WEBVTT - Apostle Paul as a Father 0:00:08.180 --> 0:00:11.270 Did you know the Apostle Paul was a father? The 0:00:11.270 --> 0:00:14.420 scriptures tell us that. Know the Apostle Paul may never 0:00:14.420 --> 0:00:16.970 have married, and he certainly didn't have a child out 0:00:16.970 --> 0:00:19.730 of wedlock. But the scriptures tell us that Paul was 0:00:19.730 --> 0:00:23.750 a father spiritually. Exactly what were the attributes Paul tried 0:00:23.750 --> 0:00:26.540 to exhibit as he ministered? What can we learn from 0:00:26.540 --> 0:00:30.140 him about fatherhood? That's our focus today on this Father's 0:00:30.140 --> 0:00:33.350 Day weekend. Welcome to the land and the book. I'm 0:00:33.350 --> 0:00:36.530 John Gager, sitting across from our host, Old Testament scholar 0:00:36.530 --> 0:00:39.680 and frequent Israel traveler, Doctor Charlie Dyer. 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Well, for the next 0:01:38.450 --> 0:01:41.089 two weeks, we're shifting our focus from the regular day 0:01:41.090 --> 0:01:43.400 to day headlines to catch up on some of the 0:01:43.400 --> 0:01:47.990 developments in technology and archaeology. So much to explore here. 0:01:48.170 --> 0:01:51.590 This week we'll look at recent advances in technology coming 0:01:51.590 --> 0:01:54.530 out of amazing Israel. And then next week we'll explore 0:01:54.530 --> 0:01:57.770 recent archaeological stories making the headlines. So here we go. 0:01:57.770 --> 0:02:01.160 Fasten your seat belts. We've all heard horror stories about 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:05.240 the intrusive impact artificial intelligence will have on our lives, 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:09.710 including its ability to create deep fakes and even distort elections. 0:02:09.710 --> 0:02:12.920 But not all AI technology is bad. What are some 0:02:12.919 --> 0:02:16.070 of the benefits from AI coming out of Israel? 0:02:16.190 --> 0:02:18.890 Well, the field of medicine is a major area where 0:02:18.919 --> 0:02:22.370 AI is advancing and Israel is leading the charge. Like 0:02:22.370 --> 0:02:26.269 an AI based voice monitor for smartphones that can detect 0:02:26.270 --> 0:02:30.260 early signs of flare ups in patients with asthma or COPD, 0:02:30.500 --> 0:02:34.010 or an AI program that can successfully predict if a 0:02:34.010 --> 0:02:38.000 patient is developing Parkinson's or Alzheimer's based on a patient's 0:02:38.000 --> 0:02:40.910 eye movements, or the ability to read a scan to 0:02:40.910 --> 0:02:43.490 detect the early development of cancer. Now, these are just 0:02:43.490 --> 0:02:47.210 some of the medical breakthroughs using AI coming out of Israel. 0:02:47.210 --> 0:02:50.900 Some believe the greatest practical advances in AI will take 0:02:50.900 --> 0:02:54.050 place in medicine. But I can do more than just 0:02:54.050 --> 0:02:58.580 help doctors. An Israeli startup company called clarity AI is 0:02:58.580 --> 0:03:02.750 using artificial intelligence to target the rise of deep fakes. 0:03:02.750 --> 0:03:07.190 In essence, they're using AI to reverse engineer images, video 0:03:07.190 --> 0:03:11.090 and audio to discover possible deep fakes. They can scan 0:03:11.090 --> 0:03:14.330 each frame and each soundbite to look for anomalies in 0:03:14.330 --> 0:03:17.510 the manipulation of the information. The goal is to allow 0:03:17.510 --> 0:03:22.130 individuals to identify deep fakes that are AI generated and 0:03:22.130 --> 0:03:25.310 in a wholly different realm. Two Israeli fathers created an 0:03:25.310 --> 0:03:28.340 AI platform to allow their children to become stars of 0:03:28.340 --> 0:03:33.410 their own written adventures. This personal platform eventually became Story Wizard, 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:36.320 a company now being used in schools around the world 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:39.470 to enable teachers to engage students in the art of 0:03:39.470 --> 0:03:42.890 creating stories. The details for each assignment are created by 0:03:42.890 --> 0:03:45.650 the teacher, and then the student uses the program to 0:03:45.650 --> 0:03:48.890 help write their own unique adventure. The program writes the 0:03:48.890 --> 0:03:51.650 story and even illustrates it while the student chooses the 0:03:51.650 --> 0:03:54.440 names of the characters, the style of the artwork, and 0:03:54.440 --> 0:03:57.950 all the other details, whether it's in medicine or helping 0:03:57.950 --> 0:04:01.850 students develop creativity and storytelling, or even in spotting the 0:04:01.850 --> 0:04:04.550 bad actors on the internet. Much good in the field 0:04:04.550 --> 0:04:07.760 of artificial intelligence is there, and it's coming out of 0:04:07.760 --> 0:04:08.840 amazing Israel. 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:12.560 Interesting. Well, the summer growing season is in full swing 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:16.580 and many look forward to eating cantaloupe. I'm one of them. Unfortunately, 0:04:16.580 --> 0:04:19.220 it's hard to eat a large melon at one time, 0:04:19.220 --> 0:04:22.610 and the rest often goes bad before it can be consumed. 0:04:22.610 --> 0:04:27.380 But now an Israeli startup has developed single serving melons. 0:04:27.380 --> 0:04:29.630 Sounds like a pretty sweet idea to me. Charlie. 0:04:29.630 --> 0:04:32.270 Yeah, John, you think of this as the fruit equivalent 0:04:32.270 --> 0:04:35.570 of a single serving carton of ice cream. Scientists at 0:04:35.570 --> 0:04:40.160 Israel's Volcani Institute have developed a softball sized melon that 0:04:40.160 --> 0:04:42.620 you can hold in your hand while you eat. They 0:04:42.620 --> 0:04:46.730 discovered that a single gene mutation produced multiple small fruits 0:04:46.730 --> 0:04:50.840 rather than a single large one. The company isolated, studied, 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:54.320 and then patented the gene and its effects. They created 0:04:54.320 --> 0:04:57.920 a start up company called Super Fruit. In the past, 0:04:57.920 --> 0:05:01.279 a decrease in fruit size led to a decrease in yield, 0:05:01.279 --> 0:05:04.940 but their technology created a five fold increase in fruit 0:05:04.940 --> 0:05:08.000 yield despite the fact that the fruit. Is three times 0:05:08.000 --> 0:05:11.330 smaller than average. Now. It took 15 years to develop 0:05:11.330 --> 0:05:14.720 the final product, but John imagined having a melon small 0:05:14.720 --> 0:05:17.029 enough to fit into the palm of your hand. And 0:05:17.029 --> 0:05:20.330 that's just as sweet and delicious as a regular melon, 0:05:20.330 --> 0:05:22.850 but without the hassle of having to cut up and 0:05:22.850 --> 0:05:24.380 store the leftover fruit. 0:05:24.380 --> 0:05:26.479 Hey, what aisle are those in? I'd like to get 0:05:26.480 --> 0:05:28.940 one right now. This is the land in the book 0:05:28.940 --> 0:05:31.909 from Moody Radio, where we're shifting our focus from regular 0:05:31.910 --> 0:05:33.890 day to day headlines to catch up on some of 0:05:33.890 --> 0:05:38.810 the developments in technology. Israel's war with Hamas generated a 0:05:38.810 --> 0:05:41.810 large number of casualties, but it also led to medical 0:05:41.810 --> 0:05:46.070 innovations on the battlefield that have saved soldiers lives. What 0:05:46.070 --> 0:05:47.780 are some of these innovations? 0:05:47.779 --> 0:05:50.570 Yeah, one of the key innovations was to drastically reduce 0:05:50.570 --> 0:05:54.289 the amount of time between injury and advanced medical intervention. 0:05:54.290 --> 0:05:56.660 In the past, soldiers would be taken to a field 0:05:56.660 --> 0:06:01.400 hospital with the more seriously wounded then transported to larger facilities. 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:06.020 In the current war, Israel's embedded 670 doctors and paramedics 0:06:06.020 --> 0:06:09.590 directly with combat groups. They also adopted a policy of 0:06:09.589 --> 0:06:13.640 airlifting every injured soldier using helicopters that are fully equipped, 0:06:13.640 --> 0:06:18.260 flying emergency rooms staffed with surgeons and intensive care doctors. 0:06:18.260 --> 0:06:21.410 In the first several months, they flew more than 950 0:06:21.410 --> 0:06:26.960 aircraft operations, transporting approximately 4200 soldiers to hospitals, and the 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:30.140 new approach is paying dividends. The death rate of those 0:06:30.140 --> 0:06:35.779 seriously injured has dropped from 15% in the past to 6.3% 0:06:35.779 --> 0:06:38.779 in the current conflict, and the average time from injury 0:06:38.779 --> 0:06:41.810 to hospital has dropped from two hours, which it was 0:06:41.810 --> 0:06:45.680 during the 2014 Gaza War to just over an hour 0:06:45.680 --> 0:06:49.159 during the current conflict. They're also exploring ways to develop 0:06:49.160 --> 0:06:51.890 better bulletproof vests to help cut down on the injuries 0:06:51.890 --> 0:06:55.219 from the current generation of bulletproof vests. Even in the 0:06:55.220 --> 0:06:58.730 midst of fighting, Israeli doctors and scientists are searching for 0:06:58.730 --> 0:07:01.400 better ways to help preserve the lives of those who 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:04.370 are injured and their efforts are paying off. 0:07:04.370 --> 0:07:07.490 What does a person's nose have to do with healing 0:07:07.490 --> 0:07:11.810 spinal injuries? Well, an Israeli startup has developed a nasal 0:07:11.810 --> 0:07:16.310 therapy that can potentially help those with spinal injuries walk again. 0:07:16.310 --> 0:07:19.580 I'm intrigued. Charlie, how does this innovation work? 0:07:19.580 --> 0:07:22.700 Yeah, it's definitely a non-intuitive approach, but it seems to 0:07:22.700 --> 0:07:28.850 offer significant potential Nurix owned biologic and that's Nutreco. Any 0:07:28.850 --> 0:07:33.920 biologic developed expt and to treat damage to the nervous system. 0:07:33.920 --> 0:07:37.700 Their concept is based on the medication's active ingredients and 0:07:37.730 --> 0:07:41.270 on delivering the medication via the nose. The scientists worked 0:07:41.270 --> 0:07:44.660 for many years on regeneration in spinal cord injuries using 0:07:44.660 --> 0:07:48.590 stem cells. Their breakthrough came when they started using exosomes, 0:07:48.590 --> 0:07:52.250 which are nanoscopic particles released by cells to pass messages 0:07:52.250 --> 0:07:55.910 to one another. They discovered that exosomes taken from bone 0:07:55.910 --> 0:07:59.750 marrow cells had the most potential to help regenerate cells 0:07:59.750 --> 0:08:02.840 affected by a spinal cord injury. They then added a 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:07.340 form of RNA that prevents restrictions on the regeneration of cells. 0:08:07.490 --> 0:08:11.510 The exosomes and specific RNA are inhaled through the nose, 0:08:11.510 --> 0:08:15.200 pass through the brain blood barrier, and are then delivered 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:17.810 to the injured area of the spine, and because they 0:08:17.810 --> 0:08:21.170 come from the patient's own cells, there's no immune response 0:08:21.170 --> 0:08:24.920 or rejection. Now, the therapy has been successfully trialled in 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:28.370 lab rats with acute spinal cord injury. They hope to 0:08:28.370 --> 0:08:31.280 enter clinical trials for humans in the very near future, 0:08:31.280 --> 0:08:35.060 and are working for approval for this in North American hospitals. 0:08:35.179 --> 0:08:38.090 Let's hope this treatment moves forward quickly and that the 0:08:38.090 --> 0:08:41.060 promise it offers becomes a reality. You can imagine, John, 0:08:41.059 --> 0:08:43.939 the impact on those who've suffered spinal cord injuries. It 0:08:43.940 --> 0:08:45.740 could be incredibly significant. 0:08:45.740 --> 0:08:47.990 Boy that's huge. Thank you Charlie. We'll look forward to 0:08:47.990 --> 0:08:51.500 following that story as it develops. Well, several Israeli tech 0:08:51.500 --> 0:08:55.309 firms are developing robots to help ease the chronic labor 0:08:55.309 --> 0:08:58.310 shortage in agriculture. Now, does this mean, Charlie, we're going 0:08:58.309 --> 0:09:03.530 to see R2-d2 and C-3po out harvesting vegetables or driving 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:05.300 tractors in the near future? 0:09:05.300 --> 0:09:07.940 Yeah. Oh my, I hope not. But then that's the 0:09:07.940 --> 0:09:11.660 short answer. No, but the reality behind these innovations is 0:09:11.660 --> 0:09:16.490 still amazing. Now imagine autonomous flying drones working their way 0:09:16.490 --> 0:09:19.460 down rows of fruit trees to pick ripe fruit and 0:09:19.460 --> 0:09:22.460 then lower it to the ground for collection, or a 0:09:22.460 --> 0:09:26.689 self-driving vehicle that can use 3D vision technology to harvest 0:09:26.720 --> 0:09:29.960 greenhouse tomatoes. It can pick them from both sides of 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:32.630 the row and place them on a conveyor belt that 0:09:32.630 --> 0:09:35.209 then delivers them to crates at the rear of the robot. 0:09:35.390 --> 0:09:38.630 That machine, by the way, is already in use, and 0:09:38.630 --> 0:09:41.660 in a little more futuristic sense, a company called Blue 0:09:41.660 --> 0:09:45.200 White has developed a software platform that will enable one 0:09:45.200 --> 0:09:49.040 human operator to manage a fleet of autonomous farm vehicles, 0:09:49.040 --> 0:09:52.819 like tractors, to do everything from planting to harvesting. Now, 0:09:52.820 --> 0:09:55.670 these are just a few of the innovations currently under 0:09:55.670 --> 0:09:59.630 development in Amazing Israel to help ease the labor shortages 0:09:59.630 --> 0:10:03.590 on farms, enabling a shrinking number of farmers to continue 0:10:03.590 --> 0:10:06.920 feeding the growing population of the world. Charlie. 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:09.609 I'm listening to you rattle off all these innovations from 0:10:09.610 --> 0:10:13.150 amazing Israel, and I'm drawn to Genesis 2218 through you, 0:10:13.150 --> 0:10:16.660 all the families of the earth will be blessed. God says, now, obviously, 0:10:16.660 --> 0:10:19.180 that ultimate and first blessing is the birth of Jesus 0:10:19.179 --> 0:10:21.910 from a Jewish line. But is it possible God also 0:10:21.910 --> 0:10:25.360 blesses us in these technological innovations that help with the 0:10:25.360 --> 0:10:26.680 healing and that sort of thing? 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:29.770 I think it is, and I think that's been proven historically, uh, 0:10:29.770 --> 0:10:33.069 the connection to Israel when God said in Genesis 12, 0:10:33.070 --> 0:10:35.440 I'll bless those who bless you and those who curse you, 0:10:35.440 --> 0:10:37.990 I'll curse. But those who sought to bless Israel end 0:10:37.990 --> 0:10:40.000 up being blessed by God. And I think one of 0:10:40.000 --> 0:10:42.699 the ways God has done that is letting the Jewish 0:10:42.700 --> 0:10:46.329 people and their innovation and creativity become a blessing to others. 0:10:46.330 --> 0:10:48.429 Hey, our website might just be a blessing to you 0:10:48.429 --> 0:10:50.200 as you give it a look. It's at the land 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:53.830 and the book. Org coming up. The Apostle Paul is father. 0:11:08.020 --> 0:11:11.200 We know him as Paul the Apostle, Paul the missionary 0:11:11.200 --> 0:11:14.230 to the Gentiles. Paul the writer of one fourth of 0:11:14.230 --> 0:11:17.230 the New Testament. But did you ever consider Paul as 0:11:17.230 --> 0:11:20.709 a father figure? I'm John Gieger with segment two of 0:11:20.710 --> 0:11:23.679 The Land and the book. And on this Father's Day weekend, 0:11:23.679 --> 0:11:26.410 we've got something refreshing lined up for you. First, though, 0:11:26.410 --> 0:11:29.739 this idea about sharing Christ in a winsome way with 0:11:29.740 --> 0:11:32.920 a Jewish friend who needs to hear. So you've been 0:11:32.920 --> 0:11:35.470 reaching out to a Jewish friend for some time, praying 0:11:35.470 --> 0:11:39.310 for them, hanging out with them, talking things over and 0:11:39.309 --> 0:11:42.250 everything's going well. And you say to yourself, man, this 0:11:42.250 --> 0:11:44.740 seems to be taken forever. Why don't they just, you know, 0:11:44.740 --> 0:11:48.309 they're asking questions about Yeshua. Why not just receive Jesus? 0:11:48.309 --> 0:11:51.130 Beth Tavlin is on the administrative staff at Olive tree 0:11:51.130 --> 0:11:55.840 Congregation in suburban Chicago, reminding us this isn't an instant process. 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:59.199 No, it's not an instant process. And it does take 0:11:59.230 --> 0:12:03.609 time to develop a relationship with a Jewish person and 0:12:03.610 --> 0:12:08.110 to help them come alongside and believe in the Messiah, 0:12:08.260 --> 0:12:11.740 because many of them have been taught you can be anything. 0:12:11.740 --> 0:12:15.700 Just don't believe in Jesus. Because. Because much like you 0:12:15.700 --> 0:12:19.150 read in the New Testament, in the Gospels, the Jewish 0:12:19.150 --> 0:12:23.350 people typically don't embrace Jesus right away. Yeah, they are 0:12:23.350 --> 0:12:28.300 taught that the law is what saves them, and for 0:12:28.300 --> 0:12:31.150 Messiah to come in and do away with the law 0:12:31.150 --> 0:12:36.130 is in many cases very difficult to embrace. 0:12:36.130 --> 0:12:38.230 So I think what you're really saying is we need 0:12:38.230 --> 0:12:40.480 to give these people time and space and not have 0:12:40.510 --> 0:12:42.730 unrealistic expectations. Correct. 0:12:42.730 --> 0:12:46.359 But don't give up either, because you never know what's 0:12:46.360 --> 0:12:49.690 going on in a person's heart, and they are thinking 0:12:49.690 --> 0:12:52.900 and pondering and considering as long as they remain in 0:12:52.900 --> 0:12:56.350 relationship with you and have not cut you off. They're 0:12:56.350 --> 0:13:00.490 listening and they're learning and they're beginning to understand. And 0:13:00.490 --> 0:13:01.959 it does take a long time. 0:13:01.960 --> 0:13:06.310 Encouragement from Beth Tablan with Olive Tree Congregation in suburban Chicago, 0:13:06.309 --> 0:13:10.510 here on the land and the book. Doctor Bob Mueller 0:13:10.510 --> 0:13:13.600 is a marriage counselor who, along with his wife Cheryl, 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:17.200 founded For Keeps Ministries. Bob has written a number of 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:21.010 great marriage books, including The Marriage Miracle and The Six 0:13:21.010 --> 0:13:24.160 Hearts of Intimacy. He speaks across the country and has 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:27.370 also taught internationally. It's an honor to have him on 0:13:27.370 --> 0:13:30.310 the program. Welcome back, Bob to the land and the book. 0:13:30.309 --> 0:13:30.760 Thank you. 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:31.360 John. 0:13:31.390 --> 0:13:34.420 You know, some listeners might be struggling to make the 0:13:34.420 --> 0:13:37.300 connection that you have in seeing Paul as a kind 0:13:37.300 --> 0:13:40.059 of father figure. What what got you started going down 0:13:40.059 --> 0:13:40.930 that track? 0:13:40.929 --> 0:13:44.110 Well, John, I agree. I never looked at the Apostle 0:13:44.110 --> 0:13:49.390 Paul because by all accounts, he was single and we 0:13:49.390 --> 0:13:53.170 don't have any evidence that he ever was married and 0:13:53.170 --> 0:13:57.520 so doesn't have any children, an unlikely candidate to be 0:13:57.520 --> 0:14:01.690 seen as a father. But as I was examining my 0:14:01.690 --> 0:14:05.079 own life, I've raised six children now, are all adults, 0:14:05.080 --> 0:14:09.400 all married. I was asking myself what could I have 0:14:09.400 --> 0:14:13.420 done differently as a father? And even now I remain 0:14:13.420 --> 0:14:17.079 their father? What does the Bible say? That a father's 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:21.610 job description really is? What's the essence of it? And 0:14:21.610 --> 0:14:25.390 one day in my personal study, I came across first 0:14:25.390 --> 0:14:31.030 Thessalonians two, where Paul describes himself as a father among 0:14:31.030 --> 0:14:36.130 the Thessalonians and John. It was like connecting two live wires. 0:14:36.370 --> 0:14:40.600 All of a sudden there was just this spiritual voltage 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:44.410 where it occurred to me, I think the Holy Spirit 0:14:44.410 --> 0:14:50.350 prompted me that, wait, here's a description of fatherhood divinely inspired, 0:14:50.350 --> 0:14:54.310 given to us by God Himself through the inspired writings 0:14:54.310 --> 0:14:57.610 of Paul about what a father is supposed to be. 0:14:57.610 --> 0:15:01.900 And as I looked at it, I was amazed. I 0:15:01.900 --> 0:15:05.680 was struck with some of the characteristics that I had 0:15:05.680 --> 0:15:08.140 not necessarily associated with fatherhood. 0:15:08.140 --> 0:15:10.690 Well, go ahead and enumerate some of those things that 0:15:10.690 --> 0:15:12.970 you see in Thessalonians, or maybe even other portions of 0:15:12.970 --> 0:15:15.880 Scripture that point us to Paul as a father figure. 0:15:15.880 --> 0:15:18.640 Well, let me begin by reading the passage that proved 0:15:18.640 --> 0:15:21.430 to be not just a game changer, but a life 0:15:21.430 --> 0:15:24.340 changer for me. Sure, he writes and says, you are 0:15:24.340 --> 0:15:28.510 witnesses and so is God of how holy, righteous, and 0:15:28.510 --> 0:15:32.710 blameless we were among you who believed. And here it comes. 0:15:32.710 --> 0:15:35.470 For you know that we dealt with each of you 0:15:35.470 --> 0:15:39.850 as a father deals with his own children. And then 0:15:39.850 --> 0:15:45.220 he enumerates that encouraging, comforting, and urging you to live 0:15:45.220 --> 0:15:48.940 lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom 0:15:48.940 --> 0:15:54.040 and glory. There Paul clearly says, I was a father. 0:15:54.040 --> 0:15:58.000 We were a father among you. And what he says 0:15:58.000 --> 0:16:02.380 that means, I think is amazing. It's powerful and it's 0:16:02.380 --> 0:16:04.150 a challenge to us today. 0:16:04.420 --> 0:16:07.090 He's a popular author and conference speaker and a truly 0:16:07.090 --> 0:16:10.240 gifted marriage counselor. We're honored to have doctor Bob Mueller 0:16:10.240 --> 0:16:12.940 with us today on the land and the book. Would 0:16:12.940 --> 0:16:16.480 it be your opinion, Bob, that Paul thought of himself 0:16:16.480 --> 0:16:19.030 actively as a father when he when he taught and 0:16:19.030 --> 0:16:21.580 when he wrote his letters, was he thinking, now this 0:16:21.580 --> 0:16:23.680 is how a godly father would react? 0:16:24.070 --> 0:16:27.910 Well, I don't know that he was specifically thinking of 0:16:27.910 --> 0:16:31.810 himself as a father with young children or, you know, 0:16:31.810 --> 0:16:36.310 raising kids as we do today. But there's no question spiritually, 0:16:36.310 --> 0:16:40.720 he saw himself as a father. And the people, particularly 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:45.280 in Thessalonica, where he planted this church as spiritual children. 0:16:45.280 --> 0:16:49.030 And the first thing he says to them is, you know, 0:16:49.030 --> 0:16:54.040 you are witnesses of how holy, righteous and blameless we 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:57.370 were among you who believed. And John, that says to 0:16:57.370 --> 0:17:02.110 me that maybe the first qualification of being a father 0:17:02.110 --> 0:17:05.980 that can influence their children toward God is they need 0:17:05.980 --> 0:17:09.250 to see a life of integrity in you. They need 0:17:09.250 --> 0:17:13.449 to see that you walk with honesty. They need to 0:17:13.450 --> 0:17:17.800 see it says how holy we were. And I don't 0:17:17.800 --> 0:17:21.490 think he's patting himself on the back. He's talking about 0:17:21.490 --> 0:17:25.090 being set apart for God's purposes, which was, you know, 0:17:25.090 --> 0:17:28.480 the center of his heart, how blameless we were, how 0:17:28.480 --> 0:17:32.710 he attempted to live in a way without any accusation 0:17:32.710 --> 0:17:38.290 of a character or moral failure or financial misconduct. In 0:17:38.290 --> 0:17:41.200 other words, he said, I set an example to you 0:17:41.200 --> 0:17:45.609 of spiritual integrity in John. I think that is the 0:17:45.609 --> 0:17:49.899 beginning place for any father who's raising children from the 0:17:49.900 --> 0:17:53.830 time they put that beautiful baby in your arms till 0:17:53.830 --> 0:17:56.859 the day you pack the trunk for college or send 0:17:56.859 --> 0:17:59.890 them off. And then beyond that, because I don't think 0:17:59.890 --> 0:18:03.310 fatherhood ever ends as long as we still have breath 0:18:03.310 --> 0:18:04.030 in this life. 0:18:04.030 --> 0:18:06.790 You know, Bob, if there was nothing further than this, 0:18:06.790 --> 0:18:09.520 it seems to me that would be a life. Time 0:18:09.520 --> 0:18:12.790 of work and focus and need. I mean, uh, you know, 0:18:12.790 --> 0:18:14.920 we're both parents. You've got six. I've got two. We're 0:18:14.920 --> 0:18:19.179 both grandparents. And, you know, even today, I feel the 0:18:19.180 --> 0:18:23.860 pressure to ask myself, am I living my life with integrity? 0:18:23.859 --> 0:18:26.469 You know, am I doing the stuff I encourage my 0:18:26.470 --> 0:18:29.020 children to do? You know? So if there was nothing 0:18:29.020 --> 0:18:31.840 other than this being a person of integrity, that would 0:18:31.840 --> 0:18:33.190 be plenty to work on. 0:18:33.190 --> 0:18:33.820 You know. 0:18:33.820 --> 0:18:37.030 John, our kids are always watching us aren't they? Mhm. 0:18:37.030 --> 0:18:39.879 I mean, they're always looking at us to see what 0:18:39.880 --> 0:18:43.359 we will do in certain situations and how we'll respond 0:18:43.359 --> 0:18:47.379 to certain challenges. And if we're being consistent. I remember 0:18:47.380 --> 0:18:51.370 years and years ago when Promise Keepers was perhaps at 0:18:51.369 --> 0:18:54.670 its zenith back in the 90s, I bought a baseball 0:18:54.670 --> 0:18:57.609 cap at one of their rallies saying, you know, men 0:18:57.609 --> 0:18:59.889 of integrity. It was stitched on the back of the 0:18:59.890 --> 0:19:03.129 baseball cap. And once I was in our our van 0:19:03.130 --> 0:19:05.350 in those days, we had conversion vans. 0:19:05.350 --> 0:19:06.640 I remember this, Bob. 0:19:07.090 --> 0:19:10.540 Yes. You know, and Cheryl and I are having a 0:19:10.540 --> 0:19:13.330 little bit of a spat, and I'm being a little snarky, 0:19:13.330 --> 0:19:16.510 and one of my kids, probably no more than 5 0:19:16.510 --> 0:19:19.690 or 6 years old, I hear from the back seat, hey, dad, 0:19:19.690 --> 0:19:23.650 what about men of integrity? Hmm. And I just took 0:19:23.650 --> 0:19:26.290 that hat off. I took it off and put it 0:19:26.290 --> 0:19:31.030 on the console. No, really. They're watching, they're listening. And, John, 0:19:31.030 --> 0:19:34.450 here's the thing. They want you to succeed. They're not 0:19:34.450 --> 0:19:37.540 looking for you to fail. Your kids are not. In 0:19:37.540 --> 0:19:42.070 most cases, they're not rooting against you. They're rooting for you. 0:19:42.070 --> 0:19:45.940 And they want to see us be people of honesty, 0:19:45.940 --> 0:19:53.350 integrity of character. I recently had the incredible opportunity to 0:19:53.350 --> 0:19:58.450 stand on the the church stage behind my oldest son 0:19:58.450 --> 0:20:01.090 and his wife and their four beautiful daughters as they 0:20:01.090 --> 0:20:06.250 were dedicated. Mm. And it just brought tears to my life. 0:20:06.369 --> 0:20:11.560 I was getting to see the third generation of faith. 0:20:11.950 --> 0:20:16.000 And is there anything that a parent wants any more 0:20:16.000 --> 0:20:19.240 than that? Than to see your faith passed on to 0:20:19.240 --> 0:20:23.170 your kids and to their children? And, John, any time 0:20:23.170 --> 0:20:27.070 temptation enters, as it does to all of us, our lives, 0:20:27.070 --> 0:20:31.570 our thoughts, I just imagine my children and my grandchildren 0:20:31.570 --> 0:20:35.200 and their faces. If I had to admit something that 0:20:35.200 --> 0:20:39.460 was terribly, terribly difficult or compromising, and that thought alone 0:20:39.460 --> 0:20:43.750 is enough to snap whatever allurement that temptation may provide. 0:20:43.750 --> 0:20:47.020 Doctor Bob Mueller is a longtime guest of Moody Radio, 0:20:47.020 --> 0:20:50.200 a longtime guest at our dinner table, we're talking about 0:20:50.200 --> 0:20:52.960 the apostle Paul as a father figure on this Father's 0:20:52.960 --> 0:20:55.660 Day weekend. You know, Bob, some guys listening to this 0:20:55.660 --> 0:20:59.200 conversation will never be fathers in the biological sense. Or 0:20:59.200 --> 0:21:01.780 maybe they've had a shot at it and blown it. 0:21:01.780 --> 0:21:04.300 But it seems to me Paul's life shows that all 0:21:04.300 --> 0:21:07.659 of us, regardless of our marital status, can have enormous 0:21:07.660 --> 0:21:11.170 influence for Christ in a younger person's life. Your thoughts 0:21:11.170 --> 0:21:12.010 as you look at Paul? 0:21:12.010 --> 0:21:17.230 Oh, absolutely. I think that any man who's walking with God, 0:21:17.230 --> 0:21:21.520 if he's single and attempting to live the life Paul 0:21:21.520 --> 0:21:25.090 said he was attempting to live. There are so many children. 0:21:25.090 --> 0:21:29.140 There are children from single parent homes. There are children 0:21:29.140 --> 0:21:33.460 in the foster system. There's children all around, sometimes school 0:21:33.460 --> 0:21:37.300 teachers with their students. The school teacher who's a believer, 0:21:37.300 --> 0:21:40.030 he's told me about how he's had a chance to 0:21:40.030 --> 0:21:43.240 influence some of his students toward Christ. So no, this 0:21:43.240 --> 0:21:46.660 isn't just for married folk. Paul was not married, and 0:21:46.660 --> 0:21:50.080 yet his example as a spiritual father and a man 0:21:50.080 --> 0:21:54.040 of integrity was reaching around the world at that time. Mm. 0:21:54.220 --> 0:21:57.850 Well, what else does Paul tell us about fatherhood in 0:21:57.850 --> 0:22:00.580 his own life and his example and in Scripture? 0:22:00.580 --> 0:22:05.530 Well, John, this is so important. He says, you know, 0:22:05.530 --> 0:22:07.840 we dealt with you as a father, deals with his 0:22:07.840 --> 0:22:11.409 own children. Now, this is a very personal application. And 0:22:11.410 --> 0:22:15.940 he starts with the word encouraging. And I don't think 0:22:15.940 --> 0:22:19.930 we fathers can encourage our children enough. I don't think 0:22:19.930 --> 0:22:23.350 we can over encourage them. Right. On the other hand, 0:22:23.350 --> 0:22:28.210 it's possible to discourage them. Paul warns in Colossians 321, fathers, 0:22:28.210 --> 0:22:33.280 do not embitter or exasperate your children, or they'll become discouraged. John, 0:22:33.280 --> 0:22:37.240 I think fathers have an innate, God given power of 0:22:37.240 --> 0:22:42.010 encouragement that not even their mothers have. Mothers have other 0:22:42.010 --> 0:22:46.720 wonderful attributes that are uniquely theirs. And any outlines, those 0:22:46.720 --> 0:22:50.680 actually in the paragraph above in first Thessalonians two. But 0:22:50.680 --> 0:22:55.450 encouragement is a gift a father can give a child 0:22:55.450 --> 0:22:59.800 that will last a lifetime. Every boy needs to hear 0:22:59.800 --> 0:23:02.890 from his dad. I believe in you. You have what 0:23:02.890 --> 0:23:06.939 it takes. You can do this. Every girl needs to 0:23:06.940 --> 0:23:10.080 hear from her father. You. Our precious. You are cherished. 0:23:10.080 --> 0:23:13.650 You're beautiful. And I think you're the prettiest girl or 0:23:13.650 --> 0:23:16.290 one you know, I. I have three daughters, and I 0:23:16.290 --> 0:23:19.949 told them all that they were the three prettiest girls 0:23:19.950 --> 0:23:22.830 I knew next to their mother. And of course, all 0:23:22.830 --> 0:23:25.859 the traits that you want to see in a masculine 0:23:25.859 --> 0:23:30.330 soul and a feminine soul, a father is uniquely positioned 0:23:30.330 --> 0:23:33.930 to encourage. And I think one of the best ways 0:23:33.930 --> 0:23:37.350 to encourage our children is to listen. Yeah, it is 0:23:37.350 --> 0:23:41.130 not our words often that so reaches them deeply, but 0:23:41.130 --> 0:23:44.280 the fact that we'll listen to their sorrows, their fears, 0:23:44.280 --> 0:23:49.980 their setbacks, their questions, their doubts, their insecurities, and listen 0:23:49.980 --> 0:23:53.370 with the heart that says, you are my son. You're 0:23:53.369 --> 0:23:57.270 my daughter. With you I'm well pleased and I love you. 0:23:57.270 --> 0:23:59.760 You're listening to The Land and the book from Moody Radio. 0:23:59.760 --> 0:24:03.120 I'm John Gager. Doctor Bob Mueller is a marriage expert 0:24:03.119 --> 0:24:06.330 and founder of For Keeps Ministries. What would Paul say 0:24:06.330 --> 0:24:09.120 to the dad who feels like he's already blown it? 0:24:09.119 --> 0:24:12.480 He had his chances, and whether through poor choices or 0:24:12.480 --> 0:24:15.390 because of baggage from his own childhood, he just he 0:24:15.390 --> 0:24:17.580 just didn't do that well as a dad. 0:24:17.940 --> 0:24:22.110 John, here's the good news today. It's never too late 0:24:22.109 --> 0:24:26.610 to become the father you should be. It's never too late. 0:24:26.609 --> 0:24:29.670 I don't care how old you are. I always say, 0:24:29.670 --> 0:24:32.520 as long as your body is above room temperature and 0:24:32.520 --> 0:24:36.360 your children's, there is a chance there is an opportunity. 0:24:36.359 --> 0:24:39.390 Let me use that word instead to be the father. 0:24:39.390 --> 0:24:42.930 In other words, if you've discouraged your kids, call them 0:24:42.930 --> 0:24:47.760 up today, today and say to them, you are my son. 0:24:47.760 --> 0:24:50.490 You are my daughter whom I love with you. I'm 0:24:50.490 --> 0:24:52.530 well pleased. Now they may say, dad, did you get 0:24:52.530 --> 0:24:54.989 a bad medical report? You know, is there? Should I 0:24:54.990 --> 0:24:59.520 come home for some reason? No, I'm just long overdue. 0:24:59.520 --> 0:25:04.320 If you've ignored them, stop ignoring them. Give them time. 0:25:04.320 --> 0:25:07.770 If you've been critical of them, stop being critical. Start 0:25:07.770 --> 0:25:11.760 being encouraging. If you did all the talking and never 0:25:11.760 --> 0:25:16.380 listened to them, change that. Let them talk to you 0:25:16.380 --> 0:25:20.310 and ask questions and draw their hearts out. John, this 0:25:20.310 --> 0:25:22.919 is a wonderful thing. It's never too late. If the 0:25:22.920 --> 0:25:28.800 kids are 47 today or 38 or 18, it's not 0:25:28.800 --> 0:25:32.130 too late. They will respond. And I've seen it happen. 0:25:32.130 --> 0:25:34.170 Bob, I think there's a whole lot of people who 0:25:34.170 --> 0:25:36.720 are relieved to hear what you have to say and 0:25:36.720 --> 0:25:38.460 would like to hear more. I hope you'll come back 0:25:38.460 --> 0:25:41.010 and share further with us. Meanwhile, I want to point 0:25:41.010 --> 0:25:43.709 you to our website where you can hear this conversation, 0:25:43.710 --> 0:25:46.500 share the podcast with a friend. It's at the land 0:25:46.500 --> 0:25:51.000 and the book org, the land and the book org. 0:25:51.000 --> 0:25:53.880 Segment three is next. It's Charlie Dyer's answers to your 0:25:53.880 --> 0:26:08.090 Bible questions right here. You know, when you open your Bible, 0:26:08.090 --> 0:26:10.820 there's no end to the questions that come to your mind, 0:26:10.820 --> 0:26:13.670 because there's no end to the source of wisdom and 0:26:13.670 --> 0:26:15.889 mystery that surrounds the Word of God. So much of 0:26:15.890 --> 0:26:18.800 it very easy to understand. A child can understand it. 0:26:18.800 --> 0:26:20.900 Yet there are dimensions to that Word of God that 0:26:20.900 --> 0:26:24.470 are as they should be beyond us and should require 0:26:24.470 --> 0:26:27.650 some digging. And that's what this next segment is all about. 0:26:27.650 --> 0:26:30.680 Welcome to the land and the book I'm John Gager. 0:26:30.680 --> 0:26:33.170 It's all about answering questions that have come to you 0:26:33.170 --> 0:26:36.650 in your own journey through Scripture. Our host, Doctor Charlie Dyer, 0:26:36.650 --> 0:26:39.260 has his Bible open. And Charlie, I think a lot 0:26:39.260 --> 0:26:41.540 of people wonder, how do you share the gospel with 0:26:41.540 --> 0:26:45.679 a Jewish person? Because of cultural, historical, and religious differences, 0:26:45.680 --> 0:26:49.429 it can be challenging to navigate a gospel conversation with 0:26:49.430 --> 0:26:52.550 somebody from a Jewish background. 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That's Life in messiah.org and 0:27:27.770 --> 0:27:30.530 don't miss out on this great opportunity. All right. 0:27:30.530 --> 0:27:33.080 Let's get to our first question of the day from Mary. 0:27:33.080 --> 0:27:37.850 She asks, what is the expression total depravity really all about? 0:27:37.850 --> 0:27:40.580 Pastors and Bible teachers, at least in my hearing, seem 0:27:40.580 --> 0:27:43.430 to say that in depravity, man is not as bad 0:27:43.430 --> 0:27:46.280 as he could be. Is this true, or are there 0:27:46.280 --> 0:27:47.480 different views? 0:27:47.480 --> 0:27:50.330 Well, the best definition of total depravity, which I learned 0:27:50.330 --> 0:27:53.480 in Bible college and seminary, is that at the fall, 0:27:53.480 --> 0:27:56.960 all humanity inherited both the sin nature and the guilt 0:27:56.960 --> 0:28:00.290 of Adam so that everything about them is affected by sin. 0:28:00.290 --> 0:28:02.390 It doesn't mean people are as sinful as they can 0:28:02.390 --> 0:28:05.479 possibly be, but it does mean we possess an inward 0:28:05.480 --> 0:28:08.899 distortion that makes every part of our being wholly bad 0:28:08.900 --> 0:28:11.810 and displeasing to God. One verse that comes to mind 0:28:11.810 --> 0:28:15.020 to help this is Jeremiah 17, verses nine and ten. 0:28:15.050 --> 0:28:18.169 The heart is more deceitful than all else, and desperately sick. 0:28:18.170 --> 0:28:20.750 Who can understand it? Yet we don't even know why 0:28:20.750 --> 0:28:23.480 we do things ourselves. But then it goes on and says, I, 0:28:23.480 --> 0:28:26.119 the Lord, search the heart. I test the mind to 0:28:26.119 --> 0:28:28.580 give each man according to his ways, according to the 0:28:28.580 --> 0:28:29.930 results of his deeds. 0:28:30.080 --> 0:28:33.679 Lynn says, I have been studying Mark 15 and 16 0:28:33.680 --> 0:28:36.980 and I'm wondering, could you please help me with the timeline? 0:28:36.980 --> 0:28:39.740 By days of the events of the Passion Week, I've 0:28:39.740 --> 0:28:42.290 scribbled my own ideas out and can never quite get 0:28:42.290 --> 0:28:43.460 those days correct. 0:28:43.460 --> 0:28:43.969 Yeah, and we. 0:28:43.970 --> 0:28:45.770 Could take the entire rest of the time just to 0:28:45.770 --> 0:28:48.110 go through all the details. So let me give a 0:28:48.110 --> 0:28:50.900 link online here that could help, I think not just Lynn, 0:28:50.900 --> 0:28:56.330 but everybody, uh, go to bible.org that website and then 0:28:56.330 --> 0:29:00.590 type in these words chronology and synopsis of Passion Week, 0:29:00.590 --> 0:29:03.890 chronology and synopsis of Passion Week. They have a little 0:29:03.890 --> 0:29:06.110 search bar there. Just type that in. Now here's why 0:29:06.110 --> 0:29:08.300 I like the site. They're going to provide a day 0:29:08.300 --> 0:29:11.450 by day account of all the events in chronological order, 0:29:11.450 --> 0:29:14.720 along with the references to those events in all four Gospels. 0:29:14.720 --> 0:29:17.000 And what I really like about the site is if 0:29:17.000 --> 0:29:19.790 you hover your cursor over each of the references, it'll 0:29:19.790 --> 0:29:23.060 bring up the Bible translation of that passage. So it 0:29:23.060 --> 0:29:26.090 allows you to compare the accounts in each gospel without 0:29:26.090 --> 0:29:28.550 having to flip from one book to another. Uh, again, 0:29:28.550 --> 0:29:32.240 just go to Bible. Org and type in chronology and 0:29:32.240 --> 0:29:35.120 synopsis of Passion Week in their search bar, and you'll 0:29:35.120 --> 0:29:36.920 get a great research tool. 0:29:36.920 --> 0:29:39.830 Marilyn asks, whenever I read or hear the story of 0:29:39.830 --> 0:29:43.910 Joseph preached or mentioned, I always wonder why Joseph never 0:29:43.910 --> 0:29:46.580 returned home at some point, even when he'd risen to 0:29:46.580 --> 0:29:49.580 the position of governor of Egypt and was a prominent man. 0:29:49.580 --> 0:29:51.800 Why did he never go back home to his father 0:29:51.800 --> 0:29:52.820 and family? 0:29:53.060 --> 0:29:55.370 That's actually a great question. I think the answer can 0:29:55.370 --> 0:29:58.160 be found in two parts. A Joseph was sold into 0:29:58.160 --> 0:30:00.860 slavery by his brothers when he was 17, and for 0:30:00.860 --> 0:30:02.990 the next 13 years he was a slave in the 0:30:02.990 --> 0:30:05.930 house of Potiphar and then placed in prison following the 0:30:05.930 --> 0:30:09.050 false accusation of Potiphar's wife. So it wasn't until he 0:30:09.050 --> 0:30:11.570 was 30 years old when he was released from prison 0:30:11.570 --> 0:30:14.810 and entered the service of Pharaoh. Those first 13 years, 0:30:14.810 --> 0:30:17.600 he wasn't free to return home. The second part of 0:30:17.600 --> 0:30:20.420 his life in Egypt happened when he entered Pharaoh's court. 0:30:20.420 --> 0:30:23.540 After interpreting Pharaoh's dream, he was put in charge of 0:30:23.540 --> 0:30:26.030 the whole land of Egypt to help the country prepare 0:30:26.030 --> 0:30:29.120 for the coming famine. And he was now, quote, free 0:30:29.120 --> 0:30:30.950 in the sense that he was out of prison. He 0:30:30.950 --> 0:30:33.770 had power. But for the next seven years he was 0:30:33.770 --> 0:30:37.940 responsible for traveling throughout the land and preparing storage facilities 0:30:37.940 --> 0:30:40.610 for the coming famine. And when the famine hit, he 0:30:40.610 --> 0:30:43.729 was then placed in charge of grain sales and distribution. 0:30:44.000 --> 0:30:46.400 He was finally reunited with his family in the second 0:30:46.400 --> 0:30:48.330 year of that famine, when he would have been 39 0:30:48.330 --> 0:30:50.990 or 40 years old. So in light of all that, 0:30:50.990 --> 0:30:53.330 I don't believe he was able to return home first 0:30:53.330 --> 0:30:56.180 because he was a slave and prisoner, and then later 0:30:56.180 --> 0:30:59.420 he was given such great responsibilities. I think there's one 0:30:59.420 --> 0:31:01.520 final reason, by the way, in spite of all that 0:31:01.520 --> 0:31:04.670 Joseph did for Egypt, he was still a subject under Pharaoh. 0:31:04.670 --> 0:31:08.820 In fact, when. Josiah's father died. Joseph had to go 0:31:08.820 --> 0:31:11.190 to Pharaoh and ask permission to take the body of 0:31:11.190 --> 0:31:14.370 his father back to Canaan for burial. That's in Genesis 0:31:14.370 --> 0:31:17.280 chapter 50. So Joseph was a great man, but he 0:31:17.280 --> 0:31:19.860 was still under the authority of Pharaoh and wasn't free 0:31:19.860 --> 0:31:21.240 to do whatever he wanted. 0:31:21.270 --> 0:31:24.540 That's Charlie Dyer. I'm John Geiger. This is the land. 0:31:24.540 --> 0:31:27.030 And the book segment three is all about the questions 0:31:27.030 --> 0:31:30.570 that you kind of ruminate about as you read through Scripture, 0:31:30.570 --> 0:31:32.910 and this one is an interesting one. Is there any 0:31:32.940 --> 0:31:36.750 historical verification for the darkness that covered the land from 0:31:36.750 --> 0:31:39.870 the sixth hour to the ninth hour, during the crucifixion? 0:31:40.080 --> 0:31:42.810 I don't know of any historical sources, apart from the 0:31:42.810 --> 0:31:46.050 Gospels that describe that period of darkness. Of course, the 0:31:46.050 --> 0:31:50.700 number of available historical sources is quite limited. Apart from Josephus, 0:31:50.700 --> 0:31:53.280 and he wasn't born until about four years after the 0:31:53.280 --> 0:31:55.890 events of the crucifixion. I don't know of any other 0:31:55.890 --> 0:31:59.010 source that wrote in detail about that specific period of 0:31:59.010 --> 0:32:02.250 time in Israel, and none of the official Roman sources 0:32:02.250 --> 0:32:05.610 from that specific time period have ever been discovered either. 0:32:05.610 --> 0:32:10.530 So the lack of supporting historical resources here is not surprising. 0:32:10.950 --> 0:32:14.730 This listener wants a good explanation of Mark 16 verse 16. Charlie, 0:32:14.730 --> 0:32:19.110 it says whoever believes and is baptized will be saved. Now, 0:32:19.110 --> 0:32:21.600 this can be confusing for folks who say, wait, wait, wait, 0:32:21.600 --> 0:32:23.310 I thought we didn't need to be baptized. 0:32:23.310 --> 0:32:25.950 Yeah, and I start by saying I don't hold to 0:32:25.950 --> 0:32:29.640 baptism as a requirement for salvation. So let me start 0:32:29.640 --> 0:32:32.070 here by sharing what I think the best understanding is 0:32:32.070 --> 0:32:35.610 of that verse, and actually answer two ways. First, in 0:32:35.640 --> 0:32:38.970 that geographical area, that region in the first century, baptism 0:32:38.970 --> 0:32:42.060 was the outward indication of belief and acceptance of the 0:32:42.060 --> 0:32:46.110 gospel message. Even today, both Jewish and Muslim cultures in 0:32:46.140 --> 0:32:49.290 that region, believers decision to be baptized is seen as 0:32:49.290 --> 0:32:53.100 the proof of conversion, publicly indicating that they've turned from 0:32:53.100 --> 0:32:56.490 their former beliefs to become a follower of Jesus, and 0:32:56.490 --> 0:33:00.840 normally baptism immediately followed the decision to trust Christ. But second, 0:33:00.840 --> 0:33:03.870 I think it's clear that baptism wasn't an essential requirement 0:33:03.870 --> 0:33:07.469 for salvation. The second half of that verse shows the 0:33:07.470 --> 0:33:10.800 opposite effect he who does not believe will be condemned. 0:33:10.800 --> 0:33:13.860 It's it's the belief or lack thereof that either saves 0:33:13.860 --> 0:33:17.700 or condemns. The baptism is simply an outward indication of 0:33:17.700 --> 0:33:21.990 that inward saving faith. And also Paul, who did baptize 0:33:21.990 --> 0:33:25.350 the Philippian jailer and his family in acts 16, later 0:33:25.350 --> 0:33:27.840 wrote to the Corinthians, I am thankful that I did 0:33:27.840 --> 0:33:29.760 not baptize any of you. And then he gives a 0:33:29.760 --> 0:33:32.340 few exceptions that he did. But he says, in the end, 0:33:32.340 --> 0:33:34.890 for Christ did not send me to baptize, but to 0:33:34.890 --> 0:33:37.350 preach the gospel. And the point here is that the 0:33:37.350 --> 0:33:41.160 gospel message did not include getting baptized as an essential 0:33:41.160 --> 0:33:43.740 element for being saved. In fact, later in the book, 0:33:43.740 --> 0:33:47.340 when Paul explains what the gospel is in first Corinthians 15, 0:33:47.340 --> 0:33:49.140 he doesn't include baptism. 0:33:49.140 --> 0:33:51.690 Sharon is teaching through the book of John and says, 0:33:51.690 --> 0:33:55.440 I need your insight. In John 531, Jesus says, if 0:33:55.440 --> 0:33:58.770 I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 0:33:58.770 --> 0:34:01.470 But in John 814 it says, Jesus answered and said 0:34:01.470 --> 0:34:04.530 to them, even if I bear witness of myself, my 0:34:04.530 --> 0:34:07.200 witness is true, for I know where I came from 0:34:07.200 --> 0:34:09.330 and where I am going. But you do not know 0:34:09.330 --> 0:34:11.850 where I came from and where I am going now. 0:34:11.850 --> 0:34:14.069 How can these statements be harmonized? 0:34:14.190 --> 0:34:14.549 Yeah, I. 0:34:14.550 --> 0:34:17.520 Think the context helps us harmonize the two statements. In 0:34:17.520 --> 0:34:21.660 chapter five, Jesus is saying that under Jewish law, if 0:34:21.660 --> 0:34:25.080 he was the only one testifying about himself, his testimony 0:34:25.080 --> 0:34:30.060 wouldn't be considered legally valid, since in Deuteronomy 1915 it 0:34:30.060 --> 0:34:32.399 was the evidence of 2 or 3 witnesses that was 0:34:32.400 --> 0:34:35.609 required for a matter to be confirmed. But then Jesus 0:34:35.610 --> 0:34:37.740 points out that there was indeed a second witness to 0:34:37.739 --> 0:34:40.259 the truth of what he was saying and and doing. 0:34:40.260 --> 0:34:42.299 And that was John the Baptist. That's why in the 0:34:42.300 --> 0:34:45.900 next two verses, Jesus talks about another who testifies in 0:34:45.900 --> 0:34:49.319 my favor and says about him, you have sent to John, 0:34:49.320 --> 0:34:52.350 and he has testified to the truth. Now in John eight, 0:34:52.350 --> 0:34:55.860 the context is slightly different, though once again, the Pharisees 0:34:55.860 --> 0:34:59.220 challenged Jesus, saying, here you're appearing as your own witness. 0:34:59.219 --> 0:35:02.520 Your testimony isn't valid. Uh, this time Jesus answers, using 0:35:02.520 --> 0:35:05.370 a different argument, though. First he says in verse 14 0:35:05.370 --> 0:35:09.149 that his testimony is valid or truthful because he, not them, 0:35:09.150 --> 0:35:11.760 is the one who really knows his identity and mission. 0:35:11.760 --> 0:35:14.640 Though his testimony alone might not have been enough to 0:35:14.640 --> 0:35:17.490 meet the legal requirement of needing two witnesses in court, 0:35:17.489 --> 0:35:20.190 what he was saying about himself was still true. And then, 0:35:20.190 --> 0:35:23.640 having made that argument, Jesus provides a second witness to 0:35:23.640 --> 0:35:26.190 show his claim about himself is indeed valid. He says, 0:35:26.190 --> 0:35:29.279 I'm not alone. I stand with the father who sent me. 0:35:29.280 --> 0:35:31.890 In your own law, it's written that the testimony of 0:35:31.890 --> 0:35:35.250 two men is valid. I'm the one who testifies for myself. 0:35:35.250 --> 0:35:37.920 My other witness is the father who sent me. So 0:35:37.920 --> 0:35:41.160 in the end, Jesus did provide two witnesses. In both 0:35:41.160 --> 0:35:42.300 of those chapters. 0:35:42.300 --> 0:35:45.150 Charlie says, I'll be teaching a Sunday school lesson in 0:35:45.150 --> 0:35:47.430 a few weeks. On the origins of the Bible. Could 0:35:47.430 --> 0:35:50.640 you recommend a book that would be helpful in my preparation? 0:35:50.760 --> 0:35:53.700 Yeah, I can actually recommend three, though there are many 0:35:53.700 --> 0:35:55.830 others that are helpful. The first is a small book 0:35:55.830 --> 0:36:00.000 by W.H. Griffith Thomas called How We Got Our Bible. 0:36:00.000 --> 0:36:01.770 It was written about a century ago, but it's a 0:36:01.770 --> 0:36:05.070 great summary. The second book is Evidence that demands a 0:36:05.070 --> 0:36:07.900 verdict by Josh. McDowell is a section on the Bible 0:36:07.900 --> 0:36:11.230 that provides some information in outline form, and the third, 0:36:11.230 --> 0:36:13.959 probably the most complete of the three, is called A 0:36:13.960 --> 0:36:17.830 General Introduction to the Bible by Norm Geisler and William Nix. 0:36:17.860 --> 0:36:20.350 It provides a great deal of information on how the 0:36:20.350 --> 0:36:23.260 books of the Bible came to be recognized as canonical, 0:36:23.260 --> 0:36:25.930 and how the writings were preserved. Well, that's. 0:36:25.930 --> 0:36:28.419 It for today's question and answer segment. If you didn't 0:36:28.420 --> 0:36:31.930 hear yours, is it possible you didn't ask it? Yeah, 0:36:31.930 --> 0:36:33.820 it takes a few weeks to get it on the air. Sure, 0:36:33.820 --> 0:36:35.890 but you get a response pretty quick from Charlie. And 0:36:35.890 --> 0:36:38.320 if you send us an email, we'll get right to it. 0:36:38.320 --> 0:36:44.230 Here's how you connect the land and the book@moody.edu. Don't 0:36:44.230 --> 0:36:47.170 you go away because Charlie Dyer's devotional is next here 0:36:47.170 --> 0:37:03.330 on the land and the book. Happy Father's Day weekend 0:37:03.330 --> 0:37:05.730 from the team here at The Land and the book, 0:37:05.730 --> 0:37:09.419 I'm John Jaeger with our host, doctor Charlie Dyer. And Charlie, 0:37:09.420 --> 0:37:13.080 your devotional takes us to some appropriate remarks for Father's Day. 0:37:13.080 --> 0:37:13.950 I suspect. 0:37:13.950 --> 0:37:17.910 It does father's wise words from Proverbs chapter four, and we'll. 0:37:17.910 --> 0:37:20.190 Get to that after we listen to this testimony that 0:37:20.190 --> 0:37:21.330 I think you need to hear. 0:37:25.219 --> 0:37:28.489 Hi, my name is Janice and this is my Holy 0:37:28.489 --> 0:37:32.360 Land experience. The thing that will never be the same 0:37:32.360 --> 0:37:34.430 is the Bible will never be the same to me 0:37:34.430 --> 0:37:37.100 when I read it, just simply because of all the 0:37:37.100 --> 0:37:39.710 things that we've seen and how it applied to what's 0:37:39.710 --> 0:37:43.700 already in Scripture. The second thing that was the most 0:37:43.700 --> 0:37:48.620 fun was dancing on the boat and the Sea of Galilee. 0:37:48.890 --> 0:37:55.760 And lastly, I think what surprised me the most was 0:37:55.760 --> 0:38:02.089 how complex the issue is between Israel and the Arabs 0:38:02.090 --> 0:38:05.600 and the whole conflict. And I think in the US 0:38:05.600 --> 0:38:09.950 and for myself personally, I have made it much simpler 0:38:09.950 --> 0:38:14.509 and it's very complex. So I would like to remember 0:38:14.510 --> 0:38:17.480 to pray about that. And I think that's something that 0:38:17.480 --> 0:38:18.770 I learned the most. 0:38:20.460 --> 0:38:22.410 All right. Somebody who's been to the Holy Land and 0:38:22.410 --> 0:38:24.720 had a great insight for us there. All right. We're 0:38:24.719 --> 0:38:28.470 going to turn now to Proverbs chapter four for your devotional. Charlie. 0:38:28.469 --> 0:38:29.190 Go ahead. 0:38:29.489 --> 0:38:31.560 Ah, thanks. Well, in my office I have a special 0:38:31.560 --> 0:38:35.070 file with precious items I've collected over the years. Now, 0:38:35.070 --> 0:38:39.150 it's not filled with diamonds or gold bullion or stock certificates. 0:38:39.150 --> 0:38:42.390 Anyone ransacking my office hoping to find those would be 0:38:42.390 --> 0:38:47.759 sorely disappointed. My stash of treasures are cards, letters, emails, 0:38:47.760 --> 0:38:51.000 other writings, and Bibles I've received over the years, and 0:38:51.000 --> 0:38:54.180 these gems also include a hand drawn book, and I 0:38:54.180 --> 0:38:57.930 use that term loosely from my then ten year old daughter. 0:38:57.930 --> 0:39:01.110 It's definitely a keeper. Now. I also have a collection 0:39:01.110 --> 0:39:04.080 of typewritten letters from my dad. For many years. He 0:39:04.080 --> 0:39:05.940 would type a letter to my wife and me at 0:39:05.940 --> 0:39:08.730 the beginning of each new year. Dad was a two 0:39:08.730 --> 0:39:13.020 fingered typist, so these multi-page letters were a labor of love, 0:39:13.020 --> 0:39:15.270 and he didn't know how to switch between uppercase and 0:39:15.270 --> 0:39:19.620 lowercase on his small, portable typewriter. So each one shouted 0:39:19.620 --> 0:39:23.100 out his message in all capital letters. But the best 0:39:23.100 --> 0:39:25.590 part of each letter was the prayer he typed at 0:39:25.590 --> 0:39:28.770 the very beginning. He was praying very specifically for both 0:39:28.770 --> 0:39:32.010 of us, and I knew exactly what he was praying. Now, 0:39:32.010 --> 0:39:33.630 dad didn't come to the Lord until he was in 0:39:33.630 --> 0:39:35.790 his mid 40s, right about the time I left home 0:39:35.790 --> 0:39:38.610 for college. But once he did place his trust in 0:39:38.610 --> 0:39:41.399 Jesus as his Lord and Savior, he grew like a 0:39:41.400 --> 0:39:44.460 weed spiritually. On the shelf to the left of my 0:39:44.460 --> 0:39:47.129 desk I have three of the Bibles he wore out 0:39:47.130 --> 0:39:51.480 over the next 40 years of his life as he read, pondered, underlined, 0:39:51.480 --> 0:39:54.750 and then scratched out notes in the margin of each one. 0:39:54.780 --> 0:39:57.870 A dad wasn't a professional pastor, though he did become 0:39:57.870 --> 0:40:00.330 an elder at our local church. He was a World 0:40:00.330 --> 0:40:02.759 War II vet, a high school graduate, and a blue 0:40:02.760 --> 0:40:05.430 collar worker who spent much of his adult life as 0:40:05.430 --> 0:40:08.190 a truck driver. But more than that, he became a 0:40:08.190 --> 0:40:11.580 man of spiritual depth and wisdom who wanted his family 0:40:11.580 --> 0:40:14.430 and everyone else to come to love God and His 0:40:14.430 --> 0:40:17.340 Word just as much as he did. So. Since this 0:40:17.340 --> 0:40:19.950 weekend is Father's Day, I thought it might be appropriate 0:40:19.950 --> 0:40:22.710 to pull two of dad's Bibles off my shelf to 0:40:22.710 --> 0:40:25.710 see what he discovered in his study of Proverbs four, 0:40:25.710 --> 0:40:29.730 verses 20 through 27, Proverbs explains how life ought to 0:40:29.730 --> 0:40:32.700 be lived, and a proper understanding of life begins with 0:40:32.700 --> 0:40:35.580 a proper relationship to the God who designed it all. 0:40:35.580 --> 0:40:38.009 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. 0:40:38.010 --> 0:40:41.610 Solomon wrote these words to explain to his son how 0:40:41.610 --> 0:40:45.569 life ought to be lived. Solomon wasn't perfect. He drifted 0:40:45.570 --> 0:40:49.020 from many of the precepts he himself taught to his children. 0:40:49.020 --> 0:40:52.410 But rather than becoming too hard on Solomon, let's remember 0:40:52.410 --> 0:40:55.140 that we've all fallen short when it comes to living 0:40:55.140 --> 0:40:58.350 out God's standards for life. So let's focus on what 0:40:58.350 --> 0:41:01.830 God describes as the ideal way to live, so that 0:41:01.830 --> 0:41:04.680 we can hopefully avoid some of the mistakes that Solomon 0:41:04.680 --> 0:41:08.190 and our parents and we ourselves have made in the past. 0:41:08.190 --> 0:41:11.940 Solomon began by imploring his child to pay attention to 0:41:11.940 --> 0:41:14.790 what I say. Listen closely to my words. Do not 0:41:14.790 --> 0:41:18.120 let them out of your sight. Keep them within your heart. 0:41:18.120 --> 0:41:21.270 The heart focuses on the inner aspects of our being. 0:41:21.270 --> 0:41:24.839 It encompasses our ability to comprehend our our feelings and 0:41:24.840 --> 0:41:29.040 our will. And in verses 22 and 23, Solomon explains 0:41:29.040 --> 0:41:32.400 why it's so important to take in, guard and protect 0:41:32.400 --> 0:41:35.910 these truths. They are life to those who find them 0:41:35.910 --> 0:41:39.210 and health to a man's whole body. In the margin 0:41:39.239 --> 0:41:41.940 of one Bible, dad wrote that being guided by the 0:41:41.940 --> 0:41:45.480 Holy Word of our Lord helps keep us spiritually vital 0:41:45.480 --> 0:41:49.740 and spiritually healthy, which keeps away moral decay. In the 0:41:49.739 --> 0:41:52.410 second Bible, he wrote that Solomon told his son to 0:41:52.410 --> 0:41:55.290 keep these words in his heart because they offer health 0:41:55.290 --> 0:41:58.530 and life with all these underlinings. In the verses, it 0:41:58.530 --> 0:42:01.110 appears dad was trying to focus in on the key 0:42:01.110 --> 0:42:05.430 commands Solomon was stressing and he bracketed verse 23 with 0:42:05.430 --> 0:42:08.189 lines above and below to make sure it stood out. 0:42:08.190 --> 0:42:11.430 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the 0:42:11.430 --> 0:42:16.259 wellspring of life. In verses 24 to 27, Solomon provided 0:42:16.260 --> 0:42:19.650 some practical guidance on how to guard one's heart. He 0:42:19.650 --> 0:42:22.919 began in verse 24 by focusing on what we say 0:42:22.920 --> 0:42:26.490 put away perversity from your mouth, keep corrupt, talk from 0:42:26.489 --> 0:42:29.730 your lips. It's interesting that the first place we need 0:42:29.730 --> 0:42:32.640 to guard is our mouth. My dad applied this to 0:42:32.640 --> 0:42:35.640 his life in one simple note in the margin do 0:42:35.640 --> 0:42:39.120 not lie. And he did live his life always trying 0:42:39.120 --> 0:42:41.430 to tell the truth, even when it meant that he 0:42:41.430 --> 0:42:45.029 had to have some awkward conversations with individuals whom he 0:42:45.030 --> 0:42:48.630 felt needed to be confronted for their actions. He tried 0:42:48.630 --> 0:42:50.880 to speak the truth in love, as Paul wrote in 0:42:50.880 --> 0:42:54.480 Ephesians 415, but he never shied away from saying what 0:42:54.480 --> 0:42:58.230 he felt needed to be said. In verse 25, Solomon 0:42:58.230 --> 0:43:00.660 moves from the mouth to the eyes as he says, 0:43:00.660 --> 0:43:03.960 let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly 0:43:03.960 --> 0:43:07.650 before you. Solomon had earlier described the way of the 0:43:07.650 --> 0:43:09.930 wise and the way of the foolish, and it's called here. 0:43:09.930 --> 0:43:12.870 As for the individual not to get distracted by the 0:43:12.870 --> 0:43:16.080 temptations and allurements that try to pull us away from 0:43:16.080 --> 0:43:19.259 the path of godliness toward the ways of the world. 0:43:19.620 --> 0:43:22.649 Dad underlined. Let your gaze be fixed straight in front 0:43:22.650 --> 0:43:26.280 of you and in the margin, he added On Jesus Christ. 0:43:26.280 --> 0:43:28.469 He didn't include a reference, but I'm pretty sure he 0:43:28.469 --> 0:43:31.320 was thinking of Hebrews 12 one and two, where we're 0:43:31.320 --> 0:43:34.319 told not to let ourselves become entangled by sin, but 0:43:34.320 --> 0:43:39.420 to run the race before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus. Finally, 0:43:39.420 --> 0:43:42.570 in verses 26 and 27, Solomon moves from our mouth 0:43:42.570 --> 0:43:45.300 and our eyes to our feet. Make level paths for 0:43:45.300 --> 0:43:48.180 your feet and take only ways that are firm. Do 0:43:48.180 --> 0:43:50.399 not swerve to the right or the left. Keep your 0:43:50.400 --> 0:43:54.600 foot from evil. This theme is one Solomon keeps repeating. 0:43:54.600 --> 0:43:58.169 In verses 18 and 19 he described the two pathways 0:43:58.170 --> 0:44:01.350 available to everyone. The path of the righteous is like 0:44:01.350 --> 0:44:04.380 the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the 0:44:04.380 --> 0:44:06.779 full light of day. But the path of the wicked 0:44:06.780 --> 0:44:09.780 is like deep darkness. They do not know what makes 0:44:09.780 --> 0:44:13.650 them stumble. Dad liked these verses because he squeezed several 0:44:13.650 --> 0:44:16.950 notes in the margin. For verses 18 and 19 he wrote, 0:44:16.950 --> 0:44:19.590 the path of the righteous is like the sun's rays 0:44:19.590 --> 0:44:22.200 in the morning. By noon it is in full light. 0:44:22.200 --> 0:44:25.350 But for the wicked it's in deep darkness. And then 0:44:25.350 --> 0:44:28.950 in another color ink. He wrote no hope. At verses 0:44:28.950 --> 0:44:32.280 26 to 27 he wrote, our conduct should be right 0:44:32.280 --> 0:44:35.100 and keep us on a level path. And in the 0:44:35.100 --> 0:44:38.910 other Bible he wrote, walk a straight path for Jesus. 0:44:39.150 --> 0:44:41.040 So what do these verses have to do with you 0:44:41.040 --> 0:44:44.100 this Father's Day weekend? Some of you have a godly 0:44:44.100 --> 0:44:47.490 father who is still alive, and if so, take some 0:44:47.489 --> 0:44:50.940 time to let him know how much you appreciate the 0:44:50.940 --> 0:44:54.330 impact he's made on your life over the years. But 0:44:54.330 --> 0:44:57.540 what if your father's absent or has passed away? Does 0:44:57.540 --> 0:44:59.310 Father's Day for you need to be a time of 0:44:59.310 --> 0:45:02.010 sorrow and regret? I don't believe it has to be 0:45:02.010 --> 0:45:04.920 for two reasons. First, you can still think back and 0:45:04.920 --> 0:45:08.370 focus on the good experiences you had with your father. 0:45:08.370 --> 0:45:12.510 What life lessons, spiritual or otherwise, did you learn from him? 0:45:12.510 --> 0:45:15.150 What memories do you have of the ways he tried 0:45:15.150 --> 0:45:18.900 to be a good father for you? Now? For some, 0:45:18.900 --> 0:45:21.540 there might not be any memories. You may have grown 0:45:21.540 --> 0:45:23.940 up without a father in your life. He might have 0:45:23.940 --> 0:45:26.160 died when you were young, or he might even have 0:45:26.160 --> 0:45:28.890 walked away from his commitment to his family. And if 0:45:28.890 --> 0:45:31.770 that's the case, how can you apply these truths on 0:45:31.770 --> 0:45:34.710 this Father's Day weekend? I believe the answer, then, is 0:45:34.710 --> 0:45:38.310 to look beyond your earthly, biological father to your heavenly 0:45:38.310 --> 0:45:41.040 father who has said he will never leave you nor 0:45:41.040 --> 0:45:45.840 forsake you. Claim Psalm 68 five for yourself today a 0:45:45.840 --> 0:45:49.680 father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God 0:45:49.680 --> 0:45:53.430 in his holy dwelling. The anniversary of my dad's homegoing 0:45:53.460 --> 0:45:56.640 is next month. He's been gone for several years and 0:45:56.640 --> 0:45:59.760 I still miss him. But my Heavenly Father will always 0:45:59.790 --> 0:46:01.890 be there for me, and he will be there for 0:46:01.890 --> 0:46:06.089 you as well this weekend and every single day that follows. 0:46:06.090 --> 0:46:08.160 And he wants you to listen to his wise words 0:46:08.160 --> 0:46:12.060 in Proverbs 24, so that what you feel and think, 0:46:12.060 --> 0:46:15.149 what you say, what you see and what you do, 0:46:15.150 --> 0:46:18.239 point your friends and family toward him as well. 0:46:18.239 --> 0:46:21.960 Thank you. Charlie loved having your dad's notes right there, 0:46:21.960 --> 0:46:25.890 amplifying what we're reading in Scripture. Those are great insights. Well, 0:46:25.890 --> 0:46:27.570 you know, our time is gone, but we want to 0:46:27.570 --> 0:46:30.510 say thank you to this station for providing air time. 0:46:30.510 --> 0:46:33.750 There's no accident about this program. By the way, the 0:46:33.750 --> 0:46:36.719 fact that we're here, that you're hearing us is because 0:46:36.719 --> 0:46:39.239 of the kindness of this radio station. So we thank 0:46:39.239 --> 0:46:41.460 them and I hope you'll drop them a line as well, 0:46:41.460 --> 0:46:44.610 letting them know that you appreciate the land and the book. 0:46:44.610 --> 0:46:47.730 Our host, Charlie Dyer and producer Dan Anderson, want to 0:46:47.730 --> 0:46:50.040 join me in saying thanks for listening to The Land 0:46:50.040 --> 0:46:53.310 and the book, a production of Moody Radio, a ministry 0:46:53.310 --> 0:46:54.839 of Moody Bible Institute.