WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:02.200 Hey, everybody, we're the Bibble guys, and if you're just 2 00:00:02.240 --> 00:00:05.320 tuning in recently, just know that we are showing a 3 00:00:05.320 --> 00:00:07.120 little bit of reruns for a few months and then 4 00:00:07.120 --> 00:00:09.839 we'll be back bigger and better than ever on August 5 00:00:09.919 --> 00:00:13.519 thirty first, because behind the scenes, we're taking a hiatus 6 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:14.720 to do some very important things. 7 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:18.399 Yeah, we're building building out a new studio and we've 8 00:00:18.399 --> 00:00:21.399 got some new structure. Super excited about it. So August 9 00:00:21.480 --> 00:00:24.359 thirty first, brand new content. But in the meantime, enjoy 10 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:25.480 some of our greatest hits. 11 00:00:26.120 --> 00:00:28.960 So today we're talking about fighting against God, or at 12 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:30.000 least the idea of it. 13 00:00:30.280 --> 00:00:30.640 Yeah. 14 00:00:30.679 --> 00:00:34.920 So he's Chris, I'm Jeff, and we're the Daily Baba guys. 15 00:00:45.359 --> 00:00:48.119 All right, okay, dude, So hey, you know what, we 16 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:50.000 were trying to shake up the format a little bit, 17 00:00:50.039 --> 00:00:52.719 and so we thought we would start off by actually 18 00:00:52.759 --> 00:00:54.439 just reading you something that someone else wrote. 19 00:00:54.719 --> 00:00:58.320 Yeah, So, are you familiar with The Babylon But I'm 20 00:00:58.359 --> 00:01:02.280 really not, you're not really The Babylon b is a 21 00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:05.400 satire website that does all kinds of fake news stuff, 22 00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:09.079 but from a it's all satire, okay, and it's led 23 00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:13.439 by Christians. So there's a lot of Christian funny things 24 00:01:13.480 --> 00:01:15.519 in there. It's not all Sometimes they do politics, sometimes 25 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:18.760 they do social commentary, but there's always almost every time 26 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:21.959 they publish, there's something funny about Christianity. So this one 27 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:25.200 today is what your favorite book of the Bible says 28 00:01:25.239 --> 00:01:25.640 about you. 29 00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:27.799 Yeah right, So we're just going to read through a 30 00:01:27.799 --> 00:01:28.239 few of them. 31 00:01:28.359 --> 00:01:30.480 It says, here's what your favorite book of the Bible 32 00:01:30.519 --> 00:01:32.799 says about you. If your favorite book is Song of Solomon, 33 00:01:33.159 --> 00:01:34.640 that means you're a teenage boy. 34 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:37.560 Yeah, well, because it's kind of a racy book, right right. 35 00:01:37.599 --> 00:01:39.400 Definitely tell me that when you were a teenage boy 36 00:01:39.439 --> 00:01:41.239 you didn't giggle at least once reading through the Book 37 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:42.000 of Song of Solomon. 38 00:01:42.439 --> 00:01:43.599 Yeah, yeah, a few times. 39 00:01:45.439 --> 00:01:48.319 If Joel is your favorite book, it's because your name 40 00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:48.840 is Joel. 41 00:01:51.319 --> 00:01:54.680 And then this one says two Corinthians. That means you're 42 00:01:54.680 --> 00:01:57.799 a huge fan of the Bible, maybe the biggest fan ever. 43 00:01:58.120 --> 00:02:00.480 No one has done more for Christianity than you. 44 00:02:00.040 --> 00:02:01.439 You hate fake news. 45 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:06.480 There was a certain famous politician who said two Corinthians 46 00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:07.760 instead of second Crithians. 47 00:02:07.799 --> 00:02:10.439 Huge. He was uge, he was so popular, that's right, 48 00:02:10.479 --> 00:02:10.800 that's right. 49 00:02:10.919 --> 00:02:13.319 He was the best he's the greatest of all time. 50 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:17.159 So hulbak. I thought that was funny. 51 00:02:17.159 --> 00:02:19.360 If if Hubacic is your favorite book, it's because you 52 00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:21.520 like to shut down people who say, so, what's your 53 00:02:21.520 --> 00:02:24.280 favorite book of the Bible, because you know they didn't 54 00:02:24.319 --> 00:02:24.960 read habakk. 55 00:02:25.919 --> 00:02:29.439 That's great, it says uh, it says I. If your 56 00:02:29.479 --> 00:02:32.080 favorite book is Leviticus, that means you're a rabbi or 57 00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:37.080 maybe amish. I guess that's it. There's only two things. 58 00:02:37.159 --> 00:02:39.319 Yeah, yeah, that's the only two that you could be. 59 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:42.759 If Ruth is your favorite book, every time you close 60 00:02:42.759 --> 00:02:44.240 your eyes you dream about Boas. 61 00:02:44.719 --> 00:02:52.319 Hmmm, Bos. Wow. So it says it's romantic, Yes, yes, yeah. 62 00:02:52.120 --> 00:02:54.360 Because you know everybody loves the name Bos. 63 00:02:54.520 --> 00:02:54.960 That's right. 64 00:02:55.120 --> 00:02:57.280 If you're Esther, it means you're a huge fan of 65 00:02:57.360 --> 00:03:01.159 historical fiction novels, will strong female league characters sett in 66 00:03:01.199 --> 00:03:01.840 Bible times. 67 00:03:02.360 --> 00:03:06.319 Yeah, yeah, there you go. That's so funny. 68 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:10.000 So Psalms, right, yeah, this is a true one. By 69 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:11.039 the way, this isn't a joke. 70 00:03:11.120 --> 00:03:11.759 This is true. 71 00:03:13.080 --> 00:03:15.439 A lot of people who say that they're spiritual but 72 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:18.800 not religious say that the Book of Psalms is their favorite. 73 00:03:18.919 --> 00:03:20.280 Yeah, so that's kind of funny. 74 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:21.840 And then this one says if you don't have a 75 00:03:21.879 --> 00:03:24.319 favorite book, they're all just so good. 76 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:26.479 It just says you're a teacher, you're the teacher's pet. 77 00:03:27.919 --> 00:03:29.840 That's really good. Yeah, yeah, so those are funny. 78 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:32.479 Anyways, what's your favorite book in the Bible? 79 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:35.479 Book of James, Book of James. Yeah, because it's short, 80 00:03:35.479 --> 00:03:38.520 you can get to it quick. That would be incorrect. 81 00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:41.479 Okay, thank you, because because he's always the one worried 82 00:03:41.479 --> 00:03:43.759 about us reading too many verses on the podcast, because 83 00:03:43.800 --> 00:03:44.879 it takes up so much time. 84 00:03:45.479 --> 00:03:49.800 That is not even close. It's not, no misunderstood. 85 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:52.639 Yeah, maybe so is it, because it just takes a 86 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:54.919 long time for you want to get to the point 87 00:03:54.919 --> 00:03:56.319 and you don't want people to have to just. 88 00:03:56.639 --> 00:03:59.199 No, not even it's not even a time issue. It's not. 89 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:02.319 It's an issue content issue. Yeah. 90 00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:07.719 So my issue is less is more when it comes 91 00:04:07.759 --> 00:04:12.520 to talking about, you know, the topic. So instead of reading, 92 00:04:12.639 --> 00:04:15.479 for instance, a whole chapter, time is not the issue 93 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:15.879 at all. 94 00:04:16.240 --> 00:04:16.600 It is. 95 00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:18.600 It is if we're only going to be talking about 96 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:22.079 let's just say twelve verses in that chapter, only read 97 00:04:22.079 --> 00:04:25.040 the twelve verses. Because what you're doing is is you're 98 00:04:25.639 --> 00:04:30.680 you're adding information that doesn't add to the concentrated topic 99 00:04:30.759 --> 00:04:34.120 of conversation. So for me, it's all about the study strategy. 100 00:04:35.240 --> 00:04:38.360 So less is more, meaningless is more. Just because you 101 00:04:38.399 --> 00:04:41.399 throw more verses in there doesn't mean it is better. 102 00:04:41.759 --> 00:04:43.519 In my opinion, less is more, all right. 103 00:04:43.839 --> 00:04:46.800 Yeah, so we were going to read Acts five seventeen 104 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:49.199 through forty two, but now let's just read seventeen. 105 00:04:49.759 --> 00:04:52.399 Just very severe things. Officials who are sadducees were filled 106 00:04:52.399 --> 00:04:58.720 with jealousy. Let's talk about that. No, Okay, I get 107 00:04:58.720 --> 00:04:59.879 what you're saying. Okay, big jerk. 108 00:05:00.920 --> 00:05:03.399 I get well, I've poked fun at you in the 109 00:05:03.439 --> 00:05:05.279 past over there, and I thought that this was a 110 00:05:05.279 --> 00:05:07.319 great opportunity to cover that because I think it is 111 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:11.120 fair for you to say, you know, sometimes it's not 112 00:05:11.160 --> 00:05:13.600 necessary to read fifty two verses if we could have 113 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:18.560 covered the same major content in selective fifteen verses, right, 114 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:21.360 that makes total sense to me. So, in all fairness, 115 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:23.920 that poked fun. Yes, but I think that was a 116 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:24.480 very good. 117 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:26.839 So you're throwing me a bone of bone of seriously. 118 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:28.959 No, no, no, I think that's that's a good thing. Yeah, 119 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:30.759 I thought it was a good thing for you. 120 00:05:30.800 --> 00:05:31.720 To explain that. Okay. 121 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:35.199 So anyways we are reading now. In Acts chapter five, 122 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:36.759 we mentioned. 123 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:41.759 Yesterday, Wait, what's your favorite book? Oh, my favorite book? Yeah? 124 00:05:41.839 --> 00:05:45.160 So I love Ephesians. Yeah, and I'm. 125 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:48.160 I really yeah, And let me just say Ephiesians. Ephesians 126 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:52.639 be my favorite book. Ephesians in luke, it would be 127 00:05:52.639 --> 00:05:53.240 my two favorites. 128 00:05:53.279 --> 00:05:56.040 You can't get two, I said favorite, Well, I said Ephesians. 129 00:05:56.040 --> 00:05:58.240 Ephesians is my favorite book. Okay, Okay? Is that? Okay? 130 00:05:58.279 --> 00:06:01.319 Yep, move on, Okay, man, I feel like I'm being 131 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:04.439 grilled here. Grilled yeah, yeah, yeah, like I'm on a 132 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:06.480 stand and you're just coming after me or something. 133 00:06:06.600 --> 00:06:08.000 No, you're the one that put fun of me. I 134 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:10.120 didn't put fun of you at all. Okay. I just 135 00:06:10.120 --> 00:06:12.879 wanted to say two. You'll let me say one. Okay. 136 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:17.399 So Act chapter five, we've already said that persecution was 137 00:06:17.439 --> 00:06:19.600 getting ready to ramp up, and there's been a little 138 00:06:19.639 --> 00:06:22.120 bit of pushback up to this point, but now the 139 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:23.800 heat's really going to get turned up. And from this 140 00:06:23.879 --> 00:06:26.360 point to the end of the Book of Acts it's 141 00:06:26.560 --> 00:06:29.079 pretty rough, and then for the next one hundred and 142 00:06:29.120 --> 00:06:32.399 fifty years it's going to be rough. For the Christians. 143 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:35.000 So here's what it says. In verse seventeen. The High 144 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:38.399 Priest and the officials, who were sadducees, were filled with jealousy. 145 00:06:38.839 --> 00:06:41.120 They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. 146 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:43.720 But an angel of the Lord came at night, opened 147 00:06:43.720 --> 00:06:45.879 the gates of the jail and brought them out. Then 148 00:06:45.920 --> 00:06:47.959 he told them go to the temple and give the 149 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:51.240 people this message of life. So at daybreak the apostles 150 00:06:51.360 --> 00:06:53.879 entered the temple as they were told, and immediately began teaching. 151 00:06:54.439 --> 00:06:57.079 When the High Priest and his officials arrived, they convened 152 00:06:57.120 --> 00:06:59.600 the High Council, the full assembly of the elders of Israel. 153 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:01.759 Then they sent for the apostles to be brought from 154 00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:04.879 the jail for trial. But when the temple guards went 155 00:07:04.920 --> 00:07:06.920 to the jail, the men were gone. So they return 156 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:09.959 to the council. Report of the jail was surely securely locked, 157 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:12.920 with the guards standing outside, But when we opened the gates, 158 00:07:12.959 --> 00:07:15.759 no one was there. When the captain of the Temple 159 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:18.240 guard and the leading priests heard this, they were perplexed, 160 00:07:18.600 --> 00:07:22.120 wondering where would all end. Then someone arrived with startling news. 161 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:24.000 The men you put in jail, are standing in the 162 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:27.399 temple teaching the people. The captain went with his temple 163 00:07:27.399 --> 00:07:29.839 guards and arrested the apostles, but without violence, for they 164 00:07:29.839 --> 00:07:32.240 were afraid that people would stone them. Then they brought 165 00:07:32.240 --> 00:07:33.720 the apostles before the High Council. 166 00:07:33.720 --> 00:07:34.279 Were the high. 167 00:07:34.160 --> 00:07:37.079 Priests confronted them. Didn't we tell you never again to 168 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:40.480 teaching this man's name, he demanded. Instead, you filled all 169 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:43.040 Jerusalem with your teaching about him, and you want to 170 00:07:43.040 --> 00:07:45.720 make us responsible for his death. But Peter and the 171 00:07:45.720 --> 00:07:49.680 apostles replied, we must obey God rather than any human authority. 172 00:07:50.040 --> 00:07:52.600 The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from the dead 173 00:07:52.879 --> 00:07:55.600 after you killed him by hanging him on across. Then 174 00:07:55.639 --> 00:07:57.199 God put him in the place of honor at his 175 00:07:57.319 --> 00:08:00.079 right hand as Prince and savior. He did this the 176 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:02.399 people of Israel would repent of their sins and be forgiven. 177 00:08:02.720 --> 00:08:04.480 We are witnesses of these things, and so is the 178 00:08:04.480 --> 00:08:07.639 Holy Spirit, who is given by God to those obey him. 179 00:08:08.040 --> 00:08:10.399 When they heard this, the High Council was furious and 180 00:08:10.399 --> 00:08:14.199 decided to kill them. But one member, a Pharisee named Gamelio, 181 00:08:14.240 --> 00:08:16.360 who was an expert in religious law and respected by 182 00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:18.439 all the people stood up in order that the men 183 00:08:18.480 --> 00:08:21.040 be sent outside the council chamber for a while. Then 184 00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:23.279 he said to his colleagues, men of Israel, take care 185 00:08:23.279 --> 00:08:25.560 of what your planning to do to these men. Some 186 00:08:25.680 --> 00:08:29.279 time ago there was that fellow, Theudius or Theudas, who 187 00:08:29.439 --> 00:08:31.040 pretended to be someone great. 188 00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:32.039 About four hundred. 189 00:08:31.839 --> 00:08:33.240 Others joined him, but he was killed, and all his 190 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:35.960 followers went their various ways. The whole movement came to 191 00:08:36.000 --> 00:08:38.879 nothing after him. At the time of the census, there 192 00:08:38.919 --> 00:08:41.519 was Judas of Galilee. He got people to follow him, 193 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:43.840 but he was killed too, and all his followers were scattered. 194 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:47.279 So my advice is leave these men alone, let them go. 195 00:08:47.639 --> 00:08:49.960 If they're planning and doing these things merely on their own, 196 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:53.000 it'll soon be overthrown. But if it is from God, 197 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:55.679 you will not be able to overthrow them. You may 198 00:08:55.720 --> 00:08:59.720 find yourselves fighting against God. The others accepted his advice, 199 00:08:59.759 --> 00:09:02.360 and they called in the apostles and had them flogged. 200 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:04.440 Then they ordered them never again to speak in the 201 00:09:04.519 --> 00:09:08.000 name of Jesus, and let them go. The apostles left 202 00:09:08.039 --> 00:09:10.840 the High Council rejoicing that God had counted them worthy 203 00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:13.639 to suffer disgrace for the name of Jesus. And every 204 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:16.519 day in the temple and from house to house they 205 00:09:16.519 --> 00:09:20.559 continue to teach and preach this message. Jesus is the Messiah. 206 00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:23.399 There is what a cool ending to the story, but 207 00:09:23.519 --> 00:09:25.399 let's let's let's start with the beginning. 208 00:09:25.600 --> 00:09:28.919 Yeah, So I love, I love whenever somebody is bold 209 00:09:29.000 --> 00:09:32.840 enough to you know, not be intimidated or not be threatened. 210 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:34.799 And you know, here are. 211 00:09:34.720 --> 00:09:37.879 The Sadducees and and all the religious leaders. They were 212 00:09:37.960 --> 00:09:41.639 just you know, just trying their very best to intimidate 213 00:09:42.120 --> 00:09:45.840 and and their response is, you know, your opinion matters 214 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:48.039 nothing compared to God's opinion. 215 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:49.879 Yeah right, it's just great. 216 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:53.679 So just as a reminder, the High Priests and his officials, 217 00:09:54.039 --> 00:09:56.919 they were Sadducees, they remind you they were Sadducees and 218 00:09:56.919 --> 00:10:00.559 Pharisees to kind of two parties within the Jewish religious system. 219 00:10:00.759 --> 00:10:05.080 The Pharisees were deeply religious. The Sadducees were highly political, 220 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:08.159 not very religious, and they had aligned themselves with Rome. 221 00:10:08.519 --> 00:10:12.039 So really they were being enriched by using their religion 222 00:10:12.159 --> 00:10:14.720 to control the people to submit to Rome. That's really 223 00:10:14.799 --> 00:10:18.000 what was happening. And so these guys are going around 224 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:21.159 preaching about Jesus, making them look really bad because the 225 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:25.120 people are listening to the apostles and to the rest 226 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:28.559 of the Christians and going, yeah, you're right, that Jesus guy, 227 00:10:28.759 --> 00:10:30.679 he really did raise from the dead. What do we 228 00:10:30.679 --> 00:10:33.360 do about that? And they all start turning to faith 229 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:35.960 in Christ. These miracles that were happening, we read about 230 00:10:36.000 --> 00:10:39.639 them yesterday. Even Peter's shadow just passing over sick people, 231 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:42.360 would heal them? All these incredible miracles that are happening. 232 00:10:42.639 --> 00:10:45.000 Where evidence is to all the people that the resurrection 233 00:10:45.240 --> 00:10:48.159 was real, what they saw happened with Jesus Christ was real, 234 00:10:48.399 --> 00:10:50.320 and that the power the Holy Spirit is real and 235 00:10:50.360 --> 00:10:52.600 we want that. And the Sadducees are like, dude, this 236 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:54.480 is going to turn over the apple cart and we're 237 00:10:54.480 --> 00:10:56.559 going to lose our power in our money unless we 238 00:10:56.600 --> 00:10:57.480 stop these guys. 239 00:10:57.679 --> 00:10:59.840 Yeah, And so they bring them in front of the council. 240 00:11:00.440 --> 00:11:03.200 They're basically saying, you know, we've already commanded you not 241 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:05.759 to do this, you continue to do it. Then, of 242 00:11:05.799 --> 00:11:08.440 course Peter responds, I just reference that, right. He says, 243 00:11:08.440 --> 00:11:10.879 we're not going to obey we have to obey God, 244 00:11:10.879 --> 00:11:13.360 and his authority, not yours. And then, by the way, 245 00:11:13.440 --> 00:11:16.720 he reiterated what they just accused him of. They said, 246 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:20.000 you're blaming us for his death. And he said, let 247 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:23.039 me tell you, the God of our ancestors raised from 248 00:11:23.080 --> 00:11:25.960 the dead, whom you put on the cross, right, So 249 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:27.480 he says it right back in their face. 250 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:30.679 And then and and I love Gameleio. 251 00:11:30.879 --> 00:11:34.600 So so the apostle Paul actually trained under Gameleeel. 252 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:37.399 Before we get to GAMELLEO, can we can we pause 253 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:39.279 just for a second, because I don't I don't want 254 00:11:39.320 --> 00:11:43.480 to miss this. They had done miracles, the apostles. Yea, 255 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:46.840 all these miracles were happening, yeah, everything, and and God 256 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:50.559 gave them courage to face off with the most powerful 257 00:11:50.559 --> 00:11:53.000 people in their world at the time. These sadd season 258 00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:56.000 the high priests and the note you know we love 259 00:11:56.039 --> 00:11:59.679 that Life Application Study Bible. It says the apostles for 260 00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:02.360 seven teen and eighteen. It says the apostles experience power 261 00:12:02.360 --> 00:12:05.320 to do miracles. They did great boldness in preaching and 262 00:12:05.440 --> 00:12:08.399 God's presence in their lives. Yet they were not free 263 00:12:08.399 --> 00:12:11.240 from hatred and persecution. They were arrested, put in jail, beaten, 264 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:14.080 and slandered by community leaders. And then here's the sentence. 265 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:19.000 Faith in God does not make troubles disappear. It makes 266 00:12:19.039 --> 00:12:22.000 troubles appear less frightening because it puts them in the 267 00:12:22.080 --> 00:12:22.879 right perspective. 268 00:12:23.360 --> 00:12:24.399 What a great phrase. 269 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:27.120 Don't expect everyone to react favorably when you share something 270 00:12:27.159 --> 00:12:30.440 as dynamic as your faith in Christ. Some will be jealous, afraid, 271 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:33.639 or threatened. Expect some negative reactions, and remember that you 272 00:12:33.720 --> 00:12:36.279 must be more concerned about serving God than about the 273 00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:39.279 reactions of people. So we think man alive. When we 274 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:42.559 trust Jesus, all our problems are go away. And in reality, 275 00:12:42.840 --> 00:12:46.679 faith in God lets us be able to face these 276 00:12:46.720 --> 00:12:50.039 struggles with a different perspective. They're not so scary when 277 00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:52.039 you have a God as big as our God to 278 00:12:52.080 --> 00:12:52.480 trust in. 279 00:12:52.639 --> 00:12:53.879 Right. So that's it. 280 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:56.039 That's why he was able to say the one that 281 00:12:56.159 --> 00:12:59.759 you killed has risen from the dead. And then now 282 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:03.159 begin to Gameleio. Being this kind of voice of reason 283 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:05.799 a little bit is pretty amazing. So you said, Paul 284 00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:07.279 studied under a Gameleia. 285 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:09.000 Yeah. And by the way, let me just tell you 286 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:09.399 real quick. 287 00:13:10.120 --> 00:13:11.679 It came to my mind when you were talking about 288 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:14.639 not worrying about what people think, and you know, It's 289 00:13:14.679 --> 00:13:16.679 not like we want to get in people's face and 290 00:13:17.120 --> 00:13:19.519 rub God's word in a negative way and in a 291 00:13:19.559 --> 00:13:21.399 wrong judgy way, you know, and then say. 292 00:13:21.279 --> 00:13:22.480 We don't care about what you think. 293 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:25.240 That's not the heart of it all. It's talking about 294 00:13:25.320 --> 00:13:28.440 doing what is right and then you know, going up 295 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:31.759 against people who oppose that which is right. Yes, so 296 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:33.720 I was actually thinking my senior year, we were going 297 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:37.080 around the room and we were talking about for some reason, 298 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:39.919 it wasn't a teacher sanctioned thing, but it was a 299 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:41.840 bunch of kids in study hall. We were talking about 300 00:13:42.200 --> 00:13:45.720 our first time having sex, and we were talking about 301 00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:48.159 the idea of like waiting and being a virgin until 302 00:13:48.159 --> 00:13:51.000 you're married. I'm the only one in the entire crowd, 303 00:13:51.559 --> 00:13:53.919 the only one, and every and every and everybody's making 304 00:13:53.919 --> 00:13:56.840 fun of me, and they're laughing and they're just cracking up. 305 00:13:56.919 --> 00:13:59.960 Not not that even necessarily. 306 00:13:59.440 --> 00:14:02.759 That I even was, but the fact that I that 307 00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:04.960 I thought that that was a good idea to. 308 00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:10.159 Be to hold yourself back until marriage. Yes, so, like 309 00:14:10.200 --> 00:14:11.279 you're an advocate. 310 00:14:10.960 --> 00:14:15.679 For abstinence, what I was saying. 311 00:14:14.399 --> 00:14:17.120 Yes, thank you, thank you for saying it plainly. Yes, 312 00:14:17.159 --> 00:14:19.639 So I had said that I was dating my girlfriend 313 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:22.919 and they were talking about sex, and I said, no, 314 00:14:23.159 --> 00:14:26.000 my goal is not to have sex until after marriage. 315 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:26.960 That's what I said. 316 00:14:27.639 --> 00:14:31.360 And and so basically they were just all, uh, you know, 317 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:34.440 just cracking me up. And they said why. So it 318 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:37.720 wasn't the fact that ohaha, you know, it was more 319 00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:40.679 like why, and I said because, And I tried to 320 00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:43.440 share my beliefs, and so I was basically sharing my 321 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:45.919 beliefs and then they all started making fun of the fact. 322 00:14:45.919 --> 00:14:48.679 And it's so stupid and so outdated it's a religious 323 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:51.360 book that is so old fashioned and all these different things. 324 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:53.960 And that was a case where it's like, man, I 325 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:58.840 presented myself loving, I took a stand. Everybody was against me, 326 00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:02.360 and I actually remember in that moment thinking, I am 327 00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:06.039 proud to be the one standing up, and I'm proud 328 00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:09.600 to be persecuted, made fun of and everything else, because 329 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:10.720 I wasn't going to back down. 330 00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:10.879 Man. 331 00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:13.799 I almost wore it like a badge of honor, right, 332 00:15:14.039 --> 00:15:16.360 And I was like, man, I'm glad to say this, 333 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:18.639 I'm glad to stand up for Christ. I'm glad to 334 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:20.200 be the one that has enough guts to do this. 335 00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:22.480 I was so proud of myself in that moment, for 336 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:24.360 I have enough guts to say, yes, this is what 337 00:15:24.440 --> 00:15:28.440 I believe. Right, And so you know, Peter or you know, 338 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:31.159 these guys coming out of the prison who got flogged, 339 00:15:31.600 --> 00:15:35.360 they said that they were counting it. They were rejoicing, 340 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:38.720 you know, that they had counted themselves worthy, God kind 341 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:39.120 of them. 342 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:42.279 Worthy, you know, for the pursuit, worthy to disgrace. 343 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:45.159 Yeah, so most of us don't think that that's a 344 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:48.320 good thing. Yeah, right, for Christ, most of us would 345 00:15:48.639 --> 00:15:52.279 fear that we would be afraid of having people mock us, 346 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:54.600 or that we might lose our job, or that people 347 00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:56.879 would look down on us or will get over looked 348 00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:59.440 for promotion. You know, these guys have been put in prison, 349 00:15:59.519 --> 00:16:02.960 and then when they were let the angels let them 350 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:03.879 out of prison, which. 351 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:06.320 Is super cool, by the way. We just kind of 352 00:16:06.320 --> 00:16:06.960 blew over that. 353 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:09.759 Super cool that the angel lets them out of prison. 354 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:12.399 And then they go out and start preaching immediately, and 355 00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:14.960 then they get arrested again, and then they're like, well, hey, 356 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:17.360 we're going to obey God rather than men. And then 357 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:22.240 they get beat again and then released, and these guys 358 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:25.399 are like, hey, it's a privilege to suffer for Christ. 359 00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:28.600 You know, our savior suffered for us. It's a privilege 360 00:16:28.600 --> 00:16:31.039 to suffer for him. If that's what we have to do, right, right, 361 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:31.759 that's awesome. 362 00:16:31.840 --> 00:16:33.000 None of us want to suffer. 363 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:35.639 But they looked at it totally different than you and 364 00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:37.759 I would look at it, and maybe maybe it would 365 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:39.240 be better for us if we had the kind of 366 00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:41.480 faith they had, if we would grow up in our 367 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:45.279 faith and say, you know what, whatever it takes to 368 00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:47.240 get the good news of the message of Jesus Christ out, 369 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:49.240 I'm going to do it now. They weren't fighting over 370 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:53.559 political positions, they weren't fighting over social issues. Were What 371 00:16:53.559 --> 00:16:56.519 they were pushing back on was Jesus Christ is the 372 00:16:56.559 --> 00:17:00.000 only way to heaven. Jesus Christ's sacrifice is the only 373 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:02.559 way to get your sins forgiven. That's what they were 374 00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:05.319 pushing on. They weren't making political fights, right, so, they 375 00:17:05.359 --> 00:17:07.319 weren't being put persecuted because of who they were going 376 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:07.839 to vote for. 377 00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:08.720 They weren't being. 378 00:17:08.640 --> 00:17:12.119 Persecuted for their position on some social issue that you 379 00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:14.880 disagree with, you know, with the person across the street. 380 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:18.880 They're here suffering persecution, specifically for the gospel. 381 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:19.240 Of Jesus Christ. 382 00:17:19.440 --> 00:17:21.640 And they count it great worthy, you know, a great 383 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:25.680 honor to suffer disgrace for the name of Jesus. 384 00:17:26.359 --> 00:17:26.640 Yeah. 385 00:17:26.680 --> 00:17:30.359 So the the Bible note says, have you ever thought 386 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:34.960 about persecution as being a blessing? As something worth rejoicing about? 387 00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:38.000 You know, it is a really great question for us. 388 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:38.720 Yeah. 389 00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:40.880 And so anyway, when I was going back to Gamaliel, 390 00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:43.079 I was just referring to the fact that when Paul 391 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:47.119 studied he actually, you know, when he became Saul, or 392 00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:49.240 excuse me, when he was Saul and became Paul. It 393 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:51.920 was a point in time where he actually studied under Gamaliel. 394 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:55.519 And so keep in mind that Gamaliel, you know, was 395 00:17:55.640 --> 00:17:58.920 intertwined with these religious people, so is Paul. Paul is 396 00:17:58.960 --> 00:18:03.400 a Pharisee. Paul was right there with that crew and Gimaliel. 397 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:05.880 It is no wonder why he's such a great teacher, 398 00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:11.359 because he's demonstrating incredible wisdom, because he's saying, listen, you 399 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:14.400 think they're a sham, but what if they're not? And 400 00:18:14.440 --> 00:18:18.480 if God is real, could you imagine fighting against God? 401 00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:21.160