00:00 Introduction and Technical Difficulties
00:33 Discussing Netflix and Parental Concerns
01:23 Guarding Your Family Against Negative Influences
03:53 Daily Bible Reading: Matthew 4 and Luke 4-5
04:13 The Temptation of Jesus
05:54 Jesus Begins His Ministry
08:07 Jesus Calls His Disciples
09:50 The Importance of Prayer
11:03 Jesus Heals the Paralytic
12:04 Conclusion and Prayer
12:38 Outro and Podcast Information
Find out more about Compass Bible Church.
Learn more about our Bible Reading Plan.
Questions or Comments? Email us podcast@compassntx.org
Hey everybody.
2
:Welcome back to another edition
of the Daily Bible podcast.
3
:Happy Lord's Day to you.
4
:Happy Sunday to you.
5
:Thank you.
6
:Yeah.
7
:Hey, we talked about it briefly
well we did talk about it, but then
8
:we lost our whole recording, so
this is take two on this episode.
9
:That's so funny 'cause that
hasn't happened in a long time.
10
:It hasn't, and.
11
:It's inexplicable.
12
:The demons that exist in your
computer just attacked our file.
13
:They did.
14
:And destroyed it.
15
:And they were like, we're
done, we're done with this.
16
:Well man, the enemy is not
gonna get one on over us today.
17
:We're gonna rerecord this and
it's gonna be better than the,
18
:the first's gonna be better.
19
:It's gonna be better.
20
:This is gonna be longer too.
21
:We're gonna go for 35 minutes.
22
:Are we?
23
:'cause you So help me, God, I think you've
got a haircut coming up and we're trying
24
:to, Hey Netflix, we talked about that.
25
:In the file that we lost.
26
:We did.
27
:Yeah, we did.
28
:We did.
29
:They did not.
30
:They did.
31
:So let me ask you some questions.
32
:Okay.
33
:And we'll try to, we'll try to
streamline what we talked about.
34
:Everyone's been talking about Netflix.
35
:Yes.
36
:Because they're promoting things
that are targeted toward our kids.
37
:And in particular, it has to do with
the revolution about the way that
38
:people interact with one another.
39
:And it seems like there's a lot of
content being produced by Netflix that's.
40
:Meant to undermine the things
that we are teaching our kids.
41
:So yes, how do we deal with that?
42
:This is kind of in the same category
as the demon hunter, K-pop people.
43
:Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's the title.
44
:Yeah.
45
:Something like that.
46
:How do we work through this?
47
:Do we cancel our Netflix account?
48
:Do we double down and stay in
there because we should know what's
49
:happening in the wider culture.
50
:Do we just get filtering software?
51
:What do we do with this?
52
:Please help us.
53
:Signed parents everywhere.
54
:Signed parents everywhere.
55
:Steward your children.
56
:That's the key here.
57
:That may look like.
58
:Cutting, ties with Netflix or
Paramount Plus, or NBC or whatever
59
:streaming platforms you have.
60
:We're in a world getting darker and
darker, and as Christians I think we need
61
:to understand that we're headed further
and further towards isolation when it
62
:comes to that which entertains the masses.
63
:And so we need to be ready.
64
:To pull the plug.
65
:It doesn't mean that you have to,
we're not saying that right now.
66
:There's no hard and fast scripture
that says Thou must Baal on Netflix,
67
:but you gotta care about your kids.
68
:And I know so many of you listening
do, I assume all of you do.
69
:But , guard your family.
70
:Know what's out there.
71
:Know what they're taking in,
know what they're taking.
72
:And not just through Netflix and the
tv, but also they're sports teams.
73
:The kids at school that they may be
hanging around, that the neighborhood kids
74
:that they're gonna spend time with you're
not gonna be able to shelter them from.
75
:All of the negative
influences of the world.
76
:But when the world is going after our
kids, we as parents need as Christian
77
:parents, we need to put the guard up
and we need to fight for our kids.
78
:Otherwise the world will take them.
79
:And this is an area that we
need to be on guard against.
80
:And I would say if you feel con convicted
right now, and the conviction to say,
81
:I'm gonna give up the show that I
like on Netflix, because of every,
82
:everything else, the junk on there.
83
:Then great do it.
84
:I applaud that.
85
:That's awesome.
86
:Again, I can't say here's the scripture
verse that says everyone has to do this,
87
:but I think we're headed that direction.
88
:Yeah.
89
:If you can take advantage of the
filtering software and you're
90
:ready to pony up for that.
91
:'cause I know some of them could be
quite expensive, but that would at least
92
:be a mitigating step to say, I wanna
make sure that when my kids are using
93
:it, that they're not getting everything
that the world is pedaling at them.
94
:But secondly, and I think maybe, more
importantly, I'm, as I'm really nervous
95
:and I'm really bothered by the fact
that Netflix is going after my kids,
96
:I can understand that they're gonna
pedal this stuff with adults, but when
97
:you go after the children and you're
adding a 32nd or a one minute clip that
98
:otherwise you wouldn't see in the show.
99
:That really bothers me and I think that
you as the parent have to be, especially
100
:on guard with these things, and not to say
that you have to necessarily cancel it.
101
:If you wanna cancel it, great, do that.
102
:Save your money or give it
to some worthy organization.
103
:But I think especially in this world, you
can't trust anything just 'cause it says
104
:kids on it and it's rated G or it's rated
E for everyone or something like that.
105
:It doesn't mean that they're using
the same value system that you're
106
:using to make these judgements.
107
:So don't trust the ratings,
don't trust the kid.
108
:Channels don't trust YouTube kids.
109
:There's really nothing that the world
is offering right now that you can
110
:say, I could just close my eyes to this
and let my kid use it as they will.
111
:It's not the way that we do this.
112
:We have to be involved and
stay on top of these things.
113
:Less maybe taught things that
you would be mortified by.
114
:Yeah.
115
:Yeah, don't export your parenting to
a screen that's not gonna go well.
116
:Yeah, yeah, indeed to that.
117
:Let's get into our DBR.
118
:We've got Matthew four and
Luke four through five.
119
:Matthew four and Luke four are
very similar in what they contain.
120
:There's a few differences here
and there, but very similar.
121
:But again, remember.
122
:read them both because they're both
written from different perspectives
123
:and for different purposes.
124
:So we talked about that I think in
yesterday's episode, that there's
125
:different perspectives, different
points of view being offered here.
126
:One of the main things you're
gonna read about in both of these
127
:chapters, Matthew four and Luke
four, is the temptation of Jesus.
128
:Jesus is driven by the
Spirit into the wilderness.
129
:This is part of God's plan because Jesus
is going to walk in obedience to the
130
:Father while he's in the wilderness.
131
:He's gonna be tempted by Satan.
132
:And that temptation is unique because that
temptation is not arising from within.
133
:Jesus is not going out there and
suffering from sinful thoughts and and
134
:desires that arise from his own flesh.
135
:Rather, Satan is there
tempting him in his hunger.
136
:Satan is there tempting him for.
137
:Power and prestige and honor
this is not something that is
138
:arising from Jesus inherently.
139
:Whereas if you and I were to be stranded
on a desert island, we'd still battle
140
:temptation because of our sinful flesh.
141
:But the temptation of Christ is so
significant for for us, even as the
142
:writer of Hebrews picks up and says, he
was tempted as we are yet without sin.
143
:This is him demonstrating his
qualification to be our savior.
144
:This is him demonstrating that his.
145
:Perfect Sinlessness could
be our righteousness that we
146
:inherit in exchange for our sin.
147
:Second Corinthians 5 21.
148
:This is such a good chapter.
149
:It's a great chapter and I wanna point
out to you, as you read, Matthew, one of
150
:the motifs in Matthew is the mountain.
151
:And so here the way that the narrative
ends, or at least the temptation
152
:narrative, is it ends on the mountain.
153
:And that's because mountains are an
important feature of Matthew's gospel.
154
:So look out for that.
155
:It's gonna be different than
what you read and look for.
156
:Yeah.
157
:Yeah.
158
:Yeah.
159
:I think this is, yeah.
160
:I don't know if there's anything
else to say about the temptation.
161
:This is where there's
a lot of things to say.
162
:We had a lot of really fun,
exciting, interesting things to say
163
:and the Lord has seen fit to just
destroy it, take it into the ether.
164
:We're a little defeated by that still.
165
:I'm living my best life.
166
:The Lord clearly did not want you
to hear what we talked about there.
167
:It's so, that's fine.
168
:Rest in Matthew four
Jesus begins his ministry.
169
:He's gonna be rejected from his
hometown, his hometown being Nazareth.
170
:He's gonna start there.
171
:He's gonna go into the synagogue there.
172
:He is gonna read from a scroll, and that
scroll is gonna be the scroll of Isaiah.
173
:Isaiah chapter 61.
174
:And Jesus is gonna say, this has
been fulfilled in your hearing today.
175
:In other words, what
Isaiah wrote is about me.
176
:It's a claim to a Messianic identity.
177
:And the people there are gonna
be an have a mixture of awe and
178
:indignation and mostly indignation.
179
:They're gonna say, don't we
know this one aren't his?
180
:His.
181
:Parents around us, and Jesus is
gonna confront them and condemn them.
182
:He's gonna say, A prophet is not without
honor except in his home hometown.
183
:And Jesus is gonna go hard after Nazareth
and Capernaum later because they were
184
:exposed to the majority of his ministry.
185
:Most of his ministry was
not done down in Jerusalem.
186
:It was done up in Galilee,
in the surrounding areas.
187
:And they're gonna reject him,
and they're gonna be called
188
:to account for that rejection.
189
:Later on in Matthew four, we read about
his healing of a man with a demon.
190
:The demon cries out.
191
:I know who you are.
192
:You're Jesus, you're the son of God.
193
:And Jesus says, be silent
and come out of him.
194
:Be silent and come out of him.
195
:Jesus was on God's timeframe
for the revelation of his
196
:true identity, not Satan's.
197
:So these demons that begin to cry
out about who he is, Jesus is not
198
:interested in them being His forerunner.
199
:John the Baptist was his
forerunner, not the demons.
200
:So Jesus is not afraid to
step into his identity.
201
:We're gonna see that in fact in Luke
chapter five, we're gonna see that.
202
:But for now, he's looking at these
demons who want to shout to the
203
:world to say, we know who this one
is the holy one, the son of God.
204
:He's saying it's not the right
time right now for you to reveal my
205
:identity that's gonna come much later.
206
:Yeah.
207
:Sometimes this is referred to as
the Messianic Secret, and that's
208
:a big point to make is that there,
there isn't a secret per se.
209
:It's not like Jesus is saying,
Hey guys, this is not about me.
210
:Don't worry about it.
211
:Stop spreading my news.
212
:This is Jesus following
the father's timetable.
213
:He's doing as the Father requires, in
order to make sure that Jesus doesn't get.
214
:Sent to the cross before it is his time.
215
:So a messianic secret.
216
:Sometimes people use it against Jesus,
like, well see, Jesus clearly did not
217
:think himself, anyone extraordinary.
218
:He's trying to shut it down.
219
:That's not the case.
220
:Jesus is creating the context where
the perfect timing takes place.
221
:It's not his time.
222
:The time will come in the future.
223
:Yeah.
224
:And by the way, that was, if
you're looking for that in
225
:Matthew four, that was Luke four.
226
:Sorry, my Bible was open
to the wrong chapter there.
227
:But the parallel accounts are still there.
228
:Nonetheless.
229
:It's still the Bible.
230
:Yeah, it is still the Bible.
231
:L Luke four.
232
:The other things that we have taken
place here are Jesus calling the
233
:disciples, calling the first followers.
234
:I guess that's Luke chapter five.
235
:As we get into that, it's Matthew four.
236
:We see this.
237
:Luke chapter five, we see this and
this is the formalized invitation
238
:into being his disciples.
239
:This is not Jesus's some stranger
walking by the boats, but remember
240
:in John one, these disciples had
already been spending time with Jesus.
241
:So this is rather Jesus inviting them
to be the formal followers of his.
242
:These are gonna be his disciples now.
243
:And so Jesus is beckoning them much
like a modern day or a, an ancient
244
:rabbi would've done at the time to
say, I want you officially to leave
245
:off your profession and come follow me
as your profession, be my disciples.
246
:And that's what they end up doing here.
247
:What's important about that, I think
on many accounts is that the men who
248
:follow him are signing away their lives.
249
:And in many respects, I mean granted
this is only a three year timeframe
250
:because that's how long Jesus' ministry
was, but they immediately leave
251
:their profession and they follow this
nomadic rabbi and Peter has a wife.
252
:Probably has kids, the other guys
probably we could suspect at least that
253
:was a likelihood, if not a certainty of
some sort, because that was the normal
254
:expectation for young men at that point.
255
:So Jesus calls these young men.
256
:We often see their pictures with big,
burly men who look like they're probably
257
:in their thirties, maybe their forties or
maybe cresting the prime of their lives.
258
:These were young men.
259
:Make no mistake, Jesus was the first
youth pastor, as I've heard people say.
260
:So these were young men.
261
:Simon was married.
262
:Jesus is making a big claim.
263
:Here, follow me, I'm gonna call you.
264
:And he And they do that.
265
:Yeah.
266
:Huge.
267
:Because Jesus is taking
precedence over their family
268
:relationships, which is massive.
269
:Yeah.
270
:And super cool to see.
271
:Yeah.
272
:'cause later on we're gonna see in the
next couple days here, somebody's, he's
273
:gonna call other people and they're gonna
say lemme go take care of my estate first.
274
:Right.
275
:Lemme follow you when
it's convenient for me.
276
:And that's not what
following Jesus is about.
277
:Nope.
278
:Yeah.
279
:Here Luke four, and Luke five we're right
in the same territory as Mark chapter one,
280
:the opening chapter that we read, I think
yesterday or the day before, where Jesus
281
:is healing Peter's mother-in-law and then
healing a bunch of people late at night.
282
:And then he's gonna do this, and
then he's gonna heal this leper.
283
:And then you made the point about his,
the importance of his prayer life.
284
:And we see that again in
verses 15 and 16, don't we?
285
:Here in, in Luke chapter five.
286
:Yeah, I love this because notice here
that people have needs, there's a great
287
:crowd that comes to him, and if any one
of us had a great crowd knocking at our
288
:door saying, Hey, we need time with you.
289
:USA today wants to spend time
with you and they want to
290
:interview you, or, big time Mr.
291
:Beast wants to interview
you for his channel.
292
:He, he's getting rapid, massive acclaim
and notice the great crowds that are
293
:gathering to hear him preach the gospel.
294
:And be healed to their infirmities.
295
:Jesus says, I'm taking time
away from you so I can go pray.
296
:This is such a big deal guys.
297
:Look at what Jesus does.
298
:He takes all these important urgent
situations and says, I'm gonna
299
:put that on the side to spend
time with my father in prayer.
300
:If Jesus, the second member of the
Trinity needed to do this, and we've
301
:heard this before, so I'm sorry for the
old canard, but just notice Jesus has
302
:taken time to spend time with the Father
no matter how important his schedule is.
303
:And even though these are really, really
urgent needs, the gospel needs to be
304
:preached and people need to be healed.
305
:He's here for this and yet he prays.
306
:Yeah.
307
:So good from here.
308
:I mentioned earlier Jesus wasn't
afraid to step into his identity.
309
:And we see that in this next story.
310
:This is where the, they come
to, to try to get to Jesus.
311
:And Jesus is famous.
312
:The crowds are flocking to him.
313
:They can't get in the door of this house.
314
:So these friends take their paralytic
friend up on the roof, they dig a hole
315
:and they lower him down in front of Jesus.
316
:And Jesus looks at this young man
and he says, your sins are forgiven.
317
:And the crowd begins to grumble.
318
:The Pharisees begin to grumble and they
say, who can forgive sins, but God alone?
319
:And Jesus is saying,
exactly, that's the point.
320
:And so then he goes on and says,
which is easier to say your sins
321
:are forgiven, or I tell you, get
up and walk and rise and walk.
322
:And so that's what he tells them, he says.
323
:Get up and walk, and so that
you may know that I have power.
324
:Forgive sins, I'm gonna heal this man.
325
:And that's exactly what he does.
326
:So here's Jesus demonstrating
he's not afraid of his identity.
327
:He's just gonna step into the
identity in perfect o obedience
328
:with the Father's plan.
329
:John chapter five, we will get
there in a few days, is gonna say
330
:that he's there to do the works
the father has for him to work.
331
:And right now this was the work that the
father had for him to do to heal this
332
:man and to begin to pull back the curtain
on his true identity as the son of God.
333
:Let's pray.
334
:And we will be done with this episode
again for the Daily Bible Podcast.
335
:It's a little shorter than the first time.
336
:A little bit by about 10 minutes.
337
:Don't tell them that.
338
:Alright.
339
:God, we thank you for your word.
340
:We thank you for technology.
341
:We are grateful that it works most of
the time, and we're grateful for the
342
:ability to listen to your word and
even on audio Bibles, and to listen
343
:to a podcast and to help us understand
more bits and pieces of who Christ is.
344
:And we just pray that you'd stir our
affections more and more for him.
345
:As we spend time in the Gospels this
season, we ask in Jesus name, amen.
346
:Amen.
347
:Keep reading Bibles.
348
:Tune in again tomorrow for another
edition of the Daily Bible Podcast.
349
:We'll see you folks.
350
:Bye.
351
:Bernard: Well, thank you for
listening to another episode of
352
:the Daily Bible Podcast, folks!
353
:We're honored to have you join us.
354
:This is a ministry of Compass
Bible Church in north Texas.
355
:You can find out more information
about our Church at compassntx.org.
356
:We would love for you to leave a
review, to rate, or to share this
357
:podcast on whatever platform you're
listening on, and we hope to see
358
:you again tomorrow for another
episode of the Daily Bible Podcast.
359
:Ya'll come back now, ya hear?
360
:PJ: Yeah.
361
:I would agree with
everything that you said