This podcast delves into the profound question of how faith influences our decision-making in everyday life. Host David Spoon poses a thought-provoking challenge: has your faith inspired you to make a decision this week? He emphasizes the importance of relying on faith rather than fear when making choices, encouraging listeners to reflect on their spiritual journey. The episode features a lively discussion with a caller named Sergio, who seeks clarity on the biblical account of Aaron's death, leading to a deeper exploration of divine timing and human understanding of mortality. Throughout the show, Spoon intertwines humor and heartfelt insights, creating an engaging experience that highlights the significance of community and connection among believers.

Takeaways:

• The importance of using faith to guide decisions rather than making choices out of fear.
• Life's challenges require us to lean on our faith for guidance and clarity.
• Christian fellowship encourages us to desire deeper connections with fellow believers beyond just radio interaction.
• Understanding that every individual has a designated time for their life on earth to conclude.
• The transfer of leadership and responsibility, as shown in Aaron's story, emphasizes continuity in God's work.
• The desire for personal connection and fellowship among Christians reflects genuine love and community.

Listeners are invited to join David Spoon in a lively discussion that explores the intersection of faith and decision-making. The episode begins with Spoon posing a crucial question: Has your faith inspired you to make a decision this week? This inquiry sets the stage for a rich and engaging conversation about how faith can guide our choices and help us navigate life's complexities. Spoon emphasizes that decisions rooted in faith should be made with confidence and reliance on God's guidance, rather than out of fear. Through personal anecdotes and humor, he illustrates the importance of making spiritual reflections a part of our daily lives, encouraging listeners to actively engage with their faith and consider its impact on their choices.

As the episode progresses, Spoon encourages listener participation, inviting them to share their stories, insights, and prayer requests. This interactive approach fosters a sense of community among the audience, emphasizing the necessity of fellowship and support in the Christian journey. Spoon also discusses the significance of time and the inevitability of mortality, reminding listeners that every moment counts. The podcast serves as a call to action for individuals to live purposefully and aligned with their beliefs, making decisions that reflect their faith and values.

Spoon’s reflections extend to the themes of grief and the hope of eternal life, offering comfort to those who have experienced loss. He shares biblical insights about the promise of reunion with loved ones in the afterlife, reinforcing the idea that our connections with fellow believers transcend earthly existence. Listeners are encouraged to view their earthly journey through a lens of hope and anticipation for the eternal relationships that await. The combination of humor, heartfelt insights, and engaging conversation makes this episode a meaningful exploration of faith and community, prompting listeners to reflect on their lives and the decisions they make through the lens of their beliefs.

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If you read any two headlines from any news outlet, you know Jesus is coming back soon.

Life lessons for our faith that we could actually use probably won't.

If we sit on our blessed assurance humor that will force you to think, why does this guy have a radio show?

Here's a new one.

Because I have a radio show, I'm supposed to talk less at home.

According to my wife, that doesn't actually work out that way, but that is the goal.

Also, Bible trivia for fake and yet somehow real cool prizes, your phone calls and more.

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Welcome to the David Spoon Experience, Local, national and heavenly talk.

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

Here is the key to the show.

We don't know what we're doing.

We have no idea what's going to 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.

That thingy right there.

Listen to this question.

It will challenge you.

This is a Friday going into the weekend.

Wow.

Get ready.

Has your faith inspired you to make a decision this week?

If so, how did you use your faith this week?

Your faith in confidence, trust, reliance, a daring confidence in the Lord.

Have you used your faith to make a decision this week?

You don't make decisions out of fear, people.

That's the wrong way to go.

You make decisions using your faith.

Have you made a decision using your faith this week?

How did you do it?

That's the question.

And if you have an answer, an opinion, a comment A thought or a question?

Please don't let it die of loneliness.

As you know, we consider that to be sad.

Just reach out and give us a call.

Talking to Jemmin Jacob is like a peaceful day and evening with no drama.

Thank you, David.

Happy Friday.

Happy Friday to you, my friend.

How are things?

Things are going good.

Had a busy day putting in shows.

So unfortunately no new intro song.

But it's coming soon.

It's coming soon.

I know the suspense was there for everyone to find out what new song will be played, but just went with an old song today.

Okay.

So that's driving people crazy.

You will relieve them of their craziness next week, Right?

Sometime next week.

You will have something there for them.

Oh, that's so nice of you.

And anything happening this weekend Besides a little bit of football, a little bit of this?

You don't work this weekend, do you?

Work?

No, I am off this weekend.

Yeah.

So just relaxing for a couple days.

Nice.

Good for you.

Very, very good.

Any 3D movie watch tonight?

Yes, yes.

We were in the middle of one and we have to finish it.

So it's just the same series that we're going through.

Although my wife and I have decided personally that movies sometimes when they make the second movie, the third movie, and the fourth movie, sometimes it can be better.

Like one out of 4,000.

And that's the case here anyway.

And then they do the fifth movie, the sixth movie, the seventh movie.

By the time you get to the ninth movie, you go, that's really around.

I thought McDonald's had already sold that many burgers anyway.

And then they get to.

Eventually they run out of ideas and they go up into space.

Yeah.

You know what they do is they go, time.

We'll bring time into it and go pre.

Okay.

You know, really, really try this idea.

Creative.

Anyhow, the idea behind this is simply if you want to reach out to us by phone, you know you can do it.

And we want you to do that.

Just a little slower.

That is the text number.

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So you can either call us, you can text us, you can email us.

Why would you do that?

Maybe you've got a praise report.

Maybe you've got a prayer request praise report, something where you're honoring the Lord.

Prayer request is something that you need help with.

Maybe you've got an answer to that question.

Did your faith inspire you this week?

Maybe you've got a scripture you want to share?

I don't know.

That's up to you.

We do have somebody on the line and not sure what's going on yet, but we'll find out by sending them on through.

Knock, knock.

This is David.

Who am I talking to?

David.

Good afternoon, Sergio.

Hello, Sergio, my friend.

How are you?

Good.

How are you?

Good.

You know, I'm banking on the Cowboys this weekend.

I made my pick.

I said the Cowboys would, in fact, win this weekend.

So I'm just telling you I'm standing in your corner.

I'm just letting you know that.

Well, I appreciate that, David.

Hey, so I'm not really that sport centric today.

I just really wanted to ask you a question regarding where I'm at in my BFN part of my day.

Yes.

So I've always wanted to have like a, you know, like a reference guide or something.

You know how, you know how the Bible is so succinct, right?

It's.

They're so.

It's so short.

You know, the verses or the sentences, they're very.

They're really short.

So if you didn't get it, you got to keep going.

So my question to you is, I'm still in numbers.

And so why.

How did.

What was the reasoning behind Aaron dying?

If you remember that or if you.

Can remember now, you're not.

You're not talking about his sons, right?

You're just talking about him, right?

Just.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Because he.

They.

They went up like on a mountain, and he took his clothes off.

So that way that.

The.

For that way the.

His clothes could be put on his sons or something like that.

That kind of threw me off.

I mean, I try to pay as much attention to that as I can while I'm reading, but that kind of threw me off.

Do you remember why he died or why God made him die?

Okay, so here's that and that's an interesting question because there's a couple of answers.

So if you.

You can either hang on or you could hang up.

It's up to you, brother, because that never bothers me if you hang on.

Just so you can know.

But you're.

We're going to deal with something, David.

You're good.

Let me hang up and listen and thank you for all you do.

Thank you for being a part of my journey.

Oh, you know what?

I do have a following question on that.

I don't know if I missed it or not, but did I miss the gathering of the radio audience?

No.

No, you did not.

Can you just follow up.

Can you just follow up on that later on?

Yeah, I will.

I'll follow up on that.

On.

Actually on one of the teachings, actually.

Yeah, I'm Actually, that's part of.

Ironically, part of the teaching I'm gonna do after I answer your question.

That's funny.

Thank you, David.

Have a great weekend.

Love your show.

Love you and the Lord.

Got you, brother.

Love you back.

God bless you.

Bye.

Bye.

All right, so it's really a fascinating question.

So now I can go a hundred different directions, but Sergio is saying, look, why did Aaron go up there?

He took off his clothes, and then his kids are gonna take the clothes.

And what's going on with that?

And how did that work?

So I wanna say something, and I don't want people to get offended at me.

I don't want you to be mad about this answer, but it is the truth.

And that's the.

Paul said something to the church at the Galatians church that he sent a message to.

He said, have I become your enemy because I tell you the truth.

And sometimes when you hear the truth, people don't like it.

And it doesn't matter because the truth doesn't change.

Here's something you've got to understand.

And I know people are going to want to argue with me, and I appreciate that, But I am telling you, Scripture is absolutely clear on this, okay?

The reason that Aaron passed or was his time was up was simply this.

His time was up.

And let me explain something to you.

I know everybody says, well, you can extend your life for 15 or 20 years if you do this or you do that.

And I appreciate that you should do the best you can because you're trying to be healthier.

I think that's a right attitude or right disposition.

But it is appointed unto man once to die, and then the judgment.

And the Bible is very clear about a man or a woman numbering Their days.

You have a certain amount of time here on earth.

There are a lot of things that you think you may be able to do to extend that, and you would be wrong.

You are going to pass on the time allotted and you think, well, that's not fair.

It's not fair that you got to live in the first place after you sinned.

So we're not going to go with the fair argument.

That just loses.

And what we are going to acknowledge is in Aaron's taking off his clothes and the kids putting him on, that's a transfer of power.

Something very similar happened.

Well, I don't want to spoil it for Sergio, but something similar happens with Mo.

The idea behind this is that, and I want to say it in a way that doesn't hurt or doesn't needle people, and that is this.

You have an appointment for your termination on the earth.

If the Lord tarries, if the Lord comes back and it is pre mill, pre trib, right?

And then do, do, do we all go, awesome sauce.

Who's not going to want that?

Who doesn't prefer that?

But if there's a delay or a misunderstanding or anything else, let me just make it absolutely clear.

You have a point where you are birthed and you will have a point where you die.

You are currently technically in this body, a linear creature, point A to point B.

So fascinating, because God is an interlinear being.

He operates outside of the timeline.

We operate in a timeline.

So what happens for every person, good, bad or indifferent, is it's time to pass.

David was a great king.

He was a king for 40 years.

After that, 40 years was up, time was over.

In fact, Hezekiah was one of the main people that said, I don't want to die at my appointed time.

Will you give me more time?

God granted him more time.

And in that extra 15 years that Hezekiah got, he ruined much of what he did.

And the Lord is well aware that that was going to take place.

It was quite the example for all of us.

In fact, when you get into the depth of this, really the nook and cranny of this, the Lord knows when your time should be.

And for some people, it's a mercy time because things they may encounter, if they stayed alive, would wound them deeply.

That's how much mercy God has.

And we don't like to think of it in those terms.

Because why?

Because we want to have some sense of control.

We want to be in charge.

Hey, I got a message for you.

If God says your time's up, Your time's up.

You can walk all you want, really sneaky, everywhere you want to go.

But if it's going to be a piano that drops on your head, it's going to be a piano that drops on your head.

And you're not gonna stop God from letting it drop.

That's all I'm gonna tell you.

And the reason that's important is because there has to be a humility, a submission.

Now in Aaron's case, cause he was so powerful and so effective and his time came and it was time to go.

He transfers and his kids take over power because it's the Aaron hood.

It's the Aaron, the idea behind his priesthood is traveling on and moving forward.

It's not going to cease with him.

He was the beginning, he wasn't the end.

Here's what I want you to catch though.

The more important thing that people don't recognize is there is a time.

And when it says there is an appointment is appointed unto man once to die, that's not in the generic sense, that's in a specific sense.

And there is a day, there is a moment where your time will pass and it's over if the Lord tarries.

Which is why everything that we're supposed to do is gear for that.

Because why would you compare 70, 80, 90, 100 years to 10 trillion years?

No comparison, right?

So we should be gearing for that which is coming.

Which is why Jesus taught to lay up treasures in heaven and for us to be so heavenly minded, we're of no earthly good.

Because when you're of earthly good, you get soiled by the earth.

So Aaron's time was up.

And you find that of characters, all that, and you can say, well, why is that?

That's how God arranges it.

That's that part where we don't have control over what God determines as to when their time is up.

Sarah passed, I'm sure Abraham wasn't happy.

Spouses passed.

Nobody's happy.

When a child passes before a parent, it's a tragedy.

It is the reference to the sinfulness of the world.

And it has not been fully redeemed in the context that people are going.

It is fully redeemed.

It is fully redeemed.

There is no curse of the law.

People still die.

That is why that statement is stupid.

Because that death is part of that curse.

You can't take it away.

When the full redemption comes, there will be no more of that.

But there is a partial redemption taking place, certainly one that sets us up for eternity.

Okay, so the first answer I'm going to say to Sergio.

And question one.

I'm actually going to answer his second question.

And no, we're not going to break, so it doesn't matter.

The first answer is, well, why was it his time?

Because God determined that's his time.

And every one of us ought to walk our lives humbly aware that any day, unless the Lord tells you, any time can be your day for you to meet him personally versus going up corporately.

And that should put a humility, a fear in the sense of not terror, but a respect and awe, a reverence, recognizing who exactly you're dealing with.

This is God.

He makes those calls.

It's up to him.

Nothing takes place in the realm of man that is not determined that God has a hand in.

I mean, it's just absurd.

Just think of Nebuchadnezzar.

We might get into him in the second 60 minutes.

Think of Nebuchadnezzar.

He was like, okay, God rules in the affairs of men, and anybody that says otherwise is going to get executed.

That's how serious it got right.

All right, now, Sergio asked another question.

And I'm sorry if that's not more.

People are like, well, I want more.

I want more.

This is what it is.

You have to have a reverence, a respect and awe of God.

There is an appointed time for death, and we will face it.

But if we have genuine Christian faith, we find out in the book of Hebrews that we are not bound by fear to face that death.

In fact, when Brother Ace called in and shared with everybody that he wanted to go, he's telling everybody, my faith is real.

I embrace.

Let's go.

Powerful.

It's powerful.

Now, I want to finish up on this letter on the third John, because we only have these two verses.

And Sergio asked an amazing question.

And it's ironic because it totally cuts into what I'm teaching on.

We're in third John.

We're in chapter.

There's only one chapter.

We're actually in verse 12.

We just covered from verse 12.

Demetrius has received a good testimony from everybody and from the truth itself.

We also testify for him.

And you know that our testimony is true.

Here's the conclusion.

It's only two verses.

How could you get anything out of this?

Here's what John writes.

I have many things to write you, but I would prefer not to do so with pen and ink.

Instead, I hope to see you soon and speak with you face to face.

Peace to you.

The friends here send you greetings.

Greet each of Our friends there by name.

Now, there's three really fascinating things that come about out of this, and I want you to pick up on this.

First of all, Demetrius is being talked about in a good way.

And if you remember, it's Diotrephes.

That was like kind of a bad dude.

And he was the guy that was like freaky, controlly pastry kind of thing.

And that was not good, okay?

So when he mentions Demetrius, he's like, this guy's wonderful.

He loves the truth.

People love him.

He cares more about how other people are doing than positions that he holds.

What?

He cares more about how other people are doing than he does about positions that he holds or titles.

And that, of course, takes us back to Jesus, who said, as amongst us, that he was a servant.

So that's a powerful teach right there.

And we could spend a lot of time in that.

But in verse 13, he says, I have many things I want to write to you with pen and ink, but instead I'd rather see you soon and speak with you face to face, even.

And I got this note in here, and Sergio asks the question, right?

And it leads right into the answer.

Even I wrote this, even.

Our radio fellowship, we have a wonderful element of fellowship, right?

We do, where people connect and they love each other, but inside of us is this little desire at some point for all of us to get together corporately.

Let me point this out real quickly.

We're not doing that yet.

The not yet has been declared.

We're not doing that yet.

We will do it, but not yet.

But I want you to pick up on something.

If you're one of the people that listen to this radio show and you think, you know, I think that would be kind of cool to meet some of the people that I have been fellowshiping over the air with.

I think that'd be kind of fascinating to do.

I want you to understand something that is a demonstration of genuine Christian love that you want to meet face to face.

We haven't set it up yet.

It's not there yet.

I promise you, when we do, we will ring the bell loudly and everybody will know.

But your desire to meet one another, I want you to catch this.

This is huge.

Because this is what the apostle's talking about.

It's enormous.

It's an enormous testimony because you want to go past this certain element of fellowship and meet face to face.

And that's exactly.

Now you know exactly what the Apostle John is talking about.

He says, I have many things to write to you, but I don't Want to do all with pen and ink.

I want to see you.

And that feeling you have about wanting to meet some of the people on this show, it is exactly what John is having.

And expressing it just shows you that you are in sync with Christian love, Christian fellowship, because you want more, I think, okay, well, let's do it.

Everything has to be done at its right time.

In fact, unfortunately for these people, John was going to be 86 in about a year and a half.

So that didn't work out so great.

But what I'm trying to tell you is that that whole idea that you want to have people connected to you, that's a good thing, that's a healthy thing.

And we'll set it up when we believe the Lord really wants it to take place.

We've gone at it twice and it's not been the right time.

So we wait on the Lord.

And he says this, which is so fascinating.

Listen to this.

And he says this.

He concludes the letter by saying, the friends here send you greetings and you should greet your friends there by name.

So there's two major points out of this.

One little verse that never gets preached on.

I just want to point that out.

There's two major points.

Your brothers and your sisters are your brothers and your sisters.

Let me explain that to you.

You have a spiritual family.

No, it's not just everybody in your church or denomination.

That's absurd.

I mean, that's the height.

It's almost an arrogancy.

There are other brothers and sisters in different groups that also belong to the Lord that are his children and they're your relatives.

You are related to other Christians by blood.

People go, it's by faith.

It's by the blood of Jesus that we are related.

These are your relatives.

And one of the things that I think people miss, and I was doing this study in first Thessalonians 4.

Remember, it talks about in one Thessalonians 4 and then 5, how that we will.

When the dead in Christ rise first, and then we will rise after that.

Right?

The people who are alive are awake when he comes.

They'll rise after that.

Do you know that is so profound.

It's hardly taught about.

That's going to be a reunion.

The whole point of him writing the message was, I don't want you to be sad of people that have already died in the faith because you miss them.

We're going to have a reunion.

I got a message for you.

Heaven is going to be an awesome reunion.

And we're going to have this incredible reunion with our brothers and our sisters.

And we're going to be family.

And no, not everybody's going in.

Wide is the road to destruction.

Narrow is the path that leads to righteousness.

Narrow is the path that leads to eternal life.

And we're all going to be this so connected family, connected by the Father through the Son, by the Spirit through the Son.

It's just going to be so awesome.

And then John says this.

He goes, look, these are your brothers and sisters.

And he says that.

And he says this also.

He says, you, friends here send you greetings.

Greet each other.

Greet each of our friends there by name.

It's not that your brothers and sisters are just your brothers and sisters.

I got a message for you.

Christian people are also supposed to be friends.

We're supposed to greet them by name.

It's an excellent way of saying, don't keep distant.

Don't be so far away.

Don't know of one another.

Get to know each other.

And some of that is what we do on this radio show.

You get to know people.

You don't just hear me.

You hear different people sharing.

You hear Joanne and Cordelia testifying.

You hear different brothers.

You have Samson reaches out and toss us.

You have all these people.

Roger again calls in all these different people.

I can go through the list.

Believe me, we don't have time to do that.

But what I'm trying to tell you is this is all us.

We're a family.

No, it might not be as tight as your church family.

In fact, I'm not sure it should be.

But if you remember, you do have family that you eat with every day.

And then you have family you meet with, like once a quarter and then maybe once a year.

That's still all family, you know, all your family that shows up at weddings, that's what I'm talking about.

Not the ones you see every day.

And we're a part of that.

And I want you to recognize that the union of it, the greatness of it, when it takes place, I promise we'll give all the props we can.

But the fact that you want to meet with people, just what Sergio said.

Did that happen yet?

I don't want to miss that, you know, I want to see what's going on with that.

Because genuine Christian love is a part of his heart, and he wants to, like I Can't wait to meet these people.

Isn't that cool?

And we're going to have such a reunion.

I've got news for you.

What's coming is so phenomenal, you cannot compare your current trials to it.

That's how awesome it's going to be in the Lord.

Yeah, we'll be on our face for a million years saying thank you, Jesus.

But we also get to see one another, know of one another, embrace with one another and spend eternity with one another.

It's gonna be awesome.

Awesome sauce, let me say.

All right.

All right.

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Let me read this thing from Pastor Ray and then we'll do the trivia question and then we'll see what happens because I have no idea.

He's my good friend and I can't wait to see him up in heaven.

This one's titled Joy, Expectation and Delight.

How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth.

I gain understanding from your precepts.

Therefore I hate every wrong path.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.

This is Pastor Ray's devotional.

I often see people go through a spiritual drought.

More than once I have found myself in this dry, dark place where God seems far away and we feel even farther.

It's like being the children of Israel once again wandering in the wilderness, trying to find our way.

That's when I cling to the belief that we are being strengthened and matured through it all.

How we survive the wilderness experience of our lives depends on our attitude towards God's word.

Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible, and I get such a kick out of reading it because King David got so excited writing about it.

Of all the things he gets excited about writing about the laws of God, he sang about them.

He put statutes of the law to music, he positively exulted in them.

In Psalm 119, verse 14, he compared God's testimonies to the riches.

In verse 15 he declared, I will meditate on your precepts.

In verse 24, he says, Your testimonies are my delight and my counselors.

David was on to something.

He loved God's Word, and he knew that the secret to enjoying life even in the wilderness, was to turn to God's Word with joy, expectation, and delight.

As children we struggle to mature under our parents authority.

When we're spiritually born again into the family of God, we become children again.

Reparented oh, what a great line that is reparented by our Heavenly Father as we grow toward maturity and learning to trust Him.

Allow His Word to light your way and the wilderness will not seem so daunting.

Let His Word guide your feet and you will never get lost.