WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:03.720 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.759 --> 00:00:06.480 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun in 3 00:00:06.599 --> 00:00:13.919 practical ways. Well, hey, everybody, welcome to an episode of 4 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:14.759 The Bible Guys. 5 00:00:14.839 --> 00:00:17.440 Another one, Yes, thrilling episode. 6 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:22.000 Yes, in advance, we announce this is gonna be a 7 00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:26.120 thrill Like if you live locally, forget cedar point, buddy, 8 00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:29.519 if this episode of The Bible Guys, if this. 9 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:32.560 Is your first episode, we just can only imagine how 10 00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:35.159 exciting it's going to be for you. For the rest 11 00:00:35.159 --> 00:00:37.280 of you, you're already yawning, hang on. 12 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:41.079 Your hairs are going to be blown back. Today we 13 00:00:41.439 --> 00:00:44.320 are going to launch into a segment. Uh that desiree 14 00:00:44.359 --> 00:00:46.679 is put together and uh, I love this one. 15 00:00:46.960 --> 00:00:49.640 You want to read it says? It says. We know 16 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:53.880 Chris knows his movie quotes, but let's test his overall 17 00:00:54.039 --> 00:00:58.439 movie trivia knowledge. Can he answer these trivia questions correctly? 18 00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:00.840 And just so you'll know, Jeff has the questions. I 19 00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:03.079 do not and have not seen them. So I don't 20 00:01:03.079 --> 00:01:04.879 even know what movies we're going to be talking about. 21 00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:08.239 Okay, and in the only only the deepest movies, I 22 00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:11.680 want you almost sophisticated movies that arthouse type movies. 23 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:13.920 I always want to give a disclaimer because in the past, 24 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:17.799 you know, we have chosen quotes that are supposedly famous quotes, 25 00:01:17.840 --> 00:01:20.319 and I'm like, those aren't famous quotes. I don't know 26 00:01:20.319 --> 00:01:22.560 what's coming, but I want to defend myself already. 27 00:01:22.959 --> 00:01:26.359 Okay, all right, go ahead. Remember I told you only 28 00:01:26.359 --> 00:01:29.159 the most sophisticated movies. Yes, so in Dumb and Dumber, 29 00:01:29.879 --> 00:01:31.519 what is the name of the dog that Harry and 30 00:01:31.599 --> 00:01:35.760 Lloyd trapple with the name of the dog? Yeah, she's 31 00:01:35.799 --> 00:01:39.400 wrong on this one. It's not dog. It's a bird. 32 00:01:40.359 --> 00:01:41.280 Oh, the bird's pet. 33 00:01:41.519 --> 00:01:42.159 Yeah, there you go. 34 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:46.719 But there's no dog. There's a dog truck. 35 00:01:46.200 --> 00:01:50.879 Dog truck. Right, it's a bird. Yeah, so you knew, Pete. 36 00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:51.799 Good job, good job. 37 00:01:52.200 --> 00:01:55.079 Our birds heads are falling off. Dude. I know that 38 00:01:55.120 --> 00:01:57.239 movie that Get Back of My Hand. I love that. 39 00:01:58.359 --> 00:01:59.560 See. This is a tough one, isn't it. 40 00:02:01.159 --> 00:02:01.799 That's so good? 41 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:04.680 Okay? In Anchorman, Oh, this is great. What is Ron 42 00:02:04.719 --> 00:02:06.239 Burgundy's favorite kind of music? 43 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:09.599 Jazz? He plays the flute. There's a whole scene where 44 00:02:09.599 --> 00:02:14.479 he plays the flute. You remember that, it's the jazz flut. 45 00:02:14.599 --> 00:02:15.719 Oh my gosh, it's so good. 46 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:19.159 So I like jazz, I'm a yeah, yeah, I love jazz. 47 00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:20.840 I listened to zz jazz. 48 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:25.080 Is it's for me. It's like, I'm good for a while. 49 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:27.199 After I listened to it, I'll turn it on. I'm like, oh, 50 00:02:27.199 --> 00:02:29.840 this is nice, and then then I'm like, I'm good 51 00:02:29.879 --> 00:02:30.759 for like six months. 52 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:36.319 Okay. In Mean Girls, what do the girls refer to 53 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:38.719 as refer to their lunch table ass? 54 00:02:38.919 --> 00:02:41.360 Yeah, so so I don't know Mean Girls all that well, 55 00:02:41.439 --> 00:02:43.639 but I do know this. It's the plastics. 56 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:45.599 Yeah, that's right, the plastics. Yeah that's correct. 57 00:02:45.759 --> 00:02:47.479 Yeah, I do know that, because I mean that's sort 58 00:02:47.520 --> 00:02:48.039 of the whole point. 59 00:02:48.199 --> 00:02:50.400 I would have no idea, like on any of these 60 00:02:50.439 --> 00:02:54.080 except for p D. Really you would have Anchorman you, Yeah, 61 00:02:54.639 --> 00:02:56.759 I wouldn't have. I remember it now that you mentioned it, 62 00:02:56.800 --> 00:02:57.560 but I didn't remember. 63 00:02:57.639 --> 00:02:58.479 Okay. 64 00:02:58.520 --> 00:03:01.159 So you watch movies more than one time? Oh, I 65 00:03:01.199 --> 00:03:03.039 watch a movie and I almost never go back and 66 00:03:03.080 --> 00:03:05.199 watch it again. I maybe have ten movies I'll go 67 00:03:05.240 --> 00:03:05.919 back and rewatch. 68 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:08.599 So I watch movies again all the time. Okay, so good. 69 00:03:09.319 --> 00:03:12.000 In Step Brothers, what do Brennan and Dale's parents discover 70 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:13.000 they have in commons. 71 00:03:13.039 --> 00:03:15.759 It's easy. They both can't stand the place that they work. 72 00:03:16.039 --> 00:03:17.280 Yep, they both hate their jobs. 73 00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:22.039 Yeah, okay, yeah, yeah, this is this is She has 74 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:24.639 chosen great movies, so this is real. This is right 75 00:03:24.639 --> 00:03:25.360 at my alley here. 76 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:28.479 In Bridesmaids, what happens during the dress fitting that causes 77 00:03:28.479 --> 00:03:29.319 a chaotic scenes. 78 00:03:29.360 --> 00:03:32.159 This is one of the best scenes. It's horrific. Yeah, 79 00:03:32.199 --> 00:03:35.520 they went to a Mexican restaurant and then they ate 80 00:03:35.599 --> 00:03:36.599 some bad food. 81 00:03:36.439 --> 00:03:40.280 And then one of the bridesmaids gets no, no, no, 82 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:42.879 they all food poisoning. Well, one gets food poisoning. 83 00:03:43.000 --> 00:03:45.639 They all get food poisoning except for the one who abstained. Yes, 84 00:03:45.719 --> 00:03:48.400 and then they basically soil all the guesses. There you go, 85 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:51.800 and it is a scene that is unlike any other scenes. 86 00:03:51.919 --> 00:03:53.919 So anybody else has seen that movie, We're sorry for 87 00:03:53.960 --> 00:03:56.000 bringing that up, especially if you're watching it while you're eating. 88 00:03:56.560 --> 00:03:58.439 Yeah, but I gotta tell you it is one of 89 00:03:58.439 --> 00:04:00.520 the funniest, fun yes things. 90 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:01.280 Hey, well there you go. 91 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:05.120 You are five for five today, mister Melissa McCarthy. She's like, look. 92 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:08.280 Away, and you were like, I don't even care about 93 00:04:08.280 --> 00:04:10.400 this one today, Right, you're a little intimidated by the 94 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:13.080 fact that it was just random movie trivia as opposed 95 00:04:13.120 --> 00:04:13.560 to quotes. 96 00:04:13.719 --> 00:04:16.680 Well, okay, so so there's a there's a defending of 97 00:04:16.720 --> 00:04:19.680 the honor. But what I said, what I said was 98 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:22.279 before the before the podcast started, As I said, if 99 00:04:22.279 --> 00:04:24.600 it was Bible trivia, I would care, right, right, because 100 00:04:24.639 --> 00:04:26.439 then you look like, oh, you don't really know. 101 00:04:26.399 --> 00:04:28.399 Anything but even a Bible guy, right. 102 00:04:28.399 --> 00:04:30.600 But if you don't know movies, who cares? Right? So 103 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:33.720 that's what I was. So, but thank you, Desiree for 104 00:04:33.800 --> 00:04:34.600 movies that I know. 105 00:04:34.720 --> 00:04:36.560 We continue to be amazed by you. 106 00:04:36.600 --> 00:04:37.360 No, that's not true. 107 00:04:37.639 --> 00:04:40.399 Yes, that is not true at all. That's it. Okay, 108 00:04:40.959 --> 00:04:44.439 So I have noticed that she rarely ever picks movies 109 00:04:44.480 --> 00:04:49.720 that you know, want any oscars. So there's that. 110 00:04:51.399 --> 00:04:56.920 Dumb and dumber Anchorman step Brothers. Yeah, yeah, oh my gosh, 111 00:04:56.959 --> 00:04:57.519 that's so good. 112 00:04:57.639 --> 00:04:59.399 Anyways, by the. 113 00:04:59.800 --> 00:05:05.160 My girls, both of my girls have the entire scene 114 00:05:05.720 --> 00:05:08.040 where they were getting a toast to the to the bride, 115 00:05:08.439 --> 00:05:10.160 and there was the two sort of like the two 116 00:05:10.279 --> 00:05:13.519 best you know, like the maid of honors. They were 117 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:16.240 sort of competing for the friendship of the bride, and 118 00:05:16.279 --> 00:05:20.040 they kept on grabbing the microphone and then when one 119 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:21.639 got done, the other one would come up and try 120 00:05:21.639 --> 00:05:23.920 to out do the other one. It's like a ten 121 00:05:23.959 --> 00:05:26.519 minute scene and both of my girls have the entire 122 00:05:26.519 --> 00:05:28.720 scene memorized. Oh really, yes, that's how much. 123 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:30.600 So I've never seen it. I've never seen mean girls, 124 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:32.079 step brothers or bridesmaids. 125 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:35.160 Have you ever see step brothers? That's definitely worth it. 126 00:05:35.279 --> 00:05:38.439 I never saw. Yeah, okay, okay, but I have read 127 00:05:38.439 --> 00:05:41.000 some forty six before, so that's where. 128 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:41.759 You would love step brothers. 129 00:05:41.839 --> 00:05:45.759 Yeah, okay, well this is where we're at now. We're 130 00:05:45.839 --> 00:05:49.560 on forty six. Yes, and we were talking, why are 131 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:51.079 we reading some forty six at this point? 132 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:51.720 Yeah? 133 00:05:51.759 --> 00:05:55.000 And it's mostly just reminding ourselves that during all of 134 00:05:55.040 --> 00:05:59.439 these things that are happening, the wars, the the victories, 135 00:06:00.079 --> 00:06:05.319 all the coup, the sin, the repentance, David is still 136 00:06:05.480 --> 00:06:09.879 constantly engaging with God. He's still writing, he's still praying 137 00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:13.600 the psalms, our prayers that he wrote as songs that 138 00:06:13.639 --> 00:06:16.279 the people would sing because he was a man after 139 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:18.279 God's own heart. Even though he was still a man 140 00:06:19.079 --> 00:06:22.680 that would fail and succeed in ups and downs, he 141 00:06:22.839 --> 00:06:25.360 still desired a walk with God. And I think that 142 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:28.439 that's a lesson for us. You know, when we're winning 143 00:06:28.439 --> 00:06:30.199 and when we're losing, we still need to lean into 144 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:33.399 our faith with God. And so God, this is a 145 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:36.360 consistent one. I mean, they just came through a difficult time. 146 00:06:37.160 --> 00:06:40.439 What we read yesterday, God had to bring judgment because 147 00:06:40.439 --> 00:06:43.560 of the people's sin. And then but we also see 148 00:06:43.600 --> 00:06:45.839 David writing things like this, as he says in Psalm 149 00:06:45.879 --> 00:06:50.319 forty six, God is our refuge and strength, always ready 150 00:06:50.360 --> 00:06:52.920 to help in times of trouble. So we will not fear. 151 00:06:52.959 --> 00:06:55.560 When earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea, 152 00:06:56.040 --> 00:06:59.120 Let the oceans roar and foam, Let the mountains tremble, 153 00:06:59.160 --> 00:07:01.920 as the water sir. A river brings joy to the 154 00:07:01.959 --> 00:07:04.800 city of our God. The sacred home of the Most 155 00:07:04.879 --> 00:07:07.680 High God, God dwells in that city. It cannot be destroyed. 156 00:07:07.680 --> 00:07:10.439 From the very break of day, God will protect it. 157 00:07:10.839 --> 00:07:13.959 The nations are in chaos, and their kingdoms crumble. God's 158 00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:17.600 voice thunders and the earth melts. The Lord of Heaven's 159 00:07:17.680 --> 00:07:20.000 armies is here among us. The God of Israel is 160 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:23.959 our fortress. Come see the glorious works of the Lord. 161 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:26.560 See how he brings destruction upon the world. He causes 162 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:29.199 wars to end throughout the earth. He breaks the bow 163 00:07:29.240 --> 00:07:32.040 and snaps the spear. He burns the shields with fire. 164 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:35.519 Be still and know that I am God. I will 165 00:07:35.519 --> 00:07:37.600 be honored by every nation, and I will be honored 166 00:07:37.600 --> 00:07:40.319 throughout the world. The Lord of Heaven's armies is here 167 00:07:40.360 --> 00:07:43.600 among us. The God of Israel is our fortress. So 168 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:46.199 this is perhaps written around one of the times David 169 00:07:46.199 --> 00:07:49.920 had great victory over his enemies, you know, perhaps that 170 00:07:49.959 --> 00:07:51.079 time after the Philistines. 171 00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:54.600 Yeah. And by the way, it's worth noting that there 172 00:07:54.639 --> 00:08:00.319 are certain psalms that have inspired hymns, and psal them 173 00:08:00.639 --> 00:08:04.160 A mighty fortress is our God comes directly from this 174 00:08:04.279 --> 00:08:06.680 psalm that we're reading today, which is kind of cool. 175 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:07.360 Uh. 176 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:10.199 There are there are a lot of hymns that that 177 00:08:10.240 --> 00:08:14.199 have come And by the way, Uh, you and I 178 00:08:14.240 --> 00:08:17.160 both grew up with hims, right, traditional hymns. We're talking 179 00:08:17.160 --> 00:08:20.240 about him Him books. Do you still remember the pages 180 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:24.240 of some of them? No, you don't, not really, Yeah, 181 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:26.920 I do. Where you would you know, pick it up 182 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:30.079 and they'd say, you know, between Jesus, Yeah, there you go, 183 00:08:30.120 --> 00:08:32.759 there you go. So you got one that's the American 184 00:08:32.799 --> 00:08:38.720 hymn that's the American I don't know, okay, remember well anyway, 185 00:08:38.759 --> 00:08:41.879 the bottom line is is, uh, you know, I think 186 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:46.360 that these hymns inspire us because it reminds us of 187 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:48.440 what is true about God. You know. I think that 188 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:51.120 worship music is the same way. And we talked about 189 00:08:51.120 --> 00:08:54.840 this before, We talked about worship music, uh, several months back. 190 00:08:55.279 --> 00:08:56.960 But one of the reasons why I like reading the 191 00:08:56.960 --> 00:09:00.840 psalms is because, even though it may not necessarily new information, 192 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:05.279 it's a reminder, right, Like, for instance, you know this 193 00:09:05.320 --> 00:09:08.159 will be airing this podcast will be airing after our 194 00:09:08.200 --> 00:09:12.360 presidential election, right, but we're recording it before our presidential election, 195 00:09:12.919 --> 00:09:14.480 and so we just did it. We're in the middle 196 00:09:14.480 --> 00:09:18.320 of a two week series right now in our church 197 00:09:18.360 --> 00:09:21.559 that we work at, and what we're doing is we're saying, like, hey, 198 00:09:21.879 --> 00:09:25.240 regardless of the candidates and regardless of who you vote 199 00:09:25.240 --> 00:09:28.519 for the first week of our message simply said this, 200 00:09:29.399 --> 00:09:33.279 don't ever forget who is in charge. Don't ever forget 201 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:35.799 that God is still in control. Right even though that 202 00:09:35.960 --> 00:09:41.360 uncertainty is unavoidable, being fearful is always optional. So and 203 00:09:41.399 --> 00:09:44.000 that is an important reminder. And it may not necessarily 204 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:46.320 be new information, like, oh wow, I didn't know that. 205 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:50.159 I thought fearful was a mandate. You know, No, it's 206 00:09:50.240 --> 00:09:53.960 not new information. It is a reminder in times of stress, 207 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:56.559 in times of fear and worry. And I think that 208 00:09:56.559 --> 00:09:59.799 that's what psalms does for us. It just reminds us 209 00:09:59.840 --> 00:10:01.639 just who it is that we're praying to. It reminds 210 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:03.879 us just who it is that we're you know, worshiping 211 00:10:03.960 --> 00:10:07.000 and following that God is always there, look at look 212 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:09.960 at first. Number one. God is our refuge and strength, 213 00:10:10.159 --> 00:10:13.600 always ready to help us in times of trouble. So 214 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:16.879 what we will not fear when? And then he just 215 00:10:16.919 --> 00:10:21.360 starts listing the most horrific catastrophes catastrophe is known to mankind. 216 00:10:22.480 --> 00:10:24.840 And and so it's just again, it's just one of 217 00:10:24.840 --> 00:10:27.600 those things that you know, it's it's it's the reason 218 00:10:27.679 --> 00:10:31.559 why I get in my wife's car and I always 219 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:33.519 say my wife because it's one hundred percent of the 220 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:36.600 time I turn on the car and it's it's uh 221 00:10:36.919 --> 00:10:40.320 K love, you know, it's always K love. It's always 222 00:10:40.440 --> 00:10:44.080 worship music Christian radio station, all the all the time, 223 00:10:44.559 --> 00:10:52.879 every day, every time, right, And it's because she loves Jesus, right, right, right, Well. 224 00:10:52.759 --> 00:10:59.080 You know that's it. She does. She loves Jesus right, 225 00:10:59.759 --> 00:11:01.840 She's yes, that's what I'm saying. 226 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:03.240 I'm trying to say. 227 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:04.879 You know what I'm trying to say. 228 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:08.279 She Risian trying to say that sometimes I'll turn it 229 00:11:08.279 --> 00:11:10.919 over to country or things like this because you love 230 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:11.879 you're preempty. 231 00:11:11.919 --> 00:11:18.279 You love to pick up trucks and booze and running around, because. 232 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:19.879 You're saying, that's what country music is about. 233 00:11:19.960 --> 00:11:22.519 Right, And dogs. I think everybody has a dog. 234 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:27.120 In my trailer park. I gotta watch the dog named Bubba. 235 00:11:27.759 --> 00:11:28.879 He barks and strangers. 236 00:11:29.120 --> 00:11:33.679 But your wife loves Jesus. Okay, Jeff Boot you love 237 00:11:33.720 --> 00:11:34.840 boatsooting you love Boots. 238 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:38.759 She loves a minute ago that you like jazz. Okay, 239 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:40.039 so that means you don't love Jesus. 240 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:41.120 What are the words to jazz? 241 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:49.279 Anyways? 242 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:53.639 Okay, all right, no, So anyways, I'm sorry I interrupted 243 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:56.559 you that. So you turn on the radio and she's listening. 244 00:11:56.679 --> 00:12:00.600 It's always because because it's a reminder throughout the day, 245 00:12:00.639 --> 00:12:03.320 that's my point. It's a reminder that you know, God's 246 00:12:03.360 --> 00:12:06.399 in control, regardless of what you're facing, regardless of what 247 00:12:06.399 --> 00:12:09.919 you're dealing with, and that's what Psalm forty six is 248 00:12:09.960 --> 00:12:11.480 and so many of the other songs. 249 00:12:11.559 --> 00:12:13.799 Right, I'm sorry, man, that was funny. 250 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:14.759 That was very funny. 251 00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:16.799 I don't think you're going to hell because you like 252 00:12:16.799 --> 00:12:18.639 to listen to a song about bootscootering, right. 253 00:12:18.559 --> 00:12:21.879 Right, bootscoot and boogie. Not, by the way, not that 254 00:12:21.879 --> 00:12:25.159 that's one of my favorite songs, right, although Brooks' done 255 00:12:25.240 --> 00:12:25.879 is pretty cool. 256 00:12:27.559 --> 00:12:30.399 So I love this. There's a note it turns out, 257 00:12:30.440 --> 00:12:32.200 and remember we keep telling people you should get to 258 00:12:32.200 --> 00:12:35.519 yourself a good study Bible. Yes, So there's a note 259 00:12:35.519 --> 00:12:42.200 that says that it seems like chapters what is it 260 00:12:42.320 --> 00:12:45.840 forty that's right here, forty six, forty seven, and forty 261 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:50.240 eight are hymns of praise celebrating deliverance from some great foe. 262 00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:53.360 And then it says forty six may have been written 263 00:12:53.480 --> 00:12:56.440 when the Assyrian army invaded the land and surrounded Jerusalem, 264 00:12:56.559 --> 00:13:00.799 which you can read in Second King's Chapter eighteen. So 265 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:03.679 David seems to be writing about, Hey, when we are 266 00:13:04.039 --> 00:13:06.840 up against it, it's interesting to me. He says, God 267 00:13:06.919 --> 00:13:08.919 is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in 268 00:13:08.960 --> 00:13:13.120 time of trouble. So we will not fear when these 269 00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:17.039 bad things happen. Right, It's really interesting David never writes 270 00:13:17.080 --> 00:13:19.519 like he has an expectation that bad things won't happen. 271 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:22.840 We live in a broken world. There are bad people 272 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:26.519 in the world that do bad things, so bad stuff happens, 273 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:29.519 and he's not surprised that bad things are happening. He's 274 00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:33.240 just saying, regardless of what happens, God's my refuge. That's 275 00:13:33.279 --> 00:13:35.759 a really good way to live. If you live running 276 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:39.039 around always terrified that something bad might happen, and then 277 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:40.919 you're praying God help bad things not to happen. God 278 00:13:40.960 --> 00:13:42.600 help bad things not to happen. God help bad things 279 00:13:42.679 --> 00:13:44.799 not to happen. Then you're shocked when bad things happen 280 00:13:45.720 --> 00:13:47.879 because the world we live in is broken, not that 281 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:50.559 God makes bad things happen, but because the world is 282 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:53.200 broken by sin and so instead David doesn't have the 283 00:13:53.240 --> 00:13:57.840 sense of, oh, no, something bad might happen. Instead, he's saying, 284 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:02.240 even when bad things happen, God is my refuge. And 285 00:14:02.279 --> 00:14:04.440 so it's cool because there's two elements that he's right here. 286 00:14:04.440 --> 00:14:06.519 One is he's our refuge. You know, you run to 287 00:14:06.679 --> 00:14:08.519 a refuge. Think of like in the Lord of the 288 00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:11.559 Rings Helms Deep. You know, they run into these castles, 289 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:14.679 they run into these fortresses that are the last stand 290 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:18.000 places for the kingdom. You know, you run into this refuge. 291 00:14:18.039 --> 00:14:21.159 That's the last chance you have. And he's saying, God 292 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:23.320 is where we run. We run to him. But then 293 00:14:23.440 --> 00:14:27.279 the rest of the passages and God wipes out the 294 00:14:27.320 --> 00:14:30.720 bad guys. Right God Literally he's talking, come and see 295 00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:32.600 the glorious works of the Lord. See how he brings 296 00:14:32.600 --> 00:14:36.320 a destruction. Right, So he's my refuge. I run into 297 00:14:36.360 --> 00:14:38.159 him and then I'm going to watch him do the work. 298 00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:41.360 So fear usually is because we're afraid we don't have 299 00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:44.759 what it takes. But David Face with the biggest army 300 00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:47.919 he's going to Face, says, we run to God and 301 00:14:47.960 --> 00:14:50.360 then what, Let's watch him bring destruction. That's a pretty 302 00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:50.960 cool place to be. 303 00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:53.080 So I'm going to do something I've never done before 304 00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:55.679 in the Bible. Guys, in all all five hundred and 305 00:14:55.759 --> 00:14:58.759 something episodes. Yeah, well, I'm going to read you a 306 00:14:58.799 --> 00:15:02.440 passage of scripture across referencing, and I'm going to give 307 00:15:02.480 --> 00:15:04.519 you a trivia on and you're going to get it 308 00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:07.519 on what the next word is? Okay, and then I'm 309 00:15:07.519 --> 00:15:08.559 going to ask you where it is. 310 00:15:08.720 --> 00:15:12.480 Okay, okay, ready, yes, I'm going to feel No, you're 311 00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:13.279 not okay. 312 00:15:13.320 --> 00:15:18.000 Okay, this says consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters. 313 00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:19.080 What's the next word? 314 00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:21.080 When when trials? 315 00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:25.360 When trials? Right? When when you face trials of many kinds? 316 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:26.840 And that it's found in the Book. 317 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:27.960 Of James chapter one. 318 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:29.600 Boom, I told you. 319 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:32.639 All right, got it? I get to keep my Bible 320 00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:35.679 guy's card for another for another week. 321 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:38.399 Yeah, I mean it's exactly what you just said, right, 322 00:15:38.440 --> 00:15:40.840 And so we don't have to necessarily only look to 323 00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:43.600 the Old Testament. We could look to the New Testament. 324 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:47.279 When here's the brother of Jesus who writes directly to 325 00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:51.120 the post you know, modern church. It's us, right, we're 326 00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:54.120 the ones post Jesus. Uh, the Holy Spirit, you know, 327 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:58.320 filled believers and followers of Christ who have now are 328 00:15:58.320 --> 00:16:00.679 on the other, the other side of Christ, sacher. And 329 00:16:00.679 --> 00:16:04.440 what does it say? Guess what? When? Yeah, when trials come? 330 00:16:04.960 --> 00:16:08.120 And which means trials are going to come. You know, 331 00:16:08.159 --> 00:16:11.960 I have a good friend, Jack Wilson, who is a 332 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:17.000 psychologist and a counselor, and he always used to say, hey, 333 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:20.879 I have bad news. But usually every person faces a 334 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:25.799 major crisis every seven years on the average, he said. So, 335 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:27.840 he said, so here's the bad news. He goes, either 336 00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:30.200 right now in your life, you're either coming out of 337 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:33.080 a major crisis, or you're about to go in one 338 00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:34.879 or one is coming. 339 00:16:34.679 --> 00:16:38.320 Yeah, right or no, no, or no one, or coming 340 00:16:38.320 --> 00:16:39.960 out of one. Oh, you're going in the right. 341 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:44.240 That's right, that's right. But it's like pretty depressing to 342 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:47.799 think about that. But it is exactly what we're talking about. 343 00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:50.399 Well, Paul says, So remember, and this is what I 344 00:16:50.440 --> 00:16:53.440 love about you quoting the New Testament. There the Bible 345 00:16:53.559 --> 00:16:56.000 is this best own commentary. God will always be consistent 346 00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:59.840 from beginning to end. And so you know, Paul says 347 00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:03.759 that we can when we realize our weakness, we get 348 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:06.720 to see God be strong. This is what David's saying here, 349 00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:08.880 as he said, God's a refuge. We run to him. 350 00:17:09.079 --> 00:17:12.480 Now watch him bring destruction. Look, look he goes, he 351 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:16.559 causes wars to end throughout the earth. And then it 352 00:17:16.599 --> 00:17:19.279 says he breaks the bow and snaps the spear, and 353 00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:22.240 he burns the shield of fire. Right, So he's saying, 354 00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:25.480 God fights for me, and this is the advantage that 355 00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:28.680 we have. That's why, sure, fear exists for all of us, 356 00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:30.559 but we don't fear like lost people do people who 357 00:17:30.599 --> 00:17:33.839 don't know Christ. We don't have to have the anxiety 358 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:37.799 and the worry that people that are without God would have. Instead, 359 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:40.200 he's saying, God's the one I'm trusting in, and he's 360 00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:42.799 the one that brings victory. He's the one that causes 361 00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:45.200 battles to end. He's the one who breaks the bow 362 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:48.400 and snaps the spear. There have been times when I 363 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:51.400 was going into a situation where I knew, oh, man, 364 00:17:51.920 --> 00:17:54.440 my lunch. This person I'm going to meeting, this person's 365 00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:57.079 going to eat my lunch right, And I felt like 366 00:17:57.119 --> 00:17:58.799 it was unjust. I felt like I was going to 367 00:17:58.839 --> 00:18:02.079 get roughed up for reason. I just was dreading the day. 368 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:05.440 And I can remember on multiplications praying God just confused 369 00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:07.759 their words, help them not be able to bring the 370 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:08.799 argument they're going to bring. 371 00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:10.160 Right. 372 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:12.359 I've done it many times. And then I just sit 373 00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:14.559 there and watch them stumble all over and then talk 374 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:17.079 themselves out of the thing they were mad about. And 375 00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:19.039 I believe that's kind of the thing. Right. He's the 376 00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:21.319 one who's breaking that bow he's the one that's breaking spear. 377 00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:24.759 He's the one confounding the enemy. So when you run 378 00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:27.279 to God, and by the way, a bunch of our 379 00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:29.400 listeners getting ready to go into Thanksgiving and you're worried 380 00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:31.039 about those crazy uncles and all the people want to 381 00:18:31.039 --> 00:18:32.640 fight about the election and all this kind of stuff, 382 00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:34.640 just pray that God confounds it. Pray that God's the 383 00:18:34.640 --> 00:18:36.960 one who snaps the spear and breaks the bow, and 384 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:39.440 that God's the one that just takes the fight away. 385 00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:41.000 That's really what it's saying is God's the one who 386 00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:42.720 can take the fight away. And so then what is 387 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:45.279 my response and your response supposed to be, David says. 388 00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:49.359 David quotes God saying, be still and know that I'm God. Right, 389 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:52.000 that's it. Well, be still and know that I am God. 390 00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:54.759 Well, think about this. The breaking of the bow was 391 00:18:55.400 --> 00:18:57.759 it wasn't just an average bow that was being broke. 392 00:18:58.079 --> 00:19:00.640 That is symbolic if the war has ended, right, So 393 00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:02.559 they would literally take at the end of a war, 394 00:19:02.599 --> 00:19:05.759 they would take a bow and they would break it ceremoniously. 395 00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:09.200 This is very similar to what we would still say, 396 00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:12.920 like burying the hatchet, right, So bearing the hatchet, I 397 00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:14.480 don't know, if you don't know, if you know the 398 00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:17.720 history behind that, but it was actually used since our 399 00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:22.920 Pilgrim's Day pilgrimage days, where they would literally create a 400 00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:28.880 treaty between the Indians and us and they would symbolically 401 00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:32.519