Hey everybody. Welcome back to another edition of the Daily Bible Podcast. Hello. It is Thursday, September 4th that it is. Yep. 2025. That's right. Yes it is. What do we got going on this weekend? I think we've got communion this weekend, which. We don't always put out there to prep, but that's important for us to think about. It's something that's good for us to be intentional about when we gather together to observe community. And so make sure that you're mindful of that, aware of that, parents, I know some of you have your kids sitting in service with you more and more these days. That's great. We're fine with that. We just wanna make sure with something like communion, that you're also using it as a time for instruction. And so we are firmly in the camp that communion is for Christians and for believers. And so we wanna make sure that our kids understand that as well. And it's okay for them to ask questions after service or even right in that moment, Hey why don't I get to have that? Why don't I get to. To enjoy that. And that's an opportunity for that gospel conversation to take place. But we wanna be sure that we fence the table wisely because God is clear in one Corinthians 11, he says that if we eat the Lord's table the communion elements in an unworthy manner, that we can eat and drink judgment upon ourselves. So we wanna be careful not to treat it flippantly or casually. And we could probably do a better, I could do a better job of making sure people know when communion's coming up. But it is gonna be the Sunday. And so make sure that your heart is ready even as you come. Come repent and come confess up. Come prayed up and come ready to observe commun together as the church. It's such a good thing. It's such a sweet remembrance of the death of Christ for us. One of our sending pastor actually. Compared it to the engagement ring for the church that it's every time we do it, it's like remembering that promise that he's coming back. And that's how Paul's words end there. In one Corinthians 11. He says, we're gonna do this until the Lord returns. We're gonna proclaim his death until the Lord returns. It's that engagement ring that he's promised to come back for the church and he will do that. Such a good thing for us to gather together as the church and remember their Christ's death together. What do we got today? We've got Ezekiel 25, 26, and 27 media chapters. As much of Ezekiel has been chapter 25 is really dealing with the nations and he's going to address Amman and then he's also gonna address Moab and Seer. You can see Edem there, Philistia. And these are all nations that in, at one point in time or another, were standing against the people of God and I think the indictment against the Ammonites is perhaps most helpful in this regard as to why he's doing what he's doing. He says, thus says the Lord, because you said Aha over my sanctuary when it was profaned and over the land of Israel when it was made desolate and over the house of Judah when they went into exile, therefore, so that's verse three of chapter 25. Aha is not, a flippant. Comment there, but it's a gloating. It's a conceit. It's an arrogance there that the Ammonites had, and they're celebrating the downfall of Israel. And so whether it's the Ammonites or the Moabites, or the Edomites or the Philistines, that's why God is judging them here in Chapter 25. He's judging them saying, you Gloated wrongfully. Instead of mourning over Israel's downfall, you celebrated the downfall of Israel and the judgment that they were receiving. He's not excusing Israel's sin here. He is not excusing Judas sin or saying that. That Judah didn't get what they deserved. We've already covered that. They did get what they deserved. Rather, he's going to the nations around saying, this is not okay for you to gloat and celebrate, because in, in essence, they were also gloating and celebrating and flexing over him because these were the people of God. And so they're celebrating the downfall of the people of God, and in essence, they're attacking God in God's character in that too. And so God is gonna judge them for their rebellion against him. I think what's important. Yeah. Among many things, let me just qualify that, is to notice that God doesn't like when we celebrate the downfall of our enemies. Yeah. There's something interesting about that. 'cause it's not only true for Amon doing that against Israel God's people, and that's important in and of itself. But we also have a proverb that says that you're not to rejoice when you're enemy falls. Unless God see it and be displeased at it. There's something about this that God despises. What would you say, or what would you guess maybe you have a great answer to this. What would you guess is behind the heart that God really hates when you celebrate your enemy's downfall? I think it's just that the pride in, in, in our own. Human self-glorification. 'cause oftentimes it's like when you're on the road and somebody blows by you, they've been tailgating you the whole time. They blow by you and then a mile or two, two down the road, like electric Hyundai with the Compass Bible sticker. That's very specific. It's right next to you. It's very specific. Cuts you off and you almost do a donut on the freeway. Yeah, so let's just say that. Let's just say that's very specific though. Like Tuesday, last week, let's say. And then three miles down the road you see them pulled over by. Police officer and you're saying, yes, you're fist pump, you drive by, thank you Lord. There is a God. He's good, but you're rejoicing because you're vindicated, not because God has vindicated. And so I think it's the wrong focus because David, in his imp purgatory psalms, he's praying that God would judge the enemy, smite the enemy, destroy the enemy. We've talked about that. And that's okay because he's jealous for God's righteousness to be done there. Yeah that's what I would say. Yours. Yeah. I absolutely I would agree with that entirely. I think there is a sense in which there are videos that are all about this. When I forget what it's something karma. Something that happens where karma takes place. Instant karma. Instant karma. That's the one. Yeah. Where they catch it on video. Yep. Someone gets cut off, something like that or some, something bad happens to someone and the person that committed the crime is immediately judged in some way, at least on in our eyes. That's what happens And. I think all of us secretly are like, yes, we're glad that it happened. But I think you're right. What it conveys is a sense that we don't deserve the very thing that they get. Just the, just because we're not often caught doesn't change the fact that God doesn't like that he shows grace upon lots of people. The rain falls on the just, and the unjust and the rain also falls. And or so does the thunder the mudslide that also falls in the just and the unjust. And we ought not to be thankful or celebratory when our enemies fall, but. Let me offer you a challenge though. What about the fact that at the end of the ages, Jesus is gonna come, he's gonna rule with the rod of iron, Psalm chapter two, kiss the sun, lest he be offended or angry with you. Angry with you. Yeah. Yeah. So he's gonna come and we are gonna celebrate. And vindicate his righteousness. And his justice. Yes. How is that any different? Because we're celebrating him we're rejoicing in him. And at that point in our redeemed bodies, we don't have the presence of the sinful flesh staining our human emotions at that point. We don't have the old man lingering around with some. Vestige of wanting some pound of flesh for our own glory that's left behind. It's really gonna be at that point, all about the glory of God. So it's because we won't have the same kind of, we won't have the sin tendency, which will allow us to celebrate that with purity and perfection. Yeah, that sounds great. By the way. Just a sidebar here. I was every once in a while I check Google. He is literally standing next to his desk right now. I will check Google to see how our reviews are doing as the church just to, 'cause I'm curious. Somebody put a one star review up about a week ago, ah, and the one star review said, oh no, that they were driving and they witnessed somebody with a Compass Bible Church, north Texas sticker on their car commit road rage so bad that they said, I will never attend your church. One star What? No lie. No lie. Did they describe the vehicle? They did not. Was it an electric Hyundai? It was not. It was not because that one cut me off too and I was really upset about it. I'm never gonna that church. No, but you guys hear us joke all the time about, hey, if you put a pumper sticker on the back of your car, it should be a sanctifying effect on your driving. Wow. Let you know who it was. I have no idea who it was. Come on. I'm glad I don't know who it was. I really, I'm gonna do some digging right now. I have no idea. I'm gonna look at her Yelp page and see if that says anything. Yeah, just be mindful of that. I honestly, I have no idea who it was. I'm not trying to dig to find out who it is, but if you've got a sticker on the back of your car, and we hope you do, it's great. We, we know of, in our, at our sending church, a lot of people would say, Hey, I found the church because I saw these bumper stickers on cars. They're like, what is this church? People love their church and they showed up. But if that's you, just be careful how you drive. Because you are representing the bride of Christ, the church, you're representing us as your pastors, you're representing Christ most importantly. And so that, that should impact whether or not you're wanting your pound of flesh, you, your conceit, your glory in the situation there. So looking for that one star. It's on the, it's on Google. I'm looking, it's on Yelp. I'm looking for a description of the vehicle. Oh, okay. I don't know if you're gonna find it unless you engage with the person. I wouldn't really en encourage to engage this person because I'm worried about what else? Oh, they're gonna post on our Google Review page. Wow. But did you find it. I'm looking at it. Yeah. There you go. So Ally jumped on, ally Trinidad, jumped on this morning on our Google page and left us a five star review. 'cause she was like, I don't want that to be the one that people see first and foremost. All right. So if you haven't reviewed us on Google, jump on Google. Leave us a good review. We would love that. A five star. Listen, I know we're not a perfect church. We're looking at one person when we say this, you don't have to give us a four, four star review just 'cause we know we're not a good, perfect church. We, we get that. Leave us the five star. It's gonna, it is gonna be good. It's gonna be helpful for us. That's right. Amen. Hey chapter 26. Let's get back into our DBR here, chapter 26. I'm not standing next to my desk anymore. I sat down again, sidebar's over we're talking about tire and tire's gonna be the subject here for 26, 27, and in 28 at least, if I'm not mistaken, I don't think it keeps going. No, he goes to Egypt in 29. Yeah, this whole section 25 to 32 is. Prophecies against the gentile nations. The gentile nations. Yeah. So 25 to 32 is a whole unit. Yeah. So the reason Ty gives us pause is because, and we've seen this before and it's really chapter 28, so we'll save the main discussion till tomorrow that some people believe that Ty represents the fall of Satan. And we'll get to that tomorrow and tomorrow's episode. But for now. He's talking about tire as a very profitable and wealthy nation. And tire really was, they were one of the most wealthy nations that existed. And the reason being is they had access to the waters, they had access to the trade routes. And so they were a hub where a lot of people wanted to do business with tire because tire had their ships and they had their routes and they could bring in and import all kinds of things. So tire had a lot of wealth. And so with. That came a lot of pride, and that's one of the things that they're going to be judged for. But tire, like the other nations tire con said, concerning J Jerusalem, aha. Again, they're gloating, they're, there's got concede here. The gate of the peoples is broken. It's swung open to me. I shall be replenished. So they're looking to get rich off of the downfall of Jerusalem, off the downfall of God's people. God's not gonna have it. And so in chapter 26, he's going to lay out for them what he's going to do against them. And he says in verse 14, you shall never be rebuilt for I am the Lord. I have spoken, declares the Lord God. What's interesting is and we'll find this out later, even in our reading and Ezekiel is, Nebuchadnezzar is gonna come against tire, but tire's not gonna fall to Nebuchadnezzar. And so tire's downfall isn't gonna come until much later. I think under the. When the Greeks are ruling is when Tyra is eventually gonna fall and be defeated, but for Nebuchadnezzar, they're gonna withstand Nebuchadnezzar. And so God's judgment here is looking beyond Nebuchadnezzar to the future and what's gonna take place when they are finally judged under that final downfall. Chapter 27 then gets into a lament for tire, which we talked about a couple days ago. The lament being a song of mourning a dirge for them, which is interesting to think about lamenting for tire because you think about that. Why would you lament for tire? And I think my best read on it is because of the. From a human perspective, again, tire represented a lot of good things, a lot of success, a lot of glory. And it's as though the irony is there to lament for tires tires, downfall. They had risen to prominence, and yet because of the way they treated God's people, the nation would fail. The nation would descend, they would sink. They were known for their wealth and their ships and everything else, and yet they were gonna make a shipwreck of their nation. And so I think it's. It's lamenting the human tragedy of a nation that had so much potential, and yet because they rejected God, they rejected and glu it over God's people. They were gonna reach their own downfall. So everybody knows pride's a bad thing and we have Tyre in the Bible. I think just to prove that. And in larger, large respect here, God hates pride. He's going to take the exalted and pull them down. So what are some areas that you think people might not notice? Pride. Maybe one of them is the road rage incidents you talked about sometimes there's this guy that cuts me off who has an electric Hyundai that happens. You stop. I'm tempted to get mad at that. Are you? I'm not gonna let that, it sounds like you've got I no repressed anger issues. Nope. Nope. I have. I'm completely over it. I'm not upset about it at all, but let's suppose that there are areas in our lives where we're more or less aware of our pride, right? That's one of them. What are some areas that you think people may not think about? Yeah. Where pride's evident and God hates it, man, I think theological pride is a big area for us. I think we can fall prey to thinking that we're better because we believe a certain way. We're better because we go to a certain church and maybe it's not even that we're better, but we'll look at these other churches and we'll look down with condescension at them and think they're not as good as they. Could be or that they should be, or here's everything wrong with them. When we listen to sermons, we can listen to sermons, pridefully, and think to ourselves this sermon's not for me. It's for my neighbor, this sermon's for somebody else. Or we can sit there and think this, I wouldn't have gone that direction. I you should do this. You should do this instead. And it's not that there's not room for feedback. You give me super helpful feedback after I preach and so do some of the other guys on our team. And that's good for me. I need that. But there's a prideful way we can also do that when we listen to sermons. I've been guilty of that myself in the past as well. And so I think theological pride would be a major area that I think creeps into our peripheral without us really knowing that we're committing that sin. You talk about saying our theology's better, our church is better, et cetera. What if you think that's really true though? Is it wrong to think that at all? No it's not wrong to think that it's the response to that. Do you then look down on somebody else and despise them because they don't go to our church? Do you look down on somebody else and despise them because they don't have the same theology we have? Or do you say, you know what, God. I've, I truly feel like what we believe is right over here and I feel like they're an error and so I'm gonna pray for you for them that, that you might come and bring correction to that error that you might teach them in the things that are right. But then there's other issues too. Like we are dispensationalist and we've made that abundantly clear time and time again on the podcast. We believe convictionally that is right, that is the correct interpretation of scripture and what the end times are gonna be. But I also know that there are covenant theologians out there that, that are amillennialists that. Believe differently than we believe. And they're brothers in Christ, and they're intelligent and they're smart, and they're not stupid. And so I'm not gonna sit here and say we believe this is right. And I do convictionally 100% believe that it's right. And yet I'm gonna look at them and be able to respect who they are and what their conclusions are, even though I may not agree with the right that their conclusions are right in the end. So when scripture says things like this, and I'm gonna quote from James chapter one, this is verse nine. It says, let the lowly brother. Boast in his exaltation and the rich boast implied in his humiliation because like the flower of the grass, he'll pass away yada, yada. The sun rises with it scorching heat where there's when scripture calls us to boast. Then in this particular instance, the lowly brothers ex. Boasting in his exaltation. How does someone boast as God calls us to without pride? Because we're boasting in what God did. Not what we did. And so the gospel is the key that it's, that's what exalts us. And that's what the Apostle Paul says. I'm not gonna boast in anything other than Jesus Christ. I'm gonna boast that I know him. In his righteousness. And so what exalts the lowly person is Christ. And that's where our boast and our confidence is. Look what God has done in my life. Any good that you see in me, anything that you see that I've accomplished anything else. God is doing this. Even as we think about God growing our church. Man, that's awesome to see God growing our church and bringing more and more people to the church. And yet we wanna say, man, God is the one that's doing this. It's his work at hand. And we're excited to, to see that happen. But. The problem is when we begin to grab the glory and the spotlight for ourselves, rather than making sure that God gets the credit and the glory that he's due, how then do we receive a compliment without being boastful or proud? I know lots of people are concerned when someone gets compliment. Oh yeah they're quick to say, oh, it wasn't me. It was all the Lord. It was a, it wasn't me. It was all the Lord. Something like that. Would you suggest something like that? Is there a different tack or approach? Was there anything in the sermon that you preached that speak, spoke to this in particular that said that exact same thing maybe? Yeah. Yeah. Any good that you see in me is only because of God. Yeah and I said that in the sermon. Really almost hyperbolically to, to drive home the point that needs to be our mentality. Like we need to have that mentality. That is true, and I stand by that, that's true. But I think practically, that's a mouthful. Every time somebody comes up and says, Hey, this was good, or, I really appreciate this, I think it's appropriate and good for you to say, Hey, thank you. I really appreciate your encouragement. Hey, thank you for that. That was a word, rightly spoken. The writer of progress says a word fitly spoken is apple and silver, apple gold in a set, setting a silver. That's a good thing. And you can commend them for that and say, Hey, I really, that was super encouraging. I thank you for that and leave it there. And then, you can move on. And I think the problem is when we go, yeah. Yeah. Actually, you're right. That was a good sermon. I did make a really good illustration there that, that was awesome. Yeah. And you break your arm, pat yourself on the back. But we can be grateful for how God uses other people to bring encouragement into our life and take it for what it is. So it's okay to be thankful. It's okay to even say, yeah, that was good. Is that, are you saying that there's never a time that we should acknowledge that? If if someone's man you crushed it, and you're like, yeah, thank you. I feel like I did too. I think you can say, Hey, yeah, I felt like God was kind in that I felt like that was good. I felt like I communicated what I wanted to communicate. What's interesting is I found more often than not in my ministry, it's the times that I feel like I totally failed. That people come up to me the most and are like, Hey God, that was powerful. I really appreciate what you had to say. And God used that. Yeah. So it's not that I stand up every Sunday and try to preach one that's just a bomb that doesn't land. 'cause that's not true either. But, yeah, I think I'm hesitant to say, yeah, I felt like I, I knocked that out of the park. In the times that I've felt that way, God has humbled me by, radio, silence after the sermon. Which I'm grateful for as well. I take that loud and clear. It's okay, God. All right. Not. So I think the point and I'm asking all these nuanced questions 'cause I know we, everyone has questions about that. I don't wanna be proud, I don't wanna sound like an arrogant jerk if I accepted a compliment. The scripture calls us to, to be humble people, right? And I think I, that's what you're getting at when we say thank you. When someone compliments us or encourages us, there's nothing wrong with that. There's everything, right? And to say, man, thank you for taking the time to honor me and to encourage me. Someone once said, don't believe everything people say about you because sometimes it's gonna really hurt something like that. I forget it exact, but the point is that we're careful to guard against pride. And pride is insidious. It's sneaky Sometimes you don't know if your response is a proud response, and that's where a good friend will come in and say, Hey man I think you're getting on the side of arrogance or pride that's really helpful, but we need that feedback. But the ultimate goal here is that we're humble and God says he opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble. We never wanna be opposed by God as he opposes tire here. And this is a good example of the way he treats those who are proud, who are arrogant, who don't think that they need God or his gifts. Let that not be you. Examine yourself test to see whether you are in the faith to ensure that your heart is not proud and boastful against God and your fellow man. Ensure that you're humble before God. I think that's the point. Yeah. Yeah. My one of my mentors back in seminary said to me before I left to go into full-time ministry after graduating, he said, pj, just remember, you're never as good as people say you are, and you're never as bad as people say you are. You're, yeah, there's some middle ground there. Yeah. So I appreciated that. Yeah, that's good. Let's pray and then we will be done with this episode. Lord, it's a scary prayer to say, God, please keep us humble, but we do want that because that's what's right. We want to be those that are relying upon you and giving you all the glory that you're due. And yet, God we are so grateful for those in our lives that are. Apt to give us that encouraging word when we need it, that our apt to come alongside and speak that word that is, is fitting for the occasion for us when we need it. And so we pray that not only you would bring those people into our lives, but we would be such people in the lives of others as well. We love you. We thank you for this time. Thanks for your word. We pray this in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Keep reading your bible, tuning again tomorrow for another edition of the Daily Bible Podcast. We'll see you. Bye.

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Yeah. I would agree with everything that you said