Join David Spoon as he delves into the complexities of human nature and the struggle against sin, emphasizing that while we may feel overwhelmed by our old selves, we are not defined by them. He explores Romans 7, where the Apostle Paul candidly shares his internal battle between wanting to do good and succumbing to sin, reminding listeners that they are not alone in their struggles. Through engaging discussions and interactions with listeners, David highlights the importance of recognizing our identity as children of God, encouraging everyone to focus on whose we are rather than what we do. The episode also touches on personal experiences, humor, and heartfelt prayer requests, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere for reflection and connection. With a blend of biblical insight and relatable dialogue, this episode aims to uplift and inspire listeners to navigate their challenges with faith and resilience.

Takeaways:

• David Spoon emphasizes the importance of recognizing and addressing the spiritual battles we face in our minds, as illustrated by Paul's struggles in Romans.
• The podcast highlights the significance of unity from the Father through the Son and by the Holy Spirit for the glory of God.
• Listeners are encouraged to engage with the show through emails, calls, or texts, fostering community and shared experiences.
• Spoon shares his personal journey from drug abuse to finding Jesus, emphasizing the transformative power of faith and gospel study.
• The discussion includes an insightful analysis of Romans chapter seven, where Paul expresses his internal conflict with sin and desire for righteousness.
• Listeners are reminded that acknowledging one’s struggles with sin is a sign of spiritual growth and alignment with God’s perspective.

David Spoon dives deep into the complexities of faith and personal struggle, drawing upon Paul’s letters, particularly Romans 7, to explore the nature of sin and redemption. He emphasizes the internal conflict that many believers experience, voicing the frustration of wanting to do good yet often falling short due to the remnants of an old sinful nature. Spoon articulates that this struggle is universal among Christians, making it clear that the battle against sin is not a sign of defeat but a testament to a believer's growth and awareness of their spiritual journey. Through this examination, Spoon reassures his audience that feeling overwhelmed by temptation does not negate their identity as children of God, but rather highlights the need for reliance on divine grace and intervention.

The show also features a more personal side as Spoon shares anecdotes from his own life, including his journey from substance abuse to finding faith in Christ. These reflections serve as a powerful backdrop to the theological discussions, illustrating how personal experiences shape one’s understanding of scripture. The conversation is punctuated with humor and warmth, particularly in interactions with listeners, which adds a layer of relatability and community to the overall message. Spoon encourages his audience to engage actively with their faith, reminding them that acknowledging their flaws is part of the growth process in their relationship with God.

Listeners are invited to share their thoughts and experiences, fostering a sense of fellowship and support within the program. The episode culminates in a heartfelt prayer for listeners facing their own struggles, underscoring the show's mission to educate, encourage, and spiritually uplift its audience. By weaving together biblical insights, personal testimony, and listener engagement, Spoon creates a rich tapestry of faith that resonates with anyone grappling with the challenges of their spiritual walk.

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Here's what's coming up this hour on today's experience.

It's totally terrific, totally triumphant and totally awesome Tuesday as we find unity from the Father through the Son and by the Holy Spirit, all for the glory of God almighty.

Guess what we're in.

Romans, chapter seven, verse 18.

I will tell you that opening question, what's your favorite paulinian epistles?

The ultimate answer was Romans.

Hey, guess what?

We're there.

The next three verses are going to illustrate what we previously had mentioned about our lives.

Paul knows he has rotten through and through as far as his old sinful nature is concerned.

Again, for people who think this is just positionally from the past and no longer applies, you're not really reading the text.

Paul says, what I want to do, I am not doing.

Not what I did want to do, I didn't do.

So watch the grammar.

He's like, what I want to do right now I'm not doing present tense.

Next.

I find verse 23 exceedingly important because again, Paul makes it clear where the actual war really is.

He says, there's another law at work within me that is in the war, at the war with my mind.

As you've heard me say a thousand times, I am not a positive thinking, positive speaking, positive this, positive that guy.

But I am a biblical thinking, biblical speaking, biblical this and biblical that guy.

And Paul makes it absolutely clear that he's having a war in in his mind.

So finally, verse 25 begins the deliverance in the next phase of the book of Romans and its theology.

It says, thank God, the answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Then he goes on to say, it's in my mind.

I really want to obey the law, but because of this sinful nature, I'm also fighting against sin.

But the answer is in Jesus Christ.

And he thanks God that there is an answer and he knows the answer is Jesus.

And thats what we need to keep on seeing and saying, too.

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Here's what else we're looking at during the show.

Lessons for surviving living and prevailing politics, entertainment and current events.

Personal revelations, spiritual observations in my life's insanities and so much more.

Now, we've already told you because we already heard from the pioneer yesterday.

It's not professional radio.

It's just radio.

It's all it is.

It's just an opportunity for us to fellowship.

But we are asking you, what do you think?

So you can email us during the show.

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Thank you, David.

Happy Tuesday.

Happy Tuesday to you, my friend.

Well, we've had through.

This is now multiple segments in a row where nothing goes as one thinks.

That's just the best.

Yeah, that's okay.

Cool.

We should just go in with no notes, have the show start and say, here we go.

I'll start filling in the notes as the show goes on.

I do want to check with you, though, because I didn't.

I did ask you about your weekend, and I don't remember if I asked you this or not, but did you, in fact, get to have your Reese's over the weekend?

I don't remember because you were going to have, like, a nice weekend, and I wanted to see if you ate anything special.

No, I did not have a Reese's.

I did have a burger sundae, which was really good.

So that was.

That was nice.

All right, I'm going to tell you what Noelle and I did.

We.

I'm just going to.

Don't get mad at me.

People.

Don't get mad at me.

We split a prime rib, right?

Like a really good prime rib.

We split it.

We split, like, whenever we go to our meals and see, she likes horsey sauce.

But I was born and raised jewish, so I like horse radish.

And so I don't use any of the sauce.

I put globs and then, so I can make sure that my sinuses are cleared out after the first or second bite.

Talking about ribs, are you a big barbecue person?

Do you like barbecue?

I love.

I love, love.

People are like, I don't eat meat good.

More for me to choose.

I mean, I just think that's just right.

I just like.

And I'm a big rib person.

I'm big every kind of.

If it's there.

Okay.

Look at the one thing I have a hard time with.

I'll just be honest.

I'll just say I have a hard time with Brussels sprouts.

And I'll tell you why.

Because I think they're little heads of lettuce that got shrunk.

And, honey, I shrunk the kids.

That's how I look at it.

And so I just can't do it.

Sorry.

I just thought I'd share that with you.

I haven't seen that movie in so long.

Right.

Brussels sprouts.

Can't do it.

All right.

Anyway, let's get into this.

Why in the world, why?

You have to really be thinking this now?

Why would you email us?

Why would you text us?

Why would you call us?

And the reasons are simple.

Maybe you've got a praise report.

Awesome.

I mean, awesome, awesome, awesome.

Right?

Because it's great to honor the Lord.

It's great.

Like Angelina getting moved from the one spot to the phenomenal because we were praying for her multiple times.

And all the things that the Lord does.

Acknowledgement is so powerful because it reinforces it in your own life.

It blesses other people, but most importantly, it honors the Lord.

That's number one.

Number two, prayer.

And I am.

I've told you, I get really sick and tired of those people.

What are you gonna do?

Pray about it?

Exactly what I'm gonna do.

Since prayer is the very thing that can stop the universe, raise the dead and do everything else, that's exactly what I'm gonna do about it.

I'm gonna pray about it.

Because the power of goddess in a situation is better than the wisdom and power of man.

That's why maybe you got something you want to share, something on your heart, something that's been going on just like, hey, I just want to share this.

Maybe you got an answer to Bible trivia.

I don't know.

Let's see if you can get this one.

This is a tough one.

What did John the Baptist say when he saw Jesus out of John, chapter one, verse 29.

What did John the Baptist say when he saw Jesus?

John chapter one, verse 29.

Where according to that passage, what did he say?

what did John the Baptist say when he first saw Jesus?

John, chapter one, verse 29.

That is going to be your big reference point.

Okay.

Big, big, big, big reference point.

Right?

And here's the thing that people need to be aware of.

So we have these discussions, and on this show, I want to make sure everybody knows.

We have discussions, we have questions, we have comments, we have engagements.

This is what fellowship is.

We tell you on a regular basis, we're not your church.

We don't do baptisms and we don't do communion.

So it's really difficult for us.

Really be difficult to baptize you on the radio.

I mean, I'm just saying.

But what I do want you to catch is it's a fellowship, and the requirements are none.

Even non believers are welcome to listen and even to engage.

As long as they're doing it respectfully.

We have no problem.

We've doing that for the same thing for years.

But what our goal is, is to encourage one another as we see the day getting closer.

And oh, my.

How much closer is it now for those that have been christians for more than 20 years?

I don't.

I'm not trying to single anybody out, but for those that have been christians for more than 20 years, and you're looking at the landscaping.

I know what you're thinking.

You're thinking, yikes, it's gotta be closer.

It is closer.

Okay.

That's okay.

I would do.

If somebody ready to answer a trivia question, let's send them on through.

Knock, knock.

This is David.

Who am I talking to?

Hi, David.

It's me again.

Two in a row.

This is Miss Robertson.

Hey, Miss Robertson.

How are you all as well.

And you?

I'm doing wonderful.

I am just doing wonderful.

I'm blessed.

I'm just.

I love that the Lord does weird things on our show because it makes me feel like he runs it maybe more than I do, which is a good feeling.

You know what I mean?

It's like, good.

You do it.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

All right, so I want to set you up on the question, and then you can answer it.

Ready?

All right.

What did John the Baptist say according to John 129, when he saw Jesus?

He said, the next day, john sent Jesus coming unto him and said, behold the lamb of God, which take away the sins of the world.

That is one of my favorite scripture.

And we had it in, like, when they had.

Oh, geez.

Anyway, it's one of my favorite scriptures.

Dave, you need to know it.

That is a marvelous scripture.

And see, this is something that people don't write as well.

Listen, you know how John the Baptist said that?

You know what we need to say?

That we need to say, behold the lamb of God, and then point to Jesus, and then people will have the opportunity to have redemption for their sins.

We just gotta point.

You don't have to point to yourself.

You gotta point to him.

You're not the answer.

He is not at all forecast.

It's Jesus.

Amen.

All right.

Excellent, Josh.

Also, I.

I heard you say prime real.

I'm like, just on that note, I'm calling him on prime real.

And also answer the question, David.

Where can I get a good prime real?

See, now, that's just genius that you did.

So we actually.

So we went to.

There's two places that we've gone.

We do like.

And I don't want anybody to get mad at me.

See, this is.

No, I'm just over here trying to write it down.

I just don't want people to like kind of thing.

But what?

We went to the Texas roadhouse, and they had just a phenomenal piece of primer.

It was phenomenal, and it was so good.

And they were so.

What's the word I'm looking for?

Sometimes you go out to eat, and the people aren't really happy.

You know what I'm saying?

Like, you can tell they're not happy in their job.

Well, they have this big thing where they all need to be happy, or they don't work there.

So it makes the atmosphere so much better.

And it was a phenomenal piece.

And how we do it is I let Noelle eat the center, and then I eat all around it, because I don't care.

I'm eating it with horseradish.

I can eat anything, so it doesn't matter.

So I would encourage you to go that we enjoyed it, and some people don't like it.

I get it.

But we had a good time doing it.

Okay.

Texas row house.

Okay.

Is that what that is?

Prime rib.

Prime rib.

You just try the trail.

You get the center cut.

It's just the best piece.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Blessing to see you, my brother.

And I'm always listening to you.

Bye.

For the chunky.

God bless you.

Bye bye.

Bye bye.

All right.

See, not only do we have discussions about serious issues, demonic connections, we also give, every once in a while, restaurant recommendations.

Okay, so we're gonna pray for people.

We do have somebody that has a prayer request.

We're gonna do that when we come back.

So I want to finish this off by doing our DNA, and then we'll be praying for people.

Okay, so let's do this.

Then we'll come back and we're gonna pray for people.

Because actually, I have a person who's very close to me that needs prayer.

So we're going to do that.

But first we're going to do our DNA.

Okay.

And DNA.

All the things, I tell you, all the things.

There's just nothing more important than the D on the DNA.

It just doesn't matter.

D.

Draw closer to the Lord.

Daily.

Daily.

James four eight.

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.

If you are looking for answers in your life, the answer is with the Lord.

And if you don't know it yet, that doesn't mean it's not known.

It just means you have yet to have it revealed to you.

And that time with the Lord makes that opportunity for the Lord to communicate to you and to draw near to him is to spend time with him as best you can with no distractions.

And what I mean by that is when I read, I'm just telling you what I do.

It's not what anybody else has to do, but I do it.

We have a couple things that we tell our kids, like during my devotion times, unless it's an absolute life emergency, you cannot disturb me.

I shut my phone off.

If it's something that's emergency, they know to contact Noelle.

Why?

Because I don't want to be disturbed while I'm spending time with the Lord.

That's why Jesus went to the mountain, up on the mountain, to pray at night, because nobody could bother him, so he could just spend it.

And I'm not saying people are bothered that way.

It's just that priority of relationship has got to be protected.

That's what will make the difference in your life.

To draw closer to the Lord daily D.

And never be ashamed of Jesus or his word.

So I'm reading in Mark, chapter eight.

Now, usually I'll quote Luke 926, but in Mark, chapter eight, it also says, jesus said, if you're ashamed of me or my words, I'll be ashamed of you.

When I come with honor from the father, it's like, look, I understand not.

I've met tons of theological, brilliant people.

I have never met a single human being that knows every single possible biblical nuance.

I've never met one.

Here's what I.

Here's who I.

Here's who I have met.

I can get out there.

Here's who I have met Jesus, and I have never, ever, ever been ashamed of anything he's done in my life.

And I will never be ashamed of his words.

And if people don't like it, tough, because he has a heaven to put me in and they don't.

I mean, I'm not dumb, like, let's go with the wind.

Never be ashamed of Jesus or his words.

D draw closer to Lord daily and never be ashamed of Jesus or his words.

And then a, always be ready.

To serve.

Just ready.

Just like what Rosalind was talking about.

She was just available.

Just ready.

Just, you think, well, do I have to prepare?

You prepare.

Actually, by spending time with the Lord.

That's how you prepare.

You don't have to prepare.

I have to know the Romans road.

No, you don't.

I have to have a Jack chick track.

So for those that don't know, in the seventies and eighties, the jack chick tracks were all the rage, okay?

And then the four spiritual laws track and all.

You know what?

You have to have a draw near with the Lord.

That's what you have to have.

I mean, that guy who had the demonic problem that Jesus set free, he didn't have any training whatsoever.

He just got touched by Jesus.

And then Jesus said, go tell.

Just go tell people you'll be fine.

And he did.

And they were amazed.

That's the power of God's work.

That's why that's cool.

So d draw closer to the Lord daily and never be ashamed of Jesus or his words.

A always be ready to serve.

We'll take a break and come back.

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It's because heaven is not some statue esque place where people go there and then freeze.

Wait, I'm in heaven.

I'm standing.

Nope, I can't sit.

Wait, no, I'm in heaven.

I'm sitting.

No, wait, I can't stand.

Where does that kind of concept of heaven come from?

Well, is he standing or is he sitting?

I'm gonna go with he's doing both.

He's standing on this one.

He's sitting on this one over there.

He could be doing a Scooby Doo act.

I don't know what he's doing.

All I know is that heaven is not about frozen people that don't move.

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It was the 72 times.

It's so ridiculous.

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Oh.

Welcome back to the David Spoon experience.

Thank you for joining us here at KAAM 770 the truth station here in Texas.

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By the way, that intro music was Randy Stonehill.

And so we are still working on that.

It is going to happen.

But Randy got a little sick, and so we just told him, hey, whatever you need, just take your time.

We'll be here.

But I am looking forward to that, too.

Plus, we're working on a few others, like with Phil Keigi and Lenny Leblanc and a few others like Matthew Ward and stuff.

Okay.

So anyhow, that's just the older I Christian group.

So we got to pray for people.

And so just so you can know, the reason that I didn't go right into prayer at that last segment is because we were really enjoying that and there's a time to rejoice and there's a time to enjoy each other and to have that fellowship.

But then when you go to prayer, you know, I mean, my prayer life is, I want to say this nice.

It's pretty broad ranging, but when I'm praying for you guys, it's important.

I just want you to know it's important stuff.

And so when we, sometimes I'll pull back and then come back to it because I think that's appropriate before the Lord to do that.

Does that mean that when I pray, you know, I'm like that with the Lord?

I don't even want to tell you how my prayer life goes with the Lord.

Let's say there's times where I am weeping before the Lord, then there's times where I'm angry, and then there's times where I'm laughing.

And if you think I'm kidding, I'm not.

I mean, sometimes I'll pray something and I'll have, like a sis.

So I pray this.

I pray on an everyday basis for, for peace, patience and persistence.

It's just one of my many little goofy formulas.

Okay, it's just one of those things.

But I pray at length and so on and so forth, and then, but sometimes I say the wrong word, and then I know the Lord's listening.

And if I think it's funny, he probably thinks it's funny.

So I'll be, you know, peace pieces, patience.

And then I'll say the wrong thing.

And I'll go, oops, look, you're like Reese's pieces.

Like, pieces are coming in, like.

Yeah.

So that's just part of, that's part of, see, to me, it's a relationship.

And what we don't understand is, see, I think what we think is, well, that's weird because God, he's not always responding directly verbally, so you can't, you know, this is a relationship with the invisible God.

So you should just recognize that.

I mean, you could sit there and watch the invisible man and get that premise.

What's the problem doing that with the Lord?

I'm just kind of curious on that.

All right, but let's go to prayer.

So we have somebody, one of our listeners and their neighborhood.

We're just going to use the initials KMB.

We're going to pray for KMB.

Some health issues that she's having.

And then I want to pray for Noelle, because Noelle, my dearest, has having some jaw issues.

And so it's starting to bother her enough where she's asking the audience to pray.

And then we got a call during break from Jeff.

He's having surgery tomorrow for new teeth.

So he has a prayer request.

Okay, so we got to pray for Jeff, too.

So let's do it.

Good job.

Let's pray.

Take your faith.

I'll take my faith.

And remember, you know, if we have a large amount of faith, faith pleases God, and faith gets things done.

It's very simple, right?

Everything is possible to him that believes.

That's the faith part on our end.

And nothing is impossible for God.

That's the ability part on God's end.

Let's pray.

Father, we come before you right now, and you know, Lord, how much we love you, and we're trying to walk it right, do it right.

And we have our moments, Lord, you know that.

But your graciousness so exceeds our.

Our failings, and your graciousness exceeds our mistakes and our problems.

And in fact, your graciousness exceeds everything in our lives, because you care about how we're doing and you love us.

And, Lord, sometimes it's hard to remember that, you know, sometimes we beat ourselves up pretty good.

But, Lord, we're in prayer now.

We're asking you, petitioning you, and we're asking not in our power.

We're asking with faith, but not in our power, but in the name of Jesus, we're asking this prayer.

We lift up KMB to you, the neighbor who's got a very serious physical illness.

And we are asking for your healing power to touch, to just touch her body.

Serious illnesses are difficult, and they're hard, and they cause us to be mad and cause people to be mad at you, Lord, because thinking you're the one that's dropped it on them.

Lord, in this time that KnB is going through this, pull her back to you.

Let the enemy's words drop like lead, and let the truth come forward and pull her back to you.

Lord, I pray for Jeff right now.

He's going to go through that surgery, just wants it to go well, wants everything to be well.

I pray against any fear, any.

Any deep reservation in the context of the Lord.

Just give him that peace that passes all understanding.

Let him have the comfort that comes from you, for you are the God of comfort.

And we pray that you'd encourage him.

I want to pray for my wife.

She's my bestest and my best gift.

And I am asking you, Lord, I don't even know what she's going through.

It's just she's got this jaw issue and it hurts her, Lord, and it distracts her and keeps her, you know, it's like the enemy using it or something.

And we just ask you right now, in the name of Jesus, to bring your healing power into Noelle's jaw and whatever that is that's going on, work it so that it's not the problem.

The pain, the discomfort that she's going through.

Pour out your grace and your mercy upon her and upon KMB and upon Jeff.

Bless these people and love on them.

We pray.

We just thank you for everything and pray this in the powerful and awesome name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and savior.

Amen.

And amen.

Okay.

Okie dokie.

Cool.

Alright, so.

And that's something that we want to be able to do is always is pray for one another and take care of one another.

So we'll do this segment a little different because why?

Why would you.

Why would you.

Why would you be surprised?

I'm still gonna offer up a trivia question.

Let's see if you guys can get this one.

It's a tough one.

So we'll go for about five minutes.

Naomi told the people in Bethlehem to call her what?

Ruth, chapter one, verse 20.

Naomi told the people in Bethlehem to call her what?

What was the name she told them to call her?

Ooh, tough one, right?

Ruth, chapter one, verse 20.

wow, tough, tough trivia question there.

And on purpose.

Because sometimes, just so you guys can know, when I give the easy questions, people are like, they're too easy.

And then I give the hard questions.

It's like, they're too hard.

It's kind of like Goldilocks.

And the three pairs, it's like, yeah, that never works out quite the way we think it's gonna.

All right, I do wanna remind people that our ambassadors 2.0 is on the website, which has got the brochures.

So some of those brochures Roslyn created and some were the original brochures.

Got two kinds of business cards and we got a couple of different bumper stickers, which are really, really good.

And so I just want you to be aware, on the website, under ambassadors, it's kinda got a new look.

It's not perfect, but it's good.

And we're making it better and better.

And it's kind of one of the things we want to do.

Okay.

Just continually improving.

And then don't forget, I'm still praying about how to do a thing where we can engage with one another from a business point of view.

I haven't quite figured that whole thing out yet, but I'm sure we will.

Okay, your trivia question.

Naomi told the people in Bethlehem to call her.

What?

We have somebody on the line.

Let's send them on through.

Knock, knock.

This is David.

Who am I talking to?

Doctor Spoan, this is Fred.

How are you doing today?

I'm doing great, Fred.

How are you doing?

I'm doing just fine, sir.

Awesome.

Awesome.

Always great to hear from you, my brother.

I just want you to know that you're a blessing, so we appreciate you.

Thank you.

Okay.

Thank you.

All right.

Tough question for a lot of people.

Not everybody, but a lot of people.

Right?

Right.

Here we go.

Naomi told the people in Bethlehem, according to Ruth, 120, to call her what.

She told him to call her Mara.

M a r a, Mara.

That is correct, Amanda.

And why did she want them to call her Mara?

Because she was bitter.

She was so bitter.

Like most of us can get sometimes when we're going through things.

We all experienced moral in our lives also.

That is exactly right, brother.

And that's what takes place when people.

It's like when things don't go the way that we thought they were planned out to go.

And that.

Here's the amazing thing.

So she's thinking it was a very tough.

It wasn't.

None of it was easy.

It was very difficult.

But she was really hurting and she wasn't even.

I mean, you have to love people who are straightforward and honest in the kingdom.

She's like, just.

Just call me Mara, because I am bitter.

I am just.

So now what happens, of course, is the end result is way past what anybody could ever anticipate, ultimately leading to King David and ultimately leading to Christ.

But it doesn't feel that way when you're going through it.

And that's the problem as we get so focused on us that we are failing to see the biggest part of the picture, which is God's.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

And the scripture comes to my mind.

And this is awesome scripture because it seems almost like an oxymoron.

The scripture says, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which comes upon all of us.

The writer said, don't think it's strange.

It's coming.

You're going to go through something, but don't think it's strange because many are the afflictions of the righteous.

But the Lord said in psalms 30, 419 that he shall deliver us from out of them all.

How many is all, Fred?

Everybody.

Everybody.

How?

Every affliction?

Every.

How many is all?

I'll look it up in the dictionary.

Gee.

Every one.

Wow.

That's amazing.

Everything you go through.

Everything you go through.

That's an awesome scripture.

Yeah.

Awesome, awesome scripture.

Awesome, Cher.

And a great, great job.

I really appreciate it, brother.

God bless you.

I hang up and listen, sir.

All right.

Why?

So what we're gonna do is we're gonna take our break here and come back, and maybe we'll get into Romans.

I don't know.

We'll see.

We'll get there.

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The David spoon experience, verse 39.

When they came up out of the water, the spirit of the Lord caught Philip away.

The eunuch never saw him again, but went on his way.

Rejoicing, verse 40.

Meanwhile, Philip found himself farther north at the city of Azotus.

He preached the good news there and in every city along the way until he came to Caesarea.

He was in Caesarea, by the way, for 20 years, which explains why he had the daughters.

But here's what I want you to catch.

While he was in route, he landed in Zodus.

However he got from point a to point b is amazing.

We don't even know.

But what he did was he preached the gospel in every city along the way until he came to his destination.

And if you cannot recognize that is a testimony from God saying, you take the gospel wherever you go until you reach your destination, which is either you being called up to the Lord personally, corporately, or however it's going to take place.

Every place we go, everywhere we are, we take the gospel.

That does not mean you grab a, you know, microphone.

It does not mean you grab some kind of bullhorn and scream at people with the gospel.

You just make sure that you are sensitive.

That's the very DNA we talk about all the time.

You're sensitive to the Lord.

You're taking the gospel with you wherever you go.

You're recognizing that wherever you go.

You might have a one time encounter with somebody and they might make a decision for Jesus just based on that encounter.

Noelle and I had that exact thing happen on our way from San Diego to Rockwell to fate.

And we met somebody at a, from a hotel that we were at and talked to them one time and prayed with her and she became a Christian and we never saw her again.

It's not our call.

It's up to the Lord.

Just be available.

You don't have to be.

That's the word I'm looking for.

You don't have to be Billy Graham.

Like I said, billy Graham wasn't Billy Graham.

In other words, just be yourself.

Be available.

You never know what the Lord will do and how he'll use that.

Okay.

That's what's so cool about this test.

We finished up to chapter eight, now acts, chapter nine.

We're going into Saul, and that is some serious stuff.

Here is the trivia question.

What was the affliction of the woman who was touched, who touched the hem of Jesus robe?

And she had an issue with bleeding, an issue of blood for quite some time, as we know.

Twelve years.

The issue of blood.

That is what she sought the Lord for.

And she touched him.

And then Jesus healed her physically, socially, psychologically and emotionally altogether at one time.

Isn't that cool?

Jesus is cool.

On Christ the solid rock I stand all other grounded.

Welcome back to the David Spoon experience.

Thank you for joining us here at kam.

770 the truth station here in Texas is k double amen.

770 the truth station here in Texas, where we do have another trivia question.

This show of late in the last couple of weeks and months has just been going.

It's like its own little thing.

Follow the follow the yellow brick road kind of thing.

All right.

Anyway, here you go.

How did the city of, how did the city that Jonah was sent to.

How did the city that Jonah was sent to react to God's message of destruction?

So Jonah was sent to Nineveh.

How did Nineveh react?

How did they respond to Jonah's preaching?

Right?

How did they react?

Jonah, chapter three, verse eight.

How did they respond?

I did catch and I wanted you guys, I hope you guys caught that, that fill about me talking about sharing with somebody on the way.

That's the same thing Roslyn brought up.

And it's just amazing whenever the fills connect at this point, just like, wow, what's going on?

So good catch, Eric, and I'm glad you saw that as well.

All right, so your trivia question, how did the people in Nineveh respond to Jonah?

According to, I mean, you should be able to find this Jonah, chapter three, verse eight.

How do the people respond to God's message of destruction?

If you think, you know, give us a holler.

David@hemustincrease.org dot I am going to encourage you to give because we need giving.

You like how I do that?

Oh, I can do all the things you want.

I can come up with all the little clever things or whatever.

Look, if the Lord puts it on your heart, give, okay?

We're just a normal, small, little nonprofit group.

Let's see.

Jacob's actually an employee of the radio show, so the group is me.

Well, that's kind of a joke.

It's also Noelle and Aunt Deb, but I'm just saying it's a small nonprofit group and we do the best we can.

If you can give, that's great.

And if you can't, don't worry about it.

We just trust that the Lord's going to help us.

But we believe the Lord does take care of his people through his people.

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Cool.

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He must increase.org dot confused by what's happening right now.

He must increase.org he must increase.org abominable.

Can you believe that?

Do I look abominable to you?

Why can't they call me the adorable snowman or the agreeable snowman, for crying out loud?

I'm a nice guy.

I got nothing on that.

It's just funny.

I'm a nice guy.

What do they call me abominable for?

All right.

To the text.

We are actually going to go.

Romans, chapter seven.

I'm picking up at verse 18.

If you remember, last week we talked.

This is really important to understand.

I am not trying to put people in a box.

And by that I am saying this.

The Lord is teaching all of us to be more and more like Jesus.

It's an ever increasing glory.

It's step by step, okay?

There's no if ands or buts about that.

In that as we are becoming more like Christ, you can tell he's taking things out of us and adding things into us.

That's part of the process.

That's part of our growth process, right?

That's normal.

He's helping us eradicate from the power we've already had.

The power has already been doused, so to speak.

But some of us touch base with the old person a little too often or visit the old neighborhood a little too often, and then that becomes problematic.

And the Lord's trying to help us to get past this.

So Paul is identifying with that and sharing that, and he picks it up in verse 18.

And I want to get to this one particular point.

He says, I know I am rotten through and through.

So far as my old sinful nature is concerned.

Let me stop right there.

Not every part of you is rotten.

Rotten.

The part of you that's still connecting to the old sinful nature, that part is rotten.

And there's nothing wrong.

And he's like, look, I'm rotten through and through that as far as my old nature is concerned, there ain't nothing good.

He says this, he says, no matter which way I turn, I can't make myself do right.

I want to, but I can't.

When I want to do good, I don't.

And when I just try not to do wrong, I do it anyway.

But if I'm doing what I don't want to do, I'm not really the one doing it.

The sin within me is doing it.

What I love about this text that I think that people need to understand is Paul in his growth.

And he's still, I know Romans.

He's grown as much as he can.

Ridiculous.

Paul grew to the point where he knew that John Mark would be helpful for the ministry.

That's not how he felt earlier when he separated from him.

So Paul grew.

Everybody's growing.

You don't stop growing until you are 100% exactly like Jesus, which we all know it's not gonna happen here.

But when we see him face to face, we'll see him as he is, and then we'll be like him.

So that'll be a lot different.

But Paul says this fascinating thing, and I want you to pick up on it.

He's like, you know what I mean?

In my old man, there's just nothing good.

But, you know, the other part about this is, I'm not really the one doing that.

Now.

How can he say, I mean, if this guy went to a shrink, if this guy went to a psychiatrist, not trying to insult anybody, but if he went to a psychiatrist, they'd say, you need Prozac party.

You.

Is this part of you?

Is this part of this?

But that's exactly what it is.

There's a part of you, the old part of you, and you can see now, because there's a new you, a born again you.

You can see the old you going, yikes, that's not good.

I can't believe I thought that thought, you know, it's a fascinating thing, but we are way too reactionary.

I was talking with somebody today, somebody that's close to me, and I was talking to that person and telling them, I said, how'd this trip go?

How'd this go?

And he goes, well, I kind of blew it here.

I kind of did this.

And I said, you know, I said, if you're being reactionary, then you're almost always operating out of the flesh.

But if you're being reactionary, then you're operating in the new man.

Because when you react, it's usually a knee jerk kind of response.

But when you act, it's thought through first.

And so Paul is going, there's this part of me that's just, like, so bad, and it keeps doing the wrong thing.

And then he says, it's not even me doing it.

I don't like that part of me.

But you see, that's a phenomenal truth because God doesn't like that part of you either.

And now you don't like that part of you either.

And you and God are on the exact same side of which part of you you like.

And that's just a great affirmation to you, growing in the Lord, that you are smart enough, wise enough, alert enough to distinguish between the things that you do that you know as bad and the things that you do that are, that's good.

That distinguishment helps you understand that you're on the right track.

I understand.

I understand that people get frustrated, and I get frustrated.

But let me explain something to you.

When you are challenged by the Lord and you have that moment of remorse, that is the greatest signal in the universe that you are a Christian.

Because non Christians don't care, but christians do, isn't that cool?

So when you look at it and you go, that part of me, I hate that part of me dance, because you are aligning with God, that there's that part of you that's like, yikes, the old you, the old neighborhood, praise the Lord.

You can see it because God has enabled you to see it.

You get that?

That's just cool.

It's just cool.

All right, we do have somebody ready to answer trivia question.

Let's send them on through.

Knock, knock.

This is David.

Who am I talking to?

Hey, this is your little brother.

But yeah, just tell.

Tell me the trivia question, please.

So you don't know the trivia question?

Just calling in.

Yes.

So you didn't hear the whole buildup when I told everybody that everybody was giving you $10 million?

No, I'll take a billion because million is nothing in there, okay?

Because biodynamics is working.

Okay, I'm just checking with you.

All right.

How did this, the city Nineveh, react to Jonah's message that God was going to destroy them?

How did the city respond?

Oh, they repented.

That is correct, Amundo.

They repented.

They were like, uh oh, we got trouble here.

They not only repented, the animals repented.

I mean, everything repented in the entire city, and then God gave them the break because they repented.

Right?

You there?

Yes.

All right.

How you doing, bro?

Actually, I would love to receive some prayer because I'm feeling very tired today.

Okay.

I have to work the rest of the day.

Okay.

So you need some energy from the Lord, right?

Yes.

All right, let's pray.

Father, we come before you right now.

We lift up Samson to you.

We ask you to bless and encourage him.

Lord, he's got to work the rest of the day.

But, lord, sometimes work can be more draining, and there's other things that are going on that feel like that drain is part of that.

But what we're asking for is that he would see something that he hasn't seen for a while.

I pray right now, in the name of Jesus, that Samson would become energized in his work, that as he's doing the work, there would be more energy, more than he thought.

And that, Lord, you would keep pouring that energy into him so that he finds he is moving much faster, much quicker, much more thoroughly, because he's doing it in partnership with you.

And he's not doing this on his own.

It's not based just on his own body or his own mind or his own thought processes, but that the spirit of goddess is working with him.

And when that happens, Lord, miracles take place, and the kingdom of God manifests.

So manifest the kingdom of God in his life and let him see that energy increase as he's about your business, give him that energy to continue and keep moving forward.

We pray for him, pray for his family.

Pray for his safe thoughts in his heart and mind that he would just be in safety and confidence in you.

We pray this in Jesus name.

Amen and amen.

Amen and amen.

Hey, David.

Yes, I will statement to make.

Do you know the Bible says men will be in, in heaven half an hour before the women's?

I'm going to go with your revelation, chapter eight, verse one, reference.

I think you're truly correct.

Go ahead and tell everybody your joke.

I didn't permit it.

You got it.

It's your life on the line.

Go ahead, tell them why.

Tell them why.

Oh, okay.

Because the revelation eight one says, and when he had opened the 7th seal, there was a silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

So pretty quiet.

Ladies and gentlemen, direct your comments to Samson in regards to that joke.

I just want to point that out to you.

Thank you for.

Hey, I have a biblical ground to protect myself, so.

All right, brother.

I got.

I will fight any opposition on the ground of biblical reference, okay?

Even if I have to sleep outside the door.

Yes, you and you might have to.

All right.

All right.

Good job, brother.

God bless you, bro.

Hey, I love you.

I love you, brother.

God blessed.

God bless.

Bye bye.

All right, we'll take a break and then come back.

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

He has a weird sense of humor.

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.

Those big ears really don't help.

Will people enjoy his perspective on culture, politics, food, sports, and local and national news?

I don't know.

He's just a client.

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Regardless of what the world says, regardless of what politics say, regardless of what different people say, jesus does one thing better than anybody else.

He brings hope.

That's like, wait, this could be different.

And in verse 29, she touches Jesus and immediately her bleeding stops, right?

She.

The Bible says, look at it.

Immediately her bleeding stopped.

She felt it in her body.

She was freed from her suffering.

You know, people will say, well, I mean, how do you know if you're healed?

I got a message for you.

When the Lord.

When you touch the Lord and power comes from the Lord into your life, you know, she knew.

Not only did she knew, Jesus knew.

And jesus was like, okay, who touched me?

Who touched me, power went out for me, right?

And then the disciples are okay, look, there's like a thousand people right next to you.

How are we supposed to.

Now, why did jesus do all that?

Watch this.

This is just one of those absolute mind blowers.

The first thing that happens to her is her issue of blood ceases to exist because she touches Jesus.

We would call that a physical healing.

She was physically healed.

She had an issue of blood, and that's a problem.

And she couldn't do anything to help it.

But when she was able to touch Jesus, bam, the physical healing happened.

But then Jesus does this such weird thing because he's so cool that it just fits the whole thing.

He says, who touched me?

And they're all like going, okay, well, you know, take a look around, dude.

There's a lot of people here.

And he's like, who touched me?

And then the woman said it was me.

Right?

Jesus not only physically healed her, watch this.

He socially healed her because a woman who had an issue of blood was not allowed to have the same level of public contact as everybody else.

So he heals her physically and then calls her up in front of everybody and goes, yeah, you're well now, huh?

It's just think about the moment.

And instead of saying anything negative or anything, because God's not like that, he's like, oh, your faith has healed you.

Okay?

Your faith and confidence in you touching me made the difference.

You're physically healed.

And let everybody who's around you know you are no longer to be untouched because you touched me.

Now you're socially healed.

Welcome back to the David spoon experience.

Thank you for joining us here at KAAM, 770 the truth station here in Texas.

That's Ka Men 770 the truth station here in Texas.

We only have a few minutes left because that is how the show has gone.

I just want to point out it has just been one of those shows.

I mean, there's not a lot I can say.

So I'll just ask this last trivia question.

If you can get it in, fine.

If you're going to call, you got to be super fast.

In what city was Jesus brought up as a child?

Jesus of.

Right.

Matthew, chapter two, verse 23.

In what city was Jesus brought up as a child?

Right.

And for those that just think of, it's Jesus of.

There you go.

And what city was brought up as a child?

He must increase.org.

okay.

All right.

Different kind of show.

But listen, just think about what Jesus.

It's Jesus of, right?

You don't want to say it's Jesus of, you know, Birmingham.

That's not what it is.

So Jesus of what?

That's what you're looking for.

Get that.

Okay.

Just trying to make sure it's obvious.

Somebody ready to answer a trivia question.

They know it's fast, right?

All right, let's send them on through.

Knock, knock.

This is David.

Who am I talking to?

Hi, David, it's me again.

Two in a row.

How you doing?

All right.

We're on a tight, tight, tight, tight timeframe, so I'm going to throw it right at you.

Okay?

Are you ready?

Sure.

All right.

In what city was Jesus brought up?

So they called him Jesus of Nazareth.

That is correct a mundo.

Remember?

What did Philip say?

Can anything good come out of Nazareth?

Like, not really.

Was not the best place in the world.

It had a bad reputation.

But that's okay because something brilliant came out and that was Jesus Christ, which is a lesson all by itself.

Out of something, you could never think something good can come, came the greatest ever that savior.

Amen.

I agree that that is a big, big deal.

Excellent job.

So very, very good.

God bless you and thank you for being a part of our show.

Bye bye.

All right, bye bye.

Okay, so I can't go into Romans right now, but I will tell you this, and this is really important point, okay.

We're just now getting to the point in Romans chapter seven, we're at like verse 21, 22 and 23.

Actually 23, where everything is going to change in the theology.

And this is how the books are written.

So we've been going through it piece by piece, and you can do it.

It's better sometimes to know it from an outline point of view.

But what I want you to understand is when you're struggling in sin and you're having a hard time, first of all, you're not alone, okay?

There are other people that struggle, but you're really not alone because the Lord knows you're struggling with it.

It doesn't give approval to the sin.

The Lord's not saying, I love the sin, I love the sin.

Is that what God's saying?

But what God is saying is, I know, and I am going to help you grow through the process.

The thing I want you to remember is that sin doesn't own you.

God owns you.

The sin is an irritant, a nice way to put it is you get out of the pool and sometimes your eyes are hurt because of the chlorine because it makes your eyes red.

And so on and so forth.

That's what that sin is like.

But that sin, that struggle does not stop you from being a child of God.

You are God's property, and he loves you.

And just so we can be on the same page he paid the blood of Jesus for you.

That is your worth.

Not what you do, but whose you are.

That is your worth.

Hi, my name's David.

I'm a child of the most high God.

That's how we should be talking, right?

Okay.

All right, folks, you've been listening to the David Spoon experience right here on Kaam, 770, the true station here in Texas.

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