Welcome to the Gospel Truth Podcast. I'm your host Dylan and my co-host.
Hello, I'm Jason.
Today we'll be talking about does the Bible claim Jesus is God? Let's get into it.
Ooh, this sounds like a good topic.
It's good to be. I mean, I think you've heard a lot about it, like where people are, you know,
questioning, asking what is this? Does the Bible back it up? What Jesus said?
The claims that us as Christians make that Jesus is God, that they are one.
Yeah.
Cool. How are you doing, by the way?
Well, yeah.
We usually ask that question when we start.
It's been a while since we've recorded. That's just to do with life getting crazy.
Starting a new job and then leaving that job and then starting another job while balancing, being engaged,
getting a wedding planned and life in general. Yeah, I've been good.
I'm going to be getting married here in a little bit and start another new job because then you didn't make more money.
And then doing that and busy with church. So that is what is basically new with me.
Yeah. Awesome. Well, I definitely will say congratulations right at the bat because, you know, it's exciting.
You just make sure you keep your calendar clear, you know.
Yes, August 5th.
You remember the date because I got it down. I got it down. I got it down.
So, no, it's an important date.
You just had your, what is it, your 7th? No, 8th year anniversary?
No, you had it first the right time. It was 7th. Yeah. 7th year anniversary.
Wow. Feels like so long ago since we were tracking Yosemite. I mean, at your wedding.
Right. Yeah, I know it's good. We had a good time and we went to visit family in Santa Maria.
And I know I didn't get to stop and visit you, but I was only there for 48 hours.
Okay. It's all good. It's something that we can come back and visit and say hello to friends next time.
And yesterday we went out to dinner for our anniversary because it was a week ago,
but we wanted to have time with just ourselves rather than with family.
So we went to this really nice sushi place that we enjoy. Yeah.
And then I'm really excited about today's episode because I see it quite often where it's like, Jesus never claimed to be God.
Oh, the Bible doesn't say he's God. Oh, he was just a prophet. Oh, well.
Yeah, I've heard that a lot from people that follow the Islamic faith.
I'm Jewish, too. Oh, a lot of faith say Jesus was just a prophet.
Yeah. And in the Hebrew, yeah, the Jewish, they say that, you know,
but there's a lot of things that also back up from Old Testament to New Testament where they prophesied what had happened.
So that's why I always think of that, because there's a lot of things to do with like, you know, even will it come to the Holy Spirit?
I think of that, too. Just the prophecy that comes with that, you know.
We definitely should touch up on one of these episodes should touch up on like the Holy Spirit and what does it mean to have the Holy Spirit?
Oh, yeah, I agree. That'd be a good one.
Now we just got to lock down. We'll lock down our scheduling so we can actually do this.
I think this will actually I mean, I don't know what your schedule would say, but we'll have to talk about that separately. We'll talk. We'll talk.
Yeah, we get this into a we always say it, too.
We didn't really get that first time just busts it out.
But I think it's better that we actually just set aside a time like we were like a Bible study and do it.
But yeah, so I think what we wanted to talk about first was what we wanted to get to John, right?
John, John, it's a good start.
Like John has three references to Jesus himself speaking and talking about him saying, I am and I was and I am and the same I am that the statements used in Exodus.
Where 314 where God himself spoke to Moses and said, I am, you know, it's a good start, a good starting point for sure.
Oh, yeah. I mean, gosh, let's say 812. I think that's a start with 812.
OK, let me just pull that up on the old bibliotech bibliotech. Where did it go? I had it, you know, doing everything.
I will preface why you're looking. I will preface why you're looking like it's important to know the context.
So each each one of these verses we go over, I'll help fill in context because I think context is very important.
It's key. So like we'll look at a couple of verses out of John eight, like verse 12, 24 and 58.
But in that context, it kind of give you an idea of why you're getting the verse up.
It's 12 to 30 in John eight is it's inclusive of Jesus saying, I am.
And it's one of the seven statements times in the New Testament where he talks about saying, I am.
Jesus refers reference to light, which you'll see was probably playing off like ritual performed during the Feast of Booths.
If you don't know what that is, where lamps would be lit using wicks made from the robes of priests.
This continues a dialogue of Chapter seven, picking up where John 52 left off.
But the exchange between Jesus and the Pharisees are escalating and in part showing that Jesus was not afraid directly to castigate those who misled the people, basically.
So that's kind of the context of this whole section. Yeah, I forget.
I honestly was a pastor, Jr. from Folk Gospel. They should always say, you said it's important once you're going with the verse to know what's going on in this chapter and also read the couple of verses before the couple after you get the full content.
So what's going on? Right. Because especially if people are just, you know, some people like to say, pick the verse and be like, oh, you know, I always think of the wives submit to your husbands.
Oh, yeah. But then, you know, before it's, you know, I just want to say, yeah, listen to your husband.
But it also talks about the bride church and, you know, husbands, you should be leading like, you know, like God is the lead of the church and, you know, and how wives submit to them if they're following the Lord.
And, you know, stuff like that where it talks and like the man should be doing his job, especially the woman, not just listen to your husband.
Right. And we will and we will talk about relationships too, because I think that's an important one.
One of the topics that we need to talk about, because a lot of times people will take those like you just said, take those verses out of context, submit, submit, submit.
And it's very clear in Corinthians as well as a couple other passages where when you're in a marriage or equal parts, it's not one above the other, like top and bottom.
It's equal parts side to side. So, but that's exactly it.
It's like verses taken out of context without reading the whole passage or reading the whole chapter, because it's very easy to just take a verse and say, oh, yep, this is the verse.
Jesus, Jesus, cry baby.
That's like where I always think of to, you know, like, I think we're going to come from where I've always messed with you and like you say a verse and like when you pull it up, that would like you accountability, which is 100 percent what you need as a believer.
You need somebody to call you out. I mean, I am Chopra's iron.
And that's something that needs to be done because you have to have somebody, you know, making you better. And like, you know, people call you out on the Bible and they say, well, what does it say in the Bible that Jesus ever claimed that?
You know, I guess the reason we do this is the equip listeners so they know are those who have the question are have those, you know, thoughts like, well, where does it ever say that?
We always say we're not trying to be like we're right. We're better because we are not. We are just we're just humans like the rest of you. We all, you know, all put our pants on the same way, two legs at a time. I mean, so I mean, you've you reference Proverbs 2717 where it says iron, iron sharpens iron and one man sharpens another.
I mean, you got James 516 where it says, therefore confessor sends to one another and pray for one another.
Right.
16 seconds into the thing.
James was brought up.
Right.
So I'm with you. I'm with you. It's like exactly. It's just we keep each other accountable. We we it's like the Barons in the Bible. They're like, hey, you're not preaching that correctly. This is what the scripture actually says. And he was like, wow, thank you. That's important to know.
So yeah.
So yeah, did you get to I mean, this is just a good starting place, John 812 and 824. Yeah. And then 824. Yeah.
So it's it's Jesus is the light of the world.
Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won't have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.
And the Pharisees go ahead and they are like, are you making those things about yourself?
So test is not valid.
So even so he is claiming that.
And even back then, so not just now, even back then, there was still that.
Are you saying that you are God?
So there's even questions about going back then. This is nothing new.
Yeah, this is the second of this is the second of John's seven I am statements.
We'll go to the first one, but this is the second time.
And the first came when Jesus was preaching to the crowd in Capernaum the morning after feeding thousands with a small boy's lunch.
That's John six thirty five.
But later in the same chapter, Jesus will and does will show you, but uses a slightly different version of the idea.
Not part of the primary seven I am statements resulting in rage from the Pharisees, obviously.
But this one, like I said, is during the Feast of Booths in Jerusalem.
And Jesus has already used festival rituals as analogies for his roles as Messiah.
You see that in John seven.
And in addition, light was a powerful metaphor in Hebrew thinking.
You can see that in Psalms eighty four and Malachi four.
Light for Jewish people was a ultimate ideal, like a representational like salvation knowledge or anything good, really.
And Jesus, the claim to be the light of the world was not just a oh, yeah, I'm a good guy.
It's not just that that in that context was the claim to equality, like equal with God.
And even in the Greek of this passage indicates Jesus claimed to be the light, not just a light, but the light,
which explicitly claims he is the single solitary source of light.
So that that's an important context for this verse specifically.
I just want to bring that in.
No, that's awesome. I agree. It's important.
To me. I lost the words.
I think people like read that and there's like, oh, yeah, it's just the light or no, he's making a bolder claims.
There's so many things that go to with like the way the Jews did things in the ceremonies.
It's not important. Those are to the culture of of that.
Yeah. You know, just, you know, today, in charge of talking about Pentecost and the Holy Spirit and how important because Penta mean 50 days,
which is 50 days after Passover.
And it's supposed to be a time of new new crops and new life and stuff.
And that's the thing that the new, you know, the Holy Spirit comes and there's these gifts, these new creations that are coming.
And I think there's a lot of things that God is uses with those holidays and uses with the work, you know, with those things that it just it just to me is like a verification of God has a plan and his way he does things is so unique.
And, you know, and it's pretty cool how he lines things up like that.
I think this just shows it to what you were just saying.
Yeah. So here's another one.
John eight, which you already in.
So you could probably get this fast.
Verse twenty twenty four, if I remember correctly.
Yeah, that is why I said you will be dead in your sins for unless you believe that I am that I am who I claim to be.
You will die in your sins.
And what's he's who are you been amended and he he replies.
The one I have always claimed to be.
That that's that's that's the one we claim to be like he's saying I've always claimed to be.
That like the son of God, I am I am the son. I am one I have have much to say about you and much to condemn, but I won't.
Or I say only I have heard from the one who sent me.
Yep. He is completely truthful.
So even though he's saying I have the power to condemn you, I have this because I am God.
For I have said it, he he sent me like I am sent by him and he is completely truthful.
So he seems like I have been sent by him and this is the truth, because he is truthful.
Well, it's just it's good. It's just it's it's it's there just backs it up. He's claiming anything like I've always claimed this.
Anybody you have a doubt, you can have your doubts, but it says it clearly here.
I am always claimed this. What about verse 58? Same chapter.
Fifty eight. That's like the very last one, dude. Yeah, let's say you think nine is, but I tell you the truth before Abraham was even born.
I am. Yep. At this point, they start picking up some stones to throw at him.
But Jesus was hidden from them and left the temple.
Mm hmm. That's where the craziness.
Yeah, like because it was before, says the people said you are even 50 years old.
How can you say you have seen Abraham? Mm hmm.
Because your father, your hand, were Joyce when he looked upon my coming.
He saw it was I was glad he saw it and was glad.
So this is it. Abraham saw the coming of Jesus. Right.
And if you were like, you aren't even old enough, you're not, you know, you're not even 50, 50.
OK. You know.
And it's like what Jesus I tell you, I was there because I am saying that I, you know, like that's putting back to the word.
You know, isn't it funny?
Like, yeah, clueless, they are in this in this moment.
Like, maybe it's just because we're looking back and reading what they're saying.
But he was like, before Abraham was, I am. And they're like, you're not old enough for that.
Like, they don't get it. They're just like, it's like right over their head.
And he's just like, yeah, it's like this is an ID.
It goes very truly. I tell you.
Mm hmm. Before Abraham was.
I am. Mm hmm. Like I was born and I am.
It's like before he was born, I am. And then it says he slipped away from the temple grounds.
And was hidden from them.
Different translations, but I think it would have probably been more of the NLT where he just was hidden from them.
Like a mask of the Holy Spirit or something came over them. They couldn't see him.
Yeah, most of the.
Like you said earlier, too, you know, it didn't say that.
You know, it's not my time, you know, like when I'm going to pass, maybe that was maybe that's something else that I read earlier.
Yeah, that that whole thing of him escaping was like or him slipping out.
It's most of the terminology there is just like he escaped like he escaped.
Got away from them, but no, this is a good point because you made that point in the course of all his teachings here.
Jesus claimed that he had equal power to God, which is in John five thirty six equal judgment to God, which in John eight sixteen, which you read equal authority to God, which is in John sixteen or seven sixteen actually.
And then he says he's been sent by God, which is in John eight eighteen and approved of by God in John six twenty seven.
Consistently over and over and over, he says it consistently that he is God in the flesh.
And it's consistent here in just one chapter of the Bible.
And there's more, obviously, since you're in John eight.
What about go to John 10?
There are thirty thirty.
I'm pretty sure thirty.
Thirty. OK, yeah, John 10, 30.
Yeah. And the father.
I father are one.
And then it says and then the version says the father and I are one.
So and then it says again, the Jewish people picked up some stones again.
And then he's like, I haven't shown you many good words for my father for which of those do you stone me?
This is like we talk about I've shown you so many good things that I've done.
You know. So it's just yeah, because it's interesting in John 10, 22 to 42.
The context here is it happens a few months after the controversy described in Chapter nine and through the first half of Chapter 10.
But Jesus is cornered here in an overt threat by the same religious Pharisee leaders that have been cast castigating for years.
He echoes the metaphors of sheep and shepherd.
He employs after giving sight to a blind man like the good works that you just mentioned.
And he he points out that all his teaching and miracles are consistent with the predictions of the Messiah from the Old Testament.
And they refused to accept it, obviously, and they decided to try to kill him, stone him to death.
And again, he avoids and escapes. But that's just the context of what's going on here.
Yeah. Oh, my gosh. Crazy. Yeah.
And then so another passage, you can go one chapter more, Chapter 11. Yeah.
And 20 verse 25. So the 20th, John 11, 25. Yeah.
So this one. Your brother will rise again, he says, the Martha answered, I know he will rise in the resurrection of the state.
Jesus says to her, I am the resurrection and the life.
The one who believes in me will live, even though they don't. And whoever lives by believing in me will never die.
Do you believe this? She goes to say, yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the son of God, who is the come into the world.
Right. So that's it. That's a good point.
So the context here, for those who don't know, John 11, 17 to 27 describes Jesus' encounter with Martha, which is Lazarus'
brother, and by the time or sister.
Yeah, yeah, sorry. But by the time Jesus got the word of Lazarus' illness, his friend had already died.
Right. And just delayed a further two days before coming to see the family.
Martha is both heartbroken and resigned.
She is confident that her brother will see eternal resurrection.
And Jesus confirms his role in salvation as he comforts her.
Right. And this you can see, and this is actually the fifth of seven I am statements by Jesus in the gospel.
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. And then the following passage, Jesus will meet with Martha and Lazarus' sister and Mary,
expressing his sorrows for their pain. Right.
And that's what you kind of went over and read.
And it's important because in this particular I am statement, it puts a very personal emphasis on human salvation,
which is unique among other claims about eternity.
The gospel explains that the ultimate fulfillment of human desire is a person, is not knowledge or accomplishment or some state of being.
It's the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, which you can read that in 2 Corinthians 4, 6.
Jesus does not make a claim to speak about the life he identified and the life, which is John 14, 6.
Yeah. Yeah, because I'm just reading this right here.
Because Jesus, you know, Jesus has power over life and death, as well as the power to like, forgive us some of sins because he created life.
So he can restore it and whoever believes in Jesus has spiritual life and death.
He cannot conquer or diminish in any way.
So when we realize the power and like the wonder of this is offered to us, it's crazy.
Like, how can we not commit ourselves, our lives to him?
Like, it's just because those who believe in wonder and assure and have like the certainty that we have.
So it's because like it says, you know, I live in you, you all you also live.
Like, it's crazy.
Right. Yeah.
It's.
So, yeah, it is crazy. And this is just, again, powerful.
Right. Right. Opie. Opie.
No, that's true. We're actually I have a couple of verses here written down.
Can you go to John 1, 1 and then I can read the other verse I have 1, 1.
That's like very first one.
Like in the beginning was the word and the word was God and the word was God.
Yeah. The word was God.
God was the word was God.
And he is with the beginning through him.
All things are made without him. Nothing has been made.
And he was life in the life of all my time.
The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.
That was quick.
Yes, that the word comes flesh.
It's interesting because I can just check that kind of like a summary of the chapter itself, like the first chapter, John introduces Jesus as the word.
Right. It was from the Greek word logos.
It just clearly describes Jesus as identical to God after this prologue that you just basically read.
Yeah.
Well, you just hold that real quick. Yeah.
Because verse nine, the true light that gives light to everyone as was coming into the world.
I just think about the light because you mentioned light.
Yeah, that's that's good.
But yeah, this passage clearly describes Jesus as identical to God and co-creator with God.
And the verse summarizes Jesus ministry and mission on earth.
And the passage also explains how John the Baptist, a different John, obviously than the John from John one, was sent ahead of Christ to prepare for his revival.
Right. Yeah.
And it's it's cool to see that the definition of the word, the logos was used as the word of God, like his actual voice, like his word.
And that was the first of John's seven names for Jesus, which the word, the rest of the gospel is John's attempt to prove this through the various forms of evidence in particular, Jesus's miracles and how he lived his life, et cetera.
The first verses you read right there of John may believe that it's like about God or something, but it established that it is God and his word, which is one the same.
It's just was became flesh. Right.
Which he says was Jesus.
What's the title of the word?
Yeah, yeah, it was really important concept for sure to understand what was being said and how.
So, well, the other verse I was going to bring up, because this is a verse that a lot of people bring up to contradict any idea of of God and Jesus not being God.
And it's like, oh, this one verse is the reason why he's not God in the flesh or God and as the word living amongst us.
This is the one verse that a lot of you will see a lot of people in Jewish faith that who don't see the New Testament or Jesus as God, they'll use this verse or Muslims who say, oh, Jesus was just a prophet.
This is a very consistent verse that they use.
So if you want to read it, it's Mark 10, 18.
If you mark.
Luke was Mark what Mark 10, 18.
10.
To the team.
Why do you call me good?
Jesus answered, no one is good, except for God alone.
You know, the Quam is you shall not murder you should not commit adultery.
You shall steal or not give false testimony.
You shall not defraud or honor your mother.
And then teacher, he declared all these things and I've kept them since I was a boy.
So to him and legend, one thing you lack, he said, go sell everything you own to the poor and you'll have treasure in heaven.
Come follow me because this is the rich and the key.
There is the rich guy was like, hey, I want to follow you because he felt like to his knees.
Said, good teacher, I want to turn life.
I want to follow you.
So read the one verse before.
Yeah.
So as Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him.
Good teacher.
Yes. What must I do to inherit internal life?
And then he said, why do you call me good?
Jesus answered, no one is good, except for God alone.
Basically, see, it's not saying he's not insane.
He's saying because he sees calling him aside, knowing that he is.
He's basically he knows that he is a good teacher, that he is, you know, he is the son of God.
And that's what he's like. Why do you call me good?
No one is going to suffer God alone.
He's almost saying like, yeah, you know, I'm God because you're calling me good.
Is that what you call me good?
Or is it you call me good because, you know, because of what I'm doing?
Or do you actually know?
Right. And it's it's yeah.
And it's like it's interesting because like he asked him like what characterize someone is good.
Right. And then if someone were completely good, what would they say about them?
If only God is perfectly good and a man is perfectly good and the man would be God.
That's it's possible that Jesus is trying to like quickly lead the man to this conclusion here.
Yes, it's possible.
But like you can see that he takes great pains to hide his identity from like even his disciples.
Like you could see that Mark eight, twenty nine to thirty and nine nine.
And more likely for this, the brevity of the comment, the comment and the quick change suggests that Jesus is giving the man something to think on later.
Why do you call me good? Are you you calling me God?
If you are, are you prepared to listen to me like that kind of setup here?
Because it was very common in that day for a layman to ask a religious leader such as like a rabbi scribe or Pharisee what he must do to be good.
Right. And they had to follow teachings and the Torah and all this stuff.
And instead you can see Jesus, on the other hand, tells the man to go back to the mosaic law as God gave it, which Mark ten, nineteen, the next verse that you read.
And don't worry about the traditions of man, which you can actually see Mark seven, the beginning of the whole chapter.
The man implies that Jesus, as a good teacher, must know how to receive eternal life.
And Jesus points out that only God is good.
And he gave the mosaic law to teach that Jews how to be holy, because at that time he hasn't died yet.
Also, so the acceptance of Jesus's salvation for the death that he paid has not even happened at the point yet.
So he's trying to give him kind of insight.
Like if you're calling me this, like are you prepared to listen to me?
And all this stuff is happening as teachings and writings and doctrine.
And it's being written in front of this man.
So it's given him that that idea to like, think about this, keep this on your heart, make sure that you're paying attention to this.
And really give it some thought, because this is going to be important.
Yeah.
I think it shows there, too, that it's not it's not him denying it, but it's going like, do you know what you're signing up for?
He's like, do you know what you're saying?
Because if you do, are you willing to follow?
And I think that's why he, you know, just actually says that.
I believe he walks away sad.
Jesus goes, so everything at the man's face.
And this man's at this, the man's face fell.
He went away sad because he had great wealth.
And then because it's saying you have to be ready to give up everything to follow God.
Like, you know.
Many talks about how the whole human children, how hard it is after the kingdom.
They defer a camp when they go through the eye of the needle, then for some who is rich after the kingdom.
Yeah, yeah, exactly.
Which is, you know.
Multiple things that's referring to right there, too, because it talks, you know, in Jerusalem, there's these giant gates.
And they have it closed and there's a little side gate.
It's like, you know, they have to go through and it was small.
You can't even really fit a can barely fit a camel through there.
And then you can take all the things off of the camel because you'd have your camel packed and the way to get that camel through is to take off all things that was carrying.
Right. And with that, then you can have a camel go through.
And that's the reference to that it's making is that you have to remove everything from the camel's back in order to get it through the eye of this needle, which is the reference that it's making for those who live during that time.
Right. It's in context. When he makes references to things, it's good to know the context of the references that are being made to.
Yeah, that's right. For the time. It's important.
Yeah, there's there's I mean, there's plenty of verses in the Gospels. Like I said, there's main there's seven main ones that he is making a reference point, say, like, I am. And that is very distinct reason to pay attention to that.
It's like, OK, well, he is saying this and he says it multiple times.
And it's not just a one time done thing where he's like, oh, yeah, I am. You're what? Yeah.
He's consistent. That's for sure.
Yeah. And then so like another example of this is Matthew 10, 1040 Matthew 1040 says,
The one who welcomes you welcomes me and the one who welcomes me welcomes him who sent me.
And another word for welcomes is receives that has been used in most translations use the word receives.
But the idea of welcomes and receives, it's that you are you are choosing to and welcoming was a positive.
So it wasn't like reluctantly or just like, I guess it's it's with good heart, you're accepting or receiving or welcoming.
And that's that's something that taken mind here.
But the context for the section, Matthew 1040 to 42 is the context.
It closes out Jesus instructions to the apostles as he sends them first to the people of Israel.
He says, any anyone who receives the apostles believe in their message about him, Jesus will also be receiving him.
Right. And the one who sent him, they'll share it.
They share in the apostles, those who receive a profit or righteousness person share in their rewards of like receiving him.
And those who give a cup of cold water to one of those these little ones, it's the next verse.
That's the whole context in this case, meaning the apostles will not lose their reward of eternity in the kingdom of heaven.
So accepting the message in being given by the apostles is accepting what Jesus taught them.
So he was setting up the authority that the apostles were teaching about under Christ because of the message that he was giving them.
And he set the premise to say, like, what they're talking about is truth and it lines up with the rest of the Bible and the scripture.
And it doesn't contradict. And I am who I say I am.
And I'm sending these people out to teach others about my message.
Right. Because there's no Facebook or Twitter texting or calling back then.
So no, there is definitely not that I really like Matthew 10 40, though, because anyone who receives he receives me.
And I think of that thing back in like in John 12, like 44, because he just shouts to the crowd.
If you trust me, you are trusting not only me, but you are trusting but also God who sent me.
You know, I was sent by him and then in John 13 20, I tell you the truth.
And when he welcomes my message is welcoming me.
Anyone who welcomes me and welcoming is welcoming the father who sent me.
It's basically just. Yeah. Yeah. It's good stuff.
It is good stuff. And you can see that, you know, the apostles will go out into the world at this point.
And in the name of Jesus, under his specific authority and those who received the apostles will in truth be receiving him as well.
Because Jesus also acts on earth under the authority of the father.
So whoever receives the apostles will also be receiving God the father because the apostles were chosen to bring the word into the world or bring the message, I should say, of Christ into the world and who he was and the redemption quality of his sacrifice made for the people.
And so that was a very important authority given to the apostles to go out and say, you are sent like to share this message because obviously the idea of, you know, communication was rough in this time frame.
Oh, yeah. I mean, not all the disciples got to. I mean, not well, not Jesus.
No, you make the cut. No.
I mean, he made it crazy. He like stabbed in the back a little bit. It's fine.
Oh, Jason.
Damn. Look, the way it worked out is the way it worked out and it worked out. He's just he's just hanging around. Oh, my gosh.
None of those jokes. OK.
Horrible.
That's terrible.
We do not condone any of that. As I tell my kids at youth group every single Wednesday and stuff, if you are going through depression, suicidal thoughts, anything like that.
I'm like, I say, like, there's nothing new that is underneath God's green earth that we have not gone through. Even me or, you know, one of the help my helpers.
I'm like, if we need to talk about it, we are here. It's not a joke. It's a serious thing.
And we stand by that. And if you guys need prayer for anything like that, reach out to us on socials and stuff. We are here to help. We are here to pray for you to be there for you.
Mental health is a serious thing. And, you know, we're there. We're there for you.
As after we just make the jokes about the whole Judas being dead thing.
It's good. I have I'm working on a website for us. So we'll have a website called Gospel Truth Podcast dot com.
Or I think that's what it was.
Wait, what was it?
The Gospel Truth Podcast.
Let me make sure before we end this episode.
Yeah.
Double check on that. That's good. Let our listeners know where they can find us. Whether it's on Twitter, on the website, on Spotify, Apple Podcast, all that good stuff.
You know, I think on a TikTok too.
All that stuff would be important for our listeners to know how to follow us, where to learn more.
And just, you know, to listen to our other podcasts that we have and to reach out if they need things.
So they want to prayer if they like, you know, even we have other pastors who maybe like to hop in here and, you know, join us for an episode.
Do you find it yet?
I do. And it's definitely being worked on, but it is going to be called it is going to be Gospel Truth Project dot com. It just.
Whether it's work.
It has been done.
Well, there's a lot of things been going on, a lot of busy stuff happening in our lives.
But yeah, I.
Lock it down.
Yep. One thing at a time. But yeah, that that website will be active.
We do on the domain for it. Gospel Truth Project dot com.
And I just need to create the website for it right now.
If you go to the website, just as under maintenance.
So just because it's under maintenance, it's under maintenance.
You can you can always go to if you go to Jsonic official dot com, you can scroll to the bottom there.
And there is a logo of my my logo down there is kind of hidden there, but it's there on purpose.
You click that logo and I'll have all the links to Gospel Truth Project.
So there there's an easy way right now to get all the links.
So, yeah, yeah.
And then we're going to bring this out.
Sure.
Okay, awesome.
All right, cool. God, thank you for this time that we got to spend with each other and just discuss your word.
I pray for revelation to anybody listen to this, that they can get be encouraged to read more, study more and grow more in who you are and what you bring to us and the truth that you abound in.
And I thank you for this conversation and the time that we've had today to do this and that we are able to do this and upload this to wherever we want to upload it to.
And we pray that the ears that need to hear it will hear it and that we can continue with this and the quality and guidance that you want us to do so.
Jesus name.
Amen.
Awesome.
Well, then we'll see everybody on the next episode.
Hopefully less than a week or about a week from now.
But that's the goal.
So we'll let you know.
See you on the 50th.
Bye.