Welcome to the Plenteous Redemption podcast, where the cross and the culture are on a collision course for discussion. For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. For the Jews require a sign The Greeks seek after wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified. Unto the Jews a stumbling block, unto the Greeks foolishness, but unto them which are called both Jews and Greeks, Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God. Now, here's your host, Thomas Ervin. Amen. Good song. Good place to stand also. I don't know where we'd be without those. All right. We will be in Matthew chapter 7 this morning. See if we can cover this chapter and make some sense of it as we quickly make our way through it. We'll start in verse 1, Matthew 7, verse 1. We'll read verses 1 through 6 together. Then we'll make a few notes and then press on to the end of the chapter as we go. Verse 1, judge not that you be not judged. Now when you say that, when you read that verse, you almost have to say it with a attitude. Judge not. Because it's like every lost person in the world knows that that phrase is in the Bible. I'd like to ask them, where is that in the Bible? And of course, they have no idea. And then I ask them, what's the context that that's in? Why did the Lord say that? Well, I don't know. They have no idea. And so they end up looking like fools. But judge not that you be not judged, for with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged. And with what measure you meet, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the moat that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, let me pull out the moat out of thine eye, and behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the moat out of thy brother's eye. Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast you your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. All right, now this passage, it's actually, when you read it in its context, it's actually very simple. Right now, the question here, the idea, the Lord is not telling you not to judge. That is not the case. In fact, God rebukes people repeatedly, especially His people, for not judging. You are supposed to be judgmental. The question is, what is the basis of your judgment? That's what's in question here, all right? Now, if you're going to judge, first of all, you need to know what is the standard by which you're judging. Is it the Word of God, or is it your own personal opinion? Is it the Word of God, or is it the opinion of the crowd, all right? And so, whichever you choose, then the second matter is, you need to also be willing to be judged in the same accord. Okay, so if you want to judge someone or something or whatever the case may be, well, you need to first establish what is going to be the foundation of that judgment. It should be the Word of God. As Christians, we use the Word of God to determine, should I go drink alcohol this afternoon? No. Well, why not? Well, I just don't like alcohol. Okay, well, that's your standard of judgment, your personal opinion. And if your personal opinion is going to determine that you should do something or not do something because you like it, it's going to get you in a lot of trouble. And then when it's time for the situation to be reversed, and it's time for you to be judged, people are going to hold you accountable in like manner. in the way that you decided to judge them based on their opinion. And so then becomes my opinion versus your opinion. And that just turns into a worldly mess of nothing. Right now, if I say I don't want to go drink alcohol because God said. It's dirty. It'll ruin your life. It's like a viper. It will bite you. It will hurt you. It will harm you. Well, now your foundation of judgment is the Word of God, and you're on safe ground. But there again, when it's time for you to be judged, just understand that someone's going to come along, and they're going to open the Word of God, and they're going to judge you by the same standard of judgment. Are you okay with that? If you're not okay with that, then just go sit down somewhere and be quiet. Okay, so that's the first thing that's being dealt with. The Lord is not telling you, don't judge. The Lord is telling you, if you're going to judge, understand that you're going to be judged. And whatever the standard of judgment was or is that you decided to use, you're going to receive the same in like manner. And so just be willing to receive that. If you're not willing to receive that, then what are you doing telling somebody else how to clean up their life. Because when they come and try to tell you how to clean up your life, you're like, who do you think you are? Well, I'm the person you were judging just a week ago, and now that I'm here telling you that, you know, something you need to hear, you don't want to hear it. All right, so the key term is, you hypocrite. That's the key term in the passage. Don't be hypocritical. Then the second thing the Lord addresses is, how is it that you can see the problems in everybody else's life, but you can't see that massive beam sticking out of your forehead? How is it you can notice the problems that everybody else has, but you can't ever seem to find the problems that you have? Alright, so the first thing is the standard of judgment. The second thing is be willing also to be judged. Then the third thing is, why don't you take care of the problems or at least demonstrate you're attempting to take care of the problems in your own life before you go and clean up somebody else's life? That's kind of an important thing, don't you think? I mean, I can't tell you how many times I've been standing on a street corner preaching to people who are drunk as can be, and they want to tell me what the Bible says. Well, maybe you know what the Bible says, but I don't care because you're a drunkard. All right, so before you come and try and correct me and tell me what to do and how to do it and all that, and I have plenty of problems that need to be dealt with. I'm not separating myself from this in any way, but I'm not going to listen to a drunk man telling me what Jesus said. Jesus turned water into wine so I can drink alcohol. Show me where that is in the Bible. Well, I don't know where that is in the Bible. And then the next thing you know what he says is judge not. Yeah, well, you know, it's I know you know that phrase is in the Bible. In fact, one time I was working in Afghanistan. And I was the only Christian in this entire room. And I was with a bunch of guys who were, they were pretty rough guys. And they were trying to convince me that the Bible said, that God said in the Bible that Christians should not judge, which is not what it says. Repeatedly, the Bible says, you are expected to judge. It's required of you. In fact, God repeatedly gets angry when there is no judgment. We don't have time to go through all that and demonstrate that to you, but you can find it easily all through the Word of God. When there is no judgment, God gets angry. He's not happy about it because you create a situation where, you know, man's flesh can run out of control. There's no judgment. The question is, what's the standard of judgment? And are you also willing to be judged? And so I'm explaining that to these guys. And I said, the Bible doesn't say that. And the one guy turned to his friend. He said, doesn't it say that in the Bible? And he goes, thou shalt not judge. Yeah, that's in there. So, of course, I had fun with that, and they just stopped talking to me and walked away. So, you're expected to judge. You judge every day. In fact, when someone says, you're not supposed to be judged, they're judging you when they say that. And so it's a natural part of life. The problem is we have too many foundations or standards of judgment. For us, there's only supposed to be one. It's this book. Alright, so if you're going to judge, what's the standard? Then secondly, be willing to be held to the same standard that you decide to hold other people to. And then third, before you jump in somebody else's life and start cleaning up their life, make sure you're not doing the same thing or have far worse issues than you're trying to clean up in somebody else's life. All right, now everybody should try and help everybody in a church. God gave everybody some form of ministry. Sometimes people need to be confronted, talked to, helped, whatever. But if you're a complete reprobate sitting in the church, don't go and try and tell somebody else how to live. It makes no sense whatsoever, and they don't want to hear it from you. As soon as you start talking and telling them, they're just going to, in their mind, they're running through a list of things they've seen you do and don't want to hear anything else from you. All right, now, so at least attempt to live a Christlike life. Nobody's asking you to be perfect, but at least attempt to live as Christlike as you can, and then be humble about it. And then if somebody says, oh, yeah, well, I saw you do this. Yeah, you're right. I'll work on that while you work on this. All right, so nobody's going to escape judgment. You know, just be willing to receive it and move on and let's do it right together. Look at John 7. I'll show you real quick, just one. Now, who's talking in Matthew 7? Who's speaking? Jesus, right? All right, let's look at John 7 real fast. Let's see what this same Jesus said in John 7. John 7, verse 24, judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. That's the same Jesus talking to the same people, telling them, look, things are not always as they appear. Don't go by what you see. You need to get down and find some sort of objective standard, and righteousness would be a good standard to go by, and use that as a source of judgment. You know when Jesus Christ judges you and I at the judgment seat of Christ, or when he judges the dead and lost at the great white throne of judgment, do you know what he uses to do that, to carry out that judgment? He opens the books. He doesn't sit there and say, well, how do I feel about what you did? No. And you're not going to persuade him to not carry out the judgment that is necessary, because he's going to open the books, and there will be an objective standard of judgment that you're going to have to answer to. All right? So you're not going to persuade anybody or say you didn't do it. It's all being recorded. The books will be open, and then the Lord is going to be standing there looking at you saying, okay, what about it? And you're not going to have an answer if you're not saved. And if you are saved, you're, praise the Lord, going to pass through because of the Lord Jesus Christ. No other reason. Now, verse 7 is one that throws people off. Where am I? No, excuse me, verse six. I must have typed the wrong verse there. Verse six, give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet and turn again and rend you. Now this comes on the back end of judgment, right? Of judging someone or something. And so here's the idea. Sometimes you're gonna try and help somebody, they're going to turn around and it's going to end up hurting you to help somebody else. Alright, so you want to be very careful. Don't just throw out advice to somebody. Make sure they want it. Make sure that you're in a situation where you have so invested in that person's life that you even have the foundation to step out on to judge them. And sometimes you're going to see somebody needs help and you're going to I don't want to say improperly, but maybe hastily step out and try to help them, and they're just going to drag you down in the mud with them, or they're going to turn around and rend you, and it's just going to, you were trying to help, but you're going to end up getting hurt. And so, be careful, help somebody as far as they want to be helped. And when you see that they don't want your help, just let them know the door is always open, and move on. Because you can't help someone who doesn't want to be helped. And the harder you try and help someone that doesn't want to be helped, the more likely you're going to end up getting yourself hurt or into some sort of mess that you didn't intend to get into. Helping people is a delicate thing, man. There's nothing worse than caring more about somebody else's soul than they care about their own. or somebody else's life and the direction they're going in, then they care about their own. And there's nothing you can do about it, as God gave them free will and the country we live in gives them a lot of liberty. You know, when you're 18 years old, you're an adult. In what world? Eighteen-year-olds are some of the stupidest people on this planet. They've never done anything, but they were just set free and told, I'm an adult and I can do whatever I want now. And they jump out. I have a couple of friends who are, they were 18, and so of course that means something, right, that they're 18. And I said, yeah, but it still has that word after the number, teen. You're still a teenager. Well, I'm an adult. No, you're a teenager. Just because the law of the land said, okay, we recognize you as an adult now, doesn't mean you should run off and start acting like you're grown. Because as soon as you get in trouble, who are you going to run back to? Mama and daddy. Can you help me? No. Remember, you were big and bad. You were an adult. You had it all figured out. You didn't want our help. You wanted to jump off the cliff. Go. Well, I just need some help now. No, you needed help before you ever left. You just suddenly recognize it in the moment, and you want us to help clean up your mess in the moment. And so the question that you should have for that person is, are you asking for long-term help so we can get you where you're supposed to be going in the long term? Are you asking for a quick fix to a problem you made for yourself? If it's a quick fix, hit the road. I got nothing for you. We're not going to clean up your mess. You're going to learn. You're going to build some character right now. You're going to clean up your own mess. You're going to fix it. And then down the road, if you decide you want long-term help and guidance and all those good things that come with being 40, 50, 60 years old, then I'll help you. But if you don't, then Go be grown. You were so excited about it when you left here. What happened? And so you just got to be careful with those things. All right, verses 7 through 11. Matthew 7, verses 7 through 11. Ask, and it shall be given you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For everyone that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh it shall be open. Verse 9, Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, he will give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, he will give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good things unto your children, how much more shall your Father, which is in Heaven, give good things to them that ask Him?" Isn't the Lord just so loving and kind? I mean, you're all a bunch of evil devils, and you know how to give good gifts to your children. I mean, what do you think? You think God doesn't know how to do that? That's that's the contrast he uses here like if you being evil know how to take care of your children The father who is good who is love? How do you think that you know you think he doesn't know how to take care of his children now? That there are three things here that the Lord says to do ask seek and knock and you need to do all three. If there's something you want from God, something you desire from God, you don't just ask and then throw your hands up, well, he didn't give it to me. Well, yeah, maybe not yet. Maybe he doesn't want you to have it. All right, now, it says if you ask, seek, and knock, you will receive. But here's the key. You may not receive what you think you want. All right, now, my children, if I were to ask them, what do you want to eat today, what do you think they would say? Well, Bethany would probably say McAllister's, yes. But at McAllister's, she would want the cookies, not the food. McAllister's is this fresh deli, and they want the cookies. So if I were to give that to them, because that's what they ask for every day, how would my children turn out? Not too well. And so they might come and say, Daddy, I'm hungry. Can I have a cookie? And I will say, well, you can have a sandwich, or you can have something healthy and healthful to you. But no, you cannot have a cookie. It's the same relationship between us and our Father in Heaven. Lord, I want this. And he's looking up in Heaven like, no, that's going to rot your teeth out, so I'm not going to give that to you. I'm going to give you what you need. I'm going to give you what is proper for you, what is best for you, but I may or may not give you exactly what you asked for. You said you were hungry. Why is it that only ice cream and cookies can satiate your hunger? How did that come to be the case? So we're not going to give you ice cream and cookies. We're going to give you something that is helpful to you. The Lord will give you what you need, not what you want. And that distinction is very important. Because what a lot of people do... And then sometimes the Lord will say, no, I'm not giving that to you. You don't need that. You don't even want that. You think you want it. And then five years later, you look back and you say, Lord, thank you for not giving me what I thought I wanted five years ago, because if I would have had that, you know, it would have ruined my life. It would have harmed my life. It would not have helped in any way. So be persistent. Be consistent, both persistent and consistent. But the Lord never promised He would give you what you ask for. He said, I promise you I will give you an answer. Now, you may or may not like the answer. Right. And so and that's the other key is, you know, sometimes you want to ask for something and you think it's what you want and you're just sure the Lord will give it to you. Or even if it's a parent, I'm sure they'll give it to me. And then you find out that they have all these, I don't know, logical reasons, based on experience, why you don't need that. When I was about 15 years old, my stepfather told me if I would save my money, he would match whatever money I had and help me buy a car. And so I saved $3,000 and so he was going to match that and he was going to give me $6,000. Well, I found a 1965 Chevy Impala with a brand new rebuilt, reported 327 engine in it. The whole exterior of the car had been completely remodeled, so it was electric blue with white racing stripes. Man, I was drooling over that car, and it was $6,000. I had saved $3,000. My stepdad said he would give me $3,000. There's my car. And he said, if I buy that for you, you'll be dead by tomorrow. No, I won't. Who buys a car like that for a 16-year-old? Not anybody was since because now I really wanted that car. In fact, I would go to bed at night and I would dream that car was in the driveway and it was so real to me that I'd go walking out there to go see it and it wasn't there. And so he takes me to show me the car that he wanted me to buy. And it was a, it was a like 1980 Lincoln ski boat that was like 35 feet long. And I was like, what is that? How are you going to take me from this beautiful Chevy Impala to that? I don't want that. And so anyways, I ended up getting, I don't even remember what it was. It had a four cylinder. It wasn't cool. It wasn't fun. It kept me alive, though. It didn't kill me. So the Lord knows what you need, and He's likely to give you what you need, but He's not likely to give you exactly what you want. And that distinction is very important. Matthew 7, 12 through 14, verse 12. Therefore, all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them. For this is the law and the prophets." How to treat others. Isn't that interesting? The Lord says, you know, the best standard to use, how do you want to be treated? Isn't that amazing? You know, and this goes back to the very first thing the Lord said, ye hypocrites. All right, so, and there are numerous examples of this in the Bible. If we were teaching through this chapter in a more thorough manner, we'd break this down into the sections and passages, and we'd demonstrate how repeatedly in the Bible there were people who didn't treat others the way they wanted to be treated, and it didn't go well for them. Even the Lord Himself, He said, you want mercy? Then be merciful. You want grace? Then be gracious. Why are you coming to me for mercy when in no way in your life do you demonstrate mercy to others? So the best standard, if you want to, just every situation, okay, this man is treating, this person is treating me a certain way. How would I want to be treated in this situation? And that's the way to respond. And my wife is probably sitting there thinking, physician, heal thyself. But it's not easy when you're in the middle. When you're in the heat of something, to step back and think, what is the gracious, merciful, caring way to handle this? How would I want to be treated in this situation? How would I want someone to respond to me in this situation? It's not easy. And so I don't want to cause you to think that it's easy. It's just, this is all you've got to do. Just do this. Everybody has a solution. Just do this, and that's it. Well, that's fine. That's good. It is that simple most of the time, but it's not that simple in the heat of the moment. When someone's angry with you or someone has done you wrong, then you start thinking about how you've been done wrong. You don't take a step back and think, OK, how would I want... If I were on the giving end of this and someone else was receiving this, how would I want them to treat me? That's not easy to do. It's very difficult to do and so you just got to step back and think about those things and that's how the Lord wants us to act. He wants you to treat others the way you want to be treated at the most basic level. I mean, that's just the most fundamental issue. How do I want to be treated? That's how I'm going to treat others. So, sometimes we demand things from God for or others. Verse 11, if you then being evil know how to give good gifts, to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? All right, so, you know, it's, The good gifts come from God. That's the foundation of it all. And the Lord wants us to have this dependence on God the Father, on God in general, all three members of the Godhead. But each member is playing a different role, a different part. In this current state and time, you know, the father is the father in heaven. He's often called God in the Bible. Jesus Christ is right now. He's playing numerous roles. He's, you know, prophet priest King. He's he's standing at the right hand of the father. He's our mediator. He's he's doing all these things on our behalf and then you have the Holy Spirit who's sealed within us and he's out in the world convicted convicting men of sin and and trying to bring people to Jesus Christ. And so So, Jesus Christ wants us to rely on the Father because what we're going to get in exchange for that is goodness. God is good. And if you got something good, James 1, 17 says, every good and perfect gift comes from God. All of them. Psalm 84, 11 says, no good thing will God withhold to those who fear Him, who love Him and live for Him. And so it's very interesting how the Lord lays those things out in that way. So James 1.17 and Psalm 84.11. All right, now verses 15 through 20. We'll keep moving on. We've got quite a bit more ground to cover before. We run out of time. Verse 15. Beware of false prophets which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. You shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles? Even so, every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire. Wherefore, by their fruits you shall know them." Now again, it's very simple teaching. Very common sense. It's a very practical matter. You know, the Lord If you want to know what something is producing or if you should have any part in it, then look at what the outcome is. Look at its fruit. So if there's a trend you want to follow, a movie you want to watch, music you want to listen to, advice you want to take, I mean, whatever the case may be, and advice in finances is one of the The greatest ways you can apply this, why would you ask a broke person who has no money for advice on how to handle money? That makes no sense whatsoever. If somebody comes along and starts telling me, this is what you have to do with your money, then I want to say, how much do you have? Well, I mean, I don't have any. Well, then why would I listen to what you had to say about money? I want to see the fruit of your handling of your money before I start following what you had to say or listening to what you had to say. When it comes to trends that come along, don't jump on the bandwagon. Just step back and watch for a minute. crowd, independent Baptists, are quick to jump on the, you know, these patriotic, you know, let's have a revolution and overthrow the government bandwagons, and then you start following these militias and radio hosts and all these guys that they like to listen to that gets them all stirred up, and you find out that they're drunkards or have four or five wives or, you know, I mean, any other number of issues with them, why would you follow someone like that? And then if you did have the revolution, and you overthrew the government, you're gonna put them in charge? How's that gonna go? So you're not gonna end up with some God-fearing, God-loving government that's gonna finally set you free as the church, or whatever the case may be. You're gonna end up with a different type of reprobate that you just happen to agree with on certain political issues. But if you were to start diving deeper into their lives, you'd find out you don't agree on anything else, There's no other aspect of their life that you want to mimic in any way. And so you just step back, watch, and you'll know them by their fruit. You don't want to just jump on every bandwagon that comes along. You want to test it. Let it be around for a little while. Give it some time. And then you'll find out whether you should be a part of it or not. Matthew 7, 21-23, Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name have cast out devils, and in thy name have done many wonderful works? Alright, so this is going to be Jehovah's Witnesses, Muslims, Roman Catholics, even many Baptists. Pentecostals, there are going to be a number of people who think that what they've done, what they have accomplished, the direction that they are taking is going to be, it's so wonderful, it's so godly that God himself is going to say, man, let them in. Look what they did for my son. But that's not the key. The key is what the son did for you. You don't want to stand before God and say, Look what I did for you. That's gonna land you straight in hell. It's not good enough. All right, so when someone comes along and says that they are part of some works-based religion, what they are saying is they're gonna stand before God and say, Lord, Lord, look at all these great things we did in your name. And the Lord's gonna say, that's not what I asked you to do. I don't care about what you think you did in my name. I asked you to trust me. I asked your faith to be in me. It was my work that I wanted you to trust in, not yours. The Bible says our good deeds are as filthy rags to God. And that's probably the best of them. You don't want to count on yourself and then stand before God. That is not going to work out. You want to trust in the finished work of Jesus Christ, that and that alone. There's no other acceptable sacrifice. There's no other acceptable offering. It's Jesus Christ and Him alone. So the answer when you stand before God is, I am trusting in the death, the burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. My hope is in His finished work, not mine. But every religion in the world is going to try and sell you the idea that you can get there through your own works. And it's not going to happen. That is an insufficient answer. And you're going to end up in trouble. The Lord's going to look at you and say, I don't know who you are. And that's really the key. John 10, 14 says that he knows his, and they know him. That two-way relationship is, you can tell me you know Jesus Christ all you want, but does he know you? Or is he gonna say, I never knew you? And so it's, and this is interesting, you know, this is another area when it comes to the knowledge of God, God is openly admitting, I don't know who you are. Here's an example. Lazarus ends up in paradise, right? The beggar, what's the rich man's name? We don't know what his name is. God doesn't tell us. Depart from me, I never knew you. I don't even know who you are. You're just another soul in hell because you rejected God's word. Now Lazarus, what was Lazarus? He was nothing but a beggar sitting at somebody's house. He was dirty, he was disgusting, but he trusted God. Life was horrible, but now he's in paradise. Alright, so that's the way you want to go. Verse 24, 24-27, And it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock, and everyone that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it. Let's read verses 28 through 29. And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine, for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes. Now, just a couple of quick notes. The house that was built with wisdom was built upon a rock. The house that was built foolishly was built upon the sand, right? Both of them ended up in the middle of terrible storms. Everybody understand that? It doesn't matter what the foundation of your house is, it doesn't matter how wise you approach life, you're still gonna have trouble. The question is, will that wisdom and the application of that wisdom help you withstand the storm? Now, if you approach life with some godly wisdom, then you're prepared when the storm comes and that house remains standing, your life remains standing, and you can press on. But if you approach life foolishly, that same storm is coming for the wise one and for the foolish one. But if you've approached life foolishly, when that storm hits, you're just going to collapse. and great will be the fall of it. Now, he's talking about houses, but he's not talking about houses. He's talking about you, and he's talking about me. And if you're going to build your life with wisdom, storms are still going to come. Problems are still going to come, but you are prepared to face them. But if you build your life foolishly, those same problems are going to come, and you are in no way prepared to withstand them. and you're gonna fall. And so then he ends by... Amazing, everybody. It's interesting. It says, he taught as one having authority and not as the scribes. What's the implication there? They're a bunch of weak, impotent, whiny, manipulative people who are abusing their position. They're not taking up the authority that God gave them and using it to build lives. Instead, they're using it to fill their pockets. And so the Bible points out that contrast. The Lord came in, and with authority, he teaches the Word of God. And it strengthens people, and it helps people. And so they're looking at him and saying, that's not what we got at the synagogue. on Saturday. There's a big difference here, and we want to continue with that difference. All right, let's pray, and then we'll meet back together at 1030. Father, we love You. Thank You for loving us and being so good to us. Sure, thank You for Your Word. Lord, help us to approach life with good, godly wisdom, and Lord, we'll sure rely on You and trust You to get us through the storms that come, and we'll thank You for it all and praise You for it all. In Christ's name I pray, amen. We hope you enjoyed this podcast. You can learn more about our ministry by visiting www.plenteusredemption.com. You can hear more Plenteous Redemption podcast audio at www.plenteusredemption.media. Please comment below if this podcast has been a help to you. Also, inform us of future topics that would interest you. Thank you again for listening to the Plenteous Redemption podcast.