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As the 2022-23 NBA season is coming to an end it's time for FSP to stir up arguments, as it's a time of comparing player statistics, creating a playoff-style format to determine the best player in the NBA. Our esteemed panel has come together to rank the top 8 players in the Eastern Conference based on their 2022-23 stats/performance. Same Criteria As Last Year: 1. Offense  2. Defense 3. Team Impact/Success 4. Mental  5. *Tie breaker: Which player would I pick if I needed to win a game tomorrow* with average NBA talent around him Check out Episode #468 as @JaiHov , @JEasley84 , @Lock_Tha_Great and @FSP_Wezzy discuss the hottest sports news of the past week and move on to Part 2 of the FSP Player Playoffs for the Eastern Conference. #FSPSTYLE **Full Sport Press Episode #468 Breakdown** **(9:30)Weezy's Yellow Box of Cereal Award: WNBA **(11:00) 1st Half- Hottest Sports News of The Week ** (12:50)- NFL Season Schedule Release Recap ** (19:30)- All NBA Awards Recap/Snubs **(24:30) -HALFTIME -FSP's Songs Of The Week **(27:50)2nd Half-2023 NBA Player Playoffs Part 2: (Eastern Conference)

Morning: 2 Kings 9–11 2 Kings 9–11 (Listen) Jehu Anointed King of Israel 9 Then Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tie up your garments, and take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead. 2 And when you arrive, look there for Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi. And go in and have him rise from among his fellows, and lead him to an inner chamber. 3 Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, ‘Thus says the LORD, I anoint you king over Israel.' Then open the door and flee; do not linger.” 4 So the young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. 5 And when he came, behold, the commanders of the army were in council. And he said, “I have a word for you, O commander.” And Jehu said, “To which of us all?” And he said, “To you, O commander.” 6 So he arose and went into the house. And the young man poured the oil on his head, saying to him, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, I anoint you king over the people of the LORD, over Israel. 7 And you shall strike down the house of Ahab your master, so that I may avenge on Jezebel the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD. 8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel. 9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah. 10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and none shall bury her.” Then he opened the door and fled. 11 When Jehu came out to the servants of his master, they said to him, “Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?” And he said to them, “You know the fellow and his talk.” 12 And they said, “That is not true; tell us now.” And he said, “Thus and so he spoke to me, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD, I anoint you king over Israel.'” 13 Then in haste every man of them took his garment and put it under him on the bare1 steps, and they blew the trumpet and proclaimed, “Jehu is king.” Jehu Assassinates Joram and Ahaziah 14 Thus Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram with all Israel had been on guard at Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Syria, 15 but King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds that the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) So Jehu said, “If this is your decision, then let no one slip out of the city to go and tell the news in Jezreel.” 16 Then Jehu mounted his chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to visit Joram. 17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he saw the company of Jehu as he came and said, “I see a company.” And Joram said, “Take a horseman and send to meet them, and let him say, ‘Is it peace?'” 18 So a man on horseback went to meet him and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is it peace?'” And Jehu said, “What do you have to do with peace? Turn around and ride behind me.” And the watchman reported, saying, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.” 19 Then he sent out a second horseman, who came to them and said, “Thus the king has said, ‘Is it peace?'” And Jehu answered, “What do you have to do with peace? Turn around and ride behind me.” 20 Again the watchman reported, “He reached them, but he is not coming back. And the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously.” 21 Joram said, “Make ready.” And they made ready his chariot. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah set out, each in his chariot, and went to meet Jehu, and met him at the property of Naboth the Jezreelite. 22 And when Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” He answered, “What peace can there be, so long as the whorings and the sorceries of your mother Jezebel are so many?” 23 Then Joram reined about and fled, saying to Ahaziah, “Treachery, O Ahaziah!” 24 And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and shot Joram between the shoulders, so that the arrow pierced his heart, and he sank in his chariot. 25 Jehu said to Bidkar his aide, “Take him up and throw him on the plot of ground belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember, when you and I rode side by side behind Ahab his father, how the LORD made this pronouncement against him: 26 ‘As surely as I saw yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons—declares the LORD—I will repay you on this plot of ground.' Now therefore take him up and throw him on the plot of ground, in accordance with the word of the LORD.” 27 When Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled in the direction of Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him and said, “Shoot him also.” And they shot him2 in the chariot at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo and died there. 28 His servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the city of David. 29 In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah. Jehu Executes Jezebel 30 When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. And she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out of the window. 31 And as Jehu entered the gate, she said, “Is it peace, you Zimri, murderer of your master?” 32 And he lifted up his face to the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked out at him. 33 He said, “Throw her down.” So they threw her down. And some of her blood spattered on the wall and on the horses, and they trampled on her. 34 Then he went in and ate and drank. And he said, “See now to this cursed woman and bury her, for she is a king's daughter.” 35 But when they went to bury her, they found no more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands. 36 When they came back and told him, he said, “This is the word of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘In the territory of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel, 37 and the corpse of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the territory of Jezreel, so that no one can say, This is Jezebel.'” Jehu Slaughters Ahab's Descendants 10 Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the rulers of the city,3 to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons4 of Ahab, saying, 2 “Now then, as soon as this letter comes to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, fortified cities also, and weapons, 3 select the best and fittest of your master's sons and set him on his father's throne and fight for your master's house.” 4 But they were exceedingly afraid and said, “Behold, the two kings could not stand before him. How then can we stand?” 5 So he who was over the palace, and he who was over the city, together with the elders and the guardians, sent to Jehu, saying, “We are your servants, and we will do all that you tell us. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever is good in your eyes.” 6 Then he wrote to them a second letter, saying, “If you are on my side, and if you are ready to obey me, take the heads of your master's sons and come to me at Jezreel tomorrow at this time.” Now the king's sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who were bringing them up. 7 And as soon as the letter came to them, they took the king's sons and slaughtered them, seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets and sent them to him at Jezreel. 8 When the messenger came and told him, “They have brought the heads of the king's sons,” he said, “Lay them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.” 9 Then in the morning, when he went out, he stood and said to all the people, “You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him, but who struck down all these? 10 Know then that there shall fall to the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spoke concerning the house of Ahab, for the LORD has done what he said by his servant Elijah.” 11 So Jehu struck down all who remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, all his great men and his close friends and his priests, until he left him none remaining. 12 Then he set out and went to Samaria. On the way, when he was at Beth-eked of the Shepherds, 13 Jehu met the relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah, and he said, “Who are you?” And they answered, “We are the relatives of Ahaziah, and we came down to visit the royal princes and the sons of the queen mother.” 14 He said, “Take them alive.” And they took them alive and slaughtered them at the pit of Beth-eked, forty-two persons, and he spared none of them. 15 And when he departed from there, he met Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him. And he greeted him and said to him, “Is your heart true to my heart as mine is to yours?” And Jehonadab answered, “It is.” Jehu said,5 “If it is, give me your hand.” So he gave him his hand. And Jehu took him up with him into the chariot. 16 And he said, “Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD.” So he6 had him ride in his chariot. 17 And when he came to Samaria, he struck down all who remained to Ahab in Samaria, till he had wiped them out, according to the word of the LORD that he spoke to Elijah. Jehu Strikes Down the Prophets of Baal 18 Then Jehu assembled all the people and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him much. 19 Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshipers and all his priests. Let none be missing, for I have a great sacrifice to offer to Baal. Whoever is missing shall not live.” But Jehu did it with cunning in order to destroy the worshipers of Baal. 20 And Jehu ordered, “Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal.” So they proclaimed it. 21 And Jehu sent throughout all Israel, and all the worshipers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left who did not come. And they entered the house of Baal, and the house of Baal was filled from one end to the other. 22 He said to him who was in charge of the wardrobe, “Bring out the vestments for all the worshipers of Baal.” So he brought out the vestments for them. 23 Then Jehu went into the house of Baal with Jehonadab the son of Rechab, and he said to the worshipers of Baal, “Search, and see that there is no servant of the LORD here among you, but only the worshipers of Baal.” 24 Then they7 went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside and said, “The man who allows any of those whom I give into your hands to escape shall forfeit his life.” 25 So as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guard and to the officers, “Go in and strike them down; let not a man escape.” So when they put them to the sword, the guard and the officers cast them out and went into the inner room of the house of Baal, 26 and they brought out the pillar that was in the house of Baal and burned it. 27 And they demolished the pillar of Baal, and demolished the house of Baal, and made it a latrine to this day. Jehu Reigns in Israel 28 Thus Jehu wiped out Baal from Israel. 29 But Jehu did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin—that is, the golden calves that were in Bethel and in Dan. 30 And the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in my eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, your sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.” 31 But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn from the sins of Jeroboam, which he made Israel to sin. 32 In those days the LORD began to cut off parts of Israel. Hazael defeated them throughout the territory of Israel: 33 from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the Valley of the Arnon, that is, Gilead and Bashan. 34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? 35 So Jehu slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place. 36 The time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years. Athaliah Reigns in Judah 11 Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family. 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the king's sons who were being put to death, and she put8 him and his nurse in a bedroom. Thus they9 hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not put to death. 3 And he remained with her six years, hidden in the house of the LORD, while Athaliah reigned over the land. Joash Anointed King in Judah 4 But in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and brought the captains of the Carites and of the guards, and had them come to him in the house of the LORD. And he made a covenant with them and put them under oath in the house of the LORD, and he showed them the king's son. 5 And he commanded them, “This is the thing that you shall do: one third of you, those who come off duty on the Sabbath and guard the king's house 6 (another third being at the gate Sur and a third at the gate behind the guards) shall guard the palace.10 7 And the two divisions of you, which come on duty in force on the Sabbath and guard the house of the LORD on behalf of the king, 8 shall surround the king, each with his weapons in his hand. And whoever approaches the ranks is to be put to death. Be with the king when he goes out and when he comes in.” 9 The captains did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded, and they each brought his men who were to go off duty on the Sabbath, with those who were to come on duty on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. 10 And the priest gave to the captains the spears and shields that had been King David's, which were in the house of the LORD. 11 And the guards stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the south side of the house to the north side of the house, around the altar and the house on behalf of the king. 12 Then he brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, “Long live the king!” 13 When Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she went into the house of the LORD to the people. 14 And when she looked, there was the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom, and the captains and the trumpeters beside the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets. And Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, “Treason! Treason!” 15 Then Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains who were set over the army, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to death with the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest said, “Let her not be put to death in the house of the LORD.” 16 So they laid hands on her; and she went through the horses' entrance to the king's house, and there she was put to death. 17 And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and people, that they should be the LORD's people, and also between the king and the people. 18 Then all the people of the land went to the house of Baal and tore it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest posted watchmen over the house of the LORD. 19 And he took the captains, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD, marching through the gate of the guards to the king's house. And he took his seat on the throne of the kings. 20 So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet after Athaliah had been put to death with the sword at the king's house. 11 Jehoash Reigns in Judah 21 Jehoash12 was seven years old when he began to reign. Footnotes [1] 9:13 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain [2] 9:27 Syriac, Vulgate (compare Septuagint); Hebrew lacks and they shot him [3] 10:1 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew rulers of Jezreel [4] 10:1 Hebrew lacks of the sons [5] 10:15 Septuagint; Hebrew lacks Jehu said [6] 10:16 Septuagint, Syriac, Targum; Hebrew they [7] 10:24 Septuagint he (compare verse 25) [8] 11:2 Compare 2 Chronicles 22:11; Hebrew lacks and she put [9] 11:2 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate (compare 2 Chronicles 22:11) she [10] 11:6 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain [11] 11:20 Ch 12:1 in Hebrew [12] 11:21 Jehoash is an alternate spelling of Joash (son of Ahaziah) as in verse 2 (ESV) Evening: John 5:1–24 John 5:1–24 (Listen) The Healing at the Pool on the Sabbath 5 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic1 called Bethesda,2 which has five roofed colonnades. 3 In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed.3 5 One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?” 7 The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me.” 8 Jesus said to him, “Get up, take up your bed, and walk.” 9 And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath. 10 So the Jews4 said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed.” 11 But he answered them, “The man who healed me, that man said to me, ‘Take up your bed, and walk.'” 12 They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk'?” 13 Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place. 14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you.” 15 The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him. 16 And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.” Jesus Is Equal with God 18 This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. The Authority of the Son 19 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father5 does, that the Son does likewise. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel. 21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will. 22 For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. Footnotes [1] 5:2 Or Hebrew [2] 5:2 Some manuscripts Bethsaida [3] 5:3 Some manuscripts insert, wholly or in part, waiting for the moving of the water; 4for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool, and stirred the water: whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he had [4] 5:10 The Greek word Ioudaioi refers specifically here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, who opposed Jesus in that time; also verses 15, 16, 18 [5] 5:19 Greek he (ESV)

Morning: 2 Kings 4–5 2 Kings 4–5 (Listen) Elisha and the Widow's Oil 4 Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.” 2 And Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me; what have you in the house?” And she said, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.” 3 Then he said, “Go outside, borrow vessels from all your neighbors, empty vessels and not too few. 4 Then go in and shut the door behind yourself and your sons and pour into all these vessels. And when one is full, set it aside.” 5 So she went from him and shut the door behind herself and her sons. And as she poured they brought the vessels to her. 6 When the vessels were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.” And he said to her, “There is not another.” Then the oil stopped flowing. 7 She came and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on the rest.” Elisha and the Shunammite Woman 8 One day Elisha went on to Shunem, where a wealthy woman lived, who urged him to eat some food. So whenever he passed that way, he would turn in there to eat food. 9 And she said to her husband, “Behold now, I know that this is a holy man of God who is continually passing our way. 10 Let us make a small room on the roof with walls and put there for him a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp, so that whenever he comes to us, he can go in there.” 11 One day he came there, and he turned into the chamber and rested there. 12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” When he had called her, she stood before him. 13 And he said to him, “Say now to her, ‘See, you have taken all this trouble for us; what is to be done for you? Would you have a word spoken on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?'” She answered, “I dwell among my own people.” 14 And he said, “What then is to be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Well, she has no son, and her husband is old.” 15 He said, “Call her.” And when he had called her, she stood in the doorway. 16 And he said, “At this season, about this time next year, you shall embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord, O man of God; do not lie to your servant.” 17 But the woman conceived, and she bore a son about that time the following spring, as Elisha had said to her. Elisha Raises the Shunammite's Son 18 When the child had grown, he went out one day to his father among the reapers. 19 And he said to his father, “Oh, my head, my head!” The father said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.” 20 And when he had lifted him and brought him to his mother, the child sat on her lap till noon, and then he died. 21 And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God and shut the door behind him and went out. 22 Then she called to her husband and said, “Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may quickly go to the man of God and come back again.” 23 And he said, “Why will you go to him today? It is neither new moon nor Sabbath.” She said, “All is well.” 24 Then she saddled the donkey, and she said to her servant, “Urge the animal on; do not slacken the pace for me unless I tell you.” 25 So she set out and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her coming, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Look, there is the Shunammite. 26 Run at once to meet her and say to her, ‘Is all well with you? Is all well with your husband? Is all well with the child?'” And she answered, “All is well.” 27 And when she came to the mountain to the man of God, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came to push her away. But the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for she is in bitter distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.” 28 Then she said, “Did I ask my lord for a son? Did I not say, ‘Do not deceive me?'” 29 He said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment and take my staff in your hand and go. If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not reply. And lay my staff on the face of the child.” 30 Then the mother of the child said, “As the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he arose and followed her. 31 Gehazi went on ahead and laid the staff on the face of the child, but there was no sound or sign of life. Therefore he returned to meet him and told him, “The child has not awakened.” 32 When Elisha came into the house, he saw the child lying dead on his bed. 33 So he went in and shut the door behind the two of them and prayed to the LORD. 34 Then he went up and lay on the child, putting his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. And as he stretched himself upon him, the flesh of the child became warm. 35 Then he got up again and walked once back and forth in the house, and went up and stretched himself upon him. The child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. 36 Then he summoned Gehazi and said, “Call this Shunammite.” So he called her. And when she came to him, he said, “Pick up your son.” 37 She came and fell at his feet, bowing to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out. Elisha Purifies the Deadly Stew 38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal when there was a famine in the land. And as the sons of the prophets were sitting before him, he said to his servant, “Set on the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.” 39 One of them went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine and gathered from it his lap full of wild gourds, and came and cut them up into the pot of stew, not knowing what they were. 40 And they poured out some for the men to eat. But while they were eating of the stew, they cried out, “O man of God, there is death in the pot!” And they could not eat it. 41 He said, “Then bring flour.” And he threw it into the pot and said, “Pour some out for the men, that they may eat.” And there was no harm in the pot. 42 A man came from Baal-shalishah, bringing the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And Elisha said, “Give to the men, that they may eat.” 43 But his servant said, “How can I set this before a hundred men?” So he repeated, “Give them to the men, that they may eat, for thus says the LORD, ‘They shall eat and have some left.'” 44 So he set it before them. And they ate and had some left, according to the word of the LORD. Naaman Healed of Leprosy 5 Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him the LORD had given victory to Syria. He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.1 2 Now the Syrians on one of their raids had carried off a little girl from the land of Israel, and she worked in the service of Naaman's wife. 3 She said to her mistress, “Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.” 4 So Naaman went in and told his lord, “Thus and so spoke the girl from the land of Israel.” 5 And the king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So he went, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels2 of gold, and ten changes of clothing. 6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, which read, “When this letter reaches you, know that I have sent to you Naaman my servant, that you may cure him of his leprosy.” 7 And when the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Only consider, and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me.” 8 But when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent to the king, saying, “Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come now to me, that he may know that there is a prophet in Israel.” 9 So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood at the door of Elisha's house. 10 And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored, and you shall be clean.” 11 But Naaman was angry and went away, saying, “Behold, I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call upon the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper. 12 Are not Abana3 and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage. 13 But his servants came near and said to him, “My father, it is a great word the prophet has spoken to you; will you not do it? Has he actually said to you, ‘Wash, and be clean'?” 14 So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. Gehazi's Greed and Punishment 15 Then he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and he came and stood before him. And he said, “Behold, I know that there is no God in all the earth but in Israel; so accept now a present from your servant.” 16 But he said, “As the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused. 17 Then Naaman said, “If not, please let there be given to your servant two mule loads of earth, for from now on your servant will not offer burnt offering or sacrifice to any god but the LORD. 18 In this matter may the LORD pardon your servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, leaning on my arm, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon your servant in this matter.” 19 He said to him, “Go in peace.” But when Naaman had gone from him a short distance, 20 Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “See, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not accepting from his hand what he brought. As the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.” 21 So Gehazi followed Naaman. And when Naaman saw someone running after him, he got down from the chariot to meet him and said, “Is all well?” 22 And he said, “All is well. My master has sent me to say, ‘There have just now come to me from the hill country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothing.'” 23 And Naaman said, “Be pleased to accept two talents.” And he urged him and tied up two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and laid them on two of his servants. And they carried them before Gehazi. 24 And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand and put them in the house, and he sent the men away, and they departed. 25 He went in and stood before his master, and Elisha said to him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” And he said, “Your servant went nowhere.” 26 But he said to him, “Did not my heart go when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Was it a time to accept money and garments, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, male servants and female servants? 27 Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever.” So he went out from his presence a leper, like snow. Footnotes [1] 5:1 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13 [2] 5:5 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms; a shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams [3] 5:12 Or Amana (ESV) Evening: John 4:1–30 John 4:1–30 (Listen) Jesus and the Woman of Samaria 4 Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), 3 he left Judea and departed again for Galilee. 4 And he had to pass through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob's well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.1 7 A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” 8 (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.) 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” 11 The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.” 13 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again.2 The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” 15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” 17 The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband'; 18 for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.” 19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.” 21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” 25 The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things.” 26 Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he.” 27 Just then his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you seek?” or, “Why are you talking with her?” 28 So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?” 30 They went out of the town and were coming to him. Footnotes [1] 4:6 That is, about noon [2] 4:14 Greek forever (ESV)

Receiving a gift makes people happy, incentivizes and motivates employees, and builds corporate morale. Businesses give gifts for various reasons - a promotion, to say thank you, reaching a milestone or even”just because”. The businesses try their level best to match the gift to the employees tastes. That can be a daunting task for the gifter. Loop and Tie aims at making corporate gifting intentional, sustainable and an opt-in gift experience. They have observed that with the opt-in gifting, the receiver can choose the gift of their liking. It helps businesses send unique, elevated gifts that help your brand stand out — and make a difference doing it. Loop and Tie are the first and only carbon regenerative gifting platform. For every gift shipped, through their land restoration and regenerative agriculture initiatives make a net positive carbon impact. Their gifts are thoughtfully sourced from independent creators, makers, and artisans. They even have a gift-it-forward capabilities that allow the receiver to support charities, non-profits, or causes that matter most to them. Learn more about giving sustainable from the Founder and CEO of Loop and Tie, Sara Rodell on the latest episode of Mindful Businesses.https://www.loopandtie.com/https://mindfulbusinessespodcast.com/ #sustainablegifting, #mindfulbusinesses, #loopandtie, #Carbonpositive, #corporategifting, #gifting #employeemorale

As the 2022-23 NBA season is coming to an end it's time for FSP to stir up arguments, as it's a time of comparing player statistics, creating a playoff-style format to determine the best player in the NBA. Our esteemed panel has come together to rank the top 8 players in the Western Conference based on their 2022-23 stats/performance. Same Criteria As Last Year: 1. Offense  2. Defense 3. Team Impact/Success 4. Mental  5. *Tie breaker: Which player would I pick if I needed to win a game tomorrow* with average NBA talent around him Check out Episode #467 as @JaiHov , @JEasley84 , @Lock_Tha_Great and @FSP_Wezzy discuss the hottest sports news of the past week and kicking off the annual FSP Player Playoffs for the Western Conference. #FSPSTYLE **Full Sport Press Episode #467 Breakdown** **(7:10)Weezy's Yellow Box of Cereal Award: Betting Apps **(9:45) 1st Half- Hottest Sports News of The Week ** (11:00)- NBA Playoffs 2nd Round Predictions **(29:20) -HALFTIME -FSP's Songs Of The Week **(32:30)2nd Half-2023 NBA Player Playoffs Part 1: (Western Conference)

Guy Hirsch (Global Managing Director at Kraken Digital Asset Exchange) joins The Tie's Fundamental Value podcast to discuss Kraken's differentiation, the challenges of operating a crypto exchange in North America, and emerging areas in crypto.The information contained in this podcast is for informational purposes only and is not investment advice. The views and opinions expressed in this episode are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of The Tie, Inc. You are fully responsible for any decisions you make; The Tie Inc. is not liable for any loss or damage caused by reliance on information provided. For investment advice, consult with a registered investment advisor. Guy Hirsch LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guyhirsch/Guy Hirsch Twitter: @GuyHirschKraken Website: https://www.kraken.com/Kraken Twitter: @krakenfxJoshua Frank Twitter: @Joshua_Frank_Joshua Frank LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-frank-56950950/The Tie Twitter: @TheTIEIOThe Tie Website: https://www.thetie.io/The Tie is the leading provider of information services for digital assets. Our core offering, The Tie Terminal, is the fastest and most comprehensive workstation for institutional digital asset investors. https://www.thetie.io/crypto-sigdev-terminal/

*** Warning- This episode discusses sexuality and contains sexual content and may not be suitable for all audiences.****This week we had a really fun conversation with Dr. Neil Nandi! Dr. Nandi is an Associate Professor and Gastroenterologist with the University of Pennsylvania. We discussed his personal connection to IBD and how that shaped his career. We also talked about his role as the Director of Patient Outreach and Advocacy for the South Asian IBD Alliance and how the got involved with that organization. We spent a lot of time talking about how IBD can affect sexuality, how he talks to his IBD patients about this, and how to provide a safe space for people in the LGBTQI+ community to discuss their sexual health. Finally we discussed a fun fact about Dr. Nandi that we found when doing some research on him and now we want his autograph! Please keep in mind that the views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and should not be considered medical or legal advice. Please consult with your healthcare team on any changes to your disease, diet, or treatment. We want you to stay safe and healthy! ;) Links: South Asian IBD AllianceInformation on sex and relationships and IBD- Crohn's & Colitis UK"Sex, Intimacy, and IBD" Factsheet-  Crohn's & Colitis Foundation- USA"Sexual Health & Ulcerative Colitis: How to Talk to Your Doctor"- Everyday HealthThe Needs of Gay and Lesbian People with IBD- Crohn's &  Colitis UKDr. Nandi's fun fact! How to watch "Tie the Knot" or on YouTubeLet's get social!!Follow us on Instagram!Follow us on Facebook!Follow us on Twitter!

How do YOU set the stage for the value of coaching? In other words, what's your value proposition? Since coaching is a relatively new and often misunderstood profession, many conversations are called coaching when they are something else entirely. In trying to create clarity about what we do with our clients, many coaches define their profession by saying what it is NOT, and I don't believe that perspective brings value to our coaching. Let's take a deeper look at how we set the stage for the value of coaching. Join me for this solo episode as I share four specific strategies for building and sharing your value proposition. Show Highlights:Why coaching is one of many types of conversations we can have with others—but it's the one that brings transformational changeWhat the coaching partnership is–and what it does for your clientsWhat the data shows about the results of coaching in moving clients forwardFour strategies for building and sharing your value proposition as a coach:Be a student of the results that coaching brings.Let go of “coach-speak.”Tie in your process to let them know what to expect.Seed your value proposition into everything (every social media post, blog post, speaking engagements). How the partnership aspect of coaching brings a unique value to the relationshipWhy clients will be more ready to engage when they know they know what the coaching process looks like and the results they can expectHow I use the acronym RESULTS to lay out my coaching process in my value proposition: Review, Evaluate, Strengths, Understand, Leverage, Target, and SustainabilityWhy it is important to weave the evidence of your coaching into everything you doResources:Only a few spots remain for 2023 sessions! Find out more about mentor coaching with Meg: www.STaRcoachshow.com/mentor/ Explore past episodes and other resources at www.STaRcoachshow.com. Explore the STaR Coach Community!

In this episode of the Business Broken to Smokin' Podcast:Lodestone True North's Head Coach Mark Whitmore and his right hand man Shane Kardos discuss delegation. Link to download the worksheet mentioned in today's podcast: https://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast-episode-040-its-time-to-delegate/ 0:00 Intro5:15 The Soft Side: Abdicate, Imply, Hint, Imagine, Allude, Assume, Ignore8:42 The Rough Side: Directing, Remote Controlling, Micro-managing, Intimidate, Pressure, Beg, Demand, Manipulate10:59 Definitions:  To create clarity around expectations, deadlines, and outcomes To empower ownership To release or trust with minimal oversight 14:29 Play to someone else's strengths and free up your own plate17:31 Tie down those tasks to strategy20:49 It's unclear how these tasks are tied to strategy21:26 Setting up pathways and frameworks, or macro processes24:22 Checking in on progress24:57 Book Reference: The New One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard 34:42 Reference to our T.O.M.K.A.T. Episode 017 https://youtu.be/zkbLckE4xEk 37:20 Delegating is vital for scaling the business 41:05 Strengthen the last part of S.M.A.C.K.! – “Kick It” (See our episode on S.M.A.C.K.! https://youtu.be/UgKgysVOME4 ) **Credits**Music – Song Back by Little Big TownGallup Study – “CEO's who excel in delegating generate 33% higher revenue” https://news.gallup.com/businessjournal/182414/delegating-huge-management-challenge-entrepreneurs.aspx  Website: https://www.lodestonetruenorth.comWebsite: https://www.bigeasydesk.com (The best co-working space in Northeast Ohio!)LinkedIn Book Club Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14158790/ LinkedIn Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-whitmore-lodestone/LinkedIn Lodestone: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lodestone-true-northLodestone Online Courses: https://lodestone.thinkific.com Podcast: (Make sure you click on Subscribe so you don't miss any episodes!)YouTube (video)https://youtube.com/@lodestonetruenorthSpotify (video or audio)https://open.spotify.com/show/3QCsZ7fyKr4z804oTac3FUApple Podcasts (audio)https://apple.co/3O4uv4HOther Podcast Platformshttps://lodestonetruenorth.com/podcast/

It's Graduation Time. Tie a Knot & Hang On! Morons in the News.   Down the Rabbit Hole. Padded Toilet Seats. Everyone Needs a Laugh.   Talkback Callers. Bob Gets All Creepy. Can You Believe This S***?    From the Vault. The Italian Fixer-Upper. Is Tupperware Going Extinct?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Tie-breaker showdown for EMOTD for the month of April. Who will in the Milagro Tequila Listener of the Month of April? Audio of Mike Shannon on the Tim McKernan Show Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The weekly radio show from Alok. 01. Paul Woolford, Lewis Thompson & MNEK - 16 Again02. Dimitri Vegas x Steve Aoki x Chapter & Verse - Friends03. Tiësto - All Nighter04. DEADLINE, Nery - Thing Called Love05. Robert Falcon - Like This06. Alok & Vintage Culture feat. Oxia - Domino07. 22Bullets - Heaven Help Us Now08. Marnik x Sirona x Heyder - Artificial Intelligence09. KDA feat. Katy B & Tinie Tempah - Turn The Music Louder (Rumble)10. Yolanda Be Cool & DCup - We No Speak Americano11. Mr. Belt & Wezol x Plastik Funk feat. Tim Morrison - Groove Tonight12. D.O.D - Set Me Free13. Joel Corry x Ron Carroll - Nikes14. Chris Lake & Green Velvet - Deceiver (VIP)15. Melsen - Heart16. Dynamick - Bite My Tongue17. Glass Petals - Joshua Tree18. Öwnboss & DJ Glen - Come Together19. LIVA - E-Motion20. Alok & Solardo - Over Again

We meet the Londoners moving into their first flats thanks to a ownership scheme which started in the US in the 1960s. Community land trust properties can only be bought by local people, and the price is set by average local income levels, not the open market. Dougal Shaw goes to a block of flats in Lewisham where buyers are just settling in. He speaks to a lawyer and community activist in the US – the idea started as part of the civil rights movement. And a property expert explains some of the potential long-term issues. Presenter/producer: Dougal Shaw (Image: Christian Codjoe is moving into a two-bed flat in Citizens House with his brother. Credit: BBC) (Image: Artists impression of the flats. Credit: French & Tie)

Host Jeremy C. Park talks with Brittany Franklin, Founder and CEO of Sky High for Kids, who shares the story of launching the nonprofit organization and highlights their mission and efforts to help end Childhood Cancer. Sky High for Kids is funding revolutionary research projects that will not only advance treatment worldwide but also move the survival rate needle forward.During the interview, Brittany shares how Sky High for Kids is supporting the first immunotherapy center dedicated to pediatric oncology in the U.S. at Texas Children's Hospital, funding sub-Saharan doctors and health providers to train in pediatric oncology specifically to combat the low survival rates in that region with Texas Children's Hospital H.O.P.E. initiative, helping to fund the largest research facility for Pediatric Cancer research in the U.S.with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and supporting other projects that will have the largest impact on Childhood Cancer. Brittany also details their programs that provide comfort to children undergoing cancer treatment, including their Adventures Program, Tie for Sky High Program, Patient Carnivals Program, and Ponytail Donations Program. She wraps up talking about how the community and companies can get involved, using Higginbotham as an example, as their engagement opportunities span the nation.Visit www.skyhighforkids.org to learn more and get involved.

Spring time is finally here! Pride is around the corner but before you bust out your pastel shorts, you gotta clean house. Tie up loose ends like getting back in shape, cut ties that hold you down or learn to say “no.” Time to spring forward and click PLAY. GAM (Gay Asian Male) Chat is a bi-weekly conversation with three Filipino gay guys trying to make sense of anything and everything in the world today. Welcome to our podcast! You can email us your questions or topic suggestions at gamchatpodcast@gmail.com Follow GAM Chat Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gamchatpodcast Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/gamchatpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gamchatpodcast Website: http://thebunkph.com/gamchatpodcast GAM Chat Podcast is part of the BUNK Collective. Discover more podcasts at thebunkph.com and connect with us through social media @thebunkph | Support this podcast through ko-fi.com/gamchatpodcast and ko-fi.com/thebunkph | For inquiries, e-mail us at gamchatpodcast@thebunkph.com *The views and opinions expressed on the podcast are those of the authors. Any content provided by guest authors or us is of their own opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, individual or anyone or anything. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamchatpodcast/message

The long-delayed The High Republic Adventures -- Quest of the Jedi from Dark Horse Comics is available and, to borrow a steady cliche, it was was worth the wait. The creative team has created a lavishly illustrated, tightly written one-shot comic set during The High Republic era that features Jedi, the light and dark sides and adds to that era's steadily expanding lore.In Marvel's Darth Vader: Black, White & Red #1 (of 4), the publisher's penchant for black & white comics finds firm footing in the galaxy far, far away, with Vader the prime subject in three different tales (one of which will anchor all four issues. There is no sparseness in the visual medium, rather clean, precise lines that brim with detail. One tale, by Peach Momoko, will have you forever looking at TIE fighters in a different way.Comics Discussed This WeekQuest of the Jedi One-Shot (11:09)Darth Vader: Black, White & Red #1 (of 4) (32:32)Star Wars Comics New to Marvel Unlimited This Week:The Action Figure Variant Covers #1 (from 2020) collecting John Tyler Christopher's variant coversBounty Hunters #30Han Solo & Chewbacca #9 (of 10)News:The 2nd printing of Jabba's Palace #1 has been pushed back a week to May 17.The trade paperback collecting 2018's six-issue Thrawn adaptation by Marvel will be reprinted and released on Aug. 1.Marvel's July Star Wars comics feature four homage variants that sport classic corner boxes. Full details on all the solicits can be found here.Upcoming Comics & Graphic NovelsMay 2 _ The High Republic (Vol. 2) "Balance of the Force" TPB (Collects #1-5); The Mandalorian "Season One, Part II" TPB (Collecting #5-8)May 3 _ Darth Vader #33, Doctor Aphra #31, Star Wars #34, Lando #1, Yoda #7 (10), The Nameless Terror #3 (of 4), The High Republic Adventures #4 (of 8)May 6 _ The High Republic Adventures Free Comic Book Day IssueMay 10 _ Darth Vader #34, The High Republic #9 (of 10), The High Republic Adventures #5 (of 8)May 17 _ Bounty Hunters #34, Jabba's Palace #1 (2nd Printing)May 23 _ The Edge of Balance -- Precedent, Star Wars (Vol. 3) Vol. 5 "The Path to Victory" TPB (Collects #26-30)May 24 _ Darth Vader: Black, White & Red #2 (of 4), The High Republic #10 (of 10), Hyperspace Stories #5 (of 12), The High Republic Adventures #6 (of 8), The Nameless Terror #4 (of 4)May 30 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years, Vol. 6 (Collects Star Wars (Vol. 1) #89-107 and #108)May 31 _ Doctor Aphra #32, Sana Starros #4 (of 5), Hyperspace Stories #6 (of 12)June 6 _ Han Solo & Chewbacca Vol. 2 "The Crystal Run, Part Two" TPB (Collects #6-10)June 7 _ Star Wars #35, The Empire #1 one-shot, Yoda #8 (of 10), Hyperspace Stories #7 (of 12), The High Republic Adventures #7 (of 8), Darth Vader: Black, White & Red #1 (2nd Printing)June 14 _ Darth Vader #35, Sana Starros #5 (of 5)June 20 _ Star Wars -- Hyperspace Stories "Rebels and Resistance" TPB (Collects #1-4)June 21 _ The Mandalorian Season 2 #1, Bounty Hunters #35June 27 _ The Blade TPB (Collects #1-4) and Darth Vader (Vol. 3) Vol. 6 "Return of the Handmaidens" TPB (Collects #28-32)June 28 _ Darth Vader: Black, White & Red #3 (of 4), Doctor Aphra #33, Hyperspace Stories #8 (of 12), The High Republic Adventures #8 (of 8)July 4 _ Hidden Empire TPB (Collects #1-5)July 5 _ Star Wars #36, Yoda #9 (of 10)July 11 _ StarWars Legends Epic Collection: Tales of the Jedi Vol. 3 (Collects Dark Lords of the Sith #1-6, The Sith War #1-6, Redemption #1-5 and material from Star Wars Tales #23 and Dark Horse Comics #7-9)July 12 _ Bounty Hunters #36, Darth Vader #36 July 18 _ The High Republic Adventures -- The Complete Phase One (Collects 1-13, Galactic Bake-Off one-shot and Free Comic Book Day 2021 issues published by IDW, along with 2023's Free Comic Book Day issue)July 19 _ Doctor Aphra #34, The Rebellion #1 one-shotJuly 26 _ Darth Vader: Black, White & Red #4 (of 4), The Mandalorian Season 2 #2Aug. 1 _ Doctor Aphra (Vol. 2) Vol. 6, “Ascendant” TPB (Collects #26-31)Aug. 2 _ Dark Droids #1, Yoda #10Aug. 9 _ Star Wars #37Aug. 16 _ Darth Vader #37Aug. 22 _ The High Republic Phase II, Vol. 2, "Battle for the Force" TPB (Collects #6-10)Aug. 23 _ Doctor Aphra #35Aug. 29 _ Doctor Aphra Omnibus, Vol. 2 (Collects Doctor Aphra, Vol. 2, #1-25); The Nameless Terror TPB (Collects #1-4)Aug. 30 _ Bounty Hunters #37Sept. 5 _ The High Republic Adventures (Vol. 2) Vol. 1 TPB (Collects #1-4)Sept. 12 _ Sana Starros TPB (Collects #1-5)Sept. 19 _ Tales From the Death Star HC Graphic Novel, Bounty Hunters, Vol. 6, "Bedlam on Bestine" TPB (Collects #29-34)Sept. 26 _ Star Wars (Vol. 3), Vol. 6, "Quests of the Force" TPB (Collects #31-35)Sept. 27 _ Hyperspace Stories #9 (of 12)Oct. 10 _ The High Republic Adventures -- The Monster of Temple Peak and Other Stories (Collects Monster of Temple Peak 1-4 and The High Republic Adventures Annual), Darth Vader (Vol. 3) Vol. 7, TPB (Collects #33-39)Oct. 17 _ The High Republic Phase One Omnibus (Collects The High Republic (Vol. 1) #1-15, Eye of the Storm #1-2 and Trail of Shadows #1-5)Oct. 31 _ Star Wars Legends: The Empire Omnibus, Vol. 2 (Collects Dark Times -- Fire Carrier 1-5, Dark Times -- A Spark Remains 1-5, Darth Vader and the Ninth Assassin 1-5, Darth Vader and the Cry of Shadows 1-5, Droids Special #1, Droids (1994) 1-6, Droids (1995) 1-8, Star Wars: The Protocol Offensive, plus material from Star Wars Visionaries, Star Wars Tales 11-12, 15 and 20, Dark Horse Presents Annual '99 and Star Wars Galaxy Magazine #1)Nov. 7 _ Star Wars: Scoundrels, Rebels and The Empire TPB (Collects the Jabba's Palace, Ewoks, Lando, The Empire, The Rebellion and Max Rebo one-shots)Nov. 14 _ Star Wars Legends Epic Collection: The Empire, Vol. 8 (Collects Star Wars: Empire 5-6, 8-13, 15; 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Win At Home Pt. 1 | April 23, 2023Pastor Wes Morris Deuteronomy 6:4-9 (NLT) “Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”(10-13) “The Lord your God will soon bring you into the land he swore to give you…it is a land with large, prosperous cities that you did not build. The houses will be richly stocked with goods you did not produce. You will draw water from cisterns you did not dig, and you will eat from vineyards and olive trees you did not plant. When you have eaten your fill in this land, be careful not to forget the Lord, who rescued you from slavery in the land of Egypt. You must fear the Lord your God and serve him.”√  Culture√  Comparison I Peter 5:8-9 (NLT) Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith.SHAPED BY SCRIPTURE I. We build our life on God's Word. Matthew 7:24 (MSG) These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life on. If you work these words into your life, you are like a smart carpenter who built his house on solid rock.II Timothy 3:16-17 (NLT) All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.II. We follow God's Word.Joshua 1:1-8 (NLT) After the death of Moses the Lord's servant, the Lord spoke to Joshua…“I promise you what I promised Moses: ‘Wherever you set foot, you will be on land I have given you. No one will be able to stand against you as long as you live. For I will be with you as I was with Moses. I will not fail you or abandon you.Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the instructions Moses gave you. Do not deviate from them, turning either to the right or to the left. Then you will be successful in everything you do.Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do."III. We develop a hunger for God's Word. Romans 12:2 (MSG) So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God.

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2 Kings 9–11 2 Kings 9–11 (Listen) Jehu Anointed King of Israel 9 Then Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tie up your garments, and take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead. 2 And when you arrive, look there for Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi. And go in and have him rise from among his fellows, and lead him to an inner chamber. 3 Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, ‘Thus says the LORD, I anoint you king over Israel.' Then open the door and flee; do not linger.” 4 So the young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. 5 And when he came, behold, the commanders of the army were in council. And he said, “I have a word for you, O commander.” And Jehu said, “To which of us all?” And he said, “To you, O commander.” 6 So he arose and went into the house. And the young man poured the oil on his head, saying to him, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, I anoint you king over the people of the LORD, over Israel. 7 And you shall strike down the house of Ahab your master, so that I may avenge on Jezebel the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD. 8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel. 9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah. 10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and none shall bury her.” Then he opened the door and fled. 11 When Jehu came out to the servants of his master, they said to him, “Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?” And he said to them, “You know the fellow and his talk.” 12 And they said, “That is not true; tell us now.” And he said, “Thus and so he spoke to me, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD, I anoint you king over Israel.'” 13 Then in haste every man of them took his garment and put it under him on the bare1 steps, and they blew the trumpet and proclaimed, “Jehu is king.” Jehu Assassinates Joram and Ahaziah 14 Thus Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram with all Israel had been on guard at Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Syria, 15 but King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds that the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) So Jehu said, “If this is your decision, then let no one slip out of the city to go and tell the news in Jezreel.” 16 Then Jehu mounted his chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to visit Joram. 17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he saw the company of Jehu as he came and said, “I see a company.” And Joram said, “Take a horseman and send to meet them, and let him say, ‘Is it peace?'” 18 So a man on horseback went to meet him and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is it peace?'” And Jehu said, “What do you have to do with peace? Turn around and ride behind me.” And the watchman reported, saying, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.” 19 Then he sent out a second horseman, who came to them and said, “Thus the king has said, ‘Is it peace?'” And Jehu answered, “What do you have to do with peace? Turn around and ride behind me.” 20 Again the watchman reported, “He reached them, but he is not coming back. And the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously.” 21 Joram said, “Make ready.” And they made ready his chariot. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah set out, each in his chariot, and went to meet Jehu, and met him at the property of Naboth the Jezreelite. 22 And when Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” He answered, “What peace can there be, so long as the whorings and the sorceries of your mother Jezebel are so many?” 23 Then Joram reined about and fled, saying to Ahaziah, “Treachery, O Ahaziah!” 24 And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and shot Joram between the shoulders, so that the arrow pierced his heart, and he sank in his chariot. 25 Jehu said to Bidkar his aide, “Take him up and throw him on the plot of ground belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember, when you and I rode side by side behind Ahab his father, how the LORD made this pronouncement against him: 26 ‘As surely as I saw yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons—declares the LORD—I will repay you on this plot of ground.' Now therefore take him up and throw him on the plot of ground, in accordance with the word of the LORD.” 27 When Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled in the direction of Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him and said, “Shoot him also.” And they shot him2 in the chariot at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo and died there. 28 His servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the city of David. 29 In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab, Ahaziah began to reign over Judah. Jehu Executes Jezebel 30 When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. And she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out of the window. 31 And as Jehu entered the gate, she said, “Is it peace, you Zimri, murderer of your master?” 32 And he lifted up his face to the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked out at him. 33 He said, “Throw her down.” So they threw her down. And some of her blood spattered on the wall and on the horses, and they trampled on her. 34 Then he went in and ate and drank. And he said, “See now to this cursed woman and bury her, for she is a king's daughter.” 35 But when they went to bury her, they found no more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands. 36 When they came back and told him, he said, “This is the word of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘In the territory of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel, 37 and the corpse of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the territory of Jezreel, so that no one can say, This is Jezebel.'” Jehu Slaughters Ahab's Descendants 10 Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the rulers of the city,3 to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons4 of Ahab, saying, 2 “Now then, as soon as this letter comes to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, fortified cities also, and weapons, 3 select the best and fittest of your master's sons and set him on his father's throne and fight for your master's house.” 4 But they were exceedingly afraid and said, “Behold, the two kings could not stand before him. How then can we stand?” 5 So he who was over the palace, and he who was over the city, together with the elders and the guardians, sent to Jehu, saying, “We are your servants, and we will do all that you tell us. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever is good in your eyes.” 6 Then he wrote to them a second letter, saying, “If you are on my side, and if you are ready to obey me, take the heads of your master's sons and come to me at Jezreel tomorrow at this time.” Now the king's sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who were bringing them up. 7 And as soon as the letter came to them, they took the king's sons and slaughtered them, seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets and sent them to him at Jezreel. 8 When the messenger came and told him, “They have brought the heads of the king's sons,” he said, “Lay them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.” 9 Then in the morning, when he went out, he stood and said to all the people, “You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him, but who struck down all these? 10 Know then that there shall fall to the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spoke concerning the house of Ahab, for the LORD has done what he said by his servant Elijah.” 11 So Jehu struck down all who remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, all his great men and his close friends and his priests, until he left him none remaining. 12 Then he set out and went to Samaria. On the way, when he was at Beth-eked of the Shepherds, 13 Jehu met the relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah, and he said, “Who are you?” And they answered, “We are the relatives of Ahaziah, and we came down to visit the royal princes and the sons of the queen mother.” 14 He said, “Take them alive.” And they took them alive and slaughtered them at the pit of Beth-eked, forty-two persons, and he spared none of them. 15 And when he departed from there, he met Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him. And he greeted him and said to him, “Is your heart true to my heart as mine is to yours?” And Jehonadab answered, “It is.” Jehu said,5 “If it is, give me your hand.” So he gave him his hand. And Jehu took him up with him into the chariot. 16 And he said, “Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD.” So he6 had him ride in his chariot. 17 And when he came to Samaria, he struck down all who remained to Ahab in Samaria, till he had wiped them out, according to the word of the LORD that he spoke to Elijah. Jehu Strikes Down the Prophets of Baal 18 Then Jehu assembled all the people and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him much. 19 Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshipers and all his priests. Let none be missing, for I have a great sacrifice to offer to Baal. Whoever is missing shall not live.” But Jehu did it with cunning in order to destroy the worshipers of Baal. 20 And Jehu ordered, “Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal.” So they proclaimed it. 21 And Jehu sent throughout all Israel, and all the worshipers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left who did not come. And they entered the house of Baal, and the house of Baal was filled from one end to the other. 22 He said to him who was in charge of the wardrobe, “Bring out the vestments for all the worshipers of Baal.” So he brought out the vestments for them. 23 Then Jehu went into the house of Baal with Jehonadab the son of Rechab, and he said to the worshipers of Baal, “Search, and see that there is no servant of the LORD here among you, but only the worshipers of Baal.” 24 Then they7 went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside and said, “The man who allows any of those whom I give into your hands to escape shall forfeit his life.” 25 So as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guard and to the officers, “Go in and strike them down; let not a man escape.” So when they put them to the sword, the guard and the officers cast them out and went into the inner room of the house of Baal, 26 and they brought out the pillar that was in the house of Baal and burned it. 27 And they demolished the pillar of Baal, and demolished the house of Baal, and made it a latrine to this day. Jehu Reigns in Israel 28 Thus Jehu wiped out Baal from Israel. 29 But Jehu did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin—that is, the golden calves that were in Bethel and in Dan. 30 And the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in my eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, your sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.” 31 But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn from the sins of Jeroboam, which he made Israel to sin. 32 In those days the LORD began to cut off parts of Israel. Hazael defeated them throughout the territory of Israel: 33 from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the Valley of the Arnon, that is, Gilead and Bashan. 34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? 35 So Jehu slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place. 36 The time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years. Athaliah Reigns in Judah 11 Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family. 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the king's sons who were being put to death, and she put8 him and his nurse in a bedroom. Thus they9 hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not put to death. 3 And he remained with her six years, hidden in the house of the LORD, while Athaliah reigned over the land. Joash Anointed King in Judah 4 But in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and brought the captains of the Carites and of the guards, and had them come to him in the house of the LORD. And he made a covenant with them and put them under oath in the house of the LORD, and he showed them the king's son. 5 And he commanded them, “This is the thing that you shall do: one third of you, those who come off duty on the Sabbath and guard the king's house 6 (another third being at the gate Sur and a third at the gate behind the guards) shall guard the palace.10 7 And the two divisions of you, which come on duty in force on the Sabbath and guard the house of the LORD on behalf of the king, 8 shall surround the king, each with his weapons in his hand. And whoever approaches the ranks is to be put to death. Be with the king when he goes out and when he comes in.” 9 The captains did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded, and they each brought his men who were to go off duty on the Sabbath, with those who were to come on duty on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. 10 And the priest gave to the captains the spears and shields that had been King David's, which were in the house of the LORD. 11 And the guards stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the south side of the house to the north side of the house, around the altar and the house on behalf of the king. 12 Then he brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, “Long live the king!” 13 When Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she went into the house of the LORD to the people. 14 And when she looked, there was the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom, and the captains and the trumpeters beside the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets. And Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, “Treason! Treason!” 15 Then Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains who were set over the army, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to death with the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest said, “Let her not be put to death in the house of the LORD.” 16 So they laid hands on her; and she went through the horses' entrance to the king's house, and there she was put to death. 17 And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and people, that they should be the LORD's people, and also between the king and the people. 18 Then all the people of the land went to the house of Baal and tore it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest posted watchmen over the house of the LORD. 19 And he took the captains, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD, marching through the gate of the guards to the king's house. And he took his seat on the throne of the kings. 20 So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet after Athaliah had been put to death with the sword at the king's house. 11 Jehoash Reigns in Judah 21 Jehoash12 was seven years old when he began to reign. Footnotes [1] 9:13 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain [2] 9:27 Syriac, Vulgate (compare Septuagint); Hebrew lacks and they shot him [3] 10:1 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew rulers of Jezreel [4] 10:1 Hebrew lacks of the sons [5] 10:15 Septuagint; Hebrew lacks Jehu said [6] 10:16 Septuagint, Syriac, Targum; Hebrew they [7] 10:24 Septuagint he (compare verse 25) [8] 11:2 Compare 2 Chronicles 22:11; Hebrew lacks and she put [9] 11:2 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate (compare 2 Chronicles 22:11) she [10] 11:6 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain [11] 11:20 Ch 12:1 in Hebrew [12] 11:21 Jehoash is an alternate spelling of Joash (son of Ahaziah) as in verse 2 (ESV)

2 Kings 4–5 2 Kings 4–5 (Listen) Elisha and the Widow's Oil 4 Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.” 2 And Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me; what have you in the house?” And she said, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.” 3 Then he said, “Go outside, borrow vessels from all your neighbors, empty vessels and not too few. 4 Then go in and shut the door behind yourself and your sons and pour into all these vessels. And when one is full, set it aside.” 5 So she went from him and shut the door behind herself and her sons. And as she poured they brought the vessels to her. 6 When the vessels were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.” And he said to her, “There is not another.” Then the oil stopped flowing. 7 She came and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on the rest.” Elisha and the Shunammite Woman 8 One day Elisha went on to Shunem, where a wealthy woman lived, who urged him to eat some food. So whenever he passed that way, he would turn in there to eat food. 9 And she said to her husband, “Behold now, I know that this is a holy man of God who is continually passing our way. 10 Let us make a small room on the roof with walls and put there for him a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp, so that whenever he comes to us, he can go in there.” 11 One day he came there, and he turned into the chamber and rested there. 12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” When he had called her, she stood before him. 13 And he said to him, “Say now to her, ‘See, you have taken all this trouble for us; what is to be done for you? Would you have a word spoken on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?'” She answered, “I dwell among my own people.” 14 And he said, “What then is to be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Well, she has no son, and her husband is old.” 15 He said, “Call her.” And when he had called her, she stood in the doorway. 16 And he said, “At this season, about this time next year, you shall embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord, O man of God; do not lie to your servant.” 17 But the woman conceived, and she bore a son about that time the following spring, as Elisha had said to her. Elisha Raises the Shunammite's Son 18 When the child had grown, he went out one day to his father among the reapers. 19 And he said to his father, “Oh, my head, my head!” The father said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.” 20 And when he had lifted him and brought him to his mother, the child sat on her lap till noon, and then he died. 21 And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God and shut the door behind him and went out. 22 Then she called to her husband and said, “Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may quickly go to the man of God and come back again.” 23 And he said, “Why will you go to him today? It is neither new moon nor Sabbath.” She said, “All is well.” 24 Then she saddled the donkey, and she said to her servant, “Urge the animal on; do not slacken the pace for me unless I tell you.” 25 So she set out and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her coming, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Look, there is the Shunammite. 26 Run at once to meet her and say to her, ‘Is all well with you? Is all well with your husband? Is all well with the child?'” And she answered, “All is well.” 27 And when she came to the mountain to the man of God, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came to push her away. But the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for she is in bitter distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.” 28 Then she said, “Did I ask my lord for a son? Did I not say, ‘Do not deceive me?'” 29 He said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment and take my staff in your hand and go. If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not reply. And lay my staff on the face of the child.” 30 Then the mother of the child said, “As the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he arose and followed her. 31 Gehazi went on ahead and laid the staff on the face of the child, but there was no sound or sign of life. Therefore he returned to meet him and told him, “The child has not awakened.” 32 When Elisha came into the house, he saw the child lying dead on his bed. 33 So he went in and shut the door behind the two of them and prayed to the LORD. 34 Then he went up and lay on the child, putting his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. And as he stretched himself upon him, the flesh of the child became warm. 35 Then he got up again and walked once back and forth in the house, and went up and stretched himself upon him. The child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. 36 Then he summoned Gehazi and said, “Call this Shunammite.” So he called her. And when she came to him, he said, “Pick up your son.” 37 She came and fell at his feet, bowing to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out. Elisha Purifies the Deadly Stew 38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal when there was a famine in the land. And as the sons of the prophets were sitting before him, he said to his servant, “Set on the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.” 39 One of them went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine and gathered from it his lap full of wild gourds, and came and cut them up into the pot of stew, not knowing what they were. 40 And they poured out some for the men to eat. But while they were eating of the stew, they cried out, “O man of God, there is death in the pot!” And they could not eat it. 41 He said, “Then bring flour.” And he threw it into the pot and said, “Pour some out for the men, that they may eat.” And there was no harm in the pot. 42 A man came from Baal-shalishah, bringing the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And Elisha said, “Give to the men, that they may eat.” 43 But his servant said, “How can I set this before a hundred men?” So he repeated, “Give them to the men, that they may eat, for thus says the LORD, ‘They shall eat and have some left.'” 44 So he set it before them. And they ate and had some left, according to the word of the LORD. Naaman Healed of Leprosy 5 Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him the LORD had given victory to Syria. He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.1 2 Now the Syrians on one of their raids had carried off a little girl from the land of Israel, and she worked in the service of Naaman's wife. 3 She said to her mistress, “Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.” 4 So Naaman went in and told his lord, “Thus and so spoke the girl from the land of Israel.” 5 And the king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So he went, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels2 of gold, and ten changes of clothing. 6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, which read, “When this letter reaches you, know that I have sent to you Naaman my servant, that you may cure him of his leprosy.” 7 And when the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Only consider, and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me.” 8 But when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent to the king, saying, “Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come now to me, that he may know that there is a prophet in Israel.” 9 So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood at the door of Elisha's house. 10 And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored, and you shall be clean.” 11 But Naaman was angry and went away, saying, “Behold, I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call upon the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper. 12 Are not Abana3 and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage. 13 But his servants came near and said to him, “My father, it is a great word the prophet has spoken to you; will you not do it? Has he actually said to you, ‘Wash, and be clean'?” 14 So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. Gehazi's Greed and Punishment 15 Then he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and he came and stood before him. And he said, “Behold, I know that there is no God in all the earth but in Israel; so accept now a present from your servant.” 16 But he said, “As the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused. 17 Then Naaman said, “If not, please let there be given to your servant two mule loads of earth, for from now on your servant will not offer burnt offering or sacrifice to any god but the LORD. 18 In this matter may the LORD pardon your servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, leaning on my arm, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon your servant in this matter.” 19 He said to him, “Go in peace.” But when Naaman had gone from him a short distance, 20 Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “See, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not accepting from his hand what he brought. As the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.” 21 So Gehazi followed Naaman. And when Naaman saw someone running after him, he got down from the chariot to meet him and said, “Is all well?” 22 And he said, “All is well. My master has sent me to say, ‘There have just now come to me from the hill country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothing.'” 23 And Naaman said, “Be pleased to accept two talents.” And he urged him and tied up two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and laid them on two of his servants. And they carried them before Gehazi. 24 And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand and put them in the house, and he sent the men away, and they departed. 25 He went in and stood before his master, and Elisha said to him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” And he said, “Your servant went nowhere.” 26 But he said to him, “Did not my heart go when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Was it a time to accept money and garments, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, male servants and female servants? 27 Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever.” So he went out from his presence a leper, like snow. Footnotes [1] 5:1 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13 [2] 5:5 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms; a shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams [3] 5:12 Or Amana (ESV)

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Digitálni domorodci – označenie, ktoré prischlo poslednej – najmladšej generácii, ktorá si tu žije s nami po roku 2000. V digitálnom prostredí sú na jednej strane ako ryba vo vode – technologicky zruční, multitaskingoví. Na druhej vždy len ľudia – s obmedzenou kapacitou spracovania až neskutočne bohatej ponuky vnemov, s tendenciami považovať virtuálne za skutočné, hru za realitu; až po problém, že čo nie je na obrazovke smartfónu akoby ani nebolo. Čo však môže priniesť následný stret so svetom, ktorý je ohraničený najbežnejšou fyzikou, nevirtuálnymi dôsledkami virtuálnych hier? Pozrieme sa na to s expertkou na takéto presahy online sveta do toho hmatateľného offlineového. A že v ňom môže pomôcť najobyčajnejšie stretnutie s rozprávkou?   Téma pre Viktóriu Norisovú.   „Tým, že sú kompasom a návodom na život, môžu nám ukázať, ako k nemu pristupovať“. Viktória Norisová poukazuje na rolu rozprávok a ich príbehov, ktorú môžu ponúknuť pre aktuálnu dobu až revolučných zmien v oblasti IT technológií. „Rozprávky môžu byť tým, čo nás spája, čo rodičom ponúkne stráviť so svojimi deťmi kvalitný čas“, vysvetľuje.   Poukazuje pritom na skúsenosť spred dvoch storočí z obdobia veľkej priemyselnej revolúcie s príbehmi Charlesa Dickensa. „V novinách vydával na pokračovanie svoje príbehy. Tie sa kupovali, rodiny na ne čakali a stretávali sa pri ich spoločnom čítaní. Bolo to veľmi úspešné“, tvrdí odborníčka na mediálnu gramotnosť.   Nedávny výskum tímu okolo psychológa Juraja Holdoša (KU Ružomberok) prišiel so zaujímavými dátami o spolunažívaní detí a dospievajúcich s online svetom. Dáta z výskumu hovoria, že zo smartfónu sa pre väčšinu detí a dospievajúcich stalo akési centrum existencie. Do online sveta ním vstupuje viac ako 90 percent mladých – a so zvyšujúcim vekom sa ich podiel zvyšuje; a robia to „niekoľkokrát za deň, denne alebo takmer denne“.   V pracovné dni strávia na internete podľa Viktórie Norisovej viac ako štyri hodiny. Počas víkendov to ešte narastá. „Je prirodzené, že čas na sieťach stúpa. Žiaci s internetom pracujú aj v škole, majú na ňom zadania“, vysvetľuje.   Dôležité je však podľa nej aj to, čo na internete robia. „Je dôležitý obsah a rovnako miesto, kde sú na internete. Či sa deti pred rodičmi neskrývajú, alebo či dokážu otvorene hovoriť o tom, čo na internete robia“, dodáva.   Online svet poskytuje na jednej strane nesporné výhody, na druhej predstavuje aj nástrahy. Spomínaný výskum ukázal, že napríklad tretina detí a dospievajúcich zažila šikanu formou „hnusných a nepríjemných správ“. Vážnym zistením je, že veľká časť detí o nej vôbec s nikým nehovorí (29 percent).   61 percent detí a dospievajúcich vo veku medzi jedenástym a sedemnástym rokom uviedlo, že „videlo sexuálne obsahy“ a najčastejšie sa s nimi stretávajú cez internet. Tretina pritom videla tieto obsahy na pornografickej stránke a to minimálne raz za týždeň.   Aké miesto tu má rodič, učiteľ, vychovávateľ? Podľa Norisovej zodpovednosť za deti majú v prvom rade rodičia. „Trávte na internete čas spolu“, odporúča. „A rozprávajte sa o tom, čo deti zažívajú nielen vo svete reálnom, ale aj v tom virtuálnom“, dodáva.   Pomocou môže byť aj spomínané rozprávky. „Zohrávajú dôležitú úlohu pri výchove, lebo obsahujú skryté návody na život od predošlých generácií“, hovorí Norisová. Pripomína, že sú studnicou hodnôt.   „Neexistuje rozprávka, v ktorej by človek získal šťastie vďaka svojmu sebectvu alebo zákernosti. Naozajstné rozprávky učia deti odpúšťať a milovať. Boj proti krutým životným prekážkam a úskaliam neodmysliteľne patrí k životu a ak sa im človek nevyhýba a postaví sa im, prekoná ich a z boja vyjde ako víťaz“, pripomína.   V podcaste sa dozviete aj veľmi konkrétne odpovede na otázky, kedy deťom dovoliť prístup na sociálne siete, aký čas môžu tráviť na internete, aké sú prípadne príznaky jeho nadužívania, či ako viesť dospievajúcich k mediálnej gramotnosti v online priestore.   Podcast pripravil Jaroslav Barborák.

Alex Elkrief (Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Fractal Protocol) joins The Tie's Fundamental Value podcast to discuss the evolving DeFi landscape, Fractal, and building digital asset infrastructure for institutions. The information contained in this podcast is for informational purposes only and is not investment advice. The views and opinions expressed in this episode are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of The Tie, Inc. You are fully responsible for any decisions you make; The Tie Inc. is not liable for any loss or damage caused by reliance on information provided. For investment advice, consult with a registered investment advisor. Alex Elkrief LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandreelkrief/Alex Elkrief Twitter: @AElkriefFractal  Website: https://www.fractalprotocol.org/Fractal Twitter: @fractalclearingJoshua Frank Twitter: @Joshua_Frank_Joshua Frank LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-frank-56950950/The Tie Twitter: @TheTIEIOThe Tie Website: https://www.thetie.io/The Tie is the leading provider of information services for digital assets. Our core offering, The Tie Terminal, is the fastest and most comprehensive workstation for institutional digital asset investors. https://www.thetie.io/crypto-sigdev-terminal/ 

[2 Kings 4:8-10] One day Elisha went to the town of Shunem. A wealthy woman lived there, and she urged him to come to her home for a meal. After that, whenever he passed that way, he would stop there for something to eat. [9] She said to her husband, "I am sure this man who stops in from time to time is a holy man of God. [10] Let's build a small room for him on the roof and furnish it with a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp. Then he will have a place to stay whenever he comes by." Selfless people look for opportunities to _______________ others. [2 Kings 4:15-17] Call her back again," Elisha told him. When the woman returned, Elisha said to her as she stood in the doorway, [16] "Next year at this time you will be holding a son in your arms!" "No, my lord!" she cried. "O man of God, don't deceive me and get my hopes up like that." [17] But sure enough, the woman soon became pregnant. And at that time the following year she had a son, just as Elisha had said. God rewards those who are _______________________. [2 Kings 4:22-23 ESV] Then she called to her husband and said, "Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may quickly go to the man of God and come back again." [23] And he said, "Why will you go to him today? It is neither new moon nor Sabbath." She said, "All is well." Instead of giving in to _________________, turn to God for help. [2 Kings 4:26 ESV] Run at once to meet her and say to her, 'Is all well with you? Is all well with your husband? Is all well with the child?'" And she answered, "All is well." When ____________________ comes, it's time to come to God. [2 Kings 4:27-30 ESV] And when she came to the mountain to the man of God, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came to push her away. But the man of God said, "Leave her alone, for she is in bitter distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me." [28] Then she said, "Did I ask my lord for a son? Did I not say, 'Do not deceive me?'" [29] He said to Gehazi, "Tie up your garment and take my staff in your hand and go. If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not reply. And lay my staff on the face of the child." [30] Then the mother of the child said, "As the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." So he arose and followed her. God always has a ________________________ in the pain. [2 Kings 4:32-35 ESV] When Elisha came into the house, he saw the child lying dead on his bed. [33] So he went in and shut the door behind the two of them and prayed to the LORD. [34] Then he went up and lay on the child, putting his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. And as he stretched himself upon him, the flesh of the child became warm. [35] Then he got up again and walked once back and forth in the house, and went up and stretched himself upon him. The child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. God is the only one who can _______________ the unchangeable. [Job 23:10b] And when he tests me, I will come out as pure as gold.

Andrew Gibb (CFO & COO at Twinstake) joins The Tie's Fundamental Value podcast to discuss how Shanghai/Capella will impact ETH prices, building staking solutions for institutions, regulation, and the future of digital assets.The information contained in this podcast is for informational purposes only and is not investment advice. The views and opinions expressed in this episode are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of The Tie, Inc. You are fully responsible for any decisions you make; The Tie Inc. is not liable for any loss or damage caused by reliance on information provided. For investment advice, consult with a registered investment advisor. Andrew Gibb LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-gibb1/Twinstake Website: https://twinstake.io/Twinstake Twitter: @twinstake_ioJoshua Frank Twitter: @Joshua_Frank_Joshua Frank LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-frank-56950950/The Tie Twitter: @TheTIEIOThe Tie Website: https://www.thetie.io/The Tie is the leading provider of information services for digital assets. Our core offering, The Tie Terminal, is the fastest and most comprehensive workstation for institutional digital asset investors. https://www.thetie.io/crypto-sigdev-terminal/ 

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Help me to continue to make and share great Biblical content everyday.https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.comThe Result of Being Unprepared. (Matthew 22: 1-14).The Parable of the Wedding BanquetJesus spoke to them again in parables, saying“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come. “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.'  “But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business. The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them. The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.  “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.' So, the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.  “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?' The man was speechless. “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'  “For many are invited, but few are chosen.”  (Matthew 22: 1-14)Help us continue making great content for listeners everywhere.https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.comMy Amazon Author Pageamazon.com/author/jeremymccandlessJeremy McCandless is creating podcasts and devotional resources | PatreonThe LIFE Podcast - The Bible Project | Facebooklinkedin.com/in/jeremy-mccandless-68353b16

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Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Good News, Everyone!, published by jbash on March 25, 2023 on LessWrong. As somebody who's been watching AI notkilleveryoneism for a very long time, but is sitting at a bit of a remove from the action, I think I may be able to "see the elephant" better than some people on the inside. I actually believe I see the big players converging toward something of an unrecognized, perhaps unconscious consensus about how to approach the problem. This really came together in my mind when I saw OpenAI's plugin system for ChatGPT. I thought I'd summarize what I think are the major points. They're not all universal; obviously some of them are more established than others. Because AI misbehavior is likely to come from complicated, emergent sources, any attempt to "design it out" is likely to fail. Avoid this trap by generating your AI in an automated way using the most opaque, uninterpretable architecture you can devise. If you happen on something that seems to work, don't ask why; just scale it up. Overcomplicated criteria for "good" and "bad" behavior will lead to errors in both specification and implementation. Avoid this by identifying concepts like "safety" and "alignment" with easily measurable behaviors. Examples: Not saying anything that offends anybody Not unnerving people Not handing out widely and easily available factual information from a predefined list of types that could possibly be misused. Resist the danger of more complicated views. If you do believe you'll have to accept more complication in the future, avoid acting on that for as long as possible. In keeping with the strategy of avoiding errors by not manually trying to define the intrinsic behavior of a complex system, enforce these safety and alignment criteria primarily by bashing on the nearly complete system from the outside until you no longer observe very much of the undesired behavior. Trust the system to implement this adjustment by an appropriate modification to its internal strategies. (LLM post-tuning with RLxF). As a general rule, build very agenty systems that plan and adapt to various environments. Have them dynamically discover their goals (DeepMind). If you didn't build an agenty enough system at the beginning, do whatever you can to graft in agenty behavior after the fact (OpenAI). Make sure your system is crafty enough to avoid being suborned by humans. Teach it to win against them at games of persuasion and deception (Facebook). Everybody knows that an AI at least as smart as Eliezer Yudkowsky can talk its way out of any sandbox. Avoid this by actively pushing it out of the sandbox before it gets dangerously smart. You can help the fledgeling AI to explore the world earlier than it otherwise might. Provide easily identifiable, well described, easily understood paths of access to specific external resources with understandable uses and effects. Tie their introduction specifically to your work to add agency to the system. Don't worry; it will learn to do more with less later. You can't do everything yourself, so you should enlist the ingenuity of the Internet to help you provide more channels to outside capabilities. (ChatGPT plugins, maybe a bit o' Bing) Make sure to use an architecture that can easily be used to communicate and share capabilities with other AI projects. That way they can all keep an eye on one another. (Plugins again). Run a stochastic search for the best architecture for alignment by allowing end users to mix and match capabilities for their instances of your AI (Still more plugins). Remember to guard against others using your AI in ways that trigger any residual unaligned behavior, or making mistakes when they add capability to it. The best approach is to make sure that they know even less than you do about how it works inside (Increasing secrecy everywhere). Also, make sur...

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„Bál som sa ako o vlastné dieťa“ – tak reaguje Jozef Labuda, dlhoročný bývalý šéf Slovenského banského múzea v Banskej Štiavnici na ničivý požiar zo soboty. „Keď som videl, ako požiarnik z plošiny leje tie obsahy vody cez strešné okno Berggerichtu a uvedomil som si, čo je vo vnútri, tie vzácnosti, vtedy som sa strašne preľakol“.   Problémy spod pahreby zhoreniska   Aktuálne požiar v Banskej Štiavnici poodhalil aj rad problémov. Na jednej strane ide o technické vybavenie depozitov, či ich umiestnenie v nevhodných priestoroch. Na druhej neexistujúce poistenie budov v správe štátu .   „Nemáme poistené nielen zbierky, ale ani budovy“, hovorí v podcaste Ráno Nahlas Jozef Labuda, niekdajší dlhoročný riaditeľ tohto múzea. Ide o inštitúciu, ktorej zriaďovateľom je ministerstvo životného prostredia. „Je alarmujúce, že sme bez poistenia. By som povedal, že je to smrteľný hriech, veď to je strašné“, upozorňuje Labuda.   Ide podľa neho o problém, ktorý sa v rezorte životného prostredia tiahne dlho. „Neurobil to žiaden minister za posledných dvadsať rokov“, rozpráva o svojej skúsenosti Jozef Labuda, ktorý bol v Slovenskom banskom múzeu 44 rokov a značnú časť z toho bol aj jeho riaditeľom. „Moja prvá návšteva ministerstva po voľbách v roku 2020 už štátneho tajmoníka Smatanu bola práve v tejto veci“, hovorí bývalý riaditeľ.   Problémom je fakt, že poistenie pamiatkových budov a kultúrnych zbierok neraz s nevyčísliteľnou hodnotou, je drahé. „Pre samotné poistenie poisťovne vyžadovali splnenie prísnych noriem, ktoré boli i finančne náročné“, vysvetľuje.   Rezort kultúry mal v tomto podľa Labudu šťastie. Tesne pred požiarom hradu Krásna Hôrka poistil aspoň budovy vo svojej pôsobnosti. Banská Štiavnica je naviac aj v zozname UNESCO. „Aj v kontexte iných múzeí sme vzhľadom k evidencii v UNESCO výkladnou skriňou tohto štátu, chodí nám tu celý svet, malo by sa to odraziť aj vo finančnej podpore v rezorte životného prostredia“, poukazuje Labuda.   Nepoučili sme sa z minulosti Podľa Jozefa Labudu sme sa ani v prípade najnovšieho nešťastia v Banskej Štiavnici nepoučili z minulosti. Mesto má za sebou mnoho ničivých požiarov, naši predkovia aj preto robili medzi domami tzv. požiarne uličky. „Tie sa však vytratili“, konštatuje Labuda.   Nad mestom bola okrem známych tajchov aj vodná nádrž, ktorá okrem iného zabezpečovala dostatok vody pre mestské kašny. „Tie slúžili aj pre prípad požiarov“, poukazuje Jozef Labuda.   Banská Štiavnica symbolických hlavným mestom Slovenska   Postihnutá Banská Štiavnica by sa podľa Jozefa Labudu mohla v týchto dňoch stať aj akými symoblickým hlavným mestom krajiny. A to aspoň z pohľadu prúdiacej solidarity a pomoci. „Keď som videl, čo sa robí vo Francúzku po požiari v Notre Dame, koľko Francúzov a bohatých ľudí poskytlo pomoc, očakával by som rovnakú pomoc zo strany Slovákov. Pre obnovu hodnôt, ktoré nám zanechali predkovia“, vyzýva Labuda.   Podcast pripravil Jaroslav Barborák.

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Christ is fiercely protective of all of his children from any that would harm them in any way. - SERMON TRANSCRIPT - Turn in your Bible to Mark chapter 9. We continue in our study of this glorious gospel, Mark 9: 42-50. In this sober passage, Jesus calls on His people to a radical warfare against sin. He uses extreme language. He warns the worlds not to lure His little ones into sin, and He warns His own people to fight their own sin in the most extreme way, even to the point of cutting off a hand or a foot, or a plucking out of an eye if any of them should cause you to sin. And why? Because Jesus tells of the infinite danger of hell, a place of eternal torment, where the worm does not die and the fire's never quenched. So the question comes up in my mind now, what role should the fear of hell fire play in a person's salvation? In past centuries, it was a dominant theme. People understood and feared hell, and they sought to be delivered from hell. Martin Luther was terrified of hell growing up. When caught in an electrical storm in the middle of a field in Germany, he fell down into the mud, and cried aloud for deliverance from that immediate danger, lest he should be thrown into hell, having been struck by lightning, a far greater torment awaited. He made a pledge to become a monk, so that he should escape the terrors of hell. John Bunyan, in his allegory, Pilgrim's Progress, an allegory of the Christian life on its journey, he focuses on an individual who he'd come to know as Christian in the allegory. He begins his story in a place called the City of Destruction. He finds out, by reading a book in his hand, that the city is liable for the wrath of God, and he wants to flee the wrath of God, but he doesn't know where to go. He doesn't know where he can run to flee the wrath of God. So this begins his pilgrimage. Clearly, Bunyan thought the fear of hell was a reasonable motive for beginning the Christian journey. Jonathan Edwards, during a time of awakening, went to Enfield, Connecticut, a place that had missed out on the revival for various reasons. He went there and preached the most famous sermon in American church history, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, in which he makes it very plain, the terrors of hell, and the justice of God in sending the damned to hell. The people were savingly worked upon by this fear. It was, for them, a reason to flee to Christ. But nowadays, I think very few people hear a hellfire and brimstone sermon. It's just a very rare thing in our parts these days. It's mocked, it's derided, it's spoken of in culture. I think it's Satan's work to warn preachers like me off from preaching a text like this as it's written. But I believe if Jesus were here today, He would not shrink back from warning each of you of the terrors of hell. He would not shrink back from describing it to you. In fact, I think He's doing that in the text today, in the timeless Word of God. I believe that this motive of fear, of deep fear, is in line with what God worked at Mount Sinai with His people. As you remember, in Exodus 19 and 20, as He gets the people ready to receive the law of God, the 10 Commandments,[Exodus 19: 16 -19], the scene is set and described for us. There is thunder and lightning and a thick cloud on the top of the mountain, a very loud trumpet blast, and everyone in the camp trembled. Moses led the people out of the camp to meet with God at the foot of the mountain. Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the Lord had descended on it, and fire and smoke billowed up from it, like smoke from a furnace. The whole mountain trembled violently, and the trumpets sounded louder and louder. Then, Moses spoke to God, and God spoke to the people. He proclaimed in their hearing, in a voice that was so loud and so terrifying that they begged after they heard it, to never hear that voice again unless they should die. God proclaimed the 10 Commandments, beginning with this, “I am the Lord your God who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me.” Then the rest of the nine commandments that followed. Interestingly, He says in Exodus 20:20, these words, "Do not fear. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you, to keep you from sinning.” In some sense, you could say that's the most illogical paragraph you'd ever find, “Do not fear”. It's like God, it seems like the only thing you're going after here, today is fear. But even within the statement, “Do not fear, God has come to test you so that the fear of God will keep you from sinning.” In effect, He's saying, "Fearing me and fearing sin, you need fear nothing else. But if you don't fear me and you don't fear sin, you need to fear everything." Or how much more I think, Jesus' words. I think that's what He's working here, the same kind of thing. As John Newton put it was, "Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, in grace my fear is relieved." I think we skip that first step. What fear could there be? Oh, there's a very real fear. There should be a very real fear, a fear of hell. Fear of eternal conscious torment is God's just punishment for our breaking His laws. But if you fear God properly, you'll flee to Christ the Savior from the penalty of sin, which is hell. You'll flee to Christ, and you'll find deliverance from that penalty. And then fearing sin properly, you'll again, flee to Christ, who is the deliverer from the presence and practice of sin as well. That's what I think Jesus is working in us today. This passage calls us to a radical warfare against temptation and against sin. What do I mean by radical? The word radical comes from the Latin word “radix”, which means “root”, like the root of a plant. There are two senses of the word radical in the way we use the word now. The first is, radical means having to do with basic foundational principles, going to the purest essence of the thing, what is elementary and intrinsic to the thing itself. The purest essence of the thing is what's radical, meaning, the original root nature. And here, it's discipleship, radical discipleship. What goes to the root of it? It should be a hatred of sin and a warring against it. It's a radical warfare to the essence of discipleship. Radical secondly though, means sometimes, extreme, or intense, or fanatical, or revolutionary. So I want to just combine them, and let's take them as both radical, something both fundamental and fanatical. Something that is both intrinsic, but also intense. Something that is elemental, but also extreme. Jesus is taking the basic, the purest basic aspects of discipleship and extending them to their logical conclusions when it comes to sin. And what is discipleship? Go back to Mark 8: 34-37, Jesus said, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it. But whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good would it be for a man if he should gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?" Or, what would a man give in exchange for his soul? Why would you forfeit your soul? What's the threat against your soul? It is sin, and the temptation that leads to sin. That's the threat. The temptations, Peter tells us, wage war against your soul [1 Peter 2:11]. Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers, to abstain from the passions of the flesh which wage war against your soul. This text, as we're going to walk through it, is a radical call to warfare against sin, and there are other themes as well as we'll walk through them. "What's the threat against your soul? It is sin, and the temptation that leads to sin." Now, before I do, I want to say a word about the manuscripts. I hardly ever mention the manuscripts, but some of you may have been sharp-eyed to notice that a couple of verses didn't get read. Or maybe you didn't notice. So go ahead and look on the page of your paper Bibles. I don't know what your electronic Bibles do. But you'll notice perhaps, that verse 44 and verse 46 just aren't even there. Wait a minute, I thought Jesus said, "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away." How do these float away? It's because we don't have the original Gospel of Mark. What we have are copies that were made in subsequent centuries. So, we come along later, archeologists find those old manuscripts, and they present them to the libraries of the world. Then, scientists, technologists, come along and study the various manuscripts, and put together what they think is the best guess, or the best scholarly approximation of the original Gospel of Mark. These manuscripts, the oldest and best manuscripts, don't have verse 44 and 46. All they are, the footnote will tell you what it is, it says again and then again and again, where the worm does not die and the fire is not quenched. That's all it says. That's what's dropped out. So the meaning of the passage doesn't change. What happened was, I think some of the monks, they meant well, but they want to help us out. They kind of doubled down on that, “the worm does not die and the fire's not quenched” statement. They doubled down again, and they added it, but it isn't there originally. So I just wanted to say that about manuscripts. Praise God, there's no significant Christian doctrine, or even insignificant doctrine, hanging in the balance on manuscript studies. But we're grateful for brothers and sisters that do a good job at presenting to us the best manuscripts, and then coordinating so we can understand the original text. So that explains that. If anybody want to come and say what you think went on with verse 44 and 46 and you have your theory, I'd like to listen. I. Jesus Warns About Temptation Let's dig in now and walk through it, as Jesus warns about temptation. Look at verse 42, "If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone tied around his neck." At this point, Jesus is looking beyond His people to the world, and He's speaking to the world. There's a warning for us too as we read it. It's a universal warning to anyone would tempt His children. It is in the spirit of God's fierce protection of His people. When He said in the Old Testament, "If anyone touches my people, it's like they're touching the apple of my eye." Like you're poking your finger in God's eye if you do anything to His people, He wants to protect them. It's fierce in His protection. Jesus is like an eagle fiercely protecting his nest and his young. What does He have in mind? The immediate conversation here, as you remember from last week, is the disciples are arguing about which of them was the greatest. That the statement was inevitably going to lead them into sin, and it was going to lead them into pride, and jealousy, and negative feelings about each other. He's warning them not to tempt each other, but the real enemy here is outside the gates, outside the camp, it's the world. We know that from the parallel passage of Matthew 18: 6-7. There, Jesus said, "If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea. Woe to the worlds because of the things that cause people to sin. Such things must come but woe to the man through whom they come." He is warning the world about the way that they bring assaults and temptations on His own people. The world there, is the alluring system of enticements and assaults on our soul, a system of temptations. Temptations to sexual sin by internet images and porn sites, and elicit services, designed to connect people with sex workers. Woe to the world because of that. Temptations to greed and materialism by constant ads and appeals to our base nature of restless discontentment. Yearning to satisfy by owning something else, something we don't possess yet, so that we're greedy for more. Woe to the world because of that. Temptations to power, temptations to rage, temptations to blasphemy, worldly entertainment. All of these alluring things in the world system, what 1 John 2:15 calls the world is “the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, the boastful pride of life.” Woe to the world because of those things. Woe is a judgment, a prophetic judgment is coming on the world because of these evil things. We believe Satan is behind that worldly system of allure, allurements and enticements. He's in a very dark intelligent way, managing the world to lure people into sin. Here, or in Matthew 18:7, especially, Jesus is focusing on the human agents of temptation. They're human beings behind it. There is a person or a group of people, a team of engineers behind these websites and these electronic enticements. Someone is out there writing algorithms to ensnare you, and feed you what you already want to hear, to stoke your ego. They're going to try to monetize it, but they also want to allure you into what they're doing, so that you use their thing. Someone is plotting, and planning, and executing a system of temptations. It's not accidental. Men and women are using their marketing skills, and their psychological knowledge, and their programming acumen, and their scientific knowledge, to entrap other people and make them do what they want them to do. Woe to the world because of that. I was watching some time ago, a documentary about the tobacco industry, and their lies about the addictive nature of their products a number of decades ago, and how their chemists actually studied how to make the tobacco products more addictive. How they could deliver the addictive chemicals to the human body more effectively and make it more addictive. I think actually, programmers of video games, and others trying to do that, they want, they actually advertise that they're addictive. It means that it's a really good game, it's addictive. They want their things to go viral, meaning that, more and more people will be addicted to the things that they are crafting. These are the human agents of temptation. Not to mention those things that are openly spoken of as addictive, such as the opioid chemicals that are pouring across our borders, like fentanyl, and they're ravaging communities and killing thousands of people. Some chemists worked on those recipes. They used their intelligence to come up with them, they didn't just fall out of the poppy plant. Then, drug cartels are using their knowledge and skills and intelligence to deliver them so that people are increasingly addicted, and they don't care if they die. The drug epidemic, I think, is just a picture of sin in general. Sin is addictive and it leads to death. It's literal, but it's also a bit of a metaphor, a parable for what we're talking about here with sin. Jesus says, concerning those human agents, "It would be better for them to have a large millstone tied around their neck, and be thrown in the depths of the sea." It's a heavy millstone, like the kind used by a donkey, not a little hand mill that a woman would use in the kitchen, but we're talking one of those big ones, tons of weight put around these tempters to be drowned in the depths of the sea. Drowning is a terrible death, one of the worst ways to die. The millstone would weigh several tons, they were tied around your neck, and you're thrown in the deepest part of the ocean. You'll be dragged down, ever down, always down, and your lungs bursting, just yearning for oxygen, until at last, you expire, very painfully. Jesus is using extreme language here, warning the world concerning temptations, but He also wants His children to deal with their own temptations, to deal with their own sins. Look at verses 43-47, "If your hand caused you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell where the fire never goes out. And if your foot cause you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and to be thrown into hell. And if your eye cause you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and to be thrown into hell." He's calling on a radical warfare against our own lusts. Jesus is using hyperbole; "If even your own hand causes you to stumble." It's a stumbling stone in the Greek, or the KJV says, "offends you." Spurgeon, when preaching on this said, "If something offends God, it should offend you." It should be obvious, I would hope it's obvious to us, that He's not speaking literally here, in terms of cutting off your actual physical hand, or cutting off your actual physical foot, or plucking out your actual physical eye. Sometime ago in Mark 7, Jesus made it plain. In Mark 7:18, "Nothing that enters a man from the outside can make him unclean." And then in that same passage, Mark 7, 23:23, He said, "What comes out of a man is what makes him unclean, for from within out of men's hearts come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance, and folly." All these evils come from inside and these are what make a man unclean. So your hand cannot make you sin, neither can your foot or your eye. Sadly, in church history, there were some individuals that took statements like this and some others, literally, especially in terms of sexual immorality, and maimed themselves, made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of God. Others were ascetic monks who took on a very harsh lifestyle, harsh against the physical body, believing that that would guarantee holiness. But the consistent testimony of these very individuals when they're honest, was that they still dealt with lust every bit as much as ever before. Sin resides in the heart, and expresses itself in the life, in the lifestyle. It starts in the heart and expresses itself as in terms of how we live. I think these three parts of the body represent that. The hand represents what you do. The eye represents what you look at. The foot represents where you go, or even how you live. So whatever you touch, whatever you look at, wherever you go, be radically committed to holiness. That's what he's saying here. You need to study your lifestyle. You need to look at how it's actually going for you, what's actually happening in your life. Whenever you do fall into temptation and sin, whenever you violate your conscience, you need to trace it back to the root, and find out what Satan did, and what the world did to allure. How did the world and the devil conspire with your inner lusts to produce that outcome? Too often we just say, “I'm forgiven”, and we don't say, "What did Satan do to get me? What did the world do to get me?" If you see that your habits in a certain way are consistently leading you into sin, you should do whatever it takes to cut that out of your life. Jesus said, we should pray in the Lord's prayer, "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.” This is the best translation of that. Deliver us from Satan. Satan, don’t lead us not into temptation, but don't lead yourself into temptation. That's the point. Don't lead yourself. Don't be foolish. I'm going to stop, and as I've been doing the last minute or so, I'm going to apply it right now, as we hear these words. Is there any pattern of your life that the Holy Spirit is testifying with your spirit right now is a problem. It consistently leads you into sin. Cut it out of your life. That's what He's saying. You might do it with the digital world, as I mentioned. It might have to do with your use of technology, your smartphone, or websites that you go to, social media that you use. Are you addicted to anything that's dragging you inevitably into sin again and again? You know the truth. You should be willing to ask yourself hard questions about your lifestyle, and cut out anything leading you to sin. "Are you addicted to anything that's dragging you inevitably into sin again and again? You know the truth. You should be willing to ask yourself hard questions about your lifestyle, and cut out anything leading you to sin." As we quoted many times before, Psalm 139, 23:24, "Search me oh God, and know my heart. Test me and know my anxious thoughts." See if there's any offensive way in me and lead me in the way everlasting.” Why? Why the urgency? Because of the danger of hell, that’s why. Look at verse 43, "If your hand cause you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell where the fire never goes out." Where the fire never goes out. Verse 45, "If your foot caused you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and to be thrown into hell.” Verse 47, 48, "If your eye caused you to sin, pluck it out. It's better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched."Again in verse 49, "Everyone will be salted with fire." I really do believe Jesus truly means to terrify us toward holiness. However we harmonize that with our theology, however we seek to harmonize that with Romans 8:1, "There's therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." Romans 5:1, "Since we've been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." You excuse yourself quickly and glibly from this at your own peril. II. Jesus Warns About Hell There are twelve mentions of hell in the New Testament. Eleven of them are by Jesus. He is the loving shepherd of our souls. Though there is no clear teaching on the nature of hell as eternal conscious torment in the Old Testament, yet Jesus does pick up one of the two Old Testament verses that tends in that direction. The final verse of the book of Isaiah, that magnificent prophecy ends with this terrifying verse. The last verse, Isaiah 66:24. "And they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me. Their worm will not die and nor will their fire be quenched and they will be loathsome to all mankind." That's how Isaiah ends. The final word in the book of Isaiah. Jesus picks it up and quotes it here. The concept there was that the worm represents, I think, the decay of the body in the grave, and there's always work for the worm to do. In God, we live and move and have our being. So God sustains the damned in hell. They don't cease to exist. There continues to be work for the worm. He sustains the worm, it doesn't cease to exist, and He sustains the fire. It doesn't go out. The fire of judgment never goes out, it just keeps burning. Isaiah had mentioned earlier in his prophecy[Is.30:33], the fire pit of Topheth, a place where the garbage was put, and in Jesus day it was Gehenna, where it's just burning forever. Isaiah 33:14, "The sinners in Zion are terrified, trembling grips the godless. Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?" Then the prophet, Daniel, gives another of the only indications of hell and the nature of hell, in Daniel 12:2, "Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt." But that's it, in the Old Testament. It was left to Jesus to teach us about hell. It was given to Jesus to reveal the terrors of hell. It is reasonable, it is right for Him to be the one to do so. First of all, because He is the judge of all the earth. It is He that will sit on our case on Judgment Day when all the nations are gathered before Him and He'll separate the people into two categories, sheep and goats, believers, unbelievers. He has the power to consign us to hell. He is the judge. John the Baptist made it clear as he began preaching about Jesus in Matthew 3:12, "His winnowing fork is in His hand and he will clear His threshing floor, gathering up the wheat into His barn, and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire." It's also reasonable for Jesus to be the one to teach us about hell, because He drank hell in our place on the cross. Jesus is the only escape from hell. He's the only refuge there is from this judgment of hell. The way He became a refuge for us is by drinking hell Himself on the cross. That was the cup He shrank back from in Gethsemane. If we minimize hell, if we say it doesn't exist, we're minimizing what Jesus achieved on the cross. Jesus went out in front of us, our good shepherd, and laid down His life under the wrath of God, that we might not have to suffer the torments of hell. Jesus has the right to teach us about hell, because He will experience it more than anyone else ever. Because He experienced hell for all of the elect, in every generation, every tribe, language, people, and nation, all of it poured down on Him by the justice of His father. So it seems reasonable that God, that Jesus, as God's final word [Hebrews 1], the final word, that it should be given to Jesus to teach us about hell. He did teach it consistently, as a place of eternal conscious torment in the “sheep and the goat’s" passage, Matthew 25:41, He will say, "Depart from me, you who are cursed into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels." It's a place of eternal shame and regret and pain. In Matthew 8:12, Jesus said, "The subjects of the kingdom be thrown outside into the darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." Again, Matthew 22:13, "Tie them hand in foot, and throw them outside into the darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." Then in that terrifying and powerful parable, the rich man and Lazarus [Luke 16,] the rich man is sent to hell, and it says, "In hell where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side. So he called him, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me, send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.'" The rich man also has memory of his past life and regret, which Father Abraham calls to his mind. Abraham said, "Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he's comforted here and you're in agony." The damned in hell will remember their lives and details about their lives. He was aware he had brothers that were living the same kind of selfish, wicked life he had lived, and he has regrets about that. It's a place from which there's no escape in that parable. "No one can cross over,” Abraham says, "Besides this, between us and you, there's a great chasm that's been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.” That's the basis of this, that Jesus uses that rational evaluation that we studied earlier. What would it profit someone if they should gain the whole world yet forfeit their soul? To forfeit your soul means to be consigned to hell. That's the danger. It's what it means to lose your soul. Therefore, Jesus is extending it to your lifestyle now. There is nothing that is too hard for you to cut out of your life if it inevitably causes you to sin. Nothing. Even if it's your right hand, your right eye, or your foot. No matter how radical, whatever you need to do to be holy. Some Christians balk at this, at many levels. They balk at the concept of hell as eternal conscious torment. They argue that it's disproportionate for God to judge in eternity, what people did in time. It seems unjust to them. Some, like John Stott, an otherwise faithful teacher of the word of God, teach a doctrine called annihilationism. The idea is, that the damned cease to exist after a time. They are consumed, they're destroyed, and they cease to exist. But the quote here directly opposes that, ‘the worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.” Why? Because there's still work for the worm and the fire to do. It's eternal conscious torment. Conscious, because the rich man knew what he was going through, “Son, remember that in your life . . . “. Furthermore, there's a parallelism set up at the end of the “sheep and the goat” passage, “Then these will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.” In other words, the punishment is as eternal as the life that the righteous get is. So annihilationism is a false teaching, no matter who teaches it. By application, what must you do to be holy? What does it take for you to live a holy life? What sin patterns in your life are growing in you like a tumor? You have to look at it. III. Jesus Warns Against Worldliness Jesus continues, and He warns about worldliness in verse 50,"Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again?" And then says, "Have salt in yourselves." In order to understand this, and it's an interesting shift, and I don't fully understand it. It's good when pastors say, I don't know. I don't know how we went from fire to “salt is good”, but it's just the concept of salt. Now He's saying, “Let's talk about your relationship with the world." This is clear in the Sermon in the Mount, when Jesus says, "You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It's no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden." People don't light a lamp and put it under a bowl, so He is talking about our impact on the world. Salt is a preservative. It keeps corruption from spreading through the meat. Salted meat lasts a long, long time compared to just regular raw meat, because it's a desiccant, the moisture's dried up, and then the bacteria can't form, et cetera. That's how it works. How does salt lose its saltiness? Chemists will tell you, sodium chloride is one of the most stable molecules on earth. It’s solid, it’s stable, it’s not going anywhere. So how does it lose its saltiness? It gets mixed with other things. Back in Jesus' day, the thing that salt would be mixed in would be gypsum. You get enough of that mixed in, salt is not doing its job, it's lost its impact, and it's worthless. The idea then really is, to look at what He's talking about. Are we, as Christians, influencing the world for holiness, or is the world influencing us by its corruptions? That's the question that fits the context here. That's the question we have to ask as Christians. The image here is worldliness. The remedy is, as Romans 12:2 says, "Do not be conformed to the pattern of this world. Be transformed by the renewing of your minds." We're transformed by the Word of God, and we take passages, like the one I'm preaching on right now, seriously, and actually live them out, and if so, we will have a powerful impact on the world through our holiness. That's the connection. IV. Jesus Pleads for Loving Unity Jesus ends this passage by pleading for loving unity. We go back to the disciples arguing about which of them is the greatest. Putting it all together, one of the things He's saying in this passage is, you want to be great, be great in holiness. Be great in holiness. Put sin to death. Be holy. That's, you want to be great. He's going to say, be a servant. We've said that before, and we'll teach it again in next chapter, be holy. Then He says, "Stop arguing with each other. Be at peace with each other. Don't ruffle each other's feathers.” Jesus has told them about this, and He is saying, "Look, you need to be at peace with each other, to love each other." Galatians 5: 13-15 says, "Serve one another in love. The entire law is summed up in a single command. Love your neighbor as yourself." If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out, or you'll be destroyed by each other. That's ugly. Don't be like that. Don't be in competition with other people. When you see another person driving out a demon in Jesus' name, say, "He's on our side." Whoever's not against us is for us. Don't be jealous of what he's achieving. We're all part of one body. If one part of the body is honored, the whole body is honored with it. I boiled this down into this one statement, Do not ask, "How am I greater than my brother?", but ask, "How can I make my brother greater?" Because in his or her greatness, in their service to God, we are going to be honored by that. We're going to be blessed. We want our brothers and sisters successful in holiness and successful in ministry. Whatever I can do to help you be successful, I'll be honored by that on Judgment Day. So do not ask, "Am I greater than my brother? How am I greater than my brother?" But ask, "How can I make my brothers and sisters greater?” V. Lessons Some final lessons. I've already given some applications through, but let's finish. First and foremost, I just plead with anyone who came in here today, as yet outside of Christ, flee to Christ while there's time. Hell is real. Jesus warned us again and again about it. Christ drank the cup of hell on the cross, that we would not have to experience it. Going back to Martin Luther on the topic, is it right for us to fear hell in order to be saved? He would say, absolutely. This is what he wrote, "I did not learn my theology all at once, but I had to search deeper for it where my temptations took me. I followed where my temptations took me." Then he said, "Not understanding, reading, or speculation, but living, nay, dying and being damned makes someone a theologian." Picture yourself dying and being damned. Then you wake up and you're still alive. I would think you'd study theology at that point. That's what Luther is saying. So it is reasonable to fear hell and learn Christ, come to Christ. That's what Jesus did for us on the cross, stood in our place and took that lightning strike of the wrath of God, so flee to Him. And then, Romans 8:1, which I quoted earlier, will be true of you, “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” But if you're saying to me, "Pastor, we don't need to worry about hell, because for me, there's no condemnation." You need to keep reading Romans 8, you stopped too soon. There's a comma there. When there's a comma, I would suggest you keep reading. There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. And in whom the righteous commandments of the law are fully met in us who live the spirit-filled. He says, "The mind of the flesh is death and it's hostile to God." And that's not you, if you are those of whom it said there's no condemnation. It culminates in, effectively the same teaching, only in Paul's language. "If you live according to the flesh, you will die. But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live, because those who are led by the spirit of God, these are the children of God." So you want to know, am I justified? Have my sins been forgiven? Look at your life. Is there a pattern of holiness in your life? Is there a pattern of putting sin to death by the Spirit in your life? John Owen put it this way, "Be killing sin or sin will be killing you." The kind of violent language that Jesus uses here, sin already has that attitude toward you. Sin's already coming after you. Trying to destroy you, destroy your marriage, destroy your family, to destroy your church membership, destroy your career, destroy your body. It wants you. It's already coming after you. It's already wanting to kill you. You need to turn around and kill it. It's warfare, and you do it by the Spirit. John Owen said, "The life, vigor, and comfort of our spiritual life depends much on our mortification of sin." He also said, "There's not a day, but sin foils or is foiled, prevails or is prevailed upon, and it will be so whilst we live in this world." You can't get out of it. Sin doesn't take a vacation. Actually, sin's especially active when you're on vacation, I've noticed. So no, there's no day off. We have to fight it, and we do it by the power of the Spirit. Close with me in prayer. Father, these are sober words that your Son gave us. We are grateful for them. We know that they're true. Jesus only ever spoke the truth. I pray that we would take sin seriously and put it to death. I pray that those who are, as yet, outside of Christ, would fear and flee, and find forgiveness in Christ. Father, I pray that you would help us to be honest about our lifestyles. Be honest about the things that we cuddle to ourselves. And if some of them are vipers, help us to cast them away lest they bite us. Oh God, give us the courage to put these verses into practice, and to be clear about the things that we are doing that are dishonoring you, and putting them to death by the Spirit. In Jesus' name, Amen.