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Title:  A Broken Flask Moment – Jer. 19. | KIB468 Kingdom Intelligence Briefing   Description: Welcome to episode 468 of the Kingdom Intelligence Briefing podcast with Dr. Michael Lake and Mary Lou Lake. In this thought-provoking episode, we delve into spiritual warfare, biblical truths, and the urgency for believers to break free from Babylonian systems. This episode touches on themes of repentance, restoration, and God's divine judgment against evil. Topics Covered: Upcoming Conferences: Updates on future ministry plans, simplified schedules, and a renewed focus on impactful teaching and personal ministry. Biblical Insights from Jeremiah: Jeremiah 19's lessons on judgment and brokenness. How sin and rebellion block blessings and lead to desolation. Ancient Atrocities: A historical exploration of cannibalism, pagan practices, and their spiritual implications, tracing back to Genesis 6 and the Nephilim. Modern Parallels: Connecting ancient Babylonian practices to current societal issues, such as child trafficking, occult influences, and food contamination. Breaking Spiritual Curses: Powerful prayers for deliverance, restoration, and breaking generational curses related to unintentional consumption of spiritually tainted elements. Hope and Restoration: A call for believers to return to God's ways, embrace sanctification, and prepare for divine assignments in the end times. Key Takeaways: Sin separates us from God's blessings, but repentance leads to restoration. Understanding ancient practices helps us discern modern spiritual battles. God is equipping His remnant with wisdom and strength for the days ahead.

Reading Jeremiah 1:1-3 introducing us to a prophet named Jeremiah and the time in which he prophesied, and doing an overview of this book to consider its main themes and message. Visit wwutt.com for all our videos!

Jeremiah - Jeremiah's call and commission. The almond rod and boiling pot. Judah's apostasy. Acts - Paul's defense before Agrippa.

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Basic Bible Study | Lamentations & Obadiah (Part 5) This is part 5 of 5 In today's podcast, join Chris and Robyn as they continue their discussion in Lamentations & Obadiah. Here is a breakdown of what was discussed: - the Gedaliah story unfolds much slower in Jeremiah - Jeremiah served as a prophet for 40 years - the remaining Judeans went against God & traveled to Egypt - what to read for next time “If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10:9) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ABOUT Opening a Bible for the first time can be intimidating. Join Amy & Robyn in an easy-to-follow discussion. This Basic Bible Study is perfect for beginners & those who have never read the Bible. Look for new podcasts every Tuesday & Friday! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BIBLE RESOURCES https://biblehub.com/ https://www.bible.com/ http://betterdaysarecoming.com/bible/pronunciation.html https://biblespeak.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/mybasicbiblestudy WEBSITE http://www.mybasicbiblestudy.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can contact us through e-mail or regular old snail-mail: Basic Bible Study 7797 N. 1st St. #34 Fresno, CA 93720 basicbiblestudy19@gmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WISE - Disciple Tap or click to save/download this Podcast as a MP3 file The concept of a Disciple was not new in the time of Jesus Christ. Christian Discipleship as evidenced in the New Testament has three primary sources. Old Testament Old Testament prophets such as Samuel (1 Samuel 19vv20-24), Elijah (2 Kings 4v1), and Jeremiah (Jeremiah 36v32) all had disciples. These disciples saw the prophets as their master and this thinking was throughout the society of Israel. Take for example Isaiah, who refers to the people around him as disciples, where the relationship is primarily educational (Isaiah 8v16). The disciples referred to here were not only followers of Isaiah, but also of God. The relationship was based on a reciprocal support in order to reveal what the Lord was saying to Israel. Greek culture Classic Greek literature refers to disciples in three senses: learner (general), adherent (technical) and institutional (restricted). For those who were in the adherent context, they followed rules set by their master. Another aspect of some first century Greek thought was that a person’s highest achievement was to become like god. First century Judaism Within Jewish society at the time of the New Testament, disciples were attached to recognized masters, teachers or groups. The disciples of the Pharisees were probably attached to an academic group. Those who followed John the Baptist were seen as radical, eschewing as they did normal Jewish society. Those Jesus referred to as the disciples of Moses, concentrated on their ‘honoured’ status as followers of the one to whom God had made Himself known. One major stream of Jewish thought at the time, said that the goal of discipleship was to see God. Jesus’ Disciples Of course there were those were disciples also of Jesus, and not just the 12 disciples but all who followed him. The word we have for disciple means a pupil or learner. Therefore a Christian disciple in its base level is a follower of Jesus. A learner is a person who is undergoing life change and transforming increasingly into the image of Christ. A Christian disciple is somebody learning to be like Jesus in every facet of life, practising His presence with them and engaging their life so intimately with Him that He truly lives through them. As a Disciple of Jesus Christ, if you are one, you are called to be growing and maturing in a process that is called discipleship. This will inevitable lead to your being asked the reason for which you have your hope in Jesus Christ. If you are not actively growing and maturing, then why would anybody ask you the reason for the hope that you have in Jesus Christ? Jesus said that for you to be His disciple, it meant you have to love God totally and love other people openly. It is perhaps the best measure of the seriousness of your discipleship of Jesus Christ. Tap or click to save/download this Podcast as a MP3 file

Come, let us reason together once more.  Our sins will be the death of us.  For eternity.  That's not a figure of speech brothers and sisters.  It's the truth.  God spoke to us through the prophet Isaiah centuries ago and He said this:Isaiah 1:18 (NKJV) "Come now, and let us reason together," Says the LORD, "Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool.Brothers and sisters, we need to answer a question.  Is God good?  Unquestionably!  If God is good then why did He allow the October 7 massacre in Southern Israel to happen?  I've given you some answers to this question already in two recent podcasts, but we need to dig deeper today.  We need to look at the covenants that God made with Israel.  What do God's Covenants in the Hebrew Scriptures have to do with the modern state of Israel and with the events that happened there on October 7, 2023?  I'm addressing this question to you whether you're a rabbi, a religious Jew, a secular Jew, or even a Gentile.  Now if you already know why the October 7 massacre in Southern Israel occurred, then I suggest that you stop listening now and use your time to do something more profitable.  I'm looking for listeners that have ears to hear what the Scriptures have to say about this.  If you've never read the Scriptures, then you probably don't know about these covenants.God made four unconditional covenants with Israel, and they remain in effect today.  They were made thousands of years ago but they have not expired.  God will fulfil these covenants regardless of anything that the Jewish people do or don't do.  That's why they are called unconditional covenants.  There is one other covenant, and it is conditional.  How God fulfills that covenant definitely does depend on what the Jewish people do or don't do.Let me explain.The first unconditional covenant is the Abrahamic Covenant.The Abrahamic CovenantGod made a Covenant with Abraham and his descendants through Isaac, Jacob, and Jacob's 12 sons.   What were the terms of this covenant and what were the promises?Genesis 12:1-3 NKJVNow the LORD had said to Abram: "Get out of your country, From your family And from your father's house, To a land that I will show you. [2] I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. [3] I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."This Abrahamic Covenant was restated and amplified a number of times in the Torah.  Abraham and his descendants were to have a land, the Land of Israel, they were to become a great nation with great and innumerable descendants that were to have God's favor, and through Abraham all the families of the earth would be blessed.  We learn later in the Scriptures that this blessing of all the families of the earth, both Jew and Gentile, would come through Israel's Messiah.Over time, God made three other unconditional covenants with the Jewish people: the Promised Land Covenant, the Davidic Covenant, and the New Covenant.The Promised Land CovenantGod promised His people that although He would scatter them to every nation because of their disobedience, when they obeyed Him, He would gather them again back to the Land.Deuteronomy 30:1-3,5-6,10 NKJV"Now it shall come to pass, when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the LORD your God drives you, [2] and you return to the LORD your God and obey His voice, according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul, [3] that the LORD your God will bring you back from captivity, and have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the nations where the LORD your God has scattered you.[5] Then the LORD your God will bring you to the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it. He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers. [6] And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.[10] if you obey the voice of the LORD your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.The Davidic CovenantThe next unconditional covenant that God made with His people is the Davidic Covenant, made through King David:1 Chronicles 17:11-14 NKJVAnd it shall be, when your days are fulfilled, when you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your seed after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. [12] He shall build Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. [13] I will be his Father, and he shall be My son; and I will not take My mercy away from him, as I took it from him who was before you. [14] And I will establish him in My house and in My kingdom forever; and his throne shall be established forever."'"This Davidic Covenant is a foreshadowing of the Messiah and the Messianic Kingdom.  It came through David's son Nathan and ultimately through David's greater son, the Messiah.The New CovenantThe final unconditional covenant that God made with the Jewish people is the New Covenant.  It is not in the Torah, though it is definitely more than hinted at in Deuteronomy when Moses talks about circumcision of the heart.  It is in the Book of the prophet Jeremiah:Jeremiah 31:31-34 NKJV"Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah- [32] not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the LORD. [33] But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. [34] No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”If you wondered how the Jewish people, as a Nation, would be able to completely obey God's Law as mentioned in the Promised Land Covenant outlined above, the New Covenant explains how.  The LORD will forgive their iniquity and remember their sin no more.God also entered into one conditional covenant with the Jewish people: the Mosaic Covenant or the Covenant of the Law.The Mosaic CovenantThis is the covenant of the Law - the 613 laws - given by God to the Nation of Israel through Moses.  None of us have ever been able to keep or fully obey these laws.  The blessings and the dreaded curses – a very long list of them – is found in Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28.  I beg you to read these two chapters.  Here is just a tiny sample:Leviticus 26:14-18 (NKJV) 'But if you do not obey Me, and do not observe all these commandments, [15] and if you despise My statutes, or if your soul abhors My judgments, so that you do not perform all My commandments, but break My covenant, [16] I also will do this to you: I will even appoint terror over you, wasting disease and fever which shall consume the eyes and cause sorrow of heart. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. [17] I will set My face against you, and you shall be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you shall reign over you, and you shall flee when no one pursues you. [18] 'And after all this, if you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.All of the 613 Laws which no one could or can keep is why God gave the Nation of Israel the promise of the New Covenant.  That New Covenant was brought in and made active and real by the perfect blood of the Messiah of Israel, Yeshua.  His one sacrifice on the cross with the shedding of His blood was enough to pay for the forgiveness of all sins permanently.  Israel, as a Nation, has never accepted their Messiah.Now, what do all these covenants have to do with the modern state of Israel and October 7?My dear brothers and sisters in order to know the answer to that question, and it is a life and death question, you have to understand these five covenants.  I've given you a head start in understanding these covenants.But back to the question.  What do these Covenants have to do with modern Israel and October 7?The problem is the conditional covenant, written by Moses.  There are 613 commandments.  The Messiah came so that these commandments could be fulfilled.  That's what the New Covenant is all about.  Without accepting the Messiah, Jesus who is also called Yeshua (which means salvation), you can't enter into the New Covenant and you are still under the Laws of the Old Covenant.  And the punishment for sins under those Laws is severe.  One of those punishments was October 7.God has made a way, through the sacrifice of Messiah Yeshua on the cross, for you and me to be guaranteed life in heaven with Him for eternity when we die.  Eternity is a long time.  Accept what Messiah Yeshua did for you and me.  It's a free gift!  Choose life.  And if you do this, you'll even get an extra bonus, another free gift.  You'll be snatched up to heaven by the Messiah before the Time of Jacob's Trouble (the second Holocaust) in something called the Rapture.  Brothers and sisters, please don't pass this up.  Call upon the Name of Yeshua and ask Him to save you today.  If you are sincere, He will not turn you down. 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Episode #169 Jeremiah is known as the ‘weeping prophet'— and he genuinely had a lot to ‘cry about'! The people of Judah would not listen or repent. He was the last prophet to a culture that was headed for destruction. And, Jeremiah watched as the enemy burned the 400 year old Jewish Temple of Solomon to the ground. A LOT to weep about! But still, in his ‘lamenting' (the book of Lamentations was written by Jeremiah) Jeremiah found hope in a God who remembers— ‘great is your faithfulness' (Lamentations 3:23)!

This week, we explore Jeremiah 42 and 43 and discover our contact battle between repentance and rebellion. We also hosted two Mother's Day interviews, which we have included at the end of the message on the podcast. Thanks to the moms who shared this week! Speakers: Michael Bayne, Chelsea Bayne, and Special Guests Text: Jeremiah 42 and 43

Mark 9:43–48 (ESV) And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell. And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell, ‘where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.'The Facts About HELLThe Bible refers to the idea of hell some 54 times.OT references use the word Sheol & Hades11 out of 12 times Jesus used the phrase GehennaNT "GehennaOT "Hinnom," a valley south of JerusalemThe History Of The Valley Of Hinnom:Reign of King Ahaz - (2 Chronicles 28, 33) the valley was used by Baal worshipers to offer their children in their furnaces to their god Molech.Ministry of Jeremiah - (Jeremiah 7, 19) referred to the valley as "The Valley of Slaughter."Reign of King Josiah - (2 Kings 23:10) proclaimed "defiled" and no one was allowed to use it for any purpose.Ministry of Jesus - valley evolved into a garbage dump. Trash was burned around the clock, as well as the bodies of dead animals, criminal corpses. It was a well known hangout for lepers and the sick. There was continual smoke, stench, maggots and flies. At night, dogs could be heard fighting over the trash. The Lies About HELL/AFTERLIFEHell Does Not ExistThe Dead Cease To Exist - the atheistic belief that man, upon death, forever ceases to be and quietly rots into nothingness. Annihilationism - the belief that all the ungodly will be annihilated by God.Restorationism - The belief that all men will be given a second chance to make the choice for God that they did not make during this life.Purgatory - the belief that all those who die at peace with the church but are not perfect must undergo penal and purifying sufferings in order to go to heaven.Reincarnation - the belief that individuals return to life again in a form determined by the quality of life previously lived. Universal Heaven – the belief that everyone who believed in something arrives at heaven with everyone else who believed in something.The TRUTH About HELLHell Is Happening Right NowLuke 16:19–20, 22-23 (ESV) “There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his sideHell Includes Memories Of This Life Luke 16:27–28 (ESV) And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house— for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.'Hell Will Take Anyone – it will try to claim good and bad, religious and non-religious, black and white, rich or poor, sick or healthy… it will even take youMatthew 7:22–23 (ESV) On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'Hell Is A Place Of Torment Matthew 25:30 (ESV) And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'Hell Has No Holidays - no breaks, timeouts, holidays, day off's, no future starting point to wait for or stopping point to bring comfort. Mark 9:48–49 (ESV) ‘where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.' For everyone will be salted with fire.Hell Is A Fixed DestinationLuke 16:26 (ESV) And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.'Hell Is Eternal Separation From God2 Thessalonians 1:9 (ESV) They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,You Deserve HellEzekiel 18:20 (ESV) The soul who sins shall die.Hebrews 9:27 (ESV) And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,Christ Paid Our Price To Escape HellIsaiah 53:5–6 (ESV) But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.Acts 2:38–39 (ESV) And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”You Can Impact The Future Destination Of OthersMark 16:15–16 (ESV) And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.Jude 21-23 "Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life. Be merciful to those who doubt; snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear - hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh."

13. Jesus’ Last Night Luke 4:16-21 - He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written: ‘The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.’ Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. He began by saying to them, ‘Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.’ A lot of businesses and a lot of churches have mission statements. This is Jesus’ Mission statement and after 3 years of ministry from that point, Jesus has preached the good news of God’s salvation. He has healed the sick. He will release the oppressed by His death on the cross. His mission will be fulfilled at the cross. Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles were the three most important feasts in the Jewish calendar (Leviticus 21). All Jewish men were expected to visit Jerusalem (Deuteronomy 16:16). The Feast of Passover was to commemorate the deliverance of Israel from Egypt, and it was a time for remembering and rejoicing (Exodus 11-12). In Luke 22, we come to Jesus’ last night before He goes to that cross. Jesus Plans (Luke 22:1-6) Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus, for they were afraid of the people. Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of the Twelve, and Judas went to the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard and discussed with them how he might betray Jesus. They were delighted and agreed to give him money. He consented, and watched for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to them when no crowd was present. Jews were expected to remove all yeast from their houses (Ex.12:15) as a reminder that their ancestors left Egypt in a hurry and had to eat bread without yeast. Jesus had warned his disciples about the “yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy” (Luke 12:1). In other words, the religious leaders had cleansed their houses but not their hearts. The last thing the religious leaders wanted was a messianic uprising during Passover (Luke 19:11) Judas was motivated and energized by satan (John 13:2, 27) Judas was never a true believer because his sins had never been cleansed by the Lord (John 13:10-11), therefore Judas had never believed or received eternal life (John 6:64-71) Judas had been given authority and had been preaching the same message. This proves how close a person can come to the kingdom of God and still be lost (Matthew 7:21-29) 2. Jesus Prepares (Luke 22:7-13) – Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover." "Where do you want us to prepare for it?" they asked. He replied, "As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters, and say to the owner of the house, 'The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?' He will show you a large upper room, all furnished. Make preparations there." They left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover. Disciples needed a room within Jerusalem itself, and also required food - a lamb, bread, bitter herbs and wine. (Luke 22:14-23) – When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. And he said to them, "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfilment in the kingdom of God." After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, "Take this and divide it among you. For I tell you I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes." And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me." In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. But the hand of him who is going to betray me is with mine on the table. The Son of Man will go as it has been decreed, but woe to that man who betrays him." They began to question among themselves which of them it might be who would do this. The Passover meal contains historical and theological symbolism regarding the death of Jesus. This is why this meal is the model for the central act of Christian worship, which is Holy Communion. Opening Prayer First cup of wine and a dish of herbs and sauce. Story of the Passover was recited. Psalm 113 was sung Second cup of wine Prayer of Grace Main course of roast lamb with unleavened bread and bitter herbs A further prayer Third cup of wine. Psalm 114 to 118 were then sung. Fourth cup of wine. 3. Jesus Serves Jesus washes the disciples’ feet (John 13:1-17) As part of the custom of the day, a servant or slave usually undertook foot washing of guests. Since none of the disciples had done this, Jesus Himself undertakes the task (John 13:4-5). Peter, recalcitrant and resistant as always, objects (John 13:6, 8). Peter learns that only those cleansed by Jesus and trusting in Him fully, can be a part of the kingdom (John 13:7, 9). As we look back at this episode, knowing what we do now of the Cross, we learn how this simple act of washing feet is symbolic of Jesus’ sacrificial death on the Cross. Both events display great love and service. Just as Peter opposed Jesus going to the cross (Matthew 16:21-23), so he objected to having his feet washed here Jesus’ getting up to serve symbolizes His coming to serve. As he took off his cloak, this symbolizes the taking off of His glory when He became man. Girding Himself with a towel, symbolizes his taking on human flesh at the incarnation. As the water cleansed the feet, so Jesus death and blood cleanse from sin. As He returned to where he was sitting and sat down after finishing this act of service, Jesus returned to the right hand of God after his work on the Cross. When we became Christian Disciples, our sins were forgiven through Jesus’ death on the Cross. That is when we had our “bath” as it were. That is the point when we were justified before God and we are declared His child. Having been justified already, we don’t need a bath anymore! But we do need the equivalent of a feet-washing daily, and or every time we take Holy Communion, and a cleansing of our sin when we confess it before our God and repent. 4. Jesus Speaks (Luke 22:24-38) Reading Luke 22: 25-30: Jesus said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors. But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves. For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves. You are those who have stood by me in my trials. And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me, so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. In this teaching we see that The disciples, the new leaders, will judge the tribes of Israel His followers are to serve gladly His followers will be tested His followers will be persecuted and are to show love. Compare the Plans! Plans – The contrast between the plan of Jesus and those of his enemies. Plans of Jesus Jesus is in control Plans the Passover meal (Luke 22:7-12) The meal is part of His plan (Luke 22:16) He knows Judas’ plan (Luke 22:21-22) Replaces the old leaders of God with his men (Luke 22: 30) Plans of His enemies Plotting to kill Jesus (Luke 22:2) Arranges for Judas to betray Jesus (Luke 22:3) Satan’s purpose is to destroy Jesus (Luke 22:3, Luke 22:31) All the elements in the plot conspiring against Jesus had been allowed for. The death of Jesus was no accident (1 Peter 1:18-21) “For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.” New Covenant The new covenant is a new meal, in order to remind his followers in every age about the work of Jesus Christ on the Cross. In the new covenant (Luke 22:20) Jesus claims that his death was spoken about by Jeremiah (Jeremiah 31:33-34). It was a new covenant in which God’s people will be able to know him intimately, for their sins will be forgiven. For more to think about please ask yourself the following questions and see how you respond or react to them. Then why not share your answers with your spouse or a close friend, so that you can pray over any issues together. Q1. How often are my feet washed or my sins confessed? Q2. Read Philippians 2. How does this passage relate to John 13 and how should I react to it? Q3. How often am I prepared to serve and do the little jobs that need doing, instead of waiting for somebody else to do them? Right mouse click or tap here to save this podcast episode as a mp3

Bible Studies with Russ Bonus Study - The Cry of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 2)

The Book of Jeremiah is a collection of prophetic writings filled with God's confrontation with people who have walked away from Him. These are people He loves. These are people He will work through to bring Jesus to the world. Jeremiah is called to speak directly to a stubborn and rebellious people. The book is filled with themes of judgment, justice, grace, & hope. Speaker: Mike Kuckel Text: Jeremiah 1

Rachel's Story Right mouse click and save to download the file of this sermon. Genesis 29v14-30 Now that may be to some a long passage, but it helps set up the story of Rachel. Sounds like a modern day soap opera like Holby City, Eastenders or Coronation Street doesn't it? Rachel had a fairly complicated family structure as we have seen, so lets try to unravel it! Rachel's sister Rebekah was Jacob's mother. Rebekah trained Jacob to scheme in order to gain his father's blessing and promised him that she would take the results of the deceitful act upon herself. Rachel became Jacob's wife, but only after Laban had tricked him into marrying Leah, the older daughter first. We can wonder if Rachel encouraged Jacob in his trickery, or if she was influenced by him to think first of herself at the expense of others. Whether his mother and/or his wife influenced Jacob, or indeed if he influenced them, both Rebekah and Rachel serve as examples of the outcome of sinful deceit and discontent. Some personal details about Rachel So, who was Rachel? Born in Aramea (Syria) Daughter of Laban Second wife of Jacob, her first cousin. Mother of Joseph & Benjamin. Ancestress of three tribes of Israel- Benjamin, Ephraim & Manasseh (Sons of Joseph). Possessed great beauty (Genesis 29:17) Devious (Genesis 31:19, 34-35) Not single-minded in devotion to God. Probably did not put away her idols until shortly before she died. Her sorrow is depicted by Jeremiah (Jeremiah. 31), to signify the sorrow of Israel's people at the exile of Israel to Assyria and Babylon. Now let us look at some of the main people involved in the life of Rachel: her father, sister, husband and children. Her Father Firstly, here is Laban - her dad! Laban was a crafty sort of character. Over the course of 20 years he switched Jacob's wives, wages and livestock for his own advantage. He was devious and deceitful. It was probably his philosophy that Rachel imitated in her long search for fulfilment, for she too, was always looking to protect or enhance her own position be means of cheating and deceit. Although she resembled her father in this way, Rachel had little respect for him. The only subject about whom she seemed to agree with Leah about was that their father had cheated them. Jacob told his wives that he had noticed that Laban's attitude toward him had changed (Genesis 31:2), and that God had directed him to return to the land of his fathers (Genesis 31:14-16). But Rachel went one further step than her sister. She stole her father's household gods, the inheritance, and Jacob did not know either. When Laban found out, and caught up with Jacob, Jacob angrily insisted that Laban search among his goods, and he promised to put to death anyone found to have taken them (Genesis 31:33-35). Her Sister Secondly, lets look at Rachel's sister Leah. To a certain point, Rachel's relationship with her sister affected her marriage with Jacob since Leah also happened to be married to Jacob (Genesis 30:11). There began a fierce competition between the Leah and Rachel over their rights to Jacob's sexual attention. Rachel insisted that Jacob sleep with her maid Bilhah so that she could build a family through her servant. Two sons were born, Dan & Naphtali (Genesis 30:1-8). When Leah stopped bearing children of her own, she gave her maid Zilpah to Jacob. Two more sons were added. Rachel was far from satisfied her jealousy was not eased. (Genesis 30:14-16) During wheat harvest, Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrake plants, which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes." But she said to her, "Wasn't it enough that you took away my husband? Will you take my son's mandrakes too?" "Very well," Rachel said, "he can sleep with you tonight in return for your son's mandrakes." So when Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. "You must sleep with me," she said. "I have hired you with my son's mandrakes." So he slept with her that night. We may be surprised to see in this passage Jacob's abdication of his own authority over the household in the face of these fighting sisters!!! We see Leah's readiness to drive a hard but petty bargain when she had the opportunity. But we also see the extent to which Rachel jealously guarded her territorial claim to Jacob against her sister. Rachel was not the older sister, nor the first wife, but she was clearly the more dominant woman. Though she granted her a night with Jacob in exchange for mandrakes, Rachel would have had to answer no the Leah's question, "Wasn't it enough that you took away my husband?" No, she would have to respond! Discontent continued to smoulder within her, as not one thing was ever enough for Rachel. Her Husband Thirdly here is her husband, Jacob! When Jacob fled from the wrath of his brother Esau, he obeyed his mother's advice and went to Haran in search of his uncle Laban. First he found Rachel, a shepherdess, and daughter of Laban. Jacob identified himself as her cousin, kissed her, and wept aloud. Rachel was a very beautiful woman, and Jacob was soon falling head over heels in love with her. He offered to work for Laban to earn Rachel as his bride. (Genesis 29:20). On the wedding night, however, the crafty Laban put his daughter Leah into the marriage bed. Jacob was angry, but there was nothing to be done but to fulfil Leah's bridal week and then marry Rachel. (Genesis 29:30). Later, in the wake of the sisters' competition over children, two maidservants were elevated to wife status as well, but Rachel was always the most loved. We see this in the care with which Jacob protected her by placing her with Joseph at the end of the caravan when he met Esau again after 20 years (Genesis 33:1-3). Years later, Jacob's preference for Rachel's children Joseph and Benjamin was painfully obvious to his other ten sons (Genesis 37:3, 45:18-19). Unfortunately, the only person who failed to recognize this supreme love and to rest in it, was Rachel herself. God's gifts of love, beauty, or intelligence, can only reach their full potential for His glory when they are acknowledged and received by the individual who has received them. The extent to which these gifts are developed depends largely on the person's attitude and response to them. In the same way, a woman may be loved by a man, but she will only radiate that love the degree that she chooses to receive and rest in it. Rachel was more beautiful and beloved than her sister Leah, yet Leah learned to find peace through focusing on God's care in the midst of her difficult circumstances. Neither God's blessing of physical beauty nor the love of Jacob was enough for Rachel. Her Children Now finally: her children. For 13 years Rachel was childless. The social problems for women with no children were terrible. Rachel must have suffered a lot whenever Leah, Bilhah and Zilpah became pregnant, while she remained childless. She took out her frustration on her poor husband Jacob, even though it was not his fault and he would not have it put upon him (Genesis 30:2). God's participation in the miracle of life is evident in these chapters, especially Genesis 29:31; 30:17 when God remembered Leah, and also when Rachel finally becomes pregnant Genesis 30:22-24. Rachel had waited a long time for God to bless her in this way. Perhaps He was waiting to see whether her attitude might improve. It did not. Rachel stubbornly refused to be satisfied with her circumstances. She persisted in looking at the negative side of her situation. When Rachel's maid Bilhah bore Jacob a son in her name, she named him Dan (Genesis 30:6) which means "God has vindicated.". While recognizing God had heard her prayers, she regarded the child as her right to make up for her past suffering, rather than a free gift to her out of His love. When Bilhah's second son was born she named him Naphtali, which means "my struggle". Again she considered the child a sign of victory over her sister in reward for her unhappiness. Even the birth of Rachel's own son Joseph did not satisfy her (Genesis 30:23-24). One son was not enough. Nothing was enough. Many years passed. Jacob built up his herds and left Laban (Genesis 31). He was reconciled with his brother Esau (Genesis 32 & 33). He settled in Shechem, where his elder sons killed all the men and plundered the city in revenge for the violation of their sister (Genesis 34). God told Jacob to move his family to Bethel, where he renewed his covenant. (Genesis 35:16-18). Here Rachel aptly expressed her perception of her whole life and revealed her capacity for self-pity when as she died giving birth, named her baby Ben-Oni "son of her trouble." Her devoted husband over-ruled her choice and gave him the name that means "son of my right hand", Benjamin, suggesting that perhaps not only that he would treasure this son in a special way, but also that Rachel had been like a right hand to him. Rachel was probably a very positive supportive wife for Jacob, but this cannot be proved from what the Bible says. When Rachel died, Jacob honoured her tomb with a pillar, and to this day the site apparently remains an important landmark for Jews in Bethlehem. In her lifetime, however, it seems that all Rachel constructed - was a monument to her own misery. The Story continues There we have the pen portraits of Rachel's father Laban, Rachel's sister Leah, Rachel's husband and Rachel's children - with an gleaning idea of her relationship with all of them. Here it is perhaps helpful to discuss 2 points about culture at that time. First, the household gods represented tokens of inheritance more than just symbols of idolatry. Whoever had them, could lay claim to a man's property after his death. Second, as God later spelled out for the Israelites, it was considered an act of uncleanness to touch a woman during her period of menstruation or anything on which she sat (Leviticus 14:19-23). God intended it as a health precaution, but Rachel used it to hide her theft. As she expected, Laban did not bother searching any further. Because she had an older sister and several brothers, Rachel must have realized that she had no real claim to her father's property, regardless of who had the idols. Her act was spontaneous, motivated by a desire to retaliate against her family rather than for self gain. The combination of stealing and lying was simply another expression of the dissatisfaction. The household gods were buried after Jacob commanded them to be (Genesis 35). What alternative did Rachel have? How can people resolve their feelings of resentment in productive, permanent ways? Leah's life demonstrates a determination to face facts, confess her feelings and focus on the Lord as a reliable source of fulfilment in every circumstance. Jacob also learned to accept his difficult situation by finding evidence of God's blessing even in the midst of hardship (Genesis 31:5, 7, 9). But Rachel consistently refused to be comforted by the blessings God had faithfully provided. She chose instead to brood over her father's treachery, her sister's fertility, her husband's conflicting duties and her own failure to have children. Rather than making the best of her current circumstances, she was haunted be the past and her unfulfilled dream of what could have been; and consistently entered into self-pity parties. She insisted on trying to twist the future into what she wanted. To be lovely and much loved is what so many people want to be and have. Yet it wasn't enough for Rachel: she wanted more. So why is Rachel in the Bible? Firstly she is mentioned in Jeremiah 31, where she signifies the sorrow of Israel's people at the exile to Assyria and Babylon. Then there is Matthew 2, where she symbolizes the sorrow of the women of Israel weeping at the loss of the babies during Herod's killing of children in the early years of Jesus. But thirdly and perhaps the most important reason is found in Ruth 4v11, where she is honoured with Leah by later generations as those "who together built up the house of Israel". This would seem to suggest that despite her obvious and many faults, Rachel with Leah, were well respected by the Jews as the "mothers" of Israel. There were 12 tribes of Israel, all sons or grandsons of Jacob, and heard his prophecies concerning them & their future (Genesis 49). The names of the twelve tribes were Reuben, Simeon, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Gad, Asher, Dan, Naphtali, Benjamin and the sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh. Levi, the third son was not included amongst the tribes given land. Moses instead set the Levites apart to be priests (Numbers 3:1-4, 49). Conclusion Perhaps there are 3 kinds of people here tonight. Firstly, if you are a Christian here tonight, how and in what way are you like Rachel? As you go through your day, ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you ways in which you may well be deceitful, vengeful, dwelling on the past bitterly or engaged in constant self-pity. Are you like Rachel, headed downhill on a course of dissatisfaction that may end in dishonesty and deceit, or in disappointment and despair? Accept God's love. Believe that in every trial He desires us to draw closer to Him, so that we can be energized by Him and realize that He alone and only He is enough. Ask for forgiveness for dwelling on the past and any inappropriate behaviour where those things were involved. God is faithful and just and will forgive if you go to Him with a penitent heart. Then no long dwell on those things, for they are in the past, are forgotten and not to be remembered any more. So forgetting what is past, go into the future with a new outlook of service to God and others. That way your life will be a living prayer and a living witness to others about the great God you serve, love and worship. Secondly, you may be a Christian but you are the victim of somebody else's deceit and dishonesty - then forgive them before God and as far as it is possible, ask that person for forgiveness. Bitterness, envy and pride can eat away and cause much misery, sin and depression. Finally, if it happens that you are not a Christian here tonight, then please do see one of the leaders or myself and we would be glad to tell you how you can be free from a life of dissatisfaction, deceit and dishonesty - both as the victim and perpetrator of such things. Know that Jesus Christ is above deceit, never dissatisfies and is never dishonest - His word is true and He seeks you, to be in a relationship with you, where His love is always serving, always humble and always satisfies. As I said, come and see one of us after if that is you.. Thank you. 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The book of Jeremiah gives us a glimpse into the heart of a suffering prophet and is instructive in how we think about our own emotions and the emotions of God.

How God Speaks to us Does God speak? Old Testament:Adam and Eve (Genesis 3:9-19).Noah (Genesis 6:13-22).Abraham (Genesis 12:1-3)Sarah (Genesis 18:9-15).Moses (Exodus 3:1-10) Aaron (Exodus 28:1-3).Miriam (Numbers 12:1-15)Joshua (Joshua 1:1-9)Samuel (1 Samuel 3:1-18)David (2 Samuel 12:1-15)Solomon (1 Kings 3:5-14).Isaiah (Isaiah 6:1-13).Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1:4-10).Ezekiel (Ezekiel 1:1-3).Daniel (Daniel 7:1-28).Elijah (1 Kings).Jonah (Jonah 1:1-2).New Testament:Mary (Luke 1:26-38).Joseph (Matthew 1:20-24; Matthew 2:13-15).Zacharias (Luke 1:5-25).Elizabeth (Luke 1:39-45).The Shepherds (Luke 2:8-20).The Wise Men (Matthew 2:12).Simeon (Luke 2:25-35).Paul (Acts 9:1-19) Does God still speak today? Yes and No. If you hear God, you might not be crazy.96% of evangelicals talk to God, 45% believe God talks to them.Do you hear His voice? There is no formula. Hebrews 1:1-4 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. 3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs. How does God speak? Prayer Acts 12:12-17 When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose other name was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying. 13 And when he knocked at the door of the gateway, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer. 14 Recognizing Peter's voice, in her joy she did not open the gate but ran in and reported that Peter was standing at the gate. 15 They said to her, “You are out of your mind.” But she kept insisting that it was so, and they kept saying, “It is his angel!” 16 But Peter continued knocking, and when they opened, they saw him and were amazed. 17 But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, “Tell these things to James and to the brothers.” Then he departed and went to another place. Mother Teresa (1910-1997 CE)"God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer."Scripture 2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. Spiritual Leaders and Communities2 Peter 1:19-21 And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, 20 knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone's own interpretation. 21 For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. Morning Star - “Light Bringer” Phosphorous - illumines hearts “carried along” = pheromenoi. Luke used this word in referring to a sailing vessel carried along by the wind Nature and Creation Romans 1:19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

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What do we know about prophecy in the time of Josiah (640-609 BCE)? According to the biblical narrative sources, we know that Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1:1-3) and Zephaniah (Zephaniah 1:1) were hearing from God during the reign of Josiah. But readers of these texts are left with questions. Did Josiah even know these two prophets? The […]

Jeremiah // Jeremiah was called to speak of the uprooting and destruction of nations, including Judah, and their eventual rebuilding and replanting.

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October 10-16 Jeremiah was foreordained for the tough prophetic job he was called to do. The Lord said, “Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations” (Jeremiah 1:5). We often point to those verses as a reminder that the Bible does refer to a pre-mortal existence, but something else strikes us additionally here. It is as if the Lord said, “Jeremiah, I am going to send you one of the toughest, most heart-rending missions that a prophet can have, preaching to a society who have obstinately doomed themselves, and who will never listen to you, but I have chosen you, because I know you. My eye has been upon you. I've seen you from the beginning and I trust you for this mighty, unpopular and sometimes agonizing calling.

Scripture Reading: John 10:1-42 1 “I tell you the solemn truth, the one who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber. 2 The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The doorkeeper opens the door for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought all his own sheep out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice. 5 They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him because they do not recognize the stranger's voice.” 6 Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.7 So Jesus said again, “I tell you the solemn truth, I am the door for the sheep. 8 All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them. 13 Because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep, he runs away.14 “I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me— 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd. 17 This is why the Father loves me—because I lay down my life, so that I may take it back again. 18 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This commandment I received from my Father.”19 Another sharp division took place among the Jewish people because of these words. 20 Many of them were saying, “He is possessed by a demon and has lost his mind! Why do you listen to him?” 21 Others said, “These are not the words of someone possessed by a demon. A demon cannot cause the blind to see, can it?”22 Then came the feast of the Dedication in Jerusalem. 23 It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple area in Solomon's Portico. 24 The Jewish leaders surrounded him and asked, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” 25 Jesus replied, “I told you and you do not believe. The deeds I do in my Father's name testify about me. 26 But you refuse to believe because you are not my sheep. 27 My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; no one will snatch them from my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them from my Father's hand. 30 The Father and I are one.”31 The Jewish leaders picked up rocks again to stone him to death. 32 Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?” 33 The Jewish leaders replied, “We are not going to stone you for a good deed but for blasphemy because you, a man, are claiming to be God.”34 Jesus answered, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods'? 35 If those people to whom the word of God came were called ‘gods' (and the scripture cannot be broken), 36 do you say about the one whom the Father set apart and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,' because I said, ‘I am the Son of God'? 37 If I do not perform the deeds of my Father, do not believe me. 38 But if I do them, even if you do not believe me, believe the deeds, so that you may come to know and understand that I am in the Father and the Father is in me.” 39 Then they attempted again to seize him, but he escaped their clutches.40 Jesus went back across the Jordan River again to the place where John had been baptizing at an earlier time, and he stayed there. 41 Many came to him and began to say, “John performed no miraculous sign, but everything John said about this man was true!” 42 And many believed in Jesus there.Main ThemesShepherds in AntiquitySheepIn the ancient world, both Jew and Gentile, sheep were prized. They provided wool; meat; milk that could be turned into cheese; and, leather that could be turned into “canteens” to carry liquids. Shepherds cared for sheep and oftentimes goats as well.Sheep (and goats) would learn to follow the voice and pipe of the shepherd. (Forgive me, I tried learning more about what a shepherd's pipe may have looked like or sounded like, but I did not gain a good level of confidence on the material I found. Suffice it to say, it was some kind of flute, perhaps made of reeds.) Obedient animals could be led by voice and pipe without requiring the use of a staff. We have modern examples of shepherds guiding over 200 sheep by walking slowly and giving them a call about every forty seconds. In our daily lives, the closest analogue to this would be our relationships with our dogs.Shepherds' ReputationsShepherds were important in Old Testament times. Moses was a shepherd (Exodus 3:1). David was a shepherd (1 Samuel 16:11). Yet, despite the greatest patriarchs of the Jewish people being shepherds, the profession became despised by the elite during Jesus' time. As Craig Keener points out in his John commentary, contemporary texts portrayed shepherds as rogues, thieves, and murderers. Shepherds were considered the only class of people lower than peasants. And these texts include not only gentile sources. Surprisingly, Jewish rabbis shared these opinions considering shepherds as dishonorable—like tax collectors.In Chapter 10, Jesus is obviously speaking with a positive outlook on shepherds, very much in keeping with the Old Testament precedent. What we might not consider as we read the text is that Jesus is speaking to the religious elite, who probably do not share Jesus' positive description of pastoral life. This does not change the theological meaning of the text, but it informs us about the tone of the conversation. By this point in Chapter 10, the argument between Jesus and the religious elite has reached a boiling point. Jesus' use of shepherds in his parable probably did not bring the temperature down.The SheepfoldMany households would have owned sheep in Jesus' time. If the sheep were being kept “at home,” then they would be kept in the modern equivalent of the yard. (Perhaps our closest equivalent word would be the curtilage.) The yard was surrounded by a tall wall made of a permanent material, such as stone. There would be a door to enter the yard. Teenagers who were part of the household may be hired to care for the sheep. This may be the image we encounter in the first few verses of Chapter 10.Large herds, though, were not kept in anyone's backyard. They would be out in pastures and moved around from pasture to pasture as the seasons changed. The herds would have been taken higher into the mountains during summer and low into the valleys in winter. Neither the shepherd nor the sheep were safe during all this travel. Lions, wolves, and criminals posed dangers. We will discuss these dangers in a minute. For now, I want to focus on the kind of enclosure in which sheep could be kept when out in the pastures. A shepherd could use a cave, build a temporary shelter with thornbushes for sides, or perhaps use a temporary summer shelter built of stone walls topped with briars. This last kind of shelter would have no door but simply an opening, so the shepherd would sleep across the opening, himself acting as the door.Different shepherds might share the same sheepfold at night. We may think that separating the animals would be difficult in the morning, but that was not the case. The sheep would distinguish the voice of their shepherd and follow him.Thieves and RobbersThieves and robbers were common at the time. Technically there was a difference between the two. Generally, thieves broke into homes and robbers assaulted travelers.Robbers may not only steal sheep but kill the shepherd. Bands of robbers could grow powerful enough to require military intervention. Shepherds had to be ready for combat, which was part of the reason they carried a staff. They also had vicious dogs with them, but it is unclear how often dogs were used by Jewish shepherds. (Dog's were ceremonially unclean.)Of course, the words thieves and robbers were also used as insults. For example, a politician who exploited his people might be referred to as a robber. Pagan nations oppressing Israel could be referred to likewise.Shepherds in the Old TestamentThe last bit of background we need to better understand Chapter 10 is Ezekiel 34. Certainly Ezekiel 34 is not the only chapter in the Old Testament that calls Israel sheep, but it is the primary allusion in John 10. I quote verses 1-24 below,1 The Lord's message came to me: 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them—to the shepherds: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock? 3 You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the choice animals, but you do not feed the sheep! 4 You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost, but with force and harshness you have ruled over them. 5 They were scattered because they had no shepherd, and they became food for every wild beast. 6 My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over the entire face of the earth with no one looking or searching for them.7 “‘Therefore, you shepherds, listen to the Lord's message: 8 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, my sheep have become prey and have become food for all the wild beasts. There was no shepherd, and my shepherds did not search for my flock, but fed themselves and did not feed my sheep. 9 Therefore, you shepherds, listen to the Lord's message. 10 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand my sheep from their hand. I will no longer let them be shepherds; the shepherds will not feed themselves anymore. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, so that they will no longer be food for them.11 “‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Look, I myself will search for my sheep and seek them out. 12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will seek out my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy, dark day. 13 I will bring them out from among the peoples and gather them from foreign countries; I will bring them to their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the streams and all the inhabited places of the land. 14 In a good pasture I will feed them; the mountain heights of Israel will be their pasture. There they will lie down in a lush pasture, and they will feed on rich grass on the mountains of Israel. 15 I myself will feed my sheep and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Sovereign Lord. 16 I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them—with judgment!17 “‘As for you, my sheep, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to judge between one sheep and another, between rams and goats. 18 Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture that you must trample the rest of your pastures with your feet? When you drink clean water, must you muddy the rest of the water by trampling it with your feet? 19 As for my sheep, they must eat what you trampled with your feet and drink what you have muddied with your feet!20 “‘Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says to them: Look, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. 21 Because you push with your side and your shoulder, and thrust your horns at all the weak sheep until you scatter them abroad, 22 I will save my sheep; they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.23 “‘I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them—namely, my servant David. He will feed them and will be their shepherd. 24 I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them; I, the Lord, have spoken!The Parable of the Shepherd and the SheepForgive me, that was a lot of background information before we got to today's text. But, hopefully, all that information will help us understand the text with more depth.Parables in John's GospelOne final side note. You may have heard that the Gospel of John contains no parables. Yet, in John 10:6 you see the word “parable.” Why would people say that, then? The Greek word in John 10 is paroimian. When the Gospel of Matthew, for example, introduces a parable, it uses the word parabolēn. Some people argue that these two terms are not synonymous. The former might mean something more like a riddle while the latter truly means parable. However, both terms are used in the Septuagint to translate the Hebrew term “mashal,” and the paroimian in John 10 behaves just like a parable in Matthew's gospel: Jesus uses earthly shepherds as analogies. I do not believe that there is any meaningful distinction between John's paroimian and Matthew's parabolēn, so I will call the text in John 10 a parable.Sheep Kept at HomeIn verses 1 through 6, Jesus seems to describe the very familiar situation in which sheep were kept “at home.” As I explained above, sheep would be kept in the modern equivalent of the front and backyards. The yard was surrounded by a tall, stone wall. Someone was tasked with watching the sheep and the door. In the parable, the one who enters through the door is one who belongs to the household. He is known to the doorkeeper. The thieves and robbers do not belong to the household, so they must sneak in. Moreover, when the member of the household returns, his sheep recognize him. Notice that there is a bidirectional familiarity described here. Of course the “household member” is familiar with his household; but also, the household (i.e., the doorkeeper and the sheep) is familiar with him.To better understand the parable, let's recall the passage from Ezekiel I quoted above,The Lord's message came to me: “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them—to the shepherds: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock? You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the choice animals, but you do not feed the sheep! You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost, but with force and harshness you have ruled over them. As the last piece of the puzzle, let's also recall Matthew 23. In the first 7 verses of that chapter, Jesus speaks of the Pharisees as follows,[T]hey do not practice what they teach. They tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them. They do all their deeds to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries wide and their tassels long. They love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces and to have people call them “Rabbi.”I think the connection of John 10, Ezekiel 34, and Matthew 23 is hard to deny. Jesus' parable demotes the religious leaders from selfish shepherds (like in Ezekiel) to outright thieves and robbers—people outside the household and unrecognizable to the sheep. This is a harsh condemnation of the Pharisees. They are outside of the God's family. Of all people, those who considered themselves most holy stand damned.Sheep Out in the FieldIn verses 7 through 13, Jesus continues to use the shepherd analogy but seemingly changes the setting. Now Jesus seems to be describing a situation in which sheep are being kept in a temporary, summer sheepfold. As I described above, this would have been a temporary structure made of stone and briars. It would not have a door, so the shepherd slept across the opening and became the door himself. If this is the situation that Jesus had in mind, describing himself as the door makes perfect sense. Notice he is still the shepherd, so there is no lack of continuity in the parable.For anyone to enter the fold properly, they must go through Jesus. If they enter the fold any other way, they are nothing but a thief or a robber. Remember, the Jews believed that they were already part of God's family. They shared in God's inheritance because they were descendants of Abraham. Jesus is denying this. Jesus is denying there is any other way to enter God's family but through faith in him. The parable goes a step further. It accuses these impostors of causing harm to the sheep. The Pharisees are not innocently mistaken people; they have evil desires.In verse 11, the parable becomes prophetic. The good shepherd will sacrifice his own life for the sheep. Jesus will do exactly that on the cross. Contrast the good shepherd with the “hired hands.” We understand the difference between an owner and a hired hand very well. People do not take good care of things that are not theirs. The sheep owner is willing to risk (and lose) his life protecting the sheep. The hired hand says, “they don't pay me enough for this” and runs away. If Jesus is the good shepherd, who are the hired hands? Probably the Pharisees. Parables tend to have one message and not multiple, complex messages. Jesus is probably repeating that same, simple message multiple times. In this last iteration of the parable, the Pharisees are described as cowards who did not take real “ownership” of their jobs and left the sheep to die.Knowing GodThe idea of knowing God is found throughout the Old Testament. For example, in Exodus 6:7 God says, “I will take you to myself for a people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from your enslavement to the Egyptians.” In John 10, however, this “knowledge” grows exponentially. Jesus explains that his “own” know him and he knows them—just as the Father knows Jesus and Jesus knows the Father! We must stop and consider the weight of this statement. Consider the intimacy that exists between the Father and the Son. They are one. Believers somehow are elevated to a similar level of closeness with God.Of course, I am not suggesting that believers become one in substance with God. That would be heretical, to say the least. We are creation, he is creator. There is an unbreachable ontological chasm between us. But that is the very reason that we should be shocked when Jesus says, “I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me— just as the Father knows me and I know the Father.” We are brought into a “knowledge” of God that far exceeds that of even the biblical prophets. Remember the words of the prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 24:7), “I will give them the desire to acknowledge that I am the Lord. I will be their God, and they will be my people. For they will wholeheartedly return to me.” Our division with God is finally fully remedied. How is this accomplished? Consider John 14:15-17, “If you love me, you will obey my commandments. Then I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept because it does not see him or know him. But you know him because he resides with you and will be in you.”Another SheepfoldJesus will call another sheep “that do not come from this sheepfold.” Who are these other sheep? Let's consider the alternatives. This could be referring to uniting Ephraim and Judah—that is, the northern and southern kingdoms of Israel. In Jesus' time, the northern kingdom was called Samaria. Jesus could also be referring to the Diaspora Jews. For example, when the high priest in Chapter 11 refers to gathering “God's scattered children,” he is referring to Diaspora Jews. This also seems to be the most obvious meaning in passages like Ezekiel 34:13, “I will bring them out from among the peoples and gather them from foreign countries.” The last alternative is that Jesus is referring to Gentiles. I think this is the correct interpretation for multiple reasons. The passage speaks of sheep that are not of “this sheepfold.” Both Ephraim and the Diaspora Jews would be of “this sheepfold.” They are scattered, sure, but they are from the same source. The words of the high priest in Chapter 11 are not dispositive of what Jesus meant in Chapter 10. Also, although Ezekiel's listeners would have interpreted his prophecy to mean Diaspora Jews, we understand Old Testament prophesies were often “bigger” than the original audience would have understood. The Jews expected a political king; they received a king of the universe instead. The Jews expected deliverance for their nation; they received deliverance for the whole world instead. The Jews expected a gathering of the Diaspora; they received a gathering of the whole world instead. Contemporary Jews already believed that Gentiles who converted to Judaism became part of the Jewish people. So, the idea of sheep from another sheepfold becoming part of the Jewish sheepfold would not have been strange. And, finally, this is the interpretation favored by the New Testament. Consider, for example, Romans 11:17. Paul explicitly refers to Gentiles (“wild olive shoots”) as being grafted onto the main olive tree. This is an equivalent analogy to the sheep of another sheepfold.Feast of Dedication (Hanukkah)The SettingHanukkah is an extrabiblical feast—it was not ordained in the Old Testament. A website explains the origin of the feast as follows:When Israel was under the Syrian-Greek Empire, the Temple in Jerusalem had been desecrated and set up as a house of worship to Zeus. A faithful Hebrew priest, Mattathias and his family, known as the Maccabees, led a rebellion for several years to restore Israel's independence and their ability to worship Yahweh properly. According to the second book of Maccabees, the time for the festival of Sukkot (The Feast of Tabernacles, which is a remembrance of Yahweh's provision for the Israelites in the wilderness) passed shortly before their victory. But the Jewish people did not celebrate because the Temple was not in order.However, when they did achieve victory, they began to restore the Temple and they celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles in conjunction with a rededication of the Temple to Yahweh.Hanukkah is celebrated approximately three months after the Feast of Tabernacles, in the wintertime. The season alone would have made it a less popular feast. Like the Feast of Tabernacles, Hanukkah was celebrated for seven days. Notice that Hanukkah celebrated national liberation, not a religious theme. Naturally, we may expect fewer connections between the feast and the biblical passage in John 10.Using a “portico” or porch during the wintertime would have been natural. It provided some shelter from the elements while a speaker gathered with his audience.The Messianic SecretThe Jewish leaders surround Jesus and demand an answer. “Tell us who you are!” (I am paraphrasing, of course.) This naturally raises the question of the Messianic Secret, which I will explain in a minute. However, before we even get to that, let's get to the main irony. In verse 30, Jesus humors them and clearly replies, “I am God.” (Again, I am paraphrasing.). And the Jewish leaders try to kill him. The answer to their question has been clear, it is made clear again, and it is simply not an answer they are willing to accept.What is the Messianic Secret? As a Christian website explains,The Messianic Secret is a theme of biblical criticism developed in 1901 by a German Lutheran theologian named Wilhelm Wrede. The Messianic Secret involves Wrede's explanation for Jesus wanting to hide His identity from His enemies by commanding the disciples to keep silent about His mission on earth and the miracles He performed. Wrede claimed that Jesus did not ever think He was the Messiah and that Mark (and the rest of the New Testament authors) sensationalized Jesus and made Him into the Messiah. Wrede claims Mark added the Messianic Secret in an attempt to give a reason for why Jesus was not accepted by many as Messiah until after His death. Wrede's theory enjoyed some popularity during the 1920s but faded soon thereafter.Is there any biblical basis for Wrede's theory? It is undeniable that Jesus told His disciples on several occasions to keep what He had done secret. Each of those incidents, however, has a much more plausible explanation than the one put forth by Wilhelm Wrede. Further, each is consistent with the other Gospel accounts, and not an invention by Mark.In Mark 1:43–45 Christ commanded the leper He had healed, “‘See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.' But he went out and began to proclaim it freely, and to spread the word, so that Jesus could no longer go into a town openly, but stayed out in the country; and people came to him from every quarter.” Jesus knew the publicity about the healing would hinder His ability to minister in the area, which is exactly what happened when the leper disobeyed, and worse, the sensationalism caused by miraculous healings would hamper the spreading of His message. Because of the leper's disobedience, Jesus could no longer enter a city without being mobbed by those seeking healing, causing Him to abandon His ministry in the city and keep to relatively uninhabited areas. The healing of the leper is also found in Matthew 8:1–4 and Luke 5:12–16, with Luke reiterating the reason for the command for secrecy in verses 15–16.Further “evidence” for Wrede's theory of secrecy involves the explanation for Jesus speaking in parables in Mark 4:11 where He tells His disciples that the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God had been given to them, but to others He spoke in parables so that, “though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.” This is not, however, a plea for secrecy. Rather, it is an explanation of divine revelation in the hearts of true believers, revelation that is unavailable for those who, like the Pharisees, continued to reject the truth. The “mysteries of the kingdom” are revealed to those who have “ears to hear” but not to those whose hearts are darkened. As the Messiah, the Son of God, Jesus would have been able to distinguish between those two groups. Again, this is not an invention of Mark, as it is reiterated in Matthew 13:11–17.Let's assume the Messianic Secret for a minute. Let's assume that, particularly in the Gospel of Mark, Jesus conceals his identity until the “end of the story.” Is this consistent with what we see in the Gospel of John. I think so. Remember that Jesus' brothers ask him to go do public miracles during the Feast of Tabernacles. Jesus declines and makes his public appearance during the middle of the festival. He performs a miracle (healing the blind man) but he does not perform a highly public miracle, like the feeding of the 5,000. Throughout the Gospel of John, Jesus speaks using imagery that confuses his audience (e.g., “born again,” “living water,” “bread from Heaven”). In fact, the Gospel of John seems to explain the Messianic Secret. Jesus' “own” will listen and believe. Those who are not his sheep will not. Notice that this “listening” is not primarily an intellectual hurdle. In verse 31, the Jewish leaders clearly understand that Jesus is calling himself God. The intellectual component is there. They do not believe, however.You are GodsIn verse 34, Jesus begins to make a how-much-more kind of argument. This line of argumentation is called qal vaomer, and it was commonplace in religious debates among Jesus' contemporaries. Although verses 34 through 36 may seem a little confusing, the argument is as follows:Your* scripture uses the term “god” for people who merely received the word of God.(*When Jesus refers to “your law,” he is not dissociating himself from the Old Testament. He is highlighting the fact that his adversaries are already committed to this first premise.)I did not merely receive the word of God, God set me apart and sent me (i.e., God considers me unique and special). (Notice that the reader is filling in the blanks as well, thinking, “I did not merely receive the word of God, I am the word of God.”How much more should the term “god” be appropriate for me.Bonus Argument: And I do not even call myself “god” but “son of god.” (Notice that Jesus consistently makes himself one with the Father ontologically but subject to the Father in rank.)

“Prophecies to Identify the Messiah, Which Jesus Does Not Fulfill: 1) Matthew 1:23 says that Jesus (the messiah) would be called Immanuel, which means “God with us.” Yet no one, not even his parents, call him Immanuel at any point in the bible. 2) The Messiah must be a physical descendant of David (Romans 1:3 & Acts 2:30). Yet, how could Jesus meet this requirement since his genealogies in Matthew 1 and Luke 3 show he descended from David through Joseph, who was not his natural father because of the Virgin Birth. Hence, this prophecy could not have been fulfilled. 3) Isaiah 7:16 seems to say that before Jesus had reached the age of maturity, both of the Jewish countries would be destroyed. Yet there is no mention of this prophecy being fulfilled in the New Testament with the coming of Jesus, hence this is another Messiah prophecy not fulfilled. Prophecies Christians Use to Verify Jesus as the Messiah, Yet Clearly Fail: 4) The gospels (especially Matthew 21:4 and John 12:14-15) claim that Jesus fulfills the prophecy of Zechariah 9:9. But the next few verses (Zechariah 9:10-13) show that the person referred to in this verse is a military king that would rule “from sea to sea”. Since Jesus had neither an army nor a kingdom, he could not have fulfilled this prophecy. 5) Matthew (Matthew 2:17-18) quotes Jeremiah (Jeremiah 31:15), claiming that it was a prophecy of King Herod's alleged slaughter of the children in and around Bethlehem after the birth of Jesus. But this passage refers to the Babylonian captivity, as is clear by reading the next two verses (Jeremiah 31:16-17), and, thus, has nothing to do with Herod's massacre. 6) John 19:33 says that during Jesus' crucifixion, the soldiers didn't break his legs because he was already dead. Verse John 19:36 claims that this fulfilled a prophecy: “Not a bone of him shall be broken.” But there is no such prophecy. It is sometimes said that the prophecy appears in Exodus 12:46, Numbers 9:12 & Psalm 34:20. This is not correct. Exodus 12:46 & Numbers 9:12 are not prophecies, they are commandments. The Israelites are told not to break the bones of the Passover lamb, and this is all it is about. And Psalm 34:20 seems to refer to righteous people in general (see verse Psalm 34:19, where a plural is used), not to make a prophecy about a specific person. 7) “When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.” Hosea 11:1. Matthew (Matthew 2:15) claims that the flight of Jesus' family to Egypt is a fulfillment of this verse. But Hosea 11:1 is not a prophecy at all. It is a reference to the Hebrew exodus from Egypt and has nothing to do with Jesus. Matthew tries to hide this fact by quoting only the last part of the verse (“Out of Egypt I have called my son”). 8a) “But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” Micah 5:2 The gospel of Matthew (Matthew 2:5-6) claims that Jesus' birth in Bethlehem fulfils this prophecy. But this is unlikely for two reasons. 8b) “Bethlehem Ephratah” in Micah 5:2 refers not to a town, but to a clan: the clan of Bethlehem, who was the son of Caleb's second wife, Ephrathah (1 Chronicles 2:18, 2:50-52 & 4:4). 8c) The prophecy (if that is what it is) does not refer to the Messiah, but rather to a military leader, as can be seen from Micah 5:6. This leader is supposed to defeat the Assyrians, which, of course, Jesus never did. It should also be noted that Matthew altered the text of Micah 5:2 by saying: “And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Judah” rather than “Bethlehem Ephratah” as is said in Micah 5:2. He did this, intentionally no doubt, to make this verse appear to refer to the town of Bethlehem rather than the family clan.” --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/antonio-myers4/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/antonio-myers4/support

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In this episode we discuss the book of Jeremiah and the playing out of the covenantal cycle as developed in Deuteronomy. Various passages illustrate this cycle, but chapter 25 particularly sets the pattern of covenantal determinism which is developed in the apocalyptic literature. A unique example of the forward projection of Jeremiah's covenantal cycle is also seen in the Baruch tradition. Show notes Brief overview of Jeremiah (3:18) Covenantal maintenance in Jeremiah - Jeremiah 2:1-3, 23-24, 26-27; 3:12-18; Jeremiah 16:9-15; Jeremiah 23:1-8; Jeremiah 30:1-18 (5:18) Covenantal determinism in Jeremiah and Jewish apocalyptic literature - Jeremiah 25:11-13; 4 Ezra 12-13 (19:46) Chronology and numerology in context to the covenant (25:43) The New Covenant - Jeremiah 31:31-34; Deuteronomy 30:1-6; 1 Baruch 2:31-35 (32:04) The apocalypticizing of Jeremiah - 2 Baruch 10:2-5 (39:01)

2217 - This final program in our series features an interview with author and radio host Dr. Michael Brown. From the studio, Dr. Seif discusses the applications and takeaways from the life and writings of Jeremiah with David and Kirsten Hart.

S3Ep84 - Tipping? I Thought That Was For The Cows... [0:00] Hello and welcome. [0:07] to the Berean Manifesto season 3 episode 84. [0:20] I just wanted to touch base you know it's our weekly podcast as well as our live recording hello Zadie welcome in. [0:33] Just finished the countdown and you know so now is the time when we usually would. [0:42] Look at the fact of what's going on with everyone's week, and those kind of things the week my week has been a little crazy my girls were in Arizona, my my for the last couple weeks and on the way home right outside of. [1:07] Memphis they were, hits by a car that was didn't stop when they did, and so our week has gone a little, crazy you know everything was kind of getting ready for them to be home and then. That into the last couple of days has been just kind of trying to take care of all of that the car is pretty bad the back is the girls are safe but it definitely changed all of our weeks and you know reminded everyone how reminded us how important, just life in general is and how quickly things can go sideways and so You know I wanted to start off just kind of talking about how. [2:11] We've got to love on each other and and be lovey because of that. [2:18] So that was kind of my week. My Week was a little bit crazy we've got to take the car to the shop tomorrow luckily it was you know zaidi. [2:32] Physically zadie in the girls are fine emotionally they're still dealing with some stuff they're not sleeping super well having some nightmares and stuff so but overall they're safe and. You know she did the right thing and stopping and didn't hit the person in front of her and so you know she did great. [2:58] Yeah so that's kind of. What's going on in our lives at the moment it's a little crazy I didn't. [3:10] I didn't do a whole lot outside of work this week just kind of. Hanging out because waiting on you know you get excited that they're coming home and then after that it was the whole aspect of. Dealing with that over the last couple of days so that's been interesting experience Sue that's kind of how my week, as you can see it's just me pastor newms Pastor Bill is still on sabbatical, and so we're continuing with the series that we kind of started about. Living you know Christian Life aspect side of things that we started back a couple episodes ago but before we get into that will do the part of my. The part of the stream that I don't like but I'm continuing to do anyway. Which is getting to know the pastor's. The question is what is something that you forgot once that you will more than likely never forget again.   [4:35] And to be honest the answer to that question is nothing and the reason I say that is.I forget my own birthday I forget how old I am I forget my own allergies. [4:56] And will do things that are detrimental to myself like sit in a car for multiple hours with the top down even though the sun burns me very quickly, or touching plants when they make me break out without even thinking, so because of that I'm answering nothing because even to my own deficit. I'm going to say nothing now something I just remembered that a lot of dudes forget, so a lot of dudes forget their anniversary my anniversary was yesterday means 80 have been married 11 years I did not forget that necessarily this time even though life was crazy. Hey Grayson. Sorry yeah I forgot to put gas in the car. [6:01] The other week I forgot about that that was this week to yeah I actually ran out of gas on the side of the road this week because I was like oh we're fine we got plenty of gas and and then, vI didn't have plenty of gas yeah so there is nothing that is that is beyond me, forgetting forgetfulness is I'm real good at that. So yeah that's going to be the answer for this week is everything so. Looking at that now we've got. [6:47] Trying is trying to think if we want to talk about anything else before we get into the topic for the day I don't think so I think we're just going to jump right into the topic so the topic for today for those of you who are you know. Either it's written down below or on the sides are on top or if you're listening to the podcast that comes out, it's of course you know right there with the transcript of me babbling under it but the title for today is tipping. [7:20] I thought that was for the cows now the reason I say that is we all know. Cow tipping I'm in the South cows get tipped it's one of them things but. [7:36] As Christians, as modern Christians trying to spread faith hope and love and especially love because that's the one of the most important of those three because without it don't really have the other two, without love Jesus wouldn't have God would have sent Jesus etc etc without love no one come you know love is important, and With Love Comes the reason why we should tip our waitresses tip people tip. Situations especially here in America now I know in some countries tipping is a lot different so far International people. This this might not resonate in the same way because it's a little different in some countries but. Here tipping is important and. You know a lot of people are like well yeah I mean you should tip because you know it's nice and it's what we should do but it really goes, beyond that. [8:48] We should be tipping for multiple reasons you know one of which is we should be doing it too. Show love you know there are people who I used to work in the restaurant industry, and there were some we delivered pizzas at the particular place where I worked, and we would go to deliver and there were people who wouldn't want to take the deliveries to churches because they was 2040. Pizzas you know it's a it's an hour long delivery and they wouldn't tip it all but yet you've got to take the pieces all the way into the building you're carrying multiple loads it's a whole car full and at the end, no tip and as a delivery driver you're making a couple dollars an hour and you depending on the company you get paid a gas differential, not for the time that you're walking around and having to carry those pieces in and having to take care and give good customer service now I know that's one example and not every example is the same but in that. [9:59] You had people who were like I don't want to go to a church because if you go to a church they don't tip and then you hear from a lot of restaurant people I've not worked at a restaurant from as far as I can sit down restaurant but a lot of people, talk about how, the church crowd after Sunday don't tip as well and some people go so far as to do things like as Christians they'll say well I don't tip because the only person I give 10% to is God, I'm paying for my food I'm leaving and then or they'll leave like the track that looks like money but isn't that one is that one is not. [10:39] Cool you tip. And show the love of God you don't just you know oh well you know you need Jesus that's my tip for you it doesn't work, and you know I can say this as someone who, I worked in those Industries and someone who's done things like that but the more important thing that we should look at is you know, is it scriptural here its brand Manifesto you know it's that whole thing of self-study you know it's not someone just telling all of us what to think it's us coming together and working through aspects like the bereans so, let's look at some verses that have to do with tipping. Or being generous because that is one in the same now I could go for the stereotypical you know what you've done for the least of these you've done for me, that people, equate to hey we got to do stuff for people to help them out but I'm going to gloss over that one because it's. To me at least low-hanging fruit and so. I want to look at first thing we're going to look at here is Proverbs 11:25. And. [12:09] I have messed up my screens as doing this recording and have lost proverbs. [12:17] In doing so which is fun right here we go Proverbs 11. [12:36] What type of energy out here Proverbs 11:25 so. A generous person will be enriched and the one who gives a drink of water will receive Ron. People will curse anyone who Hoards grain but a blessing will come to the one who sells it so. [13:00] You know one of those aspects of looking at that is you know people are like well you know that means you know generous in nature that means you know sell at the right price that means. Working through you know hey we should be generous people not just you here preached often you know be a generous Giver give generously to the church but. [13:34] This also applies, and applies more in my opinion to we should be giving generously when we can to our up to the people around us you know we have if you have the ability. To do so you should be giving. Generously and tipping is one of the ways of doing that so the second place I want to go is 2nd Corinthians nine. [14:08] We're going to look at verse 6 and verse 11 and probably just. I did that wrong verse 11 and then we're going to look around it as well because of course we're not going to just take the verses. [14:22] Out of their contacts we want to look at them as a whole so this is Paul writing to the Corinthians. And part of what this passage is about is when he is. [14:44] Preaching he doesn't want to ask for, and offering while he's there he he says hey you should prepare in advance basically I'm going to charge a fee so that way it's ready as a gift and not as an extortion I don't want you to feel like you have to do, and he says the point is this the person who shows sparingly will also reap sparingly and he who sows generously will also reap generously, each person should do what he has decided in his heart not reluctantly or out of compulsion since God loves a cheerful cheerful Giver. And then we get down to verse 11 you'll be enriched in every way for all generosity which includes Thanksgiving to God which produces Thanksgiving to God through us so, the connotation of sorry the diction of it is he's talking about giving to a church and that we should be generous in doing so and that we should be that aspect but. When you when you look at it from the standpoint of. [16:00] Just money in general we should be generous in what we can do and so that that aspect of. You know well I paid for it I and then I moved on. You know but we should be generously giving to those people especially people who are serving us people who are taking care of us people are because a lot of our servers and stuff our don't have the means to make. [16:34] Their ends meet if they're not tipped because of the way America is has set up our economy aware around, serving around people who are servers and such and so because of that we really should be making sure, and you know this even goes back to the Old Testament as well the Old Testament has rules that are written for how we should. Pay workers and. I find it interesting because oftentimes I think we love is as Christians and as people to pick and choose what we follow out of the Old Testament and how we follow. In the New Testament and we decide what we're going to to read and follow and and I think this is one of those situations where we. Either miss it skip over it aren't taught it situations like that because to be honest when I started looking I had missed this and didn't know didn't even think about from a standpoint of. Wages in this way. [18:02] But so we're going to start in Jeremiah Jeremiah 22. Boom boom boom Jeremiah 22. [18:28] Sorry 22:13 typing in chat so people can have it for looking it up as we're going through this for those of you who are alive and not getting it recorded the prophet, Jeremiah says. Whoa for the one who builds his Palace through unrighteousness his upstairs rooms through Injustice who makes his neighbor's serve without pay and will not give him his wages, and then who says I will build myself a massive Palace for spacious rooms he will cut windows in it and it will be paired with cedar and painted bright red, when you look at it Jeremiah goes so far not to just say hey we shouldn't do it woe to the person who does because. [19:24] We are in especially in the American society. Not tipping creates not paying wages some of our servers. Are making literal like you know 23 depends on the state depends on other situations dollars an hour without those tips and, for us to withhold that from them and say things like well I don't tip because I give to God. That is wrong because you should be doing both if you're going to do something. [20:05] Because you're taking wages from people and. Not being generous and so then I'm going to skip to everyone's favorite book of the Bible because it is such a lovely. [20:24] Inspiring. Joking I love the book but you know it is often used interestingly which is Leviticus and then if we look at 19:13. Do not oppress your neighbors. Or Rob him the wages due to a hired worker must be must not remain with you until morning and it's a equated in a similar time period. Diverse directly before it is do not swear falsely by my name profaning the name of God I am the Lord right before that is do not steal do not act deceptively. Right after that is do not curse the deaf or put stumbling blocks in front of the blind so. I mean in this list of rules that we have. [21:26] It's stuck in here around some real important aspects. And so I think we really have to pay attention to it of you know now granted. One could say well tipping isn't required and so I'm not holding back wages from a person. Which is a technicality of being true but. Again then we go back to the generosity of God and the knowing people and knowing what they truly are making and knowing that it's expected in this country because the way we set our wages up, we should be doing it it's something that should be being done. [22:24] And to me Christians not supporting others is a failure of what we believe and whom Jesus was you know Jesus. Was always trying to take care of the poor the sick the, the people who were rejected the people who were outside of society you know situations like that so to hold back something from a group of people, just because they are a lower class or because they are a working class and that's how you feel there's a hardcore quotation marks I'm not saying that they are lower than I or anything like that I'm saying, that's a mindset some people have not the capital c Church, overall but there's a lot of situations where that is how people feel. That we are portraying and I think often. How people view US impacts so greatly especially in the. [23:35] Tumultuous climate that we are currently living. And Biggs makes a valid point that I wasn't necessarily going to say, but I agree with wholeheartedly which is if you can't afford to, you shouldn't be going out to eat you know you should be looking okay can I afford to go out to eat part of that is. The tip you should be considering that so thank you Biggs for saying that because I was trying to not go with that cliche but. Fully wholeheartedly believe it and for those of you out there who don't know. Biggs is my father and so a lot of, this thought process of when I found out that there are people who are like oh I don't I don't tip why would I tip a waitress you know I only give money to God or I'm going out on Sundays and you know except your eccentric cetera my favorite other people who are like why do you work, you know asking a server why do you work on Sundays you should be celebrating the Sabbath well why did you come out to eat today, because judging someone on when they choose their Sabbath you know we discussed that. I want to see it was last week feels like forever ago. [25:01] But we shouldn't be judging people on their abilities and and that's one of those aspects if you can't afford to tip you probably shouldn't go out to eat now I know there are some extenuating circumstances around where that could or could not. Be true but as a rule of thumb that is. Something we should follow I could see some situations because I'm of course a negative person who finds fault in everything. [25:29] You know there are some situations where I actually delivered a pizza one time to someone who, borrowed the money to pick up the pizza because she had ran away from an abusive spouse you know and of course, no one's going to hold that person against for not tipping so we're not we're not getting into that of hey there's a legalistic aspect of you know neither I or Biggs or anybody here is trying to say something like that of of that type of legalism because of course that's not, something we endorse here at the Collegian housing on the podcast here on the pre Manifesto is you know legalism doesn't make sense, everything should be being done out of kindness and love not. Just because you're supposed to and that's part of that aspect of generosity is. Just because you do something doesn't mean you've done it in the right way there are those people who are like I tip 13 and a half percent, because you're supposed to and you have to and and that's good that they're doing it, because it needs to be done but we should be giving generously of the thought process of I'm tipping, it's the right thing to do and I love the person and I don't want to injure or harm or cause anything, to the person the aspects that we should be. [26:56] Looking at is our motivations and are we doing things for the right reasons which a lot of times. [27:08] You know it shouldn't be a begrudging oh I have to tip again they put a tip line I have to tip you know it should be like ooh a tip line cool I mean bless this person let me help this person let me you know this is this is something I get to do it shouldn't be of this is something I have to do. And that's that graciousness gracious giving is not you know. Doing it because you have to it's doing it because you want to. [27:37] And so that's really what I wanted to discuss tonight this tipping there's no valid like there's no situation in life that's come up that caused me to want to talk about this. This is just kind of working through some of those aspects like I mentioned a couple of weeks ago working through some aspects that I believe is imperative to the Christian Life and I just want to, you know do the Siri do this series and get them out there while I have this opportunity because, there's always a joke with me and Pastor Bill or hear that Pastor bills the big face and on the little face in the corner so since I'm the big face almost say whatever I want, so unless chat has something they would like to ask or speak on or elaborate or have any questions that's really what I wanted to touch on I know most people in my family including my children it's actually really cute not to toot. Mine and my wife's horn but I'm going to one of my daughters I said something about. Tipping today because I don't know I can't remember whether it was my wife's 80 or my sister Phoenix. [29:00] I asked but one of them was like hey what are we talking about tonight and then we started talking about you know tipping over all and some of the points I was going to make tonight. [29:10] My daughter goes yeah I bought something at a restaurant and it was one of those walk-up places and I made sure to leave two dollars because I didn't know if that was the right amount but I had to leave two dollars because it's what I had and just two dollars and I was like good on you you know so she didn't know if she tipped the right amount, which isn't the important part the math isn't what's important the actions are what's important and to her she knew hey you got to tip people, and I thought that was really cool that she put those two together even in you know. They're they're not even teenagers yet and they know. I'm watching their grandparents and watching us and watching Phoenix and watching other people in their lives they know. And so that's really this one's a little shorter than some of our others because there's not a lot of competing. Thought processes are deep theological aspects to this it's really just hey you should be tipping people. When you can because it's the right thing to do to show that generosity as Christians we have to love and we have to. [30:38] Pay things forward to others so that's really all I have for tonight I noticed like I said this is a little shorter. A lot going on this week so I did not also take more than than some of the stuff I had done before this weekend so. I just want to you know we love you guys anyone out there listening we would hope you join us this podcast of course comes out on Wednesdays at 7 and. We record it live every Sunday on Twitch YouTube and Facebook. And if you want to join us be part of the conversation like Biggs was like zadie was, like Phoenix was in and even Grayson gave us a shout out tonight thank you Grace and if you're still here for that and, you know we're here to build a community and do this walking through together it's not, me just being here in speaking or Pastor Bill just speaking it's never what we want it not with the Ephesian house is about and definitely not what the podcast is about and so if you want to join us live we record it Sunday nights at 6:30 Central. [32:02] Standard daylight whatever time it is currently in this country because I can't remember what we call it now again see the beginning of the broadcast I can't remember things well whatever the abbreviation is it 6:30 Sunday nights that we record this and feel free to join us if you go to our website EK K dot house that's where you're going to figure out which twitch which, Facebook which YouTube it's posted on and you can of course join us Fiat which I will this week since my girls are home and everything is a little more right with the world try to be streaming some this week, on the twitch as well with gaming with the pastor's which is at the moment gaming with the pastor but hey it's still fun. Probably going to be playing some games and stuff they're so join us, and we can have some fun and I hope that you guys all have a great week and you're safe out there we love you and we will talk with you next time.

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