WEBVTT - #181 I Am Addicted To This. Help. 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:03.520 You said, I have struggled with quitting and I have 0:00:03.720 --> 0:00:20.160 not been able to yet. That's the problem. Hey, everybody, 0:00:20.239 --> 0:00:22.919 welcome back to the podcast. This is episode one and 0:00:23.000 --> 0:00:25.799 eighty one, and I'm just glad you're here. I'm glad 0:00:25.840 --> 0:00:28.520 you're listening and watching wherever you're coming from. The format 0:00:28.560 --> 0:00:31.400 of this podcast, what we do is just sit around 0:00:31.440 --> 0:00:35.239 and talk answering your questions could be about any subject, 0:00:35.360 --> 0:00:39.559 anything in the world. Just just email Grangersmith podcast at 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:41.560 gmail dot com, and we walk through it like we're 0:00:41.600 --> 0:00:44.240 just two people sitting in the cab of a truck 0:00:44.760 --> 0:00:47.919 driving on a long road trip, got the windows down, 0:00:47.960 --> 0:00:51.600 your elbow out. Hey man, I ask you a question, 0:00:52.240 --> 0:00:55.600 something that's been on my mind lately. And then we 0:00:55.640 --> 0:00:57.760 walked through it like we got all the time in 0:00:57.800 --> 0:01:00.160 the world. And I don't have notes in front of me, 0:01:00.240 --> 0:01:02.400 I don't have famous quotes, I don't have books. I 0:01:02.440 --> 0:01:06.120 haven't even read the questions at all. I'm going completely 0:01:06.160 --> 0:01:10.160 blind off of the email Grangersmith podcast at gmail dot com. 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:12.399 Let's get to the first one subject line here says 0:01:12.440 --> 0:01:16.240 Mistakes says, Hey Granger, my name is Duke. I'm from 0:01:16.280 --> 0:01:19.320 southern California. I'm just wondering if you ever make mistakes 0:01:19.440 --> 0:01:24.640 while singing at a concert. I have never been to 0:01:24.680 --> 0:01:26.400 any concert, so I don't even know if that's a 0:01:26.440 --> 0:01:29.440 thing to sometimes mess up. I assume you play a ton, 0:01:29.520 --> 0:01:32.000 so maybe it's hard to mess up. I don't know. Yeah, 0:01:32.640 --> 0:01:34.839 I don't think I've ever gotten a question like that, Duke. 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:39.040 I appreciate you shout out to Southern Cali and the answer. 0:01:39.040 --> 0:01:41.360 I mean, yeah, I'll mess up a lot, mess up 0:01:41.400 --> 0:01:47.040 all the time. I've played thousands of shows in my life. 0:01:47.200 --> 0:01:49.400 It's crazy to think about, but if you think about 0:01:49.880 --> 0:01:54.480 one hundred and fifty shows a year for decades, you 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:58.600 do that enough. You mess up enough. The thing about 0:01:58.640 --> 0:02:01.680 it is the time no one even knows that I 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:04.880 mess up, except for maybe the hardcore fans and the band. 0:02:04.920 --> 0:02:07.760 The band will always know. We always know when one 0:02:07.840 --> 0:02:10.520 of us messes up, and so we usually will look 0:02:10.560 --> 0:02:13.560 like Toddle do a note he's never done before on guitar, 0:02:13.840 --> 0:02:15.440 and I'll look out of the corner of my eye 0:02:15.680 --> 0:02:17.480 and he's looking back at me because he knows that 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:21.320 I'm looking at him. We're like brothers, you know, like 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:25.160 brotherly love. It's like, man, you knew I did that, 0:02:25.200 --> 0:02:28.360 didn't you. Of course, we speak the same language on 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:31.000 the stage, me and the band. We know each other 0:02:31.280 --> 0:02:34.560 without saying words. We know everything we do. We know 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:38.200 what the looks, we know the notes, we know the 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:41.359 drum beats. Everything. We know if someone is doing something 0:02:41.360 --> 0:02:43.720 different because we've done it so many times. Most of 0:02:43.720 --> 0:02:47.160 the time the fans don't know. Sometimes one mistake from 0:02:47.200 --> 0:02:49.760 one band member leads to another mistake from another band 0:02:49.760 --> 0:02:53.079 member because a muscle memory gets messed up. You're used 0:02:53.120 --> 0:02:56.040 to hearing this pattern of events that happen, and it 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:58.680 triggers something in your brain. You play this because of 0:02:58.880 --> 0:03:02.560 all these things, and when those things don't happen, you stumble. 0:03:03.400 --> 0:03:06.280 It's very strange how that happens if you do it 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:09.200 so many times in a row. Sometimes the fans do know, 0:03:09.800 --> 0:03:12.800 and sometimes you know. Some mistakes are worse than others. 0:03:12.960 --> 0:03:15.520 Most of the time it revolves around me for getting lyrics. 0:03:18.080 --> 0:03:19.560 Every once in a while, you could start the song 0:03:19.560 --> 0:03:21.480 and the wrong key. That's like a once every ten 0:03:21.520 --> 0:03:24.320 year mistake. But there are a lot of things. There's 0:03:24.320 --> 0:03:27.600 a lot of technical problems. Microphones run out of batteries, 0:03:28.280 --> 0:03:32.960 cables go bad, stages break lights, turn off generators, blow 0:03:33.200 --> 0:03:36.720 power goes out, there's all those kind of things. The 0:03:36.800 --> 0:03:39.640 thing about me is We've played so many shows for 0:03:39.680 --> 0:03:44.080 so many years that I've seen every kind of mistake. 0:03:44.600 --> 0:03:49.040 And that's a great thing because I could say to myself, well, 0:03:49.080 --> 0:03:52.080 I've played bigger shows than this and messed it up. 0:03:52.880 --> 0:03:56.600 You know, I've played bigger shows than this on less sleep. 0:03:57.040 --> 0:04:00.520 I've played bigger shows than this and been sicker than 0:04:00.560 --> 0:04:03.280 I am now, you know. So I've kind of done 0:04:03.360 --> 0:04:06.760 all the all the combinations of bad things I've seen 0:04:06.800 --> 0:04:10.600 it happen, and that that gives me a sense of calm, really, 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:13.440 and that that could be applied to anyone that's listening 0:04:13.440 --> 0:04:17.360 that has done something enough times you can calm yourself 0:04:17.400 --> 0:04:22.520 by saying I've I've messed up in bigger situations than this. 0:04:23.360 --> 0:04:25.719 I've had my foot in my mouth and bigger conversations 0:04:25.760 --> 0:04:31.240 than this. And there's something very freeing about that. And 0:04:31.320 --> 0:04:33.599 so the best thing to do when I make a 0:04:33.640 --> 0:04:38.520 mistake is just own it instead of trying to act 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:40.640 like I'm better than a mistake. Man, I'm I make 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:44.400 mistakes all the time, and I just own it. It's 0:04:44.440 --> 0:04:49.480 a good question, though, dude, next question, septic line says 0:04:50.160 --> 0:04:54.120 Bible question says, Hey Grander. In a previous email, you 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:58.160 said that you believed all people that are alive on 0:04:58.200 --> 0:05:01.719 the Earth right now will have a human death before 0:05:01.880 --> 0:05:05.200 Jesus returns. Could you make a clarification on why you 0:05:05.240 --> 0:05:08.920 believe this and why you're certain of that. Secondly, could 0:05:08.920 --> 0:05:12.400 you clarify what clarify why you believe most of what 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:15.320 John the Revelator describes in the Book of Revelation has 0:05:15.400 --> 0:05:21.040 already happened, as well as what could have, as well 0:05:21.080 --> 0:05:24.600 as what could have the animal symbolism that John uses 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:28.279 could have occurred in recent history. I read that exactly 0:05:28.360 --> 0:05:31.040 like you wrote it, as well of what could have 0:05:31.360 --> 0:05:34.360 the animal animal symbolism that John uses could have occurred 0:05:34.360 --> 0:05:40.200 in reason Answery regards Anonymous. Okay, Anonymous, Yeah, let's dive 0:05:40.240 --> 0:05:44.920 into this. I'm gonna say one thing off the bat. 0:05:45.480 --> 0:05:49.160 I didn't. I didn't say what I'm uh what I'm 0:05:49.160 --> 0:05:52.599 accused of saying here you said. I heard in a 0:05:52.640 --> 0:05:57.600 previous previous podcast you said that all people that are 0:05:57.640 --> 0:05:59.719 alive on Earth right now will have a human death 0:05:59.760 --> 0:06:03.760 before where Jesus returns. I did not say that because 0:06:04.560 --> 0:06:08.839 it's impossible, and I wouldn't have said something that is 0:06:08.880 --> 0:06:14.320 impossible to know. It's like Napoleon, dynamite Napoleon. How could 0:06:14.560 --> 0:06:18.200 anyone even know that? No one can know that. So 0:06:19.960 --> 0:06:24.920 what I said was probably knowing me. I probably said 0:06:24.960 --> 0:06:29.920 something like most likely ninety nine percent chance or something 0:06:29.960 --> 0:06:33.560 like that, most likely all people that are alive on 0:06:33.600 --> 0:06:37.200 Earth right now will not see Jesus return in the 0:06:37.240 --> 0:06:40.839 way that John describes it in the Book of Revelation. Okay, 0:06:43.160 --> 0:06:45.880 is that so wrong to say that? Is that so 0:06:46.080 --> 0:06:49.680 wrong to say, here's the deal, Jesus. What we're talking 0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:53.560 about here is eschatology. Eschatology is one of the most debated, 0:06:53.800 --> 0:06:56.919 one of the most confusing things in the entire Bible. 0:06:57.240 --> 0:07:01.760 It's the study of end times. And the thing about 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:07.799 it is is when Jesus came to Earth, right, God 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:13.320 had the Abrahamic Covenant, then he had the Mosaic Covenant. 0:07:14.080 --> 0:07:19.680 When Jesus came, when when the word became flesh in 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:29.600 John won right, the Abrahamic Covenant was fulfilled. Jesus fulfilled 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:34.720 the covenant. He became the new Covenant. The Mosaic covenant 0:07:34.800 --> 0:07:39.480 was to show people who God is and to give 0:07:39.560 --> 0:07:44.480 them the rules on what was expected of them. When 0:07:44.640 --> 0:07:49.000 Jesus came, he fulfilled the law and fulfilled all the law, 0:07:49.080 --> 0:07:54.040 the prophets, including the Abrahamic Covenant. He became. Then he 0:07:54.160 --> 0:07:59.840 became what people needed to turn to instead of themselves. 0:08:02.800 --> 0:08:07.280 Abraham's covenant was based on faith. That's what Jesus fulfilled. 0:08:07.840 --> 0:08:13.040 So here's the deal. The people before that, the people 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:18.880 of God, were based on genealogy, on the bloodline. When 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:25.400 Jesus came, the definition of God's people changed. It became new. 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:30.200 God didn't change. The definition of the people became new. 0:08:30.680 --> 0:08:33.400 And the new definition of the people was how do 0:08:33.520 --> 0:08:37.280 you respond to the sun? It was based on your 0:08:37.320 --> 0:08:41.440 response to the Son of God. Okay, so we're moving 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:45.160 through this. What happened in that time, here's my point, Anonymous, 0:08:45.559 --> 0:08:48.120 What happened in that time when the Word became flesh, 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:55.720 the end times dawned, the birth of Christ. When the 0:08:55.760 --> 0:09:02.680 Word became flesh, the end of times dawned. That was 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:05.880 the beginning of the end of times. We're still living 0:09:05.920 --> 0:09:09.680 in it. It's been two thousand years. So from that 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:13.720 day everyone thought, at some point, hey, maybe Jesus is 0:09:13.760 --> 0:09:17.800 coming back today. Maybe he's coming back tomorrow. Maybe He's 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:21.160 coming back in my lifetime. For two thousand years, people 0:09:21.280 --> 0:09:26.079 have said that and thought that there's technically nothing wrong 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:32.120 with a hopeful eschatology in that way, reading revelation specifically 0:09:32.280 --> 0:09:37.199 looking to the sky for yourself. It's kind of fun, okay, 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:42.720 But it can become an obsession, and that's a problem. 0:09:43.000 --> 0:09:46.320 That's a big problem. And I got a feeling, brother, 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:49.400 got to feeling through your email, the tone of your email, 0:09:50.000 --> 0:09:52.679 that this is a problem for you. And that's why 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:56.120 I speak up about this in this podcast because I 0:09:56.960 --> 0:09:59.199 used to fall in like in high school. I used 0:09:59.240 --> 0:10:02.520 to study this stuff and get really into it and 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:05.760 look at the signs and be really into the signs 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:10.719 and thinking Jesus is gonna come back. And I did 0:10:10.760 --> 0:10:14.600 it in a way that's not healthy. You see how 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:18.320 I said that. It's not that it's unhealthy for you 0:10:18.520 --> 0:10:20.440 or anyone else, but I was doing it in a 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:25.200 way that becomes unhealthy because you start thinking about all 0:10:25.280 --> 0:10:28.040 that stuff, and you start adding up these signs and 0:10:28.559 --> 0:10:31.880 these prophecies, and you start putting it aligning it with 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:36.280 like world events and global leaders and things that are 0:10:36.320 --> 0:10:39.720 going on in the culture, and you start trying to 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:43.480 add it up and like decipher it. When Jesus says, 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:48.680 no one knows, no one knows, no one will know, 0:10:49.280 --> 0:10:53.280 that's what he says. He didn't say no one will 0:10:53.280 --> 0:10:55.320 know except for the smart people that put all the 0:10:55.400 --> 0:11:01.840 puzzle together. He said, no one's gonna know. It doesn't 0:11:01.880 --> 0:11:04.480 matter if you get the Book of Revelation and the 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:07.240 Book of Daniel and you put all the prophecies together 0:11:07.320 --> 0:11:10.840 and then line them up with the United States and 0:11:10.880 --> 0:11:16.480 then China and then the new state of Israel in 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:19.559 nineteen forty six, and you add all this stuff up. 0:11:20.080 --> 0:11:23.600 Jesus said, no one's gonna know. Why does he say 0:11:23.640 --> 0:11:27.319 get ready? Why does he say be ready? Not so 0:11:27.360 --> 0:11:29.760 that you could add up to the date, and so 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:37.880 you could get you yourself ready, you could be aware, right, 0:11:38.400 --> 0:11:41.439 And so I think you could get lost in eschatology 0:11:42.000 --> 0:11:45.600 and the science of it. If that's a thing, You 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:48.560 can get lost in that and forget that the whole 0:11:48.800 --> 0:11:52.760 purpose is your response to Jesus through faith in him. 0:11:54.000 --> 0:11:58.000 Because brother, there's a ninety nine point nine percent chance 0:11:58.040 --> 0:12:02.319 you will die on this earth before that happens. How 0:12:02.320 --> 0:12:06.720 do I know that? I don't. But that's just math. 0:12:08.360 --> 0:12:11.560 It's just probability because people have been saying it for 0:12:11.600 --> 0:12:15.439 two thousand years. Oh you say, now's different. Now's different. 0:12:15.480 --> 0:12:18.320 We got COVID, we got AI, we got wars, we 0:12:18.400 --> 0:12:23.160 got earthquakes, we got brother, this has always happened. This 0:12:23.200 --> 0:12:28.080 has been happening for a long time. Don't get caught 0:12:28.200 --> 0:12:31.640 up in it. It can mess you up. It starts, 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:35.840 it starts deviating you from the truth. Jesus is the truth. 0:12:36.440 --> 0:12:43.000 Trust him. Don't worry about the signs. That's a wicked 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:48.000 generation that looks after the signs. You'll know in your 0:12:48.080 --> 0:12:50.720 heart because of the fruits that you produce in your life. 0:12:51.080 --> 0:12:54.520 You'll know if you're in right standing then only God 0:12:54.559 --> 0:13:00.360 can do that. Focus on that, focus on loving others, 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:05.480 serving others, spreading the Great Commission to all the nations. 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:10.280 Worry about that and not Fox News and seeing in 0:13:10.400 --> 0:13:14.120 and what's happening in Russia. Don't dive into that. It 0:13:14.160 --> 0:13:18.800 becomes unhealthy. I've talked way too much about it. That's 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:25.240 my point. Appreciate you, brother. Next question here published songwriting. 0:13:25.440 --> 0:13:27.760 Hey Granger, my name is Travis. I'm twenty eight years old, 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:31.280 single with zero dependence. I live in Georgia. Outside of work, 0:13:31.600 --> 0:13:34.560 I have a passion for creating, writing storytelling that I 0:13:34.600 --> 0:13:37.559 believe God has instilled in me. As of a few 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:41.040 years ago. I've taken a deep interest in writing traditional 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:44.720 country songs after they started randomly coming up in my mind. 0:13:45.679 --> 0:13:48.520 I am not a performer, but I've enjoyed fleshing out 0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:51.360 the lyrics and practicing singing with them and with my 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:56.719 acoustic I soon plan on demoing them to blank disc. 0:13:57.400 --> 0:14:00.320 It's not much, but it's what I could do for now. 0:14:00.800 --> 0:14:04.360 Forgive my ignorance and loaded questions, but there's much about 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:07.520 the Nashville grind and music grow publishing companies that I 0:14:07.600 --> 0:14:10.560 just don't understand as an outsider, and I'm really ashamed 0:14:10.559 --> 0:14:13.640 to ask, but here goes. Is it possible for writers 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:16.280 to submit demos that they've made to publishing companies like 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:19.160 novelists do, or reach out to them in any way 0:14:19.240 --> 0:14:25.280 without being summoned via recommendation? Or all songwriters under contract 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:29.360 session writers as well, or do the sum work alone 0:14:29.680 --> 0:14:34.960 and continuously submit their finished work whilst under contract. I 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:39.040 don't intend to sound wishful or disrespectful in any way 0:14:39.080 --> 0:14:42.480 by asking. The waters are rough and chances are minuscule 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:45.480 to quote everything that glitters is not gold. There's certain 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:48.280 things a man just doesn't know. If you decide to 0:14:48.280 --> 0:14:50.320 read this, thank you so much for allowing the unique 0:14:50.320 --> 0:14:53.440 opportunity with your personal time. You're the man, christ Is King. 0:14:53.480 --> 0:14:56.360 Thanks for everything. Sorry about the link, all right, brother, 0:14:57.160 --> 0:15:01.320 I appreciate you. Man. Travis twenty eight years old. Travis, 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:03.680 you speak like an older man, like you've got a 0:15:03.720 --> 0:15:07.120 wise soul. To your brother, shout out to Georgia. Love 0:15:07.160 --> 0:15:13.120 that state, and let's dive in here. First thing I'm 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:20.200 gonna recommend to you is talking with a performance rights organization. 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:26.640 It's a pro BMI, ASCAP, seasack. You probably heard of those, 0:15:26.720 --> 0:15:29.840 or maybe you've seen the little stickers on a restaurant 0:15:29.960 --> 0:15:33.320 or a music venue. Little sticker says BMI or ASCAP 0:15:33.400 --> 0:15:36.560 or sea sack. Talk to them. What they do is 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:40.360 they represent the songwriters and they get the songwriters paid 0:15:40.840 --> 0:15:44.359 based on how many times that song has performed worldwide 0:15:44.720 --> 0:15:48.080 in all media. That could be at a music venue 0:15:48.200 --> 0:15:50.080 or a restaurant like we just mentioned, could be on 0:15:50.120 --> 0:15:53.400 the radio, could be in a jukebox. It used to 0:15:53.400 --> 0:15:56.680 be a really big thing, and every other way that 0:15:56.720 --> 0:16:00.640 a song can perform and pay the songwriters. So that's 0:16:00.680 --> 0:16:04.600 their whole job. And they're there for the writers and 0:16:04.680 --> 0:16:08.720 so they they are staffed up to handle people like you, 0:16:09.120 --> 0:16:13.840 to answer your questions. They can be the go between 0:16:13.960 --> 0:16:19.440 between a publisher and the writer. They were for me 0:16:20.000 --> 0:16:22.600 a long, long, long time ago. When I first did this, 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:26.720 I'd signed with BMI and doesn't There's no requirement, there's 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:32.960 no test or audition. Anyone could sign with BMI, ASCAP 0:16:33.080 --> 0:16:38.400 or CEASAC and you're then you're a BMI writer and 0:16:38.440 --> 0:16:42.280 you could use the privileges that you get from being 0:16:42.920 --> 0:16:49.200 with that specific pro So I'll start there. And and 0:16:49.560 --> 0:16:55.680 aside from that, you're twenty eight years old. You love songwriting, man, 0:16:57.080 --> 0:17:01.040 just write a lot and put it on YouTube. It's 0:17:01.080 --> 0:17:03.960 an amazing time to be a songwriter because this is 0:17:04.000 --> 0:17:05.919 something I didn't have when I was twenty eight. You 0:17:05.920 --> 0:17:08.680 could just throw it up on the internet on TikTok 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:14.720 or Twitter or YouTube whatever, Spotify. You can get every 0:17:14.800 --> 0:17:19.880 song up right now through different different platforms. It's super easy. 0:17:20.680 --> 0:17:23.680 It's amazing. You could start getting traction on YouTube right away. 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:27.000 That's something that you have an advantage on every other 0:17:27.040 --> 0:17:30.120 songwriter that lived in the decades past. So I wouldn't 0:17:30.160 --> 0:17:35.280 worry so much about publishing companies and songwriting contracts. There's 0:17:35.320 --> 0:17:38.680 not much money in that anyway, so I wouldn't think 0:17:38.720 --> 0:17:41.840 about it. What's gonna happen is you get a song 0:17:41.880 --> 0:17:44.800 that goes viral on YouTube because it's just a great song. 0:17:45.400 --> 0:17:47.720 You're gonna have any publishing company in Nashville wanting to 0:17:47.760 --> 0:17:52.120 sign you because of that. So focus on that. Don't 0:17:52.160 --> 0:17:53.879 get the cart in front of the horse. You know 0:17:53.880 --> 0:17:56.840 what I mean. If you go sign with random publishing company, 0:17:56.840 --> 0:18:00.520 which is near impossible to do, Jesus will I'm back 0:18:00.840 --> 0:18:03.320 before you go out and just get randomly get a 0:18:03.320 --> 0:18:06.640 publishing contract. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. That's an extreme. I've 0:18:06.680 --> 0:18:10.679 tying the two questions together here, but it's it's just 0:18:10.800 --> 0:18:13.640 the way it is. It's very, very difficult to get 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:15.879 a publishing contract if no one knows it and you 0:18:15.880 --> 0:18:18.119 don't know anyone, and you don't even know how to 0:18:18.160 --> 0:18:21.160 get your music on a disc, which, by the way, 0:18:22.080 --> 0:18:25.160 doesn't happen anymore. Don't you don't get music on disc anymore? Brother, 0:18:26.720 --> 0:18:32.080 it didn't happen. They go they go digital on YouTube sots. 0:18:32.200 --> 0:18:34.760 Let's get to let's get to recording. Let's get that 0:18:34.800 --> 0:18:40.280 guitar out. Let's learn a simple recording software like pro Tools, 0:18:40.320 --> 0:18:43.080 like I'm literally using right now staring at the screen 0:18:43.119 --> 0:18:45.959 off camera, looking at pro Tools. I've been using this 0:18:46.480 --> 0:18:49.720 since two thousand and two. I got my first pro 0:18:49.760 --> 0:18:51.760 Tools set up in two thousand and two. That's a 0:18:51.800 --> 0:18:55.520 long time ago. It's like twenty one years ago, right, 0:18:55.640 --> 0:19:00.520 So learn something like that recording software on your computer. 0:19:00.600 --> 0:19:02.560 Get a couple of microphones. You don't have to spend 0:19:02.560 --> 0:19:05.480 a lot of money. Put one on your guitar, one 0:19:05.560 --> 0:19:09.400 on your vocal and record you some songs and get 0:19:09.440 --> 0:19:12.120 them up on social media if one goes viral. Now 0:19:12.160 --> 0:19:14.680 you've got something to talk about. 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Okay, 0:21:48.920 --> 0:21:52.480 So next question. The subject line here on the next 0:21:52.560 --> 0:21:57.320 queue says Christianity and tobacco. Hey, mister Smith, my name 0:21:57.359 --> 0:22:00.280 is Jeremy Moss. I wanted to email in regard to 0:22:00.280 --> 0:22:03.680 tobacco use. So I've been dipping for about eight years 0:22:03.680 --> 0:22:06.560 and I'm twenty five years old. Now. I have struggled 0:22:06.680 --> 0:22:10.880 quitting and I still have not been able to yet. However, 0:22:11.280 --> 0:22:13.560 I wanted to pick your brain on the topic. Can 0:22:13.600 --> 0:22:18.320 you still serve God and follow God wholeheartedly even if 0:22:18.480 --> 0:22:22.280 using tobacco or alcohol? I don't drink anymore, only dip. 0:22:22.520 --> 0:22:25.080 Side note, love your music, especially the album you did 0:22:25.200 --> 0:22:27.720 for your movie. Greatest Hits by you and Matthew West 0:22:27.800 --> 0:22:30.880 is a great song. I've been listening here lately. Please 0:22:30.960 --> 0:22:35.560 keep up the good work you and Amberdoo. Brother Jeremy, 0:22:35.760 --> 0:22:38.400 thank you so much, and thanks for the question. It's 0:22:38.400 --> 0:22:41.560 a good question. It's a solid question. Let's dive in here. 0:22:41.920 --> 0:22:47.880 Your question is can you still serve God and follow 0:22:47.960 --> 0:22:56.760 God wholeheartedly even if using tobacco or alcohol? Well, the 0:22:56.840 --> 0:23:00.639 short answer is yes, because we are saved by grace 0:23:00.880 --> 0:23:04.960 through faith. This is not our own doing. It is 0:23:05.000 --> 0:23:07.959 the work of God, so that no man may boast. 0:23:08.400 --> 0:23:11.119 That comes out of Ephesians too. And we are not 0:23:11.640 --> 0:23:15.919 saved by anything that we do or don't do, it 0:23:16.000 --> 0:23:20.520 is the work of God through grace and our faith. 0:23:20.680 --> 0:23:26.359 Right essentially, that's it. You can't add anything or subtract 0:23:26.400 --> 0:23:30.000 anything from that. But you're talking about serving Him. So 0:23:30.160 --> 0:23:35.040 if you are in faith and you're believing, and you're trusting, 0:23:35.200 --> 0:23:39.040 and you see the fruits of the spirit, the fruits 0:23:39.080 --> 0:23:42.680 of serving God, what are those fruits? Jesus says it 0:23:43.040 --> 0:23:46.560 many times. You know, you know it's almost lost these 0:23:46.640 --> 0:23:50.800 days in twenty twenty three, that there are many commandments 0:23:50.840 --> 0:23:56.800 in the New Testament. There are commandments, rules, guidelines in 0:23:56.920 --> 0:24:01.080 the New Testament. Can you believe that? We thought that 0:24:01.160 --> 0:24:04.239 was just in the Old Testament, But it's not. And 0:24:04.280 --> 0:24:08.359 we could see the fruits, the greatest of which is love, 0:24:08.960 --> 0:24:13.840 loving others, serving others, the desire to love others, the 0:24:13.920 --> 0:24:17.880 desire to feed the sheep, and the desire to shepherd 0:24:17.920 --> 0:24:23.200 the flock, the desire to take God's people and bring 0:24:23.240 --> 0:24:26.239 the word to them, and hurt for the lost, and 0:24:26.359 --> 0:24:30.000 need need to be able to serve and help, to 0:24:30.080 --> 0:24:34.760 be able to wash someone else's feet. That's what Jesus 0:24:34.760 --> 0:24:38.240 did and we're supposed to model that. That is serving him. 0:24:38.400 --> 0:24:42.600 And you could do that wholeheartedly and also have an addiction, 0:24:43.040 --> 0:24:45.920 but that is not something you want to stay in. 0:24:46.800 --> 0:24:50.240 So this is sanctification now we're talking about as you 0:24:50.320 --> 0:24:54.680 become a believer and things start to shed away, as 0:24:54.760 --> 0:24:58.200 sin starts to peel off of you, you continue to grow. 0:24:58.240 --> 0:25:02.960 You could serve wholeheartedly at the beginning while you still 0:25:03.000 --> 0:25:07.840 are in different scenarios of problems around you. But as 0:25:07.880 --> 0:25:11.240 those things peel off, which they need to, that is 0:25:11.280 --> 0:25:15.120 a sign that you're being sanctified and you're growing in 0:25:15.200 --> 0:25:22.000 your faith. So, for instance, I wouldn't look back on 0:25:22.600 --> 0:25:26.120 you when you first became a Christian, when you were 0:25:26.400 --> 0:25:30.080 let's see, because now you say, I don't drink anymore, right, 0:25:30.359 --> 0:25:33.280 I wouldn't look back on you when you became born 0:25:33.320 --> 0:25:36.840 again and you became alive to Christ and you had 0:25:37.000 --> 0:25:40.520 a beer. I wouldn't say you're not serving him wholeheartedly. 0:25:40.600 --> 0:25:44.640 Yet I would say, in your current state of sanctification, 0:25:44.800 --> 0:25:47.800 you're serving him wholeheartedly. But there's so much more to 0:25:47.840 --> 0:25:51.400 come for you. You just don't know it yet. You're 0:25:51.440 --> 0:25:55.920 a baby. You are drinking milk, right this little Paul says, 0:25:56.000 --> 0:25:59.159 we start with milk, but we need to start eating 0:25:59.240 --> 0:26:03.359