Dr. David Spoon dives deep into the theological insights of Colossians in this engaging podcast episode, highlighting the essential truth that reconciliation with God comes solely through the blood of Jesus Christ. As he explores Colossians 1:19-20, Spoon emphasizes that it is through Jesus’ sacrifice that peace is made between heaven and earth, making Him the ultimate connection between humanity and the divine. The discussion also touches on the importance of faith, the role of the Holy Spirit, and the necessity of ongoing spiritual growth. Spoon shares personal anecdotes and reflections, creating a relatable atmosphere as he encourages listeners to recognize the fullness of God's grace available to them. With a blend of humor and heartfelt sincerity, this episode invites all to strengthen their relationship with God and live out their faith boldly.

Takeaways:

• Understanding the importance of faith requires a continual belief rather than a momentary one.
• Our justification and sanctification through Jesus Christ allow us to be with the Lord eternally.
• The fullness of God dwells in Jesus, enabling reconciliation between heaven and earth.
• Prayer is about connecting with God, not merely following tradition or rituals.
• Jesus is the only way to reconcile with God, emphasizing the significance of His sacrifice.
• The relationship with God is active and involves consistently seeking His presence daily.

Engaging and insightful, David Spoon’s latest episode of The David Spoon Experience delves into the rich theological themes found in the Book of Colossians. His focus on Colossians 1:19 serves as a springboard for a deeper discussion about the transformative power of Christ’s sacrifice. Spoon articulates the critical importance of understanding how believers transition from being alienated from God to being reconciled through the blood of Jesus. He emphasizes that this reconciliation is not a one-time event but an ongoing journey that requires active faith, encouraging listeners to cultivate a relationship with God that is vibrant and enduring. He challenges the notion that belief is simply a momentary act, urging a continuous commitment to faith.

Spoon’s personal testimony adds a poignant layer to the discussion, as he shares his background and the impact of faith on his life. His journey from a Jewish upbringing to embracing Christianity illustrates the profound changes that faith can bring. By sharing his story, he not only connects with his audience but also highlights the importance of personal testimony in encouraging others. The episode becomes a celebration of community as Spoon invites listeners to engage in mutual support through prayer and fellowship, reminding them of the biblical call to bear one another’s burdens and fulfill the law of Christ.

The conversation also addresses some theological nuances regarding the role of the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer. Spoon articulates the distinction between receiving the Holy Spirit at conversion and being filled with the Spirit continually. He discusses the importance of prayer as a means of deepening this connection with God and emphasizes that while believers have access to the fullness of God through Christ, the experience of being filled is essential for living out one’s faith effectively. The rich theological insights, combined with Spoon’s relatable storytelling and humor, create an engaging narrative that encourages listeners to deepen their faith and actively participate in their spiritual journeys.

And now for something completely different.

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

It's Expository Thursday.

Expository Thursday.

As we work together to know the letter better into the narrative of the Book of Colossians, we travel to understand what things the Lord requires of us as we learn to apply God's timeless truths in our lives.

First, we're going to pick it back up in Colossians 1:21, although we'll take a quick detour back to verse 19.

But this is where Paul is writing the Church at Colossae, and he makes the strongest theological argument for Christology, which means the study of Christ.

This is one of the most powerful elements in the New Testament.

He points out that once we were alienated from God, hostile in our minds.

The key component to understanding spiritual warfare and walking closely with the Lord has to do with what we allow between our left and right ear.

Next, the reason for our justification, sanctification and eventual glorification is to present us holy, unblemished and blameless in the presence of the Father.

In more simplistic terms, we are justified, sanctified and glorified through the work of Jesus Christ so we can be with our Heavenly Father.

We are given this gift so that we can be forever present with the Lord.

And finally, in verse 23, ouch.

As Colossians chapter one gives us a major caveat which people tend to ignore.

It's not even that complex.

It doesn't change the framework of grace or the framework of mercy.

It says, if indeed we continue in our faith, let's stop with the nonsense.

Our faith is how we receive the love of God extended to us through his grace, through Jesus Christ.

But it's based on our continual belief of that and not just a momentary belief.

David Spoon's life has been an experience.

While growing up in a Jewish family, he made a wrong turn towards drug abuse.

Then David Spoon found Jesus Christ and his life completely changed.

The more he studied the Gospel, the more he wanted to share his experiences with others.

After 35 years of ministry, David discovered a new path of he joined Kam and this radio program began.

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

Lessons for surviving, living and prevailing all processes of our walk.

Politics, entertainment and current events.

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

Now remember, it's not professional radio now how do you know that?

We've told you 10,000 times.

It's just not perfection.

It's just radio.

That's all it is.

We're just fellowshipping together through the Internet, through the radio, through telephone.

That's all.

We're just having fellowship together.

I'm not your pastor.

I your brother.

Okay?

Just that simple.

And what we want you to be aware of is that we are concerned for one another.

The Bible says that if we carry the burdens of one another, we will fulfill the law of Christ.

Galatians, chapter 6, verse 2.

That means that we take care of one another, love one another, care for one another, strengthen one another, bless one another, pray for one another.

That's what the Lord calls us to.

So we want to know how you're doing, because that helps us to accomplish that.

You can email us directly david must increase.org that's david must increase.org you can text directly right to us right on the show.

Or.

Oh, you can call us.

Yep.

Nope, actually, you can actually do that.

Talking to Jam and Jacob.

That's the same feeling you get when you know you're being appreciated.

Thank you, David.

Happy Thursday.

Thursday.

Happy Thursday to you.

Not a lot for you to do in that last half hour, was there?

Not a lot, no.

Just sit back and listen.

That's what I was doing.

Sometime every once in a while, I get on one of those.

Leave me alone.

I'm just going to teach.

Yep, just lay back and you're rolling.

So just let you roll.

All right.

I do want to thank our very own Jam and Jacob.

So today I was able to get in and we did more of the book.

So we are now.

Listen to this.

89% done with the book, the faith that pleases God on audio.

And so I'm very excited to get that done before my daughter comes into town and making it like a present for her.

We've done this for 44 days, and we are that much closer.

We are about three months ahead of the last book.

So that's pretty good.

That's pretty good on the timing point of view.

So I just want to thank Jim and Jacob, for getting that done.

Very, very good job.

Okay, now, why would you text us?

Why would you call us?

Why would you email us?

It could be for a praise report, and we love praise reports.

It can be for a prayer request.

As you can tell, we're into praying.

We think it's cool.

We think it's awesome that when we're praying, just think of when Jesus said he's teaching his disciples on the Sermon on the Mount.

He's teaching them to pray, and he's giving them all this insight.

And on the Sermon on the Mount, it's like this.

And when you pray, follow it in this way, in this model, in this approach.

Father, who art thou in heaven, hallowed be Thy name.

So you get.

Okay, you pray to the Father, right?

Who are you praying for?

The Father.

It's not to the mother or something.

It's to the Father.

God knows what gender he is.

It's so dumb.

He doesn't have a gender, but he references himself as a male 10,000 times in the scripture, so be quiet.

So, our Father, who art thou in heaven?

Where is he?

In heaven.

Oh, cool.

Hallowed be thy name.

Glory, honor, praise, acknowledgement, holiness unto thy name.

Glory to God first.

Thy kingdom come.

What?

What do you mean?

Thy kingdom come where God is king.

Thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.

That's what prayer is about.

Thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.

That's what prayer does.

And so if you've got a prayer request, let's follow what Jesus set up.

If you got a praise report, let's share.

If you've got a scripture you want to share, let's.

Let's hear it.

Let's hear what the Lord's giving you.

Hey, Dave, I was looking at sunset and I just realized how powerful God.

Great.

Share it.

That's cool.

People love stuff like that.

We also do Bible trivia.

Why?

Because it's fun.

Because we've done 15,000 questions in 12 years.

That's why.

And it's fun.

Here's your Bible trivia.

You guys should get this.

This is a pretty easy one.

Who was the voice of one crying in the wilderness that the prophet Isaiah spoke of?

Matthew 3:3 4.

Who was the voice of one crying in the wilderness?

Who was that?

Matthew 3:3 4.

If you think you know who the voice of one crying in the wilderness was that Isaiah spoke of?

Matthew 3:3 4.

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David must increase.org that's David must increase.org the straightforward question.

Who was the voice of one crying in the wilderness that the prophet Isaiah spoke of?

Your reference point, Matthew, chapter three, verses three through four.

That is the question we are asking couple things to remind you about.

Okay?

So I'm telling you this now ahead of time.

We're going to be finishing the audiobook in the next week or so.

If you go to the website at all and you want one of the books in audio format, the ones that are there now, which is two of them or three of them, or if you want a written book and you can't afford it, all you have to do is send us an email.

That's it.

And we will get it for you and send it to you because I'd rather you have it.

And it's not.

Listen, none of the books that I wrote, none of them are brilliant.

They're not theologically astute, none of that.

But they will encourage you to get closer to the Lord.

They're not the Bible.

It's not prayer, it's not fellowship.

But they're points of encouragement to help.

That's what they're designed to be.

So you are welcome to them.

That's how we feel about it, okay?

That's how we approach it.

All right.

Who was the voice of one crying in the wilderness that the prophet Isaiah spoke of?

We do have somebody on the line, is that correct?

I'm looking to see where Jacob is.

Do we do have somebody on the line?

Yes.

Okay, let's go ahead and send them on through.

Knock, knock.

This is David.

Who am I talking to?

Hello, David.

This is Bobby.

Hey, Bobby, how are you?

I'm doing great.

That is great to hear.

I'm glad to hear that, my brother.

It's awesome to hear your voice.

I get to check in every now and then.

Most of the time I just listen.

You just want.

I just want to make sure they know I'm listening.

I just want to check in, make sure everybody knows it's all good.

I love it.

All right, my brother, let me set it up for you and you can answer.

Okay?

Who was the voice of 1 according to Matthew 3, 3 and 4?

Who was the voice of one crying in the wilderness that Isaiah spoke of?

Who was that?

Oh, that was Jesus.

Crazy cousin John the Baptizer.

That is correct.

I like that.

That was his crazy cousin.

That's great.

That was a unique family, huh?

Oh, yeah.

Locust and honey.

I can handle the honey, but not the locust so much.

I know.

It's like, what?

I'll tell you what.

I'll take the liquid.

I'll stick with the liquid.

Excellent job, Bobby.

Excellent, excellent job.

Super, super great.

I appreciate you, brother.

Thank you.

You have a good day.

And the rest of y'all out there, God bless you.

God bless you, Bobby.

All right, Bye, bye, Bye, bye.

All right.

Great, great, great call.

All right, let's do our DNA.

People are like, you know, you do DNA a lot?

Yep.

Here's my answer.

Yep.

Why do you do it a lot?

Cuz.

See, that's just the best answer.

Why do you do a lot?

Cuz.

Cause it's important.

That's why.

Here we go.

D Draw closer to the Lord daily.

Daily.

I mean, every day that you wake up, it's somewhere between waking up.

Now, I'll give you.

I'll give this to you, okay?

And I don't have a problem with this.

I don't have any problem with you saying, I'm not up until I get out of bed.

And some of you are a little worse.

Just be honest.

I'm not up until I have my sip of coffee.

There's a classic line in many radio stations.

Redemption and forgiveness is in the blood, but waking up is in the coffee and caffeine.

Okay, that's true for some people.

We know.

That's true.

That's great.

No problem.

I got zero.

Sometime between waking up and before going to bed, Sometime in between it all, even though they used to pray morning, afternoon, and evening.

Sometime in between the very beginning and the very end.

Sometime between the first and the last.

Place yourself in the presence of the Lord.

Now, when you pray, I don't know if you're aware of this or not, but Jesus is right there with you, listening.

The Holy Spirit is inside of you, connecting between the Father, Son, and the Spirit.

And that's a powerful, powerful infusion of God in your life when you read the Word of God.

And let me say this about that reading for the purpose of hearing.

And I should say praying for the purpose of connecting.

Not praying so that you can follow some tradition, but praying to connect and reading to hear.

The breath of God falls upon you, and you engage with God.

And that, my friends, that should be your oxygen to live each and every day.

Draw closer to the Lord daily.

D N Never be ashamed of Jesus or his words.

I don't know if you're aware of this or not, so I'll drop a little small hint in there.

There are some people that are attempting to rewrite the Bible right now, excluding God from the entire Bible.

And I am not kidding you.

It's like, oh my.

I don't know if there's a level of hell that I am aware of that these people should not go through.

I mean, it's just crazy, crazy stuff.

Hey, I am not ashamed of the word of God.

God created the universe.

The dude can write a book.

I have no problem understanding that.

And when man thinks he knows more than God, he is committing the exact same sin that Adam and Eve did in the garden.

Isn't it funny how it doesn't really change much?

Hmm, interesting.

Never be ashamed of Jesus or his words.

Regardless of what the world or the worldly or the academics or actors or politicians or anybody or academia, anything.

Who cares what the media says?

Who cares?

They lie every other day, every other hour, every other sentence.

You want the truth?

Jesus is the way, the truth and the life.

And no man comes to the Father but by Him.

Just think of this.

Heaven is God's house and Jesus is the door.

You want to go into God's house?

Jesus is the door.

Never be ashamed of Jesus or his words.

Oh, that's so offensive.

Tough.

Too bad you become God and change it.

Until then, be quiet.

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

A Always be ready to serve.

Ready.

Ready to serve.

Just on it.

Just thinking about it.

Just having your mind and heart there.

I find that there's moments of service that the Lord wants from me that are just not the times that I would select.

Is that a nice way to say that?

In other words, there's times where the Lord may want me to be aware of something and my brain is somewhere else.

Right?

And that's what the Lord is calling us to be.

To be more heavenly minded than selfish minded.

And I, ironically, have learned more about the Lord when he uses me in times I'm not ready than I've ever learned when I'm fully prepped.

Because that's when you really see the grace of God.

Isn't that cool?

That's just cool.

All right.

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 short break and then come back.

You're listening to the David Spoon experience right here on KAM 770 the true station here in Texas.

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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 en route, he landed in Zotus.

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

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

And we met somebody 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.

Now 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, 12 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 all together at one time.

Isn't that cool?

Jesus is cool.

Welcome back to the David Spoon Experience.

Thank you for joining us here at KAM 770, the Truth Station here in Texas.

That's K double amen.

770, the Truth Station here in Texas, where I'm mad at my tea bag because in my tea, my second teabag went poof.

And now my tea is full of all those little floaty things.

Don't you hate that?

It's like, it's like, wait.

Oh, come on.

So if I'm drinking my tea, there's stuff that gets, like, stuck in my tea.

So if you hear me go, you know what's going on?

Just telling you ahead of time.

All right, here's your.

That's right.

That's the class that this show has right there.

Here's your next trivia question.

Which prophet in the Old Testament prophesied about the day of Pentecost?

Now, we did this a month ago, but this will tell me if you're listening, which I can't tell you.

I can tell you where it is in the New Testament.

Acts, chapter 2, verses 16 and 17.

Acts, chapter 2, verses sixteen and seventeen.

Which Prophet prophesied the day of Pentecost in the Old Testament?

It was a minor prophet.

Minor only means smaller in size of content.

Doesn't mean he was less important.

Okay.

Never think of that.

So major prophets are longer texts.

Minor prophets are shorter texts.

Okay, okay, okay.

All right.

Which prophet prophesied the day of Pentecost?

Your New Testament reference.

Acts, chapter two, verses 16 and 17.

If you think, you know, we'll give you that opportunity.

Or send an email david@he must increase.org Yes, I do seem to be a little bit more.

What's the word I'm looking for?

Full of energy, vim and vigor kind of thing.

And I think it's because I took a couple days off from working out, which was really kind of nice.

And so just feeling it in the Lord.

Okay, here we go.

So I do want to do this.

We did this a little bit Last week, but I didn't finish.

And so because I didn't finish, I love going back and making sure that I get it as thorough as possible.

We are actually in the Book of Colossians, so if you have not listened to it, that's all right.

You'll be able to pick it up from where we're at.

And we're technically supposed to be starting at verse 21.

That's our technical starting point.

But we're actually going to pick it up actually at verse 19, because I want you to put up with me for a little while while I do this.

It's just one of these things that I have to make sure I make clear in verse 19 of Colossians.

Now, for most people, you know, I'm baptized.

And so what that means is simply this.

I became a Christian when I became a Christian being born and raised Jewish.

And I mean born and raised Jewish.

I mean, I went to private Hebrew school and I did my haftarah with multiple people listening.

And when I became a Christian, Billy, Bruce, Larry and I did not become Christians by church.

We became Christians by somebody witnessing to Billy.

And then Billy became a Christian, accepted Jesus Christ as the Lord and Savior, and then all of our salvation stuff came about from amongst us.

We didn't have any kind of background or any church to connect to, which, by the way, makes an enormous difference in how you approach Christianity.

Whether you admit that or not's not really relevant.

So what we did was we went to a bunch of different churches.

In the very beginning, we went to a whole bunch of churches because we thought that'd be cool.

Just check out a whole bunch of churches.

In fact, we were kind of shocked to find out that most churches were only open on Sunday.

I'm just being honest with you.

And we were on fire.

Because for us to take a stand as Christians, it's like, you know, it was a big deal, especially in regards to our families, who had spent thousands and tens of thousands of dollars on all of us for bar mitzvahs, just in case you're wondering.

So in my rearing and in my upbringing, it turns out that I ultimately became baptized Baptist and Pentecostal merged, which most people are.

They don't say that, but they are.

They're not true Baptists all the way down.

They're not true Pentecostals all the way down.

That's fine.

That part doesn't.

Fine.

So I have a lot of respect for this upbringing.

And in my doctorate and in my master's, my master's degree has to do with more Pentecostal, Foursquare, Charismatic, and my doctorate has to do more with Baptist, Liberty Baptist and so Liberty University.

And so I love the connection.

I don't agree with everything on either side, but then again, I don't agree with myself 25 years ago.

So it doesn't surprise me.

I don't know.

Why does that surprise anybody?

When you were 25 and now that you're older, do you think you knew everything when you were 25?

You thought so and then you grew up, Right?

So that's how it goes.

So in verse 19 of Colossians, it says this.

For God was pleased to have his fullness dwelling in him, referring to Jesus, and through him referring to Jesus, to reconcile himself to all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven.

So the argument comes down, and don't get uptight about this, okay?

I'm just giving you kind of the different sides.

The argument comes down that many times from the Pentecostal point of view, there's an idea that there's a second functionality of grace and that's the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

And then the Baptists think, well, no, that's not right.

The Holy Spirit comes with Jesus.

And then the Pentecostals go, yeah, but you gotta have the baptism of the Holy Spirit as a separate experience, like it was before.

And then some Pentecostals say you gotta speak in tongues to demonstrate that.

Although they never really identify how somebody can have the fruit of the Spirit if they don't have the Holy Spirit.

But what happens is it goes back and forth and back and forth, and it's really a blending of both teachings.

Okay?

What happens is you don't, you don't get Jesus and have a separation element.

But when you acknowledge Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you're not always open to everything, which is why you grow and develop and have different things happen.

Then what happens is on the Baptist side, they're just like, you got it all, you're done, you don't have to do anything else.

And then they Forget about Ephesians 5:18, which commands us to be filled with the Spirit.

So it's not just a one time were told to be continually filled.

And by the way, Acts chapter two and then Acts chapter four and Acts chapter five, they're filled three different times with the Spirit.

So it's not just a one time thing.

But there's not a separation of Jesus either.

It's not.

You get Jesus and you get the Father and you didn't get the Holy Spirit.

That's not true either.

So neither one of those is really the way that it goes about.

And in verse 19 of Colossians, and this is because I love my roots, I don't want people to get offended on stuff like this, but I want you to listen.

It says simply, for God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in Jesus.

So it's kind of goofy to think that you get Jesus and don't get all the fullness because it says you get all the fullness.

Does that mean you're open to everything?

No.

Does that mean you're functioning always in the Holy Spirit?

No.

But does it mean you have the Holy Spirit?

Of course.

You can't have the fullness of the Godhead in Jesus, who you receive by faith and not have the Holy Spirit.

It's impossible.

So the text is saying, hey, look, God was pleased to have his fullness dwell in Jesus, everything represented through Jesus, and that through him, to reconcile himself to all things, whether things in earth or in heaven.

And it's an important point to make because the Holy Spirit is with you and in you.

But you might not be filled with the Holy Spirit.

And one of the things you need to be aware of is that in walking the walk, the Spirit of God in you works for you in character and on you for ministry.

So there's a difference between in you and upon you.

But the big issue here is to continually be filled with the Spirit.

You've got it in Jesus, but that doesn't mean you're using it all in Jesus.

So the Baptists are right in you get it, but the Pentecostals are right in that you're not using everything.

And that's.

Both of those are correct.

Which I don't know why they have to fight over that, but that's their business.

For me, I've merged them in myself, and I don't care.

The bottom line to what I'm trying to tell you is simply this.

In Jesus, you have everything you need.

But in Jesus, we need to be open to a lot more than we are, because God will do a lot more in us, with us and through us, if we believe and if we're filled with the Spirit.

And people say, well, how do you get filled with the spirit.

How do you really do it?

Ready?

Ready.

Ready.

Ask.

Ask and you will receive.

Seek and you will find.

Knock and it shall be opened.

So I just want to make this little theological point.

You get it all, but you're probably not using it all.

Get it?

Okay, take a short.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

We did not finish the trivia question, did we?

Wow.

He's got a ping ping pong ball in his hand, everybody.

Wow.

Which prophet prophesied the day of Pentecost?

Acts, chapter 2, verse 16 through 17.

The answer is Joel.

Joel did.

There you go.

That's your answer.

The prophet.

Joel.

Joel 2, 28, 30.

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

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Fifty years ago, people would disagree with Christianity.

But with a sense of respect, those days are over.

The rage, the flesh the enemy.

And the atmosphere of sin is growing and growing.

Jesus said in Matthew 24, the love of many will grow cold.

And if it's not the end now, it's certainly a lot closer than it was yesterday.

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He has that too.

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It's because heaven is not some statuesque 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.

And if we don't get a better handle on what heaven is, we're gonna lose our communication of our hope to a hope that's based on 72 virgins, which guarantees you after 73 times.

It's not the fun.

It was the 72 times.

It's so ridiculous.

And that's the hope we're not winning on.

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Oh, welcome back to the David Spoon Experience.

Thank you for joining us here at KAM 770, the Truth Station here in Texas.

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Getting ready for your next trivia question.

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This is a good one.

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All right, a little harder.

This is in one of the major prophets.

So that tells you right now this answer is going to come from Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, or Daniel?

One of those four.

Which prophet did that phrase come from?

Which major prophet did that come from?

Jesus referred to the abomination of desolation that was spoken of by which prophet?

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Which major prophet in the Old Testament?

Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, or Daniel?

Which major prophet made the reference that Jesus was talking, originated the reference of the abomination of desolation.

Mark chapter 13, verse 14 will give you a big clue.

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Okay.

All right, folks, your trivia question is not complex, but you probably need to look it up if you don't know.

If you're not really into eschatology or things of that nature.

Jesus referred to the abomination of desolation.

It was spoken of.

By which prophet?

Was it Isaiah?

Was it Jeremiah?

Was it Ezekiel or Daniel?

If you think you know, reach out to us.

In the meantime, we are going to do two jokes.

Is that right?

Ready for these?

Okay, here we go.

I'm doing this joke because it has a Jewish connection, and I think it's funny.

And then the other joke is kind of goofy.

All right, so we got funny Jewish connection to the other one here.

It Is ready.

Now tell me what you think of this, because this is like my upbringing right here.

A son is visiting his mother the week after Hanukkah wearing one of the two sweaters she had given him as a gift for the holiday.

As he walks into her house, instead of saying hello, the mother said, what's wrong?

You didn't like the other sweater I got you?

That's my life.

Did you like that?

That's just like a classic.

That's how it goes.

All right, here's the other one.

I just thought this was funny.

I really dedicate this to my wife because it's pretty funny.

A man opened up his fridge and swore he heard two onions singing a Bee Gees song.

After close inspection, he realized it was just Chives talking.

Okay.

All right, folks.

Noel thinks that's funny.

Okay, it is funny.

That is pretty funny.

All right, so we do have somebody responding to the trivia question.

The trivia question is not overly complex.

Jesus referred to the abomination of desolation.

Spoken by which prophet?

One of the major prophets.

Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel or Daniel?

We do have somebody on the line ready to answer the trivia question.

Let's send them on through.

Knock, knock.

This is David.

Who am I talking to?

It's your brother Roger again.

Hello, brother Roger again.

How art thou?

I'm doing good.

I'm trying to bail you out.

You're trying to bail me out?

I love it.

Oh, my gosh.

Yes.

I don't have anything to say, so, yes, you're in a sinking ship.

That is.

I just don't want the fish to eat you.

That's so funny.

That is so, so funn.

That is absolutely brilliant.

I'm going to tell you.

That is brilliant.

Brilliant right there, my friend.

Absolutely.

Okay.

All right.

Let me set it up for you and then you can bail me out to get some of the water out of the boat.

That would be really helpful.

Here we go.

Jesus.

Jesus referred to the abomination of.

I know.

You're killing me.

Jesus referred to the abomination of desolation.

Spoken of by which prophet?

Prophet Daniel.

That is correct.

You are right.

That is an excellent answer, actually.

Jeanette got the pow pow on that.

Very good, Jeanette.

Very, very good.

So how art thou, Roger?

I'm doing better than I deserve.

Amen, brother.

Every one of us.

Every one of us, right?

Yeah, but I'm not in a sinking ship.

Youp'Re on.

You're on the lifeboat called Jesus.

No, it's A good.

I just.

I just wanted to encourage you and wish you well.

And we.

Ace was my friend.

Not only a brother on the radio, but he was a friend.

I knew him pretty.

Not really well, but I talked to him maybe on every other week basis, you know, and he.

And I just.

He was so humble.

He didn't brag about everything that he did and.

Minister.

He was a minister.

He had a church.

Yep.

He.

He had a homeless camp.

But he encouraged people to come to and try to get their lives back on their feet and try to bring them along so they'd have a better life.

But most of all, it was a better life in Jesus.

It wasn't just to help.

It just.

Jesus was first in his life.

So I just wanted to mention that about Ace.

And he.

He just.

He's just dancing now.

Yes.

You know, the last four years of his ministry, he did the singing out in the hot or cold on a weekly basis and never in rain, no matter what.

You know, he had a little umbrella or whatever, but he would do his ministry.

In the last four years, he did his ministry out of a wheelchair, you know, And, I mean, just.

I don't know if I'd go that far, but I just wanted to give him a special tribute, you know, and let everybody know what really he was all about.

You know, you're supposed to give credit to who credit is due.

And Ace, sure, they deserve credit.

That's right.

That's good.

I'm kind of jealous, you know.

Yeah, I know what you're talking about, because you're like, hey, he's already doing the dance, and so on.

So brother Ace, he contacted me.

So the show started March 18th, and that was.

Ace was one of the first people that called in.

He was one of the first people that I talked to directly.

And he's just always been such a blessing.

I mean, such a great spirit, a great heart, a great, great witness for Jesus and just.

You're right, he maintained this extraordinarily phenomenal, humble spirit.

And he just.

He didn't want to take any credit.

Just wanted to make sure the Lord got the credit.

And he was truly, truly a phenomenal Christian example.

You.

Truly a phenomenal Christian example.

I love that guy.

He was just great.

Yeah, we didn't always agree on all the doctrines and theologies, but we agreed to agree that Jesus Christ was the only way that you can enter into.

He Is the door, like you were talking about.

Right, exactly.

Is the door.

You don't go through any other door.

You're not going to get in with your doctrine or your theology.

I was listening on Saturday and you was on a Saturday.

And I heard myself and I talked about.

Not the theology, make it your neology.

Yeah, I heard that.

That's funny.

That's really good.

That was such a great line.

Right?

That is a brilliant line.

It's not your theology, it's your neology.

That is exactly right.

Yeah.

You know, and you just.

It was just a.

Just a pleasure to know him.

It was a pleasure to see his ministry, because I got to see his ministry, you know, and because he did it at cook stops, he did it at Walmart's, he did it at grocery.

Other grocery stores.

He didn't just do it at one place, he did it several different places.

So it just was wonderful to see.

Yeah, it was.

And I really appreciate you making those.

The connection and keeping me up to date.

And so the other day we.

We read from.

I don't know if you heard that or not.

We read from his obituary, and it's just a beautiful.

It's actually, they did a really good job.

I thought of sharing about him, making sure that everybody knew that his number one passion was about reaching out to people in the name of Christ.

And that was just great.

It's just great to hear, great to see.

And we are all, every one of us, everybody on this radio show, everybody who's ever listened to this radio show is better because Ace was a part of it.

Yes.

And I would say I agree.

I agree 100%, you know, amen.

And, you know, I.

I just.

It's good to know that I had a part of his ministry because I.

There is times I did help him get the.

His equipment out of his van and.

And help him set up, or vice versa, terrorist equipment down and put it into his van.

And then.

And then I got.

I got some of his tapes.

So I'm really blessed.

Amen.

Amen.

Good for you, man.

That is good.

Yeah.

I think I sent you one.

No, we have one.

And we'll.

We'll try and track some of that down and see if we can, you know, play some clips on that.

So that's something we'll.

We'll try and work out.

Yeah.

Don't worry.

But I.

It's okay.

You know, God knows what's going on and he knows what's going on with you, brother David.

Yes, he does.

Yeah, He.

He's.

He's got you.

And if it's a.

You know, I texted you the other day.

I didn't know what my next step was.

But just.

Just keep being myself and don't worry about what the next step.

God will make the step for me.

That's right.

That's right.

He will make a way.

When there seems to be no way.

He is the.

He is indeed the waymaker.

I mean, that is great.

Yeah.

And it's kind of like this trivia question that just happened.

Well, I was waiting for somebody else to answer.

Waiting for somebody else to answer.

Oh, I'll give it a try.

And here I am.

There you are.

And you did an excellent job, Roger.

That was a really, really good.

And a nice tribute to Ace as well.

It really was nice.

Yeah.

And I just.

I want to thank you and the show.

We definitely feel your prayers, and I know that you're out there praying for me and my wife and what we're going through.

We.

We definitely feel it.

We know that the church.

The church, not the.

Not the building, just praying for us and.

And that we're all connected.

We have to be connected.

And in that area where it doesn't matter what denomination, as long as they trust in Jesus and love on Jesus and know that Jesus is loving on us through the Holy Spirit, that he sent us to be our helper.

Yep.

To be our helper.

You know, Jesus has sent the Holy Spirit to come and be our helper.

Just think about that.

If you just meditate and.

And dwell on the.

What he has done.

I dwell on what he has done for me, not what he's gonna do for me.

I know that he's going to do great things for me, but I dwell on what he's already done.

You know, if I do.

If I look back, that's what I'm going to look back on what he's already done for me.

I.

That's the only thing I know how to do right now, is look what he's already done for me.

Yeah.

I'm not worried about what he's going to do in the future.

I'm taking care of.

Because of what he's already done.

I'm took care of.

I'm.

I'm satisfied with what I have in Christ because He already took care of me.

Amen.

That's.

That's where you.

That's where you get Psalm 23:1.

The Lord is my shepherd.

I shall not want.

That's it.

I don't want anything.

I'm good.

I got my shepherd.

I'm good.

Okay, well, I don't.

If I don't hang up, then I'm gonna just keep going the rest and then we're gonna get in trouble.

God bless.

God bless.

Roger.

We love you.

Love you too, bro.

God bless you.

Bye, bye, bye.

All right, excellent share.

Excellent opportunity to share and rightly so.

And Roger Again was instrumental in keeping me connected to Ace and I really do appreciate that.

And you should be praying for Roger Again and his wife because they're going through their trials if you don't know.

Just pray that the Lord will bring healing power into Roger Again's wife and into their family and just a peace and a great sense.

And they're greatly confident in the Lord and I'm greatly confident in your guys faithfulness in the Lord.

So I trust you for that.

All right, we got about three minutes.

Let me finish this off on this text that we were in.

This text in Colossians 1:19, after it says, God was pleased to have his fullness dwell in Jesus and through him reconcile him to all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.

So any kind of group that says the cross is a bad thing doesn't understand the actual redemption process.

And this is a biggie of biggie of biggies.

All things are reconciled to God, whether they're things in heaven and on earth.

That reconciliation comes through Jesus and Jesus Christ alone.

Did you hear me?

Born of the Holy Spirit, making him of divine, born of Mary, making him of humanity, and the only one, thereby the only one being able to make the connection between the two, connecting heaven and earth.

Jesus Christ alone.

A relationship that's active we have with God takes place by the blood of Jesus.

It paves the way of the connection between heaven and earth.

Jesus is ultimately that ladder that was foretold about in Jacob's ladder in the beginning of Genesis portions.

It's like Jesus is the actual, actual ladder.

And you think literal.

Yeah, because it has to be through him that heaven and earth are connected.

And so we need to be aware that regardless of the maturity level that all of us have reached, regardless of your denomination, regardless of your background.

I don't care about that.

What I care about is you understanding Jesus is the way that heaven and earth are connected.

It is through him that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit have reconciled all things, things on heaven and things in earth, by making peace through the blood of Jesus Christ.

You don't have peace with God because of your good works.

You have peace with God because of the blood of Jesus.

You are right with God because of what Jesus did.

And what takes place is when you acknowledge that testimony surrender to that testimony.

Confess that testimony.

The righteousness of Jesus Christ that He had and he walked in is placed upon you in reciprocation for that faith.

That grace is granted and you stand right with God as right as Jesus stood.

That's why there's peace through the blood of his cross.

I pray this verse every day, by the way, personally, because I know it ain't me, it's Him.

And how could we not just be forever grateful and thankful for all that he has done for us?

His kindness exceeds every one of us.

Thank you, Lord God Almighty, for the blood of Jesus Christ and the redemption through his actions.

Right, okay.

All right, folks, you have been listening to the David Spoon Experience right here on KAM 770, the truth station here in Texas.

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