00:00 Introduction and Welcome Back

00:36 Local Food Adventures

02:50 Questions from Listeners

03:33 Discussion on Godparents

08:09 End of Genesis: Jacob's Final Moments

18:04 Reflecting on Mourning and Death

20:52 Jesus Confronts the Pharisees

24:43 Closing Remarks and Encouragement

Find out more about Compass Bible Church.

Learn more about our Bible Reading Plan.

Questions or Comments? Email us podcast@compassntx.org

Hey everybody.

2

Welcome back to another edition

of the Daily Bible Podcast

3

and the team is back at it.

4

Pastor Rod is back in office.

5

Hello.

6

There he is.

7

You've been waiting to hear his voice.

8

I mean, we had Pastor Mark, we had

Lewis in here and they both did a

9

good job, but, and you guys are hired.

10

Yes.

11

Congratulations.

12

You just earned yourself a

job and you put us out of one.

13

So thank you very much for your efforts.

14

They have been well rewarded.

15

The new hosts.

16

Lewis and Pastor Mark.

17

No, it was good to have them and good

to know that we can swap them in,

18

but uh, yeah, you perhaps permanently

and kind of hung around locally here.

19

Do you have any good food, anything

like that over your time away?

20

We did hang around locally.

21

We did try.

22

Kristin and I went to this Italian place

next to the tracks in Salina Square.

23

They have some old gas

stations in the front, Uhhuh.

24

I forget the name of it,

so please forgive me guys.

25

But the food was delicious.

26

We had, I forget what the sandwiches

were, but we had two sandwiches

27

and the sandwiches were delightful

and we really enjoyed that.

28

And then we went to this place

thanks to the cleanses called Heyday.

29

Yep.

30

Also in the square.

31

And we had some of their

breakfast brunch food.

32

Kristen had, I think, steak and

eggs and I got their breakfast

33

tacos, both of which were excellent.

34

We liked those a lot.

35

And then we had.

36

Because we had some

gift card money for it.

37

We got the dessert and

it was a carrot cake.

38

That was probably my fa favorite

carrot cake I've had to date.

39

It's high praise.

40

It's uh, it was pretty good.

41

Yeah.

42

I'll, I'll say that.

43

So we went to those two places.

44

I can't rec, oh, we also went

to this, I forget the name now.

45

Honey Bird, I think is the name.

46

Okay.

47

Just ring a bell for you.

48

Honey Bird is a specialty

donut shop slash cafe, I guess.

49

And the donuts, I found

them on TikTok the donuts.

50

Have, I mean they're huge, number one.

51

And 'cause it's Texas and number two,

they had this filling inside of them.

52

They were delicious.

53

They're like four bucks a pop,

so don't go thinking you're gonna

54

spend, yeah, 12 bucks on a dozen.

55

It was a lot.

56

We only got three or four donuts

and it was just us and the girls.

57

'cause the boys were in school.

58

But we had a lot of fun there.

59

And that's in Plano and we enjoyed it.

60

It was delicious.

61

We got a breakfast bagel thing.

62

Croissant thing.

63

I forget what it was, but

that was also really good too.

64

So we went to a couple places to eat.

65

That was fun.

66

We did stay local.

67

Um, we don't do a lot of

vacationing out different places.

68

I know that a lot of families do that.

69

That's kind of not been our thing.

70

We try to, we don't always do it, but

this particular season the kids were

71

in school and so because Jacob and

Adam were there, it didn't feel like a

72

normal vacation, but we did have a lot

of fun when we did have time together.

73

And that was, it was a

really good time to get away.

74

That's good, man.

75

Yeah, the man GMOs, I think is

the name of that Italian place.

76

I would did not even know that.

77

Yeah, I don't think I

ever remembered the name.

78

I have been there as well.

79

And is delicious.

80

Their pizzas are really

good wood-fired pizzas.

81

There haven't been to Heyday yet, but

it's on my list to, to try for sure.

82

Well get their carrot cake.

83

Okay.

84

Will do.

85

I enjoyed that.

86

Yeah.

87

Hey, we had some questions that have

been long overdue and I was getting to

88

them part because you and I were both

traveling at different times or gone

89

away from the office at different times.

90

So one of them came in from our

dear editors, Matt and Hannah,

91

who by the way, congrats guys

on the birth of Little Robbie.

92

And we are with you guys and just

continue to pray for him as, we're

93

looking forward to him coming home

with you guys and just thankful for

94

Hannah's Health as well and all that.

95

They were at church on Sunday,

which was awesome to see them back,

96

which was encouraging to all of

us that were able to be with them.

97

But they wrote in and Matt

wrote in, and he wants to know.

98

What's the story behind godparents?

99

He says, do your children have godparents?

100

Do you spit, in the general

direction of godparents?

101

Matt writes in some of the most

creatively worded questions that

102

we get, and, it's fun to get them.

103

So the concept of godparents,

pastor Rod, do you have any

104

experience with godparents?

105

Do you have godparents yourself?

106

If I do, I dunno who they are.

107

Yeah, so I guess that answers

the first half of the question.

108

We do for our kids and we haven't

changed anything recently, although

109

we did decide to do it for reasons

that we think are still significant,

110

but they're not reasons that I

would like to discuss publicly.

111

Fair enough.

112

Yeah I have godparents.

113

I was born in the Episcopal

church, so that's part of it.

114

This has a liturgical

root liturgical tradition.

115

And not that that means that it's

inherently bad or good one way or

116

the other, but, it began in the form

of you would have these individuals

117

that would sponsor the child for

the purpose of baptism saying,

118

we're gonna take responsibility that

this child is gonna be raised in a

119

way that is going to be consistent

with the teachings of scripture.

120

We're gonna do our best to

keep them in the church.

121

We're gonna do our best to

care for them spiritually.

122

So that was kind of the genesis of this.

123

And so a lot of godparents

early on were the.

124

Actual parents.

125

And then later on it took on

more of an honorific title, and

126

so somebody would be referred to

as the godparents of the child.

127

And it became more of a traditional

label in the church to have a godparent

128

and that godparent would commit to,

along with the parents praying for the

129

salvation of that child, praying for the

spiritual wellbeing of that child and

130

also working towards that end as well.

131

We don't do it.

132

As an official title or office within

our church, but we do something similar

133

in the sense that we do our child

dedications, which are coming up by

134

the way in February, February 22nd.

135

And with that, we do ask the church

family to be praying for these parents

136

to be coming alongside and to as best

as they're able to partner with these

137

families in raising their children in the

discipline and instruction of the Lord.

138

So in a sense, our church in the kids born

in our church and raised in our church.

139

Have godparents all over the place

because they have spiritual moms and

140

dads that love them and care about

them and granted different than

141

their biological parents for sure.

142

But that is the genesis behind this

is these were people that stood

143

up to say, I'm vouching for what

this child's life will look like.

144

I'm going to do everything in my

possibility to point them to Christ.

145

So I don't think it's a good thing or a

bad thing inherently, it's just something

146

that has, I think, fallen out of vogue

by and large in the church as a whole.

147

I'm very much in favor of the practice,

although I did not do anything in a.

148

In a liturgical sense to ordain godparents

for my kids, but much more, it was,

149

it's legal so that if we die, our

godparents for my kids would take legal

150

control over my kids and their futures.

151

Yeah.

152

So we made a pretty clear decision

that if something were to happen

153

to us, we want this family to

take the reins for us because we

154

trust them to do A, B, C, and D.

155

So I would say, man.

156

Um, some people would make different

decisions for different reasons, and

157

not all of them are equally good.

158

Let's start with that.

159

But I do think it's helpful to say,

okay, what do I want for my family?

160

Are there people that I can yoke with

to say, these are on the same page?

161

Are the kind of people that I

trust with my life, and even more

162

so trust with my kids' lives.

163

And so I want these people to be.

164

To have a special role

in the life of my kids.

165

And so I, I'm still very

much for the practice.

166

We have, again, we

haven't changed anything.

167

We haven't done anything since back

when we first had our kids Jacob

168

and Adam, who are now much older.

169

But I still very much like the practice

because it does say there's people that

170

I want to have a special partnership

with us in the raising of our kids.

171

And for that reason alone, I think it's

worth saying to somebody a couple, a

172

family to say, we'd love for you to

partner with us and if something were to

173

happen, would you please take my kids?

174

And of course you can't just

have a verbal word there.

175

There has to be a legal exchange Yeah.

176

Of paperwork that says, I will

this particular situation happen.

177

Yeah.

178

Yeah.

179

So no, Matt, we don't spit in the

general direction of godparents

180

but we do appreciate your question.

181

It was a good one that,

that, uh, stopped revoking.

182

Wait, I do not, not spit.

183

I spit as in positive

or spit as in negative.

184

Negative.

185

Oh, okay.

186

Yeah, so it's, it hearkens

back to Monty Python.

187

Oh.

188

And there was an interchange there

where he says I spit in your general

189

direction Oh, in other things too,

in your general direction, but it's a

190

negative thing to spit at something.

191

Got it.

192

I thought it was like, do you throw.

193

I don't know.

194

I guess it was a colloquial way to say,

is this something you're interested in?

195

Yeah, I guess.

196

Yeah.

197

We don't spit.

198

Yeah.

199

But we do appreciate it.

200

Yeah.

201

Just like your question.

202

So, hey, we've got, more questions,

but let's jump into our text and

203

we'll hit some more questions tomorrow

and in the next podcast as well.

204

We've got at least two more in

the queue if we're still here

205

in the hopper, if we're still.

206

Because Pastor Rod is ready

to Knight Sir Lewis and Sir

207

Mark to take over the podcast.

208

They did such a great job.

209

They did.

210

They did a good job.

211

A little long from my taste, if I

do say so, it was otherwise good.

212

Good content.

213

Alright, so we're in Genesis.

214

And Pastor Adam, I'm sure you've been

tracking with us and where we're at here.

215

But we're at the very

end of Genesis today.

216

So Genesis chapter 49 and 50.

217

And so Joseph is back now in with his

family again, and Jacob's here, and

218

we've seen everything we saw the blessing

of Eem and Manas in our last episode.

219

And now Jacob is gonna continue in some

of his final moments to bring all of

220

the rest of his sons before him and go

through a series of blessings with them.

221

And so if you go through chapter 49, I

would encourage you as at least I did in

222

my Bible take a pen or take your pencil

and mark the names of the different

223

children that come forward so that you can

see the progression of the argument here.

224

'cause some of them have much

longer blessings than others.

225

Some of them don't get any

blessings really at all.

226

And our group together, for example,

like Simeon and Levi in verse five.

227

Now you're gonna have to go back

to the situation with Dina to

228

remember why are Simeon and Levi

spoken of here by Jacob and.

229

Way that they are.

230

And that's because of their violence

against Shechem and the inhabitants of

231

Shechem there for what they did to Dina.

232

But then you'll notice Judah, Judah

has a much longer portion here and we

233

know that there's significance if you

know the rest of the story of the Bible

234

because Judah is the line of Christ.

235

So there's mentions here about, the

scepter and Judah being the line.

236

The, the kings and the rulers, which

is fascinating because at this point

237

in time, Israel doesn't have a king.

238

Israel isn't even really a formalized

nation at this point, and yet he's

239

talking about a ruling scepter

to come from the line of Judah.

240

And then you've got the other

tribes which play a smaller

241

role and yet not insignificant.

242

Zebulon Iscar, Dan, remember Dan is

gonna be a tribe that's also gonna

243

cause problems later on in the history

of Israel, especially with the Northern

244

Kingdom during the Divided Kingdom era.

245

You've got Gad Asher Naf.

246

He addresses Joseph.

247

Now Joseph remember is gonna be

replaced by em and, and NASA in

248

the tribal allotment, but Joseph is

gonna get his own blessing here from

249

his father there on his deathbed.

250

And then finally, Benjamin is

the last one that he notes here,

251

but this is Jacob preparing to

breathe his last preparing to die.

252

And he wants to give these final words

of blessing or even just I guess,

253

prophetic in some instances, borderline

judgment against some of these sons

254

as he lists through all of them.

255

Do we need to remember any of this?

256

For the purposes of our walk with Christ,

understanding our study, making sure that

257

we understand the scope of scripture.

258

Is this necessary for us?

259

I mean, I think it's a good, there

are books that you get that are, I'm

260

gonna read through this as a devotional

and I'm gonna benefit from this and

261

I'm gonna read it cover to cover.

262

And then there are books that

you get that are more, Hey,

263

this is a reference book for me.

264

And so I think in some ways

you can think of this chapter.

265

A bit like a reference chapter for you as

you go through and read through the rest

266

of the Old Testament specifically, and

you read through the different tribes.

267

And even when we get to the divided

kingdom, which we'll get to later on you

268

can figure out, okay, which tribes are in

the north, which tribes are in the South?

269

How does this go back to

some of Jacob's words here.

270

And then certainly once we get into

the New Testament, when we're dealing

271

with the tribe of Judah and the line

of Christ and the Messianic line,

272

there's a lot about what he says to

Judah that, that is significant for us.

273

So it, it probably doesn't.

274

You know, give you the warm fuzzies and

make you walk away going, man I feel

275

like I know what to do and this is a

sanctifying chapter for me to read in

276

the Bible, but it's a helpful chapter

for us because it gives us information

277

that's gonna help us understand the

rest of God's plan as it unfolds.

278

Yeah.

279

This is your context as much

as it is Israel's context.

280

Granted, you're not an Israelites.

281

We don't believe that we've replaced

Israel, but we do believe that

282

we build off of the same history.

283

And so when you read

Genesis 49, this is for you.

284

This is for you to understand.

285

Here are, here's my spiritual

heritage in some sense.

286

And I also learned from the.

287

Testimony and the example that's

been set here and in all the

288

prev previous chapters combined.

289

One thing I liked about this

particular chapter is that Jacob

290

slash Israel, which by the way,

let's briefly talk touch on that.

291

Scripture goes back and forth.

292

Jacob in Israel.

293

Jacob in Israel, sometimes you're

not sure, like, who is this again?

294

Oh, it's Jacob.

295

Oh no, this is Israel.

296

Now.

297

Why is it doing that?

298

I've heard that people

have commented that.

299

When Jacob is acting like his old

self, he's called Jacob, and when

300

he's acting like the patriarch that

he's called to be, he's called Israel.

301

Do you ascribe to that at all,

or do you see this more as just

302

incidental to the narrative?

303

What do we make of it?

304

I've looked at it as more

incidental to the narrative.

305

I've looked at his name as Israel

as more significant for the future

306

of the nation and identifying

him as the father that would.

307

Be the source of the tribes of Israel

more so than the moniker by which he's

308

gonna be called from, you know, those that

are in his life at that point in time.

309

So I don't know that I, 'cause

even here, I don't think

310

he's doing anything negative.

311

And he's referred to as Jacob here.

312

And even as he dies, he's

referred to as Jacob at the end.

313

So I don't know that I would press

it so far as to say when he is

314

doing things wrong, he's Jacob.

315

When he is doing things

right, he's Israel.

316

Helpful insight.

317

Again, what I was gonna get to is

that I appreciate that for Jacob.

318

He does something that I think

we all should consider doing.

319

He gives his family some

end of life instructions.

320

Now, that's new vernacular

ascribed in an old situation here.

321

But in verses, well, let me

start at the beginning here.

322

At the beginning of this

chapter, he's telling his sons,

323

here's what's going to happen.

324

Here's what, and this is

not something you can do.

325

This is something that

God does through him.

326

He's acting as prophet here, but

nearing the end of the chapter, he says,

327

here's where I want you to bury me.

328

I'm about to be gathered.

329

I want you to send me here.

330

Here's the place I want you to do that.

331

And I think a modern day equivalent

would be something as simple as

332

saying, I'm gonna buy a plot for

myself and for my bride or vice versa.

333

And make sure that I have some end

of life instructions already set up

334

so that when I do kick the bucket.

335

My family doesn't have to stress

out about what does my dad want?

336

What does my mom want?

337

Mm-hmm.

338

What does my brother want

that we know ahead of time?

339

And so it's a small thing and it's

almost just in passing that he's saying

340

these things, but it is significant to

him that he's buried next to his wife.

341

And something as simple as that can

instruct us as Christians to say, I better

342

think about by end of life it's gonna

come unless Jesus comes first, of course.

343

But we ought to be thinking about these

things as we consider our families.

344

Yeah.

345

That's good.

346

Is there, an age you think

would be appropriate for that?

347

I mean, if we've got.

348

Dads that are in their twenties

that are listening to this,

349

moms that are in their twenties.

350

You've got older people as well.

351

I mean, is this something that

by the time you turn 40, you

352

should have this mapped out?

353

What are your thoughts on that?

354

Certainly, the older you get, the

more pressing it becomes and the

355

more obvious it becomes, you're

drawing closer to your last breath.

356

Uh, the surprise of it all is

that you don't know, right?

357

Unless you're given the gift of

some kind of terminal disease where

358

you know, oh, I have three months.

359

And that's not a gift,

obviously, but you get my point.

360

It is one of those questions that

you say to yourself after I have

361

and here's something interesting

that I've learned life insurance

362

and short-term disability insurance,

things like this, these really matter.

363

Yeah.

364

You don't think about these things

unless you have a large stockpile

365

of cash that you can rely upon.

366

Maybe you have a nest egg that

you've saved up for years.

367

Things are gonna go wrong.

368

And we've learned this recently as

our church has been going through

369

different seasons for different people.

370

Things go wrong all the time.

371

Mm-hmm.

372

We live in a cursed, fallen, broken

world, and it means that we ought to be

373

prepared for, as people call him Murphy,

be prepared for Murphy to show up.

374

And if we're gonna be prepared, that means

we have to have certain things in place.

375

So if you have the basics in

place, you have your life insurance

376

policy, your term life insurance.

377

You have your SDI, that's not

state disability anymore, but you

378

have your disability insurance.

379

If you have your things in place, if

you have money enough to set aside

380

cash for where you want to be buried,

maybe your family already has a plot

381

and it's a few thousand bucks for.

382

For you and for your spouse.

383

Great.

384

Now, I know for some of you guys,

you don't feel settled where you are.

385

Maybe you're living in a state or a

place where you're not sure you're

386

gonna be there for the long term.

387

I understand that.

388

But maybe then you have a certain

dollar figure set aside so that

389

people know what your wishes are.

390

And again, if we can just talk really

quickly again about encouraging you

391

to consider burial as opposed to

burning up your body into ashes.

392

Lots of people choose this route.

393

There's nothing inherently wrong with it.

394

You can do that more

cheaply and affordably.

395

We totally understand that.

396

But if at all possible, we'd encourage

you to get buried because it signifies

397

your hope in the resurrection.

398

Again, not a wrong thing, not sin,

but we would strongly encourage you.

399

To testify to your family and to those

who will visit your grave site to showcase

400

your faith and what Christ will ultimately

do, which is to raise your body and to

401

renew it in Christ and to glorify it.

402

So all that to say, there's not an age.

403

No.

404

But there is a certain wisdom that

says I wanna be thinking about this

405

on the regular and at least wanna have

money set aside and I wanna be prepared

406

'cause I know what's gonna come.

407

That's good.

408

That's good.

409

Well, in chapter 50 then we see

the death of Jacob and Joseph.

410

Certainly Mourns and it's interesting

because he participates in the cultural.

411

Mourning practices for Jacob and even

has Jacob embalmed which is unique.

412

I mean, the body's gonna decay.

413

We know that we don't

embalm our bodies today.

414

And this is something that's more

done in a head nod, I think to the

415

Egyptians there and some of the practices

there, probably so that the Egyptians

416

wouldn't despise Joseph and his family

or that he wouldn't dishonor them

417

even the way that he treats his dead.

418

I think this is okay what they do here.

419

But Jacob is ultimately gonna be taken up

and that's what he makes Joseph promise.

420

He says, make sure that you take

me with you or my bones that is

421

with you when you leave this place

or make sure that that happens.

422

And Joseph is gonna remember

that he's gonna pass that on

423

from generations to generations.

424

And then from here the brothers

have another panic moment because

425

they feel like maybe Joseph has.

426

Treated them kindly for the

sake of his father Jacob.

427

And when Jacob dies, they're worried

Now the real Joseph's gonna come out.

428

And yet what they find is the

Joseph is as trusting in the

429

sovereignty of God as he ever was.

430

And that's what he does

here with his brothers.

431

He says, look you meant this for

evil, but God meant this for good.

432

This is that well-known statement

there that it expresses Joseph's in

433

incredible trust in God's goodness

and God's sovereignty through this.

434

And he comforts his brothers with that.

435

And then the chapter ends with a quick

summary of the rest of Joseph, his

436

Joseph's life that he lived in Egypt.

437

There.

438

He lived to 110 years old.

439

He saw his grandchildren as well,

and then eventually he dies.

440

They embalm him as well, and they put 'em

in a coffin there in Egypt, but not before

441

he said to those that were his offspring.

442

Hey, make sure that you take

me up from this place as well.

443

So, this kind of brings the.

444

Time of the patriarchs to a

conclusion here before we turn

445

the page into Exodus and Moses,

which is where we'll go tomorrow.

446

I noticed this time around

two things that stood out.

447

First of all, the Egyptians

mourn for Abraham.

448

For 70 days.

449

That's a long time.

450

That's a long time.

451

This is way longer than well.

452

Okay let me just the next

column from my Bible, verse 10.

453

They mourned for him seven days.

454

This is Abraham, so I, his closest

family mourns for him seven days.

455

The state of Egypt mourns for him 70 days.

456

And I just thought that

we do it so differently.

457

We do, we, we mourn for maybe an

afternoon and even then it's pretty quick.

458

You know, you're looking at a

memorial or a funeral, it's maybe a

459

couple hours at most, and then people

kind of move on with their lives.

460

I, you know, I don't wanna make too

much of it, but I do think we're

461

probably missing something in that

we try to push it away so quickly

462

and so fast that we don't have

the time to let it settle upon us.

463

They mourned from seven days,

and so I'm gonna use that number.

464

We memorialized somebody one

seventh of what the ancients did.

465

Yeah.

466

And I'm not saying that they did it better

necessarily, although I do think they

467

felt the weight of death more than we do.

468

Yeah, I could see that almost with

certainty because we so anesthetize

469

ourselves that we don't even pay

attention to stuff like this anymore.

470

So I see this as being something

profound to me to say that's

471

it's good to acknowledge death.

472

As painful as it might be.

473

It's good to mourn, it's

good to be sorry about sin.

474

And we have a chief example in Christ

himself who knew he was gonna raise

475

Lazarus, and yet he wept with the people.

476

People ask why he wept, and there's

probably good answers to that.

477

But suffice it to say he wept

and he wept at the grave of a

478

friend, somebody he cared about,

and granted he did resurrect him.

479

That's not gonna happen all the time,

but it's good to mourn at a funeral.

480

It's good to.

481

To mourn the loss of life and it's less

a celebration of life and it is the

482

cessation of a life that we lament.

483

There's mourning there.

484

Christian, please be aware that a

cultural thrust in the direction

485

of we celebrate life and we

don't mourn the loss of somebody.

486

I understand the instinct.

487

We don't like being sad.

488

But it's biblical to mourn.

489

Mm-hmm.

490

It's good to acknowledge

death is an enemy.

491

We proclaim Christ's victory over sin

and death when we mourn, when we feel

492

the weight of its consequences when

we see someone lying in the grave.

493

Yeah.

494

Mourning as those with hope doesn't mean.

495

We don't mourn, right?

496

Yeah.

497

We feel it in.

498

In fact, we often hear quoted, death wears

your sting, grave wears your victory.

499

Death is swallowed up in victory

and yet when we look at the context

500

of that from one Corinthians 15,

the full reality of that is not

501

gonna be until we are resurrected.

502

Yeah.

503

Until then, we do feel the sting.

504

We do feel the loss.

505

And it's okay to feel that so long as you

do hope still in the future, resurrection.

506

But yeah, I think your

challenge there is appropriate.

507

First.

508

Uh, first, first, Matthew.

509

First.

510

First.

511

Matthew.

512

Not first.

513

Do you have second

Matthew in your Bible too?

514

You know, lemme see your Bible.

515

Give that over here.

516

Matthew 15 one through 20.

517

Matthew 15, Jesus is

engaging the Pharisees.

518

Now, yesterday I mentioned the

region of Nesser as a gentile region.

519

That's debatable and I need to

clarify that editor's note here.

520

There's debate as to whether or not

this was part of the de capitalis or

521

not, but what you should see here is

the Pharisees in the Sadducees scribes.

522

Coming to Jesus.

523

They're no longer passive and

just kind of sit, sitting back

524

and watching what's happening.

525

They're on the offensive here,

and they're trying to trap him.

526

They're trying to trip him up, and so

they find the disciples and they accuse

527

the disciples of breaking more laws here.

528

They say, Hey, your disciples eat without

washed hands, and Jesus confronts them.

529

And answers back and says, look at,

here's areas where you also break the law.

530

When he says you, you honor the father,

your father and mother, and yet you

531

hold back some things that you should

be devoting to them by saying, well,

532

this is, this is Corbin, and so I,

I don't have to give it over to you.

533

And he says you're hypocrites over this.

534

And then he goes on in the rest of

our section and talks about the real

535

problem and that is that as he's gonna.

536

Talking about later on in Matthew, they're

so concerned with the outside when the

537

problem is the inside, and he talks

about the idea of the heart, what comes

538

outta the mouth, proceeds from the heart.

539

He says, it's not what you

ingest, it's not what you eat.

540

They're eating with

un, with unclean hands.

541

Okay?

542

But that's not really truly

defiling them internally.

543

What defiles us internally is

the heart, and that was the

544

problem the Pharisees had.

545

That's what Jesus came to address

was the heart the true sickness.

546

The issue the Pharisees

were struggling with is they

547

didn't realize their sickness.

548

They didn't realize where their true

pollution, their true defilement lay, and

549

so Jesus was confronting them and calling

them to recognize that as they were

550

trying to go on the offensive against him.

551

One of the things that I find especially

helpful in a text like this is that

552

Jesus reminds us that it is possible

and maybe even likely I'll go that far.

553

Likely that you will be tempted

to elevate tradition to the same

554

level of which is to overrule and

override the level of scripture.

555

Let me explain.

556

Suppose you have a Christian tradition

where you, I don't know, you take your

557

babies to get blessed by Pastor pj.

558

You know, we dedicate your kids.

559

Um, that's a fantastic tradition.

560

I love that.

561

We do that.

562

We do that.

563

You were just talking about this.

564

We have one coming up, but

if a church doesn't do that.

565

It doesn't make them less biblical.

566

Right?

567

Maybe they don't do that at all.

568

Maybe they don't, they, they don't do that

for whatever reason, they decided not to.

569

Um, you can't go to that new pastor

and say, well, I'm at my old church.

570

We used to do child dedications.

571

Why don't you do this?

572

This is unbiblical.

573

And of course, the pastor will

say, there's nothing in the Bible

574

that says we have to do this.

575

And so this is not a matter

of biblical fidelity.

576

Faithfulness to God.

577

This is a matter of preference tradition.

578

You might say there's, that's an

easy one, and that's one that doesn't

579

step on anybody's toes I trust.

580

But there's lots of traditions that

we engage in as Protestants, and even

581

particularly as non-denominational

baptistic and reformed Christians,

582

where we may not be self-aware

that we are participating in

583

tradition without recognizing it.

584

And so lemme just encourage you with that.

585

When you read Jesus words here and you

could say yes and amen to the people

586

out there, we need to look at ourselves

and make sure that we are humbly letting

587

scripture speak for us and to us to

say, am I ever in danger of elevating

588

my tradition and even my tradition of

understanding of what the scripture

589

says to the same level of God's word?

590

And often, if we're honest with ourselves,

we'll realize, Hey, I, you know, I,

591

I, I'm trying to be faithful here.

592

I wanna be faithful of what

God says and the way that I

593

apply it may not be perfectly.

594

On target.

595

And if you're there, I think

that's a good spot to be.

596

I think that's what Jesus

is getting at the heart.

597

You can honor me with your lips and

obeying certain what you think are

598

commands while still being far from God.

599

I think the heart of a true disciple

is gonna be humble and say, Lord,

600

I wanna do what you want me to do.

601

Help me to be sensitive and tender to

what your word says so that I'm governed

602

and guided by your word, through your

spirit, and not by man's tradition.

603

That's good.

604

Yeah.

605

Well, hey, let's pray and they'll

be done with this episode.

606

God, we are grateful to have Pastor

Rod back in office with us and grateful

607

to be back on the podcast together.

608

We pray that we would live as

those that are faithful to your

609

word, even as he was just talking.

610

We don't want to elevate our traditions,

our personal convictions over what

611

is clearly there in your word.

612

We want to be sure that anything

that is not black and white in

613

scripture we're holding with a.

614

Somewhat loose hand, willing to be

flexible and willing to certainly

615

love those who differ with us

because this is not a tier one issue.

616

And so God, help us to define those

things by your word and into walk

617

in wisdom in accordance with that.

618

We wanna be a church that is, is

charitable for those that disagree

619

with us and yet still love Jesus.

620

And so we pray for that mindset and

that attitude, and we pray that we

621

continue to be good, be as we study your

word, and we ask this in Jesus name.

622

Amen.

623

Hey.

624

The end of January is

right around the corner.

625

You're almost done with one

month of Bible reading this

626

year, so good job, keep going.

627

Don't forget, keep listening to

the podcast as well because the

628

top one, 2%, 3% are gonna get

some swag at the end of the year.

629

I know it seems a long way away, but

it's gonna be here before you know it.

630

Keep your Bibles, we'll

catch you guys tomorrow.

631

See you then.

632

Bye.

633

Edward: Thank you for listening to another

episode of the Daily Bible Podcast.

634

We’re grateful you chose to

spend time with us today.

635

This podcast is a ministry of

Compass Bible Church in North Texas.

636

You can learn more about our

church at compassntx.org.

637

If this podcast has been helpful,

we’d appreciate it if you’d consider

638

leaving a review, rating the show,

or sharing it with someone else.

639

We hope you’ll join us again

tomorrow for another episode

640

of the Daily Bible Podcast.