1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:04,960 S1: Broadcasting from Chicago, across North America and beyond. 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:09,920 S2: Come as you are an experienced guide, overcome what seems 3 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:13,400 S2: impossible and live as you never imagined. 4 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:15,360 S1: Start your morning with a laugh. 5 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:20,599 S3: Practical from the Bible. Tips and tricks to kill. Not tricks, 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:26,239 S3: but tips and tricks. Tips and tricks to kill. Tips 7 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:26,880 S3: and tricks. 8 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:28,880 S1: Delivering the truth daily. 9 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:31,720 S4: All of my attempts to, you know, prop myself up 10 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:35,280 S4: with achievement in good works. But God wasn't impressed by that, 11 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:36,720 S4: even if other people were. 12 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:39,519 S3: The gospel changes everything. 13 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:42,760 S5: Freedom in Christ. Man, it's like that backpack of cement 14 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:44,680 S5: just falling to the ground. 15 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:49,160 S1: Now, from the call of Hope Studios, this is Carl 16 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:49,800 S1: and crew. 17 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:53,400 S2: There's a lot of things we do in the name 18 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:56,760 S2: of Jesus. Doom, doom doom doom. Got a little song 19 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:59,200 S2: there in my heart. But there's a lot of things 20 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,100 S2: we do in the name of Jesus that Jesus is saying, 21 00:01:02,100 --> 00:01:03,500 S2: don't put my name on that. 22 00:01:04,940 --> 00:01:07,140 S4: Okay. Examples come to mind. 23 00:01:08,900 --> 00:01:10,220 S2: A good portion of my life. 24 00:01:10,260 --> 00:01:11,460 S5: How long do you have here? 25 00:01:11,740 --> 00:01:13,500 S2: A good portion of my life. 26 00:01:14,300 --> 00:01:15,380 S5: How much time you got? 27 00:01:15,740 --> 00:01:20,100 S2: Oh, so I'm a new follower of Jesus. And I 28 00:01:20,100 --> 00:01:23,020 S2: heard a guy say something. He was preaching one time, 29 00:01:23,020 --> 00:01:26,140 S2: and he was like the John Wayne of Preachers as 30 00:01:26,140 --> 00:01:29,300 S2: I remember him. And he got up there and he said, hey, 31 00:01:29,300 --> 00:01:31,300 S2: let me tell you something. When it comes to your 32 00:01:31,300 --> 00:01:36,459 S2: relationship with Jesus, it's lead, follow or get out of 33 00:01:36,459 --> 00:01:40,940 S2: the way. And I remember thinking, wow, that that's good. 34 00:01:41,740 --> 00:01:43,620 S2: So I wrote that down in the front of my 35 00:01:43,620 --> 00:01:46,899 S2: brand new Bible that my dad had gotten me just 36 00:01:46,900 --> 00:01:49,940 S2: a couple months before. I'm two months in. It was Jesus. 37 00:01:50,300 --> 00:01:55,460 S2: I'm up in the mountains outside of Fresno, California, taking 38 00:01:55,460 --> 00:01:58,370 S2: in a men's retreat, writing down stuff that's It's nowhere 39 00:01:58,370 --> 00:01:59,450 S2: in the scriptures. 40 00:01:59,490 --> 00:02:00,890 S4: Lead, follow or get out of the way. 41 00:02:01,010 --> 00:02:01,250 S3: What, are. 42 00:02:01,250 --> 00:02:03,090 S4: You trying to figure out? The application of that? 43 00:02:03,130 --> 00:02:06,450 S2: Well, he was just talking about. Look, either you're a 44 00:02:06,450 --> 00:02:08,889 S2: leader or you're a follower. Get out of the way. 45 00:02:08,889 --> 00:02:12,330 S2: But here's I in the name of Jesus. I wrote 46 00:02:12,330 --> 00:02:15,609 S2: that down, but that third portion really has a problem, 47 00:02:15,610 --> 00:02:17,850 S2: which is get out of the way. And the only 48 00:02:17,850 --> 00:02:21,690 S2: guys who usually say that term are like bulls in 49 00:02:21,690 --> 00:02:22,770 S2: China closet. 50 00:02:24,050 --> 00:02:26,650 S4: Follow me. Or if you're not willing to get on board, 51 00:02:26,650 --> 00:02:27,450 S4: get out of the way. 52 00:02:27,490 --> 00:02:30,370 S2: Yeah. Get out of the way. Oh, there's a lot 53 00:02:30,410 --> 00:02:32,410 S2: of things we do and say in the name of 54 00:02:32,410 --> 00:02:36,530 S2: Jesus that isn't that good, right? 55 00:02:36,690 --> 00:02:38,810 S4: We get out on our own, right? We we have 56 00:02:38,810 --> 00:02:42,290 S4: an idea. We have a maybe a suggestion, something someone 57 00:02:42,290 --> 00:02:44,770 S4: else did. And then we try to copy, and it 58 00:02:44,810 --> 00:02:45,970 S4: doesn't quite work. 59 00:02:46,250 --> 00:02:50,090 S2: Big time. Uh, what's the time? Young thunder and this 60 00:02:50,090 --> 00:02:51,649 S2: is setting it up so I don't throw this word 61 00:02:51,650 --> 00:02:54,330 S2: around lately because it's. We're going there. What's the most 62 00:02:54,330 --> 00:02:56,209 S2: idiotic thing you ever did? 63 00:02:57,350 --> 00:02:59,150 S3: Idiotic thing just in general. 64 00:02:59,190 --> 00:03:01,110 S2: Yeah, just give me an idiotic thing. 65 00:03:01,350 --> 00:03:04,470 S3: Oh, man. Okay, let's rack the brain. We've got it. 66 00:03:04,470 --> 00:03:06,070 S2: You don't have to think too far and wide, do you? 67 00:03:06,110 --> 00:03:09,550 S3: I shouldn't have to think too far and wide. Uh, yeah. 68 00:03:09,590 --> 00:03:10,670 S3: You know what I. 69 00:03:12,350 --> 00:03:12,989 S2: Oh, boy. 70 00:03:13,870 --> 00:03:17,310 S3: This was this was when, uh, you know, I was, uh, 71 00:03:17,310 --> 00:03:19,470 S3: I was a little kid. You know, when you when 72 00:03:19,470 --> 00:03:23,070 S3: you do something as a little kid and then, you know, 73 00:03:23,110 --> 00:03:27,070 S3: immediately after you did it that you messed that one up. Oh, yeah. 74 00:03:27,110 --> 00:03:29,390 S3: So I was sitting in I was sitting in my 75 00:03:29,389 --> 00:03:32,790 S3: parents bedroom at the time that was like where another 76 00:03:32,790 --> 00:03:37,190 S3: TV was, so it was TV downstairs. And then if 77 00:03:37,230 --> 00:03:39,150 S3: if one of the kids wanted to go watch TV, 78 00:03:39,150 --> 00:03:41,670 S3: but not what my dad was watching, I'd go upstairs 79 00:03:41,670 --> 00:03:43,750 S3: to the parents bedroom and watch TV there. So I 80 00:03:43,750 --> 00:03:46,390 S3: was sitting there and watching TV, and my brother, closest 81 00:03:46,390 --> 00:03:48,470 S3: in age to me, comes in the room and he says, 82 00:03:48,670 --> 00:03:51,070 S3: he says, give me the remote. I want to watch. 83 00:03:51,070 --> 00:03:53,630 S3: And I said, no. I said, I'm watching right now. 84 00:03:53,830 --> 00:03:55,850 S3: And he said, give me the remote. I said, I'm 85 00:03:55,850 --> 00:03:57,330 S3: not going to do it. So he stood at the 86 00:03:57,330 --> 00:04:00,010 S3: TV and he kept hitting the power button, and I'd 87 00:04:00,050 --> 00:04:02,050 S3: hit the power button on the remote and he'd turn 88 00:04:02,050 --> 00:04:05,330 S3: it off. So yeah. So I'd get out of the room. 89 00:04:05,330 --> 00:04:07,690 S3: So I said, fine, I'm getting up. And I got 90 00:04:07,690 --> 00:04:11,089 S3: up and I left with the TV remote in my hand, 91 00:04:11,090 --> 00:04:13,570 S3: and he jumped on the bed and he said, give 92 00:04:13,570 --> 00:04:16,610 S3: me that remote. And I said, fine. And I turned 93 00:04:16,610 --> 00:04:19,170 S3: around and I chucked it at him, and it hit 94 00:04:19,170 --> 00:04:22,370 S3: him in the face, and it hit him really hard 95 00:04:22,370 --> 00:04:26,330 S3: in the face. And first he started crying because we're like, 96 00:04:26,330 --> 00:04:29,170 S3: I don't know, ten, ten and 12, eight and ten, 97 00:04:29,170 --> 00:04:32,570 S3: something like that. And so first he started crying and 98 00:04:32,570 --> 00:04:36,130 S3: then he looked at me with a rage that, oh no. 99 00:04:36,370 --> 00:04:40,130 S3: The tears turned to tears of anger and I looked 100 00:04:40,130 --> 00:04:42,530 S3: at him and I said, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, 101 00:04:42,529 --> 00:04:44,410 S3: I'm sorry. And so I'm running down the hall and 102 00:04:44,410 --> 00:04:47,410 S3: he's chasing me down the hall, getting ready to clobber me. 103 00:04:47,410 --> 00:04:49,810 S3: And it was one of those moments where I knew 104 00:04:50,089 --> 00:04:51,010 S3: I messed up. 105 00:04:51,250 --> 00:04:53,210 S2: And I'm on Team Young Thunder. 106 00:04:53,450 --> 00:04:53,930 S3: I mean. 107 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:56,120 S2: I'm on Team Young Thunder. 108 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:56,480 S3: Yes. 109 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:58,840 S2: Was I throw it harder. That ticks me off for you. 110 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,240 S3: Well, the problem is, as the younger brother is, you 111 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:04,080 S3: have to recognize that if you're going to do something 112 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:07,960 S3: to your older brother, you better be fast, because he 113 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:12,600 S3: ultimately is bigger and stronger than you. And if he 114 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,720 S3: catches you, you're in trouble. So was I justified a 115 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:18,440 S3: little bit? Was I also ready to pay the price? 116 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:19,240 S3: I was not. 117 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:24,200 S2: Idiotic things people did in the Bible. 118 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:25,919 S4: Can you say that? 119 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:26,400 S5: Huh? 120 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:28,360 S2: Can you say that? 121 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:28,640 S3: Yes. 122 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:33,680 S2: Let alone write about it. I can't wait for this, Ray. 123 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:35,040 S2: Comfort coming up. 124 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:40,680 S1: Breaking chains and running free. You're listening to Carl and crew. 125 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:45,320 S2: My dad never cussed Ali. I've mentioned that before. He 126 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:48,279 S2: was never a cusser at all. But he did have 127 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:52,480 S2: a Christian cuss word. A Christianized kind of word that 128 00:05:52,779 --> 00:05:55,060 S2: maybe shouldn't be used all the time, but my dad 129 00:05:55,060 --> 00:05:58,820 S2: would use it. He would see something going on, and 130 00:05:58,820 --> 00:06:01,780 S2: he'd put his hand on his forehead and he goes, 131 00:06:01,860 --> 00:06:07,380 S2: look at that idiot. That's all he'd say. He'd say, 132 00:06:07,380 --> 00:06:10,540 S2: look at that idiot. And he didn't mean it in 133 00:06:10,540 --> 00:06:13,780 S2: a bad way. Usually he was laughing, and every once 134 00:06:13,779 --> 00:06:15,580 S2: in a while he'd look at me and he'd go, 135 00:06:15,620 --> 00:06:18,500 S2: Carl put his hand on his forehead. He'd go, that 136 00:06:18,500 --> 00:06:22,700 S2: is idiotic. And when you heard that from dad, you 137 00:06:22,740 --> 00:06:25,020 S2: knew you were some bad turf alley. 138 00:06:25,060 --> 00:06:29,500 S4: What about idiotic things in the Bible? Ray Comfort joins 139 00:06:29,500 --> 00:06:32,020 S4: us right now. His latest book, Idiotic Things People Did 140 00:06:32,020 --> 00:06:36,339 S4: in the Bible. That's a pretty provocative title, but there's 141 00:06:36,339 --> 00:06:39,059 S4: plenty of material to draw from, right? If you're really 142 00:06:39,060 --> 00:06:40,180 S4: paying attention. 143 00:06:40,580 --> 00:06:43,419 S6: Yeah, I say that phrase when I look in the 144 00:06:43,420 --> 00:06:45,660 S6: mirror in the morning, look at that idiot, because I'm 145 00:06:45,660 --> 00:06:48,540 S6: continually doing idiotic things. 146 00:06:48,900 --> 00:06:52,760 S2: Ray, comfort our guest. This guy is an unapologetic follower 147 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,160 S2: of Jesus Christ, and we're going to cover a lot 148 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:57,599 S2: of ground this morning, but let's get into it. Highlight 149 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:00,440 S2: a couple of the idiotic things people did in the Bible. 150 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:03,000 S6: I often hear people say, when I get to heaven, 151 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,960 S6: I'm going to fall at the feet of Jesus. That's 152 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:07,279 S6: the first thing I'm going to do. First thing I 153 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:08,960 S6: want to do when I get to heaven is smack 154 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:13,120 S6: Adam in the mouth. Because every bit of every bit 155 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:17,040 S6: of suffering, pain, disease comes because of that idiotic thing 156 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:20,680 S6: he did. As by the disobedience of one man, sin 157 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:23,840 S6: entered the world and death by sin. And so death 158 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,360 S6: passed upon all men, for all have sinned. So I 159 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:30,200 S6: often think about Adam and Eve and how our forefathers 160 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:33,440 S6: did the dumbest thing and got us into this strait. 161 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,000 S6: I thank God for the cross that Jesus came and 162 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:36,920 S6: fixed it for us. 163 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:39,840 S2: Now Paul's pretty clear, though. There's a little Adam in 164 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,400 S2: all of us, and so we're all on the hook 165 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:43,560 S2: for this thing, right? 166 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:47,360 S6: I love Pilgrim's Progress, where, uh, Christian is walking along 167 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:50,430 S6: and someone reaches out from behind a tree and grabs 168 00:07:50,470 --> 00:07:53,550 S6: a skin and he turns around and says, who are you? 169 00:07:53,550 --> 00:07:56,630 S6: And he says, I'm Adam. And that's what Adam does. 170 00:07:56,630 --> 00:07:59,030 S6: He grabs hold of our flesh and causes us to 171 00:07:59,030 --> 00:08:02,470 S6: do things that are that are ungodly. And I think 172 00:08:02,470 --> 00:08:06,510 S6: one of my greatest heroes when it comes to idiocy is, uh, 173 00:08:06,510 --> 00:08:08,510 S6: King David, when he should have been in the heat 174 00:08:08,510 --> 00:08:11,030 S6: of battle, following the spirit sort of thing, doing what 175 00:08:11,070 --> 00:08:13,390 S6: God would have him to do. He was on a 176 00:08:13,390 --> 00:08:17,989 S6: housetop lusting after his neighbor's wife, and lust brings forth sin, 177 00:08:17,990 --> 00:08:20,390 S6: as the Bible says, and sin when it's conceived, brings 178 00:08:20,390 --> 00:08:23,990 S6: forth death. And so these things were written for our admonition. 179 00:08:23,990 --> 00:08:26,950 S6: We don't have to follow in their idiotic steps and 180 00:08:26,950 --> 00:08:29,670 S6: do the things that they did. And I love the title. 181 00:08:29,670 --> 00:08:31,910 S6: Someone once said to me on the phone something, and 182 00:08:31,910 --> 00:08:33,790 S6: I said, boy, there's a lot of idiotic things in 183 00:08:33,790 --> 00:08:37,309 S6: the Bible. And I grabbed it. I commanded the book 184 00:08:37,309 --> 00:08:40,390 S6: to Ken Ham. Ken and I are friends. He inspired 185 00:08:40,390 --> 00:08:42,830 S6: the title Idiotic Things People Did in the Bible. 186 00:08:42,870 --> 00:08:45,030 S4: Ray comfort with us right now, he's the founder and 187 00:08:45,030 --> 00:08:48,470 S4: CEO of Living Waters exists to inspire and equip Christians 188 00:08:48,470 --> 00:08:51,490 S4: to fulfill the Great Commission. You know many people, when 189 00:08:51,490 --> 00:08:53,850 S4: they think about the Bible and the people that are 190 00:08:53,890 --> 00:08:57,809 S4: written in it from a distance. Many people think that 191 00:08:57,809 --> 00:08:59,970 S4: that it's just a book of heroes. A book of 192 00:08:59,970 --> 00:09:03,330 S4: people who were who did really great things for God. 193 00:09:03,330 --> 00:09:06,810 S4: Why is it important to particularly for those who don't 194 00:09:06,809 --> 00:09:10,370 S4: have as much familiarity with the Bible to illuminate the 195 00:09:10,610 --> 00:09:12,010 S4: just what you're talking about? 196 00:09:12,330 --> 00:09:14,929 S6: Well, we're sinners by nature and as we said, continually 197 00:09:14,929 --> 00:09:19,050 S6: doing dumb things. Seriously, I, I'm so aware of not 198 00:09:19,050 --> 00:09:22,330 S6: only my own sinfulness, but my stupidity because we make 199 00:09:22,330 --> 00:09:25,890 S6: wrong decisions. And these things were written in Scripture for 200 00:09:25,890 --> 00:09:29,070 S6: lessons for us. I mean, you think of Solomon, a 201 00:09:29,070 --> 00:09:31,810 S6: thousand wives. No man can serve two masters, be a 202 00:09:31,809 --> 00:09:35,370 S6: thousand wives. And he had everything he could want in 203 00:09:35,370 --> 00:09:37,610 S6: the world, and he just lusted after foreign women. He 204 00:09:37,610 --> 00:09:40,250 S6: was given to idolatry. And that's one of the greatest 205 00:09:40,250 --> 00:09:43,290 S6: lessons we can learn to stay away from the sin 206 00:09:43,330 --> 00:09:46,370 S6: of idolatry. Idolatry is often thought of as Christians, as 207 00:09:46,370 --> 00:09:49,630 S6: some just bearing down to some wooden or stone idol. 208 00:09:49,830 --> 00:09:53,390 S6: But idolatry is having your own image of God. I 209 00:09:53,390 --> 00:09:55,350 S6: did it before I was a Christian. I had this snuggly, 210 00:09:55,390 --> 00:09:57,590 S6: cuddly God that I used to pray to every night, 211 00:09:57,830 --> 00:10:01,069 S6: a God of my own imagination, a non-existent God. And 212 00:10:01,070 --> 00:10:04,030 S6: that's what happens when you get into sin. David lost 213 00:10:04,030 --> 00:10:06,950 S6: his fear of God. Solomon lost his fear of God. 214 00:10:07,390 --> 00:10:09,630 S6: Samson lost his fear of God, and they all walked 215 00:10:09,670 --> 00:10:14,429 S6: in the same foolish steps. And there are consequences, horrific consequences. 216 00:10:14,470 --> 00:10:17,069 S2: That's a good word, Ray. Comfort our guest right now. 217 00:10:17,309 --> 00:10:23,390 S2: Internationally known speaker, communicator, apologist, preacher, lover of God. Book author, 218 00:10:23,390 --> 00:10:27,390 S2: newest book. Idiotic things people did in the Bible. You know, 219 00:10:27,429 --> 00:10:29,790 S2: I don't know if you tackle this, but some of 220 00:10:29,790 --> 00:10:33,310 S2: the idiotic things, they appeared idiotic, but they were big, 221 00:10:33,309 --> 00:10:36,550 S2: bold steps of faith. Now, sometimes they didn't end well 222 00:10:36,590 --> 00:10:39,870 S2: because they got, you know, Peter walking on water. I mean, 223 00:10:39,910 --> 00:10:42,870 S2: that was pretty idiotic from some people's vantage point to 224 00:10:42,870 --> 00:10:45,469 S2: walk on the water. But how do you know when 225 00:10:45,470 --> 00:10:48,939 S2: you're being faithful or just plain stupid. 226 00:10:49,460 --> 00:10:52,420 S6: Well, Jesus said, if any man follows me. Him with 227 00:10:52,420 --> 00:10:55,300 S6: my father on or it's in John chapter 12. If 228 00:10:55,300 --> 00:10:57,540 S6: we're led by the spirit, we'll be, uh, listened to 229 00:10:57,540 --> 00:10:59,420 S6: the voice of the spirit. You know, some people think 230 00:10:59,420 --> 00:11:01,820 S6: that's kind of a mystical thing, hearing the voice of 231 00:11:01,820 --> 00:11:04,460 S6: the spirit. But this is how I hear the voice 232 00:11:04,460 --> 00:11:05,980 S6: of the spirit when it comes to reaching out to 233 00:11:06,020 --> 00:11:10,580 S6: the lost. I know I'm prompted to witness and share 234 00:11:10,580 --> 00:11:14,380 S6: the gospel with someone if they're breathing. I don't need 235 00:11:14,380 --> 00:11:16,780 S6: another word from Jesus. If this person is breathing, I 236 00:11:16,780 --> 00:11:19,339 S6: know he said, go into all the world and preach 237 00:11:19,340 --> 00:11:22,100 S6: the gospel to every creature. So I thank God that 238 00:11:22,100 --> 00:11:24,660 S6: the disciples didn't stay in the upper room and carpet 239 00:11:24,700 --> 00:11:27,020 S6: it out and put an air conditioning with a little 240 00:11:27,059 --> 00:11:30,339 S6: sign on the outside that said tonight 7:00 or welcome. 241 00:11:30,620 --> 00:11:33,900 S6: They knew that sinners don't visit church buildings. So the 242 00:11:33,900 --> 00:11:38,300 S6: disciples realized that God had granted everlasting life to humanity. 243 00:11:38,460 --> 00:11:40,740 S6: And they said, we cannot but speak that which we're 244 00:11:40,740 --> 00:11:43,020 S6: seen and heard. And they went into all the world 245 00:11:43,020 --> 00:11:45,760 S6: and preach the gospel to every creature. So that's my 246 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:48,320 S6: hidden agenda. And the other one is to reach out 247 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:50,600 S6: to any unsaved people that may read this book. I 248 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:53,040 S6: share the gospel with them, that God is holy and 249 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:55,000 S6: they have to face them on the day of judgment. 250 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:57,880 S6: This book, Idiotic Things That People Did in the Bible, 251 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:00,840 S6: is a great book to give to a non-Christian, because 252 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:02,240 S6: it doesn't sound threatening. 253 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:05,600 S4: Ray, comfort our guest right now. Living waters. Coming up, 254 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:07,360 S4: let's talk a little bit more about this. What does 255 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:10,479 S4: it look like to walk in step with the Holy Spirit? 256 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:13,040 S4: And we'll talk about some of the ministry going on 257 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:15,520 S4: internationally through Living Waters. More coming up here on Karl 258 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:16,000 S4: and crew. 259 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:20,439 S1: He was running from God, but God's love brought him home. 260 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:24,480 S1: Karl is in the crew. It's Karl and crew on 261 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:25,599 S1: Moody Radio. 262 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:28,040 S4: What does it look like to walk in step with 263 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:30,240 S4: the spirit? We know that we have a better shot 264 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:33,400 S4: at avoiding doing idiotic things when we're in step with 265 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:35,920 S4: the spirit. Ray, comfort with us right now. Author of 266 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:38,720 S4: the book Idiotic Things People Did in the Bible. Also 267 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:42,280 S4: founder and CEO of Living Waters. Many people have seen 268 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:45,980 S4: the videos that Living Waters posted of you, or one 269 00:12:45,980 --> 00:12:48,620 S4: of the other hosts interacting with people and kind of 270 00:12:48,660 --> 00:12:51,180 S4: a man on the street sort of way, getting people's 271 00:12:51,179 --> 00:12:54,340 S4: take engaging people in conversation. Talk a little bit about 272 00:12:54,340 --> 00:12:56,900 S4: your favorite aspect of what you get to do. 273 00:12:57,380 --> 00:13:01,580 S6: Oh, yes. I go twice a day on an electric bike, 274 00:13:01,580 --> 00:13:04,819 S6: which I love. And the bike has a platform. And 275 00:13:04,820 --> 00:13:07,500 S6: I put the my dog, who's a small dog on 276 00:13:07,500 --> 00:13:11,460 S6: the platform. My dog wears sunglasses, I wear sunglasses, and 277 00:13:11,460 --> 00:13:13,980 S6: twice a day I go to a local college and 278 00:13:13,980 --> 00:13:18,699 S6: just zoom in there. And I'm immediately surrounded by students. 279 00:13:18,700 --> 00:13:22,739 S6: Circular students. Why? Because I've got a dog wearing sunglasses 280 00:13:22,740 --> 00:13:26,459 S6: on my bike. And one way to, um, become friends 281 00:13:26,460 --> 00:13:29,100 S6: with strangers is have a dog go for a walk 282 00:13:29,100 --> 00:13:31,339 S6: around the block with your dog on a leash, and 283 00:13:31,340 --> 00:13:33,900 S6: you'll meet strangers. Because it's intimidating to walk up to 284 00:13:33,900 --> 00:13:36,380 S6: someone you don't know and say hello. How are you doing? 285 00:13:36,460 --> 00:13:38,780 S6: But if there's a dog involved, the dog becomes the 286 00:13:38,780 --> 00:13:39,540 S6: center of attention. 287 00:13:39,580 --> 00:13:40,660 S2: Oh, that's so true. 288 00:13:41,059 --> 00:13:43,890 S6: Yeah. So I go in with my dog and I 289 00:13:43,890 --> 00:13:46,650 S6: ask people, do you think there's life after death? And 290 00:13:46,650 --> 00:13:48,170 S6: I say to the students, what do you guys think? 291 00:13:48,210 --> 00:13:49,730 S6: And they say, I don't know. Do you think about 292 00:13:49,730 --> 00:13:52,250 S6: it much? Not much. I say, it's horrible, isn't it? 293 00:13:52,250 --> 00:13:55,250 S6: And they say, yeah, death is horrific. So, well, let's 294 00:13:55,250 --> 00:13:58,010 S6: talk about this big elephant in the room that's stomping 295 00:13:58,010 --> 00:14:00,890 S6: on everybody and see what the Bible says. Do you 296 00:14:00,890 --> 00:14:02,610 S6: believe in God? And I say yes. And the first 297 00:14:02,610 --> 00:14:06,170 S6: question I asked them, are you afraid of dying? And 298 00:14:06,170 --> 00:14:08,050 S6: they go a little bit and I say, are you 299 00:14:08,090 --> 00:14:10,569 S6: kidding a little bit. And I can see in their 300 00:14:10,570 --> 00:14:14,170 S6: eyes they're thinking, how does this guy know? I haven't 301 00:14:14,170 --> 00:14:16,929 S6: told Mom and Dad, but I'm terrified of dying. I 302 00:14:16,929 --> 00:14:19,050 S6: think about it all the time. And the reason I 303 00:14:19,050 --> 00:14:22,610 S6: know is Hebrews 214 and 15 and the Amplified Bible 304 00:14:22,650 --> 00:14:24,810 S6: or quote from it. So I'll quote a bit louder. 305 00:14:25,010 --> 00:14:29,410 S6: It says every human being is haunted by the fear 306 00:14:29,410 --> 00:14:32,650 S6: of death all their lifetime. And so I tap into 307 00:14:32,650 --> 00:14:35,170 S6: this and say, do you ever read the Bible? And 308 00:14:35,170 --> 00:14:37,370 S6: they say, no, no. And I say, well, do you know, 309 00:14:37,370 --> 00:14:40,830 S6: in the Old Testament, God promised he would destroy death. 310 00:14:41,070 --> 00:14:43,510 S6: And in the New Testament we're told how he did it. 311 00:14:43,550 --> 00:14:46,910 S6: Did you know that? And they say no. No, I didn't. 312 00:14:46,950 --> 00:14:48,670 S6: So would you like to hear? And even if they're 313 00:14:48,670 --> 00:14:52,950 S6: an atheist, because God's written eternity upon their heart, they'll say, yeah, 314 00:14:52,950 --> 00:14:55,230 S6: tell me. And I shared with them, the wages of 315 00:14:55,230 --> 00:14:57,230 S6: sin is death, that God is paying them in death 316 00:14:57,230 --> 00:14:59,470 S6: because of their sins, and how we have to face 317 00:14:59,470 --> 00:15:01,830 S6: them on Judgment Day, and how he provided a Savior, 318 00:15:01,830 --> 00:15:04,630 S6: and he grants everlasting life by his amazing grace because 319 00:15:04,630 --> 00:15:07,110 S6: of what Jesus did on the cross. And you'll be 320 00:15:07,110 --> 00:15:10,950 S6: amazed at how many people listen and pray afterwards. How 321 00:15:10,950 --> 00:15:14,070 S6: many students have prayed with dozens of them? And it's 322 00:15:14,070 --> 00:15:17,190 S6: because of the fact that God's written eternity upon the 323 00:15:17,190 --> 00:15:18,110 S6: heart rate. 324 00:15:18,110 --> 00:15:24,430 S2: Comfort our guest right now, Ray, this is very illustrative 325 00:15:24,430 --> 00:15:27,470 S2: of being prompted by the spirit. Now, you've been prompted 326 00:15:27,470 --> 00:15:30,390 S2: to go this direction, but you listen to the spirit 327 00:15:30,390 --> 00:15:34,070 S2: as you go. And we've been talking today about listening 328 00:15:34,110 --> 00:15:37,910 S2: to obeying the spirit, keeping in step with the spirit. 329 00:15:37,910 --> 00:15:43,490 S2: And it's become very elusive for a lot of Bible preaching, 330 00:15:43,490 --> 00:15:48,410 S2: community churches, evangelically minded people because historically there's been a 331 00:15:48,410 --> 00:15:53,530 S2: pendulum swing between what is classically called charismatic or Pentecostal 332 00:15:53,570 --> 00:15:57,530 S2: versus those that are really committed to the Bible. And 333 00:15:57,530 --> 00:16:01,090 S2: that pendulum swing has been an overreaction that I think 334 00:16:01,090 --> 00:16:04,290 S2: is dangerous. Ray. I think we have missed the promptings 335 00:16:04,290 --> 00:16:06,770 S2: of the spirit, and I love I've been citing it today, 336 00:16:06,970 --> 00:16:10,690 S2: not just Dallas Willard, but A.W. Tozer, Francis Schaeffer. Here's 337 00:16:10,690 --> 00:16:12,890 S2: a Tozer quote, and I want you to interact with this, 338 00:16:12,890 --> 00:16:16,570 S2: because this is not commonly talked about in the average 339 00:16:16,570 --> 00:16:19,210 S2: Bible preaching church. This is what he said. To walk 340 00:16:19,210 --> 00:16:22,730 S2: in the spirit is to live under the Spirit's constant 341 00:16:22,730 --> 00:16:27,410 S2: influence and control. To be sensitive to his voice and 342 00:16:27,410 --> 00:16:32,130 S2: obey his slightest promptings. Now we go to John 14 343 00:16:32,170 --> 00:16:35,490 S2: or John 16 And Jesus said it, The Holy Spirit's 344 00:16:35,530 --> 00:16:37,330 S2: going to remind you. He's going to convict you. He's 345 00:16:37,330 --> 00:16:39,920 S2: going to direct you. He's going to comfort you. Why 346 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:44,000 S2: has that been so elusive? The Holy Spirit's role in 347 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:47,520 S2: the vibrancy of faith for every follower of Christ. 348 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:49,560 S6: It's been well said. Too much of the spirit will 349 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:51,520 S6: blow up too much of the word. You dry up. 350 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:54,200 S6: So you need a little mixture of both. And I 351 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:58,240 S6: am amazed at how many Christians professing Christians don't feed 352 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:01,240 S6: on God's Word daily. This sounds like a boast, but 353 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:03,080 S6: it's not. It's just because I love God. I've been 354 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:06,000 S6: a Christian for 54 years or something like that. There 355 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,919 S6: hasn't been one day in those 54 years where I 356 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:12,479 S6: haven't read God's Word. Why? Because I love God. And 357 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:15,550 S6: I thought every Christian did that. And I probably 40 358 00:17:15,550 --> 00:17:18,119 S6: or 50 years ago when I was preaching in a church, 359 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:20,399 S6: I just said, how many of you read the Bible 360 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,160 S6: daily without fail? And I could not believe what I saw. 361 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:27,200 S6: Only about 5% put their hand up. And so I 362 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:30,760 S6: have the last so many years challenged Christians to read 363 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:33,000 S6: the Bible daily. And I say to Christians when I 364 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:34,640 S6: meet them, because I go to the college and people 365 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:37,060 S6: say I'm a Christian, so I don't interview them, but 366 00:17:37,060 --> 00:17:39,060 S6: I do talk to them. One of the questions I 367 00:17:39,060 --> 00:17:42,060 S6: say is, do you read the Bible every day without fail, 368 00:17:42,060 --> 00:17:44,419 S6: and this is the usual answer. It's probably 90% of 369 00:17:44,420 --> 00:17:47,580 S6: the time I try to. So I say to them, 370 00:17:47,820 --> 00:17:51,220 S6: do you try to eat your food? And they go, no, 371 00:17:51,220 --> 00:17:53,460 S6: I don't try to. I say, you don't try to 372 00:17:53,500 --> 00:17:57,020 S6: because you prioritize your food and you need to turn 373 00:17:57,020 --> 00:17:59,740 S6: it around. You need to say no Bible, no breakfast, 374 00:17:59,780 --> 00:18:02,900 S6: no read, no feed. Job said, I have esteemed the 375 00:18:02,900 --> 00:18:07,100 S6: words of his mouth more than my necessary food. And 376 00:18:07,100 --> 00:18:09,300 S6: so many Christians have got their belly before the Bible. 377 00:18:09,300 --> 00:18:12,180 S6: So I say no Bible, no breakfast, no read, no feed. 378 00:18:12,220 --> 00:18:15,260 S6: Do that and you can claim the promise of Psalm one. 379 00:18:15,260 --> 00:18:17,740 S6: Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel 380 00:18:17,740 --> 00:18:19,540 S6: of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, 381 00:18:19,540 --> 00:18:22,100 S6: nor sits in the seat of the scornful. But his 382 00:18:22,100 --> 00:18:24,980 S6: delight is in the law of the Lord, and in 383 00:18:24,980 --> 00:18:28,540 S6: his law does he meditate day and night. And then 384 00:18:28,540 --> 00:18:30,580 S6: it says, what you'll be like if you put God's 385 00:18:30,580 --> 00:18:33,340 S6: Word first. You'll be like a tree planted by rivers 386 00:18:33,340 --> 00:18:35,640 S6: of water that brings forth fruit and in season and 387 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:37,800 S6: leaf went with her. And whatever you do will prosper. 388 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:40,240 S6: And that's not in the Prosperity Church sense. It's just 389 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,479 S6: prospering in your Christian walk and your marriage and your 390 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:46,240 S6: evangelistic endeavors. So read the word daily without fail, and 391 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:47,520 S6: you'll never be the same. 392 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:50,359 S2: Yeah. Favorite three verses in all the Psalms are those 393 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:52,400 S2: for me. Psalm one one through three. Check em out. 394 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,040 S2: Boom crew. So I want to get back to this, though. 395 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:57,960 S2: I mean, you're armed with the word, and it's that 396 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:00,560 S2: arming with the word that the Spirit of God can 397 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:06,240 S2: remind us, prompt us in every movement throughout our day. 398 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:07,760 S2: Isn't that a great hope, Ray? 399 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:11,600 S6: Oh, absolutely. Um, you know the mind of the spirit. 400 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:13,560 S6: Because the mind of the spirit has been put into 401 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:16,600 S6: God's word. The Bible is God's will. It's his love 402 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:20,000 S6: letter to us. It tells us why we're alive. It 403 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,680 S6: tells us the purpose for existence, where we came from. 404 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:26,240 S6: And so much of this world, especially non-Christians, have no 405 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:29,280 S6: idea of their origins. I say to them, Jesus said, 406 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:30,960 S6: The Son of Man has come to seek and save 407 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:33,360 S6: that which is lost. Are you lost? And I said, 408 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:36,750 S6: say no. I said, well, tell me you believe in evolution. Uh, 409 00:19:36,750 --> 00:19:39,470 S6: what's our origins? They say, I don't know. So what's 410 00:19:39,470 --> 00:19:41,470 S6: the purpose of man's existence? I don't say, what do 411 00:19:41,470 --> 00:19:43,869 S6: you do here? But what is the purpose? The ultimate 412 00:19:43,869 --> 00:19:46,629 S6: purpose of human beings existing on this earth? I say 413 00:19:46,630 --> 00:19:48,750 S6: I don't know. So what's going to happen to you 414 00:19:48,790 --> 00:19:51,390 S6: after you die? I said, well, I don't know. So 415 00:19:51,390 --> 00:19:53,030 S6: we've just said, you don't know what you're doing here, 416 00:19:53,030 --> 00:19:54,790 S6: you don't know where you came from and you don't 417 00:19:54,790 --> 00:19:58,670 S6: know where you're going. You are lost. And the scriptures 418 00:19:58,670 --> 00:20:00,550 S6: tell us the Son of Man came to seek and 419 00:20:00,550 --> 00:20:02,790 S6: to save that which is lost. So we know God's 420 00:20:02,790 --> 00:20:05,750 S6: will through His Word. And that's how we can be 421 00:20:05,790 --> 00:20:07,910 S6: sensitive to the promptings of the spirit. When I became 422 00:20:07,910 --> 00:20:10,430 S6: a Christian, I said a big Bible on my lap 423 00:20:10,430 --> 00:20:13,070 S6: and I said to myself, I want to conquer this. 424 00:20:13,430 --> 00:20:16,429 S6: I want to know what's not just what's in the Bible, 425 00:20:16,430 --> 00:20:18,710 S6: but what's not in the Bible, so that when someone 426 00:20:18,710 --> 00:20:21,430 S6: comes up to me and says, such and such is 427 00:20:21,430 --> 00:20:23,790 S6: in the Bible, I can say, no, it's not. To 428 00:20:23,830 --> 00:20:25,710 S6: know what's in the Bible, you just have to know. 429 00:20:25,750 --> 00:20:27,630 S6: You know 1 or 2 verses to know what's there, 430 00:20:27,910 --> 00:20:29,750 S6: but to know what's not in the Bible. You have 431 00:20:29,750 --> 00:20:32,250 S6: to know the whole of those scriptures. So we need 432 00:20:32,250 --> 00:20:34,810 S6: to soak our souls in the Word of God and 433 00:20:34,850 --> 00:20:36,810 S6: be open to the promptings of the spirit, and make 434 00:20:36,850 --> 00:20:38,650 S6: sure they're in line with God's Word. 435 00:20:38,690 --> 00:20:41,290 S4: Ray, comfort our guest right now, founder and CEO of 436 00:20:41,290 --> 00:20:47,889 S4: Living Waters. If you want more, just text comfort to (800) 555-7898. 437 00:20:47,930 --> 00:20:52,050 S4: Text comfort to (800) 555-7898. 438 00:20:52,650 --> 00:20:56,410 S1: Your spiritual pit stop to keep you going in the race. 439 00:20:56,570 --> 00:20:58,770 S1: You're listening to Carl and crew. 440 00:20:59,010 --> 00:21:01,490 S2: Yeah, man. Boy, have we got a hot one for 441 00:21:01,490 --> 00:21:03,810 S2: you this morning? We've been on it here. Am I 442 00:21:03,810 --> 00:21:07,530 S2: living in step with the spirit? And we feel that. 443 00:21:07,530 --> 00:21:10,570 S2: And hear that call from the Apostle Paul to the 444 00:21:10,570 --> 00:21:12,850 S2: church of Galatia. If you live in the spirit, keep 445 00:21:12,850 --> 00:21:16,490 S2: in step with the spirit. We know that if we, 446 00:21:16,970 --> 00:21:20,050 S2: by the power of the spirit, we can, according to 447 00:21:20,090 --> 00:21:24,810 S2: Romans 518, that we can put to death the deeds 448 00:21:24,810 --> 00:21:27,810 S2: of the flesh. We know that the Holy Spirit, according 449 00:21:27,810 --> 00:21:33,470 S2: to John 14, John 16, and Romans eight allows us 450 00:21:33,470 --> 00:21:37,350 S2: to get victory over sin, to be guided in truth, 451 00:21:37,350 --> 00:21:40,750 S2: to get into the swift water of our relationship with God. 452 00:21:41,470 --> 00:21:44,230 S2: I think there is an assumption or a presumption that 453 00:21:44,230 --> 00:21:48,430 S2: we often know ourselves pretty well. Self-awareness is a term 454 00:21:48,430 --> 00:21:50,190 S2: that's used a lot, isn't it, guys? 455 00:21:50,230 --> 00:21:53,709 S4: It is. But do we really know ourselves? I mean, 456 00:21:54,790 --> 00:21:58,950 S4: even the most self-aware among us, we've got major blind spots. 457 00:21:58,950 --> 00:22:00,750 S4: There's things that we just don't see. 458 00:22:01,190 --> 00:22:05,550 S2: Yeah. And I've been cogitating early this morning and just 459 00:22:05,550 --> 00:22:08,790 S2: now on this, on this term, self-awareness, because that's used 460 00:22:08,790 --> 00:22:13,230 S2: in the mainstream. This isn't that's common nomenclature out there. Right. 461 00:22:13,270 --> 00:22:17,550 S2: It also dovetails with EQ. Emotional intelligence. 462 00:22:17,590 --> 00:22:21,630 S4: Is self-awareness. Do we see that in Scripture, in Scripture? 463 00:22:22,070 --> 00:22:27,230 S2: Yeah, it's it's interesting I think that I think no, 464 00:22:27,590 --> 00:22:32,500 S2: no Historical document more plumbed the depths. There might be 465 00:22:32,500 --> 00:22:35,619 S2: some Buddhist stuff out there that goes after this, but 466 00:22:35,619 --> 00:22:40,340 S2: there is from a historical document standpoint, I think there 467 00:22:40,340 --> 00:22:46,420 S2: is no more. Invitation to explore the depths of who 468 00:22:46,460 --> 00:22:49,620 S2: you really are than in God's holy word. Yeah. 469 00:22:49,660 --> 00:22:52,939 S4: Oh, okay. Yeah. So I'm thinking about the scripture that 470 00:22:52,940 --> 00:22:55,740 S4: talks about examining yourself. I guess that would be a 471 00:22:55,740 --> 00:23:00,100 S4: form of self-awareness. Where else do we see that pop up? 472 00:23:00,260 --> 00:23:03,740 S2: Well, the big one that I've been championing here, and and, 473 00:23:03,780 --> 00:23:07,460 S2: you know, bear with me, but repetition can be a 474 00:23:07,460 --> 00:23:14,340 S2: powerful thing. My contention is that David's prayer in Psalm 139, 475 00:23:14,340 --> 00:23:19,379 S2: verse 23 and 24, search me. Know my heart, try me. 476 00:23:20,340 --> 00:23:22,980 S2: See if there be any hurtful way in me and 477 00:23:22,980 --> 00:23:24,699 S2: lead me in the way everlasting. In fact, let me 478 00:23:24,700 --> 00:23:27,660 S2: read it from the ESV, because I've got a conglomeration 479 00:23:27,660 --> 00:23:30,040 S2: of things still in my heart. This is the problem 480 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,880 S2: with being raised in the church. I'm joking there guys, 481 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:35,679 S2: but when you've been in the church a long time, 482 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:39,040 S2: have you ever noticed you get an amalgamation of different 483 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:42,560 S2: translations of scripture? Has anyone else ever noticed that? 484 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:43,199 S5: Too many. 485 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:47,560 S2: Oh my goodness. So in Psalm 139, this reading from 486 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:50,679 S2: the ESV. Search me, O God, and know my heart. 487 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:54,639 S2: Try me and know my thoughts. It's interesting. I believe 488 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,480 S2: it's new American standard. See where it has. If there's 489 00:23:57,480 --> 00:23:59,280 S2: any hurtful way in me. This is what it says 490 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:03,160 S2: in the ESV. And see if there be any grievous 491 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:07,440 S2: way in me and lead me in the way everlasting. 492 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:13,400 S2: There are there are not any verses in Scripture that 493 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:16,920 S2: are better than that one that reveal a man or 494 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:24,240 S2: a woman going before God, admitting, I don't see myself rightly. 495 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:28,700 S2: I can claim self-awareness all day long, but only when 496 00:24:28,700 --> 00:24:32,420 S2: I have spirit awareness. Because that's what God. That's what 497 00:24:32,420 --> 00:24:34,780 S2: David's crying out for. He's saying, God, by the power 498 00:24:34,780 --> 00:24:37,780 S2: of your spirit, show me what I need to see 499 00:24:37,780 --> 00:24:40,780 S2: here and lead me in the way everlasting. That's just 500 00:24:40,780 --> 00:24:47,740 S2: game changer text. It's just game changer text. Self-awareness. What's 501 00:24:47,740 --> 00:24:51,860 S2: funny about human nature is that because we're image bearers, 502 00:24:52,340 --> 00:24:56,300 S2: there's a consciousness that we have an awareness about life 503 00:24:56,300 --> 00:24:59,100 S2: and how it works that the rest of the animal 504 00:24:59,100 --> 00:25:03,820 S2: kingdom doesn't have. So we have this hint that we 505 00:25:03,820 --> 00:25:07,020 S2: need to know ourselves. I mean, you don't have to 506 00:25:07,020 --> 00:25:09,740 S2: be born again to talk about self-awareness, right? I mean, 507 00:25:09,780 --> 00:25:13,699 S2: this is spoken of in HR meetings when people have 508 00:25:13,700 --> 00:25:16,820 S2: reviews with staff and employees. 509 00:25:17,060 --> 00:25:21,100 S4: Oh, absolutely. I mean, every, every company is going to 510 00:25:21,140 --> 00:25:24,820 S4: talk about this to some degree because you can't grow 511 00:25:24,820 --> 00:25:27,650 S4: if you don't have a level of self-awareness, you can't 512 00:25:27,650 --> 00:25:30,129 S4: be promoted within a company if you don't have a 513 00:25:30,130 --> 00:25:33,850 S4: level of self-awareness. And I think everybody has looked at 514 00:25:33,850 --> 00:25:39,730 S4: somebody else who in their mind lacked self-awareness, couldn't see 515 00:25:39,770 --> 00:25:42,889 S4: certain things about themselves that everybody else could seem to see, 516 00:25:43,130 --> 00:25:45,290 S4: and it held them back in certain ways. 517 00:25:45,330 --> 00:25:49,970 S2: Yeah. This is this is really fascinating. Have you, uh. Okay, 518 00:25:50,010 --> 00:25:56,090 S2: so even here at Moody Radio, we get reviewed annually, right? 519 00:25:56,130 --> 00:25:57,050 S4: Yes, yes. 520 00:25:58,090 --> 00:26:01,330 S2: And the interesting thing for a follower of Christ is 521 00:26:01,330 --> 00:26:06,129 S2: that there, if you have a, a person that is 522 00:26:06,330 --> 00:26:09,330 S2: over you who's got a heart for the glory of 523 00:26:09,330 --> 00:26:14,210 S2: God and for your growth, there is a really good 524 00:26:14,210 --> 00:26:17,690 S2: chance God will use them to see something in you 525 00:26:17,690 --> 00:26:20,730 S2: that you can't see in yourself, just at face value. 526 00:26:20,890 --> 00:26:22,250 S2: Would you guys agree with that? 527 00:26:22,970 --> 00:26:23,770 S5: I think so. 528 00:26:23,830 --> 00:26:28,150 S2: Yeah. Yeah. And the question is, how are we going 529 00:26:28,190 --> 00:26:31,510 S2: to deal with that when we are made known? Something 530 00:26:31,510 --> 00:26:35,910 S2: about us that can change and that can be that 531 00:26:35,910 --> 00:26:38,150 S2: can get really interesting, can it? 532 00:26:38,190 --> 00:26:42,190 S4: So taking that and what you said about the Psalm 139, 533 00:26:42,190 --> 00:26:46,790 S4: I think it's clear that self-awareness doesn't happen because of us. 534 00:26:47,430 --> 00:26:51,070 S4: We are not able to be self-aware without the power 535 00:26:51,070 --> 00:26:54,270 S4: of the Holy Spirit, without God searching our hearts and 536 00:26:54,270 --> 00:26:58,110 S4: without other people speaking into us. Is that is that 537 00:26:58,109 --> 00:26:58,710 S4: a fair? 538 00:26:58,990 --> 00:27:02,869 S2: I think that's absolutely spot on. Which is why this 539 00:27:02,869 --> 00:27:05,750 S2: is why we need the body of Christ. I mean, 540 00:27:05,750 --> 00:27:09,390 S2: two are better than one. I mean, somebody has your 541 00:27:09,390 --> 00:27:11,630 S2: back in a street fight, but they also have the 542 00:27:11,630 --> 00:27:16,469 S2: ability to encourage you and actually point things out lovingly. 543 00:27:16,470 --> 00:27:19,109 S2: Do that. It's a pretty powerful thing, guys. 544 00:27:19,350 --> 00:27:21,270 S3: It's important. And then we have to have the humility 545 00:27:21,270 --> 00:27:24,929 S3: to accept those things that people point out in us. 546 00:27:25,130 --> 00:27:27,330 S3: You know, if we if we see that they are 547 00:27:27,330 --> 00:27:29,490 S3: true after someone points it out, you can't just get 548 00:27:29,490 --> 00:27:32,210 S3: all defensive. And because it it stinks that you got 549 00:27:32,210 --> 00:27:34,170 S3: to change something because it does stink when you have 550 00:27:34,170 --> 00:27:36,610 S3: to change something that you weren't aware of before. But 551 00:27:36,609 --> 00:27:38,050 S3: we gotta be humble about that. 552 00:27:38,090 --> 00:27:41,050 S2: You know, I'm I'm just wondering here and we'll just 553 00:27:41,050 --> 00:27:46,609 S2: kick this around. Can David write that prayer? Search me, 554 00:27:46,609 --> 00:27:48,850 S2: O God, and know my heart. Try me and know 555 00:27:48,850 --> 00:27:51,370 S2: my thoughts and see if there is any grievous way 556 00:27:51,369 --> 00:27:54,530 S2: in me. And lead me in the way everlasting, without humility. 557 00:27:54,890 --> 00:27:56,129 S4: No, no way. 558 00:27:56,490 --> 00:27:57,090 S2: Can't be done. 559 00:27:57,369 --> 00:27:59,649 S3: Not if he meant it right. 560 00:27:59,690 --> 00:28:04,250 S2: It can't be done. It can't be done. And it's 561 00:28:04,250 --> 00:28:10,770 S2: so hard because the nature of man, the fallenness of mankind, 562 00:28:11,810 --> 00:28:18,290 S2: has this incredible propensity to look at everyone else around me, 563 00:28:18,810 --> 00:28:22,670 S2: not just what they're doing wrong, but why that impinges 564 00:28:22,670 --> 00:28:26,750 S2: on me and causes me to do wrong. You know, 565 00:28:26,790 --> 00:28:29,230 S2: you said something to me. The reason I'm getting heated 566 00:28:29,230 --> 00:28:31,630 S2: here is because of the what you said to me. 567 00:28:31,790 --> 00:28:36,430 S2: You know, it's easy to justify behaviors unless we took 568 00:28:36,470 --> 00:28:40,230 S2: a take a long, hard look at ourself. Humbly asking 569 00:28:40,230 --> 00:28:41,110 S2: God to do it. 570 00:28:41,150 --> 00:28:44,590 S3: Yeah. I had this conversation with, uh, with my counselor once, 571 00:28:44,630 --> 00:28:48,070 S3: years ago, where he was talking to me about button pushing. 572 00:28:48,110 --> 00:28:50,710 S3: You know, that person's really just what they did. Just 573 00:28:50,710 --> 00:28:53,950 S3: pushed my buttons, and he goes, no one else has 574 00:28:53,950 --> 00:28:57,950 S3: the ability to push your buttons. He said, you push 575 00:28:57,950 --> 00:29:01,510 S3: all of your buttons. He said, you know, they they 576 00:29:01,510 --> 00:29:04,390 S3: can do things that trigger an emotion in you that 577 00:29:04,390 --> 00:29:06,390 S3: make you want to push your buttons. And he said, 578 00:29:06,390 --> 00:29:09,190 S3: but no one else pushes your buttons. He goes what 579 00:29:09,190 --> 00:29:13,270 S3: you do and how you respond. You're responsible for and. 580 00:29:13,310 --> 00:29:16,590 S2: Almost see what you're saying is he's he's saying to you, 581 00:29:16,630 --> 00:29:21,660 S2: it's almost as if you're allowing slash inviting that button 582 00:29:21,660 --> 00:29:22,220 S2: to be pushed. 583 00:29:22,260 --> 00:29:27,340 S3: Absolutely. It's it is my I see something that makes 584 00:29:27,340 --> 00:29:30,940 S3: me feel something. And then my response no one else 585 00:29:30,940 --> 00:29:34,660 S3: made me do. I'm the one doing it. And so yes, 586 00:29:34,660 --> 00:29:38,140 S3: I'm I'm taking in whatever someone else did. And maybe 587 00:29:38,140 --> 00:29:40,380 S3: they do have to own that, but then whatever I 588 00:29:40,380 --> 00:29:43,940 S3: do is completely mine to own. After that, it's not theirs. 589 00:29:44,540 --> 00:29:52,140 S2: Yeah. There's a famous book out there and it's. And 590 00:29:52,140 --> 00:29:55,940 S2: it drills down on this topic right here. Unaffordable. 591 00:29:57,300 --> 00:29:58,340 S3: That's exactly right. 592 00:29:59,900 --> 00:30:02,780 S2: And the only way that you can get there is 593 00:30:02,780 --> 00:30:07,219 S2: in close proximity to Jesus. It's the only way, only 594 00:30:07,220 --> 00:30:10,260 S2: possible way. Coming up here, I've got some amazing quotes 595 00:30:10,260 --> 00:30:16,260 S2: from some spiritual leaders around this issue of allowing God 596 00:30:16,260 --> 00:30:21,440 S2: to search you. And my contention has been for the 597 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:23,800 S2: last few years, and I wish I'd have learned this sooner, 598 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:26,960 S2: but I I'm just going to say it straight up. 599 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:30,240 S2: I believe that when we head off into the spiritual 600 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:35,240 S2: disciplines of prayer, which are great, and into Bible reading, 601 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:39,760 S2: reading which is dynamite and small group attendance, which is 602 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:44,320 S2: terrific in using our spiritual gifts, which is awesome, and 603 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:49,920 S2: even giving resources, time, talent, treasure all these things without 604 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:55,880 S2: first having a good long look at ourself with an 605 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:58,920 S2: assist from the Holy Spirit. I love the assist column 606 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:02,120 S2: in a in uh. I love the assist column in 607 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:05,600 S2: any kind of box score for basketball, because I love 608 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:08,920 S2: seeing those guys that have high assist level, because those 609 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:12,120 S2: are the guys that are making the scoring happen. Well, 610 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:15,680 S2: that's what the Spirit of God does. It's a big 611 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:20,340 S2: assist so that we can actually score. So we got 612 00:31:20,340 --> 00:31:23,420 S2: some quotes for you. I'm going to surprise my team 613 00:31:23,420 --> 00:31:28,220 S2: with them. They're pretty amazing man. Self-awareness. It leads to 614 00:31:28,260 --> 00:31:31,500 S2: walking in the spirit. And the Spirit of God wants 615 00:31:31,500 --> 00:31:34,580 S2: to search our hearts so that we can be known 616 00:31:34,580 --> 00:31:36,700 S2: and then move and change. 617 00:31:37,060 --> 00:31:41,820 S1: She's a choreographer extraordinaire, and everything is Greek to her. 618 00:31:42,100 --> 00:31:45,900 S1: Super di is in the crew. It's Carl and crew 619 00:31:45,900 --> 00:31:47,140 S1: on Moody Radio. 620 00:31:47,540 --> 00:31:49,740 S2: Wow, we are getting after it today. This is one 621 00:31:49,740 --> 00:31:53,140 S2: of those. This is one of those discussions that has 622 00:31:53,140 --> 00:31:55,500 S2: the potential to really move the dial in our lives. 623 00:31:56,660 --> 00:31:59,420 S2: It really does has the potential to really move the dial. 624 00:32:00,380 --> 00:32:02,540 S2: So Alex can have a question for you here in 625 00:32:02,540 --> 00:32:04,620 S2: a moment, but let me give you some of these quotes. 626 00:32:04,780 --> 00:32:08,340 S2: This is oh goodness sakes old man disease. I might 627 00:32:08,340 --> 00:32:11,180 S2: get choked up here reading quotes from authors, some of 628 00:32:11,180 --> 00:32:14,620 S2: whom are dead and gone. Good grief Carl. Okay, okay. A.W. 629 00:32:14,660 --> 00:32:18,330 S2: Tozer said this, the man or woman who has learned 630 00:32:18,330 --> 00:32:23,770 S2: to know God will be deeply conscious of his own insufficiency, 631 00:32:23,810 --> 00:32:28,290 S2: deeply conscious of his own insufficiency, and will never boast 632 00:32:28,290 --> 00:32:31,010 S2: of anything except the mercy of God. 633 00:32:32,450 --> 00:32:32,850 S4: Mm. 634 00:32:33,050 --> 00:32:35,490 S5: That's good. Okay. 635 00:32:35,570 --> 00:32:41,090 S2: Okay. Henri Nouwen, phenomenal author. He wrote Wounded Healer, one 636 00:32:41,090 --> 00:32:44,370 S2: of the best books ever. I gotta get that out 637 00:32:44,370 --> 00:32:47,930 S2: again is what Henri Nouwen said. The great task of 638 00:32:47,930 --> 00:32:52,410 S2: the spiritual life is to allow ourselves to be known 639 00:32:52,410 --> 00:32:58,090 S2: by God, to let him uncover what we would rather 640 00:32:58,090 --> 00:33:06,010 S2: keep hidden. Henri Nouwen. Richard Foster, This is epic. I 641 00:33:06,010 --> 00:33:08,330 S2: love Richard. We used to have him on here a lot. 642 00:33:08,370 --> 00:33:11,010 S2: He's gotten older and has decided he can't come on 643 00:33:11,010 --> 00:33:15,030 S2: the show anymore. He's still with us, but he's out 644 00:33:15,030 --> 00:33:18,750 S2: walking around his home early in the morning. Late at night. 645 00:33:18,790 --> 00:33:22,390 S2: Good man of God. I love Richard so much. This 646 00:33:22,390 --> 00:33:27,430 S2: is what he says. The discipline of examine. In the 647 00:33:27,430 --> 00:33:32,270 S2: discipline of examine, we place ourselves before God and ask 648 00:33:32,270 --> 00:33:36,230 S2: him to search our hearts, trusting that he will show 649 00:33:36,230 --> 00:33:43,550 S2: us what needs to be changed. You and then Dallas Willard. 650 00:33:44,550 --> 00:33:50,670 S2: Spiritual formation in Christ does not occur without honest awareness 651 00:33:50,670 --> 00:33:57,510 S2: of what is happening within us in God's presence. Pretty 652 00:33:57,510 --> 00:33:58,670 S2: conclusive here, isn't it? 653 00:33:58,670 --> 00:34:01,430 S4: Very much so. I mean, what if you could sum 654 00:34:01,710 --> 00:34:05,910 S4: all of those quotes up? What's the what's the big takeaway? 655 00:34:06,510 --> 00:34:10,710 S2: The first and foremost discipline for any of our lives 656 00:34:10,710 --> 00:34:13,890 S2: at any moment of the day is to allow and 657 00:34:13,890 --> 00:34:16,810 S2: invite the Spirit of God to show us what we 658 00:34:16,810 --> 00:34:22,450 S2: cannot see in ourselves. Because from there we can apply 659 00:34:22,450 --> 00:34:28,050 S2: Scripture from there. We can pray intelligently. From there we can. 660 00:34:28,530 --> 00:34:34,009 S2: We can minister to other peoples with wholeness and health. 661 00:34:34,050 --> 00:34:38,490 S2: From there we use our spiritual gifts empower. From there 662 00:34:38,489 --> 00:34:42,450 S2: we build up the body of Jesus Christ. Boom! 663 00:34:43,290 --> 00:34:43,690 S5: Woo! 664 00:34:46,050 --> 00:34:48,529 S2: Yes. Isn't that humbling? 665 00:34:48,570 --> 00:34:51,370 S4: It is. And wouldn't you say that this. I mean, 666 00:34:51,410 --> 00:34:54,330 S4: as far as the sequence of things. I mean, this 667 00:34:54,330 --> 00:34:57,490 S4: happens in prayer and in Bible reading, so it doesn't 668 00:34:57,489 --> 00:35:00,730 S4: necessarily come before it, right? 669 00:35:00,770 --> 00:35:05,370 S2: No. Yeah. No. And, but but here's okay, so here's 670 00:35:05,370 --> 00:35:10,010 S2: the caveat on this one. When, when Bible reading, um, 671 00:35:10,050 --> 00:35:18,320 S2: moves from gaining more information and shifts to it being 672 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:23,000 S2: a tool, first and foremost to allow the Holy Spirit 673 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:29,080 S2: to inform me about me. Now we're on the path. 674 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:35,120 S2: You see, I we often approach Bible reading and study 675 00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:38,799 S2: of information to know about how we operate. But when 676 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:43,840 S2: we let the Holy Spirit use Bible reading to hold 677 00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:48,760 S2: up a mirror to how am I operating within myself, 678 00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:54,760 S2: then the overflow of who we are changes radically. This 679 00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:59,040 S2: you know, it's wild because I've been talking here for 680 00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:02,040 S2: a long time. We've never pinned it down this definitively, 681 00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:06,200 S2: but I am now. I look, I don't get certain 682 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:09,200 S2: about a lot. In my old age, my doctrinal statement 683 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:13,420 S2: has gotten shorter, but stronger. You know what I'm saying here, Ali? Yeah, 684 00:36:13,460 --> 00:36:16,220 S2: but the. But the one thing that I know, having 685 00:36:16,219 --> 00:36:20,820 S2: gone to the school of introspection with the Lord, is 686 00:36:21,980 --> 00:36:29,700 S2: all these other disciplines really have power and meaning and substance, 687 00:36:29,700 --> 00:36:35,940 S2: insomuch as the spiritual discipline of Holy Spirit introspection takes 688 00:36:35,940 --> 00:36:40,460 S2: root in our life. Really mean that we don't see 689 00:36:40,460 --> 00:36:41,540 S2: ourselves rightly? 690 00:36:41,580 --> 00:36:46,180 S4: No we don't. And it's it's a healthy thing when 691 00:36:46,180 --> 00:36:48,100 S4: you become aware of that. 692 00:36:48,739 --> 00:36:53,340 S2: It's a powerful thing. And by the way, it's freedom 693 00:36:53,780 --> 00:36:56,220 S2: because some of you might, might be thinking right now, Carl, 694 00:36:56,219 --> 00:37:00,020 S2: I don't want to see myself rightly. It's scary. Yeah, 695 00:37:00,180 --> 00:37:05,500 S2: I'll grant you. It's it's tough sometimes to hear the 696 00:37:05,500 --> 00:37:10,000 S2: Holy Spirit say, this has to change in you. This 697 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:13,959 S2: right here. This has to change. The reason you say 698 00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:19,800 S2: that or do that is, is that there's shallow drivers here, Carl, 699 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:23,320 S2: for this. And this has to change. And here's what's amazing. 700 00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:31,879 S2: Conviction followed by response is always blessed with streams of 701 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:37,239 S2: living water that flood our soul. Man, they are all right. Ali, 702 00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:38,400 S2: you got a question for us here? 703 00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:40,080 S4: Yeah. I want to open the phone lines for this one. 704 00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:43,719 S4: What's something about yourself that you couldn't see until the 705 00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:49,560 S4: Holy Spirit revealed it to you? 800 555 7898. This 706 00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:52,480 S4: revelation could have happened in prayer, could have happened as 707 00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:53,879 S4: you were reading the Word of God. It could have 708 00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:57,719 S4: been that God used someone else to see something that 709 00:37:57,719 --> 00:38:00,440 S4: you weren't seeing, but ultimately it was the Holy Spirit. 710 00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:03,879 S4: So what's something about yourself? Be specific here that you 711 00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:07,279 S4: could not see until the Holy Spirit revealed it. 800 712 00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:13,469 S4: 805 five, five, 7898, 800 555 7898. I want to 713 00:38:13,510 --> 00:38:17,989 S4: emphasize this is about your self, not necessarily a situation 714 00:38:18,230 --> 00:38:20,989 S4: that's something different, but this is something that you could 715 00:38:20,989 --> 00:38:25,510 S4: not see in you. 805 555 7898. 716 00:38:25,710 --> 00:38:31,750 S7: I'm starting with the man in the mirror. I'm asking 717 00:38:31,750 --> 00:38:37,630 S7: him to change his ways, and no message could've been 718 00:38:37,670 --> 00:38:41,510 S7: any clearer. If you wanna make the world a better place, 719 00:38:41,550 --> 00:38:44,270 S7: take a look at yourself and then make a change. 720 00:38:46,150 --> 00:38:49,310 S2: There's so much truth in that, actually. And truth applied 721 00:38:49,310 --> 00:38:52,590 S2: is powerful. It's Carl and crew we're talking really about 722 00:38:52,590 --> 00:38:55,069 S2: more than just self-awareness. Because talking to the man in 723 00:38:55,070 --> 00:38:58,390 S2: the mirror, that can be that can be surface. But 724 00:38:58,390 --> 00:39:00,910 S2: when the Holy Spirit begins to search us, maybe through 725 00:39:00,910 --> 00:39:03,470 S2: a friend, maybe through the Word of God, but it's that. 726 00:39:03,750 --> 00:39:07,050 S2: Let me be very clear here. It's that posture of 727 00:39:07,050 --> 00:39:12,009 S2: absolute humility that doesn't even look at behaviors, but begins 728 00:39:12,010 --> 00:39:14,370 S2: to mind by the power of the spirit, the motivation 729 00:39:14,370 --> 00:39:15,650 S2: behind those behaviors. 730 00:39:16,330 --> 00:39:20,569 S4: That's where it gets tricky, because the behavior you can modify. 731 00:39:20,890 --> 00:39:23,930 S4: But that heart, the motive, the thoughts. Do you ever 732 00:39:23,930 --> 00:39:26,730 S4: notice that those things are much harder to to to 733 00:39:26,770 --> 00:39:27,850 S4: try to change? 734 00:39:28,450 --> 00:39:33,090 S2: Yeah. And what's interesting about that is Ali, for me personally, 735 00:39:33,690 --> 00:39:37,810 S2: the Holy Spirit alone can put the finger on not 736 00:39:37,810 --> 00:39:40,650 S2: just the behavior that needs to change, but the why 737 00:39:40,650 --> 00:39:42,890 S2: I do what I do. Right. And he loves us 738 00:39:42,890 --> 00:39:44,850 S2: that much. By the way. The Holy Spirit is called 739 00:39:44,850 --> 00:39:46,890 S2: the comforter. He will guide you into all truth. He 740 00:39:46,890 --> 00:39:50,370 S2: convicts the world regarding sin, righteousness, and judgment. It's to 741 00:39:50,370 --> 00:39:57,930 S2: our advantage that Jesus goes, because this powerful, deep, introspective, 742 00:39:58,410 --> 00:40:03,490 S2: liberating God, the Holy Spirit will come and speak. Yes, 743 00:40:03,489 --> 00:40:09,069 S2: I'm passionate about this. This. These are the unseen, unspoken 744 00:40:09,070 --> 00:40:16,270 S2: disciplines that the the richest among us live out. So 745 00:40:16,270 --> 00:40:18,110 S2: Allie's got a question for you this morning. 746 00:40:18,110 --> 00:40:21,469 S4: What's something about yourself that you couldn't see until the 747 00:40:21,469 --> 00:40:26,629 S4: Holy Spirit revealed it to you? 805. 55. 78. 98. 748 00:40:26,670 --> 00:40:29,390 S4: Let's go to Yvonne. Calling in this morning from Florida. 749 00:40:29,630 --> 00:40:31,990 S4: Tell us what was something that you couldn't see until 750 00:40:31,989 --> 00:40:33,629 S4: the Holy Spirit put a finger on it? 751 00:40:34,830 --> 00:40:37,750 S8: Thank you so much for taking my call. Um, I'm 752 00:40:37,790 --> 00:40:42,750 S8: trying not to cry. It was self righteousness. It was 753 00:40:42,750 --> 00:40:47,190 S8: self righteousness. My daughter. A few, maybe a year or 754 00:40:47,190 --> 00:40:51,950 S8: two ago, in anger, you know, just just shouted at 755 00:40:51,950 --> 00:40:56,630 S8: me that you're so self righteous. And I recoiled in anger. 756 00:40:56,630 --> 00:41:00,629 S8: I didn't believe, I didn't want to believe. And I've 757 00:41:00,630 --> 00:41:04,660 S8: just been on fasting before the Lord and in prayer. And, um, 758 00:41:05,020 --> 00:41:09,220 S8: the Holy Spirit just quietly leaned into my spirit and 759 00:41:09,219 --> 00:41:13,020 S8: I think day seven of my fast and said, she's like, 760 00:41:13,060 --> 00:41:16,940 S8: you're so righteous. It was just so quiet. It was 761 00:41:16,980 --> 00:41:18,980 S8: I yeah. 762 00:41:19,900 --> 00:41:23,260 S2: That's beautiful. Yvonne, thank you for calling in. That takes courage, sister. 763 00:41:23,739 --> 00:41:27,500 S2: And it's a it's what's crazy about that moment. Because 764 00:41:27,700 --> 00:41:30,940 S2: if you have listened to the Spirit of God, it's 765 00:41:31,700 --> 00:41:35,580 S2: it's tough because the last thing human nature wants to 766 00:41:35,580 --> 00:41:42,859 S2: do is, is say that person that acted. It's it's 767 00:41:42,860 --> 00:41:49,140 S2: easy to diminish or to absolutely, um, push to the 768 00:41:49,140 --> 00:41:52,620 S2: margins any accusation that's done in the heat of battle. Right. 769 00:41:52,660 --> 00:41:55,700 S2: Especially because you can rationalize it. That person's ticked off. 770 00:41:55,700 --> 00:41:58,500 S2: They're out of line. Well, look at their own life. 771 00:41:59,219 --> 00:42:01,339 S2: But when you come before the Lord and you spend 772 00:42:01,340 --> 00:42:04,200 S2: some time honestly before him, you might find out, oh 773 00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:07,800 S2: my goodness, she was right. I do have self righteousness. 774 00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:10,919 S2: And that's a liberating thing. Because here's the beauty of that. 775 00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:16,160 S2: Right behind the conviction comes streams of living water rushing in. 776 00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:17,239 S4: Oh, yeah. As you. 777 00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:17,600 S2: Oh. 778 00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:20,759 S4: Lord, this is not something that I want. And now 779 00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:22,959 S4: that I see it, you have to help me. Because 780 00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:24,200 S4: I don't want this to be true. 781 00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:24,760 S2: Yeah. 782 00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:28,879 S4: Let's go to Sabrina. Calling in this morning from Bedford, Ohio. Sabrina, 783 00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:31,600 S4: what's something about yourself that you just couldn't see until 784 00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:33,040 S4: the Holy Spirit revealed it? 785 00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:38,040 S9: Well, the Holy Spirit revealed to me. And thank you 786 00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:41,880 S9: that I was looking at the Holy Spirit as reverence, 787 00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:45,040 S9: not reverencing the Holy Spirit looking at the Holy Spirit 788 00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:48,799 S9: as a power instead of the person of God. And 789 00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:53,120 S9: then once I relented and repented, the Holy Spirit revealed 790 00:42:53,120 --> 00:42:57,279 S9: to me that I was critical and judgmental, and I 791 00:42:57,280 --> 00:43:00,620 S9: was like, no, I pick up people I don't even 792 00:43:00,620 --> 00:43:03,580 S9: know and help them. Then I bring in people in 793 00:43:03,580 --> 00:43:06,860 S9: our home who we don't even know. So that couldn't be. 794 00:43:06,900 --> 00:43:11,219 S9: And then the Holy Spirit, so gently, just let me 795 00:43:11,260 --> 00:43:14,100 S9: sit on that. And I repented. And then he just 796 00:43:14,100 --> 00:43:16,779 S9: showed me more and more of myself. And then I 797 00:43:16,780 --> 00:43:19,100 S9: was like, oh, wow. And he allowed me to say, 798 00:43:19,100 --> 00:43:22,980 S9: this is not just you. This is me. And we. 799 00:43:23,580 --> 00:43:26,580 S9: It's about the body, how we have to change. And 800 00:43:26,580 --> 00:43:30,780 S9: even that lady right before me, Ruth, he is so 801 00:43:31,020 --> 00:43:35,940 S9: he is so gracious because what she just said, that's 802 00:43:35,940 --> 00:43:39,380 S9: of me. It's been like that all my life. Because 803 00:43:39,380 --> 00:43:43,740 S9: I have to protect myself because of my dysfunctional family. 804 00:43:44,460 --> 00:43:49,700 S9: And now he's even doing more of revealing to me 805 00:43:49,700 --> 00:43:52,660 S9: what I need to do so I can be a 806 00:43:52,660 --> 00:43:57,860 S9: servant to his precious people. Because once I really repent, 807 00:43:57,860 --> 00:44:02,090 S9: he showed me even later that even the murderer, the pedophile, 808 00:44:02,130 --> 00:44:05,170 S9: the thief, they are what? They've done it. But they 809 00:44:05,210 --> 00:44:08,370 S9: are still my precious people. And they deserve to be 810 00:44:08,370 --> 00:44:12,330 S9: respected and loved because that's their only chance. And so 811 00:44:12,370 --> 00:44:13,530 S9: I thank you, Ruth. 812 00:44:13,570 --> 00:44:17,370 S4: Sabrina from Bedford, Ohio. You know, you point out something 813 00:44:17,370 --> 00:44:19,730 S4: that's so important that it's easy. Sometimes we can look 814 00:44:19,730 --> 00:44:21,930 S4: at the sin of others, and we can feel like 815 00:44:22,090 --> 00:44:25,890 S4: somehow they're beyond the same grace and mercy that we 816 00:44:25,930 --> 00:44:29,770 S4: so desperately need. Thanks for your calls this morning. 805 817 00:44:29,810 --> 00:44:31,689 S4: 55 7898. 818 00:44:31,969 --> 00:44:34,650 S1: Your shot of hope to help you through the day. 819 00:44:34,969 --> 00:44:38,129 S1: This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 820 00:44:38,330 --> 00:44:42,009 S2: What's something about yourself that you couldn't see until the 821 00:44:42,010 --> 00:44:46,529 S2: Holy Spirit revealed it to you? That's a question for 822 00:44:46,530 --> 00:44:47,330 S2: a day, isn't it? 823 00:44:47,370 --> 00:44:48,930 S4: A good one. And even if you don't call in 824 00:44:48,930 --> 00:44:51,490 S4: this morning, it's a good one just to think about. Amy, 825 00:44:51,530 --> 00:44:54,850 S4: first time caller from Greenwood, Indiana. Tell us, what is 826 00:44:54,850 --> 00:44:57,210 S4: something that the Holy Spirit allowed you to see? You 827 00:44:57,250 --> 00:44:58,430 S4: couldn't see it before. 828 00:44:59,790 --> 00:45:05,630 S10: Good morning. Selfishness. 100% selfishness. I was only concerned about Amy. 829 00:45:06,030 --> 00:45:08,670 S10: And because of that, it led me to sin and. 830 00:45:09,110 --> 00:45:15,950 S10: And leading me to deal with some legal, um, problems. But, um, 831 00:45:16,550 --> 00:45:18,710 S10: he has dealt with my shame, and I have received 832 00:45:18,710 --> 00:45:21,950 S10: his mercy. And I'm going to use this for his glory. 833 00:45:21,950 --> 00:45:24,590 S10: And I'm going to I'm going to get rid of 834 00:45:24,590 --> 00:45:27,790 S10: this selfishness. He he is taking it from me, and I, 835 00:45:28,270 --> 00:45:32,069 S10: I am just I am so thankful that, um, he 836 00:45:32,070 --> 00:45:35,069 S10: allowed the Holy Spirit to to reveal that about myself. 837 00:45:35,110 --> 00:45:40,270 S2: That's a powerful thing, Amy. First time caller. Greenwood, Indiana. Sister. 838 00:45:40,310 --> 00:45:43,190 S2: With that moment, because there's some that might have to 839 00:45:43,190 --> 00:45:47,189 S2: face that or something different. When you saw that by 840 00:45:47,190 --> 00:45:51,270 S2: the power of the spirit, when you saw that so clearly, 841 00:45:51,310 --> 00:45:54,630 S2: it hurt for a bit. But tell us what happened then, 842 00:45:54,630 --> 00:45:57,370 S2: right after that, when you saw it face to face 843 00:45:57,370 --> 00:45:58,290 S2: for what it was. 844 00:45:59,489 --> 00:46:04,970 S10: I had to receive humility. Like you stated earlier. I 845 00:46:05,450 --> 00:46:08,650 S10: would have not been able to deal with it before. Um, 846 00:46:08,690 --> 00:46:12,130 S10: but he he allowed my fiance to reveal that about myself. 847 00:46:12,170 --> 00:46:15,170 S10: You know, he he says, Amy, you're selfish. And I said, no, 848 00:46:15,489 --> 00:46:19,690 S10: I'm a good person. I'm not selfish, but the selfishness, 849 00:46:19,730 --> 00:46:21,810 S10: you know, I thought I could lead through this life 850 00:46:21,850 --> 00:46:25,170 S10: by myself, and I can't. I need him every second 851 00:46:25,170 --> 00:46:27,609 S10: of every day. And he is going to get me 852 00:46:27,610 --> 00:46:30,410 S10: through this. Um. And I'm not afraid. 853 00:46:30,850 --> 00:46:34,569 S2: That's beautiful, man. That's beautiful. Amy. Sister, we're so proud 854 00:46:34,570 --> 00:46:36,290 S2: of you. That's awesome. That's why we call you the 855 00:46:36,290 --> 00:46:39,850 S2: boom crew right there. Boom! Just nailing it. Ali, what 856 00:46:39,850 --> 00:46:40,930 S2: are your thoughts here, sister? 857 00:46:40,969 --> 00:46:43,609 S4: You know, I love how what she said. You know, 858 00:46:43,650 --> 00:46:46,009 S4: she was kind of in denial, like, no, I'm a 859 00:46:46,010 --> 00:46:49,570 S4: I'm a good person. I'm a sometimes when we see things, 860 00:46:49,890 --> 00:46:55,320 S4: it rubs up against our perception of self. And it's 861 00:46:55,320 --> 00:46:57,400 S4: so good that we can rely on the mercy and 862 00:46:57,400 --> 00:47:00,600 S4: grace of God, because otherwise we just have to accept 863 00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:04,879 S4: that selfishness or self-righteousness or all these other things are 864 00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:07,200 S4: just true of me, and nothing can be done about it. Well, 865 00:47:07,200 --> 00:47:09,760 S4: we go to the grace of God and the power 866 00:47:09,760 --> 00:47:13,360 S4: to change us, and we go, okay, that's true of me. 867 00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:15,839 S4: And now I need the Holy Spirit to change me. 868 00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:17,040 S4: And he will. 869 00:47:17,280 --> 00:47:21,440 S2: May in Mississippi. What did God reveal to you? The 870 00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:23,400 S2: Holy Spirit revealed to you may. 871 00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:30,080 S11: Um, like John chapter four, desiring maybe God's judgment rather 872 00:47:30,080 --> 00:47:32,640 S11: than having love and compassion and mercy on those that 873 00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:34,040 S11: have hurt me over and over. 874 00:47:34,640 --> 00:47:35,120 S5: Yeah. 875 00:47:35,560 --> 00:47:38,320 S2: Yeah, it's an awesome thing when you can find comfort 876 00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:41,000 S2: from the Holy Spirit. And he says, vengeance is mine, 877 00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:44,359 S2: I will repay. And you know, the old analogy, and 878 00:47:44,360 --> 00:47:47,319 S2: it's a good one, that unforgiveness is like strapping the 879 00:47:47,320 --> 00:47:50,359 S2: carcass of that person to you. It's like dragging them 880 00:47:50,360 --> 00:47:54,700 S2: around face to face. And and it's like I can't 881 00:47:54,700 --> 00:47:57,460 S2: get freed from them. But by the power of the spirit, 882 00:47:57,460 --> 00:48:01,180 S2: we can see, we can get free. It's a beautiful 883 00:48:01,180 --> 00:48:03,420 S2: way to go. May. Boom, sister, let's go back to 884 00:48:03,420 --> 00:48:03,940 S2: the phone lines. 885 00:48:03,980 --> 00:48:08,020 S4: Ali, it's Matthew calling in this morning from Ketchikan. I 886 00:48:08,020 --> 00:48:09,980 S4: was going to say this is Alaska City, Carl. You 887 00:48:09,980 --> 00:48:11,980 S4: got to help me catch a Ketchikan. 888 00:48:11,980 --> 00:48:14,460 S2: Matthew. Come on in here. What the Holy Spirit reveal 889 00:48:14,460 --> 00:48:15,140 S2: to you, my man. 890 00:48:16,460 --> 00:48:19,540 S12: Hey, good morning, y'all, and God bless you all very much. Uh, 891 00:48:19,940 --> 00:48:22,580 S12: kind of a it's one, but it's two. Really? That 892 00:48:22,580 --> 00:48:25,259 S12: is really one thing. And it's one that I didn't 893 00:48:25,300 --> 00:48:31,340 S12: actually fully trust God. And with that, I also had idolatry. 894 00:48:31,340 --> 00:48:34,580 S12: I had things that I was placing, um, you know, 895 00:48:34,660 --> 00:48:37,140 S12: ahead of my relationship with God because I didn't trust 896 00:48:37,180 --> 00:48:41,500 S12: God with the things that, you know, I thought I 897 00:48:41,540 --> 00:48:44,339 S12: wanted or needed. Uh, you know, I had a lot 898 00:48:44,340 --> 00:48:47,700 S12: of lukewarm Christian living, and I wasn't patient in God's 899 00:48:47,700 --> 00:48:50,580 S12: timing with a lot of my life. And so those 900 00:48:50,580 --> 00:48:56,319 S12: two things there just, um, you know, really, you know, 901 00:48:56,360 --> 00:48:59,279 S12: kind of put me back in my, my development and 902 00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:02,359 S12: relationship with God for a lot of years. But thank 903 00:49:02,360 --> 00:49:07,480 S12: God he was patient with me and, and, uh, and really, 904 00:49:07,520 --> 00:49:09,200 S12: I mean, there's a whole lot we can go down 905 00:49:09,200 --> 00:49:12,600 S12: on that one. But the root issue was I didn't 906 00:49:12,600 --> 00:49:15,120 S12: trust God and I had idolatry in my life. 907 00:49:15,160 --> 00:49:17,200 S2: Matthew, I want to cheer for you a second here, bro. 908 00:49:17,239 --> 00:49:20,800 S2: You are spot on. Because here's what we find over 909 00:49:20,800 --> 00:49:23,919 S2: and over again in Scripture. Whether it's a righteous king 910 00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:28,080 S2: and he's got a son, for some reason, that son 911 00:49:28,080 --> 00:49:30,959 S2: is not going to inherit what that righteous king had. 912 00:49:30,960 --> 00:49:33,960 S2: The righteous king had such a trust in God that 913 00:49:33,960 --> 00:49:36,680 S2: the idols of the day didn't encroach. And what you're 914 00:49:36,680 --> 00:49:40,960 S2: saying is right on. Because, Matthew, it's true, isn't it, bro? 915 00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:45,400 S2: When we lack trust in God, that's why we grab 916 00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:49,000 S2: other things, to try to fill that void. Because we 917 00:49:49,040 --> 00:49:51,870 S2: gotta put our trust in something, right, Ali? 918 00:49:51,910 --> 00:49:52,670 S4: Absolutely. 919 00:49:52,710 --> 00:49:56,589 S2: It's got to go somewhere. So that's profound. Matthew, I 920 00:49:56,590 --> 00:49:59,830 S2: want to thank you for that, bro. That's huge today, brother. 921 00:49:59,830 --> 00:50:00,390 S2: Thank you. 922 00:50:01,630 --> 00:50:05,469 S12: Absolutely. Well, I just just want to thank you guys 923 00:50:05,469 --> 00:50:07,750 S12: for what you all are doing and just giving the 924 00:50:07,750 --> 00:50:10,910 S12: opportunity to kind of get these little, little words out. 925 00:50:10,950 --> 00:50:14,510 S12: Because if you know, if anyone else is listening, then, um, 926 00:50:15,510 --> 00:50:17,910 S12: just trust God's timing. And even if what you were 927 00:50:17,910 --> 00:50:22,629 S12: wanting or even idolatry, you know, whatever your idolatry is, uh, 928 00:50:22,630 --> 00:50:26,469 S12: isn't inherently evil or sinful or anything else, right? It 929 00:50:26,469 --> 00:50:28,230 S12: could just be a matter of like, God's going to 930 00:50:28,230 --> 00:50:31,430 S12: give it to you in your timing. And I can 931 00:50:31,469 --> 00:50:34,150 S12: say from experience, learn from me, be wise or, you know, 932 00:50:34,190 --> 00:50:35,350 S12: be wiser than I was. 933 00:50:36,110 --> 00:50:38,190 S2: Uh, you're a good man, patient. 934 00:50:38,230 --> 00:50:41,710 S12: Know that the kingdom of heaven is is working and 935 00:50:41,710 --> 00:50:43,469 S12: God's timing is the right timing. 936 00:50:43,630 --> 00:50:47,950 S2: Right on. Matthew from Ketchikan, Alaska shouldn't surprise me that 937 00:50:47,950 --> 00:50:50,410 S2: we got this wisdom porn out of Alaska like that. 938 00:50:50,410 --> 00:50:52,129 S2: We got some good dudes up there in the middle 939 00:50:52,170 --> 00:50:55,210 S2: of the winter, man. Good people. You kidding me? Wow. 940 00:50:55,250 --> 00:50:56,010 S2: Surprise me. 941 00:50:56,610 --> 00:51:01,130 S1: A basketball mom who's mastered the dad joke. Ali is 942 00:51:01,130 --> 00:51:04,810 S1: in the crew. It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 943 00:51:04,969 --> 00:51:07,770 S2: It's bottom of the hour. It's Wednesday. Guess what? 944 00:51:08,010 --> 00:51:11,570 S1: Making herself laugh no matter who joins her, it's time 945 00:51:11,570 --> 00:51:14,130 S1: for Ali. Thinks it's funny. Yes. 946 00:51:15,530 --> 00:51:19,450 S4: Couple jokes for you this morning. You know, I don't 947 00:51:19,450 --> 00:51:23,250 S4: know how much of you visit zoos. Pay attention to 948 00:51:23,250 --> 00:51:26,290 S4: the animal kingdom. Anyone go to a love occasion? 949 00:51:26,330 --> 00:51:26,969 S2: I love a good zoo. 950 00:51:27,010 --> 00:51:28,089 S5: Yeah, I love this. Do you? 951 00:51:28,290 --> 00:51:30,810 S2: Yeah. San Diego Zoo a couple of years ago with 952 00:51:30,810 --> 00:51:32,770 S2: my bride. It was great. There were. There was no 953 00:51:32,770 --> 00:51:35,290 S2: one there. Oh, could I do a quick hit? Go 954 00:51:35,290 --> 00:51:39,129 S2: after Labor Day? For some reason, no one was there. 955 00:51:39,130 --> 00:51:41,490 S2: Every kids are back in school and people are tired 956 00:51:41,489 --> 00:51:44,290 S2: of vacationing. It was. We had the whole San Diego 957 00:51:44,330 --> 00:51:46,009 S2: Zoo to ourselves. There you go. Sorry about that. 958 00:51:46,410 --> 00:51:48,990 S4: After Labor Day is like the is. Is that the hack? 959 00:51:49,390 --> 00:51:52,350 S2: That is the hack, I can assure you of that. 960 00:51:52,390 --> 00:51:52,830 S5: Okay. 961 00:51:53,350 --> 00:51:58,950 S4: Well. Panda bears. Okay, okay. Uh. Polar bears. What are 962 00:51:58,989 --> 00:52:00,910 S4: any other kind of bears? You're an Alaska guy. 963 00:52:00,950 --> 00:52:01,710 S3: Grizzly bears. 964 00:52:01,790 --> 00:52:02,630 S5: Koala bears. 965 00:52:03,030 --> 00:52:06,270 S2: You got koalas, you got Kodiak brown bears. You got 966 00:52:06,310 --> 00:52:07,390 S2: black bears. Yeah. 967 00:52:07,469 --> 00:52:14,070 S4: Interesting thing about koalas. So koalas technically are not considered bears. 968 00:52:14,070 --> 00:52:17,510 S4: Did you know this? Fun fact koalas are not considered bears? 969 00:52:17,510 --> 00:52:18,069 S4: You knew this? 970 00:52:18,110 --> 00:52:19,670 S3: Yes. They are marsupials. 971 00:52:19,710 --> 00:52:20,030 S4: Oh. 972 00:52:20,550 --> 00:52:22,989 S2: Yes, you are right, Jonathan. 973 00:52:23,150 --> 00:52:26,589 S4: He may have, uh, preempted the punchline. Oh, there's actually 974 00:52:26,590 --> 00:52:30,950 S4: a different reason why pandas or koalas aren't considered bears. 975 00:52:31,110 --> 00:52:31,470 S2: Okay. 976 00:52:31,510 --> 00:52:34,990 S4: They simply do not have the right koala vacation. 977 00:52:37,710 --> 00:52:40,270 S2: That's really good. Super nice. 978 00:52:40,310 --> 00:52:41,710 S3: Groaning that is really good. 979 00:52:41,750 --> 00:52:45,069 S4: Come on. And then the fact that you so definitively 980 00:52:45,070 --> 00:52:48,260 S4: said yes I do know. What? Like. Wait, what? You've 981 00:52:48,260 --> 00:52:52,060 S4: heard this one before. Um. You know, cooking night. If 982 00:52:52,100 --> 00:52:56,580 S4: you trade off. Sometimes mom cooks, sometimes dad cooks. Sometimes 983 00:52:56,580 --> 00:53:01,060 S4: maybe a teenager might cook. Dad was cooking the other 984 00:53:01,060 --> 00:53:07,460 S4: night and dad burned the Hawaiian pizza. Unfortunately, a little pineapple, 985 00:53:07,500 --> 00:53:11,819 S4: a little ham, but it all got burnt. Wasn't even edible, unfortunately. 986 00:53:12,340 --> 00:53:15,620 S4: I guess he should have used aloha temperature. 987 00:53:18,260 --> 00:53:20,300 S2: Okay. That is. Those are two. 988 00:53:20,340 --> 00:53:21,380 S5: She's so tickled. 989 00:53:21,420 --> 00:53:26,500 S2: Classic bad dad jokes. Bad. Gotta get them. No, they're bad, 990 00:53:26,540 --> 00:53:29,900 S2: they're good, they're awful, they're great, they're great. Text jokes 991 00:53:29,900 --> 00:53:39,740 S2: to 855 7898 805 five, five, 78, 98. Gotta get em, guys. 992 00:53:39,739 --> 00:53:43,380 S2: Spread em around. You, too, can encourage loved ones, friends, 993 00:53:43,380 --> 00:53:46,140 S2: and coworkers with Allie's jokes today.