Luke, The Orderly Account of Truth - Choose Your Leaders Wisely - Luke 20:41-47

Grab your bibles. We're going to be in Luke chapter

twenty today. So if you need a Bible, we have

some at the resource desk and the lobby. Please go

grab one and keep it. We want you to have

that bible. We're going to be in chapter twenty Versus

forty one through forty seven. And while you're turning there,

we've been in a series called Luke The Orderly Account

of Truth. Luke the Orderly Account of Truth, and we've

been learning all about Jesus' life and ministry while he

walked the earth. Luke did a careful investigation of all

of it. And because of his good, strong, and difficult

work that he did, we can know the truth about

who Jesus is. That was his whole goal in writing

the gospel thatf Theophilis and subsequently us. It's not just

for Theophilis, but we also get a benefit from this.

We can know with certainty the truth about the things

that we've been taught about Jesus because he went and

did the hard work. And at this point in the

Gospel of Luke, as we've been going through it, there's

been a major shift in Gesa this ministry. We've noticed that,

haven't we He's no longer on his way to Jerusalem,

which he said is where he's going to die. He's

no longer on his way to Jerusalem. He's actually arrived there.

He came to the city riding on a colt or

a donkey. And as the crowds are cheering around him

as he enters the city, they're cheering and praising Jesus.

Isn't cheering and praising is he? No, he was weeping.

He's weeping over the city. He was weeping over the

wickedness that he saw in the city and the judgment

that was coming on the city. But now as Jesus

in the city, he spends all week going to the

temple to preach and teach. I like what Pastor Duncan said,

he's like throwing down with religious leaders. They got this

like bout going on. But he's going back and forth

with all the different religious leaders. The chief priests, the scribes,

the elders, the Pharisees, and the Sadducees all challenge his authority,

and they're trying to trap him. They're trying to catch

him with They're asking specific questions and trying to trap

him or catch him in his answers. They wanted to

roy Jesus, they wanted him to be gone. But because

of the crowds were gathered around and they're all hanging

on every word that Jesus said, they couldn't get close

to him. They couldn't execute their plan. They can't do it.

So what they decide is in front of all the people,

what we'll do is we're going to try everything we

can to discredit Jesus. We're going to ask these hard

hitting questions that challenges authority, challenges knowledge, or try to

make them out to be a liar to get him

to say something incriminating. At that point, the Jews they

can't execute. They can't do executions. They can't kill anybody.

The Roman government has to do that. So the only

way they can get someone to be killed is to

catch them saying something incriminating, like don't give to Caesar. Right,

So you saw that thing where Jesus was asked the

question who should we pay our taxes? If you missed

any of that, go back and listen to what Pastor

Duncan preaches. Great, they're trying to catch them saying in

something incriminating to hand him over to the Romans so

they can kill. But Jesus ain't no punk. He won't

be trapped. Right. He's smarter than I know. Ever said

that about Jesus before, I don't know. He doesn't fall

for the trap though. In fact, every answer that he

gives makes the people more scared to ask him any

other questions. They're like, man, he's literally making us look

like fools, and I don't dare ask another question because

he's going to give an answer I can't answer or

I can't respond to. Right, They're scared to ask him

anything else. Every time they try to trick Jesus, he

ends up showing the crowds that are following a very

very important thing. And he's saying that your leaders don't

know what they're talking about. They don't understand this. That's

what Jesus is uncovering by all these this back and

forth and this questioning, that their leaders don't know what

they're talking about. The people they're following, they might not

be the experts that they claim to be. This past Monday,

I went to the Nisqually Wildlife Refuge. Anybody been there?

It's a beautiful place. I was asked by my sister

Mariah and Jake to do their family photos there, take

pictures of them and the kids. I love the Nesqually

Wildlife Refuge. It's beautiful out there. I've gone there for years.

The person who got me into duck hunting, we used

to go every Friday. We go there and look out

at the water and see the different birds that are

out there. But Mariah asked me to come to their

family photos, and so I show up there. It's a

beautiful sunny day on Monday. I don't remember Monday. It

was very sunny like it is now, a slight breeze. Awesome.

I go scouting out the different locations and you know,

setting like settings on my camera. I walk up to

a fence and like literally on the other side of

the fence of rabbit's just chilling there. And I was like,

oh cool, I'm gonna take pictures this rabbit. It's great, right,

rabbit just posing for me. I go out on the

backside of where the visitors center is. You can look

out over the water and there's two wood duck drakes. Now,

if you've never seen a wood duck drake before, I

think it's the most beautiful bird on the planet. You

should at some point google one. It's a wood duck

and there's two of them out there. I was like,

this is this day's majestic. This day could not go

any better. They weren't close enough to take pictures, but

this is like an amazing day. So the so the

family shows up and we're like, all right, let's let's

get some some family photos. We start walking down those

For those who've been there, the long gravel path, we're

walking all the way down. At the end of its

two really big barns. Beautiful place to take pictures. So

we're taking pictures all the way down there. But it's

a long walk and they got small kids, right, And

so when we get to the barn, we're finally there,

we're taking pictures. The kids start doing what kids do

when they're done with pictures. Right, Elsie will not sit still.

She's getting up, she's running around. She can't she can't

sit still anymore. Daniel's got a full diaper and it's

starting to leak through his pants. That's great, right, So

we say we decide like, okay, we are the clock

has started until World War three is gonna ensue, so

let's get some quick pictures and then we'll hurry back.

So you take a few more pictures, and then we're like, well,

let's go back the way of this wooden there's a

wooden walkway that kind of goes over the water and

it's pretty, and I was like, sweet, that's a great idea,

and then we'll take some pictures on the way there.

So we get on this wooden path, we're walking down

and we get to there's a fork. You can go right,

you can go left on this wooden walkway. Both say

to the parking lot. I've been going here for years.

So I'm like, sweet, let's go to the left. Take

the left path. This is the fast path. This is

the quick way back to the parking lot. So we

all start walking down and they're all following me. The

left path is not, in fact the short path. It

is the much much longer path, like almost double Jake,

I don't know it was. It was a lot longer.

So I felt terrible. I have led them down, let

them all astray down the wrong path on this walking path.

What's my point in all of this? My point is

what I call today's message, and I called it, choose

your leaders wisely, choose your leaders. Wisely, we need to

be careful with who we are allowed to lead us, right,

Can I get an amen on that anyone been led astray? Yes?

Well I know at least I let my own family

astray walking in the wrong path. We need to be

careful who we follow, because not everyone who claims to

be an expert actually is an expert. Not everyone who's

gone to the wildlife refuge a lot is an expert

in the walking paths. We're just not. But what Jesus

has been alluding to in our text here, what he's

been alluding to, and through all these back and forth

conversations with these different people, he's finally going to outright say.

I don't know if you've noticed. Over the last few weeks,

it's been like, Okay, something happened, and we're learning a

ton in there. But Jesus has an outright said what

he's kind of getting at. And today he's going to

outright say it. He's going to warn the people about

their leaders, and he's going to tell them to beware,

to beware of their leaders. So I want to read

our text and then we'll pray. But I want to

start in our text in verse thirty nine. So let's

look at Luke twenty verse thirty nine. Then some of

the scribes answered, teacher, you have spoken well, for they

no longer dared to ask him any question. But he

said to them, how can they say that the Christ

is David's son? For David himself says in the Book

of Psalms, the Lord said to my Lord, sit at

my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.

David thus calls him Lord, So how is he his son?

And in the hearing of all the people, he said

to his disciples, beware of the scribes who like to

walk around around in long robes and love greetings in

the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and

the places of honor at feasts, who devour widow's houses

and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive

the greater condemnation. Let's pray we thank you for your word.

We thank you that we get the opportunity to open

it and learn from it. God, I pray that we

hear clearly the message you have for us today, and

anything that would cause us to shrink back or disagree

with it. God, let us put to death, those pieces

of flesh in us and submit them to you God,

to let your word be the authority in our life

for how we think, how we act, the things that

we do. God, let it be the authority. We're submitted

to you and so grateful for your word today and

that we get to go through it together. And Jeous name,

everybody said, Amen, say choose your leaders wisely chose leaders. Amen,

that's it. We can go home. Just kidding. After Jesus

corrects the Sadducees in front of everybody, the scribes pipe

up and I picture, like, get him, you get him, Jesus.

That's kind of what they're saying, because they're at odds

with each other. But who are these scribes. We got

a chance to learn about the Sadducees last week, but

who are the scribes. The Sadducees and the priests we

know are the people who controlled everything in the temple,

so they kind of ran the temple. But the Pharisees

and the scribes they taught in the synagogues, which is

different than the temple. It's only one temple. There are

synagogues all over the place. But these two different groups

were at odds with each other because they didn't believe

the same things. And we learned a little bit about

that last week, so definitely go check that out. But

after the scribes respond to what Jesus said, Jesus turns

them and addresses them directly. And these scribes, they're the lawyers,

the attorneys, they're the experts in the Mosaic law. So

you understand, like a lawyer in our sense. The reason

it's easy to understand to call them a lawyer now

is because the lawyers understand the law and interpret it

in court. Right. So that's what these scribes would do,

is they would interpret the Mosaic law and teach it

and help people use it in this not to get

too nerdy the sand Hadrian where there is court within

the Jews, right, put that in your back pocket and

study it later. I know time for that today. But

after these these pharisee or excuse me, these scribes respond

to what Jesus says. These lawyers are responding to what

Jesus says. This is remember this Mosaic law, this is

the same law that the people of God have been

I put following in quotes because they're trying to follow

it well. But this is the same law that they

received almost fifteen hundred years ago, so they've had it

for a long time. They've been studying it for a

long time. And what they would do is, as lawyers

and experts in this mosaic law, they would teach the

people in the synagogue what God's law said and then

what it meant. So the people looked at these scribes

and held them in very high esteem. These are people

that they would try to be like that they would

strive after the scribes and the Pharisees. But Jesus asked

them a question here that we just read in our text.

He asked them a question to show everyone that they're

not the experts that they claim to be. They don't

fully understand. So before Jesus makes his bigger point that

he's trying to make about telling to beware, like we

just read in the text, that's the bigger point Jesus

is getting at. But before he goes into that, he

wants to first show everyone why do I want you

to beware of these people? And that's how this starts.

So if you look at verse forty one, Jesus responds

to the scribes and all the other people are kind

of listening around. But he said to them, how can

they say that the Christ is David's son? How can

they say that? For David himself says in the Book

of Psalms, the Lord said to my Lord, sit at

my right hand until I make your enemies at your footstool.

David thus calls him Lord. So how is he his son?

How can people say that? How can the scribes and

the Pharisees say that the Christ is David's son? And

before we go any further, that might not make any

sense to you sitting here right now, But the people

in the day is crystal clear what was being said.

They understood it perfectly. The Christ, the Messiah, was prophesied

to come through the Davidic line, or through David's line,

and that prophecy is in Isaiah nine six and seven

and Second Samuel seven twelve or sixteen. So this is

a prophecy. They would have grown up with, hearing, learning

and knowing that the one that they would call Lord,

who was supposed to come and deliver God's people and

lead them as their righteous king, the righteous forever king,

was going to be an heir of David. This is

what the Jews knew, and this is what the Jews taught.

And in Mark's gospel account of this same moment, because

the different gospel, different gospels sometimes have the same account.

And in Mark's Gospel and Mark twelve, we see the

scribes are the one that say that the Christ is

David's son. So we know the scribes are saying this.

Jesus asking a question, how can they say? And the

scribes are saying it. If you look at Matthew's account

in Matthew twenty two, Jesus straight up asked the Pharisees,

says whose son the Christ is? He says, who is it?

And they all say the son of David. So we

see the scribes and the Pharisees both are saying that

the Christ is David's son. And this title the son

of David became a title used for the one who

would come and deliver Israel. So when they say who's

the deliver, they say the son of David. But the

people came to an interesting conclusion as they understood this.

They came to the conclusion that some man would come

from David's lineage to lead them, and a lot of

them thought that was in a political or in a

military way, and in their context, it would be to

drive out the Romans, to wipe them out and bring

Israel back to the top. That's what they thought. And Jesus,

what he's doing in this part of our text today

is he's pointing out the error in their understanding. He's

pointing out that they've missed it. Jesus says, how can

the Christ be just a son of David, just some man.

David himself is the one who points out these More

than a man. David calls him lord. And throughout history,

especially in Jewish culture, you would a father would never

call his son lord. A father was always the superior

member in the family, always, and that's not just for

the Jews, that's for lots of history. So what David

is saying here, what David is communicating, is that the

Christ is superior to him because he calls him lord.

He's not just a son in his line. It's not

just someone that's gonna be born from a grand grandson,

a great grandson, a great great grandson, all the way

down the line. It's not just some guy. He's the Lord.

And this is actually a quote from Psalm ten. So

I want to look at that real quick. We have

the one on the screen, right, sweet, yeah, keep your

place in Luke twenty and we can read Psalm one

to ten from the screen. The Lord said to my lord,

sit at my right hand until I make your enemies

your footstool. Sounds familiar, right, We just read that the

Lord sends for or from Zai on your mighty scepter.

Rule in the midst of your enemies. Your people will

offer themselves freely on the day of your power in

holy garments from the womb of the morning. The dew

of your youth will be yours. The Lord has sworn

and will not change his mind. You are a priest

forever after the order of Melkezedek. The Lord is at

your right hand. He will shatter kings on the day

of his wrath. He will execute judgment among the nations,

filling them with corpses. He will shatter chiefs over the

wide earth. He will drink from the brook by the way.

Therefore he will lift up his head. The Lord Yahweh

said to my lord add Anie. These are two different

words used for Lord there, but they are both names

for the Almighty God. A priest forever after the order

of Melkezedek ween't have time to dive into that. But

the point there, the priest forever and he will judge

the nations. This isn't talking about some guy. This is

not just talking about a dude who is born from

the line of David. This is talking about God himself.

That's what this is talking about. And who is God

in the flesh. Who's the eternal priest, Who's the one

who judges all It's Jesus. Jesus is the one who

is all of those things. Jesus is the king who

comes in the line of David. And whether you follow

his adopted lineage through Joseph, which we see in the

Matthew one genealogy, or his half blood lineage through Mary,

which we've already gone through in Luke three, both of

them come from or go through the line of David.

So they're showing you, no matter how you look at it,

Christ came through the line of David. But he isn't

just a man, which is what they thought. He isn't

just the man, He's the god man, Jesus Christ. He

is the Lord. So that means the scribes, the Pharisees,

the Sadducees, the chief priest. None of them got it right,

because what are they trying to do to Jesus, trying

to destroy him. They're trying to kill Jesus. He's messing

with their flow, he's messing with their influence, and they

want Jesus to destroy They want to kill him, the

actual son of David, the actual Messiah, they're actual king.

The Christ was standing right in front of him. They

were all blind, they couldn't see him. And Jesus shows

with a very very simple question that these scribes, the

leaders that all the people have been following, looking up to,

striving to be like, they all missed it. They missed it.

David thus calls him Lord. So how is he his son?

They can't answer Jesus question. They don't know. You experts

in the law, you teachers and leaders of the people,

you have no clue. Everyone say choose your leaders wisely,

because not everyone who claims to be an expert actually

is the second part of our text, Jesus is addressing

the character and the conduct of these scribes, the character

and the conduct of who these scribes actually are. Starting

verse forty five, and in the hearing of all the people.

He said to his disciples, beware of the scribes who

like to walk around in long robes and love greetings

in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues

and the places of honor at feasts, who devour widows

houses and for pretense make long prayers. They will receive

the greater condemnation. So Jesus turns to say something to

his disciples. It's like the way our tech started. He

looks at the scribes and starts talking, and then he

turns to his disciples to say something about the scribes.

That's how this is unfolding. Saying something to his disciples,

but everybody can hear what he says, because there's sometimes

that Jesus pulls his disciples aside and tells them something

specific that nobody else gets to hear. He explains his

parables often to his disciples and doesn't explain it to everybody.

But here it's not like it's not one of those times.

Jesus is saying, listen up, disciples, and everyone else can

hear me, and he rebukes the scribes. He's rebuking them,

so that means the disciples could hear the Pharisees could hear,

the Sadducees could hear, and the scribes could all hear this,

and he's rebuking them. And this is the same kind

of rebuke that we often see that Jesus give the Pharisees.

The leaders of the people are they're just corrupt, and

we see this all throughout scripture. The leaders of God's

people have fallen. They are corrupt, and they need a

forever righteous leader. These scribes like to dress up all

fancies so everyone looks at them when they come into town.

They love the greetings they get from the people. They

like being the cool people. When they want the best

seats in the house or at the dinner table during feasts,

they want the seats of honor. They make everything about them.

It's celebrity culture. I mean, we know what this looks

like nowadays, right, everyone's screaming to get a picture with

so and so. That's what these scribes would be like.

They want people to come and chase them down. They

want these places of honor they want. They love their

status that they have among the people. But Jesus goes

even further in verse forty seven to tell them what

else they do they take advantage of the vulnerable and

the needy. Not only that, when they pray, they put

on a show just to make themselves seem pious or holy.

So they pray these long prayers in front of everybody

to make them seem like they're more holy than they are. Yet,

what are they doing behind the scenes? They're devouring widow's homes.

And what conclusion does Jesus come to after stating all

that it's still up there perfect, look at that, that's

last thing on the screen. They will receive the greater condemnation.

That's the conclusion Jesus comes to. They will receive the

greater condemnation. Beware of them, because this is where they're headed.

He's saying, beware, this is where your leaders are going.

And this is the same thing that we're told in

Hebrews thirteen seven. I don't know when the last time

you read Hebrews was. You should read it often. It's great.

Hebrews thirteen seven says, remember your leaders, those who spoke

to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of

their way of life, and imitate their faith. Consider the

outcome of their way of life, and then imitate their faith.

Jesus is telling the disciples here all the disciple just

means someone who's following and learning from Jesus, a learner.

He's telling all the people who are following and learning

from him. Look at your leaders. Consider the outcome of

their way of life. And the outcome of the way

of life for the scribes is the greater condemnation. That

means greater judgment. It means greater sentencing. And this greater

doesn't mean good. Greater means more severe, a more severe

condemnation for these men. And I don't know about if

there's any women's, but I doubt it. As scribes, it's

a more severe condemnation. I had forgotten what Jesus said

in Luke chapter six, and I can't remember where I

got this or don't know the Lord. It was Holy

Spirit popped in my head. That's how I remembered it.

But I had completely forgotten Luke chapter six. I want

to look at verses thirty nine and forty. Jesus says

he also told him a parable. Can a blind man

lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into

a pit. A disciple is not above his teacher, but

everyone when he's fully trained will be like his what

everyone who's fully trained will be like his teacher. Now,

why would Jesus go from talking about blind men falling

into a pit immediately into teachers and disciples? Why would

he make that connection? Choose your leaders wisely? That's why.

That's why he connects these two. You will end up

in the same place as they are. That's what that means.

You're going to end up in the same place as

those you follow. And that's intentionally or unintentionally. I wasn't

intentionally leading Jake and Ryan the kids on the long path.

I just didn't know the short path. Yet we all

ended up on the long path. Does that make sense

you guys following that It doesn't always ill intent. You

could be following someone who has all the greatest and

best intentions and you will still end up in the pit.

You will still end up on the long path. Can

I have the band come up? Please? But back to

these scribes. Not only are they headed for ruin themselves,

but they're also bringing people along with them. They're bringing

people into their own ruin. These leaders are actually living

the sober warning that James gives. He says that not

many and if you should become teachers, my brothers, for

you know that we who teach will be judged with

greater strictness. That's James three to one. They're literally living

and walking in this same sobering warning. These scribes will

be judged with greater strictness because God takes very seriously

the shepherding of his flock. He cares deeply about it.

He holds those who lead his flock more accountable. So

one of the most terrifying things about standing up here,

opening my mouth about what God's word says, because I

will be held accountable if I am wrong and I

lead you astray, the Lord will be severe with my judgment.

That's terrifying. And not to make you feel terrible, but

you do have influence as well. What do you do

with that influence? It makes sense though that God would

feel this way, right, I mean, how do you feel

and someone starts messing with your kids? My watch? You

aren't messing with my boys, not at all. You're not

leading my boys astray. And I want all the dads

in here to look me in the eyes. You need

to protect the leadership of your house. We just went

to this man's conference and learned a few things, which

is pretty cool. But like one of the things is

like a father's influence and voice in his family. Nobody

has as much influence over their family than a father.

So brothers, let's protect that. And if this is how

we feel about our own earthly kids, should imagine how

God feels. We actually don't have to imagine, because he

tells us look at Matthew Chapter eighteen, verses five and six.

Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me.

But whoever causes on one of these little ones who

believe in me to sin, it would be better for

him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck

and to be drowned in the depths of a sea

of the sea. Do you know what a millstone is?

Millstone is a giant stone wheel used to crush green. Nope,

I don't care how good a swimmer you are. You

got one of those bad boys around your neck, You're

not swimming to the top home. I'm sorry. This text

right here, this Matthew eighteen text, isn't just talking about

children by age. It's also talking about to those who

are young and impressionable in their faith. If you cause

one of them to sin or other translations say stumble,

tie a millstone around that person's neck, and throw them

in the ocean. God is serious about it. He's serious

about those who lead his children, his sheep. That's why

these scribes are receiving their greater condemnation, because they're leading

people to ruin. It's also why Jesus is warning the people,

even though they will be held accountable, they will. We're

also warned to choose our leaders wisely. Say it, say

choose your leaders wisely. What's the point of the text today?

Take great care when choosing who you entrust the leadership

and direction of your life. A ship goes where the

captain sails it. A ship goes where the captain sails it.

So whose vot are you getting on? It's only one

captain who I trust a complete leadership of my life,

as Jesus. It's only Jesus. And my plea to you

right now is to follow the leadership of Jesus in

all things everything. To fully submit, to fully surrender to

him as lord, as king, as leader, as captain, To

fully submit to him, To follow Jesus over all other voices,

to hear his word and obey all this son of

David talk. He is the son of David. We looked

at the genealogies, right, or we talked about the genealogies.

He is the son of David. But he's the better David.

You think David was an awesome king. You think he

was a great king. I mean, maybe you don't, because

you're not jew who grew up learning the stuff. They

looked at him as the great king. You think he

was awesome. Jesus is the perfect, righteous king who always

rules faithfully. He's the better David. It's like the prophecy says,

he's the king who will deliver his people from their enemy. Well,

what's our greatest enemy? It's our own sin. What is

the enemy that we cannot defeat on our own sin?

We can't do it on our own Jesus is the

propheside king that comes to save us from our greatest enemy.

Our king. Jesus died on the cross to take the

punishment for our sin, so we didn't have to Through

faith in him, he has delivered us from sin and death.

So when I say choose your leaders wisely, there is

no wiser choice than choosing Jesus. There is no wiser choice.

Choose Jesus. His ship is headed to eternal life. Every

other ship is headed to eternal death. His is the

only one that leads to eternal life. So choose Jesus,

and then after that keep choosing wisely. Once you've settled

who the ultimate leader of your life is, continue to

choose wisely for every sub leader under that. Does that

make sense? What voices do you let influence you? There

is no shortage of voices trying to influence you today.

It's like a barrage, a bombardment of different influences. They're

all trying to lead me or fighting and biting for

my attention. They're all trying to influence you. I mean,

look at online. Everyone's called an influencer. It's literally in

the name. They're trying to infl wllumits you in some direction.

These people are claiming to be experts in something, but

not everyone who calls himself an expert is actually an expert.

Not everyone wearing across a necklace is a Christian. Not

everyone receiving an award and saying I want to thank

God actually knows who he is. Who do you look

up to? Who are your heroes? Chris Pratt. He's pretty awesome.

I hope he's a real Christian. He's saying some great stuff.

Sorry if he watches Chris. Not every preacher holding a

Bible speaking the truth. It's a lot of content online.

There's a lot of sermons we can watch, a lot

of places we can go, but not every single one

of them waving a Bible speaking the truth that it says.

Can you spot a false teacher? Do you know God's

word enough to know? Again, unintentional and intentional, you still

end up in the same place. You're gonna end up

where those who are leading you are going. So there

may be something someone who has the greatest of intentions.

But if you don't know what God's word actually says,

they could be lying in your face and you'd have

no clue. They could be leading you into the pit

and you would have no idea. Who are you giving

permission to influence and lead you? What are you feeding

yourself with? Kind of music do you listen to, kind

of movies and shows do you watch? It's all influencing

you and leading you. And I'm not saying it's like

bad to listen to music or wrong to listen to

music that isn't worship music, or to watch movies and

shows that aren't strictly about Jesus. But what's your diet

look like? Like? What are you feeding on the most?

Pastor Jordan and I are like dudes and we meet

all the time and checking on life. And when we

were talking last time there, I had this like thought

that I kept felt like God was pushing on me.

We argue all the time what's right and what's wrong,

and specifically in things like this, well is it right? Well,

it's not wrong. But what's better? What's just better? What's

that wrong for me to listen to whatever music? But

what's better? What's your diet consists of? What are you

feeding on the most? What do you allow? You're literally

giving permission to be led by what you consume and

what you listen to and who influences you. You're giving

them permission because you've given them your attention. Beware of

the scribes. Choose your leaders wisely. Jesus is saying, when

it comes to who you follow, take heed, guard yourself

when it comes to what you let influence you and

lead you. Beware this text is a huge warning. Beware

you will end up in the same place as those

you follow, So consider the outcome of their way of

life and choose your leaders wisely. Him Him, Can you

guys stand your feet please,