WEBVTT - Hour 1: Scripture Study 0:00:07.940 --> 0:00:12.590 Last week, the stock market seemed to melt down. Economists 0:00:12.590 --> 0:00:15.650 began to speculate about our economy, wondering if we'll have 0:00:15.650 --> 0:00:18.890 a soft landing or a hard recession. How should we 0:00:18.890 --> 0:00:22.760 think about our personal finances? Stay with me. We'll talk 0:00:22.760 --> 0:00:27.080 about that in just a moment. Hello, friends. Welcome to 0:00:27.080 --> 0:00:31.100 Open Line with doctor Michael Redlick Moody Radio's Bible Study 0:00:31.100 --> 0:00:34.250 Across America. I'm that very same Michael Ray Melnick that 0:00:34.250 --> 0:00:37.790 I just mentioned. I'm the academic dean and professor of 0:00:37.790 --> 0:00:41.809 Jewish Studies and Bible at Moody Bible Institute. It's time 0:00:41.810 --> 0:00:45.710 for our Bible study across America. We're sitting around the 0:00:45.710 --> 0:00:49.610 radio kitchen table. We have our Bibles open, and I'm 0:00:49.610 --> 0:00:51.770 ready for your, uh, we also have a cup of 0:00:51.770 --> 0:00:54.279 coffee here. Steaming. Tricia, thank you so much for bringing 0:00:54.280 --> 0:00:58.780 me that coffee. And, uh, we're sitting around here waiting 0:00:58.780 --> 0:01:03.340 for your calls. If you have a question about the Bible, God, 0:01:03.340 --> 0:01:06.640 or the spiritual life, just give us a call. The 0:01:06.640 --> 0:01:12.910 phone number here. (877) 548-3675. Let me give it to you 0:01:12.910 --> 0:01:16.780 one more time, because now's a great time to call. 0:01:16.780 --> 0:01:18.669 People always want to know when can I get in? 0:01:18.670 --> 0:01:21.490 When can I get my, my, my question through? The 0:01:21.490 --> 0:01:31.060 way to do that is to call right now. (877) 548-3675. Well, 0:01:31.060 --> 0:01:34.150 Tricia is in the producer's chair. Chris Sigurd's handling all 0:01:34.150 --> 0:01:40.570 things technical. And, uh, is it to who's answering the phones? Tierra. 0:01:40.569 --> 0:01:44.890 Tierra is answering the phones. Sorry about, uh, that's. You know, 0:01:44.890 --> 0:01:47.470 people wonder why don't. Why doesn't he know? Well, it's 0:01:47.470 --> 0:01:53.380 a completely different room. I don't see her, so that's why. 0:01:53.380 --> 0:01:56.260 But anyway, I'm glad she's here answering the phones again. 0:01:56.260 --> 0:02:02.020 The phone number (877) 548-3675. Now go get yourself a cup 0:02:02.020 --> 0:02:05.490 of coffee. Open your Bible, because we're about to study 0:02:05.490 --> 0:02:10.170 the scriptures together. If you think your 401 K had 0:02:10.169 --> 0:02:13.980 a bad time last week, think about Jeff Bezos, chairman 0:02:14.010 --> 0:02:16.890 of Amazon. I read a news report that in just 0:02:16.889 --> 0:02:24.390 two days, Bezos lost $23,000,000,000.20 3 billion. But don't worry 0:02:24.389 --> 0:02:29.130 about Jeff. His net worth is still about $185 billion. 0:02:29.169 --> 0:02:32.680 so I think he'll just be fine. He'll be fine. Uh, 0:02:32.680 --> 0:02:35.710 but a colleague of mine was so distressed about the 0:02:35.710 --> 0:02:38.320 markets that she said, now I won't be able to 0:02:38.320 --> 0:02:42.370 retire after this year. So it could be stressful. Well, 0:02:42.370 --> 0:02:46.870 whether we have a retirement account, a 401 K, an IRA, 0:02:46.900 --> 0:02:50.260 a savings account, whatever we have, whenever the markets are 0:02:50.710 --> 0:02:56.459 in turmoil, it brings stress. So how should we think 0:02:56.460 --> 0:03:00.239 about finance? The answer is in the book of God's wisdom, 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:04.140 the book of Proverbs in chapter 30, verses eight and nine, 0:03:04.139 --> 0:03:09.660 here's what it says give me neither poverty nor wealth. 0:03:10.230 --> 0:03:14.430 Feed me with the food I need. Otherwise I might 0:03:14.430 --> 0:03:18.200 have too much and deny you saying, who is the Lord? 0:03:18.200 --> 0:03:22.399 Or I might have nothing and steal profaning the name 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:26.809 of of my God. This is written by Edgar. And 0:03:26.810 --> 0:03:30.650 so what can we learn from Edgar? From Proverbs 30 0:03:30.650 --> 0:03:35.360 verses eight and nine? First, our prayer should be for 0:03:35.360 --> 0:03:39.920 God to provide only what we need. That's why he asks. 0:03:39.950 --> 0:03:43.640 Edgar asks God for neither poverty nor riches, but only 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:46.190 asked for the food that he needs. This is what 0:03:46.190 --> 0:03:49.040 the Lord Jesus meant when he taught us to pray. 0:03:49.040 --> 0:03:53.210 Give us this day our daily bread. We're to pray 0:03:53.210 --> 0:03:56.870 for only what we need, not everything we might want. 0:03:57.170 --> 0:04:01.040 And then he gives the reason with the second point. Secondly, 0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:07.390 Hagar teaches us both wealth and poverty can be spiritually dangerous. 0:04:07.390 --> 0:04:10.360 How so? Well, the danger of wealth is that it 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:13.780 may cause us to deny God by forgetting him otherwise. 0:04:13.810 --> 0:04:16.990 Agar says I might have too much and deny you, saying, 0:04:16.990 --> 0:04:20.739 who is the Lord? We all become when we have 0:04:20.740 --> 0:04:24.549 too much, we become too self-reliant. We start thinking, I 0:04:24.550 --> 0:04:27.609 don't need the Lord to provide. Look at all I have. 0:04:27.940 --> 0:04:31.510 This attitude made me think of a story. One day, 0:04:31.510 --> 0:04:35.740 a pastor was invited to John D Rockefeller's mansion. As 0:04:35.740 --> 0:04:39.550 he drove up the winding drive lined with tall trees 0:04:39.550 --> 0:04:43.299 with the massive house, he said, my, my. This is 0:04:43.300 --> 0:04:45.820 what the Lord might have done if he'd only had 0:04:45.820 --> 0:04:50.560 the money. Well, the truth of it is, everything that 0:04:50.560 --> 0:04:52.990 anyone has comes from the Lord. Yet when we get 0:04:52.990 --> 0:04:58.810 so wealthy, we think that we're independent of God and 0:04:58.810 --> 0:05:03.490 we can deny him or forget him. The second danger 0:05:03.490 --> 0:05:07.510 of is in poverty. The danger of poverty is that 0:05:07.510 --> 0:05:11.140 it may cause us to dishonor God by stealing from others. 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:14.500 We don't want to deny him, but we might dishonor him. 0:05:15.220 --> 0:05:18.690 I might have nothing, Agha says, and steal and profane 0:05:18.690 --> 0:05:22.740 the name of my God. That's another form of self-reliance, 0:05:23.220 --> 0:05:25.770 we might say. I won't trust God to provide for me, 0:05:25.770 --> 0:05:28.890 but instead I'll just take it for myself. And you know, 0:05:28.890 --> 0:05:32.490 this isn't limited to breaking and entering. We can steal 0:05:32.490 --> 0:05:35.550 by cheating on our taxes, or gouging our customers, or 0:05:35.550 --> 0:05:39.870 taking supplies from work or any number of creative ways. 0:05:40.140 --> 0:05:43.800 All these actions bring dishonor to God, whether we are 0:05:43.800 --> 0:05:50.430 caught or not. Both poverty and riches are dangerous because 0:05:50.430 --> 0:05:53.580 they both tap into our greed, and our culture has 0:05:53.580 --> 0:05:56.849 inflamed our natural greed as we've grown up. According to 0:05:56.850 --> 0:06:00.060 Kevin Millar, it's estimated that we each have seen ready 0:06:00.060 --> 0:06:07.740 for this 40,000 advertisements per year from childhood upward. Children, 0:06:08.070 --> 0:06:10.980 even at the age of 18 months, can recognize the 0:06:10.980 --> 0:06:17.550 golden arches because of commercials. John Ortberg says that when 0:06:17.550 --> 0:06:19.830 we buy our kid a Happy Meal, this is what happens. 0:06:19.830 --> 0:06:24.120 You're not just buying fries, McNuggets, and a dinosaur stamp, 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:28.500 you're buying happiness. The advertisements have convinced my children they 0:06:28.500 --> 0:06:32.240 have a little McDonald's McDonald's shaped vacuum in their hearts. 0:06:32.270 --> 0:06:35.510 Our souls are restless till they find their rest in 0:06:35.510 --> 0:06:38.659 a happy meal. The problem with the Happy Meal is 0:06:38.660 --> 0:06:43.100 that the happy wears off and they need a new fix. 0:06:43.100 --> 0:06:47.330 No child discovers lasting happiness in just one. Remember that 0:06:47.330 --> 0:06:50.120 happy Meal? What great joy I found there. No, no. 0:06:50.120 --> 0:06:54.410 Happy meals bring happiness only to McDonald's. You ever wonder 0:06:54.410 --> 0:06:58.430 why Ronald McDonald wears that grin? 20 Billion Happy Meals. 0:06:58.430 --> 0:07:04.400 That's why, Wartburg concludes, when we get older, we don't 0:07:04.400 --> 0:07:10.640 get any smarter. Our Happy Meals are just more expensive. 0:07:11.300 --> 0:07:15.650 So what do we do about our inclination towards greed? 0:07:16.280 --> 0:07:19.610 It's not to pursue wealth or to steal. We're already 0:07:19.610 --> 0:07:22.580 warned about that. Here's what we do. First, we need 0:07:22.580 --> 0:07:25.730 to pray. Give me neither poverty nor wealth, but only 0:07:25.730 --> 0:07:30.470 what I need. Second, we need to give generously to 0:07:30.470 --> 0:07:33.800 God's work. Fred Smith has said, giving is the drain 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:37.100 plug of our greed. As we give to God, our 0:07:37.100 --> 0:07:42.080 grasping for more gives us, gives way to contentment. Because 0:07:42.080 --> 0:07:47.840 godliness or spiritual maturity with contentment is great gain. We 0:07:47.840 --> 0:07:50.510 don't have to be stressed by the ups and downs 0:07:50.510 --> 0:07:54.110 of the markets. As long as we're walking with the 0:07:54.110 --> 0:08:00.290 creator of the universe. Well, I hope that's an encouragement 0:08:00.290 --> 0:08:03.950 to you. It's an encouragement and a reminder to me 0:08:03.950 --> 0:08:11.050 as well. We're going to talk with Nathan in Chicago, Illinois. 0:08:11.080 --> 0:08:14.650 That's our first call calling from listening on Wmbi. Welcome 0:08:14.650 --> 0:08:17.410 to Open Line, Nathan. How can I help you today? 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:21.670 Oh, I'm fine, Doctor Redlich. Um, how can you help 0:08:21.670 --> 0:08:26.860 me if I study in Leviticus 25? I see from, uh, 0:08:26.860 --> 0:08:34.000 verses 10 to 51, it talks about the 50th year jubilee. And, uh, 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:38.380 I'm just wondering, did they did ancient Israel ever experience it? 0:08:38.380 --> 0:08:39.160 I don't know. 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:39.939 They ever get there. 0:08:40.179 --> 0:08:43.750 I don't know, uh, here's what I do know. Is 0:08:43.750 --> 0:08:50.199 that the reason Israel went into captivity when they did 0:08:50.200 --> 0:08:54.570 is they were supposed to have every seventh year off, right? 0:08:54.570 --> 0:08:58.559 They were supposed to take a seventh year sabbatical, not 0:08:58.559 --> 0:09:03.329 grow grain, not right. And what happened was they went 0:09:03.330 --> 0:09:10.949 into 490 years is what, uh, 70? I'm sorry. Uh, 0:09:11.340 --> 0:09:18.300 after 490 years, they went into captivity because they missed the, uh, 0:09:18.750 --> 0:09:24.870 the seven year sabbatical 70 times. That's what Jeremiah tells us. 0:09:24.870 --> 0:09:28.380 And so therefore, they had to go into captivity for 0:09:28.380 --> 0:09:31.949 70 years to make up for the that God said, 0:09:31.950 --> 0:09:34.679 I'm going to rest the land for 70 years. So 0:09:34.679 --> 0:09:37.829 it sounds to me like they didn't follow the, the, uh, 0:09:37.830 --> 0:09:41.700 sabbatical year, uh, very often. And therefore I would guess 0:09:41.700 --> 0:09:45.870 that they didn't follow the Jubilee year as well. Okay. 0:09:45.870 --> 0:09:50.700 So this came after the instructions they received in Leviticus 25. 0:09:50.700 --> 0:09:53.429 Then apparently they didn't keep them. But you know what? 0:09:53.429 --> 0:09:57.360 We may I don't know everything. Um, maybe they did sometime, 0:09:57.360 --> 0:10:00.990 but they did meet. They did miss 70 years of 0:10:00.990 --> 0:10:04.020 sabbatical years. Okay, Nathan, you know, one of the things 0:10:04.020 --> 0:10:07.199 you just said, one of those things that is really 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:09.900 important when the Bible doesn't answer it. You said you 0:10:09.900 --> 0:10:12.120 read the Bible. I don't see them keeping it any, 0:10:12.120 --> 0:10:15.210 any year. Do you know what that means, Nathan? 0:10:16.530 --> 0:10:17.580 You don't need to know. 0:10:17.820 --> 0:10:19.470 We don't need to know. And we don't know. We 0:10:19.470 --> 0:10:23.219 just can't know. Uh, I love a quote by D.L. Moody. 0:10:23.460 --> 0:10:26.040 One of my. You might have heard of him. Moody 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:29.339 Bible Institute's name for him. Right? He said God didn't 0:10:29.340 --> 0:10:32.929 give us the scriptures to satisfy our curiosity, but to 0:10:32.929 --> 0:10:35.900 transform our lives. And so often when we're reading the 0:10:35.900 --> 0:10:40.100 scriptures where we're looking to have our curiosity, did they 0:10:40.100 --> 0:10:42.500 ever do this? Did they not? And, you know, those 0:10:42.500 --> 0:10:46.040 are a lot of questions that we have. I have those, uh, 0:10:46.040 --> 0:10:50.360 but my curiosity, that's not why God gave me the Bible. 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:53.600 He wants to change my life. So that's I think 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:56.270 the same is true for you, Nathan. Don't you think so? 0:10:56.570 --> 0:11:00.350 I think I totally agree. There's one quick follow up. Yeah. 0:11:00.350 --> 0:11:02.960 Will this be a reestablished in the millennium? 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:08.180 I don't know. That doesn't say what? Uh, because, you know, 0:11:08.179 --> 0:11:10.219 it says in Isaiah two the law will go forth 0:11:10.220 --> 0:11:14.450 from Zion, but that's just instruction in the messianic kingdom there. 0:11:14.450 --> 0:11:17.960 I think we'll be living under a messianic Torah. Uh, 0:11:17.960 --> 0:11:20.270 not necessarily the mosaic. So I don't know what will 0:11:20.270 --> 0:11:23.660 be taken from the mosaic and part of the the 0:11:23.660 --> 0:11:27.319 Messianic Torah. Okay. 0:11:27.980 --> 0:11:29.630 Well, thank you so much, sir. 0:11:29.660 --> 0:11:33.350 Yep. Thank you for your call. Really appreciate it. Uh, 0:11:33.500 --> 0:11:35.840 we're going to go to a break. But before we do, 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:39.679 I do want to mention, uh, our current resource. Uh, 0:11:39.679 --> 0:11:42.460 someone wrote to me and they wanted to know, uh, 0:11:42.460 --> 0:11:45.760 why I think this book is so good. 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I want to mention it again. You'll 0:13:30.530 --> 0:13:33.199 be hearing a lot about it. It's something that's really 0:13:33.200 --> 0:13:39.199 on my heart. The world has seen this explosion of anti-Semitism, 0:13:39.590 --> 0:13:42.410 not just here in the United States, but across the globe, 0:13:42.410 --> 0:13:47.360 not just about Israel, but about Jewish people everywhere. And 0:13:47.360 --> 0:13:50.270 it's heartbreaking. And one of the things that we stand 0:13:50.270 --> 0:13:53.120 for at Moody Bible Institute is that God has an 0:13:53.120 --> 0:13:57.709 eternal love for his chosen people, the Jewish people. And 0:13:57.710 --> 0:14:01.340 as a result, we have called a summit a one 0:14:01.340 --> 0:14:08.210 day conference opposing anti-Semitism. It's upcoming on November 9th. Uh, 0:14:08.210 --> 0:14:12.650 and it's being co-sponsored between Moody and Chosen People Ministries. 0:14:12.650 --> 0:14:14.780 I'm going to talk about chosen people in just a moment, 0:14:14.780 --> 0:14:17.240 but I'm so grateful that we're going to do this. 0:14:17.240 --> 0:14:20.330 Some of the speakers I'll be speaking. Mitch Glazer, president 0:14:20.330 --> 0:14:23.300 of Chosen People, will be speaking. Mark Jobe, president of Moody, 0:14:23.300 --> 0:14:27.290 will be speaking at the summit. And also Don Sweeting, uh, 0:14:27.290 --> 0:14:30.820 who is the chancellor of Colorado Christian University, but the 0:14:30.820 --> 0:14:35.620 son of Moody, former Moody president, uh, Doctor George Sweeting. 0:14:35.620 --> 0:14:38.440 So we're it's going to be a great lineup. We're 0:14:38.440 --> 0:14:41.560 going to have a great time, uh, exploring how the 0:14:41.560 --> 0:14:47.170 church can stand with the Jewish people and oppose anti-Semitism. 0:14:47.170 --> 0:14:49.630 And it's November 9th. If you want to find out more, 0:14:49.660 --> 0:14:52.780 the best place to go is go to Moody Conferences. 0:14:53.140 --> 0:14:55.540 Org and you'll see a link there that you can 0:14:55.540 --> 0:15:02.170 click on that says, uh, the summit Opposing antisemitism. Okay, 0:15:02.170 --> 0:15:06.070 that's November 9th. And uh, people will be coming from 0:15:06.070 --> 0:15:08.200 all over. There's all sorts of information if you need 0:15:08.200 --> 0:15:10.870 to get a hotel for the the night or something 0:15:10.870 --> 0:15:14.050 like that, uh, where you can do that and how 0:15:14.050 --> 0:15:16.450 much it costs and all the different things that you 0:15:16.450 --> 0:15:20.470 might be interested in, just go to that website, Moody Conferences. 0:15:20.680 --> 0:15:24.700 Org and click on the summit opposing anti-Semitism. You can 0:15:24.700 --> 0:15:29.110 register there as well. Now why? I mentioned that when 0:15:29.110 --> 0:15:31.930 I think about the whole history of the Jewish people, 0:15:32.020 --> 0:15:35.290 it's been a history. It's called the longest hatred. anti-Semitism. 0:15:35.290 --> 0:15:40.540 anti-Semitism has lasted so long. And every time you think, oh, 0:15:40.540 --> 0:15:44.400 it started with Pharaoh and Egypt and then went to Haman. 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:48.210 And now today with Hamas, it just doesn't matter. There's 0:15:48.210 --> 0:15:56.250 this long heritage of anti-Semitism. And, uh, yet God has 0:15:56.250 --> 0:16:00.480 preserved his people. And that's why Chosen People Ministries has 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:05.190 this fantastic Jewish art calendar that they're offering for free. Uh, 0:16:05.460 --> 0:16:08.640 what it does is each picture shows God's faithfulness to 0:16:08.640 --> 0:16:14.370 Israel throughout Jewish history. Despite the surge of anti-Semitism, despite 0:16:14.370 --> 0:16:17.790 past anti-Semitism, God has always been faithful. That's what the 0:16:17.790 --> 0:16:20.880 art calendar is about. And Jewish calendars, of course, start 0:16:20.880 --> 0:16:23.400 in September with the Jewish New Year. And so this 0:16:23.400 --> 0:16:26.250 art calendar is available to you. Chosen people wants to 0:16:26.250 --> 0:16:29.640 give it to you for free. It's yours. All you 0:16:29.640 --> 0:16:33.540 have to do is go to our website, openline radio.org, 0:16:33.540 --> 0:16:36.390 and then you can click on the link that says 0:16:36.390 --> 0:16:39.660 a free gift from Chosen People Ministries, and they'll send 0:16:39.660 --> 0:16:43.770 you this beautiful, really meaningful calendar. So don't miss out. 0:16:43.770 --> 0:16:46.920 Go to Openline radio.org and click on a free gift 0:16:46.920 --> 0:16:50.340 from Chosen People Ministries. We're going to talk to Janet 0:16:50.340 --> 0:16:54.230 now in Cleveland, Ohio, listening on Wqrf. Wcff. Welcome to 0:16:54.230 --> 0:16:56.120 Open Line. Janet. How can I help you? 0:16:56.960 --> 0:16:59.869 Well good morning. Good morning. I appreciate Open Line. I 0:16:59.870 --> 0:17:03.470 appreciate your sharing with us in so many ways. Thank you. 0:17:03.500 --> 0:17:08.630 My question is, how would what's the best way to 0:17:08.630 --> 0:17:11.510 be able to talk with and approach someone who has 0:17:11.510 --> 0:17:17.990 heard the gospel multiple times, but just doesn't believe it? 0:17:18.020 --> 0:17:22.369 The Bible is true. Wonders if it's just mythological. Um, 0:17:23.180 --> 0:17:26.300 she friends with a lot of, uh, believing people she's 0:17:26.300 --> 0:17:30.169 been shared with many times, but she just simply just 0:17:30.170 --> 0:17:31.760 seems to fall on deaf ears. 0:17:31.880 --> 0:17:36.530 Mhm. Uh, well, you know, you can have a good 0:17:36.530 --> 0:17:39.320 argument about it, you know that. But I'm not sure 0:17:39.320 --> 0:17:42.859 that that's going to be all that helpful, you know? Uh, 0:17:44.180 --> 0:17:49.220 here's here's how I would come at it, you know, um, 0:17:50.060 --> 0:17:53.840 and this is I think what's so crucial is so 0:17:53.840 --> 0:18:00.619 often the issue isn't about the cognitive, the academic, the 0:18:00.800 --> 0:18:03.620 give me the five evidences that you that make you 0:18:03.619 --> 0:18:08.949 believe whatever it is that you believe. Uh, so here's 0:18:08.950 --> 0:18:12.160 the thing that I think melts people, opens them up, 0:18:12.160 --> 0:18:22.750 and that is relationship. Uh, that without a good, warm friendship, 0:18:22.750 --> 0:18:26.470 it's really hard to share seeds of the gospel. You know, 0:18:26.470 --> 0:18:30.669 you got to cultivate, cultivate the soil with a relationship. 0:18:30.670 --> 0:18:35.080 And and so there's one aspect is just being a 0:18:35.080 --> 0:18:40.270 really good friend and being faithful. Secondly, what I would 0:18:40.270 --> 0:18:44.530 say is live a transformed life. Your life has to 0:18:44.530 --> 0:18:47.020 be something that a person looks at you and says, 0:18:47.020 --> 0:18:51.879 there's something different about Janet. Uh, you know, I know 0:18:51.880 --> 0:18:55.840 that I disagree with her about Jesus and the Bible, 0:18:55.840 --> 0:18:59.560 but boy, the Bible sure has changed her. The Bible 0:18:59.560 --> 0:19:04.000 has made her into a better person. Jesus has transformed her. 0:19:04.240 --> 0:19:10.030 That's the second key. First relationship, second, uh, transformation. Living 0:19:10.030 --> 0:19:14.800 a transformed life before someone. And then when when things 0:19:14.800 --> 0:19:17.290 happen in your life. When things. When the Lord answers 0:19:17.290 --> 0:19:23.280 a prayer, when the Lord gives you encouragement, when there's 0:19:23.280 --> 0:19:27.629 something really, really important like that that you would share 0:19:27.630 --> 0:19:33.570 with any friend, then, uh, what you need to do 0:19:33.570 --> 0:19:36.660 and even when you have a need, saying, I'm having 0:19:36.660 --> 0:19:40.230 people pray for me about whatever it is. Uh, I 0:19:40.230 --> 0:19:41.850 know you don't pray, but I did want you to 0:19:41.850 --> 0:19:43.980 know that people are praying for me about this. And 0:19:43.980 --> 0:19:48.180 then when God answers that prayer, tell your friend about that. 0:19:48.180 --> 0:19:51.480 That answer to prayer, how God has worked in your life, 0:19:51.480 --> 0:19:54.780 got what you have learned and what God is doing. 0:19:54.780 --> 0:19:57.810 As you raise those flags, what you're doing is you're 0:19:57.810 --> 0:20:01.680 making this person jealous for your relationship that you have 0:20:01.680 --> 0:20:04.740 with the Lord Jesus. And then the the last step, 0:20:04.740 --> 0:20:07.340 I would say when she says, well, how could you 0:20:07.340 --> 0:20:09.439 believe the Bible? I would so like to believe what 0:20:09.440 --> 0:20:12.949 you have, but how is it that you can believe this? Well, 0:20:12.950 --> 0:20:15.920 I would always go right to the resurrected Lord Jesus. 0:20:15.920 --> 0:20:19.280 Here's the reasons I believe in the resurrection and Jesus 0:20:19.280 --> 0:20:22.790 if if indeed, and he has been. But if indeed 0:20:22.790 --> 0:20:25.100 Jesus is raised from the dead, then he's God, because 0:20:25.100 --> 0:20:27.230 that's who he claimed to be and God raised. And 0:20:27.230 --> 0:20:30.770 then he was raised from the dead. And if Jesus 0:20:30.770 --> 0:20:33.470 believed the Bible, then I'm going to believe the Bible. 0:20:33.470 --> 0:20:36.890 That's where I would start with that. So but it's 0:20:36.890 --> 0:20:40.129 not an immediate thing. I wouldn't start there. I would, 0:20:40.130 --> 0:20:45.560 I would go, I would go with that relationship transformed life, 0:20:45.560 --> 0:20:48.920 and then raising the flag from time to time about 0:20:48.920 --> 0:20:52.699 what God is doing in your life. And then ultimately 0:20:52.700 --> 0:20:56.330 the resurrected Jesus, who is God, believed the Bible. That's 0:20:56.330 --> 0:20:58.520 how I would go at it. Okay. 0:20:59.060 --> 0:21:00.560 Okay. Yes. Yeah. 0:21:00.560 --> 0:21:01.490 Thank you very much. 0:21:01.490 --> 0:21:03.530 Yeah. I'm so glad. Thank you. You know, so often 0:21:03.530 --> 0:21:06.139 we think if we just give people the four reasons 0:21:06.140 --> 0:21:08.119 or five reasons that we believe the Bible, they're going 0:21:08.119 --> 0:21:11.930 to say, oh, that's fine. Uh, it doesn't work that way. Usually, 0:21:11.930 --> 0:21:18.110 usually what works is, is a relationship. So the key 0:21:18.109 --> 0:21:22.810 to evangelism, in my opinion, is a transformed life. So 0:21:22.810 --> 0:21:26.590 that's that's a great reminder for me because sometimes I 0:21:26.590 --> 0:21:29.230 forget that that's the key not to win the argument, 0:21:29.230 --> 0:21:32.770 but to win the person. And think about this. I 0:21:32.770 --> 0:21:34.690 once heard someone say that if we want to see 0:21:34.720 --> 0:21:37.780 people make a decision for the Lord, but really, if 0:21:37.780 --> 0:21:42.189 we're caring for people, the truth is it's a series 0:21:42.190 --> 0:21:45.190 of many decisions. It might be a decision to hear 0:21:45.190 --> 0:21:47.230 your story, or it might be a decision to read 0:21:47.230 --> 0:21:49.420 a book of the Bible. It might be a decision 0:21:49.420 --> 0:21:54.880 to talk with you. It's a series of many decisions 0:21:54.880 --> 0:21:58.270 rather than one big decision. We have to lead people 0:21:58.270 --> 0:22:01.960 from not wanting and helping them to see they need, 0:22:01.960 --> 0:22:05.080 and then help them to make that decision in the end. 0:22:05.080 --> 0:22:07.930 So anyway, that's the story. Janet, thanks for your call. 0:22:07.930 --> 0:22:12.310 We're going to talk to Mary listening in Illinois and Wwdm, 0:22:12.310 --> 0:22:15.310 welcome to Open Line. Mary. How can I help you today? 0:22:16.900 --> 0:22:17.740 Yes. 0:22:19.090 --> 0:22:19.570 Go ahead. 0:22:19.570 --> 0:22:24.250 Mary, um, I was wondering. I'm sorry. I am a Christian, 0:22:24.250 --> 0:22:29.680 and I know what Romans 13 teaches us. Um, to, um, 0:22:29.700 --> 0:22:34.770 respect our leaders unless it's contrary to God. Um, but 0:22:34.770 --> 0:22:41.580 I was wondering about does God allow, uh, the presidents 0:22:41.580 --> 0:22:45.960 to that we get to be selected? I have heard 0:22:45.960 --> 0:22:48.960 that there is scripture to back that up. And if 0:22:48.960 --> 0:22:51.629 there is, where is that scripture? 0:22:51.720 --> 0:22:55.080 Um, it's in the book of Daniel, I think that's 0:22:55.080 --> 0:22:59.730 probably the place I would go. Uh, uh let me 0:22:59.730 --> 0:23:08.879 find the verse. Uh it says. Uh, Daniel chapter four, 0:23:08.880 --> 0:23:13.770 verse 17, right in the middle. Here's what it says. 0:23:14.130 --> 0:23:19.080 This is so the living will know. That's us. You 0:23:19.080 --> 0:23:22.770 and me. Right, Mary? We're the living that the Most 0:23:22.770 --> 0:23:28.230 High is ruler over the kingdom of men. He gives 0:23:28.230 --> 0:23:32.040 it to anyone he wants and sets the lowliest of 0:23:32.040 --> 0:23:37.650 men over it. So who's the real ruler? God himself, 0:23:37.650 --> 0:23:41.460 who puts even lowly men in the position of king 0:23:41.460 --> 0:23:46.250 or president or sovereign. Well, it's God himself, God's sovereign 0:23:46.250 --> 0:23:49.070 over human government. Okay. 0:23:49.910 --> 0:23:51.619 Okay, okay. 0:23:51.619 --> 0:23:54.920 I was just, um, wondering where that scripture was, and 0:23:54.920 --> 0:23:58.189 I've heard that I've heard that said. But I, um. 0:23:58.190 --> 0:24:00.020 And I know it's true, but I just didn't know 0:24:00.020 --> 0:24:02.360 where it was. Yeah. Thank you very much, Daniel. 0:24:02.359 --> 0:24:07.310 For 17. It's great reminder. You know, uh, sometimes we 0:24:07.310 --> 0:24:10.880 look at leaders and we can't believe that they're in charge, 0:24:10.880 --> 0:24:14.180 but we trust the sovereign one. Think about that. That 0:24:14.180 --> 0:24:17.120 was Nebuchadnezzar that this is said of. And God had 0:24:17.119 --> 0:24:21.109 a way of humbling Nebuchadnezzar as well. Remember Nebuchadnezzar the 0:24:21.109 --> 0:24:25.520 Babylonian tyrant? Well, he was humbled and ultimately had to 0:24:25.520 --> 0:24:30.919 come to respect the sovereignty of God. Uh, that's a 0:24:30.920 --> 0:24:35.780 great reminder. At this election season, you know, sometimes we 0:24:35.780 --> 0:24:39.830 think that, uh, this is like the most important thing 0:24:39.830 --> 0:24:41.720 in the world. I think the most important thing in 0:24:41.720 --> 0:24:44.180 the world is to recognize the sovereign of the universe, 0:24:44.180 --> 0:24:48.379 not the president of the United States. And that that's 0:24:48.380 --> 0:24:51.350 just where it's at. You know, it's scary. Everyone has 0:24:51.350 --> 0:24:54.470 their political opinions. Some people say if this person is 0:24:54.470 --> 0:24:56.710 person's elected, then I'm going to leave the country. Well, no. 0:24:56.710 --> 0:24:58.930 If the other person's elected, I'm going to leave the country. 0:24:58.960 --> 0:25:00.879 You know what? I'm sticking around. I'm going to be 0:25:00.880 --> 0:25:03.520 in this country by God's grace, and I'm going to 0:25:03.520 --> 0:25:08.199 do my best to serve the sovereign of the universe. Uh, 0:25:08.200 --> 0:25:12.550 at that, whoever is elected, that's the key. And and, 0:25:12.550 --> 0:25:14.410 you know, the Bible teaches we need to pray for 0:25:14.410 --> 0:25:19.240 our leaders. Uh, it also says honor the emperor in 0:25:19.240 --> 0:25:24.340 first Peter, I think. I think that was Nero. Uh. 0:25:26.500 --> 0:25:29.950 So when you think about it, uh, God calls us 0:25:29.950 --> 0:25:32.980 to do that, not to have blind loyalty when the 0:25:32.980 --> 0:25:36.760 government is doing something evil. But we have to speak up. 0:25:36.760 --> 0:25:40.690 But nevertheless, we have to honor the King. Anyway, we'll 0:25:40.690 --> 0:25:43.030 be right back with the mailbag. Trish is coming in. 0:25:43.030 --> 0:25:46.359 She's dragging that mailbag right now, so stay with us. 0:25:46.359 --> 0:26:06.580 This is open line with Michael Radnich. Welcome back to 0:26:06.580 --> 0:26:12.300 Open Line. It's time for the Febc mailbag. 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But if 0:28:00.109 --> 0:28:03.590 if you just can remember Open Line radio.org, click on, 0:28:03.590 --> 0:28:06.679 then click on the banner, the banner on our website. 0:28:06.680 --> 0:28:07.180 That's great. 0:28:07.180 --> 0:28:08.620 Thank you. Easy way to do that. Yeah. 0:28:08.619 --> 0:28:11.830 You're welcome. That's great. Okay, so before we go to 0:28:11.830 --> 0:28:13.990 the mailbag I have a mailbag question for you. 0:28:13.990 --> 0:28:15.040 Oh, boy. Okay, okay. 0:28:15.040 --> 0:28:18.699 Here's here's my question. Uh, we even I did a 0:28:18.700 --> 0:28:21.400 bunch of Bible study moments for the summer. Yes. Have 0:28:21.400 --> 0:28:22.689 you been listening to them? 0:28:22.810 --> 0:28:24.910 I mean, I was there when we recorded, I mean, 0:28:24.910 --> 0:28:25.899 right when it was written. 0:28:25.900 --> 0:28:28.600 Yeah, yeah, not not when they were sent out. But 0:28:28.869 --> 0:28:32.470 we were there about the covenants And I think that 0:28:32.470 --> 0:28:36.640 sometimes people, uh, don't understand that the covenants really are 0:28:36.640 --> 0:28:40.239 the backbone of the scriptures. And, uh, I think it 0:28:40.240 --> 0:28:42.190 was a really a fun time for me to go 0:28:42.190 --> 0:28:45.040 through the covenants of the Bible for the Bible study moments. 0:28:45.040 --> 0:28:47.950 And that's what made made me think of you being there. 0:28:47.950 --> 0:28:49.479 And we were talking about it and it was so 0:28:49.480 --> 0:28:52.630 much fun. And then I thought, well, how do you 0:28:52.630 --> 0:28:56.320 get those Bible study moments? Well, become a kitchen table partner. 0:28:56.500 --> 0:28:58.150 That's one of the things that we do for our 0:28:58.150 --> 0:29:01.780 kitchen table partners. People who partner with this ministry by 0:29:01.780 --> 0:29:04.090 giving monthly. One of the ways we say thank you 0:29:04.090 --> 0:29:07.630 is sending every other week a Bible study moment, uh, 0:29:07.630 --> 0:29:11.260 about a particular topic usually. But we're doing the covenants 0:29:11.260 --> 0:29:14.410 this summer and that's that's been kind of fun to 0:29:14.410 --> 0:29:18.250 do and I so appreciate it. And now what's the 0:29:18.250 --> 0:29:22.110 best thing I think about being a kitchen table partner? 0:29:22.500 --> 0:29:24.060 Oh, there are lots of great things. 0:29:24.090 --> 0:29:26.340 Well, I'll tell you the. Well, of course I. 0:29:26.370 --> 0:29:27.120 What do you think is the. 0:29:27.120 --> 0:29:31.200 Best thing to get if a person commits to $30 0:29:31.200 --> 0:29:35.070 a month, which I'm so grateful for everyone that does this. 0:29:35.400 --> 0:29:38.820 But if they do, then they get half off of 0:29:38.820 --> 0:29:42.870 everything in a moody publishers catalog. And, you know, I 0:29:42.870 --> 0:29:45.600 just think that school's coming up. You know, people are 0:29:45.600 --> 0:29:47.700 getting back to school. There might be books they need 0:29:47.700 --> 0:29:50.910 to get and things like that. And so I think 0:29:50.910 --> 0:29:53.130 that that's one of the coolest things to about being 0:29:53.130 --> 0:29:55.770 a kitchen table partner and has nothing to do with me. It's. 0:29:57.810 --> 0:29:58.770 So and. 0:29:58.770 --> 0:30:01.290 It's everything. It's kids books, it's Bibles. It's the Moody 0:30:01.290 --> 0:30:04.380 Bible Commentary, which we talk about frequently because we think 0:30:04.380 --> 0:30:05.550 that's a valuable tool. 0:30:05.550 --> 0:30:06.450 Yep, that's exactly. 0:30:06.540 --> 0:30:08.219 All of the things. But I do want to say 0:30:08.220 --> 0:30:12.390 if if you're wondering about those, uh, the covenant series, 0:30:12.390 --> 0:30:16.500 we are exactly halfway through. We did ten of those 0:30:16.500 --> 0:30:19.980 recordings on the covenants because there are five covenants. We 0:30:19.980 --> 0:30:23.310 are we just did the. So we've covered so far 0:30:23.310 --> 0:30:26.160 the Abrahamic Covenant. There were two parts to that the 0:30:26.160 --> 0:30:28.620 mosaic covenant, two parts to that we just sent out 0:30:28.620 --> 0:30:32.960 on Thursday two days ago, The, uh, first part of 0:30:32.960 --> 0:30:36.170 the land covenant. So there are five left. If you 0:30:36.170 --> 0:30:38.420 join now and you're like, oh no, I missed them. 0:30:38.420 --> 0:30:40.610 You can go back. There's a link on your email. 0:30:40.610 --> 0:30:42.590 You can go back and listen to the ones you've missed. 0:30:42.590 --> 0:30:45.170 Oh that's great. Yeah. So so even if you became 0:30:45.170 --> 0:30:45.830 one do that so. 0:30:45.830 --> 0:30:48.050 I can see what I said because I don't remember. Yeah. 0:30:48.080 --> 0:30:51.170 No they're really good. They are really good and very helpful. 0:30:51.170 --> 0:30:54.380 Especially in light of what's happening, um, in Israel right now. 0:30:54.380 --> 0:30:57.740 Like just wondering which parts of these are still valid 0:30:57.740 --> 0:31:02.780 and still promised that God will keep his promises to Israel? 0:31:02.780 --> 0:31:05.390 You know, people always ask me about the covenants and 0:31:05.390 --> 0:31:08.210 I say, If God's not faithful to his covenants with Israel, 0:31:08.210 --> 0:31:10.430 then we're on a slippery slope because he's made a 0:31:10.430 --> 0:31:13.400 covenant of redemption with us. He's he's, you know, and 0:31:13.400 --> 0:31:15.770 if he can break that, the word that he's made 0:31:15.770 --> 0:31:17.900 in the past, then he can break the word he's 0:31:17.900 --> 0:31:20.990 made with us, and he won't. He's faithful. Yeah. So, yeah. Okay. 0:31:20.990 --> 0:31:22.729 So how do you become a kitchen table partner? All 0:31:22.730 --> 0:31:25.940 you have to do is go to Openline radio org. 0:31:25.940 --> 0:31:32.000 There's a link there for that. Or you can call (888) 644-7122. 0:31:32.000 --> 0:31:35.960 And uh uh okay. We might as well answer questions 0:31:35.960 --> 0:31:36.980 since that's what we're supposed. 0:31:36.980 --> 0:31:40.220 To do, right? Our first question is from Deborah in Alabama, 0:31:40.220 --> 0:31:46.280 listens to Ww.w, uh, in Second Chronicles 25, verse 24, 0:31:46.910 --> 0:31:50.300 Obed edom is mentioned. So it says, he took all 0:31:50.300 --> 0:31:53.180 the gold, silver, all the utensils that were found with 0:31:53.180 --> 0:31:56.270 Obed edom in God's temple, the treasures of the king's palace, 0:31:56.270 --> 0:31:59.840 and the hostages. Then he returned to Samaria, and she 0:31:59.840 --> 0:32:03.800 remembered that in second Samuel the ark of the covenant 0:32:03.800 --> 0:32:05.930 is taken to Obed edom in a failed attempt to 0:32:05.930 --> 0:32:08.320 bring it to Jerusalem. It says the Ark of the 0:32:08.320 --> 0:32:10.690 Lord remained in his house three months, and the Lord 0:32:10.690 --> 0:32:17.080 blessed Obed-edom and his whole family. Mhm. Are those two connected? 0:32:17.110 --> 0:32:22.570 Well, think about this in second Samuel six. That's when 0:32:22.570 --> 0:32:25.690 is that taking place? That's taking place when David is 0:32:25.690 --> 0:32:30.850 first king of Israel. Right. So let's put that about 0:32:30.850 --> 0:32:36.610 1000 BC and then, uh, in Second Chronicles 25, it's 0:32:36.610 --> 0:32:41.500 talking about the captivity. And so, so that's hundreds of 0:32:41.500 --> 0:32:44.500 years later. So it's just the same name, not the 0:32:44.500 --> 0:32:46.960 same person. Okay. That's it. 0:32:46.960 --> 0:32:50.470 All right. So with that, some sometimes. Hmm. 0:32:50.470 --> 0:32:53.050 Sometimes we think it's just like this. 0:32:53.050 --> 0:32:54.730 It's a very unique name. 0:32:54.750 --> 0:33:00.360 Listen, I know it's a unique name to us. Yes. Uh, however, 0:33:00.360 --> 0:33:03.030 not in the ancient Near East. It was not a 0:33:03.030 --> 0:33:08.490 unique name. It means, uh, servant of Edam, of Edam. And, uh, no, 0:33:08.490 --> 0:33:10.800 it wasn't a unique, unique name. Think about it. We 0:33:10.800 --> 0:33:14.760 our our second president of the United States, John Adams. Right. 0:33:14.760 --> 0:33:15.180 And then. 0:33:15.180 --> 0:33:18.450 Of course, his son, John Quincy Adams. 0:33:18.570 --> 0:33:21.240 Right. And then, of course, later on, if we didn't 0:33:21.240 --> 0:33:25.440 have last names, think about this. John Fitzgerald. Kennedy. John. 0:33:25.440 --> 0:33:28.230 Another John, is that the same president? No, no, it's 0:33:28.230 --> 0:33:29.670 hundreds of years later. Right. 0:33:29.670 --> 0:33:33.960 So okay, so similarly, though I think we we run 0:33:33.960 --> 0:33:36.510 into similar names like this. And I think it causes 0:33:36.510 --> 0:33:39.150 us confusion when we're studying but can also drive us 0:33:39.150 --> 0:33:42.390 to deeper study. So Deb also, um, in Alabama went 0:33:42.390 --> 0:33:45.600 to know of King Artaxerxes in Ezra is the same 0:33:45.600 --> 0:33:48.120 one who was Esther's king? 0:33:48.120 --> 0:33:54.270 Well, actually Esther's king was Ahasuerus or Xerxes, not Artaxerxes. Uh, 0:33:54.270 --> 0:33:56.610 there were I think she got the question wrong. I 0:33:56.610 --> 0:34:01.230 think she meant, uh, is the king Artaxerxes in Ezra 0:34:01.260 --> 0:34:07.430 the same king Artaxerxes in Nehemiah? Okay. And and yes, 0:34:07.430 --> 0:34:10.009 it is the same one in both Ezra and Nehemiah. 0:34:10.010 --> 0:34:12.500 In fact, in the Hebrew Bible, it's one book. 0:34:13.100 --> 0:34:14.600 Ezra and Nehemiah are one book. 0:34:14.600 --> 0:34:15.020 Yeah. 0:34:15.440 --> 0:34:19.670 Okay, so then it would be referring to the same person. Exactly. 0:34:19.880 --> 0:34:24.620 Uh, the Xerxes, who is an Esther, was king from 0:34:24.620 --> 0:34:30.680 485 to 465 BC. And then Artaxerxes. Xerxes, who is 0:34:30.719 --> 0:34:34.890 Artaxerxes who is king in Ezra and Nehemiah is king 0:34:34.890 --> 0:34:37.740 from 464 to 424 BC. 0:34:38.100 --> 0:34:41.490 Okay, I think the same thing happens with Herod, because 0:34:41.700 --> 0:34:44.850 Herod or Caesar, you know, like you can take it 0:34:44.850 --> 0:34:47.969 out of the Bible, like there are these, these titles, 0:34:47.969 --> 0:34:51.300 these titles that get used and there's Herod. It's like, well, 0:34:51.300 --> 0:34:53.279 which Herod is this? Is this Herod the Great or 0:34:53.280 --> 0:34:56.719 Herod Agrippa, or, you know, and it and to us 0:34:56.719 --> 0:35:00.200 who are not used to these titles and don't have 0:35:00.290 --> 0:35:04.250 a chronology in front of us, of of when something 0:35:04.250 --> 0:35:07.549 is happening in the Bible, we don't it's harder for 0:35:07.550 --> 0:35:10.250 us to, to keep in mind when it's happening, because 0:35:10.250 --> 0:35:12.710 it's all in the past and we don't have this 0:35:12.710 --> 0:35:15.649 in our head. So what is a good place to know? Um, 0:35:15.650 --> 0:35:18.440 like you just rattled off these years, I wouldn't have 0:35:18.440 --> 0:35:20.020 been able to say that. And I realize you had 0:35:20.020 --> 0:35:21.670 the questions ahead of time. You may have looked it up, 0:35:21.670 --> 0:35:24.910 but where would I even look that up to know 0:35:25.120 --> 0:35:27.460 that they're not even alive? At the same time. 0:35:27.460 --> 0:35:29.950 I think there's a really helpful tool that everyone should 0:35:29.950 --> 0:35:32.589 have along with their moody Bible commentary. And that's the 0:35:32.590 --> 0:35:36.759 Unger's Bible Dictionary. Uh, that would be a helpful tool 0:35:36.790 --> 0:35:40.660 because you could look up Xerxes, you could look up Artaxerxes, 0:35:40.660 --> 0:35:44.470 you can look up Ahasuerus, you can look up Obed-edom. 0:35:44.469 --> 0:35:47.200 You can look up Herod, Herod the Great. 0:35:47.290 --> 0:35:49.210 Herod Agrippa, the years that they. 0:35:49.360 --> 0:35:51.550 It'll give you a little biography. Okay. Of each of 0:35:51.550 --> 0:35:52.270 these it works. 0:35:52.270 --> 0:35:55.150 Like a regular dictionary. Well, instead of a definition, it's. 0:35:55.150 --> 0:35:57.670 Like a little. It's a handbook or more of a 0:35:57.670 --> 0:36:01.060 Bible dictionary, which is it's doesn't define the words so 0:36:01.060 --> 0:36:02.680 much as it gives you a. 0:36:02.680 --> 0:36:04.630 Little summary of summary, who or what this was. 0:36:04.660 --> 0:36:06.490 It's like a mini encyclopedia. Okay. 0:36:06.489 --> 0:36:08.100 But it's called Unger's Bible Dictionary. 0:36:08.100 --> 0:36:11.070 Yeah, and it's by Moody Publishers. And, uh, if a 0:36:11.070 --> 0:36:15.419 person is a kitchen table partner for $30 a month 0:36:15.420 --> 0:36:16.799 or more, they can get it for half off. 0:36:16.800 --> 0:36:17.549 That's a great. 0:36:17.550 --> 0:36:20.850 Yeah, it's a great tool. Okay. You know, one of 0:36:20.850 --> 0:36:23.310 the when I came to Moody Bible Institute 50 years 0:36:23.310 --> 0:36:25.320 ago this month. 0:36:25.320 --> 0:36:26.100 Wow. 0:36:26.100 --> 0:36:30.029 50 years ago. And I was I was just an 0:36:30.030 --> 0:36:33.510 infant at the time, But, uh, when I came here, 0:36:34.560 --> 0:36:38.610 the man who discipled me, Dan Rigney, now with the Lord, uh, 0:36:38.610 --> 0:36:43.560 the Irish rabbi, uh, he he gave me three books 0:36:43.560 --> 0:36:47.040 for my time at Moody, uh, a Wycliffe Bible Commentary, 0:36:47.040 --> 0:36:49.380 which is still available, but pretty much the Moody Bible 0:36:49.380 --> 0:36:53.970 commentaries replaced, and then the Wycliffe Bible Commentary and Unger's 0:36:53.969 --> 0:36:58.560 Bible Dictionary and a Unger's Bible Handbook. And really, when 0:36:58.560 --> 0:37:00.630 I first started at Moody to study the Bible in 0:37:00.630 --> 0:37:04.440 a more, um, serious way than I had for the 0:37:04.440 --> 0:37:06.330 two years I had known the Lord before I came 0:37:06.330 --> 0:37:09.270 to Moody. Uh, those were the three books that guided 0:37:09.270 --> 0:37:13.770 me through everything. And and they're still, to this day, 0:37:13.770 --> 0:37:16.770 a one volume commentary, like the Moody Bible Commentary and 0:37:16.770 --> 0:37:19.350 the Unger's Bible Handbook. And the Unger's Bible Dictionary will 0:37:19.350 --> 0:37:22.339 get a person real far. Mm. Uh, if if that's 0:37:22.340 --> 0:37:24.920 what they're interested in studying in terms of the scriptures. 0:37:24.920 --> 0:37:25.160 All right. 0:37:25.160 --> 0:37:30.200 So if you just need some basic, basic Bible resource books. Yeah, 0:37:30.200 --> 0:37:31.250 that's a good place to start. 0:37:31.250 --> 0:37:33.890 Those are a great place to start. All right. Thank you. Well, 0:37:33.890 --> 0:37:36.770 that's a lot of fun. Tricia. Come back. There's more questions. 0:37:36.770 --> 0:37:39.890 I'll try and answer more next time. Uh. All right. Okay. 0:37:39.890 --> 0:37:43.010 Next hour. Uh, that was Tricia McMillan. I'm Michael Redlick. 0:37:43.010 --> 0:37:46.130 We'll be right back with more of your questions. Uh, 0:37:46.130 --> 0:37:48.590 right here on Open Line. In fact, we're going to 0:37:48.590 --> 0:37:52.040 try and get to a whole bunch of them real quick. So, uh, 0:37:52.040 --> 0:37:55.520 don't don't hang up. Stay with us. We're coming right back. 0:38:05.780 --> 0:38:08.630 Welcome back to Open Line. So glad to be with 0:38:08.630 --> 0:38:10.430 you this morning. We're going to go right to the 0:38:10.430 --> 0:38:17.540 phones and we're going to talk to Femi in Florida. 0:38:17.540 --> 0:38:19.250 Did I say your name right? Femi. 0:38:20.780 --> 0:38:21.650 Yes you did. 0:38:21.650 --> 0:38:24.710 Good. Well how can I help you? Good morning. Good morning. 0:38:25.550 --> 0:38:30.259 Yes. Good morning. Um, I have a question about how 0:38:30.260 --> 0:38:34.810 that consecutive verbs are translated in Genesis 219. Some translations 0:38:34.810 --> 0:38:38.080 have it as imperfect tense, which has fuelled animals created 0:38:38.080 --> 0:38:41.800 after Adam, and other types of pluperfect, which has those 0:38:41.800 --> 0:38:45.520 animals created before Adam. If it's pluperfect, how do we 0:38:45.520 --> 0:38:46.239 determine that? 0:38:46.270 --> 0:38:52.600 Okay, so no one understands your question. I mean, I do, but, uh, 0:38:52.719 --> 0:38:57.069 but no one understands your question. So, Lord God formed 0:38:57.070 --> 0:38:59.950 out of the ground every wild animal and every bird 0:38:59.950 --> 0:39:02.410 of the sky, and brought each to the man to 0:39:02.410 --> 0:39:08.410 see what he would call it. Uh, the question here is, 0:39:08.830 --> 0:39:18.130 it's that would seem to contradict, uh, the, uh, the 0:39:18.130 --> 0:39:26.620 the sixth day of creation in, uh, uh, the chapter one. Uh, 0:39:26.620 --> 0:39:29.859 I think that it should be I think the, the 0:39:29.860 --> 0:39:33.490 vav consecutive is irrelevant. It's the word so but it 0:39:33.489 --> 0:39:39.160 really is, uh, the the tense, uh, how do we 0:39:39.160 --> 0:39:43.770 translate it? It should be. So the Lord God who 0:39:43.770 --> 0:39:47.460 had formed out of the ground pluperfect, every wild animal 0:39:47.460 --> 0:39:51.150 and every bird of the sky, now brought them to 0:39:51.150 --> 0:39:54.180 Adam to name. That's how I think it. And that's 0:39:54.180 --> 0:40:02.489 a perfectly reasonable way of translating that verse with that verb. Uh, 0:40:02.489 --> 0:40:06.060 and it makes sense in light of the previous chapter, 0:40:06.060 --> 0:40:09.510 that that's when God, he had already created them. But 0:40:09.510 --> 0:40:17.340 now he brought them to Adam to name. Okay. Is 0:40:17.340 --> 0:40:18.690 that is that not good? 0:40:18.719 --> 0:40:20.610 I mean, I still have more questions. 0:40:20.940 --> 0:40:24.780 Well, Femi, Femi, I think we're going to move on, uh, 0:40:25.469 --> 0:40:27.570 to because we've got a bunch of callers here that 0:40:27.570 --> 0:40:30.089 need to talk with me. But thanks for your question. Uh, 0:40:30.090 --> 0:40:32.610 we're going to talk to Shirley now in Florida, listening 0:40:32.610 --> 0:40:36.060 on Wmbb. Welcome to Open Line. Shirley. How can I 0:40:36.090 --> 0:40:36.780 help you? 0:40:37.950 --> 0:40:41.130 Hello, doctor. Thank you so much for taking my call. 0:40:41.130 --> 0:40:44.609 I really appreciate listening to you. Um, so my question 0:40:44.610 --> 0:40:48.960 is regarding prayer. I, you know, I use the Lord's 0:40:48.960 --> 0:40:53.610 Prayer as my guide, um, in praying, you know, and 0:40:53.610 --> 0:40:56.900 obviously I pray I change changed the words depending on 0:40:56.900 --> 0:40:59.450 whatever the needs are or whatever I want to be 0:40:59.450 --> 0:41:03.680 thankful for. But, um, I address it always to father 0:41:03.680 --> 0:41:07.520 in heaven, you know, my father, God in heaven. And 0:41:07.520 --> 0:41:13.040 I'm confused because sometimes I'm at church and some of 0:41:13.040 --> 0:41:15.830 the praises or some of the songs like, you know, 0:41:15.830 --> 0:41:17.900 some of the songs are like prayers, right? 0:41:18.020 --> 0:41:18.380 Mhm. 0:41:18.440 --> 0:41:20.780 So I'm like thinking, okay, we're, you know, I'm singing 0:41:20.780 --> 0:41:23.060 this song, I'm praying this song. And then all of 0:41:23.060 --> 0:41:27.350 a sudden they'll, they'll call Jesus father or, or when 0:41:27.350 --> 0:41:33.229 they're praying, they're praying, you know, like to Jesus and um, 0:41:33.230 --> 0:41:36.440 or they're starting, they'll start praying to God first, God 0:41:36.440 --> 0:41:40.100 in heaven, our father in heaven. And then down the line. 0:41:40.460 --> 0:41:42.860 They start addressing the Lord Jesus. Right? 0:41:43.880 --> 0:41:48.260 Or they start. You know, addressing the whole prayer to Jesus. Yeah. Now, 0:41:48.260 --> 0:41:50.840 I always pray in the name of Jesus. In the end, 0:41:50.840 --> 0:41:51.920 I always pray that. 0:41:51.920 --> 0:41:56.509 Okay, okay, so so surely let me let me see 0:41:56.510 --> 0:42:01.490 if I can answer your concern. First of all, I 0:42:01.489 --> 0:42:04.250 think that people aren't. They just think they're praying to 0:42:04.280 --> 0:42:06.890 God and they know that Jesus is God and they 0:42:06.890 --> 0:42:11.589 get kind of, uh, confused about the triune nature of God. 0:42:11.620 --> 0:42:14.770 I don't think God is up there saying, uh, no, 0:42:14.770 --> 0:42:18.910 not going to answer this prayer because, uh, you're not 0:42:18.910 --> 0:42:21.370 getting it exactly right. I think God's a lot more 0:42:21.370 --> 0:42:29.080 tolerant with us than than than we would think because, uh, 0:42:30.489 --> 0:42:34.480 he cares about us. And just like, you know, my 0:42:34.480 --> 0:42:36.880 grandkids come up and they talk to me, and they. 0:42:36.880 --> 0:42:41.170 They call me papi, and, uh, they they will sometimes 0:42:41.170 --> 0:42:43.989 then automatically, without even looking at it, look over at 0:42:44.020 --> 0:42:48.910 their Nana Eva and talk with them. And we're pretty 0:42:48.910 --> 0:42:51.400 tolerant with our grandkids because we love them so much. 0:42:51.400 --> 0:42:54.790 And so I think God's just as tolerant with us 0:42:54.790 --> 0:42:59.920 when we pray. Second, uh, and this is important, I think, 0:42:59.920 --> 0:43:03.100 that we should be more conscious of how to pray 0:43:03.100 --> 0:43:09.370 according to the scriptures. Uh, there's only one example in 0:43:09.370 --> 0:43:14.440 Scripture of someone addressing the Lord Jesus after he has 0:43:14.440 --> 0:43:18.610 ascended to heaven. And that's when Stephen is being martyred. 0:43:18.610 --> 0:43:21.930 He says, Lord Jesus, into your hands I commit my spirit. 0:43:22.320 --> 0:43:25.260 That's the only prayer that we have directed to the 0:43:25.260 --> 0:43:29.819 Lord Jesus. That's perfect. It shows it's okay, but it's 0:43:29.820 --> 0:43:32.640 not the norm. The Lord Jesus taught us to pray. 0:43:32.640 --> 0:43:35.790 We should pray to the father in the name of 0:43:35.790 --> 0:43:39.570 the son, by the power of the Holy Spirit, by 0:43:39.570 --> 0:43:43.620 the guidance of the Holy Spirit. That's that's how we 0:43:43.620 --> 0:43:47.820 should pray. And, you know, I think that's a pretty 0:43:47.820 --> 0:43:51.510 important thing. And we should be more careful. Although God's tolerant, 0:43:51.510 --> 0:43:54.750 if we could be more careful when we pray, recognizing 0:43:54.750 --> 0:43:57.780 we're coming to the father boldly by the throne of 0:43:57.810 --> 0:44:00.780 to his throne of grace, because we're coming in the 0:44:00.780 --> 0:44:04.530 name of Jesus. That's that's what I would say. Uh, 0:44:04.530 --> 0:44:08.450 so there, there you have that. Okay. That's what I 0:44:08.450 --> 0:44:11.570 would suggest. Does that help at all? 0:44:12.410 --> 0:44:12.920 Yes. 0:44:12.920 --> 0:44:16.160 It's very helpful. Now my confusion is is it do 0:44:16.160 --> 0:44:19.040 I call I mean, is it okay? Is it okay 0:44:19.040 --> 0:44:21.919 when when people sometimes call Jesus father? 0:44:22.580 --> 0:44:27.950 Well, he's spiritual father. You know, uh, some people base that. 0:44:27.950 --> 0:44:30.259 I don't think it's the right translation. Some people base 0:44:30.260 --> 0:44:34.009 that on Isaiah nine six because it says his name 0:44:34.010 --> 0:44:38.120 shall be called Wonderful Counselor. Uh, and then it says 0:44:38.120 --> 0:44:42.109 Everlasting Father. And so, in a sense, the Lord Jesus 0:44:42.110 --> 0:44:46.100 is not the father in heaven, but he is our father. Uh, 0:44:46.100 --> 0:44:49.070 in that sense, I think a better translation of Isaiah 0:44:49.070 --> 0:44:52.279 nine six is father of eternity. He's the father of 0:44:52.280 --> 0:44:54.860 all time. He's the creator of the universe. That's what 0:44:54.860 --> 0:45:01.100 father means. Father of eternity. So that that's what. But 0:45:01.100 --> 0:45:04.850 you know, the Lord Jesus said, I call you friend, right? 0:45:05.000 --> 0:45:08.930 So some people might, uh, I knew I know of 0:45:08.930 --> 0:45:12.200 a a man who came to the Lord on the 0:45:12.200 --> 0:45:16.250 Mount of Olives in 1882, uh, a Jewish man, uh, 0:45:16.250 --> 0:45:20.230 from Kishinev, and he read the Gospel of Matthew, looked 0:45:20.230 --> 0:45:22.660 at it and said, this is our brother Jesus. And 0:45:22.660 --> 0:45:26.860 he always prayed in the name of our brother Jesus. Uh. Uh. 0:45:26.980 --> 0:45:30.040 That was what he did. Some people praying. The name 0:45:30.040 --> 0:45:32.530 of our friend Jesus. What a friend we have in Jesus. 0:45:32.530 --> 0:45:35.170 You know, uh, here's what I do. I pray in 0:45:35.170 --> 0:45:39.280 the name of the Lord Jesus because he's my king. So, uh, 0:45:39.280 --> 0:45:42.610 I'd rather recognize him as my sovereign, even though he 0:45:42.610 --> 0:45:47.109 calls me friend, which that's kind of hard to believe. Uh, 0:45:47.110 --> 0:45:50.260 I I, I, you know, I don't know how I 0:45:50.260 --> 0:45:53.620 got in the habit of calling him Lord Jesus. Uh, 0:45:54.010 --> 0:45:57.220 and and the or the Messiah Jesus, which is a 0:45:57.219 --> 0:46:02.950 title of deity, uh, or kingship, I should say, uh, royalty. 0:46:02.950 --> 0:46:06.130 But I think it goes back to 40 years or 0:46:06.130 --> 0:46:10.420 so ago in graduate school. And I had a professor 0:46:10.420 --> 0:46:16.330 who said, uh, Michael, don't be flippant when you talk 0:46:16.330 --> 0:46:19.450 in the name of the Lord Jesus, call him Lord. 0:46:19.450 --> 0:46:22.629 And that's, I think, crucial. Well, that's our our I 0:46:22.630 --> 0:46:26.620 hope that helps. 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