Do You Trust?

[00:00:02] Speaker A: The only thing I can control, how I react to situations. I can't control the outcome so much more than I ever realized. There were so many things I thought I had control of that I don't. And when you really take inventory, what you have control over is darn near nothing. So most of our life is playing a reaction game. How can you react to what's happening and reacting in a godly way? And that's, that's a hard enough game in itself. He didn't give us the ability to change. [00:00:28] Speaker B: And the key and the key to that game is, do you trust God? [00:00:34] Speaker A: Kids have been bugging me about wanting to go to the indoor pool. I was like, who else go to indoor pool? Why we want to go to the indoor pool? And they keep saying, well, you know, [00:00:41] Speaker C: they just want to go swim. [00:00:42] Speaker A: Right. Like, you know, I do look forward to the. I, I, I enjoy sitting out by the pool for a while. [00:00:49] Speaker B: I see the wheels, I see the wheel. [00:00:52] Speaker C: Tell them go, Ben, because he wants to go camping on. [00:00:55] Speaker A: Yeah. Well, good to see y'. [00:00:58] Speaker C: All. [00:00:58] Speaker A: Welcome back to. [00:00:59] Speaker B: Good to be back. Had to take a little bit of a break. [00:01:02] Speaker C: Look at that artwork. [00:01:04] Speaker A: You doodling during church? [00:01:05] Speaker B: No. [00:01:06] Speaker C: Ray's brand has started for me. [00:01:09] Speaker B: I like it. And she drew your picture. [00:01:10] Speaker C: Yeah, she gave it to me. [00:01:11] Speaker B: What is it? [00:01:13] Speaker C: I don't know. It's just. I don't know. Very pretty. Yeah. I'm looking for a bulletin. I got two 19s for some reason. Oh, here it is. [00:01:29] Speaker B: That is the same. [00:01:32] Speaker C: I got three of them. [00:01:33] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:01:34] Speaker A: 2679 thing. [00:01:36] Speaker C: Well, I have the Hard to believe [00:01:38] Speaker B: we're through with April. [00:01:40] Speaker C: Seriously? [00:01:41] Speaker B: In May? Yeah. [00:01:43] Speaker A: Oh, boys, are you done with John 14 now? Was that part. [00:01:46] Speaker B: I'm officially done with John 14, but I had so much fun. [00:01:50] Speaker A: That was a. That was a really good. [00:01:52] Speaker B: And you know, the thing of this, when I put that series together, I was just going to look at verses one through six. Then I got to look and I said, man, I. We need to really spend time in that. I wasn't going to do the whole chapter, but it just kept on. I was like, golly, this is the chapter that keeps on giving. [00:02:08] Speaker A: Well, he does John 14 and 15. There's a lot of repetition. I mean, you can really see this. These are key points that he's really driving these on. [00:02:17] Speaker B: I want you to get this. This is the last night of my life. [00:02:20] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:02:20] Speaker B: Understand this. And that's why, you know five times when he repeats, if you love me, you'll obey me. If you Love me, you'll keep my commandments. If you love me, you'll. And so anytime he repeats something five times in a two chapter period, you might won't pay attention to one. [00:02:39] Speaker A: We talk about this on the podcast a few times and I don't want to go so there's, there's a middle ground somewhere between prosperity gospel and the Sometimes you hear the, you know, ask anything in my name and it'll be given. It's like well yeah, but it's as long as you're praying according to the Spirit. [00:02:57] Speaker B: They love that one. [00:02:58] Speaker A: As long as you're only basically as long as you're asking for God to do what he already has decided he's going to do, then all your prayers will be answered. It's like well yeah, but that's a little bit of a cop out the other direction. I think too. I think that sometimes we do suffer from a lack of faith in our prayers and we, we ask for things kind of halfway thinking he might do them, but we don't know if he can or will or what. And I don't, I'm not saying that literally you've asked him for anything and it will be given. I know that there, it's, there's guardrails around that or limitations to it. But I do think sometimes our. We have not because you ask not is true or because you don't have the faith to really believe you will do it well. [00:03:40] Speaker B: And I think, I think oftentimes that would be the argument that the prosperity gospel claims is if you didn't get it just cause you don't have faith. [00:03:48] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:03:48] Speaker B: And that's not what that's teaching either. I think one of the things that we have to be careful about, especially in our praying and promises like John 14 where he says ask anything in my name and I'll do it or it'll be given unto you. We need to be careful that we. Oftentimes I find myself going into a situation already determined what I think should happen. So case in point, been in two meetings over the last two days with where we take prayer requests and we pray and a lot of the prayer requests we have is people that are going to have surgeries, people that are sick, people that are struggling and we do want to pray for them and oftentimes and I think that's the thing is what our first thing when we hear someone sick, what do we always pray is for the healing. And Jesus didn't heal everybody on the earth when he was here. And I think it's one of. I got no problem with praying for healing. I just don't know that that is every time that's in Jesus name or what he plans to do. But I do know that through that suffering, through that illness, that, that God won't. God would have the desire that they would come to closer to him. And so whether that's through healing or whatnot. So I think we just have to be careful sometimes of. We think, oh, exactly what God needs to do. And I think that's really part of what Jesus is getting at is. No, it's not about what you want. It's about what's going to be best for the name of Christ and best for what gives him the most glory. And sometimes that may not be a healing and sometimes it is. And I think it's just one of again, prayer is all about dependence. Prayer is all about discovering God's will. And prayer is all about developing and developing you as well. [00:05:39] Speaker A: Yeah, and that also ties into the piece also. Once you kind of understand that, you don't necessarily know what the best outcome is, but you do know that you won't. You want the best outcome that he sees. [00:05:55] Speaker C: Right. Even if you. [00:05:56] Speaker A: It may not be what you want. Once you get to that point, then you kind of get. You're not worried about it as much anymore. It's in his hands. And that's where you do get that peace. [00:06:05] Speaker B: And that's where. Yeah, you're exactly right. That's that peace that surpasses understanding of. You're not healing me of my cancer. You're not healing me because of this. But at the same time, no, I've got a piece that no matter what, you've got me. And I think that's what he was getting at in John 14. He knew that if you looked at it from the outside looking in, and this is the darkest and most worst day ever for the disciples. They've given three and three years of their life following this man, and now he's going to die, he's going to be arrested and he's gone. And more than likely, if they arrested him and beat him, what's going to happen to us? I mean, there's a lot of things that they have more questions than they do answers. And that's where he starts them off with verse one, you believe in God, believe also in me, trust. And then he ends it kind of close to ending it in verse 28, 29, these things I told you so that you would believe. And I think that's where that trust comes in that leads to that peace. You're exactly right. And I said it's Sunday. One of the things that jumped out at John 14 to me and I really didn't catch it until like Thursday or Friday before Sunday was he is really concerned about the disciples peace, their joy and their faith. He tells them this peace. I'm giving you my peace. I leave you my peace. It's a bequeath, it's the last will and testament, if you will. And then he says if you knew what was about to take place, you'd be rejoicing. So I'm worried about your joy. And go In John chapter 15 he's even going to say these things. I've told you so that your joy may be full. And then I've told you these so you would believe. So peace and joy and faith are always going to be something that we can pray for those folks to have during whatever situation they may be facing as well. [00:07:55] Speaker C: Yeah we sometimes, and this includes myself that we have a short term vision in our prayers. Yeah, we're very much immediately God has a long term purpose. I like that. Yeah, I wrote it down for you. [00:08:13] Speaker B: Right. [00:08:15] Speaker C: I'm just kidding. But I do like that. But ours always praying for healing. But I like what you said because this is what I'm trying to do. I like to pray for people not necessarily for their healing but for their peace, their comfort, their growth and growth. That's what I think we should be praying for. When we pray for people that not the only thing but I think it's the major thing that we should be praying for is their spiritual attitude and [00:08:45] Speaker B: their spiritual life and somehow use this [00:08:48] Speaker C: situation because then all of us are going to have. We all have unanswered prayers. And the reason why we all have unanswered prayer, one of the reasons is because we're praying the wrong way. You know, I think I prayed that I would make a million dollars, you know or something. You know like when I got out of college. [00:09:07] Speaker B: He doesn't give you three. [00:09:14] Speaker A: He got more than he asked. [00:09:15] Speaker B: Yeah, listen, listen. I saw him reach back in the back of his pocket for his wallet and I thought to ma'. Am. So I have to strain to lift it. [00:09:23] Speaker C: I mean so thick. Was it credit cards really? They still. [00:09:32] Speaker A: I saw a movie the other day that had a cool little something made me think about God I guess. So I don't know if you've seen. It's on Amazon. I think it's called Red Dirt Rising. Have you seen that? [00:09:42] Speaker C: Movie. What's the name of it? [00:09:45] Speaker A: Red Dirt Rising. [00:09:46] Speaker B: Oh, like I have. [00:09:47] Speaker A: So it's a red. Basically it's about like the foundational years of like, of nascar, like when bootleggers. It's going back to like the very beginning. [00:09:57] Speaker B: I'm surprised it had come up on my. What's it, Cash? [00:10:00] Speaker A: I don't think it's a brand new movie. I think it's. I don't know how old it is. A lot of times I see it and it's. I think it's new, but it's just because I've. First time I'd seen it. But anyway, I watched it the other day. [00:10:07] Speaker B: So it's a cool documentary. [00:10:09] Speaker A: No, it's a movie. [00:10:10] Speaker B: It's not good. [00:10:11] Speaker A: Basically there's some. There are some real characters in it and then there's some like, for whatever reason they. They changed the name of Bill France to like John Dance or something like that and. But then there are other people in it that they use the real names. I don't know if some of them, I think were. They were representing other characters. Yeah, it was real weird. Yeah. Phil Brance. [00:10:31] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:10:32] Speaker A: But really cool movie. And it was, you know, so it's kind of starting off with these moonshiners that are racing each other and they're, you know, getting all kinds of trouble and stuff. And it takes it all the way up to like the beginning of like the very first national race. [00:10:43] Speaker C: Whatever. [00:10:43] Speaker B: I might have a catch. [00:10:44] Speaker C: I had to. Yeah, I have to shoot that. [00:10:46] Speaker A: There's a scene in it though, where the. One of the main characters is always getting in trouble with his dad for racing. Basically. He's telling like, you're, You're. It's dangerous. And the funny thing was he didn't get on here that much about the moonshine he got on him. But the driving fast. [00:11:02] Speaker B: Yeah, don't care about it. [00:11:03] Speaker A: Don't wreck the car. But anyway, he got in trouble one too many times and his dad's beating up pretty good. But then the next scene or a couple scenes after that, his dad had built a racetrack in the field as like, hey, okay, here you want to race the mat. Here's a place where you do it safe. And he's laughing as he's watching him, you know, run around out there on it. And I'm just kind of thinking about how God does that sometimes. And you know, there's. [00:11:28] Speaker C: He, he. [00:11:28] Speaker A: I forget sometimes how much joy he takes in our joy also. And it was. That was kind of. It was a cool scene of like grace and also thinking about just the. The joy that God gets from our joy. So I don't know. It was a pretty cool scene. If you've not seen it, probably don't make any sense, but I like that [00:11:44] Speaker B: because I do believe that. I do believe God takes pleasure when we take pleasure in him, that the more that we recognize his goodness and his grace and his mercy, I think the more that it's kind of like, look, man, I love it when my kids recognize that, hey, dad's pretty decent. Dad. Or, hey, Dad, I thank you for this. And, yeah, I mean, I went out. I share this. It was funny to me. I share this. I went out to Tennessee with Nicole's gonna have some surgery coming up and went out there for a consultation with her. She wanted us to go and ask questions. And so she's hosting us. You know, she's putting us up. We're staying in her apartment in the other bedroom. No. And we're just having a good time. And of course, comes time to go out to eat, and I'm thinking, okay, she's hosting us. Once. Not once did she reach for that wallet. Not once did I think. I think her arm was broke. And so I said, oh, so I'm. I'm here. Still going to pay. And. But. But, you know, for her, she recognized that. Hey, thank you for, you know, this and coming out and everything else. And, you know, to me, as a dad, it was. And. And Renee, it was. We're riding home and just saying, it's cool that your kids know that you did all right. And so God takes great pleasure in us recognizing that He's a good father. [00:13:05] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:13:05] Speaker B: And we love him. [00:13:06] Speaker C: Yeah. She wish you'd come back to that. She. Yeah, she can go out to eat. [00:13:11] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:13:13] Speaker B: You can just. Venmo. [00:13:14] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:13:15] Speaker A: Games are good at that. [00:13:16] Speaker C: He. [00:13:16] Speaker A: He thanks me for everything. Like, the things that I wouldn't think to be thanked for. He thinks me every single night for dinner. Like, I don't care if it's McDonald's or if I cooked it or anything. He always says, thanks for dinner. I mean, seriously, it can be Jimmy Dean sausage biscuit. He says thanks for it. And, you know, it's. Anytime we do something, he's thanking me for that, and it's cool, and I get that. And it's something. Just. There's no shortage of things you can find to thank God for. I mean, the weather we've had lately, the time we have together in here. Anything. [00:13:46] Speaker B: There's so many breath that I have in My lungs. [00:13:49] Speaker C: Caleb could thank me for buying. Buying a meal. Yeah. Now he does. He does thank us and all that, but I feel much better if he would buy my meal. That's really what I was. [00:14:04] Speaker B: But. But it is every night. [00:14:06] Speaker C: I did that check. [00:14:07] Speaker B: You're right. There is a. And again, don't forget. I mean, since we've been talking about peace on Sunday morning and that help for the hurting heart. Philippians 4 is the, you know, chair text for how to have the peace of God. Thanksgiving is right in the heart of that. [00:14:24] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:14:24] Speaker B: And I think that's a big piece of. Having that inner peace is being thankful because it does lead towards, you know, that gratitude does lead towards a piece of saying, God, you've been good to me. [00:14:39] Speaker A: I heard something the other day is kind of along. Humility and gratitude are very closely related terms. I think if you have a lot of humility, you will have a lot of gratitude. And it is. Lack humility. A lot of times you'll lack gratitude. But that made me think of. I saw something the other day in my study Bible that I had. I never heard this before, and I'm curious if y' all have. But basically, the commentary said the word humility didn't exist in the Greek or the Latin. [00:15:06] Speaker B: It would be bad. [00:15:07] Speaker A: It was a term that basically early Christians, and maybe even Paul himself coined the term because there wasn't another term that could describe it. And I thought, do Christians not invent humility, but do we invent the word humility? Because there was just no other word that existed to describe how we're supposed to be. [00:15:26] Speaker B: I think it would be one. The Romans and the Greeks did not see humility as a virtue of one to be had. I think humility would be all throughout the Old Testament. There's words there in the Hebrew. So, no, I think God very much wanted us to be humble. I think it was the Greek and the Romans that had a hard time with it. And that's kind of what Romans 1, you know, you're talking about thankfulness and gratitude, how they go together. Romans 1, 21 talks about 18 through 21 talks about how they did not recognize God nor give him things and the pride that is there. And you're right, humility is if you're. If you have. Well, if you're humble, you'll be thankful. [00:16:15] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:16:16] Speaker B: Because you know that he's done it for you. Yeah. [00:16:20] Speaker A: Different topic here that. It's been a couple weeks, and I've had these on my mind for a couple of weeks. So These might take a minute, but one thing that we talked about in one of our last Bible studies a couple weeks ago, that people were kind of sharing their, you know, testimonies or how they came to know God. And there were a lot of these examples. So I've always maybe back it up and say this way. I've always been a little bit thrown off by the fact, okay, I was baptized when I was 16 or 17, but you know, it was really kind of hot and cold for a long time. [00:16:54] Speaker C: Right. [00:16:54] Speaker A: And then kind of got it together a little bit better here in the last few years. I guess I've always kind of thought I was a, an, a rare case in that way. But the more I talk to people, I hear a lot of people kind of have sort of a two different moments in their life or something. Maybe more than that, but the way I jotted down my notes is Lord versus Savior. There's knowing him as Lord and knowing him versus Savior or knowing him as Savior. Y and I've heard, the more I hear people talk, I hear a lot of Christians share, okay, this is the time that he became my Savior, but this is the time that he really became the Lord of my life. Right. And it seems to be a little bit more common, maybe that it's, it's, it's not a one time event necessarily. [00:17:34] Speaker C: It's a progression for everybody. I don't think it's, I don't know how. I think it's, I mean, it's common, I think, but it takes the time for Jesus to become Lord of your life. And there's a, and sometimes there's a big, I would say a big time difference, a huge time difference in a lot of people. [00:18:00] Speaker B: But should it be? [00:18:01] Speaker C: No, no, but it is. [00:18:04] Speaker B: And I think oftentimes I'm just working through this, so I might say something that I have to take back. I think oftentimes that cut it out. When. Let's just take for instance, I mean we have folks who come to Christ recently. We had a kid that's 18 years old. I think an 18 year old kind of understands a little bit better what it means to have a Lord of life. More so than a nine year old. [00:18:29] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:18:30] Speaker B: And nine year olds can come to Christ. They want to trust that he died for them and all that, but I don't think they understand who's calling the shots versus an 18 year old. Fast forward a little bit more, especially a 25, 30 year old, you know, so. And maybe that's why I'm sitting Here saying, should it be? Because in the Bible you don't see too many instances of children and I'm sure there were. But I know for the most part as adults, especially New Testament, I mean, [00:19:01] Speaker C: you become a, it's just like age, I guess, like an age group. You become, you're a child, but it takes years to become an adult and mature. And I would think it same way to you become a child of God. But you have to mature in the faith and the older you get, I mean, that's how I think think of it as is that you're going to have a lot, you're going to have more mistakes as when you become a Christian earlier than you will later on. Because if you come later on, yeah, there's a lot of things you, you have to grow up. You're already grown up, you know, but. And you think better the older you are. You don't think as a child, which is that's the scripture there. And don't do foolish things as a child, you know. So, yeah, I think there should be. I don't know if there should be, but there is a difference. I think it's for everybody. [00:20:04] Speaker B: Yeah, I think, and you're right, part of it's just the maturing factor of. And maybe it's that, yeah, okay, he's Lord of my life. But I think we begin to see areas and begin to surrender areas more and more as we are maturing in Christ or should be maturing in Christ to where you get to a place where it's all his. [00:20:26] Speaker C: Well, we should never get cold, but we always do. [00:20:28] Speaker A: Well, and the way I'm saying it maybe is there's always going to be growth and progression and things like that. But, and you know, I can look at areas of my life now compared to two years ago, three years ago, four years ago, and see growth. But I'm talking maybe more about turning points where, okay, there was. I was this way and then this happened and this completely changed it. And that's where I can say, okay, there's kind of two points. There's when I was 16 and that's that was. And at that point, God was a part of my life. And he was a part of my life for a real long time, sometimes a bigger part and sometimes a lesser part, but he was always a part of my life. But then four or five years ago is when he said, no, I'm. I'm the only thing. And we got to get this straight. You need to put me first and then we'll Sort the rest of this. And that was a big turning point. [00:21:15] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:21:16] Speaker A: And I don't know if I don't think everybody has two of those. Sometimes it's one turning point and they all get kind of jumbled together. But I have heard a lot more people sharing a story that sounds a lot like mine where it's like, yeah, I accepted Christ at 12 years old, but then at 37, this happened. And that was when I really did. [00:21:37] Speaker C: You always have a conviction? I mean, for me, I did. I always had a conviction when I knew I was doing wrong. [00:21:42] Speaker A: Oh, I knew I was doing wrong, but that's different. [00:21:46] Speaker B: Well, no, what's that got to do with Lord? [00:21:47] Speaker C: I mean, I mean, after a Christian, I was convicted. [00:21:50] Speaker A: Right. [00:21:52] Speaker C: And what I'm saying is I, I should have been doing the right thing. But it took me 30 some years to figure out, hey, yeah, I'm doing pretty bad here. But I always had that conviction that I was doing wrong. So I don't. And that's why it took me a [00:22:15] Speaker A: while [00:22:17] Speaker C: to kind of figure it out. I knew I was supposed to do. I just wasn't. I mean, I'm not the kind of. I wasn't the kind of person that, oh, I didn't know this was wrong. I knew everything I was doing was wrong. There was no question. I mean, I was raised, when I say raised, I was in a church where, you know, I knew right and wrong. I just didn't do it. And I think, I hate to say that I don't want to put everybody in my category, but I think a lot, a lot of us are like that. It takes us a while to figure out that we know we're doing wrong. But it just took me a while to figure out, hey, I am wrong. I need to change. [00:22:58] Speaker A: I think it's just a lot of times, I think it's just we, we accept the grace a little bit more than we accept the rest of the Bible. We really just kind of focus on the grace. Well, yeah, this is wrong, but God forgives me and we just kind of keep on doing it. I don't think that's always the case, but a lot of times I think that it's just we, we just remember the chapters about grace and forget the rest of it. [00:23:20] Speaker C: Well, a lot of times we live that conviction that, you know, sometimes you, you ask, I ask myself this all go to heaven. Did you know some of these people, like King Saul, did he go to heaven? Or if somebody that was followed, the Lord didn't turn back, did they go to heaven or not. And I don't know those answers. I would. I know there's a difference in the Old Testament, New Testament for our salvation. And I'm not sure why I know what that is. I just know there's a difference. But if I'm living under grace and no, Saul wasn't. I've often wondered because of course he committed suicide and actually Samson did too. Samson committed suicide. [00:24:10] Speaker A: Well, grace existed then. It wasn't. It did not in the same. [00:24:14] Speaker C: But we didn't have that same type of relationship. But I understand. Yeah. Grace. God's very gracious in the Old Testament. We just don't see it. We always focus on those other points. [00:24:24] Speaker B: I mean the Old Testament is the just shall live by faith. [00:24:29] Speaker C: You better believe. Yeah. That's really. Yeah. Hosea. I think that Romans 1:17. Paul does a lot of quoting the Old Testament. [00:24:39] Speaker B: I think it's one of you know, when you look at how the Old Testament saints were saved, so to speak, it was faith that God's going to provide that Messiah. [00:24:50] Speaker C: Well let me ask you just off the wall question. What do you think about Saul? Do you think he's in heaven? [00:24:56] Speaker B: I'll leave that to God. But I mean just honestly, Honestly that's, [00:25:03] Speaker C: you know, he was doing some bad things. But I have to remember myself right. That the small things are just as bad as the large things. [00:25:11] Speaker B: I've always heard Saul is a picture of trying to please God through the flesh. And David was kind of a picture of pleasing God through the spirit because he was trying his best in the flesh to. To. To. To somehow earn God's favor. To earn. Somehow do that. I mean you see that over and over again. [00:25:29] Speaker C: Well he was picked by God. So then God abandoned him when he. [00:25:34] Speaker B: I don't think God abandoned him. Well, yeah, let's put who. Who did first. [00:25:39] Speaker C: Well, he says he never leave, you know, forsaken. We're the ones that leave. [00:25:42] Speaker B: Right. [00:25:43] Speaker C: But did. Does that. How does that play into eternity is. And that you don't have the answer. I don't have. Yeah. [00:25:50] Speaker B: Be nice to know. [00:25:51] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:25:51] Speaker B: I like to think maybe he did. [00:25:53] Speaker C: I would hope so because there's some. A lot of those guys did a lot of bad things. But in the end the best king in Israel at least sought God more. The best was Hezekiah. [00:26:11] Speaker B: He even had his moments. [00:26:13] Speaker C: Yes. And he turned the whole kingdom around. And his son, he made one mistake to live longer. Guess that and there was. Not only did he choose the Babylons the treasure, but he had the next king during that time period. And that was the worst king. I think it's the worst king of all Kings. Yeah. [00:26:37] Speaker B: Manasseh. [00:26:38] Speaker C: But he was saved. He turned his back. I mean he did some awful things. [00:26:44] Speaker A: Well. [00:26:44] Speaker B: And I think it's so difficult in the Old Testament even. [00:26:47] Speaker C: But if we just read Kings, right. And that guy that got burning. [00:26:51] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:26:51] Speaker C: But if we read Chronicles, he repainted. Yep. Yeah. So. Yeah, we just don't know. I just. I wish we would know a lot more than we do, just history wise anyway. [00:27:02] Speaker A: Well, if we're just being objective though, I guess if we're not really supposed to judge whether or not somebody today is going to go to heaven or not, is they're in the Bible, does that give us a free pass or is that [00:27:18] Speaker C: a lot of conclusions on what we done that. [00:27:20] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:27:21] Speaker B: And I think, I think the, the. The purpose of those stories of the kings is not so much did they go to heaven? It's okay. What did they do? Why did they do it? What didn't they do? And what can we learn from their mistakes and their victories? And that's the thing. Those, those stories are in there because that, that whole story of the Israelites and the kings and how God was bringing Israel was. God had a whole plan and that nation was going to produce a savior. And from that, from that nation would come one that would bless the nations. [00:27:54] Speaker A: I got a couple of verses that sort of jumped out at me a little bit here lately that I just looked at. I read it, I thought never that ever caught that one before, but one's Genesis 6, 6. The Lord was sorry that he had made man on earth. And I read that, I was just like, wait, Lord was sorry that he. [00:28:12] Speaker C: Like. [00:28:12] Speaker A: I don't. I don't blame him. [00:28:14] Speaker B: Right. [00:28:14] Speaker C: But six, six. [00:28:16] Speaker A: God doesn't make mistakes. He knew this was gonna like that was just a hard one for me to kind of wrap my head around. I was reading it to Reese. I was real glad she didn't ask me that question because I'm thinking I don't know the answer to that. Yeah. [00:28:24] Speaker B: I don't think it's. It is sorrow from. Boy, I really made a mistake. Yeah. It's not sorrow from repentance. It's just that I think his heart was broken from where the world was. Where the world is. And again, it wasn't that he was caught off guard and somehow another. They ended up there. He knew. He knew where it was going. It's just that man, that, that this is where it's headed. Or this is where it got to. It wasn't like he didn't know it. I think that's the thing is that verse is one that you just have to be careful because it kind of opens itself up to. [00:28:56] Speaker A: Well God doesn't know what's going along. [00:28:58] Speaker B: They just discovered they're bad. Then it's he's repenting so. Or he was sorry so therefore it was his fault. He's repenting of a mistake or an error. He didn't make a mistake or error. I could be sorry and still not done anything wrong. [00:29:12] Speaker A: Well you can. [00:29:13] Speaker C: I think you can have it as a father son relationship in that, you know, you grieve that your child is going through things. Yeah. Even though it was all his fault. Not. Not the parents. It's all his fault. I think that's kind of what it's saying. Don't you think? [00:29:33] Speaker B: Well, I think it's. He's heartbroken. Heartbroken because of the state of mankind [00:29:37] Speaker C: has done to themselves. Not they got was sorry about its creation but just grieving that and y' all were doing. Yeah, he was just upset I guess how sin had. Although he did foresee it but just how sin had taken control of mankind. [00:29:55] Speaker B: In verse 6 it says the last part of that says and grieved in his heart. I think it is a heartbrokenness of man. It's just he sees it and is. And again that Hebrew word for sorry is really what we need to dive into of. Okay, let's do a word study on that because I don't think it means the same as sometimes the way we intend it because look, there's a lot of ways you can use sorry, man. I'm sorry you're going through that. [00:30:22] Speaker A: Well I didn't. [00:30:22] Speaker B: It's not my fault. I just have sympathy for you. [00:30:25] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:30:25] Speaker B: I mean there's. There's that Hebrew word really needs to be dissected but it really has more to do with. He's his. He's just grieving heartbroken over where the sin of the earth. [00:30:36] Speaker C: Let me ask you this. This is how the Bible is written for us translation. And it really reason why I'm asking because the word suffer might be mistranslated on our English. The modern English Bibles. Now are they going from Hebrew to English or is it going from Hebrew to Greek to English? [00:31:00] Speaker B: The Old Testament go Hebrew to English. [00:31:01] Speaker C: Okay. Wow. Because King James I think went from Hebrew to. [00:31:06] Speaker B: Well, some of it. [00:31:07] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:31:08] Speaker B: They would use the. [00:31:09] Speaker C: I mean. Yeah. [00:31:12] Speaker B: But. But this usually we take The Old Testament part and go straight. [00:31:16] Speaker C: I thought. I thought they were doing that now. [00:31:19] Speaker B: I mean, that makes sense. You want to go as close to the original autographs as you can. [00:31:24] Speaker C: Well, I just didn't know if they. They went through another. Because we translate a lot of times the King James has been translated into another language or, you know, we're trans and the King James is a translation. [00:31:38] Speaker B: Well, and I wonder from time to time, I think the translators now stop and think. I need to really find out. But like translators that are working for mission organizations that are making Bibles for new languages. I'm wondering if they're going Greek to their language or going English to. [00:31:56] Speaker C: I mean, I know that's what it was before. [00:31:59] Speaker B: Right. [00:31:59] Speaker C: But that's before all the computer age, all that. True. [00:32:03] Speaker B: But all you got now, you could do a lot easier, a lot more. [00:32:06] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah. [00:32:07] Speaker B: In a way. [00:32:09] Speaker A: Another one. [00:32:09] Speaker C: Yeah, check that out for me. [00:32:12] Speaker A: Another one that I've. [00:32:15] Speaker B: Tim. Hi, Kevin. [00:32:17] Speaker A: That's your homework assignment. [00:32:19] Speaker C: There you go. [00:32:20] Speaker A: Another one that I'm going to be careful not to try to make a big deal out of nothing here because this is probably just a small thing, but I just thought it was worth bringing up. So John 8:11 is another one that [00:32:33] Speaker C: I've looked at a lot to the Bible. [00:32:36] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. Genesis to John. [00:32:37] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:32:38] Speaker A: Reads all over the place. So the part that where she says. He says, did no one condemn you? And she said, no one, Lord. And Jesus said, I do not condemn you either. Go now and sin no more. The go now and send no more has always been a little chuckle to me when I hear that one, because it was like he knew she probably was still going to see it. [00:32:58] Speaker B: Right? Yeah. [00:32:59] Speaker A: But don't live in sin. That's a different story. [00:33:02] Speaker B: I think there's. That's. That's really what he's getting at there. [00:33:05] Speaker A: But there was something that I just stuck out to me a little bit about the sequencing of that. He said, to no one condemn you. And she said, no one, Lord. And he said, I do not condemn you either. And I just thought about that part in there where she called him Lord and thought about, okay, well, when you're. Once you call him Lord. [00:33:26] Speaker B: Yeah. I think. I think you have to be careful [00:33:28] Speaker A: with our use of Lord. [00:33:30] Speaker B: And their use of Lord might have been. [00:33:33] Speaker A: Because I'm just looking at it, it's [00:33:34] Speaker B: capital, you know, Capital Lord, you know, [00:33:36] Speaker A: and people call it to the Lord all the time in the Bible, that word is used a lot. Yeah, but is the. I do not Condemn you either conditional on her calling him Lord. And is that a. Because if so, it's. And then I'm. The last part of that is thinking about the. [00:33:55] Speaker B: I guess it could be. I'm not sure if I want to. I mean, I guess it could be, but I don't know that that's necessarily the. [00:34:03] Speaker A: That's. That's going deeper into it than it's intended to be. [00:34:05] Speaker B: I think so. And because I think a lot of it probably goes back to her heart, what she was about and what she, how she was repenting or how she was. You know, we don't have much of that. [00:34:18] Speaker A: Well, the last piece of it is when he says go and send no more. When it says that Jesus took away our, you know, the sins as far east from the west and he doesn't see our sin. God doesn't see our sin when we're in Christ. And I was just wondering if that had anything to do with the sin no more. Even though there are going to be blemishes, God doesn't see those when we're living in Christ and he sees Christ's righteousness. So it's just that was. [00:34:46] Speaker C: Yeah, a lot of. [00:34:48] Speaker B: I would, I would interpret that as, look, don't, don't, don't. Your life shouldn't be characterized by sin as a child of God. [00:34:56] Speaker A: Right. [00:34:57] Speaker B: And I think what. That's what he's getting at is going sin. It doesn't mean she isn't going to sin again. Right. You know, that's part of what we've been talking about as well. We're going to sin. [00:35:07] Speaker C: Or do you, or do you think it could be repentance in a sense that the change of heart when he's talking about that. Because I've often wondered that too. Go and send them more. Or is he's telling you now you've been changed and you have a new desire, your heart has been changed. Does that. [00:35:31] Speaker B: No, I go more towards what you just said, the latter as far as you, your heart has been changed. Now go and send them more. Because he says, I do not condemn you. So that sounds like forgiveness to me. [00:35:45] Speaker C: And you have a brand new life. Of course, I don't think he's referring don't go sin anymore or ever again. Yeah. I think he said, you're a changed person. You don't have to do this anymore. That's how I take it. [00:36:00] Speaker A: Well, and it's. [00:36:02] Speaker C: Ben has the answer. [00:36:03] Speaker B: No, no, that's. That's exactly what we were saying. I think you're dead on. [00:36:07] Speaker A: Well, and maybe this might even conveniently segue into the last thing I was going to ask about, but you got some tough questions. Yeah, it was been a couple of weeks. I'll give me a lot. Two weeks with really deep sermons I've had. I've not even really gotten in that much to the sermon. There was a lot from that. [00:36:26] Speaker C: But. [00:36:27] Speaker B: And I think it's one of, you know, anytime you're reading and studying scriptures, just, just. I think this is in point of anytime you see like that word Lord, it doesn't mean. Okay, that's. That's what's. [00:36:41] Speaker A: I don't. [00:36:42] Speaker B: We don't know that. That, that's exactly her saying that word. Although Romans 10, 9 and 10 would lead us to somehow, you know, you, you could make that argument maybe, but I think it's more of her heart and what he saw in her and the repentance that she had. And going back to that repentance is okay, you're turning from your sin. Don't go back to it. Why would you go back to it? Although there will be sins. But I think that's what he's getting at is don't, don't. You've been delivered, so why are you jumping back, back into the mess? [00:37:13] Speaker C: Well then she didn't sin in that area at all. She's going to sin somewhere else, right? To some thought process. [00:37:21] Speaker A: Well, it's again back to that word balance. We keep talking about a little bit about not getting too extreme on either side of it, but you know, it's. There was a day, a couple. I don't remember exactly what it was, but I, I had a really, really good Bible study that morning. It was one of those days for you. Just man, I'm ready. I'm gonna have a good night. It's gonna be a good day. And boy, it turned out to be an absolutely horrible day in like every single way, shape or form. It was like as soon as I said we're gonna have a great day, it was. And for the longest time I would kind of think that was, you know, God throwing little tests my way and things like that. And it could be, but I really don't. I've never been one to. To really give the enemy or demons a whole lot of credit for the bad things that happen. Right. And I don't want to make it tell you every time I do so all the devil made me do it. That's one of the. I think it's a cop out a [00:38:12] Speaker B: lot more that I'm having a rough day. Yeah, the enemy is really. But, you know, you. There's expression right now. Not today, Satan or. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think we do give them a whole lot more credit than they ever need. Need to have. [00:38:26] Speaker C: Yeah, I do too. Because we're already messed up. [00:38:30] Speaker B: And part of it is, let's just be honest, it's life. [00:38:33] Speaker A: Yeah, it's life and it's our. I don't need the devil to help me sin. My sinful nature. [00:38:38] Speaker B: The fact that I have a flat tire on the way to work, that might not be the enemy. [00:38:42] Speaker A: Right. [00:38:43] Speaker B: It might be you just didn't put air in your tire. Right. And you didn't pay attention to it. [00:38:47] Speaker A: You just live. [00:38:48] Speaker C: I would say 99% the latter. Yeah, but I mean, I would say that's probably true. And remember the time when I said 90% of is our own fault. Our sins are our own fault. It's not the devil. I got a lot of grief for it, but. Yeah, yeah. [00:39:08] Speaker B: Well, I mean, you got a lot of. Last I've heard people make. And I think I've even said that in here. I've heard people make statement of. I got a speeding ticket today. I'm just being so persecuted now. You got a speeding ticket? Yeah, for speed and sake, not for righteousness. [00:39:22] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. [00:39:22] Speaker B: And I think oftentimes we. As soon as something doesn't go exactly the way we want, man, it's so tough being a Christian. Well, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. [00:39:30] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:39:31] Speaker B: And you know, people are being sold asunder. People are. People are dying for their faith. And we, we want to scream that, oh, the traffic was terrible. [00:39:39] Speaker C: And the flip side of it is you're running late and God opens up a parking space at mark front row part. [00:39:47] Speaker B: That's God's favor, man. [00:39:48] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah. You're his favorite. You're his pet. [00:39:52] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. God's favor, man. [00:39:53] Speaker C: Don't, don't, Lucky. [00:39:54] Speaker B: Don't say. Just say thank you, Lord, and move right in there. That's God's favor. [00:39:58] Speaker C: I don't get that one. [00:40:00] Speaker B: I don't get that one either. I. I've had parking spaces open up at the front and I've had the park. I don't think there's anything with man. God's favor might be I get to walk a little bit and get a little exercise. [00:40:12] Speaker A: I'll still thank God when a lot doesn't turn red on me or something, you know? [00:40:16] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. I don't have a problem with it, [00:40:18] Speaker A: but I don't necessarily think He's. I don't know if he was helping me or not, but I'll still thank him for it. [00:40:23] Speaker B: Yeah, but if I get stuck in the red, it's not his fault. And God, how could you do this to me? So going through it right now, and it's like, come on, man, let's face facts of what, what suffering and persecution is and what suffering is. [00:40:38] Speaker C: Honestly, that's Romans 8, 28. Taking. Being abused. [00:40:43] Speaker B: Yeah, I'm being abused. [00:40:44] Speaker C: The. All things will count together. Good of God, even me having to wait through a cycle that. That verse has been abused so much. You know, with the parking spaces and all that. [00:40:55] Speaker B: Well, everything and trooping on. I mean, that's. This is the thing that always got me. And I, I can't remember the lady that sung it, but might have been. Her name was Kathy Tricoli and going way back. Huh. [00:41:08] Speaker C: How do you spell it? [00:41:09] Speaker B: Oh, I thought you, you knew who she was. She was a singer in the 90s, and I think she sung a song about. It might have even been Amy Grant, but it was either her or Amy Grant. But she sung a song about, Lord, sometimes I don't even recognize that you're doing things. And she even talked about stopping at that stoplight and she was fussing, but then down the road there was a wreck that she could have been. And so we, we don't know all that, you know. And so oftentimes when I hear people, you know, bellyaching or bad mouthing just how bad they got it, I want to say, come on now, let's, let's, let's. What is real suffering for Christ. Yeah, nice. It's true, we be down on our luck. We can have some of the roughest days and toughest days. [00:41:55] Speaker A: Well, and I don't, I'm not, I'm not bringing it up maybe as much about the life circumstances as much as I am, I think even like our, our own mood, our own attitudes. You know, sometimes I. I go into the day fully intending. There's like. It's like that meme I've seen a hundred times. And I don't know if y' all seen it, but if one of the senators, something says, every day I say, today I'm gonna follow Jesus. And by 10 o', clock, I still want to follow Jesus, but I want to slap somebody too. [00:42:21] Speaker B: It's. [00:42:21] Speaker A: I love that one. It's one of my favorites. But it's. You go into the day or you go into a situation or whatever with the best of intentions, and then it just. Some days it just don't. And there is. I cannot quote you the book or verse, but there is. I think it's. Paul writes something about the wars, the battles we have with spiritual demons and principalities and our wars. Yeah, okay. Well, I mean, yeah, so we. There are spiritual battles. There are things that were. Now one that I've thought about a lot here lately is that that voice in your head that's telling you how rotten and awful you are and. And how much you're letting God down. It can be conviction to a certain extent and it very well may be the Holy Spirit, but it also may be one of the demons or Satan or something on the other side that's trying to tell you that and it may just be your own head. There's all three can be the case there. But I think sometimes again, balance. I don't want to get to the point where I feel like every single thought that goes through my head is either the spirit or is the enemy, one or the other. But at the same time there are both. [00:43:33] Speaker B: But don't neglect the spiritual. Right, because the spiritual is real. [00:43:36] Speaker A: It's real. Right. [00:43:37] Speaker B: Because we can be so much in the physical world that. And you know, we've talked about that a little bit that, you know, in America it's all about the physical and you know, I can control what I can see and everything else, but trooping on. We don't control much of anything, anything at all. I can't control the weather, can't control what your reaction is going to be. I can try my best to give you the words that are going to help you to react. Well, think you might. But I think it's one of. Yeah, you don't want to. I think, I think there's a balance of overemphasizing the spiritual or under emphasizing. And I think it goes that way. You know, there's a. There's a. Basically, I think of CS Lewis that said the enemy's best. Best way of. Especially in America as far as demons and spiritual, you know, things like that is either one make them don't believe it or either make them focus on it so much that. And I think there is a fine balance and I think walking in the spirit helps us to see that. You know. No, it's not about just going through the motions. No, it's listening, it's hearing. And that is so much more deep calls out to deep, if you will. And so yeah, there's a fine balance. [00:44:44] Speaker A: I. [00:44:46] Speaker B: Because it is real. I mean, when you begin to see marriages fall apart, when you begin to see lives fall apart, that's spiritual warfare. [00:44:53] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:44:54] Speaker B: Versus, okay, my coffee pot didn't work this morning. [00:44:58] Speaker C: That might be an electrical outlet or just everything deteriorates. [00:45:03] Speaker A: But. [00:45:03] Speaker B: But I think oftentimes again it goes back to. And I don't think this is what you said, but if you'd have said it, I gave you credit for it that you. [00:45:13] Speaker A: You said you want to rewind and let him say it, and then we'll [00:45:16] Speaker B: give him credit for what saying is 90% of the stuff in our lives is because of our own fault. But I'm going to say something close to that. It's basically. And I think it's a whole saying is 90% of life is how you react to it. And so, yeah, if you think the end of the world is a coffee pot didn't work this morning or this, that then, yeah, life's going to be tough. [00:45:39] Speaker A: So you don't think when I snap, hook my driver out of bounds, that that's the. The devil's testing. You think that might. [00:45:45] Speaker B: That might be your swing and then it might be your reaction to your thing. Now, granted, I don't know how much the. The enemy plays in that, but I do know for a fact that oftentimes it is our own and how we read. [00:45:58] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:45:58] Speaker B: And so you're exactly right. It's a good illustration. [00:46:01] Speaker C: I've got vindication now. [00:46:03] Speaker A: I think that's a good way to. [00:46:04] Speaker B: Is that what you meant to say? [00:46:06] Speaker C: Exactly? [00:46:07] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, that was what he meant. Kenny's always dancing around his word. You know, that's what he really meant. That's what he meant. [00:46:13] Speaker B: I tell you what, I just love y' all guys. [00:46:15] Speaker A: I think that's a big part of the. Something I've been trying to learn a lot here lately is that there are the only thing I can control how I react to situations. I can't control the outcome so much more than I ever realized. There were so many things I thought I had control of that I don't. And when you really take inventory, what you have control over, it's durned or nothing. So most of our life is playing a reaction game. How can you react to what's happening and reacting in a godly way? And that's. That's a hard enough game in itself. He didn't give us the ability to change. [00:46:48] Speaker B: And the key. And the key to that game is do you trust? [00:46:51] Speaker C: Yeah. And that's. That's the key. Takes a while to realize that you can't Control anything. [00:46:59] Speaker A: Yeah, I went out and played golf. [00:47:00] Speaker C: I think you can. Yeah, but I think Trump's finding that out too. [00:47:05] Speaker B: Yeah, I think, I think we all do. [00:47:08] Speaker A: But. [00:47:10] Speaker B: And I guess, you know, it'd be an interesting study is. Okay, what can you control? Yeah, okay, I can control technically I can control my actions, I can control my reactions, I can control, you know, [00:47:24] Speaker A: your thoughts if you control responsibility. [00:47:26] Speaker B: But I can take every thought captive to Christ. [00:47:28] Speaker A: Right, right. But you can't control. You can't dictate every single thought that's going to run through your head. Some things are going to pop in that don't need to be there. [00:47:35] Speaker B: Don't need to be there. [00:47:35] Speaker A: Right. [00:47:36] Speaker B: And I think that's the taking every thought captive to Christ. I'm just curious, I'd be interested to sit down and. Okay, what are some things we can control? And then what are some things we can't? I mean, like I said, I can't control, you know, a lot of things. We talked about it whether my car is going to crank out there. Although here's the other thing. If I neglect the battery, I don't change. I don't put gas in it. More than likely it ain't going to crank. So I mean, there are some things we are responsible for. So that doesn't shirk responsibility. You still got to take care of your. Your business. [00:48:11] Speaker C: I think you neglected your glasses. [00:48:13] Speaker B: I did neglect my glasses. [00:48:14] Speaker A: I've just noticed that you're like a little Mr. Peanut. [00:48:18] Speaker B: I need to give me a. [00:48:19] Speaker C: Mom, you need some better glasses. [00:48:21] Speaker B: No, I've got better ones. They're in the car. And these are on the desk just in case for backup. I got some, but yes, I'm sorry. Yeah, I've been trying my best to kind of do like that so the camera can't see it. [00:48:35] Speaker C: Yeah, you talking, telling us about how we shouldn't neglect and hear you with those glasses. [00:48:41] Speaker A: Just. [00:48:43] Speaker B: I don't take good care of my glasses. [00:48:46] Speaker A: Well, the thing is, and this is illustrative of life too, I think even that is hard enough to do. Just controlling your actions. I mean, I went, that is hard. I played golf the other day and I basically tried to give myself the goal of just worry about how you react. That's doesn't matter where it goes, act the same way or act the way you need to act. That is incredibly hard. Oh, especially do on a golf course or anywhere else. I mean, it's controlling your actions. [00:49:13] Speaker B: The harder it is. [00:49:14] Speaker A: Well, in traffic, it's hard in the line of food line. It's hard wherever you are. There's a lot of times that. And some days it's a whole lot easier than others, you know, but. [00:49:23] Speaker B: Yeah, and some days you are kind of okay. I'm about 1:1 being ticked off, going off on something. [00:49:30] Speaker A: That's right. [00:49:31] Speaker C: I'm like that too, you know, that's coming here. It's hard to turn that faucet on. Don't want to think about it. [00:49:40] Speaker B: Not in front of me or man. Can we hurry up and get the Fuqua? [00:49:44] Speaker C: I try and turn the faucet off as much as possible, but sometimes I get it. [00:49:48] Speaker B: Well, I think again, it goes back that walking in the spirit is what's so. So key. Because it is easy to really get in the flesh in a hurry. [00:49:59] Speaker C: And it could be you can spend an hour in prayer and two minutes later be on the other side. [00:50:06] Speaker B: Well, Peter did that, didn't he, when he said, who do you say I am? You are Jesus Christ. You're the Messiah, the son of the living God. And then two seconds later, Jesus has to basically say, get thee behind me, Satan. Again, not the same dichotomy. He didn't have the Holy Spirit inside of him, but God revealed something to him, to he who he was. [00:50:26] Speaker A: You said something Sunday that I think is pertinent with this right now. Where you. [00:50:33] Speaker C: We. [00:50:33] Speaker A: A lot of these things we don't control, therefore, are not our choices. Right. But you said trust and hope is a choice on Sunday. And I think that's. We can choose to be mad, and we can choose to be, you know, whatever about things, or we can choose troubled. Right, Right. [00:50:48] Speaker B: I mean, I think that's what 14:1 is really pointing at. Do not let your hearts be troubled. In other words, that's something I do because. Yeah. And he doesn't say. He doesn't take away the trouble. But you ain't got to let your hearts be troubled because that's a choice. It's a spiritual discipline. You can choose to trust, or you can choose to worry, or you can choose to be trouble. It's as simple as that. And I think that's. That's why I kept saying it's a simple secret, but it's almost too simple. We don't believe it. [00:51:20] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:51:20] Speaker B: Cause. Wait a minute. No, that's. That. That doesn't. That doesn't ring true. How in the world can we just have a piece that passes all understanding? Miss this? [00:51:28] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:51:28] Speaker B: Well, do you trust him or not? [00:51:30] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:51:30] Speaker C: And I think we're talking pretty much about Philippians 4, 8. Yeah. [00:51:36] Speaker B: You know, verse 6 going up. Verse 6 too. [00:51:39] Speaker C: Don't worry about anything. Yep. Instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need. Thank him for what he has done. This will. You will experience God's peace which exceeds anything you can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. Verse 8. And now, brothers and sisters, one final thought. Fix your thoughts. That means we have to do it on what is true, what is honorable, what is right, pure, lovely and admirable. Think about these things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Keep putting them into practice, all you've learned and at everything you've heard. Then God will get. Then the God of peace will be with you. There you are. I mean that's the. [00:52:30] Speaker B: What version is that? [00:52:34] Speaker C: No, I was, I was actually. [00:52:36] Speaker A: That was the longest tradition of. [00:52:38] Speaker B: It was the king. Okay. Because. [00:52:40] Speaker A: Oh, okay. So you were paraphrasing. [00:52:42] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, but it was very nice. But. But I was sitting there like that's really the way it reads. I'd like to know what version that is. [00:52:49] Speaker A: I was sitting there waiting for I can do all things in cross because I had to be coming up soon. As long as that was. [00:52:53] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:52:54] Speaker A: I thought that we'd gone all the way to 12. [00:52:56] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:52:57] Speaker B: Next. But. But no. Okay, so you were translating. [00:52:59] Speaker C: Not necessarily. [00:53:00] Speaker A: But I was paraphrasing. [00:53:01] Speaker C: No, I was paraphrasing, but not. Not as much as you think. Yeah, it's the NLV New Living Translation, which is. It was going to be a paraphrase, but it ended up to be an actual translation. It was going to be a paraphrase. Like the New Living Bible where he paraphrased on the King James. Right. [00:53:22] Speaker B: Nlt. I like it. I like it as a study bottle. [00:53:26] Speaker C: I like it as an understanding. [00:53:28] Speaker B: Yeah, it's very easy to read, you know. [00:53:31] Speaker C: But far as. If I want to get down into the real study, I need to find out. Exactly. [00:53:36] Speaker B: Yeah, you need to get a grown up Bible. [00:53:37] Speaker C: Yeah. This is a kids. This is a good kids edition, child. [00:53:43] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:53:44] Speaker C: If I have precious moments on here. [00:53:48] Speaker B: Speaking of, I gotta get mine. Precious moments. [00:53:51] Speaker A: Thank you. [00:53:55] Speaker C: What? CR Leader CN Christian. It looks like R. No, that's crazy looking R though. [00:54:06] Speaker A: A pretty decent looking end. [00:54:08] Speaker C: Yeah, it looks better with the end. [00:54:10] Speaker A: Yeah.