This podcast episode features Dr. David Spoon discussing the importance of having faith in the Lord as we prepare to thrive in 2025. He emphasizes that true faith is not rooted in ourselves but in God, who listens intently to our prayers. Dr. Spoon warns against the dangers of compromising biblical principles to gain acceptance from the world, highlighting that such actions dilute the essence of faith and can lead to spiritual peril. Through a deep dive into Scripture, he encourages listeners to remain steadfast in their beliefs and to expect great things from God. The episode intertwines humor and personal reflection, creating a relatable atmosphere while challenging listeners to strengthen their relationship with the Lord.

David Spoon opens the show with a jovial and energetic introduction, inviting listeners into a lively discussion centered around faith, humor, and the challenges of being a Christian in the modern world. He emphasizes the importance of having faith in the Lord as we approach the year 2025, encouraging listeners to engage with him through calls and texts. Throughout the episode, Spoon intermingles his reflections on scripture with lighthearted banter, making profound theological concepts accessible and relatable. He discusses the nature of prayer, citing First Peter chapter three, where he highlights that God is always listening to the prayers of the righteous, assuring listeners that their voices matter to God. This assurance sets the tone for a discussion on how faith and prayer can influence one’s life, especially in uncertain times.

As the show progresses, Spoon delves deeper into the theme of compromise within the church, referencing the church at Pergamos from Revelation. He candidly critiques denominations that have strayed from biblical principles in favor of worldly acceptance, stressing that true love for the world does not come from placating it. Instead, he argues that Christians must hold firm to their beliefs, even when faced with opposition. His passionate call to action is underscored by references to scripture, as he urges believers to repent and return to the core tenets of their faith. Spoon’s dynamic delivery combines serious reflection with humor, making his exhortations feel both urgent and encouraging.

The episode culminates in a rich exploration of the personal relationship believers have with Jesus. Spoon introduces the concept of receiving a “white stone” with a new name, a metaphor for the unique and personal connection each believer has with Christ. He emphasizes that this relationship is not only about communal beliefs but also about individual understanding and connection to God. By the end of the show, listeners are left with a sense of empowerment and hope, encouraged to embrace their faith actively and share their testimonies of God’s work in their lives. David Spoon’s engaging style and heartfelt message resonate throughout the episode, making it a compelling listening experience for anyone seeking to strengthen their faith journey.

Takeaways:

• Faith in the Lord is essential for thriving in the coming year, 2025.
• The importance of not compromising biblical principles to gain acceptance from the world.
• God listens to the prayers of the righteous, leaning in to hear your needs.
• It's crucial to maintain our focus on God and not on human leaders.
• Jesus emphasizes repentance as a key message throughout his ministry and teachings.
• Each believer has a unique relationship with God, marked by personal connection and understanding.

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And we hope before this introduction is over, life lessons for our faith that we could actually use probably won't if we sit on our blessed assurance.

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Welcome to the David Spoon Experience.

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You know, I could stretch that out a really long time.

Dr.

David Spoon.

I'll be your host for the next 5,400,000 milliseconds.

Get ready for one of the more bizarre experiences on live radio.

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We don't know what we're doing.

Good night.

Oh, no.

We don't know what we're doing.

We have no idea what's gonna happen and we don't care.

But for the next few minutes, I want to talk Jesus with you.

So here we go.

We're asking questions about living life as a Christian.

Living life as a Christian.

Nice intro blow right there.

Now, here's the thing I want to make sure you get.

So here it is.

Here.

I'm getting ready for.

I want to hear your responses.

Do we have faith in the Lord?

Not in ourselves.

Just so you can know, I've heard about 10 different groups use it.

That's cool.

Get ready to receive.

Are you ready?

Are you ready to receive?

If you have a response to that, if you have something you want to share an opinion A comment, a thought or a question, Please don't let it die of loneliness.

Just reach out and give us a call.

Do you have faith in the Lord?

Get ready to receive if you want.

Because when you make that phone call, well, by golly, you'll end up talking to Jammin Jacob.

That's right, talking to Jim and Jacob.

Man, that is like sp spending time relaxing and chillaxin.

Hello.

Thank you, David.

Happy Thursday.

Happy Thursday to you, my friend.

Pretty nice day out actually today I thought it was very nice, very warm.

Of course, I have not stopped wearing shorts all the way through the cold stretch, so it doesn't matter.

But now it feels better as I go outside.

How are you doing today?

How are things going for you?

I'm doing good.

Yes.

It's perfect weather outside.

It's not too cold, not too hot.

It's perfect.

I love it.

I love it.

I absolutely agree.

Here it is.

If you want to reach out to us, we've told you how.

It's a telephone.

It won't bite you, as far as we know.

And additionally, by the way, if you want to reach out to us, you can text us.

Not Texas.

Texas is the state we're in.

You can text us.

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That's our ministry line.

Actually it's got like a goofy circle.

He must increase from John 3:30.

He must increase imust decrease.org because we're a non profit corporation.

So if you Want to email davidemustincrease.org or you can text or you can call again.

Are you expecting, are you being an expectant believer?

Are you anticipating God doing marvelous things?

Are you looking for the Lord to do marvelous things?

I was talking to my wife this morning and I just shared this one little devotional piece out of First Peter, chapter three where it says that the Lord inclines his ear to the righteous.

Do you Know what that means?

That means that he tilts his ear down when you're praying.

God's not running in a different room and hiding, or God's not trying to do mystery thing.

He's leaning down and listening to you.

Do you have faith for that?

But David says, for the righteous, your righteousness is through Jesus Christ.

Problem solved.

And the Lord inclines unto the prayer of the righteous.

Wow.

So do you have it?

Are you believing for it?

Are you operating in faith?

Or is it just the same old, I'll throw up a prayer and just hope something works?

Here's the thing.

I want to make sure you understand.

If you want to reach out to us by phone, if you want to reach out to us by text, if you want to reach out to us by email, it can be for the purpose of sharing a praise report or a testimony, something that the Lord is doing in your life, working in your life, and you're just really blessed by it, or you're really challenged in it, but you want to share it.

It's all connected.

Share it.

You have that opportunity in this format to do that.

Maybe you've got a prayer request.

We're goofy.

We do believe this.

God answers prayers.

If he doesn't answer prayers, you're not saved.

Okay, we'll just leave it there.

Get it?

He answers prayers and prayers change lives and universes and sometimes the prayer changes the universe for everybody's life.

So here it is in a nutshell.

If you need prayer, let's pray.

Let's bring it to the Lord.

Let's petition.

If you've got something you want to share, something that's on your heart and mind, that's awesome.

We want you to share that because it's awesome.

Get that?

Awesome.

That's a little bit twanging.

Awesome, right?

When you share things the Lord has blessed you with, you just bless other people in it.

So we got all that rolling on.

We're going to be getting into the teaching.

I got to talk to you about that in a second.

But before we do, a reminder that there is a schedule change for this show.

Now.

This is the fourth week in a row that we've had schedule changes.

It's like amazing.

We've never gone through this before and we are two months away from six years on this station.

We're two months and two days away from six years on this station.

We've never had so many schedule changes in a four week period since we've been doing this.

But my wonderful, phenomenal, absolutely fantastic wife, best friend, of all her family has come in.

They have landed already.

Some were picked up at the airport.

Some have arrived and are taking a car in.

Other family's coming in tomorrow, so we're having family time tomorrow.

So this one's for the wife and for the family and should be just a great blessing.

And if not, then I will phone in on Monday from Aruba.

Okay, we'll just leave it that simple.

Bottom line, though, is tomorrow will be a great replay.

If you listen to the replay we did last week because of the weather, they were some good replays, and I just think they'll be a blessing for you.

So we encourage you in that we're gonna be praying for people in a little bit.

My brother's had a little bit of physical injury, so we're gonna pray for him.

Plus, a friend of ours had somebody that had something pretty drastic happen to their family.

We'll talk about that in a little while.

Before we get into any of that, I just want to make sure you understand that this show is about all of us getting closer to the Lord, Strengthening one another, blessing one another, carrying one another's burdens, laughing with each other and crying with each other.

Because when we do that, we fulfill the law of Christ.

Galatians, chapter 6, verse 2, carry one another's burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ.

And the Bible says, do good to all men, especially them of the household of God.

So I just want to make sure you are on board with that as we get moving into this.

And the reason that I brought that up and I'm laying a little bit of foundation is because we're going to have a little bit of challenge in today's initial teaching.

It won't be political, but there will be a political component to it.

So I have warned you and forewarned you and appreciate your love and patience.

And if you don't like me, I don't blame you.

But you have to love me because the Lord says so.

Okay.

All right, there we go.

We're going to pick it up.

So two weeks ago, by the way, two weeks ago, we did this teaching in Revelation 6 or chapter 2, verses 16, 18.

And I kind of shot through it because it was the new year.

The last time we were on a Thursday, it was the 2nd of January.

So I kind of just burned through it.

Because I was talking about the newness and having this attitude of ready to receive and sharing that word that the Lord had given me about, you know, get ready to receive.

There's some.

There's something in the expectancy of faith.

There's definitely a key component between us and the Lord when we have a greater level of expectancy, a greater level of faith, and things happen through the vehicle of faith.

God has chosen faith as his vehicle to operate with us.

And it's pretty clear without faith, Hebrews 11:6, it is impossible to please God.

For those who come to God must believe that he is and a rewarder of those who seek him.

Little plug on the book.

The faith that Pleases God is on the website.

If you can't afford it, tell us, we'll buy it for you, send it to you free, period.

The reason is because faith gets things happening, right?

So we talked about that about two weeks ago.

Last week snowed in.

This week, we're picking it back up.

And I want to step back into this discussion we had in Revelation, chapter 2, verse 16, which has to do with the church at Pergamos, because I didn't key in on a couple points that I really wanted to, and I feel like in my heart it was left undone.

So I'm just not comfortable with that and I want to go back to it.

So here, picking up at verse 15, it says this.

This is Jesus talking to the church at Pergamos.

He says this.

And you also have those who hold to the doctrine of the nicolations, which I hate, repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches and their church.

And the problem in this is that the Pergamos church is known as the compromising church.

That's its reputation, which is not a good reputation to have as a Christian, or as Christians, plural, to be compromising.

And so what I wanna really emphasize, and I went through this in some of my masters when I was doing my master's degree, that went through some of this in the school.

So in this church, being in this compromising position, this is a dangerous place for any fellowship to be, let alone for a denomination.

And if we're going to be somewhat honest, and honesty is a good thing, there are denominations right now in the United States that have started off brilliantly in the kingdom of God and then have compromised their biblical principles in order to be accommodating to the world.

I want you to hear what I just said.

There are denominations right now.

There are churches right now.

There are Christians right now in the United States, our country, that have compromised their biblical principles in order to be accommodating to the world.

The enemy.

Can I say that again?

And as loud as I can scream it from the mountaintops.

The enemy has convinced them that by placating the world, they're loving the world.

Did you get that?

That by placating and just being.

Oh, it's okay.

Whatever.

That's fine.

No problem.

They're loving the world by placating the world.

That is a lie from Satan, who is the father of lies.

You don't placate the world so that the world will like you, so that you can all just get along.

Can't we all just get along?

No, we can't.

Because we are living for Jesus, the king, and this planet is not our place.

We are visitors.

We are foreigners, we are aliens.

We are strangers, and we don't compromise the truth in order for people to pat us on the back and say, I like your religion.

Who cares whether they like your religion or not?

And besides, I don't like religion anyway.

It's the relationship with the living God made possible through the redeeming work of Jesus Christ and the empowerment of the Holy Spirit to walk in a way that.

That pleases God.

So let's just set the record straight.

Any denomination, any church, any Christian that placates the world so that they are loved by the world and appreciated by the world is living a lie, period.

You're thinking, wow, that's really forceful.

Thus saith the Lord.

That's not me.

I didn't write the book.

I can just read it.

And what's taking place is people just wanting to get along.

And I'm in a master's class and somebody was like, no, no.

You've got to be so appealing to the world.

You got to make it so appealing that they don't feel like they have to do anything different.

You know, that is exactly a.

Can you believe they even let that be spoken in a seminary?

It's incredible.

Here's the reality check.

The reality check is when.

When John the Baptist came, his first message was repent.

When Jesus started his ministry in Matthew 4, his first message was repent.

When Peter preached the message in Acts 2, his first message was repent.

When Paul started preaching, in the beginning of his preaching, his first message was repent.

You think maybe there's a pattern there?

When Jesus had people confronted, he would say, hey, I remember the woman who was caught in adultery.

Well, generally, he wasn't going to.

Nobody's casting stones.

Not a problem.

What did Jesus say?

Your sins are forgiven.

Go and sin no more.

That was the rest of the message that nobody seems to want to pick up on.

And you're thinking, well, why are you getting in on this?

Why are you jumping on this?

Because I have a concern with a lot of Christians right now as we are heading into the newer political season.

And you're thinking, oh, I thought we weren't going to do politics.

We're not.

I want to stay focused on the kingdom.

This is what the Bible says in Psalm 146 3.

Put not your trust in princes, nor in men in whom there's no help.

This verse suggests that people should not trust in humans, including powerful people, because they're mortal and they cannot see.

Instead, people should trust in God.

And I want to make sure you understand what I'm trying to say by this.

When you trust in God, it's not that you're not praying for the leadership.

You should be praying for the leadership.

And too many Christians shame if they don't like the leadership.

They pray that God would open up the ground and swallow them whole.

That's not how you're supposed to do that.

I mean, that's just dumb.

You pray that the leaders are influenced by God, can be led by God and directed by God, but your trust is in God.

Psalm 118, 8, 9.

It's better to trust in the Lord than to put your confidence in men.

It's better to trust in the Lord than put your confidence in princes.

Wow, Dave, that sounds a lot like Psalm 146.

3.

It sure does, doesn't it?

And then Jeremiah 17:5.

This one's bad, so you better get ready.

Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord.

I am all for our government, our structures, our leaders going in the right direction.

But you and I must keep our focus on the Lord.

No human being in this realm here is going to save you.

Jesus is the Savior.

That's where we keep our focus.

That's where we keep our vision.

And just in case you're wondering, thinking even in the back of your mind, oh, all the Democrats and all the Republicans and all the Independents, they're all going to get along now.

No, they're not.

I'm just going to tell you right.

No, they're not.

Okay.

This is not the millennium.

Okay.

Just kind of letting you know.

Okay.

And watch out for the media, which I've been warning about for 45 years.

Long time.

The media is no longer.

They're no longer journalists.

They don't write the journal of the news.

They try to create the narrative.

They're propagandists.

And if people don't like it, it's tough.

That's what they do.

That's how they make money.

That's how stock is earned in their company.

Sorry.

And yes, it all does come down to greed, in case you're wondering.

It's just going through the realm of lies that's the problem.

So the reason that I'm bringing it up is because.

Is not to say don't be optimistic.

That's exactly opposite of what I'm thinking.

You should be completely optimistic.

But you should place our hope.

I should place my hope?

You should place your hope in the Lord, right?

Not anywhere else in the Lord.

Right.

And if we're really blessed, I'm just saying this, and you guys should know this is true.

If we're really blessed, we're going to hear and then gone and then we don't care.

That's what we really want.

Right?

But don't accommodate the world.

Even in your family.

Uh oh, I got family coming.

Hey, you know what?

I'm not going to not be the Christian.

Am I going to be a perfect person?

I've never been a perfect person.

I rely completely on the righteousness of Jesus Christ because without it, I don't have a.

Let me say it's really funny.

Without the righteousness of Jesus Christ, I don't have a prayer.

Get it?

That was kind of a.

Okay.

I don't have a prayer without the righteousness of Christ, but I'm not going to unbelieve.

So everybody can just be at peace.

That's not happening.

And if people don't like it, here's the answer.

Ready?

Tough.

That's the answer.

Now the rest of this, and I didn't get to talk about it, but I do want to make sure you understand this.

I didn't key in on this one part.

So Jesus tells the church and everybody else connected to it to repent or he's going to come against them with the sword in his mouth.

And this is most likely, let's just be honest, not literal in the sense that he's going to use his mouth to wield a sword back and forth.

Some people that really buy into that.

I don't think Jesus is in there spreading peanut butter on sandwiches with his tongue.

I just not Buying into that.

Okay.

I think he's making it pretty clear that this is the word of God.

And that word of God will be used to bring judgment and they're going to be found guilty.

So as he's closing in this text, he reiterates to the churches the same thing that he's reiterated to all the churches thus far.

And he says it to every church.

He says to use our ears to hear what the Holy Spirit says.

Many people don't understand the Romans 14, as many as are led by the Spirit of God.

They are the sons of God.

And what's important about that is if we are in fellowship with the Holy Spirit.

Second Corinthians 13, 14, which is where it says it, there's an evidence, a confidence, a proof that we're God's children.

In other words, not doing that takes away some of your security.

You're looking for security.

I got an idea for you.

Walk in the new man.

Be influenced by the Holy Spirit.

Call out in the name of Jesus.

You'll get it as well as it needs to be gotten.

But the last part is the part I want to key in on, and I just missed it.

And because we just ran out of time, I didn't get to really get into it.

And it's this.

It says this to him who overcomes, we will give some of the hidden manna to eat.

And I will give him a white stone.

And on that stone a new name will be written, which no one knows except him who receives it.

That is so awesome.

What is?

That everybody is saved through Jesus Christ.

Whether it's pre, BC or mid, or post.

The Scripture looks forward to the cross and then afterwards, after the cross.

That's how the Scripture forms it.

Everything focuses around Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

When we are connected to Jesus.

He knows everything about you, by the way.

He's praying for you.

He intercedes for you.

What's awesome about this passage is this in overcoming, he's promising giving you a new name which nobody will know except for you and of course, him who gave it to you.

That's the personalization.

It's not that you get to get away with sins that other people don't.

That is blasphemy.

Absolutely not true.

What is true is that God knows every little nuance about you, every quirk, how many quirks I have, oh, my goodness, every little thing, and wants you to know he loves you.

And you're thinking, wait, wait, there's a lot of me that's not brilliant.

Yeah, me too.

In Fact, all of us, in fact, every one of us.

Welcome to planet Earth.

Here's the bottom line.

God has a special connection to each one of us and a similar connection to each one of us.

He knows us as a corporate unit, and he knows us in our deepest element.

And he's telling you, hey, I'm going to tell you right now, we have an awesome relationship together.

Now I'm going to give you a stone, and on that stone is going to be your name that nobody will know except for you.

That's what we call special relationship privilege.

That's what we've got.

That's what we're going into.

You see, it's going to be corporate.

And how that's going to break down, nobody really knows.

I mean, you get to look at the Book of Revelation and go, wowzer, right?

But in the meantime, you can enjoy the reality that God knows you so deeply, that you share between you and him something special.

Isn't that awesome?

Oh, my goodness.

It's so fantastic.

And we were not even talking about the fact that we're going to get manna.

That's like, wow, we're getting manna.

Really?

I mean, does it come in a dozen?

Is it a baker's dozen?

I got to see this, right?

You want to know?

But that white stone with that new name, by the way, which will be printed in red, that's the indication of innocence.

And you get to have that because through Jesus Christ, he has made you innocent.

Go back to the very first verse I said in the beginning of this whole thing.

And I said this, the Lord is inclined, inclined to the prayers of the righteous.

Well, through Jesus Christ, you are righteous.

He has made you righteous.

And when you pray, God leans over to hear.

That's the picture he wants you to have.

Not that he's elusive, but that he's even paying more attention.

I mean, come on.

That is one way to open up a Thursday show, isn't it?

Okay, folks, we'll take our break and then come back.

You're listening to the David Spoon Experience right here on Kaam 770, the truth station here in Texas.

Short break.

We'll be back.

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Who is David Spoon?

I have no idea.

People have asked me about the David Spoon Experience.

They wanted to know what I thought of them.

Like any person searching for answers, I have wondered about him.

He was born and raised Jewish, and after intense drug use, became a Christian.

He's married to his best friend, Noel, has three children, six grandchildren and a dog named Bert.

He has three separate ordinations from three different denominations and is a summa cum laude for his BA Degree in ministry and leadership as well as a master's degree of theological Studies and has his doctorate of Strategic Christian Ministry.

He has a weird sense of humor and talks a lot.

If people are seeking wisdom and insight from the great teachers around the world, would they go to David?

No, I don't think so.

And those big ears really don't help him.

But would they enjoy his perspective on life, culture, politics, food, sports, local and national news?

I don't know.

I guess people will have to listen to find out.

Job, I want to read job 3:25.

I don't want anybody.

Look, I know that the teachings in the church and being a Baptist, somebody who's got a Baptist ordination, a Pentecostal ordination, somebody who understands what Kalmanian means, understands what the manifold millennial list is.

I get it.

I really do.

I been around for a little while.

When you're hearing scripture, you don't have to put all the scriptures you hear in certain boxes so they fit your motif of a theology.

Sometimes you can just look at it and observe it and go right for it and review it.

And Job, chapter 3, verse 25.

One of the things that Job said is what I feared has come upon me, what I dreaded has happened to me.

There's a whole teaching on.

That's because your confession wasn't good.

I don't think that had anything to do with it.

I think God was bragging about Job to Satan.

Job didn't know that was going on.

That's obvious.

But there he is.

God's bragging about him.

And what Job is like going is like, this is the worst thing that I could think of.

And that happens to people.

Believers, good believers, great believers, fantastic believers, lousy believers and everybody else.

It's something that takes place.

Sometimes bad things come about in the process.

That doesn't mean that God hates you.

That doesn't.

First of all, the world has rebelled against God and lies in wickedness.

So it's not God's fault that the world said, we'll run this planet without you.

We'll let you know.

I mean, that's not God's fault.

He's not the one that did that.

People did that.

And so the idea that understands this, sometimes these tough things happen.

The great thing to know is that God has not left and went to Pluto while you're going through these things.

In this particular case, in Job, it was completely the opposite of what Job thought, because God was bragging about him, and Job thought he was in some kind of trouble or some kind of judgment.

Hey, guess what?

Job was wrong.

Something else was going on altogether, which is often the case.