Chapters

00:00 Welcome and Googley

05:41 Daily Bible Reading

06:17 Deuteronomy 29

11:29 Deuteronomy 30

14:44 Mark 16

22:44 Closing Prayer

23:30 Outro and Podcast Information

---

Compass Bible Church North Texas

Find out more about Compass Bible Church.

Learn more about our Bible Reading Plan.

Questions or Comments? Email us podcast@compassntx.org

welcome back to another edition of the

Daily Bible Podcast and a happy St.

2

Pat Tuesdays Day to you.

3

Yeah, if you, that's pretty good, man.

4

That was pretty, I was gonna say it.

5

I was gonna say it for all of us.

6

Wow.

7

That was so good.

8

You should be an actor.

9

Ooh, man.

10

Gee, was that snap was

that you breaking your arm?

11

Pat you on the back, yourself?

12

On the back?

13

Oh man.

14

No, it was okay.

15

I'm sure anyone who's

actually Irish is like, dude.

16

I'm offended.

17

They're probably more offended

about that than I'm offended

18

about street tacos on your part.

19

The Irish shirt, or at least as offended,

are an interesting group because it's

20

like one day a year that you find out

that people are Irish and it's this day.

21

Outside of that, I don't feel

like anybody's really going

22

around boasting and being Irish.

23

Well, I have some fun news for you.

24

My 23 and Mes, I'm also part Irish.

25

Of course.

26

You're Of course,

you're, I'm just kidding.

27

I Is there anything you're not?

28

I, no, no, no.

29

I'm a, I'm a, I'm a man

of the nations here.

30

Apparently.

31

Apparently Native American,

Jewish, that for sure.

32

Yep.

33

All those things.

34

Yeah.

35

And Irish.

36

And Irish might as well.

37

I don't know if I could

substantiate that with the data,

38

but I'm just gonna assume it.

39

Okay.

40

Given that amazing.

41

Dialect that is pulled outta nowhere.

42

It was quite inspiring.

43

I mean, come on.

44

Yeah.

45

Happy St.

46

Patrick's Day.

47

What is St.

48

Patrick's Day?

49

Do we, should we celebrate it?

50

Should we start drinking?

51

Do we wear green?

52

Do we wear orange?

53

What's the deal here?

54

So St.

55

Patrick was a missionary to Ireland

and he is commendable for that,

56

for taking the gospel there.

57

But.

58

As with any saint, there's a lot of extra

stuff that's been added to his story

59

and his legend and myths that have been

introduced and other things like that.

60

So I think it's worth saying, Hey,

we want to, we wanna honor people

61

that do the work of the Lord.

62

In fact, we have our own missionaries.

63

We have the UBank that are we training

right now and getting ready to be sent.

64

And we should remember them.

65

We should honor them.

66

We're not gonna have St.

67

Garrett and St.

68

Kirsten's Day though.

69

Why not?

70

Well, you know, I like that idea,

and I guess that's an important

71

distinction in the Protestant church.

72

We don't canonize anybody.

73

And that's what it means to be a saint

to canonize them, is to hold them up

74

and say that they're worthy of the

honor and reverence of the church

75

in a special way, in a distinct way.

76

And there's different.

77

Approaches to that, different

perspectives, but one of the most

78

egregious is when we begin to look to

Saints to help us as believers here with

79

our, especially with our prayer life.

80

A lot of times the Catholic church will

deny that they pray to saints, but what

81

they'll say is they'll say, the saints.

82

Aid their prayers.

83

They carry their prayers to Christ.

84

And so sometimes when they say, when we

pray to, for example, Mary we are saying

85

a Hail Mary and we are asking her to

carry our prayers to the son we would

86

reject that outright as Protestants

because we believe that the book of

87

Hebrews clearly says that we have access

to the throne of grace to find mercy

88

and grace to help and time in need.

89

We don't need anyone else to intervene.

90

So when we look at somebody as

a saint that's a lot of times

91

there's more to it than that.

92

But that's one of the.

93

The key things that we as Protestants

would throw a flag on and say,

94

wait a minute, that's not okay.

95

We're gonna say that's not biblical.

96

Even that, that's anti-biblical

what you're doing there.

97

Mm-hmm.

98

Patrick didn't ask to be made a saint and

so a lot of these people didn't ask this

99

when Mary, and I don't know how much she's

aware of right now in the presence of God,

100

but if Mary was aware of what the Catholic

Church was doing, she would not be happy

101

with the Catholic Church venerating her

the way that they do, calling her a emrex,

102

that she's somehow a participant in the

reactive redemption alongside Christ.

103

She would outright reject that

as ungodly and unworthy of

104

the teaching of the church.

105

So.

106

Yeah.

107

Honor St.

108

Patrick for what he's done

as far as being a missionary.

109

That's good.

110

That's something to celebrate.

111

If you wanna wear green,

wear green wear orange.

112

Sure.

113

I guess orange is acceptable as well.

114

The drinking thing.

115

Yeah.

116

That's a different conversation.

117

I don't know if that one fits the

parameters of the podcast here.

118

What does St.

119

Patrick think?

120

What does Patrick of Ireland

think about the fact that people

121

gets lost on his birthday?

122

Probably not much.

123

Or his day.

124

I don't think it's his birthday.

125

Yeah, I don't know that that fits.

126

I'm not sure where that came up.

127

I'm sure.

128

Here's the thing, we in America

are pretty strict about our.

129

Alcohol consumption.

130

It's one of those things

that still, I think, taboo.

131

It has a fundamentalist background

where for a long time the conservative

132

church was very much opposed to

it because of the implications.

133

Scripturally we don't say that

alcohol is inherently bad.

134

We can say that scripture is replete.

135

That it's in fact he tells

Paul, tell sympathy, take a

136

little wine for your stomach.

137

Yep.

138

Your stomach is hurting.

139

Take some wine.

140

So we're for what scripture is

for, but we're not, for what?

141

Scripture is not for either,

which is drunkenness.

142

And so if you are one to drink

something in honor of St.

143

Patrick be sure you know who he is.

144

That'd be a good thing.

145

And secondly, don't get drunk.

146

Here's something interesting that comes

from a little AI research on the drinking

147

connected with, oh, is it hallucinating?

148

I if I trust it?

149

Nope, because March

17th falls during lent.

150

The church historically granted

a one day exception from the

151

usual lent and restrictions

including fasting from alcohol.

152

So feasting and drinking became

part of the celebration of St.

153

Patrick's Day.

154

Oh.

155

Yeah.

156

I see.

157

Okay.

158

I get that feasting and drinking.

159

That goes together.

160

But again yeah, this gets complicated.

161

You are not allowed to

be drunk as a Christian.

162

Right.

163

That's for sure.

164

And again, where that line

is only, it's in your heart.

165

You'd have to discern for

yourself where that line is.

166

But feasting there is a time to feast and

that there, there is good seasons to do

167

that, but even feasting can turn into a

sin called gluttony if it's not moderated

168

with the kind of spirit that Christ gives

us with self-control, with love, with

169

what the desire to do good to the Lord

and to even honor him as you feast, right?

170

So if you're one of those people great.

171

I guess just be careful with.

172

Yeah.

173

Yeah.

174

It seems that it, it evolved into,

or devolved, I should say, into

175

what it is today because Yeah.

176

Then bars capitalized on it and

they were like, oh, discounts,

177

special discounts on St.

178

Patrick's Day, which, yeah, if you're

wearing green and improves, you know,

179

or increases the likelihood that

people are gonna drink more and Right.

180

So anyways, that's a little bit on St.

181

Patrick.

182

So happy St.

183

Patrick's Day.

184

Wear your green.

185

Otherwise you're gonna

get pinched by somebody.

186

Are you gonna do that?

187

I'm not.

188

You're not.

189

You're not.

190

Alright.

191

No, but.

192

Somebody might,

193

Hey, let's do our daily

Bible reading today.

194

Deuteronomy 29 through 30 in March 16,

Deuteronomy 29 through 30 in March 16th.

195

Deuteronomy chapter 29, mark, not March.

196

Mark.

197

Mark, did I say March?

198

March 16th.

199

March 16th.

200

It's not March 16th is it?

201

I think it's March 17th on Sunday.

202

I just preached about covering love,

covering a multitude of offenses.

203

It's March 17th today.

204

I feel like that could have been

one that you just covered over.

205

'cause I don't think anybody believes.

206

I think that there's a

Book of March podcast.

207

There are people are looking for the

book of March announcing, where is it?

208

I don't have it.

209

Bible Pastor Fu has a different book.

210

Anyways Deuteronomy 29.

211

There's the covenant renewal here.

212

Now we don't have the the Modic Covenant.

213

In our vernacular as far as Christians

go, we've got the Mosaic covenant, but

214

we don't have this one singled out.

215

And why do we see it here?

216

And I think the answer is because we find

in verse 12, so that you may enter into

217

the sworn covenant of the Lord your God,

which the Lord your God is making with

218

you today, that he may establish you as

the people and that he may be your God

219

as he promised you, as he swore to your

fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac and Jacob.

220

So this is a new generation.

221

So Moses is renewing the covenant

with them because they were.

222

Children at best during the

original giving of the law,

223

during the original days of Sinai.

224

And so here, the covenant is gonna be

renewed because this is a new generation.

225

And so they are entering formally into

this covenant here with the with the Lord.

226

Yeah.

227

One of the things that I like here is

in verse 18 because it, it sounds a lot

228

to me, like Hebrews three 12 and 13.

229

Mm-hmm.

230

In verse 18, he says, beware lest there

be among you, a man or woman or clan

231

or tribe whose heart is turning away

today from the Lord our God, to go

232

and serve the gods of those nations.

233

Beware lest there be among you a root

bearing, poisonous and bitter fruit.

234

And so he continues on saying, look,

you gotta look out not only for you.

235

But for everyone else around you,

you are responsible to make sure that

236

there isn't anyone in your tribe or

your clan who's pursuing other gods.

237

Hebrews three 12 and 13 says.

238

To be aware, unless there be in any

of you, an evil unbelieving heart

239

leading you to fall away from the

living God, but exhort one another

240

every day, as long as it is called

today, so that none of you may be

241

hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

242

You see, it sounds similar to what we have

here in Deuteronomy 29, which tells me.

243

This is the heart of God.

244

This is not just what he's saying to

them, although it is unique to them.

245

He's also saying this to us.

246

You have a responsibility to keep an

eye on your brother and your sister in

247

the Lord, to guard them against this

kind of decept deceitfulness and this

248

kind of straying from faithfulness.

249

To Yahweh, and I think he described

some of what that looks like,

250

which is still a threat today.

251

When he continues In verse 19 he

says the person who in his heart

252

says, I shall be safe, though I walk

in the stubbornness of my heart.

253

He says, this will lead to the

sweeping away of moist and dry.

254

Like the Lord will not be willing

to forgive him, but rather the

255

anger, the Lord in his jealousy

will smoke against the man.

256

This is the person that, that attends

church, that shows up, that goes through

257

the motions, but all the while has.

258

A life of sin that they are

keeping back from the Lord and they

259

think to themselves, it's okay.

260

I can have my cake and eat it too.

261

I can have one foot in the world and one

foot in Christianity, and at the end of

262

the day, God will be fine because at least

I was, at least I showed up on Sundays.

263

At least I read my Bible.

264

God is gracious.

265

Yeah.

266

And that's what he's warning against here.

267

That's explicitly the

person who says, I'm safe.

268

Even though they're still harboring

a stubborn heart, God wants

269

all of us, not just part of us.

270

And that doesn't mean perfection,

but that it means, and we've talked

271

about this recently, that persistent

mentality like David in Psalm 1 39

272

to say, Lord, turn me inside out.

273

Shake me out so that I can find any sin

or rebelliousness or stubbornness that is,

274

is in my heart that I might get rid of it.

275

And so this is a warning that

is one that is sobering and it's

276

good for us to remember as well.

277

We also tend to highlight

this verse, although probably

278

outside of it's specific.

279

In immediate context.

280

So can you talk us through then verse 29?

281

This is, we're at the end of

his speech to the Israelites.

282

He's renewing the covenant and then

he says in verse 29, almost seemingly

283

outside of everything else, he says, the

secret things belong to the Lord our God.

284

But the things that are revealed belong

to us and to our children forever, that

285

we may do all the words of this law.

286

Yeah.

287

The secret things I agree with you.

288

We do take it outside of the context

and we say man's sovereignty,

289

God's responsibility, or God's

sovereignty, man's responsibility.

290

Wow.

291

Strike that Inverse.

292

March 17th.

293

17th.

294

Yeah.

295

The secret things belong to the Lord and

yet I do think that's the heart here.

296

The things beyond the knowledge of man,

the things that aren't ours to know,

297

the things that are, that belong to the

purview of God and his administration,

298

those are things that are his, they're

not ours to know, but what we do know.

299

What we do have, the things that are

revealed, those things belong to us

300

and our children forever, and those

are sufficient for us to give ourselves

301

over to for the rest of our lives.

302

We're not gonna get to the place

to say, okay, God, we've majored

303

on all of the revealed things.

304

Can you give us some more?

305

Can you give us the secret things now?

306

We've got enough there to take up the rest

of our lives and studying those things and

307

being accountable, those, to those things.

308

Even kind of what Peter says

when there, he says, there's , in

309

the scriptures everything

necessary for life and godliness.

310

I think that's some of what

he's after in Deuteronomy 29 29.

311

Right.

312

It seems like the first part

of 29 is kind of the minor key.

313

It's not the main thing.

314

Sometimes we take it that way

because we're trying to make a point

315

that there's things about life and

creation and all sorts of things that

316

God has just chosen not to tell us.

317

But what he is saying here is

that there's things that you

318

have questions about Israel.

319

I understand that.

320

But I've told you what I want you

to know, and that is sufficient

321

so that you can be obedient.

322

And I think he says the

same thing to us today.

323

There's questions that we all have

about God, about bible, about people,

324

about all sorts of stuff, and yet God

says, I haven't told you those things.

325

There's things that I only

know, and that's okay.

326

Trust me, you have sufficient information

to operate, to live and to be faithful.

327

Second Peter, chapter one.

328

Now all things that pertain to

life and godliness you're aware of.

329

You have the Bible, you have the spirit.

330

Get to work.

331

Yep.

332

Chapter 30, he is gonna talk

about the future for Israel.

333

That's gonna involve their repentance.

334

He's already talked, we mentioned

this back in chapter 28, about the

335

threats, the curses for disobedience.

336

Some of those being exile.

337

And he alludes to that again

here where he says that they will

338

be scattered among the nations.

339

Well, if you return to the Lord.

340

So if there's genuine repentance then

the Lord is gonna gather them again.

341

And he talks about

gathering them in from the.

342

Uttermost parts of heaven, verse four.

343

So I think there's gonna be both the

near and the far fulfillment in this,

344

the near being, what happens after

they're exiled to Babylon, but also

345

the far term being what we're still

anticipating for Israel in the future.

346

And that is that God will

restore them once again.

347

That they will still be a nation,

that will be His people, that they're

348

gonna dwell in Jerusalem, millennial

kingdom ideology coming through as well.

349

So I think there's a near and.

350

And far fulfillment that is in view

in chapter 30 as well when it comes

351

to repentance and the promises of God.

352

Absolutely.

353

Because we look at verse six, this is one

of those recurring themes in scripture

354

that we have to say, this is pointing us

to the New Testament where God himself

355

circumcised the heart, and this is

what we would refer to as regeneration.

356

Yeah.

357

He makes us brand new.

358

He makes us to be born again so

that we can feel the way we should

359

feel about God and toward God.

360

And so absolutely.

361

This is a.

362

Now in near term, God's going

to call them back to himself.

363

He wants them to do that, but

ultimately it's not gonna be

364

sticky until the circumcision

of the heart really takes place.

365

And even then, I guess I should qualify

that because there is real faith and that

366

real faith is a kind of circumcision.

367

But it really isn't the whole thing.

368

It looks forward to the full

thing under the new covenant.

369

Yeah.

370

The second half of chapter 30 is

just one of those moments where

371

Moses is looking at this next

generation saying, okay, this is it.

372

Now it's time.

373

It's time to draw the line

in the sand and to decide.

374

He says.

375

Famously there, I've set before you

life and death, blessing and curse.

376

Therefore, choose life.

377

Choose life for you today and for

your family, for your household.

378

In fact, we're gonna get it.

379

Joshua.

380

Joshua says, in, in early on, as for me

and my house, we will serve the Lord.

381

So that's the call that Moses is

giving the people to of Israel here.

382

Towards the very end of his life, he

doesn't have much more time with them.

383

He's saying, I've laid it all out.

384

Now's the time to make a decision.

385

Yeah.

386

At the top top of my Bible, I guess

I should say, in verse 11 through

387

verse 14, he says something that

confused me at least a while ago.

388

It says here the word is not too

far off, neither, or it's not too

389

hard for you, neither is it far off.

390

It's not in heaven that you should say,

who will ascend to heaven for us and bring

391

it to us that we may hear it and do it.

392

Neither is it beyond the sea that

you should say who will go over.

393

The sea for us and bring it to

us that we may hear and do it,

394

but the word is very near you.

395

It is in your mouth and in your

heart so that you can do it.

396

I think the point here is that the

word is accessible and it's reasonable.

397

You don't have to we just got done reading

the secret things belong to the Lord,

398

but what he has told us is sufficient.

399

It is sufficient enough

to be accessible to you.

400

The Bible is hard and

we haven't hidden that.

401

We've made that clear.

402

We do believe that the Bible

is hard because of somebody.

403

The cultural factors and the fact

that it's written so long ago,

404

we just have to do a lot more

homework to get the sense of it.

405

But beyond that, God is encouraging

us and Paul's gonna repeat this same

406

theological argument in Romans chapter 10.

407

He's gonna pull this outta Deuteronomy

30 and say, this is same idea.

408

It's not too hard.

409

It's not too far.

410

The word is accessible and reasonable.

411

Give yourself to it and it will open

up wonders to you if you stay with it.

412

Let's get over to Mark chapter 16.

413

Mark.

414

Mark, mark.

415

Not March.

416

Mark with a K, not with a C.

417

Mark.

418

16.

419

Verses one through eight, which appears

to be what the original context was.

420

Why are you, okay, go ahead.

421

I'll just let you do it and then I'll,

and then I'll be the belligerent person.

422

But you'll see why here in a

second the resurrection account.

423

So Mary Magdalene married the mother

of James Salome brought spices

424

so that they might go anoint him.

425

So they show up at the tomb

expecting to find the body there as

426

they had probably done with other

members of their own families or

427

kin that had passed away and died.

428

Remember, death was

something that was very.

429

Very much a part of their daily activities

that much more so than it is for us today.

430

When somebody dies today in our

lives, they go to the mortuary.

431

They go to be prepared by somebody else.

432

That was the job of the family here.

433

And so they're going to do

something that perhaps they

434

had done multiple times before.

435

They're going to expect the

body, they show up at the tomb.

436

The, they're even asking on the way

who's gonna take the stone away from us?

437

And when they get there, the stone

is the least of their problems.

438

It's gone.

439

And they enter the tomb and inside

they see a young man sitting on the

440

right side dressed in a white robe.

441

This appears to be an angelic being.

442

And he says, do not be alarmed.

443

You see Jesus of Nazareth

who is crucified.

444

He has risen.

445

He's not here.

446

See the place where they laid him

and then he gives them instructions.

447

Go and tell his disciples, Peter,

that he's going be and Peter, that

448

he's going before you to Galilee.

449

There you'll see him just as he told you.

450

And then verse eight, they went out

and fled for trembling and astonishment

451

and seized them, and they said nothing

to anyone for they were afraid.

452

Period.

453

Now that.

454

Doesn't feel like a

great ending to a book.

455

Nope.

456

And that's why at least it's

speculated that we have verses nine

457

and following, and it is such that

people suggest or argue that there

458

were scribes that made an addition to

the end of the gospel mark believing

459

either that we lost a portion of it.

460

At some point in time, or that it

needed to be rounded out at some point.

461

And so once it creeps into one manuscript,

then that manuscript tradition or family

462

is going to begin to multiply itself.

463

And that's why it's still

here in your Bible state.

464

Just like in John eight, there are

old manuscripts that contain this, but

465

the stronger manuscripts, and that's

why it's bracketed out here, don't

466

contain this longer section of mark.

467

It seems like this was a scribal edition.

468

And the scribe probably did it in order

to try to provide some sort of closure

469

that he didn't feel like was there,

because it looks like the, it's just an

470

abrupt ending period, end of story done.

471

And yet most of the manuscripts

that we would say are more

472

trustworthy don't include it.

473

But there's enough there that we

leave it in our Bibles nonetheless.

474

Why do we have it in our Bibles then?

475

If we.

476

Suspect.

477

We don't believe that this is

authentic to the original manuscript.

478

Part of the reason is, again, the same

reason why we still have Social security.

479

It's a broken system, and yet nobody wants

to be the guy that kills it in the end.

480

And so I think there's a hesitance from

any of the editors of the Bibles to

481

all of a sudden take this out because

tradition has held it in for so long.

482

Yeah.

483

They're gonna bracket it off and say,

look, our best guess, our best evidence

484

says that this is probably not original,

but nobody wants to be the first guy to be

485

like, and we don't have it in our Bible.

486

Explain.

487

Then for those who might just be

questioning in themselves, what does

488

it matter that some of the earliest

manuscripts don't include it?

489

And it just says some of

the earliest manuscript.

490

Does that mean that there are

others that do, and can we be sure

491

that this isn't part of the Bible?

492

Yeah.

493

The earliest manuscripts are typically

viewed as the stronger manuscripts because

494

of their age and especially when we find

additional text, the addition of text

495

or longer readings are less likely to

be there in the earlier ones than they

496

are in the later ones because it's less

likely for ascribed to intentionally take

497

something out that was there previously.

498

Than it is for the scribe

to add something in.

499

So scribal additions, sometimes

they were even put in the margins.

500

As these scribes are copying the

manuscripts, they're not intending them to

501

become part of the manuscript tradition.

502

They're put in the margins.

503

They're scribal notes, similar to

a commentary that we would provide

504

that are then at some point in

time, added in as though this was

505

part of the original text there.

506

I'm not saying that's what happened here.

507

But sometimes the

scribes would add things.

508

They were less likely to take something

out that was there previously.

509

So that's one of the reasons why we

would say it's likely the shorter

510

manuscripts earlier on are the

more accurate manuscripts than the

511

longer ones that we see later on.

512

If that's the case, then we

have to suspect that for a lot

513

of Christians or years verses

nine through 20 were scripture.

514

They understood it that way.

515

They received it that way.

516

Does it?

517

Does that become scripture then,

or is it just that they thought

518

it was and they were mistaken?

519

Why would God allow that?

520

So I can see someone else asking,

and this is related to some of the

521

questions that we had about other

ver other passages in verses, why

522

would God allow A, B, C, and D?

523

Why is this not you 100% perfect, like a

Xerox copy answer some of those questions

524

that people might be asking of themselves.

525

I think in some ways, we look at it.

526

Akin to the passage in John eight.

527

We have to look at it and say, is there

anything that is contrary to doctrine

528

or scripture or truth in this longer

ending that we would say we can't

529

allow for this to be authoritative in

any stretch or any circumstance here.

530

And I think the answer

that we have to have is no.

531

There's some things in here that we

would say as Christians, okay, like

532

the handling of the poisonous serpents

and things and is that really what

533

are we, should we apply that today?

534

And there are some people that do that.

535

There are some Appalachian

churches and others.

536

You'll see snake handling and they're

taking that from a passage like this.

537

But I would even say, okay.

538

If Jesus gave those instructions,

then I would put that in concert with

539

what we look at, with the healings

that took place in the early church,

540

that there were some miraculous things

that early church was enabled to do.

541

The message being validated by some

of these things, the messenger, and

542

the messenger being validated by some

of these things without making them.

543

Principles for us to apply to the church.

544

So I think we can read the end

longer ending of Mark cautiously

545

Understand there's nothing here

that denies the deity of Christ.

546

There's nothing here that

undermines anything about our faith.

547

There's nothing here that contradicts

other passages in scripture.

548

We just need to treat it carefully

like we do that passage in John eight

549

with the woman count in adultery and

say, I don't know that we can with

550

confidence, say thus says the Lord.

551

So we just need to be careful

about what we glean from it.

552

That's really helpful.

553

And even, I guess it helps us

to say we can appreciate it

554

and be thankful and read it.

555

But we don't want to rely on anything

in verses nine through 20 to say,

556

I'm gonna build my theology off of

this clear passage of scripture.

557

And you shouldn't do that with

anything that we have any doubts about.

558

Again, the woman caught in adultery and

the second ending or the second half

559

of Mark 16 are both the best examples.

560

'cause they're the, those

are the largest examples of.

561

Textual inundations that we think

are additions to the text, right?

562

And because of that, we don't use

them to say, because of that verse

563

in Mark 16 verse 18, this Sunday

we're gonna pick up serpents.

564

Guys, if you trust the Lord enough,

you're gonna see that we do this and that.

565

And again, some people do.

566

We think that's not a helpful way to

approach this because there is so much

567

concern and caution over the, these

last several verses, so that's great.

568

Is there any reason that this

should shake someone's faith?

569

No.

570

No.

571

Again, I don't think so.

572

Again, because when you read it and read

it, we're not saying, don't read this.

573

Stay away from it.

574

There's something in here that's bad.

575

Read through it and you'll note that

there's nothing in there that would

576

undermine your faith or give you pause.

577

Whether this is part of the original

or not part of the original, I think we

578

can still have absolute confidence in

the fact that our editors are careful

579

enough with the text to set it off as

saying, Hey, you need to know that this.

580

Probably wasn't in the

original manuscripts.

581

That should give us confidence because

they're willing to do that and they're

582

not doing that with the whole Bible

because the whole Bible is reliable.

583

Right.

584

What a good point.

585

We, Christians can get nervous and

scared when we see things like this,

586

but it is such a mark in our favor

that we are so committed to truth.

587

Jesus taught us this, that we're willing

to call ourselves out and say, look,

588

here's an area that we're not sure we

value integrity and truthfulness so much

589

that we're even willing to point that.

590

Those canons of integrity and truth

at ourselves and say, okay, we're not

591

sure about this, but we want you to

know that Christians don't hide stuff.

592

We're not gnostics.

593

We don't believe in secret knowledge,

which this, seeing something like

594

this should give you confidence that

we are committed as a people, as

595

God's people, as Christ's people, to

the value of truth in our churches.

596

Well, let's pray and they'll

be done with this episode.

597

Lord, thanks for the reliability

of your word and its faithfulness,

598

its truthfulness and the

trust that we can have in it.

599

I pray that you'd build that confidence

in our lives, but ultimately,

600

Lord, that our faith would be

anchored to you and who you are.

601

So give us what a relationship with

you, a genuine love for Christ.

602

I pray that the word of God would stir

our affections for you, Lord, that we

603

would be moved closer to you in how we.

604

Pursue you, even just

in our own prayer lives.

605

God, that is such an important part

that is a handmade to our time in the

606

Word is to also pray at the same time

and to pray in response to your word.

607

And so God, I just ask for that.

608

I ask that we would draw near to

you through this time in your Word,

609

each and every day that we spend

together and spend as a church.

610

We pray this in Jesus name.

611

Amen.

612

Keep bringing the Bible y'all and

tune in again tomorrow for another

613

edition of the Daily Bible podcast.

614

Please and thank you.

615

Bye.

616

Edward: Thank you for listening to another

episode of the Daily Bible Podcast.

617

We’re grateful you chose to

spend time with us today.

618

This podcast is a ministry of

Compass Bible Church in North Texas.

619

You can learn more about our

church at compassntx.org.

620

If this podcast has been helpful,

we’d appreciate it if you’d consider

621

leaving a review, rating the show,

or sharing it with someone else.

622

We hope you’ll join us again

tomorrow for another episode

623

of the Daily Bible Podcast.