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Matter of fact, going back to Romans 12, we see he ramified upon this and said, verse 20, Therefore, therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him. If he thirsts, give him drink. In so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. You know what I've actually heard people say about that? If your enemy hungers, feed him. If he's thirsty, give him something to drink. Ha ha! Because then you'll be putting coals of fire on his head. God will burn his head off for you. Yeah! Na, na, na, na, na, na, na. V-I-C-T-O-R-Y. Anyway, uh. Huh! Umgawa, yeah, but anyway. Yeah! Be nice to him, be kind to him, so God kill him. Got to hurt him. My lovely. But anyway. Boy, you ripped that right out of context. God doesn't want you to bless them, so he curses them. He wants you to bless them. Are you ready for this profound teaching? So that he may bless them. I wonder what he really meant. Surely he didn't mean blessing. You see, in the center of the Jewish house, they had an oven. That was also the heater of the home. And every morning, they didn't have bicks to flick or matches to. So they would stir up the coals and get the fire going for breakfast and for warmth in the house. But if you saw that you didn't have any more coals, you'd go to your neighbor with a pot on your head saying, I need some coals. We're out of fire. And the neighbor would put two or three hot coals in the bottom of your iron pot. And they would cover it with ash. And you would put it on top of your head. And you'd quickly run home. And you'd put it in your fireplace. And you'd have cooking availability. And you'd have heat. That's what Jesus was wanting. This is what Paul was teaching. For in doing this, you will give those people who are cold and indifferent warmth that they've never felt. You'll give people that are hungry, hungry for God, something they've never seen before. You'll be Jesus to them in this world. You will put coals of fire on their head. You will give them love like they've never had. That's what God really meant. Look at verse 20. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him. If he thirst, give him drink. For in so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. That's a pretty clear scripture. And here's what he said. He said, you know what I've even heard some people say? I've even heard some people interpret this as, you know, you basically feed him and give him to drink. You do good on him so that God will curse him. Can you believe that that's what people think? And I'm thinking like, uh, that's what it says. And then this is the next thing he says. Talk about ripping that verse out of context. So he basically states the clear teaching of what the verse actually says and says. That's ripping it out of context. Okay, let's actually see what the context is. How about the verse before it? Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath, for it is written, Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord. So that's pretty clear. When you get the context, it's talking about God taking vengeance on your enemies. If we love our enemies, do good unto them, feed them when they hunger, give them to drink when they're thirsty, it says all we're doing is just heaping coals of fire on their head, God will repay, God will take vengeance. That's what it actually says. But he said, oh, that's not what this means. Let me tell you what it really means. In the Jewish home, and right when you hear that, you already know where this is going. In the Jewish home, at the center of the Jewish home was a fireplace. And I'm thinking like, yeah, at the center of like 90% of homes for the history of mankind, there's a fireplace. Everybody's got a fireplace or a wood stove throughout history, before HVAC units. He says, in the center of the Jewish home, there was a fireplace. And he said, actually, what this is saying is that sometimes when they didn't have any hot coals in the fireplace, they'd go to their neighbor's house to borrow hot coals and they carried them on their head. So they would go over to their neighbor's house with a big iron pot on their head and say, My friend, may I borrow a cup of sugar and would you also put some live hot coals on my head? And he said they'd put two or three hot coals and then they'd cover it up with ashes and send you home. So when the Bible says you're going to heap coals of fire on it, it's saying you're bringing them warmth and love and compassion. I mean, is that the craziest thing you've ever heard? I mean, come on. And first of all, it doesn't say you'll put two or three hot coals in their little basket. It says you'll heap. What's a heap? This is like when Samson said, with the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps. With the jawbone of an ass have I slain a thousand men. But see, that's comparing scripture with scripture and actually understanding that a heap is a giant pile of something. I mean, our friend from New Zealand, Sam, he knows what heaps are. Anybody from Australia can tell you what heaps are. But it says you'll heap coals of fire on his head. It doesn't say you'll place a few gently. Who carries hot coals on their head? You're going to burn your head. Iron is a conductor of heat. An iron pot on your head. But even if that weren't the craziest, most ridiculous thing I've ever heard about going over to your neighbor's house and borrowing hot coals and carrying them home on your head, and that that's what God's saying, is that if we actually read the context, it says that it's vengeance. He's going to repay them. But let's go further. This is a good way to study the Bible. If we're studying the Bible, we should compare scripture with scripture. So when I read this scripture, and it says vengeance belongeth unto me, I'll repay, saith the Lord. That reminds me of another scripture that says almost the same thing. Hebrews chapter 10. Let's flip over there. Hebrews chapter 10. So if we see a scripture that's really, really similar to another scripture, then we can compare the two and help us understand these scriptures. Hebrews chapter 10 verse 30 says, for we know him that hath said, vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, the Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Does that sound like a blessing, getting a few hot coals to cook your breakfast? No. It's saying it's a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. But let's go even further. Both of these scriptures have said, it is written, or it hath been said. So it's referring back to something in the Old Testament. Let's go back and find that source. Go to Deuteronomy chapter 32. See, whenever we're studying the New Testament, if it quotes the Old Testament, it's always a good idea to go back in your Old Testament and look up that quote. That's a good way to study the Bible right there, to compare spiritual things with spiritual. So go to Deuteronomy chapter 32 and verse 35, and we'll find the source of the quote, vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, the Lord shall judge his people. Look at verse 35. This is what God says. To me, vengeance, to me belongeth vengeance, and recompense, their foot shall slide in due time, for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste. Those are bad things. And then the next verse says, for the Lord shall judge his people. Proving that this is what's being quoted. Because in Hebrews 10 it said, and again, the Lord shall judge his people. Proving that this is what's being quoted. So, Deuteronomy 32 agrees. Hebrews 10 agrees. Romans 12 agrees. But Johnny Pope, the watered down, lame, false teacher, he doesn't agree, so he gets up and lies and deceives and changes what the Bible says. And he's a brazen liar. It's not an accident that he gets up and reads verse 20. Doesn't tie it in with verse 19. Verse 20 starts with the word, therefore. That's a conjunction connecting it to what was just said in verse 19 about God taking vengeance. Instead, he just quotes the verse out of context, purposely, and then because he knows subconsciously in his mind that that's what he's doing. That's why he says, yeah, talk about taking this verse out of context. Because taking the verse out of context is on his mind and that's spilled out of his mouth because that's what he's doing. He took it out of context. He knows he took it out of context. He knows he's a liar. He knows he's a false teacher. And he just gets up and lies brazenly through his teeth in a sermon telling us, bring in the sodomites. Forgive, pedophiles, bring in the child rapists. Let them be restored. That's the garbage he was preaching in this sermon. And, I mean, this is the kind of stuff that people will do to do what? To teach lies. And so when you hear this, oh, well, in the Jewish home, in the Jewish wedding, in the Jewish culture, if we understand the history, if we understand the cultural context, this is just a code word for I'm going to twist the Bible and teach lies. And when you hear that, you better get on red alert. When you hear that, you better perk up and get on red alert and, look, if they're just quoting the verse, you better just turn there just to be safe when you hear that kind of stuff. Say, I better turn there. But that's not what people are doing today. People are just, amen, amen, oh, that's good, that's interesting. Wow, I didn't know that. I didn't realize that having coals of fire heaped upon your head is a blessing. It's actually a blessing to have coals of fire heaped upon your head. See, this is so ridiculous because what he's telling people is, he's telling them, look, you don't have to avenge yourselves. Just do good unto people and then God will bless them more and then it's just blessing upon blessing and blessing and good God, good sin, and cold hell. Right? That's the teaching today in the fun centers of America that are passing themselves off as churches. They don't teach the truth. No, the true story is that when someone does something extremely wicked in our lives or when we know of someone who does something very wicked, we're tempted to take things into our own hands, aren't we? Sometimes we might get tempted to get physical or to get violent or something as human beings, right? We wouldn't be the first people who had done such a thing. When someone is molested or raped or murdered or robbed or vandalized, you know, it's easy sometimes to get in the flesh and to want to take things into our own hands and to wrestle against flesh and blood and to avenge ourselves. But he says, no, no, no, avenge not yourselves because vengeance belongs to the Lord. He will repay. So this is how we can calm down in a situation like that. We can say, you know what? God's going to take care of that guy. God's going to take it. And we see that all throughout the Old Testament, again if we compare scripture with scripture, where men of God have an attitude that says, you know, I'm going to let the Lord take care of that. I'm going to let God take care of that. I'm not going to take that into my own hands. That's what the Bible is actually teaching. And you know what? That actually works. Because there have been times in my life when I got really angry and upset and I think about these verses and I say, you know what? God is going to punish the evildoers. We put down the sword. It's not our job. Those that live by the sword will die by the sword. And we realize that vengeance belongs to the Lord. But we don't just have this attitude that says, no one should ever be punished. Let everyone be blessed. Let everyone have little happy hot coals on their head. It's not, talk about turning scripture on its head. Amen?