prepare for that and so keep that in mind at this time we're gonna take some
soul-winning numbers for the week let's get some salvations from Monday up
until Thursday any salvations from Monday to Thursday three okay Friday and
Saturday Friday and Saturday and then how about this afternoon for the
Maury Maury's team three for the Jacob three for brother Jacob's team
for the Marcos three for brother Marcos team brother Paul to for the
Ulysses team three for Saturday the trusting heart to Jesus clings nor
any ill for bones but at the cross of Calvary sings praise God for lifted
loads singing I go along life's road praising the Lord praising the Lord
singing I go along life's road for Jesus has lifted my load the passing
days bring many cares fear not I hear him say and when my fears are turned
to prayers the bird and slip away singing I go along life's road praising
the Lord praising the Lord singing I go along
tonight we're in Numbers chapter 13 the Bible reads and the Lord spake unto
Moses saying send out men that they may search the land of Canaan which I give
unto the children of Israel of every tribe of their fathers shall see send
you men everyone a ruler among them and Moses by the commandment of the
Lord sent them from the wilderness of Peron and those men were heads of the
children of Israel and these were their names the tribe of Reuben Shamuah
the son of Zachar and the tribe of Simeon Shafat the son of Horry and the
tribe of Judah Caleb the son of Japuna and the tribe of Iskatar Ilgal the
son of Joseph and of the tribe of Ephraim O'Shea the son of Nun of the
tribe of Benjamin Palti the son of Rapu of the tribe of Zebulun Gadiel the
son of Zesody of the tribe of Joseph namely the tribe of Manasseh Gadi the
son of Susi of the tribe of Dan Amalel the son of Gamaliel of the
tribe of Asher Sethir the son of Makal and the tribe of Naphtali Nabi the
son of Vossi of the tribe of Gad Guel the son of Machi these are the names
of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land and Moses son of Oshea
the son of Nun Jehoshua and Moses sent them to spy out the land of
Canaan and said unto them get you up this way southward and go up into the
mountain and see the land what it is and the people that dwelleth therein
whether they be strong or weak few or many and what the land is that they
dwell in whether it be good or bad and what cities they be that they dwell
in whether intense or in strongholds and what the land is whether it be
fat or lean whether there be wood therein or not and be ye of good
courage and bring of the fruit of the land now the time was the time of
the first ripe grapes so they went up and searched the land from the
wilderness of Zin unto Reob as men come to Hamath and they ascended
by the south and came unto Hebron where a Hymen, Sheshi and Talmai the
son of Anak were now Hebron was built seven years before zoan in Egypt
and they came unto the brook of Esgal and cut down from thence a branch with
one cluster of grapes and they bare it between two upon a staff and they
brought of the pomegranates and of the figs the place was called the brook
Esgal because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down
from thence and they returned from searching of the land after 40 days
and they went and came to Moses and to Aaron and to all the congregation
of the children of Israel under the wilderness of Peron to Kadesh and
brought back word unto them and unto the all the congregation and showed
them the fruit of the land and they told him and said we came unto the land
to whether thou sent us and surely it floweth with milk and honey and this
is the fruit of it nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land
and the cities are walled and very great and moreover we saw the children
of Anak there the Amalekites dwell in the land of the south and the
Hittites and the Jebusites and the Amorites dwell in the mountains and
the Canaanites dwell by the sea by the coast of Jordan Caleb stilled the
people before Moses and said let us go up at once and possess it for we
are well able to overcome it but the men that went up with him said we be
not able to go up against the people for they are stronger than we they
brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched into the
children of Israel saying the land through which we have gone to search it
is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof and all the
people that we saw in it are men of great stature and there we saw the
Giants the sons of knock which come to the of the Giants and we were in our
own sight as grasshoppers and so we were we were in their sight let's pray
dear Lord God Heavenly Father just thank you for this time here we got to have
hear your word being preached Lord we just pray that you feel pastor with
your spirit Lord and give him boldness to preach your word and give
the congregation here ears till here and pray we come away edified by the
message of your word Lord and bless this time and bless the time
afterwards and we pray this all in Jesus name amen
okay 13 this evening excuse me look down your Bibles of verse 31 it says but the
men that went up with him said we be not able to go up against the people
for they are stronger than we and they brought up an evil report of the
land which they had searched unto the children of Israel saying the land
through which we have gone to search it is the land that eateth up the
inhabitants thereof and all the people that we saw in it are men of
great stature and there we saw the Giants the son of Anak which come of the
Giants and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers and so we were in their
sight and what I want to preach on this evening is hyperboles in the
Bible explain hyperboles in the Bible explain a hyperbole is an obvious
and intentional exaggeration that's made by a person in order to prove a point
people would often use a figure of speech and often in the Bible you'll see
an exaggerated statement being made and you know it doesn't really take
rocket science to know that what they're exaggerating about or the
statement that they're making obviously these Giants are not so huge
right for example here in number 13 that they're literally like
grasshoppers right it's an exaggerated statement that they're
making and primarily we're gonna focus in the New Testament some statements
that Jesus Christ made and the hyperboles he set forth but I want to
give you some examples of some bad hyperboles which really is just an
exaggeration okay and one of them is right here in
number 13 because what you have is these men going into the land and
they're spying out the land they're seeing what God has already told them
that they're gonna possess they come back and they say you know it's a
great land look at these graves and the land is great but there's only one
problem the people there are very strong okay we see that in verse 27 verse 28 and
then verse 28 says nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land
and the cities are walled and very great moreover we saw the children of
Anak there and the Amalekites dwell in the land of the south and the
Hittites and the Jebusites and the Amorites dwell in the mountains and the
Canaanites dwell by the sea and by the coast of Jordan now this is not a
good idea okay for these people to come back and start giving this evil
report why because you know they should come back and give a good report they
should say hey it's a beautiful place God is good to us we're gonna have all
these fruits and grapes and the cities are beautiful all we got to do
is go in and take it but instead they start focusing on the negative
what is the negative that there's people that they got to go in and kill
okay and these people are strong okay so Caleb wises up to these statements
and he's like oh no this is not good what these people are doing so in
verse 30 he says and Caleb stilled the people before Moses and said let us go
up at once and possess it for we are well able to overcome it what does he
mean by stealing the people well you think of the fact that people are
listening to this and they're just like shaking right they're just like
what do you mean and then Caleb just comes like hey let's just go up and
just take it and whoop them because we're able to do it okay that's my
version of my translation okay but he's basically saying you know don't fear
what's going on you know God has already told us that we can overcome this we
could possess this let's just do it verse 31 but the men that went up with
him said we be not able to go up against the people for they are
stronger than we so initially this group has already said they're stronger
than us this group had already said there's these you know Hittites and
Jebusites and Amorites now they're just gonna cake it on a little more it
wasn't enough that you just said all these tribes are there now they're
caking on and exaggerating a little more it says in verse 32 and they brought up
an evil report a false report okay of the land which they had searched into
the children of Israel saying the land through which we have gone up to
search it is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof I mean that
sounds pretty scary cuz I man as soon as we get it they're just gonna
consume us it's gonna swallow us whole stop exaggerating that's not gonna
happen okay and all the people that we saw in our men of great stature and
there we saw the Giants the sons of Anak which come of the Giants and we
were in our own sight as grasshoppers who said oh well you know the people
there are just huge they're big people and we felt like grasshoppers
compared to them and he even goes on to say and so we were in their sight
how do you know that so he's basically saying you know we were in
their sight as grasshoppers we're in our side as grasshoppers what are
they doing they're exaggerating and unfortunately this affects the children
of Israel and a very negative way it discourages them and they end up not
going in because they're so scared you understand and so this is a bad
example of an exaggeration a hyperbole go with me if you would to
first Samuel chapter 18 by way of introduction I'm just gonna give you a
couple examples of this so again a hyperbole is an obvious and
intentional exaggeration it's an extravagant statement intended not
intended to be taken literally okay and the reason I want to preach this
is because a lot of times you know people who just don't know the Bible or
people are just not saved they'll take these hyperboles in the Bible and
they'll build doctrines off of them okay they'll take the things that are
not to be taken literal and the things that are spiritualized they
take literal you know you understand or I'm sorry they take the things that
are not meant to be taken literal and they spiritualize it and they do vice
versa the things that are supposed to be spiritualized they actually take
it literally and a lot of false doctrine is taught by doing that I'm
gonna give you a couple examples tonight looking for 1st Samuel chapter 18
verse 5 the Bible says here and David went out with us whoever Saul sent him
and behaved himself wisely and Saul sent him over the men of war and he
was accepted in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul's
servants so David is a young man he's working for Saul he's doing a
great job he's he's fighting the wars of Saul and fighting the wars of God
has a good reputation he says in verse 6 and it came to pass as they
came when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistines that the
women came out of all the cities of Israel singing and dancing to meet King
Saul with tablets with joy and with instruments of music and the women
answered one another as they played and said Saul had slain his thousands
and David is ten thousands and this is a bit of an exaggeration okay look
what it says in verse 8 and Saul was very Roth and the same displeased them
and he said they have ascribed them to David ten thousands and to me they have
a scribe of thousands what can he what can he have more but the kingdom
and Saul I David from that day forward so this exaggeration of this
song that these women are singing caused Saul to turn against David he had
a bad attitude towards David he I'd him from that day forward and he
actually became his enemy because of it now let me just pause and say this
so I was kind of stupid okay because think about this if David is working for
you and let's say let's just take this literally and say yeah you know
what saw was slain thousands and David was saying ten thousands doesn't
that mean that basically saw slain those ten thousand two because David is
working for Saul he's part of his kingdom he's helping to expand the
kingdom so if they want to ascribe and give David credit for those ten
thousand so be it who cares all glory to God it's like the kingdom is still
being established the enemies of God are being taken out so if I was saw
I'd have been like yeah man cool and I'm still the boss so there you go you
know yeah he's taking out the ten thousand but he's working for me you
know and you know what I take a thousand but who cares because we're
both on the same team so technically the song should be you guys are
slain eleven thousand right but instead he becomes competitive with David he
allows the exaggeration of the song to cause him to have a different attitude
towards David and now he feels like he has to compete with them he's jealous
of him he's envious of him and of course we all know how that ends up
but that is an exaggeration that he unfortunately adhered to and it caused
him to change his disposition towards David go to first Kings chapter 19 if
you would first Kings chapter 19 first Kings chapter 19 but even then if it
wasn't true saw if it wasn't true if he didn't see it that way he could
have been like well that's kind of an exaggeration David is slain as ten
thousand because here's the thing yeah David was going out there to fight
the wars but it wasn't just him killing ten thousand if that were true
it was him in his mighty men you know what I mean and so you know obviously he
had a bad attitude towards that he wasn't interpreting that correctly and
he kind of allowed the exaggeration to get to him look at first Kings 19 verse
10 it says and he said I have been very jealous this is referring to
Elijah I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts for the children
of Israel forsaken thy covenant thrown down thine altars and slain thy
prophets with the sword and look what he says and I even I only am left
and they seek my life to take it away so what is that this is an exaggeration
okay he's like I'm the only one I'm the only one serving God we're the only
church with the truth we're the only true Christians around here we're the
only ones on fire for God you're exaggerating don't exaggerate okay and
in fact I'll prove to you it's an exaggeration because how does God
respond there's seven thousand prophets who have not bowed the knee to bail
molly Elijah is still a great man of God in fact you know he's a high
caliber prophet in my opinion you know and if I were to choose whether to stand
with the seven thousand with Elijah I'm going with Elijah because here's the
thing we know Elijah's name we don't know the names of the seven thousand
and yeah they may be not you know they're not bowing their knees to bail
but they're definitely not preaching against a hab so I rather stand with
Elijah who's doing great works for God but on the other hand Elijah is
obviously making an exaggerated statement that's not true and you know what
we've all done this to a certain extent you always do this you never buy
me anything for my birthday you always forget my birthday you always do
it isn't always is it never seriously hey you never throw out the trash you
never do this is that really the case you know so obviously you know this is
an exaggeration and I'll give you another example you know David when he's
being persecuted at the apex of his persecution he made the statement I said
in my haste all men are liars that's an exaggerated statement but you can see
where he's coming from because you know he's dealing with only liars at
that time but even he understood it was a statement that he made in his
haste because of the fact that he's dealing with a bunch of wicked people
but he knows you and I know that not all men are liars you know it's like
saying this you know everyone is just a reprobate well chill out okay all
these old IV people are false prophets no not all of them are false
prophets okay now there are false prophets there okay you know every you
know just fill in the blank we can make exaggerated statements like that
and they're not true okay so those are bad examples go to John chapter 6 if you
would John chapter 6 I'm gonna give you some explanations regarding some
hyperboles in the Gospels made by Jesus and many of those these have
been taken out of context they've actually been used to build false
doctrines unfortunately and so we're gonna explain some of them here John
chapter 6 we're gonna explain the hyperbole of eating Jesus's flesh and
drinking his blood okay John chapter 6 verse 51 Jesus speaking to the
Pharisees and to the Jews the people there he said in verse 51 I am the
living bread which came down from heaven if any man eat of this bread he
shall live forever and the bread that I will give is my flesh which I
shall give for the life of the world which I will give for the life
of the world the Jews therefore strove among themselves saying how can this
man give us his flesh to eat and Jesus sentenced him verily verily I say to you
except he eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood you have no life
in you so here's the funny thing you know these people are like how is
he gonna give us his flesh to eat and Jesus doesn't even clarify anything
he's just like he just makes it even worse for them right he said look if
except to eat the flesh and the Son of Man and drink his blood you have
no life in you who so eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal
life and I will raise him up in the last at the last day for my flesh is
meat indeed in other words food right and my blood is drink indeed so whoever
asked the question initially you know he they're probably like oh what in the
world are you serious he that eateth my flesh he's caking it on now and
drinketh my blood dwelleth in me and I in him as the living Father had
sent me I live by the Father so he that eateth me even he shall live by me
this is that bread which came down from heaven not as your father's did eat
manna and are dead he that eateth of this bread shall live forever so
what do we see here we see a very good example of a good hyperbole okay
now look as a safe person when you read that you never thought to
yourself oh man we have to eat Jesus's body we have to drink his
blood we have to commit spiritual cannibalism in order to have eternal
life that thought never even crosses your mind because you understand this is
a hyperbole even if you didn't know that word hyperbole you understood it
was an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally okay now what is
this talking about why is he saying this why is he telling them you have
to eat my flesh drink my blood well go up to verse 26 if you would verse
26 get some context here he says in verse 26 Jesus answered them and said
verily verily I say unto you ye seek me not because he saw the miracles but
because he did eat the loaves of the loaves and were filled labor not for
the meat which perisheth but for the meat which endureth into everlasting
life which the Son of Man shall given to you for him hath God the
father seal then said they unto him what shall we do that we might work
the works of God Jesus answered and said unto them this is the work of God that
you believe on him whom he hath sent that's the only work you got to do okay
and this isn't saying that believing is a work he's just saying like okay
if you think you got to do work well this is the word you have to
believe okay he says in verse number 30 they said therefore unto him what
signs showest thou then that we may see and believe thee and dust out and
what does that work our fathers did eat manna in the desert as it is written he
gave them bread from heaven to eat so what is he saying look show us a
miracle because you know our God showed a miracle to children of Israel by
sending down manna from heaven so if you claim to be God if you claim to be
who you are you're going to perform a miracle that is equal to what the
children of Israel saw when God sent forth manna to this world to feed them
so he takes that statement he just runs with it says verse 32 then Jesus said
unto them verily verily I say unto you Moses gave you not that bread from
heaven but my father giveth you the true bread from heaven for the bread of
God is he which cometh down from heaven and giveth life unto the world
they say unto them Lord evermore give us this bread Jesus said unto them I am
the bread of life he that cometh to me shall never hunger and he that
believeth on me shall never thirst now folks let me ask you a question after
you got saved did you get hungry again of course after you got saved did
you get thirsty again yes of course when that happened did you read this
and say what what's the deal I got saved like 12 hours ago and I'm
starving no because you understood it was an exaggerated statement that was
not meant to be taken literally right because he's saying that he is the
bread of life so just as the manna from heaven was eaten to give the
children of Israel life from day to day in like manner Jesus Christ was the
bread of life who was a far more higher quality spiritual bread is able
to satiate the soul of the individual who consumes it in other words who
believes on Jesus Christ they will never thirst they will never need you
know salvation ever again because they already have it understand none of us
come in here saying I need salvation you know I need that feeling
again I need to be saved again no because once we're say we're always
safe so he's basically saying when you drink of this and you eat of this
I will satiate that need for salvation and you'll never need it again which
is a perfect verse to explain eternal security back when you get saved you
never need to get saved again he says in verse 35 and Jesus said it to him I
am the bread of life he that cometh to me shall never hunger and he that
believeth on me shall never thirst but I say unto you that ye also have
seen me and believe not all that the father giveth me shall come to me and
him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out skip down to verse 48 I
am the bread of life your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness and are
dead okay so he's saying this look I should I provided meat for you I
provided bread for you and this is why you're here because you want to see the
miracle again but this I am the miracle I'm the bread of life okay now
let me just explain something to you real quick and this is something that
every safe person in here understands and it seems very elementary but it
just needs to be stated when Jesus said he's the bread of life it doesn't mean
that he's an actual loaf of bread that needed to be baked in an oven so why is
it duh I mean what well I'll tell you why because there's a heretic out there
by the name of manly Perry and manly Perry got up you know he put up the
sermon a couple weeks ago which means they it's something he preached
like years ago or something because he always uploads his sermons months or
years afterwards because he's afraid that people are gonna find his heresy
well too late sucka you know who they found it but he gets up and he says
you know he says Mary was not Jesus's mother not his mother and he's that
because he's divine you know he's divine you know the Holy Ghost came on
came upon Mary and you know but it doesn't mean that she was actually his
physical mother and this is how he explained it he's like I don't know
everything about the Y chromosome or anything like that we can't use worldly
knowledge to explain these things what's because you just don't have
knowledge period hick you know there's science out there that
actually matches up with the Bible that's compatible that's true that's
fact but he makes the most blasphemous statement he said Mary was just the
oven that's what he said he goes she was just the oven cuz you know Jesus
is the bread of life so she's not the mother you know you know Jesus wasn't
really in there you know he just he's just the bread of life inside the
oven when I was nice and ready then he came out you know just blasphemy
you say why do you say that cuz he's just the devil he just makes it he's
because he's unsaved unsaved people come up with weird stuff did anybody read
John 6 anytime before this and say you know what if Jesus is the bread of
life that makes Mary the oven then anybody comes to that conclusion no of
course not stupid what cocaine is a hell of a drug we understand when Jesus
said I am the bread of life he's making a comparison to the manna that
came from heaven they gave the children of Israel temporary life
literal life right just as the lamb of just as the the the bullocks and
lambs and the sheeps that were sacrificing the Old Testament they
atone for the daily sins of the people whereas Jesus Christ atones is
a propitiation for all sins for all time he puts away sin forever by his
sacrifice the Lamb of God who should take away the sins of the world so a
lot of these Old Testament figures that we see were fulfilled and Jesus Christ
satiates the need that that symbol provided in the Old Testament they ate
bread they were able to live for another day Jesus Christ is the bread
of life that when they eat it they'll never hunger again they'll never
thirst again it'll satiate the need for salvation okay and yes Mary was
Jesus mother here on this earth I mean come on folks it's crazy you're
trying to make him seem like and now he's saying basically by that statement
that he's just he's just a hundred percent God which we believe he's a
hundred percent God but guess what he was also a hundred percent man he's
both and it's actually blasphemous to say that he's just one not the
other because he's both because at that point you're taken away from the
nature the divine nature of Jesus Christ and his humanity you understand
and the Bible says that he was made of a woman I mean doesn't the Bible
literally make them made of a woman it doesn't say made of an oven baked in
an oven that dude is baked and he'll bake yeah he'll bake all right but
it's interesting because Jesus is putting forth this parable he's putting
forth his teaching and you know obviously Jesus is not like your your
your liberal preacher because you know people are getting offended and he's
just kicking it on he's like yeah you got to eat my flesh and drink my
blood and if you don't you don't have eternal life you have no life in
you if you don't eat my flesh and drink my blood I can't dwell on you
because you're not doing this why because he understands that the only
people who would misinterpret that are wicked people right the common people
who hear him gladly the light bulb goes off in their mind like I get what he's
saying it's a hyperbole it's an exaggerated thing we're not meant to
take it literally it's an exaggerated statement to represent a spiritual truth
that he's trying to get across but here's the thing isn't it funny that
the people who literally take this literal are like the Pharisees are just
really bad people just kind of like manly Perry look at verse 60 by the way
he just doesn't leave them in the dark he explains what he means at verse 60
says many therefore of his disciples when they had heard this said this is a
hard saying who can hear it uh you know just mature say people maybe I
don't know like when Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at
he said unto them that this offend you I'm sorry is that is that what he says
no what if you shall see the Son of Man is sent up where he was before in
other words if you have trouble believing this simple little truth
you're gonna have trouble seeing me ascend into heaven because they're
both equally true verse 63 it is the spirit that quickeneth the flesh
profiteth nothing the words that I speak unto you their spirit and they
are life is what he's saying so he's like he's telling them look I'm giving
you an example don't take it literally it's the flesh profit another
is a spear that quickens you okay he's not saying literally eat his
flesh and drink his blood now there's a group out there called
Catholics and they believe in this doctrine called transubstantiation and
the reason they gave it that name is to kind of cover the the weird heresy
that they teach because transubstantiation is the teaching that
when you take communion or what they call the Eucharist when you take the
little wafer put it in your mouth it literally turns in to the body and or
it turns into the body of Christ and the wine turns into the blood of
Christ right that's what that's what they believe and it's called
transubstantiation and they'll use a verse like this or pastors like this
in John chapter 6 to try to teach well that that's what happens so
they're literally they literally teach cannibalism right they literally teach
cannibalism because they say if you take this Eucharist it'll become flesh
the flesh of Jesus Christ the body of Jesus Christ and the blood that's
sick folks that's morbid it's sick this is what happens when you put a
hyperbole in the hands of wicked people they come up with these crazy
ideas crazy doctrines loaf of bread in the oven Mary's womb is an oven that
bakes the bread or whatever it's crazy go to Luke chapter 14 if you
would Luke chapter 14 so the title of the sermon is hyperboles in the Bible
explained we obviously understand that when he talks about his flesh and his
blood you know there's two actually interpretations to this because one is
just simply talking about the fact that if we believe on Jesus Christ
we're gonna have eternal life and he likens it unto the manna from heaven
the second one is simply this is the fact that Jesus Christ is going to
shed his blood right he basically gave his body a living sacrifice or not a
living sacrifice he gave his body a sacrifice for us okay he was bruised
and afflicted he was beaten and scourged you know he gave that
sacrifice and he also shed his blood for us okay and if you deny any of that
you can't have eternal life you can't deny that he shed his blood you can't
deny that he was scourged you can't deny the sufferings that he went through
and be saved that's what you have to accept that's part of the package
deal understand you have to believe that that's what happened to him in
order to be saved okay what's another hyperbole in the Bible that Jesus
said hating father and mother okay look what it says in Luke 14 verse 26 if any
man come to me and hate not his father and mother and wife and children and
brethren and sisters yea at his own life also he cannot be my disciple this
sounds like some emo person who existed like I hate everybody you know
whosoever does not bear his cross and come after me cannot be my
disciple so this is a pretty hard saying is it not I mean I remember
reading this when I when I first got saved and I was like whoa this is a
hard saying who can hear it this is this is this is far more complex than John
chapter 6 this is very it's complex because he's just straightforward he's
saying you have to hate you know if you don't hate your father or mother
wife children and brothers and sisters you know you can't be my
disciple and any sincere person would say well I want to be a disciple of
Jesus but does that mean I have to hate my family in order to do so well go to
Matthew chapter 10 if you would Matthew chapter 10 let's look at a
parallel passage to this we won't spend too much time on this is pretty simple
but it's a it's a great truth here and I think when it comes to these type
of hyperboles there's layers of interpretation okay because you can't
take it as him saying you have to hate your father mother and wife and
children and brothers and sisters you know in order to be a disciple and this
would literally apply if for example these people are reprobates so if these
people are reprobates and and they hate God and you know they have a seared
conscience they'd be given over to a reprobate mind you can see how this
commandment would apply perfectly to the person who's the recipient or a
relative of that individual you know because they you know they if it's
their mom if it's their dad if it's their cousin and they have a close
relationship to them in times past they would have to make the decision
to distance themselves from that person you understand they would have to
make the conscientious decision to say I want nothing to do with that person
now for you and I who don't experience that for us is like well
yeah that's not a hard decision to make make it but for someone who
actually has lived with that person grown up with that person that's a
difficult decision sometimes to make okay and so this is why he gives us
ultimatum because there's no compromise in this area it's like well you know
my dad or my mom or my cousin they're just a really you the hater of God they
blaspheme the Lord they hate him they hate Christianity and they're very open
about it they're they're obvious reprobates but I'm just gonna still love
them and well then you can't be a disciple of Jesus doesn't say you
can't be saved means you can't be a follower of Jesus wife because Jesus
Christ obviously requires 100% loyalty and how can you be loyal to the Lord
when you're befriending people who hate him we're not talking about people who
just don't believe in him or you know or just not say they're just worldly
we're talking about the fifth level up where someone's just a hater of God
understand and God does take that very serious you know he expects for
you to have a hatred for the people that hate him and that he equally hates
by the way okay he said well they're my brother yeah but God is your
heavenly father okay so that's one way you can interpret this and I believe
that does apply okay if you have a relative that is has been given over
to a reprobate mind that you can 100% confirm that that's the case
we're not talking about like a maybe I think so I would say so it's more
like their reprobate okay 100% one of those Mark Barfield's 100% you know if
you know beyond a shadow of a doubt this person is a reprobate then yes
this would apply okay and by the way it's not saying that you should live
your life going to that person telling them how much you hate them or
something talk about your attitude right means like I want nothing because look
we want nothing to do with reprobates we want nothing to do I don't want to
see them I don't want to hear them I don't want them nowhere near me and if
they are near me we're probably going to war I don't want them nowhere near
my family nowhere near my church the children of our church you know I
don't want anything to do with them at all you sound like you hate them
well yeah you got it right that's what it is that's what I do with
people who I hate I just don't want nothing to do with them okay so that
would be a good first layer interpretation of this because it does
apply however look at Matthew chapter 10 verse 34 he says think not that I'm
come to send peace on earth I came not to send peace but a sword for I am
come to set a man a variance against his father and the daughter against her
mother and her and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law and a man's
foe shall they shall be they of his own household he that loveth father or
mother more than me is not worthy of me and he that loveth son or daughter
more than me is not worthy of me he that taketh not his cross and followeth
after me is not worthy of me and he that findeth his life shall lose it
and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it I believe this is
probably the primary interpretation of what we saw in Luke okay which is
basically your love for the Lord should almost seem like a hatred for
everyone else and the reason I believe that is because in Luke he doesn't
only say hate his father mother wife and children brothers and sisters he
actually says and his own life also so that's obviously basically what he's
saying putting God first before everyone else you know and so you know
that could be a difficult thing for people to do sometimes in other words so
who do you choose your wife or God God who do you choose your husband or
God God who do you choose your baby your children or God God you're denying
yourself who do you choose Bruce Mihia or God Bruce Mihia I'll go with God
you understand so I have to make the decision to basically hate my flesh
you know and go with what God wants that's what he's talking about but the
hyperbole there is saying hate your life now do we really hate our lives
no because no man ever yet hated his own flesh but nourished and cherished
it in Ephesians chapter 5 right and there's no contradictions in the Bible
we have to reconcile these things okay and the way we reconcile them is by
recognizing that what he means is he wants a hundred percent loyalty to God
Jesus you understand and so you know yeah we should love the Lord even to
the point where your family might come to you sometimes and say hey you're
spending so much time at the church or spending so much time doing these
things and you don't even hang out on Sunday afternoons to barbecue and we
don't even drink anymore we're going on Friday anymore it seems like that's
all you're doing it's like yeah this is me now you know this is I want
to serve God I'm a disciple of the Lord I'm a Christian I'm a Baptist this
is what my life is characterized by and I love you mom I love you dad I love
you sis or I love you brother I love you cousin whatever but you know I love
Jesus more and you don't have to tell them that but I'm saying like this is
basically the attitude that should be right is that Jesus comes before
everyone else the Bible says that Jesus is the preeminent one okay and
he says to take up to take up his cross so that's the hatred of one
self because someone taking up the cross basically means that you're gonna die
itself okay go to Matthew chapter 5 if you would
Matthew chapter 5 hyperboles in the Bible explain now the the hyperbole
that we're gonna look at here in Matthew chapter 5 it's actually one of
my favorites because it's like it's pretty morbid it's pretty graphic okay
look what he says in verse 27 of Matthew chapter 5 you have heard that
it was said by them of old time thou shalt not commit adultery but I say
to you that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after hath committed adultery
with her already in his heart and if thy right eye offend thee plug it out
and cast it from thee for it is profitable for thee that one of thy
members should perish and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell
and if thy right hand offend thee cut it off and cast it from thee for it
is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish and not that
whole body should be cast into hell I mean talk about a hyperbole now folks
anybody with two brain cells to rub together knows that this doesn't mean
oh man I struggle with lust let me just pluck out my eyes real quick
right I don't think any sane Christian would think that or oh man I steal so
much let me just cut off my right hand let me just go Sharia law on myself
real quick and just chop off my hand cuz I'm stealing so much we know that
that's not what he's what he's referring to it's an exaggerated
statement that's meant to prove a point now let me say this is that
hyperbole are great for safe people because we understand the meaning of it
but let me say this is these hyperbole they kind of have like a dual purpose
from God's perspective because for us is like wow this is a really deep truth
but the wicked unsaved God hater they're gonna take this literally which is
good I'm serious I mean I know I bring this up but I mean this is what
they use I mean you think of Robert breaker who literally advocates for
cutting off your right hand if you receive the mark on your right hand he
said look and he takes you to this passage of Scripture he reads and it
says this is what you do if you take the mark of the Beast during the end
of the world you just chop off your right hand what which I'm like I hope
he makes it to the end of the world I hope he takes the mark of the Beast
and I hope he chops off his right hand cuz he's still good cuz here it says
not that my whole body should be cast into hell but his whole body's gonna be
cast into hell his hands just going first but this hyperbole is very
extreme pluck out your eye cut off your right hand I mean this is pretty
morbid stuff but a safe person when you look at this and say alright it's
time to do surgery or something like that we understand this is figurative
now why is it figurative he's basically telling the people now go to Proverbs
chapter 5 if you wouldn't probably chapter 5 because in context is
referring to adultery okay and adultery begins with the eyes and he's
saying look you need to remove that from you before you're actually you
suffer the punishment of adultery the consequences of adultery okay this is
what he's saying remove that which is causing you to sin lest you should fall
into this temptation lest you should fall into the sin he said that when does
it say that thy whole body should be cast into hell why does it say that
because if we're saved we obviously can't go to hell is this some sort of
exception that I got to get rid of my hand or my eye in order to like go
to heaven or something like that which you can tell you could see how
heretics would try to use that and let them teach whatever they want let
them believe that but that's not what the Bible is teaching you okay what is
it teaching well look at Proverbs chapter 5 by the way who's an
individual who got his eyes plucked out Samson why because of lust he got
his eyes plucked out and you know what because he got his eyes plucked out
that's what actually humbled him and kind of got him right with God so
even though he was eyeless he didn't have any eyes you know God began to grow
the hair of his head again and he gave him the strength and the power to
push the pillars to kill himself and to kill those in that that feast where
they were mocking him and he still did a great work even thereafter okay
look at Proverbs chapter 5 and verse number 1 my son attended to my
wisdom and bowed thine ear to my understanding that thou mayest regard
discretion and that thy lips may keep knowledge for the lips of a strange
woman drop as in honeycomb and her mouth is smoother than oil but her end
is bitter as wormwood sharp as a two-edged sword look what it says
here her feet go down to death her steps take hold on hell now this
doesn't mean like she literally like lives in hell like when she takes you
to her apartment or something it's just like and then you just are in hell or
something why is it making the statement well I believe it's actually
tied into what we see in Matthew chapter 5 go to Proverbs chapter 6
Proverbs chapter 6 so keep that in mind her feet go down to death her
state her steps take hold on hell Proverbs 6 now let me ask you this
when someone dies without Christ they go to hell right do they ever come
back from that they're there forever they're never gonna come back you can
pray you can you know offer up 50 hill Mary's you can do 100 our fathers you
can offer up sacrifices like candles make a shrine of your dead loved one if
they're in hell they're never coming back from that you know that for a
fact that's what the Bible teaches they never come back it's eternal
damnation once they go there they never come back from that right so look
at Proverbs 6 verse 32 but who so committed the dulce with the woman
lacketh understanding he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul a wound and a
dishonor shall he get and look what it says and his reproach shall not be
wiped away so when it says you know better for your eye to be cast into
hell not thy whole body when it says when it says that the strange woman
her steps go down to hell it's likening adultery just to an act
that would cause you that your reproach will never be wiped away just as when a
person goes to hell and they never come back from it if you commit adultery
you can never come back from that it will affect you for the rest of
your life rest of your life the scars that you put on your spouse the
scars you put on the individual will be there forever your reproach shall
never be wiped away okay and I've dealt with people who've committed
adultery okay in our church not here now and you know that they were doing great
but you know what that that reproach was still there and it would constantly
come up would constantly come up you know why because just as the man who
dies without Christ and goes to hell and never comes back the person who
commits adultery destroys their own soul and that reproach is never wiped
away it's like always there it's a blotch on the record she's oh well what
should I do well if you're getting close that you pluck out your eye you cut
off your right hand better for you to cut something and and get rid of
something that maybe is special to you okay rather than having you suffer
commit adultery suffer the consequences of those actions and you never come
back from that okay that's what that's referring to there go to Luke
chapter 6 if you would Luke chapter number 6 talk about hyperboles in the
Bible explained okay now obviously Matthew chapter 6 could also be applied
to unsafe people or Jesus Christ is maybe painting sin with the broad brush
so to speak to say whosoever keepeth the whole law yet offended one point
is guilty of all and he's just kind of putting the fear of God in their
hearts by talking about eternal damnation but I believe it's a
hyperbole that is not meant to be taken literally it's meant to
basically teach people what are the consequences of adultery okay look at
Luke chapter 6 and now we're gonna talk about the hyperbole of smiting you
on the cheek look at verse 27 but I say unto you which here love your
enemies do good to them that hate you bless them to curse you pray for
them to despitefully use you and attempt at smithy on one cheek offer
also the other this is a hyperbole no we're supposed to offer them okay
when was the last time a Christian was smitten on the cheek and they said may I
have another please right it's like you get slapped on the cheek you know
can I have some mole you just give them the other cheek or something no one
does that I would more readily believe that this is like referring to a
spinning back fist or something you know because you talk to Christians so
called and you know you talk about self-defense you'll teach about
self-defense and what the Bible says about self-defense and it's not the
same thing as violence and they're like you know oh you should turn the
other cheek and give them the other cheek it's just like okay so just let
someone just beat me down just let someone just beat my wife down and
just tell her honey turn the cheek that a girl it's nuts folks but these are
the same people that say that buying two swords or buying a sword when Jesus
said by a sword that's a hyperbole they'll say that that's a hyperbole
well apparently Peter didn't get the memo because he came back and said hey
I got two hey what Jesus said it is enough he didn't say it is a hyperbole
it is an example it is an illustration he says it is enough you got two you
know all you need is two because you got two hands you know you're not
like that guy from Star Wars or whatever you got like multiple limbs or
something got two hands and that's it okay so this is a hyperbole here
because it's basically it's not telling you if someone first of all
smiting on the cheek I mean no one gets smitten on the cheek anymore this is
like some French stuff I challenge you to a duel and he slaps them on the
cheek or whatever people can't get away with that today okay don't ever
slap me with a glove what is that so gay unto him that smited thee on the
one cheek offer him also the other and then that take it away that cloak
forbid not to take thy coat also he says in verse 30 give to every man that
asketh of thee and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again this
is all hyperbole why is that how do you know well because of the fact what
this is teaching is this if someone smites you okay obviously let's let's
just say on a literal sense someone's trying to fight you and actually they
they take a cheap shot they punch you in the mouth it's probably better to
just run right should back away run not try to fight that's what you should do
you say what if I'm backed into a corner then you better throw blows well
yeah so you shouldn't do that you know you should just allow them well I
don't know if they're persecuting me for my faith what are they just trying
to steal my money or something what if they're trying to kill me okay so I'm
gonna throw bows I'm gonna throw head butts I'm gonna do whatever it takes
this is just referring to the fact that if someone has odd against you and they
smite you you basically allow yourself to be defrauded okay you go
lick your wounds and secret and you're just like you know what I don't want
to fight I don't want contention with you and I guarantee you this isn't
referring to literally someone smiting you on the cheek it's someone who's
just challenging you you know what the Bible says a soft answer turn at the
way wrath pacify a thinker right and so he's saying submit to that person just
allow yourself to be defrauded if they smoke you on the cheek just you
know just kind of turn and just leave it up to whatever it is agree
with thine adversary quickly as the Bible puts it understand because the
goal should be to deter any type of violence or any type of strife or
contention that doesn't end in violence we should just strive you know
it is a glory for a man to pass over a transgression so the Bible says right
I mean I know a lot of guys thinks it's glorious to just knock someone
out but according to the Bible it's actually more glorious to pass over a
transgression not get in a physical fight or even just diffuse a point of
contention or strife that's what that's referring to okay this is not to be
taken literally because I guarantee you the people who say no you have to get
cheek if I went up to them and I slapped them across the face they would not
give me their other cheek okay look verse 30 give to every man that asketh
of thee and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again well
here's the thing hyperbole because this doesn't apply to everyone I mean
doesn't the Bible say to consider the cause of the poor okay this is
generalizing things this is just a general statement and if someone's
stealing something from you your cloak you're like hey you forgot something
you forgot my coat too you're just like it's a two-for-one special on
theft you know you can take no this is basically saying allow yourself to be
defrauded just take the high road you know don't think that you have to
justify yourself all the time etc go to Matthew chapter 5 Matthew chapter
number five here's the last one and this is probably one of the most complex
hyperboles in the New Testament in my opinion and a lot of people are
confused sometimes of what this is referring to look at Matthew 5 verse 21
you have heard that it was said of them of old time thou shall not kill
and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment but I say unto
you that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in
danger of the judgment and whosoever shall say to his brother Rocca shall be
in danger of the council listen listen what it says here but
whosoever shall say thou fool shall be in danger of hell fire now false
prophets love verses like these because they can point to these to
try to prove their false doctrine you know oh you call someone a fool you're
in danger of hell fire okay well this is what happens also when you just
don't read the entire Bible because we have plenty of examples of men of God
in the Bible calling other people fools okay you know throughout the book of
Proverbs there's a fool highlighted throughout the book of Proverbs right
first Corinthians 15 when dealing with the resurrection Paul answering a guy
who's making a smart aleck question answers him thou fool well I guess Paul's
in danger of hell fire or something right that's not what it's saying okay
so don't think well man you know I said fool what does that mean well
look folks I guarantee there's a bunch of safe people in East LA you got one
of them right here but he says fool it doesn't add the L at the end it's a
little different okay he's not in danger of hell fire if you're safe you're not
in danger of hell fire you're not in danger of eternal damnation this is a
hyperbole he said well you told us what it doesn't mean now tell us what
it actually means well I'm gonna give you my interpretation of this go to
James chapter 3 let me say this first and foremost as I said with the
previous point that there are times when I believe Jesus Christ painted a
sin with the broad brush not to minimize the severity of a sin for
example we over we obviously understand murder is worse than lying but you and I
would both agree that lying and murder will both take you to hell if
you're not saved understand because whosoever keep it the whole law yet
offended in one point he's guilty of all understand so this could be him
painting sin with the broad brush to a certain extent to basically say even if
you say thou fool you're in danger of eternal damnation okay but what I believe
this is actually talking about is the tongue let me read it says thou fool
shall be in danger of hell fire look at James chapter 3 verse 5 even so
the tongue is a little member and boasteth great things behold how great
a matter a little fire kindleth and the tongue is a fire a world of
iniquity so was the tongue among our members that it defileth the whole
body and look what it says and set it on fire the course of nature and is set
on fire of hell for every kind of beast and of birds and of serpents and
of things in the sea is tamed and that been tamed of mankind but the
tongue can no man tame it is an unruly evil full of deadly poison
therewith we bless bless we God even the Father and therewith we curse we
men which are made after the similitude of God out of the mouth
out of the mouth same mouth proceeded blessings and cursings my brethren these things ought not
so to be does the fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter can the fig tree
my brethren bear olive berries either a vine or figs so can no fountain both yield saltwater
and fresh who is a wise man and dude with knowledge among you let him show out of a good
conversation his works with meekness of wisdom so I want you to notice verse number six it says
that it set on fire of hell now is this saying that when you have a potty mouth or your
gossiper that your mouth just becomes hell or something you know if a person is just kind
of you know letting off steam with their mouth we would just say some people say well that's
just wicked as hell and you look people have a problem with us using that I can't believe you
say that person is just wicked as hell the Bible just did it right here and it's not even talking
about help there's times when the Bible uses certain terms and it's not even in its context
I think about that how about the Prophet the dumbass speaking with man's voice so what I
believe this is saying here it's making the comparison when a person in Matthew 5 says thou
fool you know what you're you're close to you're close to sitting on fire the course of nature
and setting on fire of hell you're basically you're gonna have some problems how many you've
ever met someone who just fly just lets it fly out of their mouth they don't think before
they talk and they've gone to a lot of trouble because of it I was one of them when I was
younger okay and yes I got in trouble many times because of it you know something it's like
a world of iniquity if you don't tame that tongue okay so I believe James chapter 3 in
Matthew chapter 5 are actually parallel passages it's a hyperbole to explain that if you don't
tame your tongue you're gonna have a whole lot of hell to deal with you're gonna offend
a lot of people you're gonna defile yourself you're gonna you know it's not gonna end well
okay and so this hyperbole is probably one of the most complex ones but I believe this is
the interpretation of it and that is just simply referring to the fact that if you don't
tame your tongue you're basically gonna defile your whole body because you're just kind of
letting it fly you understand and he says there in verse number verse number 13 who is a wise
man and dude with knowledge among you let him show out of a good conversation his works with
meekness of wisdom units important the Bible says out of the abundance of the heart the
mouth speaketh so that which comes out of your mouth is simply a reflection of that which is in
your heart you're talking about the Bible's probably because the Bible's in your heart you
know if you talk about godly things probably because that's in your heart you understand
and so Matthew chapter 5 is simply a practical teaching there and the proof of that is that
prior to that he says look if you're angry with your brother without a cause you're in
danger of judgment you know if you call your brother Rocca you're in danger of the council
this is obviously referring to legal terms you know if you if you falsely accused your brother
or something you in those days obviously you can be subject to law penalties of the laws
that are set forth because you're bringing up an evil report something that's not true so I
don't think when he says you know if you call your brother or call someone a fool you're
in danger of eternal damnation it just completely switched subjects or something
like that I think it's referring to is it's like you're in for a lot of trouble
in other words and again just plenty times in the Bible where hell is mentioned and
hell we know is a real place but sometimes it's just mentioned as a symbolic representation
of something for example what we saw with a strange woman her feet take hold on hell
steps on hell you understand and so it's important to know and I'm sure there's
many other hyperboles that we didn't go over I know there's a lot of hyperboles we didn't
go over but you know this is just to show us hey when you read something it seems a little
extreme don't take the literal interpretation you should see first and foremost can this be
literal or are there other passages of scripture that actually defend what's being
said here I'll give you an example of this revelation is filled with hyperbole you know
talk about the woman who's like you know has the moon and the crown stars this is not a
real person you understand that's a hyperbole it's an exaggeration in order to prove a point
okay and so it just should increase our appreciation for God's Word because you
know sometimes things are exaggerated for a reason the Bible says that the law made sin
look what exceeding sinful it's like they knew murder was bad but now the law came in is
like it's making it look really bad you understand let's pray father we thank you so
much for your word and the complexities thereof pray you help us to continue to understand it Lord
and it's great to find passages in the Bible that are hard to be understood dissect them and
just recognize that the Bible is always compatible it's always in harmony it doesn't
contradict itself it's infallible and we thank you so much for a perfect Bible that we
have and that we don't need to change it we don't need to remove words or add any words to
it this Bible is perfect and I pray God that you'd help us continue to enlighten us we love
you so much we thank you pray these things in Jesus name Amen please turn to your song books
to song number 145 song number 145 it is well with my soul song number 145 all together on
that first verse when peace like a river attendeth my way when sorrows like sea billows roll
whatever my law now has taught me to say it is well it is well with my soul it is well
with my soul
it is well with my soul
no trials shall come let this bless assurance control that Christ has regarded my helpless
estate that has shed his own blood for my soul it is well with my soul
it is well with my soul my sin oh the bliss of this glorious thought my sin not in part
but the whole is nailed to the cross and I bear with no more praise the Lord praise the Lord
oh my soul it is well with my soul
it is well it is well with my soul and Lord hates the day when my faith shall be signed
the clouds we roll back as a scroll the trump shall resound and the Lord shall be sent
amen wonderful scene you are dismissed