Bible Bibs and a Prayer Season 3 Episode 69

Singer: Brother Jim's got the mic in hand.

Singer: David's laughing like a one man band talking disco, bell bottom

Singer: flares and a little bit of scripture to say your prayers.

Singer: Yes, it's the past, it's the present.

Singer: It's the holy.

Singer: Sit back and join us.

Singer: Bible bids and a prayer.

Singer: Bible bids and a prayer.

Singer: We're keeping it real.

Singer: From the red, white and blue to the spinning wheel.

Singer: It's stories and devotion.

Singer: Good vibes to share.

Singer: Come on and listen to Bible bibs and a prayer.

Brother Jim: Hey hey hey, what do you say?

Brother Jim: Guess what?

Brother Jim: Yes, you guessed right.

Brother Jim: It's time, my friends, for Bible bibs and a prayer.

Brother Jim: So good morning family.

Brother Jim: Good morning friends and good morning to the whole wide world.

Brother Jim: Welcome to your daily start and your local funny farm, whoever

Brother Jim: and wherever you are joining us from this morning.

Brother Jim: We are so glad you are here with us and friends, you are blessed.

Brother Jim: Yes, you are blessed with David and myself, the dynamic duo to

Brother Jim: hopefully bring some joy and truth into your life, plus a

Brother Jim: whole lot of Jesus.

Brother Jim: Just enough madness and or humor to keep things interesting.

Brother Jim: We've got it all right here on Bible bibs and a prayer just

Brother Jim: waiting for you.

Brother Jim: Whether you're sipping your first cup of coffee, first cup

Brother Jim: of beverage for the day.

Brother Jim: Out the door like a madman or madwoman.

Brother Jim: Unfortunately, sitting in traffic or just trying to wake

Brother Jim: up enough to remember what day it is and where you have to go.

Brother Jim: David and myself are thankful you.

Brother Jim: Yes, you are spending part of your morning, afternoon, or

Brother Jim: evening with us.

Brother Jim: So how about we settle in, wake

Brother Jim: up, laugh a little, and let the

Brother Jim: dynamic duo help make this

Brother Jim: morning count.

Brother Jim: Just for you, our friends.

Brother Jim: Hey folks, I would imagine if

Brother Jim: you could understand Morse code,

Brother Jim: a tap dancer would drive you

Brother Jim: crazy.

Brother Jim: Let you and I start things off right this morning.

Brother Jim: Let us thank God for another blessed day to be alive.

Brother Jim: Thank you Lord.

Brother Jim: Thank you for giving us an opportunity, giving us the

Brother Jim: breath of our lungs that we can breathe, our legs to walk, our

Brother Jim: arms to move and our mouth to talk in our ears to listen.

Brother Jim: And hey, even these bad boys here to smile.

Brother Jim: So come on, join me now.

Brother Jim: Let me see that smile.

Brother Jim: Come on now you can do it.

Brother Jim: Now let's turn this from a conversation into an experience.

Brother Jim: But before we start rolling along and singing a song, how

Brother Jim: about I bring in the best part of the show?

Brother Jim: My co host.

Brother Jim: Ladies and gentlemen, put your

Brother Jim: hands together for a man among

Brother Jim: men, a legend and true

Brother Jim: broadcasting pioneer.

Brother Jim: A face that only a mother could love.

Brother Jim: And yes, I heard she had him

Brother Jim: listed for sale the day she

Brother Jim: brought him home from the

Brother Jim: hospital.

Brother Jim: And unfortunately, it must have been.

Brother Jim: She couldn't sell you, buddy.

Brother Jim: But that's another story we don't have time for today.

Brother Jim: A man who firmly believes that every church meeting could have

Brother Jim: been an email.

Brother Jim: Can I get an amen?

Brother Jim: Oh, no. Amen.

Brother Jim: Mr. David Keener plus one of my

Brother Jim: best friends in the whole wide

Brother Jim: world.

Brother Jim: Good morning sir.

David: Good morning.

David: You said you were bringing in the best part of the show.

David: I thought maybe I was looking.

David: We have a special guest coming.

David: I mean.

Brother Jim: You are it, my friend.

David: I don't know, I don't know about that, but.

Brother Jim: Unless it's a delivery guy.

David: Bringing our food.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

David: Great minds.

Brother Jim: Yes, yes, great minds think alike.

Brother Jim: That is a little scary.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: I know your mother said that before, right?

Brother Jim: How was life in Kernersville?

David: It's good, it's good.

David: The weather is good.

David: I've been.

David: Oh, my grass is just growing like crazy.

David: That seems like all I'm doing

David: anymore is I mowed it on Monday

David: and had to mow it again on

David: Friday.

David: It's just nuts.

Brother Jim: So I've got a lot of gas cans, a lot of gas cans.

Brother Jim: And I took four and it was one hundred bucks to fill up.

Brother Jim: Wow.

Brother Jim: And dude, I'm already through half of them and just a day and

Brother Jim: a half of mowing.

Brother Jim: Jeez.

Brother Jim: Yes, it is not cheap.

Brother Jim: And of course, a lot of remotes, you know.

Brother Jim: Yeah, the grass just.

Brother Jim: And I hate that leaving little pieces up, you know?

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: So yeah.

Brother Jim: So it was the weekend spent in the outside.

David: Yeah. We went, we went and

David: checked out the, uh, the new

David: playground that they did at

David: Tuscarora Park.

Brother Jim: I heard that is amazing.

David: It's really cool.

David: But I'll tell you what, it's

David: more geared, at least in my

David: opinion.

David: It's more geared towards bigger kids.

David: Oh, okay.

David: Because there's not a lot for

David: the, the little, little ones to

David: do.

David: But thankfully Tuscaroras got many playgrounds.

David: You just go find another one.

David: But yeah, it's it's true.

Brother Jim: What you're saying is you had fun on the playground.

David: Yeah. That's the nice thing.

David: You know, if I have to go chase

David: a kid, the equipment will hold

David: me.

David: So because I got those bridges

David: and stuff that you can go up in

David: through.

Brother Jim: So you might have to do some videos there.

Brother Jim: Uh, Mister David running around chasing kids.

David: Yeah, that could be interesting.

Brother Jim: That would be entertaining folks.

Brother Jim: Entertaining.

Brother Jim: Who would like to see that?

Brother Jim: Let us know in the comments.

Brother Jim: Uh, yes.

Brother Jim: Uh, no, it was beautiful.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Beautiful.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Just if the summer could be like this.

Brother Jim: Just perfect.

Brother Jim: Yep.

Brother Jim: With a little rain here and

Brother Jim: there, you know, to keep

Brother Jim: everything.

David: Green and growing.

David: Yep.

Brother Jim: Yes. But, uh, it's still it's just now starting to finally dry

Brother Jim: in some of the yard that I mow.

Brother Jim: And it's just it's crazy crazy.

Brother Jim: But, uh, plans for the week.

David: Well, the I was going to say the jury's still out.

David: Oh yeah.

David: I, well, I got all last week off, so I didn't have to serve

David: it all last week.

David: And then I find out, well, on the date this airs, I would have

David: found out on Monday if I have to serve or not.

David: So we'll we'll find out.

Brother Jim: Keep us in suspense.

David: Yeah. Yeah. Hopefully not.

David: But you know, we'll see.

Brother Jim: So yes, I see they are making

Brother Jim: some progress downtown there in

Brother Jim: Philly.

David: Yeah. I try to avoid that like the plague.

Brother Jim: Yeah. I'm going to try to sound I'm not a new Philly resident so

Brother Jim: I can say it.

David: There you go.

Brother Jim: Not that impressed.

Brother Jim: I thought it was going to be a lot more grander, if you will.

Brother Jim: Uh, from what I had heard versus what's going in again, it's

Brother Jim: nice, don't get me wrong.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: I had kind of this in mind and it's like, oh, it's that.

Brother Jim: Yes.

Brother Jim: So hopefully they get that all

Brother Jim: finished because like you said,

Brother Jim: that is just a mess to get

Brother Jim: through.

David: Especially at night too, because

David: you really can't see where

David: you're supposed.

David: All the street lights are off for whatever reason, I guess

David: because they're digging, I don't know, but the street lights work

David: at night time.

David: Yeah.

David: And then you got all those barrels and stuff everywhere.

David: It's it's it's challenging.

Brother Jim: Speaking of barrels, they're on two fifty.

Brother Jim: You know, they're repaving and

Brother Jim: everything and they're doing a

Brother Jim: great job.

Brother Jim: They're moving along pretty good.

Brother Jim: But for Memorial Day weekend they had opened up both lanes.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: And I thought the poor schmuck

Brother Jim: that had to walk and move all

Brother Jim: those barrels off to the side of

Brother Jim: the road for two days or maybe

Brother Jim: three.

David: They put them out by truck when they, you know, just ride on the

David: back of the truck and drop them.

David: But you can't you can't move them that way, I don't think.

Brother Jim: Because they went from the middle all the way over and it's

Brother Jim: like, oh my goodness, that would be a job.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: And then have to put them back.

Brother Jim: No thanks.

Brother Jim: Hey, shout out to I don't know if that's a beaver.

Brother Jim: They usually do it around here.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: They're coming along.

Brother Jim: So of course now there's a lot of other roads in our area that

Brother Jim: can use some TLC.

David: Yeah, we're in construction season, so.

Brother Jim: You got it.

Brother Jim: You gotta love that orange.

David: That's right.

Brother Jim: Alrighty, friends.

Brother Jim: Another sunrise means another chance to shine.

Brother Jim: Another opportunity to smile, as

Brother Jim: I said previously, and another

Brother Jim: opportunity to encourage

Brother Jim: somebody.

Brother Jim: So we got the whole week to get out there, encourage people,

Brother Jim: show a little love.

Brother Jim: So lift your head up, take a deep breath, grab that rocket

Brother Jim: fuel if you need it.

Brother Jim: Let us get ready to make this day count together.

Brother Jim: And you know, here on Bible bibs

Brother Jim: in prayer, we know from our own

Brother Jim: personal experience life gets

Brother Jim: chaotic and can get a little

Brother Jim: crazy.

Brother Jim: Allow us to remind you that you never have to face life alone

Brother Jim: because we have Jesus.

Brother Jim: And that at the end of the day,

Brother Jim: is all that you and I really

Brother Jim: need.

Brother Jim: Plus, bonus, you have David and myself and the whole barnyard

Brother Jim: here just for you.

Brother Jim: Now, that ought to put a smile on your face.

Brother Jim: You got to say, that's kind of an odd combination of friends.

Brother Jim: You got some two guys trying to be podcasters or whatever we're

Brother Jim: called, and you got a bunch of fake animals here, so.

David: We're not sure what's happening.

Brother Jim: Yeah. Yeah. Still got to add some more to the barnyard here.

Brother Jim: I gotta get out there and look.

Brother Jim: Uh, so come on, join Mr. David and myself as we boldly say

Brother Jim: thank you, Lord.

Brother Jim: Thank you Lord.

Brother Jim: Thank you Lord.

Brother Jim: Rejoice that you are alive.

Brother Jim: When you look in that mirror

Brother Jim: today, remember you are

Brother Jim: beautiful.

Brother Jim: You matter in this world and your life has purpose.

Brother Jim: And most of all, as I say every

Brother Jim: time, oh my goodness, you are

Brother Jim: loved.

Brother Jim: Now here's one for you.

Brother Jim: They say that a preacher's wife

Brother Jim: is always his number one

Brother Jim: assistant.

Brother Jim: An example of this comes one

Brother Jim: Sunday morning after the

Brother Jim: preacher had just finished his

Brother Jim: sermon.

Brother Jim: He went back and sat down with

Brother Jim: his wife and she asked him how

Brother Jim: he thought the church service

Brother Jim: went.

Brother Jim: The.

Brother Jim: The preacher, he kind of

Brother Jim: shrugged and said the worship

Brother Jim: was excellent.

Brother Jim: And I think prayer and communion time went quite well.

Brother Jim: But he continued, I just don't

Brother Jim: think the sermon ever got off

Brother Jim: the ground.

Brother Jim: The wife looked over at him and

Brother Jim: before she could stop herself,

Brother Jim: she said, well, it sure did take

Brother Jim: long enough for the taxi to get

Brother Jim: going.

Brother Jim: Yes, I think about it, friends.

Brother Jim: And if you think you can do better, come on out here.

David: That's right.

Brother Jim: Uh. Thought of the day.

Brother Jim: God never said that the journey would be easy.

Brother Jim: But he did say that the arrival would be worthwhile.

Brother Jim: Max Lucado.

Brother Jim: Now, as we continue our discussion on hell and heaven,

Brother Jim: we now jumped into heaven.

Brother Jim: Uh, but, you know, David, what's it take to get to heaven?

David: Belief and trust in and

David: accepting of Jesus in your

David: heart.

David: Mhm.

Brother Jim: How about you, folks?

Brother Jim: What do you think?

Brother Jim: What does it take to get me to heaven?

Brother Jim: Now, my friends, that is one of the biggest questions a person

Brother Jim: can ever ask.

Brother Jim: what does it take to get to heaven?

Brother Jim: People have searched for that answer for thousands of years.

Brother Jim: Some believe heaven is earned by being a good person.

Brother Jim: Some think going to church is just enough.

Brother Jim: Others believe if their good deeds outweigh their bad deeds,

Brother Jim: then somehow God will let them just kind of squeak on it.

Brother Jim: I should have brought some WD forty for this one.

Brother Jim: So how about it, folks?

Brother Jim: What do you think?

Brother Jim: What do you honestly think?

Brother Jim: Let's cut all the nonsense.

Brother Jim: Put it to the side.

Brother Jim: Let's get serious for a moment.

Brother Jim: What does it take to get you to get others into heaven?

Brother Jim: And I just mentioned a few answers, and I know there's a

Brother Jim: lot more, but what I have heard, David, personally, number one.

Brother Jim: Well, I believe in God.

Brother Jim: That's the top one.

Brother Jim: I believe in God.

Brother Jim: Number two would be I'm a good person.

Brother Jim: I'm a good person, David.

Brother Jim: Doesn't that count for something?

Brother Jim: And then, of course, as I've

Brother Jim: mentioned here again, I go to

Brother Jim: church, I sing, I tithe, I

Brother Jim: volunteer for Sunday school

Brother Jim: class.

Brother Jim: Hey, David, I can recite half the Bible to you.

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: MM. All sounds good, doesn't it?

David: Does. Doesn't work that way.

Brother Jim: Doesn't work that way.

Brother Jim: Thank you, my friends, but.

Brother Jim: Whoa, Jim, come on now, look at me.

Brother Jim: What?

Brother Jim: Look at my life.

Brother Jim: What have I done?

Brother Jim: Look at what I've done for God.

Brother Jim: Huh?

Brother Jim: Interesting.

Brother Jim: I dropped this on the church this past Sunday.

Brother Jim: And I said, you know, if you've

Brother Jim: ever been on the receiving end

Brother Jim: of this line that I'm about to

Brother Jim: say, it really kind of makes no

Brother Jim: sense.

Brother Jim: But you've seen it in movies,

Brother Jim: perhaps, or it's happened to

Brother Jim: you.

Brother Jim: I love you, but I'm just not in love with you.

Brother Jim: That ever happened to you, David?

David: Yeah, yeah, a couple times.

Brother Jim: Kind of messes with you, doesn't.

David: It?

David: Yeah, a little bit.

Brother Jim: Yeah. I mean, I love you, but I'm not in love with you.

David: Like, what does that even mean?

Brother Jim: What does that really mean?

Brother Jim: And when we apply that to Jesus

Brother Jim: and our commitment to Jesus

Brother Jim: serving him in our life, I must

Brother Jim: ask you, friends, do you love

Brother Jim: Jesus or are you in love with

Brother Jim: Jesus?

Brother Jim: Now we all know Jesus here.

Brother Jim: He gives us a very clear answer,

Brother Jim: and I have used this in every

Brother Jim: funeral service.

Brother Jim: I've used it many times because it holds so much truth.

Brother Jim: It answers the question for us.

Brother Jim: John fourteen six Jesus said, I

Brother Jim: am the way, the truth, and the

Brother Jim: life.

Brother Jim: No one, no one comes to the father except through me.

Brother Jim: Now notice Jesus didn't say, if you believe in me, if you do

Brother Jim: good works, if you go to church, if you do this, you do that,

Brother Jim: blah blah blah.

Brother Jim: He did not say, notice this I am one of many ways.

Brother Jim: He didn't say that.

Brother Jim: He did not say, try your best, David.

Brother Jim: Come on, son, you can do it.

Brother Jim: Just give me your best.

Brother Jim: He did not say be religious enough.

Brother Jim: Jesus said, I am the way.

Brother Jim: Now we must realize we are sinners.

Brother Jim: Yes.

Brother Jim: I hate to drop the bombshell on you, but yes, you're a sinner.

Brother Jim: I'm a sinner.

Brother Jim: David's a sinner.

Brother Jim: And even as a Christian, as a follower of Christ, we still

Brother Jim: sin, do we not, David?

David: Every day, every day.

Brother Jim: Mess up here and there.

David: Yep.

Brother Jim: You know, and it's those ankle biters that I like to call them.

Brother Jim: It's the little ankle biters are real human flesh steps in.

Brother Jim: But here's the thing.

Brother Jim: Jesus knows that God knows that.

Brother Jim: Thus he sent His son to save us.

Brother Jim: The first step toward heaven is understanding.

Brother Jim: We need saving.

Brother Jim: The Bible says in Romans three twenty three, for all have

Brother Jim: sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Brother Jim: Every one of us has sinned.

Brother Jim: We've lied.

Brother Jim: We've failed.

Brother Jim: We've doubted.

Brother Jim: We've spoken harshly.

Brother Jim: Oh spoken harshly.

Brother Jim: Gossip perhaps acted selfishly,

Brother Jim: oh, or ignored God at times in

Brother Jim: our lives.

Brother Jim: So when separates us from a holy God, no amount, no matter how

Brother Jim: much good works you do, can erase sin completely.

Brother Jim: That is why we, you and I, we need a Savior.

Brother Jim: We must believe in Jesus Christ.

Brother Jim: The heart of salvation is not religion.

Brother Jim: It is a relationship with Jesus Christ.

Brother Jim: Now, David, the other day I heard I was watching a video.

Brother Jim: I watch a lot of pastor videos, you know?

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: You get a lot of good ideas, but

Brother Jim: also you hear a lot of woo hoo,

Brother Jim: I'm sure way off the

Brother Jim: reservation.

Brother Jim: And as one pastor was boldly

Brother Jim: saying, he just basically

Brother Jim: recited that verse, John four

Brother Jim: sixteen.

Brother Jim: There is that it?

Brother Jim: John four sixteen.

Brother Jim: Uh. Let's see.

Brother Jim: Uh, I just want to make sure I got that right.

Brother Jim: Uh, boy, that's horrible.

Brother Jim: Jim.

Brother Jim: Anyway, I'm sorry if I said that

Brother Jim: one wrong, but from John, we

Brother Jim: know we just said Jesus is the

Brother Jim: only way.

Brother Jim: Now, this guy is trying to debunk that.

Brother Jim: Now here you have a pastor, David, standing before other

Brother Jim: people debunking that, that there are many ways.

Brother Jim: Now, again, if you're not founded, which we talked about

Brother Jim: Sunday morning, where your foundation is, that could be

Brother Jim: very easy to believe because it's pleasing to our ears.

Brother Jim: Right?

David: Right.

David: Sure.

Brother Jim: I can now maybe, uh, squeak my way through.

Brother Jim: I don't have to do the one thing.

Brother Jim: I can do many things which are easy.

Brother Jim: It's easier for me.

Brother Jim: Come on.

Brother Jim: How many of us like the short, condensed version instead of

Brother Jim: having to work for it?

Brother Jim: Ooh.

Brother Jim: AM I on to something there?

Brother Jim: AM I on to something?

Brother Jim: AM I speaking to you today?

Brother Jim: Again, the heart of salvation is not religion.

Brother Jim: It is a true growing relationship with Christ.

Brother Jim: Ephesians two eight nine says, for by grace you have been saved

Brother Jim: through faith and not.

Brother Jim: And that not of yourselves it is the gift of God, not of works,

Brother Jim: lest anyone should boast.

Brother Jim: You ever run into somebody boastful, David?

David: Yeah, they always got to one up.

David: You.

Brother Jim: Oh, here, let me let me use little Lin here.

Brother Jim: Woo woo woo woo.

Brother Jim: Just like a gorilla.

Brother Jim: Pound in your chest.

Brother Jim: Right.

Brother Jim: Look at me.

Brother Jim: Look at me.

Brother Jim: Thank you, Lin, for that comment.

Brother Jim: There.

Brother Jim: Heaven is not earned.

Brother Jim: It is a gift of grace.

Brother Jim: Jesus died on the cross for our sins and rose again so we could

Brother Jim: have eternal life.

Brother Jim: And that means for everybody does not discriminate.

Brother Jim: That means salvation is not about perfection.

Brother Jim: It is about surrender.

Brother Jim: You and I surrendering ourselves to Jesus Christ.

Brother Jim: But first off, we gotta repent.

Brother Jim: Repentance means turning away from sin and turning toward God.

Brother Jim: It does not mean we suddenly become perfect overnight.

Brother Jim: Look at me, David.

Brother Jim: Ah, it does mean our heart changes direction.

Brother Jim: And that's a big hang up.

Brother Jim: I have David, when people say, oh, I've been saved, but you do

Brother Jim: nothing with it, right?

Brother Jim: You stay the same person.

Brother Jim: And I'm going to ask because out

Brother Jim: of concern and love, are you

Brother Jim: truly saved?

Brother Jim: And again, well, Jim, you shouldn't judge.

Brother Jim: I'm not judging.

Brother Jim: I'm just questioning because,

Brother Jim: David, you can I know you and

Brother Jim: hopefully you can say this with

Brother Jim: me.

Brother Jim: You see the transformation in your life, right?

Brother Jim: You see growth.

Brother Jim: And again, as I've said, we all

Brother Jim: have our moments of growth, true

Brother Jim: growth spurts.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Sometimes we sit idle, idle sometimes.

Brother Jim: Yeah.

Brother Jim: It seems like we're going back.

Brother Jim: But in those moments too, that's when the Holy Spirit's working

Brother Jim: in us the most.

Brother Jim: Again, growth.

Brother Jim: You're not just going to arrive

Brother Jim: at the finish line with

Brother Jim: perfection.

Brother Jim: You'll work at it, you grow, but you gotta put effort into it.

Brother Jim: Jesus preached repentance

Brother Jim: because he loves us enough to

Brother Jim: call us out of darkness and into

Brother Jim: life.

Brother Jim: Now we must follow Christ daily, not just on a Sunday morning.

Brother Jim: Do you hear me on that one?

Brother Jim: Oh my goodness.

Brother Jim: Hey.

Brother Jim: Hey, David.

Brother Jim: How you doing?

Brother Jim: Let me pick up my Sunday morning Christian hat here, okay?

Brother Jim: And as soon as I walk out the door.

Brother Jim: Hey, David.

Brother Jim: You have a great week.

Brother Jim: Love you brother.

Brother Jim: Be blessed.

Brother Jim: Oh, here, let me put my hat back on there.

Brother Jim: Yep.

Brother Jim: And then I go back out into the world.

Brother Jim: Being saved is not simply saying a prayer once and then living

Brother Jim: however we want to.

Brother Jim: Jesus said in Luke nine twenty

Brother Jim: three, if anyone desires to come

Brother Jim: after me, let him deny himself

Brother Jim: and take up his cross daily and

Brother Jim: follow me.

Brother Jim: Following Jesus means trusting

Brother Jim: him, obeying him, growing in

Brother Jim: your own personal faith and

Brother Jim: loving others and continuing to

Brother Jim: walk with him even when life is

Brother Jim: difficult.

Brother Jim: You ever have a difficult life, David.

Brother Jim: A moment in your life is difficult.

David: Absolutely.

Brother Jim: Every day is difficult.

David: Is it not?

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Truth. True faith.

Brother Jim: True faith produces a changed life, not a perfect life.

David: We having technical

David: difficulties, technical

David: difficulties here.

David: It's hard to find good help.

David: Who loads that teleprompter anyway?

David: We should fire that guy.

Brother Jim: I think our batteries just went dead.

David: Yeah.

Brother Jim: Uh, but not a perfect lake, but a transformed life.

Brother Jim: Yes.

Brother Jim: Look at yourself.

Brother Jim: Look at your own life.

Brother Jim: Do you see transformation?

Brother Jim: And I love that word.

Brother Jim: I've said it before and I'll continue to say it.

Brother Jim: Transformation in your life.

Brother Jim: And it's okay to look back.

Brother Jim: I believe that's a good thing,

Brother Jim: me personally, to see how far

Brother Jim: I've come, because sometimes we

Brother Jim: don't see the growth, we don't

Brother Jim: see it.

Brother Jim: But when you look where you started and how far you've come.

Brother Jim: You start to see it true.

Brother Jim: Where have you seen growth in your life?

Brother Jim: MM. Where have you seen transformation?

Brother Jim: Maybe.

Brother Jim: Maybe you're not moving right now.

Brother Jim: But let me ask you, why is that?

Brother Jim: It takes effort.

Brother Jim: It takes effort, my friends.

Brother Jim: Hanging with us here as we go through this.

David: Were those batteries any better?

Brother Jim: We are.

David: Rolling.

David: All right.

Brother Jim: Okay. And saying all that heaven

Brother Jim: is for those who truly know

Brother Jim: Christ.

Brother Jim: One of the most sobering passages in Scripture is found

Brother Jim: in Matthew seven twenty one where Jesus said, not everyone

Brother Jim: who says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom of

Brother Jim: heaven, but he who dwells.

Brother Jim: Excuse me, he who does the will of my father in heaven.

Brother Jim: Those words remind us that

Brother Jim: Christianity is more than words,

Brother Jim: more than appearances, more than

Brother Jim: church attendance.

Brother Jim: God looks at your heart.

Brother Jim: The good news.

Brother Jim: Here's a beautiful truth, my friends.

Brother Jim: No one is beyond God's grace.

Brother Jim: No matter your past, no matter your failures, no matter how far

Brother Jim: you've wandered off the reservation, Jesus still says,

Brother Jim: whoa, whoa, whoa.

Brother Jim: But Jim, what about those people?

Brother Jim: How about it, David?

Brother Jim: What about those people?

Brother Jim: Clearly, Jesus didn't die for them.

David: Absolutely he did.

Brother Jim: Their hair is colored different.

Brother Jim: They got rings coming out of their nose.

Brother Jim: They're tattooed up.

Brother Jim: Oh.

David: Jesus loves the sinner.

Brother Jim: Loves the.

Brother Jim: Oh, wait.

David: Doesn't love the sinner.

Brother Jim: Didn't I just say I was a sinner?

David: He loves the sinner.

David: Yes.

Brother Jim: Oh. Huh?

Brother Jim: Yeah. Wise guy.

Brother Jim: Jesus still saves the cross is proof that God loves sinners.

Brother Jim: The empty tomb is proof that

Brother Jim: death does not have the final

Brother Jim: word.

Brother Jim: And heaven is promised to those who place their faith and trust

Brother Jim: in Jesus Christ.

Brother Jim: So let me ask you something.

Brother Jim: If someone asked you today, why should God let you into heaven?

Brother Jim: What would be your answer?

Brother Jim: Your answer cannot be because I was good enough.

Brother Jim: The only true answer is because Jesus Christ saved me.

Brother Jim: Salvation is not about what we have done for God.

Brother Jim: It's about what God has done for you and I through Jesus Christ.

Brother Jim: And today, that door, oh, the

Brother Jim: door to salvation is still wide

Brother Jim: open.

Brother Jim: Friends choose Christ.

Brother Jim: Trust him.

Brother Jim: Follow him.

Brother Jim: Because heaven is not promised to everyone automatically, but

Brother Jim: it is freely offered to all who believe in Jesus.

Brother Jim: Well, my friends, that just about does it for this Tuesday.

Brother Jim: Here we are.

Brother Jim: David J. June second, twenty twenty six.

David: Summer's here.

Brother Jim: Summer a summer, a summer's here.

Brother Jim: Mr.. David, any closing thoughts or comments before we wrap this

Brother Jim: thing up and send these fine folks out into the world.

David: I heard at one point, I don't know if it's true or not.

David: You're you're probably deeper in the word than I am.

David: But somebody said at one point that when we get to heaven that

David: that we're going to be asked by what authority do we have to

David: enter the kingdom of God?

David: And they said that the only

David: true, the only right answer is

David: by the power of Jesus Christ,

David: who died and saved me from my

David: sins.

Brother Jim: Yeah, Jesus. That's it.

Brother Jim: That's the only answer, right?

Brother Jim: Do I deserve it?

David: No.

Brother Jim: Do you deserve it?

Brother Jim: No. And I don't mean to be mean, but it's the truth.

Brother Jim: None of us deserve it.

Brother Jim: It's through repentance.

Brother Jim: Admitting, yes, I am a sinner and opening your heart up to

Brother Jim: Jesus and Jesus alone.

Brother Jim: That is the only thing.

Brother Jim: And I think we've said this before.

Brother Jim: Imagine you're on trial.

Brother Jim: Who else to have is your defense attorney standing before God

Brother Jim: other than Jesus?

David: That's right.

Brother Jim: Money cannot buy you that one.

Brother Jim: No.

Brother Jim: Friends.

Brother Jim: Faith.

Brother Jim: Grace.

Brother Jim: Mercy.

Brother Jim: There we go.

Brother Jim: So to all our friends listening

Brother Jim: in, please remember this before

Brother Jim: you go.

Brother Jim: Yes, you you, you have value, you have meaning.

Brother Jim: And most of all, you are loved.

Brother Jim: Never forget that God created you with purpose and this world

Brother Jim: is better because you are in it.

Brother Jim: May God continue to bless you and guide you, strengthen you,

Brother Jim: and walk beside you through every moment of this day.

Brother Jim: And may you and I continue to

Brother Jim: thank our Lord above for all the

Brother Jim: blessings we too, we so often

Brother Jim: take for granted each and every

Brother Jim: day.

Brother Jim: So wherever life takes you

Brother Jim: today, keep smiling, keep

Brother Jim: believing, keep loving, and keep

Brother Jim: trusting God.

Brother Jim: And remember this if we meet again, well then we will smile

Brother Jim: and rejoice together.

Brother Jim: And if not, then this parting was well made.

Brother Jim: Thank you for joining Dave and myself this morning here on

Brother Jim: Bible Bibs in prayer.

Brother Jim: Until next time.

Brother Jim: This is the big guy, Brother Jim, out.