00:00 Welcome and Banter

00:22 Joshua Turns 17

01:19 Korahs Rebellion Question

01:49 Sovereignty and Justice

04:35 White Space in Judgments

05:30 Deuteronomy 17 Overview

05:55 Kings and the Law

06:39 Deuteronomy 18 Prophet Like Moses

07:28 Purging Evil and Witnesses

08:57 Camel Story and Discipline

10:49 Deuteronomy 19 Cities of Refuge

12:06 Modern Law and No Pity

14:25 Mark 14 Upper Room

15:19 Did Jesus Love Judas

19:42 Prayer and Closing

20:20 Outro and Ministry Info

---

Find out more about Compass Bible Church.

Learn more about our Bible Reading Plan.

Questions or Comments? Email us podcast@compassntx.org

Everybody welcome back to another

edition of the Daily Bible Podcast.

2

Welcome back.

3

Hola.

4

Guess who's who?

5

Could you guys tell?

6

Can you tell the difference

between our voices now?

7

You've said I know more

Spanish than you do probably.

8

I'm okay with that.

9

I'm only slightly embarrassed every

time I have to acknowledge that in front

10

of my Hispanic brethren and Citrin.

11

Hey, we don't always

call everybody out, but.

12

I was remiss to not

mention my son's birthday.

13

Oh, speaking of Mexicans, he's not.

14

He's not one.

15

Yeah.

16

Surprise.

17

Josh, you're adopted.

18

My oldest turned 17 yesterday,

which is way older to find out.

19

Wow.

20

Just crazy.

21

Yeah.

22

Yeah.

23

It's amazing how fast time goes and.

24

Have him one more year with him before he

is an adult and outta the house and, yep.

25

Oh, is he, are you kicking him out at 18?

26

At 18 the day of?

27

Yeah.

28

Make this your notice.

29

Joshua.

30

Joshua, you've got a year long

notice that's more generous than

31

any landlord, but man, it's crazy.

32

And I know Pastor Rod, you feel this as

well as your son is up there as in the

33

same age range and it just goes by fast.

34

We're sitting here with Pastor Mark

who's still raising little ones.

35

He's barely 16.

36

Yeah.

37

But it's not gonna be long before

he's sitting here saying the same

38

things and it is just blink of an eye.

39

So I'm proud of him.

40

Immensely proud of you, Joshua,

as you're listening to this.

41

I'm thankful for the young man

that God is making you to be.

42

And I'm excited to see what

he does with your life.

43

That's right.

44

Go Josh.

45

But hey, we've got another question.

46

Yes.

47

Or some insights.

48

Sure.

49

Some, some feedback perhaps.

50

We have someone writing a few

thoughts that, and I'll try to

51

summarize 'cause there's a lot here.

52

Okay.

53

Cora's Rebellion Give,

give a response to this.

54

They suggest that instead

of the little ones who died.

55

Because of what their dad did.

56

It would be better to say that they

died by the sins of the father rather

57

than for the sins of their fathers.

58

Similar to a drunk driver killing

his family by driving off of a cliff.

59

React to that.

60

Yeah, I understand the difference.

61

And yet at the same time, if we understand

God's sovereignty, I think it might be

62

kicking the can down the road a little.

63

It because whether they are dying

for or by, I think God is the one

64

that is sovereignly executing.

65

The little ones along

with the fathers there.

66

They're ultimately dying as a result

of the sins of the father there,

67

the sin of Cora in that from our

perspective as we look at it, not

68

having all of the wisdom to be able

to know exactly what's going on there.

69

So I, I get it.

70

I do understand the distinction.

71

They're not being executed as far

as the legal system of justice.

72

But from the point of view of us serving

a sovereign God who ordains all things

73

and actually with Cora, I would argue they

are being executed in God's courtroom.

74

'cause he's the one that opens

up the ground beneath them and

75

swallows them alive in that.

76

So, man I'm not making this a, a more

palatable impression of what takes

77

place there, but I think that goes

back to what we talked about last week.

78

Pastor Adam, when you were saying at

the end of the day, God is sovereign.

79

Mm-hmm.

80

And it's ours to submit ourselves

to him, even in those moments

81

that we can't understand.

82

In fact, we're gonna get

there not too long from now.

83

Deuteronomy chapter 29, 29, the

secret things belong to God.

84

I think there's measures of the secrecy

of his justice that we have to say.

85

You are just, at the end

of the day, you are good.

86

And I have to let that hold true

in my perception of what you do.

87

It has to submit itself to the indicatives

of who you've revealed yourself to be.

88

And that is that you are just, you

are good, you are holy, you are love,

89

and these are the things that you do.

90

And I have to trust that in your sovereign

purview of how you work them out.

91

You are still all of those

things, even through all of

92

these, the, these situations

that we may not fully understand.

93

Yeah, I guess I, I find

it more comforting.

94

This is odd 'cause I'm

slicing and dicing here.

95

I'd be more comfortable with.

96

The idea that that's the father

who drives them off of the cliff.

97

Where in, in Cora's rebellion, it was

God who acted directly to do the thing,

98

which I think in some ways is better.

99

Again, God has the prerogative to do

what he sees fit, but I also wonder if

100

how I read it is the right way, because

again, Cora's family shows up later.

101

Cora's sons, his descendants

show up as musicians.

102

So I wonder if E either A, there's

another Cora family and that's possible,

103

or B some of Cora's descendants

were not actually taken out and

104

some of the little ones were spared.

105

Now, for what reason?

106

Why, when, who we, I don't know.

107

And I don't even know.

108

Again, it could, the Sons of

Cora could be a different Cora.

109

Either that or Psalm 42, 45, 46,

which are by the sons of Cora are

110

his descendants, and some were

spared and God just doesn't tell us.

111

On what basis that happened, so

I'm not sure they're both messy.

112

I don't like either one of

them, but again, we come

113

back to, I know God is good.

114

I trust him implicitly, and I have

every reason to trust him even when

115

he does things that in my mind, right

here, right now, don't make sense.

116

Yeah, we will get there eventually.

117

But there's the scene, or maybe

we already did the scene where the

118

Israelite city is to be, is called to

be true to like the Canaanite city.

119

You and I were talking about

that this past weekend.

120

Right?

121

If there was a city there

to make a diligent search.

122

Right.

123

And if that search

revealed that they were.

124

Pagan people, right?

125

They were doing bad things.

126

They were called to

render that city destruct.

127

Right?

128

Or destruct.

129

Destroyed rather.

130

Right in that diligence search, I

think it leaves room for people to

131

be found who are saying, Hey, we're

not following the wickedness and evil

132

that you're seeing in the city here.

133

Yeah.

134

We don't want to be like them, and

they could be rescued out of that.

135

Such that those that are left behind

are really truly only the ones that are

136

fully embracing and fully saying, we're

rejecting God because we love Baal.

137

We're rejecting God because

we love the ushering.

138

So I think there are occasions where we

can, there's some white space between the

139

lines where we're not privy to everything

going on in all of these different scenes.

140

Right.

141

We'll cover part two of that

email on the next podcast.

142

Sounds good.

143

All.

144

Sounds good.

145

Well, let's jump into our DBR for today.

146

We are gonna be in Deuteronomy

chapter 17, I believe through

147

19, if I'm not mistaken there.

148

Deuteronomy 17 through 19.

149

In Deuteronomy chapter 17, we again

are continuing to prepare for the

150

entrance to the promised land.

151

And so in chapter 17, we're

covering issues of justice from

152

what to do with someone caught.

153

Breaking God's covenant to win, to take

a matter to the priest for judgment.

154

Then the chapter is going to progress

with God's instructions for the future

155

kings who would reign in Israel.

156

So again, we have that another one of

those situations where God commands you

157

shouldn't have other kings, don't make

yourself kings like the nations, and yet

158

he's allowing for the fact that there

are going to be kings in the future.

159

And so he is giving instructions for those

future kings who would reign in Israel.

160

He's instructing them not to amass horses.

161

Solomon's not gonna do well

on that, not to amass wives.

162

Solomon's not gonna do

well on that either.

163

At the same time to make a personal

copy of the law that they would

164

read in order to learn and fear

to fear the Lord and obey him.

165

So the leader was to be a man

who was leading the nation and

166

following God, and that was to be

something that, that the word of

167

God was gonna play a strong role in.

168

He needed to be well acquainted

with the law of God if he was

169

gonna set the tone for leading

the people in the worship of God.

170

Chapter 18 then opens with some

instructions for the Levites, and

171

then moves on to forbidding the

practice of the abominations of

172

the people who were in the land.

173

And finally ends with a messianic

promise about the coming of the prophet.

174

Who would be like Moses?

175

No, Deuteronomy 18, 18.

176

And the similarities with

Jesus' own testimony in John.

177

And so we find that this is going to be

a mess and a prophecy looking forward to

178

another prophet that would arise like.

179

Moses.

180

And so Moses is nearing the end of

his life and he's a type, and the

181

anti type is going to be Jesus.

182

Jesus is gonna be the better prophet.

183

We talk about that sometimes.

184

He's priest, prophet, and king.

185

Jesus is gonna be the better one and he's

gonna be the better Moses, even the writer

186

of Hebrews talks about that as well.

187

So, Deuteronomy 18 is forward,

forward-looking, looking at Moses

188

currently, but also looking to the future

one that's gonna be even better than him.

189

I forgot to say something on chapter 17.

190

Oh, okay.

191

Can I go back just a quick second here?

192

Chapter 17, the first seven verses

here we find again God's commitment and

193

his care that his people remain pure.

194

And so he says, look if you find someone

in the camp who does what is evil in

195

the sight of the Lord and transgressing

his covenant and is gone and served

196

other gods and worshiped them, the

sun or the moon, or any of the host

197

of heaven, which I have forbidden.

198

And it's told to you when you hear of it,

then you're to inquire diligently Here we

199

again, we have a very similar situation.

200

We read about this a few days ago

in chapter 13 verses 12 through 18.

201

The same concept here is being applied.

202

And then he also says here in

verse six, on the evidence of two

203

witnesses or of three, the one who.

204

Is to die, shall be put to death.

205

And so again, you see a

multiplicity of people.

206

It can't just be on the account

of one person, there has to be

207

multiple, and then to finish it

off, those who testify against him.

208

And I think this would be really

helpful for us to keep today.

209

They're the ones who have to be

the first ones to lay the hand.

210

You're, if you're gonna say they're

guilty, you need to be the one to

211

throw the first stone, as Jesus would

later say that they should not do.

212

When it comes to condemning the guilty.

213

And here he says, so you shall

purge the evil from your midst.

214

And this goes to one Corinthians

chapter five, where Paul

215

says something very similar.

216

He's citing Deuteronomy 17, I believe in

order to show how the church is to handle

217

sin the same way we condemn sin, we purge

it from us, we want nothing to do with it.

218

And this goes back to something that

we were talking about recently, I

219

think in the sermon that we're not.

220

Permitting worldliness really sin.

221

We don't want sin in the camp, and

worldliness really just gives kind

222

of the camel under the tent nose.

223

Wait, how does that work?

224

The nose in the camel noses

the camel under the tent.

225

That's what I was trying to say.

226

Yeah.

227

We don't want any camels or

sin in our church, so please.

228

That camel on frontier, that

camel's not allowed and sin.

229

That guy's gone, man.

230

Is he?

231

He's gone.

232

What?

233

Yeah.

234

They sold that property and now it's

like being bulldozed and everything.

235

Oh, no.

236

Yeah, the Campbell's not there anymore.

237

I had not seen that.

238

It's a true story.

239

To, if you drive by and look over

to the left, you see, I didn't

240

need to say hello or anything.

241

No.

242

Moss camels.

243

Oh, did not know.

244

I am so honestly disappointed by of that.

245

I'm sorry.

246

I'm sorry to break that to

you in such a harsh fashion.

247

Oh, so do you do this with your children?

248

If they come tell on one of

their siblings, do you say, okay,

249

you have to lay the first shat?

250

Yeah.

251

I make the, here take the Shabb bet.

252

You're gonna hold the Shabb bet with me.

253

That that'll, that'll make a book.

254

Parenting book.

255

I learned a long time ago,

and I buy it wholeheartedly.

256

I know.

257

We're different on this.

258

I think that an external instrument

used to discipline your kids is

259

helpful because then they're never

going to flinch at your hand.

260

I never want that to happen where I'm

picking up my hand and hug 'em and like,

261

oh, you know, one of those things, the

external instrument allows it to be

262

exported to something besides my hand.

263

I'm with you.

264

I think an external instrument is helpful.

265

Yeah.

266

And it's also quite honestly a

little more painful than my hand.

267

Yeah, it is.

268

It's, yeah.

269

How does that relate to this though?

270

Here, I got a connection.

271

Oh.

272

We should all be people who

desire that sin is purged from

273

our midst, whether that's our

home or whether that's our church.

274

And there's the Shabbat in your family

is a tool that God has given you

275

to help with that process as he has

set you as parents in the household.

276

That's a great connection, pastor Mark.

277

Well done.

278

I award you 10 points.

279

Oh, great.

280

I was hoping for 12,

but 12 and a half then.

281

Oh, asking you shall receive, well,

chapter 19, which is do you have

282

anything on 18 before I go to 19?

283

Maybe when you go to

19, I'll think about 18.

284

See, chapter 19, we got laws concerning

the manslayer in the cities of refuge.

285

So somebody accidentally takes the

life of another person and God is

286

gonna provide a place for them to.

287

Flee so that they're not immediately

executed by the avenger, by the

288

kinsman not the kinsman redeemer,

the kinsman killer, the kinsman anti

289

redeemer, the kinsman avenger here.

290

And so this is gonna

happen in any society.

291

There are accidental deaths.

292

And this is where God is saying

we need to make sure that this is

293

justice is done in the right way.

294

And so he is gonna provide these

cities, they're Levitical cities.

295

And there are meant to be a place

where justice could be insured, that

296

it's gonna happen the right way.

297

You didn't want somebody who accidentally

committed a crime, genuinely accidentally

298

took somebody's life to have their life

taken in a life for life situation here.

299

But it's interesting that if

they leave the city, then there's

300

no protection for them anymore.

301

Right?

302

They're exposed and so

they have to stay there.

303

Otherwise they're exposed to justice.

304

And then we've got some

things on moving boundaries.

305

So don't move your fence line with

your neighbor 'cause That's right.

306

That's verboten here.

307

Don't do that.

308

And then the final section deals is

more with bearing false witnesses,

309

which is why they needed two to three

witnesses for Jesus until Jesus admitted.

310

You say that I am, and you will

see the son of man coming on

311

the, the clouds with power.

312

And they said, okay,

there's the blasphemy.

313

We've all heard it.

314

We're all the witnesses.

315

So now he can go and die.

316

But that was the burn the saddle for the

Pharisees until Jesus made that statement.

317

There's times and places where we

should look at the Old Testament.

318

And apply some of the things

that are Oh, described in it Oh.

319

Into our modern society.

320

And one of the places I think

we've done that well in the United

321

States is by making a distinction

between murder and manslaughter.

322

Oh.

323

So you get a whole different set

of charges for murder, which is.

324

With intention, right?

325

You're killing with intention.

326

Whereas manslaughter in the United

States is a charge that you'll receive.

327

It's a really graphic word too,

think about, but you would think

328

it's the other way around almost.

329

'cause manslaughter seems like a

worse word than it does than murder.

330

But murder sounds more ominous, but

manslaughter even just being an accident.

331

Right.

332

You're negligent when

you're driving your car.

333

Yeah.

334

But the court's job.

335

To try to determine the

criminal's heart, right?

336

Did they intend to do that or not?

337

Yeah.

338

And the corresponding

sentencing is appropriate.

339

So there's a place where I think we,

we take a biblical principle from the

340

Old Testament and we apply it in a

modern situation that I think is wise.

341

And here's something we don't apply

very well twice in this chapter.

342

Moses writes, your eye shall not pity him

when there's someone caught who's guilty.

343

He says, look, you're gonna be tempted to

have a bleeding heart for this murderer.

344

Don't do it.

345

He says, I don't want you to feel

feelings of sympathy for the man

346

slayer, the one who deliberately in

cold blood does this atrocious thing.

347

Yeah.

348

And says, don't pity them.

349

That's, that's hard for me to

wrap my head around, but it's

350

again, it's the right response.

351

Mm-hmm.

352

We talk about God's justice, and yet

this is a hint into God's justice.

353

God doesn't pity taking this guy out.

354

He deserves that.

355

That's what his sin has warranted.

356

On the other hand, it says God takes

no delight in the death of the wicked.

357

God's not celebrating, but

he's also not pitying him.

358

There is a healthy, mature response on

our parts to say when justice is done,

359

there is a good sense of, I'm not gonna

pity, I'm not gonna feel bad about this.

360

This is a right thing.

361

Now I'm not gonna have a party.

362

But I'm not going to pity.

363

Yeah.

364

What?

365

Let me just contend that there is

even a part of our system that is

366

designed to counteract that, which

is the jury selection process.

367

Alright, that's a good point.

368

I mean, that's intentionally designed

to identify people who might be biased.

369

Right?

370

Who might be, it's true.

371

People who are ping in the wrong way.

372

Right.

373

But you're exactly right

in verse 21, chapter 19.

374

It shall be life for life,

eye for eye, tooth for tooth.

375

Hand for hand.

376

Foot for foot.

377

For foot.

378

Yep.

379

Well, let's flip over to

our New Testament reading.

380

Mark chapter 14, mark chapter 14.

381

Mark's gospel is only 16 chapters,

so we are coming to the end of it.

382

Hence, we are coming to

the end of Jesus' life.

383

In fact chapter 14 verses one through 25

is our reading is gonna take us all the

384

way through the upper room here right

before Jesus foretells Peter's denials.

385

But this is a scene.

386

We've talked about some of these

things before Matthew, where Jesus is

387

gonna be anointed at Bethany again.

388

This is when he's at the house of Simon.

389

The leper and he's gonna be anointed

with this very costly ointment here,

390

which would've been over a year's wages.

391

And the disciples are incensed by this.

392

And this seems to be the straw that

breaks the camel's back for Judas.

393

'cause Judas goes out to

betray Jesus at this point.

394

This is the apostasy of Judas.

395

And then we see the past ever

seen where Jesus is instituting

396

the Lord's supper here, but also.

397

Identifying Judas to be his betrayer.

398

And we were talking about it in a

different context, but somebody brought

399

up the thought did Jesus love Judas?

400

And so that might be something

worth kicking around for us for.

401

Did he like Judas?

402

Did he, did he love?

403

Did he like him?

404

Did both.

405

I think one of the things that I

find fascinating about Judas is

406

the gospel writers, they always

identify him as Judas the betrayer.

407

Judas, the one who betrayed Jesus.

408

So you almost pick up

in them this idea of.

409

Mean, we're not gonna drop what

this guy did, and they call him

410

out for stealing and rightly so.

411

Yeah.

412

Well they do.

413

They do that as well.

414

He's short.

415

But I know, I know.

416

For example, sandals are

always dirty in John's gospel.

417

Even early on in Jesus' ministry,

John's saying this, is Judas

418

the one who betrayed Judas?

419

Yes.

420

And so this is not something

that is, is lost on them, but the

421

idea of Christ's love for Judas,

the one who is gonna betray him.

422

I've heard a lot of people make a big

point of the fact that in the last supper

423

here, he gives him the chosen morsel.

424

He gives him the morsel that was reserved

for the man of honor at this meal.

425

And some of it have preached, even to

say this is one last opportunity for

426

Judas to repent from what he was doing.

427

And yet we know the book of Acts that

he was turned over according to the

428

definite plan and foreknowledge of God.

429

There was never a circumstance

in which Judas was not gonna

430

do what Judas was gonna do.

431

And he's the son of perdition.

432

So is I know that, that.

433

We understand the common grace

of God's love for all people.

434

But Judas, does he find himself to be an

exception to this, or do you think that

435

Jesus truly loved Judas throughout his

entire three years of ministry with him?

436

I'll go on a limb here and I'll say

that I think Jesus love, or at least

437

his offer of love, was genuine.

438

And I think even as a fallen man

who was called the center perdition,

439

who had a dark path to walk and

that sounds like he's, it's.

440

Removing guilt from him.

441

It's not, he chose the

path he did in full will.

442

His heart, soul, and mind were

complicit in the desire and in

443

the action of Christ betrayal.

444

However I do think Jesus' love for

his disciples was legitimate and it's

445

what makes it all the more all the

more egregious because of Jesus' love.

446

And Jesus washed all of their feet

on the night that he was betrayed.

447

He didn't only.

448

Wash 11 of them.

449

And I think that those sincere

gestures of love for Judas are there.

450

Now, how I square that with God's

sovereign intentions and how he

451

orchestrates all of humanity I don't

know, and I don't pretend to know,

452

but I do think that it was a sincere

gesture of Christ's love throughout

453

his three years of ministry with him.

454

I'm gonna not answer the question, but

I am gonna suggest smart that Judas

455

actions, and I doubt anyone would

disagree with this, was a demonstration

456

of how much he hated God, right?

457

I think that's a, maybe the

most clear picture of that.

458

So I do think that there is a

contrast intentionally in the life

459

of Judas that we're supposed to

see as we read the gospels of.

460

The hate of Judas contrasted

with what I do think is the love

461

of Christ, the love of Jesus.

462

And even think of John three 16

and the following passages, right?

463

And then even there in

that passage, right?

464

It says, for everyone who does wicked

things, hates the light and does not come

465

to the light, lest his works be exposed.

466

But I, I don't think that excludes.

467

The fact that Jesus loved him

in certainly a universal sense.

468

But I think to answer the question,

I think I'm gonna say he probably

469

did love him in a specific sense

because of that contrast that we

470

see love described in throughout

other places in the Bible, right?

471

But not salvific love, not salvific love.

472

There, there has to be a carve out in our

minds for how we think about God's love.

473

There's different manifestations of

it, and it's effective for those who

474

are called and at the end of his life.

475

All of that changes right into eternity.

476

There's a very different

situation for Judas.

477

I'll say this.

478

I think Judas thought he was being

a good Jew when he betrayed Jesus.

479

I think Judas thought he was

loving God by betraying Jesus.

480

I think when Jesus failed to be

the Messiah that Judas wanted

481

him to be, that's why Judas

decided, I'm done with you.

482

You're not the guy.

483

You're just like every other

failed Messiah that's ever

484

showed up, including all the ones

from the 400 years of silence.

485

I was bamboozled.

486

I was fooled.

487

I'm gonna go to the Pharisees

because I don't think you're him.

488

So I think Judas thought.

489

I'm serving God.

490

I'm loving God by doing this, but at

the same time was playing right into

491

the hands of the enemy as the enemy was.

492

After the death of Christ.

493

So you think he's one of those guys

who shows up and says, Lord, Lord,

494

did I not prophesy in your name?

495

I don't know about that because I think

he realizes his error afterwards, but

496

his error doesn't lead him to repentance.

497

Yeah, his error leads him to something

else that I don't think Mark describes,

498

but we'll find out in the other gospels.

499

Alright, let's pray in then

we'll be done with this episode.

500

God, we thank you for your word

and we pray that you would keep

501

us from having any heart of

apostasy like there was in Judas.

502

I'm reminded of the pastor who once

said, Judas listened to every one

503

of Jesus's sermons, Jesus's sermons,

and still betrayed the son of man.

504

And so God, I pray that you would keep

us from walking away from you, that we

505

would heed the words of Hebrews, that

we would hold fast, that we would.

506

Whole faceted the faith of our

confession, that we would keep

507

our eyes fixed on Christ and

that we would not waver or drift.

508

And so I pray that you'd keep

us as a church faithful to you.

509

In Jesus' name, amen.

510

Keep reading those bibles, y'all, and

tune in again tomorrow for another

511

edition of the Daily Bible Podcast.

512

Bye-bye.

513

See ya.

514

Bye bye.

515

Edward: Thank you for listening to another

episode of the Daily Bible Podcast.

516

We’re grateful you chose to

spend time with us today.

517

This podcast is a ministry of

Compass Bible Church in North Texas.

518

You can learn more about our

church at compassntx.org.

519

If this podcast has been helpful,

we’d appreciate it if you’d consider

520

leaving a review, rating the show,

or sharing it with someone else.

521

We hope you’ll join us again

tomorrow for another episode

522

of the Daily Bible Podcast.