WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:02.200 Hey, everybody, we're The Bible Guys, and if you're just 2 00:00:02.240 --> 00:00:05.280 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 --> 00:00:25.440 some of our greatest hits. 11 00:00:26.839 --> 00:00:29.719 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 12 00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:32.479 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun in 13 00:00:32.600 --> 00:00:40.079 practical ways. Hey everybody, it is Friday. If you're listening 14 00:00:40.159 --> 00:00:44.600 day by day and tgif there we go, Thank the Lord. 15 00:00:44.799 --> 00:00:45.479 That's great. 16 00:00:45.679 --> 00:00:48.719 Yes. And as a matter of fact, my wife is 17 00:00:48.759 --> 00:00:51.079 off on Fridays and when I. 18 00:00:51.119 --> 00:00:54.439 Work, she's on the rest week. It's just like Friday's 19 00:00:54.439 --> 00:00:54.799 our a bad. 20 00:00:54.759 --> 00:00:59.320 Day for her, but she doesn't go to work on Fridays. 21 00:00:59.320 --> 00:01:00.679 Oh, I thought you were saying she's a little off 22 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:01.560 on Friday. 23 00:01:01.439 --> 00:01:03.799 And Friday is my day off, so Friday's a great day. 24 00:01:03.960 --> 00:01:06.120 Oh great, good for you, guys. Yes, this is like 25 00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:06.719 a date day. 26 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:09.120 Well, I don't know, honey. If you're listening, let's go 27 00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:09.719 on a date. 28 00:01:10.280 --> 00:01:11.719 It's either date day or chores day. 29 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:15.959 She's right, she's listening in the morning to this because 30 00:01:15.959 --> 00:01:18.680 she listens to the Bible guys, every single morning. 31 00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:21.120 Every single morning, every morning. Okay, well, just in advance, 32 00:01:21.120 --> 00:01:22.680 we're gonna apologize, Liz. 33 00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:25.719 She actually says, she actually says, I don't know what 34 00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:28.480 I would do if you stop the Bible guys, and 35 00:01:28.480 --> 00:01:29.079 she means it. 36 00:01:29.200 --> 00:01:33.640 Wow, it's so nice. It is nice. We have a 37 00:01:33.640 --> 00:01:35.760 lot of listeners that say that that that's how they 38 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:38.280 start their day, or that it's an everyday thing. I 39 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:40.400 just had a conversation with a really, really great guy 40 00:01:41.359 --> 00:01:43.840 and he said that he started just a few months 41 00:01:43.879 --> 00:01:46.480 ago and he started off with that whole series we 42 00:01:46.519 --> 00:01:49.159 did on the Gospels. Oh cool, and he's almost all 43 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:50.680 the way through. He listens to it like a few 44 00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:52.079 a day, and he said, Man, I just feel like 45 00:01:52.079 --> 00:01:54.120 I'm growing on my faith. So it's really amazing to 46 00:01:54.159 --> 00:01:57.480 me that people listen every day. It's humbling. I agree, 47 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:02.519 it's extraordinary humbling. We have an amazing segment today normally 48 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:06.560 on Friday. Our favorite segment is what made Chris mad 49 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:10.400 this week normally normally, but maybe our second most famous, 50 00:02:10.439 --> 00:02:15.000 my most famous, My second most favorite, yes segment is 51 00:02:15.039 --> 00:02:17.479 Who's most Likely? I agree with that this might be 52 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:19.840 my second most favorite one. Yes, So this is a 53 00:02:19.919 --> 00:02:23.080 Who's most likely segment? And Chris. 54 00:02:23.120 --> 00:02:25.599 The idea is you and I are supposed to instinctively 55 00:02:25.639 --> 00:02:28.960 and quickly just quickly vote, say, quickly vote it is 56 00:02:29.039 --> 00:02:29.400 me or you? 57 00:02:29.599 --> 00:02:32.520 Yes, it's either you or me. It's me or you 58 00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:36.560 or you or me? Okay, ready, Who's most likely to 59 00:02:36.560 --> 00:02:39.120 get kicked out of a public place for laughing too loudly? 60 00:02:40.719 --> 00:02:41.599 That could be both of us? 61 00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:44.840 Yeah, I would say it's probably you. 62 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:48.240 Yeah, I laughed pretty loud, Like do you ever hear me? 63 00:02:48.319 --> 00:02:51.199 And messages like when I'm when I'm listening to like 64 00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:52.879 a sermon or something, somebody tells a joke and I'm 65 00:02:52.919 --> 00:02:53.439 in the audience. 66 00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:58.800 Yes, I really laughed, like, so I will tell you so, 67 00:02:58.879 --> 00:03:01.439 my my daughter's boy friend had never been to a 68 00:03:01.479 --> 00:03:02.159 Broadway show. 69 00:03:02.520 --> 00:03:03.199 Huh. 70 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:05.520 So we were driving, I was driving down the road. 71 00:03:05.639 --> 00:03:07.879 It was a Saturday, it was early in the morning, 72 00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:10.560 so I had an early morning Saturday meeting, and then 73 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:13.439 like the family was just getting out of bed and 74 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:16.680 I heard on the radio that there was a revival 75 00:03:16.840 --> 00:03:21.919 of the Broadway show Oklahoma, which Oklahoma is that was 76 00:03:21.960 --> 00:03:27.680 a major change in Broadway shows up to that point, right, 77 00:03:27.759 --> 00:03:31.199 and so's it's an incredibly important show. It's not my 78 00:03:31.319 --> 00:03:34.479 favorite Broadway show, but it's an incredibly important show. So 79 00:03:34.520 --> 00:03:36.360 I thought, oh, if that's what's in town today, And 80 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:38.560 they said there's still tickets available, some of them as 81 00:03:38.599 --> 00:03:40.639 cheap as ten dollars, And I went a ten dollars 82 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:42.840 thing to a metinee for the thing, and it was 83 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:46.199 at Fox Theater, which is beautiful downtown Detroit. So I 84 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:48.919 go online and I bought I can't remember, like six 85 00:03:48.960 --> 00:03:52.000 tickets or something, and I couldn't believe it. I'm going 86 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:54.199 through one hundred and eighty dollars, one hundred and eighty dollars, 87 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:56.199 one hundred and eighty dollars, and then I found a 88 00:03:56.240 --> 00:04:00.599 whole row five dollars apiece, so I bought them. It 89 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:02.479 costs us more to park than it did to go 90 00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:04.919 to the show. What we got there. What I didn't 91 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:11.400 realize was it was a modern version of Oklahoma that 92 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:16.199 was absolutely horrific on every level, to the point that 93 00:04:16.839 --> 00:04:21.480 multiple times new scene would change and the set people 94 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:24.720 would come running out with their staff shirts on and 95 00:04:24.759 --> 00:04:27.439 their headsets on, putting props on stage because they forgot 96 00:04:27.480 --> 00:04:31.399 when the lights went out right, it was horrible, and 97 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:35.199 then hyper woke, which was that was funny, yea. So 98 00:04:35.439 --> 00:04:37.560 it just kept getting worse and worse and worse. Well, 99 00:04:38.199 --> 00:04:41.319 there's a moment in that show. It's an intermission, and 100 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:43.079 then you come out of the intermission and the very 101 00:04:43.120 --> 00:04:46.560 next thing, there's like this dream sequence where the heroine 102 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:49.639 in the story is having a dream about and it's 103 00:04:49.720 --> 00:04:52.680 kind of a waltz dance kind of a thing. Yep, 104 00:04:53.319 --> 00:04:55.519 she's having a dream about the good guy versus the 105 00:04:55.519 --> 00:04:59.160 bad guy. So this woman comes out doing like a 106 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:01.279 modern dance and next thing, you know, you know how 107 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:03.160 like not to be too gross, you know how, like 108 00:05:03.199 --> 00:05:05.240 dogs sometimes they'll drop it will drag their re ran 109 00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:07.720 across the carpet. So this is what she's doing. She's 110 00:05:07.759 --> 00:05:11.240 scooting across the floor. And I started laughing so hard, 111 00:05:11.279 --> 00:05:13.800 so I couldn't stop. This whole thing. The whole show's 112 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:16.879 a train wreck. They never closed the curtains during intermission. 113 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:18.920 They were out with vacuums, vacuuming the thing, right, it 114 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:21.600 was the whole thing. It was so funny, and Fox 115 00:05:21.639 --> 00:05:24.279 Theater was packed and I start laughing, and now I 116 00:05:24.319 --> 00:05:27.800 can't stop laughing. Then my daughter's boyfriend starts laughing everybody 117 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:30.439 and the people all around to start getting madder and 118 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:32.959 more and more angry. I nearly got kicked out of 119 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:36.600 Fox Theater that day, so legit for me. But that's 120 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:39.160 the only time I think I've ever gotten almost kicked out. 121 00:05:39.360 --> 00:05:41.199 It was a train wreck of a show. 122 00:05:41.399 --> 00:05:45.079 Wow. Yeah, that was a heck of a tangent. 123 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:48.199 So it's a good one. Who's most likely to spend 124 00:05:48.199 --> 00:05:50.720 all their money on useless gadget they saw on an infomercial? 125 00:05:51.800 --> 00:05:54.600 You me by far? Yes, I'm a gadget guy. 126 00:05:54.680 --> 00:05:55.839 Yeah. I would definitely say you. 127 00:05:56.040 --> 00:06:00.000 Who's most likely to end up on a reality TV show? You? 128 00:06:00.120 --> 00:06:00.360 Yes? 129 00:06:00.439 --> 00:06:01.360 And which one? Would it be? 130 00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:04.720 Reality? 131 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:06.079 Not Survivor? 132 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:12.439 No, not survivor, I'm not the outdoors. Oh gosh, I 133 00:06:12.439 --> 00:06:15.720 don't know either. I don't really know, you know, what 134 00:06:15.720 --> 00:06:17.439 it would be. I think it would be something like 135 00:06:18.759 --> 00:06:23.079 some sort of like a life game show contest, like 136 00:06:24.319 --> 00:06:26.600 what's the race around the world. 137 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:28.120 What is that amazing race? 138 00:06:28.160 --> 00:06:28.759 Amazing race? 139 00:06:28.759 --> 00:06:30.920 And you and I should do amazing race. That'd be fun. 140 00:06:30.959 --> 00:06:31.639 I think it'd be fun. 141 00:06:31.720 --> 00:06:34.639 Yeah, fifty three year old guys blow out your knee 142 00:06:34.639 --> 00:06:37.800 on for a show, right, Okay? Who's most likely get 143 00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:40.120 stuck in a revolving door for way longer than it's 144 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:41.040 socially acceptable? 145 00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:44.079 That's rough. I don't think that's any of us, to 146 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:44.360 be honest. 147 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:46.720 I'm always very conscientious of that because I usually stick 148 00:06:46.759 --> 00:06:48.360 my foot in the thing and stop the person in 149 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:50.480 front of me. Oh really, Oh yeah, I do it 150 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:51.800 to my daughter all the time. 151 00:06:51.920 --> 00:06:54.720 Well, I'll tell you what. I am famous for slipping 152 00:06:54.759 --> 00:06:57.319 in with somebody at the last second, and then and 153 00:06:57.360 --> 00:07:00.480 then and then just making them uncomfortable. So I do 154 00:07:00.600 --> 00:07:04.000 that all the time. So I would definitely sit me. 155 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:07.439 Okay, who's most likely to make a dramatic exit from 156 00:07:07.439 --> 00:07:09.720 an event only to return ten minutes later because they 157 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:10.839 forgot their phone? 158 00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:16.480 Oh? No, yeah, she is. If we have to pick one, Uh. 159 00:07:16.480 --> 00:07:19.720 Well, I think you're more dramatic than me, do you 160 00:07:19.720 --> 00:07:23.000 think or do you think it's me? I'm gonna go 161 00:07:23.040 --> 00:07:23.199 with me. 162 00:07:23.240 --> 00:07:26.560 I'm gonna go with me too, with me? Too. Yep. Yeah, 163 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:29.120 Because here's the thing I would if I did forget 164 00:07:29.160 --> 00:07:31.240 my phone, I would have no problem with going back 165 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:32.399 in there and getting my phone. 166 00:07:32.279 --> 00:07:33.800 Right right, I would leave it. I'd be like, well, 167 00:07:33.879 --> 00:07:38.040 I lost that phone, right, there's a honey, I gotta 168 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:39.800 spend a thousand dollars to get a new phone. Like, 169 00:07:39.839 --> 00:07:42.279 because I left dramatically, I can't go back in Hey. 170 00:07:42.319 --> 00:07:46.800 There is a movie scene where I'm not promoting this 171 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:50.519 movie because because actually it ends with like this kid 172 00:07:50.759 --> 00:07:52.680 flipping his family of the bird. Like it's not a 173 00:07:52.759 --> 00:07:54.879 very great scene, right, but let me just go ahead 174 00:07:54.879 --> 00:07:57.079 and tell you this real quick. He's on the plane 175 00:07:57.399 --> 00:07:58.959 and he's ready to get off the plane because he's 176 00:07:58.959 --> 00:08:01.439 made this life decision that he just doesn't like his family, 177 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:04.480 and so he turns right around. He goes, you know, Dad, 178 00:08:04.560 --> 00:08:06.480 here's what I think of you. And he's like, here's 179 00:08:06.480 --> 00:08:07.720 what I think of you, and you and you. He's 180 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:09.600 going down the line and he's like, I'm getting off 181 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:11.600 this plane. He goes, and you guys can go on 182 00:08:11.720 --> 00:08:13.720 vacation without me. And then he you know, then he 183 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:15.600 does this thing. You know, he's really rude. And then 184 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:18.120 and he's he starts backing up, and then the flight 185 00:08:18.120 --> 00:08:21.360 attendant goes, sir, we've just closed the outer doors. You're 186 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:24.160 gonna have to take your seat because they're going to London. 187 00:08:25.240 --> 00:08:27.600 And then he has to walk back. And by the way, 188 00:08:27.600 --> 00:08:29.439 he does this pubacle in front of the entire plane, 189 00:08:29.879 --> 00:08:32.000 so he has to walk back and sit with his 190 00:08:32.039 --> 00:08:35.360 family after he makes this big grand speech. And then 191 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:38.320 and then he had his nickname name Pirate, and and 192 00:08:38.320 --> 00:08:40.679 and his buddy leans over and goes, it's going to 193 00:08:40.720 --> 00:08:42.559 be a long flight, Pirate, isn't it. 194 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:44.159 Yep? 195 00:08:44.320 --> 00:08:44.559 Yep. 196 00:08:44.759 --> 00:08:48.559 So yeah, I've had some of those where maybe in 197 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:50.720 my younger days, where I said way too much and 198 00:08:50.759 --> 00:08:53.279 then couldn't get out of the space, right. Yeah. 199 00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:56.399 Yeah, that's like you're waiting for a dramatic walk off. Yeah, 200 00:08:56.399 --> 00:08:57.240 it's funny. 201 00:08:57.759 --> 00:09:04.519 Well, speaking of dramatic walkoffs, we're gonna walk out of 202 00:09:04.519 --> 00:09:06.080 that segment and into this next one. 203 00:09:06.159 --> 00:09:09.879 Okay. What I was gonna say is, speaking of dramatic walkoffs, 204 00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:14.000 this is the most famous proverb that talks about which 205 00:09:14.039 --> 00:09:14.759 path to take. 206 00:09:15.240 --> 00:09:17.600 Ooh wow, a good one. 207 00:09:17.720 --> 00:09:18.080 Yeah. 208 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:19.879 Yeah, this is maybe one of my favorite. You know, 209 00:09:19.919 --> 00:09:21.480 I've spent a lot of time in the Book of proverbs. 210 00:09:21.519 --> 00:09:26.879 I love proverbs, but Proverbs three maybe one of my favorite. Yeah, 211 00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:30.320 so he says, my child, never forget the things I've 212 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:32.919 taught you. Store my commands in your heart. If you 213 00:09:33.039 --> 00:09:35.519 do this, you'll live many years, and your life will 214 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:39.919 be satisfying. Never let loyalty and kindness leave you. Tie 215 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:42.480 them around your neck as a reminder. Write them deep 216 00:09:42.559 --> 00:09:46.279 within your heart. Then you'll find favor with God and people, 217 00:09:47.000 --> 00:09:50.120 and you'll earn a good reputation. I love that. Trust 218 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:52.080 in the Lord with all your heart. Do not depend 219 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:55.279 on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, 220 00:09:55.679 --> 00:09:57.879 and he will show you which path to take. Maybe 221 00:09:57.919 --> 00:09:59.559 my favorite two verses in the whole Bible. 222 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:00.200 There. 223 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:05.080 Don't be impressed with your own wisdom. Instead, fear the 224 00:10:05.080 --> 00:10:06.919 Lord and turn away from evil, and then you'll have 225 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:10.840 healing for your body and strength for your bones. Honor 226 00:10:10.879 --> 00:10:13.000 the Lord with your wealth and what the best part 227 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:16.240 of everything you produce, and then he will fill your 228 00:10:16.240 --> 00:10:19.039 barns with grain, and your vats will overflow with good wine. 229 00:10:19.639 --> 00:10:22.039 My child, don't reject the Lord's discipline, and don't be 230 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:24.720 upset when he corrects you, For the Lord corrects those 231 00:10:24.759 --> 00:10:26.720 he loves just as a father corrects a child in 232 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:30.679 whom he delights. Joyful is the person who finds wisdom, 233 00:10:30.799 --> 00:10:33.799 the one who gains understanding. For wisdom is more profitable 234 00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:36.440 than silver, and her wages are better than gold. Wisdom 235 00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:39.360 is more precious than rubies. Nothing you desire can compare 236 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:42.240 with her. She offers you long life in her right hand, 237 00:10:42.279 --> 00:10:44.200 and riches and honor in her left. And she will 238 00:10:44.240 --> 00:10:47.879 guide you down delightful paths. All her ways are satisfying. 239 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:50.519 Wisdom is a tree of life to those who embrace her. 240 00:10:50.799 --> 00:10:53.919 Happy are those who hold her tightly by wisdom. The 241 00:10:53.960 --> 00:10:56.759 Lord founded the earth by understanding. He created the heavens 242 00:10:57.039 --> 00:10:59.399 by his knowledge. The deep fountains of the earth burst 243 00:10:59.440 --> 00:11:03.720 forth in the settles beneath the night sky. My child, 244 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:06.519 don't lose sight of common sense and discernment. Hang on 245 00:11:06.559 --> 00:11:08.759 to them, for they will refresh your soul. They're like 246 00:11:08.840 --> 00:11:11.480 jewels on a necklace. They keep you safe on your way, 247 00:11:11.480 --> 00:11:14.120 and your feet will not stumble. Will you can go 248 00:11:14.159 --> 00:11:16.720 to bed without fear. You will lie down and sleep soundly. 249 00:11:17.200 --> 00:11:19.360 You need to be. You need not be afraid of 250 00:11:19.399 --> 00:11:21.960 sudden disaster or the destruction that comes upon the wicked 251 00:11:21.960 --> 00:11:24.360 for the Lord is your security. He will keep your 252 00:11:24.360 --> 00:11:26.919 foot from being caught in a trap. Do not withhold 253 00:11:26.919 --> 00:11:29.120 good from those who deserve it when it is in 254 00:11:29.159 --> 00:11:32.639 your power to help them. That's really important. I love 255 00:11:32.679 --> 00:11:34.720 that one too. If you can help your neighbor now, 256 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:36.960 don't say come back tomorrow and then I'll help you. 257 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:40.000 Don't plot harm against your neighbor for those who live 258 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:43.639 nearby trust you. Don't pick a fight without reason when 259 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:47.320 no one has done you harm. Don't envy violent people 260 00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:50.320 or copy their ways. Such wicked people are detestable to 261 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:52.480 the Lord, but he offers his friendship to the godly. 262 00:11:53.080 --> 00:11:55.080 The Lord curses the house of the wicked, but he 263 00:11:55.159 --> 00:11:59.200 blesses the home of the upright. The Lord mocks the mockers, 264 00:11:59.399 --> 00:12:02.600 but as gracious to the humble. The wise inherent honor. 265 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:05.240 But fools are put to shame, every one of those. 266 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:07.480 It's just a little phrase, little phrase, little phrase, little phrase, 267 00:12:07.519 --> 00:12:09.399 and everyone we go, oh, let's talk about that one. Oh, 268 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:10.320 let's talk about that one. 269 00:12:11.440 --> 00:12:16.360 Yeah. It's it's an amazing thing how Proverbs is filled 270 00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:19.919 with little, tiny sentences, and each sentence seems like it's 271 00:12:19.960 --> 00:12:23.000 an entire life lesson. Yeah, it seems like somebody has 272 00:12:23.039 --> 00:12:26.039 lived a life of regret and they've learned this entire 273 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:29.919 principle and then they just pieced it together. And sometimes 274 00:12:29.960 --> 00:12:33.399 Proverbs has so many in just one chapter. Oh yeah, 275 00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:37.559 it's just amazing. So yeah, so let's let's talk about 276 00:12:37.559 --> 00:12:38.480 your favorite verses. 277 00:12:38.840 --> 00:12:40.519 Well, trust in the Lord with all your heart. Do 278 00:12:40.600 --> 00:12:43.360 not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will and 279 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:45.720 all you do, and he will show you which path 280 00:12:45.759 --> 00:12:46.080 to take. 281 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:46.759 Yeah. 282 00:12:47.039 --> 00:12:48.639 Right, I think I talked about that just a little 283 00:12:48.639 --> 00:12:50.799 bit yesterday that people ask opinions and I'll say, well, 284 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:53.720 the Bible says this, Jesus says this, right, Solomon said this, 285 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:57.639 And I think that that's because this versus these verses 286 00:12:57.759 --> 00:12:58.279 so important to me. 287 00:12:58.399 --> 00:13:00.960 Yeah, right, yeah, And the part that stands out to 288 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:03.200 me on that phrase is do not depend on your 289 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:06.919 own understanding. So it's a it's a it's a thing 290 00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:10.039 that sometimes you know, for instance, by the time this 291 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:13.720 podcast will air, we will have already experienced this upcoming 292 00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:16.960 Sunday at our church. But we're talking about, you know, 293 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:19.759 this whole series that we're in. Last week we talked 294 00:13:19.799 --> 00:13:22.399 about worry this is why we worry, and then this 295 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:24.080 this week we're talking about. This is why we don't 296 00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:29.080 feel content. So really the series is about worry and contentment. 297 00:13:29.919 --> 00:13:36.559 But it's amazing how in the Bible, how oftentimes, very 298 00:13:36.600 --> 00:13:42.120 clearly Jesus taught clearly about worry right after he talked 299 00:13:42.120 --> 00:13:46.600 about money, right, and he actually said like he's like, hey, 300 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:49.399 you can't serve two masters, you know, And he talked 301 00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:51.840 about it, and then he says therefore, and they talked 302 00:13:51.879 --> 00:13:55.080 the whole thing about worry, and it was all connected. 303 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:57.440 To the money. You're afraid of your money. You think 304 00:13:57.519 --> 00:13:59.879 money can provide for you, right, and so when you 305 00:14:00.360 --> 00:14:01.879 it can't be right here? 306 00:14:02.279 --> 00:14:04.600 Well, okay, so then here's my point. My point is is, 307 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:08.039 so then contentments, Paul talks about it, and and he 308 00:14:08.080 --> 00:14:10.279 talks about, you know, I've learned the secret of being content. 309 00:14:10.600 --> 00:14:12.559 And then what does he do. He talks about plenty 310 00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:16.200 and want and having the power and everything else and uh, 311 00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:19.879 and so it's interesting how contentment. Uh, Well, what what 312 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:22.799 we're going to teach this Sunday is that contentment flows 313 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:27.720 from gratitude and then it basically produces generosity because once 314 00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:30.799 we're content, we have gratitude and contentment, then we're able 315 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:33.600 to give of ourselves and then it flows into the 316 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:35.840 kind of being the kind of worshippers that God wants 317 00:14:35.879 --> 00:14:38.960 us to be. And that's that's sort of the formula. Okay, 318 00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:41.679 here's here's my point. My point is, do not depend 319 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:46.240 on your own understanding. Sometimes it doesn't make any sense 320 00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:49.039 when you stand up and say, you're supposed to give 321 00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:52.720 your stuff away. And I'm not just talking about tithing 322 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:55.159 to the church. I'm talking about giving of your time 323 00:14:55.320 --> 00:14:59.360 and your resources and giving of your assistance to others. 324 00:14:59.399 --> 00:15:03.159 We are mind to be a blessing to others. We 325 00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:06.080 are designed to give ourselves away, and so we spend 326 00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:10.240 our whole life, you know, living for ourselves. It's a 327 00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:14.240 wasted life. But when we spend our lives giving our 328 00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:18.200 lives away, then then the Bible says we find life. 329 00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:21.159 And that may not make sense to people, and they 330 00:15:21.159 --> 00:15:22.480 may say, well, what do you what do you mean 331 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:25.480 like I'm supposed to I'm supposed to, you know, give 332 00:15:25.600 --> 00:15:27.879 to God. I'm supposed to give to others. And then 333 00:15:27.879 --> 00:15:31.279 you're saying by giving, I'll get well. Welcome to the 334 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:35.320 paradox of the scriptures. Welcome to the paradox of don't 335 00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:38.360 lean on your own understanding. But Jesus says, make yourself last, 336 00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:41.360 and then you'll be first. Right, If you exalt yourself, 337 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:44.120 you're going to be humbled. Right. In order to have 338 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:48.360 you have to give. And it's just interesting how sometimes 339 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:52.240 it doesn't seem like our own understanding leans toward toward 340 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:55.320 God's principles, you know, don't lean on your understanding, do 341 00:15:55.399 --> 00:15:58.120 things God's way, and when you do, you're gonna you're 342 00:15:58.120 --> 00:16:00.720 gonna understand like you're gonna go down to the right path, 343 00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:04.480 the path of righteousness, the path of fulfillment, the path 344 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:05.440 of or. 345 00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:09.159 Verse seventeen says wisdom will guide you down the delightful paths. 346 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:13.960 All her ways are satisfying. Yes, yeah, that's great. Yeah, 347 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:17.720 it's fantastic. I love this that idea. Don't depend on 348 00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:21.080 your own understanding. If I'm not supposed to trust my understanding, right, 349 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:24.080 then why do I spend so much time trusting other 350 00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:26.360 people's understanding? Because God told them not to trust their 351 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:27.320 own understanding either. 352 00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:28.039 Yeah. 353 00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:31.279 Right, So it's amazing how many people, how many young 354 00:16:31.320 --> 00:16:34.279 moms just get all their wisdom from all the other 355 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:37.639 young moms, right, And God said told all those other 356 00:16:37.639 --> 00:16:40.240 young moms don't trust your own wisdom, right right, So 357 00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:44.600 there is the Bible says there's safety in a multitude 358 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:47.960 of counselors. Having otherwise people around you is important. But 359 00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:51.600 ultimately the matrix I use to filter that is I 360 00:16:51.639 --> 00:16:53.559 take in it's like eating catfish. You eat the meat, 361 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:55.440 spit out the bones. If you have good of it, 362 00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:57.320 I think you're a wise person. If you had some 363 00:16:57.600 --> 00:17:02.600 good advice about you know, making connections with people, I 364 00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:05.119 would consider what you have to say and consider is 365 00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:09.759 that consistent with what I know? Scripture says, right and 366 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:12.200 and so it's don't lean only on your own understanding. 367 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:15.240 Is he's not. He's telling you get wisdom and get understanding, 368 00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:18.960 Just don't lean on it exclusively, right right. Seek God's 369 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:21.119 will in all you do, and he'll show you which 370 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:23.880 path to take. So what you're looking for is God's wisdom. 371 00:17:23.880 --> 00:17:26.519 Most importantly, the otherwise people in your life. You have 372 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:30.160 to filter what they say through what God's wisdom says, 373 00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:30.839 right right? 374 00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:33.000 Yeah, I was, I was. I was going to throw 375 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:34.799 in a caveat, but you said so long ago. 376 00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:36.880 Now, but you so long ago? Yeah, you said it 377 00:17:36.880 --> 00:17:38.160 the very easily a minute ago. 378 00:17:39.119 --> 00:17:42.039 Probably like to uh, you said, you said at the 379 00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:46.599 beginning of that thought that you said, so many young 380 00:17:46.640 --> 00:17:49.680 moms that they'll get wisdom from other young moms. But 381 00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:52.279 yet God says not even to trust your own wisdom. 382 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:54.079 I was going to throw in the caveat what you 383 00:17:54.119 --> 00:17:57.680 were meaning to say was godly wisdom, right, You're meaning 384 00:17:57.720 --> 00:17:59.400 worldly wisdom. Don't trust worldly wisdom? 385 00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:03.799 Yeah? Yeah, And oftentimes people don't filter out is this 386 00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:05.240 worldly wisdom or godly. 387 00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:08.599 Wisdom because a young mom could have wisdom she could 388 00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:10.640 trust if it's godly wisdom. Yeah, that's what. 389 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:12.720 But what I would say is you always pour somebody 390 00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:15.519 else's good idea through God's wisdom, and what comes out 391 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:17.720 on the other side is really what you're looking for. 392 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:18.039 Right. 393 00:18:19.400 --> 00:18:24.599 And so I don't automatically trust what I get from 394 00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:27.599 other smart people. I filter what I get from other 395 00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:31.319 smart people through what I do trust. And that's God's words, right, 396 00:18:31.440 --> 00:18:34.759 That's that's the only path to wisdom, because if he 397 00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:37.119 tells me not to trust my understanding, he's also telling 398 00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:40.079 me not to trust the understanding of somebody else who 399 00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:42.039 God also told don't trust their understanding. 400 00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:46.519 Right. It's like a visual aid of a pouring water 401 00:18:46.599 --> 00:18:47.160