,02-21-2021 part 1: Eternal Promises: Understanding God’s Lavish Reception
The salient point of this podcast revolves around the profound assurance that we, as believers, are destined to receive a lavish reception from the Lord upon entering His eternal kingdom. In our discussion, we delve into the transformative power of faith and the critical necessity of trusting in God's guidance amidst life's challenges. I emphasize the importance of recognizing what God has done for us in the past, which liberates us from the burdens of our past sins and empowers us to engage meaningfully with our present circumstances. We explore the concept of making our calling and election sure by actively cultivating virtues that reflect our faith. Ultimately, we are reminded that our journey in faith not only shapes our present but also prepares us for an extraordinary future in God's presence.
In this enlightening episode, Dr. David Spoon delves into the profound question of spiritual growth by asking listeners to reflect on what God has been teaching them throughout the week. This question serves as a fundamental prompt for deep introspection, urging individuals to consider the lessons learned from their experiences and interactions with the divine. Dr. Spoon emphasizes the importance of trust in God, asserting that relinquishing control over life's uncertainties can lead to profound peace and clarity.
The podcast features engaging dialogue with listeners, who share their personal journeys of faith, highlighting the communal aspect of spiritual growth. The discussion navigates through various themes, including the need for healing in relationships and the importance of recognizing God's hand in everyday circumstances. Through these narratives, Dr. Spoon illustrates how trust in God can alleviate anxiety, foster resilience, and enhance one's spiritual journey. He encourages listeners to cultivate a mindset of openness to God's teachings, emphasizing that such receptiveness is crucial for spiritual advancement.
Furthermore, Dr. Spoon articulates the promise of a 'lavish reception' into the eternal kingdom, a powerful reminder of the hope and joy that awaits believers. By framing the conversation around trust, community, and divine guidance, this episode not only serves as a source of encouragement but also as a transformative call to action for listeners to engage more deeply with their faith and the teachings of Christ.
Takeaways:
- The podcast emphasizes the importance of recognizing God's teachings in our daily lives, highlighting the need for spiritual reflection.
- Listeners are encouraged to trust in the Lord to alleviate anxiety, particularly regarding life's uncertainties and challenges.
- The discussion includes the significance of making one's calling and election sure through active faith and spiritual growth.
- A lavish reception into the eternal kingdom is promised to those who practice their faith diligently, underscoring the hope of eternal life.
- The episode stresses the necessity of viewing life through a lens of gratitude and understanding of past forgiveness from sin.
- Participants are invited to share their experiences and insights, fostering a community of faith and support among believers.
Transcript
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Speaker A:And I have been inclined to use this consistent question on Fridays because I think it's a very probing, challenging question for each and every one of us.
Speaker A:What has God been teaching you and me this week?
Speaker A:This week?
Speaker A:Don't tell me God doesn't teach us different things every week.
Speaker A:The Lord is teaching us.
Speaker A:What has God been teaching you this week?
Speaker A:What has he been showing you?
Speaker A:What has he been guiding you into?
Speaker A:What has he been redirecting you into?
Speaker A:What has the Lord been teaching you this week?
Speaker A:Through his word, through prayer, through circumstances, through fellowship, through people.
Speaker A:What has the Lord been teaching you this week?
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Speaker A:Happy Friday.
Speaker A:Happy Friday to you, my friend.
Speaker A:It seems like a little easier week for me than maybe it was for you.
Speaker A:It could be the Wednesday I was not here day.
Speaker A:That made it just a little bit easier for me.
Speaker A:Got any big plans for the weekend?
Speaker A:Anything going on?
Speaker A:Anything?
Speaker A:Well, I do work tomorrow, but no, no big plans in particular.
Speaker A:Just relaxing most of the day.
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Speaker A:Gonna be warming up since we are definitely in the place right now, folks, where if you listen to our intro song, it says, you know, if it's cold, we got the month of May.
Speaker A:Well, we hope so, because the way things are going right now, it looks like it's gonna be cold through today.
Speaker A:Warming up, warming up, warming up.
Speaker A:But then I saw maybe a little bit in March, a little bit of a dip in the temperature.
Speaker A:So I was quite surprised that that's gonna happen.
Speaker A:But you know what?
Speaker A:I've only been in Texas for a little more than seven years.
Speaker A:I'm still learning, folks.
Speaker A:I understand the weather is bipolar.
Speaker A:I'm still working out that process.
Speaker A:But I do love that we don't always know what's gonna happen.
Speaker A:It's kinda a little bit more interesting just to live knowing that there could be something different and new coming.
Speaker A:Now, I will tell you, I'm not aesthetic about 12 degrees, but I find it interesting.
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Speaker A:You have all those opportunities, and you might be sitting there thinking, well, by golly, Dave, why?
Speaker A:And I think we've made that pretty clear and we'll continue to do so.
Speaker A:You can do that if you have something you want to share, maybe a praise report or a testimony, Maybe you have an answer to that question.
Speaker A:What has God been teaching you this week?
Speaker A:Maybe you've got something that you need prayer for.
Speaker A:We'll be glad to pray for you because God answers prayers.
Speaker A:And for people that do not believe that God answers prayers, he doesn't answer prayers.
Speaker A:So, yeah, that does work that way.
Speaker A:Additionally, maybe something the Lord blessed you with, guided you in, showed you, gave you some kind of what we call a gracelet.
Speaker A:Just a moment of grace.
Speaker A:Kind of like a grace that on your arm that you just were like, yes, Lord.
Speaker A:That's so cool.
Speaker A:I had that happen today.
Speaker A:I was doing my prayer time.
Speaker A:I had a lot of things going on.
Speaker A:I had a very tight schedule.
Speaker A:But when I pray, I don't use the clock, per se.
Speaker A:I use it after I'm done praying.
Speaker A:And I was just telling the Lord, boy, I hope I can get out by this time so I won't be running late.
Speaker A:I got out exactly within five seconds of the time I was hoping to get out in.
Speaker A:It's just like, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Speaker A:I was so, so grateful to the Lord.
Speaker A:To me, that's a gracelet.
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Speaker B:Good morning, David.
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Speaker B:I'm doing pretty well.
Speaker B:How are you?
Speaker A:I'm doing very, very well.
Speaker A:How can I be a blessing to you?
Speaker B:Well, let's see.
Speaker B:I am.
Speaker B:I'm driving back from a doctor's appointment in Fort Worth, driving back home to Dallas.
Speaker B:And what I learned this morning.
Speaker B:I learned something this morning during my daily devotional.
Speaker B:And what I learned is.
Speaker B:Or what I am trying to learn is how to trust.
Speaker B:Trust the Lord better.
Speaker B:Because if I can trust the Lord with certain, you know, medical issues and things like that, that I know we're going to get better, then I will have less anxiety in my life because I tend to be an anxious person.
Speaker B:So I need.
Speaker B:I need to just trust the Lord better.
Speaker B:And, you know, that's what I.
Speaker B:That's what I try to do.
Speaker B:And, you know, I listen to your show whenever I can when I'm driving around town.
Speaker B:And you're a blessing to me, David.
Speaker B:Thank you very much for all you do.
Speaker A:I appreciate that so much, brother.
Speaker A:And I gotta say, that is a brilliant.
Speaker A:I just want to tell you that is a brilliant truth.
Speaker A:It's so amazing that when you trust in the.
Speaker A:Trust the Lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding.
Speaker A:In all your ways, acknowledge him, and he will direct your path.
Speaker A:It's like that will reduce so much stress.
Speaker B:Oh, yeah.
Speaker A:Just.
Speaker A:Bless you.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Absolutely excellent.
Speaker A:That's an excellent, excellent observation.
Speaker B:The moment you realize that not only trust, but, I mean, we're just here for such a.
Speaker B:Such a short time.
Speaker B:It's such a blip on the chart.
Speaker B:Like, you know, if I've got.
Speaker B:I think I'm about your age, David, so maybe I'm a few years.
Speaker B:Maybe I'm a few years older than you.
Speaker B:But, you know, I figure I've got 15, 20, maybe 25 years at the most.
Speaker B:And why worry about it?
Speaker B:There's nothing to worry about here.
Speaker B:Let's worry about.
Speaker B:Let's worry about.
Speaker B:And storing up treasures in heaven.
Speaker A:Yep.
Speaker A:I mean, that is.
Speaker A:That's it.
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Speaker A:You just hit it right there.
Speaker A:It's like we're so focused on what we're doing right now that we get obsessed.
Speaker A:And it's like, that's not helpful.
Speaker A:That's exactly right.
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Speaker A:I really appreciate it.
Speaker B:Sure.
Speaker B:Well, thank you, David.
Speaker B:I'll try to call you once in a while and say hello.
Speaker A:I would love it.
Speaker A:And it would be our privilege.
Speaker A:And anything we can specifically pray for you or anything like that, you let us know and we'll do it because we want to be there for one another.
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Speaker B:Thank you, brother.
Speaker A:All right.
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Speaker A:Great call.
Speaker A:Great opening call.
Speaker A:Excellent.
Speaker A:Excellent observation, too.
Speaker A:I do want to say that Joy Ann also put in that she's learning from the Lord.
Speaker A:Timing, which is something that I think every one of us works and operates in.
Speaker A:But going back to the trusting element, that's so, so good.
Speaker A:I had this experience where you find out that no matter what you encounter, if you in fact trust the Lord, which means you don't hold it in the palm of your hands and look at it from every possible angle to see what you can do to solve it.
Speaker A:But you go, you know what, Lord, Here I'M just going to lift this into your hands, and I'm just going to say, here, I can't do it.
Speaker A:You do it.
Speaker A:And then.
Speaker A:Okay, good.
Speaker A:I don't have to carry that anymore.
Speaker A:I mean, you have to love Max Lucada, who he says people walk around with a garbage bag on their back.
Speaker A:And they're walking around, they're walking around, and then they go to this next place and they put the garbage bag down and they say, thank you, Lord, you're great.
Speaker A:And then they go to the next place and they pick the garbage bag back up and they keep carrying it, and they don't need to.
Speaker A:And it's like, there's such a truth to that.
Speaker A:There is.
Speaker A:So, excellent, excellent.
Speaker A:Jump right into what we're talking about.
Speaker A:I love it.
Speaker A:All right, couple things to bring to your attention.
Speaker A:We will be, by the way, in the next 60 minutes talking about the hockey game.
Speaker A:We're not going to talk about that yet.
Speaker A:I do want to pray for one interesting thing.
Speaker A:So I was praying for the audience, and when I pray for the audience, for you guys, I pray, you'd be amazed, but there's a lot of categories that I cover, let's put it that way.
Speaker A:And when I was praying for our audience today, something really struck me as something that needed to be challenged, or, let's say, what's the word I'm looking for?
Speaker A:Addressed.
Speaker A:And so I want you to join with me in praying for one another.
Speaker A:If it doesn't apply to you, you can still offer your faith for it.
Speaker A:If it does apply to you, offer your faith with it and receive it.
Speaker A:We're going to pray about relationships.
Speaker A:Okay, I'm going to pray that for a moment.
Speaker A:So let's pray unto the Lord for his graciousness in that.
Speaker A:Father, we come before you right now and we thank you and we praise you.
Speaker A:What a great opening truth that.
Speaker A:Lord, we need to trust you.
Speaker A:I know that I've grown in that.
Speaker A:And then I get to a certain point, and then I pull back.
Speaker A:That seems to be, like, what I do.
Speaker A:I would like to do a better job, and I'm gonna do a better job because you'll enable me to.
Speaker A:And I think that's true for everybody who can hear my voice.
Speaker A:But, Lord, as you know, as I was praying and communing with you today, the idea of relationships, some people that have some very harsh elements in their relationships, that there needs to be some healing balm, some salve, some wound curing.
Speaker A:And so, Lord, we are asking you that you would apply Your healing balm, the healing balm of Gilead upon relationships that have rips, tears, scars and open wounds.
Speaker A:And we need your help because sometimes we think we'll just grab it and seize it.
Speaker A:And we think we know what we're going to do with it and we don't.
Speaker A:But you know what?
Speaker A:Each relationship needs to be the way it's supposed to be.
Speaker A:We ask you to help us, to heal us, to heal some of the tension, to let us operate in grace and mercy and forgiveness and to extend it and to receive it from one to another.
Speaker A:Help us in our relationships.
Speaker A:We want them to be right.
Speaker A:We want them to be godly.
Speaker A:We don't want them to be traumatized.
Speaker A:We don't want them to be this heavy level of dysfunction.
Speaker A:We pray for grace in these circumstances.
Speaker A:Your Word teaches us that we come to the throne of grace with confidence, to receive mercy and to find grace in our time of need.
Speaker A:In some of these relationships, we need that grace.
Speaker A:Help us all in that.
Speaker A:We pray in Jesus name.
Speaker A:In Jesus.
Speaker A:In Jesus name.
Speaker A:Amen.
Speaker A:And amen.
Speaker A:Okay, so let's be aware of that.
Speaker A:By the way, don't forget FEB buddies can't let you forget that.
Speaker A:You're not allowed to forget that.
Speaker A:You got to keep that going at the forefront of your thoughts.
Speaker A:That would be super swell.
Speaker A:For those that do not know.
Speaker A:We are actually in, ironically, second Peter and we are in one nine.
Speaker A:It was a tough teach last time because we had to deal with adding to our faith and making sure we didn't stop.
Speaker A:And we need to be adding to certain things.
Speaker A:We needed to add it to our faith, virtue, and to virtue, knowledge and knowledge, self control, self control, perseverance, perseverance, godliness.
Speaker A:And then we needed to add brotherly kindness and brotherly kindness, love.
Speaker A:And then Peter's like, if you possess these things, you're growing.
Speaker A:You're not being ineffective or unproductive from that.
Speaker A:He says this in verse nine.
Speaker A:But whoever lacks these traits is nearsighted to the point of blindness, having forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.
Speaker A:Verse 10.
Speaker A:Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure.
Speaker A:For if you practice these things, you will never stumble and you will receive a lavish reception into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Speaker A:So let's pick it up right there in verse nine where it's kind of our launching pad, where he's saying, look, if you lack these traits which come from the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ, the epigenosa, the contact knowledge, if you Lack these traits.
Speaker A:That person.
Speaker A:If you're that person, you're nearsighted to the point of blindness.
Speaker A:Now, I'm not an optric.
Speaker A:Optim.
Speaker A:What is it?
Speaker A:I'm not an opt doctor.
Speaker A:I'm not one of those guys that can tell you what's good or bad.
Speaker A:But I know this.
Speaker A:Nearsightedness is a common vision condition in which closer objects are really close, clear, but other objects are blurry and distorted.
Speaker A:So what it ultimately means is a person can only see what's close to them.
Speaker A:So Peter goes and he's explaining, look, if you're just looking at your life, right.
Speaker A:Optometrist.
Speaker A:Thank you.
Speaker A:Ophthalmologist.
Speaker A:Thank you, Joy Ann.
Speaker A:If you're just looking at your life, though, you're only looking at this very narrow view.
Speaker A:And what Peter is trying to communicate is he's saying, look, you can't just be so focused on what's happening in your life in the here and now and not see what God has done for you in the past, namely, giving you complete victory over the penalty of sin and over the power of sin.
Speaker A:You can't ignore that.
Speaker A:You can't ignore that what God has done for you in Jesus Christ is so powerful.
Speaker A:And if you're so stuck on just looking at your immediate right in front of you, which is what nearsight it is to the point of blindness, you're missing it.
Speaker A:And so everything else is blurry and you're only seeing your.
Speaker A:And you're so focused on your circumstance and your situation, what the answer is and how do you resolve it.
Speaker A:And all you can see is what's right in front of you.
Speaker A:We tend to do that and then forget, hey, we've had victory in Jesus Christ given to us by the grace of God, received by faith, given by love.
Speaker A:And we receive that and walk in that.
Speaker A:And to not have that as a part of our vision means that we're nearly blind and we need to do a better job of what we see.
Speaker A:And I don't think that's bizarre or weird.
Speaker A:I think it's like, yeah, we probably should do that.
Speaker A:And what he's saying is, you've forgotten that you've been cleansed from past sins.
Speaker A:You know, the dumb things that I've done.
Speaker A:I've noticed this.
Speaker A:I don't know if it happens to anybody else.
Speaker A:So I spend a lot of time with the Lord and a lot of time in fellowship, a lot of time in study.
Speaker A:But every once in a while, no matter what's going on, something from my past, 20 years ago, 30 years ago, 50 years ago, comes roaring back and it's like, look what you did here.
Speaker A:You think that's me trying to pull that up?
Speaker A:That's the enemy going, look at you.
Speaker A:And it's like, I've been forgiven for those things.
Speaker A:I have no attachment.
Speaker A:I don't even have to concern.
Speaker A:And what happens is the enemy tries to use those things and chip away at my faith and then make me fearful for what I'm looking at right in front of me.
Speaker A:Well, you did this before.
Speaker A:Why should anything good happen now?
Speaker A:And that's when we forget the grace, the goodness, the kindness, the faithfulness, the absolute commitment that God has made to us.
Speaker A:He has made a commitment to us that is better than any commitment we have ever made to anybody, ever.
Speaker A:Because he will never fail.
Speaker A:And he's cleansed us from our past.
Speaker A:You know, when it creeps up on you, it's not creeping because it's worthwhile, it's creeping because it's evil.
Speaker A:It's stealthing its way in like a thief.
Speaker A:Uh oh, where does the thief.
Speaker A:Who's a thief in the Bible?
Speaker A:Oh, okay.
Speaker A:And then he says this in verse 10.
Speaker A:Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure.
Speaker A:For if you practice these things we've talked about, you're not going to stumble.
Speaker A:You'll be great.
Speaker A:People make it when Peter's writing, and when Paul's writing, they always make it.
Speaker A:I want to say this really nice that sometimes we make the apostles more grim than maybe they are.
Speaker A:It's like if you practice these things, you will never stumble.
Speaker A:Or you could just be going, if you practice these things, you'll do great.
Speaker A:You won't stumble, you'll do fun, you'll do fine.
Speaker A:It depends on where you're at when you read it.
Speaker A:But this is the thing I want you to catch.
Speaker A:I don't want you to miss.
Speaker A:He's referring when he says to make your calling and election sure.
Speaker A:He's referring to sanctification, not justification.
Speaker A:We've talked about this a thousand times.
Speaker A:I wrote my master's theses on this.
Speaker A:What it is, is we're saved.
Speaker A:We're being saved, and we will yet be saved.
Speaker A:You've been saved judicially.
Speaker A:Justification, you are being saved concurrently.
Speaker A:That is sanctification.
Speaker A:Where you're being made more to look like Jesus.
Speaker A:Each and every trial, you will eventually be saved from all of that in heaven.
Speaker A:Never having to with that, that's glorification.
Speaker A:So it's justification, sanctification, glorification.
Speaker A:When you read about your salvation in the past tense, it's talking about justification.
Speaker A:When you read about your salvation in the present tense, it's sanctification.
Speaker A:When you read about your salvation in the future tense, it's glorification.
Speaker A:One is deliverance from the penalty of sin.
Speaker A:The next one's the deliverance from power of sin and the last one's deliverance from the presence of sin.
Speaker A:And so when he says, make your calling and election sure, it's like you be in it.
Speaker A:The Lord is working on you.
Speaker A:He's doing things in your life, he's adding to you, he's challenging you.
Speaker A:Just like our brother said, the Lord is requiring me to trust him more, to walk more in that great trust.
Speaker A:That's exactly what Peter's talking about.
Speaker A:That right there, that's making your calling and election sure.
Speaker A:Joanne's saying, trying to get that, that God's got this different timing.
Speaker A:That's part of it.
Speaker A:You're trying to sit there and operate in less fear.
Speaker A:That's part of it.
Speaker A:That's part of making your calling and election sure.
Speaker A:Isn't that cool?
Speaker A:Like, wow, that's cool.
Speaker A:Yeah, it is cool, actually.
Speaker A:It is pretty cool if you think about it.
Speaker A:And then he says this, and I just have to do this because it's so good, right?
Speaker A:He says, and you will receive a lavish reception into the eternal kingdom.
Speaker A:See this?
Speaker A:Talking about salvation that's coming in the future, you will receive a lavish reception into the eternal kingdom.
Speaker A:Isn't it amazing?
Speaker A:In this three verses, he talks about the past sins, he's talking about the present, and then he talks about the future.
Speaker A:The past sins are done.
Speaker A:The present make your calling and election sure.
Speaker A:And guess what?
Speaker A:You're getting ready to receive.
Speaker A:Oh, cool.
Speaker A:A lavish reception.
Speaker A:So let me say this and some of you will don't think I'm bragging.
Speaker A:This is what I came out of and this is how it goes.
Speaker A:He's talking about this lavish reception that we're going to see.
Speaker A:I've been to some pretty fancy weddings, okay?
Speaker A:I was at my sister's first wedding, which was a multi hundred thousand dollar wedding event.
Speaker A:The lavish reception there would have blown your mind, right?
Speaker A:But it is nothing compared to this reception that we are going to have entering into the kingdom of God.
Speaker A:And when we enter into the kingdom, and I mean for the eternal full run, done.
Speaker A:We're done.
Speaker A:It's over.
Speaker A:We're all there.
Speaker A:We're dancing on streets of gold.
Speaker A:It's phenomenal.
Speaker A:When we enter into that reception.
Speaker A:It's going to be so far past what you and I can conceive of that even Peter, knowing that the authorities in his own life have given lavish receptions from Caesar on down right is going, no, no, no, we're going to have this lavish reception.
Speaker A:It's going to be so phenomenal.
Speaker A:It's going to blow your doors out.
Speaker A:You're just going to go, wowza.
Speaker A:That's the reception that God is putting together or has put together for you and I.
Speaker A:Isn't that great?
Speaker A:So it's like, look, it's just so encouraging.
Speaker A:It's like, wait, let me get this straight.
Speaker A:You're telling me, look, I've got to remember that my past sins are done.
Speaker A:I'm in the present working on things, trying to reflect and look like Jesus.
Speaker A:I'm growing in that and I'm doing that.
Speaker A:And that just gives me this ability to keep going forward and do great.
Speaker A:But I'm coming to a time and a place where there's going to be this reception that's going to knock my socks off and it's going to be the greatest reception ever.
Speaker A:Yep, that's what salvation is.
Speaker A:Receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
Speaker A:Like, yeah, baby, I want that and I want that all day long.
Speaker A:And you should want that all day long.
Speaker A:We can't be so near sighted that all we see is the one or two circumstances right in front of us and we don't see anything else.
Speaker A:You can't do that because it hurts us.
Speaker A:That's why we can't do it.
Speaker A:God's not telling us that because it's going to hurt him.
Speaker A:He tells us these things because it will hurt us.
Speaker A:His word is there to help us, not to hurt us.
Speaker A:And we need to have better vision, vision of what God has done, is doing and yet will do all together at the same time.
Speaker A:And that is how you keep going forward.
Speaker A:Isn't that great though?
Speaker A:A lavish reception.
Speaker A:Good for you.
Speaker A:Good for me.
Speaker A:Good for us.
Speaker A:Thank you, Jesus.
Speaker A:All right, folks, we're going to take a short break and then come back.
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Speaker A:So what Jesus said, whoever is not against you is for you.
Speaker A:That's what he's talking about.
Speaker A:They're a kingdom advancer.
Speaker A:It's all good.
Speaker A:Now watch this.
Speaker A: , verse: Speaker A:When a strong man, fully armed, guards, his estate, his possessions are secure.
Speaker A:But when one stronger than he attacks and overpowers, he takes from him all his weapons, the armor and the weapons of the foot soldiers that he trusted in, and he divides up his plunder.
Speaker A:Anyone who is not with me is against me.
Speaker A:And anyone who does not gather with me scatters.
Speaker A:And you're thinking, but what about the other verse?
Speaker A:Watch keeping it in context.
Speaker A:This person is not for the kingdom of God.
Speaker A:This person is neutral.
Speaker A:Not a kingdom advancer, not a person that's trying to advance the kingdom of God.
Speaker A:And when you are not a kingdom advancer, then you are supporting the other kingdoms.
Speaker A:You are either in for, with, through and by the kingdom of God or all the other kingdoms.
Speaker A:There is no neutral.
Speaker A:There is no.
Speaker A:Well, I'm going to.
Speaker A:I'm going to sit this one out.
Speaker A:There is no sitting it out with God.
Speaker A:You're either helping advance his kingdom or helping another kingdom advance one of the two.
Speaker A:So the guy that was casting out evil spirits in the name of Jesus Christ, he's advancing the kingdom of God, but the person who's not for Jesus is trying to be neutral and do nothing.
Speaker A:That person's not advancing the kingdom of God.
Speaker A:And that person who's not advancing the kingdom of God is therefore against the kingdom of God.
Speaker A:Because there is no neutral.
Speaker A:And you're thinking, well, no, no, there's got to be a neutral.
Speaker A:Never heard the joke about the mugwump, huh?
Speaker A:Never heard about the soldier that, you know, Confederate soldier and then Union soldier, had gray on the top and dark blue on the bottom.
Speaker A:What'd they do, shoot at them from both sides?
Speaker A:That's what they did.
Speaker A:In other words, there is none of that.
Speaker A:That doesn't exist.
Speaker A:You're either with Jesus in the advancement of his kingdom or you're not.
Speaker A:And if you're not, then he considers that against you.
Speaker A:Think, whoa, that is just rude.
Speaker A:Tell it to Jesus.
Speaker A:Tell him he's rude.
Speaker A:Go ahead.
Speaker A:Jesus said, seek first the kingdom of God, not, hey, you know, in your life, you got all these things going on, you got to take care of work.
Speaker A:I get it.
Speaker A:You got to do this.
Speaker A:You got to do this.
Speaker A:You got to pay this bill and do this and raise your kids, and somewhere in there, do me a favor and every once in a while, kick it around and think about me and the kingdom.
Speaker A:And that doesn't exist.
Speaker A:That's not a reality check.
Speaker A:The reality check is that you are either for the Kingdom of God or opposed to the Kingdom of God.
Speaker A:And if you try to be neutral, you're opposed.
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