03-07-2025 Part 1: Transcendent Moments: The Importance of Spiritual Engagements
This podcast episode presents a profound exploration of the question, "What has God been teaching you this week?" I engage with listeners to elicit reflections on their spiritual journeys, emphasizing the significance of discernment in recognizing divine lessons. Through interactions with callers, we delve into the themes of patience and attentiveness, highlighting the necessity of listening to God's guidance in our lives. The episode further incorporates scriptural references, particularly from 2 Peter, to illustrate the transformative experiences of the apostles and their relevance to contemporary faith. Ultimately, we seek to foster a deeper understanding of God's ongoing work in our lives, encouraging a communal sharing of insights and testimonies.
The discourse featuring Dr. David Spoon encapsulates a profound exploration of the lessons imparted by divine interaction within the lives of believers. Central to this dialogue is the inquiry: 'What has God been teaching you this week?' This question serves as a catalyst for introspection, prompting participants to reflect on their spiritual journeys and the subtleties of divine instruction that manifest in their daily lives. Dr. Spoon emphasizes the necessity of recognizing God's continual presence and guidance, encouraging listeners to acknowledge the transformative moments that often go unnoticed amidst the daily hustle. The episode unfolds with a blend of earnest reflection and spirited engagement, including listener calls that enrich the conversation, thereby fostering a community built on shared faith experiences.
Furthermore, the episode delves into the scriptural foundation of these teachings, referencing 2 Peter 1:16, where Peter recounts the transfiguration of Christ. This monumental event is presented not merely as a historical occurrence but as an enduring testament to the majesty of Jesus and the veracity of divine revelation. Dr. Spoon eloquently argues that such experiences should be cherished and remembered, as they serve to fortify one's faith in times of doubt. By engaging with the scripture and interspersing listener anecdotes, Dr. Spoon creates a dynamic atmosphere that is both educational and spiritually uplifting, reinforcing the message that God is perpetually at work in the lives of those who seek Him.
Takeaways:
- Dr. David Spoon emphasizes the importance of reflecting on what God teaches us each week, promoting a deeper spiritual engagement.
- The podcast highlights the transformative experiences of the apostles, particularly during the Transfiguration of Jesus, underscoring the nature of divine revelation.
- Listeners are encouraged to actively participate by sharing their spiritual insights and prayer requests, fostering a community of support.
- Spoon articulates the significance of patience and listening in the Christian journey, as essential virtues in nurturing one's faith.
- The discussion around personal testimonies serves to remind us of the majestic glory of God, which manifests in our lives through answered prayers and miracles.
- David Spoon's approach to teaching integrates humor and serious contemplation, creating a unique blend that invites listeners to engage thoughtfully with their faith.
Transcript
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Speaker B:He's been teaching me to be more patient and listen.
Speaker A:It's a tough lesson, isn't it, though?
Speaker A:It's like, you know when you think you're doing pretty well and you think you've been getting into the patience line a little, and then you find out the Lord's going, yeah, I want to stretch you a little more going, wow.
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Speaker A:What has the Lord been teaching you this week?
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Speaker A:We are picking it back up in 2 Peter 1:16.
Speaker A:And I look at things a little differently, and I love some of these little reference points that the apostles make.
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Speaker A:He says this in 2 Peter 1:16.
Speaker A:For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
Speaker A:You read that and you go, whoa, whoa, that sounds really, you know, really cool.
Speaker A:Listen, let me explain to you what Peter's talking about.
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Speaker A:Okay, Peter is talking about Matthew 17.
Speaker A:He's talking about Mark 9, he's talking about Luke 9.
Speaker A:What is he talking about?
Speaker A:He said, we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Speaker A:For all of those people who think that a fisherman can come up with such an elaborate story about Jesus Christ, I just want to show you that denial is not just a river in Egypt.
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Speaker A:So in the rest of verse 16, he mentions they were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
Speaker A:Hold on, we know what he's talking about.
Speaker A:When Jesus revealed his majesty, people are like, that was at the Ascension.
Speaker A:Nope.
Speaker A:Oh, believe me, that was powerful.
Speaker A:Don't get the wrong idea.
Speaker A:But what he's talking about in the revelation of the majesty of Jesus Christ is the mount of Transfiguration, which took place in Matthew 17, Mark 9, Luke 9.
Speaker A:It is right there that he's talking about.
Speaker A:The mount of Transfiguration is not just some anomaly.
Speaker A:It's much more than that.
Speaker A:Jesus was transformed right before the eyes of the apostles.
Speaker A:Peter, James and John were seeing something.
Speaker A:I want to make sure you understand this, that they had no reference point to.
Speaker A:There was no Sci fi back then as a reference point.
Speaker A:There was no Sci fi channel movies, 3D, all this.
Speaker A:That's not what was going on.
Speaker A:And Jesus was transformed right in front of them.
Speaker A: So put yourself back: Speaker A:Nothing like that.
Speaker A:The only thing you've ever seen is lightning.
Speaker A:And then you look at Jesus and he transforms.
Speaker A:Right in front of you is so bright, brighter than the sun.
Speaker A:And you are like going, what?
Speaker A:Nobody had ever considered this level of existence yet, not in history.
Speaker A:There stood Jesus, transfigured, by the way, with Moses and Elijah.
Speaker A:It was though the three of them, get this.
Speaker A:It was though the three of them were in another dimension.
Speaker A:Uh huh.
Speaker A:That's what he's talking about.
Speaker A:He's like, we didn't follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Speaker A:But we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
Speaker A:What?
Speaker A:You mean to tell me that Jesus and Moses and Elijah were kind of like on this different plane, on this different level of existence?
Speaker A:Yes, they were.
Speaker A:And then what happens in verse 17?
Speaker A:Look at what the apostle says.
Speaker A:For he received honor and glory, referring to Jesus from God the Father, when the voice came to him from the majestic glory, saying, this is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Speaker A:Wow.
Speaker A:I mean, this is just lights out.
Speaker A:I know not all you are sci fi fans, but come on, come on.
Speaker A:So God the Father is speaking regarding God the Son in a voice that came to Jesus from what Peter called the majestic glory.
Speaker A:What a name that is.
Speaker A:How come we never give God the majestic glory?
Speaker A:That's the name of the Father, the majestic glory.
Speaker A:Isn't that great?
Speaker A:I mean, that's a neat old title.
Speaker A:But anyway, here's what I'm doing.
Speaker A:He's talking about.
Speaker A:He's referencing, this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.
Speaker A:God the Father is speaking about God the Son and telling him I am pleased.
Speaker A:Now, at this point in ministry, because you're in Matthew 17, he's done quite a bit.
Speaker A:So what we see is Jesus.
Speaker A:He is setting the example.
Speaker A:He is saying what the Father wants him to say, and he is doing what the Father wants him to do.
Speaker A:And that, my friends, just by itself is the example set for you and I.
Speaker A:So Peter, now remember, this epistle is probably about between 32 and 38 years after the Ascension, okay?
Speaker A:And so he's writing this and he's going back now.
Speaker A:He's going back a couple of years, 30 plus years.
Speaker A:And he's reliving the event and talking about the Mount of Transfiguration.
Speaker A:And he's like, you know what?
Speaker A:We weren't following weird, goofy little fable things.
Speaker A:We saw it.
Speaker A:He transformed right in front of us, in the mouth of two or three witnesses.
Speaker A:Let everything be established.
Speaker A:Let every word be established.
Speaker A:Let every testimony be established.
Speaker A:Well, it was in front of three.
Speaker A:Peter, James and John.
Speaker A:And the witness was this dude turned so bright, nothing on earth could be that bright.
Speaker A:Bright like the sun, brighter than any laundry could ever become.
Speaker A:It's like, wow.
Speaker A:Do you realize that we've talked about this when we're teaching in Matthew?
Speaker A:The significance of that moment is just.
Speaker A:It's outrageous.
Speaker A:There's no other being that's had a moment like that.
Speaker A:And that's what Peter's referring to.
Speaker A:He's like, we didn't follow something goofy or weird.
Speaker A:We saw it.
Speaker A:And I'll tell you something about some of you that the Lord has done for you.
Speaker A:He has done things that are majestic glory, like in answering prayers and in blessing you and in providing miracles that you never anticipated, giving you provisions you never thought could happen or bringing people back from the brink, which you never thought could happen.
Speaker A:And he has done it time and time and time again.
Speaker A:Not quite to this level.
Speaker A:Hello.
Speaker A:But he has done it so many times.
Speaker A:The majestic glory has manifested his graciousness to you and to me.
Speaker A:And we should be in awe because it is pretty cool.
Speaker A:That is some great stuff.
Speaker A:It's amazing that people get bored in this faith.
Speaker A:The only thing I can say about that is they don't know the faith if they're bored in the faith.
Speaker A:That's all I'm gonna say on that.
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Speaker A:Was he talking to God?
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Speaker A:When God took one of Adam's ribs to create Eve, what was Adam doing at the time?
Speaker A:Was he eating fruit, telling the serpent to go away, talking with the Lord, sleeping or playing ping pong?
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Speaker A:Knock, knock.
Speaker A:This is David.
Speaker A:Who am I talking to?
Speaker B:This is Brandon.
Speaker A:Hey, Brandon, how you doing?
Speaker A:Going for two, are you?
Speaker A:Yes, sir.
Speaker A:All right, let's set it up for you.
Speaker A:Here we go.
Speaker A:Just keeping it as simple as we can.
Speaker A:I'll give you the whole question and all the answers, and then you tell me what it is.
Speaker A:When God took one of Adam's ribs to create Eve, what was Adam doing?
Speaker A:Was he eating fruit, telling the serpent to go away?
Speaker A:Talking with God, Sleeping or playing ping pong?
Speaker B:He was sleeping.
Speaker A:That is correct.
Speaker A:Amanda, sir, excellent job.
Speaker A:That is right.
Speaker A:And that's.
Speaker A:It was the Lord that kind of put him in that deep sleep.
Speaker A:Otherwise.
Speaker A:That had been kind of an interesting scenario, but yeah, and I don't think ping pong was available quite yet.
Speaker A:I don't think it was there yet.
Speaker A:So excellent job and excellent answer, and we appreciate that, bro.
Speaker B:Well, thank you.
Speaker A:All right, God bless you.
Speaker B:You too.
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Speaker A:Fun, fun.
Speaker A:Don't you love it?
Speaker A:It's fun, right?
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:All right, now let's go back to the text.
Speaker A:It's fun, but it's truth, and truth is important.
Speaker A:Right?
Speaker A:Let's go back to the text because I just got you.
Speaker A:You got to hear this.
Speaker A:So we're at verse 17 of 2 Peter, chapter 1.
Speaker A:And he says this.
Speaker A:For he received honor and glory from the Father when the voice came from him, from the majestic glory, saying, this is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Speaker A:Verse 18.
Speaker A:And we ourselves heard this voice from heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.
Speaker A:That's how you know it's the Mount of Transfiguration.
Speaker A:By the way he's talking about the holy mountain.
Speaker A:But look what happens.
Speaker A:Peter is giving validation to the experience because Peter, James, and John not only saw, but they heard what was spoken.
Speaker A:They heard God's voice speaking.
Speaker A:They knew it wasn't thunder.
Speaker A:They knew exactly what he said.
Speaker A:Because what God the Father said was this.
Speaker A:This is my son.
Speaker A:Listen to him, giving him priority.
Speaker A:Get ready over Moses and Elijah, over the law and the prophets.
Speaker A:And they knew when this took place, they were on the holy mountain of God.
Speaker A:Now, to me, because I'm a little bit Weird.
Speaker A:It's interesting that Moses had his experience with God on the mountain and Elijah had his experience in the mountain with God.
Speaker A:So now Peter, James, and John are also having their mountain experience with God, with Jesus Christ on the mountain.
Speaker A:It's just a very cool connection.
Speaker A:And I love little things like that because it just reminds me that God is actually weaving.
Speaker A:He's doing things that people don't even see.
Speaker A:We've talked about this before, but when you're doing any kind of needlepoint, if you look at the picture in the front where you're doing the needle point, there's a beautiful little picture or a soft, little cute picture, and all the colors are there and it all looks really nice.
Speaker A:And then you do the needle point.
Speaker A:But if you look at it from the underneath side, all the yarn is like all over the place.
Speaker A:Different colors, different lengths.
Speaker A:It looks goofy.
Speaker A:It doesn't make any sense.
Speaker A:It makes sense when you look at it from the front, but not from underneath.
Speaker A:Well, when we're looking at our lives, we tend to see it on the underneath part while God is looking at the picture.
Speaker A:And it's just like, that's just so fascinating because the Lord knows exactly where everything needs to go in the framework of our lives.
Speaker A:So Peter is making excuse, kind of a minor defense.
Speaker A:It's not a major theological defense.
Speaker A:It's more of a minor experiential defense going, look what we did in following Jesus.
Speaker A:This wasn't like a fluke.
Speaker A:It wasn't something that came up.
Speaker A:We saw what happened with this guy.
Speaker A:We saw it on the mountain.
Speaker A:It changed all of us.
Speaker A:And it did change all of them.
Speaker A:It changed them so much that 35 years later, Peter is writing about it.
Speaker A:That's how much it changed him.
Speaker A:And you know what?
Speaker A:The truth is, I just kind of want to say this and be careful.
Speaker A:A lot of you have had certain engagements with God, almost mountaintop experiences.
Speaker A:And then what we do is we tend to forget.
Speaker A:And then we just move on in what we're existing in now.
Speaker A:There are things that you should forget, things that pull you down, things that wound you, things that disturb, distract you from the Lord.
Speaker A:Those should not be held onto.
Speaker A:But when the Lord has done something magnificent, you should absolutely hold onto it.
Speaker A:And Peter, 30 plus years later, is writing about it like it just happened, which is a great testimony for you and I to stand firm when we've had those engagements with God and to remember them.
Speaker A:Because in every one of those mountaintop experiences, he has made himself known even that much more to Us.
Speaker A:Isn't that just amazing?
Speaker A:And we should log that right.
Speaker A:Our Jesus journal.
Speaker A:Right, Right.
Speaker A:All right, folks, we are going to take a short break right here.
Speaker A:You're listening to the David Spoon Experience right here on Kaam 770, the truce station here in Texas.
Speaker A:Short break.
Speaker A:We'll be back.
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 look at.
Speaker A: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 Kalmanian 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.
Speaker A: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 3:25, 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:That'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 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 is 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 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.
