368 00:16:57.279 --> 00:17:00.879 Yeah, yeah, you know there's actually time and I'm talking 369 00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:02.919 about like when I was very young, right, like you know, 370 00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:05.519 when I before I was married, these kinds of things. 371 00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:08.960 But it's probably still true today because you can say 372 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:11.880 a woman's attractive and not not have that not be 373 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:14.799 a negative thing, right, But but but it's always been 374 00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:18.640 true for me in my life, where when you and 375 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:20.039 I think it's true for actually I think it's true 376 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:23.319 for everybody. But let's point out the fact that when 377 00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:27.839 when you meet somebody and if they're not a nice person, 378 00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:30.799 they become uglier. It doesn't matter how good looking they are, right, 379 00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:33.880 we all know that. But then when you meet when you, 380 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:36.039 when you when you you know, you interact with somebody 381 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:40.400 and they're just a godly woman, it's like, it's almost 382 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:47.079 unbelievable how much more they become attractive. And I mean 383 00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:49.640 even in the attractive sense, like when I was younger, 384 00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:52.000 when I was sixteen or seventeen or something like this, 385 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:54.279 I would be like, oh, my goodness, she's way more 386 00:17:54.279 --> 00:17:59.559 attractive because she's you know, godly, And it is true. 387 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:02.799 But you know, but respectfully, it's it's true no matter what. 388 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:05.039 I think all of us can agree with that. Yeah, 389 00:18:05.039 --> 00:18:06.240 you know what, you know, I think it be fun. 390 00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:10.160 So let's go through like verse number ten, through the 391 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:14.599 end of the chapter, and let's try to just sort 392 00:18:14.599 --> 00:18:18.839 of use a adjective to summarize what Solomon is saying. Like, 393 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:22.319 for instance, so he says, who can find a virtuous 394 00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:25.000 and capable wife, she's more precious than rubies. And so 395 00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:28.079 I would just say, here's what Solomon is saying. She's valuable, right, 396 00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:31.359 extremely valuable. Right. And then and then you know, you 397 00:18:31.759 --> 00:18:35.799 go down. You know, she finds wool and flax busily 398 00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:37.720 spinds it. I would just say, Okay, she's a hard 399 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:41.440 worker yep, yep, resourceful, yep, resourceful, right, that's good resourceful. 400 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:41.880 What else? 401 00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:44.559