1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,240 Welcome to the Gospel Truth Project Podcast. 2 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:15,400 I'm your host, Jason Cooper, and I have with me my co-host. 3 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:16,400 It's me. 4 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:17,400 It's Dylan. 5 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,840 I want us to start assuming your name is actually me, Dylan. 6 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:21,840 It is. 7 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:22,840 It is me, Dylan. 8 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:23,840 Me, Dylan. 9 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:30,840 I'm from a long line of me's, and me is Dylan, and you is not. 10 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:31,840 Me who? 11 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:32,840 Oh gosh, we can't. 12 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:33,840 That's so bad. 13 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:36,080 Well, that's going to be cut out. 14 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:37,560 Just cut this whole part out. 15 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:38,560 Hi, I'm Dylan. 16 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:39,560 No, it's staying in. 17 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:40,560 I'm sorry. 18 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:41,560 Oh, great. 19 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:44,560 Well, that's a great way to start it off. 20 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:45,560 It's fantastic. 21 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:46,560 It's good. 22 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:49,560 You can't tell we're delusionally tired. 23 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:53,640 Yeah, you know, for us it's pretty late, and I know this is technically going to come 24 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:57,520 out Thursday for me, so. 25 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:00,400 Well you're an hour ahead of me now, so. 26 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,600 I'll send it to you to edit, and then you can get it out before midnight. 27 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:04,600 How's that sound? 28 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:07,160 How about you edit it and then send it to me? 29 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:10,040 There you go, and then you can post it. 30 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:11,040 That sounds good. 31 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:12,040 I like that better. 32 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:13,040 Cool. 33 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:14,920 So we actually have a pretty... 34 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:18,400 Well, first off, I want to acknowledge that we did miss a week. 35 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:19,400 That's okay. 36 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:20,400 One of us got sick. 37 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:21,400 It's fine. 38 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:22,400 Totally fine. 39 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:23,400 Gosh. 40 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:24,400 Who would do something like that? 41 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:25,400 It's ridiculous. 42 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:28,400 So like, we missed a week. 43 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:29,400 Yeah. 44 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:32,400 One of us with his children. 45 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:35,560 Right, right. 46 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:36,600 We missed one week. 47 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:37,600 It's fine. 48 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:41,520 Like, I was going to tweet about it or acknowledge it, but then again I started thinking, we 49 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:42,720 don't have that many people yet. 50 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:46,960 If we miss one week, by the time people realize it, the next week's out already. 51 00:01:46,960 --> 00:01:50,880 This one is out already, so I figured we'd be pretty good for this week. 52 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:54,280 How are you lost to all our followers now and nobody cares? 53 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:58,280 We had 50 something now they're gone. 54 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:04,200 It was all my family and they all laughed at you like we're done. 55 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:05,200 That's too much. 56 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,200 Oh my gosh. 57 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:09,920 Hey, we actually ended up getting a new sponsor. 58 00:02:09,920 --> 00:02:12,120 I think I was telling you. 59 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:13,120 Yes. 60 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:14,600 Yes we were. 61 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:21,280 Yeah, we got sponsored by Bucked Up Energy Drinks, which is kind of funny. 62 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:23,880 Like B-U-C-K-E-D. 63 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:28,600 It's just like, yeah, it just has like the deer head on the front of it. 64 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:32,640 But that energy drink they offered as a sponsorship. 65 00:02:32,640 --> 00:02:37,000 So I would say this episode is sponsored by them. 66 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:38,880 Just go to their website, check out their drinks. 67 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:40,400 I don't know if you've ever tried their drinks. 68 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:44,880 I absolutely love their drinks and anytime I see them, it's the automatic grab off the 69 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:45,880 shelf. 70 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:47,200 Oh, every time. 71 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:48,200 You know me. 72 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:52,800 I love energy drinks so much. 73 00:02:52,800 --> 00:03:00,240 I really don't drink energy drinks, but this is when I've heard Jason like talk about nonstop. 74 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:03,320 So I just I'm taking his lead on this. 75 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:04,520 I'm going to agree with him. 76 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:06,320 It is really good. 77 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:12,680 I think it's like just because the flavors are very, very prominent, you don't taste 78 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:19,040 like the extra stuff in it, like the extra vitamins they have and like some of the nutrients 79 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:20,040 they have in there. 80 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:24,120 Like usually when you have that much stuff in it, it has a very like vitamin-y chalk 81 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,880 flavor, but that's completely gone. 82 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,800 It's a really pure flavor that tastes amazing. 83 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:34,440 I've tried I think almost all of them, if not all of them. 84 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:39,640 But yeah, you just go to their website, typed in Gospel with GTP when you're going to check 85 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:41,400 out and you actually get 10% off. 86 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:42,400 So that's really cool. 87 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:43,400 Definitely use that. 88 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:47,400 Yeah, you know, I could maybe use some, you know, when I was in Philly, get some extra 89 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:49,440 vitamins in, some energy. 90 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:51,680 I probably would have been okay. 91 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:52,680 Yeah. 92 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:55,720 Maybe that's what I was thinking. 93 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:59,960 So this week we're talking about what is the church, the church in general. 94 00:03:59,960 --> 00:04:04,400 I think we're going to just be talking about the church in general, not leadership. 95 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:06,480 And the church, but what is the church? 96 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:07,480 What is the church? 97 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:08,480 Yeah. 98 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:09,480 I think that's a good topic. 99 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:10,480 I think it's in unison. 100 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:11,480 Perfect. 101 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:12,480 Yes, perfect. 102 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:17,200 I think this is a good topic to talk about because I've had people say like, church is 103 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:18,240 the four walls. 104 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:19,840 Like that's where it is. 105 00:04:19,840 --> 00:04:21,320 You go out, it's ministry. 106 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:22,320 It's different. 107 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:25,840 And you know, well, that's a great question. 108 00:04:25,840 --> 00:04:27,320 So what is church? 109 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:33,440 Because if you don't know what church is and how can you live by it and know what to do, 110 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:35,840 I guess is a good way to put it. 111 00:04:35,840 --> 00:04:40,560 Yeah, no, totally agree with that. 112 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:46,320 Honestly, I think of when I was little, I remember when they go, why do I have to go 113 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:48,360 to church if I just believe in God? 114 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:49,360 Isn't that enough? 115 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:53,000 You know, I don't want to go to the other people, you know, I don't know. 116 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:57,320 Why can't I just stay home and worship, read my Bible and listen to worship music can be 117 00:04:57,320 --> 00:04:58,320 good. 118 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:04,560 I remember my mom, she was telling me it's about the community. 119 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:10,040 And community is an important thing because, you know, horses or two or more are gathered. 120 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:13,240 You know, he is there, he is present. 121 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:21,240 And I think that's a huge thing that a very important thing to do with the church is the 122 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:25,720 community, is having that family there that builds you up and, you know, is be praying 123 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:31,120 for you and accountability in that sense. 124 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:33,120 That is my opinion on that. 125 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:37,920 We'll get into scripture as well. 126 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:41,080 And just because I know somebody might try to fact check you on that one. 127 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:42,400 It's Matthew 1820. 128 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:47,400 For those who, whether a two or three are gathered in my name, meeting together as my 129 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:50,000 followers, I am there amongst them. 130 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:53,840 Just to kind of throw that out there. 131 00:05:53,840 --> 00:05:54,840 Yeah. 132 00:05:54,840 --> 00:05:55,840 Thank you, Jason. 133 00:05:55,840 --> 00:06:00,240 Always have it ready to go. 134 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:01,240 I do. 135 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:02,240 I do. 136 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:03,240 I do. 137 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:09,720 I do want to also mention that, you know, like I've heard the same before, like if it's 138 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:11,800 in the Bible once, pay attention. 139 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:15,160 If it's in the Bible twice, it's important. 140 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:21,800 And it's funny because the word church in the Bible is actually, um, the Ecclesia, which 141 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:28,640 Ecclesia is actually an assembly of Christians gathered for worship in a religious meeting 142 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:33,560 or a company of Christians or those who hoping for eternal salvation through Jesus Christ 143 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:36,080 specifically. 144 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:41,760 Those who anywhere in a city village constitutes such a company are united into one body. 145 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:46,080 You know, it's just a community of people who want to follow Jesus Christ. 146 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:53,320 And that's basically the definition of church from the Greek definition. 147 00:06:53,320 --> 00:07:00,400 And interesting enough, the word Ecclesia in this instance is actually in the Bible 148 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:01,400 118 times. 149 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:02,400 Only 118? 150 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:05,400 So it couldn't be that important. 151 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:07,440 Yeah, only, only. 152 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:08,440 Dang. 153 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:12,800 I did not see, I don't even know that. 154 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,920 See I'm learning stuff too, guys. 155 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:17,960 I think it's, it's, it's pretty cool. 156 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:23,640 I mean, you got like, uh, Acts 2 47 praising God, having favor with all the people and 157 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:27,400 the Lord added to the church daily such as should have been saved. 158 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,120 Uh, there's, there's a lot of really cool stuff. 159 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:35,320 So if it talks about the church that much, we should find out what is the church. 160 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:37,520 So why is it talked about it so much? 161 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:39,680 Obviously I just gave you the definition. 162 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:41,900 So what does the Bible say? 163 00:07:41,900 --> 00:07:44,880 What that means and what that looks like? 164 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:49,920 Um, yeah, good, good example for this. 165 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:55,320 Like I said, it's a gathering of, of people who are looking to find salvation through 166 00:07:55,320 --> 00:08:02,400 Jesus Christ or who have found salvation through Jesus Christ, um, and are together, like I 167 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:04,680 said, in one body, right? 168 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:10,680 Ecclesia is part of the definition is saying that they come together into one body as one 169 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:15,360 unit, um, working together for the greater good of God, but also to encourage each other 170 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:17,680 and help each other grow. 171 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:21,680 Um, which we, you got a Bible verse on this one, right? 172 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:25,040 Uh, first Corinthians 12 13 that one. 173 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:26,040 Yeah. 174 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:27,040 Yeah. 175 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:28,040 That's a good one for it. 176 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:29,040 Yeah. 177 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:35,160 For by one Holy Spirit, we were all baptized into the body, spiritually transformed, united 178 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:36,720 together. 179 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:44,440 Neither Jew or Gentile slaves are free and we were all made to drink of one Holy Spirit 180 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:48,040 since the same Holy Spirit fills each life. 181 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:55,160 The church derives its definition from the baptizing ministry of the Holy Spirit. 182 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:56,160 Right. 183 00:08:56,160 --> 00:09:02,240 A key verse on this is the one we use here by one spirit. 184 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,540 We are all baptized into one body. 185 00:09:05,540 --> 00:09:12,480 We see the passage that the church is like the physical manifestation of Christ, I eat 186 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,480 his body example, his body. 187 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:16,480 Yeah. 188 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:18,920 Uh, I like how you read the notes. 189 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:21,440 I, I, I had there for you. 190 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:23,280 Oh, I had to be this day. 191 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:24,280 Slowly go right in. 192 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:25,280 Right. 193 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:32,720 Um, other verses using this imagery of like us being in the one body with the Christ and 194 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:38,360 each part of the body has a responsibility or has, um, fruits of spirit that are different 195 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:39,400 from the others. 196 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:43,360 So they each have their own role, just like your hand has a different role than your foot 197 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:45,880 or your tongue has a different role than in your eyeball. 198 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:51,880 Um, Romans 12, four to five says for just as in one physical body, we have many parts. 199 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:54,720 These parts do not all have the same function or special use. 200 00:09:54,720 --> 00:10:00,960 So we who are many are nevertheless just one body in Christ and individually we are parts, 201 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:05,520 uh, one of another mutually dependent on each other. 202 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:13,560 I like, I think that's a pretty, pretty decent way to explain that we have a role. 203 00:10:13,560 --> 00:10:19,800 So with this being part of Christ, pursuing Christ, we have a role, right? 204 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:22,760 In the sense of gathering with each other. 205 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:27,520 Um, so first Corinthians 12, 27 also talks about this. 206 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:33,320 Now you collectively are Christ's body and then individually you are members of it each 207 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:36,360 with his own special purpose and function. 208 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:43,560 Um, again, it, it talks about believers coming together and they're under one body of Christ. 209 00:10:43,560 --> 00:10:49,400 They work together and they have individually, we have our own special purposes and functions 210 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:55,560 inside of that body of Christ, which is really cool because it brings out individuality inside 211 00:10:55,560 --> 00:11:00,040 of Christ's plan for us as followers, which is cool. 212 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:01,520 I think that's really cool. 213 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:02,520 It is. 214 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:09,240 It really is because you look at the church and like it's saying how, or each, or different 215 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:11,040 members or each different parts. 216 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:16,920 Like I think you're just what it takes just for, you know, like a Sunday service. 217 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:24,200 Like there's the tech team that comes in early and gets the worship team all of us tuned 218 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:29,560 in and then there's the Sunday school teachers that teach the children. 219 00:11:29,560 --> 00:11:32,200 There's the ushers that help out with service. 220 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:40,400 There's you know, the pastors, there's so many things that go into studying it up and 221 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:45,080 it's just, you know, it's crazy to think that this, every single Brody buddy has a different 222 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:46,080 purpose. 223 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:49,200 Like, it is like, it's just, it's crazy. 224 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:55,600 I was thinking about that actually this Sunday, just when I was going like, Oh, Oh, the sound 225 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:56,600 was really good today. 226 00:11:56,600 --> 00:12:00,760 I'm like, Oh yeah, I guess it was. 227 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:02,360 And then they're like, good, like, thank you. 228 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:05,520 I'm like, Oh, I'm like, I just do the video. 229 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:08,840 Like, but I help out like, Oh, well good job. 230 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:10,080 Oh yeah. 231 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:16,640 And I didn't realize it, you know, there's a lot that goes into it, but I got to go visit 232 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:24,280 our sister church and I got to just be like, just, just go and not to do anything. 233 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:29,000 And I was like, Whoa, I'm like, this is kind of weird not having to do anything. 234 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:30,800 It was also very nice. 235 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:36,840 Cause I got to just enjoy service, you know, cause there's times where, you know, it seems 236 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:44,520 really be called to do more and have to, you know, you're, you have more parts of the body 237 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:46,560 that you're doing and you're helping out with. 238 00:12:46,560 --> 00:12:51,800 So it's, it was fun though, but definitely this, this, the amount of work that goes into 239 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:55,800 it just with everybody helping out, it is like a giant team, a giant family. 240 00:12:55,800 --> 00:13:04,480 And I think it's cool when you see, you know, all the parts moving together and they suddenly 241 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:08,520 and they gathered and make the worship and everything. 242 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:11,940 It's just, it's, it's pretty cool. 243 00:13:11,940 --> 00:13:17,100 It's kind of ironic that when you ask people what church do they attend, they usually identify 244 00:13:17,100 --> 00:13:24,320 a building and we get to Bible like Romans 16 five, for example, it says, greet the church 245 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:26,160 that is in their house. 246 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:27,260 Right. 247 00:13:27,260 --> 00:13:30,000 And Paul is referring to the church in their house. 248 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:36,000 And the interesting thing is if you go to the word house, so in their house, houses 249 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:44,280 Oikos and Oikos in this instance is actually a conjunction and it's actually stands for 250 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:50,680 the family, the family of God or of the Christian church or the church of the old and new testaments 251 00:13:50,680 --> 00:13:56,680 or a house or all the persons forming the family, a household. 252 00:13:56,680 --> 00:14:04,240 So it has a lot of more understanding to be not a church building, but the body of believers 253 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:06,840 itself, because we are the church, right? 254 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:09,220 Where we gather, that's the church. 255 00:14:09,220 --> 00:14:16,160 That's why you can see like poor countries that, that are, or places that do not have 256 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:18,960 a building themselves wherever they gather. 257 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:22,000 That's the church because they're gathered together. 258 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:26,360 Like the original word that I was talking about, um, Ecclesia, it's just assembly of 259 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:31,320 Christians gathered for worship and a religious meeting, hoping for eternal salvation through 260 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:36,720 Jesus Christ and observing their own religious rights through that in that sense. 261 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:41,840 So it's like Paul himself was saying that kind of stuff. 262 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,120 Yeah, no, it's true. 263 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:52,080 Um, especially when you see it, uh, you know, uh, in Mexico, there's some places where it's 264 00:14:52,080 --> 00:15:00,880 just, you're just, you're meeting out in like an open lot of like, like an open field. 265 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:01,880 And that's it. 266 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:03,440 Like that's, that's the church right there. 267 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:10,040 It's just, and everybody shows up and they're just clapping their hands, doing worship. 268 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:14,880 I'm honestly, I think, I mean, I didn't understand what they were talking about, what they were 269 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:15,880 saying. 270 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:16,880 Right. 271 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:20,440 Um, but it was really powerful just because they're out there and they're just worshiping 272 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:23,640 and having community with one another. 273 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:26,080 And it's doesn't matter if they have a building or not. 274 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:28,600 And it's just like, Whoa, awesome. 275 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:32,760 There is out here, just worship and just praising. 276 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:37,760 And it's like, cause it's, that's when you really realized too, that it's not, not the 277 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:42,000 building with the people in the community that you build. 278 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:43,000 Yeah. 279 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:50,760 Um, I, I would say because of how, um, Greek is sentence, like the sentence structure of 280 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:56,960 Greek, I would say that there's two versions of church overall, or two ways that it describes 281 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:57,960 church. 282 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:03,640 The universal church and the local church, uh, universal church usually consists of everyone 283 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:07,400 everywhere who has a relationship, personal relationship with Jesus. 284 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:12,580 Um, like we read already, first Corinthians 12, 13, we're all baptized by one spirit into 285 00:16:12,580 --> 00:16:14,080 one body. 286 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:18,960 Um, anybody, anybody who believes is part of the body of Christ and who has received 287 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:20,840 the spirit of Christ as evidence. 288 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:27,880 Um, those who have received, um, salvation through faith in Jesus, comprised the universal 289 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:34,960 church, which is like as an overarching, like everybody who believes and has received the 290 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:40,320 spirit, the Holy spirit as proof that he believes is part of the universal church. 291 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:44,160 That's universally you're part of the church, right? 292 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:52,000 Um, the other way is the local church, which is described actually best in Galatians one, 293 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:53,000 one to two. 294 00:16:53,000 --> 00:17:01,440 Um, Paul, an apostle and, um, and all the brothers with him to the churches in Galatia. 295 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:08,400 Um, if you read the whole passage, you're, you, you can see that he is like, um, that 296 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:13,760 in the province of Galatia, there are many churches and they had localized ministries 297 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:15,760 and were scattered throughout the province. 298 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:22,000 And there were, those were local churches, uh, Baptist church, Lutheran church, ify 299 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,720 church, you know, charismatic church. 300 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:31,440 Um, that is not the church has the, the, as in the universal church, but rather it is 301 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:36,560 a local church, a local body of believers and the place to meet up. 302 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:39,960 Universal church is comprised of everyone who belongs to Christ. 303 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:44,720 When members of the universal church should seek fellowship and edification in a local 304 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:45,720 church. 305 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:49,000 So it's just a place where they gather, right? 306 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:50,000 And that could be anywhere. 307 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:54,960 It could be, you know, small groups at a house that can be down the street at the park. 308 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:57,440 That could be an actual building like that can be anywhere. 309 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:02,640 So universal church is anyone accepted into Christ or accepted has accepted Christ and 310 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:04,680 has received the spirit. 311 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:10,420 And local church is where local believers meet up together. 312 00:18:10,420 --> 00:18:12,720 So that's kind of like the two definitions there. 313 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:13,720 Yeah. 314 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:19,320 I mean, yeah, both of those, I mean, those two types are just. 315 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:22,240 There's a lot to get out of both of those. 316 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:27,760 Like I think we've had some good little house church, you know, little, you know, whether 317 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:32,560 it's you, me and a couple of friends or just you and me, just discussing the word and having 318 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:39,840 that close, like that good intimate time with, uh, you know, brother, sister in Christ, going 319 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:43,960 to the word or some of that's like just really powerful. 320 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:45,440 And it's what you need sometimes. 321 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:53,920 And then, you know, is this a different things you get from different, you know, different 322 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:55,600 scenarios and how God works. 323 00:18:55,600 --> 00:19:01,160 And, but I think it's all beneficial as long as there's community there. 324 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:04,480 Right. 325 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:09,000 You got like, according to the Bible in this instance, the church is the body of Christ 326 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:16,920 and body Christ is all those who have placed their faith in Jesus Christ for salvation. 327 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:20,840 Local churches are gathering of people who claim the name of Christ. 328 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:26,640 That's as easy as you can put it. 329 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:31,960 You can see a little bit more of this in Matthew 16, 18, right? 330 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:32,960 Yeah. 331 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:34,960 Do you add that up? 332 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:36,400 Yeah. 333 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:44,400 And I say to you that you are Peter and on this rock, I will build my church and the 334 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:54,680 gates of Hades death will not overpower it by preventing the resurrection of the Christ. 335 00:19:54,680 --> 00:20:00,760 I'll, I'll mention for Matthew 16, 18, and it says on this rock, I'll build my church. 336 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:02,760 That's that's important. 337 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:04,360 So people, yeah. 338 00:20:04,360 --> 00:20:05,360 Right. 339 00:20:05,360 --> 00:20:06,360 Listen up. 340 00:20:06,360 --> 00:20:07,360 Listen up. 341 00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:08,360 Listen up. 342 00:20:08,360 --> 00:20:12,880 People look at rock and they're like, oh, it's a foundation or something. 343 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:14,640 Like that's what it is. 344 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:17,240 Actually the word rock here is Oikos. 345 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:26,160 Oikos is the, all persons forming one family, a household, which the household in this instance 346 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:33,520 is also defined as the family God of the Christian church or the church of the old and new testaments. 347 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:40,520 Also more crudely used in as the inmates of the house or the house of God. 348 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:46,680 So people who are like dedicated or in it, like they're in it for a long haul, that kind 349 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:47,680 of thing. 350 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:48,680 That is the family of God. 351 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:54,680 So when it says on this rock, it's, it's also known as living stones. 352 00:20:54,680 --> 00:21:00,680 So if you see living stones in the Bible, it's usually played off of the word Oikos 353 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:05,760 or Petra is also another way it's been used and stuff. 354 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:12,240 But if you take that Oikos, you can see, for example, in first Peter two, five to six, 355 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:18,000 it says you believers like living stones are being built up in a spiritual house for a 356 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:23,320 holy and dedicated priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable and pleasing 357 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:25,640 to God through Jesus Christ. 358 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:27,400 For this is contained in scripture. 359 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:34,120 Behold, I am laying in Zion, a chosen stone, a precious honored cornerstone, and he who 360 00:21:34,120 --> 00:21:40,000 believes in him, whoever adheres to trust in and relies on him will never be disappointed 361 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,960 in his in his expectations. 362 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:50,020 Which I don't know, what do you think about that? 363 00:21:50,020 --> 00:21:51,020 You disappeared on me. 364 00:21:51,020 --> 00:21:59,880 I did not I just for you and forgot to hit it back on as I was talking like normal. 365 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:04,280 Well, there's a lot here. 366 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:07,400 It is. 367 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:12,760 Behold I am laying in Zion, a chosen stone. 368 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:20,480 And it we you know, whatever rock and just this is separation. 369 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:22,560 I've just. 370 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:36,520 It is I'm this is I said, I think of how Jesus, how now, man, I can't put in the words. 371 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:37,520 It's late. 372 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:38,520 I get it. 373 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:39,520 No, I get it. 374 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:40,520 Yeah, you get it. 375 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:41,520 I mean, I oh my gosh. 376 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:44,160 Yeah, of course you get it. 377 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:50,880 Like it's living stone to like and it's talking about the Holy Spirit and. 378 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:57,040 Oh, man, I think. 379 00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:01,440 My brain's trying to work. 380 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:03,640 So here's something that's interesting. 381 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:12,240 You know, being up since 430 is like I'm with you. 382 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:17,320 I think here's another thing I kind of add in there. 383 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:19,280 You have. 384 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:25,520 The first time that, you know, church was actually mentioned in general by Jesus was 385 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:30,200 in Matthew 16, which we which I read earlier. 386 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:31,840 I think I did right. 387 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:32,840 Yeah. 388 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:37,000 1618, which we just we just read. 389 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:43,360 And in verse 17, 18, like we just read, he says, and upon this rock, I'll build my church, 390 00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:49,960 which you know, Peter at that moment realized that Jesus is the Christ, right? 391 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:55,800 The son of the living God, because the father had revealed that to him what the verse says. 392 00:23:55,800 --> 00:24:03,800 Then the Lord joined the revelation of who he is with the revelation of the church. 393 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:10,160 If you go to like study Bibles for verse 18, you can see that the father's revelation concerning 394 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:16,040 Christ is only the first half of the great the great mystery, which is Christ and the 395 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:18,160 church, which you can see. 396 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:20,800 I'll reference that in a second. 397 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:26,560 Hence the Lord needed to reveal to Peter the second half also, which concerns the church 398 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:34,360 and Ephesians 532 references this tells us plenty plainly what this great mystery is. 399 00:24:34,360 --> 00:24:41,120 And it says this mystery is great, but I speak with regards to Christ and the church. 400 00:24:41,120 --> 00:24:42,840 Right. 401 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:44,520 Yeah. 402 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:46,160 Yeah. 403 00:24:46,160 --> 00:25:00,240 So if you have Christ in the church and you see that, well, that just adds into showing 404 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:06,200 that it's Christ and then, you know, body of Christ. 405 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:12,320 Because if you look at this verse, the word there for church is guess what it is? 406 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:18,160 Ecclesia, which we've been talking about is the word for church, which is a gathering 407 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:21,520 of people of believers, his believers. 408 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:22,520 Yeah. 409 00:25:22,520 --> 00:25:27,680 So you said that too that goes back and just totally the beginning of that first Peter 410 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:29,360 2 5. 411 00:25:29,360 --> 00:25:37,440 And it says you believers are like living stone. 412 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:43,280 And you know, talking about how they move and how it grows. 413 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:44,760 And like, that's the same thing. 414 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:50,680 Like I think to me living is that there is the growth, there is life in the church and 415 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:58,080 there's movement through Jesus through the spirit, you know. 416 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:02,380 And I think, you know, because the Holy Spirit is alive and well, we, you know, we have inside 417 00:26:02,380 --> 00:26:13,520 of us and I think that definitely it just, I think as a church too, it's that we're just, 418 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:18,040 you know, we're made up of, you know, the body of Christ and the Holy Spirit. 419 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:24,160 I think you just show this because we're able to live and we're able to grow and grow in 420 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:28,960 the word and how the community grow in serving the Lord. 421 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:29,960 Right. 422 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:30,960 Yeah. 423 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:31,960 Yeah, exactly. 424 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:39,720 And just, yeah, this is because whoever believes in him, trust in him, relies on him and they're 425 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:40,720 disappointed. 426 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:45,000 Like, and if the whole church is doing that, they're living stones. 427 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:49,200 They're, you know, pleasing the Lord. 428 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:53,160 Behold, I am laying inside chosen stone. 429 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:58,120 Like they're cornerstones, like they're building foundations. 430 00:26:58,120 --> 00:27:03,560 They're able to build off of it, grow and I just think it's a growth. 431 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:05,960 Yeah. 432 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:06,960 It's good. 433 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:10,320 I just, it is good. 434 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:12,920 And because, you know, because God's good. 435 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:15,600 Yeah, no, a hundred percent. 436 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,600 It's very, it's interesting. 437 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:23,600 Just reading this, so this one, you know, things you add to the notes later, I didn't 438 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,840 get to read it as it go over as much. 439 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:29,120 So I'm like, I'm looking at it again. 440 00:27:29,120 --> 00:27:31,760 Like this is, this is true. 441 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:33,080 I need to go over it again. 442 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:40,000 I'm like, yeah, sometimes, you know, we can have again, you can, you can say when you 443 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:44,880 read it, you know, you know, anytime. 444 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:55,040 So cornerstone, precious honored cornerstone. 445 00:27:55,040 --> 00:28:04,280 That word stone there is actually a lithos, which is obviously like building stones, but 446 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:09,520 it's also a metaphor for Christ. 447 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:14,440 It's used as a metaphor for Christ a lot in the New Testament. 448 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:20,280 I think it's about 30 times consistently. 449 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:21,280 Only 30? 450 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:22,280 Yeah, only. 451 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:23,280 Right. 452 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:24,280 Only. 453 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:25,280 A hundred more. 454 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:30,000 I'm gonna get out of here. 455 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:35,400 It's just interesting to see that it's, it's just keeps referencing Christ a lot through 456 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:40,920 this consistently, right? 457 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:45,320 And almost like the church should point back to Christ. 458 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:46,320 Right. 459 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:47,320 Whoa, crazy. 460 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:54,080 Since Christ is the son of the living God, the church as part of the great mystery must 461 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:56,680 also be living entity. 462 00:28:56,680 --> 00:29:01,920 So it certainly doesn't make sense that the church would be like an actual physical structure 463 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:08,200 because it, like that verse said, living stone, that kind of stuff is, it's, it's alive. 464 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:13,360 So if the church is alive, you can't just say it's specifically a building. 465 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:14,560 It's the four walls. 466 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:19,480 It's, it's where I go Sunday on Easter or Christmas. 467 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:20,480 And that's it. 468 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:23,200 Like, it doesn't, that's not it. 469 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:28,800 This verse came up quite a bit during COVID when people weren't able to meet at church. 470 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:29,800 Yeah. 471 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:31,800 Some people, some people weren't meeting at church. 472 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:37,580 And it was like, remember that, you know, that our church is a community. 473 00:29:37,580 --> 00:29:43,360 It's not necessarily, you know, the building that we meet in, whether we're doing it online 474 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:52,000 or not, are some people were able to, but you know, it was saying that this is our community 475 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:56,760 and we're able to serve people still. 476 00:29:56,760 --> 00:30:02,000 Like, you know, I just think about the things that was cool. 477 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:09,120 Like the associate pastor at the time, he would, him and his family were ding dong ditchy 478 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:15,640 people and a little note saying, Hey, hear it from the church. 479 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:18,280 Just wanted to say, we miss you thinking of you. 480 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:27,640 And it was a box of ding dong hostess ding dongs, not a sponsor, but that would be amazing. 481 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:35,360 And it would be ding dong bitched, you know, love you miss you guys from the church. 482 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:36,920 You know, stuff like that. 483 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:37,920 And that was such a cool thing. 484 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:41,040 That'd be great fun reason for the youth. 485 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:45,000 Just thinking about that actually. 486 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:46,560 Ding dong ditch people. 487 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:47,560 Right for Christ. 488 00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:48,560 Yeah, for Jesus. 489 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:49,560 Yeah, it makes sense. 490 00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:57,240 So you get that one person that just really is quick to anger and then it's explained 491 00:30:57,240 --> 00:31:01,680 to the family why we lost one little Jimmy. 492 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:02,920 He just wasn't fast enough. 493 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:03,920 We're so sorry. 494 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:06,920 We're so sorry he couldn't run. 495 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:12,240 Jimmy, no, don't look back. 496 00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:13,240 Color of salt. 497 00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:18,240 Oh, that's messed up. 498 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:19,240 Poor Jimmy. 499 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:21,280 Well, he's not real. 500 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:25,800 So I made about 100% just to meet a person. 501 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:28,640 There is no Jimmy that I minister to. 502 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:29,640 Well, not yet. 503 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:30,640 Who knows? 504 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:31,640 Maybe there will be somebody. 505 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:32,640 Right. 506 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:38,640 So I'm going to reel us back with something that I want your input on. 507 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:41,080 The church is the body of Christ. 508 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:42,080 Close. 509 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:43,080 Matthew 1618. 510 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:46,280 We've been reading this a couple of times. 511 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:47,280 1618. 512 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:52,160 And I say to you, you are Peter and on his rock, I will build my church. 513 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:53,160 My what? 514 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:54,760 Wait, build what? 515 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:57,760 I will build what? 516 00:31:57,760 --> 00:31:58,760 Dylan's church. 517 00:31:58,760 --> 00:31:59,760 No, my church. 518 00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:00,760 My church. 519 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:01,760 Who's speaking? 520 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:02,760 Jesus. 521 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:08,160 So Jesus said, I will build. 522 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:10,040 My church. 523 00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:16,120 So my church is the church is of the Lord, not of any person or thing. 524 00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:22,280 So it is not like denominations were are which are denominated according to some person's 525 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:25,980 name or something of that matter. 526 00:32:25,980 --> 00:32:32,280 So when Jesus mentions the church for the first time, he said, my church. 527 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:37,960 As it explains, this means the church is something that of the Lord himself and not of anything 528 00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:39,680 or anyone else. 529 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:46,160 And since the church of the Lord is the Lord's church, it is something formed by human organization. 530 00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:47,160 Yeah. 531 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:49,880 And then it even says like another bit too. 532 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:54,960 It's because Jesus is church, his church. 533 00:32:54,960 --> 00:33:03,080 And then he goes to say, in the gates of hell of death, will not overpower it because of 534 00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:04,720 the resurrection of Christ. 535 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:11,920 That just shows like how powerful our God is that we serve. 536 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:16,920 I'm pretty sure if no, I'm not even not. 537 00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:19,960 I'm not even just pretty sure I am positive on this one. 538 00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:23,320 Have you read first Corinthians one at all? 539 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:25,120 Or do you remember much of it? 540 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:28,120 I should say, because I know you've read it. 541 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:33,520 I was just saying like, I know I read it. 542 00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:35,120 I think it's been a little while. 543 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:37,120 First Corinthians, you say? 544 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:38,640 Here, let me let me feel it. 545 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:40,720 First Corinthians, what was it? 546 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:41,720 First Corinthians one. 547 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:42,720 One. 548 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:43,720 Uh huh. 549 00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:44,720 Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. 550 00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:50,960 Because you have your Bible on your phone, huh? 551 00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:56,240 I do, but sadly it is not open right now. 552 00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:57,640 Okay, that's fine. 553 00:33:57,640 --> 00:33:58,640 I got it. 554 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:02,040 First Corinthians, first Corinthians one. 555 00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:03,040 I'll start at 10. 556 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:04,800 Tell me what you think as we go. 557 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:09,280 But I urge you believers by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 558 00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:10,840 Good start. 559 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:17,600 That all of you believe, all of you be in full agreement in what you say and that there 560 00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:23,400 be no divisions or factions among you, but you be perfectly united in your way of thinking 561 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:28,040 and in your judgment about matters of the faith. 562 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:35,040 For I have been informed about you, my brothers and sisters, by those of Chloe's household, 563 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:37,520 that there are corals and factions among you. 564 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:42,040 Now I mean this, that each one of you says, I'm a disciple of Paul, or I'm a disciple 565 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:47,200 of Apollo, or I'm the disciple of Cephas, or I'm a disciple of Christ. 566 00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:49,720 Has Christ been divided into different parts? 567 00:34:49,720 --> 00:34:54,240 Was Paul crucified for you, or were you baptized in the name of Paul? 568 00:34:54,240 --> 00:34:55,240 Certainly not. 569 00:34:55,240 --> 00:35:01,840 I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except for Crispus and Gaius so that no 570 00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:04,160 one would say that you were baptized in my name. 571 00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:06,840 What do you think of that? 572 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:11,520 Well, that's a large question. 573 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:12,520 I loaded it. 574 00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:23,400 I think it brings me a great thing of just getting caught up into, well, I like this 575 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,400 church because of this. 576 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:26,400 This is the church I go to. 577 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:29,840 This is where, you know, I want this, I want that. 578 00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:33,360 This is what I want of a church. 579 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:35,200 It's not what necessarily we want. 580 00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:37,080 You may be called to go somewhere. 581 00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:40,960 I'm not saying that that's not, you know, for you. 582 00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:47,360 But all that matters is that we are serving God and doing that. 583 00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:48,640 It should not matter. 584 00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:50,720 Why I like the worship better here. 585 00:35:50,720 --> 00:35:51,720 Great. 586 00:35:51,720 --> 00:35:53,720 That's not the animation. 587 00:35:53,720 --> 00:35:56,800 But you know what I mean? 588 00:35:56,800 --> 00:36:01,120 Why I don't like the way they do worship. 589 00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:02,360 I think we should do this. 590 00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:04,360 I think we should kneel and pray. 591 00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:06,240 I think we should stand up. 592 00:36:06,240 --> 00:36:09,320 I think we should say, Hail Mary, full of grace. 593 00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:15,000 I think that's the thing is like, I think he gets the, you know, there's too much division 594 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:22,280 like it, like he just says, like it says in that verse that needs to be a common ground 595 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:31,280 of where we are like, we are Christians, we are God fearing, loving people. 596 00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,360 There's too much division in the church. 597 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:39,800 And I think that's, I mean, like God said, like, no. 598 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:40,800 Right. 599 00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:41,800 I just. 600 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:44,520 Well, okay. 601 00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:52,120 So then let me kind of split up a little bit then just to kind of give you an idea. 602 00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:53,120 Romans 16 17. 603 00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:58,680 I appeal to you brothers, brothers and sisters in Christ to watch out for those who cause 604 00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:03,080 divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught. 605 00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:05,800 Stay with them. 606 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:09,840 Now, there's a difference between going to a church. 607 00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:14,900 Yeah, and they have a, they have a worship that helps like you, it's more accustomed 608 00:37:14,900 --> 00:37:17,580 to your preferences because we're all individuals. 609 00:37:17,580 --> 00:37:20,680 Yeah, we have different preferences. 610 00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:22,160 That's great. 611 00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:27,800 But if someone goes to a church and that church is like, we worship God the right way and 612 00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:30,680 everyone else is in sin, they're wrong. 613 00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:32,820 That's immediate, no go You don't want to. 614 00:37:32,820 --> 00:37:39,300 don't go to that church because they're separating and dividing themselves from others in Christ. 615 00:37:39,300 --> 00:37:44,980 Just because it's not what they, in that sense, like worship, for example, well they worship 616 00:37:44,980 --> 00:37:52,620 with guitars. That's a sin. Sorry. Like, the Bible never says guitar is a sin. Even David 617 00:37:52,620 --> 00:37:57,580 played with a stringed instrument. That has nothing to do with if it's a guitar or your 618 00:37:57,580 --> 00:37:59,700 vocals or whatever. That's just preference. 619 00:37:59,700 --> 00:38:03,260 Yeah, I mean, that sounds like those footloose Christians. 620 00:38:03,260 --> 00:38:04,260 Right. 621 00:38:04,260 --> 00:38:07,260 Hans is the devil. 622 00:38:07,260 --> 00:38:08,260 Right. 623 00:38:08,260 --> 00:38:11,420 The movies are the devil. 624 00:38:11,420 --> 00:38:12,420 Right. 625 00:38:12,420 --> 00:38:17,300 Sounds like Nazarene. Old school Nazarene, I should say. 626 00:38:17,300 --> 00:38:18,300 Right. I mean- 627 00:38:18,300 --> 00:38:24,220 Nothing wrong with Nazarene. I grew up Nazarene, but it's fine. 628 00:38:24,220 --> 00:38:33,940 I think it's interesting, if anybody is on here, like, go read 1 Corinthians 12. That's 629 00:38:33,940 --> 00:38:42,220 a great chapter that talks about how as individuals we have individual gifting of the Spirit from 630 00:38:42,220 --> 00:38:47,460 the Holy Spirit, like of wisdom, or someone will have knowledge, or someone will have 631 00:38:47,460 --> 00:38:54,780 gifts of healing, or someone will have gifts of prophecy or discernment. There's all these 632 00:38:54,780 --> 00:39:02,540 different gifts of the Spirit, and usually people who have likeness of spiritual giftings 633 00:39:02,540 --> 00:39:10,780 will congregate together. And the issue that I see quite often, sadly, is that because 634 00:39:10,780 --> 00:39:16,260 they're gifted with that Spirit and that gift of the Spirit, they will tear down others 635 00:39:16,260 --> 00:39:22,980 with the other spiritual gifts and say that they're in the wrong. But it's all biblical, 636 00:39:22,980 --> 00:39:28,100 so it all falls in line with Christ, but they're just piecing it apart to fit their narrative 637 00:39:28,100 --> 00:39:33,460 rather than molding their foundation to what the Bible says. So it's using the Bible to 638 00:39:33,460 --> 00:39:38,940 mold theirs, or yeah, using the Bible to mold their foundation stronger rather than using- 639 00:39:38,940 --> 00:39:47,140 sorry, I said that backwards. It's like they're molding their foundation and using the Bible 640 00:39:47,140 --> 00:39:51,980 to strengthen what they want rather than using the Bible to mold their foundation to what 641 00:39:51,980 --> 00:40:00,700 the Bible says. Yes. It took me a second. You went backwards, forwards, I'm like, wait, 642 00:40:00,700 --> 00:40:07,340 where are we even at right now? Use the Bible to mold and create your foundation according 643 00:40:07,340 --> 00:40:13,740 to the Bible rather than trying to use the Bible for your own personal gain. But why 644 00:40:13,740 --> 00:40:24,420 use the Bible? You don't. You read the Bible to mold your foundation to it. Yes, because 645 00:40:24,420 --> 00:40:31,340 and put the Bible as what? To living with your God, right? Right, yeah, yeah, yeah. 646 00:40:31,340 --> 00:40:36,460 We were talking about the Bible last week or two weeks ago or something like that. Yeah, 647 00:40:36,460 --> 00:40:42,500 and that's what I'm saying. And that's like you should be molded and formed by the living 648 00:40:42,500 --> 00:40:52,660 Word of God. Because if you allow that, because it is- God spoke the Word and if we get molded 649 00:40:52,660 --> 00:41:02,100 by that, then we are molded in following His plan, His mold, His guideline to help us on 650 00:41:02,100 --> 00:41:10,100 that walk. Yeah, you have like 2 Timothy 3, 16, all scriptures breed out by God and profitable 651 00:41:10,100 --> 00:41:17,500 for teaching, reproof, correction and training in righteousness. I mean, you got multiple 652 00:41:17,500 --> 00:41:25,160 verses like that, Romans 15, 4, Joshua 1, 8, Hebrews 4, 12 to 14. Like, there's so many 653 00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:31,160 different verses that talk about the Word of God being living and active and don't let 654 00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:36,820 it leave your- don't let it depart from your mouth. Like, you always are reading it, you're 655 00:41:36,820 --> 00:41:45,860 talking about it, you're just studying it and that's true. So, the Bible is your foundation 656 00:41:45,860 --> 00:41:54,380 that you build everything else on. And foundational things of Christ are black and white. Like, 657 00:41:54,380 --> 00:42:03,700 Jesus died for us and He rose again, done, period. There's no third day coming back to 658 00:42:03,700 --> 00:42:17,780 New York City. I think it was- what was it? When you get to a certain point in the night, 659 00:42:17,780 --> 00:42:23,860 it's pretty late and you just kind of think, hmm, what was that verse again? That's me 660 00:42:23,860 --> 00:42:30,700 even if it's not too late. I'm like, wait, what? Did my ADHD just kick all that out even 661 00:42:30,700 --> 00:42:36,420 though I just read it and heard it twice? I'm like, I know he just read something that 662 00:42:36,420 --> 00:42:42,340 was really good. I'm like, I know. My head's going like, hmm. 663 00:42:42,340 --> 00:42:47,600 I think what I was trying to say was like, Jesus doesn't set us up to fail. He gives 664 00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:54,100 us clear instructions on what to do. Matthew 13 to 14 talks about it. 665 00:42:54,100 --> 00:43:04,700 The breath of God is built by the word. The breath word of God is the Bible. 666 00:43:04,700 --> 00:43:08,500 The breath of God, yeah. It is the word of God. Right, right. 667 00:43:08,500 --> 00:43:18,420 He breathed it. He created it. So if we follow that, we should demand his image or remain 668 00:43:18,420 --> 00:43:25,020 in his image. We should follow him and live holy, be holy in a sense. And holy means to 669 00:43:25,020 --> 00:43:35,740 be set apart, set apart from this earth that is so fallen. And God placed all things under 670 00:43:35,740 --> 00:43:39,300 his feet. Right? Is that? 671 00:43:39,300 --> 00:43:41,500 Yeah, good verse. 672 00:43:41,500 --> 00:43:44,100 Ephesians 1, 22 and 23. 673 00:43:44,100 --> 00:43:45,100 Yeah, good verse. 674 00:43:45,100 --> 00:43:51,420 God puts all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 675 00:43:51,420 --> 00:43:57,340 which is his body, the fullness of him who feels everything in every way. The body of 676 00:43:57,340 --> 00:44:05,980 Christ is made up of all believers in Jesus Christ from the day of Pentecost, which is 677 00:44:05,980 --> 00:44:13,060 in Acts chapter 2, until Christ returned. Biblically, we are regarded in the church 678 00:44:13,060 --> 00:44:20,860 in two ways, as a universe church and as our local church, like Jason said earlier. 679 00:44:20,860 --> 00:44:26,300 I think that day of Pentecost is, you know, super important because, you know, that's, 680 00:44:26,300 --> 00:44:32,020 you know, receiving the Holy Spirit is such a huge thing. And to see him work in the church 681 00:44:32,020 --> 00:44:39,660 through spiritual gifts, like the gifts of people having, you know, of just, you know, 682 00:44:39,660 --> 00:44:45,020 a servant's heart of faithfulness and stuff like that, where you really see the spirit 683 00:44:45,020 --> 00:44:52,140 working in people. You know, I think of the, those, you know, the setup crew at our church, 684 00:44:52,140 --> 00:44:59,140 we got people that live close to an hour away, but they're almost, him and his wife are the 685 00:44:59,140 --> 00:45:08,540 first ones there almost every Sunday. Nice. And they stay, you know, half an hour after 686 00:45:08,540 --> 00:45:17,420 service to clean up. Right. Like I think about having that servant's heart. And like, I'm 687 00:45:17,420 --> 00:45:23,580 saying like that really is something that, you know, is like a gift, you know, the Holy 688 00:45:23,580 --> 00:45:28,900 Spirit, like, you know, to have that certain, to have the faithfulness it takes just to 689 00:45:28,900 --> 00:45:34,580 step out in the due things and you're not comfortable with in your walk. There's so 690 00:45:34,580 --> 00:45:39,460 many things that, you know, the church is just, it's like, it says that, you know, hands 691 00:45:39,460 --> 00:45:43,860 and feet, there's different body parts of it. There is a Holy Spirit, there's different 692 00:45:43,860 --> 00:45:54,020 gifts that show up. Right. You know, like, I think it's, you know, so you have visions, 693 00:45:54,020 --> 00:46:04,380 dreams, you know, discernment, tons. It's just, it's the Swiss army knife, man. I think 694 00:46:04,380 --> 00:46:11,460 just it's because we're made up, you know, of all believers. Yes. It's Christ. And it's 695 00:46:11,460 --> 00:46:17,340 like, there's so many, we have so many brothers and sisters out there that have so many gifts. 696 00:46:17,340 --> 00:46:20,660 I just like, I just feel like I'm supposed to say, I just encourage everyone right now. 697 00:46:20,660 --> 00:46:25,700 If you're listening, just to really spend time listening to the Holy Spirit, listening 698 00:46:25,700 --> 00:46:34,900 to God, you know, it's all three in one, but just listening to what God wants you to do 699 00:46:34,900 --> 00:46:40,100 and what, you know, the gifts that he has for you receiving them, you know, and if you're 700 00:46:40,100 --> 00:46:44,740 listening, I just, if you hold your hands out and like, just receive that from the Lord, 701 00:46:44,740 --> 00:46:50,860 ask the Holy Spirit to come fill you up and receive the spiritual gifts that the Lord 702 00:46:50,860 --> 00:46:58,020 has for you. You can better serve him. Don't let a day go by when you're not willing to 703 00:46:58,020 --> 00:47:03,140 receive those gifts and not willing to use them to further the kingdom. Because I was 704 00:47:03,140 --> 00:47:09,900 just, I was just thinking that because when it says that, you know, we're all appointed. 705 00:47:09,900 --> 00:47:15,380 Everybody who believes in Jesus Christ, we are all the church. Like everybody for this 706 00:47:15,380 --> 00:47:21,660 and then, you know, you know, you know, we're not even in the same state, but you know, 707 00:47:21,660 --> 00:47:27,420 like there's people across the world that can hear this and then, you know, if they 708 00:47:27,420 --> 00:47:32,580 can be serving the Lord and we can inspire them to receive the Holy Spirit and just, 709 00:47:32,580 --> 00:47:38,460 you know, have their gift, then that's what we should be doing. The further the kingdom, 710 00:47:38,460 --> 00:47:45,820 I don't care if we got two people that listen, 5,000, 5 million, if we can affect just one 711 00:47:45,820 --> 00:47:52,700 person to step out on their faith, that can make a difference. 712 00:47:52,700 --> 00:47:58,940 For that, if that is something that you want to understand and learn more about, again, 713 00:47:58,940 --> 00:48:04,220 Bible's a great way to turn to, so I would recommend reading, like I said before, 1 Corinthians 714 00:48:04,220 --> 00:48:10,780 12. If you really want to get into that aspect of it, read 1 Corinthians 12. It's a really 715 00:48:10,780 --> 00:48:18,260 great structure of what the Spirit is and what it does and the guest of Spirit and don't 716 00:48:18,260 --> 00:48:26,660 be uniformed. We worked together as a body, as a whole, but you reminded me, and I had 717 00:48:26,660 --> 00:48:37,860 this conversation with someone who I met and we were talking about, you know, denominations, 718 00:48:37,860 --> 00:48:43,500 stuff like that. He was really adamant, like, this denomination is wrong, this denomination 719 00:48:43,500 --> 00:48:48,180 is wrong, this denomination is wrong, the denomination I'm in is right. It was very 720 00:48:48,180 --> 00:48:53,340 consistent and I told him to read Ephesians 4, because that's another one, talking about 721 00:48:53,340 --> 00:49:03,820 unity in the body of Christ. You have verses, like, for example, in verse 1 to 5-ish, where 722 00:49:03,820 --> 00:49:08,740 it says, you know, it's like, I am therefore a prisoner of the Lord, urge you to walk in 723 00:49:08,740 --> 00:49:15,940 a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility, gentleness, 724 00:49:15,940 --> 00:49:20,740 patience, bearing with one another, in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit 725 00:49:20,740 --> 00:49:27,260 and the bond of peace. There is one body, one Spirit, just as you were called to the 726 00:49:27,260 --> 00:49:35,420 one hope that belongs to your call. One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God, and Father 727 00:49:35,420 --> 00:49:49,660 of all, who is all and through all and in all. Really, really important. Because it's 728 00:49:49,660 --> 00:49:54,780 the unity, the unity inside the body of Christ, the body of Christ is the Church and the Church 729 00:49:54,780 --> 00:50:02,180 is us. And we like to pick apart and say, well, this person thinks, you know, this person 730 00:50:02,180 --> 00:50:07,860 thinks that, again, back to like, worship music is a really big one. They think that 731 00:50:07,860 --> 00:50:15,180 they can play, you know, drums and guitar on stage, but it wasn't in the Bible. So 732 00:50:15,180 --> 00:50:21,780 the lack thereof means that's enough. And, you know, you see David worship and then you 733 00:50:21,780 --> 00:50:26,100 go like, shoot, David ran out in the street in his underwear screaming praises to God 734 00:50:26,100 --> 00:50:30,880 and that was his way of worshiping. People are like, you're insane. Because you're giving 735 00:50:30,880 --> 00:50:34,540 glory to God no matter what you do. You're showing that there's nothing holding you 736 00:50:34,540 --> 00:50:43,100 back from declaring your connection to him. And that's something important because that 737 00:50:43,100 --> 00:50:48,140 shares who he is and people are like, what is this guy doing? Or what is this going on? 738 00:50:48,140 --> 00:50:53,340 And it's the same with church, like the gathering of people anywhere you gather. Like I used 739 00:50:53,340 --> 00:50:59,820 to do church, so to speak, and the sense of gathering at the park, just get together, 740 00:50:59,820 --> 00:51:06,060 sit there, play guitar, do some worship songs, and then just open our Bible and talk, just 741 00:51:06,060 --> 00:51:15,540 read and work it out together to just read and learn. So that's just what we did. We 742 00:51:15,540 --> 00:51:19,940 read it together. Oh, that makes sense. Hey, that backs up what this is. Hey, that that 743 00:51:19,940 --> 00:51:25,820 talks about this in a different chapter. Hey, that that just strengthens my foundation in 744 00:51:25,820 --> 00:51:32,620 this or that because it's just to help you learn and grow. And that's what church is, 745 00:51:32,620 --> 00:51:39,940 is that you can reflect that off other believers searching for salvation through Jesus Christ. 746 00:51:39,940 --> 00:51:45,820 You work together like I might, you know, a brand new Christian who hasn't read the 747 00:51:45,820 --> 00:51:50,460 Bible, I might be able to help him out because I've read the Bible a lot and give him point 748 00:51:50,460 --> 00:51:58,220 them in the right direction. Like I was with first Corinthians 12. Dylan, like you were 749 00:51:58,220 --> 00:52:04,300 jumping in and saying what you did. That kind of stuff shows that, you know, in certain 750 00:52:04,300 --> 00:52:09,060 places we might be able to help people. And that's all we want to do. And it's not like 751 00:52:09,060 --> 00:52:19,260 a holier than now or like I'm better than it's like, oh, yeah, we're not. I spent time 752 00:52:19,260 --> 00:52:26,380 and I want to help like I want like if if this helps you fantastic. If it doesn't, I 753 00:52:26,380 --> 00:52:32,100 hope it did. But this it's it's your walk with Christ. You're going to have to read 754 00:52:32,100 --> 00:52:37,340 it. It doesn't understand doesn't keep walking. Right. It's like you you got to read it and 755 00:52:37,340 --> 00:52:42,100 you got to start understanding who God is. And that's your walk with him. But I'm not 756 00:52:42,100 --> 00:52:46,460 going to get mad if your walk looks different than mine. And that's something that we need 757 00:52:46,460 --> 00:52:51,540 to understand that we work together under Christ. Now, there is a place to where you 758 00:52:51,540 --> 00:52:56,700 know, if I see Dylan doing something that's very anti Bible or against the Bible, let's 759 00:52:56,700 --> 00:53:04,420 say sinning or something, I'll pull him aside and really never. I've never. Is that arrogance? 760 00:53:04,420 --> 00:53:14,500 No, we know. I don't believe that. Where the humility go? The humbleness. I'm too tired. 761 00:53:14,500 --> 00:53:24,020 That's so funny. Oh, my gosh. Yeah, it's it's you work together and I would pull him aside 762 00:53:24,020 --> 00:53:30,540 and be like, hey, brother, brother in Christ, like. This is what you would say that I do 763 00:53:30,540 --> 00:53:42,980 like my brother. Right. You know, do we? It's true, though, it is because I've done it before 764 00:53:42,980 --> 00:53:47,580 where you'll say something or you'll be you'll come at me and you're like, oh, I'm angry 765 00:53:47,580 --> 00:53:54,100 about this or that. And I'm like, yeah, it's most of the time. Yeah. And I'm like, Jason, 766 00:53:54,100 --> 00:54:00,060 I know it says that because I just I wasn't thinking with the biblical mindset and you're 767 00:54:00,060 --> 00:54:09,900 like, are we loving? Are we having patience? I'm like. Patience is like, no. And then I 768 00:54:09,900 --> 00:54:15,020 know he's right, which just makes me a little more upset at him. But I know he's doing it 769 00:54:15,020 --> 00:54:19,420 in a loving way. And it's important to have that. That's part of the community. It's part 770 00:54:19,420 --> 00:54:29,460 of me in the church. And. That brings up Galatians 6.1. That brings up that because it says brothers, 771 00:54:29,460 --> 00:54:34,780 if anyone is caught in any transgressions, like you who are spiritual should restore 772 00:54:34,780 --> 00:54:42,140 him in spirit of gentleness. And I think that gets missed a lot with this stuff, because 773 00:54:42,140 --> 00:54:50,860 not with you. No, no, I'll be that way. But it's like, you know, if someone's like you 774 00:54:50,860 --> 00:54:55,820 or come up to me and you're like, you know, my peanut butter sandwich, I dropped it and 775 00:54:55,820 --> 00:55:00,420 it fell face down. This is the stupidest thing the world's out to get me. Whatever. That's 776 00:55:00,420 --> 00:55:08,180 pretty sad, though. It is. But I would. Right. I would come to you with gentleness because 777 00:55:08,180 --> 00:55:14,300 I understand like, you know, you're not having a good day. That's fine. Let me encourage 778 00:55:14,300 --> 00:55:26,540 you. At the very least. The question is, though. Is it like Skippy or Jif? It's a combo. Crunchy 779 00:55:26,540 --> 00:55:40,660 or smooth. It's it's now crunchy because it's on the floor. Oh, gosh. That's messed up. 780 00:55:40,660 --> 00:55:48,740 OK, Mr. Peanut Butter on Hot Dogs. That's good. Actually, that should be a sponsor right 781 00:55:48,740 --> 00:55:54,020 there. Peanut Butter on Hot Dogs. Sponsored. I did not think it was going to be good. I 782 00:55:54,020 --> 00:55:58,940 remember you told me that was crazy. I thought it was crazy, too. Trust me, I'm not the first 783 00:55:58,940 --> 00:56:05,780 one that did that. There's a hot dog. I know this is a side note, but there's a hot dog 784 00:56:05,780 --> 00:56:12,780 place that does chopped grilled onions with peanut butter and caramelized bacon here and 785 00:56:12,780 --> 00:56:23,500 where I'm at. That sounds good. I need to visit you. Come on. You can help me move. 786 00:56:23,500 --> 00:56:35,300 He's the big guy who always gives ass to move. Yeah. If you ever like just to back up what 787 00:56:35,300 --> 00:56:52,260 I just said, Second Thessalonians 3. Second Thessalonians 3 and 13 says, as for you brothers, 788 00:56:52,260 --> 00:56:57,100 do not grow weary in doing good. If anyone does not obey what we say in this letter, 789 00:56:57,100 --> 00:57:01,220 which is setting out, if you read the whole thing, it's fantastic. But take note of the 790 00:57:01,220 --> 00:57:06,300 person and have nothing to do with them that he may be ashamed. But do not regard him as 791 00:57:06,300 --> 00:57:13,060 an enemy, but warn him as a brother. Hmm. That's something that I see where people are like, 792 00:57:13,060 --> 00:57:19,020 you're going to hell or they'll jump on you and like you sinned. You're shame. Shame. But 793 00:57:19,020 --> 00:57:23,020 it says to do it in gentleness in the previous verse. And then with this, it says, don't 794 00:57:23,020 --> 00:57:28,140 regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother. Like, hey, you believe in the Bible. 795 00:57:28,140 --> 00:57:33,300 I know this. We talked about this. You're a Christian just like I am. You did. And the 796 00:57:33,300 --> 00:57:40,820 Bible says not to do this. What's your take on it? And that's it. Like I'm doing it gently. 797 00:57:40,820 --> 00:57:46,060 I'm not pointing fingers. I'm just like, this is what the Bible says. If Dylan, if you came 798 00:57:46,060 --> 00:57:50,940 up to me and you were like, for example, or let's say someone else, I don't want to use 799 00:57:50,940 --> 00:57:57,100 you as an example. Every time someone comes up to me, this Christian and they're like, 800 00:57:57,100 --> 00:58:04,060 no, adultery is okay. And, and I go up and I'm like, well, the Bible says don't do adultery 801 00:58:04,060 --> 00:58:12,500 in like 50 different spots. And I show them verses. I'm like, only 50. Right. Like, what 802 00:58:12,500 --> 00:58:16,740 do you think about this? The Bible says this and it specifically talks about adultery. 803 00:58:16,740 --> 00:58:22,100 What do you think? And you know, at that point, if he's like, nah, I still think it's okay. 804 00:58:22,100 --> 00:58:26,020 That was a different time. It's fine. And he walks away. I have nothing to do with him 805 00:58:26,020 --> 00:58:33,340 anymore. Like, like, I was, I warned him as a brother. I was very gentle about it. That's 806 00:58:33,340 --> 00:58:41,380 like, I'm okay. Well, you're walking away with this. I mean, I gave you, I made it obvious 807 00:58:41,380 --> 00:58:45,700 and showed you where that's very clearly stated. No. 808 00:58:45,700 --> 00:58:50,660 And then also kind of goes like we talked about with the deconstruction of the Bible 809 00:58:50,660 --> 00:58:57,540 a little bit as well. You know, yeah, but that borderline hasn't to be, you know, keeping 810 00:58:57,540 --> 00:59:04,820 them accountable and turn to be like, hey, you know, like that's it's pretty black and 811 00:59:04,820 --> 00:59:10,340 white. This is not that like I shared with some other leaders who were saying certain 812 00:59:10,340 --> 00:59:16,980 things were okay, even though they're not. And it's like, you know, having to, you know, 813 00:59:16,980 --> 00:59:21,460 call them out and not necessarily call them out and be like, hey, that's, typically that's 814 00:59:21,460 --> 00:59:28,820 inaccurate. And that's not right. It's not the easiest thing to do because, you know, 815 00:59:28,820 --> 00:59:36,980 I know that you're the same way. It's never to purposefully be confrontational. It isn't 816 00:59:36,980 --> 00:59:44,020 wanting to come out of a piece of love and and wanting to help each other grow so we 817 00:59:44,020 --> 00:59:47,380 can prove that because it's all about furthering the kingdom of Christ. 818 00:59:50,260 --> 00:59:55,460 It's like James 417. Remember, it is. Of course, it's always going to be James. 819 00:59:55,460 --> 01:00:01,380 I love James. But it's remember it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not to do it. 820 01:00:01,380 --> 01:00:08,980 Straight and simple. And if you were corrected on things and you choose not to, 821 01:00:13,780 --> 01:00:16,340 not the best plan that you've done. 822 01:00:18,900 --> 01:00:22,900 Yeah, no, very true. And 823 01:00:24,420 --> 01:00:28,020 great. Anything else we need to go over real quick? 824 01:00:28,020 --> 01:00:34,340 I think we're good. I mean, we've definitely covered this pretty thoroughly. Yeah, ideas for 825 01:00:34,340 --> 01:00:41,380 next week. So really excited for that. Yeah, that is true. I know. But man, 826 01:00:41,380 --> 01:00:45,380 it is a late night for both of us right now. It's pushing. 827 01:00:51,380 --> 01:00:57,380 Yeah, I might have to wake up in the morning and get me one of those bucked up energy 828 01:00:57,380 --> 01:01:01,380 drinks. Yep. And just for everyone listening, bucked with a B. 829 01:01:02,820 --> 01:01:10,500 Bucked like at that pumping grind, like a bucking horse or something. Yeah. Like they have like they 830 01:01:10,500 --> 01:01:15,540 they have really cool looking cans too. They really do. They're sleek and they have like just they 831 01:01:15,540 --> 01:01:25,460 have like a buck on it. Yeah, the B. Yeah. It's a sleek black can. I think that was like the most 832 01:01:25,460 --> 01:01:31,060 the most unnecessary with a B because it's obviously not the other thing. 833 01:01:34,740 --> 01:01:41,700 But you know, they have like the zero sugar stuff too, which is super and the caffeine's got 100 834 01:01:41,700 --> 01:01:47,700 milligrams zero sugar natural. They have natural flavors too. Yeah, it's less caffeine than like 835 01:01:47,700 --> 01:01:52,820 a monster. So it's not like overly doing it. Like that's why it also feels like as if though 836 01:01:52,820 --> 01:01:59,220 it's a little more healthier too. Yeah, yeah, they're good. I mean, you look at the radians 837 01:01:59,220 --> 01:02:06,340 to the reviews. It's you know, 4.9 on all the reviews. Oh, yeah, they're great. But I knew that 838 01:02:06,340 --> 01:02:12,500 new flavor the pumping grind on I might actually want to get some of that because if I keep waking 839 01:02:12,500 --> 01:02:18,420 up at 430, that'd be nice. I'm gonna I want to go get some tomorrow. That's what's gonna happen. 840 01:02:18,420 --> 01:02:26,500 I want to go for looking for one. You got to look at use the promo code the Yes. Yeah. What's the 841 01:02:26,500 --> 01:02:35,860 promo code again? Gospel GTP. Yeah, that's right. Same as a trigger. What is it podcast? My bad 842 01:02:35,860 --> 01:02:43,060 podcast. Yeah, I gave you guys the wrong code. I'll use that one. Yeah, it's podcast GTP. Yeah. 843 01:02:43,060 --> 01:02:48,660 And once again, like if you guys if you do have any questions or any comments, anything, 844 01:02:48,660 --> 01:02:52,020 you just want to maybe ask some basic questions. Maybe you're new to your faith. 845 01:02:53,460 --> 01:03:00,340 You know, reach out to us on our Twitter. Our join our discord, which will always also is in our 846 01:03:00,900 --> 01:03:08,660 our bio, or whatever the heck it is for Twitter. Jason does more of the social media stuff. 847 01:03:08,660 --> 01:03:14,260 But just Yeah, no, definitely do that. Reach out to us. We'd love to hear from you guys. 848 01:03:14,740 --> 01:03:22,020 We'd love to help. Jason, you want to pray about you want me to pray about go for it. Awesome. 849 01:03:22,740 --> 01:03:29,060 To Heavenly Father, I just I lift this podcast up to you. I lift up the people that are listening 850 01:03:29,060 --> 01:03:34,180 Lord, that they would be changed in the Holy Spirit be working through them, 851 01:03:34,180 --> 01:03:40,980 that they would not be distracted with things in this world, but they'd be focused on themselves 852 01:03:41,540 --> 01:03:47,780 as a body of the church as the Kingdom of Heaven, that we would grow Lord, and that your presence 853 01:03:47,780 --> 01:03:57,540 would be known and heard, and that we would all just take time to grow and to spread the word and 854 01:03:57,540 --> 01:04:05,220 spread, you know, your love that we are called the love like you call this the greatest commandment 855 01:04:05,220 --> 01:04:13,540 is to love God, and then to love our neighbor as our as we love you. I thank you for all the things 856 01:04:13,540 --> 01:04:19,060 that you do and provide for us and give us in your name. Amen. Amen. All right, great. Well, 857 01:04:20,100 --> 01:04:27,460 we'll see everybody on the next week. And we will be here next week for sure, because next week 858 01:04:27,460 --> 01:04:35,940 no one's sick. Yep. I don't know who it was. You probably saw him in the foot but he flopped. 859 01:04:35,940 --> 01:05:03,140 That's probably why. Yep. Yep. That's what it was. All right, everyone. See you on the foot but he flopped.