This episode of the David Spoon Experience dives into the six different types of professing Christians, highlighting the distinction between genuine faith and various misguided approaches. Dr. Spoon categorizes Christians into groups such as the American Christian, Social Christian, Political Christian, Religious Christian, Situational Christian, and the Biblical Christian. The core message emphasizes that only the Biblical Christian aligns with the true teachings of Jesus, urging listeners to evaluate their own faith and relationship with God. Throughout the discussion, Spoon critiques the societal norms that often dilute the essence of Christianity, advocating for a return to biblical principles and a focus on eternity over temporal concerns. With humor and insight, he encourages believers to draw nearer to God and embody the authentic Christian life.

Dr. David Spoon delves into the complexities of Christian identity in modern society, presenting a thought-provoking analysis of six distinct types of Christians. He categorizes them as American, social, political, religious, situational, and biblical Christians, each representing different approaches to faith and spirituality. Spoon critiques the notion that being American inherently makes one a Christian, emphasizing the importance of personal faith and relationship with Jesus over cultural or national identity. He highlights the pitfalls of social Christianity, which prioritizes material equality over spiritual growth, and urges listeners to recognize the dangers of equating political affiliations with genuine faith. Through engaging anecdotes and biblical references, Spoon encourages his audience to strive for a biblical Christian identity, marked by a deep understanding of Scripture and a commitment to living out their faith authentically. He stresses that true Christianity transcends labels and requires a personal commitment to follow Christ wholeheartedly, urging listeners to reflect on their own faith journeys.

Takeaways:

• The podcast emphasizes the importance of distinguishing between different types of professing Christians, highlighting that only one type aligns with biblical teachings.
• David Spoon encourages listeners to draw closer to God daily through prayer and scripture reading for a richer life experience.
• The discussion critiques various forms of Christianity, such as social and political Christians, which prioritize societal issues over spiritual truths.
• Listeners are reminded that true Christian identity is established through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, not cultural or national affiliations.
• Spoon underscores the necessity of forgiveness and adaptability in our interactions with others, as friction can lead to spiritual growth.
• The episode concludes with a call to action for Christians to share the Gospel more effectively, focusing on the importance of eternity in their lives.

And now for something completely different.

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

It's fantastic.

Phenomenal, always fun, usually somewhat fascinating.

Friday as we head into the weekend not being afraid, even if the earth gives way or the mountains fall into the seas, because our help comes from the Lord first, we cherish our Friday fellowship with our DDDs.

We often delve into decisions and discussions, and in the midst of it all, it seems like the Lord will often intervene and redirect our thoughts momentarily.

But that's the beauty of the kingdom.

So brace yourselves, little campers.

Let's see what happens.

People, by the way, often envision Jesus as a peace loving figure, donning a tie, dye T shirt and sandals and flashing the peace sign.

However, the reality is that sometimes sparks, heat and friction are necessary for God to make us more malleable and adaptable.

These sparks and frictions, by the way, can often come from our interactions with one another.

And guess what?

Often permitted by God.

And finally, of all the teachings, the one I might do today could be the most challenging.

So I'm praying about it even as I'm talking to you.

We will examine the various types of professing Christians that exist on this planet.

Now, I have identified personally, I've identified.

I don't have the lock and the key on this.

I've just come up with six different types of professing Christians.

That means that five of them are invalid and only one is valid.

So we will attempt, if the Lord allows, to examine where these five types come from and their purpose and focus.

And then the one type of Christian that is God ordained, Jesus blessed and Holy Spirit anointed.

Yes, five out of six are misguided.

Yes, we need to align ourselves with the right one so that we can be right with the one.

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 more he wanted to share his experiences with others.

After 35 years of ministry, David discovered a new path of service.

He joined KAM and this radio program began.

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Welcome to the David Spoon Experience.

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

Now remember folks, it's not professional radio.

And how do we know it's not professional radio.

We're going to talk to the boss man, the boss man of professional radio, our very own jam in Jacob.

Jamin Jacob.

The boss man of professional radio is the David Spoon experience.

Professional radio.

No, it is not, David.

We prove that every show, every show.

We'Ve proved at and we can even prove it right now.

Our phones don't work.

That just shows you how not professional we are.

There you go.

I mean, it makes it that simple.

Here's what we do want to do.

We do want to connect with you.

We do want to make sure you have a outlet that you can connect with us in.

So because our phones are down, what you can do in this show for this next hour is you can email.

That's right.

Electronic mail.

And it doesn't need a stamp.

Davidmusincrease.org that's davidmusincrease.org david.org you can also text during the show.

You can even text just to say hi.

It's fine.

If you text or if you email, make sure that you give a hello to our very own jammin Jacob.

When you connect with jam and Jacob, well, that's just like heading into the weekend.

Thank you, David.

Happy Friday.

Happy Friday on you, Mr.

Slow of Draw.

That seemed to go a little slower.

Had to, had to move to it real quick.

Move to the clapping.

I'm just giving you a hard time.

Anyway, you got any big plans for the weekend or you watching football?

What are you doing?

Yeah, just watching football.

Off for a couple days, so just relaxing and probably seeing the Cowboys lose Sunday.

That's so mean.

That's mean.

Do we have a Jake's take today, by the way?

If you want to, we can do it.

Okay, well, I'm going to definitely want to because I don't even know what's going on.

So I've been very, very, very, very consumed and busy.

So that's my own fault.

So we will definitely do that.

By the way, you're doing an excellent job and everybody's praying for you, brother.

So just keep going forward.

Thank you.

All right, here we go.

So why in the world would you text us or email us?

What is wrong with you people?

Besides that you're listening to this show?

It's pretty simple.

You might have a praise report and we want you to have that opportunity to share it, to bless other People to honor God, to strengthen it yourself.

Yeah, you might have to do it through an email.

I think you can write down this sentence.

God answered a prayer for me regarding finances.

God answered a prayer for me regarding health.

God answered a prayer for me regarding a nice night's sleep.

Right.

It could be any of that.

And maybe you got a text, you can do it the exact same way.

Maybe you've got a prayer request.

Same thing.

I need prayer for some of my health.

I need prayer for our finances.

I need prayer for I can have a good night's sleep.

That all applies.

Maybe you've got a scripture that you just want to share.

Now, on our bent or our approach, our angle, we're much more geared towards encouraging one another.

We're a little different than some of the other shows and we don't have anything against the shows.

We love the shows.

I love anybody that puts it out there for the kingdom and does their best.

But in our space, what we're trying to do is encourage one another to draw closer to the Lord because that's what the scripture encourages us in.

That is not what everybody should be doing.

Everybody should not have the same kind of show.

They should have the show that the Lord has put on their hearts.

And in my heart, the Lord's put on encouraging one another.

As we see the day of the return of Jesus Christ getting closer and closer, helping people draw near to God and then he will draw near to them.

And what's important about that is, from my point of view, after 46 years of being a Christian and seeing more ups and downs than I care to discuss, the reality is every answer I've come to, including having lots of money and having no money and lots of good health, and having no good health, having lots of good relationships, having lousy relationships.

The clue of everything I've ever gotten is every answer sits under the umbrella of more of God in the situation.

That's it.

Just going to keep it that simple.

So we encourage that.

By the way, we also do Bible trivia.

Why?

Because people like Bible trivia.

Besides, I love sharing it.

Here we go.

Here's your first Bible trivia question.

You will have to use the text or use the email.

The phones are down, so they're not working yet.

Here it is.

Finish this.

Finish the verse.

Where there is no vision, finish the verse.

What?

What if you think you know you can text text us at.

What's our text?

Or you can send an email davidcrease.org in the meantime, we will do our DNA.

Are we able to still do that right now?

Can we do it?

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

Okay, cool.

D stands for draw closer to the Lord daily.

Every day.

Every day that n's in Y.

Spend some time with a guy in the sky.

Hello.

Hello.

Right.

Every day.

Why?

Because it'll make your life better.

That's why.

There's things that we do in life that really help us out, and some of those are really good.

Exercising, eating better.

All that stuff's good, good, good.

Not bad about it, right?

I mean, every once in a while, you got to have a crazy, crazy meal, right?

No problem.

Cool.

But that is nothing compared to the quality your life will become if you spend time with God.

And we ain't talking about doing something religious.

The last thing we're talking about, what we're talking about is you spending alone time with God in prayer.

And then keep in mind, God created the universe so the dude can write a book.

Hello, everybody else can write a book except for God.

I think that's funny.

Anyhow.

Spending time in his word and spending time in prayer, communing with the Lord.

That, my friends, is a key to a quality life.

Draw closer to the Lord daily.

DN Never be ashamed of Jesus or his words.

While the world is going to try and shame everybody for everything they don't like.

Who cares?

They don't got a heaven to put you in.

How silly is that?

Well, I really care what the media says.

In fact, they came up with a new bumper sticker today.

You want to hear the new bumper sticker?

Here's the memory.

They were going through this thing.

The big lie.

The big lie.

The big lie.

Here it is.

Ready?

Here's the big lie.

The media.

Okay, got that?

Don't pay attention to that.

Pay attention to the Lord.

They don't know what's going to happen in five minutes.

God knows every nuance and never be ashamed of what he had to say.

Luke, chapter 9, verse 26.

Jesus said, if you're ashamed of me and my words, when I come in the Father's glory with the holy angels, I'll be ashamed of you.

Wow.

Don't want that.

So that's D.

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

A Always be ready.

To serve I was on time there.

Good job.

Always ready to serve.

What?

Why is that important?

Because we're always ready.

For us.

For us.

That's why it's important.

And we can't do that.

Our lives are spread.

We were purchased by the blood of Jesus.

He redeemed us.

That means he bought us back.

He bought us back and brought us back from sin and from disaster and from eternal destructions and from different things that'll just be awful.

He bought us and brought us.

And we're his property.

And we need to remember that and that we are ready for anything the Lord wants.

Does that mean you'll do it perfectly?

No.

I've told you a thousand times.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

But we need to do it more.

And that's what the Lord wants from us.

Okay.

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, I will throw out, not throw up.

The trivia question one more time, finish this proverb.

If you think you know.

David.

He must increase.org that's me, David crease.org one of those two ways.

Either way, it'll work.

Okay.

Okay.

All right, all right.

It's all right.

It's all right.

Cool.

Let me do my first little thing.

And I want to talk about this, but I want to do it in a positive light versus a negative light.

Every time we read a proverb and you got some guilt in it or some where you're falling shy, you think, oh, oh, the word of God is not designed for you to read something and then just get depressed and walk off to the left or to the right.

Okay?

That's not what the Lord's trying to do.

He's trying to encourage us to reflect Jesus Christ.

And in that process, I want to make sure everybody understands something.

And I want to say it in a really nice way.

Too many people think that Jesus was a hippie.

I'm sorry?

And by hippie, I mean when I grew up, hippie, 70s hippie, tie, dye, bandana, you know what I'm saying?

Peace, medallion.

Everything's cool.

Everything's cool.

Love is love.

There's no big deal.

Jesus never said that.

He never functioned that way.

There was nothing in his ministries, nothing in the gospels that say that.

In fact, when Jesus identifies his love.

He says, all that I love, I rebuke and chasten.

So people don't want to read that because it doesn't fit their little motif.

Who cares?

But what we need to understand is in the kingdom of God, and this is really important.

And you've probably had some of this with me or for somebody like me, and it's simply this, iron sharpens iron and one man sharpens another.

So we always think of that in super negative terms and we don't need to.

If you have a difference of opinion or if you have a different element and you're engaged with somebody like a husband and wife, just because they see something different, that does not mean that that's just a bad thing.

In fact, that's actually not true at all.

When it talks about iron sharpening iron and another man sharpens another man.

The idea is simply this.

There is a heating up that takes place when you take iron and move it against iron.

And yes, there are some sparks, and yes, there's some heat, and yes, there's some friction.

But here's the key.

It makes the iron more pliable.

So the Lord allows some of those sparks, the Lord allows some of that heat, the Lord allows some of that friction so that we can be a little more moldable, so that we're not so stiff necked.

If you'll recall in the book of Exodus, the people of Israel are very stiff necked.

If you recall in Acts when Stephen's doing recounting, he tells them, you people are stiff necked.

It's a very bad thing to be stiff necked.

It means that the Lord's not.

You're not molding, you're resisting the moldable.

And so it's not just people outside of the kingdom of God, but it's also people inside the kingdom of God.

And because you have frictions with somebody, the scripture is absolutely positively, dramatically forceful in this.

Because you have sparks or friction, that is not a reason for you to abandon relationship.

And I'm not talking about, you know, major things where somebody.

I'm talking about when you have an issue with somebody at church, I don't like the way they think this or do this or this, that's fine.

But that's not an excuse to go, I'm going to another church, I'm going to take my ball and go home.

That's not the way to go about that.

Sometimes that friction resonates in us so that God can expand us, change us, mold us.

Don't be afraid of that.

As Being some kind of calling card to bring something to an end.

Be aware that the Lord may be using that to help you be a little bit more like Christ.

And sometimes the Lord will allow that so that you get this.

You won't love this, but this is cool.

Allow this to happen to you so that you can learn to be a forgiving person, so that you really will reflect Jesus Christ.

Has somebody hurt you?

I'm sorry.

I know somebody's hurt you somewhere.

Jesus didn't say if somebody offends you.

He said when somebody offends you.

But forgiveness is a powerful element, and perhaps that sparks in that situation require you to generate a more Christlike heart.

That's not a bad thing, folks.

That's a good thing.

Okay.

All right, getting to the trivia question.

Finish this proverb.

Where there is no vision, it is either one of two.

The people cast off restraint or the people perish.

When there is nothing to look forward to, there is nothing to keep people moving forward.

Hey, you know what?

We have a vision for heaven.

Hallelujah.

We don't have any reason, any reason to cast off restraint, do we?

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So we chatted about it on the phone, and it turned out that he had a pastor who used to be his pastor reach out to him and say, the Lord put you on my heart.

You know, I want to know what's going on with your life.

He had another person say, hey, if you got this situation, let me know.

He was talking to me.

He was talking to somebody else.

And it was like he had, like, four sources of support and didn't even realize that what he was seeing was the circumstance, which we all do.

And when we pulled it back and looked at it, he's like, yeah, there's like four different places he was getting support from.

And it's like, that's amazing.

But see, that's not that amazing in the context of just what Peter and John said when they went into the temple.

Children, you men of Israel, why does this miracle surprise you?

Why does it even surprise us?

God does so many things to reach to us and to speak to us.

He is never.

Let me just say this.

He is never absent from your tragedy.

He has never disappeared from your circumstance.

It's never happened.

Long before you said yes.

God said yes to you.

Just think about the level of that, the commitment that would take.

That means that God looked at my life and in spite of my.

In spite of my insanities, said, yeah, we'll take him.

Is that a me?

Think about how amazing that is.

And so I was.

Somebody had sent me a video about somebody who had an experience in heaven.

And I was like, well, you know, I like some of those, but some of those are kind of weird and squirrely and da, da, da, da.

And then the Lord was reminding me about my own dream that I had about making it in heaven, where God had.

The king had his arm around me and he showed me different things in my life.

And here's what you accepted, my son.

Let me tell you something.

God will reach you and touch you and speak to you.

The biggest question for all of us is, are we listening?

Do you remember what happened when the Lord spoke over Jesus?

The Father spoke from heaven over Jesus.

And the Bible says that the people thought that it thundered, but it didn't thunder.

God spoke.

See what?

See that right there?

That right there.

Because what we do is we think what thundered, but it's God speaking.

The biggest question is, are we listening on Christ?

The solid broadcast in all of us.

Oh, welcome back to the David Spoon Experience.

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

That's KAAM, N770, the Truth Station here in Texas.

I want to acknowledge the people that texted, plus John, who also emailed his answer in.

Nice job.

Nice job, brother.

That is right.

What happens when the people, when they have no vision?

The people perish.

They cast off restraint.

It's really important to understand that that's why you have to have vision.

So I'm going to offer another trivia question and then we're going to go a different direction because Jeanette has asked a great question and I want to leap off of it and take the time to talk to you about it.

So I know that the Lord wants to redirect and I love it when he does this because you just don't know exactly how things are going to go.

But we trust him for all of it.

And so let's get into the next trivia question.

This is.

I don't know if it's easier, but this is coming out of Genesis.

Who said when they said to one another, behold, the dreamer comes.

Who were they talking about?

Who were the dreamer?

Who was the dreamer they were talking about?

Who are they talking about?

And you should know because we talked about this on a trivia question just prior.

So again, I just want to make sure you get this.

So these are people that are gathered together and they say, behold, the dreamer comes.

Who are they talking about when they're talking about the dreamer?

So Jeanette has asked a question and I love that she did this because this is kind of how I want it to roll until we get everything fixed.

It's totally okay to do this and I encourage you to do this.

She asked a very practical Christian question.

She wants to know how can you better view life from a kingdom perspective?

In other words, how do you do that?

How do you get your life so that your more kingdom oriented might be a way?

And if I'm rephrasing it wrong, let me know.

Jeanette But I think that's kind of where you're heading is how do you get your life so that you can look at it better from the kingdom point of view, Especially with Jesus saying seek ye first the kingdom and seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness.

Which by the way, some people think, well, that's personalized righteousness.

I don't think so.

I think the righteousness is the righteousness that God offers to his people.

And that's Jesus Christ, which is his way of saying, seek me.

But the bottom line is seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these other things will be added to you.

How do you go about that?

How do you have the practicality of that?

My answer is actually going to come directly out of Colossians 31 2, which I'm going to teach in a couple of months.

But I want to do it right now because I'll just do it kind of quickly.

And it says this.

If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above where Christ is seated, sitting at the right hand of the Father.

Set your mind on things above, not on things of the earth.

So what we get from Scripture is the how to seek the kingdom of God, the seeking that's talked about in Colossians 3:1 where it says, Seek those things which are above.

And then it's like, well, how do you do that?

Verse two tells you set your mind on things above.

So what does that mean and how do you approach that?

What it really means is that you have to look at everything you see with eternity in mind.

Let me just say that again so that nobody misses it.

I mean, this is so important, because if people live their lives with eternity in mind, they would certainly do a lot less of the.

What's the word I want to use?

Really bad things.

Right?

I mean.

Right.

Okay, here's the deal.

And I love this statement.

And if you don't write it down, I understand.

But if you're a person that writes stuff down, it's so, so powerful.

It will change your life.

Today, right now, everything loses its power in the face of eternity.

Now, that's not God's side of it.

That's the flesh side of it, the human side of it, the people side of it, the sin side of it, all the other things side of it.

Let me make sure you understand what I'm trying to communicate.

In the face of eternity, everything loses its power.

So let me help you out.

Your health and how it's going right now loses its power in the face of eternity.

Your bank account and what you can or cannot pay or do or do not pay loses its power in the face of eternity.

Your good relationships or your bad relationships do not hold the weight of eternity.

Those difficulties you have with certain elements, whether it's government or whether it's media, whether it's academia, whether it's Hollywood or whether it's people in church or whether it's, you know, certain ways ministries go, it all loses power in the face of eternity.

Worry and frustration and despair and discouragement and depression lose a great deal of their power in the face of eternity.

Because here is the most simplistic answer you will ever deal with.

Do you know that bill that you need to pay that is more than you have?

What happens in 90 years to that bill?

It is gone.

But eternity is not.

Do you know that struggling disease that you're having now?

Just really, just so irritating.

Oh, it irritates me so.

Right.

I have things going on on a regular basis just like most people.

Hey, you know what?

In 90 years won't be an issue.

I used to tell people, I used to really do this when I was living in Arizona.

They had, you know, the electric company.

And so I would say to people, here's what you have to do to worry about your electricity Think about it in 90, what it looks like in 90 years, it ain't there.

None of this stuff is there.

Don't you understand?

All of these frustrations, all of these falling shorts, all of these gosh, it doesn't happen the way I need it to happen, or it's not looking the way I need it to happen.

All that stuff drops, it's gone.

And what Jesus tries to teach us to do is live with that principle in mind.

That's why he said, lay up treasures in heaven, not on earth.

Well, Dave, are you trying to say we should be so heavenly minded?

We're of no earthly good?

And all these people are getting really mad about this statement who are Christians during this election cycle.

And the answer is yes, that's still the answer.

Because the ultimate answer for everything in the universe is God's kingdom.

And God's kingdom is the establishment of, of eternity.

And it's like, okay, here's what we're going to do.

We're going to look at these things the way Jesus said to.

We're going to insert the picture of Jesus, we're going to insert the picture of heaven, we're going to insert the picture of eternity as we look at it.

And what is it that those people that were commended In Hebrews, chapter 11, verses 13 through 16, why were they commended?

Because they didn't consider where they were their home.

But they were looking for a city whose builder and maker is God.

They would not put it here on earth.

They were looking for the new heavens and the new earth where God is the architect and that everything would be right and they would not pour all of their energies into this earth.

They were pouring it into laying up for what is to come.

And that is how you get over that initial hump that's just glaring at you, it's mocking you.

And you just give it the very thing it needs.

You're nothing.

And in a hundred years you'll be gone.

I look at things with God, I look at things with Jesus interceding for me.

I look at things from a new heavens and a new earth perspective.

I lay up treasure for heaven.

I say no.

And so you actually have to set your mind.

No.

It's not positive thinking, it's recognizing where we're going.

It's just looking at the truth going, tess, that's my home.

Do you ever feel like you don't belong here on the planet?

You don't.

You're a stranger, you're an alien, because this is not your home.

That's how you do that.

And no, it's not the easiest thing to do.

You do it in partnership with God.

You do it step by step.

You make sure your brain is saturated in the word of God.

You make sure you're spending time with the Lord.

You make sure you do as much fellowship as you can.

You make sure you're allowing things of the kingdom of God to flush through your heart and mind so that you're not having things of the world and things of the flesh take over.

But that's how you do it.

That's how you approach it.

That's how you challenge it.

Okay, all right, all right.

In regards to the great question, Jeanette, thank you.

In regards to the trivia question, this group of people said.

They said to one another, behold, the dreamer cometh.

Who were they talking about?

Who was the dreamer in this verse?

And the dreamer was Joseph.

It was his brothers that were saying that.

And they were like, oh, here comes the dreamer.

Ew.

Funny, because the dream had to do with what?

The future.

Ah, that's pretty funny because we just got done talking about that.

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

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All.

And the wages of sin is death.

That's the result.

But the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And God showed his love for us while we were still sinners.

That Christ died for us.

That's the love.

He was the sacrificial lamb.

And if you have never made that decision, I invite you right now to make that decision to acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord.

If you declare with your mouth Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

This is where you get John 3:16, which people will say is the gospel in a scripture which is not far off.

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

That gift is available for you.

And if you have never exercised that acceptance of that gift, I encourage you to do so by saying this prayer.

And don't go anywhere because I got another one for all of us.

Heavenly Father, I surrender my life.

Lord Jesus Christ, I give you my heart.

Pour out your Holy spirit, for I believe you rose from the dead.

And I confess with my mouth you died for my sins.

According to the scriptures.

You were buried and three days later you rose again.

You ascended to the Father and are coming back soon.

And I thank you for this new life you've given me.

I praise you and pray this in your name.

Amen.

If you prayed that prayer for the first time, you are now a Christian.

Welcome back to the David Spoon Experience.

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

That's Kaaman 770, the truth station here in Texas.

Getting ready for your trivia question.

And there is so many things just so you can know.

I'm praying right now as we're talking about what I'm going to be teaching on.

I kind of know where I'm going, but I think the Lord's going to direct and I'm just excited, but it's going to be one of the most challenging things that you guys have ever heard on this show.

I'm just going to tell you that right now.

I'm just going to be honest about it.

Okay, so first we're going to do our trivia question.

Who pretended to be mad or crazy or insane to avoid capture at the hands of an enemy king who Pretended to be nutty cuckoo.

1st Samuel chapter 21, verse 13.

Who pretended to be mad to avoid capture at the hands of an enemy king.

If you think you know, you can text us because our phones are still down.

If you think you know, you can reach out to us.

In the meantime, I'm going to send you to the website because I haven't done that once today.

I've just been rambling on for an hour straight.

Here we go.

I'm going to send you to the website and make it super clear.

We need money.

I can't make that any clearer.

Right?

It's very simple.

Our giving is down, which I kind of expected because of the election and stuff.

But for those that have given, thank you very much.

For those that have given and given, thank you, thank you, thank you.

For those that have not given, I challenge you to encourage you to pray about it and see if the Lord will put it on your heart.

If not, please pray for us because we need the funds to keep going forward and doing the ministry.

Give generously to the needy and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so.

And because of this, the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hands.

Just make sure you do it unto the Lord.

That's the biggest key there is.

When you give, give it unto God.

Okay, that's.

I'm just telling you right now, that's the spirit to which you give with.

Okay, check it out on the website.

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Cool Whip.

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You mean Cool Whip.

Yeah.

Cool Whip.

Cool Whip.

Cool Whip.

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Cool Whip.

You're saying it weird.

Why are you putting so much emphasis on the H?

What are you talking about?

I'm just saying it.

Cool Whip.

I'm sorry.

I know nobody else finds that as Funny as I do.

I understand that.

I do.

I really do.

But it doesn't matter because it makes me laugh.

Just so funny.

Cool Whip.

That's what we say to each other when Noel and I do.

Oh, you want some Cool Whip?

Yeah.

What's a Cool Whip?

Hey, why are you saying it weird?

All right.

Anyway, your trivia question.

Sorry, I just get caught up in those things.

And I'm warning you right now, what you're about to hear is going to be.

I'm just telling you.

Okay?

I've already said, who pretended to be mad to avoid capture at the hands of an enemy king?

Who was that first?

Okay, very important now.

You guys ready?

All right.

Okay.

I'm gonna do it.

This might not be the favorite for many people, and some people might be wondering, well, what happens if your show ever gets a little not political, but a little more like that?

I'm gonna kind of do that right now.

Here we go.

There are, from what I can identify, and I'm sure there's more.

So let me say that ahead of time.

This is not the comprehensive list by any means, but from my perspective, there are six types of Christians.

Ready?

Okay.

I hope you're ready.

There is the American Christian, the Social Christian, the political Christian, the religious Christian, the situational Christian, and the Biblical Christian.

Do you hear that?

Now, this is primarily focused here in America.

So if I was in another country, I'd add another thing.

But here, here it is.

There's the American Christian.

There is the social Christian, the political Christian, the religious Christian, the situational Christian, and the Biblical Christian.

Only one of these works.

Okay, here's the first key on all things.

Ready?

Who paints the picture?

Let me explain this.

Should a person who is a Baptist.

I have a Baptist background.

And Baptist ordinations and Baptist degrees.

Should a person who is a Baptist define a Pentecostal?

No.

I have a Pentecostal background.

I have Pentecostal ordinations, and I have Pentecostal degrees.

I have both.

And let me explain something to you.

A Baptist should not define a Pentecostal, and a Pentecostal should not define a Baptist.

Though, ironically, more people are baptized than they will admit.

Okay, that's probably much larger than either one group at the same time.

Ready?

Should a Democrat define a Republican or should a Republican define a Democrat?

No.

Whether you like that or not, that's not relevant.

It doesn't matter.

A Democrat should not try to explain what a Republican is because they don't know.

But then a Republican probably should not try and Explain a Democrat, because they don't know either.

Then we get into the crux of the matter.

Should an unbeliever define a believer?

Absolutely not.

A believer can define an unbeliever because they were one.

But an unbeliever can never define a believer.

Now again, there are six.

And you better hold on because some of this you're just gonna.

You're just gonna go.

That's where all this stuff came from.

So listen very closely.

American social, political.

American social, political, religious, situational and biblical.

First, the American Christian.

I think most people can identify this.

I must be a Christian because I was born in America.

Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet.

And the majority of people are Christians.

Therefore, because I'm an American, I'm a Christian.

Okay?

Wrong.

There is a substantial difference between people that are nation oriented and Christ oriented.

And why that's important for people to understand is the difference is substantial when people are geared towards nationalistic attitudes first.

And let me make an explanation on this.

Anybody, anybody who is nationalistic first over a kingdom is doing it wrong.

Christian nationalism by itself puts the nation ahead of the kingdom of God.

That's wrong.

It's not that you can't participate as a Christian.

Nobody said that.

It's just talking about the priority of the Christian.

A Christian has the kingdom of God first.

And the kingdom of God is where God is king, not man.

And so some people don't like that.

But I'm an American, so I have to be a Christian.

And you already know that's absurd.

Just because you're born into a Christian family doesn't make you a Christian.

Just because you're born into America doesn't make you a Christian.

It's just stupid.

You have to make a decision to follow Jesus Christ.

And Jesus becomes your Lord and Savior.

He saves you, but he then becomes your Lord in every area of your life.

An American Christian thinks it's all based on the nation and the promotion of the nation.

That does not have anything to do with.

We need to take care of America first before we can help other people.

That's simply an illustration.

And the reason I think that's appropriate is when you're on an airplane and there's a decompression moment, which I think Eric could speak to more than anything.

The bottom line is the masks drop.

And what do they say?

Parents, put the mask on yourself first and then you put it on your child so that your child can be well.

That's all.

That's what I think that, you know, taking care of Our home base.

That's simply that.

I don't see anything with that whatsoever.

But just because you're an American doesn't make you an auto Christian.

Here's the one people are going to freak out on.

Social Christian.

What is that?

It comes from liberation theology.

I wrote a whole paper on this.

The primary goal of the liberation theology or social Christian is the reference of society to reform it in the direction of social and financial equality for all.

It is a mild form of socialism for the salvation and the continuance of humanity.

Listen to what I'm going to say.

It's super important.

If you listen to this, you'll get 50% of what you see on the news.

The core tenet of this ideology is the elimination of material poverty takes precedent over spiritual needs.

That's Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson all day long.

Sorry, they subscribe to it.

Not my fault.

The core tenet of this ideology is the elimination of material poverty.

That takes precedent over spiritual needs.

The social Christian's mentality is that the gospel does not emphasize Romans 1:16.

I'm not ashamed of the gospel, but it emphasizes a chicken in every pot, a cell phone in every hand and a high definition television in every home and the spreading of this gospel.

And keep this in mind from Galatians 1:8.

Even if we are an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we've preached to you.

This is a false gospel.

And forget about the reality that they forget John 12:8.

The poor you will always have with you.

Jesus said, just toss that out.

Because they say no, it doesn't apply.

And so it is important for everybody to grasp that form of Christianity is not real.

It is fake.

It is man oriented.

It's been around for about 60, 70, about 65 years, maybe 70ish.

It's Christianity without Jesus in this thinking.

It's all about human equality and it's nothing about eternity.

That is the social Christian.

The third Christian is the political Christian.

A person who claims faith or an Indian heritage for political expediency.

Here's what we can count on.

If these people in the political realm are talking about faith for their political expediency, they're lying.

Okay?

That's not what your faith is about.

So what we have is the American Christian not so realistic.

The social Christian super bad.

The political Christian super wishy washy.

The fourth one is the religious Christian.

This is a person that says, I go to church or temple and I go twice a year because I Have to.

But God is sure lucky to have me.

That person's not a Christian.

That has more to do with churchianity than Christianity.

That's rules, regulations and traditions.

All things which are then placed higher than God himself.

The rules, the regulations and the traditions are more important than God himself.

That's a religious Christian.

It's like, yeah, not working.

Situational Christian.

What do you mean, Dave?

Only when it suits the person and doesn't interfere with their plans.

This is a much larger group than people think.

It's the fire insurance Christians.

Well, I'm going to say yes.

I'm not going to live for Jesus, but I'm going to say yes because I don't want to go to hell.

It's fake.

It's situational.

When they're facing death only because they just don't want to get burned.

And then there's the biblical Christian using the Bible as the source of authority in establishing a relationship with God.

The fact that God created the universe and the dude can write a book.

People that are Christians think they're Christians because they're an American or they're social Christianity or religious with their rules or their situational or their politicals, which are probably equally as disgusting as social.

It's all rubbish.

People that know Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, the teachings of Jesus Christ.

You know, it's so funny.

Webster defined a Christian as one who follows the teachings of Christ.

That was the original definition for Webster, who, by the way, wrote a Bible version.

But the point in that is simply people are so far away from that.

You know about Jesus Christ because of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

And that gospel has been permeated for 2,000 years.

And you are a Christian because of that gospel.

That is the core source.

So people who think, wow, I'm a Christian because I want to eliminate poverty have never read the Gospel.

It's not that getting rid of poverty is a bad thing, but Jesus said, the poor you will always have with you.

But these are the same people that won't emphasize eternity.

Why?

Because they're not even close to what Jesus is talking about.

Who said in the Sermon on the Mount, lay up treasures for yourself in heaven.

It's just like, what?

You guys even read this?

No, they don't.

Political Christians.

Give me a break.

They're never a Christian in any other thing unless they're running a campaign.

So absurd.

And I do think there's going to be serious judgment there.

I don't want to be a part of it.

And I think there's an assumption that people are Christians because they must be a Christian because they, you know, they like baseball.

I mean, come on, that's more of a nationalistic thing than anything, right?

And then the situational ones.

What about the situational ones?

It's like, you know, I'm only going to be a Christian when I need to be.

That's not how it works.

You see, you're supposed to lose your life for the sake of Jesus and the gospel, specifically what it says in Mark, chapter eight.

And then the religious Christian, that's the bizarre one, because they think they're doing it right, because they're following rules.

Hey, typically when you play sports, you gotta follow rules.

Doesn't always make you a professional athlete.

I'm trying to make it clear that those are not the core.

Now, could there be Christians amongst those groups?

Of course.

There's always Christian, genuine Christians amongst those groups who don't follow all those tenets to the letter and actually have a relationship, but they're fewer and farther between.

And you say, well, why do you say that, Dave?

Because the scripture says in revelation from every tribe of every group of every nation.

So, yeah, there's people that God has there, of course, but the reality check is between an American Christian, a social Christian, a political Christian, a religious Christian, and a situational Christian.

Only the biblical Christian records.

Only the biblical Christian is on target.

Then you might be thinking, okay, well, then what do we need to do as biblical Christians?

Do we need to preach a better gospel?

No, the gospel is awesome as it is.

We just need to preach the gospel more.

We do need to do a better job of declaring the right picture of the Father.

He's not a sheriff, an old man in a rocking chair, or he's not a gaseous something on the planet Pluto.

We need to do a better job of declaring it.

We need to do a better job of sharing it, a better eternity.

1 Corinthians 2, 9 makes it clear our eternity is going to be phenomenal and we need to do a better job of carrying it.

In other words, what we need to do is a better job of declaring, sharing and caring, caring more about others than ourselves, a little less selfish and a little more selfless and maybe a tad bit less jerky.

That too would be good too.

But the point I'm trying to make is simply this.

These six type of Christians, and they don't.

And yes, I understand, but you shouldn't really call them Christians.

Well, I can't say every person in that group's not.

So I want to Be careful.

And that's not my job, but to put yourself up on those lines and look at an American Christian, a social Christian, a political Christian, a religious Christian, a situational Christian, and a biblical Christian.

I got a message for you.

You better be a biblical Christian.

That's my message.

And I have no reservation telling you that.

Because without it, you got problems.

You need to know Jesus, not know of Jesus.

And when those people in the media and in Hollywood and in academia and in the different realms tell you and they speak to you in these ways and they say, what do you represent?

God.

Exactly.

You're, in fact, by the word of God, declared to be an ambassador of Christ.

Yes, I speak for God.

Isn't that amazing?

They think that's bad.

Wow.

Biblical Christian.

And as biblical Christians, we need to do a better job of declaring, sharing and caring.

That's what you got to do.

Are biblical Christians perfect?

See, that's the great thing about the Bible.

No, we are forgiven by the redeeming work of Jesus Christ.

Our sins have been covered by our faith and the testimony that God has given through his love, that's given by grace, that's received by faith.

And if they read their Bible, they would know that.

So I got to confess one of my sins that I have sometimes if I watch something on the news, I say this.

This is really mean, but.

And it's because I seek to be a biblical Christian.

I always say, I say it out loud sometimes.

So you have to forgive me, and I have to ask for forgiveness.

I say, you know, if Jesus came up to you and spit in your eye to heal you, you wouldn't know him.

And then in my mind, they're thinking, Jesus went and spit in somebody's eye, which is exactly what he did in Mark.

Spit in somebody's eye to heal them.

So I'm just saying.

I say that because it's like they're not even close.

You want to be a biblical Christian, The Bible is your base.

Does that mean that the Lord won't speak to you in circumstances?

No, of course he will.

He'll speak to you in multiple ways.

But the Bible is your plumb life.

So out of those six, Christians.

Choose wisely, grasshopper.

Because you can't be a social Christian and think that spiritual and eternity means nothing.

That's just unacceptable.

That's why that's false.

Period.

And if people think that's racist, then I would say they're anti Semitic.

Nah, I wouldn't say that.

I just say they're wrong.

That was funny, though.

Right.

You're a racist, you're anti Semitic.

See, that's my response.

Okay.

Anyway, let's go back to the trivia question.

I knew that was going to be different for a lot of you, but I just wanted to get it out there and I waited till after.

On purpose, by the way, the election, to share that.

I just want to make sure you understood where it's coming from.

So when you see somebody on TV and they claim to be a Christian, you can easily categorize, put a category in them for them to know which of those six they are.

It'll make a lot of sense at that point.

Okay, all right.

Who pretended to be mad to avoid capture at the hands of an enemy king?

Who presented who drool running down his face, scratching the post?

That was David before he was King.

David did that because he didn't want to get in trouble, so he faked it.

I always find it fascinating that God never said anything about that, but he faked it and then got out of the situation.

Sometimes you do what the Lord sets before you.

Okay, all right.

So on that Christian teaching, if it doesn't help you, then just get rid of it.

But if it helps you, it's supposed to help you draw closer to God through his word.

Okay.

All right, great.

All right, folks, you have been listening to the David Spoon Experience right here on KAM 770, the true station here in Texas, taking a 72 and 1 half hour break.

Then we'll come back, more insanity with Spoonanity.

Talk to you then.

Who knows when a broken heart will end?

Broken hearts don't die.

They just grow.

Just when I think I reach.

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