00:00 Introduction and Banter
01:11 Navigating LGBTQ+ Pride Month as Christians
05:04 Conscience and Shopping Decisions
09:48 Biblical Insights: Second Chronicles and Solomon
14:28 Psalm 72: A Prayer for Righteous Leadership
18:14 Conclusion and Encouragement
Hey everybody.
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:Welcome back to another episode
of the daily Bible podcast.
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:It is June.
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:Rod: Wow.
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:It's already June.
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:Yeah.
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:It's time.
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:It's your 40th birthdays on the horizon.
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:That's true.
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:You know what I was thinking.
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:I might have to go to one of the
local places to buy you a present,
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:going to buy you a, a skydiving.
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:Gift certificate.
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:Coupon code or whatever from.
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:Maybe Groupon.
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:Nope.
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:I, you know what I'm thinking, I'm
going to go to one of the budget,
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:skydiving places and say, what's
the cheapest package you got?
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:I want that one for my
beloved senior pastor.
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:PJ: Did you know that you can take
gift certificates to Walmart and
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:turn them into other gift cards?
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:Can you, you can, uh,
any like from anywhere.
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:Uh, I did it.
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:So.
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:I've done.
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:I've done it before.
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:Um, I went there.
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:Lucille's gift cards.
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:No, I won't be treated with, with
what, but I've done it before and
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:you walk away with another gift card.
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:Uh, I think of equal value.
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:I think they'll just, wow.
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:And I don't know what they
do with the other ones.
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:I imagine they use them.
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:Yeah, they'd.
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:Um, good and redeemed somehow, but, okay.
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:Yeah.
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:It's possible to swap out any gift
cards you want and not, not anyone
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:like, yeah, not anyone, but okay.
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:Yeah.
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:They were.
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:There were some that, that
sometimes I would do that with.
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:Okay.
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:Rod: Yeah.
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:But answer me this question.
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:So it's now June.
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:It is, everybody knows it.
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:LGBTQ plus pride month.
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:And.
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:Yes.
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:And the alphabet goes on.
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:Yes.
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:Uh, Walmart recently put out an ad that
I saw where they were promoting some,
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:um, I don't know what they call them.
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:I don't even know what
the appropriate term is.
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:Yeah.
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:But those people and they're highlighting
their work and their artistry and this and
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:that and target, you know, got in trouble
last year because of the, uh, The swimwear
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:stuff that they were promoting, that that
would hide certain elements of your body.
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:Yeah.
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:So how are Christians supposed to navigate
this minefield of totally opposite of
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:what God asks us to do and to honor,
should we not shop at these places?
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:Should we, should we purchase
and try to make an impact or.
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:How do we navigate this minefield
without offending people?
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:Yeah, if possible.
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:PJ: Yeah.
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:Without offending people.
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:I don't know.
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:I don't know.
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:I don't know that that
should even be our goal.
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:Um, you scripture talks about not
sinning against your conscience.
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:So let me say this.
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:Is it a sin for somebody who is
a follower of Jesus to go into
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:target during the month of June,
we're going to Walmart during the
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:month of June into buy something.
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:No, it's not a sin.
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:And you may say, but they're there,
they're directly supporting this.
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:And fair and that's true, but there are
plenty of other organizations that we
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:can point to and say, these organizations
support all of these other things.
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:Like have you bought girl
scout cookies recently?
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:They should put them the
murder of the unborn.
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:I bought six or seven packs, honestly.
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:So the point being like, where
do you draw the line on that?
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:And, and somebody else in fact,
molar has even made the point, Al
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:Mohler has even made the point.
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:You know, we don't even know if
you go shop at these other stores
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:that, that aren't public about it.
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:Okay.
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:Well, what about the people that
are producing the clothes that
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:they're selling in those stores?
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:Do you know what companies there that
that company is supporting because
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:your, your money is indirectly growing.
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:Right.
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:And there's there's degrees of
separation that we can argue for.
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:So it comes down to your conscience.
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:Um, if your conscience says, you know,
I don't want to go shop at Walmart.
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:I don't want to go shop it at target
because of what they're doing and the
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:standard they're making, then don't.
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:Um, and, and in that sense, if you did
that, when your conscience is convicting
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:you, that I think it's wrong for me to
go do this and you were to still do it.
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:Then the Bible says that that is grounds
where we're, we're crossing the line where
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:we're sending against our conscience.
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:Um, and so we need to be careful
not, not to do that, but we also
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:need to have informed consciousness.
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:We need to make sure that that we're
making wise and right decisions.
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:Yeah, listen, this is a time
that, that the world is, is
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:throwing this in our face.
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:I mean, if you follow social media,
All the brands that you follow
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:on social media, they're going
to have rainbow logos that are,
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:Um, It's it's obscene the way
that they're, they're just
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:Now, um, Mueller made the point in a,
an episode a couple of days ago that
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:Children raised up that are entering
their twenties, who have never
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:known anything other than same sex
marriage legalization that crazy.
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going to happen with transgenderism
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:and there may be a generation 20 years
from now that never knows anything
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:So as, as Christians, I don't think
our goal is not to offend people.
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biblical and to follow the Lord.
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how do we navigate that?
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:How do we do that in this
society in this time?
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:And I think the other question
to ask it honestly is like, Okay.
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:Well then when the calendar turns
from June 30th to July, Is it okay.
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:Then for me to go back and shop at
those places now, I mean, they're
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that they were supporting before.
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:It's not on the end cap anymore.
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:So it's, it's a tough spot for us in.
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:I do think that we are going to
be marginalized more and more
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:and more by society at large for
holding to a biblical worldview.
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:And we're going to have to make
decisions to say, yeah, you know what?
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:I'm not going to do this over here.
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:But I think we've got to be careful
not to paint with a broad brush to
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:say, if this person does, then they're
sending for doing, for doing that.
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:Rod: you bring up the idea of conscience.
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:If my conscience bothers
me, I shouldn't do it.
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:Uh, don't violate your conscience,
make sure it's a well-informed
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:conscience received and understood.
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:I'm really convicted
about this in my mind.
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:It is as crystal clear as the windows
that I'm looking at right now that
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:I know exactly what this is.
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:I know exactly what you should do.
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:My, my good friend and my
community group leader.
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:I know he shops at this place
and he supports them and he
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:Is there any problem with me
telling him what the problem is?
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:PJ: in a way that is.
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:I think there's room for
conversations to say, Hey, I noticed.
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:You know, you're still
shopping at Walmart.
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:We'll use Walmart because
we have a beloved.
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:Uh, beloved individual in our church
that is connected to, to target.
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:So I noticed you, you showed up to
community group tonight with Walmart.
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:You brought cookies from
there for dessert tonight.
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:Are you, have you seen what's
what they've been promoting?
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:Have you seen, what's been going on there?
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:You know, in probably the, the time to do
that is not right in front of everybody
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:else in the community group to be like,
dude, how could you walk in here with.
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:But private selection brand.
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:That's theirs.
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:But maybe it's, it's a conversation
that you have with them.
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:One-on-one maybe just afterwards, as
you guys are all enjoying the cookies
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:together, you're, you're sitting there
and, and it's, it's in a calm, demeanor.
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:You're not, you know, Raising your voice.
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:You're not how dare you that you're
not indignant about this, but you're,
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:Um, and then it's, it's again, one
of those things where we have to
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two, what's tier three as believers.
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:And if this is a tier one issue,
then we've got a major problem.
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:If this is a sin issue.
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issue that the Bible says is sin,
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:Uh, but this, if this is a disagreement
on something, as far as what we feel is
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:Uh, not what the Bible dictates
is morally right or wrong.
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:Should you shop at target?
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:Should you not shop at target shoe?
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:Shop at Walmart?
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:Then, then we can agree to
disagree in this and still maintain
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:Rod: Christ.
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:So if I respond, I'll be
the community group leader.
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thank you so much for that.
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in the same way it does for you.
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:I'm glad you're passionate about that.
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:Hopefully your dollar is
being spent elsewhere.
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:You know, it makes an impact.
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convenient for me and my family.
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:They, they give affordable prices.
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:This makes sense for us right
now, but appreciate your input.
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:They both walk away, shaking
hands, maybe hugging.
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:Uh, Speak to the person who says, you know
what, my conscious isn't bothered by that.
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other guy who is bothered.
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could you be okay with that?
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:PJ: Yeah.
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:Rod: Are you even as mature
as I thought you were
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:And so if that's a unit and
you're going this doesn't, this
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:And again, we were not going to come
out and say, you're in sin for that.
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and to consider the, the things that have
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already considered it.
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back to it and considering it
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do need to make a decision here.
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do this over here, but maybe
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speaking, but it's a, it is a cost.
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of what it looks like to follow
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of the areas of, of.
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are facing as, as believers that
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what, I'm going to buy more expensive
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dollar grocery bill or whatever.
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bill that small, but whatever.
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this company, but Hey, if I joined
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:with the church at large and we make
a stance, target felt it, they lost
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:millions of dollars, which is why
I'm looking at Walmart right now.
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:Go, what are you thinking?
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:What are you thinking?
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out was the fact that this is a
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Christians to walk through and all
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best about one another and hope
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different lines as you know, pastor PG.
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then about one or two things
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model for you that, that it's okay.
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:Uh, we disagree to weigh this
respectful and honors the other,
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volatile situation with a lot more
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Terri, there's the word remarks
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chapter two, you know, complete my joy
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same love being in full accord and in
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guard yourselves, pray for one another.
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chapter one and Psalm 72.
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we're dealing with a lot of what
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covered yesterday in our
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there, Gideon was the place where
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:Uh, prior to the building of
the temple and to worship and
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where you see Solomon go.
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installed as, as king over Israel.
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there as well, that, that Solomon
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David was first made king to be made.
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people, the worship, the
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covenant alerts in verse nine, and
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God, let your word to David.
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have made me king over the people as
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covenant right there in verse nine of,
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common in Jerusalem as stone.
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:Sycamore of Shefali.
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displayed here and I don't know that it's
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that's unique about the way
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that he is generous with God.
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:He just brings, you know,
all these sacrifices.
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:He lays it all down and that's
the opposite of what you'd expect.
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you know, is like the rich kid.
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with a silver spoon in his mouth.
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do this, the worshiping, but he,
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of sacrifices, which God
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:And he says, because you came in this
way, you were humble, you were humble.
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of that, I'm going to bless you.
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:He uses a different word than the hearing
heart that we talked about yesterday.
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and he needs understanding.
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that and not for the material gains.
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with both of those things.
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with God and his offerings.
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Hey, thank you for that.
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in, where God says, look, you, you tried
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going to bless you now far more
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thought you could possibly ask.
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with Salomon than it speaks to the
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than like a rock on your front line.
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:I think it's just saying God was
super generous with him and it was
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God with humility with his honor with
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horses they're against God's command,
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:Deuteronomy 17, 16 prohibited.
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for himself, which is interesting
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was no king in and the king
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through Moses laying out.
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:Uh, having to do with the future Kings
that Israel would have at that point.
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them and in this text first
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:Rod: well, it was always God's plan
for them to have a king, right.
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:That's where that's where the
Davidic king was going to come from.
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point to give them a monarchy.
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:The question is when and how, and
Israel appears to have force his
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:We want to be like the
other nations, right?
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to say God was off track.
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gonna happen, but I don't think
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it was his permissive plan.
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king that they didn't.
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they deserved in soul.
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okay, I'm going to take that.
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that points to the ultimate king.
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well, we don't do that.
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book, respectable sins.
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Cynefin patients, right.
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about impatience in our life is
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seek forgiveness from the Lord for that.
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:Um, You know, impatience basically tells
God, my plan is better than your plan.
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:My time is better do it now.
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sometimes God responds to our
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that's what he did with Israel.
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:Rod: else in second
Chronicles, chapter one there.
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Chronicles and Kings, and this
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:Yeah, after rehabil and we're
going to go north kingdoms,
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yourself, patient with us as we
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:I notice you're gonna be
gone for much of that part.
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:Thank you so much for letting me
deal with the north and south Kings.
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:It's coming, but we're going to
help navigate you through it.
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:PJ: Hey, you want to know a secret
though, if you ever read and he did
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:Rod: Put that book.
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:Mormon what's going on here.
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:PJ: Southern king Southern CA
there were no Northern Kings that
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right in the eyes of the Lord.
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:So anytime you come across a
description that, Hey, this one
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of, of the, the true.
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:Rod: which is why the Northern
kingdom Israel was more quickly.
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then the Southern kingdom.
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and they were dispersed.
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:PJ: Alright, Psalm 72, some 72 was
written, uh, either by Solomon or
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:someone else on Solomon's behalf
as a prayer that God would bless
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:Beginning with him,
beginning with Solomon.
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:Uh, there's elements here of anticipation,
as he looks forward to the ultimate reign
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:of the Messiah, the greatest of all of
the Davidic aunts or Davidic successors.
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:Verses one through four, you've got
a prayer that he would rule with.
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:Uh, verses five through 11, a prayer
that his rule would be expansive that
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:his kingdom would expand in, in that
God would add to the territory there.
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:Uh, verses 12 through 14, a compassionate
character verses 15 through 17, a prayer
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through 20 a prayer for a glorious rule.
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of the reign of the king, seeing.
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I want to see my kingdom expand and
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character and I want to be.
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rightly framed, these things are okay
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the ask is that God would be magnified,
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would be exalted through providing
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the heart of the Psalm here.
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may Golda, Sheba be given to him.
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out to me, may, may prayer be made
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and vote for him all the day.
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position intuitively knows that
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is sufficient for these things?
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of things that were great.
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acknowledgement that he was not enough.
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position is never going to be enough.
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that you have in offices.
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office, he's not going to be enough.
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is why every leader is going
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encourage you with two things.
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Upper echelons of leaders, but
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covet and desire your prayers.
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you and to everyone else around you.
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love, those who lead pray for them.
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not putting your ultimate
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:PJ: Yeah, that was a Saturday's
edition of the daily Bible podcast.
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tomorrow for Sunday Lord's day.
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