Jesus Christ Show | Hour 3 [12/10]

You're listening to KFI AM six forty on demand. Dean, Welcome to the Jesus Christ Show. Hi you, Dean good. 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 there for a few months. And I looked at John three fifteen, and then I looked over on Mark ten fifteen, and then Mark ten fifteen. It says in order to enter in the teen of haveven, you have to come as a little child he

had. In John three fifteen it says, all you have to do is believe. So we were confused with that. 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 tend to reject things, or make excuses, or constantly be pushing truths out 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. 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 that was to control other people and things like that. That's really what it comes down to. I had a study Bible and it states there a marked fifteen. It says children exhibit sincerity,

eagerness, and trusting answers, and the depends on the parents. Their child likeness is a fitting comparison for the qualities of a disciples. 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 of life is a pretty magical thing. And with the holidays, you you may see that

too. The wide eyed kind of receptiveness to that which it seems magical or wonderful really ties in to children. You probably sometimes, thinking back on it, when you see Christmas lights or you see those things 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're to be stupid, but children aren't stupid.

Children have a way of understanding things 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, 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 Show. Hi Jesse, Hi, how are you doing in the morning? I am well, how can I help you? 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 in the Old Testament in this art to be everlasting convocations. So is there a a reason why or why wouldn't we still follow those today? 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 is, that's the destruction of the temple, right, 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 religious ceremony, what hasn't happened yet your sacrifice? 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. I 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, 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 think that that can be very important. But Passover, for instance, that passover is completely moot if you're a Christian because of my death on the Cross.

So that's not something even though I was, as most scholars believe, in 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, but it's still points. It still points towards it too, though, I mean it's like almost like a it's 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 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. Think of it this way. The difference between a check and a dollar bill. H 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 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. So we're the we're the Jewish believers. Before the Temple is 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, well, the transition to those that became Christians, these 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 Christ Show. Thank

you. How can I help you? Shane, Yeah, I got I got a question. Your name is Jesus, right, Yesua, Jesus who when you when you Yesua to English, shouldn't be Joshua? 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 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 yeshuah hamashiek Jesus the Messiah doesn't

translate directly into Jesus, although it 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 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 from the Omega, the author of life, the author 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, creator, Deliverer, everlasting Father, fateful Witness, good Shepherd,

great shepherd, great high priests. 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 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 any sense. There wasn't any power in the consonants in 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, 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 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 that is written in Greek that you're gonna have to say is pagan just because of

the Hellenistic belief system. Rachel, Welcome to the Jesus Christ Show. Hi Jesus, Hello, Hi, I have a question for you. I was reading this morning numbers twenty two, and in eighteen Baalim 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 to Baalim 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 seems like a contradiction. Yes, and I don't that's not the God that I know. 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 Angel of the Lord, and if you notice, the Angel of the Lord does not kill him, No, he doesn't.

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 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 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 to marry men of Israel and lead them into idolatry. You can read about that in two Peter two fifteen. I hope that that helps Marty. Welcome to the Jesus Christ Show. 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 anything without knowing that you were there for me. Well, Glory to God. That's wonderful to hear. 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 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, 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 they are they acting as if it's a curse or something or some sin broduct that you brought in and then therefore this is somehow punitive. 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. 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 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 going to experience. Romans five three says more than that, rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance. So 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, 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 should want to welcome it in the sense that it's part of the

purification process that God is with you throughout the entirety of it. Rejoicing in those things are good because in those trials is where God reaches, is in it 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 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? Well, 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 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 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 you go through Ephesians and 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 if you could see what's taking place on a daily basis in the spiritual realm around you, in the battle front, 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 and you're covered in that. And if and if somebody says you're going going through a spiritual battle, 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 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 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, daily, We lean on you, and people see that and that's part of your testament of faith and it's part of 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 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 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 firefighters or law enforcement or military, or any of these people that put their life on the line for you 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. 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 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 and 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 like the hotter the fire, the more refining 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. 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, 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 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, 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 great yes, 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, like there 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 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. Good morning. How can I help

you? 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 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 me to not like them. Also, you understand what

I'm saying. What are you in law enforcement or you work in the medical field. No, I'm by working the transportation industry. 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. I've been hearing that this morning. 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 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 help society run. Because I'm wow. I'm a truck driver, you know, and I haul goods from the Colorado Kansas area to the West coast and back. You know. 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, 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 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 legged 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 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 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 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

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