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I am Toby Flanderson, your Human resource specialist.And today I will be reacting to Michael Scott’s Business show.I had heard that Michael started doing a YouTube show, and i wanted to react to itTo play it safe because I don’t want this to get taken down for showing any of the footage im going to describe what i saw and react,Obviously Michael was influenced by those shows that hire a famous chef to in a week turn around their fledging restaurantIn the first episode i saw the struggling business that Michael goes to rescue Is a specialized glass company,Michael meet with the owner in a in an office, the owner like so many nowadays is having trouble attracting new employees into the factory,Michael goes around the factory to interview current employees what they like about the job, what would make it better none of them seem to want to be filmed or to give genuine answers they wouldn’t want their boss, looking over Michael’s shoulder to hearAt the end of day one Michael suggest the owner having a bingo night and carnival to attractMore employees,The owner rightly ask how will let bring in reliable workers, its one thing to get friends to come to your party it’s another to get them to help you move?Then their is a montage of michael on day 2 and three working at the factory some of it looks green screened michael is also walking around the industrial park where the factory is at and then at lake or pond for some reaosn, then hes calling holly who answers her phone and it’s obvious they are in the same room as the video is cut to make it look like their on a long distance phone call not talking in the same room, with phones in their handsThen there is clips ofMichael talking with his kids who, actually looks like a real long distance facetime callAnd it bothers himHe’s tearing up when the FaceTime is endedMichael is on a floor spread out with papers, the camera zooms in and he’s looking at the glass companies current and previous job ads, Michael highlights where it says family owned business.Holly gives Michael some more papers and says you should look at some of these statsThe camera zooms in and says people post covid prefer working from home.Then michael and holly are now both meeting with the boss and michael reveals his revelation for how to attract new hiresMichael says if people don’t want to leave home to go to work, then let them bring their home to work.The owner is confused thinking michael is saying to hire only homeless people. That was funny I’m glad they left that inMichael then lays it thick looking. At the owner, and waving the highlighted paper in his hands. In your marketing you call your company a family owned business, and he passes the highlighted paper across the table, their is a close up of the paper where above family owned he wrote and operatedThe owner says whats the significance of adding operated? Owned sums it upMichael says your family owns the business but you hire families to operate itHire families. In your new job ads writeYou can don’t work have to work with strangers work with people you love, now hiring families to work togetherThe owner rightly says thats likey discriminationMichael says its not you dont limit the types or kinds of families.In my idea you don’t discriminate against age either people could bring their kids to work.Kids here, we make glass, it’s a lawsuit waiting to happenglass doesn’t discriminate is just as dangerous to all people regardless of age, anyway people would be more careful because they wouldn’t want their kids to get cutdO you have any other ideas because I’m not about to have kids running around my glass factoryRight now you don’t have anyone in here, I’m not saying the kids would be forced to do child labor, or not go to school. or that their wouldn’t be a fun room for kidsbut this is 24/7 shop right, so their might be some time when parents are here, and their kids aren’t at school, like the summer, or the off shifts, and you want your workers to be safe regardless if there were kids in here or not, why does the world have to be so compartmentalizied, that parents can’t bring their kids to work,Definitel Michael is projecting and upset his kids are not there and you feel for him but he doesnt understand kids need to be kids and the adult world is differentThe more i think of it, this his not subtle way of trying to convince holly that they should bring their kids witb them when they are filming thisMy guess is shes is the more sensible pf the two and has them stay away with a sitterThe owner says i want a refund and you can leave nowMichael there will be no refund I gave you in a better spot, you right now don’t have enough employees to run your business, i offered you a way to increase the number of employeesthe owner says no hiring children, and married people to fight in my factory is there are too many reasons why this would be a bigger headacheMichael says fine then keep doing what you and every other business is doing and expect different resultsMy overall initial reaction, is how did michael even get this glass company to let him come in there in the first place? How desperate is that owner, how did he see the office documentary and think michael would have any valuable insight?Selfishly it was pleasing for me to see Michael is still a goof, because post the documentary their was lots of mythology that Michael matured and was now this fetishized leader, and even Michael apologist came up with insane justifications for why Michael was right to constantly belittle me for all that time, that Michael picked up early clues how bad i was for the workplace. And so to Michael post documentary coming up with idiotic immature ideas i feel vindicated some what.As far as the ideas here’s all the reasons they are just on their face bad.This isMichael scott reacing to tobyLets just address the elephant in the roomToby hates my idea of families working together, he wants families to work separately, so married couples would eventually be like him and divorcedTobies first big grip wasIt creates a lot of hr headache having couples at the work placeThey fight at home And then bring it to workno they bring it to work because the otherside isnt here to defend themselves. Spouses fight behind close doors not in the front lawn.They wont be fighting in work infact theyll be faking it till they making itIt will save marriagesToby said people would be less productive if they are socializong with their family like ryan and kellyHes wrongthey will be more productive because when they come to work, they wont have to fill in their coworkers with each others life outside of work, or their future plans they will already be up to speed and can jump right into workToby argued part of romance is to be apart from your spouse so you miss themToby since your wife left you has she missed you enough to come back?For a long time, families lived and worked together, why wouldn’t you want to spend most of your waking hours with the people you love the most, why would anyone decide to rather spend most of your awake time with people you’re not as close to. It makes no sense..I don’t know if it was Toby or the devil who came up this idea to separate families. Facts are in, divorce wasn’t as big when the family spend all their time together sure their were other cultural differences like they all worked on farms and we don’t but i don’t think you’re a bad person if you and your spouse want to become nurses and take care of sick people together, i don’t think you’re better person if you go we choose to be an exclusive relationship lets now do everything we can to never see each other, and while we’re at it, lets test God and spend most of adult life, around other possible affair partnersDwight k schurteYes michael told me about his working families idea. I’d say I’m glad hes come around to the same conclusion my ….

Two teenagers see the movie 8 mile, and want to go on a pilgrimage to Detroit to meet Eminem and train under him to become rapping crusaders. They get off the greyhound, and Eminem can not be easily found. They wander down streets, where they get looks, of you don’t belong, and you better be gone before dark.They don’t hear any bass bouncing out of building, signifying this the place to where the rappers train. All the hear is comments echoing of the alleyways,  whatcha looking at stupid, don’t look at me. You think these kids got any money, on them, or they narcs, we gonna find out, once the sun goes down? The sun is going down, and they have nowhere to go, they made no contacts, or found any place where the rappers practice. A group of hooded figures approach them, where these the ones who were echoing the threats from earlier ?The two friends ask, do you guys know of where there are any rap battles, happening tonight, we are fans of rap battles, and came to experience it,The hood figures keep walking and only say, ain’t no rap battles for you, you just going to get....A black muscle car peels in and parks, blocking the hooded mob, from the two out of hope teenagers. The car is vibrating with bass, coming from the song Animals by Nickelback, the driver door shoves open, and out pops Chad Kroger, who tells the teens get in. Get in. Driving away, Chad ask them about what where they doing out, there. He learns they wanted to find Eminem. He says he was on his to jam with him. He says animals isn’t the right song for 3 guys to be listening together, and he didn’t want the kids parents to think he was a bad influence, so he fast forwarded the song to Savin me.  That the night the two teens witnessed Eminem freestyling over top look at this photograph. It turns out Chad and Marshall are lyrical buddies.Chad got them all in polariod, so they could always remember this night. When they got home, the one teen was convinced Chad Kroger was sent by God. He heard of celebrities being spy’s before, what if God used stars that were seen as trashy as the perfect cover for his angels. He had the photograph as proof, the other friend, said it was just a natural coincidence, and there was nothing super about it.  

Naracist Kanye & Kim kadashin Kayne we are getting divorced because you refused to take your meds, thou shal take you lobotomy pills is not in the Bible and neither is divorce, would you force Walt Disney to take these pills, would you divorce Steve Jobs? A real doctor prescribed you this medications to stabilize your moods, the doctor told me in front of you not to reward you with attention when you selfishly decide to not stabilize your moods. The Bible says you are to submit me as your husband as to the lord, but you are treating me like cesar milan treats a misbehaving dog, that you reward me with attention? It’s not just about you, it’s about the kids, and what’s best for them, a life that isn’t crazy 100 percent of the time. If you are so concerned about the kids, why are you splitting up the family? That’s statistically the biggest blow to kids psyche. If they are half of me, and you are showing them to not respect me, to split off from me, aren’t you saying you reject half of them too? Don’t try to blame me, you choose to stay mentally unwell, How I am a billionaire if I’m unwell? I gotta, go, being around you is making me unwell, but for the record I asked you to take your meds, and you are refusing knowing that you are creating a unsafe environment for the kids to be around. Don’t tweet about this when I leave, I will use it in custody court. I don’t have to warn you, I’m being generous by even telling you that, it’s in my interest that you do go on another long tirad which will show the judge why limited or supervised visitation is all you Kids time to go. say goodbye to your dad Kids wait listen to your dad. I’m very sorry that I couldn’t make it work with your mom. I never wanted you to grow up in a divorced family. I never wanted that part of your life, would be separated from me, i always want you to be around so you could learn from me up and downs, first hand. Listen. Your mom and the pychartist are saying I’m a naracist. for a little while I learned what that meant and tried to play your mom is a naracisst too. that’s enough we are leaving. I will walk with you out. Kids I learned the grammar and the language of psychology but they don’t’ have a word fro redemption it doesn’t translate, they believe, you are born a certain way, the c word, I’ll say it once crazy or a naracisst and theirs no redeeming. You can take pills and but they can’t get you to stop having leopard crazy spots. Ok I heard enough you are now kidnapping, holding us hostage Kidnapping you’re leaving with my kids? Kids I want you to know my first language our first tongue is the Bible. In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God. I learned a lot of languages, I’m not talking French, Chinese, Hebrew, I’m saying fashion has it’s own language Louie va ton means something, Yazzie means something, music has it’s own language, business is language and it took me awhile to understand it, they keep that one secret as a barrier to entry, farming, artecture, technology all our a language on themselves, and they used to pass down the signs and symbols to the initiates, but I’m spilling the beans, like Moses, knew all about the pharaoh. Say good bye, and shut the door. I’m going to start driving. that’s unsafe, I’m just saying words, and you want to drive with the door open. I’m going to finish. Kids What i want you to know is the Bible is my first language, my native tongue of fire it’s how I think in my head. In the beginning was the word, and the word was god. psychology might have some things right but it doesn’t got the whole truth or life. you could say Jesus was a naracist jesus played the victim card, Jesus said it’s all about him. Is god a naracist, he wants everyone to say how worthy all glory goes to him seraphim fly around saying holy holy. Why In cortinanians paul addresses people who were picking teams saying i;m for paul, I’m for Apollo’s, if they were watching the voice they’d be saying i have paul wins, or i hope Apollo’s wins, but in the Bible we should all be saying jesus wins, is god a naracist and needs to be on psyche meds, no, it’s because that’s the great equalizer, just god gets the glory it’s like wearing a uniform to school we don’t have to try to stand out, we’re all on the same team, if we got worship something that’s god Than we don’t have to worry about being the best being jealous who is the best, because in god’s fairness he created a path, where we don’t have to play that game,

You don’t want to hear this, I don’t want to record it, i much rather by working on short stories, but I feel convicted that I didn’t yet tie up all loose ends, from the last rant about the Bible being god grimoire. Christian. This is only meant for your comfort you will not win any arguments with this. just letting you know what you are walking into. You can avoid the faith passages all you want, you can steer clear of all the talk about the nebulous spirit, and stick to here are the facts, here my reasons, the skeptic will smell your fear and go you are doing this inspite of your book, your book talks about spirits, miracles, and mysteries and i won’t ever buy that, and you are hiding from it. you’re embarrassment of it. Protest too much? Even if you unravel their absorb alternatives to Jesus being the messiah, they will park at if you can’t catch God with a butterfly net, and bring that leprechaun here so i can get my wishes met U can take your rainbow map and go on and get... So far, simple heathens will mock your spiritual ness. Here’s where i am probably 98 percent wrong, herumnautically and contextaully up in outer space. Here’s how your relationship with the spirit will be neuteredby believers. To begin with I think you should read all of Romans 14 before you listen any further. Assuming you didn’t That chapeter talks about get too dogmatic about your spiritual preferences, diet sabbath, debatable issues. Don’t argue too much about it for the sake of someone who is weak in the faith might stumble by you pushing over one of their idols, and they stumble in the faith, or have a crisis of faith because so much of their faith was connected to that idol. Sure the chapter only calls out diet and holy day but I think you can extrapolate it to other things as well. All. Christians acknowledge the Holy Spirit and the scriptures and say both are important. One group leans closer to the written word, and the other closer to the Holy Spirit. Surely you can go wrong in other extreme or excluding one entirely. For the sake of the argument it is much easier to point at the sins of the people who abuse the Holy Spirit, and use it to excuse all kinds of rift raft. How Can the sola scriptura crowd go astray? It has been my observation the sola scriptura crowd is so worried you will go wild if you seek the Holy Spirit, that they water it down as much as possible so it sounds more like a brick than a ghost, and add on so much regualations that it can impact you the least possible way positively or negatively. One warning is they quote “nothing beyond what is written.” If you’re too buddy buddy with the Holy Ghost you will be tempted to go beyond what is written to outside the safe zones or a consistent hermetic and expositional preaching. A lot of this stems from 1 corinthaians 4:6 nothing beyond what is written. But why does the expotionlly preacher tell you about all that they know about that verse, the historical culture at that time, events going on around that place, even though that stuff is not written in text, they see no problem overlaying historical or grammatical commentary beyond what is verbatim written, or personal anecdotes that is also beyond what is written. They will tell you about the author and most likely influences going on in his life, who his immediate audience was, and some how none of this is in the text, it might all be accurate, or close, at least interesting, but definitely beyond their goal post of nothing beyond what is written, However their goal post is misplaced. 1 corthinians 4:6 “Now, brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the saying: “Nothing beyond what is written.” The purpose is that none of you will be inflated with pride in favor of one person over another.” That passage is talking about don’t get favoritism to one human teacher over another, neither paul or Apollo’s because it’s the spirit that always gifted either, not the human teacher themselves. I don’t think that verse’s focus is sola scriptura becasue the New Testament may not have even been finished at this time. At least 2 Corinthians wasn’t written when Paul wrote nothing beyond what is written in 1 Corinthians. Here’s the same verse, but with the verse before and after “Therefore don’t judge anything prematurely, before the Lord comes, who will both bring to light what is hidden in darkness and reveal the intentions of the hearts. And then praise will come to each one from God. Now, brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the saying: “Nothing beyond what is written.” The purpose is that none of you will be inflated with pride in favor of one person over another. For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you didn’t receive? If, in fact, you did receive it, why do you boast as if you hadn’t received it?” Is that Paul saying only ever quote the Old Testament verbatim? Or only his letters verbatim? Is Paul saying something else? What is that these people received that they’re not to get boastful of 1 just the Old Testament , 2 just the letters from Paul, or 3 something else The next verse paul wrote this “You are already full! You are already rich! You have begun to reign as kings without us — and I wish you did reign, so that we could also reign with you!” What made them kings, was it the Old Testament, no I think it was their relationship with God, as repeneed believers. If you still think paul is primarilly saying sola scriptura in this chapter that was the main thrust was corthians, root out the silly appeals to the Holy Spirit, only say what was written in the Old Testament or what you hear from me. If you still think’s paul first love in that passage was words and expositional teachings. Why did he follow up with this 1 “But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will know not the talk but the power of those who are inflated with pride. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power. “Jesus also used this illustration: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like the yeast a woman used in making bread. Even though she put only a little yeast in three measures of flour, it permeated every part of the dough.”” The Holy Spirit is 3D classes, it’s the yeast that makes the words rise, off the pages. No it’s not say the sola scriptura crowd, no verse says that.. Ok but paul wrote this in 1 Corinthians chapter 3 the place right before nothing beyond what is written “When I came to you, brothers, announcing the testimony of God to you, I did not come with brilliance of speech or wisdom. For I didn’t think it was a good idea to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. I came to you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. My speech and my proclamation were not with persuasive words of wisdom but with a powerful demonstration by the Spirit, so that your faith might not be based on men’s wisdom but on God’s power. However, we do speak a wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. On the contrary, we speak God’s hidden wisdom in a mystery, a wisdom God predestined before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age knew this wisdom, for if they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But as it is written: What eye did not see and ear did not hear, and what never entered the human mind — God prepared this for those who love Him. Now God has revealed these things to us by the Spirit, for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man that is in him? In the same way, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who comes from God, so that we may understand what has been freely given to us by God. We also speak these things, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people. But the unbeliever does not welcome what comes from God’s Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it since it is evaluated spiritually.” Is it just me or did Paul appeal a lot to the spirit? Paul at that time at least didn’t talk like an expository preacher all the time Yes some sins are obvious other are hidden. just because some people abuse the liberty of the Holy Spirit doesn’t mean high brow faith is without flaws Speaking of things writen beyond when Paul wrote 1 Corinthians chapter 4. Here’s paul comparing and contrasting the letter and the spirit in 2 Corinthians chapter 3 “Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some, letters of recommendation to you or from you? You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, recognized and read by everyone. It is clear that you are Christ’s letter, produced by us, not written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God — not on stone tablets but on tablets that are hearts of flesh. We have this kind of confidence toward God through Christ. It is not that we are competent in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our competence is from God. He has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit produces life. Now if the ministry of death, chiseled in letters on stones, came with glory, so that the Israelites were not able to look directly at Moses’ face because of the glory from his face — a fading glory — how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious? For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness overflows with even more glory. In fact, what had been glorious is not glorious now by comparison because of the glory that surpasses it. For if what was fading away was glorious, what endures will be even more glorious. Therefore, having such a hope, we use great boldness. We are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the Israelites could not stare at the end of what was fading away, but their minds were closed. For to this day, at the reading of the old covenant, the same veil remains; it is not lifted, because it is set aside only in Christ. Even to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their hearts, but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.”

This is for a mature Christians audience. This is the thing that I’m most uncertain about, and be humiliating wrong. This is not my foundation just a little idol for decoration, that maybe needs to be destroyed. What the risk reward. Risk walking on thin ice and looking for the cracks of the bible push your luck fall throw to doctrines of demons. What’s the reward, one I can have my pride patted on the head for uncovering this treasure, which is the ultimate joy in life is to be worshipped, or highly unlikely this could help someone who had the same nagging questions but either choose to live with the problem and me reminding them of it will make it worse, and this will force them to get frustrated and kick their dog, and be cold to someone who ask them for a favor becasue instead they are thinking of this problem or how to tell me in a clever kind way that I’m the problem, but by rebuking my monotone head, their hands are washed clean. If we look at Old Testament prophecies they are not written like a cook book. Skeptics can argue Jesus didn’t fulfill the recipes on 1 to 1 conversion. John the Baptist was not the exact same being as Elijah. Either you accept that prophecies are written more mysterious than a cook book, or you have a lot recipes to reject. Jesus told his followers on multiple occasions look I’m going to be killed, somehow it went over their heads, and they panicked when he got arrested, some people think we are given these stories to just like this is only a historical record, that’s it, their is no way God creator of the world, embedded multiple meanings. The Bible is just a straight forward historical account, so people would know how God acted with his people way back when, but it’s borderling blasphemy to suggest God being supremely intelligent left clues to for later generations to know, this is how I acted with past generations so look out, this is how I will act with people in your generations. I forgot some people think that the Bible primary function is to be a grammar book, and even though Jesus or the apostles spent little time correcting, mentioning grammar the primary function of the Bible and gods people is to be like a scribe Jesus was so found of and his people would be known by their endlessly talking about the grammar, not the spirit “He has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit produces life.” What is important grammatically about the letter of that verse, is what the Holy Spirit wanted Paul to write is notice where in the sentence clause the acting article pronoun Past participle is a modifier compared to this other Greek word that is used 413 times elsewhere but in opposite order, so this stands out the first time a word is used in before a pronoun subjunctive tense Herbert Greek Hebrew noun adverb adjective It’s just silly to say the spirit is more important than the objective quantitative grammar, if you let the spirit drive the car you wind up at Kenneth Copelands Gulf Stream five. He has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit produces life.” So what, their are just as many verses that say we should study the Bible, and work in words carefully and you are just throwing up red straw man hearings, no one said the Bible is a cook book, just a history book, or a grammar book I was going to say something like sure it’s not said but the implication or my interpretation but who cares I’m not an educated person. I’m easily confused and pay child support, and it only gets worse from here on in. In this ever goes to court, I’m never said don’t study the Bible. You should study the Bible backards and forwards, when you hear someone speak, you don’t have to just be a berean and later go study to see, but you should simultaneously by checking what the words being given to you, with the scriptures you know. And if you can not multitask like me, also go be a bereaan and double check to if you remembered the the scriptures right, I only wanted emphasize you don’t study primarily for the grammar but for the spirit. Did you get the gist of what the lesson was, what you should do, or should not. If you argue, well we have to know the letter correctly to know the spirit, than I argue you’ll never know the spirit if you stay stuck in the old covenant of the grammar police. How literate do you have to be to understand don’t commit adultry, you are a sinner jesus paid for your sins with his death repent, do you have to know Ancient Greek grammar to comprehend that? “This is how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God. But every spirit who does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist; you have heard that he is coming, and he is already in the world now.” The Bible is god’s grimoire bible is not an easily understandable book to the natural man, in fact it says its not understandable to the natural man, John 3:16 gives the spell to turn a person from death row, to born again. Not to mention spiritual gifts, and fortelling the future, the bIble is not an ordinary book Im not an educated person so when I read Isaiah 14 or Ezekiel 28 and try to figure out is this talking solely about an earthly ruler, or is there a double purpose. Is God through his prophets also condemning a fallen angel along with the earthly ruler, i don’t’ know but I don’t think you will gain this insight through placement of jots ant tittles alone. For all I know it’s non of our business, It wouldn’t change how I ought to live, on whether or not God codedly condemned the devil in the old testament prophetic books.. We know other scriptures, God flat out dooms the devil, so it wouldn’t change anything if he added some more bombs. Not every prophecy the authors of the New Testament pinned on Jesus first coming, convinced the people of their day, or the skeptics today. Some prophecies the critics say weren’t even flagged this is a prophecy about the messiah. skeptics will go the apostles were looking for anything in the Old Testament, that could pin on the life of Jesus, and declare prophecy fulfilled. The Old Testament gave 10 commanments, 600 some other rules, genealogies who begat who, exact measurements of the temple, but it didn’t list out here’s all the prophecies about the messiah in one place. People complain when the Bible list things, they call it the dull parts, and when a prophecy is given, they say we can’t know for sure, it’s unclear dubious at best. For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the ideas and thoughts of the heart. No creature is hidden from Him, but all things are naked and exposed to the eyes of Him to whom we must give an account.” Does that mean when you die you sit in front of a 40 foot Bible, and it judges you or is the Word of God Jesus? If you think the Bible is living and sees all, you already acknowledged it’s not an ordinary book. Either way the word of God is unique and unparalleled it’s not us who through our grammar detective work separates the word of God from pronoun and adverb but it judges us. “The Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have not heard His voice at any time, and you haven’t seen His form. You don’t have His word living in you, because you don’t believe the One He sent. You pore over the Scriptures because you think you have eternal life in them, yet they testify about Me. And you are not willing to come to Me so that you may have life.” But academic will say “and you know that from childhood you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” Knowing the scriptures is profitable, how can you argue for ignorance? Guilty I’m ignorant and dont talk good. Any chance you esteem your grammar police creditinals too highly. The scriptures give you wisdom for salvation, not salvation itself, it’s profitable we should study it but Bart Earman studies the scriptures for grammar more than I and he admits he doesn’t have salvation. No one is denying you should study this book, but it won’t get you all the way to being right with God. It’s not the hearer of the words, but the doer of the words. The Bible is the best book, maybe the only thing you’d ever have to study, it will exist long past any of my comments about it. Or yours. It has stood the test of time, past rulers who followed other books, who exiled and enslaved the Bible believing people. I do not mean to denegrate the Bible by poking holes at ones limits of comprehension of it, I merely desired to exhault the Bible that it is beyond our cheering. It’s better than just a history book, cook book, grammar book, it’s a in a class of it’s own. In any category it would win. It best explains the world, and correctly for tell the future. The Old Testament prophecies about Jesus, are enmeshed encoded in text if you’re just skimming through you’d overlook them, if someone didn’t point to it and go that’s a prophecy about the messiah, you might never have come to that conclusion on your own. Example Hosea 11:1 “When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.” At first glance, that just sounds like God talking about Israel in the past, being exiled out of Egypt. Does that passage without a doubt scream it’s talking about the messiah, is the word messiah even used, does it say I’m talking both about the past, and giving you a clue about the future. No it doesn’t. If you treat the bIble look a cook book recipe that if you just study it context every part of snaps it into place, and you can wrinkle out every mystery is a lie. you have to study the bible with humility that as a flawed human, who your best works is of filthy wrags, Jesus particularly warned against scribes and teachers of the scriptures of his day, who love the prestige of teaching, be careful. And i think there are parts of this mystery that an angel stands in front of like of eden, and maybe we can see the outline or like looking through a fence, but we are not allowed in yet. I think the people who brag about their fine theological strainers, that they pour the Bible through, and strain out anything that doesn’t fit their system I think would have gone, no way John the Baptist is Elijah come back, no way Jesus could heal on the sabbath. I think they idolize their theogolical strainers, more than the creator.

The following is intended for an mature Christian audience only someones faith isn’t easily shaken, Why in the world would god give us dull genealogies but dubious prophecies? You are right the Bible says there’s no devil running the show. No spiritual warfare. Nothing more going on behind the scenes then we can perceive. “Then the Lord opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the Angel of the Lord standing in the path with a drawn sword in His hand. Balaam knelt and bowed with his face to the ground. The Angel of the Lord asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Look, I came out to oppose you, because what you are doing is evil in My sight. The donkey saw Me and turned away from Me these three times. If she had not turned away from Me, I would have killed you by now and let her live.” Balaam said to the Angel of the Lord, “I have sinned, for I did not know that You were standing in the path to confront me. And now, if it is evil in Your sight, I will go back.”” Numbers 22:31-34 HCSB “Then he said, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day you began to pray for understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your request has been heard in heaven. I have come in answer to your prayer. But for twenty-one days the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia blocked my way. Then Michael, one of the archangels, came to help me, and I left him there with the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia. Now I am here to explain what will happen to your people in the future, for this vision concerns a time yet to come.”” Daniel 10:12-14 God kept his plans secret so the rulers of the world could not undue it, “Yet when I am among mature believers, I do speak with words of wisdom, but not the kind of wisdom that belongs to this world or to the rulers of this world, who are soon forgotten. No, the wisdom we speak of is the mystery of God —his plan that was previously hidden, even though he made it for our ultimate glory before the world began. But the rulers of this world have not understood it; if they had, they would not have crucified our glorious Lord. 1 corinyhians 2 6 Why isn’t God more precise about his future plans, why is it in code? Maybe for the same reasons Eisenhower didn’t want to disclose to the Nazi’s the exact where and when of d day. Or the secrets of the Manhattan Project King herad, killing the babies at Bethlehem to get rid of the messiah, no the devil can not stop god’s plan, but he is going to try. Paul didn’t willinging surrender his life, the first time they wanted to kill him, he escaped. But paul didn’t escape to enjoy his fancy life, he survived to fight another day, to help others escape. Paul’s was not openly accepted amoung believers, just because he begun confessing christ. Paul had to meet with elders in Jerusalem. Anyone maybe got to hear the apostles on the street proclaiming christ, but i don’t think just anyone got an invite to their private fellowships, and they were being hunted, by people like paul. If i think my coworker would use what i believe against me, do i have to corner them and tell them everything and then loose my job, because i was insistent on dropping seeds on a ground that is not fertile. God gave us a discerning spirit, if you are caught like Samson like Stephen god will give you strength and words of power. Do you have to commit suicide by cop by casting your pearls before swine or Isis? When judas kisses Jesus and the guards surrounded Jesus, it wasn’t the first time they tried to capture him. Reverse engineering. Humans learn knowledge of an atom and then some ruler wants to know how to turn that into a weapon. The word of god shaper than 2 edge sword, what are the odds the bad guys in high spiritual places don’t study the word to weaponize it? Why someone like Jordan Peterson los this find for a time, because he was messing with the word, like someone messing with nuclear radiation and he wasn’t protected he was tinkering with things, without the protective suit on.

The following skit is intended for an mature Christian audience only someones faith isn’t easily shaken, With all the recent surprises, would you be shocked if with the next few months few years you saw in the headlines Tim Cook, mark zuckerbeg etc decide the want to Cancel all Christians. Tim Cook could say the time has come after the storming of the capital it’s clear the Bible is the origin of this hate. We have mined the important parts out, love everyone don’t be evil but now it’s time to put all the elephant in the room hateful ideas from the Bible behind us. Too big of a swing. An over reach or a good lay up for Joe Biden to come in say come on folks here’s the deal can’t cancel all Christians just the doom and gloom stuff. All the hate originates in the twisted view of The doomsday cults who think this is an evil world, and look up to the skies for the vengeful God to come down and smite it. This election was battle for our soul of the nation we see that these doomsday nihilist who don’t believe in science, equal rights for women storming he capitol this is not who we are. We were founded on the pursuit of happiness not hoping the world was going to end with an angry god returning that kind of thinking has no place in America anymore it gets us to distrust our neighbor instead of embracing them to put up walls not to build bridges. The twisted ideas that the world is evil and needs to be punished are peddled by fear mongers, who use division to manipulate good people and the good book you know the one, I’m proud to announce new initiative to ban doom and gloom in all its forms hate speech hate beliefs let’s just put that all out to pasture. John f Kennedy got this nation to the moon be dealing in optimistism, talking about the world is evil, and without hope that won’t help us work out any of our serious problems we face today. Any one or any where that is teaching that will be shut down period. if you hear your neighbor or church say that turn them in. I love you I believe in you, i believe in us. Jeff durbin goes I Called it. I warned christians not to be doomsday prophets, and not to be Gnostics. I told yo these were the two greatest weakness in the church in america and now god is judging them. Well this is actually a good thing, because the proclamation of gods righteousness will go forth as decreed, and the bad branches of doomsday’s and Gnosticism are being pruned by the hand of god. I called it. Joe Biden is not right but a broken clock is right twice a day. Christians alive today 2 Milliena after Jesus said it was finished are not supposed to be doom and gloom. Doom of coarse being the left behind beliefs, that Jesus is still waiting to come back to defeat the anti christ all that whack theology, which preterism shows Biblically the end times already happened. And then gloom the Gnostics ideas of dualism and that the world is evil. Which is wrong the earth is not evil, God made it good. It’s only sin that was bad, the devil which was finished at the cross, since then goodness has steadily swept across the globe. Furthermore I am going to be petitioning Joe Biden, because I have the answer, I need you guys to sign this petition so the White House will see, if they make me the dicipler, I can bibically explain why this two views ought to stand Down, that I can like a hostage negotiator, who loves the word of God, go to these churches, and rather than arrest people and have them be killing time in jail, i will diciple them into the proclaimed fullness of the truth. I can show them through the word of god they ought that to be good productive obedient citizens. People who want to fix this world every bit as the democrats, End of skit Doom is the world is going to be judged by a returning vengeful Jesus. Gloom is the world is wicked until then. If the devil is shooting flak at doom and gloom, wouldn’t that be because that’s his achielles heel? I mean the heel he’s afraid of dropping on his head. If the devil doesn’t care about domainist delusions, that they can talk all they want about how the evolution of gods righteousness spreading over the world and devil is letting them go unguarded, why? Joe Biden, and the devil dont’ think that jesus has to come back, to fix things, they think they can manage the property on their own. but why are some Christians, hell bent on telling you forget about doom & gloom. The devil doesn’t like doom becasue it points to his time being short, loosing his control of the earth, and his imprisonment things he like to cancel. Here’s how the devil chips away at doom. Doom is uncomfortable to think about either you are a christian who will have to suffer persecution from an antichrist Or you are in a delusion thinking the antichrist is god, and then when jesus returns you are damned for taking the mark of the beast Don’t bring attention to the most embarrassing part of the Bible the failed prophecies. The devil can tempt you into thinking Jesus and the apostles were failed prophets. Jesus and the apostles told their followers to not even care about worldly things even marriage because Jesus would be returning soon. Yet 2000 years and no returned Jesus. If they were wrong about when Jesus was coming back what else were they wrong about. the devil can tempt you into the comb over view of prophecy preterism. You will think you fixed problem, but everyone will see you are trying to hide something. the preterist thinks I am no fool, all the prophecies about the end of the world did happen right on time, just like Jesus and the apostles said. It’s the skeptics who are fools they don’t accept my underwhelming evidendce that prophecies are always exaggerated and underwhelming. Preterist don’t have a returned Jesus, they can point to. Some preterist says the messiah’s return was the destruction of the temple at 70 ad but making christians everywhere the new temples that idea a deniable messiah you don’t have to look any further into. “So if someone tells you, ‘Look, the Messiah is out in the desert,’ don’t bother to go and look. Or, ‘Look, he is hiding here,’ don’t believe it! For as the lightning flashes in the east and shines to the west, so it will be when the Son of Man comes. And then at last, the sign that the Son of Man is coming will appear in the heavens, and there will be deep mourning among all the peoples of the earth. And they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he will send out his angels with the mighty blast of a trumpet, and they will gather his chosen ones from all over the world —from the farthest ends of the earth and heaven.” Jesus return will be a surprise but it won’t be a secret for long. Even if Jesus and the apostles thought the return was going to happen sooner than it has, we weren’t left without clues their timing was not precise.““However, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself. Only the Father knows.” 2 peter 3 “First, be aware of this: Scoffers will come in the last days to scoff, living according to their own desires, saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? Ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they have been since the beginning of creation.” They willfully ignore this: Long ago the heavens and the earth were brought about from water and through water by the word of God. Through these waters the world of that time perished when it was flooded.“But by the same word, the present heavens and earth are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. Dear friends, don’t let this one thing escape you: With the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. The Lord does not delay His promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance. But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief; on that day the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, the elements will burn and be dissolved, and the earth and the works on it will be disclosed. Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, it is clear what sort of people you should be in holy conduct and godliness as you wait for and earnestly desire the coming of the day of God. The heavens will be on fire and be dissolved because of it, and the elements will melt with the heat. But based on His promise, we wait for the new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness will dwell. Therefore, dear friends, while you wait for these things, make every effort to be found at peace with Him without spot or blemish. Also, regard the patience of our Lord as an opportunity for salvation, If we believe we’re a child of Abraham, not of the flesh like Ismahel but of the promise like issac. when did Sarah get pregnant how long did they have to wait? Long past it seemed even natural for it to happen, so long, they took matters into their own hands, and the the result was Ishmael. Take Jesus’s death, it looked like all hope was lost, his followers scattered, the prophecy buffs at that time overlooked that the messiah would be killed, the devil thought he’d get to keep God’s vineyard by getting rid of the son, Hebrews 11. “These all died in faith without having received the promises, but they saw them from a distance, greeted them, and confessed that they were foreigners and temporary residents on the earth.” At the end of that chapter of Hebrews this is written “All these were approved through their faith, but they did not receive what was promised, since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.” I don’t know if Paul and the apostles were promised the world was going to end or if they just saw it from a distance but God knew these words were going to be studied throughout the generations and used the human writers to let studiers of the word know, we gotta have patience and endurance we might not to to the promise land in our life, have faith, God has something better for us, and when it comes it will be even better, because all people of faith throughout time will be united as one when the promise arrives. Gloom I heard jeff durbin say that Christians who thought the world was evil got that from the gnostics view of dualsim. I didn’t come to the conclusion the world is evil because I watched the matrix a bunch or read ancient gnostic texts. I don’t know for sure what the Gnostics back then believed, nor I am defending them. regardless of the Gnostics, the New Testament over and over again Jesus and the apostles Call the world evil and under the devil’s authority. I’m not quoting gnostic gurus I’m. Reading right out of the Bible. Gospel of John 7:7 The world cannot hate you, but it does hate Me because I testify about it--that its deeds are evil. 1 John 5:19 We know that we are of God, and the whole world is under the sway of the evil one. I could go on and on about the Bible saying the world is evil and under the rule of the devil. I have done that in the nightmare gospel. Almost every christian would agree some part of the world was evil during the life of Jesus, and his apostles, but few will go the whole world is under total depravity. It’s always limited evil. Just over there just back then, not here not right now. Little demon hands cover up believers eyes, making blind spots, Which is more flesh pleasing evil is everywhere, in the people close to you, even inside of you so be alert, or evil is only way over there, or way back then, so you can relax and enjoy the pleasures of this world, in fact God designed it so you would. Maybe you are better person than me your flesh has more will power than mine. I’ll confess here are the reasons I have hold back from going full doom and gloom maniac on the street Saying the world is evil, makes you unemployable undateable, and you could loose custody, you could be the best worker, but if someone said to your employer look here your employe commited the thought crime of believing the world is evil, the employer would want to distance themselves, those views don’t reflect our values, we think God wants us to make strides in making the world better kill joy at dating, someone says they likes to laugh, vacations, wine, you go evil evil evil your friends, you so am i, do you want to hang out more, as a christian you don’t wrestle against flesh and blood, you commanded to be as helpful to others. the best employee parent spouse that you can, but you commit the unpardonable 21 century sin of thought crime The Bible says we should be joyous so that snaps your whole doom and gloom Amen even in persecution we should attempt to be joyous and hopefull of how good things will be when Jesus returns, and rights the world. I’m only doom gloom, about humans righting the world before then. I think Jesus refused the third temptation in part for our example. No one wants to look at the grim reaper hovering over the text. Sometimes I chase frivolous things to forget the doom and gloom. Even Jesus prayed until he bleed for another way yet was crucified, the apostles martayed, the devil currently is in charge, most people are under evils spell, you have to try and warn them, but they will persecute you for it. It will be confusing because you call it good news, that in the long run they can have immortality in a perfected world, but they only see the short run the doom and gloom, Look at the parables about the seeds in the soil, when you throw seeds you are being spied on by the devil, and he is coming quickly to sabotage that seed from maturing Turns out I did some research on you and have an alternative explanation why you are doom and gloom that isn’t so noble because your wife didn’t want to around you anymore and so you flock to a burn it all theology because you recklessly handled your role as husband and lost what God gifted you and instead of maturing you become this Christian vandal because you can’t deal with looking at your past mistakes. I’m usually against divorce but I can sympathize having to be around your doom and gloom cloud I say it a pardonable to get loose from an improper husband. Our marriage was better when we were following the fire and smoke cloud of God but when we packed away out tent to settle in sodium and Gorma and I tamed down my contrast of the world to camaflounge in is when I lost her to the world

The following skit was filmed months ago and because this is audio only, I will translate a few things for the change in mediums.. The filming took place during the Harvard Bar scene in Good Will Hunting. Thus poor Boston accents., the deeper voice belongs to the blond pony tailed man In the skit I tried to get the point across, it is more vital to rescue people out of the world, than trying to restore the earth. I wanted to get the point across that the world is a house on fire, from sin, it’s only going to get worse, we can’t put it out, there is no sense in remodelining, or restoring a house on fire, the sole focus should be, rescuing people out of the house, which symbolizes being born again and being discipled. In this burning house analogy a disciple is person rescued out of the house, trained for rescuing, fitted with fire resistant cloths and a respirator, than that person would run back in to pull someone else out, they would not go back in to try and save their room. Just like firman they are not immune to death from the fire, the clothes are not fire proof, just helps keep some of the heat off. And things can fall them, floor can drop out, The Bibical reason why I lean towards rescue are the following. We are told the world is is bad, to not commit adultry with the world, being a follower of Jesus, you are willing to carry your cross, and no longer care for your earthly life, you are now born again and looking forward to the new earth Jesus will bring with him at his return. With all that in mind, i see little reason, to think it’s good to try take root in the world, and lots of caution about it being adultry, I don’t think you will straighten out the twisted world, it will bend you. I knew there are some weakness with that, because not all the epistles explicitly say that, or even give information to counter act that. Such as if Paul is talking about parenthood, and picking elders who have a good reputation in and outside the church, those two things alone give roots to a more restorative approach. Also the length of time, the longer Jesus waits to return, the less like a house on fire seems to fit, and the more like we have time to restore this house or parts that were’n’t destroyed yet, or as the flames maybe shift from one part of the world to another, you could maybe salvage a terrority for a time, and use it as base to launch more missionaries on the great mission further into the house. The reason I still favor the gospel is closer to a rescue mission, is we never knew when Jesus will return, when our time is up, when someone who is not right with God will die, and behaving like it’s a rescue mission treats is single minded focus. The priority is people need to repent and trust in Jesus for payment of their sins. What ever someone’s lengthy bread crumb theology eventually mounts to a bread crumb tower that Jesus wants us to restore the world while rescuing individuals out of it, is double minded. Even Kenneth cooplland could huff and puff and blow that bread crumb tower over. Reminder we are told the world is evil, not to commit adultry with it, the devil runs it, Jesus’s kingdom is not of this world, the world hated him and would hate his followers too, the anti christ will make war against the saints and overrun them, the devil and his armies are not defeated until Jesus returns on his horse. Do not worry about restoring you are only on a rescue mission.

This Ben skit was made years ago. today when I’m trying to recycle the skit it’s a few days after Trump supporters stormed the capitiol. After the Ben skit, I’ll offer what I think would help them. 8 years ago I went to chantinly Virginia to see Alex Jones and to protest out side of Bilderberg, I could have easily gravitated towards putting my faith into Trump being like Saint Patrick and driving all the snakes out of the swamp. I am not surprised when Ravi Zacharis has Harvey Winestein claims brought to light. I have seen the devil corrupt the purest person I knew, into an unrecognizable Garygoyle. The devil can get your hopes up to oust him, like a ghenis khan mohgul maneuver he can feign retreat and then when you charge, you walk right into his encircling trap, he was not retreating, he was just getting you out of your defensible position, out in the open where his mounted archers will pick you apart. If you are Christian what you need to hear, is our battle not against flesh and blood, we will not weed out the devil, Jesus will do that we he returns, our focus is not carnal, but spiritual, You can not put anything above god, including politics, or a special leader, get back in the Bible, and away from the news, if you knew the Bible better you wouldn’t fall for the devils schemes. I’ll confess what first triggered me about Ben, was his dismissal of Trump 4 years ago. 4 years ago when trump was running for office, and I thought it was possible he had a shot I was lot more enthusiastic about my earthly life, that with Trump and some of the things he was saying about God, and religious protections, that it be a revial along the lines of make America Christian again. When I’d take shots at Ben back than, it was always as Ben was not trumpy enough. This was not made with the intention of hurting ben’s feelings, I know facts don’t care about feelings, but people are not feelingless facts. The likely hood of persuading Ben that his outlook is wrong, is low, he gets paid to give his opinion it’s pretty sweet deal, he has every natural inclination to biased in keeping his deal going. This was intended for Christians who like Ben because his politics more overlap to the Bible than the demoncrats. But I think they get unequally yoked with hitching on Ben’s wagon. Sure Ben’s wagon is not as visually broken as the demoncrats wagon, but neither one is headed on the narrow road. Ben and the democrats both want to rule this world, and have no consideration for Jesus’s return. Jesus refused the devils temptation to rule all the kingdoms. Ben would have taken the offer. Jesus didn’t just argue with drunks and bums and whipped them telling them to get their act together Jesus branded the whip around people posing as holy and argued with the people who had the moral authority of his day. The drunks and bums were not the ones who captured Jesus and put pressure on Pilate to execute him. Ben denies Jesus Christ came in the flesh not my words but biblically that makes him a little anti christ, soon that will be illegal to identify who is and isn’t an anti christ bibically. Do not get on his wagon he is not heading towards eternal life and reconciliation with Jesus. He might be on the opposirte end of the wide path as the Democrats but to destruction his wagon heads. The Bible is not a utopia manual. The Bible tells you a utopia is impossible until Jesus returns. Jesus died rose to heaven after that the apostle Paul wrote the devil runs the world he do not say the devil only ruled over Judaea or Israel but the whole world. Jesus when tempted by the devil wasn’t just offered the the keys to Israel but all kingdoms of the earth. Yes the Bible tells us how we ought to live in this evil world to be a good witness but not how to take it over. The apostles didn’t run for office, Jesus didn’t give pilate pointers on how to govern he said you have no power over me unless God gives it. Jesus rejected the people of his day who tried to make him a king. Paul wrote the devil ran the world after Jesus rose to heaven. In revelation We are told the devil is not defeated by Jesus until his return, concluding with the devil is still running the show. It is a waste of time and energy to focus on politics when you should be focused on the great commission. There are specific claims in the Bible about not loving this world, don’t think too much about your life in it, by being a Christian, you now focused on the Bridegroom returning that’s where your hope is in. God does need you to beat the devil, he will handle that. God offers you a chance to admit you’re a sinner, and to accept his gift of forgiveness, he doesn’t demand you get into politics and figure out how to raise money, make dirty deals to grease the wheels, and spend your time, trying to win a popularity contest with heathens. Politics is easier to disregard when you don’t look at the noble way the people tryin to pull you into you present it, but you see it as the the dirty business of making deals with devil, he is who the Bible says rules this world, there’s no way around that statement. If a heathen might be upset that they can’t do what they want, when they want because they are correctly operating from they better eat drink and be merry because they have a rude awakening waiting for them when they die, they bettter get all that they can now. As a christian, you are no longer under time constraints. You now belong to the one who will give all the time in time in the world, when he returns, so who cares if now you are walking an extra mile for your lost neighbor, even if the devil puts his 10 kings in charge of all the earth, and they do with it, what they want, they are not keeping the ground when Jesus’s returns, the meek shall inherit the earth. The devil got you not to focus on making more Christians, by diverting your attention to an unwinable game, of trying to rule the earth his until jesus returns .

The following skit was filmed years ago and because this is audio only, I have to translate mediums I would not recommend even listening to this, unless you are familiar with Tim Ferris’s often repeated mantras. Why In this prerecorded skit, it can be hard to keep track between him talking an Jeff Bezo’s. The best way to tell the difference is Tim says, Tim mantras. If you are uninitiated you will be lost.

The following skit was filmed years ago and because this is audio only, I have to translate mediums . Joe Rogan is the first to speak. The one who talks like he is falling asleep is Sam Harris’s, . The others voices are from the movie Rocky. If you listen to the after the skit there’s either a retrospective rant where I rebuff your complaints to refund your time or Finally directly address my underlying grievance with Sam for breaking up with me. skit over, this was not my first fly over Sam’s Death Star. But some flaws I have noticed in my previous paths is I have critiqued the implications of some of Sam’s beliefs, without showing the lack of merit in his beliefs. So what if the implications would overturn the status quo, if they are true, let the chips fall where they may. Sam does not believe in free will and that self is an illusion. The implications would be why do we vote, why use the market place of ideas, if we really don’t choose why put voting on a pedestal. I guess we couldn’t help it we have no choice. Pondering in Sam’s view of determinism quickly leads to wandering off of a clear path. But so what, if it were true, we’d best face it. I regret that didn’t begin with before you consider the implications, the reasons and evidence Sam gives to his extradornary claim that people don’t have free will, Sam does not deliver extradornay evidence. What is his evidence, i am paraphrasing but i don’t think getting the gist wrong. This is the example I heard him give to Joe Rogan to disprove freewill. There was an experiment. People were brought in as subjects. they had to pick to lift there left or right arm. There is a device, they are hooked up to that montiers the subjects brain activity. Either with blood movement, or electrical activity this device can tell the technician when the subject made the decision to lift the right or left arm. When the subject decided, they made some signal to the technician. The technician already knew before the subject gave them that signal. Sam goes that’s proof you don’t consciously decide, because before you signal you decided, someone looking at this device, already knew. Maybe that was extraordinary to you. Maybe you have no choice, and you can’t help but think, that’s convincing. If Sam is right you don’t really choose if it is extraordinary or not. For me i thought I must be too dumb to understand the experiment, but Sam really seems to be sure. Still I don’t see how this disproved someone choosing left or right, it wasn’t that the device or the technician decided for the subject, just it picked up on it the subject’s decision before the subject communicated that signal to the technician. It at best picked up an earlier position in the chain of events, of the subjects decision. I don’t see how the experiment shown people dont’ make free will decisions, that all are decisions are just random, nonsensical. You might randomly decide left or right arm sitting in a safe setting, but do you randomly decide to make a right or left turn in your car, and don’t look for other cars, if there’s a road you’re turning onto or a cliff. When Sam was explaining the experiment I thought he was going to lead to a clear demonstration of how the subject wanted to go left, but the device made it go right. Even if that were the case, or in a later date such a device could be made, it still wouldn’t disprove that humans have free will. It would only prove a mind control device could control a human brain. If you’re thinking, just because that experiment is not world shattering like the Wright brothers getting a plane in the air. Maybe Sam has other arguments. How do you so pridefully know free will does exist? Isn’t that an admission on your part that you are conscious and making free choices, to disregard my arguments. Or to call me boring, or any opion you hold, didn’t you freely choose that.

the following was recorded years ago, and had pictures to clarify who was talking , when you hear not a nervous laugh, or a fake laugh but a genuine display of joy, that is Tim talking, Tim would never laugh just to gain some psychological advantage over others, everything Tim does is pure and not rehearsed. becasue the following was recorded with images, that you can’t see, I will quickly try to replace that loss of images with a brief description of what you are about to hear, along with legal disclaimers about Tim Ferris’s. Tim Ferris’s holds a spontaneous Q & A to answer fans questions, this in no way was a paid staged event. Tim Ferris brand never cheats or looks for ways to bend the rules to win. Tim Ferrriss in one word is honest. Tim Ferris’s could never be described as a cheat, dishonest, or a naracist psychopath who uses tactics to get his, while disregarding the implications to others. Tim Ferris always considers how what he does is for the greater good, not for his individual lot in life. Tim Ferris and his methods usually are attractive only to altruistic people. Naracist and psychopaths would be repelled by TIm’s brand of cheating to win at all cost.

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It was Christmas Eve night and all threw the gran gran’s house mice were scuring becasue when it comes to household chores my dad is never hurrying I have overheard it’s because he is lazy and or crazy but he always seems to be working when you family gets divided, your hear multiple versions I swung the tip of my nerf sword at a mouse who was nibbling my toes, and brought the foam handles down on the rodent climbing up my clothes. I saw the light from where dad does his work, by work I mean typing and laughing to himself. What are you working on. he was swirling his hands like he was trying to not loose touch with imaginations he was summoning before I came to interrupt If he was terse it would mean I’d only be on the back burner, until he worked out whatever he was focused on, if a torrent of words came out he was in manic mode and I’d only be there to help tear down, and redecorate the thoughts in his mind again and again, either way once I saw the hands swirling I should have known he was self centered I’m working on if I should just quit Quit, I thought we never quit? Right we never totally quit working, I mean quit these stories? Oh how come First Tell me about you what’s on your mind? Really. I was going to ask since I’m awake if you wanted to play Roblox with me. Not really, I was just asking so in the story I’d look kinder and less self centered than I usually am. Oh ok, should you go back to telling me about why you thinking about quitting, and am I being a good extension of your will? For starters maybe instead of blasting off these condemning stories, I should spend more time building relationships with people before I have the permission to speak conviction into their life? that doesn’t sound like you? I know it’s phraseology I have heard to say how I evangelize is unloving and wrong, What does the Bible say Jesus didn’t wait long to convict the woman at the well, for having had multiple husbands, the apostles didn’t wait long to tell people to repent, but I’m not them. I wish I had a formula to know exactly when I should convict someone. But is feels off to have an exact formula which kinda cuts out being lead by the spirit, all thewhile trying to persuade someone into having a closer relationship with the Holy Spirit. ok, well at least you sound at peace with putting the perfect formula to rest. Can I ask something else that’s related but a little off topic? You knew that I love to be interrupted from my train of thought. Why do people say the stories you make are not work? Who says that? Never mind. I don’t get paid for it. and people usually use the word work as something you wouldn’t do unless someone paid you But i heard some people say they love their job, they would do it even if they weren’t paid Most people wouldn’t and if you dig around people who say they do, you find buried aspects of the work they don’t like to openly display. But you have said you like your work I do say that, but I don’t know if it’s a mental trick or what I think you are supposed to say. King Solomon and other parts of the Bible it does say to try to enjoy your work, or even take the verses that say we should be grateful to God about our lives, even up to persecution. Yet I don’t think Jesus was just beaming positive vibes on the road to his crucification, and I wish I could come up with exact formula, I thought you said formulas I know I was displaying my fallen inner workings to you, I repent. Originally Work is a curse from God after the fall in the garden of eden, that from now on we’d have to sweat through painful labor, with thorns and thistles just to eat. meaning part of our punishment or reminder that we are cursed is to go through things we wouldn’t want to just to survive I thought you said people feel good after they work out and endorphins God was gracious enough to set up some biological relief after you did your time in the curse, Going back to what you said earlier is the only two reasons you want to quit is because you think your time would be better spent building relationships that you can then in 70 years have the permission to slowly start to point someone to repent and believe? Or instead of working on these you could work more overtime so you can hand over more child support. No another reason is idolatry. What I make even if my intent was to use this creation as a lure for lost people I quickly turn into idol. Instead of trying to get to know the creator of all things better / i try to get better at making these idols. Instead of being afraid of not knowing God I’m scared of losing my idols. What do you mean loose them? That the big social media sites will delete and block any trace of my creations, so i have to make copies, and copies of them and send them everywhere, so they can be eternal. So you want them to be put to do good use, that doesn’t sound awful the overriding error is I put more faith in my ability to save people than God’s. Even though I know I’m imperfect and God is perfect, I still stumble by thinking, that I’m too essential that God couldn’t restock my idols without me. Oh well at least you recognize that, It’s even worse, i summae God is perfect, so he can’t best relate to imperfect people, but an imperfect person can better relate because they know all the wrong ways to do things, where a perfect God can’t even fathom how to do things so messed up That sounds like a messed up formula, couldn’t a perfect being spot mistakes perfectly, and what the perfect solution would be. Yes but when I’m taking my mind off of God and walking into deception grove no longer taking every thought captive, I don’t recognize the sin creeping in. Didn’t Paul write whether Paul plants or66 Apollo’s waters, it’s God that does the increase, so even if your stories would ever be effective it would always be because of God and never because of you. Yes I’m not defending my sin, I’m confessing it. that’s good, and to show that I’m not just an extention of you but to diferante myself as a unique creation of God, I want to say this. It’s good that you confessed the errors when your prideful motivations take over. but To try to have a formula or short hand way to relay complex information isn’t always bad. One of God’s first task for Adam was to name things, Jesus asked the demons what’s your name. To tell stories, isn’t always a sin, didn’t Jesus do the same. I

Jeff Durban’s Great omission Jeff durbin is our guest today, Jeff is going to tell us, how books like left behind get our views about end times all wrong, welcome to the show Jeff Thank you. My first bible study I watched a left behind like movie and looking for signs that it was the end of the world was big part of my early walk with the lord, I didn’t know any better, and what I’m here to prove today is this popular apocalyptic end times theology is wrong, and harmful, because theology matters, if christians think this world is going to hell in hand basket, they will be hiding in a bunker somewhere, and won’t be out doing what they’re actually called to do and that is taking over the world, going into capitol building and decreeing Gods commands and getting all the leaders of the world to make their nations theoracies obedient to all Jesus’s commands. I know that sounds 180 different than what most christians who culturally grew up around left behind baggage, but I can prove it with going to Gods word. Everyone recognizes at the great commission that the apostles were sent out to go out and make disciples of all nations. Jesus said to the apostles in the great comission at the end of that glorious chapter of Matthew 28. All authority was given to me in heaven and on earth. Not some, all, not just heaven also on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, not some, all. What is a Nation, France Germany, Eygpt Brazil, China. “teaching them to observe everything not somethings everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”” From the text It is clear Jesus sent out the apostles with all authority and ability to teach all nations France, Germany, Eygpt Brazil China, to observe everything Jesus commanded the apostles, until the end of the age. When is the end of the age you might ask? 1 Corinthians 15 Paul tells us Jesus must reign in heaven at the father’s right hand until all his enemies are under his feet. Paul quotes from psalm 110. How will this happen, if Jesus is up there, than someone else must put his enimies under his feet. Who, why me and you, those who pick up the baton passed down from the apostles, who were given all authority, not some all to make the nations disciples of Jesus. When God makes a decree it is unbreakeable it will come to pass. That is why 12 men who had no earthly power, no armies, no wealth, transformed the Roman pagan world, into adopting Christianity as the official religion of Rome, and our history shows us how one nation after another, became a disciple of this unlikely rag tag of men sent out by a decree of their messiah to convert the nations. The story is not over, it is up to us those who study God’s word, to continue on to make all nations, submit to the commands of Jesus, and when Jesus’s enemies are all under his feet, except for death, than he will return defeating that final enemy and we will hand the authority of the world to him, that we accomplished the great commision, and he will than hand the authority over to the father. Think of it as we pile up the nations in a great tower reaching up to heaven. But from heaven it is like a foot stole, and when we put the last piece, the last rouge nation up there than jesus will gently step down on the foot stole we piled up for him. This is why theology matters, because if we think about antichrist, and the world getting more evil, than who will be out discipling the nations as we were commanded. Jeff are super chats are blowing up. Are you good to stick around maybe react to some of the super chats. Absolutely. Our first super chat. I want to read some details from Revelation 19 about Jesus return to earth. Then ask my question “A sharp sword came from His mouth, so that He might strike the nations with it. He will also trample the winepress of the fierce anger of God, the Almighty. “Then I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse and against His army.” The rest were killed with the sword that came from the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.” From those details Jesus comes back mad, a sword came from his mouth so that he might strike the nations with it? If he is striking the nations with a sword, and the sword kills how can we think Jesus is returning to a world full of obedient nations? Well in the Old Testament, we know that God used hyperbolic language stars falling from the sky to describe coming judgment to a nation like Egypt of Babylon, but this hyperbolic language is not literal. We have to be very careful about how mad Jesus is at the return, for all we know it’s just an exaggeration, Jesus might be just saying hey thanks guys for getting all the nations to obey all his commands, and can I ask James White and get back to you about this, I’m sure he could elaborate but yeah, we start with the passages that best fit our view, and from there dismiss ones that don’t support it as much. Revelation is maybe talking about the second coming but we can also dismiss it as hyperbolic but 1 Corinthians 15 sure sounded like we have to put all Jesus’s enimies under his feet, or he won’t return. Next super chat I’m looking 1 Corinthians 15 right now and reads When he puts all his emimies under his feet, it is not written that we put all his enemies under his feet, it is written that he puts all his enimies under his feet. It doesn’t say, he working through we. I checked Psalm 110 and it reads“This is the declaration of the Lord to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies Your footstool.” So that sounds God the father telling Jesus, sit until I make your enemies your footstool. It does say your people will volunteer on your day of battle, so there is something for us to do, volunteer, but it doesn’t say over the centuries or over the ages, it says on the day of battle, maybe the same day from Revelation 19 when he rides out on his white horse, with his army of volunteers, none the less, it sounds like a brief moment in time, and it is a battle not long drawn out discipleship getting all the nations to obey My hot take on that is, with out James White here. I’d say your people will volunteer on that day, is symbolic to the last 2000 years, and maybe a thousand more until we get every nation to be obedient to God, however long that takes, the first day was at the beginning of the great commission and that’s the day. See what I mean about volunteering, God doesn’t want us in domesday shelter he wants us, at the captiol buildings reading his commands to the rulers of the world, getting them to legislate following all of Jesus’s commands, and then Jesus will return. In Matthew 25 When Jesus is talking about his second coming, it looks like Jesus divides the sheep from the goats of people alive during his return, how can he divide the sheep from the goats, if we dicipled all nations turning them all into sheep, Sheep and goats is probably hyperbolic, and maybe jesus means from all time, or something else that’s hyperbolic. instead of Jesus preparing a place for us, we prepare this place for his return. Yes that’s what 1 Corinthians 15 says Where do you get this idea that people who think jesus returns on white horse mad, think they should be hiding in bomb shelter? Right before Jesus’s ascension we are told he said this to his diciples Acts 1:8 “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”” He sent them out to be witnesses to the ends of the earth not to conquer the earth. Not to go hide in shelter. No matter if you think Jesus comes back mad, or happy we got every nation to be a sheep, shouldn’t we be out witnessing. I get that idea from people saying things like who cares, the whole ship is sinking. It’s why theology matters even if you think everyone should be out witnessing, if you legitimize Jesus is coming back mad eschatology other people will hide in bunker, and not go out witnessing. Some of the people I meet who must fervent witnesses I meet thought the end was very near. Even if they were wrong, about the timing I don’t think they were wrong with their zeal, because I think Jesus always wanted his people to be out and about witnessing like it might be their last night. their timing looks bad to atheist, trust me Don’t atheist suppress god because they love darkness not because of prophetic coherence Both How would you diciple a whole nation? Have them tune into my radio program Which view do you think is closer to the truth One believers would live in an evil world, and are given instructions for how to conduct themselves in such, or two the Bible is a blueprint slash manifesto to take over the world. Option two. But in a loving, self sacrificing way. How can you loving, self sacrficing take over the world, even Jesus comes back, with a sword out of his mouth killing his enimies? That’s hyperbolic language and the swords really mean that his people over a long long period of time would tell others what the word of God says, and means because the word of god is like a sword and every nation will finally go the Bible is all true we submit and will now obey it. and then jesus comes down using the Tower of Babel foot stole we completed for him, and he pats us all on the head before he destoys death.

My dad an older sister went to the beach but I liked to sleep in. When I was looking for their towels I saw carl lentz. I am not perfect. I couldn’t resist. I started to act frustrated, kicking sand, tossing my towel, scanning the area with angry eyes. I was pulling on my long hair muttering where is it, it’s not fair, it’s not there. You look stressed, Duh i can’t find my phone Did you check your pocket? My swim suit doesn’t have pockets Do you know jesus? is he gonna help me find my phone ? Maybe, but I’m sure he can give you peace until you do. I get stressed too, just like you when I can’t have what i want when I want it, but the Bible says jesus wants me to have peace all the time, which would include frustrating moments like you are in. You can have peace all the time. Jesus promised would you want that? What do i have to do. Just believe like I do. Believe what That you have your own personal jesus in your pocket, and you can take him out whenever you have to wait for something, you want. Check it, say you have to wait inline at the grocery store, it’s a such a drag right. You can stand in line and be mad, or now you can sit on the floor and pull out your jesus from your pocket and go where’s my peace you promised. Wow that’s really cool. I pulled out my phone, from my backpack, and said can you say that again I want to record it. Carl said the whole thing again and added in some color. When he was done, I put my phone back in the backpack. Wait, did you know the whole time, where your phone was. Yes So you kinda lied than? I guess, I didn’t have the whole thing planned, I just wanted to ask you more about your sermon peace in my pocket. You could have just asked, no need for dishonest theatrics. I’m sorry, Forgiven. What did you want to ask? The Bible promises persecution. Forgetting where you put a personal item, having to wait in line at an apple store, or a plane delay, are all examples of inconveniences even a heathen would go through. Why use those examples and not Jesus or the apostles being chased by an angry mob? I try to meet people where they are at, most people can relate to having misplaced something, which alludes to us misplacing where we put Jesus. Jesus promised peace I can show you all the verses, his yoke was light. So when he died on a cross was that light, or when he said if they hated me they will hate you, if you don’t pick up your cross, you’re not on his team? But I have all these verses about peace, and I have the personal testimony that Jesus gives me peace when I’m waiting in line. Do you deny that Persecution is promised? That is not the hook that Jesus lead with. It makes no sense to spread the good news by telling people all the bad fine print. We lead off with all the good news about trusting in Jesus like peace, not persecution. I know all about people like you who get mad at me because I don’t focus on enough on telling people that the party is over when you accept Jesus, that peace and prosperity are signs of perversion. I should be more doom and gloom, but that’s not how Jesus was. Check it he was accused of being a glutton, his first miracle was turning water into wine, and the very persecution you want me to warn people about ironically Jesus was persecuted by kill joys, just like you. People like you wanted to kill the prince of peace that came into the world. I was just minding my own business, and it was you who began to test me, to judge me, persecute me for my beliefs. I apologize. I’m not trying to persecute you, but give you peace, and understanding. Understand what? Are you familiar with 1 peter chapter 4? I have read the whole Bible I think that chapter would give you understanding about how to reconcile peace and persecution. i don’t need to reconcile it, i have peace that surpasses understanding. Oh, i thought maybe you focused on peace, because you were afraid or persecution? No, I’m not afraid, a minute ago, you said i was persecuting you, That what it felt like, i am under constant judgement and scrutiny if my life my words don’t perfectly match what someone else’s exact interpretation of the scriptures. that’s why i need to remember that Jesus is in my pocket to grant me peace whenever i feel imperfect. i think that’s ok that Jesus comforts you when you get stressed out but I think you are missing something Oh great here comes the legalistic persecution again I’m not perfect either look at how i started this off with a ruse. I apologize if I come off as persecuting you. It does come off that way. Too add insult to injury you a little girl who is trying to show me that you are wiser than me a grown man. What if we look at as, I see peace in your pocket as a snack, there’s nothing necessarily wrong with it but I want to invite you over to dinner to eat full home cooked meal. I’m a health nut, snacks are bad. A hard boiled egg is a snack Ok. You want me to come over and eat the chicken, and the steamed vegetables sides ok, bring it out. If the Bible is true, than the persecution promise is true. Why? Our flesh would really like to know maybe even find an escape clause. Even Jesus prayed tears of blood in the garden, if there was another way. But he didn’t deny his cross when it came. Persecution to the flesh looks terrible. But when we accept God’s gracious gift to become born again of the spirit, the new spirit recognizes that persecution is sign we’re on the narrow road. The flesh doesn’t perceive the inverted view of the spirit. It doesn’t believe in the great reversals of fortunes. Those comfortable now during the reign of the evil, will be uncomfortable when Jesus comes to stomp on the serpent’s head. If you follow Jesus there will be external persecution but the spirit of God offers an internal peace because persecution means you share in Christ sufferings and you will be rewarded for it. Jesus brought a divisive sword to the devils kingdom. There is no peace between the devil and Jesus. You love the one and hate the other. To put your faith in Jesus, to say that’s my king you simultaneously declare war with devil. The evil one will not grant you peace. he will use whatever weapon he can to get close to you. If he can enter Judas to betray Jesus he can enter the people close to you, your own family. The devil started the war but he looses when Jesus finishes him. Then there will be peace through and through when the devil gets his due. Matthew 5 11“God blesses you when people mock you and persecute you and lie about you and say all sorts of evil things against you because you are my followers. 12Be happy about it! Be very glad! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember, the ancient prophets were persecuted in the same way. 2 timothy 3:12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. 1 peter 4 12Dear friends, don’t be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through, as if something strange were happening to you. 13Instead, be very glad—for these trials make you partners with Christ in his suffering, so that you will have the wonderful joy of seeing his glory when it is revealed to all the world. “The world cannot hate you, but it does hate Me because I testify about it — that its deeds are evil.” John 7:7 HCSB https://www.bible.com/72/jhn.7.7.hcsb Jesus told his disciples if they hated me, they will hate you. ““If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you. Remember the word I spoke to you: ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will also keep yours. But they will do all these things to you on account of My name, because they don’t know the One who sent Me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin. Now they have no excuse for their sin. The one who hates Me also hates My Father. If I had not done the works among them that no one else has done, they would not have sin. Now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father. But this happened so that the statement written in their scripture might be fulfilled: They hated Me for no reason.” John 15:18-25 HCSB https://www.bible.com/72/jhn.15.18-25.hcsb 1 Peter 4 “Therefore, since Christ suffered in the flesh, equip yourselves also with the same resolve — because the one who suffered in the flesh has finished with sin — in order to live the remaining time in the flesh, no longer for human desires, but for God’s will. For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the pagans choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry. So they are surprised that you don’t plunge with them into the same flood of wild living — and they slander you. They will give an account to the One who stands ready to judge the living and the dead. For this reason the gospel was also preached to those who are now dead, so that, although they might be judged by men in the fleshly realm, they might live by God in the spiritual realm. Now the end of all things is near; therefore, be serious and disciplined for prayer. Above all, maintain an intense love for each other, since love covers a multitude of sins. Be hospitable to one another without complaining. Based on the gift each one has received, use it to serve others, as good managers of the varied grace of God. If anyone speaks, it should be as one who speaks God’s words; if anyone serves, it should be from the strength God provides, so that God may be glorified through Jesus Christ in everything. To Him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen. Dear friends, don’t be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you as if something unusual were happening to you. Instead, rejoice as you share in the sufferings of the Messiah, so that you may also rejoice with great joy at the revelation of His glory. If you are ridiculed for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. None of you, however, should suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or a meddler. But if anyone suffers as a “Christian,” he should not be ashamed but should glorify God in having that name. For the time has come for judgment to begin with God’s household, and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God? And if a righteous person is saved with difficulty, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner? So those who suffer according to God’s will should, while doing what is good, entrust themselves to a faithful Creator.” 1 Peter 4:1-19 HCSB https://www.bible.com/72/1pe.4.1-19.hcsb

A seasons ago, my life was so much simpler. My biggest problem? It was taking too long to learn the family secrets of how to judge naughty or nice. Now that I learned it. Not only was our home in the North Pole and way of life was destroyed. The person whom I most looked up to was unraveling in front of me. My faith in everything I ever aspired to be was melting. I’m sorry girls. Our dad was rubbing back n forth from under his chin to down his throat, My lymph’s are inflamed. All the sugar, from the cookies, it’s my debt. Probably cancer. After our home was blown up we relocated to this remote town in Pennsylvania. Dad relapsed into tarot cards and astrology, but he snapped out of it when my sister and I convinced him to start studying the Bible again. My faith started to reform, when he taught us how to judge people. The nice people, had works of goodness, a cross of persecution from naughty people, all while maintaining joy. Privately I had my doubts about this judgment system. After all the stress and loss we just had, I didn’t want to cause even more crumbling in our family by expressing it to them. At least this system gave them some peace. We were still on a terrorist hot list. Even in my mind I tried to ignore the itch of the system, I so longed to learn, but was unsatisfying. Maybe I just over hyped it, and nothing was going to satisfy, after our home and way of life, were destroyed and thinking it wasn’t that good, made it was easier to let go of. Girls I don’t want my bones to be burned, it’s too cold to dig a hole. I think I’m going to go for a walk in the woods, and look for a cave, to put my body at rest in. I don’t want you to come, because if the police finds my body and see your footprints they might try trump up charges that you murdered me. I’m at peace, and I’m proud of you. I know it’s not safe to go to the hospital, but what if we brought a doctor here? A human doctor can’t fix what I prayed for to God heal. Immediately after that talk I ferreted the internet, to chase out any possible alternative to letting Dad go walk to his grave. While feeding the reindeer I said to my sister. I’m going to bring someone who can help. Whatever you do, keep him inside, ask to study the Bible about things that you are still unclear about. Ask him any question you can think of, just don’t let him out of your sight. If he ask about me, tell him, I went to go see the elf’s. The person I wanted to bring back, was hesitant until he saw the reindeer sled. To my relief dad had not gone for his final walk yet. He as at the table reading the Bible with my sister. But that relief was only a bandaid. I knew he could get so upset that I brought someone in to heal him, when his faith could not. He might just walk out and look for his resting spot as soon as I introduced. Dad I knew you wanted your faith alone to heal you, I brought Joe Dispenza over who has helped many people do just that. May I call you Nicholas? Or Santa? Joe said putting out his hand. Dad’s right hand, started to rub under his chin. Do you believe you are sinner? And Do you have faith that Jesus Christ paid for you sins? Joe started to rub under his chin. What I believe is our beliefs can alter the physical material around us, an inside us, and if we focus our belief not that we will be healed but that we are healed, and tie it to a strong emotion, I have seen people healed of all kinds of illnesses in minutes. I believe you can be healed, now, and then we will have time to talk about whatever you want afterwards. I have seen all kinds of miraculous things myself so did Misses clause, but that didn’t keep her from being disloyal to the commands of Jesus. Our savior still died on a cross because of our sins, maybe he could have healed himself instead of dying and descending to hades, but than that wouldn’t have healed me from my sins. I’m not afraid of my body dying I’m afraid of my soul not being right? I feel that you are concerned about your beliefs. I don’t claim to know how healing your body will effect your soul. I only claim to know that this mediation absolutely works on healing and upgrading the body. But my hunch is this is a case of one won’t necessarily effect the other. Like getting your car fixed, won’t effect your soul. We are just healing your transportation device in this physical world. In my line of work, I have to do research on everybody. So I know about you Joe. You have great faith in what you believe, you have helped many people, you have lots of works. You have your critics who call you a quack, that’s your cross, yet you are full of joy, you are an embodiment of what I taught my daughters is a nice person. But I repent, I missed some things. the Bible doesn’t deny that naughty people can do great signs and wonders. The Bible says, an anti christ denies Jesus Christ came in the flesh as the messiah, what say you? I say we first do this mediatition so you’re healed, then we could talk about this more but if you don’t mediate with me then we won’t have the time to discuss this. The healing works independent of my belief about Jesus. It’s about believing your healed and tying that to a strong emotion, that’s it. Joe you found a way to heal people, and you want to gift people with this. I too once delivered gifts to people. But now I’m dedicated to people’s souls not their life in these finite bodies. If u heal me but I lose my soul by Denying Christ becoming an anti christ what good is it? I’m giving up eternal life by denying Jesus Christ. So I’m ok with dying in this body but I’m not ok with giving up my soul? This is why I say religion divides us I just wanted to help. I didn’t say you have to deny Jesus, to do this mediation, I didn’t even bring up Jesus. Our front door opened and in walked Elon Musk. My satellites noticed the blip in radar and tracked it to here. The reindeer sled I presume? See what I mean. Wow two brilliant technological minds in the same room. You were both capable to tap into the infinite field and bring out brand new world changing innovations. Thank you I don’t think I’m on Santa Clause level yet, but I agree it’s amazing what minds are capable of Elon it’s like a wonder to meet you in front of Santa Clause. I have wanted to talk with you about your insights into the simulation theory. What do you want? I thought you’d be more jolly? You blew up the North Pole, The United States government demanded to use my tools, for a top secret reason, I would have much rather, gone up to learn about what you were doing with the northern lights, elves, and the reindeer sled, than to have wastefully destroyed it all. It’s why I am here, in secret to meet with you. Is Bezo’s coming too, wouldn’t he want to know about my distribution centers Bezo’s is a fool, and has takes any opportunity to get rid of competition. He revealied in blowing up the North Pole, i think it was a tragedy. So you have to come apologize? Truthfully no. You know if I am naughty or nice, so I won’t lie, I don’t think I did anything wrong, when the government ask to use my tools, I hand them over,. Do you confess if you are a sinner, do you acknowledge Jesus died for your sins. I sees imperfection as tool to get better. I am not here to confess, but I think the evidence would suggest you are one who likes to help humanity with your tools, and it would be nice for humanity if we talked shop, and learned from one another, let the secrets of the North Pole go into the right direction, after all I come bearing witness, of I have reanimated the work of Tesla, I am in position to have a North Pole line or if you’d rather Santa line of tools? No thank you Why not, do you want someone like Bezos to just project paper clip the elf’s and all your life’s work to go into the hands of people who only want self power? No because it’s a waste of time, you’re not going to save man kind through tools and technology. I have seen behind the scenes of what is coming. the Plans of People like Bezos and if we want any kind of human freedom it’s going to mars or merging with ai or we’re all doomed. Oh ye of little faith - We don’t have to flee to mars because Jesus will return to right the earth.

My dad an older sister went to the beach but I liked to sleep in. When I was looking for their towels I saw carl lentz. I am not perfect. I couldn’t resist. I started to act frustrated, kicking sand, tossing my towel, scanning the area with angry eyes. I was pulling on my long hair muttering where is it, it’s not fair, it’s not there. You look stressed, Duh i can’t find my phone Did you check your pocket? My swim suit doesn’t have pockets Do you know jesus? is he gonna help me find my phone ? Maybe, but I’m sure he can give you peace until you do. I get stressed too, just like you when I can’t have what i want when I want it, but the Bible says jesus wants me to have peace all the time, which would include frustrating moments like you are in. You can have peace all the time. Jesus promised would you want that? What do i have to do. Just believe like I do. Believe what That you have your own personal jesus in your pocket, and you can take him out whenever you have to wait for something, you want. Check it, say you have to wait inline at the grocery store, it’s a such a drag right. You can stand in line and be mad, or now you can sit on the floor and pull out your jesus from your pocket and go where’s my peace you promised. Wow that’s really cool. I pulled out my phone, from my backpack, and said can you say that again I want to record it. Carl said the whole thing again and added in some color. When he was done, I put my phone back in the backpack. Wait, did you know the whole time, where your phone was. Yes So you kinda lied than? I guess, I didn’t have the whole thing planned, I just wanted to ask you more about your sermon peace in my pocket. You could have just asked, no need for dishonest theatrics. I’m sorry, Forgiven. What did you want to ask? The Bible promises persecution. Forgetting where you put a personal item, having to wait in line at an apple store, or a plane delay, are all examples of inconveniences even a heathen would go through. Why use those examples and not Jesus or the apostles being chased by an angry mob? I try to meet people where they are at, most people can relate to having misplaced something, which alludes to us misplacing where we put Jesus. Jesus promised peace I can show you all the verses, his yoke was light. So when he died on a cross was that light, or when he said if they hated me they will hate you, if you don’t pick up your cross, you’re not on his team? But I have all these verses about peace, and I have the personal testimony that Jesus gives me peace when I’m waiting in line. Do you deny that Persecution is promised? That is not the hook that Jesus lead with. It makes no sense to spread the good news by telling people all the bad fine print. We lead off with all the good news about trusting in Jesus like peace, not persecution. I know all about people like you who get mad at me because I don’t focus on enough on telling people that the party is over when you accept Jesus, that peace and prosperity are signs of perversion. I should be more doom and gloom, but that’s not how Jesus was. Check it he was accused of being a glutton, his first miracle was turning water into wine, and the very persecution you want me to warn people about ironically Jesus was persecuted by kill joys, just like you. People like you wanted to kill the prince of peace that came into the world. I was just minding my own business, and it was you who began to test me, to judge me, persecute me for my beliefs. I apologize. I’m not trying to persecute you, but give you peace, and understanding. Understand what? Are you familiar with 1 peter chapter 4? I have read the whole Bible I think that chapter would give you understanding about how to reconcile peace and persecution. i don’t need to reconcile it, i have peace that surpasses understanding. Oh, i thought maybe you focused on peace, because you were afraid or persecution? No, I’m not afraid, a minute ago, you said i was persecuting you, That what it felt like, i am under constant judgement and scrutiny if my life my words don’t perfectly match what someone else’s exact interpretation of the scriptures. that’s why i need to remember that Jesus is in my pocket to grant me peace whenever i feel imperfect. i think that’s ok that Jesus comforts you when you get stressed out but I think you are missing something Oh great here comes the legalistic persecution again I’m not perfect either look at how i started this off with a ruse. I apologize if I come off as persecuting you. It does come off that way. Too add insult to injury you a little girl who is trying to show me that you are wiser than me a grown man. What if we look at as, I see peace in your pocket as a snack, there’s nothing necessarily wrong with it but I want to invite you over to dinner to eat full home cooked meal. I’m a health nut, snacks are bad. A hard boiled egg is a snack Ok. You want me to come over and eat the chicken, and the steamed vegetables sides ok, bring it out. If the Bible is true, than the persecution promise is true. Why? Our flesh would really like to know maybe even find an escape clause. Even Jesus prayed tears of blood in the garden, if there was another way. But he didn’t deny his cross when it came. Persecution to the flesh looks terrible. But when we accept God’s gracious gift to become born again of the spirit, the new spirit recognizes that persecution is sign we’re on the narrow road. The flesh doesn’t perceive the inverted view of the spirit. It doesn’t believe in the great reversals of fortunes. Those comfortable now during the reign of the evil, will be uncomfortable when Jesus comes to stomp on the serpent’s head. If you follow Jesus there will be external persecution but the spirit of God offers an internal peace because persecution means you share in Christ sufferings and you will be rewarded for it. Jesus brought a divisive sword to the devils kingdom. There is no peace between the devil and Jesus. You love the one and hate the other. To put your faith in Jesus, to say that’s my king you simultaneously declare war with devil. The evil one will not grant you peace. he will use whatever weapon he can to get close to you. If he can enter Judas to betray Jesus he can enter the people close to you, your own family. The devil started the war but he looses when Jesus finishes him. Then there will be peace through and through when the devil gets his due. Matthew 5 11“God blesses you when people mock you and persecute you and lie about you and say all sorts of evil things against you because you are my followers. 12Be happy about it! Be very glad! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember, the ancient prophets were persecuted in the same way. 2 timothy 3:12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. 1 peter 4 12Dear friends, don’t be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through, as if something strange were happening to you. 13Instead, be very glad—for these trials make you partners with Christ in his suffering, so that you will have the wonderful joy of seeing his glory when it is revealed to all the world. “The world cannot hate you, but it does hate Me because I testify about it — that its deeds are evil.” John 7:7 HCSB https://www.bible.com/72/jhn.7.7.hcsb Jesus told his disciples if they hated me, they will hate you. ““If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you. Remember the word I spoke to you: ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will also keep yours. But they will do all these things to you on account of My name, because they don’t know the One who sent Me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin. Now they have no excuse for their sin. The one who hates Me also hates My Father. If I had not done the works among them that no one else has done, they would not have sin. Now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father. But this happened so that the statement written in their scripture might be fulfilled: They hated Me for no reason.” John 15:18-25 HCSB https://www.bible.com/72/jhn.15.18-25.hcsb 1 Peter 4 “Therefore, since Christ suffered in the flesh, equip yourselves also with the same resolve — because the one who suffered in the flesh has finished with sin — in order to live the remaining time in the flesh, no longer for human desires, but for God’s will. For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the pagans choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry. So they are surprised that you don’t plunge with them into the same flood of wild living — and they slander you. They will give an account to the One who stands ready to judge the living and the dead. For this reason the gospel was also preached to those who are now dead, so that, although they might be judged by men in the fleshly realm, they might live by God in the spiritual realm. Now the end of all things is near; therefore, be serious and disciplined for prayer. Above all, maintain an intense love for each other, since love covers a multitude of sins. Be hospitable to one another without complaining. Based on the gift each one has received, use it to serve others, as good managers of the varied grace of God. If anyone speaks, it should be as one who speaks God’s words; if anyone serves, it should be from the strength God provides, so that God may be glorified through Jesus Christ in everything. To Him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen. Dear friends, don’t be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you as if something unusual were happening to you. Instead, rejoice as you share in the sufferings of the Messiah, so that you may also rejoice with great joy at the revelation of His glory. If you are ridiculed for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. None of you, however, should suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or a meddler. But if anyone suffers as a “Christian,” he should not be ashamed but should glorify God in having that name. For the time has come for judgment to begin with God’s household, and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God? And if a righteous person is saved with difficulty, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner? So those who suffer according to God’s will should, while doing what is good, entrust themselves to a faithful Creator.” 1 Peter 4:1-19 HCSB https://www.bible.com/72/1pe.4.1-19.hcsb

It was late October. The interior lights of the van were flickering. My feet on the vans floor felt like there were being pushed then pulled. Dad? Girls it’s alright. But I saw his hand pumping on the steering wheel.. By a miracle our jerry rigged mini van managed to rattle off the highway. Dad pushed and I got to steer the last bit. I gottah see if I salvage this before it gets too dark. How do you feel about going in town and do our usual, without me? Why don’t we stay here and learn about what’s wrong with van and how to fix it? What’s more important vechicle or spiritual battles? Can we stay together and do both? I want to spend time with you too. At some point that option might come to an end, and I rather you know how to spread the message than follow along a YouTube repair video. We pulled our bikes off the bike rack and peddled into town, and found the biggest church building. Like usual we weren’t long in there, the nearest church was an older building with a sign out front that was not flashing but still used by hand changeable letters. The current arrangement was a form of invitation to get people back in The front door was locked. We rang the bell, and a middle aged woman let us in. We had done the talking before, but this was the first time, without our dad behind us. Welcome girls, I don’t recognize your faces, is this about halloween we will be giving out candy then, but I could get some now? Thank you, but what we really want is talk about the nightmare Gospel. I”m not sure what, where are your parents? Our dad is fixing or van. Fixing your van, where at? I don’t the name, but it’s a parking lot at of what looks like a boarded up restaurant. And he sent you to get help? No, we don’t need help, we want to tell you about the nightmare gospel.. I’m just trying to get this correct, you had vechile trouble, your dad is working on that, and you came right here to this church to tell us about a halloween story? Not something I hear everyday. We stopped at that huge church first. Oh, to tell them about your halloween story? It’s from the Bible, but yes. Ok I’d love to hear this Bible story. Do you want some candy? We are naturally born into a nightmare realm, the devil is running it, most people are unknowingly enslaved by him, but the good news is if you trust in Jesus Christ you become born again of the spirit, you will be with Jesus when he returns to wake everyone up, and right the world, even lions and wolves will no longer hunt but play and lay with lambs. Oh my goodness. I’m not sure what to say to that, what did the huge church say? We just meet and you are talking about the devil? Which we replied How long did Genesis wait to introduce the serpent? How long did the gospels wait to get into Jesus being tempted by the devil in the desert? They said we had a dark lense of the hopefell message of the gospel, We said we are just reading the words from the Bible, and if they think those words from the Bible are dark, that’s their human judgment not Gods. My goodness, I’m shocked, I gotta admit I was not prepared to be talking about this, when I saw you two standing out there. You got this story this from the Bible? Yes Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 4 4Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. Galatians 1:4 “Jesus gave his life for our sins, just as God our Father planned, in order to rescue us from this evil world in which we live.” 2 Timothy 2:25-26 Perhaps God will change those people’s hearts, and they will learn the truth. Then they will come to their senses and escape from the devil’s trap. For they have been held captive by him to do whatever he wants.” Ephesians 2 “Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins. You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—the commander of the powers in the unseen world. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God. Does that not soon nightmarish? An evil world, filled with evil beings, sinners under the devils spell? I don’t know what to do with all this. My mind is racing. I don’t know where to begin, But for starters the Gospel means good news, that sound terrifying? If true you’re in a burning building, it might be scary to hear that, but at least you know the truth and you can use it to escape. That’s still doesn’t sound like the good news. For example did you see our sign out front? I try to think of inviting messages to bring in people, I would not think to post, most likely you are under the devils mind control, and so is everyone around you. All the Bible verses i quoted are front the episitles. So what does that mean? I’m not sure, I’m still shocked to be having this conversation with someone so young. The epistles were written to people who already repented and put their faith on Jesus, The epistles explain things. Yes the devil is running things according to the apostle Paul, but that’s not what Paul lead off with, when he was witnessing in Athens to unrepentant non believers. Ok that I hear that, but I’m not still not sure, this all sounds still oddly confusing to me, The gospel is all about love. Not fear, Proverbs Fear of the lord is the beginning of knowledge. Perfect love cast out fear. Sure if you put your faith in the love that Jesus laid down his life for the payment for the penalty of your sin, than yes that perfect love, no greater love than to lie ones life for another, than you don’t have to fear the judgment of God, it’s cast out. If you haven’t you should fear the judgement of God, Jesus warned people about the danger of the road is narrow and few find it. Was Jesus a fear monger by saying there would weeping and gnashing of teeth? Was he spreading fear by saying 5 of the virgins wouldn’t bring enough oil, away from me I don’t know you? Yes i can that’s what the gospel is, that sinners can put their faith in Jesus who paid for our sins on that cross. On that cross jesus said it was finished. Paul wrote that the devil ran the world, after jesus ascended from the grave and rose to heaven. Did the world become a utopia after Jesus said it’s finished. Were their no more wars after that, no one else died a martyr after that? Just because someone believes the world is going to hell in a hand basket doesn’t make them right with God. There are plenty of conspiracy theories about evil secret societies running things, and that alone is not saving anyone. My brother thinks that all religion is a conspiracy theory, his hope is that there will be a revolution not Jesus returning. Amen. You can’t just think that your neighbor or leader, has splinter in their eye, you have acknowledge the evil inside you too. After all the devil is the accuser, but he is not right with God. Than so... we agree on that. Girls I’m sorry if I lose my composure a little bit normally I don’t talk like this, this is so unexpected not in just a bad way.. What do you want to come from coming here? Just like Paul wrote these nightmarish truths in the epistles, to help Chrisitians know their environment Is it possible what Paul wrote was true for their their day, but since the gospel has gone out, the world is not as evil today? We have modern medicine and social security? Not trying to be mean but lots of people bodies don’t look that healthy today, there’s no social security for all the aborted babies which was the leading cause of death in the USA last year. They didn’t have churches all over, and a rich history of scholarly work on the scriptures like we do today Paul had a direct experience with Jesus and wrote his epistles to churches, the kind where people didn’t come just to be entertained or motivated, but were willing to be imprisoned, or martyred for participating. So what I am to do with this, post this on sign out front, or social media, that facebook, is run but the devil, they ban you for posting anything mildly condemning of others, let alone of themselves. If I post it on a sign out front the neighbors will get the police to take it down, if I post it on social media, our church will get banned from using it. That’s a door to a related topic. Jesus said the world hates me because I testify against it, that its ways are evil, we are warned by his brother James that loving the world is adultery. Ok so the world is a nightmare, and it hates Jesus, because he said it was evil, and his brother said, don’t love the nightmare, I don’t see the link, or I can’t think straight what I’m missing? One it’s evidence that the world being evil and this evil world hating being called out, are just as real today. Two it makes easier not to be seduced by the world, when you see it as a nightmare. Isn’t it to easier to help other and sacrifice for them, when u accept that this world is a short nightmare and it’s going to be so much better when Jesus returns. Three you don’t have to feel you have to evangelize with this, it’s more of once your on the team heres some insights to what we are up against. But can’t non believers knew this is what the Bible says, the Bible is not a secret society manual? Yes they could knew this is what we ought to believe, but they are usually too busy committing adultry with the world’s temptations to fact check are creeds. And We are not to be afraid of what we believe or of unbelievers. After all we hope that they too will one day repent of their sins accept Jesus’s grace and believe like we aught to. Like Morpheus in the matrix ix walking with neo down the street training scene the very minds we are trying to unlock can be overrun by the devils agents to attack us, but we still try to tame the mouth that can bite us. I get that this is true that this is more of a lesson to believers than an outreach method but with the Pandemic craziness all the pressure and fears already swirling around I think we not add to that but should emphasize faith over fear. All the more reason to. Fear is inevitable fear god you fear one thing your judgement. don’t fear god now your fear everything else. Lose of job lose of romantic interest. Loss of health. Loss of family. loss of attractiveness. fear of a Plauge fear of persecution fear of the apocalypse fear of the anit Christ fear of the devil. If you fear God it’s the beginning of knowledge and it eclipses all other fear. People who say that’s silly why fear God, wind up fearing all those other idols instead. Jesus said “Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s consent. But even the hairs of your head have all been counted. So don’t be afraid therefore; you are worth more than many sparrows. “Therefore, everyone who will acknowledge Me before men, I will also acknowledge him before My Father in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven. Don’t assume that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household. The person who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; the person who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And whoever doesn’t take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me. Anyone finding his life will lose it, and anyone losing his life because of Me will find it.” 2 Corinthians 4 4Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. Galatians 1:4 “Jesus gave his life for our sins, just as God our Father planned, in order to rescue us from this evil world in which we live.” Galatians 1:4 NLT https://www.bible.com/116/gal.1.4.nlt Ephesians 2:1-6 “Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins. You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—the commander of the powers in the unseen world. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God. All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were subject to God’s anger, just like everyone else. But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!) For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus.” Ephesians 2:1-6 NLT https://www.bible.com/116/eph.2.1-6.nlt “For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 6:12 NLT https://www.bible.com/116/eph.6.12.nlt “so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people.” Philippians 2:15 NLT https://www.bible.com/116/php.2.15.nlt “Gently instruct those who oppose the truth. Perhaps God will change those people’s hearts, and they will learn the truth. Then they will come to their senses and escape from the devil’s trap. For they have been held captive by him to do whatever he wants.” 2 Timothy 2:25-26 NLT https://www.bible.com/116/2ti.2.25-26.nlt