1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Well, howdy their friends and faithful listeners, and 2 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 1: welcome to the Bible Explained Podcast. I hope you all 3 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 1: are having a wonderful Tuesday morning, and I hope some 4 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:21,120 Speaker 1: of you guys were able to have a day off yesterday. 5 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 1: I didn't realize that it was Martin Luther King Junior 6 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: Day until like halfway through the day because I don't 7 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: have like a normal job. You know, My job is 8 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: sitting at my computer and doing podcast episodes, so I 9 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: completely forgot it was a holiday. So I hope you 10 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: guys enjoyed it and we're able to take some time off, 11 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: but hopefully you're ready to learn about two Timothy two 12 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 1: fourteen through twenty six. We've got a lot of good 13 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 1: topics coming up, and I'll get into that in just 14 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: a second, right after a quick word from our sponsor. 15 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: All Right, a lot of great topics today. We're going 16 00:00:54,160 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: to be talking about empty chatter, false prophecy, church splits, unity, 17 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: vessels made for destruction, not to mention how the Christian 18 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: should argue. So we have a million things to talk 19 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 1: about today. Let's read two Timothy two fourteen through twenty six. 20 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 1: As usual, I will be reading from the w eb 21 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:18,039 Speaker 1: remind them of these things, charging them in the sight 22 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:20,399 Speaker 1: of the Lord, that they don't argue about words to 23 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:23,960 Speaker 1: no prophet, to the subverting of those who hear. Give 24 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 1: diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who 25 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 1: doesn't need to be ashamed, properly handling the word of truth. 26 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: But shun empty chatter, for it will go further in ungodliness, 27 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: and those words will consume like gangreen of whom is 28 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 1: Hymenaeus and Phileatus, men who have erred concerning the truth, 29 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: saying that the resurrection is already passed, and overthrowing the 30 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: faith of some. However, God's firm foundation stands having this seal. 31 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: The Lord knows those who are his, and let everyone 32 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness. 33 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: Now in a large house, there are not onlyvessels of 34 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,560 Speaker 1: gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some 35 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: are for honor and some for dishonor. If anyone therefore 36 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, 37 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 1: sanctified and suitable for the Master's use, prepared for every 38 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 1: good work. Flee from youthful lusts, but pursue righteousness faith, love, 39 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 1: and peace with those who call on the Lord out 40 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: of a pure heart, but refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, 41 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: knowing that they generate strife. The Lord's servant must not quarrel, 42 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 1: but be gentle toward all able to teach, patient in gentleness, 43 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:36,079 Speaker 1: correcting those who oppose him. Perhaps God may give them 44 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 1: repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth, and 45 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: they may recover themselves out of the devil's snare, having 46 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: been taken captive by him to do his will. This 47 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 1: entire portion is going to focus on our words, which 48 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 1: is why Paul says in verse fourteen remind them of 49 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 1: these things, charging them in the sight of the Lord, 50 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: that they don't argue about words to no profit to 51 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: the subverting of those who hear. Now first and foremost. 52 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: When Paul says to remind them of these things, he's 53 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:07,239 Speaker 1: telling Timothy to remind the church of all things he 54 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: said so far in his letter. But he also tells 55 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:13,920 Speaker 1: Timothy to charge them that they don't argue about words 56 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 1: to no profit to the subverting of those who hear. 57 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: In other words, stop focusing on the things that don't 58 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:22,640 Speaker 1: matter and arguing about those things and rather focus on 59 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:25,799 Speaker 1: the Gospel message because that is the most important thing, 60 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: and man throughout the generations, churches really like to ignore 61 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: this particular verse and split off over some of the 62 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: silliest things. I believe there is a denomination many many, 63 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: many years ago that split off from another denomination because 64 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: they wanted to include the English language in their church services. 65 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 1: And then the Anglican Church, I'm pretty sure splits off 66 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: and forms a different denomination of Anglican Church every like 67 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 1: a year or half year or something. I don't know. No, 68 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: I'm just kidding of all my Anglican listeners, but the 69 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:06,119 Speaker 1: church has a really hard time being unified instead of 70 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: talking things through with each other and trying to make 71 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: a cohesive church. Instead, whenever any kind of issue arises, 72 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 1: whether it's biblical or unbiblical, the first thing that the 73 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: church likes to do is just split off and create 74 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: a brand new church, which is not always the appropriate response. 75 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 1: And I'm not saying that church denominations are inherently evil. 76 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: Some church denominations have split off for very valid reasons. 77 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: And even now, you know, at many of the church denominations, 78 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: the pastors and the leaders and the elders are very 79 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 1: biblical and really want to maintain the Bible. So I'm 80 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 1: not saying that if you go to a church that's 81 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: a particular denomination, that you know your church is bad 82 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: or anything like that. But my point is is that 83 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: instead of trying to be unified, which is one of 84 00:04:55,839 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: the most important things a church can be, a lot 85 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 1: of times disunity ends up happening for very small things. 86 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:07,720 Speaker 1: And that's what Paul's trying to avoid here with Timothy 87 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 1: and with the early Church. Basically, he's saying, don't argue 88 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,279 Speaker 1: about little things. Don't argue about the things that don't matter. 89 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:18,160 Speaker 1: Argue instead about the gospel message, that is the thing 90 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:22,039 Speaker 1: that is most important. He actually says here, when you 91 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:27,599 Speaker 1: argue about words to no profit, that actually subverts those 92 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: who hear. So it might actually cause people to lose 93 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 1: their faith if all of these arguments are taking place 94 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: in the church about things that just don't matter. You know, 95 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: even if these arguments in the church don't lead to 96 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 1: a church split, still, if a pastor gets up in 97 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,599 Speaker 1: front of his congregation and he starts arguing about, you know, 98 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: opinions or semantics instead of opening up the Bible and 99 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 1: actually reading it, that could do a lot more harm 100 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 1: than good in the long run. So basely stick to 101 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:04,599 Speaker 1: the Bible, stick to the truths of the Bible and 102 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: the morality of the Bible, because that is what's going 103 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 1: to change somebody's soul. Then he says in verse fifteen, 104 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman 105 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,559 Speaker 1: who doesn't need to be ashamed properly handling the word 106 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:21,479 Speaker 1: of truth. So there's three things that Paul mentions in 107 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:24,719 Speaker 1: that short little verse. The first thing is that Timothy, 108 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 1: as the pastor of this church, must present himself approved 109 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 1: by God. That's the first thing. So before he can 110 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 1: teach anyone else how to live, he himself must be 111 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 1: walking the walk that he teaches. If he is not 112 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:41,040 Speaker 1: presenting himself approved by God, but is telling all these 113 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:43,280 Speaker 1: other people that they need to be approved by God, 114 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: then Timothy is being a hypocrite, and that's going to 115 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: come out in the long run. So that's the first 116 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:52,159 Speaker 1: thing a pastor must do before he teaches anyone else. 117 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 1: He needs to make sure that his life is on 118 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: track with God. Otherwise he becomes a hypocrite. And we know, 119 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: oh how detrimental it is for Christianity. When these pastors 120 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:08,040 Speaker 1: have double lives and they're sinning and doing terrible things 121 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 1: behind the congregation's back, and all that comes down to 122 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 1: the open. Sometimes it's like national news stories, you know, 123 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: because nobody likes a pastor telling other people what to 124 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: do when they can't even follow their own rules. No 125 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 1: one likes that. It gives a bad name to Christianity. 126 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 1: So focus on yourself first to be approved by God. Secondly, 127 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 1: Timothy must be a workman who doesn't need to be ashamed. 128 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 1: So not only does he focus on himself, but he 129 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 1: focuses also on his work, what he is physically doing, 130 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,400 Speaker 1: making sure that he is doing the best job that 131 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 1: he possibly can, not with laziness, not with bad motives, 132 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 1: not as a popularity contest, not to gain money for himself, 133 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 1: but doing good work for God, as a servant of God. 134 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 1: That is how Timothy should be handling his job, because 135 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 1: this is a job. Pastors have a very difficult job. Actually, 136 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 1: they are always at their church. They are always on 137 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 1: call for somebody who is struggling. They are always needed, 138 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 1: and so that's why Paul says that they need to 139 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 1: be workmen who are not ashamed. So kind of like 140 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: a little kid. You know, when the parent tells the child, like, Hey, 141 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 1: you need to go clean up your room, and I'm 142 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 1: gonna check it. And then and then the child just 143 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 1: like stuffs everything under the bed like I used to. 144 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:35,680 Speaker 1: And you know, when you first walk in, you're like, 145 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:37,319 Speaker 1: oh wow, it looks really clean, and then you actually 146 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 1: start checking around and everything is like thrown in the 147 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:43,839 Speaker 1: closet or thrown under the bed. That's what I used 148 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: to do when I was a little kid. And then 149 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 1: my mom would get so mad at me and be like, 150 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: clean it again. And I'd be embarrassed, you know, because 151 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 1: I'd have to clean it again, and I have to 152 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 1: go through all the effort of actually doing it the 153 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 1: right way. That's kind of what Paul is talking about here. 154 00:08:56,559 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 1: When God actually checks your work, don't be ashamed the 155 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 1: long run, because you will be ashamed far more than 156 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:04,440 Speaker 1: a child throwing all of their toys in the closet 157 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:06,559 Speaker 1: and shutting the door. You know, God, when you stand 158 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 1: in front of him, it's going to be far more 159 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: shameful when he looks at your work and sees what 160 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 1: you've done. So do it to the best of your ability. 161 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 1: Is basically what Paul's saying here, and also Timothy needs 162 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:22,959 Speaker 1: to properly handle the Word of truth. Depending on the 163 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,840 Speaker 1: version that you read, it might actually say properly dividing 164 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: out the Word of truth or rightly dividing the Word 165 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 1: of truth. I actually kind of like it phrase that 166 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 1: way a little bit better rather than properly handling the 167 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 1: Word of truth. Because when you divide out scripture, that 168 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 1: means you're giving every single person in your congregation they're 169 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 1: part of it. So there's a way to properly divide 170 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 1: out God's word, and there's a way to improperly do it. 171 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 1: The right way to do it is obviously to read 172 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: it and study it for yourself. Research it and make 173 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 1: sure that you have all your facts straight, all your 174 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:04,679 Speaker 1: cris references straight, and then speak it in a skillful way, 175 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 1: you know, practicing if you need to, writing down notes. 176 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 1: That is the right way to handle God's word in 177 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 1: a pastoral setting specifically. Now, this verse obviously can be 178 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 1: applied to any single human being, not just to pastors, 179 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 1: because all of us, as Christians, we should be focusing 180 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:23,320 Speaker 1: on ourselves to make sure we're approved by God, to 181 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 1: make sure whatever ministry we're a part of or work 182 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 1: we are a part of is done well, and you 183 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:32,440 Speaker 1: know we're not going to be ashamed when we stand 184 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: before Jesus someday. And then also, every single one of 185 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: us is called to the Great Commission, which is us 186 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 1: in a way properly handling the Word of Truth or 187 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:47,080 Speaker 1: dividing it out to the rest of the world. So really, 188 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:50,200 Speaker 1: you know, even though Paul is talking to Timothy a pastor, 189 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 1: this doesn't mean that this verse doesn't apply to every 190 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 1: single Christian that will read it. It certainly does. So 191 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 1: how would the average Joe the Word of Truth in 192 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 1: a good way? Well, similarly to the pastor, he would 193 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:07,959 Speaker 1: make sure that he studies it for himself. He'd pray 194 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 1: over it, he would have a relationship with God and 195 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:16,720 Speaker 1: a daily habit of reading the Bible, so that whenever 196 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:20,760 Speaker 1: there's an opportunity presented to him where he can actually 197 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 1: talk about the Gospel or talk about the Bible to somebody, 198 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 1: he or she has the words to say. I was 199 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 1: actually so impressed with one of my students' youth group 200 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 1: students last week because she was telling me that she 201 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 1: has this list of goals that she wants to do 202 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:41,080 Speaker 1: through the year, and one of the goals that she 203 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 1: has is to encounter twenty people and talk about Jesus 204 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 1: to them. And when I heard that, I'm like, wow, 205 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: you know, that is so cool, Like one of the 206 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:53,679 Speaker 1: teenagers has that on her heart, and that was kind 207 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 1: of a teaching moment for me. It's like, I don't 208 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:58,559 Speaker 1: have that kind of list, you know, I don't think 209 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 1: about that. You know, when I I'm going grocery shopping, 210 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 1: I'm thinking about the groceries. I'm not thinking about who 211 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 1: I can interact with for Jesus. So I thought that 212 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: was really really cool. You know, she has the Great 213 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:13,320 Speaker 1: Commission on her heart and I absolutely love that, and 214 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,320 Speaker 1: all of us, honestly should we should have the Great 215 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,559 Speaker 1: Commission on our heart. So reading the Bible for yourself, 216 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:23,680 Speaker 1: understanding the Gospel message specifically is what's going to help 217 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 1: you the most when you eventually do encounter somebody that 218 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 1: may need the Gospel message in their lives. Then he 219 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:34,200 Speaker 1: says in verse sixteen, shun empty chatter, for it will 220 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 1: go further in ungodliness, and those words will consume like Gangreen, 221 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 1: of whom is Hymenius and Philatus, men who have aired 222 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 1: concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past 223 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:50,320 Speaker 1: and overthrowing the faith of some. So we've actually talked 224 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:55,080 Speaker 1: about that belief before. That's called the Pratorist belief, which 225 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 1: is the belief that Jesus has already come for the 226 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 1: second time and captured everybody up and the millennial Age 227 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,079 Speaker 1: is already here like you and I right now are 228 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 1: living on the new Heaven and the New Earth. And 229 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 1: when I think about that, I'm like, man, I'm glad 230 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 1: it's not the millennial Age, because man, what a sad 231 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 1: millennial this has been. But anyway, this belief was apparently 232 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:22,680 Speaker 1: kind of popular even when Paul was around, was that 233 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 1: Jesus already came and the resurrection already happened, and you know, 234 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 1: maybe the millennial Age was about to start or something 235 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 1: along those lines. Paul says, this kind of chatter is 236 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: ungodly and the words consume like Gangreen and these two 237 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:47,719 Speaker 1: men specifically spread this garbage around, overthrowing the faith of 238 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:51,440 Speaker 1: some people. You know, in Paul's day, people wanted to 239 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:53,920 Speaker 1: see Jesus's second coming, just as right now, you know, 240 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:58,079 Speaker 1: there are so many people looking to the sky absolutely 241 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: waiting for Jesus's second return. Just a few months ago. 242 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 1: You may remember me talking about that whole rapture craze 243 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 1: that people were going into. You know, people were like 244 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 1: selling their homes, quitting their jobs, randomly giving money to 245 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 1: strangers on the street, posting on social media how Jesus 246 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 1: was going to come at this specific time and this 247 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 1: specific day, and just absolutely crazy stuff was going on. 248 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 1: And this was just like back in October or something. 249 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: And guess what, the rapture didn't happen back in October. 250 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 1: I am sure a lot of people lost their faith 251 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 1: because of that. It was empty chatter because we do 252 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: not know. It is very clear in scripture we don't 253 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 1: know when Jesus is going to come again. We do 254 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: not know. Even Jesus himself says, only the Father knows 255 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 1: when I'm going to come again. If Jesus, who is God, 256 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 1: chooses not to know that information and only the Father 257 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 1: knows that information, then how the heck are supposed to 258 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 1: know it? So it's just empty chatter. Whenever anybody gets 259 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 1: into talks like that, it's garbage that is going to 260 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: overthrow the faith of some people. Another example I can 261 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 1: think of that would be considered in my mind to 262 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 1: be empty chatter is and I'm kind of on a 263 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 1: rampage about this recently, probably because of all the Mike 264 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: Winger videos coming out on it. He just dropped a 265 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 1: six hour long video on the prophecy scandal in Bethel 266 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 1: Church specifically that I've watched almost all of it. I 267 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 1: still have an hour left to go. But fake prophecy, 268 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 1: that would be another thing that would be empty chatter, 269 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 1: because when profits get invited to the church to come 270 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 1: and like prophesy over the crowd of people, a lot 271 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 1: of times these prophets will call individual people out by 272 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: name because they know specifically that these people are in 273 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 1: the auditorium, and they look up their information online a 274 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 1: lot times before they even get up there to speak. 275 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 1: And you know, these prophets know this innocuous information about 276 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 1: the congregates of this church, and the congregates think that 277 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 1: these prophets are learning all about them through the prophecy 278 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: they're receiving right there on the stage by God, without 279 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 1: knowing that their information is just getting looked up ahead 280 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 1: of time. And it's all head games, it's all fakery. 281 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 1: And there's been so many lives destroyed by that, a 282 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: lot of people losing faith because these prophets will prophesize 283 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 1: something really bad for them, and they believe at the time, Oh, 284 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 1: this is God's will for me. You know, this prophet 285 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 1: knew all this information about me, and he's getting all 286 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 1: that from God, so he must be telling the truth. 287 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 1: And then lives are destroyed and people lose faith after 288 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:56,400 Speaker 1: all of that happens because of this fake prophecy, and 289 00:16:56,440 --> 00:17:00,680 Speaker 1: it's all idle chatter. That's why Paul says very strongly 290 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:04,720 Speaker 1: to Timothy and verse sixteen, to shun empty chatter, for 291 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 1: it will go further in ungodliness, is what he says. However, 292 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 1: verse nineteen, God's firm foundation stands having this seal. The 293 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:19,920 Speaker 1: Lord knows those who are his, and let everyone who 294 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:23,879 Speaker 1: names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness. So 295 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 1: even though all this empty chatter goes out into the 296 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: world turning people from the faith, God's firm foundation still stands. 297 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:36,880 Speaker 1: And that shows right there. You know, a lot of people, 298 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 1: I think, believe that the Bible can be interpreted any 299 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 1: which way you want it to be interpreted, because unfortunately, 300 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 1: there are a lot of Christians that twist and misinterpret 301 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,160 Speaker 1: the Bible and kind of make it a free for all. 302 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 1: Just you know, the Bible is whatever you want it 303 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:58,359 Speaker 1: to be. It means whatever you want it to mean, 304 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 1: but that is not the truth. God's firm foundation stands. 305 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 1: So the Bible is a firm foundation. It has solid 306 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 1: truth in it. And you might be like, well, Jen, 307 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:14,240 Speaker 1: how do you know what the truth of the Bible 308 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 1: is if so many people misinterpret it? Well, I would 309 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 1: say by reading other portions of scripture. There are close 310 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:25,480 Speaker 1: to sixty four thousand cross references in the Bible. And 311 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 1: because there are so many cross references, that means you 312 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:33,400 Speaker 1: can look up the meaning to pretty much any chapter 313 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:37,399 Speaker 1: of the Bible that you want because it's cross referenced 314 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:40,880 Speaker 1: somewhere else in scripture. I mean, let's do the math. 315 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:44,399 Speaker 1: There are sixty four thousand cross references in the Bible, 316 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:48,240 Speaker 1: and there are sixty six books of the Bible, which 317 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 1: means that every single book of the Bible has been 318 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 1: cross referenced elsewhere in the Bible about nine hundred and 319 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:58,480 Speaker 1: seventy times if you were to do the math. So 320 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 1: what I'm getting at is that the Bible explains itself. 321 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:04,879 Speaker 1: If you want to know what the Bible means, you 322 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 1: just read other portions of the Bible, and you're going 323 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:10,239 Speaker 1: to figure it out. And I have an example of 324 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 1: this right here in verse twenty, which is the next verse. Now, 325 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:16,679 Speaker 1: in a large house, there are not only vessels of 326 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:19,880 Speaker 1: gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some 327 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:23,440 Speaker 1: are for honor and some for dishonor if anyone therefore 328 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 1: purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, 329 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:30,680 Speaker 1: sanctified and suitable for the master's use, prepared for every 330 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 1: good work. Now, without cross referencing that verse, what it 331 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:37,080 Speaker 1: means is that a rich person has all sorts of 332 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 1: different types of vessels in their house. They have beautiful 333 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 1: vessels made out of gold and silver that probably are 334 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 1: used for flowers and decor and things like that. But 335 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:51,680 Speaker 1: then they also have the average type of vessel, which 336 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:54,160 Speaker 1: is made out of wood or clay, and those might 337 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: hold trash or you know, compostable things or I don't know, 338 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: dog food. Who knows what these things hold. But you're 339 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:04,720 Speaker 1: not gonna put you know, dog food in a beautiful 340 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 1: silver bowl, at least most people wouldn't. You're gonna put 341 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:11,600 Speaker 1: it in like an average metal bowl, because the dog's 342 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:16,000 Speaker 1: slime gets everywhere, and you know, they barf in their bowl. 343 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,239 Speaker 1: That's what happened with my dog the other day. I 344 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:20,320 Speaker 1: was looking over and he just like barfed in his bowl. 345 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 1: I'm like, what are you doing? You're not gonna use 346 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:31,679 Speaker 1: the nice vessels for junk, right, But still, every single 347 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:36,439 Speaker 1: mansion has vessels for honor and also for dishonor. And 348 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 1: then Paul compares us to those vessels. He says, some 349 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:43,920 Speaker 1: people are like the vessels for honor, and some people 350 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:48,439 Speaker 1: are like the vessels for trash. But in verse twenty one, 351 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 1: if anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be 352 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:55,560 Speaker 1: a vessel for honor, sanctified and suitable for the master's use, 353 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 1: prepared for every good work. Now, I'm not gonna lie 354 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 1: when I that verse. It absolutely blew blew my mind 355 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:11,640 Speaker 1: because of Romans Chapter nine, verses nineteen through twenty four. 356 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:15,520 Speaker 1: This is Paul speaking. Will you say then to me, 357 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 1: why does he still find fault for who withstands his will? 358 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:23,359 Speaker 1: But indeed, oh man, who are you to reply against God? 359 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,160 Speaker 1: Well the thing formed? Ask him? Who formed it? Why 360 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 1: did you make me like this? Or hasn't the potter 361 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 1: aright over the clay from the same lump to make 362 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 1: one part a vessel for honor and another for Dishonor 363 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 1: what if God, willing to show his wrath and to 364 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:39,800 Speaker 1: make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of 365 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 1: wrath prepared for destruction, and that he might make known 366 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 1: the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which 367 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 1: he prepared beforehand, for glory us, whom he also called 368 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:53,360 Speaker 1: not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles. Now, 369 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:58,000 Speaker 1: when I read that verse until today, I always struggled 370 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 1: with it because it kind of sounds like God created 371 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:03,679 Speaker 1: certain people for a destruction, which is in fact the 372 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:07,359 Speaker 1: Calvinist belief And if you talk to a Calvinist about 373 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 1: their beliefs, eventually they will land on this verse from 374 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:15,280 Speaker 1: Romans chapter nine. And I'm not a Calvinist, not because 375 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 1: of preconceived notions or because I was raised non Calvinist, 376 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: but because as I'm reading through Scripture, I just personally 377 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:24,639 Speaker 1: see a lot of verses where God gives us a 378 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 1: choice to choose Him or to choose destruction. And so 379 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:32,439 Speaker 1: I've never quite lined up with the Calvinist beliefs because 380 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 1: of that. But these few verses from Romans always kind 381 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: of stumped me a little bit because it did kind 382 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:42,879 Speaker 1: of seem like God created certain people to be destroyed. 383 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 1: But now in two Timothy, chapter two, my mind was 384 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 1: blown when Paul says right here that some people are 385 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 1: for honor and some for dishonor. But in verse twenty 386 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 1: one he says, if anyone therefore purges himself from these 387 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 1: he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and suitable 388 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 1: for the Master's use, prepared for every good work. So 389 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:12,720 Speaker 1: that verse right there shows we were all vessels for unholiness. 390 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 1: We were all vessels of destruction at one point in time. 391 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 1: But if we purge ourselves from these things that Paul's 392 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 1: talking about, and we believe in God, we are no 393 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:27,520 Speaker 1: longer going to be vessels of destruction, but we will 394 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:33,160 Speaker 1: become vessels for honor, sanctified and suitable for the Master's use, 395 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 1: prepared for every good work. So that proves two of 396 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:39,960 Speaker 1: my points. Firstly, we have a choice, We have a 397 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:43,200 Speaker 1: choice to choose God and become a vessel for honor. 398 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 1: And that the Bible explains itself all the time. Those 399 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:51,520 Speaker 1: are my two points I was trying to, you know, 400 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 1: snowball together. The Bible is always explaining itself because the 401 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 1: Bible is God's word. It is nothing but the truth. 402 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 1: Paul continues in verse twenty two, flee from youthful lusts, 403 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 1: but pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace with those who 404 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 1: call on the Lord out of a pure heart, but 405 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:16,160 Speaker 1: refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that they generate strife. 406 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 1: So essentially, Paul is summing up everything he talked about 407 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:21,720 Speaker 1: in these last few verses. He tells Timothy, flee from 408 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 1: the youthful lusts, but pursue righteousness, pursue love and peace 409 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:27,480 Speaker 1: with those who call on the Lord out of a 410 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:32,119 Speaker 1: pure heart, but refuse the foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing 411 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 1: that they generate strife. The Lord's servant must not quarrel, 412 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:40,159 Speaker 1: but be gentle toward all able to teach, patient in gentleness, 413 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,919 Speaker 1: correcting those who oppose him. So anybody who is a 414 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 1: teacher of God's word should not be Quarrelsome is what 415 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:49,200 Speaker 1: this says, And I'm not gonna lie. This kind of 416 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:53,199 Speaker 1: convicted me a little bit, as somebody who somewhat enjoys 417 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:58,359 Speaker 1: getting into arguments online and like reading the comments section, 418 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:02,399 Speaker 1: even if I'm not arguing myself I enjoy reading the 419 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 1: comment sections and like looking at everybody else arguing. Paul says, 420 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:10,639 Speaker 1: we are not supposed to be quarrelsome We are supposed 421 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 1: to be gentle toward all, able to teach patient in gentleness, 422 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:18,760 Speaker 1: correcting those who oppose. Notice, he says, in gentleness, we're 423 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 1: supposed to do this not in an argumentative way, not 424 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:27,159 Speaker 1: in an insulting or condescending way, but in gentleness. That 425 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:31,880 Speaker 1: is how we're really going to change somebody's mind. For Jesus, 426 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:36,200 Speaker 1: there's a proverb that reminds me of this, that says 427 00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:39,679 Speaker 1: something along the lines of a soft answer turns away wrath, 428 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:44,160 Speaker 1: but grievous words stir up anger. So as Christians, we're 429 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 1: supposed to be soft and gentle toward other people, not argumentative. 430 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,399 Speaker 1: Then he says, perhaps God may give them repentance leading 431 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 1: to a full knowledge of the truth, and they may 432 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:56,639 Speaker 1: recover themselves out of the devil's snare, having been taken 433 00:25:56,720 --> 00:26:00,200 Speaker 1: captive by him to do his will. These people, people 434 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:04,120 Speaker 1: that are arguing against God, maybe, just maybe you can 435 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:07,200 Speaker 1: change their minds. And Paul says, perhaps God will give 436 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:09,919 Speaker 1: them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth. 437 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:13,719 Speaker 1: So repentance comes through the prodding of the Holy Spirit. 438 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:18,359 Speaker 1: You know, God uses us as mouthpieces for him. He 439 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:22,080 Speaker 1: uses us to spread the Gospel message. But ultimately God 440 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:25,879 Speaker 1: does the work in a person's heart. So maybe if 441 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:29,679 Speaker 1: these people hear the Gospel message in a kind and 442 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:35,480 Speaker 1: gentle way, they might actually turn towards Jesus. So, in 443 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 1: a nutshell, all of this is saying, ignore useless chatterings, 444 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 1: ignore things that do nothing but divide the church, and 445 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 1: look toward unity, and be kind and gentle toward everybody, 446 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:53,760 Speaker 1: not arguing with them over silly things, but arguing for 447 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 1: the Gospel message, for the morality of the Bible, and 448 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:04,879 Speaker 1: for Jesus himself. Faith listeners, here is a quick word 449 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:09,720 Speaker 1: from a sponsor before I end today's episode. Well, I 450 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 1: hope all of you guys enjoyed today's topic. 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