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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. Dean,
Welcome to the Jesus Christ Show. Hi you, Dean Good.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
I'm very good good. I have a question for you.
I've been studying all week. I actually called before your show.
I've been listening to these for a few months, and
I looked at John three fifteen, and then I worked
over on Mark ten fifteen, and then Mark ten fifteen.
It says in order to enter in the teen in heaven,
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you have to come as a little child he had
In John three fifteen it says all you have to
just believe. So we were confused with that.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Oh no, they actually match up quite well. The essence
of what's being said is exactly the same in both.
The problem throughout scripture, and you'll see this in different
parts of scripture, is that man in their adult state
has a hard time believing, and so they to reject
things or make excuses or constantly be pushing truths out
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of their way because it's not what it's not where
they are now, whereas children are always in that state
of curiosity and bringing forth and believing and taking those
things under their wing. And really you see a kid
jump into the air, just knowing that they'll they'll land
on their feet. And it's this type of youthful belief
that is very difficult for people as they get older.
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And so the marriage of the two verses Mark ten
fifteen and John three fifteen, it really is dealing with
the exact same thing. One having the belief of a child,
the simplicity of giving to God and trusting in the
Father as a child would, rather than rebelling and pushing
things or making it as the Pharisees did, into something
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that was to control other people and things like that.
That's really what it comes down to.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
I had a study Bible and it states in the
putting Us on Mark ten fifteen it says children exhibit sincerity, eagerness,
and trusting answer and the cloths on the parents their
child likeness is a fitting comparison for the qualities of
the disciples.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Yeah, so that's that's pretty much what I just said.
So that works out nicely. Uh. The UH children are
often an example and an illustration in UH in Christianity
and seeing that that that way of taking in all
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of life is a pretty magical thing. And with the
holidays you may see that too. The wide eyed kind
of receptiveness to that which seems magical or wonderful really
ties into children. You probably sometimes, thinking back on it,
when you see Christmas lights or you see those things
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that go with Christmas, maybe your heart kind of goes
back to when you were younger. That all ties into that,
that simpler, more understanding heart of a child. And it's
not that you're you know, you're to be stupid, but
children aren't stupid. Children have a way of understanding things
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actually quite deeply and quite simply, whereas as adults, you can,
you know, kind of add a bunch of gook on
top of more gook and more gook and more, but
what the but what of that? And you start adding
things on top of it. So that's why children are
often used in scripture as an illustration of somebody who's receptive,
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who's ready to receive and uh and and that can
be a very a very powerful thing. And so that's
why children are often used in these illustrations in scripture. Jesse,
welcome to the Jesus Christ Show. Hi Jesse, Hi, how
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are you doing in the morning? I am well, how
can I help you?
Speaker 3 (04:12):
Anyway? I was calling because I was curious when you
walked on the years you followed, you know, all the
high holy days that are talked about the Old Testament
in this art to be everlasting convocations. So is there
a reason why or why wouldn't we still follow those today?
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Oh? Sure, and it doesn't mean that you can't. But
let's look at things, uh, and see that there's one
one major happening that hadn't taken place yet. If I'm
still doing feasts, and guess what that.
Speaker 3 (04:47):
Is, that's the destruction of the temple, right.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Well, no, there, well, yes, and no, it depends who
you're asking. But uh, if I'm alive and I'm eating
and I'm being part of a festival and really justus ceremonies,
what hasn't happened.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Yet your sacrifice?
Speaker 1 (05:05):
Yeah, exactly, So that's a major that's a major part
of what's going on. So as an example, for instance,
when I was asked about asked about the law, I
said that I didn't come to abolish the law, came
to fulfill it. So it didn't mean that the law
had no meaning afterwards. It means that it was fulfilled
and therefore it's it's not usable. In the same way,
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in the same sense. So it's not that you can't.
You can. There's certainly all kinds of festivals, and I'm
pleased to say that more and more Christians are adapting
and bringing the festivals and the feasts and traditions of
our Jewish brothers and sisters into their Christianity, and I
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think that that can be very important. But Passover, for instance,
that passover is completely moot if you're a Christian because
of the My death on the US. So that's not
something even though I was, as most scholars believe in
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dealing with the passover meal on the Last Supper, that
doesn't mean that you necessarily should because you wouldn't have
the need for passover anymore because the spirit of death
has passed over via My death right right. So there
are certain things.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
But it's still points. It still points towards it too, though,
I mean it's like.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Almost like a it's that, yeah. But now now the
celebration is really about the resurrection, so that would land
on Resurrection Sunday or what people call Easter, so it
would be more appropriate to be celebrating in that than
it would be celebrating a sacrifice of a lamb. Put
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on the door poster above the door. That's it's just
a different it's the same thing, but it's it's different
in the sense. I think of it this way, the
difference between a check and a dollar bill. A check
is writing something looking forward to the money that's somewhere else.
And that's how our Jewish brothers and sisters were living
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prior to and those that ended up believing prior to
My death and resurrection, they're looking towards and writing based
on towards what's going to be in the bank, and
the Christian is looking backwards. Christians looking towards the money
that's already put in the bank. So it's a slightly
different positioning, but yes, very much the same.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
So we're the we're the Jewish believers. Before the Temple
was destroyed? Were the Jewish believers in Jerusalem? Did they
did they still follow those traditions? I mean, you know,
did they still did they still follow all the all
the high holidays? And well, there's some sort of time
when that transition, you know.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Well, the transition to those that became Christians, those that
ended up falling the becoming Christians along and being disciples
of mine. Uh, those changed after my death, and you
can find that some of those things change fairly immediately
immediately during the Book of Acts. Shane, Welcome to Jesus
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Christ Show.
Speaker 4 (08:21):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
How can I help you?
Speaker 3 (08:23):
Shane, Yeah, I gotta I got a question.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
Your name is Jesus, right, yes, Sua Jesus.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
Whoever when you when you Yesua to English, shouldn't be Joshua.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
Yes, okay, Well, thank you, that was easy. Really, what
it comes down to the confusion lies in a literary
device to separate me from the other Joshua's in scripture.
There are other Joshuas, and if you referred to me
as Joshua in scripture, I'd get lost with all the
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other Joshuas. So to make it stand out in scripture,
kind of like in the movies, they'll make me, you know,
blonde and blue eyed. I certainly am not blonde and
blue eyed. But it's a device used to make me
stand out amongst the other people in scripture. But yeshuahamashiek
Jesus the Messiah doesn't translate directly into Jesus, although it
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is the same name. It's just depending on which if
you go by way of Latin or you go by
a way the English, or you go by way of
the Greek, or you go by way. It's just different translations.
But yes, the easiest jump would be Joshua, not Jesus.
The importance of using Jesus is to separate from other
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joshuas in scripture. So when it talks about the power
of the name, it talks about more than that. As
a matter of fact, there's over fifty sixty seventy eighty
one hundred names for me in scripture. The advocate, the
Alpha and the Omega, the author of life, the author
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and perfector of faith, the author of salvation, the beginning
and the end, Bread of life, Bread of God, the capstone,
the cornerstone, the chief Shepherd, the Christ, the Creator, Deliverer,
everlasting Father, faithful witness, good shepherd, great shepherd, great high Priest.
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So there's many things that talk about the essence of that,
and people get caught up in the consonants and the vowels,
thinking that therein lies the power. But I want you
to think of it this way. In the old time movies,
the cops and robbers, the cops would come around the
corner and they'd yell what they'd say stop in the
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name of the law. Now, what they weren't saying is
stop in the power and authority of the consonants and
vowels law, because that doesn't make it sense. There wasn't
any power in the consonants and the vowels. They're saying
stop in the name and the authority given to me
by the principalities and the government to carry the badge,
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the gun, the baton, and by that authority, I'm telling
you to stop. So the power wasn't in the name
of the law. It was in the name meaning the
power or authority of the law. So whenever you hear
there's no other name in which man can be saved
the power in the name, these types of things that
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really it's referring to the power and authority of God.
That's what it's not saying, the power and authority in any particular.
There's people that even argue this, well, no, because Jesus
actually comes by way of pagan roots, so you have
to use Yeshua and these types of things, and that's
just not true. Otherwise, there's a good chunk of scripture
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that is written in Greek that you're gonna have to say,
is pagan just because of the Hellanistic belief system. Rachel,
Welcome to the Jesus Christ Show.
Speaker 5 (12:08):
Hi Jesus, Hello, Hi, I have a question for you.
I was reading this morning numbers twenty two, and in
eighteen Baalem flat out says to the Lord, let's see here. Oh,
he says, I would be powerless to do anything against
the will of the Lord. And in twenty God came
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to Balim and said, since these men have come for you,
get up and go with them, and he tells him
to go with them and then drop down a little bit.
In twenty two, God was furious that Balem was going
and this troubles me. I need to know that. It
seems out of.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
It seems like a contradiction.
Speaker 5 (12:47):
Yes, and I don't that's not the God that I know.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
No, it's like a sneaky God going go over here,
and now you went over there. There's a lot going
on here. And if this involves the of the Lord.
And if you notice, the Angel of the Lord does
not kill.
Speaker 5 (13:04):
Him, No, he doesn't.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
No, he actually gives him. The concern here is about
dealing with Balem's greed that in his heart he was
tempted by the offers that were coming his way. You
can read Numbers you know, twenty two to twelve, also
verse seventeen about the temptation, and the intent was not
about to kill him. It was to remind him of
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what his original agreement was, because he kept getting tempted
and his heart was clearly filled with greed as you
read on and understand that it wasn't a direct result
of not in direct contradiction to God's word, but he
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was rejecting it in his heart. So his greed had
kind of come up with a way. You can read
about this in numbers thirty one sixteen, come up with
a way to help Israel's enemies. Will not directly disobeying
the Lord's command to speak only the words that he
would give to him, but he found a way to
kind of backdoor it to corrupt Israel by allowing women
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to marry men of Israel and lead them into idolatry.
And you can read about that in two Peter two fifteen.
I hope that that helps Marty. Welcome to the Jesus
Christ Show.
Speaker 6 (14:30):
Good morning, Jesus, hi Hi. I just want to say
a few things very quickly before I get into my
question I came to know you personally very young, at
the age of five. I'm fifty three years old today
and just want to thank you publicly for always being
there and always never ever ever letting me go through
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anything without knowing that you were there for me.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
Glory to God. That's wonderful to hear.
Speaker 6 (15:02):
Yes, I have a question, and for the first time
in my life, just wondering what a spiritual battle truly is.
My firstborn grandson became very ill two years ago, is
ill today as we speak. And You've been so faithful
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to guide and give this family strength, because without you
we couldn't have done it. But I have other believers
around me that keep saying or asking me what is
the spiritual battle that your family is going through and why?
And as though there were an evil something looming over us,
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even though you've been so faithful to be there every
step of the way for us during this trying time.
And so I'm confused why other believers would I would
say that or question that, or.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Are they acting as if it's like a curse or
something or some sin broduct that you brought in and
then therefore this is somehow punitive?
Speaker 6 (16:10):
Yes, yes, and I'm blown away and I'm confused about that,
and we lean on you every day and every step
of this way. You have shown us that you are
there and have never left this family.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
Well, I'd like to think that maybe they're miss they're
missing something, or that really when they're saying spiritual battle,
that they're just referring to the generic term. There are
spiritual battles going along in every Christian's life, every single
one of them. And that's part of the protection and
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growth process of Earth. That's one of the reasons why
you're here and you're not created in Heaven, you're created
here on Earth. There's a purification process that goes through
this life and every Christian in this life that you're experience.
Romans five three says more than that, rejoice in our sufferings,
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knowing that suffering produces endurance. So those those trials that
suffering one Peter four twelve, Beloved, do not be surprised
at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to
test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
You shouldn't be surprised. It shouldn't be out of the
norm for a Christian to go through things through garbage,
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and it's the old bumper stick because you know how
Christians love the little sayings, the old bumper sticker. That's
not what your future holds. Who holds your future that's
important is really the key. And either there's some misunderstanding
as to that concept of spiritual battle, but really you
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should want to welcome it in the sense that it's
part of the purification process that God is with you
through throughout the entirety of it. Rejoice in those things
are good because in those trials is where God reaches
in and has glory. I mean, listen to the tone
of your voice when you talk about the things that
God has done in your life, you know, and those
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times when I've stepped in and those times where you
felt My presence and all of that is you can
only talk about that because there are trials in your life.
If everything was perfect, you know, what are you going
to say? We life is great and God is good
and everything's fine. You know how dull is that the
things in life that are commonly referred to as trials
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are the things that make your life unique to you,
and your experience is unique to you, and your endurance
and strength and spiritual growth unique to you and your
family in this case, and that's not a bad thing.
It's bad in the world. You know, we were having
this discussion earlier about what's bad and what's good, and
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the world gets confused about those things. There are many
things that are painful and that can cause pain or
turmoil that are good for you. And so I wouldn't
look at that as a as a pejorative or a
negative term. When someone says spiritual battle, I would look
at that as you know, you go through Ephesians and
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you see where it talks about the armor of God.
What do you think the armor of God's for spiritual battles?
Spiritual battles exactly to protect you from evil. And if
you could see what's taking place on a daily basis
in the spiritual realm around you, in the battle front,
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and angels with swords drawn to defend and all these things,
it's quite fantastic, beautiful and terrifying to those who don't believe.
But you're a believer and you're covered in that. And
if somebody says you're going going through a spiritual battle,
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you look at them and say, thank you God, God
sees you in the light that you are worthy of protection,
you are worthy of refinement, you are worthy of being
in a place that you can glorify God. And that's
what comes from.
Speaker 6 (20:21):
Trials, and we do every single day we give God
the glory because we give you the glory because of
the fact that you have proven doctors wrong. You've every
time we receive bad news, you do. Your perfect plan
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is shown to us. And you've been so faithful to
do that. And this family has grown spiritually and pulled
together and has brought us so closer. But we lean
on you daily.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
Daily, We lean on you, and people see that and
that's part of your testiment of faith and it's part
of who you are. And it's not about the outcome.
Everybody's always saying. You know, you see these Christians that
are always walking around with smiles, and you know they're
not always happy. It's not about always being happy. It's
a joy is different. Happiness is a momentary feeling of
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joy due to a happening. Something happened and you go,
now I'm happy. But joy, true joy comes in times
of pain. It's an understanding that God is there and
that God provides, and it's a constant and you're gonna
have highs and lows, and there's gonna be good things
and bad things that happen to you by the world's standards.
But ultimately you keep that attitude, Marty, that God is
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with you and that it's all to glorify God, and
you're ahead of the game. People misunderstand things. I think
about this for a second. Every time you refer to
someone as courageous. You know, if you think of your
firefighters or law enforcement or military, or any of these
people that put their life on the line for you
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on a daily basis, for your freedoms, for the peace
of mind, all of these things, your protection, that the
very things that you call them, the very attributes that
you find noble or heroic or courageous, don't exist without turmoil,
without fire, without gunfights, without you know, ugliness and adversity.
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That really it's that purification. It's those trials that really
show the character of an individual or shower show that
the true faith and makeup of somebody. And this attitude,
not that you certainly don't have, Marty, but this attitude
that I've heard from time to time with Christians, that
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it's Christianity is supposed to make everything okay, and that
you're always fine and there's never a problem. More, there
aren't these tests. Now, spiritual battle is true. But every
Christian should be going through a spiritual battle of one
kind or the other. And I'll tell you something, the
closer you get to God, the more that you might
experience because it's the hotter the fire, the more refining
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that fire, the hotter it will get. One Peter one, p.
Seven says, so that the tested genuineness of your faith,
more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested
by fire, may be found to result in the praise
and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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The purification of gold goes through a heating process, in
a process of trials, if you will, And Scripture talks
about the dross being scraped off the top and thrown
to the side. The dross is the imperfections, it's the
it's the oils or certain minerals that shouldn't be there,
or whatever dust that during the heating and purification process,
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that which doesn't burn out, that doesn't just burn up,
goes to the top. When you're heating these metals and
getting them pure, and you see those stamps on the
side of metals, whether it be jewelry or what have you,
that talk about their purity that comes from the heating,
that the processing of those metals to get them to
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a point of perfection in the eye of the maker.
And if you're a believer, you should be going through
these things. You should be going through experiences that are tough,
that are testing, that that are purifying who you are
and what your faith is. And that you shouldn't be surprised,
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as it says in one Peter four twelve, you shouldn't
be surprised about fiery trials in your life. You should
be content with God's grace and you should know that
you're going to go through these tests. So if anyone
comes up to you and says that you know and
uses it as a as a negative term or says that, oh,
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like the it's some weakness in your faith. On the contrary,
it could very much be due to the intensity of
your faith. The enemy putting special attention on you and
I want to attack you because of the intensity of
your faith, and that should be understood, and don't take
it on yourself. And the weight on your shoulders is
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if you've done something wrong because that's not the case.
Just a little bit of time, let's talk dominic. Welcome
to the Jesus Christ Show, Marnie. How can I help you?
Speaker 4 (25:58):
Yeah, I was wondering. I've been in the business that
I'm in for thirty five plus years, and I've noticed
a lot of changes over the years. My question tends
to be too as being.
Speaker 7 (26:13):
A Christian, you're supposed to love everybody and try to
do the best you can. But over these last years,
I've noticed, like I don't know, people seeming really judgmental
and very critical of whatever you do, and you know,
it kind of leads to tend.
Speaker 4 (26:33):
Me to not like them.
Speaker 7 (26:35):
Also, if you understand what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (26:38):
Just what kind are you?
Speaker 6 (26:39):
In?
Speaker 1 (26:39):
Law enforcement? Or you work in the medical field.
Speaker 7 (26:42):
No, I'm by working the transportation industry.
Speaker 1 (26:44):
I see because we hear a lot of people that
when you're dealing with lots of people, you're gonna get
all kinds. I mean, if you listen to the show,
you can hear that we get all kinds of people
going through all kinds of things here too.
Speaker 4 (26:56):
Yeah, I've been hearing that this morning.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
But really it's it's not about them it's about you.
You can't control what other people do for the most part.
You have to control what you do. And I agree
with you. My having a conversation with my producer Neil recently,
he's been getting really really bummed about people's attitudes and
reality TV and how everybody's looking to pick people apart
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or even tear into their past or look for ugly
things and to tear people down. And you have to
see a lot about of that too when you're all
you're trying to do is help people get from point
A to point B and and do your part to
make society run, or to help people in a small way, but.
Speaker 7 (27:39):
Help society run. Because I'm wow.
Speaker 4 (27:42):
I'm a truck driver, you know, and I.
Speaker 7 (27:44):
Call goods from the Colorado, Kansas area to the West
coast and back.
Speaker 1 (27:50):
Oh yeah. And here's the thing is you're hauling goods
that those people that are honking at you, were swerving
and driving in front of you, or all those things
that you're driving goods for them. And it's very easy
to get frustrated. But here's the deal, Dominic. All I
need from you is to find that piece and that
attitude that I had on the cross that forgive them father,
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for they know not what they do. You have to
allow yourself to not be burdened by that, to smile,
to wave, to do your part, to breathe that and
perpetuate that is what your job is. No matter if
you're moving people or if you're moving goods, the whole
point is you're making You're making things go. You're trying
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to be a part of the system in the most
positive way. People will bring you down if you allow them.
And there's an old trick like if you set down
cross leg on the ground and someone was standing up,
even if they're strong, if they try and pull you
up by the arm and you try and pull them down,
it's always going to be so much easier. The leverage
is going to be on there and to pull you
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down much easier than it is for you to pull
them up. Life is like that, even emotionally. It's much
easier for someone to bring you down than it is
for you to bring them up. So we need more
people like you staying in a possible positive frame of
mind to lift other people up. And the only thing
that I can tell you is consistency. You have to
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be consistent. Don't let it get you down, continue to
have that smile on your face, and always play by
the rules even when others don't. I appreciate that you
take the time to listen to the show. Join us
every single Sunday, same time, same place, and remember, more
importantly than all the people and all the things trying
to pull you down in the world, these simple words.
I Am with you Always. KFI AM six forty on
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demand
You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. Dean,
Welcome to the Jesus Christ Show. Hi you, Dean Good.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
I'm very good good. I have a question for you.
I've been studying all week. I actually called before your show.
I've been listening to these for a few months, and
I looked at John three fifteen, and then I worked
over on Mark ten fifteen, and then Mark ten fifteen.
It says in order to enter in the teen in heaven,
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you have to come as a little child he had
In John three fifteen it says all you have to
just believe. So we were confused with that.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Oh no, they actually match up quite well. The essence
of what's being said is exactly the same in both.
The problem throughout scripture, and you'll see this in different
parts of scripture, is that man in their adult state
has a hard time believing, and so they to reject
things or make excuses or constantly be pushing truths out
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of their way because it's not what it's not where
they are now, whereas children are always in that state
of curiosity and bringing forth and believing and taking those
things under their wing. And really you see a kid
jump into the air, just knowing that they'll they'll land
on their feet. And it's this type of youthful belief
that is very difficult for people as they get older.
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And so the marriage of the two verses Mark ten
fifteen and John three fifteen, it really is dealing with
the exact same thing. One having the belief of a child,
the simplicity of giving to God and trusting in the
Father as a child would, rather than rebelling and pushing
things or making it as the Pharisees did, into something
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that was to control other people and things like that.
That's really what it comes down to.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
I had a study Bible and it states in the
putting Us on Mark ten fifteen it says children exhibit sincerity, eagerness,
and trusting answer and the cloths on the parents their
child likeness is a fitting comparison for the qualities of
the disciples.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Yeah, so that's that's pretty much what I just said.
So that works out nicely. Uh. The UH children are
often an example and an illustration in UH in Christianity
and seeing that that that way of taking in all
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of life is a pretty magical thing. And with the
holidays you may see that too. The wide eyed kind
of receptiveness to that which seems magical or wonderful really
ties into children. You probably sometimes, thinking back on it,
when you see Christmas lights or you see those things
(02:53):
that go with Christmas, maybe your heart kind of goes
back to when you were younger. That all ties into that,
that simpler, more understanding heart of a child. And it's
not that you're you know, you're to be stupid, but
children aren't stupid. Children have a way of understanding things
(03:18):
actually quite deeply and quite simply, whereas as adults, you can,
you know, kind of add a bunch of gook on
top of more gook and more gook and more, but
what the but what of that? And you start adding
things on top of it. So that's why children are
often used in scripture as an illustration of somebody who's receptive,
(03:42):
who's ready to receive and uh and and that can
be a very a very powerful thing. And so that's
why children are often used in these illustrations in scripture. Jesse,
welcome to the Jesus Christ Show. Hi Jesse, Hi, how
(04:07):
are you doing in the morning? I am well, how
can I help you?
Speaker 3 (04:12):
Anyway? I was calling because I was curious when you
walked on the years you followed, you know, all the
high holy days that are talked about the Old Testament
in this art to be everlasting convocations. So is there
a reason why or why wouldn't we still follow those today?
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Oh? Sure, and it doesn't mean that you can't. But
let's look at things, uh, and see that there's one
one major happening that hadn't taken place yet. If I'm
still doing feasts, and guess what that.
Speaker 3 (04:47):
Is, that's the destruction of the temple, right.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Well, no, there, well, yes, and no, it depends who
you're asking. But uh, if I'm alive and I'm eating
and I'm being part of a festival and really justus ceremonies,
what hasn't happened.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Yet your sacrifice?
Speaker 1 (05:05):
Yeah, exactly, So that's a major that's a major part
of what's going on. So as an example, for instance,
when I was asked about asked about the law, I
said that I didn't come to abolish the law, came
to fulfill it. So it didn't mean that the law
had no meaning afterwards. It means that it was fulfilled
and therefore it's it's not usable. In the same way,
(05:26):
in the same sense. So it's not that you can't.
You can. There's certainly all kinds of festivals, and I'm
pleased to say that more and more Christians are adapting
and bringing the festivals and the feasts and traditions of
our Jewish brothers and sisters into their Christianity, and I
(05:47):
think that that can be very important. But Passover, for instance,
that passover is completely moot if you're a Christian because
of the My death on the US. So that's not
something even though I was, as most scholars believe in
(06:07):
dealing with the passover meal on the Last Supper, that
doesn't mean that you necessarily should because you wouldn't have
the need for passover anymore because the spirit of death
has passed over via My death right right. So there
are certain things.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
But it's still points. It still points towards it too, though,
I mean it's like.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Almost like a it's that, yeah. But now now the
celebration is really about the resurrection, so that would land
on Resurrection Sunday or what people call Easter, so it
would be more appropriate to be celebrating in that than
it would be celebrating a sacrifice of a lamb. Put
(06:52):
on the door poster above the door. That's it's just
a different it's the same thing, but it's it's different
in the sense. I think of it this way, the
difference between a check and a dollar bill. A check
is writing something looking forward to the money that's somewhere else.
And that's how our Jewish brothers and sisters were living
(07:12):
prior to and those that ended up believing prior to
My death and resurrection, they're looking towards and writing based
on towards what's going to be in the bank, and
the Christian is looking backwards. Christians looking towards the money
that's already put in the bank. So it's a slightly
different positioning, but yes, very much the same.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
So we're the we're the Jewish believers. Before the Temple
was destroyed? Were the Jewish believers in Jerusalem? Did they
did they still follow those traditions? I mean, you know,
did they still did they still follow all the all
the high holidays? And well, there's some sort of time
when that transition, you know.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Well, the transition to those that became Christians, those that
ended up falling the becoming Christians along and being disciples
of mine. Uh, those changed after my death, and you
can find that some of those things change fairly immediately
immediately during the Book of Acts. Shane, Welcome to Jesus
(08:20):
Christ Show.
Speaker 4 (08:21):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (08:22):
How can I help you?
Speaker 3 (08:23):
Shane, Yeah, I gotta I got a question.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
Your name is Jesus, right, yes, Sua Jesus.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
Whoever when you when you Yesua to English, shouldn't be Joshua.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
Yes, okay, Well, thank you, that was easy. Really, what
it comes down to the confusion lies in a literary
device to separate me from the other Joshua's in scripture.
There are other Joshuas, and if you referred to me
as Joshua in scripture, I'd get lost with all the
(08:58):
other Joshuas. So to make it stand out in scripture,
kind of like in the movies, they'll make me, you know,
blonde and blue eyed. I certainly am not blonde and
blue eyed. But it's a device used to make me
stand out amongst the other people in scripture. But yeshuahamashiek
Jesus the Messiah doesn't translate directly into Jesus, although it
(09:22):
is the same name. It's just depending on which if
you go by way of Latin or you go by
a way the English, or you go by way of
the Greek, or you go by way. It's just different translations.
But yes, the easiest jump would be Joshua, not Jesus.
The importance of using Jesus is to separate from other
(09:44):
joshuas in scripture. So when it talks about the power
of the name, it talks about more than that. As
a matter of fact, there's over fifty sixty seventy eighty
one hundred names for me in scripture. The advocate, the
Alpha and the Omega, the author of life, the author
(10:05):
and perfector of faith, the author of salvation, the beginning
and the end, Bread of life, Bread of God, the capstone,
the cornerstone, the chief Shepherd, the Christ, the Creator, Deliverer,
everlasting Father, faithful witness, good shepherd, great shepherd, great high Priest.
(10:26):
So there's many things that talk about the essence of that,
and people get caught up in the consonants and the vowels,
thinking that therein lies the power. But I want you
to think of it this way. In the old time movies,
the cops and robbers, the cops would come around the
corner and they'd yell what they'd say stop in the
(10:47):
name of the law. Now, what they weren't saying is
stop in the power and authority of the consonants and
vowels law, because that doesn't make it sense. There wasn't
any power in the consonants and the vowels. They're saying
stop in the name and the authority given to me
by the principalities and the government to carry the badge,
(11:10):
the gun, the baton, and by that authority, I'm telling
you to stop. So the power wasn't in the name
of the law. It was in the name meaning the
power or authority of the law. So whenever you hear
there's no other name in which man can be saved
the power in the name, these types of things that
(11:31):
really it's referring to the power and authority of God.
That's what it's not saying, the power and authority in any particular.
There's people that even argue this, well, no, because Jesus
actually comes by way of pagan roots, so you have
to use Yeshua and these types of things, and that's
just not true. Otherwise, there's a good chunk of scripture
(11:55):
that is written in Greek that you're gonna have to say,
is pagan just because of the Hellanistic belief system. Rachel,
Welcome to the Jesus Christ Show.
Speaker 5 (12:08):
Hi Jesus, Hello, Hi, I have a question for you.
I was reading this morning numbers twenty two, and in
eighteen Baalem flat out says to the Lord, let's see here. Oh,
he says, I would be powerless to do anything against
the will of the Lord. And in twenty God came
(12:29):
to Balim and said, since these men have come for you,
get up and go with them, and he tells him
to go with them and then drop down a little bit.
In twenty two, God was furious that Balem was going
and this troubles me. I need to know that. It
seems out of.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
It seems like a contradiction.
Speaker 5 (12:47):
Yes, and I don't that's not the God that I know.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
No, it's like a sneaky God going go over here,
and now you went over there. There's a lot going
on here. And if this involves the of the Lord.
And if you notice, the Angel of the Lord does
not kill.
Speaker 5 (13:04):
Him, No, he doesn't.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
No, he actually gives him. The concern here is about
dealing with Balem's greed that in his heart he was
tempted by the offers that were coming his way. You
can read Numbers you know, twenty two to twelve, also
verse seventeen about the temptation, and the intent was not
about to kill him. It was to remind him of
(13:30):
what his original agreement was, because he kept getting tempted
and his heart was clearly filled with greed as you
read on and understand that it wasn't a direct result
of not in direct contradiction to God's word, but he
(13:50):
was rejecting it in his heart. So his greed had
kind of come up with a way. You can read
about this in numbers thirty one sixteen, come up with
a way to help Israel's enemies. Will not directly disobeying
the Lord's command to speak only the words that he
would give to him, but he found a way to
kind of backdoor it to corrupt Israel by allowing women
(14:13):
to marry men of Israel and lead them into idolatry.
And you can read about that in two Peter two fifteen.
I hope that that helps Marty. Welcome to the Jesus
Christ Show.
Speaker 6 (14:30):
Good morning, Jesus, hi Hi. I just want to say
a few things very quickly before I get into my
question I came to know you personally very young, at
the age of five. I'm fifty three years old today
and just want to thank you publicly for always being
there and always never ever ever letting me go through
(14:55):
anything without knowing that you were there for me.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
Glory to God. That's wonderful to hear.
Speaker 6 (15:02):
Yes, I have a question, and for the first time
in my life, just wondering what a spiritual battle truly is.
My firstborn grandson became very ill two years ago, is
ill today as we speak. And You've been so faithful
(15:24):
to guide and give this family strength, because without you
we couldn't have done it. But I have other believers
around me that keep saying or asking me what is
the spiritual battle that your family is going through and why?
And as though there were an evil something looming over us,
(15:48):
even though you've been so faithful to be there every
step of the way for us during this trying time.
And so I'm confused why other believers would I would
say that or question that, or.
Speaker 1 (16:02):
Are they acting as if it's like a curse or
something or some sin broduct that you brought in and
then therefore this is somehow punitive?
Speaker 6 (16:10):
Yes, yes, and I'm blown away and I'm confused about that,
and we lean on you every day and every step
of this way. You have shown us that you are
there and have never left this family.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
Well, I'd like to think that maybe they're miss they're
missing something, or that really when they're saying spiritual battle,
that they're just referring to the generic term. There are
spiritual battles going along in every Christian's life, every single
one of them. And that's part of the protection and
(16:43):
growth process of Earth. That's one of the reasons why
you're here and you're not created in Heaven, you're created
here on Earth. There's a purification process that goes through
this life and every Christian in this life that you're experience.
Romans five three says more than that, rejoice in our sufferings,
(17:06):
knowing that suffering produces endurance. So those those trials that
suffering one Peter four twelve, Beloved, do not be surprised
at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to
test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
You shouldn't be surprised. It shouldn't be out of the
norm for a Christian to go through things through garbage,
(17:30):
and it's the old bumper stick because you know how
Christians love the little sayings, the old bumper sticker. That's
not what your future holds. Who holds your future that's
important is really the key. And either there's some misunderstanding
as to that concept of spiritual battle, but really you
(17:51):
should want to welcome it in the sense that it's
part of the purification process that God is with you
through throughout the entirety of it. Rejoice in those things
are good because in those trials is where God reaches
in and has glory. I mean, listen to the tone
of your voice when you talk about the things that
God has done in your life, you know, and those
(18:11):
times when I've stepped in and those times where you
felt My presence and all of that is you can
only talk about that because there are trials in your life.
If everything was perfect, you know, what are you going
to say? We life is great and God is good
and everything's fine. You know how dull is that the
things in life that are commonly referred to as trials
(18:35):
are the things that make your life unique to you,
and your experience is unique to you, and your endurance
and strength and spiritual growth unique to you and your
family in this case, and that's not a bad thing.
It's bad in the world. You know, we were having
this discussion earlier about what's bad and what's good, and
(18:56):
the world gets confused about those things. There are many
things that are painful and that can cause pain or
turmoil that are good for you. And so I wouldn't
look at that as a as a pejorative or a
negative term. When someone says spiritual battle, I would look
at that as you know, you go through Ephesians and
(19:17):
you see where it talks about the armor of God.
What do you think the armor of God's for spiritual battles?
Spiritual battles exactly to protect you from evil. And if
you could see what's taking place on a daily basis
in the spiritual realm around you, in the battle front,
(19:43):
and angels with swords drawn to defend and all these things,
it's quite fantastic, beautiful and terrifying to those who don't believe.
But you're a believer and you're covered in that. And
if somebody says you're going going through a spiritual battle,
(20:06):
you look at them and say, thank you God, God
sees you in the light that you are worthy of protection,
you are worthy of refinement, you are worthy of being
in a place that you can glorify God. And that's
what comes from.
Speaker 6 (20:21):
Trials, and we do every single day we give God
the glory because we give you the glory because of
the fact that you have proven doctors wrong. You've every
time we receive bad news, you do. Your perfect plan
(20:42):
is shown to us. And you've been so faithful to
do that. And this family has grown spiritually and pulled
together and has brought us so closer. But we lean
on you daily.
Speaker 1 (20:57):
Daily, We lean on you, and people see that and
that's part of your testiment of faith and it's part
of who you are. And it's not about the outcome.
Everybody's always saying. You know, you see these Christians that
are always walking around with smiles, and you know they're
not always happy. It's not about always being happy. It's
a joy is different. Happiness is a momentary feeling of
(21:18):
joy due to a happening. Something happened and you go,
now I'm happy. But joy, true joy comes in times
of pain. It's an understanding that God is there and
that God provides, and it's a constant and you're gonna
have highs and lows, and there's gonna be good things
and bad things that happen to you by the world's standards.
But ultimately you keep that attitude, Marty, that God is
(21:42):
with you and that it's all to glorify God, and
you're ahead of the game. People misunderstand things. I think
about this for a second. Every time you refer to
someone as courageous. You know, if you think of your
firefighters or law enforcement or military, or any of these
people that put their life on the line for you
(22:04):
on a daily basis, for your freedoms, for the peace
of mind, all of these things, your protection, that the
very things that you call them, the very attributes that
you find noble or heroic or courageous, don't exist without turmoil,
without fire, without gunfights, without you know, ugliness and adversity.
(22:30):
That really it's that purification. It's those trials that really
show the character of an individual or shower show that
the true faith and makeup of somebody. And this attitude,
not that you certainly don't have, Marty, but this attitude
that I've heard from time to time with Christians, that
(22:51):
it's Christianity is supposed to make everything okay, and that
you're always fine and there's never a problem. More, there
aren't these tests. Now, spiritual battle is true. But every
Christian should be going through a spiritual battle of one
kind or the other. And I'll tell you something, the
closer you get to God, the more that you might
experience because it's the hotter the fire, the more refining
(23:17):
that fire, the hotter it will get. One Peter one, p.
Seven says, so that the tested genuineness of your faith,
more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested
by fire, may be found to result in the praise
and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
(23:43):
The purification of gold goes through a heating process, in
a process of trials, if you will, And Scripture talks
about the dross being scraped off the top and thrown
to the side. The dross is the imperfections, it's the
it's the oils or certain minerals that shouldn't be there,
or whatever dust that during the heating and purification process,
(24:08):
that which doesn't burn out, that doesn't just burn up,
goes to the top. When you're heating these metals and
getting them pure, and you see those stamps on the
side of metals, whether it be jewelry or what have you,
that talk about their purity that comes from the heating,
that the processing of those metals to get them to
(24:30):
a point of perfection in the eye of the maker.
And if you're a believer, you should be going through
these things. You should be going through experiences that are tough,
that are testing, that that are purifying who you are
and what your faith is. And that you shouldn't be surprised,
(24:53):
as it says in one Peter four twelve, you shouldn't
be surprised about fiery trials in your life. You should
be content with God's grace and you should know that
you're going to go through these tests. So if anyone
comes up to you and says that you know and
uses it as a as a negative term or says that, oh,
(25:17):
like the it's some weakness in your faith. On the contrary,
it could very much be due to the intensity of
your faith. The enemy putting special attention on you and
I want to attack you because of the intensity of
your faith, and that should be understood, and don't take
it on yourself. And the weight on your shoulders is
(25:37):
if you've done something wrong because that's not the case.
Just a little bit of time, let's talk dominic. Welcome
to the Jesus Christ Show, Marnie. How can I help you?
Speaker 4 (25:58):
Yeah, I was wondering. I've been in the business that
I'm in for thirty five plus years, and I've noticed
a lot of changes over the years. My question tends
to be too as being.
Speaker 7 (26:13):
A Christian, you're supposed to love everybody and try to
do the best you can. But over these last years,
I've noticed, like I don't know, people seeming really judgmental
and very critical of whatever you do, and you know,
it kind of leads to tend.
Speaker 4 (26:33):
Me to not like them.
Speaker 7 (26:35):
Also, if you understand what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (26:38):
Just what kind are you?
Speaker 6 (26:39):
In?
Speaker 1 (26:39):
Law enforcement? Or you work in the medical field.
Speaker 7 (26:42):
No, I'm by working the transportation industry.
Speaker 1 (26:44):
I see because we hear a lot of people that
when you're dealing with lots of people, you're gonna get
all kinds. I mean, if you listen to the show,
you can hear that we get all kinds of people
going through all kinds of things here too.
Speaker 4 (26:56):
Yeah, I've been hearing that this morning.
Speaker 1 (26:58):
But really it's it's not about them it's about you.
You can't control what other people do for the most part.
You have to control what you do. And I agree
with you. My having a conversation with my producer Neil recently,
he's been getting really really bummed about people's attitudes and
reality TV and how everybody's looking to pick people apart
(27:19):
or even tear into their past or look for ugly
things and to tear people down. And you have to
see a lot about of that too when you're all
you're trying to do is help people get from point
A to point B and and do your part to
make society run, or to help people in a small way, but.
Speaker 7 (27:39):
Help society run. Because I'm wow.
Speaker 4 (27:42):
I'm a truck driver, you know, and I.
Speaker 7 (27:44):
Call goods from the Colorado, Kansas area to the West
coast and back.
Speaker 1 (27:50):
Oh yeah. And here's the thing is you're hauling goods
that those people that are honking at you, were swerving
and driving in front of you, or all those things
that you're driving goods for them. And it's very easy
to get frustrated. But here's the deal, Dominic. All I
need from you is to find that piece and that
attitude that I had on the cross that forgive them father,
(28:12):
for they know not what they do. You have to
allow yourself to not be burdened by that, to smile,
to wave, to do your part, to breathe that and
perpetuate that is what your job is. No matter if
you're moving people or if you're moving goods, the whole
point is you're making You're making things go. You're trying
(28:34):
to be a part of the system in the most
positive way. People will bring you down if you allow them.
And there's an old trick like if you set down
cross leg on the ground and someone was standing up,
even if they're strong, if they try and pull you
up by the arm and you try and pull them down,
it's always going to be so much easier. The leverage
is going to be on there and to pull you
(28:57):
down much easier than it is for you to pull
them up. Life is like that, even emotionally. It's much
easier for someone to bring you down than it is
for you to bring them up. So we need more
people like you staying in a possible positive frame of
mind to lift other people up. And the only thing
that I can tell you is consistency. You have to
(29:18):
be consistent. Don't let it get you down, continue to
have that smile on your face, and always play by
the rules even when others don't. I appreciate that you
take the time to listen to the show. Join us
every single Sunday, same time, same place, and remember, more
importantly than all the people and all the things trying
to pull you down in the world, these simple words.
I Am with you Always. KFI AM six forty on
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