Jesus: The Answer to Our Inner War
This podcast episode emphasizes the powerful truth that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, highlighting the transformative nature of faith and the importance of walking in the Spirit. David Spoon shares insights from Romans, discussing the internal struggles many face between their sinful nature and their desire to live righteously. Throughout the conversation, he encourages listeners to draw closer to God, reminding them that true peace and freedom come from a relationship with Jesus. The episode also touches on personal experiences and the need for believers to actively resist the lies of the enemy that can lead to doubt and fear. By embracing the truth of Scripture and relying on the Holy Spirit, individuals can find the strength to overcome life's challenges and live in the fullness of God's grace.
A journey through the spiritual landscape of human existence unfolds as Dr. David Spoon leads listeners into a profound exploration of Romans chapter 8, a pivotal text in the Christian faith. The discussion kicks off with the liberating declaration that 'there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,' offering a powerful reassurance of grace and redemption. Throughout the episode, Spoon emphasizes the dichotomy between living in the flesh and walking in the Spirit, encouraging listeners to embrace their identity as children of God, free from the shackles of sin. The core message resonates deeply as he illustrates how faith transforms daily struggles into opportunities for growth and victory, reminding us that the key to overcoming life's challenges lies in our connection to Jesus Christ, the ultimate source of strength and salvation.
The episode further delves into the nature of spiritual warfare, emphasizing that the battleground often lies within our own minds. Spoon shares personal anecdotes and insights about the internal battles many face, including doubts and fears that can arise even in the hearts of believers. By advocating for a biblical approach to thinking and speaking, he challenges the audience to combat lies with the truth of Scripture, asserting that understanding one's value in Christ can dismantle the strongholds of negativity and despair. Each segment is interspersed with engaging humor and relatable commentary, making profound theological concepts accessible and practical for everyday life.
As the podcast progresses, the conversation shifts toward the importance of community and shared faith. Spoon invites listeners to engage actively with their spiritual journeys, offering opportunities for prayer requests and testimonies that foster a sense of unity among believers. The episode culminates with a call to action, encouraging listeners to seek a deeper relationship with God through prayer and Scripture, promising that a closer walk with Jesus will yield transformative results in their lives. With a rich blend of scriptural exposition, personal reflection, and interactive dialogue, this episode of the David Spoon Experience serves as a powerful reminder of the hope and freedom found in Christ, urging believers to rise above their struggles and live victoriously in the Spirit.
Takeaways:
- There is no condemnation for those who belong to Jesus Christ, emphasizing salvation and freedom.
- Understanding the spiritual warfare within the mind is crucial for overcoming life's struggles.
- Walking in the Spirit provides peace and strength against the doubts and fears of life.
- The importance of drawing closer to God daily cannot be overstated for spiritual growth.
- Jesus is the answer to every struggle, offering hope, deliverance, and transformation.
- In times of doubt, remember that God's truth is the only weapon against lies.
Transcript
And now for something completely different.
David Spoon:Here's what's coming up this hour on today's Experience.
David Spoon:It's totally terrific, totally transforming and totally a triumphant Tuesday as we find unity from the Father, through the Son and by the Spirit.
David Spoon:All for the glory of God Almighty.
David Spoon:First.
David Spoon:Well, praise the Lord.
David Spoon:We've almost arrived at Romans chapter 8.
David Spoon:Wow.
David Spoon:One of the most powerful chapters in all of the writings from the Lord.
David Spoon:We're going to open up just shy of verse one.
David Spoon:But verse one lays the groundwork for how the rest of the book unfolds.
David Spoon:There is now no condemnation.
David Spoon:That's the first portion.
David Spoon:But the second portion is critical to understand.
David Spoon:There is now no condemnation for those who belong to Jesus Christ.
David Spoon:Next.
David Spoon:The key element is understanding that the entire world is on a crash course with destruction.
David Spoon:I know there's an election today, but I'll repeat it because it's true.
David Spoon:The entire world is on a crash course with destruction.
David Spoon:There is no exception.
David Spoon:Everybody is heading in that direction because sin separates us from a holy God and requires God's justice.
David Spoon:All have sinned and all are subject to that justice.
David Spoon:The world is heading for an end.
David Spoon:The only opportunity for salvation is a single lifeboat named Jesus.
David Spoon:People either get on board and get saved or go over the cliff.
David Spoon:Finally, in essence, verse 2 and 3 makes it clear that the law could not save us.
David Spoon:But God has offered an opportunity for you and I to be saved through his own plan of deliverance and salvation.
David Spoon:This plan is established in Jesus Christ.
David Spoon:Sin itself has not only lost its power, but it has also lost its ultimate penalty as well.
David Spoon:In a simpler sense, sin brought forth the stealing of life, but Jesus brought forth the healing of that life.
David Spoon:Thank you, Jesus.
David Spoon:David Spoon's life has been an experience.
David Spoon:While growing up in a Jewish family, he made a wrong turn towards drug abuse.
David Spoon:Then David Spoon found Jesus Christ and his life completely changed.
David Spoon:The more he studied the gospel, the more he wanted to share his experiences with others.
David Spoon:After 35 years of ministry, David discovered a new path of service.
David Spoon:He joined KAM and this radio program began.
David Spoon:You're about to hear the David Spoon Experience.
David Spoon:Welcome to the David Spoon Experience.
David Spoon:Local, national and heavenly talk.
David Spoon:Here's what else we're looking at during the show.
David Spoon:Lessons for surviving living and prevailing politics, entertainment and current events, personal revelations, spiritual observations, my life's insanities and la.
David Spoon:So much more.
David Spoon:Now remember, it's not professional radio, but we are asking you, what do you think?
David Spoon:So you can email us during the show.
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David Spoon:Talking to Jam and Jacob is like sharing a cheat meal on your diet with your favorite person.
David Spoon:Oh, that's nice.
David Spoon:Thank you, David.
David Spoon:Happy Tuesday.
David Spoon:Happy Tuesday to you, my friend.
David Spoon:Just double checking.
David Spoon:Did you have your Reese's this weekend?
David Spoon:Did you have that?
David Spoon:Did you have your Reese's or any kind of special candy today?
David Spoon:Or this?
David Spoon:I've had a bunch of candy over the past couple days.
David Spoon:I know you saw that bag of candy I had yesterday.
David Spoon:Yes, I ate some candy candy yesterday.
David Spoon:Some Snickers, Reese's.
David Spoon:I, I, I.
David Spoon:Diet, Diet is gone for the last few days.
David Spoon:Yeah.
David Spoon:So.
David Spoon:Well, I'm just gonna say we, we, you know, we very carefully and very methodically made sure that there was no candy left for the following year by consuming it.
David Spoon:Okay?
David Spoon:That's what we did.
David Spoon:I don't know about the people that that was the plan for me too.
David Spoon:And, and I've, I've achieve that plan, right?
David Spoon:The goal has been reached.
David Spoon:The calories have been maxed, so everybody's going, well, you shouldn't do that.
David Spoon:Okay?
David Spoon:It's once a year, right?
David Spoon:And besides, I'm like a kid.
David Spoon:And I'll make this very clear.
David Spoon:Jesus said, unless you become like a child, you will in no wise enter the kingdom of God.
David Spoon:I believe him.
David Spoon:Okay, There you go.
David Spoon:There you go.
David Spoon:All right, so let's go back into this.
David Spoon:What in the universe would you bother to text us for?
David Spoon:What?
David Spoon:Would you bother to email us?
David Spoon:Why would you bother to call us?
David Spoon:Well, maybe you've got a praise report.
David Spoon:Has the Lord done something for you?
David Spoon:Tell it, tell it.
David Spoon:Share it.
David Spoon:You don't have to share it.
David Spoon:It doesn't have to be the Red Sea opened.
David Spoon:It could be something small but significant.
David Spoon:See, the thing is, we think that has to be on a certain grand scale, but that's not how the Lord works.
David Spoon:Everything the Lord does is grand.
David Spoon:Everything he does is amazing.
David Spoon:And everything he does is worthy of praise.
David Spoon:Okay?
David Spoon:So if you got something to share and you got a praise report, share it.
David Spoon:If you got a prayer Request.
David Spoon:Let's pray.
David Spoon:Let's ask God to help, because he does that.
David Spoon:We've been praying for our nation.
David Spoon:We've been praying for Israel, been praying for all these different things.
David Spoon:Hey, if you need prayer in your life, in your situation, let's pray.
David Spoon:Let's ask the Lord to help.
David Spoon:Let's join together using the love that God has connected us with.
David Spoon:Same dad, right?
David Spoon:Our Father, who art thou in heaven.
David Spoon:Blood relatives, the blood of Jesus Christ, drinking of one Holy Spirit, all of 1 Corinthians 12, all of Romans 12.
David Spoon:That's where the unity is.
David Spoon:The unity is there.
David Spoon:I don't care about your denominator.
David Spoon:I don't care if you come from.
David Spoon:It doesn't matter if you come from the Church of Christ or a Baptist or a Pentecostal.
David Spoon:Doesn't matter if you're a Protestant or Methodist.
David Spoon:I don't care.
David Spoon:Do you love Jesus?
David Spoon:Let's pray.
David Spoon:There you go.
David Spoon:And maybe you've got something you want to share, a scripture.
David Spoon:Now we know what's going on right now, and there's.
David Spoon:In our nation, there's going to be one way or another, there's going to be some kind of communication as to how it may appear to go in the next so many years.
David Spoon:Well, that's what everybody thinks, but Don and I, Don is the owner of the station.
David Spoon:We're talking today.
David Spoon:And look, it's this simple.
David Spoon:You don't know what's around the corner, but you can know him who is around the corner.
David Spoon:And that's all you really.
David Spoon:That's where you really got to be.
David Spoon:Because then everything else will come.
David Spoon:As the Lord oversees everything, he is, in fact, in control.
David Spoon:But it's all crazy.
David Spoon:It is never crazy to God.
David Spoon:You get that?
David Spoon:Okay, cool.
David Spoon:So you can have a prayer request.
David Spoon:You can have a praise report.
David Spoon:You can have something you want to share.
David Spoon:You can have a scripture.
David Spoon:Maybe you've got an answer to Bible trivia.
David Spoon:Here you go.
David Spoon:I'll keep it.
David Spoon:Who sneezed seven times in the Bible?
David Spoon:Oh, what?
David Spoon:2 Kings 4:35, 36.
David Spoon:Who sneezed seven times in the Bible?
David Spoon:2nd Kings 4:35, 36.
David Spoon: -: David Spoon: -: David Spoon: -: David Spoon:Or you can email david must increase.org now.
David Spoon:I'll leave that open to you.
David Spoon:We're going to do Our DNA.
David Spoon:I do want you to know I'm a little more hoarse in the voice because we did the recording today, and that sometimes impacts my voice.
David Spoon:So if you have a little bit of static or something, just kind of push through.
David Spoon:Love me anyway, I come not static free.
David Spoon:If you can get a clean sheet, that'd be good, but I can't help you otherwise.
David Spoon:All right, who sneezed seven times in the Bible?
David Spoon:Second Kings 4, 35 and 36.
David Spoon:In the meantime, we're going to do our DNA.
David Spoon:That's our building blocks.
David Spoon:D stands for Draw closer to the Lord daily.
David Spoon:So I'm not sure how to communicate this, but this happened again today.
David Spoon:I was sitting there getting ready to do my devotions and, you know, trying to pull things together.
David Spoon:And you're looking at the election stuff and this and different things going on in our city, in our state and our country and in our world.
David Spoon:And then I spent a decent amount of time in the Word of God.
David Spoon:And what was amazing was that.
David Spoon:And I was telling this to Don.
David Spoon:It's like the devotions in my life has gotten better as the times gone.
David Spoon:As time has gone on.
David Spoon:And for those couple of minutes that I was hanging out with the Lord in His Word, everything else lost a lot of power in my life.
David Spoon:And that's what I find amazing about spending time with the Lord.
David Spoon:When you spend time in prayer and you're just talking to the Lord, you're just hanging out with the Lord, just talking to him, just the way you and I are kind of talking as it is now, or you're hanging out, or you're reading His Word and he's talking to you.
David Spoon:When you do that and you engage with the Lord, everything else loses power because you are there with the King of the universe.
David Spoon:I cannot encourage that enough and towards enough people.
David Spoon:Draw closer to the Lord daily, and your life will be better.
David Spoon:And it doesn't.
David Spoon:I understand there's physical struggles.
David Spoon:There's financial struggles, emotional, psychological.
David Spoon:There's work struggles.
David Spoon:There's even ministry struggles.
David Spoon:There's different situational struggles.
David Spoon:Every struggle loses some of its power when you are in the presence of the Lord, period.
David Spoon:Draw closer to the Lord daily.
David Spoon:D N.
David Spoon:Never be ashamed of Jesus or His words.
David Spoon:Jesus said, if you're ashamed of me and my words, then I will be ashamed of you when I come in the glory of the Father with the holy angels.
David Spoon:You don't want Jesus to be ashamed of you.
David Spoon:Well, don't be ashamed of what he has to say.
David Spoon:Don't be ashamed of him.
David Spoon:The world will try to shame you and try to throw doubt on you.
David Spoon:Just like Satan tried to get Jesus to question whether he was actually the Son of God.
David Spoon:Never be ashamed of what God has to say.
David Spoon:He created the universe.
David Spoon:The dude can write a book.
David Spoon:D Draw closer to the Lord daily and never be ashamed of Jesus or his words.
David Spoon:A Always be ready to serve.
David Spoon:Just always ready to serve.
David Spoon:We spent our whole first 30 minutes of the show talking about that.
David Spoon:You don't have to be a professional evangelist.
David Spoon:You don't have to have a tent.
David Spoon:You don't have to have a microphone.
David Spoon:You don't have to have a bullhorn.
David Spoon:You just have to be available.
David Spoon:The Lord will take care of who and what and where, when and how and why and all that stuff.
David Spoon:If you'll just be available to be used what the Lord wants from his people.
David Spoon:Remember, the best scripture says he roams the earth to and fro, looking whose heart is upright towards him.
David Spoon:He just wants you to say, here am I, send me.
David Spoon:Here am I, use me.
David Spoon:And he knows you're imperfect.
David Spoon:We're all imperfect except for Jesus.
David Spoon:And yet somehow Jesus, he uses all of us.
David Spoon:Make yourself available.
David Spoon:Always be ready to serve.
David Spoon:D Draw closer to the Lord daily and never be ashamed of Jesus or his words.
David Spoon:A Always be ready to serve.
David Spoon:Your trivia question okay, who sneezed seven times in the Bible?
David Spoon:So somebody sneezed seven times.
David Spoon:I can only tell you that it is in Second Kings, chapter 4, verse 35 and 36, and it is an amazing story.
David Spoon:If you think you know the answer, you can reach out to us.
David Spoon: -: David Spoon: -: David Spoon:Picking it up at verse 23.
David Spoon:Here's what Paul wrote.
David Spoon:He wrote this.
David Spoon:He said, I love God's law with all my heart, but there's another law at work within me that is at war with my mind.
David Spoon:This law wins the fight and makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me.
David Spoon:Paul makes it clear where the actual war is.
David Spoon:We talk about spiritual warfare.
David Spoon:Most of the time, spiritual warfare.
David Spoon:A majority of the time, spiritual warfare takes place between your left and right ear.
David Spoon:Paul makes it very clear where the war is.
David Spoon:He says, specifically, he says, there's another law at work within me.
David Spoon:And that is at war with my mind.
David Spoon:So where do you think the war is that is at war with my mind?
David Spoon:This law wins the fight and makes me a slave to sin and is still within me.
David Spoon:He's telling you there's a warfare in his mind.
David Spoon:And what he's trying to teach us is, and you've heard me say this a thousand times, I am not into positive thinking.
David Spoon:I don't think that's the way to go.
David Spoon:I am into biblical thinking.
David Spoon:I'm not into positive speaking.
David Spoon:I am into biblical speaking.
David Spoon:I'm not into positive this or positive that.
David Spoon:I am into biblical this and biblical that and biblical thinking.
David Spoon:Biblical speaking, biblical this.
David Spoon:And Paul's making it clear, hey, there's spiritual warfare in the mind.
David Spoon:And what happens to you in your mind?
David Spoon:Let's just get to the root.
David Spoon:I'm going off notes here.
David Spoon:I want you to really listen to what I'm going to say.
David Spoon:What happens?
David Spoon:The enemy comes in and drops some kind of doubt, some kind of fear, some kind of pullback, some kind of aggression against you to separate you and God.
David Spoon:The end.
David Spoon:People are like, oh, the enemy can't do that.
David Spoon:Have you ever read the Bible?
David Spoon:I mean, are you kidding?
David Spoon:Peter's own great confession was followed by his own stupidity of yielding to the influence of Satan in his own mind.
David Spoon:You tell me Peter wasn't a Christian.
David Spoon:That's absurd.
David Spoon:And what the enemy does is he comes in with a lie and he uses that lie to trounce and to try and deviate and get people go to a different direction.
David Spoon:He says to Jesus, if thou art the son of God, he's trying to instill doubt in the most high God.
David Spoon:What do you think he's doing to you?
David Spoon:And what's the way you defeat the lie?
David Spoon:You, you can only defeat the lie with the truth.
David Spoon:There is nothing else that can defeat the lie except for the truth and not man's truth.
David Spoon:Cause man's truth is full of lies.
David Spoon:Let God be true, but every man a liar.
David Spoon:Romans 3, 4.
David Spoon:The truth, God's truth, biblical truth.
David Spoon: John: David Spoon:Sanctify them in thy truth.
David Spoon:Thy word is truth.
David Spoon:God's truth is how you defeat the lie.
David Spoon:And if Paul's talking about a warfare that's taking place in the mind, then what do we need to load up the mind with but God's biblical truth?
David Spoon:And when the enemy comes and says, you're not loved, it's a lie.
David Spoon:And when the enemy comes and says you're not worth God's attention, it's a lie.
David Spoon:In fact, God paid the blood of Jesus for you.
David Spoon:How much value is the blood of Jesus?
David Spoon:That's what God paid.
David Spoon:And when the enemy says, the Lord won't hear you, the Lord won't answer, The Lord won't respond.
David Spoon:It's a lie.
David Spoon:Matthew 7:7.
David Spoon:Ask and you will receive.
David Spoon:Seek and you will find.
David Spoon:Knock and it shall be opened to you.
David Spoon:The enemy keeps dropping in lies so that you and I will operate in doubt and will stay away from faith.
David Spoon:Why?
David Spoon:Because faith changes worlds.
David Spoon:That's why.
David Spoon:Your faith changes your world.
David Spoon:Did you know that if you have faith that God can and will?
David Spoon:He does.
David Spoon:And it gets a little wearisome because people are like, well, let's cut this exactly right.
David Spoon:Let's say this exactly perfect.
David Spoon:I got an idea.
David Spoon:Let's be less perfect and more believing.
David Spoon:Let's be less dignified and more confident in the faithfulness of our God.
David Spoon:I have a brilliant idea.
David Spoon:When the enemy comes in with the lies, let's shut it down with God's truth and say, not a chance.
David Spoon:What did Jesus say away from me?
David Spoon:Actually, that word in the Greek means get out of my eyesight.
David Spoon:Get out of my presence.
David Spoon:Go away is what it means.
David Spoon:And the enemy comes throwing things at you and making you feel less than and making you feel not just unworthy, but that you're not listened to and you're not important and nothing really matters.
David Spoon:And all this and it's all a bunch of lies.
David Spoon:And then he sits around going, wait for the other shoe to drop.
David Spoon:Wait for this half this is gonna bad happen.
David Spoon:Oh, even if this happens, good, this will bad.
David Spoon:This is what's gonna happen first.
David Spoon:Even though the scripture says that the blessing of the Lord maketh rich and he addeth no sorrow with it, we need to start getting a better handle on shutting these things down.
David Spoon:There is a war in your mind.
David Spoon:You have to fight.
David Spoon:And if you're not going to fight with the truth, you lost.
David Spoon:And if you think that academia or politicians or Hollywood or the media have any sense of truth, you're nuts.
David Spoon:They are of their Father, who is the father of lies.
David Spoon:You have biblical truth.
David Spoon:You stand in that.
David Spoon:All the stuff you see in here, fascinating.
David Spoon:When Jesus comes back, it's all going to prove to be absolute baloney.
David Spoon:Stand firm in God's truth.
David Spoon:Fight in your mind when the lie comes with biblical truth and say no, you say, no, I'm more than a conqueror through him who loved me.
David Spoon:I'm more than a conqueror through Christ.
David Spoon:I can do all things through Jesus.
David Spoon:Your dad is the king of the universe.
David Spoon:Their father can't even get off the planet.
David Spoon:Our father created it all.
David Spoon:You get that difference?
David Spoon:Stand firm in the truth.
David Spoon:Stand in God's biblical.
David Spoon:Don't you let the devil drop those lies in you.
David Spoon:Do not accept it.
David Spoon:Do not receive it.
David Spoon:Stand in God's truth.
David Spoon:I stand by faith in the word of God.
David Spoon:It's the B, I, B, L, E.
David Spoon:Get it?
David Spoon:He created the universe.
David Spoon:He can write a book.
David Spoon:All right.
David Spoon:Who sneezed seven times in the Bible?
David Spoon:The Shunammite's son, Second Kings, 4, 35, 36.
David Spoon:It's even on one of our fills.
David Spoon:And he sneezed seven times in the prophet's face.
David Spoon:Remember, John brought that up.
David Spoon:Very good point.
David Spoon:And let's keep that in mind that God raised the dead and this child came back to life.
David Spoon:Is anything too hard for the Lord?
David Spoon:All right, we'll take a break and then come back.
David Spoon:You're listening to the David Spoon Experience right here on KAM 770, the Truth Station here in Texas.
David Spoon:Short break, we'll be back.
David Spoon:Don't go anywhere.
David Spoon:What is the David Spoon experience?
David Spoon:Imagine yourself on a rocket ship racing at a thousand miles an hour into space.
David Spoon:Once there, you can sense the power and the presence of the majestic and the divine.
David Spoon:You forget about your troubles and your fears and you just float in peace without a worry.
David Spoon:In the world, there are no struggles, no pain, no discomfort.
David Spoon:It's soothing, calm, comfortable.
David Spoon:But then the show starts and you realize that none of that stuff has anything to do with the show.
David Spoon:What were you thinking?
David Spoon:The David Spoon experience?
David Spoon:Only for the brave of heart and the board.
David Spoon:What is the David Spoon experience?
David Spoon:Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around.
David Spoon:Even under his wings.
David Spoon:Day and night, they never stop saying, holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty who was and is and is to come.
David Spoon:And you're thinking, that's a great verse, Dave.
David Spoon:What does that got to do with Thanksgiving?
David Spoon:Right, because that doesn't have any application except for God is pictured here, is always was, always is, and always will be.
David Spoon:And a person who is walking in the dynamic of continually giving thanks is looking at their past with thanksgiving, is looking at their present with thanksgiving, and is looking at their future with thanksgiving.
David Spoon:Because God has operated in the past, the present and the future.
David Spoon:And you have a past, a present and a future.
David Spoon:And when you look at your past and you operate with thanksgiving, and you look at your present and you operate with thanksgiving, and you look at your future and you operate with thanksgiving, you're operating in those principles with God.
David Spoon:And if you look at your past with Thanksgiving, guess what you won't have.
David Spoon:You won't have bitterness.
David Spoon:And if you look at your present with thanksgiving, guess what you're going to have a trusting and a confidence.
David Spoon:And if you look to your future with Thanksgiving, guess what you're going to have a hope for a better tomorrow.
David Spoon:All these principles operate if you will continually walk in thanksgiving on every aspect and element of your life.
David Spoon:You won't be bitter.
David Spoon:You'll be trusting God and walking in confidence.
David Spoon:You'll be looking for a better tomorrow.
David Spoon:You'll be operating in the principle of faith.
David Spoon:You'll be honoring God.
David Spoon:And you'll be setting yourself free in your partnership with God.
David Spoon:How can that be bad?
David Spoon:How can that be bad?
David Spoon:It blow my mind.
David Spoon:Crying out loud.
David Spoon:We should be thanking God for oh, but this terrible thing happened, but look how God brought you through it.
David Spoon:This terrible thing is happening, but look how God is bringing you through it.
David Spoon:Hey, when they start shooting Christians, look how God took you out and brought you to him.
David Spoon:How many seconds.
David Spoon:You can't escape this.
David Spoon:If you look at your life with the continual feast of Thanksgiving, you'll have a continuous continual feast.
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David Spoon:Welcome back to the David Spoon Experience.
David Spoon:Thank you for joining us here at KAM 770, the Truth Station here in Texas.
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David Spoon:In the Book of Mark, the Gospel of Mark, how many chapters are there?
David Spoon:In the Gospel of Mark, how many chapters are there?
David Spoon: -: David Spoon: -: David Spoon: -: David Spoon: -: David Spoon:Or you can send an email.
David Spoon:David, how many chapters are in the Gospel of Mark?
David Spoon:That is the question.
David Spoon:If you think you know, you can reach out to us.
David Spoon:I do want to make people aware that most of our audio I think is back.
David Spoon:We have the two shows Friday and Monday are up on the podcast.
David Spoon:For those people that did not get to hear them.
David Spoon:They're up there with their descriptions.
David Spoon:And also I want you to know that we have a free app.
David Spoon:It's on the website.
David Spoon:Plus we have lots of other free stuff for people to use.
David Spoon:We think that's kind of cool.
David Spoon:All right, so give you a chance on the trivia question.
David Spoon:In the meantime, we're going to get ready to jump back into the teaching.
David Spoon:But before we do.
David Spoon:Before we do, I have got a joke for you.
David Spoon:Are you ready for this?
David Spoon:No.
David Spoon:We haven't had a joke in so long.
David Spoon:It's been.
David Spoon:It has been a little bit.
David Spoon:Yeah.
David Spoon:All right, I got one super fast one.
David Spoon:Okay.
David Spoon:And then one longer one.
David Spoon:The super fast one's really good.
David Spoon:Okay.
David Spoon:And the really long one is really not really long.
David Spoon:It's like a paragraph.
David Spoon:This first one's really funny, but you got to catch it.
David Spoon:Ready?
David Spoon:Navy jet pilot.
David Spoon:This is it.
David Spoon:We're flying faster than the speed of sound.
David Spoon:His co pilot.
David Spoon:What?
David Spoon:See, because they're flying faster than the speed of sound.
David Spoon:That's pretty good, right?
David Spoon:That's not bad.
David Spoon:That's a pretty good one right there.
David Spoon:All right, here, listen to this one.
David Spoon:A man and his wife had an argument one evening and weren't speaking to each other.
David Spoon:Afterwards.
David Spoon:He had a business flight in the morning.
David Spoon:So before he went to bed, he wrote a note reading, please wake me up at 5am and he left it on her pillow.
David Spoon:The next morning, the man woke up and discovered it was 7am and that he had missed his flight.
David Spoon:He was really mad and he went out to talk to his wife when he noticed a piece of paper next to his pillow.
David Spoon:And the paper said, It's 5am Wake up.
David Spoon:Oh, come on.
David Spoon:That's so funny.
David Spoon:5am Wake up on a piece of paper.
David Spoon:All right, I'll give you a chance on that one.
David Spoon:All right, here we go.
David Spoon:Your trivia question.
David Spoon:How many chapters are in the Gospel of Mark?
David Spoon:Got Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
David Spoon:How many?
David Spoon:How many?
David Spoon:How many chapters are in the Gospel of Mark?
David Spoon: -: David Spoon: -: David Spoon:David must increase.org back to the text we go.
David Spoon:And man is this great stuff.
David Spoon:Here we go.
David Spoon:We just finished verse 24 where Paul said this.
David Spoon:Verse 23.
David Spoon:He says, there's another law at work within me that is at war with my mind.
David Spoon:This law wins the fight and makes me a slave to sin that is still within me.
David Spoon:Verse 24.
David Spoon:Oh, what a miserable person I am.
David Spoon:Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin?
David Spoon:Verse 25.
David Spoon:Thank God the answer is in Jesus Christ, our Lord.
David Spoon:So you see how it is in my mind.
David Spoon:I really want to obey God's law, but because of my sinful nature, I am a slave to sin.
David Spoon:Wow.
David Spoon:Paul is drawing down his theological conclusions.
David Spoon:He's just Told us, look, there's a war taking place in the mind.
David Spoon:And he's recognizing, listen, the enemy is using my flesh.
David Spoon:My flesh is using all its sources.
David Spoon:Whatever it is that gets my flesh going, it's coming against me constantly.
David Spoon:It feels like it's a barrage.
David Spoon:In fact, in James and in First Peter, it talks about the constant warfare.
David Spoon:And Peter even says, don't consider it something strange.
David Spoon:It's something that happens.
David Spoon:But in verse 24, he says, miserable person that I am, I can't believe I have to go through this.
David Spoon:Who's going to free me for this?
David Spoon:In verse 25 of Romans 7 gets a lot less play than it should because the answer is simply this.
David Spoon:Thank God, he says the answer is in Jesus Christ, our Lord.
David Spoon:Are you looking for rest in your mind?
David Spoon:Are you looking for peace of mind?
David Spoon:Are you looking for something that will make the winds of your mind and the waves be still?
David Spoon:God has an answer for you and I.
David Spoon:It's Jesus Christ in everything that Jesus did.
David Spoon:We understand that positionally we are right with the Lord because of the justification process brought about by Jesus Christ.
David Spoon:He took the penalties of our sins.
David Spoon:Between now and the trumpet home.
David Spoon:We are going through not the justification process, but the sanctification process where God operates in you and I to make us reflect Jesus more and more.
David Spoon:I was just talking with a great brother and he said to me, the Lord's really teaching me to control certain things and responses.
David Spoon:Don't you understand?
David Spoon:That's the Lord teaching us, sanctifying us, helping us walk and reflect and look like Jesus.
David Spoon:And so Paul is like, you know, I'm going through this battle, this up and down.
David Spoon:Oh, man.
David Spoon:And sometimes it makes me feel miserable.
David Spoon:A lot of times I'm not doing it all that well.
David Spoon:Oh, who's going to deliver me?
David Spoon:Who's going to help me?
David Spoon:Who's going to free me from this inner war?
David Spoon:And then he says, thank God, the answer is in Jesus Christ, our Lord.
David Spoon:Do you know who's going to free you?
David Spoon:Jesus, do you know where you're going to find peace of mind?
David Spoon:Jesus, do you know where you're going to find deliverance over these things that keep attacking you?
David Spoon:Jesus, do you know where you find deliverance from the lies of the world?
David Spoon:Jesus, do you know where you find deliverance from the lies of your flesh?
David Spoon:Jesus, do you know where you find the answer to the deliverance from Satan's lies?
David Spoon:Jesus.
David Spoon:Jesus is the truth and Jesus is the answer.
David Spoon:And the answer hasn't changed in 2,000 years.
David Spoon:And it won't change in 20,000 years or 2 billion years.
David Spoon:The answer is Jesus.
David Spoon:So he goes on to say, you see how it is.
David Spoon:In my mind, I really want to do what's right.
David Spoon:That's the part of him that's influenced righteously.
David Spoon:And he wants to do it the right way.
David Spoon:But he goes, but because of my sinful nature, I'm a slave to sin.
David Spoon:It's a fight.
David Spoon:It's a fight between the old and the new.
David Spoon:You're justified.
David Spoon:You're saved.
David Spoon:You're going.
David Spoon:Jesus didn't partly save you.
David Spoon:That's not what it means.
David Spoon:It's just bad theology and teachers that would do well to go to Bible college here or at least to read the Bible.
David Spoon:The bottom line is Jesus saved you.
David Spoon:He paid the penalty for your sin.
David Spoon:Now, as you are continuing to walk, God is making you look like Jesus more and more.
David Spoon:And that means the warfare that takes place in your heart, the warfare that takes place in your mind is geared towards God giving you victory.
David Spoon:Step by step, inch by inch, as 2nd Corinthians 3:18 says, Glory by glory, victory by victory.
David Spoon:As you become more and more like Jesus.
David Spoon:Can you understand?
David Spoon:Can you grasp this?
David Spoon:Thank God.
David Spoon:The answer is in Jesus Christ, our Lord.
David Spoon:My mind, I really want to do what's right with the Lord, but my sinful nature is making it hard.
David Spoon:That's right.
David Spoon:We need to have a solution.
David Spoon:We need to have an answer.
David Spoon:The answer is Jesus.
David Spoon:And some of you have been Christians for many years and you're in this exact same struggle.
David Spoon:And the answer is Jesus.
David Spoon:And some of you have never made the decision to say, you know what?
David Spoon:I'm fully in.
David Spoon:I need this freedom.
David Spoon:And you need to make that decision right now.
David Spoon:There's no more extra time.
David Spoon:There's no more right now, today.
David Spoon:If you hear his voice, today is the day of salvation.
David Spoon:Don't keep going through this on the back side, on the wrong side.
David Spoon:Acknowledge Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and find the freedom that he is offering you.
David Spoon:You think he doesn't care?
David Spoon:He's talking right to you.
David Spoon:He's just using an idiot like me to do it, that's all.
David Spoon:Surrender your heart to Jesus.
David Spoon:Give your life to Jesus Christ.
David Spoon:Let Jesus become Lord and Savior.
David Spoon:Find out what it really means to be born again.
David Spoon:Find out what it really means to be free and the war in your mind in which you prevail because of God's truth in you.
David Spoon:That's what you need.
David Spoon:Oh, what a miserable person I am.
David Spoon:Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin.
David Spoon:Thank God.
David Spoon:The answer is in Jesus Christ.
David Spoon:Thank God.
David Spoon:And that's the answer for you.
David Spoon:You hear me?
David Spoon:That's the answer for you.
David Spoon:You should.
David Spoon:Even if you're a Christian and you know you're going through this, you should pray right now.
David Spoon:Jesus.
David Spoon:Fill my life with you.
David Spoon:Jesus.
David Spoon:Take more control of my life.
David Spoon:Jesus.
David Spoon:You're the answer.
David Spoon:I open up my heart by faith.
David Spoon:Take full residency.
David Spoon:Let your Holy Spirit abide in me.
David Spoon:Let the truth prevail.
David Spoon:Let your truth prevail.
David Spoon:In my heart and mind.
David Spoon:I give myself to you.
David Spoon:Please receive me as your child.
David Spoon:In Jesus we pray.
David Spoon:Help.
David Spoon:If you're a Christian and you still need to pray that prayer, say Amen.
David Spoon:And let there be more of Jesus in you, because that is the answer.
David Spoon:That is the.
David Spoon:The answer.
David Spoon:You hear me?
David Spoon:I promise you.
David Spoon:Okay.
David Spoon:All right.
David Spoon:Take a deep breath.
David Spoon:The answer to the trivia question, how many chapters in the Gospel of Mark?
David Spoon:The answer to that question is 16.
David Spoon:Sixteen chapters in the Gospel of Mark.
David Spoon:Okay, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, take a short break and then come back.
David Spoon:You're listening to the David Spoon Experience right here on KAM 770, the Truth Station here in Texas.
David Spoon:Short break.
David Spoon:We'll be back.
David Spoon:Don't go anywhere.
David Spoon:Galatians, chapter 5, verse 1.
David Spoon:This is one of the first verses in my Christian faith that I learned, which is, you know, you don't think about it, but when I first became a Christian, people would share this verse with me, and I didn't know why.
David Spoon:I was going to find out why, because God was going to set me free from a lot of drug use.
David Spoon:But I didn't know then what was going on.
David Spoon:I was like, oh, I keep hearing this verse.
David Spoon:Galatians, chapter 5, verse 1.
David Spoon:The freedom for freedom.
David Spoon:Christ has set us free.
David Spoon:Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
David Spoon:So now in our society, you say the word slavery and people start going, and then everybody starts freaking out.
David Spoon:You know what?
David Spoon:We're never going to change what the gospel is.
David Spoon:And the gospel is the reality, the truth.
David Spoon:We're not going to alter it for culture.
David Spoon:We're not going to say it differently so people aren't offended.
David Spoon:If you're offended, turn the radio off.
David Spoon:Okay?
David Spoon:That's your answer.
David Spoon:You got fingers.
David Spoon:Use them.
David Spoon:Here's our.
David Spoon:You got the ability to turn it on.
David Spoon:You got the ability to turn it off.
David Spoon:Here's the bottom line.
David Spoon:Every one of us.
David Spoon:Every one of us before Jesus Christ was in bondage to sin.
David Spoon:Every One of us, now that we are in Jesus Christ, we are free from the penalty of that sin.
David Spoon:And the Lord is working in us the process to overcome that sin.
David Spoon:Practically, we've talked about it multiple times.
David Spoon:You understand salvation from a little bit of a, you know, smart, not smart, multiple scripture point of view.
David Spoon:Scriptures talk about salvation being past tense.
David Spoon:Scripture talks about salvation being present tense, and Scripture talks about salvation being future tense.
David Spoon:The only way that could happen is if.
David Spoon:Watch this.
David Spoon:Salvation is past tense, present tense, and future tense.
David Spoon:See, the only way it can happen is because that's what it says.
David Spoon:And so in that, we need to understand that from the past point of view, we are free from the penalty of sin.
David Spoon:Yay.
David Spoon:Currently, we're going through what is called sanctification, where we're being delivered.
David Spoon:We're delivered from the power of sin, and we're learning in our own lives.
David Spoon:We don't have to live for sin.
David Spoon:And then eventually, when we're with the Lord forever and ever, we will be free from the presence of sin and there won't be any evil, any bad, any yucky.
David Spoon:Okay, cool.
David Spoon:In the meantime, while the justification, while the penalty for sin is done, while the freedom is there, the sanctification process is the one where he makes you look like Jesus now that he's pronounced you to be like Jesus.
David Spoon:And that's the one you gotta fight through.
David Spoon:That's the one that you have to go, you know what?
David Spoon:I'm free.
David Spoon:I just don't have to do that.
David Spoon:I don't have to.
David Spoon:That, therefore, becomes a responsibility because the scripture says, stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery.
David Spoon:Which means that you can.
David Spoon:But if you do, it'll be your choice.
David Spoon:The David Spoon Experience.
David Spoon:Welcome back to the David Spoon Experience.
David Spoon:Thank you for joining us here at KAM 770, the Truth Station here in Texas.
David Spoon:That's K double amen.
David Spoon:770, the Truth Station here in Texas.
David Spoon:Wow.
David Spoon:This is a fascinating trivia question.
David Spoon:Challenging, but super fascinating if you don't know it.
David Spoon:This will really help you just in general in Bible knowledge.
David Spoon:Ready?
David Spoon:All right.
David Spoon:We've talked about the Bible being broken up in different sections, especially the Old Testament, where you have the Torah and then you have the histories, then you have poetry, then you have major prophets and minor prophets.
David Spoon:Okay, this answer is going to be in the poetry section.
David Spoon:In what book of the Bible does it talk about God giving names to all the stars?
David Spoon:In what book of the Bible does it talk about God giving names to all the stars?
David Spoon:Contrary to the idiocies of certain scientists who say the stars were named by this, this, this, this.
David Spoon:Every one of those is wrong.
David Spoon:God actually has the stars have a name.
David Spoon:And no, you can't buy a piece of paper and says that star has my name cause I bought it for somebody.
David Spoon:That doesn't work that way.
David Spoon:But which of the poetry books, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Psalmist.
David Spoon:Which of the books, which one of those five books does it talk about God giving names to the stars?
David Spoon:Oh, that's just a great, great trivia question.
David Spoon: -: David Spoon: -: David Spoon:David must increase.org There you go.
David Spoon:Which it's just a great, great question.
David Spoon:In what book of the Bible does it talk about God giving names to all the stars?
David Spoon:One of the poetry books.
David Spoon:If you think, you know.
David Spoon:In the meantime, I'm going to send you up to the website.
David Spoon:Let me make this crystal clear.
David Spoon:I know the show is not, you know, we don't have thousands and thousands of people.
David Spoon:We're not kind of like that kind of ministry.
David Spoon:Much more tight, much more of a smaller ministry.
David Spoon:But we also depend on the people that give and the giving that takes place.
David Spoon:And we need it because we be hurting.
David Spoon:I don't know how to say that any better.
David Spoon:We be hurting.
David Spoon:That's a good one.
David Spoon:If you can give, give.
David Spoon:If you can't pray for us that somebody can or somebody will and we'll believe you with you and trust God for it.
David Spoon:How about that?
David Spoon:Very simply, if you can give, go to the website.
David Spoon:He must increase prayer request.
David Spoon:He must increase.org praise report.
David Spoon:He must increase.org looking to give to this ministry.
David Spoon:He must increase.org confused by what's happening right now.
David Spoon:He must increase.org he must increase.org there you go.
David Spoon:That's the sound you made when Atlanta beat Dallas, wasn't it?
David Spoon:That needs to just play in the background the whole entire Cowboys game.
David Spoon:That's pretty funny right there.
David Spoon:All right, your trivia question.
David Spoon:Now, I know it's hard.
David Spoon:I know, I understand.
David Spoon:But I narrowed it down.
David Spoon:There's 66 books in the Bible.
David Spoon:So, you know, 39 in the Old Testament, 27 in the New.
David Spoon:I've narrowed it down to five in the Old Testament.
David Spoon:Right.
David Spoon:Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon.
David Spoon:One of those five books has this answer.
David Spoon:Which book of the Bible talks about God giving names to all the stars?
David Spoon:I'll give you one more hint, but not yet.
David Spoon:Okay, in the meantime, we probably should do.
David Spoon:Let's see.
David Spoon:I don't know if.
David Spoon:I don't know if I even have my history thing.
David Spoon:Well, I had my history thing somewhere, but I've lost it, so.
David Spoon:Oh, here it is.
David Spoon:Let's do history.
David Spoon:Let's go live fake in the past.
David Spoon:Let's go let fake him look past.
David Spoon:All right, here you go.
David Spoon:Today is technically.
David Spoon:Now listen to what I'm going to say.
David Spoon:Today is national nonfiction day, which then technically means because it's nonfiction.
David Spoon:Technically it means it must be Bible day because it's nonfiction day.
David Spoon:Good one on that one.
David Spoon:Today is also love your lawyer day.
David Spoon:If everybody has a personal lawyer, I guess you can love your lawyer.
David Spoon:You know, there's a great joke about.
David Spoon:I'll just tell it real quickly about lawyers.
David Spoon:And if you're a lawyer, this is not to be offensive, so don't get offended.
David Spoon:There was these four people all got to heaven.
David Spoon:And the first three guys were all pastors and they were all going to their house and they had really nice two story house.
David Spoon:Two story house.
David Spoon:Two story house.
David Spoon:They go by the last guy's house and it's a mansion.
David Spoon:It's huge.
David Spoon:It's just enormous.
David Spoon:And they're like, oh, my goodness, what did you do for a living?
David Spoon:He said, I'm a lawyer.
David Spoon:And the angel says, see you guys, a dime a dozen.
David Spoon:But a lawyer.
David Spoon:A lawyer in heaven.
David Spoon:See, that's the joke.
David Spoon:See?
David Spoon:Come on.
David Spoon:You didn't like that?
David Spoon:All right.
David Spoon:Love your lawyer.
David Spoon:Today is also, by the way, play Monopoly day.
David Spoon:So this is the day that Monopoly was first released.
David Spoon:On November 5th.
David Spoon:What year?
David Spoon:What year was it?
David Spoon:1935.
David Spoon:Wow, I didn't know that.
David Spoon:Are you a big Monopoly guy?
David Spoon:I was.
David Spoon:I was.
David Spoon:And then I lost all patience.
David Spoon:And then we started playing the fast way and then I lost patience with that.
David Spoon:And now I have no patients.
David Spoon:So that's why I'm a doctor.
David Spoon:Well, we'll have Monopoly nights with my family, and I'm always excited to play it.
David Spoon:And then we get about two or three hours in and I'm over it.
David Spoon:Because Monopoly games just take so long.
David Spoon:It takes forever.
David Spoon:It takes a long time.
David Spoon:It just does.
David Spoon: Last thing to tell you is: David Spoon:On this day, according to the movie Back to the future, is when Dr.
David Spoon:Emmett L.
David Spoon:Brown, who was Doc, actually invented the Flux Capacitator.
David Spoon:That's.
David Spoon:It was on.
David Spoon: ,: David Spoon:Just thought I'd share that with people.
David Spoon:We are just so weird.
David Spoon:Okay, your trivia question, it's an excellent trivia question, by the way, in what book of the Bible does it talk about God giving names to all the stars?
David Spoon:I will give you a hint because some people are really, they're struggling with it, and I love that you guys are kind of checking it out, trying to figure it out.
David Spoon:Here's the only hint I'm going to give you, and let's see if you guys can figure this out.
David Spoon:Okay.
David Spoon:It is in the longest book of the Bible.
David Spoon:There you go.
David Spoon:What book of the Bible does talk about God giving names to all the stars?
David Spoon:Longest book in the Bible.
David Spoon: -: David Spoon:And we will be writing this out because this is so incredible.
David Spoon:We are actually in Romans 8.
David Spoon:1 get a little bit of difference in opinion, on interpretation, hermeneuticals.
David Spoon:But here is what the passage says.
David Spoon:There is therefore no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
David Spoon:Stop.
David Spoon:Other translations say, there is therefore no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus who walk according to the Spirit and not the flesh.
David Spoon:So it's important to understand that distinction.
David Spoon:What Paul has been talking about is people walking in the flesh.
David Spoon:And you know you're walking in the flesh when in your life there's a lot of fear, doubt, there's a lot of questioning, there's a lot of anxiety, there's a lot of frustration.
David Spoon:You know, you're walking in the flesh, obviously, by the fruits of the flesh, which are listed in Galatians chapter 5:22, but also by what's going on with you when Jesus is the primary in your life.
David Spoon:Jesus is the prince of peace.
David Spoon:Peace dominates when you're walking in the flesh, it doesn't when you're walking in the Spirit, who, by the way, the job of the Holy Spirit is to testify to Jesus, and Jesus lives in your heart by faith, and the Holy Spirit lives in your life, actually.
David Spoon:And so when you're going through things, the abundance of peace you have definitively tells you what's going on.
David Spoon:People are like, well, are you sure?
David Spoon:Well, I don't know.
David Spoon:I'm pretty sure.
David Spoon:It says and talking about the fruits of the Spirit, that it's love, joy, and peace.
David Spoon:You know, it's like these are things that are part of our lives as produce, as production from the Spirit in our lives.
David Spoon:And the Spirit's ministry is to honor Jesus.
David Spoon:And when you have a lot of peace going on, Jesus is at the center.
David Spoon:That's what I'm trying to tell you.
David Spoon:And so the scripture says there's no condemnation for those who belong to Jesus, who walk according to the Spirit and not the flesh.
David Spoon:In other words, when we're walking in the flesh, we're allowing everything else to be our primaries, our influences, our elements of existence.
David Spoon:When you are afraid for tomorrow, do you think you're walking in the spirit or the flesh?
David Spoon:When you doubt that God will provide for you, do you think you're walking in the spirit or the flesh?
David Spoon:When you doubt God's saving power for your situation or circumstance, are you walking in the spirit or in the flesh?
David Spoon:Because if you're walking in the spirit, the answer in Jesus is always yes and amen.
David Spoon:But when you're walking in the flesh, it's always that side of doubt and that side of frustration.
David Spoon:And why that's critical for you and I is because walking in the flesh, even as a Christian, makes this life super hard.
David Spoon:It makes it hard.
David Spoon:And what I want to communicate, I just.
David Spoon:I just don't want this to get lost in our.
David Spoon:And our teach.
David Spoon:And that is simply this.
David Spoon:Jesus has freedom for you from all of these things that tear away at your life.
David Spoon:Jesus has so much freedom for you, you can lay down in peace and sleep.
David Spoon:He's got so much grace for you and so much love for you that your frustration in a relationship does not have to dominate every thought.
David Spoon:That your disappointment for things that have taken place in the past does not haunt you.
David Spoon:Some of you are out there, and you know what I'm talking about, where the past haunts you.
David Spoon:I've gone through it.
David Spoon:I know so many Christians go through it.
David Spoon:One of the things that I've learned to do when that attack comes at me is just to say, jesus, wash me.
David Spoon:Just wash me top to bottom.
David Spoon:I've done things, said things, thought things that shouldn't have been done, but I've sought for forgiveness.
David Spoon:And then the enemy tries to throw it right back at me.
David Spoon:And it's just like, that's just.
David Spoon:And if my flesh buys into it, it creates problems for me to live.
David Spoon:It's just like, Jesus, wash me.
David Spoon:Get this gunk, get this pollution out of me.
David Spoon:Make it go away.
David Spoon:And when we walk in the Spirit, we are walking in this newness that Jesus has provided.
David Spoon:He's provided a new life.
David Spoon:We are new people.
David Spoon:In fact, what's the term.
David Spoon:What's the term that's used?
David Spoon:We are born again, which means that there's an old and a new, and the new walks in this newness of life, this touch from the Lord, this freedom, this peace, this grace, this kindness, this ability to walk on top.
David Spoon:And when the old us comes in, it just kind of stabs at us, pokes at us, makes fun of us, dilutes us, discourages us, depresses us.
David Spoon:So whatever you just did, turn it back down, because that's that buzz.
David Spoon:So that right there, that's exactly what I'm trying to tell you.
David Spoon:That thing, right, whatever that was, that thing right there in your life.
David Spoon:When the Spirit comes in your life and you can walk in the fullness of the Spirit, you are walking as a new person.
David Spoon:And that old stuff has no power.
David Spoon:When you walk in the newness of life and in the power of the Spirit, your flesh loses and so does the tormenting, because that's what's taking place.
David Spoon:There's a tormenting going on.
David Spoon:And Jesus has come.
David Spoon:What, What, What?
David Spoon:To set the captive free.
David Spoon:Do you want to be free?
David Spoon:Jesus has that for you.
David Spoon:That's the answer.
David Spoon:And so you hear me and like Dave, you've been really harping on this the whole show.
David Spoon:There is a reason there are people out there right now that are listening to my voice right this second.
David Spoon:And you are losing in this battle between flesh and spirit.
David Spoon:And you are giving too much strength, too much honor, too much power to your flesh, and it's hurting you.
David Spoon:And you don't have to make a big.
David Spoon:You don't have to build an altar and sacrifice different wild animals you find on the roads.
David Spoon:Just come before the Lord.
David Spoon:Just come to him who is King of kings and Lord of Lords, and bring the burden with you and lay it at his feet and ask him to instill you with the freshness and the newness that will give you the ability to walk hand in hand with the Lord against the enemy, against your flesh, against the world.
David Spoon:And you will not lose because you are more than a conqueror through Jesus Christ.
David Spoon:And that's what Paul is communicating.
David Spoon:So when you recognize, you don't.
David Spoon:There's not a condemnation for you.
David Spoon:If you're walking in the newness of life, there is no condemnation.
David Spoon:There's nothing to condemn.
David Spoon:When you walk in the old you, there's nothing but accusations and the Devil is the accuser of the brethren.
David Spoon:And when we allow our flesh to take control like that and we allow the devil to accuse us and we attach to the world, we're hurting ourselves.
David Spoon:In a sense, we're cutting ourselves.
David Spoon:And instead of doing it that way, we walk in the influence and power of the Holy Spirit.
David Spoon:Recognizing the truth of God sets us free.
David Spoon:Recognizing the power of the Holy Spirit gives us that ability through Jesus Christ, not to be captured, but to be free.
David Spoon:That's what Paul's talking about in chapter eight, verse one.
David Spoon:That's how the rest of the book is geared.
David Spoon:The first seven chapters led up to this.
David Spoon:And here's what Paul's saying.
David Spoon:Walk in the spirit, be the new man.
David Spoon:You have the ability, you have to make the decision.
David Spoon:That's what he says.
David Spoon:And you'll see that throughout the next 39 verses.
David Spoon:So cool.
David Spoon:So cool.
David Spoon:All right.
David Spoon:In what book of the Bible does it talk about God giving names to all the stars?
David Spoon:The answer to that question, Psalms 147, verse 4, where God gives names to all the stars.
David Spoon:Sorry.
David Spoon:Sorry, people.
David Spoon:God named them.
David Spoon:Them already.
David Spoon:All right, folks, we're done for today.
David Spoon:You've been listening to the David Spoon Experience right here on KAM 770, the truth station here in Texas.
David Spoon:22 and a half hour break, then we'll come back.
David Spoon:More insanity with Spoonanity.
David Spoon:Talk to you then.
David Spoon:You are my Lord.
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