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Podcast. Hello folks. Welcome back to another edition of the Daily Bible Podcast. How's the office, by the way? How's the office? Yeah, I'm not, it's quiet. I'm not here. It's quiet. People are getting so much work done. I just feel like we're all buzzing along, getting everything done that we've ever wanted to get done. It's happier. People aren't upset. It smells different in here. It smells different in here. Hey, so happy birthday and happy vacation, and. Are we missing our anniversary? Should I throw that one in there too? That's not until August. I might as well just throw it in, in anyway. Okay. Fair enough. Okay, so tell us about your birthday plans. Happy birthday by the way, and happy vacation. Give us some vacation plans and birthday plans.

Yeah, so birthday is not until the 25th, but yeah, we are on vacation, which is something that we're excited about. We're gonna be out in California, staying with my in-laws for a couple weeks. Wow. And going up to our ascending church to see some people up there for the weekend. Taking Josh up to Masters to look at Masters. As long as LA is not burning down. And good luck with that. Yeah, I hear you on that one. So nothing major plan aside from that, just really hanging out together as a family and with my in-laws, so it should be fun.

Birthday plans. Do you have anything special planned out for that or does Amanda have any surprises? She, does she tell you about the surprise that she has?

She told me that this is not gonna be like last year. Last year was 40. It was a big deal. Oh yeah. This is just 41. Just 41, okay.

She mentioned something about matching back tattoos with an eagle. Really, she mentioned it. Okay. She didn't say she committed to it yet. But she was thinking maybe a matching back then. We're

definitely gonna do that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, it's I'm sure we'll grab dinner out there and, yeah.

Okay. Give me, I don't know. And this, I'm gonna ask for our top five, but obviously the rankings gonna be challenging. Hate these. Okay. No. You didn't even, let's go with that yet. I Okay. You don't know. Okay. Okay. Top five. Top five gifts that you appreciate. So if someone wants to bless you and people know you from the pulpit Gotcha. In different contexts. So Yeah. If someone's oh man, I wanna bless Pastor PGE for his birthday. What are some things that are always a clear, easy hit for you?

I, this Yeah. Amazon Best Buy. Those two are easy. Okay. Gift guards to, to either those Amazon and Best Buy. Those are up there. And that Gray Goose restaurant you like, we do the Blue Goose. Is the restaurant that is knew there was a color. That's what it's called. Yeah. Blue Goose. And so we'll go there. That's fun. We enjoy Hutchins, man. Hutchins is a, is always really good. A good one. Okay. That's what, that's four. You asked for five. Ask

for five. That's our top five.

Oh man. How

about logos credit? Do you use that or is that I do uses logs credit as well. Yeah. Okay. Yep. Very good. What about first stuff for your car? You have this brand new spaceship car that you've been using. Is there anything that you're looking for? Not really.

It's pretty self-sufficient on that front. So Flies we're good there. Yeah, it's good. I enjoy golf Dick's. Oh, golf. Yeah. Dick's Sporting Goods. I, that's a place that I'll go and stock up on golf ball to lose fantastic. Yeah. And your favorite tattoo parlor. In case people wanna contribute to the matching back tattoos. Yeah. It's you know that, that place that's over off of that street off of Preston that says something like that? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. That bougie tattoo shop that you go to somewhere in North Dallas or North Texas. Or Texas in general. That

bougie tattoo parlor, I'm sure you'll find it. It's off of Preston, I'm sure. And that's the one that he loves.

Dude I tattoos, I. I have no strong feelings one way or the other on it. I grew up just not in the culture where my friends were interested in it or anything else like that. But I like, I, some people are very opinionated about tattoos. Oh yeah. And I've told my kids, look, if you're gonna do it, just know that it's, yeah, you got tattoo. It's for the rest of your life. Not now. I'm not looking at Annie right now going, Hey, why don't you get one? No, I'm talking like. Oh, I think Josh asked me about it at one point. I was like, and he would do that. You gotta make a decision that's permanent for the rest of your life. Yeah. And Yeah, I know the Christian bro thing is to get like a Hebrew word tattooed underneath your neck or something like that. That, or on your forehead, wherever. Yeah, exactly. Like Mike Tyson. But I just, all I say I'm not. Passionate one way or the other about tattoos, like it's the devil, or, oh, they're super cool. I'm just like, oh, okay. Like I've never had the desire for it, so let's say

we challenged the church at 2000 people. You let us pick the tattoo to put on your back.

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if Amanda hasn't already staked your claim and you got matching tattoos with her, you'd be exempt if that's the case. But if not, let us. Submit to you, a tattoo for you to hire. Oh man. I feel like this hit 2000 on

pastors with props on Instagram or something like that. I, they would love it, man. If we, do you imagine if we hit 2000 people, we'll have a conversation.

The conversation, we need commitment. Did you tell Amanda, Hey, when we, after we have five kids, we'll have a conversation or did you commit on the Friday? No, I said

we'll have a conversation. Yeah. Okay.

2000 people. We will

get you a tattoo for your back. I get

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size and location. Look,

you get to choose size and location. Oh, come on. Alright. It's gotta be someplace that we could all at least share the joy in it. Okay. You can't just hide it.

How

often do you

see your senior pastor's back on a regular basis, man. You theoretically could pull your shirt and be like, yeah, here it is. I theoretically could, I never will, but I theoretically could.

I would think that the most appropriate tattoo would be a picture of your staff, all of your staff on your back, 'cause you're carrying them upon your shoulders or you know that they're the burden

on your back. So you get to carry. So let's say we send Mark out to plant a church in six years. What happens at that point? Do we just scrub him out? Do I get him removed? No. As. Is as each member of the staff is added, you add a new person to the picture. Oh man. I feel like that's the only right thing at 2000. We're gonna have a lot of people on staff too. I don't know that's there's a lot of room on your back. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. No we're looking forward to some time away. So thanks for holding down the ship while I'm gone. Yeah. Don't hold high expectations for either the

podcasts or the sermons. That's not true. That's not

true. Says that expectations know the difference. Keep your expectations low. No, because then I won't. Have trouble getting over it. Exceed them. Yeah. Hey, let's jump into our reading for the day, two chapters in the book of Proverbs. So we're back here. We're back in Proverbs. We've been in Psalms, we're jumping all over the place recently. Psalms, we've been in First Kings second Chronicles from now. We're in Proverbs. Proverbs, the Wisdom writings of Solomon. So chapter 25, these are the Proverbs of Solomon. Notice verse one though, which the men of he kayak, king of Judah, copied. So it seems that these were there, they were known, and yet they weren't really codified until these men of Hezekiah came around. I think it was MacArthur that commented that this may be in keeping with Hezekiah's attempts at the reforms that he tried to make as Judah was struggling. That he, they found these instead of, Hey, these would be good things for people to start practicing if we are going to turn things around here with our nation. And so that's a testimony in and of itself of the significance of the book of Proverbs that it was helpful and so important in the eyes of Hezekiah is he was looking at a godless nation that he said, if we can get these in the hands of people, then we may start to see the things turn around. There's good wisdom there in this book.

Amen. In fact, every good revival has, at its heart God's word. It either is stoking the flames, it is feeding the flames. Somewhere in this picture, there's gonna be glory to God, there's gonna be a love for Christ and there's gonna be all sorts of good things, but the word is gonna play a central rule. That's the case for every revival that we have on record, the word of God plays its role. So if you're looking for a revival, you're gonna find it in large part by uncovering and applying God's word. Yeah.

Speaking of which, verses two and three seem to suggest that's not an easy task all the time that it says it's there, it's the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of. Kings to search things out. It, it seems there, there's different opinions as to what this verse means, but I think one of the things means that man, God is not gonna reveal everything to us, and that's part of his glory. There's a mystery there about him that is always gonna keep us mindful of the fact that we are the creature and he's the creator. At the same time, I think he's saying it's commendable to apply ourselves to try to understand as much as we can to try to search things out. It doesn't say it's the glory of kings to find things out, but to search things out. That means that there's a process there, and sometimes that process will lead to more knowledge and sometimes that process will lead us to our own limits. To be able to say, man, I don't think we can understand any more than we know at this point.

I think people in part will invent ideas. And I, this is where we go wrong. Actually, we go wrong often because we're trying to figure God out. And I think that's a good instinct. It's noble instinct according to Proverbs 25. Yeah. But that can also get us in a lot of hot water. I think of different heresies that have have been spread throughout the ages of the church. And part of it is because we're trying to say out what is God. Think about this. How does God put these pieces together? So we gotta be careful with it. It's good. In fact, Deuteronomy 29 29 tells us that the secret things belong to the Lord. There are certain things that we're just not gonna be able to pass this side of the veil. And maybe even not over the next side either. I don't know what that's gonna be like. We'll have all eternity. Figure it out. But there are things that are ultimately led to God. However, the challenge for us is not to dismiss things and say that's just God's domain. Don't even bother thinking about it. Don't worry about it. You'll, he'll figure it out later. You'll understand that. No this is a noble thing to say, okay, how does God think about this? How does God want me to understand this? And we do that carefully. And we do that very judiciously with the word of God at the center.

And I would say in community too. That's a good point. Yeah. If you're trying to do this on your own and you find that you have a view on something that no one else shares, you're wrong. You're wrong. Yeah. And that's important to know too. And so if you're wrestling with deep topics, heavy things, we've been talking about dispensationalism and covenant theology. That's it. That's a heavy thing to wrestle with and talk through. Predestination versus free will. God's sovereignty, man's responsibility. These are heavy things. Creation. These are things that are deep and hard for us to understand in a lot of different ways. Do that with other people, other believers, with your pastors. Don't. Hole up with the, a bunch of dead guys in, in paperback or hardback or on Kindle, and draw your own conclusions without running them through other people and saying, Hey I'm thinking these and here's the questions that I have and let's help me reason through what I'm thinking about right now. That's one of the beauties that we have in the church. Verse five, take away the wicked from the presence of the king and his throne will be established in righteousness. Ironic, because Solomon wrote that. And man, his son could have. Taking that information to heart, we're gonna find out that Ray Bow is not gonna listen to that one. 'cause he's gonna surround himself with the wicked and choose to listen to them. And as a result, his throne is not gonna be established in righteousness. Far from it. The kingdom is gonna be split under his reign. Wonder if

they were wicked or if they were just. Foolish. That could be too, they were juveniles and that they were his comrades, they were his friends. And I think that was the mistake because it was the elders who said, here's what you should do. And he did not listen to his elders. I think you could still apply much of the proverbs to rebo him, but I wonder if it's less wickedness and more foolishness, and maybe they're actually closer related than we realize.

I'm looking at the word there in the Hebrew, it's, yeah, it's for Wicked or esaw for Wicked. So it's, yeah. Guilty, wicked person. So yeah it's, there may be parallels. It is different from the fool. So yeah, that's a good point. We don't know secret things. Just like that. Yeah. Verse 11 and 12 he says, A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold and settings of silver, like a gold ring or an ornament of gold is a wise re prover to a listening ear. Our words are powerful. We've talked about that before in the book of Proverbs, and here it talks about the fact that we can use them for the good of other people and we should try that, that's an important thing for us to set our hearts after. As Christians,

I love Sal. Verse 12 that you brought up here. The, like a gold ring or an ornament of gold is a wise rep prover. Here. Here. Here's the key here to a listening ear. You are wise to have someone to allow someone to reprove you, to correct you, to rebuke you, you are wise to invite correction into your life from friends or family or someone wise. Obviously you don't wanna just receive it from anybody because the quality of the person's obviously gonna have an impact on the quality of the. The rebuke, but man, you don't be the kind of person who has a hard time listening because of your pride. Scripture says that you should be the kind of person who welcomes this into your life because this demonstrates wisdom. It is like a gold ring or an ornament of gold. That's what it's like when that person gives you the gift of their reprove. You ought to be wise enough to receive it. Hey.

How about verse 17? Let your foot seldom be in your neighbor's house lest he have his fill of you and hate you. Let's taLk about this one for a second. What are we saying here? I think what he's saying is be mindful of staying too long at somebody's house. If somebody That's a good, that's a good counsel. If somebody has you over, that's great. But it is better. You leave too soon than too late. Amen. You tell me this all the time when I'm preaching all the time, I, you're like, man, you need to all the time, you need to leave them wanting more. That less, finish before they're finished is what you always say to me. So I'm like, okay, man. And in that sense, I think that's good counsel here too. When you're going over to somebody's house. Watch the cues, pay attention. Think about the family that you're around and whether or not they're, they've got an early morning, the next morning, they've got kids that need to get to bed. Some families, I get it are super chill and relaxed and they don't mind on this. And they're like, Hey we're easy. We're flexible. Stay as long as you want. We're gonna, that's who we are. Yeah. Not everybody's like that. And it's good for us to be mindful of that when we're going over to somebody's

house. Even when somebody says that. No one actually means, Hey, stay as long as you would, because there's a way to abuse that. And I think that's the point. Christians are nice people. Christians are genuine and kind, and generous, and hospitable hos we're co Yeah. And so it's up to us as the visitors to say, I think the prior verse is helpful if you found honey. Eat only enough for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it out. There is a, such a thing as too much of a good thing. Yeah. And if you impose on people, man, this is where it makes hospitality really hard for people I love passages like this because they really help us think practically very. Detailed, practical ways to say, how do I love people best? I'd rather have them say, I wish that we had them for longer, rather than saying, man, they stayed way too long. I wish they, I'm never gonna do this again. What are those things? Yeah. So yeah, there's too, there's, there is such a thing as too much of a good thing.

Yeah, there is. There's other good ones in chapter 25, verse 21, 22, talking about r. Care for those that are our enemies, and how if we are kind to them, that it is heaping burning coals on their head. The Lord's gonna reward us. Give them water to drink. That's not easy to do to love people that are unkind towards us or who may be our enemies. Verse 28. A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls. You preached on self-control recently, and this is this is such an important concept that we need to be people who are. Self-control, that's a mark of having the spirit in our lives, is that we are someone who is self controlled, not given to outbursts, not given over to, to fleshly lust and cravings, but somebody who is able to discipline themselves to maintain that self-control. And if you don't have it, you're like a city broken and left without walls because the enemy can attack you all day long and will easily. Sway you over and win that.

Yeah. Hey, in your bibles, if you use a paper Bible, make sure you connect. Verse 16 and 27. You probably caught this, but both of them say something very similar. I if you found honey, eat only enough for you lest you have your fill of it and vomit it. Verse 27, it is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it glorious to seek one's own glory. And so there again, you see something of it's, there is such a thing as too much of a good thing, and it's not a good thing to have too much of a good thing. It's a bad thing at that point. So in this case, he's saying, look, don't seek your own glory. Don't look for great things for yourself. This is what Jeremiah's, servant, Baruch has told. He said, look don't try to put yourself out there. Let God do that for you. In fact, Jesus says, whoever humbles himself will be exalted. It's better to be told, Hey, come up here. As opposed to, Hey, you're in the wrong spot. Let me put you where you belong right now. Scripture has this really interesting phraseology. It says let the person, or let someone not think too highly of themself. That's what Paul says. But the corollary to that is also equally important, even though he doesn't say it. It's implied. Don't think too low. Leave yourself either. Each person think of himself with sober judgment. And so I think that verse is helpful because it's saying don't try to take for yourself more than what is warranted. Think of yourself in the right way. Don't eat too much of the honey. Don't read your own press. I think about this often. People say, Hey, good, great sermon. I really love that. That was the best sermon I've ever heard in my whole life. And I know people mean well. I appreciate that I receive it for the gift that it is, but I also know I have a long way to grow.

Yeah. Yeah. The Bible also says, let another mouth praise you and not your own. That's right. Alright. Chapter 26, then four and five. This is one that we come to quite a bit and a lot of people will look at this and be like, look, the Bible contradicts itself 'cause it says answer, not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him. And then it says in verse five, answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. And so it looks like a contradiction until we understand what's going on here in verse four, he's basically saying, don't become foolish. Like the fool is foolish. Don't answer him in. In like manner, like fashion, like his folly. Instead verse five, answer him according to his folly. In other words, answer him in response to contrasting, showing the wisdom in response to his folly. Less he be wise in his own eyes. And so we aren't supposed to retreat from the foolish. We also aren't supposed to engage in, be foolish. We are supposed to call them out of their foolishness, call them away from their folly. And that's what four and five is setting up there.

Yeah, wise in his own eyes appears again. In verse 12, it says Here, do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him, which tells us that there are degrees of foolishness that we need to be aware of. And one of the lowest, or most extreme degrees is where you think that you're wiser than God. If you're wise in your own eyes, is because you think you're intellectually superior. You have greater knowledge, greater insights than somebody else. And therefore scripture says you're in especially grave danger. So be aware of that. Yeah.

Verse 20. We've hit this before with the letting out of water here as compared to fire. But again, you have the power to stop coralling in conflict before it breaks out. For lack of wood, the fire goes out and where there's no whisper, coralling ceases. And so that can have to do with relational conflict. It can have to do with gossip and spreading things like this. We have the ability to put an end to it. It's like when you get the chain email right? And you're like, yeah, I'm not. I'm not gonna do that. Like this thing's gonna die with me. That, that needs to be the way it is. When we're sensing conflict, building up in a marriage or in a relationship with a child or a relationship with somebody else in the church, we have the ability to put an end to it and walk away. As you preached with the men recently, not to be alistic, not to be. Those that, that crave conflict in, in fighting with each other. And so Solomon's en encouraging that in verse 20 there.

Yeah. Speaking of whoever medals in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears. I think. Today's day and age, we have a lot of access to quarrels that are not our own. And prudence would dictate that we typically avoid those things. Yep. Unless there's a really good reason for us to engage. Online debates or, Facebook arguments, Twitter debates, things like that generally are unhelpful. For sure. There is some benefit to them. I will admit, especially when you have helpful takes most of the time, it's not worth your time. Yeah, I would

agree. I would agree a hundred percent. Hey, let's read or let's read. We've been reading. Let's pray and then we'll be done with this episode of the Daily Bible Podcast. God, thanks for Solomon's wisdom. That's now our wisdom because we get to read it and understand it and apply it to our lives through the spirit. We pray that we would do that. I pray that you would make us a church that is, that is, as Pastor Rod was saying a church of revival. And anytime revival is gonna happen, we need the word of God to be a part of that. And so we desire that for our church, that you would use us to do great things. And if we're gonna do that, we've gotta have your word front and center. And so we thank you for it. We thank you for timing it today, in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Keep reading your Bibles. Tune in again tomorrow for another edition of the Daily Bible Podcast. See you. Bye.

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