David Spoon invites listeners into a profound exploration of faith and connection in today's experience. He emphasizes that our faith has a reputation, impacting not only our lives but also those around us, whether they recognize it or not. Through a discussion on the Book of Colossians, Spoon highlights the importance of thanksgiving and prayer, noting how Paul expressed gratitude for the believers in Colossae despite his imprisonment. This episode also touches on the significance of grace and peace from God, encouraging listeners to embody these principles in their daily interactions. Ultimately, Spoon inspires us to understand that our faith serves as a visible testament to the power of God in our lives, urging us to be aware of the influence we have on others.

In a captivating exploration of the Book of Colossians, David Spoon dives into the themes of faith, resilience, and community that resonate throughout Paul’s letter. Beginning with a thorough introduction to Colossians as one of the apostle's prison epistles, Spoon sets the stage for understanding the powerful context in which Paul wrote. He highlights Paul's unwavering spirit, noting how, despite being imprisoned, Paul focuses on gratitude and prayer for the believers in Colosse. This theme of thanksgiving becomes a central focus of the discussion, as Spoon emphasizes the importance of recognizing and celebrating the faith of others, even in challenging circumstances.

The episode also addresses the historical context of the Colossian church, where believers faced various doctrinal challenges, notably Gnosticism. Spoon explains how understanding these challenges provides meaningful insights into the text and its applications today. He draws parallels between the struggles of the early church and the modern-day experiences of believers, encouraging listeners to reflect on their own faith and how it is expressed within their communities. The conversation shifts towards the communal aspect of faith, where Spoon stresses that individual actions can greatly influence others. He urges listeners to consider how their lives serve as a testament to their faith, fostering an environment where the love of Christ is evident.

As the episode concludes, Spoon calls for an active engagement with God’s word and a commitment to living out one’s faith boldly. He inspires his audience to cultivate a deeper relationship with God through prayer and scripture while actively contributing to their communities. Highlighting the transformative power of grace and peace, Spoon leaves listeners with a profound understanding of their role as part of the larger body of Christ, encouraging them to be vessels of love and encouragement to those around them.

Takeaways:

• David Spoon discusses the significance of the Book of Colossians as it relates to the other prison epistles, emphasizing the context of Paul writing while imprisoned.
• The importance of grace and peace from God is highlighted, demonstrating their role in a believer's life as gifts from God amidst struggles.
• Spoon encourages listeners to recognize the impact of their faith on others, asserting that our actions and beliefs are observed by those around us.
• The episode emphasizes the need for genuine connection and appreciation among believers, fostering a supportive Christian community that prays for one another.
• David Spoon's personal experiences and insights serve as a reminder of the transformative power of faith in overcoming life's challenges.
• The discussion on the nature of true love and the difference between worldly and biblical love deepens the understanding of relationships in a Christian context.

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, but into the narrative of the Book of acts, we do not travel.

What?

Because we finished the book of acts.

So we're gonna get into a new book and find God's timeless truths in our lives.

Welcome to the Book of Colossians.

This book is the third of four prison epistles.

What does that mean?

That means that he wrote them while he was in prison.

The first one, by the way, is Ephesians.

The second one is Philippians.

This one is Colossians.

And there's Philemon.

Those are the four prison epistles.

That means that all these letters were written while Paul was in prison.

So every time Paul thanks God and praises God in these letters, he's doing it behind bars.

Wow.

That should just be an amazing testimony to start this off.

Next, jumping into the very beginning, we need to understand that the letter is broken up.

Basically two major sections.

The first half of the book deals with theological treaties that include an absolute and most powerful presentation of christology that's anywhere else in the New Testament.

Christology is the study of Christ, and colossians 118 makes it clear that in all things, Jesus is to have the preeminence.

That means first place.

And finally, the first thing we want to look at is in verse two, is where it says to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ Jesus at Colossi.

These are not two different groups of people.

Saints and faithful brothers is the same phrase in the Greek.

It means one person.

And guess what?

God doesn't write letters to dead people.

The saints are the living people who are the brothers and sisters in Christ, and we will get into it.

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Lessons for surviving living and prevailing politics, entertainment and current events, personal revelations, spiritual observations, my life's insanities, and oy vey, so much more.

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Talked to the ruler of professional radio yesterday.

It's not.

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Aw, that's nice.

Thank you, David.

Happy to Thursday.

Happy Thursday to you.

Not a lot for you to do that last section, huh?

Not a lot for you to kind of respond to, huh?

Yep.

Just sat and listened.

It's amazing that sometimes it hasn't and sometimes it does, but Thursdays, it does seem to happen a little bit more.

Cause it's.

It's the book of revelation.

So, yeah, sometimes I'm just sitting back listening and sometimes I'm like constantly picking up the phone about every 5 seconds.

It just depends on what's going on.

We love that.

Don't you love that?

See, the thing about Christianity is stop making it rules and regulations.

How boring.

Snores are rules and regulations.

That's what a religion is, not.

Not the religion that the Bible speaks of, but the religion that the world speaks of.

Remember, there are definitions of words that do not translate from one to the other.

So the world's definition of love is not even close to the Bible's definition of love.

Not even in the ballpark.

Like, love is love.

Love is love.

Jesus said all that I love, I rebuke.

Just tell them one time and they'll be like, what?

So you get to see that all these different things.

So the world religion process is just rules, regulations, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

God's process is so different.

So we encourage you to be, you know, active in this and to be a participant to recognize your Christianity.

It's not robotic, it's not.

I do this, I do this, I do this, I do this.

You know, if you, if you listen to any of those worship songs, Noelle, just recently watched that movie about.

I can only imagine.

Okay, if you want, if you watch any of these shows, you find out, listen, these are powerful moments in people's lives.

And when we see the Lord, it's gonna be so awesome.

Just imagine.

Just imagine.

Wake up.

Not one thing, not one thing you have to deal with or take care of.

But you are filled with joy and peace.

You are filled with happiness and grace and mercy is just literally dripping upon you.

I mean, literally, people are like, literally, literally, you are in the presence of the most high God.

Come on.

That's cool.

All right, so anyway, why would you, by the way, reach out to us?

Why would you call us?

Or not just calling us, but why would you text us?

If you want to text, you know, you can do that.

Why would you send an email?

Why would you do any of those things?

There's a couple of reasons.

The main reason, not the main reason.

One of the main reasons is it's a praise report.

You get an opportunity to go, you know what?

This blessed me.

I just want to share it.

And that honors the Lord.

Maybe you've got a prayer that's appraised report.

Maybe you got a prayer request, right?

Asking the Lord to help.

Asking the Lord to bring the kingdom of heaven into your situation.

Yeah, he's there, but he's very gentle and very much a gentleman waiting for you to say, please take over.

Actually, most of the time he's waiting for us to let go.

But that's a separate issue.

We talked about that yesterday.

Maybe you've got something you just want to share.

Scripture that's on your mind or on your heart.

Cool.

Do it.

Maybe you've got an answer to bible trivia.

I don't know.

I find it interesting that I had this coordinated for trivia today.

And the very first question on my little trivia sheet just happened to be what I was reading about in my devotions today.

I always find stuff like that fascinating.

Here it is.

Who was Bathsheba's first husband?

Two samuel, chapter eleven, verse three.

Who was Bathsheba's first husband?

That's the question I'm asking you.

If you think you know, by the way, you can reach out to us.

Your first question, who was Bathsheba's first husband?

Two Samuel chapter eleven, verse three.

I will tell you that as I was studying it, I actually got some very revelatory stuff that I'm looking forward to teaching on one day.

When we get into one and two, Samuel, we'll hope that be happening soon.

In the meantime, we're going to do our DNA.

So we're going to be praying for people.

We've had a bunch of people request prayers, and it's probably gonna be difficult for me to name each and every one of them, so I'm gonna probably do it collectively, just giving a little more time.

But that doesn't mean that God, when he hears our prayers, doesn't know what's going on.

So never take it that way, okay?

Never think that way, okay?

That's just.

I mean, even Paul said, I pray for you all.

It's like, it's not, it doesn't mean he names each one individually.

So when you pray collectively, get it.

All right.

All right, here we go.

Uh, let's do our DNA first.

D.

D stands for draw closer to the Lord daily.

Daily, just every day, if you.

If you will, just make that commitment between you and the Lord.

I don't care how much time, I don't care.

All the processes, you know, part of it's gotta be prayer, and part of it's gotta be the word.

If you would just do that, you would have a better life here.

And then you'll kind of get a handle on what's coming, a little bit of as to what is on the road, what's coming down the road, which is hanging out with the Lord, which is phenomenal, changes everything.

Draw closer to the Lord daily.

That's d.

And never be ashamed of Jesus or his words.

I won't tell you which candidates like or don't like the word of God.

That's an irrelevant point, because at some juncture in your existence, if the Lord tarries or if he doesn't come back when everybody thinks he's coming back, you know, from a eschatological point of view, the growth against the word of God is certain because it is the only thing that Satan can do to bring about a pull back or a, not a reduction, but a challenge to the kingdom is to challenge the actual word of God, which, by the way, is to challenge actually Jesus, since his name is the word of God.

You tell that to some people who claim to be christians.

They're like, what?

It's like, okay, John, chapter one, verse one.

Ever read that?

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

Of course, if you are, he'll be ashamed of you.

And then a always be ready to serve.

Always ready to serve.

Just ready.

You're not.

It doesn't mean you, like I said yesterday, and I think it's a good point, it doesn't mean you have a track sitting in your pocket that you're going to share with somebody.

A jack chick track or four spirituals.

Doesn't mean you don't need those.

Doesn't mean you don't have to use those.

Those are great.

But it doesn't mean you're just like, just be there when the Lord calls, that you can say, here am I.

Use me.

Just present yourself to the Lord.

I think it's really helpful if you start off your day doing that and just say, Lord, you know, sometimes I don't hear you very clearly and sometimes I, you know, pay more attention to my stuff.

But I do want to make myself available to you.

Please use me in any way you want today.

I think that is a genuine, honest, sincere prayer that God not only loves to hear from his children, but will say yes to.

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

A always be ready to serve.

In the meantime, we'll go back to the trivia question and then I'm going to start some preliminary on the book of Colossians.

I love some of this stuff, so just, I go nuts.

That's why.

Who was Bathsheba's first husband?

We've already mentioned that this is one of Paul's prison epistles.

What that means is he wrote them.

Wait, in prison.

What's amazing about that is between Ephesians, Colossians and Philippians, and even somewhat in Philemon, there are multiple scriptures of praise and honor and glory and appreciation for the circumstances in by Paul unctioned by the Holy Spirit, writing them and acknowledging as holy writ that even in that circumstance there is a place to praise the Lord instead of complaining about the circumstance.

The lesson is that somebody was very deeply involved, very committed, certainly doing the right thing by the kingdom standards, also encountered many tribulations and in those tribulations always figured out especially, we see it in Colossians one, three, a way to think, thank God.

That right there is the challenge of a lifetime.

Now I want you to understand something about the prison epistles.

That's the Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians and Philemon.

They were written after acts 28.

The most likelihood is they were written about 63 ad, where the acts 28 is roughly about 62 ad.

That's kind of helpful to know.

Here's another thing that's really powerful to know.

For many, many years, there's many commentators and the older commentators will all refer to this.

They thought that the biggest problem in Colossians was gnosticism.

And gnosticism has to do with two things.

It's a fervent love of knowledge itself, where the pursuit of the knowledge becomes more important than what's being pursued.

And another part of gnosticism is this.

Nothing but spiritual things.

There's no real world.

There's no anything, anything that's in the real world, like food or anything like that.

It's all evil.

Okay?

Those are the two main elements of coming out of gnosticism.

However, in the last 50 or 60 years, it has come down that the group that the church of Colosseum might have been fighting was also another group that was deeply into angelology, calling on Michael, Gabriel and all the other angels and not calling on the Lord, but calling on angels to do all the work, which is very, very, very enlightening, very interesting.

And as we get into the book, you'll understand why that could very well be because of what he says in chapter two and chapter three.

So I'm just giving you that so you can understand.

Then I'll just open with this, and then we'll give the trivia question, and then we'll take our first break.

The first thing is chapter one, verse one.

Paul, an apostle.

So I want you to understand, he never met any of these people.

He didn't meet the people at Colosse.

He never had a chance to meet them.

So he's coming off saying this, he's an apostle because they don't know him.

So he's giving them a little bit of, hey, this is where I'm at.

I'm writing to you.

I'm one of the Lord's apostles.

And apostle is one.

The word means one sent forth.

And in many ways there's multiple apostles, but they don't range into the twelve, and they certainly don't range into the first century apostles.

It's just not the same.

Everybody goes, oh, it's the same.

No, it's not.

Doesn't mean the office doesn't exist.

But the twelve were.

The twelve don't stop doing that.

And then Paul, definitely one as born out of time.

But he wants them to know, hey, I'm writing this to you.

This is from me.

And you should take heed to what I'm going to share with you.

What I want you to understand is he's going to discuss fellowship with the Colossians, but he never met them.

Stop.

Stop.

That's what this radio show is like.

Not that we are like Paul in that sense, but I'm trying to show you the connection.

Paul is going to talk about his connection to this church and to these believers.

But they never met.

Huh.

Sounds like a radio ministry a little bit, doesn't it?

All right, your question there, isn't that cool?

Come on.

Your question.

Who was the first husband of Bathsheba?

And the answer is Uriah.

Uriah the Hittite was the first husband of Bathsheba, by the way, David, in his sins, in that process, I just did this deep dive, last two weeks, 20 sins that I'm able to count so far.

Okay.

All right.

Take our break and then come back.

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Now, I want to pull this out of Jude.

Jude only has one chapter.

Jude is the letter before the book of revelation.

Revelation, singular.

It's the last letter before the book of revelation.

And this is what it says in verses 17 through 19.

I want you to listen to this, and then I want you to think about today, all the stuff that's going on.

I'm not going to go overly political.

I want you just to consider the landscaping that we're all living in right now, the landscape that we're of society.

It says this, but you must remember, beloved, that the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, they said to you in the last times, there will be scoffers following their own ungodly passions.

It is these who cause divisions.

Worldly people devoid of the Holy Spirit.

Now listen to that.

This is a prophecy that is being brought up by Jude, who is a brother to Jesus.

Won't even identify himself that way.

Brother to James, who was in charge of the church after the James of Peter.

James John died in acts twelve in acts 15.

The other James kind of ascends to the position of power, so to speak.

And he's not in charge of everybody.

He's just kind of leading the show and like Peter did in the early church.

And this is Jude, his brother and the brother of Jesus.

And he's telling you, you gotta remember what the apostles said, the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

He's so humble when he writes that.

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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Before we do anything else, I want to go into prayer.

So we've got a couple of different prayer requests.

They're kind of scattered.

I just want to make mention of that.

So we're going to pray so everybody knows who it is who's contacted me.

So as I'm praying, I'll be lifting them up before the Lord.

But as we're praying, I want you to be praying for all these people.

Okay?

So, I mean, there's.

There's a couple of serious medical ones.

There's people that are dealing with fear.

There's concerns about the pregnancies.

There's concerns of things like that nature.

And so I want you just to join me in taking your faith.

Just put it with my faith.

Just collectively, you know, two or more agree upon anything.

And so there's a connection there.

And let's take my faith, your faith, let's put it together and be.

And be petitioning the Lord.

Let's do it.

Father, we come before you right now and we thank you and we praise you.

And I just.

I just feel immensely blessed, Lord, to be able to petition you on behalf of the people that listen to this show.

That's just an honor.

And, Lord, coming to you in your presence, it's just, it's so, we're so, we're so gifted, we're so graced, and we understand the world's going kind of nutty around us.

But, Lord, in you, we find the center of everything.

We find our peace, the grace, the wisdom, the insight to just move forward.

And, Lord, you are a giver.

You're generous, you're so kind to us, we don't even recognize how kind you are.

So, Lord, for Greg and for, you know, his daughter and for Papa and for all these people, all these different people who are just.

They're just really hurting, Lord, they really need miracles to come from you.

Some are life threatening.

Some are just debilitating.

We need your miracle power.

We're not going to tell you how to do things.

We're not going to be obnoxious.

We're going to be your kids asking our dad for help.

Dad, would you please help us?

Help these children that are yours.

Help these children that know you and even the ones that don't, and reach into their bodies by the power of your spirit and confirm your graciousness and touch them and let them know it comes from you.

And, Lord, we're praying for right now for there's just a lot of people that just don't have any peace.

There's just so much fear, so much frustration.

And we're asking you to break the wind, the noise of the wind, and then the noise that comes from that that is fighting against them.

Some need health and healing.

Some need a miracle.

Some need the waters and the waves just to be still.

And most of us need your peace.

And since it's the gospel of peace and Jesus, you are the prince of peace.

We're asking for that to be given to us.

For each one of these, Lord, for every circumstance which you know better than we do, and your mercy.

And in your grace, touch these lives.

Through your compassion, through your love, touch these lives.

We pray.

That's what we pray.

Lord, we ask you to do this in Jesus name.

Amen and amen.

Okay.

All righty.

We will now get to this show is going to go off the rails, I promise.

We're now going to get to our next trivia question.

Why were Daniel's three friends thrown into the fiery furnace?

Why did Shadrach, Meshach in Abednego?

Why did they get thrown into the furnace?

Daniel, chapter three, verses eleven and twelve.

Daniel chapter three, verses eleven and twelve.

That's the question.

Before we get anything else or do anything else, I want to make sure people know so we're in the book of Colossians.

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Okay.

All right.

So why were shadrach, Meshach and Abednego thrown into the fiery furnace?

That's your question for now.

And we do have somebody that wants to answer the trivia question, so let's send them on through.

Knock, knock.

This is David.

Who am I talking to?

Hey, this is your little brother.

What's going on, Samson?

Hey.

Not much.

What's up?

Not much.

Not much.

Okay.

Okay.

What's, uh, what.

What's going on?

Do you get the answer for the trivia question?

Yes, sir.

Okay, let me set it up for you and then you can answer.

Okay.

Okay, here we go.

Why were Daniel's three friends, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego thrown into the fiery furnace?

Oh, because they refused to bow down the nebuchadnezzar idol or statue.

That is correct.

Evunda.

Amazingly, people do not make the correlation, although they probably should, that it was the government that was requiring false worship of a false statue regarding a false situation.

And they said no.

So everybody goes, we have to do everything the government says.

Okay, look at this passage here in Daniel chapter three, verse eleven through twelve, and explain it.

All right, so, yeah, it doesn't work that way.

We obey God first, especially if the government tells us to do something that's contrary to God.

Right?

Right.

All right.

What?

It's so funny, David.

From last few days, I reim restarting the book of Daniel.

And even last night, that was my reading of listening.

That's great.

That's awesome.

Awesome news.

How are things in general?

Things are okay.

I'm just praying for one thing that I really need a breakthrough.

Like, that's kind of a little urgent.

But I know the God we serve, the God of Shadrach, me, shekinah nguyen.

Well, let me pray over you that the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.

And by the way, I used to have people say Abednego and that's wrong.

Yeah, I just thought that was funny.

Let me pray over you that the Lord will open up the door.

Okay.

Yes.

Let's pray.

Father, we come before you right now.

Lift up our brother Samson.

We love our brother Samson.

We ask you to bless him.

Thank you for him pursuing you and loving you.

And, Lord, he's got an urgency, which.

It's not urgent to you.

Lord, you know everything.

Your timing is perfect.

So we do ask you to bring a sense of peace and a sense of comfort for him so that he would not feel that pressure.

But at the same time, Lord, he needs a miracle.

And nobody does miracles like you, Lord.

And so it only takes a moment for a miracle.

We know that to be true.

And we ask you to bring that moment for Samson and let him find deliverance from his situation, redemption from the attacks of fear and peace that pushes him past it all so he doesn't have to have that stress going on in his life.

We lift him up before you and ask your blessing on him.

In Jesus name, amen and amen.

Good.

Hey, I want to correct you with one thing, okay?

It's a book of revelation.

I had no doubt in my mind you would take a different position.

Because.

Because it is the continuation of the book of Daniel.

Now, you say that, right?

But I would say to you, the New Testament explains the old and not the other way around.

And you would have to.

You'd have to defend that in revelation.

But revelation is explaining Daniel, not Daniel.

Revelation.

Okay.

If you don't agree with me, I'm gonna start a revolution against you.

Well.

Well, you should get in line.

You would be number 456.

I love you.

I love you, too, bro.

Do you have a second?

I could crack a little joke.

Yes.

Okay.

Hey, do you know what kind of device Delilah was using?

What device Delilah was using?

What device was she using for her communication?

What was she using?

Samsung.

Oh, my gosh.

All right, I'm hanging up on you, Sam.

So let the joy of the Lord be our strength.

Amen, brother.

Amen.

Amen.

All right, thank you.

Bye bye.

Love you.

Bye bye.

So funny.

All right, there we go.

All right, so we're going to go into Colossians.

Samson.

Okay, that was good.

You have to like that.

All right, here we go.

So for those that are trying to figure it out and people that are disagreeing, just so you can know, most things are interpreted Old Testament, the New Testament, there's a couple things that stretch around, but don't, don't freak out for your position.

Just don't do that.

Okay, here we go.

Let's go pick it back up.

In the text, listen to this.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus.

Do you ever look in the scripture and see it says Christ Jesus?

And other times it says Jesus Christ.

Do you ever notice that?

So the theory, it's not a bad theory.

I like it, is that when it's Christ Jesus, it's his lordship before he's a savior, and then when it's Jesus Christ, it's his savior before his lordship.

Nah.

Okay.

If that helps people sleep.

Cool.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God.

And Timothy, our brother.

So let's at least understand where we're going with this.

Paul still has his young protege, Timothy.

It is likely because of how the letter is written, that Timothy was much more like a secretary.

It wasn't like Timothy was giving theological insight, because, remember, he was one of Paul's young protege.

So he was a part of the writing process.

But the level of involvement could be kind of challenging.

You gotta be a little careful there.

But he does say this, by the will of God.

And so the things that we do for the kingdom are by the will of God.

They're not by the will of men.

In fact, you being spiritually born is by the will of God and not by the will of your parents.

You see, what's amazing is that people.

Well, no, they didn't.

No, no, no.

From God's perspective, he has everything nailed down.

It's our perspective that doesn't have it nailed down.

So Paul, he knows.

Look, I'm an apostle.

I'm an apostle based on what?

Based on the will of God.

That's what I'm an apostle of.

And then he says this, and we'll exit after this to the saints and the faithful brothers in Christ Jesus.

Colossae, stop.

I know there are some belief systems that think that this letter, when it makes reference to the saints, is talking to dead saints.

I know how ridiculous that is.

It doesn't mean the person who thinks that is an evil person.

It's just wrong.

You don't write letters to people that are already with the Lord.

They don't need it.

When we see him as he is, we shall be like him and they're seeing him as he is.

That part's over.

Okay.

Remember, the body goes down the spirit unto the Lord, so there's nothing that they, they don't need that.

And so when it says saints and faithful brothers, even in the Greek, it's one.

It's just one thing.

And it's like, look, the saints are the people that believe that Jesus is the Christ.

You are a saint as opposed to sinners, so to speak, because saints have been granted redemption.

So instead of all that other weird stuff that goes on and it's just relax.

The letter is to the saints and faithful brothers does imply there might be some people maybe not so sainty and not so brotherly like, but we'll get to that later on.

We'll take our break here and then come back.

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Knock knock.

This is David.

Who am I talking to?

Hey, David, it's brother Stan.

Hey, brother Stan.

How are you, brother?

We mentioned it a little bit earlier.

I want people to keep on praying for you.

How are you doing?

And how's your wife?

Well, I want to answer the trivia question and give a praise report.

Oh, okay.

So let's do the trivia question first.

And there's a little leeway in this one statement because it has like three different really practical responses.

But let's, let's just go with the ones on your heart.

What kind of giver does God love?

What kind of giver, cheerful or happy that is, Gretamundo.

Cheerful, happy, generous, great spirited.

Any of those will work with God?

Response?

People that say, here it is, praise the Lord.

I'm glad to give it, not people that go, I got a five.

I think I could squeeze that out.

That's not what the Lord wants.

That's not the right kind of offering for God.

We don't do stuff like that.

That's bad, right.

We do it with the right heart and the right spirit, right?

That's right.

All right, give me an update.

Give me an update, update wipes out.

Of hospital change woman high in spirit, high in praise, high in energy.

The Lord is just God and I appreciate him in the witness of all the radio arguments and you, brother Dave and everybody at the radio station.

My God answers prayer because it was heavy on my heart, on how my God, how my wife would behave after being released from the hospital.

She is in wonderful spirits and it's just a great thing that God has done for me because I had a lot of things weighing on me, you know, things that she used to do, paying the bills and all of that.

That had to be on me, which I take that, you know, I get that deval said better words.

You can help reach him forward.

And so I'm proud of myself because I've done what I could to step in from my wife who was missing for those of, for those short weeks.

And she's a sweetheart.

She's changed.

God has answered our prayer.

Hallelujah, brother.

Wow.

That is just a fantastic testimony.

Everybody who's listening should recognize.

And then we shoot this off to Gary right now, who's got his issue going on with his wife Sheila.

It's like, listen, God does stuff.

Let's keep pushing until something happens.

That's right.

What a great testimony.

Gary.

Now I'm praying for you and everybody else.

The saints prayers are, will be answered.

That's right.

God does answer prayer of his people, his children.

I love y'all.

Be blessed.

All right.

God bless you, brother.

Welcome back to that David Spoon experience.

Thank you for joining us here at KAM 770 the truce station here in Texas.

That's k men 770 the truth station here in Texas.

We're getting ready for another trivia question.

And since we've been doing revelation, this will be kind of fun to do right here in the new Jerusalem, where are the names of the twelve tribes written revelation 20 112?

In the New Jerusalem, where are the names of the twelve tribes written?

Revelation chapter 21, verse twelve?

That is your challenge, your opportunity right there.

That's making it simple.

It's pretty straightforward, right?

Here you go.

In the New Jerusalem, where are the names of the twelve tribes written revelation chapter 21, verse twelve?

In the meantime, I'm going to send you up to the website on the website, there is a place to put prayer requests and praise reports as well as comments, something that's on your heart and mind.

Additionally, there's that free app that is up there.

Additionally, there's a place to give because we exist by the giving of our audience, how we do it, nothing weird, nothing bizarre.

And I do want to encourage you to check out the books that are on there.

We're doing the audio for the faith that pleases God and it's been really encouraging me to read it.

There's a lot of mistakes, and so I got to make those corrections.

But the message of the book is really encouraging in faith, and so I just encourage you to check it out.

If you can't afford a book, let us know.

We'll pay for it and send it to you for no cost.

In the meantime, on the giving side, proverbs three nine.

Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the first fruits of all your produce.

Never give God leftovers, okay?

That's not fair.

God gives you his best.

You give him your best.

Check it out.

All on the website.

He must increase.org prayer request he mustincrease.org praise report he must increase.org dot looking to give to this ministry.

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

He mustincrease.org hemustincrease.org that's Jacob's favorite.

That's so classic.

All right, let's do the trivia.

We got so much stuff to cover.

I hope we'll get another break in.

Somebody is ready to answer the trivia question.

Let's send them on through.

Knock, knock.

This is David.

Who am I talking to?

Hi, Dave.

Doctor Spoon, this is Fred.

How you doing today?

I'm doing great, Fred.

How you doing?

I'm doing fine, sir.

Awesome.

Awesome.

You ready for the tree of question?

I think so.

Okay.

I feel good about it, brother, but we'll see.

Here we go.

There we go.

In the New Jerusalem, where are the names of the twelve tribes written?

Where are the names of the twelve tribes written to be direct?

The name of the twelve tribes on the twelve gates?

That is correct.

Amundosa.

Excellent.

Excellent.

Excellent job.

That's a tough question.

I mean, people gotta.

You gotta really.

Oh, where are they?

It's on the gates.

On the gates.

Exactly, brother.

Exactly.

Excellent job.

Excellent.

What you got going on today?

I don't have anything going on.

I'm just gonna hang up and let you expound.

You're great, man.

Love you, brother.

God bless.

Bye bye bye.

All right.

Awesome.

So somebody did want to know.

And another great job, my friend.

We're going to get into this way.

Do you get to this next section?

This is really cool.

But somebody was checking in the show and just want to know what particular translation I used.

So it's an excellent question, by the way, I do want to point out to people that for those that don't know, are newer to the show, I was born and raised jewish, then I became a Christian.

Pretty dramatic experience.

I went on and I got a BA degree, then a master's degree and then a doctorate.

But my doctorate's from a baptist group.

My master's is from a pentecostal group.

And I'm a baptistal for those that are trying to figure out.

And when I meet with pastors and we talk, I just tell them, I'm just a jewish guy who's getting to heaven through Jesus.

That's what I tell people.

So.

But from a translation point of view, I'm a big, big fan of all of.

I actually am a big fan of more than one.

I typically read the Greek and the Hebrew.

I use a lot.

I go a big direction.

Just so you can know in the berean standard Bible, which is a BSB.

I also like the ESV.

That's my fav.

I also like the NLT for reading and for absorbing.

And I love the new King James.

And then I like about 15 other translations.

So the truth of the matter is I read the Bible different almost every translation.

Right now I've read the New Testament in over 30 different translations and I've read them multiple times because I just get a lot out of it.

I don't know.

Sometimes I'll be in the NIv and you just pick up something and you're like going, wow.

And then sometimes you read in the King James and you're like, wow.

I love the way it says there's some things in the King James.

I still quote from King James because it says it better.

And I like that.

Some things that come out of the NLT that are phenomenal.

I love all of it.

So my answer is a plethora.

I try to use a very tight translation, a middle translation, and not a paraphrase, but a softer translation.

I don't use paraphrases because that's not what I use.

Okay.

All right.

I hope that helps.

Right, let's go back to colossians because this part is mind blowing.

I don't know where we're going to go with this.

But I get overwhelmed when I read this and I think about this.

Here's Paul.

He's writing in prison, right?

So this is the first two verses we already covered.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colosse.

Grace and peace to you from God our father, which, by the way, we do that and we think of.

It's just like saying hello or Shalom, kind of in Hebrew.

Well, when you say Shalom in Hebrew, you're not just saying hello or goodbye.

You're actually asking for God's peace to be a part of that.

And that's exactly what Paul's doing.

He's saying grace and peace to you from God our father.

And you think, why?

Well, first of all, we're told we can grow in grace.

And Hebrews 416 says, we come to the throne of grace with confidence to receive mercy and to find grace in our time of need.

We have positional grace, but we also need situational grace.

And that's what Hebrews 416 is about.

So he's saying that to you and then peace.

It's a gospel of peace.

I mean, that's one of the great things about Ephesians six where it talks about the gospel of peace being the shoes that we have on our shoes of the gospel of peace.

Why?

Because you take the gospel of peace wherever you go.

Why?

Because people need peace.

I mean, the reality check that people don't want to say often is we have a lot of people that need, that have a strong dependency on certain drugs in order to help them cope.

That's not bizarre.

It's in fact, some of those are really good.

It's awesome.

But it's because there's no peace.

And so that's what he's starting off with.

He's like, look, grace, unmerited favor, God's favor and peace to you from God, not from the world, not from anything, from God our father.

That's what he says.

Then he blows everybody's.

I don't know if he blows everybody's.

Blows my mind.

Let me say that.

Verse three.

We always thank God, the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you.

Dude, you're in prison.

I know people don't like that, but he's in prison now.

He could have said, here I am suffering for the kingdom.

Right?

That could have been the first line, would have been true.

Here I am being abused by the system.

He could have said that too.

That would have been right.

There's been no error in saying any of that.

But that's not what he says.

What's the first thing he communicates to this church?

We thank God every time we pray for you.

That communicates a connection between christians that doesn't often exist now, which it should.

I mean, everybody's like, we want to be like the first century church.

We want to be like the first century church.

Nobody really wants to be like the first century church that met daily and that had all things in common.

Nobody's really looking for that.

I mean, they just say it because it sounds spiritual.

But what he did communicate is, look, I thank God when I think of you, when I pray for you, when I consider you, I have happiness.

There's a joy that just swallows over me.

But there's a big difference between thankfulness and joy.

Relax.

You're missing the point.

I thank God, the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you.

He's happy to pray for them.

He's blessed about them.

That's the kind of fellowship that we want to have.

I hope you have that personally, one on one.

And if it doesn't happen, I hope the Lord opens that door for you, and I hope you have that kind of fellowship on this radio show.

But look at the attitude that Paul has.

He could have wrote anything on that first line, that first tear, but he just wanted them to know he appreciates them.

That's a powerful, powerful.

We love the brethren.

Move.

A new commandment I give you, that you love one another as I have loved you, substantially greater than us loving ourselves.

Jesus loved them greater than we love ourselves.

You can't change that.

And it's like, well, we always thank God the Father, our Lord Jesus, God, the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you.

I love that.

That's the heart of.

Right.

Love one another and carry one another's burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Isn't that powerful?

That's powerful.

I will take a break and then come back.

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You say?

I'll put it to you like this.

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That's pretty bad.

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A hippocritopotamus.

Come on.

Do you love being able to ask questions, comments, or having someone to pray for you?

Do you have an opinion, a comment, a thought or a question?

We don't want it to die of loneliness.

We want it to have a chance.

And last but not least, do you love some trivia?

All right, we got our trivia question.

Who made clothes out of leaves that were sewed together?

Somebody want to answer the trivia question?

Okay, hold on, hold on.

Here you go.

Here you go.

This is David.

Who am I talking to?

You're talking to Mary.

This is Al.

This is Brother Ace.

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This is Deborah.

Now, if that doesn't make you curious, maybe you should tune in and check it out for yourself.

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Hey, Jingity Jing, it's Dominic, the donkey.

Jingity Jingdez, the italian Christmas donkey.

La la la.

Oh, that is.

You asked for Zany, my friend.

Welcome back to the David Spoon experience.

So we being not completely unlike, you know, Christmas vacation in Chevy Chase and so on and so forth.

We got a really big tree, slapped it up on the car.

Of course, it scratched the car to no end.

Remember, I'm jewish and I'm trying to follow the Christmas holiday.

It's got nothing to do with my Christianity.

I like Christmas, I like the season and so on and so forth.

I have no problem celebrating any specific time, picking a time, and we're as close as we can be celebrating the birth of Christ.

It's awesome.

It's a great time of year.

But you're talking about me fighting a tree and I'm fighting the tree and I'm fighting the tree and I hack off a few branches.

And unfortunately what I hacked off with the, with the axe wasn't enough because I was right there again holding the Christmas tree with my feet on the door, trying to pull it in.

Hey, you know what?

The Christmas tree was not coming in.

So you know what I did?

I hacked off a few more pieces, but then instead of just trying to pull the tree in, I hacked off a few more pieces.

By this point, I have decided that Christmas is a pagan holiday that only people who are supporting Christmas presents have created.

And jewish people who believe in Jesus should not be celebrating Christmas.

And I'm crushing the.

And I've got the act up and I'm crushing it and I'm going to get this tree in and you would not believe it, but after doing that for 15 minutes, I still could not get the tree in the house.

Oh.

Welcome back to the David Spoon experience.

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

I don't think we're actually going to have time for history.

You only got like four minutes left and I still have to do this one verse.

We were going to do history.

I will tell you one thing about history for those that don't know.

And.

Okay.

Do history real fast.

Go ahead and play it.

Go ahead and play it.

I can do it.

Do it.

Do it.

Okay.

It's national good and plenty Day.

Remember?

Good and plenty.

You don't even know what good and plenty's are, do you?

Oh, my goodness.

See, people.

Jacob, don't you love Jacob?

He doesn't know.

Love.

My good and plenty's Charlie says.

Really?

Rings a bell.

Charlie says, I love my good and plenty.

Yeah.

You don't know that at all, do you?

Doesn't ring a bell.

Okay.

Brilliant line, by the way.

Brilliant.

You get big props for that.

Also, it's national bologna Day.

The only person that's really happy about that is Bert because we give them baloney every once in a while.

Don't give your dog bologna.

Don't tell me what to do with my dog.

Okay, here we go.

Last little bit in Colossians.

Only got a couple of seconds.

Let me do this.

So we just finished.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God and Timothy our brother to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ Jesus in Christ at Colosse.

Grace and peace to you from God our father.

We always thank God, the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you because we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love you have for the saints.

Next week we'll get into the three, but I want you to key in on this one point.

People hear about your faith.

Let me explain something to you that people maybe you might not be aware of.

People hear about your faith, whether you know that or not.

When Paul was with Silas in the prison, and they were in prison and the Bible says they were singing praises and praying, it says the prisoners heard them.

Your faith has, whether you think it does or not, is not as relevant as the truth.

Your faith has a reputation.

First of all, your faith is on display for the authorities and powers that exist in heaven.

Ephesians, chapter 311 and twelve makes it clear that God chose his wisdom to the powers in heaven through the church.

Not he did.

He does so one way or another.

When you think about all the world's a stage.

That would be correct.

Shakespeare didn't come up with that.

The apostle Paul wrote that just so you can know.

And what I'm trying to communicate to you is that your faith is seen.

Even if you don't think anybody is seeing it.

That means nothing.

So the fact of the matter is, Paul's like, look, we've heard about your faith.

Faith has a reputation that goes with it.

Love has a reputation that goes with it.

But I want you to know that you're being heard somewhere in some capacity.

Be it the powers in heaven or be it people who live right next door to you, your faith is being acknowledged, good or bad.

That doesn't mean that you fake your faith.

It just means your faith is open.

And doing that with the Lord might make a person make a decision to say, I want some of that.

I want what that person is operating with.

Your faith is heard.

Never forget that.

You're a billboard for the most high God.

Okay.

All right.

All right, folks.

You've been listening to the David Spoon experience right here on Kam, 770, the truth station here in Texas.

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