02-14-2025 part 2: The Imperative of Christian Productivity in the Knowledge of Christ
Dr. David Spoon articulates a vital premise: Christians must not allow themselves to remain unproductive in their understanding of Jesus Christ. The discourse emphasizes the imperative of continual growth in faith, advocating for the addition of virtues such as knowledge, self-control, and love to one's spiritual repertoire. In particular, Spoon underscores that possessing these qualities is essential for avoiding ineffectiveness and unproductiveness in one's relationship with the Lord. The episode encourages listeners to actively engage with their faith, seeking divine guidance and sharing insights, thereby fostering a vibrant and fruitful Christian life. Ultimately, the message is clear: our spiritual journey is one of perpetual development, and we must remain diligent in our pursuit of deeper understanding and connection with Christ.
The discourse presented in this particular podcast episode delves into the multifaceted nature of faith, emphasizing the imperative of continual spiritual growth. The host, Dr. David Spoon, articulates a profound inquiry that serves as a catalyst for reflection: "What has God spoken to you this week?" This question is not merely rhetorical; it invites listeners to engage in a dialogue about their personal spiritual experiences and the divine communications they may have encountered. Dr. Spoon's approach is both inviting and challenging, urging participants to not only acknowledge their faith but to actively cultivate it through the addition of virtues such as knowledge, self-control, and ultimately, love. By anchoring his discussion in scriptural references, particularly from Second Peter, he underscores the necessity of integrating these qualities to avoid spiritual ineffectiveness. This theme of growth is further illustrated through personal anecdotes and listener interactions, reinforcing the idea that faith is a dynamic journey rather than a static state of being.
Takeaways:
- Dr. David Spoon emphasizes that Christians must remain productive in their understanding of Jesus, lest they become ineffective in their faith.
- The importance of continual spiritual growth is highlighted, as believers are encouraged to add virtues to their faith to avoid stagnation.
- Prayer is presented as a vital tool for support and community among believers, showcasing its effectiveness in times of need.
- Listeners are invited to share their personal experiences and revelations from God, fostering a sense of community and shared growth.
- The podcast illustrates that even in difficult circumstances, God is actively working in the lives of believers, encouraging them to seek His guidance.
- Dr. Spoon reminds the audience that the journey of faith is ongoing, and one is never too old to continue adding to their spiritual wisdom and understanding.
Transcript
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Speaker A:Nothing in the name of Jesus will be broken, but that instead Angelina would be fine and that she would immediately recover from this fall.
Speaker A:We ask you to give grace and mercy in this situation in comfort and peace.
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Speaker B:God, my wife has been a little bit depressed about getting old and not being able to do things she's done at an earlier age.
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Speaker A:And the fact that you are sensitive enough, and I don't mean that like you're overly sensitive.
Speaker A:I'm saying you're sensitive enough to, you know, Lord, she's down.
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Speaker A:I'm gonna help you do that.
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Speaker A:I don't want to say it was on a roll, it was on a soapbox, but I don't think it was on a roll unless it was a kaiser roll.
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Speaker A:We're going back to basically chapter one, and we're in verse five, and we covered that a little bit.
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Speaker A:It says, for this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith, virtue.
Speaker A:And to virtue, knowledge.
Speaker A:And to knowledge, self control.
Speaker A:And to self control, perseverance.
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Speaker A:And to godliness, brotherly kindness.
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Speaker A:So we talked about each of those things very, very briefly last week.
Speaker A:But I want to make sure you understand that Peter now is dropping in because we went through the first group of them.
Speaker A:We went through adding to faith, virtue, knowledge, self control, perseverance.
Speaker A:And godliness.
Speaker A:And now Peter adds in verse seven, he wants us to add upon that brotherly kindness and love.
Speaker A:And that needs to be in our target as well.
Speaker A:Okay, so we have some crossover, as we mentioned, from the fruit of the Spirit, as we find out in Galatians 5, you find out there's some crossovers between what Peter's writing here and what Paul had wrote earlier.
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Speaker A:And this is where I'm kind of pulling it up from.
Speaker A:I want you with me and all of us together to be highly aware that God is continually working on us and growing us.
Speaker A:And what you do is you look at verse five and he goes, for this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith.
Speaker A:And then he starts listing things and he's telling us, you gotta add different things in there.
Speaker A:You gotta keep going.
Speaker A:The reason is because the Lord wants us to carry on, to keep going, to move forward, to add things to the base of our faith.
Speaker A:We have faith that Jesus died on that cross and was buried.
Speaker A:And three days later he rose again.
Speaker A:We have faith that he died for our sins and that he is the propitiation for our sins.
Speaker A:And that means the substitution for our sins.
Speaker A:And his righteousness is put upon us so that we can be right before God.
Speaker A:I mean, I love the lawsuit gospel.
Speaker A:I know most people don't think it's as cool as I do, but then I was born and raised Jewish and became a Christian, so I think it's cool.
Speaker A:And that's basically this.
Speaker A:Jesus was never supposed to die because he never sinned.
Speaker A:Just listen.
Speaker A:So he got hosed.
Speaker A:That wasn't fair.
Speaker A:So now this is just him.
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Speaker A:He sued.
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Speaker A:He sued that everybody would believe in him, would have his righteousness, that he was robbed, that they would have that righteousness that Jesus was walking in and stand before God in that righteousness.
Speaker A:That's the lawsuit gospel.
Speaker A:Oh, it's cute.
Speaker A:But here's the thing to remember.
Speaker A:In this pursuit that we're doing with the Lord in this position with our faith, we need to add onto that faith different elements.
Speaker A:We need to add virtue, knowledge.
Speaker A:We need to add self control, perseverance, godliness.
Speaker A:And along with that, brotherly kindness and love.
Speaker A:And God is telling you and me, you're not too old to add to your faith.
Speaker A:Dave, Dave, I'm in my late 80s.
Speaker A:You're not too old to add to your faith because God doesn't think you're too old.
Speaker A:Doesn't matter what we think, we're too old or not.
Speaker A:That just shows how immature we are.
Speaker A:We just need to be highly aware that God is continually working on us.
Speaker A:Hey, I know sometimes it's hard to understand this, but in a position with God, we are totally awesomely.
Speaker A:The righteousness of Jesus Christ is thrust upon us, but in the practicality with God, he's painting us to look more like Jesus.
Speaker A:That's why In Ephesians, chapter 2, verse 10, it says that we are his masterpiece.
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Speaker A:But now he's making us look like Jesus.
Speaker A:One stroke of paint at a time, one trial at a time, and you're never too old for the Lord to be working on you.
Speaker A:Now, I want to add to this because this is the big part that I wanted to bring in last week.
Speaker A:We need to understand with absolute clarity that in possessing these qualities and continuing to grow in them, Peter's whole argument is in verse eight, and he says, if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive.
Speaker A:The reason that we need to keep growing in these qualities is because it keeps us from being ineffective.
Speaker A:Ineffectiveness takes place in our lives.
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Speaker A:When you think you've reached a particular plateau, Ineffectiveness arises in our life when we think we've reached a particular plateau.
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Speaker A:According to Scripture, we can always grow in grace, we can always grow in peace, we can always grow in love, we can always grow in mercy and in every other quality that reflects Jesus.
Speaker A:That's why the sanctification process does not end until we are face to face with Jesus.
Speaker A:Now we see dimly, then we shall see him as he is when we see him face to face.
Speaker A:Until that happens, we're still being moved and molded and motivated to reflect Jesus Christ.
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Speaker A:All right, here we are in our trivia question.
Speaker A:What was our trivia question?
Speaker A:Our trivia question.
Speaker A:Oh, yeah.
Speaker A:What was the occupation of the man in jail with Joseph who was eventually executed?
Speaker A:Was he a coppersmith, a bricklayer, a baker, or a candle maker?
Speaker A: Genesis: Speaker A:Because our time is tight to the text, I want you to catch this.
Speaker A:This is really all fascinating.
Speaker A:So here's what Peter's talking about in two.
Speaker A:Peter 1.
Speaker A:For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith, virtue.
Speaker A:And to virtue, knowledge.
Speaker A:And to knowledge, self control.
Speaker A:And to self control.
Speaker A:Perseverance.
Speaker A:And to perseverance, godliness.
Speaker A:And to godliness brotherly kindness.
Speaker A:And to brotherly kindness, love.
Speaker A:Verse 8.
Speaker A:If you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive.
Speaker A:Wait, wait, wait.
Speaker A:In your knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Speaker A:So the last part of Peter's text, his last part of his thoughts.
Speaker A:Okay, he actually has a few more that we'll cover into next week.
Speaker A:But the last part of this is simply this very, very brilliant theologically, which is unique because Peter's maybe not the most stellar theological person, but the Holy Spirit is obviously, he says all of this for you and me, all this stuff.
Speaker A:Not to be ineffective, not to be unproductive.
Speaker A:So that implies two very important things.
Speaker A:One, some people will have a knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, but remain ineffective and unproductive.
Speaker A:Ouch.
Speaker A:They won't use the knowledge.
Speaker A:They're not living in the relationship.
Speaker A:So the knowledge that they have of Jesus is not being used.
Speaker A:And because of that, they're not being productive or effective.
Speaker A:Like, wow, nobody wants to be like that.
Speaker A:Right?
Speaker A:No way.
Speaker A:But the second part is understanding.
Speaker A:And other people are saying, and we need to grasp that as we draw closer to God, as we move closer and closer to him, as we grow in this process, we reflect God in a greater capacity, step by step.
Speaker A:We actually reflect him better and better as we draw closer and closer.
Speaker A:And that should be our goal for all of us.
Speaker A:Everybody asks that question, I got saved.
Speaker A:Why didn't God just take me?
Speaker A:I'm ready.
Speaker A:And that's because God wanted a Bunch of billboards all over the Earth because other people don't know.
Speaker A:And you're that billboard.
Speaker A:And so we ought to reflect our heavenly Father as Jesus reflected the Heavenly Father.
Speaker A:So when you get to the point where you do it exactly like Jesus did, I guess you can say you're done.
Speaker A:But it really means there's a lot of work for all of us to still do, to be just that much more reflective, to add to our faith, these things.
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Speaker A:Now, listen, I drive 31 miles each way to get to this studio every day.
Speaker A:In a month, it'll be six years that we've been doing this.
Speaker A:I see billboards all the time.
Speaker A:You are God's billboard on this planet.
Speaker A:That's just cool.
Speaker A:That's why he's making you look like Jesus.
Speaker A:Okay, all right.
Speaker A:What was the occupation of the man in the jail with Joseph who was eventually executed?
Speaker A:Coppersmith, bricklayer, baker, or candle maker?
Speaker A:He was the baker.
Speaker A:He was the Baker Man.
Speaker A: Genesis: Speaker A:All right, we'll take a short break, and then we'll come back.
Speaker A:You're listening to the David Spoon Experience right here on kaam770, the truth stationaire in Texas.
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Speaker C:Who is David Spoon?
Speaker C:I have no idea.
Speaker C:People have asked me about the David Spoon Experience.
Speaker C:They wanted to know what I thought of him.
Speaker C:Like any person searching for answers, I have wondered about him.
Speaker C:He was born and raised Jewish, and after intense drug use, became a Christian.
Speaker C:He's married to his best friend, Noel, has three children, six grandchildren, and a dog named Bert.
Speaker C:He has three separate ordinations from three different denominations and is a summa cum laude for his BA Degree in ministry and leadership, as well as a master's degree of theological studies and has his doctorate of Strategic Christian Ministry.
Speaker C:He has a weird sense of humor and talks a lot.
Speaker C:If people are seeking wisdom and insight from the great teachers around the world, would they go to David?
Speaker C:No, I don't think so.
Speaker C:And those big ears really don't help him.
Speaker C:But would they enjoy his perspective on life, culture, politics, food, sports, local and national news?
Speaker C:I don't know.
Speaker C:I guess people will have to listen to find out.
Speaker A:Job, I want to read job 3:25.
Speaker A:I don't want anybody.
Speaker A:Look, I know that the teachings in the church and being a Baptist, somebody who's got a Baptist ordination, a Pentecostal ordination, somebody who understands what Calminian means, understands what the manifold millennial list is.
Speaker A:I get it.
Speaker A:I really do.
Speaker A:I've been around for a little While when you're hearing scripture, you don't have to put all the scriptures you hear in certain boxes so they fit your motif of a theology.
Speaker A:Sometimes you can just look at it and observe it and go right for it and review it.
Speaker A:And Job, chapter 3, verse 25.
Speaker A:One of the things that Job said is what I feared has come upon me, what I dreaded has happened to me.
Speaker A:There's a whole teaching on.
Speaker A:It's because your confession wasn't good.
Speaker A:I don't think that had anything to do with it.
Speaker A:I think God was bragging about Job to Satan.
Speaker A:Job didn't know that was going on.
Speaker A:That's obvious.
Speaker A:But there he is.
Speaker A:God's bragging about him.
Speaker A:And what Job is like going is like, this is the worst thing that I could think of.
Speaker A:And that happens to people.
Speaker A:Believers, good believers, great believers, fantastic believers, lousy believers, and everybody else.
Speaker A:It's something that takes place.
Speaker A:Sometimes bad things come about in the process.
Speaker A:That doesn't mean that God hates you.
Speaker A:That doesn't.
Speaker A:First of all, the world has rebelled against God and lies in wickedness.
Speaker A:So it's not God's fault that the world said, we'll run this planet without you.
Speaker A:We'll let you know.
Speaker A:I mean, that's not God's fault.
Speaker A:He's not the one that did that.
Speaker A:People did that.
Speaker A:And so the idea to understand this, sometimes these tough things happen.
Speaker A:The great thing to know is that God has not left and went to Pluto while you're going through these things.
Speaker A:In this particular case, in Job, it was completely the opposite of what Job thought, because God was bragging about him, and Job thought he was in some kind of trouble or.
Speaker A:Or some kind of judgment.
Speaker A:Hey, guess what?
Speaker A:Job was wrong.
Speaker A:Something else was going on altogether, which is often the case.
