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What does it mean to be a Christian? Well Paul answered this way: "You, however, are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you." So a Christian is a person in whom the Spirit of God dwells. And as Paul wrote, "anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Him." So what does it mean to be a Christian? It means that the Spirit of God lives in you. And it is his presence in you that makes you new and different. So let me ask, do you have the Spirit of God living in you? If so, you are a Christian. You belong to Jesus. And that's good news

Pastor Newms: [0:11] All right we're they can hear us.   Pastor Bill: [0:13] Cool we said it's so weird.   Pastor Newms: [0:19] Although the little weekly episode thing didn't didn't show for some reason.   Pastor Bill: [0:29] The image that's weird.   Pastor Newms: [0:43] I don't remember what button it is to look at the other thing to launch there's a button I can press and it lets me edit a screen while I'm displaying a different screen. Try to see why but I don't know how to do it for some reason. Like I can't.   Pastor Bill: [1:53] With our faces live.   Pastor Newms: [1:54] Yeah or else it'll restart the countdown.   Pastor Bill: [1:57] Why was there one-and-a-half countdowns in that.   Pastor Newms: [2:02] Where did we have ready.   Pastor Bill: [2:02] You know just want to show everybody has plenty of time to show up.   Pastor Newms: [2:08] Divided we have 17 and a half thingies why was there 45 minutes of countdown Newms was playing with stuff again.   [2:20] Hey go go big or go home man.   Pastor Bill: [2:27] That is the Texas motto go big or go back to California that's just that's how we roll. It's already people have been moving here from California its rear.   Pastor Newms: [2:39] And the funny thing is like California is claiming it's not happening they're like no one's actually leaving I saw.   Pastor Bill: [2:50] People are showing up all the time from California in Texas I just moved here from California.   Pastor Newms: [2:56] I saw this news article it was like the great California migration is not actually happening and I was like. Huh that's interesting all right I don't even want to read the article because yeah. Hmm. Well it's one of those percentages let's look at percentages the number of people that are leaving really isn't that big it just feels like it's huge because.   Pastor Bill: [3:34] It's a feel the impact here. Of all the people who are coming to Texas from other states it feels like the majority of them are coming from California.   Pastor Newms: [3:49] And there's this other thing going on right now in New York it was Morgan's the CEO of Morgan Stanley I think it was released this thing about how, they are not going to continue. Employees cannot expect to make New York rates if they're not working in New York. Because during the pandemic you know a lot of people won't work from home and then a lot of people moved because companies are like we're going to go to work from home. As a benefit you know blah blah blah and now some companies are like okay it's time to come back and people are like.   [4:39] Or I don't want to and they're like okay well we're not going to pay you the same because if you're not having his argument was if you're not having to pay to live in New York why should I pay you like you live in New York. And it was like I was like hmm. Well obviously we now know why the CEO of Stanley Morgan house and the CEO of Stanley Morgan pays his employees which is bare minimum hey they can see your face now I didn't do any countdown for you they can see your face now.   Pastor Bill: [5:17] Cool I'm clean my glasses for like the last three minutes.   Pastor Newms: [5:20] It was literally like one second but I was just like hmm.   Pastor Bill: [5:28] Okay so officially welcome to the live recording of season 3 episode 37 of the Berean Manifesto; Faith, Hope, and Love for the Modern Christian if you're listening to this as a podcast that has been proved recorded, then you are invited to come join us on Sunday evenings at 6:30 p.m. Central Standard Time, most Sundays we take a Sunday off here or there from time to time but it's rare that we take a Sunday off and we would love for you to come and watch live as we broadcast, Pastor Newms and myself recording this podcast you can do that on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch. We used to have Periscope before they went Belly Up, and hopefully Twitter will follow suite because that is a dark place with lots of hurting people that want to hurt, and so.   Pastor Newms: [6:35] It's cuz the moderation is so low the the the community guidelines allow for so much it's kind of like.   Pastor Bill: [6:43] It's bad man.   Pastor Newms: [6:44] It's kind of like super super publicized Reddit because Twitter allows pretty much anything.   Pastor Bill: [6:53] I never go onto Twitter the only stuff that shows all the Twitter from my stuff is stuff that's pushed their from other places as an automatic push I never go to Twitter to post I never go to Twitter to read I, I got disgusted by Twitter a very long time ago, and I think Matt Smith's doctor said it best when he said Twitter so.   Pastor Newms: [7:25] Which I updated my pops and one of them wrong side is an adipose.   Pastor Bill: [7:34] Barely see that yeah.   Pastor Newms: [7:35] I know I tried to install some nice lighting.   Pastor Bill: [7:39] There you go now I can see it.   Pastor Newms: [7:40] And I thought it was going to work and it doesn't and shows up really really bad in stream and then I tried to mess with it.   Pastor Bill: [7:46] You're with your red lights off I can actually see the axe now.   Pastor Newms: [7:52] Which makes no sense because the whole reason why we did it was because you couldn't see it two weeks ago.   Pastor Bill: [7:59] So what it looks like right now is that you painted the shape of an axe in vanta black 2.0 onto the desk that's what it looks like.   Pastor Newms: [8:10] Totally not the case hey you want to see how fast we get band off YouTube.   Pastor Bill: [8:16] Pretty quick if you keep swinging that around.   Pastor Newms: [8:18] Sorry I just thought about that, one of my favorite channels on YouTube actually got demonetized this week and the.   Pastor Bill: [8:27] Oh no.   Pastor Newms: [8:28] The two people that run the channel were crying effectively because.   Pastor Bill: [8:34] Such a mat such a Minefield trying to monetize your YouTube and then, these companies it data either don't make it clear enough or people just don't think to hire a lawyer to read the community guidelines to explain to them.   Pastor Newms: [8:50] Well that's.   Pastor Bill: [8:51] Isn't isn't acceptable.   Pastor Newms: [8:52] This particular show like this particular channel is so big that they actually get approval from YouTube before anything is posted, so they go through an approval approval process to post so every video they submit it, they wait and then it gets approved and that's after the editors that they have that they've hired, actually go in and put extra stuff and you know the whole nine and, so all of their videos are approved by YouTube and then someone went in, and demonetized in one day 3/4 of their backlog and they post multiple videos a day and it, they've made it their entire, you know social media is their entire career it's a it's a I don't even think their fiance's it's MRX play, MRX plays and he does streaming and she does streaming and then they have a channel together where they do stuff and they're both on Twitch and you know there, they're funny and.   [10:09] It's it's so it was so heartbreaking because I saw like the thumbnail you know they do the click bait thumbnails it's one of the things they're known for and so you're like who who's and and I was like, wait why is she crying that's not a fun clickbait thumbnail usually it's like something that's, borderline inappropriate with like a thing over it so that way it's not not inappropriate like you and you're like I um, and and they were just on their crying because, angry angry and crying and you know just everything because their entire Channel and they actually showed screenshots of it and it was like just due to do to all of them demonetised and then there'd be one that wasn't, and then all of them and then one that wasn't for some reason and it's just like. And all of them had been approved gone through the approval it's just social media and making a career out of it is rough and, you know every now and then I think about it I'm like I think I could do that I think we could I think I can get and then I see stuff like that I'm like I don't wanna, I'll stick to my day job like.   Pastor Bill: [11:30] Have the rug pulled out from underneath you like that is.   Pastor Newms: [11:34] And I know no logic behind it is the other frustrating thing you know there's no, it's like I was talking to another friend of mine who's working on a game and he's like we're going to have it's a streamer based game and I was like oh that's great and sounds great and he's like and we're going to have you know one of the aspects is you can play, music because people like to play and I was like what kind and it's like oh well it's drm-free, you know licensed and allow and you're like well, just so you know twitch keeps popping people for that still because it's close enough to a regular song that their algorithm picks it up and pops them Cyberpunk 2077 went through that where they had to, there was a setting that was like monetized or demonetized. Music and then people were still getting popped for having music and it's like so the world of social media is a Minefield to say the least, trying to make a, anything out of it you're trying to make money off of it.   Pastor Bill: [12:53] Yeah.   Pastor Newms: [12:55] Or have people find your stuff either way you know.   [13:05] Yeah and that's the other thing if your if your stuff is not mocked the monetized stuff of course gets recommended more often than the demonetized stuff so you know, anyway how was your week Pastor Bill.   Pastor Bill: [13:21] You're supposed to say about your week first otherwise I get all off track and.   Pastor Newms: [13:25] I just did a 13-minute diatribe on something completely different do I really have to.   Pastor Bill: [13:30] How was your week Pastor Newms.   [13:42] Dollar dollar hay dolor de la a $8,000 $8,000.   Pastor Newms: [13:49] See he claims it folks you all saw it and heard it something anyway that was pretty good busy I changed my office around a little bit, like I said I refresh to the behind me I installed lights that don't actually work let's count you you want to you want to play don't count.   Pastor Bill: [14:06] Let's count the screens - uno dos tres cuatro cinco.   Pastor Newms: [14:11] So so and then and then I did this.   Pastor Bill: [14:15] Go screens.   Pastor Newms: [14:17] And it just it I don't I hate it I don't like it at all.   Pastor Bill: [14:24] Is there a is there a Min because because the podcast version they can't hear what you're saying but it's the string of red lights.   Pastor Newms: [14:30] Yep.   Pastor Bill: [14:31] Over top of your pops behind you and over top of your new acts that you bought is there a lip on that shelf under that a shovel you could put it under to hide the light.   Pastor Newms: [14:41] There's not, and so it's all good it's just it's one of those things where and you know those LED lights are like seven bucks so it's not like I've blown a bunch of money on it or something it's just, frustrating when you're like this would be nice and then you put it on your like that looks terrible but yes I do now have so I have my two screens for, my personal computer and my camera in the Middle High, and then I have my main computer and then I have work screen one, which is the actual laptop which you guys can't see and then screen to and then screen 3 which you guys can see and then my whiteboard, up above it and then Tina's desk is still there because we haven't moved it yet.   [15:31] Yeah I rotate it around my pops though I like to do that every now and then, I got some of the Skyrim ones back out the the White run guard, which if you don't know cause you don't know a fun thing about him is there's a line in the game where every time you you know you talked to the guards there's random things they say write one of the things is, haven't I took an arrow to the knee, and if they say it constantly and it's just it gets to a point where like I'm going to put an arrow in your knee like you're just annoying and the pop actually has an arrow in his knee.   [16:16] And so it's like how nice so.   Pastor Bill: [16:21] Yeah so my work is good caught the season finale of Loki season one lucky finale it was fantastic no spoilers but it was visually stunning, I highly recommend everyone go see the Loki series on Disney Plus.   Pastor Newms: [16:40] That's another thing that I hate social media for but that's beside the point.   Pastor Bill: [16:44] Oh because of spoilers.   Pastor Newms: [16:45] While of the spoiler alert but while they're doing spoiler alert the tags on the bottom and the text behind them clearly spoils it and you're like it doesn't it doesn't help. You've already spoiled it for me now so I know who the bad guy is because your class played as him and then you say spoiler alert as opposed to just cosplaying as the guy and if you get it you get it but now.   Pastor Bill: [17:17] Even that you went a little farther after I just said no spoilers.   Pastor Newms: [17:17] Anyway no I didn't I didn't go any far I said there's a main bad guy what does that tell anybody there's always a main bad guy.   Pastor Bill: [17:31] Sometimes it was a main bad girl.   Pastor Newms: [17:36] I'm using the gender inclusive guy not the actual guy.   Pastor Bill: [17:41] The guy named guy guy fog to folks who blew up the tried to blow up Parliament.   Pastor Newms: [17:46] Like like I don't actually know who the guy is I just know that there is a guy I guess.   Pastor Bill: [17:55] Okay.   Pastor Newms: [17:56] But let's be honest it's Marvel so knowing there's a guy.   Pastor Bill: [18:03] Knowing the list of bad guys from Marvel doesn't really help you.   Pastor Newms: [18:06] Doesn't help you at all like and especially when you're talking about something like Loki because it's one of those where it's like who hasn't he made mad like anyone anyone.   Pastor Bill: [18:20] HPuff says you could have said that a bad y'all Roxanne on YouTube says you could have said the big bad.   Pastor Newms: [18:27] I hate the term the big bad.   Pastor Bill: [18:28] HPuff also says bad person or bad them you didn't have to say bad guy.   Pastor Newms: [18:33] I just said bad guy. I don't even yeah I said bad guy because the person I was complaining about was a guy I don't I don't even know if the character is to be honest.   Pastor Bill: [18:49] So they're coming out with Pops that are based off the Loki he series and if you don't want spoilers then don't go look up the Pops because good Lord, um but there is one Pop in particular that I want but I can't tell you which one it is because just saying the name of the Pop would be a spoiler and I don't want to spoil the adventure for anybody that is going to go watch the Loki series, but there will be a season 2 which is fantastic, the final scene you know they do to they did an extra scene at the, mid-credits on the last episode and it was a file folder and a pancake down and put a stamp and then when the stamp came off it was a red stamp that said look he will return for season 2, which was how they confirmed that there'd be a season 2.   Pastor Newms: [19:41] That's a nice way of confirming it.   Pastor Bill: [19:44] So that was fun, and let's see we had some birthdays this week my mother-in-law her husband my father-in-law my son my wife, all of their birthdays were this week so we celebrated all of that so that was fun and we had a, party yesterday where we dressed up as characters from the show Gravity Falls, and it was amazing it was so much fun I dressed up as Sous I put a big question mark in Black duct tape on my shirt and I talked in a Soos voice all day, um except for when I was on the phone with Newms I use my normal voice for that but the rest of the day when I was at the party I was using my Soos voice.   Pastor Newms: [20:39] Which I had to not get get mad at somebody but I got real mad at somebody that was at the party with you because I heard them twice call you Zeus. And I was like.   Pastor Bill: [20:57] It isnt Zeus. I can't tell you nominate my name is Soos its short for Jesus it's Soos.   Pastor Newms: [21:08] It was it was.   Pastor Bill: [21:09] What.   Pastor Newms: [21:10] It was that is a show that I really wish they had made more of, it ends well but there's always next summer like.   Pastor Bill: [21:25] Right it could have gone another summer.   Pastor Newms: [21:28] You could have easily gone back I want Dipper as an adult.   Pastor Bill: [21:31] Crammed so much into one summer like so much so yeah.   Pastor Newms: [21:38] But it was funny because the girls were watching it the girls are always watching it at some point it's kind of one of their go-to shows but they were watching it at some point, and it's really funny hearing some of the voices from other shows that the Collision house does not recommend, but comes on in about two hours and.   Pastor Bill: [22:02] On a human level we recommend them for people who have strong spiritual beliefs that allow them. To watch and interact with things like that but as a church.   Pastor Newms: [22:14] Yes we do.   Pastor Bill: [22:16] I commend those that are weak of spirit.   Pastor Newms: [22:18] Yes.   Pastor Bill: [22:19] And so are easily beset to avoid certain.   Pastor Newms: [22:23] Yes I do not recommend in any way people watch shows that are inappropriate that they cannot handle because they are spiritually not at a point where they can but.   Pastor Bill: [22:36] For those of you that.   Pastor Newms: [22:36] The rest of us.   Pastor Bill: [22:37] The podcast Pastor Newms is currently holding up a pop of Rick and Morty where Rick is a bear.   Pastor Newms: [22:45] No it's a clone.   Pastor Bill: [22:46] Well it's a he's a Teddy Rick is a wasn't that the Rick from another, another dimension.   Pastor Newms: [22:56] So I keep some of my Pops in my room Mister Poopy Butthole is one of them, HP Phoenix asked where my Mr. Poopy Butthole Pop is and he stays in my room just because it doesn't need to be behind me because there's only so many times you can say Mr. Poopy Butthole and I think we are already past the allowable times so.   [23:30] I love that show.   Pastor Bill: [23:31] Okay.   Pastor Newms: [23:31] Oh so what I was going to say about that show you mentioned the Loki ending getting moving thing so they've done something with Adult Swim we're at the end of each episode, on Adult Swim they actually do like a 45 second minute-and-a-half someone, that was instrumental in that particular episode talks about the episode so it's always the main creator, and then it's one of the writers or one of the animators or somebody else and they do like this really short and they have been so good because Rick and Morty always does the ending credit scene, but then this little extra snippet of.   [24:24] I can't believe we did this, why did we do that Dan came to us and said this is where the episode is going to end and we all went, huh how we going to get there and he went and walked out of the room so we wrote it you know so it's just it's just kind of you know it's been fun seeing some of those because you get that little bit of a not like the DS9 the other day where the extra credits came up, well me and Pastor Bill were watching it and it was like, to our behind-the-scenes we're like no it is 11:45 at night we are not watching a two hours for.   Pastor Bill: [25:10] Yeah I was like is this was this was 10 minutes cool I'm not sitting here for two hours and listen to them talk about DS9 season one.   Pastor Newms: [25:22] And I think it's an interesting thought looking at the past to now I thought that was a good analogy, of where we've come from you know DVD box sets with you know hundreds of credit hours and a thousand extra this and people are like no, I need 45 seconds at the end of every episode like and so it's interesting to see how the world has changed.   Pastor Bill: [25:50] That stuff out.   Pastor Newms: [25:52] No one wants to sit for two hours and hear you talk about it well I won't say that nobody does but.   Pastor Bill: [25:58] The only making of you know Insight whatever thing that I feel is at all the way through the whole thing is the one that came with the. Knight's Tale with Heath Ledger.   Pastor Newms: [26:17] Okay why.   Pastor Bill: [26:18] Yeah because that movie is awesome.   Pastor Newms: [26:21] I agree okay.   Pastor Bill: [26:28] Yeah it is why I don't watch any other ones anymore, anyway so now it's time for Pastor Newms favorite segments and since we're on an odd-numbered episode we pull a card from my deck and instead of the new deck that.   Pastor Newms: [26:47] Or just because.   Pastor Bill: [26:48] Lovely ladies that the holding household got for us.   Pastor Newms: [26:50] Or just because last week we did want to find you know whichever way you want to look at it all right Pod Decks let's go it's better be valid is better be valid.   Pastor Bill: [26:59] Yeah Pod Decks its products is awesome.   Pastor Newms: [27:13] No I'll be done at some point when we're dead continue.   Pastor Bill: [27:22] What are you most excited about right now and we already answered that question so we can move on, we're talking about your weekend my weekend things going okay what are we what are you most excited about right now bud. But I felt I felt Canadian for a second.   Pastor Newms: [27:45] I was that was gross I think the thing I'm most excited about is your computer coming in soon.   Pastor Bill: [27:53] They are actually building it right now yeah I got an email, this week that finally six business weeks after we ordered it who talks that way who says.   Pastor Newms: [28:04] Foreign companies.   Pastor Bill: [28:05] Business weeks anyway six business weeks after we ordered it I finally got the. Notification that they are collecting the pieces from throughout the warehouse and assembling my computer that we ordered that will go right down there on my left hand side. And stick out. Probably five six inches from where the desk ends here.   [28:46] Mr. Greg he joins us on Twitch he says I'm like I got distracted by buying and crafts.   Pastor Newms: [28:54] It just just break your wall why not.   Pastor Bill: [28:58] McCain was hang in there and.   Pastor Newms: [28:59] Hmm.   Pastor Bill: [29:02] Cinema release it all the way over here or I'm doing stuff and so I'm off to the far right no ma'am I'm you know, I'm over here ish more you know at my desk but for the purposes of this video recording I'm over here and then so that is a space for Pastor Newms to be over here on my left hand side, Chillin blow The Ekklesian House logo, which aluminum doing my hands just like kind of guessing where things are since I can't actually see the screen.   Pastor Newms: [29:35] I'm here in the logos up there see.   Pastor Bill: [29:40] There you go you are there and the logos about you.   Pastor Newms: [29:44] Not above you above me.   Pastor Bill: [29:46] No not about me what's above me is my free hugs shirt.   Pastor Newms: [29:49] No it's to the.   Pastor Bill: [29:52] This is leftish of me my left is not your luck just.   Pastor Newms: [29:56] I know that's why I went because it was just easy here, have fun - transcribing that it's over in the.   Pastor Bill: [30:05] Yeah mmm over the moon corner of your screen.   Pastor Newms: [30:10] I'm very excited about that because.   Pastor Bill: [30:15] Oh yeah we didn't really dance.   Pastor Newms: [30:16] We are going to start streaming more individually together playing games. And it's going to be fun because I have a ton of games that I've played for years or games that I've thoroughly enjoyed and you've watched part of and now we'll get to, go at it and we're going to be very careful with how we do this because. We there's a lot to get through there's ten years of games you haven't played to get through and it's going to be a minute so.   Pastor Bill: [31:01] But we're both storyline people so it's going to work out great because we're actually going to take the time on games that have storylines to get Destroyer lines instead of just blowing right past them, like you were talking about a narc, Zombies Storyline stuff and the people you've been playing with it's been all about let's build this as build this achieve this was achieve this was move on and there's so much story that, we can go back and just.   Pastor Newms: [31:28] Well and, and there were years of me being at Pizza Hut the main thing about that one is there were years that I missed and so like they've played a lot more than I have and so for them they can get to a certain point real quick and I'm like, I have stone and so it's yeah.   Pastor Bill: [31:52] HPuff says the chronicles of Pastor Bill.   [32:07] As some burping that was going on I was trying to keep it as quiet as possible.   Pastor Newms: [32:10] Don't do that don't do that it's rude.   Pastor Bill: [32:13] All right so this week oh I didn't talk about what I was excited about I'm excited about.   [32:29] I'm sure there's something.   [32:35] A new computers coming in.   Pastor Newms: [32:39] Haha stole that one try.   Pastor Bill: [32:41] 6:30 now, I've got some side project that I've that I has been rolling around in my head for a long time and I'm I've started working on that and I'm pretty excited about that I was I was, giving Gerg a run-through of, what the main outline of the story is and he was like dude you sound like somebody who saw a movie or discovered a new show and you really excited to tell me about it because you think I should watch it and I'm like what kind of am, and and as you know it's a story I'm working on but it's a science fiction thing and I'll be using a pseudonym and, instead of putting the name my name on it it'll be a pseudonym that I won't share here because I want to keep those separate.   Pastor Newms: [33:28] That would kind of defeat the purpose of having a.   Pastor Bill: [33:32] Of the purpose of having a pseudonym so I won't tell you anything about the story or what messaging is going to be because that would defeat the purpose. I'm pretty excited about that and hopefully that will.   [33:51] Yeah I don't make any money so I'm hoping that'll I can make some money because I've tried applying to jobs, lots and lots and lots of jobs and getting lots and lots and lots of ghost things and lots of rejections and. For interviews I've had over the last six years. Two of them were legitimate and I still didn't get the job and the rest of them were those, yeah we're calling ourselves a marketing company but we really just want you to go stand in a retail store and harass people to try to get them to buy our products.   Pastor Newms: [34:40] Which still doesn't help because you can't stand for any amount of time which is the.   Pastor Bill: [34:46] Exact I need a sitting job I need an office job I need something I can because I can't I can't when I go to the store I have to use one of those little cards I can't when I go to cook I have to use this you know chair in the kitchen, there's that and looking for a job is yeah each puff on Church says looking for work is horrible and Mr. Groggy says yes and and then there's this whole, thing that you see about jobs are posted, people apply to them and then they get rejected and then within the next week the same job gets reposted, because the government is subsidizing companies who are looking for work but if they feel that work then they won't get the subsidy anymore, and so there's this thing that companies are doing where they post a job and then reject all the applicants for not being qualified and then reposting the job with never actually intending to fill it because they're receiving major subsidies from the government, to be looking for filling positions so.   Pastor Newms: [36:05] That's no fun.   Pastor Bill: [36:06] That's no fun now I we went from excited to bummer and tonight's topic, we are yes Mr. Groggy said it we are it is called in the name we are talking about in the name and the verse that we brought that I used for the picture, for some reason I no longer have pulled up, is from a story that Pastor Newms really likes, and he can tell the story if he wants if not that's fine too it's from Acts chapter 19, and the verse is chat is verse 15 I'm going to pull it up in my CSB, I don't know something about the way the King James phrases this particular one I'm not happy with so it says the evil spirit answered them I know Jesus and I recognized Paul but who are you, and do you want to tell the story or should I just summarized from them text.   Pastor Newms: [37:16] I mean I do love this story so.   Pastor Bill: [37:19] I know you do that's why I offered to let you.   Pastor Newms: [37:22] There were these brothers and this is going to be the not the CSB version but the.   Pastor Bill: [37:28] This is gonna be the new Newmsian version.   Pastor Newms: [37:32] Version so there are these brothers and they decided that, you know they watched Paul and they watched other people casting out demons and doing Miracles and they were like man we can make some money so they were like let's do it so they go out and they start casting out some low-level demons from people and they start you know they create this business idea of hey we're going to cast out from demons and then.   [38:01] They were not using adequate, faith they were not using they were not Christians relying on Jesus they were just they had done this as a business proposition and, so they get to this particular house and they're like in the name of the, Jesus of Paul which to begin with and then they're like, you know get out and the demon in the person turns around and goes, I know Jesus, I know who that is and I even know Paul who are you and then proceeds to throw them through the door of the building they were at into the street because he was having none of it, well.   [39:03] Because I don't know if it was a male demon that was rude it just throws it right out the window and his like come again and it's such a, interesting thing to see because so often people always pull the, well I know so and so and like, you know it's one of those words like and and they did like the worst way of doing it too it's like my uncle knows a guy who runs this place and he said you know it wasn't even like a valid like you don't know the one who gives you power, you've claimed a guy that you knew cuz you heard of him who uses the power of the guy. To go do it and it's so it's a fun one because, I love seeing people get get what's coming to him and they got it right through the door so, yeah now Bill is how you the theological part about it.   Pastor Bill: [40:22] Yeah so II one of the one of the details that. Always gets me is that when they when they when they left they left beat up and naked and so it's like okay.   Pastor Newms: [40:43] How bad did you mess up.   Pastor Bill: [41:02] Okay so In the Bible gives us a name for who these people are right there called the Sons of Sceva which is interesting. I don't think that's actually their name I think that is a, I think that's an inside joke amongst the Believers of the followers of the way to call them Skiva, because this words Skiva has two meanings one of those meanings is mind reader, okay and if you think about the region where they're living in and everything that's going on in that region this this wouldn't be, a compliment or an Accolade to call someone a mind reader is basically you know you're a charlatan you're a hack you're a goof you know you're just trying to make money off of people, and the other definition is much more an insult wouldn't be an insult now but it is an insult then and the definition is left-handed.   Pastor Newms: [42:19] Which is the one that Strong's uses heavily is the there.   Pastor Bill: [42:21] Yes heavily and at the time that was a incredible insult to call someone left handed you got to think about. When you're greeting someone.   Pastor Newms: [42:37] I'll say it cuz you're nicer so you you shake hands with your right hand you eat with your right hand, toilet paper was in the didn't exist yet so God gave you a left hand so.   Pastor Bill: [42:55] So if you're left handed then you're yeah.   Pastor Newms: [43:00] Roxanne says poop shoveler.   Pastor Bill: [43:02] Poop shovel, they were poop shovelers in their handedness it just it's all kinds of evidence soul in the day nowadays someone can be left-handed that's not a big deal that's not an insult we have modern. Contrivances we have modern facilities where doesn't matter if your dominant hand his right hand or left hand but in the day to call someone ask Eva, that's an insult and so that's why I'm thinking that's not actually their name.   Pastor Newms: [43:38] Which they didn't call them Skeva even they went one step farther.   Pastor Bill: [43:42] Son of Skiva.   Pastor Newms: [43:46] You aren't even good enough to be called left-handed you are just the son of someone who was left like it's an extra level.   Pastor Bill: [43:57] Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.   Pastor Newms: [44:02] It's not even like I was having this discussion with Biggs and my mom the other day and Jesus did the same thing he got to a point, we're he was tired of just calling people Hypocrites and just started making stuff up.   Pastor Bill: [44:24] Whitewashed tomb.   Pastor Newms: [44:25] Like just so like it's almost like you know.   Pastor Bill: [44:29] You explain that was in me Jesus.   Pastor Newms: [44:31] It's getting written down and the guys like yeah, scratch that out rewrite it that one's better and they just keeps going like you know it's it's you know it's just humorous some of those aspects when you, look at them.   Pastor Bill: [44:53] For sure okay so what they did here is they went in and they said in the name, of the Jesus that Paul preaches or at least.   [45:09] That's how we translate that into our, Modern English okay now if we go back to the original and.   [45:24] We look at the words that are used there because over time we've collapsed a lot of Concepts together, and we've taken things that in the original context of a Greek sentence or the original context of a Hebrew sentence or the original context of a culture when you use a certain word it makes sense to mean a certain thing, even though it can have a dual meet right, and this is one of those words this word on Oma anoma which is 100% of the time, translated as the word as the word name, right it is translated as the word name except it doesn't just mean name, it means name it means called so nickname it means surname it means named as in you got your name changed and so now you are named, it also means Authority it also means character and so in this context when we read this, what they would have been saying is by the authority of the Jesus that Paul.   [46:49] Creatures right that is just the word name but by the authority now wait a second, Paul was out there, operating in that authority of that name he's not walking around going in the name of Jesus speak, now he is in the authority of someone who is a co-heir with Christ saying to be healed. Well Paul how do you have that ability well that's not me it's him that I'm in a relationship with and by that relationship I move in this, and so when we go back and reread certain places in scripture where it says in the name of right and so we for instance there is no other name by which man should be safe.   [47:49] What name is the translation there is name what name, the modern name Jesus the old English name Iosus the Greek Ieous, which means son of Zeus the Hebrew Yeshua the the the followers of the way began to call him, because they didn't want to call him the son of Zeus and I thought that was heretical and there's this whole divide or people were like no we have to call him that because if the Romans are walking by and they hear us calling you anything else, calling him by his real name you know calling him the Messiah then they're going to kill us so we got to use this name that they posted above him in ridicule, we had to call them that otherwise they're going to kill us and there's other people going but we don't have to call them that why don't we just call them a word that describes what he is, yes sure uh in English would be pronounced Joshua nobody calls him Joshua even though that's the way it was written several times in the scriptures. But even that's not his real name right the prophecy isn't Isaiah say they would name him Emmanuel.   [49:09] And then you get to to Luke and the angel tells Mary, to name him and then if you look in everybody will you've got the Jesus that it says is in all caps, and this is an author's note to let you know they mistranslated what was being said here out of respect for the holiness, all of the name being spoken by the angel they miss translated it into a commonly accepted nickname.   [49:46] That's not actually what the angel said.   Pastor Newms: [49:48] Yeah cuz in several in the Jewish culture a lot of, will not right Messianic Jews they won't write the full name there are a lot of people who want and then there.   Pastor Bill: [50:05] Bill never use a no because it's disrespectful.   Pastor Newms: [50:07] And then they don't they don't use they don't write all of Jehovah's name either when referring to got because it's disrespectful to write it wrong.   Pastor Bill: [50:19] Do you have to write it they will take the pain or the Krill or whatever they're using and after they've written the name of the Lord they will break it, and put it in the fire because that pin has now touched the name of God and nothing else should be written with that device and they go get a new one. Right.   Pastor Newms: [50:42] So I mean it's definitely it's definitely something that's been translated for so long as name but more it is the authority, and it's kind of like, I heard a preacher say it one time where it's like when you go in somewhere and you're like hey I need to get a loan and they're like well I don't know who you are well my father's this person okay cool here's alone you know because it's someone else's you're borrowing someone's Authority you're not borrowing their name because their name doesn't mean anything it's the.   Pastor Bill: [51:19] And you're certainly not coming with him as I've seen some preachers preaching from the pulpit in 2021, calling themselves God almighty, because they are co-heirs with Christ and equal to Christ and Christ is God and therefore they are God and all Christians are God almighty.   [51:49] All right so now we're going to turn to Matthew chapter 28 okay and.   Pastor Newms: [51:57] Short chapter.   Pastor Bill: [52:02] Chapter 28 it is kind of short chapters no.   Pastor Newms: [52:06] Usually I have to do more scrolling.   Pastor Bill: [52:11] Matthew chapter 28 we're going to start in verse 18 take my Bible off my little.   [52:21] Holder here it says Jesus came near and said to them all authority has been given to me in heaven and on Earth, go therefore and Make Disciples of all Nations, baptizing them in the name of the father and of the son and of the Holy Spirit teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you and remember I am with you always to the end of the age, now we've talked extensively about what kind of baptism Jesus was talking about here and we brought up what John talks about that John baptized with water, Jesus came to be baptized with the Holy Spirit not with water so therefore any time Jesus says go baptized he's talking about the Holy Spirit he's not talking about water, even Jesus himself never baptized anyone if you go and you look anytime, where that ism is happening around Jesus it always makes note that Jesus was off resting on the shore while the disciples were doing the baptizing, the water baptizing, and then Paul goes on to I didn't baptize anybody well maybe a couple of members of the household of Stephanas but I can't really remember if I did or not, you think if water baptism was that big of a deal Paul would remember whether or not he baptized two people in the household of Stephanas right.   [53:49] Set up but the topic of tonight is in the name, so he says that telling me the name of the father and the son of the Holy Spirit and so what do people do when they're for instance water baptized, I baptize you in the name of the Father the name of the son of the name of the Holy Spirit.   [54:09] Except that's not what it says it says it's the word Authority that has them in the authority, the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit, so when you're leading someone into baptism whether its water baptism or batches the holy spirit because I'm not anti, water baptism I'm very much your relationship with God is your relationship with God if you study about water baptism and you feel like that's a good outward sign for you, to show that you've turned your heart over to the Lord then absolutely you should get water baptized, so I'm not anti water baptism I'm anti requiring it as part of Salvation because then that's not salvation anymore you've now created a law, and made salvation of no effort no effect Paul's words there, so when we go back to the original Greek even he uses the same word here again, in the name of the father it's that Oma it's in the authority of the father of.   [55:29] The Son and the Holy Spirit you move in that Authority, when you're when you're baptizing someone and this case baptizing them into the Holy Spirit baptizing them into the law of the spirit which is salvation right, and Jesus came and all authority has been given to me in heaven and in Earth, there in Matthew chapter 28 verse 18 right all authority has been given to me go therefore and make disciples baptizing them in the authority of so all authority has been given to him, and did he use the word, Authority in verse 18 well.   [56:24] The the word that was used in verse 18 verse 28 that then is translated as Authority in the CSB and Power in the King James, is technically both power and authority let's just read what strong mr. strong had to say about it he says in me a sense of ability, privilege that is suggested, subjectively Force capacity competency Freedom or objectively mastery, concretely magistrate superhuman potentate token of control is delegated influence Authority jurisdiction Liberty Power right string, now the word itself is X who Sia, exousia does that sound like a an English word that you know exude.   [57:42] Exude, when you exude something it comes naturally to you because it is part of Who You Are, he says all authority has been given to me so, I exude this Authority this power this Liberty this this this right it is my strength I have competency here I have the freedom to do it, and I am using that and telling you to go out and do the same. He is empowering them not giving them a script.   [58:32] Which so many have gone and just used it as a script instead of going out and going well I'm moving the authority out. So I've seen so many people that they talk about demons demons here demons there and we just have to resist the demons and in the name of Jesus of Nazareth, okay okay you little demons running around laughing at you know but I used the name of Jesus well, you definitely spoke some words to him you definitely did. You definitely spoke some words to Modern English words.   Pastor Newms: [59:16] And and the aspect is it's not that's what so many people get so incorrect In A lot of times is it's not, the words that have the power it's the authority behind the words so yes there are people, and by the way the reason I'm chuckling for those who can actually see my face is anytime Pastor Bill wants to get, to call out people that are have different beliefs, typically goes towards the southern, what I what I would call a Southern Baptist accent, for people that are the leaders of churches in these small Podunk town where he had to grow up in and it just makes me, giggle because it is painful to hear because I've heard it too many times.   Pastor Bill: [1:00:16] Got it from the video that I watched a couple of weeks ago who was talking about what was he saying um.   [1:00:28] He was talking about they put in that evil mermaid shot down the street where you can get the devil's coffee and they took away my some restaurant that he loves they tore down the restaurant that I used to eat at so they could put it in that mermaid worshipping devil coffee shop and it is this thick Southern bat like this was the whole his whole sermon was all about they tore down, the restaurant he select to go to and put in a Starbucks and how that was evil and they shouldn't begin coffee, from that mermaid worshipping devil coffee shop.   Pastor Newms: [1:01:06] And and so what I was saying which is sadly people have that belief there are so many people who they, they focus on the wrong part of this there are people who walk in that Authority and they use the name, as well and it's, accurate because they're walking in the authority, so we're not talking about that let's be clear we're not we're not saying anyone who's ever baptized someone like this as built, or anyone who's ever preached a message like we're not trying to go that route, what we're trying to say is the important part is the authority not just the name there was a there's a couple of, vampires dick movies and shows and and I like fantasy so it happens and every now and then you.   Pastor Bill: [1:02:14] Power of Christ compels you.   Pastor Newms: [1:02:16] Does it does it when you go after when you go after someone without that power.   Pastor Bill: [1:02:30] Up like a sun is either.   Pastor Newms: [1:02:31] And in Jesus talks about it another place as well that you know you have to have, The Authority the you have to have prayed this out you have to make sure you have that spiritual gifting from God you have to you shouldn't be out just claiming Authority because you think you can when you aren't actually walking in, just claiming the authority as a good way to get yourself in trouble you can pick up a cross and shove it in a vampire's face unless you have the faith behind it it's going to eat you, and and I watching the movie will enjoy it because hypocrite.   Pastor Bill: [1:03:20] Enjoy it greatly.   Pastor Newms: [1:03:21] Get bit, and so it's just an aspect of the authority is what is so important and that's what I want to make sure is clear because sometimes Billiam is. More passionate about certain aspects and less. Cut and dry and so I want to make sure that that is clear did I compare your emotional and my logic accurately there okay.   Pastor Bill: [1:03:53] I don't know I'm apparently the emotional in that sentence so that's a new one on me.   Pastor Newms: [1:04:01] Wait wait wait excuse me.   Pastor Bill: [1:04:03] I knew you were going to let you get away with that.   Pastor Newms: [1:04:04] You're going to actually try like you're going to actually try to go you comparing me and you can go ahead and end for tonight we good we can 30.   Pastor Bill: [1:04:16] We're at 7:30 Force we're a little over so in Matthew Chapter 7, verse 21 I want to leave you guys with just a parting thought, and it is Matthew chapter 7 starting in verse 21 it says not everyone who says to me Lord Lord will enter the Kingdom of Heaven don't.   Pastor Newms: [1:04:44] Hey Bill okay try try again you cut out during the actual Reading part.   Pastor Bill: [1:04:54] I haven't started reading you can you hear me now okay, no I guess I have sorry reading, so let's pick back up in verse 22 because that's when it starts getting good on that day many will say to me Lord Lord didn't we prophesy in your name drive out demons in your name and do many miracles in your name, then I will announce to them I never knew you depart from me you lawbreakers this is that same word.   [1:05:29] On Omar, can be translated as name but it can also be translated as Authority in this context when you're reading and they say in your name, if you go back and you look at the original they're saying so sad.   [1:05:53] So sand Oma soap Sonoma soap Sonoma, in your Authority in your Authority in your there was no and even if it's the word name Authority whatever there is no, didn't I do these works because we relationship, we Authority we co are it's not of that's not what they're saying they're saying that at all they're saying in your, I tried to use your not our there was no relationship there, and so that's where you see this this bright here in these people that are talking about but I did go out and I did Ministry and I and I try to make the world a better place and it yeah, be gentle these things you had no salvation you had no relationship here this is this is not how this works, and so I just want to leave you know with that parting thought and you guys can go look that up and chew on that and see how that makes you feel so, that's what I have there you have anything else you want to add my wife on uh I'm sorry Roxanne on YouTube says wow bill is in some hardcore denial about that emotional stuff.   [1:07:21] Because everybody knows me knows I'm super emotional like about everything. I like when my when my friends have birthdays and they won't let me talk about it it really gets me like right here and it hurts.   Pastor Newms: [1:07:39] Remember I can press stop without you.   Pastor Bill: [1:07:41] I send them gifts anyway even though they told me not to and I'm like get over it, that's all I have to say about that and so now we'll do a 30 second buffer 30 second buffer 30 second buffer was that a little bunny rabbit no it wasn't 30.   Pastor Newms: [1:08:00] It was it was it was a bunny rabbit.   Pastor Bill: [1:08:03] 30 second buffer.   Pastor Newms: [1:08:04] 30 second buffer.   Pastor Bill: [1:08:07] We love you have a great week.   Pastor Newms: [1:08:09] Please be safe.   Pastor Bill: [1:08:11] And until next time.

Title: Dare to be an Onesiphorus Text: II Timothy 1:15-18 FCF: We often struggle being aware of the danger of apostasy. Prop: Because it is not certain who will depart the faith, we must hold fast and keep the good thing entrusted to us. Scripture Intro: [Slide 1] Turn in your bible to II Timothy chapter 1. As we close out this first chapter of II Timothy today, and knowing that the start of chapter 2 will be a passage requiring more time for us to expound, I think I'll take the opportunity now to review what we've learned so far in II Timothy. For the book itself, we know that it is a few years separated from Paul's first letter to Timothy. Much has happened in that time. First, Timothy has had some success in forming the church there in Ephesus around the gospel of Christ. He is not failing what is mentor asked of him only a few years prior. However, what we do know is that hostility and opposition to the gospel is growing in the area. How do we know that? Well Paul has been arrested once again. This time is different though, and Paul knows it. What is so different? Well, Paul is not going to be released. Whether by intuition or by revelation from God, Paul knows that he will not make it through this imprisonment. He will be executed soon. And so, Paul's primary reason for writing this more personal letter to Timothy is to encourage him to take up Paul's mantle and carry on in the ministry. Paul's concern for Timothy is that he not give in to timidity or fear but that he would fully rely on the power of the Spirit of God which is in Him, to continue to boldly proclaim the gospel, and to hold fast and persevere through persecution. Paul encourages Timothy, and believes Timothy can do this, first because he has been convinced that Timothy's faith is genuine. And if his faith is genuine, Paul knows that the Spirit of God is with Timothy to accomplish all that God would ask of him. Paul knows this to be true, because Christ and the Spirit have kept and protected him in his ministry. So Paul lifts up the glorious gospel of God's saving power and grace, gifted in Christ, before time began. It is for this gospel that Paul now suffers, and it is for this gospel that Paul is preparing Timothy and the church there to continue to cling to and suffer for. We left the text last week with Paul imploring Timothy with that common tension in the scriptures. A command given with the expectation that God will see it done. Paul keeps the gospel with which he has been entrusted by the faith and love that are in Christ. And he calls Timothy to keep that same gospel in the power of the Spirit of God. And so, shines brightly, the common conundrum. Humans are called to do something for the Lord, but are unable to do it without first being what God has made them to be. With God all things are possible… but with man it is impossible. And so now Paul concludes his thoughts on holding fast and protecting the gospel with examples. 1 verse of many bad examples, and 3 verses of 1 good example. If you look closely, you will also note the primary theme of the Pastorals flowing through this text. Doctrine received in true faith produces people conformed to Christ. We'll see people here, who although not denying or affirming a confession, do deny or affirm the doctrines by whether they are or are not conformed to Christ. It should be a powerful and interesting albeit short message for us today. I am in II Timothy chapter 1 starting in verse 15. I am reading from the NET which you can follow on page 1342, or in whatever version you have. Transition: Let's dive in this morning to see these examples of those who hold fast, and those who do not. I.) There are many who look like Christians who will depart, so we must hold fast and keep the good thing entrusted to us. (15) a. [Slide 2] 15 – You know that everyone in the province of Asia deserted me i. “Province of” is added for clarity in the text. The NET does not wish us to think the whole of Asia is in view. ii. We saw this when we looked at Tychicus who was from the province of Asia. iii. This refers to the southwestern part of Asia minor, probably around the Aegean coastlines. iv. Now when Paul says that everyone in the province had deserted him, does everyone mean everyone? v. This seems extreme. vi. Furthermore, Timothy and Onesiphorus (On-uh-siph-or-us) whom Paul names in this text, have not deserted him, and they are certainly from Asia or in Asia at this time. Therefore, we must put a limit on what Paul means by everyone. We see two options. vii. Either that Paul is saying that those in Rome from Asia have deserted him, or more likely Paul uses hyperbole to emphasize that many had deserted him from the province of Asia. viii. Finally, what does it mean that he was deserted? Are we talking about apostasy or just that they are ashamed of Paul's imprisonment? 1. In favor of this being a personal abandonment we have a few points. a. Paul calls out several people in this book for departing the faith. b. In each case, Paul speaks clearly about their defection from the gospel itself. c. Here Paul makes it clear it is a defection from him. d. Furthermore, the two men he mentions are not included later for having apostatized. 2. In favor of this being both personal abandonment and apostasy, we have a few points. a. Paul has already linked his imprisonment with the gospel of Christ in verse 8. b. Paul has historically had issues with people rejecting his apostleship and therefore his teaching. And if we remember from I Timothy – this was probably the case in Ephesus. c. The preceding and following context of this seems to indicate that what Paul is offering to Timothy are two examples of what not to do and what to do. And in the preceding verses it is clear that Timothy must hold fast to the gospel. d. And in keeping with the overall scope of the pastoral epistles in general – we know that to cite unchristlike lifestyles would be the same as citing apostasy to a certain extent. Not all denials of the faith are by our words or affiliations. Some of them are from our lifestyles. ix. All this considered, I think given the context, it seems best to understand that Paul means that these people have deserted him and by extension, his gospel. b. [Slide 3] Including Phygelus (Fih-Jel-us) and Hermogenes (her-mah-joe-knees). i. What is clear in this text is that when Paul singles out these two men as those who have abandoned him and the gospel, it should be shocking to hear. ii. What is not clear in this text is anything else about these men. iii. This is the only mention of their names in the New Testament. iv. So all we can do is draw upon this text, and here is what we know… v. These men appeared to be loyal to Paul and the gospel – but when the going got tough, they deserted Paul and his gospel. c. [Slide 4] Passage Truth: Int his first verse, Paul teaches Timothy with examples. He shows two men who were loyal to Paul before, along with many others in the province of Asia. And what is clear is that no one saw their desertion coming. And yet, here they are. They have used this opportunity to desert Paul and even his teachings for another gospel. d. Passage Application: So Timothy's imperative from the previous section endures. He must hold fast and keep the truth of the gospel with which he has been entrusted. e. [Slide 5] Broader Biblical Truth: Zooming out to the rest of scripture, unfortunately we see countless examples of those who were thought to be loyal to God and His servants, turn and go after other gods. Before Christ was revealed many Israelites abandoned Yahweh in favor of Baal, Ashteroth, and other would-be gods. And even after the cross, we see people know the truth and walk away. I'd like to say that this doesn't happen anymore – but alas, it happens often. Either by their words or actions, many high-profile Christian leaders have rejected the gospel of Christ, either replacing it with Christ plus something, or rejecting Christ altogether. I say all this, not to worry you, but to help you to realize that apostasy is not something that is uncommon. f. Broader Biblical Application: What does that mean for us at CBC? Every single person Paul has mentioned and will mention has made a profession of faith, has served in the church, and were considered part of the covenant community. Yet when Paul was thrown into prison for his teachings – they abandoned him and his teachings. It is not enough for us to confess what we believe one time and rest in that confession. The Lord Himself tells us that those who deny Him before men, He will deny before the Father. True, genuine, saving faith, is one that endures. And while that doesn't mean perfection or even that we will never doubt, it does mean that God's true people will not permenantly walk away from the faith – no matter how hard they are pressed. Therefore, my friends, we MUST hold fast and protect the truth of the gospel that we have been entrusted. Do not listen to men who talk about the bible – listen to the bible. Even me. Don't take what I say without pause. But search the scriptures. Not what someone says about the scriptures, but the scriptures themselves. Then consult what the church has taught down through the ages. If what you believe has been taught as orthodoxy, and has been widely accepted, then you must hold fast to its teachings! There are teachings that are widely accepted in Christendom today that have no history in the church before the 1600s and some even more recent. Meaning that just because you have always been taught it, doesn't mean it has always been taught. How could this have happened? People neglected to hold fast to what they were taught and instead invented novel doctrines to assuage their itching ears. And they passed those novel doctrines to more and more people. And it spread like gangrene. But we must hold fast to the truth that we have received from the apostles. And as Paul said earlier, we can only do this through the indwelling of the Spirit and love and faith found in Christ. Transition: [Slide 6 (blank)] We have seen Phygelus' and Hermogenes' negative example of those who did not endure in belief and good works. But is there a positive example that we can look to? Certainly Paul, but is there no one else who is enduring? II.) There are some who will continue to endure in faith and good works, so we must hold fast and keep the good thing entrusted to us. (16-18) a. [Slide 7] 16 – May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus (on-uh-siph-or-us), i. So the first question is, obviously, who is Onesiphorus? ii. And, again we have to say – we don't know. iii. Here is what we do know. Later in the letter – like at the end – Paul tells Timothy to greet the family of Onesiphorus. So, we know that Onesiphorus is from Ephesus. iv. Here Paul asks the Lord for mercy to Onesiphorus' family. Why? b. [Slide 8] Because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my imprisonment. i. Because we know absolutely nothing about this man it is difficult to understand what Paul means here. ii. But as Paul continues it becomes clear. c. [Slide 9] 17 – But when he arrived in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me i. Paul asks for mercy on the family of Onesiphorus because he was not ashamed of Paul being imprisoned for the sake of Christ. ii. Not only was he not ashamed, he came to Rome, sought out Paul and ministered to his needs there with Luke. iii. This is the first indication that Paul's imprisonment was not like his previous house arrests. Since he was difficult to find in Rome, it seems that he was probably in a cell somewhere obscure. iv. But Oneshiphorus sought him to the extent that he would find him. v. For all of this Christ-like love, Paul desires that all his family would be blessed by God while he is away serving Paul. vi. But the temporal needs of his family is not Paul's only wish for Onesiphorus… d. [Slide 10] 18 – May the lord grant him to find mercy from the lord on that day! i. A couple things here. 1. Mercy here most assuredly refers to God's chief mercy in salvation. However, this poses a problem for us. a. After all the glowing words about this man, why would Paul put this in wish or prayer language? Shouldn't he be surer about the nature of Onesiphorus' faith? b. Consider the context. He is sure and has been persuaded about Timothy's faith. But there are many others who he thought were legitimate and have since walked away. c. It is not wrong, and perhaps intensely biblical for us to always hopefully pray for the endurance of someone's faith. This sounds like a slight and maybe even doubting Eternal security… but in reality, we must understand that true believers endure to the end. And there are many who do not endure to the end. d. So Paul's prayer, really, is that Onesiphorus is a true believer. Which should be our prayer for one another. 2. Secondly, it is good to take note that in order for Onesiphorus to find mercy on the day of judgement, the same Lord who will be his judge must grant that ability to him to find it. I don't want to delve too deep into that because that isn't Paul's point here – but it is worthy to note the phrasing there. That to find mercy from God, God must grant us to find it. Our searching will do us no good until God allows us to find it. e. [Slide 11] And you know very well all the ways he served me in Ephesus. i. Finally, Paul as an aside to Timothy stresses again the history of this man with reference to serving Paul. ii. While Paul was in Ephesus or Rome – Onesiphorus was there to help him. iii. This is what true children of God do. f. [Slide 12] Passage Truth: So Paul gives Timothy a second example. This time he gives a positive example of who to emulate. Just as abandoning Paul meant abandoning the gospel, so caring for Paul means caring for the gospel. Further we are reminded of the overall teachings of all the Pastoral epistles. That doctrine, received in true faith, produces people conformed to Christ. What Paul is saying is that Onesiphorus is conformed to Christ – therefore, he seems to have received doctrine by true faith. g. Passage Application: And so, before, Timothy was encouraged to take up Paul's mantle and follow his example. Now he is encouraged to follow the example of Onesiphorus as well. A true servant of Christ and is holding fast to it. Timothy must hold fast to His confession and keep the gospel pure both in belief and action. h. [Slide 13] Broader Biblical Truth: As we saw in I John, as Eric, CJ, and Jerry preached as I was away, and as the whole of scripture affirms – the only way to have assurance of our faith being real and genuine is to observe the fruit of that faith. When Christ uses parables to speak of crops bearing fruit and a harvest that is coming where the wheat and tares are separated – the harvest is the final judgment. A man's life will be measured by all that God does through Him. He must finish the race. He must fight the good fight. He cannot produce fruit for a time and then be barren at harvest time. Such fruit would be useless to the famers to which Christ told the parable. Rather, the only crop that is useful, is one that bears fruit until harvest. Certainly, whoever is God's true child can never lose that status. God knows who are his. But, how do we know we are His? It is only by our love, faith, power, self-control, and general outpouring of the Spirit's power in us. i. Broader Biblical Application: So at CBC, we must understand that holding fast to our confession is certainly to continue to believe the right things, but it is not this in exclusion. But it is also continuing to bear the fruit from a heart invaded by the Spirit of God. There have been many pastors, preachers, evangelists, and apologists through the ages and recently who have believed all the “right” things. But lived lives of unrepentant sin. They will be numbered among those who cry out “Lord, Lord – have I not prophesied in your name, and in your name cast out demons and done many miraculous works.” And He will say to them “Depart from me, lawbreaker, for I never knew you.” My friends, we must hold fast to our confession, we must keep the good thing entrusted to us, not just by continuing to believe, but also by continuing to obey. Conclusion: So what does this mean for us here at CBC? Well let me give you a little “state of orthodoxy” update. [Slide 14] 3/2018 – Christian band underoath – openly walked away from Christianity 5/2019 – Christian of 40 years, Pastor of 20 years - Dave Gass – Left his wife and denied Christ 7/2019 – Well-known Christian author – Joshua Harris- separated from his wife, apologized to the LGBTQA+ community, denied Christ 8/2019 – Hillsong Worship Leader - Marty Sampson- Denied Christ 2/2020 – Social media personalities - Rhett and Link or The Bently Brothers – Denied Christ 5/2020 – Singer in the band Hawk Nelson – Jon Steingard – Denied Christ 2/2021 – Christian Apologist for more than 40 years – Ravi Zacharias – Had deep sexual appetites and addictions that he failed to repent of and succeeded to hide until his dying breath. 4/2021 – Contributor to Desiring God Ministries – Paul Maxwell – Has denied Christ. These folks are either the same as Phygelus and Hermogenes or the opposite of Onesiphorus. Some of them have been in ministry longer than I have been alive. And yet by their confession and their lifestyles, they have proved their faith to still be a dead faith. All these details about our world today are both shocking and discouraging. Not just for the body of Christ and the testimony of Christ in the world, but also because we look inward and wonder – if they fell, how can I not? If it were possible for someone to work in ministry for decades, and still fall away, how can I hope to be saved? [Slide 15 end) Read the words of Paul. I know whom I have set my faith and he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me. So keep the good thing entrusted to you through the Holy Spirit's indwelling. My friends, if it was only you, you could not hope to hold fast to the confession and protect the gospel. But if the Lord is with you, if He is in you, if you are in Him – then my friends there is nothing that can separate us from the love of God. He is able to keep us from falling! Greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world. You say, but everyone thought that these people had that same Spirit in them. They even thought they had that Spirit in them. How can I be sure that He is in me? Hold fast! Endure! Bear Fruit! Obey the Lord. Work out your own salvation. Not in your own strength. Not in your own effort. Not in your own gumption. But in fear and trembling. In humility. In awe. WHY? Because God is the one in you, giving you power and desire to be and do all that He has asked of you. But my friends… it is not a sprint. It is a marathon. My friends… it is not a playground slap fight. It is war. How do you know you have the Spirit? Believe God and keep believing God. Obey God and Keep obeying God. If you are able to do this… then the Spirit is in you. Why must that be our conclusion? Because we do not wrestle against flesh and blood… but against unholy, ungodly, powerful beings in this dark world. To endure… it cannot just be us. For if it is… we will fall. But greater is He who is in us, than He who is in the world.

Not many things are a guarantee. Some players guarantee victory. Some people guarantee satisfaction with a product. Guarantee's mean a lot to us. We expect things to perform as guaranteed. We don't like things to fail to live up to their claims. Well Paul claimed a lot of things to the Church a Corinth. He claimed that their faith and trust in Christ would guarantee eternal benefits that would never expire. They were trying to grasp it all in an unsure world. We are that way today. We have many uncertainties. Nothing lasts forever we say… but in Christ we have many certainties.

How do we survive in times of progressive corruption? Well Paul the apostle had some encouraging and challenging words for his young protege Timothy in chapter 3. Listen in as Vince Miller shares 3 essentials that will help you survive in a world of corruption!  

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Episode 19 This episode continues to build on the theme of "Doing Good." In the last podcast, I talked about Galatians 6:7-8 7 Don't be misled; remember that you can't ignore God and get away with it: a man will always reap just the kind of crop he sows! 8 If he sows to please his own wrong desires, he will be planting seeds of evil and he will surely reap a harvest of spiritual decay and death; but if he plants the good things of the Spirit, he will reap the everlasting life that the Holy Spirit gives him. Many people call the principle of You Reap What You Sow as Karma. But Karma is an Eastern religion term so we as Christians should try to avoid that term so that we don't potential confuse non-believers. Well Paul continues to talk about doing good in the next couple of verses. 9 So let's not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give up. 10 Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone—especially to those in the family of faith Paul encourages us to not get tired of doing good. To not get fatigued! But that is easier said than done! However if we continue to do good and not give up, we will reap a good harvest! We will be rewarded! If you found this podcast beneficial, please take a minute to leave a review and then share it with someone whom you think can benefit from it. Follow on Instagram: Reel Life Student Ministry - https://www.instagram.com/reellifestudents/ Micah - https://www.instagram.com/micahmurphree Facebook: Reel Life Student Ministry - https://www.facebook.com/ReelLifeStudents/ Micah - https://www.facebook.com/MicahSr You can contact me by email: micahmurphree@gmail.com If you would rather watch the podcast, you can watch them on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5FShL4iZqwVQDBLxPy0MVg/ If you want to see more about me and my crazy family, check out our family vlog here (Murph Squad Family): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUFDPTST6acOMcFqdWO51KQ

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Colossians: Working For God While In Prison Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Colossians 3:1 If you visit Ephesus, in all likelihood you will see a small tower in town that the locals will tell you it is the prison Paul was in when he wrote Colossians. Now, nowhere in the Bible does it mention Paul was in prison in Ephesus, leading some scholars to think this is a traditional aspiration on the part of the citizens of Ephesus. Maybe it is or isn't, but it certainly makes for an interesting discussion. But what we are sure of is that Paul did write some of his letters while sitting in prison, three in fact. They are Philippians, Philemon and Colossians. They are called the Prison Epistles. Whether or not they were written in a Roman prison, Ephesus or somewhere else is interesting, but not the real story. It's more about Paul's commitment to Christ, despite his circumstances. So it is easy to miss Paul's commitment to his work, as we read his letters. But let us put ourselves in Paul's shoes. His trials and dangers during his three missionary trips are legendary. And that is what is important. His rock steady commitment to spreading the Gospel throughout the Roman Empire is not just a fictional story, it was real life. Filled with danger, resistance, physical harm and prison stays. Imagine ourselves, sitting in prison, all because we preached the gospel. Would we have stopped to pursue a less turbulent life? Could we have focused on the mission, while surrounded by jail bars? Well Paul did, and not only that, some of his best writing came while sitting in a dank and dark prison. Now to me that shows exactly how much Paul trusted God. 

Disciple Up # 142 Paul's Prayer For You & Me, Col. 1: 9-14 By Louie Marsh, 1-15-2020   If you were asked to pray for a small, struggling group of Christians who you had heard of but never met, what would you pray for?  Would you pray for revival, more warmth in their fellowship, more evangelism or that they try some new exciting program to grow?  Well Paul didn't he prayed that the Colossians - and us! - would know God's will!  Why?  Lets see...   I) THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL   9  And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, Colossians 1:9 (ESV)   A) Filled Up                     1, filled = filling out to completeness. We should be completely filled with knowledge of His will.                     2, This knowledge comes from receiving God's grace   6  which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth, Colossians 1:6 (ESV)                     3, Knowledge = a full grasp of something MUCH deeper than mere mental understanding. This is plague of Bible study!!                     4, Paul is asking that we be filled with a complete knowledge of God's will?  HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE??   B) Through Wisdom & Understanding                1, Wisdom = a mind controlled by the Spirit of God.                2, understanding =applying this God given wisdom to our circumstances                3, This means that we must prayerfully analyze situations before jumping into them.   C) But What About God's Will?                     1, We've been talking about it!                     2, God's will in the N.T. isn't primarily concerned with which job should I take etc.                               A, Becoming like Christ.                               B, Be obedient.   II) RESULTS OF THIS KNOWLEDGE   10  so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. 11 May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, Colossians 1:10-11 (ESV)   A) Living Worthy of the Lord                     1, Paul doesn't want our knowledge to be barren orthodoxy!                     2, He wants our total understanding of God's will to show in a transformed life!                               a, Knowing God's will is the only way to live a life pleasing to Him.                               b, Full knowledge will make us want to please Him in every way!!                     3, A transformed life bears fruit.                               a, just as the Gospel does (vs. 6)                               b, our fruit is our CONTINUAL good works for Christ                               c, the more our full knowledge of God's will grows the more fruit we'll show.   B) Powered By God (vs 11)                     1, I'm tired, I can't produce fruit!  You need some power to do it!                     2, We are to be strengthened with all power.                               a, power = dunamis (Acts 1:8) dynamite, dynamic, dynamo   8  But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8 (ESV)                                 b, Might = Kratos = God's perfect power, used of Him almost exclusively.                     3, This means that God's Kratos continually becomes dunamis in us!                               a, so we depend on God - not circumstances - for the power to live.   C) The Purpose of the Power                     1, Notice how these 3 qualities parallel the fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5)                               a, the purpose of God's power is to bear fruit in our lives                     2, Great endurance = the kind of perseverance which enables one to hold the position already taken in battle against enemy attacks from without. – Eph. 6   7  Look at what is before your eyes. If anyone is confident that he is Christ's, let him remind himself that just as he is Christ's, so also are we. 8  For even if I boast a little too much of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be ashamed. 9  I do not want to appear to be frightening you with my letters. 10  For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.” 11  Let such a person understand that what we say by letter when absent, we do when present. 12  Not that we dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding. 13  But we will not boast beyond limits, but will boast only with regard to the area of influence God assigned to us, to reach even to you. 14  For we are not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach you. For we were the first to come all the way to you with the gospel of Christ. 15  We do not boast beyond limit in the labors of others. But our hope is that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you may be greatly enlarged, 16  so that we may preach the gospel in lands beyond you, without boasting of work already done in another's area of influence. 17  “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” 18  For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends. 2 Corinthians 10:7-18 (ESV)   16  I repeat, let no one think me foolish. But even if you do, accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little. 17  What I am saying with this boastful confidence, I say not as the Lord would but as a fool. 18  Since many boast according to the flesh, I too will boast. 19  For you gladly bear with fools, being wise yourselves! 20  For you bear it if someone makes slaves of you, or devours you, or takes advantage of you, or puts on airs, or strikes you in the face. 21  To my shame, I must say, we were too weak for that! But whatever anyone else dares to boast of—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast of that. 22  Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they offspring of Abraham? So am I. 23  Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death. 24  Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. 25  Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; 26  on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers; 27  in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure. 28  And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches. 2 Corinthians 11:16-28 (ESV)                       3, Patience = not striking back when attacked                     4, Joyfully - these 2 qualities must be tempered with joy for we are not stoics!   III) FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT   12  giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. 13  He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14  in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1:12-14 (ESV)   A) Give Thanks!                     1, for what?  The Power and the will of God!  And for what follows.                     2, Qualified to share with the saints.                               a, notice that GOD qualified us - we didn't qualify ourselves. HOW?   B) Rescued From Darkness (vs. 13)                     1, Domain = exousia = the right or legal authority to rule                     2, How does the Darkness or the Devil get this authority over us?                               a, We give it to him by sinning                               b, ALL non-Christians are helpless slaves of the Dark rebel kingdom - totally helpless to free themselves, just as all of us once were!                     3, The Father must rescue us!                               a, How?  Through Christ's death for us and His resurrection which gave Him the exousia, the legal authority, over Darkness.   18  And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Matthew 28:18 (ESV)                               b, The Beloved Son died - that we might live.                               c, And He died that we might be transferred to the Kingdom of Light!                                         1, aorist tense - it's an accomplished fact for those who believe!   C) The Way Out!                     1, Redemption - the O.T. concept is of paying a price to buy something back that once belonged to you.                               a, Christ died to buy us back from Satan to God Again   45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Mark 10:45 (ESV)                       2, Forgiveness of Sins.                               a, Forgive = to release or let go                               b, What happens when WE don't forgive?                                   1, It's like an ancient penalty for murder, being chained to the corpse till it falls apart!                                    2, By dragging around your pain you're stinking up your life, and everyone else's you know!                       3, Christ's death forgives ALL OUR SINS!

Disciple Up Show Notes #137 Colossians: The Supremacy of Christ, Pt 3 Paul's Prayer for You and Me, Col. 1: 9-14     As we study Colossians you might also want to read Ephesians since there are many parallels between them.   If you were asked to pray for a small, struggling group of Christians who you had heard of but never met, what would you pray for?  Would you pray for revival, more warmth in their fellowship, more evangelism or that they try some new exciting program to grow?  Well Paul didn't he prayed that the Colossians - and us! - would know God's will!  Why?  Lets see...   I) THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL (vs. 9)   9  And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, Colossians 1:9 (ESV)   A) Filled Up                     1, filled = filling out to completeness.  We should be completely filled with knowledge of His will.                     2, This knowledge comes from receiving God's grace (vs. 6)   6  which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth, Colossians 1:6 (ESV)                     3, Knowledge = a full grasp of something MUCH deeper than mere mental understanding.                               a, THIS IS THE PLAGUE OF BIBLE STUDY!!                     4, Paul is asking that we be filled with a complete knowledge of God's will?  HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE??   B) Through Wisdom & Understanding                 1, Wisdom = a mind controlled by the Spirit of God.                2, understanding =applying this God given wisdom to our circumstances                3, This means that we must PRAYERFULLY ANALYIZE situations before jumping into them.   C) But What About God's Will?                     1, We've been talking about it!                     2, God's will in the N.T. isn't primarily concerned with which job should I take etc.                     3, It's really concerned with verses 10-11.   II) RESULTS OF THIS KNOWLEDGE (vs. 10-11)   10  so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. 11  May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, Colossians 1:10-11 (ESV)   A) Living Worthy of the Lord (vs. 10)                     1, Paul doesn't want our knowledge to be barren orthodoxy!                     2, He wants our total understanding of God's will to show in a transformed life!                               a, Knowing God's will is the only way to live a life pleasing to Him.                               b, Full knowledge will make us want to please Him in every way!!                     3, A transformed life bears fruit.                               a, just as the Gospel does (vs. 6)                               b, our fruit is our CONTINUAL good works for Christ                               c, the more our full knowledge of God's will grows the more fruit we'll show.   B) Powered By God (vs 11)                     1, I'm tired, I can't produce fruit!  You need some power to do it!                     2, We are to be strengthened with all power.                               a, power = dunamis (Acts 1:8) dynamite, dynamic, dynamo                               b, Might = Kratos = God's perfect power, used of Him almost exclusively.                     3, This means that God's Kratos continually becomes dunamis in us!                               a, so we depend on God - not circumstances - for the power to live.   C) The Purpose of the Power (vs 11)                     1, Notice how these 3 qualities parallel the fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5)                               a, the purpose of God's power is to bear fruit in our lives                     2, Great endurance = the kind of perseverance which enables one to hold the position already taken in battle against enemy attacks from without.                     3, Patience = not striking back when attacked                     4, Joyfully - these 2 qualities must be tempered with joy for we are not stoics!   III) FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT (vs. 12-14)   12  giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. 13  He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14  in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1:12-14 (ESV)   A) Give Thanks!                     1, for what?  The Power and the will of God!  And for what follows.                     2, Qualified to share with the saints.                               a, notice that GOD qualified us - we didn't qualify ourselves. HOW?   B) Rescued From Darkness (vs. 13)                     1, Dominion = exousia = the right or legal authority to rule                     2, How does the Darkness or the Devil get this authority over us?                               a, We give it to him by sinning                               b, ALL non-Christians are helpless slaves of the Dark rebel kingdom - totally helpless to free themselves, just as all of us once were!                     3, The Father must rescue us!                               a, How?  Through Christ's death for us and His resurrection which gave Him the exousia, the legal authority, over Darkness.                               b, The Beloved Son died - that we might live.                               c, And He died that we might be transferred to the Kingdom of Light!                                         1, aorist tense - it's an accomplished fact for those who believe!   C) The Way Out! (vs. 14)                     1, Redemption - the O.T. concept is of paying a price to buy something back that once belonged to you.                               a, Christ died to buy us back from Satan to God Again (Mark 10:45)   45  For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Mark 10:45 (ESV)                       2, Forgiveness of Sins.                               a, Forgive = to release or let go                               b, What happens when WE don't forgive?                                    1, It's like an ancient penalty for murder, being chained to the corpse till it falls apart!                                     2, By dragging around your pain you're stinking up your life, and everyone else's you know!                       3, Christ's death forgives ALL OUR SINS!                     4, You must receive Him for this forgiveness to be yours!  

Have you ever been so thoroughly angry, upset or just plain disappointed at the finale of a beloved television series that it retroactively sullied your view of said show? Well Paul and Wayne have and that's why they're this week turning their attention to television and counting down the ten WORST series finales of all time! Dramas, comedies, sci-fi shows, and even a couple of prestige efforts, are all named and shamed as the boys get their angry pants on and go to town on shows that many love.   Such is the passion in this topic that good friend of the podcast, B-Dizzle from the We Watched a Thing podcast, leapt to the defence of one such polarising show, recording his thoughts for all to take on board. You can check out B-Dizzle and his cranky off-sider, Topher, at https://www.wewatchedathing.com/   Which show does Wayne have so low that Paul threatens to sing the theme song in a "low" key for the rest of the Ep? What finale is ranked the worst of all time by BOTH hosts? And while we're here, who can't pronounce "finale" properly?   Learn the answers to all these questions and more as The Countdown continues ...   Hit up the CC Radio Network that The Countdown is a proud part of and follow the headers to the other great shows. Want to gain access to all manner of additional Countdown content? Head on over to the show's Patreon to see what you're missing! Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list! Get access to old Eps of the show (back to Ep 40) on our Podbean site. And, finally, if you don't want to scan the episode looking for a particular film, check out Paul's lists on Letterboxd and Wayne's lists (when he can be assed updating them) at the same.

We here it all the time, "the government has avoided a deficit", "the government has plunged us into deficit", "The opposition has a history of deficit". What does all of that mean? Well Paul is here to explain it all, and tell us why it's not as bad as it's made out to be, in certain circumstances at least. Got any questions? Email us at timwhiffen@auscastnetwork.com

We here it all the time, "the government has avoided a deficit", "the government has plunged us into deficit", "The opposition has a history of deficit". What does all of that mean? Well Paul is here to explain it all, and tell us why it's not as bad as it's made out to be, in certain circumstances at least. Got any questions? Email us at timwhiffen@auscastnetwork.com

Blessings come in both large and small packages. Often we get so wrapped up in our day to day living that we may either take blessings for granted or fail to recognize them altogether. If you like the show, please check out our Official Morning Mindset Merchandise! Episode Transcription [INTRO] ♫ Trenches by Pop Evil ♫ *Alex* Welcome to Morning Mindset. A daily dose of practical wit and wisdom with a professional educator & trainer, Amazon best selling author, United States Marine, Television, and Radio host, Paul G. Markel. Each episode will focus on positive and productive ways to strengthen your mindset and help you improve your relationships, career goals, and overall well-being. Please welcome your host; Paul G. Markel. *Professor Paul* Hello, welcome back to Morning Mindset podcast, and once again, I am still your host Paul Markel and thank you again for joining me. Today we're going to talk about blessings. But before we get into the very specific topic of the day, Blessings; Watch for Them and Acknowledge Them, let's talk about what a blessing is. Do we even know anymore in our modern world? In our current culture and Society do we actually acknowledge the fact that blessings and to be blessed exist at that exist in our world are their blessings and what is a blessing may say "Well blessing, I'm from the south and a blessing is when you for each food you sit down you say the blessing you bless the food.-Yes, but what is a blessing to you or I a blessing is not something that you are owed. Okay, you are not owed a blessing you are not owed that it's not something that that to you work for you can't work for a blessing, you can't purchase a blessing. A blessing is something that is given freely, and nothing you can say or do-, it's like grace. Nothing you can say or do can earn you a blessing. Now you may be a good person and you may lead a good life, and because you are a good person and you lead a good life, blessings come to you.-But you can't go and buy them, and no one owes you them, and they're not obligated to give them to you. A blessing is something that someone gives to you of their own free will, or you could say that God gives them to you of his own free will, because they care about you because they love you. It's not something that they owed you, but they do it because they care they do it because they're generous.-They do it because they're-, often I believe in our world, in our modern society. We are so busy doing what we need to do there. If you are a young parent, you are so busy with your job in your career and your daycares and your after-school activities, and your this isn't your that we become so busy and so wrapped up in our lives that we forget to take notes. Blessings, whether they are large or small, we get so wrapped up in our day-to-day lives, we take blessings for granted what we fail to recognize them all together.-Recently, I was sitting down at the table with my wife and we were talking about a situation that we find ourselves in and not specifically so much ourselves, my wife and I, but a situation that our oldest son is in, and there's a person who has been a tremendous blessing, not necessarily to my wife and I but he's been a tremendous blessing to our oldest son, and I mentioned that to her I said, "This person has been a tremendous blessing to our oldest son", and she said, "You know, you're absolutely right" and we just took a moment, the two of us, to acknowledge that.-How often do we Overlook or take for granted blessings in our lives? I believe that that they are out there that if you are a good person if you are a moral person, I believe that if you don't cheat trying to cheat people or deceive them or take what doesn't belong to you that you will probably encounter blessings on a regular basis. But I also believe that many of us we see them or they occur, but they're so small that we don't take the time to appreciate them.-For instance, your wife said, and this is me, you get a text from your wife and she said "Before you come home, stop at the store and get coffee cream and bread" or whatever, fill-in-the-blank, right? So you do go to the grocery store you get those two items you walk up to the counter and there's somebody with an entire cart full of groceries, and you have two items that you could easily pay for in 38 seconds and be out of the store, because all you want to do is pay for your two items get out of store and go home because you're on your way home.-You wish you weren't there anyway, and the person sees you standing there with just two items as says hey just go ahead and jump in front of me. Did they owe you that? Did you just deserve it? Did they have to do that for you? No, they don't have to do that for you. But that is a small blessing. You know, you were in a hurry because you're running late because of life and you pull into the parking spot, and you find that perfect right up in front spot the one that's never there. That was a blessing, it was. Someone goes out of their way to help you, to aid you, to assist you, [they] didn't have to do it. But they did it.-That is a blessing. Do we take the time to recognize and acknowledge the blessings that come into our lives? Sometimes blessings are just a circumstance. Like I said before, you're in a super hurry and you pull in and you see a spot right up front, and that never happens, but you got it and you're in and out, boom. The person says "Hey go ahead and jump in front of me. You only have two items. Just go ahead and do it", [they] didn't have to do it, but they did. Sometimes blessings are people going out of their way to help us to assist us, to educate us, to maybe hip us to something that we didn't know or weren't aware of.-How many of you are new on a job or new in your career field you show up and somebody takes their time to show you around you don't have to or they tell you what's not in the employee handbook or what's not in the 3-ring binder. What was not in the PowerPoint. They give you those little helpful hints to that age you and kind of smooth your way, your smooth your path. Even though it's not in the official company PowerPoint.-I talked about Sgt. Sizemore previously and how Sgt. Sizemore, he was one of those guys. He was a blessing to us, not because he was nice to us, not because he was kind, but he was kind. Because he gave us more than he had to, that little Lagniappe that we've talked about previously. I guess you know, a Lagniappe is a type of a blessing, that little something extra. So as you progress throughout your week, throughout your year, your month or year, whatever. I want you to take the time and think about it. It'll make you feel better.-You know, if you think and acknowledge "Hey, you know what? This person, that person, this situation actually turned out to be a blessing. I didn't realize it was going to be, I didn't know it was going to happen. But there it was, I couldn't buy it. I couldn't expect it. I couldn't demand it." You cannot demand blessings. You know a lot of us get used to buying and demanding things. "I have money and I can get whatever I want" and what you can't get, you can't get blessings and don't care how much money is in your bank account and I don't care how powerful of a person you are.-You cannot demand them because they come to you freely, and when you get those things when they show up to take a moment to acknowledge them, and if you haven't acknowledged any blessings in your life lately, or you say "Well Paul it's easy for you to say, you know, because your path is paved in Gold." It's not, but I don't ever have that. I bet you that if you get up if this is the morning and you're drinking your coffee or whatever and you're getting ready to begin your day, I bet you that you'll experience at least one blessing today if you pay attention, and look for it. So that is the Morning Mindset for today. It's number 2-2-3. Geez Louise we’re already on #223. Can you believe it? I am your host Paul Markel, and I will talk to you again real soon. [OUTRO] ♫ Trenches by Pop Evil ♫ *Alex* Thank you for spending time with us today. To get show notes, submit a topic request, for more from your host Paul G. Markel, visit MorningMindsetPodcast.com. That’s MorningMindsetPodcast.com. Please leave a review of this podcast on your favorite podcast player, we appreciate your time & effort, and we look forward to reading your honest feedback.

This sermon looks into the book of 2 Timothy. A letter from the Apostle Paul to Timothy one of his ministry companions. In the letter, Paul urges Timothy to be bold and confident in His faith. He also reminds Timothy of the work done in Christ Jesus, our savior. Check out our website! glc.gracepocatello.org/ Email us! podcast@gracepocatello.org Like us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/GLCPocatello/

How can you help someone that you care about to educate themselves and broaden their horizons? The season of giving is fast approaching. Perhaps instead of purchasing an object that will be quickly discarded, you could give the gift of education. If you like the show, please check out our Official Morning Mindset Merchandise! Episode Transcription [INTRO] ♫ Trenches by Pop Evil ♫ *Alex* Welcome to Morning Mindset. A daily dose of practical wit and wisdom with a professional educator & trainer, Amazon best selling author, United States Marine, Television, and Radio host, Paul G. Markel. Each episode will focus on positive and productive ways to strengthen your mindset and help you improve your relationships, career goals, and overall well-being. Please welcome your host; Paul G. Markel. *Professor Paul* Welcome back to Morning Mindset. Yes, indeed. I am your host Paul Markel. Thank you for joining me today, I truly appreciate it. Today I'm going to talk to you, let me give you a hint, a secret a trick. I'm going to help you to trick your friends or family members or people that you really care about. - I'm going to teach you and we give you a little hint on how to trick them into improving their own lives, and you say "What? You shouldn't have to trick people into improving their own lives." No, you shouldn't, but this little trick actually came to me from a friend of mine. - A few years ago, he sent me a message and it was a picture of his father and his father had a book in his hand and he was reading it. He said "My father asked me what I wanted for my birthday this year" and this is a grown man, his father's a grown man, and he said "What I told him was for my birthday, I want you to read this. Look, I don't want you to buy me anything. I don't want you to give me anything. What about your gift to me? We'll be reading this book." - Oh, yeah. I know how many people in your life that you care about, you really, whether they're children or parents or spouses or whatever. People that you're close with and you've suggested in the past. You said "I read this book and I really enjoyed it, and I think you'll enjoy it too" and they come back with "Hi, I don't have time, I'm busy, maybe someday" yadda-yadda and he said "Well Paul, if you want to read the book, then you just give them that book as a Christmas gift." Ha ha ha you can do that. - But how many times have you given a book as a Christmas gift and it doesn't get read how many times has someone given you a book as a gift? They wrapped it up and they handed it to you and they said happy birthday Merry Christmas. Whatever Happy Guy Fawkes day and they gave you a book, and you say thanks. - You took the book, and you said it down and put it on a shelf and it's still there and one of these days you're going to open it. You're going to read it, but that isn't today. That is how we normally do that. That's how we normally encourage other people to read something that we think will benefit them something that we got a lot out of or we enjoyed or whatever and we think that they will too as we wrap up a book and we hand it to him we say. - Merry Christmas, happy birthday. Happy Hanukkah, whatever, you know, Happy Leif Leif Eriksson day and they don't read the book. Do they know if they don't they don't read the book? If instead what you do is you say to them this is my copy of this book I read. But I really think you will get something out of it. - I think you will benefit from it, and this is you know when people ask and I guess this is really good, it's a good way to gut check people because when people say to you, well, what do you want for Christmas? Yeah, we get that all the time right? Well, Dad, what do you want for Christmas? What is Mom wanting for Christmas? - Ask your kids what you want for Christmas, you know people ask you. What do you want for Christmas, and if you're like a typical woman or wife, you'll say I don't need anything. I don't want anything which means you should have been listening all year long to all the things that I wanted and already have those written down and purchased for me. - Isn't that right baby? Yeah, but people will ask you they will say "What do you want for Christmas?" and what you can say to them in return is, if someone says "Well, what do you want for Christmas / Hanukkah / Guy Fawkes day", whatever you say. Can I have anything I want within reason and then they look at the Tilt their head and I'll say what if I want something that won't cost hardly any money at all or cost no money. - What if what if what I want for Christmas will cost you not one dime won't cost you anything, and now they're sitting there. They're like what? Okay. What's this? What does he want? He wants a coupon book for back rubs or something like that. I won't have you ever got those from your kids. You got the coupon book. - This is good for 15 minutes of silence or you know, sweeping the kitchen floor or whatever. Good for taking out the trash you ever notice how kids they'll make a coupon book and for a gift for you and the coupon book will have things in it that they already have to do anyway, like take out the trash or sweep the floor. - But you have to you have to exchange a coupon to get that I bet you that's somewhere in a box in my house. I still have a coupon book for my wife. That's what will stay good for one free back rub or something like that or but if they ask you that I okay and if you're sincere if you're genuinely sincere they say what do you want for Christmas? - You say I don't you spend any money on me, but I do want a gift, and then they say oh, what is that? Your gift to me will be reading this book and you hand them a book, and you say that will be your gift to me this year is if you read this book if you read the words that are in this that's all I want. - Now you may have a person in your life who will cringe and like can I just give you twenty dollars, or a card, can I just give you an iTunes gift card? Can I do that? Nope, nope. All you said what do you want for Christmas, and the answer is I want your gift to me is you reading this book and it kind of turns it around doesn't it has anyone ever done that to you. - Is that as anyone ever said hey you asked me what I wanted for my birthday and what I want is for you to read this book. That is your gift to me is to read this book, and obviously, it's a two-way gift. You're giving to them you're making them do something that they probably wouldn't do on their own if you just wrap up a book and hand it to him for Christmas and they open it. - They'll look at it and smile and say thank you, then. They'll set it aside and then they'll go put it on a shelf and then a year from now, it'll still be on that shelf and will be on red. So if you really if you read something this year that motivated you that inspired you that you think someone could benefit from but they're that person. - You know, now you may have somebody in your life that loves to get books as gifts, and they're excited to get books as gifts. Sadly, most people aren't. So how do you get them to do that? How do you give them the gift of Education or Enlightenment or what have you? Well, that's one way I just taught you. - I just gave it to you and thank you, Matt, for reminding me that that's what I could do, and that's something that people can do. So as the season of giving is fast approaching us. Someone says what do you want for Christmas from me and I like. Alright. This is what I want and you'll find out really fast whether they're genuinely serious about giving you a gift for Christmas or if they just want you to have what they want you to have and there are those people in our lives. - There are those people in our Lives who they're going to give us what they want us to have. Not what we actually want ourselves. Either way. It's going to be an eye-opening experience. I guarantee it just like that guy from the suit Factory. Alright, ladies and gentlemen that is it for another Morning Mindset. I am your host Paul Markel and I will talk to you again hopefully real soon. [OUTRO] ♫ Trenches by Pop Evil ♫ *Alex* Thank you for spending time with us today. To get show notes, submit a topic request, for more from your host Paul G. Markel, visit MorningMindsetPodcast.com. That’s MorningMindsetPodcast.com. Please leave a review of this podcast on your favorite podcast player, we appreciate your time & effort, and we look forward to reading your honest feedback.

A financial plan is important, you may have heard Paul talk about the "elevator pitch" if you can't explain your plan in under 20 seconds, you don't have a plan. Well Paul wraps up some of the concepts we've talked about so far and shows us why they're important The advice provided in this podcast is general advice only. It has been prepared without taking into account any person’s individual objectives, financial situation or needs. Before acting on anything in this podcast  you should consider its appropriateness to you, having regard to your objectives, financial situation and needs. You should obtain a Product Disclosure Statement relating to the products mentioned, before deciding if they are right for you.

A financial plan is important, you may have heard Paul talk about the "elevator pitch" if you can't explain your plan in under 20 seconds, you don't have a plan. Well Paul wraps up some of the concepts we've talked about so far and shows us why they're important The advice provided in this podcast is general advice only. It has been prepared without taking into account any person’s individual objectives, financial situation or needs. Before acting on anything in this podcast  you should consider its appropriateness to you, having regard to your objectives, financial situation and needs. You should obtain a Product Disclosure Statement relating to the products mentioned, before deciding if they are right for you.

Do you ever wonder what the fuss is all about with global trade, and why Trump, as a business man, is so upset about with the current status? Well Paul has you sorted with a plainly spoken explanation of what is happening with China's trade accounts. The advice provided in this podcast is general advice only. It has been prepared without taking into account any person’s individual objectives, financial situation or needs. Before acting on anything in this podcast  you should consider its appropriateness to you, having regard to your objectives, financial situation and needs. You should obtain a Product Disclosure Statement relating to the products mentioned, before deciding if they are right for you.

Do you ever wonder what the fuss is all about with global trade, and why Trump, as a business man, is so upset about with the current status? Well Paul has you sorted with a plainly spoken explanation of what is happening with China's trade accounts. The advice provided in this podcast is general advice only. It has been prepared without taking into account any person’s individual objectives, financial situation or needs. Before acting on anything in this podcast  you should consider its appropriateness to you, having regard to your objectives, financial situation and needs. You should obtain a Product Disclosure Statement relating to the products mentioned, before deciding if they are right for you.

This week we journey through the second half of Acts 17 together. Todd shows us through the text how we should: be an observer of human futility and not a hater, be a teller and not a troublesome meddler, and be a faithful ambassador, not a mocker.

This week we journey through the second half of Acts 17 together. Todd shows us through the text how we should: be an observer of human futility and not a hater, be a teller and not a troublesome meddler, and be a faithful ambassador, not a mocker.

This week we journey through the second half of Acts 17 together. Todd shows us through the text how we should: be an observer of human futility and not a hater, be a teller and not a troublesome meddler, and be a faithful ambassador, not a mocker.

This week we journey through the second half of Acts 17 together. Todd shows us through the text how we should: be an observer of human futility and not a hater, be a teller and not a troublesome meddler, and be a faithful ambassador, not a mocker.

Welcome to Geekologist Radio this week In Our Queue “The Cult of Narcos Demands Punishment” ()brings you Paul, Brandon, and Nash in the mix as we step week 2 into the rise of the derailers. Kicking things off Nash brings us Luc Besson’s “Enter the Warriors Gate” streaming now on Netflix. Firstly before this next segment I gotta say Damian called it, What you may ask? Well Paul talks “American Horror Story: Cult” Ep “10/9” and he is raving at how good it is, the salt shaker has been pushed aside my friends and this season of AMH has the flip of story to set its hooks deep and pull you in but that isn’t all we are watching this week “The Mayor” pilot arrived and it is pulling in good ratings not only from critics but from members of the team here at Geekologist Radio as well. I guess the 5th time's the charm as Nash finally Makes it through the full movie of Assassins Creed while Brandon gets his binge on with “Narcos S3” from Netflix. Time to get your tickets out and get onto the Hype Train. First Movie we got on the Hype Train is “Annihilation” a sci-fi epic that looks to bring as much drama and action to the screen as it does self reflect starring Natalie Portman, and fellow Star Wars Alumni Oscarr Isacc. Fox is looking to change up our tv show a bit with two female led series the first being a female led series version of the “Nice Guys” while the next will serve a sequel to the original “Kung Fu” being a Female led story that basically mirrors the original except taking place in the 1950’s. Next up a perfect entry into the month of October we have a plethora of news coming for Warner Bros. regarding Horror films after the mega hit “IT” passes the 500 million mark. Flight of the Navigator is being headed up by Lucifer showrunner while Liam Neeson is coming out of retirement? Lets not forget Damian’s favorite vigilante himself the Punisher gets a action packed full trailer and the guys give their expectations on the upcoming series. Email, podcast@geekologistradio.com Twitter @geekologisradio Web www.geekologistradio.com www.ninjapancake.com

For the most part habits are what produce our outcomes in life. When our regular habits improve so does our regular result. Well Paul, in our study, is currently suffering a bad break up with Barney. It isn’t pretty, but we cannot overlook some of the important things we see here in Paul’s habit life. We will look at 6 habits, that if absorbed, will make us highly effective in our service to Christ. | Visit our website at www.crossroadslondon.org/ | Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/likethecbc

Ever been so devoted to something that you have done some crazy dumb stuff just to accomplish it? Well Paul is saying why not be devoted to seeing people know Christ through the word by devoting ourselves to prayer.

Mondays am I right?! Good thing it we're back with a brand new show! Does anyone have trouble drinking at the beach? Well Paul seemed to have a bit of an issue. Any tips feel free to email us at noguaranteesshow@gmail.com. Speaking of the beach and the sun, who buys good sunglasses? Literally all of Jesses are promo/free sunglasses. After the first break we discuss tattoos and when is it too much? Of course we mean on women and when they're naked. We had no direction this week so from that we went directly into Jurassic Park. To end the show we discuss how women periods sync and what the equivalent to men would be. which of course leads to more dick talk. What else did you expect? Well on that note, we will see you guys next week! Thanks for listening! Music Featured in the Show: Defector - Muse / Right Now - SR-71 / Renegades - X-Ambassadors / Devil In Jersey City - Coheed & Cambria / The Ghosts of Beverly Drive - Death Cab For Cutie / Call the show LIVE! - (407) 545-6069 Mondays @ 8:30 PM!

Jim is hosting, how can that be? Well Paul is sick for one thing and Sketch was a bit under the weather as well. We also have Duelist on this episode who was kind enough to fill in on short notice. In this episode we discucss the latest episode of InuYasha: The Final Act, which spends a bit too much time on a comic relief story after rushing through so much material in the first two episodes. We also briefly discuss the promos and intersiduals that aired on Toonami this past week as well as read your talkbacks for the non-InuYasha programming Later, we gush over some great ratings and consider how they might be improved even further with a little schedule re-arrangement. Lastly, we have a special interview with J. Michael Tatum and Rachel Robinson that Jim recorded earlier this year at Another Anime Convention, no seriously that's the name. Also, the bleeps are back you $#*! 00:00 - Intro 02:30 - InuYasha: The Final Act Recap 10:20 - This Week on Toonami 20:15 - Toonami News 41:34 - Interview with J. Michael Tatum and Rachel Robinson 1:03:00 - Listener Mail / Sign-Off DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions of the participants of this podcast are not the views of ToonamiFaithful.Com or it’s affiliates, nor are they the views of Toonami, [adult swim], Williams Street, Turner or any other Time Warner property. Your hosts this week are Jim Nelson (Announcer of the podcast), Sketch (Editor-In-Chief of ToonamiFaithful.com) and Darrell Maddox (Self-Proclaimed Head of the HR for ToonamiFaithful.com)