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Episode: “Works versus Love”

Bible readers seek the list of “Thou shalt” and “Thou shalt not” are long. Joshua and Caleb’s past teachings as the Bearded Bible Brothers contrasts the works we are called to do and how that relates to the Lord’s love for us.

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Caption transcript for “Works versus Love”

00:02 ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪
00:10 Kirsten Hart: Welcome to "Our Jewish Roots."
00:12 Today's program is gonna be a little different in its format,
00:16 and I just might say you look a little different in your look
00:19 today, usually have your jacket on.
00:21 Look at you.
00:22 David Hart: I'm just gonna say that I'm honored to wear this
00:25 shirt with Caleb and Joshua.
00:27 Did I get that right?
00:28 Kirsten: Who's who?
00:29 Joshua Colson: I'm glad you asked, I'm the old one.
00:31 David: Yes, the Bearded Bible Brothers, you're at the table
00:34 today, we're glad you guys are here.
00:35 A lot to talk about today.
00:37 Caleb Colson: Yes, we do.
00:38 Joshua: I'll tell you, it's human nature for us to wanna
00:40 earn things, you know.
00:41 Kirsten: To earn this t-shirt.
00:43 Joshua: Earn this t-shirt, like, Dave worked hard to earn
00:44 that t-shirt, trust me on that one.
00:46 But we want earn it, and so today, what we wanna talk about
00:50 is how salvation is a free gift.
00:52 It's not anything that you can earn, it is something that the
00:54 Father has freely given to you.
00:56 That's what love is.
00:58 That's how a father should love.
01:00 So, we want you to join us right now and learn more about
01:02 this topic.
01:07 Joshua: Ha-ha, nicely done.
01:09 You know, I have a nemesis.
01:13 Caleb: A nemesis?
01:15 Joshua: That's right, a nemesis, someone who I am in constant
01:19 opposition with in life, they just don't know it.
01:22 Mine is...
01:24 That's right, this particular person loves correcting my
01:28 grammar, is type A.
01:31 I am the furthest letter from A in the types.
01:35 This person my entire life has been my nemesis.
01:37 Do you have a nemesis, brother?
01:39 Caleb: Let me think about that.
01:41 The IRS, the HOA, MSG, pretty much any three letter
01:46 acronym probably.
01:48 That and toy Poodles.
01:49 Joshua: How could MSG be a nemesis?
01:51 It's so delicious and keeps you wanting more.
01:53 Caleb: You know, in the Bible, come to think of it, Yeshua was
01:57 the nemesis of the Pharisees because the Pharisees represent
02:00 the law.
02:02 Yeshua loved, Pharisees were under the spirit of legalism.
02:05 Joshua: Legalism is a gnarly thing.
02:07 Let's be honest with you, have you ever wondered why when you
02:10 set a law or a rule for your kids, or someone else's kids,
02:14 which I don't know why you would do that, but what's the first
02:16 thing they do?
02:17 I'll tell you, I used to be a camp counselor.
02:19 I would put a nice tray of brownies that I made on the
02:20 table, and I said now, whatever you do, don't eat
02:23 these brownies.
02:24 I couldn't get three feet to my left, these children were
02:27 munching on my brownies.
02:28 Caleb: Well, because legalism operates in areas of the flesh.
02:32 If you tell someone not to do it, something, they want to do
02:34 it because legalism is trying to achieve righteousness with a set
02:37 of rules that God did not implement.
02:40 Joshua: Romans actually says in Romans 7:7, "I would have not
02:43 known sin except through the law.
02:46 I would not have known covetousness unless the law had
02:48 said, 'You shall not covet.'"
02:50 It's so funny that mankind wanted law, they wanted a king,
02:54 they wanted a system of rules.
02:56 It wasn't until that system of rules was put in place that we
02:58 asked for that we knew how to be jealous and how to have all
03:04 these issues.
03:05 Caleb: That's right, and Paul the problem with the Galatian
03:06 church, that they were trying--they were a Gentile
03:09 church that was trying to use the law to obtain righteousness.
03:12 He said, "O foolish Galatians!
03:14 Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth before
03:16 whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you
03:19 as crucified?
03:20 This only I want to learn from you, did you receive the Spirit
03:23 by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
03:26 Are you so foolish?
03:28 Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by
03:31 the flesh?
03:32 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse,
03:35 for it is written, 'Cursed is everyone who does not continue
03:38 in all the things which are written in the books of the law,
03:40 to do them.'"
03:42 What does that mean?
03:43 Joshua: Legalism is a very slippery slope, okay?
03:45 Because what it does is it says I can achieve something through
03:49 my ability and my works.
03:50 And if you'll look in the Bible, everything that the Word says
03:54 shows how it was freely given through the acts of Yeshua.
03:59 So, anytime we delve into this mentality of legalism, or doing
04:04 something, or achieving something through works, not
04:06 only are we stepping out in pride, because we're saying
04:09 we're capable of doing that, which we're not capable of doing
04:11 anything without the love of Yeshua, but we're also taking
04:15 our focus off of the love, which was the intent of his gifts, and
04:18 we're placing it on tiny details and minutia that he didn't
04:22 intend for you and I to focus on.
04:23 Caleb: And the Pharisees didn't love the people, and you can
04:25 feel that someone loves you.
04:26 Instead, they were wagging their fingers saying do this, do that,
04:30 and they were being harsh, and Yeshua came with love and it
04:33 changed everybody's hearts.
04:35 And so, we see in the church today that, you know, people are
04:39 trying works of the flesh, this carnal nature of a set of rules
04:42 to get people to participate, to come to church, they're trying
04:45 programs, and psychology, and eloquent speaking, and all these
04:49 different ways of the flesh to keep people in through these
04:52 programs, and they've forgotten to let God do his work, to
04:55 function by the Spirit, to function by faith, to function
04:59 by discernment, to function by that supernatural power that's
05:02 sort of been removed in the church now.
05:03 Joshua: We love you guys, we love the church, alright?
05:05 We're not attacking anyone, we're not saying that any of
05:08 your programs are no good, or this or that, we love
05:10 your programs, I love programs--
05:11 What we're saying is make sure that the intent of your heart is
05:14 where Yeshua paid for it to be.
05:16 Make sure that you have a heart of love towards others.
05:19 Make sure that what is inside of you, that that gift of salvation
05:23 is birthed out of the same love that paid the price for you to
05:26 have it to begin with.
05:28 That's all we're asking you guys to do today is to stop for a
05:30 minute, put your own works aside, and let everything that
05:35 comes to you be through his gift and his love.
05:37 Caleb: That's right, and I'm gonna end with this story.
05:39 Jesus was the greatest storyteller.
05:41 He would make great movies.
05:42 In Luke 18, Yeshua said two men went up to the temple to pray,
05:46 one a Pharisee, one a tax collector.
05:50 So, the Pharisee went up to the front of the temple, he prayed
05:53 boldly, Thank you, God, I'm not like any of these other men.
05:56 They're unjust, they're extortioners, they're
05:59 adulterers, and I'm not like this tax collector here, burn.
06:03 Joshua: Awkward.
06:04 Caleb: He says I give a tenth of everything that I own, and I
06:07 fast twice a week, but that tax collector, he stood in the back.
06:11 He couldn't even look to heaven.
06:13 He just--his head was sullen, sunken down, he beat at his
06:16 chest, and he said, "Lord, have mercy on me, I'm a sinner."
06:21 Yeshua said that tax collector went home justified, not the
06:25 Pharisee, because whoever humbles himself will be exalted,
06:29 but whoever exalts himself will be humbled.
06:33 Joshua: Humble yourself at the sight of the Lord.
06:34 That's what it says.
06:36 All of us, every one of us has sinned and fallen short of the
06:38 glory of God.
06:39 Don't try to put yourself some place that you can't earn.
06:41 He paid the price for you.
06:43 It's a free gift, share it with others.
06:44 Caleb: We love you. Join us next time.
06:46 Joshua: I love him.
06:48 He still hates touching, but that's why I do it so much.
06:53 David: We are bringing you clips from our social media with the
06:56 Bearded Bible Brothers, but we want you to know that we will
06:59 always be "Our Jewish Roots."
07:01 Kirsten: We are, and we will always obey the law.
07:05 You're talking about legalism.
07:09 Oh, I've got to say, and I'm not trying to throw you under the
07:12 bus, but as a couple, there's always one that drives a little
07:15 faster, and then there's one that I'm like, what is the speed
07:19 limit, and I'll try to stay right there, right?
07:22 Legalism is excessive obedience to law, correct?
07:26 Did I listen right?
07:27 Caleb: It's not only excessive obedience, it gets to a point
07:29 where you are making your own laws instead of following
07:32 God's laws.
07:34 You're holding a higher standard for man than even God himself,
07:37 and that's what the Jews were doing back then.
07:39 It's a difficult concept for the church today, even for
07:42 Messianic believers.
07:43 They come out of the law, out of Judaism, and everything's free,
07:47 this free gift, but then they're like, do I still keep kosher?
07:51 Do I still follow the feasts?
07:52 And that kind of weighs down on them, you know, where do I fit
07:55 in all this as being a believer in Messiah?
07:57 And legalism can set in if your--that desire to still try
08:01 to earn things, because it is human nature, it honestly is.
08:03 Joshua: Well, it's dangerous because of pride.
08:05 If you can earn it, you can control it.
08:09 We like the pride of saying I control my destiny and future, I
08:12 earned that.
08:13 Look what I sacrificed to be able to get my salvation.
08:15 I know what Yeshua did, but I added this big part as well.
08:19 But if we can control it, then it's because of us, it's no
08:23 longer because of Yeshua.
08:24 Caleb: That's right, now we're gonna switch gears on this
08:27 subject and take it from a different perspective when we
08:29 discuss in our next teaching the rich man and Lazarus.
08:33 You're not gonna wanna miss this.
08:37 Joshua: Hey, everybody, I'm Joshua.
08:38 Caleb: And I'm Caleb.
08:39 Joshua: We are brothers.
08:41 Caleb: That's true, how many of you used to attend Sunday School
08:44 as children?
08:45 Joshua: Pick me?
08:47 Caleb: You did?
08:48 Okay, well, do you remember the flannelgraph?
08:50 Joshua: Oh, it was the coolest thing ever.
08:51 They took this material that only existed in the '80s and
08:53 stuck it on top of each other and they told us about
08:55 the Bible.
08:56 Caleb: That's felt, Josh, it still exists now.
08:59 Joshua: Am I older than flannelgraph?
09:01 Caleb: Not by much, but it made the Bible come to life.
09:04 You have these bright colors that illustrated Bible stories,
09:06 and as a kid, man, that really got into your head.
09:09 We looked everywhere for a modern day flannelgraph, didn't
09:12 we, Josh?
09:13 Joshua: And everyone laughed at us, just like that.
09:15 No one knew what we were talking about.
09:17 Caleb: So, we have decided ourselves to illustrate this
09:20 Bible story today of a rich man and Lazarus.
09:22 I will illustrate, and Joshua will narrate.
09:25 Joshua: Thank you.
09:27 Everyone, please join around the fire and turn to Luke 16:19-31,
09:33 and please don't start a fire in your living room, it was just
09:35 a metaphor.
09:37 Joshua: Luke 16:19-31, "There was a certain rich man who was
09:42 clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day.
09:47 But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores,
09:51 who laid at his gate desiring to be fed with the crumbs which
09:54 fell from the rich man's table.
09:56 Moreover, the dogs came and licked his sores.
10:01 So it was that the beggar died and was carried by the angels to
10:07 Abraham's bosom.
10:10 Now the rich man also died and was buried.
10:15 And being in torment in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw
10:19 Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
10:23 Then he cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me and
10:28 send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and
10:32 cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame.'
10:37 But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you
10:41 received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things,
10:46 but now he is comforted and you are tormented.
10:49 And besides all this, between us and you is a great gulf fixed,
10:55 so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can
11:00 those from there pass to us.'
11:03 Then he said, 'I beg you therefore, father, that you
11:07 would send him to my father's house, for I have five brothers,
11:11 that he may testify to them lest they also come to this place
11:15 of torment.'
11:17 Abraham said to him, 'They may have Moses, the prophets, let
11:21 them hear them.'
11:23 He said, 'No, Father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the
11:27 dead they will repent.'
11:29 But he said to them, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets,
11:34 neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.'"
11:40 Joshua: Whoo, that's a story.
11:42 Caleb: It is pretty interesting.
11:44 So, many of you are asking what is Abraham's bosom?
11:47 Well, scripturally, Abraham's bosom, paradise, they're all the
11:50 same thing.
11:51 Before Yeshua's sacrifice and his resurrection, when people
11:54 who believed on God, the saints, died, they went to a place of
11:57 paradise, a place of consolation.
11:59 Wicked people went to hell.
12:01 And there was a great chasm, as you saw, between the two
12:04 of them.
12:05 Now, when Yeshua died he went to Abraham's bosom and he preached
12:08 to the saints that were there that he was the Messiah.
12:10 He was the fulfillment of the prophets.
12:12 He also went to hell.
12:13 He preached to those that were in bondage to hell so they would
12:16 know the truth also, and he placed all the enemy, every
12:19 demon, under subjection to his feet.
12:20 Everybody saw this as an open display, so that when Yeshua was
12:24 resurrected, all the saints in Abraham's bosom believed and
12:27 they came out of their graves, as it says in Matthew 27, and
12:30 went to Jerusalem.
12:31 Joshua: Now guys, this is a story that is really for all
12:34 people, but in context, Yeshua is actually preaching to the
12:37 Jews at that exact moment.
12:38 The rich man was self-sufficient.
12:40 He was awesome.
12:41 He was living his best life with his best posts on social media,
12:45 and he had everything that he needed, but Lazarus was
12:48 exactly opposite.
12:49 He had nothing.
12:50 He was desperate, he needed food, he needed health, he
12:53 needed all forms of provision, and because of that, he turned
12:55 to God as his source.
12:57 Caleb: Yeah, he made it into paradise but the rich man
12:59 did not.
13:00 Joshua: Did not, and we see that as this was a result that today
13:08 we face the same issue here in America.
13:12 We see people who mentally assent, I believe that the
13:15 message of Yeshua is right, I believe that everything that the
13:18 Bible says is true, but because we have our backup plans,
13:21 because we're self-sufficient, because we always know that we
13:24 don't really have to rely on him, we see less action from our
13:28 belief and just more hyperbole.
13:31 Caleb: That's true, the Jewish people, they missed Messiah.
13:35 They said even if you see a resurrection, a man come back to
13:38 life, you still won't believe.
13:39 Well, they saw this.
13:41 Yeshua came back and they still didn't believe upon him because
13:43 they were looking for some physical way of earning that
13:46 salvation, and people are still doing that today.
13:48 They're still trying to find a workspace system in which they
13:51 can receive salvation, but even like Josh said, in America we
13:54 have this mental sin society where we don't really need
13:57 anything, do we?
13:58 We're self-sufficient. We're like the rich man.
14:00 And there's not very many desperate people like Lazarus in
14:02 America, even though there are, that are just desperate for God
14:07 to redeem them and to save them.
14:09 Joshua: I've had the opportunity to travel all over the world,
14:10 almost 40 countries now, and I've seen so many miraculous
14:14 things happen in so many impoverished places.
14:16 And when you go to these other countries where you see that
14:19 they have dirt, death, disease, and you tell them that Yeshua
14:23 loves them, that he died for them, that he bore their
14:25 sickness and infirmities, they have no other option but to
14:28 believe, and you see true belief happen, which true belief
14:31 requires action, and they act on that word, and they grab it, and
14:34 they take it to heart, and they see the miraculous happen
14:37 because they have yield their consent to Yeshua, as opposed to
14:42 holding on to control.
14:44 Caleb: So, we need to be like that in America today.
14:46 We need to put our belief to action and we need to be
14:48 desperate for God instead of looking at ourselves as a
14:51 provision, our job gives us money, our doctors give us
14:55 health, our 401K gives us, you know, income for when we
15:00 get older.
15:02 We need to look at God desperately thinking, no, God, I
15:04 need you for everything, to feed my family.
15:06 I need you to heal us.
15:07 I need you to give us life.
15:09 When we return to that sense of desperation on the Lord, then
15:12 we're gonna see amazing things in our lives.
15:14 We're gonna see revival.
15:16 We're gonna see breakthroughs.
15:17 We're gonna see a great awakening, because the Lord will
15:19 work through us.
15:20 Joshua: All these things are fantastic provision, but we're
15:22 not looking to them for our source, we're looking to
15:24 the Father.
15:25 Caleb: And join us next time, thank you.
15:31 We have an audience.
15:33 Joshua: Greatest stick beard ever.
15:37 Kirsten: I listened to your teaching, we listened to your
15:39 teaching, Mr. Bearded Bible Brothers Shirt listened, but
15:45 we're church babies.
15:46 When we hear the name Lazarus, we think it's the Lazarus come
15:51 forth that Jesus called out.
15:52 Not what you're teaching about.
15:54 Completely different, right?
15:55 Caleb: Different story, yes, that Yeshua was giving.
15:57 It is a parable, you know, it didn't actually happen, but
16:01 there was an important meaning to all that.
16:02 There's nothing really wrong with doing good works, but we're
16:06 never enough.
16:07 We're never gonna be enough.
16:08 We're never gonna be enough to provide for our family.
16:10 Never gonna be enough to be righteous.
16:12 Never gonna be enough to proclaim Yeshua's words unless
16:17 his Spirit flows within us.
16:20 It's a free gift that God has given us and we can't earn it,
16:24 we're not worthy of it, but that's the whole point.
16:26 If we were worthy of it, then we would be God, wouldn't we?
16:28 And we don't wanna take on that role of being God.
16:31 He's the only one worthy.
16:32 Joshua: Before everybody gets angry, Romans 3:10 backs this up
16:34 with Scripture, saying, "As it is written, 'There is none
16:37 righteous, no, not one.'"
16:38 So, the hyper focus is not you're a terrible, horrible
16:41 person, it's saying you are dependent on the Father, and
16:44 that dependency is a perfect place to be in, because his
16:47 all-powerful love for you, not just power, his powerful love
16:51 for you, is more than enough.
16:53 Powerful love desires all the best things for its children,
16:56 and that's why you know you're safe.
16:58 So, we are about to talk about a different system, the system of
17:02 rewards based versus love.
17:04 What's the difference and which one's better?
17:10 Joshua: Hey, everybody, I'm Joshua.
17:12 Caleb: And I'm Caleb.
17:13 Joshua: And that guy right there is my brother.
17:16 Caleb: That's true.
17:17 Joshua: You know, Caleb, I have found that one of the easiest
17:20 ways to commit to something, to do it right, is to ensure that
17:26 you will get a reward at the end if you do what's good.
17:29 Caleb: Okay, explain.
17:30 Joshua: I'll explain.
17:31 I have been into health, and fitness, and nutrition for over
17:34 20 years.
17:35 Working out in the gym, eating on very specific diets to get
17:38 specific body goals, and so, when I would start a new diet
17:41 program, I had to give myself a period of time where I was
17:44 eating super strict, okay?
17:46 So, let's say I went for 30 days without one single mistake of
17:48 my diet.
17:50 Well, on that 31st day, because I was so good, I decided to
17:54 reward myself with what is called a cheat day.
17:57 Now, people have changed that to refeed day and other things, but
18:00 basically on that day, I'd let myself have any of the things
18:02 that I wanted that I didn't get beforehand.
18:07 Caleb: Like the donut.
18:08 Joshua: Like the donut on my cheat day right now.
18:09 Caleb: Oh, that's very good.
18:11 Joshua: Well, here was the problem, okay?
18:13 So, I got in a good habit for 30 days, and then I calculated
18:17 out my day to get every single thing I wanted,
18:18 from like, 5:00 a.m. until, like,
18:20 literally every restaurant closed, and it
18:22 usually equaled out to about 20,000 calories and at least a
18:24 couple hundred dollars worth of food.
18:26 Well, by the next day, I was addicted to sugar again, deep
18:30 fried foods, I had so many calories in my system that I was
18:33 sick and couldn't go to the gym, and I usually fell off the wagon
18:36 and was back into eating bad again.
18:38 So, when you give yourself, thank you, get that out of here,
18:42 a reward every time you do something good, and the reward
18:45 is the opposite of it, it doesn't really make a lot
18:47 of sense.
18:48 Caleb: I wanna talk the science behind this.
18:50 Joshua: Ooh, you wanna go science, okay.
18:51 Caleb: So, back in the 1950's, there was two guys, James Olds
18:55 and Peter Milner, and they implanted electrodes into the
18:59 brains of rats.
19:01 So, they set up these little rat-sized levers, and when the
19:04 rat would press the lever, they would get a mild electrical
19:07 stimulant to their brain.
19:09 So, they started moving around, you know, those electrodes, and
19:12 they started figuring out that the area under the front end of
19:16 the corpus callosum was a pleasurable experience to get
19:19 the electrical shock.
19:20 So, the rats were pressing it, pressing it.
19:22 One rat, Josh, hit it 7,500 times in the span of 12 hours.
19:26 Joshua: I'm that rat.
19:27 Caleb: That's called a junkie rat.
19:28 Joshua: That's why my diets didn't work.
19:30 I hit it 7,500 times in 12 hours.
19:31 Caleb: It's because they received an electrical response,
19:36 a neurotransmitter called dopamine when they pressed that.
19:39 Basically, guys, scientists discovered reward learning.
19:43 So, association happens.
19:46 Let's say for example, alcohol.
19:47 The first time you try alcohol, if it is a pleasurable
19:50 experience, you have this stimulus, this reward, then
19:54 every time you see alcohol, think about alcohol, it's going
19:57 to release that dopamine, you know, that reward system
20:00 is activated.
20:01 It can also work in reverse, negative effects to
20:04 negative people.
20:06 Scientists propose that dopamine allows for the learning of new
20:09 associations between stimulus and pleasure, and is involved in
20:12 the acquisition of new habits dedicated to obtaining the
20:15 rewarding stimulus again in the future.
20:17 In the case of addictive drugs though, these habits can become
20:20 especially persistent, generating patterns of
20:23 compulsive behavior that persist long after the value of the
20:26 reward has diminished.
20:28 Joshua: Now, we're not saying that all rewards are evil, what
20:30 we're saying is that we know how the brain is wired, how humans
20:34 work, and so does the enemy.
20:35 So, if Satan knows how we're wired, he knows that he can use
20:39 that reward system to try to enslave us, to get us caught up
20:42 in addiction.
20:43 Caleb: In drugs, alcohol, pornography, all these things,
20:47 because we like the dopamine release.
20:48 I mean, it's different for different people, is it not?
20:52 But John 3:16, obviously, "For God so loved the world that He
20:57 gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should
20:59 not perish but have everlasting life."
21:02 God loves us, it's that simple.
21:04 We didn't earn it.
21:06 So, y'all heard the Scripture, why is it important that Satan
21:10 uses the reward learning?
21:11 It's because it is an act that you have to perform to receive
21:15 something good, and so it works in our perception and how we
21:19 view our heavenly Father.
21:21 We think if we do something good, we should get rewarded.
21:24 We think we need to earn salvation, but there's nothing
21:28 we can do to receive salvation, it's a free gift.
21:31 But you notice that every other, let's say religion, every
21:36 religion throughout history, you have to earn your salvation,
21:38 whether it's Buddhism, Islam, Catholicism, you have to be
21:45 christened, you have to pay penance, you have to do
21:47 these acts.
21:49 Even Jews in the past, in Judaism, they understood the act
21:52 of sacrifice that you had to perform in order to receive
21:56 your forgiveness.
21:57 Modern Jews, they can't sacrifice animals anymore, Josh,
22:00 they honestly can't.
22:02 So, during the fall seasons of Rosh Hashanah, they believe that
22:05 the books of life are made empty, they're cleared, and you
22:09 have a ten-day window period called the Ten Days of Awe until
22:11 you get to Yom Kippur, which you have to afflict your souls and
22:16 really perform penance in order to get your names written in the
22:18 book of Life again.
22:20 It's very stressful to Jews.
22:22 Joshua: Ooh, that's a tough time.
22:23 Caleb: It's still an act that you have to do.
22:25 Joshua: And also, he wanted you to know that if there was
22:27 something that you could work for to get salvation, then you
22:30 could possibly earn it, and then one individual could earn and
22:33 deserve salvation more than another, and that was another
22:36 reason for why that it was not a reward for your works, it was a
22:39 free gift that was given to you, because every person, every
22:44 person had to accept Yeshua and just believe, not work to
22:47 get it.
22:48 Romans 6:23 says, "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of
22:50 God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
22:53 Gift, our sin equal death because of Adam.
22:55 Caleb: That's true, but God's gift was free.
22:57 It wasn't God, he's trying to be mean, take away our fun,
23:00 he just gave us a free gift.
23:02 Joshua: Ephesians 2:8-9, "For by grace you have been saved
23:04 through faith, and not that of yourselves.
23:07 It is a gift of God, not of works, lest anyone
23:09 should boast."
23:10 Caleb: So, we really need to rewire our brains, our way of
23:13 thinking, because we have received faulty data from the
23:16 god of this world, Satan, and how he wants us to act and
23:19 think, and when we think the way he thinks, then we don't have
23:23 that free gift, that we have to receive a salvation.
23:27 We can't receive our healing, we can't receive the miracles and
23:31 all the promises and the provisions that God has given us
23:33 because we're still trying to earn it.
23:35 Joshua: Begin to shift your mindset.
23:37 Even as a parent, as a spouse, whatever your relationships with
23:41 others are, begin to change your mindset to where you are not
23:45 including fear as the reason for doing or not doing something.
23:49 Begin to shift your teaching and how you are an example to others
23:53 through doing things purposed out of love and desire, purposed
23:56 for the right reasons.
23:58 Encourage your kids, look, we wanna do what's right because it
24:01 honors God.
24:02 You want to obey me because I'm your father and I love you and
24:04 you want to honor that love.
24:06 And as we begin to shift that, then sin doesn't have this hold
24:08 on us.
24:10 Then this reward system where we are or are not good enough based
24:13 on us, then we don't fall every time we slip, you know, because
24:16 we pick ourselves back up.
24:18 And instead of living in shame and in condemnation, those of
24:20 you who have had a cheat day and then immediately went back off
24:23 your diet, you know why you did?
24:24 You said, oh, my goodness, I can't believe this, I just ate
24:27 one thing that was terrible.
24:28 I might as well eat the rest of the week this way.
24:30 I might as well do this. That's how that works.
24:32 The enemy uses that to enslave you, telling you you're not good
24:35 enough, you can't, no matter how hard you try, get your goal or
24:39 earn his love.
24:41 And that's why we don't want to live in that system, we want you
24:43 guys to know that you are loved, that God gave his Son for you
24:48 because he loves you, no other reason.
24:51 And all you have to do is accept it, it's a free gift.
24:53 Caleb: And we love you guys and we thank you for watching.
24:56 Please join us next time.
24:58 Joshua: Hey, guys, I did good on that episode, can I finish
24:59 that donut?
25:01 Caleb: Yeah, yeah, why not? He earned it?
25:05 David: I am a father, I am a grandfather, and guys, I have a
25:08 little confession to make.
25:10 I probably shouldn't say it because of what you're teaching,
25:12 but I've used money, I've dangled money as a reward for my
25:16 children before.
25:17 Kirsten: I gotta say just last week our little ones went to
25:20 soccer camp, or whatever, and Dave was like, I'll take you to
25:23 the Dollar Store if you do everything, and we did, we did.
25:26 So, we're guilty of that.
25:27 Caleb: We all are, we're all learning, we're all growing, it
25:29 is true.
25:31 Joshua: It is true.
25:32 Now, this topic that we've been discussing today, it all boils
25:35 down to one simple concept, accepting a free gift.
25:39 I think we fear accepting a free gift because we feel like
25:42 there's strings attached if we accept it, we have less control
25:45 if we accept it, but even in general as human beings, we try
25:48 to overcomplicate the gospel.
25:51 The gospel is a very detailed, complicated thing, but it was
25:54 made as simple as a child can understand.
25:56 And we too often forget that the Father doesn't want you to have
26:00 to wonder about how you get saved, to be in question of his
26:03 love and when the other shoe might drop of his anger and
26:05 his wrath.
26:07 He wants you to accept that his love for you comes strings free,
26:10 the price has been paid, and even if you get a dollar to go,
26:13 you know, do well in soccer, he was gonna love you if he didn't
26:16 give you the dollar.
26:18 David: They got $2.
26:19 Caleb: You're the grand pappy.
26:21 Kirsten: And I agree, salvation is the free gift.
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26:44 Look at how that came right back to you guys.
26:47 David: And I wanna say this, too.
26:48 I am wearing this great shirt today.
26:49 My goal is to look like you in it next time.
26:53 Joshua: Dave, I thought I was looking in a mirror.
26:56 I was like, how am I over in that chair?
26:58 David: Thanks for your insight today.
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